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The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1898-04-04

held at the Hebrew Orphan home. After
the session closed the home was thrown
! open to the visitors. and a most delgntiul
occas sion it was This beautiful home. sit
uated in a handsome grove on the outSNItt'
of the city, is a very handsome ana I'M
posing building, and is from the OUTSIDE
the admiration of visitors, nut uh'i So"
enter you cannot conceive OF the conn OF t.
taste and elegance that has been displayed
s,,nnoso if is the most costly home in the
south 49,
The entertainment hall. where the
L.ae.ton was held was q lohs'
snnc ious room. At one end a stage "l''
handsome drop curtain and painted Ftt't'S
and all appliances for a private 'hea''i
Every part of this building is in pe'i'c'
keeping-receptio room elegantly iurhIS
81 n,rlors their chapel or room where
religious service is held. schoo'room' dih'"s
room etc.
A visit to the kitchen and well stocked
etoreroom was Il delight to the women. Inc
large storeroom we'll filled. the pms
and shelves tod of 4 good proVldef. ne
long ward where the spotleSS "iile Deus
smoke of rest to the orphan children toncn-
cd many a heart. From each sleeping
aDartment were dressing rooms ana 'acl
child had his own little WARDROBE ana
there hung the little clothes IN the hea''S'
condition. Then there WAS the lovely hl'''i
rooms with well filled Shelves, the lp',
with many books and down stalrSthe Pay
rooms, the long halls and the laundry. per
fectly fitted up. the drying done by steam
We were told that Il laundry OF $50 pieces
could be accomplished in one day. All th'
floors marble and everything rie3n, neat
and showing the very best management.
After inspecting the building everyone
WIS invited into the long dining room anu
over Il hundred guests were seated al the
,.,I, hat tnJIpI
tempting viands. Some OF the most pronI-
nent Hebrew ladies and gentlemen OF the
city were our entertainers. Mr.. SOM pre-
sided and every one did justice to the oe~
liphtful repast THE half has not been
tnl,i'' Of this beautiful home-it was Il TcN'-
1ation to all those who We're so fortunate
nc to enter it's portals: none left without
feeling benefited by contact with SucA
noble workers in a good caush. MIHS
blessings Will be called down upon TINS
home by the grateful recipients of its nos
p,tality There ard many cht'dren VINO
enjoy the benefits of this beautiful hone.
And so closed the conference of workers
among the orphans and each one returned
to their home filled with new zcIl ana
strength to work for helpless childhood-
\. G. KING.
Dear Children-l wish YOU could see some
lovely little picture books that | have Just
received as Il gift for the Children's Ward.
They were sent me by my little friend,
Stewart Stout, the youthful editor of The
Midget. The little boy has made these
very pretty books that the little folks may
spend many happy hours looking over them
and am sure it will give them much pleas
ure. We wish to thank him for them.
hope you will enjoy the Trials of a South
Crn Girl" Yours, AUNT SUSIE.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1898-04-04

Manic x. Cleveland. Pittsburg. Tex
Dear Junior. ! will write on "Slandor."
It is Grcen-eyad. forked-tongucd mon
stor which travels alonG tho path of life
seeking to attack those that may pass his
way. He conccaIs himself in come place
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1898-04-04

Daisy Wood Tuttle Gordon. Ala.-Dear
Junior: I am eight years old. | live q mile
and q half from the little town of Gordon,
almost in sight of the Chattaho"chee river.
] will take for my subject "lielping Mann
ma" Cousins. don you think it nice to
hclp your poor. hard-WorkinC mother? My
mother docs her own houscwork ana | as
sst her in Il great many ways such as
sweeping the floor. making the beds, dry
ing the dishes. grinding the coffee ana a
great many other things to tighten her bur
dcns. inclosc cents for the Grady hos
pltal.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-05-16
A NEW MINERAL PITCH.

"Maujak" is material found in Barbadoes. It Is of brilliant black color, and is deposited in beds from ten inches to two feet thick, immediately below the general surface. It Is be- lieved to be solidified petroleum, and in composition it Is analogous to the Trinity Island tar and to the gilsonite of Utah and the albertite of Canada. But it is distinguished by it's good qualities. According to "Wallman's s Vers. Zeitung," the best samples con- tain: Water, ? per cent; solid organic substances, 2697 per cent, and mineral substances, 0.1S per cent. The Trinity tar contains 21 to 30 per cent of water and 3S per cent of ashes Maujak is thus rich in bitumen, and it would seem possible to utilize it as varnish, and as combustible when mixed with peat. Its insulating properties would also suggest it's use as substitute for gutta percha in electrical insulation Engineering News.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-05-16

stuck. I pumped it for all 1t was worth, but it would not budge.
 T was on one knee using every mus cle to dislodge the shell, and the boar was coming head on like a limited ex- press.
 T saw he'd reach me before I could jump any where for safety, so clubbed the gun and made a smash at him. But l slipped on the soggy ground and he was at me, when I heard Jim's Winchester crack. The boar looked as big as an elephant to me for an instant. I'm sure his tusks looked larger than a mastodon's.
 He was right over me, and one of his tusks grazed my dusk coat, and Jim caught him between the shoulders. I laid flat on the ground, reaching for my knife as the boar toppled over.
 That's the closest shave I ever had. Catch me fooling with those maga- zine shotguns any more! Trombone that's what the crack Reliance man calls himself-may break bluerocks with them, but I'll take rifle and a .44-calibre Colts besides when I go af- ter wild hogs again.
 'What we should have had was a lot of good dogs. Then there would have been a pretty fight. I'll bet that old boar would have made it warm for the best dogs in the country.
 When Jim fired the boar fell directly across my body, and couldn't get out from under him till Jim ran up and helped to roll the big brute over. He did not look quite so big when he was stretched out as he did when standing over me with his head ready for a gouge but he was a vicious-looking rascal, just the same. We each have one of the big tusks as a souvenir of that fight.
 "On the way home we bowled over another. An old SOW and two pigs were roofing acorns under an oak. This time we had 'cinch,' for we
 were right on them, and while I put a load of buckshot into one of the pigs Jim caught the SOW right under the left shoulder. Then our troubles began again. How to get them through the brush was the next question. We fin ally decided to take the pig and let the old woodchopper take the SOW if he wanted her.
 That night we had feast in his cabin. He dressed the pig, did the cooking and we did the rest. tell you, we were hungry"
 Several other hunters are contemplat- ing trip into the bottoms for bear hunt, but they intend to take along several good coon dogs to see what sort of a fight one of the big boars will make.-San Francisco Call
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-05-16

ly the fault of the cringing slaves who lined the route of kings to cheer them as they went They almost blamed the kings themselves for having brought about that state of things by not hold ing themselves as easy of access as Henri III, his successor and the ill-fated Due de Berri And Orsini, Gomez and Pieri proceeded to plan and execute their butchery as Fieschi, Pepin and Mercy had executed theirs on the Boulevard du Temple nearly twenty three years previously. Like Louis Philippe Napoleon III was unhurt, but the carnage in the Rue Le Peletier was immeasurably greater than that of the former attempt. Fourteen people were killed, one hundred and forty-two were severely wounded, besides those who were conveyed to their homes to be at tended
 At the risk of flatly contradicting the late Duke Ernest of Saxe- Coburg (Prince Albert's brother), one must say that Napoleon III was not coward. He did not quake With fear when he entered his box at the theater But this was his fourth hairbreadth escape from the assassin since his memorable inter- view with Lamartine, less than ten years before, and "un Romain serait rentre chez lui moins," as the French themselves have it. In spite of this, he sat out the greater part of the performance, but he was determined for the future not only to sell his own life as dearly as he could, but also to prevent such scenes as the one he had just witnessed. As the successive re- ports of the killed and wounded were brought to him, he mechanically began to draw comparisons between the hav- oc wrought on the Boulevard du Tenn pie on that July day in 1885 and the loss of life and limb of the moment. The latter was far in excess of the other, and he came to a natural conclusion that the width of the respective streets was responsible for the difference. He was sufficiently familiar with the tac- tics of secret societies and, above all, of the Carbonarin, to which he himself had been affiliated, to know that of all state pageants a gala representation offered the best chances for the success of their homicidal designs. A figure on horseback, moving in plain daylight, is not so good a target for a projectile as a man practically imprisoned in a more or less cumbrous state coach, neeessar- fly advancing at slow pace, and some times stopping altogether. Add to this the advantage to the assailants of street scarcely wider than Bond street, and we have the sequel to the Emper- OTIS cogitations on that night. The opera, at any rate, should be located in a spot the width and proportions of which would reduce the risk of future attempts on himself, his followers and the subjects assembled on his route. Here we have the germ of the thought that led to the erection of the new op- era house.-Albert D. Vandam in The Saturday Review
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-05-16
HOW MONKEYS ARE CAUGHT.
One of the Peculiar Methods Adopted
 Ry the Natives

One of the Peculiar Methods Adopted
 By the Natives
 Tn capturing monkeys, it is said that their curiosity Is the thing that makes them an easy prey. Nearly all of the monkeys that we see in this country come from Gornona, little village situated a short distance from the Panams Railroad.
 The inhabitants of this district are mostly native negroes, for few men could bear the climate. The whole region is marshy, and covered with tropical vegetation. At night there arises a thick vapor laden with fever, which hangs over the woods like a cloud
 This region of woods is the paradise of the monkeys. They travel in troops, led by an older monkey. When the people receive in formation that the travelling monkey troops" are near the village they go to the woods in crowds to chase them
 Their plan is very simple. They cut a hole in a cocoanut large enough for monkeys paw to enter. The nut is then hollowed out, and piece of sugar is placed in it. A piece of string is then fastened to 1t, and it placed in the road of the approaching monkeys.
 It is well known that monkeys are very inquisitive. When they see the cocoanut in the grass they hurry to examine 1t. It does not take them long to find out that the inner part contains a piece of sugar. One of the boldest and greediest sticks a paw into the nut to get the sugar, and grasps 1t as firmly as he can. Put his fist is so large that he cannot draw it out of the hole again, with the sugar, to which he holds fast cost what it may. The natives now pull the string until nut and monkey arrive in the vicinity of their ambuscade. In the mean time the other monkeys wonder what is the matter with their comrade. They hurry to see where he is being to, with his paw in the cocoanut. They crowd around him chattering and gesticu1a- ting, and the natives, who have a large net ready, cast 1t over them, and before they know it all are prisoners. They are sold to the employees of the Panama Railroad and reach the North Ameri- can markets through commercial deal- ers.--Philadelphia Times
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-05-16

orders by signals. The difficulty with this would be that the enemy would concentrate his fire on that tower or ship, with the certainty of sinking the latter and rendering the former unin- habitable. The problem, therefore, is still unsolVed.
 Against the effect of torpedo, if it gets to the hull, there is no safeguard. The heaviest tle-ship is just as vul- nerable as the lightest gunboat. The best that can be hoped is that the de- struction will be limited to few com partments, so that these remaining in- tact will be sufficient to keep the ship atloat. But this only puts off the evil hour. As the vessel becomes water logged, her speed falls off and her manoeuvring capacity is reduced, so that the enemy may then pick his posi- tion of advantage and shatter her with his guns or administer coup de grace with another torpedo.
 Altogether, the prospects of ones coming out of a naval engagement un- hurt are far from bright. Even the wounded stand a poorer chance than was the case in the old wooden ships. How the surgeons are to get at them, with the vessel divided into a honey comb of compartments with no direct interconnection where they can be con- veyed directly from the guns without traversing doors and passages intricate and many, is difficult to understand. Those who happen to be stationed in the battleships directly over the tor pedo or handling rooms may perhaps be lowered at once to surgeons there placed; but what is to become of the rest in more distant positions is not clear.
 All of this goes to show the great ad- vantage of the almost perfect discipline and drill now prevailing in the navy. Indeed, it never has been so completely recognized as it is at the present day that the best protection for warship's s crew is their own fighting capacity. No armor is so efficient as celerity of ac- tion and good gunnery. That ship will win, and incidentally save the greater number of lives of it's men, which first plants an effective projectile in vital part of the enemy. The sea fight will not be gained by the ship which with stands the most pounding, but by the ship which pounds hardest and quick est and so destroys or impairs her an- tagonist's pounding capacity. It is that swift attack. and superior marksman- ship which above all else characterizes the crews of the warships of the United States; and it Is just this that the Spaniards are most deficient.-Park Benjamin in The Independent.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-05-16

loathsome to God and man; but they would probably have hesitated to stain their hands with the blood of innocent fellow creatures, and, in fact, post poned the execution of their designs in order to avoid such useless bloodshed. We are not idealizing; there is histori- cal evidence to that effect in all the four cases cited. Contemporary would be regicides-with the exception, per- haps, of the Russian NihiIists-have no such qualns of conscience, or if they have, silence them by spacious argu- ment The Russians declared long ago that the womankind of the "tyrants" were sacred to them, and acted up to their declaration. Save in the Broski railway affair, they never made an att tempt on either Alexander II. or his successor when he was accompanied by his wife. There has been proof that they were ignorant of the presence of the Czarina in the train.
 Orsini, Gomez, Pieri and the rest of the Carbonaria whose tools they were did not give the matter a moments thought. They knew that the divinity which of yore was supposed to hedge a king was not half so formidable an ob- stacle to close approach as the modern escort of every human soldier; and short of such close approach as would enable them to deal a fatal blow with the knife, or pull a well-aimed pistol, there was no alternative but the ex- plosive projectile. The projectile might kill or maim others than those whose real or alleged misdeeds they, the regicides, professed to avenge; that was no concerns of theirs. It was part
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-05-16
DEWEY CLUB ORGANIZED.

A new organization was brought into existence last Friday night, known as the Dewey club. It starts with forty five members, made up of both promi- nent and influential men of the city. A committe was appointed to draft a set of resolutions and forward to the ad- miral immediately. The next meeting will be held next Friday night.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-05-16
A KANSAS WEDDING.

his Rice County farm the other day when young couple of the neighbor- hood drove up in a buggy and asked to be married. The old squire dropped the lines, turned around in his seat on the drill and made the couple one while they were still sitting In the bug gy, after which the bridegroom promis- ed to bring him likely young shoat for his fee, kissed his bride and drove merrily away.-Kansas City Journal.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-02-10
The Original Organ Grinder.

When barrel organs, once the usual
accompaniment Of the magic lantern,
came into use, a native of the province
of Tende was one CT the first who tray
eled about Europe with this instrument.
In his peregrinations he collected
money enough to enable him to purchase
from the king of Sardinia the title OF
count of the country where he was born
for which, proba bly,, in time OF war
he did not pay above 1000 guineas.
With the remainder of his money he
purchased AN estate suitable to his rank
and settled himself peaceably for the
remainder Of his days in his mansion.
In the entrance hall Of his dwelling
he hung up his magic lantern and his
organ facing the door, there to be care
fully preserved till they moldered tic
| dust, and he ordered by his will that
| any one of his descendants who should
| cause them to be removed should forfeit
his inheritance and his patrimony revert
| to the next heir, or, in failure OF sue
cessor, to the hospital Of Tende.
Only few years ago the organ ano
| lantern were still to be seer carefully
| preserved. Pearson S Weekly.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-02-10
Poet md Queen.

DR.. Max Muller relates that the late
queen Of Holland frequently came to
England and was fond of meeting while
there distinguished literary people. On
one occasion she lunched with Dean
Stanley and asked him to invite several
literary men, among whom were Tenny-
son, Lord Houghton, Huxley and Max
Muller himself.
Luncheon was ready, and everybody
had come to the deanery except Tenny-
son. Dean Stanley suggested that the
party should wait no longer, but the
queen refused to sit down before the
laureate's arrival There was another
period of waiting, painful to all the
company.
Finally some enc suggested that prob
ably Tennyson was incoming about IL
the cloisters somewhere " One was sent
to see, and the poet was indeed found
there, apparently oblivious that any
thing was going on. He was brought IN
and placed at the table next the queen
of the Netherlands.
The queen took the conversation into
her own hands and III particular triec
to draw Tennyson out. Ha>was not il
talking mood. She addressed him g
question.
eyes, ma 'am," he answered.
Then there was another question.
"No, ma am, " came from Tennyson.
Again she asked his opinion about
something. The question was not sus
ceptiblo of answer by "Yes' or mo ;
"Ma' am," said Tennyson after 6
great effort, There is great deal to bt
said on both sides of the question.
Presently he turned and whispered :.
Max Muller, Il wish they had put some
of you talking fellows next to regina. .
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-02-10
Anglo-Saxon Common Sense.

I had occasion at Coolgardie to be
present at a public meeting gathered to
protest strongly against the actions OF
the Western Australian government
with regard to the mining population
and the insuffciency Of its political rep
resentation. Several speakers held forth
One declared that he was neither demo
Graf nor socialist, another tha6 be was
democrat, but not q socialist; a third
at last professed himself T. socialist.
Sometimes groans, sometimes applause,
underlined certain phrases, but i'll the
midst of these gold miners, in this town
but three years old, in spite OF the re-
laxing influence Of q torrid heat, the
most perfect order reigned throughout.
Thanks were voted at the enc CT the
meeting to all the speakers without
distinction Of opinion, motion of pro-
test was adopted, and the crowd retired
in the greatest tranquility thought,
not without shame, of the manner III
which meetings Of this kind are often
conducted in France lies Nouvelles
Societies Anglo Sazonnes, ?" Pierre Leroy
Beaulieu
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-02-10
BEFORE THE RAILROADS.
When Philadelphia Yves the Greatest City
In the American Colonies.

When Philadelphia Was the Greatest City
In the American Colonies.
In 1774 Philadelphia was the largest
town in the American colonies. Esti-
mates of the population, which are all
we have, differ widely, but it was prob
ably not far from $4,000. A single city
now has larger population than all
the colonies possessed in 1874, and there
are in the United States today 1O4 cities
and towns of over 80, 900 inhabitants.
Figures alone, however, cannot express
the difference between those days and
our own. Now town of 80, 600 people
is reached by railroads and telegraphs.
1t is in close touch with all the rest OF
tho world. Business brings strangers to
it constantly, who come like shadows
and so depart unnoticed, except by
those with whom they are Immediately
concerned. 1t was not so in 1774, moi
even in Philadelphia, which was as
nearly as possible the central point Of
the colonies as we'll as the most popu
lous city.
Thanks to the energy and genius o.
Franklin, Philadelphia was paved. light
ed and ordered in way almost unknown
in any other town of that period. L
was we'll built and thriving. Business
was active, and the people were thrift!
and prosperous and lived well. Yet, de
spite all these good qualities, we mus
make an effort of the imagination to re
alize how quietly and slowly life movet
| then in comparison to the pace OF today
There in Philadelphia was the cente
of the postal system Of the continent
and the recently established mail coacl
called the Flying Machine, " not II
jest but in praise, performed the jour
ney to New York in the hitherto IN
equaled time Of two days Anothe
| mail at longer intervals crept NOR
/ slowly to the south. Vessels OF the coast
| wise traffic or from beyond seas cam
| into port at uncertain times and atte
long and still more uncertain voyages
The daily round of life was SO regula
and so quiet that any incident or an
novelty drew interest and attention IN
way which would now be impossible
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge in Scrlt
| Dar'S