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The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-02-18

Especial attention given to the preservation
of the Natural Teeth. Artificial teeth with OF
without plates, at reasonable rates. over 20 year
experience.
Office over Tedford's Drug Store Opposite
Harper's.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-23
ANDREW d. WHITE.
A Famous Feud

Senator Chandler of New Hampshire, who
has Just had a warm controversy with his
colleague, Senator Gallinger, over civil serv-
ice reform, was the central figure in a
famous controversy. in the senate in 1879, of
which ex-senator Ingalls, writes in the Sat
urday Evening Post Of Philadelphia. The
pending question was a bill pensioning Mexi-
can soldiers. AS this would include all
southerners who fought in that war, the bill
provoked a sectional debate. Senator Hoar
offered an amendment excluding jefferson
Davis from the operation of the act. This
precipitated a crisis. Senator Garland
eulogized the president of the confederacy
and Senator Hoar retorted, Tive Of the
bravest officers of our revolutionary war
were Aaron Burr and Benedict Arnold"
Senator Lamar jumped into the breach
with an impassioned speech, concluding with
these words: when Prometheus was bound
to the rock, it was not an eagle, it was a
vulture that buried his beak in the tortured
vitals of the victim!"
During this eulogy and exculpation of
Jefferson Davis the northern senators sat
in silence; the boldness of the performance
was paralyzing; such an emergency had not
been anticipated. No one was ready. The
passionate and excited spectators in the gal
leries wondered why no champion of the
north took up the glove.
Toward the close of the debate a note
%luttered over the balustrade of the north
east gallery, and, wavering in the hot air,
was caught in it's descent by a page, who
carried it to Senator Chandler of Michigan,
to whom it was addressed. 1t was written
on a leaf torn from a memorandum book,
without signature, and begging him in Gods
name to say something for the union SOL
;a.- .-l D.
He read the anonymous note brought from
the gallery. The black fury of his eyes
blazed from the pallor of his face. AT the
first opportunity he obtained the floor and
delivered a tremendous philippe against
Jefferson Davis. 1t was evidently wholly
unprecedented, and therefore the more eff
fective.
He said: M President, twenty-five
years ago tomorrow, in the old hall of the
senate now occupied by the supreme court
Of the United States, l, in company with
Mr.. Jefferson Davis, stood up and swore
before Almighty God that / would support
the constitution of the United States. Mr..
Jefferson Davis came from the cabinet of
Franklin Pierce into the senate of the
United States and took the oath with me
to be faithful to this government. During
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-23
Typewriter Records

me permanency OF typewriter records Is
a subject Of no little Importance, says the
Albany Law Journal, and it Is worthy of
note that a series of experiments is being
conducted in Boston with a view of estab-
fishing the relative value Of the leading
brands OF typewriter ribbons. Robert T.
Swan, the state commissioner Of public
records for the state of Massachusetts, is
doing some good work in this direction. He
finds that of the different colors used for
typewriter ribbons, the red. green, blue and
purple are not permanent, black being the
only one that will stand the tests to which
he subjects the writing.
The Legislature of Massachusetts,, which
recently adjourned. passed an act permit
ting typewriter records to be accepted as
official when approved by the commissioner
or public records, New York, Pennsylvania
and New Jersey having previously taken
similar action. In other words. no such
records will be accepted unless the mate
rails used are up to the standard, and the
commissioner Is expressly authorized by
the statute referred to to withdraw his APP
provaf at any time when he shall find that
the articles used fall below such standard.
This Is a very important matter which
should be acted upon in every state, for the
fading of public records SO as to become
illegible is something that ought to be care
fully provided against, otherwise it were
much better to keep in force the provision
that legal records shall be written onry with
pen and ink.
1t is possible, we think, to produce type
written records that are quite as permanent
as any produced by writing with a pen, and
in view OF the greater legibility OF the
former, as well as their economy OF produc-
ton, 1t is desirable that this should be done.
While the states generally have no official
corresponding to the commissioner of pub
lie records in Massachusetts, 1t ought to be
made somebody's business to supervise the
matter OF permanency OF public records.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-23

failed to consider America as a fighting pos
sibility at the time this volume was written.
He studies in detail the effectiveness of
European armies, discusses their existing
preparations for war, their plans of mobiliza-
ton, the training of their officers, the train
ing of their soldiers, their camps, their
fortresses, the possibilities of night and day
fighting, the general esprit du corps, the
operations of all of them during the wars
which have occurred in the last century; in
deed, he omits no one thing which might by
any possibility be useful to the student.
This volume alone contains more than 800
pages.
The third volume is the briefest and the
least important of his work. 1t deals with
naval warfare and the subject is not COM
petently treated.
In the fourth volume he treats Of
economical problems and their probate
effect in the war of the future. 1t goes into
the subject (of course intensely interesting
to America) of the supply and maintenance
of troops. 1t considers the cost Of the
military as compared with the revenues Of
all nations. 1t shows what tremendous ad-
vances in relative cost will mark the war
of the future. 1t points out the inequality
of the preparations for war made by diff
ferent European countries, and it shows the
influence different factors have on the spirit
of armies and the character Of their prepara-
lions for war.
The fifth volume tells Of the development
of the idea that may lead toward peace. 1t
goes into detail concerning the literature of
perpetual peace among civilized peoples. 1t
deals with socialism, with anarchy and with
the propaganda of anti-militarism. 1t tells
Of the different ideas of various countries
concerning causes for war. 1t discusses the
influence of armies actually in existence
upon the people of the different countries.
1t goes into the matter Of wounds and sick
nesses resulting from war most eXhaustively
even to the point of calculating the pene-
tration and general effect of every bullet
now in use by a civilized nation. The mar
velous detail of this volume cannot be de-
scribed in a brief article. No possible
point is omitted and every conceivable de-
tail is given in full. The records of the
United States government concerning the eff
fects Of wounds during the civil war have
never been more completely summarized
than are the studies of M. de Bloch in this
volume.
Magnitude of the Work.
But it is in the sixth volume that M. de
Bloch says those things which it has been his
mission to say. Over thirty different head
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-23

four years l sat in this body with Mr.. JEFF
ferson Davis and saw the preparations going
on from day to day for the overthrow Of
this government. With treason in his
heart and perjury upon his lips he took the
oath to sustain the government that he
meant to overthrow.
Sir, there was method in that madness.
He, in cooperation with other men from his
section and in the cabinet of Mr.. Buchanan,
made careful preparation for the event that
was to follow. Your armies were scattered
ALI over this broad land, where they could
not be used in an emergency; your fleets
were scattered wherever the winds blew and
water was found to float them, where they
could not be used to put down rebellion;
your treasury was depleted until your bonds,
bearing 6 per cent, principal and interest
payable in coin, were offered for So cents
on the dollar for current expenses, and no
buyers. Preparations were carefully made.
Your arms were sold under an apparently
innocent clause in an army bill providing
that the secretary of war might, at his dis
%cretion, sell such arms as he deemed it for
the interest Of the government to sell.
Sir, eighteen years ago last month | sat
in these halls and listened to Jefferson Davis
delivering his farewell address, informing
us what our constitutional duties to this
government were, and then he left and en-
tered into the rebellion to overthrow the
government that he had sworn to support!
| remained here, sir, during the whole of
that terrible rebellion. l saw our brave
soldiers by thousands and hundreds of thou
sands, aye, l might say millions, pass
through to the theater of war, and l saw
their shattered ranks return. l saw steam
boat after steamboat and railroad train after
railroad train arrive with the MANNED and
the wounded; l was with my friend from
Rhode Island General Burnside) when he
commanded the Army Of the Potomac and
saw piles of legs and arms that made
humanity shudder; / saw the widow and
orphan in their homes and heard the weep
ing and wailing Of those who had lost their
dearest and their best. Mr.. President, /
little thought at that time that l should live
to hear in the senate of the United States
eulogies upon Jefferson Davis living-a living
rebel eulogized on the floor of the senate of
the United States! Sir, l am amazed to
hear it and / can tell the gentlemen on the
other side that they little know the spirit
of the north when they come here at this
day and with bravado on their lips utter
eulogies upon a man whom every man,
woman and child in the. north believes to
be a double-dyed traitor to his government"
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-23

ings, each one elaborate in it's detail, are
covered in this one book. l am not writing
a criticism of M. de Bloch's War" l am
merely trying to give an idea of the magni-
tude of the work. l doubt If there is a human
being today who is competent to c~riticise
M. Bloch's marvellous book Certainly no one
have in my possession some typewriter
copies in French and English of his notes on
has ever studied the subject as he has. l
certain subheads on the one matter of the
impossibility of aiding wounded on the field
of battle. His revised and condensed notes
amount to fifty closely typewriter pages.
IN extremely brief sketch Of what he has
to say about the penetration of modern
rifle bullets covers forty-three pages.
1t is in the sixth volume that he sum-
marizes his arguments. Before it is half
finished he leaves his descriptions of war
and his data concerning battles and SOL
diers and begins to speculate on the posi-
BILE ways of preventing international con-
ficts. In order to Justify the statement
which i make near the beginning of this
article, that M. de Bloch and not the car
is the father Of the peace conference, 4
must again call the readers attention to
the fact that this book alone occupied in the
mere writing eight full years, and that be-
fore he could begin writing 1t he had to
spend almost an entire lifetime in the
gathering of information. Thus his idea
long antedated the cars. His plan Of in
ternational arbitration as suggested in this
final volume of his book is almost identical
with the plan laid Town by the car in the
call for a peace conference, which he issued
to the nations Of the earth.
After M. de Bloch had brought in his
little book" to me he spoke very freely
concerning the international European stu
alton. He discussed the terrific burden Of
armament which the nations of Europe are
obliged to carry and talked Of the awful
hardshipe which compulsory military serv-
ice works upon the citizens of the countries
where 1t is practiced.
OF himself he would say nothing.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-23
At the Mountain House

Puck: Isn't it magnificent? ?" exclaimed
the enthusiastic boarder. I've always
wanted to see a storm in the mountains.
You remember Byron's lines, of course?
From peak to peak, the rattllng crags
among,
Leaps the live thunder"
1T sort Of worries me-" replied the other
party.
why? Are you afraid of lightning"
Rather. l am afraid the landlord may
charge for this storm in his bill"
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-23

The second volume is headed THE War
Upon the Continent" Unfortunately, and
now greatly to his own regret, Nj. de Bloch
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-13

American officials In the island to con-
+irua +o natronize ga noble sport" says:
when 1000 people brave the prospects
of a rain such as was before US on last
racing day. among them the very best
people Of Havana, their course IS SUI
fcient proof that the attitude OF the
American officers is heartily tndorsed by
our representative society"
The Patria proposes that ten of the
leading municipalities each give Cen
Gomez $50 a month, as his health IS poor
and he is in need of funds. The Cuban
newspapers are urged to support the
proposal, which sis small return indeed
for the services of the lberator CT
Cuba
At the meeting of the Planters associa-
ton regret was expressed that in conse-
quence of a depleted treasury the asso-
citation could not maintain in Italy a bu-
reau to promote the emigration of italian
labor to Cuba, by Issuing weekly bulle-
tins in Italy. It was also pointed out
that at present most Italian workmen
go to Brazil and Argentine, where they
have proved very desirable acquisitions.
So far as the funds at its disposal will
allow, the Planters association viii en-
courage Italians to come here.
A melting Of the labor unions was held
today to commemorate the fate Of the
Chicago anarchists, characterized by thu
speakers as "the Chicago martyrs
About 300 persons attended the pro eed-
ings at the headquarters of the unions.
To each was handed a special number
of the Journada, the labor organ. Its
leading article referred to Lingg, who
committed suicide in his cell with a full
inmate cartridge, as IAN immortal who
preferred to blow his head to atoms and
thus disappoint his murderous would-b9
executioners." Many heated speeches
We're made, the speakers abusing capital
and the tyranny of the rich and calling
upon workmen to have faith in the fu-
ture.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-13

seemed to raise and look at him. He
could not give another look at him. He
could not give another glance to satisfy
himself, and turned his face away once
more. The next half hour passed slowly.
The fetid odor seemed to increase At
last the time came again for the second
look. Quickly he glanced over his shout
der The head of the corpse seemed to
be raising itself-the lamp gave a sudden
flicker.
The next half hour was an eternity.
The surroundings, the silence, the indie
scrtbable odor all combined to excite the
young mans imagination to the highest
pitch. At last the time for the third look
came. He was sure now that the head
was raised-the eyes wide open, looking
at him.
But only one look. Twenty minutes
passed. A shrek was heard by the
watchers outside the door. They rushed
in The young lawyer was tnsanely
laughing and shrieking. The form on
the dissecting table had metamorphosed
itself into the chief of the students
clique. But the lawyer never again re-
covered his reason.
AS a last resort the victim of this ter
rible test was sent Tuesday to a private
institution in Philadelphia. There, if pos
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-13

let out on shares to men all over the ter
ritory. A later governor, Bartolome
Baca had nearly rs many. An old MeXi-
can is still living who used to be one of
Gov. Baca's majordomos and had charg }
of 100000 sheep, with 100 shepherds under
him. All the shepherds were armed with
fiintlock muskets, and frequently had to
use them against the savages, as well as
in keeping down the bears. cougars,
wolves, coyotes, and other animals
The old Spanish governor of New Mex
leo before the United States had fairly
heard of the territory, was not bad
sort Of millionaire, and neither wealth
nor power spoiled him. Besides his
enormous holding of sheep, he owned O.
great proportion of the whole territory,
and had mortgages on large part OF
the remainder. The little hamlet of
Cebolleta was for twelve successive
seasons devoured by the grasshoppers,
which left no green thing.
The people would have perished but
for Don Bartolome. He gave them 0000
sheep, and the whole town turned shep-
herd. They drank the milk and ate the
lambs and wethers and, in fine, lived
off the sheep. When the plague of grass
hoppers ceased and good times came
again for Cebolleta, the whole 10000 sheep
and their natural increase had BEEN de-
voured. and not one was left to repay Don
Bartolome. Nor did he ever ask a reck-
oning.
When this gallant old czar of the South
west was upon his death bed his sons
begged him to arrange his affairs-which
were all at loose ends. He babe them
bring all the papers; and after a grand
ransacking of the house the expectant
heirs brought him In Navajo blanket
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-13

LOUISVILLE, KY, Nov. 12.-The Sec
ond week Of uncertainty regarding the re-
suit of the balloting for governor of Ken
lucky begins with little prospect of i'm
mediate relief. The official count has
been in progress for two days, and official
returns from a. large majority of the 119
counties have narrowed the contest down
to a nose finish. Each side claims the
election Of it's ticket, but the estimated
plurality of either does not exceed 5000.
While the returns so far received favor
Taylor, the result Of the count may hinge
on the decision given by the county cleo
ton commissioners in several places
where contests have been begun on the
ground of alleged irregularities. One Of
these contests, that In Nelson county, has
been decided adversely to the Repub-
leans. 1t involves 1,198 votes-nearly as
many as either side claims as it's pIu-
rality The Democrats will contest the
votes of some Of the mountain counties
which return large Republican pIuralities.
The most important county involved Is
Knox, which gave Taylor 1898 plurality.
There are also contests in three precincts
in Louisville which went Republican.
In any event it is difficult to see how
| a bitter contest before the legislature and
| the courts can be avoided. All the con-
! tests now being considered by the county
election officers will have to be argued be-
fore the state board of. election commits
sioners which must meet at Frankfort
within a month. Both sides are prepar-
ing for this with all the legal talent at
their command. Meanwhile everything
hangs on the official count, which will
consume large portion of the week. In
! Jefferson county (Louisville) the work is
| especially slow. Only one ward has been
| completed in the two days work.
| The Commercial tomorrow will print a
! statement from Chairman George w.
! LANCE, of the Republican state committee
| claiming a plurality of 3,4n for Taylor.
| These figures are based on the official re-
! turns of 10 county election boards upon
! returns signed by the precinct election
| officers in eight counties, more counties
In which the county boards have not
! furnished tabulation and upon returns in
! one county In which the election officials
refuse to certify to the returns.
The 10 counties giving official returns
show pluralities of 27.121 for Taylor and
| 29,305 for Goebel, a net plurality of 2,1S4
| for Goebel. In the eight counties not yet
| canvasSed pluralities are shown amount
! ing to 6424 for Taylor and 1888 for Goebel
| The Commercial claims that these returns
havs been certified to by the precinct cleo
| ton officers. and need only tabulating. In
the remaining county Lewis, there is a
| plurality of 7O4 for Taylor.
The Courier Journal will print a state
ment from Mr.. Goebel at Frankfort, de-
claring there Is no doubt of his election,
but gives no figures. the announcement
being made that no returns have been
received since last night. when Goebers
plurality was figured at 155.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-13
OPIUM SMOKING IN ORIENT
Hitting the Pipe" I'm the Chinese
Empire and in FOrmosa.

shanghai Mercury.
TO learn the actual number of onf,1n,
smokers is impossible, but we know tha
amount of the foreign import of this drug
and the naive confessions of reformed
opium smokers tell US precisely the
amount Of opium required to pass the
YIN or craving. 1t is one-fifth of an ounce
daily. An ounce or lang is consumed In
hve days, and a catty suffices for eight
days. Four catties are enough for 200
days, and another half catty will carry
the smoker to the end of year with com
fort. picul is enough. then. for only
twenty-five persons, and $4,000 picuIs "a
sufficient for not more than loo, 900 per-
sons. The law of compulsion in the
smoker Is just as fmperious for native
opium as for foreign. Tt is matter of
great interest to know the extent Of the
evil
In regard to Szechuen, that very popu-
lous and wealthy province, Mr. Schioth.
in the Trade Report for 1885, informs us
that Szechuen produces 100000 piculs of
opium, and the cultivation is always in
creasing. At Chungching, where he is
commissioner, he is told that 1000 piculs
suffice for consumption in the province
and that 5000 piculs are exported. We
may conclude that the smokers of that
province cannot be less than $50, 900. Since
the population is 100000, the number of
smokers is one IN a hundred.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-13

and notes are poor people. That they shall
several bushels Of mortgages and notes.
The veteran said:
They who have given me these papers
nol suIIer, ana to avoid litigation, there is
an easy settlement crawIino from
MS bed he flung the great mass of papers
INTO the blazing fireplace. It was the fit
ting last act Of a cavaliers life.
Don Bartolome's daughter Lugarda, by
the way, married Don Jose Luna. uncle
OF the ex-delegate to congress from New
Mexico. Both were immensely wealthy.
out put all their money in sheep and lost
them all by Indian depredations. The
last knew Of them, this aged coupIe-he
over 100 and she in the 90s-were living in
AFFECT poverty in little adobe room. and
would long before have starved but for
their daughter-in-law. A strange irony
OF fate for the heirs of the big-hearted
Don who had been for generation the
practical king of a territory 300 miles
square!