The Atlanta constitution., 1900-11-07
uLEANINas AND GOSSIP.


a private i'm the United States army at
traSted much attention in Atlanta Oh
last Friday just before the departure
OF the north bound train over the south-
ern. Efforts to engage the young man IN
conversation developed the fact that ne
was deaf and dumb, but a gentleman pres
ent, who understood the mute alphabet
extracted the following interesting ana
pathetic story:
The young man was Charles hdPpeio
en- route from the Philippines to his hoIic
at Por,and Me He was in Funston $
command and saw lot of active service
hut one day after hiking at douolc-
ouick in pursuit of Filipinos, somethilis
went wrong with Kappeler's head nc
world turned dark before his eyes his
musket dropped, and, whrlins rouhu anu
round he fell to the ground UNCONSCIOUS
The Fiipinos were firing on the Amer
cans when Kappeler fell and ms COM
rades supposed he had been Killed bu,
when the rebels were driven off ana
Kappeler was carried back To camp II
was found that he was untouched IheIe
was not scratch on him, but he dln ho'
recover consciousness lie was put ii'"
the hospital at Manila and remained there
more than a year
81 was unconscious for a month, the
deaf and dumb man said in sign language
land when / came to a Red Cross nurse
was giving me whisky and putting Ice
on nv head i saw by the movement
of her lips that she was speaking TO me-
but | could not hear what she salu. II
soon dawned on me that / was DEAL ana
| gradually lost the power OF Speech ior'
as | could not hear what l was saying
could not form the words. At last | en-
tirely lost the power OF speech. and now l
am going home deaf and dumb.
Major j. c. Hemphill editor or Inc
Charleston News and Courier. was n
prominent figure i'm Atlanta on last
Friday. Although Il comparatively young
man. Major Hemphill's bearing Is mark
ed bv that gracious courtiiness which as
tieuished the gentlemen Of the south IN
ante-bellum DAYS. In the rush of wnat IS
called the new south, he has preserved
in his manner, those graces which maze
the men of the old south the first gem
tlemen of the world.
Yes" said Major Hemphill, I'VE are
making great preparations for our eN-
position which is TO be held next year
Charleston is determined 10 make II one
of the greatest expositions ever helu III
the United States. We are hopeful that
it will prove of great benefit not only
to Charleston but to the entire country
If the results follow that we hope for.
tho exposition will tend to open up trade
between southern ports and the west
Indies"
r. IT, Cannon, Of Atlanta has received
from his father, W. \. Cannon. at Swami,
Tenn. n letter In which he tells OF re-
cent gold discoveries that are attracting
considerable interest in this section OF
the country. The most recent discovery
is on Coker creek Monroe county, within
one and ore-half miles OF the North Car
olina line. in the extreme southern boun-
dary of the county.
The shaft is at present ninety feet deep
and has passed through twenty-three
feet of vein matter Already some of the
matter runs as high as $50 TO the ton.
Mr.. Cannon says there is great inter
est in the finds and Il lively time is eN-
teen attracted 0y the rich finds.
pected in the course of few weeks
The attention of capitalists has already
been attracted by the rich finds
"I see" said the ex-professor at the
Kimball Saturay, that Professor Os-
car Lowell Triggs. of the University OF
Chicago, is stin feeling the effects OF
an onion diet and OF the oily money which
he draws from the Rockefeller endow-
ment fund. | told YOU some time ago
that Triggs had sOlemnly announced in
Il lecture TO the students that John ID.
Rockefeller had more genius than VIII
liam Shakespeare. l predicted then that
If Rockefeller. who founded the Univer-
sity of Chicago ana contributes to its
support. should add a few more of his
petroleum dollars TO Triggs's salary. the
latter might he expected 10 write "a book
to prove that Shakespeare never wrote
the famous plays credited to him. but that
they were the offspring of the genius OF
one of. Rockefeller's ancestors.
"Well, | believe my prediction is COM
ing true, for / see that Triggs proposes
TO write biography of Rockefeller. and
I don't doubt If the billiOnaire keeps in
creasing the professors salary that the
latter will wind up by crediting the workS
Of the bard of Avon 10 one of ROckefel-
ler's progenitors Nothing that fellow
Trggs could do would surprise me. \
man who consumes peck Of raw onions
daily and asserts that Rockefeller is as
great a genius as Shakespeare Is likely
To make all sorts OF a fool Of himself.
I don't know what sort of a family tree
Trggs Will get up Tor Rockefeller in the
proposed book-any sort. ] suppose, that
would he willing to wager a round sum
that there would be no difficulty in es-
tabIishing the fact that Triggs IS a linedl
descendant of the animal that bore Ba-
laam.
Putting Rockefellar in the same class
with Shakespeare. Faush. 1t is as maui
seating as the atmosphere about Triess
must be just after he has consumed his
allowance of onions"
"Have YOU heard how Levi y. Letter
of Chicago. turned down Mark Hanna
racently?" asked "A Windy City drummer
in Atlanta recently.
mo? Wen. ii is mighty good story
You know old man letter is the father of
young Joe. whose sensational attempt To
corner the wheat market a few years
ago was the talk of the world. II took
lot of old Letters money 10 straight5n
out the muddla Joe made of that wheat
deal. and the old man hasn't been in a
good humor since.
"Old man Letter has always been re-
publican. though never a very liberal
producer for party purposes. Well the
other day Boss Hanna blew into Chicago
and decided that funds We're needed to
prevent landslide to Bryan. Hanna dc
cided to visit the rich republicans and
call on them to produce. Old man Letter
was one of the first Hanna struck Han
ma told Letter how the party needed
the money and asked how much the mil
lionaire would give.
Not d;-d cent replied Letter with
tartness that almost took Hanna's