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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-01-21

Sickness steals more savings than the
burglar. Slowly, coin by coin, the
money that has been so hardly earned
= paid out for drugs and doctors
sickness is the worst enemy of the work.
ing man, and the common cause of the
working mans sickness is disease OF the
S Seonaach often involving the heart, lungs,
AveF, or kidneys.
The use of Or. Pierce's Golden Med
.Sai Discovery will stop the stealing. OF
ole savings by sickness. 1t cures dis.
Eases OF the stomach and other organs OF
ul8estlon and nutrition. It cures dis
vases OF heart, liver, lungs, kidneys, etc,
Sueh these diseases are caused by the
diseased condition of the stomach and
lis allied organs.
vii, ABOUT ten years ago began to have trouble
w w my stomach" writes VIM Connolly, OF 23S
LGIInut Street, Loraiu, Ohio ait got so bad
aaQ 10 lay off quite often two aud three days in
hs,iie my stomach would bloat, and would
fin up gas and was in awful distress at such
~ have employed and been treated py
oest doctors in the city but got no heiP
v ~a1atever. By some way or other happened to
r. uoid Of vial of your Pellets, and thought
sd Hy neiped me. 1t was then wrote to you for
tbo"aL. You told me that by my mptoms you
ss ought had liver complaint, and advised the
'pioI your Golden Medical Discovery ana
r;ir'edsant Pellets in connection. These medi-
hsSs have taken as directed, and am very
fT9pmP 70 state that l commenced to get oettGt
Sr,r the start and have not lost day thus
ton -i a on account of my stomach. feel TIP
daa better than have for ten years"
accept no substitute for v Golden Med
as good.D
q Or. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulate
@e bowels.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-01-21
Fertilizers,

We beg to the planters of this section and
surrounding counties that prepared have been
in the past to offer FIRSTCLASS FERTILIZERS for
the coming season, embracing
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-01-21
LONG AGO.

| once knew all the birds that came
And nestled in our orchard trees
For every flower had name
NV friends were woOdchucks, tOads
and bees:
[ knew where thriyed in wonder glen
What plants would soothe stone
bruised toe.
oh, was very learned then
But that was very long ago.
I knew the spot upon the hill
Where checkerberries could be
found;
7 knew the rushes near the mill
Where pickerel lay that weighed q
pound!
I knew the wood-the very tree
Where lived the poaching, saucY
crow,
And all the woods and crows knew
But that was very long ago.
And, pining for the joys OF youth,
tread the old familiar spot.
ONLY to learn this solemn truth:
[ have forgotten, am forgot.
Yet here's this youngster at my knee
Knows all the things L used TO
know;
To think once was wise as he
But that was very long ago.
[ know its folly to complain
OF whatsoe 'er the Fates decree;
Yet. were not wishes all 10 vain,
tell you what my wish should be:
I'd wish to be boy again,
Back with the friends l used TO
know;
For was, oh! so happy then
But that was very, very long ago.
Eugene Field.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-01-21
Dawson Keeps Tanks as Well as Jugs Full

From the Cuthbert Leader.
Cuthbert experienced a slight oil
famine this week. Our merchants
have been accustomed to get their
kerosene from the oil wagon sent out
from Dawson. Owing to the liquid
state of the roads in Terrell county the
oil wagon got stuck in the mud the
first of the week and failed to make
schedule time. Every oil tank in
Cuth bert went dry Monday, and some
families who do not use electric lights
had to resort to candles, the feeble
illuminators of the good old times.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-01-21
New WAY Of Collecting Fines.

Alderman Donohue of Wilkesbarre
presides over the Police Court occa-
sionally. The other day a man was
before him charged with assaulting his
wife and refusing to provide food for
her. The alderman fined the prisoner
$40. The man said he had no money.
I'll see," observed DOnohue. With
the aid of deputy Donohue stood the
man on his head and shook his clothes.
Sixteen dollars fell out of his pockets.
Donohue gave this to the wife and sent
her home, and pus the man in Jail for
a week.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-01-21
PTeVarlCatOrS Are Busy.
from the Savannah News.

There is evidently some strenuous
prevarication going on in Venezuela,
and much of it. is finding it's way into
the newspaper dispatches. One day
we are told that Castro is on his last
legs and will certainly be overthrow,
and the next day the information
comes that the insurgents are being
beaten out of their boots and that
Castro is momentarily gaining
strength. Necessarily, therefore,
there is fabrication on one eide or the
other; or maybe it is on both sides.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-01-21

The many friends of G. II. Hanson,
Engineer, L. Z. & w. r. r., at present
living in Lima, o., will be pleased to
know of his recovery from threatened
kidney disease. He writes. Il was
cured by using Foley's Kidney Cure,
which l recommend to all, espe cially
trainmen, who are usually similarly
afflicted. KENDRICK'S DRUG STORE.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-01-21
A Unanimous Endorsement.

From the Savannah Press.
Justice Shiras will retire from the
supreme court bench with the endorse
mept of the whole county; that Is,
they will endorse his retirement.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-12-11
VAPORES QUE SE ESPERAN

Austriaco Jenny" DE hoy ma
mana saldra dc Ponce para Europa,
admitiendo carga y pasaje oC
Austriaco Lucia Con ueslino a
Europa, y admitiendo carga pasa-
jeros, sa'dra de Ponce del al 10 del
mes de Enero p. 6xilno.
Las cargas para dichos vapores se1an
recojidas por los costeros de la New
York & Porto Rico S. S. co, y Sc expi-
den con5cimlentos directoS
Esp. Juan Forgas" Hacienda es-
calaS Valencia. Malaga, Torrevieja, Ca
diz y Canarias, debe haber salido de
Barcelona ell dia del corriente mes
con destino a este puerto y los deMaya-
guez, Ponce y Cuba.
Ing. "Edea'- Pracedeute de Saint
Thomas llegara q este p1erto el dia ID
de- corriente mes para Salir Ell rnislno
Ia paga su procedencia.
Esp. Maria-Directamente para este
poerto salio del de la Coruia ell dia 30
del pasado mes de Neviembre.
Esp Martin Saenz" Este a la car
ga en- Barcelona de donde saldra con
destino 4 eSta Isla el dfa 10 del Corrien-
te mes, hacienda as escalas del Medi-
terraneo y Canarias.
Iugl6s "i<eval" ST Sc reune sui-
ciente ca'ga para Europa, tocara en-
este puerto hacia el dia IS del corrien-
te mes.
Esp "Buenos Aires Para seguir
iaje a CanariaS y Ia Peniosula, recaia-
ri a este pue-,o eel 20 a p del corrien-
ines, prOcedente de la H,oana es-
calas.
iran. "OHnde Rodrigues' '-Recalarl
este puerto del 10 al Il del cocrieDte
mes procedente dc TO. P.ala escalas
: seguira viaJe para SAINT Thomas y
Europa.
Amer. Phiade'phia" Ell ia 10 de-
corriente mss reca.srl 4 este puerto pro
eedente de Ia GuayrA y e~caLaS. para
Seguir direcsamente New York.
cabanO ~Ja,ia = Pr1cedea1e &c IA
Habana y esca as irtsTmedias. lirgara
4 este pleFto del IS al - del cogricnte
mes.
Amer ''caFacas- -- Llegsr4 4 este
.uerto procsdsntr del dc New Yosk sl
dla " dsl elFusuts mes. AT sguiente
sli4 Salslra para ~ De "A GuayIa y ss-
v6las.
laglts "Mguel Dc tArffnaga- .-Sal-
Ira Il Lv.Fp.oi q dia % d. curTisuts
mes. eoa dssiuo diFscss 4 sssS-pusssp
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-12-11
ConeTcIo Y Navigation
ReviSta de las
operaciones practicadas hoy
ENTRADAS DR TRAvESIA

ENTRADAS DR TRAvESIA
De Geneva y escalas vap esp "Mi-
guel N. iPiuillos" de 2oo2 toneladas
captain Aiguel Perez q Sobrino de L.
quierdo y co, con carga que resef1are-
mos en- ell proximo n1mero.
De New York vap amer. "Ponce" de
2.5I9 toneladas, captain T. J. Dalton a
The New Yor C Porto Rico S S co, con
carga que reseharemoS en- Ell n1mero
pr0Ximo.
ENTRADAS DE COSTANEROS
De Arroyo gol "Carmelita' en- lastre.
SALIDAS DE TkAvEsIA
Para Brunswick (Ga.) berg amer &c.
C. Sweeney" por Firlay Brothers Way
month Trading co, en- lastre.
sALIDAS DE CoSTANERoS
Para Culebrita gol "India,' con car
ga del Gobierno.
Para Vieques gol alice icon carga
general
Para Vieques y Cuieora bal "Pedri-
to" con carga general.
Para AreclDo y ruta vap amer "Por-
to kico" con carga general.
DESPACHADOS
Ninguno.
OPERACIONES SOBRE Ell MUELLE
Ninguna.
OpERACIoNEs DE BUQCEs EN- PUERTO
TRAvCSJA
Edward L. Mayberry, Ponce y Mi
guel M. Pin.llos descargando.
GOsIAkk nos.
Dos Hermanos y Juanita Fajardo.
Axrelia, YaDucoa. Ana Maria Nagua-
bo Humacao. Guilermito, Arro) o.
Isabella, Aguadilla y Mayaguez. De-
|seada, Naguabo. Maria Artau, Vie
queS. CorAz6n de Maria, y Petra, des
aggando. rereciila, aquito, ksperaL-
"a, Vasco, Borinquen, trovldenc.a, New
Dan Michael y Carmelita pendiente.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-12-11

En- Ia session celebrabrada anoche
por el ayuntamiento de esta Capital, Sc
acord6 pasar a la comision de Fomento
una soicitud, dirigida a dicha Corpora.
ci6n por la Association Popular Coope-
rativa de ahorros y prestamos." pidien.
do que no sc tenga en- cuenta la clau-
suls tercera de la circular del Gobierno
General de Puerto Rico, de ~Secha de IS
de )unio de 1898, sobre disposiciones
para case de incendios. cuya clausula
Sc ha tenido en- cuenta para negar el
permiso para construir TN edi6cio en-
Miramar, por figurar este en- ell plano
con ell techo de teiamani, fundando Ia
petici6n en- que dicha circular obedecia
al antique tranvfa de vapor, sustituido
hoy por el sistema de carros electricos.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-12-11
q Ou-iurn CONSENSUS.

"Ou-iun c0aScnsus.
Rsersada Por mas de veintic'aco
ai0s
!. Steiapre eun exito
= cue suscsihe. M6iico CiFuiauo De
"a Facait.1 De haFeelooa. Cshallero De
l&O ,,wn Civil dr BsnehCsncia. Dtrec-
IA Atdico de v.sirs de- navss del pueF.
o. - fsjara4l. Ssc. ssc.
Certi1eos %41ls en loa veint<s1u
alos cue rrVods ps1esica de = medl-
.eiaa Ne smplr4sts. sieunpgs con txlsos =
aIsilua. Ga ds Ssost. Dc aseise de higNip
y Sseslao a hfpafE sGsos Dc CA y dr
n-e.
v paga csaRaneia ex -iioe' pre<u-
~ ra Fsnsd@ "a. kncs. 4 - - Isi,n
q 49,
DR. E-TunsN LoFtx.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-12-11
La Mulita

Sc vende este antique
establecimiento de provi-
stones con 6 SIN SUI acre
ditada Abrica de choco-
late fundada en- ell anO
1920.
Agusti'1 EspaNol e" C,
MfOrmara.
s. Juan PtO Rico, San Jose IL
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-12-11
los cAmBs0s DEL ma

VIA = 49, ass (.
LOSpRkS O. dgv sgSsH 4.
tso dgv " - {.
New-Yosk. vsntlpe p.
PaEin vxlia 4 o1N agae "a
HsmhurEo vilta Z N aAp9 II
Enp41a sdreass rs ~
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-12-11

va han circulado los programs para
Ia segunda function de Ia temporsda de
zArzuela. que la compafifa Union Ar
tistica", ha organizado en- esta Capital.
Figuran en- dicho programa tres OBJ as
de 10 mas escogido del genere chico
espaflol. Para la proxima semana, Sc
kestan ensayando, la preciosa zarzuela
NA'Las Tentaciones de San Antonio" y el
aplaudido juguete comico en- I'm acto
de Sdon Miguel Ramos Carri6n. LA
Muela del Juicio.''
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-12-11

El cabo Castro, de la Po!icia Insular,
I'd :: puesto de Rio Graude, telcgraffa
con fecha de hoy al Jefe del cuerpo 10
.sisuiente:
"Ocupadas siete cabezas mas de ga
nado vacuno, verdidas por Rodulfo Ri
vera, autor del hurto anterior"
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-12-11

La banda "Juventud del Comercio"
.que tocara esta noche en- la plaza, es-
trenarA una preciosa danza original de
don Juan Rios Ovalle. titulada "Mar1a
Teresa. Rios Ovalle, ha conseguido
zen POGO tempo ponerse la cabcza de
los compositores de danzas y es un
~adigno successor del immortal Norel
~Campos.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-12-11

Anoche lego en- el vapcr Ponce t.
G. s-llor w. Frazier. nombrado Secre-
tarlO particular de- Gobernador Hunt.
en SusiSuci6l de Mr.. Frank A. Lynch,
.el que enbarcara c. p 6ximo mieEco'es
- u v,por Philadelphia para los
Eslsdos UnidoS.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-12-11

81 Tribunal Supreme ha admitido
como abogado don Jose Julian Acosta
v Acosta, quiGn presto eI correspon-
dieate juramento, e microbes dia nue-
We &c los corrieutes.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-12-11

Cs,los Pefsa y Juan Diaz, fuerou
c1nderad0s esia mafiana 1 srf'ir Gre
fils dc czrce' cadl uno, por ei Iuez
h ppel. por entre,enerse eu profeIir
palAbras obsceaas en- Ia via P1blica
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-12-11

Anoche celebr6 session extraordinaria
el Ayuntamiento de eSta Capital. De-
iaron de asistir los concejales sencres
Ful1, America Geigel y Lasslle, este
liltimo por enfermedad; los dos prime
ros 40 sabemos por que caxsa.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-12-11

SEDLITZ BURGGRAEVE NUMA
CHANTEAUD. Exijase el frasco
:cuadrado con el retrato del Decor
BURGGRAEVE y el sello de ga
zrantfa.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-12-11

E pr6ximo mar,eS Sc verihcarl en-
los sa'oueS drl AyuDtamientD. ,. Ia subas-
Ia para la construction de los bancos
t.e hero de Ia plaza de Baidoriotv de
Caslro. FL modelo esta dc manifesto
ca las OfcinaS De n Acadia.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-12-11
Noticias

A las once y media de Ia noche de
aver, entr6 en- este puerto, procedente
.rde los Estados Unidos, el vapor correo
americana "Ponce".
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-12-11

Aver tomo possession del cargo de
concejal del Ayuntanliento de San
Juan, don Juan Miguel Kearney.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-12-11

Durante los dias en- que Sc celebra-
ron las misiones catoIicas en- nuestra
Iglesia Catedral Monsefior James H.
\ B enk, administr6 ell Santo Sacramento
Ide la Confirmation a 1923 personas,
= entire elias nifios y algunas de edad
adulta.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-12-11

En- ell vapor "Ponce" entrado anoche,
diego Ell Tesorero de Puerto Rico. Eta
naflana fue t)mar possession de su
importante cargo.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-12-11

Ell Juez de Paz del Distrito de Cate
~dral, ha condenado & pagan dos dollars
de multa 4 Isaac Ilureta, por infrineir
las Ordenauzas Municipales.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-12-11
Baquero y Gandara
OFRECEN

Alambre de puas. rollos
de 90 libras SAYS
ZINC Americana acana-
IadO. de 6 pies ..$7S
srampas. en- barriles de
90 hbras SOC
cemento DRAGON. en-
baTriles ais
PttnIas dc PariS eajas
&c 90 hbras. tamanos
de tls hasta s pulga-
~ das. gruesas y hnas .. s.so
Mani superior. en sacos
dc 100 hbTas MIN. Quin-
tal $50
Maiz del psiA en- ls sacOs.
Quintal t.so
Sai supeFioF. quiutal --o-lo
Saa Juns ~ IS. saa Is.a Pr.
~syd
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-12-11

Mafiana tocara en- Ell "Parque Borin-
quen" la orquesta de Ia Policfa Insu.
lar.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-12-11

Con fecha de aver ingresaron en- Ia
. carcel de Puerta de TERRA, acusados
del delito de alterar la paz. Melton
Rivera y Jose Figueroa (a) M1caro.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-02-07
TREATY MAY FAIL.
Alabama Senator InsIsts That Negotiations
with ColombiA's Representative Were
Not Legai-Impossibie TO Now
Make ANY Changes.

Washington, Feb. 2.-An impor-
tant conference was held ut the white
house Saturday, the participants be-
ing the president, Secretary Hay and
Senator Cullom, chairman of the for
cign relations committee of the SEN
ate. The subject under discussion
was the status of the Panama canal.
The situation with regard to the
treatXas it has developed in the SEN
ate is giving the administration and
its supporters grave concern. The
president is exceedingly anxious that
the treaty should be ratified at the
earliest possible moment; yet the in
dications now are that serious OBJ
structions may be placed in the way
of ratification.
Senator Morgan, chairman of the
Committee on inter-oceanic canals,
takes the ground that the negotia-
tons conducted by the state depart
ment with Mr.. Herran, representing
Colombia, are not valid, and holds
that Mr.. Herran did not possess the
necessary authority to make treaty
binding upon his country, and it is
understood that he will use his ut
most efforts to defeat the treaty in
its present form. Such action, it Is
well understood, will seriously delay
final action upon it, even if it should
not result in the defeat of its ratifica-
ton. 1t is stated definitely that any
amendment to the treaty would inn
peril the entire canal project, as the
government of Colombia might hest
tate to accept amendments made to
it, particularly if they involve es-
sential details or principles.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-02-07
LOOKS LIKE A WINNER.
Agricultural Committee Votes tn Place
Omnibus Statehood Bill as Rider
to Its Appropriation.

Washington, Feb. 2.-The senate
committee on agriculture has agreed
to place the omnibus statehood bill
on the agricultural appropriation bill
as a rider. The proposition was
strongly antagonized, but it carried
by a two-thirds vote, Senator'S Hans
brough, Foster (Wash.) and Quay. re-
publicans; and Bate, Heitfeld and
Simmons. democrats, voting in the
affirmative, and Senator's Proctor,
Dolliver and Quarles, republicans, in
the negative.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-02-07

presence he remained In his chair, did
not ask her to sit down, did not show a
sign of regard for her, but harshly in
quired her business. She told her
story as gracefully as possible, stated
that she had just come from the pres
ident, who had taken great interest in
the case, and presented the order of
the president for the release of her
husband.
Secretary Stanton snatched the or
der from her hand, read it, grunted an
grily, tore the order into two pieces.
and dropped it into the waste basket
beside him. He sneered, made no re-
mark, turned to his desk, paid no more
attention to her, and she was shown to
the door.
The beautiful and accomplished
woman who had been born and reared
to society leadership felt the snub and
insult more keenly than would one
unaccustomed to courtesies, and it
was difficult to console her. Gen. Gar
land thought rapidly, as he endeav-
ored to remember where he had last
seen Gen. Clay, feeling that there was
something he ought to remember. AT
last he arose rapidly and said: Mad
anne, have found the solution of your
difficulty. BE of good cheer. for I know
how to secure the release OF your hus-
band. Secretary Stanton may be
bigger man than the president; but
there is n man in this city who is a
bigger man than Stanton, and he is a
gentleman. too. That man is Gen.
Grant. Under the terms of the sur.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-02-07

must make the effort in behalf of her
husband, and promised to do so the
following morning.
The next evening she called upon
Gen. Garland, in tears, and with a
woc-begone, almost broken hearted
expression, and sobbed forth her story.
After much difficulty she was accord
ed an interview with President john
son, who received her with kindness
and sympathy. He was polite and
kind-hearted, listened to her with en-
.couragement and patience, and sent
for the papers in the case. He then
wrote an order for the release of her
husband. He said: "Take this to the
secretary of war, who will endorse it,
and then you can go to Fort Warren
and have your husband released"
She had gone TO the war department
10 see .he secretary of war. and had
more difficulty in securing an audi
ence with him than she had had in
getting into The presence of the pres
hent. When she was at last in his
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-02-07
Daring Escape from Prison.

Jefferson City, Mo-, Feb. 1.-"Dan'
Kane, sentenced to two years from
Sedalia for larceny, made an excuse
to go to the hospital on sick leave.
Instead of doing so he hid in the
stockade and was searched for all
night. This morning Kane got lad
der, placed it in n cart, scaled the
wall and escaped within so feet OF
two guards.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-02-07
yandeventer Acc.pts New Judgeship.

Washington Feb. 2.-President
Roosevelt has signed the bill recent
ly passed by congress creating an adj
ditional judgeship for the Eighth jul
dicial circuit of the United States.
Saturday afternoon he made a per-
sonal tender of the judgeship to
Judge Willis Vandeventer, assistant
attorney general for the interior de-
partment, and the proffer was accept
ed.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-02-07
RELEASED BY GRANT.
After President Johnson's Order
Had Been Ignored.
a Characteristic story Illustrating
che Gcntleness Of the General
and Drusqueness OF secre-
cary Stanton.
Especial washington letter.

7AE autocrat of the gardens Is
Col. William Il. Smith, and he Is
IL hero-worshiper. Nobody can
get any choice flowers from the Botan-
zeal gardens except with the approval
of Col. Smith, who is the veteran su-
perintendent of those bowers; and
nobody can get close to the heart OF
the genia; Scot without knowledge Of
Robert Burns, all that he wrote and
all that he was. Col Smith worships
at the shrine of Bobbie Burns.
Not long ago new member OF con-
gress was told that admiration OF
Burns, properly expressed in the pres
ence of the superintendent OF the gar
dens would win him friendship OF
value; for this superintendent OF the
gardens directs the floral supplies for
all of the statesmen and their families.
The new member induced an old men,
Der to call with him and introduce him.
After the exchange of few common
places, the new member noticed the
splendid collection of Burns works,
and said: "You deserve congratula-
tons for having such an excellent col
lection of the works of Jimmy Burns
Like a raging, roaring lion the an
cry old man shouted: Jimmy Burns,
ignoramus; talk to me of Jake Wash
ington, Jimmy Grant, Billy Lincoln, or
show your ignorance in any other
way, but don't insult me in my own
den by talking of Jimmy Burns"
The new member went out OF the
presence of the autocrat of the gar
dens, and what flowers he gets during
his term of service here will not give
him any foundation for Dragging
when he gets home.
During the civil war, when Early's
raiders came near capturing the ma
tional capital, Col. Smith was volun-
teer soldier and came near being cap
tured by his old friend, Gen. Brecken-
ridge. He tells an interesting story of
his experiences in the field, and what
a mastery retreat he made at double
quick for couple of miles down Sew
enth street road, back to his botanical
gardens. He has scrap book replete
with "reminiscences of those days, and
one of them gives an insight into the
character of Secretary Stanton and
the character of Gen. Grant which will
interest every reader. 1t is story told
by the late Attorney General Garland.
who had formerly been member OF
the confederate senate.
At his hotel in this city, shortly after
Andrew Johnson had been advanced to
the presidency, Gen. Garland received
a visit from the wife of Hon. Clement
C. Clay, who had been captured and
confined ut Fort Warren. She was adj
vised to call upon President johnson
in behalf of her husband, who was not
only in prison, but in delicate health.
She shrank from such an ordeal, be-
cause Andrew johnson was regarded
ms an ogre by all southern people of
the upper classes. They could not
comprehend how any southern man
could conduct himself as johnson had
done. Gen. Garland assured her that
President johnson would receive her
with courtesy, and that he would
treat her with kindness. Having great
confidence in the wisdom of Gen. Gar
land, she finally concluded that she