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THE ONLY DAILY NEWSPtPET IT *U1\Tt
The herd hath more annoyance by the
breeze
Than by the tiger.
—Troilua and Cresaeda.
North Foie '< xplorers.
'The record of the north pole search
ers stands to date as follows:
Point Reached Distance
North Latitude. From Pole.
Peary .84 17 Degrees. 396 Miles.
Nansen .86.14 Degrees. 261 Miles.
Abruzxl . 86.33 Degrees. 239 Miles.
Oreely . 83.24 Degrees. 460 Miles.
After leaving Greenland there are
no known Islands, at least none of
considerable size, and there Is no open
polar sea. Life is not all impossible in
the highest latitude, even at the pole
Itself, nor is It impossible to traverse
the distance in sledges, although
Peary found the ridges full of difficul
ties. The real obstacle to be over
come is a food supply. A depot must
be established at the extremest point
of land, either on the extremest north
erly point of Greenland, or better still
perhaps of Francis Joseph land, which
lies north of Siberia. It would then
be possible to reach the north pole,
but food must be furnished for the
trip. This is all that is left of the
problem. The nature of the uppermost
part of Greenland is now well defined,
as Is that of Francis Joseph land, from
iwhich probably a dash to the pole
will yet be made. There is a possibil
ity that smoother traveling may be
found from Francis Joseph land than
rest until the north pole is reached, al
though the world will not be the bet
ter or worser from the fulfillment of
the task.
fcnss Rnr'nq S!rails,
A new agitator has arisen in the
person of M. de Windt, who also
has a rival in M. Pavot, both French
men. These particular Frenchmen
propose to build a tunnel under Be
ring Straits, so that a palace car start
ed In Birmingham, with a spur to At
lanta, may be landed in Paris at least,
and even in dear old London itself.
An all rail route between this country
and Europe is feasible enough from
an engineer's point of view, but the
trouble consists in making it look
feasible to the financiers and inves
tors, who are proverbially cautious.
The TranB-Alaska-Slerian scheme is
very popular In Paris, but it is not yet
demonstrated that a passenger will
prefer a 14,670-mile route to one about
£000 miles long, when he knows the
latter is replete with all comforts, in
cluding draw poker and other enticing
games. The steamer is still the thing,
and the Bering Straits route cannot
take away its passenger business. As
for freight from New York to Paris
Bering Straits will never see a pound
of it.
The scheme is very attractive on
paper especially to Frenchmen, but the
Investor will consider it without any
of its gliter or sentiment. It is a ques
tion of income and outgo to him—of
Interest and dividends. When the
Trans-Alaska-Sierian scheme is sub
jected to the money test it disappears,
and there is nothing but French rhet
oric left.
Hur One Poisonous Vine.
The wanderers afield in these de
lightful autumn days should not for
get that there is a vine to be avoided.
(We call it ‘‘poison oak,” but in many
parts of the country it is called "pois
on ivy.” All the states have it, and
there is no vine more beautiful, espec
ially in the autumn.
It closely resembles the woodbine or
Virginia creeper, but poison oak be
longs to the cashew family, while the
harmless Virginia Creeper belongs to
the vitaceae family. While they re
semble each other in appearance, yet
they can readily be differentiated, be
cause the creeper’s leaves grow in
threes, while those of poison oak are
In fives. Don't forget this simple rule,
'inere are other differences, but this
one is quite enough for defensive pur
poses.
Poison oak grows to a great height
In the Pacific states, but in the At
lantic states it rarely attains to a
considerable vine growth, being in
that respect far inferior to its proto
type, the Virginia creeper. Given
every facility of growth, the latter will
clamber over walls, up trees, and
along the bluffs of streams. Some
times the two grow side by side, good
friends, but one is not a friend to the
fruman race, while the other Is as
harmless as a lamb. Poison oak will
harm no one that remembers Its
leaves are in fives, and there Is no
occasion for a raid against it. It is
picturesque, and it adds no little to
the beauty of our brooks and woods.
It is part and parcel of our landscape
outfit, and all that one need do is to
look upon its beauty while care is
taken not to handle its
Lancashire is Alarmed.
England is not a rapid country, and
its cotton mill owners have just dis
covered that cotton manufacturing in
the southern states of this country is
fast becoming an international factor
in the industry. Lancashire begins to
see that its monopoly is to be broken.
Fall River ascertained as much long
ago, but English mills have not con
sidered the southern mills as real ri
vals until recently.
The exclusive Chinese market has
been broken into and southern mills
are pouring in goods, and freight rates
are lower than they are from Lanca
shire. Says the secretary of the Mas
ter Cotton Spinners’ Federation of
Manchester:
"Lancashire is deeply concerned In tho
Important development of the cotton in
dustry In the United States, upon which
country we have been accustomed to look
merely as a source of raw material. A
recent tour of Inspection by a committee
of English weavers confirmed our Im
pression that American cotton manufact
uring is a factor with which we shall be
compelled to reckon seriously.”
It is the old story again. It will be
the survival of the fittest. It means
that there will be a struggle, but that
struggle will not be a difficult one be
cause the mills and the cotton fields
have important advantages, and when
the Panama canal is opened freights
will certainly be in favor of southern
mills so far as the trade in China is
concerned. Ten years from now the
mills in the south will bo doubled, and
the Panama canal will then be open.
The strife will go on In the mean
while, but the opening of the isthmian
canal will settle it, and Lancashire
will see that the south intends to spin
its own cotton. It will cease then to
be a mere "source of raw material,"
as Lancashire has been accustomed to
regard It.
Rival warships are now welcomed,
and out of the rivalry some knowledge
may be gained in the difficult art of
overcoming the attraction of gravita
tion, which is always with us. ,
In the Roumanian matter Austria
i and Russia lined up against the Unit
ed States, Germany is non-committal,
hnd France has not been heard from.
It is said Horace Boies looks beyond
Tom Johnson's tent and sees the
I white house standing up bigger than
any elephant. He is headed that way.
The vacated offices will be filled
speadily in this town, and the wonder
soon will be what their tenants could
have done without them.
Sicily has imported the well known
American article, cyclones, and its
| first use of them was stretched out to
! 124 miles.
Dr. Lung has succeeded Dr. Rixey
as physician in chief to his excellency,
the President. Dr. Rixey has gone up
higher.
David Bennett Hill and Bill Devery
will supplant Thomas Platt and
Timmy Woodruff at Saratoga this
week.
Mr. Henderson's determination to
get out of office attracted much atten
tion because of the rarity of the ef
fort.
Millionaire Alger won out in the
Michigan convention, and he will be
made thane of Michigan next winter.
“Uncle Joe" may become speaker,
but if he should be elected all such
familiar titles will be out of order.
Instead of Pullman porters the
trains on the Panama railroad carry
bluejackets and quick-firing guns.
Even soft coal is going up by leaps
and bounds in New York. It has
caught the prevailing complaint.
The cotton mill trust in the south
Bhould not be permitted to discourage
the building of new mills.
Explorer Baldwin is convinced the
polar sea was not open when he vis
ited it.
Gen. Jos Wheeler and Mrs. George
W. Childs are said to be sparking
again.
The President would be all right If
he were not in the hands of the doc
tors.
Chief Austin feels that he has been
fully vindicated by the Jordan case.
Mr. Alger’s bank account proved
larger than seedman Ferry’s.
The little brown Americans are to
be counted and duly listed.
The Tim Woodruff waistcoat is no
longer in politics.
Moving day comes on apace.
WHAT DID NOAH EAT?
From the New York Press.
There is no record, so far as I know, of
what Noah and his family ate during the
Hood. After telling Noah what to take
In the ark. God said: “Every living sub
stance that I have made will 1 destroy
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from off the face of the earth.” There
were no tanks in the ark, according to
the best known designs, therefore, the
aquarium existed not. There is no re
cord of the price of beef; therefore, we
are permlted to draw an inference. Beef
was higher then than it has been since,
for it was on a par with the game, and
game was higher than the highest moun
tains of earth. Therefore flsh. God did
not tel! Noak to take flsh into the ark.
He must have thought that fish could
take care of themselves. But all flesh
and creeping things were destroyed. The
chances are that Noah and the boys wet
a few lines during the forty days and
nights of water, but they may have used
nets. The first mention that we have
of fishhooks is about 787 B. O., whereas
Noah and the boys were catching flound
ers and "weaks" in 2349 B. C.
A CHUNK OF POLITICAL WISDOM.
From the Brooklyn Eagle.
Both Governor Odell and Mr. Higgins
will gain votes by the impression that
they successfully confronted the purposes
of Mr. Platt, with those whom that Idea
pleases.
One need not think they will lose votes
with "the organization.” It has to be
straight or must cease to be an "organi
zation" at all.
MURPHY THINKS HE IS IT.
N. Y. Letter to Pittsburg Dispatch.
Now will everybody please stop talking
about Croker—"Dick" Croker, "Boss”
Croker, "Squire" Croker, Mr. Croker and
Richard Croker? New York has a new
ringmaster to direct the performances of
the Tammany tiger. He is Mr. Charles
F. Murphy, familiarly called "Sport,”
and he modestly acknowledges that he is
the whole thing. "I am my own man,"
he said today, "and I will not be a dum
my for Croker or anyone. Mr. Croker has
no more to do with the leadership of
Tammany than a man in China."
PRESIDENT READ THACKERAY.
From the New York Sun.
Yesterday the President lay in the brass
bedstead in his stateroom, propped up on
pillows, and read Thackeray almost all
day. As the train rolled through the vil
lages of Pennsylvania without making
any stops there were many people at the
stations to see the train go by. Those on
the northern side might have seen a
flash of red dressing gown and the back
of a man's head in one of the windows of
the car Colonial, but they could hardly
have known that it was the President.
Once or twice in the morning the Presi
dent suggested to the doctor that he
would like to be carried out to the
lounge In the sitting room of the car
where he could visit with some of his
party more comfortably. The doctor said
that he thought the President wrould bet
ter lie as still as he knew how to be.
But later in the day the President sent
his messenger through the train and had
all those who had been his guests through
the trip come to see him for a minute or
two at a time In his stateroom. All found
him in excellent good humor whenever
he could get his mind away from the
disappointment of breaking off the trip.
PIET CRONJE.
From the Kansas City World.
"1 am prepared not only to forgive,
but, bo far as God has given me the
power, to forget, I believe the British
and Dutch races should and will work
amicably together for the development of
the country."
The utterance is that of old, white
haired Gen. Piet^CronJe, arrived at Cape
Town from St. Helena
Waterloo sent Napoleon to the same
island to which Cronje was carried after
the fight at Modder river.
History tells how the Corsican fumed
and fretted on that island, self-centered
and miserable. But no word has come
from grizzled Piet Cronje as he has walk
ed in the paths that Napoleon disdained,
no word, though almost every mail told
of sons or daughters or grandchildren
fallen In the pathetic struggle.
God has not given him the power to
forget, but he has given him the power
to forgive, and forgiveness is In his big
and noble heart.
Since Cromwell's Ironsides we have not
seen such men as these Boer leaders.
And we shall not look upon their like
again.
Erratic, lop-sided, fanatical—call them
what you will, they were Chrlst-ilke in
ability to lay down their lives tor a prin
ciple and God-like in their anility to for
give.
Small men cherish resentments In de
feat. Their hearts are filled with bitter
ness.
Cronje is greater than Napoleon in this
—that he has mastered his own self. For
"Greater is he that ruleth his own snirlt
than he that taketh a city.'
Hats off to Piet Cronje.
LEO XIII AT 93.
Pope’s Extreme Age and Some of His
Habits.
FTom the Pall Mall Gazette.
Leo XIII bids fair to become one of
the wonders of the world. He has Just
celebrated his ninety-third nameday, and.
if appearances may be trusted, he will
have very many more. This fact he
rather ostentatiously flourishes in the
faces of those who come in contact with
him. For Instance, at the reception he
gave on his rameday he entertained sev
eral people at some length with what
he intends to do next year on the same
day. "80 few people," he said, "know
the beauties of my garden that next year
I shall receive there, and let a breuth of
my flowers come to outsiders. Alas! that
my grapes will not be ripe.”
This was an allusion to l.is own par
ticular vineyard, which he planted him
self and which he keeps under lock and
key. "If it is a success,” he went on,
"who knows that I may not make it a
yearly custom."
The pope Is, in fact, devoted to outdoor
life, but cannot or Is not allowed to In
dulge in it much. He has now arrived at
an age when he no more feels the heat,
but Is very sensitive to cold, so that
when one sees It said in the papers that
he cannot go to his summer house, It is
not for fear of the heat, but that he may
not be exposed to any small change In
the temperature, and because once out
of the Vatican It Is by no means an easy
matter to induce him to return, and If ho
lingers one moment too long the sun goes
behind the trees and he runs imminent
risk of a chill.
When !n a particularly Jocund mood
he makes reference to the solicitude with
which he is surrounded, and says he is
grateful, but adds, with great apprecia
tlcn, "they want to persuade me that I
am a delicate old man, but my span of
yeers goes to prove that If I am old I
am not delicate.”
Apartment Buildings,
‘‘Now that Birmingham Is being devel
oped rapidly on metropolitan lines I am
surprised that some enterprising capital
ist does not put up a large apartment
house," said a man who is familiar with
recent architecture in many cities.
"I read in the Age-Herald not long ago
an Interview with some one in which a
calculation was made that a good six
story apartment building could be erect
ed in Birmingham for about forty thous
and dollars. Such a solid and modern
structure as Birmingham should start
off with could not be built at this time
of high prices for anything like that
sum, but $75,000 would probably cover the
cost of a substantial and well finished
five or six-story apartment house. Who
ever undertakes the enterprise, however,
had better start with at least $125,000 for
the building and put up a seven or eight
story structure. Cincinnati has some
beautiful apartment house that cost
about $125,000 apiece.
"An architect has made sketches for
an apartment sky-scraper, but he figures
the cost at $300,000. His idea is that an
apartment house, of all others, should be
fire proof, and fire proof structures re
quire big money. This architect points
out that while the Woodward building
is fire proof and cost only little more
than a quarter of a million the extra
plumbing required for flats would cost
twenty or twenty-five thousand dollars.
Any reasonable amount invested in an
apartment house, would certainly pay."
The Atlantic Coast Line.
“Two of the most famous railway sys
tems In the United States started at
Richmond—the Southern, which was
formally the Richmond and Danville, and
the Atlantic Coast Line,” said a railroad
man.
“I remember when the Atlantic Coast
Line was merely the popular route name
for a string of little roads between Rich
mond and Charleston. Now the Atlantic
Coast Line Railroad company takes in
a system of thousands of miles exclusive
of the Louisville and Nashville. Such a
merging of the Morgan roads as is now
going into effect would have been un
thinkable five years ago. But in these
days of great combinations the railroad
map changes rapidly and no one ex
presses surprise at what happens.”
Shakespearean Revival.
“Stuart Robson will make his first ap
pearance this week as one of the Drom
ias in 'The Comedy of Errors’ Bince he
was associated with Crane, his engage
ment for this Shakespeare revival start
ing at Pittsburg,” said an oi» Thespian.
“The play will be staged in a most
elaborate manner and no Shakespeare
production in recent years has been so
costly as this is to be. But with so
fine an artist as Mr. Robson in the cast,
the enterprise will prove profitable.”
Cultivating Musical Talent.
“One of the most fertile fields of musi
cal endeavor Is the People’s Choral union
of New York," remarked a music lover.
“It is under the direction of Frank Dam
roach, who has carried on the work since
1892. The union announces that sixteen
classes for the study of sight singing and
the practice of large chorus compositions
will be opened this fall to the people of
New York and vicinity.
“Mr. Damrosch exercises general musi
cal supervision of the movement and per
sonally conducts the chorus of gradu
ates composing the choral union on Sun
day afternoons at the Cooper institute,
while the teachers who instruct the other
classes are selected by him. The object
of the movement is to promote the love
and culture of good music, particularly
among those working men and women
who, for wart cf means and leisure, can
not elsewhere pursue the serious study
of music under qualified teachers. At the
tame time it is not a charitable move
ment in the sense of being endowed by
patrons, but is an independent and self
sustaining organization In which musi
cians co-operate with music-loving peo
ple.”
President and the Vatican.
"The Methodist conference of Wiscon
sin adopted resolutions calling upon
President Roosevelt to refute the rumor
that he had intimated to the pope his de
sire to huve Archbishop Ireland created
a cardinal, but the President has not re
plied and probably will not," said a
student of aTalis.
"Some of ihe newspapers and leaders
of the Methodist chuich have assumed
that the rumor Is only a silly story with
out foundation. Of course no Intelligent
person imagines that President Roose
velt made anything like an official or
formal request that Munslgnor Ireland
be raised to the cardlnalate. But It is
easy to imagine the President saying to
some Catholic ecclesiastic of prominence
that if a new cardinal's hat were coming
to the United States he would be glad to
see It bestowed upon his friend. Arch
bishop Ireland, who had been of great
service to him In dealing with the friars
question, and especially in arranging fur
the reception o. the Taft commission at
the Vatican. Ar.d If the President did ex
press himself in that unofficial way, what
can be done about it? Nothing. At the
same lime a remark or hint lrom Roose
velt in favor of Ireland being hatted
would doubtless have weight unu ussure
the early advancement of one of the
most American and brilliant prelates of
tue church."
The Iron Market.
"The Iron market seems to grow strong
er,” said an ofticlal of a furnace com
pany, "and I do not see how there can
be any softening before the summer of
lau3. If next year brings good crops
prosperity will continue into 1904.
"A large tonnage of southern iron has
been sold for the first half of 19U3 at $17,
but some manufacturers have booked
contracts for $20. The selling price for
No. 2 foundry for deliveries in the sec
ond half of 1903 will probably not be
less than $21."
About Persons.
R. L. Thompson of Raleigh Is at tho
Morris.
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Dr. Shirley Bragg of Montgomery Is at
the Metropolitan.
• • •
G. W. Sherling of Coaiburg is at the
Metropolitan.
■ MS.
W. F. Herbert of Montgomery is at
the Metropolitan.
...
Thomas Bradford of Montgomery Is at
the Metropolitan.
• • ■
J. A. Cunningham of Mobile is at the
Metropolitan.
...
Capt. B. H. Screws of Montgomery Is
at the Metropolitan. He Is one of the lead
, lug Confederate veterans in Alabama, and
Is the oldest member of the legislature In
point of service. He was nominated at the
recent primary for the senate, defeating
Gen. John W. A. Sanford.
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M. H. Dooley of Washington, D. C„ Is
at the Morris.
• • •
J. A. Russell of Boston Is at the Morris.
m m m
R. M. Jordan of New Orleans Is at the
Hillman.
MORGAN ANGRY ABOUT SHELDON
New York letter In Pittsburg Ajispatch.
J. Pierpont Morgan wants to know.
He particularly desires to learn why his
man Sheldon was not nominated for
lieutenant governor. That la why he
l came into the Fifth Avenue hotel this
morning and demanded in*thunder tonfcs:
"Where's Platt?” Mr. Platt was not
there—he had nof returned from Sara
toga—would Mr. Morgan leave a note?
j No, Mr. Morgan would not leave a note.
He wanted to see Platt personally. Then
I he went out. Immediately the "Amen
Corner” began to buzz. Everybody knew
everything. IVJr. Morgan had given $100,
! 000 for the campaign on condition that
! Sheldon Tie nominated and it was nbt
! done. He called to get his money back,
j Inat was it, they all agreed.
THE DEMAND FOR IRON.
I From the New York Financier,
i The demand for iron is not cdnfined to
! the United States. England’s furnaces
| are working to the limit . their capaci
I ty, as are those of the United States, and
j the only countries where demand is not
equal to the supply appear to be Ger
many and Russia. • * * The question
naturally arises, whence comes this un
precedented demand for iron? Broadly
speaking, it can be answered only by re
1 peating that the demand reflects the
prosperity of the country. Railroads are
putting portions of tueir heavy earnings
1 into improveme1 -better tracks, more
engines, more cars and equipment of
every character. Building activity is ab
sorbing enormous amounts of structural
steel; manufacturers of other products
which find their basis in steel and iron
are taking great quantities of the metal
off the market, and in a dozen different
directions the absorption is continuous.
The best feature of the case is that this
demand is in no way an artificial “boom
movement. It originates In busy manu
factories, in prosperous trafi. channels
and in building operations. The exports
of crude forms of iron, as already noted,
are falling off but the outword move
ment of American manufactures is in
creasing—that 1b, we are turning our
own crude products into finished ma
terial, giving employment to a larger
number of men.
N. Y .ENDORSES ROOSEVELT.
From the Chicago Inter-Ocean, Rep.
The New York republican state con- j
ventlon on Wednesday gave unreserved
ly to President Roosevelt and his admin- !
istration the "heartiest approval and j
most cordial support.”
It pledged the New York republicans to
the support of the President for nomina
tion and election in 1904, and specifically
approved his policy as to reciprocity and
tne trusts.
It declared the maintenance of pros
perity to be the greatest national issue,
insisted that “the integrity of the pro
tective principle must be preserved,”
and condemned "all combinations and mo
j nopolies, In whatever form, having for
i their purpose the destruction of competi- ,
I tion in legitimate enterprise, the limita
tion of production in any field of labor,
or the increase of cost to the consumer
of the necessaries of life.”
The resolutions cover the whole case.
They show that the New York republi
cans stand four square against all those
assailing the President for his past ad
ministrative acts or his present policies.
Most particularly do they indicate that
the President's views on trusts are ap
proved by the republicans of the Em
pire stfite, where the greatest trust
makers have their abode.
Under the circumstances the declara
tion of the New York republicans is the
most significant made by a republican
convention this year. The city and state
of New Y’ork are eminently conserva
tive and more than ordinarily sensitive
regarding movements and policies that
may disturb business or unsettle finan
cial conditions.
The heart of our financial and com
mercial system beats in New York city,
and if any measure or policy threatens
ever so remotely the business interests
of the country, New York is the first to
fly the danger signal.
The New York republicans, however,
see no danger in what the President has
said or done about the trusts, or the
tariff, or reciprocity. They see danger
in the machinations of Mr. Morgan and
his associates, as they showed plainly
in making up their ticket, but for Theo
dore Roosevelt they have confidence, ap
proved, and abiding faith.
TO DANCE OR NOT TO DANCE.
Since Four Waltzes Equal a Two-Mile
Walk, Why Not Take the Exercise.
j From the Boston Evening Transcript.
Is it to be a dancing winter? From
various signs of the times the natural
1 conclusion is that things in the dance
line will look up as they have not done
for several seasons. There are two or
three reasons which may be discovered
for this if one cares to know them, but
the most interesting seems to be found
in the general favor that is bestowed
upon all exercises favorable to physical
culture. That dancing, if Indulged In
temperately, sets the blood to circulating
healthfully there is no doubt, and since
every man, woman and child nowadays
does dally perform certain stunts recom
mended for that purpose, as a duty or
as a pleasure, it is quite to be expected
that in the list of benenclal exercises
daiuAg will have a place.
Looking at the recreation In this way
it is easy to see how men and women
who have hesitated to/ Join in dancing
because of certain maturity ot years and
of figure will throw aside all fear of what
young persons may say of their attempts
to renew their youth, and go on with the
dance on the plea that they need the
exercise, and forget those troublesome
reminders of the passing of time called
"birthdays.” This attitude, then coming
to be generally accepted, we shall ex
pect to see all kinds of affairs ending
with a dance or two. Meetings of wo
men's clubs at which men will be ad
mitted will be more frequent; indeed,
the "annual gentleman's night” which
all clubs observe may be changed to read
the "fortnightly gentleman's night," and
men's clubs Institute a more generous !
sprinkling of "ladies nights" in order i
that dancing may be a irequent Joy— I
perhaps.
On every card that one receives then
to a function or afTair there will proba
bly be the legend "it is to dance.” To
those who would know something about
the amount of exercise included In an
eVning. or a part of an evening, de
voted to dancing it may be said that four
waltzes equal Just about two miles of
good brisk walking In their ability to
stir the blood anu clear the mind of wor
rying thoughts. Perhaps, if dancing is
really taken up seriously as a phase of
physical culture we shall see put down
on every dance card the estimated equiv
alent of each dance in smart walking on
a smooth road.
MR. SCHWAB BUYS FAMOUS
EXAMPLES OF ENGLISH ART
From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
e HARL.ES M. SCHWAB is emu
lating Messrs. Morgan and Yer- 1
keg in the patronage of art.
Within the last couple of days two fine i
examples of the old English masters—
Rmoney and Hoppner—were placed on
the walls of his Pittsburg home, while it
is said a fine Remorandt has also been
purchased and will arrive here shortly.
"Portrait of the Lady and Child” is the
title of the canvas by George Romney.
It is an excellent specimen of this ar
tist's style and represents the Lady
Augusta Murray, one of the prominent
society damsels of England in the latter
half of the eighteenth century. The can
vas by John Hoppner. R. A., Is known
as "The Dutchess of Montrose." It is
also a typical example of a fashionable I
portrait painter cotemporary with Rom- '
ney. No information is to be had con
cerning the Rembrandt, aside from the
fact that one has been bought, and is
now on its way to this city.
The price paid for these pictures is
not known. Judging, however, by what
has been paid for works of relatively
the same character and importance the
figures must run well up into the thous
ands, perhaps $15,000 or $20,000 each. A
number of Romney's works have recently
been sold at high prices, but Hoppner's
works are rarely seen outside of the
galleries and private collections of Eng
land. Both artists were represented in
the visiting eastern collections shown in
this city last winter, but the prices
high and no buyers presented themselves.
George Romney died In 1802 at the age
of G8 years. He was an artist who paint- j
ed much that Is worthy of admiration
and a great deal more that Is not. Very
erratic, he started many canvases that 3
were never finished. Others were so bad
ly planned that piecing was required to
give them proper form. Among the peo
ple of his time he fills an -ntereatlng
place, because of a romantic marriage, ;
and the fact that he was a rival of Sir ]
Joshua Reynolds. He never exhibited at
the Royal Academy, nor did he ever as
pire to be an academician on that ac
count. His chief works are portraits and
groups, characterized by refinement, in- j
divlduality and truth of form. His most
noted paintings are the portraits of the
famous Lady Hamilton. "The Parson’s
Daughter,” and the groups known aa
"Newton Showing the Effects of the
Prison,” “Milton Dictating to His Daugh
ters” and the "Infant Shakespeare Sur
rounded by His Passions."
John Hoppner was born In the very
shadow of the English court, and from
the day he took the Royal Academy’s
gold medal In 1782, through a historical
canvas called "King Lear," was always
favored and fashionable. As George
Romney was the rival of Reynolds, so
was Hoppner the rival of Sir Thomas
Lawrence. At one time he painted a
number of landscapes of unqualified
value, but when he became famous as
the painter of society he gave up almost
everything but portraits. His best paint
ings were pictures of beautiful women,
notably the Countess of Oxford. How
ever, one of his most famous works is a
portrait of William Pitt, from whom this
city gets Its name.
THOSE STURDY INFANTS
MUST SOON WALK ALONE
From the Baltimore American (Rep.)
“Infant Industries!” The term has come
to be ludicrous. Where are our Infant
industries of today? Iron and steel and
their products and manufactories, wire
once classed among our infant industries,
and prohibitory tariffs laid against their j
importation. These tariffs endure until to
day; but the idea of infancy among iron
and steel manufactories is more than dis
sipated by the steel trust, with a capital
of $1,400,000,000, and by twenty-three other
iron and steel corporations, each with a
capital in excess of $10,000,000 and an
aggregate capitalization of $779,000,000. The
infant copper Industries of America con
sist of two corporations with a capital
cf $50,000,000 each, and another capitalized
at $155,000,000. The sugar babies of Ameri
ca are one with $90,000,000 capital and an
other which boasts of $20,000,000. The weak
and puny tobacco baby measures up only
to $202,000,000, while the poor tinpla,te
infant, with its tlncan twin, are on the
verge of expiring because they have not
more than $120,000,000. But why continue
the list? We have these same kind of
infants in biscuits and breweries, chemi
cals and cottons, leather and locomo
tives. plows and pumps, coal and cars,
harvesters and hides, beef and writing
paper, glass and grass twine, safes and
salt, cigars and celluloid—in fact, In
everything that Is made by man or ma
chinery Jn the United States.
The aggregate size of these infants, ex
cluding from the calculation the railroad
and steamship lines, measured by their
capitalization and bond issues, is several
times greater than the total bonded debt
of the United States, the nation’s stock
of gold and silver, the total value of
all its public buildings, ships of war,
public lands and other public properties.
Taking all these possessions of the gov
ernment at a fair valuation the industries
of the United States which are included
in the great combinations of capital could
buy and sell them several times over.
And yet we talk about “infant industries”
and the necessity for protecting them by
prohibitory tariffs, which keep down for
eign competition. It is like the spectacle
of a lilliputlan guarding a giant, and
those republicans who refuse to see or
acknowledge the absurdity are standing
squarely in the light of the party, luey
win not stand there for long, however,
for the band wagon of twentieth century
republicanism, bearing the legend “Tar
iff Revision,” is coming down - e road,
and they must either get out of the way,
as did Henderson, or be run down.
GAVE GOD NO GLORY.
Booker Washington the Golden Calf,
Says Colored Divine.
From the Savannah News.
Because Booker Washington was made
the god of the hour, and God himself was
left out of the performance, is the rea
son assigned by the Rev. T. M. William
son for the recent disaster at the colored
Baptist convention in Birmingham. The
Rev. Williamson, who was a delegate to
the convention, addressed his congrega
tion last night at the First African Bap
tist church on the cause of the calamity.
"It is my unalterable conviction,” said
he in the course of his remarks, “that
had they sung some hymn, offered some
prayer, or participated in some kind of
devotional service before hearing from
Mr. Washington, this horrible disaster
would never have occurred. But, no,
Booker Washington had been made the
god of the hour, and God In heaven had
been left out. Then God's anger burst
and seventy-eight souls were landed in
eternity.
"Apart from the matter of God's ven
geance, if that woman had kept her
mouth shut, the stampede would not
have occurred," he said further. "The
men on the platform stopped the fight
and harmony could have been obtained.
But she hollered like the day of Judg
ment was at hand. She screamed 'fight'
as loud as her lungs would let her. and
the people thought she yelled 'fire.' "
The Rev. Williamson said that he was
forced to differ from the colored educa
tor on another point. Washington had
said that the negro race seemed to be a
race that was always preparing to die.
This remark was occasioned by the num
ber of colored secret societies, whose
primary aim was to bury the dead.
“But scarcely had he rested well from
his speech, in which he repudiated the
position of the negro race In making
preparation to die, when the undertakers
had plenty to do," said the Rev. Will
iamson.
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CONTROL OF THE L. & N.
From the Nashville Banner.
In the New York stock market report,
published In the Banner of yesterday, It
was shown that Louisville and Nash
ville stock advanced from 149, the clos
ing Quotation of Thursday, to 156 during
yesterday, fiom which point It receded,
closing at 153. The dispatches Indicated
that this upward movement was based
upon reports settling the question of con
trol of the Louisville and Nashville rail
road.
There hes been published in the Banner
at different times within the past three
weeks dispatches from New York to the
effect that negotiations were pending
looking to the "turning over" of the
Louisville and Nashville system to the At
lantic Coast Line by the Morgan syndi
cate, and it may be that these statements
have reached the point of confirmation.
Just whet the terms are under which
the Louisville and Ncshville system is
to be ^‘turned over" has not been given
to the public. It has beer, repeatedly
stated and published that Mr. Morgan
had declared It his purpose to put the
stock of the Louisville and Nashville road
on a permanent 7 per cent dividend-pay
ing basis, and that a large sum, aggregat
ing several million of dollars, would be
set apart as a guarantee fund for that
pui pose.
It Is safe to assume that? no part of
this guarantee fund will be drawn from
the coffers of the Morgan syndicate, but
rather from the sale or pledges of Louis
ville and Nashville securities. The whole
transaction is a most extraordinary one
and seems to emphasize the power of
money ar.d the vast Influence Mr. Mor
gan and his syndicate wields In matters
requiring the use of large sums of money.
That the syndicate is destined to realize
millions from this transaction Is seem
ingly assured. The syndicate is said to
have made over a million dollars In the
Monon deal, under which that compara
tively small and almost broken down sys
tem was unloaded on the Louisville and
Nashville and Southern railways.
Mrlth a million and over clear profit on
a limited transaction like that, how many
millions may the syndicate not realize
as a profit on this last and much more
extensive transaction? And where Is the
money to come from to pay these enor
mous profits ar.d dividends and Interest
cn the additional stock and bonds Issued
to enable the syndicate to consummate
the deal? Will the people be called on to
"pay the freight,” or rather the addi
tional freight and passenger charges re
quired to meet these increased dividend
and interest obligations? If not the peo
ple then the "lambs,” who may allow
themselves to be Inveigled into the pur
chtse of the securities of these rqids,
consisting largely of additional Issues of
stocks and bonds will be objects of pity,
even though they may not deserve It.
That there will be a reckoning somo
day, and that soon, seems apparent.
HITS ’EM BOTH WAYS.
From the Huntsville Herald.
With Hon. J. A. W. Smith, republican
candidate for governor, assailing the new
constitution and Hon. Charles P. Lane,
republican candidate for lieutenant gov
ernor, defending the same Instrument,
the republicans must expect to "hit ’em
going and coming."
Learned In Wall Street.
From Life.
"Papa, you didn't know I had been
down to Wall street, did you?”
"Why, no. Whom did you go with?”
"With Uncle Jake. And you have no
idea how much I learned. Uncle Jake
told me all about it.”
"Did he? Well, what did you learn?
What is a trust, for Instance?”
“A trust is a hold-up of the many
_,y the few.”
“What is a merger?”
“A merger is where you change
water into rocks.”
“My boy, your Uncle Jake has been
giving you some valuable information.
Now, what is a corner?”
“A corner is holaing on to something
that belongs to your neighbor long
enough to make him pay about four
times what it is worth.”
"And what is a deal?”
"A deal is doing others according to
law.”
"What is the difference between a
trust anu a syndicate?”
"Generally speaking, if you are a
syndicate you rob only in one state,
bu. If a trust you rob everywhere.”
“What is prosperity?”
“It’s a time when tne necessaries of
life are all going up, and salaries argr -
standing very still.”
“What is a ticker?”
“An instrument to torture Iambs
with.”
“And where is Wall street located ?"(
“Oh, it's half-way station between >
the Statue of Liberty and the hous« |
of representatives. Papa, am I a
bright boy?” , .
"Phenomenally so. my son." . J