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BIRMINGHAM STATE HERALD
Entered at the postofflee at Birmingham,
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Eastern Business Office, 48 Tribune Build
ing New York; Western Business Office, 609
“The Rookery,” Chicago. 8. C. Beckwith,
Bole Agent Foreign Advertising.
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desire to have their papers changed, they
must specify where the paper Is now going
and where they wish it changed to. Watch
the label on your paper and see when your
time expires.
The State Herald will appreciate news
from any community. If at a small place
where it has no regular correspondent,
news reports of neighborhood happenings
from any friend will be gratefully received.
All communications, of whatever charac
ter or length, should be wrttten on only one
side of the sheet.
TeiIEihione~ CALLS.
Business Office .230
Editorial Rooms...231
All calls after 9 o’clock p. m. should be
sent to the Editorial Rooms.
It is said that Boss Quay, if tie cannot
be president, will expect to be made sec
retary of the navy.
Just one-half of the members-elect as
United States senators begin their sena
torial career with the incoming congress.
Mr. Thomas B. Reed declines to make
any prediction or forecasts relative to the
policy of the republicans as to legislation
on tariff and finance.
Warden Sage of Sing Sing prison is
having constructed a Fitts patent 12
inch, three-barrel steam gong, whose
whistle can be heard thirty miles, which
will be ready for operation tomorrow.
One long blast, followed by four short
ones, will indicate an escape; and it is
expected to arouse the whole surrounding
country.
Alaska Is coming to the front as a gold
country. It is not merely a breeding
place for seals, but promises to furnish a
considerable addition to the gold supply
of the world. ThP report is now made
that the gold output for the few months
of 1895 in which work could be done In
lhat country was $2,000,000, and that
there are already fifteen stamp mills
crushing the gold-bearing rock.
Great Britain is building a dozen war
vessels, the smallest of which is the Re
nown, 12,250 tons displacement. Most of
them are considerably larger—nearly 15,
000 tons. When the inevitable happens,
and England disputes Constantinople
with Russia, the French fleet being reck
oned with the latter, the fighting on the
water will be the most severe ever
known.__ __
Lafe Pence of Colorado, who acquired
fame in congress by moving adjourn
ments and by throwing his arms around
W. C. P. Breckinridge of Kentucky and
holding him when he was trying to strike
John T. Heard of Missouri, has con
cluded that Colorado has no further use
for populists, and has moved his law
office to New York city. He says he is
out of politics—“there is too much glory
and too little money in it."
Talk is increasing among the republi
cans of congress; both houses in favor of
laying out and insisting on a revision of
the tariff on strongly protective lines.
The younger and newer members are
likely to be very aggressive. It has been
supposed that the certainty of a presi
dential veto would prevent any measure
for protection; but the contrary is the
prospect. A veto is exactly what is de
sired, for one can be provoked before the
presidential nominating conventions as
semble.
Sheriff Houpt of Hot Springs is very
much annoyed with the governor of Ar
kansas for putting in his oar in the prize
fight business. He says that he could
have stopped that fight himself, and in
tended to do it. but there was no use in
being too previous in the matter. It
would have been time enough to inter
fere when the fighters had stripped for
the ring, and the visitors had dropped
their dollars for the benefit of Hot
Springs. He takes a very practical view
of the matter.
If our financial system was working all
right and results were as we were told
by those who thought otherwise, they
would be, there would be no occasion to
further discuss the financial question.
As it is. however, things financial remain
unsettled, confidence remains away anil
general financial unrest pervades the
country. Such being the cose those op
posed to the single gold standard should
not be expected to say the other fellow's
plan is right. In this case we have had
the proof of the pudding, which is
chewing' the bag.
By some means, perhaps the careless
ness of his mailing clerk, or perhaps the
oversight of the nice little man in our
office, whose duty It is to assort the ex
changes for us, we have down to this
time been derived of the real pleasure
of gazing upon and perusing the bright
pages of the souvenir edition of the Uun
tersvlile Democrat. But be that as it
may, thunks to Editor Neely for the copy
which reached our desk this morning and
which now lies before us. We have no
ticed many complimentary notices of this
special edition of the Democrat gotten
out by Mr. Neely, and but for the fact
that a careful examination of the edition
convinces us that there has not before oc
curred In Alabama Journalism such a
stroke of enterprise we might pass the
matter by today without notice on the
grounds that it had grown old. But
such enterprise, taste and skill as was
displayed by Mr. Neely in the get-up of
the souvenir edition of his paper cannot
nnd will not grow old.
The edition is not only creditable, but
it is grand. In the^variety of subjects,
the skill in which they are treated; in
the illustrations, their completeness and
appropriateness, as well as Its typo
graphical make-up and execution, the
work of Editor Neely has not and will not
g. in be excelled in this country. Every
citizen in Marshall county should buy
and carefully preserve at least a half doz
en copies of the edition. The paper is now
of wonderful interest and vast impor
tance, and as the years go by it will be
come more so. We heartily congratulate
Editor Neely, and cannot expect soon to
see his accomplishments In the getting
out of the souvenir edition of the Hun
tersville Democrat excelled in southern
Journalism.
THE NICARAGUA CANAL.
The report of the government commis
sion sent out last spring to examine the
proposed Nicaragua canal is very disap
pointing. It makes statements as to costs
and difficulties which will seriously em
barrass any rapid construction of the
work, with or without government aid.
The people of this country are very im
patient at the delay manifested by those
who have or ought to have charge of this
great work. Forty years ago General
Walker was president of Nicaragua, and
if the United States had stood by him
we would long since have seen that coun
try one of the states of this union. In
that event we would'have had possession
of the canal to the exclusion of all the
world. But we let General Walker fall
into the hands of a British gunboat,
which delivered him to the other side for
execution. It has been almost half a cen
tury since we hoped for the annexation
of Nicaragua. The south wanted it
then as one more possible slave state, to
preserve the balance of power, just as
Mr. Calhoun and General Quitman want
ed Cuba. The reason that then prevailed
no longer exists, but there are graver
reasons why those southern states should
wish closer relations with both Nicara
gua and Cuba. It is important that we
should have a free market'for our pro
ducts in Cuba and that we should have a
gate-way through Nicaragua for our cot
ton to China and Japan.
If the New York Herald is correct in
its statement of the contents of the re
port of the commission, the commission
have found that the natural difficulties
to be overcome are very much more seri
ous than the prospectus of the canal
company would seem to indicate. The
probable cost of constructing the canal
is placed at $133,472,000, which is nearly
twice es much as the estimates of the
Nicaragua Canal company call for.
The report is said to advocate an ap
propriation by congress for a thorough
survey, lasting eighteen months, to map
out a feasible route and to thoroughly
master the engineering difficulties which
the proposed route presents. According
to the Herald( therefore, the commission
does not condemn the proposed route,
but merely asks for more time to make
a further examination, and estimates
that the cost of constructing the canal
will be considerably greater than the ear
ly estimates called for.
Before any one should permit himself
to be discouraged by this alleged report
he should first become fully assured that
the information made public is accurate.
Even should the Herald's version of the
report be correct the worst that it indi
cates is that the probable cost of con
structing the canal has been underesti
mated. If success is at all probable,
even at the cost mentioned by the Her
ald, the expenditure of the money would
be as nothing In comparison with the im
mense beneficial results which would be
sure to accrue to American trade. In or
der to btiild the canal and make a suc
cess of it the United States could readily
afford to spend $200,000,000.
Notwithstanding this statement of the
commission Mr. Warner Miller, president
of the company, is inclined to think that
the canal can be built for the $100,000,000
asked for, but if it should cost as much
as $133,000,000, or one-third more than his
estimate, it would be well worth the cost.
No matter what the London report
may show, it Is certain that congress is
in a mood to push the work through. It
is not improbable that Senator Morgan
and others will take issue with the Lud
low report, arguing that the time con
sumed by the commission in its investi
gation was too short for a fair compari
son to be made between its conclusions
and the report by Civil Engineer Meno
cal and other experts, who spent months
in making surveys and maps.
Senator Mitchell of Oregon is in favor
of going right on with the work of con
struetlon, regardless of the difficulties
pointed out by the commission. He says:
“I am in favor of the construction of the
canal under American control whatever
may be the cost and however great the
obstacles may be that are in the way. I
regard the project as one of the grand
est that has ever been brought to the
attention of congress and its completion
would be of incalculable commercial val
ue to the whole country, and especially,
to that section which I represent in the
senate. My constituents are heartily in
favor of pushing the work on the canal
as rapidly as possible."
“I have no patience with these delays.
There have been no less than eleven sur
veys of this route already, and there is
no necessity for any further survey, un
less provisions should be made in a bill
providing for the construction of a canal
for surveys preliminary to actual work.
I am in favor of going right ahead and
constructing the canal and overcoming
any obstacles that may be found In the
way.”
Representative Henderson of Iowa,
who will probably be chairman of the
committee on appropriations in the
house, says: "I am in favor, and I be
lieve the people of the country generally
are in favor of the construction of the
canal and its operation under American
control, but I believe congress will want
to know where Its money is going before
any appropriations are made. I do not
know whether I shall favor the appro
priation recommended for a new' survey
or not, because I have not yet looked
into that question. The report of the
commission is a good thing in that it
will promote discussion and will help
congress to get at the facts regarding
the canal and its cost. In these times
we cannot afford to make any appropria
tion unless we know exactly where the
money is going.
Alabama democrats must get together
and present a solid front next year. The
most powerful effort to carry this state
by the combined forces of the opposition
to democracy that has ever been made
is preparing to be made next year.
Knowing this to be a fact every man who
is a democrat and therefore desires a
continuation of democratic rule in Ala
bama should go to work in dead earnest
to harmonize every discordant element
inside the party looking solely to a united
and harmonious party for the battle of
1896. The evidences .of the need of har
mony are so plain that no democrat can
longer oppose harmony—absolute party
harmony—and expect to be counted as
one who has the party’s interest at heart.
The effect of European clothing upon
Japanese women Is quite remarkable, for
whenever it is adopted modern manners
and customs usually go with it.
THANKSGIVING TODAY.
Thanksgiving services will be held li
nearly or quite all the churches in Bir
mingham today. Birmingham has a
church-going population, and truly have
we In this favored section cause to be
thankful. Such being the case, it goes
without saying that today, set apart as
a day to be spent in returning thanks,
will be duly observed. Let us all bear in
mind that today is a day on which we
should, feel happy, and that deeds per
formed which make Others happy are the
ones that bring true happiness to those
performing them, Each of us by acting
in accordance with this fact can make
this the happiest day that this city has
known, and at its close we shall have
still more for which to be thankful than
we had when it dawned. To be thankful
for blessings bestowed Is to bestow at
least a part of that with which we have
been blessed upon our less fortunate fel
low beitigs.
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Gold is not only leaving this country,
but has actually gone to a premium.
The United States government is now of
fering to pay transportation both ways
In order to get hold of some of the yellow!
metal. A man in Birmingham who has
$10,000 or a smaller amount, as for that,
in gold is offered treasury notes or green
backs for it by thO treasury department
at Washington, the department agreeing
to pay ext>feSSftge' both ways. Alas, and
unconditional repeal has driven gold to a
premium,' the very thing we were told
it would prevent, of course for this no
one is really to btattfe. It was a case of
faulty judgment.
PUBLIC OPINION.
General Miles recommends the appro
priation of $125,000,000 for coast defenses.
The coast is in no immediate need of de
fenses. Why not make some provision
for treasury defenses?—Fort Worth Ga
zette, Dem.
Evidently there were a few episodes
in the career of Ex-Superintendent
Byrnes which Julian Hawthorne did not
touch upon in these cleverly written
sketches of the great,detective.—Roches
ter Democrat.
During the three years and six months
of the operation of the McKinley law tlH
total importation of shoddy was 1,352,421
pounds. In one year of Clevelandism
the Importaions of shoddy amounted to ,
17,666,563 pounds.—Dodgeville Herald.
If Uncle Sam would grab all the terri
tory involved in the Alaskan boundary
dispute and settle the question as to the
equities of the case at his leisure he
would have illustrious precedent. That
is John Bull’s style.—Chicago Tribune,
Rep.
The necessity of a larger revenue will]
compel republicans to consider in what
direction duties may be advanced. They
will not be deterred in the least by .the,
democratic untruth that any change In
that direction must check business.—Jfew
York Tribune, Rep.
A high tariff which shuts out comp,etl
tion and gives the home market over to
the control of the manufacturer causes;
an unhealthy stimulation, then overpro
duction and finally stagnation, shut
downs, lockouts, reductions in wages and
strikes.—Kansas City Times, lnd.
Nobody who reads John Sherman s
book will ever after call him c*dd. He
is a grand old hater, and his hate is Ted
hot from the furnace. The difference be
tween him and his brother, the general,
is the politician is politic and the soldier
was impolitic.—Louisville Times, Rep.
If it is the gold in the country that
moves England to extend her boundary
lines into Alapka, she is going to a great
deal of needless trouble. Let the boun
dary line remain as it Is and trqst to
the gold going to England via the Amerb
can heiress route.—Seattle Post-Intelli
gencer.
If the democratic party is so poor in
presidential timber that it must violate
an unwritten law as sacred as the consti
tution itself and as much in force as any
law on the statute books, to make a
ticket In 1896, it would better go into the
hands of a receiver and quit business.—
Chicago Press.
No matter where gold fields are discov
ered England at once sets up the claim
that they are within her territory. She
is trying to gerrymander the nations of
the earth so as to corral all the yellow
metal. It is not surprising that she is
opposed to international bimetallism.—
Detroit Free Press, Rep.
The new agreement or the trunK line
railroads and Iheir western connections
is an important step toward the estab
lishment of civilized relations, as re
spects rates, between corporations which
in the past have treated each other with
a disregard of morals appropriate to sav
ages.—Baltimore Sun, Dem.
The American government has been too
indulgent with Spain since the outbreak
of the present war in Cuba. The duty of
a friendly power has been construed by
the president too strictly in favor of
Spain. The result is that Spain includes
among her privileges that of impudent
search of American vessels, a claim no
greater than any she could set against
the United States if the latter had rec
ognized the Cuhan patriots as belliger
ents.—Chicago Times-Herald. Rep.
In its latest issue the Iron Age states
that fl current production of pig iron
in the United States "is at the tremen
dous rate of 11,250,000 tons per annum."
It adds that preparations now under way
“will probably carry the make up to 220,
000,000 tons per week,” and that “nearly
every furnace manager in the country
has been driving his plant furiously.”
This intense activity in the iron indus
tries does not comport very well with the
multiplied and manifold predictions of
calamity howlers. However, this great
increase In the output of pig iron may
strangely effect the hogs who want to
form trusts and monopolize the pig iron
business.—New Orleans Picayune.
Other problems connected with the re
formation and improvement of the cur
rency the secretary does not discuss fur
ther'than that he expresses the signifi
cant opinion that “the treasury depart
ment ought to be, and was, intended to
be simply a public agency for the man
agement of the fiscal affairs of the gov
ernment as a government, not as a bank
for the collections and disbursement of
the public revenues for public purposes."
This was the practice in the earlier days
of the republic. This was the doctiiite
of sturdy old Andrew Jackson, by the
vigorous enforcement of which lie wqn
the admiration and the affections of the
people of the United States.—Baltimore
Sun, Dem.
The Sultan’s Appeal.
New York Herald.
One of the most remarkable episodes
in diplomatic history is told in the Her
ald's dispatch published this morning.
It Is the letter of the sultan of Turkey
to Lord Salisbury, in which the ruler of
the Ottoman empire complains to the
British premier of the injustice done
him In the latter's speech at Guildhall on
Saturday last.
‘‘I repeat." says the ■sultan, “that I will
execute the reforms. I will see that every
article Is put In force. This Is my earnest
determination, and I give my word of
honor. I wish Lord Salisbury to know
this, and I beg and desire his lordship to
make another speech by virtue of the
friendly feeling and disposition he has
for me and my country.”
It is a straightforward and manly ap
peal, and is so greeted by the English
press. The letter will probably turn the
course of events in the east.
THEM EIGHTH OF STYLE
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The very thing fpr cleanliness. The best bed for durability. Adorns the room and gives comfort
and repose. A full line from $7.00 upwards. Atso receiving an exceptional ly elegant line of
FURNITURE AND CARPETS!
Offered at prices lower than ever before. Prepare for the Holidays. A beautiful line of novelties
suitable for gifts.
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First
Avenue.
FROLICSOME WIT.
Madge—If he bored you so why didn’t
you dismiss him?
Marjorie—I saw the edge of two mati
nee tickets sticking out of his vest pock
et.—Life. *
Mab—You signed your note “I remain
your loving Jack.” If I had no money
what would you “remain?”
Jack—A bachelor, darling.—Illustrated
Bits.
Mrs. Portly pompous—Oh, Bridget, you
jhave broken that magnificent Japanese
vase.
Bridget—Sure, mum; isn’t it lucky that
there was nothing in it?—Texas Siftings.
“Did you trade any when you wus ter
town?” asked Silas Oatbin.
"Yes,” replied . Farmer Corntossel,
“some.”
"How did you come out?”
“’Twus what ye’d call a stand-off. I
give a feller a counterfeit $50 bill for a
gold brick.”—Washington Star.
Miss Gazeaway—He's the dearest,
loveliest.handsomestfellow you ever saw,
and I am going to get him or perish in the
attempt.
Aunt—Aren’t you ashamed, Margaret,
to throw yourself at a man in that
fashion?
Miss Gazeaway—It’s funny, auntie,
you’re always thinking about men. I
was referring to a St. Bernard puppy I
saw yesterday.—Cleveland World.
The Foreman—It's goln’ to hustle us
to get the naper out this week. Slug 7 1s
Idlin’ drunk, and he’ll stay tthat way for
the next three or four days.
Editor of the Plunkville Bugle—Ain’t
he fit for work?
“Oh. he’s willin’, but he can’t tell one
box from another.”
' Turn him loose on that Scotch dialect
story. Nobody will know the difference.”
—Indianapolis Journal.
ALEXANDER DUMAS DEAD.
A Rumor in Paris Says the Novelist Is No
More.
It Is rumored that Alexander Dumas,
the novelist, is dead.
Dumas, although 70 years of age, was
still called the younger Dumas, to dis
tinguish hitn from his father. Alexander
Dumas was the natural son of the famous
romancer and was born in that Pari* he
knew so well. The boy was educated in
the Bourbon college and Intended for the
civil service, but the companionship of
his father’s friends turned his mind to
authorship. He had no patrimony and
the prodigal habits of his father threw
him upon his own resources. His first
work reflected the father’s style, and the
young man determined upon no more im
itations. He decided to make his books
reflect his expediences. At the age of
24 he wrote "Da Dame aux Camelias,”
and it made Ills reputation. Its success
was so great that he turned the story
into a drama, now known as "Camille,"
which furthered his fame and fortune.
Since then he has written many novels
and plays. Dumas became very prosper
ous and leaves a comfortable home to his
wife and children. He was once a fierce
opponent of marriage, but he fell in love
with a Polish lady of good rank and mar
ried her, becoming very fond of his home
and children. Owing to his cold manner
he was not generally liked, but he was
nevertheless generous and a man of
great talent, original Ideas and unflinch
ing purposes.
A Mock Prince.
A dispatch to the Pall Mall Gazette
from Rome gives an account of the trou
bles which led to the divorce suit brought
by the Baroness Gina Sobrero against R.
W. Wilcox, the Hawaiian revolutionary
leader, who was sentenced to death in
January of the present year, and whose
sentence was afterwards commuted to
thirty-five years’ imprisonment and a
fine of J10.000. The baroness, who be
longs to a distlnguisheil family of Pied
mont, met Wilcox in Turin, to which
city he had been sent by the Hawaiian
government to study military tactics.
He spent money freely and declared him
self to be the heir to the throne of
Hawaii. The marriage was celebrated
with great pomp.
The baroness later on accompanied her
husband to Hawaii, where she found that
he was the Son of a carpenter and a
Kanaka woman. Finally, the baroness,
after enduring much ill treatment, re
turned to Italy, where she has succeeded
in obtaining a divorce on the ground of
"mistaken identity."
SNUFF-DIPPING.
The New Vice of Factory and Shop Girls Causes
a Great Demand for the Article.
The popular belief has been that "snuff
dipping" is confined almost entirely to
the negroes and the "poor whites” down
south, but this old-fashioned practice is
indulged in to a remarkable extent in
this section of the country, says the New
York World. Within the past two or
three years it has been taken upon by
shop and factory girls, and there is hard
ly a manufacturing town in New York
state or in the east where the dealers do
not sell hundreds of pounds of dipping
snuff weekly.
The girls are using it now in preference
to gum, and those that do not already
know the trick are being taught it by
their companions. The old-fashioned
snuff that pleasurably titillated the nos
trils of our ancestors is going more and
more out of use each year, and today
seven-tenths of the snuff manufactured
in America is snuff for dipping. Approxi
mately about 60,000,000 pounds come out
of the mills each year. It is sold in little
tin cans holding one ounce, or frequently
a girl prefers to buy it in small paper
packages, which she can carry around
more easily. An ounce costs 6 cents.
With some girls this quantity will hardly
last more than a couple of days.
The "dipping" process is a simple one
The old-fashioned method was to rub
the gums with the powdered tobacco by
means of a stick of soft wood, whose end
had been chewed into a sort of brush, but
the factory girl pours about half a tea^
spoonful on a card or a bit of paper, and,
tipping this, shakes out the snuff into
her mouth against her closed teeth.
The amount of the consumption can be
Judged best from the fact that one whole
sale dealer in this city sends a barrel of
dipping snuff weekly to a dealer in Troy.
The collar and cuff girls of that city, it is
said, have a large number of snuff dip
pers among them. Fall River, Mass.,
and Lynn are also strongholds of snuff
dipping, and In fact this article finds cus
tomers in every city and town along the
Atlantic seaboard. The negro and poor
white trade of the south is a compara
tively small factor nowadays. There
are ten dipping snuff manufacturers in
the country, the majority of them in
New Jersey, though Baltimore has two or
three and Philadelphia at least one.
Where It Leads to.
Memphis Commercial-Appeal.
We said the other day that retiring
the greenbacks would not, so far as we
could see, have the slightest effect in
stopping the export of gold; that It might
to some extent relieve the treasury, but
that it would give no relief to the coun
try; and that whether the gold for ex
port was supplied by the government out
of its vaults, or drawn direct from the
channels of trade and commerce, It
would be lost to the country just the
same. The Springfield (Mass.) Republi
can, a gold standard Independent paper
and supporter of the administration,
takes a like view. The Republican says:
"We trust that neither President
Cleveland nor Secretary Carlisle is de
ceiving himself In regard to the efficiency
as a remedy of the proposed retirement
of the greenbacks. That at best cannot
stop the export of gold; it can only make
the banks instead of the government the
holders of the gold reserve and transfer
the drain from the government’s gold to
the banks’ gold, which for the country
would effect substantially the same re
sult. This undeniably would greatly sim
plify and oil the machinery of finance
and would be a happy consummation.
But In Itself it could not prove a remedy
such as demanded.
“Furthermore It wmikl not destroy the
so-called 'endless chain'—unless, Indeed,
we are prepared to say the silver certifi
cates and silver dollars are redeemable
only in cheap money. If we are prepared
to say this then we are prepared to de
fend the redemption of greenbacks in sil
ver and invite a fall to the sliver basis.
Are we ready for that? But if not then
we must retire not only the greenbacks
and Sherman notes, but also the silver
certificates and dollars, in order to break
up the endless chain—nearly Jl,009,000,000
in all, no less than two-thirds of our ac
tive monetary circulation. Surely this is
a project hardly to be considered as open
to immediate execution.”
The logic of the argument employed by
the gold standard people drives them to
place silver dollars and silver certificates
on the same footing with the greenbacks
and treasury notes. They contend that
the silver dollar is equal to gold only be
cause It is indirectly made redeemable in
gold. Indeed seme of the leading gold
organs have demanded that silver cer
tiflcates be made expressly redeemable
In gold, and It Is difficult to see how the
demand can be refused If the gold men
are consistent with their theory. The
logic of their argument requires a de
struction of every other form of money
except gold.
December 11 Is Florida Day.
Atlanta, Ga, Nov. 27.—December 11 has
been set apart as Florida day at the ex
position. The railroads of Florida are
co-operating with Col. W. D. Chipley,
commissioner for that state at the ex
position, to make Florida day a success.
It Is expected that a large number of
schools from all parts of Florida will
visit the exposition, and special rates
will be made for them on the railroads.
PYJOMAS K
Are just as warm in the j
winter as they are cool in
the summer—if you have :
the right kind. '
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T WO GREAT RIVAL ARMIES.
Tremendous Sacrifices Which French and
German Nations Have Made.
The knowledge that#France would, fly
at Germany's throat as soon as it seemed
safe to do so has been a permanent fac
tor in all international bargainings and
controversies; the thought that some un
toward accident might precipitate the al
ways threatened conflict, even against
the desires and best judgment of the
combatants, has never ceased to haunt
the imaginations of men, says the Satur
day Review. If this prolonged anxirty
has ruined the nerves of onlookers, what
must have been the tension upon the
people directly concerned! Statistics af
ford some slight conception of the mate
rial burdens which they have been forced
to bear. When the war ended, for in
stance, the Germans had 570,000 troops of
all arms on French territory.
Today the peace footing of the regular
French army, without counting gen
darmerie or any reserves, actually ex
ceeds by 30,000 that total muster of the
Germans at the time of their triumph.
The present standing army of the Ger
man empire, being formed on the theory
of a defensive force, is a trifle smaller.
It has only 585,000 men under arms. These
figures are too vast to convey realities toi
the mind. The fact may be made a little
clearer by saying the French and Ger
man people together have now some 800,
000 more professional fighting men In ac
tive service than they found it necessary
to maintain before the war of 1870. Yet
this, too, fails to give an adequate idea
of the tremendous sacrifices which both
nations have been compelled to make
year after year throughout this weary
quarter of a century.
Awarded
Highest Honors—World’s Pair.
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