THE GOEBEL CASE.
DfJYAN'S INTERFERENCE IN
KENTUCKY POLITICS.
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yi.d ll« HpuikIii.iI Away I’hm Would
Hnr« Probably llei>n EITefUnI—Sirnif
4Jiint»linn« from Ilia Speeches He
Maile Ttierc.
(From the Louisville Rvening Post.
. Sept. 1, 1900.)
In 1899 the people of Kentuekv (
fought a great tight for liberty with
the combined foe* of greed and law
lessness.
It was a simple state issue. Ken
tuckians had lost the right to vote,
and they were fighting to regain it j
No national officer was to i<c elected, j
and no national issue was Involved.
The friends of Mr. Bryan were op
posed to Mr. Goebel. Their candidate
for governor In opposition to Mr, Goe
bel was John Young Brown, former
governor of Kentucky. In 1898 he lpd
the fight for free silver in the ’jouIh
vllle district against Henry Watterson
and his allies, and polled 17,150 votes
to 16.707 cast for Mr. Bryan.
Major P. P. Johnson was the candi
date for lieutenant governor on the
ticket with Gov. Brown. In 1896 he
was chairman of the Bryan campaign
committee. To him was due the credit
for the magnificent fight made for
Bryan and free silver In the state in
1896, by which the Rradley majority
of 9,000 in 1895 was reduced to 281, and
one Bryan elector was secured.
tinrb.1 Spurneil lirjnn.
Mr Goebel was In 1896 in alliance
with Mr, Carlisle, and by his assist- .
tince secured control of the delegation
from Kenton to the state convention ;
It was claimed for Mr. Goebel that
when he got to the convention he
voted this delegation against Carlisle,
but it Is not plain how this gave him
any claim to Mr. Bryan's considera
tion.
With Mr. Goebel In 1899 was Henry
Watterson. He made a tearful appeal
to the railroads to help Goebel, and
warned them that they had as well
surrender In advance, as Mr. Goebel’s
election law had eliminated every ele
ment of chance from election In Ken
tucky.
This was the same Watterson who
In 1896 telegraphed to Mr. Haldeman,
"No compromise with dishonor,"
meaning thereby that he would not
support Mr. Bryan.
In the course of the campaign It be
came evident that the battle was go
ing against Mr Goebel. Then he call
ed on Mr, Bryan to come to Kentucky
and help win In his state contest with
the friends of Mr. Bryan and others
who were contesting for a free ballot
and a fair count.
Itrymo Aided Gombml.
Mr. Bryan came. His first speech
whs made Monday, October 16, and w is
a plea to the people to accept the rule
of Oorbel as a substitute for Democ
racy, At Bardwell, Ky., Mr. Bryan, !
speaking of state issues, said:
"What difference does It make
whether'the man nominated is your
Democrat or mine? Is not any Demo
crat who stands far the Chicago plat
form better than any Republican?
When we stand in the presence of an
enerny, is It the time to air our per- I
sonal opinions? I think not.
ill-run Turn* m Hum«r««L
"In this district we had a Democrat- |
Ic majority in 1896. and also in this
county, but with all your majorities in
this district and the county, you were
not able to secure the electoral vote of
the state. Bhall we divide? The Re
publicans never divide. There is no ‘
principle Involved with them, and ■
they never endanger the spoils. You
have It In your power to announce to
the people and the friends of Kentucky
that the state is now Democratic, and
will be in 1900, and that It will elect a
United State* senator to champion ,
Democratic principles in the senate of
the United States.”
Mr, Hryan spoke at Kulton, Ky., and
among other things said:
"You can do some pretty good veil
ing here, but 1 want to tell you if you
will elect Mr. Goebel governor, and
Joe Illackburn senator, there will be
more yelling In Nebraska than we
have here. 1 want yon to give Goebel
a larger majority than you did me in
1896
"While I appreciate the ap'enlUl
vote of 1896. 1 believe our party Is
►Ironrcr than it was then, and there
are sixteen retsuns to one why it
should lie" (Cheers.*
IJltt'l t«» /%!•! <t*trtn'l
At Mayfield pr»,u preparation* hit
tm n hi,nlr f ir Mi liryau unit a proa;
crowd wan prwut Mr Dry in H|>nk"
cK.u.tly forty live inluutaa and In
doiuil In atioup term* tli- Unelie
tlikat, lulvtkinp U-nuaraty to pive t
thrir rnthuaU*tU aupport In th
tourro* of Itia remarki be a .id
"I |m llrvf thta crowd came mil to
indicate what thav will do for limbed
and the r* »t uf the tl k«*t Ti«lw I
ahull arerpl it v> widen- of a Urpr
majority for iPielai than that of ‘81
and I atiall rainier if it ia ro 1 am
plad to conn to Kentucky It la th*
•kirmicb line of |u»*d The hofie th
at u.iuiiiy thta Nil III" better the
chance* in !*». The aklrr ah «f ten,
wa« nor Murker Mill, that *f l‘«w a II
>m another YvrMutk Thta t>i >p>
platform of kd «ui a n * i •> > n
l.lkr the de- laration of Thom «* Jailer,
a n if ao not fur a i<ai hut f*»r «
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rutl.» l.»* iMIatltl
laiMlw* 4*4 I*»i4 * M***M *>»
iu Hm> iuu lu k«t m i
III mkHi'kN, W4ihi Umt n»» ^4m
are everything and the man nothing
Gov Brown, believing Mr. Bryan
was acting upon misinformation, wrote
to Mr. Bryan the following letter,
which wan delivered to Mr. Bryan by
•Mr. John Tevis in the presence of Mr
Weaver, Mr. Lyons, Dr. Allen and
ot hers:
llryita * Frtanri Protest*
Gov. Brown to Mr. Bryan, greeting:
“Louisville, Ky.. Oct. 18, 1899.—The
Hon. Wm. J. Bryan, Louisville, Ky.—
Sir: I desire very respectfully to sub
mit to you for answer in your speech
today the following questions:
"If It be true that a secret written
bargain was made prior to the late |
Louisville Music Hull convention, be- j
tween Messrs. Goebel and Stone, Demo
cratic candidates for the nomination,
which provided that the friends of Mr
Goebel and Mr. Stone should unite !
their votes upon the temporary chair
man thus elected, in the appointment
of committees at large, upon resolu
tions, permanent organization and
credentials, should give equal recogni
tion to Goebel and Stone by naming
men selected by each of (hem on each
committee; that in all contests as to
delegates between Hardin and Goebel,
Goebel's delegates should be seated, :
and in ail contests between Hardin
and Stone. Stone delegates should be
seated, but In all contests between J
Goebel and Stone, the determination
of the committee on credentials should :
control the combined vote of Stone
and Goebel."
"And, If it be true that this bargain
was executed, thus placing in this
convention over three hundred men
selected by this conspiracy instead of
the delegates selected by the 64,000
Democratic voters of the state, do you
state that the action of such substi
tuted delegates could give Goebel the
nomination of the Democratic party? \
Fraud Made Plain.
| “Was uot such a contract fraudu
| lent?
“Has the chairman of a sovereign
body of Democrats met in state con
vention, the right to deny an appeal
j from his decision when demanded,
and thereby take away from them,
who are the people's representative,
the right to govern themselves and the
proceedings of the convention?
“If such things were done by the
aid of armed police, drawn around this
sovereign body, was and Is not this a
menace to free government?
“Do you indorse the Goebel election
law, which deprives the people of
Kentucky of the right to govern them
selves? If so, please explain why you
advocate free government for the peo
ple of the Philippines and deny It to
| the people of Kentucky?
"Have you any plea save that of
political expediency to Justify submis
sion by American citizens to the out
rages above Indicated?
Very respectfully,
“JOHN YOUNG BROWN."
lirj'un Dodge* III* Friend.
As usual, Mr. Bryan dodged the
questions so respectfully submitted to
! him by Governor Brown He did not
; even read them to the audience, but
after referring to them he said:
i “Let me say, in the first place, that
I did not come to Kentucky to inves
i tigate the details of a state convention
and sit in Judgment upon the things
! done in that convention. I did come
to thi3 state to discuss the details of
an election law. I came to this state
to say, and I want to say it with em
phasis, If there was in that conven
tion anything done that a Democrat
does not think ought to have been [
done, I want to atik what remedy that
Democrat is going to offer to remedy
the wrong that he thinks was done.
Is it to elect a Republican governor
! and Republican officers in the state of
Kentucky? (Cries of no. no.) If that
is the remedy proposed I want the
Democrat who applies the remedy to
apply It with a full knowledge of the 1
responsibility that, lie assumes. The
man who attempts to correct a Demo
cratic convention by electing a Repub
lican governor assumes responsibility
1 for all that governor does after he has 1
elected him. (Applause.)
Bryan Wink* at Fraud.
“We are on nie eve of another na
tional campaign—a campaign that will
determine whether this is to he a gov
ernment of the people, hy the people
and for the people, or a government of
monopolies, tiy monopolies and for mo
■ nopoltes. (Applause t You mot in con
vention at Ismlsville, you Indorsed the
Chicago platform The platform adopt
ed at Louisville contained not only an
Indorsement of the Chicago platform,
hut It announced the party'.* position
on the new questions that have arisen
since, and that platform among other
thing* indorsed the (Joetici election
law There woe no minority report in
that convention There was no tight
on that plutf >rm, and when that con
vention adjourned ami the ticket was
nominated that ticket -food itefori- the
country we representative of that plat
form A me bonus rats ut»-t anil
orgmtrs l m *h*- '(invention It w is
not a convention catted tn the regular
way. nor a onvcnU* n to whl< h d*l<
i sate* wrte s*-nt in tlo- regular way It
was a convention formed of those men
who were opposed to the other ticket
that was nominated It ■ mnoi he
**#!|^*t l| ft!*?**’fill n l lire Mtt-’ttMttft |f
* 4i»a*tt i'« *'4il***l i i
aentibg the b» w-k rati voters of this
l»l •• I III lut
Mr !»» »• U K-msi b> ibr-.
j <l»t» i»«4 II u •* *1 th*i it* *. t.i‘-f— )
> mmt* t> m I' « ’«t t ii*r% lit i^tj, r» |
fit* fwlh «*M o» Mr U *‘*l it lb , t|
|a>tt • »t*»l r#ilt i*ti«
|Ntlt.«4Utl«l|r »M‘I lb* ImMi t
I'unrmr J«*ntt*I t*tiN »*• l*i« 14.
rHMM *4 I lb * >umtl bon It m i
*b* **baMi*r« l|tiHi4r Um* m‘>
boards, were planning to count out the
duly elected officers
To furnish defense and concealment,
the Courier-Journal and Mr. Goebel
and their hirelings everywhere were
clalmiug everything and threatening
everynody Mr. Goebel went to Frank
fort. declared he was elected and would
be seated, in a speech from the Capi
tol hotel he said:
“I believe that I have been elected
in fact I know I have. I see iny
friend. Gen. Taylor, says he will as
sume tho office of governor, but I say
to you that the people of Kentucky are
doing the assuming All I have to say
is, if I have been elected, as ! believe,
I will be Inaugurated in spito of th»
Louisville & Nashville railroad and
Bradley bayonets."
Illooftf It*volution Thrrutrnoil.
Mr. Willard Mitchell was there, and
the report of hLs remark.* was thin
‘ Before Bradley can name a gov
ernor In Kentucky, by the eternal
gods, wp will not leave a white Repub
lican in Kentucky. Go home," he said
in conclusion, "and prepare your
selves to assist In the Inauguration of
BUI Goebel.“
The report did not please Mr. Mitch
ell. so he asked the following correc
tion:
“Editor Evening Post:
"The Louisville Dispatch of the 9th
inst. published an alleged statement,
made by me In a speech of mine at
Frankfort on Wednesday night, the
8th inst., which statement I did not
make, as published,
“The statement that I did make was:
'If Goebel was elected, and I believed
he was. and William O. Bralley at
tempted to make a governor other
than the man elected by the people,
then he and every white Republican
who assisted him In the attempt
should he killed.’
"The above sentiment was tittered,
and meant, and I think should he In
dorsed by every fair man In the state,
whether he bn a Democrat, a Repub
lican, or an Honest Election Leaguer.
"In this heated campaign I think a
man should only be held accountable
for the utterances he actually makes,
and therefore, knowing that you will
publish, when presented to you, a cor
rection. even from an opponent, I ask
you to publish this card in your paper.
Respectfully,
“J. Willard Mitchell.
"Nlcholasville, Ky„ Nov. 11, 1899.”
Details of the Fraud.
At that time there was not the ghost
of a show for Goebel except for such
gigantic frauds as that attempted in
Nelson, and that attempted when a
motion was mada before the Jefferson
county commissioners were asked t >
throw out the vote of Louisville, The
lowest estimate for Taylor was this
table:
Goebel. Taylor.
FI rat district.6,505
Second district. 1,333 ....
Third district. 1.710
Fourth district . 196
Fifth district . 3,255
Sixth district . 5.806 ....
Seventh district. 4,261 ....
Eighth district. 65
Ninth district. 123
Tenth district. 412 ....
Eleventh district. 16,573
Totals .18,317 21,926
Taylor’s majority . 3,605
Hrjran Indorses It All,
This was the condition. Mr. Ooebel
and his fellow conspirators were mov
ing heaven and earth to create some
where an oplnon that Ooebel was
elected and thus Justify the course
necessary to seat him. At this critical
moment came this dispatch from Bry
an:
"Lincoln. Neb., Nov. 9.—To the Hon.
William Ooebel, Frankfort, Ky.: I
have Just learned that the returns are
near enough complete to insure your
election. Accept hearty congratula
tions. I am sure your administration
will strengthen the party.
"W. J. BRYAN."
Notwithstanding all these schemes
for falsifying the vote and reversing
the count, the state Returning Board
certified to the election of Taylor, is
sued to him his certificate and he was
by the chief Justice sworn in as gov
ernor of Kentucky,
The Uoelael Tragedy Nett.
Then the fifth act of thl* political
tragedy opened. Mr Goebel determin
ed to force the Democratic members
of the legislature to depose Taylor,
an<l to Install him. the defeated aau
didate. in his stead
It was til) light undertaking Every
citizen of Kentucky knew that in the
fa e of desperate fraud* and desptr- |
able crimes Taylor had l»*en elected
Ills election wa* not open to qitosilon |
The scheme could l»e «*arrl»<1 through
only >>y extraordinary measures, hut
It was determined on by Mr tioehel
and hi* associates that they would
have Mr Itryan come to Kentucky in
person and thro* hu whole influence
in behalf of 'hu • nttspirai > Nothing
wa* to he left tu ahahee, and Mr llry
an a me and spoke at Frankfort to a 1
banquet, ftnot which ail 4tt(Miu**lal
I balm* rats had lee* excluded Mr
Mryan had a dilRcult oe to p.at and
I placed It to the satisfy lion of hit I
fellow cun ipiratora against the hallo!
Mo*u a«*iM >* hfstaiti
That 'he Kiehihg thud lia.y ao’ he
i* t used of misrepresents!mg the ga>n*
Haitian lfw#i Nebraska it yxlalltkiu
'he hatitn report of ikt' pacfttiiiy of
I ilia a !<lrea* admitting miy h«s Id c,l 1
to M Ito k hurra
M gett the ana;>a,gaa *«• iia ,n j
• • • i •
o ag'ti lit do 1 4>4ukm| it x*al only a
doty ktti a pfiXiWge to ■ or:* to too
• •ate of N'M» hf and tell the laeawt
a'x't of this slate what I thought they
«ugat to aim tn tg« gathernatorial ,sx
teat t V ’ * p a1 a» t
“There is now a contest before the
legislature. I am going to do my duty
now, as I did it in the campaign.
(Great and continued applause.) I am
afraid that you have applauded too
soon. When it was persuading a citi
zen how to vote, I took my position
and did what I conceived to be my
duty. You are now engaged In a con
test that is to decide uot what ought
to have been done, but what was done.
Your legislature is the court. That
legislature must decide upon the law
and upon the evidence; and every
member of that court will be better
Informed upon the law and the evi
dence than I am, and it is as much my
duty now not to Interfere as it was
in the campaign to interfere, and I
shall do my duty as I see it now, as
I did then.
Rrjrftn to
"I neither advised a contest, nor ad
vised against It. I took no position
on this subject. I would be ashamed
if I were presumptions enough to at
tempt to interfere with the consci
entious performance of a duty that de
volves only upon the members of the
legislature. I want to say this, how
ever, that when inon say you cannot
expect a Just decision from the legis
lature because It Is Democratic, I
want to say that every contest In re
gard to human government must bo
settled by human tribunals, and that
whether a contest Is presented to a
court or to a legislature it roust be
decided by men, and that thoso men
must have political opinions, and If
this was a Republican legislature It
would have the same power to decide
that a Democratic legislature has.
“I am glad It is a Democratic legls
lature. When questions have to go
before a court, 1 am always glad when
It Is a Democratic court that they go
before, and if the Republicans of this
state feel that they are unfortunate
in having to submit their questions to
a Democratic court, they can come out
to Nebraska and console with us
Democrats, who for years have hail to
submit our differences to a Republi
can court." (Applause.)
What Hr ran Stand* For.
This closes the story. Mr. Bryan
has not appeared In Kentucky since
January. He will no doubt be
brought here again before the cam
paign closes, but when the significance
of these three Invasions is borne in
on the minds of thoughtful men noth
ing Mr Bryan could say about duty,
morality, loyalty to popular Institu
tions and obedience to the will of the
people can have the least considera
tion. Here In Kentucky Mr. Bryan
stands for CrokerUm, for Goebellsm,
for Haldemanisrn.
French N*f»l School ItodlM.
Tho commission appointed to con
sider the reforms in the French naval
school has adopted a resolution to the
effect that the programme of competi
tive examination for admission should
be so arranged as to permit the candi
date# to present themselves without
previous special preparation, the pro
gramme of the class in elementary
mathematics to be the basis of the
competitions The Journal de la
Marine points out that this resolution
dodges, not decides the fjues'lon. by
forcing the candidates to turn toward
mathematic# instead of letting them
pursue at will the normal course of
their classical studies. If specializa
tion no longer exists. It asks, why are
30 points accorded those who are pro
vided with a classical or modern bac
calaureate? This commission was ap
pointed as a result of the bad condition
of the naval school as shown by the
poor recruiting for it. Among the
causes to which is attributed the de
terioration of the school two are con
spicuous One is the obligation on
lads destined for the school to abandon
their general studies and from the agp
of 13 or 14 years to make special prep
aration. The other is the attachment
of these lads to the service at an ago
when it is practically Impossible to
know whether they have any natural
aptitude or the character necessary to
make good sailors These two points
do not appear to have been treated
definitely, and conditions, it is pre
dated, will remain as before.
Tea at #11)0 • Pound.
At the exposition the other day I
bought a pinch of the "emperor of
('hina's tea." writes the Pari# corre
spondent of Truth. "The coat of a
pound would have been about 1400
The price of the pinch was 40 cents
Tills will give you an Idea how tiny it
a * The emperor's tea, when dry. Is
of a pale color, and long and delicate
in grain It Is composed of the top
■h M»t of endless plant* Infused by
itself it l* Ha*, but as a biend give*
delicate and delicious flavor on*
• tumid never drink it not of a deep
cup only oat of poi' *!ait* or glass
1 Hud, however, that if taken In the
evening It cause* a sleepless night
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lift **n non a h*» aoolM m«k i»ii *a«
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THE SCNIIAY SCHOOL.
LESSON II, OCTOBER 14, LUKE
14: 15:24.
(•olileit T#*t: Come; For All Things
Are Now llmilf I,like 14: 17—The
I'urahle of the Ureal hu|i|i«r—The
Firm Kti'Uiu.
15. "One of them thut sat ut meat with
him." Reclining on couches around the
table, which formed three sides of a hol
low square. “'Heard these tilings.’' Which
Jesus had been saying, as recorded In our
last lesson, especially concerning the
feast to which the poor and afflicted were
invited. "Halil unto him." Perhaps he
felt assured that hlmsi If and the other
Jews were Mure of the blessing of him
"that shall eat bread (partake of a feast)
In the kingdom of Qod” Hither the ex
pected kingdom of the Messiah In an
earthly reign, taking the place of the
hated Roman supremacy, or the future
kingdom In heaven.
I#. “Then said he unto him” The re
mark of the guest gave Jesus a natural
opportunity for stating some very prac
tical and pointed truths, "A certain
man.” Corresponding to the king In the
parable of the wedding feast (Matt. 22
2). ‘‘Ma le a great supper,” Only two reg
ular meals are ordinarily partaken of In
Ijastcrn lands. "And hade them.” This
was the preliminary announcement,
which was necessary because the exact
time of a great feast could not be pre
arranged.
17. "And sent his MerVnnt at supper
time,” "When the evening approaches,
the servants are sent round a second tlmo
to announce that the feast awaits them,
and It Is a slight, even a mortal offense,
to disregard i he summons." Tristram.
"Come; for all things are now ready.”
The preparations were complete. Kvtiry
thlng was prepared for the redemption
of man—heaven, love, the atonement, tho
strongest motives, the isiwer of the Holy
Hplrlt.
IK. "They all with one consent." They
agreed In spirit and motive, whll" they
differed In the form of excuse, "Began to
make excuse." The Greek word Is the
exact equivalent of our "to beg off.’’ —
Cambridge Bible "I have bought a piece
of ground (a farm), and I must needs
go tout) and see It," Not look It over,
but see to Its cultivation.
l!t. "I have bought live yoke of oxen,”
etc, HI* oxen could have waited, hut he
made his plans so as to have an excuse,
Ills excuse was like the one "which Mark
Twain’s oriental made for himself when,
having declined to lend an axe, saying he
needed It himself to use In eating soup,
and being reminded that one docs not eat
soup with an axe, he replied: ’When
onu Is determined not to do a thing, any
excuse Is good enough.' "
20. ”1 have married a wife, and there
fore I cannot come.” lie Is so positive
because he thinks he has a good excuse.
"He relies doubtles on the principle of the
exemption from war, granted to newly
married bridegrooms, In Deut. 24: 5,” for
a year Cambridge Bible.
21. "Then the master of the house be
ing angry." Not the anger of passion,
hut of indignation, the revulsion of a holy,
moral nature, against such Insane folly
and wickedness. "Go . . . quickly.”
There was need of haste, for the feast
was waiting "Streets." The broader
streets and squares. "Bring , . . hith
er the poor, and the maimed." The pic
ture Is one Impossible for us to reallxe In
our land.
22 "The servant" reported that he had
obtain*i all he could of these, hut "yet
there ts room.” There were not enough
people of these classes to Dll the kingdom
or do Its work. It must he Incomplete
without more.
23. "Go out.” Beyond the city walls;
that Is, In yond thn conttpes of Judaism to
the Gentiles; beyond the limits of clvlllga
tlon Into the lands where the gospel Is
not heard "Into the highways and
hedges." The highways are "the broad,
well-trodden ways of the world,”, where
are the active and notorious sinners. The
hedges shelter the unemployed loungers,
the Inactive, the less known and secret
offenders against God, "And compel them
to come In.” Not by force, by persecu
tion. which Is contrary to the whole spirit
of the gospel, hut by arguments, by per
suasion, by the force of love and entreaty,
by persistent and untiring efforts, by the
attractions of the feast, by the goodness
of him who gave It. "That my house may
he filled." It was regarded as a disgrace
to hold a feast and the company not bu
present.
24, "None of those men which were
bidden.” And refused to accept the in
vitation. "Shall taste of my supper." No
matter how rich or respectable they arc
In other respects,
< lianip Clark's Freedom.
"Champ" Clark of Missouri lives In
a small house at Bowling Green, as
modest as any in the district. When
h<- visits or campaigns In the various
counties, at every Democratic house
hold he is welcome. He has a buggy
furnished him by every admirer to
carry him to the next stopping place.
"How do you do. Mr. Clark?" said the
mother of one of these Democratic
households, when he appeared unex
pectedly at the door during the cam
paign. “I'm sick.” was his reply.
"What can I do for you?" she asked.
"You can give me a lied." he muttered.
He was ushered at once into one of the
big bedrooms, and, without a word,
stretched himself and went to sleep,
leaving when he was rested to make
a speech farther on. Ainslee's Maga
zine.
Volunteer* for Wr» luille*.
There U quite a martial feeling
throughout the RrltUh Went Indira
Offer* tu form a Went Inillan r-antln
t g*uit for nervier on thr gold roaat
from among the local volunteer uml
police for ■» have been forwarded to
the arm tury of atat* f ir the colo- ]
nlM. by whom they have been ae
kn i'vle,|gei| with notch nttUfnclion at
j ill* *|>tr!t dUplaynl Mr t'humhcrlatn
ha* also promUnt to accept them In
ihe uml of it being nnruntf in ln
' i fate the pr*>*« nt e» pc dll binary force
for the relief of Kumaaal The en* j
rolimeiit of volunteer* I* proceeding
rapblly In Jamaica. t**in<-r*ra Trini
dad and dt Kill* II Hurrowe* in
Chi* ago Reyord
•e ■
Mi i.*# it** »..« * i no-ton tiim Ht
Ktrache, *>i o*t-n -niitiun with lit
- tl« < htldren I* a pain and it
i o» i til* « timpanivd with a ikati>
- i • •
i prolonged and cuhliiauM Twenty -
-topt t>f won* water »h mi l he put
Into th« ear and a pmlu -* of Has*
I rl applied watm but u t lot hot
i of the hot water bag ni • * be He| l
again*! Ihe Mt V ; »l d**be I* I- ,
' At I Ik* lltii* ing-y of a kid glut* with j
' mu *tlt and 'nout thia in ihe ear la
fora the heat * applied to the nwtaide i
THEY CATCH FROGS.
Inilantry of €'oi»l<>rab]« lni|ior»im oi
the Shore* of Onetdi) l ake.
Amor? a class of people residing
along the shores of On<*ida lake In the
vicinity of Upper South bay the In
dustry of hunting frogs is surpassed in
importance only by that of fishing.
Frogs' legs and fish go together In
making tip an appetizing meal at many
of the Oneldb lake summer hotels, and
killing frogs and catching fish are kin*
dred pursuits. In this manner a sour*
of Oneida lake longshoremen make a
livelihood. The frog business, how
ever, la comparatively new. During a
greater part of the season frogs are
found In marshy places along the lake
shore. A frog hunter sometimes uses
a spear, but more often a long, stout
club. The club has a Hat end, and one
well directed blow will add another
frog to the collection In the hunter's
basket. During the summer months
frogs are found on high ground, hav
ing migrated from the bogs bordering
the lake. Hay Helds are a favorite
abiding place for them In summer, and
it is no unusual sight to see a frog
hunter following a mowing machine
and aiming blows at frogs that aro
expoaed to view as the grass falls. In
the southeastern part of the state
there are lmdosed frog farms with ar
tificial ponds. Here frogs are raised
for the New York city market. While
central New York cannot yet boast of
a real frog farm, an Oneida lake man
Is proprietor of something closely re
sembling such an Institution. The
Oneida lake man has a large yard oi.
his premises indosed by a tight board
fence. In the yard am thousands of
fine looking frogs. They were picked
up along the lake shore last spring be
fore they had awakened from a stupor
brought on by a few days of raid
weather. The owner of this collection
of frogs Is able to All orders from ho
tel proprietors for fresh frogs' legs
promptly. By going into the yard with
a lantern at night as many frogs us
are required may easily be picked up
by hand, providing the collector la
careful to make no noise. Frogs’ legs,
after being dressed, are left on Ice
for a day or more to make them good
for eating. Twenty or twenty-live
cents a pound Is the price usually paid
by Oneida lake hotel proprietors.
A Htruuge Mulaily.
A strange malady Is going the round*
of north Alabama, says the Atlanta
Constitution. It U some kind of a
germ which Is attacking the ear drum
of the people, causing risings and ab
cesses, which prove very painful and
troublesome. In Birmingham many
people have been attacked by this mal
ady and much suffering has been heard
of. Gov. Joseph F. Johnston has been
detained at his home In this city dur
ing the past week with trouble In his
ears and physicians had to attend him.
Mr. John W. O’Neill, the popular pres
ident of the Birmingham hoard of
trade. Is now suffering agonies with the
pain in both ears. There are many
other people troubled In the same way.
The germ seems to come with the least
warning and the pain that follows can
only be allayed a little until the rising
either bursts on Its own accord or an
operation has been performed, when
the pain ceases and the patient recov
ers. So far the disease has not proven
fatal, though It has given the people
whom It has attacked considerable
pain.
Kiehsiige Children fur Outlngs
Thera Is a pretty custom In vogue In
Denmark which might with advantage
be copied here. During the summer
holidays an arrangement Is made by
which little Danes from town and
country change places. The parents of
town children send their little folks ofT
to the country, and receive In ex
change country chlliren. The result
is that the town children are strength
ened and gladdened with country air
sights, while the little rustics enjoy
the pleasures of town life, and the fes
tivals which are for their benefit. This
exchange system results In 10,000 chil
dren from Copenhagen getting a coun
try holiday, and another 10,000 are
brightened up by a visit to the Danish
capital.
U lir nr tidttl.
People who frequeut the many bath
ing beaches about Chicago have often
noticed the number of people who
merely 'paddle" in the water instead
of swimming about. Speaking of the
practice a well known physician says
•My own experience, extending over
some thirty years Is that the practice
Is most beneficial. The children love
It. and a child who lets once paddled
when at the seaside always craves to
do It again. I have no idea on what
grounds the medical objection ta baa
ed, but for some reason or other the
prohibition Is strongly Impressed ou
the parents.*
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