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Show CAPT, EVAN P. HOWELL THE DEMOCRAT MEMBER OP THE INQUIRY BOARD. he tka Hm ta tka Dtk of Haary W. Onk; tba Laadar of Oplaloa Raw kaatk Boltad Gravar Ba n, CISvetaad. N selecting Capt. Evan P Howell as a member of the commission to investigate the conduct of the war de- partment ness in his every action. That is one reason why the people of Georgia love him so much today. He whirled into the law business at Erst, but speedily reformed because there wae nobody who had either any use for law or any money to pay for It If they did Then he became an editor, and with the late Henry W. Grady founded the Atlanta Conetitu-tloand made it in a short time a newspaper whose voice was listened to in the Journalistic councils of the country It would have been difficult Indeed In that day or In this, for the matter of that to find two men so perfectly equipped for the work they undertook, or better qualified than they to aid In the upbuilding of tke section which they both loved so well thousand and one stories could be told of their long partnership, but It would require a 'book to print them. In matters outside the paper, and In politics, they frequently dls- and at one time they were chairmen of executive committees of rival parties seeking the municipal control of Atlanta, but In their editorial and business policy they were always one, and always right, A year ago Captain Howell sold a h interest in the Constitution for 8125,000 and retired from the editorial management of the paper, to which position his son, Clarke Howell, was at once elected He ha elnee devoted himself to hts private enterprises and to the enjoyment of the rest which bis long years, of hard labor have entitled him to. At the time of his appointment he was spending a few weeks in the north with a portion of bis family, and his selection as a member Pt the investigating commission came to him as a complete surprise. When he received It he said to a friend that he felt it the duty of every good citizen at such times to accept any call that the chief executive might make on him, and as soon as he could arrange to do so he went to Washington to see the president. In politics Captain Howell hat always been a democrat of the old school, but bolted Cleveland and Clevelandism In 1884, 88 and 92. During the last fifteen or twenty years he has been a delegate from the state at large to all the national conventions of his party, and during the late campaign was one of the most active supporters of Bryan In the country. In social life he is one of the most popular men of the state, and as: a stump speaker he Is without an equal. The late Charles A. Dana once Bald that he could tell a bad story better than anybody on earth, and that as a teller of good stories he beat the world. He has several times been urged to accept the nomination for governor of Georgia, but has steadily refused, giving as his reason the statement that he already has sufficient troubles and did not want during the late disturbance President McKinley has done much to show that he proposes to have a thorough and honest Inquiry. Before he accepted the place Captain Howell said If the commission Is to have unrestricted power in the Investigation and 1 am assured that its scope is to be unlimited, I will take the place, and. 11 1 serve it will be with the understanding that I will hew to the line, let the chips fall where they may. The country demands that if there has been any official neglect of duty in any of the branches of the war department the blame should be fixed so that those who are responsible be held accountable and the Innocent not suffer from the maladministration of those guilty of any incompetency. If I serve on the commission it will be solely for the purpose of going to the bottom of the whole situation Those Who know Captain Howell and there is nobody in the south who does not know him will understand one-fourt- CAPT. HOWELL, As a aoldier, that this means business. editor, lawyer and politician, Captain Howell has ever manifested a strength of character and an unruffled determl nation that has won him success in everything he undertook. He is as courageous mentally and morally as he Is physically, and there Is so much about him that is picturesque In a personal way that the south Is glad the whole country Is going to get a glimpse of him In his new position. In Washington he Is already well known, and the newspaper men of New York and Chicago and other northern cities are his firm friends, but outside of alc-caslonseat In the state legislature he has consistently refused to accept any public office. The captain ta not yet 58 yeafs of age abd is one of the most perfect types of the southern manhood which not born to work, was forced by the devastation of war to earn its own livelihood and to aid In the support of an Impoverished and disheartened community. As a soldier his record Is one of the most brilliant in the annals of the confederacy and he has been the recipient of many tributes from thoee who erved with him. He was artll lery commander, recruiting his own company in Georgia and leading it in neatly every engagement "that took place between southern Georgia and He served with northern Virginia. Stonewall JackBon until that gallant soldier was --klHedrnnd there is a tale about him which says that he did not believe the story of Lee surrendering when he heard it and kept on fighting for some days afterward. During the recent Atlanta exposition Captain Howell was called, upon to make the speech of welcome to a reunion of federal and confederate sol diers on Ohio day. Governor McKinley During the making the response. course of his remarks he said that he had spent most of the four years of the war running. During the first two years he had chased the Yankees and during the last two the Yankees had chased him. And, he added, amid a whirlwind of laughter and applause, that it wasn't until the tail end of the unpleasantness that he knew what a sprinter he was. Governor McKinley reply to this sally was remarkably clever and the blue and the fray had love feast In Atlanta that day such as they have never had before or since, JThe war over. Captain Howell took , an active and aggressive position In the dark daya of reconstruction. The homes erf southern planters, which had been the abode of aristocracy and in dependence before, were desolate and unproductive, families were scattered and cities burned to the earth, woman and children had no one to protect or to prtivlde for them, and the worst part of the situation seemed to be the almost fitter hopelessness and helph pees for the moment of the remnant of Georgias magnificent population that remained.' A few brave men took hold of the situation with an earnest effort to make the most of the wretched clr cumstances, end among them no one served with more fidelity or with greater success than Captain HowelL Ha ' not only was possessed of unlimited brain and brayn,.bat tberq was always Sunshine In hit presence and cheerful- al GOSSIP. BALL BASE OURRENT NEWS AND NOTES OP THE GAME, lkn Dtwi J. Cal ( Pley Met Oftoa Wkoa tk Spectator pouikUtlM Maltlply. IWUts to TwtrissW T8 e pity th Public cant see the bones of baseball through the tat. By the fet I the ordinary plays evsryone which understands. Just a hen things teem the tamest to the crow d the pitcher mey be doing bit hardest work and his hardest ug; the man at bat may be one of the aleverest in the buslneas, and there is a fast man on first to bother you. The public has practically no ehance to see the fight that Is going on. Hardly anyone but a ball player can he let into the secret The RUb-li-o looks for results, applauds a long hit, a long fly catch or a fine stop. If there are no fine catches and stops and little hitting the game isn't considered great and the excitement has to de" pend on whether the home team is a to no is credit It winning or losing. game la likepitcher to. say a shut-oly to be one of his easiest victories. Just when he seems to be at his best and the battsrs are going out one, two, three, he is doing his slmjileet work. A pitchers troubles begin to tighten up with men on baser. The number of things you have to watch le multiplied, and instead of its being a plain case of pitcher against batter lta the pitcher against the runner and batut chances on his going after aa oaoaJ slenal bad one. A man's poee at th Plats, It it is pronounced, will lead to dHng him the ball be Is ths Isaatj fitted to hit It he has the habit of. stepping back, feed him a wide onW over SCIENTIFIC NOTES OF DISCOVERY AND INVENTION. CURRENT the outside corner; if he crowds. St, Usta Iavoator Has a Wheat That Ue plate, put it over the inside corWU1 Expedite ner Then he will he Bew Oeeea Trent the ball hitting W he hits it either near his fingers Bleyele Tire May Be le Sated by aa or with the KlemaUe Devlee. lip of hts bat. You will notice, too, that some men stand up straight and take very little of a Barrow lag IsMcts stride They are generally the chop The of the homes of burrowstudy The occaalou comes up when It seems 100 to 1 that the batter is going1 ing insects is attended with great difficulties. Digging down destroys them, to try for a bunt Men are on first while any preparation employed to and second with nobody out, for instance The hardest ball to bunt is a render them more firm or solid by bursatishigh fast one. the easiest is one that i low and inside When you are pitch- ing and priming yourself to field a bunt you want to cut out the long swing This kind of delivery throws you off your balance and you cant start after a alow one so quickly. 8o you shorten up your arm and body motion and prepare to go after a hall on either aide of you As you complete your delhery the first and third basemen run In a little with you. With this luck and the percentage on your side the bunt goes foul I should say that only about one bunt In three goes safe, an way But the hatter has still another chance, and you have to adjust your delivery to it, and the base-mmust also be on the alert. If the batter falls this time the basemen will mov hack.. It la very care' to see a nun try to bunt with two strikes on him, and the basemen must be ready for a drive en hitters and the low one is the hardest for them to do business with. , By the asms rule, If a man crouches a good deal, a high fast one probably will bother him The slow ball bothers a great many batsmen, especially the nervous ones and the men who swing hard. Ths "late hitters, thoee who dont maks up their minds to hit until the ball la well upon them, have the best success with the alow ones. A nice point of play which cant be seen from the grand stand is the pitchers signal to the fielders when there are men on bases that he Is going to pitch a curved ball. This has the effect of preparing them to play around nearer the lines. An instance came up in a Washington game. The batter was a left hander and I gave the signal for a curved ball. The bat ter pulled around on it and hit short distance over first The second baseman, being ready for it, ran over and caught the ball and doubled man at first. The general Idea of pitching curves la these cases Is to make the batter pull around and nor give him a clean swipe at the ball. The fielders on either side of the pitcher JAMES J. CALLAHAN. (The famous Chicago pitcher.) ter. In the latter event, of coftrse, th are ready td play nearer the lines he THE' IOWAS NEW COMMANDER infield adjusts Itself to the changing cording to whether the batter is left stages of the game and helps the or right banded. Capt. Silas Wright Terry, who Is t Thea things sre A, B, C in baseball pitcher out to some extent. is D. Evans place take Capt. Robley with players, but are probably new to li command of the battleship Iowa, 1 Suppose a man of fine judgment on the great majority of spectators. now commanding ths receiving shi misto to be able a no be with dont pretend reached first, Franklin at the Norfolk navy yard the bases has one out, and a clever and fast man, sionary in educating the public, but 1 Fighting Bob was placed on th who can hardly be doubled, Is at bat. know most players feel the game naval inspection board. Capt. Terry You have a guess whether they are would be advanced if the people saw salloi has a grand record as a fighting to going try for the run and hit sys- Its fine points a little better. He entered in Uncle Sams service. JAMES J. CALLAHAN. or whether the batter is going aftem, 1858 from in Kentucky, the academy ail times At a you ter sacrifice play. with war civil Bad Bill- - Kazan. and went through the have to guard against the runner's was He in the honor. William extraordinary Eagan, Bad Bill Eagan ai off first. A Red River expedition as commandei getting too long a lead la known in ths base ball world, he seem was of the transport Benefit. Admiral Por- few throws to the baseman may at Camden, N. J., on June 1, idle' to the spectators, but if you suc- 1869. born 1889 he became a membei In ter, In a letter to the secretary of the ceed in making hlp slide back several of team of the Pennnavy, wrote several hundred words oi the Harrisburg the highest praise for Terry, who wai times possibly It may tap his wind a sylvania League. He remained wltb so be brisk not when and he may The president ad little then an ensign. the club In 1890, when it joined tb vanced the young man five numbers is he has to run. If it is in the early Interstate League. In 1891 he played his grade for the gallant work he did stages of the game the run and bit 78 games as the second baseman ol In 1864 he wai system seems likely, allowing for the ths Bt. Louis Browns, which then beon that expedition. of the team against you and placed on Admiral Porter's staff and character longed to the American Association. served in that capacity until the end the combination of players you arO Hla release was due to dissipation and of the war. The past twenty-fiv- e yeart trying to throw down. It's a good insubordination. In 1892 and 1893 h of Capt. Terrys life have been spent scheme here to be sure of putting the played with the Albany club of th in shifting from one post to anothei first ball over. The batter will prob- Eastern League. His career with the ably want to time your delivery, and Syracuse club of the Eastern League the runner isnt going to Btart until began in 94 and closed temporarily the batter Is ready. If you get a with the season of 1897, when be was strike' so much ths better. Then pos- assigned to the Pittsburg club by the sibly you can try a curved ball. The Whtc batter may take a chaoce at IFTdrTwo reasons- He may want to try to cut it to the right field, if it is outside or, if ths runaud he Is ner has started, he may want to swing at it to bother the catcher in his throw to second. If he swings and misses and the ball U placed right ths catcher is in position to throw. If he refuses to hit and the runner doesn't move off your percentage i hurt adlttle. You may be convinced the runner will surely start this time, and this leads you to waste a ball by pitching so far out that the catcher sill be sure of a free throw. Still, you are fooled. The runner hasn't started and you hesitate about wasting another ball, whlib would, be three, while there Is , only one strike on ths batter. With three balls and one strike the batter will CAPT. TERRY, WILLIAM EAGAN. in . the naval service. ' He hag bees be guided as to accepting another claim t everywhere American' war ships go, strike by the pitcher's faculty for con- Dverruled th Brooklyn clubs trol. If some exceptionally steady him. Eagan succeeded Padden at secHe was made a captain in 1892. man like Griffith or Nichols is in the ond base for the Pittsburg club, when box It Is extremely likely he will put Padden deserted that team, but "Bad FrofcwloftSl Window Washing. Bill "celebrated with his Camdes filled with whiting and the second strike over, and then the X muslin bag team visited Watkins when the friends, In than hale the Is deeper two large chamois skins are used by batter at It. with the Philadelphia and was traded back t hits So he is. pitcher workman who washes the professional He remained of missing it, Syracuse for O'Brien. the windows of stores and public build facers consequence with the stars until he refused to achitor second at runner the tags. First the glass is wiped with a forcing safe. At any stage of Any game cept a cut salary. He is now employdry cloth to tree it from dust. Then the ting there are two strikes and three ed, according to report, in a Camden, when whiting It dusted thickly over it; after of N. J wet goods emporium. that it le wiped off with one of the balls the runner is going to start, course. PreOt la Ball Flayls. is chamois eklns, which dampened, but Van Haltren's athletic prowess hai not wet. and lastly, the dry chamois The situation that makes a pitcher netted him 843.800, or thereabouts. H) skin Is used for polishing. Another bis hardest is when there Is s has worn theiivery of Chicago, Brookvork excellent method is to take a sponge on third with one or nobody out. lyn, Baltimore, Pittsburg and Next and dip It in alcohol, rub the glass pvn over quickly with this, wipe with a Then you must strain every nerve York, and from these five towns cami batter out' if pos 831,850 of his earnings.' The highest newspaper and polish with a chamois here to strike th or at last make him hit weakly salary the veteran ever drew was 8,60( akin. The wood alcohol 1. used In- 1 cant say that there from Baltimore, and that bonanza last stead of the pure alcohol, and it' la io the Infield. Is style of pitching you ed tor two years Hla stay in Baltiany particular cheaper and answera the purpose as an adopt that .will prevent bis hit- more waa the Klondike of his caress welL A little turpentine dissolved In warm water la also excellent for wash- ting an outfield fly. You simply have and he rejoiced in n daily Income af to work like the mischief and taka 830. Washington Star ing windows, mirrors or glass globes. got more. T0PIC8. dening the earth has not given factory results. -- Plaster. of pads,- - made into a thin paste, and poured Into the burrows, hardens and forms oasts. S4me of these have extended six feet below tbe surface and have Included branches to the' main burrow wltn various chambers and byways, for which some of these underground dwellings are notable. It was necessary to make tbe plaster thin and liquid, and, as a consequence, dlfflculr tlee are experienced In taking the cull out. Peculiarly Interesting are the homes of bees that live underground. They dig Into the earth almost vertically for about eighteen inches, and. In soma cases, get much farther 25 and 80 inches have bees measured. Toward the end of the vertical gectlen, horlxontal highways and byways are thrown out.. Cells are made In the ends of these branches and these are filled with pollen and honey. In some of these branches ths young bees are batched. The use of plaster enables us, for the first time, thoroughly to understand the .manners and methods of many of our underground neighbors. With a little practice, almost any ona can make cast of these underground dwellings. Tbs plaster is sifted through the finest obtainable sieve, then made into a paste of the consistency of thin gruel. This Is to be poured quite slow ly into the burrow, care being taken that it does not become clogged by any outside substance falling into the aperture. A sufficient amount must be mixed at one time to finish tbe Job, or, if this is set ddfi. fid time mast be lost 'in preparing more, in order that the line may be contlnuoua. When It has remained long enough to harden, the earth can be very carefully removed. The fingers are the best scrapers. Those who expect to succeed as sclen tlsts may as well learn at the outset that the hands must often be sacrificed In ths Interest of science. ' glimpse of fresh scenes and frssl Of are worth quarto doctors' to-t- ee facet, to an over-ttra- d and nervous maa or woman, and give a prettier glow to tBe cheeks than the finest manufactured rouge in exlstsnoa.- . tt Is indolenca aad lazy habits that allow obesity to gain she eeoendesicr over elasticity. Ona who keeps mtodl and body on tbs alert will seldom need to have recourse to science or diet to decrease size and weight. If you have a thin face, and the flesh seems unwilling to become plump and round In response to massage, build up ths aye-toor tome of by taking a half-piswsot cream every day, eat of eeraata which have been cooked for several hours, a raw egg beaten up In mil) esc, day. warn, drinks- - of mUk, 4S luted with hot water, and baked swee apples er ripe fruit at aach moat. Bis VariatlM of Asbestos. There Is probably no product of inorganic nature about which there Is ao much popular mystery and mlscon caption as asbestos. - It Is vaguely un derstood that the principal claim of this remarkable product ,ls that It can by fir.- - There are, however, no less than six varieties of asbestos, each of which possesses qualities peculiar to Itself. They may be A man thus. In classified as follows; which the fibres are so exceedingly long, flexible and elastic that they may be woven into cloth. Common asbestos, with the fibres much less flexible; it is heavier than the first variety, a dull green in color, sometimes pearly in lustre and oily to ths touch. Mountain cork, light enough to float on water, Mountain leather, also very light, but thinner and more flexible than the last. Mountain paper or blue asbestos. Mountain wood, which In external appearance resembles dry wood. As a matter of fact, nearly all varieties havs mors or less ths appearance of fossilized wood. Asbestos has been found in nearly all parts of tbe globe, Keeps the Tire lo Baled. Pneumatic tires are kept Inflated by a new automatic pump which has besn The valve patented by s Canadian. of the tire Is connected at B with the piston of s pump, to which is attached the strap of an eccentric fixed to tbe A safety valve Is axle of the wheel. provided, or s spring may be fixed on piston to render it inactive when -- m nt jl A Raw Finish lee Fabrics. The Importance and value et waterproof materials Is so clearly understood that every attempt to produce a now material which is impervious to moisture is a subject of deep intertot to scientists and Incidentally ta almost every ona By the use of S material made from and known as viscose, fabrics of various sorts, linen, cotton or wool, are made1 elaatla and waterproof. It Is said to be unaffected by moisture and may be wash ed, bleached and even boiled with soap without Injury. The fabric Is Ihought to be specially desirable for book covers, carriage tops - and other places now used. Nothing where leather-I- s that has been devised seems to promts such excellent results as this nvW substitute for leather. alkali-cellulo- se T Expedite Omxx Travel. Michael Day, a machinist and mol-d- er of St. Louis, Mo., Is exhibiting a device of hts Invention which (he believes will be of Immense value.' Th device is a shield or collar, to be placed over the propeller of , vessel for of th confining purpose water abov immediately flukes and, , preventing, , tbt whirling motion of the wkter whlcl renders tts displacement by th whirring Rr heel so easy that thereto q gon-- ; ilderable watts ot power. . , Exp menu with models have shown that . a hooded propeller exerU more pusl upon a ship than an uncovered, ofie. revolved by the sum amount of pow ' . as th former, , Baited Bute Revel Observatory-- . The work of winding and keeping in order tbe chronometers at the Naval Observatory is In the bands of an expert, and Is unquestionably the most perfect specimen of this kind of service in tho world. Among ths duties of this official are the keeping In accurate time and condition tbe. chronometers for the use of the navy, .It takes months to adjust some of these timekeepers. Every , day between 11 oclock and twenty minutes to 12, noo comparisons art made and testa. This portion of the work Is carried on la a temperature room, which is heated by hot water by mean of gas, then cooled by refrigerating pipes, to that during the year around the temperature is not allowed to vary over two degrees. After the dally tests art made, th apparatus Is put in order and everything is subordinated to the noontlm service. For a certain number bt seconds-a- t midday the government controls the entire telegraph service of the country and time balls are dropped in most of th lsrre cities. - right-haude- d, the pressure Inside the tire is strong enough to stretch the spring instead of moving the piston. Haw ta Er Ysaag. Coaalarfalt tvary. Large quastltle of article mad ol ivory having been put upon the market at extremely reasonable prices, led to an Investigation as to their source. The supply of Ivory is so itmltedthst the prices can scarcely be varied, therefore there was evldencs that something uncommercial was being done, it Whs found that th fruit of a variety of palm wag being utilized, Thla fruit baa a very hard aad whit kernel. It can be worked In n lathe and la of. auch fins quality that experts may be puzxled to distinguish It from ths genuine article. It is susceptible to almost all uses to which genuine Ivory is put. To detect the difference apply a small quantity of concentrated sal-- ., phurle acid. This causes the imitation article to assume a shade of pink, while on genuine iVory It produce no change whatever. , . Tbs Vales af Skin HUk. Every dairy woman and milk expert has observed the peculiar' effect occasionally produced "by milk on various fabrics. Bometimevthey become so completely waterproof that they are thrown away because they cannot be Washed. This fact has led to the utilization of skim milk ns a basis', for a product for glazing paper and other articles. The skim milk is put Into it, bath, treated with chemicals gnd freed' from iu superfluous liquid. it i then dried and sent to market in largo sacks. The usefulness of skim milk, which for many years was considered next to n west product. Is just becoming appreciated. The appearance of The Dembers of the dramatic profession Is s constant source of surprise to the public at large. The reason for this is sot so much the grease-painecessary In makfng-nwhich obliterates to a certain extent the natural wrinkles of the skin, while it lubricates and nourishes it; but It U due to tbe change In he expression of the various emotions shkh every part demands. This causes the actress to bfing Into play all ths nnecles of the face. By using them squally. they all maintain their firm 'consistency and strength, and none waste away from disuse. The result Is that the skin is kept stretched and Glass is not used for the windows ol tense over tbe face, and doe not fall booses in Manila. They are into hollows. -- A. hlow of fresh air. a with translucent oyster shells. glazed ever-youthf- ul -- nt p, |
