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About The Butler herald. (Butler, Ga.) 1875-1962 | View Entire Issue (July 14, 1885)
BUTLER “LET THERE BE LIGHT.” BUTLER, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, JULY 14, 1885. X e ranohe—a farm de breeding and care of -in this country is located cm the eastern shore of Virginia, and covers nearly 3000 acres. Its flocks number in the neighborhood of 5000 birds. Dr. Flint of Now York, is reported ns having said that many lives are lost by starvation owing to an over esti mate of the nutritive value of beef tea and moat juices. In typhus and typhoid fevers, he says, there is no good substitute for milk and eggs. A tlbvel school has been opened by an English professor in London. His avowed purpose is to bestow upon his pupils an infallible memory. He has B class in “never forgetting,” and an other composed of persons whose minds fire given to “wandering,” which habit 'lie proposes to cure. In an article on “Inebriety Among 'Railroad Engineers” in the Philadel phia Medical and Surgical Reporter, it is stated that these men are excep tionally temperate. The nerve and ®rain exhaustion attendant upon their occupation is so great, however, that “inebriety among them is very precipi tate and fatal.” According to the Medical Record, man, one of the managers. The governor of Moscow sent a strongly- armed force to the Bpot and arrested all the ring-leaders and agitators, near ly 200 in number, and lodged them in prison. Then he notified the owners of the mill that they could only re commence work on fully satisfying the legal demands of the workmen. This was eventually done. All the men returned and the mill started up afresh. While on the strike the men received soldiers’ rations and the women white bread. By this polloy the governor kept the ring-leaders away from the workmen, took cnre of the strikers, and brought the owners to terms. The Araltinn papers publish the full text of the manifesto which the Mahdi issued in reference to his claims to the Caliphate. In this document the Mahdi says: “I testify before God and the Prophet that I am drawing the.sword, not for the purpose of founding an earthly empire for myself, nor to amass wealth, nor to live in a magni- ficient palace, but in order that I may afford help and consolation to the faithful, with a view to their liberation from the slavery imposed on them by the infidels, and in order that the power of the Moslems may be restored in all its ancient splendor, I am there fore resolved to carry my sword, first from Khartoum to Berber. Thence I 5 per cent of all cancers are situated I sba ^ proceed to Dongola, Cario and upon the tongue. The average dura tion of life in cancer of the tongue is, without operation, stated to be ten and a half months; with operation, six teen months. In some cases—after operations—patients have lived from two to live, and even ten years. A floating breakwater of an alto gether novel type, will shortly be ex perimented with on the coast of Sus sex, England. It consists of a double Alexandria, restoring Moslem rule and government in all these citios. From Egypt I shall march to the land of the Prophet to drive out tho Turks, whose government is no better than that of the infidels, and I shall restore the land of Arabia, with its two sacred cities, to Islam. Sons of Ismail, you may depend upon my soon making my appearance in your midst with tho sword of faith.” According to Demore.it “land snita- STARTLIM DISHES. Vvliat a Corrapwiml Ate la Central Alfred Balcb, in a letter from the United States of Colombia to the Cook, says: I am sitting under a mango tree on the bank. Behind me is the village of Nechi, consisting of one wide street with thatched and wattled huts on each side of it. Before me tho Couca river, abpu? as wido os the Hudson at Albany, rolls down toward the Mngda'ena, and just opposite, flowing between high banks, covered with the vivid vegetation of tho tropics, is the Nechi river. I feel in that satisfactory frame of mind which is the result of dining well, nt peace with nil the world, and as I watch the gray smoke of my cigarette curl upward in the still, warm air, I reflect with grati tude upon the beauties—from a gastro nomic point of view—of the waiter hog. Fortbc water hog is not outwardly fa vored by nature, looking as he doos something of a cross between a gigantic muskrat and n badger. Bis grayish- brown fur covers, how ever, many excel lencies, and when ho is cooked in a sa vory stew, with plenty of onion, garlic and green pepper, a little "Worcester sance and some, vuca in place of pota toes. you can eat him with pleasure to King of the Well Street Bears. , Addison Cammack is the most im portant man in Wail street on. the bear side. Tho small operators elrclemround him like June bugs around a gas jet. They look upon him as the foun tain head of all bear wisdom and inspi ration. Words from his lips are ss precious as pearls, and are caught and carried along from one to another until they havogono the rounds. He is a heavy, broad shouldered man of fifty-eight, with iron gray hair and mustache. His eyes ate gray, and his mouth and chin and nose arc large, and indicative of firmness and resolution. He dresses very plainly, although his clothes are made by tho most expensive tailor in town, and he always cat rie a walking stick. He speaks quickly, anl almost invariably follows each ren arx with the iuquiry “Huh?” Being bachelor, he lias a valet, who attends to his wants. He is a member of the Stock exchange, but is rarely seen on the floor, and is not down town oven half-as mach as one would suppose he would be. He goes out walking and driving a good deal, and is often seen in Central park. Cam- mack is a man of exemplary habits. At one time he was an MONEY BY THE MILLION. your palate and profit to your general ; inveterate smoker. He health. You would not think him as good as he really is when he lies snarl ing before you, tied up with string, but then it is merely another of the many lessons we get in this lifo—not to judge by appearances. And, speaking of appearances, what could lie more hideous that the iguana. row of empty iron boxes, running out i ble for growing corn increases in value into sea in parallel lines. The front yearly, and is much more desirable to facing the sea tidewards, hay a wedge- : own than wheat lands. Wheat can be like shape, presenting to the onooming Taised on nearly all kinds of soil and waves its tolerably sharp edge, which is intended to divide the mass of water projected, and so to break its force. in nearly every part of the earth, but the United States has a practical monopoly of corn, as it has of cotton, hence in the markets of the world it does not meet the same competition ns wheat. Last year we raised 1.800,000,!- 000 bushels of corn. If every bushel The phenomenal growth of th6 Wy oming Stock Growers’ Association is suggestive of the vast importance Lf the cattle interests of this country. ’ ^ 3old ttWDuld “etonr farming <*»■?. Twelve years ago this association was I U,kin * I he - vear throu 8 h - probably 40 organized with ten members, owning ’ cen * a b,,shel; thnt is ’ over S 700 - 000 -' 20,000 head of cattle, valued at $350,- : 000 ’ butthis does not te]1 tho whole 000. Today it has 435 members own- 1 story ’ for corn is fc<1 to ll0 S 3 and ing 2,000,000 head of cattle, whose es- ! cattle and U3ed ln " lim,lfact ’ ,res - and timatod value is $100,000,000. ]tg j ™ pork, meal, whiskey. glucosc, brings sway extends over the whole of Wyom- j smoked the strongest kind of cigars ai>d a great number of them. A year and a half ago his physician told him' that his health would be improved if he smoked loss. He never smoked a cigar after that. The man’s will is so strong that he will do .anything he makes up his mind to do. He is a Southerner. He was horn Imagine a lizard alront four feet long, a ! in Kentucky and drifted down to New row of spines down bis back, making I Orleans. lie subsequently came North him look like a monstrous saw, with and started as a cotton broker in New large hooked claws, an ugly head, a i ^ or k. It was not long before he got to cruel, cold eye, and a pouch under the ! dealing in stocks, and he was successful, lower jaw, which ho can inflate and; He is now worth $6,000,000or $7,000,- change the color of at pleasure. Yet 000. lie coca on his judgment, which this brute lives in the trees, has a diet 's next to unerring. He works the composed exclusively of flowers and fruits market against JayJIoiild, and Gould and is really perfectly harmless. I do 1 doca not seem to be’ able to entrap him not mean that it would be safe to cut * n aa y way. He is always posted on the stilches whioh fasten his lips to- everything, and there is scampering gether—these arc sewed up before ho is when he mnkes a move. He is gruff, brought to market, because otherwise he blunt, nnd to the point, and lias a mind might snap, and a bite from those jaws °f his own. lie can form his own opin- would probably he severe—but he is ions. That is the great secret of his suc- timid and would never attack any one. cess. A friend who was talking to him But when cooked, isn't ho good? You ■ one night said: know what frogs’legs taste like? Weil, ‘T hear you arc called “The Mephisto- ..'p) )ere j g $^730,000 in gold in those iguana is to frogs’ legs just about what pholes of the street.’ ” i bags—$10,000 in a bag. Feel of this—- pheasant is to capon. He is tender, he “What is that for?”giowled Old Cam. does „>j we j„jj i nuc h, does it?” . nt. _ i : v. rt “IWAiifip von rniRA flown t.horo* ' __ .. “No. “Well, you’ve got in your hand five and one-half millions of dollars!” “Almost a week’s salary for an ad- Tha Wealth that ia Stored in Government Vault3. A Pound and a Half Package Worth live and a Half Million Dollars. “We have got more money than we want here,” said General Beveridge oi tho subtreasury at the government building to a Chicago Tribune report er. “Come in and S9e what we’ve got.” One of the clerks was just pushing a wheelbarrow laden with silver upon the little elevator that runs along the walls of the vaults. The wheelbarrow contained nbout $10,000, in bags, and the money was taken into the top_ vault. There -.re four vaults as large as an ordinary bedroom, each one ris ing above the other. Two of the vaults are below the floor of the subtreasury, and the lowest one is on the level with the mailing room of the post-offioe de partment, for whioh both the lower ones were built. They are not in use at present, although they are reached by the elevator. “This is the second vault we have undertaken to fill since the silver be gan rolling in,” said Mr. Gray, as the car of the little elevator touched at the highest landing. The one immediately below this has been full for two or three years.” The door of the vault stood open, and General Beveridge was inside close to a larg8 iron safe. The walls on every side were lined with silver money in hags carefully piled one a- bove another in tiers, each bag contain ing sixty pounds, or $1,000. “Here we have some nickles,” said Mr. Gray. “There is $45,000 in those hags, and behind those cages, whioh are locked, is about $3,000,000 of silver. Counting what is in both vaults, we have $7,684,000 in silver, of which $4, 166,189 is fractional. The other is in dollar pieces. We l.ave $47,200 in pennies. A good deal of what you see in this vault is small change.” “Here is something that may inter est you,’’ said General Beveridge, open ing the combination lock to the safe. CHILDREN’S COLUMN. Dolly-house Week* Monday does tlw washing; puts it out to dry; Tuesday does the ironing; lays it nicely by; Wednesday docs tho mending; folds tho socks in pairs; Thursday does tho sweeping of tho rooms up stairs; Friday sweeps the parlors in ft thorough way; Saturday is baking—such a busy day; Sunday heard a sermon; listens to tho choir; Wonders if the singer’s voice can go much higher. Gets so very tired that—would yon believe ?— Fulls asleep a-leaning ’gainst her papa’s sleeve. —Youth's Companion. is gamy with a beautiful gamineas, he “Because you raise Hades down thero is very delicious! The white, delicate I suppose.” flesh, the small bones,the attractive odor “Well, if they moan I do as I want to, of the viand,all unite to produce a favor- j that’s whatl am, and I don’t care what able impression whicli is more than con- name they give me.” . ; airent ” firmed by tho first tasto. Cam used to be shaved by a certain , There is an amount of resomblancc be- barber in the shop in the Windsor. The tween the monkey and the maa which man was very attentive. Not long ago “Yes; greater than the capital of any bank in this city,” was the reply. over two thousand million dollars in the markets of the country. It is, in fact, by far the most important of our agricultural products, grass and hay perhaps excepted. We harvestod 512,000,000 bushels of wheat last year, but it brought so low a price, due to ing and portions of six other States and territories, and it is, without donbt, the largest association of the kind in the world. | A miniature gold mine was recently discovered on tire teeth of a bollock tho co,B > ,etition of otl,or countries > killed near San Francisco.. The jaws, lV ‘ at wr farmers snffered heav y loS3e3 - witli the teeth attached, were boiled, | and tes '\ wheat b,lt far more c(,r “ "ill and when exposed to view the entire j be N rov tj 1 nex ^ y ear - d bose wbo row of teeth was found to be thickly ! think of iand for farmta S re covered with pure gold, and consider-; !>oses wo,,lddo “ ve " t0 see if il 13 aide gold was also fou*d in the pot in ! su,tabIe for Sowing corn, for if it is which the head was boiled, The coat- j tbero 13 » tor S reft ^ r chance for an ing was submitted to a chemical test, and was found ptire. It is supposed ■ that the animal must have drank from General Sheridan's Throe Girls, some stream aboundingvvith the pre-, Children of officials often give) a re- cious metal, which became attached, freshing side to social life at the capi- grain by grain, to the animal’s teeth. | tal that makes it not-nil superficial and v I frivolous. It has been said of General Out in Dakota on the railways jack ! Sheridan that he is not a success as a rabbits arc plentiful. An engineer of “society man” because he is too much the Chicago, MUwaukee and St. Faul j in love with his pretty wife. The “hero Koa.l relates that when one of these j of Winchester” is even more devoted lino fellows is espied on the track, the ! to his children, three girls and “little engine is uncoupled from the train, 1 I’hil,” J r -. a hoy of 5 years. The twin J advance in value than if it is fitted only for the small grains.” impresses one, whether he be a Darwin- i the man had a chance to buy a shop, | Tbe P acka g e was in 810,000 silver certificates. It weighed about a pound and a half and was not more than ian or not. It is therefore difficult when and Cam let him have $2,200 to start in you fish up a black monkey's skull from business, the depths of the boiling broth to resist Cam inado $1,000,000 in the fall in ( three inches thick, containing five a belief that you have approached ennni- stocks at tho time of the panic in 1373. balisra. For that reason, if you have « In the last groat dec-line ho has made all black monkey to cat—and let me tell yon of $2,000,000. It is no uncommon that it is one of the best dishes to be pro- thing for him to make or loose a quar- cured in the terra eaiiente—allow me to ter of a million.—New Tori Chronicle.*- advise you to omit the head when making up tire dish. Otherwise, as a , surety, you will go hungry at least for hundred and fifty bills. “How much specie have you now in aH?” the reporter asked. “We have $9,314,000 in silver and gold, besides the nickles and coppers, and the race begins. The rabbit hasn’t sense enough to get off the track, and the first thing the frightened animal knows, the dread monster is close upon him. The fireman grasps tho iron standard of the cowcatcher with one hand, and the next instant has the victim by the hind leg with the other. girls, Mary and Louise, look up to their older sister, Irene, who is but a year older than themselves, with a faith in her superiority that is some times amusing. “So you three little girls are sisters,” of which we have a fortune.” Live Stock of the United States. “How fast do you get rid of the The live stock of the United States in B il ver ?” tho first time. With this precaution, you January, 1885, is given by the depart-: r j ( j 0 f jfcj There’s no getting can eat and be thankful, the flesh tasting ment of agriculture at $2,4,>0,425,007, ; r jq of p unless we send it to Washing- about midway between hare and mutton, divided as follows: Cattle, $1,107,285,- j ^ What we payout is a trifle to or, I should say, venison. It is tender 000; horses, $852,282,000; mules, $102,- j W0 Ret j n „ and has a peculiar flavor in the right 494,000; swine, $226,404,083; and sheep season, owing to the fondness of the St07,9C0, 950. There were $43,771,000 animal for guavas. As these grow wild cattle, an increase of $1,220,000 during everywhere, in the guava time the black the year; 50,300,000 sheep, a decrease of monkeys get very fat, and one is looked 200,000; 45,192,000 swine, an increase upon as decidedly a tid bit. ! of $940,020; 11,504,000 horses, an in- The boy’s llathead, with its forked crease of 194,880; 1.072.000 mules, an tongue plaving in and out, the smooth, increase of 58.000. There was a shrink- sinuous gliding motion of the great age in value of all kinds of live stock snake as it travels between the trees and during the year, least in horses and bushes, reminding one of a well greased greatest in sheep and swine. ro[>e and giving a greater idea of power From English and other statistics it is than anything I know of, would not, found that the staled increase of cattle under ordinary circumstances, make one in Great Britain and Ireland for the last think of dinner. Yet the llcsh of the seventeen yeurs of 395,228 is offset by a boa is eaten nnd considered very goad, diminution in the sheep supply equiva- I have tasted it simply from cn- lent to 748,902 head of cattle, a net de- riosity, but to me it seemed crease of 853,079. a good deal like alligator Of cattle, sheep, and swine, all told, steak, somewhat musky. At the same Great Britain possessed in 1884 about time I am bound to say that the meat one head ]>or capita of its population, or >get i “Then it is accumulating?” “Of course; and rapidly, too.” “How fast!” “At the rate of $100,000 a month.” .“How much vault room have you left?” “We have room for $1,000,000 or so more. By the end of the year we will need a new vault. We expect to use the two below this floor, as the post- office has no use for them.” Home Life. When I was a boy says Dr. Charles Robinson in the New York Tribune, I used to declaim these stirring lines “Strike for your altars and the fires; strike for the green graves of your sires.” But now the iiltars and fires are register holes in the wall, and the This sport greatly amuses the engine hands, but exasperates the delayed passengers. said a lady the other day, meeting the 1 looked well and must be healthy, or it 35,000,000 head. For the same period, green graves of the sires are vaults j trio out for a walk. would not be eaten as muoh as it is. The the United States possessed two and one-! of stone made to look as much like same superstition as that mentioned by half head per capita of its population. In small palaces as wealth can make Livingston as being prevalent in Africa the former country there are 220 head to them, and nobody would care to fight “Oli, no: we are twins. Irene is our sister,” replied one of the pair with se rious simplicity. At the fancy dress children’s party i’resident Eliot says that, without S iven at General Deale’s house Irene wore a long train. Little Johnny Hazen, only son of Chief of Signal Ser vice Hazen, was so much amused that special extravagance or fast living in any way, a Harvard student can easily spend $800 dollars a year, and some gel rid of much more. A calculation be la «g hed at tbe little )ad y- The twin3 of tlie average expense at twenty-five of the principal colleges, according to the statements of their respective catalogues as to price of board, tuition, and general expenses, show3 that it is a trifle over $500. An average college education, then, costs $500 a year, or $2000. Of course, the t ing can be done for less tiffin this. Tuition may be remitted by the gaining of s scholarship, and a young man who is determined to support himself may do so in whole or in part by teaching and other work. The Russian authorities have a novel way of suppressing strikes. Recently 2,000 workmen employed in a large cloth mill near Moscow struck because the proprietors reduced the six working days to four. They claimed that they had been engaged until Easter for six days’ work per w Several quarrels took place, and ajElast violence was threatened to an J&figlish- were indignant, and one of them ex claimed: “Just see that boy laugh at our sister. I don’t like him a bit, and 1 don’t know his naita But you know his father is the man who makes the weather.”— Washington Capital. Procrastination. Mrs. AllfoFshow gave a party and she was flying around among her guests and servants in a wild uncertain way. About eleven o’clock she flew into the hall and sung out so everybody could hear her: “Jane, Jane, did the man say he’d send that ice cream on time ?” “He said he couldn’t do it, mem.” “How long havo we got to wait I’d like to know? - ’ “Don’t know, mem.” “Weil, why didn’t he send it?” Wy, raem, he said you’d have to pay cash, because he was tired of sendin’ about the flesh of the great snakes ob- the square mile, and in the United States tains here in a modified form. The thirty-five head, peons will tell you that eating the meat of countries outnumbering the United for either. 1 saw the other day a mot to, “God bless our flat;” that was all that there was left of the home. I do will make you very strong. They do not states in particular species of domesti- not oppose the flat system; but I say say brave, but the old Spanish writers cated animals Russia leads in horses, with; anything that breaks up the home feel- record the fact that the Indians origin- the United States second. Australia isl fog ait ns a Mow at the church and ally in the country considered snake first in sheep, with $77,250,000; the Ar- ^ when the romance and tho flesh as being fit meat for warrior s only, gentine Republic second, with $07,416,-j 8acredne3S of home are gone, then it While alligators can be seen down here 000; and the United States third, with 8eems ag even d . soon ,n thousands, I have never heard of any 50,300,000.- Chicago Tribune. j departs . Bickerings ari3 e, reerrmina- oue eating tbem. Turtles, or rather tor- - I . ° 9 toises, are caught, and find a natural ! What Free Lunches Cost. ‘ lons f ° ow ’ and one of the P air £ ocs grave in the bodies of . the captors. One Millions in free lunches are spent every acrosa the State line to get permission of them, an oval-shaped chap, is very year in New York. No other city in the to ,reak the sacred union. How can good in a stew, and serves to remind world can equal it. There are over 10,- tbere bo an y Lome life among our rich you, though faintly, of the terrapin. | 000 saloons in the city that run free P eo P^ wdtb one house ia the country, There is a sort of worm, the larva of lunch counters. Some of them arc at a anot, ier in town and a couple of months some insect which I have tasted. It is great expense each day to supply a free in Florida between? And as if this found in dead trees, and is about the lunch to their customers. The cheap wore not bad enough, they take their si7.e of a man’s middle finger. Boiled in saloons have reduced the matter to a children abroad for some years. I have salt and water and then baked, it taste science and know almost exactly how lived in Paris and watched the effect something like chestnuts. I must con- many ounces they have consumed each <>£ these European sojourns, and I fees, though, that it is not an enticing day. The New York Mail has gathered know whereof I speak when I say they dish. However, if “many men have some statistics as to the expenses of the many minds,” certainly they have as various saloons and made an average of many dishes and I know of no better j thcm rne followi loble wiU not faU rule in traveling than that given by St. ' “ Paul: “Eat, asking no questions.” far short of t] ie exact daily expenses of the free lunches of all the saloons. Tho “Cooking Clubs fqr Men” is the title ' Sundays are left out in the estimate: of an article in an exchange. Why they , 15 saloons at ?20 a day $93,000 are cooking such things for men is ai “Jonas at $12 a day 1,126,800 ... . . 1,500 saloons at $5 a day 1,.'H7..-Tt? mystery. We should think a cooked! 3,0U0 saloons at $2 a day 1,S18,HOO things here on time, an’ never gittin’ j cUlb wouldn’t be any more aigestible 6,tl0(>saloons at $ j » (la y 5,031,000 no pay.”—Merchant Traveler. j than a ioasted clam*— NorrutoumHerald. . 10,815saloons, annual expense....*11,080,200 are bad for our sons and still worse for our daughters. They come back dena tionalized, having lost all idea or Jove of home life, and happy only when counting the days before their return to their beloved Europe. A Bible society agent oalled on 3,210 families in Concord, N. H., reoently, and fonnd only 29 with copies of the Bible. He sold 629 copies and gave away 107. Climbing; Up. Baby had thrown away her dolly unbuttoned her own shoes nnd pulled pussy’s tail until pussy ran away where haby could not catch her. Then the bright eyes looked about for some thing else to do. Gracio ought to have been watching the little one, but she was studying a picturetbook in stead, and baby, finding the door un fastened, crept out into tho halL “Why, where is baby?” asilxl mam ma, coming in two or three minutes later. A merry little laugh sound d from the hall, and baby was found iff ’f-way up tho stairs, and brought ti ck in time to save her from a fall. “Baby wants to do what our >Up- day-school teacher told us yeeterd:. v ’’ said Gracie, “ ‘climb a little higher. Teacher said that every Jgood deed lifted us a little higher, anfl everv in habit overcome was a st)£P 1° climb on.” f “So, when Gracie lean 13 t0 for 8 et her own pleasure and take, care of ber little sister.she will haveclj mbed above a step of selfishness mid v| ld stand on the higher one of useOjr ne33 ’” aa * d mamma.—Sunbeam. If Iklndor liuiitf 11. One sport that aor'* 0 ® Gle Esqui mau boys very mifcii would probably bo callefl in our lan£ ,ia S e “reindeer bunting.” Having f<i>und a long and gontie slops on a si? 6 bdl tbe y place along the b*ttom of t be a number of reindeer antlers, ? r » 88 we some times incometiy c 61 ^ them, ixf horns, (for you boys | mu st not forget that the antlers if a -«e§<K*re not horn at all, but lame.) These antlers of the reindeer are stuck upright in the bhow, singly or in group-3, in such a manner that a sled, w.hen well guided, i can be run between them without ; knocking any of them down, the number of open spaces between the , groups being equal to at ieast the number of sleds. The quantity of j reindeer antlers they ran thus arrange will, of course, depend upon their ! fathers’ success the autumn before in reindeer hunting; but there are nearly : always enough antlers to give two or three, and sometimes five or six, to each fearless young, coaster. The boys, witli their sleds,numbering from four to six in a Ur-sized village, gather on the top of thb hill, each boy having with him two or three spears, or a bow with as man)’ arrows. They start together, each toy's object being to knock down as Many antlers as possible and not be tie first to reaoh the bottom of the hi l. You can see that in such a case tin slower they go when they are jmssinJ the antlers the better. They must <nock over the ^ antlers with their speato OI-^arrotfs only, as those thrown down by the sled or with the bow or spear in the hand do not count They begin to shoot thoir arrows and threw their spears a3 soon as they can got within effective shooting distance; and, even after they have passed between the rows of antlers, tbe more active boys will turn around on their flying sleds and hurl back a spear or arrow with sufficient force to bring down an antler. When all liavo reached the ■ bottom of the hill they return to the j rows of antlers, where each boy picks | out those lie has rightfully captured j. and places them in a pile by them- : selves. Then those accidently knocked over by the sledges are again put up and the boys return for another dash down the hill, until all the antlers ! have been “speared.” Sometimes there is but one antler left, and when there are five or six contesting sleds j the race becomes very exciting, for then speed counts in reaching the antler first. When all are down the boys co_unt their w ; nnings, and the ! victor is, of course, the one who has obtained the greatest number of antlers.—Lieut. Schwatka, { n St. Nicholas. A Bridge Revolving on Cannon Bails. In these days of close competition railroads take advantage of every fea ture to advertise their routes. The Chicago, Milwaukee-& S’. Haul road has the only pontoon bridge across the j Mississippi River. It is quite an at- ! traction. While it is a somewhat re- j markable bridge it does not compare | with ons-.across a bavoii at Houston, Tex. It is a swing bridge. It was built during the war when cast iron goods from the manufacturing centers were scarce. The pulleys on which the draw Vras to swing could not be obtained and a number of cannon balls were secured and placed in a cir cular canal on the abutment The bridge tufns around on these halls. By long usags they have become polished and so smooth that the bridge now turns^yflsily that 11 SCIENTIFIC SCRAFS. Mods. E. Duclaux finds that the light of the sun in its action on di3 ease germs is fifty times as destructive as its heat. The pyrometer, an instrument in which heat is measured by the expan sion of metals, will accurately measure heat up to 7000 degrees. A strange fish has been discovered off the Morocco coast. It is a foot and a half long, and of deep black color, and has an enormous mouth with elec tric membranes, resembling a pelican’s. An interesting case of phospho rescent snow has been observed by a Philadelphia geologist, a mountain covered with this snow shining in a dark night as if illuminated by the moon. The highly-prized edelweiss, sup posed to grow only on tho Swiss Alps, and another Alpine flower called in Switzerland the mannertreu, have been found ln the Tacoma range, in Wash ington Territory, the former at an altitude 6000 feet above the sea level The number of plant specimens known to botanists has be^n ni'u’cei at 100,000, but fi aochis there are many still iis-anown. Lost summer an riu^.Sh botanist made an excursion of but fifty miles into the mountains from Canton, China, and of the 320 speci mens he procured, fifteen proved wholly new to science. , A prominent Brazilian physician, who has been making a special study of yellow fever, thinks that it may be prevented as smallpox is, by vaccina tion. The Emperor, Dom Pedro, has approved of his method, and some hundreds of persons have been vacci nated. Not one of them had at the latest accounts taken the disease. The doctor and the emperor are both confi dent that the new idea is an invalua ble discovery. A French botanist asserts that poisonous gases are given off by both growing and harvested fruits—such as apricots, oranges and quinces—and dyath by poisoning has resulted from sleeping in rooms exposed to such emanations. A similar deadly gas— evidently connected in some way with vegetable odors—is given off by sweet- scented flowers and odoriferous leaves. Mr. Wm. Davison has reported to the governor of Madras that there are in India two species of woodpeckers and two of kingfishers which breed in the nests of ants. It is not known whether the insects ultimately disap pear as the'result of the invasion, but they have been found still in the nests a considerable time after the laying of the birds’ eggs. In one instance the kingfishers were seen to be inhabiting a hornet’s nest, and appearing to be on good terms with the hornets. PAID IN HIS OWN COIN. Gen. Grant and the Sixteen- Year-Old Recruit. Vondouism. Ten years ago Voudou dancers were of common occurrence in the loweu part of Louisiana. A mysterious whis per would circulate from one cabin on the cotton and sugar plantations to another, and on a certain evening a crowd of colored people would be found congregated in a lonely place on the bayou. The Voudou women, aged negresses clad in bright, parti-colored rags, feaihei; aad shells, with black cloths wound about tV^ir heads, would brew a mess of herbs, blood, etc., in a cal dron hung over a fire close-to the water, chanting, meanwhile, wild un intelligible words over it. When the fumes began to rise in a black cloud, the other negroes caught hands and danced in a circle, joining in the song- Most of them were in a state of ab ject terror and excitement. Their song ended in shrieks, writhings and epileptic convulsions, which were all counted as sacrifices to the Evil Spirit The old Voudou women were its .priestesses, and to them, it was be lieved, was given the power to torture or to murder their victims. ln one of the low-lying parishes near the bayou Atchafalaya, every field- hand, twelve years ago, joined in these orgies. The people were completely under the dominion, of the Voudou women, struck work at their bidding, and would remain idle for days. Any poor wretch whom the priestess cursed was driven out into the swamp3 like a wild beast and left to perish there. One or two enterprising planters at at last established schools for the chil dren of their laborers, and brought in skilled mechanics to teach them trades. Last spring, a Voudou priestess ap peared- on her old camping-ground, and sent around a summons to a dance, with a threat that ehe would curse all who refused to -come. Not a single man or woman replied to her call. The overseer (a colored man) appeared when she had kindled her fire, and ar rested her as a thief. “She scare foolish women into steal- ng from white folks to bring money to her. That she pretend to throw into her pot. That’s all the black spirit she knows!” he said, contemptuously. Voudou worship was at an end in that parish.—Youth’s Companion. Mrs. Frank Leslie claims to have “the smallest foot of any lady iu the United States.” Mrs. Leslie publishes a dozen newspanei^flid magazines, and this informf^^^^prning the size of ‘ ig news to the habit of offer personally. The General Gives the Lad a Inx-an. in Discipline Which is Not Forgotten. Captain John R. Steere, now an in mate of the Soldiers’ Home, tells u good story, showing how he, when but sixteen years of age, made General Grant obey his own orders. The occurrence took place in the early stages of the war, shortly after Grant had received his commission as Brigadier General, and was placed in command of the military district of Missouri, with headquarters at Cairo. John Steere, then a boy of- a little over sixteen years of age, enlisted and was ordered, with others, to report at Cairo, which they did. Five days after en listing, they were drilled in marching and maneuvering without uniform or arms. This was continued for a few days, when the new recruits were given a unifom and an old ^Iarporis Ferry musket, one of those old affairs that every time the gun was dis the shooter had to go hunting for hammer of his gun. The morning after young Steere w given his gun he was stationed at General Grant’s head-quarters as guard. The head-quarters was located on the levee fronting the Ohio River, near the junction of the Mississippi River- It was in November, and tbe day was a cold and blusterous one. Steerg’s military experience was very indeed, and the inclement weather did not exactly suit u|m. His orders were to leave no one eijeept an officer or one on official busine» enter the building. He stood at his'post of duty until chilled through and through, when he set his musket up in one corner of the door, leaning against the sill, and him self close up against the building, with the cape of his overcoat pulled up over his ears to keep warm. As every person who came near the place seemed to be an officer he wa. lasted no one, devoting all his time and attention to keeping himself warm and comfortable. Morg^euSsSourtod him, and he was on the verge of tak ing a pleasant snooze when some one coming down thestairway aroused him. Looking up he saw an officer buckling on an elegant sword. After passing through the door the officer came to a bait, and, looking at the guard indig nantly, asked; . “What are you doing there?” “I’m the guard,” replied Steere. “An excellent guard, indeed. Do you know whose head-quarters thi3 is?” “Yes, sir; General Grant’s.” The officer looked at the guard a moment in silence, and then thundered: “Stand up there, sir, and bring your gun to a shoulder!” Young Steere did as requested" bringing his gun to a shoulder like a squirrel-hunter. The officer took the gun from him, and went through the manual of arms for him. He re mained with him for fifteen or twenty minutes until he learned him liow to handle his gun, when lie asked: How long have you been in the service?” “Several days.” ' “Do you know who I am ?” “No,sir; never saw you before” “lam Geriafal Grant. You have deserted your post of duty,.sir, which is a very serious breach of discipline. I will not punish you this time, but, young man, be very careful it does not occur again. Orders must be strictly and promptly obeyed always.” With this the General walked away. The occurrence was soon known to many of the soldiers, and is said to have been of advantage to them all in the way of rudiments for military discipline. Several days after this young Steere was put on guard on a steamboat which was being loaded with provisions and ammunition, with orders to allow no one with a lighted pipe or cigar to come within a given distance—about fifty feet. He had not been at his post of duty more than an hour when General Grant approach ed with a lighted ci^br between his teeth. He seemed to be deep in thought, hut the moment he came near 1 the gang-plank his musings were ini 1 terrupted. | “Haiti” cried the young guard, bringing his gun to his shoulder. The General was taken completely by surprise. He looked at the young guard who had him covered with his gun, amazed and then his countenance showed traces of arising anger. But he did not budge an inch. | “I have been taught to obey orders : strictly and promptly,” explained I Steere, quoting the General; “and as i my orders are to allow no one to ap- ; proach this boat with a lighted cigar, ! you will please throw your’s a wav Grant smiled, threw his cigar / the river, and crossed the gaug-c j on the boat.—Cincinnati Enquit There are 623,325 Odd Fefl Great Britain, a gain of last year. The number of 1884 was 7,07a A colored family named said, holds five incuts at Waslj gregatiag $3,8
