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DAY IS OVER
tiower and lower the light fe failing—
Wares of color that come and go;
Yellow and purple slowly paling,
Flash of pink in the after glow;
Booming bees forsake the cloracw
Day is over:
Faster and faster from hazy hollow,
Night is closing on field and wood;
Out of the West the late-bound swallow
Hastens back to the crumpled brood;
Stately-winged, the night-hawks hover—
Day is over I
Forest and fallow grow dark togethei
A bell in the distance sounding slo
Still the light of the rosy weather
Welling up in the after glow;
Now the starry skies discover
Day is overt
—Dcra Read Goodale.
HIS JAPANESE WIFE.
The town of Bromley was like other
small towns to every one but the Brom
leyites. They held a different opinion.
“Avery remarkable place is Brom
ley,” aaid one of its principal citizens,
accenting his remark with a vigorous
alap on his knee. “Many of the most
remarkable men of our country have been
connected with Bromley." And he
looked fiercely at the person with whom
he was conversing, as if to challenge a
refutation. None came, either because
his listener was a native to the place and
agreed with him, or, being an alien, did
not dare to disagree.
Bromley was most hospitable to the
stranger, and to a unit kind and devoted
to its neighbors in sickness or sorrow. If
everybody knew about everybody else’s
affairs, even in some coses better than the
individual himself, that was but inci
dental to the size of the place, and had
its advantages as well as its disadvan
tages.
A broad main street led from the rail
road depot to the court house, crossed m
front of that tine structure by another at
right angles to it, which was' also an im
portant thoroughfare. An interested
observer leaning agaiast the iron fence
which enclosed the court-house yard
might thus have an opportunity of see
ing and hearing a great deal; for although
there were, of course, a number of other
streets, these two were the chief, and
what could not be learned on either of
them was scarcely worth knowing.
The town was in a gentle twitter of
excitement, for it was to be visited, if
not temporarily inhabited, by a gentle
man who.had held a distinguished official
position in Japan; how distinguished no
•ne could say. Unfortunately the sources
of information were less acces,ible*than
usual, and consequently conjecture* was
obliged to fill the gap. He was coming
with a retinue of servants; he was coming
alone; he was c ming with his w : ; e .
r,fv VO £T* lthy; hob --i disdained to
fill his CKets c vcn at the expense of a
foreign country. So went the conflicting
rumors.
One thing was certain: he rWas the
nephew of Mrs. Long, and was to be her
guest, flad he been the nephew of any
one save Mrs. Long, Bromley would have
known more about him. But Mrs. Long
was no true Bromleyite. She had come
thereto live within a few years; why,
no one knew; whs an invalid who seldom
went out, and was both exclusive aud
secluded in her habits.
Bromley did not quite approve of her
ways, but had to accept her as she was;
and as, when visible, she was very pleas
ant, aud also gave liberally to all chari
ties and matters of general interest to the
place, she made no enemies, if but few
friends.
The distinguished stranger or stran
gers arrived on Saturdayevening, stepped
into Mrs. Long's carriage, and were
rapidly driven to her house, where the
do.ir closed upon them, and all hopes of
any further knowledge of them for that
night. Nobody could testify positively
how many there were.
“Well, Moncure,” said Sirs. Long, af
fectionately, stepping forward, wrapped
up in shawls, “I am glad to see you.
And this is the bride.” And she bent
forward and kissed her new niece.
Later, as they rot at the tea table,
apread with the choicest viands and
adorned with the most elegant old silver
and cut glass, her nephew asked her how
she came to settle in Bromley. “Though
it seems to be a pretty enough place to
justify it without any other reason,” he
added, “as far as neighboring scenery
goes.”
She gave a little amused laugh.
4< There isn’t a soul in Bromley that
would not like to hear theanswer to that
question. But I’m so wicked I’ve never
gratiStd them. I came to be quiet, I
found the city was getting too noisy and
too full of people for pie. The sceuery
here is beautiful, and the air I think re
inarkably fine. The people aro very
kind, or would be if J would let them,
They don't quite approve of mo because
I won't. But I can't afford to be popu
lar, Since I came for quiet.” The nephew
laughed. “If your wife is not too tired,
and you will both go to church to-mor
row, you will be bestowing a boon on tho
community at largo. I know they are
all dying to see you. It is the first time
anything Japanese has come within their
borders, I fancy.”
“Do you go to cliurch yourself?” he
asked.
“Very rarely, though it is only across
the way. But I am too much of an in
valid.”
“It is evident you want us to be popu
lar, even if you are not,” he said, os they
rose from the table.
“Why not? You are both too young
and healthy to require quiet and seclu
sion, as I do. Well, Moncure, 1 suppo-e
you will prefer a mat and a wooden pil
low to sleep on,”
“Thauks, no. I did not go in for that
sort of thing even in .Japan, but am still
quite capable of appreciating an Ameri
can bed,” he said, as they parted for the
night.
Bromley was more than satisfied to see
its two distinguished guests walk up the
church aisic the next morning, albeit they
were a little late. A slightly built,
pleesant looking young man, with brown
lair and eyes,and a small, dark, foreign
looking lady.
the was pronounced “stylish" in
• stylo not familiar in their latest
fashion books; but opinions were
divided as t > whether she was p-ettv.
As Mrs. Long did nut accompany theme
there wa no opportunity after the cervice
for introductions, aud they crossed th,
street again unmolested save by curious
and interest and glances.
Young Brown, lo mging t the door
for his usual fire minutes' chut with
pretty, blue-eyed Sal lie Hmllli, has what
he seems a sudden inspiration. "Did
you know Professor Conrad inuriicd u
native Jap mess lady?” he says, quite
gravely.
“No! lb ally, did he? How (Might
f>l I”
ns she looks at him w ith her round eyes,
acre, ting without questiou tuts interest
lag jijei e uf itrga.
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hesitation,and again withmsrkedjsuccess.
tttißM * * unn T said Sally,
She has evidently not seen * ‘The Mi
kado,” This is really anew and delight
ful amusement young Brown has discov
ered, and none can say how far he might
have pursued the subjeet had he not been
suddenly interrupted.
Mrs. Smith, missing Sallie from her
side, gives her an imperious summons to
join her. She has not quite made up her
mind that she approves of these chats
with Mr. Brown.
Sallie obeys reluctantly. Her mother
is conversing with someone else, and
she has no opportunity of protesting or
mentioning her news.
“Ma, I want to go in and speak to
Lilla minute,” she says hastily, as they
pass Judge Farnham’s door. And with
out waiting for permission, she enters
and communicates the intellifience to
her “most intimate friend.”
Miss Farnham is of a less gentle and
credulous nature than Sallie, and stoutly
declares: “I don’t believe it I”
“Oh, but it must be true. Lem Brown
told me. And now I shall have to run
home, for ma won’t like me to stay.”
The ball thus started rolls swiftly on
ward, and before night there are few
people who have not heard that Profes
sor Moncure Conrad, Mrs. Long's
nephew, had married a Japanese wife.
Some even averred that anybody could
tell it was so to look at her, and dis
covered unmistakable Orientalism in her
hair and eyes.
Mr. Thompson Black, a visitor in
town, lounging at the court-house corner,
hears the tale. Thououh he has not men
tioned it before, he had a college ac
quaintance with Moncure Conrad, and
owes him a grudge. His own college
record has not been of the fairest, and he
well remembers a sharp reproof for
some misdoing he once received from the
said Conrad. It has rankled in his
mind ever since, but he has never had
any chance of repayment. * 'Married a
Japanese wife, did he?” he says to his in
formant. “Like enough he’s left two or
three others behind him in Japan. I
knew Conrad at college”—significantly.
It is but the dropping of an idle word,
but it has its effect.
Bromley is startled; Bromley hesitates.
“This is a queer story about Mrs. Long’s
nephew's wife, isn’t it?” says Mrs. Jones
to Mrs. Parker. Of course, if she had
been staying anywhere but at Mrs. Long’s,
we should all have called on her before
we had a chance to hoar any stories
about her. But now—do you think we
ought to go?”
“My husband says it’s all stuff; he
don't believe a word of it,” says Mrs.
Parker, with a little sigh; “but it is very
uncomfortable.”
Meanwhile the ob ject of so much ilubi
tation is to be seen driving and walking
around town and over the beautiful
mountain roads in unconscious inno
cence.
At Pst Mrs. Long begins to wonder a
little vaguely why no more visitors have
called upon her guests. Judge and Jfis.
Farnham have left cards, but she was
not well enough to see them that after
noon, and Moncure and his wife were out
driving.
“Do you know, Pen,” said the young
husband (they were out for an afternoon
drive), “I have taken a great iancy to
that little house up on the hill beyond
Aunt Cathaviue’s, and I think I should
like to take it and spend the summer
here. How would it strike you? Fa
vorably?”
Mrs. Conrad hesitates. “It is a beau
tiful place,” she says.
“Yes, but that’s hardly an answer to
my question.”
“Well, the fact is, Moncnre, the peo
ple stare at me so I don't know what to
make of it, and feel as if I could not
stand it.”
“Your dark beauty is so attractive,
my love,” her husband says, with a little
laugh.
“Nonsense!” she answers, laughing
too. “But I’ll make you notice it the
next time we walk down the street. ”
And so she does. Even the small boys
turn and run after her.
“It will only be a nine day’s wonder,
my dear,” he remarks; but ho is a little
annoyed os well.
Mrs Long is so charmed with the sug-,
gestion about the little cottage that she
waives aside all objections. “Oh, Penel
ope, my dear, lam sure you will like
the place and the people and everything
after you get to feel at home hero; it will
be delightful to have you settled near
me even for a short time.” Aud Penel
ope, seeing that her husband’s heart is
somewhat set on it, makes no further ob
jection.
So the little house, which is partly fur
nishedj is rented, and they begin to ar
range it. At one side is a long narrow
room, with largo glass windows and
blinds, which has in times past been used
as a sort of conservatory. Mr. Conrad
Jjas jt covered with matting, ami dedica
ted to another purpose. His wife sits
down on a low stool, aud he throws him
self on the matting beside her, a billiard
cue in his hand, and falls to discussing
their plans, quite unconscious of an ob
server.
Jimmy Parker is peering through the
blinds. The Japanese lady has became
an object of deep interest to him, and he
pursues his researches indefatigably,
often at imminent risk of discovery aud
punishment. At lust Mr. Conrad rises,
and this scares him away, and presently
he is telling an excited tale to an inter
ested ring of small boys.
“Jiminy! didn’t I see’em both sitting
on their floors just as my mother says
they do to homeiu Japan, aud with their
big eating-stick— they call 'em ‘chop
sticks'—in their hands 1”
“I don't believe yer!” says the audi
ence.
“I tell you it’s true, and they’re a yard
or two long."
Now Jimmy had been brought up in a
family with the strictest code of morals,
was quite ignorant of a billiard table or
its uses, aud never having even peeped
iuto the lower regions of the Denham
Hotel, on Court Street, had not so much
as seou a billiard cue.
So this little tale is added to the ex
citing mass of evidence, and Mr. Black’s
innuendoes nothing by repetition.
“Something is amiss," says Mrs. I.ong
to herself, and determine! quietly to try
and solve the mystery.
Mr. Conrad ulso has reached a similar
decision; but the matter to him lias As
sume! a more sellout aspect. Before
coining to Bromley he hud received an
oiler of a position in a college iu a ncigh
j baring town, iu regard to which he hud
requested time for consideration. Later
comes a myst rious letter in guarded
terms withdrawing the offer, and saying
that accounts of hiiu received from
Utoiuley have made it seem desirable to
make other arrangements. The dismis
sal |s courteously worded, but is nous
the less annoying t > lion and lie seta
hlm-clf st once to discover the cause of
the trouble.
iH IMf I 111 III; lull. Gullit? UlH'lfl |Mf
on indifferent topics. At last Mrs. Long
y, with apparent carelessness: “How
does it happen that your mother and you
have not called on my niece?’’
Sallie colors and hangs her head, un
provided with an answer. “People say
she is a Japanese, and I suppose they
feel shy,” is the awkward excuse she
manages to get out presently.
“She is no more a Japanese than you
are,’’says Mr*. Long, looking at the blue
eyes before her with a laugh. “She
came from the South, and never was in
Japan in her life.”
“Oh,” says Sallie, overcome with
terror at the idea of the false tales she
has been spreading.
“Your information throws some light
on the matter, but there is more in it
than that, ” Mrs. Long says. “However,
that is very well for a beginning. And
now go,”giving her a good-natured lit
tle push, “and the next time be sure
your wonderful stories have some foun
dation in fact.”
Meanwhile some darker and more disa
greeable hints have reached Mr. Conrad,
and he determines to trace them to their
source. “I will have a settlement with
Black to-morrow,” he says to himself,
having reached that point in his re-"
searches. But Mr. Black, having been
apprised that Mr. Conrad wishes to see
him, .wisely takes an early train the next
morning, and when wanted is not to be
fstind.
The unfortunate Brown is left to de
fend himself as he may, and finally makes
a clean breast of it. “I did not mean
anything but a bit of fun,” he says, peni
tently, seeing that Mr. Conrad is really
roused.
“Fun at the expense of a lady and a
stranger is haidly in good taste, Mr.
Brown, and I shall be obliged to you if
you will take as much pains to put the
matter straight before the public; it has
quite sufficiently disagreeable conse
quences already for my wife, to say noth
ing of myself. To enable you to do so,
I will give you a brief account of mj
private history. I accepted for two years
a position as professor in a college in
Japan. After the expiration of my
term I preferred to return to this coun
try, and during a visit to New Orleans
met and married ray wife, who was a
Miss Penelope La Farge, and has never
seen Japan in her life, She has a French
ancestry, as her name shows.”
“I beg a thousand pardons,” said
poor Mr. Brown, and retired much crest
alien.
Mr. Conrad returned home, and with,
much laughter told the joke to his wife.
“Do get into the corner, Pen, and let
me fe.-d you with the chopstick”—play
fully pushing lier with a billiard cue (the
table now having arrived). “A chop
stick of this size is a great convenience,
for I can readily put one end into the
rice pot on the kitchen lire, and so give
you your dinner smoking hot.”
Atter this Bromley devoted itself to
making amends for its past coldness, and
Professor and Mrs. Conrad were over
whelmed with invitations and attentions.
“Tery pleasant, sociable people," was
the favorable verdict, and Mrs. Long de
clared that such “popular” relations were
quite a nuisance. The Japanese joke
was a good story, which the Conrads rc
s rved for their friends at a distance, for
the Bromley people were a little shy of
references to the matter. They, how
ever, took much interest in Mr. Conrad’s
experiences in that country, and by the
time he left, nearly every one, down to
little Jimmy Parker, was quito well in
formed on the subject.— Leigh North, in
Harper's Bazar.
A Big Gun Fired With Dynamite.
The New York Times describes a test
made of Lieutenant Zalinski’s pneu
matic gun in New York harbor. The enor
mous piece of machinery, the bar. el of
which is sixty feet long, is designed to
throw 100 pounds of explosive from one
to three miles. The particular feature
of the gun is that the projectile is made
to explode either upon contact with the
object or at any depth below the water
which may be required. Lieutenant Zal
inski hay for some time past been ex
perimenting with the gun to get the
greatest results possible from the ex
plosive. He uses the electric battery,
which enables him to obtain the highest
order of explosion. With his dry battery
t'’e shell explodes the moment that tlie
shot comes m contact with the water.
The time of explosion is governed by the
sensitiveness of the battery. By his wet
battery the explosion is prolonged.
Ten empty projectiles were fired from
the gun yesterday, with a pressure of
1,000 pouuds to the square inch, in tho
direction of a target twelve feet long by
five feet high placed In the Bay one mile
from Fort Lafayette and in the centre of
a circle of barrels 300 feet round. The
average time required to fire the gun
after the word of command had been
given was one-tenth of a second. The
average time required to reach the target
after tho word of command bad been
given was nine seconds. All the pro
jectiles struck the water within the circle
of barrels, which proved to Lieut. Zalin
ski that the gun answered the require
ments of Gen. H. L. Abbot, who main
tained that 100 pounds of dynamite tired
w.thin thirty feet of an ironclad would
demolish the ironclad. The fourth pro
jectile struck a barrel. The missiles
went straight as an arrow through the
air. with a peculiar whizzing sound,
which could be heard at a considerable
distance. One or two of the projectiles
went over the target. They weighed
from 145 to 151 pounds.
Lieutenant Zalinski then loaded a pro
jectile with 100 pounds of dynamite, and
put it in the gun. The gentlemen ran to
the other er.d of the fort; the Board hid
themselves behind a tree, and took sur
reptitious peeps from time to time at the
arrangements. The projectile was fired.
It struck the water without exploding.
Lieutenant Zalinski then loaded a p.o-
jectile with 58J pounds of dynamite. It
It weighed 142| pounds. It exploded as
it struck the water with a loud noise,
sending up a column of water to a con
siderable height, and awakening every
echo that the vicinity contained. The
last shot, which was fired at an elevation
greater than any cf the former, went 2J
miles into the l>ny in 22 7-t0 seconds.
fetylUh Watches.
The new wat lie of smallest size ex
hibit the deal white silver covered with
unique designs, with an open scrollwork
gtuddel with tiny rubbies; the ball
watclns. Again oxidized, with foliage
aud dog in high relief; a frog seated in
graceful attitude is playing on a banjo
snd evidently singing,also in high relief.
Another beaut!fill little watch has an ox
idized hammered rase, with hoisetnan
in high relief leaping a fence, trees ami
hunting lodge iu the distan e. Others
are oxiui/eu and exquisitely enameled
willl flowers uud vines Another design
consists of shells ou water leaves lit blnrk
enamel, with n spray of oxidised waves
aud snider in gold- The r 1 sins, just four
luch> long, me of various styles, ham
uterid, liligtee, ih sid, chalnuisii, fl-h
•tale, laving t nrius iu the way of p<u
lory. These are suspended with tk*‘l
SAVING LIFE.
HOW HALF-DROWNED PERSONS
ODGHT TO BE TREATED.
Sensible Friends Can Save a Man’s
Idle—The Wars and Means The/
Should Pursue —Rules for
After-Trealment.
The annual report of the Unib atei
j Life-Saving Service, just published, con
tains among its 40J pages of interesting
reading, some information about the
treatment of half-drowned persons which
i* of the greatest value to the tens of
thousands of people about setting off
upon their summer vacations. Here are
the rules dictated by experience:
Rule 1. Unless in danger of freezing
do not move the patient, but instantly
expose the face to a current of fresh air,
wipe dry the mouth and nostrils, rip the
Clothing so as to expose the chest and
waist, and give two or three quick,
smarting slaps on the stomach and chest
with the open hand. If, however, there
is ieisoD to believe that considerable
time has elapsed since the patient became
insensible do not lose further time by
practicing Rule 1, but proceed imme
diately to Rule 2. After loosening
clothes, etc., if the patient does not re
vive, then proceed as stated in Rule 2.
Rule 2. If the jaws are clinched, sepa
rate them and keep the mouth open by
placing between the teeth a cork or small
bit of wood; turn the patient on the face,
a large bundle of tightly-rolled clothing
being placed beneath the stomach, and
press heavily over it for half a minute,
or so long as fluids fow freely from the
mouth.
Rule 3. Tb produce breathing, clea’
the mouth and throat of mucus, by intro
ducing into the throat the corner of a
handerchief wrapped closely around the
forefinger; turn the patient on the back,
the roll of clothing being so placed Le
neath it as to raise tho pit of the stomach
above tho level of any other part of the
body. If there be another person present,
let him, with a piece of dry cloth, hold
the tip of the tongue out of one coiner of
the month (this prevents the longue from
falling back and choking the entrance to
the windpipe), and with the other hand
grasp both wrists and ke p the arms
forcibly stretched back above the head,
thereby increasing the prominence of the
rib', which teds to cnla ge th: chest.
r i ho two last named positions arc not,
however, es ential to success. Kneel be
side or astride the patient's hip?, and,
with the balls of the thumbs resting on
either side of the pit of the stomach, let
the fingers fall into the grooves between
the short ribs, so as to afford the best
grasp of the waist. Now, using your
knees as a pivot, throw all your weight
forward on your hands, and at the same
time squeeze the waist between them, as
if you wished to iorce every
thing in the chest upward out of
the mouth; deepen the pressuro
while you can count slowly one, two,
three; then suddenly let go with a final
push, which springs you back to your
first kneeling position. Remain ere'ton
your knees while you can count one,two,
three; then repeat the same motions as
before at a rate gradually increased from
four or five to fifteen times in a minute,
aud continue thus this bellows movement
with the saiqc regularity that is observ
able iu the natural motions of breathing
which you are imitating. If natural
breathing be not restored after a trial of
the bellows movement for the space of
three or four minutes, then tuin the pa
tient a second time on the stomach as di
rected in Rule 2, rolling the body in the
opposite direction from that in which it
was first turned, for the purpose of free
ing the air passages from any remaining
water. Continue the artificial respira
tion from one to four hours, or until the
patient breathes, according to Rule 3,
aud for awhile after the appearance of
returning life carefully aid tue first short
gasps until deepened into full breaths.
Continue the drying and rubbing, which
should have been unceasingly practiced
from the beginning by the assistants,
taking care not to interfere with the
means employed to produce breathing.
Thus the limbs of the patient should be
lubbed,always in an upward direction
toward the body, with firm-gr.vping
Ercssurc and energy, using the bare
ands, dry flannels, or handkerchiefs,
continuing the friction under the blan
kets or over the dry clothing. The
warmth of the body can also be pro
moted by the application of hot flannels
to the stomach and arm-pits, bottles or
bladders of hot water, heated " bricks,
etc., to the limbs and soles of the feet.
• Rule 4. After-treatment. As soon as
breathing is established, let the patient
be stripped of all wet clothing, wrapped
in blankets only, put to bed comfortably
warm, but with a free circulation of
fresh air, and left to perfect rest. Give
stimulants in doses of a tcasponnful to a
tablespoonful, according to the weight of
the patient, every ten or fifteen minutes
for the first hour and as often thereafter
as may seem expedient. After reaction
is fully established, there is great danger
of congestion of the lupgs, and if per
fect rest is not maintained for at least
forty-eight hours, it sometimes occurs
that the - patient is seized with great
difficulty of breathing, and death is lia
ble to follow unless immediate relief is
afforded. In such cases apply a large
mustard plaster over the breast. If the
patient gasps for breath before the mus
tard takes effect, assist the breathing by
carefully repeating the artificial respira
tion.
Dr. Labordette, the supervising sur
geon of the hospital of Lisieux, in
France, appears to have established that
the clinching of the jaws a-.id the semi
contraction of the lingers, which have
hitherto been considered signs of death,
are, in fact, evidences of remaining vital
ity. After numerous experiments with
apparcutly drowned persons, Rnd also
with animals, he concludes that these are
only signs accompanying the first stage
of suffocation by drowning, the iaws aud
hands becoming relaxed when death en
sues. The rigor mortis or muscular
rigidity of death comes later, after this
temporary relaxation. The mere clinch
ing of tho jaws and rcnv-contraction of
the hands mu-t not Ire considered as rea
sons for the discontinuance of efforts to
save life, but should serve as a -timuiunt
to vigorous and pro'onged efforts to
quicken vitality. Persons engaged in the
tasks of resuscitation are, therefore,
earnestly desired to take hope and en
couragement for the life of the sufferer
from the signs nbove referred to, snd to
continue their endeavors se oidiugly. In
s number of cases Dr. I.obord< tte restored
to life person* whose jaws were so firmly
clinched that, to aid r spir lion, their
teeth had to ba force i apart with iroa
instruimst*.
Two persons who have chosen each
diitttiliiitiftuftt ktv# in thftt melton l.mu<i
FACTS FOR THECUBIOUS.
A woman in Union Point, Ga.. has a
beard nearly a foot long. Slic is wealthy
and a dime museum has no attraction or
her.
Over one hundred works written with
in the past century have placed the t ine
for the beginning of the millennium be
tween 1885 and 1890.
A North Carolina guinea h :t had a
nest in a hedge-row. A crow discover <1
it, and aflcr tr iog in va'n to b<ak an
egg w;thits beik. clu:cnd oe >n it*
claws, and, flying up for:y orii ty fe t in
the air, let it fall, and thus „(.cum lis ed
its purpo c.
In 1737 there were but thirty-seven
plows in all Massachusetts. From the
annals of Silcm. it appears, in that year
it was agreed by the town to grant
Richard Hutchinson twenty-nine a< r s of
laud iu addition to his rh re on condi
tion that he set up plowing.
it :s rcmarK.-toie u.at Hirer i -•*- -
and Saxons, who were such brave suito s
and “sea-wolves,” had got pos ess inn of
England, they appear and for a long time
to ha c lost tli ii 1> c !o- the sea They
le 'toff ravin i aud bec;.m f rme ■-•, and
if th'y wanted exci.e cent they iou u li one
unoth r.
In a mountainous district of Favavia
there is a town called MittaiwalJ, : hut
in by snow-clad peaks and dense fu csts.
in which every yard is <rosso 1 by a ltiby
rinth of ropes and poles, on whi b hun
dred! of \i lins are hung up to dry. For
a couple of centuries the entire indsutry
of the town h s been vio'.in mak ng
In England in old times par cliial
mectngs were he’d at Whi taunt do.
usually in some bnrn near llic church,
consisting of a kind of pirnie, as each
parishomr brought what vitua’s he could
spare. The ale, which had bee t brewed
pretty strong for the occasion, was sold
l>y the church wardens, and from the
profits a fund arose for the ripiir of
the church.
The first Christian Church in England
was built at Glastonbury (the talc was
that Joseph of Arimathca built it, directed
by the Angel Gabriel.) Glastonbury was
at that time a desolate island, full of fen,
and brambles, and the church was built,
like the British houses, of wicker work
or rods walled and interwovon. It was
sixty feet long and twenty-five broad.
This was during the reign of the Roman
Governor Aricola, somewhere at A. D.
78. ________
Gold Dust.
The value of gold dust was not known
to the earlier miners in California. Mar
shall, and those who were with him at
the sawmill race had never seen gold in
its virgin state before the discovery.
The first gold sold at Colona, it is said,
only brought $8 an ounce, but it after
ward rose to sl6, at which figure it re
mained for same years. Sellers and buy
ers did not for a long time recognize any
difference in the value of different dust.
“Wbatareyou paying for dust to-day?”
was the question often asked by the
miners of the dust buyers. Thus, in
those times no more difference was rec
ognized in the quality of different gold
dust than is to-day recognized in the
quality or different sand or sawdust.
Buyers mixed their dust together when
they sent it to the mint, and paid an av
erage price for it all. This was a very
good thing for the miner who
had poor dust, and very unfair to
those who had dust of the best quality.
Afterward it was found that the dust as
it was taken from the earth varied greatly
in value. Some of it, according to mint
returns, was worth even as low as $3 an
ounce, and some wai worth S2O and
more. This is on account of the fact that
a greater or less amount of baser metals,
silver, copper, etc., is always found in
alloy with gold in its natural state.
Gold dust also differs as much in ap
pearance as it does in quality. Some of
it is yellow and bright, and some is dull
in color—dark green and black. The
bright yellow dust is not always the best
in quality, as might ordinarily be sup
posed. Some of the purest gold ever
mined has been almost b’ack in color.
There is also no uniformity in the form
of the particles of gold dust. Some is
fine and flour-like, some is coarse and
smoothly worn, and some is rough and
scraggly.— San Francisco Post.
How Bananas arc Ripened.
‘ ‘Banana bakeries are played out here, ”
said a fruit dealer of Fulton Market,New
A" ork, when shown by a reporter for the
Mail and Express a description of a banana
bakery in Michigan. “They were
abandoned by New Yorkers twenty or
twenty-five years ago. The Michiganders
are behind the age. Ripening bananas
by artific al heat did well enough before
better appliances were found out. We
ha ve to import the bananas green,or they
would all be rotten before they reach
here. Dry heat, such as would be pro
duce! in an oven, rots the stalk which
supplies the fruit with life while ripening.
There is heat enough in the banana itself
to cause it to ripen. Put a lot of green
bananas in a barrel and close it uptight;
then start the ba- rel on a voyage to this
port from any of the banana-growing
countries, and* when the barrel is opened
here the fru't will be found all burned
up. Bananas ripened in an oven must
be sold and eaten at oner or they will
soon rot and become a total 10-s. The
process now adopted in this city is to
fl ing the bauanas within an air-tight
closet or room with tight windows. Not
a breath of air is allowed to get at them
while ripening. The natural heat of the
plant will, as soon as the door is tightly
closed, raise the tempo ature inside to as
high as eighty-five degrees, no matter
what it may be outside. With this tem
perature the fruit will ripen in four days
and be ready for sale.
Off of His Native Heath.
•‘Say, pard,” asked a wary-looking
stranger of a railroad depot policeman,
“is the riots all stopped?’
“Oh, long ago.”
“Noshootin’ goia’ on?”
“Certainly not.’’
“No danger at all, eh?”
“Not a bit.’’
“Then Igu es I’ll stop over and take
• look at yer town; I’m on my way
Hast.”
‘•Well, vou will find Chicago a pretty
good-sized town. Where are you from?”
“Mo! Haint yer heard of me? I’m
lied-headod Jim, the Ragin’ Terror of
the Rockies.” — C'tieaqo Netes.
All Muat Lend a Hand.
Even the Emperor of China, sayn Joa
quin Miller, must ham a trade, and
learn it well, tie must also each year
plow, and sow, and reap. The king*
of Era riot) were by U\S • to
loArn twit)*, nod to work tHu m. One
|hh aids fwinout ft# ft kil!<xl lilftck§rnfill#
Trt*#, you wo plenty of ft*w rich mmt
and ilio tons of stow rh lr utfttt loafing
miml, but they do not lat long* Tiit?y
liMt'l in lb?* it or lit# H&ttf'a l*ri*oii,
• vory oit ofth< if*. And to don* ttvnjr
Will Mil work, *d l#iu§ hi iwod ftt
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
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Egyptian Powders
For Cattle, Sheep, Hogs, Chickens,
Ducks and Geese.
ATTENTION, FARMERS 9 STOCK DEALERS.
It Is with pleasure that I am enabled to present to the farmers and
agriculturalists of the country au article equally adapted for Horses, Cat
tle, Hogs, Sheep and Poultry.
Its beneficial effects are not confined to the diseased and unhealthy
animal, but when given in proper doses to a perfectly healthy animal it
will improve its digestion, strengthening the whole physical condition,
producing a fine, smooth skin, and freeing the blood from all grass humors.
It will also be found of essential service for Coughs, Influenza and Epi
zootic.
=|FOR COWS.|=
Its effects are wonderful with cows, increasing the quantity and im
proving the quality of the milk. It increases the appetite and promotes
digestion of the food, thus giving the cow a perfectly healthy and thrifty
condition of the system, and she will then produce fine milk and butter.
A tablespoonful of the powder should be given well mixed with the
food, two or three times a week.
HOGS.|=—
For Hogs with Coughs, Swelled Necks, Ulcers of the Lungs, and for
Cholera, it is excellent. For healthy hogs it will be found of wonderful
profit in adding immensely to their flesh, turning the fluids, which would
otherwise pass off into fat. >
™|FOR SHEEP.|=
For Sheep it will be found very beneficial, especially for ewes when
giving milk to lambs.
==|FOR POULTRY.!=-
For Poultry Complaints, mix one tablespoonful of the powders with
about two quarts of feed and give twice a week. It is a good preventive
from all diseases.
These Powders contain fourteen ingredients in their compound, of which
thirteen are vegetable.
PREPARED BY
W. E. VEAZEY, - - Veazey, Georgia.
STRONG ENDORSEMENT.
Veazey, 6a., May 29, 1886.
Mr. W. E. Veazey , Greene County , Ga.
Dear Sir:
Yours of the 26th inst. to hand, in which you request my estimate of
the remedial and medicinal properties of your “Egyptian” Horse and Cat
tle Powders, a formula of which you gave me some time ago. I desire to
say that I made a most thorough investigation of the several ingredients
contained in your powders, and unhesitatingly pronounce it a most wonder
ful compound. It is almost entirely vegetable, and is absolutely one of
the best preparations for the diseases of the Stomach, Bowels and other
Organs of the Abdominal Cavity that I know of. It must necessarily
prove a fine cattle preparation, as it is a powerful stimulant of the secre
tory organs. It is a blood purifier, and in lung and kidney troubles wilt
he most salutary.
Wishing you success, I am
Very Respectfully,
W. F. HAILES, M. D.
P. S. I desire to state further, that I have used some of the powder*
on a cow that I have, and tho improvement in her condition, and the
increase of milk, lias been remarkable.
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