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have Been Made than at any
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oth er House in Georgia.
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ate in Oxford that was
TllC - 6 - Judge” A. K. Lougstreet (with
hands) while he was president at
hickory, and its hinges go
, 141S through a granite post and are
k lear nn the outside; the* object of
E^eaution being to pre’eiit its re
P lsP , Lome ditch a few miles from
l on aiiy night whiie the boys were
La razee.
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£5 now
3arris :
^itatius A-Few, the first president
T. l o . n . iftTTm riirf/vnrl
to Which this gate belongs
the generosity of T.
of Athena, the permanent
; college president,
tod made:
College.
tuown as -
lj ‘-Georgia Scenes,
, Dn r;; a id Off the town Of Oxford
lfEm01 :’all its Streets point toward the
The college began
• and the president was in the same
In 1837 he built a house with
L Dr. A. B. Lougstreet, best
"° 1001 ; Judge Longstreet, the author
succeeded Dr. Few
. me presidency of the coliege and the
Lnersliip of the two room house. He
E d to it three rooms and placed gran-
L nosts all around the premises
Lhased iu 1810 by Bishop Pierce, who
four rooms. Dr. Sassnett, vice-
[resident of the college, purchased it
Lm die Bishop, made considerable 1m-
irovements, and lived there until he was
Led to the presidency of the agricultu-
[ college at Auburn, Alabama. Rev.
|r J Parks succeeded him and made
several additions. Dr. Haygood bought
(be place in 1871 and lived there till 1SS7.
He made the place what it is at present,
fctlitlie exception of some slight decor-
Lns added by Bishop Key, to whom he
Lid it, and by Dr. Candler, who now
[wns it.
] It is estimated that 250,000 chickens,
puny droves of cattle, flocks of sheep
End car loads of eatables of every sort
lave ken consumed on that place. The
jouselias always been filled with board-
k For the last thirty years an average of
orty guests have been entertained there
lining each commence inent; and it is not
usual for ofic hundred people to dine
?e been i&utaisA tiicre 1
Iny other house in Georgia. Dr.
food thinks he has seen a dozen pro
posals going on at once. Perhaps more
hen, who are now leaders in the world’s
affairs, have hoarded there than at any
pther house in the country.
The place is now beautiful in the su
perlative degree. The yard contains
Ipines from the Himalaya mountains,
china trees from Japan, cedars from
I Africa, shrubbery from Europe, and, in
(fact, evergreens from nearly everywhere.
Bowers of running roses and lovely
I vines, figures of Fraternity badges made
of flowers, au hundred kinds of roses and
I sixty variety of geraniums, also beautify
I the yard.
The orchard hears fruit of every kind
I in exhaustless quantities; and fish ponds
I add to the convenience of the place.
Bronz turkeys, Poland china hogs, jer-
I sey cows, a drove of pure white guineas
from Africa, and a rat terrier from Eu
rope are among the live objects of inter
est.
The house contains nineteen bed rooms
sad is supplied with a perfect system of
I water works. The kitchen range was
Wit, at the order of Dr. Haygood, with
scooking capacity for 150 people.
A large flower conservatory opens into
He dining room. During evening en -
Krtainments this conservatory can he so
It up that croquet cau be played in the
backyard by means of the reflected light,
ilhen the doors are opened into the din-
Q groom, the perfume of sweetest flow-
418 fill the house.
But perhaps the most unique thing on
Replace is a dairy which Dr. Haygood
L constructed out of granite, with walls
m feet thick. The roof is round like a
'Spanese umbrella, in such a shape that
f, vry shingle covering it had to be made
I «order, and that no two shingles could
Pomade exactly aiike. I admired the
Tuiinetry of the outside, and then in-
j ' ate d Airs. Candler to let me take a peep
*hliin. The inside was 45 feet in cir-
^ffiference. On the shelves I saw 150
icarts of peaches, 60 of pears and 40 of
"°®ato catsup, 12 gallons of sweet pickled
IJaas, eight gallons of quince preserves
j gallons of blackberry preserves and
1 gallons of apple preserves, 300 stands
j , ' i ' Ally, 30 pounds of butter, a barrel of
dumber pickles and sweetmeats too
| Onerous to remember.
1 don t recollect exactly how the con -
j ter n was arranged, but I do recollect that
last thought on leaving was how I
^ald like to he a college hoy and board
Airs. Candler.
Pennsylvania Possesses a Rival to the Fa
mous Luray Caverns.
A Williamsport, Pa., dispatch says:
One of the latest, but least known, natu
ral wonders in the Keystone State is the
Penn cave, near Farmer’s Mills, in Cen
ter county, in magnitude and magnifi
cence it will compare equally well with
the famous caverns of Luray, in Virginia.
it is not so many years ago that this
cave was considered merely a big hole in
the ground, but lately it has been more
fu ly explored, and its beauty and extent
realized. Tradition says that the Indians
kept white prisoners confined there, and
one of the stories is to the effect that
beautiful maiden, daughter of one of the
early settlers of the Buffalo valley, was
rescued by -her heroic lover in the most
adventuresome manner from the redskins
and a fate worse than death.
After making a slight descent into the
mouth or opening of the cave you take
boat, provided with a flaming torch in
the stem and how. The party is rowed
silently and swiftly for half a mile, when
a narrow passageway is reached, through
which the craft is skillfully steered. Af
ter passing through this channel a large
chamber is reached, which is the end of
the watery cave and the entrance to the
dry cave.
The water in the ante-chamber is cold
as ice, clear as crystal and of unknown
depth. The air everywhere in the cave
is pure, cool and healthy. Penn cave is
a marvel of beauty. The burning torch
es flash and flare in millions of flames of
all colors from the roof and sides of the
cave and water beneath, producing an
awe-inspiring and magnificent effect.
The extent of the cave has not as yet been
fully explored and it is believed that it
extends many miles under ground. The
surrounding country is grand and pic
turesque.
Coffee Adulteration.
So extensive is the adulteration of
coffee it is not easy to obtain the pure ar
ticle, even although the highest price is
paid. The substances commonly used
in adulteration are chicory,roasted grains;
peas or beans. It is stated that the
principal element of roasted chicory is
sugar—it is iiisef ui in coloring the decoc
tion, but adds nothing to its virtues. As
for the other substances, although they
may he harmless, considering their use
from an econmic point of view, nothing
is made in buying coffee which contain s
them, even if the price of the - mixture
pure.
Known that not frequently what passes
for low-price coffee contains at least 60
per cent, adulteration. In buying coffee
the pure is actually the cheapest. And
in the matter of adulteration of this im
portant article of food there is a weighty
consideration beyond that of economy.
The more good, pure coffee there is ob
tainable the less will be the demand, for
even the veriest toper will often choose
the former in preference to the latter.
The Mocking Bird.
This sweet songster has almost become
extinct in this section. In a short time
nothing but a delicious memory will re
main of the king of warblers. No other
possesses his capabilities for song, and
no other is so lavish of his musical favors.
The Hartford Times, in discussing the
slaughter of the bobolink and mocking
bird, says:
It may he said of him and the mocking
bird, that if both, or either, had been
known to Europe for the last 2,000 years,
and particularly to Italy, Gi’eece and
England, there would have been a greater
fame for either than the nightingale now
has. But the pot-liunters for the Phila
delphia, Baltimore and New York mark
ets are destroying the bobolink as the
“reed bird,” and the negro witlihis shot
gun blazing away at the mocking bird
(he can’t shoot him except when the bird
is at rest,) is fast completing wliat the
nest robbing young negroes who supply
northern buyers had long a<?o begun—
the destruction of the superb mocking
bird, the finest songster, as well as the
most spirited and intelligent of our
American birds.
A Nebraska Man Believing His Ri
Wife Head, Weds Hex* Mother.
From the Chicago Times.
A peculiar and interesting case of
tentional bigamy has just been bro
to light in Nebraska City, Neb. H
Jones, a truck farmer, now living
that city, five years ago married All
Morrow, a girl about fifteen years
junior, the daughter of a small mar
gardner living near Peoria, Ill. For o
year their married life was a happy onl
and the girl, who was thought by Jone!
friends to be somewhat wild, tamed dow'
and made a most exemplary wife.
At the end of fifteen months Mrs. Jone
became discontented and went to Ottawi
for a visit. While there it is said she
eloped with a member of a minstrel
company which was playing there at the
time. J ones, when he heard of the mat
ter, made but little fuss and no attempt
to catch his runaway wife. A few
months later he received a copy of a
paper containing a notice of the death of
his wife at Lafayette, Ind. His season of
mourning was short, and he soon began
to make love to his mother-in-law, Mrs.
Morrow, who had taken up her residence
with Mrs. Jones upon the death of her
husband, which occurred shortly after
her daughter’s marriage. Seven months
after J ones heard of the death of his wife,
he led the blushing widow to the altar at
Peoria. The couple came to Nebraska
City about three years ago and have since
lived near there.
Two weeks ago Jones was startled by
the appearance of his girl wife. She said
she had led a bitter life, and weary and
heart-sick, had determined to seek her
husband, hoping for shelter if not for
giveness. She had been to the old home
and there learned that her husband' and
mother had come to Nebraska City, but
her friends had told her nothing of the
marriage, which had been kept as seoret
as possible. She explained the death no
tice as part of the game she had played
in order to escape pursuit and recovery.
A divorce from his first wife will prob-
ably be secured by Jones and a new mar
riage entered into with his mother-in-law.
He says his first wife will not oppose
this plan, is no love lost between them,
and all she wants is a home and quiet for
the rest of her life, both of which Mr.
Jones agrees to give lier;
THE OLD VETERAN HAS GONE HOME
TO DIE.
It is reported in London that General
°ulanger will take up his residence in
e Dle of Jersey. The change is due to
s desire to reduce his expenses, as the
who have been furnishing him
^tli financial support refuse to continue
supply him with money. Boulanger
in the soup” without a doubt.
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The British Grain Trade.
The Mark Lane Express, in its weekly
review of the British trade, says: There
is a better demand for English wheat and
prices are stiffening. Sales of English
wheat for the week were 67,393 quarters
at 29 S. 0 D. per quarter, against 35,614
quarters at 34 S. 11 D. per quarter for the
corresponding week last year. There is
an improved inquiry for foreign
wheats. Californian and Russian have
advanced six pence. Flour and oats are
firm. Corn is weak: Linseed is one
shilling dearer. English wheats weie
in seller’s favor, fine new crop selling at
35 S. per quarter. Californian, Russian
and Indian were six pence higher,
was against buyers. Com was
pence cheaper. Beans and peas declined
six pence.
The Verdict Unanimous.
W. D. Suit, Druggist, BipP u ?». ][ “V:’
testifies; “I can recommend Electric Bit
ters as the very best remedy. Every bot
tie sold has given relief in eveiy case
One man took six bottles, and was cured
of Rheumatism of 10 years
Abraham Hare, druggist, Bellville, O^ 10 ’
affirms: “The best selling medicine I
haveever handled in my 20 years’ ex-
SeHence, is Electric Bitters ’ Thous
ands of others have added their testi
mony so that the verdict is unanimous
Electric Bitters do cure all diseases
S the LiveL Kidneys or Blood. Only a
]■, aif dollar a bottle at S. J. McKnigbt s
Drug Stere.
Broken' Promises.
From the Savannah News.
Mr. George William Curtis delivered
"—national civil ser-
n Jfiiilgicieipiiia o:
liveied the address before the league
last year. In last year’s address he stated
that Mr. Cleveland had failed in some re
spects to enforce the civil service reform
law, but that there was reason for think
ing that he had endeavored honestly to
enforce it, and had succeeded better
than it was generally thought he would.
He saw more to praise than to condem
in Mr. Cleveland’s civil service reform
record, hut he did not hesitate to point
out his short-comings.
But what does Mr. Curtis say about
President Harrison’s civil service record?
In his whole address there is not one ex
pression from which the President can
derive satisfaction. He says that the
president was elected on a platform in
which the party was pledged to promote
civil service reform, and that the pres
ident, in his inaugural address, took oc
casion to say that he would do all in his
power to enfore the civil service law in
letter and spirit. He also points out that
the president declared that he would
make removals from office only for cause,
and would make appointments only for
merit. He asks whether the president
has kept his pledges, and answers that so
far from doing so he has violated them
from the very start—that, in fact, he has
almost ignored the existence of the civil
service law. The republican party, he
declares, has repudiated the civil service
plank in its platform, and a majority of
the organs of that party openly sneer at
civil service reform. 1
Mr. Curtis apparently has no hope that;
civil service reform will prosper while
the republican party is in power. There
was never any ground for thinking that
it would. Before the election of Mr.
Cleveland no progress was made in the
effort to reform the civil service. Under
his administration, however, the people
began to hope that the reform would
eventually become firmly established.
The Harrison administration has des
troyed that hope. It made great promises^
but it has not kept any of them.
He Has Suffered Agony for Years—Slowly
Hying—His Begs and Feet Paralyzed—
He Says It’s All Over Witli Him.
From the Atlanta Journal.
“The present legislature has seen the
last of Ben Duggar,” said Mr. Allred, of
Pickens, to-day.
“What is the matter?” was asked.
“He has gone home to die. His disease
and his hard life ox labor and exposure
have about finished him.
“When Ben left here last week he told
me he would never come back. He had
climbed the long granite and marble
steps to the capitol, each inch causing
him exquisite agony, for the last time,
and he was going home to rest and die in
peace.”
It has been well known that Uncle Ben
las long been a sufferer from dropsy.
His life has been a heavy burden to him
W years. The disease affected his feet
nd legs end every step was torture to
im. When he came to the present ses-
on he soon saw that he could not long
1 imb the hill and the granite and iron
s eps, crawl like a wounded animal along
e tasselated halls, and up the long mar-
steps, to reach his seat in the Geor-
general assembly. It showed the
tive grit of the old man to endure so
Icig. He could creep only at a snail’s
p;ce, leaning heavily on his old crutches
m(de of plain Georgia board, and drag
ging his heavy and weary feet.
‘ It’s all up with me,” he said, on leav
ing his seat to go to his home in Fannin
coi 11 ty.
Fou won’t see uncle Ben in his place
whin the roll is called again.”
Uncle Ben,” as he called himself and as
all dalled him, was the quaintest, queerest
figure that has ever sat in Georgia’s halls
of legislation. His name and his form,
tottering and as homely clad as in his
native wilds, was familiar to all. Vis
itors to the legislature would ask, “Where
is Ben Duggar?” His was ever the first
name on the lips of the curious.
He was a republican. That alone made
him notorious—a republican in the Geor
gia legislature twenty-five years after Ap
pomattox. Then his county, Fannin, of slous -
the Blue Ridge and Cumberland, had
sent him again and again to represent
herb He was as rugged as any of her
craggy scenery. It is said that he was in
Senator Hampton’s Views on the Coloniza
tion of the Negro.
Senator Hampton, of South Carolina,
said to a Washington Star reporter the
other day: “My position in regard to the
colonization of the negroes has been mis
interpreted by numbers of people, who
think that I am in favor of using force
to get them out of the country. In con
sequence of this misinterpretation I have
recently received scores of letters, most
of them anonymous, of an exceedingly
abusive and denunciatory character. I
never said a word about forcing the ne
groes away. There is no doubt in my
mind, though, that it would be better
for the south, better for the negro, and
better for the whole country if the ‘dar
kies’ could be put to themselves. Gen.
Grant favored something of this kind
when he advocated the purchase of some
of the western islands. For myself I
would favor a hill giving governmental
aid to the removal and settlement of
those willing to emigrate. Then the ne
groes would have an opportunity of seeing
what they could do for themselves in the
way ef self-government. ’ ’ Sonator Hamp-
^>n thinks that Mexico, or one of the
coast islands, would be the best place
for the colored people to go to.
The Noble Army of Pensioners.
The St. Louis Republic furnishes some
curious statistics regarding the Union
armies in the late war. It says that on
January 1, 1862, there were 575,000 men
in acutual service, on January 1, 1863,
918,000, and on May 1, 1865, at the close
of the war, there were 1,516,000. The
total of enrollments outside of the navy
up to May 1, 1865, was 2,254,000.
Of this number 1,722,690 were bounty
men, costing the government $300,225,-
500, in sums ranging from $100 to $400
each. Besides this, the several States ex
pended $285,941,036 for a like" purpose,
making a total expenditure of $586,164,-
530.
The Republic reasons that of the 459,-
000 men on the pension rolls, and the
400,000 other survivors trying to get on
them, not 500 jter cent, could have seen
actual service. The remainder are boitnty
and-drafted men, wlio are for the first
time anxious to get to the front when the
government again holds out to them its
bounty, this time in the shape of pen-
PARAGRAPHS.
In another column will be found a
“special” notice to subscribers that will
be of interest to all our readers.
Was It a Vision?
From Hall’s Journal of Health.
We were having £
Flour
three
Oldest Horse in the World.
The oldest horse in the world is claimed
by a farmer in Chili, Ill., whose father
purchased it forty-nine years ago from
the Indians, when it was supposed to be
two years old. It served all through tli e
war, but escaped all injury. It has not a
tooth in its head, but is fed on corn-bread
and soft bran mash, and is tenderly cared
for. • ■
ol was to subscribe a dollar to help mark
the graves of the dead Georgians who
felTand lie in obscurity on the victorious
fit Id of Fredricksburg.
Hay lie rest in peace.
Impurities of Blood Cnred.
Hr. Ralph Elkins lives at Marionsville,
and is a successful farmer. He says
ttfit he has been a great sufferer from im
ijWities of the blood, which made his
li nbs stiff and gave him pain in the
li ngs; hut that he took Swift’s Specific,
a id it soon relieved him entirely.
We have sold Swift’s Specific for six
y lars in quantity lots, and the goods have
l ien entirely satisfactory, and without a
c implaint from a single customer.
Hutcherson & Euliott, Paris, Tex.
Swift’s Specific has a brisk and con-
s ta>nt sale with us, and the universal ver-
< ict is, that as a blood medicine it has no
1 ival.
Lankford <fe Toyman, Druggists,
Sherman, Texas.
Mr. Jas. J. McCalley, of Monet, Mo.,
:ays he had dyspepsia for eight years,
which made him a wreck, sick and suf
fering during the whole time. After try-
ng-all the remedies, including all the
lectors in reach, he discarded everything
land took Swift’s Specific. He increased
from 111 to 158 pounds, and was soon a
;sound and healthy man.
Address the Swift Specific Co., drawer
'3. Atlanta, Ga.
Edison, the great electric magician,
predicts that the time is coming wben
the oft-repeated declaration that “walls
have ears” will be literally verified. He
savs; “In a few years the world will be _ , ...
just like one big ear; it will be mis ^ j |g|beTnlmira^llous^y cured. Her
speak in a house until one has examined|| , g Mrs L a ther Lutz.” Thus write W. C
the walls and furniture for concealed; Hamrick & Co., of Shelby, N. C. Get a
phonographs.” How delightful it Will, free trial (bottle at S. J. McKmght’s Drug
he to live in a private boarding house. j c.^ ore _
Tlie Balance of Trade.
The imports for August, 1888, at all
United States ports were $59,656,60S; the
exports $49,189,321. For August, 1S89,
the imports were $67,078,454; the ex
ports $64,373,974. This shows for one
month a gain in imports of $7,000,000,
and exports $15,000,000. For the eight
months ended August, 18S8, the imports
were $504,599,317; the exports $440,562,-
239. The imports for the same time this
year were $546,091,144; the exports were
$547,481,181.
One year ago, eight months showed a bal -
aince of trade against the country of $64,-
000,000. This year eight months show a
slight balance in our favor. The Journal
of Commerce, from which this informa
tion is condensed considers the exhibits
xnost cheering. When the balance of
trade is in favor of a country, the indus
trial conditions must be favorable. Cer
tainly the business outlook promises well
for the whole country.
A 'Woman’s Hiscovery.
“Another wonderful discovery has been
made and that too by a lady in this
county. Disease fastened its clutches
upon her and for seven years she with
stood its severest tests, but her vital or
gans were undermined and death seemed
Imminent. For three months she coughed
incessantly and could not sleep. She
bought 4f us a bottle of Dr. King’s New
Discoveily for consumption and was so
much relieved on taking first dose that
' all night and with one bottle
’ Tir — name
his atte^sffii was attracted to the
street. Looking out the window he saw
a funeral procession passing from the
door and out through the gate. The
casket was small, white and covered with
flowers. He recognized friends and
neighbors in the crowd, and through
some indefinable impression, he under
stood that the corpse was that of his son
His son, though he had no son at the
time. Surprised and startled at the
thought, he saw the procession vanish
and he felt unable to account for the
experience
Within a few months a litle son was
born to us, and before three years it was
carried out of the gate in a flower cov
ered, white casket and followed by the
same friends my husband had seen that
noontime long before. What explana
tion can be given of this circumstance?
The Rice Crop.
From the Savannah Times.
The rice planters still smile happily
over the crop. So far, the receipts here
up to date are in excess of those of last
year to the same time. The quality is
good, and there is every prospect of
fair prices. Considerable trouble is ex
perienced as to transportation, especially
by planters along the Ogeechee, who
send their crops to Savannah on flat
boats or in schooner's. A week is often
required for the trip. As the capacity
of a flat is but from 1,500 to 2,000 bush
els, it is several months before the last
of the product of a large plantafion
reaches the market. It is generally be
lieved that by December the larger part
of the crop in this district will reach the
city.
A Postal Cleric Hies From the Effects of a
Rattlesnake Bite.
A Titusville special says: M. H. Adams }
postal clerk on the route between here
and Jupiter inlet, died a horrible death
last night from the effects of a rattle
snake bite. About midnight Saturday
night he accidentally stepped on a snake
as he was walking on the public highway.
The serpent attacked him and buried his
fangs in Adams’ leg. He twisted a hand
kerchief around about the wound and
hurried to a physician. The'wound was
cupped and poulticed and whisky used
freely, but the treatment availed nothing,
the patient suffering intensely until the
poison finished its work. Adams was
originally from Montreal.
A Bot of Humbugs.
The recent horrible' affair at Rosalia,
Kan., does not seem to be important
enough to be commented upon by the
One of the arguments in favor.of Chica
go having the World’s Fair is that 3,732,-
244 hogs were slaughtered there in 1888.
A Chicago clergyman announced to his
congregation that he did not believe in
the existence of the devil. No doubt the
announcement was welcome intelligence
in that city.
There was a decline in the price of su
gar last week, and as a consequence the
sugar stocks “melted down,” as a New
York dispatch states, about $4,000,000 in
market value.
Joseph Pulitzer, of the World, offers
to be one of twenty-five persons to sub
scribe $100,000 each for an immediate
guarantee fund of $250,000 to secure the
world’s fair in 1892 for New York.
Dispatches from Crete say that the
Christian inhabitants of the island are
fleeing to the mountains. Their cattle
and other property is being stolen by the
Turks. Many Christians have been cast
into prison.
A colored girl attacked a church con
gregation at Goodland, Va., with a razor*
saying the devil was in the people and
she was going to cut them open to get at
him and cut his throat. She was over
powered before doing any damage.
James Mound, alias Hooper, who was
a Chicago lawyer when Guiteau shot
Garfield, and who says he was married to
Guiteau’s sister, who got a divorce from
him,, is in the San Francisco house of
correction, charged with robbing clients.
Congressman Breckinridge, of Arkan
sas, says: “The people who make the
most fuss about the race question are the
people who understand the least about
it.” This is evidently intended for med
dling fanatics in the north.
Eels in great numbers are leaving Lake
George through the outlet at the upper
falls. A few nights ago they were so
numerous as to clog and stop 1 the water
wheel at the pulp mill. It took several
men more than an hour to get the wheel
clear of them.
The four new states bring in an area
about equal to that of New England,
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
West
northern republican organs, but when a
false rumor gets out that there is race
trouble in the south, these same organs,
without inquiring as to the truth of the
rumor, write long editorials about south
ern lawlessness. What a precious lot of
humbugs they are! .
Sir Andrew Clark, president of the
Royal College of Physicians, and one of
the gaeatest men of the country* says,
“I believe that every man’s success is
within himself, and must come out of
himself.” This is a great truth. “La
bor is life, and successful labor is life
and gladness.”
One of the numerous and miscella
neous “only genuine and original” tat
tooed girls in a New York dime museum
is faithfully declared to be twenty-five
years old, and it is further asserted that
the cuticular adornment of her person
was executed when she was an infant.
Yet the most conspicuous feature of the
panorama is a likeness of Liberty En-
lightning the World, as seen on Beldoe’s
island.
A remarkable fan has just been pur
chased by the Princess de Ligue at Brus
sels. It was painted by Watteau for
Louis XIY., who presented it to the
Duchess of Burgundy, and it remained
in the possession of the royal family un
til the revolution, when it was stolen
and conveyed to Germany, and nothing
more was heard of it until the other day,
when it appeared among a collection
which was offered for sale at Brussels.
Before the war the high-water mark in
cotton was 5,000,000 bales. The crop of
last year is not yet entirely out of the
hands of the planters, but those whose
business attention is absorbed by the
staple place it at 7,400,000 bales, an in
crease of 300,000 over the year preceding.
This season, with average weather, it
will be 8,000,000 bales, worth nearly $400,-
000,000, or five times the value of all the
gold and silver produced in the United
States in one year.
A German patent has been granted to
M. Ladewigg for a much-needed article—
a fire and water-proof paper. It is made
by mixing twenty-five parts of asbestos
with twenty-five to thirty parts of alumi
num sulphate, moistening with zinc
chloride, and, after washing, treating the
pulp with a solution of one part of resin
soap and eight to ten parts of aluminum
sulphate. Paper is then produced as
with ordinary pulp.
An old woman who lives near Stod-
dardsville, Pa., has a great fondness for
spiders. Years ago she set apart a small
bedroom for the insects to make their
webs in, and from that, day to this not a
single web has been tom from the walls
and ceiling. On the sides and overhead
every inch of space is covered with the
delecate work of the industrious spiders,
and the little window in the room is par
tially darkened by layer after layer of
network over the panes. The numerous
inhabitants of the mass of webs seem to
dwell together in harmony, although
the old woman declares that they often
i fight like cats and dogs.
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