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HOW COULD I KNOW f
80 many flowers crushc i in that noonday
sun,
How could I know
That when I trol on one
And crashed its golden glow,
Now wandering in dim lowlan brown and
B€TD t
The tlnics’ fade I bios m dear?
How could I know
There were no rainy days the sunshine
kiss'* 1,
When one I gayly ml* 1
And laughing let it
fhat in long watches o? am olemn night
bawn’s dullest ray I ihotild call heavenly
bright ?
How could f know !
Bo many dear on'** in those happy years,
How could I know
That when I mocked their tears
And left them, loving lO.
In lonely, barren after-time I’d pr iy
For weakest touch of ban Is I /lung away?
How could I know !
•-Fannie Bent Dillingham, in Lipplncotf.
AMONG TdE ROSES.
by HEI.EN For.mtsToiiAvns.
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<•.♦1 among the mtolcr
A ables would ha\
S \Ar r -w . been
''/ > mm ,1 (
■".Jr-'. V surprised 11,11
they have seen Mr.
Huntley Yorke
reading 1 ho evening paper by Ins win
flow in the Hotel Veronese, with the
cool sea breeze stirring the curtains,
and n glass of iced Apollinaris water
and n plate of strawberries on the
table beside him.
“For real solid comfort,” said Mr.
Yorke—he was no longer a young
man, and had learned to smile at
many of tlio "delusions of earlier
, 1 ,, • i'u T'- ., ' '* n<> ,na '
what 'll tli ' > ci fa * *. Vi *
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, 1 “1 ' ,mlK " “i ”
, 1 l,,r “ l " ,rc “ tte
boUdmy brought m a telegram.
. i. luui mured lorke, as he
perused its . contents. “Just as I I
tlmught. 11 lose women never can let
ft fellow alone. From Mrs. Dedlock
Jo »y to eonio down to Dolby
Beeches at once ! Bless her dear lit
tie imperative heart! What can pos
sibly havo happened? Has Tom com¬
mitted suicide? Or 1ms Pot fallen in
lovo with n K'l'y f . ;: rt '!" e ; t V
i ,»» <i the II llroker. bank fadedAt
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ut iSantlcy v Yorlco was a business •
man. and the Dedlock Dolbys were
inn h onilo, S F i 1 ’> ! us ‘1’ t ' lA!u '' tl,e KO tl ni iit, 8 llt mat- ex
pieHs to \ a\lit Id the nearest station
to Dolby Beeches, where ho arm ed in
OW en° U1
mornitig V sleepy ' •ind ‘ somawhat ^
iuelined Mrs.' to la’ cross Dolby' ^
Dedlock who ^ hfttl
h.m r pnrfy „r -- ,
staying iu a mansion big euo«v-B
airy enough for a summer notM-i'e- ,
reived him at a private “
mT^hs 1 am] Uttering
“It's ho kind of you, dear Mr.
Yorke!” said she. “But Dedlock is
salmon fishing in the Saguenay River,
and I did not know what to do or
whero to turn. Such a dreadful
thing, you know—and of course I feel
entirely responsible!”
Mr. \ orko stared at her as ho took
fiis cup of frothing chocolate from her
dainty, ringod hands.
“I beg your pardon, Mrs. Dolby,”
said he, “but you did not mention to
me “Oh, exactly what had happened!”
didn’t 1 toll you? So very rid
lculous of mo! But I’m so perfectly
upset, you see! It’s Pet.” “
“Pet, of course!” groaned Yorke.
“But what of Pet?”
“Sho has eloped with young Frau
cab’lli, the artist!” wailed Mrs. Dolby.
‘‘Not tho fellow who is doing the
ceiling frescoes for you?”
“Oh, dear, no! lie's in society,
and his people are very nice, but he
hasn’t a penny, and Pet—poor darl
iug !—is the worst person in the world
become n poor man’s wife. I can’t
imagine how she even does her hair
without a maid—and of course Jeukin
son couldn’t elope with her. ”
^Ir. Yorke cut his little broiled bird
into dainty bits and scattered cayenne
popper over it.
“F always expected Pet to come to
some "Ihe preposterous end,” said
Worcestershire sauce, please!
And how about Diana?”
Di is a darling’ enthusiastically
uttered Mrs. Dolby. “A thousand
times wiser than Pet, though she’s
three years younger. And Di is
iug prettier every day. You see,
daughters, cant forget that they are my step- be't
to obliterate though I’ve tried mv
the line of distinction,
Di is getting to be really foud of me.
but ret never could quite confide iu
me. Do try some of these grapes,
Mr. Yorke! Mhite Chasseias, you
know. About Pet: Y\ e had a tele
gram this morning, siguem^I^melope
tin?”” 110111 ’ S ° Sh ° S married hj tbi:i
in mat case, said Jlr. Yorke,
mere s not lung to be done that l ean
c V.i,
nut x i s such comfort to havo
a
ones family lawyer to consult with!”
Wild Mrs. Dolby enthusiastically.
And now you re down here, you’ll
stay for n few days? Dedlock will
return iu a week, and I want you Co
break the news to him. Do stay, Mr.
Yorke!”
,. Uo n stay Mr. Yorke,” pleaded
a
sweet voice behind bun; and he turned
to see Diana Dolby, a beautiful young
brunette, with a complexion like
creamy velvet and large, melting eyes.
“Pet and Felix Franoaletti have hope
lessly disorganized all our plans, and
we must have some one to help us
out. ”
Lvon such an old fellow as I am?”
laughed Yorke, holding the slim,
little hand a second or two longer than
was absolutely necessary.
Di east a sweet, sidelong glance at
bim, full of bewildering, jetty liirht.
“Oh, you re not so very old,” said
she, demurely ;and Yorke relinquished
bis clasp.
Yes, be was certainly verging
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ward forty, and Di was only seven* I
teen!
Mrs. Dolby laughed; as if it were
an excellent joke.
Mrs. Dolby, he remembered, bit
terly, was always lacking in tact an 1
sense. What was there to laugh at?
All the rest of the hou "t * party, how
ever, welcomed him rapturously, and
in spite of himself he was drawn into
the vortex of merry-making.
Mrs. Appleby, with a plump him widow, who
had once llirted in the long
ago before sho married the defunct
Appleby, showed a remarkable nnxi
ety to pick up the thread of sentiment ,
just as they had left it in the old days,
and, to avoid her rather passee smiles,
Yorke found himself unavoidably
forced into the younger circle
And it was surprising how heartily
he enjoyed it! *
"Really!” cried Mrs. Dolby, one
morning. "Tableauxs! After Mrs.
Appleby and f went up stairs last
nitrht ? What did you have, chil¬
dren?”
‘‘Oh, lots of lovely things, said
Decile Montpensier. “Ihe ‘Huguenot
Lovers,’ of course, and the ‘Bride of
La nmermoor,’ and a delightful little
private theatrical ‘l he Lovers Do
cision.’ Mr. Yorke was Peter Prim,
and Di was Keturah Posey, and Jac.v
Thorpe was the clergyman who mar
ried ’em. He did look so clerical in
mamma's white China crape shawl.”
“Why didn t you call us? chirped
Mrs. Appleby, archly.
“We didn t want any ol 1 people, ’
explained heedless Di; and then she
remembered herself, and colored red
del* than any rose in .Tune. “That is,
of course, we knew that mamma had a
iieadache. ’
Miss Montpensier relieved iho cm
barrasement of the situation by sud
denly striking the grand opening
chords of the "Washington Post
Maroli” on the piano.
Mrs. Dolby laughed ; Mrs. Appleby
turned away with a malicious toss of
tho head.
“ that minx, said sho to
"I 11 teach her a lesson or two!”
The next afternoon sho seized the
lortunate opportunity when Diana had
gone into the rose garden to gather
r ““ *° decorate tlie drawing-room
lor the evening’, donee.
"Ob, yon are here, are yon?” .aid
H he. “Let’s go into the summer house
ftm | re(4t .»
But Di was not pining for a fete-a¬
teto with the frisky widow.
“I must cut these roses,” said she.
“Mamma is in a hurry.”
“But I want to speak to you, Di
ana.
. “d’o speak to me? What about?”
Di’s scissors gleamed uorvously
among the ro.e-.tem.,
“Ft’s very—particular—business—
indeed,” said Mrs. Appleby, holding
her parasol so that the sun should not
rudely touch her well-powdered cheek,
c« A gTea t secret.”
Diana lifted her large melting eyes.
“What can you possibly mean,” said
sho .
“ T Imvc novcr tol(1 a soul ftl,oufc it >”
said the widow. “But such a thing
happened once at a house where I was
j staying ceremony.” bofoie dear Appleby (Ued.jmd °
nine
- L * ha roses foU in ft crimson arirt 011
the grass; the basket rolled away.
“ Wh&t ftro y° u talking about, Mrs.
App.oby. cried Di, all in a flutter.
Aoi-hiug, said the widow, vindic
. Pl that
, * exce you’re really,
legally married to that New York
maa '>* *
,.!/ He ean echoea insist T)l upon - “Married?” it if he chooses, ”
announced Mrs. Appleby. “A mau
Fwice your age ! And I must say, Di
a na that you richly deserve
tlus , awful ^ flirting
oom . and carrying
051 fls Y°u havo douo. Yes, l must re-
1 ^ or a ^ e Fhat it serves you right! ’
Between , sentence she paused,
every
' ls lf for a r ®P 1 3 r * bufc L)i ke l jt supreme
sMent. .. blie slowly
y her into was the gathering
np ,ilsk roses pink-ribboned
«t ou°e mor e.
0 you to sa ^' for your
* iciously . demanded iMrs.
M ‘ A
, Ieb th girl’s shoulder lit
P f* G lvm S c a
Fie shake. “Answer, you pert minx !”
jC F go my arm! cried Di. “And
l 0t a miux! !
, ( v You , re married yes, married to
tlmt oKi mau ! " kysterieally cried the
wu ‘°' v -
“Well, what if I am?” retorted Di
RUa * driven at last to some active re
s P onae - “He’s as handsome as Apollo
and I like him. And I’d as soon be
married to him as not. I never did
C:vro For boys. Go away, Mrs. Apple
by, and leave me to finish picking mv
rosi -'S 1 ”
.
“You bold girl!” fluttered the ex
asperated widow. “Never did I dream
you would faco it out like this. But
if you will solemnly promise never to
speak to him againl’ll say nothiug of
this dreadful complication to anv one
”
else. Promise, Diana!”
“I wont,” cried the girl. “I won't!
I won't!”
Just then Mrs. Appleby’s maid was
heard shrilly calling for her. She
darted cue venomous glance R t Di and
vanished among the trailing briers of
the roses.
Diana sat down among her flowers,
and began to cry. She had been plucky
enough under tire; but now a strange
bewilderment came over her—a ter
ror for which she could not account
and she started nervously as a rustling
sounded from t he summer house be
yomh
Could it be possible that some one
was there?
A strong, shapely kind put aside the
fringes of the hammock suspended
there—a man’s figure came down the
steps and plunged into tho fragrant
wilderness of the rosery.
“Di! said Santley lorke. ^ “My
little pearl among pearls ! Lookup
and say the enchanted words again,
You do like me? You would as soon
be married to me as not?”
“She—she drove me to it!” fal
tered Di.
“Yes, the first time. Now let me
win you to it the second time. Look
into my eyes, sweet Di. Speak from
your ke.:rt.
And there, among the roses, pretty
Di lifted her shy glance to his face an l
uttered the dictates of her girl heart,
“1 like you, Mr. Yorke. I would
rather be married to you than not.”
He took her lo in v in her arms.
“Theu Um not si r u au oid fogy,
all?
•You're just right,” she whispered.
“Cut is it true? Art we really mar
ried?”
"No, clearest, we are not msrned.
All that is only Mrs. Appleby’s hatred.
malice and all nncharitableuess. Bat
we will be married.”
".Mr. Yorke — ” began Di.
"Try Santley, darling,” he inter
posed,
".Stanley, then, How came you t j
j in the summer house?”
"Why, I was lying in the hammoc.c
looking over my mail, when, all of a
sudden, I heard Mrs. Appleby scold
in g you. Was it very wrong to listen?”
"It was quite right,” said Di, em
phatically.
So there was a second wedding in
the Dedlock Dolby family that sum¬
mer. And Mrs. Appleby is no longer
on the list of visitors at Dolby Beeches,
—Saturday Night.
Japan's Fairy Dardens.
Dangozaka, the great chrysanthe¬
mum garden, is on the slope of a hill.
In this place it has long been a custom
to arrange these flowers to represent
living notable persons, also birds and
animals, or to tell of some historical
event. On entering the grounds,
flags and bunting seem to invito the
visitor in a particular direction, and
showmen say they have, a display of
8 kiil to show. The faces of the per
sons represented are carved in wood
or piaster, but ull else is illustrated by
arrangement of chrysanthemum flow
era. They are done in this manner:
A frame is made' of bamboo ; the flow
ers—still on the plants, which are ar
ranged behind the frame—are drawn
through the frame and held in place
by a packing of moss; all the the col
ora are used necessary to complete the
costume and the character illustrated,
and being still attached to the stems
and roots of the plants ou which they
grow, which are invisible to the visi*
tor, retain their freshness for thirty
days,
Japanese gardens are the most fairy
like places. You see iu them tiny
trees and flowering plants, ponds,
bridges, summer-houses, lanterns;
here dwarf pines six or eight inches
high, but one hundred and twenty¬
live years old; there are others one
foot high, lmt live hundred years old.
In the garden of Yeijum-within the
temple grounds-there oro many pte
ony plants, mostly old, but one is a
hundred years old, and is eight feet
high—quite a tree.
It is a matter of wonder to our gar¬
deners how it is tho Japanese curtail
the growth of plants as they do. After
noticing the plants in Japan, and the
appliances and treatment, and consid
eriug all observed circumstances
tHerewith connected, it is my opinion
that the glaged, or marble pot. they
use, and which are not porous, retain
moisture longer without watering,
and also make frequent repotting un
necessary. Ono can learn nothing
from the Japanese gardener about it;
I noticed all over Japan that they use
very finely sifted soil for potting, and
press the soil down very firmly about
the l >Iaut roots. They seem to uuder
stand the true art of watering plants,
and this seems to me to be the main
| secret of their success. —
m Hfjy -
The Bicycle’s Utility,
The announcement that the Post
j | master General has authorized Post
master Hesing, at Chicago, to advance
the funds necessary to equip a portion
of the letter carriers in the city with
bicycles will doubtless be the precur
sor of a similar proceeding in other
large cities of the Union. The use of
the wheel is exjmeted to expedite tho
work of the carriers in the outlying
districts of Chicago, and if the plan
works favorably it will doubtless lead
the way to the adoption in time of the
bicycle for general use by the letter
carriers of tho larger cities of the
country.
Chicago, we believe, is the first city
in which the experiment is to be made
by the Postoftice Department. The
Western Union Telegraph Company,
however, in many of the large cities
has already equipped its messenger
boys with bicycles, and the experi
ment has resulted in greatly improved
service. The messenger boys in Syra
case own their bicycles and the same
is true of those in other cities. The
use of the bicycle in the transaction of
certain kinds of business is daily be
coming more general. The wheel,
which was first regarded as an object
of pleasure or of curiosity, is every
day becoming more a necessity, for
business as well as for health and
pleasure.
The growth of the manufacture of
bicycles iu this country has naturally
beeu enormous within the past two
3 r ears, and manufacturers havo found
R ready sale for their products at re
munerative prices. There has been
no dullness in the bicycle trade, what
°, ver 111 W b « said of other industries,
So great has the business of manulac*
turin S wheels become, that already
the number manufactured annually in
this country exceeds by more than
times the number of carriages
aad v ’ il 5oas constructed, The extent
to wblc ’ u the manufacture of bicycles
will grow in the future ean hardly be
calculated. Syracuse Courier,
Sickened ol the Scalpel.
An exraordinarv event led Lassone,
physician to Louis XVI. of France, to
abandon his anatomical studies. While
selecting from among some dead bod
i e5 a suitable subject for dissection,
he imagined that one of them showed
doubtful signs of death, and sought
to revive a life which was perhaps not
extinguished. His efforts were crowned
with success. He cured the mau, and
ashe was poor nourished and supported
i 1 i m> but the idea of having been on
tue point of committing a crime so af
fected Lassone that he felt himself un¬
able to pursue his accustomed labors,
and from that time forward the study
of natural history and chemistry took
the place of that of anatomy.—New
York Advertiser.
A Carious Yacht.
A curious looking yacht was that
launched Monday at Rockland by Wil*
bur \V. Thompson. She measures
over all about twenty-eight feet, and
her peculiarity consists in being very
fuH at the bow and having a wide
r.-hing washboard. The boar's nvna
is 1 ^ F. Kittri lsre. Her owner
JJS3S3 lift* to show good
speed.—Baugor iMe.* Commercial,
BUDGET OF FUN.
HUMOROUS SKETCHED FROM
VARIOUS SOURCES.
Not One Too Many—Laughter Akin
to Tears—Simply an Excuse
Alas !— Beneficial—A Slight
Omission, Etc., Etc.
fie said, as he put on h!s clothing thin
To temper the heat of the glowing sun,
‘If there are seven million pores in the skin.
By jingoes, we need ’em. every one !”
—New York Press.
EArOHTER AKIN TO TEAKS.
“They say that laughter is akin to
tears—but how?”
“The attempt to produce it is so
often pathetic. ”—Puck.
SIMPEY AN EXCUSE.
Father—“What reason have you for
wishing to marry the girl?”
Son—“I love her.”
Father—"That’s no reason ; it’s au
excuse. ”—Truth.
ALAS !
Big Head—“A man is soon forgot¬
ten when he is dead. ”
llasbeen — “Yes; but what worries
me is that he can be forgotten so
thoroughly when alive.”
TREATED ALL ALIKE.
“Why did she attach such a peculiar
condition to the engagement ?”
“Oh, she saw that wosoue ot her
rules and she couldn't make any cs
ception in my case.”—Truth.
BENEFICIAL.
“There’s nothing does a man more
good than an outing trip.”
“Think so?”
“Yes, sir. It makes a man appreci¬
ate his home.”—Washington Star.
MIGHT INVESTIGATE.
First Shark—“Why do you watch
that girl iu tho red suit so narrowly?”
Second Shark—“Oh, nothing! Only
I heard a fellow tell her she was nice
enough to eat, and I thought I might
as well keep an eye on her.”—Puck.
VERY DEEP.
“Ma, what’s the cab stopping for?”
" vVe have to pay toll here, Willie?”
“But who pays the toll whon the
cab’s empty?”
“I don’t know, dearest; mamma
never has ridden in an empty cab. -
Truth.
A SLIGHT OMISSION.
ton’s Cobb—“Have black you I seen Piauking
eye? asked his wife
about it and she said she threw a lump
of sugar at him in fun.”
Nobb—“Yes; but she didn’t add
that it was in a cup of coffee.”—
Judge.
A MOST NATURAL INFERENCE.
They had just become engage 1.
“Herbert,” she said, “arc you sure
that you love me 9 ” _ answered. - •?.
Auswiuieiy," ne
“How can yon tell?”
“By the fact that I am anxious to
marry you.”—Washington Star.
BREAKING THE RECORD.
Small Brother (enthusiastically) —
“Oh, grandma, Harry broke the rec
ord at the college contest. ”
Grandma—“Well, I declare, that
boy is always breaking something.
What will it cost to fix it, or will we
have to get a new ohe?”—Washington
Star.
WITHERING SARCASM,
“What do you make a week?” asked
the curious visitor.
“Seven dollars,” answered the ossi¬
fied man.
“You’re workin’ too cheap. You
can git more than that on the Indian¬
apolis ball team.” — Indianapolis
Journal.
A CITY IDYL.
She lived in a flat.
She was tired out with house-clean¬
ing; but, when the postman rang the
bell, she left everything and ran down
three flights of stairs to open the let¬
ter-box. Inside she found a paper
circular, “How to Beautify Your
Lawn!”—Puck.
A DOMESTIC DISCUSSION.
Wife—"William, I do think our
boys are the worst I ever saw. I’m
sure they don’t get it from me. ”
Husband (snappishly) — “Well, they
don’t get it from me.”
Wife (reflectively)—“No, William,
you seem to have all yours yet.”—
Washington Star.
mistaken identity.
“Daubs is mad as hops about his
picture that was on exhibition. ” *
“Wasn’t it noticed?”
“Yes, took a prize.”
“What’s he mad about then?”
‘‘Well, it was apicture of cows, and
it was awarded the prize for the best
picture of sheep.”—Inter-Ocean.
BUTCHERED.
A local band was one day playing at
Dumferline, when an old weaver came
up and asked the bandmaster what
that was they were playing.
“That is ‘The Death of Nelson,’ ”
solemnly replied the bandmaster.
“Ay, man,” remarked the weaver,
“ye hae gien him an awfu’ death.” —
Dundee News.
NO PRACTICAL DIFFERENCE.
an execrabie J=l ,? n performer, m , yon Shes e, . know.' such ,
+b y se r, 11 T ml 6t ^ “ rt e \l * he nce coaTer ^ 0SS
-
sat.on all the same. ”-Trnth. ,
A TEST OF TACT.
“*50 you presided at the head ot the
table, eh?
“F es *
“You enjoyed the occasion, Aid
yon?”
“Well, I had to carve a goose and
simultaneously entertain two spins:-r
on either side, who don't speak, in
such a way as not to ng’te them ia
Conversation, ’’—Puck.
gy THE XEWSPAFEB LINE.
Banks (in the newspaper Hue) —
“H’mph ! Here’s a squib credited tu
the Perkins Junction Banner that I
six years ago for the Daily
Bread.” I
Rivers (fellow laborer)-“Do you
remember everything you have ever
written?”
“Of course I do.”
“YY'hat a cave of gloom your mem¬
ory must be !”—Chicago Tribune.
rnoMPTi-T.
Impetuously he pleaded.
“Must I wait?” he demanded. “Yon
have plighted your troth to me. Do
not keep me in agony. Is a long eu
gagement necessary?”
She hung her head iu sweet confu¬
sion and was silent.
“How long?” he cried.
At last her lips moved.
“Long enough”—a wave of color
swept across her face—“to get my hat.
I can put ou my gloves as we go.”
That seemed quite satisfactory. —
Detroit Tribune.
HE WAS COMING DOWN ANYWAY.
Terrence Murphy was such a good
carpenter that he was rarely without
employment. Moreover, lie was so
thoroughly good natured and so in¬
variably ready to' make the best of his
occasional misfortunes that his fel
lowworkmeu declared him the most
popular man in the trade.
One Saturday, toward the t ire I end
of the day, Terrence was shingling
hls ? e I fo 00 ot , , ° sh , . » eJ ■>•*'»«>• . 1 U M1 on, hl'Mea* to tha
PP “>> ”
ground. , As the houso was low the
fall was not long, yet ho lay so mo¬
tionless that the other men ran to him
quickly, believing the worst had hap¬
pened. Just as they reached him ho
opened his eyes and grinned.
“Are you much hurt, my boy?”
asked one of the meu tenderly.
Terrence grunted.
“That was a bad fall, Terrence.”
“Och, niver inoind,” he said. “Oi
was coming down after nails,anyway.”
—Boston Budget.
Tho Celebrated Hope Trick.
On tho Avest coast of India, about
230 miles north of Bombay, li \s the
city of Baroda. It is the capital of
one of the semi-independent native
States—Guzerat—and is ruled over by
a Mahratta prince, who bears the
title of guicowar. It wai in front of
the guicowar’s palace, in tho open and
in broad daylight, that Dr. Hensoidt
first witnessed tho illusion which, ,ia
the opinion of the Hindoos them¬
selves, is the non plus ultra of Yoghi
acheivements, vis., tho celebrated,
“rope trick.”
He writes: “AYogki, after having
addressed a large assemblage of people
and preached one of the most impres¬
sive sermons I ever listened to, took a
rope about fifteen feet long and per¬
haps an inch thick. One end of this
rope he held in his left hand, while
with the right he threw the other end
up m the air. The rope, instead of
coming down again, remained sus¬
pended, even after the Yoghi had re¬
moved Ids other hand, aud it seemed
to have become as^TTgia as a pillar.
Then the Yoghi seized it with both
hands, and to my utter amazement,
climbed up his rope, suspended all
the time, in defiance of gravity, with
lower end at least five feet from the
ground. And in proportion as he
climbed up it seemed as if the ropo
was lengthening out indefinitely above
him and disappearing beneath him,
for he kept on climhing till he was
out of sight, aud the last I could dis¬
tinguish was his white turban and a
piece of this never-ending rope. Then
my eyes could endure the glare of the
sky no longer, and when I looked
again he was gone.
“I have seen this miraculous feat on
four clift’erent occasions, performed
in precisely the same manner, and the
mystery seemed only to deepen with
every repetition. It has been the
standing wonder of India from a time
antedating, perhaps, the building of
the first pyramid.”—Chicago Times.
The Fleet Moose.
“Any one who thinks a moose can’t
travel at a pretty lively gait is very
much mistaken,” remarked George T.
Horton, of St. Paul, at the Laclede
last night, says the St. Louis Globe
Democrat, ‘I used to be a locomo
tive engineer up in the northern part
of my State, and one day I had an op¬
portunity to test the speed of this an¬
imal.
“-I was running a light freight train,
i and in coming around a curve saw a
I big moose standing directly on the
track. As soon as the animal saw the
j engine he took to his heels right down
the path between the rails. For about
four miles we had a perfectly straight
track, and as I had heard of the great
speed of this animal, I determined to
* cs *: r ^ be s ability, of the is sort of
- moose a
trot, such only as a moose can ex*
hibit, his paces being about two rods
] n len ? tb - At first it was only a little
b ut the engine began to gain
°P ee d the moose let himself out.
Faster and faster sped the engine, bufc
still the frightened moose trotted in
the van, and all the mysterious power
of steam could not prevail uj>on this
monarch of the forest. At last, after
we had covered the four miles, and,
turning a curve, we came upon a
gang of section hands who were fixing
the track. The sight of these men
frightened the moose from the track
and he was soon lost to view in tho
forest.”
Cabling to Australia.
... . ,
iiSsSfss It takes little
some time to send a mes
sage, as on its way it has to be handled
by fifeeen operators at various stations,
at each one of which it is relaid, hence
the time o! rewriting at each station
aggregates quite an item. The long
cst continuous submarine cables are the
transatlantic, which are some 2800
miles long. The longest continuous
land line is not, as many suppose, in
America. Although there is direct
communication from New York to
California, it is not over a continuous
wire. The longest land wire in the
worl 1 is across tbs continent of Aus
trail a. It extends from Port Darwin
to Adelaide-, a distance oi 215 .» miles,
—New York Advertiser
LATEST DISPATCHES
GIVING THE NEWS UP TO THE
1,01 R OF GO,NG TO I>H,:SS ’
A Brief Summary of Dally Happen¬
ings Throughout the World.
At Chattanooga G. N. Henson, pres¬
ident of the Citizens’ Bank and Trust
Company, who has been ou trial for
tho murder of J. B. Wert, a prorni
neut insurance agent, was acquitted
Thursday morning.
The Alabama 1’ress Association ad¬
journed at Montgomery Thursday
night, after a profitable nhd pleasant
session of five days. The time and
place for holding the next meeting
was referred to the executive commit¬
tee.
Several dailies publish au announce¬
ment that H. B. Whitehouse, secre¬
tary of the United States embassy, at
Rome, Italy, has been named as United
States minister to China. They say
that his departure will be regretted
generally, as he is one of the most
popular Americans in Kcme.
Advices from Edinburgh state that
tho strike of the Scotch miners is over,
the delegates to the miners’ congress
representing fifty-seven thousand men
having voted to resume work at tho
old wages providing the employers
will grant the proposal made by the
board of conciliation, to that effect.
At Chicago, Thursday, counsel for
the defendants in the American Rail¬
way Union, surprised the government
attorneys by deciding at the conclu¬
sion of the day’s proceedings not to
call any witnesses in behalf of their
clients, but to rest their cases on tho
evidence presented by the government.
Myra Holt, Allen Guuu and Lew
Bell were convicted of murder in tlie
first degree at Manchester, Tenn.,
Thursday afternoon. Gunn aud Bell
broke down completely. The trial has
lasted since Monday a week ago. The
defendants were charged with the
murder of LaFayette Dickson, n night
watchman, who was found murdered
in n mill at Tullnhoma.
Tho depot, tlie postofllce and the
general store and saw mill of Wunder
ligb Brothers, with several million feet
of lumber, two hundred cords of tan
bark and several thousand cords of
wood, were consumed by fire Wednes¬
day afternoon at Elm Hurst, Wis.
The loss will be heavy. Trains wero
unable to pass as tho road bed for half
a mile was destroyed.
Bernard Toker, a German farmer,
was shot dead and his wife mortally
wounded by Frank Morris, a sixteen
year-old boy. Morris is a son of the
man from whom Toker purchased his
little farm. The woman is badly shot
and cannot recover. The scene of the
tragedy is Rich Hill, five miles distant
from Connellsville, Pa., in the moun¬
tains. The probable motive of tho
crime was robbery.
GROWTH OF THE SOUTH.
- -i--?- —— n.urpf T '
.
The Industrial Situation as Reported
for the Past Week.
The report on the industrial condition of the
south for the past week shows that the record of
the week was one of steady progr ss. The iron
in lustry is getting more active each dity as fur¬
naces go into blast and outputs increase.
Stocks of pig iron are not increasing, but
prices continue to be very low. The only cot¬
ton tie mill in the United States is now in ac¬
tive operation in Georgia, and s- eras to bo able
to meet any competition. The building indus¬
try is growing active in all the southern cities,
and many edifices requiring for their comple¬
tion largo investments of capital are under way,
or in preparation for contracts. The condition
ofthecrops continues to to satisfactory. Ites
ports as to the injury to cotton from boil worm
prove to have been much exaggerated.
Thirty-three new industries were established
or incorporated during the week, prominent
among them being an oil mill at Temple, Tex.,
with $100,009 capital; New the Orleans. Automatic La., Fire capital, Ex¬
tinguisher Co., of
$10,000, and the Georgia Pebble Phosphate Co.,
of Atlanta. Ga., with $30,000 capital. An im¬
migration aid association, with -$500 000 capi¬
tal, ha-i been chartered in Atlanta, Ga.; the Eu¬
reka Manufacturing Company, with 70,000 cap¬
ital, will engage in woodworking in Houston,
Tex.-, the Garrigus Boiler Company, Louisville, capital
$90,000, has been chartered in Kv.;
the Currence Mil ing Company, capital $15,000
in Parsons, West Virginia, and the Tomlin-Har
ris Machine Company, with $’,0,000 capital, in
Cordele, Ga.
Canning factories are r> ported at Wellsburg,
Va., and McMechen, employ $400 W. Va.; proposed Newport chemi¬ News,
cal works, to 000 at
Va ; electrical works at Henderson, Ky., and
flour and grist mills at Cedartown, Ga- Ice
factories are to be built at DeLand. Fla., and
Moundsville, W. Va.; a fiber factory at Titus¬
ville, Fla.; a machine shop at Abbeville, Ga.,
and wire works at Little Rock, Ark. A shoe
factory is reported at Birmingham, Aia.; knit¬
ting mills at Athens,Ga-, and Louisville, Ky.; a
tobrcco factory at Henderson, Ky., and wood¬
working plant-at Abbeville, Ala_ Cordele, Ga.,
Wilmington, N. C-, Moselle, Miss., Columbia
and Nashville, Tenn.. and Burkeville, Va.
Tlie enlargements for tho week include flour¬
ing mills a; Gla-gow, Ky., Kernelloville, N. C.,
and Columbia, Va.; ir«/n works at Mo ristown,
Teun-, cotton mi;l-i at Angus a. Ga-, and Dur¬
ham, Fla-' N. C , and electrical work-i at Key West,
Among new buildings are a million dollar ho¬
tel at New Orleans, Li., and one to cod $120,
000 at Atlanta, Ga., a city hall at Tallahassee,
Fla-, a court house at- Columbus. Ga , a Sir.O,
000 jail at A'lanta, Ga., a $25,000 school houso
at Way cross, Ga., and ware ouces «t Ilender
son Ky., and Weatherford, Texas—Tradesmin
(Chattaacoga Teun )
THE FLEECY STAPLE.
The Agricultural Department’s Cot¬
ton Report.
The September report of the statis¬
tician of the department of agricul¬
ture at Washington makes cotton show
a decline of 5.9 points from the Au¬
gust condition, which was 91.8, against
85.9 for this month. The condition
of the plant in the month of June
was 88.3, rising to 89.6 in July and
to 91.8 last month, as stated. The
August condition for the year 1893
was 80.4, and the September condi¬
tion for the same year was 73.4, a fall¬
ing off of seven points. The Septem¬
ber condition for this year is 12.5
points higher than that of 1893.
The state averages are: Virginia,
100; North Carolina, 88; South Caro¬
lina, 86; Georgia, 84; Florida, 82;
Alabama, 86; Mississippi, 85; Louisi¬
ana, 91; Texas, 84; Arkansas, 89;
Tennessee, 84; Missouri, 93.
The principal cause of the decided
decline in the condition since the last
report was the excessive rainfall -
throughout the larger part of the cot¬
ton belt, producing a too great growth
of the weed and checking the develop¬
ment of the fruit, also causing shed¬
ding, renting and rust. The general
tenor of the reports is “too much rain
and heat, causing too great growth of
the weed and too little of the fruit. ” j
TRADE TOPICS.
Dun & Co.’s Report of Business for
the Past Week.
R. G. Dun & Co.’s Weekly Reviow
of Trade for tho past week says:
“The business outlook is much like
an April day, with alternate clouds and
sunshine. In some branches strong
improvement still continues, while in
others trade is diminishing. In the
adjustment to new conditions such con¬
flicting signs are to bo expected, and
tho more because tho deferred busi¬
ness which had awaited a settlement
was by no means evenly distributed.
For some timo to come, it is likely,
conditions in different trades and even
in different minor branches of the
same trades, may vary widely, Strikes
lesson for the time tlie working force,
perhaps, as much ns it is otherwise in¬
creased, but the strike of garment early ma¬
kers spreads so rapidly that an
end is considered certain, while tho
strikes iu cotton mills have advanced
prices so much that a settlement is
thought not distant. trade
“Of the aggregate volume of
no exact measure exists, but payments
through clearing houses for the first
week of September were 7.1 per cent,
greater than last year, though 29.7 per
cent, smaller than iu 1892. Perhaps
settlements on a past business affect
the record, but it also appears that
commercial loans aro not increasing
aud are limited, while western demand
for moving the crops are much smaller
than usual, indicating limited demands
in other business, though the cotton
manufacture after some weeks of in¬
creasing business which has been par¬
ticularly stimulated by the strikes, re¬
joices in a really largo demand with
rising prices. Several large mills
have gono into operation during the
week, and others will soon follow, aud
the deferred business appears enough
with current needs to employ tho
whole working foreo for a time.
“The iron manufacture has materi¬
ally increased its output since the coke
troubles ended, but with the result
that pig iron is weaker, Bessemer being
$11.50 at Pittsburg. At all eastern
and contral markets the demand for
finished products is somewhat disap¬
pointing, and prices gradually tend
downward, indicating a working ca¬
pacity exceeding present requirements.
Rails are not selling, and, except at
Chicago, there appears somewhat
less business in other finished
forms. The woolen manufacture, in
which deferred business might natur¬
ally have been larger than in others,
does not increase the working force,
and, after two or three active weeks,
the business has slackened with about
three-quarters of tho usual transac¬
tions for the season.
“Failures in August aggregated lia¬
bilities of $10,139,477, of which $3,-
172,330 were in manufacturing and
$5,078,152 in trading concerns. Dur¬
ing the week the failures wero 215 in
the United States against 323 last yeur,
and 47 in Canada against 25 last year.”
LIGHTNING IN ILLINOIS.
Several Towns Lose by Fires Caused
by Lightning.
A dispatch from DeKalb, Ill., says:
W «* ~ ■ »-;« nin- r-i b ajtfu»_cmong the va¬
rious small towns of tlm —£rb
day night. As a result the business
portion of Malta, a email town of 600
inhabitants, is in ashes, with losses ag¬
gregating $50,000.
The little settlement of Henrietta
was also visited by lightning and com¬
pletely wiped out. The loss will not
prove very extensive.
At Caledonia four buildings wero
struck at different times and each was
destroyed.
At Elmhurst a big barn was struck
and totally destroyed. The people
had hard work to save the schoolhouse,
situated near by.
Rockford came in for its share of
the flames, and in that town three fires
were caused liy lightning.
At Belvidere, a physician's stable
was struck and consumed, together
with two horses.
Huntley Buffered tho loss of threo
buildings, one of which was a stable.
In the latter instance four horses were
cremated.
At Herbert two buildings were
burned.
Tho Northwestern Railway com¬
pany’s track for a stretch of three
hundred feet, at Trout park, is washed
out by the heavy flood.
At Geneva also a washout occurred
on the Air Line, carrying away a largo
section of the roadbed.
TWENTY THREE DEAD INDIANS.
The Band Was Overtaken by the For¬
est Fires.
A courier reached Pokegama, Minn.,
and reported that the bodies of twenty
three Chippewa Indians—bucks,squaws
and papooses—lie upon the sands be¬
tween Pokegama and Opstead, a small
settlement on the eastern shores of
Lake Mille Lac. They are scattered
over ten miles of country and will in
all probability prove food for buzzards
and wolves, as the country where they
lie is too far from civilization for burial
ceremonies.
The Indians left their reservation
two months ago and built a hunting
lodge along one of the forks of Shad
ridge creek. Chief Wascouta was the
big chief of the party and he nerislel
with his followers. Tho first body
found by the courier was that of an
infant barely a year old. Then came
those of two squaws and five children.
They had evidently turned west when
the fires swept through the forest. A
ride of a mile brought him to a pile of
ashes, which marked the site of the
hunting camp. I hero was one tepee,
the shriveled rawhide thongs marking
the place where it stood. Around it
were the ruins of a half dozen birch
wood bark shanties, protruding from
the ashe-s were the fused barrels of ri¬
fles and shotguns. Then for five miles
the pathway was lined with charred
bodies. The courier counted twenty
three.
To Build Cotton Mills.
J. M. Goad, of Chattanooga, has
just closed a deal with an English svn
dicate whereby the Alton park prop
erty, a suburb on Chickamauga creek
is sold for $500,000. It is understood
the English purchasers will at once
erect large cotton mills on Chieamauga
creek, which will furnish all the water
power wanted, and also that two large
blast iron furnaces will be built.
4 man is usually most distinguished
alter he is extinguished.