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THE MONROE &
VOL. XL.
One-fifth of tho meat consumed in
Great Britain and Ireland is scut
tliitber from the United States.
I lie largest department store in tho
world is to be built iu New York City
with Chicago capital. Tho site alone
lor this store cost about $7,000,000,
and it will occupy parts of threo
blocks.
In the United .States wo hnvo the
largcat railroad mileage in tha world;
« Xeeeding the total of all other conn
tries combined by over 30,000 miles.
In Kuroj >on n countries tho greatest
railroad mileage is Germany.
M oin ii aro frequently witty, but
seldom humorous, proclaims tho phil
OKopher of the Now York Press. This
they explain on the ground of their
finer temperaments. And the humor¬
ous girl in apt to marry unhappily,
Tho latest enginooring and ship
ennui idea is to dispense with tho
twenty-four locks iu tho Welland
Canal leading from Lake Erie to Lake
Ontario, and to make tho whole drop
of JgiJ feet between these two lakes in
two pneumatic balaneo locks, built of
steel, iperated by compressed air,
largo onough to admit vessels of oceatt
draught.
Sir John ICinloch proposes as a re¬
lief of tlie depression al agriculturo
that tho British Post-muster-Gonoral
make arrangements for eonveying but¬
ter under a Hpceial rate of a penny per
seventeen ouhoch, ho as to allow for
the packing of one pound parcels. It
is pointed out in support of this in¬
creased facility for enabling fanners
/To communicate direct by pared post
with customers, that tho import of
butter from abroad lias increased
from a trifle under $60,000,000 in
1892 to a sum approaching $07,500,000
last year.
Canned illuminating gas in believed
ti the New Orleans I’icnyuno to be tho
coining thing. A Now York man has
invented a way of putting it up so,and
it threatens destruction to tho meter
and the gas company. A tost was
made of tho invention ji few days since
iu CTovefaml, and an expert who saw
it reports that it works in an entirely
satisfactory manner. Tho gas burned
steadily, and gave an excellent light.
Tho material from which it is made is
limo and coal dust, welded by elec
trioity into a sort of dark brownish
porous substance. Tho gas is gene¬
rated by placing this substance in
water.
An ex-inembor of tho Newfoundland
Colonial Legislature lias denounced
the English parliament for "allowing
the pcoplo of Newfoundland to starve
on tho streets, and tho British flag to
bo starvedoft’the flagpole in Newfound¬
land, while England gives thousands
of pounds to the Armenians and pro¬
tecta African trading companies, leav¬
ing our people to go begging to Amer¬
ica for relief to keep body and soul
together.” It is evident to tho Now
Orleans Picayune that the island prov -
inco and the mother country are drift¬
ing apart and tho present crisis serves
only to hasten the day when Newfound¬
land will break away altogether, and go
fishing on its own hook.
The Boston school teachers have
been discussing the prevalent weak¬
nesses of their pupils. They have
come to the conclusion that the telling
of untruths is the most formidable
shortcoming of the girls, while untidi¬
ness is the principal sin of the boys.
One schoolmistress says that habits of
deceit iu her pupils spring from their
desiro to create a good impression.
Tho Now York Sun comments: "We
cannot believe these conclusions as
regards the girls. Their desire to
u^usc is one of the finest attributes of
TBFr nature. They are made to be
charming, aud know it at an early
age. No deception is needed to make
all right-minded persons of tho other
sox admit it freely.”
A german expert Dr. Karl Futterer,
thinks that tho gold production of
Africa has only just begun. He esti¬
mates the gold output of tho Trans¬
vaal in 1893 as $29,000,000 and he de¬
clares that the Witwatersraud gold
fields alone should produce $40,000,
000 a year for the next quarter of a
century. The German observer may
be over sanguine but the San Fran¬
cisco Chronicle maintains there is no
question that even from mines which
were partially worded in bibieal times
there is a large amount of precious
metal waiting for any oue who will
develop them in a seieutitie wav.
These mines are not for the poor man
as the greater part of the claims must
be worked far underground with tho
aid of costly machinery such as is un¬
known in this seotion of the country
fJKjept tbe UpUJitock.
FORSYTH. MONROE s T TY, GA, TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 4, 1895.
LINCOLN’S DFATIL
NOAH HROOKS’ RECOLLECTION
OF THE GREAT TRAGEDY.
The President Did Not Want tc Go
to the Theater, but Would Not
Disappoint the Public.
The afternoon and evening of April
II, 1.865, were cold, raw and gusty,
Dark clouds enveloped tho capital,
and the air was chilly with occasion
a I showers. Late in the afternoon I
filled an appointment by calling on
the President at the White House,
and was told by him that he " had a
notion” of sending for me to go to
the theater that evening with him
aml Mrs. Lincoln; but, he added, that
Mrs. Lincoln had already made up a
party to take the place of General
and Mrs. Grunt, who had somewhat
unexpeetedly left the city for Bur
lington, New Jersey. The party was
originally planned for the purpose of
taking General and Mrs. Grant to
see "Our American Cousin,” at
Ford's Theater, and when Grant had
decided to leave Washington, lie (the
President) hud " felt inclined to give
up the whole thing”; but as it had
been announced in the morning pa
pers that this distinguished party
would go to the theater that night
Mrs. Lincoln bad rather insisted that
they ought to go, in order that the
expectant public should not be whol¬
ly disappointed.
On my way home I met Schuyler
Colfax, who was about leaving for
California, and who tarried with me
on the sidewalk a little while, talk¬
ing about the trip, and the people
whom I knew in San Francisco and
bHcramonto c , .vliorn , , ho wished . , ,, to meet. .
Mr. laneoh, had often talked with
'".about possibilities of Ins
ei entunHy tukins up his residence
,n ( nlifornta "tier h.s term o office
said, that ,'°,,T that country r ' , won ,'V d afford » !
better opportunities for h.s two hoy,
than any of the o dor States; »"d
when he hoard that t olfax was going
that hoped
Colfax would brin* him back a
pracl lee,( o\>servatfon
the eo.intry which he (Colfax) was
about to see for the first time.
"le evening being inclement, >
stayed within doors to nurse a violent
cold with which I was afflicted; and
my room-mate , McA-and I i whiled i •! i
awsy the time chatting and playing
cards. About half-past ten our at
. tention .. was attracted .. , j , to the n,minted frequent p ,
galloping of cavalry or the
patrol past the house which we occu
pied on New i ork avenue, near tho
State Department building. After
a while quiet was restored, and we
retired to our sleeping-room in tho
rear part of tho house. The next
morning I was awakened in the early
dawn by a loud and hurried knocking
on my chamber door, and the voice
of Mr. Gardner, the landlord, crying,
"Wake, wake, Mr. Brooks 1 I have
dreadful news. • »
I slipped out, turned the key of the
door, and Mr. Gardner came in, pale,
trembling and woebegone, like him
who "drew Brian's curtain at the
dead of night,” and told his awful
story. At that time it was believed
that the’President, Mr. Seward, Vice
President Johnson and other mem
bers of tho government had been
killed, and this was the burden of the
tale that, was told to us. I sank back
into my bod, cold and shivering with
horror, and for a time it seemed as
though tho end of all things had
come. I was aroused by the loud
weeping of my comrade, who had not
left his bed, in another part of the
room.
When we bad sufficienty collected
ourselves to dress and go out of doors
in the bleak and cheerless April
morning, we found in the streets an
extraordinary spectacle. They were
suddenly crowded with people—men,
women and children crowding the
pavements and darkening the thor
oughfares. It seemed as if everybody
was in tears. Bale faces, streaming
eyes, with now and again an angry,
frowning countenance, were on every
side. Men and women who were
strangers accosted one another with
distressed looks and tearful inquiries
for the welfare of the Bresident and
Mr. Seward’s family. The Bresident
still lived, but at half-past seven
o’clock in the morning the tolling of
the bells announced to the lamenting
people that he had ceased to breathe.
His great and loving heart was still.
The last official bulletin from the
\\ ar Department stated that he died
at twenty-two minutes past seven
o’clock, on the morning of April 15.
Instantly flags were raised at half
mast all over the city, the bells tolled
solemnly, and with incredible swift¬
ness Washington went into deep, uni¬
versal mourning. All stores, govern¬
ment departments, and private offices
were closed, and everywhere, on the
most pretentious residences and on
the humblest hovels, were the black
badges of grief. Nature seemed to
sympathize in the general lamenta¬
tion, and tears of rain fell from the
moist and somber sky. The wind
sighed mournfully through streets
crowded with sad facel people, and
broad folds of funereal drapery
flapped heavily in the wind over the
decorations of the day before.
Wandering aimlessly up F street
toward Ford’s Theatre we met a
tragical procession. It was headed
by a group of army officers walking
bareheaded. and behind them, car
ried tenderly by a company of sol
diers, was the bier of the dead Bresi
dent, coverei with the flag of the
Union, and accompanied by an escort
of soldiers who had been on duty at
the house v here Lincoln died. As
the little cortege passed down the
street to the White House every
head was uncovered, and the pro
found siienco which prevailed was
broken ooly by tobs and by the sound
of the measured tread of those who
bore the martyred President back to
the home which he had so lately
quitted full of life, hope and courage.
Stevenson's Last Prayer.
The Literary Digest gives tho fol¬
lowing sweet and expressive para
graph as tho last prayer of Robert
Louis Stevenson, composed and read
to his family the evening prior to his
death:
"Me beseech Iheo, Lord, to behold
us with favor, folk of many families
and nations, gathered together
in tho place of this roof—weak
men and women, subsisting under
the cover of Thy patience. Bepa
tiont still, suffer us yet a while
longer, with our broken promises of
good, with our idle endeavors against
evil; suffer us awhile longer to en
dure, and (if it may be) help us to do
better. Bless to us our extraordinary
mercies; if the day come when these
must be taken, have us play the
man under affliction. Be with our
friends; be with ourselves. Go with
each of us to rest; if any wake, tem
per to them tho dark hours of watch
ir.g, and when the day returns to us
om* sun and comforter, call us with
morning faces and with morning
hearts, eager to labor, eager to be
happy, if happiness shall be our
portion; if the day be marked
with sorrow, strong to endure it. We
thank Thee and praise Thee; and in
the words of Him to Whom this day
is sacred, close our oblation.”
Weighs Even a Pencil Mark.
Scales are now made of such nice
ad j U stment that they will weigh
, to tho smallestl.air „‘ plucked
from oyobrow . They re trI _
„ mp hs of mechanism and are inclosed
,„ 63 as thc sll „ h test breath
ot air would impair their records,
The J, glass cases have a sliding “ door,
d soon aJ tll6 weight „ plttced
in ,, h . balances thedool slides down,
Th0 bahmcog ar0 cloMed again » nd
Se ‘ b?ams t t'r ' h vr Wh ‘ C11 Sl w ‘ sbtly
the
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ascend,and in tho needle, which indi
; ??‘ e8 ‘ be ^ • ?!“'?“ • 0t , . , , ,
ev0 "
the ten millionth part of a pound
al ,d less, will move from its porpon
dlclllar . A signature ° containing nine
letters has been weighed -is and ^ proved
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How to Walk.
A Delsarte teacher who is peculiar
in knowing something of Delsarte’s
system of expression, says that
women can improve their walk with¬
out a teacher, though they can’t learn
about, walking from print. The proper
length of the step is twice the length
°/ 1 0Iie j fo °L an{ l it is f°°t' measured to the hollow from
10 10 °' v
the other. Now, take a piece of
^ a P e> and sew on it bits of flannel at
intena s t'woe the length of one of
^°, ur ^ e(d ' stretch it across the long
es ^’ room }on have at your disposal
Maybe ?!’1 } °u are don ready t know that for practice. each foot
you
should cress tho same line w h each
succe£ . ^ . P^ _ ^ should—that is
' e G important, j sne s e so now you must
c 3 0Ur tape and set one foot and
then the other right over one of those
flannel, letting the flannel
j . *t under the instep. Do this
cor p° u
anc and ] turn swing your your toes leg from out very the thigh, well,
and you are far on the road to a
beautiful walk.
Hypnotized Into Buying.
it is needless to go outside the
ranks of the gentlemen who peddle
commodities through the Maine
country towns to find experts in the
hypnotic or mesmeric arts. The
story is told of aCorinna man, in the
Lewiston (Me.) Journal, that after
receiving a visit from an aople tree
agent recently he asked a‘neighbor
to examine him and see if be was in
his right mind. The neighbor looked
at him in astonishment,
"What in thunder do you want to
know that for?” he asked,
"Well,” said the victim, "I haven’t
go t, an y land nor chance to set out an
app i e tree if I had one, and Lord
knows I don't want any. But here
j’ vc ju S t been and ordered enough
trees to stock a twenty acre lot of an
agent that made me believe I couldnt
ge ,t; along without them. T" That’s
w hat I want to know if I’m in my
right mfnd for.”
Chinese Proverbs.
"It thunders loudly, but little rain
falls.” (Much cry and little wool.)
“ There’s a time to fish and a time
to dry nets.” (There’s a time for all
things.)
"Time flies like an arrow; days
and months like a weavers shuttle.'
(Time and tide wait for no man.)
"For him who does everything in
Bs proper time one day is worth
(A stitch in time saves
nine.) —
"Virtue is the surest road to
longevity, but vice meets with an
early doom. ’ (\ irtue is its own re
ward.)
"The truths which we least wish
to hear are those which are most to
our disagreeable.) advantage to know.” (The truth
I s
“ Abstain from false accusing, that
the good and honest may be in
safety. ” (Bear not false witness
against thy nai^jjor.)
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St-a wares contain silver inconsiderable
qwtiu**.
FOR T1IE FAIR SEX.
SKIRTS ARE SO FULL THAT
THEY SUGGEST CRINOLINE.
Feminine Fril!s--The Latest Style
Skirts and How They Are Being
Made.
The new skirt is decidedly tending
to crinoline proportions. Thick cords,
feather bone and various other de¬
vices are resorted to so as to make it
stand out. Tho organ folds have in¬
vaded the sides and finally attacked
the front breadth, whero it waves in
not ungraceful undulations. One and
all swing from the hips—when there
are hips to swing from, in the ab
sence of which fair readers must pad
their corsets. Some people may
think this wicked, but it is far better
than to offend the eyes of your artis
tic fellow creatures and make your¬
self a blot on the face of humanity !
‘‘I have no figuro,” you bluntly
declare.
"Madame,” smiles the dress¬
maker, "wo shall make you one.”
An attractive design for a gown in |
frieze or cloth is shown in the illus¬
tration. Another shows a tea gown
made of pale salmon brocade, tho
net front worked with pearls and
border; 1 with pearl embroidery.
The bows are of green velvet, match¬
ing the green tone that is in the
brocade. The soft sleeves hang in
particularlj" graceful folds, and end
at the elbow with a deep frill. A
stylish costume, with some novel
effects in its arrangement, is shown.
The cloth is of firm texture and the
color is what is known as narcissus
green. The bodice is braided all
over in a ribbon design formed of a
fine mohair braid of a walnut tint.
This has a dentated outline of lino
cord entwined with thr^-ds p>Aji of iri¬
descent metal. The full. front,
folded collar and under tkftque arc
arranged in a soft shade of yellow
satin, the center plaid rosettes and
buttons being of walnut velvet. The
skirt lias a spiral design of braiding
on either side of the front, hanging
down Iroiri the waist. The capote is
of narcissus cloth. The square front
has bows of walnut L The
wings are of white.
FASHION NOThH
Bonnet and toque striiS
nensed i incry. with in nearly all |ll H
with The the big leghorn exquisite^H^fefc*;' hats ajS
most
ribbons.
Tailor-made dresses of coloreoc^HP
will be very fashionable this sum
mer.
Golden brown, pale fawn color, tan
and green are tho favorite shades in
cloth for capes.
Some very smart umbrella handles
are of crystal, with gold lizards or
snakes twrned about them.
C’repons and all sorts of craped fa¬
brics will remain in highest favor for
summer gowns.
A new idea in cotton frocks is to
carry the coloring of the separate
waist on to the skirt in a ruffle at
the edge.
Everything in the way of decora¬
tion this season is gay, brilliant and
lavish.
Tartan ribbons are mingled with
derk green and other velvets on Eng
glislx walking hats.
Shot, flowered and other fancy
silks are taking t he place of velvet in
tho making of sleeves.
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Capes of army-blue cloth are trim¬
med either with jet or edgings and
Vandyke points of heavy ecru lace.
Very novel are the small pointed
collar and cuff pieces made of fine
linen with drawn work, and real lace
edging.
Yellow, particularly deep mais, is
a leading favorite this season and is
most often seen in combination with
black.
The new white petticoats are
made very full and with many gores,
and are as carefully fitted and hung
as are the dress skirts.
Heraldic looking gilt ornaments
stand at right angles on some of the
hats amid loops and lace plaitings,
roses, violets and foliage.
One of fashion’s latest fads is the
black alpaca skirt and cape with a
fancy silk waist, the cape being lined
with silk like the waist.
There are signs of bustles in the
wide silk petticoats with back
breadth? finished with whalebones
and trimmed with numberless small
ruffles.
Pretty butterfly capes of velvet
that reach to the elbow, and some¬
times only cover the shoulders, ac¬
company many of tho stylish spring
costumes.
All light, dainty tissues, such as
mousseline do soie, chiffon, nets,
novelty crapes, gauze, embroidery,
and light and Heavy lace goods, en¬
ter into the composition of collars,
yokes, boas, plastrons, vests, detach¬
able fronts and entire bodices.
The open eyelet ted pattern of old
English needlework is one of the
newest trimmings on gowns of sheer
nainsook, as well ns on matinee and
dressing sacques.
The round waist continues to ap¬
pear on imported gowns, but some of
the bodices for youthful wearers aro
sharply pointed and fasten under the
arm or elso in the back.
The pansy collar is one of the la¬
test creations. It is made of pansies
in their natural colors sewn closely
together with ivy leaves, entirely
covering a deep purple satin ribbon.
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fewest tailor m s ana
skirts are very smart in appearance,
the coat much shorter than we have
seen it for some time, with rampant
sleeves a i i a world too wide ” to be
in any sort of proportion to the jacket
itself.
Long matinee gowns are made of
soft, sheer crepons and other wools
in delicate tints in preference to silk.
These gowns often fall in fine accor¬
dion plaits from a high yoke.
The adoption of white collars and
lace ruffles at throat and wrists is
one of the most marked features of
frocks and women are thankful for
its daintiness and becomingness.
A Beautiful Brahmin Queen.
The Brahmin Queen of Eunigal,
India, is a picture of Oriental beauty,
a study which any artist might well
covet. Her rich olive complexion
contrasts well with the profusion oi
raven hair that is coiled carelessly a
little to one side of her shapely head
and fastened with pins, a small
wreath of jasamine or stepbanotis
usually entwined therein. Her fea¬
tures are long, with bright laughing
eyes, and her firm mouth displays
the most perfect teeth. Her ears are
literally filled with precious stones,
there being ten or eleven distinct
holes in each, graduating in size to
the tip. In her right nostril is set
a tiny jeweled button, and around
her neck are charms of various sig¬
nificance, but all are supposed to
avert evil. Her tall figure is draped
with airy and artistic effect. The
robe consists of soft India silk, elab¬
orately embroidered, arranged about
her in mysterious grace, a very enig¬
ma of garment without the explana¬
tion of a single stitch. It is clorely
plaited at the waist in front, falling
in a fan-like train over the feet, and
fastened with a belt of gold that is
studded with crescents of pearls.
This garment is short in tho back,
and is brought over the shoulders,
hanging in soft loose folds.
A False One.
"The nearest I overcame to being
married,” said the old bachelor,
"was when a shopkeeper gave me
a bad fifty-ccnt piece, and I went
back and tried to get a better half.”
The Coming Woman.
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NOTES AND COMMENTS.
Already there have been inoro train
robberies in 1895 than for the entire
year in either 1890, 1891 or 1892. j
A. J. Blackwell, the rich and !
erratic Indian who owns tlie cities of
Blackwell and David in the Indian
Torritory, announces that he will
build a $800,000 temple at David
City, Okla., for the perpetuation of
Indian religions.
‘Tin: indications of reviving busi
ness continue. The New York World
publishes interviews with leading
men in almost every department of
business, and without exception they
represent conditions as hopeful and
improving.
The Examiner states that for each
convert made in foroign fields during
the last year it Iras cost the American
Board (Congregational) $2(50 the
Missionary Union (Baptist) $85, the
Methodist Church $285, the Episco¬
pal Church $1,884, and the Bresby
terian Board $278.
The Engineering and Mining Jour¬
nal notes an increase of prices of
staple articles estimated at from 20
to 25 per cent, as compared with the
prices of the beginning of Clio year.
Tho articles noticeably alTected are
silver, corn, meat, cotton, wool and
wheat, while in the iron and other
metal markets there is a "a rising
tendency.”
The United States Consul at Han¬
kow’, China, has sent to the Depart¬
ment of State an elaborate report on
the tea trade of last year. He says
that it is tho belief that there will be
a larger demand for tea the coming
season than the last and that there
will be keen competition. He adds
that the Russian trade was largely
remunerative last year. The report
shows that for t he season of 1894-95
the exports of tea from Hankow to
America and Canada wero 6,995,298
pounds. About the same amount
was sent to Great Britain direct,
while 22,468,247 pounds wore shipped
to Russia.
The Sioux City Journal is im¬
pressed by the difficulties in the way
of harmonizing state, city, and town
government systems. It says:
"Just what to do with our cities,
how to give them the necessary
measure of self government, and yet
■B&iardagainst the license which
fea
•gific alike— as
em in si anship
worthy of tho best talent and most
brilliant genius.”
A feature of the Cotton States Ex¬
position in Atlanta, Ga., will be the
production of a spectacular play
based on the career of Hernando De
Soto and his band of Spanish cava¬
liers in the early history of America.
A company of New York and Atlanta
capitalists has been organized by
Mrs. Littleton, with a capital stock
of $100,000, to produce this spectac¬
ular drama. They will build a thea¬
ter and present in tableaus the ro¬
mantic and adventurous career of De
Soto in Georgia, Alabama and Flori¬
da, drawing partly on tradition and
partly on imagination.
House boats will soon be intro
ducod , T . >n this . country, . a company
of » 00,000 ,o to , f build an ,'f n them W in •“ 'iT 11,.la
de phm. It ,s proposed to establish
a floating camp or village nearrhila- J
delpliia this summer. Each boat will
be of a standard pattern, complete j
in itself, with as many rooms and
berths as may he required. They will
be supplied with kitchen, store room
and lavatories, with open shaded
decks for fair weather, and a small
boat for landing and visiting. This
style of boat is common in some
parts of Europe, especially in Lon¬
don.
the C zar of Russia . has rejected . a
petition which was recently present
ed to him by seven journalists and
literary men in favor of modification
of the press laws. A commission, I
consisting of the ministers of justice
and of the interior and the procura
tor of the holy synod, to which the
document was referred, reported ad¬
versely tipon it, pointing out that
the presentation of collective peti¬
tions is logically prohibited, and also
that the press laws are not anti¬
quated, but that they have been re¬
peatedly amended. The commission
added that private persons are pro¬
hibited from calling upon the gov¬
ernment to change the laws of the
country and are especially prohibited !
from criticising them.
At Dashour, twenty miles south of
Cairio, the graves of two princesses
of the Twelfth Dynasty, more than
4,000 discovered # in¬
years ago, were
tact a little while ago. The coffins
had decayed and the mummies crum¬
bled to dust as soon as an attempt
was made to remove them, but on the
head of each was a golden coronet
looking as fresh as the day it was
made. One was a wreath of forget-me
nots with Maltese crosses at inter¬
vals made of precious stones; the
other coronet contained a socket in
which was inserted a spray of flow¬
ers made of jewels, with leaves and
stems of gold, Beside these were
necklaces, bracelets, armlets, ank¬
lets. daggers and charms.
The United States Patent Office
will make a good showing at the At
lanta Fair. The collection made for
the Chicago Fair puts it in a position
to do so within the rather meagre ap
propriation, $6,LEX). The display will
run mostly to the cotton industry
and general agriculture. The cotton
gin of Eli Whitney may occupy a
separate case. Plows will range
from that of Daniel Webster to the
latest approved model. A recent Massa- ac
quisition just received from
ehuseiis io the first patent granted
NO. IS.
in what is now tho United States. It
was issued in Massachusetts. "At
agenerall C’ourto at Boston the Oth
of the 8th mo. 1610,” to Joseph
Jenkes,of Hounslow, County Middle
sex, England, and declared “ yt no
othr pson shall set up or use any
such new inventino or trade for four
teen yeares without ye license of him
ye said Joseph Jenkes.”
J a pax, after a comparatively short
campaign, has thrashed China and
obliged the latter country to accept
terms of peace that aro extremely
galling. In other words, a nation of
40,(XX),000 of people has put under
subjection a nation of 400,000,000.
It is interesting and profitable to con
sider the causes that led to t his re¬
markable achievement, remarks the
New York Journal. A good deal of
the mystery is cleared away when wo
assert that the Japanese aro both
patriotic and self sacrificing. Tho
Chinese, on the other hand, aro self
indulgent and have little or no love
of country. From tho outset of the
struggle, civilized nations extended
their sympathy to Japan. It seemed
plain that any improvement in
China’s status must bo brought
about by heroic treatment. Even
Li llung Chung realized this, and
now acknowledges that the higher
interests of civilization have been
subserved by his country’s defeat.
The influence of Japan on China.is
sure to be beneficial. Tho Chinese
are a clever and in many respects an
admirable people, but they have been
held back by a narrowness of view
and a retroactive disposition that is
bound to disappear under Japan’s
progressive treatment.
Speaking of Mrs. Hetty Green, tho
richest woman in the United States
(her fortune is estimated at $50,000,
000), tho Now York Journal says:
Hetty Green is said to bo a rich wom¬
an—so rich that her personal tax is
fixed at $27,000. Yet Hetty, with
all this money, has no home. She
asks the poople sho moots to tell her
of some place where sho can sleep.
She never sees on tho walls around
her any little embroidered legend,
"God Bless Our Home,” nor does she
see the associated objurgation about
'•Our Cook.” She cannot lot herself
live in ordinary comfort, believing,
apparently, that if she has no homo
she will not have to pay the taxes.
It is therefore hardly worth while to
be so rich in purse if you aro so ab
fOeUl poor an soul. If you have to
sneakl^JiH^HiteJdving the fromtuxuSe always rtev^He, on
sly, dodging
and making your dinner on five cen
worth of crackers bought at a gro¬
cer}', what is the use of money?
There are hundreds of thousands of
poor women in the tenement houses
in this city with just enough to live
on w r ho may, perhaps, envy Hetty
her millions, but who are far hap¬
pier than she is.
An official of tho Agricultural I)®»
partment, discussing tho recent in¬
crease in the price of cattle, which is
said to be the primary cause for tho
increase in the price of beef in the
country, says that it may be occa¬
sioned by the decrease in tlie corn
crop of the past few years. The last
great crop of the country was [that
grown in 1891 and available in 1892.
It amounted to 2,000,000,000 bush¬
els. The crop of 1892 was 1,680,
000,000 bushels; ,' that of 1898, " 1,620,
()00 (100 bu8he „ nd , hc ot
>894 less tl.au 1,200,000,000 ' bushels,
Co „, the )al food ot bMt
, It is true bat the farmers
have used wheat for cattle food dur¬
ing the depression of price of this
cereal, but the falling off of the corn
crop, in tlie opinion of the official,
may have had more to do with the
rise than anything else. Lack of the
principal food for cattle may have
induced stock raisers to put upon
the market more cattle than for
merly. Another reason for the de¬
crease in the number of cattle is
given in the fencing in and closing up
0 f many of the stock ranges and
rano hes. The settlement of tho
Western States by small farmers has
made stock raising in great herds less
profitable, and it is said that the in
crease in cattle has not nearly kept
p ace with the increase in populatiou
0 f jq ie country,
Aquatic Sports at Wellesley.
Wellesley girls show no diminution
in their fondness for aquatic sports
There has just been shipped from builde?^ thfl^
works of a Connecticut boat
a fine eight-oared barge, intended for
the use of the class of ’97. The
barge is . described as forty-five , , ,, feet
Ion 8 r - th / ee feet f> earn . ar J d }? cor V
structed throughout , of bpanish
cedar, lap-streaked, with copper
fastenings. The fittings are made up
of patent roller slides, swivel row
locks, and adjustable foot braces. It
sounds like a racing boat, but it has
not been built for that purpose, as
the students are not permitted to
race on the lake near the college, bub
it is safe to say there will be some
pleasant and not too slow spins taken
in the new barge.
A Myatery in a Tree.
#
Mr. J. B. Blair, who lives six miles
from Villa Rica, was in town Tuesday,
sa ys the Carrollton (Ga.) Free Press,
with a mystery in the shape of a
piece of a tree with a jaw bone of a
man in it. It was shown to five of
our doctors and they say it is either
that of an Indian or white man. But
how it got there is a mystery, as it
was near the center of the tree, the
tree being over two feet through, and
was found four feet from the ground,
Mr. Blair was offered $500 for a half
interest in it to show at the Atlanta
exposition. He says he would not
take $2,000 for it, as he proposes to
exhibit it throughout the United
States and at the coming exposition
In Atlanta,