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THE 3ANDERSVILLE HERALD.
EXTRA session of legislature proceedings
in THE HOUSE. I Vicious ami long term mer sflall be
The house having adopted the Hoi- ^°. l farm °. r farms.
'convict lease bill presented it to a re°to C he ] I)r . oducts of the farms
na t e The upper house killed all f reo i„ h T ! d n competition with
the senate.^* rree . labor - The convicts are to raise
der
,l,e original sections of the Holder such products as will be used bv the
ferent sections of the skidoo bill, the convicts shall make tools, machin-
Xhev then passed it and returned it ery, etc., such as will be required by
the house, who refused to accept tae road gangs.
' J The money for the purchase of the
COTTON CROP DAMAGED
THE DUKELET.
Heaviest m Year* According to
Reports From Over the State.
it a* amended. ro *money ror the purchase of the
»'system of parole and conditional . , nd and tbe roa( i equipment
lnn for the Georgia penitentiary . . ,a aken from the special prison
pardon tor iue ^ ^ fund, to be accumulated as Indicated.
Heavy Rain Caused Cotton to Shed Ita
Boils, Blooms and Squaros.
Crop Will Be Short.
"Who ere those people on the shore7"
Implored the duke's fair bride;
“My creditors, my creditors,” the little
duke replied.
“Wlint makes you look so sad, so sad?”
Implored the duke's fair bride;
"I’m dreadin' what I’ve got to face,” the
little duke replied.
“For my tailor's there among 'em, and
he'll clamor for his pay;
My hatter weighs two hundred nnd his
fist Is hard, they say;
I wish your pa had settled things before
we sailed away,
For they'll all be Jumpin' on me at
the landin’!”
STATE NEWS BRIEFLY TOED.
^ passed by the house when the
b) ll providing for this by Mr. Persona
f Monroe was passed unanimously,
133 members voting. The bill provides
for all convicts except those convict
ed of two or three certain crimes,
to rev ive the advantages of a parole
ind conditional pardon, but it Is pro-
Tided that each convict shall serve w Hh $1,000 insurance
the minimum sehtence prescribed for Contract was awarded for a Jail lu 1
the crime of which Jie was^convicted, j Polk county, Georgia, that will cost
Beal Brothers bottling works at
Monticello werro entirely destroyed
by fire. The origin of the fire la un
known. The loss is estimated at
Atlanta, Ga.—Reports from every
one of the 146 counties of Georgia in
dicate that the cotton crop has been
damaged to the extent of $25,000,000
at least during the past three or four
weeks. It Is stated that the total pro
duction of Georgia will, at the lowest
calculations, fall 500,000 bales short
of the yield last year.
In a word the total production in
Georgia this year will not exceed one
“What makes them have that hungry
look?” Implored the duke’s young
bride:
"They’ve waited long, they’ve watted
tong," the little duke replied.
"What makes that tall man shako Ills
fist?” Implored the duke’s young
bride; )
"He wants his cash, he wants his cash,’
the little duke replied;
win
"He’s the man from
the engagement ring you wear,
For I told him that your fa
tom I purchased
fou wear,
ather was a
multimillionaire;
He’s ns strong, they say, as Samson was
rat
before ho lost Ills lmit’,
And I’m dreadin’ what’ll happen when
we’re Inndlng!”
^j r Persons made an interesting nearly $20,000 and for the building of 1 a half mllllon hales, as against a pro-
sneech and a good Impression on the a $50,000 fertilizer factory at Cordele 1 duct,on ,a8t >’®ar of two mllllon, one
other members of the house, and sev- Qa. ’ hundred thousand bales,
end announced that they had changed Mo1e8 en1ovs lh „ s, 9tlm .,, nn u 0 „ j Commissioner of Agriculture Hud-
their minds on the subject. As Mr. i n _ a hnnir i. a l° n °^*i V 8on be,,eve8 that even this estimate
Slater of Bryan later pointed out, it ] 0 f j n r ions P °f , *« bave d ° ub 18 too liberal, and he predicts that the
•Ives the poor man—the man without that ih! 1, h° m Und n crop W,U come nearf,r to approximat
ion!.- or political Influence—a chance Ldlv trouhhfd h ' ered J, n amld ing one and a Quarter million bales.
tnself and have hope for SB JJ y troubled business conditions. The extra session of the legisla-
The bill was by unanl- , to the 6 weeks' drouth dur- ture has furnished an unequaled op-
money or i
to r
.the 1 a | , onse nt ‘ "transmitted immediate- J ng July a,,d August, the cotton crop portunity to get a line on the cotton
JJIOU*
lv to the senate.
’ The house of representatives pass
in Hancock county will not be over crop of the state. It has brought to
60 per cent of last year’s yield, ac- | Atlanta citizens of every county in
. (l|l wise “near-beer” tax, by a cor( lhig to estimates of close observ- | the state, and most of them, as 1
, ao.v., i_ ors nf tho nrr\r» uroll Ifnnwn nro nnonood dlroptlv n
fate of 99 to 32. A tax of $200 Is
'placed on dealers and $500 on manu
facturers of Imitation 'beers.
era of the crop.
W. B. Spence, who attempted to
commit suicide at Columbus, by cut-
The provision of the bill limiting ting his throat with a razor, and who
the amount of alcohol the Imitation is In the hospital for treatment, is lm
beer may contain to one one-half per
cent was defeated.
Tie senate is committed to a tax
pf $100 on dealers and $500 on manu
facturers of imitation beers, -tout It
is not apprehended that the two
houses will experience a great deal of
trouble getting together on the ques
tion
The bill passed by the house pro
vides that the funds derived from the
tax shall go to support the convicts.
well known, are engaged directly or
Interested In farming pursuits.
Commissioner Hudson, assisted by
Representatives Atkinson, Reid of
Maqqn; Heard of Dooly and others,
proving slowly. Hts physicians say bave , made a careful canvass of the
ho will recover situation, and thev have been genuine-
.. . ‘ , ly alarmed at the Information they
The city of Hartwell held an elec- | bave received
H» n det J ira:llne whether or not the Out 0 f ( be 745 counties, In only two
city should have public schools, re- j 8 bbe co tton crop anything like as
suiting In a large vote and only four
against public schools.
The Georgia and Alabamma Indus
trial Index says; "Another Interest
ing testimonial of the superiority and
growing popularity of southern mar-
- -- , u „ . ble Is found In the beautiful Girard . ..v,v
The bill iiy Mb Perry or Hull to pudding, which has Just beeu com- the damage,” said Commissioner Hud
Of Georgia son. "The two excesses—too much
without, and rain and too much heat—caused the
regardo'd as one of the hand- cotton to shed Its young bolls and
lenses, March 31st next was lost oy gom0sb structures In the Quaker me- squares to such an extent that every
a vote of 116 to 39. The bill not nay- t r0 polis, While the New England acre of farm land in Georgia was lit
good this year as heretofore. The
other 144 counties report damage
ranging from 10 to 20 per cent.
"The heavy rains, which were gen
eral throughout the state two or
three weeks ago, followed by the
exceeding hot weather, accounts for
mi- u... u, ~ puiming, whten has just
stop the convict lease system y pleted In Philadelphia. C
amendment to the state constitution marb i e lt j g within and wl
at ihe termination of the present | s reEardod as 0 ue of
ip? received the requisite two-thrlds marblo Is soft, white and beautiful, | erallv covered with them,
majority of 122. required for amend ^ absorbs readily the smoke and lm- "Tlx
—. - . |lt uo , coull , olllu „ c , 'The damage Is greater ttys year
luoiits to tho constitution, was there- purltlog of a great clty The mar bie than ever before in my knowledge,"
found in the hills of north Georgia he continued, “and the worst of It Is
IN THE SENATE, being of a harder and more crystal- that it Is now too late to offset or
feat
Fmasculated In Droposed executive line formation Is non-absorbant and counteract the damage The crop is
aturcs, but otherwise Intact, tho Is regarded as peculiarly adapted for made, and it 18 the shortest In the
k.iHiitn paM.xs nnnuint hui r*onatruetion nurnoses In large cities. I history of the state in recent jears.
Substitute to the Felder convict bill, construction purposes In large cities,
known as the "skidoo" or "23" bill, Fourteen fires occurred In Macon
iwas passed toy the Benato by a vote during the month of August, while In
6f 33 to 10. August, 1907, only nine alarms were
The bill is one of the most compra answered by the Macon Are depart-
Ixnslve that has yet been offered In ment. During the past month only
solution of the question that Is troub- one bad Are occurred and that was
ljng the state, one of Its most Inter- Huhn’s hardware store early In . the
1 sting features toeing the levying of month. The other flreB were small
n Income tax. ones and the damage done amounted
The provision abolishing the pris-
WILL NOT CLOSE COPPER MINES.
on commission and creating In Its
place a board of control, consisting of
the governor, ccmmlsisouer of agri
culture and atteorney general, was
stricken from the substitute.
The provision for an income tax of
one-half of one per cent on all in
comes was eliminated.
The proposed tax on imitation beer?
was reduced from one to. two hundred
dollars; the tax of $500 on manufac
turers of Imitation heeds remained un
changed. ;• ;
An amendment requiring the mem
bers of the prison commission to give
all of their time to the discharge of
their duties was passed.
The essetnial details of the substi
tute follow; *
The state has direct supervision of
all felony and misdemeanor convicts.
The misdemeanors may, however, be
worked by the counties.
The lease system terminates on the
night of March 31, 1909.
The money derived from the hire of
convicts In the meantime shall be
aet aside as a prison fund.
The money already appropriated for
the support of the prison department
Is made immediately available.
The money derived from the Imita
tion beer tax shall go Into the fund
to maintain the convicts.
The felony convicts now hired out
to losses and used by the counties
shall be ‘givenu over to the commis-
flon on April 1, 1909.
The commission may, In Its discre
tion, purchase one or more farms.
The convicts shall be divided iuto
gangs or squads, and, under the su
pervision and management of the
state, shall work In the several coun
ties of the state upon the public roads
or other public works.
to very little.
J. A. Bagwell of Lawrencevllle, Qa.,
has bought the Marietta Courier. Mr.
Bagwell recently sold the Gwinnett
County Journal, of which he was edi
tor and came to Marietta.
One of the most successful revivals
ever held in Tallapoosa has Just been
brought to a close by the Baptist
church. Over a hundred members
were addt^ fo the church by letter
and profession of faith. The ordinance
of baptism was administered to the
new members at the Tallapoosa river
and one of the largest* crowds ever In
attendance upon any occasion was
present, lt being estimated that there
were two thousand people at the
river.
The resignation of Judge J. H. Mar-
tlon of Columbus of the superior
courts of the Chattahoochee circuit
Attorney General Gives His Reason
For Not Enforcing Injunction.
Atlanta, Ga—In a statement relat
ing to the Insistence of the people
of Fannin county that the Ducktown
copper mines be closed at once In
orfler to abate the nuisance arising
from the fumes of smoke and gas,
Attorney General John C. Hart has
set forth the reasons why he has not
enforced the injunction secured by the
state against those companies.
The Injunction was to go into ef
fect only after reasonable time had
been allowed the mines to abate the
nuisance complained of, and the at
torney general shows that In the ef
fort to do this they have already
spent about $1,000,000 installing sul
phuric acid chambers to convert the
fumes Into sulphuric acid.
"The companies are making an hon
est effort to correct tho evils com
plained of,” said the attorney general,
“and It is only a question of time un
til the cause of the complaint will he
entirely removed. To close down
these companies would mean the loss
of a million dollars to the people of
"What makes the crowd Increase so
fast?" Implored the duke's sweet
bride;
"More creditors, more creditors,” the
trembling duke replied.
"Why do they seem so rude, so rude?”
Implored tho duke’s sweet bride;
“Because, alas, they are canaille,” the
trembling duke replied;
"Your pa was cruel hard to make the
dot he gave so small.
If I should settle with them we’d have
nothin' left at all;
Address ’em from tho K&ngway—try to
stand 'em off till fall—
Or they'll do things that may shock
us at the landin’!”
Chicago Record-Herald.
AN INTERLUDE.
By R. RAMSAY.
Love for an hour or a day, sir,
Will do for a girl of Japan.
which was sent to the governor some Georgia. They are shipping Into the
time ago, took effect, and Honorable , state the sulphuric acid converted
S Price Gilbert, who was apponted from the fumes and that will mean a
bv the governor to succeed him, was reduction in the price of fertilizer to
sworn In Judge William Redd, of the the farmers of the state
ordinary’s court of Muscogee county “I have Insisted and shall continue
to Insist that the copper companies
take care of these fumes, and I believe
they are now making an honest ef
fort to do so, *nd they are succeed-
offlciatlng. At the same time that
Captain Gilbert was sworn in as
judge he vacated the office of solici
tor general of the circuit court and
Honorable George C. Palmer, who had : Ing.'
L e c" e cWi nt w«» b « , 1 J b ,wo S r°n ^' 17 INSURANCE CCKMMES BARRED.
liettor general. Judge Martin retires
with the confidence, esteem and good Fai | et j * 0 File Semi-Annual State
menxs as Required by Law.
will of the people of the entire cir
cuit, and the new officials enter upon Atlanta, Ga.—Seventeen Ufe and
the discharge of their duties una ^ insurance companies in Georgia
most favorable auspices. bave f a i] e d to comply with the state
More than $6,000 was subscribed In law, which requires them to file with
Savannah for the relief of the Augus- j the governor semi-annual statements,
ta flood sufferers. This is the largest ; and, as a result they will be debar-
ra nuuu ° . ... Heavy red from doing business In Georgia
Vh ner works. a ”^i n butlois were made on the floor, f nr the balance of the year. When
The work to be done in the reaper,; coi l * lba ”° a n n 9 n ^. cott0 n exchange. The they renume, they will, under the law,
ive counties shall he apportioned by of the Savannah c tt aent be * lred t0 take out new licenses,
the commission in nrnnnrtion to non- American Naval Sto Spencer H . TeU companies are; The Cosmopoll-
^hotter chairman of'the board of tho tan Fire Insurance Company New
fame concern sent the Morning York; the United States Lloyds In-
News' fund, a’simi.ar amount Kra^m-
Tho „cu„„ .he directors ot .hc^lo «
the commission in proportion to pop
ulatlon.
The material used in road improve
ment shall be furnished by the coun
ties for which the work is done.
itlg the grades of C and A of rosins
♦.mounts to a decided innovation in
Gie naval stores world. Ever since
naval stores have been marketed
there have been three low grades, A,
B and C. They have In recent years
Savannah board of trade in abolish- ‘ h' a8 offered a standing re- j th 7|VuTh ' Atlantic Life Insur
ward of $50 to any citizen, policeman.
sheriff or deputy or any other clly-
or county officer who,will supply in
formation, with evidence to convict,
of the operation of any bBnd 1 ger '
The permits issued by tho building
d?een bunched together so far as quo- of Atlanta shows that dur-
tations are concerned and some of insp ^ uiat pinned
the foreign buyers have been kicking permits aggregating
recently that when they bought low , tne^ ^ ^ lrd of a m inj 0 n dollars, or
^hade rosins they got more A ’ 8 . than i °^ e be a e “act" $389,305, a clear gain of
anything else. To overcome this ob ‘ ■ ‘“ fi t j 33 ove r the month of Aug., 1907.
faction it was decided to abolish thi appreciable Increase the
Urely the A and C grade .and bunch vV Rj ai ‘ for the elg ht months
the rosins that have been placed un- to a tbe sam e number for
fler one or the other of the three low " i , ’ «2<)@ 026 The total for the
•r grades as B’s. It Is expected this 1901 * * “ ’ t0 date being $3,796,573,
will stop the kicking of our English ye gt $3 569,547 for last year,
and German cousins. j a 6 delegates from Waycross
1 How badly In need of a place tor, ^ re ^ en appointed by Governor
working the misdemeanor convicts of aa c q 1th t0 attend the Internatlon-
Savannah, Chatham county is, was lber c U losis congress, which will
Shown when there were so many prls- j a ‘ * , Washington, a D. C., Septem
bers in Jail that some of the cells t0 October 12th. The ap-
faad to bo occupied by more than one Professor E. A. Pound,
C«rson. There were almost two bun- g£ p ertntendent of the city schools;
ance Company of Richmond, Va.; the
General Accident Association Corpo
ration of Perth, Scotland; the Metro
politan Surety Company of New
York; the United American Life and
Accident Insurance Company of Phil
adelphia, Pa.; the Union Health and
Accident Insurance Company of Den
ver Col.; the American Assurance
Association of Atlanta; Ga.; the Fire
Insurance Company of Georgia, Dal
las, Ga.; the Great Southern Home In
dustrial Association of Birmingham,
Ala.; the Mutual Fire Insurance Com
pany of Cordele, Ga.; the Mutual Ben
efit Industrial Life Association of Sa
vannah, Ga.; Union Benefit Associa
tion of Savannah, Ga,
dffcd and fifty prisoners In Jail re
cently before the police court sent Its
iiuota there.. This class of prisoners
Dr J L. Walker and Dr. R. P. Izlar.
Bhellman cotton receipts for the
$334,GOO INCREASE SHOWN.
not work but remain in jail as an j seR son of 1907-08 were 11,4
©♦Dense to the city. The city and the rpjj ere wa g received here during Aug-
county are now preparing a plan by 2 000 bales of new cot- 1 jess than $6,000,000
f hich it is proposed to work the city j usu, ^ recolds of pre I -1-.^ t«v r
Dougherty County’s Tax Returns Show
Big Increase.
Albany, Ga.—When the tax returns
of Dougherty county were finally con
solidated it was found that the In
crease over 1907 amounted to a total
of over $334,000, which Is believed to
be the largest percentage of increase
shown by any county of the state.
The total for the county is a little
hcnvicts on the county farm, near the ton
The colored tax payers of the coun-
•ity limits.
vious years.
ty show a falling* oft in property re
turned of $17,000.
Elizabeth had been humming the
half-bitter song that never would
suit her voice. (Only a gay thing like
Kitty Marshall could imitate the flip
pant way that was the right way to
sing lt.) Breaking across its refrain
she heard a sudden clatter of horse's
hoofs.
She listened a minute, while the
pages fluttered down from the piano
and the song died on her lips. A slight
color tinted her pale, handsome face
as she walked to the window, and,
leaning her arms on the sill, looked
down, smiling.
"Bobby," she called.
He tried to Bmilo, riding past in a
desperate hurry; but she saw the fury
in his face. In another minute he
had burst into the room as If shot
from a catapult-^lus way. There was
no ringing of bells with Bobby. He
and Miss Lancaster had known each
other all their lives, and he came to
her as he would to an elder sister in
all his straits and rages.
"What’s the matter?" she asked,
holding out her hands to be shaken.
"Another quarrel?'
He rushed at her and squeezed them
tightly.
"It's all over!” he cried.
"Tell me about It," she said compas
sionately, blKhardly startled. It was
not the first time Elizabeth had had
to patch up a quarrel between Bobby
and the girl on whom he had fixed
his fancy. After half-an-hour’s com
forting he would ride back to make it
up. . . At least, that was v.hat had
always happened until tonight.
"She’s such a baby,” he cried, plung
ing Into the heart of things. "I can't
make her understand—I can’t make
her see—No, Elizabeth, it’s no good
saying it's haff my fault”
"All your fault, Bobby," she Inter
rupted, mildly.
"That’s your kind-heartedness, but
If you saw her—If you ouly heard her!
It's enough to drive a fellow mad.
So I said I wouldn t stand it. And so
she said, as we couldn’t agree, hadn’t
we better part—and—and “ He was
beginning fo stammer.
"My poor hoy," said Elizabeth, "she
did not mean it.”
“Well, I told her lt was the only
wise thing she had said since we had
been engaged. And then she laughed.
And I said, ‘What are you laughing
at?’ And she saicr,-‘At you.' ”
He broke off, almost choking with
anger, and there was a solemn pause.
A hush had fallen over all the garden,
and the last bird was singing painfully
in the trees. Elizabeth smiled half
sadly, half tenderly, there was nothing
in all the world as motherly as her
face.
“Don’t, Bobby, don’t” she said, lay
Ing her hand on his. He started.
"Don’t what?" he asked, hoarsely.
He had been staring at the floor, hut
now he lifted his eyes to hers, hot, ex
cited and very young. (He was three
years older than she, but perhaps she
had learned harder things—and he
would be a boy to the very end, as she
knew). "Do you think I inind? It
was an awful mistake, and I’m a con
foundedly lucky fellow to have got out
of it In time. Because—”
He caught her hands again Impul
sively, and gazed right into her eyes
"Because I’ve found out that I was
a fool, Elizabeth—you’re the dearest
soul In all the world—and you can’t be
angary. You’ve forgiven me so much
all ray life you’ve had to scold me and
forgive me things. You’ll forgive me
that? I know it’s confounded cheek
but I will say it—It was just a ridlcu
lous fancy I had for Kitty. I know
now It was you I loved all the time.
Elizabeth grew suddenly white a
death. The quaint, old-maidenly
motherly air forsook her, and left her
undefended.
"I’m sure of It," he wen: on eagerly
“But Just because it’s been always so,
I didn’t understand. That was why I
couldq’t agree with her. There was
ioafathlng wanting, something wropg
always—always! And 1 was a blind
ass and did not guess!”
"Don’t be so rash,” she said, with a
little sad smile of yearning; but, alas!
lt was hard to be prudent while her
heart beat so fast. Her voice, un
steady, pleading, took on a quick ring
of triumph.
"Why, Elizabeth—you—you—It's In
your eyes!”
He flung his arms around her pas
sionately, and she felt the clasp tight
en until his heart beat wildly against
her cheek. Her eyes weer shut under
strange hot kisses, and for a little
while she was dumb.
"Bobby, are you mad?" she mur
mured at last, breathlessly, lying up
on his breast.
"Mad?” he cried, "I was mad, my
darling. When I inink how dear and
kind you’ve always been, comforting,
helping me all my life—my dearest,
my guardian angel--I can't imagine
how 1 could ever dream—oh, you don't
know what a heavenly reBt lt Is to find
out that I'm In love with you!"
"My boy—my boy!" she said, wist
fully, looking up In his face. Her
eyes were dim with tears and fear and
wonder.
“I’ll go to your father at once,” he
said, stammering. "Elizabeth, do you
hear? I'm going to—to—to tell him.
I want all the world to know that I'm
yours, and you are mine. . . I want
them all to see"—
"No," she said. "Don’t go tonight.
Perhaps—tomorrow."
"Why," he asked impatiently; and she
tried to smile bravely up at his eager
face. Ho believed that he loved her
then. . . . Ah, yes, he believed lt.
Dared she not—
"I want to keep lt to myself, to
night,” she said. “Ah, my dearest, you
don’t know—you can’t guess what lt
means to me. Have patience, and let
me have lt to dream tonight with all
hut myself shut out."
He laughed, unwillingly giving In to
her whim; ami she pushed back the
hair from his hot forehead. He was
hardly able to undertake u solemn
palaver with Mr. Lancaster (who was
a J. P., and gruff) lu the present whirl
of his brain.
"Well, I’ll ride over tomorrow morn
ing—with the—with the early bird,” he
said gayly. “Elizabeth, will you be
awake? I’ll be up with the lark to
come and claim you.”
They looked Into each other’s eyes—
he with gallant laughter, and she all
wistful.
“Good-by,” she said.
"Good night, you mean. It’s never
to he good-by.”
"Kiss me, then, Bobby, and say good
night.”
She went with him to the door, and
watched him ride away under the
darkened trees. Her eyes were dazed
with happiness, but the wild flush was
already dying In her cheek—fading In
to Its haughty pallor.
On the stair she met her mother,
and paused to let her pass. Mrs. Lan-
cester looked her .her curiously.
"Has anybody—Elizabeth, who has
been here?”
Elizabeth saw the sharp glance at
her transfigured face.
"Only Bobby."
And then she reached her own room
and fell on her knees, hardly praying—
what dared she ask?—her heart filled
with the rash happiness that had come
to her. It waB all hers for one night,
at least, and she would go to sleep
with his kiss burning on her cheek.
Bobby did not come in the morning.
The day after there came a letter,
Impulsive, boyish, and—like him.
Daar, dear Elizabeth—You were
right—you are always right! I find it
was all my fault and my poor little
girl was not to blame. I can’t think
how I could have been such a brute.
But she lias forgiven me, though I
don’t deserve it—and it’s to be In Sep
tember, because when we’re married
we can’t possibly quarrel like thnt, you
knotf. And, she says, will you be a
bridesmaid? I was quite oft my head
last uight. How you must have
laughed at me! But I’ll never forget
your kindness, my guardian angel.
She says the bridesmaids are to be
dressed in pink
“His guardian angel!" said Eliza
beth, with a bitter smile. "I wonder
he does not ask me to be his sister!”
Alas and again alas!—New York
Evening Journal.
P,
LA&
CEL
INTION
A palm which grows In South
America has a leaf measuring fifty
feet long and twelve feet broad—the
largest in the world.
The diamond, so long the hardest
known substance, now has two ri
vals, the sillcide and the boride of
titanium—products of Henri Mois-
san’s elecfrlc furnace—being claimed
to he as hard.
Dr. Adolph Cluss, professor of agri
cultural chemistry and technology
In the Imperial Agricultural High
school of Vienna, Germany, Is visit
ing the colleges of agriculture and
experiment stations of the United
States.
Bird whistles are 0 curious Peking
product. Bamboo whistles of two
to five tubes and gourd whistles of
two to thirteen apertures are wired
to the tails of the pigeons, and emit
a peculiar and pleasing aerial music
as the birds fly through the air.
A method of bluing small steel
goods by dipping Is to melt saltpeter
In an Iron pot, then Immerse the
previously polished and cleaned arti
cles until sufficiently blued. The
goods should then he removed and
cooled In petroleum and afterward
dried out In sawdust.
In the erection of a railroad brldg<
over the Susquehanna River at Havre
de Grace the American Bridge com
pany will make use of what Is prob
ably the largest wood block ever
made. It has been made especially
for tho work, nnd weighs 1,350
pounds, measures 30 inches across
the shell and is rated at 60 tons ca
pacity. The shackle Is a solid forg
ing three and n half Inches thick.
A project Is being considered for
the trnusference of the Jardln des
Plantes to n site three mlle3 outside
Paris, where It Is intended to create
a zoological oasis In which the ani
mals can have comparative liberty.
Large lnclosures containing trees,
lakes and water courses are to be
constructed. One feature of the oasis
would be a large hothouse, In which
all kinds of butterflies would be
reared.
Ocean observations, connected to
the continents, have been suggested
as a need lu forecasting European
weather, but a more economical plan
Is proposed by 1$. Blgourdan, a
French meteorologist, who would
have regular weather reports fur
nished by steamships equipped with
wireless telegraph apparatus. How
essential are the observations at sea
Is seen from the fact that weather
changes are generally associated with
the passage of atmospheric depres
sions from the westward In the Atlan
tic north of 35 degrees North latitude.
About half of these depressions seem
to come from North America, and the
others form In the open ocean. Wfre-
less weather reports are already
made by British naval vessels.
The Changing Missouri.
The flood has been kind to one town.
For years Missouri City, about fifteen
miles east of Kansas City, la Clay
county, has been off the river map and
the steamboats couldn’t get within
mile3 of it because of a change in the
channel. But recently the high water
began to flow through an old channel
and in a few days lt had cut so deep
and so fast that Missouri City awoke
Monday morning to find Itself on the
main channel of the river. A few
hours later the steamer Chester pass
ed the old landing and Missouri City's
cup of joy was full.
Because of the change of channel
the boat line company will now take
freight and passengers for Missouri
City.—Kansas City Star.
Burns at a Slight Premium.
The first edition of "Poems Chiefly
in the Scottish Dialect" was published
in Kilmarnock in 1786 at a cost of
3s Cr; but perfect uncut copies—there
are supposed to be only three in ex
istence—now fetch as much as £1000,
the price paid for the impression in
the Burns Museum at Alloway.—York
shire Daily Observer.
The World’s Cemetery.
If it be true, as doctors are wont
to tell us, that we "dig our graves
with our teeth,” then, surely, London
may with equal truth be termed the
“World's Cemetery!"—Cassell’s Mag
azlae.
EYE TE8T8 FOR CHAUFFEUR8.
Accidents Due to Defective Sight,
Says Marseilles Medical Society.
That no chauffeur be granted a
driver’s license without first under
going a test for eyesight similar to
the one employed with locomotive en
gineers vas the urgent recommenda
tion seat'the French government by
the Marseilles Medical Society.
The toclety numbers among Its
members most of the leading physi
cians on the Riviera and in the
South of France. Striking statistics
are presented showing numerous ac
cidents on the road directly due to de
fective vision. ’
Dr. Roche, who made the report to
the society on the subject, related the
case of a chauffeur afflicted by as
tigmatism, who drove a car at full
speed into a flock of sheep. When
arrested the man explained that he
could seo a gray mass ahead, but
thought that this was caused by the
road being freshly sprinkled. He
was greatly surprised when he dis
covered his mistake.
Dr. Roche also cited the cases of
four one-eyed chauffeurs, all otH
whom were known to take part in
speed conlests. "To any one of these
men a grain of dust might be fatal,"
said the physician. "Their presence
at the steering wheel constitutes a
public menace."
Dr. Gauthier, another prominent
physician, cited the case of a chauf
feur subject to temporary attacks of
complete blindness.
Automobile clubs of France are re
quested to support tho recommenda
tion of the Medical Society, but thus
far have deferred action.—New
York Times.
Speed.
The American Globe-Trotter—Talk
about traveling. Why, in America
ti-ains go so fast that it takes two peo
ple to talk about ’em—one to sa,y,
‘Here she comes,’ and the other to say,
"There she goes.”—Sketch.
The city of Vienna is now trying tp
get control of mines in Moravia. The
reasons given for the purchase are
the high price of coal and the diffi
culty of securing a steady supply far
the municipal gas and electric plants.
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