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INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Meetings —GcrmanAmertcan Mutual Loan
and Building Association: The Cottas'6 Club;
Confederate Veterans' Association. Working
men s Union Association.
Special Notices— Lc Panto Cigars. L. I).
Strutton. Manager Masonic Temple Phar
macy: As to Crew of British Steamship I.au
restina:For Sale. John F. Rowland; New
York Oysters Cadden Oyster and Chop
House: Telegram From Our Buyer. Falk
' Clothing Company
Will They Go - Leopold Adler.
Steamship Si hedplb—Ocean Steamship
Company
Legal Sales—Sheriffs Sales, from City
Court of Savannah.
IINANCIAL—To Holders of Bonds of the
Columbus and Western Kailrord Com
pany.
A Notice—Falk Clothing Company.
Make Him New—B H. Levy & Bro.
Don t Delay—Appel & Schaul.
Cheap Column Advertisements—Help
Wanted: Employment Wanted; For Rerent;
For Sale: Lost; Personal Miscellaneous
A company to build .Jerry Simpson’s
famous North and South railroad has
been chartered at Topeka. The capital
stock is $18,000,000. The states through
which the line is to pass will be asked to
subscribe to its stock. A Wall street
mail named Edward liomer is among the
corporators and managers. The road is
a part of the scheme lately suggested by
Gov. Lewelling to divert the trade of the
west from the east to the gulf through
the Mississippi valley. Both the rail
road and the trade schemes have gone
about as far as they will ever get
It was erroneously stated in the Morn
iso IS ews dispatches yesterday that the
woman suffragists had opened a campaign
at Kansas City, Mo., and that they pro
pose to rack the state continually until
the constitutional amendment conferring
the suffrage upou women shall have been
voted upon in the fall of 1894. The Kan
sas City at which the convention was
held is in Kansas, just across the river
from the Kansas City in Missouri, and it
is the state of cranks and grasshoppers
and not Missouri that is to be made to
howl for the next year; for all of which
Missouri should be profoundly thankful.
There io no fever at Brunswick, the
city is beginning to resume its normal
condition, refugees are returning and the
outlook would be decidedly bright were it
not that heartless and conscienceless
scribblers bent on making money out of
Brunswick's mis f ortunc. continue to
spread groundless but disquieting
rumors of the situation of af
fairs there. The Times Adver
tiser is doing splendid work for the
rehabilitation of its city: meanwhile it is
thumping hard and often the heads
of the correspondents who disregard
truth in their efforts to till news
paper space.
Among the visitors to the President on
Saturday was the ex-Chinese minister,
who called for the purpose of saying
good by. His successor has arrived and
he is going home: not as our ex-ministers
return home after bt-iiig officially be
headed. to take up the thread of politics
and "roast" the administration, but prob
ably to be physically as well as political
ly beheaded. The Chinese government,
it seems, thinks its minister at Washing
ton was remiss in his duty when he did
not prevent the passage of the Geary ex
clusion act, and the Chinese diplomat
who makes a grievous error or a blunder
is required to give his head iu payment.
At Toms River. N. J., recently some
shameless republican partisans perpe
trated a -‘joke" that is likely to have se
rious consequences for themsefves. They
made an effigy of straw, labeled it “Gro
ver Cleveland,’' and hanged it by the
neck to a telegraph pole iu the business
part of the village. Indignant citizens of
the place have offered a reward of riot) for
the name of the party or parties who com
mitted the outrage and have raised a purse
of 1600 to prosecute l him or them, when dis
covered. The grand jury has also taken
note of the incident and will return in
dictments against whomsoever it finds to
have been connected with the affair. It
is. unfortunately, sometimes necessary to
inculcate respect for authority with a
club.
France’s magnanimity towards Siam is
of a peculiar type. Siam is on the flat of
her back, tied hand and foot and with
burning caudles at her feet. Under these
circumstances France says she may take
three months in which to decide whether
or not she will accede to the demands
made upon her. Meantime French sol
diers are running affairs in certain
Siamese towns to suit themselves. It
would not be surprising if the Franco-
Siamese affair should yet be the cause of
some serious complication in the east. A
month ago, as. it was subsequently
learned, England was very near the
verge of war with France because of the
Siamese difficulty, and it does not appear
that England is less interested now than
. he was then.
Vnc and Tillman.
SytaTor Vance and Gev Tillman are a
pair of silverites who would Is* rather
dai.g r is to those who favor the uneon
d.i" a! is-p al of the Sherman silver law
if t'n w ere clothwd with sufficient purer
I. u K. ig arguments to sup|K>rt their side
of the silver question they would hang
these uhe do not agree with them.
Hanging would certainly silence their op
]Hi:n nts. but fortunately they are in such
a small minority that there will not be a
resort to hemp to settle the silver ques
tion.
In our dispatches the other day Got.
Tillman was reported as saying: ‘-The
capitalist are now fighting to reduce,the
metallic currency by one-half by mak
in ■ a cold standard. It is the most gigan
tic scheme of robbery ever attempted,
and the people ought to rise in their
might and put a stop to it, banging some,
of the men who are causing it all. if it is
necessary. They destroy the debt paying
power of one-half the coin for the benefit
of the debt-holders. bondholders
and capitalists and then tell
the bankrupt people who con
tracted these obligations under the bi
metallic standard that this country is en
titled to as good money as any other
country."
The trouble with Senator Vance and
Gov. Tillman is that they are unable to
tell the people how their views can be
made to accomplish the object they pre
tend to aim at. At leapt they have never
told them, although they have had unlim
ited opportunities for doing so. About
all the arguments they have advanced
have been found to be untenable, and
now they are reiterating this one relative
to the destruction of the debt-paying
power of one half of the coin.
If their views should prevail all the
gold would be driven out of circulation,
and therefore the currency would be con
tracted to the extent of about $600,000,000.
They do not seem to take that fact into
consideration in their reckless silver talk.
Their failure to do so indicates a desire
to mislead the people.
They pretend to want bimetallism.
Why don't they point out how bimetallism
can be attained? The reason is they can
not. They know that gold and silver cur
rency would not circulate on a parity if
free silver coinage were adopted at a ra
tio of Id to 1. They admit they would not
when they express a willingness to accept a
raflo of 30 to 1. But they haven't a sin
gle fact nor an argument that shows that
tho latter ratio would give the country
bimetallism. Indeed, every man that
gives tiie matter a moment’s thought
knows it would not.
The truth is. Senator Vance, Gov. Till
man and other silverites are not bimetal
listsat all. They are silver monometallists,
and they ought to come out squarely and
say so. They do not dare to do that, how
ever, because they know that very few
people in this country favor a silver
standard. They therefore do their fight
ing behind bimetallism, knowing, how
ever that at this time bimetallism is
practically impossible.
Those southern senators who are trying
to make the country keep up the price of
silver for the benefit of the silver pro
ducers will have an interesting question
to settle with thoir constituents when
they seek a re-election. They have dem
onstrated quite clearly that they do not
represent the people who sent them to the
Senate, and when the people have a
chance to speak again these senators will
be told that their services are not needed.
They have demonstrated their unfitness
for a great public trust.
A New Currency Scheme.
It is stated that an important confer,
ence was held at the treasury department
Saturday, in which the Secretary of tho
Treasury, the si>eaker of the House and
members of the committee on banking and
currency took part, relative to a substi
tute for the national bank currency, hav
ing all the security of that currency, but
not based upon government bonds.,
There is a great deal of opiiosition to re
pealing the ten |ier cent, tax on state bank
currency, thus opening the way for the
establishment of state batiks upon such a
basis as each state might determine. The
ground of opt>osition is that in some of the
states sufficient care would not be taken
to protect the notes that would bo issued,
and the consequence would be that the
country would be flooded with "wild cat”
money, just as it was prior to the civil
war.
If the report in respect to the confer
ence at the treasury department Sat
urday is correct, the scheme proposed
is that the national banks shall sur
render their charters and that all banks
shall receive their charters from their
respective states, but that all notes
shall be supplied by the government.
Enough Is not yet known of the scheme to
say what the security for the notes of the
hanks is to be, but the inference is that it
is to be as good as that for national bank
notes. If this inference is correct tho
scheme will meet with very little opposi
tion. What the people insist upon is that
whatever currency is put into circlation
shall be sound and well secured. Tho
people cannot afford to bo in doubt as to
the genuineness or worth of any bank
note offered to them.
It is said that a good many of the presi
dents of national banks have been con
sulted in respect to the proposed currency
system, and have expressed a willing
ness to accept it. In its behalf it is
claimed that it is flexible and will afford
all the currency for any section of coun
try that can possibly be needed. Should
it take the form of a bill and be offered in
the House, it is believed that a good deal
of the opposition to the repeal of the
Sherjnan silver law In the Senate would
disappear.
A party of commissioners from the
world’s fair went up to North Dakota re
cently to inspect a mammoth wheat field
operated by steam plows, 4-horse reapers
and other modern farming implements.
Among other things the commissioners
were told that it cost ¥-1 an acre to plant,
cultivate and harvest the grain, and that
a profit of $8 an acre could be made,
even with wheat at “panic prices.”
It is said that while Senator Jones, of
Nevada, and the other millionaire sena
tors from the silver states are making so
much noise about silver they are secretly
buying up promising gold-bearing prop
erties in Canada and Chile. When they
get their gold holdings it is just possible
that we may see them unloading their
silver mines and getting on the other side
of the silver question.
THE Morning news: Tuesday. September .1. ism.
Cotton Ftctoriti in the South.
The re|Mirt made by Mr. Henry G Hes
ter, the xi ivUtry of the New Orleans
Gotten Exchange, for the cotton season
ending Aug HI last, shows that there is a
steady increase in the manufacture of
cotton goods in the south As already
stated in the Morning News, the cotton
crop last year was ti.TWJkVi bales, a falling
off as compared with the receipts of
the previous year, ol 2,355.014 bales. The
failing off in the number of hales was due
to several causes. theehief of which was
the ilecYcaso in the acreage. The low
prices which had prevailed during the
season of IMM-Thi influenced planters to
give more attention to food crops and
stoc k and less to cotton. The prices re
ceived last year were somewhat better
than those received the year before,
though they were not sufficiently high to
make the total amount received for the
Frop last year near as large as the total
amount received for the crop of the pre
vious year.
A feature of Mr. Hester's report is the
increase in the amount of cotton taken by
the southern spinners and the decrease in
the amount taken by northern spinners.
The total of the domestic consumption
was smaller than that of the previous
year. The northern spinners took 503,-
000 bales less, but the consumption by the
southern spinners was K* a per cent,
greater. The number of bales taken by
southern mills was 743.848. This was a
gratifying increase and justifies the con
clusion that the time is not far distant
when a very large part of the cotton
grown in the south will be consumed by
southern mills.
For the year ending Aug. 81. there was
a gain of thirteen cotton mills in the
south in active operation over the pre
vious year, and a net increase in spindles
of 173.000. Of this number 135.000 were
new and 38,000 were additions to old
mills.
For several years the number of
cotton mills in the south has been increas
ing, and with prosperous times this in
crease will bo much greater during the
next few years. The south has ad
vantages for cotton manufacturing that
must eventually make her the cotton
manufacturing section of the country.
Northern cotton manufacturers are be
ginning to recognize this, and some of
them are seriously* considering the advis
ability of moving their plants to the
south. It is safe to predict that the an
nual consumption of southern mills will
be more than 1,500.000 bales within the
next six or seven years.
Europe on Dress Parade.
On Sept. 1, 1870, the battle of Sedan
was begun. The following day the Em
peror of France surrendered himself to
King William in person and was carried
a prisoner to Wilhelmshohe. Last Satur
day, Sept. 2, was, therefore, the anni
versary of one of the greatest events of
the Franco-Prussian war. On that anni
versary the Emperor William 11. grand
son of the William to whom Napoleon
surrendered, entered Metz, in company
with the Crown Prince of Italy, to review
extensive military maneuvers. Metz, it
will be remembered, is on the French
frontier.
It is natural, therefore, that the French
should be exercised concerning the dem
onstration at Metz. They regard Will
iam’s presence as an affront to them, and,
as told in the Mousing News’ dispatches
of yesterday, denounce his coming bit
terly.
While Germany’ is beating drums and
parading armies on one side of France,
Italy is preparing to do likewise on an
other. Military maneuvers by the Italian
army are to be performed on the Franco-
Italian frontier, under direction of King
Humbert.
These warlike incidents, taken in con
nection with the chronic animosity be
tween France and Germany and the re
cently augmented bad feeling between
France and Italy, make students of “the
European situation" apprehensive that
something is about to take place, they do
not know precisely what. The New York
Herald’s cable quotes “a diplomat”* as
saying the maneuvers “look as if Europe
was holding a dress parade to see what
she would be able to do against France in
the event of a war.” At the same time,
the diplomat is not sure that King Hum
bert's hostility to France will not precipi
tate trouble. He was very much angered
by the Aigues-Mortcs affair, and has not
regained composure.
The effect of the order of the treasury
department in suspending the issue of
gold certificates will be that less money
in large amounts will be hoarded. This
is illustrated by two incidents that oc
curred recently at the New York sub
treasury. A woman with two grown
daughters, all three carrying large
valises, entered the sub-treasury two
weeks ago, and presenting $9,000 in bills,
demanded gold coin for the amount.
Cashier Muhlemann tried to pursuade
her that the bills were as good as gold,
but she insisted on the gold coin, and it
was given to her. She put it into the
three bags, and she and her daughters
went away smiling, satisfied that
whether the country went to the dogs or
not, they, at least, were safe. Last Fri
day another woman, accompanied by
members of her family, laboriously car
ried into the sub-treasury an equally
large sum of gold, which she had just
drawn from the savings bank. She
asked Mr. Muhlemann to exchange the
gold for bills, but he refused, stating
that the department had stopped issuing
gold certificates. The woman went away
troubled in her mind, wondering what
she was going to do with her money, now
she had drawn it out of the bank.
Reports from North Carolina, Virginia,
Maryland and as far north as Connect
icut are to the effect that the recent
storms did an immense amount of damage
to the oysters. In this neighborhood and
in South Carolina, also, the damage to the
oyster beds has-been great. From North
Carolina to Maryland it is estimated that
the loss will approximate $1,000,000. In
Long Island sound and New Haven har
bor it is estimated the loss will be $2,000.-
000. If these estimates, made upon casual
examination, should hold good upon clo
ser examination, the losses on oysters will
be among the greatest of all the losses by
the storms.
An anarchist newspaper at St. Louis
last week announced its suspension "be
cause of the financial stringency.” If the
stringency could be focused upon the few
remaining nightshades of the kind the re
sult would be gratifying.
PAST TEAR S COTTON CROP.
Report of the N-w Orleans Exchange
Oiven Out in Full.
New Orleans. Sept. 4.—The New Or
leans cotton exchange report of the cot
ton on ip of the |K ls t year was given out
in full to-day. Iu addition to the leading
figures telegraphed last Thursday night,
the report says that, taking the average
for the entire year, based on returns
from the southern outpu ts and largest
interior feeders of overland routes, the
value of the past year’s commercial crop
has lieeit about 4217.50 per bale, against
*42 50 for ls<ll-<i2. a d< crease of *5 JUT bale,
and the total value of the crop *2M.750.000,
against 4338,812.000, a ih ';eit of *54. <>62.o<ki.
Figures are given showing that the
actual growth of the past year was 6,450.-
000 bales, and that the eommereittl crop
of <5,700,000 included 250.000 bales of old
cotton. The Texas crop is put at 2.108,*
528 bales, made ut> of actual deliveries
from the state for the iar ending Aug.
31, showing a decrease of 3<iu,ooofrom last
season. This total, it is said, constitutes
the commercial crop or amount moved by
railroads, etc., and not the growth, which
some excellent authorities claim to be
100.000 less. The commercial crop by*
states in thousands of bales, as compared
with last year, is divided as follows:
State. 18.12. 1881
Alabama .. 610 1.(0.)
Arkansas .* 61a 900
Florida 45 TO
Georgia 830 1.100
Louisiana •• - 14a 735
Mississippi 870 1.310
North Carolina ... 325 4<<o
South Carolina 550 too
Tennessee 280 400
Texas 2.100 2,406
Total crop, bales 6 700 9.035
The returns relating to cotton con
sumption in the south are of a more satis
factory description.
SOLID SHOWING <iF SOUTHERN MILLS.
The financial disturbances, so serious in
other sections of the country, exerted but
little influence on the mills in the cotton
belt up to the beginning of August; and
then in reply to a direct question
sent to every mill, a surprisingly
large number stated that they ex
perienced no ill effects. It is
true that a general sense of uneasiness
prevailed among mill owners and that
there were growing complaints of in
creasing difficulty of disposing of goods.
Fears were expressed also of a possible
danger ahead, to result from the contin
ued financial stringency, but. as a matter
of fact, the consumption of raw cotton
had been but little affected. The facts
show that no manufacturing industry is
on a safer or more rapidly growing basis
than cotton mills in the south.
FIFTY-FIVE PERCENT. INTEREST.
Five years ago <IBBH- !<0), the southern
mills consumed 480,000 bales; this year,
in the face of unfavorable commercial
conditions, they used 744.0u0, an increase
of 204,000 bales, or 55 per cent. The spin
dles now in operation are 2,171,147, against
1,098,680 at this time last year.
SOUTH CAROLINA LEADS.
In the list of states. South Carolina has
again forged ahead, reaching nearly 204,000
bales, an increase of 18,000, equaling 42V 3 '
per cent, of the entire southern consump
tion for 1889-’9O, and over 27 per cent, for
the present year's consumption. Georgia
follows closely, with 184.1X10 bales; or 6,-
000 increase: North Carolina with nearly
182,000, or 16.000 increase, while Ala
bama is 8,000 bales ahead of last year.
WILKES COUNTY.
Systematic Robbery of a Washington
Merchant Come to Light.
Washington, Ga., Sept. 4.—A very
startling discoveiyAvas made by one of
our most prosperous merchants, Mr. K.
A. Almand, a few' days ago. The story
has just come out that one of his clerks
has been systematically robbing him for
more than a year. The young man, L.
Gains, is a very retiring, modest looking
fellow, scarcely more than a boy and hav
ing no vices that any one kuew of, which
makes his crime the more remarkable.
He had the temerity to commit part of
his illgotten gains to Mr. Almand himself
for safe keeping. He accounted for them
by saying that his father was dividing
his property among his children and this
was his share.
In some way Mr. Almand's suspicions
became aroused and he went over to El
berton to investigate. He found that Mr.
Gains was in no condition to be sending
hus son large sums of money. In the
meantime lie discovered that young
Gains had lent Hammoch & Lucas, drug
gists of tiiis place, ft,500 and taken their
note for the amount. Mr. Almand em
ployed an Atlanta detective to come hero
and see if he could trace the mystery, but
Gains was too sharp to be caught. He
(Mr. Almand) found that Gains had re
ceived no motley by the express or post
office. so he finally decided to tax him
with the robbery. At first lie stoutly de
nied his guilt, then weakening, confessed
to have taken 830, then figured it up to
*350 and, breaking down, be owned up to
having taken at different times,
Jhe Urge sum of $5,000. He wept like a
i4iild, and begged to know what Mr. Al
wand meant to do with him. He (Mr.
Almand) in the most magnanimous man
ner told him that if he Would restore the
stolen property as fai aa he could and
promise to forsake his evil ways he
might go free. Gains then turned over
to his employer the note feu - ¥1,500, a dia
n..ml ring valued at ¥3OO and some due
hills which Mr. Almand owed him. mak
ing in all about ¥3.100, leaving Mr. Al
mand out about ¥BOO or ¥9OO. The young
man left town early Sunday morning on
his bicycle. Few men would have treated
the thief so leniently' as Mr. Almand has.
He says ho esteemed the boy very highly
and trusted him as he would his own
brother.
“FLORIDA DAY,” SEPT. 13.
Hotel Enlargement and New Cottages
for St. Teresa.
Tallahassee, Fla., Sept. 4.—Gen. E. B.
Bailey of Montieello, lessee of the state
convicts, has been to the capital to con
fer with the board of state institutions in
regard to their management.
Governor Mitchell has made official an
nouncement that Sept. 13 will be “Florida
Day” at the Columbian Exposition.
The State Tobacco Growers’ Associa
tion will meet in convention at Lake City
to-morrow.
Col. John A. Henderson and family are
among tin' recent departures for Chicago.
Mr. ,1. B. Whitfield, clerk of the su
preme court. has returned from Baltimore
and Washington.
George B. Perkins arrived yesterday
from the University of Virginia, to spend
a short vacation at home.
Miss Grace Morel will leave to-morrow
BAKING POWDER.
- The only Pure Cream of Tartar Powder.—No Ammonia; No Alum.
Used in Millions of Homes— 40 Years the Standard.
for Birmingham, Ala , where she will
enter college.
Col. Thomas J. Perkins and wife. Miss
Fannie Perkins, Mrs J. D. Perkins,
Charles Perkins and Alex Harrison have
return'd from Gn-enville, S. C.
L. C Yaeger and wife will start for
Chicago to-morrow.
Messrs ( H. Blackwell, H. H. Dia
mond and Julius Ball came up from St.
Teresa on Saturday. Mr Blackwell,
proprietor of the hotel aud steamer, says
he has had a very successful season and
will build a number of cottages and add
forty rooms to bis hotel during the winter.
For the past two weeks sojourners at St.
Teresa have had great s|iort with the
tarpon directly in front of the hotel.
While they could hook them any day. no
one succeeded in landing a "silver king,"
as all were novices in that line and were
not provided with the necessary tackle.
Rev. Dr. Harris went down a few days
ago with a regular tarpon outfit to try
his luck the second time.
Mrs. F. K. Lambof the St. James has
returned from the mountains.
Watermelons are still plentiful in the
Tallahassee market.
Prospectors are coming into the hill
country of Florida.
THE FATAL BUZZ SAW.
Saw-Mill Employe Frightfully Muti
lated and Killed.
Carrabelle, Fla., Aug. 31.—A horrible
accident occurred here this evening
(Thursday) at li o’clock. Wesley Rick
ords, employed in the saw-mills here, was
putting on a slab chain when he was
caught in a cogged gearing, tearing his
left arm and shoulder blade from his body,
breaking his neck and hack and crushing
his left leg in pieces, killing him instantly.
Dr. Rickords was an industrious young
white man, and leaves a wife and four
small children iu destitute circumstances.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
It is one of the duties of the prime minister
of Madagascar, to marry the queen of the
country for the time being. The present
premier has been married to three queens,
one after the other.
It seems doubtful, says the Hartford
Times, whether objection can be brought
against the last latest form of horsewhip,
which is constructed so as to give a slight
electric shock to the animal. The handle,
which is made of celluloid, contains a small
induction coil and battery, the circuit being
closed by means of a spring push. The ex
tremity of the whip consists of two small
copper plates insulated from each other, each
of which is provided with a tiny point. The
plates are connected to the induction coil by
means of a couple of fine insulated wires. As
a means of surprising a sluggish animal into
doing his best work without the infliction of
physical pain the electrical hosehip will by
many be hailed with gladness.
Curious resemblances in nature, says the
Petit Journal des Sciences, start with the
cocoanut. in many respects like the human
skull, and almost a facsimile of the mon
keys. The meat of the English walnut is al
most a copy of the humun brain; plums and
black cherries like the human eye; almonds
like the human nose, and an opened oyster
and shell a perfect likeness of the human ear.
The shape of a mans body may be traced In
the mammoth squash; the open hand ingrow
ing scrub willows and celery; the human
heart in German turnips and egg plant, and
dozens of the mechanical inventions of the
present day to patterns furnished by nature.
Thus, the hog suggested the plow, the butter
fly the door hinge, the frog stool the umbrella,
the duck the ship, and the fungus growth on
trees the bracket.
The Mohammedan paradise is a fairyland.
To enter it the believer must cross seven
bridges, at each of which he must answer
questions relating to his past life. Having
crossed the bridges, he Is at the entrance.
There are thirteen doors. The first act is to
take a bath, which gives the body great bril
liancy. This abode of delight is built of
bricks of gold and silver, held together by a
mortar of musk. Spring is eternal. Four
oceans soothe the senses—one of water, one
of milk, one of honey, one of wine. Waves of
perfume envelope them, so powerful as to be
noticeable 500 days' march away. Lastly
come the castles of the houris—seventy cas
tles with seventy rooms, containing seventv
state heds and seventy tables already set. and
in this castle 1.680.700.000 houris. This to
each of the elect He himselt has seventy
robes of green brocade embroidered with
rubies and topazes.
The human family living on earth to-day
consists of about 1,450,000.000 souls—not fewer,
probably more, says a London exchange.
These are distributed literally all over the
earth's surface, there being no considerable
spot on the globe where man has not found a
foothold. In Asia, the so-called ' cradle of the
human race." there are now about 800.000,000
people, densely crowded, on an average of
about 120 to every square mile. In Europe
there are 320.0,10.000. averaging 100 to the
square mile, not so Crowder, as Asia, but
everywhere dense, and in many places over
populated. In Africa there arc. approxi
mately, 210,000.000, and in the Americas—
North, South and Central—llo.ooo,ooo, these
latter, of course, relatively thinly scattered
over broad nrcas. On the islands, large and
■small, there are probably 10.000.u00 more. The
extremes of the blacks and the whites are as
5 to 3. the remaining 700.000,000 intermediate,
brown, yellow and tawny in color. Of the en'
tire race 500.000,000 are well clothed—that is.
they wear garments of some kind that will
cover nakedness -250.000,000 habitually go
naked and T00.000.C00 onlv cover tho middle
parts of the body; 500.000,000 live in houses,
7uo.iKM.nuOin huls and caves, the remaining
250.u00.000 virtually having no place to lay
their heads.
I-'rogs arc mainly juice, says a writer in
September St. Nicholas. If they try to make
more than a short journey away from moist
ure, in a drought, they will perishfor want of
water; and then their bodies will dry away.
The frog's bones are so soft that he searcely
leaves any skeleton. A frog meets with re
markable changes during his natural life. He
begins as an egg and hatches out as a fish
That is. a tadpole, or polliwog, at first has
Kills, breathing water alone. In hts early
days, however, the tadpole soon loses the out
side part of his gills and breathes air: so that
he has to come to the surface of the water
every few minutes, like a porpoise, to get a
fresh gulp of breath. During the first part of
his career, he swims by sculling with
his long tail. After a while his
legs begin to grow out. his tail becomes
shorter and shorter, and when he is a com
plete frog he has no tail at all. but swims bT
kicking. When half frog and half tadboie
he still has a good deal of tail, and in addi
tion big hind legs and mere sprouts of fore
legs, so that he is a very funny-looking fel
low. A bullfrog tadpole at this stago seems
neither of heaven nor of earth. Again the
tadpole eats water , plants, but when he be
comes a frog he feeds on animal life. Tad
poles eat the green moss or -scum" that we
see so often on logs and plants in a stagnant
pool, and they show a good appetite for soft
decaying water growths. The fouler
the pool the happier the tadpoles
As they are numerous, and thus
devour a great amount of mat
ter that would make It very unhealthful to
live near a stagnant pound, they are really
useful creatures. In captivity they will gener
ally eat meat, whether good or bad, as well
as bread and bran dough: and, as a special
relish, will sometimes luuch on one another's
tails. The common frog gets his final shape in
the first season: but the bullfrog goes under
the mud for the winter, while still a tadpole
and it takes at least another summer and
sometimes more, before he has full right to
be called a frog. He Is some tour years from
the egg in getting full growth, and does not
become old for about ten years more.
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One !c'. Gents’ Night Shirts,fancy trimmed,
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100 dozen Gents’ Best 4-ply Linen Collars,
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Gents’ Regular Made Halt Hose, in tans,
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Ladies' Muslin Underwear.
Ladies’ Torchon Trimmed Night Gowns at
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Ladies’ Handsomely Trimmod Night Gowns
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Ladies’ Skirts, Drawers and Corset Covers
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