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INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Meetings—Landrum Lodge, No. 48, F. &
A. M.
Special Notices—Golden Apple Tobacco
Tags, Henry Solomon & Son; State and
County Taxes, 1894.
Auction Sales—Saloon Fixtures, by J.
McLaughlin & Son; Ladies’ Cloaks and
Smyrna Rugs, by J. H. Oppenheim &
Son; Jack Screws, Crowbars, etc., by A.
K. Wilson.
Jack Frost—Appel & Schaul.
Our Quality Drawers—B. H. Levy &
Bro.
Steamship Schedules—Baltimore Steam
ship Company.
Cheap Column Advertisements—Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
Heretofore the annual reports of the
heads of the executive departments at
Washington have been among the driest
literature turned out from that great
center of dry reading matter. Hut Sec
retaries Bissell and Morton have made a
radical departure from the time honored
custom, and their latest reports have
about them a breeziness that Is decidedly
refreshing. Should the example set by
these esteemed secretaries be followed
up by their successors, it may be
that in future reports the secretaries will
make puns and crack jokes.
A Mr. Ilalg has invented a method of
steamship propulsion which he thinks will
result in sending transatlantic, or other,
steamers through sea water at the rate of
a mile a minute. His plan is to put a num
ber of paddle wheels—say sixteen—in an
air tight channel at the bottom of the ship.
The channel is to run from stem to stern
and be open at each end but closed at sides
and bottom. The wheels are to operate
in chambers in which compressed air will
be forced at such pressure as to keep the
water on the buckets of the paddle wheels
at a depth to make them most effective.
The wheels are to be driven at a speed of
170 revolutions per minute, which the in
ventor says will propel the craft at a rate
of sixty miles miles an hour. A question
In connection with the scheme that will
interest engineers is, how will Mr. Haig
keep the condensed air in his wheel cham
bers at the requisite pressure, at the same
time leaying the chambers open to the
ingress and egress of water and running
his paddle w’heels at a high rate of speed?
Our dispatches of yesterday reported
that the Japanese prime minister declined
to receive Mr. Deitring, who went from
China to discuss with him a possible
terms of peace. According to a Herald
cable, Mr. Deitring is thought to have
been in secret an emissary from Li Hung
Chang to the Japanese, bearing proposals
looking to the end of Li’s repudiating
the Pekin government and joining the mi
kado's army in an effort to overthrow the
Manchu dynasty and reorganize the
Chinese government. It seems to be ac
cepted as a fact in Shanghai that the vice
roy has grown tired of the supineness of
the Pekin court and the insults heaped
upon him by the emperor, and that he
Is ready to rebel and take with him the
flower of the army. The viceroy, further
more, Is In danger of losing his head be
cause of the downfall of Port Arthur. If
it is true that Li sent an agent to the
Japanese, their refusal to treat with him
leaves the old man in rather a precarious
situation.
Some days ago we quoted the report In a
Chicago paper that the onlyqvid sent Into
the district of Congressman Wilson of
West Virginia by the national democratic
congressional committee Ht Washington
was "twelve bagsfull of Gorman's speech
attacking the Wilson bill.” From later de
velopments It seems that the anti-adminis
tration clique In the Senate did about as
much to defeat Mr. Wilson as the repub
licans themselves did. A correspondent
of the Kansas City Star asked Mr. Wilson
the other day If the story of the twelve
bags of Gorman speeches was true and
the correspondent sa>H: "Chairman Wil
son confirmed the statement In detail. He
said that when applieatlon was made to
the national committee for aid the com
mittee, which was under Senator Faulk
ner's direction, dispatched twelve mall
bags tilled with copies of Gorman's abuse
of the President and defense of the Ben
ate bill." Whatever other campaign lit
erature was distributed, Chairman Wilson
said, hls campaign manager paid for out
of hls own pocket. Not one penny of the
congressional committee's money was sent
to Mr. Wilson's aid In view of this prac
ticing of cut-throat tactics by alleged
democrats, it Is not surprising that Mi
Wilson a us beaten.
The South Carolina Dispensary Law.
In view of the effort that is being made
to enact a dispensary law for this state the
statements of Gov. Tillman of South Caro
lina in his mt *sage to the legislature rela
tive to the workings of the dispensary law
in that state are extremely Interesting.
The governor insists, of course, that the
law can be enforced. It is natural that he
should do so, because the dispensary
scheme Is one of his pet reforms. It is ap
parent, however, from what he says that
he has not yet succeeded in en
forcing the dispensary law', and that
the effort to enforce it has given
him a vast amount of trouble
and has cost a good deal of money and a
number of lives. Avery considerable part
of his message is devoted to the dispensary
troubles, and the conclusion that those
troubles suggest is that it is by no means
certain that it is possible to enforce the
law.
The governor says he has sixty-five con
stables and detectives employed to see that
the provisions of the law are complied
with, and that the expenses of enforcing
the law are heavy. He wants the law ;
amended so as to give him more power j
than he now has. He wants a law pro- j
vfdlng for a metropolitan police force in
all cltleß w here such a force is found to i
be necessary, and he is sure that it is ne
cessary in Charleston.
The demand for a metropolitan police
force indicates that the law Is not now' be
ing enforced, and that the difficulties in j
the way of enforcing it are so great that
it is a question whether or not it can be j
enforced at all. We have said frequently, j
and the more we see of the workings of
prohibitory and dispensary laws the more
firmly are we convinced that the statement
Is true, namely, that a law that has not
the support of the people cannot be en
forced.
There Is not a great deal of difference be
tween a prohibitory law and a dispensary
law', and Gov. Tillman virtually admits
that a prohibitory law could not be en
forced in South Carolina. In his message
he makes this statement: "It is safe to
say that of the men who voted for pro
hibition in 1892 not one thousand remain
who believe that prohibition is practica
ble.” And why is it not practicable? Simp
ly because public sertiment does not favor
it.
More than half the counties of this
state are prohibition counties, and pro
hibition is enforced because the people
have voted for it. The other counties do
not favor prohibition and it would be
impossible to make them obey a prohibi
tory or a dispensary law’. They may be
educated to favor prohibition and adopt
it under the local option law, hut to at
tempt to compel them to accept It or a dis
pensary law would be a great mistake.
The Political Boss Condemned.
Dr. Parkhurst, whose successful war on
Tammany has made him famous, Is now
making war on political bosses who are
trying to grab the fruits of his victory.
In his speech at the great dinner that was
given in his honor in New York on Tuesday
night, by the city vigilance league, he de
clared he would make no personal refer
ence to Hoss Oroker or Boss Platt or any
other political boss. Speaking generally
of political bosses, he said: "There isn’t
much to prefer between a boss of one po
litical complexion and a boss of another
political complexion, for they both are
unmitlgatedly, unquestionably and thor
oughly destructive. The safety of Ameri
can Institutions lies in the appreciation
by every man that he is a man with a
right to hls opinion and a right to ex
press it.
"Observe now in what relation the
bosses stand to that idea. The boss is the
most cunningly devised scheme fhat has
yet been invented for the purpose of crush
ing out and drying up individual manly
personality, and you and I, to our dying
gasp, will fight the boss, no matter what
may be his pretensions to respectability—
the more respectable he is the more dam
nably dangerous he Is."
Dr. Parkhurst may fight the bosses as
stoutly as he can, but they will make their
appearance and hold their ground against
him. Boss Platt has already begun to
dictate to the newly elected city officials,
and It is not improbable that In a little
while he will have almost as much control
of the affairs of New York city as Mr.
Croker had under Tammany’s rule.
It is almost certain that the committee
of seventy that claims to have been
largely Instrumental in overthrowing
Tammany will have serious dissensions
among its members. It is unreasonable to
suppose that seventy men could agree
where there Is so much patronage to dis
pose of. In order to secure permanent suc
cess there must be harmony, and in order
to secure harmony, there must be organ
ization, and In organization the boss finds
his opportunity.
There IS not a member of the Georgia
legislature but would kick and quit If he
were required to work as hard during the
fifty days' session as the supreme court
Judges are required to work from year’s
end to year's end. Suppose each member
were required to write out an explanation
of every vote cast by hint, upon Important
questions only, giving sufficient reasons,
quoting authorities or citing precedents to
sustain his position; how many of them
would try to do It? Nevertheless the legis
lators insist that the Judges, notwith
standing they are overworked, shall write
out explanations of all their decisions,
whether they Involve minor matters or
great questions.
A Washington paper says that while
Senator lull is resting In Florida he Is
loading a big bomb to be exploded In the
ranks of the administration when he gets
back to the capital. The Washington pa
per may know what It Is talking about;
at the same time It seems that Henator
Hill ought to be one of the last men In the
country to monkey with a loaded bomb
ufter what happened the other day.
t'hleugo will pass a city ordinance re
quiring a municipal license of (sno from
claarette dealera, tu . or. llna to the He.
old of thal city. The ordinal, e will pro
vide for a chemical Inspection of 'lie dg.
are) tea add, and a fine of for . very
tnfrucitou of Ita provision*.
THE MORNING NEWS: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1894.
Drainage and Roads.
The county commissioners differ radi
cally as to whether the whole chain-gang
force should be kept at work on the drain
age, or whether a part of it should be
used in improving the roads. It seems to
us that the most important w'ork should
receive attention first, and the most im
portant work is the drainage. There is
a part of the drainage that should be
completed at the earliest possible mo
ment, and that is the Casey canal. With
that canal finished a large part of that
part of the county immediately adjacent
to the city will be In a far better sani
tary condition than it has ever been be
fore. With that section drained there
would be very little, if any, anxiety re
specting sic kness in the fall of the year.
For years the county commissioners
have been urged to push forward thq
drainage work in the vicinity of the city.
The weight of public sentiment is that no
other work, however important, should
be undertaken until the drainage of the
section In question is completed.
There is undoubtedly a strong pressure
in favor of road improvement, but good
roads are not as Imperatively demanded
as good health. Every summer and fall
after heavy rains the swamps around the
city are filled with water, for w hich there
is no immediate outlet. It remains for
weeks, slowly sinking into the ground,
and conditions almost always result which
are productive of fevers.
The drainage is many times more im
portant than the roads, particularly the
drainage of the section adjacent to the
city. Give us immunity from sickness,
and all the country round about the city
will soon be turned into truck farms and
gardens. The kind of work that is done
on the roads could accomplish no such
result as that.
And w’e want good roads also, but It
Is folly to waste money In doing such
work as has been done heretofore on
the roads. Work of that kind doesn’t
last. A little travel and one or two heavy
rains put the roads in as bad condition
as they were before they were repaired.
As soon as the most urgent of the drain
age work is finished attention should
be given to those of the roads upon which
there is the greatest travel, and they
should be constructed to last. It would
be better to build a mile a year in a way
that would last a lifetime than to repair
ten miles that would have to be repaired
over again in a few months..
Complete the Casey canal, and then
give attention to the roads. If that course
is pursued the public will be satisfied.
A Monetary Commission.
It is the very general impression In j
financial circles that the President will <
have a good deal to say in his message I
about currency reform. There is a differ- |
ence of opinion, however, as to whether (
he will recommend a plan for reforming
the. currency or favor a commission to
make a thorough study of currency
and present to the next congress a scheme
for a permanent settlement of the entire
currency question.
The main reason why he may adopt the
latter course Is the difficulty that would
be experienced in trying to get any cur
rency reform plan adopted during the
three remaining months of the present
session. Any scheme that might he pre
sented would certainly be antagonized by
the free silver coinage element, and it Is
strong enough probably to prevent any
currency legislation that is not in har
mony with its financial views.
The financial question Is an exceedingly
important one. It is a question concern
ing which there are many and diverse
views. It would require a great deal of
time to frame a bill that would command
the support of any considerable part of
either the House or the Senate. The dis
cussion of the bill would be a lengthy
one, and the opposition to the bill, what
ever its character might be, would be very
strong. Under the circumstances It Is
extremely doubtful if legislation on the
currency question by this congress Is
possible.
There is much to be said in behalf of
a non-partisan monetary commission,
though it is not absolutely certain that
such a commission could be secured. A
commission composed of capable and
conscientious men, however, could do a
great deal towards educating congress
and the country to a better understand
ing of the currency. Outside of the few
who are wedded to their own notions as
to what sort of currency reform
is needed, there Is a very gen
eral desire to have the currency
question settled upon a safe and perma
nent basis. What the people want
to know is what is the best plan for re
forming the currency. The great majority
of them have no opinion as to what Is the
best plan. They are willing, however, to
be enlightened, and a monetary commis
sion. composed of such men as the Presi
dent would appoint, would do a great
deal to give the people a proper under- 1
standing of the currency.
The New Orleans Picayune Is of the !
opinion that while the current rice crop
may not fall short of the crop of last sea
son, It will full considerably short of the
early expectations. The movement of rice
this season has been in striking contrast
with the movement of cotton. The rice
receipts are nearly 100,000 sacks short of
the receipts last year. Planters ha< been
marketing In a leisurely manner und
holding the grain for better prices. When
ever the market weakened the shipments
dropped off, and when the market took on
strength the shipments went forward
uguin. This crop has been more deliber
ately and carefully marketed than any
of Its Immediate predecessors, and as u
rcault prices have followed a much stead
ier range than usual and have been satis
factory. The Picayune commends the
way lhe crop has been bundled, and ad
vises the planters to keep II up, but not
make the mistake of holding back the
i ' Top long enough to permit foreign rice
to come In.
A Huuth <'atollna legislator proposes to
tlx ihe value of murdered people a! I'M
■ ach, to lie paid by the courtly to the heirs
or assign* of the victim Why the leg!*-
1 tglor wishes to plat s irinplulion In ths
wsy of men with mothers in law is not
, known.
There appears to be at Washington a
great deal of doubt that the republican
senators will deem it expedient to enter
into a combination with the populists
in the organization of the Senate of the
next congress. The republicans will not
have a majority without the aid of Sena
tor Jones and the other populists. With
the help of these they could organize the
body and capture a number of offices.
But there seems to be an under-current
of opinion that the Republican party is
not yet out of the woods, and that it hud
better go slow'. If the republicans were
to organize the Senate with the aid of the
populists, they would be held responsible
for all that the Senate di<l or failed to do.
A prominent republican senator is quoted
as giving it as his opinion that the Re
publican party w'ould act wisely if it
made the democrats shoulder a part cf
the responsibility for the acts of the Sen
ate of the Fifty-fourth congress.
In South Carolina the county treasurers,
w ho are the tax collectors, make tours of
the country to collect taxes, for the con
venience of the people. About a month
ago the treasurer of Orangeburg county
while on a collecting tour was waylaid,
murdered and robbed. A bill has been in
troduced in the legislature to abrogate
the custom of sending the treasurers on
collecting tours.
PERSONAL
Prof. J. Estlin Carpenter of Oxford, En
gland, who is now lecturing in this coun
try, is a son of the distinguished natural
ist, Dr. William B. Carpenter, a grand
son of J)r. Lant Carpenter, the noted En
glish Unitarian clergyman, and a nephew
of Miss Mary Carpenter, the philanthro
pist. Prof. Carpenter holds the chair of
New Testament Literature and Oriental
Languages in Mansfield College, Oxford.
The famous Russian priest, Father John
of Cronstadt, married the daughter of his
predecessor in the cathedral. Celibacy is
frowned upon in the Russian church.
Though thousands of dollars are poured
into his hands every month for charity
he lives like the poorest of priests, and
there was a time, long after he became fa
mous, when his wife was compelled to
apply to the church authorities for finan
cial assistance.
Although Beatrice Harraden has seclu
ded herself on a California ranch, she has
{formed very emphatic opinions about
America and Americans. She thinks that
the w’omen of the United States have few
things to complain of, and she admires
their frankness, honesty, cleverness and
lack of affectation. She credits them with
a capacity to do anything, and a catholi
city of taste that enables them to like
anything. She particularly, “likes the way
American girls behave about men.”
The question who, under the new regime
in the House, will be entitled to swear in
the speaker, an honor which always goes
to the Father of the House, will probably
have to be decided in favor of Judge Cul
berson of Texas, who has served the long
est continuous term, says the Washington
Post. The honor would have fallen to
Representative Bland of Missouri, had he
not been defeated. It was for some time
a question between Representative O’Neill
of Pennsylvania, and Mr. llolman of In
diana. who of the two was entitled to
the distinction of swearing in the speaker
at the beginning of the Fifty-second and
the present congresses. Both have served
fifteen years in the House. Mr. Holman’s
service had not been continuous, how
ever, and Mr. O’Neill performed the cere
mony the first time. In the last congress
the matter was settled by Mr. Holman
being selected to swear in Speaker Crisp.
Mr. O’Neill soon after died, and Mr. Hol
man thereupon became the Father of the
House in his own right.
BRIGHT BITS
Harry (to be)—By reading statistics, T
have become convinced that two people
can live as cheaply as one.
Jack (having been)—No doubt: but after
making a few' statistics you’ll change
your mind.—Puck.
Harry—But! darling, you do not greet
me with your wonted joyousness. I fear
you love another.
Harriette —True, but he has no money.
You need not fear to lose me, Harry.—
Boston Transcript.
Jinks—Yes, I always take my boy along
when I go to the minsrels. That’s the
only way I can get my money’s worth.
Blnks—How so?
Jinks—The music is new to me, and the
jokes are new’ to him,—New York Weekly.
Mrs. O’Brien—l come in ter borry yer
new hat, Mrs. Muligan.
Mrs. Mulligan—l was goin’ ter W'ear it
mesilf, Mrs. O’Brien.
Mrs. O’Brien—Och! would yez wear it
out whin it looks so much loike rain?—
Puck.
"Did that uncle of yours leave you any
money?"
"He isn’t dead yet."
"Oh! Doesn’t he hang on a long time?"
"He does."
"Why don’t you present him W’ith a
folding bed?"—Washington Star.
"I don’t buy things on Sunday," he said,
as he came out of the drug store and
carefully stowed away in an upper pocket
of his vest a 10-cent cigar, "but J hadn’t
a quarter in my pocketbook this morning
and I can’t afford to throw a quar
ter into the contribution basket.’’—Chi
cago Tribune.
"And what did you think when yau
saw the Malay pirates swarm aboard
with their creeses between their teeth—
were you scared?"
"Not at first," answered the ransomed
man; "it reminded me so much of the
time I kept a restaurant in Chicago;"
and he broke down and wept,—Puck.
Lady (handing out some cold victuals)—
Can’t you find any work to do?
Tramp—l suppose I could, mum; hut it
is not every kind of work that suits me.
Lady—What kind of work would suit
you?
Tramp—l hain’t just made up mind
about it yet, murn, but I am doing a
powerful lot of thinking on the subject.—
Pittsburg Comet.
CURRENT COMMENT.
A Defeat That Means Victory.
From the Philadelphia Record (Dem.).
Defeat for China really means a victory
for the Chinese. The Japanese Invasion
is the conquest of civilization. A general
shaking up of the unwieldy empire may
loosen the wheels which have so
long clogged. The land of the moon-eyed
Celestials may cease to be a dead moon
among nations. ' Fetter fifty years of
Europe than a cycle of Cathay.”
A Non-Partisan Farmers’ Alliance.
From the Kunsas City Times (Rep.).
President Hanna of the Kansas farm
ers' alliance is making a tour of the state
in the Interest of the order. The State
convention will be held in Topeka Dec. 5
and 6. and Hanna Is anxious that there
he a large representation. He li urging
the officers of tbe few lodges now lit exis
tence to send strong delegations in order
that plans may lie formulated for reor
ganising on a firm, non-partisan basis.
The farmers' alliance was at one time a
power In Kansas, but II engaged exten
sively in politics, uniting with the popu
lists, and practically Went to pieces. The
scheme now Is to make the order a fann
ers’ alliance in every sense of the term,
keeping out the wild-eyed fellows who
farm altogether with th*-lr mouths.
Congress, tho Cabinet and Finance#.
From Hpringileld (Mass.) Republican Und)
opinion In the .binat Is said to te* di
vided on the question whether a monetary
commission should be authorized by cun
gr. s* or a plan of currency reform be
flvcn to congress at this session without
be Intervention of a commission Kecre
Isry Morton ami At tor bey Crmo ul Olney,
along with Controller Eckels, favor a
commission, but ■'at lisle opo*r* It, and Is
probably at work now on a plan which
will ta presented in Ids report lo st w. rk
Nut much , an be ex pc tvo of congress at
ttie short session, snd unless a comntl*
slot] be Sp|,olnte i the whole quest ion Will
go over to the next or a republican con
areas The lipubtli site are (heats' Ives so
divided on the money uuestlot| that tt
would not he s welcome task to tackle it
Just before the opening of the lirgl pi eel
dent lei > uu.paten
In a Haunted House.
A good ghost story is being told at the
expense of a prominent dignitary of the
Church of England, says a cable dispatch.
Along with a brother parson he was enter
tained at an ancient vicarage house in the
north. They were both shown the same
b droom, which was supposed to be haunt- j
ed. In the middle of the night strange
noises were heard in the room. One of
the parsons awoke, lighted a candle and
searched the room. The noise continued, ;
but, although h* shivered a little, he mus
tered courage and returned to his bed
and went to sleep. The other was awak
ened in due course, but he did not stop
to make an investigation. He fled from
the room in his night robe, and was highly
mortified the next morning when it was
explained that the unearthly noises were
caused by a water pipe built into the wall
of the room.
How Ben Butler Lost a Horse.
While in front of Petersburg, says the
Boston Herald, the general received in
formation that his favorite horse, Al
mond Eye, had been accidentally killed
by falling into a ravine. Upon the de
parture of his informant he ordered an
Irish servant to go and skin him.
‘ What! is Almond Eye dead?” asked
Pat.
’What’s that to you? Do as I bid you,
and ask no questions."
Pat went about his business, and in an
+
w. li, Pat, where have you been all this
time? ’ sternly demanded the general.
"Skinning the horse, yer honor.”
"Docs it take nearly two hours to per
form such an operation?’’
"No, yer honor, but then, you see, it
tuck l out half an hour to catch him,’’ in
nocently replied Pat,
Gen. Butler cast upon his servant such
a ferocious look that Pat thought he med
itated skinning an Irishman in revenge
for the death of his horse.
In the Ninth Georgia District.
Hon. Carter Tate, of the Ninth Georgia
district, was opposed for re-election by
Hon. Newt Twitty, populist. The two
gentlemen participated in a series of
joint debates, and on the occasion of one
of these meetings, says the Washington
Post, Mr. Twitty became unusually elo
quent and rounded off his speech with
a peroration in which he urged the voters
to "elect me to the white house on the
beautiful banks of the Hudson and I will
not betray a single trust." Mr. Tate at
once attempted to correct Mr. Twitty
and inform him the white house was not
on the banks of the Hudson, but on the
banks of the Potomac. Turning on his
opponent with a look of scorn, Mr. Twittv
said, "Never mind where the white house
is; elect me to it, and when I run for
re-election I will promise you that I will
not attempt to interrupt the speeches of
my competitor by raising a petty question
of geography." Mr. Twitty will continue
to represent his people on the banks of
Snake creek, Georgia.
Racy Stories of Japanese Costumes.
Many a wicked story is current in Japan
of comical mistakes made by Japanese
ladies in misplacing the different items of
wearing apparel, says a writer in the
Fortnightly Review. The story goes of
a certain marchioness who, having or
dered a dress and underclothing in Paris,
wrote to her milliner requesting her to
pack the different articles in the order
in which they were to be worn. The
case reached its destination in safety, but
was unfortunately opened at the wrong
end. and the noble lady was seen at a
garden party wearing her chemise, which
she had put on top or everything else, as
a sort of a mantilla, as it was the last
thing she found at the bottom of the case!
1 myself have seen, with my own eyes, a
lady, occupying one of the highest posi
tions in Tokio, nearly suffffocated through
haying put on her corset the wrong way
up. It is an everyday occurrence, es
pecially in the streets of Tokio, to see
men wearing European boots and a bow
ler hat, while the rest of the body Is only
clad in what we generally use as under
clothing; yet those men think themselves
dressed just like Euippeans.
This Turkey Was Not Eaten.
A young couple from Chicago borrowed
a farm for a week not long ago. says the
Chicago Times. Some‘friends who own a
little place up in Wisconsin were going
away for a visit, and they proposed that
the young couple should lock up their fiat,
bring their servant with them, and enjoy
the snap of an early winter month in the
country.
They went.
They know more now than they did
then.
The owners of the farm staved for a
day and showed them about, and the de
parting host showed his successor a very
tricky way of killing a turkey. Instead of
chopping its head off or wringing it in the
old way he took it by the feet and snapped
its head lightly against a stone, as though
it had been a whip. The spinal column was
neatly broken without any of the strug
gles and agonies usually attendant upon
the death of a fowl.
The farmer forgot and locked up all his
chickens, taking the key wdth him. Only
one turkey gobbler was left at large.
That night the city man took him by the
feet and snapped his head against a stone.
Then he took him to the cook and told her
to give him a dry pluck and let him lie in
the ice box until morning. The next morn
ing screams of terror awoke the visitors.
They sprang out of bod and ran into the
hall.
The cook, praying to all the saints, was
stumbling up the stairs. Stalking ma
jestically after her came the "ghost" of
the gobbler, without a feather on him. He
had only been stunned, and when the cook
lifted the ire box lid in the morning he had
arisen in his naked c.*ss and gobbled in
her face.
Jes’ ’Foje Christmas.
From the Ladies Home Journal.
Father calls me William, sister calls me
Will,
Mother calls me Willie—but the fellers call
me Bill!
Mighty glad I ain’t a girl—ruther be a
boy
Without them sash eg, curls an’ things
that’s worn by Fnuntleroy!
Love to chaw nk gree aples an’ go swim
min’ in the lake—
Hate to take the castor-ile they give f’r
belly-ache!
Most all the time the hull year roun’
there ain’t no files on me,
But jes’ 'foro Chritmas I’m as good as I
kin be!
Got a yaller dog named Sport—sick ’im on
on the cat;
Fust thing she knows she doesn’t know
where she Is at!
Got a clipper sled, an’ when us boys goes
out to slide
’Long comes the grocery cart an’ we all
hook a ride!
But. sometimes, when the grocery man Is
worrited and cross.
He reaches at me with his whip and lar
rups up his hoss;
An’ then 1 laff and holler: "Oh, you
never teehed me!"
Bus jes’ ’fore Christmas I’m as good as I
kin be!
Grnn’ma says she hopes that when I git
to be a man
I’ll be a missloner like her oldes’ brother
1 >an,
As wuz et up by the cannibis that lives
in Ceylon s isle,
Where every prospeck pleases an’ only
man is vile!
But grunina she had never been to see a
wild-wt st show\
Or read the life of Daniel Boone, or else
I guess she’d know
That Buffalo Bill an’ cowboys is good
enough f’r me—
Exc<*p’ jes’ 'fore Christmas, when I'm
good as 1 kin be!
Then ol’ Sport he hangs around, so solium
like an’ still—
Ills eyes they seem a-sayln’, "What’s er
matter, little Bill?"
The cat sh* sneaks down off her perch,
a-wonderin' what’s become
Fv them t o wienies uv h rn that use ter
tniiki things horn'
But I'm so perlite and stick so earnest like
to biz.
That inoGier *<"/ to father: "How Im
proved our Willie Is!"
Hut fat tier, havin' been a boy hlsself, sus
picions rn .
When, jes' ’fore Christ rims. I’m as good as
I kin Im?!
Kor Christ mas, with Its lota on* lots uv
• 'indies, * B< • an* toys,
Wus in. they s hy, f’r proper kids, and
not f’r naughty rniy*'
Ho wash yer fa- , ami bresh yer hair, arid
lllllbl yei p and q’s,
An’ don’t bust out your pantaloons, an’
don't Si ui out yer shires
Hay >• ttsuto to the ladles and yeasir to the
tut n,
An a hen t hey'g company don’t pass yer
Plat* f r pi* attain
lO'. kin uv the things sou 4 Ilk* to
SI e upon thk< IM S,
las' ‘foie Christ man br a* food uu
fclh b*
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
The New York Sun says: "Well-dressed
beggars are by no means unusual in New
York, and some of the most successful
among them have the faculty of approach
ing a man about town wdth the engaging
frank announcement of a spree over night
and a consequently empty pocket book.
The announcement is accompanied by a
knowing leer and the offer of a visiting
card as guarantee that whatever is lent
will be returned. Only the hardened sin
ner can resist such an appeal.”
A. B. Woakes has Invented an "electric
horn." says London Inventor, with which
he has recently carried out a series of ex
periments. to take the place of electric
bells or gongs, etc., where an alternating
current of electricity is available. The
apparatus is based upon the principle of
the telephone receiver, and consists, in
its simplest form, of a disc of sheet iron
placed in front of one of the poles of an
electro magnet, the coil of the latter be
ing arranged to take an alternating cur
rent of 100 volts. The method of working
is as follows: When the current is
switched on the reversals of magnetism
produced in the iron core by the current,
causes a corresponding number of vibra
tions in the disc. Thus, if a current with
200 alternations per second is employed,
the disc gives 200 complete vibrations per
second, and produces a note Correspond
ing in pitch with the number of vibra
tions. With a current of a given number
of alternations, the pitch of the note is
constant, no matter what the diameter
or thickness of the disc, since the latter,
in all of these, is obliged to vibrate at
the same rate. The timbre and intensity
of the sound, however, can he made to
vary in a number of ways. In order to
obtain an intense sound with a small
amount of current, the diaphram or disc
must strike, whilst vibrating, the iron
core or some other body.
Between the fruit one sees on the down
town itinerant stands and that which is
exhibited in the handsomely appointed
stores of the uptown fruiterers, there is a*
vast difference in quality, appearance—
and cost. The latest extravagant delicacy
in the fruit line, says the New York Sun,
is an English hot-house grape called the
Gros Coleman. It comes in bunches half
as long as your arm, and each great, fat,
luscious purple berry is as big as a plum—
and it only costs $3 a pound. The same
grandiose air is seen about all the fruit
that is thought good enough for the rich
man’s table. The pressed figs are the
very choicest of Smyrna’s crop, each fig
as big as the palm of the hand, and all
packed as regularly and carefully in for
eign looking boxes as though the spark
ling crystals of sugar with which they are
covered were real diamonds. The skin of
the apples is as fine in texture as a kid
glove and as highly polished as a mirror.
The cucumbers are as green as Ireland’s
turf and as firm as her cliffs; every atom
of loose skin and soil has been removed
from the mushrooms, and their light drab
tops and white stems look as though they
had been smoothed off with a pumice
stone. There is not an atom of difference
in the weight of the tomatoes spread out
on a white damask cloth, and every love
apple seems on the point of bursting, so
unwrinkled and tense is its bright pink
skin. The pomegranates have the rich
complexion of a gipsy, and even the nuts
have been picked and polished and
bleached until they are so clear that a fine
woman can handle a bushel of them with
out leaving a speck of dust or the shadow
of a stain on her charming fingers. There
was not quite so much daintiness of se
lection when Adam delved and Eve span,
but the prices were as high for succulent
seed cases in the long run.
The most unique oddity in the bell line
now* owned within the limits of the Fnited
States is the hell belonging to the African
Methodist church at Hhleyville, N. J.,
says the St. Louis Republic. Those who
have taken pains to trace its history say
that it was the first bell ever brought to
the w’estern hemisphere; and, moreover,
it was once the property of Christopher
Columbus. The bell was purchased by
Capt. Elias Newall on one of the Bahama
Islands, and was by him presented to it3
present owners. According to a well-au
thenticated document in the hands of the
trustees of the Haleyville church, it is
one of the bells which Ferdinand and
Isabella ordered for the Alhambra in the
very year that Columbus set sail on his
voyage of discovery. Prior to leaving
Spain on hls fourth and last voyage to
the New World, Columbus told the Queen
that the church devotees were building a
chapel at Carthagena, and that he had
promised to procure a bell. She forthwith
had one of the Alhambra’s bells presented
to the admiral. It whs duly christened
and placed In the belfry of the Carthage
na chapel, w’here it done service until
when the city was beselged and looted.
The bell was a part of the booty which
fell to the French ship La Rochelle, but
the relic was destined never to leave the
western continent. Two or three days
later a terrible hurricane swept the trop
ical sea and the Rochelle went ashore on
the island of St. Andreas. The bell and a
few of the crew were saved, and it was
from th*' descendants of the survivors
that Capt. Newall learned the wonderful
history of the relic. The captain, being a
resident of Haleyville, purchased the bell
and presented it to the African church of
his home town, as above related. Accord
ing to the opinion of the writer, the proper
place for such a valuable relic to bo de
posited is in the national museum at
Washington.
As the season is now’ on when the bald,
thin-blooded and those whose rheumatics
always are in evidence when the glass
is in the neighborhood of !I0 degrees, start
in to look about for draughts about the
house, I wdsh to give my experience in
this matter, says a writer in the Boston
Transcript. Several years ago, in the fall
of the year, I was sick for weeks, and
when at last I was able to sit up I sat in
my sitting room, which faced the north
west, during the daytime, and, wishing
to see the passing, I had my place near a
large window. The room had an open
grate, also furnace heat, and the ther
mometer easily registered 70 to 75 de
grees, but with all this warmth there
was a draught—as I thought—on my head
and neck. Every one said the cold air
came in at the window sash. I sent for
the weather-stiip man, and, of course,
he discovered or thought he did the
cause, and put on his rubber molding, so
that the sash when closed was tight.
"Now," he says, "you will have no more
trouble in that direction." The next cold
snap the same old gale of wind appeared.
When my doctor came in I spoke to him
in regard to it, when he informed me
that it was not the cold air from the
outside that 1 felt, but the warm air of
the room, which went to the top of the
window, struck the cold glass, cooled and
then "fell down," as the cold air would
had not the casting been air tight. He
then said, "Drop your curtain about one
third and keep it there." I did as he di
rected. and the gvle stopped, and 1 had
no trouble after that. He told me that
the same trouble existed in most houses
even those that were well heated in the
halls and bedrooms, the heat going to the
top, cooling and falling back, so that one
coming from a warm room down stairs
and going up would often think that
there must be window’s open above Of
course, double windows would remedy
this cooling-off process in the rooms but
with the curtains down u little they’pre
vent the instant cooling of the warm air
arid there is your draught. You will no
tice that these "draughts" are about dur
ing the day more than at night and al
ways less in the room where there is a
lamp. Why? Simply when you light your
lamps or the gas you draw down the
sh ides, and the heat does not strike the
cold glass.
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