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BBfcl TO SEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Meetings—Golden Rule Lodge No. 12, I.
tv a f
Specm! Notices—A Christmas Gift, Ap
yed A Sohaul: As to Crew of British
Steamship Sllverdale; Notice as to Firing
•f Guns, etc.; A Very Merry Christmas
Jjsleed. Estate S. W. Branch; Insure
With John T. Rowland; As to Bills
Against British steamship Marion; Can
nes for the Holidays, Solomons & Cos.;
Opened Monday, New York Steam Laun
try; Last Notice. State and County
Taxes for 1594; The Turkeys Killed Yes
terday. Estate S. W. Branch; There’s
More Bang and Fizz In Our Fireworks,
Fireworks Store; Prof. Agostini's Dan
cing School.
Are You Expected at a Ball?—B. H.
Levy & Bro.
Get In the Rush for Christmas Novel
ties—Appel At Schaul.
Amusements—" The Burglar" at the
theater Dec. 21-22. ,
Cigarettes—Duke Cigarettes, The Amer
ican Tobacco Company.
Steamship Schedule—Baltimore Steam
ship Company.
Santa Claus Says—Lindsay & Morgan.
New Tariff Prices— B. H. Levy & Bro.
Auction Sales —Great Sale of Books, by
J. McLaughlin & Son; Horses. Mules, etc.,
by C. H. Dorsett.
Christmas Periodicals—At Estill’s News
Depot.
Christmas Reminder—Collat's.
Another Christmas Treat—Falk Cloth
ing Company.
A Lady Came Into the Store Yesterday
—Falk Clothing Company.
Cheap Column Advertisements—Help
Wanted: Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
By the way. what has gone with that
Alabama colonel named W. S. Reese to
whom Rube Kolb Issued a certificate of
election to the federal Senate? Did the
colon'! put the certificate in his pocket
aid take to the woods?
The New York Mail and Express regards
as one of the romances of travel" the
fact that m this city two street car rides
Jana? be had for 1 cent. There is no ro
sn.ar. - about it. It is a hard, prosy fact,
w'r t the general public who ride and
wi - do not own stO' k like very well ln-
Aeef. •
E“'.* will go to jail and serve out his
wr.hout making an effort to
C" a c*w trtal. He does this against
ti* advice of his counsel, and for the
s'trr: of trying to discrediting the courts
WTfi the tabor element. He says he has
x*s confidence in the courts, and that they
srtrsiid not detide In his favor if he were
to present the most unimpeachable tes
timony. There is an old and well-known
gouplet to the effect that when bad
mn feel the halter draw they lose their
respect for legal institutions.
The President has gone to one of the
best towns in the south at w-hich to have
a good time. Georgetown (S. C.) is old,
and quaint and hospitable. The country
around abounds in game and fish, and
there are no cooks in the world that
know better how to tickle the palate
with game and fish viands than do the
cooks of Georgetown. In the days when
Lafayette landed near Georgetown and
was welcomed by the planters, and later
when Washington made his visit to the
state and drove down “Waccamaw Neck"
In a coach, the people of Georgetown were
adepts in the arts of hospitable enter
tainment; and they have improved with
the years.
President Cleveland might spend an en
tertaining hour or two by accepting the
invitation of the general assembly of
South Carolina and paying it a visit.
Should he do so, he would see the body
of men who elected to the federal Sen
ate a man whose chief campaign pledge
was that he would "dig Cleveland in his
fat old ribs,” and who repeatedly referred
to the President of the United States as
"that bloated, beefy old tool of Wall
street.” He would see a body of legis
lators who reduced the salaries of their
successors to $3 a day, and a day or two
later voted themselves $5 a day, notwith
standing the law in force at the time
they were elected said they were to have
but $4 a day. He would see a majority
of small-bore politicians who, following
the example of their leader, maligned
him on the stump, and were elected upon
a "democratic” platform built almost en
tirely of populist planks. After seeing
these things he might, as he left the
capitol, see upon the porch the medal
lions of Hayne and McDuffie. Thes*'
would suggest unpleasant contrasts;
hence, if the President should decide to
visit the South Carolina capitol he is ad
vised to keep his eyes on the ground as
he goes in and comes out.
It May b & Blessing.
Th* man who wrote the letter to the
Charleston News and Courier, a synopses
of which appeared in our dispatches yes
terday, proposing- that each cotton farmer
in the whole cotton belt pledge himself
to plant only half as much cotton next
year as he planted this, and that every
cotton grower who failed to keep the
agreement should be vigorously boycotted.
Is not a safe adviser. While it may be
true that If only half a crop were pro
duced next year the price of cotton might
advance to 10 cents a pound, the plan
proposal to reduce the crop one half is
not at all practicable. It is absolutely
impossible to Induce the cotton planters
throughout such an immense region of
country to agree to reduce their cotton
acreage one half, and the attempt to do
so by means of the boycott would be pro
ductive of such bitterness of feeling that
the courts would have to be In session
continually, and the military organiza
tions would have to be under arms pretty
much all the time.
Again, the inventor of the boycott plan
seems to overlook the fact that cotton
is grown elsewhere than in the southern
states of this country. Its production Is
increasing quite rapidly In several other
countries, and Its production In those
countries would be greatly stimulated and
increased if the Cotton growers of this
country should adopt a course that would
make it profitable to greatly increase tt.
The only wise course to pursue. In fact
the only course that can be pursued, is
to let the cotton farmers follow their
own will In the matter. Those who can
not produce cotton for 5 cents a pound at
a profit will cease to try to do so. They
will turn their attention to the cultiva
tion of other and more profitable crops,
while those who can make money out
of 5-cent cotton will continue to cultivate
It. There are plenty of cotton farmers who
find they can make a good living, and
even save a little money, by raising cot
ton at 5 cents a pound. There are others
who could not make both ends meet If
cotton were selling for 10 cents, or even
15 cents, a pound.
The secret of growing cotton at a profit
is to plant more corn, potatoes, and goob
ers and raise more hogs. It is not at all \
likely that the people will abandon !
the growing of a crop that j
can be kept from year to year;
which can bo stored In the garret
and stuffed under the beds, and which
is as good as gold at the country store
at all seasons of the year. It is nonsense
to expect them to do it. They would
continue to do It in spite of any kind
of a boycott that could be proposed.
There Is a steady change going on In
the cotton belt in the method of farming.
The great plantations are disappearing,
and the number of small farmers who
hire little or no help, and who raise their
own food crops, is increasing. In this
way the cost of raising cotton is hardly
felt. Instead, therefore, of a decrease In
cotton production the chances are that
there will be a steady increase until a
10,000,000 bale crop will be regarded as a
small one.
Five-cent cotton has hurt of course the
anti-hog and hominy farmer badly, and
has worried considerably the old fash
ioned “live within my means" farmer.
It has hit hard the country store keeper,
and has made the city merchant think
these are real hard times. Indeed we
have all felt like "we would not live al
way" if this state of things is to continue,
but If the present low price of cotton
teaches the cotton farmers to plant more
corn, potatoes, goobers, and to raise hogs
and fatten the plneywoods heifer and
make a milch cow of her; if It teaches
them to do many other things that keep
money at home Instead of sending it
elsewhere to buy corn and canned goods
then 6-cent cotton In this year of 1891
may prove a blessing to all for all time.
The Mask Removed.
At the last session of congress, when
Senator Quay oftered an amendment to
the Wilson tariff bill to remove the one
eighth of a cent differential duty on re
fined sugar—a duty that is n clear gift
to the sugar trust—the republican papers
applauded and declared that it would tear
off the mask and let the tvo'il see who
the real defenders of the sugar trust are.
That amendment was not acted upon for
reasons not now necessary to explain.
At the beginning of this session an effort
was made in the Senate to pass the bill
to remove the one-eighth of a cent differ
ential in fgvor of the sugar trust, the
bill having been already passed by the
House. And how' Hid the republican sena
tors vote upon It? Every one of them,
including Senator Quay, voted In favor
of the trust. The work of unmasking
has been accomplished, and the Republi
can party stands revealed as the sup
porter and defender of the sugar trust.
It is very interesting to note the changed
tone of the republican papers. They give
various reasons for the action of the re
publican senators in defeating the effort
to repeal the differential duty, but no one
of them is satisfactory.
The fact is the Republican party has
; alw’ays been, and is now, the friend of
the sugar trust. Republican legislation
made the trust possible, and It is quite
certain that that party will continue to
defend and protect it.
The young ladies who attend the Olivet
(Mich.) College may be called "stunners”
without disparaging their accomplish
ments or perverting the figure of speech.
The other day they organized two foot
ball teams and had a game in the dining
room. They kicked down the chandeliers,
broke the windows and mashed the breath
out of two of the party. They were tired
after the game and wished to sleep late the
next morning. To provide for that indul
gence they stole the college bell, which
had been in the habit of waking them at
6:30 a. m.
There is nothing the matter with the
circulation in Savannah, except that at
certain hours the individual must em
ploy elbows to yet across Broughton
street. It may be that there is Christ
mas in the air and the people have got
a whiff of it; at any rate, the circulation
is a-humming and the currency is a-chink
ing on the counters of the stores.
THE MORNING NEWS: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER ill, 1894.
* % Duty of Business Men.
Each of the factions. It Is understood.
Is finding some difficulty in getting desir
able candidates for aldermen. Business
men say they cannot afTord the time the
duties of an alderman demand, and a
good many regard the position as a
thankless one.
It is true that there is considerable work
connected with the office of alderman, and
there Is no pay attached to the position.
Still, the place is an honorable one and
offers opportunities for rendering the pub
lic a good deal of service.
It Is the duty of business men to make
some sacrifices for the public good. All
of them are more or less Interested In
promoting the city's welfare and they
ought to be willing to give
the city some of their time
and the benefit of their business experi
ence.
It Is highly Important that the board
of aldermen should be composed of able
and conscientious men—men who are cap
able of judging what Is best for the city
and who would discharge their duties
with absolute fidelity.
There are some very Important matters
with which the city will have to deal dur
ing the next two years. There are streets
to be opened, paving to be done, sanitary
matters to be attended to and other im
provements of various kinds to be made.
No doubt there are those who would like
to get on the board, because they have in
terests they would like to serve, and tnere
are others who would Uke the honor. In
dependent and capable men are wanted,
however, who would put the city's Inter
ests above all other interests.
A good board of aldermen can do much
toward reducing taxation without embar
rassing the city. By the Introduction of
rigid economy It ought to be possible to
get along on a less tax rate. High taxes
retard the city's growth and check busi
ness. We are sure that each of the can
didates for mayor wants an aldermanlc
ticket made up of the very best men In
the city, and they ought not to be dis
appointed.
Ex-President Harrison's Preference.
The republican leaders are very anxious
to know whether ex-l’resldent Harrison Is
a candidate for the presidential nomination
of his party, and several of them have
been trying to find out from him whether
he is or not. The ex-Presldent is alto
gether to shrewd to tell them. The editor
of the New York Recorder went all the
way to Indianapolis last week to have a
talk with him about the matter. He does
not appear to have got any satisfaction
from his visit. The ex-president told him
that nothing would be more repugnant to
him than a third nomination. Still, he
wants It understood that he has not posi
tively refused the use of his name as a
presidential candidate. The Inference Is
that he is willing to sacrifice himself for
the good of Ills party. How large the num
ber of patriots Is who occupy a similar po
sition!
According to the Recorder's editor the
position Gen. Harrison takes Is that he
needs no vindication, the last two years
having amply vindicated him and his pol
icy.
It Is possible that the ex-president and
his admirers see in the events of the last
two years a vindication of himself and his
policy, but It would be interesting to know
how they figure It out. It Is about as cer
tain as anything can be that the money
panic of 1593 and the hard times which fol
lowed that panic were directly due to the
policies of the Republican party. The
signs of the approaching financial troubles
were already apparent during the closing
days of the Harrison administration. That
administration had the good fortune to
come to an end before the troubles actual
ly occurred. Preparations to meet them
in the shape of a bond issue had already
been discussed, how'ever, and there is no
doubt that the country would have exper
ienced even worse troubles than it did if
the republicans had remained in control of
the government.
There Is no present reason why Gen. Har
rison should not deny in the most emphatic
terms that he is a candidate for the presi
dency. There is not the remotest chance
of his nomination. About the only purpose
those republican leaders have who are
seeking to find out whether or not he is a
candidate is to get him out of the way.
They don’t want him as a candidate. They
only want to simplify the political situa
tion by getting rid of him.
There are said to be 200,000 horses run
ning wild in Nevada. Idaho, lowa and
Wyoming this winter. Horse raising on
the plains is no longer a paying business. !
The prices the horses fetch will not pay 1
their transportation to market. Whether j
it is electricity, the bicycle, or what not,
that has displaced the horse, the fact re
mains the days of the horse in general use
have passed, and horseflesh grows cheaper
every year. A Sioux City dispatch says
that Mr. Schneck, a New York banker,
who owns a ranch near that place, recently
bought 1,000 range horses at Fergus,
Mont., for $3 each and is killing them and
feeding the fish to hogs. The flesh is
boiled in great cauldrons. The ranchman
claims he will get more from his hogs
than he would if he had invested the
amount paid for the horses in corn and
fed that to the hogs.
It is, indeed, rather tough on those con
gressmen who have been members so long
that they had come to think they owned
the seats and the patronage, to find them
selves turned down not only by their con
stituents, but by the patronage dispensers
at Washington. They had written them
selves down as "indispensables.” After
the election they found out they were mis
taken, but entertained the hope that the
Washington people had not also found it
out. But the Washingtonians are up to
snuff; and now these congressional back
numbers are the most dejected people on
the globe.
Tennessee will build a marble house at
\ the Atlanta exposition to hold her ex
hibits. South Carolina may erect a
j Winnsboro granite building in which to
| show her products. Georgia should find
j it convenient to set up a granite building
i with marble trimmings, just to show her
| sisters what she can do in the way of pro
i ducing building stone.
PERSONAL
Pal*rew*ki’s father, who died a couple
of weeks ago.was 64 years o!l, but looked
He was made prematurely old by a
seven years* imprisonment in Siberia.
Ex-Senator Edmunds is said to be In
Washington for the purpose of confer
ring with prominent Episcopalians on the
subject of build.ng a cathedral in Washlng
ton.
The Rev. Rowland Williams, who suc
ceeds “Clwyd-fardd** as the Archdruid of
Wales, was for many years the pastor of
the Welsh Congregational church in Fet
ter lane. H.s bardic title is “Hw.a mon.”
During the past few days a number of
imperial and royal persona ares have receiv
ed the Order of St. Andrew, wruch :s the
first in Russia, and ranks with the Gol
den Fleece of Spain, the St. Stephen of
Hungary and the Black Eagle of Prussia.
Mr. Cecil Rhodes started his South Af
rican career as a cotton planter in the
j colony of Natal, but when the first rush
to the kopjes of Kimberly took place,
Mr. Rhodes deserted the cotton field for
the diamond mines, and has remained
there ever since.
Walter Besant 4s reported as saying
that hundreds of people are making over
£IOOO a year by literature of various k.nds;
that at least thirty in England alone are
making over £2OOO, at hast six or sever,
over £3OOO and at least one or two this
year not less than £4OOO.
Queen Victoria has seen four czars of
Russia, three emperors of Germany, two
kings of Italy, and a number or minor
kings in Italy, several sovereigns in Spain,
a king, an emperor and several republics
In France, and one John Brown, and is
Htfll able to take a little toddy.
The fact that <the Italian Premier, Crlspi
leads a somewhat solitary life, and is by
nature silent and seclus.ve, has lead the
court to regard him as a dangerous man.
Pot this reason he has no strong party
behind him, as is the case with most Prime
Ministers, though he has many devoted
friends.
The Rev. Dr. N. D. Hlllis, of Evanston,
111., who has been called to succeed the
late Prof. Swing, of Chicago', has been for
some time a prominent member of the
liberal wing in the Presbyterian church,
lie makes the following statement of his
views: I shall not endeavor-provided I
go to the church—to lead the Central
church toward Presbyterianism. The con
gregation is composed of Baptists, Meth
odists, Jew’s, Episcopalians and represen
tatives of all-sects, so that orthodoxy has
no basis there. I shall try to keep my
work along the lines of extending the
organization's influence as a Christ.an
church. Character construction, the bet
terment of humanity, and the dissemina
tion of all good principles of religion are
the chief things an institution like the
Central church ought to eons.der.”
BRIGHT BITS
American Friend—Rut surely you are
not going hack already! iou have been
only four days in the country.
Visiting Englishman—What's the good
of staying any longer? My note book's
full."—Exchange.
"You will soon get over it." said the ex
perienced traveler. "Seasickness is terri
ble while it lasts, but it doesn't kill.”
“I don't know about that." moaned the
wretched passenger. “I feel as if it were
all up with me."—Chicago Tribune.
First Park Tramp—l wonder what was
the origin of the swallow-ta 1 coat?
Grizzle-whiskered Tramp (from Mon
tana)—lt's my idee that them wus cut that
way in the fust place to make it handy
for a man to get his gun.—Harlem Life.
"Beauty," remarked the fat lady, appar
ently to empty space, "is only skin deep.”
The Tattooed Lady flushed till she
locked like an impressionist sunset.
“See here!” she hissed, "don’t you go
to throw in' no slurs on your betters!"—
Cincinnati Tribune.
Heoker—The porter on our car took
quite a fancy to me. In fact, he acted as
though he wanted to come and live with
me.
Decker—l suppose you mean he evinced
a desire to share your quarters.—Smith,
Gray & Co.’s Monthly.
Oils De Smith—Jones' wife died only two
weeks ago, and the heartless wretch is
off to Germany on a pleasure trip.
Gus Snoberly—Don't be to hasty in con
demning him. Perhaps he feels so bad
and is in such deep mourning that he will
spend most of his time in the Black For
est.—Texas Siftings.
A very' small boy was try'ing to lead a
big St. Bernard up the avenue. “What
are you going to do with that dog?” asked
a kindly gentleman.
"I can’t make up my mind,” was the
answer, "not till I find out what the dog
thinks of doin’ weth me.”—Cincinnati
Commercial Advertiser.
"Here's another one of those millionaire
plumber jokes in the paper.” said Criti
cus. "Did you ever see a rich plumber,
Hicks?”
"Never," said Hicks. “All the plumbers
I've ever seen have been very poor plumb
ers. Still, a fellow may be a poor plumber
and yet be a rich man.”—Harper's Baiar.
The Hotel Proprietor—What in thunder
have you engaged that orchestra to play
in the dining room for?
His Partner—To attract guests, of
course.
The Hotel Proprietor—But It plays hor
ribly.
His Partner—Then the guests who come
in won't stay to eat so much.—Chicago
Record.
CURRENT COMMENT.
Would Bea Great Service.
From Buffalo (X. Y.) Times (Dem.).
If the democratic administration can
succeed in passing a bill for currency re
form it will be doing the country an
other service almost as great as those it
did in securing the repeal of tile republi
can Sherman silver purchase law and the
republican McKinley tariff law.
Georgia's New Registration Laws.
New Orleans Times-Democrat (Dem.).
Georgia is to be congratulated on this
action, it sets a good example to the
four other states which still cling to the
laws which make fraud possible; we do
not imagine, however, that they will be
able to cling to them much longer. The
demand for ballot reform has grown
stronger every year. The old plea of
party necessity, formerly used to ex
cuse fraud, no longer commands the sym
pathy or support of the people: and we
have no doubt that Louisiana, as well as
the other delinquents, will be compelld
by the force of public opinion to give their
voters at an early date laws under which
election frauds will be impossible.
Carlisle's Curreny Bill.
From the Baltimore Sun (Dem.).
It is thought that the bill will pass the
House perhaps by the end of this week,
substantially in the form in which it is
reported. In the Senate its fate is in
doubt, owing to the opposition of the
populists to any measure not framed upon
their peculiar ideas and to the indispo
sition of republican senators to permit the
Democratic party to settle any important
I question in any manner. There is a pos
sibility, of course, though hardly a prob
ability. that the republicans, animated
by patriotic motives, may welcome the
bill as a basis for a better one and co
operate to pass it after helping to amend
it. Party wisdom would suggest this
course, since it could but benefit the re
publican party to be relieved when it
next comes into power of the task of
! dealing with so knotty a question as cur
rency reform.
The Armenian Inquiry.
From (the Philadelphia Ledger (Ind.).
The President very wisely demurred to
having this country take part in the Ar
menian inquiry in a sense or
| manner that would put our
commissioner in the same role
as the representative of the powers hav
ing treaty rights and responsibilities.
Mr. Cleveland was willing that Mr. Jew
ett should be a witness for the United
States, but not an agent clothed with
rights, duties and authority not guaran
teed by treaty. The attitude of the Pres
ident has been consistent and dignified.
He sympathizes with oppressed Christ
ians of Armenia, and Mr. Jewett will
doubtless be instructed, if he has not been
already, to report the actual condition of
affairs. The United States government,
in the interest of humanity and common
brotherhood, will go as far as it may
properly go n the direction o f the in
vestigation of the cruelties said to have
been practiced by the Turks, but it will
not involve itself as a power n what,
under the laws of nations and established
American policy, is beyond its province.
Two Rival Bad M n.
The man who told the story to the !
CouHer Journal, between the puffs of his
cigars was from Texas:
"The tale of Clay Anderson’s life Is one
of the most sombre romances one hears of
about we stern camp fires. Clay Alison was
a desperado. He lived in the Red river
country, on the western marches of the
Llano Estacado. His trigger finger was
busiest In the latter seventies. He had
a record of twenty-one—twenty-one dead
men. whose graves were scattered from
Do ige City to Santa Fe.
“One of his most artistic murders was
the killing of Bill Chunk, a long-haired,
swashing, hectoring bravo, and a profes
sional bad man. He. too, has a record
a record that was full of cowardly deeds
and of blood. He and Allison had no
cause of quarrel. They were rival killers—
that was all—and which one was quicker
on the draw was a pleasant matter for
debate and wager on the part of their
friends. So it came about very naturally
that the two men swore to kill each other
on sight. They met one night in a little
settlement in Northern New Mexico.
They sat down at the supper table of a
front its restaurant opposite each other,
and drew their six-shooters and laid them
across their knees. Chunk ordered raw’
oysters. When the trencher had been set
before hftn he dropped his hand to his lap
as if to get a napkin, and fired at Allison
under the table. The bullet failed of its
mark. Quick as lightning Allison’s gun
r ‘plied. A little red spot jtist between
Chunk’s eyes told where the bullet en
tered. and the dead man. swaying from
hide to side, bent gradually over and set
tled down upon the table, and was still*
with his face buried In that dish.”
“Allison went to Kansas City once on a
cattle drive, and there he met and loved
a beautiful, but fallen woman. He niar
rieii her and took her to his Texas ranch
to live. She made him a true and loyal
wife. A child was born to them—a child
whose face was as beautiful as Its moth
er s, but whose poor little body was horri
bly deformed. Allison loved the babe with
the love of his passionate nature, but to
his superstitious mind the misbegotten
infant was a curse from God visited upon
him for the wanton crimes of his dark ca-
J^ er - And from the hour of that unhappy
birth Allison became anew man.
“No more men fen before his unerring
pistols. He forswore liquor, and all the
not and licentiousness in w r hich he had
formerly indulged. He turned his great
nervous energies to business. In a few
years he was rich. Tens of thousands of cat
tle on the western ranges bore his brand.
One morning, half a dozen years or so ago,
he left his ranch in a road wagon and
started for town. As he drove briskly
along the wagon w’heel jolted into a deep
rut with a suddenness that threw Allison
from his seat headlong to the ground.
His neck was broken by the fall. The
1 he burses jogged on into the distance un
mindful of the* dead man lying there alone
UP u°iV ho Prairie, unmindful of the period
which fate had put at the end of that
wild and stormy life.”
The Gunboat Was a Dummy.
, A well known river man who lives in
Jeffersonville recollects this story of the
war. says the Louisville Courier Journal.
"It is a joke," he said, "but it cost the
confederacy a coo! SIOO.uOO. The confeder
ate's had sunk and captured the federal
monitor Indianola at the head of
Hurricane Island, some few miles below
Vicksburg. It was at the time the navy
was attempting to run the Vicksburg
batteries. A lieutenant of artillerv, with
a squad of mn in charge of the boat, had
been left while they sent back to Red
river for assistance to raise the vessel. In
the meantime the joke was planned. Who
the originator was is not known, but Ad
miral Porter received the credit.
“A bogus ram was built. On an enor
mous log raft was erected a superstruc
ture that resembled a terrible ironclad.
Fence rails and boards were use-l to make
an Imitation iron-clad, casemate gunboat.
“Guns’ protruded from the ports and pork
barrels stacked high served for chim
neys. I’nderneath them a hearth of
earth had been made. Fires were built
of fuel which made the blackest of smoke.
Without engines, gun or crew this bug
aboo was set adrift a few miles above
Vicksburg. On came the ’monster,’
Within an hour it had reached the city.
Clouds of smoke rolled out of its chim
neys, and it was just breaking day, the
time when both sides anticipated an at
tack. the confederate sentries detected
the demon. There was a hurrying and a
skurrying, but not a shot broke the still
ness until the dummy had reached a
point-blank rang'e. Vicksburg will never
be awakened by such another noise. It
lasted an hour. Shots raked It and hulled
It, but still it floated defiantly. At last
the current swept It nearer to the shore.
Then the beseigers read in rudely made
letters on one side; 'Secesh sold;’ on the
other side were the letters: 'Confederate
States Mall Packet.'
"In the meantime the discharge of ar
tillery lad warned the lieutenant in
charge of the Indianola that the hour for
action was at hand. In his imagination
the lieutenant saw gun boats galore
belching forth death and destruction. He
would not permit the enemy to recapture
the Indianola. Hastily placing all the
powder he had in the turrets of the mon
itor he applied a slow match and retreated.
Only a few moments elapsed, and all
that remained above decks of the Iron
clad was a mass of debris. About that
time the dreaded 'gunboat' came sailing
by and ran onto a sand bank a short dis
tance below.
"The Indianola could have been raised
by the confederates, and would have been
a formidable vessel in their hands had
not the lieutenant been so nasty in de
stroying her. She was armed with two 11-
ineh and two 9-inch Columbiads, two of
which were destroyed. The other two
were recovered and taken up Red river.
Wasn't Up to Snuff.
'•I just swiped a leather. Jim,” said a
pickpocket to another of his profession, |
as he came across him sitting on a bench ;
in Union square, reports the New York
Herald.
"Was it one o’ them ptirty ones what
the women carries' round der street in
der hands?” _ _ .
"Yes. X swiped it up on Fift avener
when she was lookin' into a windy."
"If yer'd been in der bizniz as long as I
hev you wouldn't er took it.”
"Why?"
“Taint wuth it.” .. ,
"A feller might strike er big haul tho'
that way some time.”
"Not on yer life, he wouldn t. Ive
swiped a load on ’em an' I never got one
yit that I could git a beer out on. Dey
don't carry money in them leathers. Dey’s
onlv a bluff. Try dat one yer’ve got and
see if it's any good.”
Glancing about him warily to make sure
that no one was watching him. the pick
pocket opened the purse. He found three
samples of siikoline, a patent glove but
toner. a card advertising a lotion for re
moving blackheads from the face, a sheet
of flesh-colored court plaster, some sam
ples of scrim and Madras, a list of price
of carpets, a circular showing an illus
tration of a patent hose supporter, a
card of small safety pins, two slabs of
chewing gum warranted to cure dyspepsia
and a card bearing hen address and in
struct'ons to take her there if she met
with an accident.
"That's all dere is in it,” raid the man
who had “swiped” the pocketbook, as he
turned it upside down and shook it, with
a look of disgust upon his face.
"Didn’t I tell yer,” remarked the other,
••jv'e swiped dem tings Till I'm tired.
Dev're all de same. De women don’t
carry nothin’ but trash in 'em. De money
ain't dere, never!"
Her Fate.
From the New York Sun.
She spurned the fond attention
Of a dozen I might mention,
And it seemed her firm intention
To live a spinster's life:
In manner most dramatic.
She said with tone emphatic.
That her tastes were too erratic
To make a happy wife.
She refused a foreign title
When it seemed to be most vital
That her heart with sweet requital,
At honor so conferred.
Should smile with proud assenting,
But she still was unrelenting
And her heart as unrepenting;
Although it seemed absurd.
But this maiden soon attended
A football game and ended
What she before contended
Was sentimental gush;
She struggled hard to quell It,
But nothing could dispel it,
She lost her heart, pray tell It,
To Eli's center rush.
Locomotives have seldom been cheaper
than they are now. You can buy a new'
first-class passenger locomotive for about
*IO.OOO, yet. owing to buslntss depression
i many families are compelled to go without
I them.—Boston Transcript.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
The state of Maine has been balloting
for a floral emblem, and votes have been !
cast for the pine cone, the apple blossom,
the violet, the pansy, the rose and the co- j
lumbine, not to cay the golden rod, which j
stands second in popularity. But the pine !
cone, which can hardly be considered a ;
flower, is far in advance of all rivals, and j
will probably be selected.
But what would we think of a machine,
writes Nelson \V. Perry in Electricity,
which took 100 horse-power to run it and
was only capable of doing 5 horse-power
of useful work? Yet that is the kind of a
machine that the incandescent electric
lamp is. and the gas flame is still worse,
for when we expend upon it 1(W horse
power it only gives out 3-loths of 1 horse
power in the form of light. Our present
method of production of light is therefore
one of the most economical methods of
1 the transformation of energy made use
of by man—and all because we cannot
i strike the single note we want without
j striking all the notes of the octaves below
; it at the same time. We know exactly
where tbe key is, and we know full well
that if we could but reach it and strike
' it alone we could produce a cold white
light and produce over 300 lights at the
same cost that now gives us*but one. But
how* to reach the proper key is the prob
lem which man has to solve. The firefly
has solved it, but not man.
Some new textile fabrics are now* being
produced, the novel feature of which con
sists in weaving or intertwining threads
i of aluminum, or alloys of it. with the ma
terial used, in some cases employing that
metal alone for the purpose of making
the cloth, says the New York Sun. Gold
and silver threads have been employed
in the manufacture of fancy cloths, as is
well known, but only or principally for
the purpose of ornament and not as a
means of insuring greater strength and
durability. The present invention pro
vides a practically nonoxidlzable, inexpen
sive metal that can be utilized in quanti
ties in cheap cloth, ami which can be
j washed without fear of injury. It is
claimed that cloth made wholly or partly
, of this material will be free from chemi-
I cal action, as few substances affect it.
I An attractive luster is obtained, which
rentiers tne fabric very ornamental, and
there is the additional advantage of the
metal being equally applicable to the finest
fabrics and to the heaviest. The wire
or treads can be drawn of any degree of
fineness, so that it may be employed in
combination with silk, lipen and the like—
it may also be drawn round, flat or in
any other form convenient for weaving.
A Vienna scoundrel named Shapira has
been working a green goods swindle on
the greedy and credulous of that city
with great success. He has improved on
the -American game vtery decidedly. His
scheme is to sell only genuine notes. Of
course, the buyers had no trouble in work
ing them off. and soon his wares came into
great demand, and he received orders by
the score. All meetings for the delivery of
the goods were arranged to take place at
solitary spots on the frontiers. When the
orders were for small amounts Shapira
allowed them to go, as baits for more busi
ness, but when the sale was large, the
transfer would no sooner be consummated
than policemen would appear and arrest
the parties, confiscating all the money.
Tho swindlers would be held, but (lie
swindled would be allowed to go, as hav
ing already suffered enough by losing their
money. The police, who were confeder
ates of the swindlers, would then return
the money to the office of the firm. Some
of the duties caught on to the scheme, but
i they were afraid to complain, as they
were criminally connected With the trans
aetton. When rAmors of his crooked
work reached the ears of the authorities,
Shapira absconded. He was arrested re
cently in Rotterdam, tmd is held for trial.
All of the true fish, with very few ex
ceptions, are oviparious or egg-producing
creatures, says the St. Louis Republic.
The eggs they lay are usually spherical
in form, though in some cases they are
oval, semielliptical an even rod-shaped.
The eggs deposited by the salmon, brook
trout, shad and some few other species
are separate and smooth on the surface,
like a shot or a liver pill, while those o-f
other species are Joined together by means
of minute threads or filaments. These
various methods of depositing eggs allow
some to eling to weeds or ofher objects,
some to float singly, and others to sink to
the bottom and find their way into cracks
and crevices in the rocks, mud, etc. Some
very large species of fish lav verv small
eggs, while smaller representatives of
the same class may deposit a “life germ”
out of all proportions to Its own size
j To illustrate, I will say that the shark.
| the famed or infamous “tiger of the sea,”
lays an egg of only about one-half the
bulk of a common hen egg, while those of
the marine catfish are about the size of
robin's eggs. There is also a wide differ
ence in the number of eggs deposited
by the different species during the breed
ing season. For illustration, the brook
trout only deposits from 100 to 1,800; the
salmon from 5,000 to 15,0o0; the black bass
from 5,000 to 20,000; the lake trout, 12,000 to
17,000; shad, 25,000 to 125,000; white fish
20,000 to 75,000; mackerel. Sri.ooo to 500 000-
the halibut averages 2,000.<Wi; sturgeon 7 -
000,0(0; codfish. 9,000,000 to 12,000,000. Some
fishes build nests in which to deposit their
eggs and rear their young. This is true
of tho black-nosed dace, the lamprey,
several varieties of the sunfish, the four
spined stickleback, the antennarias, the
perai, the black goby and several other
species and varieties. In some Cases’ the
male fish is provided with a natural pouch
which the female uses as a nest in which
! to deposit her eggs. To this latter class
! is referred the so-called "sea-horse (hip
j pocampus), the pipe-fish, the glomata, and
others of similar habits and construc
tion.
Week after week, says a writer in the
I St. Louis Republic, I read the Wellman
| and Reary articles with a hope of find
| ing something new concerning the curi-
I ous effects of cold on the human species,
but so far, with the exception of a few
casual allusions, have been disappointed.
We have gleaned enough from the ob
servations of early polar explorers, how
ever, to warrant the assertion that an ex
cessively low temperature paralyzes the
will power, causes unsteadiness of gait,
stammering talk, etc., but, with the ex
ception of what data was gathered by
Three Leading Scientists
Proclaim the Superior Value of
Dr. Price’s Baking Powder.
Scientists are devoting closer attention to food products.
Recent examinations of baking powders by Prof. Long, Dr,
Haines, and Prof. Prescott, were made to determine which
powder was the purest, highest in leavening strength, most
efficient in service, and most economical in cost. They
decide that Dr. Price’s Cream Baking Powder excels in all
the essentials of an ideal preparation for household use,
They write :
“Chicago, March 28th, 1894.
We have purchased in the open market cans of Dr. Price's
Cream Baking Powder and also of the other leading brands
cf baking powders, and have submitted them to chemical
analysis. We find that Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder is
a pure cream of tartar powder, that it has a considerably
greater leavening strength than any of the other baking
powders we have ever tested.
Prof. John 11. Long, Northwestern University , Chicago.
Dr. Walter S. Haines, Rush Medical College, Chicago.
Prof. Albert B. Prescott, U/tir. of Michigan, Ann Arbor."
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Prof. Payer in St. Joseph’s Land away
back :n 1575, we know nothing of it,
effects on mental operation*, hearing and
eyesight. It is known that a temperature
of from 40 to 50 degrees below zero of
Fahrenheit causes excessive thirst said
to be more tormenting than that endured
by travelers on the most torrid deserts
This thirst is, no doubt, caused bv the
evaporation of moisture from the body
Prof. Payer does not exactly sav that
such is the case, but he gives us to under
stand that evaporation in such cases is
something wonderful. In alluding to it
he says: "The group of explorers who
were walking before me across the snow
fields on that particular morning ta morn
ing when the temperature was at
degrees below zero) were almost com
pletely enveloped by thick vapors, caused
by emanations from their bodies, which
had escaped and become condensed, not
withstanding the furs in which they were
dressed. These vapors fell to the ground
with a slight noise, being frozen in the
form of minute crystals.. Both smell and
taste become greatly enfeebled in these
high latitudes and strength gives way
under the paralyzing influence of the
cold to such an extent that the eyes in
voluntarily close, the under jaw drops
and the hand releases its hold upon ob
jects supposed to be firmly in its grasp."
A curious fact which Prof. Payer does
not mention is that in such high latitudes
the beard does not freeze together as
it does in the temperate zones in winter,
bcause the exhaled breath is instantly
transformed into dry fine dry crystals of
ice.
To the question, “What is gravity?" R.
W. Musser, In the Cincinnati Enquirer, re
plies thus: “Two men at antipodes on the
earth's surface are drawn directly toward
each other. Each is at the apex of a cone
of the earth's mass; each at the middle
other. Each is at the apex of a cone of
the other. These cones interlock at the
earth's center and are there equal, but the
greater part of the mass of each cone
ami consequently the greater mass of
gravity bolding each to his place is
past the center of the earth, and culmi
nates at the feet of the other, every
point of the earth's surface pulls in a
straight line through the center of the
earth, not stopping at it; losing part of
the pound in proportion as it approaches
the center, then passing regaining it
again in proportion as it approaches the
opposite surface. So that half way past
the center the pound which at the center
was nothing has now become a half
pound. and at the antipodal surface, a
pound again. Make the center of the
earth the common apex of an indefinite
number of cones radiating to the sur
face. According to mass gravity pulls
from the center, and the center is aga.n
the point of r.ugation. If gravity is an ac
tive essence produced by molecular mo
tion. if being a living essence it is there
fore a perishable one, it follows that in
a conglomerate mass, as the earth, some
substances will probably exhaust soon, r
than others by reason of expiration of mo
lecular activity, if that be Its producer or
from other, or any cause. Being an ac
live expending force, it must have a pro
ducer, and that producer must have sup
plies of* force producing matter. These
supplies, however great, must exhaust.
Different qualities of matter, may con
tain this force-producing quality in u.i
ferlng degrees and qualities. If so the
minor will soon exhaust. A e^. t .,. er ; 11
leaden ball and a dry stick will Jail
through space to our atmosphere with
equal speed; because their atoms anl
tho atoms of the earth mutually at
tract each other regardless of *hape or
size. Gravity is atomic, and every atom
, is the equal of every other atom, no mat
ter how diffuse or how concrete the mass
of the objets of which they are part..
But the dry stick may have lost its ac
tive principal—gravity. Its essence pr
during principles may have been e.
hausted. Nevertheless it would be grasp*!
bv the overwhelming gravity of the earth
anil brought down in company wuth u
fellows. Gravity pulls laterally as sell
as perpendicularly. THe weiKlat of tn
earth has been calculated from the puli
of a mountain on a plumb line. Ape -
son standing in a narrow cannon, win
walls towering hundreds or thousands o
feet above him on either side n •
much better footing than if on the p* *
acle of a monument. In one case nei
held up by latteral gravity, in the otner
he is without support.