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TELEGRAPHIC GLEANINGS.
Tbe News ot tbe World Condensed Into
Pitliy and Pointed Paramibs,
Interesting 1 end Instructive to All
Classes of Headers.
Frost has made its appearance at sev¬
eral points in Arkansas.
S rvic s in commemoration to the dis¬
covery of America were begun in He¬
brew temples in New York city. Satur¬
day.
The case against Commissioner Peck,
in Albany, N. Y. police court has been
postponed until October 20h.
A New York special of Tuesday says.
Judg • Andrews, of Syracuse, has been
nominated for chief justice of the court
of appeals by the republican state com¬
mittee.
Governor Peck k, of Wisconsin, issued
a | roeffmarion Tuesday convening the
legisla’ure in special session Monday, Oc-
to her 17, to reapportion the state and as-
sernbly districts.
A pulp mill at Arono, Mich., was com-
pleteiy wrecked by an explosion Tuesday
buried i orning. Ten persons were reported
in the ruins. One dead body has
already been taken out.
A Washington dispatch of Tuesday,
says: Reports say the claim of the at¬
torney for $07,000 as fees for the Chero-
kees in connection with the -ale of the
Cherokee strip is fraudulent.
The Western Union Telegraph
pany has dispossessed the Pr. ss News
Association of its leased wires on account
of a debt- f $ 15,000 which the News
Association owes the company.
General titles, in his annual report, re-
commends the mobilization C tM the Na-
tional Guard at Chicago — iring the
World’s fair, and suggests an appropria-
tion by congress of a million and a half
for that purpose.’
The steam ferry boat City of Alexan¬
dria, of Washington and Alexandria fer¬
ry, was burned at her dock in Alexan¬
dria, Saturday night. Loss $30,000.
The fire is supposed to have started from
banked tires under the boilers.
A Washington telegram of Monday
says: Mrs. Harrison is much wenkor
than she has been for some days past,
owing to the more rapid p:ogress of the
disease. She slept the greater portion
of the day, but the sleep was not of a re¬
freshing character.
A Raleigh, N. C., dispatch says: Gov¬
ernor Holt made the annual return of
the naval militia f North Carolina
divisions Monday. There is a batmlion of four
containing twenty-one officers,
f 1 rty-; ight petty officers and two huu-
died and twenty-seven enlisted men.
A Pittsburg, Pa., dispatch says : The
c ousthuti uulity of the Baker ballot law
;s to he tested in court. Ex Deputy At¬
torney General Sanduson, of Pittsburg,
is preparing papers and if finished the
matter will be carried at ones before the
supreme court, which is now in session.
Patrick Eagan, United States minister
to Chile, arrived at Washington Satur¬
day morning and immediately called on
Mr. Grinnelle, acting secretary of s’-ate
in the absence of Secretary Poster. Mr.
Eagan present* d the treaty concluded
with Chiie for the settlement of claims
between the two countries.
1 he Boston Globe, in its issue of Mon¬
day, publishes a story that new and start¬
ling evidence has been found for the
prosecution in the Full River tragedy.
Witnesses will testify as to set iug Lizzie
Borden in her stepmother’s room about
tire time the murder is supposed to have
been committed.
A Pitt -burg dispatch of Wednesday
Ml VS : Notices have been posted at the
(hr scent st* el wor ks on forty-eighth street
and Allegheny Valley railroad announc
ing a reduction of 10 per cent in the
wu (s of employes to take e IT ct on and
after October 29th. The company en—
1 'loys shout eight hundred men an!
make all the finer grades of steel.
A news special of Mond .y from De¬
troit, Mich., says; Tire democrats have
gone into a combination with the popu¬
lists on legi-lntive candidates, the object
br ing to control the choice of Unit d
States senator by the next legisla’ure.
1 hey have endorsed each other’s nomina-
t ions in twenty six cases so far, and the
legislative nominations are not all m ide
yet.
V Chicago news special of Tuesd .y
says; An npp ication fora, rehearing in
1 he case of Dan Coughlin, sentenced to
imprisonment for li e for the murder of
Dr. Cronin, has been made by the eon-
vict’s attorney to the supreme court of
flie state, and taken under advisement hv
the fin d judicial nu'hority. The brief
of the author.ties submitted D practical
Iv that used in siiuiliar application on
behalf of Dan Sullivan, which was de
nied.
A Washington dispatch says: Attor
11 ey General Scott, of Virginia, on Tues¬
day, moved in the United States supreme
court for permission to file a petition for
a writ of mandamus on Uni ed States
District Judge Paul, of Virginia, to re¬
mand to the court of Smythe county the
case of James II. Carrico, charged with
murder. The allegation is that the state
and not the federal courts have jurisdic¬
tion. Carrico was a federal officer au t
killed James Nelson in au attempt to nr-
lest the latter.
A news special of Tuesday from Fall
River, Mass., says: General feeling has
changed in regard to the Borden case,
ami defendant's counsel is receiving en¬
couraging condemning telegrams from all sections
;he alledged disclosures in
case, and encouraging him t con-
tiuue his work for Lzze Borden, Three
local papers express editorial opinion of
a similar cham ter, and cdl upon the
slate to get rid of its hired de? c ives.
Directions to bring libel suits have
be n to Mr. Jennings, of the counsel
for the defense.
Thirty-two «*f the steel workers who
started from Kuoxville, Tenn., for
the Homestead, Pa., stftel works, arrived
e Tuesday morning. They were all
white, and claim to be thorough work¬
men. One of the party stated that they
had gone south when the iron i ndustry
boom occurred in Alabama and Tennes¬
see, and had worked at Sheffield, B r-
mingham and Knoxville, that there is
now that a depresflon in the iron trade an d
as a result they had been out of
work for several months.
A Washington special says: The su¬
preme court Tuesday advanced the Mich¬
igan elect ; on law ca-es and heard argu¬
ment thereo'*. Important political que -
tions are involved, for if the court su -
tains the decision of the Michigan su¬
preme court that the law is consti ution d,
the result will doubtl as be to give s >m -
Michigan electoral votes to Ole velar d.
The point iuvolved is choice f prt * _
dential electors by comrr<-s*uona't ciis
tricts. Attorney-General Miller appear, d
in his private capacity as one of
counsel for the republican side of
case, something very unusual ia
court practice.
m THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH.
Notes ot Her Progress ani Prasporit?
Briefly Epitomlzod •
And Important Happenings from Day
to Day Tersely Told.
Life insurance agents in G orjia have
organized into an association known ; s
Georg.a Life Insurers A^ ocnuiou.
Iiichard If. C'ark, of Mobile, Ala.,
was, on Monday, - renominated d< m
. >di for fr
® ,a Ic rar .ate e egress m tli
first Alabama district,
M. J. O’Brien, the defaulting treasurer
of the Catholic Knights, was arrested it
Philadelphia Monday, and will he brougl t
back to Chattanooga.
C. T. Bud locke, one of the wealthier
gran merchants of New Orleans, suieib
ed by drowning himself in Claybotae can 1
M° !, <lay afternoon. I xeesive drinkin
assigned as the cruse,
Tuesday evening a two-story re-iderc
belonging to Hudm n Bios. & Co.,
Opelika, Ala., occupied by several fumi-
lies was destroyed by tire. It e.urgh
fre m the stove. Loss $2,000; insurance
$1,500.
Alfred B. 13ddin’s leaf tobacco factory
and a portion of the planing mill of W.
d -J- ‘ str Whitehurst AV‘d Saturd at Richmond, ay morning Va by were tire.
Ib '; loe< s about $?5,000, partly covered
b -V insurance.
Fire Sunday morning partly d stroyed
* be b 'ii!ding a 90 Canal street. New
Orleass, o»~ d t*y the Tulane universi y
ar| d 1 ff , ipio by I. 1'. Hansell Bro.,
3 ‘^dot tr^. Loss estimated at $50,000,
fully insured,
Fire recurred at Crewe station, neai
Petersburg, Va, on the Norfolk and we^t
ern railroad Monday morn ng, burning six
stores with c intents. Loss $35,000;
partly insured. The fire originated in a
bakery.
A news special from Columbia, S. C.,
says: ihe Richmond and Danville
road is making a big cut down in expen-
s<s in this section. Saturday night
thirty men at the shops were dropp'd
without notice. Seventeen are maebin
ists >md a number of them are old em-
ployes of the highest skill Another
economical step was also taken by short¬
ening the day’s work one hour.
President Harrison has granted a par¬
don in the case of James Johnson con¬
victed in South Carolina of pa singe un-
terfeit coin and sen’enced August 10,
1892,to three years’ imprisonin'nt in t'ae
Ohio peui’e t''nry. The president says
that judging from the statements now
made by tbe trial judge and district at¬
torney the conviction in this ea-e should
not have been allowed to stand.
A Columbia, S. 0., dispatch says:
John R. R. Keels, the young Sumter at¬
torney who was convicted of forgery,
imprisonment was, on Saturday,sentr need to (me year’s
at labor in the penbentia-
r.v His attorney, General John Kenne¬
dy, ex-minister to China, made s renuous
efforts to obtain anew trial but failed.
IT has since appealed to the supreme
court and now Keels is out on a thousand
dollar b nd.
Three men were killed and three were
wound d in a railroad accident at Ben-
nettsville, in Marlboro conn y S. C..
Monday afternoon. The dead are: Boyd
Farley, John Michel and Charles Owen,
allrailroad employes. W. D. Polk, yard-
master, Andrew Whittle’ and Edward
Powel were wounded, but none of them
are serously hurt. The accident was
caused by a frei. ht car on the Charleston,
Summer and Northern railroad jumping
the track just as the engine was slowly
rounding a sharp curve.
CHOLERA REPOKT.
New Cases and Deaths Across the
Water.
In Paris and its su mr'Lis Monday there
were report'd eleven new cases of chol¬
era and six deaths.
Since the last returns there have beeu
report'd throughout Holland nine new
cases of cholera and one death.
The pre-ence of cholera in B ida Pesth
has caused such a general feeliug of un¬
easiness that members of the Austrian
delegation have decided to ask the presi¬
dent of the Austrian and Hungarian del¬
egations to adjourn b >th houses.
There were only two new cases of chol¬
era and one death from the disease i.i
Hamburg Monday.
The authorities of Berlin anuounoe
that only one cholera patient is now in
Moabite Lazaretto.
Seven new cases of cholera and one
death have been reported in the last two
days in Mo’enbcck, a suburb of Bius-els.
OFFICERS AMBUSHED.
Shot Down Without Warning by
Moonshiners in Tennessee.
A party of six internal revenue officers
was led into ambush near Flintville, in
the southern part of Lincoln countv,
Tenues-ee, Friday morning, and a des¬
perate fk-ht at close quarters followed.
As a result, two of the bravest men that
ever raided a wildcat still are dead and
Joe Spurrier, known aud feared by every
moonshiner in Tennessee and North
Alabama, shot through the back, is com¬
pletely paralyzed and not expected to
live. One moonshiner was killed, while
the others escaped. There were four
men in the moonshiners’ party and al¬
though they hid behind trees and brushes
and shot three men down before their
presence was known, the remaining
three officers killed one and drove the
balance into the mountains.
Nose and Complexion.
Dr. Emil Schmidt, professor of an-
thropologv in Leipzig University and
author of ’ ’Anthropologische Methoden, ”
has in recent numbers of the Globus
given the results of his studies on tiie
native races of India. He classfics the
different types as. 1. narrow nosed, fair
skinned; 2. broad nosed, fair skinned:
3, narrow nosed, dark skinned; 4, broad
nosed, dark skinned.
The second type he inclined to con-
sider a mixed one. resulting from inter¬
mixture of the white Aryan and Dravid-
ian. The third type is represented bv
the klings or day laborers observed in
the cities of the straits, and Dr. Schmidt
thinks they are of Tamul or Teluge
origin.—[Philadelphia Ledger.
Assistant Secretary Nettletov has
informed au inquirer taac out of an issue of
4U90 ten-thousan .-aoiiar legal-tender notes
mere is but one note now outstanding, and
that there are but three tive-chousand-dol-
lar notes outstanding out of a total issue of
*30,000,000.
ON TRiAL FOR
Tie Homestead Strikers Arraipci Be¬
fore CMet Jnstlce Paxton.
Charge to the Grand Jory as to
Constitutes Treason,
The unusual spectacle of the chief
justice of the suprem * court of the state
sitting as judge in a court of oyer and
termineroi the county in a state was wit¬
nessed by a la'ge crowd in the criminal
court room at Pittsburg, Penn., Mond ry
morning when Chief Justice Paxton
charged the grand jury as to what con¬
stituted treason against the state in the
cases against members of the Homstead
striker’s dvisory club. Upon the bench
sat Chief Justices Stowe, McClung, Por¬
ter and Kennedy, while in the clerk’s
portion sat Judge Single. The room
was crowded almost to suffocation.
When the court opened Judge Kenne¬
dy turned to the grand jury and said
hat the charges of treas n having been
nade against certain persons it seemed
right for the county court to request the
highest judicial officer of the sta e to de-
iver the charge. After detailing the
causes leading up to the Homestead
-trike, Judge Paxton said:
“ i Le mutual right of parties to a con¬
tract in ivg rd to wages and the charac¬
ter of employment, whether by the piece
or by tbe day, whether for ten hours or
less, is as fixed as any < ther right which
we enjoy under the constitution and laws
of this state. It is a right which belongs
to every citizen, laborer or capitilist. and
it is the duty of thr* state to protect them
in the enjoym nt of it.”
Coming up to the formation of the ad¬
visory committee and the part taken by
it in the strike, he said:
“It is alleged that the advisory com¬
mit'ee did more ihan to induce others
not to accept employment from the com-
p ny, that it allowed no persons to enter
the mill of the Carnegie Steel company,
md even permitted no strangers to enter
he town «,f Homestead without its per¬
mission: that it arranged an organiza-
rion of a military character, consisting of
three divisions, with commanders, cap¬
tains, etc., the captains to report to the
el vision captains and the latter to report
to the advisory committee.”
He then detailed how the authority of
he sheriff had been defied, the arrival of
tec Pinkertons, the riot following anei
finally the mobilization of the slate
loops, adding: “We can have some
\ mpathy with those driven to despera-
ion by hunger, as in the days of the
French revolution, but we can have none
r men receiving ixceptionally high
wages in resisting the law and resorting
;o bloodshed in the assertion of imaginary
rights and entailing such a vast expense
upon the taxpayers of the common¬
wealth. It was not a cry for bread to
feed their famishing lips, resulting in sud¬
den outrage with good provocation—it is
liberate attempt by men without author¬
ity to control others in the enjoyment of
their rights. Use men had the light to
refuso to work and persuade others to
join them, but them-meat they attempt¬
ed to control the works aud resorted to
violence, they placed themselves outside
the pale of the law. If we were to con-
ced j the doctrines that the employe may
dic ate to his employer, the terms" of his
employment and upon the refusal of the
latter to accede to them to -take po3ses-
sio r of his property and drive others
away who were willing to work, we
would have au anarchy. No business
could be conducted upon such a basis;
that when once countenanced would be
extended to every industry.”
The justice then defined as treason the
organization of a large number of men
!u tbe common purpose to defy the law,
resist its officers and to deprive any por-
i ton of their fellow citizens of their rights
under the constitution aud laws. It is a
riate of war, said he, when a business
p ant has to be surrounded by the army
of the state to protect it from unlawful
violence at the hands of its former em-
ployes. Every member of such assorted
government whether it be by an adviso¬
ry committee or by whatever name it
is called, who has participated in such
usurpation, who has gained in the com¬
mon purpose of resistance 1o the
law and the denial of right to other
citizens has committed treason against
the state. If you find from the evidence
that the defendants have, or any of them
has, committed, participated aud aided
in any of the acts which I have defined
to you as constituting the offense of
treason it will be your sworn duty to
find a true bill against the party or par-
lies so offending. We have reached a
point in the history of the state where
there are but two roads for us to pursue
—one leads to order and good govern¬
ment, the other leads to anarchy. One
great question which concerns the peo¬
ple of this country is the enforcement of
the law and the preservation of order.”
ALL INDICTED.
Later dispatches state that at 3 o’clock
Tuesday afternoon the grand jury return¬
ed true bills against members of the
Homestead advisory commit'e.*, charged
with treason. True bills were also °re-
turned against H. C. Frick, John G. A.
Lffhinan, E. F. Lovcjoy, Henry Curry,
Superintendent Potter, Otis Childs and
Nevin McConnell, all Carnegie officials,
Henry and Fred Pinkerton, Captain
Cooper, Fred Primer and other Pinker¬
ton detectives, charged with murder and
conspiracy.
Informations were made before Chief
Justice Paxson, Friday, September 30th,
by County Detective Belthoover, against
David H. Shannon, John McLuckie,
David Lynch, Thomas J. Crawford,
Hugh O’Donnell, Harry Bayne, Elmer E.
Bail, Isaac Birs, Henry Bayard, T. W.
Brown, George Cbnmpcno, Isaac Critch-
low, M. Elgan, Jrhn SViliiara Covle, Jack Clri-
ford, Dennis M. Cush, McConley,
Micheal Cummings. Wm. Coombs, Johu
Dierkin, Patrick Fagan, W. H. Caches,
MatthewS. Harris, Reid Kennedy, John
Milffr, O. S. Seabright, John Murray, fluj'h
H. M. Thompson, Martin Murray,
Ross, William T. Roberts, George Hy¬
lands and George W. Tarver, cha ging
them with treason. Warrants were i-
sued the same day and so far fifteen of
the thirty-rhree members of toe con
mittee have been found.
A humble member of the Franciscan
Order, who had attained the age of 118
years, died the other day at the mouas-
terv, lii’e in Italy, where he had passed his
as cook to the inmates. The Pope,
wl.j had a great affection for Frere Og-
noa, as he called him. never failed to
make enquiries after him, nor to send
kindlv messages during Lis illness.
A NAUTICAL VIEW.
Mamma—Don't you know that your
father is the mainstay of the family?
the Freddy—Golly, spanker, ain't he though ; and
too.—[Brooklyn Life.
BUSINESS VERY GOOD.
I)nn 3s Co., Give an Encouraging Re-
Report for Past Week.
R. G. Dunn & Co.’s weekly review of
trade says: The first week of October
shows more activity in spite of the near
approach Biusiness of the pre idential election.
is Btrictly better at the s >uth ou
account of the improvement in the price
of cotton; more active at the west, with
improved prospects, and only slightly re¬
tarded at the east. The expected reac¬
tion from the extremely low pricS of cot¬
ton though helps business at the south, and al¬
wheat s low in price, it is a lit-
rie higher than it was a week ago. In
genera!, specu’ation has disturbed legiti¬
mate trade much less during the past
quarter than is usual at th s season, al¬
though transactions in cotton have been
■ xceedingly Business heavy.
is brighter at Baltimore and
•he packing trade opens with great
r romise, while building transactions are
luavy. At Pittsburg manufactured iron
3 quite active and in large demand at
well supported pric 8, while business in
glass is fair, but the strike of the coal
miners embarrasses Monongahela. Nearly
all southern cities report a better trade,
though at Little Rock crop prospects are
ot considered encouraging.
At Nashville trade is fair, and at Mem¬
phis improving, ar d decided improve¬
ment, is noticed at New Orleans, with bet¬
ter prices for cotton and good collec¬
tions.
There are signs in an improvement in
the price of cotton goods and sales of
wool continue heavy. It is not a satis¬
factory symptom that speculation is
enormous, sales at this city amounting
to 1,239,000 bales last week svi h au ad¬
vance of half a cent in price, yet rxports
•i cotton are not large, and of a 1 domes¬
tic products the value exported last week
was"only $5,483 542 against, $9,768,989
for the same week last year.
THE FOREIGN TRADE.
Considering the great increase in the
Imports of merchandise, the state of the
foreign trade is hardly encouraging.
While imports are in part of materials
for manufaotur , there is also quite a
noteworthy increase m imports of dutia¬
ble articles. The treasury continues to ac¬
cumulate $1,500,000 gold, having added to its
-locks during the past week
and $700,(!00 in silver, but has put into
circulate n about $3,000,000 more paper
of various kinds. Although the circu¬
lation of money decreased in September
there is no indication as yet that the
money markets in any part of the coun¬
try are insufficiently applied.
Business failures occurring throughout
the country during last week number for
the United States, 184; the correspond¬
ing week last year 240.
CONDITION OF COTTON.
Unfavorable Weather Causes a Con¬
siderable Reduction.
The statistician of tire department of
agriculture reports a reduction of 3 14
poin‘8 in the general percentage of the
condition of cotton, from 70.8 in Sep¬
tember to F3.3 in October. The deteri¬
oration is heavi> st in North Carolina and
least in Texas of any states of considera¬
ble production. Georgia has maintain¬
ed its condition better than any other
Atlantic State. The percentages are:
Virginia, 71; North Carol na, 09; South
Carolina,, 73; Georgia, 75; Fiord*, 03;
Alabama, 09: Mississippi, 72; Louisiana,
71; Texas, 77; Arkansas, 74; Tennessee,
75.
Rain in the early part of September
and cool nights Inter have caused a rot¬
ting of immature bolls in North Carolina
and South Carolina. The crop is matur¬
ing somewhat better in Georgia, though
excess of moisture in the southern coun¬
ties has been somewhat injurious. ThTe
lower condition of Florida cotton in Sep¬
tember has been further depressed by
heavy and persistent rainfall, which has
delayed picking.
The low status of the Alabama
breadth is the result of the wet weath¬
er, insufficient cultivation, disnropor-
tionate growth of stalk and fruit, and
rotting of the young bolls. S uuewhat
more favorable influences in Mississippi
gave rise to more cheerful reports. Lou¬
isiana cotton is very late and unpromis¬
ing, from excessive moisture through the
season to September 15th, and cool
nights since, which discourages the ex¬
pectation of late planters.
There is less complaint and discour¬
agement in Texas than in any state. The
areas planted late in Arkansas are very
unpromising, though recent favorable
weather is rapidlv opening early bolls.
Favorable weather has recently succeed¬
ed lies fj rains in Tenne>see, and bolls
are beginning to open. A late and fa¬
vorable autumn can alone dispel the
prevailing discouragement. Tbe boll
worm is most frequently mentioned west
of the Mississippi. The caterpillar has
wrought some injury in the southern
belt. The insect ravages will have less
influence in reducing the crop than the
unfavorable weather conditions.
RYAN’S RECEIVER
Files Exceptions to the Auditor’s Re¬
port lu the Contempt Case.
Monday afternoon, a: Atlanta, the re¬
ceiver, Charles S. Kim,sbery, filed his
exceptions to the report of Auditor
Peeples in the Ryan contempt case, In
it he insists that the said report is n *t
subject to exc* ptions Then it adds
ibat, so as to be in tim,eand file excep¬
tions as < rdered, in ten days after the
filing of the report, if the court holds
that exceptions can be made, he files his
own.
All are exceptions of fact. Exception
one is that the auditor erred in finding
thai Ryan had in his bands only $73,-
528.82 when the evidence showed that
he had $500,090. Exception iwo al¬
leges that error was committed in find¬
ing the average daily sales from March
20 to May 26, 1891, inclus vc, the ev¬
idence showed the avenge sales for that
period were $5,000, and the total not
less than $250, OoO.
Exception three complains of error be¬
cause the auditor found that the total -of
Ryans deposits was swelled by kiting
to the amount of $S8,820, w hen the
whole am* unt of the deposits was from
money received in the ordinary course of
business, or if kiting did exi t it did not
amount to more than $25,000. made
Exeception four shows error was
because the auditor found that Ryan, dur¬
ing the time investigated, pod $72,177.-
24 on his general indebtedness, when he
paid not more than $5°,000.
Exception five complains error was
committed in finding to"A. that Ryan pa ; d on
May 26, $10,055 J. Ryan, $10,055
to C. I. Ryan, $30,170 to J. F. Ry *n aud
on May 25, $10,022lo Mrs. Austell, when
the evidence was that he did n >t pay any
of these sums. The court has given no¬
tice that it will decide what to do with
the exceptions.
Parrots cost but ten cents each to th®
dealer* in Central America.
Uncle Sam's Big Gnu.
The lest of the jackets was slipped
over the breech of the great thirteen-inch
gun at the navy yard a few days ago.
and the immense piece of orderrance is
now nearing c mpletion. The work is
one of more than usual interest and ev¬
ery step is being carefully watched by
Captain Sampson, inspector in charge at
he yard. The gun will be the largfst
ever made in this country. Fifteen inch
guns were made during the war of cast
iroD, but they were smooth bores and
from any point of view, except in regard
1 1 calib r, they were insignificant when
compared with the gun now on the lathe
at the navy yard. This modern steel ri¬
fle is made of thirteen separate pieces of
metal exclusive of a complex carriage.
It consists of a central tube over which
are shrunk bands of jackets of various
shapes. The joints are so exactly match¬
ed that the gun appears to t e but one
piece of metal. Its total length is near¬
ly forty feet, its diameter at the breech
is an inch more thin four feet and it ta¬
pers to a thickness of twenty-one inches
at the muzzle. When finished, the gun
will weigh ueary one hundred and fifty
eight thousand pounds. It r< quires
more than a quarter of a ton of
powder to load this rifla for one dis¬
charge, hurl but that quanity is expected to
a shell as tall as a good sized boy
and weighing 1,100 pounds to a distance
of twelve or thirteen miffs, at the extra¬
ordinary velocity of 21,000 feet per sec¬
ond. Close at hand this shot would
penetrate 26 2-3 inches of solid steel, and
at a di tance of a mile and a half from
the gun, which is about as far as such
guns can be sighted and fired with accu¬
racy in marine wafare, the shot would
still have vitality sufficient to smash
through the sides of a ship covered with
21 1-2 inches of steel armor. Very few
ueb ships are afloat. This is the first
of twelve such guns that are inte nded
for new ba’tle ships, the turrets of the
battle ship Oregou, now being built on
ihe Pacific coast. When finished, its
construction will have occupied six
months, but better time can be made
with other guns of this caliber.
Lightning Prints.
There is a clas3 of phenomena pro¬
duced by lightning which is •well worthy
of attention, but of which little is yet
known; we refer to lightning prints. We
are all acquainted with the pe-uliar ac¬
tion of light upon papers imbued with
salts of silver or other chemical prepara¬
tions sensitive to its influence, by which
the images of surrounding objects are
permanently and elegantly fixed upon
paper. Well, a lightning flash now and
again produces a similar re.'U t upon the
thing or person it touches. M. Poey,
who has treated the subject of lightning
prints very fully, mentions tw- nty-four
cases of impressions on the bodies of men
and animals.
Of these eight were impressions of
trees or parts of trees, one of a bird and
one of a cow, four of crosses, three of cir¬
cles or of impressions of coins carried
about the person, two of horseshoes, one
of a nail, one of a metal comb, one of a
number or numeral, one of the words of
a sentence and one of the back of an arm¬
chair.—Chamber’s Journal.
A Thankful Little Fellow.
Little children teach those of larger
growth many a lesson. Would that
older people were always as thoughtful
for their blessings! Little B. had just
recovered from a tedious illness and was
wild as a cMt with the pleasure of being
out again. He was invited to a picnic
and came home brimming over with the
happiness he had enjoyed. That night,
when he said his prayers as usual at his
aunt’s knee, he added of his own accord,
“I thank thee for giving that picnic nnd
letting me go.—New York Tribune.
Had Thought of It.
Young Man (who thinks of marrying)
— “Father, I—er—presume you know—
er—the Bible says it is not good for man
to be alone.”
Rich Old Gentffman (a widower) —
“Yes, I’ve been t’ninkiug of that. Be¬
sides, a boy like you ought to have a
mother over him anyhow, as I told th
Widow Dash only yesterday.”—Street &
Smith’s Good News.
He’d Had Some Experience.
She (ou the hoti 1 veranda)—“You had
no business to do that.”
He—“I am engaged to you. Why
shouldn’t I kiss you?”
She—“But people were looking.”
He—“That’s why I did it. 1 am de¬
termined that you ahail at least return
my bow when we get back to the
Give Us Rest.
This is the prayer of tiie nervous who do
sleep well. Let them use Hostetter’s Stomach
Bitters, and their prayer will be speedily
answered. Insomnia is the product of indi¬
gestion and nervousness, two associate ail¬
ments, soon remedied by the Bitters, which
also vanquishes malaria, constipat on, liver
complaint, rheumatism and kidney com¬
plaints.
thought Learning without thourht is labor lost;
without learning is perilous.
For impure or tilin B.ood, »\ eakne-s. Mala
ria N uruigia, Iron Jnditr< tion. and Biliou-ne—.
take Brown’s Bitrcrs —i; gives siren th.
making oid persons feel young—and yoang
persons strong: lea-ant to take.
Prosperity can be accounted no ju-t scale;
adversity i- the only balance to wei ii friend:.
A CURE for nearly all of the common ills —•
what, Pilia. doctors? Pshaw! Take Beecham’a
For sale by aU druggists. 25 cents.
If afflicte 1 with sore eye us Dr- i- one To rnp-
gon’s Eye-water.Dru<?u ; st- ell at 25 per bort *e.
! Gan Walk a Mila
Easily, although for a
long time before taking
Hood’s Sarsaparilla I
conlrl not walk a,
step. I had a terrible
running sore on my leg,
resulting from milk leg.
Nothing did me any good
till I began taking
Hood’s Sarsaparil¬
la. The pain ceased
wholly, the dark color Mrs. Chas. Asbell.
disappeared, healed, the the sore has healthy.”
and limb is perfectly
Mrs. C, A. A s bell, A von. Mass.__
Hood’s chest. Pills shouid used,they he in every preferred. family
medicine Once are
Delicate Wome M it T2
Or Debilitated Women, should us3
BRADFIELD’S FEMALE REGULATOR,
Every ingredient possesses superb Tonic
properties and exerts a wonderful influ¬
ence in toning up and strengthening her
channels system, by all driving through the proper
strength impurities. Health and
guaranteed to result from its use.
“ My wife, who was bedridden for sigh-
teen months, after using Jiradf.eli’a
Female getting Regulator well.” for two montiia is
J. M. Johnson. Malvern, Ark.
Bradyiei/d Regulator Co.. Atlanta, Ga.
Soid by Druggists at $1.00 per bottle.
Healthful Arctic Regions.
There is one side of the arctic regions paid
which has never had due attention
it, and that is the medical and cura-
tive side Davos Platz has known what
cold can do in consumption, but in the
ife giving air of the arctic circle no
uoxi us germ can live. The only illness
■ f any consequence whaetver which at¬
tacks a whaier is an explosive bullet.
It is a safe prophecy that before many
years are passed steam yachts will turn
to the north every summer with a cargo
of the weak chested, and the people will
understand that nature’s icehou-e is
more healthy ulace than her vapor bath
—Idler.
A Rc-mitrkal) e Sapphire.
Among the crown jewels is a magnifi
cent sapphire representing a female fig¬
ure enveloped in drapery, The stoue
represents two tints, a circumstance of
which , • , toe ,, ist ... has skill:ully taken ad- .
or
vantage to make the woman duk aud
the drapery light. The most
hie prod uc ion of this kind is an en<:rav-
e 1 sapphire representing a profile of a
young Iff rcules executed by Obelus. It
is in the Str« zzi cabinet at Rome.
—Jewelers’ Review.
Pretty Low Down.
First Bo} - —‘‘There goes the lowest
down, m a -esr cu®8 in school.”
Second boy—“What did he do?”
First B>y—“I stole his lunch, an’ he
went au’ told th’ teacher instead o’ steal¬
ing’ somebody else’s.”
A Correspondent Answered.
I. N.—The factory town of Griffith lies nine
miles southeast of Chicago and has four rail¬
roads, one a complete belt line, and two fuel-oil
pipe-hr.es. A full description of this growing its
town founders, can Jay probably bhviggins be had by Co., addressing of Chicago.
A. &
When yon allow others to attend to your
business don’t be surprised if the results are
not exactly as ybu expected.
For Dyspepsia, Indigestion, and Stomach
di-orders, Tonic, use Brown’s iron Bitt rs. The Best
it rebuilds the system, cleans the Blood
and strengthens the muscle -. A splendid ton¬
ic for weak and debilitated persons.
A young man advertises his desire for a wife,
“Pretty and entirely ignorant of the fact.”
World’s Fair Albums
given awav nr THE H. & J*. AND MONON,
TIIE WORLD’S FA IK I.OUTE.
An elegantly bound album ot the Worlds
> air views has been published bv tiie C. H. &
forms C-i which, in connection with the Monnn,
tiie l opular Y> orld’s Fair Route from
Cincinnati to t hieago. The album is a work of
art and will be sent to any address byE. O.
cinnati, McCormick, O., G. P. and T. Agt., C. H. & JA,Cin¬
Incidentally on it v< ceii t ot ten cents in stamps.
is noted that the double daily
Pullman safety vestibuhtl 1 rains, with dining
cars between Cincinnati, Indiana} oils and Chi¬
cago, Route. are run only via tLe C. H. & It. and Mon-
on Bee i! at your tickets to the World’s
I air read via the C. H. & D.
The Only One Ever Printed.
CAN YOU FIND THE WORD?
There is a 3-incli display advertisement in
this paper, this week, which lias no two words
alike except one word. The same is true of
each new one appearing each week, from The
Dr. Harter Medicine Co. Tins house places a
“Crescent” on everything they make and
publish* Look for it, send them the name
of the word and they will return you book,
BEAUTIFUL LITHOGRAPHS or SAMPLES FREE.
E. A. HOOD, Toledo, Ohio, says: “Hall’s
Catarrh Cure cured my wife of catarrh fifteen
vears It’s ago and -lie has had no return of it.”
a sure cure. Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Our old reliable eye-water cures weak or in¬
flamed eyes or granulated lids without pain.
Price 25c. Jolm li. Dickey Drug Co., Bristol, Va.
'1
MY. P«lQg
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fir l •5*
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ENJOYS
Both tire method and results when
Syrup and refreshing of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
to the taste, and acts
gently Liver yet promptly Bowels, on the Kidneys,
and cleanses the sys¬
aches tem effectually, aud fevers dispels colds, head-
and cures habitual
constipation. only remedy of Syrup its kind of Figs is the
ever pro¬
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac¬
ceptable its to the stomach, prompt in
action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular Syrup remedy known.
of Figs is for sale in 50e
and $1 bottles by all leading drug¬
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro-
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO,
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
LOUISVILLE, KV. NEW YORK. N.Y.
BST10SSL SURGICAL INSTITUTE,
<3 —>>. ATLANTA, GA.,
/ / * rtaJP t Sat* Treats Deformities and
' % U'; f hrenic Diseases, Diseases such the as
j 'Jp >ine 3pf, and Joi of
% a y Piles ]
S tanh, Fem;t e and private
/-—, Hf-rnia, Diseases
W »t the Urinary Onra:i«,otc.
ti £3i$end or il astrateJ "Si circn-
;!r . Name s I a;>’ r.
/- >-.T $5 to (iEUTKISO $!5
PIAIEB
a-nd plating jewelry,watches
fll tabliware, Ac. Pla»e* the
Y My f! finest of jewelry good ai
new, on ail kinds of metal
with gold, silver or
Ko experience. No capital
Hvcry bouse has good is need
.^agents$5. ing plating. Whole -esaie o
Write for cire*?-
.-:L-ka2i J* tO.. ra - *}•DELAO At
IT IS A DUTY you owe your¬
self .in*i family to aet the best
value for j our mouey. Ec ono«
i your foot wear by pur-
i \\. L. Douglas Shoes,
value f,:
tho n*n n
ASK FOR W. L. DOUGLAS’ SHOES.
If not for sale in yottr place send direct to Factory, • tefinsr kind, size and width
'■- n nted. Postage free. Will giye exclusive »:ue to -’toe dealer** and general nter«
count* where I have no agents. Write for Catnlo; gne- AV- I— Pooslas, Brockton, DUk,
W.
B a
5®h Rl ltsf.V 0 lfiSi^3. and paint, ivhlcli 6Lain
lesi Durahle.and the consumer pnvs for Do tin
or glass package with every purchase.
*£V£MT£tV dCVTOTT
[at <s m
BileBe&ns
Small.
Guaranteed to euro Bilious Attacks, Sick-
Headache and Constipation. 40 in each
bottle. Price 25c. For sale by druggists,
Picture “7,17, 70” and sample doso free-
J. F. SMITH & CO., Proprietors, A EW YORK.
German
99
I must say a word as to tlie ef¬
ficacy of German Syrup. I have
used it in my family for Bronchitis,
the result of Colds, with most ex¬
cellent success. I have taken it my¬
self for Throat Troubles, and have
derived good results therefrom. I
therefore recommend it to my neigh¬
bors as au excellent remedy in such
cases. James T. Durette, Earlys-
ville, Va. Beware of dealers who
offer you “something just as good.”
Always insist on having Boschee’s
German Syrup.
mm
im 5 ’fmm
m
RELIEVES all Stomach. Distress,
REMOVES Nausea, SeDsa of J dilute.*?,
Congestion, Pain.
REVIVES Failing ENERGY.
RESTORES Normal Circulation, and
WAUiis to Toe Tips.
DR. HARTER MEDICINE CO.. 5h Louis, Mo.
AM ASTOM55H.NG
TOMIO FOR WOfyBEfi.
McKLHKE’S
1 £ OF
*S5SH3JI
233s
it Strengthens the Weak, Quiets the
Nerves, Relieves Monthly
Suffering and Cures
FEMALE DISEASES.
ASK YOUn DRUGGIST ABOUT IT.
S1.00 PER BOTTLE.
CHAT D.NOOGA M ED. CO., Chattanooga, Tenn.
Unlike the Dutch Process
No Alkalies
j — OR —
Other Chemicals
are used in the
preparation of
W. BAKER & CO/S
r ireakfastCocoa
I ... £ ■ns.
j ’|| j ; . \ ; ... \ which is absolutely
! ' ■ pure and soluble.
' : M \ j J; v 1 i ; I Itbas morethanthreetimes
d the strength of Cocoa mixed
* X with Starch, Arrowroot or
Sugar, and is far more eco-
nomica!, costinj less than, one cent a cup.
It is delicious, nourishing, and easily
DIGESTED. _
Sold by Grocers everywhere.
W. BAKES & CO., Dorchester, Mass.
Buy ft His On
A 600-pageProfusely Illustrated Book, contain¬
ing valuable information pertaining to dis*
ea es of ihe i uman s\stem, showing l ow to
TREAT and CUBE with the simplest of medi-
ones. Th e book coi t.rris analysis of court-
Sif “SU des marriage useful l and prescription-*, maca ement recipes, of child- etc.
ai;i led, post-pai'i , for 60 cents. Address
VTUANTA ri BLISIIINfi HOUSE,
116 Loyd Street, Atlanta, Ga.
A CcDinmpllTrc ar.U people
who have weak lungs or Astb-
3 ma. should use I'iso's Core for
m Consumption, ll has cared
pl ^ thoEsaadi. It is ft has had not Injur
ed one. not to take
§5} SS It is the everywhere. best cough syrup. Stic.
Sold
A. u. . Fo: ty-o c. ’S2.
w. BOTE DOUSUS
$3 SHOE am™. FOR )
THE BEST S.40E IH THE WORLD FOR THE MONEY.
A gennine sewed shoe, that trill not ri ■ip, fine caif, seamiest,
smooth imice, fiexib.e, more comfortab re,stylish and durable than
any other shoe ever «o.d at the price, Equals custom made shoes
costing from st to $i.
and S5 Hatut-sewed. fine call shoes. The most stylish,
easy and Uurat hi- ho - ever sold at these prices. They equal
fine Imported shot s o- stmg from fS to $12.
C? O 50 l’oiice Shoe, worn by farmers and all others who
• want a good heavy calf, thr e soled, extension edge shoe,
easy to walk in, and will keep the feet dry and warm.
50 Fiuo Calf, and S‘2 Workingim-n’) Shoes
<v ■ will cive n.orj wear for tue monev than any other make.
They are made for ttrvicc. The Increasing sales show that work*
ingmen have found this out.
DA ari Tenths’ 81.75 School Shoes ars
^ worn or bv the boys everywhere. I ho most service-
able shoes sold at !
LADIES » S:; Shots I land-Sewed, for yiisaes are S-J.50, niaue ot SU the and best 81.73
gola or fine Calf, as dtcired. They are very stylish, com¬
fortable and durable. The $3 tuoe equals custom made
shots cost iug fr m $1 to $•'. Ladies who wish to econo*
m’.sA in their footwear tre ending this out.
C A UTION. —Beware of <-ea si itubstitutlng shoes with.
ouc'.v.L. Lougias’ r.'.rre 'tid ti e ^rl< estempedon bott« m-
Such substitutior.s rra fr : a abut and subject to prosecu¬
tion b 7 law for cbtjualny money under faise s.