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SOUTHERN RECORl) SUCCESSOR TO (?!&!; Established *• 1873 1890 VOL. XXV. In Effect June 13, 1898. ffoir — No 12 Pans. STATIONS. ;Mixed Daily |Dai ly, except j__ j Bun’y Bun ’y P M. |Lv ..Tallulah Falla Ar v m 6 50 ! ... Turnerville. . i i 1-2 45 i iO ... .....Ana ndale .. .. 19 25 n 30 . . ..Clarkeaville ... j 12 05 0 45 ... .....Demorest.. ... ...! 11 50 7 00 .. ......Cornelia 11 35 P M; Ar Lv A. M. = North-Eastern Railroad Time Table No. 3 Between Athens and Lula. — - 1 ( 9 | I 2 i Dally Daily STATIONS Daily Daily. , 1*. M A. M Lv Ar A. M I\ M. 8 20 11 05 W Lula N 10 50 8 00 8 35 I 11 22 j Gillsville j 10 33 7 43 8 47 11 :b> Maysville ; 10 19 7 29 9 01 j 11 52 Harmony 10 03 7 13 9 15 12 07 | Nicholson I 9 48 0 58 9 22 ! 12 15 1 Center 9 40 0 no 9 35 12 30 ! W Athens I > 9 25 (5 35 P. M P. M. Ar Lv A. M P. M. 1 r 9 12 10 -- SOUTHERN RAILWAY®"’ 0M<«bm 4 Behednln of l’annenger TrtiltUb In Effect Oct. 16, 1898. I Yen. No 18 I X.mI Xertbbonnd. No. 12 No. 38j Ex. 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T. 6 10 ! 4 55 p 10 30 p 980 a Ar. A tlanta, C. T. 5 10 a 3 55 p 9 30 ul 630 a * norcLossTJCon TRaIN. tv. _ ____Daily Except Sunday. Atlanta, central time ........... 11 20 Ar. Noreroafc, eastern time ......... 115 p tv. ftWcross, eastern time .. ......... 2 20 p Ar. Atlanta, central time ......... 2 20 p “A” a. m. “P" p. m. "M" noon. "NT** night. between Chesapeake Norfolk Line Steamers in daily service and Baltimore. Nos. 87 and St’~Daily. Washington and South¬ western Vestibule Limited. Through Pullman Sleeping leans, oars Washington, between New York and New Or¬ via Atlanta and Montgom¬ ery, and also between New York and Memphis, ViaWashington.Atlanta thoroughfare coaches and Birmingham. First class between Washing¬ ton and Atlanta. Dining cars serve all meals e» route. Pullman drawing-room sleeping cars between Greensboro and Norfolk. Close con txection at Forfolk for OLD POINT COMFORT arriving Nos. there in 36—United time for breakfast 35 and States Fast Mall JSSTSStSi ^SrSSSa^ISS.wXJS.’KSSa *<SL-r 1, ti^„ P ^S' n v d o r rr£5 •looping oar will run through between Wash- lug ton 11, and San Franc isoo without change, No*. 37, 38 and 12—Pullman sleeping cars between Richmond and Charlotte, vi * Danville, •outhbound No*. 11 and 37 . northbound Nos. 88 and 12 FRANKS. GANNON. J. M. CULP, Third v p. & Gen. Mgr., Traffic M g’r. Wr. Washington, TURK, D. C. H. hardw*ck, W aahington, D. C. a. s. Gea’l Pas*. Ag’t , Ass t Gen’l Pas*. Ag’L, da. Washington, d. c. Atlanta, D.M.SNELS0N. JDenHsL Office in Davis Building, Doylt* street. Tqccoa, Ga. DUeawi of the Blood and »rT«. No one need suffer with neuralgia. This disease is quickly and permanently cured by Browns’ Iron Bitters. Every disease of the blood, nerves and stomach, chronic or otherwise, snccumbs to Browns’ Iron Birters. Known and used for nearly a quarter of a century, it stands to-day fore¬ most among our most valued remedies. Browns’ Iron Bitters ia sold b* &U dealer* " CUBAN OiL cures Cuts Burns, Bruises, Rheuma tism and Sores. Price, 25 cts le y llefn fofl. CONFERS DEGREE UPON M’KINLET University of Chicago Makes the President a Doctor of Laws. EXERCISES LARGELY ATTENDED Presidential Party Served With Luncheon at President Harper’s Home. Chicago,October 17.—The Uni¬ versity of Chicago today conferred upon President McKinley the de¬ gree of doctor of laws. Hundreds of people applauded to the echo as the president of the college placed around the shoulders of the nation’s executive a hood of purple—purple to indicate, as Dr. Harper said, in Latin, that the receiver of the de¬ gree had “surpassed other men in native genius and devotion to it. j > The exercises at the university, while hampered very much by wet weather, were still impressive in the extraordinary degree. The president spent the morning quietly receiving those callers for whom appointments had been previously made. Shortly before 12 o’clock he left the residence of Captain La¬ fayette McWilliams, entered a car¬ riage and was driven rapidly to the “white house” of the university, the home of President Harper. Here luncheon was served, the col- lege and a limited number of guests, prominent among whom were Archbishop Ireland, of St. Paul, and Rev.Dr. John Henry Barrows. A heavy rain set in at 11 o’clock and continued during the rest ot the day. This interfered materially with some of the elaborate arrange¬ ments made by the university au- thorities for the reception of the president, but did not seem to abate in any degree Mr. McKinley’s good nature or his appreciation of the demonstration in his honor. Mrs. McKinley was not present at the luncheon, but joined the party at Kent theater in time to witness the conferring of the degree upon her distinguished husband. Before entering the theater Mr. McKinley mounted a stand in front of Dr. Harper’s residence, where he stood under an umbrella and re¬ viewed a long line of students of the Chicago university and its af¬ filiated institutions of learning. Neither the men nor the women of the colleges were daunted by the pouring rain, but filed past the re¬ viewing stand in regular order, the Women • • the . Chautauqua , giving sa- . with . their handkerchiefs , . - and , the , men making .. the , . vocal , with air College veils. ,, PRESIDENT IN CAP AND GOWN. At 3 o’clock the president enter¬ ed Kent theater amid great enthusi¬ asm. Dr. Harper took a seat in center of the stage, flanked by President McKinley and Rev. Dr. Charles R. Henderson, chaplain of the university. The president pre¬ sented a striking appearance attired in the cap and gown, made from the finest faille silk which, shirred to a yoke about the shoulders, fell in graceful folds to his feet. The bishop sleeves had the decoration of three chevrons of purple velvet. indicating the high rank of the de- gree _ conferred. . , rp, 1 he broad , , , bands , ot royal , purple , were the ., prominent teature .- . ot c the tront . of c the gown. 1 he included . , , . the ceremoni* presen- tation . of f the doctor’s , , hood, , , which . . . added to the richness . , of . the , robing. , . The hood is made of the same kind f * ilk used inthe g° wn and « adorned with the royal purple, in- dicitive of the rank of doctor of laws, while the lining of maroon indicates the color of the L T niversi- ty of Chicago. A handsome Ox¬ ford cap, made of the finest black velvet, with a gold tassel, complet¬ ed the academic dress. Dr. William R. Harper, presi¬ dent of the university,in conferring the degree upon the president,said “You, William McKinley, a man endowed with all advantages of education and experience, who at a time of gravest crisis, when the weal .not only of this republic, but of foreign states, was put in deep- “/ Know Not What the Truth May Be, l Tell the Tale as ’Twas Told to Me. ” TOCCOA, GEORGIA, OCTOBER 21, I898. est peril, and the path of wisdom by dark before the people served each highest interest, and, by your wisdom and your foresight, out of confusion brought a happy ending, " the trustees the university T . . oi or Chicago, on nomination by the ac- ademic senate, have admited to the degree of doctor ot laws,for the first time given by them, and they have granted and bestowed upon you all honors, rights and privileges here or elsewhere, appertaining to the same. In testimony whereof,I now pres- ent you with the doctorhood of the University T t * of r Chicago, which , in . virtue of this degree, you have the right to wear,and with the diploma of .... the university, and , . may you in- crease in wisdom and in virtue and in days to come, as in the past, cherish the republic and defend her.” When the purpled-lined hood was placed around Mr. McKinley’s shoulders the audience broke into cheers which lasted fully five min¬ utes. Throughout the exercises the president did not speak a word, merely bowing in response to the laudatory words of the collegians and the demonstrations of the au¬ dience. INTEREST IN THE RESULT. The Dowager Empress Must Now Show Her Hand. Pekin, Oct. 14.—The new Italian minister, Signor Martino, has ar¬ rived here, and demands the cus¬ tomary audience of the emperor. Much interest is aroused in the part the dowager empress will take in the ceremony. The French minister, M. Gerrard, has strongly urged the immediate necessity of obtaining the release of a Frenchman who is now in the hands of the Szechuan rebels, and has threatened to take strong meas¬ ures, which include French troops crossing the frontier. The emperor is practically im¬ prisoned in the island palace, which is strongly guarded. Not even a boat is allowed to land there, except with the expressed consent of the dowager empress. All the decrees are now issued by the dowager empress, the last pretense of the emperor’s power having been abolished. At Sea In a Small Boat. Victoria, B. C., Oct. 14.—The schooner Niva has rescued from al¬ most certain death Harry Thomp¬ son, Frank Johnston and John Christensen, who were attempting to sail from St. Micheal to San Fancisco in a boat only 28 feet long. They had come from Lake Ben- aet down the Yukon, had safely crossed Bering sea to Unalaska, and were on their way south when a severe gale sprang up and their frail craft would doubtless have foundered had it not been seen and saved by the Viva on Septemper 2d. More Territory for United States. Seattle, Wash., October 17.— The survey of the mouth of the Yukon river this summer by Cap¬ tain Pratt, of the coast and geodet¬ ic survey, is to add an area of 2,500 square miles to Uncle Sam’s do¬ main. Captain Pratt found that the south mouth of the Yukon empted into Bering sea twenty miles further west than has been supposed. The whole coast line from Cape Dyer, almost to St. Michael, is further west than is shown on the maps. YELLOW JAUNDICE CURED. Suffering humanity should be supplied with every means possi¬ ble for its relief. It is with pleas¬ ure we publish the following: “This is to certify that I was a ter¬ rible sufferer from Yellow-Jaundice for over six months, and was treat¬ ed by some of the best pnysicians in our city and all to no avail. Dr. Bell, our druggist, recommended Electric Bitters; and after taking two bottles, I w r as entirely cured. I now take great pleasure in rec¬ ommending them to any person suf¬ fering from this terrible malady. I am gratefully yours, M. A. Ho- garty, Lexington, Ky.” Sold by E. R. Davis & Co., druggists. The Record from now until January i for 25 cts. FLORIDA’S NEW INDUSTRY, ^ ^ D „, »|M>d_Irrlf;nUii!;' the Crop. Tobacco has been grown for many y ears in Florida - especially in the west- ern part of the state. The tobacco grown there is mainly the Cuban type of cigar wrapper and filler, with some Sumatra lately introduced. The recent scarcity Havana tobacco has given a great im- p e t as to the cultivation of the crop in Florida and very extensive arrange- ments have been made to introduce * in the central part of the peninsula. Outside of this area in western Flori- da most important developments have recently been made around Ocala, Bar¬ tow and Fort Meade. At Fort Meade particularly there is a well organized company of Cubans with a large area in tobacco. The first crop w r as made in 1896> The tobacco was cured and fer- mented, according to the Cuban proc¬ esses, and without waiting to mellow with age, as is necessary to bring out g ues ti quality of tobacco. The crop was sold at Tampa for a very satisfac¬ tory prices. Tobacco growing ou the peninsula is essentially a new industry, and com¬ paratively little experience has been available except what has been collect¬ ed during the season of 1897. The in¬ dustry has been developed principally upon the post oak lands around Ocala and upon the hammock lauds at Bar¬ tow and Fort Meade. There are large areas of these soils in the state which can be developed through the tobacco interest, and there is every reason to believe that the venture will be very successful. There is no reason to doubt that many of the pine lands are well suited to tobacco. There is very little difference in the texture of the post oak lands, the ham¬ mock lands at Fort Meade and the pine lands. The soils are all very light and sandy. The hammock soil at Fort Meade contains on an average about 8 per cent of water throughout the sea¬ son, and the land cau go for some time without rain with no serious injury to the crops. Nevertheless the planters have been greatly benefited by judioious systems of irrigation through overhead sprays. By thus keeping the plants con¬ tinually and rapidly growing the crop will mature in 45 days from the time the plants are set out. On account of the length of the season tobacco can be grown almost continually through the year, and crops can be set out almost every month in the year. There is un¬ doubtedly a vast area of laud in Florida suited to tobacco, and the climate is favorable for the production of a very fine quality of leaf. The foregoing facts are gleaned from a recent publication on “Tobacco Soils,” by Milton Whitney of the de¬ partment of agriculture, who says in concluding a statement of Florida con¬ ditions that a very intelligent method of growing and fermenting is practiced, and there is no reason why the industry should not be successful. A Troublesome Weed. Among weeds increasingly com¬ plained of is the field bindweed or small flowered morning glory. This is men¬ tioned in the Ohio experiment station’s weed manual as a somewhat recently imported pest of the most serious sort from Europe. Its small flowers, an inch or less in diameter at the top, are cer¬ tain characters of recognition. It grows with stems several feet in length, twin¬ ing about themselves or about any other plants which may happen to be near. Underground it has extensive stems, any piece of which may start a new £ W IL iirM 0 w- FIELD BINDWEED. plant, and by this means it spreads year by year or is scattered by cultivating through the infested patches. The eradication of the field bindweed is a very difficult task, yet as with Can¬ ada thistle nothing short of eradication when found in small areas will serve the purpose of the landowner. A liberal use of hoe and salt would seem the best means of destroying it. True, other vegetation will chiefly be destroyed, but this may be endured for a time if the bindweed is also exterminated. The work should begin on the outer fringes of the patches and let nothing escape there. The infested spots should not be cultivated with the surrounding land because of dragging the roots on the plow and tools._ Brief Mention. The Maryland Agricultural college in Issuing an analysis of chemical fertili- eers sold in that state says the trade in fertilizers dnring the last season has been more biisk than for some time pre¬ viously, with a natural increase in prices. Tobacco and sorghum are both report¬ ed good crops in Missouri. S. Powers says in Orange Judd Farm¬ er that this year’s tobacco orop in Flor¬ ida while not coming np to expectation in the matter of acreage on account of drought is encouraging. “We have learned in this section,” remarks a eentral Georgia farmer in Home and Farm, “to value sorghum as a summer food for bogs. We can find other and cheaper food for cows, but nothing can take the.place of this crop for hogs.” The Stone pear, a new variety from Georgia, is said to possess all the good qualities of the Le Conte and some others in addition. »- •*» OVER A HUN¬ DRED OUT OF 161 SOULS THE MOHEOAN ONLY 45 WPPP VPn * The Steamer Quickly Sunk After Striking Rocks—Captain and Executive Officers Went Down, But thirty-three Out of a Crew of Ninety-six Saved. St. Ceveripe, Oct. t 5 ._In the lower end of the church here lie fifteen bodies, among them those four women and one 12-vear-old girl. The bodies are laid out rever- ent j The faces of the victims present a sad , sight, • showing how rudely , the waves and rocks played with their features. The whole village and neighborhood are alive excitement and knots of men linger about talking with the rescued mem- bers of the crew. It is exceedingly difficult to trace the events of the disaster, but as far as can be ascertained it seems that the weather was not thick, but a strong southeast wind was blowing and that there was a heavy ground swell on and a strong current run¬ ning. Dinner was ready when Capt. Griffiths was about to proceed to the saloon when a crash made ap- arent that the steamer had gone ashore. The captain immediately went on deck and the survivors say they saw him on the bridge doing all that luy in the power of a brave man to lessen the disaster. Out of the 161 persons on board 45 escaped. Up to a late hour to- dight about thirty bodies have been washed ashore at different points. A southerly wind is now blowing and it is expecting the bodies of many more victims will be recover¬ ed by to-morrow. An inquest will be held Monday. The rescued per¬ sons are receiving the greatest at¬ tention from the inhabitants, and the utmost kindness is being shown to the female passengers. Most of the passengers were Americans re¬ turning home. A.G.L. Smith, who was among the saved, says his home is in Ore¬ gon. Mr. Smith said this evening that he saw the captain on the bridge giving orders which were carried out as far as possible. As the ship sank the captain ran along the side and sprang overboard. The vessel lurched and the passengers all seemed to be thrown into the water at the same moment. Capt. Griffiths is among the lost. Mr. Smith,who is a strong swim¬ mer, managed to get through the mass of people in the water and succeeded in evading several who tried to cluch him as he passed them. He says he swam for three hours and a half before he reached the shore. From the best evidence obtaina¬ ble at St. Keverine it appears that the Mohegan foundered five, min¬ utes after she struck the rocks. She was going at full speed, struck twice, stopped and rapidly settled into the water, As the captain and the executive officers of the steamer went down with her, it has been impossible thus far to ascertain how she got out of her course, as Fal¬ mouth light and the coast were visi¬ ble. Among the incidents recited, is the escape of the Pembertons. Mr. Pemberton jumped into a lifeboat, his wife threw him their two chil¬ dren, then she leaped into the boat herself, and thus the whole family was saved. CREW WORKED HEROICALLY. The survivors without exception speak in the highest terms of the devotion, heroism and coolness dis¬ played by the officers and crew of the illfated steamer, and declare that all were instantly at their posts when it was known that she had struck. The perilous position of the ship was noted on shore and a warning rocket was sent up, but it was too late to avoid the catastrophe which occured so suddenly that there w as not sufficient time to get out all the life-saving apparatus of the ship. The scene was men jumped overboard in agony despair and the women passengers huddled together and refused to leave the deck. The officers re- mained on ,lu - bridges to the last, and many instances I of sacrifice are recorded. Members ot the crew are known to have stood by and watched the boats Punched and put ott ’ when il was a PP are "t that these ' ver e the only means by which their own lives could be saved * A life boat ' with a load of forty P er50ns on its way “> the shore, P “ SSed many who ' vere batt,in g in the ' vater " hom U was im P ossible SJ ' e - T he villagers, headed bj 1 ’ e vicar and coast S uard * stoodon shore and cheered the boat. When tbe '. ife boat entered the little cove * the fishermen waded into the sea to a '“'f " d tenderly dra f lhe carried boat U P the on tl,e survivors beach '° '* e,r bomes * which i,ad beeo a| - " * 1 ' P re P- ,r ed tor tlieir reception - Jm t le \tcur attended to the njur- ed. The lifeboat was again launched and put for the wreck, on its out¬ ward journey picking up three sur¬ vivors. The trip to the wreck was fruitless, so far as taking any one from the vessel was concerned, but on its way back to the shore six¬ teen other survivors were taken from the water. This was just be¬ fore daybreak. The latest list of the rescued shows that only eleven passengers vvers saved. AN ILL-FATED VESSEL. London, Oct. 15.—The officers and crew of the Mohegan number¬ ed 96, and of these 33 are known to have been saved. The body of R.A. Baxter, one of the passengers, has been recovered. The officers of the steamship company were busy until midnight answering inquiries. They still hope that the steamer’s boats may have succeeded in saving others. Harrowing scenes were witness¬ ed to-day at the London office of the Atlantic Transport Company, to which the wrecked steamer Mohegan belonged. A number of women fainted there when the ex¬ tent of the calamity became known, and there was a constant stream of telegraph boys running to and from the office, seeking tor information or taking messages to anxious in¬ quirers. The Mohegan, it is now said,has been an ill-fated vessel from the start. It is added that she was only bought by the Transport Company when their own boats had been sold to the United States government during the war. She was formerly the Cleopatra of the Wilson and Furness-Leyland Line, and was brought direct from the Hull ship yards. Sha never ran from the Furness line and only made one voyage out and home. This, it is asserted, was most unsuccessful and the friends of the crew say her engines were defective and that her boilers leaked. She is further alleg¬ ed to have arrived at New York in such a condition that she was sent home empty and her return voyage took several weeks, during which she drifted a whole day and night, owing to the trouble with her en¬ gines. For the past two weeks the steamer has been in dock undergo¬ ing repairs,butjthe managers say she was in perfect condition when she left port on this, her first voyage, under the new name. It is asserted, however, that in a 24-hour trial last week her performances were very unsatisfactory and the crew did not wish to go on her on account of the previous defect in her engines. It is surmised here that her engines broke down and that the vessel, in the rough sea and heavy gale which prevailed, drifted on the rocks. The wrecked steamer was com¬ manded by Capt. Griffiths. Her chief officer was Mr. Couch, her second officer, Mr. Cole, and her third officer, Mr. Hindmarsh. Capt. Griffiths, who is missing, was formerly captain of the Mani¬ toba and then captain of the Min- newaska, which was sold to the United States government for use as a transport during the war with Spain. SUBSCRIPTION, $1.00 A YEAR NO. 49. CORNISH DIALECT. Some Qnaint Terms* Tlint Are Com¬ mon Anions tin* Native*. “A hitched my foot in the sconce and knacked my nuddiek, at d A wadn’t able to clunky for a fortnight.” Readers of recent popular dialect t s will probably take it for granted that i is sentence is Scotch, It is, however. <_’>>r- nlsh, and, being interpreted, means, ‘‘I caught my foot in the pavement an l ■truck the nape of my neck, and I was not able to swallow for a fortnight.” There are some quaint terms common in Cornwall which haven pleasing saw r of their own. The phrase “‘my dear’ pro- longed to two syllables—is not. for in¬ stance, any indication of especial affection. It is a oommou form of address to either man or woman. So also, though with rather more discrimination in its use, is “my deear life.” A young child is mentioned in terms of endearment as “my ’ansome” or “tord r deear” or even “tender worm.” “Son” and “sonny” are used without the least relation to the age or sex of t ho person ad- dressed. A son may sometimes he he l speaking to his own father as “my sou” or a husband calling his wife “sonny!” “Young” means simply unmarried. A bachelor of 80 is “a young man.” Of a bride still in her teens it was said that she was “apretty lot better looking than when she was young!” An old person is not simply old. He is-‘old ancient.” v- eral New England localisms are found in Cornish speech, as “cricket” for a small stool, “chores” for household jobs and “dowdy” for pudding, though in America the latter word survives only as part, of “pandowdy,” the delicious deep spiced, apple pie of country housewives. A Cornish anecdote relates that a small bpy, left at home to supervise the family dinner while the rest of the household were at church, having, like King All ;. I, neglected his duty and allowed the i; a pudding to scorch, in his dismay ran to the church and from the doorway mado signs to the housewife to come forth, bbo indignantly signed to him to wait, which for a time he did, but at length, becoming impatient, cried aloud in reply to her nir- ther winks and grimaces, to th,e scandal of the startled congregation: “Yiew may winkv and skrinky as long as yiew du plaso, but the liggy dowdy is burnt gin tho crock!”—Youth’s Compan¬ ion. A MAN WITHOUT A HAT. He Is the Object of Uvcpybody’* Amusement and Boys' Diversion. A man without a hat is one to bo con¬ soled. If ho is a peaceful, Jaw abiding man, who has lost his headgear in a dis¬ graceful manner and while as yet free from the effects of the liquor, he is proba¬ bly saying unkind things about himself and the wondering people who are watch¬ ing him and the street gamins who are following him. He sees ill clad laborers with some kind of a cover for tho head and tho ragged urchins with tattered caps, and he thinks to himself what a relief it would be only to have something in tho shape of a recognized headgear to cover his wind tossed hair if he has any. He is tho object of everybody’s amuse¬ ment and the small boy’s derision. Wom¬ en and girls W'alk past him with uncover, d head, but nobody notices them, while they still have the impertinence to smile at tbo condition which he is in. And when ho meets a female acquaintance—well, if there ever was a man who would like to be off the earth for a few short minut ", it is he. Ah, what a relief to have some • thing on the head after such a trial! Any ■ thing, the most outlandish cap, will an* swer the need at tho moment of buying it, and the man with the uncovered head is no more w-hon at last he steps out of tho store with a covering proudly upon his head. He can now look his fellow crca • tures in the face.—Pittsburg Dispatch. A Hard Shot. Among the stories told of Dr. Emmons, a well known clergyman of a former day and generation, there are many which show his keen wit. In the town w here he was pastor them lived a physician who was a pantheist and took pains to let every one know it. Ho had made frequent boast that he could easily conquer Dr. Emmons in argument, and one day came his chance. He and the doctor met at the house of a sick man. “How old are you, siry” asked the phy¬ sician brusquely. “Sixty-two,” replied Dr. Emmons quiet¬ ly, although his eyes showed his surpri- t. “May I ask your age in turn:'” “I’ve been alive since the cr«*, ;ionin one form or another,” said the physician curtly. “Ah, then I suppose you were with Adam and Eve in tho garden of Edens'” Inquired the doctor. “Certainly,” came the reply. “Um!” said Dr. Emmons placidly, meditating on the other’s face. “I always thought there was a third person th* re, but some have differed from me.”— Youth’s Companion. A Biw Boiled Dinner. Cooks in large hotels and boarding houses may think they get up meals on a big scale, but when it conies to wholesale cookery the little village of Liss, on the London and Southwestern railway, Eng¬ land, surpasses them all. At a barbecue held there not long ago an ox was boiled, not roasted, whole, and this is how it was done: A large hole was dug in the ground and lined with brick. Inside this a tank large enough to bold the ox was built. The carcass was then lowered into the tank, having first been placed in a case formed by heavy crossbars, to which chains were attached. Pulleys from a scaffolding above were used to raise and lower the ox. Many vegetables, such as carrots, onions, cabbages and potatoes, were boiled with the meat. The boiling required seven hours.—Portland Transcript. How Wagner Wrote HI* Opera*. Wag her carried an opera in his mind for years before he began to set it down on pa¬ per. The work once begun, however, it was performed with lightninglike speed. Even when an old man he wrote down the ■core for one of his famous operas with ■uch rapidity that two trained amanu¬ enses were unable to keep up with him. So absorbed in his writing did Wagner become that in bis chirography were ex¬ pressed the different emotions of the per¬ sonages of the opera portrayed by those passages.—Ladies’ Home Journal. Site Remonstrated. “Mrs. Small,” said, the lodger to his landlady. “I thought you didn’t allow smoking in the parlor*” “1 don’t,” replied Mrs. Small, with en¬ ergy. “Who’s doing it, I’d like to know?” “Well, if you have time, you might step in and remonstrate with the lamp.”— Pick Me Up.