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VOL I.
GRAVE OF JIM CROW.
Kept Green By Tlie Memory Of
The Whiskey lie Made.
Clay Bought a Gallon Then Ordered a
Keg—Andy .Jackson Heard of It,
ami Harri Hon Tast*<! It and
Went Into Kcutaciew.
From the Chicago Times-Heraid.
Some months ago, while traveling
in Kentucky, I visited the grave of
James Crow, which is situated up in
the mountains, near Vanceburg. It
was and is in a dilapidated condition.
There ire neither head nor toot
stones to indicate the name of the
man who died and whose remains
were there interred. Molly cotton
tailed rabbits make their homes a
round it. The day I visited it some
vultures bad brought carrion neir
by and were having a kind of can-can
dance when ray friend and I ap
proached and frightened them away.
Around the £tave are rocks and
crags and misshapen tvees. The
hillside where the grave stands slants
gradually to a creek, whose waters
am as clear as the eyes of a blue
grass baby. Rattlesnakes abound by
the hundreds in that vicinity. The
rattle of these venomous reptiles,
the caw of crows, the whirr of pass
ing woodpeckers, the balding of sil
very streams over limestone, the sigh
ing and sobbing of the wind as it
travels through the branches of de
formed trees are the sounds that
reach the ear. Away off to the east
are the mountains where the Hatfield-
McCoy feud has been going on tor a
quarter of a century. Looking to the
West may be seen the ' tops of the
oaks under whose branches was.
fought the great fight between Col.
Johnson and the Indian Chief lc
cumseh. It is a weird spot.
And who was James Crow? Crow
Jim Crow? Back in the thirties he
moved to Kentucky,.fresh from a
college at Edinburgh, Scotland, where
professors teach chemistry. The war
witn the Indians was over. Mc-
Creary and Kendricks and Johnson
and Boone and other pioneers and
pathfinders had long -efore made the
way peaceable ami convenient for
immigrants. They had chased the
noble red brother westward—across
the Platte a>-.d the Missouri and the
Mississipni. Corn grew on tin
mountain sides anil m tin- valleys
when Crow went into that neighbor
hood, when but a few years hefoote
the savages walked and stalked and
slaughtered. Time made wonderful
and excelent changes in Kentucky
those davs, just as has bean done in
the last two years. Crow watched the
crystal waters trickle down between
the rocks. He saw the corn blades
wave in the sunlight. He watched im
migrants, with covered wagons and
thirsty looks, pass on in the direction
of the setting sun. Thoughts c. me to
him during the still* **- of the long
nights. Thoughts bring ->ctton and
action brings results. So, in time, he
hud bridled the. waters that flowed by
his modest cabin, shelled the corn
that the squirrels had left unmolested
in the valley beneath him, and had
constructed in a crude way pipes and
vats then he ground up the corn, pour
ed the water upon it, boiled it and
then allowed the residue to ferment.
In time ho bottled it and sold it.
Travelers tasted it and smacked their
lips. His trade grew into immense
proportions. ll,* experimented further
He made his own kegs and charred
the inside of the staves. Tie filled
them and set them aside The sun -
beams chased the shadows of the
moon away for a year and Jim Crow
tapped a keg. From a white liquid
il had turne't to a semi-red fluid that
beaded and smiled aud sparkled at his
touch, To his surprise, too, he discov
ered that it had materially evaporated
Ilis experiments led him further,
and iu a short while he place! upon
the market the first burbon whiskey
ot man’s creation. Henry Olav heard
of it and bought a gallon. No sooner
had he tasted it than he ordered a keg
The great Whig statesman introdu
ced in Washington and Crow’s repu
tation was established His. whiskey
became famous Ills distillery got
larger and his whiskey got better. It
found its way to Nashville, and Andy
Jacks on loved it V iiain Henry
Harrison drank of it and wor into
ecstasies. It was s’ pt * turns :h
igh seas, and crowned heads weie
made dizzy by its influence. It su'd
in those days for a quarter of a dollar
per gallon. Two coon skins would
buy a sufficient quantity to make an
entite neighborhood drunk.
Crow was a peaeablo man. lie loved
his adopted country. He fougt with
the distinguished Longstreet, who
married the other day, all during mu
war with Mexico. Even if Henry
Glay did liny his goods, he voted
with th American parly. He never
uttered an oath. He loved his God
and prayed at the Presbyterian alter.
A s I stood over his grave I thought
of the eulogy of 6 S Prentiss at the
grave of Lafayette, who said:
‘‘Let no monumental marble or
sculptured art deface with its mock
dignity the patriot’s grave. But rather
let the vid flower, the unpruned vine
and the free song of the uncaged bird
all that speaks of freedom and of peace
be gathered around it..”
Mr. Prentiss often used Mr. Crow's
whiskey. I wonder what sort of a
song he would sing over his grave if
he wtre living and could see it today.
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Oil Saturday njoriiillg Sept the 11,1
ihe While rnlnd Angel of dultll vis j
ted home < f Mr. aid Mrs. T. M. Grif j
fin, mill with scarcely a warning rob j
lied their li.ipny home of iis dearest 1
and sweetest attraction; Little Willie, 1
a bright little darling, Ago i 23 months ;
an only Son. And pride ami joy ol 1
Father, Mother and one little Sister j
older than himself, was suddenly stric
ken with disease, and regardless of
Medical aid and all that l iving hands
could do his pure young Spirit look
its flight, and was gently bourne by
Angel’s hands, up to the pearly por
tals of tlie beautiful gates of Paradise.
Which swung wide open to admit the
fair pure spirit of a little child which
had never known sill.
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Heaven, for Jesus had reclaimed his
own precious Jewel- in all its purity
ere maturity allowed the evil one of
sin to set his seal upon his tail' young
brow.
Old Father and Mother, with grief
stricken hearts- you remember ti e
the sweet prattling voice, and inno
cent waysot your darling. And think
it hal’d and almost cruel that he sno ILi
be taken away* from yon so youngand
tender; And you loved your baby so
well. But remember God knows what
is best tor h>; childr m. and we should
endeavor to submit at all times to lu.s
judgement and wisdom for u He doeth
all things well*”
And remember the book of life
says that “Whom tne Lord lovetli
lie chaseneili.” and perliapse you
loved vour babe too well; and our
God being a jeaLus God does not
lnttnd that we should love one of his
creatures better than we lave him.
Therefoie, in his infinite wisdom he
saw fit to remove your darling from
this world of sorrow and suffering.
And dear friends remember that
the Lord only lent you a bright
flower to gbiddon your lives fora sea
son An I now he has only transplanted
that flower to his own garden above
where flowers never fade nor wither
And Old voj siVould look to Hua
with thankful hearts and Bless iuin
to know you have an Angel babe in
that land so bright and fair.
There awaiting you. Calling with
and buckouiug you on. A sweet ben
coil tigfu, to guide you over rough bill,
mvs of temptation, and draw yon
with a silent mystic power of love and
longing to a place of rest and repose,
where loveu Aug* 1 ones shall welcome
you home; And G,d shall wipe ad
tears away.
Beautiful hands of a little, sect
- Itaby voice Ciillinp:, Oh! Mother, Cor thee.
Rosy cheeked flailing the light .of the home,
so early, us beckoning Come,
lint brightest ann best of that glorious
Conte, of all, and the theme of nr song (thro
,b u.s our Savior tlie j imv. *1 one stands,
Lovingly calling with beckoning hands.
j-:. s. c.
GOLD OF THE WOULD.
WHAT THE DIRECTOR OF THE MINT
AT WASHINGTON SAYS A3OUT IT.
The EHtinui'ted Product the Metal F:r
1897—The lufluenßC of the .1 ul: ioi: W. 1
Tie to Still Further I>: ;:re<j;.ita tho Value
jf Silver*
That gojtl exists iu lar?e qnruititics
in the uewly discern ml iviondike dis
trict is sufficiently proved by the large
aiiiouut recently brought nut hy the
steamship companies and miners* re
turning to the state* who went into tile
district within the last eighteen months.
So far Laoo,ooo in geld frn.ii tl.~
Klondike district lies ; • ,i depj-J and ut
f>io mints ind as-tiy ctlif-t’sof the Laitcd
States, and from iuforumlioi o\v r.t
hand there arc substantial reasons 7cr
believing that from
f4,000,000 additional vvni Oe n-taiy i
nut by the s-vam r : and ntr.vuiva
miners s.iii : . from St ?.!ichn* ! : s the
last cf September or early Ociobi v m xt.
O.ie of tin* steamship compai 1 s stares
that it expects io biing out about
$2,000,000 on its steamer sailing fr-mi
St. Michael's Bcpt. Va) and has nsL'd
tiie government have n revenue cut
ter act as a convoy thioucli the inuring
sea. In \ie\v of the facts above stated I
an josLiiied in ('stimating that the
Klondike district will augment the
world’s gold supp.’y in IHG7 neaily
$6,000,000.
The gold product cf the Dominion cf
Canada fr.r IbDO, a esliuii.tcd by Dr.
Li. M. Dawson, director of tlie geologi
cal .survey of that roontrv, was NlO,-
OUO. Of this sum the Yukon placers,
within Butish territory, were credited
with a prodnetion of $305,000 The
total prodik fof that country for 1807
has, therefore, been estimated at $lO,-
000,000, an increase over 1896 of $7,-
200,000. From this the ricbm.jsof the
newly disco- ii goUiricld..- oi the Kloc
dike is evident-.
In this connection it is to
know what will be tie: proL.-blc in
creapo ia the poveral' co-mtiic-s of the
world, and io u ti-e purpuM oi compari
srit, } :<•••- 1 <ii r: ; luccjv - *.
i> e to J low fug tat.te of the Kohl prortui t
of the United States, Australia, Africa, I
Mixico, the Dominion of Canada, Rus
sia and British India for J 896 and the
estimated product, of these countries fur
1897 is hern giveu:
!:.”t Ist* t Increase
United States. BK.IkW.OK> ro.iuJ.UJU St.Ku.IXW
A ußtrnUa *tti,g-jt.u,K) ,'>t.a>l) ~,7t)U,o'iU
Africa 4t,-u>.•.' .vt. >.>.*•.: 12.0!,UOO
Mexico 7,oU*!.U*t U.'.'.XI.U'JU U.tMU.UUU
Canada !.*,,!>.-in I.;.i;,i.),ujU 7 ,gX), ,XKI
Russia Sg.lluo.lOU 25.0U0.UU0 U,O I.UOU
British India., r.s.to.e'.a T.UUU.UUO 1.178.UUU
Totals stua.aa.O'jo f .i. ,w,uj.i t ■ .135.000
The world's gold product for 1890 is
estimated to have been $205,000,000.
In justification of tiie above estimate of
the increase in the countries mentioned
I may remark that of the United Htatps
is based upon the deposits at the mints
and assay offices for the first six months
of the year, which clearly indicate n
largely increased production, and that
the increase for the year will aggregate
$7,000,000.' The gold product of Africa
for 1891) is estimated to have been sll,-
000,000. For tilt; first six mouths of
1897 the output cf the* Witwaternrandt
mines, as shown by offi< ial returns, was
1,808,431 ounces, an increase of 338,988
ounces, as compared vAth the first, six
mouths of 1896. Ther. is t:o doubt that
the rate of production i- th ■ Witwaters.
randt mines will be main . to ! fa. tho
remainder of tin* ytav, and lie a* output
of {told tor 1897 will be fully *13,000,-
000 greater than that of 1.-ithi.
The deposits of gold at th; Australian
mints for tho first five months of the
year clearly indicate a substantial gain
in 1897 over 1890. U; •.* tho basis of
the deposits for the first five months at
the mints the Australian Insurance and
Banking Record for the month of June
estimates that the gold product for 1897
of the several colonies will aggregate
3,700,000 ounces, of the value-of 803,-
050,000. This would be an i -crease of
$5,750,000 ovrr the produet of 1890.
The gOld’produet of Mesi-o for 1896
is estimated to have been 87,000,000.
The information rec; ive.i indicates that
the product for 1897 will approximate
$9,000,000, an increase of $3,000,000.
Tho Russian product for 1890 was
$22,000,000; for 1897 it is estimated at
$25,000,000, an increase of $3,000,000.
The gold product of British India for
1890, front official information received,
is estimated at $5*,825,000 Tho re
turns of the mines for the first six
months of 1897 indicate an increased
production over 1896 of $1,200,000.
From the data above giveu it is safe
to estimate that the seven countries
above named will show an increase in
their gold output- for 1.897 over 1896 of
$38,700,000, and that the world’s prod
uct for 1897 cyn therefore be estimated
at not less than $340,000,000. There is
no doubt that the world’s product cf
gold will continue to increase for a
number of years to come, as new mines
will he opened up fa all parts of the
world, and, with improved 'appliances
for mining and methods of extracting
the gold contained in the ores, I believe
that by the close of the presi ut century
the world's gold product will closely
approximate if not exceed $.300,000,00!).
Now as to the influence of such ad
dition to the world’s gold. The influ
ence it will exert depends mainly on
how many years the Klondike district
shall continue a producer ami how largo
its annual increment to the world's ex
isting stock of gold shall Le. There is
every reason to believe that Aia. ua an i
the adjacent British territory are pos
sibly as rich in gold as was California
or Australia when first discovered. I
have estimated that the Klondike dis
trict will in 1897 produce $6,000,000
worth of gold. It will add to this prod
uct from year to year, probably, for a
minimum of one or two decades. And
whether the gold comes from American
or British territory is a matter of in
difference, except to the owners and to
some exeat to the countries producing
it. Tlie effect of the increase on the
economic, condition of ntaukind, on the
rate of discount, the rate of interest, the
rate of wages, on prices and on mone
[ (ary policies, of a in-v-ty discovered
goldfield of wonderful tidiness is the
! game, whether the field be located in
j Apici i* tin, British or Chinese territory.
Now, the first influence that the new
addition to the world's existing stock
cf gold will have v-iil he felt, by silver.
, la fret, it has already been felt l " it.
! Gold is the imfuia! competitor—we
might almost say antagonist—of stiver
| as a monetary medium, and every ounce
! of gold newly placed on ii, * * nun 7 t h
j prives from 1714 to '5 mince.- of Hitvir
i of a possible eni’f Foment as nn nty t)t;.s
■ it might J.a-.’e.
,;ii now additions to the wo:-Id's rf'c k
of gold, whether they come from the
: Kloiio.ke, Cripple! t’mkor ibu Tran:;-
i vaal, firm India, Anstiali.i or Rus-ia,
i will render bimetallism by the United
{States alone .more bitiicnit am! more
improbable than e\.*r and will tven
seriously imperil tho rh-mhr chances
I that iuu luatienal bimetallism now has
; There is, in fact, at the present time.
|no limit to the demand .ft.r gnid. lie
tendency of initial s is toward the single
gold standard Apart from tlm United
Btatrs:, there is nos. 1 believe, a country
c i tlie fat i of the eartlGtlnit would not
adopt gold moi:enn-taliis-:n if it had tho
ability to do so, w ith silver as a seb
sidiaiy or token coinage. There is not
a country in Europe with any full legal
I tender silver coins but would replace
them by gold coins if it could do so
without too great a sacrifice. Germany
i would gladly put $160,000,000 in cir
!eolation instead of its silver thalers.
France and all the countries of the Lat
in union would replace their full legal
tender 5 franc pieces by gold, could
! they easily get it. Russia’s demand for
. gold is unbounded. Austria-Hungary
cannot get enough, and so of every
other * ouutry in Europe. Japan Aunts
! gold now that it has adopted tlie gold
i standard. Even China shows an inclina
tion to follow the example cf its con
-1 queror, ’out that, of course, is out of the
! questi-un. All South America is crying
i for *, 1 -’bile Wants if. Colombia
' wt-.uts it Peru van'.; it. Venezuela ha-'
ecu:*-, bv.i wants men.-. Central America
•' w ;s-if. Kve;> Mexico, ;’:*.* lust' strong
‘jrnjs of sdver. is feeling !h- tjvur
sciueuess of its’present system lu the
height of its rate of exchange.—li. E.
Preston in New York Herald.
OF INTEREST
TO FARMERS
State Agr cui:urxl Department
Answers Questions.
HUGH ISFCIiMATIOH FURNISHED
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l.fiiia In <ii!<ti-|{la 'hikl
W*evjl.H In Born, K #i
QuKsnov —Po:i-e pive mp a remedy,
if there be any. for preventin'.: weevils
from destroying orn ui:t*iiucived.
Answj it —There is but* one efii- a ieut
nseut by the use of wiiioh you can pro
tect* your corn, and that is the bi-sul
phido of Oiiibon. I have nrgfcd tho
farmers for two years to try this, and
some of them have done so \tfitii gi a#
success.
of corn in a short- rim-*, much of which
will be 10-. r <>v reimeic.# worr'uless by
tiic dop:”#(i:irs.n .of weevils. When vour
corn is hou-se ; \ I ."i oa top of the pith
in shaiitiiv Vi I .' ?s or on c >Cion
waste hi -su phhU of carbon, at the rate
of M j pound* of the bi-su.piiido to every
100 bushels of corn if tii * crib i* very
open, or 1 pound to the lot) bushels if
the e:*i;> is tisrbt. Tio bi suipiiidu
quicklv vaporiz -s, and the vapor being
heavier chan the air descends through
the m iss of c >: n. prnn Kitinpevery nnoU
and corner, and killing all insects time
it* reaches, as well as rats and mice.
Tin* bi sulphide is a colorless liquid wit l
ru unpleasant, odor, and is a powerful
poison, and can be bou.hr at almost any
store for 20 to->0 cants a pound.
There is a much cheaper gtade called
"fuinsi bi-su phide,” wiiicli is said hy
tho*e who have tried it to he quite aa
effective as any. Bear in mind t hat the
vapor of this liquid is v.-ry inflatuuble,
end that no fire, not even a lighted pip 2
or cigar, must be taken anywhere neat
it. This danger exists as long as there
is any odor tiie bi-sutpbide. and may
continue for t > or three days. The
grain will not be injured either for ear
ing or for plant-:nr purposes by this
treat incur. Some of tlie weevils b.-’ii-g
protected hv the shucks from cmitm;#
with tiie vapor, will escape the first ap
plication, but a second use of the remedy
in three or four weeks will kill these,
Shelled corn or wheat or peas may bu
saved from weevils by placing in a hogs
head or barrel and applying a propor
tionate amount of tiie bi-sulphide as
above described. I will be glad to heat
the result, should any farmer try tho
r uiedv. There is no danger in its usa
if you will b *ar in mind that tlie mate
rial is very poisonous and very inflam
mable, and that if you use a larger
quantity than recommended you wifi
be likely to injure the grain for planting
purposes.—State Agricultural Depart
ment.
Applo# j or Merkflt
QrsSTtow —I live in Giimer county
ami have soue good iand. both vaiie.y
ami hill land. Would it pay me r.j
plant an apple orchard for market? Jf
yes, will the vaiiev or tiie lull side bd
best- for toe purpose? Give the imirn'.-
of some goou varieties or rpp.os for this
secl.t n
ANSWKR.—I have no doubt tliar an
apple orcdiard of properly s> ierr.-d vari
eties, cared for as it should be. wiJ.i pay
hands-nnely in your county ami in any
other county ia an in M f 'aF
west Geargia. Thefootlr.lD of rh• i
mountains in southern Missouri aud
northern Arkansas produce splendid
crops of superior appe< wh-icli are ship
ped to all parrs of the United States
and I see no reason why your section
should nor* do the same tiling Apple
trees require a good soil, and if vour
▼alley land is well drained it will Dm
most suitable for thorn At the s
time if your hill sides are ut;.. • rp
rod ar-* te ii u ! iimj.v : utisy mem
;re. they vi.l ciisv.er very wel for tee
purpose* Ti# ■ -.usr be terraced, how
ever ;• > i 1 ■ f ■ s..il- nor wash
away. ']'!-* : !iov. rig are Rome varie
ties that will do v.pil iu y<ur secfion:
Witie >11). V.tfe .t’l errv, SiiDciiiev, Bti?
i) vts. S"iriit”.u Greening. Fall Pippin,
Efmvu. Kinarti, Mrs. Bryan, Grimes
Gotden Pmmn. lie member that app c
fre r quin* cultivation and attention.'
and v/itiiouf these ti.ey will not prove
pn firabie. Tuey draw tiieir sustenance
from the eari'ii. stud if yon rob them <>r
their food by planting other crops on
the laud you will get a poor return from
them. Of course, when tiie trees are
young you might riant peas or clover or
gome similar crop among them, but* iu
no case put* a grain crop on the Jami. 1
have often seen tnis done t. rim great
i.eirimeuc of rhe orchard, tlie corn or
wh-at or oars robbing tiie trees pf the
very elements that tin lecded for their
development. If you will plant an ap
ple orchard as I have suggested and give
it tlie same'em e i but tho peach grower
of South G ii. or the orange grower
of Florida W 8 upon his frees, I
have no doubt that in the long run the
apple orchard will prove as profitable as
tlie others. By all means try it, if you
only pianf- one or two acres. Ag
ricultural Di apartment.
Hog t l< fr.'i.
Qrrsrsov —ls r! u*e any otue .‘or hog
cL-.-G.-.rar i see some advertised iu the
papers, hut* will they do what they
- V r./'
*- n ' i'.R aiious i '>u:' for *_'• r
very farm disease have from time to]
time been published to the world. Many j
of them were uo doubt worfillers, while |
a few of them p- s-ibly possessed some
merir. Not one of them, however, up
to tins time has proved a sure cure, and j
manv million doiiars coiifiuue to bo lost
annually by hoys dv; iu f cholera. U
is pot. tiie Mistoin ■#)f this departmont to
advertise the uie’i's <f any medicine,
but I deem the manor .of so much im
portance to our farmers that 1 will now
depart from thecusumi, and sav to you
and other farmers tiiat- l believe hoit
cbo.era can be cured by a medicine put
up by Mr. II P. Don ire of 71 Frazer
street*. Atlanta, (ia His test-imonialfl
as to the wonderful resuns of the use of
bis cholera remedy are, many of them,
from as good men as we bare in Geor
gia. some of win m I know personally.
They assert most- positively that their
sick hogs were at once cured, and the
spread of the disease stopped by the use
of tills medicine. I have not tried it on
my farm, simply because I have had n>
elm r;t among rnv hogs, but I cannot
doubt the testimony of men wnotn I
know have tried it. and 1 take this
means of advising any who are losing
hogs from cholera to write to the above
undress for the remedy. I hope I am
not mistaken as to tlie efficacy of tins
medicine, which as I view it, promise 4
to l e a boon, nor only to tho farmers of
Georgia, but of the entire country. Mr.
D and ;e is now in tiie northwest, but will
soon be in.. Atlanta, and he offers to go
to any parr of the state where cholera
ex:.ns and demonstrate that he can cure
it, and this ho p**opos*s to do at his own
expense. *~Stare Agricultural Depart
ment.
AN ENERGETIC CONSUL.
Relieved tlie Missionaries and Brol:e Open
tiie Prison*
Consul James H. Mafldeu, an Illinois
man, Ims come to lio known among
Americans abroad as a model ot his
calling. He is located at Smyrna. Ha
lias no knowledge of the Turkish lan
guage, but is abundantly supplied with
energetic English.
Two of ins latest dip lorn ifio acts
have been just deseri*. ed : the state
department people at Washington by
appreciative observers. One account
comes from missionaries Tbr.v had
been gathering clothes for sufferers in
tin; inti rior.
The Turkish officers at the wharf re
fused to pass charity boxes, demanding
information of the exact nature of the
contents.
Hadden came down, listened to the
story of the missionaries, got into a
towering rage, swore out. of all propor
tion to. the occasion, the r-F-gions folks
1 thought, and directed the Turks to put
the boxes aboard the steamer. This was
done, to the amazement of the bystand
ers, without remonstrance from tbs
Ottoman officials. The other 'iueident
' is even mote exciting.
An “American citizen,” of, as the
1 expression is in that locality* “Auterir
. can citizen for protection and Turk for
: revenue,” had been incarcerated in tho
Smyrna jail for some petty offense.
Doubtless he was guilty enough, but
he was an American citizen. Madden
demanded the reh asa of the'American.
The request was parried. -Ho then de
manded a trial of the prisoner or his
release. He stormed a little iu the lan
guage none of them understood and get
his native vice rotisnl, Ezra Davee, who
has keen attached to tiie consulate since
1833, to notify the town authorities
that the consul gave them two days to
do something, and then, if the Ameri
can citizen was still ia jail, the consul
would came down and take him out.
Accompanied t\v a stalwart person,
armed with‘a sledge, tie visited -the
prison, broke down the door of tiio
American's cell aud let him go free.—
tit. Louis yosf-Dispaft.il.
AERONAUT'S DARING ACT.
Drop poll With a, P • OCO r'eet
Above Lake Michigan.
Ptv lessor Patrick Doer, high diver,
trapeze perform!.r pad aeronaut, made
a )•■ thei/thif day from
:.<■ , of a v.-halcbsok while ca
i >at n Chicago io Milwaukee. The
width hue. bit Chicago w ith between
4,000 - Ltd 5,000 people on board. Ex
actly ut 11.04 o’clock in the morning,
when tlie steamer was eight miles out
in the lake, lot w < • .j Kenosha aud Wau
ki-gau, tin. gre.it i;.vines ceased to puls
ate and the whaiebaek can.- to a stun i
still. Tin* pvoce-s of ititl.itiou was very
rapid. In 13 iuiuntes from rlie time the
vtssi 1 stopped tin* halionii shot upward
fioni the deck. d;agging after it the
paiaehute, D. a wliiel; D-e professor
hung hy Ids teeth. The builoon ascend
ed 5,0,:t) feet, when the parachute sud
denly tted. It.fell 499 feet before it
caught the air. A suroud after it opened
the professor reversed bis position and
huitg hy his fret. lie irmained in tliis
Ufii.iiid.; until tho parachute had sunk
to within 20u f**et of the surface of tho
lake, when he dived and struck the
water safety... A boat picked him trad
fiis buijijcu.up so(ia after. The balloon
used hy Professor Deer is of his own
make am! is calk'd an “uir splitter.”
It is pointed at both end* and is ex
tremely graceful in the air. —Exchange.
Vac#*L •* tio <3uv3 iirau':<mneß!i,
Dr. i’reti '.v', D Evelyn, ..a* of St.
Luke’s hospital, t an Ft - -. has just
made public the o stilts ot 15 y rs’ ex
periments, by which he claims to have
j found u certain cure, by inoculation of
i horse blood, for ‘drunkenness. Dr. Kve
j lyn began his investigations white a
. surgeon in the British army in Zulu-
I 1-irul, and lie selected a horse as a ciean
! animal with plenty cf blood.
. His ! ure is *".* the same iim ■ as tho
I vaetij,;. .m,u ;i neti, nod bn < that
, ;t not oa, v ;.,- e i-.i-.i-,’log ,f -r drink.
no. i:
stilisfancG wh: h he gams by injecting
alcohol into the blood of a horse ia* calls
eqnisiue. Alcohol is introduced into
the horse, and tin* blend h then drawn
olf and treated until it is in rendition
for use.—Exchange.
—... .
A KnUlfßualir Sc,it i,y K. j.rt...
Coach Du vis of the Lafayette college
football tvuut was tho recipient at East
on, Pa., the other flay of a mysterious
looking box by express When he opened
it, be found a huge rattlesnake roiled
up and ready to spring out. He quick
ly close ! th.- lid and hurried the box
oiit into the back yard.
At night, when ho and a party cf
friends went to look ut the reptile they
found that it- had trawled out of the
box pud was gone.—New Yolk World.
Notice to Creditor*.
All persons indebted to in** eithe**
by note or open account will please
meet me in Homer on Friday the 15th
of October next for settlement.
Those not settled on that day will ho
left in the hands of Judge A. C.
Moss for collection.
V. I). Lockhart.
THE ATLANTA CON
NTHTTIOX’S
IpR Ml
itiiS-si ns,' Woj.*<l
Coil t „
WITH A CUMULATIVE OFFER OF
IN ADDITION TO THE TEN PER
CENT KI ND DERIVED FROM
THE SUBSCRIPTIONS. OF
AEJ/GUESth-M.
As there are hjoro than* 12,!X)0 sub
scriptions expiring in the period of t-his
C -oiitent. and as the eircyjatipn of The
Weekly Gonslltution is Bteadily in-#
creasing, tho fund to be divided iu
| this ( I *ontest should ettsily be from
$ 1 ? .*>oo- to SSiS.OOO
The Contes Began
SEPT- 6TH,
Ends NOV; Ist.
The word this time.is.-a SIMPLE' EV
ERYDAY. PLAIN expression. familiar
to every human being wilt) can talk
English. It i- taken from a 'standard
publication of value - in Htrthority on
matters portaihing to t ■ gardj£i. the
fore 1 Mini farm. It is a. Word familiar
especially to every farming household.
Aim ought to have the book, bu; even
v. iihour it you may be able, to supply
the tvorii by using your judgment. The
Sentence ,i* as follows: , „
\ Stmly of tlie orijfi it of 4 - ’
notv in this co sntt-y vvlti ini press
of!' with the large it ess oldie punt
iier tlial; have bent introiltir'eil
from Europe.”
/'///■s’ < O.VTKST /.S' THE 5 TIT
• of a Series uf Extraordinary Interest,
NEARLY W.OtK) in cash having been
distributed in the three preceding Con
tests, the lirst of which was announjed
last November. In the first Contest,
ending January 1.1. Mr. M. 1,. Brittain
was t)f only person to supply the cor
rect word of-the sentence then an
nounced and he received .fl.O&I in rash.
The next Contest closed March Ist,
and there were a great many success
ful gueasers, among whom was di
vided ijt! ,700 in cash. The third Con
test brought many correct answers,
$1 in cash being divided among
them, and in the Contest which
dosed [September Ist, after rnnning
througii the dull summer months,
$578,30 accrued, but could not be di
vided, ns NO ONE correctly supplied
the missing word. This amount Itow
ever, will lie added to the Contest now
.announced,. inenfaring the Ten per
(.’cat. Fund to that extent a;td making
the Contest of peculiar interest.
This ( oiitest lasts two months and
the amount to be divided will proba
bly be io the neighborhood of $2,000
There may be one correct an Tver, there
may Lie a dozen. there may be more,
blit remember it coats nothing to sup
ply a word, awl you may get it cor
rectly. Whether you do or not, you
get the (jfvntost of all Ain rican News
papers ami The Hanks County Journal
for $1.50 a you r
Address all communications to Tho
Journal, Homer, lilt.
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