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About The weekly banner. (Athens, Ga.) 1891-1921 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 23, 1892)
THE ACTION COU In Putting Asld^bft Paving Question— The WatSr/Works Must be Ar- rangep First and Then la Paving. / The City Council met in called sess ion yesterday at one o’clock for the pur pose of opening the bids (or the street paving. hut ihe bids were not opened. After the Council had assembled, things took a difierent turn from what was ex pected. The meeting was attended by the Mayor and all the aldermen except Al dermen Gerdine and Booth. Several of the parties who bad made bids were al so present. W heu one o’clock arrived five bids bad been banded in by the followirg parties: Mr W. H Venable, of Atlanta. Messrs. PoweiB 6c Lyle, of Atlanta M'. J. 11. Neely, of Chattanooga. Messrs. Webb, Oates & Eskridge, o( Asheville, N. C. Capt J. 11. Bucker,for the Lexing ton Blue Granite Company. Quite a spirited contest bad natur ally been aroused by this sharp compe tition, and everything was in readiness for the opening of the bids and the de cision upon the contest. , But the Council soon changed all ol these ideas. Alderman Smith suggested that as ihe water works question was upon us, that the mains w ould have to be laid in the streets that were to be paved, ami that it would be an additional expenst to pave the streeta and then lay the mains, lienee be believed that the best policy would be to defer the paving ol streets until after the water mains had been luiJ. * * This proposition was considered by the Council and . met with favor. It was then embodied in a motion by.Alderman Smith, that the bids be not opened, but that they be i turned to those parties making the bids with the explanation that the city wished to lay its wafer mains first. This motion was carried unamimous lv, and the Bids were returned to the parties that made them. • Those makiug bids this time will, in all probability make bids when they are called for again. The action i f the Council in deferring the question of street paving under the existing circumstances as to the watei works question is generally com mended. ueii the advertisement for bids was itcr.i-1, tio-ae circumstance^ had not hi i-r-ii, hut. in the light of present cir cu... no.s ihe Council deemed it beSi t • lake lUe -cikhi abov r. porfed. THfc Kfc.HUBk.ICAN MEET1N As Viewed by a Wilkes per. The Washington Gazette has the fol- •wing to say ahjut the Athens Dispen- The report of the Athens dispensary is extremely favorable to itaa a temper ance measure, ®nd it is in*that light only, that we are kite res tedtib. It has lessened the amount of liquor sold ‘ and drunk in Athens. Of course it is yet too soon to make a final decision as to its merits. We see no reason in the world why it should sell liquor cheaper than •other sellers. It ought to cal( for the market price we think, end ev ery convenience should be given to its -ale for lawful purposes. There should be, we believe, no forcing men of age and no appearance of it. It would be wrong and also discredit able in keeping up a dispensary to make money an ol j- ct in any degree. The seller should even be at liberty to dis suade customers from buying so far as could be done without anndyance to them. Bu’ there is ao discredit what ever incising the money which men will spend for liquor whether or not. for pub ic purposes. A GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION OP OLD PLANTATION IN GREENE COUNTV. Once the Abode of Wealth and Plen ty, Now Going to Waste—What Caused It? A DUAL TRAGEDY. At Kric institute Yesterday—A sion in the Camp, Tuere was lun in the republican coup ol Clarke county, yesterday. T here -t oms to be twofac ions in th< party , an 'this lad was pretty clearly ueuio.jsiraied at this meeting. Tom Garfield hud called a meeting of the r-publicans of the county two week- ago, through the columns of the Atluu- CTpper, a paper published, by bam Davis. Tom Garfield it is claimed is Li>echairman of tlieexe u.ive commit t-e Y e.-t r.iay -lodgers were scattered ov- r the city signed by W. A. Pledger, chaii man. There is the trouble. It se> ms hs though it could not be decid ed r.s to who was... the real chairman. But Torn had the moat followers iu the meeting. Shortly after the meeting had been caind to order, the breach ac- curred, and two-thirds of the conven tion took seats on one aide, with -G&r- fl Id in the lead, and the remainder fol lowed Pledger to the otner aide So there were really two conventions iu BSSiou. The majority elected the following •legates to the State convention finch convenes in Atlanta, April 14: B. tim field, M. B. Morton, Bev. G. IV. Ciaike, Rev. J. S Flipper. And to [the district convention which convenes iu Athens March J^.. A. F. Hawkins ' M. B. Morton. \ The wiug that was pres tied over by ^Pledger selected the follow Aig: W. A. ’ledger, Madison Davis, Noah John i,C.K Walkerto the district con Mention; W. A.Pledger and Madison )avis to the State convention. Husband and Wife Meet Their Death Together. Gallatin, Tenn., Feb. 15.—A sensa tional tragedy is reported from Port land, a small town in the northern por tion of Sumner County. Elvis Pardu?. a well, known young farmer of that neighborhood, and his wife were found at their home this morning lying dead on the floor of the bed-chamber, with their throats cut from ear to ear. The deaths were both the results of deliberately planned suicides. Both bodies were lying on pillows on the floor, and near Mrs. Pardoe was a bloody razor, with which the ghastly deed had been committed. The fact that the razor lay nearest Mrs. Pardne has led to the conjecture that she was the last to use the instru ment of death. In fact, this theory is supported by a note found in the room written in Mrs. Purdue’s hand and signed by her, in which it is stated that she and her hue band had no friends, and as he had con cluded to commit suicide, she wonld take her own life rather than live with out him. The conple had been mar ried only a year. They appeared to live happily and no canse can be di vined for the melancholy that seems to have led them to so despera ee~-TTappy sion. . Congressmen Going To Chicago. Washington, Feb. 15 —Hon. A. T. Ewing, Chairman of the citizens com inittee of Chicago, is here to invite con gress and others to visit Chicago and in spect the progress on tne world’s fair buildings. A Baltimore and Ohio train of twenty-four of/the finest Pullman Bleeping and dintling cars with congress men and wives will leave Washington ■Friday, Feb. 19. It will be divided into three sections. The News at Folnt Feter. Point Pktbr, Ga., Feb. 15—[Special ] petition isdeiug circulated asking for daily mail from Lexington via, San dy Cross an 1 Point Peter to Carlton If this is granted, as we are almost sure that it will be, the Banner and other mail from Athens will reach us by 9 or 10 o’clock every morning. Such change will he hailed by our people with delight- We get mail now tri weekly, doable it and we will feel doub ly blessed. M. S Bell <% Co. are preparing twen ty five to fifty acres, more grass lands for the mower on this river and creek bottoms. They cut last season about 100 tons, and are now selling it out of their barns at 15.00 per ton. They expect next year to get her 200 tons. INTEREST ABROAD. [ People are Constantly Inquiring A: Athene Bonds.. ‘It is s fact,” said Clerk Mitchell [yesterday,“that whenever an advertise- f tnent is inseted carlling for an election on bonds there rome dozens of inquir- | ies from all sections of the Union in- | quiring after them. “The waterworks i question has cot yet been voted on and t yet 1 have received inquiries from all [over the Uuion from -m paities concerning the bonds, liens is being looked upon abroad as li id for pr< finable Investment, and i* recogniz- d as one of the coming [t-iti s of tin. S mtb. Athm- is on the move; the watch ■d of the hour is “Improvement, she can’t be headed nor “stopped tcept by division of her.people. A GORGEOUS ILLUMINATION. How to Cura All Skin Diseases 8\rnplf apply "SwaYNKB Ointment" No paternal medicine nqnired. Cnr*f^ tetter, eo- eAa, itsh, eruptions on the lace, hands, nose, “i„ leaving the skin ch ar, while and h- althy. i gnat nesting and cura*>ve powrs are po<- ‘id hy 00 Olber ren edy. Ask your drug- l ft* bWAYsa’a Oihthznt. a Aurora Borealis That Shed Ugh* Over a Vast Territory. Chicago, Feb. 15.—A gorgeous illu mination ot the heavens was visible on Saturday night at cities over 1,000 miles away. It was the most wonderful oxf hibition of the anrora or northern lights possibly ever seen from American soil. The phenomenon stretched over great belt of territory from Iowa to the Atlantic coast. The magnificent spec tacle was scientifically observed at the University of Michigan, in Ann Arbor. Astronomical Director W. J. Hussey, of that institution, wires the result as fol lows: ■ "The brilliant rose-red anrora | not altogether unexpected. In a gen eral way auroras have been predicted for about this time. This display nat urally follows the appearance of the great sun spot, which has been visible daring the past week. Other anrora displays may be expected in the near future. ” Other dispatches to the Associated show that the phenomenon' was witnessed at New York, Louisville, Cin cinnati, Cleveland, Colnmbns, Toledo, Detroit,. Indianapolis and at Illinois and Iowa points, bat not at St. Louis, Kansas City or Memphis. At Cincin nati it was first supposed that the city of Hamilton, twenty-five miles north, was on fire. The Associated Press correspondent at Lyons, Iowa, gives a typical descrip tion, as follows: From east to west the northern sky here was illuminated by an immense half circle flaming upward nearly to the zenith. At first almost blood re d, it dimmed up at times to delicate pink, and would brighten suddenly. The cir cle was shot with rays of almost white lights, all pointed outward from.the circle. It began at 6 :10 p. m. and for an hour was a gorgeus light. At 7 o’clock it began disappearing. The weather has been very warm Vuoughout the day, bflt after the au rora rapidly grew colder. - ___ .. Though not seen at Minneapolis, the aurora "was plainly Witnessed at Mil waukee. The peculiar disturbance known to telegraphers as an electric storm greatly hampered operators work ing wires stretching north from the city, but did not materially affect toe lines going east and west. Pen field, Ga , Feb 15 —[Special J— Ab ut nine miles west of Greenesboro on the line of tne Georgia railroad lies one of the most magnificent plantations in the state of Georgia It is situated on the line of en- and Morgan conn- tit-sand is known throughout Middle Georgia as the Blue Spring place. It is a noted place. It consists of twenty- six hundred acres of fertile land that lie near the confluence ol the O ionee. and Appalaubee rivers, bordering for a con siderable extent upon both rivers As regards habitatin it is almost isolated from the rest of mankind, for strange to -ay, this magrnficient place, with it* hnmd acres, original forests, and level B rmuda j a tures, is almost uninhabit eu. Duly slew patches are cultivated around the old dwelling by one or two negroes that live there, and the rest is ‘lying out,” benefltUng no one at all. Stauding about two hundred yards fr m the railroad is the old dwelling, fr m which a fine viewof the railroad and surrounding country qan be bad Here, undisturbed save by the octia honal hoot of the bunter’s~horn, the foxes and wild cats roam. Here a body of original woods consisting of hun dreds of acres in which squirrels live almost unmolested. The query is »f- feuasktd, “why don’t some capitalist take bold of this place and remodel it?” There is a fortune in it ” It remains query still. Standing the other morning upon the front piazza of the >>ld residence, and gazing at the grand woods 'and broad acres that compose the place, my mind '■everted to the time when these fertile fields were made to bring forth ao abun lance, and was con-idered one of the finest places in Middle Georgia. ' Those were the anti-belium days. Thousands of bushels of corn, hundreds >f bales of cotton, hogs and sheep and attle without number were raised and supported by its owner. Wheat mri oats and good sweet Bermuda bay were made in the greatest abundance. Why oan’t this be done now ? The re* ply is “lackof labor.” Alas! This is too true. The negroes are following the whites, and moving to town, leav ing the farms to grow up in weeds and ‘•tiara. We are banishing those old fogy ways of farming. New and mod ern ideas are ensconcing tbqmselves in our regard to farming. But were they not more sucoessfnl tha we? In this depression of the present day ever and anon there comes stealing into our minds the memoirs of those old days when the people of the south had their magnificent plantations, their hundreds >f slaves, and lived in their grand man- jinnftlUto ^ prince. They were indeed But tifliSTTlSVe" CirtflgscL -No longer at this old place is there the ham of industry, or the appearance of life. In the fields where cuce hundreds of negroes worked amid the waving corn and snowy white cotton, I saw an old negro solitary and alone following slow ly his no less decrepid mule One re markable thing about this place is that no while person has ever died while living on it. The spring from whichthe place gets its name is oue ot the flheat iu Georgia. The rock has been blasted away, and the water so dear and beau tiful that it Appears blue, gushes forth with a boldness rarely seen in this country. Once we beard a visitor say that it looked wrong to see that water run off without being unlived in some way. We heartily said, “Amen.” Often the people of the surrounding country have their picnics and barbe cues here No more suitable place could be found in all this land. The owner before the war was Ben Jordan. When Sherman’s army was marching; through Georgia, he had over a hundred fine bogs, aud in order that ha might save .them from destruction, be had them driven down on the river about two miles distant, thinking they would stay there until after the soldiers were gone. The next morning when the Yankees'rode up and were prowling -around the place, what should happen, says Jordan, “but that every one of them darn hogs should come poking up ” Every one was shot immediately Sherman’s march may be a grand thing in the sight of history. It may land his name to posterity, bat only those through whose places he passed, can describe definitely -the actions of his soldiers They burnt, plundered, do troyed and left toe wives and children of those who werp at the front iu des titute circumstances This grand place came very near being the capital of Geor gia at One time, and what different aspect it would now we-r if it bad been so decided. But the Blue Spring place is fast go ing to deeay. Time, that chief whom none can evade is making sad havoc with the whole .place. What a grand -lairy farm it wonld make! Perhaps in the onurse of events the place may be transformed into a pro ductive farm, hut as it now stands there is not enough made on it to pav the taxes. > • J. W. M Civil War Around Kaftoum. London, Feb. 16.—according to ad vices from Egypt, civil war fa raging in Kartoum, and vicinity. Cherif, the claimantoLKhaliphate, is said to have been victorious in some battles against Abdallah, chief of the Bsggara tribe Kba^sala is repor ted depopulated. Mbeo Ban? was -aca we save- Her Castors*. When she was r.« hUd, she cried for Castorl* Whan she became Miss, she clung to Castoria Whenshehac Jldren.shegaY* hem Castorla Burglars.ln Anniston. Anniston, Ala , Feb. 16—Two ne gro burglars were seriously shot, and one of them probably fatally, in West Anniston. Routh Berrv, bartender for Writes Some StrongJWords In Regard to the Presidential Contest. In a letter‘o the A'lnnta Constitu tion, Es Senator Joseph E. Brown writes among other things as follows: The democratic party has victory within Its cla«piu the next election if it makes no unpardonable mistake'; but to make victory certain it is neces -ary that we have a united democracy The two wings of the party swould be ready to make concessions e&oh to tho other if the general good of the party and the an try.requires it. It seems to me that one of the esseo* tial rules to be adopted by democracy should be to select candidates u ho are able and worthy, who have the confi dence of the people, and who are demo crats whose records are faultless as far as party f< ally is concerned; but as access is very important, another very essential thing is to have reference to availability. While we hope for democratic gains in several of the northwestern states and possibly in one or two of the New ngland states I fear we cannot count with much certainty on carrying any of these republican states. To make cer tain of election it will be necessary therefore, for jis to nominate a candi date who can carry all< the southern democratic states and who can carry New York, Connecticut, New Jersey and Indiana. This makes victory cer tain. Without it we have uncertainty. Now it seems to m ■ that one of tht first things to be caretully looked after when the name of a candidate is proposed ts, can . he carry the doubtful states just men’ioned. President Cleveland carried them in 1884 and was elected. He lost them in 1888 and was defeated. Now 1 , enter taining these views, it seems to me that we should take the earliest steps possi ble to ascertain what is the sentiment of the states just mentioned. If there is more certainty that Mr. Cleveland can carry them than that Senator Hill cod carry them then he should receive the nomination If on the other hand developments have shown or may show that Senator Bill will be certain to carry those states then the party should not hesitate to make him the standard bearer. Entertaining this view, Ido not deem it essential that the party make b selec tion of a candidate for president at pre sent; but I wonld wait-until we hear from New York and the other states ne cessary to our success, and as both the candidates above named for the nomina- ( tion are insa ol-greatability either can’ safely be trusted with tne power if he be the most available, and when we find who is likely to be the most availa ble then is the time for the democracy to make the selection. In the discus sion between democratic friends as to the availability, all the points in favor of dach of the candidates can with pro priety be brought out aud laid before the public so as to enable the mass of democracy when the meet by their re presentatives iu couvention to make a wise selection. At this juncture of our aff drs let me remark that the division attempted to be gotten up in the democratic party by the formation of a third ‘party is most unfortunate, and if persisted in and is successful will be most disastrous to the demi cratic party and most unfortunate for the southern people, and especially the white people of the south, who un derstaud very well the supreme impor tance of holding together audacting to gether.' I cannot think that the patri otic citiz ns of the southern section of the union can afford to tolerate a divis ion in the face .of the disasters wbicli wonld necessarily result. If we stand back sb heretofore and present a solid south, and tho democratic party in con vention nominates a candidate who can carry what have been unusually known as the doubtful states already-mention ed, we have a glorious triumph in re serve for us. nparatlve Statement of Alabama Fro- d net ions—1880'1890. Washington, Feb. 15.—The census office has issued the preliminary statis tics of cotton production in Alabama, compiled by Mr. B. C. White, under the supervision of- Special Agent Hyde, in charge of the division of agriculture. The acreage in cotton in that state in the year 1889-90 was 2,761,771; the num ber of hales produced, 914,414, not lint- ers; the average yield per acre, almost exactly one-third of a bale, and tho total value of the crop to the producers, 442,- 009.171. The figures, reported at the tenth cen sus for the years 1879-80 were as follows: Acreage, 2,830.085; number of bales, 699,655, and yield per acre three-tenths of a bale. No attempt was made at the tenth census to ascertain the value of the cottou crop which is reported, but it was estimated by the department of agriculture at $85,393,490. The fig ures now issued are subject to slight modification in the final report, which will also include cotton seed and other branches of the cotton investigation which the census office is engaged in. MALICIOUS MISCHIEF. Tramps Try to Wreck a Train by Tarn- Ids n Switch. Lima, O., Feb. 15.—An attempt was made to wreck a train on the Lake Erie and Western road, east of this city. The persons who did the work are sup posed to have been tramps, and, to carry ont their plans, a switch this side of Fcstoria was turned. The Lima- Sandusky accommodation train was the next one dne, bat, fortunately, a switch engine from the Fostoria yards was first along and ran into the opening and was derailed, and several cars follow ing it were also sent from the track. The accommodation train was fol lowing close, but was flagged in time to prevent a serious accident. The switch stand is so located that it can not be seen by trains coming from the east, and a terrible disaster wonld sure ly have been the result had the switch engine not arrived tlffere first. The company is using every effort to locate the perpetrators of the outrage. A Diaaatron* Fire. - Newport, Feb. 15.—The town of Marta, a station on the Iron Monntain road, several miles north of here, has been almost completely wipjd ont by fire, which broke out in an old lumber ard, and owing to the strong breeze “owing it spread rapidly to surround ing buildings. “About two thirds of the town was destroyed. The stave factory was burned and the loss will be $90,000 and the total lees is estimated at about $125,006. Tile Keeley Car* Convention. Dwioht, Ills., Feb. 15.—The national convention of reformed inebriates, who have been cured by the bichloride of gold treatment, is in session here. Most of the leading cities of the country are represented by men of prominence who have been able to abjure the liquor habit' through the Dwight treatment. Bight Buildings Burned. Cairo, Ills., Feb. 15.—New Burnside, in Johnson eonuty, on the Big Four railroad, was visited by a destructive fire. Eight buildings, with nearly all their contents, were destroyed. The •rigin of the fire is cmjcnown. It wae discovered at midnight in the basement of Redden’s store.. A Kentucky Killing. Paducah, Feb. 15.—At Folsomdale, this state, M. B. Watford, a merchant, and James Foster, a farmer, qnnrre’ul over an account, and the latter at tried after the former with a knife. When Foster came near. War ford raised weight and struck him in the forehead, breaking the skull. Foster was killeiL and Warford gave himself up. Both men were well along in years, and men of families. Food for Russinni. Buffalo, Feb. 15.—The Duluth Im perial Mill company will ship from their warehouse to. Samuel Bell & Sons Philadelphia, a train of fifteen cars of floor. The train is to be decorated with banners bearing the following inscrip- tion: "This train of floor for starring Russia will he sent by citizens of Phila delphia on the American lino steamship India, sailing tinder the Americas flag, Feb. 20.” At the Whipping Post. New Castle, Del., Feb. 15.—Nine persons were fastened to the whipping post and given from three to twenty lashes by Sheriff Simmons, according to the grade of the crime for which they had been convicted. Three .of the num ber, convicted and sentenced for more serious crimi-s in addition, to tjie whip ping, were obliged to remain the pillory one hour each. A Mother and Child Killed. Charlotte. N. C., Feb. 15.—At a sta- W. E Weller, and who sleeps in the tion on the' Western North Carolina saloon, was aroused by a noise in tho j front part of the store By a dim light that was burning he saw the negro at thecash drawer and another at the cigar case. He secured a shpt guh which was near the bed, and fired two shots at the burglars. The one at the drawer, Henry Clay, was hit in the arm and side, and was captured; the other made hi- escape, but Clay says that he was badly wounded. A Womans Assailant. Texarkana, Ark.. Feb. 15.—While Henry Jewell, living near Biscay, was absent from his home, a strange negro horribly beat and assaulted hfk wife and escaped. The woman is*in a dying con dition. A posse is in pursuit. The ne gro will probably be lynched within twenty-four hours. FIRE IN MEMPHIS. Another Blaze In the Business Portion of the Town. Meuph s, Tenn., Feb. 16,—At two o’clock this morning fire was discovered in the third story of the building No. Howard Row, on Union street, west of Front, owned by M. L- Meacham, and occupied by the Standard Oil Company The fire department turned ont in re sponse to an alarm, and after half an hoar’s bard work, subdued the flames, the aerial truc^ being used to advantage The flames were confined to the third floor of the building in which they start ed, although, they went through the roof and threatened at one time to spread to adjoining property. The dam age was about $2,500. TO FORM ATANNERS* TRUST. A Gigantic Scheme Being Pushed by an English Syndicate. Philadelphia, , PA., Feb. 26.—A morning paner says: One of the most gi gautio scht mesthat was ever projected in the leather trade, is now being at tempted by a combination of English capitalists, whose agent or representa tive has been for s- me time in this conn try. It is the consolidation of the tan nereof the United States into a trust or syndicate with headquarfe-rs in the East and a • local office iu each State. The English syn dicate has already been formed and $5,000,000 of its capital stock has btta subscribed for. The naniFs of its members have not<yet been made public, and they are stated to be' amoDg the most prominent leather mer chants in that country. The induce ment which the syndicate holds out the tanners of this country is an entirely new proce-a of tanning the leather by means of a liquid that practically elimi nates time from the operation. Under he old method it takes from 40 to 50 days to run a calf skin, while by tne new process it can be accomplished within 10 hours. . * IlnrR flohenxollnrn, the CrtullQ of the Reigning Family of Germany. We have left behind, us the grand duchy of Baden and are passing through Hoheuzolleni, now associated with the present greatness of the German empire For a thousand years the name has been borne by a race of fighters, whose lances and battle axes have given way to maga zine rifles aud the methods of Moltke. The name has been carried far from the little Danube country—northward to the Russian border and to Hpiland; to the west it has thrown its arms around Strasburg, and eastward it has driven the holy Roman empire to beyond the center of German influence. The castle to which ail the branches of this mnch divided stock look to as the ancestral home lies a few miles from Sigmaringen, the road winding along a tumbling brook, whose mouth is near the foot of the ruins of Dietfurt castle, to a point where the water on one side flows to the Danube and ou the other into the Rhine. In the broad valley shortly' beyond this pqjnt rises a solitary peak crowned with the battlements of Burg Hohen- zollem. For miles on every side it is the most striking featnre of the country, and rising as it does straight up out of a great plain and commanding an un obstructed view of all surrounding ap proaches. it represented down to our century a military position readily ap preciated. It has been twice in ruins, and twice built up again by the united efforts of all tho family. The present castle was com menced in 1850, with a view not merely of preserving the cradle of the Prussian kings, but equally to represent in sotvtb Germany a military stronghold o( some* value. While, therefore, the arcliitect has been given a free hand, in order to- make the outward appearance harmonize with the geographical situation, all the requirements of modern warfare have been taken into account in the construc tion of the massive zigzag of defensive waiL A company of infantry were tramping out to drill i we came under the walls, which made us rather wonder where they could all find standing room together for the purpose, until we discovered a little terrace cut out of the side of the slope, somewhat like the one on the Quebec citadel. The day was hot, our coats were off, our waistcoats loose aud sleeves rolled up as we sought the public room of the castle, where a retired sergeant provided mediocre food at rather high prices. Of course the “Kastellan” showed us th? castle, but the rooms being modern the interest is rather with historic asso ciation than with the objects themselves, precious as many of them are. The present emperor has not visited the place since his advent to the throne, hnd it has never been much lived in by any of the royal family. A reason natnrally suggests itself in the distance from Ber lin, the smallness of the space available for an imperial suite and the absence of entertainment in the neighborhood*— “PouJja^JJ^Bteelow in Harper’s. * •;»tcli at Lost. He had climbefl Mont Blanc’s sm<A>th, icy heights and stood upon the tqp; he’d traced the Nile clear to its source,' with ne'er a thought to stop; he’d tramped across Sahara’s wastes till he was like to drop; he’d fought on many a bloody field and heard the ballets pop; he’d cleaned ont gangs of ruffians and never called a cop; he’d brought full many an elephant to mother earth, kerflop, and caused the savage tiger to enjoy its final hop; and his bravery had cost him many a scar. But when he returned to Boston hero’s honors for to share, he acted like a man whom it was no big job to scare; he’d ran and hide behind the trees, and high wonld raise his hair; he’d tremble and he’d shake and blanch, in evident de spair; his heart would beat, his eyes would bulge and he wonld cry,-* “Be ware!” He acted like a coward all the time and everywhere; and the thing that' frightened him, you’d be surprised, was just, 1 swear, that very gentle, harmless thing, a plain electric carl—Boston Newa 'Bronze Very Ancient. Bronze, spoken of in the Bible as brass, is of very ancient origin. We have little or no notion bow the ancients got cop per; but in all probability large quanti ties were formerly found in the metallic state, just as we find it'now in the neigh borhood of Lake Superior in America and Baikal lake in Siberia. This would only have required melting to yield a tolerably pure metal. If, however, they smelted copper from its various ores, it is difficult to realize how they could overcome such a complicated process, and wTTcan only admit that in this re- 8pect,“as in so many others, the ancient people of Europe were very much cleverer than we moderns are apt to believe.— Chambers’ Journal.' Every one should use P. P.P.; nearly every one needs a good medicino to purify, vitalize, and enrich the bloocL P. P. P., Poke Root and Potassium is the greatest blood purifier of the age. It cures ail Blood and Skin, —” ’ " - and all Prickly Ash POKE ROOT and Potassium- will cure Syphilis, Rheumatism, Scrofula, Syphilitic Rheu matism,Malaria,Old Sores, BloodPoison and Dyspepsia. If your head achre and you are out of spirits take P. P. P., Prickly Ash, Poke Root, aud Fora Tired Eeeling, Impure Blood, Dis tress after Eating, Dyspepsia, Pains in the. Back, Headaches and Nervous Pros tration and Debility and Weakness all yield readily to P. P. P. 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