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THE VIENNA PROGRESS.
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VOL. XI., NO 46.
VIENNA, GA., TUESDAY, - JUNE 13, 1893.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
GEORGIA NEWS NOTES.
Items of Interest Gathered at Random
from All Oyer the State.
The Savannah Press Bays that the
advantage of locating cotton mills in
the south is apparent. The north has
pretty well given up the point that in
most grades of cotton spinning no
comp tition with southern mills can
be successful.
A mass meeting composed of At
lanta’s leading citizens was held last
Tuesday for the purpose of incourog-
ing the manufacturing interests of
the city. The meeting was a very en
thusiastic one and will undoubtedly
result in much good.
♦ * *
The new bniidings of the Georgia
factory at Athens will soon be com
pleted and the mills be in operation
again. The new facaorv will be only
two stories high, whereas the old one
was three, but there will be more spare
room in the new building than there
was in the old one.
The middle class of the students of
the Technological school, nt Atlanta,
who have been under suspension for
two weeks, have been returned to
school. They were suspended for go
ing on an excursion to Tallulah Falls
in disobedience of an order of the
faculty. The standing of the boys is
not affected by their absence from the
college.
* * *
The crop prospects in all counties in
western Georgia are fine. The late
rains have put the farmers a little be
hind. Cotton is looking well, so is
corn and oats. Farmers have com
menced harvesting wheat and they re
port n better crop than for any year
in the past ten. The farmers are hap
py over the prospect of a good harvest
this summer and fall.
* * *
Unusual interest is felt in the ap
proaching exercises of the North Geor
gia Agricultural college. The college
lias spent a prosperous year and the
results nre quite flattering. Faculty
and students have been in perfect har
mony and the classes have been well
attended. Many old students are ex
pected to be present this year, and the
board of visitors appointed to attend
includes some of the most distinguish
ed men of the state.
Reports received by large fruit deal
ers nt Savannah indicate that there
will be only half a crop of peaches this
year. The largest pencil growing dis
tricts are around Tennille, Gordon,
McIntyre and Oconee, and reports in
dicate that the crop has been dumaged
to such an extent by heavy rains and
hailstorms that the yield can be only
■one-half of what it was last year, and
many predict that it will be much less.
The Central is preparing to move3,000
onrlonds of watermelons from its own
immediate territory. The crop of the
fruit is expected to be fully up to the
average.
♦ * *
Tho stockholders of the Atlanta
Short Line, or the old Macon and At
lantic, are taking steps to preserve
and complete their property. This
road was projected some years ago on
the idea of constructing a short route
between Macon and Savannah, to run
through a large lumber district. The
original company failed, and it is the
intention of the purchasers of the
property to carry it on to an early
completion. The route laid out is 1G7
miles between Macon and Savannah,
,or just twenty-four miles shorter than
the present route by the Central.
* * *
The board of trustees of Mercer uni
versity held n long nnd important ses
sion at Macon last Tuesdny. Rev. J.
B. Gambrell, D. D., of Meridian,
Miss., was elected president of tho
university. He was telegraphed of
his election nnd was requested to come
to Macon immediately. There is great
satisfaction among the trustees nnd
friends of Mercer generally nt the
choice of Dr. Gambrell. He is one
of the ablest preachers in the southern
Baptist church and one of the leading
educators of Mississippi, in every way
Splendidly endowed for Meacer’s pres
idency.
* * *
City Attorney Davidson surprised
the Augusta city council at a recent
meeting with a check of §7,454.22,
coming to Augusta as part of n success
ful claim of the G. B.'Lamar-estate
against the government for cotton con
fiscated just after the war. The late
G. B. Lamar gave §50,000 to endow a
negro hospital in Augusta, also en
dowed one in Savannah, the same to
come from a claim if allowed by Undo
Sam. Notice has been received that
part of the claim is allowed and Au
gusta’s pnrt is as stated above. If tho
statute of limitation does not interfere
more will follow, and the heirs in the
city will get a snug sum from this old
claim, which amounts to several hun
dred thousand dollars.
A peculiar story comes from the vi
cinity of Eagle Cliff in upper Walker
county. Several weeks ago a citizen
of that community, J. W. Massey, was
very ill with fever. He wanted to be
baptized and, as this could not lie
done during his illness, he requested
that as soon as he died his body be
immersed. He said he had neglected
it during his life time and wanted his
dead body baptized as a lesson of warn
ing to the living. A few days ago ho
died and on the day of the funeral nt
Hixon’s Grove Rev. W. J. Drennon
immersed the dead body in the pres
ence of a large crowd of people. The
body wns then put back into the coflin
and Inid to rest in the graveyard.
* * *
Mr. W. W. Gordon, Jr., of Macon,
has just completed a compilation of the
military laws of force in Georgia and
the work will be given to the militia
within a few days. It is a work that
has been needed, as the military stat
utes of the state have been amended
nnd re-nmended to such an extent that
they are very inconvenient to refer to,
Mr. Gordon received a letter from
Lieutenant Sotterlee stating that tho
work is one which lius long been need
ed, and that ho will publish an order
informing the militia of it as soon as
it is out. He says also that he will
bring it to the attention of the advi
sory board at its next meeting a>d
that it would receive its endorsement.
* * *
There has been a dearth of develop
ments in regard to the affairs of the
broken Gate City bank at Atlanta for
a couple of weeks, but negotiations
are pending between Yenable Brothers
nnd eastern capitalists for a loan suffi
cient in amount to pay for the Gate
City bank recently purchased by them.
It has been reported for a week or
more that the New York Life Insur
ance Company, from which the money
wns first said to be forthcoming, had
decided not to make this loan. Other
parties, however, have come forward
and expressed their willingness to lend
any amount of money necessary. It
is, therefore, not to be supposed that
the trade will fall throngh. Its con
summation is a mere matter of time.
* * *
A New Bond
It is rumored that the Waycross
Air-Line railroad will be extended
from Abbeville, Ga., and that the
work will be commenced at an early
date. It will connect with the Way-
cross and Abbeville railroad. There
is no doubt now but what it will ex
tended to Fort Valley during the next
two years. The extension of the road
to St. Mary’s is a possibility. Rail
road men who have discussed the sub
ject say that when the road reaches
Abbeville the work on the St. Mary’s
division will be commenced at once.
It is believed that by an effort on the
part of the business men, this road
could be induced to pass through
Montezuma. A road direct from
Abbeville to Montezuma would pass
through fertile and prosperous territo
ry and be the means of bringing ad
ditional trade to tho town, as well as
lessen tho distance many miles to
Savannah.
* * *
Ordered to Cnnip.
The official order governing the en
campment at Camp Northen lias been
issued from tho adjutant general’s
office- As has already been stated,
only half of the state troops go to
camp this year, because of the small
appropriation made for the military.
Cump will be held July 6th to July
26th at tho permanent camp site at
Griffin. The organizations detailed
for duty at the cump of instruction
are: From 12 o’clock m., July Cth, to
12 o’clock m., July 15th;—The fifth
regiment, Georgia cavalry, mounted ;
the First battalion, infantry, Georgia
volunteers. From 12 o’clock m., July
17th, to 12 o’clock ip., July 2Gth—The
First volunteer regiment, infuntry, of
Georgia; the Third regiment, infant
ry, Georgia volunteers; the Chatham
Artillery, pieces nnd carriages for one
platoon, gatling gun, unhorsed; the
Atlanta Artillery, pieces and carriages
for one platoon, gatling gun, un
horsed. Generul instructions in de
tail nre embraced in tho order.
* * *
Tlu» ltnilrond Situation.
The complaints of some of our rail
road managers in regard to the low
rates which the state commission com
pels them to charge is a very vivid
illustration of the ease with which the
human mind mistakes a method for a
cause. That tho railroads nre not as
profitable as they formerly were is un-
luestionably true. Their earnings
have been cut down and a great many
of them nre going through the process
of liquidation that is involved in re
ceiverships; but, under the circum
stances, it would be illogical in the
extreme to trace their evils to the rates
imposed by the railrond commission.
Some of the lines that nre in trouble
have been needlessly involved. They
have been the victims of circumstances
that bear no relation to low rates or
to a falliug off in the volume of busi
ness. The commission’s rates were in
force in the eighties when the rail
roads were so prosperous that their
condition suggested the building of
other lines. Under our railroad laws
—though we do not say as the result
of them—the railway mileage of the
state has been largely increased, and
this may have something to do with
the special depression of which the
managers complain. Apart from all
of these things, however, it must be
apparent to all who take the trouble
to couple fact with experience that the
railroads cannot be prosperous when
the great farming interests—the basis
of all prosperity—are the victims of
depression. All these interests must
stand or fall together. They are all
tributary to each other, and among
them there is a subtle but palpable in
terchange of prosperity. When the
farmers are compelled by legislation
against the interests of the whole peo
ple to pay a money tribute to foreign
farmers and to British bankers, they
cannot be in a very prosperous condi
tion, nnd the depression that attacks
the products of their labor leaves deep
senrs on all other bussiness, and cuts
down traffic. The railroads in Geor
gia and the south cannot prosper
largely-while the farmers are shorn of
the profits of their labor. Our railway
maungers would find it interesting to
study the financial question—Atlanta
Constitution.
weighed heaviest with the governor
was the absence of intention on the
part of the man to commit murder.
The judge himself stated that the jury
had erred in not recognizing the ab
sence of proof showing intent to kill.
The supreme court judges stated that
the evidence did not show intent to
kill, and, therefore, the prisoner should
not be executed. The solicitor gener
al who prosecuted the case admitted
to the governor that he was not abso
lutely sure that Mrs. Von Polnitz really
died from the beating given by her hus
band. It was presumed that the inju
ries did cause her death, but the post
mortem did not prove it conclusively.
Stirctly speaking, Von Polnitz did
not assault his wife with intent to kill,
so far ns the evidence showed.
TELEGRAPHIC GLEANINGS.! THE BIG FAIR.
The News of the World Condensed Into
Pithy and Pointed Paragraphs.
Interesting and Instructive to All
Classes of Readers.
THROUGH THE LAGOONS WITH
THE GONDOLIERS.
Gilded Craft From Venice Propelled
by Expert Oarsmen—Convey
ances From the Island
of Madeira*
rides past the pointing gronps with at
much easy dignity as any Prince of
the realm. As the boat glides easily
back to its starting place the gondoliers
draw in their oars and turn abont with
a good-natured grin. They aro not
even breathing heavily, although an
A Milwaukee special of Monday
says: The failure of Frank A. Lap-
pen & Co. and the Plankinton bank
will be investigated by the grand jury.
One million dollars in gold was
withdrawn from the 6ubtreasury in
While i ^ ew York for export Tuesday. This
he was considering this application j 8 ° ld in lhe WsUr - V
for clemency the governor consulted ; >ooi,o_u.
the best lawyers in the state on the ! Jenkins, treasurer of Clark
law applied to the facts as presented. : county, Indiana, resigned Tuesday,
Some of the lawyers took a deep in- ■ assigning as a reason therefor that his
terest in the case and they gave it ! physical condition would not admit of
thorough study. The governor states ! his further continuance in office. An
1 examination of his books shows a
shortage of ten or twelve thousand
dollars.
that this Von Polnitz case gave him
more trouble than any other applica
tion he has had since he was elected
governor.
BOON TO CONSUMPTIVES.
A Wonderful Discovery by a Cincinnati
Physician.
The New York Recorder in its issue
of Monday details the cure of several
consumptive patients at Ward’s island
under the direction of the city authori
ties. As only charity patients in the
last stage of consumption are admitted
there, the Recorder claims that the
cure, for which it awarded Dr. W. li.
Amick, of Cincinnati, §1,000, has ac
complished something almost miracu
lous. It says also that the Cincinnati
doctor has agreed to keep the hospital
suppliedswith medicines sufficient for
all consumptive cases at liis own ex
pense. As only the third-stage cases
are taken there no more severe
test could be invited.- While it
is now generally admitted that
the Amick discovery is a certain spe
cific in the earlier stages of consump
tion, Dr. Amick has never heretofore
claimed that it would cure more than
20 per cent of third-stage consump
tives. In this test just made by the
city three out of four were either
cured or astonishingly benefited. It
is easy enough for any sufferers from
tho disease to test the new discovery
through their family physician, for
Amick sends medicines for the pur
pose free of cost and invites an impar
tial test of it by the medical profession
everywhere.
SHAKY ELEVATORS.
Two Large Companies in a Bad Way
Financially.
A Minneapolis special says: A ru
mor gained currency Wednesday that
two of the best known elevator com
panies in the northwest—the Northern
Pacific and the Red River Valley—were
temporarily embarrassed, and subse
quent events proved that, although
the crash is not absolute, the predica
ment in which the two aboved named
corporations find themselves is a se
rious one. The situation is attributed
to the prevailing uncertainty and the
lack of confidence which is felt by the
banks. The facts in the case, as yet,
will not warrant the assertion that it is
n business failure, although the state
ment comes direct from the general
manager of the Northern Pacific ele
vator that the corporation will ask for
the appointment of a receiver.
A VIRGINIA SENSATION.
The Governor nnd Ilf* Critic*.
Governor Northen has been subject
ed to considerable criticism in com
muting tne sent">ce of Von Polnitz
from hanging to life imprisonment in
the penitentiary. News of the gover
nor’s action wns received differently
in the extreme sections of the state.
At Bainliridge and contigious points
the commutation is approved, while
around Cave Spring there was a senti
ment which demanded the execution
of the wife murderer. Some of the
residents of Floyd’ county condemn
the commutation severely. Gov
ernor Northen was asked by a reporter
if he had any answer to make to the
criticisms and said: * ‘I recognize
that it was an official act, and, there
fore, I have no complaint to make of
any criticism passed on it. I cannot
reply to all criticisms of my official
acts. In this Von Polnitz case, I
weighed it long and carefully, and did
not come to a decision hurriedly or
impulsively. The reasons were given
in the order for the commutation. It
should be remembered that I had the
facts before me, while ray critics
may not have.” In that order
the governor stated that he hod been
presented with numerous petitions
largely signed asking a commutation.
In the Von Pointz case the point that
Political Fued in Which Congressman
O’Ferrall Figures as Principal.
Virginia democrats experienced the
greatest sensation they have felt for
many years Wednesday. There ap
peared in a Richmond paper a savage
attack on Congressman Charles T.
O’Ferrall, tho leading candidate for
tho democratic nomination for gov
ernor, by Colonel W. R. Alexander, of
'Winchester. Alexander has once or
twice opposed O’Ferrall for tho con
gressional nomination, nnd i6 any
thing but an admirer of the congress
man. Up to ten years ago such a pub
lication in the state meant a challenge
to a duel, but if O’Ferrall fights he
will disqualify himself for governor.
The congressman is in Washington,
and it is said he will confer with his
friends before taking any action. He
and Alexander are both as brave as
lions, and trouble is feared.
The Homestead Trials Ended.
All of the charges of murder, etc.,
against H. C. Frick and others of the
Carnegie Steel company official*, as
well as the Pinkerton detectives, were
dropped in court at Pittsburg, Pa,,
Saturday morning. In turn all tho
strikers who had been arrested and as
yet untried, have been released on
their own recognizance. This virtual
ly ends all of the Homestead cases in
connection with the big strike of last
year.
The Kaiser Replies.
The CarkruheJZcitunff in its issue of
Monday says that the German emperor
replied to a telegram from the Grand
Duke Frederick and the congress of
military unions of Baden, pledging
their support to him as the military
chief of the empire, in the following
language;
l’our resolution of self-sacrifice an-1 loyal co
operation strengthens the confiJent hope that
where the safety of the empire is at stake the
German people will regardless of political dif
ferences, unite in a firm resolve tomaintiin
what was won in a memorable time with tr
active co-operation of your royal highness.
The Ron Subsiding.
A special of Wednesday states that
the fury among Chicago saving bank
depositors has abont run its course. At
the savings institutions where there
was still enough of a gathering to be
called a crowd, there was no sign of a
panicky alarm which beset the deposi
tors Monday, and before the closing
hour Wednesday afternoon, it was
thought that there would be no further
run.
Movement cf Specie.
The imports of specie at the port of
New York for the past week were $21,- ;
405, of which §12,199 were gold and
$9,206 silver. The exports of specie j
at the port of New York for the week ;
were §7,298,409. ' Of which §6, ;
519,900 were gold and §787,509 i
silver. Of this amount §6,510,900 of
gold and $753,502 of silver went to j
Europe and $34,000 Bilver went to j
South America.
The supreme court of Nebraska has
rendered its decision in the impeach
ment cases, finding the three state offi
cials, Attorney General Hartings, Com
missioner of Public Lands and Build
ings Humphrey and Secretary of State
Allen not guilty, and the five charges
of impeachment preferred by the leg
islature are not sustained.
A New York special of Sunday says:
Edwin Booth is worse. The following
bulletin was posted during the day at
the Players’ club: “In regard to Mr.
Booth’s condition, it may be stated
that he has gradually grown weaker
during the past twenty-four hours,
and that there is now very little hope
of even a partial recovery.”
The State bank of Manitowoc, Wis.,
didn’t open for business Tuesday
morning. There has been a continu
ed run on the institution for the past
three weeks and the officers have made
a fight against the failure which was
made inevitable. The president of the
institution, it is understood, has turn
ed over all his personal property to
cover any possible loss by the depos
itors.
Hon. William J. Bryan, of Nebraska,
has accepted an invitation of the
Y'oung Men’s Democratic League of
Atlanta to stop over in that city while
on his way to deliver the commence
ment address of the Girls’ Industrial
Colege at Milledgeville July 14th.
While in Atlanta he will be royally en
tertained by the league, and will he
tendered an elegant banquet,
A mortgage for $8,000,000 was filed
Tuesday afternoon in the recofdor’s
office at St. Louis, Mo. It is given by
the Distiling and Cattle Feeding Com
pany, of New York nnd Peoria, 111.,
to the Central Trust Company of New
York. The company will issue 8,000
bonds at §1,000 each at 6 per cent, pay
able semi-annually. The money is to
bo used in the payment of debts auth
orized by the company.
Joseph Rathbone & Co., Chicago
lumber dealers, made a voluntary as
signment Wednesday morning. The
assets are scheduled nt §500,000 and
liabilities at §250,000. Robert F.
Shanklin, assignee, is now in posses
sion of the company’s property. The
firm is composed of Joseph Rathbone
and Martin Brille. Inability to real
ize on commercial paper is given as
the cause of the assignment.
The throngh night express to New
ark on the Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western railroad collided with a
runaway engine on an iron bridge
OMING down the
broad steps lead
ing from the door
way of the Agricul
tural Building to
the grand basin
one finds a chat
tering group of
lithe and muscular
Venetians. Float- 1
ing in the basin |
and robbing their |
fretted bows]
against the land
ing are the gondo
las. They are cres-
ent-shaped and
MOUNTAIN SLEIGH.
American boatman would have been
ready for the hospital.
ODD CONVEYANCES FROM
their dipping keels seem barely to
touch the water. One is of blue, with
headed gold ornaments along the sides,
fringed cushions of blue plush and a
gilded stem wrought into fanciful de
signs, under which the velvet hang
ings drag lazily in the water. Another
is of yellow, with silver mountings and
knick-knacks.
BEFOEE THE WEST DOORWAY OF
FACTCBES BUILDING.
One of these expert boatmen, says
tho Chicago Record, stands on the
dancing bow of a gondola, with his
long, broad oar thrown across the
twisted lock. Another balances on
tip-toe on the narrow stern, leaning
MADEIRA.
I The people of Madeira, says the Chi
I cago Herald in an account of the
Transportation Building, travel in
sleds, not because snow and ice are on
the ground at all times of the year,
but because the highways and byways
are so peculiarly constructed that run
ners nre preferable to wheels when
qnick transportation is desired. The
streets of tho towns nre paved with
stones scarcely ns big ns baseballs, and
so smooth have they become throngh
years of unceasing travel that they
are as slippery as the surface of a
well-swept skating rink. The well-to-
do man of Madeira travels instate. His
sleds, while not so elaborate as those of
crazy King Ludwig, are fully as ample,
and look like a richly upholstered
closed carriage of our day set upon
clumsy runners. Seated in this con
veyance and guided by the steerer or
pilot, who directs tho movements of
the bullocks from a rear hut honorable
perch, the worthy Madeiran travels
about over tho glassy but bare pave
ments with all the complacency and
comfort of a Laplander setting out for
a feast of blubber behind a team of
reindeer and in the pulsating glow of
an aurora. Another conveyance of
the people of Madeiia nnd one which
accompanied the bullock “cart” al
ready described is tho mountain sled.
This looks like a church pew set upon
runners. The seat will accommodate
but two persons, however. It is up-
THE OSTRICH..
HE ENJOYS LIFE AS MUCH
ANY LIVING CREATURE.
AS
The Giddy AValtz Is One of His Fa
vorite Diversions—Facts and Fan
cies About This Interesting
and Useful Bird.
' the slats of its coop, curious to watch
its- neighbors, the ostriches. Every
time it put its head out if" received a
blinding kick from its nearest neigh
bor, and would soon have died had it
not been removed. A meek-looking
male ostrich stood about with its con
sort looking so dejected that some vis
itors remarked, it must be hen-pecked.
“Oh,” laughed their host, “he is hen-
kicked,” and they soon saw him re
ceive a staggering blow from his gen
tle 6pouse, which sent him with
droping feathers into a comer.
HE dance of Ihe os
trich is one of those
peculinr native ens- uia mg tuning belonged to an os-
toms which certain [ trich farm at San Diego, aud was a
fowls develop, with- j magnificent bird. Ho acquired his
out any apparent j name from the rapidity with which he
incentive except it could pluck a lighted cigar or pipe
from a visitor’s mouth, or remove his
watch and chain or any other orna
ment he could discover. The noiwless
maimer in which he could steal up be
hind one and then nip some personal
property was remarkable. He was a
natural born thief.. Once ho snatched
may be the law of
heredity. It usually
occurs at early
morn, when the
young, strong birds nre let out of their
enclosure, and is said to he entirely
due to awkwardness and uncertaintv.
This leads them to advance and tnrn I all the flowers off a young Indy’s hat.
in a dervish like whirl which is very At another time he attempted to swal-
qnnint and fantastic as they float about: low a diamond earring, but as it was
assisting their motions by their out- j fast in its owner’s ear, ho could not
spread wings. They circle and reverse j manage it. Old Lightning’s greatest
almost as a waltzer would, and when a • feat was swallowing a lighted mere-
large number of theso strange birds go ! sehanm pipe which-he snatched from a
through their dancing antics, it is al-1 visitor’s month, The keeper had seen
iSdf-Br
DANCING OSTRICHES.
GONDOLA WHARF IN FRONT OF THE AGRICULTURAL BUILDING.
forward. As each pushes on his oar | holstered in red and has no covering
i with sudden vigor the boat lifts itself j or side curtains. People of that far-
and darts forward like a released arrow. I away country who use this conveyance
! After that the motion is one unshaken 1 simply sit beside each other beforo
s glide. The oar at the bow and the oar j making the descent down the well-
at the stern act co-ordinately. No worn mountain road and then when
word of command passes, but the gon- , the steerer is ready the sled plunges
most impossible to believe that they
have not been taught the accomplish
ment by a dancing master. Their waltz
often ends in disaster, as they break
each other’s legs, which is certain
death, or become dizzy and fall down a recent meoting of tho Associft-
in a demoralized lump. The kick of f or the Study and Cure of Ine-
an ostrich has been known to destroy i "}jrioty in New York, one of the doc-
liim and caught around the neck, and
the pipe was exhumed, the tobacco
still burning.—Detroit Free Press.
The Drunkard's Cloak.
life.
In the opening chapter of Rider Hag
gard’s “Jess” there is a highly dramatic
account of a fight for life with an os
trich, and it is historically correct. In
fighting they are apt to break their
own legs, they give such desperate
blows. Indeed, it would seem as if all
tho vital energies of the great bird were
centered in its long, ungainly legs,
which nre graceful only when going
across their native gross-covered plains
with a rapidity of motion that must be
seen to be appreciated.
This paper has nothing to say of the
industry of ostrioh farming, either in
Africa or America—that profitable in
dustry of growing fashionable feathers
is quite too important a branch of com
merce to be disposed of in a column.
There are many books upon the sub
ject which are very valuable and quite
practical. I am only rehearsing a few
of tho peculiarities of the creature
which have made it of interest ever
since the days of Job, “which leaveth
her eggs in the earth and warmeth them
in the dust.”
It would appear to be an evidence
of cunning rather than stupidity for
near Cortlandt-, N. 1'., Monday night. ^ q 0 ] ft ar0 und grassy points, be- | forward with incrediblo speed. It is ^j rK Ostrich to adopt this very simple
^rrific°fo e rcr e En C Seer t0 £L er Wat ' “d.?nnd£ \ said 'that it' win'slip over thirty and
lace was killed iWantlw > bridges. The ducks swimming deeply
lace was killed instantly. Fireman
Bertscherwood was taken from the
wreck badly burned and died at the
hospital. None of the passengers were
were injured.
A Knoxville, Tennessee, special of
Thursday says: Rogan Cole, Willis
Cole aud Alex Guffey are on trial in
the Greene county circuit court
charged with the double murder last
February of Thomas Johnson and his
aged wife. The prisoners were moon
shiners, and because the Johnsons in
formed the officers of their where
abouts, they were both cruelly mur
dered by having their heads shot off.
The trial is attracting much attention.
A disastrous conflagration occurred
at San Francisco Wednesday morning,
which destroyed thirteen residences in
the western addition, near the en
trances to Golden Gate park. Three
firemen perished in the flames while
in disearge of their duty. Another
was fatally injured, several badly
bruised and burned. The names of
the killed are: Richard Windrow, Ed
ward Davis and Charles Madison. The
loss to property is estimated at §100,-
000.
A few days ago some old and musk?/
documents were found in the City of
Mexico by which it was learned that
treasure, consisting of jewels and gold
coin, amounting in value to §2,000,-
000, is buried in the city. The docu
ments state that the wealth was se
creted by order of Emperor Maximil
ian. The discovery of these docu
ments produced a sensation among
those who were permitted to share the
secret, and preparations were at once
made for unearthing the treasure.
According to a New York telegram
of Wednesday the direct liabilities of
E. Wyman, as scheduled, is $591,000;
contingent liabilities $315,000. The
signee estimates the real estate in his
possession as sufficient to pay the
direct indebtedness unsecured bv col
lateral, together with interests in vari
ous companies, can be applied to the
liquidation of such contingent liabili
ties as may be found to exist if the re
alizations upon the assets which these
represent are sufficient.
A cable dispatch from Madrid states
that despite the denials of the French
local authorities, the Spanish consuls
in France continue to report the
spread of the cholera epidemic at sev
eral ports. Four fresh cases, they
say, developed Sunday in Marseilles,
two in Cette and one case in Toulouse.
Between May 22d and June 1st there
were fourteen cases and eleven deaths
in Marseilles. The Spanish govern
ment has ordered that all vessels ar
riving from Marseilles be detained
seven davs in Quarantine.
Syracuse (N. Y.) shoemakers run a
co-operative factory.
along the basin scream and glide out
of the wav.
LAGOON BETWEEN ELECTRICITY AND MANU
FACTURES BUILDINGS.
even thirty-five miles an hour.
Hair as a Cleansing Agent.
That the hair covering the body of
an animal or tho head of a human be
ing serves the purposes of warmth and
protection is manifest, but one would
hardly expect to find that it also acts
as a cleansing agent. This, however,
appears to be the fact. The minute
scales which cover the outer portion of
A hair are fastened at one edge and free
at the other; and the free edges lie in
the direction away from the skin. The
surface of a hair, therefore; is like that
of a piece of fur or cloth covered with
nap; robbed from root to tip it is
found to be smoother when rubbed id
the opposite direction. This being the
— I case, it is evident that particles of
Then the gondolas carry one to points ' matter in contact with the hair must
from which thero are perspectives, : find their direction of easiest motion
nooks and contrasts such as cannot be to lie toward the tip end of the hair
found on land. They glide around the ! nnd away from its root. So, by virtue
base of the golden Bepublie, move ; of the peculiar structure of its surface
down the center of the grand basin and the hair serves gradually to remove
swing under the bridge to the match- j from the skin which it covers all for-
less roadway between the Manufactures 1 eign particles which may have found
Building on one Bide and the Electricity ! lodgment there. The oily secretion
Building on the other. This gives one ■emanating from the follicles of the
of the vistas which satisfy the eye with hair probably assists this action by
a suggestion of completeness. To be j gathering up the fine particles of ex-
(sure the dark green palma along either troneous dnst and of scales from the
side are still shackled with heavy ropes, skin, and thus enabling the hair to re-
and some of the triumphant columns tain them, so to speak, in the grasp of
are crated in rough scaffolding, but its curious system of brushes. Every
these are mere spects in the massive j movement of the hair, however pro
picture. Then the gondolas cross the ] duced, must tend to set the particles
calm water to the west, where rises the sticking upon it in motion, and, as wo
wooded island with the slashed Japanese have already seen, that motion can be
roof showing among the bare bushes. ■ in only one direction.—New York
To the east the Government building | News,
stands in solitary pomp. The gondolas
find another unexpected path under a An Unlucky King,
bridge and pass down by the scaly , The King of the Belgians said to s
friend of mine who asked him to stand
godfather to an infant son: “I should
feel delighted did I not feel in a vein
method of incubation. However, it
has its disadvantages, for while she
is away getting a good dinner her
enemy, the white-necked crow, spies
the unguarded nest. He knows he
cannot break one of those mammoth
eggs, and devises a shrewd plan to
help him. Taking a stone in his beak
he flies over the spot, calculates with
bird sagacity the necessary distance,
and drops the stone. Plunk! An
egg is broken, and he descends to his
feast. This is said to be the same
kind of raven that fed the Prophet
Elijah. His wisdom seems almost of
a supernatural order.
tors present, according to the Sun, re
lated somo amusing incidents of faith
cures whero copper pincers were in
strumental in bringing about the good
results.
The Drunkard’s Cloak was in use in
the early part of the Seventeenth Cen-
tnrry in some old English towns, nota
bly Newcastle-upon-Tyne, where the
offenders were obliged to wear tubs or
barrels, with holes cut in them, through
the streets. One quaint old book
says: “In the time of tho common
wealth it appears that the magistrates
punished scolds with the branks and
drunkards by making them carry a
tub, calledaDronkard’sCloak, through
the streets of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
We shall presume that there is no
longer any occasion for the former, but
why has the latter been laid aside?”
The brank was a framework worn
upon the' head, with a stick inserted
between the lips of tho unfortunate
i wearer. To this headdress was -at—
, tached a rope, the other end of which
was held by a man • with a long pole
who walked behind. It is not shown
whether the inhabitant of the cloak
was also accompanied by a fear guard,
but it is certain that he could not have
run far, could not sit down, and it
would have been an impossibility for
him to carry his hands to his face.
Wealth Out of a Poor Farm.
There is a man in Alabama who, ac
cording to the New Orleans States,
takes life very easy for the simple rea
son that his farm extends up and down
the Louisville and Nashville railroad
for a distance of forty or fifty miles.
A great many persons will be disposed
to doubt this statement, but neverthe
less it is the troth. A short time ago
It is said that the cry of an ostrich i _:y ft l >arn a man was a Victim of im-
Is like the roar of a lion, and the ; j, ecuI1 iousity because his farm was^S
Hottentots often run from it in fright
until they see the bird.
The ostrich is a generous layer.
Sixty eggs will be found in and around
a single nest. One of these eggs is
of ill-luck. and unlucky people should j
be avoided.” He said to another per
son : “The world has no idea what an
evil influence tracks me. ” His sister j
Charlotte is a lunatic; be lost his son; <
he adopted his nephew, and he died j
also. The Princess Clementine, his :
daughter, has never got over the hor-1
Tor of seeing her governess perish in ,
( the fire at Laeken Palace, which de- j
j stroyed the building and endless fam-
ily relics, papers and treasures of all
kinds. Tho tragedy of Meyerling was, I
perhaps, tha greatest blow of all. One i
poor that the cats whould not stay on
it, but one day the engineers of the
rood came along and discovered that
his farm was nothing more than a vast
deposit of gravel, the very material
! — they desired to-use to ballast for the
The Hottentots and bushmen cook 0 f the road. They endeavored to
SLEIGH FROM MADEIRA.
an ostrich egg by putting one end in a
hot fire. Through an opening in the
other they stir the contents, putting
in salt and pepper, making a very pala
table omelet.
It is never safe to drop any article
when walking near a covey of ostriches.
The ostrich will eat anything, seeming
apparently to have no sense of taste. A
story is told of a young girl who was
visiting a zoo where a large ostrich
snatched her kid gloves, which were
rolled into a ball, and ate them. The
buy the farm, outright, but, the old
man stubbornly refusing to sell the
only home he had on earth, it was fin
ally arranged to pay him a royalty on
every car load of gravel taken from
his land. The royalty has made him
rich, and as - the supply of gravel is
practically inexhaustible he will soon
be able to boast that his farm is the
largest in the world and extends all
the way from New Orleans to Louis
ville.
i son-in-law perished in it, and the other .
came out of it a black sheep at the j
\5ing60f the Fisheries building and be- Conn of Austria. The Congo State ie ^
“ * 1 ’ * rr ’* _ iior hail lmTYMI it VA£ . _ _
readily swallowed.
o The Episcopal Church of Scotland; * *
family contribution of a half dozen j according to the annual statistics just
•——... , , • , , . t.-- i pairs of gloves, all of which were as published, has now 288 congregations,
tween the posts of tne stilted electric not wnat tfeo King noa nopea it was ■ - ... 8 ,, , „nJ the member-
road
and then
fronts of
tion and Mining buildings and re-enter fairs into disorder. It would now
the crannied road under the shadow of seem as though his crown were to gc
the huge Manufactures Building.v- - • down in tho hurly-burly of Socialist
The plain American citizen squats revolution, and Belgium-to be again
in the yellow plush with the silvered the cock-pitjtif France and Germany,
ornaments flashing around him, and : —London Truth.
J
vicious propensities
sort of wicked intelligence. -Some
Cape Town people had a fowl fattening . — . M
in a special coop near an ostrich kraal. : police station J 5 onni
The new Scotland yard is the largest
It con-
The bird drooped and grew thin. It j tains a room in which 3000 men can
wns watched and seen to peer through be assembled.