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THE VIENNA PROGRESS. TERMS, $1. Per Annnm. Hew ttfthe Line, Let the Chips Fall Where They May.’ JNO. €. HOWELL. I Lacy a. Morgan. » 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.