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THE CLEVELAND PROGRESS.
By JOE H. REES/I.
DEVOTED TO THE MIKING, AGRICULTURAL AMD
EDUCATIONAL INTERESTS OR CLEVELAND,
WHITE COUNTY AND NORTH-EAST GEORGIA.
TERMS: 1.00 Per Year.
VOL. V.
CLEVELAND,
WHITE CO., GA., FRIDAY,
AUGUST 21, 1890.
NO. 34.
THE STATE OF GEORGIA.
■News NotoB from the Empire Stat e
of the South,
lmproT«Hi«Dti| ••Tilopmsotfl Ml Fr«f-
rtu, lt«mi About fklagi Trmnfplrlng In
Onr Own Grwt Stnto, rr«m Bxchangc*
ml other Sources.
Fitzgerald melons took the bluo ribbon
of excellence for flavor at the Tifton fair
last week.
The populists’ congressional that is to
held in Cordele has been postponed until
after August .‘Id.
The firm of Dixon A Childers, furniture
dealers of Americas, has been dissolved
by mutual consent.
Mrs. .Julia Roach Straton wife of Rev.
H. D. D. Straton died at Atlanta Tues
day night aged 42 years.
The populists of Clarke county have
put out Talbert N. I.ester as a candidate
for the legislature against the demo
cratic nominee, George C. Thomas.
Recent investigations show that the
poison of the poison ivy is n volatile oil,
henca water will not remove the poison
from the surface ns well as alcohol if ap
plied freely.
The Confederate veterans are making
preparations to have a grand time cele
brating their annual reunion on the 21st.
A basket dinner will he served by the
ladies of Savannah.
A number of enthusiastic Americus
democrats propose to send Mrs. Bryan
the finest sixty pound watermelon to be
had in Sumter county, while Mrs. Sewell
will bo presented with a crate of selected
Elberta peaches.
Walter Hill, a young man well known
about Atlanta, was very badly hurt
Wednesday by jumping from a fast
moving train near the north avenue
crossing. His nose was broken and his
tongue torn loose. He received several
other cuts and bruises.
Union county has been visited by a
severe wind and rain storm and much
damage was done the corn and oat crops.
After the -stoim—was over ittuSned-very
cold, and snow fell for a short time.
This is the first snow ever seen to fall
there in July.
As the service train was shifting in the
yard at Union Point, John Parker, a
colored hand, while attempting to board
the moving engine, missed his footing
and fell. The ongine passed over his
left leg and almost severed it from his
body. Parker lived only a short time
after the accident.
Prof. E. C. Branson, of Milledgevllle,
has been elected president of the Gordon
Institute at Barnsville, to succeed Prof.
J. M. Pound, resigned. An auditorium
or chapel will be added to the building
at once, and two additional teachers will
be elected to the faculty.
The west bound passeugor train on the
Georgia & Alabama railroad ran into
five or six negroes walking on the track
just west of the Georgia Southern &
Florida railroad crossing recently. One
man was killed outright, and one man
and one woman badly injured, but not
necsesBarily fatal.
An interesting religious cermony too I
place at Tweeds recently. Richard Thig
pen aged 815 connected himself with the
Primitive Baptist church. The event
created a surprise when the silver-haired
old man walked up the aisle toward the
chancel after Rev. Charles Smith, the
pastor extended the invitation for mem
bership. Every eye was strained and
the audience was on tip-toe to see the
man grasp the minister's hand. As the
venerable gentleman resumed bis seat,
near tbe altar he began crying,and many
in the congregation were deeply affected.
The baptism occurred at Mercer’s creek
before a large assemblage. The sons
and daughters of the man witnessed the
event. Mr. Thigpen’s father lived to be
86, while his mother attained the age of
98. Mr, Thigpen is one of the wealthi
est citizens in this part of the state.
A .desperate fight on hoiseback oc
curred on the Clay plantation, ten miles
east of Americus. The participant
were Edward Sims, superintendent of
the Clay plantation, and Ross Bivins, a
negro tenant. From reports it appears
that the negre had threatened Sims, and
when they met he was asked about the
threats. Bivins instantly drew a pistol
and fired at Sims, who rode his horse
upon him and seized the hand holding
the pistol, and at the same time drawing
his own. Bivins continued filing, two
bullets taking effect in Sims’ left arm and
shoulder and producing flesh wounds.
Sims then shot Bivins twice. The
wounds are mortal, and while the negro
is still alive, he cannot recover. Mr.
Sims’ horse was also struck by a bullet
from Bivin’s pistol, Sims’ brother was
killed on an adjoining plantation two
years ago.
Judge Griggs carried Clay over Judge
Bower in yesterday's primary by 128
majority. IV. P. Killingsworth,.^candi
date for the legislature, was nominated
by four majority. T. J. Morris, candi]
date for clerk wsb nominated over G. R
Sutlive by a small majority.
The oldest negro in the state, named
Chunk. Hamto, aged 120 years, died
near Dudley last week. He was quite
vigorous despite his advanced age, and
took great delight in recounting stirring
scenes that transpired during the revolu
tionary war.
The artesian well in the Georgia &
Alabama yards has reached a depth of
000 feet, and water stands 590 feet. The
ast 297 feet have been drilled through
marble and blue granite. Mr. Brown,
who lias the'work in charge, says there is
overy prospectof unusually high pressure
flow when once this strata is penetra
ted. The work progresses slowly but
continually.
Valdosta’s fair seem* to be drawing
large crowds. It is generally conceded
that the opening day of the great mid
summer carnival presented the finest
program ever given in Georgia in a city
of 0,000 people. There were 0,000 to
8,000 strangers in the city and the streetH
were lined throughout the day by
crowds. Every train that came brought
crowds of people and several extra trains
ran on each of the roads.
An order has been received at Fort
McPherson for the First battalion of the
Fifth infantry to go to the new targot
range near Waco, Haralson county.
This strip of land, two miles long and a
half mile wide, was purchased some
time ago by the government at a cost of
$16,000, to be used as a target range.
This gives the government the only tar
get range in the south. Heretofore the
troops from St. Augustine, Key West,
Barrancas,New OrleanBand Atlanta had
to go to Fort Thomas, near Cincinnati,
to have target practice.
Governor Atkinson has appointed fif
teen prominent citizens as commissioners
for the state to look aftor Georgia’s in
terest at the Tennessee centennial. The
centennial commences May 1, 1897, and
continues six mouths. The governor’s
appoint sea- -&rei^L^^v,M**to*ll ■•!*¥>»
Marietta; W. J. Northern, of Atlanta;
G. K. Gletin, of Macon; G. W. Truitt, of
LaUrange ; M. L. Everett, of Lumpkin ;
J. M. McBride, of Tallapoosa; S. W.
Coney, of Conoy; G. W. Ryals, of Sa
vannah ; J. L. Culver, of Culrorton ; W.
O. Waddell, of Polk; Charles E. Har
mon, of Atlanta; R. T. Powell, of Eaton-
ton; Felix Corpus, of Cave Springs; R. A.
Forrester, of Leesburg; R. D. Cole, Jr.,
of NewDau.
Stillmore was in full dress, last week.
The citizens of the surrounding country
had arranged for a grand barbecue and
basket picnic, which materalized. Con
servatives fixed the crowd at not less
than 3,000. Capt. George M. Brinson
cat 400 choice watermelons and musk-
meloDS for the enjoyment of the crowd.
Nine barrels of lemonade were furnished
free to every body. In addition to the
numerous boxeB and baskets of rations,
Bixty carcasses were barbecued in the
best possible manner. A large dancing
platform, 00x60 feet, was arranged,
that all might dance if they wished. The
First regiment band, led by Isaiah Mo-
rant, was on hand from Savannah, and
furnished the music. Good order and
plenty of everything characterized the
occasion.
Negotiations are pending for the mov
ing of the Farmers Basket and Package
Company, of Charleston, S. C., to Savan
nah, Ga. The company manufactures
fruit and vegetable crates, baskets, and
carriers, barrels, strawberry cups and
tomato and berry carriers, diamond bas
kets, in fact, every kind of package UBed
in the handling and shipment of fruit
and vegetables and also farmers' baskets
and carriers, used in the handling o f
their crops on the farm. Tho company
is capitalized at $20,000. Its factory re
quires a site of about three acres in ex
tent. All of the machinery of the Charles
ton plant will be brought to Savannah
and erected here. The stock of the com
pany is at present held by the farmers
and truck growers in and around Charles
ton. The field there, however, is not
arge enough for the company and Mr.
Smith saw an opening in Savannah for
the enterprise. The only other factory in
Georgia manufacturing packages for the
shiphandling and shipment of fruit and
truck is at Americus. The large truck
interests around Savannah and the enor
mous fruit and vegetable interests Jin
southern, middle and south-west Geor
gia creating a demand for the establish
ment of such an enterprise. Its excellent
rail and water transportation, and an
ample supply of woodB used in the man-
acture ot the goods makes Savannah
the place for the location of ttie industry*
The principal woods used are pine, swee-
gum, poplar, elm, ash, maple, hickory
and cotton wood. Tbe pine used is the
loblolly pine which is practically value*
less for other manufacturing purposes
THE HOUSEHOLD.
For Our Houuekeepers and Lady
Readers.
iBattera Pertaining to tha Home—Helpl
and Hlate for Housewives and Others.
From Kitchen to Parlor.
A hat made ot corn shucks, with a big,
putty crown in one color, and a round
waved brim in a contrasting tint, is a late
novelty in French milenery. The hnsks are
cut Into tlitn half-inch strips, and braided
loosely, the result being extreme lightness
of weight and airiness of etlect.
Tn u following is given as a receipt for a
fine lamp oil: Fill a pint bottle with two-
thirds of the best lard oil and one-third of
headlight oil, to which add a piece of gum
camphor about the size of an egg. The
camphor is supposed to cause the oil to give
a very white light, and it is said that the
lamp will net go out easily.
Life of a Club Woman.
It may interest our readers to know of
tho doings of some of the prime movers In
the federation of woman’s clnbs. Mrs.
Henrotin ih her annual address to the Gen
eral Clnb says of woman's clubs:
•‘The woman’s clnb movement has been
one of the educational factors of the cen
tury. Woman, being above all practical,
desired to put in actiou some of the. many
theories in which she had become interested
and most of the clubs began work on phil
anthropic lines; and they have enlarged
their scope till the club calendars now em
brace civics, household economies, educa
tion, sociology, literature, art and science.
“In many cities tho clubs have' formed
federations which are usually divided into
departments covering the interests of the
city. The village and town improvement
associations are doing excellent work on the
same lines, and all testify to tbe growing
interest of women in civics. When the
older clnb members recall how jealously in
the past club privileges were guarded, they
will perceive from the advance made how
rapidly the feeling of reciprocity has devel
oped in the clubs. To women wtio live In
cities the seeming monotony of life lij
country places ie difficult to apprehend. A
city woman n.$eds her club, but to thfi coun
try wompn it’^gjMsential. J ' ”
rurisTn a' gfoove and sheTs in linger oi
dropping into the personal on all questions,
because she is not in touch with the activi
ties which are tbe power of life. The clnb
takes the interest ontaide tbe narrow life
and brings it in unison with the community
life, and through the state and general fed
eration tbe community file comes into
unity with national life. 1 '
The life of Mrs. l’ognon, who is one of the
foremost women in the club movement de
votes her life to keeping boarders—some
thing new in its manner of business—called
a "family hotel” where all reform move
ments arc put into practice.
It seems that this club movement has
taken root everywhere in this country.
True Patriotism.
Someone has truthfully said that the
Fourth of J nly speeches and Hag songs are
not all of patriotism. Wliat ia it then? A
woman in Womankind says :
A man is not the better bicyclist becanse
he quarrels with his neighbor as to the rela
tive merits of their respective wheels; a
preacher is not a better Christian because
he wages a constant war of denominational
controversy; the two little boys I heard
quarreling this morning over the compara
tive benuty of their respective mammas, do
not necessarily possess an abnormal amount
of paternal aiiection, although their on
slaught was as gallant as that of Don Quixote
for the name and honor of his Dulcinea.
It is well to know the history of the past,
and to revere tbe name of thoae great souls
that made our country great. A fine feel
ing of aiiection for the Hag that waves o’er
ns, is to be encouraged and stimulated, bnt
patriotism is more than reverence for tbe
past, or a Bentiment lor a sacred symbol
it is more than pride in lands and feats of
arms; it is a living virtue not only on
national holidays and in affairs political,
but in every act of onr immediate personal
life.
“ft is men—high minded men—that con
stitute a state.” 8o he who loves his fellow
men most, is the greatest patriot. That
great Teacher, who lived and taught in
Galilee centuries ago has given us in one
word, the aura of all human virtues in all
their length and breadth and depth. ‘‘To
love thy neighbor as thyself,” is all a man's
duty to man; this is all the virtues, and
without it there can be no virtue.
So ttie patriot—the true patriot—need not
concern himself or herself with adding to
his country’s domain by conquest; he need
not lead armies to foreign fields; he need
not decry ail worth of foreign source. Hut
because he is a patriot and loves his mother
country, he loves her sons and daughters,
and no more slights or scorns or wrongs one
of them than he wonld slight or scorn or
wrong the mother herself. This is the only
patriotism that adds to the nation’s glory
aDd man's honor—the only patriotism that
is not wicked, selfish pride, vain glorious
and vaunting.
mouthed bottle spearmint or peppermint
leaves Which have been washed and drained
dry. I'll! the bottle with good cider vine
gar; at Hie end ot a month strain, bottle
and seal.
HonjV: radish—1‘onr a quart of boiling
hot vltfcgar over six tableapoonfuls of grated
horstsldish, and immediately add a tea-
spoonfi il of granulated sugar. Let stand a
a wee| or louger if more convenient, then
squeez the radish pulp lightly, add the
vlnega strain and return to the bottle After
rlnrinf and draining it. Cover the cork
with w x.
NAtttfcRTiuM.—Fill a can or bottle with
nastnfl Qm blossoms and green seeds, and
cover v^jith vinegar. In a month It will be
ready ijg use.
PxrrEn.— Put whole green peppers
nart can or bottle, let stand a
vered with cold vinegar, then
bottle. This ia a mild, but excel-
Ing for soups and sauces,
tn Cayenne.— Dse lor this cliillee, a
cayenne bearing very small red
ripe. Let 40 or 50 of these tiny
d in vinegar a month. It was
the home table when 1 was a
ie way : The ends of the quill
lose feathorwere cut oft, one end
mgh the cork of the bottle, the
osed with a tight-fitting plug of
We had only to remove the
$ the bottle give it a gentle
drop or two of tho contents
a plate of (ood.
[track a pint of peach stones,
;nels into boiling water; when
lie skins by rubbing with a
1 kernels in a bottle and pour
GrK!
into
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vinegar, st
keep ih the
add hpt a .
gar, W'hen ti
ihrptigb Hahn'
tine, and it I ’
n.—This is a favorite with
tie in several small thin
lacli of whole alsplce, cloves,
[round mustard, white ginger
slices and celery seed. Put
nto a gallon and a half ot
lias been dissolved three
r n sugar. Tie up closely,
sable in a few days, bnt is
it has been standing three
-Steep the buds in white
nd store in colored glass, or
Another method is to
! buds to a gallon of vine-
t whole ferments, strain
Add a !iftl,e dissolved gela-
idy to be bottled. It has a
ilavfir. $t> be served with meat or
•' • j€{-;.*»,u.’«a£>verfe-tew. bruised garlics pour
a qiiart of vinegar. In two or three weeks
it is ready for the table. Two or three
props will flavor a salad or n bowlful of
gravy. Hall this quantity will suffice a
small family for a year.
Walnut vinegar 1 have never made, but
will give the formula as adding another
variety to the housewife’s stores. Cover
green walnut shells ten days with brine that
will float an egg. Drain and spread in the
sunshine for seven days; then put them in
a jar and pour overboiling vinegar. In ten
days reheat the vinegar and return it to the
jar. Will be ready for use in a month.
WITH THE WITS.
Things to Laugh at During the Hot
Days.
Vinegar for Flavoring,
A correspondent in Country Gentleman
gives some good recipes for such flavorings
and we take the liberty of reproducing them
for our readers’ help:
Mint Vinegar.—Put loosely into a wide-
Woman's Wifely Mission.
The wifely mission of woman is of divine
origin and she who comes nearest to carry
ing out the object of her creation and
proves herself a helpmate to man in the
broadest sense of the term will win heavenly
recognition and confer a boon of priceless
value upon mankind. Faith in God, faith
in humanity, combined with a certain con
tentment of spirit which enables her to con
sider her home, however humble it may be,
the dearest and most sacred spot on earth,
calling forth nevei anding exertions to
beautify, improve its comforts and its hal
lowing atmosphere are characteristics loved
by man, arousing a pride in his wife, in
creasing his love for her, and invoking a
spirit of thankfulness that heaven has
blessed him with one of its choicest gifiajn
human form.
The ideal of a wife is one who becomes so
wrapt up in the loving, faithful discharge of
her home duties, the interest of her hus
band, both in a temporal and spiritual
scubc, as to consider them paramount to
the claims of soritty or the affairs of her
neighbor; one who would welcome her
children as G n -sent, and strive to train
them to become the honor and glory of her
nation; and finally return to him who sent
them ; one who in the management of home
swayed all with the sceptre of love, who
ever welcomed htr husband at her portal ot
the shrine wi'h a glad smile or a loving
kiss, Him wus so interested in all that con-
cerned him in liis daily trials and joys as to
confide In her, and to feel that there was at
least one person in the woild to whom he
could ever go for loving sympathy, advice
and commendation; one who in the
matter of household expenses contrived to
ive within the’ means of her husband and
sensibly realize that a penny saved for him
was her gain. She should drets within iier
means, striving to look neat, attractive and
pretty on all occasions. Her aim in cook
ery should he to prepare wholesome and
nutritious food at the least expense, tak
ing special pains to Berve it in a palatable
manner to suit the tastes ot her loved ones
In the matter of home decoration the
average woman has far betler taste than the
average man, and she should be left largely,
if not exclusively, to exercise it, She must
live in her home, and if its decorations are
pleasing to her eye no one else ought
to grumble. I have little patience with
foul' finding, wile-decrying husbands, and
for their edification would state that a good
faithful, conservative husband almost in
variably causes a woman to become a good
wife.—Ez.
Floating Fun Cunningly Cbronloled to
Mak* the Siny-nt-Hoine* Smile.
“There’s many a slip 'twixt. the cup
and tho lip,” and there ought to be
many more when the cup contains
whisky or beer.
“Go it while you’re young,” but go it
in the right direction. The ways of folly
are getting more dangerous overy day.
When you are very thirsty, just before
you take a drink satisfy yourself that
none of your dumb animal frlonds are in
that condition.
French and English.
A story is told of three French boys
who were studying a volume of Shake
speare in their own tongue, their task
being to render portione of it into En
glish. When they came to Hamlet’s
famous soliloquy, “To be or not to be,"
their respective translations were as fol
lows:
1. “To was or not am.”
2. “To were or is to not.”
It. “To should or not to will.”—From
Harper’s Round Table.
Tho following problem ia going the
rounds; A man purchased groceries to
the amount oi 34 cents. When he catne
to pay for the goodB he found he had
only a dollar bill, a 3-cent piece and a
2-cent piece. The grocer had a 50-cent
piece and a quarter of a dollar. They
appealed to a bystander, but be only
had two dimes, a 2-cent pieco arid a
penny. After some perplexity the
change was mado to the satisfaction of
all. But how 7
Only a Matter of Time.
“Still putting up high buildings, I
see,” said tbe stranger.
“Oh, yes,” replied the native care
lessly.
"IIow do you do it now?” asked tho
stranger.
“How? I don’t believe I understand
you,” answered the native.
MWfay, Pfcawlward Ho-u.aaf’ rewMk
able things about your methods of con
struction and tbe improvements that
have been made in them,” said the
stranger, “that l didn't know—f wasn’t
quite sure that— that—”
“Well? That what?”
“That you hadn’t reached a point
where you begin at a cloud and build
down.”
No-o; not yet,” returned the native
thoughtfully; “but we're getting there.”
—Chicago Post.
1 wonder what makes so many of
these actresses have their pictures taken
with just a head and baro shouldors.and
not a bit oi waist to be seen?” asked the
unsophisticated person.
“That,” said the man who knows it
all, “is done so that the picture can bo
used for the next 20 or 30 years with
out any chance of being given away by
tho old style dress, see?”
Wonderful Rose Tree.
The mammoth rose tree In the rear of
Mrs. Susan V. Moore’s home, 5592 Bart-
mer avenue, Is a thing of beauty and a
joy for the few weeks It 1b In bloom,
says the St. Louis Post-Dispatoh.
Rose bushes are oommon but when
they attain the enormous proportions of
this one they can only be designated as
trees, and such sights are rarely seen.
This rose tree Is of uncertain age.
When Mrs. Moore acquired possession
of the property five years ago there was
in the rear of the lot a diminutive and
Insignificant rose bush. It did not take
up muoh room and she permitted it to
remain, its growth was marvelous, and
by fall it had reached a very respeotable
size.
The following spring it bloomed, and
was a mass of small but perfect roses.
The bush kept on growing, and Mr*.
Moore became interested in It and was
proud of her find. The growth has con
tinued ever since and now the tree
would attract attention anywhere.
The trunk is more than four lnohes In
diameter and the branches are trained
along the fence on the west side of the
lot for a distanoe of more than forty feet.
The tree has no apparent desire to grow
straight up. but runs along and supports
itself against the fence, so that a person
of ordinary height may easily pluok the
flowers from the highest branches.
The only objeotion to the tree Is that
it is not a constant bloomer. Usually in
June it blossoms out, but because of the
forward season this year put out early.
It would be hard to imagine a more
beautiful sight. The entire length of
the tree is one solid mass of rose*.
Their fragranoe may be detected a
block.
The roses are not large—about two
inches in diameter. When they first be
gin to open they are a deep rloh red, but
as they attain full bloom they take on a
delicate pink and in the process of chang
ing assume various shades and present a
variegated appearanoe. Thus the tree
yields flowers ranging from a deep red
to an almost white.
The tree is so profuse a bloomer that
the cutting from it of a few bushels of
jrosejj makes no peroeptlble ^hange lnjti
appearanoe.
Mrs. Moore does not know the name
of the rose which she has raised with
suoli marxed success, nor did she use
any particular plan In growing or train
ing il. She simply, let It alone and
nature did the rest.
The above ma> be a large “rose tree"
for people at St. Louis but it is not hard
to find a Cherokee rose bush In this
state twice as large as the above. We
have seen In south Florida an Agrippina
bush that grew to be twelve feet high
and had a spread of thirty feet without
any training.
lloax—“I’ve got a great scheme for
tbe warm weather.”
Joax—“Let’s have it.”
"I am going to keep a small boy near
me sharpening slate pencils. It always
makes my blood run cold.”
Child's Scheme of Extortion.
Tommy—Say. Mollie, I wish I had ten
cents to get some candy with.
Mollie— Go and ask father who Sacra.
He Lout Her.
He had asked her to marry him, and
was waiting patiently for the answer.
“Will you expect me to keep house?”
she finally asked.
“No indeed, my love; the servants
will attend to all that.”
“You won’t ask me to make the bread
or broil the beefsteaks?”
"Certainly not., my angel; we will have
a cook.”
“And 1 will not be compelled (o pound
the washboard :”
“How can you ask such a question?
No, no, no!”
“Then I cannot marry you. I have
been brought up to do all these tilings,
and I could not he happy in a life of idle
ness.”
When he realized what a treasure he
had lost, he went sadly to his luxurious
home, and vowed to remain a bachelor
forever. -Detroit Free Press.
Not a Bit Abashed.—“I should think
those strawberries would be ashamed at
the discrepancy between their size and
their price.” “Oh, they have plenty of
sand in them.”—Truth.
TUe t'ukuowu PuMMeuger,
It was on board a good ship in mid
ocean. Suddenly there arose the dread
ful cry of “A leakl a leak!” At once all
was terror and confusion. “To the
pumps!” roared the captain. Bravely
did tbe ship’s company work; but ever
there arose the despairing cry of the
carpenter—"The water gains upon us!”
The captain’s face waB knotted with the
agony of emotion. "Oh, for an extra
pump!" he groaned.
“An extra pump, do you say?” eagerly
enquired one of the frightened passen
gers.
“For three more pumps I wou'd give
my fortune moaned the captain.
“Then courage I” exclaimed tbe pas
senger.
“Between the decks I have a dozen of
the best pattern; let them be used.”
With insane eagerness the blessed
pumps wero brought upon the deck, and
by their aid the hitherto doomed ship
was kept floating as buoyantly aa a
duck, until her destination was reache
Then the overjoyed passengers crowded
aronnd their deliverer, and overwhelmed
him with thanka.
“Who are you?” at lengthjjinquired
the captain, pressing his hand. “We
have never known you. Why had you
so many pumps with your baggage?”
“Gentlemen,” responded the unknown
passenger, uncovering his head and
making a profound bow, “I am a Massa
chusetts milkman, en route to the Sand
wich islands to establish myself in the
same business.”
And while the astonished passenger*
were g&Bping for breath, he disappeared
over the side and was rowed ashore.
Remedy for Flies on Oows.
The kerosene emulsion is the best pro
tection against flies. Il iB made by dis
solving a pound of common soap, siloed,
in a quart or two of hot water, then
adding twice as muoh kerosene. Shake
well until like a smooth cream and keep
it for stock. For use dilute with two or
three quarts of water and sponge It on
the oows or horses as well. It will keep
its effect one day only, and must be re
peated.—New York Times.