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The Democrat.
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY
BY CLEM. C. MOORE.
CRA WFORDVILLE, GEORGIA.
Entered at the pe*ti)fflee at Crawfof flville,
Georgia, a* aetyind-elaaa ma i matter.
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OT the sfx full generals appointed by
the Confederate Congress only two sur¬
vive. These are Joseph E, Johnson,now
United States Commissioner of Railways,
and 0. T. Beauregard, Adjutant-Gen¬
eral of Louisiana. Of tlus twenty lieuten¬
ant-generals appointed to the provi¬
sional army several are living.
The cannibals in tin; world may be num
bered Df red bv oy millions millions. Probably r maoiy a third vuir i of
the natives of New Guinea are cannibals;
«o are about two-thirds of the occupants
of the New Hebrides, and the same pro.
portion of the Solomon Islanders. All
the " 1 natives of the Santa Citt’i group, h
Admiralties, Hermits, LabUiadc, Engin
eer, D’Bairecasteaux groups nre canni
bals, and even some well authenticated
cases hav* occurred among the “black
fellow.” of Northern Australia Australia.
The Agricultual Department at Wash¬
ington 1ms sent out large quantities of the
eggs of the silk worm by mail to all
parts of the. country. It has now been
satisfactorily demonstrated that the leaf
of the O-mge orange makes as good silk
as that of (lie mulberry, and that the
worms will feed upon it and thrive. The
Department is in receipt of letters from
girls in various parts of the country, say¬
ing that they have made from $20 tj
$100 by raising silk in this way.
The lost ring story comes to hand as
usual. This time the scene is laid in
Kentucky, where five years ago, William
Howe, ,, of f Moorehcld, M lost Ins sister • . , s ring ■
while wnm fishing nsn.ng in in a a pond pon i. Not Not loin* long airo g
he went shooting hull frogs in the same
pond, and while cutting oil the hind legs
of a big one that he had shot, what
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wound in the side of the victim but his
aiater’s long lost ring, with the identify
ing inscription still quite legible.
The landed property of England cov¬
ers some 72,000,000 acres. It is worth $ 10, -
000,000,000, mid yields an annual rent,
independent of mines, of $;U!0,000,000.
One-fourth of this territory, exclusive of
that hold by the owners of less than an
acre, is in tlio hands of 1200 proprietors,
and a second-fourth is ownod by 0200
others; so that half of the country is
owned by 7400 individuals. The popu¬
lation is 3-7,000,000. The peers, not 000
.i' oMumber, own more than one-flfth of
1 . '■£*$* rilwwy'fwWdV!fs WWTT'fi'duU, -
000 acres, worth over $2,00(4000,000,
with an annual rental of $00,000,000.
“The foreign population have worse
teeth than the native Americans,” said a
New York dentist who was doing u Jund
office business, to a Mail anil Ktpress re¬
porter. “Why is it? Simply because the
foreigners do uot take any enro of their
teeth, never have them filled, and conse¬
quently lose them by decay. Americans,
on the other hand, watch the teeth of
their children, have them cared for
early, a save a false set when they arrive
at maturity, The Germans have bad
teeth, many of them wearing false sets.
Parents, ns u rule, are to blame for their
children’s bad teeth. They neglect to
have uuy work done until it is too late.
The prevalence of false teeth is increas¬
ing to an alarming extent, ntul simply
from negligence.”
Recent experiments seem to justify the
belief that sponge-raising in the waters
of Long Island Sound is likely to become
an important industry in the near future.
Thoro are at present several varieties of
native sponges in the Sound waters, and
the frequent finding of them by men who
dig for round clams, Ims induced scion
title men to plant young s]>onge3 from
Florida waters off Stratford Point, Conn.,
where there is a long reef of submerged
rocks of a nature suitable for sponge
growing. These transplanted animals
have lived and flourished rapidly, grow¬
ing to the size used in commerce, Their
quality is somwhat coarse, but the lower
grades arc quite as profitable tothe dealer
as the imported article, as the former are
used in much larger quantities.
A growing Long Island industry, es¬
pecially in Queens and Suffolk counties,
is the raising of cucumbers for picking.
In some sections tlie farmers have given
over their entire farms to t heir cultiva
tlon, and they find a ready sale at the
large pickle factories which have been
established at Greenlawn, Jerusalem,
Farmingdale. and other points, C: U 1
flower and flat cabbage are also pur¬
chased in large quantities for pickling at
the factories. Of the cauliflower taken
much is unfit for anything but pickling,
and the flat cabbage are made into
aauerkrsut. The factories on an average
make from 10.000.000 to 15,000,000
pickles each year. Manufacturers say
that people eat ten times as many pickles
now as they did ten year? ago and the
consumption is steadily increasing. This
year the fanners have planted a larger
acreage of cucumber* than ever before.
ing the heat of the sun as a source of
power and warmth. One of the most in
teresting an<l practicable methods in this
Eta- i
tions of which it is hoped may be over
come com. bv by future future improvements impro -m ■ This 3
device consu's simply of a shallow bo*
the bottom of which is of corrugated
iron, and the top of glass. This is placed ;
outside the building in such a position that
the sun shines directly upon it, the heat
rays of , the , sun pass through tlie glass,
and are absorbed by the iron, heating it
to quite a high temperature, and, by a
system of ventilation, a current of air is i
passed tnrough the apparatus and into j
the room to , be heated. , , Ly „ this .i ■ means
the ail was heated, on pleasant days, to
about about ninety ninety uegrees degrees in passim* j over the
iron. It is admitted, however, that the i
chief difficulty j in all these methods of
solar heating, as a substitute f-r the
ordinary or artificial means, is yet to be
overcome, being available only in fair
weather, though, in connection with the
customary system, J a solar apparatus may
effect , r , a saving in the quantity of „ ff fuel „.
usually consumed.
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A very strange story comes from the
west-strange stones are indigenous to
the west—but its authenticity is vouched |
by the newspapers of Colorado, where
the. extraordinary thing is said to have
happened. A prosperous Coloradoan
began, several weeks t since, . to eel . an
unusual heaviness in his cheeks, the
muscles growing stiff and the skin vis- I
ibly liardcnimc His friends were dis
posed to be merry over his complaints;
hut , lie regarded , , them , us , having . serious
grounds. He steadily grew worse, and,
lit ; ! pm] fif Kpvni (I'tvQ y : ljotli kif]pa ' of
his face had assumed , the solidity ot
marble. He was unable to hold up Ids
j H , ad so ), caV y ] 1{1 <] it become. His
eye8 took on a stony glitter; his neck ! 1
h n.ir ard I, VV1U1 with other oirnr puri , )Urts of oi }i ms
| )0 ,j V) an( j a f,. w days later lie* died.
His attendant physicians consider it a
cas , of vcrital)1(; petrifaction, which ,
continued after death until the. whole
framo “ ,T wm* ™VM to have turned to stone.
y old. Moforo j
ha(l begun to 8ujTer from the cxtrao r
f disease he weighed 102 pounds;
four lay8 3 ufU:r hU death he weighed
more than 01)0 pounds. I he Denver i
doctors have put forward various the
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nomenou must have arisen from an cx
otc„b„ofoot to, i„ u. i
tern-but , of them . explain . • the s«
Miattcr satisfactorily. none Taylor could talk j !
unti. an hour before bis end, and with
his latest breath ordered that his body j
should be sent to the Smithsonian In
stitution for scientific e? -imination.
V«rU« 1 •
A lew York letter to tlie Mint Francis¬
co Argonaut says: London has many
morning concerts, fisheries exhibitions,
horticultural exhibitions, private views,
tlie everlasting Zoo, and mi endless array
of amusements of a mild and taking
character, calculated to assist the leisure
class of the English metropolis in killing
time. New York, which ape* London
in its amusements, is showing a tendency
in the same direction. We are now form- ,
ing a leisure class hero. It goes slow,
but it goes. Just now it consists largely
of gamblers, with ft sprinkling of night
c ’ ' finnn
' ’
t iers, club men who cannot afford
to play Wall street, actors, col
lege hoys home for vacation,
government employes 1 - and round
et’s- 1 lie younger sons form a pictures- .
quo element. They seem to be useful to
the ladies and they wear very good
clothes, so that the gamblers and round
ers do ........ not object to them particularly, . - , .
That this leisure class will iu time grow
large is evident, Tlie number of younger
sons and society men who have nothing
to do but Hiniise themselves increases
every day. There is now a very con¬
siderable number of them who have no
more arduous aim in life than that of
killing time, The women who have
leisure are, of course limitless as to mini
hers. They are the strongest factors in
promoting morning entertainments. The
lectures, readings and concerts given in
the middle of the day are 100 per cent.
greater than five years ago.
Women iu Kestanrauts.
“It takes the women to order a good
dinner,” said the proprietor of a restau¬
rant. "they like good eating and they
, know what goes with what better than
the men. Why, a man had just as soon
order cranberry sauce with mutton as
not!" Ho shuddered at the thought of
it. “Besides," he continued in a di*
gusted tone, “Ualf of the men don’t
know mutton from veal, anyway.”
“Are the women more exacting than
the men?”
••Not a bit of it. Then, you see, they
understand enough about the matter to
appreciate a dish, a . man wm ... gup .
down the most v.,«,w
meal and never think whether it's taken
four or five hours or fifteen minutes to
prepare it. The women like to eat din
- i ' „ , , 1 , ° ,,, u ari * 1,
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tn ular about their desserts, too. \\ hy,
$1.25 is quite an ordinary sum for them
to spend on a meal. Men seldom <*o
over 75 cents—I mean of course for their
everyday noon repast .—Chicago Tribune.
THE LABOR PARADi, j
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CELEBRATION OF “LABOR DA ”
III THE LABOR UNIONS.
Mrptrmbrr «« h T^T^
Hereafter In the TnUed »tate*.
“ Labor day,” which is to be a pernft
annua i institution in Bostoi was
iljaugnjrated suburbs by the workingmen of * ia
city and Monday in an imprTf*
give manner. The feature of the morn w if
was. a grand procession, in wh/
St is estimated some fifteen thou
sand persons * participated and which “
M ho Jf to pagg a given point Thl; .
cession, in which was represented all the
laboring interests of the city, was re
viewed by Mayor O isnen on Schoo;
fit reet ’ iU " w ? s wltnessed b 7 thousand
of . persons who crowded the sidew;. i
the In ,
along route. a narrower street
the crowd seriously encroached upon tl e
right of way of the procession. The
afternoon was devoted to athletic aaorts P* r -
. ^ ’ danrinrr
THE DAY IN sew YORK
This being a legal holiday set apart bv
the legislature for the laboring classes %- it
was celebrated by a monster parade
the different labor organizations, picnic. followed
in the evening by a Every trad:
was represented f nstituted) m the procession, between which
^ c( it jg gaid, of
15,000 and 20,000 workingmen. J. P.
Archibald was grand marshal. The pro
cession was reviewed by Mayor
Rev. Dr. McGlynn Rev. Dr. Derrick, a
prominent colored preacher;
George and Robert Blissert.
Brooklyn’s procession.
The workingmen of Brooklyn, and Wil
liamsl)urg, also, paraded in honor of
th e laborer’s national holiday. The pa
rade was uwler the auspecies of the Cen
tral labor union It was estimated that
about 18,000 men were in line. All
trades were represented. The procession
marched to Myrtle avenue park, where
speeches lctic were enjoyed. made and dancing and nth
sports
THE DEMONSTRATION IN BALTIMORE.
The demonstration of the Knights of
Labor was the largest of industrial class
cs ever witnessed in Baltimore. In the
earl 7 forenoon the sky was overcast,
giving promise of rain, but that did not
j p reveDt t j, e f, a thenng of the workhm builif
10sts I n manv narts ' of the citv
• .•
. decorated. , . I he gathering . took
ings were
phvee in east Baltimore, tlienght of all
1 17 S10DS ’L r >" f ?. way ’.
.. of ght
was compose, e
out the entire line were flags and floats,
representing the various industrial pur
W ‘“ 9 ’, h “ ^^ed at 1 o’clock and
moved through the f principal streets to
Druid Hill Park, where speaking took
h place in the evening. It is estimated
z r ",zstnsz
auracitu more auenuon. un xsaiumore
street, which the the principal thoroughfare passed through
procession business
trianism tnaiusm wm was ahnfisi aimosi Tb in
Une of street cars t
Course of in¬
BP*
tit.up tile number o» 3
but for hours t ><eht ' Ai
two t».
pointed poinrea for lor the im line imeu to move move, l u- iV- tve, a-ets
m every direction resounded w’th t” e
music of different assemblies, uakiti^f
their way to the general rendezvous on
i Broadway. From one end of the vast
column to the other, most perfect order
was observed, and it rarely occurs that a
finer looking body of men is to beaten
. anywhere. Every industrial avocation iu
the city was represented, and there were
large numbers of visitors, principally
f rom Lionli t ics within the state of Mary
land, but there were some from Washing
ton and from near points in Pennsylvania.
All the appointments were arranged and
carried out with good taste, and the oc
casion the first demonstration of the
| )ono am ] sinew of Baltimore, will long e
he remembered.
Chicago's celebration.
The 1,10 annual annum street street parade paraae m in this tuts cu\ citv
Monday was tlie most noteworthy ever
made by the labor organiz.ations of Chi
cago, both in point of numbers and point
of equipment. Tlie day was warm, but
nerfeet F rf ct m in atl -ill ntlior °! hcr rcsnecis rt s P ects for for street street
display. The and column marching began steadily moving at
10:30 o’clock, was
two hours in its passage. The column
was divided into nine divisions,and dose
computation places the number of march
ers in line at between thirty and thirty
five thousand. A feature of the parade
was remarkable uniformity shown by
each division of marchers, the latter all
being equiped with canes, and generally
wearing slouch hats of a dark or grey
color. All trades inarched in columns of
fours, well closed up, and generally
moving with great precision and regu
l.uitOm column of list hunt red
employes of bank and safe manufacturers
wore white tiles. A column of journey
men tailors, numbering one thousand,
wore white derbys, and presented, prob
al.l v the finest appearance of any distinct
body of marchers. The American flag
was carried by each division, and there
were very few mottoes or banners borne
in the columns. One of the trucks in
line earned the figure of a twenty foot
giant stamping out ctmap labor, idealized
by the figure of a Chuiaman. The pro
cession concluded with an almost endless
display of manufactured goods.
(H-HOMNO CAPTl'RFD.
The following telegram, confirming the
press dispatches announcing the sur¬
render of Gerouimo, was received at the
war department from General O. O
Howard:
“Fort Mason. San Francisco, Sept.
”, 1886.—Adjutant General United States
s . jv : hi S „.
Natchez, son of Cochise. Geronimo and
h 's brother, with three other Apaches,
all as prisoners of war. The surrender
was unconditional. Captain Lawton i
following the remainder of the hostile?,
thirty-six adults and three children in all
_ Thkrk . no saustac-ion .. , in .
is sucecsi
tw^Vhd^of satUfaH*** *
the
ease eel rotes.
fuith or tne iaouisvutes nava made over
lOObaae hiU.
Qnbwfflccft^ ° f th ° IJhiladelphia
^ ^
T*,v pitchers have been under contract
with the V\ ashington Club.
The Detro As are fast attaining the name
thS ^on m^de homfrunsm n? > o£ „ , -
two eama
Almost half the games between St. Louis
and ide Pittsburg the have been shut outs on one
or other.
The American Association now has two
doctors in its ranks, viz., Drs. A1 Bushong
ind J ’ K ”’ ilrnon<i -
oWng^rtr^ r^of
Keefe, the New York pitcher.
The demand for good pit/hers is greater
th : s season than ever before, and a first-class
one can command a big salary.
Morgan Murphy, of the Boston Blues, is
<fcclar«l to.be doing better work than any
other New England League catcher.
Hrincs, the Wa hington-s heavy batter,
has made nine home runs thui season which
is more than any other m the country has
accom E’ lisbed -
Pittsburg will make the most money this
^Tor^as particular. usL.1, wifi top the^eazue'clubs "in
this
A *8° w > bo nnyRo weand I far d 10
son are the only Leaguers who have made
two home runs m one game. Richardson has
^ sffiglf°La^ie
batting total for a game twelve this
s^n-viz. ; five hits with a total of
ba^s No in League four times pitcher at bat has yet succeeded this
season in chsitosing ot an opposing team
without a hit,and but one American Associa
turn pitcher Atkisson—has accomplished
i >ase I i a 7 Buffalos -stored , ,
•, ^i sto^and mtehefare^sa'id .
s to be phe
nomenal and withal he plays a steady game,
'
Detroit club fined litcher Getzem
for listless asse-se'l ulavino- This makes a total of
*400 against Getzein in the last
month in the shape of fines.
The Bostons ni&<i8 &n offor of $10,003 for
offered the release the of whole five St. Louis *15,000, players,and provided were
team for
!£ ey give a bo ^ to f un the n ,T
lars'wero ofleredh^(Ilasscick l Myers° ,
and
TiiEEasteraLeagueClubswillnevercon- Western Sunday
sent to the Clubs playing
games just because it may benefit one or two
, iubB - President President Day, of the New York Chi
Club, Club, and Spalding, Sunday of the will
cago say that no games be
ptoyejl byLeague clubs as long as they have
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PERSONAL MEHTiOS.
-
H enry Ward winter Beecher Ireland. is to lecture in j
this country next on
Cyrus Fillmore, the brother of President
Millard Fillmore, is still living in Indiana.
There are six poets in the British House
^ ,ta
honored by his countrymen.
A New York paper says that Mrs. Lang
(tvs mjnmse h, New Vork next winter is
-ear’a nutmeg tied about his neck always keep
to
. r . ra! And ho v?: ’ as been a
I
-8efi i
r --avkland is said to write on an j
, ,v 'Lju. v ” ;-ep)y out twenty letters a day, from most of |
hie n to communications en- I
trrta-ers.
“There goes one white man who never I
lied m an Indian.” This is the compliment
paid ib Bishop Whipple the other day by an
untutor, d savage,
sidethe T. f L K ^V limitsof^irmUe in £ °f E’d’bigal, d^mo^telrne nnw enjoying a
,
for the last twenty years.
Sarah Winnemucca, the Indian princess, I
<•» English sjieak and five Spanish. tongues, three She is Indian dialects, school
now a
t, ‘ barand urges her to ^'^te their i
l 1 !
TnE deaths in r - d su , cession o{ so many
0 ia public leaders has turned attention to
ward the survivors, among whom is Pierce’s
l'ortiuast«r-General, Pennsylvania. James Campbell, who
is still living in
Dan Magone, who has become the New
tha^offioo^rom^St Lawreuro'countv.'tha
“the”* being Preston King and General Mer
ritt King put shot iuto his pockets and
jumped into the river from a New York j
ferry-boat, three months after his apixiint- :
“ !
General Logan and Governor Alger, of
Michigan, while m California recently, took
off their coats and felled a tree that would ;
cut into 108 cords of wood or furnish 36,000
feet of lumber. They received assurances
that they could earn $50 a month anytime |
tll0V lh °° s0 to 1 eave tl ' eir Eastern homes and
.
IVl'w'ood'lumber^cam'p ' ' 1 ' i’ 0sl lon m a
BL COYOTE AT WORK.
The Mexican Inhabitants Greatly Excr*
died,
The Galveston News’ New Laredo
special says that great excitement pre
vailed in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, Sunday
evening, over the arrival of three
wounded soldiers, who had just returned
from a fight which thirty the government distant,with troops
had near Sause, miles
the revolutionist forces under command
0 f E 1 Coyote. The fight took place about
snn up, in which the government troops
were worsted, having two men killed and
three wounded, besides several cavalry
horses shot. Volunteer companies of the are
bf ing organized for the protection
c jt y , as an attack is momentarily expect
,. d by the forces under El Coyote. Re
inforeements of eighty soldiers are on the
train from Monterey, which is due at 8 p
m., but it is apprehended that El Coyote
will reach and destroy the railroad be
fore the train can get in.
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THE FIRST SPIKE.
Trseklaving on the Georgia Midland
Railroad had its formal beginning ~ at
Columbus. Ga.. on Monday. President
sri“L; t % i r.Ti a d"n < L“7i:
ence of quite a number of citizens,
among whom was Mayor Grimes and sev
ekni members of the council. Track
laving will now be pushed forward as
rapidly The* as possible.
directors of the Georgia Midland
rlulr -ad met and called for the first in
stallment of twenty-five per cent, of the
s * bscri P tion to the ^ock. j
, mcjL m mmm .
Some of Shakespeare’s plavs hare beet
t *' >slatad into Icelandic. '
| he 3
seen on the dramatic stage.
Minnie Paomkr. tha American actress,
will spend the season in Australia.
Hussr.o.Anew play, “Pa,”
and’ rLdec’di^dTwently^n'Eu^ T'
an actor
land. ®
| turned H*war to England Irvin® and after Elina Terry have re
a brief visit to this
country.
“Maggie, the Midget’’ will be the chief
j ' next^on^ ***** MtteWU
Jenny Lind’s daughter who is snoken of
as this having a marvelous voice, is coming " to
country.
A large and handsome opera-house build
ing is being erected at Los Angeles, Cal., at
a cost of *iou,cOO.
Dixie is to be given a dinner in London
before he sails tor N*iw i'cnc, and the Prince
of Wales is to attend.
Henry M. Stanley the African ernlorer
in has America signed tor this a lecture tour of fifty nights’
season.
theatres^untmg variety show placesJinert the hous^aud
season.
David and Milton Higgins, of Chicago,
have written a play called “Our Rich
Cousin,” which J. H. McVicker praises
of feed European?^^limzhrn wiS\e string^ whaUtS mom 1 ”
the iffiest ever
heard.
“Lucretia Borgia” will be in Mrs. D.
p. Bowers’s repertoire this season. She is
probably the only American actress who now
assumes this intensely tragic role.
Mlle, Dkcca, an American girl, known
in V\ r ashington as Miss Johnson, announced
fc crated'^Rh'ha^gmide the^Mikado” 1
oulw from They nroduce fTStfSi verv thor
entrance to stage, th; attendants even
“ waiters in the cafe being clad in Jap
e ,e
The impression that female composers have
been rare in the line of operatic works ap
pears to be erroneous. Something more than
a score of such works by English and Conti
nental composers of the female sex can bo
named.
THE tffeNNESSEE LABOR UNION.
u Make War OB the i onvict Les
'
Mr. John C. Hook, of Memphis, presi
dent of the State Cen tral Labor union, is
in Nashville, Tcnn., to attend a meeting j
of the Central Labor union, which con
vened in Simmons hall.
<h,
^ y ° U & g d 7
meethurT i
He said the union was a strictly busi
npss organizatioll) and touched politics -
on i v as the v concerned business ■Recommendeda! interests
H„ok j
, .. a. “ r i„ a
=
}, f-a if rlistinoflv understood ;
o flVR p WAn
that the union is not makin<* any per
t w h lesse e S but on the sys
*»■ Th * ^
laboring . men everywhere to support
men for tjie legislature regardless of
party affiliation, who will oppose the
nth me*' of t*h lg0se svstqni.—--|fr
mg a more thorough organization the union
throughout the state, and that
will soon include farmers and mechanics
a i so -
THE MAYFLOWER AHEAD.
she Beats the British Cotter Ga’atea by 13
Minnies and 40 Seconds.
On Tuesday the great race for the
America cup took place between the
English cutter Galatea and the Boston
sloop yacht Mayflower. Ridge the iu start the New was
made at 10:30 olf Bay
York harbor. At the start the Bostonian
was about abead alld iimshe<1
W1 th a Deautilul icaa.
Ih 1 finish was the grandest marine
spectacle ever seen in New lork bay.
Surrounded by nearly five hundred steam
and sailing crafts, the Mayflower path came of
faring along through the finish na-rrovv line amid fto i
"liter and crossed the
firing of guns, the screech of whistles,
and the waving of acres of bunting and
handkerchiefs The Galatea received as
hearty a welcome, when she arrived, and
"ben , the judges .,,1,1 toll T,;,-.,tenant J. lleun
that he was beaten twelve minutes and
two seconds, he laughed and shouted
back’
“I thought it was half an hour.”
Three cheers and a tiger were given by
the yachtsmen for the gallant little Irish
man and his charming wife. Both yachts
proceeded to their anchorage off Bay
Ridge.
A SOLDIER IN STATE.
T i,on«an.i» of People Viewi«* theKemnini.
ot (•enernU hrath.m.
*1, on Sunday a seemingly unend
- D train of people passed through the
,., n : tn i Vashville Tcnn., where the
0 f General B Frank Cheatham
’
j in state in the chamber. The flora!
decorations were most profuse and ele- 1
‘ large
t in chflractcr , including one G.A.R.
,,i ece from Geo. II. Thomas Post
The local military, the Hermitage Guards,
the Burns Artillerv, and the Harding Ar
.mi .. were on fr U)lr d during the dav.
Tlie surviving Mexican Veterans of this
-yji-iuitv visited the capitol in a body t<;
? ; ( ^ v t j u - remains of the comrade, as did
the surviving members of his staff during
t }u‘ late war. There was almost a total
suspension of business during the hours
? iie funeral on Monday. The funeral
, vas t jre largest ever seen in the history
of the city. Very many soldiers front ;
distance attended the funeral services
appointments.
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The following appointments have been
—
for the port of Memphis. Tennessee:
Thomas C. Manning, of Louisiana, envoy
extraordinary and minister plenipoten- Mexico:
tiarv of the United States to
John Drayton, of South Carolina, consul
at Tuxpan; Charles H. Simonton, of
Ifcar oston. S. C., to be Lnited States
district judge for the district of South
Carolina.
CHILDREN’S COLUMK.
T*vo little girls In the msa-dow at play*
Dowj where t e ri^ar is running away,
Away to the deep b’u 3 sea
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t\ hat may the trouble b;.
A frowzy tawny tinted mane
Comes floating down the rose hedged lane,
And here is my little daughter,
“O mamma, my sister his called me a name,
An ’ she sa vs sh3 d ’’ wau ' to play any gaa “'’ r
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Tears and smiles se k quarter.
Tears roll over tha dear little face,
But sunshine and smiles a-e winning the race,.
Dear little girl on my knee!
■‘Little sister do’ feel pitty ’ell to-day,
I’ll go back an’ kiss her, and ask her to play,.
fshe’sp’obably wishiu’ for me.”
—Margaret P. Smith, in Youth's Com¬
panion,
The Two 1-ittle Pies.
One bright tumrner morning as I was
strolling toward the beach on the island
of Mackinac I saw a short distance ahead
of me two little pigs, one perfectly white
and the other perfectly black, both the
same size , trudging a!ong side by side in
the same direction as myself, seemingly
engaged in eainest conversation. They J
»eemed n so out of . place , and , T I was so
curious to know whither they were bound
thut 1 followed them unobserved. They
did not walk aimlessly, but if they had
some special object in view, and some
definite destination. T I wondered what .
they would do when they 3 reached the
T ^ vas not , lon 3 , m being answered. , ,
Without a momenta hesisation, they
plunged into the waves, side by side, and
8wara out and away toward another
island, six miles distant. I stood and
watched them until their two little heads
looked like balls bobbing up and down,
g j de by } s j de a |{ (.p e tj m?
When I related the incident to the
landlord a little later he looked as
tonished and annoyed.
“Those pigs,” he said, “were to have
been served up for dinner to-day. They
were brought here this morning in a boat
from that island, six miles away, and we
thought we might allow them their
freedom for the short rime that they
have to live, never thinking of their
makino-an making an attempt attemDt to to leturn return home home And And
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island where they came from, to enter
JlTd the water? Singular sobSt? the little animals TnT
scould have haTe been been 80 brl g flt? And ?
furthermore, they weren’t landed there;
*f that makes it more strsno-e ”
a.,, „a.
h "°“ ,erh “ ,a '’ 1 “ ,tet lho “ br * TO
little pigs ever reached their destination
or not.— Harper's Young People.
Seeds of Kindness.
Cries of distress come from a distant"
part of the garden, where Maggie and
Jack ar^busily at vroijfe. Auntie hur
... ’tc
see wilat new misfortune has befallen
them. Maggie sobs and howls, and aun
tie wonders whether some dreadful
bruise is hidden beneath the ground her
dirty fingers are so industriously smear¬
ing over her tear-stained face. But Jack
Soon explains matteis and relieves
auntie’s mind of that fear at least:
“Why, there’s nothing the matter,
auntie; but, Maggie is such a cry-baby.
I was angry with her-because she would
not let me have the spade, ana I just .
gave her the wee-est box on the ear—
nothing to hurt her at all, I'm sure!’’
Auntie took Maggie in her arms, and
kissed the injured ear, when she bade
both children follow her back to her in¬
errupted J, gardening. “Novv, Jack,”
ghe gai( < i]ook: at these tiny pi ants .
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“They have grown from , those seeds , J „
helped you " sow, and you are taking
them out of the box that they may J grow ”
into lovely flowers by-and-by.”
“And what is this little plant I have
thrown in a corner of the box ? Can you
find out ?”
“Why, auntie, it is a tiny nettle ! Toe
small to sting, though, is it not ?”
“I thought so until just now, when
my finger rubbed against it. Do you see
that little white spot it has left ? It is
quite painfui still. Now, Jack, try to
understand what I am going to say. All
we do—all our action*, all our words—
!lre t U st like that seed we sowed the
other day. Weeds or flowers are sure to
sp rln S / from , tern. , vi ^, y
rather have ?”
“Flowers, auntie, of course.”
« What sort of seed did you sow just
now ?”
j ac k did not answer, but iookep
ashamed.
“I’m afraid it was an ugly little nettle.
You did uot think it would sting, but
Ma<*rrie thought differently, did she not?
yvnfvou both try to remember how even
a tiny nettle stings ? ”
Au Artist’s Wit.
Thing unheard of before: the painter
Munkac c y has made a witty reply. A
Vienna gentleman came to see him the
other day, and explained that ha would
like to buy some pictures by him;
‘-only ” be aided, “I cannot afford to
».»*■»?«»**•,<*«>•« not teli m. where I co..id find some o.
your early work, painted when you were
a youu o; m \a in Hungary—something
t y,at I could ’ buv * cheap 0 ' ’ “Certain!v- “ y ’
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there two or t.iree hunarea , . , .
are in my na
tire village of Muneacs the houses that
[ p 3 intcd when I was Michael Lieb,
painter and glazier .—London Truth.