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T. W. Nealon, Prop, J. M. Nealon. Editor.
VOL. XVI.
IN JOINT DEBATE.
The Incomparable “Private”
Meets the “Jag Hunter."
AXU COMES OFF TRIUMPHANT,
Watson Makes a Poor Effort
Whilo Black is Matchless.
Watson Jumps Upon the Table
and is Quite Theatrical.
Black is Dignified and Comes off
as Winner.
Last Saturday was a day the like of
which was never before seen in Craw
fordville. The champions of the two
great political parties of the state were
here to meet in the arena of debate,
and their followers were on hand to
applaud them and to inspire them to
greater efforts.
Friday’s trains brought in a portion
of the visitors, and Friday night the
hotel was full; but Saturday brought
the crowd. Early m the morning they
began eoming to town. They came on
mules, horses, in buggies, carriages
and wagons, and they came from all j
directions. Delegations were here 1
, from Barnett, Sharon, Raytown, Flu
kers, Lyueville, Moonshine and from I ,
every place within a radius of twenty
miles. “Sandy Cross sent a covered
wagon containing a dozen. It was cov¬
ered with streamers, bearing the words
rrp E. Watson,” Sandy Cross Peo¬
ple’s Party Club,” “In God we Trust,” |
etc. Its appearance created much
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'ONTO"THE JOINT DEBATE.
enthusiasm among the third U'ty
men, and was the source of We
ment to the democrats.
Before nine o’clock the streets were
dark with the people, and when the
fast train emptied its load of passen¬
gers it looked as if our town had sud¬
denly become converted into a bust¬
ling city. Every now and then a wild
yell would be given,’and cries of “Hur¬
rah for Black” and “Hurrah for Wat¬
son” were to be heard at all times.
Mr. Black arrived early. He had
spent the night before at Snaron and
was driven from there in a carriage.
Mr. Watson came up on the fast train
and was driven at once to the speakers
stand in the Liberty Hall lot. Ilis ar¬
rival created much enthusiasm among
his followers, but when Major Black
stepped upon the stand aud shook
hands with Mr. Watson it seemed as if
that vast audience would go wild. The
cheering was loud and prolonged.
Mr. Horace M. Holden acted as time
keeper and introduced the speakers,
He had some trouble in securing at
tention and when he could be heard
J»e introduced Mr. Watson, who began
his speech by reading from Saturday's
Augusta Chronicle, which referred to
him by stating that Mr. t Watson “is
ever confronted by the eonciousness
that he stands before his fellow-citi
zens a political pariah and a social
Ishruaelite; then Mr. Watson’s con¬
science will behia enemy and scourge
to-dnj '
the
saves all things, and ail things saved
will bless hinn”
While Mr. Watson be ch !
may as
tened bv the reflection that—“Who !
lets his country die, lets all things die,
and all things dying curse him.” i
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who wrote to Air. Crittenden that the
time had come for the formation of a
new party. It is characteristic of clem
cm tic imbecility to quote a man
against me who was nevermore a dem¬
ocrat than I am; who never cared for
caucusses, and who changed his party
three times to my once.
“In this campaign who re-do I stand
as to principle? No man has been de¬
nounced so bitterly as I. I have nev¬
er been false to a trust. I went to' the
legislature and was never disgraced
there. I was an elector at large in
1838 and preached the doctrine of tar¬
iff reform. I condemned Sir.
Cleveland’s financial policy. I de¬
nounced him and condemned him for
putting money in national banks.
“What else? I ran for congress as a
democrat. While I ran in the demo¬
cratic ranks, I ran on the Ocala plat¬
form.”
Just here a large number of demo¬
crats from Augusta (who had arrived
on the excursion train) marched into
the grounds. They were preceded by
a brass band, and were met with
cheers. They gave a great cheer for
Black, and Sir. Watson was forced to
keep silent for several minutes. The
democrats bore a banner upon which
were painted the pictures of Alexander
Stephens and J. C. C. Black. Above
the pictures were the words, “Tree
Democrats.” Below Mr. Stephens’
picture were the words, “The Com¬
moner.” Below Alajor Black’s were
ihe words, “The Private.” At this
point the crowd cheered wildly.
Sir. Watson then spoke in eloquent
terms of praise of Sir. Stephens, and
said:
“If there is any place I feel perfect¬
ly at home it is Liberty Hail. If there
is the image of any statesman in whose
* )reseuce 1 feel i U8tified in s P eakiu S thc
truth it is the image of Aleck Steph
cns. In 1878 Mr. Stephens wrote his
letter in which he stated that he was a
candidate for congress and would he
electe 1 regardless of the Augusta thim¬
ble riggers and tricksters. The first
speech I ever made was in that church,
when I, a mere stripling, told you
McDuffie county would stand shoulder
to shoulder with you in meeting the
people w»'o were trybi g to disg race
l oaT” 5 W!!!® 9 MUesjium. (Applause.)
“Let no mail think he discourages
' by showing the picture of that
me me
grand old independent. When the
! | pies, whig he parly did proved not hesitate false to to fall its out princi- of its
ranks. His picture strengthens my
ami and inspires my soul.
“You can't kill me standing, you
can’t kill me sitting. When God Al¬
mighty calls me, then will I lapse into
silence, hut as long as he has work for
me to do he will give me the strength
to do it.
A riCTUItE OK
MR. WATSON
SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN THIS
SPACE, BUT WE DON’T
KNOW
“WHERE IT IS AT.”
“You democrats promised us if we
stood by the party we would have re¬
lief in it. But they never intended to do
it. They intended to deceive you; you
ail know that. We then took the Ocala
platform and stood by it. If I am a
traitor all of you who left the party
are traitors;—(Applause and cries of
“Bight.”)—and you can’t indict a
whole people. Jf
“Now let us,»!udc to personal mat
ters.
“Life is very sweet to me, and the
smile of my wife and children is as
touching to my heart as any, man’s, but
when the time comes that I can’t en
Joy my good name as well as my life, I
am reaily to be put under six feet of
earth. *
“Now a word. I ask my friend Ma¬
jor Black—he is my friend. I ask him
if I ever uttered a word of bitterness
against him or gave him personaf alnlee.
(Major Black nodded.) He says no.
If I hud, I would have apologized. He
is a leader I would have been proud to | |
follow, and I never made light 0 f
his character. Now as to myself,
he has said nothing.”
Mr. Watson denied tiiat he used the
disgusting words attributed to himgmd
the reporter admitted that he might
have been mistaken.
He also said that although he did not
deny that a negro insulted Mrs. Rob¬
erts in the hotel at Sparta he did not
hear of it until he left tiiat place. She
did not order him out of the hotel.
“Why do support Clev ~
we not now
jand? It is because we have better
than a ehoice between Harrison and
Cleveland.” (At this point some one
something about Harrison. Wat
at once, and jumping upon
!i--
“Fellow-Citizens—Before I proceed
with what I propose to say to you to¬
day I will answer the questions which
were put to me by Sir. Watson. First
he asks, ‘Do you admit suffering
among the people resulting from vi¬
cious legislation?’ I do admit it, hut I
dare to stand hero in the face of thou¬
sands and say that I believe that that
suffering is xeaggerated. (Applaues
and tumult.)
“I appeal to you for quiet on both
sides. The only time I called Mr.
Watson’s name before he returned
from Washington was in Greene coun¬
ty, I told my friends wlien he came to
give him a respectful hearing. (Cries
of “You said it;I was ‘thar’ and heard
you.”) I know of no reason why we
should not hear him or fear to hear
him. No man ought to be condemned
unheard. A public man is entitled to
a thorough examination on public
questions. With his private character
we have no concern.” flftra
Here the tumult began to drown the
speaker’s voice when another appeal
was male by the timer lor order in be¬
half of both sides. Some fellow cried
out: “Boys, he getting skeeied.”
“I hay eseenas many men as this
many a tlm e with guns in their hands
and I was not scared,” came the prompt
return,followed by mildapplause.
“The second question propounded
was, if it is admit ted that the suffering
now prevalent is due to vicious iegisla
tion, specify the legislation from which
that suffering results. I specify that the
pnncipal , legislation , . , from „ which , , that ,
suffering resultts us an intquitous tariff,
( (Jries of “Right!” “Bight!” and ap
plause.) And who is the grand expo
neat of opposition to the tariff hut Gro
ver Cleveland? (Applause.) Which one
of the political platforms lias spoken
most earnestly and pronoucedly against
the tariff? (Cries of Democratic!”)
The people’s party platform deals very
gingerly with the tariff. But how
does your party want to raise money?
Get the machine to work and stamp
it. And if that plan was carried out you
would have money until it was as
plentiful as the autumn leaves, and
just about as worthless.
“There is no class of population
which Is more interested in a sound cur- j
rency than the fanners. Your plat \
form only asks for ISO per f®ad yet J
your scheme to purchase the railroads
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‘‘Devoted to ‘ i rally.”
CRAVVFORDVILLE, GEORGIA; V W
; ER 9. 1892.
your teeth. There are some words and
insults that require the knife promptly
and effectively. Where there is a
man who says my position leads to¬
wards Harrison he is a reckless and in¬
famous liar.
“I have stood this abuse as long as
I am going to. My friends have stood
it as long as they are going to. We have
been called the rag-tag and bob-tail
long enough. Here, where I am ex¬
posed to every man who chooses to
make me liis target, I, who have been
denounced as a trator, a Judas Iscariot
—I say the man who says I have be¬
trayed anybody is a wilful and deliber¬
ate liar.” v
Jumping down from the table ‘ he
proceeded with his speech in a more
dignified manner, lie refused to sup¬
port Cleveland because Cleveland op¬
posed free silver and the income tax
bill. lie supported Weaver because
he favored these measures. Referring
to the charges made by the democrats,
he would not notice them until Major
Black had repeated them.
At this point, the platform, which
held about forty or fifty persons fell
No one was injured, and Mr. Watson
jumped upon a table and continued
with his speech.
He said: “I repeat all my state
meats in all my speeches. Iam advo
eating all the policies I have always
advocuted.
“I desire to put three questions to
Major Black.
“ 1 . Do you admit unusual suffering
among the people resulting from vi
cions legislation?
“*• lf so > 8 l* ecif y lhe legislation
from which that suffering results.
“ 3 . What remedies do you propose?
Mr. Watson then made a short talk
on the money question.
In conclusion he said:
“if I succeed in this campaign who
are the men that v'l curse me? The
national bankers, who are robbing the
whites and blacks, will call down curses
on my head, the monopolists and su
gar bounty kings. But if I succeed
where will I be blessed? In the hum
ble cabin of every farmer in Georgia.
In every field of industry where the
white and black labor,
tTTis country pray for
equal rights my name will be blessed.
If we can enact the legislation our
platform calls for it will mean prosper¬
ity to every home and fireside.”
When Major Black arose to speak
he was greeted with tremendous ap¬
plause. When he could be heard, Ma¬
Black said:
“What a spectacle do you belio Id to
day. A citizen asking you to vote for
film aud a urging as a reason the fact
that he is denouncing tli© party that
put him in power. - My friend has
challenged me to make certain charg¬
es and to introduce certain issues. 1
do not propose to be side-tracked in
any such way,
“In 1888 he was a Cleveland elector.
He went over this state and asked the
people of tide state to vote for Cleve¬
land, after Cleveland had done every
official act for which he denounced
him to-day, for since that time he has
not been in power. He went to Sa¬
vannah ss the guest of the Young
Men’s Democratic Club. He spoke on
the tariff as the leading Issue of the
day, aftd said that heretofore the dif¬
ference between the platform of the
two gtt*t parties was very slight, and
that a republican could get on the
democratic platform without much
danger of getting a splinter in his toe.
Now, said he, we have a leader and an
issue - What was that ifeue but the
tariff and who was’ that leader but
Cleveland? Mark ydu, this very same
Grover Cleveland, for there never was
but one in these United States. (Great
applause.)
“What more did be say? Here is
tbe report of his speech • He says that
he waa a man who had vetoed un
worthy appropriations. He refers to
Cleveland’s pension record, and lt was
a glorious record for this great coun*
try, which has never furnished a sub
lirner example of courage than was
shown in Cleveland’s veto of pension
bills. (Applause and cries of “Hit
him, major.”)
“He stands here today and tells you
that he reasserts every word ln his
cSeland !„ ‘ .1,0* hi .ne-rh pension h a
arraigns on
record, rare d I 1 stand stand here nere todav toiayto to defend attend
Tl trom l
atiack that he can make against It, .
and I do it by saccet'-tfully impeaching
the witness. The democratic party |
needs little defense at my hands or
anybody eise’s. Its f record on national 1
fames than as it four stands today was and made I think up |
more years ago,
I would hesitate oef'-re I would come
before the nonest people . of , the country
and denounce as vile and unworthy
wouw run 'per caplin
whan ymn tsed the
and all l„n? to aliens
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ffai
WATClJ THE CROWD.
mtthematlakn a S not been'found in
the land to tell tl b|vhftt.it would carry
you. I,
“What remet^ do you propose? I
propose the true suoeratic remedy, to
confine tho expei >' s of government to
an honest, eoonl ’on a! administration
and a tax to be k tied on the luxuries
not the neeessitifj„£ Bla<fe jjf e (Applause.
Here Mr. sUd^Jeh tls t^oraX- .
0 f the last l«tf Th/re
ed of famiemaa|. reciuest*4K. lliwH e then
solution cental m) „ JL. t remove V
the ten ”
per '{:■.] lmnk
The legislature uiutVL cmra p OS( , ( i mainlv
0 f farmers, falcon renresented the
vie wsofthe retgL this question
‘
asked for the Motion of tw „
ftt its very first puflL. the demo
cmUc j J )a rtv ' wmanu demflnd ln lu 118
p]atfor n>
“ An f the pe f |)lt; i. par ty leaders are
opposed to it. » Ty distinguished
friend .Watson, .. j., Aa ‘ it.
ca]ls lhem wM cat th
0 f the farmers of ^ Veorsia Vj and thev
not only pa88ed it Qn
representatives to tL that U|e United
states repealed th tw
“ I have ausw«# wiiuf$ - V: these questions,
an( j now 1 I intended
to ga y before * ® Hirll. I ape
.
pear hefo/J UK known as
; ;v t ;!
stranger. I ap, u with no
explanations to di¬ S gentleman
does me the courtes! to say that I
have had no part in the slanders to
which he has refern“.| He has known
me long enough, acf’litnows mo well
enough to know tha m would not buy
a seat in congress a mlhe expense of
to any one. p fmve nothing to
say in reference to . m u except as to
his public record ami he himself has
introduced that in tide our first joint
debate. To a discussion of that recor*
I now Invite your calm impartial at¬
tention.
It consists of copper and antimony
in the proportion of about the i 00 to C
It is prersired by adding dost ml
ss^'hrarr^inK
perattire. After tlio antimony is
melted and intimately mixed with
the copper, a little charcoal, mag
nesium and ealcupur is added to tho
crucible. This flux has the effect of
fusing the disappearance of a por
oub structure which the material
would not lose without that, and of
furnishing a very compact cast mot
al. Tho latter can then be rolled,
beaten, hammer hardened and sol
dered like gold, and after l*etog pol
ished it has tho aspect of genuine
gold, whilo its solidity is much
greater than that of the latter.-—
Metallarbeiter.
Mn.lcal In.trumenU ln Delft W.re.
The other morning os I came down
town, a certain window ou a well
known corner arrested my at tention,
and I stopped before it, as the phrase
goes, struck all of a heap. Here was
“Ta-ra ra boom-de-ay” with a venae
ancfjl The real thing in that Delft
ware which ouo never spes without
a vision of poetic Holland rising like
a dream out of the beautiful white
blue.
It seemed such a Joke that Gabriel’s
in trump Tara’S and hall the harp should that bo once standing played j
j
there in perishable pottery, and that
tlio big trumpet which was sounded
by a king’s herald in medhnval days
was actually “reproduced,” that I
marveled whore the fin do siecle
manufacturers would end, and what
other novelties were yet in store for
deep down purses.
It would be difficult to find a piece
of decoration for tiie modern music
ro<jm more “fit" than these Delft j
musical instruments, precisely as one I
fancies thos'; quaint designs intended !
for ornament os well as usefulness
in the same old fashioned Holland
pottery.—Boston Herald.
The Mali ftom Inking to Lm»»,
A dispatch must always be carried
the best whole horses distance procured by one for man. him Tbe to J |
are
ride upon, and he never stops except
to change horses, to the saddle of
which he is tied. He is aecomismiod
by two ooMtora, who or® changed at
every station, on the arrival at
ready ^ ^ X*** * VT™ ^ ^
The courier is untied from
** horse, givwi a raw cgg_ to eat,
mounted and tied to afresh horse
and proceeds on his excessively Joumoy. I was
informed that this hard
work provee fatal to many couriers.
~'^ 0 ^ noW8 ^ThR*®* Through
China.”
Charaderistleu of Hood’s Sarsaparilla:
The largest sale, the most merit, the
ereat est cure*. Try it, and realize its
benefit.
1 of the public confidence the party I
represented and was a part of.
“Alliancemeu or third party men.”
continued Major Black , “of whatever
crime or iniquity the democratic party
,is raspousible for you arc a part of it,
umv must bear your share of the blame,
and my friend might make out every
democratic leader a devil and every
democratic follower an imp, but he
would only he blackening his own
political record and the political record
of his associat ion,
“lie closes tils Savannah speech with
an eloquent peroration, lie predicts
under Cleveland’s administration a
uew era of political prosperity in this
southern land of ours. He says that
under Cteveland’s administration gross
perity will lie in the way of the south,
that she would go forth with a shout
of victory upon her lips, and tie closed
his career as an elector by say lug that
it was a labor of Jove. 1
“Two years ago lie was nominated
by the Ilarlem convention. He was
nominated as a representative of the
Ocala platform. Today ho does not
stand on the Ocala platform. Tuke
the Ocala platform and put lt side by
side with tbe Omaha platform, and If
you do noWtell me there is a difference.
I will yield the oontest. Those who
insisted upon the Ocala platform were
only one wing of the democratic party.
By what right, I ask him, by what
bright did he turn uoon the other wing
of the party, He said ln private and
public he was as good a democrat ns
anybody.” (A voice: “He’s a Jtffeis
sonian dimocrat.”)
“You say Jeffersonian democracy,”
Maj. Black, “when you represent
party utterly at war with every cons
that Jefferson ever had of
You were a Cleveland
CONTIKUEI) ON SECOND I'AOK.
a Cheap Hubatitutc for Oold.
An alloy by the Menden works
be substituted for gold not
because of its color, but also by
of certain properties that it
It remains unalterable,
any modification of its color,
after having been exposed for
long time tn air tvmtaintog ammo
or add vapors. It can to
and worked like gold, and has
tiunnigtooleartpairiotoof
S. w n tLVirrtX
^loyrtl in ,,luco of fho predons
The whole grim story, equally dis
to all concerned in it, got
in St. Petersburg and made a
impression upon Russian so
A severe reprimand was ad
to the officer whose cruel
“ad caused th® deatli of a pub
c , .?T° 'if 111 ' I ud*«'ity
declined. a K> I ,
months later Oddly he enough, a
was fired at
° cu ttliig <.'ajjer8 to tho ring by
wxxmtrio Polish nobleman, whose
1 cloWn . bury
ita«* to the sawdust at his feet,
causing him eueh affright that
from theoircus like onedo- :
hk 0Xtnu ^ litl ^T ltw i uct th «
diyerted ^plioO tiiat "having boeii
by the clown’s feats,
{ f lt him »elf bound to fire a saluto
, n honor.” Shortly aftei
Wftl . tl thu m , ij)iont of this strange
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t»>« Formatiun «r Mincmi v«i»«.
ITo processes by wliidi nature
forms accumulations of silver are
very interesting. It must be re¬
memhered that tho earth’s crust is
full of water, which percolates overy
where through the rocks, making so
[prions of elements obtained from
them. Thesechomical solutions take
up small particles of tho precious
metal which they find scattered hero
and there. Sometimes tho solutions
in question are hot, the water hnv
ing got so far flown as to lie set
a-bolling by tlio internal heat of tho
globe.
Tli Oil they ru.dl UpV.ard, picking
up the bits of metal as they go. Nut
urally heat assists tho performance
0 f this operation. Now and then tho
streams thus formed, perpetually
flowing hither and thither below
ground, pass tlu-ough cracks or cavi
ties to the rocks, where they deposit
their loads of silver. This is kept up
f or a great length of time, perhaps
thousands of years, until ihe fissure
or pocket is filled up. Crannies per
nieaUng the stony mass in every di¬
ration may become filled with the
metal U or occasionally a chamber
, m , y Bt ored full of it os if a
tnjnml hands were fetching hiding the
treasure from uii sales ai.<l
a way a future bonanza for some
lucky prospector to discover to an¬
other ago.—Minerals.
It, Patrick’* Purgatory.
Mediaeval songs and legends, which
are rich in all sorts of mythical and
fantastical lore, locate the entrance
toBt. Patrick’s famous “purgatory”
on th® island of Lough Derg, Ireland,
Tlio opening itself was through a
oavo, vealed the to the existence saint by of Christ, which who was re- in
formed tho good Pati-ick that any
ono with tho moral courage to go
down into the cavern would bo saved
pangs of the real “purgatory"
after death. Patrick built a mon¬
astery at the entrance of hit- earthly
“purgatory" and secured the way to
the pit by an iron and gate provided with
chums locks of peculiar
intricate workmanship. Lough
^ W spot on earth dnrma the
Middle Age*. Thousand# runted
“purgatory" island .v^y had the year, an.1 the of
appearance
populous city.—Bt. Louis Republic,
-
Soy m »— »
▲ country newspaper correspond
bit of news* to hTUp^ |
“Brooks is at last provkled with a
nice hearse, and our citizens can now
to conveyed to their graves in decent
This is something that has
long b een needed here."
__
THE FATE OF A LEARNED PIG.
A LlttH. I.c,-,ruing Proved to lip n Dan
gnronu Thirir to Till* 1’orkor.
About eleven years ago a famous
** at *b»o«t smperporano intolli
geuvo was attached ft) Hi® fntporial
circus at Bt. Pctenshurg, wiu'iC it
basked in the sunshine of fashionable
favor throughout two guy winter
seasons. This sagacious creature, at
once a ready reckoner, fortune toller
and deft executioner of card tricks,
was the property of oue Tanti, a
uunous Itolum clown, who had
brought it up from infancy and
taught it all ita accomplishments.
One night he and his pig were
lmlden to a gathering of young
oflicem, of the Ruslan Guard sup
ping together al ter the iH>rforman.xj,
and were called upon to repeat the
programme of the evening of course
on payment of a handsome fee. At
the conclusion of tho sho\y one of the
officers offered Tanti 1,000 rubles for
his pig. Tlio clown declined to sell,
pointing, out that the docile and
clover animal constituted his chief
source of iuco)ne, and that, more
over, ho was far too fond of it to
part from it. Uixin this the officere
proceeded to tempt him Ly outbid
dmg oue anotlier until they ran tho
price up to 6,000 rubles.
This nun, the equivalent of over
£<(K), and tho reflection that he could
probably train another pig to replaoo
tlio one tlius exorbitantly value<l,
finally induced Tanti to accept tho
offer, little thinking to whut a dismal
fate he thereby consigned hie pet.
Next day the luckless animal was
slaughtered by order of its purchaser
and sent to tho clown’s lodging with
tlio tnessage that “no doubt Signor
Tanti would like to taste a jun ker
had been so profitable to him
Owns tbe Ilntilefleld Now.
Sergeant George Monroe, of the' nj
police department, whilo ruling on
sheet car engaged in conversation!
upon politics with a stranger, to tlio'
course of which the sergeant an¬
nounced himself us a Harrison man.
“And why?” asked the stranger
“Because I fought under Harris *n,”
wap tho reply.
“Were you in the Atluuta cam¬
paign, Ezra and Church?" do you remember tbestran the but
tie of asked
ger with considerable earnestness.
“I wuh and I do; the engagement
of my regiment—the On® Hundred
and Fourth Ohio Volunteer infantry
—at that place is marked on the rafg
inental ilag us 'Buttle of Utoy Creek.’
They are oue and tho same.”
"Well, I own that battlefield now.
My name is Ktono—Dr. Stone—and I
dm glad to have met a man who had
bullets fil ed at him on tho site of my
residence, and by the way," said the
doctor, “I have in my jiocket sotno
of the minie balls which I recently
unearthed near my house. Perhaps
you would like one as a souvenir,
tlero it is.”
Tho sergeant took the proffered
bullet, and if it were gold he w.hiM
not Value it more.—Boston Tran¬
script
_
Action of ou {Ticket*
A singular fact with regard to au
unauspectod property of cheese,
which hats licen accidentally discov¬
ered, is interesting to thorn is ts aside
from its hygienic bearings, It ap
jssars Li that nickel plated ware, which
deservedly in favor With house¬
keepers on account durability,
its handsome uppenranoo and tho
case with which it is cleaned, in at¬
tacked more energetically by chouse
thun even by vinegar or lactic acid.
All kinds of cheese are found to
produce this effect to the same de¬
gree; even when dry any of them
will eat into a nickel plated salver in
less than twelve hours. Since or¬
dinary cheese shows a decidedly
neutral reaction when treated with
litmus pojHT, it was supposed that
the trifling amount of Imldrianii -u <1
which it contains would be inzuffi*
cient to account for the phename*v a.
This assumption, however, turns out
to be erroneous, fur, as thc result of
direct experiment, it L- round that
nickel is speedily corroded by baldri
anie acid.—Pittsburg Dii^atch.
.,,,,
When ^ opr ning a bottle of wine the
waiter p, JurH a little into your
h ,, ^ whvi Is it to cleans©
* Qt Lich
off wit[j tljb 0 f tj lb first glass?
No Away ^ f(;U(la] Htna. it
waa a custom too. In those turn* it
ued the'conteut' 5 ^
owu beakc-rwrouldpreve it 80
|f * saw his host drink without
results it seemed safe to conclude
that «» wtui 411 ««« and the
repost might proceed.-Notes and
Queries. _
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p - *
PREPARED FOR _AN ACCWfetfR
Puffftpug*rs on a Ferrylmitt rut on i.
Pniervort an a l'recaottou.
Any one could see that they v.-t
“pa, ma and son," and that this «
their first ferryboat trip. To
wulkftd just ahead of me
the steps iijw, first thii x h<
was to#!, all over the
queatidus of evtdWtto'iy/. rtBtt .' I
insight, when ai
scats on tho roar guard 1 - » f
them. By that time wo
way across the bay.
“Lands! WHat ’cr sirt atr ■" vi 1
claimed ma. looking at tlm .
water between us and Oak
“Wouldn’t b i much fun If
sot,” remarked tho son.
“Gracious I 1 never tliougi.t 1 4.
that,” exclaimed ma in a a*,.rt, ,|
voice,
“Ever hev accidents?” a. lu HP
looking toward me
“Not often," I .said, “and if* them
should he they are always thrasA l
pointed to the life preservers '
were They hanging above us. jr
all three looked
“What are they?” swked ma eu
riously.
I explained. Tho trio arose to get
a nearer view. Pa took one of the
life preservers down.
“Well, now,” exclaimed ma, “how
ou airth would ycr get into it?”
Pa read tho printed directions
posted on tlio outaide vei*y hlowly.
“Lot’s jisttry heron," suggested;
around mu eagerly. “Hero, son, you turn - •
here."
There was a feeble romonstranao *
on tlios«m , 8 part., to- which not tho
/ew *lighU>st attention ho was iwid. In a ’ ^
momenta was arrayed in u
life preserver, to his parents' Intense *
satisfaction. ,
“Jlst git down another one, pa ’’
said ma, “I’ll see if I can put it on.‘
After a gtxxl many struggles m 1 h>
in doing so. “Now, pa*”
Nothing complacently, “you try one,”
loath pa oboyod, and soon
stood proudly beside her.
“ ’Bposo we jist keoji ’em on till wo
This suggested ma.
“No they agreed to do.
siguifleantly. knowin what’ll happen,” pa
And tliero they sat until tlio boat
totally oblivious to every
their own satisfaction so
that they .Were prepaml tun
tV” might lipi ncu
*, r ve.H -New Orham. I-.V-yune .-.*1