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Tii« crawforii Gsuaiy Heralfi
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
W. J. McAFEE, Editor and Proprietor.
bl BBC'RlPTION, $ 1.00 PER ANNUAL
Official Organ of Crawford County.
KNOXV ILLE, GEGRGJA.
Entered at the postoffiee at Knoxville.
Ga., as second-class matter.
It may be interesting to some of the ex¬
pert baseball players, who Think they are
making a good deal of money when they
arc paid salaries amounting to *5000 a
year, ro learn that Francisco Sanches, a
Spanish bull-fighter, gels $10,000 for a
single appearance.
What promises to be one of the most
valuable productions in the newly opened
Sioux country, ties in what is known as
the Grindstone Buttes. Experts pro¬
nounce the stone superior to the Huron
(Wis.) ledge and the ledge at Berea,
Ohio, where most of the grindstones of
the present market are quarried.
Since 1880 the value of Southern prop¬
erty has increased from $2,913,436,09?
to $4,230,16(5,400. The railroad mile
age has been doubled, the cotton croj;
increased by a million and a half bales,
cotton mills have been doubled in num¬
ber, and that section produces five times
as much pig iron as it did ten years ago.
The dwellers in northern countries are
beginning to find out that beet sugar is a
product particularly adapted to their
cold climate. Russia lias hundreds of
sugar factories. This is an industry
which should commend itself to the
farmers and manufacturers of the United
States, as it would render them inde¬
pendent, m the manner of sugar at least,
of the South American countries.
It seems America is not the oah
country where a vast discrepancy appears
between the price received by the pro¬
ducers of many articles of food and those
paid by the consumer. Thus a Govern¬
mental inquiry has been going ou ir
London upon the milk question, and it
appears that for every twelve-gallon can
of milk the farmer receives six shillings,
the railroad charges one shilling for
transportation, but the consumer pays
sixteen shillings, thus giving the dealer
much more than producer and carrier
combined.
The French Government, admonished
by the comparative dearth of births, has
decided to give certain advantages tc
fathers of more than seven children. A
census has accordingly been taken, and
the results are of an interesting charac¬
ter. It appears there are 2,000,00C
households where there has been nr
child; 2,500,000 in which there was one;
2,300,000, two children; 500,000,
1hree: about 1.000,000, four; 550,000,
five; 330,009, six; and 200,000, seven or
more. It is a curious fact, says the
Troy Press, that increase in wealth is
almost mathematically marked by a dim¬
inution in progeny.
Out of a total number of 29,001
students at the German universities, 1930
are non-Germans, 1384 being Europeans,
and 546 having come to the seats of
learning from other parts of the world.
Of these latter 436 arc from America, 90
from Asia (mostly Japanese), 11 from
Africa and 9 from Australia. Of the
Europe in foreigners, Russia sends 331;
Austria-Hungary, 293; Switzerland,255;
Great Britain, 117; Greece, 49; Turkey,
44; the Netherlands, 42; France, 37;
Luxemburg, 34; Roumunia, 33; Bul-
garia, 31; Scandinavia, 29; Italy, 37;
Servia, 27; Belgium, 2(5; Denmark, 5;
Spain, 2, and Portugal and Lichtenstein
each 1.
The subject of the economical prepa¬
ration of several textile materials which
can be easily grown in the Southern
States is just now attracting much at¬
tention. Some experiments have been
recently made by the Agricultural De¬
partment with okra fibre, which, the
New York Times says, shows that this
product may easily substitute the im¬
ported jute if it can be produced
cheaply enough. The whole difficulty is
in the want of the requisite machinery.
The raw material is plentiful and cheap
enough, but its successful manufacture
has not yet been achieved. The same
may tie said of the cotton stalk and of
ramie, but it seems that American me¬
chanics should be able to circumvent the
difficulty if only their attention be drawn
to it.
BUDGET OF FUN.
HUMOROUS SKETCHES FROM
VARIOUS SOURCES.
The Parting—Lost His Trade-Mark
—Most Beginners Do—An Eye
iO Business—ITnique in
History, Etc., Etc.
We parted in silence, we parted by night
Ou the liank of a beautiful river;
No sound but a gurgle as out of my sight
Swift she sank with scarcely a shiver.
The nightingale warbled, the stars sweetly
shone. again
And though she will rise never. had
No sorrow was shown for the life that
flown, forever,
For that eat is silent Echo.
—Colby
WHERE. INDEED?
Mrs. Wundah—“I did not know there
were such things as artificial whales.
Mr. Wundah—“Well, there are not.”
Mrs. Wundah—“But where do they
get this artificial whalebone the papers
speak of?”— Pack.
LOST HIS TRADE-MARK.
Ted—“1 guess you remember that
young fellow who has just passed. He
used to black shoes at the hotel. 1 won-
der if he’s still in the business.”
Ned—“Hardly. You see his own
shoes are polished."— Judge.
NEVER- DEVIATING JONES.
Boarding House Mistress (at Sunday
dinner)—“Mr. Jones, why do you not
cat some chicken ?”
Vlr. Jones (who has labored fifteen
minutes trying to carve a leg)-—“ Thanks,
I never work on Sunday. —Munscy s
Weekly.
OF TWO EVILS, ETC.
Dollivcr—“I think I will send Julia to
Milan to finish her music lessons.”
Mrs. Dollivcr (delighted, but doubt-
fill)—“Do you think you can stand the
expense?” (firmly)—-“Much easier than I
Dollivcr
can the piano.”— Racket.
THE TRUE CELIBATE EDUCATION.
Travis—“Well, De Smith, I’m a
bachelor of art now.”
De Smith—“Bosh! You never gradu¬
ated anywhere.”
Travis—“I know it, but I have learned
how to sew on buttons and wash a lamp
chimney.”— Burlington Free Press.
UNIQUK IN HISTORY.
“Maria, it makes me awfully nervous
to see you put pins in your mouth!” said
Mr. Mumble, as he looked over to where
his wife was sewing.
But she could not answer without
danger of choking. There was no last
word. Mumble had broken the record.
— Pack.
SHE SAID SO.
Madison Snapshot—“A fair, sweet
girl, if ever was one, my boy. There’s
a photograph of her I took myself.”
Jack Kodack (critically)—“A strong
negative, by Jove!”
Madison Snapshot—“Not nearly as
strong ns the one I got later.”— Munset/x
Weekly.
MOST BEGINNERS DO.
“You've been riding a bicycle, I
hear,” said one department clerk to an¬
other.
“Just for exercise, you know.”
“It has reduced your weight some, I
think.”
“Yes, I have fallen off a great deal.”
— Washington Post.
SIMPKINS S CONVERSATION.
“Harry Simpkins isn’t very brilliant in
conversation, is he?” said one young-
woman to another.
“No; but he said something quite new
at 19 o'clock last night.”
“What wits it?”
“He said, ‘1 think I'll have to go.’ ”
— Washington Post.
AN EYE TO BUSINESS.
Effie's Brother—“Do you love my
sister Effie?”
Effie’s Steady Company—“Why, Willie,
that is a queer question. Why do you
. to know'”
Effie's Brother-“She said she would
give a soverign to know, and I'd like to
earn it.”— London Tid-Bits.
A POOR TALKER, BUT GREAT THINKER.
Customer—“I've been cheated, I
thought you said this parrot could talk. ”
Bird Fancier—“No, sir. What I said
was that he had been brought up in the
company of learned men, and was full
of philosophy and scholarship. Of course
he don't talk. Mere idle words have no
attraction for him. But he’s a remarka¬
ble parrot, because he's a great thinker.”
— Argosy.
NO OUTWARD SYMPTOM.
‘ Mi»s Pethebndge, said the , em-
barrassed young man at the other end of
the sofa, after a dreary pause m the
conversation “are you acquainted with
my cousins, the Courtright girls?
“Courtright? Coprtright?” replied the
young woman, dreamly. “Are you re¬
lated to anybody of that name, Mr.
Pheeble? I never should have suspected
it.”— Chicago Tribune.
love’s YOUNG DREAM.
Young Man (gazing dreamily at the
candv-caso In fancy grocery store)—"I
—I wish to get something real nice for a
_a young lady, but I hardly know what
to select.” young?”
Grocer (briskly)—“Very seventeen—still
Young Man—“ ’Bout
going to boarding-school.” John! show this
Grocer—“Yes, sir.
gentleman to the pickle counter .”—New
York Weekly.
A NEW WAV’ To CUT BEEFSTEAKS.
A young married couple have just gone
: to housekeeping on Duflield street. The
j other morning the neighbors were treated
. colloquial entertainment , . . , as
to tins . Dit . of
the two parted at the gate:
He—“What shall I order for supper,
precious?” of beefsteak, and oh,
She—“A piece it the
darling, do tell the man to cut
right way of the goods, so it will be
tender .”—Detroit Free Press.
IIOW HE SOLD THEM.
Lady of the House—“I don’t need any
of your burglar alarms."
Agent—“That’s just what the lady
next door said.”
Lady of the House (on the alert)—
“Said what?”
Agent —“That it was no use of me
calling here, as you wouldn’t need any,
because you had nothing to steal, but I
thought I-”
Lady of the House (gritting her teeth)
—“Give me three.”
AN ANTI-CLIMAX.
There is a good joke going the rounds
on a certain clergyman in Rochester whe
i3 noted quite as much for his absent-
mindedness on occasions as for his gen-
oral piety. He was called in not long
since by a young couple whose home had
just been lightened by a miniature repre¬
sentative of the mother’s sex. The happy
parents decided to have the christening
at home. The minister took the child
in his arms and in his kind, fatherly way
addressed a few words of advice to the
y°' m g people. train this child in the
“See that you up
wa Y that he should go, he began,
“ Give him the benefit of a good example
and see that he is surrounded by the very
best influences. If you do this, who
knows but that he may become a Wash¬
ington or a General Grant? What is his
name?”
“Jennie,” demurely responded the
mo the r. —liocn ester Un ion.
A MODEST MAN.
A thin, careworn-looking man, having
a pencil and tablet in his hand, called at
a house on Second avenue the other day,
and said to the lady as she opened the
door:
4 t Madame,I am canvassing for subscrip¬
tions for a poor family. Will you put
your name down for a small sum?”
“Is it a worthy family?”
“Yes, indeed.”
“Do you know them personally?”
“I do, ma'am.”
“And they are really in need?’
“Theycertainly are.”
“Very well—I’ll give you a quarter.”
She put her name down and handed
him the money, and he had reached the
gate when she called him back and said:
“It has just occurred to me that this
might be your own family.”
“Exactly, ma’am. It is my family,
but modesty forbade me to say so. I am
not one who seeks to jmsk himself for¬
ward, tho’ I would doubtless get along
better if I was. Thank you, ma’am, I
know the family, and I assure you it is
all right—all right .”—Detroit Free
Press.
Roger Bacon’s Dream.
Roger Bacon was an English monk,
who, through the force of his genius,
raised himself far above his age and
made wonderful discoveries in several
sciences. He invented the magnifying
glass, and presented new and ingenious
views in optics and on other subjects,
He was familiar with several languages,
and published several important works,
which, however, were not appreciated in
his lifetime. In one of those works,
written aboutl264, is the following fore¬
cast of a coming age, which might be
called liis dream, but which really an-
ticipated some of the great discoveries of
the P rese ^ "*% sa vs of the da f to
-
/here shal be . without
CO!ne: rowing
oars and sailing without sails; carriages
" hich shall roll along with unimagined
speed, with no cattle to drag them; m-
strument to fly with, with which a man
shall, by a spring, move artificial wings
beating the air like the wings of birds;
a little mechanism three fingers long,
which shall raise or lower enormous
weights; a machiue to enable a man to
walk on the bottoa of the sea and over
the surface of waves without danger, and
bridges over rivers which shall rest
neither on piles nor columns.”
Walked Across the River In a Kettle.
As a syrup maker was peacefully pre¬
paring for work among the maples he
became aware that Indians were stealing
U p 0 n him and were already in posses-
sioQ of bis canoe . Whatever was to be
donc had to be done quick]v and fron _
*
tier wit was equal to the emergency,
Snatching up his deep kettle he inverted
it over his head and boldly waded into
the river. The inverted kettle acted, of
course, as a diving bell, and with his
head in this air chamber he walked
across the river, which in the middle
was many feet over his head, to the utter
amazement of the Indians.— Philadelphia
Times.
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
HOMEMADE LINIMENT.
An excellent and safe liniment, though
simple, for weak backs, the result of a
fall or overwork, is made of two ounces
of alcohol, two ounces of hartshorn, and
and two tablespoonfuls of salt, mixed in
a quart of rainwater and bottled. Rub
the back freely with it night and morn¬
ing. Of course in any serious case of
strain a physician should be sent for; but
a simple home remedy like this is sooth¬
ing, and can do no harm .—New York
Tribune.
CATCHALL.
Get a small mustard or oyster barrel,
stain it with oak or walnut stain, paint
some rather large and effective flowers
on it (yellow dahlias), line it with
sateen, either the color of the wood or
some harmonizing tint, finished off with
a little gimp or fringe at the top; tie on
the lid, which of course must match,
with ribbon (by means of holes made
with a red-hot poker, or knitting-needle,
in both lid and barrel), and you have a
splendid receptacle for work, waste paper
or anything that is wanted to be out of
sight, as well as an ornament. — Yankee
Blade.
children's TEETH.
The teeth of a child or adult should
never be neglected, The most serious
diseases of the throat have been traced
to decaying teeth. It is better economy
to pay a little more and employ an expert
dentist than to be a sufferer from the in¬
experience of a quack. The killing of a
nerve and tilling of the tooth afterward
is an extremely delicate piece of business,
which should be done by a man who has
principle enough to do his work honestly.
After killing the nerve, every particle of
the dead nerve matter must be removed.
Unless this is done with the greatest
care, bits of the nerve remain, and after
the tooth is filled decay, and throw ofl
poisonous gases, which may permanently
blacken the tooth or affect the health by
producing serious diseases of the gum,
one of the least of which is a permanent
ulcer.— New York Tribune.
PINCUSHION.
An English muffin pincushion is a
novel idea, and is made as follows; Take
one yard of Canton flannel, cut in strips
one and one-half inches wide, sew the
strips together at narrowest part till you
have one very long strip, Then com-
mcnce and roll tightly, as tape is rolled,
or as physicians roll bandages, The
cushion when round should be four and
one-half inches in diameter. Cover with
one layer of cotton batting. Cut pieces
of plush one-half inch larger than the
cushion, cover neatly and sew to the
flannel. A narrow strip of the batting
is put around cushion, This is covered
with three-quarters of a yard of robin
shade of plush. The ribbon may or may
not be feather stitched on each side.
Make a loop of one-quarter of a yard of
some kind of ribbon to hang by. Fill a
small brass ring with single crochet, run
the loop through that before fasteningto
cushion. Stick sixteen pins, four in a
row, on each side of cushion, to look
like a cracker.— Yankee Blade.
RECIPES.
Milk Soup—Take one quart of milk,
add a pinch of salt; beat one egg well,
stir in flour to thicken that has one-fourth
teaspoonful of baking powder mixed
through it. Mix the eggs and flour so it
will form lumps; when the milk boils,
stir them iu and cook two or three
minutes, and you will have a nice soup.
Stewed Meat—Cut it into small pieces,
not over a quarter of a pound each; put
it into a covered vessel with only enough
water to cover it, and let it simmer for a
couple of hours over a slow fire, adding
hot water from time to time. Season
with salt, pepper and onions, or any
other sptee desired; dredge in a little
flour and bring to a quick boil for half
an hour.
Steamed Spring Chicken—Take a hall
grown spring chicken, split down the
back, rub with salt and pepper, place in
a steamer and steam one hour. Prepare
a sauce of one pint of cream, half a pint
of boiling water, six spoonfuls of flour, a
tablespoonful of cornstarch mid butter
each, with pepper, salt and a few drops
of extract of celery. Mix all together,
let boil one minute, and pour over the
chicken.
Good Breakfast Muffins—Break two
eggs in a bowl and beat till very light,
add a pinch of salt and by degrees three
cups of sweet milk and one quart of flour
in which is well mixed three teaspoonfuls
of baking powder. Beat this mixture
very hard and nearly fill the gem pans,
which have been well greased, and bake
fifteen or twenty minutes in a hot oven.
If these are made right, they will be
found delicious.
Veal Cutlet Breaded—Divide the meat
in pieces ready for serving, place these
on a board and pound them well with a
potato masher; then season with pepper
and salt and dip in egg and either rolled
cracker or sifted bread crumbs. Fry
slowly, keeping the pan covered. When
nicely browned lift the cover and pour
into the pan a cup of cold water. Re¬
cover quickly and let the meat lie in the
steam for a few minutes. Then thicken
the 3 rav 7 with browned flour, and let
the cutlets simmer in it for a few min-
ut<? s longer. Place the meat on a platter,
P our the gravy through a strainer over it
and serve.
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.
There are, it is said, over l,OOO,OO0i
miles of telegraph wire in the United
States, or enough to encircle the globe
forty times.
It is reported that a Japanese drug¬
gist has succeeded in converting wild
hemp into a substance pnssesisng all of
the essential qualities of silk.
It is believed that the varieties of the
domestic dog owe their origin to wolves
and jackals, the habit of barking hav¬
ing been acquired under the influence of
domestication.
Some odors, though mingled together
can still be dissociated and recognized]
by the olfactory nerve-ends, whereas
others, on the contrary, overwhelm one
another, so that one only may be per¬
ceived, the others being completely sup.
pressed.
Dr. Arapad Bokai, professor of tht
University of Klausenburg, Germany,
claims to have compounded a solution
which completely neutralizes the poison
introduced into the system by the bite of
a mad dog. This solution consists o!
chlorine water, salt brine, sulphurous
acid, permanganate of potassium, and
eucalyptus oil.
There is a growing tendency among
chemists to regard the elements as vary,
ing arrangements—produced at succes
sivc stages in the process of cooling—ol
one original form of atom. Evidence in
favor of the hypothesis is claimed in the
fact that some elements seemed not tc
have formed in the sun, while yet more
are absent from still hotter stars.
The question of the wholesale destruc¬
tion of swallows by electricity has at last
been taken up in France. In the south
of that country long wires are systemati¬
cally erected along the seashore, and
when the tired swallows alight on them
they are stunned or killed by an electric
shock. The birds are then sent to Paris,
where they are used for decorative pur¬
poses.
Recent obser vations of the waters ol
Great Salt Lake prove conclusively that
the statements made that no form of ani¬
mal or plant life exists in the lake are
erroneous. No fish or other large form
of animal life has been discovered, but
the presence cf vegetable organisms in
the lake may be considered a fact from
the abundance of minute animal exist¬
ences.
English manufacturers have lately pro¬
duced a new waterproof fabric which is
claimed to possess some special advan¬
tages over ordinary materials of the kind,
being free from the objections pertaining
to those that are impervious to air, the
result of the coatings of India rubber and
other non-porous substances which are
applied as a film over the textile base of
the cloth.
The opening of the first submarine
telephone cable has recently taken place.
The cable runs between Montevideo and
Buenos Ayres, South America, and is
thirty-two miles long, the total length
with the overhead line being 180 miles.
On this line there are five intermediate
stations, all of which can telephone and
telegraph simultaneously with all the
other stations.
Those who have spent a half hour or
so trying to ring up a man at the other
end of a telephone line, and have found
out after much effort that there was no
one there, would feel better if there was
on the market something which would
at once, when a box was rung up, give a
signal stating that there was no one to
receive a message, and how convenient
if some attachment could be devised for
communicating the time the person would
return to receive the message.
One of the most remarkable products
of French ingenuity at the present time
is a fibrous substance called celluiose,and
which, by some secret mechanical pro¬
cess, is obtained from the ordiarry cocoa-
nut husk. When compressed, its specific
gravity is far less than that of cork—it is
claimed, indeed, that it is the lightest
solid known, and, therefore, of peculiar
value for life belts and life mattresses,
while in large quantities its buoyancy
would render a large vessel absolutely
nou-sinkablc.
High-Priced Chicken?,
A well-known breeder of fancy poul¬
try in Cincinnati has an interesting letter
from a California Japanese who is an im¬
porter of fowls of considerable fame in
what may be termed the chicken world.
The letter reads as follows, in its Eng¬
lish translation:
I have just imported from Japan a lot
of prize-winning fowls which I will sell
at the following prices: black,
One trio “Obeke” brown and
dorking style in shape, tail expected to
grow eleven feet lon^, not in best hcditQi
$99.
One pair same color and style, very
strong and well, tail grows to thirteen
feet, $150.
One trio “Muako” white-muffed fur
fowls, $75.
One black and red game cock (Japan-
ese ), very heavy, $150. "
One black and red game cock, nine
months old, $125.
One black and red game cock, $190.
One black and red game cock, $80.
One black and red game cock, $80.
One brass back game cock, young,
nine months, $50.
Two black hens, very fine, $15 each.
Two black and brown, very fine and
heavy, $10 each.
Two partridge, color and style light,
worth $15 each.
Several at $S each.
Several at $5 eaeh.