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THE AMERICUS WEEKLY TIMES-RECORDER: FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 1891. from washing roN. wHA T IS GOING ON IN THE NATION’S CAPITOL. 4 of the Italian Trouble—What la N«n% the View of the Matter—Other Newi .Vote* and Ooaalpy Keuiarlc*-Italy’* Min : ,,,f Called Home. Wasiiinoton, 1). C. f April 4.—That was no ‘‘April fool” sensation which struck this town this week when Baron Kava, the Italian minister, who seems have studied the great American game ofdra-v poker to some purpose during his ten years residence in Washington, walked into Mr. Blaine’s private otlice and made the blulT of his life by present ing a letter from the Italian government recalling him an envoy extraordinary an»l minister plenipotentiary to the l uited States by way of emphasizing its dissatisfaction at the failure of this gov ernment to make reparation for the re cent lynching of Italians at New Orleans, hut a real genuine, all-wool-and-a-yard- witle, warrauted-not-to-shrink-while-be- inipeablod-around-the-world sensation, [t has shaken the administration from stem to stern and from “Baby” McKee to -Mini" Blaine, and will probably cui'C a slump in the price of Macaroni in the New Orleans market. I am afraid that some one will accuse me of levity in writing thus, but I can j.o more take this absurd Italian blunder seriously than I can the announced re tirement of John Sherman from politics. If this act of the Italian government be .seriously taken and followed to its logic al conclusion it can mean but one tiling —war. Had the same thing been done hv that government at the court of any first-class European power, it would un doubtedly ere this have resulted in a declaration of war. But in this case there will he no war. Wo can’t fight It aly because we haven’t the ships, and Italy can’t fight us because although she has the ships, she hasn't the money. What will we do to resent this insult? Nothing. < >ur minister to Italy will re main at his post, unless the “Mafia,” which King Humbert evidently fears more than the citizens of New Orleans diil, shall compel the government of Italy to send him bis passports, in which ease ho will return home and Italy will not ho represented at the World’s Fair. An ollicial statement of the affair has been made public, which makes it plait that the administration is in no way re .sponsible for the slap in the face it h;is received from the nation of organ- grinders and bogus counts, and which tak-s as dignified a stand as is possible, consiueiing that the absence of a navy powerful enough to cope with that of Italy stands in the way of our trying to assume too aggressive an attitude. The following remarks made by Rep resentative McCreary, of Kentucky, who was chairman of the house committeo on foreign affairs in the fiftieth Con gress, and who will probably occupy the same position in the tifty-socond, represents the general sentiment in re gard to the occurrence: “The Italian government has acted hastily and witn- out the dignity which ought and usually does mark diplomatic negotiations. In the first instance Italy had a grievance, or believed she had, in the killing of three of her subjects in a riot. The I nited States promptly responded to her demands by instituting an inquiry into’ the matter in perfect good faith. While t^is investigation is being made, beff.iy vlio I’nited States has had time £pn further than to in- Ho the Italian govern- 4Jtlls her minister and : relations with the L’liis turns the tables, ffes is now the party hav ing a grievance.” The jiffpiilar song “Theyr’e after me” is particularly applicable to the man who ^i* mrscs *1:15,000,000 a year iu the pay ment of pensions. The “they” in the present case are several hundred de partment clerks who have invested some- diing like *30,000 in a surburban real •suite scheme of which Commissioner kaum was at the head; that is apparently as great a fraud as was the Refrigerator company so cleverly unearthed by Rep resentative Cooper last year. This “snide” enterprise and Commissioner Baum's resignation will bo .^kad for. Kx-Secretary Whitney and ex-Privato Secretary Dan Lamont wore welcome visitors to Washington this week. They ar, ‘ now associated in business. It is expected that Mr. Harrison and as ’nany of his cabinet as care to go will jjart on that much talked of trip to the * ®eific coast on the 15th of this month. Developing the South. Every one in the south Interested in or knowing of the proposed starting of any new’ Manufacturing or mining enter prise, w hether large or small, or of the extensions of factories or mines, now in operation, or the erection of large build- ings, would benefit himself, as w’ell as the south generally, by sending particu lars to the Manufacturers’ Record of Baltimore. The paper has for years made a businesg of reporting every new manufacturing concern, faom a cotton gin to a furnace, every new mining com pany, and every bank started anywhere in the south. This information is read by thousands of people all over the rotted States, and is often republished by hundreds of other papers that look to the Manufacturers’ Record for infoimation about this section. The result is that every new enterprise, and the town in which it is located, are widely advertised without cost, and great good often results. In this way the wants of Southern manufacturers who wisli to buy machinery are made public, and catalogues of all machinery in their Hue, with prices, Ac., are re ceived, ami they are thus enabled to se lect the best machinery at the lowest cost. The manufacturers’ Record in vites all information of this character, and everybody in theSo.ith should take ;tn interest in seeing that that journal receives the earliest notices that can possibly be given of such new enter prises, or of the enlargement of those now iu operation. Tlta.Melou (irowen hiiiI <•. F. A’*, of the Initial Transportation Linen. The following plan for the inspection of melons has been suggested by some of the growers, and is submitted for care ful consideration and discussion at the next meeting of the growers, to be held at Albany on the 29tli Inst. The growers to provide wagon scales at each shipping point. To have each car load of melons carefully weighed and counted by a sworn weigher and counter. To attach the certificate of weight and number of melons in each car (showing the average weight of eacli melon), to the shipping order. If the average weight of the melons should fall below pounds, the product to be considered unmerchant able, and the initial line shall require prepayment of freight, otherwise the car to be shipped ‘collect.’ “The agents of the initffil lines (local or special), shall see that the rule rigidly enforced.” G. R. Me REE, President Melon Growers’ Ass’n TI1E FRUIT KILLED. AND THE PROSPECT IS BAO FOR A CROP. The Thermometer Down to Twenty-EI*ht Sunday Night—A Heavy Frost—The Freeze Kill* Everything—IteporU From Other Places. Everybody is blue over the prospect for fruit this year. And especially those who have or chards. Early vegetables are gone too, and truck farmers are gloomy. It was a sweepiug freeze, and it looks as if everything is gone. Friday night it was bad enough; Satur day night it was colder, and Sunday night the themometer went down to twenty-eight. This was the fatal night, and in estimable damage was done the whole state. Here plums, tigs, pears, peaches, etc., were all cut off. AD vegetables were killed,and the third crop o' strawberries also killed. Three times have tl.e berries been growing Two Throats Cut. Bloomington, Ind., April 4.—Ward Demaree to-day murdered bis mother and then killed himself. A visit to Ills house showed a horrible sight. On a bed lay the mother, with her throat cut from ear to ear, while on the floor, in tw’o pools of blood, lay the lifeless clay of the murderer and suicide with his own throat cut. No one was present, except a little daughter aud sister, who was unable to tell how the tragedy oc curred. It is supposed that w’ldle the mother was sleeping the son, in a fit of insanity, cut her throat and then used the razor ou his own. The mother seemed to have died without a struggle. Chicago'* (.rest Death Kate. Chicago, April 1.—To-day's mortu ary record instead of showing a de crease from yesterday’s list actually ex ceeds it, showing Hill deaths against 1(15 the day before. Vital Statistician Tomlinson received a cablegram from London to-day saying: “I)r. Mortimer Granville begs physic! ans of Chicago to try five graius of cant pbor in twenty minims tincture of iodiue and one drachm of glycerine with syrup, frequently, for influenza. Strong meat nicely, and three times have they been juice U also recommended. No anti-pi- nipped by a freeze, TWO DAYS OF TORTURE. A STOWAWAY SUFFERS FOR THIRTY HOURS IN A CRANK PIT. All vegetation seems to have been destroyed, and the outlook for fruit and early vegetables is indeed gloomy. Mr. J. E. Bivins, who has a good or chard, truck farm and large strawberry patch, says that the freeze was most damaging. He loses much, and es pecially by the cutting off of his straw berries, which he ships in large quanti ties. Mr. A. W, Smith says the same, and that ho will get little fruit from his splendid orchard. The peaches were badly injured by the cold of a few weeks ago, and that Sunday night fin ished them. The weather was the coldest Ameri- cus has had this winter, and happened most unfortunately. Reports from other places, South aud North of here, are juntas bad. Fort Vitlloy Suffer*. Four Valley, April Indications are that last night’s heavy frost has killed all the fruit and vegetables iu this section. Snotv CapiM-d .’Mountains. Gainesville, April 0.—The moun tains in sight of the city are covered with snow and the cold here is almost as intense as (any suffered during the winter. Last night ice formed in exposed places almost an inch thick, anil the uni versal report is from the country is that all flic early fruit is killed. To the .Melon Grower* of Southern and Southwestern Georgia. Pursuant to a resolution passed at the last meeting of the melon growers asso ciation, a meeting of the melon growers is hereby called for Wednesday, 29th, ...... . , . . , , * . . , . i say at this time how much fruit is dam- inst., at 9 a. m. at Albany,to adopt some I J . plan for the distribution of the growing Kather Hypeful. GjuffIX, April 0.—It is impossible to aged. The weather has been had for the last forty-eight hours with frost and snow and a quarter of an inch of ico this morning. The fruit growers are now busy exam ining the fruit aud it is hoped the dam age will not he too serious, though there is a conflict of opinion. All Killed. Macon, April 0—It is thought that all the /ruP in this section was killed by last night’s freeze. Fruit und Vegetable*. Bui nswick, Ga., April 0.—The aver age in fruit in this county is limited, but the growers think that all the peaches In .fait for Murder. j and pears hare heed killed or very much Cahnksnii.le, April 4.—G. Thomas j injured. Early vegetables are destroyed. Cary now languishes in Carnesvllia jail. | lud From Thon M vin.. He is charged with being the murder-1 TlIOMASVII . 1K) ,; X) Apri l ,|._ T he mercury stood at :il) degrees at 7 o'clock this morning. There was plenty of frost and some lee in exposed places. Cotton, mulous, and all tender vegeta bles aro killed. crop, which promises to ho tlio largest yet produced, also to dovise some meth od for the inspection of melons offered for shipment. Tim business is of such pressing im portance, both to tlio shipper and the transportation lines, it is hoped that every shipping point, and the transpor tation (cBpccial initial lines, the S. F. & W. R. It., C. it. R. and G. S. & F. R. R.,) will bo fully represented. Tlie Savannah Nows, Macon Telegraph, Atlanta Constitution and tlio local press in the melon belt will please copy. (». It. McKkk, Pres. M. O. A. Valdosta, April 2, 1801. or of Uncle William Manley. On the 1:1th of last September W. G. Man.cy, an old gentleman who lived about six miles south of this place, w as brutally beaten, and lie died on tno 18th of October. The grand jury sifted tlio matter and found a true hill against G. T. Cary as principal in tlio lirst degree, and Rebecca Jordan, Emma Jordan and Joe Jordan as accessories after the fact. A Suicidal Shot. Bikminoiiam, Ala., April D.--A spe Fortunately, only a small per cent, of of the acreage planted in melons and cotton was up. Cotton and melon seed arc scarce and those who had stands of these crops will iiml it diOicull to replant. Full damage to the fruit cannot he as- cial from Huntsville to the Age-IIerald ■ curtained an yet. Growers are hopeful Mrs. Macon shot herself at her that the foliage furnished some protcc- father-in-law’s residence, twelve miles j tion. from here, to-day, with suicidal intent, This was the coldest snap in April for and will die. The eause is unknown, j many years. She wns a daughter of Ur. Francesco j Itice, and had been married six months.; lloth were prominent families in the i county.” Woodruff'* Shortage Increased. It has been decided to make It a stag Little Rock, Ark., April 4.—An ex- I» art y. ami nation of ex-Troasurer Woodruff's riie Kincaid murder trial is drawing " a c ‘ 0 «e. It looks like acquittal. ‘Senator Faulkner’s wife died at his residence here last Tuesday evening. ’ l ‘ ; " :ts 'cry popular. • ycretary Foster has offended the ■xnights of Labor by refusing to make 11 ‘ n 'estimation of certain charges they preferred against the chief of the bureau I,, engraving and printing. They ircatcn to bring the matter before the ioii.m* when congress meets. IIum Keen Arrested. • l-' lAl to TlMKH-RECOKDKR Litiionia, Ga., April 7.—Yonng Ks- ** *• "Bo stabbed Powell here on Satur- <4,i > afternoon, has been arrested. lc has been put under bond, and his preliminary trial will take place on Fri- * ,l * n ®*t. Ilis trial lias been carried ”'er until Friday In order that the ex- cnt Bowell’g injuries may bo known. } though Mr. Powell is somewhat ’etter to-day, he Is not out of danger. fourth term has revealed that Woodruff is short on scrip *25,000 in addition to the amounts already reported. The joint com oittee in charge of the investigation will submit a report of its findings to morrow. All Killed. Special to Times-Recordka. Montkzi ma, Ga., April 0.—The heavy frost here this morning has completely demolished all prospects of a fruit crop Immigrant* Dejected. New York, April 7.—Ten Russian immigrants who arrived to-day at the Barge office on the steamer Dania from Hamburg, were barred from entering this country. They set up a terrible outcry when they were apprised of their detention,(and tried to force their way through the gates. They were not al lowed to land because of general poor health, disease and liability to become public charges. rene.” Experiments will be made with this prescription in an effort to check the unprecedented ravages of the grip. To Prevent More Accident*. Special to Timks-Recordkr. Atlanta, April 4.—Principal keeper of the penitentiary, Jones, having re lumed from an investigation of blowing up of four couvicts at Coal City, two weeks ago, will promulgate an order re stricting bosses from exposing convicts’ lives by ordering them to handle gun powder or place themselves In perilious positions. The fatal explosion will, how ever, be treated as if it were an accident, no evidence having been forthcoming to justify authorities in holding any one re- responsible. II© Live* to Tell a Horrible Story of m Frightful Experience—Lying Relow a Shaft That Mado Twenty-four Revolu tion* a Minute. This poor fellow was an Englishman who hail become penniless, discouraged and homesick. He made up his mind in his desperation to stow himself away and take his chances. He stole into an ocean steamship—one of the regular liners which ply between New York and Liverpool—and hunted for a hiding- place. He knew nothing about ma chinery, and in his ignorance ho picked out the most horriblo place in the whole ship. It looked quite attractive when the poor fellow picked it out, and he thought that he was lucky to find it. It was tho hole—the crank pit, I think it is called -in the floor of the engine room into which tho great crank rinks twenty-four times a minute when tho vessel is at full speed. Whilo the vessel was still this crank was elevated above the hole, and the unfortunate man, ig norant of marine engines, didn't kuow that in a few minntes it would descend with terrible effect upon hi in. Ho crept in: the ship started. The crank in its first descent struck his loft arm with terrriblo forco and crushed it. Ho could not move, for in less than three seconds down it camo again, crushing more bones and tearing more flesh. Just imagine such a fate if you can. Tho wretched man drew himself into the smallest compass he coaid and expected death. Every time tho crank came down it escaped his bead liy about an inch and a half. He didn't know the exact distanco. of courno, but he knew it came very near, aud ho was in mortal dread that it would corns nearer. SUPKRBTITIOUB BICAMKN. Most of this that I havo been telling came from tlio lips of tho stowaway. For he lived to tell it, and is still alive. Ho must have fainted away after enduring He Took Morphine. Bpeclul toTnic Timrs-Hkcokdkr. Atlanta, April 7.—Charley Neville, a foreman on the State road, living in Kingston, entered Jacob’s pharmacy at ; assistant engineers, who had charge of 7 to night and bought a glass of soda *he engines on that watch, heard heart- water. In this he empted an eight ounce bottle of morphine, and swallow- tho dose. He is now dying. It is un certain whether he took tlio overdose by mistake or with suicidial intent. IIungtMl by u Mob. Nashville, Term., April 4.—A special Botany Had* Xasy. Children dearly love to imitate) fa that respect they should not be offended et hearing themselves called very nearly the equals of monkeys. Boy Blue lived In a family where botany furnishes one of the occupations and pastimes of the hour. Scarcely a day passes without some learned exposition at the table or the display of a leafy wonder. It is not strange that the little lad has canght the prevailing mania to the ex tent of dabbling in science on his own account. One day he was overheard by his elders, as he gavo tho following learned exposition to a little coasin. Boy BIuo held an apple tree branch in his hand, and began enlarging upon its peculiarities. “Now, Tommy," oald ho, "see how very curious this is. There isn't often 60 many pistils in the middle, but this iB a rare specimen, and it's got, i should think, as many ns fifty. The petals, you notice, are pinkish. It isn't often yon find ono yellow or bine, but iryou should you’d send it to some professor and he’d name it after yon. Perhaps he’d call it tho Tommy-ania. “Then here aro the leaves. You’d say, if you didn’t know anything obout botany, that they were netted veined; but look a little closer" Here Boy Blno himself looked a little closer, and found that ho was not stat ing a fact. “1 do b'liove this is netted,” he ex claimed. recovering his self possession with tho coolness of a true scientist. “I shall havo to press this spec’men and la bel it -rare, very rare indeed.’ Now, ob serve how few leaves is on this stem. Only six orsevon. you'll find: never more than seven. One, two" As the yonng lecturer proceeded he found his prophecy was to lx- belied- That, however, did not daunt him. Calmly stripping off tire siqierfluoua leaves he wont on counting and an nounced in triumph: "Seven! I told yon so. Oh, Tommy, it's n great comfort to be areal botanist!"—Youth's Companion. ■repaying a Joke, An incident occurred recently at tho Roosevelt street ferry office which illus trates how ouo man can mako another’s life miserable with little exertion. One evening tho collector shoved out to a passenger thirty-two three cent pieces and . no cent in exchango for a dollar, after deducting the fare, which was three cents. The collector grinned nnil rending groans proceed from the ma-1 thought he had played a good joko on this terriblo agony for a while, and prob ably lie did not ugain regain conscious ness until the ship was twenty-eight hours beyond Sandy Hook. It was then tho middle of the night, and ono of tho chinery. Ho was horrified, and tho men employed about tho engines, who aro superstitious, were not only appalled but thoroughly frightened, so much so that they kecaino demoralized and almost un- ablo to work. The assistant engineer went to the clrief engineer and reported to him what He was called a fool for from Bryant station says: "Martin, he lir.d beard alias Gnb M lybre', alias Mayberry, was j Spains. Presently Ids watch was over , i , i .1 - i . . i and ho was relieved. This new assistant found dead this morning, hanging to a j engineer he8rd the groans, too, anil, cedar treo, about one mile «.ortli of this j thoroughly alarmed, he appealed to tho place. Tho jury rendered a verdict of chief engineer, anil succeeded in getting death by the hands of unknown parties, him out of his berth into the engine A note was left by the lynchers saying: | room. Tho chief heard them, too, and TUJfrift done for the protection of our I at once stopped tho ship. The watch on wives and daughters.’ ’ Emigrant* Turned Hack. New York, April 4.—Superintendent of Immigration Weber to day ordered that twenty of the detained emigrants that arrived yesterday shall bo returned. Pauperism and loathsome diseases are the causes for their return. The other score under investigation will probably share the same fate. Col. Weber’s de cision will bo a heavy tax on the steam ship companies. Crazed by » Hanging. Gkkknshuiio, Pa., April 4.—Mrs. Nicely, n o*her of tho two boys hanged at Somerset yesterday for the murder of Fanner Timbcrger, Is a raving maniac, and her physician fears that she will never recover her senses. Tho bodies of the murderers were taken to tho old homestead last night, and will ba buried on tho farm to-morrow. A FooIImH Move. Atlanta, April 4.—The Executive Department has just been notilieil that the Governor of Missouri has issued his proclamation quarantining that state against all southern cattle on account of the alleged prevalence of Texas fever. The quarantine went into effect on tlio first of this month and will not bo raised until December. Wilson llelngTried. -Special toTl MKH-Kkcokork. Atlanta, March 7.—The trial of Jan. M. Wilson, who defaulted for *40,000 when tax collector of Fulton county sev- court this morning. Tho day was con sumed In securing jurors. in this section. A great number of wa- oral years ago, was begun In auperior tcrmelon plants were up anil killed; also corn. Gardens all killed. , Fatal Grip. Chicago, April 7.—The death rate last week was the highest ever known in Chicago. The deaths numbered (MX), of which 500 were from throat and lung diseases. To-day a marked falling off In tho death rate is noted. For Fallen Women. Hpeslal to Tim km-Kkcdkiikn. Atlanta, April 0.—At the meeting this morning the Ministerial] Evangeli cal association started a movement to raise $10,200 to build a home for fallen women in Atlanta. General Gartrell Head, erial to Timss-Rkoobokk. Atlanta, Marcli 7.—General Lucius I. Gartrell died hero this aflemoon at half past five o'clock. His dentil lias been expected for some time, and for tlie past few days he lots been quite low. His record as a soldier aud in civil af fairs is well known, and all mourn his loss. i Excursion to Omaha. Tlio conductors of Amcricus wish to orgnnizo a branch of tlie Order of Rail way Conductors. To do tills entails considerable ex pense, and to raise some money they have decided to give an excursion to Omaha on Thursday, tlie 7tli of May. A train will lie chartered to leave her* at eight in the morning, and come back at seven that night. There is much ’of interest to be seen in and about tills new and growing town, and a more beautiful country can not be found in this section. Splendid fishing streams and lovely picnic grounds will attract many, and doubtless a large crowd will seize the opportunity to take an enjoyable outing at reduced rates. Tho steel draw-bridge on the Savan nah, Americus and Montgomery rail road over tho Chattahoochee will bo finished and ready for train service by July 1. A Dublin lady le writing a novel which will toon be in press. deck was called down and the machinery was thoroughly examined by the light of lanterns. What demoralized the super stitious men about the engines was the impossibility, ss thoy believed, of a human being remaining alive amid the swiftly moving, gigantic machinery, and their natural inference was that ghosts or fiends were presont and the ship was doomed. SAVED AT LAST. By und by a lantern was lowered into the crank pit, and a bundle of rags was discovered at the bottom. On being prodded a groan proceeded from the rags. Thoy were lifted up, and in them was a man. limp and bruised and bloody. tlie passenger, who took tho money without a protest, but mado up his mind to get even with tho joker if possible. He thought hard for three days, and at last hit on n scheme. Sharpening the end of a fiio ho nicked one side of each three cents. Every morning nnd evening in going to and from his work he placed a three cent piece in tho palm of his hand and slapped it firmly down in front of the collector. At those times there was al ways a rush. In his hurry the collector tried to slide tho money along with the tit>s of his fingers, bat it stuck fast. Then ho resorted to his finger nails, mut tering blessings on th-head of the man who annoyed him. This was kept np for thirty-two days until the nickel pieces were all exhausted. But even to this day the collector always picks up a three cent piece with his finger nails, so strong has the habit become.—Ernest Jnrrold in New York Journal. Repartee. A man who returned from a yachting trip, which for some part of the time in cluded Mr. Edwin Booth as u guest, tells tho following good story of professional repartee between Mr. Booth and Mr. La Montagne, the well known amateur. No sooner had Mr. Booth come aboard the yacht than lie was seized with a violent Terror and anguish and wounds had do- ! attack of attention to th,- waves nt the prived him of sense and almost of hu man semblance. He could not talk; he could only utter groans, which pierced the inmost hearts of the hearers, they were so pitiful. Luckily for tlie poor stowaway tho surgeon of the ship was a humane nnd skillful mail. Hu said af terward that lie won bound to savo that man if be could, so us to fiud out how ho got into the pit, anil was not killed at once when the engino began to move. The surgeon attended him night and day. He waa obliged to umpututo tho arm or it would have mortified, it was so dreadfully crushed. The other wounds and bruises lie healed, so that the man was ublu to walk to tho hospital when lie got to Liverpool. There he was cured of everything except tlio shock to tlie nerves which lie received. Tliat will neve:- he got. over. Do Ms best, he says, tho thirty hours lie spent in that torture pit. with tlie great crank crushing into his iles’u twenty-four times a minute, can never l>o got out of his mind. That hor ror is seared into his soul for the re mainder of liis life.—New York Star. A Tree Growing In Slid Air. There is to lie seen a few miles from theontskirtsof Richmond, Tex.,a natural curiosity, the like of which is perhaps to bo found nowhere else in tlie world. It is an enormous oak tree literally suspend ed ill tlie air. It stands in the midst of a dense grove known as Bentley’s wood, and is made quite a show of. The mys tery of its Hiipension is that nmnerous hunting parties having camped lieneath it during a period of many years their fires hnvo gradually burned the trunk entirely awuy for a distance of six feet, but its large and spreading branches are so closely entwined in those of the tree9 growing closely about it that it is sup ported by them. Just how its huge bulk is nourished ir a mystery, but that it is well nourished is evident, for it is green and flourishing. —Cor. Philadelphia Times. Honesty In Maine. An Auburn business man was surpris ed the other day to see an old customer come into Ms store and pay him a bill, with interest, which was contracted forty years ago when he was doing busi ness , in another town. It was a small bill, aud the one to whom it was due had forgotten all about it.—Lewiston Journal. side of the vessel. Mr. Booth’s atten tion was engrossed hero for a long time, and when ho returned to the party with, ns one of them said, everything lost save honor Mr. La Montagne said in mild reproof. “Why, Mr. Booth, is that tho way you are given to gagging your parts?" “Not nt all," said Mr. Booth, seating himself in his best tragedy stylo, “not at nil. I simply didn't like tho reception that these swells gave mo, and so 1 threw up the part.”—New York Even ing Sun. Itrauty In Business. One thousand women in Oldenburg, ills., cum their own living, ft doesn't sppour why. There are plenty of men, and they seem to bo clever. But these one thousand women como down town every morning to teach school, to sell goods, to run typewriters, to ask your number when you ring up the cen tral, to seud messages, to keep booka. to work in factories, and so on. Most of these women have not only earned their own bread here, bnt they havo built homes. Perhaps if some of tho young men hero had done likewise thore might not have been so many women bread winners.—Cor. CMcago Tribune. A New Way to Get Old Debts. First Florist—Young De Pink is a slow payer, isn’t he? Second Florist—Last week he paid np the big bill he owed me, nnd made all sorts of apologies—said he'd forgotten all about it. “Eh? Did you send him a writ?" “No; the last time ho ordered a bou quet to bo sent to his girl I made out a hill for tho past tlireo years, giving the address each bouquet went to." “Yes." “Well, the hoy made a mistake, and delivered tho bouquet to De Pink aud the bill to tho girl.”—London Tit-Bita Big Cranberry Growers. Some of the largest growers of cran berries are Mr. Makepeace, whose plan tations on Cape Cod produce about 60,000 barrels annually; Mr. Small, of Har wich, who puts about 12,000 bushels on the market: Fitch & Co., near Berlin, Wis., whose annual crop has reached 10,000 barrels; wad Joseph Hinchman, of Trenton, N. J., about 8.000 bushels.— Cor. Philadelphia Presa -