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WITH THE GRIND JURY.
THAT BODY MADE ITS GENERAL PRE
SENTMENTS YESTERDAY.
WHt the Juror* Have to Say About the
County's*Affairs—High Compliment* tc
Judge's Fort and I'lltbury Worthily lie-
•towed—Raked the Justice*.
We, the graDd jurors of Sumter coun
ty chosen for the May term of Sumter
superior court, beg leave to submit the
following report:
We have, through bur various com
mittees, examined the various books,
records and public property. We find
the books of the tax collector, M. Calla
way, and report his accounts, correct,
with proper vouchers for all money dis
bursed. We find a large amount of in
solvent taxes, and we think if the proper
officers were more dilligent the amount
of insolvent taxes would be greatly re
duced. The failure of many people to
pay their taxes when due, although per
fectly able to do so, has resulted in li fas
to the amount of $2,023.24 being placed
in the hands of bailiffs for collection,
and we urge the tax collector to have
these fi fas collected at once. We find
several professionals doing business
without paying their special tax.
We have made a thorough examina
tion of the books and vouchers of the
treasurer for money paid out, and find
them to be correct.
We have examined the books and
records of the ordinary, and approve the
the manner of keeping the same.
We find the books of the sheriff'suffice
kept in a neat, correct and business like
manner.
We find the court house in good re
pair, and can but feel a certain amount
of pride uprising in our breasts when we
look upon such a piece of architecture,
and feel that it is the property of Sum
ter county. We are not proud of our
jail, but will recommend no repairs, as
the county commissioners are anticipa
ting building a new one. We lind the
prisoners in good condition, and they
seem to be welWcared for.
We find the books of the judge of the
county court neatly kept. Least we tax
the patience of those whose sacred duty
it is to scan these general presentments
we ask pardon and also your furthercon-
sideration: Tt is with a source of deep
pride, and gratitlcation that we refer to
the county court of Sumter, created
nearly twelve years ago, and having
been presided over during all this time
by its present incumbent, Judge J. B.
Pilsbury, which speaks volumes in itself.
It is not the sense of this body to over
estimate, or to pay unjust tribute to any
officer in her county, but where the obli
gations of the office have remained pure,
the duties therein imposed, have been
carried out in a straight and fearless
manner, we take great pleasure in
commending the same. Judge Pilsbury
has made the county an able, honest and
fearless judge, and his record as placed
on the minutes of that court will stand
as a monument to his fair name.
We find the books of the clerk of the
court correct.
We feel that we should not willingly
pass our honorable county commis
sioners by in silence. We Lave seen
their books and acts, and have no com
plaints to enter. We feel that they will
make no unnecessary expenditure, and
that the county's business is^afe in
their hands.
Through our committees we have
visited the poor house and find the in
mates well cared for—twelve whites and
ten colored.
We do nbt think that the public school
system, as operated in our county, gives
entire satisfaction, but make no special
recommendation in this line.
We find the roads and bridges in fair
condition, even better than usual, but
still they do not come up to the require
ments of law. We find the bridge over
Muckalee creek, known as Mack Little
bridge, in a dangerous condition. \V
recommend that it be replaced with a
new bridge as early as possible. There
is complaint that tiie crossings on the
5., A. <& M. road aro too narrow and
steep for safe travel, and we recommend
thafthe proper authorities see that the
matter be adjusted. The streets of An
dersonville are in bad condition. We ln-
sisist that they be put in good condition
at once by the proper authorities.
We have carefully examined the books
of the justices of the peace and notaries
public, and find that some of our officers
in their official duties are very loose and
lax, disregarding the law, or else they
are ignorant of their duties. Mr. V. A.
Freeman, of the 750th district, omits
dates, we guess not intentionally, to
which we call his attention. Mr J. L.
Adder ton’s books are in bad shape ev
ery way. The bills of cost are not item
ized, his name is not signed to any of
the cases tried, and frequently fails to
state the case properly, also what dispo
sition has been made of the case", tried..
We also have reason to believe that Mr.
J. L. Adderton puts out blank warrants
with Ms signature to them, therefore
we cannot approve his books, and leave
him with the court. We also find Mr.
W. B, F. Oliver's books in bad shape.
We find that he fails to enter warrants
issued,and that he frequently uses police
men for bailiffs, and we think exacts ex-
horbitant costs. He also in one instance,
ordered the release of a prisoner and
failed to enter on his books the case or
cause of arrest or release, therefore we
oazmot approve his books, and
leave him with the court. We
hear of other cases where the
has been transcended and request the
transcendors to try and carry out the
Taw as far as they have jurisdiction.
We approve and recommend the reap
pointment of W. B. Harrison, of the 903
G. M. district; V. A. Freeman, of the 750
(I M. district, also T. L. Murray, of the
745 G. M. district.
We return our thanks to the so
licitor general, C. B. Hudson, also to so
licitor pro-tem, L. J. Blalock, for cour
tesies extended to this body, and also to
our doorkeeper, Mr. Bass.
Before we conclude these general pre
sentments and tender them to the hear
ing and consideration of the public we
would not, as a representative body of
your county, claim that the task had
been done or that the object sought bad
been fully accomplished were we not to
take notice, and make mention, of his
Honor Judge Fort. Judge Fort has
worn the judicial ermine of this circuit
for nearly nine consecutive years, and at
all times aud under all circumstances,
with steady and firm hand, has he wield
ed the sceptre anti now, as fond memory
rehearses the sacred memories of the
past and places his bright life like
panorama within our grasp, who is there
in the grand old county of Sumter who
does not bid him God speed. Judge
Fort will goon retire from the judgeship
of tills circuit to enter a new and a
broader field of labor, that of railroad
commissioner of the great state of Geor
gia. We at once acknowledge the im
portance of the office, and the stern
duties therein imposed and in tendering
his services to the state we take solace
in the thought that he is a ripe jurist
and that his keen sense of right and
wrong w ill ever stand as a barrier be
tween him and error; and those techni
calities of the law which would become
obstruco he will solve with credit to the
office, distinction to himself and to the
honor of the great state of Georgia, of
which he claims his citizenship.
Therefore be it resolved by the grand
jury of Sumter county that in the retire
ment of Judge Fort the circuit looses an
able, wise and beneficient judge.
Be it also resolved that we bespeak
for him that same success in his new
field of labor that lias attended him in
his past efforts.
We request the, publication of these
presentments in the city paper.
E. Taylor, Foreman,
I. H. Wiggins, Clerk,
K. S. English,
J. C. Carter,
N. A. Ray,
W. P. Page,
J. T. Hall,
K. M. McDonald,
T. J. Shannon,
T. M. Merritt,
D. H. Jenkins,
T. L. Murray,
Arnold Godwin,
W. P. Grummki.s,
A. H. Ogletrkk,
J. T. IIowe,
C. C. Clay,
L. B. Bos WORTH,
W. L. Thomas,
W. L. Fowler,
II. C. A KINGTON,
G. W. Mark Err,
A. D. Gatewood.
Ordered that the within presentments
be published in accord jaith the request
of the grand jury. June 9 1891.
Allen Fort, J. S. C. S. W.
L. J. Blalock, Sol. Gen. Pro tern.
Electric Bitters.
This remedy is becoming so well
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special mention. All who have used
Electric Bitters sing the same song of
praise. A purer medicine does not ex
ist and it is guaranteed to do all that is
claimed. Electric Bitters will cure all
diseases of the liver and kidneys, will
remove pimples, boils, salt rheum and
other affections caused by impure blood.
Will drive malaria from the system and
prevent as well as cure all malarial fe
vers. For cure of headache, constipa
tion and indigestion try Electric Bitters.
Entire satisfaction guaranteed or money
refunded. Price 50c and $1.00 per bot
tle at E. J. Eldridge’s drug store. 5
Letter Liit.
The following unclaimed letters will
be sent to the dead letter office if not
called for in ten days. Say "advertised
letters” when calling for them at office:
Peter J Anchnum, Capt W F Adams,
Philip Brown, Haly Brooke, Phil Brown,
Mrs Mary B Brown, Henry Blunt, Mrs
Eula Carter, James Carter, J K Carlton
Milton Copeland, Jack Commore, Miss
Jennie Collin, C W Calloway, J J Duke,
Barnard Gaitwood, Fannie Glover, W T
Hick, Harrg Harris, A E Horne, Mrs
Jane Jones, Mrs J F Kiddoo, Mrs S J
Kenmore, Mrs Marnevi&h Miller, Miss
-Sal lie Page, Heyman Pitts, Thomas Ros
ser, John W Roberts, R E Stacy, A A
Self, Miss Mondia Startley, Amelia
Thomas, Mrs Fannie Miller, Miss Addle
West, 4th class—J M Cherry, J F Den
nis, W T Jones, F U Paine.
J. t C. Roney, P. M.
Americus, Ga., June 10, 1891.
In MeroorJom*
JJMrs. Mary K. West, wife of Mr. J. H
West, departed this life May 29,’ 1691, at
the age of 48 years. She was a devoted
wife and a kind and affectionate mother.
She leaves a husband and 6even children
to mourn her death.
During her illness which lasted several
weeks, she suffered the most excruciat
ing pain, but amidst it all she never
murmured against the will of her God;
calmly and ifnplicitly resting upon the
promises of the crucified One. That
super-human power in her soul, born of
God, enabled her to exclaim ‘ All is
well!”
What a life the Christian lives!
What a death the righteous die!
Oh that all infidels and skeptics could
witness the scenes that surround the
death-beds of such a servant of God. It
seems to us they would be fully persuad
ed t^hat the ‘‘Curtain will surely Rise,”
and that to the Christian it rises upon a
glorious eternity, never to fall again.
She was an active member of the
Methodist church and did a noble york
both in the dmrch and Sunday school.
She possessed especial talent for in
structing Children and the most touch-
ng scene of her death-bed was when
her little Sunday school class would
come with tearful eyes to bid their
loving teacher a lust adieu. She would
often ask them to sing to her the old
Sunday school songs, but in the effort
their little hearts would break down in
grief and they would have to depart
from her in silence.
Sister West did not confine her Christ
ian work to children alone, but many
grown people all over the country point
to her as their guiding star to the ‘‘Lamb
of God that taketb away the sins of the
world.”
To the loved ones mourning her death
we would say: Let not your heart be
troubled; you believe in God, believe
also in his son Jesus Christ, and then
when life's ocean wave shall have fallen
asleep on eternity's peaceful bosom, you
will meet her in that house “not made
by hands, eternal .and in the heavens.”
She is gone; gone forever from earth
but she is gone to a far better realm,
there to live a life of joy and peace
forever.
Live on, sweet saint, live on,
\s long as time shall las*.
Enjoy the *>e*ce by earth unkn won,
Until this life be past.
Sing on the song that thou didst sing
With children and with' men;
J Invoke the angels and thy King
To bless thy mortal kin.
Praise on the God whom thou dld*t praise
Wnile life on earth en-lured;
To Him thy notes in sweetness raise,
For now thou art from sin Recured.
Strive on, thy guadian spirit, strive,
With al 1 thy friends below;
And may they all at last arrrve
At thy divine abode.
-W. H. Hiller.
A box of Ayer’s Pills has saved many
a lit of sickness.. When a remedy does
not happen to be within reach, people
ara liablo to neglect slight ailments, and
of course, if serious illness follows they
have to sutler the consequences “A
stitch in time saves nine."
The Lightning'* Work.
While Tuesday’s thunder storm was
in progress the telephone in Mr. L. B.
Bosworth’s store was struck by light-
THE COTTON TIE DUTY.
The protectionists are hard pressed
for arguments with which to prove that
their last advance of tariff rates has not
resulted in an advance of prices to
American consumers After the elec
tion they get out to show that “McKin
ley prices” were cheap prices, and
through their newspaper organs they
may think they have done so, but so far
as they have satisfied republicans it has
been by shameless perversion of facts
and downright falsehood. This game
may work very well until the campaign
of 1892 opens, but the democrats are pre
paring for another educational cam
paign. The farmers’ alliance and peo
ple's party likewise, are going to edu
cate the people in regard to the tariff,
and the sophistries and lies of the pro
tectionists’ party will be fully ex
posed.
The New York Press recently essay
ed to tell its readers "How the cotton
tie duty works,” and in doing so assert
ed that “since the McKinley bill was
passed cotton ties have been selling at
$1,10 per bundle, whereas the price be
fore that event was $1.20.’’ Speculat
ing on this alleged fact it easily arrives
at the conclusion that "the broader
market and larger trade assured to
American manufacturers by the new
duty enabled them to put down the
price, take a small margin of profit and
still make money.”
So much for the statement of a * pro
tectionist organ. Now for the facts.
The Charleston News and Courier lias
taken the’pains to submit this state
ment to a firm in Charleston who deals
largely in cotton ties, asking for an
opinion as to its correctness. The let
ter written in reply contains an instruct
ive array of facts and figures, which may
be summarized as follows:
In the fall of 1688 the prices of cotton
ties in Charleston ranged from $1.10 to
$1.20 per bundle. In the fall of 1889 the
range of prices was the same; Now we
come to the period of the enactment of
the McKinley tariff hill.by which the im
portation of cotton ties was practicably
prohibited. The bill was passed in Oc
tober, 1699. In the November following
the price of ties advanced to $1.40 per
bundle, and in January to $1.45. Of the
prospect for this year the writer says:
“As I am informed now, there are no
English ties offering, and cannot be un
der the present tariff. The best offer I
know of now from American manufac-
WILL LObL NO TIME.
President Polk aro Congressman Jerry
.Simpson of the farmers’ alliance have
gone to Wisconsin for the purpose of
uniting the industrial organizations of
that state with the national alliance so
that they will work as one body in the
coming campaign.
They will make several speeches in
Wisconsin and then take the stump in
Illinois, Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania,
New York and New Jersey where im
mense mass meetings will be held.
President Polk who is the head and front
of the national alliance says that arrange
ments have been made through the pres
idents of the state alliances to have
meetings at several points in each of the
forty states during the next four months,
with the view of making the power of
the alliance as a political organization
•felt at the elections in the fall.
It is evident from the extensile ar
rangements which have been made to
place hundreds of speakers in the field,
that the new party leaders are deter
mined to lose no time in organizing their
forces so ks to be ready for the cam
paign of 1892. The New York Herald
seems to think that the people’s party
will wield more power in American pol
itics within the next two or three years
than either of the old parties are in
clined to admit.
It is safe to say, however, that in the
fall elections in Ohio, Iowa, New York
and other states the country will be able
to form a very fair idea of what the
strength of the new party will be in the’
presidential fight.
AN OLD STORY RETOLD.
The birth of a child without eyes in
New York last week, recalls an almost
forgotten story told on the Washington
correspondent of the New York Mail
and Express. One night some years
back, a report drifted into the editorial
rooms of one or two of the Baltimore
papers to the effect that the tattooed
woman in a Baltimore street museum
had given birth to a tattooed child. The
correspondent of the Boston Globe
wired that paper to learn if it wanted
The story. Promptly the reply came
over the wire: “No, we have an able
liar of our own.”
Dojr* Hare Deteriorated.
While the grander sort of <log has
been morally degraded by being turned
into a useless lackey, the breeds that
have hapjjened to suit the capricious and
errant fancies of animal pettens have un
dergone a still deeper deterioration. The
sleek pug, for instance, on whom is often
la vished such a wealth of feminine fond
ness, has long since become perfectly
aware of liis new function in the house.
He knows he is the first pet, and he ig
perfectly happy in tjie fact. His mind
seems untroubled by any recollection of
a higher .estate. He has lost the an ient
desire of the species to be man’s loyal
servant. He may, jierhaps, if you happen
to call aj the house and find him in ex
clusive possession of the drawing room
make a pretense of resisting your in
trusion. But his Sybaritic habits are too
much for him, and presently he sinks
in voluptuous slumber ou the softest of
sofa cushions. These spoiled creatures
learn to Lake the fondlings bestowed on
them as a matter of course. They are
wholly undemonstrative, and perhaps
the most flattering tiling thafccau be said
of them is that, unlike their rival, the
cat, they do not simulate a tenderness of
which their heart is wholly destitute.—
Comhill Magazine.
Good and passable roads, w ell regu
lated and high graded schools are bless
ings to any country and will prove the
salvation yet of this southern section,
because the people are coming to a rc-
tuTers is $1.29 per bundle delivered here 1 alization of the importance of both,
in Charleston. This is the price in car-1 Governor Northen, of Georgia, a most
load lots.”
; sensible and practical farmer, says that
There is a striking divergence be-j farmers would not be deserting the
tween this statement and that of the
Press. The latter makes the rather in
definite statement that “cotton ties
have been selling at $1.10 per bundle”
since the McKinley bill was passed. The
Charleston merchant says they have
been selling at from $1.40 to $1.45 per
bundle, and that now they cannot be
had for less $1.29 in carload lots deliv
ered in Charleston. If this is the cost
to the merchants in Juno what will they
be sold for in the fall? Probably they
will cost the planters about $1.90 per
bundle.
The Press boasts that the southern
cotton growers “do not pay any duty on
ties, but buy American made goods on
which there is no duty.” This is all too
Din*. The electricity was com muni- ^ McKioley prices for foreign-made
cated to the wire strings of a guitar,
which a negro was picking near by, and
the negro was considerably shocked.
He threw the guitar about ten feet, out
into the rain, and those who saw him
say he was as badly frightened as they
ever saw a darkey.
Sarsaparilla belongs to the sraiiax
family of plants, and is found very gen
erally over the American continent; but
the variety that is richest in ipedlcinal
properties is the Honduras root, of
which the famous Ayer’s Sarrapavilla is
nfiide.
Died.
Mrs. John Colvin died at her residence
on the east end of Lamar street at 4
o’clock Tuesday morning and was
ties have compelled the planters to pay
McKinley prices for American made ties
in preference, unless they choose to
make such a sacrifice for principle as
they did in the case of cotton-bagging
and boycott the protected manufactur
ers.
The Press is right when it says that
the new duty has assured to American
manufacturers a “broader market and
larger trade.” And they may be relied
on to make the best of their opportunity.
They did not bear the expense of the re
publican campaign without the expecta
tion of reaping their reward, which they
are now doing.
ANCIENT AND MODERN MORALITY.
There is a prevalent idea that morals
It Should he In Every Hmue.
J. B. Wilson, 371 Clay 8t, Sharpsburg.
Pa., says lie will not be without I)r.
King’s New Discovery for Consumption,
Coughs and Colds, that it cured his wife
who was threatened with Pneumonia
after an attack of “La Grippe,’’ when
various other remedies and several phy
sicians had done her no good. Robert
Barber, of Cooksport, Pa., claims Dr.
King’s New Discovery has done him
more good than anything he ever used
for Lung Trouble. Nothing like it. Try
it. Free Trial Bottles at E. J. Eldridge’s
drug store. Large bottles, 50c. and
$1.00. 5
buried at 8 o’clock yesterday morning, i are more lax now than they were in the
in the old cemetery, Rev. A. B. Camp- * good old times” of which our seniors
bell officiating. Mrs. Colvin had beeu tell us. but evidences crop out occasion-
very sick for about two weeks and al- ally which go to prove that this is not
though her death was expected, it w.4s a j altogether true.
An ancient document which may be
gray and - used a proof that *onr forefathers
were not altogether sanctified has re-
sad blow to those who knew her best.
vith
A fact that all
many s||aded whiskers should kn
that Buckingham’s Dye always colors ! cent jy been unearthed
an even brown or black at will.
ural districts for the cities if there were
more good roads and good schools in
the country. This is a hint the alli
ance should take; The road and the
school house questions are vastly more
important than that of the sub-treasury.
The sooner that chirae-a is repudiated
the better. There are many ways by
which the alliance may be of real of ben
efit to the farmer. If it should come be
fore the democratic party demanding
a platform favoring better roads, better
schools and better tax laws it would
have its own way.
A br
<*» the burning d»-cK,
Unwl el.v, too, ’tin raid.
For. with the fast approaching fi.true,
Hb elder* quickly tied.
Ho many now in peril stand,
Urmindiui of their fate,
Till, step t»y step. Grirn heath comes on
Aud then, ala*! too .at»-!
How wiser, surely, woum ,tseem.
V>*hen Vila approacn we see
With "Pierces Pellets" w*-l! !n hand,
To vanquish old •*(». D.“
Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets have remark
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will be a present help in time of need—
cheating the doctor and robbing the
grave. As a liver pill, they are unequal
ed. Smallest, cheapest, easiest to take.
One a dose as a laxative, three or four as
a cathartic. Tiny, sugar-coated gran
ules, in vials; 25 cents.
To make one pound of honey the bees
must visit from 90,000 to 200,000 dowers.
pale
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it cheerfully refunded.
The coffee palaces of Melbourne, Aus
tralia, are said to be the finest in ‘the
world.
a letter to
the Rev. .Samuel Niles, a noted Massa
chusetts clergyman of 1793. Tiie letter
relates to a ticket in the Washington
hotel lottery which the writer had been
directed to purchase for Mr. Niles and
five other prominent elevgymen who
had formed a sort of syndicate for this
investment.
The Massachusetts clergymen of that
day were notoriously strict on points of
theology, and very severe on sinners of
every variety, but they don't appear to
have considered that there was any
thing reprehensible in lotteries
The difference between then and now
seems to be that there is in the present
day less of dogmatic proscription and
more condemnation of tilings really
harmful.
Ask your druggist for Cheatham’*
Tasteless Chill Tonic. Distinguished
from the old original by the word
“tasteless” printed in red on all cartoons
and labels. A new departure, but the
result of years of careful examination
and study. *No cure no pay.” Take it
ami be flippy. 6
The frequent discovery of lour headed
snakes in North Carolina seems to indi
cate that the governor of South Caro
lina has been paying visits to the gov
ernor of North Carolina
John J ayuawker Ingalls denies the
report that lie is going to be made a
clerk to President Harrison in accepting
v cabinet position. The latest rumor
is that he has found a more profitable
job and has agreed to write about 1,000
words for the New York Truth each
week upon political subjects and to
allow his name to appear as one of the
editors in consideration of $25,000 a
year. In the meantime he will carry on
his farming operations in Kansas and
keep one eye on the senate where it
seems he has a desire to return.
B(:ul« Them Work.
While returning from Europe the cap-
-tuin told mo a story of how he once
utilized Hindoo superstition to have his
ship worked. He was in command of
an Indiaman, and the majority of the
crew were Hindoos. As long ;is the
weather w*as warm they cheerfully did
their work, but when a cold storm came
u]) they positively seemed to shrivel, and
within a short time betook themselves to
tiie hold, from which they could not tie
driven by threats or jiersmisions. The
captain was at his wits’ end, but sudden
ly a bright thought struck him. <Ie re-
iqemtiered the Hindoo horror of the pig,
contact with which means loss of caste.
There happened to be a well {ed jiorker
on board, which he took from its pen,
tied a rope to its leg and lowered it into
the strikers* quarters. The effect*was
electrical. With a wild yell every man
rushed to the deck to avoid contact with
the unclean animal, and *there was no
further difficulty in getting them to
work in the coldest weather.—Interview
in St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Hunt's Cure is the greatest remedy
for skin diseases ever known. Ring
worm, itch and all kindred diseases
positively and permanently cured. Your
money will be refunded if it fails. Price
50 cents. o
Schweinfurth, the profane preten
der to divine power, has been promptly
run out of Kansas City, but whether the
people of Kansas City objected to his
principles and practices or because they
did not wish to harbor one who was so
foolish as to think he could establish a
Heaven in Missouri, does not appear,
Cheatham's Tasteless Chill Tonic,
same as the old except in taste Sweet
as honey, but gets there just the same.
The babies cry for it. Buy a bottle and
see them smile. Guaranteed to cure.
The Washington Post makes a clever
suggestion when it calls attention to the
difficulty a clergyman must find in sup
porting an heretical family upon an
orthodox salary.
The emperor of Germany carries a
chip on his shoulder. The heir apparent
of the British throne carries a box of
hips” in his portnmnteau. As be
tween the two, tiie German seems to
have the besr. of it, for no one is in
clined to rako in his particular chip.
Use Cheatara’s Tasteless Chill Tonic,
better than pic, but it breaks the chills
off and no mistake. Guaranteed to
cure. 0 C-12-w4t
* Men Are Alike About Fires.
“There is one thing,” said the man
from the upper part of the state, “which,
I find, shows that we aro all of the same
blood. It is a fire. Of course, when
there is a fire in a country town we all
go to it. It is a rare thing, and we find
it a feature of the season. Besides that,
we generally take a hand in hauling out
furniture or making ourselves useful in
other ways. Now you New Yorkers get
just as excited and interested over a fire
as we do, and your fires are so frequent
that they have not the merit of novelty,
while you know that there is nothing
whtch you can do to be of service, be
cause your police and firemen will not
let you get near the blaze. But I notice
that you all, boys and men, go chasing
after a fire as fast as your legs will carry
you. You have only to hear the clang
of the engine to see a running crowd, or
to catch sight of the smoke and away
you go, following in the wake of younger
and more agile men. That’s just what
we do in the country.”—New York Tri
bune.
Thfl Greatest Traveler*.
ih ;»oint of actual distance covered, the
greatest traveler in the world is said to
lie Chief Engineer Sewell, of the White
Star fleet, who is well known in this city.
While in charge of the engine depart
ment of tiie vessels of that line, notably
the Britannic, Mr. Sewell completed 132
round trips between Liveri»ool und New
York, traveling the enormous distance
of 818.4(H) nautical or 941,000 standard
miles, nearly four times the distance be
tween the earth aud the moon. This is
said to be only about two-thirds of the
total distance traversed by Mr. Sewell
since he liecame a seagoing engineer.
• Chief Engineer Kitchen, who was in
charge of the Adriatic’s engines for six
teen yeara. but who now • superintends
the Britannic’s, boasts a similar record.
He has made 154 round trips between
Liverpool and New York and has travel
ed over 954,800 nautical miles, or 1,100,-
000 standard English miles.—New York
Times.
First and Last.
The increasing prevalence of the scien
tific spirit, with its passion for exact
statement, makes it more and more nec
essary for men to say precisely what they
mean and nothing else.
“What is your last name, my little
man?” asked the new teacher.
“Tommy,” answered the boy.
“Indeed! What is your full name?”
“Tommy Jones.”
“Then Jones is your last name.”
“No, ma'am- excuse me. When I was
Ixirii my name was Jones, and they
didn’t give me the other for more than a
month.”—Youth’s Companion.
Hurt.
A firm in this city imports large quan
tities of bort. "I did not know until a
few weeks ago,” said an official of the
custom house, “what liort is. Bort is
the small fragments removed from dia
monds in cutting. When too small
jewelry it is used for powder. The
sparkling jxjwder is often sprinkled on
the heads of society belles, and their hair
sends forth sparks as from a thousand
miniature diamonds. Edison uses a
great deal of l>ort in the manufacture of
phonographs.”—New York World.
After the Paille.
Miss Neverpay—Why does paw look
so glum, maw? Did the bauk he keeps
his.money in fail?
Mrs. Neverpiiy—Worse. The bank h®
is supposed to keep his money in didn
fail.—Good News.
A Safe Rule.
New Cqok—Do ye put pertaties on to
boil in cold water er hot?
Old Cook (trained by her m’htressr"'
Phwich ivtr way is th* most tbraable Cf>
be th* roight way.—New York Weekly*^
