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About Schley County enterprise. (Ellaville, Ga.) 1886-1??? | View Entire Issue (Sept. 16, 1886)
SCHLEY 25 EC •"d EC 3D s A. J. HARP, Publisher. THE LABOR PARADE. CELEBRATION OF “LABOR DAT ' 111 THE LABOR UNIONS. September Hixtli to bo nn Annual Holiday Hereafter In tbo United Ntutcs. “Labor day,” which is to be a penna- prut annual institution in Boston, was inftugurated by the Monday workingmen of tliat city and suburbs in an impres- * was an hour to ]mss a given point. Tho pro- cession, in which was represented all the Jewed Inhering interests of (lie city, was re- by Mayor O’Brien on School street, and was ‘witnessed by thousands of nelsons who crowded the sidewalks along the route. In a narrower street the crowd seriously encroached upon the of wav of the procession The afternoon was devoted to athletic sports, clambakes, dancing. THE day IN new YORK Tins being . a , legal ., holiday, ... set . apart . . by the legislature for the laboring classes, it was celebrated by a monster parade by thedifferent labor organizations, in the evening by a picnic. Every trade wns represented constituted, in it the is procession, said, of which was between 15,000 and 30,000 workingmen. J. P. Archibald was grand marshal. The pro- cession was reviewed by Mayor Grace, Hcv. Dr. McGlynn, Rc V : Dr.'Derrick, a prominent and colored Robert Blissert. preacher; Henry George Brooklyn’s , procession. Tiie workingmen of Brooklyn, and Wil¬ liamsburg, also, paraded in honor of the laborer’s national holiday. The pa¬ rade was under the auspecies of the Cen¬ tral labor union. It was estimated that about 18,000 men were in line. All trades were represented. The procession marched to Myrtle avenue park, where speeches were made and dancing and ath¬ letic sports enjoyed. THE DEMONSTRATION IN BALTIMORE. The demonstration of the Knights of Labor was the largest of industrial class¬ es ever witnessed in Baltimore. In the early forenoon the sky was overcast, giving promise of rain, but that did not prevent the gathering of the working hosts. In many parts of the city build¬ ings were decorated. The gathering took place in east Baltimore, the right of all the divisions resting on Broadway. The line was composed of eight divisions, preceded oi' by a platoon of police under command Marshal Frey, and through¬ out the entire line were flags and floats, suits. representing the various industrial pur¬ The line moved at 1 o’clock, and moved through the principal streets to Druid Hill Park, where speaking took place in the evening. It is estimated that 15,000 to 18,000 workingmen and women were in the procession. Rarely in the history of Baltimore has anything attracted more attention. On Baltimore street, which the principal procession thoroughfare passed, through the business was almost entirely suspended, and the sidewalks were so crowded that pedes- trinnism was almost impossible, The line of street cars traversing the selected course of march, was withdrawn, and all sorts of vehicles were obliged to find other channels. It is impossible to esti¬ mate the number of people on the streets, but for two hours before the time ap¬ pointed for the line to move, the streets in every direction resounded with the music of different assemblies, making their way to the general rendezvous on Broadway. From one end of the vast column to the other, most perfect order was observed, and it rarely occurs that a finer looking body of men is to be seen anywhere. Every industrial avocation in the city was represented, and there were large numbers of visitors, principally from localities within the state of Mary¬ land, but there were some from Washing¬ ton and from near points in Pennsylvania. All the appointments were arranged and carried out with good taste, and the oc- <radon, the first demonstration of the bone and sinew of Baltimore, will long he remembered. CHICAGO’S CELEBRATION. The annual street jmrade in this city Monday was the most noteworthy ever made by the labor organizations of Chi¬ cago, of both in point of numbers and point equipment. The day was warm, but perfect in nil other respects for street display. The column began moving at 10:30 o’clock, and marching steadily was two hours in its passage. The column was divided into nine divisions, and close computation places the number of march¬ ers in line at between thirty and thirty- five thousand. A feature of the parade each was division remarkable uniformity shown by of marchers, the latter all being equiped with canes, and generally wearing color. slouch hats of a c^rk or grey All trades marched iu columns of fours, well closed up, and generally laritv. moving with great precision and regu- One column of five hundred employes of bank and safe manufacturers wore white tiles. A column of journey¬ men tailors, numbering one thousand, wore white derbys, and presented, prob- nl, lv the finest appearance of any distinct body of marchers. The American flag was carried by each division, and there were very few mottoes or banners borne m the columns. Onc of the trucks in line carried the figure of a twenty foot punt by the stamping figure of out Chinaman. cheap labor, idealized The eorsion a pro- display concluded with an almost endless of manufactured goods. APPOINTMENTS. T he following appointments have been mafic by the President: Thomas F. Tobin, ri Tennessee, to be surveyor of customs lor the port of Memphis, Tennessee; nomas C. Manning, of Louisiana, envoy extraordinary ii of and minister plenipotcn- iry the United States to Mexico; ' 11 a U'xpan; Drayton, of South Carolina, consul ' Charles H. Simonton, of > d liBr.cston, istrict judge S. C., to he United States Carolina. for the district of South I onset Matron —Lovv, I have just ’' * n this newspaper the Czar as beiu<j mown up by being late for dinner. ‘ufferent viTT Most married men meet with s fate. THE TENNESSEE LABOR UNION. I» !« Coins lo Slake War on the Convict Let. ■re Iritom. Mr. John C. Hook, of Memphis, presi- dent of the State Central Labor union, is i in Nashville, Tenn., to attend a meeting of the Central Labor union, which con- vened in Simmons hall. | I Lt answer to the question: » nut are you going to do in your , meeting?’ ! He said the union . was a strictly busi- system, and will suggest to the legis- laturc the adoption of a system of work- iu ff convicts on the public to ads. He says he wants it distinctly understood that the union is not making any per- sonal war on the lessees but on the ays- ; tern. The body made resolutions urging laboring men everywhere to support men f °r the legislature regardless of party affiliation who will oppose the continuance of the lease system. Mr. ? ,ook ha - VH that tb thorough ? unlon i aims at secur- ln throughout » a more the and that organization state, the UDion w jH S00 n include farmers and mechanics a | so gj nx, MAYFLOWER maXiLUWM AHEAD > . BeaUjUenMMmtnUnU*** n , „ t b, 12 On _ Tuesday the great race for the America , cup took place between the English cutter Galatea and the Boston S,0 °P Mayflower. The start was made at 10:30 off Bay Ridge ° m the New York harbor. At the start the Bostonian was about 1 minute ahead and finished with vvim n a beautiful ueauuiui leau. lead )h finish the grandest . was marine spectacle ever seen in New York liav. Surrounded by nearly five hundred steam and sailing crafts, the Mayflower came tearing along through the narrow path of water and crossed the finish line amid the tiring of guns, the screech of whistles, and the waving of acres of bunting and handkerchiefs. The Galatea received as , hearty . welcome, , when , she , arrived, . , and . a when the judges told Lieutenaut minutes Iienu and that he was beaten twelve two seconds, he laughed and shouted hack: “I thought it was half an hour.” Three cheers and a tiger were given by the yachtsmen for the gallant little Irish¬ man and his charming wife. Both yachts proceeded to their anchorage off Bay Ridge. EL COYOTE AT WORK. The X exienn Inhabitants Cireatly Exer* ciceil. The Galveston News’ New Laredt special says tliat great excitement Sunday pre¬ vailed in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, evening, wounded soldiers, over the arrival of returned three who had just from a fight which the government troops had near Sause, thirty miles distant,with the revolutionist forces under command of El Coyote. The fight took place about sun up, in which the government troops were worsted, having two men killed and three wounded, besides several cavalry horses shot. Volunteer companies are being organized for the momentarily protection of the city, as an attack is expect¬ ed by the forces under El Coyote. Re¬ inforcements of eighty soldiers are on the train from Monterey, which is due at 8 p m., but it is and apprehended destroy that railroad Ei Coyote be¬ will reach the fore the train can get in. A SOLDIER IN STATE. Thousands of People Viewing the Remains of (GeneralCheathnm. All day on Sunday a seemingly unend¬ ing train of people passed through the capitol, at Nashville, Tenn., where the remains of General B. Frank Cheatham lay in state in the chamber. The floral decorations were most profuse and ele¬ gant in character, including one large piece from Geo. H. Thomas Post G.A.R. The local military, the Hermitage Guards, the Burns Artillery, and the Harding Ar¬ tillery, were on guard during the day. The surviving Mexican Veterans of this vicinity visited the capitol in a body to view the remains of the comrade, as did the surviving members of his staff during the late war. There was almost a total suspension of business during the hours of the funeral on Monday. The funeral was the largest ever seen in the history of the city. Very many soldiers from a distance attended the funeral services. Ltl-RONTMO CAPTURED. The following telegram, confirming the press dispatches announcing the sur- render of Geronimo, was received at the war department from General O. O. Howard: “Fort Mason, San Francisco, Sept. 7, 1886 .—Ad jutant General United States Army, Washington, I). C.: General Miles has returned to Fort Bowie with Natchez, son of Cochise, Geronimo and Ids brother, with three other surrender Apaches, all as prisoners of war. The was unconditional. Captain Lawton is following the remainder of the hostiles, thirty-six adults and three children in all. TUB REMPON8H TO THE QUEEN, The president has sent the following reply to Queen Victoria’s telegram of sympathy for the earthquake sufferers: ‘ Mansion—Washington, “Executive September 4, 1886.—To Victoria, Queen and Empress, Balmoral, Scotland: Your majesty’s expression of sympathy for the sufferers by earthquake is warmly ap¬ preciated and awakes a grateful response in American hearts “Grover Cleveland, “President.” MOULD*RS ON A STRIKE. A strike of all iron moulders in Patter¬ son, N. J., is in progress, the men hav¬ ing quit work Monday morning. They ask for uniform wages of $2.50 per day Three hundred men are out, and in con sequence of their action five hundred helpers are out of employment, The strike causes considerable embarrassm to iron and locomotive industries. ELLAVILLE. GEORGIA. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 16 188 C. l MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC. Mrs. Lan.itky and hor dramatic company ttr<> to sail soon for Ameri a I _ Dumas A NEV in ; V P ollab. lu y Uboim ration written by Alexandre with Mellhac. i M iss M ary Anderson announces that she will spend the autumn season traveling in Ireland. New York City pays *18,505for fro- out- door concerts in the various parks this sea- son. and Boston *3,000. Miss Julia Wheeler, late leading lady '«* Uk - | I r is said that Mr. Wilson Iia rett’s scenery and properties, which he will bring to this '' ol "“ * itry with him from London, wiH occupy a of3l0to f and^ig. ! provincial Del Puente season, with rtiz. Ituncia asothorsof his leading principals, Bernhardt will play but fourteen weeks in this country, and will repeat none of her “Us Sphini, ’ ’ Tnd 1 Bartley Campbell, the dramatist, still continues to play billiards with Joe Dion at Blno uingdalo Insane Asylum, New York cit X- nnfl »d is in oherenfly about his plays and dramatic company, c >vnr Leo Tolstoi, the Russian novelist, brandy Ku^ian by iegcnds^i'cVing to* tile'invention of the devil. His Satanic Majesty plays an important role in the drama. M -K. I’att, .e ently entertained Henry tar AM>oy, Welsh the American castle. She theatrical kept the manager, America at n.l i who IlysZXi iv£ ffi royal style her. n J:ls over sixty seivants to wait upon A unique musical organization will be heard in Boston this winter in the star course. The Alpine Choir and Tyrolese Company America and will make their first appearance in present one of the peculiar aud fascinating of Switzerland programmes can devise. that only the people A comic opera Gmdon will be produced in a few i weeks at the Gaety call -d-‘Dorothy,” ^Venture of tMs P pTXffi.n uvIdchwi'lTbe mounted under the care of Mr, Charles Har- ris) will be a chorus of the oldest and ugliest women to be found in London, who will be favored damsels as a 1 foi of L and opera co “ bouffe. tr ast to the well- HEWSY GLEANINGS. Omaha’s population is SO.000. There are 725,000more females than males in England. j Apples are falling from the trees from premature rot in Indiana. i Astrologers are about to pick out a wife for i he Emperor of China. The Church of Rome has declared itself posit/i: eiy aaaiust cremation. v\ hite woodchucks have been seen the past summer in Reddiug t jwnship, Ind. , Modoc County, Cal, has just paid a bounty on 30,000 rabbit s alps, amounting to In a convict camp in Georgia there are t 8 ^?r vict, ' ofwbomthirtjr ‘ It is estimated that the proposed bridge across the Hudson River at Foughkeepsie will cost $10,000,000. The drought has caused a largo redu tion in nearly all the field crops throughout the Dominion of L anai la. During last yeir, 770,000 carcasses of fro on mutton and 003,000 of domestic sheep : were consumed in London. An Indian runner recently traveled from i the Clip mine to Yuma, Cal., a distance of I seventy-five miles, in saven hours. | M’&SSUlX&tt&SKBS 4-1,000,000 bushels less than last fine years Rev. A. IC. Nelson, a Presbyterian „ min- ister, who died at Chambersburg, l’a., re- pied eently hus at pulpit the age in of that ninety-three, place for had oeru- than more sixty years. A peach of the late Crawford variety S^*!5»lXn.*gJ«S5E raised at Vacaville, Cal., is exhibition on at San 1 1 ,.mis.o. THE FIRST SPIKE. Tracklaying on the Georgia Midland Railroad had its formal beginning President at Columbus, Ga., on Monday. Jordan, of the construction company, drove the first spike at 12:40 in the pres¬ ence et quite a number of citizens, among whom was Mayor Grimes and sev¬ eral members of the council. Track- laying will now be pushed forward as rajndly The as possible. of the Georgia Midland directors railroad met and called for the first in¬ stallment of twenty-five per cent, of the subscription to the stock. Old, But Good. “Ycr Honor,” said a visitor in the Mayor's office, “me name is Patrick Mur- pby, and I live in East Boston. The rain has come into me cellar an’ me chickens are drownin’.” “Ah, indeed J” said tha polite attend Mayor, “The Fire Department will to your case. ’ “Me name is Patrick Murphy, an I live in East Boston. The rain has como into me cellar, an’ me chickens are drownin’,” repeated Patrick to the Fire Department. seethe Street Commis “Vou should ’ sioners, Mr. Murphy.” answered the Fire Department. Patrick repeated his case to the Street Commissioners, and after- ward returned to the Mayor. “Yer Honor, me name is Patrick Mur- phy, an’ I live in l ast Boston.” “Oh, yes,” said his Honor. “I remem- ber you perfectly. Didn't I tell you to go to the Fire FomliZnars.^ Department?” 1 ^ the Street “And what did they tell you?” asked the Mayor. “Why, they said: ‘Why in the dick- ens don’t you keep ducks ?’”—Boston Journal. She Had a Coal Mine. Be entered the office of a capitalist in Richmond the other day and quietly in- quired; much would vein of coal half “How a mile broad a mile long, a quarter of a “"“AhouldS*iS !oOO,Tn!t ? if’you want more exact figures, and will give me the location, I think I can t, Colonel, inter _ “Oh. no, Jocan marrjfhcMnyself there.” w Toon as theTara can take me out fearful that And he hustled out as if (he capitdist ndcht. locate the widow and t..C spot. — M ull S rcec News. The Highway Cow. The hue of her hido was dusky brown, He body was loan and her neck was slim, One horn was turned up and the other turned down, She was keen of vision and long of limb, With a Roman nose an I a short stump tall, And ribs like tho hoop? o ’ a home-niado pail, Mnny a mark did her laxly bear; !Sbo had been a target fof all things known. On many a s ar the dusky hair Would grow no morn where it once had grown; Many a passionate, parting shot Had left on her a lasting spot. M my and many a well-aimod stone. Mnny a briekbat of gixxl size, And many a cudgel swiftly thrown Had brought the tears to her loving eyes, Or had bounded off from her bony back With a noise like the sound of a riflo crack. Many a day hud sha passed in the pound For helping herself to her neighbor’s corn; Many a cowardly cur and hound Had been transfixed on her crumpled horn; Many a teapot and old tin i«iil Had the farmer boys tied to her timeworn tail. Old Deacon Gray was a very good old man Though somewhat templed to lie profane When many a weary mile he ran To drive hor out of the growing grain; Sharp were the pranks she used to play To gat her fill and get away. She knew when the deacon went to town; She watched him wisely as he went by; He never passed her without a frown And an angry gleam in each angry eye; Ha would crack his whip in a surly way, And drive along in his one-hoss shay. Then at his homestead she loved to call, Tiffin Lifting - his ids h«r baio with with crumpled t, l horn, Nimbly scaling the garden wall. Helping herself to his standing corn, ’ .... ln , us ' aj ,, ia . “ “® s °“ e ^ one ’ Hurrying home when her work was done. UU human l ,M » ions WBre Q uick to rise ’ And striding forth with asavage cry, With fury blazing from both his eyes, As lightnings fla-h from the summer sky; IWder and redder his face would grow, And after the creature he would go. Over the garden, round aud round, Breaking his pear and apple trees, Trampling his melons into the ground, Overturning his hive of bee3, Leaving him angry and badly stung, Wishing the old cow’s neck was wrung. Tho mosses grew on the garden wall, The years went by with their work and piay. The boys in the village grew strong and tall, And the grav-haired farmers passed away, One by one as the red leaves fall; But the highway cow outlived them all _ Chicago Ledger. STORY OF SILENT JOE In the year 1867 a young man named Charles Miller left Hartford, Conn., for the west. At Buffalo he fell in with a man calling himself Henry Davison, and the two traveled to Chicago together, Miller had about $300 in cash with liim, whl!e Davison „ had , . only , a , few shillings , left when they reached Chicago. The '<*■« ln “ M •** •» while the latter, who said he was a butcher, decided to remain in Chicago , work at his trade for time. .. They an “ a took quarters together in a cheap hotel, and, to further reduce expenses, they , oc- cupied one bed. ' °“ th ° •%* Mfca Miller w„, to tan for the far west, and as they were about ready to go to bed, he took out and counted his money. He had $390.50, aud, knowing that his companion had but a dollar or two, he handed him a $10 bill. “I won’t take it from you except as a loan, ” said Davison. “That’s all right,” replied Miller. “I shall write you, and whenever you can spare it you may send it along.” “But you don’t know me; wo have been together only a few days.” “I can tell a square man on sight. Put this in vour wallet.” While Miller was rolling up his money Davison got up and passed behind him. All of a sudden Miller lost consciousness. In the summer of 1869 the writer was one 0 f the inhabitants of a mining camp on the Purgatory River in southern Colorado. One day a tenderfoot reached our camp. Ho was a Veritable iMrerrow ; n general appearance. He hadn’t a shilling in money J nor an ounce of outfit, and , when , wc came t0 Question him it was discovered that he was only “half baked.” He gave his name as Joo, but j, e j iac j nothing else to tell. When asked what h,s otb(jr namo wa8 ’ ^ her ^ ca „ ™ from, how he reached j us, &c., he looked f r0 m face to face in a vacant way aud shook his head. We were not the kind of men t0 turn a cha P |! kc that loOSC be scalpe l by the Indians or to perish of starvation. We made him wash up, p U t on ^e garments we contributed, aud aftBr h( ' bad f> 1 a a Q— -al he looked and acted like a different man. One of my two tentmates was an old sur g e on from Ohio, and, as we had roomy quarters, he suggested that we take Joe in. The suggestion was adopted, and he was installed as cook and laundry- man. He was a very willing hand, and when his work at the house was finished he stood ready to help us at the mine. g 0 f ar speech went, we got no more out of him after a month than on the first day. He called every meal supper, He called every article of w sh a shirt, Every day in the week was Wednes lay t0 him. I could say to him, “Here, Joe, fetch a pail of water.” and he would take the pa Hand hurry away, but if I sail, “Now, Joe, what State do you hail ^ be wonld stand and stare at me with open mouth. The miners played many n joke on him, and some of them were pretty rough ones, but no one ever saw him get angry. When wo found that he would not answer questions put to him verbally, wc triod him in writing. If, for instance, we wrote the query; “Wiirc do you live?” lie would take the pencil, as if about to reply, but before he could make a mark the idea would slip away from him, and he would sadly shake shis head aud turn away. One day, when he hud been with us about six weeks, I entered the tent and saw the surgeon cutting Joe’s hair, which was very long and unkempt. “Say, I’m right about this fellow,’ announced the surgeon. “Howl" “Why, I’ve had an idea for a month past that he lost his memory through some injury to his head. Here’s the trouble. He has received a blow right here, and a portion of the skull is press’ ingon the brain. I’ll warrant he was as quick-witted as anybody bofore this hurt.” “How long ago was it inflicted?” “A year or more. An operation by a skilful surgeon would restore him to his right mind.” While that may be so, the chances for it were extremely dubious. We wera charitable as far as our means would al- low, but we were all poor. When Joe had been with us about two mouths a miner was one night robbed of his little hoard ; then a second was robbed of his provisions ; a third had his revolver stolen ; and men came to us and de- olared their belief that our Joe was tho guilty person. Wc could not believe this, but agreed to watch him. For several nights we took turns at spying, but, while he did not leave the cabin, another theft was committed. For a month we were completely upset by the mysterious doings around us. On two occasions some one prowling around at night was fired on, but he got safely away. In spite of all we could say the suspicion kept growing that our Joe was the guilty party. We let men into tho cabin to see that lie did not leave his bed, but it so happened that on those particular nights no deviltry was committed. It was suggested that he be driven out of the camp, and when we re¬ fused to countenance any such step, two- thirds of the camp held aloof from us, and reports were circulated to our detri¬ ment. Onc morning a miner, who was sup- posed to be the richest man in the camp, was found weltering in his blood. lie had discovered a man in his tent the night before, and had boldly clutched him. In the struggle he had been stabbed in three places, and was severely though not mortally wounded. The sur- geon was called to dress his hurts, and in his presence and that of a dozen others the wounded man declared that he had recognized his would-be assassin as our Joe. All of us had slept soundly that night, and while w r o believed in Joe’s in¬ nocence, we could not be positive tha# he had not left the cabin. The , knocked , . off work , miners and , went , growling around, , ’ and . about , 10 o’clock the , forenoon „ in a rush , was made , for , our cabin. , . They . had , determined , , . . to , . hang Joe. T The three of , us got out our revolvers , to defend , . , , him, . and f the angry mob , was , held , , at bay on ’ the slope , , for a few , minutes. . We . had . placed , . Ji T inside, . .. and ,, bad . noticed ...... that I o he did not , seem a , bit .. alarmed. , . rrri While i we were , holding the ., mob . and . parleying , . Joe r climbed , , out . of , window . . on the ., a other side and was running away when th y caught sight of him. Such action seemed conclusive of his guilt, and pur- suit was instantly made and a hot fire opened. Joe ran straight for a cliff about thirty feet high, anil as he reached the brink he threw up his arms and went over. Wc picked him up off tho rocks below seemingly dead, and tho revenge of the crowd , was satisfied. a- 45 i An a hour u i later, a when , the surgeon announced i a* that * Joe t still lived, y there 11 was some growling, i• i but. . no one interfered with us as we bore the bruised and broken body to our cabin. It seemed to mo that he was comjiletely smashed, although he had no large bones broken. On the third day after the accident Joe opened his eyes, and we saw that he was conscious. Twenty-four hours later he asked the surgeon where lie was,what had occurred, and why Davison was not there. Then we all knew that our Joe had got his right mind back. It was a week before wc questioned him. Then we learned all I told you at the outset. Tho last thing he remembered was counting that money in Chicago. For two years he had been like a man in his sleep. When the camp got hold of all the particulars everybody was Miller’s friend, and particularly so as the real thief was finally discovered and punished. Miller remained with us until spring, and then set out for thc mines on the Upper Arkansas with some of our boys. In a camp not twenty miles from us he saw and identified Davison, who had been there for a year. The miners would have lynched the fellow, but he cut sticks too rapidly, and a week later his dead body was found in a gulch two or three miles away, where the Indians had tumbled it after securing his scalp .—New York Sun. They are making an artificial litho¬ graphic stone in Germany, SCIENTIFIC SCRAP8. The bed of the ocean, saya a foreign writer, is to an enormous extent covered with lava and pumice stone. Still more remarkable is it to find the floor of the ocean covered in many parts with the dust of the meteorites. It is estimated that when the Lick telescope shall bo finished and set in position it will have cost $164,850. Tho observatory dome will cost $56,850, the mounting $43,000, the visual objective $53,000, and the cost of the photographic objective will bo $13,000. An examination of 10,000 prescription: by English physicians haa shown tho drugs most used to be chloroform, bromide of potassium, sal volatile, glycer¬ ine, syrup of orange peel, wine of ipecacuanha, sulphate of quinine, bicar¬ bonate of soda, carbonate of ammonia and bicarbonate of potash. Tho quantity of poison conveyed in fangs of venomous snakes appears to be very small, but of very powerful quality. Dr. Vincent Richards of Bengal mentions a krait which quickly killed three men and seriously poisoned a fourth by bites gwen in rapid succession. lie estimates that the reptile carried eight grains of liquid venom in its poison glands, which are smaller than thoso of the cobra. A girl from Bath, Me., had scarlet fever while at boarding-school. She re- covered and went home, and a trunk containing clothing worn while she was ill was put away in the garret. Six months afterward two littlo children playing in the garret opened the trunk and took out some of the clothing. In a week both were taken very sick with scarlet fever, and one died. No other persons in the neighborhood were ill. A Frecnh geologist has called the at- tention to the effect gravitation has in heaping up sea water about the land, The continents are thus all situated at the tops of hills of water; and in cross- ing the Atlantic ships have first to go down hill, then to cross a valley, and finally to climb another hill. The calcu- lation lias been made that in mid-ocean the surface may be more than half a mile below the level it would have if the con- tinents exerted no attraction, In a recent geological paper, Prof. J. Starkie sketched the value and import¬ ance of the grasses at the present day, rema king that they occupy under culti¬ vation one-third of the entire area of Europe, inclusive of lakes and moun- tains, while, exclusive of malt and ltuous drinks distilled from them, their products to the value of nearly one hun- dred millions sterling are imported an- nually into England alone. There are over 3000 species, fitted to occcupy most diverse stations and to overcome nearly every kind of vegetable competition, with the result that about ninety-five per cent of the plants growing in ordi. nary meadow land are grasses. Getting His Ride Free. Some of the funniest scenes about Washington are found in the street cars, an 1 there is no better place in which to study human nature. All classes ride in them from the Cabinet Minister to . the .. : 1 .... the department, ^ . and - T I have messenger in , had , at time a3 my companions one a General „ , of ,,, the Army, the Chief Justice of „, tne Supreme Court, a letter .. carrier, a ’ ’ dressmaker , , and Sam Randall. , ,, _ I ride down town . m five cent every morning a _ Herd ic and , _ I often , , have the chief . . of . a great Government _ Bureau seat- b as my mate. _ He , well , , known through- , is a man ° out the country, and , receives . a salary of J f y ear ^ have notice t lat , e a ‘ alwa >’ s takes his seat nearest the fare box Bnd that he bu y s a P acka §° of six ticketa for a ( l uarter when he sit8 down ’ takes pains to offer to pass up all the fares and l luts tbem int0 thc box for his fellow P a330n « er8 ’ Whenever a nickel 5s 8 iven hira he chan « e8 U into his P ock ' ct and P uts into the box onc of hi3t,ck ' 3tfl, , so that when he has received hve . , he ticket . , ahead. . , He thui . nickels is one gets . his , ride ., free.— . Washington . Lett&r. ® J — ____ Diamonds. ..g raall diamonds are all tho go now," aa id a Maiden lane dealer to a New York Mailamd Express reporter. “It is strange, to 0) because prices have decreased al- most 50 per cent, within a decade. Peo- p| 0 w jj 0 formerly desired nn eight or ten carat diamond, are content now with a two carat. Rubies have almost taken the place of diamonds—they are more valuable, and always iu demand. Because diamonds are easily imitated many peo- pj 0 buy the bogus, wear them awhile and throw them away. They make a great mistake, for one genuine diamond, ii j ir g 0 enough to be of great value, is an heirloom worth preserving. The diamond fields of Africa have caused prices to go down.” The Ruby at the Head, It is a popular error to suppose, says an article on jewelry, that the diamond is the most valuable of the precious stones. The relative value of the fiuei gems places thc ruby at the head of the list, giving the diamond second place, and lollowing it the supliire. What are known as perfect diamonds are not un- common, but a perfect ruby has almost a fictitious value in the market, as it is generally held at any price the ownei sees fit to ask. One very choice stone a little larger than an ordinary sized cherry pit is valued at $7,000. VOL. 1 . NO. 51 . Life's Magnet. Not that I love life’s troubles and ohagriw Do I so cling unto this mortal sphere; Hut I hive friends that are to mo so dear Aloof from them death e’en in life begins. Oh, I would have my loved ones ever near. Whore I can see their faces, hear their speech; Nor harsher penance for my earthly sins Than endless severance could our pulpits teach. Else could I oft, hard battling In the world Welcome, yea crave for, death’s everlasting truce: Itejol o to see the hostile banners furled, Jly weapons broken and no more of use; And lio down calmly In my final tent, Safe from the strifes that once my spirit rentt —Tudor Williams in the Current. HUMOKOIH. A drink for the sick—well water. Those who toil and spin—The bicycle riders. The great woman question—“What did she have on?” A Kansas cyclone is spoken of which was so terrific in its fury that it blow all the keyholes out of the doors. An observant writer says that few men know what to do with their hands. They lhould offer them to some nice girl. A cynical old bachelor says: “Ideas are like beards; men only get them when they are grown up, and women never have any. “For a young woman to begin to brush the dust off a young man’s coat” is said to be the first symptom that the young man is in peril. The whale is a warm-blooded animal, we are told, and he resembles a small boy in another particular, he is very much given to blubber. A little girl was sitting at a table op¬ posite a gentleman with a waxed mous¬ tache, After gazing at him for several moments she exclaimed, “My kitty has got whiskers, too.” Lightning struck a hall where some of Wagner’s music was being rendered, and the leader of the orchestra merely mo¬ tioned to the man at the big drum to hit it more gently the next time. “Why, Franky,” exclaimed a mother at the summer boarding house, “I never knew you to ask for a second piece of pie at home.” “I knew ’twan’t no use,” said Franky, as he proceeded with his pie- eating. _ Wild Hunters, One traveller tells of having witnessed the pursuit and destruction of a large Jeopard by a pack of wild dogs. Whether j or not the dogs had set out with the in- tention of capturing the leopard, ho could not tell. He saw them start up the great cat in a low jungle. The leopard made no effort at first to fight off its assailants; but with a series of pro- digious springs, sought shelter in the only refuge the plain afforded—a tree which hud partially fallen. There the hunted beast stood, snarling and growling in a manner that would have frightened off any ordinary foe. The savage dogs, however, never hesi¬ tated a moment, but with agile leaps ran up tho sloping trunk, aud gave instant battle to their furious game. One after another, the dogs were hurled back, each stroke of tho terrible paw making one foe the less. Yet they continued to throw themselves against the enraged creature, until, wearied by the contest and wounded in fifty places, it fell from the tree; when, still struggling, it was quickly torn to pieces. It must not be supposed, however, that the wild dog usually prefers as formi¬ dable game as the leopard. A sheep-fold is always an attraction too great for the wild dog to pass. And now, after calling this wild hunt¬ er a dog, I shall have to say that it is not a dog at all, but is only a sort of cousin to the dog, and r ally a nearer relative of the hyena, though it so resem¬ bles both animals as to have gained the name of hyena-dog. Its scientific name is Lycam venaticus; and besides the two common utmios alreaijy meirc i oned, it has half a dozen more.— St. Nicholas. The Engle nnd the Tortoise, An ea g*° once se zed a tortoise, carried 5t to a g reat height in the air, and was about to let it fall. But the tortoise, faking in the situation and seizing tha eagle’s thigh with his mouth, quietly remarked: “You are such a delightful companion that I couldn’t think of part- in 8 with J 011 y et - Now > if 1 were n bet- ring man, I’d wager two dollars that y ou take me to the ground and set me doWQ gently. By the way, what do you think of vivisection. ?” When the eagle had deposited his burden with '°ving gentleness on the grass he soared awa y> a sorer but a wiser bird. Moral: This fable teaches how foolish it is for a conductor to try to put a pas¬ senger off a train when he has a free pass, —Life. ___ Keeping Abreast of the Market. Possible Customer—What does a first- class funeral co t, Mr. Layemout? Mr. Layemout (undertaker) — Why, none of your family are dead, are they? P. C.—No, not yet; but the old lady has bought a kerosene stove, Johnny’s got a new bicycle, and my oldest daughter is k eping company with a Pittsburg dude who carries a hair-trigger pistol. It’s well enough to keep abreast of the market,— Judge,
