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SCHLEY COUNTY ENTERPRISE
A. J. HARP, Publisher,
THE COTTON PICKER.
THE TEST PRONOUNCED A ORAM)
■iDT CESS IIY A COMMITTEE.
The rrlnlof the .Vinson < on.m Harvester nt
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The success of the Mason cotton picker,
wliirh was 8. indisputably C., to-day, demonstrated in
Sumpter, in planting signifies a now
mi cotton and the harvest-
ing of the crop. Whilst the machine
. snoot jet be termed a complete success,
m i ii is so nearly perfected as to satisfy
i.i^ io saw it work to-day, that in
tune it will supersede manual labor in
eat lining the staple from the stalks,
n u nil ligid practical tests were made
m the presence of representatives from
m u ml lim ing cotton exchanges and
others. 1 he New York cotton exchange
u;,s represented by Messrs. It. H. Round-
t ,( T, L. I . Lathrop a nd Thomas 31.
Iootc, president, A.. W. Tuft, of the , U u
Charleston chamber of commerce, ami
nearly a dozen prominent citizens of
that place were present, as were also
Colonel I). F. Duncan, president of the
Ninth Carolina Agricultural and Me-
chunical society; W. L. Langtry, of
Newark, N. I.; Captain F. W. Dawson,
editor of the Charleston News and
Courier; J. I). Jervy, collector of the
port dents of of Charleston, besides correspon-
northern and western newupa-
juts. Mr. C. T. Mason, the inventor of i
the harvester, was present, but did not '
operate the machine.
test occurred at 11 o’clock in
three acre field about one mile
town. j he party of visitors spent
and XStiJS&SLrlSXZ. the inventor explained the
structure
< I the harvester, then it was brought
ind Uo mules was hitched to it. The
' -sentml principle of the machine is . the
operation into the cotton plants of a
number of stems or fingers which are so
constructed ns to discriminate between a
fibrus and a non-fibrus. These stems
are small hollow cylinders about an inch
m diameter and about eight inches long
in the surface are punched a multitude
of keen teeth, which are set in elliptical
shaped openings. The points ot the
teeth being in the openings, a e protect-
cd by the sides of the openings and
being introduced into the cotton, plants
bolls, pass harmlessly and over the leaves and open
cotton, transfer sieze promptly on the open
of the machine, it whence to boxes_ it is on converted the sides
by carrier belts to bags, which are sus-
pended at t e back of the machine,
T he stems rotate around the cylinders at
the same rate of speed as the plants
move backward through the machine,
thus preventing any injury to the plants,
i he rows of cotton between which the
machine passed were about four feet
apart. The plants were only moderately
well fruited, the stdks containing im¬
mature owing bolls to the and much dried ieaves,
A large protracted dry spell.
partly opened percentage while of the bolls were
many others were
burst with the filmy white substance.
The harvester worked exactly seventeen
minutes and some three or four long
rows were almost cleaned of the matured
cotton. Such bushes as were passed over
wliite were pods pretty well robbed, but a few
hiders. escaped the keen toothed cyl-
It is estimated that some eighty
per cent of the cotton was bagged at the
expiration of • the seventeen minutes,
The cotton was taken from the bugs' and
weighed and was found to weigh forty-
right pounds. Nearly operation all the practical men
Who watched the of the pick-
or. are satisfied that it can pick two
thousand pounds of cotton in ten hours.
v r
asked Mr. Langtry, of New York, who
is a distinguished mechanic, what he
thought of the invention, and he said:
“Of course, it is not yet perfect, but,
StfP* ............lx. p.r-
» u one winch an inventor has yet hit
“ilwii. This harvester, when made per-
I" !, will supercede human Beings ascot-
o.ii biik pickers. The members of the New
cotton exchange, while not so em¬
phatic in their praise, are, nevertheless,
tavorably impressed with the device as
0110 of the greatest inventions of the
a f? e - The inventor has lately devised
-i veral ingenuous improvements, which
he thinks will do much towards perfect¬
ing the harvester. The harvester com <om-
p »y gave a banquet to the distinguished
vi-itors and a number of eloquent
speeches were made by Messrs. Round-
trie nnd Foote, of New York ; Captain
Davidson and Colonel Smith, of Charles¬
ton, and several other gentlemen,
oliieial report will be submitted to the
hew \orlv cotton exchange.
THE STRIKING BREWERS.
imaili.* Beer to bo Shortened la lu
h„pp. t .
'll the brewers in Detroit, at a meet-
. 1
! ’ ld t> consider the strike on the
b.nM brewery, th> second teraost in tlio
l i1 .v, and the fine imposed on that com-
f decided unanimously to organize
i riii purpose if resisting any and all
tation by the brewers union, or any
1 ‘her labor organization. It is thought
i . nil ;il’!e h that a strike will result, in
I"- " other industries would be involv-
fi-i'i-sted. ri icralhundred mTi aredhecriy in-
.
I neeordanee with the decision of the
■'•"cries, announced last nicht the
"rinlT'uJT nil. ill mimbering t ni five hundred, .., have been
Py?l’ rle ‘ ors sa J he . v ,
1Ult -1 -
ow dictation by uny union, ,
1 ' 'STedfi’hf ! 86 ^ ThCy 8 w/wlTree haV V '
- • laiK "UK n of n Z many ' d outside , 8ecurcd concerns T to
bcer ,0 Detroit during the
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APPOINTMENT of a judge.
O’xTT _ /a,
Governor wT^hi f f lahamu l a PF‘^-
'i -fumes -
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A COLLEGE STUDENT SHOT.
A Fatal Tragedy at Chapel Mil, North
Carolina.
At the State university, Chapel Hill,
dent Saturday from night, Jacob A. Freeze, a stu-
Rowell county, N. (J., was
shot through the heart and instantly
“a P ,“f ng •«»'■
lage. negro living In on the outskirts of the vil-
the earlv part of the night C
there was a quarrel bet ween negroes
by a man named Brewer students? and young young
Freeze and two other It came
to the ears of the president of the uni-
boys versify, and ho succeeded in making the
go to bed. Later at night Brewer
and other negroes had had another dis-
pute with two other students, cursed
them and threw stones at them. These
students repaired to the university and
Induced Freeze and three others to get
up and seek redress. They went to the
stood negro’s house, and while two students
at the door calling to the inmates,
they .*•*.j were .............. fired on from „vui the mu upper u rr v ‘ win- *****
flows. Freeze was shot through the ‘
heart and died in a few minutes. This
occurred about one o’clock Sunday morn
ing. The faculty of the university and
the mayor of the town held an investiga-
tion. It was found that Brewer and two
other negroes named M oore and Je-se Ilar-
ris, leading criminals, had fled. Search for
them has been made in all directions
without avail. The students had not
been drinking. The matter is undergo-
ing full judicial investigation,
FREE MAIL DELIVERY
What It Costa to Uellver the Mail In Some
l itioa.
tem , has madediis annual report to tin
postmaster general, showing the result
0 f the service for the year. The numhei
0 f cflires wheie free delivery existed was
|81, employing j. 4,841 curriers. The nu i -
ber of i ette 8 collected and delivered dur-
j n g q le was twelve hundred and six-
u > cn millions, the number of postal card-
t h re e hundred and forty-one millions;
newspapers, three hundred and ninety-
two millions. Total number of pieces
handled, nineteen hundred and fifty mil-
lions, or 40.20 thousand by evciy carrier,
in increase of two hundred and five
million pieces over Inst year. The cost
0 f delivery per piece handled ranges
from oae )U h 1 four tenths mills at Chicago
nn( j Kansas Citv to three and six tenths
at Providence,~R. I. The expenses of
the free delivery system in round num-
hers at some of the most important cities
are as follows: New York citv, $040,00.0;
Philadelphia. $4-17,000; Chicago,
000; Boston, $292,000; Brooklyn, $177,-
000; St. Louis, $165,000. In the mini
her of pieces handled the above named
cities take rank in the following order
New York citv, Chicago, Philadelphia,
Boston, St. Louis, Brooklyn, Baltimore
A PANIC IN CHURCH.
Attempt to AasttBsinato a PolUta Priest In
l’lttaburg.
Intense excitement prevails among the ,,
Foli-h residents of Pittsburg, Pn., over
iln ®beged atti mpt who to presides assassinate Rev.
l ather Miskewitz over the
hide Polish church at the Lea<l of Fif-
teent '> street. It occurred about eleven
oc J ock Sunday, while he priest stood
before the altar. Mass had been aid and
the father ha 1 juet turned to a I dress the
congregation, when crash came a bul-
l<* ' hro ugh a window on the south side
° f the church and flattened itself against
8 ? lld WilU ° n the opposite side. For
a minute confusion reigned in the
church Women screamed, choir boys
szzfts&’sr&x'tfsi where w.
from e f
the *°wed fact that great the coo ness ^withstand r™ithstnnfUmz n
JJo the .treet and into the yard of the
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P an8 U:
SHOT HIS DAUGHTER IN THE ARM.
Friday night a young lady, Jennie
Ramsey, of Savannah, painfully G>h, dtd
ol age, was shot and ~
by her father, Charles R«m»ey, a steve-
dore It appears that Ramsey had been
under the influence of f linnnr liquor He He went went
home early in the evening and proc cd-
ed to his room and got his pistol. As Do
entered the hall, his daughter, started who Hail
been in an upper room to come
downstairs. Her f «^ e r suddenly turm
the shot^The girl involuntarily ’raised
her arm and the hall entered it just be-
low the elbow, inflic ing a Ke 1
fatal wound, ,.
not : h left
ment she would have been nit mine , „ leit
breast. After she was shot, Miss Jennie
nl8 j led on ], er father and prevented rime Sever- him
from shooting her a second
a l neighbors meanwhile rushed m. n
j s said that Ramsey had been wounded
„bont his daughter’s conduct, and had
fi ee n brooding over it, and did not know
what he was doing when he shot. Others
state that he mistook his daughter fora
burglar. There is some mystery about
the'case, “ ’ but. Ramsey has not been arrest-
skekino_OHEAper ---2 VioTIdhh batkv Rates.
At . fhio - HverTool ■ f . i,.
8 « un t ? a of “fv, the ( K lines he 1!
nt Chicago, , on Vrr ],{
of the Riverside ., mills, •,,, at
nropnetor appeal for lover
Augusta, ’ Ga.. made an
conon produ ts manufac-
fired. He claimed that New England
mills could buy the raw material ...
Georgia, h ’ Ship it to New England and re-
B J . artirle to Chicago.
Jt here at price* with which
southern manufacturers could not com-
ne c. Officials replied that this vraa due
re, the action of southern roads, aud that
th» Ohica*ro di^dv^Vge- manufacturer bcing^ was placed charged at
to 40 per ceuf higher rates than
eastern Sn compentors. S It was decided to
in reducing the rates until
ELLAVILLE. GEORGIA, THURSDAY. OCTOBER 1886.
t
KNIGHTS OF LABOR,
THEIR MEETING IN RICHMOND,
I Virginia
|
j have In consequence been raised by of the the questions of which
colored presence Far-
rell and other delegates to the
general g° owderl assembly { at Richmond, Va„ Mr.
J , a Mer written to the preM) 1
says among other things: “As I am rc-
tion, sponsible for a great deal of the agita-
it ia is lx,,f but proper that i I ohnnhi should Ka be
permitted to speak to as large an
audience as that which listens to those
who have criticised, misconstrued and
distorted the words and ideas intended
to bo conveyed by my utterances of Oc¬
tober 4th, when Francis Farrell intro¬
duced me to the meeting assembled in
the armory. I stated to the meeting that
it was at my request that Mr. Farrell, a
duced representative of the colored race, intro¬
me; it was left to mo to make the
selection, and I did it after mature delib¬
eration and careful thought. Both white
and black claim an equal share of the
protection afforded to American labor
and both mechanics must sink their dif¬
ferences or else fall a prey to the slave
labor now being imported to this country.
Had I selected a colored man to intro¬
duce Governor Lee, it would have been
quite another thing. coming It is pcrhjps time un-
fortunate that our was at a
when political excitement ran high. All
things wished served them. as excuses Now, for word those who
to use a as to
hospitality, We are here under no invi-
tation from any one. We came of our
own free will and accord such and gratuitous are paying in¬
our way. those Therefore, offered few mis¬
sults as by a
chievous meddlers are not in order a d
do not admit of defense, even though
given in behalf of the laws of social
equality. I do not hold the people of
Richmond responsible for the ill-action
of the few who saw menace in our every
every action. The treatment received at
the hands of citizens generally has been
most cordial. If during our stay ar.y
representative shall conduct himself iu an
unbecoming manner, he alone will be
held responsible for his action.
To the convention, I say let no mem¬ free¬
ber surrender an iota of in ellectual
dom because -of any clamor, Hold fa t
to that which is true and right. Tii
triumph of noise over reason is but tran¬
sient. Our principles will be better
known, if not today, it may be tomor-
row. They can bide their time and w ill
some day have the world for an audience.
In the field of labor and American citi¬
zenship we recognize no line Demagogues of race,
creed, politics or color. the words of
may distort for the purpose
others, and for a time the noise of a vocal
bossman silence reason, but that which is
right and true will become known when
the former has passed to rest and the
sound of the latter’s voice has forever
died away, Then it will be known that
the intelligent, e lucated man is licit r
qualified to discern difference bet v . ■••i
right and privilege, and unwritten law of
social equality will be more rigidly ob¬
served than it is todaj - .
T. V. POWDEIiLY.'’
election oe officers.
At the afternoon sessiou on Wednes¬
day it was decided to divide the office of
general secretary and treasurer. Charles
H. Litehman, of Marblehead, Mass., was
placed in nomination for the of secretary
by James Campbell, of Pittsburg, Pa.
The nomination was seconded by Tom
O Rc.lly, of New York. The only can-
didate nominated m opposition was Jos-
was clectedJiy’more tlian^ltSO majority
Frederick sccTctarv^treasurer’ Turner the nresent Tominatfd general
was fo
general treasmer bv R F Trevillick ’ of
Detroit, and seconded by James E.
Quinn nomfn^ed of New York oimLitmn The oulv w^H candi-
date Onto nominate tin in opposition .
Breckmeyer, of New Jersey. Turner was
6 ^llal 1 otin(r'foi^niembers^of'tiiTexecutive theifbeiran
bond The following llViley, names
were Ohio placed in nomination: A. Tom
• T R McGuire Npw York •
O'Reilly, New York; Joseph Buchanan,
Colorado- Wm Zlsworti. H Mullen Richmond
Va \a., Ira Iran B Ajiswortfi, BaRimore Baltimore, John j
Howe, Massachusetts. An informal bal-
lot was taken, in which Hayes led in the !
of votes polled, with Parry sec-
ond Some delegates wan ed t, continue
voting, but a motion o adjourn until the
next Hay. was put and carried
he nomma ion of . ov, y
generaL master workman was made by
E F Gou d, of Indianapolis and sec-
0 nded by Tom O’Reilly, ef New York, j
both of whom arc telegraphers.
When the nomination and election of
general mmiter workmen were declared ;
chaTr The general'worthyffireman taking 1
his place. More than one hundred dele- j
gates shouted :
l }, the election made by .
‘' ave ace ama-
tion.” .
when M r. Griffith put the question,
tbere wa8 a storm of ayes. When the
ealied for, there was one
solitary “no.” It came from Harry
Reckmeyer, District who Assembly heads the delegation New
f rom 51, of
jersey. This delegation wears Harmony.’- a yellow
badge with motto: “Solid for
There was no candidate placed in
nomination in opposition to Mr. the 647
i y an d he received the votes of
delegates present. When Mr. Griffith
was nominated for re-election as general
worthy forpinan , the only candidate
nominated in opposition received was R. only Bennett, fifty
of Illinois. Bennett
votes, and Griffiith’s election was made
unanimous. There will be no
seeretarv T ^MeGaw the office
held by Homer L. McGaw, as as tne the
of an amenomen. to the 1 constitution. Mon
------------
. i ‘ salary.
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. Mapes Dodge has resumed
Mrs. Mary editor of St. Nicholas, (tub-
fi er duties as
lisbed in New York, while her evenings
R re engaged receivl* writing a new book for In ; i.
Mrs. DoSgc editorial work, a and salary of besides $5,000
f or her has .i
profitable ^ay blodt of stock in the C wit.,,-,
USB CLEVELAND TO RETIRE,
some One Else to Kdlt Literary Life-The
HPVPWBHVHRP PrriMtnl’t Oppoaitlon.
Rose Elizabeth Cleveland will cease to
be editor of Literary Life after a few
more numbers have been published. The
work has not been wliat she had expect-
ed, and she and Elder, the proprietor of
the magazine, have been iu hot water
from the start. She has found it difficult
* 0 edit in Holland and patent a periodical
P™*«1 and m Chicago a thousand mil s
away the reception given to her ef-
forts by the public lias not altogether
opposition pleased her. She lias had unremitting
to her career as a public lit-
erary woman from her brother, the presi-
dent of the United States. Indeed, it is
no secret among her friends that the
presidentoffered three to pay the expenses of
a continent years’ journey on the European
for herself and companion if
she would abandon her ambitious literary
projects. Holy Land lie and recommended a visit to the
far eastern countries. An
unfortunate reference in her book to a
certain religious sect led Mr. Cleveland
to view with alarm the publication of fu-
Eure products of her pen. He did all ho
could in decency to p event her nssociat-
ing but liers.lf he with tli Chicago publication,
was not informed of her intentions
respecting it until it was too late, and
the contract was made for six months.
His efforts to break the contract did not
succeed. Howeve , Miss Cleveland now
ends her connection with Literary Life
more for reasons of her own than for any
one else’s reasons. She is disappointed
with the magazine,disgusted with Elder,
and not any better off as to her pocket
than she was when she began. She pro¬
poses will to quit before things get worse,
and try nearer home next time.
A SAD CASE.
A Young Man Goe. (ra'/.y and Illoo In
Hampton.
A sad case is reported from Brook’s
station, near Fayetteville, Ga., of a
young gentleman named Win. A. Jack-
son, who was taken ill about two weeks
ago with what was thought to be typhoid
fever He was the bookkeeper for E. T.
Crowder, of that plane, and wns a young
man of He sterling had qualities and moral recti- and
tude. a room over the store
for several days he stayed there, thinking
he would soon get up. Last Thursday,
while his pu ( se was at 120, he got up and
went out over town, claiming that lie was
Jesus Christ, throwing rocks at people
on the in street, and with. abusing every one he
came contract He ordered some
boys to build a fire so he could burn
some of the citizens, claiming that he, as
the Lord, could puni-h the evil and re-
ward the go d. He defied any one to
arrest him, and securing some rocks with
which to defend himself, he went to the
church, sat down on the steps and pro-
claimed himself Lord of all. Finally he
went to the residence of W. G Bishop
and went to bed, where he remained un-
til this morning, the time if his death.
It has taken four men to hold him dur-
ing his illness, after he went to Bishop’s,
and his abuse, language and profanity
was almost unbearable. In trying to keep
him in his room, Frank Bridge received
a heavy blow iu the back from a chair
which in Jackson Crawford picked up. but His mother
lives county, came over
last wtek and remained with him during
liis illness.
WAS IT SUICIDE ?
t"lritr*e Devolapoients Broimlit Oat bj Ibe
Denfii ol K. 31. I'uige*
Mis , K(ta A , the <lu llter of 6
;ilinwit ghoe merchant, called at the
cottil ? e at Lakeview park on Wednesday
»’°rning, occupied by her fathers part-
m ®"cr ' r ’ !'' from M ‘ the W knock «“ d at ™* the vi front "K door,
^rd^n'the “ ad on the fl«mr floor. m °shfm She notified tit d 'n the ly,ng pro-
P lie,or ° f the h °“'. Mr. Forbes, who
sumln0 ncd , Coroner Marshal], ’ who held “
im ekt and a vwiict was rendere( ,
that Paige had aied from an
°' CI <los ® of °P i: ‘ tcs administered by his
XneihTthe ho!f ° f Mr ‘
A pci in the shoe bui, business, os and has be* | n
t “ Umb cr " f
J t,us - ,I( had tlle conhdence of . Mr.
Apel, who had a pretty aughter, who
the partner mtrodi cnl and fived at Lake-
P „„ and' r,, follow" . , 1 '!
u nunL u ]i J v embarrassed
ailment took over d 0 scs of morphine I
an< i would he f prostrated. He lived with
th( . lad c i ande8 tinely, and it was
not devel .ped until today that he was
not her legal | husband, ’ which she and her
fat}ier bot j, Dot tbe case
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A TIMELY iiincoveky.
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A girl named Hennessey, residing on
ZT thT^emer^ Tthe^ho^e’ ITy
Wednesd ay morning, opened a door and
found herself standing on the brink of a
cave in, about eighteen feet in diameter j
f and one e hundred n 1 K^ment feet deeD Ld The whole
m Q { he fallen into
workings S^till of Oakdale eollierv S’are The
bouse standing, but em
t( . rta ; ne( ] ’ not only for its safety but for
(h( , saft . t y 0 f ot h er buildines in the
neighborhood. People r are terribly J ex-
c ; ted>
death of jijdoe kef.
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Judge John J Key died^t hi. re»-
dent.c in W ashington, hi. Ky., in the seven
tieth year of age. He was a native
of Washington of county, ^ Kv., was a law
parf.ier Senator Yoorhees in lerre
Haute, Ind , anil was sent to England in
t870 to represent te Luite ( States in
cotton claims involvings large amount
of monev. He was a descendant of Chief
'
ia XR.rshaU ami whs distantly re-
ted to the author of the “Star Spangled
H e leaves a wife and three
children.
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NEW LUMBER COMPANY.
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The Birmingham (Ala.) lumber associ-
a ‘hall f, ion organized on Tuesday. J. B. >iar-
is president, and W K. Hill me-
tarv an( ( treasurer. The object is to
make „ n i| onu prices and to give stability
to the trade, and an advance of dob.
MUBDERED IN HER SLEEP.
A Bride Aaeaealnairil hr Home lohnovra
Person.
The most mysterious and ....... diabolical
crime souri ever perpetrated itted iu Big southern Mis-
mi'es was of com on Creek, six
ing, east Houston, Vlo., Friday morn-
at 8 o’clock, Mrs. Ella Williams,
bride of Half Williams, was lying asleep
by the side of her husbaud when some
unknown person entered , ... the bedroom , .
placed a pistol against her forehead and
sent a bullet through her brain. The re-
port, of the revolver awakened Williams,
but he had been ill for some time and
was unable to pursue the murderer. Two
men awakened, sleeping in an adjoining room were
also and immediately went to
the room fter procuring a light. The
young bride lay motionless on the bed,
blood streaming from her forehead and
her brains protruding from the wound,
The bullet had entered just above the
right eye and that organ had been forced
from its socket, and was hanging by a
chord upon her cheek. Search was made
f’>r the murderer, but he is still at large.
No motive can be assigned for the deed
except that some dis ppointed former
lover of the bride took this means of ro-
venge. Mrs. Williams, before her mar-
riage, was the belie of the county and
bore an irreproachable character. The
couple had been married two months.
SHAKING SUMMERVILLE.
Three Hooclia of Earthquake—Ne Damage
Hone.
There were three shocks at Summer-
ville on Friday night. Reports differ
widely as to the intensity of the shocks,
some residents declaiing that they were
more severe than any disturbance since
August 81, while others report that they
however, were slight tremors. No one was hurt,
and no damage done to prop-
ertj\
T here were no new earthquake dis-
turbnnces iu Charleston on Friday. Busi-
ness is steadily growing better. There-
ceipts of c (ton during the week ending
October 9 h were 29,757 bales as against
26,176 bale* in the corresponding week
i® 8 * year, and all the cotton presses are
Huntsman working on full time. The Steamship
cleared for Liverpool with
5,719 bales cf cotton. She was loaded
and cleared in five days. There could be
n0 better refutation of the charge that
Charleston’s facilities for doing bu iness
bave been destroyed by the earthquake.
Hie committees on relief are pushing
their work with great energy. They
acted today on about 200 applica.ions for
money to repair houses,
THE NEW YOBK alderman.
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Judge Cowing, on Tuesday issued a
bench warrant for Sayles, and other
boodle aldermen of New York will pro-
bably be required and in give a day bail or in two larger to
come to court
amounts than those under which they
arrested are now at Aldermen large. Inspector Byrnes Miller, re-
Farley and
with the intention of having them give
increased bail. Farley, at bis own re-
quest, was taken to the district attorney’s
office. Sayle is believed to have fled,
Ex-Aldermen Thos. Cleary and Wm.
p. Ki r k we re arrested and taken to the
district attorueyV'V.ffice. Judge Cowing,
af‘er listening to arguments pro and con,
increased the bail . in each case from
$25,000 to $40,000. Bench warrants
aie in the hands of Inspector Byrnes for
the remaining members of the 1884 board
who are under indictment and awaiting
trial.
A RELWIOIH INClDltBNT.
Religious circles of Birmingham, Ala.,
are dismissing an incident which occurred
Sunday of an unusual character. It is
well known that the Hebrews lmvo no
B y na 8°S“ e or of worshi .P. ? hich
prompted First the , Melhodist church , for denomination their services, to
tendert e
Se which thev accented and the sacred ser
8 c f the T sere proJesUnr^y held tlrere Dur
teg received these into services the Jewish faith by rabbi was
a
f CCUPJ ? l’ ulpitof a Pr ,°‘ estant mil '
later, which L was a remarkable incident. ,
^* rin U th « 8c ^ iccs one strifctly orthodox
Hebrew refused consented/ to worship in the church
but afterwards
THE DEAD BOMB* FOUND.
Sunday morning, between 2 and 8
o’clock, August Becker's residence and
tailoring establishment, at No. 67 Moore
street, Cincinnati, was discovered on
fire. Fifteen minutes was wasted in an
attempt to turn in the alarm, and by the
time of the arrival of the department the
, ace wgg thorou(fhlv c i eane d 0 ut. In
searching bcXs wi fmons ?3. the ruins two dead
They were those of
Margaret thif .ink, aged 60, and her daugh-
!he
but ha been unable to force their way
out th ough the smoke and flames. ^5,000. The
pecuniary loss will not exceed
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a SHOCK IN AUGUSTA.
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A distinct shock of earthquake was
felt in Augusta, Ga., at 1:10 Friday.
It did not resemble the former jars,
which seemed from to sway buildings, beneath but ap¬
peared to act directly floors
and difference jostling rather than shaking. by the entire This
was noticed
Chronicle and made force, who dash plainly felt the
shock a for the roofings.
The jar was not felt by the sleepers and
there is no excitement. Few people are
on the streets, This is the most distinct
shock felt here in weeks.
THE JASPER MONUMENT.
The treasurer . of , the , Jasmjr _ Monument
association, of Savannah, Ga., J.J.Mc-
Gowan, has submitted his report to the
$10,235.53 in T, the he , treasury a880C1 '’ t10 Negotiations " DOw h as
are now going on for building the inonu-
ment, which is expected to be in readi-
ness for unveiling on Washington’s next
birthday.
death of _ Robert h, maury.
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Robert H. Maury, of the firm of R. H.
Maury & Oa, bankers and stock exchange suddenly
brokers of Richmond, Va.. died
VOL. LI. NO. 4.
Why Maids Will Wed.
A good wife rose from her bed one inarm
And thought with nervous dread
Of the piles on piles of clothes to be washed
And the dozen of inou hs to bo fod.
| the meals to get for the men In the
■ .,
And .... the children f tofix away f . 8cho ° 1
’
And all the milk to be skimmed and churned;
And all to be done this day."
it had rained in the night and all the wood
Was wet as it could be,
There were puddings and pies to bake
And a loaf of cake for tea;
And the day was hot. and her aching head
Throbbed wearily as she said:
"If maidens but knew what good wives
know
The) ’d not be in baste to wed."
‘‘Annie, what do you think I told Ned
Brown!"
j Called the farmer from the well,
j And a flush crept up to his bronzed brow
J And his eyes half bashfully fell.
“it. was th e,” And coming near he smiled,
"It was this. That you are the best
And the dearest wife In town. ’’
The farmer went back to the field,
And the wife, in a smiling, absent way,
Sang snatches of tender little songs
She’d not sung In many a day.
And the pain in her head was gone and her
clothes
Were as white as the foam of the sea,
And her butter as sweet and golden as it
could be.
The night came down.
The good wife smiled to herself as she said:
“ ’T s so sweet to labor for those wa love
It is not strange that maidens will wed. ”
HIS DISCOVERY.
The Rev. Mr. Shaw contrasted greatly
wdh his surroundings Ins spotless cloth , ,
fitting so well his strong, manly figure;
his clear-cut, Grecian features, and dark,
wavy J hair thrown back with careless
£ racc from his smooth . brow. He „ was
visiting one of those wretched tenement-
houses used by the very poor, and be¬
fore him was a forlorn group. A widow
who had just buried her husband; she
had five helpless children—the eldest
six, the youngest a nursling baby, and a
pair of twins among them. The rags,
and, worse than all, the dirt of poverty
everywhere apparent. An expression of
almost sublime pity rested on the coun¬
tenance of the minister. The woman,
with her apron thrown over her head,
rocked herself to and fro, and wailed
forth her great trouble.
“Have you no friends?” asked Mr.
Shaw, in a low voice,
“Some, but as bad or wuss off than
us. Yes,” she said, looking up with a
grateful, bright expression, “there is
one—Lord bless her! who has done a
lot for me—Miss Mehitabel Sanks. She
sent medicine and the doctor to the
old man, and guv me clothes and
suthin’ to eat; and many’s the man,
woman, and child that blesses her for
taking care of ’em. Why, sir, she even
leaves little cards with stamps on ’em,
and Job Potter, who can write, sends
’em to her when we are in a very bad
state, and they aro always answered.”
After assuring her of his sympathy,
and that ho would do what he could for
her, the minister wended his way home.
Mr. Shaw was the rector of one of the
wealthy churches of the city, and Mabel
Lee was one of the parishioners. Her
face was Miufonna-like in its tender
curves and beauty, the large blue veyes
with just a tinge of sadness, the perfect
curve of the red lips, a faultless com¬
plexion, and blonde hair that was like a
halo of light round the graceful head.
But, ah, when she talked it was like a
damper, a mist on a beautiful picture,
marring the tints that otherwise would
have been perfect.
Absorbed in these thoughts he found
himself in front of Mr. Lee’s house, and,
obeying an impulse, he turned into the
gate, and was admitted.
As Miss Lee entered the parlor he
thought he had seldom seen a fairer
vision, and was vexed to feel his heart
throb more quickly and thrill with a
P Dleasure ‘ eaSUre that that be he felt feU must mU8t be ^ controlled C °
She greeted him with that easy grace
which was one of her principal charms.
“Ah, Mr. Shaw! I am so glad to see
you . I had a real spell of ennui this
ThU noVel *.
88 both her0 and heroine die in the most
provoking way, all because of some over-
strained idea of duty; and I was just
Wlsh,nf? . ,. ,hat ,. . some one wou,d , , COme 10
an<1 1 could ha Ye a cheerful little chat
to dispel the gloomy impression.”
“Then I’m afraid,” smilingly, “you
will not like your present visitor. I
have not come in a very cheerful humor;
and, besides, I wish to ask of you a
favor.”
“A favor! That is too lovely. Con-
gider js g rant . e d, even to the half of my
kingdom. I am truly glad that you
wish to ask a favor of me, because I d d
not think your opinion of me was suffi¬
ciently good for such a thing. Do you
know,” with a sudden droop of the eyes,
“that you always made me feel as if I am
doing something wrong?”
“Do I? Well, I shall give you a
* ol den opportunity now to redeem your-
8el1 - ! a have nave just J U8t been vis-tin-some of
those wretchedly poor families in
street,and I would like it so much if you
could interest some ladies in their behalf
_ visit theln and re lieve them.”
A look of consternation . overspread ,
her pretty face as she examined:
“Ob, indeed, you don’t mean for me
go there? How could I ever Ytaud
almost any tiling else. The dreadful
men and women 1 the odor: Ught’*
with i» shudder, “Ask me almost any*'
thing else.
"I really feel that I owe you an
opology for intruding such a disagreeable
subject, particularly after your nerves
were shattered with your novel. Good¬
morning;” and he bowed himself out
very abruptly, with a strange little p:«iu
in his heart.
Everywhere that he went in his charity
rounds he could see and fcol the influ-
euce of Alias Sanks’ good acts, She
seemed to be an angel of mercy wh#
never tired and who devoted her entir#
time to charity. All that she did was
marked by a practical good sense and a
depth of thought and feeling that he
could not fail to admire. Still he chanced
never to meet her.
One day when entering the postoffioe
he saw in advance of him the graceful
figure of Mabel Lee. She was unaware
of his presence, and standing idly be¬
hind her he felt as if he had received an
electric shock as she asked: 1 ‘Is there
anything for Miss Mchitablo Sanks!”
and then received and pocketed several
postal cards.
Acting upon an impulse, with a few
hasty steps he soon overtook her. He
was lost in a bewildering surprise. She
was the last person with whom he would
have connected Miss Sanks in any way,
and her great agitation as he walked be¬
side her increased his surprise. A sudden,
bright suspicion caused his heart to beat
almost to suffocation.
“Tell me, Miss Mabel,” he said, “what
have you to do with Miss Sanks’ let¬
ters?”
“I really can’t understand, Mr. Shaw,
what right you have to ask such a ques¬
tion. In all things spiritual I acknowl¬
edge your right, but in this instance you
forget yourself.”
“Tell me,” he said, with eager, re¬
gardless haste, “are you Miss Sanks ?”
A sudden burst of tears was her only
answer, as she hastily pulled down her
veil and walked silently beside him.
“So, Mabel,” he murmured tenderly,
“your heart is ns beautiful as your face,
though you have veiled your goodness
under an exterior of frivolity. This is
not the general rule of humanity.”
“Nevertheless, I have only been obey¬
ing your instructions. Don’t you remem-
that you some time ago preached against
ostentatious charity ? ‘Let not thy left
hand know what thy right hand doeth.’
I thought there was a world of truth and
force in it, and I have only practiced
whnt you preached. And now, Mr.
Shaw,” she said, with a demure glance
at him, “if you are done with my hands
I will not trouble you to hold them for
me any longer.”
“No,” he said, gravely, “I do not
wish to return them. My dear!” he said,
tenderly, “give me the privilege of own¬
ing them always. Won’t you, my dar¬
ling ?”
She hesitated ; then, with a lovely
blush and smile, she luid both her hands
in his.
“One for Miss Sanks—one for my¬
self.”
Preserving Eggs.
The followingis the “Havana process”
for preparing eggs, the formula • for
which has been kept a secret or sold to
persons who were willing to pay $2 for
it: Take twenty-four gallons of water
and put in it 12 pounds of unslaked
lime and four pounds of salt, Stir well
several times a day and then let it stand
and settle until perfectly clear, Then
draw off twenty gallons of the clear
lime and saltwater. By putting a spigot
in the barrel about four inches above the
bottom you can draw oil the clear water
and leave the settlings. Then take five
ounces of baking soda, five ouaces of
cream tartar, live ounces saltpetre, five
ounces borax and one ounce of alum;
pulverize these, mix and dissolve in a
gallon of boiling water, which should be
poured into your twenty gallons of lime
water. This will fill a whisky barrel
about half full and such a barrel holds
150 dozen eggs. Let the water stand
one inch above the eggs, Cover with
an old cloth and put a bucket of the
settlings over it. Do not let the cloth
hang over the barrel, As the water
evaporates add more, and the eggs must
be kept covered. '__
A Terrible Weapon.
What is in a police club? Usually it
is a useful piece of locust, but a ser-
gcant in the East Fifty-ninth Street
Station told me the other day that he
was presented with a day club which
ho did not dare to carry. It was
meant for use among the gangs, As
he twirled it nt the end of the leather
thong it wns a neat looking stick, not
easily distinguished from the ordinary
bub, but if a tough took hold of it to
wrest it away, four short, sharp, two
edged knife blades could be thrown
out on four sides of the club, to the
ruination of the hand of the tough.
How many policemen carry weapons
like that?— Brook'yn Etyle.
Use of Sulphur.
“What a b:id complexion Miss Sloaper
has I”
“Well, she ought to have, She’s all
the timi doctoring it. Actually, she puts
sulphur on her faCel”
“Sulphur! Wh it’s sulphur good for?"
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