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About Schley County enterprise. (Ellaville, Ga.) 1886-1??? | View Entire Issue (Dec. 2, 1886)
X L. ; 1 1 ■ V K n z % “ PS & ■ j\, J HARP, Publisher. tbe southern states. n ewsy items gathered up IN PARAGRAPHS. GEORGIA. From news received from different |.:l rts of North Georgia, the horse thieves lire working very successfully. The consolidated Dublin and with Wrightsville the Wrightsville road has N-en road. Colonel nud Tennille VVm. 8. Ropes, of tire Central, is in control. The impression lively is increasing for the presidency that there uill be a contest of the Central railroad, and the friends of ,j, ‘ L . 'tiealiy, present management arc working eu- e Ihe entire ] debt the Pandora, the on university annual at Athens, has been cleared off and steps are now being taken towards issuing volume It in the early part of next year. The western extension of the Amiri- C! IS, Preston and Lumpkin railroad will, in about a week, , , bn ready , for the rolling stock all the way to Antioch, a distance cf 48 miles. Tho end of this week finds twenty miles of track laid on the Georgia Mid- land railroad. The work is being pushed steadily, and it will not be many days j before regular trains will be running over the road. The contract for the Augusta and Chattanooga has been let, and five hun¬ dred men are at work. The line is to reach Gainesville January I, 1888. When thirty miles is completed, rolling stoch w ill be put on. The incorporators of the Sivannahaud ■ Western railroad company, chartered in 1885, and proposing a line of road from Savannah to one of three points named in the charter, Eastman, McVille or Lumber City, will meet in Savannah December 6th for the purpose of organization. John Ogletree and Kate Ellis, of Lou- isville, eloped Saturday. After riding over about half the county, trying to get some Rev. one to marry Sargeant, them, they came across Mr. the evangelist of the colored people, who tied the knot. bride's m^her wants them married m Mr. W. L. Byers, who resides ten north of Gainesville; lost his gin pounds by fire Saturday. He lost about of seed cotton and 100 of oats, besides six or seven bales cotton, which belonged to Mr. Lewis Keith. It was a totai loss, there being insurance. General T. M. Log in, Alfred bully and it. Face have purchased twenty-five shares of stock of the Richmond Danville railroad company, This them absolute control of the Rich¬ and Danville, settles all differences preserves and consolidates the sys¬ General Logan, who built up the system, but lost control in 1883, again- comes to the front. The Canadian Cst .rrli Cure, Nelson Jb McAfee, Proprietor-, premium of Atlanta, Ga.. has taken first at the Micon, Ga , Montgomery, All., and other state fairs. ALABAMA. Troy has received 21,000 bales of cot¬ ton this season. Thirteen new electric lights will be er ected in Selma at an early date. All gas¬ lights are to be disposed of. named Thursday Neilly morning found a negro dead trespasser of was on top Bir¬ a boiler st the Alice furnace, near mingham. Mrs Presley Perry, wife of one of the oldest and most highly respected citizens of Marion, was accidentally burned to death Thursday. Since the 80th of September, three new manufacturing enterprises have been itarted in Montgomery. They are a broom factory, a paper box factory and a sausage factory. Mr. Dan’lll. Workman, an old and respected citizen of Montgomery, com- mitted suicide last Saturday by taking an overdose of morphine. He washed and dressed himself for burial, and then took the deadly drug. The railroad commission' of Alabama submitted its annual report to the general assembly today. It says that more miles of railroad are now under construction in Alabama than at any per- i°d in the states history. , A who lias been living without man a I skull died Saturday at Hartsell, from the effects of a fall from a train. Up to the I hour of bis death, which resulted from I causes not remotely affected by the ab- I * brain 8D ? e of could a skull, be easily the convulsion discerned of and the its throbbing clearly seen. - 'ho* Stevenson, an employe Of the Lou¬ isville , and Nashville company, was un- loading yard a car of slag in the company’s engine at Birmingham. An approaching struck the car on which he stood, throwing the him forward on the track, and instant engine passed over his body, causing death. It is reported that Smith & Eastman, fl < Birmingham, have organized a stock company toc! with a million dollars capital ? L and will erect two large furnaces immediately, seriously The Sloss furnace company is considering n proposition of a aor dicrn syndicate, which offers two ®nd a half million dollars for the plant and ore lands. It is generally thought ., mt if tlio trade is consummated *ae aloss company will erect other fur¬ naces. I George Hart, of Loachapoka, the mur- derer of young Waldrop, is still at large. I 11 w; <» ascertained last Sunday that »as still iu the vicinity 0 f the crime, , ® citizens arrested a ne^ro bv the name j “ Anthony ho Williamson. lie told w was with George ou Sunday, > 6 they were to meet on a certain I * oiiiluy night, nnd on the Tuesday I ^'oiving iff*® they would go to Mr. (Join’s, UTI fcr and take his uiouev. A I f, 11 ro , ™*y 'J' oninu bad - hired since her ar g ted, I J?,* I , O go to Mr. 1 111 cider that she S ight open i| ,' Xir "lien they came Then the i| ^ to go to Mr. and Hay’s, the kill money, leave NOItl'li CAROLINA. A number of wild geese are reported on the Catawba river. The residence of Thonms Kiunear, ia Dublin county, was accidently burned with contents. Los#, $2,500; no insur- unce. A flat owned by Williams & Murchison, took tire a short distance above Wilming- ton. The flat and cargo of 124 bales of cotton and 1.H barrels of rosin, are a t««aUos» exet-pt ten bates of cotton and a few ............... barrels of rosin. Insurance $0,000. Governor Seales lias received official information from I\. I>. Pruden that the survey of the disputed boundary lino between this state and Virginia, has be- ^ uu ; ,e * inc 1,1 dispute is the northern border of Currituck, Camden aud Gates counties. It is thought that it will re- quire a fortniate to complete the survey, A letter from that place dreaded by the navigators—Capo llatteras—reports that has great resumed porpoise fishery Tor located thero, operations this season, and with marked success. In the first six days it has caught 405 porpoises, ljn d hands are kept busy, The tanners who prepare the hides for market are all Englishmen. The leather manufactured is sai<110 1,8 8u P eri or to any made at any other factory of the same kind, Robberies of postoffice boxes at Ashe- v ille attracted attention and plans were ma de for the capture of the thief. The robberies began August 3d last. C. E. Graham & Co., were the principal suf¬ fered. Checks were taken from the stolen letters, and in two or three cases the amounts of these were raised, in one l-: » se fron > to 42 °- T'lic discovery has been made by the detectives that the thief is a negro school teacher named. IV. Siix<on. of Asheville. TENNESSEE. The hog trade has opened briskly. Rutherford county will ship a large num¬ ber of hogs this fall. Cheatham county has one invalid, one widow, and 17 dependents of the late war, one survivq^and six widows of the war of 48.1—5 in all—leceiving a month¬ ly pension of $76. The apple crop in Murfreesboro county, in some localities, was fine. Some very choice apples are brought to market now. Murfreesboro merchants are shipping turkeys and eggs south. Dr. N. E. left Knox, a well known physician Daisy, for Hot Springs, Ark., and carried with him a large sum of money., Last Saturday he was found de@d in bed at book' the Hot Springs hotel, and his pocket money and all valuables were mis- sing, death; and liis widow was advised of his notified that the body would be forwarded C. O. D $83, to pay for the coffin and transportation. She had but $40, but her neighbors raised the balance, and the body was sent, reaching there on Tuesday last, but instead of $85 charges, the amount was $389. The Baltimore and Ohio express com¬ pany have scooped the express franchise of the Queen and Crescent route, and will take superintendent - charge December 1st. The general of the Southern division of the company will have his headquarters for at Chattanooga. the The tax the aggregate state, for past year, are Acres of land, 25,122,- 899; value $1-40,994,711; town lots 72,- 580; value $59,123,554; value of other property. $24,990,914; total value $224,- 909,179; state tax $07,472, 702. These figures show- a decrease in state tax of tie irly $0,000 from that of 1885 This decrease is all in middle and west Tennessee, the east Tennessee tax for this year is $2,000 larger than for last year. VIRGINIA. Brown’s livery stable was burned Fri¬ day at Staunton. A high wind prevailed. The medical hull of tho uiuversi j o Virginia has been destroyed by ire. H 1C building and contents partia y in¬ sured. A standard gauge road is to be built from Lynchburg to Durham. Subscrip¬ tions have been made to the road all along the route, and the work of con- sD-uction will soon begin. _ The road will be about one hundred miles long. MISSISSIPPI. Judge llill; of the federal court, has rendered an important decision in the Vicksburg and 9 •ridian railroad case, which is now in the hands of a receiver 0 f Lis court. The decree provides tariff that t | u , n . C eivcr is to submit the rates framed by him to tho railroad commia- s ion ; but* this submission reads in the de- e A ( . t . an . u -t of grace anti not of right. j t ( . x j' >rcgs lv sets aside the tariff rates now p s( , bv the state railroad cominissionso far as applicable to the Vicksburg and Meridian foa l. | I ATLANTA. j TRAGEDY IN j shoot, ill* nrnti.er und Then m«. j a Man *eif~Both i»en«t. | In Atlanta, on Friday, four or five pis i tol shots were heard' in" a room at 421 I Broad street. When an entrance | had been forced to the roam, ’ the I bodies of O. (J. Hill and Robert floor, P. Hill were found lying upon the one across the other. Everything pistol was cov¬ lay. ered with blood, and a large near the bodies. The five chambers were empty. All the circumstances as developed by the discovery of the dead pointed to the awful fact that Bob Hill had shot and killed his brother aud then put the pistol to his own head. The cause for the horrible deed is not known. The dead brothers were the sons of Colonel D. Pike Hill, formerly widely known of Atlan- as a distinguished residing lawyer, his farm few miles fa, now 011 a from Dalton, Ga. Robert P. Hill was a rising young lawyer of this city, and the vounger of the brothers, being about 30 years old. He was bright, popular and and generous. O. C. Hill was about 3p years old. He was bill clerk for the West Point railroad. Both were gradu ates of the State University, noble-hearted both unmar- ried, both excellent and men, except when drinking. They mother were the only children of a devoted aud attached futher, ELLAVILLE. GEORGIA. THURSDAY. DECEMBER*' I88t>. A MINE EXPLOSION /V trnrrrr wtxy mkx mi non. mnr.y itvnxvn m gas. rite Accident < au*t-<l by a Grots Violation ol' Orders. An explosion occurred a tew days ago In the Conynghatn Colliery of the Delaware and Hudson Caual Company iu the Second Ward of Wilkesbarro, Penn. Over thirty men and boys were burned, aud of those not less thin tea or twelve wore fatally in¬ jure 1-while many were ha lly cut and bruisod. ed. Th« explo-ion occuml a few minutes aflt-r 7 a. m., as the men were going to work. The colliery employs 200 men and boys and about half of this number had descended the shaft. \ storm had raised the water in tbe mine so that it was not thought probable that there would 1 e any work for the men em¬ ployed in the lower lift. Instead of going to work, therefore, these men, to the number of sixty, waited at the foot of tbe shaft for orders from the tiro bosses, who were iu their office near the foot of the shaft iu consultation The men were scat¬ tered around in groups, their flaming lights illuminating Without the the dark slightest passages and gang- wavs. warning a sheet of flame flashed from an abandoned passage leading from the main gaugway close by the foot of the shaft. The unfor- tuuate men, surrounded and wrapped in fire, were hul led hither and thither by the ex- plosion. The smoke, flame and dust rushed up the shaft and shot into the air, overhang¬ side ing the superintendent, workings like Daniel a black McDonald, pall. Tho who in was on the surface, hastened to get together a force of explorers, and unmindful of tho deadly black damp, at once hie” f^t 1 glimmer of 8 theh^ safety 6 lamps !hc am?gangway^lay of thfshaffin 11 tlarijUiekened^ioffies tb?a e i 'JtLT™ 1 I sages the injured half buried in dirt and j of men, i huddtef tog^he^'ncai- and 1 the* the b»t oV*the*slmf the t awaiting succor groans of ; shoclTof the exifloski^was 1 felt ill' the most distant part of the mine, though no damage begun at once. (hitside foreman John* ; was came to t°taf surface and hadthea? c^ried into the engine room, the floor of which was ened, scorched and mutilated as to° be'in- reeogni able Mr. Bowers and his assistants, writhing 1 forms°and as°fast as ambulances and gine-nxiru* wagons couM^beohtumrdhSvntsOTne l6°this to wli : work was in progress, feee presented S" a sight d SfcLed to siektyi the alouf stoutest rir,- heart, were but nope could be given tham.Oil was poured down th°ir they parched wrapped throats aud kept the saturated blankets n which were with tho same. Outside the engine and room children. there was Nearly a fran- tic crowd of women neighbOTWrand e whi n nft 3 wMknJ»m n that the colliery had blowu up, the population wives, dau“htere 0 Ind LahS S e oTthe iuju T re'l sought admission to the engine room, but jured. In many cases force had to be used. re°nfovmg y a inhrr^d 0 C that^tio^houre * the done after the accident every man had been taken ! out of the pit, wrapped outside of in the oil and taken ; away, and the colliery re¬ sum ed its wonted quiet accident appearance. Tha cause of the was a flagrant violation of orders. The passageway iu which the explosion took place the was West an abandoned Working. gangway known as Whenever the water rose iu the mine this gangway became filled with ga<. This was well known, aud the j -lace W.-I guarded with board heavy with doors, and across them was a the word “gas’’ in large letters. Notwithstanding this, Thonms O'Brien deliberately entered the passage with a naked light. Hardly had He he passed the door when the gas ignited. was terribly burned. CATTLE DISEASED AT CHICAGO- About 3,000 llemt (inter ((unritntinc- T i.- Loss Very Large. A member of the live stock comuiis- siou is authority for the report that there are scattered nearly 2,000 the head city, of which diseased will cattle have' j over to be slaughtered by the State, in addi- 1 tion to nearly 3,900 head under quaran¬ tine at the distillery sheds. The apprais¬ ed value of the entire lot will probably reach $125,000, and it is doubtful wheth¬ er half that amount can be realized on the sale of the meat of such character as will pass and inspection. The expenses of inspec- j . tion which have of maintaining been the quarantine, ! Federal partly met by the I government, are sai i to have amounted present date, to nearly while the $25,000 financial up to losses the J j that have resulted to the State and Chicago because of disease inability to immedi¬ ately suppress the cannot be esti¬ mated. the protective league. i'rly.es OflVrcd lor ivnsayft by Htndenii in Senior ('Ins* ot i'otlrffcs. Tho executive committee of the Amiri can Protective Tariff League of New York, have decided to offer to student-* of tbe Senior classes in alt American col leges a sGries Of prize* for approved es 35JwSSSSSS*ftawSSS 2 office of the league and'to be sent to the Oit-’or before May.T, 1887, the award* t* be mat e Jtuie 15th I881, as ” ows 01 IIOO* for the third best $50: and foi other essays deemed especially meritori otis a handsome silver medal designed foi this purpose and representing the most artistic American workmanship, publish, lie i league reserves the right to at its own loss, any pf the successful essays, ! and to include the first prize essay in the 1 aunual publications of the league. *.’1811 TO »E EXAMINE I*. The .... Department ,, ,ri,i pi Justice lias ,i;„ direct-1 1 «] tin- prison surgeon at the Auburn Penitentiary to make an examination Fish, the of j the condition of ex-Banker ns department does not wish to be guided in I its judgment bv the physician. prejudiced There report will I of Fish's family the department j be no action taken ut until this report and further information . from the District Attorney’s office is re j (eived. I FOLfiOWKW BY A HUNDRED 4*IKLS. One hum! ed lady fitters at the slioi factory of Wolf & Co., Cincinnati, are out on a sttike. i he cause of tlioii refusal format m,d G.fmJilSUt with favor. of one who | js not looked upon The Song of the Sen Wind. How it tings, tings, sings. Blowing tiiarplv f;on tbe ana lino, With an edjm of atU that stings; How ft laughs uiouil mid passes, A* it cut* (ha otose cliff gran is; How It sings again and whistle* As it shakes ths stout sea thistles — How it siugs! How it slirioks, shrink*, shrieks In the crannies of the houdl .nd, In the gashes of the creeks; How it shrioki onoi mo.e, aud catches Up to tlio yellow foam in patches; How it whirls it out and over To the oorn field and the clover— How it shrieks! How it roam, roars, roars lu the iron imder-oaveru, In tbe hollow of tlio shore; How it roars anew, and thunders, As the strong hull splits and sunders, Ami the spent ship, tempe.it driven, On the reef lies rent and riven— How it roars! How it wails, wails, wails, In the tangle of tho wreckage, In the flapping of the sails, How it sobs away, subsiding, Like a tired child aft 'r chiding; And across the ground swell rolling, You can hear the bell-buoy tolling— How it wails! —Austin Dobson. ^ * "UlYLiiJN A TVTtCI "D"D Dll A A TTT’i'DTT' V Lib I. O A STORY OK TltK FRONTIER. - As soon as the frost was out of the ground and there was no danger of bciug storm-bound, Louis Stacy left liis little homo in Arkansas to go down the river with a boat-load of furs and skin?. "He expected to bring back a supply of provisions for spring and summer use, as well as a tidy little sum of money as a reward for his labor during the winter in trapping and hunting. He left his wife ami niece without even the shadow of a foreboding of harm coming to them during his ab- sence; for, living as they did, twelve miles from the nearest town, and remote from the road taken by travellers and tramps, * * they J had few visitors, and sel- dom saw a strange face; and then, too, hoth womun women were wue accustoinod accustomed to to the me use use of firearms, and Louis knew that they would not hesitate to employ them if necessary. at tW* time a stranger was lying ill in the hunter’s cabin—a voung man »■»« *>»• hunting in thq woods, and to whom Louis had willingly given shelter and every attention. Fever and delirium had followed Ar- tlnir Morris’s accident aud he had been confined in the cabin six weeks, being now in a convalescent state. He said he was well off in this world’s goods and told Laura Stacy when he first met her that he wore a money-bolt about his waist aud begged that it might remain there, no matter how ill he became. Louis had been gone several days and life had gone on ns usual in the littljB I cabin, which Mrs. Stacy and Laura had managed to make comfortable and home- like after much trouble and with many contrivances. Much of Mrs. Stacy’s timo wus spent with Arthur Morris, who grew restless and feverish if left alone. Laura, too, frequently read and talked to the inva- lid, unconscious that his handsome, worn face and dark eyes lmd caused a more tender feeling than compassion to find a place in her heart. The cabin consisted of three rooms on the ground floor—a main room, used for cooking, eating and gensral purposes; a bed room, and a small room, used as a pantry. Beneath was a deep cellar, where pro¬ visions wero kept in the summer, and even in the winter, for frost never en¬ tered the deep hole Louis Stacy had dug. Above was a loft, reached by a ladder from the pantry, and here the two women slept, giving their sick guest the pleasant room on the first floor. It was nearly midnight of the fifth day of Louis’ absence when Lnura was roused bv hearing ® a noise at the door of the ’ ca )iti. . - ° disturbing ' 19 111 lin 3 her lt r aunt alm ’ who " 10 was sleeping icavi j, worn out >y wat< 1 £'SUVThXESrTsJ r .«***, r - the door o tie main room o|>ene an two men, in bare feet, entered, carry- ing a lantern. They started a little at seeing Laura, standing silent and motionless, with a lighted candle in her hand. One of them, a tall, burly fellow, with na cv jj evPf advanced toward her nnd ghook hig fist in her face, Speak one word ahow a w hisp( r, said, and I will put a built! thiougli your brain!” flourishing a huge revolver as he spoke. Laura knew that if she disobeyed the command the threat would ,, , be corned . , into execution; and, recovering from her j errorj she asked the men in an unfalter* » . what , h wantt[1 . “We want that money-belt 011 the stranger you have here,” was the reply, j n a hoarse whisper. “We know all sbo t it s0 you needn’t lie to us. Tell us where he is, and be quick about it.” “Surely you would not rob a sick man?” said Laura, trying to gain time and think what was best to do in this terrible emergency. “It would surely j^r him to be roused in such a brutal 4f We won’t givaliim a dunce to speak," growled the man who held tha lauterfc. “Hofll never know wliut hurt him. Hu try up, girl, we’re wasting time. It he up in the loft?” Laura turned death- ly pale. In that terrible moment she realized ltow dear to her Arthur Morris had become, and alto resolved to save his life even if she should, have to sacrifice her own. “This way, gentlemen,” she said softly; and she turned toward a door situated midway between the bedroom of the in- valid, nnd tho pantry, 8lic opened it a little way. “Do you hear him breathe?” sho asked. “Yes, yes,” answered the ruffians; bid it was the heavy breathing of Mis. Stacy in the ioft above that they heard. Laura threw the door wide open; it opened inward. The men saw a dark void and pressed eagerly forward, not even stopping to throw the light of tlieii lantern on the place. At this instant Laura sprang back and threw herself with all her force upon the rear man; and the next instant there was a heavy fall, a crash of the broken lan- tern and volley of oaths, for both I a men lay at the bottom of the cellar, But the danger was not over by any nicaa.s. T^.'iura knew that tlio men would mount tho ladder at once, aud there was <10 way of fastening the door; and,' if there had boon what lock would have withstood the power of two desperate border ruffians* To rouse her aunt would be useless; i she could give no assistance; and so Laura sprang to tbe lire place and caught | Louis'* revolver from the nule mantel, while she offered a prayer for courage j and strength. She heard the deep curses of the vil- lains as they searched for the ladder, and the next instant a head appeared above the threshold. The caudle threw a faint light ou the scene, but it was enough to enable Lsura to see. “Back !” she cried : but the order was ! not obeyed. The robber raised his pistol, ’ and Laura 1 knew that unless she fired at one** she was xstsioai lost——\rthur -niiiiii to to * >. With these thoughts flashing through : her mind she levelled her deadly weapon i at the man, and as a sharp rcpoit went ringing through the cabin, a d ;cp groan I and the sound of a heavy fall came from But the creaking of thf* ladder showed that the other robber was about to dura fate, and he . appeared above threshold, pistol in hand. But Laura was too quick for him. A second report rang through the cabin, and' again came a groan and the sound ot a heavy tail. The brave girl, overcome at last, sank to the floor just as her aunt came rushiug into the room, frightened almost out of her seuses, an I the door of room opened and he appeared, wan and ghost-like to inquire the cause of the shots which lmd rou^e-l him from his heavens| ,. ho (;ric<1> 1W h , saw ^ crouchi , „ the floor . .. Are y()u ^ j, uril) 1U y darling, speak to me| Are you injured?” Perhaps in that moment of terror Ar- tliur Morris’ heart was revealed to him, arid lie knew he loved the niece of this Arkansas hunter. “No, no,” faltered the girl, rousing herself. “I am not hurt. But 1 shot two men in the cellar—and-—and”--- But she could go no further, for her eyes closed and she lost 'consciousness. Perhaps Arthur’s kisses were more effi¬ cacious in restoring her than her mint’s dippers of cold water. But the faint was not a very long one, and she was soon able to tell the whole story of the assault. Arthur’s thanks were expressed ns well as his emotion would permit; but Hie moisture of his dark blue eyes and tho dunging of his countenance told more than any language could have done what he felt. It was decided to leave the bodies in the cellar until morning; but at the first . . d , Laura , mounted , the , g™? S, K" W roll gh little pony and started for the neareg f town to ask help. Before tho *»-*« ,l1 "«««-«, kn ™ K bodies, and at once pronounced them t« ^ t!wJC of t , vo nlen w ho lud filled tlr, country with alarm for years past, »nA j, a d committed several hanging offence* R was long before Laura entirely fc- C0VC red from the effects of her tnidnigfci advonture> H cr nervous system had re- ceived a severe shock, and for weeks het dreams were haunted by the wicked faces of the dead villians, and sh* ge( , m( ,j j () ) lear a gJtj u their dving groan-. | ]t wag , h(Mcfol . t . ^ly natural that Louis should give a ready consent to his niece’s marriage as soon as Arthur’s health was entirely restored. So there was a quiet wedding in the cabin in the early Summer, and the girl, who had truly earned her right to her husband, set out with him on a journey to a comfortable home within the bor- ders of Civilization, where thero was no danger of being murdered by border desp undoes. Patient—D oi’t you think, doctor, I had better go to a warmer climate? Doctor—-My stars, 1 thought that w s just what you wanted me to saw you fwui> 1 MClEliTIFIC SCRAPS. It has been shown that the strength of the lion in the fore-limbs i* only GO. a per cent of that of the tiger, and the itreugth of his hind-limbs only 05.9 per cent. Five men can easily hold down » lion, but nine men arc required to con- trol a tiger, At Summer Hill, eighty-eight miles f ro!1! Pittsburg,on the Pennsylvania ltail- road, an iron bridge weighing 190 tones , vfls , nove< | thirty-two feet m forty-eight minutes to permit the erection of a stone ni . c j, bridge, A similar substitution will be made in the case of all the iron bridges on this road, in order ...that heavier engines can be used with safety. Two German physiologists have calcu¬ lated the relative liability of injury to the eye, finding that, if all parts of the body were equally exposed to injury, wounds of 1 lie; eye would bear to wound* of other parts tlio proportion of about one in six hundred. As a matter of fact, the actual proportion is more than twenty times as great, or thirty-six in one thousand. ( 'iimates having a difference of .0 d °g re e8 in temperature between the hot t and cold seasons, a railway track 400 miles is 338 yards longer in summer than in winter. Of course tbe length of road remains the same, but expansion forces the length of metal closer to- gather, making an aggregate closing pp 1,1 s ..... P ac, ‘ between the rails of nearly a H*' 1 '^h mUe Atioiuing to the calculations made by piodigious « ^ntifie amount writ, r lately, of vegetable it require, innttu a j to ior.n a layer of coal, the estimate being GiHt.it would iciiiiy take 1,0(10,000 years j 0 lurm u coal-bed 1H.J feet thick. I lie United States 1ms an area between 300,.- J,l,> i,n '* 400,000 square miles of coal > fields, the quantity being sutiicii lit ,u l > P*J r 'b” whole world for a period oj J,500 to 2,000 years. About 100,000.Otto ; “>*’» of coal are mined from these in one y ea, ’» or enough to run a r ‘ n » : i .. . } f n } mona i me an hi me cquaio? -rrva urn one-liali h.if t wide and tive and one-half d'et tiiJcK. "Tlio‘igl'l ul tl.e future” is tf * j seen at the house of t wo sistc-is in West- minst.-r, Kuglaml. This new light is nothing **rr>r but a gas-jet surrounded by n partis to be ..... told: :r- 1 he glass r. vessel ......»i j containing water surrounding the gas-jet j so operates on the light that its bril- liauey is magnified threclold, and the practical consequence is that a room may be lighted with cue-half to fine- third of the gas that would be required limler ordinary conditions. If by sur- rounding a flame with water we could increase its luminosity, then we might expect it to be about ten times as light at the bottom of the sea as it is at the A Desperate fight with n Snake .lake- Beiman, «n employe or. CW* ranqh, wcnt uVinto the hills to get some cattle, w,Ucn he encountered a snake, The reptile was close to a large rock when he found him, find the rpek was flanked by a log. Beiman noticed a large hole at an angle of the rock and log, for which the snake made on being surprised. Seizing a large rock he cast it at the snake, grazing its body. On receiving the blow it turned like light- ning and sprang at its antagonist. Bei- man stumbled over some bushes, and the snake coiled about him in an instant, A piece of wood was close to the man’s hand, and reaching for it he itruck the snake several sharp blows on the head, The latter turned and ran his head into the hole, dragging Beiman close toit. The man braced his feet against the snake, hut could not extricate himself, as the snake had twisted half his body around his left leg, and, as he afterward said, “Was just squeezing the life out of it.” Beiman was nearly an hour in this predicament, until be finally thought of his knife, and getting it out of his . . ., .... it into . . the snake’s . , . . After a few cuts the snake became en- raged, and began to wriggle its head out zzz «“«**• fr th " “ “* “ The instant it was severed the neck rose con- vulsively in the air and a spout of blood came full in the frightened man’s face. At this point he fainted away, and he thinks lie must have remained in that condition over an hour. When he came to the snake was still coiled around hie leg, but dead. He brought it home, and it is now on exhibition at the ranch. p measures ten feet eight inches without the head. — Corson (]Ver.) Appeal. Endorsed by tile State. It has recently come to light that the state of New York, in 1800, paid to Jdln M - Cr0lls * 1000 ,or <* remedy a g aillst hydrophobia which he considered infallible. The measure was advocated >>y l),! } vitt Clinton and Chancellor Kc,lt - This remedy consisted of one nunce of the jawbone of a dog, burned nnd pulverized; the false tongue of a newly foaled colt, dried and pulverized, and “a scruple of verd'greas,” raised ou the surface of old copper by laying it in moist earth. The warrant of the comp- troller on which the money was paid, and the receipt ot Crons, and on flic ^ Uet * tate Albany,- VOL. 11. NO. 10 Love I ho Living. Thosauotfty that is about th>- dead. To malm us love them more than late, when here l-i not it well to flud the 1 ving dear, rt'ith sanctity like th e, ere they have fled! The tender thought* we nurture for a lo>* Of mother, friend o - child Oh! it wera wise To spend this glory ou the earned eyes, The longing heart, that feel life’s present cross. (livealso liercy to the Jiving here, Whose keen-strung souls will quiver at your touch; The utmost revereuuo is not too much For eyes tiiat weep although the lips may sneer. ■ Independent. HUMOROUS. | The sigh of the seamstress—A-hem. A suit of armor was the old-fashioned Knight dress. •* The biggest gum-boil on record has been discovered in a mucilage factory. A cross old bachelor suggests that births should be announced under tho head of new music. “Brilliant men are born with black eyes.” Men with less brilliancy have their eyes blacked artificially. “There’s a coolness between us,” said the sea captains to each other when an iceberg passed between the ships. 8ome one asks: “Is there a fidhl for a mau who can live pn-tifty.cents a week?” There is. It is called Potters Field. Uncle Sam is monarch of millions of Tel acres, and is that mu eh ter than Alexander ' Selkirk ’ who was only monarch of what he sur- “I’ve eaten next to nothing,” lisped Siuithers, who was dining with his girl, “Oh, 1 always do that when I sit by you,”- responded the young lady pleasantly. “My good man,” said a philanthropist to the street laborer,-“do you ever have C;lU8( , m / grumble at your position?” ,, No . gir was the answer: “I took my pick at the start.” “(JlHhlren u said a Dakota school teacher; . M from . the'noise . . outside T think n doir tight U ^oin^ on 'uml You are all excu8 e d T, lld may go 0ut watch it. „ ^ wl -ij j k ymf gQ ^ ,,, ^ . , rlonr foilnhe ' a The Strncf ure of the Skin. k Roughly speaking, the skin is com- of.Uwd layers—the cuticle or scarf- an( j the corlum or . true skin. The fprmer is principally made up of two portions, the horny layer, which is the principal protective to the body, and the mucous layer, which contains cells to be pushed up and become the horny layer alter awhile, and those contain tliecol- pring substance which gives the tint to the complexion, it is true that some of the juieroscopists are uncertain about the transformation of the mucous into the ^ U i' et of t,le *“»• but U « clifficult to imagine whtae the- mitsicle protection conl<;9 •reni if not front, the layer next Hnder ^ Hie true skin is composed of « ««t-work of fibres intermixed with par- ticks of living matter abundantly sup- P liod with blood vessels, nerves and all the a l»l liiralus necessary for a continuous sup¬ ply of fresh materials for the build- in 8 '<!• of hew structures as well as , of means tor removing those that are worn out. The glands for the secretioif of the P er «l» ir ation and^Tor the formation of a f»»‘y, lubricating matter are to be found ahnost everywhere,.as well as the little' sacs to.give origin to the hairs, which nr « mere modifications of thecells. of the skin. The nervous apparatus, for tije sense of touch is almost everywhere pres- ent, much more abundantly ifi some Jo- ( caiities than in others. Muscular fibres arc found in connection with the hair sacs and glands for keeping the skin oily and supple; they are not under: the control of tin-will, but net - to. squeeze out the lubricating material and to raise the hairs to an upright positiotj, as <<i ’ the so-called “goose skin,” noticed under , the influence of cold and sometime* of Black Chewing Gum. Lately there has crept into the Detroit market a substance known as “black chewing gum,” made out of tar, which is said by medical men to bo extremely harmful ami pernicious. It is becoming 11 ff rcat favorite wi th local gum-chewers, bwt phyaican* assert it* use is productive, of sore mouths and iuttumerible throat diseases. Put uji in fancy paper, sold at a penny a block, flavored with some unknown ingredient, ami christened with a sweetly-sounding name, as “hiti-tuti,” for instance, the black eltewing gum is forcing its entrance into all grades of Detroit society, and driving its rivals to the wall, But it is nothing but tar— cheap tar at that—mixed with gelatine and flavored with—heaven and the man- ufacturer only know what. —Free Press. " ....... Overreached Himself, She-Jamep. do you know you put three buttons-on tho plate m church to- tiny? , ■ He—Yes, I knew what I was about. She—James, perhaps you don’t know that I bought those buttons yesterday for mv new dress and paid fifty cents ap C e for them.- Star.
