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THE HENRY COUNTY WEEKLY.
VOL. XIV.
ptBM
POWDER
Absolutely Pure.
This powder never varies. A marvel of
parity, Rtrcngth and whoN somenees. More
economical than the ordinary kinds, and
cannot he sold in competition w ith the mul
titude of low test, short weight alum or
phosphate ponders. Sold only in cans.
Uoyal Hakim* Fowijkii Co., loti Wall street,
New York. novl3-lv
I'R O JFESSIOX A / VA UDS.
I|tt. <». **. f t
DENTIST,
McDonough, Ga.
Any one desiring work done can he ac
commodated either by calling on me in per
son or addressing me through the mails.
Terms eash, unless special arrangements
are otherwise made.
Geo W.Bkyan j W.T. Dicken.
MRYAiti A IHCKI^i
attorneys at raw,
McDonough. Ga.
Will practice in the counties composing
ho Flint Judicial Circuit, the Supreme Court
of Georgia and the United States District
Court. apr27-lv
| AS. SJ. Ti K>S'.K,
attorney at law,
McDonough, Ga.
Will practice in the counties composing
the Flint Circuit, the Supreme Court of
Georgia, and the United States Distnct
Court. marlti - | y
P .1. RtIAGAN,
attorney at law.
McDonough, Ga.
Will practice in all the Courts of Georgia
Special attention given to commercial and
other collections. Will attend all the Courts
at Hampton regularly. Office upstairs over
The Weekly office.
| I'. H lI.Ii,
attorney at law,
McDonough, Ga.
Will practice in the counties composing l he
Flint Judicial Circuit, and the Supreme and
District Courts of Georgia, i'rompt attention
given to collections, octfi- 711
-yy A. BROIVN,
* attorney at law,
McDonough, Ga.
Will practice in all the counties compos
ing the Flint Circuit, the Supreme Court of
Georgia and ti ■ ■ United States District
Com-?. janl-lv
JJ A. PEEPLES,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Hampton, Ga,
Will practice in-all the counties jßoniposini:
the Flint Judicial Circuit, the Supftvme Court
of Georgia and the Disirict Court oi the
United States. Special • “Prompt atten
tion given to ColK-cti..ii ße,ect 't 8, 1888
Jno. D. Stbwart. | R.T. Daniel.
RTEWART & DA.XIEL
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
Griffin, Ga.
r *«. It. .3. iIIAOJ.D.
Hampton. Ga.
I hereijv tender my professional service to
the people of Hampton and suiTonmliii;:
country. Will attend all cal’s night and I
day.
JjA tf CAKI).
i have opened a law office in Atlanta, but
will continue my practice in Henry county,
attending all Courts regular’*-, as heretofore.
Correspondence solicited. Will lie in Mc-
Donough on all public days.
Oilice—Room 20. Gate City Bank Build
ing, Alabama street, Atlanta, Ga.
JOHN L. TYE.
January Ist, 1885.
ALL
Notes and accounts of D. KNOTT & CO.,
must he settled now. Please call on me at
the old stand and find sut your indebted
ness. We need the money and know that
vou cannot censure us for giving this, our
last warning. M. C. LOWE,
Tux Jiufiec —Second lb uml.
Hampton, Monday ' Oct. 28
Sixth, Tuesday “ 21)
Stockbridge, Wednesday “ 30
Shake Rag, Thursday • “ 31
Brushy Kuobb, Friday Nov. t
Loves’. Saturday “ 2
Tussa haw, Monday “ 4
McDonough, Tuesday * “ 5
McMullen’s, Wednesday “ fi
Bersheba, Thursday “ 7
Sandy Ridge, Friday “ 8
Locust Grove, Saturday “ !*
Lowes’, Mondav “ 11
' SOLOMON KING, T. C.
GRIFFIN FOUNDRY
AND
Machine Works.
11 Te announce to tV - Public that we are
It prepare! to Manufacture Engine Boil
ers ; will take or.!, rs lor all kind: of Boil
ers. We are prepared to do all kinds ol
repairing on Kr • s, Boilers and Machin
ery, generally. We keep in stock Brass
fittings #f all kinds; also Inspirators, In
jectors, Safety Valves, Steam Guages,
Pipe and Pipe Fittings and Iron and Brass
Castings of evorv Description.
OS no UN A WALCOTT.
TO BRIDGE Till: I'UA.VXX.
A .lew I’l npiisition for Co meet
ing England and
f ranee.
A great steel bridge across the E -
glish Channel is projected. The bridge
will stretch over the shallowest and
narrowest part of the channel between
Cape Oiis Nez and Folkestone, and
will he supported by columns resting
on the bottom of the sea. The amount
of metal and machinery to be provide d
would represent an aggregate weight
of about 1,000,000 tons, the assunip
tion being that each country will have
to supply oue-haif of this amount. Re-
Larding the cost of the work a rough
calculation gives, with reasonable cer
tainty, 380,000,000 francs for the ma
sonry supports and 480,000,000 francs
for the metallic superstructure —in all,
800.000,000 f., or £34,400,000. The
time required for the undertaking may
be fixed at about ten years. The whole
of the pillars will occupy a little, over
one-twelfth of the section of the chan
nel. The distance between the piers,
fixed at 500 and 300 nieteis lor the
large spans, will not he less than 200
and 100 meters respectively for the 1
small ones, and will he sufficient to
prevent their proving on obstacle to
the free navigation of sailing vessels.
As lor tile metallic superstructure, the
metal columns firmly placed upon the
platforms of the supporting piers of
masonry are of a distinctly cylindrical
shape, and vary in bight be,ween 40
and 42.78 meters, and on them will he
placed the main girders of the bridge.
There will thus be between the low er
part of the beams and the level of the
sea at low watei a free space varying
in hight between 61 and 63 78 meters,
which hight at high water will be re
duced to 54 and 56.78 meters, respec
tively. This hight is amply sufficient
for the passage of vessels of w hatsoever
description or tonnage. Ry placing
the flooring upon vertical cylindrical
columns the minimum hight of 54 me
ters is kept throughout tliejwhole width
of the span, a result not achieved in
the bridge over the Forth. The girders
are to be simple, unlaticed and trussed,
so as to insure the proper distribution
of all stresses. The level of the perma
nent way is 72 meters above the low
water level. There will be a double
set of rails, and the width of the floor
ing proper will be eight meters. The
width of the bridge is variable, the
greatest distance being between the
axes of the main girders, 25 meters,
a space necessary to insure the stability
of the structure under the action of
violent gusts of wind. The roadways
are of the ordinary width of 15 meters
between the axes and the rails, the lat
ser set in grooves to obviate accident.
The floor, made of ribbed sheet iron, is
lo cover the bridge throughou its
length so as to make every part acces
sible to the men appointed for its su
pervision. Between and outside the
roadways pavements are provided for
the men to stand on, and thus keep out
of the way of passing trains. On the
flooring may be set up refuges, stations
for the guards, signal-hozes, switches,
etc. All these arrangements can he
multiplied according - to the require
ments ot the traffic, and scattered over
any covenient points and spans on the
piers. Lighthouses may be erected to
indicate obstacles to be avoided. The
various kinds of lights used in light
houses may also serve to indicate to
shippers the distanee from the Oolbart
and Varne banks. To meet military
ob jections arrangements could he'made
for making the span at either end of
the bridge unfit for use; the two end
spans, notably, which are in contact
with the .abutments, might be remova
ble or revolve.
Reigning cats and dogs.—The pots
of the famil..
biu;>ei->. ttin Mikw.oru.
. If Moussa Ktfend. Khouri is right,
the value of silkworms will soon he
very much depreciated. 'I his gentle
man is a Syrian and a native of Bey
rou e For years lie has been trying
to manufacture silk without the aid of
silkworms, and now he claims that be
has succeeded. He has patented liis
invention in the east ami in all the
countries of Europe. In this country
he ha also filed an application for a
patent.
After studying fpr a long time the
manner iu which silkworms do their
work Moussa Efiendi Khouri came to
the conclusion tha’ quite a fltg- sill:
could be mode out ot the twigs and
hark of the mulberry tree, as is made
at present from the leaves.. He there
fore experimented with the- baik and
twigs, discarding the services of the
worms altogether, and after years of
labor he succeeded in producing a silk
which has been pronounced by Europe
an experts to be no whit inferior to the
article manufactured by silkworms.
Uongrafuliilory Telegram.
“Is there a Mr. Johti'-on in this
car ?” called the conductor, as he en
teied a coach on a Lehigh Valley train
and held up a telegram to view.
“There is 1” replied three men in
chorus, as they rose up.
“lint this dispatch is for John -loan
son. ”
“That’s me!” replied two. of them,
while the third looked ri ! : v i and sat
down.
“Which of you is married?” contin
ued t e conductor.
“I am 1” both answered.
“Well, I think this is patch relates
to the birth of twins at 'home and is
congratulatory.”
“That lets me out, t ank heaven !”
exclaimed one Johnson, as he sat down
to wipe his brow while the other
flushed red and white for a moment
amt then received the dispatch.
McDonough, ga.. Friday.November,22, ishd.
‘•IIAAU" 11 HIKIN’ ISl* T.
For many years “Ilank” Harris
held tlie distinguishes! honor of being
the oldest conductor on the Michigan
Central road. Hu is now on the re
tired list, but in his time he played
many parts, and has a h st of stories
about life on the road at his command.
One of these stories he told to the:
rotund and smiling •' ini Hitchcock —a
man who can n t walk a block in Chi
cago without stopping to shake hands ;
with a score of friends—and Hitchcock
repeats it. It appears that a freight
conductor on some road down in south-,
era Illinois once boarded Harris’ tiain.
lie had neglected to obtain u pass, hut j
he thought if lie told the conductor who
and what he was he would have no
trouble. When lie spoke to Harris
the vetetan conductor said he was sorry,
but that he must have a pass or he
could not travel on his train. The
man convinced him that he was really
what lie represented himself to be, but
Harris said : “1 know you’re all right,
my friend, but Brown has given mb
pstive orders in such cases.” The
Blown he referred to was at that time
an official of ibe road, and his will was
law'. The jerk water conductor said
lie would telegraph Brown, stating the
case, and lie did at the next station.
Harris received an answer instructing
j him to pass the man; and he did so.
| The next time he e tiled at Brown’s
j office lie was told that he could in the
future pass men whom he was con
vinced were legitimate railroaders.
On a hot and sultry day, not long
afterward Harris’ train stopped at
Jackson, Mich., and the old-time con
ductor was approached on the platform
by a poorly-clad trampish looking in
dividual who tearfully begged a rids to
Chicago. “You look like a good man.”
he sard to Harri-, “and. 1 have been
trying to get to Chicago to bury my
wife, who recemly died there. 1 can’t
j get a pass, hut 1 want to see her face
I once more before she’s put under the
sod.” This appeal touched Harris’
J heart. He was a family man himself.
He believed the see fly chap’s story and
jhe said to him : “You go forward and
! take a front seat in the smoker, I’ll fix
| you all right.” The grateful fellow
did as he was bid. When the train
; pulled out of Jackson Harris entered
! the smoker and paid no attention to
the seedy chap. As it happened,
Brown was in the car. He was enjoy
ing a cigar and he noticed that Harris
had passed a man wiio had boarded the
train at Jackson. When Harris came
along he stepped him and pointed the
man out. "You didn’t get that fellow’s
ticket,” he said, “Oh, he’s all rigi.t.
You told me to pass him,” said Harris.
Brown was dumbfounded. “I never
told you to pass him.” tie protested,
“Yes, you did,” said Harris. “At
least you told me to pass any railroad
man whom I was sure of.” Brown
gazed at the seedy chap and asked :
“is he a railroad man ?” Harris eai.l
he was. “What does he do?” asked
Brown. “He’s a conductor,” replied
Harris. Brown was incredulous. “You
don’t mean to tell »e that that tramp
is a conductor,” he exclaimed. “Yes,”
said Harris, and then he added : “You
see, it’s like this —lie’s trying to dress
on his salary. -Chicago Herald.
•The "hole village of Poweltoa, Cell
ter county, Fa., is advertised for sale.
Strange A’l'iciidstiijihi Congrei*.
You can look down from the gallery
of either House on intimaccs between
professed opponents. The ingenuous
Air. Pickwick was not more astonished
at the amiable relations of the oppos
ing counsel in the great case of Burdell
vs. Pickwick than is the average thick
and thin ] artisan by the person!
friendliness shown by the hottest ora
tors on the floor for the b Idest leaders
of the opposition. After listening to
the blood-stiring invectives given and
taken for In urs In? is surprised to see
liis particular champion cross over the
aisle which separates the republicans
from the democrats and, leaning on h’s
chief opponent’s desk, ask him some
questions in a whisper vyhieh makes his
bald head blush with laughter. Every
body knows of the friendship between
Garfield and Randolph Tucker, which
even Guiteau’s bullet could not sever.
Like tastes drew them together into
:i mutual exchange which made both
j richer. Each was appreciative of tine
j other and both proud of their friend
j ship.
Everybody, t. o, knows liovy intimite
j Senator Cameron and Senator Butler,
of Sou:! •aid;- , arc. How li.ey
j talk together in the Senate, lunch to-
I getber, drive together, and hunt and
j fish together, in closer lionds than
either is witli any party friend. Alli
| son’s friendship with Beck, and Reed’s
with Randall, are perhaps, not so gen
j orally known. Hawley has many
friends on the democratic side, and so
i have Sherman, Morrill, John P. Jones,
Evarts, Aldrich, Hale. Sawyer, Spoon
er and Maderson, while Wade Hamp*
j ton, Vance, Colquitt, Payne and Mc-
Pherson are equally as popular on the
: republic an sider Even Edmunds and
j Hoar have had their friends among the
democrats. Hoar still keeps his, but
Edmunds seems to grow more resever
e! continually. He raisse- Thurman
from the democratic side They were
great cronies. J Jin D. Long was the
most popular republican oti the derao
j cratic side of he Housei McKinley
• and Reed are both liked there, and so
;is Butterworth. Carlisle is, of cour.->c,
the most popular democrat on the re-’
publican side, and then come the
Breckinridges anti Mills—yes, .Mills,
| th<- particnlar target of every republi
i eat speaker. .Leopold Morse, Patrick
! < ollins and John E. Russel, three very
’ different Massachusetts democrats, will
1 all be missed on the republican side
1 this year.
mi. Aftjytn v kicker.
)lnelt Wsney hi It, llm it
Umal H al of (Honor.
We extract the following items from
the last issue »f the Arizona Kicker :
Another Ci t. —Wb desire to an
nounce to the readers of the Kicker
that we have made another cut in tlie
price of bar soap, and for the next two
weeks shall offer six liars for a quarter.
This is one bar ahead of anything yet
oiTerod wtat of Chicago, and, while it
brings the prof as w*y down to zero,
we expect to reap some little honor
from our cut uprise. The gioceiy
which we ruu ini connection with the
Kicker is coming rapidly to the fr nt,
and it is only a question of a few weeks
when it will atam.l at the head Our
goods are frcfhJv, wanted full weight,
and prices lowoflpsi ttnj.wljero #l»o.
Hk Was wtdfVhn
siderable astoiinTChient exhibited by
our people the jjfjef (Iff*' when the
Governor of Ariscma shook hands with
us in front of the j^st,office, and we
noticed considerable change in the de
meanor of certain people towards us
ever since. The Governor was correct.
We are no e.lnm shell hidden in the
drifts, and he appreciates the fact. He
knows and respects the power of the
press. He know -that a great paper
like the Kicker, having behind it, but
under one and the same roof, a grocery,
feed store, butcher shop, crockery store
and gent’s furnishings, must wield a
mighty influence for good.
The people in this burg who have
been looking upon us as one-mule pow
er had better get? their eyes open.
Came to Gat2k.—The suit of the
Widow Gibbs av.ainst us for breech of
promise, damages $15,000, came up in
court las’ Friday. This suit was insti
tuted six months ago by the court house
ring, which has sought our downfall
ever since the first issue of this paper.
That is, they put the widow up to sue
us, and have advanced the money as it
was needed.
When tlie wi/'thv was put on stand
she testified that on.tin night of Febru
ary 21, 1887, we asked her to marry
us. She insisted i hat the date was cor
rect, ami that nothing could change her
i mind about it. We then exhih'ted the
records of tlie jail to prove that on that
day and nigfit, and on all next day and
night, we were a prisoner, having, as
some of readers mav remember, depar
ted from tlie line of virtue and gone on
a bender, The- exhibit knocked the
widow out in the first lournl, and con
founded her supporters, and we don’t
believe they will tackle us again after
that fashion.
As for the widop, she yyas only a
i cat's-paw, fifnt we to her
| house a basket of groceries, a clothes
j line, a set of cups and saucers to prove
; that wo have no malice. ,
It Will Be Very Quiet. — Our
city election, which takes placo next
Tuesday, wili be a veiy quiet one, and
the singular spectacle of two tickets al
most without candidates will be presen
ted. As Toth tickets were made up of
ring candidates we felt it our duty to
publish, as far as we could secure it, a
history of each. Our biographies in
clu-ieil thirteen out of the sixteen can
didates, and the publication was only
three days old when most of them were
limiting other localities. They averag
ed all the way from murderers down
to barn-burners, and we are not likely
to be troubled with them any more this
year.
What is left of the two tickets is fair
ly clean and honest. We are sorry we
had to interfere, and thus place the par
ties in such a queer fix, hut we left it a
duty wo owed to the public.
A Waste ok Money. —Some person
who lias a grievance againt The Kick
er left an infernal machine on our door
step one night last week. It was a
starch box filled with giant powder and
two pounds of bullets, and was so ar
ranged as to explode when the cover
was lif ed. We took it in and started
to open it, supposing some modest ad
mirer had left us a box of fruit or con
fectionary, but on second thought con
cluded to soak it for a while. Tins ac
tion saved our life. Not only that,
hut it prevented the destruction of our
institution.and probably of much sur-
I rounding propeity.
We have made every effort to trace
the fiend who put up this job, but so
| far without success. We realize that
there are many men in this community
who banker for our life, but we hope
to disappoint them. If they feel that
i they must have it, why not fire buek
; shod into our bedroom window, ambush
|us at night or pick a quarrel on the
(street? This plotting to scatter our
bloody fragments over onr large and
excellent stock of groceries is both un
kind and unreasonable.'
Died—ln'this city, October 28, iB
- Pete I'liumaker. aged 54 years, 6
months and 14 days. Pete was the iu
| dividual who attacked us on the 21, in
front of the postofiice with a cavalrj
saber, being offended at an editorial
criticising the poiicv of the Czar of
Russia towards Turkey. Wo let day
light into him in four places, and wo
paid his doctor bill and funeral expen
ses. He sleeps weli. He is better off.
Death loves a shining mark. Eastern
pu[>ers please copy.
Knows What'* Coining.
A New York paper contains an ad
vertisement of “forty five gentlemen’s
i dre.-ing gowns for sale cheap.” Tin
to 'in. • mini.-'er, of cour--< . ai*- i
■ f course they were given him last
: Christmas, and be is gening rid of them
preparatory to laying in a new stock.
WA l I’IIHSOA S 111. AMI * HM.’K.
In a recent speech delivered by Hen
ry Watteraon before the National
Board of Trade in Louisville, wo make
the following excerpt. Mr. Watterson
is nt all times a brilliant and fluent talk
er, and liis eloquent words upon that,
question that is agiiating the public
mind, the race problem, will find a res
ponsive echo in the hearts of Southern
ers :
“Gentlemen—You are at this mo
ment standing in the gateway that
leads to the South. Tho wealth that
is there, hidden no longer from human
eyo, flushes in your very faces. You
can smell the roses of new hope that
fill the air. You can hear iho heart
beats of progress that come upon the
wings of heaven. You can reach forth
yoor hands nod almost clutch the gold
that the sun rains down with his beams
as he takes his daily journey between
cotton field and tho coni mine, the
highlands of wood and iron, of marble
and granite, tlie lowlands of tobacco,
sugar and rice, of corn an I cane, of
‘wine, milk and honey.’ But what is
riic value ol a!! this if wo have not or
der and law, regulated by intelligent
and responsible government ? How
shall it profit you or us, or anybody, if
it he not brought under tho spell of
that wizard’s wand which wo call civil
ization ? And to whom shall this wand
he committed lo the Anglo-Saxon with
centuries of enlightened freedom behind
him, or to tho African just emerged
from slavery ?
Through and through this cldorado
there winds, deep and dark, a stream
which, when undisturbed, moves in lim
pid and beneficent tranquility from the
mountains to tho sea, carrying in safe
ty the rich fruitions of tho South, but
which, when agitated, heeomus a terror
to all that is embarked upon its tempes
tuous bosom, to property and life, to
• üblic policy and domestic peace, to so
ciety itself. No one can comprehend
the meaning of this great menace to
the prosperity of the South who has
not been there, who doe - not live there
Nor is it possible for it to ho treated
with wisdom by any other than local
agencies. Cannot the thinking people
of imagine, if they are nna
Ido to see this? Can they not feel
that they must trust the intelligence,
the humanity, the Christianity of tho
(South ami the testimony of truly North
ern men who have gone South to deal
with a disease which outside pressure i
has always aggravated and will always
aggravate ?
“1 speak waimly and confidentially.
On this point, at least, l can afford to
speak. 1 struggled earnestly and long
to establish the black man in his rights
under tho constitution and its amend
mi nts, to strike the black laws out of j
the statue books, to spread the’ gospel i
of God’s love into a duty of man to
wards tho education arid elevation of
these poor emancipated slaves ; and if ■
the opportunity and need should arise, j
I would gladly constitute myself their
Moses and ask no nobler title to im
mortality, But 1 am filled with no
vain allusions, horn of sympathy and j
ignorance. I atn blind to none of the
dangers that lurk amid the shadows o! j
ibis great cross, which, for some myste
rious reason— I know not what—lias j
been put upon tho South, hut wtiieii, I j
do know, the South alone can .break,;
as the South alone has borne it.”
IS Ml* :m<i Carbuncle* Cured.
p’or years I have been constantly
troubled with humors in tho blood,
which caused the breaking out of boils
and carbuncles all over rny body, that
when bruised would make u lasting
ugly sore. I consulted many eminent
physicians and took a great deal ot
medicine without any perceptible bene
tit. Nothing helped, but Swift’s Spe
cific («. S. S.) That im-dicine cured
me! I am’ ,fc now enjoying excellent
health, and there is not a blemish of
any kind on my body. Michael
Mull ale, Rule, Nebraska.
1 Nil KK IT El) SCItOt U LA.
Swiit’s Specific (S. S. S.) cured my
little boy of hereditary scrofula, which
broke out all over h's face, hor a
vear he had suffered, and I had given
up all hopes of his recovery, when at
length l was induced to use S. S. S.
After using a few bottles ho was en
tirely cured. Not a sympton now re
mains of the disease. This was three
ago. Mrs. T. L. Mathers, Mather
ville, Miss.
A SEXTON 81'EAKS.
Mr, John A. Cleary, sexton of
Oakwood Cemetery, Waco, Texas,
says: “Swift’s Specific CS. S. S.) is a
suie cure for any description of bbod
poison! About a year ago I contract
ed a poisonous blood disease, and I
tried a number of remedies without
avail. I was about to become disheart
ened, when a friend induced me to try
S. S. S. After taking a part of one
bottle I was a sound man. and no
syicptona of the fell disease have ever
returned. r ! reatisc on blood and "kin
diseases mailed free.
Swift Specific Co.,
Atlanta, Ga.
Children who aie troubled with
worms may be quickly relieved hv giv
ing them Dr. J. H. McLean’s Liquid
Vermifuge. It kills and expels worms.
Sipokcn lot in Advance.
Miss Aubnrndale —“Of course we
have cooking les ons at Llssell this
year ; that’s no novelty. The most or
iginal feature is that they teach us the
value and practical use of money .”
Mr DoiChester—“The value and
use of money, eh ? When do you grad
uate ?”
“Next June.”
“VY ill you marry me in July?”—
Boston Times.
Woe to the guileful man.
TOIK (((!>( N4AD rn uniix
The Itiiniarkuiils N|H*ctai'le !*re-
M'utctl <»tt si I’eruvliit ltiittle
, Tletd.
The bark Edwin Reed, at Pier No.
84, Philadelphia, recently discharged a
cur ro of nitrate o f soda brought from
!’isag;i;i, Pi ru, * ’neb was gathered i
from tho I attlo field of Tanpaea, where j
the ho lies of 1,000 Peruvian soldiers I
have lain unbone, for ten years. The
battle was fought 1 ‘tween the Peruvi
ans and Chilians on November 17, IS-
V.i, and the heavy losses sustained by
the Peruvians forced them to retreat,
leaving their dead lying on the field.
Tho nitrate of soda was gathered
aniang tho corpses, loaded on the hacks
of mules and carried down to the port
of Pisa* ua, where, it was transferred on
lighters to the har)t. It will be mnnu
factored into gunpowder.
Tho bodice of the soldiers have tens
ed imp mummies, strange as it may
I sedni, after lying on that desert plain
ill these years, In any other country
they would have been reduced to skele
tons iu a short time between tlie ravag
es of wild beasts and the to tho elu
ments. For over 199 miles on either
side of the battlefield not a blado of
grass can bo seou, owing to tho uaturo
of the soil. The absence of grass and
water accounts for the absence of wild
boasts. Tlie earth is so filled with ni
trate of soda that this, iu connection
with tlio hot, dry atm 'sphere, has pro
'Orved tho boriicf of tho men aud horses
from decay.
The scene is a strange ouc, indeed,
u'id wlicii the office:« and somo of tho
p i isengers of tho lurk visited the place
they were astonished. Tlie fumes ar
ising from Uio nitrate of soda have pro
vented the uniforms of tho soldiers
from hucoiniiig rotten and dropping off.
On a bright m non light night tlie scone
is said to sugg. t the idea tbut the bat
tle had only been fought a few days.
Tho Peruvian Government has not
made any effort to bury the dead. Tho
country is so poor since its defeat by
Chili that it is as much as it can do to
pay tho tributes levied by Chili.
The demand for nitrate for use in
the manfacture of gunpowder has be
come so great, though there is no im
mediate sign ot war anywhere, tlmt
thousands of tons of the article are
brought io this country annually from
Peru by a syndicate of which Ox-Mayor
Grace, of New York, is Iho head. Pe
ru pays a tax to Chili ou every ton of
nitrate shipped fiom that country. —
Philadelphia Record.
<-'•■!« I.
“Mrs. B. B.”—Wo are pleased to
welcome you as a contributor.
“San bouci”—We certainly would
Ibe glad to see vou with usagain. Your
1 bright and interesting' letters were al-
I ways much appreciated by “Tho House
hold.”
“Sally Lunn”—That, promised letter
is a long time on the way.
“Gwendolena”—Articles ou Christ
mas work should bo sent in at onco.
Wc should ho glad lo heat from any of
the readers on the subject.
“Hope Dare” and Kentucky Ann"
are members who have been inquired
for several times.
Will “Keystone” favor us with an
other batch of her cooking recipes ?
“Mrs. Ludwig”—Come and visit
with us again. Your articles on knit
ting work are of much practical
worth.
Ui ddiiig in l>(*imtn<l.
• There ir a demand just now for wed
ding maids at the very select intelli
gence offices. A maid who can make
herself a necessity can command her
own price She shops, looks after tho
linen arid bedding, which she marks,
tics in sets and packs away in sachels
of lavender or sweet clover ; goves over
the bride's dimity, shortens skirts,
tightens bands arid yokes, touches up
bodices and ; uts comets into a flutter
of ribbons, She gets samples of lace,
trimmings and stuffs, sews the buttons
on new gloves, stretches them with an
ivory ami breaks in slippers and shoes
without soiling them. She trims hand
kerchiefs and frills all sorts of things,
from o trav cloth to a pillow-sham.
She yets the effect of hats, bonnets and
wraps, and hints at the changes that
would make the wearer just a little
prettier.
Pierre, tho capital city of South Da
kota, is now on the biggest boom ever
known.
.Hot Hus)' I'icked oil'
Why i f it that ninety nine men in a
hundred feel an irresistible impulse
j to —
Prescribe for aco'd,
Advise the editor,
Bet on base ball.
Murder the umpire,
Holler at a fire,
•rid pb ’. a thread off anotb r man’s
coat ?
Nob' dy knows, no one is ready to
give any more of an answer than “hu
man nature. But such are facts. A
member of an uptown club stood con
templating the open fire. On his shoul
der nestled a white thread,
“I say, Charlie.”
A club man picked up the raveling.
It seemed to he threaded iu the cloth.
He pulled out about a yard, when
Charlie dived into bis breast pocket
and drew out a spool ol white thread.
“Here, Jack, sake all the thread you
wau’t.”
“That’s a bottle on me, Charlie,”
said Jack as he fell back into the small
group who bad watched the operation.
Then < barite set his trap for tho next
victim. In half an hour ho caught ten.
lie had run the thiead through his coat,
instead of being a raveling It was one
end of a 200-yard spool.— Washington
Host
co rro* I> HCMNIA-
Priv.nte advices from tho Trans-
Caucasian districts of Russia, says the
Boston Journal of Commerce, bring in
formation of the extensive and profita
ble growth of cotton in that region.
Erivan, a country lying north of Per
sia and east of the Black aea, and
whoso location in respect of latitude
corresponds, therefore, very nearly
with that, of New Jersey, is particular
ly mentioned as being very largely
devoted to tho cultivation of cotton.—
Thirteen organized companies, whose
capital ispiesumed to be derived from
Moscow, are conducting the industry,
and iifty-sevou out of sixty-one villiages
arc engaged in it.
Two of the companies, says the
Journal of Commerce, have recently
imported from tho United States fifty
tgns of upland cotton seed for planting
j ,u««i have gratuitously distributed the*
1 whole amount to tho growers, who
j have agreed to deliver t,o tho compa
nies tho harvested cotton at tho prico
of ihe Krivan market. On similarcon
ditions, sixteen American cotton gins
have been imported and delivered to
planters,-and baling presses have been
,ot up by the side of warehouses in
anticipation of a large business. It is
estimated that tho average Jyield of
cotton will bo about ono hundred and
ninety pounds of lint to the acre, and
will be produced at a cost of a frillo
less than 5A cents per pound. These
are low estimates, both of production
and price; but, l<Jw as they are, tho
appear to bo satisfactory to the Rus
sian cotton producers.
The application which our Boston
contcmpoary makes of the information
it prints lias regardsoley to tho inter
ests of cotton gin manufacturers in tho
United States, whom it recommends to
“advertise their machines to the Rus
sian trado,” as it believes that “some
thing of advantage can bo derived from
such a course.” There is no particu
lar objection to be urged to this course,
we believe. If tho Russians must buy
cotton gins from some country, we
should sell them gins by all means, if
wo ca,u. It is not so npparent, howev
er, what advantage wo can hope to
derive from sending abroad ship loads
of American cottui seed to help build
up a foreign market, for our gin
makers. American cotton brings the
highest price in the World's markets
because of its superior quality. It is a
losing business, manifestly, for the
southern farmer* to eupply their com
petitors in Russia or Persia, or any
other country, with eoed which will
produce u grade of cotton that is equal,
or nearly equal, in quality to Ameri
can cotton, and that oau l>e produced
at less than 5.1 cents a pound.
Wilt* and tho Court*.
No man can be certain that his es
tate will bo distributed in accordance
with the provisions of his will. The
courts frequently place an interpreta
tion upon tho laws relating to wills
very different from that placed upou jt
by lawyers. If a man, therefore, wants
his estate to bo dritiibuted in a certain
way he will mako the distribution be
fore bo dies is ho is wise. Oar dispatch
es mentioned yesterday that Catbarino
Donovan had given SIOO,OOO to Johns
Hopkins university, Baltimore. She
stated that she had provided for her
relatives and wanted to give something
to tho cause of education. She has
the satisfaction of knowing that her
money will bo applied to the purposo
for which she intended it.
A day or two ago tho supremo court
of New York decided that Air. Tiden's
will was invalid. Ho had willed that
the greater portion of his vast fortune
should bo used in founding a library in
the city of New York. There is no
doubt tlm he was a very able lawyer,
but he could not draw a will, it seems,
that would stand iu the courts. He
left too much to the discretion of the
executors and trustees named in his
will, the court said. Tho chances are
that his relations will get his millions,
and there will be no library to keep
bis memory fresh in tho minds of the
people.
There is no fruitful source of disease
than vitiated blood. It involves every
organ and function of the body, and if
not immediately corrected by the use
of Ayer’s Sarsaparilla, sooner or later
leads to fatal results. Be warned in
time.
The Pulpit and ihcWlnge.
Be.v. F. M. Shrout, pastor United
Brethren Church, Blue Mound, Kan.,
says : “I feel it my duty to tell what
wonders Ur. King’s New Discovery
has done for me. My lungs were bad
!ly diseased, and my parisbiouers
thought I could live only a few weeks.
I took five bottle? of Dr. King’s New
J Discovery and am sound and well,
gaining *27 lbs. iu weight.”
Arthur Love, Manager Love’s Funny
Folks Combination, writes : “After a
thorough trial aud convincing evidence
lam confident Dr. King’s New Dis
covery for Consumption, beats ’email,
and cures when everything else fails.
The greatest kindness I can do my
u.any thousand friends is to urge them
to try it.” Fres trial bottles at C. D.
McDonald’s Drug Store. Regular
sizes 50c. and SI.OO.
Snportitiice of a Hyphen.
Official-Looking Caller (with copy of
daily paper in his hand, sternly)—“ls
this your odvertisement ?”
Member of Firm of Junk, Secenhand •
& Co. (looking it over) —“Y'es, sir.”
“You have ‘cast off clothing of all
kind.’ have you ?”
“We have, my friend. What can I
do for von ?"
“You can come along with me, sir!
My name is Anthony Comstock.”
NO- 30.