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DENTIST,
McDonough (la.
Allv one desiring work clone cun •*<* hc
eon;mmlulcd either l»y calling on me in per
son or addressing me through the mails.
IM.ns c:i4i, unless special arrangements
are otherwise made.
(1 ko W. Bnv an j W. T. Dick kn.
illtV A S A S>H Kl^,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
McDokovcii, Ga.
Will practice ill tlm counties composing
'lie Flint .imliciiil Circuit,tlie Supreme Court
c i Georgia unit 111" Unite! States District
Court. " apr27-1 v
j is. 11. TUM'WKM,
attorney AT law,
McDonocoh, Ga.
Will practice in tile counties emnpoaing
Hie Flint Circuit, the Supreme Court of
Ccorgia, ami the United States District j
Court. marlti-lv
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ATTORN ICY Ai LAW.
McDoNoron, t•a .
Will practice in all the Courts ut Georgia
Special attention given to commercial and
other collections. Will attend all the Courts
at Hampton regularly. Office upstairs over
The Weekly office.
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ATTORNEY AT LAW.
McDoxouiiii, i!a.
Will practice in the countie* composing the
Flint Judicial Circuit, ami Hie Supreme and I
District Courts of Georgia. i’ronipt attention
givm to collections. oc(.»- 79
W A. IIICOW*',
’ ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Mi Donoi iih, ('.a.
Will practice in all the counties compos- j
ing the Flint Circuit, tile Supreme Court ol j
Georgia and the United States District |
Court. janl-ly
F| a. im:i:i»i.ks.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Hampton - , Ga,
Will practice in all the counties composing
the Flint Judicial Circuit, the Supreme Court
of Georgia and the District Court ot the
United States. Special and prompt atten
tiongiven to Colleiilions, t*et S, 1888
Jno. D. Stkwaut. I K.T. Daniel.
NTIIWART A 1»A\IHI„
attorneys at t.aw,
Gkiskin, Ga.
J jK. IC. .1. AKAOI.O.
Hampton. Ga.
I herein tender mv professional service to
the people of Hampton and surrounding
country. Will attend all cal’s night, and
day.
j ttm 1.. TVK.
AT TORNEY AT LAW.
Gate City Natiiihl Bank Building,
A ri.ASTA, Ga.
Practices in the State and !' ederal Court-,
GUI LEIN IdIUNUItY
AND
Machine Works. •
1 ifc announce to tlir Public that we are 1
M prepared to manufacture Ertgine I’oil-;
li'S ; will take orders lor all k'n>ls of Boil-I
crs. TV, -ire prepared to do all kinds ot j
repairing on Engines, Boilers cod Machin- I
civ, generally. We keep in stock Brass;
fittings «f all kind- ; also Inspi-ntors, In- 1
Sectors, Safety Valves. Steam Guages, j
pipe and Pipe Fittings and Iron a-id Brass j
Castings of everv Description.
OSICOU A A WA M’Oi'T,
LiAiid For Sale.
» F. have 1,100 acres of land lying in one
\\ l.odv, till- Atlanta and Florida R.* It.
running directly through it, audtli town ol
Blalock is situated in its center The Bind
will lit- sold in lots of 50. 100. 170 and 200
acres. We are prepared to sell to good par
ties on reasoualdv good terms, lor partic
ulars apply to
SrE> r. &Ti k.vek.
>011(17
J,- C George, a colored n, n. is andcr con
tracl as a wag. s hand to tin pres.lil
vt-ar, and has left mv employment without a
cause, this is, therefore, to notify the pub
lic not to emplov said George under penalty
of the law. J NO. R . HAMBRICK.
June 5.
At HILARY COUNTY WEEKLY.
DEVOTED TO tfOME RULE, TARIFF REFORM AND BOURBON DEMOCRACY. ' $ 1.00 CASH, $ 1.50 ON SPACE: AND WORTH IT.
TRYING TO FOOL TH2 FARMERS.
i : igures That Slu.w That Some kealslators
Are Ignorant or l>iahonei.t.
The fawners are told that the McKin
-1 y tariff bill was framed in their inter
est, and in proof of this they are referred
1 M the protection given them by the in
j creased duties on agricultural products.
Let us see how the claim will bear in
vestigation.
Tfle duty on corn Ims been increased
! from 10 cents to 15 cents per bushel in
‘ order to protect the farmer from the im
portation of “pauper labor corn.” The
I total amount of corn imported for the
fiscal year 1889 was 2,401 bushels. The
exports for the same time were 69,592,-
929 bushels. How thankful the farmers
ought to la; for the increased* protection
against foreign corn!
On corn meal the duty has been
doubled, the present rate of 10 cents per
bushel being raised to 20 cents. The
necessity of this additional protection is
evident when it is known that 090 bush
els of coni meal were imported last
year, against an export of 012,180 bar
rels.
Oats are to be protected by an increase
of dutv from 10 cents to 15 cents per
bushel. The imports of oats were 22,810
bushth. and exports 624,226 bushels.
Rye will remain with only Hi cent a-per
busln l protection. This is wrong. Six
teen bushels of rye came into this coun
try last year, against 287,252 busltels sent
out. There ought to lie more projection
against these 16 bushels,
The duty on wheat has been increased
from 20 cents to 25 cents per bushel. The
■farmers will bo grateful for this. Last
year no less than 130,049 1 -hola of
foreign wheat came in to compete with
the home product, of which 40,411,129
bushels were exported.
Wheat flour is to pay an ad valorem
duly of 25 per cent, instead of 20 per
cent. The imports were 1.150 * barrels,
and exports 9,374.803 barrels.
The American apple crop must lie pro
tected. There lias been no ,7luty on
apples, green,.ripe or dried, but the
American orchard is to have the protec
tioii of 2 cents a pound on dried apples.
Last year we exported 942,406 barrels of
green apples and 22,102,579 pounds of
driii 1 apples. We imported not an apple
nor a pound of dried apples.
The duty on bacon and hams has been
increased from two to five cents per
pound. The imports were 212,130 pounds
and exports 400,224,646 pounds.
On beef, iKirk and mufton the preset ii
duty is one cent per pound: the proposed
duty is two cents. The imports wono
215,575 pounds and the exports 286,99k,-
121 pounds.
It is as plain as a pikostaif that the
farmers are suffering because of want of.
protection on their. im wbtsaL e#hy
rye, bacon, beef, ix.rk. corn meal and
apples. They are burning their corn in
Kansas liecause 2.401 bushels imported
last year ruined their home market,
They are scattering their corn meal on
tlie ground because 390 bushels of foreign
meal found its way into the country:
they blew themselves to pieces with
dried apples and water because they had
no tariff fence to keep out the foreign
apples that had not sought admittance.
They mortgaged their farms because
one pound of bacon was imported for
every 1,500 pounds exported.—Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Tliu Farmers’ Leufftu*.
This organization is designed as an ail
junct or supplement to the Grange, Far
mers’ Alliance and similar orders. The
latter are devoted to the farmers’ im
provement socially and educationally,
and to assist him in buying and selling.
The league, on the contrary, devotes its
attention wholly to politics, anil aims to
afford a simple form of organization,
through which farmers may exert, iu
their respective parties, the power awl
influence which they possess as the larg
est body of electors anil the heaviest tax
payers in the country. In the language
of the secretary of the National Farmers
league. Herbert -My rick, of Springfield,,
Mass.: “The Farmers’ league is de
signed to unable farmers to carry into
practical politics the reforms they de
sire. Instead of grumbling at present
laws and taxes, the farmers have only
to unite in the league to secure for their
demands the indorsement of both par
ties and all candidates. This 1 icing
done, the election is conducted on party,
lines, and the farmers’ interests win,
whichever candidate succeeds. Irrthort,
through tho league farmers can do what
has been called the ‘dirty’ work of poli
tics, but which will no longer lie ‘dirty’
work when done in all parties by the re
spectable. conservative and intelligent
farmers and real estate owners of the
country.” It is stated that the league
is making rapid progress throughout the
entire country, and that it has the sup
port and co-operation of all existing
: farmers’ organizations.
V» Strikes or Lockouts.
1 here are never any strikes or lock
outs in a farming community. The
farmer works from early morn until late
at night, fur what—to help pay a divi
dend'; No, but to pay the taxes, and it
may be to r aise a mortgage on the place,
lie lielj>s the giant monopolies of the
country to declare large dividends, the
railroad corporations to build more
r- >ads through his farm and pay him as
little damage as possible, and when he
f * send his grain to the city they
will charge just what they see fit for
freight, and when you get it there the
price is already established. You must
tale just what they say or go along.
Now the farmer should say what his
produce is worth just as much as the
manufacturer says what his goods are
worth. llechanicsburg (Pa.) Grange
Advocate.
The Same in Canada.
When Oliver Twist ’‘asked for more"
and was beaten with a ladle, pinioned,
confined in a dark room. walloj>ed every
day and finally bound 'prentice to an
undertaker, he was treated much like
1 the Canadian farmer who, having asked*
for less taxation and more market, got
i more taxation and was threatened with
the loss of the best market he now has.
—Toronto Empire.
McDonough, ga., Friday. .jVly n. inoo.
SANTA ANNA'S COACH.
A (luxicao War Veteran Telia Uow lie
Assisted in It* Capture.
There art- in Washington many inter
esting characters, some of whom,
though they may not have held high
positions, still have lived and done
service with persons whose names are
historic. When once in a talkative
mood such persons as this can give very
entertaining accounts of incidents that
are now almost forgotten. Just such a
character as this is Sergt. John Wal
ters, now one of the watchmen at Ha
state. war and navy dc]>artment build
ing under Capt. Tyson, of Arctic fame.
Sergt. Walters served under Capt. (af
terward Gen.) Sedgwick in the Mexi
can war, and was for many years the
orderly at the headquarters of tla
army under Gen. Winfield Scott and
was with him in Mexico. Sergt. Wal
ters was born May 5, 1821, or, as lie
states, upon "the very day that great
soldier, Napoleon Bonatiarte, left this
world I came into it,” Sergt. Waltei-s
entered the army by enlisting in the
Second regiment of artillery, then com
manded by Col. Bankhead, Jan. 21,
1845, and with that regiment went to
Mexico.
Before tho siege of Vera Cruz he was
detailed an orderly at the heudquar
tors of Gen. Scott. Wlu-n the siege
commenced he rejoined his company
and was in cliargo of three mortars
planted about a mile from the city. The
landing was luade in March, from the
9th to tho 11th, and tho little band of
12,500 men opened trenches, threw up
breastworks and planted the mortars.
Upon the city's refusal to surrender lire
was opened, and on the 29th the garri
son surrendered and tlie American
troops entered- the walls. According
to Sergt. Walters, Gen. Scott seemed
disappointed that tho force promised
linn, 25,000 men, had not lieeii sent,
but ne\ertheless on April 11 he started
out for tho City of Mexico.
At the buttle of Cerro Gordo, April
17, Sergt. Walters says that his com
pany—Company 11, Second artillery—
were on the point of flanking ike Mexi
cans when they spied the coach of
Santa Anna in a gulch not far off.
The coach had been left behind and
tile Mexican chief and some half dozen
of his suite were seen nearly a mile dis
tant riding rapidly on American horses.
Duncan's battery opened fire on them,
but the Mexicans .made good their es-
Ca[ie. The coach was what would now
be regarded as an old fashioned hack,
and tlie harness that was still
Kj itei-hi, ,vtYx iliac flic inures or horses
had been cut loose in a hurry. In the
carriage was found the wooden leg of
Santa Anna and a number of boxes of
gold and silver coin. This capture,
says Sergt, Walters, was the founda*
tionofthe Soldiers’ home. This money
was very considerable, but lie does not
know just liow much there was.
There was somo controversy at the
time as to whether the capture should
be paid into tlie treasury, but Gen.
Scott claimed tliat it belonged to the
army. Consequently he turned it over
.to the quartermaster's department to
be sjient in providing a home in which
old and wounded soldiers could spend
the latter part of their days. To this
sum was added the amount levied on
the inhabitants of the City of Mexico
on its surrender.
Mr. Walters says that when Gen.
Scott returned to this eitv he sent for
Gen. Wool and the t*vo went out to
the present location of the home and
were shown over the place by Mr.
Riggs. It was not, however, until they
had sampled the iron water in tho
spring that they concluded that the
location was the proper inn*, although
they had already admired the views
from the various sections of the
grounds. “As far as 1 know.” said the
old sergeant, “I am the only man alive
who participated in the capture of that
coach. There may be others who were
in the battle, but of company H, Sec
ond artillery, I do not know a single
survivor. ” —Washington Star.
A Mean Kind of Thieving.
A lad named Miner Bender was ar
rested for stealing lithographs. This
arrest was tlie rev elation of a scheme
that has been in practice for a long
time, and has become extensive in its
proportions. It seems there is a firm
here which, on the plan of old Fagin,
the Jew, in “Oliver Twist.” employs lads
to steal tlie lithographs from the shop
windows where they have been placed
as advertisements.* It is only the pict
ures of the most prominent actors and
actresses and those having well known
plays that are coveted. When theso
small purloiners have secured a goodly
supply and have undone, perhaps, the
entire week’s work of a tlieatre bill
board man, they take them to Ibis firm
and receive a small compensation lor
the work they have [ici-foniied, hut
notliing for tla; crime. This firm has a
use for these pictures. They sell them
at a profit to the imuiagers of bam
storming companies, to be used in small
country towns. Thus arc the |>o</plo
of these towns gulled by Is-ing made to
believe that they ore seeing the [lopiilar
plays of the times enacted by famous
actors. Thus it is that good plays and
famous actors become underrated hi
rural communities.—Chicago Herald.
A Shameful
“Let fifteen of the liest lawyers in
tliis country draft a will,” says a New
J York lawyer, “and if any of tlie dissat- i
Ufled heirs will put up £IOO,OOO I will
guarantee to see it broken. If tho will
itself eontains no flaw I can prove un
due influence or insanity, or find somo
other point in the armor. Sac how tho
wills of Vanderbilt. Stewart and Tildea
went by the board. ”
Why Th«y miigi<-it Politics.
The call for a eoiivVution of Allidnce
delegates at St. Pkul, Minn., to nomi
nate state officers contained tho follow
ing: A,
The state of Mimic ota created a rail
road commission to] thind lx-tween the ;
people mid the roads. ,-* prevent the lat
ter from exacting exorbitant rates.
These roads arc the cMjtL* *n of the state
and hold their the state.
Yet this samesupreint'Ciiurt lias decided
that these creation* are greater than
t i-ir creator: that a lijihui greater than
the whole; that the .ss(fedMu> made the :
roads has no power tojjregulato and gov
ern them until it gets) permission from
this autocrat tribunal jof tho American
republic.
In the case of tlie
sale of die vsed be.Y. your 1-lp?
j islature passed to pjvieet the public'
1 health, this mine court h e. enacted the
| rule of schoolmaster aird tU-.xvuded to
| administer a lecture til jot# legislat-
I ure. charging them wilixj i;-uit-erity and
I lying in that they jti.-:ih>-d tho law on
! the ground of protec.jag Ui3 public
j health, when in reality s»objcct of the
j law was something else. JfhilDred-Seott
i decision rendered the sin ;1 3 (if Taney in
j famous for the reason that it made slav
•ry national and comp, ted freemen to
become slave catchers. ’ These judges
aspire to even a greater y.iblimitj- of in
famy, lx-e.iu.se their decisions contem
plate Hit; enslavement of tho whole
American people. A loaf series of other
indictments, as illustrated in the present
unequal and unjust tadfcticm. in the,
growth of trusts and eqip>iues. in the
varied injustices of
lion, in the corrupting p iwer of mor#y
in politics, in the wide.! demonetize?
tion of silver and the sl j-uikage of the
-urrency, in tlie monsU es growth efj
protection and class legiwution in the
McKinley bill, where pre Atkin Ims gone
mad in the advance to prohibitive duties.
No party lias had tho confftge to under
take to free us from these ninl kindred
evils, but are ratharrespi u*Ll. fa*- these
impositions: therefore Mb orßgtiizL to re
sist and free ourselves. , -■ *
Co-operation in
There have been manytoew entetprixas
naugurnted here this A car. ai«l *ilu;
Beauty of it is they are Hi successful in
’ ?very respect. Tho latest nod by far
vne of the largest y»t started is tlie or
ganization of a joint ste'i company by
the farmers styled “Tlu Farmers' Go
operative union,” with-an authorized
capital of £l(M),000. Timecharter is betug
drafted, and the enterprise will lie per
i inanently organized as hJxhi as the cliar
j teV is granted, and busiik.-s will be ojx-n
--| *-(l to the public with I Y'vUey a, the
:n#in phiee f at*
Capitalists are offering the enterprise
unlimited amounts of money, but the
stock will bo first offered to the farmers
and the shares are put at a price that
will enable every farmer in iiie county
to bo a stockholder. The stock is being
taken very fust, and when all tho fann
ers get a slice there will only be a small
amount left for the capitalists.
It will be the policy of % tlie company
to see that the farmers maintain a con
trolling interest in tlm union. It asks
in it.i charter to lie allowed to buy,
sell and handle anything o.i commission,
and it will bo of untold benefit to Fort
Valley, as it will bring Undo li -re that
now goes to other markets. Tho com
pany is not formed to injure any one’s
business or interest, but a prominent Al
liance man said that “the farmers have
Ix-en educated by the Alliance up to the
point where they feel able at least to
manage a part of their affairs, and Hint
they intend to do it from - now on.” The
union will be managed bv a board of
directors, elected by the stockholders an
nually, and much gixid is anticipated for
the town from the influence of the union.
—Fort Valley Special in Atlanta Consti
tution.
Middlemen Get the Cream.
The prominent milk merchants of this
city scout as ridiculous the proposed
scheme of some of tlie farmers of Chester
and Delaware counties to supply Phila
delphia milk drinkers with their temper
ance beverage at four cents a quart.
The farmers have begun to talk of be
coming middlemen and establishing a
city agency of their own in order to ac
celerate the sale of the surplus stixk.
They projiose that milk should be sold
out of stores and groceries, and by this
means the present expensive system of
milk delivery by costly teams and wag
ons could lie done away with. They
hold that if city consumers sup]Xirt this
undertaking with the proper spirit the
consumers aforasaid will secure their
milk at a reasonable revenue.
J;i view of the fact that many mem
bers of the Milk exchange still maintain
the eight cent standard after some
among them have lowered the price to !
six cents a quart dairymen have stopped
to prolie into tiie perplexing problem of
how it is that such an exorbitant tax is
levied when they are receiving for their
best milk a. thecrca n.-iien only one and
a half centt at (hi.; time. —Pail idefphia
News.
They Have lllu I'uiio,
If the farmers and laborers of America
fail to control the organization of the
next congress it will lx- for the reason
that they do not wish to do so. If they
can be fooled now with all tlieir organi
zation and all their experience there is
no telling to what extent robbery and
oppression, may safely go in the United
States without revolt. If the
American people will submit to present
evils and insist on hiring tlie same old
set of scoundrels over again, they should
not squeal when their feet are in the
trap.—lowa Tribune.
His (the original farmer) first lesson
has tuught him all legitimate interests
in a community are common— that is.
the farmer cannot advance hiin-x-lf with
out advancing others at the -aine time.
Neither can be 'x> iinpovaru hed without
other interest's immediately feeling it.
It is tliei f. a e the policy of the organise- |
tion to cultivate frieuu!;.' relations with i
good citizens of all clnoao .—Ben Ter- 1
rell, Organize;- Farmers' Alliance.
S£LF PROTECTION.
Mnggi-slUas .if lxTUing. AVkk-li
thts i \. ..tov* ( an At'hirvv.
W hnt tlx' farmer of the south must
i in- ■ h. is to control his own market.
; -•■' mil hunt I>u\s Ids goods ;;t COT
t.i. 1 ].uv .% t nl ho fixes 11 10 price at
'•lnch U - will soil. Tho farmer raises
lc-hi whicji c sts him a certain price
jto produce, ;ho has nothin;' to ilo
j with n/ini’: * tho price at which ho will
! sell. h i hi; is <lone by the grain or ju-od
uco 1 ..y This is, to come extent, the
i fault i f tho farmer, who usually does
not h.'.ow wlrut his grain cents him. A
lit.mi;the.aver of plows known to tho
traction of a cent what a single plow
J coots lum, including its proportion of in
terest cubic in vest incut and taxes upon
■|i •
fuiincr should be asked what his
wheat cost him, what his com opst him,
1 what his hogs cost him and ft liut his
cuttle cost him, including labor, inci
dentals, interest and taxes, ho would find
it impossible to tell. Hence ho is at the
mercy of those who control tho markets,
: because of his ignorance of the most im
portant item in any business—first cost.
It is necessary that the farmers should
i combine for their mutual protection,
i Titwonly question ia os to rflrni ot‘ com
bination. Tho coat of corn, wheat or oats
could bo determined by averaging the
entire crop of a district, and the fanner:?
who produce all of these articles are eer
?dnly strong enough to control tho nuir
etin them, if properly organized. What’
is Deeded is a combination of farmers
tbnt will keep produce off tho market
| unless a price is paid that will afford a
Uving profit, and if necessary a like pro
vision to thut which obtains in labor
Anions and associations us to support of
'members in ease of strike could obtain
"bere in case of those who were not in u
J condition to held their produce, although,
of course, the identical rules could not
jbe made to apply. Where he now saves
j dollars by buying his supplies at a re
, duced price ho would then make linn-
I dreds of dollars by controlling his own
! market and affixing lifs own prices.
While the grain nmuipubnors would
be strong, yet tho market quotations do
not necessarily control the markets. If
i the fanner goes t» a merchant for flour
j does lie consult the market reports,to gee
' what he will pay'the merchant for the
flour? He certainly d<x*s not. And the
| same would soon lie true as to the farmer
1 with his wheat.
Cheap freight rates is another desira-
I hie thing, but that would bo the ship
S peril tight, if the farmer simply hud
\ nerve enough to contn il liis ywu prices,
j if the Alliance will have its members
{ combine to control ‘Jkois own produce
poyitlf atteSi ion to niercban
; dising or railroading. They can devote
their entire attention to farming, ami
1 be tlio most independent set of men on
j earth. —Frank L. Wells in American
Agriculturist.
I’lenty of Wealth in the Country.
But where is it? Not in the hands of
the masses; not in tho pockets of the great
body of the people; not evenly distributed
where it mightdo the most good, hut it it
gobbled up by a few great millionaires,
who, by some sort of financial necro
mancy or chance, have got their hands on
the princi]wil values and main sources of
wealth, where their accumulations have
rolled in by millions into their plethoric l
coffers. What good-does it do? Of what
use are great riches thus gathered and
thus concentrated?
The country is rich, is it? Greut
wealth and large accumulations are
counted in a few hands, and with it ;
(rude and commerce and money uro con- j
trolled and monopolized to tho grout din- j
advantage of the working masses, whose!
interests are overslaughed by the fiuan- ;
cial manipulations of these great operat- j
ors, by the men who own stocks and
bonds mid control banks and railroads j
and other money corporations. In the j
midst of all this plethora the people suf- j
for. With big money and gold walls in
sight there is scarcity and want. And
why? Simply tiecause of unequal dis. '■
tribution and disparity in condition
which follows thereby. Surely there j
must bo something wrong in tho social!
and financial system which allows and
makes these things possible in a free re
publican nation. Great wealth fur the
! few, great want for the many.—National
View.
Marketing Through the Hunk*.
The enormous wool industry in Aus
tralia has been largely stimulated by
mortgage and finance companies, as well
as by the banks. An individual or a
firm desiring to raise sheep and to grow
wool in any of the Australian countries
can usually secure capital, or at least
large advances on his stock, by agreeing
that the clip shall be handled, forwarded
and sold b v cither the bonks or the mort
gage companies. Thus, of tho total im
jxirt of Australian wool into Great Brit
ain ill lest) of- nearly 1,240,000 bales,
about 12 is.-r cent, was consigned for sale
through the banks, and about 31 per
cent, through the mortgage and fiuunce
companies. The business is done on a
much larger scale, or rather in a more con
centrated manner, than in this country.
Single firms own larger numbers of sheep
than any corresponding firms or indi
viduals in the United States. —American
Cultivator.
Ganiblli’K and l.eijltlinute lln.ln.s*.
Legislation to stop gambling in the
necessities of life and stop trailing in
mythical commodities is to bo desired,
but the law should not Is.- so carelessly
worded as to cramp legitimate business.
Some of tlieop-rating in actual merchan
dise to lie delivered in the future is
proper and a help to the business of the
country. It enables manufacturers to
contract for sullies, it helps banks
make advances on crops and benefits
in other ways.—Farmers' Friend and
Grange Advocate.
When the upper crust of this country
goes across the ocean even' year to spend
190,000,000 in t-eeing and feeling of vari
ous Things in the old country we really
cannot vee why money should be scarce
and the rate of interest high in this
country. —Exchange.
One of Ex-Senator Jones' Stories.
Ex-Senator Jonas, when he tir.tt came
to Detroit, was noted as an excellent
story teller. Many citizens will recall
one lie told on several occasions.; It was
during a congressional campaign and
he was “stumping” FI >rida. Arriving
at a small town about noon lie started
out after dinner for a walk about the
village, on the outskirts of which he
uame upon a building thronged with
people. Upon *iquiry lie learned that
the building was a church u uj that a
wedding 'van about t > taka plu -e. Tlu
edged hu way thr > :;,ii th > crowd until
he reached a sp it wi; -re lio had a good
view of the brid-an. I groom and the
clergy nvi l ttfi-uiq.m pr.teu-m tho cere
molly. - Pile e’.nii'uh was Gi.eked with
the t .vseptlo.i of a I nv. dark gallery
near tiioN oof. This v.as 'apparently de
serted. • A
The minister proceoie I with tluteere-.
mony until he eaiift- to'tlia [x-inl (tlusc’
tlie oustoiti then lu vogutr in Hint ne'iqli.'
borlnxxl requiisxl him to pim-x-.iultl -in
quire if t’lere was any one p/e j-ut trim
know any reason why t.he eteiq ! shbuCl
not be made husband and wife, A
bush fell upon tin- aiseinbjjige, and !
ev.-rybiily waited ia broathlt'-s cus
peijsc Soru,-thing of a sensation vf.tt
ca is 1 when a voice cine fro.n th -up 1
per gallery, savin;-: .
“Yes, 1 have.”
All eyes were turned to tho loft, 1
where, seated nil alone in tho gloom, |
was barely dlseornibK- a meek lo iking I
little man, with a liugg. rd fa e and di j
shcvehsl hair.
After the clergyman had reeovenxl j
from lii:; surprise ho said, '‘sternly - |
“State your reason, sir.”
The sits[x'nso was turned to merri
ment by the loan's reply:
“I want tlie gal myself,” be said. -
Detroit l-’ree Pr. -MS.
'l ilt- Imiiii-iiHlty of Space.
For a long period astronomer.-, niisiie
cessfuily endouvorvd to determine tlie
distance between the stars and tht>
earth, and it is only within a com para
ttvely short tiitm tliat ilic Intenothig
prol*em can be said k> Uuv* been
Solved. Tho dlstaneo whieli sepamtx-s
us from the nearest star is, ;u-»ortling to
Professor Nichols, about 200,000 times *
(fh-atur than the distance from the eunh ,
to the sun, or 9ii,000,00 I of miles niulil I
piled by 206,000.
Alpha, in the constellation of tlie
Centaur, in thu star nearest the earth;
its light Qcenples thiv-o wtiqly- yean in
i iho dMuitfllNßiin xop-xrbtw
u* from the little blinking orb; or, in
other words, should Alpha bo blotted
out of existence today we would be
well into the summer of 1893 before the
inhabitants of this mundane sphere
would be aware tliat Alpha no longer
existed. Yet light travels sotrapidly ns
to occupy no perceptible space of time j
in flushing around our globe.
If the sun were transported to tlie
place occupied by this, tho nearest star,
the vast circular disk, which In morn
ing rises majestically above the horizon
and in evening occupies a consid
erable time in descending entirely be
low tin- same line, would have dimen
sions puny in their insignificance. Co
lossal us the sun appears to us it would,
weroit. p >ssib|.i for it to exchange posi
tions with Alpha, take the lack tele
scope to make it appear us a star of the
third magnitude. -Nr. Louis R -public.
Ate Spool* of Thread.
Tlie great charm of a fox terrier is
tliat you never can tell what lie is going
to do next. It is always the unexpected,
you may be sure. A person uptown
owns one that a short time ago sud
denly took an unaccountable liking for
spools of thread as an article of diet
He would swallow them whole, and his
digestion did not seem to bo impaired
in the least by it. Upon ono occasion
the thread had become partially nn
wound before the s|xx.l was swallowed,
and when tlie dog was discovered an
end was hanging out of his mouth.
His owner took hold of tho end, mid
had no difficulty in reeling the thtead
out, leaving the dog only the empty
spool. Tlie operation was not followed
by any disastrous results, but tint ter
ricr looked as if bo laid boon cheated
of something, and did. not wag his
stumpy tail vigorously for somo time.
—New York Tribune.
Tim ArtlfttV ProfltH.
Of pictures by Mcissonk-r tho “Reeit
du Niege do Borg-of-Zoom,” in the Sc
Cretan sale, which fetched 20,100 francs,
is exactly the size of a five-franc silver
piece, that is to say, smaller than ono of
our silver dollars. The jticturo is some
times known among collectors as “I«i
Piece do Cent Sous,” ami It is told of it
that Meissonier pointed it originally for
M. do Chcvigne at the rate of 100 francs
an hour, and did Rin throe tours. A
profit of 19,800 francs on a stogie picture
ought to satisfy any one, except, possi
bly, the nrtist, who does not profit by
the advance.—Exchange.
A hat less and coat less stranger rushed
into a Tacoma store and asked if they
could cash a check for a man who
has an office in the same building up
stairs. Being told that they could the
stranger rushed upstairs and in a mo
ment came down with the check, which
was then cashed. When it was sent to
the hank the next day the forgery was
discovered. The swindler escaped.
An insect pest called the “aphis” has
been causing great destruction on the
Pacific coast, but now it I* discovered
that the ladyjsug (adalia blpunctata) is
very busily engaged ill eating up the
aphis. The ladybug is a charming
creature, well known tc literature and
to folklore, and it Is especially pleasant
to learn that it has gone into a useful
buxines*,
A TWO SIDED BILL.
It Created a Tremendous Rcmutlon In the
Treattur? Department.
There was received at the treasury
department one of the most peculiar
lunik iKites ever seen among the millions
upon millions of currency notes printed
by tlie government. It was a S2O note
or a $lO note, just, according to which
sido was up, for by some remarkable
mistake the one side was printed with
the figures and devices of a S2O tail,
while tho other had all the figures and
devices of a $lO bill.
The note was returned to the treas
ury by the cashier of the First Wash
ington National bank of Jersey Git),
who sent it with weather sarcastic nolo,
intimating that Iris hank was not gonG
into the freak business, and added t'::a,
as tho treasury had counted that 1> M
for S2O he would trouble theta ! i send
him an .ordinary S2O note. The affair
crcatodhi sensation, for no one had ever
seen such a wonderful note- befon*.
Tlie matter tvas referred to the depart
ment of issue, from which tho note had
boon sent out to tlie Jersey City bank.
Tin) mistake was pronqrtly corrected
and an immediate investigation begun.
The investigation was prosecuted
ttiili, 'dgor, ami Gen. Meredith found
the cause of the trouble, it seems that
the four notes printed on a sheet arc
not all of oho denomination. Then:
uro always three of oaa kind and the
fourtii of another; thus, in this case,
three tens and a twenty. It wits an
easy task to learn jiist when this bun
die had been printed, and l»y which
plate printers. They were examined,
and it developed t hat one sheet of four
notes, after having been printed on one
side, liad fallen oil the bundle to the
floor. Tho assistant who picked it up hv
some unfortunate oversight turned the
sheet-upside down when she placed it
on the bundle.
The rest is easily understood. This
sheet was printed on the second side
with a 20-face on the reverse of a ten,
and one of the throe 10-face on tho re
verse of tile *OO 2d of tlie steel, ileuce
tliere w**e two ‘TO 2lsT hi tlie lot.
Thusths mistake was corrected. But no
good explanation was offered or can
lie offered, why these two hills, passing
through a score of hands, each one of
whom is supposed to examine every bill
most carefully, should not have been
discovered.
Itvery in tie) bureau who
handles a wiki la jielq ropom.iblo in
'*U»C si driest!,lwly..and it is almost l»i
--credible flam none ’of these people
should have discovered tlie mistake,
in tlm deparlineut of issue are not less
than six counters, whose business it has
been for years to count tho notes be
fore issuing them to tlie batiks. They
arc considered the most expert counters
in the world, and yet all six of these
wonderful experts allowed such a bill
to pass through their hands. No trace
lias been found of tho second hybrid,
so that it must ho wondering around
tho country. The tv.o notes will be
kiprt in the treasurer's office as curios
ides.- Baltimore bun.
J^xperl 111 cut with Hopei and Wiiei.
Homo interesting experiments luivo
boon made by a French engineer to as
certain definitely the strength, exteusi
bllity and elasticity of round and flat
ropes of hemp anti aloe, and of iron
and stool wire. In these investigations
tliero were employed a horizontal hy
draulic press ami weighing apparatus
consisting of a stool yard and sliding
weight by which tension of 130,000
pounds could ho recorded, mid for
higher pressures a gauge on I lie body
of the press was used. Specimens were
fastened by winding eaeh end on a
grooved pulley of special construction,
the usual length of the s|>ecimens being
thirteen feet.
The result of all the tests gave for
tho average tensile btrcngtlis of ropes
the following; White hentp, 10,500 to
11,300 [>ourids i>vr square inch; tarns 1
hemp, 7,700 to 8,400; white uianiia,
0,800 to 10,000; white aloes, 5,600 to
7,000; flat tarred hemp and muuila,
7,800 to 8,100. A factor of safety of
four, or even three in some cases, is
considered a safe rope. A rope of un
auncaled wire has an ultimate strength
of ulxnit 6.5,000 pounds per squure inch
of section of metal. When annealed
the ultimate strength is reduced to
übout 45,000 pounds; but the elonga
tion Is nearly doubled, being nearly 13
to 15 per cent, in annealed wire. The
best wire ro|ie« for mining purposes
have a much higher tensile strength.
New York Telegram.
Ktjtiul to the Occasion.
Boston Thief —I assure you my of
fense was lent the result of a slight
mental ul>eriwti#ti occasioned by the
gastric emotion »!iat arose from my be
coming cognizant of the existence of an
unprotected aggregation of nutritive
substances in my immediate vicinity.
Boston Cop In tiiat case I suppli
cate your pardon and trust you will not
think too harshly of toe for having
abraded the epidermis of your pen
cranium by tlie sudden
against it of my ligneous wand of office.
—Town Topics.
Cjdiiim'u Growing U»r«.
The prefect of Savoy has recently
prohibited the gathering of the cycla
men in tile woods of liis department.
Notwitlistanding its abundance in the
locality this beautiful plant lias been
threatened with total extinction from
the enormous numbers gathered each
year for cal ' ki the markets of Cham
bepr and Aix-las-Bains. It “is the old
story; collector.} are everywhere; and
tho edelweiss and pc.sibly the primrose
•will »<x,.i bcccmo rare, if not extinct.—
Exchange
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