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vou \«v. JIKM KIN 6 POWDER Absolutely Pure. ! hi* . ii' ' n>arv« l of p.u-il v, .<! .-. i.,••• ~u i v ii.il.. iicnb. More dcoiiomi .!i iliii. i!i« « i-ili:... j 1 : «ih, ai.d cumin! Ik* -old in (;t»ni|««‘tji !o i with tlu* nml ti t !»• K* nf Inu t« -I. <hort vVCi'j l*' u i»i «•*’ piios j-lml u i>. Sol *. in cnnp. Royal Hakim* I’owdeu Co., J*Ni Wall street. New York. novt^-ly i'nol 7;.ss/(> \\t /, rm // os. I*”-* 4 - ' • 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 j i .i. it i". vt; v\, 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. I 1 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 no- n