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THE HENRY COUNTY WEEKLY.
A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO HOME RULE, TARIFF REFORM AND BOURDON DEMOCRACY.
VOL. XV.
Hr he;t -T all i Evening Power.—U. S. Gov t Reyort, Aug. 17, I*B9-
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AfVSOLUTEIY PURE
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O E N T 1 ST .
Ifc’JdNOl (iH ( *A.
Any one desiring work done cun *»u ac
commodated either by calling on me in pci -
«on or addressing me through the mails.
Terms cash, unless special arrangement*
Hie otherwise made.
Gf.o W Bryan j VV.T. Diokkn.
liiitl A DICKIE,
attorneys at law.
McDonough, a .
Will practice in the counties composing
Ihc Flint Imiiciitl Circuit, (ho Supreme Com t
ni Georgia und tiie I sited Suites District
Court. apr27-i y
TAW. H. TVWmil.
attorney at law,
McDonoi OH, Ga.
Will practice in the counties composing
the Flint Circuit, the Supreme Court < f
Georgia, end the United States District
Court. marl 6-1 y
rt J. Rll.ttai,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
McDonough, Ga.
Will pructice in all the Courts nl Georgia
Special attention given to commercial and
~tUercollections. Will attend all t lie Courts
*t Hampton regularly. Office upstairs over
Tun Wkkkly office.
y . wAu,
attorney at law,
McDonough, U a .
Will practice in the counties composing t he
Flint Judicial Circuit, and the Supreme and
District Courts of Georgia. Prompt attention
given :i' colK,eticus. octs- 7‘t
yj ,4. HKOWA.
, . " -ATTORN. KY AT LAW,
Wi!f-p <4 * 1 tbccmmties -oinpos
infyjhe Flint lliu Supreme Cmij of
Getjigi.i. and ?tl ••; rnilj'4, St.tb'y , , i
Co-ar'. * fAnt -It'
DU ON l CAMP.
WHOLESALE GROCERS AND DEALERS IN
Floor, Meat, Lord, Stars, Coffees, Tobaccos, dears ale.
• ALSO, HAY, BRAN, OATS, CORN
and all kinds of Feed Stuffs a specialty.
We beg to call special attention to our Brands ol Flour,
OCEAN SPRAY,
POINT LACE
AND PRINCESS
These arc our Brands, manufactured ESPECIALLY
FOR US and we guarantee every sack.
Write as lor quotations. We guarantee satisfaction and
the lowest possible prices. We also call your attention to
our TOBACCOS,
‘•GOLDEN SPARKS,”
“HENRY GOUNTY 9in.s’s,”
AND “HOE CAKE.”
These goods we guarantee to give satisfaction. Sam
ples sent free on application.
We have also a fine line ot
New Orleans Syrups,
which we cp, sell at. “ROCK BOTTON PRICES.” We
will make it to your interest to see us before buying.
Thanking our friends for their patronage in the past and
soliciting a continuance of the same, we are
Respectfully,
DUNCAN & CAMP,
77 WHITEHALL ST . ATLANTA. GA.
u 4. I’IIHIM.I S,
tl .
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Hami-ton, Ga,
Will practice in all the counties composing
the Flint Judicial Circuit, the Supreme Court
of Georgia and tiie District Court of the
United States, Special and prompt atten
tiongivento Collections, Oct H, 1888
Fno. D. Stiiwai-.t. j R.T. Damkl.
BTEWAKT A »4.41FX,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Gurus, Ga.
j | lt. K. .1. AK.4OMK
Hampton. Ga.
1 hereby let.dcr my professional service to
the people of Hampton and surrounding
country. Will attend all cal's night and
day.
j 0114 1.. TVK.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Gate City Natioal Rank Ruilding,
Atlanta, Ga,
Practices in the State and Federal Courts.
GRIFFIN FOUNURY
AND
Machine Works.
life announce to the Public that we are
\\ prepared to inaiiufactuie Engine Roll
ers ; will lake orders for all 1 bids of Boil
ers. We ate prepared to do all kinds of
repairing on Engines, Boilers end Machin
ery, generally. Wo keep in stork Brass
linings of all kindH ; also Inspirators, In
ject.ns, Safetv Va’.-es, Steam linages,
Pipe and Pipe Fittings andiron ned IJpss
Castings of every Description.
OSHOWN A WAWO'rr,
« Vi C Pi K 3 utO Whiskey HaWte
gsefig cured home witb
-1 BH B B n Snout J>ain. Book o( par*
111 tlcJ.an sent Fit MB.
MlmkSmmmu B.M.WOOInUSY.M.U
T£TXu£bU>,tl«i oifleelJciH Whitehall
McDonough, ga.. Friday. October, 10, tsoo.
The Hayseed.
i once was the tool ot oppression.
And as green as a sucker could be.
And monopolies banded together
To beat a bayeeed like me.
The railroads and old party bosses
T, the, did sweetly agree,
And they thought there would be little trouble
In working a hayseed like me
And at every election they fed me
With taffy as sweet as could be.
But when they elected their tteket
They forgot a poor hayseed like me.
They sold themselves out to the banker.
Amt thought It would he a line spree
To lire all the greenlwicks and silver,
And rob all such hayseeds as mo.
They went into league with the devil
For the sake of a high license tea
But never a cent of the proiits
Has come to a hayseed like me.
But now I have roused up a little.
And their greed and corruption I see.
And my neighbors ore waking around am,
- And I find they're all hayseeds like me.
And so we have formed an alliance.
From oppression we ore bound to be free.
And the ticket we vote next November
Will he made up of hayseeds like me.
We're bound to uphold our strong platform
In spite of The Omaha Bee.
And the railroads will go to the bottom
By the vote of such hays.-eds as me.
—Arthur U Kellogg In Omaha Woricl-tlorakl.
Whore's That Billion.
The following from The Burlington
Hawkeye indicates that the editor wants
his readers to believe he thinks the
fanner is prospering, and that the rail
roads and Mr. Depew are his best
friend:
Tho farmers of the country, and es
pecially those who look ujhui the rail
roads as their worst enemies, should
read Chauucey M. Depew's address to
tho New York State Agricultural *« i
ety, delivered some days ago. He said:
"The railroad first develojied the agri
cultural resources of our country, then
threatened their paralysis, ami now, un
der wiser administration on the one
hand and a more liberal understanding
on tiie other, the farm and the railroad
are seen to be inseparably united as al
lies and partners. The blight of the
one is the bankruptcy of the other.” • •
Every student of political economy
sees the truth of this assertion, but Sap
many of the fanners never get lieyoml
the second stage noted by Mr. Depew.
They still look upon the railroads as
working to paralyse agricultural inter
ests. To them the sja-aker’s figures' are
instructive. Ho showed that within the
past twenty years railway rates have
gone down over “100 per cent.” —mean-
ing, doubtless, 50 jiercent., or one-half —
while farm products have fallou taak 00
l>er cout. “The rates of 1870 i appliM to
tho tonnage of 1889, would have yielded
for the year $1,000,000,000 more than
tho gross .’evenue of the railroads of
the United States.”
This is practically $1,000,000,000 a
year give:- *0 tho farmers toenuble thefn
to make farming i«iy. It is a phase of
the subject that too many railroad theo
rists are too apt not to think about.
Agitation the Thing.
A look over tho country humiliates
one to see t hat thousands of farmors still
linger in listless ignorance outside of tho
only order that can avail them anything
in the battle of life. But the most hu
miliating of it all is to 6ce the egotistical
class *of farmers, whoso pretenses are
that they need none of the aids of organ
ization to place themselves above the
common level of the toiling producers of
the country. They are sufficient them
selves, anil do not see that though they
may, by the aid of circumstances, float
on the top of the sea of prosperity, both
of these classes need tho awakening in
fluence that may be exerted by some
plan of oj>en meetings on tho part of the
Alliance.
If two or three Alliances in one coun
ty should resolve to hold meetings of
this kind every two months, first ut one
place and then at another, and should
invito and have good reasons to expect
Uie presence of officers of the State Alli
ance, the scattered farmers of the adja
cent country would as naturally grav
itate toward them as growth would fol
low cultivation. I just want to throw
out these hints so that the south may be
better üblo to unite in common brother
hood against such infernal measures as
oppress her.—R. L. Wood in Southern
Farm.
Tl»« Poor Hanker.
All local and county organizations
throughout Alabama are holding meet
ings and binding members by resolutions
and written agreements not to sell their
sot,ton crop until the price has been
forced up to a figure satisfactory to the
Alliance. The members readily enter into
these agreements, believing they can
hold the bulk of the cotton crop until the
price will lie forced np to 12 cents or
higher.
If this arrangement is carried out it
means ruin to thousands of merchants
and many bankers in the south. Ninety
per cent, of the cotton crop is sold when it
is planted, and the crop is grown on
trsdit. The fanner owes tho Merchant,
tho merchant owes the banker, and the
banker in many cases owes his eastern
correspondent. The merchant’s notes to
the banker fall due from Oct. 15 to Nov.
1, and the banker’s paper in New York is
due a little later. If the farmer does not
si ll his cotton he cannot pay his mer
chant, and the latter cannot pay the
banker.—Cor. New York Times.
Hm<l Figuring.
Figures are fearful things when they
are wrongfully handled. For instance,
an agricultural contemporary states that
the number of farm mortgages in Kan
sas to be foreclosed this year is esti
mated at 2,650. amounting to $200,000,-
000. At its best this farm mortgage
business is liad, but if our contemporary
is right in its figures there is more
money in mortgaging Kansas farms
than in raising wheat or corn on them.
The above figures give an average of
more than $75,000 mortgnge indebted
ness on each of the 2,650 farms.—Farm
ers’ Friend.
There are 218,000 tilled farms in Penn
sylvania, and the farmers constitute one
third of the voting population of the
state
AS BAD AS EVER.
I.fk<! Their Brethren <>t Old These Bar
bers Bleed ♦heir Customers.
The place will be easily recognized.
It is u well known and extensively put
ronized burlier ahpp, located on 0110 of
the principal thoroughfares of the city.
Ostensibly the shop does uot difl'or
materially from hundreds of other ton
serial establishments scattered all over
tho city, but this place is somewhat
peculiar inasinußb as it is a sort of ton
serial highway Jobbery concern, to
which fact thousands who have visited
it will bo willing to testify 1 was there
once—only once.
“You must be crazy to go in there,”
a friend remarked,''as I was about to
enter the place ityjuesiion.
“What d*>_yo'3 tqemtr” Vnsked.
“Why, it wi(pTNWb you $2.50," he
said.
“Nonsense, I replied, mid went
boldly in. f
On entering the place some dozen
or more unemployed barbers yelled
“Next 1" an equal number of “broom
boys” tnude a rusii for my hat and
coat, and without knowing exactly
how I g6t there I found myself in a
chair, with a black visaged barber in
dustriously smearing my face with
lather.
“Very tlfn on top, sir; very thin,"
he observed as he ran his fingers
throrigh my hair. “But that balsam
of ours,” he went on, “will soon fix
that all right. Lucky I mentioned if,
isn’t it.?" ho observed.
“Yes," said I, “but never mind a
hair cut,” as after the shave I saw him
take tip the shears and prepare to use
them on my hair.
“Just one little ragged s|w>t there
that needs touching up," said the artist
as he began the operation. I saw that
I was in for a hair out and resigned
myself to fate.
“This way, for one moment,” lm con
tinued, motioning to the wtislista-nd.
Of emfhse I went, and then it dawned
upon me that I was in for a shampoo
as well.
“Seo here,"said I, "just lot this busi
ness end right here; I don’t want any
thing more done. Do you under
stand ?”
“All right, sir," he replied meekly,
and then almost before I knew it lie
was calmly making a torch of my hair
by applying the (lame of a lamp which
he held in his hand.
“What on earth are you doing now?"
1 asked.
“Oh, 1 thought you wanted your
hair singed. Tho only way to prevent
Its falling out. ■ I"'
“Hang it,” I broke in, “1 didn’t come
here to buy your barber shop. How
ever, I suppose you might as well go
on.” This last operation finished, ho
looked at me in a pitying sort of way
and asked how long I had had them.
“Had what, for heaven’s sake?”
“Why, those blackheads. But hold
on just one minute. I’ll fix them." A
scorching hot damp towel vvtis then ap
plied to my, face, causing me so much
pain that I began to wonder why 1 had
allowed it%t all and whether the next
operation would involve the extraction
of any of my teeth.
After a minute or so of additional
rubs and sundry squirts from a cologne
atomizer with a friendly pat on tho
back I was informed that the agony
was over.
“Here’s your hair restorer,” said my
barber as lie handed me the package,
together with my check. It would bo
needless to go into details. Enough to
say that liaving entered tho place for a
fifteen cent shave I was only permitted
to depart on the payment of $.'125 for
the experience.—Now York Herald.
A Wonderful Bridge.
David Gowan, who lives in the north
ern part of Gila county,. A. T., in what
is known as “the Tonto Basin," is the
owner of one of the greatest naturtd
curiosities in tho United States, if not
fn the world. Gowan’s wonder is the
famous natural bridge which spans Pine
creek by a single arch of 200 feet, the
walls on either side rising to a height of
from 700 to 800 feet, on one side form
ing a perpendicular precipice. The
bridge is 600 feet In width; from the
bottom of the arch to the top it aver
ages 40 feet; span, as above mentioned,
200 feet; lower side of arch, 150 feet.
The action of the water which litis
poured under this natural span for
ages has worn it as smooth as though
it had been chiseled and sandpapered
by a stonemason. Although the arch,
which is solid limestone, averages about
fort,’ feet in thickness, there is one
place near the top of the arch where
the thickness scarcely exceeds six feet;
near tho center of this thin place there
is a semi-circular hole two feet in diam
eter through which one may watch the
waters swiftly gliding 200 feet below.—
St. Louis Republic.
A New Telephone Attachment.
A Fort Dodge man has invented a
telephone attachment in tfie shape of a
clockwork device, by the use of which
a man ringing up a person who lias
left Ills office or room can be informed
automatically at what time he will re
turn. A dial similar to that of a clock
is provided, and when the person is
about to leave the vicinity of the tele
phone he turns the hands on the cloek
to the hour at which he will return.
This hour is communicated to the
ringer by a series of taps.—Newt York
Telegram.
Hcjond th« Limit.
He (piqued)—lt seems to me tfyat
your last remark rather indicated that
you consider me stupid.
She—Was it so obvious as thatlM
Enoch.
SI.OO CASH, $1.50 ON SPACE : AND WORTH IT.
Submarine Surreys.
Tho linos over which it is proposed
to lay a telegraphic cable ore now as
carefully surveyed beforehand a* a line
of railway is surveyed before construc
tion. Not only are soundings taken
to find out the inequalities of the ocean
bed, but tho nature of that bed is also
investigated. This is dime by using a
sounding machine, which brings up a
portion of the bottom itself. The fol
lowing account of the survey between
Cadiz ami the Canary islands gives a
good idea of tho care with which the
work is done:
Two ships made zigzag courses across
tho proposed lino of the cable, and
soundings were taken every few miles,
and more frequently if circumstances
warranted the delay. In this maimer
the ground wn* covered effectually.
On board the Dacia we had an Inter
esting time and made some remarkable
discoveries.
Wo etuue across several banks where
deep water had been supposed to exist.
One of these banks nearly escaped us,
as we were sounding at long intervals,
but a suspicious shoaling was noted on
comparing one sounding with the pre
x'ious one, and as a little further on
deeper water was found wo tried back,
stopping to sound every few miles. The
depth decreased very rapidly, and ex
citement ran high when the sinker
found bottom at sixty-eight fathoms.
Wo had found u submarine mountain
raising its crest to within a few hundred
feet of the surface, rising precipitously
from a depth of nearly 2,000 fathoms
, Suoh incidents as this sliow olongiy
tlie necessity for careful surveys of 1
ocean cable routes. This bunk was
right on the proposed course of the
cable, and if this lmd been laid as
originally intended the strain would
have proved fatal to its existence.
A Familiar Adi’ertUemunt.
The advertising columns of tho daily
papers have ever boon a fruitful theme
for speculation and deep research. Of j
tho many which strike tho observant
reader as, to say tho least of it, pecul
iar is that 0110 emanating from the
man with the horse which he Is always
desiring to sell, and which some unkind
fato would sooni to hinder him from so
doing. Quito a sad history attaches to
some of them. That one in which tho
widow of a deceased merchant offers a
very “tony" horse at an absurd sacri
fice is eloquent of distress and kind
heartedness. The horse always costs
originally $1,250, and equally, of course,
is for sale at $250.
• Then follows a fearfully and wonder
fully worded “ad” in which the horse
is praised up to the skies. Tho stable
is always a “private” one. Tho steed
for sudo undergoes some iieculiar meta
morphoses both In breed and record.
Ho has alxvays any number of aliases
so far as ids first name is concerned.
By a strange coincidence each “stable”
has its own pot surname. To give the
w hole tiling n glamor of genuineness
theio is always for sale a top buggy,
harness und whip. The causes assigned
for the sale are monotonous, tho changes
being run on “business complications”
and "death of owner." Of course these
gentry are not acquainted with Adam
Smith, and do not knoxv that a “little 1
originality and tho diversion of their !
energies to a new channel would lend
to fortune.”—Now York Telegram.
SoiiNltlvo Scale.
A great many ingenious device* owe
their origin to taking Homo old familiar
appliance and making it servo a new
purpose. Hardly any Invention is com
moner than a pendulum clock, and yet
from one of its parts an American in
ventor has developed a scale much
more sensitive than the best knife edge
balance. If the wire rod by which a
pendulum rod hangs 1h examined, the
upper end, where it is fastened to the
'clock frame, will bo found flattened
into the form of a spring.
As a spring the metal sways to and
fro with the minimum of friction. Sus
[>onding the horizontal rod of his bal
ance from Just such a spring, tlie in
ventor lias been able not only to con
struct an exquisitely sensitive scale,
measuring one part in 2,350,000, but
also to build a testing machine, in
which steel bars are drawn out and
broken as easily as If they wore glass,
and in which the force at work is indi
cated with the utmost uoeuracy.—New
York Commercial Advertiser.
Automatic Illcycle.
An automatic bicycle has been pat
ented wliich gives free use of the hands
and considerable relief to the muscles
of the rider. It can be fixed to any
safety or tricycle in flvo minutes, and
is only a few ounces in weight. It is
as valuable to learners as it is to ex
perienced riders. The ail vantages
claimed fo: are that on straight roods
it automatically steers the machine
and allows liberty of hands with entire
safety, thus avoiding considerable hand
vibration, arid that when meeting ob
stacles the front wheel glances off and
regains its direct course. Great assist
ance is, moreover, afforded Iri climbing
lulls, and the invention acts as a spring
stop to the front fork, arul leaves the
machine rigid when placed against a
wall.—-New York Commercial Adver
tiser
1 It sometimes happens that a mechan
! ic will fool around fifteen or twenty
1 minutes trying to find out the number
i of threads per inch in the stud hole in
; some obscure corner of an engine or
| other machinery. About the liest way
out of the difficulty is to whittle a soft
pine plug and screw it into tho hole.
When removed tlie threads can be
counted easily and measured; also a
very good approximation of the size of
the hole ean Ve made.
THE PLASTER PARIS BANDAGE.
How That Valuable Auxiliary to Suini
cal Science \V«n Invented.
lift mo till you a story and at the j
same time give you the history of the
plaster Paris bandage. You must un- j
dot-stand first that the inventions of 1
plaster Paris, starch, glue and paste
bandages are of recent date. During the
late war t hey wore unknown,and the first
place in which they figured in surgical
science was in the Franco-Prussian war
of 1870, when the Bavarian splint was
first used. The Bavarian splint, which
suggested to an American doctor the
use of piaster Paris, was a contrivance !
made to tit closely to the limb. It had
a si-at 11 up the back. und when removed
was split down the front and o[>enod
like a book, it (s.uld then be used
again on a limb of similar dimensions—
but to our story.
About tiie year 1870 a gentleman
from New York was making his way to j
Chicago, where ho whs going to give
personal superintendence to a lawsuit
hi which lie was tho plaintiff. If he ;
lost the suit ho would lose his all. lie |
had but n day to finish his journey, j
when, as fate would have it, he slip[»'d
on the street in Cleveland, 0.. and j
broke his leg. The |*x>r man was in
great distress. Everything he had was
involved In tiie Chicago lawsuit, lie
sent for his doctor und told him that
he hod decided to continue the Jour
ney, even at tho risk of his life, stating
at the kuuio timo the reasons why tho
Journey was so imperative.
The doctor, who happened to lie mi
ingenious follow, had just been reading
about the Bavarian splint, and at once
sent for a dentist whom he lmd soon a
few days before making plaster Paris
molds of teeth. Tho dentist came, mid
both went to work on the limb. They
first wrapped It securely with cloth
bandages, then lmrlod the entire limb
iti a mass of the plaster Paris As soon
as it hardened the man was assisted to [
rise, and a great portion <>f the surplus !
plaster was cut off, reducing tho hulk
A pair of crutches wero secured and
the Injured man, with liis limb secure
ly bound, liourdod the train the next
morning, to his infinite satisfaction. Of 1
course ho won the suit and Indirectly
hastened an invention that has proved
a great value to tho medical world -
Interview’ In Cincinnati Times Star
CaHt Iron llrirkn.
Wl&at are termed hollow ciuit iron
bricks aix' thu invention o( an Erfurt
mechanic. As the name indicates
tlioy arc mode of regular brick form
j and sire, the walls being 0.12 inches
! tlilcxk, but no mortar or other binding
! material is Intended to enter into their
‘ nee, the method of fastening adopted
being as follows: The upper anil lower
sides of the brick are provided with
grooves and protecting ribs, which tit
Into one another easily and perfectly,
so as to make a uniform and complete
union or combination.
There are in addition two large cir
cular openings in the upper side of
each brick, arranged to receive suit
ably formed projections on the lower
side of the brick above, one of those
projections being also hooked shape,
thus securing a more secure hold; and
in order that the Joints be made and
remain air and water tight a fluid is
applied to the surface of tho bricks
with a brush. The non-conducting air
spaces in tho bricks, and tho ease witli
which they may be put together and |
taken apart without Injuring them, are
cited as special advantages in their fa
vor as a substitute for ordinary bricks
and brick construction—Chicago Jonr
n&l of Commerce.
Ilow He HfM'.nt llin Yttcullnn.
A young man employed in a big re
tail dry goods storo was granted a va
cation.' It was expected that lie would
hie to tiie mountains or gpto the shore.
The first morning ho was free ho
walked through the storo leisurely,
nodding to his comrades behind the
counters, but speuking to no one. lie
then • made his exit. Tho second day
lie was on hour later, but he passed in
review his toiling associates, and then
went out. Tills he repeated for six
days. When ho returned on Monday
he was asked why this strange behav
ior. lie replied that he hail felt 1.,r a
long time a desire to do as he pleased
In tho store, and he had now tieen able
to do so, and he added: “I’m satisfied
and ready to go to work again—better
satisfied than If I had climbed mount
ains or bathed in tho surf."—Boston
Journal.
All HtiaiiU'y’ft Fault.
Not long ago a mother looked over
tlie shoulder of her littiu girl who was
groaning ulxmt a difficult lesson. The
book wus open at the map of Africa,
and tho mother exclaimed:
“Wliy, how that map has changed
since I was a child 1 Then it had only
a few towns about the coast, and all
the middle was a blank. We didn’t
have to learn much about the map of
Africa in those days.”
“1 know it,” cried tho little girl, al
most in tears, “and it’s all tho fault
of that dreadful Mr. Stanley!”—Ex
change.
A Lucky Fellow.
Mrs. Sharptongxie (querulously)
Here you are earning next to nothing,
and our old neighbor, Mr, Quickwlt, is
making SIO,OOO a year.
Mr. S.—Lucky fellow, that Quick
wit. He’s got a job as traveling sales
man, and is away from home ten
months in the yeur.—New York Weekly.
The longest day* of the year has 19
hours at Rt. Petersburg, 17 hours nt
Hamburg, 10 I f hours at. London, 15
hours at New York, and 3 1-2 month*
at Hpitzbergcn.
Picking I p Diamonds In tho Street.
Park row, between Brooklyn bridge
and Ann street, is the greatest artery
of travel ori this side of tho Atlantic,
by day and by night, and is the most
democratic of thoroughfare's. Bunco
men, preachers and hayseeds, editors,
peddlers and insurance presidents,
working girls, wives of buriness' men
and scrubwomen forever jostle each
other here, and no ono would dream
of finding pocketbook or package that
had slipped to tho juivemeld or expect
Its restoration. Yet tho early bird of
the morning and tho keen eyed man
whose occupation lies there sometimes
find the crowded thoroughfare a gold
•or diamond mine.
A scrub woman on her way to clean
up the offices of a Park row establisli
-1 munt found a diamond stud on tho
pavement in front of the place, tpid sold
it to an employe lor f,lO. She was de
lighted at her good luck, but. not half
so much so as the employe when a jew
eler appraised tho stud at SOO, or his
wife when ho presented it to her. Not
a great while afterward another em
ploye, standing idly in front of the
place, noticed a piece of white tissue
paper which was kicking about beneath
the fix't of tho throng. Ho watched it
for a while, and growing fascinated by
tiie little tinted roll of paper picked it
up and found an uncut diamond in its
folds.
it was never advertised, and is now
worn in a pin by tiie lucky finder. If
there is a moral iri this true story of
flotsam and jetsam it will hardly per
suade people that it will pay them to
put in their time hunting diamonds in
Park row. - New York Bnn.
Limt SpucliiMuu.
The man who said Jestingly that tho
chief use of going to school and college
was to got stories to toll for the rest of
one's life won not v itliout a certain
foundation for his since no
anecdotes arc more constantly repeated
than those winch belong to this part of
life.
Graduates who left tiie Boston Igit.in
school halt a dozen years ago, for in
stance, are always pleased to tell what
happened to u preceptor there who hud
awakened much interest in natural his
tory among Ills pupils by the use of the
microscope. IJe was In the habit of
bringing specimens to school, and ono
morning an assistant found him grovel
ing about tho floor, iui empty box in
I his hand and an expression of dtp deep*
I out consternation on ids face.
I “Oh, I’ve done tho most dreadful
tiling!” lie exclaimed, "i’ve dropp-d
my box and spilled nil my specimen*.”
“Can’t you pick the m up?” asked the
other.
“Oh, no,” replied the igituraiid,
with u groan : "I haven't maud out to
catch a single ono."
‘‘What were they ?” asked fho assist
ant, <>bllg)ngly stooping down to as- ist
In the search.
"Forty live fleas,” was tho startling
answer.
The Resistant sprang up like a flash.
“Don’t you think,” ho said laugh
ing, “that tiie pupils may bf 1 trusted to
pick up tho wliolo forty, U you givo
them tirno enought"—Y’otith’s Com
panion.
M<xl«>rn Han Worshiper*.
There are some people in Buffalo to
whom the sunflower is a sacred flower,
because It follows the course of the sun
every day. Tlilh Is the truth neverthe
less. We have sun worshipers among
us; periple who do not obtrude their
ideas ti|s>n their neighbors, but who
aro as devout worshipers of the great
orb of day as tho ancient Persians. Ho
Is to them a visible and potent god,
whose work they can see, whose opera
tions are perfectly visible, who regu
lates the seasons and brings forth tiie
fruits of tho earth, and who is at least
comprehensible in ids operations. I
know a few of these sun wonhipem.
One of them is an ancient, venerable
citizen, who rises at dawn every day so
that he may bow and kiss his hand to
tlie rising sun, and that is the extent of
his devotion. He huihers nobody as
he pursues his way through tlie world,
is charitable, kindly and good, and I
rather suspect that lie goes to Ids little
bug walk not much after sundown. —
Buffalo Truth-
UublnKteln'i Willing Spirit.
When Rubinstein was last giving pi
anoforte recitals at Bt. .fames’ hall he
was one day accosted in a passage of
tho building by a lady, who oxplain(*d
that she was too poor to buy a ticket
for the performance. She therefore
tb»* gr»r.t szr.n to give her one.
“Madame,” said Rubinstein, “the
fact is that to-night I have but one seat
at iny disposal, bnt if you do not mind
occupying it It is entirely at your ser
vice. "
“I am very much obliged, f lay I
ask where tho a-at tst” Inquired the de
lighted applicant.
“At the piano,” said the master, with
his best bow. Tho lady was not pres
ent that night.—London Tit-Bits.
Ilomtftt fur a fortnight.
William Whiston was a court chap
lain Ur George ll'3 Queon Caroline.
Once when Mr. Secretary Craggs said
that a minister of state might be hon
oet for a fortnight, but it would not
answer much longer, Whiston. with
characteristic simplicity, asked, "Mr.
Secretary, did you ever try it for a fort
night r —San Francisco Argonaut.
A gold modal has been offered by the i
Dutch Academy of Science in Haarlem,
for the best work on microscopic in-)
vestigallon of the mode in.which differ-'
enkparts of plants ean unite with one
another, and the phenomena which ac
company healing after grafting.
NO. 8.