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THE HENRY COUNTY WEEKLY. ■nTtmGmijXL*. ■ 2-ffP'.■. ■ Ww ' 1 * . * A JOURNAL DEVOTED JO HOME RULE, TARIFF REFORM AND BOURBON DEMOCRACY. VOL. XV. Highest of all in Leavening Power.—lT. S. Gov't Report, Aug. *7, iSS^ Baking Rjwcfer ABSOLUTELY PURE FKOt-'KSS / OVI /, r.i li ns. n*. «. r. o PBfiw- DEN T IST. McDonough • •a . Any one work done can I»e ae commodftied cither By eallinp on me in per son or addressing me through the mails. Terms cash, unless special arrangements are otherwise made. Geo W. Bryan j W.T. Dicken. BSKV O A DICKIE, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, McDosoiou, '-»‘a. Will practice in the counties composing the Flint Judicial Circuit,the Supreme Court of‘Georgia and the United States District Court. apr27-1y i \H. 11. TliKIH®. attorney AT LAW, ' MrDoNOvmif Ga. Will practice in the counties composing the Flint Circuit, the Supreme Court of Georgia, and the United Slates District Court. marl fi-1 y |r ~. iGilLv. ATTORNEY AT LAW. McDoNOi on, G«. Will practice in all the Courts ol Georgia Special attention given to commercial and c»thcrcollections. Will attend all I Courts at Hampton regularly. Ofe. " upstairs over The Wkfki.v otlico. J V. WAM, ATTORNEY A I LAW. Mo! >oNm;iiii, Ga . Will practice in the countieseompos ng i lie Flint Judicial Circuit, and the Supreme and District Courts of Georgia. Prompt at i» ntion to collections. octs- 751 A. IIKOHiV ’ ATTORNEY AT LAW, MsDoNoumi, Ga. Will practice in all the counties compos ing the Flint Circuit, the Supreme Court, of Georgia and the United States District Court. jun I -ly r*Ttijr hit v. rn \l n Duhtlm & lillii. aMGHHMHHH tsasss® WHOLESALE GROCERS AND DEALERS IN Flour, leal, Lari, Sugars, Coffees, Tobaccos, Cigars etc. ALSO, HAY, BRAN, OATS, CORN and all kinds of Feed Stuffs a specialty We beg to call special attention to our Brands ot Flour, OCEAN SPRAY, POINT LACE AND PRINCESS These arc our Brands, manufactured ESPECIALLY FOR US and we guarantee ever}* sack. Write as for quotations. Wc 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 gi\ r e satisfaction.’ Sam ples sent free on application. We have also a fiqe line of New Orleans Syrups, which we can sell at “ROCK BOTTON PRICES.” We will make it to }’our 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. q a. attorney at um, Hampton, Ga, Wi 11 practice in all the counties composing the Flint Judicial Circuit, the Supreme Court of Georgia and the District Court of the United States. Special ami prompt atten tion given to Collections, Oet 8, 1888 Iso. D. Stkwaxt. | lt.T. Daniil. MTEWAKT A • ATTORNEY’S AT LAW, Guikkin, Ga. | |R. It. .1. AIIMII.M. Hampton. Ga. I hereby tender my professional service to the people of Hampton and surrounding country. Will attend all calls night and day. j oin tvi:. ATTORNEY AT LAW, Gate City Natioal Hank Building, Atlanta. Ga, Practices in the State and Federal Courts. (Hi [FEIN FOUNDRY AND Machine Works. \A To announce to the Pnldh- that we are ? i prepared to manufacture Engine -Boil i•» ; will take orders for all k'ttds of Boil crs. We are piepar* d to d«. all hinds ol repairing on Engines, Boilers and Machin ery, genera*ly. We keep in stock Brass fittings of all kinds; also Inspirators, In jectors, Safety Valves, Steam Guages, Dipt* and Pipe Fittings and Iron and Brass Castings of every Description. osiioui* a WAiiio rr, fSntitt fiTa EM3^lWhiakeyHaWt3 SynN cured at home with- BHI 8s SI N aWßout pain. Hook of par* ■B B B BwPj ticuiars sent r)HK£« -f i It.M.WO< >l.u-:Y,M.I). Atlanta, 4*u. utttce Whitehall fc>* McDONOUGHr GA.. FRITtA Y, OCTOBER, 24, 1890. POLITICS IN LOUISIANA. A rartisan Account of the Conflict That Has Agitated the Farmer’s Itlliut. In August the Fanners’ Allianco of Louisiana met in convention in Baton Rouge to decide upon the part it would take in politics. The convention showed the organization to be very stroni’, par ticularly i:t the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth districts of the state, where it probably hits enrolled a majority of the wliite voters. At the same time that the white Farmers' Alliance met in Baton Rouge the colored Farmers’ Alliance met in Alexandria. The two organizations ex changed congratulations, and the ne groes adopted resolutions expressing their willingness to be led by their white brethren. The fasten Rouge convention decided that it tfronld be inadvisable to organize a new political [party, but that it was best that the farmers should act within the Democratic party, and, as in Georgia, capture its organization and adopt the Alliance platform. As the farmers probably contributed a major ity of the Democrats in half the districts their plan seemed practicable enough. Somehow it dfd not work in Louisiana as it had done in Georgia. The farmers had actual majorities in three of the dis trict conventions, but failed to utilize them. The sitting members from the Fourth. Fifth and Sixth districts all re fused to approve the Alliance proposition or to support the sub-treasury bill. They were threatened with defeat ifrithey would not accept this bill, but they maintained their independence. In the Fourth district Mr. Blanchard wtis waited on to express his views on the subject, ami again declared himself against*the bill, yet when the conven tion met he was nominated from his per sonal popularity and following, while a very remarkable platform was adopted, which asked him to vote for a bill some what like the sub-treasury bill, if a measure similar to thaf could be framed which in his opinion would be constitu tional In the Fifth district it was the same; in the Sixth even worse. The conven tion there was a Farmers' Alliance con vention. and had no trouble in adopting resolutions iri favor of the sub-treasury bill, yet after doing this it renominated the lion. S. M. Robertson, the sitting member from the district, who is op posed to tlie sub-treasury scheme. The result of its campaign, therefore, was to carry the conventions and adopt its res olutions, and then to nominate men op posed to these very resolutions. A great many of the farmers were very much dissatisfied with these barren victories, and insisted that, as they were in a majority, they should control the Dem ocratic party. Several of the Alliances determined not to accept the action of the conventions, and farmers’ conven tions were called to consider the situa tion, and decided upon the advisability of placing independent candidates in the field. In the Fifth district a majority of the fanners decided that it would be un wise to nominate an independent candi date. In the fourth district, however, in which the Hon. H. W. Blanchard is the Democratic nominee, the farmers’ con vention at Natchitoches decided to bolt and placed T. .1, Genee, state lecturer of the Alliance, in nomination as an inde pendent candidate. This created the greatest stir in the Alliance camp. Near ly half the delegates to the convention walked out. They were earnest in their support of the sub-treasury bill, but they were not yet prepared to antagonize the Democratic party. A majority remained, however, and determined to support Genee on the Alliance platform. The contest would have been an exciting one, as there is no Republican candidate in the district, and Genee would have prob ably received a majority of the negro votes. The pressure, however, was too great, and after a few days’ deliberation Mr. Genee decided not to run. This action wtis regarded as very strange, as he was a strong advocate of the farmers putting up independent candidates of their own in most of the districts. The president of the Alliance, however, and most of the leading men in it opposed the bolt, and pointed out that it would bring ruin to the organization. All its members are Demo crats. and if they found that it was fight ing the Democracy their party feelings might cause them to desert the order. Mr. Genee, therefore, came down, and the Farmers’ Alliance as a consequence finds itself without a candidate for congress in the state, although it is in a majority in half the districts, and its members are compelled to vote for men who re pudiate a measure (the sub-treasury scheme) which the Alliance convention in August declared must be supported at all hazards. Considering its great membership the Alliance has done very poorly in its first political campaign.— New Orleans Associated Press Dispatch. The (.'hiuofie a® Farmers. A year ago 1 sold for a friend in San Francisco a lot of land in a then unbuilt western suburb. A Chinaman had been using it as a garden. The land was sandy and had not more than 390 by 2.10 feet surface. The Chinaman therefore had the full use of about two and one quarter acre For this speck of ground he regularly paid §75 a month, and he lived on it with an assistant. He used the land to grow vegetables, which he sold to Chinamen to be peddled through the city Despite the high rent he was making money. The Rev. Mr. Vroo mn. now Chinese interpreter in the California courts, who was for twenty five years a missionary at Canton, and was subsequently among the Chinese in Melbourne, informed me that he knew of two Chinese in the latter place who made a living for themselves and a horse from a quarter of an acre of land. In addition to thus supporting themselves and the horse they each sent SSO yearly to their relatives at home. Chinese now rent at least 50,000 acres of fruit and bottom lauds within a radius of 100 miles of San Francisco, for which they pay from four to ten times what a white lessee could afford to pay for the same. —Thomas Magee in Forum. Adviitljyar t*> 6am pi®. On one of ’Mb hottest t»f duly days there drove jip tithe hotel, where half a dozen limit fat** guests? wore vainly endeavoring*to «o?[> cool, a buggy ip which sat a Dvtjt haired, elderly mtifi and a gayly <JFvjtJki jbut rather vnljafcr looking The stopped, and Kite’ man, greeting the company m <9f engaging and affa ble manner, toward them a handful of dingylprmted sfips. One of the more ent.erp<j<ing of the hoarders picked up’ th?V*lip which fluttered near his fupt, arid discovered that Profestjor Ditunoira and his cele brated family itoncertaml in Hie. town hall of the village fcdfsfenp evening. “f am Professor Diamond,” the elderly man announced, as soon as he was satisfied that tl® reader had discov ered what the circulars were about. “This is my oldest'daughter, Maria. Now, Maria.” With the word he produced from un der the seat a wheezy accordion, and began to play “Pull for the Shore." In the most absolutolyjndlfforent.naiiner, but with the a calliope, the young woman begatrnlso to sing, and went through two or three stanzas without stopping for breath. “YVe generally give folks a sample," the professor expkiined, as she con cluded. “Now, how hi any of you will take tickets? My other daughter is a Sight likelier singer titan this one is. Tickets tire only fifty cents with re served seats.” And out of sheer amusement the hoarders all bought tickets to the con cert thus advertised by sample. — Youth’s Companion. The Most Co in moil M.«Miuotation, “YVliat is the most common misquo tation in the English huiguge?” asked the inquisitive mouther of the Cogburn club as the purist entered. The an swer came promptly: “YVlien Greek meets Greek, then comes the tug of war.” “Well, what is the matter with that?” asked the inquisitive member. “That is the most ' million misquota tion in the English liiaguage,” respond ed the purist. “I heat'd the late Rescue Conk ling say once tha t he won a bas ket of wine from Clement,l,. VTillandig ham on that quotation. Ho wagered that Mr. Vallindighatu could not tell what the correct words were, nor who wrote them, nor when tlmy wore writ ten. And he won on every point. Now put yourself Vtillaudigham’s - place. What wo#<rj hjAstmvo tierfet” ’• “I should have declined to make the bet,” said the Inquisitive member. “And I,” “and I,” came from till parts of the roqjn. “But I should not,” said the purist. “ ‘YVlien Greeks joined Greeks, then was the tug of war’ iH the correct quo tation. It was written by Nathaniel Lee, an Englishman, about the year 1700.” “Did you ever see it quoted correct ly?” asked the inquisitive member. “Never in the newspapers.” said the purist.—Utica Observer. On a Hallway Train. “YVhat a lino color that man has on his nock,” whisjiered a gentleman to his companion as they sat together in one of the incoming trains. “Yes,” an swered his companion, admiringly gaz ing on the bronzed neck just in front of them. * “I suppose he’s been oft somewhere with the rod and reel hav ing a fine time.” The neck in front of them turned slowly and twisted slightly around with great difficulty, and a voice which left no doubt ns to the neck it canto from said: “No, I ain’t t>een off with my rod and reel, but if yer so doosid curious I’ve been off with a bottle of iodine and a tough earache.” And the kxiino stained neck turned slowly and stiffly back, leaving the two gentlemen to the study of ita bronzed mahogany and to the consideration of the ease witli which people hear remarks carefully intended not to reach their ears.—New York Times. Cat* an HmnmLK I am obliged to send you an anec dote of my oat, u long haired bltiek Persian. Living In the suburbs, we are Infested by cate of all kinds, and are perpetually driving them * away, aided by the said long haired favorite, who pursues them off. the premises, witli hair and tail standing wildly erect and presenting a most alarming appear ance AVe feel that this violent demon stration must be a joke, as the same cat constantly carries the remains of iter own dinner about twenty-five yards, across an open space and up some steps, to feed the identical animals she has driven off an hour or two pre viously.—Cor. London S[x‘ctator. A PoMI’. Travers—Say, old man, great scheme I Am going to London. You order what clothes you want. Same height, same breadth. I buy them. Bring 'em back. Good fit. Cheap. Eh? Dashaway—Splendid. I'll make out my order at once. When you get lack I’ll pay you. Travers—You will, eh? Well, I'd like to know how in thunder you ex pect me to get over there.—Clothier and Furnisher. Since 1857 England’s small wars have cost her alxzut $110,000,000. The war with China in 1857-62 cost her *30,000,- 000; the Abyssinian expedition in ISC7 70, $11,500,000; the South African war in 1879-80, $11,000,000; the Nile expedi tion in 1884-85, $6,250,000; tiie Afghan war. between JBBO and 1888, $15,000,- 000. SI.OO CASH, $1.50 ON SPACE: AND WORTH IT. FEATURES OF HOTEL LIFE. r.neau Who Cl'oato Trouble Over Their Own Thought le muienM. “I toll you. tuy son, behind the coun ter of a hotel office is a good place to study human nature, and he must h<< very obtuse who stays there very long without gaining a vast amount of ex perience," said the clerk. “There are men and there are hogs, gentlemen and cads, fn fact, all sorts and nil condi tion* of humanity are to lie met at a public hotel, and the clerk soon gels to know them all and estimates thorn no corditigly. Of course 1 realize there is no particular credit hi being honest, s .hut a*"'the same time 1 like to see lion esty. acknowledged. I remember an “old gentleman lost a jackki,tf*s hi his room once at tlie Sherman house, and the girl sent it down to the office. It was not worth ten cents, but tlie owner was so pleased with the girl's scrupu lous regard of property rights that he gave me $1 to send up to her. “About a week later this same girl sent down a fat poekotbook, which she had found on the floor of No. 46. At the first opportunity I opened it for ex amination, hnd found it contained neat ly SB,OOO in bills, bonds and certificates of deposit. Two hours later in came the owner, a man of about 55, with gray hair and beard. He asked for his key in an excited manner, and without another word rushed for tlie elevator. Pretty soon he returned white ns a sheet ’Oh, sir,’ ho sighed, ‘l’ve lost my poekotbook, and with it all 1 have in the world.’ “ ’Where did you lose it?’ 1 asked. “ 'I don’t know; 1 can’t tell; I thought it was in my room, but I have hunted all through it unsuccessfully.' “ ‘ls your room made up I’ 1 Inquired. “ ‘No; that is, the lied is not, but the sheets have been taken out, I notice.’ “Then I asked him to describe Ilk,> poeketbook and its contents, which lie did very accurately, and as he finished 1 pulled out the lost article and laid il before him. I wish you could have seen ills face change color; it was » revelation. Ho laughed and cried by turns, and then asked tho girl's name, so that lie might reward her suhstan tially for her honesty. Well, the old fellow stayed a "week longer, but after receiving his hill one night ho dis i, appeared, and not only never reinem bored the chambermaid, blit oven for ■ got to settle his hoard bill. It is base acts like this that occasionally make one lose all faith in human nature. “Lots of men will come downstairs, # «uvt JUreakJ.iHt and go nttofrl tfuTt-TmsF ness and then return in half an hour or so in a great hurry, saying they left their money or gold watch under the pillow, and anxiously inquire if the money or hills have been found. To tho credit of tho chambermaids I am glad to say that rarely have I found them dishonest, and anything left in tlie rooms under their care is as safe as if in the office vault. And yet how often are they accused falsely I" “1 shall always remember how I roasted a man once at the Sherman house," resumed Charlie Hilton, when George paused for breath. “1 was on the afternoon watch when l Saw the cheek hoy approaching tho desk hang ing on to an overcoat at which q guest of the hotel was tugging viciously. Both man and hoy were excited and each tried to speak at oncci “ ‘This coat belongs to me, and I in slst upon taking it,’ asserted tlie man, making another desperate struggle at the desired article. “ Why don’t you show up your check thenT sung out the lad in tlie same breath. “ ‘You didn’t give me a check.’ “ ‘I dkfif you left your coat.’ “ ‘You did not. I lafd my coat on tho counter and you forgot to give me a check. This is my coat and lam go ing to have it.’ “By this time a crowd had collected, and after tlie man had ceased I ordered the youth to releaso the garment and let the claimant try it on. With a sneer of triumph ho grabbed tlie article and crawled inside, when ho found to his intense astonishment it was at least four times too largo, and plainly belong ed to some one else “Among tiie spectators of tills com edy was an old fellow who hod been .writing letters all tho forenoon, and when the row began lie slipped away, returning just as the guest was trying to sneak off amid the jeers of tiie crowd. “ ‘Hi, there! See here.’ said the old gentleman, holding up a brown over coat. ‘I guess this is yours. I found it on tiie armchair where you threw it I this morning when you came in to I write some letters. ’ “'l*!ie man snatched the coat and ! was breaking away when I called to I him and gave him the worst tongue lashing lie had ever received. 1 was pretty mad. and I let loose for all I | was worth. Everybody enjoyed it cx ’ cept the victim, for ail knew ho richly deserved tiie scoring. He finally cs caped, and only returned that night to pay liis bill. Ho left without having had tlie grace to apologize to tho boy for the many gratuitous insults he had inflicted."—Chicago Herald. The Invention of the Wheelbarrow. The invention of the wheelbarrow lias boon credited commonly to Pascal, a French pliilosopher and writer of about tlie middle of the Seventeenth century. According to Littre’s diction ary of the French* language, however, the wheelbarrow was invented by a Mr. Dupin in 1669. One or the other of these two accounts has been accept ed generally—in France at least, where every useful invention is believed to lie of French origin. Exchange. Their I’tutform. Tho Franklin County Farmers’ Alli ance, which was organized at Gahanna, 0,, recently,adopted tho following scries of resolutions: "Resolved, That wo demand that there shall be a return of imbues to tho peo ple, so that they, and not politicians, Rhall manage public affairs. "Second—That the people in their pri niftty meetings shall have supreme con trol over all public servants the same as a business firm: that they (the people) shall, when in their judgment their servants are derelict and corrupt, recall thorn from [Kisitiou and place others in their stead by a simple majority vote i . their primary capacity. “Third—That the income of officials, tioth state and county, shall bo reduced to a fixed salary, the feo and commis sion system abolished, covering all such Into the county treasury, and that no county official shall receive over SIOO per month. "Fourth—That all personal pro) sir tv In tho form of note’s, bond*, mortgagixi, stocks and other evidences of indebted ness shall no liste<l»hy assessors and stamped, and where any owner of the same refuses or fails to report such tho said notes, bonds, mortgages, stocks and other evidences of indebtedness duo said owner Hhull he exempted from all laws for the collection. "Fifth—We hold that whoever con trols tho public highways of a country is master of that country, anil that the function of a railroad iH to carry fix sight and passengers as expeditiously and cheaply an possible, and not for the solo j purpose of running the distribution of a ' country to put big dividends Into the [lockets of a few. “Sixth—We hold that the instruments of production and distribution bolongfof right to the laborers and workers ; the [people), and should ho under their solo control and for their benefit, and not to put big profits into the hands of the idlers. “Seventh—That tlie members of the Franklin County Alliance will vote for no candidate at the election in November next unless ho pledges himself to*vote or use his influence in every way in opposi tion to rings and trusts of every kind whoso object is to limit [production, de stroy competition, create artificial scarc ity and enhance prices." Awful, If Truo. The McKinley bill, threatens to foro close every farm mortgage. That is what it was intended to do. That is what it will do. Tho proof of it is as clear as tho noonday sun. If any man dottbtfl It after reading tho facts and giv ing them candid consideration lot him give his reasons or hold liiq peace, t This is tho simple truth. { It is not ex aggerated. Uis a condition, not a the ory, that now confronts every free and independent farmer who owns tho [prod uct of ids hands. Any exaggeration is [purposeless, for there is no escape. Farm ing in tho United States is a rained in dustry. Tlie decree hut} gone forth. The hill has been signed. There is no repeal of it possible. The farmer must soil out at whato er [price tie can beforo tho sheriff sells him up. Ho can gain nothing by voting one way or another. Tho time for voting lias passed. Ho Voted in 1888 for his own ruin, and now it has come upon him. Ho has been buncoed by the mill owner out of his fppreign exchange market, and now lie must pay through his nose, Le.t him meet his new condition gravely, soberly, thoughtfully. To howl, to ask for assistance, to tippeal for mercy is not Only undignified but useless. N<p one will lift a finger to help him out of the [pit holms himself digged, and the mill owners will have no mercy.—T. E. Will son in Omaha World-Herald. ■ Tho G. A. A. r. Tito farmers of New Jersey have a new organization, based upon tiie fol lowing resolutions: " Whereas, adversity litis overspread all American agricultural interests; and whereas, there seems to bo no betterment for tho fortunes uml conditions of farm ers outside of their own individual and collective resources in manhood, will, wisdom and strength; therefore, he it “Resolved, That we organize our selves into a deliberative, intelligent and unswervingly resolute national union, to l»e known as tlie Great American Ag ricultural union, loyal to all constitu tional and [patriotic principles of our great republic, strengthening tual ce menting tho bonds of sectional union north, south, east and \vc :t by our com mon cause ami sympathetic interests, so ail justed as to leavo no conflict of sectional competition and estrange ments. “And further, be it resolved in this, that our moral force, by a sublime con sistency of symmetrical integrity in prim-iples, in motives and results, shall .be felt an'l approved throughout the whole nation; and whereas, wo till the land, feed all mankind, and are in truth tlie source anil dependence of all pros perity, mechanical and commercial, be it therefore “Resolved, That we know henceforth hut one [party of purpose politically, and only vote as one man for tho good of all. as agreed by the union.” One Minnesota County. The Allianco in Yellow Medicine county is strong—stronger even than has been reported; but os no complete can vass has been made of the county its ex act strength can only l>o estimated. Tlie causes for the Alliance movement taking such a strong hold hero are just pis hard to determine as in other coun ties in the state where such a condition of affairs exists. Perha;ps tho tariff question cnt.-i a larger figure hero than in many other counties, but there is no more actual knowledge on the snbject among the fanners of Yellow Medicine than elsewhere. Tlie prime cause of tho movement is to be found in that feeling of restless ness which has been instilled into the farmer’s mind by the Alliance agitators, and he is now pr••paled to kick over the traces ami fight shy of the old parties. — Letter in St. Paul Pioneer Press. AMONG ENGLAND’S WARSHIPS. How Unelo Sain'd Cruiser# Looked Among; llio Ijiltisli Ironclad*. Almost liko yachts they look com pared with somo of their huge neigh bor*, foi Homo of Irreuivßritain's •Wrong est and most terrible sea monsters oro gathered in the harbor, lying on the waters as if in shunbor, quiet and tran- I (Hill enough now, but awaken at their mistress' bidding, mid to vomit forth death and devastation from their steel clad sides. Close to our ship is the Anson; on i tho other side the iiuge Uenbow, with , massive hull and white, fortress like superstructure, points the muzzles of her enormous guns over the tops of the turret, like liarbettes On her decks, 1 tore and aft, while from the ports in | h® r K *des the cannons of her butteries 1 peer menacingly outwanl. A, fringe of davits, from which here nqd there a | bontjs hanging, runs on Mth sides of [ her tipper deck, and her tall military mast, the tops bristling with machine guns, tapers aloft, amidships. The Alison Hies the Hag of the rear admiral; on her quarterdeck scarlet coated, white helmeted marines are drawn up and the band is playing; alongside of her souiodionts uro lying. Farther out in the hay the Iron Duke has shaken out her topsails, and tho canvas droops from tho long yards in ; raeeful folds, while from her bows to aft of her mainmast the white clothing ;>f her crew, hanging there to dry, flut ters from tho clotheslines. Over by the long stone wall of the* New Mole the Northumberland and '.lie Colossus, the vleo admiral's ship, mil a number of smaller vessels—dis patch boats and yachts- are moored, while back among the colliers tho Monarch's white ensign marks tho presence of a man-of-war in their midst In the otllng another naval monster, the Camperdown, is steaming slowly out to sea. The harbor is alive with row .boats and launches of all kinds. Yonder, glancing, like a fish half emerging from the water, conies a small, quoecly ;■!loped craft, finding with astonishing rapidity around our ship for a moinerlt it darts oil suddenly, and, with a swish and quick splash, something drops from its side. A moment later a dull report, a flash of lire and a little puff of blub smoke curling over tho water some distance beyond us, where a little nsL flag waves from a sort of buoy floating there, shows us that tho torpedo that wo have just seen launched lui.sreached its mark. —lt. F. Zogbauin in (Scribner's. r A Scolding Husband Cured. A woman whom Imr husband us(>d frequently to scold wont to a cunning man to itKjuiro how slm might curt* him of ids barbarity. The sagacious soothsayer beard her complaint, ami after pronouncing some hard words and using various gesticulations, while lie lllli'il a phial with colored liquid, desired her whenever her husband was In a passion to take a mouthful of the liquor and keep it in her mouth for live minutes. The woman, quite overjoyed at so simple a remedy, strictly followed the counsel which was given her, and by her silence escaped the usual annoy ance. Tim contents of tho bottlo be ing at last exjiended, she returned to the cunning man and anxiously begged to have another possessed of tho same virtue. “Daughter,” said tho man, “there was nothing In tho bottlo but brown sugar and water. -When your husband is in a passion hold your tongue and, my life on it, lie will not scold you in future."—New York ledger. Where Lace* Ar« Mu<lo. The English thread laces aro made in the south of England, hut the work ers am rapidly dying out and tho younger people aro taking to employ ments more profitable. The amount of thread lace brought into tho market, therefore, grows smaller from year to year. The Venetian limes, which at one time did really come from Venice, are now largely manufactured in Brussels, whence they are sold to the merchants of Venice, and resold again by them ns Venetian lace. In general lace workers are receiving so little compensation that new comers into the art —for art it is—are rare. To counteract this decline the lace manufacturers of Belgium have found it necessary to establish schools in that country for the education of tho young in the coarse ns well as the fleer grades of lace making.—New York Evening Bun. I'aetA About Lightning Stroke**. A statistical investigation of lightning strokes in central Germany, covering a period of twenty-six years, has been re cently carried out by Herr Kastner. The number of eases has increased about 120 per cent.; in 1889 it amounted to 1,145. The author distinguishes four thunderstorm paths. The starting points of all these are in hills, and in their course the woodless districts and flat country, river valleys and low < meadow ground about lakes seem spe cially liable, while the wooded and hilly parts generally escape. Tho hottest months (Jane and especially July) and the hottest hours of the day, or thoso immediately following them (3 to 4 p. ok), show the most lightning strokes.— Chicago Herald. Danger! Elderly Visitor (to parrot)—You lit tle love, kiss me. Parrot (moving over to tho other eud of tiie perch, in alarm) —Meher- cule! next tiling she’ll bo wanting to marry me. Ejioch. Xo. 1