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THE WAYCROSS HERALD SATURDAY AUG. 17, 1895.
REVEALED AFTER DEATH.
Aaotbcr California Scundnl B*vmM toy »
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" Another scandal in the plutocratic life
of the Pacific coast has been revealed by
the suit of a negro woman who former'
ly resided in Louisville to establish the
Tight of her son to a share in the estate
the lato millionaire Edward Barron
of San Francisco. That anything is pos
sible in the picturesque society »>f the
California metropolis is indicated by th»*
fact that the San Francisco xnrsa han
dles this case us an ordinary matter of
litigation, in which the pr.iui;>.u cues
tion is ono of legal right.
Back of the suit there is a sensationr/
story of intrigne and intimidation in
which Chris Buckley, the former boss
of San Francisco politics, figures. It tip
pears that after the millionaire wear.vd
of tlie society of the colored woman he
shipped her off to Louisville, accom
panied by an agent, who purchased a
house for her there and supplied her
with funds.
Afterward the agent sought to keep
her in Louisville and prevent her an
noying tho millionaire by threats that
she would be sent to prison if she did
not ceaso writing to Barron. Tho worn •
an was not to be intimidated so easily,
and after the allowances of money were
stopped she returned to California. The
result is the sensational suit now being
fought—Louisville Courier*Journal
WIFE SENTENCES HUSBAND.
•Thirty Day* In Jail,” She Said When the
Judge Turned the Case Over to Her.
The novelty of a wife being called to
prouounc© sentence upon her husband
added zest to the proceedings in tho po
lice court at Richmond recently. John
Trexler had time and time again been
fined for drunkenness, and his wife in
variably paid the fines. The other day
he was up again on tho customary
charge, with the added offense of wife
beating.
Justice Crutchfield, whose unique
methods of dispensing justice are well
known, turned an unwilling ear to tho
chronic culprit and called upon tho wife
to decide the penalty. Mrs. Trexler
calmly scanned her derelict husband and
sternly said:
“Thirty days in jail.”
Trexler pathetically pleaded for for
giveness, alleging a penitent spirit and
a yearning to reform, bnt the oft abused
and now triumphant wife was inexor
able, and the court ordered that the sen
tence should take effect at once.—New
York Sun.
WHEELS ON WHEELS.
LOCOMOTIVE TO RUN 90 MILES AN
HOUR AND NOT TOUCH THE TRACK.
MEXICO'S TRAFFIC BOOM.
I?Violent Commotion In Luke Superior.
Glen E. Bulch, assistant engineer of
the United States lake survey, returned
a few days ago froga Batchewiuia island,
isolated and nniuhabited, on the north
6horo of Lake Superior, 60 miles west
of Sault Ste. Marie. He reports finding
on that island such an upheaval as might
have been eansed by an earthquake.
He says that the disturbance was on
the south side of the island and affected
a strip from 200 to 800 feet wido and
about 1,200 feet long. It also extended
several hundred feet into the lake, the
rocky bottom of which was elevated out
of tho water. On the 6hore the earth
was thrown up into a series of great
ridges, trees were tom up by tho roots
and broken to pieces, while everything
visible showed the effect of some mighty
force. Mr. Balch is confident that it was
of recent occurrence, the appearance of
the broken rocks at the water's edge
warranting this conclusion.—Chicago
Record
An Appropriate Hymn.
Chief Big Tree had a powwow the
other day at Brantly Baptist church,
Baltimore. The big Indian spoke in his
native Kiowa. An interpreter named
Samuel A-Hn-Tone stood alongside of
tho mighty warrior on the platform and
sandwiched his English versions in be
tween tho guttural sounds of the chief.
Such was the effect of the presence of
this Indian, who, before his conversion
a year ago, was redlianded from the
slaughter of both whites and redskins,
that when he had ended his simple re
marks tho entire audience spontaneously
burst out into that stirring old mission
ary hymn, “There Is a Fountain Filled
With Blood.’’—Baltimore Sun.
Driving Wbc«la Rest on Wheels That Rest
on Other Wheel* Which Ride the Track.
Invention of a Minneapolis Man.
There is now being built at the Bald
win Locomotive works, in Philadel
phia, an ordinary locomotive with driv
ing wheels of five feet diameter, which
it is said will as soon as completed
draw a train of cars from Philadelphia
to this city in an hour, or just about
one-half the time now required by the
colossal and costly engines of the Penn
sylvania road.
This claim is not made by the Bald
wins. They have nothing to say on the
subject. They are simply building the
locomotive for private parties and are
to receive their regular price of $10,000
for it. When it is completed, their part
in the matter is ended. Tho gentleman
who is paying for the locomotive is W.
J. Holman of Minneapolis, an elderly
inventor, who has been in the railroad
business all his life and who has now
invented something which, it is claimed,
will completely revolutionize railroad-
ins.
It is not pretended that the ordinary
CIO,000 locomotive which the Baldwins
are building would, if set upon any
railroad track, be able to travel 90
miles an hour. The locomotive is not,
however, to be set on the rails as en
gines generally are. When it is com
pleted, it is to be placed on what are
known as tho Holman friction geared
trucks, which will raise it 80 inches
above the surface of the rails.
It will bo jnst like any other locomo
tive except that each of its driving
wheels will rest upon and between two
smaller wheels, which in turn will rest
upon and between three other wheels
that finally rest on the rails. The in
stant the drivers of the locomotive be
gin to turn they necessarily through
friction give an opposite rotary motion
to the small wheels upon which they
bear, and these small wheels jnst as
necessarily give a forward rotary mo
tion to the third set of wheels upon
which they are bearing. The natural
and inevitable result is that one revolu
tion of the locomotive’s driving wheels
by this multiplicity of wheels in pyra
mid fona carries the locomotive forward
just twice as far :>s n single revolution
of the driving wheels on the rails them
selves. In other words, the speed of the
engine, whatever that speed might be,
on the rails themselves is exactly dou
bled by the use of this newly invented
truck.
Ib an experiment which was mad£
with an ordinary locomotive thus
mounted in Minnesota on a branch of
the Northern Pacific railroad recently a
speed of 80 miles was said to have been
easily attained. The invention has been
kept quiet, it being the purpose of those
interested to say nothing about it until
its practical utility was demonstrated
by a run from Philadelphia to New
York within an hour’s time. That, it is
believed by the inventor, will be the
shortest and quickest way of letting the
world know that a new marvel in me
chanics has come into existence.
In addition to the increase of speed
attainable this new invention will, it is
claimed, save millions of dollar-'
through the diminished wear and tea
upon the rails, for the weight of loco
motives will then be farther distributed
along the track, and at no point of any
rail will there be a pressure more than
one-third as great as is now exerted by
the driving wheels.—New York World
The Republic Enterics Upon « Remarka
ble Era of Construction.
A published review of the recent rail
way projects and new concessions says
that the country is entering upon an
active era of railway construction simi
lar to that which began 14 years ago,
when Mexico was exceedingly prosper
ous.
The Mexican Central will build a
direct line to Tampico, giving the City
of Mexico a short line to the best gulf
ports. Collis P. Huntington has
'planned to build his line to Mazatlun
by a rente farther north than lie first
contemplated, and the government has
urances from him that he means bus
iness.
Hampson will push his Cuernavaca
road down to that tropical city, and ex
pects to get there in eight months.
Dalfrn Sanchez telegraphs from Loudon
that ho has assurances of obtaining the
capital needed toextehd tlielnterpccouic
road to Acapulco.
Another important lino is announced
from tho Tehuantepec read to a point
on the Sau Juan river, in the state of
Vera Cruz, whence the river is naviga
ble.
The department of communications
is full of business and the authorities
say that all the new railway projects
are in the hands of responsible capital
ists and will be realized.
The government is also giving great
attention to plans for inland waterways,
especially canals. A project for a very
extensive canal on the west coast will
bo made public in a few days.
Wait’s Industrial railway continues
to attract attention and will solve sev
eral interesting problems. Street car
lines are being pushed forward, and
when electric power is made feasible
there will be a broad field for their
operation.—New York Journal.
INCUBATING ALLIGATORS.
The Novel Industry That Has Its Head
quarters at Jacksonville, Fla.
Florida luts a new and remarkable
industry, the artificial propagation of
alligators. For supplying the trade in
Florida c..--osities there is a large de
mand for y nag reptiles of this kind.
In Jacksonville, which is the center of
the traffic, from 8,000 to 10,000 alli
gators are sold to tourists annually—
nearly all < t them baby ones. The
latter are collected by professional
hunters, who receive for them from $20
to $25 a hundred. Some of them are
disposed of alive at retail, bnt many are
stuffed. An infant alligator stuffed is
worth 25 cents more than a live one.
Sanrians 6 to 12 feet long fetch $12
to $25.
The difficulty of securing young alli
gators in sufficient numbers has led to
tho establishment of this strange busi
ness. To find the nests of these reptiles
is comparatively easy, and the eggs are
shipped in bulk by the hunters to
Jacksonville. In that city there are 12
dealers in alligators, the b6st known of
them being a man who has earned the
sobriquet of Alligator Davis.—New
York World.
Midsummer Madness.
An Englishman, Dr. Leffingwell, has
mode some curiously interesting studies
on the influence of climate and weather
on human emotions and passions. He
finds, for one thing, that the natives of
hot countries are both more immoral
and more unhealthy than those of cold
regions. There is a scientific reason for
this, he claims. The heat and light of the
sun act directly on the nervous system.
They increase the heart’s action and the
nervous excitability. Therefore in hot
countries there are more fights, mur
ders, crimes of violence and political
revolutions than in cold countries. The
Spanish and South American republics
certainly seem to confirm this theory.
Reasoning along the same line, we
should naturally expect that in the hot
season in temperate climes there would
be more violence, more ebullitions of
passion of all kinds, more war and po
litical disturbance than in winter. As
matter of fact this is the case.
The stimulating heat and light of the
sun cause increase of “high emotion,
jealousy,combativeness, irritability,sen
timentality, sexual passion, mental de
pression and restlessness. ” In the hot
months there are more suicides, mur
ders, riots, divorces and fights than in
cold weather, Leffingwell says. He says
also that more duels are fought in Italy
in hot weather than in cold. As illus
trations of the doctrine may be men
tioned the Declaration of American In
dependence, promulgated July 4, and the
battering down of the old French Bas
tille on July 14. Orangeman’s day, the
anniversary of the battle of the Boyne
and broken heads, comes July 12. New
York city has had four gr'eat riots in
1849, 1857, 1863 and 1871, respectively,
and every one of them occurred in warm
weather. There, too, were the Pittsburg
railroad riots of 1877 and the Homestead
strike of 1891, and both of these came
in July. So did the Chicago railroad
strike last year. The declaration of war
between France and Prussia, which
proved so disastrous to France, was
made in July.
Knowing all these facts, it becomes
good citizens in hot weather to keep
themselves cool by frequent bathing and
light, nonstimulating food, to control
their tempers and maintain a calm,
even mind. Then they will not get into
trouble, neither do foolish things that
they will be ashamed to look squarely
in the face when cool weather and the
time of reflection come.
Fr^th Water Lobsters,
1 Now, SOiUG feiiy tliehj is ho such thing
tts n fresh Water lobster. The Connecti-
fciit newspaper man rises to the emer
gency and gives this in answer: “Ben
nett French, while fishing in a brook
near tho homo of Charles Bradley, near
Zoar, found a fully developed lobster,
over 6 inches in length, which he cap
tured and is to save in alcohol as a cu
riosity. Few people have seen fresh wa
ter lobsters, although Sid Victory, tho
veteran fisherman, states that he ha*
found a few specimens in the eatac
brook. The lobster is perfectly formed
and is a perfect likeness of his salt wa
ter brethren. ”—Hartford Conrant-
Acmdcmlclans ms Legion of Honor Men.
garden’s promotion to bo commander
of the Legion of Honor makes the num
ber of comuiuudcr8 in the French Acad
emy four. There are also two grand
crosses—the Duo d’Aumale and
Pasteur—and two grand officers—Alex
andre Dumas and M. Gerard. The six
members who have never received the
Legion of Honor form a curious list.
They are the Due d’Audiffrer-IVquier,
the Comte d’Hau& onville, Vicomte
Melchior de Vogue, MM. Leon Say,
Emile Ollivier and Challemel-Laoour.
Sold Her Daughter.
Most sensational developments came
to light in London during the cross ex
amination of a woman of the proletarian
class in a lawsuit pertaining to an es
tate. It transpired in the course of her
testimony that she bad actually sold
her 17-year-old daughter to an Indian
prince, and that prince was none
other than the lute Dhnleep Singh.
The girl had two children by him.
Diiueep provided handsomely not only
for the girl and her offspring, but also
for the entire family.—New York
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Champions of Indiana.
George Wray of Hamblen township,
Brown county, In<L, was 96 years old
May 5 last. He has been married three
times, his last wife being 35 years of
age. By his first wife he had six chil
dren, by his second two and two by the
last, the youngest child being less than
two years of ago. He will enter the con
test for the first prize offered for the
oldest man with the youngest babo at
the Brown County Old Settlers’ meet
ing in September. He is thought to be
tho oldest man now living in Brown
connty. William P. Ashley, Lis nearest
neighbor, aged 74 years, has been mar
ried three times and is the father of 82
children He will enter the contest for
being the father of tho greatest num
ber of children.—St. Louis Republic.
Journal.
Said to Be Caster’s Slayer.
A Cheyenne subchief who has been in
Guthrie, O T., from his allotment for
some days stated in conversation that ^ ^
living on an allotment west of Fort | t jj at n as
Reno was the Indian who killed Gen
eral Cnster. He is a brave of small stat
ure, literally covered with scars he re
ceived in the famous last battle, and
keeps very quiet, never going out among
the whites.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
His Jubilee Present.
The Neue Wiener Tageblatt, a Vien
nese paper, says that upon' the occasion
of the jubilee in celebration of the com
pletion of the fiftieth year of his reign,
which will occur in J898, Emperor
Fralncis Joseph will present to the city
of Vienna the Prater, a park and forest
on the east side of the city, comprising
4,270 acres, which has belonged to the
crown since 1570.
Longest Land Telegraph.
A remarkable feat in telegraphy wrs
recently performed in Australia when
the-land-lines between Broomo. in West
Australia, and Rockhampton, in Queens
land. were joined and direct messages
were conveyed between the two places,
which are 6,275 miles apart. Automatic
repeaters were used, pud these were
placed at nine stations. The wires eu
circled nearly two-thirds of the Austra
lian continent, and this is believed to
be the longest laud telegraph connection
been worked.
Seventy-one Million Lobsters Hatched.
The stocking of the Atlantic coast
waters with artificially hatched lobsters
is the most interesting experiment that
now engages the attention of the United
States Fish commission The enterprise
is being conducted at Wood’s Holl.
Mass., where during the present sum
mer the enormous number of 81.800.00C
lobster eggs have been taken and sub
jected to the incubator process. Of
these “1,000.000 were actually hatched.
The French competitive exhibition of
horseless carriages set the fashion for
other nations. A like exhibition, backed
by the Chicago Times-Herald, will take
place this November. The horseless car
riages will race between Chicago and
Milwaukee. The prizes are divided into
four, and altogether amount to $5,000.
The race will be one of the most inter
esting events of the autumn in this
country. One objection to the new car
riage hitherto has been the weight and
cost of it. The motor that generates the
power must be carried inside the wagon.
One of the models that will compete in
the Chicago-Milwaukee race weighs 600
pounds. It has bicycle tires and is pro
pelled by gasoline. A series of contin
uous small explosions of gasoline forms
the driving power. One type of this car
riage seats two people and costs $350.
The exhibitions in France seem to favor
petroleum as a motor. No entirely suc
cessful electrically propelled road wagon
has been as yet devised. There will also
bo a competitive exhibition of horseless
carriages in England during the present
year.
To Buy Goods Right
Where They Have
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Japan is named as the country in
which electricity lia3 an almost bound
less field. Many of our appliances are
comparatively new there, and in their
rush after western civilization the Japs
will be ready to invest in anything.
There are electric street railways to be
built between towns and in towns, elec
tric lights, telephones and electric bells
to be put in operation throughout the
empire. Eero might be a chance for
fortune.
Allseed Discovery of • Murillo.
The artistic world has just been asked
to believe in the discovery at another
Mur ilia The other day Does, a well
known artist, found near Honfleur an
old canvas, very dirty, which the owner
valued at less than the frame. The sub
ject was two children, and the style in
dicated a masterly hand. Sixty francs
was accepted gladly for the picture. It
now has been pronounced a Murillo,
and the purchaser has had an offer cf
17,000 francs for his bargain.—New
York Son. ✓
, A Belated Crusader.
King Menelik of Abyssinia, accord
ing to Mr. Flad, a German mission
ary, is surrounded by French and Rus
sian agents. He asserts that he will
whip the Italians, and then crossing the
Red sea will free Jerusalem as the di
rect descendant of David and of Solo
mon.—New York Sun.
For a Greater Germany.
The pokal Anzeiger, a Berlin paper,
strongly advises Germany to annex the
grand dneby of Luxemburg,‘which, by
the ££udou-treaty of 1867, was declared
uenr.ll territory, and to fortify the cap-
ir?th tpfifcr.t Strasburg, Metz and Lux-
t±:£n:g v." II'bo impregnable fortresses.
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A Choice For Sacrifice
Now you have been selected.” sahl
the good bishop, ‘tc go tc Ku-Cbamr.
There is danger in all fields bnt if yen
prefer a still more hazardous post 1r
your wishes be known ”
Yountr Missionarv—The wilder and
more dangerous the better, sir.
‘Then what field do you choose -
•'Illinois ”—Cleveland Piain Dealer.
Tlio Boston Globe lately printed a
map showing the progress of the electric
railroad in leaching the suburbs of that
city. There is a spider web of trolley
lines all around Boston, and the vil
lages and cities reached by them are
about 90 in number, and mere are com
ing. The trolley raid is binding with
electric links all tho other large cities to
their suburbs and making new suburbs
as well
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Fruit, Cider, Milk, Butter, Tomatoes, Catsup and Pickles.
Its use does away with labar,‘is profitable and
economical. For cider it is unsurpassed. Stops
formentation. It is not injurous, as it has
been tested by the most emenent chemists.
FULL USE OF coups SOUPS IS STOCK.
Perfumery, the Choice Selection of the
Best Perfumers always on Hand.
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It is evident that, a new movement in
the buying and celling business has
started. What it is is indicated iu the
fact that a large number of country
merchants in Ohio, Indiana and Michi
gan have formed a purchasing syndicate.
Its object is to buy supplies* direct from
the manufacturer without having them
pass first through the hands of the job
ber.
Dann Again Dead-
John Dunn is dead again. He was the
white man who had lived for 20 years
among the Znlus when the British at
tacked Cetewayo, and who wa3 made
governor of Zulnland by fjir Garnet-
Wolseley af:er the war was over. His
death has been reported a number cf
times.
The electric street car is the great
philanthropic agent that is thinning out
the population of cities and giving
working people air, light, health, hap
piness and room for their babies to play
in.
Wiser, If Not Better.
Max Nordau insists that the world is
not growing better, bnt it seems to be
getting wiser. In England one person in
11,000 now goes to law, as against one
in every 3,000 in 1823.—St. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
They are at it again, trying to make
ns say “to-maw-toes,” but if we say
“to-maw-toes” then we mu^t say “po-
taw-toes” too.
The way to keep American gold from
going to Europe is for Americans to stay
at home in the summer and spend their
moasy here.
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and Pianos of the best make, to be sold at living Tates
on terms to suit the times.
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graving, etc., warranted to give satisfaction. Orders by mail promptly attended
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