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THE MERCURY
A. 1. JBBVtQAI, Proprietor.
DDVOTED TO LITERATUBE, AGRICULTURE AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE
VOLUME VI.
SANDERSVILLE, GA., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1885.
(Mr Amu.
NUMBER 24.
mmioiPAL.
. Manor.
Wm.Gali.ai
A Mermen.
WM. Bawlixm,
A, M. Mato,
W. H. Lawmr,-
'XT. Vitn,
Morris H*ff.
Clerk and Treasurer.
Q. W. H. Whitaker.
Marshall.
■ J. E. Wrddor.
* TOWN or TKNiniitiEi
. Tntendant.
John 0, Harkam. '
Aldermen.
J. F. Morhson.
J. D. PltAMKLIir.
J. M. Brown.
J, B. Fritoharo,
. Clerk.
8. H. B. Mahmt.
Marshall,
J. 0. Hamilton.
A. C. WRI8HT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
l#SI*y St, Sminah, Ga.
td^WUl practice In all tha Courts.
mm ANDSMON,
Late of Macon.
HARRIS A ANDERSON,
Attorneys At Law,
SANDERSVILLE, QA.
Will praotlcs In ths Middle Oirotilt, and In
Ilia counties surrounding Wulilngton. Hpocial
attention given to Oommerolal Law. [Juu28-lj
E. *. UNGMtDE,
SttOi^ey kt I<kw
SANDERSVILLE, GAt
A D. STANS, n.
EVANS A EVANS,
Attorney* At I.aw,
SANDERSVILLE, GA.
F. H. SAFFOLD,
A TTORNEY AT X.AW.
^WDEUSVILLE, OA.
Will practles In all the Oonrte of the Middle
[’inuit Mid in the counties surrountlins
" «shingL*n. Special attention given to oom-
I1R‘re rl-lnw.
■ 0-C BROWN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
EaadossvUlo, on.
O. U. Roasst
HINES & ROGERS,
Attorneys at Law,
SANDEIlSVILLE, OA.,
Will preotlo* In .he eonntlea of Weehlngtoa,
- - lison;
Jeffemon, Johnson, Emennel and Wl]k.„.„,
■‘‘d-Ilf Die U. H. Courts for the Bouthsrn Dis
trict of Georgia.
..will “5 l a* u.uita In buying, eeUIng si
renting (Us.1 Kauris.
_D®»e <«VWeet aide of PnbUo
■gaere.
H. N. flOLLIFIlLD,
Physician and Surgeon,
■sMisrmus, am
Dr. H. B. Hollifield,
nnieiu in hum
Hnrlni reoentl/ gradnalsd si tbs Unlver-
nl Miuylaud-and returned home, now
°fer* hie prolumiloiial eervtnee to the cltlsein
Sfdderevllle and vicinity. Oflloe with
S^ r ',D N Hollineld, neat door topira. Bayne’
millinery slurs.
G. W H. WHITAKER.
DENTIST,
■anderevllle, Ha
thumb cash.
DR. J. H. MAY,
SANDERSVILLE, OA
Offers his ssrrloss to tha citizens of Banders-
„ n f “d adjaoent oonntry. All calls, .lev or
.. iT-’ promptly responded to. 0‘fflce
S, rssidenos on Mr*. Pittman’s lot, corner
Uarrie and Ohnroh streets. Jasl5-ll84tf.
J. S. WOOD A BBO.,
General Ceonisslon Mentals,
SAVANNAH, GhA.
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>n eeawgnmenU of Wool,
tale "*** msrket pries guaranteed at time o’
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PUBLIC LAND SALES.
Recolpfo from tholr Rule Haring the
I*met i'iornl Year*
Commtsftiouflr Hparkw of tl»e United States
Laud oillce, has prepared a statement of the
disposals of public lands and receipts there
from during the flsr.nl year ended Jun*i 80,
1885, from which it appears tho disposals were
.in follows:
No, of
entries.
fVInhnma....
3,950
Arizona
2,447
Arkansas...
4,393
California...
15,813
Colorado....
10,979
Dakota
53,304
Florida ....
3,961
Idaho
8,51-1
Illinois
_
Indiana
_
Iowa
215
Kaunas
32,574
Louisiana...
1,839
Michigan...
1,820
Minnesota...
9,198
issisaippi.
1,362
Missouri....
8,633
Montana....
8,659
Nebraska...
87,1)80
Ncv itltt
1,171)
Now oxico
2,417
Ohio
—
Oregon
8,481
Utah
2,222
W ash. Tor..
10,778
Wisconsin..
3,283
Wyoming...
8,510
Acra. i4 mount
270,00L 03 $00,885.70
282,516.55 103,701.05
11,659.86 8,819.69
89,511.23 47,941.01
201,277.83 60,769.64
8,059 1,113,140.67 198,354.67
171,430.04 6,222.78
108,981.57 05,878.22
8,481 788,287.71 244,801.6
218,430.92 101,694.05
552,067.14 355,480.04
Total 220,382 20,118,603.38 $7,686,114.80
The number of original homestead entrie
was 50,8i7, including 7,415,885 acres, from
which the receipts were $781,848. The num*
tier of Anal homestead entries was 22.006, in
cluding 3,082,079 acres, from which the
receipts were $105,152. The number of
original timber culture entries was 30,098, in-
elu ling 4,765,0 »6 acres, from which the re
ceipts were $425,420. The number of final
tunbor-culturo entries was 750, including
.*0 300 acres, from which the foes were $2,761.
The total number of acres taken under rail
road selections was 3,558,914, made up as fol
lows (tractions omitted): Alabama, 83,198;
138,052: Califor * — ‘ “ ‘
Ari/.nun, 133,052: California, 876,445; Colo
rado, 14,252; Dakota, 790,693; Iowa, 6,014;
Kansas, 195,040; Louisiana, 19,887; Minne-
rvuiisuB, i».i,uii», jjuuioiuua, in,uui , juuiiiit
s<^ta, 108,217; Montana, 793,459; Nebraska,
178,039; Nevada, 00,612; Oregon, 245,380;
Utah, 17,123; Washington Territory, 535,210;
Wisconsin, 51,819.
The grand total of disposals of lands (20,-
113,003 acres) includes 881,850 acres of Indian
lands. This is a decrease in the number of
acres disposed of os compared with the year
1884 of 0,535,650, but as compared with the
year 1888 it is an increase of 638.630 acres.
From sales of Indian lands $983,488 was *eal-
ized, making the total receipts from all sales
of lands $7,686,114, a decrease compared with
the receipts during 1884 of $4,159,533, and as
compared with the yaar 1883 a decrease of
$3,086,167.
THB CHINESE MURDERS.
A Wealthy Chinaman Killed—The Fear of
Another Outbreak.
A large China firm in Portland, Ore., has re-
se llll^o UU1IJII All Alt ill A All lullllU, vlu., 11QO Iv
reived a dispatch from Lewiston, Idaho, stating
that agents havo been sent over to Piorce City
to investigate the reported hanging of five
Chinamen thore. It is said that one of those
hanged was a wealthy Chinese merchant named
Gov Nam, who had just closed his business and
was about to rctnrn to China. The Chinese
firms here are troubled about the late outrages
at Rock Springs, Cool Creek and Pierce City
on their countrymen, and evidently fear they
may be repeated on a larger scale at San Fran
cisco.
A Father aad Children Hu rued te Death.
Iowa,
with
«9aam4 by J tunning out of ths window.
ANTI-YACCINITION RIOT.
UlVliKKNft OP MONTKRA1, H((MINTING
L'OMPULNOHY VACCINATION.
Nvw.pRit.r Office, nnri llrnneh llrnlih
Olllev Wr.rk.il by th. filoh.
Th. imsllpox .ptd.mlo llmk has beta rag
ing tb Montreal with groat vlrulanc for aomd
tint, has resulted In a riot, caused by tho op
position of tba French Canadians to compul
sory vaccination. Particulars of the trunhlo
ffi*. Elv.n In the following dispatx-h Jn.m
MontroM
Montreal w«* tho ficena df a violent riot
kl , U the rei
i— lg. .■ • inuivvi mo niuveiiient.
for compulsory vaccination, Tho French
Canadians have shown strong opposition to
compulsory vacdimtion sinco the start, nnd
trouble has bcon feared. The English were
determined, however, that no more delay
would be allowed, and decided at onco to
carry compulsory measures lnto”"force
A branch oillce was started In the
_ .—---* an mo east end
and orders wore given to-day to lwgln the
thorough vaccination of all persons in the
French Canadian quarter. At an oai ly hour
this morning tho office was opened. A urowd
at onoo began to assemble, and the building
was soon surroundeiL Roverni French Csuu-
dian citiieons addressed the gatlioi ing, which
was becoming more and more riotous, and
advised pneiffo measure*, A fcquad of iiollce
was called out, and toward the afternoon tho
mob '* 4 J 41 —*- * *
called out; and toward the afternoon t
(Hsinu'soaI, threatoiiing. however, to
turn In the evening. Thev kent their wnni
1 ho mob nekt went to the residence of
Lab*rgo, 0 f the mwlical hoalth
o!I|ce, stoned it and shouUnl defiance.
On IDAPphArl tl«S> ina),
On marched the mob, gathering [m*
" ““ J ‘ “ *' * * l Oviiitp
•U.....UVM i,,u llluu i hhhipi iii
numbers as it went, its objective point iwnir
the city hall. The authorities had by this
time got wind of the mob’s intentions, and
the fire bells sounded a general alarm, calling
the whole polhw force from the various
stations to tho central station at the city
ball Tho mob arrived, however, before the
police hud mustered, and took possession of
tho streets around the hall. Hhowers of
stones were rained upon the building and
many windows were shuttered;
Tho police were still in the station, aad, as
usual, a delay occurred before they were or
dered out W hen they first reached the street
: : " *™wi*u uirfiirwu
they hail only tliolr imall wooden b»ton»,
~hlc*- —■ ■■ • ■ •
which wore utterly ust'leasou tho mob, which
continued its work of destruction, moving
completely around the building. An order was
given to arm tho force with muskets, but the
men, straps* to say, were kept standing Tu the
die the mob continued its work out*
station whl!
side. Several of tho policemen and tlio
tiiei
*«» iiuiilviiidh nun uio
mayor s brother armed tuemselves with re
volvers and blazon away irom the door of
tho station, siloncing the mob on that side.
On tho other side, However, tho work was
kept up, aud the health officer got a severe
handling. A largo number of |K)ople were
here undergoing vaccination and had to fly
from the mob.
In the midst of the din aery was raised, “To
tho newspaper office I” and in a few minutos
tho crowd, now numbering several thousand,
had formed into Hue and wore on tho wa 1
Tho mob marched down the piincipal streets,
singing and shouting, and made for the office
of tho Mominy Herald, a large five-story
building, on Victoria square. Their number
was considerably increased oil the way, and
surrounded the newspa)>er office, several
thousand strong. The building, which occu
pies a prominent position, was brilliantly
lighted up, and formed a good mark for the
rioters. The windows were soon smashed,
and the rioters took full vougeauce upon the
paper, which has been the most activo and
plain spoken about the French Canadians.
For over half an hou> tho mob had it all
their own way, tho police remaining inac
tive in the station while the work of destruc
tion was going on. While engaged at the
newspaper office, the rioters gavo expression
to various threats, and said that they
would show the Knglisli whether it was
they or the French who would rule the
city. Tho Knglisli were roundly abused, and
a number of violent scenes occurred. When
tho iiolico did arrive on tho scene, tho mob
again formed and marched back through tho
street* to the east end, where they held a
mass meeting, and, after several infiaiuina-
hum, iiiiui BDVoim lllliniUlIUV
tory speeches, proceeded to the homes of sev
eral of tho -*—*■ 1 -*— J 41 —
- «• vr. the doctors and stoned them.
Tho riot had caused a great sonsation
throughout the city, and deep indignation
is expressed on all sides against tho French
Canadians. The English are determined that
such actions must be put an end to, and
nothing will bo loft undone to prevent a repe
tition of to-night’s riot. The military at a lute
hour havo been ordered under arms, and tho
several regiments are now parading. The
mayor oxprosses his intention ot culling hii
emergent meeting of the citizens the first
thing to-morrow, an l will proclaim martial
law Tf necessary. A feeling is expres ?d that
there must be no wavering now. and that tho
French must bo made to obey tneorderof the
health authorities.
The police have sinco made a number of
arrests, and great excitomout prevails. Nov*
oral of the police woro badly beaten in Hie
row. The police have been ordered to patrol
around tho public buildings at night. The
various buildings have an He red a groat deal
of dan-ago. At a late hour tho mob Imd dis
persed lor tho night and tlu.» city was quid.
The rioters, before dispersing, went, down
to one of tho objectionable vaccinators’ houses
and fired it. The lire brigade were liaslily
summoned nnd extinguished the fire before
any damage was done
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
A Nkw Jkrhby law prohibits tha sale of
igare tes.
Thk railroads of Pennsylvania employ
seventy thousand mon.
An official report of the 1885 wheat crop of
India puts the yield at 247,006,000 bushels.
A law has just gone into effect in Ohio re
quiring all wages to be paid weekly in cash.
McNamara, tho grave-digger at Staunton.
V/l, is eighty-throe yeurs old, and has buried
7,000 porsons.
Title hop crop for the year averages 602
nmds an acre tor 41,066 ucrcs, a total o
633,000 pounds.
1 of 37,-
A breeder of Reno, Nov., is 6ald to have
netted $40,000, as the proceeds ot one short
horn cow, bought for $o00.
There is hardly a village in Russia in
which thore is not to be found a bottle of
water from the famous river Jordan.
REPORT says that a majority of the farmers
of tho North we it have decided to hold their
wheat crop until prices ore more satisfac
tory.
The whole of Oregon and Washington
territory is now shrouded in the vast, dense
‘ d of smoke that comos down every
blue bail
autumn.
In Son Francisco the Union foundry in be
ing built, which, when completed, will bo the
iurgost in the United States, it will cost
1400.000.
One of the curious freaks of the tornado
which leveled Washington Court House,
Ohio, was to destroy all the churches and
eave untouched the saloons.
The Chinese find that the cost of their
little difficulty with the French at Tonquin
will roach not less than $314,000,000. Tneir
loss in men wus also upward of 100,000.
A trustworthy estimate of the probable
cranberry crop of 1885 is os follows; New
England, 225,000 bushels; New Jersey, 175,-
000; Wisconsin, 150,000: other Btates west,
10.000, showing a total product of 500,000
bushels.
Many thousands of tons of cottonseed, onc«
considered valueless, aro now sold for from
ten to twelve dollars por ton. In seven months
ending last August, $1,828,771 worth of cot
ton seed oil wus exported to Europe from the
Southern States, or about twice as much as
during the same period of last year.
A Tennessee Tragedy.
In the preliminary trial of John Bradley for
In the preliminary trial or jonu Jiraaiey lor
tho murder of Deputy United States Marshal
Miller, at Nashviilo, Tcnn., the strongest cir
cumstantial evidence of the prisoner's guilt was
pioduoed, but there was no witness of the raur-
dor. On Saturday afternoon at Buok lodge,
near Gallatin, Wi barn Herron, a wealthy farm-
sr, who was thrown from his horse and fatally
injured, confesses that ho killed Miller, think-
that he was omni <g to arrest him, and that
Bradley had nothing to do with tbo orimo. Mil*.
,oi’h pistol was found in Herron’s room. Herron
bed in »n agony of remorse. The story of
derroii’a confession is r o ived here with some
doubt*.
Thk news.
lutercatln; Happenings from nil Points.
BAMTKKN ANI> Minill.K ST1TBS.
In th. N»w York couni
bton filed a certiflrdte ol
" Graht Guardi ot the Si
of th
ntr clerk', office ban
f locorporatton at tb.
m. . . ■ r -State of New York,"
jn.de up of the colored men I Mid in. th.
hor.ee Attached toflenersl Grant's oatanlqu.
>t hi* obtoqule* in tha metropolis
Henry Taurox, e Youth of eerenteei
•hot and killed at Gl.nwood, Pena,
ono-nl ined man named Hndeoq. The’ id
Ybehedr
beceme-etirnged becffitteTie bed heed th
inteet Ujf young Tikrbox
In A Wrestling contn)
The AineHcmi Forestry congresa
In *ee*h>n at Boeton. It wee shown by ate-
tistics that the forests were being rapidly de
stroyed.
A tornado struck Bnrnum't circus during
• performance at Titusville, Venn. Tha tents
and side shows were wrecked and many per
sons seriously in Jared.
GfcouoE Wii.kkh. founder of OTUws'flMrft
of the Times, dlod the other day at hi* home
In Now Y ork, aged 08 yearn
Tb* English yacht Oenoata has won her
second race on this side by defeating tho
schooner Dauntless for the Brenton's Keef
Chnlleugo cup. The yachte started from
New York on the illstT and the Genssta re
forty milet aheadofher
turnod oh the Udd,
All
.mefican contestant;
The New York Republican Btale ticket,
nominated upon tha second day of tha con
vention at Saratoga, is as follows: Far Gov
ernor— Congressman Ira Davenport; for
lieutenant-governor, Joseph B. Carr; for
•ecrotary of state—Anson & Wood; Mr
comptroller—.lame* W. Wadsworth; for
•tate treasurer-Charles F. Ulrich; for at-
tomoy-genernl—Edward B. Thomas; for
■tate engineer—^William V. Van Rensselaer.
The platform favors civil servioe reform and
ping,
Tb
winner of the America’s cu
The American champion yacht Puritan,
. .. . In the recent In-
i cap In
is Genesta, was sold
_ ork, bringing 818,40a
The Durohaser If a resident of Boston.
ternstlonal race with thi
at auction In New Yc
Four miner* were caught by a sodden
r Ho
lotttndale,
lood of water In A mine neat
snrt., arid drowned.
Goldsmith Maid, tha trotter who reigned
for years as queen of the trotting turf, died
n few days ago on her owner's form
Trenton, N. J. She wo* twenty-i'
old, and bad trotted a mile in 8:1A
SllllTlI AND WEST.
Twelve prisoners escaped from th* Jeffer
son county jail at Steubenville, Ohio, by
sawing the cell and window bars, thereby
making a hole large enough to get thraagh.
Five Chinamen In jail at Piero* City,
Idaho, for murder and robbery, wert taken
out of confinement by • crowd and hanged te
Captain William Jobes, of the lifeboat
■rvico at Racln*, Wla, was drowned while
oat practicing with his crew.
A storm on the Great Lakes hoe resulted
In disaster* to shipping nt various points
At ths eleventh annual session of the
American Bankers' association, hold in Chi
cago, more than M0 representatives of ths
banking Interests from ovary leading oily In
the Union were present.
Twebtv-pive persona were Injured, many
of them eeverely, by the sudden fall of a cir
cus tent during a storm at Martinsburg, W.
The two little children of William Winter
'and wife, of Point Pleasant, W. Vn., were
burned to death during their parents' absence
from the house,
The colored people of Mississippi will
erect n monument, to oost fifty thousand
dollars, at Vicksburg, In commemoration of
the signing ot the emancipation proclama
tion.
T. C. Mayfield and his son Wesley were
called out of a store at Wliatecom, Washing
ton Territory, and shot dead by an unknown
man, who made his escape.
The old wages have been restored at the
works of the Cleveland (Ohio) Rolling Mill
company, where there has been a strike, re
sin™
The Republicans of Maryland, nt their
Btate convention In Baltimore, nominated
Francis Miller for comptroller, and William
” " of thaooartof appeal*,
M. Marine for clerk _ rr
and adopted a protective tariff, civil servioe
reform platform.
The bankers' national convention nl Chi
cago adopted by a large majority a resolution
requesting Congress to suspend silver coinage.
WASHINGTON.
Mrs. Karah Jenifer, a colored woman
Mns. karah Jenifer, a colored woman
who died the other day In Washington, wiu
stated in the doctor’s certificate of death to
have been US years old. It Is said that core
ful investigation has shown that a colored
man named Nugont, now living In Washing
ton, Is 125 years old.
Dorman B. Eaton, chairman of tho United
States oivil servlco commission, has resigned.
Commodore Alexander A. Semmks,
commandant of the Washington navy yard,
died suddenly the other afternoon at Ham
ilton, Va. He had served In the navy since
1881. 1
The President has appointed the following
collectors ot customs: Charles C. Bwoenoy
for the district of Galveston, Texas; Otto L.
Khrelkeld, for tho district of Snluria, Texas;
J. J. Cocke, for the district of Br.^osde San
tiago, Texas.
forkign.
Heavy rains in |the southeastern part ol
Bpnin have resulted In tha loss of many lives
and the destruction of an immense amount of
property.
Reports from Palermo, Italy, regarding
tho progrees of the cboiora show a distressing
a of affairs prevailing there. Thirty
state of affairs .
thousand persons have Sea from the city; ol
the shops are dosed and the streets are
almost deserted. Thore Is a great scarcity of
food and water, and the epicfomlo Is increas
ing with frightful rapidity.
It Is reported that an agreement hoe been
tains tho Carolines and tho Mariana nnd Pa-
Isos islands, while Germany acquires the
MaishalJ and Gilbert groups.
The revolt In Roumelia against Turkey
Has ciiiiKod tho war drum to sound again iu
Europe. Sixty thousand Servian troopa have
born called into tho Held, for fear of an up-
rising. In Bulgarlo^all the able-bodied men
between eighteen aud forty years are to he
put under arms, in anticipation of war with
turkey. Severe lighting has already occurred
between the Albanians of Djakobo, and the
Turks, both sides losing heavily. Turkey
will attempt to put down the revolt in Uou-
noliu
Seventeen persons were crushed to deati
In Stockholm, Bwcdon, after a concert given
by Christine Nilsson. She was singing from
the balcony of the Grand hotel at tne time of
the accident. The crowd numbered about
SO,000.
1’iuNUE Bismarck has accepted theapology
of Kpaiu for tho recent insult to the German
Embassy at Madrid.
The steamer Humacoa, which woe wrecked
near Grand Manan, New Brunswick, severs
weeks ago, was blown off the rocks and sank.
“ ... - ln|*to St John
Twelve or fifteen tailors belong!]
•tla
or t he neighboring city of Portland ware lost
They were taking her to pieces at the time of
the disaster.
The Earl of Shaftesbury, a prominent and
~ IODuOI
philanthrophic English nobleman, is dead in
tis eighty-fifth year.
Miners Killed by Carelessness.
Four miners were drowned in the Franklin
mine, Honesdale, Pa., Thursday morning, by
the sudden break of water from the aban
doned mine, adjoining one in which they were
working. Death wasduo to the orrelensnesa of
thmselves and other miners in neglooting the
aware of the
propor precautions. They were
proximity of 4 '
the danger and that thoy were
ad
working towards it, but they drove ahead with
out adopting tha usual method in such cases.
A Car #» Valuable Cattle ksnsi
A oar of full blood Hereford (took, owned by
the Cosgrove Live Block company of Leanrer,
Minn., burned while In transit to Dakota. The
car eanght fire from a spark from the engine
when about two miles from Lesurer. The stock
was valued at #0,000. Two men who were in
the car lumps# off on# v~.ro badly injured.
CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION.
DORMAN B. BATON, CHAIRMAN OF
TUB COMMISSION, RESIGNS.
The Pres dent Write* a Letter AeeeWtak
the HheloaHtleH.
President Cleveland bos sent to Mr. Dor
man B. Eaton, chairman of tho civil sorvlre
commission, a long letter setting forth hi*
rlewe and policy In relation to the civil ser
vice, and accepting Mr. Eaton's resignation,
to take effect Nbvombof 1. Mr. Baton, 111
his letter df resignation, says
that when President Arthdr nomi
nated him, and he was con
firmed as commissioner, ho was about to de
cline the nomination, but the friends of re
form, with whom ho had lubored for many
years, Insisted that he was In duty bound to
accept, topMoUjt As the enemies of reform
made clear their purpose of charging any
refusal on his part "as a coward
ly shrinking from tha speedy
and disgraceful failure sure to follow any at
tempt to execute so chimerical and impracti
cable a statute.” Ha therefore entered on
his official duties, ho says, with tho declared
purpose ot remaining hardly more than A
year, at which time lie expected to get the
Mr. Eaton closes
system In working ordor.
by expressing his absolute faith In the oon-
tfiiuod triumph of the “reform policy." In
deed, bo says, ''the contest Is already over tn
that part of the government to wliloh
alone all legitimate authority and re
sponsibility for appointments and removal!
rests, and In which alone the thorough Infor
mation needed for a correct judgment as to
tbo utility ut the now system exists" H*
thinks, however, that it is possible that the
politicians anil Congressmen of the dominant
party may prevail over the well-matured
judgment ot their own administration. In
ths contest which would result from such a
course be says he oould far hotter serve the
cause of reform In the exercise ot Mint full
liberty which Is hardly compatible with the
proprieties of his present office.
TUB PnKeiDMNT’f. HEPLT.
Executive Manhion, 1
WamhinuTon, Kept. 11, 1885. |
The Hon. Dorman li. Eaton.
My Deab Sir; 1 am In receipt of your let
ter tendering your resignation as a member
board of civil servlco commissioners.
of tbo I
I cannot refrain from expressing my sinoere
rmlnedto
regret that you havo determined to withdraw
from a position In the public service wliors
S odr Intelligent performance of duty bo*
-on of Inestimable value to the country.
The friends of civil service reform end all
those who desire good government fully
devotion to the cause
appreciate your
in which you early enlisted; and they have
seen with satisfaction that your seal and
faith have not led you to suppose
that tbe reform in whieh yon were
unsuited to tbe rules whieh
engaged Is
ordinarily
ordinarily govern progress In human af
fairs, or that it should at once reaob perfec
tion and universal acceptance. Yon bars
to aocept good re-
been willing patiently __ r _
suits as they, step by stop, could be gained,
holding every advance with unyielding
steadfastness
The success which thui far has stt tided
the Work of civil service reform Is lergely
due to the fact that its practical friends have
proceeded upon the theory that real and
healthy progrees can only be made as such of
tbe people who cherish pernicious political
Ideas, long fostered and encouraged by vic
ious partisanship, are persuaded that
the change contemplated by tbe reform
offers substantial improvement and ben
efit* A reasonable toleration f6r
old prejudices, a graceful recognition of i
>n of every lnstru-
aiil, a sensible utilization .
mentality that promisee assistance, and a
constant effort to demonstrate tho edvan-
teges of the new order of things ora tbe
in the future be further advanced, tho oppo
sition of Incorrigible spoilsman rendered
Ineffectual, and the cause placed upon
a sura foundation. Of course there
should be no surrender of principle, nor
baokward step, and all laws for tho en-
of the reform should bo rigidly
tontomat
executed; but the benefit* wliloli" its
principles promise will not bo fully
realized unless tbe acquiescence of the peo
ple la added to the iteru assertion of a dno-
trine and the vigorous execution of the laws
It I* a source of congratulation that there
are so many friends of civil service reform
marshaled on ths practical side of tba ques
tion, and that the number la not greater of
those who profess friendliness for the cause,
and yet, mischievously and with supercilious
self-righteousness, discredit every effort not
in exact accord with their attentustod ideas,
decry with carping criticism the labor of
those actually In tho field of reform, and, Ig
noring the conditions which bind and qualify
every struggle for a radical Improvement In
the affairs of government, demand complete
and Immediate perfeotlon.
The reference in your letter to the attitude
of the members of my cabinet to tho merit
system established by the civil servlco Inw,
beside being entirely correct, axhlbils an n|i-
preclation of honest sndcavor In tbo dlrool Ion
of reform, and a dismsition to do justico to
proved sincerity which is most gratifying. If
such treatment of theso upon whom tho duty
rests of administering tne government ao-
ithods
cording to reform methods was the universal
rule, and If the embarrassments and perplexi
ties attending such an administration were
jalrtjr regarded hy all those professing to be
friendly to such mothods,tho avowed enemies
of the cause would be afforded less encour
agement
1 behove in civil servioe reform, and ita np.
plication iu the moat practical form attain
able, among other reasons, because it opens
tho door for tho rich nnd the poor alike to a
participation in public placehol ling. And I
hope the time Is at hau l when all our people
will hoc the a Ivautagu of a reliance for such
an opportunity upon merit and fitness, instead
of a dependence upon the caprice or solllsh in
terest of those who Impudently stand between
the ;ieople auddhe machinery of their gov
ernment. in the one case, u reasonable in
telligence and the education which Ib freely
famished or forced ui>on iho youth of our
land, are tho erodnitlals to office; in the
other, the way is found In favor secured by a
participation in' purtdsun work, often unfit
ting a por.-on morally, If not mentally nnd
physically, for tho r "sponslbititles and duties
of jnibllc employment.
You will agrob with mo, I think, that the
support which has heert given to the present
administration in its efforts to preservo
and advance this reform by a party restored
to [.ewer after an exclusion for many
yearB from partMpnMon iu tho plncos
attached to the public •—rice; confronted
with a neo hysts ., h idler the redistri
bution of such places in its Interest; called
upon to surrender ndvantagos which a per
verted partisanship had taught the Ameri
can people belonged to success, and perturbed
with tho suspicion, always raised tn such an
of this reform Imd not been scrupulously re
garded, should receive due acknowledgement
and should confirm our beliof that there is a
sentiment among tho people better than a de
sire toholdoffice.anda patriotic impulse upon
Institutions nnd tile strength aud perpetuity
of our government
I have determined to request you to retain
your present position until the first day of
Noveinlier next, nt which time yonr resigna
tion may become operative. I desire to ex
press my entire confidence In your attach
ment to the cause of civil service reform, and
ndulge the hope and expectation that, not-
''.hstending the acceptance of your resigna-
wit!
tion, your interest in tho object for which
you havo labored so asskliously will continue
beyond the official term which you surren
der. Yours, very truly,
Grover Cleveland.
Halelde of a Lady.
Mrs, Robert Spang, a well connected mar
ried woman, broughtsuit for slanderous charges
this week in the conrt at Reading, Pa., against
Miss Charlotte Harvey, a relative, for #10,000
J — . . f 0; . . . —
damages for defamation of character. The jury
” ~ ‘ ‘ ' -Mdaj
decided in Hiss Harvey’s favor, and on Friday
~ #gr 1 £
morning Mrs. Bpang committed snicide witL
pobon because of her shack and mortification
in losing tbe unit.
Barued Tfeslr Nelahkarta Cattle.
Plenro-pntumonis having been declared to
exist among the cattle of David Branneok, of
Falmouth, Ky., several daya ago, and no effect
ual means being taken to destroy the disease,
several of the neighbors colleoted end slaught-
of the diseased cattle and burned
and fourteen <
LATEST tfEWS.
FOUR MRQROM LYM'HRD.
Tlmlr DuiIIim RwIIm By « Narili CurilliR
MmuUIiIm.
mm
.
fault Wednesday, four in groes, Jerry Finch
ills wife, lice Tyson anil John PattUhall,
>yuchi-dj oliu diliO from V.tlsburo, Chstha n
county, N. O. They were takofi IrWm Jail and
their bodies were found tho following morning
ms ended to a tree near the public read. This
ms ended to a tree near the nnbile road. 1 his
is the terrible seqnel to tho triple murder of the
Finoh family on the night of tho 4th of last
July, and of the murder of the Gunter family,
ns*r tne sAmCs|fnt, some eighteen months ago.
two of tbe Finch family, Edward,
There
aged seventy-nine, end Ills sister aged 81. They
were fouud on (he morning of ttandsy, July 5,
on .the floor with their throats outs. Nr
lying on .the floor with their throats outs,
them ley their servant, s ntigro Imjr, aged 10.
AU bsd boon knocked in the In ad with ah ax.
8usplelon rested early on tho negro Jerry Finch,
and lis was arrested. It was a great task from
Lee Tyson was afterward arrested, and some
time later John PatitsliaU was taken on the
clurgo of beliig concerned In the Gunter mnr-
der. and possibly in the Finch ttiirdor. Ho was
seld to have been seen near the spot where the
Unntsrs were kilted, and next morning was tn
another county, end told the first news knowu
there of the crime. The verdict, when render
ed, was against the prisoners,
tho people appeared to be
these persons wore gnilty of
guilty of both murder*
BLOODY WORK.
A Dseparate Nktal Data la Fife
Judge George W. Ward, editor of th* Exam
iner, and commonwealth's attorney for Wash
ington oounty, while about to enter the Colon
nade hotel Bundsy, shoot 4 P. M., wee fired op
en hy Dr. William White, Independent candi
date for state senator, who had been oonoealcd
In a storeroom nearly opposite the hotel. Whin
stepped out of the door and discharged one
barrel of s shoignn loaded with buokshot tt
Ward, who fell I toe foremost, but recovering
on his knees, drew his pistol and fired three
•hole at a young relative of White's, who was
>n the other eluo of the street behind e tree.
White in th* moenttme hod stepped lntade the
store, and hearing the firing oame out satin
snd fired the eeoond barrel at Ward, who fell.
While ho wss lying on tbe ground two of White's
elktires (one of whom Ward had already shot
at, ahd whom he thought had shot at him}
walked up and fired soven shots at him (Ward,;
' Judge Ward la In a
all of which took effect.
-cry critical condition and it Is thought ho can-
........ . rust'— 4 —
uot lire. Dr. White and his two rotative* he*t
been arrested, and balled In the sum of #7,0OC
AN AEROLITE.
The People Fleckian to Naa tko FoaaeyL
▼solo Weaker.
The aerolite which osused loud detonations
ihrougbout Washington and Alleghany ooun-
iles on Saturday lest, fell upon th* farm of Mr.
Unokland, in Jefferson township, Pa., near
the West Virginia line. Ellis Jones, mail car
rier, who witnessed the fiery insaa In Its High!
ne velocity, and was as targe as the
nrgost barn hu ever saw. Thore tppoxrcd to
bu attached to It an immense Dime of a deeper
oo lor than that whlob enveloped the in is*
W hen the noise accompanying it oeased, the
flames aud dark tall disappeared, and iu tneir
..toad the stone assumed a whitish bluo lino,
whloh it retained until It passed out or right
When the stone fell It broke into threo pieces.
It is greyish in ootor, with a tendency to red
in streak* and It (■ more than thirty feel
.quare. The people ere Hooking to see the
wonder In great numbers.
DYNAMITE BXPLONION*
On* Mon Killed aud Three Others Her!oas
is Wouoded,
A terrible teoident oocurred at Yorkhtven,
Pa., Friday afternoon, whieh resulted in tbe
death of one man and tho serious injury of
three other* A large paper mill was being
E ted there and the workmen were engaged tn
e excavation of rook for the foundation. A
number of bleats had been made, but one of
them failed to explode, and it was thought hs
workmen had negleoted to obarge it. John
Morrtsaoy, of Washington, D. O., began drilling
out a hole, and with his drill atrnok tho
dvuamtte with whieh it bod been charged,
when a terrible oxplosion occurred. Morrissey's
right hip wss crushed and the flesh tern from
liir UmL* Hu died. Thomas O'Brien was cut
about the head and was badly burned with pow
der, I’striok Usgerty hail his left eye blown out
and was also severely burned, and John O’Con
nor was badly Injured about the body.
A DELIBERATE HUM)IDE.
An Atakooia Farmer 8lotions HM Gan aad
Palls ska Mtrlag.
Wiley J. Owsley, aprominent and Industrious
Nl
farmer, wno lives at Natasnlga, Ala., oommitt. <
suioide Thursday. He, with his family, wer.
all on tho farm near his resilience, and as Is al
ways Iris custom, left them about an hour by
sun to go and look after his flock.
Instead of this ho went to ths house, took a
quilt aud went to the kitohonand made a pallet
on the floor, then fixed a gun by the side of him,
attached a airing to the trigger, laid down ami
pulit-d the airing. Tbe contents of the gun
entered olasa to hii right ear aud earn* out over
his eye.
ilia wife cam* home end found him deed.
He left s nms to his wife saying it was no fanlt
of her* that lie was simply tired of lif* and
also gavo instructions as to hid hartal and
fuueraL
He wss a good oittaea, a kind and devoted
husband.
A NEW HAYKN MBNHATION.
A Hoclety Hello Elopes While Preparations
Are Uelna Made for Her Marriage.
A great sensation was oreated in society eircles
try tire announcement that Honors, youngest
daughter of Dr. Edwin Harwood, rector of
Trinity ohuroli, and one of the most promi
nent citizens, had eloped snd married a rich
New Yorker named Truiuan Iiemlugway and
sailed for Europe in the atoamcr Werra. Be-
rides tha elopement thore la the added sousa-
tlnn that invitations had been sent out aud
extensive preparations marie for the lady’s
marriage In Trinity olmroh on Wednesday next
to Mr.l’i * ' ** '
i’rnyn, son of the late Hon. John V. L.
I’ruyu, of Albany. N. Y., who is a millionaire.
of valuable wedding presen w had
A unmber
already been reoeived at tbe "Harwood resi-
rieuoo.
demperatb duel fought.
Iu Which Hath Men Engaged Receive
Mnrtnl Wnnndn
Information oomos here that a-desperate
tragedy occurred in the village of Cottonwood
Point, Mo., on Friday night. Two intoxicated
strangera got into a dispute and then had a
rough aud tumble fight over tho weight of a
halo o. cotton, but they were separated by the
bystandore. Shortly after, howevor, the men
renewed their fight, and mutually agreed, in
order that neither should have an advantage
over the other: that theyahould clasp iheir left
py should clasp
hands togetlior and fight only with their righl
1 - t. Th
hands. Thus ammged, each man, with a re
volver in his right hand, b-gan the bloody work.
Woven shots woro exchang> d, one of the men
fell dead with four bu lets iu Ilia head and
breast, while the other Hunk dying from iwo
or three desperate wounds.
•evsstses Perseus Crashed t* Death.
Christine Nilsson sang to an immense crowd
from tho balcony of tbe Grand hotel. London,
on Wednesday. The orowd was estimated at
80.000, and 17 persona were orushed to death
iu It. In addition to this,twentj-niueothea were
seriously injured. Mme. Nilsson is so pros
trated by the shook that she has temporarily
postponed the fulfillment of her engagement.
A TERRIBLE LEAP.
A Jackson County Mao Kinder Iho Officers
at a Frightful Rleh.
A prisoner named J. 0. Harden, who waa be'
ing oouvejod from Texas, where he was cap-
I UK UUUTU/DU 1IUIU J-DMB, HIIUIU US WIMI UlhJJ
tured by the sheriff, to Jackson county, G»..
wlioro he is wanted for horso stealing, made e
daring leap for liberty from a flying tram on
iho Memphis and Charleston rai.road, neat
Chattanooga. Tenn. Harden was handcuffed
and tied to tl»« seat. Ho gnawed the rope and
jumped htadlong through the window. The
shook threw him iuliy thirty feet, but he soon
recovered, and when last seen was deep in tin
woods running at full speed.
Han Over and Killed*
Major James Ralston, a well known fanner
and extensive cattie dealer of Harrisburg, Va.
was run over by the trsin snd killed at Cowan,
wss run over by tee train snd killed at Cowan,
sUUon^pnthe Baltimore and Ohio road. Bat-
BOSTON OPIUM “JOINTS.”
•glsli lit Them Described hr Newsgager
Reporter*
The Boston Globs Lad published a flpe-
oehutin article giving some startling did-
akwurea ot tho subject of tho um at
opium In Boston that will awaken
the dtp to the sens* ot ita hid
den danger from tb# peralckme habit,
Ihd article Is the experience of reporters
They give the iddretoe* of a number of pg.
tort* outside the ueual Chinese dens when
money hoe been lavished to fit them ap In n
most luxuriant manner for this purpose.
Them places am In the most fashionable
thoroughfare*, Ami hat# Idkm flourishing
suspected for months under the Very ghni
of the Massachusetts Htato bourn. The;
•on* Who patronize these gilded dene come In
carriages, and are recognized as belonging to
the best circle* df toi-lcty,
llie following is a rifgrift of what wo*
by a reporter and his golds In one df them
establishments: As the visitors entered they
were greeted by A well dressed man of middle
figs, with light hair and complexion, who
shook hands with both and naked thorn If they
wished to mnqke. The room Is • targe
square one, richly furnished. On the lied,
over whloh was thrown A rug. were si oping
girls They were both jmat
in on* oornor wss l ho form
two lioaiitlful
consciousness, in on* oornor wss l ho form
of a talented young law student, who Is re
tained
bertdn
cal man
by on* of the lending lawyer* In I’em-
Hquare. By hit side slept a thostrl-
m and hie Wife, whoso facet are well-
known in popular comedy. A Wealthy young
man, whom father Is aprominent theatrical
manager, was among ths frequenters ot tha
, —- -r- frequenters
Joint. In numerous other places well-known
men were found who had been followed from
their piece of businam, the club or the tliestiw
to them haunt* Th* Olohe lias In ita posses
sion a list of nemos of the patrons of them
resorts, ths publication of which would are
ata a consternation in society. All 'new
•re more or lees Implicated In ih» h.inlt Sev
eral well-known freoueuters of I ho d< ns occu
pying high social positions havo loft Ilia city
to escape exposure, being informed Ihnt the
polio* have their name* down for witnevna
DISAPPEARING FORESTS.
ItolwveMliiF Flgwree shswleg Heavy
Dnelwe Hem Timber tael.
At a session of tbo American Forestry
congress In Boston, Her, N. H. Eglostem,
chief ot tbo foreetry division of the deport
ment of agriculture, Washington, rend a
paper setting forth that the recent census
■howe that tha whole area of land surfaco,
Alaska being left out of consideration, Is
1,855,070,400 scree; total foreet area, 440,-
900,000 scree; total farm arm, 995,550,000
sore* Of unimproved and seams lends, In
cluding "old fields,” there ore 1,115,480,400
•ores. Thera are 150,000 mllm of railway,
including lids track* It has required 896.-
000,000 Use for their construction. Suppos
ing that tha Um require to be renewed ooee
in six years, and that 10,000 mllm of new road
ara built annually, If twenty-lire years ho
allowed tho time necemary for
tram to attain n size sultabta for making ties,
then It would require 15,000,000aormof Stand
ing timber to supply the annual demand for
almoal s
tim, or an area oimoM exactly equal to that
of Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut
and Rhode island, But with too Inermeu of
railroads It Is to be considered that th*
nual demand for Um la all the while Incrsee
log. Tb* omens reports th* consumption
.... . — 4 74,000,-
tn dwel-
of 145,778,187 o
OriO bushels of ohsroonl for fuel
lings, storm, factories, steam
boats and looomottvs* This, In n single
year, would clear tba forests from an area of
80,000,000 acres, about equal to that of New
York and North Carolina. Tha eontus also
reports that in 1880 forest fine consumed the
tram on 10,974,089 seres, and there Is no
reason to believe that • lees area will tie
burned over this year than in 1880,
The census give* the amount of turn
out In 1880 as 18.000,000,000
feet lout your the out had Increased to 98,-
000,000,000 feet, which would lay bare an
arm of 5,800,000 acre* equal very nearly to
that of New Hampshire Altogether it ap
pears that the forests ot the ooualry sre sub-
pears that the rorests of the country are suL
'Jeot to an annual drain of 60,750,080 acres,
which would otaar n srooded surface equal In
extant to th* ins of nil the New England
State*, together with New Jersey and Mary.
PERSONAL MENTION.
Tenryson Is about to publish another vol
ume of poem*
Para's spare momenta are being devoted
to the writing of her memoirs
All members of the family of tba osar of
Russia speak the English language
General Joe Shelby, the Confederate
raider, is now a dairyman In Missouri.
General McClellan Is tbe only survivor
of the commaiidurs of the Army of the Poto
mac.
Dr. Hikrme IIethof, an eminent occu
lted, says Hint the common elootrlo light pro
duces color bllmlium
Knurr, the German gumnaker, Is at pres
ent chiefly manufacturing guns for China,
Turkey, Japan and Egypt.
President Cleveland's stableman says
the President does not rare much for horses,
(n taking exercise he much prefer* to walk.
Mv.I8so.nieh, the great French painter, is
lie oldest artist In Paris, having lieon born In
'be oldest artist In Paris, having
1802. He is as sensitive a* a woman in re
gard to his age.
Htanley Is fitting apartments In London
where he will opeu out the groat store of Af
rican curiosities and Oriental fabrics which
hs has packed away.
Dr. Geohgr B. Elliott, the specialist,
whose microscopical Investigations revealed
the true nature of General Grant’s disease,
and who pronounced it canoer and inoura-
ble, is not more than twenty-seven years of
xgo.
General Hherhan positively declined to
be president of the I8t. Louis Grant Monu
ment nssocisl Ion, or to have anything to do
with it “Grant," he said, explaining, “was
worthy of every monument that can be raised
to his memory, but I think that the one over
his grave ehould be finished before others
begun."
A CHOLERA SCARE.
Reports uf Its Existence In Neva Moulin.
There Is much anxiety In Eastern Maine re
garding the reports of the existence of Asiatic
cholera at Hantsport, Nova Scotia, os there
is a great deal of travel between the provin
ces and the Btate* It Is reported that the
deaths at Hantsport average six a
day out of a population of only a
thousand. Tho ephlomic is said to have
keen caused in tins way: I<a8t fall a shoal of
block fish caine up the river, which runs al
most through the village. The tide receding,
many of the«i fish were left on tho inuri lints.
They weighed several tons. A local firm
sirurod tho I’fi • au a hr '
quantity oi oil irom them, buried i
carcasses on the shore. This summer til,)
place where the fish were burie 11 ’’ . . -
ular stouch pit. When the wm 1 was blowln ;
from the river tbe mnell in the vlll igc was al
most unbearable. This was allowed to con
tinueforaoine lime, but finally a covering ol
lime and earth wus put over lb j carcasses and
the stench censed to ho an annoyance. Tho
neglect of an effective sanitary rule is at the
bottom of the trouble. Bangor is in fre
quent communication with Palermo, Mes
sina, and other Mediterranean points by
means of Italian vessels in tbe fruit box
trndo, nnd the Widow’s Island quarautlne
station may come into sorvice.
Eleven Men Killed.
Eloven men were drowned tn the wrecked
steamer at Grand Manan, Me,, Thursday, aud
,'begsi
not twenty, as bofore reported. The
to break over the wreak on Wednesday forenoon
and ths steamer to break up. The lighthouse
men coaid see the steamer breaking ap, bat no
assistance conld be rendered. Most of the men
leave large families in Portland and St. John.
The steamer was broken fay two longs sere.
A Stray Mall Hants
The sohooner Florence Shay arrived at
Charleston, on the 25th nit., twenty miles
west of Atlantio City, picked up a sail boat
twenty-four feet long. Tbe boat oontelned
fish just caught, fishing tackle and two empty
Oh, stranfo tonemeg—ns of yowto,
When day* were lived from kaad to i
And thought ran round aa I
tn foolish, sweet imagining.
We handlad love in childish fsshloa—
The name aion* and not the paasica—
The world and life were things so small,
Our littla wit encompassed olll
We took our being •• our faith
For granted, drew oar easy breath
And rarely stayed to wonder why
We were set here to lire and dl*
Vogue dreams sre had, • grander FMt.
Our lire* would mold and dooslnoto,
Till w* should stand some far-off day r
More godlike than of mortal clay.
Strong Fatal sre meet thee bat to #a4
A soul and all that Use behind,
Wo lose Youth's Paradise and goto
A world of Duty snd of Fata
—Englieh Illustrated Mage sins.
ni MOK OK TUB DAT.
Tho cap that inebriates Irak itot
choer—Hiccup,
A little girl described nervousnosa M
‘just being in a hurry sit over."
A woman may work from sun to son
But a collector's work is always dun.
—The Itambter.
Tho most striking thing in the way of
bronze mantel ornamonts—A clock.—
Life.
There aro 240 bones in a man. Man
compares poorly with a shad. —Boston
Transcript.
A woman and a fiddle are something
•like. Thoy alwavs come oat strongon
when there is a beau about.—Anton
budget.
There is a gorge in Yellowstone park
wlicro no sound can ba heard. Mot n
Imd placo to keep houM.—Chicago
bcdtier.
ilo Is a mean father who will paint
Iho top of the garden gate overy evening
cud buy fresh bulldogs as fast aa they
long.—Fall Hirer Advance.
come along.
“A penny for your thoughts!” ssklsbs,
“I can't their object guess.”
"Why, sock, my dear, to buy,” raid he,
why,
'That which you now i
—Uf*.
"Pa," said tho little boy, “what ii or
absolute monarchy!” "I can’t expiate
It, my son, so that you oan comprehend
It. Wait until you getmarriod and than
you'll know.”—Neteman Independent.
"Ho’s a man of big calibre," remarked
Jones to Brown, speaking of an acquaint- •
anco. "Indeed!” was the reply, "bow
do you make that out!" "He** a great
bore.” "Oh,” mutmured Brown, and
fainted away.-Merchant- Traveler.
"To clean the teeth use a mixture ot
emery and mixed oil, following it with
plenty of kerosene." This would, sssm
to bo queer advice, but as it is taken
from a machinist*’ magazine, and from
a chapter relating to circular raws, wo
havo no doubt it is given in good filth.
—Boeton Port.
Theso nro the days when tho young
o-bn
men puts on kneo-broeches nnd stock
ings snd mounting a bicycle itarts on n
long tour, feeling perfectly happv till n
sixtccn-ycar-old country girl with blue
eyes as big os saucers, shouts: "Hoy,
mister, como hero and I’ll lend you
monoy enough to buy logs for thsqi
pants."—Philadelphia Metes.
He (afraid she will order the second
plate)—"Old you know they make too
cream of glucose, gelatine, corn atnreh,
castor oil, skimmod milk, oleomargarine
nod •tryohnine!" She
cayenne popper and stryonniner' on*
(licking out the dish)—"No, I didn’t
ig oi
know that, but I'vo noticed thoy nro oo
stingy in filling their dishes that one ban
to eat two platen in order to got enough."
How doth tho little mosquito
Improve tbs midnight.dark^^
To leave on forehead and on
His sanguinary mark.
How skillfully be piles his bill.
How neat be makes attacks;
Then stores himself in parts unseen,
whacks.
And dodges all ths wh
—Springfield Union.
Evolution or tho Cake.
Tn 1704 Christopher Ludwiok, a native
of Uesse-Darmstadt, a baker by trade,
settled in Philadelphia and opened n
shop on Fifth street, above Race, which
was thee quite suburban. Ludwiok had
been both a soldier and a sailor, having
served in the former capacity in the Aus
trian army during tho war against th*
ftr *•
Turks, and afterward on one oi tho shipo
of Frederick the Great. He sailed to
both the Fast and West Indies, and
learned to mako pastries of all sorts. Ho
soon acquired a reputation in Phlladel-
ft
phis as a baker of gingorbread, which
was then considered quite a luxury, and
in a few years he became the possessor
of a comfortable fortune. When the
war for independence begun, Ludwiok
took an active part in tbe affaire of tho
struggling colonies, nnd in 1770 acted i
n volunteer, serving without pay. In
- .. j Co -
1777 tho Continental Congress appointed
him "Baker Goneral” to the army. Ho
was required to furnish 100 pounds of
bread tor every 100 pounds ot flour that
’ 4 A" • -
passed through his hands.
Ludwiok protested that he would not
make himaeff rich in that way. He said
he could make 135 pounds of brand
from 100 pounds of flour.
He was as good as bis word, and aa
long as he could obtain flour the Conti
nental soldiers did not suffer for bread.
Washington had great respect .for his
shrewd common sense and sterling in
tegrity. He often invited Ludwick to
dine with him, and apoke of the shrewd
old baker as "bis honest friend."
Tho war crippled him financially, but
he still managed to live in considerable
comfort from the profits of his ginger
bread sales. One of his most valued
possessions waa n letter from General
Washington thanking him for bis service
as "Baker General." He called this his
"diploma," and hung it, suitably framed,
in a conspicuous place in his little shop.
Before be died his fortune mended and
he left considerable property in charity,
and an excellent receipt for making gin-
g erbread. He died in 1801, and is buried
i the Lutheran cemetery at Mount Airy.
His tomb is now gray and moss-grown.
Christopher Ludwick was the father
of tbe fancy-cake business in Phila
delphia. In hia time homely molasses
To-day on*
gingerbread was a luxury.
adelphia bakery puts on the market
* thri
between two and three hundred styles of
pastry and is constantly adding to thia
stock every day. There are five great-
bakeries in the city engaged in the manu.
facture of cakes. They ship their goods
all over the country, to China, Australia,
tbo Fast Indies, and that home of pastries,
England. Christopher Ludwick mixed
bis dough in a wooden trough, and
baked his sweet cakes in an old-fashioaed
brick oven. A dozen labor-saving
machines take the place of the old haua
labor, and tbe patent ovens are heated
by stsam. —Phwdetpkin Times,
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