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SANDERSVILLE. GA., TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 21, 1886.
NUMBER 21.
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THE GREAT RAGE.
THE MAYFLOWER WINS
AMERICA CUP.
THE
OUR
Prow-da lo Witness the Ureal Knrs-Great
Kxrlirmenl at the KloUh-Majlower
Two nillei Abends
uniter waa one minute thirty seconds in
the sloop's wake. With a twenty mile
run before them, thcro was an excellent
chance to test the Bpccd in a steady
breeze. That a stern chase is a long one
was never better illustrated than in that
twenty mile run. For about twenty
minutes the Galatea held her own with
the sloop, but after that was practically
out of the race, for tho Mayflower was
leading her nnnrly a mile when half the
distanco to the outer mark was covered.
Steamboat captain* regarded past warn
ings and kept well away.
At 12:00 the outermark hove in night,
and in half an hour the fleet of steamers
numbering thirteen ii)' all, had gathered
around it to await the ^achts. Tlio wind
Imd fallen light and had canted a point
to the westward. Down they came liko
white-winged birds on wing. The Muy-
llowcr’s balloon jib topsail came in at 1:41
DO. Four minutes later in came her spin
naker, nnd at 1:58 she gtbbed to port and
came for the mark close hauled on star
board tack, luffing grandly around it a
few moments Jatcr. The Galatea gibed
at 1:52,80, having housed her spinnaker
three minutes before. The time of round
ing tho outer mark, with elapsed time,
was: Mayflower, turn 1:55,5; elapsed
• ime, 2:82,1^6. Galatea, turn, 2:10,20;
elapsed time, 2:40,10. The eloop had
huitcn the cutter 18:45.
The Galatea made a very pretty picture
ns she laid down to her souppers and be
gan a chase to windward after the sloop
Both had about all tha
Tit* amiciiica’8 cup.
It hns been decided upon which side
of the Atlnntic the American cup shall
stay, for at lead another yenr. It re
sulted in n glorious victory for tho sloop
Mayflower. When she finished, at Oh, 1
in,, 40s.,tho Galatea was nearly two miles
astern. Tho course was twenty miles to
the leeward and return from Scotland
lightship. Tho race wns sailed In a
breeze tnnt blow fresh from the north
west for three hours. Then canting two
points to tho westward it fell light, the
Inst hour of tho contest being little bet
ter than n rift. Tho Mayflower only had
eight minutes and twenty seconds spsrc
timo when she crossed the finish line, as
tho time of limit of the race was seven
hours. Tho Galatea was defeated on ev
ery point of sailing by the Mayflower.
In the run out to tho outer mark, with
spinnakers set, she wns beaten thirteen
minutes and forty-five seconds, and in
tho windward work over half an hour.
’There is great rejoicing among yacht-
men here, while tho Bostonians aro fairly
wild with delight.
'The judges’ boat, Luckenboch, for tho
third time left pier 8, East river; this
time a half hour earlier than usual, tho
committee, Messrs Chase and Robinson,
being anxious to start the yachts early
from Sandy Hook. By 8:45 tho Luck-
cnbnck and Scandinavian had taken the
Galatea and Mayflower in tow and were
leaving Bay Ridge for the starting point.
As they proceeded, tho breeze freshened,
and there wns every indication of enough
wind to furnish a fine day’s snort. Off
■Whistling buoy at 10:15 the Galatea was
cast oil. Her crew soon made sail, while
the Mayflower’s crew did the same, both
setting club topsails. When the judges’
boat ran alongside the Galatea, Lloyd
Phenix, representing the New York
yacht club, told the regatta committee,
that Lieutenant Henn was very sick in
the cabin and thnt he wished the course
to be made fifteen miles instead of
twenty, so as to bo sure to finish within
a reasonable time. In case it should
calm, he wished the Luckenbach to tow
tho cutter back, if the race woe not com
pleted early, so he could see a doctor.
Secretary Robinson said he would con
sult with General Paine as to the length
! of the course. That gentleman (aid he
would leave the matter in the hands of
i the committee. They decided that tha
! course should be southeast twenty miles,
nnd steaming back to the Galatea that
course was given them. Captain Brad-
j ford was sailing the'cutter. Beavoir-
! Webb looked after the sails, while Mrs.
Henn peeped out of the companion way
with an anxious look in her eyes, for her
' husband’s condition alarmed her.
DEPARTMENT
h supplied with &1I the requisites for doing
all kinds of J’ob end Book work in Firat-
Class Stylo. Prompty and at Rea
sonable Trice*.
WEDDING CARDS,
VISITING CARDS,
BUSINESS CARDS,
BALL CARDS,
POSTERS,
HANDBILLS,
PROGRAMMES,
STATEMENTS,
LETTER HEADINGS,
DODGERS,
PAMPHLETS,
«m- ET0„ ETC
BASE BALL BOTES.
IN home runs Dally leads the Philadelphia * N,T#I W « ht H ” M ' Ch "‘*
tonm, having scorod four of thorn so far this l *“****‘
year. j A rare sight, which, perhaps, may not
Tint Chioagosliavoinadothirly-otghthomo be witnessed again for centuries, wns seen
runs already this season nnd the Dotroita in the Read House, in Chattanooga,
thirty-three Tcnn., on Tuegday night . Hon . Robt , rt
Harry Wiucuit Bays that someth in# will T m ’
have to l>o done with the umpire question democratic nominee for gov-
next season. | ernor, nnd his brother, Hon. A. A. lay-
Tun Pittsburgs are making a great record. \ ^ nr > republican candidate for the same po-
Tliev are playing bolter than oiiy of tho As- j sition, occupied the same room at tho
sociation club*. j hotel. About 10 o’clock a crowd of ono
Nine out of tho first dozen American hundred democrats nnd republicans called
pitches** are youngsters who have developed on tlle gentlemen, and after a general
Rl '. ’ vo £*° ' , | , 'hand-shaking two violins wero brought
Now that the Southern l eague has dls- , , ,, " n„,u Air nC„
banded, tho crack pitchers of that organize- ,° the room. _ Both Bob and Alf Tn)-
tion will bo in demand. j lor nrc fino musicians, and when tho mu-
The standing in the Southern League at sical instruments were placed before them,
tho close of play wasi Atlanta*, 01 won, 27 . each took a violin and played a number
1o*t; Snvnunabs, 53 won, 29 lost. of tunes together. It was certainly a
Detroit ami New York outrank Chicago n0V cl sight—tho two brothers sitting
< -“ sr . ■“•!?*►-•»a » <£•? --"'I
Thr &mtk»rii I.,™, ,r, H, “ d tin «W1r. an toHk Ui.it dalldou
rapidly taken into other clubs. There is a Strains of the ola familiar tunes, the auu-
great demand tor pitchers and catchers. icncc of the distinguished brothers knew
II Annin Richardson, of the Detroit*, has no bounds, and applauded vociferously,
nine homo runs to tits credit, more than any The music was highly enjoyed l>y everv
1 enguo or Association player has made thin on „ Drogen *
season, lie has twloo mailo two homo runs , u «
lu a game.
EARTHQUAKE IN OHIO.
Ok the twolvo lending batsmen of the As
sociation, Louisville hns two, Rt Louis three. 1 _ ,
Athletic two, Pittsburgh two, Cincinnati amt \ People living in. tho coal mining re-
Motiwpolitau ono each, Brooklyn add Ball l- gions, embracing four towns anil quite u
more have none. large range of country, in Akron,O., were
of P", 1 ’, 1 *’ Leaguo ftwa ^ cned at four o’clock, Sunday inoni-
thlid basemen in Holding. In forty games . , , ... ’ • •
ho has made bat ton errors, having put out ing by a low rumbling noise, m * oinpu-
sixtv an t assisted seventy timos-tanavorago nied by shocks of earthquake so distinct
for Ihese games of 928. j that houses wore terribly shaken, and nr-
TirERY will Ijo fow if any changes in tho tides on mantles wero thrown to tho
Bt I^uls BYowns for 1887. The team that fi onr Several years ago tho earth set-
won the championship in IBS), and will In nil , , t ,
probability win it again in lh*Ms quite good i tied several feet without apparcti t nui. ,
enough, Mr. VondorAhe sagely, coucludes, in this region, and the people arc badly
to win itagain in 1887. • ' | frightened, fearing they will lie swallow
Lynch, the Metropolitan^ ptt’her, has a ed-up. To make matters more nuplciis
' * ant a very large meteor Sunday morning
passed over, snaking up a portion of tin-
country, traveling close to tho onrth and
shoot, or anything else. Jack says the way Blowing off heated particles everv few
in which the Staten Island grounds aro laid f cc t,' Themeteorilluminatedthecomi-
out prevents good pitibiug. try for a great distance, and Is supposed
The International Lengue is certainly on- ( \ struck thn aarth near the ciistcrn
titled to the consideration of the big leagues t0 “ av ,® ■* ru “ 100 l “° *“* 11
iVpoir nart of the city, and the shock in thnt
list of the different modes of "pitching done
bv every pitcher ho has ovor scon. By'one
g lance ut uls list lie can tell whether a pitcher
as a drop ball, a curve, an out shoot, 'an up
in future legislation, as it has piovon itself
>to tho *
American Association. Every dub will live
out tho season nnd will bs again iu the Hold
next year. It gives employment to many
good players nnd its business is conducted lu
She Lest possible manner.
Baserai.i. lmi boon introduced in Japan,
and Is now rapidly becoming a popular out
The J
pnrt of the city, and the shock iu
locality waa diitinctly felt Iran
after the graat fireball passed,
iwas one of special prayer by
many people.
PANIC IN A CHURCH.
Sunday
a great
THE QALATEA.
Captain Stone put the Mayflower about
at 1:5fi, and stood to the northward.
Webb sailed the Galatea. Captain Stone
brought the eloop round again. She was
a mile on the cutter’s weather beam. Two
minutes before going about the sloop
took in a club topsail. Both tho yachts
went nbout at 4:20 aad stood to tho north.
They were off Deal Beach now, tho wind
growing lighter. The Mayflower was
lucky to hold light sir under land, with
Galatea almost becalmed twenty minutes.
As the Mayflower slowly approached tho
finish the excitement was intense on the
steamer*. There woe no fear thnt the
Mayflower would be defeated, but it was
feared the limit of time would expire;
nnd as all hope woe dying out,
the breeze freshened and the eloop
shot ncroes the finish lino, close hauled
on port took, just ae the sun sank to rest,
with but eight minutes to spare. The
cheering sad whistling lasted fully ten
minutes, the crew of the victorious sloop,
waving end cheering themselves, until
the yacht was long pust the finish. The
Boston Herald tug, Henry Roussell,with
Stebbins, artist, on board, towed the
Muyflower to anchorage. The Gnlnteu
finished thirty-one minutes and twelve
seconds afterwards. As she came to
anchor, the Mayflower’s crew gave her
three rousing cheers, which the English
men answered. The Galatea is defeated
by twenty-nine minutes and forty-eight
kcconds actual, and twenty-nine minutes
ami nine seconds, corrected time.
Fireworks were displayed on nil tho
yachts at Bay Ridge.
PERSONAL MENTIOH.
THE MAYFLOWER.
At 10:85 Messrs. Hyslop and Olsen, on
board the Scandinavian, were given their
couise and told to start as quickly as pos-
tlble and log out twenty miles. She start
ed from Scotland lightship at 10:40. The
preparatory whistle was given thirty
minutes later, when she was well down
in the distance. As the race was to be
dead before the wind and the yachts
would carry all the light sails, the com
mittee thought it best to give the tug a
good start.
A fleet of steam and sailing craft,
nearly as large os that of Thursday, lind
: by this time assembled near the starting
point.
When the start was given at 11:20, the
; Mayflower was in excellent position,
square to the northwest of an imaginary
line drawn between Scotland lightship
and the Luckenbach, lying a cable’s
length to the northward of it. Her
spinnaker boom was down to the port,
and thirty seconds after the signal the
great sail blossomed out amid wild eheers
j from thousands on the Grand Republic, j
I With her main boom broad off to the i
i standard, her pyramid o. f - snowy duck
: gleaming in the sunlight and a smother |
I of foam at her sides, the Boston beauty ;
dashed across the line well in the lead. ;
Tho cutter was full quarter of a minute j
1 t0 the westward when the whistle blew. |
She came along with the wind abeam till
she crossed the bow of the lightship close
aboard, then squaring away, her spinnaker
was sheeted out exactly on line, and the
thixd d»v’s battle had begun. The offi
cial time’of the start was: Mayflower, 11,
i 22, iO; tbs Galatea, 11, 24, 10. The
The wifo of Tresident Diaz, is not yet
twenty-six years old.
Mu. Ira I). Sankey, Mr. Moody’s musical
associate, bos sailed for Europe.
Some one accuses the Princess of Wales of
enameling to preserve the beauty of hor face.
It is said that Cornelius and William K.
Vanderbilt get as many as 100 bogging letters
every day.
Geneiial BooTn, tho Commandor-in-Chief
of the Salvation Army, is soon to sail for tiie
United Ktatcs.
The Czar has presented the Sultan of
Turkey with a set of blue fox furs. They
aro valued at ff5,0C0.
Lieutenant Greely is now In better
health than at any time since his return
from Lady Franklin Bay.
Minister B. S. Cox iB to sail for America
on the 2d of October. It is soid ho will run
for Congress again from aNew York district.
Charles Townsend, of tks Smithsonian
Institution is goiug to British Honduras to
study the natural history of that country.
Rev. Bam Jones claims as his greatest
achievement the reclamation of a man who
had traveled with a show for six years and
played the calliope.
SENATon Evarts is recovering Tepidly
from the effects of his recent accident. lie
sleeps well, eats light food and suffers little
from his injured anklo.
Alexander H. H. Stuart, who was one
of President Fillmore’s Cabinet officers, is
still in robust health and has been summer
ing at Greenbrier Springs, Va.
Gknbkal Sherman and Cyrus W. Fh Id
were met by the Mayor and a large do?-uta-
tion of citizens on their arrival at Winnipeg,
British America, and were driven about the
city in < arriages, winding up with a big ban
quet in the evening.
When Prince Karamoke, the heir to do
mains on the Senega), now visiting Paris,
visited the Ministry of Marine recently, h«
was attired in a tunic ot green silk em
broidered with gold and partly covered by
a long white robe reaching to the ground.
He had on rod leather boots and a turban
ornamented with plates of silver.
THE CHOLERA IN 1TAL.
The cholera returns from Italy during
the month of July are:
Ravenna, 8 new cases, 5 deaths; Terre
Dell Annunziata, 15 new cases, 0 deaths;
elsewhere, 46 new cases, 18 deaths.
Soveral cases have occurred in Naples
nnd Genoa. The total number of oases
in Italy since the outbreak, of the cholera
is 45,000, and the total number of deaths
H,QQ0.
door sport. The Japs, however, liavo not
got tho game down to quite such a 'scientific
point as tho Americans. Borne time since n
game wns played betweon a Japanese club
and a team of American clerks, In which
considerable amusement was afforded those
who witnessed It by one of the Yankees run
ning out of tho lino of baso and tho entire
Jnpnncso nlno joining in hot pursuit nnd
chasing him into n t ie- ' olil, wlvfb t'my tri
umphantly i ut Ii in out.
During the celebration of early inasB in
Pilgrimngo church, in lladna, Transylva
nia, Tuesday morning, a panic was caused
by the accidental burning of the altar
curtains, which were set on fire by can
dles. Pcoplo rushed from the building,
trampling the weak under foot, and num
bers of the occupants of the galleries
leaped down on tho heads of the crowd
below. Several hundred persons were
injured, many seriously.
' !• Later particulars from Radna show
Mas. Lanothy and her dramatic company that fifteen persons were crushed to doath
and thirty severely and ono hundred
slightly injured during the panic in Pil
grimage church, at Vienna.
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.
R1LIXF FOR CHARLESTON.
Help from th* Graad Army of tha Repsblle.
Ex-Governor Lucius Fairchild, of Wis
consin, commander-in-chief of the Grand
Army of the Republic, and Colonel E. B.
Gray, arrived at Charleston, S. C., and
spent the day examining the effects of
the earthquake and consulting with the
mayor ana the committee on relief. The
object of Governor Fairchild’s visit is to
see whether it is necessary to make an
repeal to the Grand Armv of the Repub
lic for assistance for Charleston. The
situation has been fully explained to him.
At a meeting of the relief committee
of the chnmber of commerce, held in
Now York on Monday, Treasurer John
Crosby Brown reported that he had re
ceived subscriptions to date amounting
to (50,718, nnd he was authorized to
send a further twenty thousands to the
mayor of Charleston. Letters wero re
ceived from the vicinity of Charleston
asking for assistance, and they wero re
ferred to the mayor of Chaileston for his
consideration. Wm. E. Dodge, ehnir-
mnn of tho committee, stated that he had
received n letter from Mayor Courtonay,
in which ho said that climatic and san
itary reasons now compelled a return to
such homes on were habitable. They
could livo for n timo without plastering
and with other discomforts, and tho
people wero all cheerful and more calm,
nnd added thnt the people of Charleston
would hold as beyond price, through all
time, their identification with the com
mon Amorican citizenship, which came
to thorn in their great trials. Strong to
help, strong to lift up, Charleston would
never forget all that had been done for
her.
Dr. Simonds, president of the First
Nntionnl Bank of Charleston, suggested
that n building association should bo
formed to loan money at a low rato of
interest to the people of Charleston for
rebuilding the city, and the suggestion
was referred to a committee for consider
ation.
Colonel Sinn, of the Park theater,
Brooklyn, N. Y., states that the benefit
performance given at his theater for the
Charleston sufferers, realizod the very
largo sum of (5,922. Of this sum the
sales of tickets by the police brought in
(928, while tho efforts of the firemen se
cured (498.
At Norfolk, Va., an envelope collec
tion was made for the benefit of the
Charleston earthquake sufferers. Ono
thousand, ono hundred and forty-oight
dollars and eighty-thres eents were real
ized.
The fund in Boston for the relief of
tho Charleston sufferers amounts to (58,-
298.
CONFESSES THE MTTRDRR.
PROMISE AND PERFONMANCK
"If I wars onlr rich I” she said,
"I’d crown the golden days with deads
That angels would rejoice to see;
I’d scatter far and wide the seeds
Of hope and cheer and charity;
And they who fathered near my door,
Athirst and hungry, sad and sore,
Should solace find to roam no mors*
’Tis painful to bo poor," she said.
“If I were only rich!” she said.
Then, wedded to a nabob great,
The world assumed a roseate hue;
Enthroned a queen in high estate,
No troublous thoughts her mo
knew.
Want staggered past her castle-gat*;
The starving found a wretched fat*;
(Her lap-dog supped off silver plat*)
" ’Tis tiresome to bo rich I" she said.
—Herbert Hall JYin*I*W,
are to sail soon for America.
A new play is 1mIn.; wrltton by Aloxaudre
Dumas iu collaboration with Mollhnc.
Miss Mary Anderronannounces that she
will spoud tho autumn seusou traveling in
Ireland.
New York City pays $18,603 for free out
door concerts in tho v arious parks this Bon-
Bon, and Boston $:i,HOO.
Wins Julia Wheeler, late loading Indy
w.th Mile. Khea, has been engaged for a liko
position with Lotta this season.
The Pnn -e of Wales recently attended a
th- atre in Hoinborg, and tho price of the
sents near his on that occasion wore doubiod.
It is said I hat Mr. Wilson Bn rett’s scenery
nnd priqierties, which he will bring to tills
country with him from London, will occupy
a ship space of 2.‘>0 tons.
Mi.i.k. Foiihtrom is auuouncel ns Man
ager Mnplosou's prlinn donna for tils English
AN EPIDEMIC IN GALENA.
An epidemic prevails among the in
habitants of Avaca, Iowa county, Wis.,
which has resulted fatally in many casus.
The disease is of the nature of dysentery,
ending, in cases of children, in spinul
meningitis and death. Thus far it hns
been confined to the limits of the village,
nnd this necessitates the closing of
schools and the abandonment of all pub
lie meetings. The disease is similur to
that which prevailed with such terribly
fatal effect in Galena a few ye«rs ago,
provincial season, wlth Hlg. Hunfia aiul Hig. nnd j„ Spring Green, Wi*., in 1884.
Del 1 ueute as o;hsrs of his leading prineqmR Much alarm is f '
Bernhardt will play but fourteen weeks 1
in this country, and will repent none of her
engagements, Rho will present "Fedora,” |
"Adrienne,” "Frou-Frou," "Camille" aud
"Lo Hphinx."
Bartley Camphkll, tho dramatist, still
continues to play billiards with Jce D:o:i at
Bloo-ningdnle Insane Asylum, Now York
City, and till ;s in oliorently about bis plays
i felt.
KATnitR MALTY.
The Canadian government has forward
ed to Secretary Bayard, through the Eng
lish minister at Washington, a demand
for the immediate and unconditional sur
render of the sealing vessels recently
seized oil the Alaska coast by United
States vessels.
Accompanying the demand is a full
history of the case, with the text of the
Mme. Patti recently entertained Henry treaty between England and Russia, as
.Abbey, the American theatrical manager, at well as numerous citations. The docu-
Rhe kept ths American
ity. amt tal;s in oherently i
uu-1 dramatic company.
Ctnt Leo Tolstoi, the Russian novelist,
hns just com pi toi n play which is based upon
Kus-ian legends relating to the invention of
brandy by the devil, llis Ratanic Majosty
plays an important role in the drama.
, sue AUil'l *1
her Wolsh castle,
flag (lying ull day Sundn
in honor of her
.. . lv Sunday
guest, who says that she lives in royal stylo
and hns over sixty seivants to wait upon
hor.
A uniquh musical organization will lie
hoard in Boston this winter in the star
course. The Alpine Choir anil Tyrolo-o
Compauy will make their first appoaraiu o in
America anil present ono of thepccul ar and
fascinating programmes that only tho poople
of Switzerland can devise.
ment covers over fifty pages of foolscap.
THE MNAKE AND THE CHILI*.
William R. Dodson and Robert Coch
ran, Jr., killed on Star's mountain two
huge rattlesnakes—one of which had ten
rattles and the button. It was found
near a chimney at a log cabin, and a two
A TrunrMPP 31 ni» Acknowledge* the Mardei
of Dlnyor llonmnn,
Arthur Arthhuthurst, alias A. L. Pitt
man, alius Charles Walker, alias Pnrsons,
recently arrested nt Covington, Tcnn.,
hns confessed to tho sheriff of thai
county of huving murdered the late
Mayor Bowman, of East 8t. Louis, on the
20th day of last November. The sheriff
hns sent the confession to the East St.
Louis authorities, nnd it is in substance:
"Thnt, while walking in the outskirts of
Enst St. Louis, Arthhuthurst was ap
proached by tho vice president of one of
the riiilronds terminating in East St.
Louis, with a proposition to put Bowman
out of tho way. The offer was accepted
and the price agreed to was (8,000.
Arthhuthurst says it was not his inten
tion to kill Bowmnn, but to kidnap him
and lock him up in a private asylum,
with which ho had made arrangements,
and use him us a means of extorting
money from both Bowmnn and his own
employer. lie employed two Now York
toughs to assist him. When they at
tempted to carry out their kidnapping
scheme Bowmnn raised an outcry for the
police, and he (Arthhuthurst) shot him
with tho intention to disable him, and
was surprised to find that ho had killed
Bowman. He then escaped, and was
S aid the agreed prico on the street a short
istance from wnero Bowman fell. He
then went to his employer’s house, in St.
Louis, nnd spent the remainder of the
night. Early in the morning, disguised
ns a woman, he took the fint train for
Springfield, 111.”
The confession then details his travels
through the South, and his final arrival
at Covington, Tcnn., and hia subsequent
arrest. He states that he makes the con
fession voluntarily, simply because of a
He ki
PITH AND_POINT.
Simply stunning—A sluhgsliot.
"Como to the scratch,” as tha cat said
to tho lap-dog.
Wheat doctors give n man up his chance
for life has gone. When lawyers give one
up his money is gone.—Picayune.
Those men! "Think I’ll run down to
Hastings for a change.” "Take tho mis
sus?” "I said, ‘for a change.’”—Judy.
Two btupid hunters shot a woman,
mistaking her for a bear. A woman
should nevor be mistaken for anything
but a dear.
Policeman—“You have been standing
hero for a hour. Move on.” Absent-
minded choBs-player—“Beg pardon, sir,
it’s your movo."—Judge.
Student in want of money sold hi*
bqoks nnd wrote home: “Father, re
joice ; for I now derive my support from
literature."—Neu> York News.
A philosophical young man said tha
ho had madu a good match, for tho
slightost domestic friction made his
spouse “flare up."—Siftings.
A little girl of two and a half years
burned her finger for the first time the
other day. She placed her finger on a
hot potato, and suddenly d row it back,
exclaiming. “Oh, der's a pin in it.”—
Poston Courier.
“Have you heard Miss Simpson sing
since sho returned from Europor' "Sev
eral times." "Do you think she has im
proved?” “Very much." “In what
particular?" "Sho doesn’t sing as much
as sho used to.”—Musical Journal.
They have some bright pupils in the
Tyngsborough schools. At the exam
ination tho other day a boy was asked:
"What aro the warmth-producing foods?"
Ills reply was: "Cayenne pepper and
Jamnica ginger.—Lewiston (Me.) Jwrnal.
Ho thinks him of the seaside,
Tho surf, the glistening sand,
Tho nymphs disporting in thorn.
By ocean breezes fanned;
He secs tho crested billows,
Ho feels tho bracing air,
And singles out some maiden,
With fair nnd golden hair—
Aud then the glowing vision,
It leaves him like a flash.
For ho grasps a yard of dry goods,
Aud sadly calls out “cash?”
guilty conscience. He knows his em-
A comic opera will be produced in a fow yenr old child’not mom than a yard away I Payer's name, his place of residence, and
ivocksatthe London Gaiety call xl-'Dorotliy,” ndmirinff its beauty. His snakeship wns i coula easily identify him if he should
. v Mr. B. t. Stephenson and A'frod CjII or. . „ ft. I ever see him again. He refuses to de-
1
A feature of this production (wiiich will tie
mounted under the enro of Mr. Charles Har
ris) will be a chorus of tho oldest and irclii st
women to bo found in London, who will bs
employed ns n foil and contrast to the well-
favored damsels of opera bouffe.
NEWSY GLEANINGS.
in nn erect position, th* young men say,
nnd seemed to be admiring the child.
The mother, who was standing near by,
rescued the ohild as soon as possible.
Omaha’s population is 80.000.
There are 725,000more females than mnles
in England.
Apples aro falling from the trees from
premature rot in Indiana.
Astrologers are about to pick ont a wife
for the Emperor of China.
The Church of Rome lias declared itself
positively against cremation. ,
White woodchucks have been seen the
post summer in Reddiug township, Ind.
Modoc County, Cal., has just paid a
bounty on 20,000 rabbit scalps, amounting to
$900.
In n convict camp in Georgia there ore
eighty-six negro convicts, of whom thirty-
five are preachers.
It is estimated that the proposed bridge
across the Hudson River at Poughkeepsie
will cost $10,000,000.
The drought has caused a large redu tion
in nearly all the field crops throughout the
Dominion of Canada.
Old, But Good.
“Yor Honor,” said a visitor in ths
Mayor’s offlee, “me name is Patrick Mur
phy, aud I live in East Boston. The rain
has come into me cellar an’ me chickens
are drownin’.”
“Ah, indeed!” said the polite Mayor.
"The Fire Department will attend to
your case.”
"Mo name is Patrick Murphy, an’ 1
five in East Boston. Tho rain has como
into mo cellar, an’ mo chickens are
drownin’," repeated Patrick to the Fire
Department.
"You should see the Street Commis
sioners, Mr. Murphy,” answered the Fire
Department. Patrick repeated his case
to the Street Commissioners, and after
ward returned to the Mayor.
“Yer Honor, me name is Patrick Mur
phy, an’ I live in l ast Boston.”
"Oh, yts,” said his Honor. "I remem
ber you perfectly. Didn’t I tell you to j
go to the Fire Department?”
I did, yer Honor, an’ then I went to
ngam.
clare the vice president’s name, but
promises to do so when the proper time
shall arrive.
THIRTEEN PERRONS KILLED.
Tid-BUe.
A serious accident occurred on the
Nickel Plato railroad near Buffalo, N. Y.
The west bound express train ran into an
excursion train from Erie. Twelve per
sons nro reported killed and fourteen
wounded. The accident seems to have
been caused by a misunderstanding of
telegraphic orders. The collision was
between a Niagara Falls excursion train
on the Nickel Plate road, from Erie, un
der management of J. W. Butler, excur
sion agent, nnd a local freight train. It
occurred in a cut on a curve just east of
Silver Creek, N. Y. Both engineers and
firemen saved themselves by jumping.
The excursion train consisted of one bag
gage car, one smokor and eleven coaches.
Only those in the smoker were hurt, it ;
being completely telescoped by the bag
gage car.
During last yenr, 770,000 carcasses of v „
frozen mutton and 0(W,000 ot domestic sheep the Street Commissioners,
were consumed iu Loudon. “And what dul they tell you?” asked
ly
the Clip mine to Yutna, Cal., a distance of
seventy-five miles, in seven hours.
The wheat crop of India is reported at
8.000. 000 bushels below the average, aud at i
44.000. 000 bushels less thau last year's fine ;
crop.
Kev. A K. Nelson, a Presbyterian min- !
ister, who died at Chambersburg, l’a., re- ;
the Mayor.
“Why. they said: ‘Why in the dick
ens don’t you keep ducks?’”—Boston
Journal.
centl^at the age of ninety-three, hod occu-
Somo Resemblance.
„ tu - Dumly—" W'«iy a-e the women’s hat*
pled Lis pulpit°in that place for more than ' this season like chur h steeples!”
Bixty years. | Smartua (sarcastically)—"I really
A reach of the late Crawford variety ; don't know.”
weighing fourteen ounces and measuring I Dumly (joyfully*—"Because tney ar*
eleven and a half inches in circumference, j v;„li ogf.u
totraS Vi ‘ le! CfU ” U ° n eX ‘ ?,bitJ01 ’ Tartar, (feebly)-"Oh !”-f W Brest,
A FRIGHTFUL MURDER.
A fatal and sensational shooting affray
occurred in Montgomery, Ala., on Tues
day. Joe Rogers shot and killed Cicero
Huffman. A shotgun did the murderous
work. A woman was at the bottom of
the trouble. Huffman’s wife had deserted
him and taken up with Rogers. The
woman told her husband on Sunday that
she would have him killed inside of three I
days. She kept the wicked promise, j
The men were close to each other when
t -.<! shooting took place. The entire
charge entored Huffman’s breast, inflict
ing a horrible wound and causing instant |
death. Rogers escaped and has no? j
been caught,
Chinese Execution Ground.
This is a small, open court nbout forty
foot long and twenty-five wide, writes a
correspondent from Canton. Is is used’
as a pottery when not needed for execu
tions, aud as I strolled in the ground,
covered with earthen jnrs and vessels, it
seemed to give the place an air of peace
ful industry rather than of bloody execu
tions. Stepping carefully among the
S ots and jure, I stood on a spot colored a
ecp, dark red by the blood of prisoners
recently dccupitated. Turning with a
shudder from this spot, I gazed along the
wnlls of tho court, and my eyes rested on
a pilo of cage-like boxes stacked up on
one side. In each of these a ghastly
head of a Chinaman showed through the
bars, looking distorted and horrible.
Near these cases were the crossed beams
to which persons are tied for decapita
tion. Thcro are two modes for decapita
tion practised. Ono is to make the pri
soner kneel, and the head is struck from
the body while in this position. This is
tho usual mode of decapitation. An
other is by tying the prisoner up to a
spit of cross ana then striking off th*
head. In this position the women ere
always executed. One sentence Z* capital
punishment is to cut into the eyeforows,
cheeks, nnd fleshy j arts of Hie arms and
brensts in such a way that the flesh will
hang down in strips, nnd then the head
is struck off, Tho sontenco is usually in
flicted ou women committing adultery,
and ou parricides.
In the hair of the condemned man is
placed a paper on which is written the
nature of the crime for which he is being
executed.
Insured at the Age of 102.
A correspondent states that he has just
conducted nn insurance upon the life
of a man aged 102 years. This cente
narian enjoys good health and appears to
be in the possession of his faculties. H*
states that his father lived to the age ol
110, and met his death from an injury
due to the breaking of a millstone. His
f rand father was, he asserts, accidentally
illed in his mill at theage of 128. His
great-grandfather lived to the age ol
133. Tho man in question distinctly re
members his gieat-father, and has now
living a grcat-great-niece, so that he ha*
seen seven generations of his family.—•
lancet.
Tne Battle of the Choir.
Half a bar, naif a bar,
Half a bar onward!
Into an awful ditch,
Choir and presenter hitch;
Into a mess of pitch,
They led the Old Hundred.
Trebles to right of them,
Teuors to left of them,
Basses in front of them.
Bellowed and thundered.
Oh, that precentor’s look
When the sopranos took
Their own time and hook,
From the Old Hundred.
Dire the precentor’s glare,
Flashed his pitchfork m air.
Sounding fresh keys to bear
Out the Old Hundred.
Swiftly he turned his bac.v.
Grabbed his hat off the rack.
Then from the screaming pack
Himself he sundered)
Oh! the wild howls they wrought:
Quite to the end they fought I
Some time tiie.v sang, but not—
Not the Old Hundred.
-Christian ot Work,