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Spring Place Jimplecute.
CARTER & HEARTSELL. Pfopbiotors.
VOLUME XI.
FLOWER ANU SHEEHAN
Will l.eiacl tlie Nov York 1 t. to
Victory-Stirring Seeima la Saratoga'
Jacksonville Timeg-Hniou.
Saratoga, N. Y., Sept, 20 —The dem¬
ocratic convention was called to order
promptly this morning at 10 o’clock. The
temporary organization was made per¬
manent. The committee on credentials
presented its report on the contest iu
New York city, giving seats in the con¬
vention to the entire Tammany delega¬
tion. It presented in addition a pream¬
ble and resolutions r«*cit ing the irregular
action of the county democracy and de¬
claring the right of Tammany Hall to
nominate all inspectors of election, poll
cierks and Kabul clerks to which the
democratic party may he entitled in the
city of New Yor*. The report was
adopted.
The committee on resoluiions reported
the platfoim and it was read, noon mo-
don of Mr, Griffin, and adopted with
cheers. The following, offered by Can¬
ter of New York, was passed:
“Resolved, That t his convention views
with gratification the growing friendly
feeliug towards the democratic patty of
our colored fellow-citizens in this state,
and tiny are welcomed to our ranks
with the assurance that Within our par¬
ty discrimination on account of race or
color is discountenanced.”
nominations in order.
Then Thomas F. Gilroy moved to pro¬
ceed with tlie nomiuatious, anil Mayor
Porter nominated Roswell I’. Flower for
governor. In the course of his speech
he said that the democracy of the state
a t their primaries ami district gatherings
with unanimity rarely equalled, had
pronounced their choice of tlie person
whom they desired to he made their lead¬
er by delegates to this convention. lie
closed with a sketch of Flower’s career.
Col. John R. Fellows seconded Flow¬
er’s nomination for governor in behalf
ot Tammany.
Thomas DeW itt, of Kings county,
after Fellows finished the seconding of
the nomination of Flower, mounted the
platform Rnd placed Alfred O. Chapin
in nomination for governor. Mr. De-
Witt., m placing Mr. Chapin in uoinina-
ti in, said: “We shall vote for him at
the beginning and we shall vote foi him
at the last.”
Bourke Cockran seconded the nomina¬
tion of Flower. Cockran was at one
time prevented from continuing his re¬
ntal ks on account of yelling, presumably
from the Chapin side, and when these
demonstrations subsided Cockrau re
marked: “I suppose this is the first ex¬
hibition of surly tamper on your part,”
lefening to the Chapin men.
General Gatlin, of Kings, then took the
platform and seconded Chapin's nomina¬
tion.
John D. McMahon, of Oneida county,
also seconded Flower’s nomination. The
roll was then called on the nomination
for governor, and the following result
was announced: Total vote. 377; Flow¬
er, 334; Chapin, 43.
FLOWER'S NOMINATION UNANIMOUS.
As the tumult attending the an¬
nouncement of the vote sulisided in
waves of applause it left standing on his
feet among the Kings county dtdegation
its chairman, Charles P. Ada ns, of
Brooklyn. “I arise,’’ he said, when rec¬
ognized, “to move the unanimous nom¬
ination of Roswell P. Flower.” The
scene that followed was stirring and it
was some time before Mr. Adams, w»,o
remained standing, could be heard;
when quiet prevailed he added: “While
we of Kings county return home with
the feeling that our just claims on the
part of the democracy of New York
state have non been properly recognized,
we nevertheless will go back to that
constituent democracy which has never
faltered in ils support of a democratic
candidate, and will not now.” This was
the cause of renewed and will enthuei-
esm. Adams’motion was adopted.
SHEEHAN FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.
Assemblyman McClellan,of Westches¬
ter, took the platform to nominate
William F. Sheehan for lieutenant-gov¬
ernor. He referred to Sheehan as Erie’s
young and towering giant of democracy.
He sketched his career in politics,
dwelling especially upon the favorable
record he had made as speaker of the
lower house of the legislature.
Donatd McNaugliton, of Monroe, in a
brief but heartily eulogistic speech, sec-
o ided the nomination of the young Erie
liwyer. Senator Cantor, o* New York,
also spoke in warm terms for his com
rade in the legislature, and D. Cady
Herrick, of Albany, after a brief ad¬
dress in behalf of Sheehan, moved hiR
nomination by acclamation. The mo¬
tion prevailed, while Sheehan’s support¬
ers from Erie shouted wildly.
balance of the ticket.
The remainder of the ticket was nom¬
inated quickly and all by acclamation,
but one candidate being named for each
office as follows: Secretary of State,
Frank Rice, of Ontario; Comptroller,
Frank Campbell, of Steuben; Treasurer,
Elliott Danforth, of Chenango; Attorney
SPRING PLACE, GA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1891.
General, Simon Rosendail. of Albany;
State Engineer, Martin Sehenek, of
Rensselaer,
The roll was next called by Congres-
sional districts for members of the State
Committee. Nothing after this re-
mained for the convention. Its work
was finished. There was nothing to de-
ley an adjournment save the desire of
the body to see its candidates. Soon af-
ter 2 o'clock the committee sent to con-
duct Mr. Flower entered the hall, and
while every man stood on his chair and
shouted, the candidate advanced to the
platform with smdes on his face.
FLOWKR SPOKE BRIEFLY.
When the shouts of applause had
worn off somewhat and when the hands
had ceased their music, Chairman Rains
with Mr. Flower standing by his side,
said: “Gentlemen of the Convention, I
have the gratification or presenting to
you our candidate for Governor, and
the next Governor ot the great Empire
State.”
Finally the demonstration that, greet-
ed Flower hau abated so that he could
be heard, and he spoke briefly, saying
that he was willing to itave “the light
turned on” his record. He accepted the
nomination and promised to lead the
party to victory.
OVATION TO SHEEHAN.
The applause that followed Flower’s
address did not die away, but was merg-
ed into growing shouts, mingled with
the name of “Sheehan, Sheehan,” as the
young Erie candidate for Lieutenant
Governor came up the aisle on the arm
of Mr. Herrick, of Albany, The scene
was dramatic as the rosy-faced Sheehan
mounted to the platform where Flower
advanced with outstretched hands to
meet him at the threshold. In full view
of tlie convention the leaders shook
hands and engaged in a few words of
hearty greeting, Sheehan then ad-
dressed the convention. At the conclu-
sion of his address the convention, amid
great cheering, adjourned sine die.
THE SILVER PLANK.
The following is the silver plank of
the
“The Democratic parly of the State of
New York in convention assembled re-
news ,»nd pledges its fidelity to the dem-
oeratie faith, and, as regards national
issues, reaffirms the doctrines of the na-
tionai platform of 1884 and 1888, en~
dorsed by popular votes in those years
aud so overwhelmingly ratified by popu -
lar verdict in the Congressional elections
of 1890. We now, as then,
steadfastly adhere to the principles
of sound finance We are against
the coinage of the silver dollar
which is not of the intrinsic value of
every other dollar of the United States.
We therefore d enounce the new Sherman
silver law, under which onr-tentli of our
gold stock has been exported and all our
silver output is dammed up at home as
a false pretense, but an artful hindrance
of the return to a free bi-metallic coin¬
age and as tending only to produce a
change from one kind-, of monometalism
to the other. We therefore unite with
the friends of honest money everywhere
in stigmatizing the Sherman progressive
silver basis law as no solution of the
gold and silver question and as a fit ap
pendix to the subsidy and bounty swin¬
dles ; McKinley’s worse than war tariff
and Blaine’s reciprocity humbug, squan¬
dering of the surplus,the advancing deiic-
it,the defective census, falsified represent-
ation and the revolutionary procedures
of the Billion dollar Congress—all justly
condemned by the people’s great upris-
ing last November, a verdict which will
be renewed next year and which will
empower Democratic statesmen to guard
the people’s cause and effectuate the
people’s will.”
There is no other declaration in the'
platform upon national politics. The
greater portion of the document, which
embraces about two thousand words, is
devoted to setting forth the unhappy
condition of the State growing ont of the
circumstance that the
republican senate stands in the way
of everything that cannot be accom-
plished in spite of it by the Democratic
Assembly, and an executive declaration
is made in favor of a provision for a
proper exhibit from the State at the
Chicago exposition, and also of sympa-
thy with the oppressed Russian Jews
The concluding paragraph is as fol-
lows : “We heartily endorse the able and
statesmanlike administration of Gov.
David B. Hill during his seven years as
chief executive of the State. He has
resolutely maintained the principles of
the D. mocratic party and has faithfully
contended for the interests of the people,
He has ably resisted the aggressions of
the successive Republican Legislatures,
whoae object has been only partisan ad
vantage, and he has been a firm and un-
re;anting foe to vicious and corrupt leg-
islation. In his administration of the
State affairs he has received the intelh-
gent and conscientious co-operation of
his Democratic associates in the State
departments, their joint efforts having
put the State practically out of debt and
left a generous surplus in the Treasury.
“TELL THE TRUTH.”
Efficiency and economy have marked
their official records. We respectfully
submit that this faithful discharge of re.
sponsibility justifies a continuance of the
trust reposed in the Democratic party,
of whk h the y h »ve tr ue represent¬
atives.”
A NEVt GRAPE REGION.
A little over halt a century ago there
was planted in the southwestern part of
Cnautauqua county, New York, a small
patch ot grapes, and from (hat start has
Rro wn along the coast of Lake Erie
thousands of acres of grapes, until the
present year, when that region is expect¬
ed to furnish almost one half the crop
consumed in Nev York, nut to
mention C-anada and the States
this side of the Mississippi river. In the
matter of grape lands the Lake, Erie re
gion has in the last few years become a
substantial rival of California, while
about one-quarter of the ho- culled Cali-
fornia wines come from that section.
Around Cleveland, Ohio, grapes are
grown extensively, hut the grape region
proper Is found east of Erie, running
along the Lake Shore and Nickel Date
railroads east as far as Buffalo, N. Y.,
and it is the land in that section that is
said by experts to pro luce the best grapes
east of the Golden State.
High land is the most suitable for the
culture and the highest point in this re¬
cently developed grape country is an ex¬
ceedingly pretty little town named North
East, in Pennsylvania, fourteen miles
oast of Erie. The town is now being
called “Grape City” on account of the
new industry and it furnishes a splendid
example of the progress made in the last
five or ten years, ail the more so because
of the “boom” which is now there in all
its glory Five years'ago land in that
village ,wont for a mere song, with no
one to take it at that. To-day it sells
rapidly at $500 to $600 an acre. Last
autumn that town, wit.li only about 3,-
000 inhabitants, produced one million
baskets of grapes, and this year the crop
will be much heavier. The yield of Con-
cords in the Grape City last season
ranged from 500 to 1,000 baskets per
acre, A few small vineyards reached
1,600 baskets, while a few neglected
ones fell below 500.
With New Jersey sending her usual
quota of grapes and with the crop from
the extensive fields along Latte Erie
there is no fear of a famiue in the grape
market this year.
Brocton, N. Y., is sIbo considered one
of the greatest grape raising sections tn
this country. A personal inspection of
this section convinced us of the fact, and
Brocton wines are celebrated the world
over.
We met a gentleman there recently,
R. B. Pooler, who at one time was a con¬
ductor on the Florida Southern R’y. He
said that he operated, with the assist¬
ance of one man, seventeen acres of
grapes, and netted each year about $3,-
000; that his individual attention was
required only from September 15 to No¬
vember 15, after which his hired man
successfully carried on the grape vine¬
yard. This is certainly an independent
life. If it can be done in New York
State, why not in Florida? California
is a great grape-raising State, and we
have just as good a country as the Cali¬
fornians.— Palatka Herald.
An Sloping Clerjcymftn.
Monticrllo, III., September 26.—
Rev. Henry Howell recently brought
Miss Alice Mann, of Florida, to his house
and lived with her as man and wife
when he already had a lawful wife. He
was indicted by the Grand Jury of Platt
county for adultery, bigamy and forni-
cation, whereupon he and Miss Mann
eloped for parts unknown, leaving his
wife and family and bondsmen to pay
the amount of his bonds—$500.
Ha came to Illinois from New York,
and was a wealthy and prominent min-
ister.___
Two Sniclcle* Go Down.
Niagara Falls, Ont,, Sept. 25.—
Shortly after 2 o’clock this afternoon
an unknown woman, well dressed and
about 25 years of age, threw herself
into the rapids a short distance above
Prospect Park.
A man naintd Caheim, of Phiiadel-
phia, sprang into the water and made
a brave attempt to save the woman,
but she resisted bis efforts and her
struggles only ceased when they were
near the brink of thefalls, and Calieiin
was only able to save himself by graap-
Jng some hanging branches,
Only a couple of hours later a party
on Luna Island were startled bv hear-
J n g a young man near them say : “I’m
going ; good bye !” and turning they
saw him spring into the swiftly run-
ring water and in a minute he disap-
peared over the falls,
His name is said to be Albert Heim-
lieh, a barber, lately arrived at the
falls from New York.
....... —_
The grain speculators have already
made more money juggling with the
price of wheat than the farmers will
make out c tlieir phenomenal grain
cro p this year.
430 MILES IN 420 MINUTES.
better than a mile a minute
FROM NEW YORK TO BUFFALO-
Vice FietMunt Webb and Other Official*
of the lload Make a Trial Trip, lining
> 430 Miles in 440 Minuted, Including
Stoppages.
Buffalo, Sept. 26 —The New York
Central Railroad demonstrated to day
that a train cannot only make sixty
miles an hour, but can keep it up for
440 miles.
The train that arrived at East Buffalo
this afternoon at. 2:50 left the Grand Cen¬
tral Depot, New York, this morning at
7:30 o’clock. It made the run, includ¬
ing three stoppages, in 440 minutes, the
distance being 436j miles. The stops
were made at Albany, Syracuse and
Fairport, at the two former places to
change engines, and at Fairport to take
water and to cool a hot journal. The
Syracuse and Albany stops were 3j min¬
utes each ami the Fairport stop 7 min
urns. Deducting the time thus lost, the
actual running time waa 426 minutes.
The run front Croton to Dutchess
Junction, forty six miles, was made in
forty-four minutes ; from Now York to
Poughkeepsie in one hour and fifteen
minutes ; from Poughkeepsie to Rhine-
heck, sixteen miles, in fourteen minutes;
from Poughkeepsie to Albany, seventy
miles, in sixty-five minutes, and from
Cold Spring to Albany, ninety miles, in
eighty-four minutes. The train consist¬
ed of throe passenger cats, drawn by the
company’s now sLandard passenger loco¬
motives, built at Schenectady. The
we ght of the traiu was 130 tons, or
h bou . that of the Chicago limited, The
or gin ts weigned 100 tons each.
The party on board the flyer was com¬
posed of H. Walter Webb, third vice
president; Theodore Voorheea, general
superintendent; William Buchanan, su¬
perintendent of motive power; Angus
Sinclair, editor of the National Car
Builder; George H. Daniels, general
passenger agent; R. N. Burnett and Ar¬
thur Ijoonard, Mr. Webb’s secretary. As
the record-breaking train pulled into the
depot the big crowd which had assem¬
bled cheered, and as Mr. Webb and Mr
Daniels stepped off the train they were
warmly congratulated by the prominent
Butfaloniaus present. Each superin¬
tendent was in charge of the (rain while
it was on his division.
The train was in charge of Conductor
H. M. Rockwell, and the engineers who
p ulled the throttles of the big engines
were Kirk, on the Hudson division,with
engine 870; Chase, on the Mohawk di¬
vision, with engine 876, and Hogan,
Western division, engine 8G2.
The fastest mile was made in 48 sec¬
onds, and many others were made in 49
and 50.
“The trip was easy,” said Mr. Webb
“and we came through (lying.”
The trip occupied just seven hours and
twenty minutes. The regular limited
time on the Central is ton hours and for¬
ty minutes. The fastest time previously
made was last summer, when the Lim¬
ited made the run in eight hours and
forty minutes.
The best previous longdistance run on
record was made by the Scotch mail,
London to Edinburgh. It was 55.4 miles
an hour for 400 miles three years ago.
Once on the Great Northern(Caledonian)
route between the same cities (392 miles)
a train was run in seven hours and thir¬
ty-two minutes, givin a speed of fifty-
two miles per hour,including stops. The
fastest time on record is that claimed to
have been made by Nellie Ely’s train on
the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe rail¬
road on Jan. 23,1890, sixty-nine miles in
53 minutes, or an average of 78.1 miles
per hour. The Jarrett & Palmer special
from Jersey City to San Francisco June,
1886, crossed the continent in 3 days, 7
hours, 39 minutes and 16 sec Olds. Mr.
Palmer’s “Aunt Jack” Company on
March 10, 1870, was taken to Wash-
inton from this city over the Pennsylva¬
nia Railroad, 224.5 miles, in 4 hours and
18 minutes, and brought back the same
day in exactly the same time.
THE COMING RUSH TO FLORIDA.
People who are iu positiou to form a
correct opinion agree that the travel
to Florida the coming winter will be
very great. It will probably be great¬
er than ever before. Florida is the
most convenient, healthy and pleasant
winter resort to be reached by north¬
ern tourists, and this fact is becoming
better known each year, says the Sa¬
vannah News. Last winter the tour¬
ists kept away to a considerable ex¬
tent owing to the yellow fever epidem¬
ic of the summer of 1888, but no such
cause will keep them away next sea¬
son. They are anxious to go to Florida
and all the more so because they re¬
mained away last season.
Not only will tourists in search of
health and pleasure flock to Florida in
large numbers, but the indications are
that people who wish to make invest-
rnents and to And homes will greatly
increase the state’s visitors. Florida
will welcome them all, but she recog-
nizes the fact that the last named are
the most desirable visitors. The health
and pleasure seekers leave a great deal
of money in the state, bnt the iuvest-
ors and home seekers do more than
that. They help to increase the state’s
productions and to develop her re-
sources.
lt is probable that the general inter-
ests of Florida are in better condition
tlian ever before. Formerly the growth
of the state was largely artificial. As
Florida’s fame spread, outsiders inves-
ted in her lands in a speculative way,
hoping to seli at a profit while the
boom lasted, and the infection was
caught by residents Values were fic-
titious. That condition of affairs is
passing away. The interests of the
state have multiplied, and her pro-
duets are increasing in demand. Peo
pie are just beginning to realize fully
what the state is capable of.
These things being true, it is not snr
prising that Floridians look forward
to the coming seasons as one of the
most important’in the history of their
state.
IT IS WITH THE PEOPL E.
A prominent Georgia railroad man said yester¬
day: “The Southern people
may boycott say of what the Southeastern they please about Traffic that
As¬
sociation not hurting them, but I tell
you, if the people don’t stick up to them
now, Southern they’re going selling to see the Georgia
again tickets at 3 cents
per mile. The traffic association simply
says the people shan't travel at 2 cents
per mile aud they mean it. it strikes
me as being a matter for the people to
decide.”—Macon Telegraph.
The Georgia Southern & Florida rail¬
road, believing that it was to the inter
est of the railroads and the people of
Florida to put in a lower rate for p-tssen
gers, thereby inducing travelers to visit
the State, and encouraging them to re¬
main as settlers and assist in building
up our waste lands, decided on July
25th to try an experiment; and they did,
on that date, make a great reduction in
both local and through rates.
There was a very decided objection
raised to this by the railroads and mein-
beis of the Southern Passenger Associa¬
tion. So determined were these roads to
force the G. S, & F Ry. out of its
tion, they have decided not to inter¬
change tickets with them, and throw
every possible obstacle in the way of the
traveling public receiving any of the
benefits of this reduction. To use a mod¬
ern term, they have boycotted the road.
The road’s decision to put in these
rates was arrived at after mature reflec
tion and duo consideration of the many
earnest appeals by the pi ess of this state
for such reduction. A powerful organi¬
zation lias been arrayed against this
railroad, the traveling public and the
state, and we, therefore, ask the sup¬
port of the press and the public, the only
other power that is able to cope with so
‘‘formidable an adversary.” Every pos¬
sible obstacle will be thrown in the way
of the people using this line, and the
only way for the traveling public to se¬
cure the benefits of the reductions
which have been made is for them to re¬
fuse to purchase through tickets and
buy to the nearest point at which they
can reach the Georgia Southern & Flor¬
ida railroad, and from there secure
through tickets to their destination
This whole matter is now with the
people of Florida. It is in their power
to keep up the reduced rate offered by
the G. S. & F. By. The howl made by
other roads will amount to nothing if
you will uphold the G. S & F. in its de¬
sire to give all people a 2 cents per mile
rate. This interests all Florida. Stand
hy the road.—Palatka Herald.
The engagement is announced of
Louise Bayard, daughter of
tary of State Bayard, and Dr. Frank
Angell, of New York. Dr. Angell
assume the duties of assistant
of philosophy at Cornell University
fall. He is one of the most brilliant of
the young Americans who have recently
won honors in the German universities,
having just returned from Leipzig with
the degree of Ph. D. obtained with the
highest distinction in the department of
physiological psychology. Miss Bayard
is well known in society; during her fa¬
ther’s long residence in Washington as
United States senator and Secretary of
State she was one of the most popular
young women iti the brilliant circle of
official life in the national capital. She
is the fourth of the ex Secretary’s daugh¬
ters, being the next to the youngest. The
wedding will occur soon.
A Norfolk (Va.) special of Thursday
says: “In the United States District
Court to-day the Morgan Line steamship
El Dorado, recently ashore on the Baha¬
ma Banks, was libeled by the Key West
Wrecking Company. The service ren¬
dered by the Key West company and by
the Merritt Wrecking Company is esti¬
mated to have been worth $75,000, She
waa attached this afternoon.”
One Dollar a Year.
NO 35.
The Fruit World, of Philadelphia
contains the following interesting hit of
information: “One of the great enter-
prises of Florida hereafter will be that
of furnishing phosphate for fertilizing,
Its discovery is a great fortune to that
State, and its interest promises to grow
to immense pioportions. The demand m
for fertilizer in this country is great,
and all the world will want it and an
unlimited market is before the enter-
prise. Since the first use of the phoa-
phate rock discovered in South Caro-
lina, it has furnished a large proportion
of the phosphoric acid used in the man
ufacture of commercial fertilizers. It
is found in masses varying from small
sizes to fragments weighing a hundred .
pounds or more, and covers a cousid
vaeble area near Charleston m that
S ate. More recuitly large deports
of this rock have been discovered in Wp-i
Florida, tlius assuring au apparently
abundant supply of one of the clued
constituents of plant food at a cheap
The Carolina rock contains 25
35 per cent, of phoHplioric .mid.
the Florida deposits, so far as yet -
known, are more varying in their tom# ?
position. To make the phosphoric acid 1 .
in lames and phosphate rock more daSH
rectly available for plant use, they
ground and treated with sulphuric sciiK
which combines with the lime and lib¬
erates the phosphoric acid, sunemliosnhafiM^pj|gi thus prnduC-
ing what is known as
Tliat, is rather.a gauzy aud altogeth¬
er improbable story lately dissemina¬
ted in West Virginia by one Q«rn T,
M. Harris of Ritchie county, a member
of the court-martial which investigat¬
ed the death of Lincoln aud coudcnBu
ed Mrs. Snrrat, in ids just finished ail
leged history of the assassination of
President Lincoln, in which be bold®
charges that Jefferson Davis and
tain members of his cabinet wem^B
terest-ed in and encouraged the
nation of Lincoln. Possibly soinHH
of a plausible theory may lie the^B||| nec-^^H
to relieve the conscience of
oni assassin of a woman, and
called historian of adisreputah^B expected^)
action could not he
above traducing tlie memort J®
man in order to sliirk a J>
sponsibility. Wind inter^®
and his cabinet could
had in the death or life®
under the circumstance®. ’..y-^jj S a E a
apparent.—Savannah ®
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r.-iniiIr «-1 i! I \I.. ill cimiiByBpHBSB S
think b )- t rile, i '.hi i!.:il .
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mill reI in- i iu re; rul. Il .-yst® sec^B
Hindi..!-,it inn * -I i li- ’lo*
Hungarian railways, the appl®P®^pW increased^
which is said to have largely
the profits of the roads while giving th^B th^H
people lower rates. But, whether
experiment proves to be immediate!;®
successful or not, it is an effort on theN
part of a railroad to meet the popular J
demand for cheaper transportation, »niJ
is entitled to the support of those vv! 9'i
make the demand.”
Louis Ii-amel, the ex convict, wb Le®i ®
placed a dynamite <• irtridge on the fujH
high Valley track, just to-see .>.<■
when the cartridge exploded, Ile%eems if a iB
of long standing. to have
joked himself into prison by playful ex- l|
hihitions of humor similar to that for
which he is now under arrest ou two
former occasions at least, once for an ex¬
plosion on a Hudson river steamboat-,
just to see the women in their night
dresses, and once for blowing up a train
nt Plattsburgh just to see how frighten¬
ed the engineer and passengers would
be. It is evident that it will never do
for a man of Ramei’s lively sense of hu¬
mor to be as funny ad he can, and that
the only way to keep him from cracking
his highly explosive jokes is to keep him
under lock and key all the time.
The Lindsay expedition to the interior
of Australia will probably return to des-.
troy all the pleasant legends of '-trangj
white tribes and survivals of'pre-ht?
mysteries remaining in the island-col uikni||
core of the great Southern
nent. The knowledge that natubyl
hidden away in her still unexplored 1
cesses does not differ in kind from tin
which she has already laid bare to
At least it never has been found to
thus far. But what we lose in ex/J
legend we gain m solid fact. The * IM
of geological, botanical and expeditjH ethnjJB
information the Lindsay
have to show on its return will I®
monse importance.
Thirteen years ago a studenti
was mobbed in the streets Gar® tori
on a bicycle. Now the jB
of Bicyclists, confmonmtjjj® which has
eighth annual
14,000 members. jtjm