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THE TELEGERAPH AND MESSENGR. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 12.1884.
Thr«« CrAe«r «• Thr•* Frl*ht«.
New York Knr*.
. are bfiv-niii'K boiribiy tleflur.t end
lining will) nil the { rnmnlngfl tor-
r the forrLen* which la Bill!
,1th 8ky« terrier 'ring
grow xr
more harrow
to* iu cgiln
Y)m |_o*th«om* Contemporary.
Boouevlllo (Mo.) Topic,
W. would r.Ui.r r«- * paper filled up
with "ejehalls. moons and Droond-clet^
tttutee, Rotten np away from home,” than
editorial pages filled - r
wRlTtbemoat »i< ker.ing eeH-praUe, turkey-
gobbler fctrutting and peacock vanity,
jw^winp. in every line, a head bursting
igltfc conceit.
The Bliae of tgnoranco.
Detroit Free Preaa.
• J rathe " aahad Mre.Jooee, who woe
writing a fetter home, “bow do you apell
STRONG MEN.
omt Remarkable Feat* of Personal
ProwfM by Celebrated Character*.
oIBnteia
tobd one of the strongest iceu in hi
and at Mm Ornhh ha? a brother residing
on the weed side of Milwaukee, they came
here to have the knot tied "But will you
n-»t experience trouble when you return to
Kngland?" was asked Mr. Bennett last
ling. "Mv dear sir," quoth tie in re-
ook core to look into
P‘7,
tha
pire of herculean individuals. ^ Wle the
heir apparent, be one day visited hi* fath
■fenT”
^i-i-n-e,” answered Jones, who always
ws. .tlnlt.ome-
Wh,r,." remarked Mra.Jones, donbtlnUy.
"That would make (1st « !*•
(aid Mr*. June., proudly.
and wrote home that her huibind bad a
new line painted lor hii atom
«r, thel«leEniper(r.tocoinpl(ln ’I'
mail was tampered with. The Emperor
«nt for the pbiefof pollOf, drew from him
a confession of .guilt, and chided him in
ttabsaN ot fba Gmrowit*. Tha latter
did not a word, but handed the crest fallen
functionary a sign of bow great was hie
anger in the form of a allver rouble twisted
Into a toIL InhiJ younger d.jra toll wet
favorite visiting card of the Ciarawtts. Ha
oould itrike a poker .gainst bis arm sad
bend It, bite places put qtcfalna CTpe, lean
?. h Mi D JS?hHW^W < Sn
a^fwSaaratad r yS' va^'fmUottS ol
kitchen J okera Into a coil ab ut tba neeka
of trembling countrymen. One night, et
to baring utonlabA a tewraful with hi.
Ho Use.
Wall Street News.
He bad accompanied hie ton to college
to are him started oat, and one of the first
woe.lions he asked wee:
"Can my eon learn the railroad botlneet
h *"No. sir. H# would hare to enter into
the amp loyofa railroad company to do
_ m l<, bis box. And
tbretMbe boz'and man over the wall of a
burial ground.
- M71M.0I
that. 1
‘ 'Oh, I don’t want him to run on a toato.
I'd like to educate him to ba on* of the
eflldaie—secretary or president"
"Ko education In particular la needed!
for that, air. In former years a railroad
president had to figure onta dividend for
itockholders. In toeae day* he limply
figures up the loee of earnings and lata the
stockholders slide.”
What Mada Him Mad.
Chicago Herald.
They were alone. He was stretched on
the sofa looking Into to* grate, wondering
why coal wes no* eold for Is a ton Instead
of ffl.50. She waa reading the nmmtag
paper, acd a conversation—a dialogue—
oocnrred: _
••Hubby, desri'
“Whatis it, pet?”
“Yon needn't buy
“You needn't buy me thet jersey we
were looking at. I wouldn't wear one for
WCre IWfilUK Bk. A WWUtusi • nvw. vuv ■»>
the world. Here la an article that lays
the pleuro-pneumonia baa broken out 1
among the Jerseys and many of them
have died.”
He look the tongs end pulled down the
motto “What Ta Home Without a
Mother?" and etuck It in toe fire. It was
the last pleasant evenlngof their Urea.
The Eleventh Commandment.
N. Y. Herald.
"Do you know anytblne about the proa*
pectiva cabinet?" eikfd Mr. Morrison.
Not having any Information on that sub
ject to give, the Interviewed Interviewer
attempted none, except to state that Mr.
Cleveland is said to be a firm believer in
Lbs eleventh commandment.
“.Eleventh commandment!* exclaimed
Mr. Morrison. "What in toe thunder la
the eleventh commandment?”
■•led every man mind hie own holiness,
,J "I. th” P tte eleventh commandment?”
Inquired Mr. Morrison, withenrpriaebeam
ing in his eyes and a general air of regret
in his countenance. “Well, all I have to
any ut that he may find thet he has got a
pretty hard task before him.”^^^^^^—
Neoeselty Compelled Him.
rittatmig Chronicle.
“Will you attend Professor Drydust'e
lecture on ‘The Germ Theory, or Proto-
tJaemin VrAtnfimt ' <n.nf »kl f'' Ann TtfWtnn
plumic Evolution,* to-night ?’’ one Boston
etndent asked of another.
"No, not toeri^ht,” was tha repI^^M
cannot. I have teen giving myself np to
dissipation entirely too much ot late, and
must now get down to duty and study
hard to catchup. I have made arrange
ments to study and rehearse for three
hours each evening for the next month
with Professor Plug Hugeur both with hard
and soft gloves.”
“Ah, how I envylyour spirit of sppltcs-
tion.”
"Ido not deserve your admiration. It
is a necessity that actnataa me. My
grandaunt has threatened to disinherit me
unless I enter one of the learned profes
sions.”
Monument to an Old Maine Hate,
Lewistown (Me.) Journal.
One piece of news that finds a place in
the Maine newspapers looks as if it had
strayed from Georgia or the CaroUnai and
lost its way among tha winding roads ot
Maine. It it that a man in Cumberland
ooonly has recently given an order to a
marble worker for a monument to be
erected over the grave of a former three
ot the family, who. Ilea buried un-j
der Maine soil. Tha slave was owned by
one of the early settlers ot Maine, ran away
hum his master, enlisted, and attar ten-
innu in?? wuaiwu, hum buw •»»»
ing in the army, retired In the eojoyment
olji pension and hit freedom, and died
many years ago, baring attained the good
old age of over a hundred yeara. It la only
an act of poetic justice that this poor slave
should be remembered after ao many years
by a descendant of his former muter, but
if is an act a little Out of the common
course. The effected elaveryin Maine
and the other Northern States have so en
tirely passed away that It la difficult to re-
alire that it ever existed here.
Stop the Flummery.
Troy Press (Democrat.)
For many years now there bis been a
vast amount of aira displayed at Washing
ton, not only on inauguration days.but on
fiber occasions, and Indeed upon
many (fiber occasions, and Indeed upon
ail occasions. President Cleveland will
make a great hit if be brings too aociel
customs of Washington down to the
genuine Jiffersonizn simplicity. We
have sped dcpoatic or at lead mon
archic governments long enough, and
thereby foolhli extravagance has
been encouraged until it Is almost lmpos*
Bible for poor familial to five without con
stant mortification, became their richer
neighbors make such ostentatious display
of ti.eir means. Aeensible man like Gov-
ernor Cleveland can do much to mitigate
this evil by showing that too highest citl-
aen ot the country for the time beiog does
tilth do
Slot consider foolfrli display Indispensable
to dignity. Letns getbscknotonly tothe
honest methods of too early Preild flits,
but 80 far aa possible and reaionable, to
their simplicity.
Ha Was Cool.
McrchantTravellcr.
There had been a row in a Wealcrn
town, and after a great deal of promiscu
ous shooting Jim Jackson, a noted tough,
was killed and ihe fun mopped. Arrests
were made and the pariicipanls were
brought before the court. When Joe Doff,
__ne *of the principal witiiewen, took the
•land, a young lawyer tackled him.
“Your name to Duff. I beHavt?" he said,
after a little aklriniahing around the
*^That’a what they calls me,” answered
j°c ►SLjL^b
•‘You were in Ihiarow?
“In course. Yer don’t a’pose I'nllotin*
any chance# for fun, does yer? I bain’
missed one in ten year in this town, uni
I happened to be O'* “ ’ “
palin in
aide.”
“Did yon s
any one?**
“Yes.’ -
9 this man Jackson Bhoot at
“Was ite
i emergency.
“Did he appear to be agitated whoa you
first saw him ?"
“No mor'n you’d be in chargin’ a ii
ten dollars fur fifteen cents’ worth
work.”
“Don’t be personal
want to ki
If Jackson was also cool in the latter j>or-
tion of the trouble ?’’
“Yon betcher life he wm cool, Hi
4ead—cold'n a Sunday roast on a
»wiUMef WM ordered to step down.
Iregorie, claiming tobeaer*
enty*ona years old, astonnhed the physi
cians and the poblic of a town near Lon
don by carrying 700 pounds with ea.-e,
lifting an ox and performing other won*
derftu feats. A cetohrated Loodou physi
cian who examined Gregorie describes him
as an exaft*rat«* a *y dn :. 2J*
shoulders were prodigious, and tits bleeps
almost incradibla. Qregoria’a -atraogOi,
rather than a source of pride to him, was
the cause of anxiety. Although the mild
est of men, he lived in dnwd that he
should be provoked to use bis stre. gth
against a fallow being. He was afraid to
nurse hit oan child last he should give it a
**Neariy W aU individuals of uncommon
strength make np in bulk what th»y are
deficient in height. Stanley, the African
explorer, describes a strong man who was
six feet dve inches, and rather diapropor-
tionately slender. He could to« an ordi
nary man tan feet in the air and catch
him In bis descent 'He would take ouc
of the large white Muscat donkeya by the
ears, and, with a sudden movement of bis
right toot lay toe surprised ass on his
beck. He could carry a thrcr-yeir-oli)
bullock half way round hit masters plan
tation. Once he actoally bore twelre men
on hti back, shouldtr, and cheat a die-
tanoe of 800 feet.
Middle-aged people who remember toe
dawn ol interest in muscular exercises,
recall Dr. Wluhlp. toe originator of toe
idea which wee subsequently embodied in
lifting m,chines. The aoonubuient tost
the Doctor’, performances created wa,
equal to that of too Berliners a few years
ago at Jorgnery's feats. The moat won
derful ot three was known as the trap, re
feat. The Frenchman hung su.pendef by
his legs from a swinging bar, and by
sheet muscular strength lllud a heavy
horse end lie rider ofl the »tege. aiupmd-
ing them several minutes and then lei ting
them down gradually and evenly as he
raised them.
Mentos Thompson's achievement at
Rochester. N. Y., last year, waa. how-
ever, m the opinion ol competent judges,
more surprising than thi*. Thvuipsou
laid with hia face downward on a firmly
fixed ladder and resisted the efforts of a
team of powerful horses to pull him from
hia position. A newipaper writer, inre
viewing this wonderful performance, re
marks that the little men ion with wbieb
it escaped oould only happen in a nation
where strong men are common.
The same feat in 1675 gave William Joy
the came of the English Bamsori.
The medical faculty of Vita-na thought
the strength of Joseph Fospiathil * worthy
of discussion at several special meetings
This mao held a table suspended by bia
teeth while thrte gypMes danced upon it.
He and one of hia brothers bore upon
their shoulders a sort of wooden bridge
while a horse drawing a cart full of stones
was driven over it Posptocbilli’»strrnght
was thought to reside in his nerk. and fi<»
bones were said to be twice as lafge as thu
usual sise. - .
Fishing parties and explorers in tbe
wilds of Northern Wisconsin were a few
t ears ago familiar with Peter Panquttt*.
le Samson of tbe region. He wa* a fa
mous woodman, possessed of mighty en
durance, and muscles that were like iron.
Senator Clark says:
“I have had him bare hia arm tome and
crack hickory nuts upon the muscles. It
was like cracking them oa a atone.. He
could take a handful of dritd, bard hi’ k-
ory nuts and crush them to pieces by mere-
'* tightening his fist**
On one occasion, while serving aa guide
for a party of explorers, a v .ke of. oxen
drawing the boat down the Ft x gave out
through fatigue Parquette took tneir
place and hauled tbe boat 'long, heeding
the strain less than tbe beasts.
Sheppard, the wonder of the Coventry
Volunteers, whose muscular development
answers to tbe deecription given of Pau-
qnette, like the latter, wore his hair long.
With the half-breed it was a cusu m de
rived from hia copper-colored ancestors;
but with the ruddy Englishman it was iu
obedience to bis belief that all bto atren.-h
lay in hia flowing yellow locks. SbeopuM
could lift a heavy man in each band uni
hold them at arms* lei gth. Heoo.ldjo**
enormou ? tables, barrels and bag! of fl »ur
about as thought they were fl-lt-d
with feathers. He could take n
pewter pint pot and tear it into
pieces with bis teeth, and he could
munch large oyster ►hells aa a pers iu
would munch a a licuit. Phepptrd w*a
the wonder of the country around, but
hiaproperous popularity developed ene
mies, and ona of tne«e, it 1m related, in
duced the strong man to drink de eply
and while sonkln stupor cu- off bis luxu
riant hair. 8heppard awoke, lelt hi- u iv
poll, and iu tont-a ol horror announced
hia strength waa gooe. W hether b^cuuse
such was the eaae, or became he wished
to excite bupets'iti<.m crrdulty, the
strong man from that niomrnt was weak,
timid and hesitating until bia hair w«a
long again.
TO AMERICA TO OCT MARRHD.
Nephew and aunt Come from England to
get the Knot Tied.
Hilwauxu, Wib., December 1.—A. J,
Bennett and Mita Orpth T. Orubb, both of
Preston, England, were manied In this
city, last night, by the Rev. George H Ide,
of the Congregational Cburcb. The cere
mony was performed at the borne of a
relative. “We traveled over 4,000 miles
to have this ceremony performed and will
retrace tho same distance at once,’* smil
ingly laid the groom to tbe minister, aa
the last words pronouncing the couple
man and wife ware apuken. Tbe bride at
his aide waa hia aunt, and it was to over-
come the Eog lah uurriage p o cription
relative to that kinship which induced
them to crocs tbe ocean to have the cere
mony pet formed. They will start on their
return to England to-morruw, having
spent just thrredajaiu Milwaukee and a
little over a we«-k on tbe Amt-rican Conti
nent. Mr. Benn ttlsa wemihv English'
man of perhaps 40 yeara. He fell in love
with hia annt, and she reciprocated h s
affection, but the laws of England forbade
the marriage of nepewand aunt, and they
were forced to seek more convenient stat
utes In o her climes. Mrs. Bennett's first
husband, a Mr. Urubb, was Mr. Bennett’•
mother’s brother, so that, though bia aunt,
abe waa really not related to him bv blood.
But the l»w was inexorable, while the
lovers were determined The doaty vol
umes of law in France. Belgium, Bwltser-
land, Germany, ana other European coun
tries wen* examined by Mr. Bennett, but
tho marrisgo war forbidden in all thosH
countries. It ecemed as though they
Would have to undertake a trip to Africa
or tbe Band *tch I*Unds and export a min
ister with them to find an Acc*>nini< dating
law, when Mr. Bennett be bought imm-lf
of America, and after a good heal of cor-
rt>p mdence with tha Aim-rican Consul,
found that in the law of Wisconsin there
was no clause forbidding such a marriage,
I an
OKLAHOMA PAYNE.
9ketch of Hia Variegated and Interest
ing Career*
Wxlukgtox, Kan., November 29.—The
post mortem examination under the
charge of Drs. Barnett and 6hapard re
sulted In an opinion that the deceased,
David L. Payne, came to hia death by the
formation of a heart clot in the orifloe of
the pulmonary artery. Tha ooroner’a ju
ry will ait Monday and give a verdict in
acoordanoe with these statements. The
information following was given by Jae.
H. Dobbs, known aa “Comanche Bill,”
A. K. Trealar. “the hard tack icout,”
tad J. W. Eckleberger, a member of the
first colony that attempted a settle-
Capt David L. Payne waa bom Decem
ber < 1816, et Peru, Grant county, Iod.,
and them was given the usual •dueatipn.
Later be migrated to Kansas. When but
a lad 16 years old he located iu Doniphan
county. Afterwards ho aasodated him
self with the noted Gen. Jim Lane aa a
scout. HU career in that capacity was
ona that secured to him among the people
of hia countv a reputation tor uerve,
bravery and discipline that at a county
election landed him in the Legislatute at
Topeka, where he conducted toe affairs of
hU constituency in a praiseworthy man-
uer. Returning home he was imbued with
a spirit of patriotism, and at once took the
benefit of tbe volunteer ao, then before
tbe people, eoltoting as a private. After
ward he was promoted to first' lieutenant.
Aa he war progressed, for valuable ser
vices rendered, he received tha title of
captain, which rank he maintained
throughout tbe late war. He returned to
Leavenworth and there held the position
of postmaster for a period of two yeara.
Intrusting his bn-lnesa to a clerical force,
it became necessary for him to dispose of
valuable real estate to meet the demands
of tbe government. These demands wera
ba-ed upon fig .ret given by the assistants.
Payne acted the part of genuine manhood
R * settling with the government in fall
e then went to Indiana oa a visit to bia
people. After enjoying the pleasures of
tbe visit he returned to Kansas and lo
cated In Brdgwick county, at a place
known to-day as Payne’s Ranch, and
during his sojourn there ho kept a stage
stand combined with a hot»l. This waa
the point where he gained the title of “Ox-
heart Payne.” Lyter, when Sedgwick
county was organised, be again was made
representative at Topeka. Returning
from his law making labura he betouk
himself to Washington, D. O., and was
Sergoant-at arms of the House of Repre
sentatives. and while there gleaned facts
tbatcao»ed him to givo his time to an
idea which he formed that would in his
opinion rci-nlt in the settlement of tne
Oklahoma country and the unoccupied
lauds in tbe Indian Territory. Returning
to Wichita h« there conceived the idea of
opeuinc'be Black Hills c* untry and for a
time let tbe Indian couutry go. Ht went
to Kansa-* City and there sncc-*eded in. se
curing thirteen men who joined the outfit.
At Leavenworth new recruits were added.
At An-hison mnre joined the throng. At
Omaba an addition was mode that gave
strength to the company. En route the
e iropany stopped at Fremont and North
Place, Neb. Arriving at the Black Hill*,
th-rn we e • ighty-three men in the co o^y.
Here Payue waa taken out of the Hills un
der m lit&ry escort upon thred different
occasions. After being legally releaved he
again brought to public view his original
idea of the settlement of Oklahoma.
Capt. Payne wms, in early manhood, a
firm and steadfast believer in the Metho
dius faith, and during hia career was
alweys a friends to Christianity.
A NEW MOTIVE ROWER.
AN ACTREStt’S BODY CREMATED.
Mlaa Laura Clancy H«a Her Body Cre-
Oravas.
Lancaster, Pa., December 1.—It was
growing dark when Laura G. Clancy’s
body was placed in the retort for crema
tion here UMUy. The hour for the cere
mony waa 2:30, bat the retort would not
heal to t ie requisite 2,200 degrees. Hence,
it was*6:20 before the body waa given to
the flarnei. Laura Clancy was a young
actress who had won fame as leadfng lady
wiih Frank Mayo and oaiappo.t to Mary
Anderson. She was cut off iu her prime
by emsumptioa aud her dying wish
was to be cremated. She died
at Mrs. H. Leimbach’s hou-o
on south Broadway. jBfiliiruore. November
10. aud her body was embalmed. Her
widi waa to b«v« bur ashes divided, half to
be placed in her siatt-r Vecie a grave in
Bat'imore aud half in her mother s grave
in Burlington, Vl
AT TUX CREMATORY.
This morning Mr. and Mrs. LeimbacU
and Mr. Gardner Juft Baltimore with tho
body and came here. Ai 0 o'clock the re
tort w.-s re »dv aud‘the body, which was in
g od c-uicition, was wrapped in a cloth
saturated in alutu water to prevent burn
ing, at.d p'aeed in tbe white-heated retort.
In Irss than two h >urs it was reduced to
a*he*. There were no services and but
ft-w persons were present. The ashes will
will oe gathered to-morrow and taken to
B Utiinora. Miss Clancy was a spiritualist
and M r. Gardner thinks her spirit appear
ed to him some days ago. He never sa«|
her uulil he saw the body.
A Rromlnlng Competitor to tha Famous
Ksaly Motor Mystery.
Philadelphia Press.
John T. Dysart, an Inventor oi wonder
ful genius, was recently interviewed by a
reporter, to whom he gave an inkling of
some wonderful possibilities in the falurt.
He lives at Bhipprnsville, Clarion county,
and within the peat three years has re
ceived patents on fourteen inventions,
most of which are for uao with natural
and artificial gaa. He has already spent
much time In the natural g&a regions of
Pennsylvania, making the uses, resources
and improvements of the wonderful fuel
fitob^ladintoooovsrsauoa open this sub
ject, he remarked:
“There ia no reason why it cannot ba
used for motive power,” he said. “Com
pare its tremendous force with that of
Carlar.d for Attorney-General.
Washington Special.
Wasuvnoton. November 29.—Southern
mm say mat they prefer the Department
of Justice to that of any other place In tbe
cabintt. Whether they are tohnve two or
more places does not appear to interest
them iu the same di g'ee as does their ulan
to have a Southern u an appointed attor-
tiey-generd. Tiny say that this depart
ment has brcti for ye*rs simply one ot in
justice to them, uud now th y want a
change. A Southern man iu this place
could have it in hia power to remedy
some of the past outrages, and
no one better than he could
investigate and expose past
abuses. Senator Garland, of Arkansas, is
a favorite candidate of the Southern peo
ple for this portion. He is one of tbe
most profound lawyers in the 8enate. He
baa been for years a member of tbe judici
ary committee. He is not a partisan and
has been as often consulted by the Repub
lican lawyers of the Henate as any man in
that body. Roscoe Conklfng when he was
in tbe Senate constantly advised with this
most serious and conservative Arkansas
Bena'or. Judge David Davis when he waa
on the Supreme bench said that no briefs
that came into that oourt ranked higher
than those which were presented by tbe
firm of which Garland was the senior
lie i§ tall, broad-shouldered, deep-
chested, nianiy-’ooking, with the large
bead and atriuus, smooth-shaven face oka
great tragedian. He has a very ricb, deep.
*r..i [rn^uuau. fir u.. n w i j neu, uiv,'.
rtsonant voice and an earnest dignity of
manner which mate List • moet Interest
ing epeaker. Uls worst enemy bas never
charged bim with tho aligbteat breach ol
his pubiio duties. He bas as clean a pub
lic record aa tba most fastidious coaid de
sire. Although be baa been for years in
R ublie life, be la a pour man, and lires in
It plainest ami moat atmple fashion In
marked oontrut to some of bis millionaire
colleagues.
Young Man!—Raed This.
Tbe Voltaic Be t Company, of Marshall,
Mich., offer to (end ton? calibrated KI co
ir., Voltaic Belt and other Electric Appli
ances on trial for thirty' days, to men
(young or old) afflicted with nervous de
bility. luea of vitality and manhood, and
oooMbepiped into toe cylinders of sta
tionary engine, and would run them just
as well aa steam. Up at my worksbip la
Clarion ooanty I frequently attach the nat-
oral gaa pipe to my ateam pomp, and it
operate* U auoceaaluily.
a oas LOCOXOTIYE.
"Other gases are capabia of oae for mo
tive power,” he con tinned. “Recently I
constructed a model railroad in my house,
and had built for It a little locomotive. I
S aerated • certain kind of gaa, and with
e laboratory In tbe engine cab applied
toe fnel successfully. That locomotive
ran like a top. Of coarae it waa only on a
am all scale, bat I coaid have dona toe
same with any large locomotive. Had I
bad timo to perfect my work three months
later I should have had a gaa laboratory
in the cab ol a freight locomotive. Would
auch a locomotive haul a train of
can? Well, I should say it would.
By my process I would have been able to
produce a pressure of 1,000 pounds In five
minutes. OI course, you understand it
waa not a gaa ta burn that I had, but a gaa
generated for the purpose ol power only.
Thet pressure would be sufficient to pull
theheavieat freight train. A man of in
ventive mind haa to contend with a great
difficulty, and that is when ba la at work
on one contrivanoe or studying out some
one idea others alii suggest themselves,
and in them be tees something new to
lead him off his orginal Idra. That la
how I happened to led my looomotlve ran
down.”
Mvareaioua Komrx rowxx.
“You have no idea of Inventing a rival
to Keely’s motor, have you?” euggeeted
the reporter.
“Not at all,” replied Mr. Dysart, “but I
hare paid some little attention to a theory
that I think throws Keely’s ideas far into
the shade. Let me toll you about It. A
few years ago, when I lived In Ohio. I was
visited by X’rofeaaor Tice, toe noted weath
er prophet. He found mnch interest in-a
collection of some 5,000'mlnerel specimens
which I here, and while talking about
them exhibited to me a twig of the osage
orange plant It was perfectly white and
shriveled. He had taken it from a hedge
in Illinois, in a region toathad been swept
by terrible thunder storms ami tornadoes.
I asked how toe thing waa whitened and
•hrlveled up, and bis explanation was that
toe whole oeage orange hedge hid been
lert in that condition, toe lightning enter
ing tbe plants, expanding tbe sap, bunt
ing the branches and leaving them leg
less. The deed plants were not Injured,
there being no sap to affect
“The circumstance started a train ot in
quiry In my mind. Investigating toe sub
ject I found that the power of water la ca
pable of being expanded some (347 peris
by electricity. Nuw, then Is my theory
In atmtehell. Instead ot generating steam
in a locomotive or stationary engine, in-
trodnee a powerful electric disturbance la
the water and yon will have a motive
power vastly greater than ateam. It will
ire deep erady, for years, perhaps, to
»just toe right amount of each ele
ment to bring together. At first yoor
lores would either be too powerful or to
weak. The man who finds toe medium
will make a fortune. I am going to
devote some more ol my time to it iu toe
future."
FSRSSI* COOLITTL**. TE«*S.
W««pina Into Hia Oaalikln Cop Whan Hia
Faelinga wara Wrouaht Up by Counsel#
NxtV Haven, November 29. —-To-day was
the lest day o( the Doolittle hearing ami
the peculiar cane that has excited ihe
Woodbridge farmers more than ouy other
event iff tba t quiet town ia practically
over. Jada York's court room haa never
oontained so many epectatatora, but tbe
new Mrs. DoolUUe, the brido whose gay
appearance haa enlivened tbe scene dur
ing the progress of the trial, was missing.
Old Lucius Doolittle rushed into court with
the appearance of having overslept, In
HOSIERY FOR THE MILLIONS.
to hear Attorney Hamilton’s
argument for a conservator for him.
Tha lawyer was very
- - —idling In hia
remarks concerning theyonng bride's rep
utation and predicted that some day ehe
would tire of being an old man's darling.
Four-filths of toe farmers who had testified
to toe sanity of Doolittle, he said, could
not toll whether a man waa insane or not.
- Lawyer Taylor, junior counsel for the db-
aud It ia wonderfuL In cities it fenae,was very scvereonMrs. Dlckerman,
■SB of whom he Mid: “She, toe daughter of
tola old man, Is entitled to all toe glory
and notoriety the can get out ol tots cast.
Sbs has (aid that rhe would even pound
him worie than did the servant whom be
(•allegedto bare been familiar with.”
Farmer Doolittle waa completely over
come by tola reference to him, and cover
ed his face with bis realakln cap, into
which toe team freely flowed. State Attor
ney Doolittle laid all tbe bieme and
responsibility of toe hearing on the
ohudren of the defendant. The picture
that he drew of toe cruelties which
toe old man had been subjected to, again
caused him to give way to hts feelings and
many of hit female sympathisers sobbed
aloud. In reference to the marriage he
•eld :“U Mr. Doolittle had msrried with toe
expectancy another crop ot such of brining
undutiful children into toe world it would
tend to ahow that he was insane. This
marriage was the head and front of bis
offending, but that woman will treat him
better then his children have done. They
•ey he was vulgar to some of hie actions
So was toe msu whom tho nation likes to
love next to Washington Old Mr. Doolit
tle It rapidly approaching tha end ol his
iODglife. Let him live the rest ol his days
in peace sad here no master put over him
to burry him into his grave.”
Judge York reserved his decision to the
esse until next Saturday.
Highly Colored Talk,
New York Sun.
There was a meeting et toe African
Bethel M. E. Church iu Sullivan street
last night to tbe aid of the colored refu
gees who started from the 8onth for tots
city, whence they were to have token pai
sage for Liberia., One of toe speokei
was Mr. Williams, editor of a newspaper
devoted to toe interest of toe colored race.
He sold: “If we happen to be dleliked by
oar white neighbors to toe South, moil
we run sway ? No I I say. Let every col
ored men arm himself and shoot every
white man who infringes npon bia rights.
Some people soy that since the Demo
cratic pony has come into power we will
be returned Into slavery, bat before
we go Into slavery again we wUl
Disuse, propensity end passion brings
mankind numerous ailments; foremost
among them are nervousness, nervous de
bility, and unnatural weakness of genera
tive organs; Allen’s Brain Food saccest-
folly overcomes these troubles and re
stores the sufferer to bis former vigor, f L
At druggists or by mail from J. H. Allen,
315 First Avenue, New York city.
Atlanta Druggists.
Arum, October IS, USL-We hove been
handling B. B. B. from its first existence, a
few months ago, end have never heard a word
of dissatisfaction expressed relative to Its
merits, bnt have heard it very extravagantly
praised by those who have used it. Iu isle
with oa la rapidly lnoreaalng, and we now buy
It in three grosa loU.
HOWARD A CANDLER,
W bolcsslo Druggists.
A Country for Baohelora.
Letter to Springfield RcpnbUcan.
The city ol Atcundon to Paraguay is a
very nice little city. Not tost it Is pretty
or pretentious, or worth visiting—but it Is
an enterprlstoc, republican, go ahead
place. Most ot the houses are small and
old, and are built without any regard to
being on the streets. You cannot imag
ings
ldent's house, government house, arsenal,
barracks and custom houae, stand on wide
boulevards, and with toe exception of
the latter, are as well built as the elmilar
buildings in any American city of toe same
rank. Remember that fifteen years ago it
was sacked by the Brasilian army, and
look at it now os a busy trading town of 50,-
people, many of them ot fine cultiva
tion. fr’" ’ —- “’- "-•
assure you
will not go into dusty details, but
ou that, though isolated, Para
guay Is'n state worth knowing. Bituated
in the warm hes-1 of South America, it
lies order toe shadow ot ton 81erras, and
between toe two great rivers, Parana and
Pangs.
Aporoprlatlons ore voted by Congress
and tost body also fixes toe salaries or tbe
officials. The Preaident -receives 18.000;
the Vice President, $3000; the ministry,
11.500; congressmen, 1500. and toe judges
of toe Supreme Court 1150. The popula
tion is about 300,000 and what is strange
about it is that there are only about
30,000 men and 270.000 women. Ot course,
tbe females are toe farmers, producers
and laborers. They work slavishly and
are very toor. While the men sit at home
and drink, and smoke they indefatigably
toil end support the families.
A Pasp nt the Senate.
Washington Special.
seats tor prayers. The chaplain prayed
that tn toe new era they were entering
upon, tbe only sectional rivalries mlghtbe
iu the pitot ol progress. Mr. Logan was
the first 8enator recognised by the Presi
dent. He medo the motion for the formal
notification to the Honse, end Mr. Sher-
man moved fortbeusualcommltteetowalt
upon the Preaident. All this occupied ten
miuutea, end a half-hour's recess was
takrn to await toe President's message.
The interval was filled with letter wrtt.ng
and visiting. Senator Zeb Vance drew
Benator Vest od Into toe nortnwest corner
and swapped freeh stories with bim; John
nuu BWApjNlU *1 COLA OWIIM miu UIIU, el mill
Sherman began to a'udy the tables ot
figures In a book; Blftir of New Hamp
shire captured coloxcd cx-Hcnator
Bruce and filled him up with his
great scheme for education In tha
Bouthat government expense. Secretary
Anson G. McCook sat down beside Warner
Miller, and judging from their counte
nances the pair were speculating as to
how it.all happened. Senator G. Friable
Hoar wrote letters and looked like Ben
Franklin. Benator Dawes sat behind him
looking dyspeptic and unhappy. Senator
Ingalls didn’t sit at aQtbut wandered
happy because _ v
come. Benator OoDger.in his rusty old
swallowtail coat, found himself no longer
a ngular in that garment. He had a rival
MaoedJ
in a smooth-facea, bald-headed gentleman
of the very old school, who limped around
the chamber in a similar garment, and
was introduced by Senator Aldrich as Mr.
Sheffield, the eucceaaor of Mr. Anthony,
He has a Webateri&n head, and is said to
be one of Rhode Island’s ablest lawyers.
Ho came in after hts credentials were
handed in, and did not get an opportunity
to be sworn.
all kindred trouble** Alto for rbeumi
health, vigor and 'manhood guaranteed.
No ri-k la incurred aa thirty days trial w
allowed. Wiiie them aVonce (or illustra
ted pamphlet free.
His Slippery Glass Eye*
“The Squire,” aaya tho author of “The
Hooeler School master,'" “wore one glass
and a wig. The gl«?*a eye was con*
‘ if'— — 4 “■
Htantly {.lipping oat of focus, and the wig
turning around aidewice on his head when-
addres*ed the people of the Flat
Creek District." Bad spectacle. Parker’s
Hair Balsam preserves and promotes, the
growth of the natural hair. It also re
stores the natural color to hair which ha*
laded or become gray. Clean, elegant
beneficial, highly perfumed.
Office of Jacob’s Pharmacy, At’anta, June
18,1884.—Six months ago we bad no demand
for B. B. B., but now our re*ail demsndls such
that we are forced to buy in two gross lots.
We attribute the rapid and enormous demand
to the comparative size and price of B. B. B.,
and Ps positive merit. It sells well and gives
our cuitomers entire satisfaction. Our sales
have Increased 500 per cent, within the past
few months. JACOB’S PHARMACY,
Per Fred B. Palmer, M. D,
Atlanta, June 12, 1884. -We have been
handling B. B. B only a few months,and take
pleasure In saying it Is superseding all other
blood remedies. It sells well, gives our cus
tomers entire satisfaction, and wo choerfully
recommend It In preference to any other blood
purifier. ASHER & MOORE, Druggists.
500 tkzen Misses' and Children’s Hose to be Closed Out
During the Week.
ntlyfroma largo Importing house, at less than
are determined to give our customers a blare
_ purchased
half tbe coit of importation an
in the immense bargains we bavo s<cured.
Hoie at 10 cents per pair, worth 20 to 25cants.
Hose at 15 cents per pair, worth 30 to 40 cents.
100 dozen Ladles’ Balbriggan Hose at 25 cents, worth 40cents.
200 dozen Ladles Linen hemstitched Handkerchiefs at 10 and 12>i cants, worth 20
sod 25 cents.
In ibis lot are some elegant Colored Bordered Hemstitched Handkerchief* for La
dies.
SLAUGHTER IN DRESS GOODS.
For the reat ol the seam wa will sail all Dreas Goods at Cost. This (took must ba
reduced, and we are prepared to meke great eaorifloee In order to tccomplleh ttys end.
JUST RECEIVED.
Oar fourth etock of Finey Caseimeres this season. Among them are etylleb Putt
ings, Gatslmeree and Overooatlnp, etc., which for fine quality and low price cannotjbe
equaled Id the State.
Great Reductions in Prices of Carpets.
Now is toe opportunity to make home, comfortable for to* holiday season. Re
member that we carry tha largest stock of carpets In tbe State. Rsspectf ally,
J. W. RICE & CO.
THOUSANDS LOST.
Don’t waste your money on cheap M»a
ehinery. Thousands last every year by
buying third-class goods. Come and teg
or write and get prices.
Five Leading Engines and SawMillt.
Three Best Gins.
Two Best Grist Mills.
Bnperior 3-Koller Gone Mill.
Best Mowers, Davis’s Water Wheel.;
These goods took premiums at Atlan
ta and Louisville over the largest display
of Engines ard Machinery ever mode in
the United States.
Buggies and Wagons from the leading
markets bought by the hundred. Bnbber Belting—largest line of any hoaag
in Georgia. Terms easy. Longtime.
M. J. HATCHER & CO., General Agenta,
Corner Fonrth aid Poplar Streets, Macon. Go.
REMOVAL.
After eight years of snccetsfal business in Macon, our quarters have become
too small to do the bnsiness coming to as, and we foaud it neoeaeary to have erected
FINEST HARDWARE STORE
Tn toe city. We here greatly Increased onr etock sod are prepared to'give bottom prcee
on all goods in oa- line. We wiU in future be found at Nos. 60 and 51 Cherry street,
next door to Jaqaes & Johnson.
A. B. FARQUHAR & CO.,
Jobbers of Hardware and Wanafactarers of Machinery,
MACON,
GEORGIA
iGRAND OPENINGS
OF THE LARGEST AND FINEST STOCK OF
8chumann’i Pharmacy, Atlanta, June 16,
1884.—Since I have been handling the B. B. B.,
which is about three or four mouthi, it grows
so much in popularity,.and its talcs increased
io much, that I have to buy it it in gron lot*,
as It iclla quite rapidly.
TIIEO. 8CHUMANN.
Atlanta,June 12,1884.—During the put few
months I have given B. B. B severo tests in
the euro of blood diaeuei, and unhesitatingly
pronounce it a safe, «urc,harmless and speedy
blood purifier, fully meriting the confidence
of the public. My cuitomcra are delighted
with it* effects, and tho demand huso won
derfully increased that I have been compelled
to buy by the trot*, m it la the best selling
blood remedy I handle.
W. A. GRAHAM, Druggist.
Atlanta, June 12,1884.—We find the sale ot
B. B. B. largely on the lncreuo,and as a blood
purifier we consider It first-class. Tisonoof
the best selling medicines wc handle.
SHARP BR09., Drupels Is.
CLOTHING AND HATS
IN THE STATE, AT
WINSHIP & CALLAWAY
126 SkCOND STREET. MACON, GA.
T. B. ARTOPE,
178 Second Street, Macon, Georgia.
Marble, Granite and Lin?3tone Works, Wrought Iron
Railings oi every description. Best Force Pump in the mar
ket. Plans, prices and estimates given.
nflvKhrr^raJvh
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IOO POPLAR STREET. MACON, CEORCIA.
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Wa offer toe Trade an nnequaiea line of Knglnea and Boilers, Saw MlileJ QrhtjHiJK Otti CuLoUIEngine hat no eqot*
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Manager. JHacon.