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4ll,OW UmM.
TIM Central Railroad election, under
the restoration Of the property to Its
•oritcinnl owners, took place at Savan
nah on Montlay.
The new board of directors consists
of H. M. Comer, J. K. Garnett, Abra
ham Vetshnrg, Joseph Hull, G. J.
Mills, II. R. Jackson, Henry D. Mc
Daniel, C. H. Phlnlzy, S. R. Jaquee, K.
P. Howell, U. B. Harrolil, James
Swann, W.G, ftanuf. ■ *" ,
In compliance with a resolution
adopted by the board of directors, the
presidents Of the , different banks In
Savaunah 'inet with Mr. H. V. Comer
and suggested the above named gen
tlemen, with one exception (Mr. James
Swann) for directors.
Mr. Charles S. Fairchild, of New
Tfork, secretary of the treasury under
Cleveland, vrn* recommended in Mr.
Swann’s plnoe, but Mr. Swann, who
seemed to think the 42,000 shares
should be voted, refused to resign
from the old hoard, and in preparing
the tickets his name was left off and
Mr. Swann’s was put In its place.
The polls for receiving the vote were
opened nt ten o’clock and kept open
until one, when they were counted and
tile above gentlemen were declared
elected.
The Central Trust Company, of New
York, and the Richmond Terminal arc
holding on long and hard, Mr. Adrinn
Hi Joline nnd Judge Henry B. Tomp
kins, representing the Central Trust
Company, and Mr. Edward Lnuter-
bach and Cnptaln Harry Jackson, rep
resenting the Richmond Terminal,
were present before the managers
when the polls were opened.
Mr. Joline appeared before the man
agers and Btated that he had repre
sented the Central Trust Company,
which held two blocks of the capital
stock of the railroad company, one
containing 40,000 shares and the other
containing 2,200 shares. He present
ed three papers authorizing him to
vote this stock, and offered to vote it
separately.
After conferring with I.awton &
‘Cunningham, the Centrnl’s attorneys,
Chairmun Clinch of the board of man
agers refused to receive the stock and
Mr. Joline bowed himself out. He re
fused to sny for whom he wished to
vote the stock nnd lie also refused to
say what the Central-trust 1 company
will do in the matter, but it is under
stood that it will be taken to the court
of appeals.
According to a Savannah special to
the Allnntn Journal, one of the direct
ors stated tlull the case would be
brought before Judge Speer, under a
new motion nt an early day, and from
there It will be tnken to the Court of
Apheuls. The gentleman stated (lint
It was very important to settle this
42,000 shares matter nt nil early date,
as In its present condition it would
seriously impair the credit of the com
pany nnd prove a weight to Its future
prosperity.
From tlio st. folds Bfcpubllc. ,,
During the scorching weather at
July and August you often rush Into
an Ice cream saloon with the avowed
intention of cooling your body to at
least a few degrees below the melting
point. If you are In a great hurry
you are apt to make the first few
spoonfuls of the cooling mixture
rather large. This almost immediately
gives you a violent palii in the tem
ples or somewhere in the region of t he
eyes. Why Is thlsf Did you ever stop
to thinkf
One who has studied the physiology
■of the caswCBkys It is caused In'the fol
lowing manner: The frozen mixture
coming in contaot with the nerves of
thffthruat (the larynx, pharynx, etc.),
temporarily paralyzes them. The sen
sation instautly shoots to the center of
those nerves, which is the brnln, but
finds there a side connection in the
qliape of the great facial nerve, which
starts from in front of the ear and ex
tends its brandies above the sides of
the face. One branch of this facial
nerve, extending across the temple, Is
n “nerve of sensation,” while the other
branches are “simply nerves of mo
tion," utitlzed chiefly to govern the
piny of the mouth.
This great facial nerve sidetracks
the pnin which proceeds from the chill,
throwing it out nlongthe nerve branch
which traverses the temple, the pnin
being most agonizing nt the points
where the nerve branches. If the irri
tation be extraordinary tlie v “reflex”
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noil. O. n. MTIIVlWS RKM.1ES TO
TUB INVITATION OV TIIK
DEMOCRATIC CI.III1 OI
DOUGHERTY COUNTY,
l ast week, Mr. B. L. Weston, ill
compliance with a resolution adopted
by the Demodfatlc Club of Dougherty
County, addressed an invitation to
Hon. O. B, Stevens, the Alliance can
didate for Congress, to Visit Albany
and address the people on the Issues of
the day, assuring him that he would be
treated with respectful consideration.
Mr. Weston has v'received Mr.
Stevens’s reply, and here it ia.' It ex
plains itself, and the Hihald glves.it
to-the public without'comment:
Office of O. B. STEVENS, I
Dawson, Ga„ May 10th, 1892. $
Slit. 11. I- Wzstox, Albany, Us.:
pear Sir—Your very kind favor of
the 11th Inst, to hand and noted. The
Invitation you extend in behalf of the
Democratic Club of Dougherty county,
action which takes place may' cause a
violent pnin in the eyeballs ns well ns
in the temple, the eye pnin being sim
ply sympathetic.. The person who
rashly swallows great mouthfuls of
frozen milk should remember that
every time it comes in contact with
the nerves of Ills throat the whole
nervous system Is Injured to a grenter
or less extent.
He Double II Any Stood Would Re Ao.
romplUhcd by Ilia Mublax u
lu Albany.
to spenk to your people on the Issues
of the day, Is, *
.1 must say, a surprise to
me. I appreciate your puBltlon in the
matter, nnd 1 would not be understood
as offering to treat you or your invi-
tli discourtesy, but in view of
tntion witl
the manner in which my
hns been treated in your oily, I might
sny by your Club which stands com
mitted to Col. Wooten, I must say that
I doubt if nny good would be accom
plished by my appearing in the alti
tude of speaker. I must, therefore,
without intending to be ungracious,
respectfully decline the invitation ex
tended for the present, nt lenst. We
are in the midst of n campaign of un
usual fentures, and I do not feel in
clined to do anything that might tend
to widen the breach that unfortunate-
y exists between the people of ourdls.
trict. Trusting that, you will appre
ciate the motive thnt prompts my de
clination of the Invitation,
I am very truly,
O. B. Stkvknb.
Nlurgron Is Vital River.
No waters, anywhere contain a
{grenter abundance or variety of game
hull than do Kinchafooueu and Muck-
ialee creeks nnd Flint river. These
streams are all easy of access from
Albany, and not a day passes that
fishermen do not angle their waters.
On account of their swift current and
ohonly nature, it is almost impossible
to use seines nnd nets to advantage,
therefore the only means of securing
them.are by using,baskets and traps,
. and the slower but more exciting use
. -of the rod and line.
The largest and gamest fish we have
Is the sturgeon. In the spring this
variety of .the tinny tribe, like tl,e
;shad,. come up into the fresh water
stream8 from the ocean and Gulf and
deposit their eggs.
At this season of the year they are
on their way back to , the salt water,
and from 4 o’clock in the afternoon
far into the night a person on the
bank of Flint river can see sturgeon,
often six feet long, rise from the water
to a height exceeding their length,
and fall back with a splash that makes
a huge trough in the water.
Up on Kinchafoonee creek, at the
'(Big Shoals, a Mr. Batson has a fall
trap, on which he catches fine sturgeon
every night. A reporter of the Heiiai.d
visited him at his trap recently nnd
found that be had two of these inon-
ster*llshes, one of which would proba
bly have weighed one hundred pounds,
tied out like hogs, Mr. Batson butchers
them, and finds a ready market for
their flesh in the city. The meat hnsa
yellowish hue, and its flavor strongly
resembles that of the salmon.
Wouldn’t sturgeon fishing be a pay
ing enterprise for some person who
would establish one? Their flesh,
when salted down, or canned, is n very
.saleable article.
Hiale Hundisr-Scbool ChvchiIm.
The State Sunday-school Convention
meets at Marietta to-day and contin-
aies for three days. Among those who
will address the convention is a China
man by the name of Tsoong. He will
apeak on the progress of “Christian
■Work in China.”
'i 4. fit- '
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C'hildUh Muperatlliona,
Everybody is more or less supersti
tious. Neither age nor education
seems to be able to rid the mind of cer
tain superstitious ideas.
It would be difficult to find a person
willing to be one of a party of thfr
teen at a table, and the dislike to be
gin nn undertaking of any kind on
Friday is equally as general
Superstitions are rife among chil
dren, and In no seotion does the Imag
ination of children seem to be so pro'
Hflo with regard to what will affect
their fortunes as In the South.
In speaking of these superstitions
among Soutbern children, the New
York World says:
They will “try their fortunes” by go
ing across a brook nnd gathering nine
switches of different kinds, dip them
In the brook, then bind them together,
using with the twine the lmir from
the head of the person “trying the for
tune;” then they are put under the
pillow nt night, and the dream will he
of the future husband or wife.
These children have a very pretty
way of “telling fortunes” with the
doddler vine, or love vine, as they call
It. A piece Is broken off and twisted
round the head three times, then
dropped on the bank behind them. If
the sweetheart is true it grows. If it
dies he or she is false.
The mullen stalk is also used to
learn the constancy or the fickleness
of the lover. The stalk' is broken, but
not detaehed, and if it continues to
grow the absent one is constant, or
vice versa.
They have also many ways of tell
ing fortunes by the moon. The most
popular one is this: When the moon
is seen for the first time, three steps
are taken backward and these words
repeated:
Now moon, true moon, truo and bright.
If I have a true love, let me dream of him to
night.
If I’m to marry, nc'ar, tel me hear a hint cry;
If I’m to marry far, let me hear a cow low.
And if I'm never to wed let me hear a hammer
khock.
• Strange to say, according to their
accounts, one of these three sounds is
sure to be beard.
On hearing the first wood doye in
the spring they will,bit down, remove
the shoe and stocking from the left
foot and in the heel of the stocking
they say there will be found a hair the
color of that of the man or woman
they will marry.
Then the flight of the turkey buz
zard is always noted, especially if
flying alone, and the bird is addressed
thus:
Hail,tiaii.lonoly turkey buzzard,
Fly to the rust, fly to the wont,
Fly to Die one I love heat!
Let me know by the flap of the wing
Whether he or she lovefs me or not.
The hint’s direction of flight is
noted; also the motion of the wings.
If they flap it is considered a true
sign that (lie lover or sweetheart is
true.
There is a superstition common
among children in almost all localities
in the South that if you kill a snake
and hang it in a tree it will surely
rain within three days.
Another one is that hair combings
should never be thrown out of doors,
for the reason that the birds will use
them in building their nests and thus
produce constant headache to the per
son to whom they belong.
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The Work or Numbering the Uouiei lo
Begin To-Morrow.
A reporter of the IIkkai.d was talk
ing with Alderman J. O. Cassidy this
morning about numbering the houses,
when the work would begin, how the
numbers would run, etc.
Mr. CaBsidy has control of this work,
and kindly furnished us with the fol
lowing facts, which will be of Interest
to the public: -
Broad street will be the point from
which the numbers will run. . Take
Jackson street for instanoe. Starting
from Broad, the numbers will run in
one, two, threo order, both north nnd
south, and the houses will be known
as No.—, North or South, Jaoksoo
street, as the caBe may be. By this
plan numbers can be added as the
town grows, without any confusion.
Of course the streets running east and
west will be (lumbered strnightout from
the river to the western limits of the
city.
lu the business portion of the city
each store will have n number, nnd on
vacant lots twenty-live feet will con
stitute a number. This latter order
will be observed as far north as North
street. In the residence portion of the
oity, fifty feet will constitute 'a num
ber.
Georgia military.
,.*>-»«« -VUSA
I,inn. smnirt U’nui, lour llimflrt-,1
•li-FMlin uiktWnlS’a Fair.
MONEY—ITS VALUE AND MISSION.
t-'inf .t-i .,,i.i ■
What is its real
IJeut. Satterlee, who hns been in
specting the Georgia militia, wants to
take a battalion of 400 picked men to
the World’s Fair. The Atlanta Con
stitution tells of the plan as follows:
The military programme of the Fair
contemplates the massing of 10,000
United States regulars at Chicago
under Gen. Miles, and the assembling
of 110,000 militia. Lieut.8atterlee wants
to take n battalion of 400 men from
Georgia. The idea Is to take men six
feet high, finely proportioned, hand
somely equipped and thoroughly
drilled.
Such a body would attract universal
attention. The specifications are
about the same as those of the Royal
Horse Guards of England,which forms
the special guard of the Qmptn, Every
one of that famous force Is six feet or
over andiselected for physical strength
and soldierly qualifications. Another
famous body of troops is the German
Imperial Guard, composed of picked
men, enlisted from all partit of the em
pire.
The idea is that men be picked from
the different commands of the State,
each furnishing its quotn to the bnt-
tallon of 400. This would he about in
the proportion of one in ten of the
present'force. That Is to say, a com
pany of furty would send its four best
men to Chicago.
I.lcut. Satterlee’s idea is that the
men of this battalion should be uni
formed and equipped alike nnd should
be organized, and. drilled together so
as to make it a model volunteer force,
lib believes Georgin can bent the
United States nn such a battalion nnd
Ims his heart set on taking one to'the
World’s Fair during the grand en
campment.
This matter Will be discussed by the
officers and men during the encamp
ment nnd some plan will prnhnbly be
formulated for carrying out the idea.
What is money?
mission in trade, and what relation
does it bear to the material develop
ment of a coun try?
' These ate questions discussed in a
very practical and common-sense way
by Mr. Edward T. Devine In Univer
sity Extension for May In an interest
ing paper on “Economics.” As to
money he says:
In the popular mind the significance
of money ih the Industrial mechanism
is usually grossly exaggerated. Its
total quantity does not measure In any
sense the aggregate wealth of the
oountry, nor does it stand In any fixed
relation to Its stock of capital. The
Importance of the money of a country
is somewhat greater than that of the
!8 III
weights and measures lu general use,
but its function does not differ ma
terially from theirs. Money is used
In exchanging goods as railway oars
nre used In transporting them. Both
money and cars are capital, but neither
has any exclusive or peouliar olalm to
Ihe title. When it is said that money
Is needed to develop the resources of a
particular section of the country, it is
almost always capital of other kinds
than money that Is really laoklng. If
the supply of money Is really short It
m other countries
will be attracted froi
as soon ns prevailing high prices show
thnt there is a deficiency.
Mr. Devine seems to have a very
correct Idea about the vnlue nnd uses
of money. Jerry Simpson and all the
subtreasury advocates will want to
cnll him an idiot or a monopolist, how
ever, beunuse he doesn’t appear to be
lieve that if money should be as grass
It would still be worth more than
grass In cxchnnge for the fruits of la
bor.
Judok R, I*. Truth, who was called
recently to Culloden by the, illness of a
sister, has decided,, since that sister's
dentil, to remain in North Georgia
through the summer.
Candidate Stkvkns respectfully de
clines the Invitation of the Democratic
Club of Dougherty County to address
the people on the Issues of the day in
Albany. The winning ways of the
still hunter are past finding out.
THE SUN
A TIME MUST COME
FROM THE SUN MU!
Mcuumrlng Man’s Days to
Great Orb of Light and
5,000,000 Tsars, bat Not lo,i
The Secret of the Suq's Beat.
It seems to be worth while
together what may be said
ject of the duration of life on
It is a noteworthy fact that
bility of the continued exist
human raco depends
X i the question of heat.
t ia equivalent to heat,
laat, then man cannot laat, either. 1
is no shirking this plain truism.
Of course it is obvious that the
able heat generally comes
So far an the coal goes, we hare
observed that aa It is limited to
it can afford no perennial
Doubtless there is in the
quantity of other materials
oxidation or of undergoing ol
cal change, in the course of
as an incident of such chau„
evolved. The amonnt of heat
potslbly arise from suoh
strictly limited. There ia In
earth just a cortnin number
heat pussiblo from snch com!
but after tlio combination hi
footed there cannot be any
from this source.
Then as to the interna)
earth duo to the incandoecent
its interior. Hore there is no
large store of cuergy, hut still
limited quantity, and it ia also
wane. This lieut is occasionally <
Meeting st Ibe A. U. U. W. in Csluni-
but—Mr. Jm. Ehrlich llenored,
At the meeting of the Grand Ledge
A. O. U. W„ nt Columbus, Friday,
Mr. Joseph Ehrlich, of this city, was
unanimously re-elected to the office of
Grand Recorder of the Lodge for the
ensuing term. Mr. Ehrlich hns held
this position for several terms, nnd his
re-election tt/the office shows the ap
preciation of the Lodge of his services.
The Hkkald extends' Its congratula
tions to the order In its happy choice
of a man for that position, and to Mr.
EhHIch for the honor bestowed on
him.
An afternoon press special from Ma-
oon says that an interesting and
somewhat startling development in
the political forecast for Bibb county
Is to the effect that the workingmen of
Bibb will unite upon three candidates,
and that their favorites fpr the Legisla
ture will be J. F. Hanson, A.O. Bacon
and W. A. Huff. The gentlemen them
selves are non-committal en the sub
ject, blit the straws on the stream
show tWiiuli way the current flow's,
and that being so, it is not nt all im
probable that these three gentlemen
will be,In the race with a strong sup
port.
Thk Indianapolis Sentinel, referring
to the faot that, the national House of
Representatives has ordered nn inves
tigation of the Pinkertons, says: “It
is probably true that it is without the
jurisdiction of Congress to suppress
this army: of hired assassins, but some
power ought to reach it. It is one of
the most serious menaces to the peace
of the oountry. Hepe in Indiana a
Demouratio Legislature has throttled
the iniqui&y. Other Legislatures could
do the same, and nhaulfl.do so."
An Excursion i# Albany.
From the TiiomhsvilJe Evening
News of yesterdny we learn that an
excursion from points along tbe Sa
vannah, Florida and Western Railway
west of Valdosta lo Albany is being
worked up for the 31st of May. The
excursion train will run from Val
dosta to Albany, and a low rate of fare
has been made. The News says:
There will he a firemens parade and
a game of hnsebnll in Albany the day
the excursion lands there; music
aboard the enrs and a lively, orderly
crowd make up the otlier attractions.
For Keut
Until November 1st or loth, cottage,
on Hociety street,furnished or unfur
nished. W. E. MrrcJifeLt.
The sketches made by Frost, the
artist who accompanied Kennan
through Siberia, have been destroyed
by lire. It is believed that Kussia’s
spies set lire to the building in Huston
where lie had his studio.
, Tim Ai.iiany IIkkai.d given tho wholocttMogf
the Executive Coni in it tee iiwav, when it coiy
fusMin the reomnmomlatiolirt of an Kxeoutlvo
Cmimdttue cannot be inamliiLory<—Thonmtville
Sewn.
No give away about It. Tho Hkkald
supports tho action of tho Democratic
Executive Committee of the Second
Congressional district bearing upon
thu present campaign nnd thinks that
every loyal Demoorot In the district
should abide It; yet wo have never as
sumed that the recommendations of
this committee, as a question of party
polity, were mandatory. It was the
Stevens organs that tried to make it
appear that the dlstriotcommittee had
Issued an order nnd prescribed anoalb
for the express purpose of ruling all
Democrats who favor the demands of
the Ocala platform out of the Demo
cratic primaries. It was In an artiole
correcting this strained and false con
struction of the committee’s action
that the Hkkald said that every cx.
eoutlve committee inotir party system
was a power unto itself,.and that, the
recommendations of one committee
were not necessarily binding upon
another. While wo are of the opin
ion that the notion of the dlstriot oom-
inlttee was right and proper, yet we
linvu been freu to confess that every
uounty committee has discretionary
powers and onn regulate Its meetings
and thd things thnt home properly
.iiitler its jurisdiction to suit- itself.
Perhaps the News will learn after
awhile thnt the Ukbald deals with
faots ns it finds them, and that its
opinions are based upon reason, with
due regard for tile faots, even In poli
tics, i
“Thk annexation,” says the Indian
Spoils News, “seems to be solving
any
Tbe M.I.. Crap.
Tile Thomaaville News’Se'eins to re
gard the outlook IMr the melon crop in
South Georgia this yeaV as very favor
able. it says
From the best Information that can
be obtained it is’ safe to sny that the
Melon acreage this year is fully as,
large as it was Inst season. In the sec
tion.cast of Thoinasville It is some
what smaller,.but on thp Albany dlvl-
■ n it ls larger! "" ’ ■ ‘ • • -
slob it Is larger. The crop Ib looking
will, though a little later than last
year. The dry weather ia having a
disastrous effect- in some places,’ but
altogether the yield will lie large.
The Brooklyn Eagle prints a Wash
ington dispatch giving nn interview,
with Senator Hill, who is quoted as.
having said; “From what I have
learned by keeping my ears open
while in thu Senate, I believe that
James G. Blaine is the only mnii thnt
Harrison and his friends fear. The
fact of the matter is, Tom Platt made
a great mistake by not holding tf mid
winter convention. Had he done this
he could have had his own, and hud
his delegates right where lie wanted
them. It is now too late for him to do
anything against Harrison, for the
tide has set against Platt, and no one
knows this better than Platt himself.”
Itself without process of sale or treaty.
The Toronto Globe prints some start
ling figures in respect to the depopu
latlon of Oanada. At the town of Sor-
rel 250 tickets were sold In one day re
cently for people bound for the United
States. From Levis and Sherbrooke,
points of ‘concentration and railroad
centers, many hundreds are departing
for the land beyond the border.. .The
majority of those who are leaving are
farmers. Tlit Canadian government
has done Us best to dissuade the emi
grants from crossing the boundary;
every effort has been made to divert
tlie exodus to the Canadian northwest,
but to no purpose. The branch rail
roads that have been built through the
Dominion, instead of making tho peo
ple content,'merely, furnish a way of
getting out of the country. Local
hankers and storekeepers sr.o greatly
alarmed,over the exodus, which shows
no sign of diminishing.” t
wane. This heutisoccaslonc!
\y liberated by volcanoes, bat
the transit of heat from the
the surface and its
thence by radiation la a slow .
It is, bowover, sufficient for our
purpose to observe that slow tho
oscape may be, it is incessantly
on. There is only a dettuito W
units of heat contained in the h
the enrth at -this moment,
aro gradually diminishing, i
is no oouroe from whence thu 1
lie replenished, there is hero
of wurmth that can he rolled
neutly.
It goes without saying Unit
fare of thp human ruco 1
connected with the ooiitii
sun’s boncficent action,
ceases to shine,'then urast
thnt there is u term be;
man existence, or indeed
istence of any type wl
ly longer endure on
But wo have
ii certainty that tho sui
from tbe destiny that,
overtakes tbespcndthi'
itlng studies of this i
Langley gives a si
the rato at which thi
squandered at th<
that the great coal
contain onough of the
to supply the wants
for 1,000 yoars. If
accumulation of fuel
ed and burned in one ■
tho total quantity of
produced wonld no doubt
nnd yet, says this
taught us so much about
heat developed by “
would not be equal to
sun pours forth in tl '
of each single second.
When word
of beat has boon go!
the centuries dui
has been tho abod
those periods which we <
except by saying that ‘
millions of yoars dr
has been lifeon the
we begin to coinprehc:
have been the capital
tho sun started on i
And yet wo feel c
sant radiation from
producing a pro!
of energy. The only way
tills With tlie total
of tUe expected chuii]
in the supposition
mighty
mighty mass of
digious supply of 1
alent to .heat that it c
grand ‘transformation, t
is pasi ‘
i passing proceeds u a
during tho ages i
vatioi
In reference to the celebration of
tlie anniversary of America, that has
been proposed by the Chicago papers,
the Boston Herald says: “Thcinstant
appreciation of the suggestion for this
celebration indicates that it has been
caught up with eagerness and enthus
iasm, and that It has touched the pa
triotic hearts of the young people of
the whole nation. It aimpiy remains
to give this idea such practical de
velopment that the public school! of
each city and town in the country
may have a share in the local celebra
tion.”
Col. C. B. Wooten is still feeble
from the effects of his recent illness;
but he is on his feet again and is open
to engagements for an open discussion
of the Issues of the day in any of the
counties of the Heoor.d Congressional
district. i
Fob the past two mouths the Atlan
ta Constitution and the Journal have
been taking the same facts and figures
and making them tell very different
stories as to the relative strength of
Hill and Cleveland. To-morrow’s
convention will prove whose figures
have—been wrong.
Tn a recent interview with Senator
David B. IIIII, reference wns made to
the oriticlsms upon the omission of
mention of the name of Grover Cleve'
laud from the platform of the New
York State midwinter convention, and
the Senator is quoted assaying; “Why,
I should like to know, should the Inst
New York State convention have
mentioned the name of Grover Cleve
land? The conventions of neither
pnrty have been in the habit of drag
ging iTi outsiders in this way. Why,
as far as the reasonableness of the
thing goes, the convention might have
gone back a few years and commended
the administration of Buchanan.”
Mb. Hitchcock, a World’s Fair Com
missioner who has lately returned
from Cliitia, tells a New York report
er that that empire is to be spanned by
a system of railroads for which big
appropriations have been made. It
would have been a grand field for
American skill, and a wids market for
our rail-makers and locomotive-build
ers; but the short-sighted policy re-11
centiy adopted towards Chins will of 1
coarse bar American ca * ‘
Igjr out of that vast field,
Ions the rnsulti
imperceptible; Bilt
system Is as sorely d
ergyof tho clock dei
runs down. ...
It seems that the s
sipated about four-)
■with which it may l
endowed) At" allev
radiating eneffcy 1 St it!
sun may hold out for 4,0
for 6,000,000 years, but 1
000 years. Here, then, w
tho remote fntnre a limit
tion of life on this globe. I
that it does hot soem p
other source of heat to 1
replenishing the
luminury. It may bo t
originally Imparted to tl
result of sorao great ci "
two bodies which were 1
tlie collision took pH
the two dark masses
vast nebula from wh
our system hns been a
it is always conco'
may he reinvigorati
a similar startling ]
It is, howover, 1
observe that so
wonld be fatal to
tern. Neither f
nor from the c
possible to i