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FROM WORTH.
NBWn ITEMS AND POI.ITIC*.
The Third Pferljr nmlei 1.1 Penlan—
Cel. J. XV. Welun, ef Albnnjr, W»S
There *n4 Made n Hlrnlsht Demo
cratic Speech.
^Special Correspondence of the 11kkai.ii.
Isabella, June 8, 1892.
—Vine rnlns have put the crops In a
flourishing condition, and all the
farmers are looking pleased.
—The crop of oats and wool is
.about gathered, though Third Party
politicians are still trying to fleece a
few of the lambs.
—TwoSunday-sohools frofii Isabella,
one from Sylvester and one from Doles,
■will have a pionlc at Whlddon's
bridge, on AdamB’s oreek, about seven
miles north of Isabella, on Saturday,
June 11th.
—A Negro was killed at Price &
Co.'s mill, about a mile west of Sum
ner, on Tuesday night. While coming
in on the tram engine Tuesday even
ing, the Negro addressed some abusive
language to Mr. W. T. Revills, the
■woodsman for Price & Co. Mr. Revills
said nothing at the time, but as soon
as he arrived home, procured a shot
gun and, going to the Negro’s house,
shot him dead. He then made good
his escape.
—Mr. O. B. Stevens, who is too well-
known to need explanation, Is In this
section looking after the Interests of
his campaign. Mr. Stevens Is of pleas
ing address, and has many friends In
this county, he stated to your cor
respondent yesterday that he was a
Democrat; would abide by the action
•of tho Democratic Convention, and
.give Ills unqualified support to both
State and National Democratic plat
forms. This Is, I believe, the first
public announcement Mr. Stevens has
made that he would support these
platforms, and will doubtless settle all
questions as to his. Democracy. He
is, to the writer’s knowledge, using all
tits influence to prevent the Alliance
from affiliating with the Third Party,
hut urges them ,to carry out their re
forms Inside the Democracy. Had
Mr. Stevens made this declaration
«arlier, the Second would have been
better off, so far as feelings are con
cerned..
—Yesterday was the day that Rob
bins, the high-priest missionary of the
People’s Party in this district, had ap
pointed to preaoh the doctrine of com
munism to tho people of Worth. He
first appointed to speak in Sumner on
“Tuesday, June 1st,” but as he found
sifter reflection that it would be about
six years before tho first day of June
would come on Tuesday, he afterwnrd
changed his appointment to Poulnn,
■“Wednesday, June 1st.” Whether this
confusion of dates came from the fact
that his friends read nothing but the
Alliance Farmer, nnd therefore could
not be expeoted to know enough to
tell the day of the month, or whether
he was so muddled over the complex
ion of the Executive Committee of Ills
•own county—Greene—which Is half
black and half worse, so that he could
cot afford to pay any attention to such
« small affair as the day of the month,
1 cannot say; but it is sufficient that
the change of dates resulted In a mis'
carriage of the efforts his friends here
bad made in providing Hon. Ben Rus
sell and some other speakers to help
him out in case he became too tired
trying to persuade Democrats to give
the Republican party a lift. Mr. Rob
bins finally became so entangled in his
•own dates that he did not get here at
all, much to the disappointment of
about one hundred and forty of
Worth’s citizens, who gathered at the
'Tabernacle in Poulan principally
through curiosity to see how many
men in Worth county were prepared
to make asses of themselves. About
forty-five or fifty of those pres'
•ent were rank Third Partyltes,
and that Just about represents
the Third Party’s strength in
this county, for they were all there.
About forty of the rock-ribbed Demo
cracy were present, and the balance
were Ocala Democrats. The crowd
waited, swapped lies, and chewed to
bacco until about 1 o’clock, when Dr.
-J. H. Pickett, of Ty Ty, who is sup
posed to have an office bee in his bon-
■net, arose and made a few remarks de
fining the position of the Third Party,
and giving a synopsis of their de
mands, which are all that a man who
has nothing else could ask for. He
was replied to at length by Col. Jesse
W. Walters, who did not go there to
snake a speech, but to hear one. How
ever, when called on, the Colonel un
buttoned his vest, turned back his
cuffs, and waded into them. His re'
marks were made in a reasonable, fair-
minded spirit, and were convincing to
any reasonable man who would listen
' to them. But the Third Party cranks
were not prepared to listen to reason.
They had been told by the Alliance
Farmer to read nothing but that pa
per, for fear they would learn better,
and to attend no Democratic meetings
for fear they would be misled back to
common sense, and as soon as a Dem
ocrat arose to talk reason to them, they
were afraid he was there to do them
some good, and they began to kick.
They kicked worse than that when the
Colonel began to get in his work, as
was shown by the way they writhed
under his arguments. He was del
uged with questions, copies of the Al-
lianoe Farmer, whioh were produced
to prove everything from the birth of
Noah to the faot that the sun moves
around the earth. Several Third Party
tracts, with Tom Watson’s tirade
among them, were handed the Colonel
with requests to rend, and if s he had
read them all he would have been
reading yet. But he answered all
their questions, and, finding that they
were not bettering themselves, the
storm of printed matter subsided, and
the Colonel proceeded with one of the
best Democratic arguments that a
Democrat could have wished to listen
to, or a Third Party politician to
avoid. After he had concluded, and
the applause had subsided, Dr. Pickett
arose nnd began attacking the Democ
racy. One singular thing was, x the
Doctor had not a word to say about
the St. Louis platform, which is the
platform of the Third Party, but oon-
llned ills remarks entirely to tile de
mands of the Oonla platform. The
Doctor became a little entangled un
der Col. Walter’s pointed questions,
and said the Democratic party ought
to have done n thing years ago whloli
he had Just been roundly nbuslng
them for doing. Although ho started
out abusing modern Democracy, he
wound up by presenting a good old
sound Democratic argument. The
Third Partyltes were not satisfied with
this, and called Mr. M. P. Tharp, of
Doles, to the stand, who presented the
claims and grievances of the Third
Party in an able manner, and made ns
good a speefth as It wns possible for a
Third Party man to make, but at its
conclusion he was requested to read a
small newspaper tract about as long
as Brooklyn bridge by Tom AVatson.
Unfortunately he read it. and it prac
tically killed all of the effect of his
speeoh by part of his hearers going to
sleep, and others going home. A cau
cus of about twenty Third Partyltes
was held in the fair building after all
the rest had gone home, and it is
thought plans were laid for capturing
the Democratic mnss meeting at Isa
bella next Monday. Sufficient that
every Third Party man present was
urgently requested to be there. As a
TONS OF FiSH BAIT.
CATCHING MENHADEN OFF 'THE
COAST OF NEW ENGLAND.
V GAME WHERE THE WINNER LOST.
He Won Hie Case, hot He Mn.lo Up His
SI toil That Thera }Vu No Fun In It.
it makes the man who would rutlior
meeting to organize a Third Party the
" "lu
day was a failure.
II.
from mu.
Crape and Polllic*—Two Candidates for
the IjeuUInlure—Lee SCendf for TV. E<
Woolen for the Senate.
Lkksbvbg, Ga., June Otli, 1892.
To the Kditur of the 1Ikkai.ii.
Leesburg quiet; orops poor. We have
had but little rain as yet.
But little politics; two candidates
for the Lower House, Dr. A. B. Dun
can and W. D. Wells, are alt I know of.
How are your people for Hon. W. E.
Wooten? Old Lee is almost a unit for
him, so trot him out and give us a
chance to help you send him.
Dkmocrat.
■IB CAVORT HIM.
Mr. E. I., f.eheti Hoe. the Wntchui
Aet, Which Results lu the Capture of n
■Burglar.
Several times during the past two or
three months, Mr. Leben’s store has
been broken into, and his cash drawer
relieved of wlint change it contained.
Mr. Leben could not, with any degree
of certainty, determine who the thief
was, but his suspicions led him to be
lieve that a Negro, Jeff Dunn, who
has for a long time been employed
around the store, was the guilty
party.
For about a week past, Mr. I.eben
has been watching the store at nights,
in the hope of catching up with the
man, but not until Thursday night was
bis vigilance rewarded.
About 9 o'clock someone went to the
baok door, which had been left un
fastened on the Inside, pushed it open
arid entered. He shortly returned,
and was recognized by Mr. Leben as
the suspected Jeff Dunn.
Officers Raley and Barron were not!
fled, and about 1 o’clock Dunn was ar
rested in his house, in the southern
portion of the city.
Mr. Leben described the money
which had been taken from Ills cash
drawer, all of which was found on
Dunn’s person.
Dunn will be tried for burglary,
and will probably get a term in the pen
How School* of Flair Are Pureued, Cap
tured fend Stowed Aboard—An Accom
modating Member of the Finny Tribe
Which Can. He Heed In Many Waye.
Pitching his voice high the lookout at
the masthead of the menhadon steamer
shouts out gleefully: “A school I A
school!" and immediately all is bustle
and excitement on board.
“As this Is a new experience to you,
sir, you shall have a seat with me in my
boat."
“Thank you, captain; i am only too
eager to see the fun,”
Tho crews now take their places in the
seiue boats, while two of tho party,
known us drivers, go out in advance in
little thirteen foot boats to learn the
direction in which the school is moving,
and to mark out Its size. Tho jolly enp-
tain—a trne type of the traditional Cape
Codder, sqnare built, stnrdy, genial, his
face bronzed by years of exposure to
sunshine and sea breezes and very intel
ligent withal—takes his pluce at the In
side bow oar in one of tho seine Units,
and tho mate a corresponding position In
the other, and by the time they reach
the soliool the drivers describe the move
ments of the fish.
They now begin throwing out the
seiue, each boat going in an opposite di
rection around the school, the drivers in
the meantime splpshing tho wuter to
kocp the fish from escaping. Soon tile
boats meet, and all hands now pull at
the purse line, the net and cork line.
The steamer is brought alongside, nnd
after the fish are driven well togethor
the net is fastened to tho steamer's Bide
and they are baled into the hold by
means of a large dip net run by a don-
joy engine.
The next thing on the programme is
to propnre the menhaden for Baiting, to
be used as bait—for which there is groat
demand. This is a Bimple process, bnt
to me its novelty invests it with partic
ular interest. The head of the fish is
taken in the left hand of the workman,
aud with a peculiarly shaped knife held
ill the right hand he cuts a slico, longi
tudinally, from each side of tho body,
leaving the head and vertobne to be
thrown away or occasionally to be
pressed for oil. The slivers are salted
and packed in barrels.
Tills opening act of the day’s drama
ended, Captain Williams invites me to
accompany him into the cabin, and the
jolly skipper there entertains mo with
some interesting points about the fishery.
“It's queer how many different names
the menhaden is known by," observes
the skipper. “Fact is, it has more ali
ases than a veteran oriminal—more nick
names than there were colors to Joseph's
coat. Besides the more common name
of menhaden it is known os pogy, bony-
fish, moesbunker, hardhead, Whitehall,
bunker, oldwife, bugfish, cheboy. ell-
wife, alewife, fatback, greentuil, wife
and yellowtail shad, it’s about as long
as the common sea herring, but is deep
er and more robust looking. Its aver
age length is from twelve to fifteen
inches. 1 hardly need tell yon that it is
valuable as a bait fish, it excelling all
others as such; that as a food resource
it is thought to have great qualities;
that its chief value is as a fetilizer and
and that it is also valuable for the oil
and sorap produced by cooking and
pressing them.
‘For illustration, here are some min
utes i made in my memorandum book
in regard to what was done in the year
1880, whioh was a fair representative sea
son. Thatyear.the total weight of the
catch was 078,000 pounds—equivalent to
about 700,000,000 menhaden in number.
Pretty big army, eh? Quantity of oil pro
duced, 2,060,896 gallons, and of guano
(18,904 tons, having a total value of
|2,084,641. Capital invested in steamers,
etc., and their outfit and in factories,
$3,863,841. As compared with previous
years, however, the yield of oil was
Ns Rice la Rice Paper,
Rice paper is not made from rice,
nor from rice stalks, nor has it any
connection whatever with rice. It is
of Chinese manufacture and is made
from the pith of a certain tree resein
bllng the elder. The pith is extracted
from the tree in large cylindrical
masses, and with sharp knives the
Chinese pare off the cylinder till, in
stead of a cylindrical form, they have
a large, flat sheet. This is pressed and
other sheets added until the required
thickness is secured. The paper is
then rudely sized and Is ready for use.
It was oalled rice paper under the sup
position, when it was first introduced
into Europe, that it was made from
rice stalks, and the name has never
been changed.
—Man despises heartily a^/sheep-
killing dog. He is fond of mutton
himself.
—He is a truly great man who can
endure wealth as well as he can em
pure poverty.
go to law than go on a good old time
bay ride mad enough to lose a suit, but
when he brings suit, wins his case, gets
damages and thon finds that ho is out of
pocket a fine round sum, he can give the
ordinary man points und discount him
besides at tho Dtogeuea game of hating
the world. One Now Yorker got a taste
of a legal dose the other day which is
likely to make him hesitate aboqt using
the same prescription ugpin.
Ho wanted damages from n man who
ho declared had injured bis property,
He wanted all the damages he could got
too. He was earnest enough to Insist
that tbo damages ought to be run up in
the thousands. Now if ho had been con
tented to take his caso into a district
court this story would probably never
huvo been written. But as he estimated
his wrongs not by single, plain, overy-
day “cart wheel” dollars, but in blocks
of 1,900 each, he was forced to take bis
suit into the court of common pleas.
Everything went swimmingly for his
side. His lawyer proved beyond a doubt
that the defendant hud causod damages
to tho plaintiff's.proporty. The judge bo-
Uovod it, tho jury believed it, in fact tho
defendant himsolf and the defendant's
counsel bolioved It.
If ever there wns a clear case of
dninuges it wns right there in the com
mon pleus court. And so the plaintiff
got a verdict for forty-nine dollars,
Bnt it is one thing to get a verdict ami
another thing to take what goes with
it. It happened in this caso that if the
defendant received a verdict for . less
than fifty dollars he wus liable for costs.
He did not know much about law, und,
hough he wns disappointed at the
amount of the damages, ho looked tri
umphantly at the other sido. He was
disgusted to see the culm smile' on the
face of tho defendant’s lawyer. But a
moment later there was gnashing of
teeth when his counsel told him about
the costs.
’1 have to pay the costs, do If" he
Bnapped.
“Yes."
“After 1 have won my case 1 have to
pay costs for the other side?”
"That is the law."
“Well, it’s a mighty nice law that
makes the winner lose, ain’t it? What
do you think 1 went to iaw for? Do you
think 1 wanted to spend money for fun?
Do you think after that fellow has
spoiled my property 1 want to pay him
for doing it? What do you think 1 am.
anyway—a muddy brained, cross eyed,
half hearted lunatic? How mnch are
the costs?”
“Three hundred and sixty dollars.”
“Three hundred and sixty dollars! 1
win a case and get damages and lose
$811, do 1? i can snbstraot the amount
of the damage from the cost and make
out a check for the balance, can I?
Well, f suppose 1 can so long as 1 have
to. Bnt 1 wunt you to understand that
the next time 1 go to law it will be be
cause I am a candidate for a lunatic
asylum. The next time 1 have you for
a lawyer it will be when I’m the de
fendant in a caso like this nnd wunt to
lose.
“Du you heart" he screamed. “When
1 want to lose I’ll have you, 1 say, so
that 1 can come out ahead of the game.
And the next time a man damages my
property I’ll invito him to come in and
knock the roof off the house. I’ll have
him use my piano for a toboggan on the
ball stairs. I’ll invite him to play a
game of tenpins in my dining room and
will nse my great-grandmother’s tea
service for pins, and if he wants to jnmp
through our $000 Japanese screen like a
circus rider he can do it.
“Then maybe he’ll want me to sue
him, so that I can get stuck for costs
again. And I’ll sue him; oh, yes, 1’U
sue him!” and he Bnorted so loudly that
the court usher’s afternoon nap was dis
turbed.—New York Tribune.
About how long, captain, does the
catching Beason last?"
“Well, you see, as soon as the men
haden make their appearance in the
spring, vessels start in pnrsuit of ’em,
and continue capturing ’em till they dis
appear in the fall. From the menhaden
oil and guano factories along the south
ern coast of New England, New York
And New Jersey shores, the fleetB of
steam and sail vessels begin their cruises
early in May, chasing the fish along the
shores and in the sounds, wherever they
can be found. The vessels seldom cruise
more’ntenor fifteen miles from land.
The total area of the ground is estimated
at 8,850 square geographical miles.
“The average steamer is about the size
of this one. That is to say, some 70 tons
measurement, 90 feet long, 17 feet beam,
1% feet depth of hold and seven feet
draft aft and costs $16,000. It costs not
far from $1,000 a month'for wages, fuel
and provisions to run it. Like this boat,
they are screw steamers and are rigged
with one mast for'ard, which is fitted
with a crane for taking in the catch.
The men's quarters are in the for’castle.
The fish are' stored in bulk in the hold.
The engine house, as yon see, is astern
the main hatch, with coal bunkers open
ing on deck each side. All of ’em have
fitted to the bulwarks on either side,
near the stern, cranes for the boats, and
towing chocks are set in the deck on
either quarter aft. The hold or tank for
storing the fish is water tight. There
are some steamers engaged in the fishery
which are more'n 150 feet long, carrying
from twenty-seven to thirty men, and
cost $80,000 and upward. Most of the
steamers carry four seine boats.
“Since steamers have come into vogue
the factories have greatly increased
their facilities for handling large catch
es. The first factory could work up
only a few hundred barrels a day, while
now the big factories take from 8,000 to
6,000 barrels daily.’’—New York Herald.
Nearly 8100,000,000 a Yrar.
Mr. James Wright, second vice presi
dent of the Inman line, says that whoa
the oml of 1892 comes at least 100,000
people will have left for Europe from
all parts of this country during the
year. Half of them will sail during the
fifteen weeks of the season, from April
to August. Somo travelers will carry
hundrods of dollars in their pocketbooks
to spend whore others carry thousands.
Nine-tenths of thoso hundreds nnd thou
sands will bo transferred to foreign own
ers before the tourists return.
Even the money spent for passage and
during the voyuges must be counted in
that which bids goodby to tills land of
liberty, for tlio great steamship compa
nies are, with one exception, foreign
corporations. Including tips and fees
those corporations will take an average
of $100 from each passenger for the
round trip. The majority will pay less,
bnt there will be ouougli rich men who
who pay a good deal moro to bring the
mean amount up to that figure.
The money which euch tourist carries
with lilm is harder to ostimate. A for
eign excltunge clerk said tliut the letters
of credit issued by them to Ettroiwun
Anil the Conn ml- for
Nesrerage .Fin 1,-ill, 1-
■lountl to l)H a “K.”
There was once in eastern Tennessee
a judge well versed in the law, but en
tirely self educated, who had this sume
obstacle of orthography to contend with
all his days. In early life he had lived
in Knoxville, and for a long time in
sisted upon spelling the name Noxville.
His friends at last educated him np to
the point of adding the K; so thorough
ly, in fact, did he learn this lesson that
when a few years afterward he removed
to Nashvillo, nothing could prevent him
from spelling the name “Knashville.”
After a few years' residence there the
judge moved again, this time to Mur
freesboro. One day he sat down to write
his first letter from this place. He
scratched his head in perplexity a mo
ment and finally exclaimed; “Well, 1’U
give it dpi How in the world can they
■pell the name of this place with a ‘Kf"
—Ban Francisco Argonaut.
Needs of n Physlelfe*.
The physician needs more mental di
version. It would be well for him to cul
tivate flowers, to study some science, or
some department of history, literature
or art, or to take up some simple mechan
ical occupation, to which he could turn
from time to time for refreshment.
He needs more active exercise. It
would be well for him oftener to sub
stitute the bicycle for the carriage. He
nfeeds more sleep, too—fully seven hours
—and os his sleep is often broken in upon
at night, he should form the habit of
sleeping at odd moments, even by day.
—Dr. Minot
The paper for Bank of England notes
is made
from new cuttings of white
linens, never from linen that has been
wqrn or
Newspapers Have Increased.
The number of newspapers published
in the whole United States thirty years
ago was less than 6,000. Now the num
ber of newspapers published in the re
gion west of the Mississippi aggregates
6,509, of which nnmber 8,122 are pub
lished west of the Missouri river.—Ed
ward Rosewater’s Omaha Address.
One Way at Getting Bid ef Sparrows.
There are families in Germantown
that have sparrow potpie frequently.
They don’t shoot the birds and fill them
with shot, but trap them instead.—
-Philadelphia Record.
travelers averago about £000. or $8,000
ori
each; but this is above tho Ordinary fig
ure, and of course this in many cases
covers u party of four or five. Eight
hundred dollars is estimated us the aver
age amount taken by each passenger in
the cabin. Tlijs makes the total average
expenditure of the averago European
traveler $900. Wlion this is multiplied
by the estimated total of these travelers
the result is astounding.
It is $90,000,000.
Nlnoty-six millions of dollars carried
from America to Europe In a single year
by travelers nlonet If this were saved
for a few years Uncle Bam might buy a
good slice of Europe and bring it over
here for exhibition purposes. — New
York Press.
Isnnt«n Offering*.
The Lenton offerings of tho Sunday
school children of the Protestant Episco
pal oliurch throughout the United States
thus far received in behalf of the gener
al board of missions are largely in excess
of those for tho same pnriod In 1891. In
the two weeks immediately succeeding
Eusler 1,187 Sunday schools sent In $26,.
699, and it is bolioved a total of $100,900
will have been received when ull of the
4,000 schools in the conntry shall have
been heard from. This is double the
sum donated last year.
The Lenton Sunday school offering is
a feature of the work of the board of
missions. Just before Lent this yenr tho
hoard sent a package of folding paste'
board savings banks to ouch Bunday
school superintendent for distribution
among his pupils for the reception of the
children’s savings during the fasting sea
son,
No sooner had Eustor passed than tho
little banks began to arrive at the offices
of the bourd In tho Bible House.
The twenty-five young women in Bish
op Leonard's school in Reno, Nev., sent
TO. One school sent ill 5,000 pennies
and another 10,000 pennies.
It will be July before ull tho returns
will have been received.—New York
Herald.
The city bonds have been sold.
N. W, Harris & Co, of Chicago, gr
the entire issue of $100,000, and tli
price nnd terniB of the snle practical!
give the city par value for the bond
The Finance Committee of the Cil
Council figured all dny yesterday ov
tile bids that were opened on Wedne
dny night, and after much parleyln
at its meeting Inst night the Conn
voted to reject nil the bids; but nf
wards reconsidered and iinaniuio
accepted the bid of N. if, Harris & C
Harris & Co.’s bid wns tho best i
round bill, nnd by accepting it the cil
guts, net, $99,208.88 for the $100,000 o
bonds.
Under the terms of the contract wit
Harris & Co, the city draws the money
as it needs It, beginning with, say,
$25,000 on July l|t, nnd will get th
benefit of the accrued interest fro
the date of issue, June 1st, to the da
of actual receipt of the money in
Installments agreed upon.
Tlie acceptance uf tills bid is gen
ally conceded to linve been the
thing tlint tho Council could have do
under the circumstances, ns it i
all doubt nnd uncertainty, avo
sible delay in getting to work out
waterworks, and is within a few bun
dred dollars of what could have bei
realized for the bonds under the mo
favorable circumstances, if the
had been deferred and new nog
tlons opened.
Tho City Attorney wns inslruc
draw up a contract with the r
sontntlve of Harris & Co, who
tho oity, covering tho bond trad
tion.
TIIK MATKHIALS,
There wns lively competition 1
award of contracts for the ma
to bo used in the waterworks nnd si
ergge system, and the Contract C
mittee spent ail of yesterday in a i
leal examination of the bids an
investigating tho rclat’ve rner
the goods to be purchased.
Where everything else was c
the lowest bidders, of course,
nwnrded the orders.
After mature deliberation
tracts were awarded as follows:
MftOHiilny’* lllrthptncn.
Rotliley Temple, Lord Mucauluy’s
birthplace, is for sale by publio auction.
It is an old manor house, some six miles
from Leicester, and there the historian
was born at the end of the year 1800. It
cannot be said that Rothley Temple de
rived more than nominal luster from
the association, for Mocanloy left Leices
tershire before ho hod left infancy,
and Birchin Lane, in the oity, was the
home of his earliest childhood. Instead
of a manorial park ho hod Drapers' gar
dens for a playground, until lie went to
live in the old High street at Clspham.
The Leicestershire manor, however,
has many historical Interests besides this
one, and a Thirteenth centnry chapel of
the Knights Templars is attached to the
estate. It is a wealthy manor, too, for
900 acres produce £2,000 of annual rent;
and, moreover, it is at the headquarters
of the famous Quorn Hunt, and in the
heart of some famous scenery,—London
Star.
Coat of an Epidemic.
Dr. Thresh, the medical officer for the
county of Essex, having obtained full
returns of the lateepidemfoof influenza,
estimates that no less than 640 persons
died under the immediate attack, and
that no fewer than 1,400 deaths occurred
in the county from its direct or indirect
influence. Tho monetary loes for the
two months during which the epidemic
prevailed he states at no less than £50,-
000, on the basis of the loss of wages of
adults calculated at twelve shillings a
week. He adds: “I am, however, afraid
that had the connty suffered from an
epidemic among cattle, causing in the
time the same number of deaths and in
dicating the samo pecuniary loss, the
laveb
alarm produced would have been greater
and more permanent.’’—British Medical
Journal.
A 100,000 Pound Chip of * Books
A stone quarry company of Bedford,
Ind., has shipped the largest single
block of stone ever quarried and shipped
in the United States. The block was 12
feet 8 inches long, 8 feet 8 inches high
and 6 feet 8 inches wide, containing 600
cubic feet, and weighed 100,000 poneds,
The car on which it was shipped had to
be ordered specially for it, and was the
car that was built for the purpose of
transporting the thirty-foot cannon sent
by the government to the Paciflo coast a
few months since. The stone is perfect,
not having a flaw or defect.—Indianapo
lis Journal.
A Telephone In Kverr Boom.
' The new hotel, Waldorf, is to be fitted
with telephone communication between
the office and every room in the house.
This is a system stated to be in use in
the Adelphi, Liverpool, and as a feature
of hotel sendee is an important one, es
pecially in the saving of time. Instead
of pushing a button and waiting for a
hall boy to answer the ring, guests can
communicate their order to the offioe
at once and have it filled in one-half the
time.—New York World.
For the hydrants, valves and
odd; Co., of Phllndelp
boxes, Wood
For_ the piping, the Clint
Pipe A Foundry
F< “ ' ' ’
liooga.
'U IV A'VIIIIUIJ vi/i
or the lead, James & Co., of (
JUgUt
Fur the brick, Oroger & I
la nlfvr
this oity.
tin
For tlio lime, N. L. 1
For tho cement N. L. 1
order for one grade and
losky & Brown for another.
—“The Spirit of the Times".
ky.
WHERE IT
The Pension I,nm Ah
8M!I 000,000 for ’J
Washinoton, June
Commissioner of Penslo
before tho House Coinmil
preprint Ions yesterday an
appropriation of $7,6
deficiency for pensions f
fiscal yenr. Ho explainc
and urged tlint the mo
innde available by June 1
office oan meet the next q
ment. If the amount
will make the total a;
tho year nenriy j
From tho London Answers.
AFTBB TUB SHAM V
Staff officer to cnptniu c
company: “Did you
in taking the village I
sharp-shooters?”
Cnptain: “Well, noi
we charged and captur
house on the outskirts,
mnded.”
until ’retreat’ sounded."
BUBAL COUIITSII
A bashful country yout:
mission from his motli
meet a young lady ho i
in love with. On return;;
cr asked him if he had t
“Hoy!” exclaimed lie,
she’d have seen mo If I ti
bobbed down.”
HI.BBFINO ITO
Little Tommy, while on
his sunt, a sallow-
old maid of 60 summe
her every evening just 1
bed, but on no other ;
The lady noticed this,
remarked to him, r ~
you don’t kiss me in
Why do you only do so
going to bed?”
To which Tommy r
auntie, I can sleep off t
—Maybe the reason foi
woman’s head on one i
Is a gentle hint that mom
—Fosdick: “Does
foot race get more
Kickshaw: “What else s
Fosdick: “I thought h
titled to the gait mont
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llvan’s book think,
that they have no
worth, the money,
will be refund ’
is to go to
author and t
his book