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ALBANY WEEKLY HERALD: SATURDAY DECEMBER 3, 1892.
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WHAT THE CROWDS LIKE.
From Friday’s KvxxiXO IIekald.
Between half past 1 and 2 o’olook
tills morning oltizens were awakened,
and firemen oallcd from sweet repoBe
in warm, comfortable beds,by the rapid
ringing of the Are alarm bell.
A-Vermillion tint that shone on the
skies, guided the department to the
southwestern corner of the city, where
the residence of Mr. B. F. Sibley was
found enveloped in flames, that had
gained suoh headway, as to leave no
hopes of saving either the house or
any of the furniture.
Mr. Sibley has been absent from the
city for severnl days, and there was no
-ope sleeping in the house when the
Are broke out. It is therefore' impos
sible to state with any degree of cer
tainty how the blaze originated, but it
•certalply looks very much like the
work of an incendiary.
Owing to the isolnted situation of
the building, and the timo of the alarm,
the department had considerable dlfll-
oulty in reaching tho soene. Then,
too, the steep hill on South street, at
its intersection with Madison, proved
an insurmOTintablo barrier for the
heavy engines, and by tho time they
could be carried entirely around a
block, it was useless to lay hose, there
being no buildings In dangerous prox
imity to the burning d veiling.
None of the furniture was saved,
but, with the residence, it was entirely
destroyed. Mr. Sibley had $1,000 in
surance on tho building and $500 on
furniture and fixtures, placed with
Messrs. Ed L. Wight & Co.
ANOTHER ASSAULT.
A Thnnkagiring Frncna.
There was one dllllculty yesterday
which clouded the otherwise cnlm
serenity of Thanksgiving Day.
Shortly after noon n crowd of
Negroes collected in McCarthy’s bar,
and for a while engaged in a friendly
frolic. It soon resulted in n sort of a
free light however. The Negroes be
gan drinking, and it was not long be
fore they were‘bllin’drunk according
to the oraoker vernacular.
In the meloe Henry Wright and
Seab Wright fell out with Henry San
ders, and both of them went for him
in dead earnest. Sticks were used
freely and flew through the air at a
rapid rate, as blows were rained down
on tile head and back o'f Sanders by
the angered Wright brothers. San
ders was beaten up and bloodied so
badly that he had to be carried home
by his friends.
OlHoers Mooney and Kemp pulled
the Wright brothers, and they took
one of their Thanksgiving meals at
least in the oity guard house. They
will dance attendance on the Mayor’s
matinee next Wednesday to a pretty
lively tune.
THE OUVHBMOB’S MEET.
The Chicago Inter Ocean thus amus
ingly describes the meeting of Gov.
Northen and Gov. Peck, of Wisconsin,
on last Friday, and their exohange of
congratulations:
When the party returned to the Au
ditorium they reoived numerous calls,
among those who called on • Governor
Northen being Governor Peok, of
Wisoonsin.
“And this is Gov. Peok?”
“And this is Gov. Northen?”
"Well, well.”
“Well, well.”
The Northern and Southern Gover
nors had olasped hands, not two,
but four hands. Then they edged over
toward the big window, for the Audi
torium lobby was getting dark, and
there they stood looking into eaoli
other’s eyes.
It was affecting.
If it had been the day before it
would have been a fitting dramatic
Climax to tile Thanksgiving Day, for
they were both thankful, these Gover
nors, that they were Democrats.
They had gazed into each other’s
eyes until moisture began to dim
them, and even sobbed a joyful psen
outside. '
Their emotion was indicate<$by the
, action and word of Governor Peck.
Pointing to the fallingsnowhesaid :
“Significant.” They both smiled hap
py smiles and the Georgia Governor
said: “I was afraid of a Wisconsin
snow storm.”
And the Wisconsin Governor said:
“I was afraid it was going to snow
even down in Georgia.”
“Thank God it didn’t,” was the
hearty response.
Why Three Men Are Thnnhrul.
—I am thankful because I am red-
haired. I might be bald.
—Iam thankful that there is a young
lady next door who practices on the
piano two hours a day. She might
practice fpur; and, in addition, might
have a brother addicted to to the cor
net habit.
—I am thankful I am the father of
, twins. Suppose they had been trip
lets?
Carry your clothes to the Chinese
Laundry, next to the Defiance engine
house. Terms moderate, -and work
first-class. -8-d2t-
Verbal Troth and Sparkle Suit Tliolr
Taste Better Than Solid Logie.
El the past quarter of a century
only three men have ever said any
thing in a national political conven
tion which Hie general public re
membered. These were Roscoe Conk-
ling when be nominated Grant,
Robert Ingunsull when he nominated
Blaine and General Bragg when he
seconded the nomination of Cleve
land eight years ago. Even Depew,
graceful table talker that ho is,
wearied the Minneapolis convention
by a speech which had nothing re
markable about it except its inordi
nate length. He was a Bad disap
pointment. Much was promised for
Mr. De Witt, of Brooklyn, when ho
came to nominate Governor Hill at
Chicago, hut the reports of his
speech indicate that it was turgid,
“dry as summer dust,” and alto
gether droary. He endeavored to
“rise to an occasion,” but the occa
sion eluded him, and his effort did
him no credit.
. The trouble with tho average ora
tor is that he fails to catch the spirit
of those whom he addresses. It sel
dom occurs to him thnt an impatient
crowd can only be reasoned with in
tho lightest lines of speech; that
crisp, bright, sententious declarations
are accopted with shouts whore
argument would fall upon unwilling
ears, and that oratorical greatness
can only he nchioved by striking out
from the beaten paths. Bpt it fre
quently happen^ that in tho effort to
depart from the old lines of thought
the orator only betrays his weak
ness and meets with failure where ho
had expected success.
The truth, is, men will not listen to
the reading of a president’s message;
neither will they hear nor heed the
announcement of comparative sta
tistics. These things they con read
with profit and pleasure in their
own homes, at their own times and
in their own way. When they get
together in a public assemblage the
resultant contact develops the ani
mal in them. They are exhilarated,
nervous, full of magnetism, restless
and in anticipation .of something
that will give them an opportunity
to “uncork themselves.” The man
who can supply this want is the suc
cessful convention orator. He may
accomplish it in various ways and
by interesting methods, but he must
adhere to the one principle of direct
ness and clearness.
He must be brief and bright, strong
in lung power and distinct in enuncia
tion. These qualities bring relief to
the overstrained nerves and sensibil
ities of a vast audience, and the re
flected magnetism thereafter carries
forward together the orator and the
listener.—St. Louis Republic.
Smokeataoks for Ten Blocks.
It. is • wonder that a big corpora
tion has not been formed before now
to build smokestack^ for general use.
Immense chimneys might be built,
say one for every ten blocks, and the
smoke from all the furnaces, stoves
and private and public heating ap
paratus be diverted to them by means
of pipes laid under ground. This
system, if carried into effect, would
give every manufacturer and user
of coal better draft than his smoke
stacks give him no v, because they
would be built higher.
If they were all constructed high
enough they would carry the smoke
into the upper currents, where it
would be blown into the clouds, or
at least far away from the city. This
scheme may look like a big and ex
pensive one to undertake, hut I don’t
think it anymore chimerical than
cold storage or pneumatic tubes for
commercial use.—St. Louis Globe-
Democrat.
W. BO*D, A COSBECTOlt ON
THE GEORGIA It All,llOAD,
Knocked Down nnd nebbed-The As-
snilnnts An mill nl I.nrge, But
Bleed Hennds Are en
Tbelr Track.
Special to tlio IlKiui.ii.
Atlanta, Nov. 26.—G. W. Boyd, con
ductor on the Georgia Railroad aooom-
modatlon train between here and Cov
ington, was knooked down and robbed
at Covington last night.
After leaving his train ho started
home. He was found later in an un-
conscions state and badly wounded.
His money and railroad tickets were
missing. He is still unconscious.
Chief Connelly, of this city, sent
blood hounds down to-day to track the
attempted murderer.
I WOULDN’T BE CROSS.
Skunks, Locomotives and Superstition.
A locomotive engineer remarks
that he never made a run in his life
at night that he did not strike sev
eral skunks. For some reason the
skunks are attracted to the railroad
track, and when the locomotive thun
ders along at night the rays of the
headlight blind the little pests, and
they are ground to death under the
wheels of the iron horse. Tho entire
train crew immediately knows it
when a skunk has been struck. Most
engineers are very superstitious and
have a “sign” about skunks. If they
run a long time at night without
striking one they believe an accident
is due.—Atchison Globo.
Chinese Punishment for Murder.
In China, according to Mr. Jesse
Herbert, late legal adviser to the
government of south China, and pro
fessor of law in the University of
Canton, officials are held responsible
for the conduct of the community.
If a son has murdered his father; not
only is the murderer cut in pieces,
but the house is pulled down and the
ground dug up to a depth of about
six feet. All the neighbors, moreover,
are punished, the boy’s head master
is beheaded, the magistrate loses his
place and the higher officials are re
duced three degrees in rank.
Mr. C. W. Davis, of Kansas, who
passed through Atlanta the other day,
gave the Constitution an interesting
ftalk about the feeling on the
part of tjhe farmers toward the
Hatch anti-option bill. Mr. Davis
says it is a measure for which the
farmers are clamoring, and if defeated
in the present Senate be says it is cer
tain to be passed by the Fifty-thirfl
Congress.
I wouldn’t bo cross, dear, It’s never worth
wlihos
Disarm tho voxatlon by wearing a smile.
Let hap a disaster, a trouble, a loss,
Just meet the thing boldly, and never be crons.
1 wouldn’t bo cross, doar, with people at home,
They lovo you ao fondly, whatever may oomo.
You may count ou tho kinsfolk around you to
stand,
Oh, loyally true la a brotherly band!
Bo, since tho tine gold far exceoduth tho dross,
1 wouldn’t be cross, dear, I wouldu’t be cross.
I wouldn’t be cross with a stranger, ah, nol
To tho pilgrims we meqt on the life path we
owe
This kiudness to give them good cheer aa they
pass,
To clear out the flint stones, and plant the soft
gross.
No, dear, with a stranger, In trial or loss,
I perchance might bo silent—I wouldn’t be
oross. r
No bitterness sweetens, no sharpness may heal,
Tho wound which tho soul la ton proud to re
veal.
No envy hath peace; by a fret nnd a Jar
The boautlfiul work of your bauds we may
mar.
Let happen what may, dear, of trouble and
loss,
I wouldn’t be cross, love, 1 wouldn't be cross.
—M. E. Sungster in Harper's Young People.
Mooney of tho Doon,
A story is told of a gentleman in
tho King’s county who died only the
other.day full of years nnd honors.
Whon Mr. Mooney of ' *‘the doon”
paid his first visit to London very
long ago—perhaps in the forties—ho
found himself with a checkbook, but
no cash, and to put an end to the
situation he turned into a well known
bank, filled up a check and'presented
it to tho cashier, who told him that
ho would be delighted to pay it if
properly indorsed or if he were
pouched for by one of their clients.
This could not be done offhand,
and Mr. Mooney, who was quite a
personage in his county, represent
ing a fair estato and a good family,
added, “But I’m Mooney of the
doon I” However, the coshior, who
in his way was a wit, regretted that
he did not know such a gentleman,
and that even if he were “Dooney or
the moon” he could not comply with
his request.—London World.
Working on • Case Nine Months.
The Stony Creek murder case de
veloped into a fine piece of reporto-
rial work. A man had been murdered
and put on the traok so that a train
might ran over him. The train did
run over him and the jury brought
in a verdict of accidental death. The
reporters who investigated the event
brought in a different verdict. Their
investigations led therii to conclude
that the man was dead when the
train passed over his body. Of this
theory the police took %io notice.
Wilbur M. Bates,' a reporter, got em
ployment as station agent at Stony
Creek. Ike White, another reporter,
a man who identified Noroross, Rus
sell Sage’s dynamiter, assisted Bates
in his investigation. They worked
on the case for'nine months, Bates
acting all that time as station agent
The man who committed the mur
der was convicted, sentenced and
died in prison.—New York World.
A DrNa Bargain.
Wife —Oh, such a bargain! I
reached Big, Drive & Co.’s ahead of
the crowd this morning, and got
enough stuff for a perfectly elegant
dress.for $1.00.
Husband—Hoopla I You’re an an
gel I What will it cost to get it
made up?
Wife—’Bout thirty dollars.—New
York Weekly.
Flies May Spread Dlieate.
Scientists have advanced the the
ory that smallpox is sometimes con
voyed by flies which bite a stricken
one first, and next alighting on a
healthy body inoculate it with the
disease.—Stockton Mail.
8AVED BY A MONSTER TURTLE.
Bemarkabl. Experience of » Driver in
We*tern New York State.
When i was nine years old I en
gineered a pair of mules on the Erie
canal. That was fifty years ago.
Well, the terror of the whole trip
was Rome swamp, as it was vulgar
ly called. Well do I remember
when this jungle was filled with
panthers, and how wo boys would hur
ry up or soldier to avoid passing the
dreaded jungle in the night.
Onie, when it came my turn to
pass the ordeal, X braced myself up
for the occasion, mounted my mule
and went to Bleep on her bank with
a big sheep skin under me. When
well into tho junglo I was suddenly
awakened by a soream or roar,
which mado both mules jump into
the canal—the proper namo should
he bayou, or something of that sort.
Well, when I awoke from my fright
I found myself being oorriod away
by a panther, one of the largest of
her species ever found so far in the
world, measuring eight feot from
nose to ramp, with a tail six feet
long. I was in a terrible fix. Whon
I recovered consciousness I found 1
was in her den in the junglo and
four young cubs playing with me—
i. e., giving me a rap with their
paws, something like a kitten playing
with a mouse. I was terribly fright
ened and thought my last moment
had come, but us. the old girl seomod
to have plenty to oat she used me
quite well and I played with tho
cubs, watching every opportunity to
make my escape.
One night her ladyship went on
another raid. In the meantime I
had looked about for an opening to
inako my escape, and was horrified
to seo lie skeletons and hones lying
around. The panther could not
have picked out a bottor place than
the ono where harden was located,
whioh was in a small -island about
fifty feot in circumference, sur
rounded by black, filthy water. But
as she hod gone I thought I would
go, too, so I plunged into tho water
on tho opposite sido from whero she
usually came and went, and swam
for dear life. The bayou was much
wider than I had anticipated, and I
thought I would never get to land
again. When about to give up all
hope I came to some hard substance,
and tried hard to got on top of it, but
as soon as I began to climb onto tho
object it began moving and I began
to sink in the mud and quicksands.
I made one desperate effort for life
and was fortunato enough to catch
hold of a monster turtle's tail, and
the way ho started for tho shoro was
a delightful surprise, for ho landed
me in good shapo. By tho way, this
turtle was tho largest oyer seen In
the jungle bayou, being six feet
across the hock. Well) after being
in the swamp or junglo for five long
days I finally came out more dead
than olive, and for six long weeks I
was under a loving mother’s care,
who succeeded in bringing mo
around all O. K Every word of ttye
above is truth, which can be proved
by any old canalor.—Cor. American
Field. .
Tinnjnon and Intruder*.
Once every, year the park atFar-
ringford was thrown open to all
comers. The Freshwater flower show
was held there in August, hut Ten
nyson did not appear on this occa
sion. | He left the management of
the aitair and the duties of host to
his son Hallam, who for years acted
as his father's secretary and oonfl-
dant. There is a good deal to he said
in support of the resentment Ten
nyson showed to intruders.—Cor.
Boston Herald.
Richardson was driven heck on
sentiment as the only Dote which
could arrest the attention of his read
ers, and tho only motif those readers
could understand.
CREMATION GROWS IN FAVOR.
rite Number of Bodies Burned. Increases
Koch Year.
It is only-eleven years since the
formation of the Now -York Crema
tion society, the first institution of
the kind in the United States, and
not until the year'1885. was the first
operative crematory established, yet
there are now in various parts of the
Btatos nearly a score of these incin
erators in more or less continuous
servico. The number of cremations
Which have been conducted each
year in one of these temples in Buf
falo gives a fair idea of the progress
whioh tho sentiment in favor of this
method is making. During 1886 8
bodies were incinerated, and in each
successive year to tjie end of 1891 tho
numbers were respectively 17,16,23.
80 and 87.
A society formed after tho organ
ization of the pioneer sooioty has re
duced to ashes since tho year 1885
upward of 750 todies. The process,
as carried out at ono of their princi
pal temples, is os follows: Tho fur
nace is of firebrick throughout, and
separated into two distinct compart
ments. The body is placed in a cham
ber directly above that in whioh tho
fuel is consumed. Tho bottoms of
the retorts aro solid, but the sides
and ends are pierced with holos,
through which the heated air of the
furnaco has direct acooss to tho body,
while tho flames aro not permitted
to approach it.
Tho heat of tho retort soon liberates
everything volatile in tho body, and
these emanations are conducted
through another highly boated cham
ber, and thus rendered odorless and-
absolutely innocuous boforo they
pass to tho chimney which forms
their moans of ogress to the air. The
time taken up in reducing a body to
ashes deponds somewhat jipon tho
3ize and condition of tho person when
ilivo. In this furnace it is about two
hours; in many othors it is nlittlo
over an hour. Tho fuel used is coal,
and In five or six hours from tho
starting of tho fires a temperature of
from 2,000 to 2,500 degs. Fahrenheit
can bo obtained.
In this temple everything possible
has been done to mitigate tho sad
ness of the lust ritual. Tho temple
is built of dark brown sandstone,
and its squaro tower and deep slant
ing roof aro covered witli ivy and
surrounded by sloping lawns. The
chancel and navo are artistically
carved and decorated, and tho win
dows aro of rich stainod glass. The
incinoratlon takes place privately
after tho funeral service, nnd tho
ashes nro delivered to the under
taker to he disposed of as tho family
may direct, or they may be left at
the crematory.—Pittsburg Dispatch-
High Healed Shoe*.
. The streets of the old city of Ven
ice were often extremely thick in
mud, in Bpite of the great sewers
which dated from the Tenth century.
Even now, with hut 60,000 or 70,000
inhabitants, the thoroughfares be
tween the Piazza and the Rialto are
sometimes sufficiently bad. We are
writing of the time when the popula
tion was nearly five times what it
now is, and when Venetian trade
Men’s Hats
There are only two kinds of
hats—the good and the bad. Per
haps it will be on the tip of your
tongue to say that there Is a third
variety, the “indifferent.” Not at
all.
The “indifferent” hat is a bad;
hat, and only the indifferent man
will wear it.
With nothing short of a good
hat will any
Sensible Head!
be satisfied. All the properties
life demand it; nothing but <
tricity will tolerate anything a
We sell no hats that are no
really good, and the figures that
we quote are so low that you ne
not think twice about huyii
For instance, we are, offer
latest shape tourist “crush
iii.50, $2.50 and $3.00.
We are acknowledged lea
our special lines. When yn
to dress correctly call and
Yours t^uly,
1 MUSE &
Dinner tables and conversaziones
are the places for wit, humor and
brilliant talks and general bonhomie
between the guests. The funny or
droll man in society is not the ele
gant gentleman.
General George G. Meade wore
glasses and was speedily dubbed
“Four Eyed George" from that and
from the fact that he was keen and
quick and very little escaped his ob
servation.
At York, Pa., in the orchard of
Simeon Muchler, there is a tree that
annually bears a crop of three differ
ent kinds of fruit—pears, peaches
and apples.
By the code a Chinese boy under
sikteen cannot ha punished. What
Chinese do is to pop him into prison
and keep him there until ho is sixteen.
It seems that~the Gober investiga
tion will end in smoke, and that the
defendant will be exoneratd. Glenn
and Maddox, the memorializers have
withdrawn from the prosecution,
charging the committee with partial
ity-
Beading the Lines at the Wrist*
The rascetto or magic bracelet is,
according to authorities on palmistry,
to be found at the base of the hand,
and forms the line or lines which
mark the junction of hand and wrist.
One such line, if unbroken, deep and
strongly marked, is supposed to fore
tell a happy life and to indicate calm
ness of disposition; if the line is
chained—that is, crossed and re
crossed by numerous small lines—tho
indication is of a life of labor... Two
such lines indicate happiness and
long life, while three form the magic
bracelet, adding great riches to the
other blessings. The addition of the
third line to the other two is rare.
Desbaroles, tho great authority on
palmistry, found it in only three
cases, in all of which the outward in
dications seemed to confirm the
omen.—Exchange.
Some of the pdllticians are protest
ing against Mr. Cleveland’s outspoken
hints to the office-seekers who have
been hot on his trail ever since No
vember 8th. It is time to put a stop to
this grandest of farces in American
politics. Our office-seekers would do
well to read “Put yourself 1 in his
place.”
Try Hot Glihcolnte and Cream with
Cake at Kn. I.kbkn'b Beautiful Fount.
heeled shoes.
stilts without handles.
to be supported on both sides.
society.—National Review.
Can* fa* VtmnuuM,
In connection with the water and
sir cures for nervous patients cer
tain respiratory and muscular exer
cises are advantages, and may, in
certain advanced stages of the dis
ease, he applied passively by massage
and similar operations. Among other
things gardening and other occupa
tions in the open air are of great
benefit. Unhappily, in the large
cities, where the majority of the par
tients live, there are only a few so
fortunately situated as to he able to
enjoy such employment to any con
siderable extent. ,
Those who are able to go clear into
the country and work fit the fields
and woods in the sweat of their
brows will perhaps, if they are pru
dent and other conditions are favor
able, effect a happy cure of their
nervous disorders.—Dr. Bilsinger in
Popular Science Monthly.
Melody end Music.
Melody was the beginning and ever
will he the essence of music through
all ages. The Greeks based their
melody on the totrachord system,
which they may have copied from
the natural melody in human speech,
Gregorian chants, Protestant hymn
tunes, many national melodies and
other musical themes are based on
natural melody in human speech.
Exchange.
Max Cassell 6c Mister
Have opened at their new stand, No.
80 Broad street, the finest stock of mil
linery and ladies’ notions ever brought
t9 Albany. An experienced hat dress
er in our millinery department. Call
on ui. Max Cabbel & Sisteii.
d v w-Om.
Try the Hot BeverngcB served at Le-
ben’s Beautiful Fount. 10-27tf.
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CECIL GABBETT,
Oenerulltl ii Milder-
Notice to Debtors and Creditors
STATE OF GEORGIA—DOVOIIEHTY County.
All persons having demands against .lames
Weiss, deceased, late of said county, are hereby
notified and required to present them, properly
attested, to tho undersigned within the time
prescribed by law, nnd all persons indebted to
said deceased are hereby required to make im
mediate payment to the undersigned. Thin
Sept. 1st, 1802. 0. WESSOLOW - K V,
-10*17-2mos Administrator.
THE PALACE SALOON
WASHINGTON STREET,
Under New Management.
MORRIS ROSENTHAL
Respectfully announces to his friends
and the public generally that he- now has
charge of the Palace Saloon, ou Wash
ington street, and will keep always ou
hand the
Finest of Wine, Liters. Cigar:, Etc,
BILLIARD AND POOL TABLl'.S.
LUNCHES at all hours. Warm lunch
to ou customers daily from io to 12
o'clock*..
We study to please, and gentlemen can
always find something good to r.it, drink
and smoke at the Palace S Call
on us. MORRIS ROSENTHAL,
my 17.-3m Munaget.