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SAVANNAH FURNITURE CO.,
DEALERS IN
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Clocks, Baby Carriages and
Window Shades.
Special attention paid to our country friends.
13V Congress Street,
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m. 6. BURKS, Manager.
Mexican
Mustang
Liniment.
A Cure for rhe Ailments of Man
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A long tested pain reliever.
Its use is almost universal by the Housewife, the
Farmer, the S'ock Raiser, and by every or.e
requiring an eii'ective liniment.
No other applicition compares with it in efficacy.
This well-known remedy has stood the test of
years, almost generations.
No medicine chest is complete without a bottle of
Mustang Liniment.
Occasions arise for its use almost every day.
All druggists and dealers have it
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STATESBORO, GA., THU I I Y, FEBRUARY 18, 189«.
THE FARMER.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES'
; One year, in adv.-nce... $1.00
i S!x month 1 , in advance .60
A(1v. rtising rates made known on ap
piieaton.
O Hilary notices 6 cents per line.
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Entered at the Statesboro, Ga., post
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THE FARMER.
Is published at Statesboro, Bullock
county, Georgia, on every Thursday, at
one dollar a year. Statesboro is the
couuty site, and situated in a fine farm
> n g section. Bullock has a population
of about 10.000, three-fourths of whom
are white people. It is admitted that it
is the best farming county in Southeas
Georgia. It is solidly Democratic, being
known as the “Banner County.” The
fa ™ cr » ind “ us aad enterprising
and each year adds to the wealth and
population of the county.
Statesboro is connected by railroad
with the C. R. R. at Dover, and a per¬
manent boom has struck our town, and a
new era dawns upon our people.
The Farmer is the official organ of
the county, and has a large and increas¬
ing circulation. Its aim is to aid all
things that tend to the advancement of
the people and the upbuilding of the
county. As an advertising medium
The Farmer cannot be excelled. The
merchants of Savannah, Augusta and
elsewhere, get trade from the county
and the city merchants, as well as the
county merchants, will find it to their
advantage to advertise their businesa in
the columns of The Farmer.
We keep on hand, for sale at low
prices. Justice Court Summons, Execu¬
tions, Blank Deeds, Mortgages, Ac.
Job woik of all kinds neatly, beauti¬
fully and promptly done, at prices that
will compare with city prices, such as
Letter Head“ Bill Heads. Ac.
BULLOCH COURT DIRECTORY
Judge Superior Court — R. L. Gam¬
ble, Jr.
Solicitor General— B. D. Evans, Jr.
Clerk —J. E. C. Tillman.
Sheriff—S. J. Williams.
Court convenes the fourth Mondays is
April and October.
Ordinary—A. R. Lanier. Court first
Monday in each rnoDth.
Tax Collector— Francis Akiss.
Tax Receiver—W. B. Akins.
Treasurer —George R. Beasley.
Coboner —D. C. Proctor.
County Surveyor —R. H. Cone.
JUSTICE COURTS.
Forty-fourth (Sink Hole—John Rush¬
ing, J. P., Green P. O. Court, first Sat¬
urdays.
Forty-fifth (Club House) —Goo. Trap
roll. J. P., Mett-r P. O.; Joshua Everett,
N. P., Excelsior P. O. Court, second
Saturdays.
Forty-sixth (Lockhart)—R. F. String¬
er, J. P., Rocky Ford P. O.; H. M La
nii-r, Saturdays. N. P., Endicott^P. O. Court, firs
Forty-seventh (Briar Patch)—U. M
Davis, J. P., Ivanhoc P. O.; C. A. 8<>r
riei, N. P., Areola P. O. Court, fourth
Saturdays.
Forty-e ghth (Hagins)—J. G. Chitty,
J. P., Milt Ray P. ().; W. H. McLe-n,
N. P., Mill Ray P. O. Court, second
Saturdays.
Twelve hundred and ninth (Bute*boro)
—W. R. Akins, J. P., Statesboro P. O.;
J. B. Lee, N. P., Statesboro P. O. Court,
Mondays.
Thirteen hundred and twentieth (Las
ton)—Madison Lanier, J. P., Blits P. O.;
E. W. Cowart, N. P., l.ocky Ford P. O.
Court first Fridays.
Thirteen hundred and fortieth (Bay)—
John Donaldson, J. P.. Harvill* P. O.;
Samuel Harville, N. P. Enal, Ga,, P.O.
Court, third Saturdays.
Women Make Poor Smugglers.
Mrs. Weltman, aCustoins Inspectress,
says than women they smugglers few are less numerous It
now were u years ago.
is rather moro difficult for them to cheat
the Government tliun most pe-oplo think,
and if uny contraband are brought into
this country without toils being paid upon
then they are of very little vuluo. We
can toll iu a minute whether a woman
passenger has any valuables concealed
about her person, because women are
nervous and give themselves away. I
cun easily pick out a women who his
some taxable property concealed i.bo it
her. No matter how experienced site
may bo, she becomes flustered if a pene¬
trating look is aimed at her dress. She
colors up and acts as if she were ill at
ease.
“It is a funny thing, but true, that a
female smuggler can bo detected by
gluucing at her feet and then looking
suddenly up into her face, if she has
diamonds, laces or any sm ggled articles
coneealed about her she will turn all the
colors of the rainbow. If not she sim ply
looks ot you inquiringly and then at her
feef. The story printed the other day
about a woman smuggling $30,000 worth
of diamonds in the beak of a pelican is ah
rot. The very fuct that a woman had
such a pet and cared for it, as she
naturally would in view of its value,
would excite suspicion, and then a
thorough investigation would follow."—
(St. Louis Globe-Deinocrat.
THROUdfl DIXIE.
NEWS OF THE SOUTH BRIEFLY
PARAGRAPHED
Forming an Epitome of Daily
Happenings Here and There.
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A. II. Leonard Monday formally
accepted the Louisiaia. republican nomination fot
governor of
Fifty-three horst# ijxlngton, at W oedward and
Shanklies’s sale in Ky, Mon¬
day, brought $158,186, an average ol
$2,057.
The Mississippi Hftuse of representa¬
tives, on Tu sdny, passed a bid appro
printing $64 200 a year for pensions for
di atilt ti confederati-iv idiers.
The world’s fat* commissioners fot
d Norih ed McPhteters, Carolina huvcyj'poiritea olFta eigh, as Miss the Mtt- rep¬
resentative of that s3ate at the inaugura¬
tion of the world’s fair.
The meeting of the committee having
charge of the reorganizcg of tho 8- uth
Carolina railway was held in Now York
Monday. New secoe 1 mortgage 6 per
cent, twenty-yeara-gold bonds will be
issued.
A dispatch from Coai Creek says the
miners attacked t\;e garrison Sunday
Diaht, and fighting at long range follow¬
ed for twenty miuutes, with no casual¬
ties on part of the garrison. All quiet at
the latest reports.
A business block in Memphis. Teuu.,
bounded by Main, Union. Second and
Monroe streets, in the heart of the dry
goods district of the city, was destroyed
by fire Monday. The loss will reach
$1,000,090. No lives were lost.
A Chattanooga dispatch of road Saturday deals,
says: In tho recent Belt
Charley J. James managed to scoop in
$100,000 for his share of the spot's. He
managed to get out yf the company, and
many peop !e are curious to know what he
made in th e game.
A Knoxville dispatch says: The new
union trust company h -Ids a mortgage
on the Knoxville electric railway for some
$350,000. On Saturday the trust com¬
pany filed a bill in the fed-Tal court ask¬
ing a receiver, declaring that the com¬
pany is insolvent, as it had defaulted its
interest on the bonds.
A dispatch from Dallas, Tex., says: On
Saturday the commissioners’ court of Dal¬
las county filed suit against Harry Broth¬
ers, hardware dealers, in the sum ol
$100,000, damages sustained in the burn¬
ing of the Dallas county courthouse in
January, 1890, caused by a defective
heating apparatus put in the building by
the defendants.
Wednesday A Chattanooga, About Tenn., thirty dispatch the ol
says: of
creditors of the Etna Coal and
to the __ T53^*tiine _ in
grant company
which to pay its debts, it be'ng shown
that the company could ultimately pay
all of its indebtedness. The company
will pay the interest on its debt at once.
A Memphis, Tenn., dispatch of Tues¬
day says; The total loss by Monday
night’s fire, as far as known at pre-ent, is
at least nine hundred and tweoty thous¬
and dollars, and the number of smaller
losses yet to be reported will make the
loss reach $1,000,000. Of the insurance
on the in buildings totally and destroyed, $748,
000 is foreign, $95,000 in local
companies.
A Dallas, Texas, dispatch says: About
two hundred and fifty subtreasury Far¬
mers’ Alliance democrats from all over tho
state met in the city hall Wed¬
nesday. The purpose of the assembly
was to take steps towards the organiza¬
tion of what this branch of the demo¬
cratic party in Texas pronounces “J. ffer
son an democracy,” or a government of
the people, by the people and for the
people.
A Dallas, Texas, dispatch fays: A
case of very gn at importance to the
commercial world was decided in tho
district court of Dallas county Monday.
It has been held by the supreme court at
one time, tha the effects of a non resi¬
lient in the hands of a custodian were
not subject to garnishment. In th’s case
the plaintiff and defendant were both
non-residents, but the jury found a ver¬
dict for the plaintiff and gave him the
effects of 'h-- defendant which were held
by the custodian under garnishment.
This definitely settles hat question.
SENSATIONAL STATEMENTS
Which Places Some Leading Alliance*
men in a Compromising Position.
WYdmsflay The Chicago Inter Ocean published
a two-column expose of
what that paper {claims as a scheme
whereby the NitioBal cordage trust,
through connivance with a num¬
ber tempting of leading Alliance officials, is at¬
to get control not oflly of a'l the
present alliance stores in the country, but
4,000 edditional ones the trust proposes
starting. Smtements are made by D. M.
Fullwiler, business agent for the alliance
in Illinois; E. E. Whipple, of the
Whipple harrow. St. J.-hns, Michigan,
and William Deering and Sons, of
C.iicago, that place certain prom
ineut alliance leaders in a compromising
position. It is claimed that the National
Union Company Louis is preparing to capture
the St. conference on the 22d arid
get an endorsement. This will be strong¬
ly opposed of the by many alliancemen and
some strongest papers in the
organization could whom i the National Union
people from not control. A special re¬
port Dun’s egency is published
showing that on October 28, 1891, the
company had not made a satisfactory
showing. II. H. Baich, the president,
is charged with being a former lobbyist
f r the Nntional (fordage Company at
Washington.
DOUBLE DEFINED.
Tommy—What lls a “running ao
count?” Pa says | it’s an account mer¬
chants have to ke ip of their customers
that are in the ha it of running away
from paying their dlls.
Uncle—That’s o e definition of it.
Tommy—Is Uncle—Yes. thei§ another?
A running aocount is,
iu some instances, an accouut that gets
tired out running a ’ter a while, and then
it becomes a stand lg obligation.—[Bos¬
ton Courier.
TRADE NOTES.
Status of Business for Past Week as
Reported by Dun & Co.
Business failures occurring through¬
out the country during the week ended
February 5, as reported to It. G. Dun &
Co., number for the United Stit s 273,
Canada 46, total 819; against 297 the
wei k previous.
In spite of much dullness nnd com¬
plaint in some important brunches, trade
is gradually enlarging. The east do-s
not show the full benefit, because the
western business is largely me' by west
e n increasing distributing centers, and that a>one
is heavily, while the southern
irade, which is more largely met by dis
tribution from the east, is unusually dull.
But the west la steadily increa ing or¬
ders for manufactured products, nnd is
okely to buy more largely in the matt
five months thau ever before. The east¬
ern consumption is also fairly up to the
maximum, as labor is well employed.
OVERPRODUCTION AND SPECULATION.
The stringency at the south owmg to
the ov rproductiou of cotton and huriful
speculation in the past is at present the.
•nly force retarding the gener.il improve¬
ment. In tiuuncia! and speculative cir
cies, nevertheless, some apprehension
appears because of the advance in foieign
exchange from 486 to 487, in spite of
enormous merchandise balances in favor
f this couniry. It is argued that this
shows a very heavy withdrawal of foreign
capital from the country, because silver
legist tion is feared, or for some other
reason, and that in effect Europe will pay
for hreadstuils and cotton needed by sur¬
rendering If titles to American property.
so, this country can fairly well afford
to own Itself. There is considerable evi¬
dence that large b ocks of Americnn
securities are being sold at New York by
foreigners, them but the nr-rket lias taken
without serious disturbance.
THE TRADES IN THE STAPLES.
At Philadelphia mote orders are seen
business for manufactured in dry goods, iron, especially and increased
dress goods being sold in advance, staples,
far
while wool is quiet with a fair volume of
sales. Ci’ar manufacturers are busy and
trade in groceries and chemicals un¬
changed. Speculation in products has
been more nctive, but in spite of the
abundance of money the tendency of
prices is lower. Wheat fell to 99f cents
but recovered over a cent, and after
sabs of 33,000,000 bushels, is 1 cent
lower than a week ago. Western re¬
ceipts diminish, but exports diminish
still more. Corn closed only an eighth
higher and oats three-eights higher, but
pork Is products are a shade lower. Cotton
a sixteenth lower for spot and Febru¬
ary has sold below 7 cents, receipts con¬
tinuing enormous. Coffee is a fraction
stronger. ,
Silver has alscf fallen to about the low¬
est price ever^iiotcd, 41.56 pence per
ounce, r
*-tflreat industries make progress in spite
of low prices and production, which
seem to threaten a reaction.
Philadelphia, Pig iron shows little concession at
and some shading at New
York by southern concerns, and bar is as
dull os ever, at a liuht demand for plates.
Structural iron is unsettled by a collapse
of the steel beam combination, and the
price has fall' n to 2i cents.
The boot and shoe busin< ss is getting
better, with more orders, but in some
cases tivity prices are shaded a little; more ac¬
is seen in dry goods and a large
number of western buyers arc doing a fair
business. Demand for spring goods is
dark. giowing, but Clothiers are still in the
Cottons are effected by poor
southern Irade, but prices of s -me priuts
and sheetings have been advanced, and
orders for knit goods are fully as large as
v year ago.
COTTON LOSSES BY FIRE.
An Interesting Letter to the New
Orleans Cotton Exchange.
President Walter C. Fioner, of the
New Orleans cotton exchange, has ad¬
dressed a letter which has been published,
to the collector of the port of New Or¬
leans, in answer to a circular letter of ihe
treasury department seut to all cotton
ports, calling attention to the impropriety
of baled cotton, and the losse by cotton
fires, and directing that the reports be
m :dc for prosecutions <>f all violations
of the law. President Flower, in a long
array of statistics, shows that out oi
20,000,000 bales of cotton received at
New Orleans in the last ten years, only
35,000 bales wero fire partly losses damaged. He
says cotton from
nil causes since 1882 were only
$509,000 out of $1,000,000,000 of
total value, equal to $1 in $2,000.
AN OPINION ON BEER.
A Montana Judge Holds that it is
Not a Spirituous Liquor.
Helena, According to a decision rendered at
Mont., Saturday, by Judge
Knowles, United States district judge,
beer original is not a ruling spirituous by federal liquor. This is
an a court on
this subject. Of the state courts that
have passed upon the question, those of
New llamshire, West Virginia and Ten¬
nessee have agreed with the judge’s ruling,
while the court of North Carolina and
one in New York have held to the con
trary. The case on trial w>s that of a
man who sold a bottle of beer to on In¬
dian on the Crow r. gervalion. He was
discharged. The federal statute provide
a penalty for selling ephituous liquor or
wine to Indians on the re«crvnttn i
GARZA STILL ON DECK
And Giving Trouble on Both Sides
the Rio Grande.
A Washington telegram of Saturday
says: The Garza movement along the
Mexican border is giving the officials
the war department considerable trouble
just at present. No secret is made
their disappointment in tho American that territory, Garzi is and
nt large confined
that his operations cannot be
exclusively to Mexican territory. Garza
and his followers uto knowu to have re¬
ceive 1 aid and sympathy from the Mexi¬
can residents in the vicinity of
Grande, and the fact that the Uniter
States troops are unable to capture tht
revolutionists is, in a 1 irge measure, at
tributed to the deception practiced upon
them by these people.
COTTON FIGURES.
The Government's February Crop Re¬
port.
The February cotton report of the sta¬
tistician of llie department of agricul
ture the quality, relates to the the yield proportion of lint, marketed, the close
of the picking season, the losses
by insect", and the price of s<ed.
Tho proportion sent from the p’ant.-i
ti: ns, as estimated by the reporters and
accurately consolidated, is as follows:
V rgioia, 80; North Carolina, 82; South
Carolina, 90;- Georgia, 92; FI- rida, 92;
Alabama, 9i; Mississippi, 88; Tmuc-’sce, Louisiana,
87; Texas, 85; Arkansas, 88;
89; Missouri, 88. G neral average, 88.3
per cent.
COMPARED WITH LAST YEAU’S.
The returns of coinpati-ons w-th the
ci op of last year arc: Virginia 78; North
Carolina, 79; South Carolina, 82; G or
gta, 85; Florida, 84', Alabama, 92; M ; s
sia ip;d, 90; Lowi-nina, 99; Texa-, Dt7;
Aaraausas, 81; Temu-sie-, 91; Missouri,
tic., 90; general average, 94 3 per cent.
The returns are rein rkably consistent,
HS their indicated results vary by less
than one per c>n\, mdica : n« a.c-op oi
abour half a mil-ion bales short of that
-1 1890. The October reports of the
two > ears make an almost identieal dif
trrence. Hose reports are submitted
without e minent.
THE CLOSE OF rtCKINO.
The estimate of the average time of the
c’ose of picking is, by states: Yirg nia,
December 11; North Carolina, Deci tu¬
ber 10; South Carolina, December 8;
Geo-g a, December 4; Fmridn, Novem
hi r 20; Alabama, December 2; Missis¬
sippi, December 10; Louisiana, Decem¬
ber 12; Texas, December 4; Arkansas,
December 12; Tennessee, December 12;
Missouri, December 18.
THE QUALITY GOOD. for
The quality is the highest many
years; the staple is medium and some¬
what short; the class excellent, and uni¬
versally fne from trash.
THE FRICE OF SEED.
The low price of cotton, and tho dis¬
appointment in money returns, have led
to ix large sale of seed to the oil mills at
prices somewhat reduced, as follows:
Virginia, 14 cents per bushel; North
Carolina, 14; South Carolina, 14.5;
Georgia, 14.5; Florida, 14; alabttma, 13;
Mississippi, 12; Louisiana, 11; Texas,
11; Arkansas, 11; Tennessee, 18; Mis¬
souri, etc., 11.
Ou the Atlantic coast the larger use of
seed for fertilization makes a relatively
high price. The iocses from insects were
> ot very terh-uS, nud were mainly con¬
fined to the gulf coast states. The boll
worms were nearly ns destructive as the
catt miliars.
BLAINE NOT IN IT.
It- Wri t
identlal Nomination.
A Washington dispatch of Sunday says:
Blaine is out of it, and will not be a can¬
didate nomination. for the He republican written presidential letter to
has a
Chairman C’arkson, of tho republican
national committee, staling that his name
would not be presented to the conven
tion.
THE LETTER IN FULL.
Washington, February 6.—Hon. J. S.
Clarkson, chairman of the Republican
national committee—Dear Sir: I am not
a candidate for the presidency, and my
name will not go before the Republican
national convention for the nomination.
L make this announcement in due season.
To thosa who htve tendered me their
support I owe sincere thanks, and am
most grateful for their confidence. They
will, I am sure, make earnest efforts in
the approaching contest, which is ren¬
dered specially important by reason of
the industrial and financial po-icies of the
government being at stake. Tho popular
decision of these issues is of great mo¬
ment and will be of far reaching conse¬
quence. Very sincerely yours,
James G. Blaine.
BLAINE DENIES
The Report that He Will Go Out of the
Cabinet.
A dispatch that has been going the rounds would
to the effect James G. Blaine
soon cease to be secretary of state, and
that bis announcing nt of withdrawal
In m the presidents! this contest interesting was but the
pn lude to and equally an
nou' cement.
A Washington telegram of Wednesday
says: Secretary Blaine’s attention wus
called to a story telegraphed from Wash¬ that
ington nnd printed in some papers
h>-will shortly retire from the cabinet.
Mr. SZ ne promptly and emphatically
said. z i he story is false. There is ah
solutely no truth in it."
Keep Warm.
More of the philosophy of health in
that trite proscription than most heroic people
think. Some folks regard clothing. it as It would to
I o without sufficient
o a good deal more heroic wretch to provide who
warm clothes for some poor
hasn't unv to speak of But to return.
No matter how little in tho way of wrap¬
pings we might have got along with ii
wo had grown up iu Patagonia or Kamt
clritka, tho fact is that wo require suf.
ficient clothing to pre.vent discomfort.
That which we call a ‘‘chill” is a shock,
and must be an injury to tho health.
The mysterious and multitudinous pro*
cesses constantly working in the human
system qro hampered ana interfered with
by exposure to cold.
The first and most important part of
tho dress is the underwear. Backed up
it must be, of course, with suitable and
sufficient other layers of apparel, but the
sensitive skin is most influenced by that
which lies next to it. Upon underclothing, the quality
and character of tho
health and comfort very largely depend.
It should bo soft, porous, elustic, not too
tight, made of pure and clean material
and clmrfged often enough to mako it a
means of exit, by absorption und evapo¬
ration, of all tho exudations of the skin.
It should he thick enough mode to proteol of life
front cold according to the
of the wearer and the de ■gree of exposure
to which he is subjecte a, underwear some men than re¬
quiring much heavier
others in the same climate.—[The Men’s
Outfitter.
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38.
SLUMBERING SONG,
The mill goes toiling slowly around,
With steady and solemn creak-,
And ray little one hears in the kindly sound
The voice of the old mill speak;
While round and round those big white wing
Grimly and ghostlike ereop,
My little one hears that the oil mill sings,
'•Sleep, little tulip, sleept”
Tho sails are reefed and the nets are drawn.
And, over his pot of b jer.
The Asher, against tho morrow’s dawn,
Lustily maketh cheer
He mocks at the win Is that caper along
• From the far-off clamorous deep,
But we—we love their lullaby-song
Of ■‘Sleep, little tulip, sleep f’
Shaggy old Frits, in slumber sound,
Moans of the stony inert—
To-morrow how proudly he’ll trot you
around
Hitched to onrnew milk cart!
And you shall help me blanket the kind,
And fold the gentle 3heep,
And set toe herring a-soak in brine—
But now, little tulip, sleep!
A Dream-One comes to button the eyw
That wearily droop and blink,
While tue old mill Outfits the frowningsklo3
An l scolds at the star* 'hat win;;
Over your face the misty win js
Of thatoeautttut DreanrOua sweep.
And, rocking your cradle, she softiy sings,
“S.eep, little tulip, slee )!”
—Eugene Field, in Chicago News.
PITH AND POINT
Musical conductors beat.their way
through the world by scorer—Pittsburg
Dispatch.
The grocer who gives sixteen ounces
to the pound is a model in his weight.—
Chicago Times.
Good looks go a long way, but finally
the paint wears of and there you are.—
Galveston News.
Cabbie—“I understand that you lost
the steamer for Europe.” Stone—“Fes.
My wife had to go back for anothei
hairpin.”—Cloak Review.
When doctors disagree, they do not
forget to charge for the time they spend
in argument that precedes disagreement.
—Kate Field’s Washington.
A man is like a postage stamp. When
ho is badly stuck on himself, as it were,
he is not worth two cents for any practi¬
cal use —Chicago Tribune.
It is difficult for the average man to
heu said that man was made iu God’s
own image without feeling that he is the
man referred to.—Boston Transcript.
She—“I wouldn’t marry tip. best man
living.” He—“Then there is no hope
for me. It was ,j| iuse I thought that
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you wouia inai i you.
New York Press.
Butcher (to artist)—“I’m not quite
satisfied with the portrait. The right
side of tho chest should bulge some¬
what—that is where I keep my pocket
book."—Fliegcnde Blaetter.
“Why grim, weary ye me,” cried the housewife
“With such a wild pack of lies?’ i
“I do so bekaze,” said the mendicant slim,
“Bekaze of alack of pies.”
—Indianapolis Journal.
Old Gentleman (stepping out on car
platform as car stops at a way station,
and sniffing the fresh air)—“Isn't this
invigorating?” Brakeman (shifting his
quid)— 1 No, Pcekskill?”—Drake's Mag¬
azine.
Mr. N. Peck—“I think you would be
ashamed to wear the hair of anottier wo¬
man ou your head." Mrs. N. Peck—
“Shame yourself, for you wear the skin
of another calf on your feet."—Brooklyn
Eagle.
“Are you pretty well acquainted with
your mother tongue, my boy?’’ asked the
school teacher of the new scholar.
“Yes, sir,” answered the lad, timidly,
“Majaws me a good deal, sir.”—Tha
Comic,
“I have heard,” said the Western
schoolmistress, addressing her class at
girls, “that some of you are in the habit
of using slang. Is it so?' 1 Some
blushed, some looked indignant, but
none ventured to reply. “If any of you
have acquired suca a habit,” pursued
the schoolmistress, with a severe look,
“all I’ve got to say is, you've got to
shake it.”—New Y’ot Press,
Spider Web Silk.
There are a number of animal fibres
other than that of tho silkworm winch
have been tested at various times iu
weaving. Practical attempts hare been
made by different persons to weave the
web of the spider, but tne spider's web
is so much finer than the web of the
silkworm that such efforts have attained
no mercantile importance. The web of
the spider bears tho same proportion to
the web of the silkworm in strength that
the latter does to a broomstick, explains
the Cincinnati Commercial. The spidei
makes thousands of sttands. In spite of
ali the impediments in ti e way of weav¬
ing it, many yards of spiders’ silk have
been woven, and an entire dress of this
silk was presented to Queen Vlctor.a
a number ot years ago, when experi¬
ments were conducted ou a somewhat
extensive stole in weaving the web of
one of the tropical spiders, which promise
more thau do our ordinary spiders of the
temperate zone. But tue experiment
was finally abandoned.
Another creature which has furnished
exhibits of silk to curiosity hunters is
“pinna,” that weird silk weaver of the
ocean, which weaves a byssus of silken
threads, by .w hich it attuches its shell to
the rocks. Thfirts S huge mollu^); Krh
is found in the Mediterranean. '
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af the pinna cannot became of practical
importance, because of the difficulty ot
promulgating the creature, or of obtain- .
ing sufficient material from it. Another
difficulty in the way of the practical us<s
of this silk of the sea lies in colorin t it.
Like most things of the ocean, it resists
all efforts to dve it.
One Sunday's census of church at¬
tendants in Liverpool, England, 500,000. gavo
63,090 out of a population of