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JOHN H. HODGES, Proprietor,. DEVOTED TO HOME INTERESTS, PROGRESS AND CULTURE, PKICE: TWO OOXJC^AJEfcS A Year . VOL. XXI. PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1891. NO. 19- THIS SZE_A_SOTnT? CLOIJD AND SUNSHINE. E. Kelso Carter, *iii the 0b3ervar. ; Waiting in gloom, and pain Weary, oh! so weary! Steadily falls the rain, Dart the day and dreary. The bitterest winds are waging loud, And the funeral sky is clothed in cloud; Will the sun ne’er shine again? Courage! in heart and brain, ■ Though the day be darh’ning; Waiting is not in vain, If for God thou’rt heark'ning. The dreariest weather will change some day And never a cloud but what will pass away, And the sun must shine again. Be still, sad heart, ncr mind The heat of fiery trying, - The mystery entwined With sorrow and with crying. The costliest gold, by a method slow, Must lose its dross in the hottest glow, But it cometh forth refined: Be sure and write us before buying. We can take care of you. MALLARY BR08. & GO., 1 MACON, GEORGIA. , GEOBGIA Houston County. T. D. Warren, administrator of the estate of C. A. Warren deceased, has ap plied for dismission from his trust: T&is is’therefore to cite all persons concerned, to. appear at the August term, 1891, of the Court of Ordinary of Hous ton county,' and show cause, if aDy they have, why .said apqlication should not be granted:... .. Witness my official signature this April 30, 1891. ■ X H, HOUSES, Ordinary. GEORGIA—Houston County: Mrs. 0. M. Holleman, administratrix of estate of B. Holleman, deceased, has applied for dismission from her trust: This is therefore to oite all persons concerned to appoar at the July term, 1891, of the court of Ordinary of said, count., and show’cause, if any they have, why said application should , not be granted.,:.;: Witness iny official signature this the 30th of March, 1891. ‘ X H. HOUSER, Ordinary. GEORGIA—Houston County: AH persons concerned are lierebynoti- fied to be and appear at the court of Or- pinary, to be held in and for said county, on the first Monday in June next, then and there to show cause, if any exists, why W.S.Felder should not he dismiss ed from his trnst as administrator on the eBtate of Mrs. C. M. Felder, late of said county, deceived, as prayed for by him in petition this day filed in the office of this court. Witness my official signature this 27th day of Feb. 1891. X H. HOUSER, Ordinary. Georgia—Houston County: $ W. M. Edmuudspn, administrator es tate of John Edmondson, deceased,has applied for dismission from his trust. Tins is therefore to cite all persons concerned to appear at the June term, 1891, of the court or Ordinary of said connty, and show cause, if any they have, why said. application should not bo granted. Witness my official signature,, this March 2,1891. J. R. HOUSER, Ordinary. GEORCIA—Houston County: Daniel M. Vinson, executor of estate of Elijah Vinson, deceased, has applied for dismission from his trust: This is therefore to cite all persons concerned to appear at the June term, 1891, of the court of Ordinary of said county, and show cause, if any they have, why said application should not-be ■ granted. Witness my official signature this March 2, 1891. J. H. HOUSER,'Ordinary. •xhave been mule at you? Some ram over 8500.00 a " — * the work and live ron are. Even be-' tniinjr from $6 to 10 a day. All ipr*.-W* show you how ad start yon- Can work in-t-pnralimo or all the time. Hip money for work- _ , era. Failurennkimivn among them. " -- XEAV and wonderful. Particulars free. “•ttallett* Co., Box Portland,Maine J. B. EDGE, Physician and Surgeon, Pebry, Geobgia. Office adjoining Perry Hotel. Can be found at offico during the day, and at Hotel at night. All calls 7 promptly an swered day or night. Z. SIMS, DZ3IT- TIS T PERRY, GEORGIA. Office on Maiii street, lately occu pied by Hr. W. M. Hayis. " First-class work. Prices moderate. Pat ronage solicited. ~ . apl281y to..HI. 30 23 3X1 X £2 KT 306 Second Street, Macon, Ga. SPECIALIST. CROWNS AND BRIDGES. •fc W. PRESTON. A. S. GILES. HOPE POLHIT.!,.' PENSION. GILES & POLHILL, ATTORNEYS AND CGUNSEELORS AT DAW. Office, No. 510, Mulberry St., Macon, Ga. WiU practice in all the State and United States Courts of Georgia. ^ X L. Hardeman, ~ W.D. Nottingham. HARDEMAN £ NOTTINGHAM, Attorneys, at Law, Macon, - - - Geobgia. Will practice in the State and'Federal Courts. Office 552*4 Mulberry Street. ’sM AttorneyjatfLa-w, Peeey - - - Ga. WiU practice in all the courts of this cirenit. Attorney atLavv, Perry, - . - . - Ga. - WiU practice in aU the Courts |of hiscirrcnit. PERKY BRANCH SCHEDULE. Daily, Cacccpt SaaAay. LeavePerryai 8:15 A. St. Arrive at Fort Valley 9:20 a. m. Leave Fort Valley at 11:85 p. at. Arrive at Perry at 12:40 a. m. AeavePerry at 3:05 p. M. Arrive at Port .Yalley 4:10 p. sr. - Leave Fort Yalley at 5:15 p. k. Arrive at Perry at 6:20 p. sr. TORE FIXTURES. CyAak for Catalogue.. - TERRY MTG CO., nashvillejenn.' Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria. A BASH ACT. “So you’ve been bounced?” said Mrs. Popover. - y Marian-Milman winced at_ the inelegant word: but she under stood enough of the P opove style of dialect to know that no harm was intended. Mrs. Popover did not gauge her phraseology by “Web ster’s Unabridged,” but she was a good soul, nevertheless. “Yes;" she answered meekly; “I have been discharged.” ' Mrs. Popover was stoat and short, with no visible waist, a black lace <Sap on the side of her head and her feet thrust into-carpet slippers. - Miss Milman was slight and graceful, with ruddy brown hair and pleading hazel eyes, and look ed every inch the lady in her shab by mourning. “Pity, ain’t it?” said Mrs. Pop over. “This lime o’ year too!” “Yes,” sighed Marian; “but I am not the only sufferer. Thirty oth er girls have gone, too. Business is so dull after the holidays. Mr. Meredith says we shall be re-en gaged when the state of trade war rants it. But I haven’t much hope.” “And what ye goin’ to do now?” asked Mrs. Popover. Marian drew aloDg breath. “I don’t know,” she said piteous ly-' Just then the door opened,- and a blooming young girl came in, with a satchel in her hand. “Is this Mrs. Popover’s?” said she. “Does Miss Milman—Oh, Marian, you dear thing, 1’ve found you at last! Oh, how glad I am to see you!” — Marian gave a little gasp. "Juliet Powers,” she cried. “Yes, it’s I!” -beamed Juliet. “I got-tired of teaching school down in Hollbrook Hollow, and the trus tees were so exacting, and the children so dreadful, that. I made up my mind to come to yon and see if I couldn’t get something to do in the city.” “Well, I declare!” said Mrs. Popover. “Here’s Miss Marian herself just been throwedouto’ hnsiness. I’d like to know how' she's to help anybody else?” Marian gave the' good soul an' appealing glance. v I will do the best I can," said she. And Juliet, aD apple-faced; san guine natured young country lass, nestled close - up to her. I knew you would help ’ me,” said she, “because you know all about the city. ^And oh, Marian dear, I’m so tired and hungry!” And thns Marian "Milman be r came charged-with B the responsi bility of another beside herself. And the days went by, and situa- -tions were harder than ever-to ob tain, and the little common piirse was exhausted, and Mrs. Popover’s account became larger than ever for the rant of the back bed-Toom,- witk its hideous green wall paper, and its dispiriting outlook over_the roofs and smoky chimney stacks. Marian,”, said Juliet, “what are we .to do ?” Shehad come in tired and weary after a long day’s- work at the aid business of looking for employ ment. Marian sat gazing sorrowfully at. a'ciumsy parcel that lay on the ta ble before-her. “They have sent back my poor little screens and plaques unsold;’ said she, “with a polite note inti mating that the market for that sort of thing is overstocked.’ “Oh, Marian! And you worked so hard at them!” with - a. .quick burst of sympathy. “The more fool II To' tell yon the truth, Juliet,” said Marian with-a forced smile, “I begin to eluded." Juliet threw both her arms around the slight'young figure. “Darling,you’re"tiled and dis couraged,” said she.” “Yoifll feel better after dinner.” “But Juliet, there is no dinner. •Jntiet threw open the capb jard doors,and gave auexhaustiva glance aroundrits empty shelves. There were the two china plates, the two- caps and saucers, the neat knives and forks, the pewter spoons, the nine-cent pepper and salts—but that was all. “I’ll go out and buy something,” said she cheerfully —La neck of mutton to boil, up for soup, or an" end piece of corned beef.” “You can’t make bricks without straw,-”-said "Maria, sadly, “nor buy soup-meat without money. At least I’ve never been able.to do it. “Is the money all gone, Marian ?” “All but five dirty copper cents, Joliet." Juliet clicked her tongue .softly against the roof of- her mouth. “Mrs Popover will trust us for a few of yesterday’s rolls or a loaf of stale bread,” she suggested, cheerfully. ’“No, Juliet,” said Miss Marian, resolutely. “We.are already too much in Mrs. Popover’s debt. I will ask no more favors from her.” - “Must we starve?” resentfully demanded Juliet. ' “1 would rather starve thau sink into the quicksands of debt,” Marian firmly answered. Juliet’s cheeks flushed; she bit her lips. “There is a pawnbroker on Sixth avenue,” said she. “And I have got my mother’s old garnet ring and a mosiac scarf-pin which my father brought from Florence when he was a sea captain. I’ll go and see what I can do.” — “But—a pawnbroker!” sobbed Marian. “Oh, Juliet, what are we coming to?” “No worse than many 'another has come to,” said Juliet. “Cheer up, Marian! Bemember that it’s always darkest just before day light.” And she kissed the pale girl and went cheerfully out. The garnet ring and the' mosaic scarf-pin kept them for a -week, Still they were seeking for work— still the same old answer was re turned. For every vacant place there was at least a score of appli cants. They sought from place to {dace; they traversed street after street, but iD vain. And on a dreary Feb ruary night, when the snow was turning to discolored slush on the pavements and a dismal fog hung over the over the - streets, Marian looked up into her friend’s face. ‘-‘The soles of my shoes are worn in holes, Juliet,” said she.‘.‘My feet are soaking wet,and mydiead aches, and—I don’t think I can go out anymore. It’s of no use. I think heaven has forgotten us.” Juliet, stronger and more cour ageous, brewed her friend a cup of weak tea, and produced two so da crackers from the cupboard. E-at aud drink, Marian, and you will feel better,” said she. “I have heard of a woman who wants a bookkeeper in her business, and I must go there at once, this very evening, before any one els4 has a chance to crowcPme out.” “You won’t get the place, Juliet.” “How do von know?” cheerily. “I don’t know it. I feel it.” “Well, you’ll see. Eat and drink, I say, dear. Don’t sit so mourn fully there.” But when Juliet was gone, Marian rose and put the soda crackers back into the cupboard. “She thought I didn’t -know they were the two last,” said she. ‘Juliet was always a hearty eater. She is not so good at starving as I am. But the end’s come at ktsfrHi She tooklfom the mantle a little vial of dark liquid, labeled “Lau danum” (Juliet had had aguerinthe face a few-days ago, and had. used a little ; of it,) ancflooked at-it qnes- tioningly. 1 hope it isn’t very wrong,” she murmured; “but—but it must be lia-d to die by jnchesl Harder still to go to the poorhouSe' on Blackwell’s Island! Oh, no, I could liot endure that!” And removing the cork, she drank thejjitter draught, i Surely this would be a dose stroug enough to silence all the pangs and woes of a dozen poor souls! . - “Will it be painful?” 'she asked herself, nestling down among tile pillows of her bed. “Because I have not much strength to en dure.” No, it was not painful. - Heaven be thanked for that! A NEW ERA IN COTTON. (. • Atlanta- Constitution. A sweet drowsiness, like the breath of poppies, overspread her being, and with a half-murmured prayer on her lips, Marian drifted E-'- A revolution in cotton ginning into slumber. I J ’ s about to begin—one that Eli * * * .* * [Whitney- would have rejoiced to “Didn’t I tell you it was always j see. HOW TO' MARKET MELONS. Savannah News. darkest before daylight? Wake up, Marian—wake and rejoice with me!” Through a sort of cloud, Marian saw Juliet’s radiant free. ~ She struggled into a sitting posture, tried to remember what had passed, Was it true? or was it only a dream ? Who do you think the woman was who wanted a book-keeper? Why,- igy .mother’s dearest school friend! She knew my name at once, and she says she should have known me anywhere from my re semblance of mother. She is in the perfumery business—ob, such a nice-big score!—and she manages it all herself. And I - am- to be book-keeper, with a- nice salary, and you are to have a good place there, too—right away, Marian, Mr. Brosius fairly won his title as the Atlanta Edison when he in vented the sewing machine motor which promises to lift so much la bor from tbe toiling women of the land. Hood’s “Song of the Shirt” would never have been written if this automatic affair had then ex isted. • But to the point-. Mr. Brosius has invented a -ginning process which will not break the fiber of cotton. It turns oat an unbroken, Silky staple from upland stains, which is almost as beautiful as sea island cotton. For years it has been a lament of eastern spinners' that the fiber was so broken. One of the, most thoughtful of them uot long ago remarked that, con sidering its immense cost and priceless value in the textile arts, dear! And we can pay good Mrs. cotton was the most roughly ban Popover now, and live like Chris tians again; and I’ve brought home such a nice little supper of cold roast chicken, and hoc potatoes, and a pitcher of smoking coffee. A real treat, Marian. Bouse up, dear, and enjoy it.” A faint, sad smile flickered into Marian’s fade. Had all the .sunshine come, now thatit was too late? And yet— how good the little feast looked— how deliciously fragrant the coffee. With a feeble gesture, she point ed to the vial on the mantle. Juliet would"know what she meant. Why,” cried the girl, “where is all my cough medicine? I gottbe bottle filled only yesterday, for I knew that I kept ycu_ awaiie, coughing at night. Mrs. Popover gave some out of the children’s bottlejshe’s such a kind old wo man. Laudanum? Ob,- yes, I know that’s what the label says, bat the vial got tipped over long ago, and all the laudannm leaked out! Never mind, dear—we can. easily get more now- We are not beg gars any longer. Here, sit np. Drink this hot coffee before it has time to ehill. And eat the chick en—and teste this dear little teeny glass of current jelly. You see I’m getting extravagant; Jbut we Have been starved so Jong.” “What a coward I have been,” said Mariad to herself. “Oh; thank God that He has saved me from my own-rash will—saved me to be gin life anew—saved me for new strength and hope! Oh, I never, never will abandon myself to de spair again, no matter how dark the future seems!” And Juliet never knew how near Marian had come to the solution of ail life’s problems. .It / was a secret between herself and heaven! ^-[Saturday Night. John W. Hamilton, of-New York, has a peculiar letter from the late P. T. Barnuai, in which' the great showman advocates a policy dia metrically opposite to .that with which his name wa3 ever associ ated to the public mind. “What I particular admire,” Barn urn-wrote, “is your refraining from bombast and exaggeration. The simple truth, told in a candid manner, is more effective in securing the per manent respect, confidence and ap proval of the public than hyper bole. The people are not fools, and will not patronize those who deceive them. Dr. Franklin' was right when be said, ‘Honesty is the best policy.’ Let that be our watchword.” The blackened teeth of the Ma lays and Siamese are not pro duced, as has been supposed here tofore, by coating them with a mixture of betel and. lime, but by rubbing tbe teeth with a pasete made from - charred cocoannt ker nels. This is carefully applied to teeth again, and again, until a black varnish hides the natural white. A bill is prepared in England to strike at the adulteration of ma nures and feed staffs. La Grippe Again. Daring the epidemic of La Grippe last season Dr. KingVNew- Discovery. for Consumption, Colds and Coughs, proved to be the best remedy. Deports from the many who used it confirm this statement. They were not only quickly reliev ed, but tbe disease left no bad af ter results. We ask you to give this remedy a trial, and we guar antee that you mil be satisfied vdtlrresults, or the purchase price will be refunded. It has no equal in La Grippe, or any Throat, Chest died of all the raw products of the earth. Pig iron is almost as ten derly treated. Mr. Brosius saw the need and went to work in March. Since then he has matured a treatment for the uuginned cotton which will cause it to come off the seed whole, without a break in the fiber. Not only this; the process, which, by the way, is physical, not chemical, leaves the fiber in such soft, glossy condition that it begins .to rival silk. What if it should transpire that cotton, treated as it should be, is really a finer staple than silk? The results of a few hasty experi ments point in this direction. - The beauty of Mr. Brosius’ in vention is that it does not necessa rily do away with the gins in use. It simply makes their work easy and perfect. Fifty dollars added to a good ordinary gin will equip it for this work. Another point is that the seed is stripped stark naked, so thatit would blush if it were not already black. This saves a large item in the cost of getting out the oil. As usual, Mr. Brosius is enthu siastic and sanguine of large re sults—which he-also usually gets. “I have showed it to practical men,” said he, “experts in hand ling the staple, and they tell me it sill work a revolution. Mr. S. M. Inman says the staple ‘like this is worth from 1 to ' 2 cents a pound more than cotton treated in the.or dinary way. __ This staple before you is from mi!dewed cotton. That is what I showed Hr. Inman. I wonder what he would think if he saw middling ginned by this pro cess. “Think of the results. Why, at a cent a.pound, the improvement is worth $40,000,000 to the south! I have already been offered §40,- 000 for an inte.rest in the process, but I refused _ it. Goy. Northen suggested that I let about forty of the leading alliancemen get to gether and make a company to run it. I think we. will make that ar rangement. I want the south to get the'benefit of this, invention.” Yery startling was the mistake, says Harper’s Magazine, made by a'queen of Denmark daring her visit to the Danish colony of Ice land, where the good old ikhop exerted himself to the utmost to show her everything that was worth seeing. The queen paid many compliments to her host,and. having learned that he was a fam ily-man, graciously inquired how many children he,had. Now, it happened that the Danish word for “children” was almost identi cal in sound -with the. the Icelan dic word for “sheep;” so the wor thy bishop—whose knowledge - of Danish was not' so complete as it might have been'—understood her majesty to ask how many sheep he owned, and* he answered, “Two hundred.” “Two hundred chil dren!” cried the queen, astonished. “How can you possibly maintain such a number?!’ “Easily enough, please your majesty;” replied the hyperborean prelate, with a cheer ful smile.” “In the summer I torn them Out upon the bills to graze, and when winter comes I kill and eat them.” The following facts and fignres, The watermelon growers 'in this paesented by the Atlanta Consti- state are already beginning to die- tution,are sufficient to put the toil- enss the question of how they can ing classes of this country to think- market their crops to the best ad- ing, ancf thinking seriously. Un vantage. The shipping of melons less there be reforms and changes, to commission merchants has.not these facts and figures do not proven wholly satisfactory, and the promise very good results to this distribution of the melons by an class. The Constitution presents exchange has its defects. It is an the facts and figures thus: ' easy matter to grow, melons, but it From 1S80 to 1890 the wealth of is not so easy to market them at a this country increased 50 per cent, reasonable profit. A great diffi- It increased from $44,000,000,000 culty is to avoid overstocking aDy to §66,000,000,000. one of the principal markets, and This increase was the result of thasxeducing the martlet price be- labor. It was produced by the toilers of the country. But what became of the in crease? A'thoughtful writer in the San Francisco Argonaut pro ceeds to answer the question. Careful estimates show that on low the profit line. Cannot the melon growers get a hint from the orange growers The orange growers have never been so successful in marketing as they have during the season that is about closing. They tried ship- January 1, 1890, of the $66,000- ping to commission merchants, and 000,COO of wealth in the United they tried the exchange, and still States, 30,000 leading capitalists they -didn’t get- such returns as possessed $36,250,000,000, leaving they were entitled to expect. Filially, they decided to try the plan of selling tbeir oranges to buyers who visited their orchards, and who relieved them of all trou ble connected with picking, pack ing and distributing the oranges. And they say their returns have never before been so ^satisfactory as they have this season. Those who buy tha oranges on the trees know how to handle the fruit, and just where the best prices are to be obtained for them; and, being-fruit merchants in the cliards, and it is quite certain that they will not return to the old methods of distribution. Why cannot the melon growers have their melons handled in the same way that oraDges are? It may be a little difficult at first to get those who handle the melons in the markets to go to the melon fields and purchase the entire crop at so much per melon,'or so much per hundred, or so much per car load, but any difficulties that may be encountered can be overcome, doubtless, by^a reasonable amount their melons prices. at remunerative From Bad to-Worse. THE TOILER FOOTS THE BILL. $29,750,000,000 for the remaining 63,000,000 inhabitants. It will be seen from these, fig ures that, although our farmers, artisans and other toilers produced the increase of' $22,000,000,000, a few capitalists absorbed most of it. If this thing is to go on, in about twenty-five years a few thousand plutocrats will practically own the whole country. ^ The toilers of the country pro duce - all that we eat, drink end wear in a year, and in addition add 4 per cent, annually to ohr wealth. large cities, they do not run - the Bat the capitalists own the facto- risk of being fleeced by middle- tories, machinery and appliances men. The orange growers think usec l by laboring men. Capital they have solved the problem of should obtain a fair share of -the marketing the product of their or- increase qf wealth. As it is, it takes the entire increase, and ex acts so much that the laborers have.to mortgage their little prop erty and live on the proceeds. This is a true statement. Da ring the last ten years the capital ists lived in luxury at the expense of the toilers: During the same period our farmers and other work ers lived very plainly, although they increased the wealth of the country 50 per centr Now, simple justice demands that the increase should be equally divided between the two classes. of skill and persistence. Once get The expression; “The Scots sold the buyers to go tlm melon fields their king for a groat,” originated growers of melons will)^ tIlis way; D aring civil the and the growers of melons will have little trouble in marketing wars in England between Boundheads and the Cavaliers, Charles 1., after the battle of Naseby, in 1645, in which theEov- alists were defeated, was forced to seek refuge in the Scottish camp. On August-8, 1646, they gave him up to the English Parliament for $2,000,000. . Some industrious mathematician computed that this was just a groat apiece for the whole population of Scotland, and hence arose the saying quoted The ordinary treatment C con tagious blood poisoning is to drive one poison from the system by in troducing another. The result, ir most cases, has been that which usually follows a leap from the frying-pan in the fire. To put it mildly, mercurial and other min eral poisonings have disadvanta- above, ges which are hardly less serious than contagious blood poison.. In either case-the system is wrecked; and yet there is no reasod why hu manity should continue to suffer. It is tbe office of S.'S, to cure con tagions blood poisoning. For that disease the medicine is surely a specific. And it is- also its office to cure mercurial and other miner al poisoning. In short, S. S. S. is the great blood "purifier. It de stroys the germs of the contagious disease, and expels from the sys tem all forms of mineral poisoB- ing. It restores health, and strength to the sufferer. A “lantern” fish was recently caught in the Columbia river, Washington, a!though its proper home is in the deep sea. Its - pe culiarity is transparency; by hold ing it up to the light every bone can be easily counted. It has a reddish tinge, and -this one -was about seven inches long, although they have been canght in drag nets off the cost that were eighteen incbleslong. " <k+r Senator Higgins, of Delaware, says that the whipping-post and the pillory are still retained in his state, owing to . the fact that tbe state lies in the neighborhood of three great cities, and that it has to adopt unusual means to protect itself from becoming the asylum of criminals from these great cen tres. He is himself opposed to the preservation of these forms of punishment, states the New York Tribune, although he concedes that their preservation has a ten dency to make criminals give the state a wide berth. The whipping of to-day, adds the Tribune,, is merely nominal, arid in no way re sembles tbe brutal punishment of the past when the cat-o’-nine-tails as a form of punishment was first established. —Mr.- S. M. Solomon, Macon, Ga., says: * rbelieve that Brady- crotine is the most wonderful medicine, for the cure of Headache. I have ever tried. A Polish drink prepared from honey is seid to he growing great* ly iii favor in England. A large consignment has just been dis patched from Warsaw to London. “If the fact be true that honey as a Henry Hayue writes from Paris drink is becoming popular, then,” or Lung trouble. Trial bottle tre:: that nearly e\ery good singer on observes the San Francisco Exam- at Holtzclaw & Gilbert’s 'Drag the lyric stage there was born in iber, “we are returning to tbr sim- Store, Large bottles, 50c. and $1 the United Sjtat.es. pie tastes of our Saxon ancestors.” Swiss Legion. Some one asserts that in nine cases out of ten, ships leaving New York, Boston or Philadelphia for distant^ ports are provisioned so closely by their owners that if a shipwrecked crew of ten-men .were picked up and fed for three days, it would put- everybody on short rations: A loss of four days on sailing time would do tbe same thing. • -The sb-called “bowed piano,” invented by an Austrian manufac-. tnrer, is really a case resembling.a pianoforte frame and containing six violins, two violas' and two.vior loncellbs; the strings of which are - tuned to different notes. Circn'ar bands connect the instruments,and are brought into contact with the strings.by means of the keyboard. —-— ‘♦OO— The custom in executing a mili tary sentence of death has beenio load with ball all the rifles of the firing party except 6ne,.which is charged with a blank cartridge. As the rifles were taken at ran dom, no one knew who had the blank charge: Thus each might flatter himself that he had no hand in killing tfie condemned. The army of the Pope for 1891 is made np as follows: Two gen erals, two colonels, two lieutenant- colonels, a major, two captains, four lieutenants and sixty men. This number includes the famous /. m.