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Rockdale m . The Banner. $ XI. and more influential are beeom Jthe Wore of Southern cap- 5 representative, assert Harper's Weekly at the North, 1 (hough this growth has not yet attracted ^ atta ntion it challenges. The horse breeders of Montana want a separate fund for the prosecution of i the stamping out of glanders. thieve* a n d The tax they are now required . to pay is used largely for the protection of the cattle interests. The United States Agricultural De partment is organizing five new experi mental stations for the study of sorghum jnd its manipulation—three in Kansas, ene in Few Jersey and one in Louisiana. The appropriation for this work this year is one hundred thousand dollars larger than it has ever been before. gignor Brin, Italian Minister of Ma liae, at a dinner given by his electors, said that the navy, which in 1886 was valued at $30,000,000, is now valued at 170,000,000. The recent manoeuvres bore testimony to the fact that a large portion of the fleet could be manned without recourse to unusul recruiting measures. The progress made in naval affairs was very satisfactory, considering that Italy did not aim at an aggressive policy. Kniser Wilhelm’s hatred of the French has affected even the kitchen. The G er man Lmperor has issued commands that henceforth the menus of the Imperial table be printed in the German language instead of that of the detested Gaul. Nay, he has even gone so far as to pro¬ hibit the use of the word “menu,” and to order that of “Speisekarte” to be substituted in its stead, The Berlin press is reported to have expressed the liveliest satisfaction at this fresh instance pf the young Lmperor’s patriotism. The last number of the Prison Mirror contains a strong and well written pro¬ test against the recent conviction to im¬ prisonment for life in Kentucky of a boy eleven years old. The writer t ikes the ground that such a child, though a murderer, is a fit subject for some sort of a reformatory or educational institu¬ tion. The Prison Mh-ror is a neat and readable little sheet, edited entirely by the convicts of the prison in Stillwater, Minn. It contains nearly altogether original matter. It has just changed its chief editor, ffie former incumbent, 8 life prisoner, having been pardoned. The Berthon canvas folding boat is likely to be adopted for use in the United States navy. It has been tried and the reports upon the trial are favorable to the adoption of the boat. It cousists of » frame similar to the keel and ribs of » boat, over which is drawn a double thickness of water-proof canvas. The frame is hinged along the keel. When the thwarts are taken out the sides coma together, and but little additional space is required for their storage. They can be readily adjusted and rapidly placed in the water. It is not a lifeboat, but besides occupying small space on board » vessel, it can be easily launched, and vbea in the water will carry thirty-seven oca. ‘■There is one thing observable in St. Louis,” says a keen observer, in the Globe-Demo -rat, “and that is the dispo¬ sition of citizens born in foreign lands vho understand the English language to teach that language to their children to the exclusion of their own language. There are hundreds of German and Italian families in St. Louis whose children are ignorant of the language of their parents’ country, but who can speak English fluently. While the old English stock will be eradicated and ad¬ sorbed by other nationalities in the L nited States in the not distant future, the English language will, therefore, forever remain the language of the country.” A Eew use is announced for strych nine. The Russian physician and pub cist, Portugaloff, declares that strych ®-ne in subcutaneous injections is an immediate ana « n j infallible • . remedy , for , drunkenness brilf T-' J CraV1Dg ° f thC ln6 • * efordnnk is said to be changed positive aversion in a day, and that ter a treatment of eight or ten days the the ! attempt ! ( to reaume m ° drinking nths afterWard will, it ’ aimed, produce such a painful and ^ “unseating sensation that the person will ^ht away from the liquor in disgust strvchnin» administered • • . , , by j. dia and inf meeting T five drops ^ 200 of aro the P 8of solution water ’ *«T twenty-four hours. Dr. Portuga ‘aebriatsdi.,,! recommends the eatahliehment 1 L of dupenaarw* m - •nnneettou with v CONYERS. GEORGIA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1888. SOUTHERN STRAYS. A CONDENSATION OF HAPPEN¬ INGS STRUNG TOGETHER. MOVEMENTS OF ALLIANCE MEN—RAIL ROAD CASUALTIES—THE COTTON CROP —FLOODS—ACCIDENTS—CROP RETURNS. ALABAMA. There was a slight frost at Decatur on Monday and a white frost Tuesday morn¬ ing, with ice in many places. Tendei vegetation is killed. Five new cases of yellow fever are repoited. Nearly all recent cases have been amongst nurses and persons greatly exposed, and all have been mild. A great many refugees have returned. W. A. Schumaker, the postmaster at Carbon Hill, was shot and instantly hilled by his wife, who is only seventeen years of age. Schumaker was much dejected over the result of the election and began drinking heavily. He quar¬ reled with his wife, threatening to kill her. He attacked her with a knife, but Bhe succeeded in disarming him, and begged him to spare her life. Schumaker, who seemed to have become a maniac, then, seized the kerosene oil can, and, cursing his young wife, told her he would pour oil on her and burn her up. As he attacked her the second time she drew a pistol and shot him through the heart, killing him instantly. FLORIDA. New cases reported at Fernandina 8 , including 2 whites. No deaths. Still more cases developed in the with country. The weather is very warm sultry rains and indications not favorable. Capt. Fleming, the successful candi¬ date for governor, has retired to hit former home at John’s Hibernia, river, on and Fleming’s will island, in St. re¬ main until the authorities raise the cor¬ don and permit free entrance iuto Jack lonville. Owiug to a suspicious death at Ella ville, on the line of the Florida Railway and Navigation Company, Madison City has quarantined against the former place until such time as the friends and attend¬ ing physicians of the deceased consent to p, rform an autopsy on the body. There is considerable excitement in conse¬ quence. There has been no frost as anticipated in Jacksonville. The weatheris still cold, bnt fresh breezes precludes the proba¬ bility of frost. The Government medi¬ cal bureau was disbanded,only Dr. Porter and a few nurses remaining. Dr„ Sheft all, of Savannah, Ga., a volunteer says yellow fever will probably stands continue in Florida all Winter. He. alone in this opinion. All the other experts agree that a killing frost and thorough disin¬ fection will result in the complete disap¬ pearance of the disease. There were only 12 new cases on Sunday. There were six new cases, four white, two col¬ ored, in Gainesville on Sunday. J. Leon Ponds, who was arrested by Special Agent Baker, of the postoffice department at Covington, was arraigned before Commissioner Wright and sent to prison in default of bail. It is stated that when arrested, Ponds had three let¬ ters in bis pocket that had been stolen from the mail pouch at the time of the mail robbery on November 3d, on the Northeastern road. Cora Ellis, passing as Mrs. Girard, formerly from Tyler, Texas, came from Covington en route for Texas. She had been living with E J. Bunch, (who committed the train robbery) as his wife. When she reached New Orleans she was taken in charge by de¬ tectives, accompanied by Superintendent Byrne. Walker and Special Agent the stolen Thirteen hundred dollars of money wms found hid m her clothing. She finally confessed that Bunch gave her the money. The detectives believe they wiil capture Bunch within the next forty-eight hours; $10,300 was all the cash secured by Bunch from the Express Company. GEORGIA. During a Republican demonstration in Atlanta on Monday night, several ne groes, under the influence of liquor, be¬ came very disorderly and attacked a posse of police. Officer Green had one of his hands smashed by a bludgeon, and will be unable to do duty for a month. A committee of the directors of the Augusta Exposition, headed by Hon. Patrick Walsh went to Indianapolis, Ind., on Monday night, to invite Presi¬ dent-elect Harrison and his wife to visit Augusta. As Gen. Harrison is anxious to visit the South, no doubt the invita¬ tion will be accepted. John Rutherford, a negro chain-gang convict, who was undergoing a sentence of 15 years at Atlanta, ior burglary, es¬ caped. Sergeant Write and Policeman Wooten located him, and when they at tempted to arrest the desperado, he onened u l ) fire on the officers with two pis tols , and wounded Wooten, -tie iio was v -ns overpowered and chained. 0 n Monday night a crowd of colored p e0 ple gathered at Willow Tree church, near Atlanta, to celebrate Harrison s the street, Alexander pulled a pistol and g^ed into the crowd but hitting no one. Then some one downed Alexander witn a shot in the thigh.... While intoxicat ea, Jim Henderson a negro m Atlanta w no has " been arrested many times, got i .i and was shot . Privat e Jesse Jones, another Atlanta negro, a member of a military company, paraded with musket and cartridge box t> celebrate Harrison’s success and a w 1 y” n fended him. Jones attempted arrested. to iua man tbT0Ug h and was ** KENTUCKY. Buck McCombs and. Fulton French were shot dead while tiding through the woods in Breathitt county, near Laneas ter. Frettch was the leader of the French faction in the French-Eversole feud, and McCombs was one of his friends. MISSOURI, Ool, John Ivnapp, for many years busi neis manager and part owner of the Missouri Republican, died at St, Louis on Monday, aged 72 years. At St. Louis, news has been received from Tiscommgo, the capital of Chicka¬ saw nation, that Governor Guy brewing was as¬ sassinated. Serious trouble is between the followers of Governor Guy and his opponent in the late election. A strike has prevailed at Bevier some months and there have been frequent rows between the strikers and the new men. A short time ago a number of Swedes were engaged to take the place of strikers and, on .Monday, bad feeling resulted in a pitched battle. A. J. An¬ derson, a Swede, was shot through the breast and killed, and three other Swedes were slightly wounded. The situation is critical, and the militia will probably be called out. Thomas Ward ell, owner of the mine, was shot and killed by a mob of strikers about six months a go. NORTH CAROLINA. There was a stunning explosion in the southwestern part of Raleigh, which waked great numbers of people, A col oral man, Samuel Thompson, who, with his wife was asleep in his cottage, w s nearly thrown from his bed by the shock, and found that his house was filled with smoke. The people gathered and the lights were brought. Upon in¬ vestigation it was found that a piece of two-inch gas pipe, fifteen inches long, which had apparently contained two pounds of powder, had been placed and had at the side of Thompson’s house fuse. The been exploded by means of a oint outside bomb had been placed at a | tbe house just opposite the bed in which Thompson usually slept. VIRGINIA. The bottom of the Roanoke city watei reservoir dropped out. It is believed the damage cannot be repaired. A similai accident occurred six months ago, soon after the comnletiou of the reservoir. A large cavern directly underneath the South supply basins and the weight of water caused this to giv8 way. RAILROAD ACCIDENT. An accident that is remarkable in rail¬ road history for the miraculous escape ol its passengers from fatal injury, hap¬ pened on the Air Line Road Monday morning near Folsom, a small station ninety-nine miles north of Atlanta, Ga. Train No. 58 left Atlanta at 7.10 a. m. on Monday. It was made up of bag¬ gage, mail and express cars, first and second class passenger coaches, and a new and elegant vestibule sleeper, the “Swanuanoca.” The train was well loaded. Among them were Rev. Dr, Henry McDonald, G. Kauffman, travel¬ ing salesman for Hirsch Bros; Jacob Steinheimer, tobacco merchant; R. L. Williams, traveling passenger agent oi the Memphis & Little Rock Road. W. Y. Holland, of Hartwell, Ga., was also a passenger, The train arrived at Toe coa on time and left there at 10.25. Near that place the company has a force of men at work laying new steel rails, end the train was running at reduced speed when the accident occurred. Near Fol¬ som, a small station six miles north ol Toccoa, the engine and tender passed safely over a new rail that had not been securely fastened to the crossties, their weight either breaking or displacing it. The mail car struck the broken or mis¬ placed rail, and jumping the track went tumbling down a fifteen foot embank¬ ment, almost a total wreck. Down the embankment rolled the baggage and ex¬ press cars, followed by the coaches and sleeper, and the wreck was complete, The following is a list of those injured in the wreck: Postal Clerk Shumate, seriously injured, being bruised inur nally; Postal Clerk Allison, bruised in¬ ternally, injuries serious, but not likely fatal; E. L. Russeli, a director of the Mobile & Ohio, and general counsel for the road, hand cut and spine injured; J. D. Beale, Montgomery, Ala., wounded in the hand with broken glass, and slightly burned while assisting passen¬ gers from the sleeper; Harry D. Zeigler, Philadelphia, shoulder dislocated ; J. P. Jones, express messenger, Lynchburg, severe scalp wounds; W. Y. Holland, painfully bruised, and tongue badly in¬ jured. C. Kauffman, J. M. Wood and R. E. Seligman, of Galveston, Texas. J. E. Waxelbaum, of Macon, the conductor and trainmen, were all slightly injured. GEN. HARRISON. The President-elect passes the time very quietly at his residence in Indian apolis, receiving a goodly number of neighbors and home friends who called, and reading his letters and Eastern pa pers. Since the day of his election, Gen. Harrison’s mail has steadily increased un til it has now reached mammoth propor tions. It requires an express wagon to haul the bundles of letter* and bags of newspapers that arrive. In view of these circumstances, Gen. Harrison requested the correspondent of the Associated Press to publicly convey his cordial thanks to the several thousand friends throughout the nation who had telegraphed expressions or of sent by letter their warm congratulations and liest wishes. Among thegener l’s telegrams and letters with held from the public out of the consid eradons of propriety and refreshing mo lestv are many of prime interest, and fh ; s time n< t blr letters from such ceh b ridts as Gen. Sherman, Senator Bieeock, Joseph Medill and other*. THE WORLD OVER. INTERESTING ITEMS BOILED DOWN IN READABLE STYLE. THE FIELD OF LABOR—SEETHING CAUL¬ DRON OF EUROPEAN INTRIGUE—FIRES, SUICIDES, ETC.—NOTED DEAD. The first through express train from Paris arrived at Constantinople on Sun¬ day. An unknown man jumped into the river from Prospect Park, at Niagara Falls, and was carried over the Falls. A mob of about 800 persons assembled on Monday in Madrid, and another out¬ break occurred, but the rioters were soon dispersed by the police. The Vatican authorities at Rome ex¬ press satisfaction with the election of Mr. Harrison, at whose hands the Catho¬ lics of America are not expected to suf fer. The Steam Gauge and Lantern Compa¬ ny’s plant in Rochester, N. Y., was en¬ tirely destroyed by tire. At least seven lives were lost. Loss upwards of $200, 000 . A stage was stopped near Downieville, Ca.,, by masked highwaymen, and an express package containing bullion and coin, amounting to about $22,500 was rifled of its contents, Sir Charles Warren, the chief of the London police, has tendered h:s resigna¬ tion in consequence of the severe criti •ciems of his conduct in connection with the Whitechapel murders. The Paris Temps and other journals, re garcl the speech made by Baron DeBret enil at the royalist banquet at Marseilles as an indication of the abdication of the monarchists in favor of Boulanger. The Cunard steamship Umbria, called “the ocean greyhound,” collided on Sunday off Roekaway, Long Island, with the steamship Iberia. The stern of the latter vessel was almost cut off, and she Bank. No passengers were injured. A powerful American syndicate is about to be formed for the purpose of building railroads in Siberia. Besides a large subsidy, the Russian government will give four million roubles yearly for the transportation of mails and convicts. The managers of the Spearman, Doug¬ lass & Mobel and Claiie furnaces, at Sharon, Pa., have reduced the wag. s of their employes fifteen cents per day. The prospects are that all the furnaces will be in blast all Winter. Henderson fur¬ nace will resume next week, after a long idleness. Joseph Chamberlain, the distinguished British statesman, arrivid at New York from England He started for Washing ton on the congressional train, where liis marriage with Miss Endicott, daughter of the Secretary of War, is announced to take place at once. Referring to the statement that the Pope is negotiating for diplomatic rela tions with Russia as a card placed Gazette against Germany, the North German says Russia and Prussia have a common inter est Any concession made by the Pope to Russia must be of advantage to Ger many. There was a wholesale discharge of oSth , f , t ., J . . . W e m 11 „ con’ Z^of^SVudinn N H i tlmdeoarhnent CdTin ot Btruction’ including au all hands m the th boat it Ehopbutoneappientice’aso ^ work l on i S tnunmg w J ns Si and Portsmouth, now under repair. The blockade of the East African coast | will extend from Cape Gradafur, German Mass worth to Madagascar. The squadron will be increased by three ves se’.s. The blockade which has been sanctioned by the sultan, has been defer red fora week at the request of the British consul, m order to give time for the withdrawal of the English mission at A vigilance committee, composed of over one hundred prominent citizens, of the Creek nation, in the Indian Territory, was formed for the purpose of capturing band or driving from the nation, a of desperadoes, who have long been opor atingin that section, making both life and property very unsafe. They sur rounded the house of Abe Carr, in wh.ch the notorious Barrett gang were eon cealed, and demanded their surrender, The* reply came in the form of a volley from their rifles. A battle et.su- d, and Mose Ihe’nation McIntosh, It a prominent .lie citizen commit- of and member of tee was killed, and one of the despera does was killed und two others wounded, HORRIBLE CRIME. senior member of . the . Peter Howe, banking fiim of Howe & Son, and h;a wife, were found dead in their room, at Winona, Ill., on Monday by their sery pit, aa she^ came down stair -to begin her domestic duties. They had been beaten to death witk a car fastened coupling pm. and suspicion became and watch u l’ set ori Charles Burkhardt, a that he was upon him. He discovered was being watched and he cut his throat in his bedroom with a razor and was dead in five minute*. Mr. Howe was 73 years old and his wife 69. Robery was not the motive for the crime, as nothing was taken from the house. A grudge of some *ort was known to exist in Burk hardt’s mind, and this directed suspicion to him at onae. Peter Howe, the mur dered man, hud amassed a fortune of $250, 000. He was very charitable and pos eased a spirit of philanthropy which led him sometime ago to endow the Howe Institute at New Iberia, La., and the Baptist Institute at Memphis, Tenm, the latter being a college for the education of indigent person* of both race*. WASHINGTON NEWS. WHAT THE UNITED STATES OF¬ FICIALS ARE DOING. A. T. Britton, a well known lawyer of Washington, has been designated by the executive committee of the Republican of National Committee, to take charge the ceremonies attending the inaugura¬ tion of President Harrison. He has been authorized also to appoint all the ui cc-sary officers and committees to look after the work. The Supreme Court of the United States has affirmed the decision of the circuit court of the Southern district of New York city, in the case of ex-Alder¬ man Jaeline, of New York city, now This un dergoiug sentence in Sing Sing. keeps him in prison. He is one of those convicted of bribery in disposing of the Broadway Railroad franchise. The Supreme Court of the United States rendered an adverse decision in the somewat celebrated case of ex-Judge Terry, of California, upon his application which he for a writ of habeas corpus, in alleges that he is unlawfully imprisoned, cir¬ under an order of the United States cuit. court for the Northern district of California, in the jail of Alameda coun¬ ty. lie will now serve out his term in jail. Those who are in the confidence of the incoming administration, predict that John 0. New, of Indiana, will be Secre¬ tary of the Treasury, and Ool. A. E. Buck, of Georgia, will be Postmaster General. Maj. Bill McKinley, of Ohio, will be either Speaker of the House or Chairman of the Ways and Means Com mittee. The latter gentleman made a fine impression on the Georgians who heard him last Summer at the Chautau qua near Atlanta ou the subject ot pro lection. Dr. Porter, at Jacksonville, Fla., re ports to the Marine Hospital service that there were forty-seven new cases of yellow fever and one death on Thursday, making a total number of cases to date 4,855 and deaths 307. Dr. Portci sug gests that an angements he made for con valescents and other peisons who. have escaped the fever s-> far, and wishing to go North without stoppage, to points where frost has appeared this year to do so without quarantine detention at Camp Perry, with the restriction of disinfec tion and fumigation of baggage and per sonal wearing apparel. The Department of Agriculture reports a good season for cotton picking during October, in the Southwest, and only moderately favorable weather in the At lantic coast states. The wet weather of September proved very injurious to quality, prostrating plants uud rolling b 0 H 8) causing blight and shedding, and injuring ?b the prospects of the top crap, There much stained fibre, and the quality is much poorer than that of the previous year. The aggregate given previous on corn will exceed that of any American product, being very close to 2,000,000,000 bushels, or about thirly two bushels per capita, winch lias been exceeded in several previous years. Af ter three years of low yields, potatoes bushels give an average of about eighty i er acre, or nearly the rate of yield of 1879. The yield has been increased in the South. It is high in the northern belt of territories. The total product on « basis of these averages is about 195, bushels or 01,900,000 more than th e’estimated product of 1887. The average § yield i of buckwheat is approxi mate t eIre bushel* per acre; and ihe crop nearly 11,000,009 bushels. There j g a 8 t ron rr tendency to increase the area of hny in t y ie South, and the yields, upon c ,iltivated areas rather than natural meadowg( are relatively large. - AX W0 RK AGAIN. - Another shocking murder of the well known Whitechapel type was perpetrated three hum in London, Eugiarid, within the dred yards of the spot where woman Chapman was killed last September. Details of this tragedy are even more revolting than those which preceded it. The woman, twenty-six years old Mary Jane Kelly by name, had lived four months in a front room on the second floor of a house up an alley known as Oartms Court. The body was literally hacked to pieces, but there is no doubt at all that it is the work of the person who has become known throughout the world as the Whitechapel murderer. Mystery in this case is fie.dgok as deep as in the without preceding crime.. The 1*, ing the slightest clew. Mrs Paumier, who sells walnuts in Bandy’s Row, states that a respectably dressed man, carrying .buck bag c„me up to her ™d began talking of the murder. He appeared" buy to know all about it. He did not any wa j nu fc Sj arid) after standing a few min uteg went away> Mrs. Paumier de gcribed him a3 aman about thirty years ^ five feet six inches in height. ^ wore speckled trousers and a black coat g evera j g i r i 8 in the neighborhood and gay 8 , )rae , uaa accosted them they chaffed him. When they asked him w hat he had in the black bag he said “ Bome thmg the ladies don’t like.” ’ —-— THE ANARCHISTS. - The first anniversary of the hanging 0 f the anarchists was observed on Sunuay by Chicago sympathizers, but not within the limits of tbe city. Tbe police reLii lations prevented any procis-ion or fly ing of red bunting, and tnere was no outbreak of any kind. About 5,009 people—men, women and children, gathered individually at the depot, and two big trains carried them to *. aid hum cemetery. The speech was mane b> Robert Pelzel, of Detroit. Compared with Robling’s heard a year ago on the same »Dot. his remarks were tame. NO. 88 THE PROUD LADY GONfl. Away from the noise and clatter, The din of the busy street, Is a cauaret, shaded and silent, Where at evening we often meet. Bhe is a proud, rich lady, Beautiful, wealthy and grand, And society’s legions marshal At the wave of her jeweled hand. Yet far from the glamor and glitter. From revel and rout and ball, Bhe seeks her old companion. When the evening shadows fall. I read in her eyes of azure A welcome tender and strong, And her greeting to me is the music Of a sweet, old fashioned song. Bhe sits when the fading sunshine Falls on her pure, sweet face, About her, draped and twining, An aura of shimmering lace. We chat over old excursions By woodland and stream and shore; We clink our glasses, the wine flies; “Come, waiter, and bring us more,* I open my eyes, the waiter Is before me, bottle in hand. But alasl the rich, proud lady Has gone to the shadowy land. For although I weave about her This web of an ancient time, The lady long since has banished Her minstrel and his rhyme. —San Francisco Newt. PITII AND POINT. Grammar students advance by declin tog The first vacant lot has a “common” place appearance. a party “hemmed in” by the Indium likely to be basted. i “Please, I want to buy a shilling’* father?” worth “Oh, of hay.” “Is it for your no; it's for the horse.’’ -pihe left bower—The man who isn’t recognized by the lady to whom he lifts his hat .—Burlington Free Press. “There will bo a domestic storm,” he murmured, as he heard a crash in the kitchen: “The glass is falling.”— Boston ' when a man 8 | 5 . 0 0 for a little |\ g of H iain6i it ] s hard to convince that it ia a drug in the market. - Tht to defino the word “den fist,” Saphir said; “He is a man who , lg ou [ other people’s teeth to get J ome thing for his own to bite." xhe hlgWa by great men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden flight, But they while their companions night. slept Were out among the boys all ~‘ e,cian ™ ve Mamie—* What are you writing, Min¬ me; your will! Minnie do, im writing my ^o n t <■ eorge proposea l a-it night and 1 told him law day.’ ‘ • “That’s it 1” exclaimed Mrs. Bascom at the concert as the singers came out again in response to an encore. it over again until they get the th ng right. . Never use a crow-bar toget aratlroaa cinder out of your eye. A lead pencil sharpened to a line hard point enough.— will wont Detroit it Dut "if you jab Free Press. old Mr. Bently (reading the paper)— “I see that the King of Spain is ill.” Old Mrs. Bently-“Goodness, Joshua, I hope he hasn’t got a cant car, tool” Old Mr. BentLr-“No, thick. he’s teething. Philip H. There is a yell that scares them all, 1 Thepa^/n and believer; Fo T f ’ —New York Mercury. Th e distressing news comes from Eng land '“nd that the Prince of Wales loses his t00 ,. uick i y to make a good successful tennis player. He wouldn’t make a the Un j ted states Congress, -jther,— Norristown Herald. Ther0 were a i ot 0 f Italians Broadway, sorting a waste hcap ‘ on lower ftre tho 0 people like women’s dreggeg p> as ked J’lugly; and when his {rien(i cou!da > t tell he said they were „ » athered at the waist.— Biftingi. J ever ghoot a cross-bow?” enthusiastic archer of Miss Eth y inda “Ever bhoot a cross-beaut” " I had. B v,e renlied T ’ “I should say Vi gQ crog9 iast n j g kt that I ed m riaht out of the home."—Pitt* , d do b *i® otarinc v 8 uffi—“What you mean ^1® 7uS wtitinm “ “ITUS iienrv Smith?” L W. h. o. y > „ ghe (angrily) 1 4 well W® ’, 'i should like to see you do ff.milig „ „ w H s.—“Here EJ h« r.fflri P 1 m e) ) __“y 0U ’ r e just awful .’"-Bottom o Courier. jo Save Firemen From Asphyxiation. . English inventor has perfected an aT)D i; anc e which will be of great value to firemen. It is a respirator with an India / . u | jher mo nth-piece, and is and designed to enable the wearer to breathe work in com f 0 rt in dense smoke and poisonous „ a=es The device is fastened securely by a band around the head and a flange lying between the teeth and lips, while a small pro ecting piece may be grasped through by the teeth. The air inhaled is drawn a gerie3 0 f „ ma u filters dampened containing with wet g p 0n g eg) cotton wool glycer ; ne) and animal charcoal. The gj terB are provided with valves so that breath expired from the lungs i3 Mnt d j rec t to the external atmosphere, Spectacles, with india-rubber rims fit ting tightly to the cheek and brow, pro tect the eyes. ___ It is announced that Mrs. Cleveland la getting tired of answering notes from people who name their babies after