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“last m Marte Hight to It as Tea.” . Major William Warner, ni«ml>»r of fr. m Missouri, had a little bit of uniqus experience at the aurrcnder of Vicksburg. He wa« then Adjutant of the Thirty third Wisconsin, and on the morning of the Foarth of July, while the detail. of the surrender were lieing completed, bia regiment was “In rest’’ on the works, hut a few rods from the relic) works, which were similsriy filled with the lounging garrison. It occurred to Adjutant Warner that it would boa fine thing to celebrate th'* day in the old-faahioi.ed way by readin ; the Declara'ion of Independence. He had. and still has, a magnificent round, full voice, and every word of the grand old document roll»d out plainly and distinctly on the still July air, and wax attentively listened to by both frs nd and foe. At the conclusion the Union men gave a ringing cheer, an 1 the other aide re sponded with a shrill "rebel yell.” “W bat are you yelling for?” shouted our bo,' « ; "that’s none of your funeral,” "We’ve jini. ax much right to it as you have,” .he Johnnies yelled back. A botcher of Virginia City, Nevada, killed a steer whose teeth were complete ly incrusted with gold and silver bullion. The animal came from a ranch on Car son river. It is supposed that the prec ious metal on its teeth was collected while drinking lhe water in the river. Mjh« Russei l, full sister to Maud 8. has just arrived at Senator Stanford’s Palo Alto Ranch to be bred to Election eer. She was sent by the managers of the Alexander Stock Farm, of Keniucky, .me of the most prominent breeding es tablishments in the United States. -• ' Ti.e great trotter St. Denis, with a record of 2.231, died in Boston, of lung fever, Sunday. He waa worth SIO,OOO. St. Denis was a bay horse by Blue Bull, dam by Shawhan’s Tom Hal. He was foaled in 1878 and obtained his record at Chicago, July 12, 1884. - ■■ A Boston hook makers offer the follow ing odds against the different Base-Ball League Club* getting first or second place : New York and Chicago, 7to 5 ; Boston, Philadelphia, and Detroit, 7 to 1 ; Washington, 25 to 1 ; and Kansas City, 50 to 1. Invalid's Hotel and Murglcnl Inmtltate. Title wldi'ly i'clebrated In-litn'ion, located at Buffalo, N. ¥., Is organized with a full staff of eighteen experienced and skillful Physi cians ai d .Surgeons, constituting the most complete organization of medical and surgical skill In America, for the treatment of all chron ic dlmuuws,wlielher requiring medical or surgi cal means tor tlu lr cure. Marvelous snc< era has been achieved In the cure of all nasal, throat and lungalieea-i s.llvor and kidney <llh> asi'S.dis raaesof th<’digestive organs, bladder diseases, diseases peculiar to women, blood taints and skin diseases, rlioumallsm, neuralgia, ner vous debility, paralysis, epilepsy (tits), sper matorrhea. impotemy and kindred affec tions. Thousands are cured nt their homes through correspondence. The cure of tho worst ruptures, pile tumors, varicocele, hydrocele and strl< lures is guaranteed, with only a short residence at the institution. Send 10 cent- *•’ stamps for the Invalids’Guide IM (108 na eel which gives all particulars. Address, Wo,, . s Dispensary Medical Associ ation. Buffalo, N. Y. Beautv of the soul never dies, its Immor tality Is nourished in heaven. How Io Shorten Life. The receipt la simple. You have only to take a violent <mld, ami neglect it. Abernethy, the groat English surgeon, asked a Indy who told lilm she only had a cough : “What would yon have? The plague?” Beware of “only doughs.” The worst cases can, however, be cured by Dh \Vm. Hai.i.'h H*w*x fob the Liiniih. In Whooping Cough and Croup it iminediatelyallays irritation, and is sure to prevent a fatal termination of the disease Hold by druggists. There is no love so near the genuine quill as self-love. A Bonk Like a Tree. Why is a book liken tree? It is full of leaves. Dr. Biggers' Huckleberry Cordial leaves the bowels in their natural condition, and doos not after checking them, constipate, as many medicines do. Mf-nsman's PaiTONiCTm nzse tonic, the only preparation of beef containing Its entire nutrl- Uous yirnprsttM. It contains blood-making force,generating and life-sustaining properties; invaluable for Indigestion, dyspepsia, nervous prostration, and all forms of genera! debility; also, in all enfeebled conditions, whether the result of exhaustion, nervous prostration, over work or acute disease, particularly if resulting from pulmonary complaints. < 'aawell,Hazard Co., Proprietors. Now York. Sold by druggists Lua’s SpitiMis, East Ti nnessec, r < a-on able and first-class (tumtner resort. See ad’vt. Bronchitis is o'red by frequent small doses of Ptao's Cure for Consumption. DYSPEPSIA Is a dangwroi** am well an distressing complaint If Mwler&d M tends. by impairing nutrition, and de pressing the v»nc <rf the ayakuu. to prepare the way tor Rapid Decline. —■ Bte [Hi i I I B\ffUfyz c» IfflSDi | 111 g U U BEST TONIC ?. • Quickly and orennletely (nre* IlyMM'prln tn all ite forma. llrnriaarH, Hrlrhhtg. TaMhg the etc. Il enrich— and purifleethe him*! rrinni lale* the appetite, and aide the aaatmilatam of fund. Mr W.t Wyatt, a well-known builder. M'«t gvmery. Ala., Mja "I have ban a sufferer with Dye pepei* for eight year*. I hare tried various rvroe dw» without much rebel Brown's Iron Ritters has entire!) cured me I cheerfully recommend it.’* Mh J M KtNnKKOF.K. c»r I’hdip and Magarin Ru . New Orleans, la, says ” For some time i was a martyr to Dyspepsia and tried various remedies will>o*ll relief. I used Brown a Iron Bitters, and 1 am now enjoying e» owl lent health and do recommend it," Genuine ha> above Trade Murk and erremed re<l ling <*n wrapper Tnkc no other. Made etily by BKOWh <’HF-MH’AL < HALTIMORI. MR A ROANOKE ’Wap COTTON PRESS. I « The Beat and Cheapest Pre— \ -JNBHK Kl_ / ru,d * I*** than shelter \ / oiwr other praaesa. Hundreds \ jfl| / actual use at both steam k tiiatiß,! Hb / an<! horwe power rm. Haire taste* than any «in can pick. _ Addrere R.MMOKK !aOM AM> W.twWoui, ('hat tan < wig a, ' ™*sn ( <-r dhaJßßre Tenn. A lUb aaperieac*. »amrkaMs red q nick cmrea. Trial pash ages, head gtama fw mM rarUet. lars. AAaraei, Dr. WARD & CO.. WUJUM, MS '_ THE ■ pa—nd advantages as a sommet iueurt and invalids' home bathing, boating, driving, etc. Send f<«r iilus trated t»ook before deeding where to go. Dll. PIRSa r npin w ■bmwmS> ITIf 'VoolLkv? MSt READ AND PONDER. A™ For* W«»rM, J«a««rv IfffA, IMW EXTENSIVE CIGAR lAKUFACTURS ABOL ISH lENEMINT HOUSE WORK. “ Three cheers for Kerb* A Spf«s« 1” "homed an enthusiastic cigar-maker at the meetirg of the delegates of the five C gar- Makers’ In'ernational Unions in this < ity, ■at No. 64 East Fourth s'reet, last night. Three times three were given with a vn bi the 200 delegates One of the officers made the following statement, which will, it is believed, make the cig-u --; makers also want to shout- About twr ..eecks ago Mew, KERBS <j‘ SPIESS ; who conduct one of the iarrjest cigar Man ufactories in this city, end are one of the oldest firms in the business, notified our | cr.mmittre that they wanted to see us. On toiuv to tie fuC’ory, at the corner of Seer nd avenue and Fifty-fourth street, we had a talk with the members of the firm. Mr. Kerbs told us he was tired of dirty compe tition which only meant taking advantage of the workingmen for the benefit of mid' dkmen, and was an injury to the trade. Asa business man he saw it was to his in terest to be a friend of organized labor, and he wanted to learn how he could become so We of course replied thal it was an easy matter. All he won'd have to do was to make his factory a Union shop and procure the International Union Label. We held several meetings, the result of which was that he went over the bdl of prices paid oy tho firm, and amended it to conform with the union scale. It was originally the highest in the city fnr domestic work, but to bring it up to the Union’s standard, it was in” creased from 20 to 60 cents a thousand. This the firm agreed to. Another condi tion necessary was that they should abolish tenement house work, and this, too, the firm conceded 1 should mention that the five houses belonging to the firm are among the finest in the city, well kept and ventilated, and the occupants arc the most intelligent tenement-house workers to be found, being mostly Germans. The prices paid are in advance of those of any other tenement house factory. By giving up the tenement homes it will decrease the present capacity of the output by the 6rm at least one-third, and will give employment to a much preater number of men ar good wages. KERBS# SPI ESS also agreed to reduce tho hours of labor, as provided lor by new constitu tion, to nine a day, until May 1, and after that to eight a day. When new brands ol of cigars aie introduced, the price is to be agreed upon by the Arbitration Committee of the Union. Only members of the Inter national Union are, to be employed That is in accordance with our constitution, when a manufacturer desires to use our label. In consideration of the firm's atml i«hing the tenement-houses, we agreed to it’s opening a floor for the manufacture of cheaper brands of cigars, the number of employees in which are *o be restrict , and a proportionate reduction will be made in their number when any discharges are made, because of the depression of trade in tne, other departments. In this department, on the lower grades, prices have been ad vanced from $1.30 to $1.60 a thousand over those paid tithe tenement-house workers —higher, in fact, than the prices off red by the Manufacturers’ Association for some of their brands." ‘ The firm,” continued the spea' er, “were members of lhe Association, and worked actively to bring about a uniform scale of prices in the city, but they wanted the scale raised to their standard, and when the as sociation resolved on a sweeping reduction, they‘bolted,’. Kerbsand Sptess will em ploy between 500 and 600 hands. Their action will show the public that good wages can be paid the workingmen and the man ufacturers will still make money.” — -« " KERBS & SPIESS’ CELEBRATED PREMIUM CIGARS, The best sc. Cigar in the World For ta’e wholesale by A . CJ. Howard <fc Co. Sole Agents, Atlanta, Georgia, An<l by all Responsible Retail Dealers. Workingmen, ask'’our friends to Imy the celebrated K. & S.’s PREMIUM CIGAR. Messrs. Henry P. Scales & Co., Kimball Home, Atlanta, Georgia, are sole Agents for the following celebrated brands made by us . Georgia Bonds, Slawsou’s Success, Para disc. Cignrroa, Scales’ No. 9, R d Strings La Magdalena, Advertiser First Pick. Bju qnet de Key West, Squire. Critic, Sweet Home, end numerous other brands. W. R. Shropshire, 43 Broad street, is sole agent for the follow ing brands: True Live, Trinidad. No. 43, Old Sinner, Arctic, Parisanna, Royal Flavor. Benjamin Bros. & Co. Correr Broad ard Marietta streets, are sole agents for the iiliowing brand.?: Purity, Snap. Chips. Laßelle Flora, Liver Regula tor, Royal Pansy and Minerva. A. F. Fleming, No. 30 Wall street, is sole agent for lhe following brands: Crack Shot, High Toned, Monuments, Hayle’s Pet. J. Steinheimer & Co., 52 Wbit< hall st., solo agents for the famous SPRI NG GARDEN cigar, the best five cent cigsr in the market. The following brands manufactured by us are kept constantly in stock by Messrs. A. G. Howard & Co. Corner Broad and Alabama ata., Atla its’; Master Stroke, Strictly Business, Mirabifo Pitana, Town Gossip, 4—11—44, Howard , Paola, Marchali Neil, Jones’ Ratt’er, I-a Flor de Seville, and many others. J. J. Hall, 14 N. Broad street, is sole agent for the celebrated ‘ Jack Pot” five cent cigar. P. & G. T. Dodd, are sole agents for Our Boys, Arcade and South cigars. TOLBERT. HOYT A 00. are sole agents for Fenn s Best five cent cigar. Ask yo ur dialer for Kerbs & Spiees’ Ci gar. They employ only UNION LABOR- KERBS & SPIESS, ‘ 1014, 1016, 1018, and 1020 2d ata. NEW YORK. PRECIOUS STONES. Th* Search for Them in the United States. Extent of the Discovery of Diamonds and Other Gem Stones. t ' It is a remarkable circumstance that, »1 though this country is so rich in miner al resources, and the world draws from us a great part of its supply of the prec ious metals, we have, so far, discovered here only an insignificant quantity of precious stones. The total value of the gems proper mined in the United States I in 1884 was less than thirty thousand dollars, and yet we imported during the i same year more than nine million dollars’ I worth of diamonds an<’ other precious stones. The subject is elaborately treated by Mr. George F. Kunz in a recent volume on “The Mineral Resources of the Uni ted States,” published by the Govern ment, and his paper iontains an array of facts of very great and peculiar interest. Diamonds, it seems, have been found in various parts of the country, but chiefly ■ in California anti North Carolina, though the largest diamond yet discovered here i was dug up by a laborer, thirty or more years ago, in Manchester, Virginia. This ■ stone not at first recognized, weighed i originally 23 3-4 carats, and when reduced by cutting, 11 11-16 carats, and it was i deemed so valuable that at one time $6,000 was loaned on it, though now, | because of its undesirable color and cer tain imperfections, it is not worth more i than a twentieth part of that sum. The California diamonds found in fif teen or twenty different places, the most i prolific being Cherokee Flats, Butte : county, arc of all the colors known in the stone, white, yellow, straw, and rose, | but they are generally very small, rang ing in value from ten to fifty dollars each. The largest, discovered at French Corral, weighed 71-4 carats, and many are unearth ed whose value in the rough is not less than one hundred dollars. Diamonds are also found in North Carolina in asso ciation with the flexible sandstone, called I itacolumite, which is peculiar to that State, where, too, sapphires of notable brilliancy have appeared. A sapphire found at Jenks Mine, in Franklin county, B one of the finest known specimens of tho emerald green variety, and because of its great rarity is probably worth one thousand dollars. Fine specimens of chrysoberyl, a stone which sometimes is almost equal in ap pearance to the yellow diamond, and is principally obtained in Brazil and Ceylon, have been found in different parts of New England, New York, and the Southern States, and the spinel, a beautiful gem, which is often sold for Oriental rubjg is distributed in the same way. The best, crystals of topaz come from the Platte Mountains in Colorado, one of these, weighing 125 carats, being an extraordi narily fine gem. Only insignificant quan tities of emeralds and beryls have been found within our boundaries, but garnets, which, although smaller, are equal to the best of Africa and Ceylon, are discovered on the Colorado River platoau. The amethyst is quite common in New Eng land, and appears in several places in the Southern States. One specimen, found near Cheshire, in Connecticut, rivals in color the best amethysts of Siberia, but the most remarkable native amethyst is that lately deposited in the National Museum by Dr. Lucas. It is a turtle-shaped pre historic cutting 2 3-4 inches in length, 2 inches in width, and 11-2 inches in thick-/ ness, is transparent and flawless. Os all the gem stones, however, the greatest revenue, in 1884 ten thousand dollars, comes from smoky quartz, the finest specimens of which are found at Bear Creek, in Colorado. There are also many beautiful examples of the less val uable stones which are in demand for cabinet collections, such as the green feldspar, or Amazon stone, found at Pike’s Peak. j But, so far, comparatively little atten tion has been paid to the search for prec ious stones in the United States, tb*tf, i their use is much more general among our people than among those of other countries. Very likely if the hunt was pursued methodically and persistently we should not be sending millions abroad annually to buy diamonds, sapphires, ru bies, emeralds, and other brilliant and I beautiful stones for the adornment of our women, and to lend additional glory to the Aiderman, the ward politician, the hotel clerk, and the barkeeper. Yet, however great the results obtained from from such a search, the actual profit de rived from the industry would probably fail to justify and properly reward the labor expended upon it.—JV<w York Sun. Hancock’s Humor. The late General Hancock was not much given to humorous declarations, but he said one exceedingly good thing in that line at Gettysburg. At a certain 1 stage of that great battle it happened that some subordinate officer, acting upon his own responsibility, disregarded ordinary military rules and caused a decided ad vantage to be gained where, according to West Point philosophy, a disaster should have ensued. Hancock was both pro voked and delighted. “If I knew the fool who ordered that movement," he ax claimed, “I would have him brevetted 1” ML 2>vs4» <?We-jDeww>craL A Fifty-Tea Hammer. There is a nirious personality In ham mers and •workmen like to give them names. There are 82 steam hammers in the Krupp works, of from 400 pounds weight to 50 tons. The largest is * ‘Fritz," whose 50 tons fall on an anvil and anvil block weighing together 1.250 tons,these resting on a foundation 100 feet deep. The next in size is named “Max.” It would require a poet like him who sang the “Song of the Bell’’ rightly to descrilie the action of “Fritz,” and I do not won der that the Emperor, on his visit here, presented the worker of this hammer with a watch. I observed “Fritz” for some time at work upon the steel stem of an Austrian iron clad, the Ferdinand Max. The metal was from one casting, without seam or weld, 45 feet long and of 25 tons weight. Four men with long clamps managed the red hot mass, swung over the anvil by a crane. They turned it readily this way and that, the foreman at each pause uttering a signal which “Fritz” understood, answering with a soft tap, or a gentle pressure, or with an earthquake. I was curious to see the an vil block which supplemented? the ability of the earth to sustain such shocks through a length of time, and was pres ently shown one which, after twenty-one years of thumping, had cracked straight through from top to bottom—possibly beneath some gentle stroke which was the last feather to break its huge back. Krupp does not make plates for iron clads, but only such parts as might be needed for ordinary ships. Having lit our cigars on the Austrian iron clad, we proceed to observe the op erations of “Max” and other hammers. One of these I saw giving 300 tremend ous strokes a minute. “Max” was en gaged in welding “hard” iron (though this is more ductile than the other). To nice distinctions between iron and iron “Max” is indifferent; his big bow legs arch above a tower of pieces built on his anvil, and with crushing blows of his mighty fist he makes a hundred plates one. However, though they seem one and act together, in the end it will be proved that they are not one; no con ceivable force can weld into one differ ent organizations of atoms. To be thor oughly united they must be filtered and refined in the crucible. The central part of railway wheels is made by welding, but the tires are made without welding. The nave of the wheel is of wrought iron, which is placed beneath a hammer of suitable shape, and at the third blow the wheel is shaped. The tire is cut from a long round mass of steel—6 or 8 from one casting—when it is called a “cheese;” it is flattened, punched in the centre with an eight inch die, strung on a horse anvil and there beaten until it becomes a tire, and ready for the fluting ’process which adapts it to the rail. Harper's Magazine. A Fatal Worm in a Woman’s Lnng. During the year 1857 or 1858, one of my neighbors had a negro woman taken sick. As he was a man who read, observed and thought, he rarely ever called in a physi cian to treat an ordinary disease in his family. But this case baffled his skill and I was called in to advise with him The woman had been sick about a week, all the time suffering the most excruciat ing pain and. referring to her hip joint, and for several days her cries had been almost incessant. Blisters had been ap plied and the usual constitutional treat ment for acute diseases of the hip joint, but to no purpose. I will never forget tiie unspeakable agony expressed in her countenance. Her breathing was hurried. Her cries feeble, yet heart rending. An examination revealed no soreness or swell ing about the hip, and it was evident that she had mislocated the pain. Aus cultation and percussion showed that there was an occlusion of the air cells throughout the right lung. She died that night. An autopsy revealed next day no trace of disease in the hip, but exhibited a worm one and three-quarter inches long iu her lung. It was white, flat, with a black head, resembling close ly the common wood sawyer. Such wtrms I have seen in the inud of springs and branches. I suppose she swallowed drinking. I traced tho track of the intruder through the coats of her stomach into her liver, thence back through her diaphragm into her lung. What will appear most strange to the physician, she neither coughed or expec torated. I refor the incredulous to Col onel W. H. Mattox, his father, and Uncle John W. Mattox, who witnessed the autopsy, saw the worm and his path of destruction. Mr. W. C. Smith, a few days ago, sug gested the publication of the above. He handed his daughter Ethel some water in a mug. After she had drank he discov ered a worm, such as described, in the bottom of the mug. How thankful should we all feel that she did not swal low it, and how careful we should be when drinking.— Elberton (Ga.) Leader. Wanted to Hear Him Talk. Enfant Terrible (jumping into visitor’s lap): You’re Mr. Noodleby, ain’t you? Noodleby: Yes, dear, that’s my name. E. T.: Well, I want to hear you talk. Noodleby: And why, my prettydearl E. T.: ’Cause pa says you talk like a jackass, and I never heard one.— Ramb ler. FXKAKILR Os the Kalrhte of Leber at North A®trice To tkt Cftblic t Tb” alarming development end ajrcn*- ti'er.cKs of jtrat cgpitaluu and corpora tions. unless chw ked. will inevitably lead to tho pauperization and hopeless degradation of the toiling masses. It is imperative, if wo desire to enjov tne full blessings of life, that a check be placed upon unjust accumulation and the power for evil of aggregated wealth. This much-desired object <an be accom plished only by the united efforts of those who obey the divine injunction, “In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread. Therefore we have formed, the Order of Knights of Labor, for the purpose of organ izing and directing the power of the indus trial masses, not as a political party, for it is more—in.it are crystalized sentiments and measures for the benefit of the whole peop’e but it should be borne in mind, when oxer- i eising the right of suffrage, the most of the objects herein set forth can only be obtained , through legislation, and that it is the duty ! of all to assist in nominating and support- : ing with their votes only such candidates as - will pledge their support to those measures ; regardless of party. But no one shall, how ; ever, be compelled to vote with the ma- ' jority, and calling upon all who believe in ' securing “the greatest good to the greatest ■ number,” to join and assist us, we declare j to the world that our aims are: To make industrial aud moral worth, not wealth, she true standard of individual and National greatness. To secure to workers the full enjoyment of the wealth they create, sufficient leisure in which to develop their intellectual, moral and social faculties; all of the benefits, re creation and pleasures of association; in a word, to enable them to share in the gains and honors of advancing civilization. • In order to secure these results, wo de mand at the bands of the State: The establishment of Bureaus of Labor Statistics, that we may arrive at a correct knowledge of the educational, moral and financial condition of the laboring masses. That the public lands, the heritage of the people, be reserved for actual settlers; not another acre for railroads or speculators, and that all lands now held for speculative purposes be taxed to their full value. The abrogation of all laws that do not bear equally upon capital and labor, and the removal of unjust technicalities, delays and discriminations in the administration of justice. The adoption of measures providing for the health and safety of those engaged in mining, manufacturing and building indus tries, and for indemnification to those en gaged therein for injuries received through lack of necessary safeguards. The recognition, by incorporation, of trades’ unions, orders and such other associa tions as may be organized by the working masses to improve their condition and pro tect their rights. The enactment of laws to compel corpor ations to pay thfiir employees weekly, in lawful money, for the labor of the preceding week, and giving mechanics and laborers a first lien upon the product of their labor to the extent of their full wages. The abolition of the contract system on i National, State and Municipal works. The enactment of laws providing for ar bitration between employers and employed, and to enforce the decision of the arbi trators. The prohibition by law of the employ ment of children under 15 years of age in workshops mines and factories. To prohibit the hiring out of convict labor. That a graduated income tax be levied. And we demand at the hands of Con gress : The establishment of a National mone tary system, in which a circulating medium at necessary quantity shall issue direct to the people, without the intervention of banks; that all tho National issue shall be fulf legal tender in payment of all debts, public and private; and that the govern ment shall not guarantee or recognize any private banks, or create any banking cor porations. That interest-bearing bonds, bills of credit or notes shall never be issued by the Gov ernment, but that, when need arises, the mergency shall be met by issue of legale tender, non-interest-bearing mdney. That the importation of foreign labor under contrast be prohibited. That, in connection «ith the post-office, the government shall organize financial ex changes, safe deposits and facilities for de posit of the savings of the people in small sums.j That the Government shall obtain pos session, by purchase, under the right of emi net domain, of all telegraphs, telephones and railroads, and that hereafter no charter or license be issued to any corporation for construction or operation of any menus of trnnsporting intelligence, passengers or freight And while making the foregoing de mands upon the State and National Gov ernment, we wifi endeavor to associate our own labors. To establish co-operative institutions such ' as will tend to supercede the wage system, by the introduction of a co operative indus trial system. To secure for both sexes equal pay for equal work. To shorten the hours of labor by a gen eral refusal to work for more than eight hours. To persuade employers to agree to arbi trate all differences which may arise 1/:- tween them and their employees, in order that the bonds of sympathy between them may be strengthened and that strikes may be made unnecessary. ALL CIGr JARS MANUFACTUREn BY STRAITON <fc STORM BEAR— THE UNION LABEL, And the firm name appears on the inside lining of each box. To guard against imitations, notice their factory number. NO. 11, THIRD DISTRICT. STATE OF NEW YORK. SAVE your money The greatest money-saving - ??. terpise ever offered to the American people. Call and investigate and SAVE ONE. HALF OF YOt'R LIVING EXPENSES Southern office of The Peoples CO-OPERA. TIVE Supply Association. Room 48, Fitten Building. Take the elevator. Atlanta .Ga agents wanted. St IFNTUTr ANI» INN MRIAU Hr a Japanrec procre* *r* wred is made into paper ho transparent that it tnay Im milwtituted for window-glass. When col or d it makes an excellent imitation of stained glass. A repeating rifle invented by a French officer, can be loaded with its seven cart ridges in ten second* and completely dis charged in four, and it does not require to be removed from the shoulder until the magazine is exhausted. Signor Bombicca supposes the deto nation of meteors to be that of an ex plosive gas formed during the surface heating of the mass in the atmosphere, and accumulating chiefly in the various space left behind the mass 4 \n its very swift flight. A French journal calls attention to the rich oil contained in the grains of the tong-yeou, a tree which grows in China. This oil is easily extracted by pressure, has a density of 0.9863, and possesses a variety of curious properties. It dries more rapidly than any other known oil. It has also the power of solidifying under the action of light and out of contact with the air. Accounts show that the saltpetre beds of Nevada are far better situated for their development than the nitre region of South America, which is an arid desert. Water for all purposes is condensed from the ocean water and carried to the nitre fields, fifel being procured from the mountains in South Chili. In Nevada, the saltpetre deposits are in the vicinity of a rich farming country, with an abundant supply of water and wood at hand. In a communication to the Meteorolog ical society, of Austria, M. G. Ligner has described the remarkable discovery that the moon has an influence on a magne tized needle. The phenomenon is said to be more prominent when the moon is nearest to the earth, and to be very marked when she is passing from the full to her first or second quarter. The disturbance reaches a maximum when the moon is in tho plane of the equator, and is greater during the southern than northern declination. At a recent meeting of the Academy of Sciences, of Paris, M. Duclaux de tailed the results of some experiments which he had made to determine the ef fect. of sunlight upon the vitality of mi crobes. He found that a few hours at exposure to the direct rays of the sun were sufficient to weaken, and finally to destroy, the pathogenic micrococci used in the experiments. He argued, there fore, that the sun is the best disinfectant which we possess, the most universal, the most economical and the most active. The advancement of geographical knowledge is now encouraged by ninety four geographical societies, with nearly 50.000 members, and a total income of more than a quarter of a million dollars annually. Os these societies France has twenty-six,with a membership of 18,000; Germany, twenty-four, with 9,000. mem bers; Italy and Switzerland, six, tyich with 3,000 members; Great Britain and her colonies, five, with 5,000 members; the United States, two, with 1,500 mem bers. There are 126 periodicals devoted to geography, of which forty-two are published in French, thirty-eight in Ger man, eight in Russian, seven in Italian, six each - guese, and one each in Danish, Hun garian, Swedish, Roumanian i»nd Japa nese. Profits of Playwrights. George A. Mortimer, a well-knowi theatrical agent, said to a Philadelphia Times reporter: “.Oneof the most suc cessful playrights in the country is Fred Marsden, a Philadelphian. He was once a stock actor at Wood’s museum, Ninth and Arch streets, at fifteen dollars a week. He was a failure as an actor. Then he studied law here. Joe Murphy, the actor, paid him $10,003 for ‘Kerry Gow'and ‘Shaun Rhue.’ Murphy luff made over $150,000 out of these twe plays. Lotta gave Marsden $5,000 for the new play of ‘Bob.’ The first week she played it her share of the receipts was $7,000. Lotta always buys plays outright, as a great many wealthy q<ft<jrs do. Others who have not so much money, pay royalties to the playwright. Roland Reed has paid Marsden SII,OOO in royalties during the last three seasons. Charles H. Hoyt’s comedies pay well. They are bright. All have a funny com 'edian, three pretty girls and an old woman. These are the three essen tials.” “Are the dime museums hurting the regular companies throughout the coun try ?” was asked. “Immensely. Not in the large cities, however, but in cities like Albany, Troy, and Syracuse, for instance, where three night stands are made. Some of the managers are boycotting the actors who play in dime museums. Dave Bidwell, one of the richest managers in the coun try, expressly stipulates in his contracts that if actors appear at dime museums it makes void the contract. Maud Gran-* j ger had a contract with Colonel Sitin're cently, which he annulled when he learned that she had been playing in museums. Miss Granger announced that she would enter suit against him, but Sinn paid her $2,000 and stopped pro ceedings.” Punishing Children. “The Punishment of Children” was the subject of Professor Felix Adler’s re cent lecture before the society of ethical culture in Philadelphia. Professor Adfer said: “Prolonged study, the experience o' a lifetime—much less a brief discussba during a morning hons are hardly teffi cient tor the complete ma-tery of the de tails of this most important subject. But I trust I may lead to an independent in vestigation of the delicate, manifold questions involved. Never punish adiild in anger. Let the anger burning within | you subside. An angry person in always . liable to overshoot the mark—can aever te perfectly just. Whether corporal pun- I ishment is ever admissible is an open , question. There are reasons outside of sentiment against it. Corporal punish ment tends to brutalize a child; it tands ’ to make children cowards and it blunts the sense of shame. For our conservs tiye friends, who are so fond of msis i taining old institutions because they are i old, there is one excellence in corporal punishment; it the ripply o£ . Uu criminal classes.” _