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SOUTHERN PROGRESS.
X’-w ludustrlei Rcpor * 4 In Pixie For the
the Week <Juit Put.
Chattanooga, Ang. 4.—Tha Trades
man's ‘ utbonj eorr. -po -.dents among
j-.r-.ni I’ie-iit manufacturers and dealers
r ■••;■ ;: a -me imnrcvonient i:i business
< h'iiti'jns. Im. ■•;■ ns are still favor
td'lo f< r largo crops of c rn and cotton
: i doerrasr in pr- in-tu.D in the
iron and textile ind strict gives a more
be Ithy tone to the’marketg. The eat
tn me heat of the past week has had a
izing < -t <ll trade, but this is
n m] r»ry and a renewal of ac
ti-.r.y in many lines is expected this
month.
ght > hange for the better chame
t i.z .•■■ the ir >n and steel market.
Tiim-di piy i.on isstiil v. f-i'k, some sales
n:<- r •• and tin r? is quite a little
i' r steel ami other materials.
Ihiyi-i me siill <•■•.. rv.itive, however,
a.’ni pii-cs low, but e ’nations seem to
oiic'itirago the loidet that a change for
n ■ for ■ '.-.'it. The Ma
, hoy.ln r valley manufacturers have
siym- I the amalgamated scale, and
m . ily all the mil. ar ■ getting ready to
start up. The A b!and(Ky.)Coal, Iron
ami J Inilwa.y company are overhauling
their No. 1 furnace pi paratory to put
ting it in blast.
Southern lumbermen report increas
ing activity even at this early date, with
pri sports favorable for a go< d demand
in the tall, do-nite (he dtpros.-dng effect
<>f elections and tac ever troublesome
money question.
Matters in textile circles are quiet. A
nu ali rof mills are running on short
time, but ethers are still m full opera
tion with a fair number of orders on
hind.
Tn - following new industries are re
] ’t“l: A Calming factory at Croon
(' oil ;firings, Fla.; a >.~>i),ooo electric
light on.i p ; ver plant at Berkley, Va.;
a fertilizer factory at Savannah, Ga,;
a fl mring mill at Lillard’s .Mills, Tenn.;
ft ; (ton gi 1 an 1 el< ctrical plant at Mag
,Mi ;a ■ ?’ ,(X)0 f<mndry and ma
chine shop at. Birmingham, Ala., and
the T. S. Godfrey Marblo company or
ganized with a capital of •<<o,ooo at
Knoxville, Tenn. Coal mines will be
opened at Montreal, Ark., and Arte- '
num, K y.; utoi > quarri at Paris, Tex.;
mac hine works t o cost $50,000 will be
-.-tI at New Orleans, La.; a paper
i box factory at Norfolk, Va.; a $15,000
oil mill at Yoakum, Tex,; knitting mills
at, Chattanooga, Tenn., and Union, S.
U., and woodworking plants at Bruns
wick, Ga., and Columbia, S. U. Other
j m-'.v industries reported are cotton mills
at Thomaston, G.:.; electric light plants
at Ai ton, Ala.; < h ntral (’ity, Ky.,
and Gp'onsboro, Ahi.; machine works
at Fort Worth, Tex.; an oil refinery at
Moundsville, W. Va.; a rice mill at
lluni'-e, L.’.. and til ■ works at Winches
ter, Ky. Waterworks will probably bo
I at Ga y, Ala ; Cotton
Ih.int, Ark.; Guthrie, Ky., and Dech
erd, Tenn.
'I ho < tilai-'omoiits include brass works
at Lmtisville, Ky.; an-electribal plant at
Concord, N. 0.; a flouring mill at Edom,
and waterworks at ( k burg, W.
Va.
Among now buildings are large busi-
'" , Fla.; St illmore,
Ga., an 1 Petersburg, Va.; a courthouse
depot at
A 1., and a hotel to cost
: SIOO,OOO at Abbeville, Ga.; a $20,000 op
era house at Washington, Ga.; a $lO,-
000 residence at Mobile, Ala., and a
school building to cost SIO,OOO at Or
-1 an go, Tex.
ATTACKED BY WHALES.
The Sleanwr S<>inino!o llatl a Narrow Es
cape Several Women Fainted.
Jac ksonvit.uk, Fla , Aug. s.—The
steamer Seminole of the Clyde line ar
rived here from Now York with groat
dents in the plates on each side and with
I some of the delicate machinery in tlie
engine room disarranged. The damage
to the vessel was the result of an en
counter with monster whales.
So >ll after pas ingSandy ilook Purser
R. I*l. Morton says the steamer ran into
1 a school of whales. Soon six of tho mon-
I sters appeared almost under tho ship’s
• bow and she crashed into one of them,
i Thoimpact apparently broke the whale’s
-I back and it began to spout blood. Then
the officers and passengers witnessed a
remarkable sight.
Tho whales drew off a short distance
and dashed madly against the vessel,
causing her to tremble from stem to
stern. Tho whales repeated this per
formance four times and at each collis
ion the Seminole quivered as if about to
go to the bottom.
Many of the passengers wore hurled
to the deck and bruised. Several of tho
women fainted. So terrible was the
shock that some of the furniture in the
i saloon was broken from its fastenings.
The whales were badly injured by the
collision and after tho fourth rush drew
away spouting blood. They tried to
come again, but moved slowly because
of their injuries and tho.vessel soon dis
tanced them. It was feared the Semi
nole was badly damaged, but examina
tion showed only the superficial injuries
: mentioned.
The passengers say the whales were
nearly Hk) feet in length.
Professor Hanford Dies at Macon.
Macon, Aug. 10.—Professor Shelton
Palmer Sanford, LL.D., the distin
guished and venerable mathematician
and astronomer, died of inflammatory
: rheumatism at his residence in this city,
on College street, iu the eighty-first year
of his age. Dr. Sanford has had a re
markable career. For nearly fifty years
he was a member of the faculty of Mer
cer university. His life has been one of
dist action and great usefulness, and as
a college professor and author of arith-
I metics his name is well known through
out this broad land. Dr. Sanford was a
native Georgian. He was born iu
Greenesbord, Greene countv, Ga., Jan.
85, l<lo. '
Incen linry l ire Near Montgomery.
Montgomery, Ala., Aug. B.—A fire
d '-treyed three large country stores at
Pikeroad, in tliis county, entailing a
le>s of about sls,Odd. The lire started
in Johnston's st re and was communi
cated to those of O. C. Blackburn and
L. S. Armist’ a 1, consuming all three.
In endiaries are believed to have started
Al', of the property was par
tially insured.
A New Orleans Bank Fails.
New Orleans, Aug. («.—The Ameri
can National bank failed to open its
d rs Thursday. The beard of directors
have decided to go into liquidation.
John Paul and Jacob Hayes of Wy
oming, Minn., were rrmrneied by un
known tramps, who also seriously in
’ I Foster Os BA Paul. Dr. F .-
tor wanted to be driven to Wyoming
Mills and Paul and Hayes were getting
a team ready for him, when three
tramps appeared and < rd red them to
Im'. I up their han Is. Dr. Foster showed
I fi_:'.t and Paul and Hayes promptly
cam? to his relief. The tramps fired
no v .- y. Hayes ami Paul both falling
1 I. Alter p-. uiiding Dr. Foster about
j tli • .».id. the tramns esmioeJ
j- MORE ACTIVITY NOTED.
Trnile I» Picking Vp Im Porno I’art» of the
South—New Industries.
I Chattanooga, July Us.—Bu.diiesscon
ditious in the south, as rep rted by The
Tradesman’s hnndreds of correspond
ents, remain, unchanged. Ats me points
more activity is noted, but, generally
speaking, trade in all linos is quiet and
t is expected be
fore <t. 1!-th merchants and
mauufa’ turers look for a good business
in the fall, if the fine crop prospects are
realized and the political disturbances
ate not too demoralizing.
The condition of the iron and steH
1 market is still unsatisfactory. Very lit
tle is being done either ,11 raw or finished
material, and prices are weak. The fact
that production is being curtailed is en
couraging and will tend to strengthen
the market.
The lumber industry shows no new
features. Buying is done on a limited
scale, and while some goo I orders are
reported, the volume of business is not
largo.
Textile manufacturers report a quiet
trade, and the prospects are not very
favorable for an increase in demand, at
present. Prices are nominally un
changed. The export trade is bolding up
well. For tho 11 months ending with
May, cotton goods valued at $11,1'5,148
were exported from tho United States.
Cotton mill building is active and a
number of southern mills are enlarging
their plants and getting ready for a
large output iu the fall.
The coal mining business is fairly
good with no dissatisfaction existing -
among miners.
The following new industries are re
ported for the week:
A brewery at Cuero, Tex., electric
light plants at Barnesville, Ga., and
Hempstead, TeX.; a 100-barrel flouring
mill at Denton,. Tex.; a $25,000 ice fac
tory at Greenville, Miss.; a stone quarry
to be developed at Riverside, Tex., and
a $25,000 bark mill at Lynchburg, Va.
A $20,000 oil mill will be erected at
Shiner, Tex.; a paper mill at Sugarland, I
Tex.; a st«>,ooo sugar refine yat Donald- •
sonville, La.; cotton gins at Forsyth,
Ga., and Orange ami White League,
Tex.; cotton mills at Douglasville, Ga., i
and Mebane, N. C.; a knitting mill at ■
Athens, Ga., and a tobacco factory at
Richmond, Va. Woodworking plants
will be established at Brewton, A’a., 1
Harmony Grove, Ga., Gold Hock and
Orange, N. C., Charleston, S. C.,
Georgetown, Tenn., and a $25,000 lum
ber mill at Beaumont, Tex.
The enlargements include a cotton
compress at McKinuey, Tex., an elec
tric light plant at Van Alsiyne, Tex.,
flouring mills at Carter’s Creek, Mul
berry and Shelbyville, Tenn.; cotton
mills at Macon, Ga., and McOoll, S. C.,
and a planing mill at -Columbia, S. C.
Among the most important new build
ings is a $19,000 church at Alexandria,
Va., and one to cost $40,000 at Raleigh,
N. C.; and SBO,OOO government building
at Meridian, Miss.; a $25,000 library at
Oxford, Ga.; and a $i;i),000 opera house i
at Knoxville, Tenn.
ROBERT GARRETT DEAD.
Ex-V reside nt of (he IJalthnore and Ohio
Railway Succumbed to Nephritis.
Baltimore, July 29.—Robert Garrett,
formerly president of tho Baltimore and
Ohio railway, died ai his cottage in
Deer Park, Md.
Although Mr. Garrett has been a hope
less mental invalid for many years, it
was not thought that his physical in
firmities were such as to cause any im
mediate uneasiness upon tho part of his
friends. About two weeks ago, how
ever, ho began to fail and it was thought
best to remove him from “Uplands,”
his country home, near Baltimore, to
Deer Park, in the hope that the change
of air and scenery would benefit him.
The improvement was not as great as
his physicians hoped for, and within
the past week the patient has suffered
much from mental depression and mel
ancholia. On Monday iifglit his physi
cal condition showed a marked change
for the worse, and Tuesday his condi
tion became critical. His devoted wife
was with him when the end camo,
which was peaceful and apparently ’
painless. The immediate cause of his
death is understood to have been chronic
nephritis, w hich he has suffered from
for many years.
Arrangements for the funeral are not
yet completed, but it is thought that it
will take place in Baltimore on Satur
day of this week. The news of his death
was a profound surprise to the people of j
this city, where it was not generally I
known that Mr. Garrett was so seri- j
ously ill.
Dade Convict Camp Broken Up.
Atlanta, July 28.—The decree of !
Governor Atkinson, ordering that the
'[convict camps at Cole City, Ris ng
1 Fawn and Bartow be broken up because
of the failure of Julius L. Brown, the
president of penitentiary camp No 1,
; to pay the fine of $750 imposed upon ■
him for mismanagement, has been car
-1 ried out. A special train brought 400
convicts who have been working in
these mines to Fulton county Monday.
Tho greater part of the convicts got off
t at Bolton and were marched across the
I country to the Chattahoochee brick
yards. About 60 came to Atlanta and
1 were sent on a night train to the lum
ber camp of Mr. George W. Parrott, on
the Georgia Southern and Florida rail
road. Fifty-three moved on to Mr. T.
J. James’ camp, at Adrian, Ga., on the '
1 Central railroad, Tuesday morning.
Crisis Iu Lumber and Naval Stores Trade.
’ Cordele, Ga., July 29. A crisis
seems to have been reached in the lum-
l ber and naval stores business, the two
1 leading industries of this section Never
has the price of yellow pine lumber been
so low as it is at present. The demand
for all classes of lumber, except dimen
sions stuff, and other timber used in car
manufacturing and railroad improve
t ments, has almost completely stopped,
i Spirits and rosin are selling below the
1 cost of production.
j General Colston Diesat Richmond.
Richmond, July 29.—General R. E.
*■ Colston, who was an officer in the con
federate army and at one time c m
manded the Stonewall brigade, died at
the Soldiers' Home here. He was in his
- ' seventy-first year. General Colston
s served six years in the Egyptian army
ami secured the dec ration of Knight
s Commander of the Turkish Order of
Cshmanich for distinguished services.
xxzic - -an -"iiamud a ejjro.
Jefferson, Ga., Aug. 10.—J. B. Me-
C y. a young white man, shot and fa
tally wounded Willis Wats n, a negro.
, I The parties were quarreling. The ne
g: j called McCoy aliar, and ?4cC<ir shot
r In in three times, one s': -t piercing the
■ right eye. The only witnesses were ne
> groes. The sheriff is in pursuit of Mc
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Boy Drowned While Bathing.
I Atlanta, Aug. 10. —Jesse Bailey, a
: white boy about 16 years of age, was
drowned while bathing in Lake Clara
Meer, at the exposition grounds.
NESBITT GIVES ADVICE, j
Tells Farmers of thn Sonth How to Foil
Flans of the Cotton Tie Trust.
Atlanta, Aug. 4.—Southern farmers '
may inaugurate an effective fight on the
cotton tie trust. The farmers are in
arms as a result of the increase iu the
price of cotton ties, which amounts to
100 per cent. In the aggregate, this
added price will take thousands of Cel
lars out of the- p ckets of the cotton'
raisers. Tho farmers are looking for |
effective measures to prevent lining
squeezed by the trust that, has been ;
formed. Tho fellowing mldress, issued '
by Coinmis. 1 'nor of Agriculture R. T.
Nesbitt, suggests a remedy:
To Farmers of Georgia and of the South :
A few years ago we were confronted by '
a gigantic monopoly, the bagging trust, I
which endeavored to force from farmers ;
thousands of dollars, which in ih< ir de
pressed condition they could ill afford to
lose. By united effort among the farmers
, this evil was averted ami tlie huge octo
pus v.-liich bail fastened itself on the agri
cultural industry was destroyed. Today
we are confronted by a similar trouble.
The manufacturers of cotton ties have
ft -med another grand combination and
without any reason, except to gratify an
unlawful greed, have entered into an |
agreement to advance the price of their I
goods lot) per cent, if the price of iron 1
had advanced there might bo some reason '
for t his action, but iron was never cheaner, ;
and the same must be said of coal and la- |
bbr.
The fact is simply that an effort is being [
made to force the farmers of the south to i
contribute millions of dollars to swell the ;
-profits of a powerful combination of man
ufacturers.
’The farmers are in good condition just 1
now to light this trust. They have their I
pr-ivi-ions, there are few debts to be met I
, until later; therefore, no pressing neces
sity to force their cotton on the market. I ,
would advise that they hold meetings in
every section of the south and denounce
( this effort to defraud them of their earn- I
> iugs. At the same time, let them advise I
together as to the best me.iiod of meeting j
this new enemy. In the meantime, the I
department which I represent will make I
every effort to investigate such substi- I
tutes for cotton ties as will meet there- j
quirenients of durability and safety.
RATE WAR TO CONTINUE.
The Seaboard Air JLlne Will Disregard
Judge Simonton's InJ unction.
Baltimore, Aug. s.—The announce- >
ment is made that, despite tho iujunc
: tion of Judge Simonton, the Seaboard
Air Line does not propose to suspend its
warfare on tho Southern railway. It is
claimed by the Seaboard officials that
the interstate commerce commission
has no jurisdiction over water lines, and
the fight will be confined to Chesa
peake bay if the injunction granted by
Judge Simonton is made permanent.
Tho Seaboard, which owns tho old Bay
lino, will, it is said, accordingly cut
rates from Baltimore to Atlanta, by
putting in a tariff that will involve a
deep cut from Baltimore to Portsmouth,
and tho application of local rates from
the latter point to Atlanta.
On Aug. 8, when the Seaboard’s pros
on cut tariff is withdrawn, it is said
the new rate of 72 cents per 100 pounds,
firstelass, will immediately go into
effect from Baltimore to Atlanta via the
Bay lino. The standard rate is $1.07
from Baltimore, ana 79 cents from
Portsmouth to Atlanta, and the Sea
board officials say that they can main
tain the cut rate indefinitely.
The Seaboard has not yet announced
whether it will apply local rates from
eastern points to equalize the reduction
out of Baltimore.
JOHNSTON ELECTED.
The Democrats Carry Alabama by a Ma
jority of Thirty Thousand.
Montgomery, Ala., Aug. 4.—lncom
plete returns from the election held in
this state Monday indicate that Captain
Joseph F. Johnston has been elected
governor by 30,000 majority over Cap
tain Aimer T. Goodwyn, the nominee of
the Populist-Republicans. The fus on
ists appear to have carried only 18 coun
ties. Fully three-fourths of the mem
bers of the newly elected house and sen
ate are Democrats. The Democratic
! state ticket which was elected is as fol-
I lows:
For governor, Joseph Forney John
ston of Jefferson.
For secretary of state, James Kirk
man Jackson of Lauderdale.
For attorney general, William Coch
rane Fitts of Tuscaloosa.
For treasurer, George W. Ellis of Dal
i las.
For auditor, Walker Scott White of
Colbert.
For superintendsnt of education, John
! O. Turner of S’. Clair.
For commissioner of agriculture, I.
i F. Culver of Bullrock.
BURNED AT THE STAKE.
Infuriated Citizens of a Louisiana Town
Cremated a White Man.
St. Joseph, La., Aug. 7.—Some days
I ago a respectable white woman, em
ployed as a domestic in a prominent
family on the border of Franklin parish,
j was sent across Tensas river on an
errand, and, failing to return in proper
time, the family became alarmed and
sent parties in search of her. The
searching party, after several hours,
found the dead and horribly mutilated
body of the woman in the woods, par
tially concealed by brush.
The most intense excitement followed
the discovery, and, in a short while, the
whole section was aroused and in the
saddle. Suspicion pointed to a white
tramp, who had been seen near the
place. Dogs were used, and in a few
hours the tramp was run down. He
confessed that he had outraged and
then murdered the woman.
The crowd bound the wretch to the
nearest tree, and after burning his bedy
and riddling it with bullets, quietly
dispersed.
Strike Called Off.
‘‘William, ” said the old man, low
ering his countenance so that his
son could look into its innermost
s wrinkles, ‘‘l notice that you have
not piled up the wood that I this
morning called your attention to.”
“No, father,” returned the youth.
“I am on a sympathetic strike.”
“Wou—would you take the trou
ble to inform me, ” gasped the old
man as he reached down from its
accustomed nail the familiar frag
ment of leather tug, “who thia strike
’ is in sympathy with?”
“Myself,” responded the noble
looking youth, at least as noble look
ing as a youth can be who is doubled
over a sawbuck while the old man
deftly engaged in a number of
strikes, rapid in their succession but
utterly unsympathetic in their char
actor.
“Where I made my mistake, ” sob
bed the boy, as he went back to his
job at the old wages, “was in not
burning the woodpile while the
strike was in operation,—New
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A TRAMP’S STORIES.
Bluff as g Tsra®s Performer and Adven
tures With a Hand Out.
But there aro seme humorous fea
tures connected with a tramp’s life.
For example, I happened to be in
Terro Haute, Ind., one time and met
an acquaintance who was in the
shew business. He had a few days
before written to I. W. Baird of I.
W. Baird’s minstrels for an engage
ment. . De received an answer tell
ing him to come on to Columbus, 0.,
: and join the show. But my friend
wired Lack that ho La l a friend and
could accept no offers unless I was
also engaged. Wo received no reply
for two weeks. Then a wire came
inquiring if wo both could play
brass. My mate was an excellent
performer on tho alto horn, but I
know no more about wind instru
ments than tho man in the moon.
Nevertheless we answered in the
affirmative and wore told to proceed
[ to Raleigh, where tho show would |
|be in a few days. Wo did so,
! and Baird’s first question upon meet
ing us was as *o what instruments
Iwo played. My friend replied tho
alto horn, and I answered the cym
, Lals. Ho bad bought our tickets
■ through from Terre Haute, and his
I face grew black as a thundercloud. ;
“I thought you played brass?”
[ sputtered he.
“Well, ain’t cymbals brass?” in- i
1 quired I innocently.
I am not sure whether it was my
nerve er not that did the trick. At ■
any rate ho engaged v.s, and we re
mained with him for two seasons.
Another incident that had a spice of
humor in it happened to a “hobo”
I of my acquaintance one summer in
i Long Branch. I was working for j
an ice dealer, but my chum could
i get nothing to do. However, ho was '
togged cut in groat shape in a light
plaid suit, russet shoes, straw hat,
etc. No eno io look at him would
have taken him to be anything less
than a guest at one of the swell ho
tels. lie was very particular about
the cut of his hair, state of his linen
and the rest of it—quite an oddity
in the tramp line. But ho hadn’t a
cent, and I was in tho habit of let
ting him bunk up in the hayloft
over tho stable in which my cm- ,
; ployer kept his teams. He was ac- !
I customed to“hit” all the back doors
I in town for “handouts”—and there
by hangs a tale. Two girls who
were stopping in town during their
! vacation had been struck by his neat
. attire and dashing dress, and he had
, made up to them in great shape, hav
ing learned that tho father of one of
them was in business in New York
and was w’orth considerable money.
One day while strolling along one
of tho shady streets of the Branch
they encountered him just return
! ing from a foraging expedition. He
| had a number of beef sandwiches
■ done up in a newspaper, and when
j ho caught sight of them ho jammed
I tho parcel up the back of his coat
i out of sight. The three stopped and
engaged in a pleasant chat, the
would bo gallant holding tight to
I tho bottom of his coat in order to
' prevent tho “hand cut” from slip
; ping. But finally he became so in
: forested that he let go with one
j hand that ho might make an appro
-1 priate gesture to punctuate some re
mark, when, 10l the bundle of sand
i wiches tumbled out upon the side
i walk, tho paper opening and its con
tents scattering about tho feet of the
two shocked young visitors. The
“gentleman hobo” did not endeavor
to make any explanations, but van
ished around the nearest corner en
veloped in a sulphuric atmosphere
j generated by curses loud and deep.
But, taking everything into consid
eration, the life is a hard, purpose
less one. A few years of it suffice
to break down the health of the
most vigorous, and the end is a char
ity hospital and finally the potter’s
field.—Philadelphia Times.
The Duke’s Own I.ondon.
The owner of the most fashionable
district of London is the Duke of
Westminster. This extensive prop
erty at the West end was acquired
by the marriage in 1676 of Sir I
i Thomas Grosvenor with Miss Mary |
Davies, the only child of Alexander i
Davies of Ebury manor, which, |
roughly speaking, is represented by ’
the Grosvenor estate of today. Tho
boundary of the estate, which is sit
uated in the parishes of St. George,
Hanover square and St. John, West-
■ minster, begins at the marble arch
[on tho south side of Oxford street,
■ runs down the center of Oxford
street almost to South Molton street, I
i and, passing down Davies street,
| takes in a small portion of Berkeley
i square (with Thomas’ hotel) and, in
i' eluding both sides of Mount street,
j runs up the middle of Park lane to
' the marble arch again.
i The Belgravia part of the estate
. begins at St. George’s hospital, runs
[down the center of Grosvenor place
i to the Buckingham palace road and
; passes down the western side of
■ Vauxhall bridge road, almost in a
'straight line to tho river Thames;
! thence running along the river bank
! eastward as far as the Grosvenor
i canal. The property does not com
prise Sloane square, Cadogan place
i or Lowndes square, Lut includes all
I Belgrave square and Wilton cres
. cent, the boundary running up again
almost to the Knightsbridge road.
' —Chambers’ Journal.
The Spider.
The silk ? rider f Madagascar
spins threads of a v l ien color and
strong enough, according to a well
I known naturalist, to bang a cork
helmet by. Small textures woven
of these threads are used by the na
tives f'<r fastening flowers on sun
sluidos and for other purposes,
f
I
All but six of Kentucky’s 300
distilleries were shut down August
1. and will remain idle for eighteen
months. There is about 88,000,-
i 000 gall uis in the bonded ware
houses. The demand is said to
have fallen off last year many mil
lions of gallons.
Philadelphia Record: Miss
Oklgirl—Are yeti a democrat or a
republican? Mr. Oidbach—l'm a
“pop.” Miss Oldgirl (blushing
furiously)—Oh, you naughty nnn!
And you told mo you weren’t mar
. ried.'
Squire J. F. Smith of Cedar
Grove who has tied many a wed
: ding knot bad a. rare i xperienco
i Sunday, August 2nd, when by one
and tho same ceremony lie tied a
. double wedding kir t. On that
day at the re.-ideneo of Mrs. Eliza
beth Roberts there stood before:
I hi-m to be married Mr. G. W. Wood-
I all and Mrs Elizabeth Roberts,
and Mr. A . J. Holcomb and Miss
Martha Roberts, the brides being
mother and daughter. The Squire
made tho happy occasion all the
> happier by the happy manner in
which lie acquitted himself.—Mes
senger.
Dofflt'S Injuring Grape Vines.
Question. —I send some bluish col
ored beetles that are injuring the buds
and leaves of my grape vinos. Will yoij
tell me their name and give a remedy?
Answer. —The bluish .colored bug*
[ aro known as the grape vine flea beetle.
They do their greatest damage by bor
ing into the buds, upon their swelling
in the spring, though they continue
feeding on the leaves afterwards. The
females lay on the under side of the
leaves clusters of yellow eggs, which in
a few days hatch out small dasla colored
larvae. Those at once begin to devour
the foliage, and when in large numbers
soon leave only the ribbed skeletons of
the leaves. When fully grown (which
takes about four weeks) they leave the
vine, enter the ground, form earthen
cocoons and change to yellowish pupae.
In about three weeks these are trans
| formed into tho perfect beetle, which
again attack the leaves and lay eggs for
another brood of larvae. The best rem
edy is spraying with Paris green (one
ounce to 20 gallons of water.) They
can also be destroyed with pyrethrum
or insect powder. The beetles are quite
sluggish on cool mornings, and. may
then be collected on sheets by jarring
the vines. Tha cheapest and best rem
edy though, is the Paris green.—State
Agricultural Department.
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TELEPHONE EAR.
How It Is Produced acd VVnys In Which
It May Eo Avoided,
Have you tho telephone ear?
If you use the telephone three or
more times a day, tho probabilities
aro you have it, though it may not
have occurred to you. But if yen
bo past 30 years of ago, you have al
ready noticed a ciifferonco between
the right and tho left car in acuto
ncss of tho sense of bearing. Thcro
is little doubt, now that your atten
tion is called to it, that you will ro
memher your left ear is a trifle
keener in matters of hearing than is
your right. Not when you aro lis
’ toning over tho wire; Lut, when in an
ordinary conversation with the
noises of tho street about you or tho
■ hum of business in office or shop or |
tho buzz of talk in the parlor, you i
I will bend forward a little ami in- I
clino tho left car to tho speech of
; your friend. You have the tele
phono car and haven’t noticed it.
What is thocause of it? Tho tolo
: phono. Arranged as it is, with tho
I receiver at tho left hand, you can
not well uso it excepting at the left
; ear. You press tho black muzzle of '
tho receiver closo to tho ear, the
1
speech of your correspondent agi
tates tho diaphram at his end of the 1
lino, and tho waves of air gently
strike upon tho drum of your oar,
and what one of tho aurists of Chi
cago calls massage takes place. Your i
car is subjected to tho sanio knead- !
ing process that is so beneficial when j
wisely applied, to the flesh or mus- I
cles of any other part of tho body. |
And the effect of it is an increase in
tho sense of hearing in that car.
At the tolopho.no exchange tho
girls aro instructed to change tho
> receiver from one car to tho other [
three or four i imes a day. For one |
thing, it is a rest to the operator. If ,
one ear were used exclusively by '
tho operator, in time there would be
so distinct a difference in tho acute-,
ness of the hearing between tho left
i and right sides that tho operator
would bo practically incapacitated
for a change. There would bo an
abnormal development at one sido
at tho expense of tho other.
“I do not think tho electrical effect
is felt,” said Dr. Edward T. Dicker- ;
man, whose specialty is diseases of j
the ear. “It is little if anything j
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waste time, money and health with “doctors” wonderful “cure
auH-. etc M when I will wnd FBEM the prescription of a new
f 0 ® ■ remedy for the prompt, iuatincr cure of Lout
>ishlly f;missions, Aervous Weakncis in old or
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EEfour arii.fi. T’ro iTeeks. I fiend tiiifi prescription Free of
. , • • «*»argr, and t.iera is no humbug or advert.-.ng catch about it. Any
good druggist or p.iysician can put it you, as everything is plain and cimpje. Ail I ask in return
rs tnat you will buy a small quantity of the remedy from me direct, or advise your friends to do so after
yon t>.e recipe and rce that there fe no bumbug or deception. But you cau do a<i you please
about y pandence strictly confidential, and all letters sent in plain sea’*d envelope. Bn'
5 , .# Ay_rw. k. H. nyneiliFOßlk Rox Alblen.
more than a gentle massage of the
membrane of the car. And in all
cases except where tho affection is
catarrhal in its character and had
affected what is called the interior
ear tho use of the telephone will
produce a beneficial effect. I never
know a person to be injuriously af
fected by the use of that instru
ment, and I certainly have known
numerous cases where it had a good
effect.”
In Germany the telephones are ar
ranged with a double receiver, and
each ear of the operator in tlie sta
tions is provided with one. The
sound is delivered equally in each
ear. In such case there is no vary
ing result. Both oars become equally
acute. If tho general patron of the
telephone in America were to use
such a contrivance there would be
no phenomenon like tho “telephone
, ear.”—Chicago Times-Herald.
An Inexact Man.
Rent day in Paris is a very impor
tant occasion. Tho landlord is king
in a realm where exactitude is not
only encouraged, but enforced. An
Englishman says ho once wont to
see a landlord about some mattpr
, connected with tho hcuse which ha
had hired. The Frenchman proved
’to boa very suspicious and inquisi
tive) old gentleman, who had made
his fortune in the candle trade.
“What do you soli?” ho inquired.
Tho Englishman acknowledged
that ho mado his bread by writing
for the magazines. The landlord
shrugged his shoulders.
“I am afraid,” said ho, “that you
will not bo exact with your rent on
tho 15th of tho month.”
Ho evidently had old fashioned
notions of literature as well as other
arts and preferred that his tenants
I should be, like himself, comfortably
in trade. So, in order to vindicate
, his vocation, the Englishman went
in person to call upon his landlord
on the 11th, with rent in hand.
“I told you so!” exclaimed the
precise old merchant. “I knew you
wouldn’t bo exact at the day or hour
fixed. You have brought your rent
24 hours too soon.” Pearson’s
Weekly.
NOTICE.
I want every man and woman in the United
I States interested in tlie Opium and Whisky
■ habits to have one of my books on these dis
eases. Address J’.. M. Woolley, Atlanta, Ga.
Box 882, and one '.rill be sent you free.