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YOU. II
LABOR LEADERS OF THE COUNTRY
GIVE THEIR APPROVAL,
AND MINERS III L GET SUPPORT.
A Meeting Held In Piltsbnrgand the Situ¬
ation Fully Discussed by Gom
pers, Kalclifort] and Others.
The -greatest gathering of labor
leaders tbat ever assembled in this
country during a national strike was
held iu Pittsburg, Pa., Friday niglit
to devise means to assist the miners iu
their, contest for increased wages.
The conference was called suddenly,
but the officials responded represent¬
ing nearly every branch of organized
labor in the United States. Those
present were:
Hamnel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor.
M. L. Ratchford, national president
of the United Mine Workers of Amer¬
ica.
M. M. Garland, president of the
Amalgamated Association of Iron and
Steel Workers.
Stephen Madden, secretary of the
Amalgamated association.
J. M. Hughes, first vice-president
of the Federation of Metal Trades.
M. J. Conuahan, national 'secretary
of the Journeymen Plumbers’ Associ¬
ation.
M. P. Garrick, president of tbe
Rrotberbood of Painters and Decora¬
tors.
I). R. Pattern Thomas, president of the Na¬
tional Makers’ League.
W. P. Mahon, president of the
Amalgamated Association of Street
Railway Employees.
Frederick Dolan, district president
{United Mine Workers.
The session was secret, and it was
-almost midnight when it was over.
The press committee, Messrs. Gom¬
pers, Ratchford aud Counahun, then
gave out the following statement in
which was corpoiatod, they said, all
that was "done at the conference. The
manifesto follows:
“After an informal discussion, reports
were made by Messrs. Itatchford, Dolan
and Warner in regard td the situation of
the movement, aud it demonstrated that the
situation in West Virginia required atten¬
tion in order that the susjiension should
be absolutely general and success assured.
Witl. that object in view, notion was
rnended by President (lumpers, of the
American Federation of I.abor, and it was
determined upon to overcome tills feature
of the contest, it was also determined that
every effort tie made on the part of those
present to secure the co-operation and
practical aid of organized labor for the
struggling miners.
“AU the circumstances warrant the llrm
conviction that the miners will ultimately
achieve victory and to this end the aid of
the labor and the sympathetic public is in¬
voked. Conscious of the great interest
which the public has iu a contest so wide¬
spread as that of the miners, it gives u?
great satisfaction to know that the miners
have not been and are not now opposed to
arbitration. We, therefore,urge and advise
that a conference lie held by the representa¬
tives of the miners and the operators with a
view of arriving at a settieuient oi the pres¬
ent suspension.”
To Sfop in West Virginia.
Notwithstanding the positive an¬
nouncement by tbe committee tbat tbe
statement furnished the press covered
all the proceedings of the conference,
it is known that an organized effort to
secure a general suspension of mining
in West Virginia was decided upon.
After a thorough canvass of the sit¬
uation it was unanimously agreed that
the West Virginia miners held the key
to the situation and without their
united support the success of the gen¬
eral movement would be greatly jeop¬
ardized. In furtherance of this de¬
termination, the officials present
pledged themselves to send into this
field a full quota of the best organizers
in tbeir several associations.
After adjournment in response to the
question whether a 2 per cent assess¬
ment on all organized labor, as con¬
templated, would be made, President
Dolan, of tbe Pittsburg district, said
lie thought such action would eventu¬
ally be taken.
He would not admit, however, that
the matter of assessment had been
consider* d at the conference, or that
the question of a general sympathetic
strike had been discussed.
TO LAKE CHAMPLAIN
The President Will Go To Spend His
Sommer Vacation.
President McKinley will spend most
of his summer vacation on the shores
of Lake Champlain. Plattsburg, N
Y., will be his nearest town. His
party will consist of the members of
the presidential family, of Vice Presi¬
dent and Mrs. Hobart, Secretary Alger
And family, Secretary and Mrs. Porter
and probably of some other members
of official society.
The president will make quite a
prolonged stay, lasting several weeks
at least. The president’s summer plans
were informally talked over with the
■cabinet members Friday.
Wayne County News
A GHASTLY FIND.
jOismembereil Body of a Woman Found
Iu a Barrel.
A special from Quitman, Ga., says:
fi^g^^y^nMnie^ek^torilo discovered
upper part of the county, and a
barrel buried upright in the mud
containing a human body. blocks
The body bad been cut into
and placed in tlie barrel, and mud had
been thrown in, filling the barrel,
which was then headed and buried.
News of the discovery soon spread
through the neighborhood and hun
dreds of people have visited the scene
and Viewed the ghastly remains. The
identity of the body'and it shrouded everything iu
connected with are
mystery. the body
The swamp in which was
found is a dense jungle, and the spot
where the barrel was unearthed is a
mile or more from anv house.
The neighborhood is thinly settled
and about fifteen miles from Quitman.
No one has been missing and none
of those who have come from the
sceno can account for the mystery.
Following so closely upon the fa
mous New York mystery of the mur
der of Guldensuppe and the cutting
up of his body, the excitement is in
tense.
Wooten and his friends first remov*
ed the head of the barrel; then the
dirt which had formed into a hard
cake, and to their horror beheld a neat
plait of human hair about two feet in
length, soft and black, and evidently
belonging to the head of a young
white woman.
Next, pieces of flesh and clothing
were taken out, all in a fairly good
state of preservation. The flesh had
dried and the skin had a mummified
appearance. The dress was of checked
homespun, while there was an under
skirt of bleached homespun, machine
made.
FUNERAL SERVICES IN SENATE
Conducted Over Remain# of Hon. i#iia»n
G. Harris.
Impressive funeral services over the
late Senator Isham G. Harris occurred
in the senate chamber at noon Saturday
in the presence of President McKinley
and the members of his cabinet, sens
tors and members of the house of rep
resentatives, members of the diplo
matic corps, justices of the supreme
court and officials from all branches of
public life. bad been elaborately
The chamber
draped for tbe occasion. The desk of
the late senator was heavily bound in
crepe. tn semi-circular intme
the area,
diatel - n front of the presiding offl
eer, stood tbe oasket, resting on heavy
black draped ■* pedestals and literally ii.l
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plate P was inscribed
..Died jniy seventy-nine 7 1807 Isham G ’
Harris Aired veers ’’
The services were brief ami simple,
cousistinir onlv of m avers bv Rev
Mr. Johnston, Rev. Dr.'Duffy, of the
Methodist Episcopal church south,
and Chaplain Couden, of the house of
rcoresentatives the latter pronouncing ’ 8
the benediction
At 12 .an p m the ceremony was
over and on motion of Senator Bate ’
of of Tennessee lennessee^the the senate senate, adjourned adjourned.
AS DAD AS AN EPIDEMIC.
Death lteeord from- Heat Was Three
Hundred and Fifty for Month.
The fierce heat under which the
greater portion of the , country , has
sweltered since the 1st of July, mod
erated in many lo. ahties Saturday,
and predictions from the weather
bureau at Washington indicate
lower tempeaatnres will bring general
relief.
The record of prostrations and deaths
resulting from the long heated term
approaches in magnitude that of a
general epidemic. Reports from all
sections of the country received by
the Associated Press up to Saturday
night showed prostrations numbering
in the neighborhood of 2,000, with fa
talities close to 350.
In addition to this, there were scores
of deaths resulting indirectly from the
intolerable heat, the death rate iu
many of the large cities showing a
fearful insrease over previous years.
The central states suffered more se
verely than other sections, the heat
being most deadly in Chicago, Cincin
nati and St. Louis. • In number of fa
talities Chicago headed the list, with
87 deaths- Cincinnati and suburban
mints leuortinff 65 and St. Louis 42.
Through the lower south the heat was
loJer intense than but the death rate is much
in the north
NATIONAL HAY ASSOCIATION
Will Meet August 10th With 3Iany Dele
gates Present.
of‘the A call for the fourth annual meeting
National Hay association at the
Monongahela house Pittsburg, on
issues Ausrust 10th is announced in the
‘ of the Hav Trade Journal
The crop in the state being much
larger with probable lighter imports
than during the past few years, gives
new impetus to the trade
Delegates will be in attendance from
all parts of the United States and bus
iness pertaining to the hav trade will
be fullv discussed during tbe three
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JESUP. GEORGIA. FRIDAY, JULY 16, 1897.
1
EEC0R1) 0F GREATEST OF WAGE
I • STREGGLES FOR A WEEK.
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j THOUSANDS OF WORKERS ARE IDLE.
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| Miners Are jubilant Over the situation
j go Far—Success Depemis on West
j Virginia Diggers. .
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_ Sunda , mavked , , the be , . . °| .
! J 6 lnnl “S
‘the second week of the coal miners’
> strike and already it gives promise of
| being one o{ tbe grea {. es t wage strng
. .. . . ,, • t
gies in the history of tins country.
Tbe eoal °P « ratoT8 ia tbe l^sbuvg
j district and the miners themselves little
| dreamed that within one short
! week RUcb an 6ra of geuera i 8 U spen
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. conkl ... be , ht , exl9ta • , •
61011 WI ' 0U « “ “ ow , „ ln
j ^ bituminous mining industry.
l ie
Ihen the month of the many coal
P ^ 8 throughout the Mononganela,
j Youghioheny- Allegheny and Peters
Greek valleys, and the valleys of
1 ^ om 8 ftIl< ^ Miller’s Run were open
au ^ turning out thousands and thous
an ^ 8 ?f tons of the best coal that en
^ ers ° ^ ie competitive markets of
the world.
Now, all is changed. Ihe vast car-'
erns so many graveyards. On
there *] 1G is .llsides an army basking of 18,000 in the men, shade who
I are anxiously waiting for more to join
the troops of idlers. On nearly every
raUioad track leading to the mi ^ s
there stand empty oars, apparently
auxious to be loaded that their burdens
,
J na y * )e carried to the ports along the
* fl ^ 1 he 8, success, that lias attended , . the .
movement has greatly elated the
miners and during the next few days
every effort w ill be made to bring out
fbe men in the few names tlmt are aull
working. J his will be a difficult task,
but they express confidence in their
ability to make the suspension coih
plete.
From the best information, obtains,
ble the Pittsburg operators are in no
hurry to have the difficulty adjusted,
so many of them having stocks on
railroad sidings which they hold for
an advance. Much of this was disposed
of Saturday at a good profit. One
prominent operator said that it would
take another week to determine the
exact state of the markets, and by tbat
time a general cleaning up will have
taken place. All interested will lie
ready tobegiu business on a new basis
and probably at a liiehCv price.
! “This whole thing will result iu ft
i compromise,’’ said another prominent
operator. “The operators are in
position to stand it for some time and
I believe the miners are in about the
same condition. It looks as if bum
' ness will brighten up and in that
event the operators will be able to get
: 1 better prices and the condition of bus-
1 iness and tbe condition of the miners
will be simultaneously improved.”
The effect of the strike is being
manifested in the price P of coal. An
increflfie o£ ( . () cent a ton was sbown
! when an application was made for con
tracts and a number of Pittsburg op
erators, not being able to work their
own mines, are seeking to buy coal in
, the West Virginia field iu order to
the advantage ” of the advance.
bag be n no int i ma tion of
Iawles8nes8 as yet in tbo ,-. eg j on> but
sberi ff Lowrey, of Allegheny county,
bas anticipated any trouble by swearing
in 500 deputies. The miners say there
will be no overt acts.
No ly ag „ resftive wo} k was done
gatnr day by either side, but the mi
nerg , officialB beld ft sepre t meeting, at
wbicb it i(i be li e ved a vigorous cam
. ainst tbe N ew York and
01evelalul gas coaI minerS) wbicb wUI
j j bg inangnrate d at onee, was decided
The operators apparently are
doimr ^their little and are savintt less How
j ever confidence of defeating the
: tc <1 in the least
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n DEMAND p«ivn mOH I ROM AMBASSAOUBS. URUtUllARS
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Act . .. ^. " ! I Liml 2 £
, fro “ tbeir res P ectlve
ambassadors of the powers at Constan
tinople presented a collective note de- to
tbe Turkish government Friday
manding a cessation of the obstruction
ot the Pea ce negotiations.
. A SUNDAY SESSION
I Held By Conferees of House and Senate on
j Tarlff Bill.
A Washington dispatch savs: The
i conferees on the tariff bill held a four
I ; hour session Sunday. The anxiety to
reach a complete agreement as early
as possible induced them to meet on
! the Sabbath and at present both the
house and senate conferees appeared
satisfied with the progress that baa
been made.
Several hundred of the minor amend
ments have been agreed upon. Many
of them were changes of phraseology
and on a large majority of these the
house conferees naturally have
yielded. "
CONFEREES DISAGREE.
; Most. Important Features of Tariff Bill
Prove to Be Snags,
A Washington special of Monday
some snag^Tn^bei^work. ’Themtoor
j matters w ere easily adjusted, but on
j ^ important features and the there outlook has Mon- been
no agreement, would
I da have y " te a8 be that made 9everal before reports adjustment
! an
| could be reached.
] solidly The ffiouse by their conferees bill, and are the standing senate
j ■ conferees less tenacious,
i are no
The senate conferees have laid be
fore the house members the condition
in the senate where there is not an
I actual majority of the republicans and
! where other than republican votes are
necessary to pass the bill or adopt a
I conference report. They asserted
tbat in 1896 the democrats were in
better majority , yet the house the was
| | finally compelled to accept senate
bill iu order to pass it. The members
i of the house are standing by their bill
I nevertheless and have told the. seua
, tors that they cannot accept the sen
! ate amendments on many important
j jfcems.
Burlaps, cotton ties and other items
which are placed on the free list by
the senate met with great hostility
f rom the house conferees and so far
nothing in the way of a compromise
\jy the senate Inembers has
j p een accepted. The house conferees
are also insisting upon higher com
( j )ellsa tory duties on the manufactures
0 f cotton on account of the duty of 20
per cent on raw cotton,
• The house members have maintain
et | h ouse bill has been com
mended more than the senate bill and
that the conference should get as close
^ ^ as possible. The senate
f eree8> j n addition to presenting the
i p r ^ Ben t pofitical complexion of the
1 senate, have pointed out the difficulty
u^at will occur if several reports of
, partial agreements and disagreement*
, mai j e>
i They have told the house members
^ iat it j ea( j enc ii e88 discussion;
I they have no power to force a
| vote an d that there is not a
in the MMte to keep the senate j
session in case of a filibuster
; fo* eosforwice report.
j GULDENSUPPE ------ SLAYERS ON
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Mr». Hack ami , Martin Thorne v Answer to .
| NIrs. indictment Augusta Ajpiin.t Nack Them. and Martin
! Thorne, the alleged murderers of Gul
densuppe, were arraigned in general plead
sessions at New York Monday to
to the indictment found against them.
! The prisoners seemed to h®
I alive to the gravity of then situation,
and for the first time since their airest
j the features. lines of care were visible on their
i Their entered demurrers
attorneys
to the indictment, contesting the ju
i nsdiction of the court on the ground
j that the crime, if any was committed
was clone beyond the limits of New
| York county.
During the statement of counsel the
two prisoners exchanged no look of
recognition, nor did they speak to
each other. The demurrer will be ar
gued on Wednesday, July 21.
| „. HAULING 'r>r r lVlJ^FOR Fvit ^TRANSKV'RH n tABBUKa.
j city of Atlanta fi*i.u Consolidated Street
j Hallway..
The notable Atlanta, Ga., transfer
1 hearing on the argument of the
murrer was begun in the United States
court at Asheville, N. 0., Monday,
with Judge Newman presiding and
1 Judge Womack, of Texas, aud Judge
Purtnell, of North Carolina, associate
1 judges, sitting through courtesy.
A bitter fight was precipitated in
the beginning over a motion made by
attorneys for the citv of Atlanta, to
j strike Samuel Spencei- and Henry O.
Seixas from the litigation. It was ar
gued that tbe Old Colony Trust com
panyi the ir trustees, represented their
interests and that they had no right to
figure independently in the hearing.
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TURKS CRITIUISED
By Italian Depnti** --. for Blocking leace
N -s otiat,on *
T In „ the Italian , r chamber of deputies
at Rome . Monday, the Marquis V is
°° Utl Venosta > minister for- foreign
affalrs ’ Bftid that tbe Tuvkish B ° v ,^ n '
ment was plaein « numerous difficulhes
in tbe of tbe P rosec,ltlo n of ‘ he
peace negotiations and causing delay,
“This condition of things cannot be
a n owe) j t 0 continue. The great pow
remain perfectly united and are
determined to attam their ends.”
RAILWAY HORROR IN DENMaRK.
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Forty People Killed In a Collision.
Eighty-Four injured.
Advices from Copenhagen state that
a terrible railway disaster took place
about midnight Monday at Gjentofter.
The express from Belsmgoerr ran into
a passenger train standing at the sta
tion, wrecked eight carnages, killed
forty persons and injured eighty-four
others. Most of the victims are of the
artisan elass,
The dead and injured were conveyed
in ambulance trains to Copenhagen,
It appears that the collision was due
to an error made by the jyigineer in
reading the signal and by the failure
of * brake to act.
HE WAS WITH THE HELMS WHEN
SHERIFF GUINN WAS KILLED.
SAID TO HAVE FIRED THE SHOT
Which Fmlc.l the Sheriff’s I.lfe—Captured
In Ozan, ArU.—His Identity
Seems Conclusive.
A man who was arrested Tuesday at
Ozau, Ark., according to a special
from that place, acknowledges his
name to be Langford, and admits
being implicated in the assassination
of a deputy sheriff in Georgia. He is
twenty-seven years old, five feet seven
or eight inches high, light complex¬
ion, light hair, pale blue eyes, weighs
about one hundred aud thirty or forty
pounds; all the fingers except the
index are gone from the right hand.
He was en route to Mrs. Thomas
Langford s when , apprehended. , .i -i He it
is uow held in the county jail for fur
tker developments.
Langford is the man who was with
Tom Delk when Sheriff* Guinn, of Pike
county, was killed. He is the third
person who was wanted for a crime
for which Tom Delk has already suf
fered death on the gallows, and for
which old man Taylor Delk now awaits
the same fate, *
There seems to be no doubt about
the right man having been caught,
The telegi’ams state that he was ar
rested at Ozan, Ark., and that he ad
mite being the man wanted in Georgia
; for the assassination of a sheriff. The
! description given in the telegram tal
lies exactly with the description of the
man given by Taylor Delk.
So certain is Sheriff Milner, of Pike
county, that the right man lias been
( . ttng ht,that he has made arrangements
to go on to Arkansas at once for
i purpose of bringing the pirsonei
| to Georgia. He Las received a
8cl . iptio „ of the pe r SO u inkier arrest,
and it fits that of Tom Langford,
. it . , i jlultr _
W that makes his identity an easy
He has onlv one fimrer * the
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’
ig tl - H aisfiirurement ’ more than any
, , , _ j; ie officers
'__ , been eaiutht. '
:
M i.to.y or the Muvd.r.
j It was in April, J890, that
j Guinn Delk home, was killed. 1 ike He county, went with to the a
j in
| posse f«■ the
Taylor Delk and they were lesisteu
by t^ose ]; l \ b ” lbod "^ n ^ r ^ ^ S t ; J
who wweui the house ee
a matter of dollbb “ ^Lau 'ford
Tom Delk and Tom Langfoul were were
there, but it has always been denied
by old man Delk and lus son that the
former was present when the shooting
took place ftdvanced
The Bborlff ^
| upo n the house. Filing commenced,
the officers of the law stating after
: wards that the inmates firetl first, and
j the inmates the first swearing to fire. One that of the the officers shots
ffere killed Sheriff Guinn,
1 from the house
Tom and Iaylor, his father, were tried
and convicted for murder after a
trial, there being fear of mob violence,
Tom was hanged a few weeks ago.
| Taylor, having been given a new trial,
had his sentence postponed. convicted and A sec
j ond time be-was sen-
1 tenced to hang on July 19th. His
i was appealed to the supreme court
j after is now the pending. murder and Langford could not bo
\ found. Tom Delk always stated that Tom
Langford fired the shot which killed
Sheriff Guinn. To this statement he
stuck until his death. He said his
father was not present, and when
gber j£f Guinn came up to the house
Langford raised a rifle, and, taking
careful ain)) sen t the bullet that ended
tbe sheriff’s life.
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THE MYSTERY SOLVED.
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H..a of ciden.upp. B.porteu to h-v.
Been Found.
A New York telegram states that
the head of William Guldensuppe has
been found by someboysinBrancb
port, N. J.
CRITICISED LEE’S REPORT.
Spanish Fnper Makes a Bitter Attack
Upon Out Consul.
The Advisador Commercial, a polit
icai and commercial daily, in a lead
i ng editorial article makes a bitter
at tack upon United States Consul
General Lee on account of his report
to the government at Washington on
the Ruiz case. The paper says:
“Crediting Consul Geuerai Lee with
gome good judgment, we cannot but
have compassion for linn, believing
him to be ashamed of his report. The
text of the report has been published
iu Havana, and.the Spanish residents
show their chivalry by not even dis
playing their scorn for one who has in
eluded many falsehoods iu his report, ”
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GOOD ROADS NOTES.
Gravel Roads Advocated.
A writes in the Dee Moines
Farmer's Tribune urges the
of gravel roads for that State.
reason is principally the trifling
of the gravel as, compared with
cost of stone necessary for a
road.
Subdivision of s Road.
In Brussels, Belgium, the
Terveuren has been divided into
parts, each bordered by trees. In each
of these sections one may respectively
walk, vide, drive, cycle or fly
space in a trolley car, as desired.
section is reserved for a particular
stylo of locomotion, and penalties
to be imposed for any violation.
Bail Roads Repel People.
The Leavenworth (Kan.) Times, in
an editorial on the “Good Roads
Movement,” says, after speaking oi
the importance of a good roads to the
farmer and ruralist: “In the cities
would not the people be healthier,
happier, more hopeful—would not life
be sweeter and more refined, if there
was a more frequent habit of seeking
the fields and woods and country vil¬
lages? Nothing has weaned people
from their love of the country so
as bad roads—deep mire during and
ftfter rail)j tbick dust tbe ,. est of tbe
time.”
California's Frogrcs..
The California Bureau of Highways
has sent in au elaborate report of its
work for tbe past six months. The
report also recommends for the coming
year a definite system of highway con¬
struction aud a State levy of one
fourth mill on the dollar for a highway
fund, same to be applied to the con¬
struction of State highways, along
lines which the physical features of
the country fix forever as the
lines of communication, to connect
centres of population and county
seats, and to cost from $500 to $4500
mile. A wide tire law iS also recom¬
mended.
ItoaiUlile Orchards.
The experiment of planting fruit
trees along the sides of public
ways has been tried with
results m several Germau States
Ansteui. and the products of
pl»»tatioffli have been the means
adfll HK considerably to the revenues
of the Governments thereof. In Sax
ony the profit derived by the State
from that sonre* during fourteen years
estimated at about four hundred
thousand dollars. Planting of forest
trees abandoned by the sides Wurtemberg, pf the roads has and been the
in
plantation and care of fruit trees are
regulated by law. The trees are
placed m thd care of the abutting
proprietors under the supervision ot
the highway inspector. In Bavaria
am i the Palatinate each road man is
duplicated by a horticulturist, for
^ 0S6 ^ ualliicfttion s P eclal i^truction
, s provided,, and who has to pass a
competitive examination. Iu some
regions the hues of the railroads are
ala ° plan e<1 ’ ft,ld “ ° tUerS he mm01
roa ds and even private roads, The
,y st em has made the most rapid pro
gressandreachedthehighestdevelop
p en t in the grand duchy of Luxem
burg, where special classes are held
a very year, under a professor in the
agricultural school, for teaching the
inspectors and road hands the theor
eticaland practical elements of the or
chardist’s art. — Popular Science
Monthly,
Three Cheer, and a Tiger, -
Ab to the origin of the use of the
wor d “tiger” in the phrase “Tbreu
cheers and a tiger!” tho following
story is old: In 1822 the Boston Light
Infantry visited Salem, Mass., aud en
campe d in Washington Sfpiare. They
indulged in a good many rough-and
tumble sports, and one day a visitor
exclaimed to one of them, "Oh, you
tiger!” The phrase became a sort ot
playful reproach, and on the way to
Boston some musical member of the
don’t company you sang know?” a line, “Oh, Thus yo£ they tigers, at
quired the name, and they soon began
to imitate the growl of that beast.
Then at the end of three cheers a
“tiger” was always called for. This
oompany visited New York in 1826,
and at a public festival they astonished
the New Yorkers by giving the growl,
w hich tickled the fancy of the hosts so
much that the custom became fixed. -
8an rrancisco chronicle.
Utilizing Waste Glass.
A French scientist, M. Gacchey,
has discovered a method of utilizing
the waste glass accumulated at fac¬
tories. He grinds the glass to powder,
which is put into a metallic mold and
introduced into two furnaces in SUC
cession. The first furnace anneals
and deritrifies the mass. The mold is
then pag8e d into the second furnace,
wbicll is heat ed to a very high temper
ature _ W hen the mold is drawn from
tbe 8eC ond furnace it is ready to be
pre ssed into different shapes for build
ing purposes. This discovery will
no t only relieve the difficulty with
which glassblowers have had to deal in
getting rid of tbeir refuse, but will be
a 80 urce of profit. The their potteries hare
a similar elephant on hands, but
a0 solution has been arrived at in
their cases, beyond using the refuse
f or the making of railway embank
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