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Newspaper Page TextThe Burney Tailoring Co. I 220 Breadway. War $5 Pants I The Tariff is Iff and so are Kur prices. Big |e d uc.tio n in Irices. “Finest K/ork, best trim [r.ings, best fcoods and best ■it,” isour motto Kali and see us ■or a fine Tailor fnade suit or lair of pants, lowest possible prices always liven our custo fners. frlie Burney Tailoring Co. ■ 220 Broadway.. lOYfflG I APIANO I You liav;* bet'n thinking o Buying a Piano Ibra long ■me. I It you keep putting it ofl ■on will never get it. Now is ■he time to buy, a< uill is near It nan.l, crops were never ■letter. Night* are getting Fngcr, «• cl you have more lime to copy music. Call at ■tore 227, Bond street and let jne show you some fine in- Itiuments. I I can sell you a new Piano ■'! 52i)l),l)0. A good one fbr ■300,00,0 ra I rstclass onewill ■°'t a little more. Terms easy. ■ you can t call at the store ■rite lor catalogue and price I l ' 1 want is a chance to prove B) claims. I s 11 some of the ■“t make ot Pianos andOr- J lls « and wid save you mon- ■ 0,1 most anything in the ■ lls ic line. |. E. FORBES, »*• Broad & Anniston Ala. ■ *5. CORDOVAN HkL X. ' ■ X $ 4. i 3.y>F||;ECALF&k / ■? | * 3.50 POLICE. 3 Sols-j. ■ % ■ > -ladies- IjT-— BesTDONGOI. 4 ■ ~MO FOR CATALOGUE ■ ' /S' V/-L.-DOUGLAS, ■»- Jrnn .„ BROCKTON. MASS. ■ n save <<inn<-r hr ptirchuHiuc W. L. vr-n Mior*, ■'■' ruse iTh arc . l ‘' c largest wannFacturen of ' value ,v b e? e ’ ln the I Ws ' ,d - and guarantee ' ’'otton/ ■ Trnping the name and price on ,ce Sandth^ r «’ C !a> : ” o,e< ' ts you against high : 'l cu.t, ~c : ” lf d ‘ ,:ia:l ’* P r °fits. Our shoe* 'ring; au ,K, Wor \ **> ’=. fitting and ■'■=•'.. Ve r lu x e t,,cm cver y roili. rn , p ' f, ' r ti:e '■■•Jue given than hau au h .; ?pi ‘ ' ... i W"c2u? !t^ )ld l, L J' > ' U Malar : a> Li-er Irou- 9 ISON BITTERS FELL TWO MIT.ES. Yet When He Struck Bottom Ho Was All Right. An English Naval Officer's Remarkable Journey Through Spare A Parachute Leap That Has No Parallel—A New Military Invention. The experikientcr was Lieut. Mansfield, U the royal naval re serve, says the London Invention. He made his ascent from the Vic toria gardens recently, sitting upon a trapeze immediately beneath the balloon, to which was also attached a parachute of a new fashion. The whole rose to a height which ren dered even the big balloon itself scarcely visibly In the cloudless sky. It was notw, as appears from this brave seaman's narrative, at an alti tude of 11,400 feet, or more than two miles, commanding a vast hori zon; but the voyager’s hands were so numbed that he w-as becoming unable to feel the cords. Then, says Lieut. Mansfield: “Finding my ap paratus all clear, I took the balloon ring in my right hand, drew myself clear of the trapeze, and dropped down into space." After descend ing with terrible velocity for some distance the parachute began to open. At 10,200 feet he was falling at a great speed, but was fully able to control his apparatus. At 10.0(H) feet he w-as sailing down calmly into space. Then he drifted to and fro in various counter currents, and at 1,000 feet exactly felt the heat from a long, red, iron chimney. , Now comes the more remarkable part of the narrative: “Steering my parachute (he continues) to the eastward, I dropped her rapidly to clear the buildings ahead, and, see ing nothing but houses to descend on, I selected the flattest I could find, and dropped gently down on it." A spectator who watched the voyage from the gardens gives a vivid account of straining his eyes till be was just able to discern a tiny white speck on the blue sky. After what seemed a terrible length of time, Lieut. Mansfield became visible swinging under the para chute and working the valve lines so as to Insure a safe landing when he chose to make it. “Such a complete master of the air (says this eyewitness) has never been seen before in this country." The balloon fell, as was intended, in the sea, where, being fitted with cork belts for the purpose, it was easily recovered. Lieut. Mans field, who looks for great advantages from his manageable parachute in naval operations, has announced that his next ascent will be with an entirely new apparatus specially adapted to military warfare. Chinese Hospitality. “Very few people have any idea of the great hospitality of the Chinese, said a Pittsburgh celestial recently. “Chinamen coming to this coun try retain their ideas of Oriental hospitality, and always keep open doors for any of their race who may need shelter A Chinaman arriving in Pittsburgh without money would never want for a boarding place. Ho would simply go to the first Chinese laundry or residence, feeling assured that he would find a welcome there. If, after staying a couple of days, ho should find that the circumstances of his host were such that the latter could not well afford to keep him, he would move away, making his home with another Chinaman. He would continue doing this, dividing him self, so to speak, until he was able to get work and support himself. Os course, such wanderers usually endeavor to find the most wealthy Chinamen and become their guests. I have known some of the legation in Pittsburgh to have ten and twelve transient visitors—you could not call them boarders —to stay over night.—N. Y. Home Journal. How Casimir-Perier Is Protected. The most minute precautions are taken for the protectldh of the new president of the French republic. There is not in Europe a sovereign bet ter guarded than M. Casimir-Perier. A flying brigade of police in civilian costume has been created to follow the president step by step wherever he goes. When M. Casimir-Perier Is about to start from the Elysee the prefecture of police is apprised by telephone of the place to which he is going, as well as to the route he is to take. Before he has crossed the gate of the palace a carriage is already on the street with orders to follow the presidential conveyance, and not to lose sight of it. This maneuver is repeated several times daily, for the president goes out fre quently, either in a carriage or on foot. M. Casimir-Perier often goes to the Bois de Boulogne, like M. Carnot, and thus gives a great deal of work to the police service at the Elysee. Did Him a Distinct Favor. Miss Maunders—He proposed, but I refused to marry him. Miss Cuustique—Oh, you noble, generous girll You’re always doing eernt kindness far other Chicago Record. CAMPHOR IN NAGASAKI. Great Dec'.ruction cf Trees Because of the Demand for It. In consequence of frequent in quiries received at this consulate from private sources in regard to camphor, I have deemed it Impor tant to obtain all available Informa tion in regard to its growth, manu facture and shipment, writes Consul Abercrombie to the state depart ment. The manufacture of camphor is an important industry on the island of Kioo-Sioo. From the port of Nagas aki there were exported to the United States in the years 1872 to 1890 1,230 tubs and thirty-four logs, valued at #16,331.93. Camphor trees grow abundantly in Satsuma, in the island of Kioo- Sioo. No camphor was exported from Nagasaki to the United States from 1890 to 1891. Camphor oil is mostly exported from Kobe. Camphor oil can be had in lots of 100 to 500 piculs at a time. It is usually packed in old kerosene oil tins and cases and shipped abroad in that manner. There are two qualities—the oil as it is expressed from the camphor and the same oil after being heated and the solid camphor taken from it by evapora tion. There is a wide difference in price, the first-named being worth $lB per picul first cost, while the last-named is worth about half that price. Foreign firms at Nagasaki put kt through a further process by sub liming it from quicklime in iron ves sels, in which it condenses in the translucent cakes. The native pro ducer sells his product at an average price of sl3 to sl4 per picul. Camphor is almost entirely shipped by direct sailing vessels to New York. Steamers do not usual ly carry it, as it is likely to affect other cargo, though it is occasion ally carried by steamers from Japan to New York via the Suez canal. Via Vancouver or San Francisco the rate of freight would be prohibitive. In view of the fact that the de struction of the tree is necessary for obtaining the gum, the increased demand has resulted disastrously for the camphor forests; and, not withstanding the law compelling the planting of new trees for each one destroyed, the decrease in the num ber of available trees is becoming more and more marked and must in time result In at least temporary cessation of the exportation from this district of camphor in any large quantities. THE PRISON MULE. A Yellow Animal That Had Been Twenty Years in Service. The United States penitentiary at McNeil’s island has lost one of the longest-term prisoners that was ever identified with the institution. Jack, the yellow’ mule, has been laid at rest. He will be remembered by every person who has any knowledge of the prison since the year 1871, says the Seattle Post-Intefiigencef. When the contract was let in that year a slanting wharf was built and a tramway laid, and old Jack hauled the stone and material for the prison that was landed by ships. He has been used about the prison since its occupancy in hauling wood and sup plies and in plowing the garden, etc. He has been in the Service of the prison for twenty-three years, being eight years old when he arrived. He had many masters in his day among the “trusty” prisoners. Arthur Perry, who was warden for many years, cap tell many amusing incidents In connection with old Jack. Jack was always use ful in the search for escaped prison ers, and aided materially in their re capture, being used in notifying the settlers that “another prisoner had escaped.” He will also be remem bered by early settlers, as no fence was ever built stronger high enough to keep him from getting on the other side and lifting a sheep or pig up by the back with his teeth and carrying him about the field for his own amusement. A Painful Surprise. A well-known Philadelphian, who In his youth was given a little to spout, has a particularly fine boy who is very spirited. At school he suf fered very much up to a few months ago from bigger boys, who abused and “pounded” him. Enjoining the lad to the strictest secrecy, the father employed a retired pugilist, a little bit of a fellow, and had him give the boy lessons several times a week in boxing. At odd moments be practiced with the boy himself. Finally the lad, with the assurance and sense of prowess which comes under such circumstances, wanted to be let loose, but the father held him back until he felt perfectly sat isfied. Not long ago, just as the school was about to close, he told his son to go ahead. An opportunity soon presented itself, and it would be hard to describe the sensation when the young whipper-snapper who had been taking thumps for a year or two sailed in and laid out completely two of the biggest bullies and braggarts in the school. ■—Pfcija dalphla Iltw. -- . ' * •»***<• «;**** HISTORICAL FAMINES. Many Years When Thousands Have Died of Starvation. Th# Recent Hnsslan Famine Draws At tention to Thoae Terrible One* of Ancient Days—Terrible Days of Suffering La Asia. w The recent Russian famine has drawn public attention to other terrible disasters of former times says an exchange. Famines were formerly much more common than during the last half century, and many notable calamities of this na ture are mentionod by historians. Not including the seven years’ fam ine in Egypt, mentioned in the Old Testament, the first great famine noted in history was in Italy, B. C. 436. Thousands of persons, driven mad by want, threw themselves into the sea and rivers to escape from further suffering. In A. D. 42 there was a great famine in Egypt and another in Rome and the vicinity in A. D. 262. In 272 famine prevailed over the British islands and people ate graes. roots and tbo bark of tfees; thousan-is died in Scotland from privation in A. D. 3Gu, and over thirty thousand persons perished in Britain years later. la A. D. 450 famine prevailed all over the south of Europe, raging worst in Italy, where parents ate their chil dren, and in 739 England and Wales were again ravaged; also in 823, when thousands starved, and in 954, when the crops failed for four suc cessive years. In 1016 an awful famine raged throughout ail Europe, and again from 1193 to 1195, when crop failures caused terrible suffer ing. In England and France the people ate the flesh of dogs and cats, and many cases of cannibalism were recorded. There were famines In England in 1251,1315,1336, 1348 and 1565, and general distress prevailed also In both England and France in 1693, 1748, 1789 and 1795. The great Irish tamines of 1814, 1816, 1822, 1831 and 1846 were in consequence of the failure of the potato crop, and no doubt in each thousands of per sons starved to death. European calamities of this kind, however, dwindled into insignificance when compared with the colossal dimen sions of a famine In the crowded countries of Asia. In 1837 over eight hundred thousand hugnan be ings starved to.death in northwest ern India, and in 1860 another fam ine carried off five hundred thousand. In 1865 one million people were sup- S>sed to have starved in Bengal and risse, and in 1868 the death roll from famine Rajpootana exceeded one million five hundred thousand. Even as late as 1877 about five hun dred thousand perished In Bombay, Madras and Mysore. The worst calamity of this kind ever recorded took place in the years 1877 and 1878, in China. Complete crop failure took place In all the northern prov inces, and the number of those jyhe perished from want of food was esti mated at nine million five hundred thousand. As the internal commu nications of a country are improved the danger of wholesale starvation is much lessened. It is not likely that, save in Russia, Persia and China, there will again be such dread ful loss of life as has been experi enced from the failure of the crops. The Contagion of Mirth. Curious, how contagious mirth Is! Who at times hasn’t laughed just because others laughed, when the cause of it all was a mystery. “I attended a town meeting in a Maine village once,” said a lady friend of the Journal, “and tried to give seri ous attention to the affairs under discussion. I sat in the gallery with other feminines, and as confusion prevailed every few minutes among the ‘lords of creation’ down below I found it a difficult matter to under stand all the talk. Something was said by a speaker that provoked a laugh, but I didn't hear a word of it and couldn’t tell where the joke came In. A lady who sat next to me laughed immoderately, anti, of course, I thought she knew all about it, and I politely asked her what it was that pleased them so. ‘Oh, I don’t know,’ she replied between her cacbinnations, ‘I couldn’t hear and I don't know what it was, but it must have been something awfully funuyl He-he!’ and off she went again."— Lewiston Journal. Francis H. Underwood’s Friends. The late Francis H. Underwood passed his early years in the best of company. As clerk of the Massa chusetts senate he saw and knew Banks* Henry Wilson, Rufus Choate, Hoar and Dawes, and in later life, as president of the Papyrus club, he was on terms of familiar intimacy with the most prominent of the hub’s literary lights. It is to be re gretted that he never gave the world a volume of reminiscences, fop they wou|jl have, been certain to be interesting. Mr. Underwood wad a conspiuuous figure w’herever he happene4 to be, and Boston misses his genial face fraigtxl in |ts RAPID BUILDING IN CHICAGO. Statements Made by the British Con sul Causa Marvel Across the Water. The British consul at Chicago, tn his report, gives an example of the extraordinary rapidity with which the lofty buildings are erected there, says the London Times. Ths? Ash land block, a construction of steel, stone and terracotta, at the corner of Randolph and Clark streets, close to the city hall, seventeen stories in height, was built on an area of 140 feet ; by 80 feet in midwinter, and work I was continued day and night by re lays of m »n, strong arc-electric lights being used by night. Arti ficial heat was furnished by 100 sala mander stoves to enable the build ers and masons to work at that sea son of the year, and protection from the cold winds was given by several | hundred yardsoi thick canvas. The , skeleton of steel for each floor was first erected, each column, girder and rafter being lifted and placed in position by steam power. These were rivited with red-hot rivets, and, as the stories rose, they were filled in with square blocks of terracotta and brick. On December 6, last year, six floors tvnre completed, and the steel skeleton for the next six stories was for the most part placed. On December 10 ten lloors were com pleted, and the steel shell for three more stories was mostly'in position. Thus tbo ent ire Construction of four floors of a building 140 by 90 feet, divided into numerous rooms, was solidly built in thirteen days, or one floor in three and one-quarter days. About 60 iron and Steel workers, 100 brickmasons and 35 terracotta setters were continually at work. The enormous quantity qf iron and steel used in this new mode of con struction, which was only tried six years ago, has created quite a new industry, and the employes have al ready their organization under the term architectural iron workers. Steel has now almost entirely taken the place of iron, of which the first few of these tall buildings were con structed. The foundations are tiers of steel rails, imbedded in concrete, the beams stretching 10 or 12 feet under the street. This plan was found necessary on' account of the nature of the soil, sd as to bear the great imposed weight. These beams are made at the Illinois steel works or come from Pennsylvania. This new method of buildin«pis said to be lighter and stronger than the did system and to be absolutely fire proof. The greatest variation in the plumb line froni base to top of these tall buildings Mas beea found not to exceed half, an inch, The New enlistment Law. What is called the,Outl;walte law has been signed by the president, making some important changes In the conditions of enlistment in the United States army. Hereafter no alien can be enlisted-to becomes soldier of the United Stated;. Um re cruit must be a native American or have taken out full citizenship pa pers. The term of enlistment hence forth is two years, and there is ho provision as at present, for “buying out” before the term of. enlistment ha. 4 expired. The provision of the present law that no soldiei; shall re enlist after ten years’service is re pealed; the soldief must' stay two years, and he may stay thereafter until retired under .the veteran act. Young able-bodied American citizen who wish Io learn the fife and duty of a soldier have now a better Oppor tunity than -ever before.—Kansas City Star. Geiger’s Statue of Barbarossa. The sculptor Nikolaus Ge.iger.is putting the last touches to his statue of Barbarossa, which is to symbolize the ancient kingdom in the Kyffhauser inonanibnt, to be un veiled in 1896. The Burbaroqsa ap pears at th? .end of a vestibule in the style of un ancient castle, on the steps of the throne of which he is sitting ’ike the sleeping figures of the courtiers, with fabulous ani mals ot the old mythic .world. Bar barossa is represented at the mo ment of waking from his long steep. Indus right hand is his sword; bls left band strokes his long, Waving beard. Contrary to all other fig ures of the old hero, he is here yepro sented as an actual emperor, with the features of a noble man. The whole monument, hewn from tlm rock, will be about eighty feet high. The figure of the seated monarch is about thirty feet high. Sea Knots and Miles. There is a decided difference be tween the knot and the mile. Three and one-half miles equal, within a 1 small fraction, three knots. The result of this difference, of course, is that the speed of a vessel in miles per hour is always considerably larger than when stated in knots, and the confusion of the terms some times gives rise to rather remark able claims of speed performance. When a twenty4<not ship, ■ for in stance, is mentioned itjihould be re., membered that this really pieftus over twenty-three ■Magwlae. ~ ... BLOSSOM £s as safe and harmless as a fiai seed poultice. Ir iCtslikeapo”!- tice, drawing out isver ard pain, and curing al’ diseases peculiar to ladies. “Orange Bios? is a pas tile, easily used at any time; it is applied right to the parts. Every lady can treat herseli with it. Mailed to any address upon re ceipt of si. Dr. J.A. McGill & Co. C Panorama Place> Chicago, HI. Sold by D, W. Curry Druggist. uvog jo jxrnseatj, jo Xuwpioag asaip aonsauoja] nnj pas eanSopnea xoj HinOS 3HI m 3331103 IS3JV3H3 •Bd3sjasAps [Bnbj S3KIVT DNOOJI •uoqqntten; q3nojoq; pus npaQ pue oisnfl ‘Aqdej69|9i ‘6un|JM9dA£ ‘pucq IJoqs ‘ssguisng jo s;u9w;jbg9(] •ISM JO JJS-)IJU>9B iq ponsi»p uooo xuuv - g m « Japan II '■■■." ■■ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■—■l——l 9NINIVHIAHYIIIIW H9AO»HI BJsqossi jo e<Ltoo qy j:<h i Koixiax sasunoo Advuaxn -nnj ■jsqnajdog u| XepnoK su|3»q [[.j ■Xistuqaj n Xspuopj 1 sniSaq r.io, Juudg •nißjoag 'dßguoiujih iw •AIISUBAINfi 3HI JO AN3WIHVd3U HW HIUON L. Application for Letters o Disii’ssion. GEORGIA Floyd Count v Whereas John C. Prinlup Executive, Henry Printin', represents to the court in hie petiti.' inly filed, that he has adn inistered Henry 8. I’rintnp’j estate. This is to cite all persona concerned, kindred and creditors, to show cause if anv t hey can. why said Executor should net !>e di charged Irora his Executorship and re ieve letters ofdisimssinn on the first Monday in Septeinb ’r 1894. This June 4th 1894 John !’. Davis, Ordinary Floyd County .Georgia. Application for Letters of Dismission. GEORGIA. Flotii County: Whereas W. R. Reese, Aduiini-trator of Reese M. Braden, represents to the c ourt in his petti tion duly tiled, that he lias administered Kcs«e M. Braden s estate. This is to cite all persons concerned, kindred and creditors, to show cause, if any th-y .ran, why saifl administrator should not I e dis-barged from his administration ai • receive letters of dismission on tho first Monday in October I8!'4. Tills July 4th. 1894. 7-4-3 mo. JOHN F. DAVIS, Ordinary Floyd County Georgia. >79 A-.Aar«M.ikT a..— ■■■ -r— _ Road Citation, GEORGIA, Fl OVDC<>( NTV: Whereas W E. Smith, era!., have nctitioned the Board of < onn ussioners of Roads and Rev enue of said Coital . askii g that the set lenient road now Icadii gaud rut nirg direct from S-- ney, Georgia, and turning directlv by what is i- noWn as Bcdgeis old Barn I’laco and Hcnrv Dru i uioad’s dwelling liou-e and inlersecling with the public road known as the Pleasant Hope cliuicli road, at or near Drummonds school bonse. be made a second crass public road, and the Ito id Cou missioners of 1504 DiL tri.’.t G. W -es-aid Conntv havint- reported tl.e prop'osed r<Tui To lie of public utility. Sow, thia js to cite alt persons having obje -lions thereto or claims for damages arising therefrom, to make the same known to the Board of Commis sioners at the next mceiinp to lie held on ths first Monday tn August 1894. Witness the Hon John C. Foster Chairmauuf the Board, This July sth. Ism, d-39-d. Max Meyerhardt, Clerk. Election Notice ‘‘For Fence” or “btock Law.” Georgia Floyd County:— Notice is hereby given t cat an Election will be hel l ar the Court house gmutid in the 962nd Dis’rict (Chulio) G. M of said oonnty on the 29th. day of August inst. in which the question will be submitted to the qualified voters of said District ‘‘For Fence” or “Stock Law ” Ctieu under my hand and Official sig attire this 13th. of Aug. st 1814. John P. Davis, 15d. Ordirmvy Application for Guardianship GEORG I A. Floyd County:— To all whom it may concern : Hamilton Yan ev having applied for Guardianship of the per s m ami pre party of Frank Holland, minor chiid t Sarah Bizelle. late of said County, deceased, <i ice is give n that said application will lie ii .ird o oiy colli ■ at lo o'clock A. M.,on the t: • Monday in -s ptember next. This August *th. 1' I. John I’. Davs, a-- 3'id. Ordinary and ex .ifficio Clerk C. O. Not'u e Administrator’s Sale EORGIa, Floycl County:— Agreeable to an order from the Court of, Or dinarv will b- so.d uetwecn the legal hiurs of sale on the First Twsday In Septeml>er next, t>efore the C ourt House door in said County, theli llowin-x ] roperty to wit.- One ' vacant 10l of land i-the Fifth W ird of ibe city of Rowe <ll,. fri'ining '.il feet, an peuoington Avenue; and running I ack FJ > ipct, bounded on the Xorth-east by <’. D. W'irxls laud and on die S vacant loi of fsaeella Carroll's ej’-atß. Teriis cash. ‘ Ttics. F. Carroll A,, SlWßlfc. AU|. T -30 d.