VOL, V.
SALISBURY, N. C, THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 15, 1892.
NO. 50.
TELEGRAPHIC GLEANINGS.
Tie News ol tie World Coniensei Into
Pithy and Pointed ParaOTls. .
Interesting and Instructive to All
Classes of Readers.
The Italie, a newspaper published at
Romd, Italy, in its issue of Friday, an
nounces the resignation of Mr. Porter,
United States minister to Italy.
Saturday morning the great rag ware
house J. Joseph, at Cincinnati, was de
stroyed by fire. The loss is $150,000.
The fire communicated with Burnett's
furniture factory, adjoining, and it was
also destroyed.
- A New York dispatch of Friday lays:
The announcement ha3 been made at the
Republican headquarters that each mem
ber of Harrison's cabinet would deliver
four or five speeches during the cam
paign. The old Academy of Music, at Cleve
land, Ohio, one of the most famous thea
ters in America in former years, was to
tally destroyed by fire Thursday after
noon. Two saloons under it were also
destroyed. '
John and George "W. Carlisle, large
owners of real estate and well known cap-
italiste, assigned Thursday. The Car
lisles have been active in railroad and
other industrial enterprises and are still
supposed to be able to meet all obliga
tions. Notice of the following resolution was
given Friday night at the Trades and
Labor Congress meeting at Toronto, On
tario: "Unsolved, That this congress is
in favor of the Canadian parliament tak
ing means to secure the establishment
and recognition of the independence of
Canada."
The total visible supply of cotton for
the world according to Saturday's dis
patches is 2,582,955 bales; of which
2,129,755 are American, against 1,657,
757, and 1,130,857, respectively, last
year. Receipts at all-interior towns,
42,903. Receipts on plantations, 52,382.
Crop in sight, 76,422.
A London cablegram of Saturday says :
Several failures in the cotton trade are
' expected in the Pretsch district. The
balance sheets of the pa9t quarter show
heavy losses. The proposal to work
three days weekly at a reduction ' of ten
percent, in wages until the trade mends
is growing in favor. -
Unofficial advices received at the de
.partment of state from Venezuela, Thurs
. day morning, were that General Crispo
has finally triumphed, and the dictator
ship has been overthrown. General Cris
po has, it is said, been called to Caracas
to assume the reins of government, and
there is- now a bright prospect for the
restoration of peace in the distracted
country.
The state. department at Washington
says the delay in fixing a date for the in
ternational monetary conference has been
occasioned by the difficulty of agreeing
upon a meeting place in view of the
European cholera quarantine. The state
ment cabled from London that nothing
has been heard by the British govern
ment from Secretary Foster on the subject
of the conference is denied at the state
department.
Dispatches from Troy, N. Y., are to
the effect that the colored republicans of
the state, on Friday concluded the con
ference called to cement the colored vote
in the state by passing resolutions en
endorsing the administration of Presi
dent Harrison, and commending the
president for his policy of recognition of
young men, progressive colored voters ot
the pivotal state of the north, whose
faithful service to the republican party
nas nitnerto been scantily rewarded.
A Washington dispatch of Saturday
says: Attorney General Miller is of the
opinion that there is no foundation for
the protest made by Governor Abbett, of
New Jersey, to President Harmon against
the use of Sandy Hook for a temporary
detention place the passengers fiom the
cholera .infected ships at lower quaran
tine. The protest was referred by the
president to the attorney general for his
opinion, and hii reply will be made, if it
has not already been done, in accordance
with the above. "..
A Philadelphia dispatch says: A com
mittee of Reading railroad employes, con
sisting of engineers, firemen, conductors,
brakemen and telegraphists, called on
President McLeod Friday and had a cou-
' ference of an hour and a half. It was
unsatisfactory, and another will be held.
There is a possibility of labor trouble on
the road over the clauses in the employ
' ment application blacks asking the men
if they belong to any label organization,
and if they will withdraw if they take
work on the Reading. ,
. The Maine state election for the choice
of governor, four congressmen and
rubers of the legislature, occurred
y under the Australian ballot law,
0 .. 1 ... 1 J
YJ" icaiucu, cvcrjuuuy appear
the wcrkincr of the new
h to the National Ra-
Jtitalvote
,W
en
A SHIP LOAD OF CHOLERA.
The Scandla Arrives in New York with
the Epidemic on Board.
Another ship, the Scandia, of the
Ilamburg line, arrived in lower New
York bay Saturday with the deadly
cholera microbe on board. Thirty-two
off her passengers succumbed to the
disease during the voyage and their
corpses were thrown into the sea. She had
nearly 900 immigrats pn board, among
whom the pestilence is epidemic, and her
arrival created somewhat of a panic in
the city, and the gravest fearsfere enter
tertained that the scourge will eventually
break through the cordon. All that
money and skill can accomplish is - being
done to confine . the loathsome trouble to
the quarantine grounds. ; : :.',' ' ",
An appeal was forwarded to Governor
Flower, Friday, by a committe - repre
the first and second cabin passengers of
the steamer Normannia, now ia quaran
tine at the port of New ; York. , Among
the things the report says: , .
"As good citizens we cheerfully submit to
such detention as may be deemed necessary by
the sanitary experts for the pi -(serration of the
public health, but we hold 'that while undergo
ing such necessary detention, we are entitled
at the hands of the authorities to as much care
and protection against infectica as any other
body of healthy citizens; as any persons inno
cent of crime, and suffering discomfort reduced
to a m inimum.and to this end no ; : use should
be spared or reasonable preeatr - i reglected.
But measures have not been tak. 1 Sve hun
dred persons, mostly ; citizens - " United
States, have been exposed to t... . etionto
to their own danger and the d- r oftLo
public." ,; ..., ..
nfCEEAsixo rs hambu: .
Dispatches of Sunday state that ti.3
cholera epidemic continues to wi ia
Hamburg, and hundreds of pe:.xL.3 r.re
daily being ssrickeh with the pestilence,
and the total of the death list is growing
appallingly larger and larger. Saturday
there were reported '810 fresh cholera
cases, 257 deaths and 457 interments, and
on Sunnay 798 fresh cases, 231 deatb3
and 492 interments.
In Havre, France, , eK?ht new cases of
cholera and five death. re reported
Saturday.
The cholera statistics ; th.it ?,S37
new cases of, the disease and i,i Z'J deaths
occurred throughout Russia Saturday.
In Sc. Petersburg during the same time
eighty-one new cases and thirty deaths
were reported.
A $500,000 BLAZE.
Business Houses a$ Albany, N.
. Burned.
About 2 o'clock Sunday morning fire
broke out in the upper portion of the
Lyon building, : on the north side of
Hudson avenue, between . Green . and
Pearl streets, Albany, N. Y., and spread
with frightful rapidity.; ' "When the fire
men arrived the entire top story was in
fUmes and , there waj ' a: perfect - rain of
sparks upon the surrounding buildings
and into the adjacent streetsr The" fire'
appeared to have caught in one of 'the
upper stories occupied by shirt factories,
and had made such headway when dis
covered that there was already danger
that the front wall, five stories high,
would fall into the street. -
At 2:30 the fire which started in what
was formerly the Second Reformed church ;
bad spread to' the north end of thatstruc-
ture, uie names ucKing up me wooaen
pillars of the old belfry, and poured up a
solid column of flame over a hundred feet-
in the air. The entire' department was;
on the ground, and the indications were
that the entire block bounded by Hud
lon avenue, Green Brave and South Pearl
streets, would be swept away. The loss'
will not fall short of $500,000.
EXPLORER PEARY
Returns From His Artie Expedition
Important Discoveries,
The steamer Kite arrived at St. Johns,'
N. F. bunday from McFermack harbor
after twelve months in the artic regions,
bringing with her Lieutenant Peary, his
wife and party. All were safe and well
with the exception of C. ' Verhoff, the
meterologist. Lieutenant Peary made a
stage journey with dogs of thirteen hun
dred miles over the interior, ice . which
was found available. He was out
ninety days and returned all right on
August 4th. He made important discov
eries, confirming his theory. Ver
hoff is supposed to " have been , lost in
the crevasses during one of his searching
trips. This ia the sad shadow in all the
varied experiences of the party. The
party bring home a splendid collection of
flora and fauna, much ethnological mate
rial, and a large number of photographs
of natives, dwellings and arctic scenery.
The expedition was. a ' great success,
among Lieutenant Peary'a discoveries be
ing one of a great bay, latitude 81. 87,
longitude 24, opening out east and north
east, which he named Independence Bay,
in honor of the day, July 4th, and the
great glacier flowing north into it,
Academy Glacier.
SUIT AUTHORIZED .
To Cancel the R. & D. Contract Tfltb
v the Central. :a ii.';
In the circuit court of New Yo rk Mon
day, Judge Brown issued an order author
izinr? Receiver Oakman to begin action to
- q m
cause the cancellation of contracts and
agreements by which the Richmond Ter
minal becomes possessor of 40.000 shares
of capital stock of the Central railroad of
OenrirtA. It ia asserted tnat tna transac
tion that led to the transfer otstocx were
riouslv Questionable.' The facts were
i .... . ...
zed m support of this new in tne re-
r'a netition and tha varv taoded and
Miinirs oi us two companies wer
m a T
to at gveaa langtn.
'lOLffRA m BRITAIN.
rts Declare it Completely
am pea oat.
N'.esrram of "Friday turt
V that the cholera has
iamped but of the
Local government
rities at the chief
populous centers
xthat no cases of
few ; choleraic
zrta say that
Vht to Eds
Vnts, it has
ng from in
1
THROUGHOUT THE SODTE
Notes of Her Progress and Prosperity
Briefly Transcribe!.
Important Happenings from Day to
Day Tersely Told.
A dispatch of Friday from Asheville,
N. C, says: There is "a movement on
foot for the state to pension General
Thomas L. Clingman, United States sen
ator in 1841. The general is now a very
old man.
GadsdeD, Ala., received her first bale of
cotton Thursday. It was classed good
mitlJling and was purchased by Herse
tcrg Bros, for 10 cents per pound, and
weighed 497 pounds. This is two weeks
later than last year.
A San Francisco news special of Fri
day says: William E. Barron, member of
the national republican committee for
.Nevada, has resigned. Mr. Barron says
that' owning to his views on the silver
question he cannot remain on the com
mittee.: - '
A JTashville dispatch says : The peo
ple's party of the seventh Tennessee dis
trict, in convention, Saturday nominated
William Witherspoon, of Maury county,
for congress. The nominee is an ap
, intco of. -Governor Buchanan, being
c 1 ;i inspector at Columbia.
A ivrnuah News special of Saturday
.-: . .3 a result of complaints of the
r ' .inted fish and meats by local
. be health authorities have seized
I j ( .titles of these articles of food
c : i tL , . yed them. Raids will be mad e
oa iba fruit stands and all bad fruit
A destructive fire raged Monday in the
little town of Brundige, Ala., fifty miles
southeastof Montgomery, in which nearly
all the stores of the town were destroyed.
Losses: Griffin & Carlisle, $5,000, fully
insured ;'S. B."Copeland, $3,500, insur
ance $2,000; G, W. Conner, $2,500, in
surance $.900. A number of others suf
fered losses ranging from $100 to $300.
The cause, "of the fire is unknown.
A dispatch of Sunday from Anniston,
Ala., . says: A very shrewd scamp is
working a nice scheme to victimize the
banks of Alabama. He has hit upon a
new plan, but so far as is known his
efforts have all been in vain. His method
is to forge -: a drafr-on some New York
bank,1 send , it to a bank in some nearby
town tohave.it cashed, and reqaest the
money to be sent him by express.
A Nashville news special says : It was
learned.' Saturday that John Cudahay,
the Chicago packer,, has paid $35,000
for a site for - a b'g pork and beef pack -
mg establishment. The location is on
the Northwestern railroad and on the cor
poration line. He . declares his intention
of at once erecting a building to cost not
less: than half a . million dollars. The
plant will have a capacity of 1,000 hogs
a dav.
AMERICAN SHEEP
Can Now be Shipped Ho England on
, the Hoof Prohibition Removed.
J. Secretary. Rusk has just received
through the department of state a copy
of a letter from Minister Lincoln con
taining the information that the govern
ment of Great Britain: has removed the
prohibition of the admission of live sheep
from the United States into that country.
The order requiring the slaughter of
these animals on the docks where landed
within ten days after arrival has been re
voked.' They may be shipped
to . any," part of the '.kingdom if
they are Jan ded-at the proper ports and
pass inspection. The conditions are that
no other kinds of animals shall be carried
by a vessel on the same trip, and that the
owner or agent of the vessel shall give
bond that the animals have not come in
contact with viiraals from suspected
countries, and that the vessel haa not en
tered ports of such countries. The anf-
mals are to be detained twelve hours and
are not to be moved until examined by
the inspector. ' '
CHARLESTON'S BUSINESS.
The Depreciation in Cotton Causes a
r Falling Off in Totals.
The annual review of the News and
Courier,5 says Charleston's trade during
the fiscal year ending Axrguat 31 amounts
to more than $33,000,000. This shows
a decrease as compared with the previous
year of about $14,000,000, but more than
half of the decrease is due to the falling
off in the price of cotton; The low price of
this staple ha aHected the trade in phos
phate rock and commercial fertilizers to a
considerable extent, but the credit of the
city is unimpaired, and the indications
are that business during the new year will
be .larger : and better than last year.
The, government improvements in the
harbor assure deep water on the bar, and
the unexcelled terminal facilities of the
port promise a steady increase in busi
ness. On the whole, Charleston has pass
ed through a stormof financial depression
and political excitement with le?s injury
than some of its competing ports. There
has not been one failure for any consid
erable amount ia the cijy during the past
year, and merchant and business men
generally speak vith courage and confi
dence of the future.
, HARRISON'S LETTER
Accepting the Republican SominatloB
for President.
A TTasnington dispatch of Monday
kjs: President Harrison's letter of ac
ceptance of the nomination for president
has just been given to the public. Tb
letter is addressed to "Hon. William Mo
Kinley, Jr., and others," and begins:
: 1 now avail myself of the first period
of relief from public duties, to respond
to the notification which you brought ml
en June 20th, of my nomination for tht
Cffice of president of the United States bj
the republican national convention recent
ly held at Minneappolis. I accept tat
nomination, and am grateful for the ap
proval expressed by the convention of toe
acts of my administration."
He gives a general review of tho irork
TRADE IS VERY GOOD
Considering: the General Prevalence of
the Cholera Scare.
R. G. Dun & Co.'s report says: Last
week's semi-panu: in stocks and gram hag
been followed by a more confident feel
ing about the cholera, as it is seen the
pestilence is thus far confined to incom
ing ships by national regulations, which
all officials are no v respecting. More
over, even if the disease should appear on
shore in scattered cases, the vigorous
measures taken by the thoroughly warned
and aroused people would be likely to
restrict and suppress it as it has been
thus far kept down in England. Hence
there is much less apprehension regard
ing the possible effects of the disease this
year - before cold weather comes, and
stocks bave advanced 75 cents a share on
the whole, though in bther markets the
alarm disclosed a weakness which still
continues. j,:
Meanwhile the general condition of in
dustries and of trade throughout the
country is not only remarkably good, but
improving perceptibly from week to
week, although exports of merchandise
are not yet larre enough to prevent some
exports of gold. Trade ini dry goods
exceeds expectation, beinr ' unusually
strong at the west and , berhan last
year at the south, And is te;Tpec!ally good
in silks, ribbons and dressV goods. The
Iron trade has improved business in
jewelry, hardware and tobacco is fair,
and in liquors very good. Louisville
and Nashville the trade improves, crop
prospects being better. At 13w Orleans
business has somewhat improved, but is
not up to expectations. SugjiV is very
strong, rice unsteady and mVney stiff,
though in ample supply. he iron
industry grows more active? nearly
all the works are full of ort'ers, and
the output is now heavy. Nails have
advanced 10 cents per keg. Thejexpect
ed war between the Pennsylvania and
Reading railroads adds to the dullness in
coal. Cotton has advanced a sixteenth
during the week. With restricted ex
ports of products at present foreign ex
change is steadily strong, but the treas
ury has put out of new notes f)0,000
more than it has added to its fctock of
gold and silver, and money
c-4
throughout the count rv are amply
plied, while collections in all quarter:
y
very fair for the season . i
business lauures throughout the c
try during the last seven days nu
146; for the ; corresponding week
year. 187.
GROWTH OF THE SOUTH.
The
Industrial Development
the
Past Week.
The industrial situation" throughout the
southern states continue to be oraBatisfactorv
nature. The crop reports are being made up
in several of the states, and indicate that cot
ton picking will b delayed about two weoks,
and that its condition is only fair and hardly
up to the average. There is a large increase in
corn and other crops for home use, and much
money spent in former years for supplies from
the north and west will this year be kept at
home. Business is reasonably good and in
creasing slowly; collections are reported as
growing easier.
The usual adv&ncs ia the price of coal haa
been ordered, but this is customary at this
time, and does not necessarily - indicate
an increased demand. The iron market ia
quiet, with no change in prices. Lumber men
report a good demand with short supp ly in some
grades and kinds. The textile manufacturer!
are doing well, and the increase in the number
of mill a continues each week. The machinery
market is in a1 very good condition wija in
creasing demand for goods.
Fifty new industries were established and in
corporated during the week, together with nine
enlargements of manufactories, and twenty-one
important new building's. Among the new in
dustries reported are brick works at Waterloo,
Ga., a $500,000 development company at Ma
cou, Ga., a $10,000,000 irrigating company or
ganized at Ei Paso, Tex., electric lighting and
powur companies at Gonzales. Tex. , and Tren
ton, Tenn., and flour and grist mills
at Mt Willing. Ala., Charlotte, N. J.,
Richmond,. Ky., Columbia, Tenn.,
and Houston, . Texas. A $10,000 hard
ware company has been chartered at Atlanta,
Ga., a bicycle factory established at Houston,
Texas, a foundry and machine shop at Blacks
burg, 8- C-, and a nail factory at Bridgeport,
Ala. Coal mines are to be opened at Buckhan
non, W. Va.,'lead mines at Cleveland. Tenn..
and nickel mines at Alleghany Springs, Va. A
1 10,000 oil mill will be built at Jefferson, Tex.,
salt works at Saliville, Va., sugar refineries at
LaFayette and Ib-rvilie, La, cotton mills es
tablished at Talladega, Ala., Meridian, Miss,,
Johnson City and Memphis, Tenn., knit tine
mills at Bridgeport und Opelika, Ala.,' ana
Roanoke, Ya., and a woolen mill at Lewisburg,
Tenn. :
A 101,000 woodenwtre plant is reported at
Galveston, Texas, a $10,000 lumber company at
Arkansas City, Ark., a sash and blind factory
at Houston, Texas, saw and planing mills at
Anthony and Tampa, Fla.. and Mobile, Ala.,
and a handle factory on a large scale at Bristol,
Tenn.
The enlargements for the week include floor
ing mills at Lebanon, Ala., phosphate plants at
Albion, Fla., and iron works at AsheTille, N. C,
Staunton, Va., and Harriman, Tenn. New buil
dings includes business houses at Bowling
G een, Ky., Memphis, Tenn., and Atlanta, Ga.,
churches at Oglethorpe, Gju, and Greenville, 8.
CL, school buildings at Bastrop, Texas, and
Fort 8mith, Ark., and Orlando, Fla., and ware,
houses at Albany and Athens, Ga., and Peters
bnrg, Ky.
CHARLESTON'S BUSINESS.
The Depredation in Cotton Causes a
Falling Oft in Totals.
The annual review of the News and
Courier, says Charleston's trade during
the fiscal year ending August 31 amounts
lo more than $83,000,000. This shows
a decrease as compared with the previous
year of about $14,000,000, but more than
half of the decrease is due to the falling
off in the price of cotton. The low price of
this staple has affected the trade in phos
phate roek and commercial fertilizers to a
considerable extent, but the credit of the
city is unimpaired, and the indications
are that business during the new year will
be larger and better than last year.
The government improvements in the
harbor assure deep water on the bar, and
the unexcelled terminal facilities of the
port promise a steady increase in busi
ness. On the whole, Charleston has pass
ed through a storm of financial depression
and political excitement with lei s injury
than some of its competing ports. Thers
has not been one failure for any consid
erable amount in the cijy during the past
year, and merchants - and business men
generally speak Kith courage and confi
dence of the future.
Daniel Doagterty Dead.
Daniel Doazhertr. lawyer, lectwrand
ritor, did at Philadelphia, , Uonday,
suire
lun-
rAber
'lost
SOMEWHAT STRANGE.
ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS
EVERY DAY DFE.
OP
Queer Episodes and Thrilling Adven
tures Which Show That Truth is
Stranger Than Fiction.
A kan, in the St. Louis Globe-Democrat,
tells how to get earth-worms with
out digging for them. Take a strong
stick, four or five feet long and sharp at
one end, and go to some locality, such
as the back of a barn, where the worms
are sure to be plentiful. Drive the stick
four or five inches into the ground with
a hammer or stone, and then begin to
twist it with a rotary motion. Every few
minutes hit the top a rap to drive, the
point further into the ground, and keep
on twisting. In five minutes the worms
will begin crawling out of their holes,
and all you have to do is to pick them
up and put them in your can. They hear
the grinding and think it is a mole after
them, and know that only on the surface
are they safe. So they come out, those
nearest to the, sound making their ap-
Eearance first, with every' evidence of
aste and trepidation. Sometimes they
come up for a distance of ten or fifteen
feet from the twirling stick; and in
places where they are plentiful, as many
as a hundred can be literally scared out
of the ground in this manner. Some
people think a worm has no sense, and
they may be right in general, but a worm
knows that a mole is its deadliest enemy,
and will . come squirming to the top of
the ground any time it hears a mole
coming in its direction.
A WelIt-knowx family has a pet crow,,
which is given the liberty of the whole
household. It is, as precise and partic
ular about its appearance as a prudish
young maiden, and - frequently it is
allowed a place in the dining-room when
the family meal is eaten. "When night
comes, it stations itself at one of the
fence corners and keeps a lookout for in
truders until the early dawn setting up
a loud cawing at the sight of any stran
ger approaching. A valuable diamond
parn'rifr Tnlrrwrinrr fn rtnn vf fViA rlmifTTif pra
wwamissed fomEeffessing-case the
I j i At 1 ,1
i omer aay wmietne crow waSHiS11-" uu
the window-sill. Search was matjjevery
where for the missing piece of ieSglry
without success, and the finding of
was given up as one of the impossibilities.
A few days since the crow was followed
into a corner of the yard filled with
empty boxes, and in one of them, hidden
away from sight, was found a perfect
bric-a-brac shop, a number of bright sil
ver and copper coins, a filagree comb,
several lustrous tortoise hair ornaments,
a lot of .bits of broken colored glass, an4
a stock of shining buttons of endless
variety, and the diamond earring. The
character of the crow has been consider
ably, lowered in the estination. of the
family since the discovery. r
Dimmo a recent heavy thundvstorm
at Fishkill, N. Y., a large black-walnut
tree by the kitchen door of Dr. White's
residence was 6truck. A day or two
after it was discovered that the fluid had
entered the . butler's pantry near the
northeasterly corner of the house. Dn a
shelf about four feet from the floor stood
on
edge a row of Royal Dresden plates
leaning
against the hardfinished walL
The face of these plates is hiorhlv deco
rated in brilliant colors Around the
edges of several of them standing nearest
the corner was found . a band of dark
discoloration, while on the wall, about
ah inch above them, in circles corres
ponding in 6hape with the plates, was a
fair copy of the ornamentation on the
crockery, done in the same colors, though
slightly less brilliant. The discoloration
on the plates was easily removed -by
washing, j and the ware and ornamenta
tion appearedentirely uninjured by the
shock.- No place was found where the
lightning entered or left the room,
tpugh there is a small smoke-colored
mark by an iron bracket near where the
first plate stood.
Some weeks ago John Bonker, a 3Iis
iouri, Kansas and Texas Railway brake
man, lost his left leg under the cars at
Boonville. The limb was buried there
and Bonker was removed to the com
pany's hospital in Sedalia. - Bonker be
gan to experience the sensation that his
amputated limb was in its accustomed
place, and great pain was felt in the foot.
So intense did this feeling become that
the crippled man tossed from side to side
of his little cot in the surgical ward of
the hospital and moaned withjpain till
the doctors became alarmed at his condi
tion. He could not sleep nor could any
thing be done to relieve him until Bonker's
father visited Boonville and had the leg
removed from the grave. The lid of
the box was raised and the toes of the
foot were found to be crossed. No other
peculiarity was disco vered. The lid was
closed and the coffin reburied. The in
jured man at the hospital at once experi
enced a sensation of relief, and the
trouble has completely vanished. The
case is a very peculiar one and has ex
cited much comment in medical circles.
SrxAS C. Hobtkas is a veracious citi
zen and farmer of Hamilton County,
Ohio. He comes to the front with a re
markable snake story. He says that
during a severe thunder and lightning
storm an immense oak, which stood
-upon his place in Glendale, was cleft in
twain by a thunder bolt. He saw the
bolt strike his favorite oak, under which
he had played as a boy and often sought
shelter under as a man, and he felt as if
an old friend had been taken away.
Immediately after the storm he lost no
f time in repairing to the tree, and there
m tne crotch he taw a snake fully six
feet long suspended and dead. Its head
was pinioned in the splinters, which bore
the mark of the lightning's stroke.
Looking down into the hollow of the
tree his surprise was hightened by dis
covering, all cuddled up together,
twenty-two young snakes, ail dead. He
surmised that the large snake was the
mother who had been out in quest of
food, when the storm arose, and in en
deavoring to reach her young had been
overtaken by the thunderbolt. " ,
There is a lineman in a busy little
Michigan town who has excited the envy
of the youth of the neighborhood by the
audacious way in which he has invaded
one of their tune honored provinces, and
furthermore, turned it into a source of
revenue. The English sparrow is not
liked in Kalamazoo, and the decided
feeling against him is indicated by the
fact that the people would rather by
three cents see a dead sparrow than a
live one. 'The lineman who looks after
the lights of the city is now availing
himself diligently of the benefits of this
bounty, and he has so supplemented his
ordinary pay by the destruction of Eng
lishmen" that he is inclined to believe
the very best sparrow trap in existence
is an arc lamp. The birds make their
nests in the lamps, and after the eggs
are laid the lineman keeps a close watch
on it. Just before the young birds are
fully fledged he pinches their heads and
realizes on them. One day he brought
in 141, and last year his "side line"
brought him $70.
J. B. Rumford, of Los Gatos, Cal.,
has originated a new system of living
which he calls the JjUmic system, lie
eats nothing but raw wheat," consuming
about three-quarters of a pound, a day.-
Bread,, butter, sugar, meat, eggs and
Tv- ill?- VtA ortiii1o oa wMCATAHO f T AO fa
only when he feels hungry and apjfears
to thrive on his strange die. At tottv.
he says, he was an old majffwhereas niw,
though sixty, he feels f young. "
get along," he adds, p'on one or two
cents a day, and do a good day's work
J ive cents' worth of rolled oats has lasted
me twenty-four hours while travelling.
I could not possibly eat more than ten
cents' worth of wheat a day; so you can
see how economical my system is. " Hr
Rumford also has a theory about f eedi"
horses, giving them only one good m .
t day just before bed time. , ;
Some stolen money was recoverc J
through a queer agency in HallowelL Jle.
When the loss of the bills was discovered
the fiimily at once started to look for the
robbers. Two men were seen runninr'
down a lane across the farm just beyon(
a Mr. Gilman's house, into which the
attempted to break. As they ran ey
of the men was seen suddenly to pv
out a handkerchief and beat it about I
neck, where some of the bees he a'
his partner had disturbed, had alight
Judging from his antics, the little c
tures got in some effective work. V
the pursuers reached the spot at y
the man had pulled out his hay
chief, they were ' delighted to fit
missing roll of ,b!":.i, which the m.
dropped. v.r? ',.
When t Shah of Persia was
rough Ei ope three years ct"
aCCOUupeK. tcujYYUucaau.
t "' - r
UJ a Xi I. Lie
tired aha
was
pleased.'? The
the imp'. vl farj
youngster fT y
an unaccdx
come from
near Bw;a 1
very clc5j t
accidental v
the very narro
sudden deathv
jn tht
-AitheS
nd of esca
boy has beeW
away now. t
John St! GEinrAixE, a weH-knV
cattleman, engaged in a fight with)
McDougal at Cba Iron, Neb. j Her
posed the Doctor! had been killed
1 - -1 .1J-L J? 1
ne jumpeu on nis uoru auu nwi w:vj. u
J. 11. King pursuea? : attempte
arrest. St. Germain, instead of ha
when ordered, with
charged hi3 puruer.
drawn revu
!-- shot, ki!
him instantly,
its position in
that, the mm
n
was discover
with the maf
ater
the-v
ody asmdeA
Grand Ro
3 are seven
Ik
iney Amp orr
river in Afshingtou
marriageable Indian
want white men for
their would-be lovers
father of one of the g
offer of 200 head of
young white man ' w
daughter. The old 1
ever, that he will noQ
a "hoodlum" for a sf
must be of good char
The greatest Curias.
. is, anu I'Ptj
i : a .i
uauus anu snt.
i makes an
J. J
n op
totM
try
od horses
win marry
;an says, how--pt
any kind of
-law; the man
ever saw in
i yesterday
the egg line was brom
Jb armer
u.) Kewiew. It is th duct of
one of his hens and he says fowls
in the neighborhood cackled at" w. joK
The curiosity consists of two dommoa
6izea eggs jomea together at the sinalll
v J , uuw, MU ul-"l-3 ' JA
whole resembling a pair of nose-gUfgge8.
Miss Ella Ewnto of Scotland county
Mo., is a coy damsel of eighteen sum
mers who measures eight feet two inches
in height and is still growing. She is
said to, be retiring in disposition, but
exhibits quite an amount of exuberant
girlishness among her intimate friends.
." i
Bermuda's Idly Field.
In the picturesque islands of the Ber
mudas lilies are raised as a regular field
crop. In value and in the esteem of the
inhabitants they come next to the no'atn
though both are less esteemed than the
onion, which is the staple crop of the
islands. The Buffalo, N. Y;. Express
claims that no more beautiful sight can
be imagined than at this season of the
year greets the eye of the traveler as he
comes suddenly upon one of these fields
hundreds of yards square and a mass of
most fragrant white. ;
Unfortunately, the lily fields are not
in the most profitable state. The beau
tiful bloom represents to its owner waste,
for the lilies should be marketed in the
form of buds. They are cut from the
stems and packed in cases, sixty-four in
a box, ana sent by express all over the
United States. If kept in a cool, dry
place the buds will remain without open
ing several weeks, while being placed in
water they can be brought to perfection
in a day or two, , or, if the water is
slightly warm, in a few hours. This
fortunafe peculiarity of the lily has made
it possible for it to be transported, not
withstanding the long journey. The
culture was introduced only a few years
ago upon the Bermudas by an American
gentleman. General Hastings. Soma rvf
the largest fields are still ownwl K
gentleman, and it is said that on cmeTfl
them, at any time in tn- .? M
100,000 ime, may be seen uuTloom 5
the same time. , ai
Alaskvhas yielded $33,000,000 in seal
skins. RussusoldittouslooV
EXPRESSION IN AMM
Observation of Their Ways
Interesting Fact
Dr. A. S. Jam, in Cass-
following interesting fact '. ,
TWA0CSVV . M v. i nil. . .
Birds are not general? , . i "
O 'w u V VA S. V. ' J " - -
one observe how e t'.u c
canary, when once V delightful 1
fellow is on free terf villi hi r.uwtci
mistress, can keep t a conrt rat!on
his own way, and
lar.ijufiire to
vama leeungs
1 uinm-ttikubl
and expressions!
f you w ih t a
quiry, curiosity.
d .questioning mi
surprise and wor.
leu in degree w
suddenly shov
aetums that us i
t canary. You will
s the top of 1.
1 secraed to yon t ' "
.I almost C.itt
or strange to a
the feathers
rise, till what 1
from its lengtl
round and shx
, v tale the c;
t ; uhold v
.i u;' scr-iiiny,
.Iters the i
with the ?
first on the ol :
tain intense ki
moment realh
eye, and the i
air, on you.
ad back f
hue that c
ais over V
accomp'u
srjprnr? j
1 by t!
ing, c r i.:
thin usu
1 ; ilirfh
neck,
wh.il
liitr
TP
! Xrc-
trt.
smi.
whe
Erecia.
is tna.
Or a
busy hu
eyes arc
strongly-;
even ben
slight 2
body i j '
thron-n
i
tie
din
her i
of
fin,
that t
moral
Ithougl
touch , i 1
all evcL
with at 1
ments to
theyovt
hot
master's express!
as the a
by mew?
scale, a
such as
to risitc
Much :
enceof
their po
not bark
into con:
hibit the
by barki
as well a;
In truth,
new dow
through as
almost as su.
in emotion a;
complexitie? -Which
they L;
A Jfew Met,
'An easy wa
for summer us
sota farmer,
drifted snow
nights, f p-'
When i
sawdust
ice last.'
good as
the trd
Star Sc.'
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