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THE COUNTRY'S CHOPS, i
9 |
August Reports Received by the
Agricultural Department.
Disastrous Result of the Prolonged
Drought in the West.
The following crop reports have been re- j
ceived by tho Agricultural Department at j
Washington:
The prospect a month a^o was for a very |
heavy crop of corn and a rate of yield about
tho average. Its condition in all the Statesof
tho Atlantic coast is now unimpaired and of
very high promise In Texas and Tennessee tho
condition has declined materially. In the central
corn region, however, in the valleys of
the Ohio and Missouri, where two thirds of the
crop is grown and the commercial supply is i
procured, a very heavy reduction has taken I
place, which has made the national average |
80.7 instead of i?7.7 last month. The cause j
is the long-continued drought, which has ]
been severest in Kansas, Illinois, Indiaua,
Ohio and Michigan. Nebraska has
been scorched on the southern border, and
Iowa and Missouri have escaped with comparatively
lisht loss, as have the more northern
States. The seven corn surplus States
stand as follows: Ohio, SJ; Indiana, '14: Illinois,
05; Iowa, 'JO; Missouri, SO; Kansas, W;
Nebraska, 75.
The condition of spring wheat, refioi ted
very low last month from the ravages of
chinch bugs, is not improved, but has
follon r%fF vnrir clirrliflv tJi<> flVOrflTH beill<T
78.8, two points less than the August returns
of last year. Dakota has made a slight gain |
and stands highest in condition. The average
for Wisconsin is 73, Minnesota 74, Iowa
Nebraska 77, Dakota 88. In the extreme
East and on the Pacific coast the condition of
spring wheat is high. There is no report of
winter wheat this month, as it is too early to
obtain results of threshing.
In the oats crop there is no change. A part
of the breadth was harvested at the last re}?rt.
The condition averages 85.0, which
indicates a crop slightly under average.
The barley crop promises to yield rather
better than was feared last month. The Eastern
product averages higher condition, but is
reduced slightly since the last report. The
average is 80.S, indicating nearly an average
yield.
The buckwheat area appears to be practically
the same as last year and averages
about 93 in condition.
There is a great reduction since July in the
condition of potatoes, almost entirely the result
of drought There is no material di".*lino
on the Atlantic or Gulf coast, but the injury
is severe in the West. The loss during the
month is fully 20 per cent, of the prospective
crop.
Tne fruit crop is very poor. There will be
few apples outside of New England and New
York. There will be a partial crop in Michigan.
In the Ohio River .States the harvest
will be nearly a failure.
The hay crop is also greatly reduced in the
West. The general average is &J.
The past month has been favorable to cotton.
In the Eastern belt excess of moisture
predominates as a factor of depreciation. The
weed is therefore large and sappy, and fruitfall
appears in some fields seriously, and in
some lases rust appears. In Louisiana similar
conditions have prevailed, anil only very partially
in Mississippi. Texas liais been too
dry, though drought has not as yet been disastrous
or severe. The prevalent status of
the crop is very good for the 1st of August,
while reporters recognize this as a critical
time and fear the effect of subsequent
drought upon the green and succulent
condition of the plant. In a com
parison of ten years the August
condition is only exceeded by that of and
1885, one producing a large crop, the other
an under-medium yield. The general average
of condition is 93.3, which is lower by
over three points than that of July.
The State averages are: Virginia,
94; North Carolina, 98; South Carolina, 95;
Georgia, 94: Florida, 90; Alabama, 1KJ;
Mississippi, 90: Louisiana, 94; Texas, 87;
"Arkansas, 97; Tennessee, 95.
The tobacco crop is in In'gh condition
in the seed-leaf States, averaging nearly 100, I
except in Wisconsin. The shipping and I
cutting districts of the \VYst make an I
unprecedented report of low condition: Ten- !
nessoo, 70; Kentucky, 79; Ohio, (io; Indiana, J
50; Illinois, ">2; Missouri, 0). In view of the
heavy reduction in acreage, only a small
fragment of the usual crop may be expected.
The official investigation of area, now in
progress, will determine authoritatively the
breadth cultivated the present year.
LATER NEWS.
Three firemen were killed, ten fatally injured
and another badly hurt by falling walls
at a fire in St. Louis.
John M. Clay, the only living son of the
statesman Henry Clay, fell dead of heart
disease a few day's sine? at his home near
Lexington, Ky. He was sixty-five years old>
The Virginia Republicans, under the lead
of General Mahone, have decided to hold no
State Convention, but to issue an address to
the people.
Heavy freshets have almost totally destroyed
over 15,000 acres of rice on the Sarannah
ri Vfr
A heavy rain storm has prevailed pretty
generally throughout the Northwest, and tho
drought-afflicted region has been greatly relieved.
Francis La Flesche, a full-blooded
Omaha Indian, employed in the Bureau of
Indian Affairs, has been promoted from a
$1,000 clerkship to a clerkship of the $1,200
class. La Flesche was educated at the mission
school of an Indian agency in Nebraska,
and was appointed by Secretary Kirk wood
to a $900 place in the Indian Bureau.
In response to its recent circular the Treasury
Department has received applications for
the payment of interest on bonds amounting
to many millions, and its offers to purchase
bonds in advance of their falling due has
been met by numerous proposals fromholdera
to sell.
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11 JJ I I U ? XJJ-1XJLJ 'lilUU.
Experiments have Jfreen made to light the
British busses with electricity.
At the present rate of decrease the national
debt will disappear in twelve years.
The Youn^ Men's Christian association of
Chicago now numbers 4,'-i00 members.
There are over 1,600 inmates in the insane
asylum on Ward's Island, New York Gey.
St. Louis says she can point out nineteen
millionaires on one thoroughfare, Locust
street
Is the last twelve years the United States
has received 4.000,000 emigrant from the Old
World.
Colorado potato beetles are making
havoc among the potato patches of New
Jersey.
Martin Dexheimer, of Hillsdale, N. Y.,
has a pig two years old that weighs OCX)
pounds.
The 4-months old child of H. H. Dollaway
of Middletown, died from the effects of a spider's
bite.
A Hewburgh horse dealer has recently imported
a drove of Mexican donkeys. They
are^meeting with a ready sale.
Elwood Cooper is the largest olive raiser
in the United States. His olive farm in
Southern California comprises GOO acres.
Leavenworth County, Kansas, claims
the largest orchard of fruit-bearing trees in
the United States. It contains 50,0!W trees.
The monkeys in Forepaugh's Circus had
thft maasl^?- atki <swa<w1 r? i
?-~T? - t" *w wuu aiiiuuj? Luc iuimer's
children of Cattaraugus county, N. V.
Byron Hasbrouck was nearly stung to
death by bees at Clintondale, N. Y. Forty
stings were removed from his face and neck.
Dr. Carver has broken tho record at
pigeon shooting in a match at Lynchburg,
Va., killing fifty pigeons, making a clean
score.
The sweetest and best flavored pork in the
world is produced on the island of Madeira.
The hogs there subsist mainly on fruits, nuta,
grass and roots.
Captain* Gilbert Knapp, a veteran of
the war of 1812, died at Racine, Wis., re- !
cently, at the age of ninety-four. He was
the founder of Racine. {
Pine City, Washington Territory, claims
to have the smallest living woman. She 1a
twenty-seven years old. twenty-nine inches
tall, and weiehs thirty-three pound*.
NEWS SUMMARY
Eastern and Middle States
The Boston yacht Volunteer has proven herself
the fastest of all American yachts by
easily defeating the Mayflower, Puritan, and
other fast vessels in a forty-live-mile race at
Newport. The Volunteer,"it is expected, will
win the trial races, and thus be chosen tc
compete with the fast British yacht Thistle
in the international race for the America's
cup at New York this autumn.
Five acres of land over a coal mine near
Pittston, Penn., caved in suddenly a few
days since, wrecking three houses.
The expulsion of the Socialists from the
United Labor party. in New York city has
raised a big row. The Socialists declare they
will ruin the new party.
George Drummo.nd, Earl of Perth and
possessed of other titles of nobility, died a
few days since in a New York hospital,
leaving a wife and child in extreme destitution.
When fifteen years old he eloped to
America with his grandmother's maid, and
ever siuce had tried to support himself by
various employments. His family refused to
rwarmif. Ill's return unless lie left his wife.
The Massachusetts Commissioners on Contagious
Diseases among Domestic Animals
have established a quarantine against cattle
from New York State.
Grand Master Workman Powdkrly
has issued another circular to the Knights of
Labor, denouncing produce and other exchanges
and the speculators in food products.
E. T. Baldwin leaped from a balloon a
thousand feet high in the air at Rockaway,
N. Y., and with the aid of f>n open parachute
descended safely to the earth.
The American Association for the Advancement
of Science has been in session at
New York. Scientists fiora all sections of
the Union attended, and many scientific
topics were discussed.
South ancl West.
A small excursion steamer was suhk in
the middle of Lake Manawa, near Council
Bluffs, Iowa. Three or more of the thirty passengers
thrown into the water were drowned.
Two Creoles fought a duel with swords in
the suburbs of New Orleans, one of them receiving
a painful wound in the left breast.
Later returns indicate the defeat of the
Prohibitionists in Texas by over 12.5,000
votes.
A good corn crop is probable in Kansas,
Missouri and Iowa, but small yields in
Illinois and Indiana.
At the launch of a largo steamer in
Milwaukee, the wave caused by her plunge
into the water washed away the supports of
a coal shed, the roof of which was crowded
with people. Three persons were instantly
killed, four or five were fatally injured, and
about ten more were badly hurt.
The great drought in the Northwest has
caused numerous damaging prairie and forest
fires. Sandusky, the county seat of Sanilac
County, Mich., has been wiped out by the
flames.
Washington,
Secretary Bayard wants a new fishing
treaty with Great Britain on account of the
Canadian troubles,and is negotiating for that
purpose.
Tiie Siamese Prince and the four young
sons ot the King of Siam called at the White
House on Friday and were presented to the
President.
Secretary Exdicott will allow a regiment
of regulars, two squads of cavalry, and
two battalions of artillery to take part in the
national drill at Chicago in October.
Engineer George W. Melville, of
Arctic fame, has been promoted to the position
of engineer-in-chief by the President.
It takes the entire time of one clerk at the
White House to keep track of the invitations
received by the President since he indicated
his intention to take a Southern and Western
trip this fall. He has been iuvited to visit
almost every city in the A Vest and South.
Foreign.
Another American vessel ? the North
Haven schooner J. H. Perkins?has been
seized by the Canadian officials at Souris,
Prince Edwards Island. The charge is violation
of the Canadian customs law by shipping
men, and the punishment is a tine of f-lOU for
each oifense.
Violent shocks of earthquake have been
felt at Laghouat, Algeria. A number of
houses were destroyed.
Three Canadian sealers have been seized
by a United States cruiser in the Behring Sea.
A fire in London destroved Whiteley's 1
enormous drapery and general stores n'nd |
warehouses, causing a loss of $1,390,000. |
Three employees and two firemen were killed j
by falling fifty feet, and many other men I
were injured.
A severe earthquake shock has been felt
throughout the island of Cyprus.
A ? i Am vonrittnr ir? a rrtvtnf. fftrwt. OTl"
XX ?noi Iimio !%" (, ? h'v?v
the Gernian-Bilgian frontier.
The cholera is spreading in Italian towns.
The wheat crops of France and Russia are
reported in good condition,
Madame Elluini, a former queen of
operetta, while traveling in a coach in
France, was robbed of a valise containing
valuables worth 169,000.
How James G. Blaine has been visiting
various points of interest in Ireland:
Sigxor Bove, a noted Arctic explorer,
committed suicide at Verona, Italy.
CSICAGO "BOODLEBS,"
Eleven Officials and Ex-Officials Con
victed in Ono Batch.
Justice dealt the Chicago boodlers a blow
between the eyes Friday evening, not as hard
a blow as was expected, but still a substantial
blow. The great case, in which
an ex-warden of the County Insane
Asylum, four ex-members of the Board
of County Commissioners, and seven
members of the present board were
chafed with conspiring to defraud Cook
County by false pretenses, and second, conspiring
to obtain money from Cook County
bv false nretenses. came to an end with aeon
vietion of the entire twelve and a verdict fixing
the punishment of four at a fine of $1,000
and of seven of the others at two
year's imprisonment in the penitentiary.
Commissioner George G. Klehm, president of
the present board and the twelfth member of
the gang, pleaded guilty a week before and
his punishment will be fixed by the court.
Several of the men sentenced are noted corruptionists.
About eight o'clock, p. m., information was
received that the jury hod reached a verdict.
Instantly the court room was in commotion,
while the jieople along the corridors and on
the sidewalks were on tiptoe of expectation.
The eleven defendants?some pale and nervous,
others swaggeringly defiant?stepped to
their row of black chairs just as the jurors
entered. The loud buzz of excited conversation
ceased with startling suddenness. All of
the jury studiously avoided looking in the '
direction of the accused. The faces of the |
talesmen were ominously grave. When tho
verdict was handed in and the clerk with
trembling voice aimounced one after another
of the entire eleven guilty, the defendants
seemed rooted to their chairs, the very em- ,
bodiments of despair.
Then began tho list of penalties. "Commissioner
McClaughry, two years." There
was a start of surprise among the spectators.
The extreme penalty of the law was three |
vears, and " a fine of ? 1,000. Nothing
less had been expected by the great majority
of those present. "Commissioner
Uchs, two years," read the Clerk, and
the defendants began to look up.
Commissioners Leyden, Van Pelt, Wren and
Wasserman, and Warden Varnell all got two
years, and every one looked measurably I
relieved except Wren. He turned ashen
and seemed utterly dazed. The crowd I
was now prepared for nny surprise, and it
came speedily in the following statement:
"Commissioners McCarthy, Oliver, Cosselman
and Cells, a fine of ?1,000." A look of
unmistakable exultation took possession of
the countenance of McCarthy, the burly
commissioner, who had throughout the trial,
and for months previous, been the most conspicuously
attacked of all the crowd.
Immediately those of the defendants who
had escaped with a fine were released on bail.
The others were remanded to jail. A motion
for a new trial for every one was entered by
me ueienaanus attorney.
An aged colored blacksmith, who still does
good work at the forge in Ozan, Ark., and
who is known as Governor Pickens, is probably
th_' oldest working blacksmith living.
He was born in South Carolina, March 7,
1787, and was sold on the block in New Orleans
and taken to Arkansas in 1840.
t &BEAT DROUGHT.
A targe Area in the Northwest
Almost Without Water.
Streams Drying, Vegetation Dying,
and Disease Imminent,
In cramming up a detailed report of the
great drought in the Northwest, a Chicago
paper says: "The first intimation of severe
drought came from Michigan. In no
part of the State, however, did
the complaint come from any
single area covering more than one county.
Farmers and villagers reported that their
vegetables were suffering, hut ten miles distant
there would be reports of abundant rains.
Ahout three weeks ago serious damage was
reported from certain parts in Michigan,
and in some counties potatoes were declared
to be a failure. Next came reports of distress
- ' ?i
in Indiana, ttien irom >v i?,-umiu, ?nu a?
present time there is scarcely a county between
the lakes and the Mississippi in which
rain is not prayed for."
Another paper says: "There is an area of
perhaps 75.00U square miles in the Northwest
where the dust lies deep upon the earth. The
district is bounded by Madison on the north,
Bloomington on the south. Lake Michigan on
the east and the Mississippi River on the west.
It is within these boundaries that vegetation
has lost its normal color and the earth
its moisture. Leaves are falling irom the
trees, the grass in the meadows has grown
yellow and white, and the streatiis in
which the cattle used to slake their thirst are
as dry as powder-horns. It has been nearly
ten weeks since a soaking rain fell in this district
The big bull thistle?the past of nearly
every farm?has at last succumbed to the fate
of all other vegetation. In southern Wisconsin
there are thousands of acres where corn
will not yield a peck to the acre.
" Wells have run dry, and in some towns
famines are imminent. The drinking water
at hand is often polluted and filled with
poisonous germs. Typhoid fever is becoming
prevalent, and dysentery and other
Btomach disturbances are so common in
some places as to be almost epidemic. Unless
rain falls b3foremany days the suffering will
be greatly augmented. The intense heat has
been a terrific strain upon man, but its effect
upon cattle has been simply apalling.
Without pasturage to browse upon
or pools in which to stand during the hot
hours of the day, the poor beasts have become
so emaciated as to be wholly unmarketable.
Hundreds of cows are killed and shipped
to market for a mere pittance.
"Added to all the miseries attending the
great drought is the constant fear of fires.
The tall gra$g of the prairies is dead, the
fields are ready to burst into flames and leaves
lie in heaps in the forests. A spark utai ts a fire
and the blistering wind fans the same. In
some towns the people are often called out
three and four times a day to fight the flames.
Destructive fires have been raging for many
days in Kenosha, Racine and Walworth
Counties in Wisconsin. Thousands of acres
have been swept by the flames, aud the loss
to farmers in hay, grain, fencing and build:??
,v a hiovfl Madison the bocrs are
IO^ivwv, w
burning fiercely, and the pungent smoke
hangs over theconntry for miles arouud. The
Northern Illinois fires are so numerous that
the farmers have ploughed the ground about
their buildings in order to check the spread
of the flames.
HILLED BY HER FATHER.
A Beautiful Girl Slabbed to Death
in New York.
Rachel Pittman, aged nineteen years, a
pretty little brunette, was stabbed to the
heart by lier father, Frank Pittman, a New
York laborer, at their home, on Thursday
niahfc Rhfi rlifirl in n. short time.
The family consisted of Pittman, his wife,
three daughters, and two sons, and Mrs.
Rachel Ccxlgill, the widowed mother of Mrs.
Pittman.
Rachel was the oldest daughter and the
beauty of the family. She was a girl of intelligence
as well as of independent spirit.
Her father often quarreled with her on account
of her attempts to rai9e herself, as
he said, above the level of the family.
The three girls worked in a paper bag factory.
Three months ago Rachel made the
acquaintance of Franklin Lewis, a young
man employed as a driver for a manufacturing
concern. Since that time Lewis
has been paying attention to the girl,
and tho\T were betrothed. Pittman was opposed
to the union, not that he objected to
Lewis, but on general principles. Ho said
that none of his girls should get married
while he lived.
On the morning of July 22, when Rachel
left home to go to work, her father asked
her where she was going. She told him,
and he retorted by telling her she lied and
said she was going to meet Lewis. She
said she was not, though she would go there
if she desired. He swore that he would
follow her, and then the girl, instead of going
to work, went back to the house. Her father
J-U3nf. hor miflllr thnk dnv nnri Rn/?hpl narkod
up her clothing and left thj house, telling
her parents that she would never return
home.
Rachel went to Miss Rebecca Fream, who
had been Rachel's Sunday-school teacher at
the Rivington Street Methodist Church and
had known the girl from childhood. She
gladly gave the young woman shelter, and
Rachel lived there until Thuralny night.
Her sister Sadie was making a dress for her,
and Rachel went to her o!d home to try it
on. She was accompanied by Lewis.
They entered about nine o'clock and met
Pittman, who appeared to have been drinking
and was in a bad tem[>e:\ He greeted the
couple roughly, and asked Rachel if
she intended to coine home to live.
The girl replied Hrmly that she
would not. Then turning to Lejris.
Pittman said: "What do you think of a girl
who leaves her father and mother to go with
strangers:" Lewis said that he did not want
to interfere in their family difficulties.
To avoid further talk with her father
Rachel walked into the back room, where her
mother, grandmother and sister Sadie were.
Pittman remained in the front room for
UWIll It'11 IIMIJkUICS WFilvoi sing n?u ajwfio,
and then ha, too, went into the back room.
Rachel had taken off her waist and was
about to try on the dress when her futher
entered. Ho told his wife to get him some
ice water, and while she wa^, doing it
he renewed tl?e quarrel witli the
daughter. Suddenly he sprang upon
and struck at her with something
he hold in his right hand. The
girl threw up her left arm to
ward off the Wows, and received two wounds
on her left arm. Her grandmother ran in
between the father and daughter, and received
one of the blows on her left wrist,
which was cut severely. Then the father
struck again, and this time the weapon jH-netratod
the girl's breast just over the h wit.
Lewis had heard the girl scream and ran to
her assistance. As he reached the hallway
dividing the rooms Kachcl ran out of the
back room. Her father was following her
and Lewis caught and held him.
"Don't kill the girl," he said.
"Oh, I won't hurt," Pittman replied.
Then Mrs. l*ittman screamed: "Kachol is
deal!" Lewis released Pittman, and the lat
I ter walked to the window ana mrew something
out. Lewis ran into the hallway and
found Rachel lying unconscious on the floor,
He raised her in his arms aud carried her intc
the back room.
Meanwhile the screams of the women ha<]
attracted a policeman's attention. At the
door the oSicer met Pittman, who was going
out.
"What have you done?'' queried the police
man.
"Something that I am sorry for," answered
Pittman.
The ofticer put him under arrest and tool
| him to the station house at Delancey and
Attorney streets. On the way there Pittman
j admitted that he had stabbed his daughter,
but said he was so beside himself with angei
that he didn't know what lie was about. Al
! the station he denied that ho ha/1 made anj
I such admission, and refused to make a statement.
Au ambulance was sent from Gouverneui
Hospital. The pirl was still alive whe/i it ar
rived, but died s >on after. The houa
was searched for the weapon but non<
coulil be found. An hour aftjr thi
murder a lad found in the rtree
in front of the hous? the stesl shank of a pail
of compasses about four iac!hes long and wit!
a sharp point. This is .supposed to have beer
the weapon Pittman usad. It had been used
iu tii3 house for breakine ico.
M. Le Mieux, a young French-Canadian,
has recently, in partnership with some American
capitalists, purchased a vast tract of
land on the St. Lawrence, and intends to develop
the fishery into an enormous business.
A SHOCKING CEIME. |
Nine Persons Murdered in a Georgia .
Farmhouse.
Nina persons were murdered a few days
since in a farm house thirteen miles from Ma- i
con, Ga. Particulars of the terrible crime
are given in a dispatch from Macon, Ga., as
I follows:
The structure in which the crime was committed
is a one-story building, with a long
veranda in front, and a hallway running
through the centre, into which "open four
rooms. The house was the property of Richard
?. Woolfolk, a respectable and well-to-do
white planter. On the right on entering is I
I parlor," in tlio rear of which is a sleeping
room, which was occupied last night by the
following persons: Mrs. West, an aged
Bister of Mrs. Wool folk; Pearl. Annie,
and Rosebud Woolfolk, daughters of
Mrs. Woolfolk. The sleeping room on the
left of the entrance was occupied by Thomas,
Richard and CliarTes Woolfolk, soils of Mr.
and Mrs. Woolfolk. The rear room on the
left was occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Woolfolk
aud their youngest child, aged 18 mouths.
A ghastly sight confronted those who first
entered the house after the discovery of the
crime. In the last room the father, mother,
and infant lay dead on the same bed. Across
the three corpses was slung that of the eldest
daughter, Pearl, a recent graduate of Wesleyan
Female College, with, her head beaten
to a jelly, and her neck and body mutilated i
by blows from the sharp blade of the axe. I
On the floor, in the same mangled state lay i
the body of tho eldest brother. Jt
was evident that Pearl and her brother I
had been awakened by cries during the
butchering of their parents, and had
rushed into the room to learn the cause only
to share their late. On the bed in the opposite
room lay the body of Mrs. West, soaked
in her own blood. On the same bed lay
the body of Annie Woolfolk, with, her head
cloven in twain. By the window on the floor,
in an attitude of supplication, lay the body of
Rosalind Woolfolk, with the left side of the
head so mangled as to make recognition almost
impossible.
In the fourth room slept Thos. G. Woolfolk
and his brothers, Richard and Charles. Richard
was found dead in the room of his parents,
as already described. Charles was found
dead in his own room, killed in the same
manner as the other members of the family,
and presenting the same horrible spectacle*
I rn\ ?
jlllc m^ut mauu tnu olj undent; iicai oi^rv.
Even the ceilings and walls were bespattered
with blood ana brains, and hero and there
pieces of flesh which had been flung from the
uplifted axe clung to the walls and wainscoting.
The crowd stood aghast, apparently
dumbfounded by the unparalleled horrors of
the scene.
As soon as the officials could collect their
senses steps to investigate the crime were begun.
T. (_t. Woolfolk, the only survivor of
the family, was questioned closely, and his
replies were of such a nature that suspicion
quickly pointed to him as the
murderer. He was immediately placed I
under arrest. Nothing was proved as to
Woolfolk's guilt, but a great deal of circumstantial
evidence fastened the chain around
him tighter and tighter. As the inquest proceeded
the frenzy of the crowd increased,
and it was with great difficulty that Sheriff
Wescott appeased their fury and induced
theLi to allow the law to take its course.
By an artful manoeuvre he got the jury
to withhold the verdict until he could at a
convenient moment get his prisoner away,
which he did quietly before the crowd was
aware of it. While the Sheriff, his
aids, and the prisoner were speeding tow ard
Macon, the jury brou lit a verdict of murder,
with Woolfolk as the prepetrator. Subsequently
Woolfolk's shirt, covered with blood,
was found in the well, it having risen to the
surface.
T. G. Woolfolk for the past twenty or
twenty-three years has been engaged in business
at Macon. He ran a barroom and
grocery store, and cheated and swindled
everybody he came in contact with until
he failed, when he disappeared for a
time. Not long ago he opened a
grocery and commission business in
Macon. Dursued the same nolicv. and
soon failed the second time." In" both
instances, his father, who it was considered
had considerable property, set him up in
business. After his second failure, his father
refused to longer kick him, and told him
he had squandered his portion of tho
estate. Woolfolk grew desperate, and
married in a romantic way Miss Bird,
in the hope that his father would
give him money. His wife soon left him,
because he was unable to support her, and
Woolfolk, after driving a street car in
Macon for a few days, went to his
father and engaged to work in tl;v
field for him by the month. It is said
that the other day his father told him that
he had done everything he could for him
and he intended to provide for his other children
in his will. Woolfolk, who has been a
crank on the subject of inheriting his father's
wealth, made threats, it is said, that he
he would get possession of the property.
+lio<w\r iu f.lmt. lir? L-inrvl his
then the elder brother, Richard, in the doorway,
who ran to sco what was the matter;
then his mother, and Mattie, the baby; then
his sister Pearl, who also rail in, and his
brother Charley, all of whom were found in
the same room. Then, to complete the work
of killing the heirs, he slaughtered his aunt
and the other two sisters in the third room.
As the accused man was in great danger of
lynching, he was removed on the day follow
in.g his arrest from Macon to Atlanta, and
there lodged in jail. The nine victims of the
awful crime were buried in Rose Hill Cemetry,
Macon.
THE NATIONAL GAME,
> The^ Pittsburg Club still leads the League
in neiumg.
One of the best finds of the season has been
Pitcher Smith of Cincinnati.
Hamilton leads the International League
In fielding and is second in batting.
It is computed the National League will
pay out $250,000 in salaries this season.
O'Brien, of "Washington, has made three
douhles, seven triples and seven homo runs
this season.
There are only three clubs remaining in
the Eastern League?Hartford, Waterbury
and Danbury.
Ewing, now Captain of the New Yorks,
made four triples in a recent game. This is a
noteworthy feat.
Catcher Jack Grady, of Charleston, had
his collar bone broken in a game against New
1 Orleans a week ago.
i It is thought that Boyle, the St. Louis
catcher, will soon be the greatest man behind
i the bat in the country.
Keefe, of New York, and Clarkson. of
Chicago, are the champion winning pitcners
i of the League up to date.
During a recent nine-inning game Orr.
first baseman of the Metropolitans, had
seventeen put outs and one assist.
Lipman Pike, a fine player twenty years
. ago, has been given a trial by the Metropolitans.
He fielded well, but batted poorly.
Of the League pitchers who have officiated
i in ten games or over, Madden, of the Bostons
has had the least percentage of earned funs
i ; made off him. The most have been earned
off Shaw, of Washington.
HIE i^ew x urtv ii oim 6aj3 n in puuuuiu
that the following team would defeat any
other in a majority of games: Radbourn,
1 p.; Ewing, c.; Connor, 1st b.; D. Richardson,
2d b.; Glasscock, s. s.; Williamson, 3d
b.; Hornung, 1. f.; Gore, c. f.; Thompson, r. f.
The greatest earned-run getters in a game
j in their respective associations thus far this
season areas follows: Eau Claire, Northi
western League, 27; Lowell, New England
I/eague, 25; Leavenworth, Western League,
, 20; Memphis, Southern League, 20 (twice);
' Chicago, National League, 18; Springfield,
Eastern League, IS; St. Louis, American
Association; Zanesville, Ohio League; Hamil
ton and Syracuse, International League, and
Altoona, Pennsylvania League, 10 each.
c the national league.
[ iron. Lout. Won. Lost.
i Detroit 4*.? 23 Boston 43 33
Pittsburgh 2JI 4'i New York....44 !>i
I Philadelphia..40 3S Indianapolis...23 53
' 1 ?-! -J1 H'., ! MO 41
6 | wmcu;jo w ui | .b~
r the american association.
Won. Lout. Won. Lout.
St. Louis 00 23 | Baltimore 48 SO
f | Brooklyn 41 42 I Cincinnati....51 38
- I Louisville 50 38 Athletic 41 43
5 , Metropolitan..27 54 j Cleveland 21 03
the international league.
>. | Won. Lout. Won. Lout.
, ! Newark 40 24 Syracuse 38 26
' I Rochester 38 29 Bingham ton. .24 39
I Toronto 3S 20 Hamilton 36 32
l i Buffalo 46 27 Jersey City...30 83
I Scranton. 12 31 > Wilkesbarre.,17 51
A severe storm occurred about thirty
miles from the city of Panama a few days
ago. It blew over some thirty ranches,
destroyed crops, and carried chickens away
in the air.
WORKMEN BADLY BEATEN.
A Torrific Onslausrht at a Penn- j
sylvania Coal Mine.
Women Aiding in the Fight?
Fifteen Non-Strikers Injured,
There was great excitement in the mining 1
town of Alden, Penn., Monday evening. Ten ! j
months ago the Alden Coal Company had i
difficulty with some of their men who said i
the docking boss was too officious and had I
docked the men more than was just. The
removal of the docking boss was demanded 1
but the company refused to let him go. The
men then struck and warnea outsiders to Keep
1 away from the mine. Two weeks ago a party !
of Polanders and Hungarians fresh from Cas- 1
I tie Garden arrived at Nanticoke, and they ,
j were at once taken to Alden, where they took
the places of the strikers. The latter held '
an indignation meeting and resolved to get ; i
the newcomers out of town if it was pos- ! j
| sible. j |
At first they tried to persuade the new ar- ,
rivals to quit work. Some of them did, but ,
most of them remained. On Sunday night J
the houses of two of the foreigners were I
broken into and the men were attacked. The |
women and children ran out of doors crying j
for help, but the neighbors, who were in en- ' .
tire sympathy with the strikers, refused to j
render any assistance, saying: | I
"They are scab women and children, let i
them suffer." | ,
The two men were choked, and to save their
lives pledged themselves to leave town the 1
next clay, but on Monday the men went to '
work as usual, aud this exasperated the strik- i
ers all the more. j
Monday evening the strikers marched down J
the roadj near the mines, and waited until j
the men who had taken their places came out I
of the slope. As soon as they made their i
appearance a wuu nowi went up uuw ma :
strikers, and they made a dash for them. (
The helpless workmen were completely at the |
mercy of the crowd, and being unarmed were J
unable to defend themselves. The rioteis '
clubbed and stoned the newcomers in a terrible
j manner. When the fight was at the hottest
several pistol shots were fired. Michael Shiel
| was shot in the head and fatally injured. I
John Carlon and Edward Bertrino received |
| pistol wounds. The latter's head was mashed,
with a big club in the hands of one of the I
strikers.
A great many of the men attacked ran 1
! across the neighboring fielJs and made their j
j escape. Those who could not escaps were left :
bleeding by the roadside. Several women
took part in the fight, and on a banner carried
by one of the women were the words:
"Kill the men who took oar bread,"
' After the fight, which lasted twenty minI
utes, the strikers hurried to their homes. 'I he
J man who shot Shiel was identified and arrest- j
ed. Squire rowen issueci warntuui tor me
arrest of all the strikers who took part in
the riot. Two of the injured men lav by the
roadside until Thursday morning. The coal
company say they will run their works and
Erovide protection for their workmen if they
ave to swear in 10) policemen.
The women fiercely assaulted the new arrivals
with fence rails. Fifteen men in all
were badly beaten.
THE LABOR WORLD.
The plush industry is prospering in this
country.
The State of New Jersey has five factorj
inspectors.
Of the thirty-eight States in the Union, fifteen
have labor bureaus.
The American Federation of Labor is said i
to have 50,000 membershipThe
Illinois State Knights of Labor have |
I Hm Renpor? Hiwirr of land.
There is complaint in all parts of CaliI
fornia of a scarcity of harvest hands.
The miners of Swansea, "Wales, have presented
Mr. Gladstone an address engraved on
a silver-set lump of coal.
j The labor of :J00 convicts in tho South Carolina
penitentiary is offered at 40 cents a day
for women and boys and 50 for men.
I Foreign* silk manufacturers report an im;
proving demand in all markets. Silks and
Batins are being contracted for far ahead.
I All tho indications in tho boot and shoe
trade of this country show that the aggregate
traffic will be of unprecedented magnitude.
I Canals are to bo built in England to enable
interior manufacturers to reach the seaport
at less cost than is now possible by rail,
j There are 10,000 to 14,000 men employed ;
at the Woolwich Arsenal, England, which
covers 3o0 acres, exclusive of the dock yards.
I George Baer, a Pittsburg mill hand, has j
: invented a ucvice lorurawmg iik uuivc uvcm
which Is expected to perform the work of
. twenty men.
The eight pin factories in New England
produce 6,720,000,000 pins a year. In England
the yearly production of pins is set at
. 4,(Wo,000,000.
] The Amalgamated Society of Engineers
now numbers 52,000 members, and during
the i a-it year has paid out $200,000 for out-ofwork
benefits, principally in Great Britain.
Companies are daily filing charters and investing
large amounts of money to op?n up
and develop gold, silver, lead, iron, graphite,
granite, and marble mines in the mineral districts
of Texas.
j During the coming winter labor, both skilled
nnrl nt.horu'icn if. i? Qflirl will be more ?TOn
erally employed than it was last winter, on
I account of the large amount of railroad cou- j
! stmr-tion to be completed in the South and i
I Southwest.
The business of glove making in Fnlton
I County, N. Y., amounts to about $8,0(10,(WO
I yearly. The wages of the most skillful work- 1
ers?the table-cutters, as they an; railed?run
| from $CiO to $80 a month; block-cutters get ,
from $55 to $05 monthly, and machine girls
earn, according to their skill, from $0 to $12
and even $14 a week.
A colored man named Cook near nut
, Swamp. N. J., was killed by a vicious Dur* f
I ham bull. Cook was leading the animal by a
i rntw whpn t.hn bull ierked it away, throwing
the man to the ground. Before he could
arise the enraged bull trampled him to deatlL J
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THE MARKETS.
NEW YORK. 32
. Beef, good to prime 7>? 7%
I Calves, com'n to prime 5 @ 7
, Sheep 4 @
Ijunbs 7>j
Hogs?Live o%
Dressed 8 ,'?'(5
Flour?Ex. St, goo<i to fancy 4 25 @ 4 35
West, good to choice 3 15 <<? 3 t?0
Wheat?No. 2, lied 71) ^ 7!)}f
Tfvn-Stfltn 00 @ 18 j
Bailey?State <50 ($ 75 i
Com?Ungraded Mixed.... 4-S @ 48}$ !
Oats?White State
Mixed Western S2 (<? 34
Hay?Med. to prime &5 @ '.?0
Straw?No. 1. Rye 00 <# 85
Lard?City Steam C 00 @ 7 50
Butter?State Creamery.... 25 (<$ 20
Dairy IS @ 22
West Im. Creamery 10 @ 19
Factory 11 (<j) 15
Cheese?State factory 10J^@ ll1/ |
Skims 7 (<$ 9# j
Western 7 @ !S)4
Eggs?State aud Penn 17 ($ 17j^
BUFFALO.
Steers?Western 3 75 @ 4 25
Sheep?Good to Choice 4 25 @4 50
Lambs?Western (5 5'J ((5 7 0'J
Hogs?Good to Choice Yorks 5 25 (g 5 85
Flour 4 75 (g 5 15
Wheat?No. 1 78 (i$ 78%
Corn?No. 2, Mi ved 45 01 4C>}{
Oats?No. 2, Mixed ? di I
| Barley?State <J4 (si 05
BOSTON.
Beef?Good to choi-e 7% @ 13
I TJ? r>
I"Uii3?AJI>*7
Northern Dressed.... <?%(<? 7)?
Pork?Ex. Frimo,per bbL..12 00 ??I3 50
Flour?Spring Wheat pat's.. 4 75 (<4 4 !K)
Corn?High Mixed. 52 54
Oats?Kxtra White 41J.<(.i 42
Rye?State GO 65
WATERTOWN (MASS.) CATTLE MARKET.
Beef? Dressed weight <> (i?
! Sheep?Live weight 44}?
! Lambj <$ 7
Hogs?Northern 7
PHILADELPHIA.
I Flour? Penn.extra family... 3 00 ? 3 25 |
Wheat-No. 2, Red 78 @ 79#
Corn?Stat? Yellow 50 52
Oats Mixe.l 31%@ 32
Rye?!?tate ? & 53 ,
Butter Creamery Extra... 24 @ 2.")
Cheese?N. Y. Full Cream.. 11 @ 11J?
A FIREMAN'S LIFK !
IVORK OF THE MEV WHO FIGHT 1
FIRES IN CITIES.
]
I
The Daily Routine?A Day Drill and ,
a Night Drill ? Mechanical ,
Appliances?Quick Time ]
Made?The IIorsc&. i
The Washington Star, in an article on :
the tire department of the National Cap- 1
ital, says: The fireman's life, when he is <
not actually engaged in putting out fires, <
is not one entirely of indolence. He has |
to be on duty six days out seven, and (
when on duty must remain in the engine 1
bouse night and day, except during the ]
brief time allowed him to go home for i
bis meuls. At the engine-house he has I
something to do besides sitting down. 1
There are regular watches, in charge of i
Vio /liffnront nf thr? enmnnnv J1S i
""v 1 J1 ?
on shipboard. Beside each man has <
i regular routine of duties. The appar- t
itus is kept clean and bright, horses have 1
to be cared for, hose has to be swung in
the hose-tower, drained, dried, and kept
in good condition, and everything must
be kept spick and span clean. Then
there arc drills to go through and dis- <
cipline to be maintained. The drills are <
intended to make every man and every .
horse so familiar with his duties that i
fin alarm sounding for fire, the company i
can get out of house to the fire ground i
and into action, with the least possible <
confusion and waste of time. Each fire- 1
man has a day off during the week, and I
is allowed on other days sufficient time ]
to go home to get his meals. 1
On his "day off" the fireman is expect- 1
ed to respond to all alarms of fire and I
report for duty on the lire ground, in j
case of fire, so that he cannot leave the <
city. Every year each man has ten days 1
leave of absence or furlough during i
which he is excused from duty of every 1
kind. The men in each company take 1
their turns iu furlough, beginning in 1
July and ending about the 12th of Oc- j
tobcr. ]
When the chief's wagon arrived in i
front of truck A house, on North Capi- ]
tol street, near C, and the chief and the i
reporter alighted, asmall gong was heard i
ringing in the house. As the visitors i
entered the door the members of the t
company were drawn up in line along- i
side the truck, the foreman standing in ]
front. This was, according to the 1
manual, the proper attitude to assume in i
receiving the chief. The chief, as he en- i
tered, saluted the foreman and men and i
then, conducting the reporter to the rear 1
of the house, gave a simple direction, <
' Foreman, put your men and horses j
through the drill." for the horses had i
qi&e as much to do do with it a9 the ?
men. The foreman gave no verbal orders. ]
All he did was to pull a bell rope that i
rang a little gong. First two strokes, !
then three, four and five. j
At the first stroke the horses were
freed from their stalls in the rear of the
house and bounded forward with a rush
aud clatter to their places at the pole, i
where the men were already posted,
ready to clasp on the harness. Another
stroke and the men are in their, places on
the truck, the lines gathered up in the i
hostler's hands and everything ready to
make a plunge out into the street. The
horses are champing and trembling, and
it is all that the hostler can do to restrain
them. The gong rings again and the
men quickly dismount and resume their
nlaccs in line. This was the "day" drill
and the whole performance occupied only
eight or nine seconds. The first tap of
the gong or the first stroke of the firealarm
bell releases the horses from their
stalls. A mechanical contrivance, worked
by the same power that strikes the gong,
unbolts the door of the stall and snaps
the halter. The stalls arc so arranged
that the horses stand fronting the street
and the gate or door which is thus automatically
nnbolted is in front of the horse.
As soon as the gate flics open the horse
springs out upon the paved floor and
bounds to his place. Over each horse's
place at the pole the harness is suspended
by an arrangement of cords, straps acd
pulleys, so adjusted that the harness cac
be let down into place and clasped
in a second. The brecching is net
lowered to its place by the men. It is so
...fi.of ivlien linrscB startawav
UIUIU?V.? I.A..V .w.v... ..
their movement pulls it into place. There
are other automatic devices to save time.
After the drill the chic7' aad the reporter
inspected the house, a;td then
started off, making a round of the other
engine houses. At No. !) online house
the men were put through tno "night
drill." That is, they were sent to the'r ;
sleeping room upstairs, and had to descend
from that before ''Looking up." ;
This sudden desccnt is star!ling to one ]
who observes it for the first ti:)i<^. The J
men do not take the stair3 to come down, i
as they have net the time to spare. Tiicy '
have rapid irausit. Two brazen poles ex
tend from tbe floor oi tne engiueroum up
through the floor of the sleeping room.
Around the poles in the floor of the sleeping
room io an aperaturc of ample diameter
to admit the passage of a man's body.
When the gong strikes one can see several
bodies slide in quick succession down
these poles and dart across the floor,
shooting down the pole and moving away
fivint it co swiftly that one can hardly
distinguish that the forms arc the forms
of men until they come to a standstill beside
the engine or the hose carriage.
Beside the engine-room and stalls for :
the horses, some of the engine-houses I
have a sitting-room on the ground floor. I
There is a court, and probably a store- j
room, a fuel-room and a forage-room. In a ;
cellar below is a small furnace and steam
boiler, used to keep up steam in the ,
engine when it is stuuding in the house. I
A low pressure of steam is always kept I
on, so that nil engine can be ready for !
work at a moment's notice. The hose j
tower runs from the ground floor up to j
the level of the roof, and sometime* i
higher. There are pulleys to hoist I
lengths of hose up to the top, where a I
row of large pegs is placed in the wall. I
Over these .pegs the lengths of hose are]
hung, so that they drain out and dry. |
A foreman tries to have always on hand j
at least one cylinder of clean and dry :
hose. Ife lm?. however, as a rule, only I
one change of hose, so if he has to go I
to several large fires within a short time
he has to take his bose out wet.
In the upper floor are the sleepingroom
and sitting-room. The sleeping
room is generally a large ana airy apartment,
occupying more than half of the
whole space upstaira.
Passing through the sleeping-rooms
one will see occasionally,standing on the
floor beside a cot, a pair of boots and a
pair of trousers, the boots beintr thrust
into the trouscr legs, which are turned
down so that a man by pulling on the
boots at the same time pulls on his
trousers. This, one of the foremen explained
to a Star reporter, was the ''night
rig." Every man has at his cot side
boots and trousers thus arranged. In
the dormitory is a large firealarm
gong, and before the
first stroke has ceased echoing, at
nifrht over? man is out of bed, and into
his boots. He pulls his trousers on as he
sends along to the pole. His coat and
hat he leaves on the engine at ni^ht, and
y
/ . J
n
ic finishes his hasty toilet as the horses^f
3ash out of the house. The speed
which a company gets out upon the streetfl|
it night, when all the men except the^H
watchman are abed and asleep, is almost^H
tire bells is rung the company is ready to
3tart. The usual time is nine or ten seconds.
The horses are selected with al*
most as much care as the men. Strength,
soundness and intelligence are required.
The horsas have to drag heavy load*-?
from 5,000 to 6,000 pounds?at a goo<J
rate of speed. When a new horse is pur:hased
he is generally put into a stall beside
an old and well-trained horse. At
Srst, on the sounding of an alarm, a man,
detailed for the purpose, takes the horse
by the halter and rushes down to hi?
place. The animal soon ltarns his place
ind becomes as eager as his mate to got
to it. The men become verv much atf-nsiVtsi/1
fA ViAjrno nn/3 +V? Q ll/MKlM
L?WU?-V4. LIS llltil UV/10C9) <IUU WAV/ UVIOVSHH
:hemsolves become very much attached toH|
2ach other. When a horse is taken from an
jngine-house his mate is often unconsol-^H
ible, and shows his grief over the separa-.^B
ion in many ways. ^8
Roof Life in Gotham. H
From the editorial rooms of the
Fork Mail and Express the roofs of hpn-^K
]rcds of houses may be seen spreading
)n all sides, some high, others low. H*
\rnid the wilderness of smoking chim' Ba
aeys, flapping clothes hang out to dry
ind interwoven teleerraph wires is enough
rubbish to fill an acre of swamp land.
Did kettles, broken botties, bricks, shoes,
wots, tomato cans and garbage make up>
-he conglomerate heap. The low-roofea
Houses seem to be the dumping ground
for the tenants of higher buildings. In
he tenement-house districts the condl:ion
of things is much worse, for the
people habitually throw the ashes and
garbage out of their high windows upon
;he roofs of the adjoining houses. The
:endency so natural in simple country
folk to toss their rubbish over a neighsor's
fence has come to be a practice
with the city ]>eople also. The country-;
nan, however, has one advantage over
iiis city brother; he can remedy the injury
done him by tossing the rubbish
jack, whereas thi? is hardly practicable
in the city. The only recourse left ttoi
injured citizen is to shovel it off into the
street or upon the roof of a house lower*
than his own. Roof life in New York i?
? -1
1 curious UUU lUBiruuiIYC SbUUJ. x-vn
know how maDy thousands of people dotheir
daily work on the housetops, unobserved
by passers in the streets. From,
the Mail and Express windows at least 10ft*
men and women may be seen on neigh'
boring houses, busy with their various
occupations. On one roof several women'
ire at their washing tubs, while other?;
tire hanging up clothes to dry. On hundreds
of roofs long lines of clothes ar*=
flapping in the wind. The washing of
this city is done upon the housetops.
Besides the washerwomen, score of tele
graphic linemen are mending their wires.
At night time they swarm with human
beings. On the east side, where there*
are few or no public parks, the roofs serve*
as playgrounds for the poor. Workingmen
gather in groups to smoke their
pipes, or play dominoes or checkers.
Women sit together, chatting, while their
children run about in play or sprawl at
their mothers' knees. Every feature of
park life may be seen excepting the green
trees and the fountains. On some house-,
tops little gardens have been carefully
cultivated. Some of them have gravelea
paths between the flower beds, where the
people walk in the evening.
An Immense Scroll Saw./
There is a man in the Sea Beach Palace
exposition on Coney Island who worksout
the most delicate articles with a band
saw nineteen feet long and revolving at.
the rate of over a mile a minute. Upon
+Viic immnntP in.-irhim the skilled ODera-'
tor in my presence sawed out four chairs,,
all complete with legs and backs, but so
small that the four were placed on theend
of a lead pcncil at one time. The?a
dozen knives and forks o? the most diminutive
size were made and placed
around the lead pencil. So small were
they that although the entire dozen were:
placed round the pencil not one of them
touched the other. Then the operator;
trimmed his finger nails on the huge saw
as cleverly and as easily as one could doit
with a penknife. Wettinghis thumb,
be pressed the ball of it into some snw~
dust, and then sawed the sawdust on the
thumb without scratching the skin, yet a;
single nervous' twitch of the arm would
have cost him a hand. All sorts of curious
puzzles :>re turned out with astonishin/
sapidity frosi all sorts of misshapen
bl.icks of wood. Even articles of clothing
as thin and flexible i*s cloth are
worked out by this in?gie."an from little
pieces cf wood with l/s big s/iw. The
cap he works in was sawed out of over
1,000 pieces of wood, no two of which'
Vn enma ei\ya r\r RlVoMl/li
HI 15 OUUiV W*
How to Train a Canary.
Set the cage on a table uear where yoofl
wish to sit; after a little conference witb.H
the bird, introduce a finger between theH
wire near the favorite perch, yourself oc-H
cupied with book or paper the while,.^H
Presently, as it shows no disposition t(?H
harm him, he cautiously goes up to ez<H
amine it. Then he picks to ascertain its-H
quality, maybe he tights it. That isH
well; he no longer fears it. PayhimH
with a little bird food and put him away^H
Next day try him again. He may go-H
further and light upon it, or he may beH
several days getting thus familiar. BeH
patient. Once this step is attained, vaiyM
the programme by introducing the fingerH
in other spots. He will soon light uposH
it at any point or angle. lhen try theH
door, at first the finger under it, nextH
time fasten it open, blockading egressH
with the rest 01 me u.-mu as unc >uievi_
extends within. When he perches on it,B
draw him forth a little, next time temptB
him to the perch outside a little, and soB
on. In a short time you have but to^f
open the cage door, uplift a finger, andB
he is sure to fly for it; and he may thusB
be called to any part of the room to rcstfl
on the familiar porch. B
Jlost birds learn this familiarity in aB
few days, yet there are those who will beB
two to four weeks about it.?Our JDi/m&B
Animals. B
Tiie \} oi k oi a iuansrnani roe. n
In Los Andes, Chili, lived a man whoM
hated a family that resided near hirn.H
When smallpox appeared in the province?
recently he secretly obtained a numbeiH
of dried pustules, and thesj he piacedB
inside a ping of tobacco, which lie thvewH^
away in a place where the people hchatedfl
were likely to see it. One of the chil-H
dren picked up the tobacco and yave it^|
win nvuln ."iiT.irettcs froin^B
iv iiui |micuicT 0
it and smoked them. A few days afterward
smallpox broke out in the house,
and with such virulence that no one of
the family escaped. The criminal, however,
was attacked with the disease a few
days afterward, and died after confessing
his crime.
The olive is said, by the Sacremento
Bee, to be the most profitable tree in
California at present, and the orange
probably next, with a prospect that th?
litr will vet take the first place.