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Alliance Depurtntenh Adopted »k the Cottnty (Jrjfiin by the Coun ty Alliance duly 5th, 18S«. M. J. PATK. Ah8ociatk Editor, To whom all Communh atioua on Alliance Matters) ahouM be mblr'esaod. - ttflkrera #f the raaatr Alllaaea. W. It. Duncan, President. 1* n. T«Krt«*, Vice President. ^ W>S. Hnml*erjr, Secretary. A. F. Free, Treasurer. \V. (• Kritton, ChupUin. T-v S. Weeks County I^nturer. W. A. AH, Steward or Assistant Lecturer. er. P«K>r Keepcf, K. K. Harley, Assistant IhH»r KeejHT. D W. IhslifoOl, S«TffeaHt-iit Arms. ^ Y. 11. Creech, Business Azent. V'xecutire Ounmitteo—C. B. Free, W. W. j Patriek. W. A.Faust. Trade (ommitte*^—G. M. Hunter, E. II. Dowling. J. M. Ulmer, W. A. AH. Committee on <«<n>d of the Onlyr—.1. C. Mcj Willan, C. M. FAlrnfleld, W. T. Cave, J. K ftnrUIntr, E. B. < 1 lies*. V - ■ 1 ; One example is north a imrltitmlc of | atmttp specchc*. In these times when j no many men of so many minds an* urging their dilTwring ideas of the raus es of hard tinienand euiphasizin)( their . opinions of n h it (hdilical nieslieiiies are. i lie«( calculaletl u> cure them, it is com- ! forting ami gratifying to fiml, oner in a while, one man who lias ciphered out the problem with good sound common sense ami “got lire right allBwrr. ,, S«Mne years ago, said Uapt. it. K. Birt. run ell Township, a few days <o one of Tnt Pcori.R, In sul»- **l planted o»iu*n largely, em- HoyeJ h.tnds, used rttmniervial ma-. unres, farmed like most farmers and like Ike hi didn’t make ymney as I wlsbmi. H«|, after trying I sat to think- lof •••! came !«• ike ettmrlnslon that a change was neeileil ami that right then the Ume to make It. • I red need my *. ph»w f«wre Hie ta» three mules and ent down Jiy amttmr rmp from gfta-en to ®xe arres ia» the ph*w, lurning a g»*wl l»art *4 my sueutiou ia» other • m|*s ami kn stm k raising. It has (uiisl me In Money ami r*«ml«wt ami fre«*«|om fnmi worry. | am m»i hoahered • ilh unrell- • hie and MUprodiahle lahnr as I n«ed in he, ami lHe halam-e i. larger iw my favor at lha ead of every year. M kh eight day* work I made forty. Uve hoshets af wlwat and that gi*r* Me a mpply nf heiier and chraper tUmr than I «m'*|4 huy. fast wlnirr I -dd •df all my Insg s eanent right head, ami •inee nen year I hate I thirty-ire dollars w*ttb of |Mg« ami I now hate gh and fat e«««sugh U* huu*her If the w cot Her would allon to make hnnon eunugtt to do me tuo years. ThU •eassfu I hue lit re shed a rrw humlred httsheis of grain fssr my neigh lew*. huna alter this • t*n*rr*aiion a Itsro- well law ter came in tell ws h*»w stir- |«rised he had Ween at Mghiof ihe varie ty ami earrlhmer of the stirplM* pn»- dme Uai f apt. Bird had hnntghl lo Ifarnwrll for sale, and urged us u> tell the sinev In nur reader*, kml 'Kr «|o mi w iih pleasure, bnfdng that It may ilo nome goo*l in helping others lo lind |denty ami prosperity. % The"Nc lertii* Mc|Hiidh’Of Faiilayha* •rveral eidumns nf corrc«|eMidencc from re|M«rters throughout the cotton • It gh iug the present condition ami ohablc yield of the crop. " e sum- 4 inariie the sla>*incnts from the «|ltler- eot Mates; >ouih Carolina—From III to Jtl |»er cent, less acreage and the amount of lertilixers used is at least 40 |*er cent. r less than last year. Kxeesslve. rains arul the hot sfwll have delayed the 4*rop, which is at least two week* iMdiin I. • Alabama—Cotton pros|tects are away hehiw the average. The July raltfs worked great damage, especially in tht* low lauds ami river ImUont. Kti.t has taken hohl in some counties. ' Mississippi—The < Idest inhahit.int s. .does not remember when August, crop F |»ros|H'ct.s were so universally tinprom- . laiug. Urass is as high av the eottou at Jackson amlin surrounding eounties. The shortage is put at 40 to 50 per cent. Corn was never lK*tt<*r. Texas—The season lus^bcen e.xoep- tioually good and the eottoiVs^rop is more promising than at. this season for several 'years. The 'State n ill make even more cotton this year than last. No damage is exjiectcd from worms. Arkansas—The coiidittou and pros- * pects of Uie cotton crop are poorer than they have been in 20 years, 'rite origi nal plant was 25 percent, less than ln»t year, while the loss from the early | flood* was 10 per cent, and from grass about a percent., making a total of 4u t percent. No rust or wonns.^Jk good corn crop is assured. ftnmihal Morn, all hrtil. That, stiw (.'olnmbus sail By Faith nloiie. The skits Ivfore !iim bowed. •Bft<• k rolled th%ocean proud,' And every lifting cloud With glory shouc! Fair .'Science then was born t On that celestial morn. Faith dans] the sen; Triumphant o'er fier foes, T1 cn Truth ItninortHf new* •New Ilrnvcns to disclose .And Karth to free! ' Ftromt Freedom then came forth To I its rate the earth. Ami ertuni tn^. Hzld^. F<> walktsl the pilot bold Upon the sen of sold. And darkneW, hackuard rolhs^ And thereVns IIkIuJ Fw«s*|i. hw cep ayross t he seas, • Ye roUitnr juhilts-s. .(1 ramie hornU raise; .^ Thr irorld odoVliur statuls. And with uplifted hands Otters from alt the lai.tis To tawl Its prafM*! ’^T A Ttlnn Could I.lvw IJnrdly I.oi»(*f*r Tit an a Week on Asparagus Alone. Ea^ect.al interest utibicticR-tn Dr, Snjis- bnryii ftssl experiments. The haVf dozen sturdy fellows whom he put ua n diet of baked Ix'aus mid coffee exclusively, all showetl symptom* of locomotor ataxia, or pnigressive paralysis, on the tenth day, and by the sixteenth day not one of them could walk straight without sup- I>ort; all had chronic diarrhea, lieart [unpitalion and oppressed breathing. Four hearty, well men were i>nt on AN INTEBESTINQ QUESTION THAT WAV’ NEVER-BE ANSWERED. Are the Movements of the IIend end. Face After Decapitation Involuntary or Ar*> They Attended with Home Kllgtit a Action of the Wilt—Horae Ksperimeiil*. The question of the duration of con- ecionsness in the brain of criminals after Uijder the bmnclcn they went tofictncr, __ , _ .... • . . Th« bldsaomluz hranehra that break tbeskfr ^moen Areflmm.lng, hi.k Their DIFriCU^TlES. THICKLY Yc hosts of Faith, sinz on; Tin- victories >c lirtvi- Fliall Time incrrn-c. v And like the chi ml strain Tluil fell on itetlilelicm's plain. Inspire the |sTf»s-t rei^n Of i>>ve etai I’.sm-c! II>:7.kki\h BiTrrnwonTa. PREPARE FOR OCT. 21. execution by hanging or by the guillo- ralHuald^Mgc-rfflelfiunnl ^ • terest thou ever since Anostay, the mur derer of Baroness EHdlanl, i*ud his debt to society. It is said that this remarka ble criminal sent to his brother a letter on the snltfect os follow*: The M iiaralUm of m v i»o*lj *nd that wt.lrh coii^t hutfs my thinkiutr la-ina fan not ao tsmii pepper and s.alt—with* a pint of coffee containing sugar and milk at cad* meal. Constipation, flatulence, headache and | dizziness were afflicting them’all on the eighth day. In two days more these con ditions had bwome violent;exertion pro duced heart palpitation, and they were fall o'f \\ynderhic pains, with prickling j i*» n,< <impli>hc<]. I believe there4*aMtnlvMl In feet and liands. Tlu‘s<* divalent gp‘W more intense and painful—with neuralgia induced in three cases—until from the twenty-third to the twenty-lifth day, when diarrhea ss*t in, and the m-ord is full of such entries ns of about nu hour. t’«Mi»c, then, l^m, 1m; ent at my evveutinn nml heist that my head tic wi vfii In you. Unit me with your voit-c and my cyr* w ill reply to y«»n. This is Imt tin* re|N>jition of n poimlar belief tiiat hns prevailtsl for centuries. ® ® ^ . , . , . i There is a legend of a state execution in "Kyr. « ,|.|. h. arln:; li.-a.i <-on-1 whm ,1„. „ , u „! fn.."l .". ,n.Ty |Mn,. f«S nmuh, | w „. v _ ^ which fortlt •imto .)«f ,,...1 Ibilm. kmrt i«lirfi n tw . imtrnui „ lt |„.i f.iha ,h, ana vevj Irregnlar, npto the thirtieth i day, w>M*n it was d«s*tn«sl impnident and Tli** outline of wdint is proposed for | miMif ATtln th« morn of Ui« ytHiug, sweet-seather, Whni softly thc'irm*n on the bills doth He; ( , And Dorothy thought It was over the meadow, ] lis exlH .riences ill the office And < irvly saifl ll was close by Ihe •prinx. \ , ^ , ^ , But IVdly was Mtro that the w<vijlnud'« shitdow Hhcltcrcd that magical fairy ring. Fo over tha meivlAv tliey swiftly hied them— fHi,*ltut the tdnl In the Hlue sanu sweet! They saw not th« blush of the brier betthle them. The violet* smiling beneath their feet. » Lmig by the spring they linffvred-and listened; Twns udindein set in a mossy rim. And oh, the beauty that clustered and glis- In frail ferns falling nliont its brim! They sought in the wood for n wonder reveal ing. Ami saw wot the leaves In a net o'erhead. . Oh, but the song through the pinctop* steal ing. And oh, that hash down thedlin ways shed! Then, when the sun leumd loner to find them. Homeward they wandered a aorrowfui way. Lovers Are 1‘iipleiftaunDy dralotia. A theatrical, muu wuh relating Home of of the Sev enth Avenue hotel yesterday, and he told a htory of a narrow escape he hud in the west. • “I was ahead of An opera company which was playing on the Pacific const a few years ago,” said he, “and one day I struck ajowu on the Mexican bottler S heri* 1 canto near remaining penna- ■ntly, sis after events showed. Tliere r “Wfe* n MrxtratthaTVHeTngTKr i ing, and in coiiqany with the local man ager and a jiarfy of young fellows 1 dropped in to see the fun. “I had heard a great deal of the beauty and manners of Mexican women and was curious to got a jKi'p at (trenaer so ciety. The dance was in full blast when >; • c.: * A SPOT IN. NE# YOBK <Cip( Tl VERY DENSELY SETTLED. vi? • ’ Nothin Like Anywhore—X» flaa So Mawy J t*M ra^IHe—THwra And knew not the laud they were leaving btv j Airivwl, and We had not lx*en there hlml them. The raru hew land nf a young Jane day! Bui Dorothy thinks H Is over the meadow, A ml Okfty says It U rluM.* hy the spriiui; While INdly la sure that the aoodland's shadow 8h<-ltrrs lHr magleal fairy Hntr! —Vtrgiaia Woodward flood In HL Kleboloa. Cohnul’tis Day is enough to indicate tw > 44 n (hmc»: First—That tlie odicinl programme will lie an siin|dc ami t an 1n> m> **«atly nr- mmr*sl that y»«» achonl »ml tryn( tt.i it ip imldishoil !»-fnrv beginning tu own |Wfpnra»i«»ns for Ihe erlrlmtth'm. Jkwsiml—“niat the idijeet of the na tional pnlillr m h<«d cekdintfoai ««f ('o- Imnlras liny ihwIs tlw ivuslinl oo-«qa*n*- t»< -n of the HUautts gem-rally In em*b rahty In otvlerl** l«e fully r^nHgeA. The eierutfxe eofiiintttsw ha* also amt no a few Miirce-tHitis of • |irmiln*l nature whhdt a ifl Iw nf advantage to tmrin-iaaud all «*f)ior fnemlaof ibeeela- Iwatkui juat at pre-a-nL They arv aa foBiwra: Ftrat—A stnmg kwal rtontnittee akonM a|fa4tite«| at <awe. It w<ail*i Iw Well . M.f. lor n rr. tho,T^rin..«l.fnnh.t, I w|l| ,. b „, v .1 uf....r.!ir, t.y . m^t k ^. fc HWi sou wh<in« head was on the block # CX- rbifiiKsl, “Yon hare missed mef to ntioncr refdied with a THeatHral 0«perallttf>*. Among country ciuiiinnhsi snperati- timia are more varied ami extended than among metDipolitan rmea, and are of to tw Inde In tbta c the lending « •tllHow <4 the k amt iHMMflttorM fane the relrhmr t Hilr an<'li a* are HI an|v*1 *He work tWuml—TW |.ot t Haimtan «4 tht* La He ai nt to the anmttte m« o head oltHial*, Imt « • al |Mwa. a nor % ■■far who are k m hr the ly to rtr« h»mld lo- a|«|*entr*| 4h» e addre" <4 tSr tl eiUtiUkllter aiHOtbl <4 the rhatrann «*f nown s«*tea * . • • ^ •••nt* th«- natnoMil ex rta lU-ilatnt. Yi I lh<»t,at, Mas-sk Hi order taan *4 the hwnl • <aoi»*it the *41W tal |»r*«gn»i»»i Munir at naia. enflrr mauMlttva* (F* oth'a <'•■«ii|uiiem i4R that tl» ea Mat ami u* Imt exon and hot w.Tfer, the men were restored to nomwl henlih. It may W welltholi- i | tSerre here that In all ruses men experi mented npiai wen* as thnftmgiily atel * quit kly eure.1 »4 their abrnmnal cotwH- * ttoua by tbns«' mentta. Solent rhrouic dlarrhen.snrhas often larval!■ hr amthsi and is known as • “rump dlarrlien,*’ tma |>r»Mbtoed In three j J heartv. atnutg men hy feeding them ea- t | rlnotTrlr upon army Mseult In fn4h ntw teen h> t wentr-*me day*—• tqo*n «4 rm%- •UipntLm jw-e, ding—and tnW*rnnni|i4c 1 i exn nit Ti.it hn jam e»l that they were It try- • nltv f.lLvl vrhh sra-t germs. Each hod | marktsl at in | ‘tans <4 Lasanol<w ataxia and |Kiii)y L«t the cae «4 his Liwer UmIol Bread. Her. arlwifen ffHta, iHantnv. ■ac*. tajd-va and w.-te enrh ltd i tw Lair rta twui at n time f,* larliala *4 fnau f«aty to Laly -Arr >Un * l« r«we •rrVut* «lh«vws awl ** M|ilsjMa wt-rw fa«»> . I ir**»n pma owl Mrlng loans w st In laUBt «4 altmrMary •tn%lt- «on, tandfe. l«eet» ami jatalnreil nnplensMiV and HietlTs, toif |.f all tlgsv , La w«|nnMtM was Lanniaeat htjnrl- x r Iwn 1;» «-«l o|*a» akaMV, HiT«a> days i »t«wit •• Lutg •» It WOuLI he safe to on thia plant, owing h» tba effei-t >«! I Hi* % ih wt Itred rat ludrrtv nn loref sent the lie»d rolling to ♦ course more blimlly and rrligiimsly ad hered to. If, on entering a town where the next "stand" la to be made, a grave yard, la rfedlde on the right ohle of the railway truck, the country manager'* heart awdls with (wight auticipations. But if. on the eiaitrary, tha t«a4la«tonea Lsan up on the left «4 the tunl. he be- nawa «Ljjaes*rd. as he tak*s the fart ass warning that hia‘'bnaiaem~ will be amall daring hi* rngngeiMrnt |n that |dara. Hitch a manager will he.apt to ghm some man or Lwy a fme |swa to the theater an a first night, m fee wonLI fenramnof 111 lark hi rase a w«anan demld chanre tu enter the house U f.or a mnular <4 the npfsndfe sex had funwl his way n ilia tm—One*go Piat. •••MS' rank t Ww S>|US grirr tal L srn Irkl Thir*l- Tl ito rt wwmittra slu raid r ,r»t Or tkat rawh or! to«4 to pnivLlrtl with a IU, tra ralutr its • wh toh will I* { ll* fti pvt fr tun* nf 1 1., >411 ■ dal |rt<tr*l lattsa* TV storaLl al> H* adv W with rat h pr ■(V|i a* to tlw !•*• 4 wi •y tu wbh*b thr n rlrttn tboi ran 1—. 1 • cm rrtol «m ia i Ms M'H, ■ Pn»HT»«< awl matw mill, if «• ar*- HaHL may e-om ■ I a mi 11 mn «at »rgrti d t. f.a f«. i Lair in >1. horns-. arranging La spenkora awl grating rx«Ti*Ws addttLm.il the Hal prtigranitnr. * •ng oCi Fourth arrange t tiuyL* Hi sis Olid MS ie gi\«*n t« {• rommi d hat nee i tin i th si i« IftltM o»*le» the rtViaewi* celrl r ItL nr In th« aftrnMM>tt. it the 4e4f*s| laotult (* frrv* M’lesd Hl»-a in |» rerviii uiH-s. When* no arrant u hare yet lawn nta*le La a ritiarti*’ loateai this oatniiitHe might tlictn- M'lvrs take the inittarlix*. and orptuiae the afterwaui «L*tu«01*1 rathu»s aa well a* the morning obnervanev* in the m'ImjuI houses. • Fifth—The grentiT pnbllrfty that is* given to this committer. Ia»th in its for- mniion me! in its work, the lietter. Ac-, conlingly, the atteiitUm of tin* people generally mnst !n< gainetl and their int«*r- «**t secnri'd. L*-t the |MStp|e Is* fns'lv iu* vib-d to givo Migg«*Mio!i* mid t«» scittl cotMinniiirations hi the local press as to the ls*st conduct of the celebration. Sixth—The committee should nee that Hie editor* of the local papir* iin* inter- este<l in the inovcuieut, and the jH-uplc infonnrsl thningh the columus of these |Ki]M*rs of the eclehratiou and wlmt U W ing done to make it a success. In one wor l. this H'Dth aynivereary of Ainerica 1 sdongs to all the |H*oplc. The publi<* sclxsils take the lead la'canse they arc tlie orgnniration < losi-st to tlie jsse pie, most characteristic of the pt'ople and fullest of hojK* for the pi*ople. ii. L*« Lrag they > (ssvaw m«ra4«a»ons, awl •meat di*|**ft«in." whk-h I* |Ns^lr wh*» lire ••xrltmvrW v L**l. aa the IIiimLsm, are s*» by tuha-Ht**! lOgaalr *etr attaaarha are *4 little mw. The pykoic ralrr ■ntly pumb frd remsim v»m**ahhM mailer pawea r Rrbl of B* dlg*e- -(Hit<• Slate Ji umal. * distance. The story never gained much enslciice. but is still worthy of disc no- Mon. Its truth fa falsity would ilr|suMl en the js^dlaliry (4 the fostrunimt liriiig ao thin awl sharp that the wall* 4 the vein* would tug he displaced, la which cane the Hrculathm (4 the blood might nmtinne fur a fi AusiomI*. awl whether cous4 ions liras might euntiune far a tmuurnt after the vertebra* <4 the neck was severed. This last diOmlry wioild Iw the gTvntent, since niter nn- rvuiscLaami m la suppi—»d to he sittml- taw saw with tha sAeriag of the sfawil rto*«l <a the loenklng «4 tha nark la any sHentlsta who have taken the trouble to study the faces <4 the gnilk*- tirn-d La a few seoanla after the fatal *tr»*kr, or who hare made erpi-rtn.snta with dren|4tatrsl aniinaioi do Aul favor the Unsay. Vhein Dr. Caal Ls»yr. now deceased. Juit •nee a |gs4ioa»a at the HtaLansw. hare rsfw-mtM-uieii with •Lor*, wing fur their hangtiH; *a dera|ataiHm mw Liner? hke that miployrd In pnhlk oarrnthow The «Laf was Hnson fur tha ex- pi nmenia os having the must mw lak* face awl Letng able to to pose dare the movements which In raraa have Wvn tdaorved la enh)evta. fVrsiaM wkan this treat went nf dumb animals might moult am heggtsl * *4 tl^ mrtul In a monwr that t» e^nally Hi nmembre that tie - rndirlng In.mark ' e«msfdcwaw awl <Lceptlva to tha eynL — Irra than In vivinerftnn, since these Kan«ni ITty Ttacw. iuHImsU *4 rarrntLm fire graergtly me- , 1,1 IT ; ■ '. ngntred as pnalnrMg the lerat fwin. long until we decided to ta!io a.lmud in the fnn. A pretty little oeuortta. with grent lustrona eyes that would make a man mail if be kicked at them ttm long, attracted iny attention, and without the formality of nn inlrtnlnction 1 risked lier for n dance. 8bc a<xe|»te«l, and \vc whirled through a waltz, which the •eemed to enjoy as much as L “She was us light and graceful m abe wn* handsome, aad when I seated her 1 took ocraskm to eng»g« anotiier «lauca, which was followed by another. It was a ea-x* of smitten, 1 (out era,* bat one (4 my fricivU iut. rrujdisl my dream by- taking me to one side and myingt 'tfec here; <lo yon want to get us all Into. troulde? If yon ikm’l you hwl bettor , Ko take a wslk oat of this place right awa* while yon’m in gooil jwntth. tasked 14m to explain, awl ha did ou. ‘Do pug * mock revenue fnou H. 1 am that llrcaaer over themf Well, hr*• amthat H to fllWd wtih the lover <4 that girl yon'vn torn filet I W 4it w. |. llt)rm .^ (| M Ing with, and hat hern watching yap ‘ The MaaCtMekly MB » >*• »y* TW, »S^ *> to| w Vrm Ym* W tr*silde here onoo if we dun t get aoL I “ •Nonsmae.’ 1 repHe»L yrliat do 1 ram ' for tha whole gang al yellow ■kinnnd l dogs? I re g»< this dance engagnl with my Mtlto aMrawr awl Fnigotoig lo horw| oi nanJ ar T- ft .risiw.nn. Larth Itants In Onp 950,000 I’rople Uvtag laThlsMtott One ytnard mile^ of . New York .dll> area, imdiwive of at roots dad public ■qnafex. has a pqpnlatkm of. more thaq* , hi' {KMOtbLv tfk pfot vOBnYl map an irregular district covering «. r territory of a square mile whk’h will have a isipnlation of half a million. hn% * to do that one would have to rigrag over the map. picking out thickjy popn- )gtt4bl«W an area with a population of worn unw 4<M).0U0 living lu a coutpilet and codtigo*. -- ons territory. .That (mpalntiotr of Movdr than MU.000 to a square mil# to not on- ceedeil anywhere else. It to tl|p mfint ^ tiiickly popnlatcd xpot on tba The large population canoe the hnilden aad ws 1 cal cm of New York arc more me room inventive than those la cities.* The dHiorly populated In New York are not nanally tha prapaxty, of estates, * ••L Aston awl tha Duha of the larged rent edata ow a I (my It to Il-S uiw* Ara A»M*4. The gnllildhty *4 |s-rs«aM» vh* mils'* has |M-*r*l into a pxmrrh. as Hi that anrh |Wu|e rt ton have net gaily hem sailed wHh half iwtosd «4raa dai- Urs and udd la la% ratios, wha dHf asS maliar that the pru haw awtal gas not (ij*ual hraatam nith the stamp of tha Mlat uysoi tl. I’mkmldedlv tha Mnal artoadML* me* hral ut a,* - sm | .iisHiox thto not of entmllr to to af^lr tha ■ilrrr In the ohapr i4 a alt mis aolnSHm. When II to ready La nra same salt to pat tato It and II to aqntrtrsl over the rarh. Ike mlt caasiag an Im mm date pxnr1|dtalHai Aa the and | started eat, hat. try daaerd a few m^aanma when tl began. Haag? wont a revolver • rid ley fuHowcd. Tha lights tty cumat sff'od la tot atattexn gut very stoat space «4 Hi Un>Pl**l to the Anar, and was In tha mHldto of tha Via Unable In gtonlng my wall aad jading the *!• -a. “When I got an the entoMc I my fHeads, who had made their when t>e? saw what Waa they were greatly surprised to with a whole skin. These O have their way of ihaag things, 1 rd the local maaagrt. aad I » lights went uot, m n rrattng in n r*ety At the fir-t shat I B » «L> ». T fo tl m b- to ledng i«rn*sT» msm. *** that dlnvllv lut**t(i i.rmy m»ry > t Lmuia • \|- Hitmi Vrw V s Is <•«*«. !ui»-n*r w:*% joi nt at * «<»*wtnctt*d at Xtoppeu, 1 new twin gun i*galnrt anma Tie* Lb*n to that hy lirtng the ininltanrotisly at oim* «*hjc«*t, tie* q; Lo«-«*« 'f the two pr>dtrtHM win Trr •nmr n ith |Jatn RUII* rntil Is* Me'h that the st«a;N>t anwa must give way before awli a khork. In «a- drr that this may really bepjM-n. it to 'oluriottslv nere'Miry that, in tlw first place, tie* exjt)'««ion In ench gun shoukl (ws-TTccti^l at tin* tame fraction *4 a *«c- ond, that tie* chargiii shoi/ld l»e exnctlv erjiuil uud bum exactly the same timoi that tie* sbotr) should Is* of exactly tls* oanie weight an*l that they should rea«*h thoobj»vt nimiHl at siinultaneisi<ly. Such aevumey is « xtn*niely diflicnlt .to com- jioss, and it i* Indierwl that very Cf»n- ►iderabk* tronhlc will lie tu'ccoKary be fore the object in \iew can Is? realized. —Vanity Fair. XVtiy Mr. XV<M>4tHew<l Ms* AHscnt. There wa»on<*r a Mr. WhsKlhmd who fp>t iiito pnniaineiit In INSd for the Sj*oii valley division of Yorkshire. Mr. La- tomchere moveil to nleuish the house of lords, and Mr. Wodllhcad xva*i nhsent from the diiiHion. Hj>en valley demand- The^«‘\v York Itnard of women man- 1 U1i ‘‘XphiUiytion from their .(‘rrant apers.of the Columbian exiwition are FRIDAY ONCE WAS LUCKY. memlnTi and ffi>t it in the form of a le» alive to the mistake of dedicatin'; the ! *' >1 ^ ,r ^ 1 ^ ' vaH ^ r * bnildtqgs and gvonnds pf the World's fair on Oct. 12. At a recent meetiiiff in Albany a memlier of the InKird made a comprehensive stateuient <*f the reasons xvlty the chanffe of date to Oct. 21 should l>eujiade, and said in closing: “1 would also like to state, in this connection, one sentimental reason which I am sure will show a very interest tug set of coinci dences. Columbus left the Old World on a Friday, discovered the New World on a Friday, left the New World on a j Friday, returned to the Old World on a Louisiana—Totton prospect* are lex* Friday, and ihe 21st of Octolxu'also falls promising now than at any time since, on a Friday: so we see that for us, at the crop was planted, fhere was a re- | ^ ea - s ^> Fritlay is not an nnlncky day. (liictbm of 18 peri-ent. In the, cerpgge j CONGRESSIONAL'.SANCTION. planted. Fret beta ill iii« riehestpart* *— of the State have cut down the acreage Tl’ 0 Mlmcing is a copy of the bill which coiigreaa jossihI in the interest of l<mrhm:\s faiilU-who stwike mi flippantly on this imjK»rtant occasion that Mr. Woodhead, exhausted with a long day’s work, seized the opportunity to go home to his’tea, and when he returned 'the di vision was over. Owing to the amusing chamctcr of this explanation, coupled with the honorable gentleman's unfortu nate name, this incident attracted a good deal of noiice at the time.—London Cor. J New York World. TW** gailh4tna nupkiynL hy Dr. wa* -innUr tn tha! a*r*l fax tkr t tWm <4 <admary rrtmiaals tn Fra an*. It r,ar>U*rt| «4 a triangular knife <a ax, suroHSinled bf a atara <4 toa»t wrtghAag orrr twraty pma*l* aad failing war a4x fmd npm the nrek <4 tha animal, whtrh was arvtaral at tha thin I vertr- loa. Thr (dwraarama <4arrved wrr» -iintlvr to I to mv remarked W other Knvn b and hv Lartga savant* wlnaa e\|afiHn*at» have hem Lsa rUlsoale. At I to* moment the l Mail was itotarhrd fr« »m I He tosly the month i^sniral wide, as If the animal was making aa*extranr- dinary effort at tnlialathai. The tongue was apidL’d to the L»wrr part «4 tlw month and tymWweat a hriet period «4 agit iMon. The eyatlfo were c luord with light eontrartLwis. Tton the rye* were njs*n«*l ami roll'si from oLle tn side ami top to 1 tot tom, 1 1m* jinjiiU in the mean time gradnally contracting. At the same time the jaws were opened and violently closed, and the face was raj'id ly convulMd. This was LdL>we«l by chatiff« , s at the comers »4 the mouth, vi bration <4 the nostril*, tremhlbig of the liji* and en*ctioti of the ear*. Tlie en semble of these movements constituted a series of horrible grimrfccN tyke those seen on the fact* of flu* guillotined, mid N'cnnd to express theluost inteuso ng- | ouy. if the cornea <4 the eye was | touclnsl the evelids cbxsiil. bnt if an ob ject. no matter of what kind, wasjilaetsl l**fore the eye there was im» movement, i Neither did crying nor whistling into the ears of the dog appear to cause the 8light«»st sensjition. The pim*Uing of the tongue caused a slight shrinking of that organ* Although the pupil of the eye wa* contracted, the npiimach of a light rendered the orilioe still Miualler. These ph nomeim ta-enpy atomt ten se<'on«ls, and an* follow«sl by a jieriod of re|K)s«* continuing to the fifteenth or twentieth Bmmd, during which the month rests-cioHeii and the eyes open and without movement. At the end of this time tlie month opens and cloaee quickly, the nostrils dilate and contract. During this time, although the irritat ion of the cornea has causcd,a slight wink ing. neither whistling in the ear nor touching the tongue or nostrils with am monia or cologne has been able to pro duce any effect. The ojiening and clos ing Of the mouth resemble yawning, I Ml Is* N«Msr*s sXrara. TW IraHaa Lantrr will rut tha of aa animal out «4 otuns. Wavs tl **hlwil" hy lha MM'dlrtos man and ba- Itove M gives hhu jtosl Lwtnnr In tha rhasr «4 (hr heart rr|«v«aufoiL ’ Whan to* kllto mra ha «tt|u lint Mk h In lha Unral. ^Thafoi he wrupa atonit It hrmlo, •igutfying money, ami attarhaa to It Mule arrowbraito, which frprraent tW rxemliva hmrtHm uf sUnghter. Ho as to seracr as mnrh help fnau tha nn- known as peraitJe. hr hangs charma all over bto prraun.—W oahingten Star. Merr*rhsora Artist*. TW arttot who carve* ti>n*r*rbaum to required to pass through aa CrtlHm Osl •# • Two runan girls canoed qnira a al aactomnaqt hi Bruodtrajr. near Prtoma •Ireet. a few nt^kt* ago.. TWy am ploy *4 tn tW ihm kmg a orhnlgoal* uoOonx tomra In that trx, and an the sight Lmml themselves tochrd In ibe hntLl Ing. Bring mgrinMfsl in duty an uns >4 the upper ILsw* luuk no account <4 time, ami Ilia wale to man who made tha round* of the tedhi* Ing altar all the rtnpLryaaa hail depart ed. aa was onppomd. overlnokrd I hr gtrls and want •aremiy to his tonne after aeallng tha store by lettiag down the r' alawgaf London ar Many jooplald tto tvijutmi to pass thnmgh a* yrte a rxdtor shatters. When tha girls s '-r** in in.ki 1 11'. >L ^r-i h.iiitn c.srx-e*! ■m., t.> «nv wSw ..f Prevention of the Flight; of lllrri*. To prevent birds from flying, without the barbarous and injurious system Sometime* practiced of cutting their wings, it will Is* found sufficient to tie ^ which the motions gradually cease together with a thread throe or four of the largest feaibere of one wing. Tills iu marUe. XL-rrsrhamn carvad and in the rough metnUea the onMnary jdaster cart.. Tlie outline* l»*ing cutn- plete. it to arraprtl with n knife, fihsl. smked in a prcjiamthai, and then pol ished with a linen cloth.-eNew York Timea. Csnnot lie HolH. A fffxsl body is neerasary to a saf is fac tory expression of tlie mentidity. Bnt no man can U> a D;0iiol Welwter men tally and a John L. Sullivan phyKteally. Tlie poHsihilitie* <4 either tlie mind or body can lie fully developed only nt the exjiensc of the oilier. Tlie college boy who tovomes a great athlete will not lie a great scholar. Genius is almost always associated with sofj sjiots.—Troy Press. A Pajlng Itnalne**. Money Lender—Yon want to (xwtow a hundred pounds? Well, here’s the money. 1 charge 5 per cent, a month, and as you want it for a year, that leaves just forty pounds coming to you. innocent Borrower—-ThcTrif t wanted aide to find any why «4 <'<amnunicatiu4 with the outside world, they sal down ami cried like “the bain* in the wond.'’ Hnddeuly an Llea deveh^wd Hi tha brain of one of the girls, hhe ran into the office on the main floor ami palled tlie Imrglnr alarm. response from tlie oth(*r etui of the “al.ina" wa* prompt. A portlou of the iron shnttar was pried ojM'ii, and the liAlf crazed girls were re leased, much to their own relief and tlie delight of a good uatnred multitude.— New York . XVlicn Ijilrasrlicrs Was at Eton. Tliere is a characteristic story of Henry Laliotichere in his Eton days. For wnno n*Asoii or other tiro head mus ter decreed that ho should get a flog ging. - Ho went through bis flogging like a man, as one woald expect who know* how much real grit, obstinacy and will Ho 'underneath hi* stijierflebii- ities. Then ho insisted that he should | get possession of tbo birch which had been the Jaatrumcnt of his punishment. it fur-two year*, tbere'd be something coming to you, I snjipose, eh?—London Tit-Bits. At Until End*. “By Jove," said the youngster, 'Td like to have $100,000 to go into business with iu the proper shape." “Ugh," growled the veteran, “I’d like to have $IOU.OOO to go out of buKiness with in the pnqier shajie."—Detroit Free Pres*. Tlmre is, it aeeuts, or there .was, a tradi tion at Eton that tlie culprit luwl a right to his liirch, and fitter soiue argumenta tion, in which Lubby defended hi* point with characteristic tenacity and rc- Rource, tho birch was handed over to him. In Truth, about two rear* ago, Labby had a good deal to *;iy about school disci- The oldest pensioner* on the rolls of ana n'prmlm',"! a a^tim*"^ ‘l 10 *7)\ nr l "® c « “ n,1 l 7° 7 „.|,i..|, .Im i Uie nia«.t In the ImitwiatotM. nlthongh y long lived. ral Dalleyv r 1 t- -raf«»MM. Tlien the cornea lost** its seiisjlality to P en ^ mer8 l ,ro '^ the touch, tbangh, half a minute having t^erul Tupjier and> chwtroy* the 1*;lance, tho wings do not J elapsol, the yawning is still active. Tb© 10 per eenL more. Tenaessoa— 4 *Only fair” is tlw best to be said of the Memphis District. The [laid cannot, under the most favorable iditiou*. he T"* per cent, of an average. Filly a fair corn crop will he made. Georgia— Xo reports were received from Georgia. • Many JVrwon* ora trakrti Ofraw ftooi ararwsrt m tosaaLaLI ostra ' llrwu a's Ires Blllcm nrtrtk* tha , act nymidetriciUly Hi the nir, and flight i* rendered impo**i(de. Fowl*, pigeons, etc., may be kejit withjn Ismnds in 0,^1 Tit. Rif* ra simple fnshhai.—Lomuai Tit-Bit*. Cn*t of l^^ijJii^IIor*!-* tn t.ondnXL. ft bits llten estiumtcsl that 2r*.000 horse* arq ntiiployisl in the meti<qMditan hoy Wrato Fla^ has a r»w*t grmad i ttorr wto» to wh fit hi year# ow. the national public ucliool cclcbrntion of Columbus Day; Joint fraolutton aathnrtsloff snd fllfratlng the |»r>^Nle*it to pmrisim -n ^renersf Itolltlar, eoninHUMSTu'iui; the OXSh •anlwr>sry of tbs dl»**«»ver) <4Araerk'n. on Ibe 2I*t dny t*f Oclo* tor. use. I(a'S>i\r«1.Hjr Ttft* *etinle B-Mlhettwof reprr- *e»is»tirai*f ihr Ualteii Hla.v* of ' ■« rni.i^i, TL «t ih. sr<Meni ..f ibe- currying tra«l© in the city «-f Louth*i;} Viiltrd m«i«s Le *'iib**ro"»* *:!«l Um-it*! 10 that th*-ir value i* £l,i*Ki,00U, nfid the i to*M * K.S'iamaura rrr..u»m- »ellu^ to lU* ; ^ 0 f f,**] »loue U* trtOM.UOO. A-rtllo ’ ,'ir^C - pwrn.b for*** tU'h..nk. .« ,Un. Araertrs •* ib- «•# day «4 Orti rtr. MC, bf ptmeo an inch per w*-vk—that to. a h-ir*e labile )■■— Mrs no— aad by raMsUs eier- c*0iu as many a wc*k aa It ' esrasto Urtr icLrai* Lad tttoc idoara <4 i hands high.—New York Tunaa. pupil of the eye dilate* nt the ap|poach of light, but doe* not contract, ami the cornea' lose* its glistening apjiearance. At the end of two minutes the yawning ami oilier phenomena have eeased. end- - tug iif mere contraction of the filler*, and tlie head takes a corpse like Uiok.— San Franctoco Chronicle, n. ; They are.veterans of l#f2. TTie city of Paris bus 87,Goo tree* in it* *tn>eta, ami each tree represent* a Eton the extreme punishment wa* a birching, consisting of from four to ten cut*. “I ought to* know something alxiut it," he wrote, “fqr 1 liave endured it iu every degree from four to teiv"— Loudon Cor. New York World Tli« Hplttlnff Httskd. .• , A snake found in Africa is called the spitting shake hy the Boers. It to ba- t ween two ami threh feet iopg, and to ©Mjieeially ixdd and active, raadlty it- of their fnronia at I “RT loth* In New York 4mm nut! Point# and Chinatown. Il‘) SnmL to xigzag over to the ing iu Pel I ami Dover streets, berry betel and Baxter bay. hot dine pork, the Tombs, the n/i court house, and the nntner secting streeta hi that take up *o much of the space that section to not so thickly that near Stanton am) Rivington i wliere Avenue 0 begins, ami down Pitt, Ridge, Essex, Ludlow ami tho other east side street* which stop at Houston. street. Close by lloustoo street and Avenue C to the moot thickly, settled block, with a rate of population of diure than a miUioii to the mile. . * < The most thickly. pcipTilnted square mile includes the whole of dto Eighth aswemtdy district, all <4 the Twelfth eg-- cept tlie Uiree election district* along tho water front, nil <4 tha Sixth west of Lewi* street, *1) of the Fourth except the five jltotrict* along tha Eaat rivar, and all of the Tenth And Fopirteenth ex-*- cept tha ten alectioj. district# Nccoud areuuo and Third avenue. It includes Totupkln* square, which to a* large as three tfrenna .. blocks and Jta* bo population, the small, squares at the intersections of Cm»| < street and the torgemannfactories.- Tlw exact boOTKlarie* are Fourteenth street, • - Second avenue, Houston street, 1 err, Catharine street. Cherry Jgckson street, Or^nd^street fora! the BowBry ind -J- Orrr lAWA pnhhc axhooto hart al* tha exxmtivn c aat-Jtlra 0| V FfcVt Cuars. fort they Vdi ha tha erwtor* a* A Gi She 01 Satin— Arv you glad faqi yon 1 Wfcr.r C«»ftre CioMt for thr Vtalrr. \Ylien making a speech Lor*l Mulisbary never drinks anything, neither does'tlHr present Lnid.-r uf the brhae. and tht May be aaid t baiutorrUla. for leader nf tha Lagitoftr her toon of his two days’ ^ — gmtwmi -*• a4|k» cost to the city of 175 franc*. This > tacking every one who approaches iL In make* in round numbers ^,080,000 , confinement it to very savage, worth of trees in the streets. ' iu mouth ami erecting tu — —— which the jMiison may !«e often An investigator ha* discovered that i to drop, and ev« the greater number of congfmunen are Wj wheuoe the umlcndred. and a traveler in the Wrrt ^ Boer*.-^Rarterl r ResW nue D back to.Fourteenth In tbut difitrtoL not square* ami places at tl or diagonal streets, ot them small blocks, tpg lese than- 300 feet - feet ihe other way: 21 district, JK hi the Tenth, W tot the “ 41 ta the that area to HUthvGM*;; report# tbat St. Lorm people are ahofter of stature than No part of tha body sbonkl ha < A iswr*. BtounpCwaWAj