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8 THE WEEKLY LEDGER: GAFFNEY, S. 0., DECEMBER 19, 1895. THE WEEKLY LEDGER. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY The Limestone Printing and Publishing Co. Incorporated. iZ«Mt l:i :'\i tc i- ; $i.oo per Year. R. O. SAMS, - Editor. ED. H. DeCAMP, Manager and Local Editor. Mi- isit to ho so outspoken, but it is lik" 11.< 1 iiian, and iho man is repre- 1 > • i' of tin* party which recog- i'bility and liis fidelity. same firm hand at the helm of tlie government guided the ship of State di Sfumj a tempestons I’o poisoned sliaft is aimed : ' ! im ov<*r the head of the Minister. Lis appointee. More gov°rnment [ atr-.nage and more amassed millions will be necessary to quiet the voru- i iir.t ive J j •) s The Ledger is not responsible for ! the views of correspondents. i . , Correspondents who do not contri- ! < >ous appetite of the protectionists. hute regular news letters must fur- . iish their name, not for publication, i TURKEY AND THE POWERS. ^ut for identification. The situation in Turkey continues ^ rite short letters and to the point | fireatening. In Armenia, Christiafis do insure publication; also endeavor i j ..i j to get them to the office by I uesuay. ; \11 correspondence should be ad- j dt red liomeless and with no visible iressed to Ed. H. De.Camp, Manager, nifans of support. The situation is Obituaries will he published at fixe appalling. Indications point cents a line. Cards of thanks will be published at one cent a word. Reading notices will he published at fix'O cents a line each insertion. Single copies of the paper are five eents each. very THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19. 189;'). ABSOLUTELY FREE. We offer absolutely free of charge a full course in Hudson’s Business University, of Charlotte, X. C., to the man or woman, boy or girl, xvfio will send us the largest number of paid in advance subscribers by De cember -oth. 189."). Thi.-> is no catch penny device, but an absolute bona- Mde offer. If we receive hut one sub scriber between now and that time wc will give the tuition to the person ■ending it. In order that there may be an in centive for you to work for us we will •Her a commission of* 10 percent, on all subscriptions sent in so that even if you do not get the business coursi you will be paid for your work, but the person who receives the business course will get no commission. Now is the time to get to work. The course embraces book keeping, hank ing. penmanship, commercial law. English, civil government, business forms, spelling, correspondence, arithmetic, etc. CLEVELAND AND THE DUCKS. That the President went duel, shooting is his own business. IDs message was received at the proper time and read before both branches of Congress. He has not neglected any of his duties as chief executive of / " ’’ ' u the nation. The President’s recrea- ^ |S ! ' 0 * as J D tion hours are spent in a way that injures no one, but brings hack tin ruddy glow to cheek and makes mere elastic the willing step. The weight of the government is upon the President’s shoulders, lie feels the pressure as any conscien tious man must feel it. If with n Democratic House and a Democratic Senate the President last year had n hard time of it, much harder must he expect the work of the present Con si reugly to the Sultan’s secret ap- iiv.iva] of ihe murder of his Christian • nlij' ets. Either th“ Sultan is too to affect the reforms insisted on by 1 lie allied powers or he is in sym pathy with the baser element of his subjects. And what are the powers doing meanwhile? Knocking at Turkey’^ front door for permission for one more war vessel to pass through the narrow channel that leads to her capital. The sultan refuses until Germany’s Emperor joins hands with the Powers seeking reforms. Emperor William is slow to yield and i in Sultan looks to him as his friend. How about that turkish sword, with scabbard and hilt studded with dia monds, a present from the Sultan to ho youthful Emperor! The trouble hud already begun in Armenia when tin present was accepted. THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. W h es than a week festivities ill i n m palace and hamlet all \t r this and other lauds, -iany hearts will be made glad, many made sad. Tokens of love, of friend- -hip and of esteem will be received ..i d given during these closing days of tin* old year. Fathers and mothers . ill rejoice over the many faces of heir children as in childish glee the ■locking, well filled, is taken down md its contents displayed to eyes Me t answer hack in love. Other fathers and mothers will wipe away t he falling tears that well up unbid- hm. These are days for rejoicinf if use them aright. They are days >w if xx’e miss the mark. to run into excess at such times, when the heart is full. D is so hard to stop and think where xvc are, xvhat are xve here for, Whose birth xve are celebrating. gress as it hears on the executive i: the discharge of his arduous dutie-. The President therefore is a provi dent man. He is laying by him a reserve force that he xvill assured lx have need of in the emergencies that will soon arise. The mutterings of war are in ‘.he air. Its din would soon he heard if the Republican side of the Senate xvas as strong compara tively as it is in the House. Let him | alone noxv; In* is enjoying the sport that a good shot experiences xvhen at his deadly aim the wild bird is made his own. Success here may augur success when, later on. he takes his aim at larger game and in a different field. The Republicans may look out xvhen the President returns to the White II ouse from the waters of North Carolina. Speaker Reed will not have things his oxvn way. A WISE MOVE. The toxvn council acted wisely in having the railroad crossing near the nostoffice, properly guarded. Prop erty and life must ho protected even Ihomrh it abridges some of our rights is citizens. He who heeds not the cal! of authority to stop, should he im sted and treated as a malefactor. Monday there xvas a narrow escape from sudden death, and all because 'be call to stop was not obeyed when first given. Perhaps the call was n<>i heard, if so some xvay should be found to make it more effective. With our rapidly increasing trade seeking an outlet across the main line and side track of the Southern railway, there is often a tinge of im patience when made to wait until the train pusses or an opening is made for a safe passagd. We wish a batter xvay could lie found, but until it is found let us see that the prasent plan is faithhilly carried out. PRESS OPINION. Judge Benet has a novel cure for the concealed weapon habit. Pe ad vocates a pistol too long to be carried in the pocket, and a law making it unlawful to manufacture or sell small pistols.—Journal and Review. Senator T'litr an is repor’.ed us say ing: “I h >ve mv views and opinions, but I am not going to be atring them as a new senefor; no sir. I am not tlic man to drag my plow about in the A TEMPEST IN A TEAPOT. Minister Bayard, who represents our government at the court of St. James, has raised the ire of the pro tectionists by the fearless words he has spoken in condemnation of the policy of protection as upheld ny its supporters. It is the truth that hurts tains The Republicans, or protectionists, j " * ^ cannot controvert it. nor can th v (icorgiu has f^ken the initiative in stand to be plainly told at foreign I "f national importance »nd ... ... , of supreme interest to the cause of courts that protect ion, save for reve- currency reform. The legislature has nue, is not only a failure, but de- so amended t he State banking law as moralizing and subversive of a high to nlimv the issue of notes by State civilization. What then? Why, the ,mn,CH * , nnd u iH promised that public j, , . , , ..... i spirited citizens will soon start a gordian knot must ho cut if it cun- , i. . • : V * ® „ State hank of i-sue in order to make not be loosed. Minister Bayard case in the United States supreme ■ ■ to 1 fth. . k ft 1 #4 , k .... ..It ... , 1 ■ I .... 4 I . ... 1ft. M A % A i. The logic of events fully sus- mnv ftrouud before I know where the the argument of Mr. Bayard. 11 m ^ sure * Spartanburg Herald must he impeached and a more pli ant tool he sent to the English court. Ex-Speaker Crisp boldly vindicated the stinging words of Mr. Buynrd, and plain]., told the House that to impeach Mr. Bayard would be to im peach the majority of t he people of the United States. It may not have been politic in the ourt. as tlie constitutionality of that chi use of the national hanking law imposing Hie 10 per cent, tax on State hank notes. We cannot too highly commend this action by our ni ighbors across the Savannah. There oh.not be a doubt that this tax is un constitutional, and there is reason to l:0|(.» that the supreme court, which has m ver before had occasion to pass upon it, will so declare.—State. ROA-. i LIZARD. A Common Dish Among tl.e Incliann of the Mojavo Desert. The Digger Indians and the Pintos live in the mountains a d in the forests on the verge of Death valley. The Piutes are known as the xvhite Arabs of the desert. Their staple food is lizard fli sh, which they consider a great luxury anil which they catch on the borders of the valley. These lizards are about two feet long. The Indians call them “chahwalla” and roast them as caught betxvcen hot stones. White men eat them, too, but dress them and boil them over a sagebrush fire. They are said to be very good eating and to taste quite like frogs’ legs. There are no birds in this neighbor hood save the xveird, mysterious raven, whose ominous voice fitly croaks the fatal entrance of those who brave tho terrors of the valley. Hoxvling coyotes add their harsh cries to the sum of horrors about the place. Curious rep tiles. uncanny and hobgolin in appear ance, are found here. The most deadly creature next to the Gila monster is xvhat the natives call a “side xvinker” snake, which is peculiar to this desolate desert. It is a rattler about txventy inches long, which moves from side to side with a start ling spring instead of gliding along. Moreover, it has horns, and I don’t know but hoofs, too. It is assuredly of tho evil one. Scorpions, tarantulas, rats, horned toads and gnats lendAheir aid to render Death valley the most ap palling place on earth. There are mice, too—mice which live upon centi pedes—and there are rats with huge ears, a sight to scare the dogs. CAT f- f> • L.r. I NG TO AMERICANS. lesmen i; ;lc<> ill XHdloiM of 0;u !>u lant F very \ <• ti*. It is o 1 * • s ■ U'd 1 hat Ai *er ■ans every yesr i i i A • . ( :i di tri 111'..' !] iy txx'ca- Lx-fi’-. ; ..1 (1 J'!;-. a ■ ;•: he f txa.'s- i 'i iir !•.'•> Tlie.v s ..iVV alxvuys pay v\ tre e’s - '* _ fk prices. * ’? : hen. •* x t. New York Advert' r. the L >a\ • r;t enon have become t horoughly axvaki rred to the import a nee of catering to this trade, Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U. S. Gov’t Report TOM MOORE’S SWEETHEART. She Lies Buried in a Nameless Grave in Greenwood Cemetery. Only those who are thoroughly con versant with the innumerable high ways and byxvays of Greenwood ceme tery in Brooklyn knoxv of a section called “The Hill of Graves.” The sec tion, says the Ladies’ Home Journal, derives its name from the fact that nearly forty thousand unfortunates are buried there in roxvs of fifty. One would never think of looking for a spot of interest in that locality. To find any particular grave in this public burying ground one needs the aid of a cemetery guide. And even such a guide has difficulty, since the graves arc known only by numbers. Upon looking at the records of the cemetery it xvas found that the special grave de sired in this instance xvas in public lot No. 8,999, and that the number of the mound was 805. When the grave was found it was not unlike the thousands around it. The mound xx r as sunken and neglected; the grass, once green upon it, is long since dead. A small xvhite marble stone stands at the head, upon which is inscribed: “Mother and Grandmother.” Nothing is there to indicate the fact that underneath that sunken mound lies all that is mortal of beautiful Mary Duff, to whom the poet Thomas Moore offered his hand and heart, whose beauty he immortalized in his verse, and who, in the maturity of her career, won the applause of thou sands upon thousands of people whom her name attracted to all the greati theaters of Europe and America, as one of the most gifted of actresses. FLESH REDUCTION. How It Is Done by a Celebrated German Physician. It is much easier to acquire flesh than to lose it. There is no royal road to beauty for those inclined to plumpness, and many are the things they are obliged to do to scare off fat, says the Philadelphia Record. An Englishman reduced his weight in one year from two hundred and two to one hundred and fifty pounds, and kept it there. He lived on beef, mutton, fish, bacon, try toast, poultry, game, tea, coffee, claret and sherry. Dr. Schweninger, the famous German physician, who has established his rep utation as a flesh-reducer through his success in ridding Prince Bismarck of forty pounds avoirdupois in three months, without the slightest deleteri ous effect upon his patient's physical condition, restricts the consumplion of liquids at all times, and deprives the patient entirely of fluids during or xvithin an hour of meals, forbids starch and sugay, and advises most heroic physical exercise. Physical exercise will, w,e all know, reduce flesh. The reason is that in un usual exercise, such as rapid walking, horseback riding, gymnastics or bicy cling the blood is more rapidly oxygen ated and the result is the destruction or burning out of the fat, and you may have noticed that great walkers are never fat, and that people who live in high altitudes and mountainous coun tries, where they walk a great deal apd consume quantities of oxygen, are al- xvays slim. An Old Phonogra pb. The antiquity of modern inventions has often been the subject of remark, by way of commentary upon the old saying that “there is nothing new under the sun.” An extreme case is re ported by the London News. A peri patetic exhibitor of the phonograph in Holland seems determined to distance all competitors. He was exhibiting the machine in the streets of Utrecht, and a number of customers were listening to a selection of tunes. Suddenly the music ceased and there was a pause. Then in a loud, clear tone was heard the one word: “Halt!” “What is that?” asked one of the listeners. “That,” was the reply, “is the voice of Napoleon Bonaparte giving an order at the battle of Waterloo!” and they nre xi.-Jng all manner of means to attract it. In nearly all the shops on the Strand, Regent street, Oxford street and other thoroughfares of that character, where prices are given and articles are displayed in the xx'indows, the U aited States dollar mark is used in conjunction xvith Ihe English pound mark. One of the big dry goods stores in Oxford street created quite a com motion among the Americans by dis playing a very large American Hag from their flagpost. As I happened to pass by I saw about two hundred peo ple looking reverently at the stars and stripes. The size of this crowd not only demonstrated the clever move of the shopkeeper, hut the large number of Americans in London, that so many of them could he attracted about the same time and at the same place by this means. Naturally they all wondered what it meant, and went into the shop in pursuit of knoxvledgc. They were given to understand that it \x - as in the nature of a personal compliment, and they feel it noxv their patriotic duty to believe that this is the greatest shop in London. Other shopkeepers are sure to discover the cleverness of this scheme and follow the example. It may be come contagious. If it does, the Amer ican flag xvill he more familiar in Lon don than in New York. BIG BRAINS. .'lamnioth Xlrn: H Xi:»«-}i!m*ry of liUman-U, IIyro:i ami Others. The famous and fitly named Gorman s aiptor, S ii iper, who executed the statue of Bismarck at Cologne, was privileged to he on more familiar terms than anybody now living, probably, xvith Ids sitter’s head. He had that head in Ids hands for days, says the Noxv York Journal, and surveyed and measured, and manipulated it to his heart's content. The results of Ids ob servations and mensurations he sub sequently placed at the disposal of science, and science has proceeded to institute comparisons between the prince's head and others—not only in point of size, hut in point of brain weight also—very greatly, as may he imagined, in the great man’s favor. The Bismarck head measured 212 and 170 in millimeters. This.it appears, is colossal. In Baden, where heads run big, out oT 2,500 they measured only one ran to 206 millimeters from fore head to occiput. The most extensive head they could find upon a savant gave a cubic capacity of 1,800 centi meters only. Bismarck’s goes this 105 cubic centimeters better. Coming to xveight of brain, Kant, Dante, Byron, Cuvier—none of them are in it xvith the chancellor. Cuvier carried 3 pounds 15}£ ounces in Ids brain-pan. Bismarck puts up *1 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois. This xveight, however, has been equaled in the ease of u British subject, re ported a couple of weeks ago in the Lancet. lie yielded 65 ounces—the chancellor’s figure exactly—and he was deaf, dumb, daft, and a Scotchman. The Intelligent Drttlsh Voter. A correspondent of the British Week ly had some odd experiences in a county council - election some time ago in a rural district of England: “The nain>*s of the candidateu were Mr. Hook and Col. Holland. ‘Ah, well,' said a man to me, after I had been expatiating on the merits of one of them, ‘I don’t knoxv nothing about ’Ook, and I don’t knoxv nothing about ’Ollund, but my wife's n Dutchwoman, and so 1 mean to voic for ’Ollund.’” TRICKING TREE CRABS. JIow t?i« Natives of Africa Prevent Their Depredations. In Africa there exists a certain mem ber of the crab genus commonly known as the great tree crab. This peculiar shellfish, says the Pittsburgh Dispatch, has an offensive trick of crawling up the cocoanut trees, biting off the etcoa- nuts and then creeping doxvn again backwards. Tin* theory is that the nuts are shat tered by the fall, and the great tree crab is thus enabled to enjoy a hearty meal. Noxv, the natives who inhabit regions infested by this ill-conditioned crab are xvell aware that the loxver por tion of the crab’s anatomy is soft and sensitive, and they believe that the “bivalve” was thus constructed in or der that he might know when he had reached the ground, and when, conse quently, he might xvith safety release his grasp of the trunk. So what they do in order to stop his depredations, which often ruin tlie cocoanut crops, is this: While the crab is engaged in nipping off the cocoanuts they climb half way up the trees and there drive a roxv of low nails right around the tree, alloxving an inch or so of the nails to project. The crab lias no knowledge of dis aster, nor yet the fitness of things. As he descends, the sensitive part of his body suddenly touches the nailsi Think ing he has reached the ground, he nat- rually lets go. Instantly he falls back wards, and cracks his own shell on the ground. Two Qadlfc Illinois Wells. Near Augusta, 111,, there are two peculiar xvells, each of which deserves special mention in a department de voted to accounts of things out of the ordinary. The first is a “bottomless well”—one which was sunk doxvn until the immense running underground river was struck. The second is a well in which the water remains frozen winter and summer. These two wonders, each of which may properly be referred to as '‘combined natural and artificial curiosities,” are located r t a distance of about a mile and a half apart. The frozen well is only about ten feet in depth, that of the other not stated. The Fire Core. The native doctors of India practice a peculiar system knoxvn as “firing.” Afflicted persons, no odds xvhat the dis ease may be, are immediately upon ar rival of the family physician subjected to tho tortures of fire. A late report by a medical authority declares that there is not one to the thousand of total pop ulation in Bombay and the larger cities generally, who docs not hear tra'xe of the application of the fire cure * "* shape of hideous scars on the ok. stomaah, feet or limbs. Absolutes pube A CHEAP LANTERN. How a Wheelman Was Enabled to Rida Home After Dark. The law calls for a lighted lantern to be attached to each wheel after dark, but it docs not say that the lantern must of necessity be made of metal and glass. The good old Chinese lantern may often come in useful in a case of emergency, during these nights xvhen the lamp ordinance is so strictly enforced. Being caught way up in Germantoxvn after dark the other ex’ening, a New York city rider was deeply puzzled to know how he was going to get along Broad street without being “pulled” for riding without a light. Having a lamp at home he was unwilling to go to the expense of a new one for that single oc casion. While still wondering where he could put his wheel for the night his eyes fell on a number of fancy Chinese lanterns displayed in a store across the street. Inside of five minutes he had become the possessor of one and was on his way rejoicing. •According to the American Wheel man, New Yorkers go prepared for such exentualities. Being xvarned by a policeman that his “light xxas out,” a wheelman xvho was riding along Broad way dismounted and made several in effectual attempts to relight the lamp, only to find that the reserxoir leaked and that the oil had all escaped. Draxv- ing an ordinary, small-sized, plaited pa per Chinese lantern from his pocket, he inserted a piece of tallox-/ candle, which he lighted, and then slipping the fine xvire handle over one of the handle bars, he vaulted into the saddle and rode off. CYNICISM AND BROKEN WEEDS. Tho Man of KuperUaice Mmlc » .Successful Forecast. The season had come to an end and they were strolling up and down the long veranda of the summer hotel by the sea. It xvas nearing midnight and the younger man’s soul xvas gasp ing to in.: art its sweet burden. He plunged li.s trembling fingers into his lelt xvaistcoat jjocket and whispered: “Let s smoke xvliile I tell you some- tning that happened to me to-night;” ano ne i Mended his palm, whereon re- puM’d three of the most disreputable- loouu.g, half-elothed broken Havanas that ' a* eye of man ever had tin* sorrow to gaze upon. The young man looked blank, hut the t-hli r man’s gray e\*es shot forth .* parks of comprehension that almost ignited the demoralized mass of tobacco between them. Then the night air xvas rent with a cry like .into Ihe hoot of a deriding owl, and the older man said, gleefully: “So you’re engaged! By Jove! I’m a regular Shcrloek Holmes when it comes to broken eigai . i’ll bet every man has cussed iiis stupidity that he didn’t put his smokers in his mat pocket when he xvas dexoling himself to ‘thedearest girl in t hr* world.’ ” "\ . hat do ( care if slu* tlid spoil’em!’ PUT A CHECK ON BLOOMERS. People of Birinlughatu, Ala., Effectually Stop the ( raze. Women of Birmingham, Ala., may ride bicycles, but they have put away all idea of adopting bloomers, and ail on ac count of a clever trick resorted to by those who oppose‘the fashion. When the craze first struck the city none hut extremely young girls appeared on the streets in the bifurcated garments. It was whispered, however, that the young women, and some not so young, were hastily preparing their nexv suits. Then the ant i-bloonu rites played it loxv down. They employed a coal-black negress of ponderous weight and flabby form to ride a bicycle through the streets day after day. They attired her in a gor geous costume, consisting of flaming red waist, blue trousers, with a wide white stripe doxvn tin* sides, and bright yellow hose. Owing to her great avoir dupois this grotesque figure perspires at ery pore as she wheels along the sti , but she xvas xvell paid for her labor, and the bloomer craze Ima been killed forever in Birmingham. NOW IT’S A QUINTUPLE WHEEL. A Bicycle Ttint Holds Five RUIers and Is Used In Pace-Makl;:?. The success of the quadruplet bicy cles, several of which were s"en at Man hattan Beach during the summer, and upon which a team of evenly matched xvheelmen can make phenomenal time, lias insured machines of this class a per manent position on the exhibition tracks. The latest in the line of racing machines is a quintuple, the first one ever built, which will l>e used in pacing Windle, Ihe retired chainjvon, who, after an absence of two years from the track, has again gone into training xvil h the intention of breaking some world’s records. The quintuple, which fs knowe. as a , Berio, weighs 10;; pounds and is geared J to 112. It xvas used in tests w ith Wiudle / at Hartford recently, and xvas manned! by George Thatcher, Burns Fierce, It. Fitzgerald, E. \Y. Meyer ami F. . W. Haggerty. By its aid Windle was cVi- abled at that time to make a mile In 1:47 2-5, clipping a fifth of a second o\ the elasS B record. lilt* X •on; . nnsx.i 'red, hot ly. “She can hreal . ' X; ry Ii!, smcil 1 on e I have!”— and xx a hi* added, sent ime] at ally, “that v boy,” (jn ietly rep lied the expe rienc ■1 one, “tin; ;t x.;; iy i. nd very boau- tifnl noxv in you ;• oxv n »< sf iii p fiancee. hut s ueh an act xx he u .-;!i e is Mrs. Jack will 1 ami you hot h in the i divorce court! It’s ■ i, my boy, but. true , that vouraf- fecfii hi for y >ur w i t e xxon't outxveigh you r iox o of to!a (VO.* t “Hi ii" iitgeyr.ii *,"m Title red t!u*youth. as hi ■ turned sli mrpl y i\i ni went up- stair;- > to prick h ; IS t! 1 ii nix. aad. being in that j nii in tically skin rM : \ d. first-glow part of the cm . im‘n t period, he sougl it and foum '1 an u-n,j Jy candy box xvhen [•in lie lovii ..plv ]>);:■• •d tin* heart- j ires:-;, [il tobacco. a :o uve: iz of t he hap- piest moment o! ' hm yoi g life. But t iat xvas line:- ; >. and he has had v arious "Ii:.. •) h • • i i m oments since, in fa ct, tin ii!i ./ 1 XX i Is have as- sumei ! cut tb •! a iHO f; import ions—he al- i x > eh. v j oekets. .:: *i the other day. '•‘[(’s a sh: metot: A\V cm away! I’ll 1) iy a pipe 1 TV It ii i‘ ' . •g bowl and in- hale 1 he f a. tk • ■ Hill’S Oi . .x‘l y and economy But tU • V : <’ S' , , T one xvas near and lie j J1 Hi . i . • “It won’t he w.irl'i the r i '■ up if it doe n’t ! ii ifiment it i on;; (•: • - rev* take this man'll! i i ::i • it ■ "f faking in love. Jae: : \v: y : • s ; < •: get nmr- lied?”—B 1 . * 4 * '* S?OR* 7 o A - • -N A ' * i \ l . i_ETIOS. The average •* . . a i ice- horse ii* 1 •hmyi: : b ./•i. v per year. Fas ii .able you. ;r i : ' < ; in Paris, win a on r on ; V . h ■ i : , a) o ut- tended by ' * ' l ’ tv cmesses who are also < m .j/ ’\ !• . Gray so uijkeis are • ■ in Vermont this fail. daough f i ere is a plentiful crop of f iUts. Pai . ri< • es and otheY game : m. plemi'ul : ..er Thtyfgr! ! smith nf..: .1 M ount Union col* iegeynlia nee. did n. . ii!. e Togo through Their gy; nm. earn < i cises before a m/lc ii i tructor, d uding a female ijfTslruc'toi \ They ; ni:. •d their point, fusil til.* i> a firman w:. i bounced. Women can no ion :.;er ride the bicycle in St. I\'i legunirg s In i fs. The only woman to wlnuu pro mis ;ion xvasgrant- ed by the poker a i ’exv v i eks ago has fallen off her teacr; no. hurt!ng herself so badly that she i iad to 1 v taken to the hospit :d, and the pol ice will issue no uiore t)i*r in its. Peter A. B. Wider, •r. t!.'* Philadelphia traction company i;.;./.,a . has given orders for a yacht which \. iii Ik* finer than anything afloat. Yi!'* xn-sel will he about 250 feet long, and the million aire owner intends to ail it around the world. It xvill he completed next June. Monte Carlo has had a disastrous summer season. Ins.erul of 11 roulette tables there are only three, and thcra xvas but one trenu. qunronte tabll nstead of four. Except for a couple if hours in the afternoon and after inner even these ivrre half empty. One ,oCu,’ , '\i,\\ is 'tinier con. / act with the lusino people Jo keep open hr 1. $1,000 week, and all the others were closed. VlotoriVs Cra-.v.i Not Often Worn. The fact that Victoria has only worn er crown sixteen times is not surpris- hg xvhen it is know n that the royal iiadci.i weighs a few pounds less than i barre l of flour There is really no ea >d xvhy a royal head should be Itram.foniK'd intoa >•. ik slul. and Queen icioria pro . / that . he possesses some food, bar.I do: .o.*rr>’i.* tense by refus- royul heavyweight HORSEFLESH SOLD FOR FOOD.] Mnrket Inspector DhvU, of S*«'i Francisco, Searctilnc for Offender*. Horse flesh is being sold in San Fran cisco for food. Who is soiling it or who is buying it is not yet definitely knoxvn. although the authorities have suspicions which may become some thing more substantial in a few days. Chief Market Inspector Davis has be gun his investigation by raiding txvo establishments where horses tire killed and prepared as if for the market. He found the animals killed, quartered and hung on hooks and for sale or for what disposition their owners ear/ d to make of them. This followed his inquiry into places recking xvith filth and he will swear out complaints against two of the offenders whose offense has been acknowledged. PENSION FOR CONFEDERATES. CongreMman Otey Ha* a Hill to Offer In tbe Next Congre**. Congressman Peter J. Otey, of Vir- gliia, will offer a bill in congress soon, providing that the United States shall appropriate annually a sum not to ex ceed five per cent, on $27,000,000, to be applied to the relief of disabled and dependent ex-confederate soldiers. Mr. Otey asks for tho interest on this sum^ because the abandoned property cap tured from the people of the eon fed erate states and sold and converte into the l uited States treasury amount cd to $27,000,000. He will make it condition of payment that each one' of the southern states shall first a|>- proprinte for the same purpose a sum equal to that to be allotted to tha particular state bp tbe government ng to po •„* load I :!...)( i i 1 Mrs. Chari' i.. the othei tnd xx !l’. i». h. 2 children in (!.•• if mar in ! !. ?«•. mine in j airs. 1 lie: lets of twins. • • «»» n w • i, of Conshohocken, resented her hus- : uc couplet makes : :tiy in ten years k..!. of the number * having been three To | i : ■!;, f or u Hiag, Police man (bani Tlmma-, of Cinciu* ati, O., xi a • i \ oted by the police oinmb* ‘ ii of ’ ; mg Mrs. Charles Irombeek. u d xxas fined $100, to l* aken from h : pay at the rate of ten ollars a month.