The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, July 30, 1896, Image 3
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THE LEDOEK: GAFFNEY, S. C., 30, 1800.
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!HIE CANDIDATES.
ays tho Issue Is on Prlnol-
on, Not on Persons.
tmonnol Af th® Two Tlchol* Will Sot
frnrnUh l.roond for lUfformro—
All Diiicont«nted Men Wnnt
» Chnnse.
Goldbuppory ami hiiph tnHfr hnro for
their candWate Mnj. McKinley. 1-rce
silver unci low tariff have for their cun- j
didate Mr. William J. Hryan. The isenc
in clearly drawn. The personnel of the
two tickets will not furnish frmnnd for
difference. Maj. McKinley is a thought
ful, sensible, clean-minded man. I.rtan
Is much younger, but a man of wnse, |
a born orator and a gentleman In every
sense. Tlve issue is dearly ma«le on
principles, and not on | erstms. Pat
riotism will cut h*»> figure In the com- |
Ing election than i»orhups In the his- ,
tory of tho country. In this campaign
we will get down to personal interests.
This will be the most selfish jiolitlcel
scramble in the history of our country. |
Party limw w ill be broken up and most
men will vote in line with what they j
lielieve is the l>est for their own per- |
sunnl interests, and then the l>e«t In- i
terests of the eountry. Most m«m think
that whatever is best for them j>erson-
allv is l>est for everybody else, MH*
lions of men will sit quietly down and
think over the matter, and settle the
question from a Belftsh standpoint how
they will vote.
All discontented men want a change
—and they arc many. Most men who |
arc in debt want a change. Most men
who arc Issinling with their wires |
want a change. It is a question now If
all these classes combined will make a
majority, for discontent is pretty w ide.
spread, and debtors outnumber cred
itors by the hundreds of thousand*.
Most goldbugs whom I have heard
r|M'ak on tlie question say they can
st a ml anything that the other erowd
ran stand. Most silver!ten say they
must have a change. I had a talk with
a farmer this week in northern Louis
iana. He was a rabid free silver man.
and said there must be a change in the
financial methods of this country. He
raid: “I work late and early. J have
two farms and a dairy. I work six days
in the week and most of the sevenm day
looking after my dairy. fs hard for
me to get along at all. We must have
a change.”
1 remarked to him: “You say you
have two f-rms and a dairy?”
“Yes, sir," he replied.
"Have you plenty to eat at your
homer*
”0h. yes, sir," he replied.
“And your wife and children dress
comfortably ?”
“Yes,” he said.
"Well," I said, “my friend, the only
trouble with you in the world is with
your mouth. You K»‘em to l*e doing well.
You are a comparatively young Tuan
and have accumulated two farms ami
H dairy, got plenty to eat and wear
find getting along very well except your
pioMth." 1 pdvised him to go home
ppd get down on fiis knees and ask Hod
to forgive him for being a growler, and
go on about his business with a irrute-
fiit heart, lie is a fair sample of the
fellow s who want a change.
The cry is that the goldbugs want to
rob the country} that they are In eo-
pnrtiierslUp with Knglnnd, and noon.
Generally the goldbugs are the buslnews
men and property owners in theeitb-w.
I/ook how they have Buffered from the
atringeney. Kent* gone down 50 per
cent.; projierty gone down until there
Is scarcely any profit* left at the end
of the year. This class are mostly gold-
bugs. And yet they say this class are
roblxrs and traitors.
Passing down the line of the fotton
Pelt road a few days ago a large sow-
mill owner boarded the train at the
station where his sawmill was situated.
1 got in conversation with him. I n*ked
him how much lumber he wu* shipping
now. He said ten cars -i day on nn
average. I asked him what be got for
lumlier now. He replied: “Six dollar*
and a half a thousand." I remarked to
him that about the time he sawed up all
hi* timber lumber would go up no he
tould get a fair price and he would be
lorry he had cut up all hi* timber and
got nothing for it. Ilesnid: “Mr. Jones,
! have been running a sawmill for ilO
years. When I began 1 got $40 a thou-
innd for lumber. I only get $0.50 now,
and I pledge you my won! I am making
more clear money to-doy than I ever
(nude in life.”
“I said: “I* that true?”
He said: “It I* true. I work 700
jiapds a day," he said. “Tbe highest-
pricc men I hqvc are two at nloe dollar*
a diy. The next to that are at six dol
lars;' Minic | pay four do|lani; *ome
|hrcj: dollars, bqf I pay a piajqrlty pf
then f 1.25. | pay iiq hand Icmh fhan
fl.?5 o day. Sinte lumber ha* fallen
from $40 a thousand to $0.50 a thousand
I have cut their wage* five jier cent.
from first to last. In tbe lust three
years lundier ho* gone down 45 jier cent.
I have only cut their wage* five per
cent. I have stood 40 jier cent, of the
lows of shrinkage in the prleepf lupiber.
They have Iwnie five jier cent, only."
I then asked him: “You say you sre
making more money now than you ever
didr
“Well,” he said, “from start to finish
I have paid rash always. 1 owe no man
anything. 1 have the best Improved ma
chinery. The dollars I get to-day go
farther than any dollar* 1 ever had; ami
not ouly i* that true of me but it I* true
»f every man I have. At the mill to-day
the hands gathered around me and told
me I hud always been their friend and
asked me how it w as that I could tie for
■ound money when they were all for
free silver. I told them I wa* their
friend in thi* a* well as other thinga.
I told them: “I know ycu men. You
are in bet toy condition to-day than you
have lieen in 20 years. You have more
comfort* at your homes; you have more
of everything: and you are drinking less
whisky to-day than ever Wfore." I
jsibited to one of th^m and aaid: "I
know I gave you a check on tb' lat day
of July for y »ur accumulated w ages for
$7,1.00 and you asked me to write
in the chock ‘payable in gold." I did so,
and you are a rabid free-silveel man,
want the hank, to my own knowledge—
for I am a director of the l ank—and
draw out $7.'i00 in gold and have got It
hid nwny in an old boot somew here now
—nolswly knows where hut you. An
other one of your fellow-laborers there
drew his back wages and followed me
out of the office and asked me if he could
ge* the cheek cashed in gold. 1 told him
yes; but I said: ‘You are a free-silver
man, ain't you?* ‘Silver,’ he said, for
the other fellow, but gold for me.’ '* I
then told the men that when money de
preciated and they began to pay eight
and ten dollars for n barrel of flour, and
12 cents for meat tin t I pledged them I
would not increase their w ages and that
they would Iw much more discontented
than they are now.
T hen* are thousnnd* of <11. contented
tailoring men to-day w ho want a change
in the financial policy of our country,
but their wages will never go up a*
nieney goes down, if the free nnd un
limited coinage men get in their work.
Hut they will never get it In, in my can
did judgment. I believe Mr. ( arlisle
said there are 400.<M>0.(><;0 of coined sil
ver dollars In the treasury and sub-
treneuries now. Not a bank will have
It, though he proffered to pay the ex-
ja-esH charges on It, He tells us again
flint if all the mint* of this country
were to run day nnd night they could
not coin one-half the product of the
mine* of America, and if we had free
find unlimited coinage of silver we
would soon have silver enough In our
vaults to bankrupt the eountry. And
these free and unlimited coiners are
packing all the gold they can get Into
their socks and boots and refusing to
take silver. Very few men want more
than fiv** dollar* In silver. Most all
men want sliver In the sense that they
ran get sixteen dollars in silver for one
dollar in gold and then go to the treas
ury nnd swap sixteen dollars In silver
for sixteen dollars In gold. "Sixteen for
one when It is coming my way sixteen
to sixteen when It is going the other
way."
The common sense of this country
and what patriotism we have left will
rrh'gate the Chicago platform and can
didate* to the rear; not because it Is
McKinley on the one »ide and Hryan on
the other, hut because the American
dollar must lx* as good as anybody**
dollar ns long as tbe American pco] b*
are as good a* any people. With the
kindliest feelings toward* both eimdb
date*, and with the settled purjwise to
vote for Levering nnd .Tolicson. the can
didate* of the national prohibition par-
tv, I will watch the procession nnd re
joice over right consequences Mid be-
moan evil consequences, with the solid
conviction of mind and soul that I can
stand anything anylxxl.v else can stand,
and stand it as long and say as little
w-hlle I am standing it.
PAM P. JONHS.
DILI i ADD ON DU VAN.
Saro of Bartow Predicts Demo-
crfttlo Success in November.
MALE AND FEMALE OAKS.
l*t«rMtl*a Ke*e*rrhes Made by • l’*-
mona Kncltsli I’otnnl.t.
Mr. Knight, th« epiinent Knglish Ixvt-
apist, has puide. some curious and In
teresting Investigations on the pro-
liuetbui of flowers of different sex in
tin* various specie* of the oak tree. He
allows that it* a rule that species of tree
bears the male and female flowers <>n
separate Ipdividnitls, but that, these dif
ferent individuals may lx* made to pixe
duee flowers of either sex at v. 111. In
forcing the main oak to pnduco male
Cower* and vice versa. Mr, Knight em
ployed light and heat, regulating the
supply of Ixvth to suit himself, and ac
cording to the end in view. This rematk-
nble scrle* of exjterimont.s proved that
If the heat wa* excessive as eonijuired
with the light, male flower* only ap
peared, On the other hand. If the light
wa* exeetwlve, nnd the tenijxTature
comparatively low, nothing but female
flower* were produced.
In other spreles of trees which lx-ar
the male and female flowers on separate
Individual* tb»* ex^xTimcnts of tin* bot
anist were not so conclusive a* in the
cooe of the onk*. However, It is lx*-
lleved that these Investigations will
finally lead to the conclusion that In the
majority of tree* ami plants th<* culti
vator will 1» able to produce se.xf* at
will. Many curious investigatiom, an*
now Wing made along those hnc*nnd
we may expect surprising results.—Bt.
I.ouin Kepublic.
Poisoned by Snake's lirc»t;i.
T. K. Cox, a young farmer living four
nillfH south' of Columbia, Mo., had a
narrow escu|x‘ from snake poisoning,
yet he was not bitten. While In the
harvest field Cox captured a monster
rattlesnake. The reptile had 11 rat
tle* nnd a button, ind'eating that it
wa* 15 years old. Cox offend the
Minke to tbe state university museum,
but the museum authorities refused to
accept it unless it* fang* wen* removed.
»Vlth a forked stick Cox pinned ijn*
snake to the ground, and w ith the aid
of tw*o other men, set about to remove
tlie reptile's teeth, lie bent down and
wa* alxmt to get ludd with a pair of
fpreeps w hen the snake libscd and blew
it* |x>i*onoUH breath full in his face.
Instant I v Cox became deathly sick.
His Ixxly lx came bloated and sho-ved
every indication <>f snake poisoning.
Tlie lilxral u v e of re medic* restored
him to consciousness in three hours,
He is now pronounced out of danger,
The snake was killed.
Original l.lfr o-i Knrth.
The very first living thing to appear
U|W)ii the surface of our gloW in other
words, the earliest distinctly organized
animal whose fossilized remains are
found in the rock* which go to make
up the earth'* cru*t—wax a thrcc-lobcd
worm called n trilobite. According to
the gcologint* it was the first created
Wing that had a distinct animal organi
zation.
Maxlmnm Oresn ('opine*)).
TW ocrun water* reach their innxl-
muin degree of coldnnr* at, a depth of
alxmt three-fourth* of\ mile* below tbe
surface. j
l
Axe 1* Not u Drsuback iiold I* *•
Ko*rre Ttint lln Kanm HI*
(jol VVedtllnK " HI He
n Failure.
Never it) our recollection has national
politics been in such a tangle as it is
now. Never such bitterness and ir
reconcilable differences in the pr<-ss
concerning a plat form ami a candidate.
Some of their utterances are shameful,
intolerant, disgusting. They sp'sk of
lli<* Chicago platform as born of an
archy anti repudiation ami use all the
odious adjectives the.) can 1'.ml in the
dictionary. The New York World is es-
pcciully bittcrngaJnst ixit ii platform and
candidate, ami because it cannot find a
blemish in Mr. Bryan's life or record
1 tries to WlitUc him ns the boy orator.
| When Job'* three aged friends chat god
him with self conceit anti rebellion
against his Maker a young man listened
and at la*t ventured to s|x!ik. He
' apologized for itis youth, but added:
"Great men are not always wise, nor
! loes old age alw ays understand judg-
I merit." The Lord was wroth against
j Job's three frieuus, but had no word of
, condemnation for flihu.
1 don’t know how • M these beirigvr-
i t nt editors are w hodcr.o.; :••• Mr. Hryan
| for his youth, but they seem to have
forgotten that Jefferson wa* only 33
years old when he wrote tlie declara
tion of independence, Madison was only
40 when he and Hamilton wrote and
published thv federalist, which is still
said to W tin* greatest, treatise on |x>-
litieal science that' has ever appeared in
the world. John Marshall w as only 33
when apjiointed attorney general by
Washington, Patrick Henry was but
2‘.i w hen he ninth: the s;:<‘cch that first
made him famous, ami was 3'J when
George Mason said of him. “lit* is by
far the most jxiwcrful speaker I ever
heard. Your passions are no longer
jour own when he addi'. scs them. He
is the first man t:|x)ii this continent, as
well In abilities ns public virtues."
Janies Monroe* w as ta nt to e-ongress
wlie-n he* v as but. “ i vi 'i sold, ami when
he was but. 23 Bancroft • ays lie was the
most e'otispietious repre-sentat've upon
the* floor of the* house. Henry Clay was
''out to the Cniteel States senate when
he was 2!>. John Knndolpli was lender of
the house In 1S00 win n he* was only 24
year* old.
One tiling is certain. Mr. Bryan is
old enough *o capture ami leml the old
am! the young who are* so fortunate* us
t<» h<*ar him; nnd Alfred Lewis, of the
New York Journal, who has heard all
his speeches, says he has never made a
failure or a mistake; t! at he is a stu-
il<*nt of all history and Linns tlie mid
night oil. Kvcry new spape r corn spon-
dent at ( hieago accoid to him <*xtraor-
tllnary abilities and Irava elared to si y so
even to the elisgust of the old slagswho
stayed at home.
As to the platform I es.nnot se-c any
thing in it that should arouse such eh*-
iiuneiatinn. Omi platfonn is for gohl
airl the other for silver and gold. Greet
nnd goexl nun differ honestly about
that anil they have a right to differ.
The best editorial I h.iv<* seen from n
gold standard paper was in the l,’i< li-
tnond Dispatch under the <*aptii:n <<f
“Don’t Kxaggenite*" tin* sprit of
which was‘'Don’t try to alarm the peo
ple with predictions of ruin ami panic
and national distress should silver be
restored to it.s for im - r condition. Wii !e
we are* for a single gold standard yet v.<*
cannot predict ary smli evils. I'he
transition will <*oiv,<* gradually if it
Come* at all, and our bnr.l.i rs and eom-
inerelal men are* smart i *;ongh to | r<-
pare for It ami let it e ome by degrees.
Don't exagg-Tatc the situation.”
That Ir the way to talk and to write.
I/)*t everybody <1o like* my frierd Lnira-
pore, who has all the time b*een a g >!<!-.
bug, but *a v* he* shall support Bn an
»nd the platfonn. I tried, said he, to
keep them from putting that silver
pirn!; In the platfonn. hut they would
dej It. on I now I am going to stand on it
tuitil It breaks dow n, ami Mien I can ti ll
the boy** “Mold yon so." A nd then he
whlapereel tei me: “And. beside*; be'nga
democrat from away ba<*k, my mother
was a Biynn and her fatlmr was fiom
Culjiepper county, in old \ irginia, don’t
you see." “Of course, of <*ourse*,” said
1, “you are right; you arc always
right."
Th<*re are bigger things than tin* cur
rency and the country ha* survived
them. I haven’t Keen t *n elollars in gold
in five years ami have survive d that, it
furely has eeaseel to be the* coniimm
ftirreney of the <*ot’.ntry. In two years
more my wife ami I are* to have a
golelen weeldiug, if we live, ami I’m
afraid there* won’t be enough gold in the
country te> make the* event n ‘••p<*)*1:tb!e*.
The hankers keep it all locked up ami
out of sight, exce'pt w h<*n they have to
*hlp it to Knglaml to pay our gohl
coupons. History tolls of the time in
this country when coonskins am] <l<*er-
ikins ami toba<*<*o were* tlie currency,
anel the* |**oph* got along am! tlmrc is
still some remains e,f the continental
mon<*y that circulateel eluring tin* rev
olutionary war, line] kept on getting
worse* and worse just like* our c<jnf<*<Ier-
ute money elid. Hut v.e got along finely
w ith <*onf<*de*r:iteinon •> ns longa* there
was anything to trade on. The higher
tlie price of things the* more niemey
there was te> buy •.vlt.h nn<l a irian fi*!t.
sorter rich with a big red! of it in his
pocket, even If It. did take* $200 to buy
a pair of cotton <ar<ls. In Gn>'*s of
trouble the* |K*opl<*, have to get us<*d to
thing*, you know, and eeiffce niaele of
parched rye or goolx r* v\as be*tter than
ao eoffe*e. It Is all in getting usee I to
thing*. The* w nr was so much worse than
Uie currency that we ciidnt complain
nlxiiit the kind of moiie'y. Town <*oun-
cil* and <*or|x>rati<jaH ami railroads anel
even ineliv ielualx iiisueel their own shin-
pla*tcr*. ami everylxxly took them. 1
have* a dozen different kinels now and
look at them oner in awhile*. We* oM
veterans can’t lx* scieresl to death about
currency, and all we w ant U enough of
it, whether it be silver or gohl or green
backs.
But wc do wautsomet lung clone to re
vive our industries nnd put the w h<*eH
in motion ami incre*a*o the \alm*s of
our lands and products. We want our
boys to have something to do nt home
and not have logo away in search of em
ployment. Wc have* six boys, ami they
arc (■■cattercel from New York to Mexico
There is another lamentable conse
quence <*f the present distre* s. The
marriage () f young men ami maidens
has almost ccnseel to lx* A young man
who is working for $ :<• or$IOn month
can’t afforel to get mr.rriexl. I’areuta
will ‘ train tlienn elvos to give their boys
a collegiate* education, and when they
get t’:' ir diplomas t!ie*re is nothing for
the in to do. The girls who graduate
eome home rofinetl anil eiiltun*<l and
v oulel marry if they<*ouli! selc<*t a mate,
but t liey e*an't,nnelso t!i<*y just live* along
In a state of innocuous e!**su<*tuele. There
are at least 25 of enther *■;**■: in this town
who ought to mate and marry, but they
will not. When I was a young man
there was no trouble* about marrying.
Hverylxxly got nmrri<*el. I eoulel hnv®
man it el three* or four girls, anel my wif®
bail elioioe* of half a eltizen young mcB.
There* was somedhirg fe>r every Ixxly to
elo.
Now. we* don’t expect Mr. Bryan tore-
form all the evils that have* befallen the
country, but. v.e* elo ex* <*<*t. him to v<*to
all the* extravng'in<*e of e-ongress. The
reform must begin r'rht there. This
last congress sj:i*nt at least $200,000.-
000 more than wrs r.ee*'s-arv. and it w as
s[x iit on the* ’og-roll'ng principle of you
vote for ny bill and I’ll vote* for yours,
ronsidcring tho hardness of the times,
these appropriations were* ontnigeini*.
\lc want. Mr. Bryan there* to watch
them and curb them l'k«> Anelrew Jack-
son elid. That he* will b*» triumphal tly
i lifted wo have no < 1 cul t. It is in the
air. Y)’e feed it nnd breathe it. My great,
iegret is tb.at I was no* in Chicago to
hear l.'m and feel g;x>d all over •mil
have a littb* hysteria myself anel fe**l
the turkey bumps rise on my spinal * ol-
umn and sheel a. few tears of eleligh fill
e*n;olion as I elrnuk in t he thrilling elo
; quene * of tin* boy orator, as they <*all
him. I wouldn’t eveheii"’*' bin t v
liny for all tlie* edd pdit’e'nl hacks Ip the
natiim. I re*ail all that Barrett anel*
Adamson wrote to my familv iipel
f all the* e.xtraeis from tin* pre* . anel
| it. elid ns all gooel that a goe 1 ami
; great, man lied sue’di nlv arisen and
would redeem the ration from its ells-
j tress and its corruption. Hurrah for
rynn. of Nebraska. I*\** got a toue*h
of hysteria right now.—Bill Arp. in At
lanta Constitution.
THE JAfl 07 HIDING.
ItZitny novle*** to I*.-c»i‘iit It llnvo llrrn
l*»fciitol UepenMy.
The* treml of the most recent eh*ve*lojv
n:< nts toware! inechanieal iniprovi'ineiit
of the b icy cl:; upjxars to be* in the* eli-
re’etion of <l<*vi<*e*s for lessening the jar
of Ihe roads. InvcKtigator* all ov<*r
the country who are* work in‘gem wheel*
seem to have picloxl this line* as tihe
most uei'c-'.-arv and profitable in lm*
! proving tl,« picrcnt funi of tlie bl-
e-ych*.
As the* iesnlt of tb.is labors th<*renre
at lens* a e’ozcn de v ices of this kinel n-
ccntly I'ate'iit-. <1, and probably a liun-
dnel at prcse'iit in the* pat<*nt otV.ee*or lx*-
Ing cxjHTinienteel upon. Of those* al
ready in use* air cttshionH and sp.rings
are* l(><• principal ineiuis < inoloyi-el to
| main* it easier for the* rieh’is. The*ii*are
several varieties of the* so-cu I b <1 eush-
lon-fia.me muchiiicsjii which springs or
pneumatic <*ylin<h*rs take up the vl-
brntion of tlie frame iff the bieyeh*.
This type, ajipcars to work fairly well,
but its opjxtn'.'n's <*lairi that, the* inser-
tions of the cushions vvi akens the* stni'*-
tur:* of the* w !ie»'l. The* rame objection
is found with the* pne umatic hub bi
cycle. but as in the othi*r typ-’s, ease of
riding is frequ<*ntJy ciihnm*cd.
I’ei;(|.*s these* varie1;e*s t!u*re* are n
number of ele-vie <*s vv!:ie*!i have the* merit
of lecing easily applicable to the or-
f!inary v. !'*** l as at prcsTt <*onstrii<*tc(l,
w ithout the* m eessity of a change* In tlie
framework. The*y consist of tlje$meu-
matie* saddb. s. the new spring ia<lille*s,
the spring seat poids, or.el th** pneu
matic hanelh'-barn. All of 1 he*se* appe*nr
to lx* improve'ments in tip; right, eli lec
tion.
A FUNNY MISTAKE. meteorite falls in Kansas.
BngllBh Paper Ropor n r\ Drunlr-
ards* Colony In Amorioi.
TIi® Fart lx Ttint It I* th® Onnharel®
\T lie Aro Orunnl/lne- nnd Tlie/
Arc NHtlier Tlpplm Nor
Drinker..
The gross bluuelers about the Cniteel
Ftntes and its jieople*, once so eoininon
In even the best-informed Bnglish new s-
l.n|x*rs. nre rarely n:e*t with nownelays.
One*e in awhile we* hear something
nbout the* "stnte of Albany” anel occa
sionally Mint the Indian savage*
threaten Chicago, but ns n rule Knglish
eeiitors avoid se*rious e-rrors, though
they vonwtlines iimke laughableon»*a.
Of this latter ebarncter is the follow-
( lug, says tlx* Chicago Timcs-Herald,
1 which we e*lij> from the Inst number
l of the Westminster Gazette. It e'er-
tninly ought to have a startling effect
; whe rever It is renel:
a rot/)ny or Tirrmns.
One of the most rurtous rolonlea that
have ever tie en entAhllsheel on the Amert-
I run ronttnent ts, we le'iirn from the Ixvnelon
Amerlrnn. atiout to s**ttle In North Ds-
. Votu. It I.; a colony of elrunkard*. Twenty-
' <lie* etrunkare.s ami their tamllieH are alxvut
: to move from Indiana to tak® up their
shoele uixm the virgin soil of North Da
kota. They say they will entablUh A
“model drunkard colony.” Already they
, have* purchase<1 l.fOU ae-rex of land, and each
family will receive an rllotment of about
i 10 acres. The* colony will be watched with
mue-h Interest. It begin* operation* this
month. Very likely all the colonist* will
j want to stun suloonM, nnd *hcn the *pie*-
tlon arise n, who will be ready to till the
eolIT
We fnne*y we cun sex'John Hull devot
ing bis eyebrows at this paragraph anil
! exclaiming: “What n very remarkable
people!”
The joke, if there* is otic In thlsnmu*
lug mistake, is on our esteemed fellow
citizens, the* Dunknrels. who nre neither
tipple-rx norelrinkers, anel look not iijxin
; the wine when it is real. A colony of
Dunbnrds front Indiana luive reerutl.v
establisiieel themselves in North Dakota,
n fact that was slot eel a month or two
ago. It was the misreading of this
piece of news by our Knglish ront-mpo
rnry Mint made* them out a "e*olony of
tipplers."*
They are*, in fact, n ndigiotts sect, of
German origin uml are* nVknnmeel
Dunkers <;r Tniikers—“elipp-rs"—be
cause* of their nioeV of baptism. They
ct.il thi*ti!se*lves “Tin* lire tbren."
Weight Over tOO l‘< unit. an<l I’low.'l p
th® (iroand a Dl.tanro of Twenty I- e®t.
Kffinglinm, a country tov. n 12 niilc*
west of Atchison, Knn., line! a recent
vinitation from a meteorite.v hich mens-
ureel In length two fe*et, in w Idth from a
foot to a foot nnd n half and which
weigheel about 250 pounds. It fell from
u cloudless sky about 11 o’clock at
night, nnd Its contact with the* e-nrth
was occoinpnnled by n loud report. Ds
course wn* from east to west, anil it*
pnssnge* over the city was ol*«e*rved by
a number of people, ns it left in its
wake a luminous tail fully .V O v an!* In
length.
The meteorite itself was an Intense
white ball, throwing out an occasional
streak of reel, but the* tail varied 'n
color from white to ginrirg reel. It
plowed up tbe ground after it struck
the enrth n distance of 20 feet, nnd finnl-
lj- half burieel itself in tbe* ground. It
was rough nml jnggeel. exe*ept that part
nl>ove the ground, ami hnel tbe gt'nersl
appearance of nn Immense cineler.
When, the meteorite was eliseovered It
was broken by a sledgehammer. A
great ninny pebbles were foiipel on the
inside, firmly imbedded in a i*oripnet
mass of what appeared to lx* iron ore.
Some of the pebbles were white nnd
clear, but the majority were black anel
brown. Tlie jx»bi>les hnel the npi>enr-
rnce of having been i , oolvel off suelelenly
liter being Kubjeeteel to intense heat.
Speedniens of the meteorite* will lx* sent
to the state universltv r.t Hiwrenee.
PRISONER
Joker
IN DEPOSIT VAULT.
i i
LEADING LIBRARY Or WORLD.
.Morn IIooU. Clri'ulutcd In ( hlengo Than
in Anv Ollie-r ( It>.
The rejxirt of the ( liicago public li
brary bonrel f.*r the* fiscal year <-n<1:*il
June 1, just |.re*seiiie*(l, makes u very
Ml tie fae* tory si low ing. It Is set fort!i
that the i unit e'l* of books teiken to
home's from the* library nrd sul>-
llan. at lllglt Specel to Har® a
Woman II® Hud Imperiled.
Miss Kosa Caudill, einughter of ex-
Se*nator W. J. Caudill ouiiie* near liv
ing of suffocation In her father’s de*-
pexeit vault nt Hnrbouisvillc, Ky., the
other day. Mr. Caudill is deputy in
ternal revenue <*ollector for tills dis
trict, auel liis daughter seta ns his clerk.
He left the office early to take a train
out of the city. He left Miss Caudill
and her friend, J. II Byerly. in the
office. For amusement Mr. Byerly had
the young Inely go In the vault anel let
him close the door. When he elid so
the combination was unintentionally
turned anel the vault locked. It was
then train time, the station almost a
mile away, anel Mr. Caudill nt the dc-
|x>t with the secret of the e*oinblnntion
to the vault. Mr. Hycrly ran for his
life, anel happily the train was reneheel
as it was leaving the station. The com
bination was secure*)! r.nel flic vault
opcncel after the expiration of about 15
minutes. Miss Cnuelrll was fouml to
1m» unconscious, hut unelcr the core of
physicians is slowly recovering,
TUNNEL BENEATH A BANK.
stations eluring tin* year.
.5SH vol-
I’re*icne e «»f XIIn I.
i’atri •!< was lying in U-e] in a hospital.
He liae! I cen lirouglit in a few elays liefore
after a S4*\er<* fail Irom tlie top story of
a building on w hich he had been woik-
ing. With all liis Ktiffc ring he never lost
his cheerful soil its, ami livened up many
of tin* ether patients with liis bright re-
njarhs cnel short stories. Tlie doctor
hnppeueil along, ami asked liow In* fedt.
“Fairly well, eloetor; this right leg
of moim* Is a very ungrateful spal|x-eu
coiiKitheriu’ that it wuz only broke in
wan place whin it moight have lk*i*ii
finashe J in a eiozen.’*
“How elid you fall. Fatried:?’’ 1 nskcel.
“Di<l you lose your hejul?”
“Faitli no; sure it was me footin'Oi
lost.”
\\ hut time* did it happen V"
“Well, Oi w uzn’t so sure Iwfore I fell,
hut I wuz thinkin* coinin’ dow n that if
wuz near dinner hour, an’ Oi wuz con
vinced of that same us Oi pasxril |ho sec
ond story, fer Oi saw the people in there
atin* dinner,"— Harper's Bound Table.
Too Good a Kulijee-t.
"Gentlemen,” raiel the professor of
hypnotism, in an oratorical manner,
"you will observe that the subject be
fore us has bee*n in a de*ep hypnotic
(Jtep for sewn ehjys, hut with a few
sinijile j»iissi*s I will now restore him to
full activity.” *
But, ilespite tin* professor's efforts,
t!;e* subji*e*t Hlumbe*re<l on, nor elid he
rwaken until tiie rusli of spring truele
was over.
Hy a fatal oversight the professor
had si*l<*cted a dry goods merchant who
»iev<*r advertised.- -N. Y. World.
nines, is greiiter than in t!ie e*a;ie e»f any
similar institution in the* world. Man
chester, Knglai'il, is not a e*Iose* *<>i‘on<l,
with !»75.!*:i volumes. I’xiston. Mass.,
4*om<s next with Ki7.32l votniin**: Iffr-
Rilnghnm. Knglanel. being the fourth,
with a record of FTS.3I2.
In the* report it is hown th'' total
niiinlxT of volumes Indel liy the* library
is 217.2:;::. \i*<*essions for tin* year
equaled fit. 1‘5.
The aggre gate nunil;er of books, p*'-
rioelie'als. e*t<*.. in use during the* year,
incluelirg bool.s of n*fi*re*iii*e*. was 2.512.-
214. nn inereave* of .'.7.1!>2 over th * pre
vious year.
The atti'n<lane*e at Mie <*e*ntr:*.l r<*ae.-
Ing-rooni anel at tlie substations was
materially gr<*atcr than for the* pr**-
mllrg year. A great <1 ‘maud is noted
for aelelitional riMiling-rooms tiirougli-
out the city, notably in those districts
of elcnse* population where tlie jwtoriT
|x*oplt* live. Lack of funds has pro-
ventcel extension to as great a elegree
*s is elcslrablc. For the* r<*n*nn that
spa»*c is limited, as well as money, com
paratively few volumes were purehnseil
during tin* year. All tins will be
change el atter January 1. when tlie move
will lx* made to tlie n**w bu’leling on
tlie lake front. More r*oney will lie
available, while space* w ill lie ample.
A feiitun* of tin* year just ent**reel
upon vv ill be the e*stabl : shni**nt of a 1-
elitional substations, to e-outn’ii renel-
ing-rooms, and for tin* elistrlbiitiou of
books.
Ito’el*®-* Dltj Over On® Hnnelreet Feet ts
a l.ew Ang-I®* (Cat.) Vonlt.
The lw)lele*st attempt at bank robbery
ever innelc on the Facific coast lias just
; eome to liglit. Tlie object of tlie at
tack was the heavy s»e*cl vault of tlie
First national bank of Levs Angeles,Cal.,
one of the largest financial institution
of it* kinel in southern California, nml
to reach it the* roblx*rs elug a tunnel
1U2 fe*rt in length, runri'ig from a street
aeljoining tlie First national.anel thenr»
under the e-edlars of three other hank*.
Thi* tunnel had j»rogies‘’<*<l tev n polrt
directly beneath th.' vault, when Mr*
police authorities were apprised of it*
existence*.
\Vh‘*n the scheme was diseovereel the
burglars hnel begun to remove the
brick masonry sup|vorting the steel
vault. Th'* work is Ivedie'veel to hav>*
be*en elone* by a gang i f at le*nst five er
six persons, but only one* suspect—■
James K. Stevens—has thus far been
arrest eel.
KILLED BY REMORSE.
IneGun i Man rinil* llrlli'f fr®m HI* Keif-
frrina In I>e*lh.
George Limas, of Walton, near Hoke
tto. I nil., is dead of rentiers'* nnd fear.
JHk life has he'e*n a sad one. ami <h*ath
was ne* eloiiht wedeonnel as a redie*f. In
1S64 Mr. Limas, who wa* an anient and
uneomproxnlsing unionist, k : lle*il two
Ktldier boys that wen* home on a fur
lough, Mmy being Byron anel Georg.*
Knight, sons of a near neighbor. Some
pne as a joke told Lucas Mint the* Knigi't
Ixiys line] elesertcel r.nel we*re plotting
against the* government. Luca* trieel
tev 4*on»pe 1 t!ie* Knights to re*tiirn to the
rervlee. and in tin* fight that followed
he shot Ixvth of them fatally. When
matters were* explalneel Lucas we-nt rav
ing mad, iinil from Mint hour he was a
mental wreck, and for 30 years ha* be en
a great cnri* to Ids f imily. Te* the* liour
of liis ih*ath he wa ; tortureel by tl».*
fear tliat the* ili*iie1 ineii’n fiii’nels \vi*n*
see-king Ids ii'i*.
FLIGHT OF A FL. .RHIf JG METEOR.
Strlkr® th® Fsrtli will) n llt.slm; Honnel
Ni»i Huttlv* Wivielows.
V.'h'li* Thomas THehnrds, a resident of
Gnskill street. Alliance, < was standing
on his porch duringTi heavy rainstorm,
he was startleel by a I right flash nnd
a hissing ronnel. The next instant he
felt a eou<‘U**ion which shook the
ground anel rnttleel the windows of hi*
<lv\idling. Hielinrils '•iiiie to the con
clusion that his home had Lee*n virlte -I
l y n meteor, anel has L<*e*n hunting for
If ever sin<*<*. '1’iie </»lier nfte*rnoon he
funnel a hole in the* ground within four
fi*e*l of his house*, arcunel which th;
tall grass liael bee*ii hurneil. Tllchn^ , *
ibig elow n Into the earth and wlfh’n a
fexvt of tlie Rtirfaee struck ids meteor.
Th® nerolile I* in the sh qx* <»f a rpherotil
anel weighs aivout nim* jvouiiel*. It i*
very hnnl. blows from vleelge hammer
failing to erai*k it. Local scienti*t* **y
it is mostly meteoric iron.
| GOTHAM’S BEST DRC3SZ.1 DIES.
Ixvrillitril Kl*v, <>roHt<*nt Artist In tii® Art
e*f Wporing I let lie*.
Lorillard Kip has jus* <Iie*e1 nt the
,-esielenee of Ids father, Co^ Lawrence
Kip, 452 1’ifth avenue. New York. He
was Mn* real Beau Bniinniell of New
York, no matter w’.iat the reputation
of Berry Wall and the other weH-
eir<*sse*e| men alxvut town. In IHt»4 he
was ehamotertzeel us the* greatest artist
in the art of wearing clothe*. Kip wn*
a ron of Col. Lawn nee* Kip. the w<*ll-
I now n horseman nnd e lul-inemlx*r, uml
was himself a club member nml cotillon
leaeler in fasidonable semiety.
Ill* Iii<».
Mauele- Don’t you think bicycling is
intoxicating?
( yuicus—That’s nccording to liow
many road houses you stop at.—Up*to-
Dutc.
Dox Druvrn* l.al*.
Jerv* Barthdt. of Gareliner, Me*., owns
n dog that can be <*h.sr«*el : niong tin* in
teiligeut one**. His master <*at<*he*s a
great many i::ts in a trap, are! is in the
habit of taking the* rodents in n «*ag.*
to a ni*ar-hy rtn-am. | lacing the ••ag'* : n
the* water, thus elrowutng thi*m. Be-
<*i*ntly Mr. 1'artlett v« as aw ry. nuel. after
waiting until It oVlix*k :.nd lt<> i of re -
tiiridi*/. tin* i!og ici/iel tin* e n"i* in hi*
tevth. l ore it to thev.lre.i , .mnr.iielroppi‘'l
it In. It wn- a big bind for him. but he
got ''..e*ri* Oil lin e.
Irrl^iitoo In < iiieis.
Fii*)*;* live* veiir 2<'?7 ll. C. t n ye«r*
after l!ie nriirVon to live* throne of
lloangli - or 4..'2.1 ye ars ago. t heCldnes**
.ire known to have* irrigatee! M»Hr land*
for agricultural puiprvura.
Iliibber Swll*.
A proposition i* «t pre-rent in the
wirel to make the sails of ships of rub-
lx*r insteae) of eanvas. It is Mipjxtrnl
that if rojieel rtrongly along fexit, luff
inel |e*ne h. th<* result will lx* superior to
tlie I'anvnx rail*. Surely, however, n
suehlen inerense of winel |>owe*r wouhl
i*\) a mi the sail too much anil cause
'Oinc e’dV.eiilty In governing the <*otiriwi
of tin* boat. Faper pulp is again sug-
gesle*<l as l,e*i:ig .m a<l<*<|iiat<* Mibstituto
■ »r canvas. When pve * jx*el into sheet*
.Miei stitclie el togi’lhe r it v oulel make a
liglit a*iel < iTective rail.
i;is i®*t < olipwe.
The Fniv<*r«ity of Cide'iittu is rail? to
tve tlie largest exlueationtl <sir|M>rnti<(0
In tlie vvorlel. Kvery year if examine®
over 10,000 students.