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THE LEDGER: GAFFNEY, S. C., SEPTEMRER 10, 1896.
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J^EAUIN THE CROSS/*
Jy Lucas at tho "Biff Protracted
Mootins.’*
|He «Remaln<'<l Over and Tarried Around
AmoagHt th® Brethren”—“Thre®
hernionts a Bay and Dinner
11 ? ou tho Grounds.”
~ HU
“Yoy,didn't make Andy Lucas, and
filler did I, Lufus, which I maintains
that we both
ought to bo joy
ful like and
proud to that ex
ton V’ says Ben
Chris Wea ver to
me after brenk-
fti&t next morn-
In. For the sake
N of them old and
^ brighter and
^ betterdoys,you
had lx>rrowed
the pantry keys from mother,after which
jre and Ben Chris had went down under
the hill in orderment to mix a little
pure spring water with the early run-
nins of the corn.
day and dinner on the grounds—if they
have any hopes of pullln your humble
servant, the grandson of old Hiram
Lucas—which lie was a whole team and
a holy terror in his day and generation
—on board of the Old Ship, with her
prow set for (lie promised land. It
wouldn’t be right, Ben Chris, with the
cards runnin the way they are now, for
me to lay down my hand and quit the
game. I will remain over for a few days
and tarry yet a little while around
amongst the brethren and tho church at
Long Creek.”
m W bet ter doys, yo
ytfft ¥:• V understand,
l ' hnd txirrowr
Was Ills Name Written Tlicre?
"Well, l could sec at oncst from the
, lay of the land that Andy Lucas had
! enlisted for the mectin. You will rceoi-
! lect, Itufus, that l have knowcd the Lu
cas stock of people from old Hiram
* down to Andy. I know the (xisters
I which they grazed on, the sort of mate-
| rials they was made out of, and it stood
to reason with me that Andy was in that
I game to stay. Jest so long as they had
three sermonts a day and dinner on the
grounds, and plenty of swnppin stock
hitched around the horse rack, jest so
long a man by the name of Lucas was
fight there.
“That was on Buiulay evenln you un
derstand, and it was after supper time
Parson
ARE ON THE PRESS.
Bartow's Sago Discusses tho Jour
nals of tho Day.
LOCOMOTIVE PLANT FOR RUSSIA
Some Tilings II® Don't I.lkc — I’olltlvnl
AIiuno I* Crltiel.scd — NewBjia-
per Mccennary for the
Mind.
“ Remained Over and Tarried Aronnd,"
“But sometime and somehow in the
innin Andy Lucas was made,” Ben
phris went on—which by this time his
tplkin machinery was limbered up cqn-
giderable.
“Accordin to the Scripture—which
poys that mortal man was taken from
the lx>som of the earth and mpst conse.
nuent ially rctrun back to tlie same thiufft
C»r words to that exitept—J reckon tho
good Lord must of made Andy along
with the rest of human creation. Least
wise the public in general hag got Him
charged up with the job. Some people
are jest naturally proneful to throw olT
all the blame on the good Lord any
how, Itufus. Now ns to me, I don’t
to say blame Him for the makin of
Andy Lucas. Ef He made that lost and
mint man, which acoordin to the Scrip
There is a lamentable usage of the
press and of partisans during election
times, and that is the. wanton,^out
rageous abuse of the other fellow and
the other side. I have not seen any
such abuse of McKinley by the demo
cratic press, but the northern repub
lican journals just teem with tho vil
est and most malicious slanders of Brv-
tin and his platform. He is denounced
and cartooned as the arch anarchist and
repudiator; a tool of the silver mines,
a babbling boy; a.sky scraper; a bag of
,vlnd, and the punka of the Platte. I
don’t know what punka means, but sup
pose it Is some very bad thing like a
polecat. His Madison square speech
which Ingalls said was a very great
speech, is ridiculed as an abortion, a
chestnut, a miserable failure; and they
cartoon him ns a little sophomore
schoolboy orator. This is very bad pol
icy. The people of all parties know
•ihipnient of an KnUr® Outfit Soon to H®
Mart® from riilladolphla.
An outire locomotive plant will short
ly be taken to SL Petersburg from Phil
adelphia on the British stenmehip Lul-
ehan, wh'ch has been chartered for the
purpose. The plant is to be erected at
Nijni Novgorod, the commercial me-
troixdis cf the interior of the Russian
empire.. Contracts for machinery for
the plant amounting to over $j00,000
were awarded to American manufne-
THE SAME OLD STORY.
Moro Enfflnoors of tho Navy Suffer
from Physical Collapse.
Tw® Ofllrera of the Battle Ship Indiana
th® I.ateat Vletlmn—XrrcaMtjr Again
Kmpha*lmed of InrreaainK t ho
Kumbcr ®f Kiiglneera.
The alarming news received at the,
navy department telling of the physical
hirers, the bulk of them coining to Phil- I collapse of Chief Engineer (icorge K.
jhe next night when old
Raynor rid by to toll me the news eon- {hat Hrynn is a very eloquent, smart and
pern ip the meetin. That good old man sincere man and tho reaction comes
W(is so happy, Rufus, till for a little
more and ho would of shouted right
there in the big road. They didn’t
have any new members ns yet, he went
on to tell me, but from general ap-
pearments they had high 1:. ipos of a
mighty outpouring before long. Andy
Lucas>—it full-blood grandson of old II i-
jam Lucas—’hail went up to the mourn-
ovb' bench three times that day and
was now bowed down under his great
load of guilt and fears and sorrow. And
with that the old parson rid on towards
home singin and rejoiein.
“Naturally, of course, It was none of
mv business, Rufus, ns my name is
writ on the books of another church,
and 1 didn’t want to let my mouth go
off too quick and hurt that g° 0, l
ture I reckon He did, it was because He i old man’s feclins. But L could see the
had a whole passle of odds and ends,
and rakius and sernpins, which lie
didn’t have no particlar use for, so He
jest thing the pile together and made a
human bein and called it Andy Lucas.
“To be certainly I recollect that you
and Andy was borned and bred and
brtmg up together on joinin farms, and
still eat peas from the same dish and
take soup through the same quiR to
sbmc extent,” says Ben Christ ns he
went down after his tobacco and put
£ fresh bundle in the rack. “Yet stiij
fit the same time, Rufus, J don’t wcqr
no padlock on my mouth as anybody
knows of, and I don’t mind tellin yoq
the naked unwashed truth though It
brwks up the plan of aalvqtlon and
Rrings on another war betweep t* 1 ! 1
L'pited States.
“But what I put in to fell you pbout
^qs the trip which Andy mnde Ipwn
jo the old Panther Creek settlement
frin the dark nights and hot days
fif August, and what a treniendius wide
taw he weeded around ot the big pro
tracted meet ins. As for me, I was too
monstrous busy pullin down and staek-
ln up my fodder right along about that
time, and I couldn’t turn out to tho
meetins any to speak of only on Sat
urdays and Sundays. But AixTy he re
mained over and tarried in the settle
ment somethin better than three weeks
and took in all the big meetins indurin
of that time. When he first rid into the
range he turned his horse in my lot
and made our house his general head
quarters, though. I didn’t lay eyes on
him more than oncst or twiestn week
whilst he tarried down there amongst
us. Still at the same time I could hear
some news from Andy every day in
the week.
“The very next day after Andy showed
down in the Panther Creek country me
and him went to a big Methodist nieetiA
Over at Long Creek church, where t^iey
had three sermonts a day and dinner pn
the grounds—which, you understand,,
that was on a Sunday. And |nte thqt
pvenin when I got ready to stqrtoff on
piy return back home lo and behold there
was Andy Lucas! Finally qt last I
found him, and where do you reckon he
Was? He was way off down there ih the
Woods behind a big pipe log with old
parson Raynor—which the parson hnd
Andy d own on his knees and was pray-
Jn for him in a deep and fervent voice,
Be was plcadiu in dead earnest with
both eyes shet, and consequentially he
didn’t see me. But Andy caught sight
of me, and when he did he closed his
left eye slow and knowln like and waved
his hand at me to go on back. And
then, when presently him and the old
parson corn© up out of the woods, the
great horsetrader had his pocket hnml-
kerehlef In one hand and a prayer
book in the other, whilst his face was
pulled out ns long as your arm. They
then shook the partin hand and spoke
a sad farewell. The good old parson
went on his way rejoiein In the hojie,
and that hluiiic fellow Lucas come to me
ami said, said he:
"Ben Chris, from the way the curd*
are runnin now and the general circum-
ferenee of the calamity, I reckon you
, will have to return back home alone by
yourself. 1 don’t see how I could go
with you this evenln. 1 feel culled to re-
maiii over at this mectin and tarry
uround ainongst the brethren for a few
days longer. Whilst the lamp holds out
to hiini the durndcst sinner maybe
mouglit return, and if I tear myself
• way right now I exis'et the meet in
Would come to a suddent close. Bu(
there is grounds for hope and room for
^ffrciit rejoiein and material to work
m so long as l remain over and
lorry iround the iiiournem’ bench so
|rrg!nr mid o frequent. In that regards
fou niii-t i< collect, Ben Chris, that I am
full Idnod grandson of old Hiram Lu-
|ciik, which they tell me he was the hard-
rst eu tomer and the most wickedcot
r olnn*T Unit ever drove a horae trade op
It run i words In all these regions
Fn I Whemis you ran see how and
why they w ill run this meetin oevertl
days lunger—with three sermonta a
rale facts in the ease as plain as a plank
fence and hit painted, and it was all I
could do to keep from tellin the parson
that if Andy Lucas was the only hope
for new recruits they inonght ns well
to take out and quit. But I belt back
and Andy ho belt on. The meetin
didn’t wind up till the next Thursday,
nnd when it broke and they closed the;
church books ouet more the name of
Andy t.uoas was not written there.
“Andy then rid by and spent one
pight at our house. After that ho lit
out for old Macedonia church over there
In the hill country, where the Free Will
Baptist had a big meetin goln on at
that time. I went over there myself on
Sunday, and, jest as I lowed, Andy he
was fhere with every foot up and oont
tails a Ilyin, and next to the preael ers
he was the malpest man in the meetin,
The next followin, Tuesday evenln old
Sister Hnsseltine -which you under
stand she Is the Oldest member of that
church from our side of the creek—she
rid by to tel4 me what a felonious good
time they were bavin w itn their meetin
over at Macedonia.
" ‘And who would of thought It, Ben
Chris?’—says the old lady ns she
clapped her hands and brung a long
breath—‘Andy Lucas, a full bhxxl grand
son of old Hiram Lucas—which they
tell me he died drunk and a cussin—
has mellowed down powerful in durin
of our meetin. The young man, from
all I can hear, is a chip offen the old
block, but nobody would think 11 to
see him so meek and so humble—bowed
down so low in spirits—and kneelin
around the mourners bench "o reglar
and so constant. No cross, no crown,
Ben Chris, nnd bless tho Lord that wild
and wayward young man will soon be
bearing t he cross in hopes of wenrin the
crown.’
''And by this time that good old soul
warmed up and waxed so happy till
blamed if she didn’t break o\it with the
holy laugh right then and there. At
the same time I was nchin and Itchin nil
over to tell her that so long ns they
had three sermonts a day and dinner
on the grounds that wayward and
wicked grandson of old Hiram Lucas
would lead the procession to the mourn
ers’ bench,and if they didn’t watch him
when the meetin closed he would hold
four aces or a straight flush, whilst the
good people of Macedonia wouldn’t
have nothin better than two pair. If
that. Hut she was so joyful like nnd
happy till I dkln’t have the heart to
throw cold water on her hopes.
“So things rocked on two or three
days longer, and when we got the news
that the big meetin over at Macedonia
was closed we likewise also learnt that
the wayward feet of Andy Lucas still
wandered down the broad and easy
road which leads to death and ruination.
“About supper time that night Andy
he rid up in a swlngin fox trot nnd
turned Ids horse in the lot. After sup
per he went on to tell me what a ire-
m%ndius big time he had been bavin
over at Macedonia. But from the gen
eral run of his conversation I soon
found out what was the mainost think
with Andy. He had swapped horses
with the brethren four times, got back
the same horse started with, nnd bad
$15 hid away In his flanks, not to ■qionk
of the three sermonts a day and dinner
on the grounds.”
p.rrrs banders.
Connocttcnt’si Criminal I-nw.
Under the habitual criminal law of
Connecticut a man who has been con
victed of a crime three times shall,
at the expiration of his third sentence,
be deemed incorrigible, and may be de
tained in prison for 25 years. The
first application of the law has been
made in the ease of George A. Minor,
who is now detained in the Weathers-
firld prison.
No Alternative.
"Dobr.y, you’re paying dear for that
rich wife of yours by having to stay
home every night.”
“It was either that or go to work,
old boy.”—Detroit Free Press.
when such slanders are used against
him. The jubilant guying tone of the
republican press reminds one of Goliath
and David: “And when the Philistine
saw David he disdained him, for he was
hut a youth, and the Philistine cursed
David by his gods and he said, Come to
me nnd I will give thy flesh to the fowls
of the air nnd the beasts of the field.”
Fortunately for the country both of
our candidates for president have char
acters above reproach and clean rec
ords in their public life and are en
dowed with very high qualifications in
statesmanship. The one elected can
not make n law. Then why abuse him V
Each has a host of friends and it
wounds a man’s feelings to hear his
favorite, his lender, his idol, ns it were,
lampooned and vilified by penny-a-liner
! scribblers, who have no eoncention of
; what constitutes true greatness. T here
is no manliness or good breeding ip
the modern modes of conducting a po
litical canvass. I heard an old
! cran say to-day that lie had not in-
' tended to vote for Gov. Atkinson, but
I since Watson and Wright were denounc?
! ing him for pardoning that man Hinton
he had changed his mi inland should sup
port him. “Candidates are in a des
perate strait,” said he, “when they re
sort to such deningogisni ns that. Hin
ton ought to have been pardoned. Tho
governor has shown more consideration
for negro convicts and pardoned moro
of them than any governor we have
had.”
Hating the railroads and loving the
negro are still campaign capital. It is all
u lie, of course, for no sensible man does
either to any extent in his heart. Ho
says he does, so ns to catch votes, buthe
knows that he is n hypocrite when he
says It. Such declarations are about as
sincere as newspaper editorials nnd gov
ernors’ proclamations against lynching
negroes for their horrible outrages. It
is all for buncombe. I’ve forgotten that
fellow’s name, but I have always ad
mired him for his frankness. When he
was reminded by the speaker that every
body bad left the house he replied:
“That’s all right, sir; I’m not speaking
for them at all, sir. I’m speaking
for Buncombe, my county, sir, nnd my
constituents, for it will be printed, sir.”
And he kept on with his argument.
Hut the way I rend it in the goldbng
papers the republicans a^e not ns jubir
lant as they were. They are somewhat
alarmed even about the state of New
York. I see in yesterday’s papers that
the rich women of New York city have
organized female McKinley clubs in
every ward, and they have parceled out
the work nnd are to visit the tenement
houses nnd canvass among the toilers,
J renj McKinley's letter to these
women bidding them godspeed and say
ing he was glad to see the noble women
of the country taking an interest in
polities. This is no fake. It is pub
lished in the republican papers, and to
my mind it is the first bad break Mr.
McKinley has made. The idea of en
couraging women to go canvassing in
the slums of great cities for votes looks
like alarm to say the least of it. Mr.
Bryan has made no break. Every ut
terance along his travels has been in
good taste and entirely proper. He has
not boasted of himselt, nor abused h“s
adversaries, and we are glad to see that
the people, the common people, heard
him gladly and treated him with the
greatest respect. The other day a fake
appealed that for awhile astounded me.
The idea that Ben Tillman had visited
Tom Watson to get him to come down
and take a cabinet position was mon
strous, for Mr. Bryan chooses his own
cabinet. He will not buy them, nnd if
lie did Ben Tillman would not be his
broker. The average politieian seems
incapable of measuring Mr. Bryan. He
can’t conceive of a standard that is far
above mercenary or ambitious motives.
Neither will Mr. Bryan fora moment en
courage any attempt to get Rewall
down. It would be dishonorable, and
he knows it. What is the matter witfi
Rewall, anyhow ? Nobody, not even the
republican press, has said a word
against him, except that his son is a re-
publicnn. Well, that is hard on the
boy, but nothing against the old man
save a suspicion that he didn’t whip him
enough nnd make him stay in at night
and keep out of bad company. These,
populists pretend they don't like Rewall
because lie has stock in a national bank.
That’s all hypocrisy. Every one of
them would have it, from Tom Watson
down, if they could get it. Whenever I
hear a pop or anybody else denouncing
rich men nnd banks and bankers I know
that he is a hypocrite in his heart, nnd
there is a streak of envy and meanness
nnd original sin running down his back
bone as big ns a fence rail. He has near
ly reached a condition of total deprav
ity—and that’s the law.—Bill Arp, In
Atlanta Constitution.
adclphia firms.
The plant is to be built in connection
with the Rarmova works, an extensive
establishment, engaged in manufactur
ing ears, steomlxvata, steam lioilere. and
employing 5,900 hands. The locomo
tive plant will linve a capacity for build
ing 200 engines a year, and " ill employ
about 1,000 hands. All of the firemen
and engineers will lie Americans. The
buildings have been completed and are
now ready to receive the machinery.
The czar has given valuable encour
agement to the enterprise. As nearly
B5 per cent, of the railways in t he empire
are operated by the government, the
new company will get a great share of
its work. The company will lie known
as the Russinn-American Manufactur
ing company. The consignment will
aggregate over 2,000 tons.
LIVES ON PRUNES AND FIGS.
A Man in Oakland, Cal., Has a Novel Way
to Presort® Virtue.
Some time ago the daughter of Henry
Krause, who lives in Oakland, Cal.,
grew wayward and left her home. The
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Children lieeame interested in the
ease. It was learned that the
father, who claimed to be a spiritualist,
had put his entire family on a diet of
figs, prunes and nuts nnd allowed them
but oue meal a day. He said that hi*
daughter had done wrong because he
had not been sufficiently strict, and by
making the diet conform strictly to hla
own ideas he hoped to prevent future
troubles ami also atone for the past.
As the girl had attained her majority
the society could not do anything, and
ns the other children were thriving on
the diet of figs and prunes nnd w ere nq
healthy and fat ;u> anyone could wish,
nothing could be done for them.
Mr. Krause, who is a widow er, stout
ly defended his right to diet his family
as suited his fancy, and he admitted
that the bill of fare was always tho
same, and that his children partook
of but one meal each day. He has his
coffin In his bouse, blithe Paid that was
his affair and no one else’s business.
Tower nnd Past Assistant Engineer An
drew McAlister, both of the battleship
Indiana, gave rise in the minds of naval
officers on duty to the question whether
in the care of our warships the danger
line has not. been crosoed in the attempt
of the overworked naval engineers to
carry on the exacting duties required of
them.
The North Atlantic squadron has now-
hud only a short time of grand man
euvers and during that short period
the efficiency of the most powerful bat
tleship of the fleet has been temporarily
impaired, two of the four naval en
gineers attached to the vessel having
Ix’cn condemned by medical survey and
sent to the naval hospital for treatment.
“It is not surprising,” said a prom
inent official, “that this repeated tale of
the prostration of naval engineers is
heard from our warships. In the Brit
ish service there are one-half ns many
engineers as deck officers, while in the
American navy there are only one-
fourth ns many engineers as there arc
officers of the line. The physical his
tory of the corps of naval engineers," he
continued, “during the past two years
Is a sad one, nnd emphasizes the fact
that not only must the number of en
gineers be Increased, but their condi
tions should be improved in order to
lender the ships efficient for the day of
battle. The engineers are now work
ing under an organization which was
founded upon the necessities of wooden
ships, but which is not adapted to ves
sels of steel.”
FATHER MARTINELLI.
tTIll Reach ThU Country Karly In Seplom-
l>er to Knccncd Sutnlll.
The reported appointment of Father
Martinelli as successor to Cardinal Sa-
toili as papal delegate to the United
States has lieen confirmed by Dr. Book
er, secretary of the legation, who lias
just returned from his vacation. He
:-ays tlicre will lie no official notification
of the change until the new delegate
arrives, and gives the following as the
order of procedure:
“Father Martinelli, on completing
his arrangements with ills order, will
sail for this country, bearing ereden-i
tinls from Cardinal Ledoebowski, pre
fect of the Propaganda Fide, to Cardinal
Rutolli. The cardinal will then install
the new delegate in office and explain all
Cue details of uncompleted business
affairs. According to our latest ad
vices, Father Martinelli will be conse
crated archbishop of a titular see, al
ways a preliminary step in .sending a
diplomat of high rank. He will sail
from Genoa about the first week cf Sep
tember. Cardinal Rntolii expects to
leave America the carlv part of Octo
ber.”
In regard to his ow n position and that
of Father Sbnretti, auditor of the lega
tion. Dr. Rooker says:
“The term of appointment is for four
years. Mgr. Rbnrctti’s term of aud
itor will not expire before February of
next year. It is likely he will remain
until that time, but it is also possible
that Father Martinelli may bring an
auditor with him. The office of secre
tary has no stated period of service, but
is determined by the propaganda au
thorities ns thev see fit.”
• J
THE PARIS FAIR.
SLEPT ON A RATTLESNAKE.
A Hunter In California Sclertert an t’a-
fortnnut® Blar® for a Nap.
A party of San Francisco men, among
whom was Edwin Ladd, the proprietor
of a gun store at No. 9 Third street, re
cently spent a Sunday huuting in the
mountains. About noon Mr. Ladd be
came sleepy and left the party for a
nap in the woods. When his friends
went after him they found him sleeping
soundly on top of a rattlesnake that
was loudly sounding its alarm nnd try
ing to w riggle from under the sleeper.
One of his friends seized Ladd by the
feet nnd jerked him out of harm’s way,
while another shot and killed the snake.
It proved to be five feet long and was
fortunately torpid, having just .swal
lowed a blue jay. Near the spot an
other rattler was found. Ladd is a trifle
deaf and this fact had prevented Riq
hearing the sp^nd when the
gave his w arning. As it was he escaped
with a shock tq his nerves nnd a hump
on the back of his head, which he re
ceived when jerked from his perilous
couch.
FARM ENRICHED BY FLOODS.
Indiana Man Profltn by tho. Recent lleavj
Ilalnatorm*.
Ex-County Recorder C. B, F. Clark,
of Indiana, visited hi® Carroll county
farm the other day nnd was surprised
to find it largely increased in size and
value. The farm is on low, boggy
ground. Last year the soil took fire and
burned from May until Christmas, con
suming seven acres of the productive
land, leaving a depression of several
feet in depth where the soil was con
sumed. On visiting the place the other
day Mr. Clark found that the recent
floods had washed the soil from neigh
boring farms onto his own, completely
filling up the seven-acre pit with rich,
loamy earth, though several acres of
bis corn w as destroyed in the landslide
that inured to his benefit. His farm Is
now worth ns much ns before the bog
fire, nnd the neighbors have no redress
unless thej* choose to haul their lost
soil back in wagons.
SCIENCE, MERCY AND MURDER.
All San Francisco Discussing a Minister’s
Sensational Plea.
A popular discussion has been started
in Ran Francisco by a sermon preached
by Dr. C. W. Wcodte, one of the lendr
ing pastors of Oakland. Dr. Wendte,
speaking of incurably HI or mortally
wounded, asked: “Why seek, ns now, to
prolong their agonies? Why exhaust
resources of medical science to kee^
them in misery? Would it not be *
more Christian act to put them gently,
out of pain? God speed the day when,
men shall rid themselves of theological
nnd personal prejudices and act ns jus
tice dictates and mercy requires.”
The minister cited many cases where
men injured in disasters or wounded
in battle pleaded in vain to have com
rades end their sufferings. His sermon
brought forth a flood of protests, tb«
burden of a majority being: “Thou
slinlt not kill.”
Ruble* Plet’ged for Debt.
Unborn babies in India are some
times used as security for debt. When
the father of a family is obliged to
borrow money to defray the expenses
of his (laughter's wedding he will
pledge her firstborn son ns collateral.
Th® Architect* to Draw I’p the Dntldlna
Plan* Selected.
An Important step in the prepara
tions for the exhibition of 1900 has just
been taken in the selection of M. Charles
Girnult to superintend the drawing up
of u model plan for the large building
which is to replace the I’alais do ITn-
(1 us trie. This selection was made by
M. Alfred Picard, general commissary
of the exhibition of 1900, and M. Bouch
er, the minister of commerce, and has
given satisfaction to all parties. It was
Charles Gintuit w ho was awarded the
first, prize for the small palace and the
fourth prize for the large palace of the
two destined to take the place of the
present Palais de I’lndustrie, on the
Champs Elysees. lie is a very well
known architect, having been awarded
the grand prix de Rome and having ol>-
tained a first medal at tin* enlon of 1S8S.
Under his direct ion the work of drawing
up a model plan for the large palace,
which will serve ns a main entrance to
the exhibition, will be divided among
MM. Deglnne, Binet. Thomas nnd Lou-
vet, the other architects who received
prizes in the recent competition. Th©
work of this council of architects will
be. t egun at once, and the demolition of
the old Palais de I’lndiistri© will probab
ly be commenced in October.
NICARAGUAN ENTERPRISE.
That Country to Construct n Canal-Effort
to Protect India Rubber Tree*.
A report, received at the department
of state from Consul O'Hara, of San Juan
del Norte, Nicaragua, states that the
government has contcnctcd for the con
struction of a canal from the head
waters of Pine Lagoon to tho head
waters of Pearl Lagoon, n distance of
three milts. The canal will enable ves
sels of 4'/ a feet, draft to trade any-
where north of Cluefichls for a distance
of 55 miles without touching the At
lantic. It is said that there are choice
banana and fruit lards along Pearl La
goon.
Ylec-Consul Henry E. Low writes the
department, of state from Managua that
•In onler to prevent the. extinction of
the India rubber trees in the national
forests a law has been passed by the
government of Nicaragua prohibiting
the exportation of irdia inblerextrnet-
ed in the forests for a term often years.
This will not. prevent the exj>ort;itio!i
of rubber taken from plantations, but
it is hoped will develop cultivation on
the plantations.
Wolwelcy'* Army ;:®xutatlons.
I/onl Wolsclry. ns commander in chief,
Is becoming unpopular by the intro
duction of fussy little changes in the
regulations. He Intends to introduce
one uniform headdress for the army,
nnd to do away w ith the Highland bon
nets and the busbies of the rifles and
fusileers. In shifting field batteries
from England to Ireland nnd vice versa,
the horses an* to lx* left liehind. which
makes a slight saving in money, but lias
irritated tin* soldiers who are attached
to their own horses.
Sailor* Who Can't Swim.
Twenty per cent, of men employed in
our merchant service are unable to
•wim.
A NEW MATERIAL.
TVbat Tertornim Is and It* Possible rtltlfy
—A Europcon Inwntion.
Among the papers contained in tho
August, volume of consular reports is
sued by the state department is one,
“The Fse of Teetorium in Europe.”
comprising answers from several ton-
rails to the department's request for in
formation on the subject.
Teetorium consists of a galvanized
iron web covered w ith a gelatinous sub
stance, and is translucent, but not
transparent. It is descrilxd by tho
manufacturer ns a substance that can
be lient w ithout being broken; is both
tough and flexible; is not rottened by
the rays of the sur; is non-soluble; is
not affected by severe cold; is n bad
conductor of heat; is well adapted for
roofs on account of its extreme light
ness; when exposed to the sun it loses
its original yellowish color in time and
becomes harder and mere duiable; can
lx* made by a very cheap process; to
imitate stained glass in such a manner-
that It cannot be recognized from the-
genuine article; can be cut by shears-^
nailed to wood and transqxjrtcd without
danger; can be easily repaired in rase
it is cut; docs not break; is well
adapted for factory windows and sky
lights for hot-houses, market lialis-,
verandas, transportable buildings and
for roofing. Tin* consuls state that it
issold insmnll quantifies in a few places,
but that, it is not known to the general
public, and as a commercial product is
still an experiment.
NOVEL
COMPROMISE.
Eawyers In a C':i la New York State Ajjtc«s
to n:i Adjournment ot Teu Year.*.
Lawyers came to a novel compromise
in a ease before Squire Elmemlorf at
Hurley, near Kingston. N. Y., the other
•lay. Gordon Eckert objected to Gar
rett Sutton traveling over certain lands
io reach what is known as Lockwood’s
Mill, and, as Sutton •. efus: d to recognize
Eckert’s right to object, a summons to
appear before the squire was the con-
vequence. The case has been running
for a long time.
When William D. Crinnirr, counsel
for the defendant, amended his answer,
William Lounsbcrry, who appeared for
the plaintiff, insisted that lie was not
prepared to meet the new issue and de
manded an adjournment.
“Granted.” said .the justice. “To
what time?”
“Ten years,” was the reply of the irate
counselor.
“I’ll agree to that,” called out Mr;.
Grlnnier.
“Then,” mid the justice, “bo it un
derstood that the case is adjourned to
August. 11, 1906, at nine o’clock in the
forenoon, and members of the jury can
depart lienee to appear again promptly
at that time.”
Nnpoleon** Old House.
A French engineer has eoncelvrtMhe.
Interesting idea of reproducing the
hoiuu* in which Napoleon lived at St.
Helena i’.khii attraction during the Paris
exhibition in 1900. The bouse will be
an exact copy of the original, with pano
ramic canvases representing the nat
ural surround logs.
Rernliurdt u<id "Camille."
Mme. Sarah Bei'ihardt is credited
with the intention of celebrating the
1,000 performance of "La Dam© anx
Camellias” in Paris by reverting for that
occasion only to the fashions which
ruled when the pley was first produced
some 10 years bar] .
Kentucky's III* Nllrer .'line.
What is ix licved to lx* the celebrated
Swift silver mine. In Rock Castle county,
Ivy., w as rediscovered a few days ago.
Women Manago 1’rUc
The n.nnageinent of the Austrian fe
male prisons is in the hands of female
religious orders.
A YOUTHFUL MAYOR.
lie I* :v I'roduct of Western Au.strn’.'.a—1»
Old In Experience.
There is now in London a gentleman
who is probably the youngest mayor in
the world. lie is 29; his name is John
Wilson, and he. is mayor of Kalgoorlie,
a western Australian gold field, which
Is second only in claimed importance to
Coolgardie—if it is second. Young,bare
faced and boyish-looking as, hq is, .Mr.
Wilson has had a fair round of colonial
exjicrienco,
in his native colony. Now Zealand,
he has lieen suec< ssiveiy a telegraph
operator, a sheep farmer, a contractor
nnd a solicitor. He was the first law
yer to arrive in Kalgoorlie, and he took
a very active interest in the develop
ment of tho new town, and when the
government proclaimed a municipality
he wax elected first mayor by a vote
of the ratepayers.
Women I.iro l.onjjcr.
The statistics of life in sit ranee show
that in the last 25 years the average
woman's life has increased from near
ly 42 to nearly 40, or more than eight
per cent., while m .n’s life average has
increased from nearly 42 to 41, which
is 5 jxt cent.
•IlnrlicHha* In I.on.Ion.
London society wax startled on a re
cent Sunday by seeing hall a dozen
jinrikshns drawn by coolies at tho
church parade in Hyde park.
TuzkUli Kever®j*c® for llm Dead,
Among tho Turks the luxlies o{ tho
(b*H(l are held in extreme reverence, al
though the cemeteries are used as pic
nic grounds.
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