The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, July 20, 1895, Image 1
TRI-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBORO, S. C., JULY 204 189a.
THE NA-!ONAL GAME.
Boston has r:le:- l Pitehe. .'J to
cleveland.
Lange. of Chie-i.:. s :n trou':l'i with
Charlie-hors-.
Breitenstein. of 't. !.::: i n hit
very hard of late.
Comiskev ha-s . n lt-htand I
on his St. Paul team.
Pitcher Abbey. lat: of Chi ha; . :=a
signed by Brooklyn.
-Cleveland is doint: s.terifler.i t ting la'.--l
that cannot be beaten1!.
Breitenstein, of St. Lcouis, s2:::-m t9 l aon,
-terror for the Cincinnatis.
Hawley, of Pittsbur::. ha:, hii twenty-on'
men in the games he h:s iteh'l this season.
First Baseman 'tamfrdI. of N Ocleals. go
$6~ for making a home ri In a recent
game.
The Brooklyn team ma R, a masn's
- rd. by playing four (-onseutv' ror!"s
games.
Physicians have decided that Ilolliday. o
'CIncinnati, canot phiv ball any mor th:
'season.
Griffith. of Chicao... has won more games
than any other pitcher of th' League this
season.
Anson, of Cical, - filding bet:er than
ever this season, and is far frm weak with
the stick.
; The Baltimores as fieldrer, batters and
:base runners have n superiors. 1but they are
weak in the bos.
Catcher Kinslow was released uncondition
ally by Pittsburg, without being given the
usual ten davs'notice.
St. Louis and Louisviile are playing goodI
ball, but both teamsseem to have more than
their share of hard luck.
Tucker is playing a niarvelvas first base
,or Boston. He and Beekley. of Pittsburg.
.asily lead all the first basemen.
Pirst Baseman Tebeau. of Cleveland, is
weakest on high-thrown balls. Generally it
is just the reverse with first basemen.
The Chattanooga Club eontemp'ates base
.ball by electric light. The scheme has been
tried many timee-always with failure.
Corcoran, of Brooklyn. is playing the best
short fleld in the League, not barring Long,
of Boston. and Jennings. of Baltimore.
President Freedman is giving two men
salaries to travel to all minor leagun cities
and capture players for the New Yorks.
Inks is LouLisville's star pitcher. His work
this -ason puts him among the few llrst
class'outhpaw pitehers in the profession.
The Pittsburgs are depending on "killing
the ball" rather than scientific batting for
tuns. They have lost ground by the prae
tice.
Bancroft now believes that the Louisvillo
team was organized to go around the coun
try and scare ball teams which are leoking
for !:naps.
Clark, the New Yorks' new first baseman,
has made an excellent impression so far. U
is a very clever fielder and seems to be a
>romising hitter.
McGarr. of Baltimore. is now playing third
base in beautiful form. Like all the old
timers, it takes about six weeks for McGarr
to get thoroughly warmed utp.
Thompson. of Philadelphia. never batted
ais heavily as he has during the past two
weeks. not ev-i in his palmiest days as one
of the celebrated Detroit sluggers.
The Cincinnati team went to Maysville.
Ky., and with Phillins it' ~ were actually
-4- iten byd- -t kountry e u y .
They were outphmyed at all points and fairly
vhipped.
Pitcher Cuppy is so exasperatingly low
that the Cleveland management is to be peti
tioned by people who want to get their sup
pers warm to c.)mmenee the ga&mes in which
he pitehes at 3 "'clo-:k.
Anson. of Chicago. has made but two errors
in the Lst thirty-eight games. In the fifty
sixth games in which he has played he has
Tailed in but eight to bat safely-a showing
few batsmen can make.
- Nine ex-Pittsburg twirlers have faced the
Pittsburgs tbis season. and only two-Strat
ton and Tierry---have won their games. The
losers- were Ehret. Gumbert. Knell. Phillips,
Esper. Maul and Staley.
. No pitcher nas stood in thbe box this year
with tbe record that Young, of Cleveland. is
mnaking for fielding, lIe helps constantly to
in his own games be getting in front of
.:verything that comes along.
More scientific base running is what the
New Yorks need, suggests an erudite critic.
More base running of any sort wvoulel ~oe
gratifying, but more batting would be better
still How is a man to do scientific base
kutnning when bie can't get to first?
Thme First Wile 'A' New ('rop Cotton
Sold ini New York.
The first bai' of new crop T'exas cottoo'
was sold by Wo'-trowe & Le-wis. in front of
the cotton exehan~e N-:w York on T uesdayv.
It was grown in Duva! *-ountv. Texas. ned
shipped by Leon Pons, 'f San Diago. to Leon
& IL. Ulum, of Gail'.-ten, anmd by tnem con
signed to 3l''-rs. I tmanid & iSchwartz ',f
New York. It '1a.,.- h Iilyc mifddlin: an'd
was beughit by J C Grahaml~i & i:.. at 11%<
'teamtIiiIp St. l.om:'. of then Ame'r i'.mu L.ine ho
Mdessr.. 3ceadJ'n *Fre't & Co'miy. l,ive-r
pool.
Issue of Gold C:ertilicat Returned.
'The Treasury Department hias re' .umede
the issue of gol certhicat:, whi-:h haemc
been suspended duriug th' perbl w;he~n the
Trasury gold reserve was below $i00.0001.
V9tO. Since Jin" 25th but w:en the gold re
.erve was intact, the treasu ry has issuedl
aboumt $200.00,0 gold certifientes .on :r'hl tire.
sentedi mostly at Uited States minis, 'There
arcecntstanding$48.37.h00 in 'o eetii
e-at's with 6172.%~0 in the Tr' eashn y, the re
imaindfer belng in -:ir.:ulatio:m
Skirmnishes Continue at Fortnosa.
A band of 700 Chinese made an attack utpon
the Japanese at Haineha, Formosa, and were
repulsed after a short fight with a loss of '0(
killed. A ntumber of them were taken pE y
oners.
Suicide at Ninety-f'our.
Allen Pettibone, of Granby. Conn.. ninety
four years old, committed suicido by hang
ing himself. He was one of the best known
residents of Hartford County, and a sturdy,
industrious farmer of the old New England
type. Some tinme ago inflammation set in in
his feet, and it was necessary to amnutate
three toes of each foot.
* Michigaw g&orests Abga.
The upper part of the Le wer Pentnsula of
Michigan has been '-'ept by 1 'ree forest
fires. The lumber town of War.' in Benzle
County. was leveled t' lthe .gr'und, several
people were badly bnund. and no one knowi
how far the dlamuare ha" extended. The
"Thumb" was invaded. and the town of
Kindee was girdled with fire.
'Peter Wintter, a fa rmrm living near Bridge
port. Conn.. tmavin.: in a di'putt" killed Will
liamButler. one 'f his h-:lpers. placed the
corpse in a c'arria-:e. anm. nm--'.mpanied by
the dead man's am' ther anid brothers, drove
to the city and surr,'n'hred himaself to tho
police.
I'hilanthroptie' I'atriots.
Several Western towna- di-1pensed with
their intended F'ourth of .Tly "elebration
this year and demv''te I the mo. ney which
would have been': ;pent t" ass.hting the des
tlnMa of theh- roe-t''iC ve vinities.,
THE GA31E COCKS WILL DIVIDE
Proceedings of tMe Convention of Con
servative Democrats in Sumter.
The County Convention of Conser
vatives of Sumter County assembled in
the Court House in Sumter Friday
morning. The Convention was called
to order by County Chairman M.
goise.
The enrolment being completed it
was found that ther a were 112 delegates
present, presenting sixteen clubs.
Chairman Moise then called for the
lection of officers.
M. Moise was elected chairman, H.
U . Osteen, secretary. R. 0. Purdy
was elected vice president.
The following resolution was adopted
Resolved, That we, the Conservative
Democ-ats of Sumter County, in Con
rention assembled, make the following
proposition to the members of the Be
[orm faction of the county, viz: That
tre will nominate in such manner as we
shall decide upon three meu as dele
gates to the Constitutional Convention,
and propose to the Reform faction to
nominate, in such man ner as they shall
eelde upon, three men as delegates to
the Constitutional Convention, and
that the six men so nominated, three
Conservatives and three Reformers,
hall constitute the nominees of the
Democratic party of Sumter County as
delegates to the Constitutional Conven
tion to be voted for at the election to
be held on - day of August proximo.
Resolved, further,That the president
of the Convention shall appoint two
members of the same who, with him
self, shall be a committee to convey
this proposition to the Reformers and
report their answer to the Conservative
executive committee through its chair
man, Mr. Marion Meise.
The following resolutions which was
unanimiusly tabled:
Resolved, That we will nQt go into
any primary election for candidates to
the Constitutionnl Convention.
2. That the Conservative executivo
committee of this county be nuthoriz
'ed to invite an equal numlber of prom
inent Reformers to meet Aith them in
conference, and that this body shall
pioceed to nominate six high-toned,
patriotic citizens to be voted for at the
State election as delegates to the-Con
stitutional Convention -
3. That in case the Reformers neg
lect or refuse to meet with us in such
conference that our executive commit
tee be authorized to proceed without
them to nominate six delegates for us
and to do all such things as are nieces
sary to carry into effect the object of
these resolations.
4. That each delegate to the Consti
.tutional Convention from this county
shall be pledged to (o the 0most in.
hig pdwer 6e~~tah6aits passed
by which the rights of the private citi
zeus are curtailed, but that laws shall
be enacted for the proiection of the
citizens in the enjovrent of those
rights; and also that the proposed Con
stitution shall not go into effect until
ratified by a two-thirdb vote of the
qua litfied voters of this State at an elec
tion to be held for that purpose.
The Convention was largely in favor
)f the divisi on and the sentiment in
Sunter County, looking to healig the
breah now existing between the two
factions will surely govern our people
in this imuportant matter
A Republican Address.
Capt. L. D. Melton. chairman of
one wing of the republican party, and
C. F. Holmes, secretary, have issued
an address in which they say:
"That while adhering to the Rlepub
lican party in national politics, we re
affirm and emphasize our already ex
pressed purpose in State politics of co
operating with and under the leader
ship of Conservative Democrats, when
ever and wherever they may see fit to
organize and make a contest against
the common enemy--Tillmanism. We
are fly aware that the Constitution
al Convention was called and fraudu
lently counted in against an adverse
popular vote for the express purpose
of permanently disfranchising the mass
of the Republican voters, i. e., the
negro vote. We therefore insist and
urge that in the coming election, no
republican, and especially no colored
republican, can afford under any cir
cumstances to cast his vote for any
Tillmanite or for any milk and water
Conservative, (so-called,) who would
easily succumb to the Tillman lash on
the floor of the Convention. Far bet
ter not to vote at all than to vote for
such men. But wherever Conserva
tives are put forward as candidates who
are fully committed to the principles
of free ~and fair elections and equel
justice for all classes, or whose char
ater and standing are such that they
may be trusted to stand firmly on these
pri~nciples, we urge all rep~ublicatns not
only to vote for them, but to support
them in every legal and proper way
In counties where there may be a comn
bination ticket under the so-called
equal division arrangement we urge
that republicans vote for the Conserva
tive half of it only. where satisfactory,
an d fill out their t icket either with oth
er Conservatives or wi candidates
from their own ranks who may be best
qualified and least obnoxious to Con
servatives.
"That we favor and urge carrying
the suits against our iniquitous regis
tration and election lawvs. becgun in
both the Federal and Sitate courts, to
the Supreme Court of the United
States for final decision on their mner
its, and we regard the able and unan
swerable opinion of our own Chief
JJustie just rendered as a most fav-or
able indication of what that decision
is likely to be We believe that truth
and justice will finally prevail."
Rider Haggard considers "Jess"' his
t finished novel, on which his
fame will be most likely to rest. The
heroine of the Transvaal tragedy was
a real person and her house is shown
to torits who visit Pretoria,
--}/
The- Defenuder, ei e by Amieri-n'sz f'-)orr
fc-nd the Amieri.-a's Cup in the! race with Great
a e.In h-r trialra withi the! oamz ya!
won siy. Hr dmensonsare approxlmat
inehe-; length on load water-line, 89 feet 7 inei
GEORGIA IN EARNEST.
The Financial Problem Is Realized To
B~e a Grave One.
Pursuant to a call of leading citizens of Lin
coln county, Ga., the silver men a isamblej
In the courthouse at Lincolnton on Saturday
for the purpose of electing delegates to the
Griffi convention. L. C. Coleman was
.made and chairman and J. L. Guillbeau sec
retary.
The following were elected as delegates to
Griffn: - Judge T. H. Remsen, It. J. rUie,
0. S. Hollenshead and A. B. Sims, each hav
Ing the privilege of selection of his own al
ternate in case of his inability to attend said
conver,tion. On motion of L. P. Elam the
following resolutions were unanimously
tion was held at Memphis, Tenn., with a
view of organizing effectively all the silver
forces of the United States and did appeal to
up in declarations and resolutlions worthy of
true patriots, therefore.
"gResolved, That being silver advocates
both silver and gold as primary money coin
ed on equal terms at the present ratio of 16
to 1; for the independent action by the
United States in ma-.ntaining- a monetary
system ln the interest of her own citizens and
geneiral welfare, regardless of other nations,
od ioa
one.W aprv oftepinil eeae
infao o temase ha tee s esr e
atecioto- estoeiver e asitwa p~nrei or
ton- 1873 makuig ~ itth minth orale andh Grat
aull legalr tener ral-u debts.~- ~ a'
"Rdeolvd,2,~ jTht e urgei ars th'exut
of ev~- ery on oaor te reeinag9tet ofme
mosney to aa ofnearmning ciianso unin
agreeaouny. the silver e n ah mostprae-~
othe puroe of elecnthticn deeate aganst
Griffinmconventi~o on. C omans ad
madecand crmtin and opprGilesav e-a
re vd,,Tatw ry. rpesna
Te flgating werte elected asietes o
enintbhdatGriffi:-udeT iH esn,uly 18t icean,
eiotstnarti the priviline of seaction toow l
btent adaeh cause of hisiaiitlv teand i
tonvassreohe Onaction of theP Etam thel
Lfolonty rsltins tdwe unanimouth's
tmos elnd at emmen ofTepas, andhwe
tik the ranstn efetritsyo the eset, i
faore of the UedSe and iapeal o]
sinecaat on and h resentltio ort16 tof1
asrte priotareoe.htwl iv het
welfapre ofl that peoler onton commo
it declrtGins. adrsouio the u fseor
both ilverh-an' gol as piary mney oiow
e n quv erms Tat w.te emontrat o!1
toa 1;Cornthe indeaspenettin ablth,
ttnited Surtas inth mAntatga montatr
temfo inthe nterest ofider o ci!te arnd
geralelfae oregardles and otertiyfor
pit dedllathirh co-rtion crand nbeimbd a
cone.:e ofpsive of the riciple1 rterat.
At favreensore ma.,e tat tere anda reredn
riatv ming rond cntract waned obiationh
courhouer tor the urp ftose mfaspp. Wtin
demeates tha the Uied Sonvetnate ied
At acoltion todeclarige tas it was pevienus
of 1873 maeting iht the mintee adluand -
cresoedrpeit Thto weourgeit ad the wdute
country, onedh faorsn thbe dreeaones tofe
onve tat therat orffi6ton, wasdh u natu-y
te frien of bosilverat oda rmr
mone Etoain Garonigood nde uni the
ai':'eensl the ler foes o the cort phouse
tpasled acltion tha the ec tae "weins
bth commoerandgod moeua nmeactis andm
Atadiainsorton Ga, citizes of lEmanue
enotyved, 3, Thaout ese an rpelentad
tidelegat to the Griffi convenilon- n
covention bweat veryffnt hinst.ant,
whniousy sindoehdb te coimetivo itn
afrdsascti the raioof16t. linel acounty
ie tnear adance thforso silverademtio
LAnol ounysviteads todayJwtffer sCouty
streowned metatese apoft deat net
thine truestonveniots Roftpront, inr
aotddaminfavor of theusan free congeodbt
unsiead gonglod~e at thee ratio of 16
ato.herm m oney hat noprigan.h bs
eAetoenall MteceoloFrurTommon,
Aonyer. Giesn ad many others pofssa
tion ino theo saeUn as aovp nt.-dwa
Pi~eside Hffma. o the demboad Al
Lin, whiley ii Newi Ynrk.:id, reingite
lror sa of th e tata Lin t t
Sotern R. it : "The-vr .stJorv to athu rad
haase inof ohe p.. nl f It be Soy forn
Railwayeo ilnru. At Irtie ofh. to 1.."
AtesidenS. oh. Ga. a h larbe ard Arprms,
wais showng on Atn woegasm..ltatithat
thcouthue r thiwa hado o a.-p.n--rro
of the Snebo a tAir re anin. unl"Thed
ong olver 16 ti 1.ot., bua in
.CHT DIEFENDERP.
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f/w
19st wc;)rt. 'Nat Herreshoff, and built to de
Brita n'Ws eiaa-a pion this fall, is pronounced
: C)olna in -Narra %ansett Bay the Defendee
'Iy a:3 f'Olw: Leng-th over all, 123 feet I
e-z; extremu beam. 21 fe-2t: dramr-bt..19 feetl
GREENVILME UNDER GUARD.
acensed at Lynching of Ira Johnson
Negroes Threaten to Lynch a
'White Murderer.
An armed mob from -the upper pait
>f Greenville county forcibly entered
he jail at Greenville at an early hour
-fonday morniD- and ynched Ira
Fohnson, a negro who killed Frank
angford, a white man, at Piedmont
ast Saturday week. As a result, the
;ownspeople are intensely excited over
he reported threats of the negroes to
ive a dose of the same medicne to
Fames Lewis, a whiite Inan now in the
;ame jail, also charged with murder.
rhe Butler Guards and the Greenville
juards were called on by telegrams
:romL the Governor and are ready to
luell any possible disturbances.
rhe former company is gui~ad
C0 the ig atil Jo Lo
mn-ee aoryready to maren
Ao any part of the city.
The military companies responded
hromptly. The Greenville Guards were
alled out first and afterward the But
rs Every man oir eachcompany roll
ho was in the city is on duty.
The body of Johnson was riddled with
)ullets.
The lynching party are believed to
:ave come from the Marietta section
yf the county, where Langford lived,
.me forer t vpariosly guti
T eyme ntor onetrey unex-rc
ng anydar kofkd the jaii doryit
m x.The liler, comaeresondey.
>penedpty The inrwenville Guardes wer
ed art firs deandferd the But- H
toutsy andversitntlyac compaed ro
iewhem was bt they ere duty. l
oTnd lnhing proom arte beied te
Whie oeingrom the karettasSetion
irethe hoy waseae homefasleepand
hoiwakned by a fepidont.iceirn
aumerca trenegh of thearowsd, est
astoed, b poabl 100e wicoket he
Theymcamegto s town sentryh uher
.gsanth kmced comte romth door with
he arsoer. They ailrried himorey
omene intbunggies and thgols-dut the
hencombeyrand deto the rysce and
er thear pt thoadsiden hinall h
Wat hien looingperdevn the odyif
anig.th who was cut howneb asle and
horities awdenedught tolirenle
Johnsonphd ben conred int. who
eveniled ai otr aut hne hed. While
ngten brougahe Sntay,th, sfrm
Pidmont tenty-woole fromthjalwh
heenvisoer. whrh caid thant day
kildathey-ounge being mone Fand
laogston. bugge andr wonou thega
founcomb radt whe Pery plarrehag
wihera neroba the idepotn a Pied-T
aont, hen thseyrsepeavite dyn
sonncoing.t was thnwtook the atof
hrtheesmlno and h upon breille.r
threaed toR sOot one of5 theite
Jonston advn coned n mhe
told himl jai for uhs pole, whare
ap ng behns)on tre uon n ,7h m n
shot mont, tweny-then fle frowa
pursed nd ;ctred, ad nharrowly
escaped theyouhng wbute asfnl, trak
Eagtonth Grenile ji.Lgstoryo hilng die
ofdi wouysnde s th et dayo. Ther
weeompan rumrith ra the whitd e.
ynchaneg, boyth atuthores ptaced
crowdofhoegroes whoegatered aon
thecoming uptoroo the prtctin
Wedesmall nghs, awereo arrested or
Wedneesdato sihot ond o the wieadr
heavl fintvvned on Thrsaymornd o
botlhavimgtoispersed h ptoldere
do pnb th ouiced pnhmm
shout hime tice, ang he le.1 boe wtast
pursed ha.,dnd ato redtnd narrie ol
h scaed lnchfgrin but wa fnallyht arn
ntlD me hi wondsxt. Tetim daor Thanr
ynhed hbrt te athotn:rit height rn
.c,fdene i h m 1 . iso likew i t axed
LIGHTS THE WORLD.
!irush's Patents of Electric Light
ing.
The slreets cf the bggest cities of
ivery continent blaze at midnight
ihrough the genius of Charles 1'.
Brush. Still the world knows but
litle about himi. With all ilis
ienius he is modest in the extreme.
lIe early adopted the policy of keep
ing out of print. He has contributed
little to scientific journals, and the
world knows him only through his
work. It has no idea of the man,
tad there are few who appreciate his
wonderful character and the wide ex
tent of his achievements. His big
inansion on Euclid avenue, Cleve
land, is one of the finest houses in
the United States and one of the
most comfortable homes. It is
located in the best part of the ave
imue, which is one of the finest streets
in the world, and it is surrounded by
feven acres of magnificent lawn,
where the land is so valuable you
have to carpet it wit i greenbacks to
buy it.
CHARLES F. DR-SH.
There are tons of storage batteries
in tIe house. and the power which
charges these batteries with electric
ity is an enormous windmill which
he has erected in the rear. Every
breeze that blows produces light for
the house, and the batteries are so
large that if there should be a dead
caln for a whole week they would
still contain enough electricity to run
all the lights.
"I was always experimenting with
something, and while I was in the
High School in Cleveland I made
microscopes and telescopes, grinding
te-4s.io,,i rint ot some
vety fair instrtments.'
"When did you first appreciate
that your electric light might have a
conmmerci'd value?'
"I think it was about 1816," re
plied Mr. Brush. "It was at this
time that I completed my first dyna
mno-eiectri.- machine. I showed this
at l'hiladelphia the next year at the
Franklin Institute. Tihe first are
lighting machines had to have one
dynamo to each light. My inventiol
was the first that proposed a series
of arc lights working from one dyna
mo, and it was upo-n this that all the
street lighting and all the are lighting
systems of the rresenlt day are
baed."
"W'\ill we ever get electricity direct
ly fromt coal?'
"'I think so," replied Mr. Brush.
"In fact I have already gotten it, but
ot in such a way as to make the
invention cornmmercial ly profitable.
It is now twenty years since I suc
eeded in getting electricity directly
from coal. I t, was in 1874. The fields
of invenmtion are vast. We stand just
on the threshold, and there will be
new inventions as long as man has
mind to create and the will to inves
tigate the greamt forces of nature and
the possibilities of their combi na
tion.
"The electric force is still to a large
extent a secret fromn us all. Of late
years there have been fewv nuaw fun
damental inventions in electric light
ing. There have ibeen umany im
provements and mmodificationms of the
old ones. The light is steamdily being
mde better, but it is the same I liht
jut, as for instance, we have hadi lo
comn >tives drawin-. trains ever smnee
we were born, but the locomotive of
to-day is am far dilferent machine from
that of forty years ago. Still it em
bodies the same fundamental prineci
"Where is the chief work being
done in electricity to-day ?"'
"It is in the field of thermo-elec
trici-y, or heat elect ricit-y. It is now
thought, you know, thait all light and
hat are produced by electrical force,
and it is in these branches that the
best work is nowv being done."
Gas Made from Fats.
In France a very good gas is made
from the fatty materials contained
in the soap suds after washing wools
in varns. The wvash water of a
woo'n mill with 20).000I spindles wvill
annualy yield enough of this sub
rtam~ to produce 1, 10,O00O feet of
v', Cherokees of N{orth Carolina
umbzr 2,.881
CHMIRN'S COMMNI
TIoU..
Nobody saw me do it,
Nobody came that way,
When I found the box on the oleset shelf
Where the cakes for supper lay.
Nobody told me not to,
Nobody knows but myself,
But, 0! I wish that cake I took
Was back again on the shelf.
Nobody knows my trouble, .
Nobody ever would guess
That a cake could cause a little girl
So much unbappiness
Nobody can tell mother
Who took it from the shelf
But I know, before I go to sleep,
ril have to tell her myself!
ANTS AND THEIR WAYS.
A man who knows all about antS
says that no one has ever seen a quar
ral between any two of them that lived
in the same nest. If a great many
children were put together in one big.
house, do you think that could be said
f them? Some of the ants guard the
ome, some feed the babies, some
make roads and new rooms, while
cthers go out to get food. Each one
seems to do its little duty without fuss
r fretting.
Once an ant found a big fly that
was dead. The ant pulled and pulledi
at it, but could not carry it off. After
twenty minutes of hard work, it went
to the nest, and came back with twelve
other ants to help it. How did it let
them know about the fly?
There are big ants and little ants,.
white, black,and red ants-a thousand
kin-Is in all. One kind has servants
to wait an them and feed them. They
have become so lazy that they had
rather die than take the trouble to
feed themselves. Other ants keep
cows! You have often seen these
cows, but you did not know they were
cows, because they have no horns and
no long tail. They are the little green
bugs that spoil our rose-bushes in the
summer. The ants are very fond of
their milk, which is what we call
honey-dew. -Examiner.
A ROBIN CAUGHT IN CHANCEBY.
Do birds remember injuries? One
severe winter the deep snow had been
thrown off the steps of. the window
and formed a heap in which there
many cavities. It was my custom to
feed the birds every day after meals
with whatever scraps I could get, es
pecially scraps of fat meat, bits of
aples, etc. One day it occurred to
me to place the food in the cavi
ties of the snow, just to see how the
birds would act. Among those which
ca~ne daily to be fed was a robbin red
brest, one of the most self-confidenlt
and quarrelsome of the English
warblers. He had taken upon -him
self to be the "boss" of the place, and
drove every bird away from the tit
bits In one of the cavities I had
>1liced a fine piece of fat, and the
robin poked his head in; then went
right in to enjoy the delicacy.
In the twinkling of an eye two lit
tle bluetits-sma~ll, pugnncious birds
-were at the entrance pegging at
him. Findi:g that he could not back
out the round to face the foe,but they
k ept up such a perfect fusilade of
pecks that lhe gave in and drew back
a; far as he coild. When the blue
tits went away he came out, looking
restfallen, an:1 whenever his enemies
appeared on the steps kept his dis
tanc. The bully had mastered a les
sonfor once.
Now, simple as such an incident is,
it is indicativ.3 of what we cannot well
hel p calling "reasoning power." The
l uetit is a much smaller bird than
the redbreast, has a less powerful
beak and is not much accustomed to
b on the ground, for his habit is to
hunt for insects among buds. He
would hav~e no chance in the open,but
he recognized at once "the hole" the
rcdbreast had put himself in and in
conjunction with an ally he takes ad
v.ntage of it. To go no higherin the
intellectual world, no schoolboy could
h.e acted more craftily. -Philadel
pia Press.
Straw Hats of Wood.
A Massachusoet inventor has pat
ented a machine which issupplied with
fine planing teeth. A log of wood
:t square is fed to it, and when the
log passes through it it has furnished
a undred strips of wood much resem
bing excelsior. Their length, of
course, is that of the log. It is
caimed that these, when moistened,
cn be woven much more .readily than
straw and make as durable a hat.
The inventor says it is twice as
light as straw, and that, because of ia
easier manipulation and cheaper cost,
it will supersede the straw now used
for the construction of headgear.
Even women's Leghorn hats and Qe
finest Panamas may become possible
fr those who can't afford them now.
-New York World,
A1 DO IN IHE IAST.
swept Destructively Over New Jersey,
Harlem and Long Island,
EVERAL VILLAGES WRECKED.
Idany Casualties in the Wake of the Storm
.-Three Lives Lost in Cherry Hill, N.
J., and One In Woodhaven, L. I.
tong Island and Hudson River Towns
in the Path of the Cyclone.
A tornado that, It seems. origirated Il
Rew Jersey, east of Trenton, passed over the
pper part of New York City at 4 p. m..
!wept over Long Island, passing through the
own of Woodhaven, aid then went out
into the sea via Jamaica Bay; It car
ied death and destruction in its path.
The first fatal result of the terrific
windstorm was the almost total destruction
f the town of Cherry Hill. near Hackensack,
. J. Three persons were killed there, and
the homes of twenty families blown into
kindling wood. At Asbury Park. Long
Branch and other seaside rcsorts the effects
i th6 storm were disastroui. In the Harlem
part of New York City ic fatalities occurred.
he air was black and thick. ffaiistones as
Iarge as walnuts fell, smashing many paiies
Sf glass; and the wind blow away awnings
td signs. Bicyclists were blown from theit
rnachines, and a panic pietdiled among the
women. Horsestook to flight. and tree that
[ad stood for years were uprooted by the
blast. The tornado visited Long Island.
scatering destruetioii in many places, but
worst of all at Woodhaven, where fifty
houses were demolished. One ioMna was
killed and t wenty persons were injured. The
[orce of the wind then passed out to sea, and
Its last manifestation was a waterspout i1
yamalea Bay. About twenty minuteselapsed
from the time when the h(rmado made its ap
pearan,:. unt il it went out to seA.
The t )rnado first visited Cherry Hili it.
T.. a small vitlage two miles north of Hackl
nsack, an I it was almost completely oblit
rated. Not an entire building remained
.anling after the storm had spent its fury.
t this plae thren persons were kille: and
wenty bally hurt by flying timbers. crash
nz houses or uprooted trees. The wind
urrents were violent enouh to raise
uge houses anI carry them some distance.
)ne man was drawn throurh a window and
iurled to the ground. and the railroa-d sta
ion, with the agent in it, was movea one
iunired feet up the track. Its inmate
as uninjured. Many aver that tha
loud was fuinel shaped: other aId inter
sting variations In th way of re-1 spots
lickering like .iack o' lanterns in the
entre of it. Still others say that it
was a simple blow, and that there was
othing cyclonio about it. However if
mas. tii result i; the same. The killed in
Therry Hill were Dahy Ahreris; eight months
)ld, torn from its mother's arms and-I found
lead in the roa-1; kille:1 by the hail and the
lying debris of wrecked buildings. Conrad
Friedman. hotel keeper, drawn by the
wn- - from a - second-story win
.ow; he fcll on hi hawt frantui l
nd die.1 almost instantly. Anton Boleski.
mployed as a hostler by Augtdst Mund,
rushed to death when the barn ia Wbich he
as at work 1flap.l. The most serivUsly
ujured are: Eugene Chinook. skull
raeture: and otherwise injured;
Tharles Cule. of Paterson. N. J., se
rery wounde,1 on the head. and eyes so
adly hurt by hail that he will probably lose
he sight of one ey:'. William Ely, Squire of
he village: several ribs fractured. Auto
lio Hosiman,. s:vera1 ribs fractured and in
ernally injured. Willia'n Suttle. nose. arm
d one leg broken an I injured internally,
ndrew Sante1, one arn, leg and nose broken.
[et ween forty and fi fty thousand persons
risited the: seene of th.e ruin and devastation
it Cherry Hiil on the day aft~er the storm.
iomc of the unfortunate people swhose homes
mere wre'ke l sat around during the day
monIering what was in store for them.
enc ly every visit or contributedi toward the
-elief'fundt' and se'veral thousand dollars wvere
-aised. lt~aekensack and the other towns
-esponeltI promptly to the call for aid. At
herry Hi the Rev. A. Duryea, pastor
>f the'Reform I Church. conducted services
a the lot b'ack of the damaged church. He
15a: the ruins of the rear porch as the pul
>it plat for:e'. Three thousand people were
yresaet. The choir was seated under an
wpie tre'. An organ had neen obtained
del a young lady played it.
Ufter- It hl.trnablo had completed its work
~.C'erv IHi!I it swept on toward the Hud
on Rvet. Fences and erops were cut down
.or thre miles mere until Teaneck, the
nagniecnt estate of WVillian Walter Phelps.
;as struek. A hun !red trees were blown
lown and part of the greenhouses wrecked,
n. none of the buildings was damaged.
['lhe tornado sailed over the Palisades and
ase above Harlom. just touching New
t'ork City with its lower stratum.
n the northern part of NewYork City,next
risited by the storm, considerable damage
-esulted: 'from the fieree shower of hail, an:1
number of accidents were reported. The
iailen feature of it was so severe that it is
liflicult to remember a worse one. The
lamage it causel will run into many thou
ands of dollars. Considerable damage was
lone to the upper end of Central Park and
iighboring streets.
Leaving Harlem, straight over Cypress
i. Long Island, swept the storm, wreck
g the numberless gravestones in the cem
tery and tearing down trees by the doze.
tt Crescent street the fury of thegaleseemed
o veer along Jamaica avenue for half a
nile or so, and in this distance there
i-ere but few telephone, telegraph and
rolley wires left standing. Persons, fright
'ned ~out of their wits, ran hither and
hIther, .shrieking and seeking places of
hhelter. Tr -a cars of the Brooklyn and Sub
iban Railroad were derailed. They were;
illed with passengzers at the time, but no
>dy was seriously hurt. The cars were
4ived fro the full~ fury of the gale by the
rrounding houses..
Woodhaven. Long Island. was directly mn;
he path of the temnpest, and here a greatl
teal of damage was done to houses Mandj
rre badly tipped an-t twisted, and herd
tgain the scente oef fright and confusion
*mere re-nated. A heavy hailfall added
Stthe ;general dismav. The approxt1
nate diesnsions of the cloud at this time
vas about that of two city blocks. 'rho
ind did not seem to have a whirl, as 1
h case with true cyelones. but hit right
trai;ht out in the direction it was travelingg
Iny residents of Woodhaven and its vicin
y were injured b.y flying missiles and fall'
'i objects. The air was full or them, an ,
Lnost everybodyv caugtht in lie blow sus-.
ine l 1a bruise or e'-nt'Hi on. The only: perj
in kille I at Woo:lhaven was Mrs Loui.e
rogin. ;e"nteen l'ersons5 were badly
The storm sweol with terribie force over a
srip~ of country ~about twelve mile's wide in
he tobacco-growing regIon of Connecticut.
[he hail riddled' the plants ahd the entire
to o the Suffielli rein is rep)orted ruined,
ausing a loss to Connecticut farmers of not
ess than 9200.000.
At Asbury Patrk. N. .,. the race track
vs loded and drenched with hail,
md .1the hievel" races were abandoned.
['i stormi evidently spent a great deal of
I- fore before it struck Sandy Ihook. It
;eemis to have traveled directly along the
eat, taking inm everything from Atlantic
iiltans to ('ape May.
After practically wrecking Woodhaven,
hhe yone tturnedI off tow-ard the southern