The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, December 01, 1886, Image 3
SUPPLEMENT
-TO THE
Laurens Advertiser.
Tho Now York Time? alerts that the I
Piko County (Pa.) hears nro ?s abondant
thia season as they wore forty years ago,
. and grow bigger and fatter. A few
hears showed themselves in Tennessee
last winter, on tho lino of tho Cincinnati
Houthern Railway.
By a curious coincidence, two person?
with bullet wounds in tho head wero re
ceived at tho London hospital on tho
, same day recently. More remark ible ls
tho fact that, though in each case thc
bullet was driven into tho brain too
deeply for axtractiou, both pntieacs havo
been discharged convalescent. There
marvelous recoveries from what, a few
uara ago, would havo meant certain
death, illustrato the offocts of superior
surgical skill and tho modern antiseptic
method of treating wounds.
Thoro is a woman in Camden, Ohio,
from whoso body, at different points
thero have been taken gold bars or.
rather, noodles. Thcie picheshavi varied
hi length, from a half inch to four or
- (Ive inches, aud arc in thickness n ; |flo
larger than a darning needle Thc ooh
solution offered is that in cirly years she
swallowed a gold coin, or piece of ?.old
which, by soino action of the ga tra
juices of tho stomach, was dissolved and
circulated through tho system, then, by
some action of tho blood, precipitated
An assoriation of Alabama, Crorgln.
Virginia, New York ad Philadelphia
capitalists, called the North Birmingham
Land Company, has been formed at Bir
mingham, Ala., with a capital of *70o.
0.)o. Thc Coalburg coa'. m.ning pro er
ty, with a du.ly output of 600 tons, is
included in the purchase ruado by thc
oomr y from tho Richmond vt Danville
exte >n. Its mining capa itv will bc
Inc eased and a larg - iron iurnnc- will
numerous coke ovens will ho cr?ete 1 a;
once. Tho site of the \ lant is on Yilla 'c
Creek, not quite two miles noith of Bir
mingham. The company owns 12,.'Ot
acion of coal and farm land?, and pro
po>ea building a suburban town and en
gaging in extensive manufacturing.
A carpet morchnnt in Yionna has a ru
rious collection of ancient wo den am
linen cloths, including more than thru
hundred sp ci mens. Many of them havi
been takoa from tombs "nd aro streichet
on folios of cardboard to preserve thoai
Some of tho fragments ure only n foo
rqunre, but tho larger r>nn.s make up at
fntlrc l oman to^a, which in >aid tobi
the only ono in tho w rid. There are i
great many embroidered dresses and i
tloal of knitting a .d crowd w >rk
J ouhlo chain stitch teems to have b^ei
as familiar to thc Egyptian seam-tr s?es
sewing with bono neel!. ?, as it is ti
modern women. There arc some vcr
quaint and unusual designs in tho oli
collo I n m of cloths, but thero are als
some very common tliin.s. It is curiou
to find that thc comm >n blue check pat
tern of our dusters and work house apron
was in gene al u e a nong tho Kgyytian
more than a thousand yesjsago.
Tho BUctrkia > has this to say abott
thc uso of cicctricity on crim.nd
"Thorc ie now exhibited nt ?.eip/ig n
app?t?t :s for putting criminals to deat
by electricity. So long as it ls foun
necessary to retain capital punishmen
ipon our statute hooks it may bo thu
the o'ectric method ls thc most mercifti
and least repulsive process that could h
devised for ran . ing the sentence int
effect. Eui if ?ich means atc eve
?dopte 1 iu this country, tho detail^ wll
certainly not he carried out in the theat
rical m nncr which commends it?elf t
thc Leipzig amati ur. In this apparatut
heh nd tho ?hair in which tho con
detuned man is to lake his scat-and b
means of which, as wc need not expia
In detail, his body is ?.l;:ccd in circui
with a pow? rful coil- the 0 .stands a con
vontionnl figure of Justice with ban
daged o\es, heddi g tho balance in he
?eft band and tho sword in her ri^h!
The criminal having taken his scat, th
proper functionary is Bttpposed to r a
over the record o? his crimes and th
lentcnce of tho law. This ecrctn my coir
pleted ho folds up tho do- ument an
place? it in the st ale pan, thc arm of th
balance descends, closes the circuit, an
sills over.'' _
Thc human family living to-day o
larth conusts of about 1,150,000,000 ir
iividuals; not less, probably mort
These are distributed over thc earth's sm
face, so t at now there is no consi lei
ible part where mon is not found. I
Asia, whero bo was first planted, thci
sro now approximately about 600,00(
densely crowded; on an average 120 1
the square mile. In Europe thero ai
8.0,000,000, avcra-ing 100 to thcsquai
mile, not s > crowded, but every whet
dtnsc nt all points over populated I
Africa theio arc 210,000,000. In Amor
ca, North anti South, there aro 110,000
000, relatively thinly . cuttere 1 and ri
cent. In tho i hinds, large and smal
probably i0,? 0 y:00. Tho . xtremes <
the white un 1 black are tts live to thro<
the remaining 700,000.000 intermedia!
brown and tawny. Of tho rn 0 600,000,
OOO are well clothed, that is wear ya
ments of some kind to c ver their nnkoi
ness; 700,000,000 are semi clothed, co'
eringinferior parts of tin haly, 0">o
0110,000 aro practically inked. Of tl
race, 800,000,000 live in hOMSOS parti
furnished with tho appointments of ci'
ilization; 700,000,( 0 ) in huts or cnvi
with no furnishing; 060,0JO,000 ha>
nothing that can bo called a home, ai
barbarous and savage. Tho rango
from the topmost round -tho Ang
Saxon civiiizat.on, which ls th . hight
known-down to naked savagery. Tl
portion of the raco lying below thc lit
of human condition is at tho very lea
three fifth* of the whole, or 000,000,00
ARTHUR'S DEATH.
THE i HOM I MM I' V-I'lt I'nilM *, I
DIE? OF APOPLEXY.
Tho Eminent atnteainnti I?I^V,.S i nto
??.nth-, A fl rent Political Leedor Call?
e?I From Thin Eire Hin Death I nrx.
peet vd?
NKW YORK. NOV. 17.-Ex-President
Chester A. Arthur died ut 5 o'clock
chis morning ut Iiis residence, No. 123
Lexington avenue. Ho had been nil
i ing for some time from i complica
.ion ol diseases, principally kidney
affection. Ho had spent thu Rummer
d a watering place, and it was sui?
posed that this had stn ngtbed some
A hnt his enfeebled constitution. His
death was unexpected, il not heing
?Upposotl outside ol Ids house that he
was in any immediate danger,
nuns m nair nant.
As soon as the UOWHOf Mr. Arthur s
death was made public many lings on
public and private buildings '.vre
olaeedal hall mast. Mr Arthur had
lived ut No. 123 Lexington avenue for
20 years or more.
A stroke of cerebral apoplexy, sud
den, but nol wholly unexpected by
tho attending physician, terminated
Ins life. The stroke came in his Bloop,
between Tuesday night and Wcdnos
lay morning, rind h?-did not rally
thereafter. 1 lis death was painless,
like the slow going out of a humed
down candi?, and for hours before
tie end caine ho was unconscious of
ms surroundings,
NurroiiuOeU tty Friend*
His son and daughter, his sisters,
his former low partner, Sherman NV.
Knivals, and his closest friend, Surro
gate Hollins, were at his bedside. All
oportstothc contrary. Mr. Arthur's
lonlth had not improved during Ins
stay nt New London, six weeks ago,
mu at his return, on October 1st, lin
.vas no la tter than when ho left the
itv. As time passed no permanent
improvement came, and tho physi
cians feared somosuch sudden stroke
is ttie ono to which ho succumbed.
In his enfeebled condition oven n
light stroke of apoploxy would have
.roved fatal to tho once robust pa
ient.
With tho beginnmg of tho present
week o marked change for tho bettor
set m. Tuesday tho ex-President felt
bettor und stronger than at anytime
duce ho was taken sick, and com
ticnted hopefully upon tho fact.
Tlie l in t Mg-ie* or Death.
lt was after midnight when hts at
. ndnnl left him alone in his Ind
room and nothing was heard of him
luring the early morning hours. He
\ ?ts not disturbed until his attendant
entered his room at eight o'clock yes
terday morning. Ho lound Mr. Ar
hur lying on his side breathing
Heavily, and could not rouse him.
rho family answered lus summons,
out failed to elicit any sign of con
sciousncss or recognition from the
ex-President, in alarm they sum
moued Ids physician I>i\ George A.
Peters, who has been ii: attendance
tpon Mr. Arthur throughout his ill
e ss and who responded promptly,
md at once saw thal he wnssulTer
ing from a stroke of cerebral apo
plexy. A small blood vessel in the
jroin had burst and paralysis of tho
fight side had ensued, ?.'rom the
m oin ut !ho discovery was made all
nopes was known to be vain, hut
>*r? ROO rt? were (Spared
to bring tho patient hack to con
sciousness. They wore all alike fail
ures. Mr. Arthur lay motionless
and speechless all day. Ho know
what was going on about him, for he
squeezed his doctor's hand and nut
out Ins tongUO portly when asked to
lo so. Lut lie never spoke or give any
other sign ol consciousness. Last
Hight Ot tl O'clock, t llC enfeebled pulse. ?
moro diflicull respirations and other I
signs of physical failure, indicated to I
tho wvitonful eyes of his physicians!
thflt tho end was drawing near. \
.h inge for tho won t came "ti rapid
ly and
rings nt Unit Mint.
At tho Capitol immediate^ upon
the receipt ol tho news of ox President ,
Arthur's death the Hags wera ordered
to half mast and arrangements made :
for tho display of mourning emblems.
Senator Sherman loft tho city yester
day and Speaker Carlisle and ibo
sergeant at arms also being absent,
no action could betaken at once in
reference to tho funeral, although ;t
was assumed that both IIOUROH would
desire to bc represented.
Ill?? ?Intern und Children flaltioreO ni
ll is llednlde.
Dr. Wm, A. Valentino, Dr. Polers
Portlier and SoiTOgcto Rollins staved
with them during tho night. Mr.
Knivals went homo al midnight.
Mr. Arthur's strength ebbed out
slowly. Illili With it his life. It WHS
o'clock when tho end carno. Ho
had been entirely senseless for hours
and died without a struggle
A H net eh er Hie Eire
Mr, Arthur was 50 years old.
Ho hud been a widower ..?ven
years. His wifo died in 1870.
siie vas Miss Ellen Horndon
before he married her, daughter
nf a naval officer, n Virginian, who
was lost at sea. Of their two chil
dren, tho son, Chester Allen, is twen
t v two years old He was graduated
from Princeton College ti year ugo,
and is now a student in tho Columbia .
law school. His practical training ho '
ni i ivod in tho law office of Lennis &
Ransom, ?lie firm of which thc Ex
President was a member up to tho
limo of his election t" tho Vice-Prost?
loncv on tho Garfield tickets. Tho
laughter, Miss Nollie, ?>f whom Mr.
Arthur was very fond, is fourteen
years <>hl.
Ill* flrotttar and Fi louds Iulormed.
Teh-grams conveying ihe Intolli
ronce of tho death <>f the Ex-Prosl
lent h ive boen sent to his brother,
Maj. Wm. Arthur, of tho P. S. rogo
ar army, stationed at San Antonio,
Texas to Gonerai Browster at Phlhv
lelphia, Ex Secretary VV. E. Chanti
er, who called upon Mr. Arthur
Monday, and other members of the
'abinet of the lute administration.
ind also to some personal friends ol
ho deceased, it is expected that tho.
lu mbers of Ex President Arthur's j
>abinet will be asked to acl an pall
?oarors nt the funerAi.
Tho remains now lio in n parlor on
he second floor of tho unostentatious j
.esidonCO, whoso honored owner has
mssed away.
The fact of tho rapidly wavering
[fe of Mr. Arthur wos not made pub
ie It was not until some hours of
OT his death that knowledge of it
vus on the street -heneo but few of
? ? . V
! his friends have yet called at the
house.
Pr? pa rations for the Funeral.
It is not yet finally decided whether
i Kev. Dr. Howland, Inte rector
? Of the church of the Heavenly
! Rest, or Kev. Dr. Morgan.
? the present rooter, will officiate nt
: the funeral service. Undertaker
1 Davidson was summoned to take
charge of tho remains this morning.
Tho funeral will take place on Satur
: day at 0 a. m. from the church of tho
, Heavenly Rest, on 5th avenue, thc
\ Kev. Dr. Porker Morgan officiating,
i Mr. Arthur was not a member of
: any church, but bis wife formerly
attended' that church. One of the
; distinctive features o? tito ex-Prosi
dents character was Iiis strong loy
alty (<> ber memory. Mr. Arthur's
remains will be buried in tho Albany
Kural Cemetery, in the family plot.
Tlif> ?'li> .|<<lmi'i Opinion*.
I>r George A. Peters was found at
his office today, lie Haid: "Mr.
Arthur died ol eurobra! apoplexy.
That is it wns tho immediate cause.
lt was not unexpected For two or
three years Mr. Arthur had Buffered
from an enlarged and enfeebled
heart, and the varioty ol symptom*
I that alarmed his friends were thc
natural result. Ho had kidney
i troublo .-Bright's discaso, but it. was
not the causo of his death. A man
, of less powerful constitution would
I havo succumbed much sooner. Hi?
I great physical strength nulled him
through as far .'is this. Mr. Artbut
: was not only a physically strong bte
' a mighty good man. and those whe
were closest to bim in his trouble
learned to value bim most highly.
! How th? Sad \niH Ma? Rr*c?lv?<l lt
Washington.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18.--The per
sonal regard in which Ex-Presiden
Arthur was bold in Washington wai
shown by expressions of sincere sor
row on all hands this morning at tin
nows of his sudden death. The re
coipt of the first bulletin was follow
ed almost immediately by Hie hal
masting of flags on thc wings of tb
Capitol, on the White House and Di
partaient building, on tho cour
ie ilise and district building, and 01
many hotels, school and privat'
buildings. Soon after thc receipt o
tho press bulletins Colonel Lan ion
received from .las. ( '. Reid, Ex-Pret
dent Arthur's private secretary, th
f< ?Bowing telegram :
"Ex Pr? sidont .Arthur died at liv
o'clock this morning."
k*r??idrnt < l?v?lnmrr? M*w?aa* of Iii
?peet.
The President wi s at once inforn
ed and addressed tho following t
President Arthur's sister. Mrs. M<
Elroy. Executive Mansion:
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18, 1886
Mrs. John E. McElroy, 12.1 Lox i nf
ton Ave., New York city:
Accept my heartfelt sympathy i
your pei sonni Kt'h'f, and the e;
pression of ni y sorrow for til
death of one who was m
kimi and considerate frient
Bcoret'iry Fuillrott*? Order.
Secretary of War Endicott tin
afternoon issued a general order COI
taming tho President's proelamatioi
end directing that on the flay of tl
funeral at each military post tl
troops and cadets will oe pnradi
and tho President's proclamation ron
to timm, after which all labor.-, of tl
day will cease The national {bi
will be displayed at half staff. /
dawn <,f day thirteen guns will I
fired, and afterwards at intervals ?
thirty minutes between the risil
and setting of tho sun a single KUI
and at thc close of day a nation
salute of thirty eight guns. Tl
officers of tho army will wear era]
on their left arm an 1 on their swore
and the colors of tho battalion
beginners ??f tho several regimon
and of tho U. ?S. corps of cadets w
be put iu mourning for a period
six mouths.
Iii?? President'??. .\ititnun<,em*nt.
WASHINGTON, NOV. I.S. Thc Cal
net meeting to-day was attended l
all tho members, and the Preside
formally announced thc death of e
President Arthur, and expressed I
intention lo attend tho funeral if p<
Bible.
The following imuounccmcnt w
issued from the White House:
Ex i:? L'TIVK MANSION, >
WASHINGTON, D. C.,NOV, IK i860. ?
To thc People of thc United Statt
lt is my painful duty to minoan
tho death of Chester Allen Artie
lately thu President of thc Unit
St ates, which occurred alter an
ness ox long duration at anear
hour this morning, nt bis resident
in thc city of New York. Mr..'
thur was called to tho chair of t
Chief Magistracy of tho nation bj
tragedy which cast its shadow o*i
tho entire government. His nSHtin
lion of the gravo duties was mark
liv au evident and conscientious)
sire to meid them in a patriotic a
benevolent spirit ; with dignity a
ability ho sustained tho important i
tics ot bis station undthe reputati
of bis personal worth, conspicur
graciousness and patriotic fidel
will long bo cherished by his fell
countrymen, lu token of respect
tho memory of thc deceased, ft is
tiered that tho Executive Mans
ami the several departmental btu
ings ne draped in mourning for n
rioil of thirty days: and that <?n
day of tho funeral nil public basin
in tho Doportmonts bo suspend
Tlie Secretaries of War and of
Navy will cause ordors to bo issi
for appropriate milfiory and na
honors tobe rendered on that do
Tho people of tho country will s
corely mourn tho loss of a f?t i.
who flor voa them well in their hi>
est trust lind won their affection
an exhibition of ihe best traits
true Amorican character.11
Mr. Cleveland, the President, tl
prepared an officiai announcement
I he sad news, and an order for i
half masting of lings and draping
public buildings for thirty days, a
directing that they bo closed on
?lay of ibo funeral. He als.) issi
an order to Colonel Watson toe?
monee draping tho White House ?
mediately.
Cleveland ami Sfvnrnt Member* to
ti ?nt th? i ni?'-? i? J.
WASHINGTON, Nov. li
President Cleveland and Hcvt
members of tho Cabinet will loi
herc to-morrow night for New Y<
to attend ex-President Arthur's
neral.
"?-* ? *-- --
i.ord thurehill makes sixty ii*?d
a minute while speaking, or hal
many as a w enan w ho is describing
new hat to her thurat friend.
Gotting Ufted to Earthquake?.
The Rev. Dr. Toomer Porter of
Charleston, 8 C who is at thc Hoffman
House New York with referenco to
tlic continuence of severe earthquake
shocksinCharleston, sud that tba people
had got wholly accustomed to thom, and
took thom quite ns a matter of course.
Even thc severest-and some of them
of late have been very severe-do uot
interrupt business more than tiive min
utes. People stop wherever they are
and wait for the builidngs to quit shnk
?rig. When things have got down to a
common level once more, every tiling is
resinned where it was left off. The
n lief fund sent to Charleston from tho
North mid elsewhere is being carefully
expended, Dr Porter says; while he is j
Committee to ask authority to expend ?
part of thc New York contribution upon
tho work of restoring tho school budd
ings. Tho schools white and colored,
are all open now, but a good deal of
of money is needed to put thc buildings
in good condition. Several will have to
bo rebuilt. Schools are held in churches
public halls, and wherever shelter can
bc obtained ?
Appointments by the President
Tiie President made th?' following
oppointmcnts, last Tuesday.
Wm. D burnett of Cincinnati to bc
Attorney of the United States for the
South ein Distsict of Ohio; Tuo.othv
W Jackson of New Y?>rk to he Indian
Agent for the State of New York :
Amos A brown of New York to be
Consul of tho United State nt ( luton,
Out., William II Bowman of Rochester
N V, U Commissioner to examine n
section of the Oregon and California
Railroad, in thc place, of Gideon .1
I Tucker, declined; Francis A Hoffman
?tobo Appraiser of Merebaodics ia the
: District oi Chicago; Charles W irish of
! Iowa city, Iowa, to be Surveyor (h n ral
: of Novada; A. W. Eibemutz of Cali
, lornia to he Receiver of Public Moneys
j at Independence. Cal. John P Laird of
j California to bj Register of ihe Land
' Office at Independence, Cal , Timothy A
Byrnes of Atlantic City N .1, to be
j Agent for ih Indians of "the lir.tah atid
i Ouary Consolidated Agei.cy in Ptah,
Buinual A Walton of Kentuckey to be
Conbul of the I niter! States at AhUDCton.
Ninety-six Sailors Lost at Sea.
? Advices has bjen received at Plymouth
that the Chinese Steamship Takaman
j burst her boilers while running under
j hi^li piessuro in a gale off Nugatn, and
that ninety-six persons \\h?> were on
board perished, including the officers,
who were Englishmen.
I Capt Maximilian Schneider, a German
barber, and formerly and officer in thc
National Guard in this cit., killed him
self in New Orleans tho other flay
because his attentions was rejected by a
lady of that city.
Fnqwcnchablo fue is tating ils was
throt.gh hundreds of acres of coal in
Westmorland county l'a. the thums
having started some time ago in the
shaft of H C Fi Pk Cok<- Company. Hy
reason ?>f the tire some 800 men arc out
<>f work, and tl,? Coko|company is ton
ing .$2,400 a dav.
^ Nev I Plan of Burial.
General .M. C. Melgs, P. S. A., dis
u'.issts the burial of tho dea l as follows
in Dui <liii<j "I seo that the question of
lis? o in of tho de td in towers of mnson
iy or bj cementation is bring discussed.
It is not new. Asiatic conquerors have
built tho living, after capturo of their
citPs, into towers of masonry, usin^thoir
bo'lirs as blocks and generally thc adobe
mortars of the desert plains for ceraent
ing them together. One of theo. Ouilt a
pyramid or tow r containing thoisands
>f heads. Tho cit? of New York i tera
in its rotter's Field obout 1,000 bodies
Annually. l.nropc rents a gi ave site for
a term of years-a short term -and then
disinters tho bone? and pac ks them in a
catacomb or vault Would not Now
York save money and treat its dead with
g eater respect if it embedded each body
iu a mass of Hudson River cement and
<and (lieton Coigntt) ? I lind that one
half a cubic yard of Beton ('eignet will
completely enclose thc body of a man of
?ix feet stature, weighing 200 pounds.
The average human jeing would requiro
even less then thirteen cubic, feet. At rul
ing prices such a s-. recphngus would cost
onP two or three dollars. 'Ibo HP?o
find date, o perpetual 7ccoid and memo
rial of tho dead, could be inscrihed with
I Mer punches or stamps on thc hoad or
foot of the block or sarcophagus. Kruiged
alongside of each other in contact, and
in two rovs - that is, two bl cks deep
these would build on any suitable plan a
fo .rtecn-foe* wall, massive and strong
enough to bo cariied to tho height of
lftO feet.
Thus would bo crocted, at. the rate of
nearly 2,000 cubic yar>ls per year, a great
temple of silence, a grand and everlast
ing monument to those who pass away.
Thc designs for such a monument seem
wor hy of thc study of our best archi
tects. 1 might bc a pyramid, a cone, a
tower, or a long gallery like those of tho
Italian city of Rologna, the most bcauti
fi 1 cemetary in tho world.
Md y years ago thc London Architect
publ'shed the proposal of sn architect to
erect by slo degrees and in successive
courses a ?odd pyramid in which, in
cells, tho d?ad of bondon would be en
cl.?sid. But this made no provision for
memorial inscriptions or visibly rocords.
e. fourteen foot wall does this.
A mm who has stud ed the various
phases of tho matrimonial market has
come to the conclusion that every woman
bas somo chance to marry; lt may bo
one to fifty or it maj ten to ono she will.
Representing a woman's i nt n o chance at
100, he has made out the following table
to show the chance at certain point? of
tinto.
Between 15 ?nd 30 yearn.... HW per cent
Between 80 and $5 voa rs- ftj per cent
Between 26 and 80 years.... 18 per cent
Between ito and 35 years.... 18\? per ceut
Between 3ft and 40 years.... 8? per cent
B -tween 40 and 4ft years.... 2W per cent
Between 4ft ?nd BO year?- %?ot I per cent
Between ft > ?nd H'S years.... V of t per cent
After 00 it ls on . tenth of one per
cent., or ?ne chance in 1,000.
LADIES' COLUMN.
Pur./.Iod by Their Pocket*
Tho manner of putting in the pockets
of women's dresses now-a-days is very
puzzling. It always did baffle a man to
find them, but now it baffles tho woman
her-elf. It is no unusual thing for a lady
to como back to our head ladies and ask
them to show them the pockets and how
to get nt them. You seo tho pockets are
fixed in tho plaits, and do not show at
all. You frequently see a lady on enter
ing a store clap her hand down where
her pocket should be. The observer does
not notice anything, but you may de
pond on it that abo has found her pocket
ifahogoes ahead, and if she turns back
sho has not. lloccr tly I noticed ono lady
coming back three or four times, and,
thinking some blunder must have boca
made, I made inquiries. It was only to
find her pockot, and each time sho got
caught in a store, unable to find the on
trance to tho pocket when she wanted to
get something out. - Globi;-Democrat.
Married Women'? Property.
A recent writer objects to the law's
undue partiality to married women, be
causo thoy can hold property which tho
husband ennnot touch, they may engage
in business without being required to
givo a penny to tho support of family OT
themselves, and tho husband is all the
time responsible for any contracte or pur
chases mado by tho wife. At first view
it would seem that married women are
an extraordinarily privileged class. But
thc simple fact is that tho female needs
extraordinary privileges to place hor on
n just equality with the stronger and
moro a --rossi ve male. Aid the fact is,
also, that women do not abuso these
privileges.
Wo often hear of husbands who will
not support their families, and who even
take their wives' scanty earnings for thc
gratification of their appetites. But wo
do not hear of wives who neglect their
household duties to go into business, do
clinc to contri bute to the support of their
families and mako their husbands re
sponsible for business debts. Thc facts
of every day lifo show that married
women need all thc protection which thc
law can give thom ; and in the li?ht of
theso fa'ts, the critic of women's priv
I leges poses ns the discoverer of a particu
larly unsubstantial mare's-nest. - Frank
j I.telie't.
A TJOVOI- Brought to Terms.
Quito n sensational photographic story
comosfr m M ni rid. A Spanish photo
grapher having made all thc necessary
arrangements for taking a comely youDg
damsel, bad plac d thc dark side in posi
tion, and w;is in the act of rawing it
out, when, on finally glancin, at h s
"si cr," he wa; horrified to see that she
was holding thc muzzle of a small rc
volver to her forehead. "Stop, for heav
en's sakei" cried the artist adding,
rather selfishly: "If you ehcot yourself
you will ruin my businors.'' In rep y thc
young lady only laughed, nnd. handing
thc revolver to thc photographer, sai-:
"Don't bo alarmed. It isn't load' d,
you soc. But I wont you to take mo hobi
ng lt to my forhcad, so that I can send
the cai to to my lover, who has deserted
me, withs lcttcrsaying that if he docs
not come back to mc I will really fire ol
thc revolver!" Assuring himself of tho
fact that tho revolver was not loaded,
the artist consented to so far assist hie
"sitter" in her proposed stratagem r.s te
lake the desired photograph. Thesoqu?'
is p rfectly satisfactory. Some tim-' ni
terward thc photographic nrt'-d ad t. c
pleasure of ngain taking thc same yo.tn?
lady, but this time she was with a gen
tleman, her companl in being her once
fickle lover, who bad returned to Iiis al
legit.ncc a short time after thc tra cal
photograph lind boen despatched ta him.
hmdon Fiyaro.
Rushton Votes.
Applique galioons trim many hand
FOinc cl th and wool drosses.
Two sets ->f strings n-o cen again on
bonnets, ono wido tho other narrow.
Now York dry goods men report Inigo
hali s of hair lined t" ess stuffs this sea
son.
Plain velvet hats and bonnets are con
tidered correct weir with i.rossy tailor
suits.
There is .> return of lavor t. dressed
kid gloves, bul undressed kids aro also
\t o rn.
All feorts of novei bows aro used to
form th high bonnet trimmings of this
season.
Some of thc new capota brims arc cleft,
and have one side strapped back with
ribbons.
Ornaments of jct in colors to blend
into thc shad's of the dress ?re the
chosen trimming.
lu plain black many ladies continua lo
favor satin duchesse, lucin e of its en
during qualities.
Shawl dresses arc sout out by Fren -
tailors, bul they are not pretty, nor wi 1
they bc popular.
Sometimes the front is bidden by a fall
of jot fringe, {.gain by ribbons or a belt
fastentd w.th an oli silver buckle; Jhe
larger and older it is thc better.
Wide stripes, medium, narrow sad
hair linc Mr pcs, sppeir in all classes and
I grades of dress goods. Chet Its are also
worn, as are large hock designs.
New tailor ruits are many of them
made will habit bas pics, ?hort on v?
sides and finished with a vest, simplo
cuff* and SJ.''"finely high collar.
In plain silk fabric* faillo Francaise
lakos thc load nnd sirves in plain colors
as a combination with velvet and plush
toxtilca in fancy e flee tv It is also used
?? ,y background for friso flguros and
Urines ano blocks of plush or velvet.
The women connected wttfc th? press
ia the Southern States ar? organizing n
Boumsnt Woman's Press Association.
MURDERING GUNS, j
BHAXiIi 8TF.IT.IJ CANNON OF TRW-?
MENQOV8 POWER.
6ix-POandcrs Fired Twenty Times n
Minute (ind Penetrating F?T?
Iron Pinten-Gunn Throwing
l.OOO Projectiles a Minute.
Harper's Monthly contains anarticloby
Admiral Simpson of the American navy,
that deals with thc construction of tho
ateel guns that aro to ho usea to arm tho
new wnr ships that Secretary Whitney is
goingto build. Incidentally the modern
machine gun, or quick-firing gun, is
mentioned as a ".nurdoriug gun," al
though thc art icio is chiefly devoted to
the method of constructing big breech
loaders. A naval officer who talked
about these "murdering guns" said ;
"Ono ha? only to stop and think n mo
ment to appreciate the tremendous ad
vance made in tho construction of guns
during the present century. Every one
it familiar with thc fact that a very largo
D' mbor of the privateers that did their '
country such great service in tho last war
with England were armed with six-poun
ders cannoD that threw a ball of cast
iron weighing six pounds. These guns
wore mounted in broadside, mueh ai tho
nino inch guns on tho big wooden frig
ates that form tho grcntor part of our
aavy now are mounted, and it required
about five men to serve them well. They
were fired perhaps once in five minute?.
Although the principal weapon of the
little wnr ships of seventy-five years ago,
the six-pounder is now one of the little
gun? to be used a? tho flint-lock mus
ket? were used in those days, to re
pel attacks from small boats and pick men
off of exposed parts of an enemy'?
?hip. This latter service gives them tho
name of murdering guns. The six- |
pounder of 1812 was usually a brass piece.. |
! and thc charge of powder was so ?mall
? that the balls failed often to penetrate
I the thick plank of an enemy's ?hip. It
j is a fact, that, until within foi ty year?,
J thick timber in the top sides of a ship
] was a sufficient protection even against
the connon ba] s of larger degree. But
now the quick-firing six-pounder ha? be
come an awful weapon of destruction.
Its barrel is made of steel. Instead of
being fired by touching a flaming match ?
to thc priming in the vent of tho gun,
as its ancient namesake wa-, it it fired j
and loaded as well by tho motion of n
lever. In place of tho little looso bag
of powder and thc round iron ball that j
loaded tho ancient < ne. a meta:Uc car
tridge that is made up of powder fulmi
nate and n long steel bolt is used. Tito
cartridges are placed in a maga7?nc con
nected with the gun. and thc motion of
j the lever throws out tho empty shell
i ofter the discharge, inserts a fresh car
tridge, and fires it. Th'- spred attained
j at a recent trial of the Nordenf- lt six
pounder nt Dnttford, England, was six
1 rounds in fourteen seconds, lt could be ?
j easily and accurately fired twenty timos
; in a minute.
"lint the ?peed attained, important a?
lt i?, ia not the only advantage of thoo
six-pounder quick-firing guns. At thc ?
Dartford trial mentioned the gun wa?
tested to ?how its power. Five iron
plates, each an inch thick, were used
over an appropriate backing of wood to
form a target, yet the steel bolts which
this gan threw with such marvelous
rapidity passed clear through tho five
inches of iron plates, thc gun being fired
at a distance of sixty yards from the
target. That is the sort of a weapon
j that the thia ra mg shells called torpedo
boats have got to far. Tho little
steamer may fly nt a speed of twenty
five miles HU hour, but unites she caa
get unobserved within n very short dis
tance of thc lng man of-war she feoks to
dost roy thc Captains of t he top on the
(Basts, which arc erected in alt ship?,
-viii get the range, of ber with the light
Ding six-pounders, and before she cnn
j travel three times her length will drive
such a shower of steel bolts clem through
i
bull, boiler and everything about ber
that nota soul nor a fragment will be
left above water to tell whence she came
! or mark where she went down. Not even
i tho best nf torpedo boats, except
' through the accident of fog or in tho
smoke of battle between birder ships can
' hone to reach on cnemv to do lura hurt.
"Quick-firing guns that throw projec
tiles thc si/e of a ii:!e tallare mado in
gt eat variety. The single-barrel Norden?
I felt of this calibre weights but fifteen
pounds, and ran be tired 180 times a
minute. Thc next largor size has three
barrels. It weighs sixty pounds ned can
throw'400 projectiles a minute. This is
just r ow a very popular weapon in the
French, Gorman, and Italian armies,
both on account of its effectiveness and
thc lightnos-S in weight. It is mounted
on a light rarriado for field service, tin
?hip bo.ird, however, tiic live barrel gun
Isthe smallost 8?7.0 used. Larger one?,
having ten barro.s, weighing 22 ? pounds,
have be> n devised for usc in forts as well
a? on ships, and e\cn twelve-barrel fs'uns
lhat weigh 260 pounds arc becoming
common. Th" ten-barrel gun throw?
1,000 projectiles a minute, and the oth r '
one 1,200. Their effect ive ranero is a lit
tle over 1,000 yunis. One gun like thia ,
I? Warranted to keep the open ports of nn ?
enemy'? ship clear when within ran. e. '
'.j\ curious test was made with one of
the ton ! nrr'i gonn not long ago in India.
Two companies of wooden soldiers were
.et up on the rhlc rango. A company ol
fifty men, armed with tho best modern
rifles, fired nt o: o of the companies of
wooden target? nt a distan o of 1.000
yards, whilo a ton barrel machine
gun peppered tho other company
during tho ?arno interval of time.
It required six men to foed,
aim, and fire the machino gun. An ex
amination of the targets showed that the
machine gun did as much work na fifty
trained men. But in time of actual bat
tl? the tr? i-ed men. owing to the exert?.
ment and fatigue incident to thc contest,
could n t fi o with tho accuracy nor
speed attained in a practice drill at ?
mark, wir!' the rocchi aT, having "otth???
rei ves nor muscles, would spout death
wiih un WT ry i HT accuracy and speed. It
is no longer 'possible to work- a cannon
on an unprotected dock, except when
out of range of tho murdering guns ol
tho enemy, li is uot possible-to take aa
ouomy's ship .by boarding. Snail boats
can novcr hop r to ? irry an enemy's ghip
by pouring ti o<t of inca ou her deck,
nor can torpodo boats approach within
torpedo rango except by st alth. Naval
warfare ls hoing narrowed down pretty
well to contests bctwocn ships at long
range with guns of immense power. A
knowhdgo of mathematics, chemistry,
and mechanics is now as necessary for a
modern naval seaman as courage and
seamanship were to naval seamen, of sev
enty-live years ago.-ATstc York Sun.
Healthy and Unhealthy Occupations.
Tho first place among healthy occupa
tions is held by ministers of religion,
thc death rato of this class being 555.
Next wo have gardeners and nursery
men, who stand at '.ii i; farmers and gra
ziors, i>:U ; agricultural laborers, 701;
schoolmasters. 718; tho other trades
which foliow closely ou these being gro
cers, coal mi rehauts, paper manufactur
ers, laco and hoisory manufacturera,
wheelwrights, ship builders and ship
wrights and coal m n -rs. Thc figures
of mortality of all these trades ?3 under
??">. C u thc other side.that, of unhealthy
occupation?, thc first place is held by
thctradoi which aro concerned iu the
manufacture and distribution of iutoxi
cat ug drink, which, as is well known,
entail many temptations to uso it to ex
ec's. Thc list of unhealthy occupations
is headed by ti o class of inn and hotel
sir ants, whoso figuro mounts up to
2,"205, being nearly double that of tho
medical profession. 'Ibo highest place
r.e.\t to them ap) held by the
general laborers nud coster ^ mon
gers hawkers and street Rollers, tho
fo:mer class w'.th 3.020, and the latter
i
with I.STD. It is probable that I otb aro
largely m ide up ol br ken mea. tho
w recks of other callings. Innkeepers,
public? is, spi it. wine and beer v.calcrs
follow with a figure of 1,521 and brew
ers with 1,3i '. lu support of the belief
that thrs h'gh rates o mortality aro
chicly dur t tal ih ?li ? c\ ess, Dr. Oglo
has compare 1 with then thc mortality
assigned to diseases of thc liver, tho
orean through which suc.i exec-- chiofly
declares itself, :.nd has ob'ainod results
which are entirely in ha mcuy witlvthoeo
of the Irado returns Next to the trades
cone neil with alcohol, thc highest
rates arc furnished by occupation, which
?n nive the breathing of dust-other
ti,an ' eal dust -nndo-peciady of o sharp
an 1 gritty character, ov largely com
posed of min ral matter; next, those in
which there i> expo uro to lead poison
ing, as with plumbers, palate B and file
makers. Thc earthenware manufactur
ers, who are mu h exposed to mineral
dust, havo a figure of 1,742; filcmakcrs,
who work upon a haden c ushion, reach
1,007, and plumbers and painters, who
arc also exposed to lead, reach 1,202.
Chamber?'? Journal._
Accidents to Sleep-Walkers.
It seems strange on thc first bb
he matter, that so very few accidents
?.cfal! slocp-walkers, Tho Proportion of
instances in which any injury is sus
tained by thc subjects of this remarka
ble state of semi sleep i? very small.
r> explanation of the immunity is
doubtless to bo foil ld in thc factthat it
is a -latco? semi-sleep in which thes'eep
walker makes his excursion, Ho is sleep
ing only so far as j art of Iii-, cerebrum
is concerned, Tho vest of his brain is
awake, and therefore it is really not s
-Hange feat to walk carefully and es
cape in cry. d;dng all thc necessary acts
of avoidance while carrying out some
dream purpose, us* as a walking pur
pose is fulfilled. This hypothesis obvi
ously requires a very full explanation of
such an accidont as thot by which a
sleep walker recently ramo to her death
- namely, fulling oui of an open window
It is not lik-ly ?o h., hoe;: ; art of the
dream to get oui of a window. There
must have been some error in the carry
it g ont of th procoss; such, for exam
ple, as turning to tb? right instead of
thc loft, on Ic-vmg a n om. and thus
w'king through a low window instead
of tl,rough a doorway. . s a rule tho
senses are xnllicicn ly on Ih' alert to en
able thc sleep walker to take all precau
tions for safety, and when he comes faco
lo face with a di., cully i vo ving more
than automatic or subcons ons self '.on
trol, he wakes. Wo should like to know
more of tho case whit h has ust ended
fata ly from soni" ompct nt medical ob
server who has studied the development
of this inte eeting disorder in this par
icuiar instance. Surely a practitioner
w::8 consulted. No case of sleep-walk
ing should ever bc left without medical
scrutiny and counsel. In sleep-w alking
there it the making of madness, and la
its inception this disorderly sleeplessness
ought to be stayed. - London La >rft.
British Farm l aborers.
According to a return issued by th?
Agricultural Dopartmoni of tho ?inglisr
Privy Coined, there aro 706,712 raab
laborers, farm servants and coUr.gcrs ii
England, 40,80(1 in M ale, ai.d .< ,Sl)l lr
?cotlond. Of these, if?',.'1(1 in Kn-land
730 in Wales and 549 in S ot a ld hnvt
allotments or field garleas, detached
from cottages, of more than one quartet
and under oi c acre The holders O
similar allotments extonding to froth ont
to four acres number 4,237 in Krtgland
823 in Wales, ?nd 2.V> in Scotland. Tin
garden allotments exectding ono oightl
of an aero number 230,31? in England
27,152 in Wales, aud 10,000 in Scotland
Theso figures do not include tho allot
monts granted by tho railway compa??a
to their servants.