The Darlington herald. (Darlington, S.C.) 1890-1895, March 30, 1894, Image 1

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If iY\ HERALD r:r/. {-? NO. J7. r/ .. ; ; ., DARLINGTON, S. €;, FiUJ)AY, MARCH 30,‘ 1894. By Turbevillo & Williams. fWS Pale tan, almond and filrer >l(te are to h^ve another season of favor. v .The Aa^ch jvotoen areyfajn^md 4 * ff>i' thmskmipacnty Iknfl experM/ce in leiii- ness. The diadoni of the Russian Empress Anna contains 2536 larg» v diamonds ., /aut? ifrfyy y&luid at,|60(*pp: The Princess May fs'tohn presented Dy the Radies of CMUSa.with a hand- sp Afs-'paif f>f X^nh^pLbi'ed»Ehtses; >’ r Of the twelve bridesmaids at Queen V+etaria’s j^iajdjiug /mlyjjireu , Survive ' —the dowager Duchess of Bedford, the Duchess of Cleveland and Lady Jane Ellice. It was some time in 1660 that Mary Astell wrote, ■ importuning women r - .' ‘not to be. content to be in the world like tulips in a garden to make a line show and be good for nothing. ” Miss Brander Matthews, tha. debu- « ‘ tautein literature,' allows-her fathsie to “name” the products of her pen Dr. Mary Jaeobi, whose reputation as a learned member of her profession was made long ago, has been elected Chairman of the section on nervon'i diseases by the New York Academy of *•>' Medibtnc. •' * It is rumored that the new spring dress will be built with very long "• ■ shoulders, sleeves flat in the head, but full about the elbow, aud the skirt, made, heavy and fussy with ' ruffles aud pud’s. ■ ’ Mrs. Washington McLean, o/ Cin- ■ ; cimrati,-hay bought for' $102,000.the gray stucco house on Conuecticnt nveuuc, Washington, built by “Boss” Shepherd, and successively. .OtfJurpiecl by the Chinese and Russian legations. Miss Nora Nave, of Mercer County, Kentucky is said t > be beautiful,, .l^ant^-two years old,. and .in. fawn lierfcctly syiametrical. r She ’is 'only* three feet ten inches high and weighs fifty-six pounds. Her father is a farmer. ; Because Queen Victoria with old- fasliioricd • filL eupSyalj^bleaux vivants, that unexciting amusement is almost thg^fUilMUjllJ^r rcsmyveA' English homieS Vfro ytmug. ’voaRn still believe in the theory of statuesque beauty. Somebody asked Mrs.j of New York City, why SSIPhSd' no entertained any this w inter, and her answer was that there was ho much f egty existentithat slnytom-rifraiil. to 5 Jhrge parfi/s for feiu^li.' ^aTving r.Vonld dyi/nite her. * • . The Ancient Order of Forester ii —. -...England haaMouad. ihc JUmisaion.«] women into its ranks a complete eue- ecss. There ar.^nJBSad^ # SMVnteea courts of fcn'.alcf' Fj|-.>sj<>rs, ^Jid this number is expert? I t^j he doubled by the end of.the present year'. Miss Rose Elizabeth Cleveland, the Bister of the President, is now visiting the White House for the first long stay since her brother camp juto fhe dency the second t" land abominates pu, to escape from it in syy^yjwtiy' “Plaisauco suiting*” an'e-Iimvoog th(u novelties of the n#»* smtsUMi Jfknv. show handsome Perfeafc i efe3fS,Vijd''iM’ most cases the baekgjorfn't'is*di)nV r^' two colors with a* “oEfrastfng tftit” forming an overshot figure. Ndw erepe weaves appear in shot effects. Charlotte M. Younge is till and stately, with largo browu eyes, light hair and a . V ^L JijiS* Jlor, house is filled wuli bookjj^^j^t^e, corridor. Amoug her 'treasures"are' autograph letters from royalty and children thanking her for her writings. Miss Aldrich Blake has the signal distinction of being the first woman to receive third honors, with marks quali fying for a gold qaedijff, in /t'hqVrtfA'tf bachelor scieuce examination of the University of London. She is a stu dent of the Loudon School of Medicine for Women. Watches aro worn at the side again and are no longer hung up on’the chest. They ought to be put out at sight. A watch worn as most women wear the.* irsimply'-tempting fat? and two-thirds the ‘ 'losts” in the newspaper column* are watches, which vanity puts to a use never iutetided by the inventor. . Ik tUc^Ofild-benjYell female attempt ing (p match her petunia purple cheeks and Aageiita-str eet ‘gown? or is she -toying ,tp live up to:the phromos in the • -. - u ipriue package .papers? In; any event tbe. -giddy-colors .visioW, uutlt'r the ■'r'' foahidtisble -veil would, make nature blush and an' Apaoheturn green with | , lealpus);. ^ is/mpply i>wfyl. - . are»<veiy: fiat,, with a low crowip o.^po crown at all, theonlyet-’ ceptioifbe'ing'the Tonkin shape, with ^ shapes 1 flTBY>k&W»ITEMS ( • ? J '•■u ? */ A paint mill iwtMglirtnatdndastry rc- porteltfor CJjfeT ParHei are prefifac- ture saws in GreehvilU Big Stone Gap’, Yu. will ttmlda can ning factory for fruits and vegetables. 'WlHidm Eades, of Padnchh, Ky,, wants 200,000 feet of elm logs. o ^A'Jetton-niiH w ill-be erected at Carrollton, Ga., this-summer. -. 'yiio ^Merrantile ^nsprqpce Agency of Richmond, Va., has been chartered. The Jefferson Insurance Co. has been chartered at Charlottesville, Va,, with $100,000 capital. j^Tlis Lutheran congregation at Lin- colnton, N- C., will erect a brick edifice. ^ * l- ’ ‘ \ A Tarboro (N. CA firp) want,.to cor- roapppd'lritU maadfaCtiirers of dfeose- frotory machinery. t r-Th# Abbeville (S. C.).CottoorMills €o.' has been formed with Ckpital stock of $100,000. A little colored hoy was killed by a freight engine nt Charlotte, N. C., Fli lay. It is rumored that Lord Roscberiy, Prime Minister of England is to marry Princess Maud, daughter of Prince of Wales. ' • A movement is under way to organ ize a bank at Burlington, N. C. W. H. Carroll aud C. A. Bray «re among those interested. The First National Bank of Wa.les- horo, N. C., recently opened, has $50,- 000 cppital. James A. Leak is presi dent; Charles M. Burns, vice-president, and 8. W. Norwood, cashier. The Economical Building and Loan Association has! been chartered at Or angeburg, : ,8. C*, with $200,000 capital by A. G. Wannnmakcr nnd others. The Farmers’ Bank of Edgefield, S. C., has declared a dividend of 8 per •cenL duf tiifpre.ar ending March 10. It is estimated that there a rc 10,0 )0,. flfVl IjciVOBfo pud^ non-l>eaiing orange trees in Florida.' Califtjrriftt^s credited with having 6,000,000 and Arizona about 1,000,000. - *• . , ^e business of the Pcnsnc >la and Ylavana steamship lino has increased •o rapidly that another ship 1ms been added to the service. ’ The Aiken, 8. C., County-Loan nnd Savings Bank w|isdosed by the Clifted States Marshal under an injunction or der from Judge Simonton. A. L. Whit ■ hasbeen elected cashier V|f tfre IfMchints and Farmers’ Bank of UpwtaplHfrg, 8. C., in place of L.C. Cannon, resigned. The Raleigh (N. C.) Wagon Wyrks have earned a profit of 9 per cent, from the business for the past nine months. , ‘ iug house 00 stock y to publish Southern school :;stqyes. irgiuia Midland will add eight .jBr'*^fieel locomotives to its rolling They arc l»f the most modern ppd weigh 201,000 pounds each. The First Presbyterian Church,Char lotte, N. C., is to lie enlarged and im proved nt an expense of $12,000. ' The ylans of Charles C. Wilson, of Kpanoke, Va., have been accepted for the Rock Hill {$. C.) Presbyterian Church which is to cost $15,OIK). The State of South Carolina will want plumbing material and ranges for the new college building at Rock Hill. Address B. R. Tillman nt Columbia. • Fire Friday afternoon at Money- Point, near Norfolk, Va., destroyed lumber mills, planing mills, lumber, etc., to the amount of half a million dollars. The Bank of Johnston, 8, C., has deeided to increase its capital to $<>(),- OCK). It started with $10,000, but raised that sum to $30,000,' ' The Cplumbian Building & Loan Association of Richmond, Va . has de cided to increase its capital from $500,- 000 to $10,000,000.. . .... ■ It is currently reported that the Branson' gold mining property iii Ran dolph county, N. C. has been sold to Ohio' capitalists, Who will incorporate a $30,000 company to develop. The Kenmore Shoe_Co. is the name at tip? new concern organized at Fred- ow . brinr, '-.but the .,, . most ngvel ,ato ,of very soft, supple ‘ Jjfljp.nJ nfiouj ^and al- •} - - tapit,dr^pe()j^^^i(^,t^>n'oy. The »»* same-,shape* ja^-ffadse’^l,skiff,not; covered with plain or fancy.-velvet. •’ ’• ' •ta*»Miry^«/p,{et*RHahi«; of Phila- Djersltyaqff Jefferson ^i‘$b{)05 V ta^ e ^ .IfiJtiWles, to '"ah for the treat- WW'^SjpdigelK le women suffering'from incurable as^ #, Tfred^Mfildtyvfmeats are in memory .of Jier brottter.'. tha lata Com- Floruift ih ono of the gr» itJhe ’..K > / jer of its lake •Me kd i-ladsed. of eonsidtyjsfcle .. . . .Wlngt3kw4hobee, with.tno'ri- kind maSiv scores of small lakes and ponds ^ut, DfediOyerju Iires, forty or fifty miles wifle’ilW’eevIral houdlbil nliTes lorn.-. ^’A'Richmond (Va.) publisliiu gr.qj)«4e to organize a $50,01) ervsKsnurg, v a to manulacture shoes. Anew brick bnihliug 90x30 feet, three stories high, wilibe built at once, and from 100 to 150 hands will be employed at the plant. • f The W\thevTile ‘(Va.) Woolen Mills, after an idleness since the fall, .has resumed operations. It',is said that the company expects to make con siderable. enlargements to its plant during the summer. The Atlantic Coast Line has just HttiB atrWnkhingtbn; V. IX, i-Vtcamer called the Aurora, wliich will be. one of a lino of nV-amef^ belonging to the 8tyron rrfcnsportatiou Co.,-to run be tween Washington, N. C., and eastern Ndlth-Cahcliha;:'. . . *! A .chaitcilhis. flefi finned to'the Fairfield Granite Co.,'which will do v#k>p]luaAtoK 4¥laA'i,8tUiim,4n*ia- Coin inf) i a,'n. O’. * Th'fe incorporators 3*?- 'i’v‘;Mb~;Woyitw«ial-, of-.Uocktou; greaMMvffJobn <1, •HludieH, trf-CoJmiibiti; Honr\ F. Turner, of-;Bitltliiihr»<r'fiAmoa IS. Frnzii’r'fj RfiiitVand otfitra. Gnpi- taiTsfocK is jifufeil n^-yipb.OJ) 1 ).' * ' » Fvv-rome 1 tmurttin iwitbiiidt ies of Hu 2C’s aud'fiCV , Iiav(» diepn oil ii ti adt lOoWhg t«*a bo’nsulidiitioir-fif biniiio »> from Hlo-lliy to HutfiefhSrfff-m - . It is ri^jll?»toifQie ag.-nci- h ypow w.r/ *,.*? *< ; r.- »*»•$/ r*s,’ and deports . at all points wherj)' the roads cross—that is at Shelby, Lat- timore’s, Mooresboro, Forest City and Rutherfordton,having union passeng#r and. freight depots at these points. Colonel William Wallace has' been appointed postmaster for Columbia, 8. “ ihn 8. Mosby, the. celebra- ider of the Confederacy, is ia £1 t'Asu, Texas, en rontc to Wash ington. Ig an interview last Sunday be announded that he will be a candi date for the presidency nt the next election. The Matin newspaper, of Paris, says that the Prince of Wales won £8,000 at Monte Carlo last week, and donated the whole sum to the poor of Monaco. White rtpa bent a voting man in Vo lusia county, Fla., Sunday night, and posted warnings on a number of blind tiger doors in New Smyrna, n prohibi- t»6n town. The wife of ex-Secretary of tile In terior Noble died at her Home 5b St. Louis Sunday, while mttingatthe din ner table. She was stricken with heart failure. Senator Colquitt, of Georgis, war again stricken with paralysis at Wash ington, D. C.. Tuesday, this time in hie throat. His condition is critical. BUSt*ESS SOUTH. Th'f Man/factjrtr»‘ Greitto*' lord Say i an Era o h Mpproachinj. 'lie Munufaetui flg the busines eek says: ts of the South al business out though the vol t yet show any lut if judged by- ital and im- oe in the rise*, ihr most aolid- itory. vemoflt is ea- ost noticeable roughout the ’.'iesite to* mote proper- 4 Promising New Fibre Plant. The Florida Fibre Co , which is ex- peri men ting with sisal-hemp culture, has a tract of 1400 acres nt Fort Lau derdale, of which foity are under cul tivation. The plantation nt Fort Lau derdale, which is on the Middle river about midway between Lake Worth and Bfscayne bay, has been visited on several occasions by Charles R. Dodge, a special agent of the Agricul tural Department at Washington, who has reported very favorably on the ex periments being .made, and says that there is tq> reason why the sisal plant should not be successfully cultivated iu Florida. The importance of the sisal-hemp industry in Yucatan may be realized from the fact that the im portations from there last year were valued at.$4.500.000. Three Re/olithns plo/risbinj in Hond/ras. Dallas Tex. -General W. I. Cabell, me of the migrated members of the Louisiana Lottery Company, returned ram Honduras. He report two or three revolutions on hand, nnd one ,’cneral election for President. Dr.. \riii.s is the leading candidate and will' •ludduKledly he elected. He is a close "riend of Bonilla nnd Bogrsn, nnd has their active support. General Cabell '.-onsiders Bogruntlic ablest man in the ■ cpublic and one likely to shape laige- ly the public affairs of the country in the near future. .' . Th? exiled e'^President V&sque^ U. safe iu 8an Salvador, where ho has .as i companion Maj. E. A. Burke, tArtfs 'defaulting State Treasurer of Louisi ana. A Southwest Virginia Eryosilion. Roanoke, Va., has determined to have an industrial exposition n?xt fall, riic enterprising men who have made that progressive town are at the head ,of this - movement, and this fact prac tically- insures a success. Surrounded ns Roanoke is liy a tributary country rich in minerals, in timber and in ag ricultural resources, it ought to be able to gather together a'display which will Im of .far more thsn State interest. It ought to be possible to “ruet the at tention of many Northei . and Western people, nnd under good management, os this exposition doubtless v.ili be, ii can be madeof great value to all south west Virginia, ns well ns to Roanoke. Dr. Hendirson. Petersbcro, Va.—A well dressed, middle-aged woman, weighing about 200 pounds, claiming to be Dr. Hen derson, of Canada, a graduate of a medical college at Rutland, Vermont, was arrested here on the request of the mayor of Waverly, a small village on the Norfolk & Western Railroad near this city. She was charged with ad- ministcringa “knock-ont” prescription to a boarding house kei per in that town and robbing her of $90. She will be taken to Waverly for examination be fore a magistrate.. 4 Serenader s Sharp Reception. Birmingham, Ala.—Wm. Ingram, a onng former, living near Evprgreen, Via.. was married Thursday night, iowafd midnight a party of friends .urrouuded his house and commenced i serenade, lining for instruments tin niis, cow bells, etc. Ingram became <> incensed that he seized an axe, and, uuniiig to tho door, hurled it into the rowd. The sharp odge struck a young mu named Jim Dixon nnd cleaved-his liinal column, -producing death. In- ram surrended and ia spending his loueymoon in jail. - Some Virginia Land Sales. Among recent sales of Virginia real er its was a trrtet of- forty acres in tho si.ourbs of Alexandria, .'which, it is stated, has.been purchased by Phila- delpdiia parties who will divide it into residence lots. .. The farm of C. H. C. Fulkerson, ir\ Lee county, Va , has just been sold for $30,000,-an average -of $100 per -acr-e....,, ». ... 4 Law lo Cover Such Gates. Washington, D. C.—The Pollard- ieekinridge ease has developed the id Hint there is no law in tho District ■ f Columbia for the punishment ot diicliun. Coiigressniaii Morse, ol Jusaiminwetta, lias introdnCo*! a lull hieh contains tlie text of the Stringent .Massaqliusetta law on the subject. Baltimore, 'rs’ Record, ifr "u-tho South for . Reports from indicat^that the, look is vfwpr tine of t.Jile (foes^. /cry largV jncreai^ J the southward trer^ 1 nigration and by irganizntion of jjeM fouth is entering nj^i ly prosperdim ^Kfi'^of i‘ The immigrimra pecially one signs of Hi" li 5'orth an 1 Wi lotith seems to he assuming tions of national importance. ’ Special reports from New Euglann show more disposition than ever be fore to invest in Southern cotton mills and a manufacturer of that section tells the Manfacturcrs’ Record that a num ber of large mills will be built in the South by New England people. Among the more important industrial enteprises reported for the week i re a company, capitalized at $6,000,000, to build a town and develop shipping fa cilities on Patuxent River, Md; a $100,- 000 company organized to ship barytes from Blacksburg, S. C., to Baltimore, where a large manufacturing.plant will be established, and others. The Manufacturers’ Record has com piled the statistic* of manufacturers of tile South in 1890 ns compared with 1880, which shows an increase in capi tal from $257,244,566 in 1880, to $659,- 008,817 in 1890, and an increase in the value of product from $457,452,777 in 1880 to $917,589,015 in 1890. The nnmberof hamjs increased from 305,467 to 588j528, and the amount of their wages from $75,017,471 to $222,- 118,503. AdThig to tlie value of man ufacturing products, the value of min ing products and Hie total for the South in 1890, was §940,000,000, .or more than two audn half times as much as tlie nveragi value .of. the. South’s cot ton crops. KISSES GOT HIM IN JAIL. 4 Philadelphia Grocery Clerk Embraces O/fi Girl Too Many. Paterson, N. J.—James Williams, claiming .,'to be a grocer's clerk, from Philadelphia, reached this city in anarch of employment. As soon aa Williams struck-the city a kissing ma nia seized liim‘,-'Riid he could not re strain his. desire to 'hug and kiss every woman-he met. Tho passion grew so rapidly upon him that he boarded street cars, hugged and kissed the passengers, but sue-’ cecded in escaping before the aston ished rtiruluetoTs could capture him'.’ An officer found Williams near the Market Street church just ns prayer- nm: ting had been dismissed. He was in the act of hugging a pretty, miss, aqd bestow ing a kiss on her ruby lips. He is row in jail. Prosperous Carolina Farmers. Commissioner Robinson,of the North 'Carolina board of agriculture, in the last bulletin of the board, eallr atten tion to tin prosperous agricultural sections of the State in these words: The condition of farmers in North Carolina is one which gives great as surance at this time, and should eu courage our people very much. In the North, and particularly Northwest, the suffering an 1 destitution amongst the one-crop farmers is such as to cause great apprehension. So great is the depression that many aie writing this office in search of new homes iu a mild climate where a variety of farm products may be grown. The finan cial depression lias affected our farmers but little. They may not have much cash, but th’y have plenty to feed nian and beast and a prospect of a good crop before them. The climate conditions have never lieen better for the further ance of all farm operations than we have enjoyed iu-this State this year. Not Guilty as to Isaac Bates. Wilmington, N, C.—The case of the State vs. Isaac Bates, late president of tliu Bank of New Hanover, on the in dictment charging him with making false return under oath to'fhc State Treasurer, came up in the .criminal court. After the jury was empanelled and sworn, the State offered in evi dence one of Hie statements'’As made to the State Treasurer. Counsel for defendant objected and after a long ar gument the object ion was sustained and the court ordered that a verdict of not 1 guilty be entered. Tlie point of dif ference was that the State wished, to introduce a schedule which was oil tlie- reverse side of thOVheet, containing a st it •m int as a part of the statement itself. The defence contended that Him schedule was, no more than a mere memorandum, jt- being neither sworn to, signed nor attested. Tho eases against all the oilier officers of the de funct bank wore nol prossed. Base Ball.. , '.- 1 At Greensboro, Ni C., Friday) the Yule base ball, (dub nnd tjre.c]ub from theUniversity of North Carolina played r great game. The latter were van quished by a score of 7 to’ 4. LEHIGH BEATEN AGAIN IN .VIRGINIA. RiCHMONiy The Lehigh Uni versity base I in II dub received another defeat at the hands of the Virginia nine. Their conquerors, to whom vie-, tory cain*! easily, were the Richmond College «Hpiilei ; n.'' Tlie Lehigh men played a very good giinic, but were weak in the box,’having to make three changes in pitchers. The Richmond College club, on tiie oilier hand, had u valuable and puzzling man in Anthony. Tho score was 14 to«7- FLORIDA GROWN SUGAR CANE. A Farorable Report by the Agricultural De partment's Chemist. Washington, D. ,C,—Dr’: H. W. Wiley, ehemist'in cii1t(f?^ the 1 Depart ment of Agriculture, has recently re turped from Florida, whith nr he had been to vlait the United Stitea experi- raeqt station at Ruuuymede iu that State. The doctor brought with him igieounfns of sugar cane grown at the station, and since his return the same have been analyzed, with most satis factory results. Of the ribboned cane, which amounted to 99 per cent of the jane iu the field, the analysis revealed morons in juice 19 00 per cent, sbow- •ing 342. pounds of sucrose per ton oi •ane. Comparisons of analysis mode of ?ub«n cane, showing the highest polarisation of juice in the latter to have been 18 20 -per cent, aud from that down to 15 29 per cent, according to the month when tested. “Tin dunnymede cane,” said Dr. Wiley, “was gathered at random, and there- 'ore, the figures of the Cuban earn *iven for comparison are for mmelect id cane. I have no hesitation in say ing,” the doctor added, “that l bclievi that a yield of 20 to 25 tons of call' ier acre can be secured by proper cal livntion on these Florida sand hiuiD ■vhere our cane war- grown.” Ths Water Power of Angu'.ta, Ga To Editor of the Scientific American: In the Scientific American dated February 3, 1894. on page ft7, top of first colninn, subject “Niagara Hy draulic Works in Operation,”- kindly allow nie to correct an error. Yfm rofer-to $8 per 11. P. per year, 24 hours to theday, as being the cheap est power ever obtained Isaid to be]. The city of Augusta, Ga., has been for years, and still is, furnishing thousands of H. P. to all who want it at the rate of $5.50 per 11. P.'per year of 2t hmirs to the day, or 25 hours per day if necessary. A magnificent canal 7 miles long, with masonry dam across the'Sa-tniinali Ri.-er, furnishes at pres- entxabout 12,000 H. P. to cotton, Hour, yarn, and other kind* of mills, elec tric street railroad, electric power plants, :clectric lighting plants, and other uses, with a capital nvested of about $8,000,000 or $;»,ooir, too. • Augusta, Ga. W. E. Jaci.son, Jr. ■ WISE WORDS. fiio first of tho new in our race’s story beats the last of the old. —Brusvu- in«r. Most men-, until by losing -rsn-lere l iagerj' will back tfieir’opinions by a wager.—Byron. Walk boldly and wisely in the light thou hast; thorow-a hand above will help thee on.—Bailey. ■'- He draweth out the tlirbad of his verbosity liam- than the staple of his argument. —Shakespeare. - Ths gem cannot bo polished with- out-friotiou, nor man perfect.* ! with out trials*—Chinese Proverb. .Trust nothim with your secrets who, .when left alone in your room, turns over your papers. —Lavater. Men are generally more careful of the breed of their horses and dogi than of their children.—Penn. A person is always startled when he hears himself seriously called old for the first time.—O. W. Holmes.' The avarice of tho miser is the grand sepulcher of all his other passions a* they successively decay.—Colton. Exces' <f grief for the dead is mad ness, fo. t is an injury to' the living and dee now it not.—Xenophon. Life, t repeir’, is energy of-'iove, di vine or'hninau, exercised iu.-pain, iu strife aud tribulation.—Wordsworth. The hours we pass with happy pros pects iu view are more- pleasing than those crowded with fruiiiuu.-—Gold- : smith. Dog* Sprea l Po9siinij>tio:i. The medical profession iu France is much stirred up over the great in crease of the deaths from consumption shown by recent statistics. This dis ease carries off five persons out of each 1000, or 170,000 a year, in France, while iu England the mortality from this cause has fallen to two per 1000. The scourge is worst in-I’ai isj where one death out of every five is due tc consumption. At Marseilles it is ope out'of six, and at Dijon and Nancy it is one out of sever. Dr. Gilbert, a Specialist on fho disease,- says that drunkards are specially susceptible to tho disease,, amt that the tenement houses, where the poor live, are Very •hotbeds .tor its ay real. In such places five out of twelve, deaths arc duo to consumption.. Frofessor Cadiot, a prominent veterinarian, says that there can be no doubt that dogs' very often communicate the dis'Ase. He says that -.a microscopic examination has shown- that many 1 dogs are infected with it. He ha.s held.-post mortem examinations .of .a large number of dogs, which were supposed ' to have died of cancer, aud iu every case found that tuberculosis was the cause of death. - He saya that jiedple who keep infected-'dugs'" about them are almost sure sooner-'dr later to coutewct the disease.New Orleans Picayune- TheBreckiniidges. ... TJie Rreekinriilgta.uf Kentucky,Lave .been;.equally diijtiugujshtd’ iu the Church anil in politics. .They have iisdaliy been ii‘ncbffipi'*>m'i*iiig I’resliy- teriaii, and they* held to Hi,' plder branch of the ('Imrcli when Hie Cinn- berlaud ifehism ntirked the whole-J'ii s- byterinn body in Southwest. Keiitueky Presbyterianism has been nf a pceuli- arly aggressive mid energetic type,mid these are several nnimis among the list of Kentucky ministers that hold the highest places of honor in Hit"Church. THE JOKER’S BUDGET. JESTS AND YARNS BY FUNNY MEN ,OF THE PRESS. A Reply-Indictment 11 Quashed”-- In Constant Expectation--Con tempt of Court--Etc., Etc. A REPLY. Creditor—Look here, now. I want on answer. When are you going to pay my bill? Chollie—Aw—m’dear sir, I'm no prophet. INDICTMENT “qUASHED.” She was a lawyer’s daughter; but he kissed her. “Sir,” she exclaimed, “ how dare you? Don’t youtknow I can have you indicted for larceny?” “ All right,” he replied. “ If you do, I'll have you charged with re ceiving stolen property!”—[Truth. IX CONSTANT EXPECTATION. He (audaciously)—Suppose I were to kiss you unaware. She (coyly)—I don’t believe you could.—[ Browning's Monthly. CONTEMPT OK COURT. Littleton—Our judge is a great inker. Coke—Yes. and his judicial decis ions are the greatest jokes of all. NM'GirrV-t'AL. Gerald—If you were lint this gleam ing shore. Jeanette, how would I yearn to be you white-winged yacht! Jeanette—And why, Gerald, would you lie yon yacht! • Gerald—See how it lings the shore. Jeanette!—[Browning's Monthly. SOMEWHAT AMBKH’OrS. Ethel—I have kept him at a dis tance, but lie still continues his ni ton! ions. Clarissa—You were right to keep him fit u distance. As long as you do so you may be sure of him.—[New York Press. a woman’s no. Mrs. Younglove—Did t really promise to " love, honor and obey” you? ■ . . Votinglov*—Yes; but I'm not feel ing at nil puffed up or certain'about it. •Mrs. Younglove—Why, Henry, why do you say Hint ? Younglove—Because I also remem ber your saying “ No,” just before limited. Borrows—Have you any . spare funds? Lenddes(curtly)—My funds are all spare.—[Clileago Record. couldn’t stand it. Bingo—You know that new watch dog of mine? He's left. Kingley—Why, what was the mat ter? . Binges—1 was fooli-di enough to take’home a copy of a comic paper with a picture of a burglar in it.— fJ.udg*. Tins ACTS AS A "STAY.” “Wasn’t Hint young Mr. Tiff who left tlie house as I oame in?” asked (lie Judge of his eldest daughter. "Yes, papa.” “Did I not issue an injunction against liis coming here any more?” “Yes, papa; hut mamma has granted a supersedas pending an ap peal.”—[ J udge. NOT ALL HAMIT. THOUGH. Bilkins—You look unhappy. Wilkins—Y-e-s; 1—er—married a shop-girl, you know. "A charming little woman she is, too.” “Yes. I know; bless her! But every time she sees me she yells .‘Cash !’ ”—[Buck. KEA GIN A RLE. She—Should you die. are you op posed to my remarrying? He—No. She—Why not? He—Wl iv should I tie solicitous nliout the welfare of a fellow I’ll never know?—| Life. A MODERN DOMESTIC. “Why. you liuven’t left your place, Mary?” "Yes, I have.” “Bless me. . Why. everybody who has lived "ith Mrs. Blank gives her a good ua e.” "Yes; her liats ain't becoming to me.”—[Texas Siftings. SURE.OK TH AT. .(.ones—Tins cigar you gave me is a vile oiie. Brown—V .1 don't know a good cigar when 1 give you one. Jones—Perhaps not, but I know a bad one.—ITruth. AN IMrOSSHtll.lTV. Mr. Sappy—A fellow tried to rob me of $10 last night, hut he failed. She—Of course he failed. You uan't take something from nothing.— [Truth. . •JW'O I AN DRESS AS CHEAPLY AS ONE. “Why, you silly.boy, you couldn’t even pay my dressmaker’s bills." “1 know.'‘'But I can't- even pay my tailor's bill now.”—[Life. AS HU DEFINED TIIE TERM. Harry—Who's to bo your best i man ? Jack—1 iinvon’t decided yet; hut I shall select him for his superlative gi toil i less. .Harry—How is that ? Jack - Why. lie’s to he the one who will loiiii me enough for a bridal tour. —[ Puck. HER EXPERIENCE* Bcanlslej—What is the greatest piece of fiction in the world, in your estimation? Miss Passe (sourly)—Man ! ;UST THE OPPOSITE. - The Judge—Patrolman Jenkins says you aa'itc blind drunk. The Prisoner—It is a mistake. Your Honor. Instead of being blind, I could see twice as much ns on ordi nary occasions—in short, I could seo double. If I had not mistaken Patrol man Jenkins for two men, your Honor, I should not now be here. A'OICE OF EXPERIENCE. “Appearances are very deceptive,’ remarked the tenor. “Yes,” replied the prlina donna, “especially farewell appearances.”— [Washington Star. IT IS A FAILING WITH THEM ALL. ‘Your landlord has the character of being a very sociable man.” “Entirely too sociable. He calls to see me much oftenor than I de sire.” so MODEST. Edith—Do you know who was the prettiest girl at Mrs. Van Astor’s re ception? Helen—You embarrass me! Must I answer? HE COVERED TIIE GltOCND. writes well, but Whet would vou Visitor—My son wants a large field, recommend? Editor—Mule and lanla Constitution. ten acres.—[At* UPHOLDING THE EAITH. Sunday-school Teacher—Tommy. I was shocked to hear you swearing so dreadfully at that strange boy ns I came in. Tommy—I couldn't help it. ma'am. He was making- fun of our religion. —[Chicago Tribune. THE OLH MAN’S OCITPATIOX. “What’s John doing now?” “College." “And Bill?” “Lawyer.” “And Dick?” “Preachin’.” “And the old man?” “Well, he ain’t a-doin’ of not Lin’ much, ’cept supportm’ of John, an’ Bill, an’ Dick!”—[Atlanta Constitu tion. THE CAUSE OK ANARCHV. “I know what is responsible for the rapid spread of anarchy," said the talking philosopher. “It isn't the unequal distribution of wealth, or starvation, or anything of that, kind—avc have those noAv in less amount than ever before. It’s uq11i-_ in’ more than the Street comet wiener wnrst stands.” “ What?” “Fact. Fellow goes toward Lis home, feeling fit pence \A‘ith fill tho world, and the scent of the Lot w iener wurst strikes his nose, and lie buys one, eats it ami then goes home to bed. He can’t go to sleep for hours, and lies there Avitli his mind full of all the evil thoughts it is possible to crowd into it. Wakes up in tho morning with his disposition utterly soured and becomes an Anarchist. Don’t statistics show that anarchy flourishes most in Germany? And isn’t that country the native la id of the wiener wurst! You bet it is. Why”— But at this point he found that ho was talking to no one save himself.— [Indianapolis Journal. A Night in a Coal Mine. “I once spent a night in a coal mine,” said Charles E. Tomley. of Indianapolis. “It was partly the re sult of mealiness, but more largely of forgetfulness. I was out on a tour of inspection and investigati*>n in Ohio at the time, and hud a Ictlet from the manager of a mining com pany authorizing me to look over their mines. I was generally received very courteously, and had no diffi culty until one day a miner’s boss demanded very rudely a liberal con tribution. When I refused, lie told me that I could stop down in tlx mine until I changed my mind, and he actually refused to allow me to gc up in tlie shaft. I never imagined he meant anything more than a joke, and as I did not know the mine was only working short time. I did not dream the men Avere leaving for tlm day. Such, however, amis the ease, and a!tliough|! AATiited hour after hour, no friendly shaft came to my reseu*'. What had been first intended for a bluff had been coiiA’erted into an out rage by sheer forgetfulness, and I spent a horrible night ih intense darkness and miserable dampness. The horrors of that night wiili noises all around, for which it was impossible to account, eati hardly lie realized, and if it is anything like what a prisoner suffers in. solitary confinement, suefaimfortuiiiites liavo my hearty sympathy..’ —[St. Louis Globe Democrat. A Youthful Crook. A very young crook was before Police Court of New York the ot •lay. His name is Andrew Briisl.; he is not yet seven years old, hut is sti confirmed a kleptomaniac t his father had to ask tho Cour have.him confined. Ever since Avas old enough to walk' Andrew lieen accustomed to steal 'any ; everything that he could cyrry Sent to school he stole pencils, bo- handkerchiefs, hats, lunch bask and everything else that he cot and showed no sort of sham* 1 wl detected. He would slip into houses of the neighbors anil men their portable property, and aah even gel out of bed in the night rifle the pockets of his fi|tlier n mother. He aviis committed to juvenile asylum.—[ New Urlenns t’i ynne. THIS PAGE CONTAINS FLAWS AND OTHER DEFECTS WHICH MAY APPEAR ON THE FILM.