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■ =**■ CarrjSBR Heftret A ms. In Mjrioto tuft Hydoialxuf the bioh’kw* (scorpion)—the double- curved nisericorde of (be Eaat—is curried by Iho lower classes hidden np the sleeve, and is made right or left- handed to suit all tastes. ''It is a far* crite and effectual weapon of assassina tion, being driven downward from be hind, insidwi the collarbone, and is sotietfan* doable-bladeS todpoiaoned. tht tjofeoli being carried in a saitafclo hollow lit the hilt. The doable onrve of the blade, derived from that of a bronghont Afghanistan. With a variety of this weapon Lieutenant Willis was killed in the bazaar at Candahar. . The strangest of secret amp is, per haps, the bagh nakh or ttget claw of the Mabrattas, with its two rings for the first and fourth fingers and the three to five curved steel claws, destined to protrude from the closed hand between the fingers and to rip open or mangle the victim. The hand half open shows only two bright rings round the fingers; the clenched fist becomes the armed paw of the human tiger. Mr. Egerton tells us how the Mahratta leader Sivsji murdered his enemy, Afsai Khan, after inviting him to a confcrenee, in which each should come with one attendant only. Siva^i wore a mail cap and coat under his turban and cotton gown, had a bioh'hwa in his right sleeve and a bagh nakh on his left hand. The IChan had only his sword, and sent away his fol lower to reassure Sivaji, who was of small stature and counterfeited tim idity. * ‘In the midst of the pustomary embrace, Sivaji struck the bfigh nakh into tho bowels of Afzai Khan, who quickly disengaged himself, clapped his hand on his sword, exclaiming ‘Treachery and murder 1” bul Sivaji instantly followed np tho blow with his dagger. Tho Khau had drawn hia sword, and mado a oat at Sivaji, but the concealed armor was proof against tho blow. The whole was the work of a moment, and Sivaji was wrestling the weapon from the hand of his vic tim before the attendants could run toward them.”—London Saturday Re view. FARM AKP GARDEN. Trcparing, In Time ol Peace, •'The British Government is forever experimenting with its fighting ap- purteuauces in order to ascertain just what it ean dj in case of trouble with sotpo other country," said Joseph MarkelL, of Boston, at tha Ebbitt. “For some time post it bos been try ing to find out just how long it would take to get its men and supplies across thg American continent in case of a difficulty with Russia. A short time ago a special train, carrying arma ment and supplies, was dispatched from Halifax to Esqnimault, British Columbia, with instrnctions to stop only to take water and change engines, and tho trip was made in less than five days. Mrs. Guelph pretty nearly knows to a certainty just what every department of her empire con do in any kind of an emergency.”—Wash ington .Star. Smallest Book lu the World. The smallest book in the world is said to be a New Testament. It was printed with type of very small size, which could bo nsed bat once, as it was found to be impossible to distrib ute them after the impression had been printed. The page is an inch long by three-quarters of an inch wide, and the volume, including covers, is exactly a quarter of un inch thick. —Chicago Times. , Whea Travsllaf Whetaev on pleasnr, beat, or bu iineas,taka on every trip a bottle of Syrnp of Flge, aa it acta noet pleasantly and effectively on the kidneys, ttver and bowels, preventing fevers, hoadachss snd other forma of slckneaa For sole In SO cents end $1 bottles by all leading druggista. The number of cigars made Ih tht United States in J?92 was 4,814,202,- 117. In ai 1 ’.tion to these, 04,000,000 were impo .ed. t-ood Times Ahead. .No doubt about it, we are rapidly leaving hani times" in tho rear, and tnoec who are working fqr good times and expecting them are lly. write to B. F. Johnson A Co., Kiehmonil, Vn., and they will give you a business <>U|ior- . tunity that will prove a surprise and delight 1 The forest fires In Naw Jersey burned over M00 acres and damaged #250,000 worth of property. , will give 1100 reward for any case of ca tarrh that cannot be cured with Hall’* Catarrh Cure. Taken internally. F. J. Cheney A Co., Prope., Toledo, O The gold production In Montana during the past three months has been double thai of last year. Sklleh’e Cere Is sold on a guarantee. It cures Incipient Con- eumption; It is the Best Cough Care; Sc., 50c., g| A PBorEssioNAt wolf poisoner Is employed by the Montana Stock Orowers* Association. IfattUetsd wtthaoreeyssueeOr.Isa cTV-mp sen'sRy* water Druggists sell at SSo per b -u s Verdict for Hood’s “I was in the arm; 4 years, was wounded and contracted scinlloa and rheumatism. Have suffered ever since and lost the use of my lelt leg and side. I must say that of all the medicines I have ever tried Hood's Sar saparilla Is the best. It bus done'me the most good. I do not say that it will raise a Hood’s Sar8a ^ J| partita ures fellow from tho dead ; hut It will corfie the nearest to doing It at _ any medicine I have ever qsed." T H. Haundxbh, Osceola, Neb. c Htfod’e Pills cure Indigestion, biliousness. A suny Waits >—One earned (MOO; many over ill 00 i.-om oura m*. in isita. it., V. o. 1311, Nsw York. TBS XBLTDtO TEST FOB BUTTER. This teat, says E. Reich, is only preliminary, and no claim is made that it is invariably conclusive. Pure, fresh butter when melted is perfectly clear or only slightly cloudy, usually dark yellow, and has the familiar odor of pare butter-fat. Purs stale butter may be very olofidf anti even opaqme Whea melted, is tufially of a dark yel low color, and has the odor of rancid batter. Melted margarine, on the ether hand, is very opaque, of a light yellow color, and hns a characteristic indescribable odor. —Litefaty Digest, “docglas’s ’mixturb.” Tht solution known as “Douglas’s Mixture,” and so much in favor among English poultrymen as a tonic, is made by putting eight ounces of sul phate of iron (also known aa green vitriol and copperas) into a jug with two gallons of water and adding one onnoe of sulphuric aoid. This is to bo put into the drinking water of the fowls in the proportion of a teaspoon- fnl to each pint. This mixtnre should bo made and kept in a stone jug or glass bottle, and never in a metal ves sel. So soon aa any disease breaks out among poultry this shonld be given to the healthy, to enable them to resist it, together with more nu tritious and easily digestible food.— New Tork Sun. TO PBSVBKT TREE! LEAVING. Those who have trees which have been set one or two seasons will do well to bear in mind the importance of staking them so that they will resist the influence of tho most frequently prevailing or heaviest winds. Those which have been set two years need it as ranch as those which were put out last spring, ns they are likely to pre sent as much surface to the wind aa they have roots in the earth. Put down a stout Htqko a few foot from the trunk, and then put on a withe or a strip of cloth, binding the tree to tho stake in tho form of a figure 8, so that the crossing of the band will prevent any chafing of the tree-trunk against the shake. In this way can bo pre vented the spectacle so often seen of whole orchards leaning over, showing definitely the direction of tho prevail ing winds. If yon want to have your orchard permanent keep your trees np straight from tho start.—Rural Life. HINTS FOR YOUB GARDEN. White olover and bluegrass make the best mixtare for a lawn. Buy plants of hardy perennials. Most of them are difficult to grow from seed. Prune your trees now and the wound will bo quickly healed by tho running sap. Make a definite plan for yonr gar den. Don’t put in everything helter- skelter. Get a practical florist's advice if you try roses; this is a hard climate-to grow them in. Hollyhocks do best when treated as biennials. They are less able to stand our so cere climate after flowering. The bridal wreath is a pretty shrnb, whether in flower or leaf. Don’t prone it and the slender branches will droop gracefully with the weight of their 1 white foliage. Doable petunias are beautiful flow ers and delightfully fragrant. Buy a few plants, as the seed is expensive and uncertain about growing. Single petunias, which are also very pretty, grow from seed like a weed.—Now York Advertiser. CLUB ROOT OF CABBAGE. The clnb root of cabbage and the several plants of the cabbage family is a well kno wn and dreaded disease among Eastern farmers and gardeners. But, while more prevalent in the East ern portion of the country, it is also known in the West andSouth, causing often heavy losses. A bulletin issued from the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station gives in detail the Basalts of experiments and investigations made on the station grounds and elsewhere, with a view to assisting farmers in fighting the clnb root. Many of the facts contained in this bulletin are of general interest to the cultivators of cabbage, turnips, kale, etc. Briefly stated, the malady is due to a mioroscopio parasite which infests the cells of the roots, causing them to become swollen and distorted. The spores of the fnngns, upon tha decay of the part affected, become scat tered through the soil, and from thence the enemy enters the host plant. The club root infests several plants of the cabbage family, inolud- ing turnip, kale, radish, stock and candytuft. Two common weeds— namely, shepherd’s parse and hedge inn.itard—are now to be added to the list of plants infested with clnb root Preventive measures mast be relied npon, for the affected parts of a plant are below ground and not readily reached by any fungicide. If the crop is diseased all refuse et harvest time of roots, stems and leaves should be burned. 'All aeedings from hot beds with signs of club root should de stroyed, and, if possible, nse only plants from beds in which there is no disease. Cabbage, kale, Brussels spronts, kohlrabi, turnips or radishes shonld not follow wuih other on the same -and if club root is prevalent. Lima added to the land, seventy-five bushels per acre, has proved effective. It is possible that some commercial fertilizers may be found to cheek the trouble. Keep the land free from shepherd's parse and hedge mustard and other weeds of the same family, as their roots become “dabbed” and thereby propagate the enemy.—New England Farmer. BOO FEEDING. No one knows all there is to know in pig feeding, frutessor rtooerti says ho used to feed 609 head per year, and go( to be a dose observer. He says that pure food end deanli- nets arc essential to the best snocess, and that in feeding hogs the man who feeds them will succeed with them. In spite of the general opinion to the contrary, some maintain that the hog has a preference for being dean, and cite many instances of his keep ing one side of his pen dean if at all encouraged or started with it olean, etc. Here is one man's idea in regard to a dean i>en and pare food: Every farmer with 100 acres ought to feea from twenty to IbO hogs. The com mon way of constructing the Boors of the pens is nnsuitable. If they slope backward from the trough they will be kept wet. That means ■ sfekly hogs that do not thrive well I pre fer to make the floors slant toward the trough. Twice the profit can be made when the animals lie dry all the while, and besides that their health is mnch better. Then the feeding trough should have itu holding capacity in length and not in depth. It pays to have them fed with good) dead feed, which means tho difference between profit and loss. They will take the waste from the table. It does not do, as is usually the case, to have it put into' a tab or barrel whi h is never cleaned. That becomes poison. It ferments and aonrs and makes bad blood. With thg sow and yonng pigs taking it, tbe consequence is they die before ten days old, and even little 6 igs hare 'the right to be Weil born. logs fed on clean food shonld gain at least one pound for every four and a half pounds of grain nsed; a man can tell whether it is paying to keep them or put his labor to other sonroes of profit. If any man feeds his hogs too long it costs more than he can make out of them.—Western Agrionltarist. FA nil AND GARDEN NOTES. Keep fresh wate* before the fowls at all times. Don’t give a good horse a second- class trainer. Be kind to the colts and you will have gentle horses. There is no frnit that ean be grown as readily as tbe grape. Big horns and a fleshy adder are re garded as bad points in a mileh cow. A sick oow shonld be put by herself at once and covered with a warm blan ket. Standard-bred trotters that can't trot arc poor property for any breeder to stock up with. Care and feed are just as important factors as pedigree iu railing trotting stock at a profit. It is a pretty well establishe 1 fact that a profitable batter cow is a prof itable cheese cow. The poultry keeper who does not famish a dust bath deprives his chickens of a necessity. ’ The financial success of breed’ gthi trotter depends upon the i.^aneial prosperity of trotting sport. Much of tho failure of seeds to ger minate in the spring is due to the fact that they are planted too deep. When hens or hogs get weak in the legs it is often a sign that thay have been fed two mnch corn and oornmeal. A farmer wants to know how much alsike to sow to the acre. Ten ponnds of seed would be a great sufficiency on good land. If tho hen house is overcrowded there will b > trouble. Disease will almost surely appear and the hens aril! not lay. Tie np the horses' tails whenever it is muddy, but don’t leave - them tied np over night. It injures their appear ance to say the least. Tho wise dairyman always looks to what is best for the cow, for in the end he knows that snch management will prove best for him. There is not very ranch difference in the cost of feeding a oow that makes 150 pounds of batter in one year and onojnaking double as much. Wnen feeding milch cows, feed for all the product that can possibly be obtained. This means a liberal grain ration, in addition to tbe best hay. Study tha horse’s foot and tha proper methods of shoeing. It will then be possible for yon to know if your blacksmith knows his business. Currants should have a space of four feet, and gooseberries the same, and be kept trimmed and ouluvated. Cut out old wood when it becomes un thrifty. The sugar beet is valuable as a food for fowls. Served raw through the summer it answers to the purpose of green food when other vegetables are scarce. Crude petroleum is better than kerosene, comes cheaper, and if often applied to yonr hen roosts and hen bouses will soon destroy all rats, mites, etc. Exclusive corn feeding tends to dwarf the growing pig. He needt shorts, bran, skim milk, etc., to bnild np a strong mnsonlar body. Corn is a fattening food. Efforts to introdnoe corn into Ger many aa cattle feed have failed so far, as a strong prejudice against it exists, and all sorts of stories to its detriment are in circulation. Pounding a cow with a stool or olub does not force a greater quantity ol milk from her. Neither will yelling, screaming and cursing add to either milk or good temper. If fruit trees are sufficiently ma tured and yet do not bear well, it will be found a good plan to stir the soil thoroughly and apply a good dressing of well rotted manure. The appearance of the animals on a farm tells a good deal about the owner and his tastes. Tain cows with prom inent ribs in winter or spring are not much of a recommendation. Whole wheat is better for fowls than corn. It does not make them so fat, and, considering the number of eggs which can be procured by using it, is altogether a more economical food. Turkeys will corns home to roost if fed regularly in the eveniug. Grain may be fed entirely, but if mixed with bread crumbs and scraps from the table the birds will like it much bet ter. Build up the frame of the young animal so as to secure size before at tempting to fatten it. Fat is an in cumbrance to growing animals. When they reach maturity is the time to fat ten tbam. It is economy to cat up the dry corn fodder that is fed to the stock. They eat it better and cleaner, and the labor that is saved in handling the manure compensates for all the labor of cut- ing up and preparing it. An average yield of black raspber ries is about seventy-five to eighty bushels, red raspberries seventy, blackberries 100 bushels per acre, ac cording to the estimates of Professor Baily, of the Cornell Experiment Sta tion. THE FLIGHT OF TIM.B He bad talked on every subject and Tfije girl was dreadful tired; He’d talked and talked and talked until She wished to see him fired. Aid when he hxl gnl back again To weather, she was mad Enough you bet to call down-stain Her fierce and warlike dad. ••It's been a lovely day,” he said I ”1 weadet u *hhU m Like this to-morrow, for I levs These balmy days to see.” She answered him: "I do not know, And I don’t care to gnees, For in snch matters, I most say I'm not a prophetess. •‘But If you really want to know To-morrow's weather's fate, Possess yonr soul in patience, for you’ll not have long to wait." —Detroit Free Press. nUXOR OF THE BAY. A summer hit—Slapping a mosquito. —Boston Courier. A still alarm—“The revenno officers are coming. ”—Troth. The only really trne and steadfast love is love of sel If.—Hallo. Every bird pleases ns with its Isy— especially the hen.—Grip. A masked boll— A lemonade with a dick in it.—Philadelphia Record. Don't talk too mnch. A stiff lower jaw is as useful as a stiff upper lip.— Puck. Some people are never at home un til they are away from home.—Atchi son Globe. A beetle can draw twenty timee its own weight. So can a mustard plas ter. —Texas Siftings. Yon will notice that the man who is spoken of as “superior to clothes” wears mighty poor clothes.—Puck. Nothing is easier to understand than how wo shouldn’t have made the mis takes wo have seen other people make. —Puck. Tha man who is willing to wait for iomething to tarn np is usually too blind to see it when it comes along. —Pack. Oddly enough the homeliest of old maids are generally girls who were matchless in their youth.—Buffalo Courier. Uncle George—“Are you good at guessing?" Little Diek—“Yes, in deed. I’m head in the spelling class. ” —Good News. He—“My love will have no ending, dear.” She—“.Now, I say, George, aren’t yon going to marry me, after all?”—Tid-Bits. The long-cut ovaroait has proved To him the best of boohs, Bluoo underneath It he can wear Hie baggy pantaloons. -New York Herald. Musical composers should have no trouble about proposing to their sweethearts; they are used to making overtures.—Philadelphia Record. An offer to bet is-not an argument, but it frequently has the effeot of si lencing yonr opponent and increasing his respect for year position.— Puck. “J.’m 1” said the burglar after he had found that the safe was empty, “this thing laeks a whole lot of what it was cracked np to be.”—Indianap olis Journal. Twickenham—“How is yonr daugh ter's French tutor getting on with her?” Bilter-*” Very nicely, He has got so he can speak Englishfirst-rate.” —Brooklyn Life. “I wonder what makes Higby so un popular?" “1 give it up, but it’s • fact. Why, that man is so disliked that ho can’t even get a bite when he goes fishing.”—Indianapolis Journal, Nature abhors a vacuum, And art a platitude, And this is mighty hard upon The gentle, harmless dude. —Boston Transcript. My son, if you are flash, associate with the well-to-do, for they are not likely to borrow; but if yon are broke keep on good terms with the poor, for they are more willing to lend.— Puck. “Yoa beat ns,” said the defeated yachtsman, “because yon canght the breeze before we did.” “That's be cause we watched for it with baited breath,” replied the victor.—Chicago Tribune. Logical: Effie—“Mummy, why do they hunt lion an’ tigere?” Mamma— “Because they kill the poor little sheep, Effie.” Effie (after a pause)— “Then why don’t they hunt the butchers, mummy?”—Punch. Young Fogy—“Dad, let’s go into tho other room and see the phono graph. It repeats every word you say.” Old Fogy -“Just as thongh I hadn’t friends enough that do that right along.'V Boston Transcript. Mrs. Nextdoor- '”! have found out one thing about that Mrs. Newcome. Whoever she is, she has never moved in good eooiety.” Mr. Nextdoor— “How do you know that?” Mrs. Next- door—“dhe shakes hands as if she meant it.’’—Tit Bits. Museum Manager—“I’ve got too many of you freaks. I’ll have to dis charge one of you.” India-Rubber Man—“Let it be the Human Sala mander ; he’s used to the fire. ” Man ager—“No I I think I’ll bounce you.” —Philadelphia ReporJ. Heloise (eight years old)—“What does trsnsaUantio mean, mother?” Mother —“Oh, across the Atlantic, of course. But you m T istn’tbother me.” Heloise -“Doss trans, then, always mean across?" Mother—“I suppose it does. Now, if you don’t stop both ering me with yonr questions I shall send you right to bed.” Heloise is silent a few moments. Heloise— “rhea does transparent mean a cross parent?”—Brooklyn Life. New Competitor ot the Silkworm. A new competitor of the silkworm has been found on the Dalmatian coast, according to a report of a French Consulate in Trieste. This is tho bombyx lasiocumpa otus. The moth of this is similar to that of tho silkworm, bnt tho cocoon is much larger, and tbe silk finer nud snow white. The worm feeds on the leaves of the evergreen quereus ilex. Ex periments are being made with tho in- lout of raising this newly discovered worm for commercial purposes.— Pittsburg Dispatch. BILL ARP’S LETTER. WILLIAM RETURNS ROME AND IS WARMLY WELCOMED. Mis Train Runs the Gauntlet of Flre-« Nothing Like Homci it Ik Worth going away from homr) to retard •gala aod nod a welcome fn m klo Ire l aod frmoda. It was a long, weary ride, bat every mile stone was a comfort and every station gave ® 0 P® A®d I*'*! 1 that no accident would befall na. We had one alann when n aring P.latka, for the woo la were on fire and the wind was blowing the leaping flames aero s ti e track. Tbe engineer balled his train and liea ta'ed. After a brief interview with the conductor the train was back- d a quarter of a mile, the win. dews wore all pnt down, the vestibule! closed, the steam pnt on to its full power and away we went to ran tbe II ry gauntlet at Hie ra e of a mile a minute. Bnt it Waa hot-intenso:y hot. Thongh Iho glass kept out the flamos, it did not keep oat the heat. If the ran liatl In en a little longer every pane would have eh vered *o. **** wo *dd have oangbt on fire, bnt still every pweee nger was willing to make the race. Who docs not like to ride a mile a mio- ri® and take the chance*? Even the engineer will do it if he la permitted. How prond be is to be pointed out as tho man who took tho lightning train from Jacksonville to Now York. He is a hero—he ia. We reached home at 10 o’clock at night and found ths family mansion all lighted up and (he kindred on the veranda and o d Aunt Ann and Dnole Sam in tbe background and tho big dog and the little dog alert, for they, loo, •etmed lo expect us, and for a while there was a ahower of Asses and Iinwdvs and welcomes and barkings and waggings of canine tails. But it was sad to ace tho havoc that Iho great freeze hal made. Intense heat and inlon-o cold mast be close skin, for all along tho rente from Jacksonville the dead and withered loaves on the treetopa and among the shrubbery gavo an appearanee of fire Instead of a fro zo and when we surveyed onr own surroundings at homo we found not a green leaf left-no frnit, no plnma, no garden coming on, atrawboi rioi piralyz d, raspberries killed to the mol a grape vines loorcbed. for what the free z - had left of regetation tho hail that came a week after Bn. islied the work of deatruotion. 7?hat a wonderful power ia in nature lo re store herself and make good her losses. It has bet n bnt three weeks since we r. ached home, an 1 now evenhingis lovely—tire Irees are nil in leaf *K»in—the grass is green, tbe atrawberries are giv ng ns some fruit, the garden lias beans in bloom aud peas in the pod and po‘a- 'oea big enongh to steal a few. I always steal a few before breakfast, just as a anri rise yon know. Just to hear my wife exclaim when Aunt Ann alins tho savoty dish under her eyes. We hal been luxuriating on all these things for rnontbs in Florida, hut Ihere ia nothing like taring yonr own. I beg pardon for mentioning Florida, for I have been admonished to lot np onCkarWater. lam athomeinold Georgia now, aod wo are happy. We oeme from spring to spring, aud for tho first time in our livi e (kipped over a long, bard winter. We had strawberries from the tenth pf January to the first of May and can do without now. If the good Lord spares our lives and onr people mike another gool crop and congress passes the tarn iff bill and that Coxey gang don't boat up tbe government, we calculate on spending the next winter iu Florida just to aave winter ciothee and blankots and coal an I horse feed if nothing else. But I beg pardon—I am on Florida again. Senator Harria stya that hn thinks now they will get lo a volo on the tariff within five or aix weeks—yea, he thinks tho debate on it will not taka .ooger than six weeks. Merc fill heaven—oh, for a Cromwell todiraulve that parliament! Debale- what for? Isn't the ago- meat already exhausted? Haven't the senators all made up their minds? Do they expect to change a single vote by debating? Is there a o neiitueut iu all tho land who wauls more talking done? Is there snyholy who will nad another speech? Then why debater Why not vote and be done wi' i it? Verily, Nero is fiddling sgain. I bid a letter yesterday from a friend who eays ihere ia no (rath in tbe charge that is going around in tbe press and among tbe people that there is a courthouse riug in Georgia and that tf there ia it is not a ring for Atkiniou, for two- thirds of ibe judges aud aolioitorearefor Evana Well we ere gratified to liavo it denied by some- bo ly. I thought maybe that some of the judges would deny it for the sake of their own reputation, but they have not dons so in pub lic. I bad not heard that Die ring was commit ted to Atkinson, bnt that it was a ring for them elves and I do know Ihere is some foun dation to the charge. Maybe it has bunted. I hope so. As for General Evans and Mr. Atkin son, I know many good men who would he perfre ly content with either as our governor, snd who lament the bitterness of tho canvass. Can't Ihese 2x4 editors aud pnlitichns conduct tho canvass in a gentlemanly wsy snd be prond that we have two such men in Georgia? In tbe grand old daya when Patrick Henry end John Randolph ran against each other for oon- congress the people flocked to hear thenf from f.r ami near anl at Chat Itcsville, when both wo e through speak ing d their overwhelming eh quence had thrillen and (haimed the multitude, the people wilh one accord seiz'd 111- m on their arms and carried them on the:r shoulders round and round, shouting as they Win’: ‘ These arc Vir ginia’s sons,of whom we are all p: ond, i nd they shall not separate ns.” Cannot a Georgia patriot say the same about onr candidat-. s? Has oil her done anything of which we are a burned? Then let ns frown npon all tbi-i scandal aud vitupera tion. After all, it la not a mat ter of 1 fe or dcai h or of any great moment whether victory or de feat awaitsellhtr, sod it is a cimfort to know that we have so many men in Georgia who would make aa good a governor aa chher of them. '1 here ia not a county and hardly a town that coni I not furnish one <.r more s a'esmeu in whose hands the commonnesMi would lie safi'. This atm o of political adveisarcs is unwoitby of any gentleman, a d I won dn’t irust the m in who is- He is a machine politician, and is al ways sotting trspsaml hailing triggo s t ica'eli the ignorant and unsuspecting, t isjuitnicli men who keep good men from offer ng for ■ f- floe. They fear iho l.es and s an lal thswould follow. And now to change tho unwolconv suhj< ct and to do Jndice tho’ tho heaven- fill, w ]l yon E lease pnoli-di tho foil win; loiter win- li I are itooivcd from a true and noble w iiiau—a Georgian now living at Winston, N- C-? 1 have investigated su h h stories as are at my command, and find nothing that reflects upon the honor snd good faith of Eli Whitney. 1 flu i ihat in OiorgiSit was asser ed that he w.is no. the inventor, bnt that it had already lieon n ed iu Swi'z -Hand an 1 ihat ho had a xty law suits b fore lie secure 1 a favorable verdict. 8 mth Carolina, liowev r, did pay him $ > ',000, and North Carolina gav him a royalty on eveiy saw naed in the stale. But still Miss Boggs may have gl aned 'he trne hi-to y of the cot on gin, which Macaulay said, “did more for tlio power and progrea-of tbe United Smtea than Peter the Grestdidfor Itnsiia." If Mrs. Gnene was really the g. n us who suggested it and the patron whose means peril etc l i', then let (lie mounmtnt bo bn It to her, as Mha U .ggs sug gests Then let the truth come lo ligh>. Our great historian, C. C. Jone-, ia de d, hut Judge Diehard H. Clark still liv.s. —Bnx Arp, iu At lanta Constitution. * The fol'owing is the lett-v: “Major Charlea H. Smi'h, Cnrler-ville, G.i. —Dear Majer: Born and hr>d in Georg’s, your oon riou'ions to literature luve b en n source of pride as well as pleasure. I rc- cen'ly obtained from the publishers a copy of yonr'History of G.ovgia.’ While I loart- ily Jiin yonr iffort to hare our eh Mren 'aught our own b story as aeon by ourselves and wish tha', other southern states nonld tnl- low yonr example, yon must excuse bio for i>b- jrcling to this sentence in paragraph 6. p go IS: ‘Eli Whitney, whu lived i.osr Savannah invented the cotton gin.’ For many years 1 hive liv-.d under the impression that G org'a ’.iways denied Whitney's claim- My imprcs- sionaare somewhat as fol ows: Whi ney, like many other men of Now Engl ind. ci me s mt 1 . for the purpose of leaching, while he sequin 0 a prof -ssiou to some more lac stive cccup.i tl-'n. His vessel wa' a i long at sea th it wo< n he arrived st Savannah the position he expec • ed had been filled. On the same veaaei with Mr. Whitney was Mrs. G. eoue, widow of Gen oral Nathaniel Greene, on her w-y to tli'- 'Mnl- berrie-,’a place present d loGmrral Green- by tbe state for Ilia diatinguiahed services in ti e south during tho nvo'utionary war. H ar ing nf Whitney’s dissppointmen', Mrs Groono < ff red him ihe hospitalities of her home until lie eoul-l find occupation. The subject of sip- arating tho seed from the lint by micliiuo-y was a matter of daily discussion between Mrs. Gr, eno ami her neighbors, aa well aa elso >In re i hey had decided lioiv it could ho ilooo, Mrs. Greene lien-elf suggi-Iing tlie revolving brush, ill-' key in Ihe whole Im-iucaa. It waa Mr-. Greene who auggis'ed Whitney as a young man of great ingenuity ami a auitahlo poison to carry out their combined ideas. It w a -h - who furnished a building expresa’y for the purpose and Joined her neielih rs in supplying ihe means and labor with which Whitney worked. A* the machine approached complu- i i fe A SIDE from the fact that the- l cheap baking powders contain alum, which causes indigestion and other serious ailments, their use is extravagant. It takes three pounds of the best of them to go as far as one pound of the Royal Baking Powder, be cause they are deficient in leavening gas. There is both health and econ omy in the use of the Royal Baking Powder, ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., 106 WALL ST., NEW-YORK. lion, Whitney became inystcr ons, put a lock upon tho door and s i acted as to cream the im pression tliss lie inte ide l to carry off the ma chin", unlit Anally the neighb irs brokr in o theli-mscand des royed the machine I have lived un ier the* i impre-sioiia for many years Whcte I gathered them, I em unable to say Tli-'y may ho all wrong, if sj. I shall bo gisd to be corrected. Thero mint be slate reeni d eonciruing thi* matter, als> the ividenc- t m i r vented the renewal nf the patent, also in the v rious suits for royalty; and it is p ohsble t-.a tlio rcc rdi of the ‘Historical Roei -ly of Bavm- iiah’can turnish va liable cv.dence. If Wld • ney was tho inve-ilor I should like to see i monument erected to his memory on some pnh tic q ure in Atlanta. If tliealwvc is near III f c s, then let the monument ha a woman, sea: cd in a Windsor chair, wiih a card in esc 1 hand, illustrating her conception of Ihe irns’i and upon the pedestal TO The Widow of Nathaniel Groenc, Whose Genius, As isle 1 by tho Skill Of Eli Whitncv, Gave to GEORGIA Ihe Cotton Gin. “With regard, I am yours respectfn'lv, “W. B. BOGGS. ’ Sonp Smls lor t'aliuin? Waves. The remarkable action of oil npon waves is well known. This phenomo- ■ Miledthe officers of the steamship Scan.iia, of Hamburg, to make an ex periment upon tho same principle that was very successful, nntl that appears lo us worthy of mention. Daring its Inst trip to tho United States the ves sel, while iu mid-ocean, was attacked by a very heavy storm. It then oc curred to the oflicers to dissolve o largo quantity of soap in tubs of water. Having thus obtained several hundred gallons of sonp suds in a very short time they threw it overboard in front of tho ship. Tho effect was al most instantaneous, and tho vessel coon began to navigate without diffi culty. Her officers at once addressed a long report to the Hydrographij Bureau of Iho United States, giving an account of their voyage, tho storm, and the means that they employed to still the waves. They concluded by saying that although soap suds does not produce absolutely all the effects npon water that oil docs, it at least suffices to break the force of waves in most cases. Besides, this method recommends itself to transportation companies careful of their interests, ifioap suds is much cheaper than oil, and a relatively largo quantity of soap can be carried withont encroach ing too mnch upon tho space set •part for passengers and merchandise. —La Nature. Vitality ol Disease Germs. As an evidence of the phenomenal vitality of disease germs, Dr. Eoch, of Germany, and Drs. Ewart and Car penter, of England, declare that the blood of animals and men dying of contagions may be dried and kept for years, and that they will then pro duce the class of infections to which they belong; this even after having been pulverized in a mortar and sub jected to the lowest degree of natural «.ud artificial cold.—St. Louis Repub- Corean Use tor Human Hair. Human hair is in great demand in some of tho countries of Europe, and the supply is said to be inadequate. Our consul in Corea points out that there is plenty and to spare iu tho hermit kingdom. “Tho Coreaus,” ho add", “have remarkably lino heads of hair, ond they put their combing to a use that I have never seen elsewhere. A very largo number of tho saddle- clothes placed under the packs of their ponies are made of hair woven into coarse mats or bags, and tho halters aud head ropes of their animals are largely coupbsed of tho same material. I believe that human hair is largely exported from China to Europe, and Corea could furnish a largo and cheap supply did the people know there was a demand lor it.”—Westminster Ga ze te. Extreme Age of Trees. The extreme ago of varions specie! of trees is set down ns follows: Elm, 335; pine, 450; chestnut, 600; olive, 700; tho cedar, 800; the oak, 1500; tho yew, 2800. Humboldt computed the ago of tho famous boabab tree, a species of banyan, to be at least 5700. 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