The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, March 17, 1899, Image 6
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Traveling Libraries.
During tbe closing quarter of thia
Mtary many effort* bare he** |>
forth for the more general diffusion of
knowlelge and the improvement of
III* condition of the people. Univp
dty extension, Chautauqua amembH?
and circle*, lecture bureau*, and f<
public libraries have been of gr*a?
service in thia educational work. Bo
tbe be' elite of there institution* react
only the cities and larger towns
Small village* and country homes are I
too isolated tor theee organizations to
reach effectively. But Mrs. Sara |
Edward Coke, the English jurist,
was of the opinion that "A man's house
is his castle."
^"When Greek joins Greek, then is
the tug of war," was written by Na
thaniel Lee in 1602.
Edward Young tells us "Death loves
a shining mark," and "A fool at 40 is
a fool indeed."
"Variety's the spice of life," and
"Not much the worse for wear," were
oined by Cowper.
Charles Pinckney gave the patriotic
sentiment, "Millions for defence, but
not one oent for tribute."
"Of two evils I have chosen the less,"
and "The end must justify the means,"
are from Matthew Prior.
To Milton we owe "The pardise of
fools," "A wilderness of sweets," and
"Moping melancholy and moonstruck
nuinMLn
The poet Campbell found that ?
"Coming events cast their shadows |
before" and " 'Tis distance lends en f
chantment to the view." t
r
Christopher Marlowe gave forth ;
the invitation so often repeated by ;
his brothers in a less public way: 1
"Love me little, love me long." (
t.
To Dr. Johnson belongs "A good j
hater," and to Macintosh, in 1701, t
the phrase, often attributed to John ^
Randolph: "Wise and masterly in> ]
activity." (
Thomas Tasser, a writer of the six* J
teenth century, said: "It's an ill
wind turns no good," "Better late than ]
never," "Iv ok ere thou leap," and |
The stone that is rolling can gather
no moss." '
"First in war, first in peace and .
first in the hearts of his fellow citizens"
(not his oonntrymen) appeared in the j
retentions presented to the housa of (
representatives in December, 1709,
by General Henry Lee.
The number of students at the dif- J
ferent colleges in the State this year,
according to reports, is larger than |
ever. With 4^ cent cotton and the
consequent depression in huAiness. nn?
wonders where the money oomes from
to ednoote ell these boys end girle ,
In the deys when business wes brisk
end profits lerge our people did not
lire es well end enjoy the edventeges
tbet tbey do now. And yet we oontinuelly
prete ebout herd times. W by
is it?
Heard, ot Middletoo, Ga., hu inaui>
orated the traveling library in orde
that small railway stations and evei
country homes may have the privilege
of a library at their doors. 8he ws
an active worker in the Georgia Feder
tion of Woman's clubs. Living in th?
country her sympathy went out t<
farmers' wires and their childrei
passing the long winder evenings with*
out books and papers. Out of he?
sympathy and planning the traveling
library was evolved. The Seaboard
Air Line railway offered valuabb
assistnace in transporting books frer
of charge. Suppose that a woman'*
club, or an organisation should securt
one hundred best books and start,
them traveliog in a body. That i
would necessitate library clubs in tht
little towns.
When one of those clubs was organised
and ready for the library it
would be sent. The club would take
charge of the books and let them out
according to certain rules. When
that club had the privilege of reading
the books a certain number of days
the library would be boxed and sent
to the next town. Instead of one little
library, suppose there were ten
traYeling around in the State all the
tl_. ?TL. -J . . 1 -
uuio. a oe an vantages wouia mu( De
increased tenfold. 8uch is the work
Mrs. Heard has inaugurated in Georgia.?Spartan.
Who Said It.
Dean 8wift is credited with "Bread
is the staff of life."
It was Keats who said, "A thing of
beanty is a joy forever."
"Man proposes, but God disposes,"
remarked Tnomas A. Kemps.
Franklin is authority for "God help*
- those who belp themSelvee."^^ fter
It was an observation of Thomas
Southern that "Pity's akin to love." i
"All cry and no wool" is an expres* ion
found in Butler's "Hudibrus."
We are indebted to Colley Cibber. ,
not to Shakespeare, for "Richard is .
himself again." ,
South Carolina's Governors.
<
A few weeks ego Alt*. D. t). Wei (
leoe furnished the Columbia State ^
with a communication both interest- (
ing and instructive, and of great
value?a complete list ol the govern
ore and lieutenant governors ol
South Carolina. lie calls the li.i
Presideut, Vice President, Govern \
ors, Lieutenant Governors, Deputy i
Governors and Acting OoYernors of c
South Carolina frotn 1604 to 18-fK)." i
In all, 108 men were appointed and c
ected. The list of twenty-live pro- {
> t ifflsrv or/wo?nn>? *L ~
> >? ? ia ianun IXHill lilt4
appendix of McCrady's history cf e
South Carolina under the proprietary g
government. The second list of fit- t
teen was compiled by Mr. Wallace a
from the official records of the State.
He has drawn very largely also from t
the Charleston Year Book lor 1884,11
compiled by &on. W. A. Courtnay, I I
at that time mayor. ] I
The "proprietary" governors <?nd ' i
the "royal appointees" were English- i
men. "Native Carolinians were never 1
appointed to the dignity c'f governor ; t
that honor was bestowed only on t
Englishmen. The governor Was ad. f
dressed as "His Excellency," the a
lieutenant governor as "His Honor." f
The Charleston Cily Year Book, ^
1884, Hon. W. A. Courtnay, the ed- '
tor, save: "After the departure of e
Lord \Vm. Campbell, the last of the ^
royal governors, on the ffith of Sep- 8
tember, 1775, all the powers of the
government were assumed by the
r> n 8 ?
i [uviuciai v/Dugress ana cne Uouncil (
>f Safety and exercised by them un- ^
<il March 24fh, 1776, when the constitution
was adopted, and John Rutledge
was elected president and commander
in-chief, with Henry Laurens ^
as vice president. In 1778, John h
Rutledge having resigned, Raulins *
Lowndes succeeded hini, with Chris 8]
opher Gadsden as vice president, and h
-outinued in office until 1779, when n
the new constitution was adopted, and h
the office of governor created." d
From 1776 to 1865, the governors J1'
and lieutenant governors were elected .
by the legislature. From 1776 to 8!
1899 the office has been filled by
fifty-five different men, comiug from
the counties as follows: Charleston, c
and Charleston county, nineteen ; 81
Edgefield, six; Richland, four, Clarea- l<
den, four; Georgetown, throe; Abbe- a
ville, Barnwell, Sumter, each two;
Aiken, Anderson, Darlington, Fair- :c
field, Greenville, Laurens, Marion, J
Marlboro, Spartanburg, Sumter,
Union, each, one. Mr. Wallace enters
R, K. Scott from Ohio, and D. H. 8
Chamberlain from Massachusetts.
Eight of these governors served each
two terms; one, John Rutledge, Berved '
three terms, and other, Charles Pinck- "
ney, served two terms consecutively,
and was subsequently elected twice, !*
jerving in all four terms. "The condilution
of 1835 said the governor t(
smd lieutenant governor should be 81
Blected by the people and should serve a
four years. The constitution of 1868 w
changed it back to two years." Since 8t
the change in the manner of electing ?these
officers in 1865, thirteen differ- ?'
ant men have filled the office of gov- .
amor, six of them having been elected 81
Tor the second term. The office of
lieutenant governor was filled three 0
terms by negro men, A. J. Ransier, *
and R. H. G leaves, who served two 11
terms. This was during the famous
'reconstruction" period.
The records show, as brought out by ?
Mr. Wallace, that from 1776 to 1899,
>nly two governors died in office, Edsard
Rutledge, of Charleston, who
lied January 23, 1800, and Patrick 810
Noble, who died April 7, 1840. This
s quite a remarkable record. During e(
he same period only three governors aI
esign?d, Wade Hampton, who was
dected United States Senator, W. D. ^
Simpson, who was elected Chief Jus- a
ice of the Supreme Court, and Hugh
5. Thompson, who was appointed as- ^
listent secretary of the Uuited States
treasury by President Cleveland,
rhe following lieutenant governors '.
Mcame governors on account ot the
leath or resignation of governors: J'*3
fohn Drayton, succeeded Edward bl
Kutledge, deceased; B. K. Henegar
tuccceded Patrick Noble deceased ; cl
W. D. Simpson succeeded Wade "l
Flampton, resigned ; T. B. Jeter sue- (1(
:eeded W. D. Simpson, resigned ; J. ^
D. Sheppard succeeded Hugh *. .'
rhompson, resigned. The case of T. 10
B. Jeter is interesting and exceptional.
Wade Haronton was covernor. and 01
W. D. Simpson lieutenant governor ; e
when Governor Hampton resigned, at
Lieutenant Governor Simpson became
governor, and T. B. Jeter, who wa9 p
pro tempore president of the Senate, >4j
became lieutenant governor, and on n|
the resignation of Governor Simpson, ftt
Mr. Jeter became governor.
Mr. Wallace did a real service; m
when he collected from other records ! re
these facts of history, and published B
them in a newspaper article. It is a
convenient document, aud for the 8U
"scrap-book fiend" it is a rich prize, it,
Many interesting facts come to the or
surface upon a careful study of these n?
records. As one reads the history of w,
South Carolina, this truth must be n<
very apparent, that, barring a few ex- ye
captions, a long line of splendid gen- m
tlemen have filled the office of gover |)fl
nor of this noble old commonwealth, fe
We very much doubt if any State in ?
ho U.iiuu can make a better showing.
Jar history, made by the-<e men and
their contemporaries, is well oalculat*1
to lid with pride the people of this
in 1 all snc<*. ceding generations.?Bapis
t Courier.
Education Running in Families.
The receut discussion about a new
'resident lor Yale University, dra?s
mention to the last triennial catalogu >
if the institution. Apparently, a
nere list of names and dates, the book
:arefu)ly studied reveals much alike
noti:able and interesting.
Que lact shown in its pages, is that
iducatiou runs in families. The are
;ivea the names of 18,440 graduates,
laving altogether, as is estimated,
ibout 4,000 different surnames, repreeuting
the many nationalities forming
be American people. But counting
he names which appear at least 10
;imes, they are oulv .190. inolnHin..
1,007 graduate*; tbe other 8,942
itudents have among tuem the renaming
4 500 name*; to less tbau 400
ami lien belong more than one half of
he students. It has long been known
hat grace belongs to families, for tbe
HTotuise is "I will be a God unto thee
,nd to thy seed after thee." These
igures show education to be the
dessiug of elect families. These
atbers, themselves scholars, were
ager to secure for their sons tbe
dessings cf education.?N. Y. Oberver.
The World's Greatest Eulogy.
The followiug matchless peroration
ras pronounced in memory of Gareld
by James G. Blaine:
"Masterful in his mortal weakness,
e became the center of a nation's
ivo, enshrined in the prayers of a
rorld. But all the love and all the
empathy could not share with him
is euilering. He trod the wilder- j
ess alone. With unfaltering front'
e faced death. With unfailing teueruess
he took leave of life. Above
le demoniac hiss of the assassin's hul
it he heard the voice of God. With
niple resignation he bowed to the
)ivine's decree.
"A? the end drew near his early
raving for .he sea returned. The
;ately mansion of power had been
> him the wearisome hospital of pain,
nd he begged to be taken from its
ppressive, stifling air, from its hometasness
and hopeless. Gently, silent
r, the love of a great, people bore the
ale sufferer to the 1<? ged f >r healing
Fthe sea. to live or to die, as God
lould nil), within sight of its heaving
illows, withiu sound of its manifold
oicee. With wan, fevered face ten
erly lifted to the cooling breczj, tie
toked out wistfully upon the ocean's
aanging wonder's; on its far sails,
hitening in the morning light; ou
s restless waves, rolling shoreward
> break and die beneath the noonday
in; on the rod clouds of evening
rching low to the horizou; on the
irene and shining pathway of the
ars. Let us think that his dying
res read a mystic meaning which
aly the rapt and parting soul may
now. Let us believe tbat in the
lence of the receding world he heard
le groat waves breaking on a farther
lore, and felt already upon his wast1
brow the breath of the eternal
iorning."
CALLED "OUTCASTS.?'
enator Tillman's Recent Speech
in the Senate.
Senator Tillman deliverered one of
is characteristic speeches in the
i:?i? yeaiernay auernoon, Bays the
Iashington Poat. His strident voice
shoed shrill through the chamber,
id he walked up and down the fl >or,
kinging his long arms as he shouted,
very minute or two he would utter
word typically Tiiliuan-like. "If
>u aie going to steal I waut mv share,"
as one of the sentences wh ich made
e audience in the galleries laugh.
Mr. Tillman also made a fling at
e District of Columbia. He was 1
scussing, with Senator Gallingar,
e delay in the work on the poBtoflfce i
lilding and the responsibility of tie i
mtractor. "1 want to know," ? i
aimed Mr. Tillman, "whether he is |
le of the outcasts who live here and
jn't voto aud get everything tbey
ant, or one of those who live iu the
ates and cau vote and yet get nothg
they ought to have."
This is probably the first time the
tiaens of the district have been call t
1 "outcasts" on the floor of the Sene
or anywhere else.
This is how the editor of a paper in
skin. China, decline* a manuscript :
lluatrious brother of the sun and <
oon! look upon the slave who rolla t
thy feet, who kisses the earth before I
ee and demands of thy charity per- i
iaeion to speak and live. We have ?
ad thy manuscript with delight,
y the bones of our ancestors we
rear that never have we encountered
ch a ma?terprire Should we print
, his majesty, the emperor, would
der us to take it as a criterion and i
iver agaiu to print anything which i
as not equal to it. As that would <
>t be possible before ten thousand
sars, all trembling we return thy 1
auuscript and b g the ten thousand <
u dons. See?my hand is at my I
et and I am the slave of thy servant, i
-The Editor. <
C.
Foul-Smelling j
Catarrh.
Catarrh is one of ttow most obstinate
Jisenses, mid hence the most difficult
to get rid of.
There is but one way to cure it.
The disease is in the blood, and all the ,
sprays, washes and inhaling mixtures
in the world can have no permanent
effect whatever upon it. Swift's Spe- 1
citic euros Catarrh permanently, for it is
the only remedy which can reach the
disease and force *t from the blood.
Mr. B. P. McAllister, of Harrodsburg,
Ky., had Cotarrh for years. He writes:
"I i*)?M sec no tni movement whatever,
though I was constantly treated with sprays
0and washes, and differ
em inhaling remedies?
in fact. 1 ouuld feel that
each winter I warworn
than the rear previous
"Finally it was
brought to my no ties
that Catarrh was a blood
disease, and after thinking
over the matter. I
saw It was unreasonable
A to expect to be cured by
/ mp remedies which only j
KF^t JbiABs^ reached the surface. I
958>Athen decided to try I
8. S. S., nnd after a few bottle* were used. I no- .
tlced a perceptible Improvement. Oontlaulntf
the remedy, the disease was forced out of my ]
system, and a complete cure was the result
1 advise nil who have this dreadful disease to 1
abandon their local treatment, which ha* novel
done them any pond, and take 8. 8. 8.. a remcdy
that can reach the disease and cure It."
To continue the wrong treatment for
Catarrh is to continue So suffer. Swift'*
Specific Is a real blood remedy, and
cures obstinate, deep-seated diseases*
which other remedies have no effect
whatever utx>n. It promptly reaches
Catarrh, and never fails tocure even the
most aggravated cases. <
S.S.S.tL Blood
is Purely Vegetable, and is the only
blood remedy guaranteed to contain no
dangerous minerals.
Books mailed free by Swift Specific
Company. Atlanta, Georgia.
Hampton's Agility.
Columbia, Feb. 27.?Though Gen 1
Wado Hampton, one of the few aur- \
friffinor 1 ion ton ouf nron omit t\f ^Ka P/tn. 1
federacy, is within a f w days of cele '
brating bis 81st birthday, he perform- t
ed a characteristic feat a few morn t
! ings ago, showing he has lost none of <
I Ida old lime dash and courage. His >
fiat was indeed very like that of 1
Wheeler at Santiago, though more 1
difficult of performance by reason of 8
the fact that the aged warrior has a c
cork leg and had do tree limbs to aid v
him. t
It was yet very early on Sunday
morning when one of the servants at t
Gen. Hampton's residence, near the v
city, came to him and informed him i
that sparks had fallen upon and ig- i
nited the roof of the house, which was t
then burning. The old general, without
permitting any of the household
to be awakened, hastened out and
himself proceeded to climb out upon h
the roof. Reaching the blaze. he with 1
the assistance of his servant, managed f
to extinguish the flames. It was not I
until the breakfast hour that any of d
the houshold were aware of the fire I
or of the aged soldier's risky but ef- t
fectivo climb upon the roof. tl
The incideut was known to but few
of the General's friends until to day, h
and they are as proud of bis feat as of tl
any of those daring charges he led a
during the civil war. o
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The National gaaina ^
i)l lied ford St., lloston, Mar*. se<
Jut Ml to no U Cbftppler. Publisher. A
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To restore the clear skin, the brigh Ci
ivn alurl oflit anrl innnrt KiaaWlt urn r\f
Dr. M. A. Simmons Liver Medicine.
F
What to do until the Doctor urri yen Wl
It is very hard to aland idly by and , .
see our dear onea sulfur while awaiting . *
the arrival of the doc or. An Albany
(N Y ) dairyman called at a drugstore
there tor a doctor to come and aee hia
rhild, then very sick with croup. Not ~
finding the doctor in, he left word for r*
him to come at once on hia return, v1
He alao bought a bottle of Chamber*
lain a Cougo K- mudy which he Imped 8?
would nive, H<?me r* lief until the doctor Pr
should arrive' In a few hours he re*
turned, aaying the doctor need not
come, aa the child was much better.
The druirgiat, Mr. Otto Scbo'z saye "
toe family baa since recommended
Chamberlain's Cough Iiemedy to their
neigh bora and friends until he has a V
jonatant d mand for it from that part I
A the country. For sale by Dr. F. <n
Dak e. ?
.. .. JOSH ( (i V>"
% f
That I old About Alts Seeing, Kutb
iii the u nor Tmak.
? it b _ ? in r u '*
l? I/ Z .. .} " A:
I . .1 tt VI 1.4*1 la- * i ? ?i? k*
ii> r^i* imc* r m< ved Iron
one ol the big tanks at tba Btata dispensary,
and that Col. 8. W. Vance,
commissioner, had ordered this done.
Miue w> r- tuu iuvii to kiiiua it one ??i
Josh's j itw, but others thought that
ueru might have been a imu tuwu lavi
>n for the atory,
Col. Vance was aaked if the report
??w true. He f*i>l that immediate1; i
ijv u reading ihe alaieineut be ad. j
uetitftd the following letter to Mr?
Ycbley.
Hon. .Toahua W. A. ah ley, Honea Path,
a c.
Dear Sir: Enclosed yon will find
I clipping from the 'Snmter Freeuau"
purporting to be en interview
with you. The statement made in
reference to deed r*te end mke being
iaken out of one of the tenke by me ie
absolutely false. You will oblige by
writing me by return mail what you
tiave to aay about tbe slender.
Very respectfully,
ft ws
CotntniMioner.
Mr. Ashley'* reply was not received
or several days. It reads*
Joh 8, W. Vance, Columbia, 8 C.
Dear Sir-: Your favor of the 4th
St., just now received. Will say in
-eply that all that ( saw abeat the
-ats and mioe was what I saw myself
n 1894 at the old Stat* dispensary
vben it was located in the agriculural
hall. I saw them clean out the
liter and take out about a half a
bushel of rata, mice and bugs, and
f you don't think that is so> you can
vrite to John Hooper, an employe
hat worked in the dispenlay at that
ime. But, oi course, you were not
commissioner at that time, but I have
lot seen anything since the dispensary
ia? been moved to the new place, for
[ haven't been there, but I have asked
lome of the employes about it and one
>f them told me that he didn't know
whether they got in the tank or not
>ut tbey get in the water bucket.
Now if there are any othef informaion
that I can give you t will do ao
rith pleasure. I don't Want to get
oto any newspaper controversy, but
f I have to, 1 am able to prove every hing
that 1 have ever mid.
Yours as ever,
Joshua W. Ashley.
"Now," continued Col. Vance, "I
ave be*n told that in 1894 Mr.
>axler had a wafer filter for the
lurpose of filtering the water used.
Liter being in use a short time it. was
iacarded, as it proved unsatisfactory,
have never aert it, but have been
Did that it was a very small filter
bat would hold possibly ten gallons.
"It is utterly impossible for a rat
d get into the tanks, constructed as
bey are with close fitting taps that
re never taken off. There is a small
pening in the top of the corner which
i always closed except When the
'hiskey is being dumped Into the
ink from barrels. Then the open,
ig is entirely covered With a bag
iade of all wool blankets, lour ply.
ill of the liquor is strained through
bis into the tank. Immediately after
le tank is filled with Whiskey the
lanket strainer is removed and the
pening closed up tightly and securely
istened. The tanks are cleaned out
equently and there is no possibly
ay for even one rat to get into the
ink, much less for two bushels of the
errain to accumulate thsre.?The
tate.
TWO CONSTABLES FREE.
olemaa and Dora Released on
Bond Yesterday,
Messrs. Joe Ben Coleuan and J.
. Dorn, the two state dispensary ^
instables, wbo have bees held as ac*
ssories to the killing of Mrs. Btuart ct
id the shooting of hor husband, b
are released on bond yeiterday. ^
Constable Dorn gave bond in the ?
m of one thousand dsllars, which 01
is signed by Col. Ban W. Vance,
e state commissioner, aid Hon. L.
Williams, a member of the state st
ard of control. ai
.-*-Me Coleman give the same fs
curity for i??o appearance * 111
pril U rra of cour^uTi^ ^y bonds- jj
en are Hon. L. J. Williams and T
apt. E. H. Westfield, who is captain w
the guards at the penitentiary. ?(
The bonds were filed with Mr. J. p*j
rrMt. Walker- the r.lerk nl ftnnrt >nd ?
are approved by him yesterday- la
Mr. Co eman will probably go to 1
s home in Saluda today and Mr. *
orn is now at his bome in Edgefield it
unty, where they will remaio until b<
e first Monday in April. '
Neither Constable Crawford or Mr. d
>o)ey have yet succeeded in giving gt
>nd, and their ia some doubt about
e former being able to seoure two
>od bondsmen, while the latter will
obably give bond today. G
The case will hardly be tried in li
is county, as the attorneys tor the h
nstables intend to ask for a change "j
veoeire to Kershaw county.?Cora
bis Record 10th, inst,
a
\HAnrS / CD1ZD with vegetable
IKl I P\Y Remedies. Have cured ?
vJ I many thousand caaee S
"ailed hopolfeiM. In tCB
iji at leant t wo third* of all symptoms reroovi
Toetuuonials and TBB BATS t reatment fr?>u
GUXg'S son. fiax K liisuts. Oa.
FRIENDS WITH MANKIND,
Aaln.aU la I ha WUaatlaat Park Kmw
Mava No Wmmw wt Maa.
The slaughter oO birds has almost
entirely removed one af the delightful
accompaniment* of life In the
rural east?the luunlo aX Hie feathered
songsters.' Apropos ofi this, it may
he said that one of the most pleasant
features of the drive through the
Yellowstone National Park is the apparent
intimacy between iuuu and the
uniiual and bird life Lu the park,
'l'hauks to the wise anil strlageut regulations,
no shooting is-allowed within
Its boundaries.
"The result." says an English tourist.
"Is positively charming. Hundreds
or Utile chipmunks, with their gaudy
striped hacks, scampered impudently
about or peered at the passing coach
I from the roadside. The squirrel did
| not bolt for the nearest tree, but noddPtl
Ik ttfiil/Ukiim k II KUJ 11#^ * ? ? ?
? ? .. v .^u.uv. AH una hic m:ami
sit llkewliw. Even the lordly eagle
Lovt-rrd near, and the wild turkey
stulked unconcernedly through the
rank grama. We were fortunate en*
ugh to nee a tine specimen of the wolf
tribe. lie stood. beautiful creature.
Mini wutched um out of Right, showing
! only curiosity, not fear. Another time
we perceived a doe and fawn grazing
by the rond. Not until we were with*
In u few teet did they seek the shelter
I of the woods, yet not to tly. They
stuiply uioved aside. Here at least
iiimukind was regarded as a friend?
one who could be trusted. The only
animal who ran away was a brown
[ hear. He turned tail at the sight of
, a coaching party, yet It was quite a
couuuou thing for bears to approach
close to the hotels at evening to feed
on the refuse thrown oot. It was an
after-dinner relaxation for the guests
to watch them feeding. They munch*
ed and disputed the choicest morsels,
for the most part Indifferent to the
company. Only when we became Inquisitive
and approaching too near did
they retire; and these animals were
perfectly free and unfettered in their
movements. It may read Like a fairy
tale, but It is solid fact."
Waallh-Making Mmmmmm*.
When we see a ragged European?
Italian or Greek?selling bananas
across a cbeap-looking curbstone stand
It seems absurd that anyone could
make a vast fortune by dealing in
me cneap rruit. Owners of banana
groves, however, are often the masters
of greut wealth, all derived from their
fruit possessions. This money has not
been made exclusively through the
sale of baunnus. The leaves of the banana
tree are used for packing, and so
have a ready sale. The Juice of the
tree is strong In tannin, and makes
a tine Indelible ink or shoe blacking.
A wax found on the under side of
the leaves is a valuable article of commerce.
Manila hemp Is made from ths
stems, this hemp being used in making
mats, plaited work and handkerchiefs
of the finest texture. Bananas
are also made Into a flour, which has
ready sale In some parts of the world.
All the fruit shipped to America is
cut green from the parent palm and
is ripened by the dry warmth of gas
Jeta in places of storage where the
fruit is prepared for ths market. Ths
island of Jamaica produces enormous
crops of this valuable fruit.
A Cari*M TI?*yUt?
The very Ingeniously contrived meridian
dial shown here formed part of
St. Peter's Cathedral, Geneva, from
1760 till the renovation of the building
in 1804, and has since been restored
an the Inltative of the Society of A-rto.
A CURIOUS TIMEPIECE,
'be white a pot In tbe centre of the
Isk's shadow not only Indicates acurately
solar noon when It Is bisected
y the central vertical line, but also
leans solar noon when It Is centrally
rer tbe line of the flgure-of-8 loop,
hlcb allows for the equation of time
a each particular day.
Tka Sew ftik.
More energetic than any other
larks are tbe sawfish, whose snouts
e prolonged Into a broad blade of
irtiiage, which is horizontal when the
ib Is swlming In a normal position,
?#1 has hAtW la? ?
' curf.Kv"?.?? eunes sei with slight*
he snd of this formidable-loosing
eapon is blunt and comparatively
ft, so tbat it Is quite Incapable of the
>ata popularity attributed to it of
erclng whales' bodies, ships' timbers,
c. It attacks other Ash by a swift
iteral thrust of the saw beneath tnem.
hen it feeds upon the soft entrails,
blch are apparently the only food It
in eat from the peculiar shape of
s mouth. It has an enormous namer
of small teeth, sometimes as many
s fifty rows in one Individual, but
ley are evidently unAt for the rough
uties required of their teeth by the
arbage-eatlug members of the family.
AiImIi That Lave ftrlan*.
An Investigator of the effect ?C
erfumes on animals In Zoological
lardens discovered tbat most of the
one and leopards were very fond of
ivender. They took a piece of cotton
aturated with It and held It between
belr paws with great delight.
rnw r.ss*The
fly lays four times each Summer
nd eighty egga each time. The decendanta
of one female fly In n single
eason may number 2,080,320.