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Belt of the belief that there lurks In the
proposition for the free coinage of silver,
BO strongly approved and so enthuslas
tically advocated by a multitude of my
countrymen, a serious menace to our
prosperity and an insidious temptation of
our people to wander from the allegiance
■they owe to public and private integ
rity. It is because I do not distrust the
good faith and sincerity of those who
press this scheme that I have imperfectly
but with seal submitted my thoughts
upon this momentous subject. I cannot
refrain from begging them to re-examine
their views and beliefs in the light of pa
triotic reason and familiar experience,
and to weigh again and again the con
sequences of such legislation as their
efforts have invited. Even the continued
agitation of the subject adds greatly to
the difficulties of a dangerous financial
situation already forced upon us.
In conclusion I especially entreat the
people's representatives in the congress
■who are charged with the rest insiblllty
of inaugurating measures for the safety
and prosperity of our common country
to promptly and effectively consider the
Ills of our critical financial plight. I
have suggested a remedy which my judg
ment approves. I desire, however, to as
sure the congress that I am prepared to
co-operate with them In perfecting any
other measure promising thorough and
practical relief; that I will gladly labor
with them in every patriotic endeavor
to further the interests and guard the
■welfare of our countrymen, whom In our
respective places of duty we have under
taken to serve.
GROVER CLEVELAND.
Executive Mansion, Dec. 2, 1895.
Cotton Industry in England and on the
Continent.
The New England Journal of Com
merce says: “The Textile Mercury
thinks it is strange how persistent is the
continuance of the depression In the
Lancashire cotton trade, with all the
neutral markets of the world open to its
operations, and thinks that it seems al
most evident from this state of things
that their productive plant is more than
adequate to supply the neutral world’s
capacity to consume their yarn and
cloth, so far as they have freedom to sell
It, and as It exists at present. The pauc
ity of dividends among the Lancashire
cotton spinning companies, as revealed
by recent stock.takings is also another
very unsatisfactory feature to the Mer
cury. But it states that it is not merely
the poverty and almost general absence
of them which is remarkable so much as
the numerous heavy additions that have
be»n made to the already large adverse
balances. These it regards as bad
enough to awaken serious fears as to the
consequences, as already one large com
pany is reported to have stopped Its
mills, and rumors abundant that others
will fnllnor
“If prosperity has to be restored to
Lancashire the Mercury thinks that
something more will have to be done than
is at present In operation. It says:
•Among the projects offered none seems
to give such good prospects of being ef
fectual as those of pushing on the utiliza
tion of the Manchester ship canal for
both importation and exportation, by
which" a considerable economy may be
effected, and the project broached by the
Blackburn chamber of commerce in send
ing a commercial mission to the east.
To make this effective the leading cham
bers should contribute freely to Its equip
ment and maintenance, while the govern
ment mlgllt very properly be asked to
make a contribution from the exchequer.
The nation lives by its Industry and
commerce, and the money which goes
into the national cash box is all ob
tained, directly or indirectly, from these
sources. As everybody will be benelited
by the extension of our trade, so no one
could reasonably object to a state con
tribution to the objects it has in view.'
"On the other hand, nearly ail the
countries of the continent are having
seasons of prosperity, and it Is very tan
talizing for the English cotton spinners
to reflect upon while their own country
Is In such depths of industrial depression.
A recently Issued consular report says
that the Russian cotton spinning and
weaving industry during the past year
was in a flourishing condition, as was'
strongly evidenced by the extension of
existing and establishment of new mills.
The number of spindles was increased
by about 150,000. The activity of the Rus
sian cotton mills Is encouraged by a
highly protective customs tariff, and
this activity was visible from the larger
quantity of cotton imported In 1894
across and at the European ports and
frontiers of Russia, as compared with
the preceding year (181,806 tons, as
against 122,580 tons), and the large profits
made by most of them were manifested
by the extraordinary high dividends they
paid their shareholders. Russia has thus
availed herself very largely of the cheap
cotton of America, which has enabled
her protected manufacturers to make
heavy profits and distribute big divi
dends, thus renewing her financial
strength for another advance. One re
sult, however, not desired by the gov
ernment was the depression in the price
of Asiatic cotton. The Russian govern
ment is a paternal one, and,
therefore, in the exercise of Its
powers, and to stimulate still further the
cultivation of cotton In Bokhara and
Khiva, raised the duty on American cot
ton in December. 1894. from Ir 40c gold
to 2r 10c gold per pound, and on cotton
yarns of low numbers below No. 38, un
bleached, from 4r gold to 4r 80c per
pound; bleached and dyed from 5r 40c
gold to 6r per pound; Turkey red from
6r 70c gold to 6r 30c gold per pound; for
numbers fpom 38 to 50. unbleached, from
Er 70c gold to 6r gold per pound; bleached
and dyed, from 6r 80c gold to 7r 10c gold
per pound; higher numbers, commencing
from No. 50. which Russia does not spin
to any extent, remaining unchanged.
One cause of the prosperity of the Rus
sian cotton Industry Is thus rendered ob
vious at a glance. This is the great pro
tection afforded to It. Russia does not
wait for the slow operation of economic
laws to bring prosperity to its people.
•Thus.’ remarks the Mercury, 'a poor and
heavily taxed state like Russia can make
great progress and extend its productive
plant, while ours. If anything, is dimin
ishing. The stoppage of spindjes through
being worn out. and the destruction of
others by fire that will not be rebuilt,
is very probably exceeding the number
of new ones being put down. Our pro
duction is only kept up by the renewal of
old machinery with the latest improve
ments and greater productive capacity.”
YOU CAN ALWAYS KEEP WARM.
Inventors Have Patented Devices That
Baffle the Cold.
New York Herald.
What would you think of the proposi
tion to line your clothes with steam pipes
and carry a boiler around in your pock
et? An ingenious yankee has recently
procured a patent for such a system.
He will make you a jacket, somewhat
corset-like, guaranteed to fit the upper
part of your body. This steam under
wear Is usually worn over heavy flannel.
It is of hollow steel tubes, fastened to
gether with ball and socket joints. The
principal tube forms a belt for the waist
and smaller pipes branch from it, one
running up the spinal column and others
spi ading over the chest like the bones
of the thorax. In addition, a hood of
heavy cloth covers the head and should
ers A valve tn the belt allows the steam
to . nter from either a general steam sys
tem or a small portable boiler. He who
suffers from cold feet need no longer
wear flannel-lined articles which cover
the points of his shoes. He can purchase
a foot-warmer which will not disfigure
him In the least. It Is a strange contriv
ance. forming a long "Y,” made of rub
ber hose. Each of the forked branches
runs down one leg of the trousers into
the shoe. The single tube leads up
through the collar, ending in a mouth
piece. As one walks he needs simply ex
hale his warm breath into this trumpet
and he will feel It down In the very bot
tom of his boots.
Other foot warmers are made In many
forms. Stoves are adapted to hassocks,
stools for church pews. etc. Rugs con
taining electric coils are made for men
who attend open air stands or passen
gers in street cars, ferry boaffe, railroad
trains and other public conveyances.
These are simply connected with the or
dinary electric light wire, and the extra
expense of the electric fan in summer
may thus be spent in keeping warm in
winter.
Hand warmers are equally numerous.
All minute portable stoves are made so
that no fuel can escape, regardless of the
position in which they are held. They
utilize all sorts of fuel—usually a smoul
dering powder or cartridge. This burns
in a cavity in the middle of the vessel.
Several coverings of gauze and asbestos
and a partition or two of perforated tin
reduce the heat through insulation, at
the same time allowing sufficient circula
tion of air. The outside covering is made
In various shapes and Is usually covered
with cloth of some kind.^
When one goes carriage driving or
sleigh riding he still baffles the elements
His equlppages are furnished with car
riage or sleigh' heaters. When he reaches
home he does not find his doorstep cov
ered with snow and sleet. By an elec
trical device he has connected with the
iron steps a circuit which, when turned
on, melts and thoroughly dries the whole
surface. Similar systems are now used/
for melting ice and snow off the rails of
street car and other railroad tracks.
STATE NEWS,
Jacksonville Republican: J. D. Hardy
of Calera, the chairman of the republi
can executive committee of the Fourth
Congressional district, has been arrested
on the charge of bribery, for the way in
which he handled Aldrich’s campaign
money during the last congressional
election in this district. His case was to
have been tried in the Anniston city
court last Monday, but was continued
until Friday. December 6, at the request
of the defendant’s attorneys.
Moulton Advertiser: We hear it stated
by good authority that the Protest, now
published at Cullman, will most likely be
removed to Courtland at an early day.
One of its editors spent several days in
this county last week, and was favorably
Impressed with the prospects. The Pro
test is anti-democratic, and opposed to
the principles of that grand old party.
Florence Times: On Sunday night last,
the 24th. the farm belonging to Mr. J. J.
Carr, who lives eight miles north of
Gravelly Springs, was destroyed by fire,
entailing a loss upon Mr. Carr of about
$2f>fi. The fire occurred early in the night,
between 7 jand 8 o'clock, and is believed
to have been of incendiary origin. Mr.
Carr Is a worthy man. who lost a leg in
the Confederate service, and his friends
should contribute to his assistance.
Florence Times: On last Tuesday, the
28th Instant, at Mr. W. M. Holleman's,
a few miles north of Florence, his little
14-year-old granddaughter. Miss Seletla,
with a double-barreled shotgun, shot and
killed at the distance of about 140 yards
a large hawk that was after the young
turkeys. It measured over BO inches from
tip to tip of wings. Three cheers for the
pretty and brave little Alabamian!
Florence Times: A citizen of Gravelly
Springs neighborhood sends us a copy of
a pamphlet now being distributed In the
Gravelly Springs section of our county
by two Mormon elders, who are preach
ing and proselyting there. The gentle
man writing to us says that "among the
uninformed they are well received.” The
little pamphlet contains twenty-four
pages and is entitled "Doctrines of the
Church of Christ of Latter Day Saints:
Tts Faith and Teachings.” These "saints”
should receive no countenance from the
good people of Lauderdale.
Tuskegee Reporter: Speaking of old
folks, we had an interview a few days
ago with a colored woman on Main street
In front, of our office in a wagon who says
she is 102 years old. Her owner was
James Pollard, grandfather of Hon. Lu
cius Ramsey of Notasulga. She was
raised in North Carolina and came to
this country about thirty years ago. She
has a daughter who is 78 years « f age.
She remembers well when the stars fell
In 1833 and had six children then. Her
name is Delilah Pollard. She lives near
Notasulga. She talks intelligently about
her past history, but is rather feeble.
She has had fifteen children. The young
est was born when she was 53 years of
age.
Marengo Democrat: The 2-year-old
baby girl of Mr. and Mrs. I. I. Canter
bury of this place by some means fell
Into the fire yesterday afternoon about
3:30 o’clock and was burned in an awful
manner. The nurse had left her and a
baby girl of Mr. P. B. Glass in the room
together, and when the child was discov
ered It was a mass of flames. Though
Drs. Todd and Kimbrough did all In their
power to alleviate Its suffering it died
about two and a half hours later. The
sympathy of the entire community is
with the ulBicted parents.
Covington nines: mat we win nave
n brick court house Is now an undisputed
fact. The commissioners have compro
mised with the insurance company for
$2014, and have set the second Monday
In December to receive bids from con
tracting parties for a brick house. An
dalusia will look like the aurora borealis
when we get a brick court house on the
middle of the square.
Randolph TollPr: Mr. Anderson Cle
mens of Fredonla, Chambers county, was
found In a dying rendition on Tuesday
near one of the farms whioh he owned on
Corn House creek. In this county. He
passed through Roanoke on Monday in
a road cart on his way to see about his
property, as stated above, and It is sup
posed that his horse ran away, from
bruises found on his head and body and
from the positon in which the cart was
found The accident Is supposed to have
occurred Monday night. He was not
found till the afternoon of Tuesday,
when he was speechless. He died late
Tuesday evening. Mr. Clemens was a
brolher-ln-law of Mr. Robert Oav, was
well known and had many friends in this
county, and Is spoken of as one of the
best of men.
Alwaysin season, always up
with the procession, always
accommodating and always
give you the best in the mar
ket at the Metropolitan bar.
ii-i2-tr _
General freight and passen
ger office of Southern Railway
removed to No. 7 North 20th
street. Telephone 846.
ll-5-tf _
FOR SALE.
The board of managers of the Charity
hospital desire to sell all the red brick,
furnace window weights, pipes, etc., to
be seen on the grounds of the hospital at
Smlthfleld. Apply between the hours of
12:30 and 2:30 p. m. at 20U Park avenue.
11-14-tf _
To reduce our stock of la
dies’ desks we will sell them
Siti cost.
STOWERS IURNITURE CO.,
1810 and 1818 2d Avenue.
U-28-U
HE SAVED STANLEY.
AN INTERESTING EPISODE IN THE CA
REER OF THE FAMOUS EXPLORER.
Colonel Alf Taylor of Tennessee Was the
Savior—The Kemarfcable Career of the
Taylor Family—Father and Two Sons
Nominated lu Opposition For Governor.
Henry M. Stanley, the great African ex
plorer, a membor of the British parlia
ment, Is now on a visit to this oountry,
and it recalls an incident in his early ca
reer that has never boen made known un
til recently. Ex-Congressman Alf A. Tay
lor of Tennessee once saved Stanley’s lifo,
away back yonder when both of them were
barely men.
It was in 1807-8 when the Indians were
giving Unole Sam much vexatious trou
ble as the great west was being oponed
and poopled. Hon. Nat G. Taylor, the fa
ther of Hon. Alf and ex-Governor Bob
Taylor, was commissioner of Indian af
fairs under President Johnson then, and
set out with a commission appointed by
congress to conduct a treaty with a trou
blesome tribo at Medicine Lodgo on the
Noskotunga river. Young Alf Taylor ac
companied the expedition in tho capacity
of secretary to bis father, tho commission
er, and Henry M. Stanley was then an or
dinary smart young reporter for a Now
York newspaper.
Young Taylor and Stanley, at their own
urging, wore appointed by General Har
ney, who commanded the troop, Nimrods
plenipotentiary and buffalo butchors ex
traordinary to the expedition. It was a
Peter’s dream. Game in abundance lined
tho way, to bo had for the powder. It was
hero perhaps that tho adventurous instinct
was born in the young tenderfoot's brain
that led him to groat achievement, but at
that time young Toylor had a decided ad
vantage of tho dude reporter in having
been born and reared in tho onst Tennes
see mountains and used to tho panther’s
scream.
i n« crucial luciucuu iinyymniu uu t* uur
fall! hunt Olio day. Tho young Nimroda
discovered a herd in tho distance, and
making adroit advance eaoli succeeded in
cutting out a fat bull fo**jis victim. Tho
practice was to give chase to the animal
selected and riding alongside shoot him
as he ran until he fell. Alf soon had his
bull in tho dust, and turning to soo what
progress his partner was making saw him
about u half mile away dashing hither and
yonder and cavorting wildly about in his
efforts to eseupe tho mad lunges of a
wounded bull that had turned the tallies
on him. Stanley was green in horseman
ship anfl frightened so that ho could not
utilize what iittlo knowledgo ho had, and
his escapes from tho bull’s horns wore
managed by the horse he rodo. Tho situa
tion was critical aDd getting more so,
wheh Alf Taylor galloped down and suo
ceoded in getting in a fatal shot.
ColoDel Taylor only admits modestly
that he rescued Stanley from a critical di
lcmmn, but Stanley insists that ho saved
his life and ulways calls upon him when
ho visits this country. Tho inoidont just
told awakens a train of reflections oon
corulng the Taylor family, for young Alf
thereafter became more ominent than
Stanley, though not bo world famous, and
the family history furnishes a tale of un
common interest even in-this new world
of ours, where men have achieved so great
ly in all the avenues of endeavor.
Nat G. Taylor, as said already, was com
missioner of Indian uffnirs undor President
Johnson. Ho had been a Whig before tho
war and had represented tho First Ton nes
seo district in congress—the district that
returned Andrew Johnson himself five
successive terms. He was graduated from
Prinooton, was a regularly ordained min
ister and a giant among the great orators
and thlnkors of that day of bright men.
Nat Taylor had six sons, throo of whom
turned out Democrats and threo Repub
licans. Tho sons wore all natural born
orators, peculiarly gifted with charming
pCwors to please and lead mou. Bob and
Alf were tho only two to essay a public
rule. Boh at 20, a Democrat, was elected
to congress over an eminent and uhlo Re
publican, over un advorso long standing
majority of 6,000. Alf afterward represent
ed tlie same district, a Republican. Thus
the father and two sons represented the
same district, each of different politics.
Again each of them was elector at large
on his presidential tiokot. But to oap it
all Bob was nominated by the Democrats,
Alf by tho Republicans and the fatlior by
the Prohibitionists for governor in 1886,
Tho father declined to antagonize the sons,
but they made tho race against each other,
memorable us tho “ war of tho roses,' ’ per
haps tho most brilliantly contested cam
paign in American history. Tho people,
decked out in white and rod roses, the em
blems of tho brothers, followed them in
cavnloades from county to county. It was
a Democratic victory. Bcb was elected
twice, mo seoouu uino gening more votes
than any limn ever before got In Tennes
see. He was always anil is now 20,000
votes stronger tliun his party.
Anil now tho Democrats and Republic
ans seem bont upon nominating tlie broth
ers again next year. Parties are badly
twisted in Tonncsseo. The counting in of
Turney is denounced by many Democrats
and there is a threatened defection that
portends defeat unless Bob Taylor comes
to tho roscuo. No man iinaginos ho can bo
beaten, uud ho cannot. Tho Republicans
want to nominate Alf to heeeflTBob out.
They hope he will refuse to run against
his brother again.
The brothers nro now at their strongest
and best, and they aro now about to ap
pear boforo tlie footlights in a monologue
drama entitled “ Yankee Doodle and Dix
ie, ” abounding in character sketches, an
ecdote, mimicry and pathos. — Atlanta
Constitution.
The Beginning of tlie End.
It is a matter of common talk among
tho navuj officers of tlie Bering son licet
that sealing is practically at an ond. Tlie
Japan herd was virtually annihilated last
year. The Russiuu herd lias been greatly
reduced, and it is estimated that there are
only about 100,000 fumule seals remaining
in tho hord which hus its breeding ground
on the Pribilof islands, and at tho recent
rato of slaughter, under tho “idiotic regu
lations’’ of tlie Paris tribunal, tlie fur
bearing soul must follow the buffalo into
practical extinction in a vory few years.—
Seattle Post-Intolligcncer.
But Ue Wanted the Gun.
It is said there is a voter living near
Hagerstown known ns “Old UncloZeb.’’
Ho does not decido who to vote for until
he has met the representatives of each can
didate and had a conference. A local
Hurst politician met Old Uncle Zeb the
other day and said, “Well, Uncle Zob,
who are you going to voto forP” “I dun
no, I dunno," tho old man roplied. “I
need a double barreled shotgun mighty
bad. I oulc’late to do a lot of hunting this
winter. I dunno who I’ll vote for.”—Bal
timore News.
THE VILLAGE OF CANA.
A Pen Picture of Life There During the
Lifetime of Christ.
Cana was a thriving village on the great
highway through the hills west of tho sea
of Galllse. JProgi yie Qigin road a number
ol narrow, irregular streots wandered up
and along a low hillside and were bordered
by bouses that were built mostly of stone.
The inhabitants bad need for thrift and
Industry If It were only becauso of the tax
gatherers, for Herod Antipas was building
palooes, fortresses and cities. He was liv
ing in mngnifloence, as wore bis many
officers. All the people of his dominions
paid faxes ant} briites to him and them.
Whila the consequences wore often pain
ful enough, thero were no signs of actual
poverty in the vicinity of the well. It
stood several pacer in front of a dwolllng,
two stories in height, which seemed some
what bettor than its neighbors. The porch
along its lower story was thlokly olad with
vinos, aDd from under these the girl had
come to bring iter jar to the well. A Jew
ish maiden of nearly 16 was accounted a
full grown woman, and tho slightness of
her graceful figure did not Interfere with
an air of maturity which her present state
of mind much increased. Her simple
dress, that became her so well, was of good
materials.
Hanged on either side of tho well were
six largo, cumbrous looking wnter pots of
stonoware, partly filled, for tho conven
ience of any person wishing to perform the
foot or hand ablutions required by tho ex
acting corcmonial law of the Jews.
Tho vine clad porch was a pleasant
place. It was provided with wooden
benches, and on ono of these sat a man
Who seemed to consider himself a person
of importance. Every movement, and even
his attitude when sitting still, might be
said to accord with a conviction that he,
Rabbi Isaac Ben Nussur, was tho wisest,
the most learned man in Cana.
He was very tall ns well as broad and
heavy, and his thick, gray beard came
down to tho voluminous snsh that was
folded around his waist. His eyebrows
wero black aDd projoctiDg, his nose was
prominent, bis black eyes were piercing.
Ho was dressed, as became a rabbi, or any
other highly respectable Jow, in a long
linen tunic with sleeves, that was belted
by the sasli. Over this he wore a long,
loosely flowing robe, called nn “abba,”
also of linen. Around his shoulders, with
ends fulling in front, was a broad white
woolen scarf, with narrow burs of red and
purple and blue, and with blue tassels at
tho corners of each of its two ends. This
was tho ”tulllth” and was worn as a re
minder that tho wearer must romember
nil tho commandments of tho law and
faithfully perform thorn.—“Tho Sword
maker's Sons,” by William O. Stoddard,
in St. Niclioius.
Derivation of "Electricity.”
Thoro Is something strange and weird,
when one comes to think of it, in the fa
miliarity and commonness of so ancient a
rosin, the indurated gum of mighty forest
trees that flourished and fell ages before
man had sot foot upon this planet. How
littlo Wo think, when wo put the mouth
piece of tho matutinal pipe to our lips,
that the amber which forms it exuded
drop by drop 1,000,000 yours back from
tho stems of groat pines in a world whoso
very shores and seas aro now forgotten.
Tho plants which composed thosB vast
woodlands whore the Baltic now stretches
have been driven southward long since by
the slow coming on of that secular chili
in the world’s dotage whioh we call the
glacial epoch.
Of tho pine whioh chiefly yielded amber
not a single specimen now survives on our
earth, and oven tho great Wellingtonias,
which towered over the rest, have dwin
dled away in our own time to two solitary
and dying groves in tho uplands of Cali
fornia. Tho trunks thomsolves aro gono
or reduced to lignite, but the gum that
flowod from them in such strange abun
dance is still a common object of commerce
the world over and familiar in our mouths
as tho pipe it holds thoro. Nay, more. It
has supplied our language with u whole
group of words—“eiectrlo” and “electrici
ty” and “electrotype” and so forth—and
in all probability it has given us the sole
olow without which we might never have
possessed the telegraph and the telephone
or tho unknown wonders of the next gen
eration.—Cornhill Magazine.
Not Born Precisely There.
The precocious frankness and simplicity
of a class of 6-year-olds has been forcibly
impressed upon one of the teachers in the
new Blaine school at Thirteenth and Nor
ris streets during tho past few days. Pre
paratory to opening the school tho chil
dren ore being registered, and their an
swers to the questions put, to them aro
often quite ludicrous. One of tho teachers
asked a youngster what was his father's
name.
“Baxter,” was tho reply.
“What is his full namef”
“Mr. Baxter,” said the boy.
“No, no,” the teacher continued rather
impatiently. “What is his first namef”
A gleam of comprehension brightened
the lad’s iace, and ho blurted out:
“Ma calls him ‘Bill.’ ”
In order to determino another little fel
low’s place of nativity ho was asked:
“Were you born lieref”
With all seriousness he responded:
“Nome. I was horned on Tyler street.”
—Philadelphia Record.
A Unique Salad.
“Mamma, I have invented a lovely sal
ad,” exclaimed Margery, aged 7.
“Have you, darling?” said her pleased
mother. “And how did you make it?”
“Why,” answered the mite proudly and
seriously amid the luughter of those pres
ent, “I chopped up a rose, some parsley
and some cold potatoes and covered it with
dressing.”
“And where did you get the oil?” ex
claimed Mrs. A.
“Oh, I used sewing machine oil,"re
sponded the little monkey, who had, ns
she supposed, copied her mother’s methods
with perfect success.—New Work Adver
tiser. _
A Monocle
Mr. Hubly—I saw a man making a reg-.
ular monocle of himself in the street just I
now.
Mr. Wostby—A what?
“A monocle.”
“Ha, ha! You moan spectacle, don’t
you?”
“No, sir, I do not. There was not a
pair of him, and therefore he was a mon
ocle. Thank goodness, I can speak the
English language correctly.”—Pearson's
Weekly.
Caliber or Calibre.
It Is difficult to say what is the correct
pronunciation of a word which oomes to
us from the Arabio through the medium
of tho French. But is it a certainty that
Llttre's suggestion that "calibre” is from
the Arabic kullb, a form, a mold, is cor
rect? Usod in Its technical senses the cus
tomary pronunciation is undoubtedly cal
ibre. Employed in its figurative meaning
with regard to the compass of tho mind,
one still occasionally hears the French
sound. The Imporial and the Enoyolo
peedlo dictionaries give only caliber.
Walker, while accentuating the word in
the samo way, observes:
“Mr. Sheridan accents this word on the
second syllable and gives tho 1 the sound
of double e, like the French, but Johnson,
Kenrlok, Ash, Buchanan, Perry and Ep
tiok consider the word as perfectly anglt
olzed and plaoe the aooent on the first syl
lable, as I have done.1 '—Notes and Queries.
NEY AN AMERICAN.
A CLAIM THAT THE FAMOUS MARSHAL
WAS BORN IN GEORGIA.
He Attended School la His Native Ton
of Sunbury, and It Was One ol His Old
Schoolmates Who Recognised Him as He
Kode With Napoleon In Paris.
About a year ago, when I was in
Camp Anderson serving as sergeant major
of the Third squadron of the Fifth regi
ment of cavalry, the drill call was sound
ed and the squadron marched out on the
field. The major commanding them gave
the order, "Captains, take charge of your
companies and drill them, ” and as I had
nothing to do, in company with Lieuten
ant A. S. Way, adjutant of the squadron,
I lay down on the grass in the shade of
a tree and between the puffs from a fra
grant Havana he told the following story
ns I toll It to you:
Over 100 years ago, down on the const of
Liberty county, Georgia had a City of 2,000
or 8,000 inhabitants. Situated on a high
bluff amid the grand old oaks festooned
with waving fringes of the Spanish moss
lay old Sunbury, now naught but a pile of
decayed ruins. In the distance across the
harbor, where mon-of-war might lay at
anchor, St. Catherine’s rose blue and
misty, and beyond was the great void of
trackless ocean. Near by was a fort with
its iron mounted war dogs and pacing
sontrios, whilo over all shone the bright,
warm sun of the somltroples. Here lived,
loved and diod the forefathers of many of
Liberty’s many citizens and many who
oftimes sedately paced the quaint old
streets now lie sleeping 'neath the waving
treos of the little cemetery near by.
The town was the birthplace of many
noted men, but none moro so than ono of
the brothers Rudolph, whose name rung
through the world as one of Franco's
greatest marshals—Ney.
Born in Sunbury, of wenlthy and aris
tocratic parents, ho attendod the Sunbury
institute of Dr. McQuiro, where into him
wore instilled the rudimonts of the educa
tion which ho afterward wont to France
to oomploto.
A ion jnuin pioeuu umi juuug nuuuijm
again visited his American home, a French
man in everything but birth. His man
ners were those of tho Parisian, and the
languago of the French foil far more flu
ently from his lips than that of his native
land. Sunbury, quiet and isolated, after—
tho gay life of the French capital was too
dull, and ono day, as tho sun was glim
mering over tho sound, young Rudolph
loft homo to visit Florida, then the land of
the Spaniard.
Months passed, and no word was beard
of him. The months passed into years,
and still tho fate of the young man was
unknown, but Boon an incident occurred
which throw much light on the subjeot.
A native of old Sunbury visited Paris at
tho time Napoleon was at tho zenith of
his power and glory and ohanced to be on
tho street ono day when the emperor, ac
companied by his magnificent train,
passed. Among the followers, clad in all
the panoply of war and rich materials of
his high office, rode Noy, Napoloon’s great
est marshal.
Tho gentlomnn from old Liberty rocog
nlzed him as his old playmate, Rudolph,
and starting forward exclaimed, "Why
that's Rudolph!” As tho familiar name
and languago struck tho oar of Noy he
quickly turned his head, but rode on with
a faco as immovable as a statuo.
Soon an aid presented himself to the
Georgian, and saluting announced that
Marshal Ney wished to see tho gentleman
at his headquarters, and under tho guid
anoo of tho officer the gentleman soon
found himself alone with the man before
whom armies had trembled. Ney fixed on
him a keen, scrutinizing glance and in tho
language of the French said, "Why did
you call me Rudolph on tho street today?”
"Because you are ho,’1 answered tho
American. A moment’s thought and Noy
asked, “How do you know I am ho?”
"Why, because I knew you as a boy in old
Sunbury, in Georgia, whore wo used to
play together and went to school to Dr.
McQuire.”
“yes,” said Ney, “I am Rudolph, but
never let that namo again pass your lips,
for its price would bo my head. To Na
poleon I am a Frenchman. Rudolph never
lived. Go and nevor breathe that name
again.”
Time went by, and this same gentleman
visited Paris agai,n. It was at tho second
capitulation, and Noy, stripped of his glory
and power, lay in prison. His sentence
camo, aud ho was sentenced to die tho
death of a traitor by having his head sev
ered at tho block. When ho heard the ver
dict, he asked that three requests might be
granted him, and after duo consideration
they woro allowed. Thoy were, first,
that as ho lmd always been a soldier
ho might, die a soldier’s*leath; second,
that ho would not bo shot in tho face;
third, that as ho lmd commanded the
most famous armies of tho world so might
he command the squad who wero to exe
cute him.
j.HU uu^n nan nmu, acu. i, iuxu,
gentleman from Sunbury wns strolling In
tho Luxembourg when his attention was
attracted by a rapidly approaching file of
soldiers, carrying with them a prisoner.
As they halted and tho condemned took
his place ugaiust the gray, blank wall ho
raisod his head, and tho American recog
nized the playmate of his youth, Rudolph
—to the French, Ney.
Ney drow himself proudly erect, and
glancing over the small crowd which had
gathered rocognized his old Sunbury friend
and gavo him a smile of recognition,
then, turning to the soldiers, in a clear
voice in the English language, gave the
command: “Ready! Aim! Fire!” The
soldiers stirred not a muscle, and then Ney
gave tho oommaud in French, at which
tho rifles cracked.
Marshal Noy-Rudolph was no more.
Tho soldiers rapidly returned to the city,
and Ney lay on tho frozon ground, face
downward, with ono hand above his head •
and his military cloak wound him. So
perished one of Georgia's sons, for ho was
ono despite history’s contradiction.—Al
bert D. Akia in Jesup Sentinel.
Russians Are Keonoinioal.
The Russian workman spends very lit
tle for food, lodging and dress as compared
with tho foreign artisan. Coming from
the village, ho is very modest In his de
mands. His food is very simple, but it is
abundant and answers to his taste. In
Moscow, for example, tho board of a work
man amounts to not more than 10 shil
lings per month.
Not So Brave.
"Dor.rme," said Mrs. Wickwlre, looking
up from her paper, “but women arc get
ting brave nowadays!”
“Brave?” echoed Mr. Wickwlre.
“Yes; here is a story about a woman
who shot a mouse. She—pshaw, I read
it wrong! It wns only a moose!”—lu
diunapolls Journal.
SCOTCH SUPt-.
Borne of tho Prank* the Falrle* Are Be
lieved to dtn Played.
There etill lingers a widespread belief in
foe north of Scotland thut the 'fair folk,”
dr “gweed neeboys," as thej^lries ure coll
ed, have a oraving for human milk, and
during the first days of convalescence a
mother must be zealously guarded lest one
of the “wpo peopjj” come and rob the
child of lta hcrtirlinlnent. Sometimes they
suocoed In carrying off a mother. Tradi
tion tells of the wife qt a farmer who was
spirited to the palace of toe fairies in a
large cave on a remote part of the Caith
ness coast. Notwithstanding tho kindness
of the fair folk the woman pined for her
home and offered as ransom the finest milk
cow In her gweed man’s byre. She was
permitted to yeturn to tho homestead, and
the cow was ldd to the fairy hillock. It
disappeared, but later returned eel aud
weak. On occasions, too, the child is
stolen, for have not the fairies once In ev
ery seven years to pay “the teind to hell?"
They then endeavor to sacrifice a human
babe rather than one of their own number.
A north country fisher had a flue child.
One evening a beggar woman entered the
hut and went up to tbecradlo to gaze into
the eyos of the babe. From that tlmo good
health left It, a strange look came Into its
face, and the mother was troubled. An
old man begging for food passed that way.
When he caught sight of the child, he
oried: “That’s nae a bairn. It’s an image,
and tho gweed folk has stoun hlsspeorlt."
Thereupon be set to work to recnll the
fisher’s bairn. A peat fire was heaped
high on the hearth and a black hen hold
over it at such a distance that It was
siDged and not killed. After some strug
gling the hen escaped up the lum. A few
moments elapsed, and then the parents
were gladdenod by the sight of a happy
expression once more on the child’s face.
It throve from that day forward.—Scot
tish Kevlew.
Unknown Macedonia.
Macedonia is practically as unknown to
the general public as tho great Unshapen
Lund in whlofi dwelt tho throe Gray sis
ters who helped Perseus on his errand of
death. Even the well informed politician
who could oomfortably pick his way
through central Africa is very often un
ablo to tell the difference between a Pomak
and a Zlnzar, a Yooryfe and an Arnaut or
to say whether they aro fruits, implements
or peoples. Not ohly Is the geography of
tho country a highly complicated and un
satisfactory study, seeing that nearly ev
ery district, rlvor, lako and town is known
by at least two wholly difforent names,
tho one Turkish and tho other Slavonian,
Greek or Albanian, both of which are oc
casionally omitted from tho few mops we
possess, but tho ethnography is moro be
wildering than a Chinese puzzle, and no
man born of woman can ever hope to solve
the problems it offers In a way that will
sntisfy the peoples of eastern Europe. In
spite of a railway net of about 800 miles,
communications with the interior aro not
merely primitive and painful, but highly
dangerous. It is practically impossible to
visit any of tho outlying and mnny of the
main districts without an escort of Turk
ish zaptiehs, and sometimes even a few Ar
naut cutthroats, as a homeopathic precau
tion ovor and above. There aro places in
Macedonia, especially in the country be
tween the river Vardar, on the one side,
and the Drin and Morava on the other,
which have been untrodden by European
feet since the days whon vvirllke Samuel
was king, nbout 600 years ago.—Contem
porary Rovlew.
A Freak of Nature.
The most wonderful piece of natural
sculpture in the world may bo seen by any
visitor to the Cape Verde islands. This
specimen of natural art work is without
doubt the most colossal and mnrvelous
freak known to the geologists and geog
raphers. San Vicento is the principal
town of the islands. As tho ship enters
the harbor of tho abovo named place one
scos a bold ridge of dark volcanic rocks
lying in the distance. The crest of this
ridge forms an exact likeness of Washing
ton, the figure lying apparently face up
ward, as if in sleep. The large, bold fea
tures, tho backward wave of tho hair, the
rotund form of the massive shoulders, and
even tho frills on his colonial shirt are
reproduced on a scale of such magnitude
and grandeur as to bo absolutely sturtling.
The fidelity of the outline is such that the
freakish forms assumed by tho stalactitos
and stalagmites in the well known natural
caverns are not suitable comparisons.
This strange natural monument to tho
greatest of American heroes is the first ob
jeot to meet the gaze of the observing
sightseer as ho approaches tho Cape Verde
islands. With the boundless ocean for its
background and the tropical sky overhang
ing it, it is no flight of the imagination
when wo say that tho freak forms a tab
leau of overpowering magnificence.—St.
Louis Republic.
Cultivating Bacteria.
To tho uninstructed mind it may smack
of absurdity to say that at no distant day
tho bacteria of butter and cheese will be
cultivated as wo now cultivate other com
mercial products. A writer on this subject
says: “The fermontatlou of cream and of
cheese is already ns much of an art as the
fermentation of mnlt in the manufacture
of beer. In the curing of toEacco the si ue
activity is discovered, und tho day is not
fa?4iistant when commorce in high bred
tobacco bacteria wiil be an established
foot. In short, we may look forward to.
the day when tho bncteria active in agri
culture will bo onrefully cultivated und
tho bacterial herd book will be found
along with those of the Jersey cow and
tho Norman horse.” On a par with this
is the sterilization of products, which proc
ess is necessary before the thoroughbred
bacteria is introduced.—New York Ledger,
Just the Night.
Young Husband (who moots his wife in
the street)—Jennie, dear, I know you have
been silently grieved and pained a long
time on account of my ubsetco from homo
at the club every evening. I am going to
turn over a new leaf, and I am going to
begin tonight.
Young Wife—Oh, Edwin, you don’t
know how happy you’ve mado me! Broth
er Jack wants me to go to the theater with
him tonight, and you can take care of the
baby. So good by.—Boston Courier.
Her Dilemma.
Young Matron—Why so pensive, denrf
Angelina—I’m desperate! Will adores
mo in pale pink, while Max says I’m an
angel in blue. I can’t havo but ono gown,
so you see my whole future depends on tho
color I select. It is sending mo crazy !—
London Tit-Bits.
A Flying Mouse.
George Zonker has sent from the Camor
oons n mammal of an entirely now speoios
_a flying dormouse. Tho discoverer has
boon honored in naming tho contribution
to zoology, the name of Idlurus zenkerl
being attached to its label. It is an attract
ive little animal, with an exceedingly
long and hairy tail, with hair arranged
like the teeth of u comb. From the root of
the tail to tho brushlike tip project long
upright hairs. It has been called the fly
ing dormouse from Its resemblance to Al
loe In Wonderland's friend in the shape of
its body, its skull and its teeth. In other
rospects" It resembles a oertaln speoios of
squirrels, while its skeleton shows charac
teristics peculiar to the jerboa.—Cincinna
ti Enquirer.