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Quean Victoria's reign became, on Sept.
23, the longest of any British sovereign,
she having ascended the throne June 20,
1837. It still looks as if there were little
show for the rapidly aging Prince of
Wales.
Czar Reed has consented to take the
stump In behalf of McKinley. Despite his
old time ability In counting quorums, he
will find It a hard matter to count votes In
the same way when he comes to give an
account of his experiences.
Weyler has warned the Cuban press and
foreign correspondents not to mention
movements of troops in their dispatches.
His order will perhaps have about as much
effect in suppressing the news as has his
telegraph and mall censorship.
The engineer and ordnance departments
are preparing to put Into execution the
planß for coast defenses as provided by
the last congress, which appropriated $12,-
000,000 for the purpose. A big slice of the
appropriation will be devoted to the de
fenses of the harbors of New York and
Ban Francisco, as the most Important
ports on the Atlantic and Pacific respec
tively. The incidents of the last year or
two have demonstrated that the govern
ment cannot move too rapidly about this
Important work.
The Springfield Republican heartily
commends Judge Emory Sister’s action
In putting an end to the rate war. In
concluding an artlclo upon the subject.
It eays; “It means that the day of the
railroad wrecker and of the railroad pol
icy of building up this person and place
at the expense of another person and
place Is fast passing. It cannot disappear
too quickly.” Without going Into tho
question of the legality of such an Injunc
tion, which question has not yet been
determined, It may be said that Judge
Speer has the support of many Interests
In the stand he has taken.
Frederick Fleming, the white leper who
was found In New York the other day
and transported at once to North Brother
Island, the leper colony, has attracted
the attention of a number of physicians
end scientists. He made the fifth mem
ber of the leper colony, two of the others
Iking Chinamen and two YVest Indian
negroes. Fleming gave some, of the hypo
chrondrlacs of New York quite a fright
at first, by the statement that ho had
been In the eity for three years. This,
however, he afterwards corrected, saying
h‘- had been In the city only three months;
no it Is hardly probable that he communi
cated the disease, at least not to any ex
tent.
The people of Marietta held a mass
meeting Tuesday to express their indig
nation at the attack upon Judge Goher
by Stephen A. Ryan of Atlanta. The busi
ness people closed their stores and the
court house was crowded. After passing
resolutions of esteem for and 9pnfldence
1n Judge Goiter they said: "Resolved
further, That we have no terms adequate.
to express our Indignation at the brutal
attack upon our Judge In a matter where
all of his acts wers confirmed by the su
preme court of our state.” Judge Gober's
assailant seems to have found sympathy
In no quarter, and his friends will doubt
less press the case In the courts lor all
it is worth.
Drawing to n Close.
The end of the campaign is drawing
I near. It may be said that the closing of
j the state campaign is in sight. Less than
! two weeks remain before Georgia will go
to the polls. The time from now until
then will be spent in vigorous work by
the campaigners. Both the democratic
and populist parties are hard at work.
They will have covered the state pretty
well by election day. What the outcome
of the election wii! be has been plainly
forecast by the published reports of the
campaign meetings. Everywhere the
democratic speakers have been enthusias
tically received. Their speeches are be
lieved to have made many converts from
among the populists. From various sec
tions have coma reports of colored peo
ple endorsing the democratic nominees. In
almost every county the registration has
been the heaviest for years. The people
are taking an Interest in the questions of
the day.
All of this means that an “old time”
democratic majority will be returned on
Oct. 7. The people have noted the ef
fects of populism in Kansas, Oregon and
Colorado, and have made up their minds
that they will not have a populist admin
istration hi Georgia. The state is now
receiving Immigration of a moat desira
ble class. Under democratic rule Inves
tors are not afraid to put out their
money in Georgia'. A populist victory
would change these conditions. Tho peo
ple know It. They will, therefore, deal
populism a blow week after next.
Only some five weeks remain before the
national election. The hottest part of the
campaigning will probably lie done In
those five weeks. Mr. Bryan will remain
upon the f.tump. and, with the assistance
of able lieutenants, will continue to pour
hot shot into the camp of the enemy.
There was some complaint recently of
a lack of democratic speakers In the
northwest, but the want has been sup
plied by the headquarters in Chicago.
Things are now moving along smoothly
and giving promise of success. There has
been no want of speakers In the south for
the national ticket. Every democrat
upon the stump has made It a point to
devote more or less of his time to na
tional Issues, urging the election of Bryan.
Gen. Grosvenor and the republican pa
pers have resumed claiming everything
In sight for McKinley. The enthusiastic
manner In which Mr. Bryan Is received In
all parts of the country shows that the
republican estimates are being made for
effect. The republicans probably do not
themselves regard the figures seriously.
The democrats have the advantage.
They are on the aggressive, with a popu
lar platform and a popular candidate.
Five weeks more of pushing the advan
tage may give them the election.
A (land Ticket.
The nominations for representatives In
the legislature made last night by the
Liberal Club Insure to Chatham county.
In the event of the election of the ticket,
one of the strongest delegations that has
ever represented the county at the capital.
MaJ. P. W. Me'.drim Is an ex-state sena
tor. Hon. John J. McDonough is an ex
member of the House of Representatives,
and ably served the city as Its mayor
for four years. Dr. William Duncan is
one of Savannah's most learned and suc
cessful physicians, and Is a popular and
public spirited citizen.
The interests of the people of this city
anl county tray be entrusted to such men
In perfect confidence that the welfare of
their constituents will be their sole ob
ject.
Gov. Atkinson has written a letter with
regard to the famous Duncan case, about
which there has been so much talk, and of
Which the populists have tried to make so
much capital. Gov. Atkinson shows con
clusively that It <was not only his opinion,
but that of the supreme court Judges, tlie
solicitor general, tho judge before whom
Duncan was convicted, and the commun
ity generally, that Duncan was innocent
of the chime charged against him, and
for that reason he pardoned him. It was
suggested to Gov. Atkinson to commuto
Duncan's sentonce, but ho took the posi
tion that In a case of that kind there must
be no middle ground. The defendant, If
guilty, should be shown no mercy, but If
Innocent should be released. Gov. Atkin
son's stand In this case will commend
him to the entire community, and the
populists will hardly gain anything by
their persistent efforts to cast a slur upon
his record as a public servant.
The hottest Joint debate of the state
campaign Is promised In the Fifth
district betwom Col. Lon Livingston
and Col. W. L. Peek, opposing can
didates for congress on the democratic
and populist tickets respectively. Col.
Peek in a recent speech made some very
salty remarks about Col. Livingston, no
table among them being the statement
that he not long ago made
SIOO,OOO by allowing the Seaboard Air Line
railway to use his postoffice frank to in
crease the weight of the mall carried by
the road. When Col. Livingston heard It
he was mad all over, and the challenge
followed. The contest promises to par
take largely of personalities, and from all
reports Col. Livingston will come pretty
near convincing Col. Peek that he has
said something he should be sorry for.-
Quite a stir was created the other day
In one of the Jersey City public schools,
of which a young lady prohibitionist Is
principal. She refused to receive a 7-year
old boy as a pupil on the ground that ho
had been drinking beer, or some other
Intoxicant, her only evidence being that
she had detected It upon his breath. The
question was at once raised as to how
the teacher detected It, and how she knew
It was beer instead of wine and water as
was claimed by the boy’s parents. The
Jersey City people wish to know some
thing as to the right or power of officials
of the public schools to refuse pupils with
alcoholic breaths.
The Jaoobins are said to be agitating
another disturbance In Brazil, partly due
to the trouble of that country with Italy.
There Is some fear that another revolution
Is at hand. In the progress of events It
would seem to be about time for the
Brazilian government to change hands
again.
THE MORNING NEWS: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1896.
Nearly a Million Pensioners.
Years ago it was thought that high wa
ter mark in pensions had been reached.
But subsequent events proved that it
was not then half-tide. We have again
/•cached the point where it is promised, or
rather predicted, that the maximum of
pension payments has been reached; pro
vided, that congress does not enact still
more liberal pensicn laws. The proviso,
which is supplied by the commissioner of
pensions, is well considered. For hereto
fore, congres'rr.t n, in their eagerness to
cater to the old soldier vote, have been
more than eager to pass almost any sort
of pension legl Ration. It would seem
that their one thought had been to keep
themselves In office, at the expense of tho
public treasury and to the scandaliza
tlon of the pension lists.
Congressmen sometimes get up on th
floor of House or Senate and point out.
with florid rhetoric, the monstrous wrongs
imposed upon tax-payers by the monar
chies of Europe In forcing them to sup
port vast standing armies. Y'ct they
yearly vote for pensions a sum larger
than some of these great monarchies ex
pend upon their armis. The total peace
establishment of the German army Is
about 600.000 men, of the French army
about Krt),oW) men. The total pension list
of this country, mere than thirty years
after the cessation of hostilities, Is 970,573
names, and the total payments approxi
mate }H0,000.000.
Statistics show that for three years the
actual increase in the pension list has
been slow, though there has been an in
crease. It Is still the case that the ap
plicants for government charity outnum
ber the mortalities In the vast army of
pensioners. Yet the Indications are that,
if there should be no new pension legis
lation, the deaths of pensioners would
fronr. about this time steadily reduce the
lists and the expenditures.
But there Is danger, in the event of
republican success at the polls this fall,
of the passage of a service pension bill.
A service pension bill means a bill to
pension every soldier who served In the
federal army during the war, whether he
received wounds or suffered other injuries,
or is r.ow dependent upon others. Such a
bill has been mooted. It would have the
support of a powerful and rich lobby of
pension agents. It would be a vote-getter
for republican congressmen. And they
are always on tho lookout for vote-get
ters.
The passage of a service pension bill
would send the pension list again bound
ing upward at a rate as rapid as that
which it achieved under the expert ma
nipulation of Green B. Raum. several
years ago, when he was working against
time to make the list 1,000,000 names long,
and to Increase the expenditures to $160,-
00),000. Under the stimulus of such a law
the list would soon pass the million mark,
and go much bqyond, and the budget for
pension payments would reach probably
$200,000,000. What an opportunity that
would give the republicans to lax the
people!
Vaccinating Mother Earth.
Years ago bleeding was the great cure
all. The most Important implement in
the doctor’s saddle-bags was the lancet.
Nowadays phlebotomy has been supplant
ed by inoculation. The lancet no longer
occupies first place In the medicine case.
That proud position Is held by the hypo
dermic syringe.
The scientists, however, have now got
so far along In the practice of Inocula
tion that they do not stop with treating
the animal kingdom. They are actually
vaccinating fields, for the purpose of mak
ing them grow big crops. They have
discovered that; the soil is full of bacteria,
good and evil. A field full of perverse
bacteria will not produce bountiful crops.
The thing to be done then is to vaccinate
the soil with good bacteria and let them
chase the bad species literally out of the
earth. Mr. Alkman writing In the Con
temporary Review on the subject, after
telling about the bacteria In the soil, says:
“The latest application, in' the domain of
agriculture, of the great principle of In
oculation, Is In many respects of a more
striking nature than anything yet ac
complished by this line of research, and
consists of tho inoculation of the soil with
pure cultures of baoteria for the purpose
of promoting plant growth.” He then tells
of the propagation of the good bacilli, or
cultures, and says: "Inoculation of a soil
with these cultures, on a practical scale,
may bo effected In cither of two ways.
First, the seed of the crop It is desired to
Inoculate may be inoculated before It Is
sown. This is effected by making a wat
ery solution of the pure cultivation, im
mersing the seed in it, and subsequently
drying It; or secondly, It may be effected
by Inoculating a quantity of fine sand or
earth, In the same way, and then spread
ing It over the field and subsequently
working It Into the soil to a depth of
about three inches. Naturally, a point of
considerable Interest Is the economic ques
tion of the cost'of such treatment. It Is
Interesting to learn that this Is extreme
ly moderate, as tho expense of inoculat
ing the field In this way amounts to the
very moderate Sum of five shillings per
acre. This cannot be regarded ns expen
sive, and contrasts favorably with tho
expense of nitrogenous fertilizers.”
Demetrius Calllas Bey died Monday
night at Constantinople. There are few
people, and perhaps very few, to whom
that statement conveys any special In
formation; but the Import of It may be
come clearer when It Is stated that he
was tho husband of the former Mrs. P.
T. Barnum, widow of the millionaire cir
cus man. Calling Boy, a Greek with a
Turkish title, and Mrs. Barnum were
very quietly married In New York city
last year, and little was salh about the
wedding. He Is to be burled on the Island
of Melata, off Smyrna, where he owned
extensive olive groves. Mrs. Callias, who
is now on her way to Constantinople, Is
expected to return and reside at Bridge
port, Conn., after the funeral. She Is
young and Is still worth millions.
The admirers of Eugene Field have
reached a definite plan for erecting a
monument to his memory, and a board
of director* has been selected to take tho
work In charge. If there ever was a writer
whose memory should be cherished, cer
tainly Eugene Field was one.
PERSIA VI..
—Prince K. S. Ram; : njl. the Indian
cricketer, who heads s:.~ lists of batters
in England thi3 year cntly made lOJ
and 125 runs In the - innings of the
match between Sussex nd Yorkshire.
—The Rev. Philip M xom of Spring
field, Mass., will pr* • u opening ser
mon at the third arr meeting of the
American Congres- < f Liberal Religious
Societies, which will be .i in Indianapo
lis Nov. 17, 18 and 19.
—The late Prince LoMnoff left a valu
able collection of co: Russian histori
cal documents and ; traits. He was
an authority on Rus.- . history of the
eighteenth century, at was the author
of many magazine ar
—The beautiful old ;se knowm as
Somersby Hall, Lin o':, hire, England,
the birthplace of Tenr: n. Is to be either
let or sold. The ho:. with its pictur
esque garden, and ev e village lanes.
Is fragrant with mn . -?ociations of Al
fred Tennyson.
—Perhaps the most venerable Mormon
living is Elder Lorenzo Snow, whose full
Quorum at the
Twelve Apostles of th- Church of Jesus
Christ of the Latter I y Saints. He is
about 83 years old, ar. ! has been In the
ministry of the Mormon chuch for fifty
years.
—Julian Story, the husband of the well
known American prima donna, Emma
Barnes, Is engaged in painting two por
traits of the Prince of Wales, one to be
come the property of H. R. H., the other a
commission from W. W, Astor, which is
to hang In the gallery at Cliveden In com
memoration of the Prince's visit there.
—Dr. Conan Doyle lately confessed to
the London Authors’ Club that he first be
gan to write to get a little money to pay
some bills. For nearly ten years most of
his manuscript came ha k to him by re
turn post. His first profitable article was
for a trade paper. I >r. Ijoyle says the
choicest moment of his life was when
Thackeray patted him, a boy of 5, on :ite
head and praised him.
—Mon-signor Nugent, the philanthropist
and temperance advo ite of Liverpool,
England, has Just celebrated his sacer
dotal golden jubilee. The Earl of Derby
Is heading the movement among the citi
zens of Liverpool to present him with some
substantial mark of their appreciation of
his life-long services in behalf of the poor
and suffering in the city. For many years
he was Cardinal Manning's henchman in
the temperance crusade.
BRIGHT BITS.
—“Papa, why do they call language the
‘mother tongue?’ ”
“Because the father so seldom gets a
chance to use It.”—Chicago Record.
—Enlightened—Do you understand this
16 to 1 problem, Mr. Golightly?
"Yes—and I think sixteen boarders to
one water melon is entirely too many.—
Detroit Free Press.
—"Please remember that you were only
a telephone girl when I married you.”
“Don’t think I’ll forget It In a hurry;
I used to get ten boxes of candy every
week. "—Chicago Record.
—Little Ethel—"Mamma, was you home
when I was born?”
Mother—"No darling; I was in Chicago.”
Little Ethel—“ Was you s’prised when
you heard?”—New Y'ork Press.
—Dismal Dawson—“l’m tryln’ to git
back to me pore old mother. She ain’t
seen me face for ten years.”
The Offensive Plutocrat—“l guess that
is the truth. Why don’t you wash it?”—
Indianapolis Journal.
—A. Utilitarian.—lsaacs—Vot’s dot yer
studyin’, Ikey?
Ikey—Astronomy, fader.
Isaacs—Vot s tier good of it, Ikey? Sup
pose yer diseofered anew planet or a
gomet, vot could yer do mit id?—Puck.
—“Did you notice what a lot of applause
I got?” asked the young orator proudly.
"I did,” answered the old stager. "And
did you notied that the applause only
came in when you quoted Lincoln or Jef
ferson, or some of the rest of them?”—
Indianapolis Journal.
—Smith—“l read so many cases of people
being burled alive. Is there no remedy
for it?”
Jones—“ The only remedy I know Is for
the legislature to pass a law compelling
do.ctors to finish their work properly.”—
Texas Sifter.
—Clerk (Ir ten-cent lodging house)—
“That feller in bunk 40 must be a regu
lar prohibitionist.”
Proprietor (amazed) —"Ye don't say so?”
Clerk—"No doubt of it. He sal's there's
hugs In the bed None of our other guests
ever sees anything but makes."—New
York YVeekly.
CURRENT COMMENT.
Can’t Look Roth Way* at Once.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer (Dem.)
Nevada republicans have declared for
McKinley and free silver, but it is futile
for a political party to attempt to lead
a dual existence.
Afraid of the Consequences.
From the Augusta Chronicle (Dem.)
Some people wander why the Indianap
olis convention nominated such old can
didates. The reason Is plain. They
could not get anybody who was young
enough to have a political future to walk
into the death trap.
Those Who Walt Too Long.
From Birmingham State Herald (Dem.)
It Is reported that Senator David B. Hill
has finally Intimated to a close friend of
his that he Is going to stand by the demo
cratic nominees. The future will demon
strate that* men who required eight or
ten weeks to reach such a conclusion will
be called upon to take back seats In the
party hereafter.
Ex-9ecretnry Smith's Position.
From the Birmingham News (Dem.)
The News has maintained the exact po
sition now held by ex-Secretary Smith
since the Chicago convention. It believes
that to bo the correct stand for sound
money democrats &mt newspapers t.ike,
though many good men and able party
organs have seen fit to differ with It and
pursue another course.
Would like to See It.
From the New York Journal (Dem.)
A Joint debate between the democratic
and republican presidential candidates
might throw considerable light on the
financial question. It would give MaJ.
McKinley an, excellent opportunity to
explain hi* dismissed views on the Issue,
and Mr. Bryan could nsslst him mate
rially by propounding a few pertinent
questions. By ull means, let us have the
debate. ,
Her Objection.
"I spent the night in a cabin near Mon
tieelio, K>\, a few weeks ago,” said C. L.
Mcllwaine of the Blue Grasj state to a
Washington Star Reporter.
In the morning a young girl who had
cooked the supper the night before was j
missing, while her mother was in a ter
rible rage.
"I don't want ter never see thet gal
again.” she cried vehemently.
"What is the trouble?” I asked.
“Trubble? Trubble enough. That gal
o’ mine has ’loped 'th Tom Wilkins.”
“Do you object to him very greatly?”
“Him? I didn’t say nothin ’gin’ him.
did I? It's the gal. She kain't cum back
hyar no mo'.”
I had taken quite a faincy to the girl, so
I thought I would try to placate the
mother.
"You shouldn't "be hard on her. Young
people will marry.”
"I hain't no ’jeetions ter her a marry
in’.”
“They don’t always marry the man
their parents want them to.”
“I hain’t nothin’ agtaT Tom.”
“Some nice girls like to elope. It adds
romance," I persisted.
“I hain't nothin’ ter say 'bout thet. I
alius tol’ her ter run away ter git mar
ried. It makes a husban’ better when he
thinks he stole his gal, an’ then thar ain’t
no trubble fixin’ fer a weddin’ an’ dance.
She done jess as I tol’ her’ bout runnin’
off ter town.”
“Then what is the trouble?” I asked.
“Trubble enough. I tol’ her when she
run off ter take thet thar piece o’ 5-cent
caiiker and get two ya’ds fer a bonnet,
an’ thar it lays right w’nar I put it, never
teched. I don’ know when I’ll git another
chance ter git some.”
At that moment the girl and her lover,
riding on a horse, came to the back door.
The old lady glanced at them.
"Did you git my caiiker?” she shouted.
"Yaas, maw. I ief th’ piece, so I made
Tom buy four yards. ’Nuff fer a hull
bonnet.”
“Get right oft an’ cum in. Tom, put up
th’ critter. I’ll sen’ fer Abe Woolson ter
bring ’is fiddle am’ we’ll all hev a dance
jess like yo’ was married ter hum.” And
within an hour it looked like the whole
population of the mountain side had ar
rived, while the bride and her mother
were busy cooking chickens for a feast,
and Abe tuning his fiddle for use as soon
as dinner should be over.
Were They Engaged or Married i
They were coming away from the theater
and they fell to discussing the young cou
ple who sat in front of them, says the
Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph.
•■They are evidently married,” said thp
girl in the Parisian waist. “I noticed that
they didn't exchange a word while the cur
tain was down.”
"Nonsense! They are merely engaged,”
said the girl in the black gown. “I heard
him tell her that he did not consider the
leading lady even pretty.”
"Perhaps they are merely brother and
sister,” suggested the young man of the
party.
“No, they weren’t,” said the girl in the
Parisian waist. “He’d have gone out be
tween the acts if he was only her brother,
while an engaged man wouldn't want to
leave her, and ”
"A newly married man wouldn’t dare
to,” broke in the girl In the black gown.
"She took off her hat as soon as she
came in,” remarked the young man. “That
looks as If she were married and in the
haiblt of consulting the feelings of some
one else.”
“Or that they were not really engaged
yet. and she wanted to show him how
considerate she could be,” said the girl In
the black gown.
“Or that she was merely conscious of
having pretty hair,” said the girl in the
Parisian waist. “Will you wager a box
of chocolates that they are not married?”
"I—'l’d rather you ladies would settle it
between you,” said the young man hastily.
“You have so much more insight in such
matters, you know.”
"There they come now,” said the girl in
the Parisian waist. “Let us notice what
they do, and perhaps we can decide. If
they are merely friends they will stop for
cream and soda, and ”
"If they are engaged she will tell him
how hungry she is, and they will stop for
supper,” said the young man bitterly.
"While if they are married,” went on
the girl in the Parisian waist, “he—what
did I tell you?”
The couple paused before a cigar store,
and he went in while she waited at the
door.
"You were right,” said the girl in the
black gown, “they are married.”
Missed a First Class Funeral.
It was a hot day in August, and the
morgue in New York had a single cus
tomer. On the boards lay the body of an
unknown man. Poverty had nothing to
do with his death, says the New York Sun,
for his clothing was good and his pockets
were filled with silver coin. The only fact
of importance to the authorities was that
he was dead and no one claimed his re
mains.
As the hours passed men and women
crowded the morgue searching for dead
relations. A hundred eager eyes scanned
the body and passed on. At last recogni
tion came. The telegraph summoned men
and women from Poughkeepsie. Seven
brothers and sisters hurried to New York
and wended their way to the morgue.
Tears filled their eyes as they recognized
the body of their father. They were over
whelmed with grief, albeit his death made
them rich.
Being dead, he must be burled in splen
dor. High-priced undertakers came in, and
the arrangements for the burial were made
In a style worthy of the exchequer of Louis
XIV. No expense was spared—nothing
was too good.
In moving the corpse from the hard
boards to the handsome casket the mouth
flew open. Then one lovely daughter
screamed:
"This is not our father. See, he has not
teeth. Our father had a head full of
them.”
It was all too true. In every other re
spect he was the father. But without
teeth he was not of their kith and kin.
Out of the casket the corpse was hurried.
The grand hearse moved aw-ay, and the
mourners departed. The corpse and the
attendant stood alone in the temple of
death. The corpse looked blue and the at
tendant bluer. It was too much for or
dinary good nature. No attendant could
stand such a denouement. Wrath gave
way to pity, and, shaking his fist at the
corpse, the attendant shrieked in dismal
majesty:
"You damned, miserable fool! Had you
kept your mouth shut you might have had
a first-class funeral.”
Mr. Stnttx Loses Ills Nanny.
"I have lost my little Nanny,” said
Charles Statts of 213 Twenty-third street
to the desk sergeant at the Twenty-third
street station Friday afternoon. Statts
appeared downcast, and it was evident
that he felt the loss keenly, says the Chi
cago Times-Hernld.
"Oh, it’s all right, old man,” replied the
desk sergeant in a sympathizing tone of
voice, "we’ll find your Nanny. Bo don't
feel bad, hut give me a description of her.
Describe her wearing apparel to me.”
“Why,” answered Statts, in a surprised
tone as he looked inquiringly at the ser
geant, "she had no clothes on at all.”
"No clothes on?” shouted the sergeant,
ns he dropped his pen on the desk. ‘Why,
you don't mean to tell me she left her
home without any clothing? I don't be
lieve it.”
“Certainly she did,” answered Statts.
beginning to smile, "She never wore any
clothing. She is a goat and her name is
Nanny.”
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
—The shelves of the British museum
are said to contain 39 miles of books.
—ln France when a railroad train Is
more than ten minutes late the company
is fined.
—About 300 species of turtles and tor
toises are known. Some of these attain
a very large size.
—The number of locomotives in the
world u estimated to be 105,000, represent
ing a total of 3.000,000 horse-power.
—lt is said that the dredgings of the
Challenger brought to the surface teeth
of a shark which measured five inches
across.
—A mound of very ancient skulls and
bones has been discovered at the Oak
land, Cal., race park. State university sci
entists say the skulls are of a very low
order of intelligence, lower than the Flat
head Indians, whom these must have
antedated.
—Runaway horses are unknown in Rus
sia. No one drives there without having
a thin cord with a running noose around
the neck of the animal. When the horse
bolts the cord is pulled, and the horse
stops as soon as it feels the pressure on
its windpipe.
—lt is recorded that an eagle kept in
confinement has been known to fast for
three weeks, those who have had charge
of it having forgotten to provide its usual
supply of food. It soon, however, recov
ered its strength, and did not appear to
suffer from its extraordinary abstinence.
—The great pyramid of Cheops is the
largest structure ever erected by the
hand of man. Its original dimensions at
the base were 764 feet square, and its
perpendicular hight in the highest point
44S feet. It covers four acres, one rood,
and 22 rods of ground, and has been es
timated by an eminent English architect
to have cost not less than $165,000,000.
—There is an English insect something
like our bee, except that it is a rich vio
let in color, which well deserves its name
of carpenter bee, says an exchange. By
the aid of a chisel provided by nature,
this bee excavates a home in any piece
of timber that suits its purpose. This
house consists of ten or twelve rooms,
instead of one large one and in them are
reared the bee's young.
—Mrs, Martin Luther's wedding ring
was a most curious and elaborate affair,
says a writer in the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Some Cincinnati ladies, who recently saw
it in their summer travels, state that the
wonderful little ring contains represen
tations of all the articles used at the
crucifixion. The ladder, the cross, rope,
nails, the hammer, spear and even the
thorns are shown on its surface.
—Dr. Gore has furnished the Anthropo
logcal society with an account of the
smallest adult human brain ever examined
by a professional anatomist or physiolo
gist, says the Philadelphia Record. It is
a well known fact that the brain of the
adult male averages 49 ounces, the female
43>,2 ounces. The adult human being who
had the smallest brain ever weighed was
a female of 42 years of age. She was 5
feet high, and her intellect was infantile.
The brain, without the membranes,
weighed 10 ounces and 5 grains, being the
smalest mature brain on record.
—A rival to the old lady who lately re
ceived a gift from the queen for being the
mother of seven soldiers has been found
at Old Southgate, near London, says the
London News. She is Mrs. Skeats, whose
six sons have all done good service as
policemen. George has been twenty-nine
years in the city force, Caleb twenty-six
years, Henry twenty-five, Ben twenty-five,
Tom twenty-four, all in the Metropolitan
police; and John twenty-four years in the
Berkshire constabulary. Ben and Tom
have in addition served in the army. Their
only sister, afraid, perhaps, of seeming
singular, was married to a policeman. The
old lady herself is eighty-two years old.
—One by one our available articles of
food have been reduced by the discovery
of their unwholesome properties, until it
has become a hard matter to find anything
that it is safe to eat. The latest addition
to the forbidden list is the tomato, says
the Philadelphia Times. A Pittsburg
professor has discovered that the effect of
this popular vegetable is "invariably in
jurious;” that it produces, in those who
eat it, “an arrest of vital activity” and a
peculiar cardopathia which he designates
as the tomato heart. We have long been
expecting this. We did not know what
was the matter with the tomato, but so
many people like it that we were sure it
must be injurious. Of course the danger
of appendicitis from the seeds of the to
mato was obvious: but since appendicitis
has been turned from a terror to a joy,
albeit still one of the luxuries of the rich]
the doctors do not dwell on this. The to
mato, it is well known, bears close fam
ily relationship to many plants of a dis
tinctly criminal character, and in spite of
its superficial charm the poisonous taint
survives in it. It produces the tomato
heart, and whatever that may be, we must
all take pains to avoid it.
—‘According to an ancient custom of the
imperial Japanese family, the emperor
and the heir apparent to the throne of
Japan must marry at the age of 18, while
the other princes are no-t allowed to
marry until they are 20. Yoshi-Hito, the
crown prince and heir apparent of the
kingdom, Who was born on Aug. 31,
1879, has just celebrated his seventeenth
birthday, and the Imperial family is
Industriously looking about for a fit life
companion for the young prince. Rumors
have been freely circulated that the em
peror, who shows great preference for
European culture, proposes to marry his
son to an European princess; hut they
are absolutely groundless, as the Tokio
paper Nippon says, since such a marriage
would be impossible according to tho
time-honored usages of the Japanese and
the conservative spirit ef all classes of
the people. The bride or the heir ap
parent must be selected either from the
imperial family itself or from one of
the “Gossecki,” the five most aristocratic
families of Japan. It is authoritatively
stated that the selection now rests be
tween an imperial princess and a mem
ber of one of these live families.
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