Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, January 2, 1897, Page 7

DEED OF WRECKERS MANY°QE0PLE SENT TO THEIR DEATH WITHOUT WARNING. \ A Rail on a Trestle on an Alabama Road Is Removed and a Train Load of Passengers Falls Over a Hundred Feet—The Wreck After- Jvards Burns—Twenty Bodies Are Recovered, and Others May Still Be in the Wreck. _ Birmingham, Ala., Dec. 29.—Fiends in human form wrecked Birmingham Mineral passenger train No. 40 at Ca- haba river bridge, twenty-seven miles from here, at 7:50 o'clock this morning, and twenty-one lives were lest. That number of bodies have been recovered from the wreck, and further search may swell the number of dead. The wreck is regarded as almost certainly accomplished by the removal of a rail on the middle span of the trestle. This derailed the train and precipitated it into the river, 110 feet below. The wreck was the worst that has ever oc- curred in the state, and the survivors are so few, and are so badly hurt, that they are unable to give any detailed description of how it all happened. lt is not known and may never be as- certained just how many passengers Were on the train. Most of them were miners and residents of mining towns in this district, who had round-trip holiday tickets and were returning to their homes along the line of the Bir- *mingham Miheral road. Conductor A. P. Connell, whe prob- ably knew better than anybody else #as to how many passengers were on board, is dead. It is thought, how- ever, that there were not exceeding 30 or 35. But one passenger purchased a ticket at Birmingham. Only Nine Escaped Alive. The engine landed on its side almost at right angles with the track. The cars piled upon each other through the main span. The entire wreck took fire soon afterward and was_ rapidly burned to the water’s edge. Nine per- sons alone escaped alive from all who went down, and several of them will probably die. When the relief train from Birming- ham arrived there was little need of the army of physicians that had gone along. The wounded were quickly at- tended to and then sent to Blocton for further attention. The work of tak- ing out the dead was entered upon. Nothing was left of the wreckage but the smouldering remains which had burned to the water's edge. Charred corpses were packed in between the iron frame work where the seats had been. Most of the bodies had been burned beyond recognition. Some had their heads burned off and of others nothing remained but the mere skele- ton. As rapidly as possible the re- mains were taken out and laid in a row on the river bank. Dead and Injured Robbed. Dr. Ray, a Blocton physician who at- tended Gardner, one of the survivors, telegraphs the statement made by Zardner as to the cause of the wreck Gardner says when he felt the es leave xhe track he looked out and saw thre savage lookaig men rushing from a hiding place down toward the water’s edge, and that after the wreck tfey/ went through the wreckage, rob- bing the dead and wounded, and then fled to the woods. They did the work quie’ and offered no assistance whatever in the way of rescuing the i ned and injured passengers. however, has not yet been , but other facts tend to it was, the work of train wreckers. An examination of the engine shows that Engineer White had shut off the steam and reversed before it went down, indicating that he saw danger ahead and tried to stop his train. His charred bedy was téund with hi hand on the throttle. The surviv all agree that the train left the track and bum along the ties and then with a ¢ plunged through the bridge. engineers say that there is ev« indication that a rail was removed which derailed the train and caused it to pull down the bridge. The cross-ties show marks of the wheels. To add to this is the fact that three men tried to wreck a South- ern railv train near Henry Ellen, fifteen miles east of here, five days ago by removing a rail en a trestle ninety feet high. The fast express left the track but the engineer managed by superhuman efforts to stop it before it tore down the trestle. This was re- garded a most remarkable escape. In this case three men were seen run- ning from the place, and a crowbar, with which the spikes had been with- drawn, wss found. Killed and Injured. The railroad company has furnished the following list of dead: #imes Bolli vuthrie, Ky., express messenger; Frank White, Birming- ham, engineer; A. P. Connell, Helena, conductor; George Carney, Birming- ham, flagman; R. Webb, Birmingham; Bruce Phillips, Blocton; L. W. Martin, Brookwood, Ala.; Mrs. Henry Hand- berry and two children, R. H. Bloant, Birmingham; Miss Ada Powers, Dr. L. N. Powers, Mrs. Emma Powers and two children, Mrs. R. Little, Mr. Gard- ner, Mrs. Gardner, Miss Gardner, Blocton; one unidentified body, but supposed to be Tom Struther, a col- ored porter. The following are the injured: Henry Handbe"ry, Birminghay\a Louisville & Nash ¥ille conductor; »eriously. E. B. Eckile@% Helena; slightly. Sam Spencer, fireman; arm broken. An- drew Beh Blocion; fatally. Miss ig T Booth, Blot fon; . Mrs, Powers’ child, Bloc, 3 slightly. Mrs. Walger’s three children escaped practically uninjured. The relief train from the scene of the wreck reached Birmingham bring- ing ten corpses and three injured per- sons. , Ten other dead bcqies were left at Blocton, where the deceased re- sided, gad one at Brookwood. Diplomat Dead. Paris, Dec. 29.—Gen. Meredith Reed died this morning. He was born in 1397. He was adjutant zeneral of Néw York in 1860-66.. He was first United States consul general for France and Algeria in 1869-73 and was acting consul general during the Franco-German war. In November, 1873, he was appointed United States minister resident in Greece, Ades Sedans i | ing house TMOLDERS OF MIND. Teachers of Minnesota Meet in Their Thirty-fourth Annual Convention, St. Paul, Dec. 31.—That upward of 500 teachers should devote a large sec- tion of their Christmas vacation to journey to St. Paul and the close study of topics connected with their work, may be taken as an indication of deep devotion to their profession. What- ever may have been the influence drawing them together it was a fact that Plymouth Congregational church was comfortably filled when the thir- ty-fourth annual session of the Minne- sota Educational association _ was called to order. It was an interesting assemblage. Teachers of every rank, from college presidents to kindergart- ners, were there. Naturally ladies were in the majority. The opening ses- sion was that of the educational asso- ciation proper. .Its meetings are held in the mornings, while the “sections,” devoted to high schools, grade schools, music and like subjects, meet in the afternoons. This evening the annual address before the main association will be delivered by Prof. John M. Coulter, of the University of Chicago, and to-morrow night there will be a reception at the Windsor hotel. President S. S. Parr, superintendent of the St. Cloud schools, called the convention to order and at once de- livered his annual address. He be- gan with the statement that in certain regards the schools of Minnesota fall short of the demands upon them. The reading of various papers then fol- lowed. A PROTECTING TRIO. Minnesota, Michigan and Wisconsin Combine to Preserve the Game. St. Paul, Dec. 31.—Minnesota, Mich- gan and Wisconsin are endeavoring to get together to-day and adopt a uni- form system of laws that will effectu- ally protect the fish and game of the three states. The Minnesota commis- sion began a three days’ session in the Fire and Marine building this morning. They devoted the time to talking over local matters, such as the fish hatch- ery and legislation desired at the hands of the state legislature. The meeting was attended by Commission- ers Osborne of Michigan and Ellison of Wisconsin. The gentlemen present represented the three greatest game states of the Middle West, and the question with all of them is how to preserve these interests and the big revenues that come to the state there- from. Probably the most important matter to come before the meeting is the question of securing laws that will enable the authorities of the three states to co-operate and make it prac- tically impossible for game killed out of season in either state to be disposed of in the other, cr to be shipped across the other. ing Industry to Be at New Brighton, lis, Dee. 31. — Ground was New Brighton yesterday. broken at The improvements are actually com- menced, and the largest packing in- try in tke Northwest is now an ret. P. S. Schufeldt has let contract for the preparatory work, | in a few days a large force of ten will be busy remodeling the pack- at the stock yards. This first work includes several changes in the present buildings. It is under- stood that these first changes involve the expenditure of some $25,000 or $30,000. y will be completed in a month or six weeks and then Mr. Schu- feldt will be in a pos on to commence langhtering and packing at New Brighton. Later in the winter or early spring more extensive improvements will be put in. EXPERT DOCTORS, du Movement to Raise the Standard of Their Testimony, Minneapo! Dec. 31.—A committee of the Minnesota State Medical socie- ty met with number of leading law- yers of the city last night at the West hotel. Their object was to discu: methods for raising the standard of medical expert testimony, and to purge t1e professional medical expert, who i osed to favor the side employ- n. Another meeting will be held nich a draft of a bill to be offered ing were Bracken, R. O. Bea Minneapolis, and Dr. William Davis, St. Paul. Among the attorneys pres- ent were R. G. Evans, M. D. Purdy, C. Cohen, H. J. Fletcher, A. H. Hall, Frank D. Larrabee and L. R. Larson. A. Hall, H. I) ‘d, W. A. Jones, Suicide on the Tracks, Minneapolis, Dec. 31.—Sarah Duren, a widow about sixty years oud, fleeing from imaginary ills, was suddenly killed this morning by a Bloomington avenue street car. The accident oc- curred about 6:30 o'clock. An eye witness states that the’ woman stood in the middle of the tracks used by the ears on the south trip, and as the car, which was bound north, was with- in about three feet of her she threw herself beneath the fender. She resid- ed with her sister, Mrs. H. C. Kidder, at Tywenty-eighth street and Fifteenth avenne south. For some time she had bec | suffering from mental troubles and she feared that she would be seni to the asylum. Drink and Burglary. St. Paul. Dec. 31g — The unknown man who died at the city hospital from the effects of hard drinking was iden- tified yesterday as T. McCormick, a noted burglar who was recently re- leased from prison after having served a sentence of eighteen months. His home is supposed to be in Grand Rap- ids, Mich., and the body will be held. by the county authorities a few days avaee news from the man’s rela- tives. Soldiers of Minnesota. St. Paul, Dec. 31. — The Minnesota National Guard association, composed of the commissioned officers of the mil- itary establishment of the state, met in eighteenth annual session at the rooms of the Jobbers’ union to-day, President Maj. A. W. Wright, presid- ing, and Secretary Capt. F. T. Corris- ton of Minneapolis keeping the record. The attendance was not large at the opening of the session, but increased during the day until almost every com- pany in the state was represented by one or more of its officers. WORK OF CONGRES oe Condensed Proceedings of the Na- tional Law Mill. Washington, Dec. 24, — The senate was unexpectedly diverted from Cuba to the Pacific railroads. An unusual- ly large crowd was in the galleries an- ticipating that Mr. Vest would con- tinue his speech begun on the attitude of Mr. Olney toward the Cameron res- olution. This interest was shown by the presence in the diplomatic gallery of First Assistant Secretary of State Rockhill, who is next in rank to Mr. Olney in state affairs, and who has had special charge of the reports com- ing from consuls in Cuba. The foreign delegation was also well represented. Soon after the session opened Mr. Pet- tigrew of South Dakota called up his resolution relative to the trust notes of the Pacific railecads. The senator made a savage onslaught on the Pa- cific railroad system in general, charg- ing that a combination of private in- terests was seeking to absorb the roads and close out the government. This opened the entire question, and Mr. Morgan of Alabama followed with a bitter arraignment of the Pacific roads. charging them with fraud and crime on a gigantic scale. The speech last- ed until shortly before the morning hour expired, thus sending over the Cuban question until after the holi- days. Mr. Call secured the adoption of a resolution asking the secretary of state for informatibn relative to the killing of Charles Gavin, an American citizen, by the Spanish forces in Cuba. Further than this the session was un- eventful, and the senate adjourned for the holiday recess. The house passed the legislative, ex- ecutive and judicial appropriation Dill and then adjourned for the holiday re- cess. This is the first time in the history of congress that the legislative bill has been passed before .the holi- days. The day was devoted to the an- nual debate of the civil service law, and, as usual, the attempt to strike out the provision for the commission was overwhelmingly defeated. Washington, Dec. 29.—Formal work on the new tariff bill will be begun by the ways and means committee to- inorrow, when the first of the series of hearings which. are to exténd over twelve days will be held. Judged by the amount of correspondence which has come to the committee cn the sub- ject there is a more widespread inter- est in the forthcoming bill than has at- tached to any other revision of the tariff, and the number of business men who desire to appear before the com- mittee is unusually great. The pro- gramme arranged by Chairman Ding- ley and his colleagues contemplates sessions from 10 to 4 o’clock. To hear all the interests which will be on the ground, with one or two schedules of the bill to be covered each day, the rep- resentatives of every interest will be obliged to condense their statements. No allotment of time has been made in advance to any applicants, but on each day the committee will arrange a pro- gramme based on the number who ap- pear to speak. Instead of listening to each member of the various delega- tions, the committee will avoid repeti- tions by asking every delegation to se- lect a spokesman to present its views. Several labor organizations have sig- nified their intention to make argu- ments before the committee in the in- terest of protection for the industries in which they are workers. In addi- tion there will be representatives of various commercial bodies, as well as the usual delegations of manufactur- ers, producers of raw material and im- porters. to the committee and the more valua- ble of the written statements sub- mitted will be printed. After the hear- ing to outsiders it is probable that gov- ernment officials, particularly the ap- praisers, will be called upon for assis- tance, and expert testimony from other quarters may be asked. FAILED SUPERIOR. The Bank of Superior Breaks, Car- rying City Funds, West Superior, Wis., Dec. 30.—The Bank of Superior, located at the east end of the city, and the only bank there, suspended to-day on account of a run with which they were threat- ened on account of the recent failures. An assignment was made by the di- rectors to Henry S. Butler, who has taken. possession. The bank had $25,- 000 capital, and $50,000 surplus, which was largely tied up in investments. The big proportional deposit of about $100,000 was a constant menace, and a slight run was experienced Satur- day, which influenced the closing of the institution. The deposits are mostly in small amounts, and the bank expects to be able to liquidate in full unless there is a continued decline in assets. The city of Superior had $13,210 in bank, making nearly $30,000 lost by the city during the past week. — \ BAD FOR EASTERN MEN. Heavy Losses Incurred by Failure of a Mortgage Company in Texas. Dallas. Tex., Dec. 30. — The failure of the Security Mortgage and Trust company has created much discussion in business circles in this city. Many business men had long expected trouble for the concern, but the public generally was surprised at the failure. The opinion in general is that local losses will be comparatively insig- nificant, but Eastern and foreign cap- italists will lose fully $1,500,000 on their investments and ventures. The subeompanies are the Trust Company Building association; the Texes Farm Land company, the. Security Invest- ment company and the Cotton Mills Building association. Broke Her Hip. Stamford, Conn., Dec. 30. — Mrs, Henry Ward Beecher of Brooklyn sus- tained a serious accident yesterday which may result in making her a cripple for the remainder of her life. Mrs. Beecher is visiting at the resi- dence of her son-in-law, the Rey. Sam- uel Scoville, in this city. She was at- tacked with dizziness, and in falling breke her hip in such a manner that she will probably never walk again without the use of crutches. Owing to the advanced age, 84 years, Mrs. Beecher’s condition is admittedly seri- ous, although there is thought to be no immediate danger. The statements made orally | RICH'GOLD FIND. Gold Feaver Again Epidemie in the Black Hills. Deadwood, S. D., Dec. 31. — Dead- wood is wild about rich gold finds in Ragged Top. Black Hills towns have been emptied by the rush of prospect- ors. Spearfish, Bear Gulch, Carbonite and St. Onge have taken to the moun- tain. There has not been such a scat- tering with ore pans, picks and stakes since Bald Mountain and Ruby Basin put the miners into a fury. The dig- gers who first broke ground in the new field have been out but little more than a month, and it is estimated that a fortune a day has been aver- aged. It has been a poor man’s bo- nanza, the mineral appearing on the surface, and the assays of the quartz taken from the surface and sent to the smelters run from $80 to $100 a ton, with frequent fissures producing as high as $300 a ton. Ragged Top has been passed over time and again by the men who came to Deadwood for a speculation. It is in a region close to town, which has not been considered productive of mineral wealth. It is in the limestone formation. A loitering miner, dreaming of riches, put in his time rambling over the precipitous cliffs overlooking the canon to the east. There were open fissures and outcropping shales, and, picking out a favorable spot, he start- ed a camp. He struck it rich. The word cuickly passed that all the drift ¥ vl of gold and two new towns wready sprung up in the camp. There was a crazy run of prospectors, and surveys have now been made as far west as Bear Gulch and Nigger Hill, fifteen miles away. Candid min- ers are predicting that the golden glory of Cripple Creek is to be equaled, if not dimmed, by Ragged Top. Gold fever, which has been prevalent here for the last few years, is now a raging epidemic. When Yellow Creek camp was discovered about two years ago the Black Hills people were amazed at the richness of the deposits. The ore averaged $80 a ton. This was enough to make the community mad and the woods have been full of ad- venturers and searchers ever since. There is not a foot of ground for miles and miles around that has not been scrutinized. Gold finds were made in ground which has been traversed and retraversed annually and semi-annual- ly for twenty years. PURELY A FAKE. No Foundation for the Washington Post Story. Washington, Dec. 31.—From oficial sources a denial is made of the state- ment that the Spanish premier has sent Secretary Olney a communication accepting the mediation of the United States on the carrying out of a plan of autonomy for Cuba. It is said that no such letter. has been sent, nor has anything of such a nature passed through the Spanish officials here. Ne- gotiations toward home rule have pro- ceeded for some months, and the last phases of these negotiations indicated an enlargement of the home rule laws adopted by the Spanish cortes last year, but not put in execution. These arrangements embrace the election of the entire Cuban congress instead of a mixed congress of fifteen elected mem- bers and fifteen appointed by the queen regent, and also a complete con- trol by Cuba of her tariff. The latest statement regarding Spain’s inten- tions with respect to the pacification of Cuba therefore deals with a past phase of them, Spain having decided on.a considerably more liberal scheme of reforms than the old one to which the latest publication of the Cuban subject has reference. As yet, how- ever, negotiations with regard to the enlarged reforms are tentative. A draft of them has not been received yet at Washington, and the informa- tion on them is of a general nature. Madrid, Dee. 31. — An emphatic de- nial is given here to the report credit- ed to the Washington Post that Senor Dupuy de Lome, the Spanish minis- ter at Washington, and Mr. Oley have concluded negotiations for the acceptance of Spain of the good of- fices of the United States to settle the Cuban war. WINDFALL FOR MRS, TUCKER. Under the Will of Capt. Lemon, Just Filed in Washington, D. C. Washington, Dec. 31. — Mrs. Mary Logan Tucker, wife of Maj. William F, Tucker, paymaster in the United States army, department of Dakota, with headquarters at St. Paul, re- ceived a very substantial legacy from the late George E. Lemon. Under the terms of his will, which has just been filed here, Mrs. Tucker | receives a cash legacy of $25,000, and a one-fifth interest in the entire estate. The five- year-old son of Maj. and Mrs. Tucker, who was named after Capt. Lemon, also receives $25,000 and a one-fifth interest in the estate. These are the largest legacies left to any two per- sons under the terms of the will. Dur- ing his life Capt. Lemon was an inti- mate friend of Gen. and Mrs. John A. Logan. Maj. and Mrs. Tucker are now in Washington visiting at the home of Mrs. Logan. Constitutional Amendments, St. Paul, Dec. 31.—Goy. Clough to- day issued a proclamation declaring carried at the last election the follow- ing amendments to the constitution of the state: For the creation of a board of pardons; for the amendment of the elective franchise; allowing cities and villages to frame their own charters; changing the section relating to the taking of private property for public use by adding “destroyed or damaged for public use;” allowing thy invest- ment of the permanent school fund of the state in the bonds of counties, school districts, cities, towns and vil- lages of the state; authorizing the tax- ation of sleeping cars. Iee Blockade, St. Johns, N. F., Dee. 31. — An ice blockade on the whole of the north- western coast of the island has begun and steamers ard vessels are return- ing here, it being impossible to reach the mining settlements. All naviga- tion will be suspended for the balance of the year. At Parkersburg, W. Va., Isaac Pra- ger & Sons, retail dry goods, assigned to-day to Henry Neller. Estimated lia- bilities, $100,000; assets about the same. MINNESOTA NEWS. Interesting Happenings in the North Star State, A boy of sixteen committed suicide at Minneapolis. An immigration copyention will be held in St. Paul in January. The show of the State Voultry asso- ciation may be held in St. Paul. Joseph Greengard of St. Paul was knocked down by a street car and seri- ously injured. Another dog in St. Paul dies of rab- ies, another victim of the black and white dog. Deputy Game Warden Abresch of North St. Paul has made several ar- rests for illegal fishing. Phil Scheig, the defaulting bank tell- er of Minneapolis, has been pardoned by Gov. Clough. The loss by fire in the Ryan annex and Schutte block at St. Paul is placed at $171,950, with insurance of $91,700. Henry Mettler, one of Hastings’ wealthy citizens, died suddenly of heart disease, aged seventy-three years. Two gambling dens were raided at pba recently, and nine men arrest- ed. Dr. Hewitt, of the state board of health, reports that there is only one- eighth as many deaths from diphthe- ria as there was fourteen years ago. Fred Joblinski and son were mur- dered and wife wounded at Madelia, by the hired man. The murderer is tilll at large. F. A. Seymour and .W. H. Lightner have been appointed receivers of the Bank of Minnesota, which recently failed at St. Paul. The state commission has adopted plans and estimates for the Anoka hos- pital for the insane, and providing for en expenditure of nearly $1,000,00v. The statement comes from good au- thority that two new tugs are now building at West Bay City for the fleet which Capt. B. B. Inman will have charge of at Duluth in the spring. Mrs. Martha Lindberg of Anoka, aged sixty-six, stepped on a trunk to hang up clothes, slipped backwards, breaking her neck. Coroner Robbins decided an inquest unnecessary. Mrs. Kate Kittok of Delano, while using kerosene to start a fire recently, caused an explosion which ignited her clothing and burned her fatally. She and her hvsband were both intoxicated at the time of the accident. John Doe, James and John Carrin- gan and Mike McCauley, four young men of La Crescent, were arraigned be- fore Justice Dorival at Caledonia, for breaking into Mr. Stickler’s house in La Crescent. They were fined $5 and costs, amounting to about $40 each. Olaf Lindquist, Andrew Lindquist, John Lindquist, P. A. Anderson, N. O. Doblin and John Anderson, all of the town of Spring Vale, Isanti county, have been arrested by Sheriff: Hokan- son of Delano, for stealing logs from Anoka and Minneapolis log-owners. A dog went mad in New Prague, re- cently, and bit two men, several cattle and another dog. The dog, after doing all that damage, ran ‘nto Karhl’s hard- ware store, where he was killed. ‘The cther dog and cattle shared the same fate. The two men were sent to Chi- cago for treatment. The large sand pit found lately on the farmi of R. B. Hinkley of Luverne las proven to contain some valuable sand. Some of it was melted in cruci- bles, and, it said, made a very fine and shigh grade of glass. Mr. Hinkley has ‘sent specimens of the sand to Eastern ‘rarnfacturers and experts. | It is reported that E. C. Blanchard, chief train dispatcher for the Lake Su- perior division of the Northern Pacitic, will succeed F. W. Wilsey as superin- tendent of the division. Mr. Blanchard iis now out on the division with officials of the road, among whom is Supt. ‘Kimberly. ! Mrs. Thomas McCadden was found dead in bed at her home in Cherry Grove, Goodhue county. The cause is attributed to heart disease. Deceased ;was the second daughter of State Dai- Iry Commissioner Jerry E. Getman of ‘Minneapolis ,and was married to Mr. ‘McCadden last spring. ; J. E. Knapp and John Myers were ar- rested on complaint of W. W. Craig of Deerwood, for passing a forged check for $69, purporting to have been drawn y N. McFadden, druggist, of Brainerd, and brought before the municipal court of Brainerd. Knapp edmitted the charge and Myers demanded an ex- amination, which was set for the 30th inst. The stranger found dead at Ran- dolph, Dakota county, came to his death by being run over by a freight train. The body could not be identi- fied, and was ordered buried by Cor- oner Strapf. It developed that he had robbed a clothes line, and in boarding the train with the bundle for St. Paul was knocked off by striking the coal sheds. Mrs. Mary Quackenbush has filed a sensational suit at Duluth against Otto Royce, a member of the Duluth police force, and Leonard Schlitz. She asks $1,500 damages for injuries received through a nervous shock alleged to have been due to the acts of the de- fendants. It is allege dthat the de- fendants tied a vicious dog, belonging to plaintiff, to a stairway at the door of her house and killed the animal there, and that Mrs. Quackenbush, coming out of the house at the time, received a nervous shock, which re- sulted in her premature confinement and lasting injury. Beer in Siphons, The sale of beer in siphons, like aer- ated water, promises to revolutionize the bottling business. So far the ex- periment has only been attempted on a small scale, but its success justifies its extension. The siphons are made in various sizes, so as to meet the require- ments of family use. The deterioration of beer in bottles when a single glass is drawn is entirely obviated by this new system. From quart or gallon si- phons it may be drawn in such quan- tity as is desired, with no loss of vivac- ity in that which remairs. The adop- tion of this new method of supplying beer will for a time seriously affect the, bottling business, as only large con cerns, probably brewers, can afford to acquire the expensive 9nd necessary plant. It is remarkable that the use of siphons for the sale of beer did not long ago come into vogue, as they offer a perfect medium for distribution.— New York Sun. Life misery to thousands of people Emer corte in thelr bidod. Sor this teerite Hoods Sarsaparilla The Best—in fact the One True Blood Purifier. ? Liver Ills; to Hood’s Pills i. tuytouscrate mo, ——__ Reversed Writing. The case of John Ghidotti, six years of age, a pupil at the North Adams State Street school, is attracting con- siderable attention in that city. The boy is considered a phenomenon by some because every word he writes and every figure he makes in school are reversed, and look like the correct writing viewed in a mirror. The boy uses his left hand and begins at the wrong side of the page. His teacher has made every attempt to correct the fault, but has not succeeded very well. The boy has made correct letters, but seemingly with as much difficulty as one would have in imitating his nega- tive chirography. The case has been brought to the attention of Dr. C. W. Wright of North Adams, who is a spe- cialist on the eye. The doctor has not met with any such case before. He calls the case a freak of nature, and does not think that it is caused by any unusual crossing of the rerve fibers, © but thinks it is evident that the image of an object appears reversed to the boy. He prefers to leave the case to higher authority.—Springfield (Mass.) Union. A Tight Place. “If you want a lawyer, get Muxley. He’s as honest a man as breathes, and—” “I’m afraid I can’t win the case with Muxley. The other side has employed Hawksley, and I’ve got to get a bigger rascal than he is or get beat.”—Chica- go Tribune. = Not Running, “Will you run for office again?’ asked the politician’s acquaintance. “My friend,’ was the earnest and de- liberate reply, “I wasn’t running for office.” “Why—er—everybody thought you were.” “I thought so, too. But I have covered that I took the wrong route. Washington Star. By a recent order Boston policemen are prohibited from leaning against any up- right object during working hours. Gladness Comes wit a better understanding of the transient nature of the many phys- ical ills, which vanish before proper ef- forts—gentle efforts—pleasant efforts— rightly directed. There is comfort in the knowledge, that so many forms of sickness are not due to any actual dis- ease, but simply to a constipated condi- tion of the system, which the pleasant family laxative, Syrup of Figs, prompt- ly removes. That is why it is the only remedy with millions of families, andis everywhere esteemed so highly by all who value good health. Its beneficial effects are due to the fact, that itis the one remedy which promotes internal cleanliness without debilitating the organs on which it acts. It is therefore all important, in order to get its bene- ficial effects, to note when you pur- chase, that you haye the genuine arti- ele, which is manufactured by the Cali- fornia Fig Syrup Co. only and sold by all reputable druggists. If in the enjoyment of good health, and the system is regular, laxatives or other remedies are then not needed. If afflicted with any actual disease, one may be commended to the most skillful physicians, but if in need of a laxative, ene chould have the best, and witi: the well-informed everywhere, Syrup 0! ¥igs stands highest and is most largely used ani gives most general satisfaction, afford needing work. PAY WEEKLY. PLANS. THE JEWELL NUBSERY CO., Lake City, No. 1. 1897. Sey -