The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 17, 1896, Page 26

: THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MAY 17, 1896 { HE passing weeks bring me to the third letter in the series of articles on athletics. It is my earnest wish that much good may result from these writings, and that the young people of both sexes may receivean inspiration that will stimulate glm:_mhv desire to build up vigorous constitution: also that our young men may feel grow thin them an ambition to excel inl gitimate and health-giving contests. This seems pportune moment to dwell on a few of the fallacies that have hung around training for haif a century. True, most of these have been exploded, | but in c 1w of our young friends should pen to get hold of an old book | on the subject I will head off such mis- taken by a few chosen remark A trainer of the old school was accus- tomed to start bis man on his career of training by a dose of medicine that would about sap the vitality from him. In some | ng | | mencing ment of Dr. Silas Blaisdell, at one time demonstrator of anatomy of the New York College of Physicians and Surgeons, who devoted considerabie time and attention to the subject we are considering, attend- ing athletic games, examining competing athletes by means of instruments, etc. He tated to me thatif there was anything | wrong with the heart it could be detected | if an examination were made in time to caution against violent exercise. Every athlete should be examined before com- to train, and if this were done there would be few or no cases of heart disease resulting from great exertion. But such cases are few and far between. If a man begins at the bottom and trains gradually to the highest pitch he is as safe as imperfect mortals can be. Do not train hard when too young or race much or hard before maturity. Again, do not do any severe racing when not perfectly trained, nor race hard on torrid days, especially ir the sun (this last advice not being in- tended for residents of San Francisco). Racing is not sure to bring on heart dis- ease unless a person has already a weak heart. You can safely contradict all such bold ana sweeping assertions. If heart troubie could be detected at the outset the man could be restrained, but there is dan- ger in all young men promiscuously rush- ing into racing untramned or without knowing they are sound or not. Now the above advice is gleaned largely from the authority whom I quoted. Again organic troubles of athletes, attending NN N NN SRR He exclaimed, “Why, the effort has steadied your heart.” cases it might be a good thing, | especially if the subject is a man whose | system is out of order or whose blood is in bad shape. The question of whether to take medi- cine or not previous to entering into train- ing is one which each individual should decide for himself; but in any case a | “black draught’’ or any other violent | physic should be ayoided. It you feel | well and hearty no medicine is needed, | but if somewhat under the weatner with- | out being really sick take a dose of citrate of magnesia, or some mild but effective pills. 1 Some people do not need to take any | medicine at all, and to do so would be wrong. As for myself, I take a dose of | medicize about once in ten years. How foolish it weuld be, therefore, for me to | take medicine just because old fogies | recommend it. This suggests the very important sub- ject of reducing flesh. When a person is fat, of course, the superflnous flesh must come off, but how? Some people’s method is to take a heavy dose of medicine. I cannot characterize this stronger than to say that only an idiot or one nearly so would do suchi a thing. Reducing flesh is a serious matter and should never be hur- ried. It is difficult to prescribe just how long a time must elapse before the athlete can consider that he is “down fine,”’ as far as weight is concerned. Some people never need to use any exertions to keep their fat down; otbers must watch them- selves and the scales, while a third class must be martyrs to the effort of keeping fat from accumulating. Reference was made two weeks ago to rubbing down. Now there is no doubt that if an athlete can have a good rubbing down after exercise it will be an excellent thing for him. This can be accomplished in two ways—by exchanging courtesies, or by hiring a man to do it. 1once saw two young men tie each other in the cham- pionship of America at the high jump, and was told that they systematizally rubbed each other down. . Rubbing down after a bath and rubbing down before a race are two widelv differ- ent things. The former should be done with a coarse towel and it matters little whether the muscles are rigid or other- wise. In the latter case, however, a dify ferent method should be pursued; the rubbing should be done with the bare hands—polishing, so to speak. If you have a friend to help you stand on a chair and tell him to polish your calves by rub- bing downward with his hands—not work- ing both hands together, but striking the calf in a downward direction alternately. After doing this for a few minutes let hm reverse the process and rub in an upward direction. Now let me particularly impress upon the reader the necessity of allowing the muscles to be perfectly free and flexible during the process. I am not exaggerating | when% say that balf of the benefit is lost by keeping the muscles rigid during this massage treatment. ‘When the calves are finished let the | operation be continued upon all the muscles and limbs, keepiag in mind that | the object of rubbing down is twofold— to invigorate the skin; and secondly to stimulate a free circulation of the blood in the muscles and to rub out of them any tendency to stiffen. Before entering upon the subject of rac- ing proper it is advisable thiat I speak ona very im portant subject, namely : Is racing dangerous? This is a subject upon which I have de- voted a great deal of thought, and I cer- | tainly feel qualified to speak with decision on many important points, as my entry into slhfetics dates back eighteen years, and I have numbered among my acquaint- ances not only some of the greatest ath- letes that ever breathed, but men dis- | tinguished as promoters and students of | physical - exercise. Those who are ac- quainted with athletics in New York, es- pecially the period dating from eight ears {wk, will remember the names of r. Sargent, William B. Curtis, George Goldie, Professor William Wood and John Wood. The personal acquaintance of these gentlemen is a matter of pride with me, and they have contributed largely to my stock of evidence, both original and corroborative. gt To begin I have an authoritative state- race-meetings of amateurs and profes- sionals, six-day races and physical sports | of all kind, keenly watching "all nervous, muscu and organic phases that present themselves and observing the effects dur- ing and after the contests. Perhaps I cannot furnish a better ex- ample than to state that this physician first attended me on being prostrated by the sun during a fearful race in Brooklvn, | N. Y. The doctor was called in and treated me with morphine to stop the eccentric beating of my heart while I lay in aconvuision. ButI recovered.although some of my friends had grave doubts con- cerning my future health. A few days later I called on the doctor and was ex- amined very carefully. He ended by de- claring me perfectly sound. He mentioned a slignt peculiarity of my heart, namely, that every twelfth beat was a little stronger than the others. but he did not consider it a defect—more of a curiosity than any- thing else. The next vear I called again and was a second time examined, the result being identical with the first. | | heart and brain was not exact in its func- tion. He further stated that this was more a nervous than an organic defect. As that was five vears ago,and I can climb the steepest hills with ease and pleasure, it seems to me that I am a living refutation of the theory that racing is sure to produce heart disease, and no man has been engaged in more punishing races. Now let us consider a minute. Does it seem Jikely that nature would create us of such fragile material that if a boy were to run a mile for a doctor at break-neck speed because his mother was critically ill he would drop dead of heart disease, or linger for years and be found dead in bed by his friends? Who ever heard of an Indian warrior with heart disease, and yet consider the dreadful races they are forced to 1un at times, pursued by a namerous and bloodthirsty enemy ? Racing when out of training is danger- ous. When out of condition the fat natu- rally accumulates, and some of this fat finds its way in the heart and among the valyes. Now these valves are at once vowerful ana delicate, and if there is any fat mixed up among them it might inter- fere with the circulation of the blood and prevent them from doing their duty. A man must use the judgment and will that is given him ana refuse to compete when out of condition. Realizing the danger of racing on an excessively hot day in the East I refused to compete, at one time, in a race that was won by my bitterest rival, and I am sure I came in for a vigorous charge of cowardice. But I had the satis- faction of doing what I thought was right. My recommendation to boys is to begin work in the gymnasium at 14 or 15 years of age. If thereis any track exercise taken before that time it should be light, and severe racing or prolonged training studi- ously avoided. From 18 to 20 craining may be commenced, but exciting contests should not be considered. The young athlete must remember that he has not fully developed, that he has plenty of | time to make his mark in the world of let me say that he has made a study of the | sport, that in no other sense is the phrase, “‘Haste makes waste,” more applicable. Previous to 20 years the frame 1s imma- ture and not fit to endure severe strains. Until that time exercise should be pur- sued more for the pleasure, health and ex- perie ncethan to achieve success in com- petition. Let him continue until this age and he will be able to stand almost any strain he may impose upon himself. He will find that he can go only just so far, and when he attempts to push himself be- yond that he simply cannot do it; he feels tired out, exhausted, but that is all. GEORGE D. Barrp. HOW SHE BECAME " OUR MARY.” The Famous Actress Received the Ap- pellation in Providence. John R. Rogers, who is the manager of 'he Strange Adventures of Miss Brown,”’ was in charge of the advance business ar- rangements for Mary Anderson, when that fawous actress was unknown. +I notice,” he said to a New York Times reporter, *“that in her book of mem- ories Miss Anderson does not tell one thing that was important in her career anda that brought her so closely into the sympathies and favor of the public ef this country. She does not tell how she came to be known as ‘Our Mary.’ “As every one knows, when Mary An- derson first went on the stage, while the press praised her and the public admired her, the receipts at her {)erformunces were very small—as a general thing, paper was greiter than money. *I was engaged by the late John W. Nor- ton to travel in advance and to make all sreliminary business arrangements. We lmd a hard time of it, playing across the country. When 1 reached Providence, R. I., there wasso little money in the treasury that it meant success right then and there or a complete smash-up. “This fact forced me to resort to action suggestive of nothing so much as that of the drowning man grasping at & straw. | There'were few things I didn’: do. I called on the editors of the newspapers, appealed to their generosity, and succeeded in every case but one in securing excellent articles booming the coming performance. “Otis R. Pickett, then managing editor | of the Morning Herald, which has been defunct these many years, was noted for refusing to publish anything about any stage person whom he had not seen. If the press of the world said an actor was good, it made not the slightest difference to Pickett. I had heard of this trait of his, and so when I called I was not snr- | prised to be informed curtly that 1t was useless for me to ask for preliminary notices. “I told him I did not seek advertising, put had called for the purpose of prevent- ing him from printing a story: about my star. He asked for an explanation. “*There is a story going around among gossips and scandal-mongers,’ 1 said, *to the eifect that Miss Anderson’s family 1s in financial distress_and thatshe has come to the rescue. I ask you as a favor, if any person in Providence starts the story around here that “‘Our Mary’' is on the Moreover, the | stage play-acting to support her widowed Do Not Do Any Severe Racing When Not Perfectly Trained. doctor assured me that it was his opinion that the peculiarity of the heart just men- tioned had its originin the brain, or rather the nerve centers, and was practically harmless. Years passed by and they were years of exciting races and severe training—in fact, Ido not hesitate to assert that no man ever trained harder. Seven years had come and gone and I desired to have another examination made. This time a physician kindly consented to accompany me to the running track. Just before stepping out on the course he planted the stethoscope to my heart and discovered the same pecu- liarity of which Dr. Blaisdell _spoke, and which I purpo-ely refrained from mentioning. Then I stepped upon the track and walked three miles against time. On this occasion 1 purposely forced myself to my utmost speed and finished the dis- tance as exhavsted as possible under the circumstances. Immediately the doctor clapped the instrument to my chest, nncf after a moment’s silence (during which I was breathing like a locomotive on a grade) he exclaimed, ‘Whfi, the effort has steadied vour heart.” He ex- pressed himself as much surprised that such was the case, but declared that the pulsations were periect. He still assured me that my heart was hypertrophied, bnt would not admit that it meant any more than that a connecting nerve between the mother, sisters and brothers, that you will promise me to keep it out of print, as “Our Mary’’ appears at the opera-house next Monday night in a play entitled “Iagomar.” ” “I left, purposely not waiting for an answer. Tothe surprise of everybody who knew the policy of the Herald the whole history of Miss Anderson and her family was published in the paper the next morn- ing. Private matters were set forth at length, and the paper spoke of the star as ‘Our Mary,’ just as I had done to the ed- itor the day before. “It took the editor many months to square himself with various ot his breth- ren throughout the country, and with each article of comment the words ‘Our Mary’ were used in connection with Miss Ander- son. They have been her appellation ever since, both in Europe and America. ““We took in $5117 in our week in Provi- dence. Thatwas the first time Miss Ander- son, as an actress, ever made money. From that time to the end of her stage career she never had a losing week."” ‘Washington Irving's “History of New York” was published under the name of “Diednich Knickerbocker.” For years many persons supposed that this was the real name of the author, and even now this mistake is occasionally made by per- sons in inquiring for the book. NEW STAMPS OF THE GRECIAN KINGDOM, A Special Set Issued to Mark the Revival of the Olympian Games. ART AND HISTORY DEPICTED. There Is Likely to Be an Unusual Demand for Them on the Part of Collectors. In commemoration of the revival of the Olympic games Greece has issued a set of postage-stamps that will vie in popularity with the famous Columbian issue of the United States. It consists of twelve values from 1lep- ton to 10 drachmas and emnbodies eight dis- tinct designs. The latter are more than usually attractive and very artistic, dis- playing ancient historic and artistic scenes and objects. The 1-lepton and 2-lepta denominations have Corinthiau columns at the sides and a central design showing two ancient wrestlers. The 5 and 10 lepta have Ionic columns and in the center a reproduction of My- ron’s famous statue, ‘‘Discobolus™ (quoit or discus thrower). The 20and 40 lepta are larcer and are twice as high as they are wide. These show an antique Greek vase standingin a niche of mosaic, with Corinthian columns dent may think to be wrong, either asa matter of policy or of -constitutional power: but he cannot single these out; he must take the bill as a whole. It has been much contended that the veto was given to enable the President to defend %xi:nseli against legislative attempts to encroach upon his constitutional powers, or those of the judiciary, and that he should ex- ercise it only where he finds constitu- tional objections to a bill. But the power is not so limited, and from the beginning has been exercised upon the ground of the inexpediency or unwisdom of the leg:sl;mop proposed, as well as upon constitutional grounds. I ao not suppose that any President has ever dealt with the bills submitted for his approval upon the principle that he should approve only such as he would have voted for if he had been a member of Congress. Much deference is due to the Congress, and vetoes have cus- tomarily been used only when the fault in the proposed legislation was serious in itself or as a precedent.” FOUND HIS OOLLAR-BUTTON. It Was & Needle and It Had Traveled Three Feet Under His Skin. Edward A. Cummings is 51 years of age, healthy and robust, and by occupation a stationary engineer. On the morning of June last Mr. Cummings oversiept him- self, and upon getting up noticed that he had but a few minutes in which to get to werk. To make matters worse he dis- covered that the rear collar-button on his shirt was gone. He looked around and espied a common sewing-needle, the eye of which he had broken off in sewing on a button a few days previous. With this eyeless needle the shirt-ends were pulled together, the needle doing duty as a button. The needle stayed in position all right until evening without attracting attention. In the evening, as he was about to go to bed, Cummings reached behind his head to remove the needle from the shirt and was surprised to find that it was gone. He looked carefully in the bed for it, shook out his clothing and looked on the floor for fear of stepping onit. He was unable to find the needle that night or in the morning. Two days later, Mr. Cummings says, he THE N ‘W GREEK STAMPS. COLONY COMPOSED OF VETERANS, Thousands of Grand Army Men Gathered Together Down in Georgia. IT IS A UNIQUE ENTERPRISE, A Thriving Town Growing Up in the Southern Part of the State. The colony city, Fitzgerald, Ga., organ- ized by veterans of the Grand Army of the Republic, which has been growing like | magic during the past six months, con- tinues to occupy a peculiar place in public interest, says the New York Herald. Six months ago the tractit now occupies down in Southern Georgia, half in Wilcox and half in Irwin County, was a wilderness of pine trees. To-day 6000 persons are there, and the indications are that before the year is done the census will show over ‘en thousand enrolled citizens. Colonies of sudden growth snd cities of | quick development have not been infre- | quent in the mining regions of the West, but Fitzgerald stands in many respects quite without a parallel, and the move- ment which has led to its founding points to a possible industrial revolution in the South and calis for a new understanding and partnership between the South, North and West. The Fitzgerald colony is like- at the sdes and an elaborately decorated arch above. The 25 and 60 lepta are the same size as the last two mentioned, but the design is placed horizontally and shows in the center a quadriga or four-horse chariot. The 1drachma bas 1n the foreground a reconstruction of the stadium or race- course in which the ancient Olympian games were held, and in the background a distant view of the Acropolis as it is to-day. The 2 and 5 drachmas both show famous statues in_niches of mosaic. The former portrays the Hermes or Mercury of Praxi- teles, with Ionic columnps at the sides, and the latter represents the Nike or Victory of Pwonius, with Corinthian columns. The 10 drachmas, the highest value of the series (equal to $2 in the money of the United States) has another view of the Acropolis, with female figures at the sides supporting the arch. ‘When these stamps were firstannounced to the philatelic public it was the im- pression that they were to be available for postage for a brief period only, and the antagonism of the Society for the Sup- pression of Speculative Stamps was aroused against them, and they were placed on the black list of that organization. It is now stated, however, that they will take the place of the current issue, and will remain in use for an indefinite time, thus virtually becoming a regular issue, and one that cannot ke consistently ignored by stamp collectors. This means much to Greece in the shape of revenue, as their coming under the category of legitimate is ues will add largely to the demand for them. i In view of the deep interest taken in the Olympian games by Americans, and the victories won there by the athletes of this country, these labels will have a peculiar attraction for the collectors of the United States. Considering the fact that the sale of the United States Colum- bian stamps to collectorsreached the enor- mous amount of more than §1,000,000, it is likely that the Greek Government wi!l reap a good profit from the sale of this series. The colors of these stamps in_the order of their value are as foilows: Ocher, rose, lilae, slate, violet-brown, red, violet, black, blue, bister, green, brown. A COUNTRY LANE. Between steep banks It winds along, O’erhung with leaty hawthorn trees, From which in spring thé thrush’s song Floats softiy on the soft south breeze. There is the earliest primrose found And modest purple violets grow And trembling wind-flowers star the ground And humbie ragged robins blow. There, too, on golden summer eves, The oid folks like to stroll and talk, Or siowly, under whispering leaves, The self-absorbed young lovers walk, While, fresh as youihful hopes, unturl New growths about their iingering feet And tender fronds of fern uncurl And all the balmy air is sweet. With mingled scents of thyme and musk And wiiding-roses. passion pale, As trembles through (be dewy dusk The music of the nightingale. And, stealing from some hidden nook, Adown the lane and o'er the lea, By pleasant ways, a silver brook Runs singing to the silver sea. E. MATHESON, in Chambers’ Journal. RESTRAINT ON THE VETO POWER ‘Why the President Sanctions Legislation That He Disapprov Ex-President Harrison writes of the veto and treaty making powers of the Presiuent in May Ladies’ Home Journal—“This Country of Ours” series of articles. He discusses the ‘'pocket veto,” and says concerning the restraints against the exercise of the veto power that are imposed upon the President: ** * * There is another practice in legislation that snn!y restrains the freedom of the Presi- lent in using the veto power. What are called riders are often placed in general appropriation bills—that is, legislation of a general character having nothing to do Wwith appropriations 1s put into an ap- propriation bill. This is equivalent to saying to the President, ‘Give your ap- proval to this general legislation or go without the- appropriations necessary to cerry on the Government.” * ks “There are other practical restraints upon the freedom of the Presidentin the exareise of the veto power. Very many laws contain more than one proposition— some a number of such—and the Presi- dent must deal with them as thus asso- ciated. In eachof the great appropriation bills many hundreds of distinct appropria- tions are made. Some of these the Presi- began to feel excruciating pains in the right shonlder and down the right side. These pains were so severe that on July | 15, 1895, he was obliged to quit work and consnlted with Dr. Myron E. Carmer, who, thinking that rhenmatism was to blame, | prescribed the liniments and mustard plas- | ters, both of which were used with good | effects; and at the end of a week Mr. Cum- mings went to work again. As soon as he went to work the pains began bothering him again and seemed to keep moving down the right side, lower each aay. It was with great difficulty that Mr. Cummings was able to ke p his position until March 28, when heresigned, giving as a reason that he must leave the vlace, as it was damp. April 1 Mr. Cum- mings was seized with sharp pains below the right hip, which bothered him so much that Re began an investigation, which revealed a little bunch about the size of a pea. The spot was very much inflamed and applications of liniment did not allay the pain. At last Mr. Cummings went to Dr. M. A. Veeder’s office and submitted to an ex- amination. After asking a number of questions and examining the inflamed spot. Dr. Veeder prescribed some lini- ment and hazarded the opinion that a car- buncle might be forming. The sick man managed to walk home and got to his room on the third story of the Republican block, when he was seized with pain more intense than ever before. Itseemed us if his clothing was irritating somethingand was driving 1t intc the flesh. Upon removing his clothing Mr. Cummings discovered the red spot and something protruding a short distance which lookel‘r black. He grabbed hold of the bluck object and was surorised to pull out the headless needle, which was discolored bui not rusty. The next morning Mr. Cummings visited Dr. Veeder's office and showed him the needle, at the same time recalling the instance when he had used the needle to do duty in place of a button.—Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. - ——————— OURIOUS MODE OF SHAVING Friendly Island Natives Use Shark’s Teeth Fastened in a Stick. In an account of Captain Cook’s last voyage to the Pacific Ocean, in the New London Magazine for September, 1785, is recorded a very curious method of shaving adopted by the inhabitants of the Friendly Islands. While Captain Cook (says the writer) was at Hapaee he observed a woman shaving a child’s head with a shark’s tooth stuck into the end of a piece of stick. Ske first wet the hair with a rag dipped in water, applying the instrument to that part which she had previously soaked. The operation seemed to give no vain to the child, although the hair was taken off as close as if one of our razors had been employed. Captain Cook tried one of these singular instruments upon himself and found it to be an excellent succedaneum. But the men have another contrivance when they shave their beards. They take two shells, one of which they place under a small part of the beard, and with the other, applied above, they scrape that part ff. In this manner they are able to shave very close. The process is rather tedious, but not painful, and there were men among them who seemed to profess this trade. It was as common to see the sailors £0 ashore to have their beards scraped off, after the fashion of Hapaee, as it was to see their chiefs come on board to be shaved by our barbers. — BIOYCLE RIDES FOR BIRDS. One Woman’s Way of Giving a Health. ful Airing to Her Canary. “No better way to give a pet canary bird an airing has been devised,” said 8 woman down at Coney Island the other day when several other women gathered around her wheel tolook ata handsome little yellow bird 1n a small cage resting like a package on the handle bars. “The poor little dearie wasn't getting his share of atten- tion, when I hap?ened to think of putting it on my wheel. Tt was a dreadfully frightened bird at first, but I only took it u'm“i“. of blocks and back again. Next time I took it further, and now you see how sprightly he lpoks. It’s only when I tumble now that get's at all scared. 1 ride over fifty miles with him some days, and sometimes he sings if the road is smooth, and he always answers the little chirps of birds along ‘the way. He's lot’s of company, too.””—New York Sun. wise significant from the fact that as the colonists are mostly veterans of the Fed- eral army, $50,000 per month of pension money will, it is reckoned, be put in cir- culation through the South instead of through the North and West as formerly. The colony and city of Fitzgerald were founded by P. H. Fitzgerald of Indianapo- lis, a pension attorney, who, through his connection with the veterans of the North- west, was led to believe that it wouid be greatly to the intereat of many could they locate in some well-conditioned Southern section, away from the rigors of severe climate, where they coula follow agri- cultural pursuits and live comfortably on their pension incomes. In August, 1894, he presented the subject for the consider- atlon of the veterans at an annual meeting of their society. His plan met witn their immediate approval, and i1n March, 1896, Mr. Fitzgerald, accompanied by H. F. Manger of Michigan, Captain D. C. Walsh | rapidly. ‘1 bottles. the same time has averaged on‘liy.so deg. The city of Fitzgerald islocated in Irwin County, and has the advantage of com- petitive freight rates both by land and water, whicn place it within eacy com- munication with the great markets of the United States. A month ago two railroads were under construction, but had not reached the city. The latest news is that there are now two railroads at Fitzgerald and others under construction. The Tilton and Northeastern Railroad reached the colony last Saturday and will be car- ried into the union station in a few days. | The Georgia and Alabama has been in | Fitzgerald almost a month, and has eight punfilel tracks in its yards with 147 loaded boxcars ahead of the freight agents. The Plant system is trying to arrange with the Wayeross Air Line to build from Fitzger- ald " to Cordele, which, if successful, will give this city five important roads, to- sether with the Waycross Air Line and Empire. The city is only six miles from | the Ocmulgee River, and a canal is under contract, which when completed will give the colonists a waterway to the Atlantic. On October 14 the first human habita- tion was begun in Fitzgerald. To-day the city presents a vastly different appear- | ance. 1t is laid out in excellent style, and | has four business streets that contain a | great variety of shops, which are furnish- ing the colon witb all necessary sup- plies. The residence portion shows many | well-built structures, and hundreds of | humble homes will sooner or later be re- placed by more comiortable dwellings. There are sawm brickyards, four churches, a town hall, four blacksmith shovs, a public school and a Masonic lodge. | . Main street is the vprincipal business | thoroughfare of Fitzgerald. The streets | to the west of Main are called after Con- federate generais—Lee, J on, Long- | street, Gordon, Bragg and Hill; those on | the west side after Federal commanders— | Grant, man, Sheridan, Thomas and Logan—which certainly goes to prove that the colonists are not cherishing sectional animosities. Another ipteresting fact is that the colony lands include the historic spot upon which Jefferson Davis was cap- tured by Wilson’s cavairy in 186 The old veterans are well pleased with the prospects before them, and their rank | and file has been increased by the coming of many who are not Grand Army of the Republic men, but who, like themselves, are seeking a comfortable home. These persons ace for the most part hale and earty farmers, used to earnest work against far more difficult conditions than will confront them in Georgia. They be- long to the sensible, industrious class that has made the West the prosperous, power- ful country it is to-day, and are but little accustomed to failure. Such are the facts of the Fitzgerald colony as it stands to-day. There seems to be no reason why the enterprise should not succeed. PUSSY WILLOW. I know what the fairies do with their muffs When the winter’s spent, And the warm south wind 'with its coaxing pufls Makes the ice relent. They go where the pussy willow stirs In the wind, all bar And, just 8 your mother does with her furs, Hang them out to air. LYDIA A. HASBROUCK, In Independent. The Origin of a Package that Is Now in Common Use. Milk jars, or bottles, now so commoniy used, were introduced about fifteen years ago. A gentleman farmer of Litchfield, | Conn., a man of wealth, who owned | blooded cows, finding, with the increase of 1 his stock, his milk supply growing beyond his own needs, decided to sell the surplus. | He desired to putup this milk in some | distinctive form, and he came to New | York to the headquarters here of a glass works, and asked to have got up for him some kiud of a glass package that would | be suitable for the purpose and convenient | for shipping. A jar was produced that | was substantially similar in form to the | one now in use. The first jars were pro- vided with glass stoppers; these were found to break too easily, and a metal stopper was soon substituted. Th rm of package for milk at once | became popular. The owner of the farm | for wnich the milk jar was first made turned his farm over to a stock company, | which increased its production greatly. It | still remains a large establishment, and one whose dairy products are well known. | Many other milk producers adopted the | mitk jar, and its general use extended Probably at least 75 per cent of the milk for family use is delivered nowin There are millions of bottles in Captain P. H. Fitzgerald, Founder of the Unigue Colony in Georgia. [From a photograph.] of McPherson, Kans., Peter Dinger of Gilman, Il., H. C. Miller of Stanton, Nebr., Dr. J. M. Deniston of Lapaz, Ind., and H. H. Wenans of Michigan, visited Georgia_for the purpose of examining lands offered them through William J. Northen, twice Governor of Georgia, at the low rate of $350 an acre. Although Texas was holding out the inducement. of land at only 60 cents an acre, Mr, Fitz- gerald and his committee decided to locate upon the Georgia tract without further delay. By the middle of October the busi- ness arrangements had been completed, and the survey of the land was well under 'lx. By November 1 it was completed and the assignment of city lots, business sites and farming tracts followed with a rush. The city of Fitzgerald and the farming lands that compose the colony section are comprised within 118,000 acres, and are lo- cated 117 miles south of Macon, Ga., in the midst of the great agricultural and fruit region. They are available for almost any crop, whether of wheat, corn, oats, rye, rice, millet, cotton, sugarcane, potatoes or general truck, while such fruits as peaches, pears, apricots, prunes, figs and apples are indigenous. Asto timber, the colony section comprises vast fields of long-leaf pine, as g as can be found in the country. The average winter temper- constant use, and the number produced annually to make good the breakage and to supply the increasing demand is about 20,000 gross.—New York Sun. —————— The annual report of the Labor Com- missioner of Ohio declares that State to be the greatest clay-working State in the Union, Illinois, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey and Indiana coming next in the order numed. NEW TO-DAY. [ From U.S.Journal of Melteine Prof. W. H. Peeke, who makes a Specialt Epilepsy, has without doubt treated and cur- ed more cases than any living Physician; his Success is astonishing. ‘We have heard of cases of z0 years’ standing cured by him. He publishesa valuable work on this dis- ease, which he sends with . a large bot- tle of his absolute cure, free to any suffe Who may send their P.r& and Exprezs :dderr:g ature for the last ten years has been 50 deg., and the summer temperatureduring | We advise any one wishing a cure to address W.H. F.D.,4 St., New Yar¥