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sponge Industry of the Bahamas.

OF the Neapolitan coast and in other parts
of the Mediterranean, where these elastic
articles are found, diving Is the approved
method of getting sponges. In the clear
white water Of tho Bahamas, however,
cranes are used Cranes are long poles,
yarving in length from twenty 10 thirty
"a, -. q ..uptOyed 10 detach the sponge from
the rock TO which il clings and 10 convey II
TO the boat in which are the fishermen SO
clear is the water that, with the aid Of
water glass, pail or box, with glass bot
tom, fishermen can easily distinguish sponges
from other forms of marine plant lite at the
depth OF fifty or sixty or more feet. When
first taken from their Businesses spongcs ap-
pear and feel like pieces Of raw, soft liver,
being slippery, elastic, ugly and repuisiye In
color they range from dirty purple to dull
chocolate
Having been brought to the deck Of the
fishermen's schooner the sponges are washed.
rubbed and dried. They are then strung on
strands, dozen to strand, and are washed
down with buckets of sea water three times
day until tie schooner reaches one Of its
crawls Crawls are large, half submerged
stockades OF sapiings, generally sapodIi.aS
and unfamiliar sub-tropical growths, bound
together with MANILA and palmetto fiber
The catch is deposited in these, aui kept III
der water until the vessel makes Its final
round and draws its deposits preparatory T.
taking them to Nassau. Cor. New York
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joseph Smiths Golden Plates"

4 false impression prevails in many
quarters that tho Mormons pretend to
Still possess the golden plates found by
Josoph Smith in the Hill of Cumorah
This Is 10 such thing. They have only
tho testimony of tho three witnesscs-the
last of whom. David Whitmer. died re-
Gently in this state-that they saw and
handled the plates, and it is their testi-
nony which has given such strong sub.
sanitation to the statements Of Joseph
Smith The first prophet held the plates
only long enough to transeribe their con-
tents, rea ling them as he did by means Of
the Trim aud Thummim. After that tho
plates disappeared as mysteriously as they
had come into existence, and no living
prophet or follower of Joseph Smith now
knows anything about them.--H r. Law
rence in Globe. Democrat.
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TIE FOURTH.

The Fourth of July was celebrated all
over the North. We want 10 see il ceie-
hrated all over the South. In the difficult
days of uniting the States, General Wash
ington had occasion to say that he had
worn his life OUT serving his country and
was finally almost blind. He showed his
spectacles to the convention and, in a
burst of oratory, carried the Constitution
which cemented the Union. The friends Of
the proposed Constitution had hardly hit
on the plan when their enthusiasm was re-
doubled on learning that Virginia, on
June 90, by vote of 50 against ~, after
a great struggle between powerful OPP
posing forces, led by James Madison on
the one side, and Patrick Henry on The
other, had also come into line for the new
Constitution.
1t Was proposed 10 make "a more per
feet union" The celebration in Phila-
delphia was the great event Of the time
1t was a pageant with dramatic imper-
sonations OF the elements OF the new Re
public. With few executions the great
feature of the celebration hundred
years ago was the triumph OF the Consli-
tuition and thus the day was made mem
orable as the first on which the two great
instruments of our liberty and Govern.
ment, the Declaration and the Constilu-
tion. formed a common theme for CRATE
full commemoralion.
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We have had occasion often to call at
tention TO the truth in the fact Of the case
tha the great victory OF peace after the
civil war must be founded on the respect
for the patriotism of tho South and a
proper and fraternal recognition OF it by
the North.
The great fact is that the South would
fight for q union as hard as the sons Of
every Northern State and the same sent-
neut that was the motive of the Re
bellion" would induce devotion into
the union.
This was not the case In 1886, but now
that the North and South have a COM
mon country and Kindred institutions
there is only the pride Of great country
In us all Confound the man who sees it
otherwise
The South is proud of its record, but
II has been not only paroled, but eufran-
chised, and 1t 10 tho victor In the long
run, because it has the honor and the
morality OF q clear conscience and the
hard experience that teaches.
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PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS:
At Large,
RICHARD +. BEIRNE Of Hanover
joins T. HARRIS Of Rockingham.
First District,
T.R. 3. WRIGHT of Essex.
Second District,
ID. GARDNER TYLER OF Charles City
Third District,
TAzEwEIL Elicit of Richmond city
Fourth District,
WILLIAM X MCKENNEy of Petersburg
Fifth District,
II. G. PETERS of Henry.
Sixth District,
w. W. BERRY Of Bedford.
Seventh District,
MicAJAH WooDs Of ALTERNATE
Eighth District,
E.E. MKREDITu of Prince william
Ninth District,
JoHN A. BUCHANAN of Washington:
r-~-s'' 10,
Tenth District,
RIB. PooRE of AppomaltoN.
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LITERARY NOTES.

Critics agree that William Black is becom-
ing tiresomc as novelist.
Mr.. William 7. Adams Oliver Optic has
gone to Europe for a few weeks.
Mr.. Walter Besant is troubled with writ
as cramp and has to dictate nearly all his
letters and Mss.
II IS proposed TO place bust Of tho lato
Matthew Arnold in the poets corner Of
Westminster abbey.
The bright little paper which heretofore
has been known as It'd Bits has grown larger
and now appears under tho name OF Time,
printed in four colors.
Ex-President Grevy, Of France, is working
hard on lis memoirs The rights of pubiica-
ton IN England and this country have al
ready been purchased at a large price
Donald G. Mitchell, the author, ok Mar
vel, lives quietly Oh his farIl at Edgewood,
Conn, aud looks for all the world like
little, old Scotch farmer or gardener He il
row Co.
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Pen Picture Of Cath.

Mr. Townsend Is not 30 years old, but
he hasn't much further e. travel before
he reaches that milestone he Is ne very
opposite IN appearance OF 90 student. He
would staryc 10 death in Boston unaccom-
panied by his reputation. His physique
indicates good dinners, regular hours. IA
abundance Of vacation, bank account
and rcpOse lis eyebrows are shaggy,
his face is broad, his mustacLo il dark,
his eyes arc restless, but in this respect
not in accord with his bodily movements.
For man Of his reputation as a news
gatherer he is q disappointment on drst
appearance. He Is not alert, although he
Is inquisitivc.
An old newspaper man who is a good
Judge Of men describes Kim in saying that
Townsend il receptive. not reflective.
He takes in everything; be uses every
body; no fills himself up; you squeeze
him and you get what everybody has said,
not what Townsend thinks.
Mr.. Townsend never writes anything
himself. When on q mission he has his
shorthand man and typewriter. They
go to his room at stated hour and re-
main there till he says good night. lie
goes to the hotel Office, or the rotunda, or
tho headquarters o. this or that delega-
ton. He finds a man, 10 matter whom,
and gets him started. On such mission
he rarely takes note. Having obtained
his mans views Mr.. Townsend goes to
his room, dictates what he has heard and
embellishes it, always taking care that
the establishment is fattering to the sub
ject and in this way the interview is sci.
dom. II ever, denied. There you have
the secret Of Mr.. Townsend as an inter-
viewer. This done. he Is out again on .
iinilar mission Chicago Times
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Mr.. Curtis said al Gettysburg when
union became identical in the minds of
OF iIs defenders with human liberty
and human welfare, then the stars
In tteir courses, the hopes and pray
ers of mankind fought for the Union,
and even If the conflict had lasted hun.
dred years the final event of the mighty
assault upon the Union would have been
typified in the las brave, desperate deed
upon this field upon this day twenty five
years sgo-the steady, stern, magnificent,
heroic, hopeless charge of the gallant
Pickett"
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Chauncey Depew ia going over Europe
10 console himself for the failure OF HIS
boom. II all the other Republican can
didaies will do the same thing they VIII
show that Blaines coaching tour Is Kept
marching on in a manner to SUIT the ca
We quote some passages from the
speeches at Gettysburg The Southcn
reader should see in all this the progress
siye movement of a great moral political
idea.
The North is learning TO respect the
character of the South, and as soon as
the mutual respect is established then we
can all be proud of each other.
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The series of historical sketches in the
TINES has attracted a great deal of at
tention all over the country, aid these
bits of Virginia history will be compiled
and given to the public How the State
came to neglect her rich history is totally
inexplicable. We hope that the TINES
will have the assistance of all IFS readers
in organizing movement to retrieve this
error
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Mr.. Blaine a. cat may be great sue
cess. Puck publishes a piece oil news
which will be read with unusual alien
ton. 1t says that Mr. Blaine has ehdeu'
or at least is ending, the last OF his nine
lives having been slain 10y the brickba'
of decent politics.
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-. ---J ~",..4 ,ostciuay Oiu ioe'
shook hands, the South forgetting that il
had lost the day, the North forgetting
that it had Won il. Cheers proposed by
veteran of the gray were giveu by the
men of his command and continued by
the boys in blue until the welkin rang
WraM
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We have been asked why SO many OF
the colored people in New York CITY are
Democrats.
We rather suspect that it is because
they have rush of brains 10 the head
Etchahge.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-10-28
TALL HATS IN THE COMMONS
The Important Part They Play in
Legislative Life in England.

Legislative Life in England.
Washington star.
A strict etiquette governs the wearing
Of hats in the Commons. An honorable
member. who. ignorant OF fOrgetful OF
the forms of the house. attempted TO
walk to his seat when covered. would
be met with loud cries of order, and
although an absept-minded member
sometimes does so he has never been
known to repeat il. He must only wear
his hat when seated. Directly he rises
he must doff 1t, though ne may only
wish 10 speak 10 a member behind MIN
or 10 get i paper from the table. IL any
bill or resolution tor which he IS respOn-
sible is mentioned by the speaker, a
member raises his nat and does not
rise. ana the same is done when another
member alludes to him IN the course or
a speech or answers 4 question which
he has put. If he is not wearing his
hat at the time. he Immediately puts it
on ana then raises il IN acknowledge
ment.
This practice has given rise to some
family cOntreUeUpS. as when an honor
able member who was remarkable for
very small head uncOnSciOusly picked
I'D the hat of the member next 10 him
in mistake for his own. This member
happened TO be chiefly remarkable for
very large head. and his hat was like an
exrnguIsher when put on his fellow
member. and had ! very ludicrous eff
feet.
OF course. a member never speaks IN
his hat. except O. one occasion. which
we shall notice presently. He generally
places it carefully on the seat he mas
/ ust vacated. If he Is going 10 make a
Ong speech. and his throat requires lu-
bricati0n. his hat Is the receptacle for a
glass of water. which is reptenTShed
from time to time by an attentive friend.
Members are generally collected enough
to remember. when they sit down. to be
careful 10 remove their hats from the
bench.
This IS not invariably the case now
ever. for an honorable member 4 short
time ago acquired a universal nOtOrIetY
I in the house as the member who sat
! on ms hat" He had just finished a
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-10-28

murder committed years before. On
the voyage during which the apparition
was seen by a dozen sailors, the tender
was twelve miles out from Barnegat
lighthouse, on the Jersey coast, and had
already weathered a Squaii. AT eight
bells the starboard watch came on deck.
aud the wheel had been relieved but a
few moments when the vessel ''lutfed,'
suddenly to the wind.
Hard up, there!" shouted the pilot,
but the wind drowned the sound Of his
voice. A seaman ran to the wheel, and
had to tear the helmsman from it. With
eyes fixed with a stony. frightened
glare on the fOretOp-gallant yard. horror
written IN every feature, his right arm
raised and finger pointing to it, he was
a figure of stone. Following the finger
to the point indicated. the relief saw an
apparition that made him tremble with
fright. Standing on the weather yard
arm. III a position that no human being
could retain, was the figure of man
in a sailors attire, sWaying to and
fro with the wind. and uttering
the most piercing shriekS, that
chilled the hearers TO the marrow. The
entire crew saw the spo0fl, and when
ordered to go aloft ali refused. When
the wind died down the specter disap-
peared, and the men returned to work.
not, however, without apprehension of
future visit.
The man who had first seen the ghost
confessed, under the strain of fear. that
some years before he had murdered a
meSSmate in the Indian ocean, and that
1t had haunted him constantly. The
crew demanded that he be put ashore
as JONAH" and the ship dropped him
at Halifax. and the apparition was seen
no more.
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Voices of our Law Makers.

When ConkIing spoke he had grim,
bass voice and an easy delivery.
Ben Hill is said to have been an orator
who ''intonated as if he lived on but
tered thunder"
Garfield had a powerful and effective
voice, and in moments OF strenuous as
sertiOn it roared.
Thomas Bayard's voice is a weak
treble in tone. and is compared to that
of seraph.
Blaine'S voice is not always weak but
is said to be ever serViceable, and 70
sound1ike baritone file.
Thurman's voice is described as being
rough but possessing winsemeneSS all
its own.
What withered corn husks are to the
eve. so is Senator Hoar's voice to the
ear. 1t is shrill and granny-iike.
The voice of lean Ingalls, is a fair edi-
ton of COnkling's. 1t fits the senator
like paper Oh the wall.
BIackburn'S is powerful voice, hay-
ing the passionate leonine quality which
characterized Garfield'S.
The voice of logical Senator Morgan
is one of excellent quality, and is no
tieeable for its honest twang.
The voice OF that big bundle of sar-
easm, Reed, of Maine, is another we'll
adapted TO its purpose.
Brother Mckinley has manly
voice, which rings with candor and IS
very servjeeabie.
Speaker Carlisle has a voice which
carries conviction with it because of its
manly earneStne5S.
The voice of Sunset Cox is Just such
a manly, straightforward, aggressive,
rollicking, racy vehicle of words as we
would expect such many-sided states
man to possess.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-10-28
The Angry Cat and the Wire Fence

BiHghantO1 1tepUDDca1-
While two young men were shooting
at target Just outside OF the city limits
on Chenango street yesterday after
noon, pet eat met with a peculiar ex-
perienee. The guns used were Win
chester rifles. and the bullets sped
against the target with force sufficient
to penetrate beam six inches square.
The cat was proving around the barn
after mice. more than forty feet from
the target. when she was startled by
piece of wood which wrapped her
smartly alongside the head. The stick
had been hit by bullet and bounded
several rods.
The cat made leap of nearly a rod.
and landed in a barbed-wire fence She
was so excited by what she considered
an attempt to bar her fight from
danger that she Immediately
gave battle. The fence stood its ground
and fought back, which SO enraged the
cat that she determined then and there
to annihiiate it at any cost. She made
a pass at one of the barbS and left sew
eral fingers of her glove hanging there.
Her teeth were then brought to play.
and no dentist could have removed
them from their parent gums more
neatly.
Had she then stopped and calmly con-
sidered her chances OF routing the fence,
her good sense would have prevailed,
perhaps. and further bloodShed been
aveFted. But she was SO blinded by
fury that to argue with her would have
been fruItIess. With a yowi that was
heard at Port Dick she clawed at an
other keen barb and another yard of cat
remained to tell the story of her folly.
She continued to bite and scratch for
some time. and only left when she had
been completely dISarmed- She was
horribly lareerated in the struggle, but
will recover.
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maiden speech of some length, and in
the excitement OF the moment entirely
forgot that a shiny and Well-brushed
tile" occupied his seat. He sat down
suddenly. rather more suddenly, per-
haDs. than he had fOreseen-fOF maiden
speeches are famous for uncertainties
and he sat. unfortunately. on his hat.
We are not aware that there was glass
of water in il, but there might have
been. and the example should be borne
in mind by rising. or perhaps We should
say sinking. orators.
We have intimated that there is one
occasion on which q member can. or
rather. according to the rules must. adj
dress the house with his hat on This
happens when the house has been
cleared for division, and when men,
Der desires TO raise 4 point of order. TO
mark the fact that the debate has been
closed and the interruption is purely in
cidental. the member must speak sitting,
and with his hat on.
In addition TO the use of hats in the
house TO which we have referred. there
is another ana a very common one. No
member being allowed to claim as
right the possession OF any seat (the
tenure by which they are held being
priority of OccupatiOnl except IN certain
cases allowed as a matter OF cOurte SY,
the practice has arisen of members
leaving their hats on the seats they de-
sire to occupy during the sitting.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-10-28
A WORD 70 YOUNG LADIES
How q Girl Ought TO Behave When
Man PROPOSES.

We must give all the nice. modest
girls we know credit for not consciously
endeayoring to catch husbands. If men
fall in love with them and desire to
marry them, and they are the right sort
of men, and the girls can love i'll return.
all well and good-they marry, and hope
to be happy ever after, but they VIII not
run after men, or think in everything
they do or say. "Can | catch fish with
this bait?''
1t must. however, be confessed that
there are girls who, instead OF making
themselves useful, and calmly resting
in their maiden dignity, think only or
getting married, and use questionable
means TO achieve their purpose. For
getting the proverb, 1.-The more haste
the less speed" this sort of girl not an-
frequently assumes a fast style or
talk, manner and dress in order to make
herself attractive to the opposite sex.
In doing so she makes great mistake.
Fish may nibble at her bait, but they
will not allow themselves to be caught.
A loud girl may attract attention ana
have half an hour OF popularity. but
she is type of the shOrtSightedneSS or
some of her sex. Men of the baSer sort
may amuse themselves with her, but no
man worth having would think OF mar
rying her.
There is liberty that makes US free
and liberty that makes US slaves. and
the girls who take liberties with mod
esty of speech and manner, and who
cross over the boundary into masculine
territory, are not more free, but more
slagish than before. And the approba-
tioE of men. which is the end in view,
is lost by the means taken TO gain 1t.
Whatever men may be themselves, they
like gentfeness. modesty and purity in
act and Thought in women. They want
their wives to be better than them
selves. They think that women should
be the cOnservators of all that is re-
strained. chiYalrOuS and gentle.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-10-28
A Ghost Banished by PRAYER.

A Pittsburg Pa.) dispatch says:
People living in LawrenceYiiIe, Pitts
burg suburb, are considerably excited
over the alleged appearance of the ghost
of the late Michael Mccullough in his
old homestead on Forty fourth street.
For several weeks. it is said. the spirit
of this former We1l-knoWn liquor mer-
chant hoYered about the scene, but was
finally baniShed by the prayers of
Catholic priest. Mccullough died
about year ago, leaving an estate
valued at 100000. He was somewhat
eccentric and there was spirited con-
test over the will.
Among those vino saw the ghost was
Mary Egan, McCullough'S old house
keeper, who furnished much valuable
testimony in a suit TO break the will of
deceased. The housekeeper claims she
saw Mccullough looking much the same
as he did during his last illness, except
that a sort OF white halo eneireIed him.
She SAYS she saw him distinctly 90 from
one room to another, and heard the
door close after him. She was too ter
rified to speak, but staid in the house
that night. hoping he would make his
appearance again. The ghost did not
do so, however, and the next day Mrs.
Egan left the house. The reason she
aScribes for the return OF Mccullough is
the litigation surrounding his will, and
the attempt to nullify the provision for
st. AHgustine'S Catholic church.
Wien Mccullough died he left $4,000
to the church. The executors tried to
have this set aside, but the court or
dered that the money be paid, and on
account OF the executors aggressive
ness. it is said, Mfr. Mccullough came
back to torment them. Mrs. Egan re-
fused to go back to the house, and that
night a boy about twelve years Of age,
who lives in the vicinity, claims he saw
the spirit. He heard noise, and,
going to the porch, saw the spirit
through one of the windows. He
ran away and told his mother, who, ap-
preaching the house, heard strange
noises and once or twice thought she
heard the faint echo of a mans curse.
Mrs. Egan tllereupOn a second time
went to the Rev. Father Gregory, and
the reverend gentleman. thinking there
might be something in her story. went
to the house and blessed it. He took a
lighted holy candle and went all through
the building, sprinkiing holy water and
chanting litany 10 Danish the spirit.
The hOusekeeper went back to the
homestead. and for the past week has
heard nothing OF the spirit.