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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-01-23
Moravian Falls Academy,

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anO morality
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-04

nozzle for shooting the water mo &c

nozzle for shooting the wafer into the
flames.
This cane will do away at once with
the alpenstock, for as an aid to mountain
climbing it is unapproachable in excel
lence by any other device
1T is "A life saver. in that il can be en-
ployed TO rescue people that have fallen
overheard into the water, while any one
can readily see how easy il would be for a
person to hook the handle into the bride
of a runawy horse and bring him to a
standstill.
, when l am traeveling and retire for
the night ! never think of placing my
clothes in closet or wardrobe, but just
hook my cane on to the chandelier and
hang my garments on its little fiippers."
And SO he continues enumerating the
advantages of his invention till YOU are
wearied by its wonders. There is one Sc
rious objection to il. hoWever-the benefit
it would be TO burglars. All they would
have to 90 would be to march to the
homes of their victims, hook their cane
ladders TO the sill of an upper window,
climb in and load themselves with booty.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-04
MAKING A TRAMP LOOK DECENT
II Only Cost $40, but the New Order of
Things Didn't Last.
From Do - York Sun.

\ group of business men chatting on
upper broadway late one warm night was
approached by beggar, who whlningly
begged for nickel He was most abb
ject-looking object His hair was long and
matted, his beard grizzly. and in general
he looked as II he might be the original Of
Walter Jones' makeup az n tramp. one
Of the men whom he addressed asked:
Boys. how much would II take 10 get
that into a seInblance OF respectabllity?"
cant be done, George. az any price"
was the opinion Of two Of hls compan-
ions. while the third suggested that about
$40 and "a weeks training would reform
the tramp into a fairly good imitation Of
n man
That's your gdea. h. ~" observed
George contemptuously. NOW. TN bet you
fellows anything you Ike that for-weii.
say tl5-rll rig that chap out complete
from top 10 toe. and make him a. re-
spectacle citizen al you want 10 see.
Now. hcro's "a bet YOU fellows put ln $40
each against my 800 ami I'm so sure
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-04
a NEW CANE.
Tt Can Be Used as Fishing Pole or a
Fire Escape.
From the Boston Herald

From the Boston Herald.
This is an inventive age. and Boston is
not without it's representatives in the evo-
luton of new ideas. one of these lives at
the South End. and the achievement of
which he is particularly proud is the pro-
duction of a telescope cane.
This cane is made of aluminium, and
while it is light. it is also strong and dura-
BILE. 1t is telescope in that it consists OF a
set of hollow tubes one inside the other
The outer one is made attractive in APP
pearance by raised figures on it's surface.
The inner tubes can be pulled out, and by
a turn of the wrist made firmly connected
with each other thus forming d long pole.
THE value Of the cane" said the in
yentor lis due to the varied uses TO which
il can be put. SUPPOSE a man WishC- TO go
fishing He takes his cane and walks of.
OF course before starting, he places some
bait in the box contained in the handle.
When he reaches the water he easily
lengthens his cane into "A tishpOle.
IF he Is fond Of boating, he never fails
10 take his cane along, for IL viii serve
admirably AS Il boathoOk, when extended.
I'll is worth it, weight In gold as a fire
escape Should your egress from build
ing be cut off by flame, you go 20 "A VIM
dow. extend your cane, nook IL on the
window SILL and descend to terra firina as
you would on a ladder, putting your feet
on those little hinged portions Of the tubes
which form part OF their Sides but pro
trlde at certain distances when t5c came Is
opened.
FOR ordinary use about home this in
ventlon Is invaluable; Tor Instance, as the
handle 10 "a whitewash brush, or a window
mole Then how handy II ~ Ia picking APP
nlss 10 null down the branches.
mo fireman should be- without one OF
these canes When De reaches the scene
on action.-a private house We will say--ho
runs out his cane hooks % on top Of the
piazza. speedily climbs 49,, ana then. SHIFT
ing his aluminium ladder 10 the gutter
I'd tbe caves. n soon on The roof ~ the
bouae. and lighting the IRE herd hand 10
hand. N deemed HdFisahl', special pat
tern might Do made Tor bin. so mot the
hollow cane could be- used as ionF-range
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-04

At a church meeting In one OF the sub
urbs Of Chicago the inquiry was made
whether a certain lawyer Of the cougre-
what involved, had got religion" 10
which another lawyer present responded,
mo, J think not, unless las ia his wife's
name. '--ArgOnaut
Duke de- Cay-Do you love an old ruin p
Misr Catchum-oh, your grace, This b.
ao-er-l think ! could learn. Detroit
Tribune.
Dix-Do you take any stock ln the sto.
rieH N the moon being inhabitedg
Hic-Wen many tine I've seen moro
than one man ln the moon. Chicago Trih-
une.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-04
A REAL OLD MYTH.
me Origin Of Beas Attributed to spon-
taneous Generation,
TTom the WashIngLon slar.

From the Washington Star.
superstition is a hard thing TO smash
for centuries the theory was widely ac-
''''ed that wild geese were hatched from
'''"aeles. The supposed fact was anthem
l'"itd by such a mass OF testimony that
mere was no controverting it apparently.
'i} within the last few years has nat
'''I science been able TO dispose Of an
"'nrr notion equally absurd-namely. that
'''a ar" produced by Spontaneous genera
~ f.m The decaying rarcasses Of cat-
'. H'ns and other beasts
after all. f. vas not very long ago. chat
ld'prl OF spontaneous generation
'NerihroWn 10 long as belief in such
hNehnHlenqn was held. n Is easy 20 zee
Ivy pe9pl" might have made such mis-.
''fr ln regard to bees Tor there h %
'1lh insert known as The "drone u.s."
"'.N Joys liH ogrs Boa purifying flesh.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-04

Hungry Higgns-Tell YOU what: no man
never loses nothing by keepin' his mouth
shut
Weary Matklna-HoW about when some-
body offers him q boer?-New York Press.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-04

lolhl .''''....'.'s ....s...,.-. -4ltub
There, boys" said he, you see ] had
enough left over, to buy him "A luncheon
for 20 cents and a dinner for 80 cents and
give him some change. And J think he
looks good enough TO pass in any crowd"
But what are you going to do with
him. asked the others.
"Oh. III get him a job somewhere. And
| fancy besides winning that bet I'll make
a respectable man out of that chap"
Ten days later the same four business
men met by chance on the same Broad
way corner. and while talking there they
saw the same ragged, unlSempt object of
misery shufiling toward them Before he
could escape they surrounded him. His
hair and beard were tritle more respec-
table than on the previous occasion, but
otherwise he was as complete a Weary
Raggles as before. A volley of questions
saluted him.
The object, seeing no chance of escape,
whimpered feebly and said;
81 got fired from the job for oversleep-
in myself. l had ter come back ter this,
an / sold the togs."
Sold the toys? What the devil did you
do that for2'
How could a Teller make any money
pan-handlin with good clo'es like them
on?" he inquired plaintively.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-04

III win that I'll pay for the outft myself
and let you chaps be- the judges. Is il a
go?'
IL was q 40. The beggar. who had been
standing in open-eyed and Opeu-mouthed
wonder. was told To meet his prospective
benetactor ON a downtown corner at
o'clock the next morning. and the whole
party We're to meet at the place where the
bet was made in the evening at o'clock.
At the set time the other three parties
10 the bet met on the corner appointed for
the deciding of the wager. At . o'clock
alone
Where's Your Sl5 beggar. George?" in
quired the others.
Eve left him in charge OF my valet"
returned George. Hen be here soon
now"
Five, ten fifteen minutes the party
waited. George showing increasing signs
OF nervousness The others had begun to
banter him, when young man rushed
around the corner and running up to
George, cried:
"Alr. -- that fellow you left with me
gave me the slip after getting his dinner,
and ] can't get any trace of him.
Well that's a nice thing returned
the gentleman. Then turning to his conc
panlOnS he continued: Boys. how are
we going to settle this? Here's my man
tells me that our beggar, having got al
NC ''utN "uN W me, mas llAteu army
hence"
Jokes on you, old man" You lose"
You're bound to produce the man: that
was part OF the bet" Come, pay up like
little man, George"
"Oh. | don't know, retorted George.
pointing to the man who had brought the
news. Gentleman, let me introduce to
you my reha affiliated beggar. utted out
at an entire expense of less than $50. 10
l VIM"
The other three looked in surprise ami
ama2ement at the supposed valet ana
could hardly believe that the neatly, al
most sprucely. attired individual now grin.
ming cheerfully at them was the tramp
OF the night before. He wore taunty
straw hat, a comfortable looking loose
gray sack suit a colored neglige shirt.
wel-tied bow necktie. a pair of tan shoes
and prevailing air of entire respectable
ity.
You win" said the three in a breath,
''if you did IL within the price"
Producing a slip of paper, he handed It
to his companions, The account was as
follows;
New-York tribune., 1894-06-12
pOPTLdR IO1N NEEDED.

~ this Democratic Congress were governed
by patriotism or by comm0n-scnsc what would
# do? On the instant II would postpone the
corrupt Bill OF Sale with It's aDOminatiOns aud
It's menace 10 American Industries, and take
up the bill providing for a popular loan 10 re-
nlnnlsh the Treasury ard save the currency OF
the country from possible discredlt and dsOr-
der one week more Of gold exports rs large
os those Of last week would reduce the gold
reserve for redemption OF notes about rs low
os II was at any time last January. Great dis
oster was then deferred only because the Treas
ury had succeeded in borrowing $JO,OuO.OOO
from New-Yorlx bankers, who had strong hopes
that the business Of the country might be speed
fly revived.
The recovery then hoped for has not come
It has been demonstrated by months Of trying
experience thai mere removal Of anxiety about
the currency does not restore Industries which
the pending Tariff bill threatens with dcstruc-
tion. No body Of men now has overpowcr-
Ing motive to help Treasury which does not
helm itself Nothing can be more plain than
that the Administration could stop the disorder
OF Industries and the depression Of business at
any time by directing two or three Of It's trusted
servants In the Senate to vote for postponemcnt
of all tariff agitation and for immediate conSid-
GRAFTON Of a popular loan. IL the President and
Secretary refuse what reason have they To hope
that bankers and business men, 10 whom the
pcndlng bin with its income tax Is an outrage
Gus menace, will help them through IN cmcr-
gcncy? The Administration may we'll I'M
dcrstand that II II persists In warfare upon the
interests Of all Eastern States by Its income
tax. II will have 10 bear by Itself the disgrace
Of embarrassment and possible bankruptcy of
the Treasury ia consequence Of Its conduct.
The optimism OF the Administration is hard
10 comprehend In January II was wild with
anxiety because the gold reserve fell below
S15OOOOOO That reserve Is lower now, and
there are many signs of public apprehension
and distrust, but the Sugar and Whskey trusts
have gained what they wanted, and the public
revenue may take care of Itself In truth the
behavior OF the Administration does not seem
to manifest any strong desire TO avert the
degradation OF the currency to silver basis.
Notwithstanding all the exports OF gold, not
withsianding the withdrawal OF funds from
many OF the banks, and the failure of some I'M
portant firms because OF prolonged business
depression, the Administration continues TO
urge the passage Of revenue bill which must
result through legallzed plundering by the
New-York tribune., 1894-06-12
TWELVE PAGES.
4HL NEWS THIS MORNING.

Eoreign.-Muley Hassan. Sultan Of Morocco Is
dead. his son Mulai Abdul has been proclaimed
Sultan. - An outline of the proposed Ia
waiian Constitution was made public -
Nearly 400 guests attended the reception on Vhe
cruiser Chicago at Gravesend
Congress Both houses in session. - sem
ete: Three schedules of the Tariff bill Were rushed
through at lightning speed; they included large
measure Of protection for the cotton manuiac-
-urers of the South and the collar ana Gun
manufacturers of Troy. == House: NO business
of general interest was transacted 1t being DIS
trict day.
Domestic The conference Of miners and oper-
e.ors at Columbus Ohio. agreed on a COM
promise wage scale OF 60 cents ton IN ONO
and 60 cents in Pennsylvania; strikers continued
their lawless destruction OF railroad properly III
Ohio and Alabama =-; The final drill and
dress parade Of the class Of "a took place AZ
the West Point Military Academy; the grada-
ating hop was given in the evening ---- An
entire village was destroyed and large amount
of timber burned by forest fires in Michigan
- The Yale Athletic Union voted to send a
team 10 England 70 meet the oxford athletes
CITY and Suburban.-Richard Croker hurried of
TO Europe to escape the possibility Of having 10
On on the witness stand before the Lexow Com
rittee and meeting the fate OF George +. Roesch.
- The trial of Police Captain James X. Price
was begun. ==-- The John j. OBrien Associa-
ton had a dinner at the Hotel Brunswick --
The New-YorlI baseball team beat Louisville 5 TO
g. Brooklyn defeated Cincinnati, II 70 II. --
The Patterson George Bliss County Committee
adopted resolutions IN favor Of a straight Re
publican city ticket. 60 The hottest June II in
tWenty-three years was recorded yesterday the
official thermometer registering 80 degrees at
1890 p. m. The trial Of Erastus Wiman
was begun. - Winners ct Morris Park: Ad
die W. b, St. Maxim. Stonenell, The CommOner
Arab. - Stocks were excessively dull but
generally heavy and lower in spite OF renewed
''bull" manipulation in sugar. Foreign exchange
ruled strong. permitting an engagement OF
s1,OOO0OO gold for export. Money on call was
abundant at per cent
The Weather.-Forecast for to-day Fair, con-
tinued high temperature Temperature yeser-
day: Lowest. II degrees; highest. SO; average,
New-York tribune., 1894-06-12
STIR LORE.

plttsburg IL not perceptlbly nearer 20 the
Planet Mars than Kalamazoo. and It's gaseous
envelope Is not so favorable medium through
which 10 observe the phenomena presented by
that remote and rosy star as the clearer air
which overhangs the Western city. Yet IL seems
10 know more about the Typographical. meteoro-
logical and other conditions OF that Interesting
orb than any other place on either hemisphere
and SO powerful Is the pressure Of sdereal infOr-
nation there that volumes OF II are forced into
IN. n.wsuapers expanding them like balloons In
preparation for voyages of interstellar dis
covery They are distended almost TO the point
OF rupture with reports Of the Martian polar
snowstorrn. covering an area Of barometrical de-
preston somewhat larger than Russia and Euro
pcan Turkey combined, and also with new facts
and conjectures concerning the famous system
OF canals which appear upon that extraordinary
planet and yield TO astronomical measurement
results OF latitude and longitude throwing all
sublunar performances OF the sors into the shade.
What is a mere shallow ditch and rband OF
water Tx. the Erie. or the Languedocian. or that
Of Corlnth or Suez or Panama when 1t Is fin
iebed I'm comparison with n channel 5000 miles
long and 45O wide. the estimated dimensions OF
ana of th. Martial canals? Not only are they OF
such UNPARALLELED length and capacity. but there
are an immense number OF them more than can
be- reconcied with any other planetary industry
than that OF indiscrmnate frog-raising for SO
many could never be required for ornament, az
I'm Holland or commerce. az In other parts OF the
world. The speculatlons OF Pittsburg science con-
cerning them involve a consideration OF their In
dustral origin and seem to proceed upon the
theory OF geological and anthropologcal con-
dItons there similar to our own.
But II is not at all certain that even II there is
any animal life Mars at all. It's ruling and
dominant figure Is like that which we send to
Congress and make bishops of, and contemplate
variously as man. the imperial shape that long
ago stepped forth out OF unlit spaces of chaos
and began to multiply his generations under the
New-York tribune., 1894-06-12
PERSONAL.

Mrs Eva NJ Backman. who is the Police Com
missioner OF I.eavenworh Kan, is the editor and
nroprletor OF "A Popullst paper called THE Labor
Ne,.s" She IL twenty seven years DID, and gener-
oiiv dresses I'm some neutratinted. clinglng stun
She believes that right ought to conquer wrong. and
advocates reform
Little Ferida the nine-year-old daughter of Emln
pacba. Is living quietly In Berlin. lady who re-
Gently saw her says 'She Is well grown for her
aye. OF slender figure. with dark. crisp curling hair
and lovely dark eyes. Her skin Is hardly much
darker than that OF Spanish or italian Children
her nose Is finely cut. and only the mouth and chin
show her Abyssnian blood. She Is very INDUSTRIOUS
studyIng English and the principal elementary
branches Her instruction she receives entirely In
German She Is very fond OF her Aunt Meaine
under whose special care she Is. and Will mud COM
pensation In this affection when old enough to un-
derstand that 'papa's coming home, or which she
often speaks. Is never TO be realized.
An exceptionally large number OF artists were
born or reared In Onondaga County. Among them
may be mentioned Herbert Herkomer. George Lor-
New-York tribune., 1894-06-12

other ten by the Legislature This body, 1or
which there Is no American precedent or anal
ogy. will perform functions similar to those OF
Advisory Councils In certain British colonies
II will be a Court OF Pardons. and VIII nave
extraordinary powers in emergencies. Inc
President is 10 be elected for six years, ana VIII
not be eligible for reelection.
The Brazilian system Of educational suffrage
IS adopted All voters must be able to read ana
write either the English or the Hawaiian IAN
cuage. This qualification with the privileged
electorate created for the election OF Senator'S
IS designed to keep political power in the hands
of the educated landowners. The Constitutions
nj Convention will probably modify the drait
at many points, and possibly convert 1t mo
a more pliablc instrument OF oligarclicai rule.