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Asheville daily citizen., 1894-11-21
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The q bah aats Of Popl who work
hard sg liz AVgally 6eder TO pay
their taxes honestly must b highly
gratified to learn that they have been
wearing their fingers TO the bone to
assist William Edwards, IN inmate OF
their workhouse, to become 20 fst that
it takes him half IN hour to stoop to
pick up pin and another half hour to
raise himself to the perpendicular. says
the London Telegraph. And after the
herculesn exertion he becomes 20 ex-
hausted that he requires to spend the
next hour In slumber to recruit hia
shattered force. He tried to induce
the authorities to accept theory he
had worked out, which proved that the
trouble Of getting out Of bed in the
morning was 20 enfeebling that In his
case 1t should be omitted from the
days arrangements and his food be
sent up to his bedside.
When the workhouse master declined
to acknowledge the correctness Of this
deduction, Edwards endeavored to car
ry his pet idea into effect surrepti'
tiously by crawling in corner to en-
joy q nap. Never once was the ques'
tion asked: "Where's Edwards?" with
out receiving the response, not from
the person Immediately concerned, and
always correct: "Asleep, SIR"
This prodigy, who puts all other fst
boys in the shade, is only twenty and
weighs about twenty-one stone, and
his cheeks are so fat that he has not fol
years seen his nose. And yet somt
people say that the poor law system Il
failure. The other day, when 1t wa
rather hot, q special staff attempted x
keep Edwards awake, and failed, 30 tn,
sleeper was brought before the Thame'
magistrate charged with neglectinf
his work. He then admitted that h,
felt drowsy after the good dinner will
which the ratepayers kindly supplied
him, and if he did oversleep himself ,
little he ''axed parding." Mr.. Dickin
son said the youth was apparently to-
we'll nourished, and sent him to jail 70
seven days as tonic for an overfet
and oversight system,
Asheville daily citizen., 1894-11-21
HEARS WITH HIS LEGS.
The Singular Accomplishment Of . Deaf
Telegraph Operator.


The novelty Of q telegraph operator
who can scarcely hear . locomotive
whistle working day after day at his
instrument is one Of the marvels pre-
ssnted at telegraph station near this
city, says the Pittsburgh Commercial
Gazette. The man is about twenty
eight years old. He has been deaf
since he was about three years Of age
as the result Of an attack Of scarlet
fever.
Being SO extremely hard Of hearing,
the child's sense Of touch was developed
to the degree usually possessed by
blind persons The slightest tap upon
table or upon wall, the rolling Of .
wagon wheel along the street, and all
similar sounds were conveyed to him
by the consequent vibrations.
When about twelve years Of age he
undertook the study of telegraphy.
Being favorite with the operator at
his home, he was given the run Of the
Office. All the mystic signs, dots and
dashes Of the profession were explained
to him. Day after day he could be
seen sitting at the table with his knees
pressed against it or resting his elbow
upon 1t. He was literally feeling the
messages as they were licked of over
the wire. Being naturally quick, II
was but short time until he was able
to correctly read any message coming
into the Office. Sending came Just a
easy, and to-day, after sixteen years
service at the key and sounder, he Il
just as fne an operator as there is in
the country. OF late years his hearing
has improved to such an extent that he
can easily hear the sounder. but the
old habit Of listening with his knee OF
elbow still clings to him, and that il
the way all his messages are read.
Asheville daily citizen., 1894-11-21
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Ths polar I'd Is %soe ,piS
nal; the twc hhs ber ly sn}p-
gethef for soml (time aftef they k1ve
left the mother, 1t in later life, -
rule, each travels BY itself. About the
subject Of the polar bear's courage and
ferocity, the author Of polar Bear
Shooting" says there u : great d.
vergence Of opinion, attributable 70
the different circumstances In which II
has been met
II happened Seversl times during the
German expedition 10 the east coast Of
Greenland, In lse0-70, that the crew
were attacked BY bears, and one Of the
men, Bergen by name. was once
dragged . considerable distance.
He had been out In the evening to
read the thermometer, which was
placed on land, and while on his, way
back to the vessel wsa suddenly st-
tackled by bear. Having no time TO
aim, he tried to frighten IL with the
bull's-eye lantern which he carried;
but without taking the slightest NO
tice Of this, the bear threw him down,
bit him In the head, and then started
TO drag him away.
His cries were heard and his friends
hastened to his assistance. On hearing
the shots, which were fred with the
intention Of frightening It, tho bear
retired . few PAGES, but returned and,
seizing the man again, dragged him
with him at gallop over the uneven
ice. At last 1t ran away for good.
Bergen was badly wounded, but
thanks to his thick fur cap, his head
escaped being crushed.
In other cases the polar bear hal
been known to be easily frightened.
One Of DR.. Kane's followers, who
was awakened by the growing Of Z
bear which had put its head in at the
tent door, resorted to the expedient o.
thrusting q box Of lighted sulphu,
matches under It's nose. The beal
msgnanimously forbore to avenge thu
insult and took itself OF.
Asheville daily citizen., 1894-11-21
PEPPER BROKE UP THE DANCE.


Fled the Hail.
When the dance Of the st. Augustine
society was nicely under way . mild
''ker-chew" was heard from the center
Of the room, says the Hartford Cour.
ant.
Il am afraid you are taking cold,
dear, I will ehut1
"Ah.ker-choo, Ah-ker.ehoo!" came in
high soprano tones.
~ will shut the win"
"Kerchool Oh, I never-chew, ker.
choo!" was the only answer, and with
tears streaming from her eyes she
started to say II wasn't the cold that
made her sneese, when her male escort
startled her with = loud bass:
"Ker-cheeuw, Ker-chool I, ah, OH
This was very quickly followed by
three "kercheeouws" in higher key.
Then there burst forth . storm Of ker'
cheow chorus from all over the room.
Some ono had scattered cay yenne pepper
on the floor, and as tho dancers whirled
1t made them sneezA This quickly
broke up the dance, the dancers aeeine
from the hall.
Asheville daily citizen., 1894-11-21

NORTH CAROLINA Republicans are
sharply censured by the St. Louis Globe
Democrat for their alliance with the
Populists. Better no United States
Senator's" it saws. "than the surrender
OF grain of Republican honor and hon
esty." There was no surrender; it was
case Of being swallowed whole.
Asheville daily citizen., 1894-11-21
Hooks Not Needed.

Mullet fishing by night In the Ches-
apeake is exciting sport. A small bost
Is used and a light is placed In the
stern. When . school Of the fish II
sighted near shore the boat Is rapidly
rowed toward them until they arc
driven ashore. Once they feel the land
beneath them they begin 70 leap
toward the light. Then the boat 10 de-
pressed on the shoreward side, 20 q to
bring the other side high above the
water. The consequence is that many
OF the fish leap directly into the boat,
md nrc thus talsAn
Asheville daily citizen., 1894-11-21

Only eoe persons In 1,ooosooo die from
senility, while 1,200 suocumb TO gout,
ls,40o TO measles, $1,000 to apoplexy,
1000 to erysipelas, 1850 to consump'
tion, 5000 to scarlet Ssver, $1,000 tc
whooping cough, 5000 70 typhoid and
typhus and 1000 TO Rheumatism. Thu
averages vary according to locality,
but these arc deemed pretty sccurat
- regards the population Of Tho glob(
~ q whole.
Asheville daily citizen., 1894-11-21
A Dst,.sssi <,ddisy.

The -grapple" plant, botanical Cd
dity which grows only along the edge!
Of the Kalahart desert, has the general
resemblance Of an immense starAsh
Each ray or arm Of this vegetable curl
osity II provided with natural grab
Aooln," /" and Il = sAecp gets TOO near !.
tslilnly to Be caught BY the wool snd
held tilI u dies.
Asheville daily citizen., 1894-11-21

Thurbcr Pretends to be Devllish.
From the Washington Post.
When Secretary Thurbsr was asked II
the President would say anything on the
result. he answered:
without wishing to be profane. what
the devil 10 th.rc to saw"
Asheville daily citizen., 1894-11-21

From the Washington Star.
"Weeinald, we must blnckball him.
We cawu't have him in the club. you
know"
"Twue, twue. He's good fellow. but
he's shop keepab. And we've got to
have some place wheah We WON'T meet
ouah cweditors, don't you knowi'
Asheville daily citizen., 1894-11-21
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER p, 1894,

We read Mr.. Parsons prophecy in
the Sunday Charlotte Observer, and
now express the deliberately formed
opinion at the sign ature is accurate.
Asheville daily citizen., 1894-11-21
SLEEPING GAR SERVICE.

Nos I / and ~ Sleeping Cars between kich-
Pullman slespipg car between New York,
Asheville and Hot Springs being haHd ed Oh
Nos. II and 12 on K. and b and ". n. &.
divisions. Pullman Sleeping Car between
Trains Nos Is, ~, - and 9 solid trains
bet tween Ashevilic and Columbia. connecting
at Columbia with 8. c R'y for Charleston
and r G. & P Ry for Savannah, Jacksonville
and all Florida points. Pullman slecpers on
VILE and Hot springs. -
WA TURK, US 8 H. HARDWICK,
Genr Pass. Agt. Asst Gen't Rass AIT,
Washington ID. c. Atlanta Ga.
" 3 M'BEE. Genl Supt., Columbia, s. c.
I'M CULP, Traffic Manager, Washington,
W. H. GREEN. Ceur Manager. Washington.
Asheville daily citizen., 1894-11-21
OFFICIAL COURTESY j..

Judge Dicks complaint that Mayor
Patton did not first inform him of the
serious overcro wding of the county jail
with United States prisoners aud then
wait reasonable, time to see il the
abuse would be remedicd. does not ap-
pear directly from the order made by
the Judge yesterday, but it may be ip
ferred from the tone o. the introduction,
the trimmings, so to speak, OF that or
der. The Judge apparently has some
natural indignation to heing pilloried in
all the churches as he was last Sunday.
1t would have been at least official cour
tesv to have made the complaint directly
to him, aud we think Mayor Patton
should have done so.
We cannot see that Judge Dick is
greatly blamable in the matter anyway,
except i a that he did not at once make "A
move when the facts came out in THE
CITIZEN last Thursday. The Mayor will
hardly expect OF the Judge OF the Federal
court that he shall visit the county jail
daily and see that his prisoners are made
comfortable for the night; and we feel
certain that if the deputy marshals who
accompanied prisoners TO the all, and
who must have seen that it was over
crowded. had reported the fact to the
court, steps would have at once been
taken to remedy the matter. Indced, it
sis wonder that it did not ccur to
the jailer to report that he was being
overloaded. The explanation of this is,
probably, that it has occurred before
and escaped notice. as this ovcrcrowd.
ing would have done if had not been re.
vealed bv the chance visit OF member
of the State Board OF Health.
THE SOUTHERN STATES
The Kansas blackman., 1894-06-22
The Hatch an, Discussion Opens.

The ant-options bill has been launched
npon its congressional voyage. Mr.. Hatch
opened the debate with a speech in favor
Of the bill.
There was not single provision in the
bill which had not received the approval OF
every board of trade in the country in its
charter or rules or regulations, which re-
luired the actual delivery of articles pur-
chased for future delivery. This bill would
compel this delivery honestly and in good
faith and would oblige boards of trade to
enforce their own regulations which they
had built up on an elaborate system OF
When Mr.. Hatch's time expired, Mr..
Warner, Dem, n. Y) delivered vigor-
Gus speech against the bill, in which he
maintained it was ostensibly drawn in the
interest of the farmer. but careful read
ing showed that it ''had been monkeyed
with by some one who was thousand times
more miller than the gentleman from
Missouri WIS farmer"
Mr. Bryan, of Nebraska, considered it
bill to prevent gambling in farm products
and ii was unjust to his constituents (who
we're mostly farmers) that other men should
have the right to affect the price of their pro-
ducts if they had taken the risk of rain,
drouth. grasshoppers and chinch bugs.
There was no difference between the action
of the burglar who went to a mans house
and robbed him of his goods and the ac-
ton of the man who, on the stock exchange.
drove down the Erce of another mans pro-
duct and thus deprived him of so much to
which he is Justly entitled
The Kansas blackman., 1894-06-22
Some Changes Accepted.

WASHINGTON. D. c.. June 21.-Several
notifications proposed by republican sena-
tors to different paragraphs of the tariff
bill we're accepted by Senator Jones on behalf
of the finance committee and the demo-
cratic side of the house. Among these were
the reciprocity provision admitting buck
wheat, corn, corn meal oats, rye, rye flour,
wheat and wheat -four free of duty from
such countries as imposed no import duty
on such products from the United States
and a request 10 place eggs on the dutia BILE
list at cents a dozen.
Apples, green dried, etc., heretofore placed
on The dutiable list, we're striken from the
free list. The committee amendment, strik-
ing from the free list beef, mutton and pork,
which have been placed on the 'dutiable list
at 20 per cent. was agreed to. Senator PEI
fer moved also to strike out "bacon and
hams" The effect of the amendment will
be to make bacon and hams dutiable at 20
per cent. The amendment was agreed to
without objection.
The Jones amendment, adding manila
twine to the paragraph placing binding
twine on the free list was agreed to.
The Kansas blackman., 1894-06-22

CHICAGO. June 2O.-A special to the Times,
from Cincinnati, says gigantic conspiracy
to corner the coal market by bribing strik-
ing coal miners has developed here. Large
holders Of coal in Chicago sent an agent to
this city to engineer the scheme, and he Of
fered representative of the mines $4,000
to stay out until October. June 8, Mayor
Montgomery, of Montgomery City, West
Virginia, received the following telegram: !:
Keep miners out at all hazards, unless
they get the price. Will furnish $4,000 i'll
provisions and meet you in Cincinnati any
time" Mayor Montgomery arranged to
meet the Chicago agent here. With Mont
gomery came Mayor William Sharp of the
Forest Hill mines, Captain EnOch Couch,
of Charleston and several Kanawha valley
miners. Before leaving for home Mont
gomery telegraphed ahead to the miners,
stating that he would lay the Chicago pro-
position before them.
The plan is for the Hooking Valley min
ers to stay out also. Operators threaten
prosecution to the full extent of the law for
conspiracy. Before leaving Montgomery
said
There is no limit to the amount of money
Chicago people are willing to spend. Their
representatives rendered me a certified
check for $4,000. He said there would be
plenty more money for the miners, and he
would have given me $4,000 for myself. if
had agreed to engineer the thing through"
Operators of the Chesapeake & Ohio and
New River coal fields, are affected. The
pames Of the spectators are unknown
haT
The Kansas blackman., 1894-06-22
AMONG KANSAS CHURCH PEOPLE.

Five voung men and ten young la
dies were confirmed in the Jewish syn
aeogue at Leavenworth on Sunday.
The annual Sunday school convention
of the Christian churches of Kansas was
held in Kansas City. Kan. More thar
$50 delegates were present. Next years
convention will be held the first week in
June at Belolt.
"a praise and prayer meeting 1000
miles long," is what Will Simpson, Of
the Santa Fe, calls the excursion of ths
Kansas Baptist Young Peoples union
to Toronto.
Cooper college of Sterling will prob
ably receive $4,000 or $4,000 out of an
appropriation of $4,000 recently made
by the United Presbyterian general as
sembly for the support of their educa-
tional institutions.
Topeka Capital: De Pauw univer-
sitv of Greencastle, Indiana, has con-
ferred the honorary degree of Doctor Of
Divinity by unanimous vote upon Rev.
A. S. Embree, pastor of the First M. E.
church of this city, the news coming Ia
DIR. Embree from the dean of the uni
versity, Rev. H. A. Goblin, formerly
president of Baker university at Bald
win. DR. Embree is a graduate of De
Pauw.
The Kansas blackman., 1894-06-22
rhir.y-Five committeeman.

The Kansas republ can central COMMITTEES
met in Topeka, June 19 and following days
to organize and confer upon campaign plans
The committee consists of one man fol
each judicial district of the state; thirty five
in all. They are.
Charles F. johnson, Oskaloosa.
j. NJ. Chism, Atchison.
w. E. Sterne. Topeka.
J. J. Cox, Lawrence
j. L. Senior, Waverly.
j. NJ. Humphrey, Fort Scott.
T. F. Stover. lola.
George A. Clark. Junction City.
A. L. Green, Newton.
I. ]. Hayes, Osawatomie
L. 5. Crum OswegO.
J. A. Mosher, Belleville.
George c. Armstrong, Moline
George Hycke, Ellsworth.
J. c. Postlethwait, Jewell City.
w. S. Kenyon, Hodgeman.
J. R. Sedgwick. Mcdonald.
John Reilly. Wichita.
T. A. Hubbard, Rowe.
George H. Burr Stafford.
S. III. Fox. Manhattan.
Cyrus Leland, Troy.
K. E. Wilcockson, Oakley.
T. c. Raney, Harper.
]. NJ. Simpson, Mcpherson.
w. S. Martin. Eureka.
B. NJ. Wright, Dodge City.
M. Albaugh, Kingman.
]. F. Getty, Kansas City.
S. B. Tom1inson, Minneapolis.
w. H. Young, Meade.
q. A. Skate, Liberal.
w. H. Bum, Rush Center.
Joseph A. Gill, Colby.
n. W. Reddick, ST. Marys.
The Kansas blackman., 1894-06-22
The "Rlack Death"

SAN Francisco, CAL, June 20-The
steamer Belgic has arrived here with full de-
tails of the black plague now raging at
Hong Kong.
About 500 new cases had been reported
within week and there have been 400
deaths
News from Canton, where the plague
started, states that the deaths now average
200 day. During March and April they
averaged 500 daily. Although the fact that
the ''hlack death was raging in Canton be-
came known only about month ago, it ap-
pears that the disease started as long ago as
last February and has been epidemic ever
since. The plague is spreading to the country
districts about Canton and 10 neighboring
cities.
About the only measures taken in Canton
to stay the progress of the disease are those
adopted By the priests. who march through
the streets chanting incantations and sprink-
ling holy water. A huge mass representing
dragons head is also carried about the
city accompanied by prodigious beating
| of gongs and drums.
The Kansas blackman., 1894-06-22
STOCK AND FARM.

The LaCygne Journal is maintaining
a chinch bug infection station for the
benefit of farmers in the vicinity. More
than 100 patches of diseased bugs have
been sent out.
The election on the herd law question
held June in Comanchc county result
ed in keeping the herd law as it is. The
vote was close. This will undoubtedly
stop the free range agitation in this
county.
From Ottawa comes a special which is
but sample; such reports coming from
nearly every county of the state It
says: A series of heavy showers has
been of great benefit to crops of all
kinds. The prospect for corn has never
been better in the history of the county.
Dickinson county farmers commenced
harvest two weeks earlier than usual,
saws letter from Abilene. The wheat
varies greatly in qualitY--some fields
showing a fine yield, others being
moved for hay in order to get some re-
turn for them. On the whole fair av-
erage yield is looked for by experienced
farmers.
Garden City Imprint: J. NJ. Scott, Of
Bolton, Mo-, was here looking after the
work on the Scott & March ranch near
Knauston. They have about 200 acres
seeded to alfalfa this spring and the
ground plants are just out of the
ground. With good rain soon they will
get a good stand This will give them
nearly whole section of this profitable
clover. Mr.. Scott will probably bring
out 200 thoroughbred COWS for the
ranch this season. The cows will be
held on the ranch during the summer
and full fed on the ranch during the
winter A few years from now and most
of the farmers will have good herds.
Topeka Journal: N. T. Dalton has re-
turned from trip northeast of the city
to Thompsonville. On the road he
stopped at four different wheat fields
which had the appearance of being near
ly ready to harvest, and cut bundle of
the grain in each of the fields. In every
case the wheat is almost worthless, hav-
ing been killed by the frosts. Many
farmers notice their fields turning brown
as if the grain were ripening, but on .ex-
animation find that the heads are I'M
filed and the grain not worth harvest
ing. The wheat that is not situated in
low bottom land has not suffered from
the frost but the chinch bugs have done
great deal of damage and some fields
have been cut for feed.
The Kansas blackman., 1894-06-22

Pleasanton Observer: Since the strike
among miners throughout the country,
the Memphis road is doing a business in
hauling coal unequalled before in its
history, the product coming from Pitts
burg, Kan.
The 1000 Santa Fe picnickers who
went from Topeka to Kansas City re-
ported fine time on their return. The
rain there began about $50 and came
down in torrents, but this did not mar
the festivities, for the picnickers repaired
to the buildings or che park grounds,
where they enjoved themselves dancing.
The Kansas City Journal says: The
picnickers arrived over the Santa Fe at
8 O'Clock, ther e being twenty eight coach
loads and nearly 1000 in number. a.
large portion went directly to the park
while many others stopped down town
and spent the forenoon shopping. At
the park thu usual picnic enjoYments
were indulged in until the storm came
up, when the crowd took refuge in the
spacious pavilion. where they had
good time dancing 10 the music furn-
ished by tho park band until 6 o'clock.
when the first section Of the train pulled
out. followed by tbs second secticn al
7:30 O'Clock
1t costs the Rock Island eIO0 cav
To operate each Of its three rain making
outfits.
The much-talked-Of extension OF the
NJ. K and T. railroad southeast through
the rich coal fields Of Crawford county
is no longer conjecture but certain
ty. Chief Engineer Cary A. Wilson, Of
the NJ, +. d T. has received orders from
headquarters TO commence the survey
from Parsons and Col. Wilson started
a corps OF men ont over ihs proposed
line The work. it is understood, will
be pushed To speedy completion.
The plans and specifications for the
new general Office building 10 b erected
by the NJ. X 4 r. in Kansas. il is said.
have been completed and are ready for
the inspection and approval of General
Manager Purdy. II viii bs handsons
structure
Topeka Journal: The contract for
building the foundation for the nev
Santa Fe hospital was awarded to
Cuthbert ( Sargent ot this city br the
board of managers There we're seven
ether b'as. The excavation il csfrn.
pleted and work on the foun5stioa be
gun.
The Kansas blackman., 1894-06-22
Leland. and BristOw Chosen.

TOPEKA. KAN, June 21.-The newly elected
republican committee met here and con-
cluded the following organization: Chair
man, Cyrus Leland, Jr. secretary, Joseph
L. Bristow: assistant secretary, Frank Flen-
niken; treasurer, P. /. Bonebrake. The
chairman announced the following executiv We
committee: Charles F. Johnson, w. E.
Sterne, J.. NJ Humphrey, J. J. Cox. L. s.
Crum, J. Q. Postlethwait, J. NJ. Simpson,
Morton Albaugh, j. B. Tomlinson, G. H.
Burr and K. E. Wilcockson.
1t is the intention of the committee to Sc
lect an active working sub committee of five
members. 1t was agreed that the chairman
of the central committee, Hon. Cyrus Le-
land. act as chairman of the executive COM
mitta6