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Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1895-08-21

incl IL diameter. 1t has been sug-
gested thst the farmers of the region
mentioned might occupy their leisure
time In cutting the stones as is done in
Bohemia. Large crystals of a kind OF
garnet not fine enough for gems, some
of them weighing twenty pounds, have
been found in Burke County, North
Carolina, aud in Rabun County,
Georgia. They might be utilized for
cutting into dishes or cups. Many of
them are transparent IN part. Tons
of them have been crushed 10 make
emery" and the sandPaper called
garnet paper" Alaska garnets are
wen known for their remarkably per-
feet crystals. They occur III quantl-
ties near Fort Wrangel. A most IN
teresting and peculiar kind OF garnet
termed ''spessartite' has been dug up
in the mica mines of Amelia County,
Virginia. One stone of ninety-six
carats when cut was secured. Now
that these mica mines 7 closed, tins
gem, never found anywhere else, Will
become very rare.
Another kind of gem exclusively
American is the 'hiddenite" Of North
Carolina. u was first obtained accl-
dentally in mining for emeralds, but
digging disclosed it in veins OF the
ROCKS. The CRYSTALS are very trans
parent and ~lustrous. Gems have been
cut from them up 10 two and a half
carats in weight. Such a stone was
sold for 500. while many others have
brought in the market from $40 to
500 q carat. About 5000 worth OF
them have been taken ont mp to date.
When first introduced they had a con-
siderable sale because of their nov
city and from the newspaper noto-
riety which they gained through a
controversy as to their true dlseoy'
erer.-Mail and Express.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1895-08-21

t. g; doubtful whether any man on
either side of the Atlantic knows more
directly and personally concerning the
problem Of the roor than the Rev.
samuel A. Barnett, the founder of
Tovnoee Hall; and Mr.. Barnett thus
closes "a recent article In the Fort
NIGHTLY Review ON The Unemployed Wy
eli tomorrow everyone who cares Tor
the poor would become the friend Of
one poor psrs1n-torsaking all others
there would next week be no lnsolu-
bile problem of the unemployed, and
London would be III measurable DIS
lance of becoming a city OF happy
homes. lem not so ssnsulne as Mr..
Barnett; think there are other social
and industrial remedies 10 DE applied;
but this personal friendship OF the
veu -to-io Tor the poor is fundamental.
Out of it all other remedies would
crow without 1t al other remedies
Win be IN vain. A basket OF coal ac-
coapanied by q grip OF the hand WI
carry more warmth than two baskets
of coal sent by an inpersonal ticket
Rev. Or. Lyman Abbott, II the
Forum.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1895-08-21
Mystery of the SunfOwer.

"While Kansas is preparing to cele-
brate her thirty-third birthday there
IS one fact about that State that Is a
mystery" said A. C. Csperton at
Hurst's. - refer to sunhowers-
something that sprinkles spots OF gold
all over Kansas, and has given 1t the
name OF the Sunhower State. The
mystery is that nobody knows where
the Kansas sunhower came from.
Uncle John Thorpe, who was in charge
of the Horticultural Department OF the
Worlds Fair, says that these sunfow-
ers have grown wild in Kansas for 80
years, but the most careful research
by floriculturists has failed to find
out who brought them there. The
original home of the sunfower Is in
Asia, but a mystery fingers around
the Kansas variety. st. Louis Re-
public.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1895-08-21
Boston's Plan for Fighting Fires.

The Fire Commissioner OF Boston
recommend 4 plan for using water
from the harbor to extinguish fires II
the business part of the city. 1t is
proposed to lay mains throughthe dis
trict and, in case of fire, to force
water into them with the two fire boats.
These two boats, one of which has
been built and an appropriation made
for the second, have a combined
capacity OF 1900 gallons Of water a
minute. This would equal twenty
four second-size land engines and
would furnish sufficient pressure any
where in the district for ten streams
for each boat. A plan somewhat
similar is already in use in Cleveland
and Detroit. 1t would seem to re-
commend itself to all cities whose fresh
water supply is seriously impaired by
droughts. Baltimore Sun
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1895-08-21
Australia's Prolific Gold Fields.

Australian advices show that the
gold hunger continues to tempt men
to face the terrors of thirst and heat
in the attempt to cross the trackless
and waterless waste guarding the
treasures of the Coolgerdie region.
Though several thousand persons have
gathered about Coolgardie, so i'm.
mense is the auriferous area that only
the most cursory search has yet been
made. At points oil over the terri
tory of $4,000 square miles gold has
been found, both %alluviAl and in reefs,
and it is only the fatal absence OF
water which has prevented the estab-
lishment of the greatest mining camp
of the world.
Reports of finds by some explorers
read like fairy tales. Almost the only
means of separating the gold in the
drifts has been by blowing, yot Bay
ley, the d~iscoverer Of Coolgardie, tells
how, in about q month. his party col
lected nearly 200 ounces, and that at
last coming on the reef they collected
fifty ounces of gold in one evening. In
another two days they took 600 ounce
from the cap of n reef, and in still an
other forty hours they gathered 52s
ounces, the only means for extracting
the gold being ''to knock the stuff ont
and dolly it with a pestle and mortar. ."
The want of water, however, u
rounds the gold fields like a wall Of FIRE,
and efforts are being made by the
government of the colony to find sub
~terranean reservoirs. San Francisco
Examiner.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1895-08-21
A Medieval Strong Nan.

Louis de Boufaers, who lived in the
sixteenth century, could break n bar
of iron with his hands. The stronges.
man could not take from him n ball
which he held between his thumb and
first finger. While standing up, With
no support Whatever, four strong sol
diers could not move him. He re
NAMED as firm as a rock. Sometimes
he amused himself by taking on his
shoulders his own horse, fully
harnessed, and viih that heavy load
he p~romensded the public square, to
the great delight of the inhabitants.
At about the same time there lived o
Spaniard named Pedro who could
break the strongest handouts that
could be put around his wrists. He
folded his arms on his chest and ten
men pulling in different directions
with ropes could not unfold them.
Augustus H., elector of Ssxony, was 2
man of great strength. He could carry
a man in his open hand. One night
he quietly threw out of q window 8
monk who paraded his palace, pretend
ing to be a ghost. Chicago Herald.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1895-08-21
4 Composite Poem.

A composite poem, with every line
or couplet bearing the name of some
one who has made more or less OF a
mark in the literary world is interest
ing. The Boston Globe has induceda
number of the literary stars of greater
or less magnitude in or near 1.-The
Hub" to contribute such a poem to
its columns. Here it is:
LIGHTS AND SHADOWS.
Would it were always summer, with long
light
Julia Ward Howe.
cor glorious day, undimmed by thoughts OF
night"
II. W. Higglnson.
Yet would one miss the glamor OF the moon.
Or after days strong light the dusk's soft
boon?
Louise Chandler Moulton.
''Yea %sunshine's best that man may walk
Alright"
james Jeffrey Roche.
But what were life without its budding
springs.
Ernest F. Fenalloss.
Or 10Y without the strength that sorrow
brings,
-(Mrs.) NJ. E. Blake.
Or flaming day forlorn Of moon-shot night
Ralph A. Cram.
Still ringing changes on the dark and light
I'm out Of thoughts and words-a dismal
plight!
katherine E.. Conway.
What odds if red suns dame or white moons
shine
To souls wherein lovedwells-a guest divinei
-(Mrs.) c. e. Whiton-Stone.
Wbr. ,.,a atarDal Rav-ona naoeaIaes Glitter.
To take things as they come TO me seems
filter.
-Yawcob Strauss.
Content alike in summer and in snow.
But bearing summer everywhere We 60
Richard Hovey.
Mrs. Howe, Mrs. Moulton, Colone'
Higginson and Miss Quincy are o!
course too we'll known to need intro
duction, as is Mr.. James Jeffrey Roche.
Professor Fenallosa is well known IL
Boston through a book of poems re-
Gently published. Mrs. Blake and
Mr.. Cram have achieved some fame as
amateur literateurs, and Miss Conway
is author OF a collection OF poems en-
titled"Dream of Lilies. Mrs. Wilton.
Stone has seen her poetry in print be
tween covers, and Mr.. Charles Follen
Adams, owner eff the nom de plume
'Yawcob Strauss and Mr.. Richard
Hovey are not without literary dis.
tinctiOn.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1895-08-21
Hor London,s Expenses are BOrne.

How L0nuOnS EXPENSES ait DoEuts
In England and France the injustice
Of compelling the inhabitants of the
capital. where the seat Of Government
is located. TO bear its entire expense,
is clearly recognized, and substantial
aid given. To ascertain the full amount
Of the cost of governing the city OF
London is difficult. The division of
the expense between the municipality
and the Government is 50 interviewer
as 10 make separation well nigh impOs-
sible. We may, however, reach an ap-
proximats idea of the amount by stat
ING the several things which are cared
for bv the State and paid for out of
the National treasury. The metropOl-
itan police supported by the Govern
meut musters 15,O25 officers and men,
snd is divided into twenty-five divis-
ions. OF which one division does duty
on the river Thames, and i've divisions
care for the dock yards; the pay OF
the six divisions thus assigned being
paid out of the appropriation for the
navy. The chief receives the sum OF
$40. 500 PEI aDnum, more than the
general commandingthe United States
Army, and as much as the Chief Justice
OF the Supreme Court of the United
States. He has several assistants, two
of whom receive $4,000 apiece; the
men receive about 500 per annum.
There are fifteen police court stations
supported bv the Government. The
Lord Mayor holds court IN one. The
Judges in each of the others receive
about $500 per annum. The ire bri-
cade Is largely supported by the State,
and cost, in 1892, El55, go, equal TO
about S75o.0JJ OF which amount the
insurance companies contributed go
O63. There are O great many hne
parks in London, some kept by the
city and others by the State. The
ROYAL Park cost 600, SAB. The Govern
meut collects from the people a tax
known as the local rate Is large part
of which goes TO London. In % 1t
amounted to 81, j97, 800, nearly S4O,-
coo. 600. The cost of governing the
city of London is about e3S, 600, OO0
a wear. OF this amount the Govern
meut sulvention, IS it is called,
amounted t. about $4,000, 000, al
though the British Government does
not own one-half of the land in Lon
don, as is the case with the Fedora
Government in Washingt1n.-Wash
ingtOl Star.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1895-08-21
THE sI1EN ONES.
Under the grassy sod.

Under the grassy sod.
Under the swaying willows.
Down meath the buds and flowers
Sleeping away the hours.
Far from the paths they trod,
They lie On their clayey pillows.
There at the dawn's first ~peeping.
There when the night comes weeping,
The silent ones are sleeping.
Under the drifting snow.
Down meath the naked branches
Under the rain and sleet.
Swift are the hours and fleet
Tar from the cares We know,
Safe from griefs a~valanches,
There at the dawn's irst peeping,
There when the night comes weeping,
The silent ones are sleeping.
Philadelphia Ledger.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1895-06-13
THEY SWING.
Lee Harris ana Abe Mitchell Pay the
Penalty.

Lee Harris and Abe Mitchell, noto-
rious murderers and desperadoes, whose
record in three months was two muir
ders and numerous other crimes, were
hanged in the Jail yard at Birmingham,
Ala, nj noon Friday for the murder of
Pleasant Merriweather, an aged grocer,
whose throat was cut in his store In the
outskirts OF the city one night last JAN
uary. Both men slept well Thursday
night and awoke praying and singing.
They seemed full OF religious enthusi-
asm. and when three thousand people
gathered about the iail Just before the
hour Of execution, the murderers asked
Sheriff Morrow to admit them, and
contrary 60 custom he threw the jail
ward gates wide open and the crowd
saw the condt tmned men die. Among
the spectators were many women, TWO
Of whom we're tho mother-in-law and
sister OF james Thornton, one OF the
men whom Harris and Mitchell muir
dered. The condemned men addressed
the crowd. telling them that bad asso-
ciates had brought them to the gallows
and their fate was a warning to all 70
avoid bad company. Both protes.sedl
religion and when Mitchell was asked
bv 4 minister if he was afraid TO die,
he replied. ssNo, by God, | am not. !
have Jesus and he cant get away.
The double trap fell at SIX minutes
mast twelve and both we're strangled te
death. They died praying. Before
death they sold their bodies to Under'
taker Miller, Harris charging ten uoi
lars and Mitchell five dollars ana IN
vested the money in cigars ana otnei
Injuries. Miller viii mummiiy tn'
bodies and exhibit them at the Atiant'
| ENnnaifinn.
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A short Sketch of the Life OF the New
Cabinet Officer.

When the appointment OF Judge
Jndson Harmon became known here,
saye Fridays dispatch from Cincin-
matt. attorneys from the courts and
their officials rushed to the office OF
Harmon. Colston, Goldsmith and
Hoadley, to congratulate the new at
torney-general and ask for date for
farewell dinner from the bar. Judge
Harmon said he had received q letter
from President Cleveland, and replied
"a Il by wire. but he had no knowledge
~ his appointment till advised by the
Associated Press. Hs went TO Colam-
bus tonight on professional business,
and does not know when he will go TO
washington. Judge Harmon is not
only recognized as one Of the foremost
LAWYERS and iurists in the State, but
also AZ one Of the most popular cit1-
vens. He was born near this city six
tv-nine years ago, and has always hved
here and ID known to eli. His father,
Rev. B. #. Harmon, was q Baptist
minister. well-known throughout the
Ohio valley. Judge Harmon gradual
ad AZ Dennison University, Baptist
institution. at Granville, Ohio, in 1866
and began the practice of law IN Gin
cinnati in 1869. He was Republican
nntil 1872 when he Greeleyized- Al
! Democrat he was elected common
Meas Judge on the Tilden ticket II
T976 He was elected superior Judge
i 1879 re- elected in 1888 and wher
ex-Gov. Hoadley went TO New York II
1as7 Judge Harmon resigned from tn'
hench ID become the head Of the nrn
u Harmon, Colston, Goldsmith ans
HcadIav. which represents several ran
roada and other large corporations
I'M with which firm he will conunu'
~ ~ connection. When Judge Harmon
~ res;gned IN 1887, Governor Foraker ap
rn;rted Judge William Iaft nov
United States circuit judge, and form %
er1v general, TO the vaean can
III nlaca Mrs. Harmon il an accompi1sn II
N lady. the daughter q tne ln's 80 -
- acobey M N Hamilton. They have 1nzs M
5oughterg. Mrs. Edman Wright. ~
as'f " fPhiiadelphia; Miss Elizabeth, beth,
oaoognired = society leader, and Margo1
r;s assSf fho Youngest o. Che family VINO
Z IA years 0f age
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y ENGLAND !, wgorhmen. Local unskilled

England workmen. Local unskilled
labor will be employed.
A mill building at Henrietta, N. G..
70 be known as mill No. 2 OF the Hen.
rictta Cotton Manufacturing COMPANY
will be one OF the largest and best
equipped mills in the South. The main
building viii be 10Sx437 feet and four
stories high, with two extensions az
wings F0xS5 feet, and four stories i
height. The capacity OF the mill will
be 30, 900 spindles, and il will be oper-
ated by water power. The dam will be
~ feet high and 400 feet long and 40
feet wide leading to the wheel.
Special reports 10 the Baltimore
Manufacturers Record from the south
during the past week show continued
improvement with a steady increase in
railroad earnings and bank clearincs AS
compared with the corresponding pe-
ricd last year. There il very marked
Improvement also i'm the iron trade.
with n very hopeful outlook for the
future. Cotton mill interests continue
TO command wide attention, not only
on the part of Northern investors. who
are contemplating building mills in the
South. Among the cotton mills re.
ported for the week are: A $500, 600
company now being organized 10 build
at Charlotte, n. c.; Western COM
pany will build a 500, 600 plant in
Alabama for the manufacture of char
coal and the utilization Of the bi-pro-
duct in making wood alcohol; a $50,-
600 cotton seed oil mill company will
be organized at Fort Gaines, Ga; at
Grecnville, Miss, a 500, 900 cooperage
will be started, and mt Meridian 81, :
100000 lumber company, a 81, 900, :
600 mining company, composed
mainly of Northern people, has been
organized to operate in West Virginia
The fertilizer works being erected at
Blacksburg, 5. c., will have a capacity
of about $4,000 tons per year. Other
enterprises reported we're gas works,
gold mines, wood working plants. lum-
ber mills, electric light and power
plants, a $72, 900 tinware factory agri-
cultural works, quarry companies and
zinc mines.
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DIED FOR HIS CHILD.
A. Houston Texas Fathers Heroic
Deed--The Son Saved.

Almost in the heart Of the city to-
day says Mondays special from
Houston, Texas, father was
drowned while saving his son
from that fate. Powell Hauk, aged
forty-six years, secretary Of the
local Union Of Carpenters, was the
man who thus sacrificed himself. A
number OF boys we're in White Oak
bayou bathing Young Hauk, aged
seven years, got beyond his depth; his
father, who was on the bank looking
on at the sport, at once jumped into
the water with his clothes on, and
catching hold of the boy gave him q
vigorous push, which landed him safe.
Hauk himself was seized with cramps
and as there was no one by able 10
rescue him he was drowned before q
man could reach the scene, his little
boy seeing the dying struggles OF the
father who had given his life Tor him.
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Euild a 10000
mill IN or Near Char
,,,e Largest aud Best
IN. in tie south Being
Hrurict'a'
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The growing q watermelon' Teron With
ting ID lie big thfng IN IeH4T. = Henrietta,
tRaa n 1$a'~1 \; sooo q acres Of melons when sne
Clay County Melon urowsaD s'.'o eot Iess than
tom estimate will produce .no;pIoads, nos i@ or
seventv-five ss Or hundred tralhaohi alhn freight
from Is bs 1oo ontput NJ will average a6o' 7a ooo MOI
Rer PER raroads can N have encouraged tns PaS per
dnction of melons py l7''.lr tr%npit No
tariff and insuring RAPID II he, VI nhip-
markets. These melons w. ~ Chicago
ned I't,iI NJ Denver, Kansas ci's'
nnd Sh. Louis
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The Pennsylvania Fires Again Burn
Ing Fiercely.

Tho forest fires that started last 0a0
urdav night are still burning heTcely'
= Monday's dispatch from Bradford
Pa saws. and large gangs Of men rS are
working trying to prevent tne ,,,artv na,.tS'
from Spreading to valuable properly
mn. county il again experlesncalns :
number Of fires, and the woods Dce"eod s',a
Russell City and Chatfee are apiare l,;na 1i. ds-
oons;derahie heavy timber u being ue-
vonred bv the flames. Kane y 7ua Iaat
ro"ndea ~ fres. and points that las. m
wealx's FIRE did not burn are now Do.-e are
burned % over A large force OF men sle ~
now n work trying to pEeveni,s and snS
asmea from spreading to the Oh Ane, -
other valuable property. There = s;5 "a
wind blowing at present, wnlcn wa,ss !. Are
w. "a,,' M fre fighters. Yesterday ta - !
- ats s,,rar rla Rum destroyed 1000 wy lee' g
81 logs and 1000, 900 CORDS so y aot ~ u u
4 II stranger lost 5000, OOV lees -, !,
Ioos !. !. AMI some lumber. Aliens lumDe' oe
1oso co1o,, M bas been destroyed and tne Peo- Il
Me % af the place barely had tune a lii n
move their household goods. - = an5 NM
Gre Gre i rcportacd between ChiPmunA- ~ns
TN T,;,,natope Il and much valuable PLopeh, -,
~ Il n danger. Everything - .aor 'r
woods il dry and unless - ralnI ,,it 5 me,
there IYT,s II nj telling what the result '''
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u GROWING SOUTH.
INVESTING Largely ia North
Carolina.

N pllla ma capitalists will soon
auOO spindle yarnmill in or
|Hr wv n. G. A. NJ. Price. of
lR.,t.,.0 .,0lnierly superintendent of
hRs \. nlllls, who has been work
|hIsI,pp project, has returned from
IL \ i he says at least three
hairba'iI ~ capital, $3.50, ,OOO) will
hRa.as 9y the Northern men.
:a.lladelphians.
|ls1s4oase cotton mills, at David
Eh y \, dSal near Charlotte, will put
Ffp enl. oOOO new spindles, and
'ise and run night and
IN, Vclssville, n. C., Cotton Mann.
|9laIIso,n Iso,nppany has received 5000
s% VA NC started M
4, es',aesee aas lN. c.) hosiery mills.
NM sipersted 4. edentirely by Walden, l,Ie.n
|lar \, !, VINO located in that vicin.
aat IN w. Y gaso, have been 80 sue.
A,ldiiDsr'1 pant has been doubled
N ldsit I'M, nss been purchased fol
Leslie 1yelns y, also.
IN 60. q Montreal, Canada
qg N 'IRleteda n, a reed and har
Ailssi II ,'l' Charlotte, has shippe.
snpIns.s s'a.l, 20 that city. TIL
S'7a are practical Nev
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DnEcroRs-wm Calm, p Harding McC Martin,
s. Drake, W. O. Guthrie Byron H. Levy n = Walker > Scig
Thaher G. w. Wheeess.
Bank
Vicksburg; Union National Bank New York
Will do banking VIII savings deposits
negotiate Special attention
payment Of other business entrusted
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the phraseology of the entire tactics,
SO that large percentage OF the
changes are verbal. IL IN expected that
the national guard viii adopt the regu-
lations az soon as they are promulgated
by the War Department. The guns
used by the army and the national
guard are different, but it is expected
that the regulations can be adopted to
the use Of the latter without material
nhorrrnr