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Birmingham age-herald., 1895-03-22
NO POWER OF RECOVERY.

If foreigner in this country could get damages from the city or State in which he was injured, he would be on more advan- tageous footing before the law than e citi- zen. There is no law that gives citizen q right of recovery in case of mob violence. Neither foreigner nor citizen can recover. The matter has been tested several times. It was tested in the Mafia riot in New Orleans. One of the men hung was citi- zen of Italy. His heirs brought suit and got verdict for damages against the city of New Orleans. The case was appealed to the United States Court of Appeals. Judge Pardee, in an elaborate decision, reversed the ruling of the lower court, and de- clared that there was no law under which damages could be recovered from city, State, or Federal Government, in case of mob violence. When the Republicans were in power in Alabama they attempted to enact a law making county liable for dam ages to life and property in case of a riot, but the Democrats defeated the attempt. The suggestion that the Federal Govern ment be made to pay for injuries done a foreigner, and then force the State in which the injuries occurred to reimburse it, will never be enacted into law. It would require an amendment to the Con-
 stitution, and the vote of two-thirds of the States is necessary to the adoption of an amendment. Such an amendment would be blow at State sovereignty. Suppose the Federal government had the power to coerce State Into paying out money, how would it go about 1t? It must appeal to the Legislature, which is the only body that has the power to direct the disbursement of the money in the State treasury. Suppose the Legislature refused7 Then we should see cordon of Federal soldiers around the capitol, the old days of reconstruction would be re-enacted,. and tho sovereign State reduced to military satrapy.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-03-22

SHOOT first and explain later seems to be | the Spanish way of doing 1t.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-12

that cost 5000 AT one OF these there
was served a golden boWlful of peacocks'
brains AnCst her dish was made OF tongues
OF the namiugO, a very rare mloTsel. To
procure these dainties n was Nee ssaEy 10
send several ships 10 the Straits Of Glib
naliar. and companies Of hunters 10 ne
mountains OF KraQacks-
But Heliogabalus surpassed Niteilius as
Tar as Nitellius surpassed Lucuilus In the
art q eNFeuding vast sums upon the
pleasures Of the table. According 20 Lam
pridius, he cost the government for each
Of MS dinners more than $4,000 In our
money! This statement almost transcemds
belief At one Of his banqucts was served
an entree consisting OF the brains of 6l0.
% OstT1ches. quickly followed by another
Of brOiled heels OF an incalcUlable number
Of tender young camels,
In the days Of Shakespeare good diges-
ton probably waited on appetite. Dining
was a matter-of-fact business. and dinners
were so lacking in the variety of dishes
that an appetite was "A necessity. In these
DAYS. as in the days OF Nitellius. an appe-
lite IS a superiority. Among the high livcrs
II is satiated. duh. dead, worn out. Special
dishes are invented TO tickle and awaken
it,
Lucullus. Vitellius ana Beliogabalus are
among the great departed. but their mem
DRY lives. and even in this day and genera
ton they have their imitdtCrs.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-12

seen by me. In the center of the vast
throng stood a massive pillar. Suddenly
saw an eagle soar upward amid the
plaudits of the multitude He had reached
and moment later l saw the eagle stop
in his flight, his head seemed, to droop
and he fell dead at the foot of the pillar.
The next day Carter Harrison mad p his
great speech at the worlds fair, and to
me the crowd seemed strangely familiar
/ recalled my dream, but laughed il away
a moment later That night, Carter Har-
rison, typihed by the eagle, was shot down
by Prendergast."
Gen. Lewis cousin of the famous. nov
elist, some years ago, while on a visit
to New York, from South America told
OF strange dream he had while he was
in the English army in Russia during
the Crimean war.
Quite young man at the time, it was
natural that hisa~thOugllt turned often
TO his home and mother One night he
dreamed he was in Ireland. He saw his
home, the familiar rooms in which he
had played as a boy, and as he strolled
through them he perceived a white-robed
figure reckoning him from the doorway
he followed it as ii g!ided down, the haii
up tie stairs and on 10 his mothers
room; He saw his mother sleeping Oh
her bed. Suddenly she rose. stretched
out her arms and called to me, Come"
she sald, come at once" He tried 10
waved him back, and placing it's hand on
his mothers head laid her gently down.
As she sank back in repose he 'awoke.
lie tried to throw off the feeling of un-
easiness that oppressed him, but to no
purpose, and the remainder of the night
paced the floor trying to reason himself
out of his nervousness.
About week later he received word
from home that his mother had died on
the night of his dream, and that she had
died calling for him.
That such dreams are supernatural is
true; they are uncanny, wierd, unexpIain-
dDle, put they are facts
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-12
A Guide for beginners in society.
From the London Truth.

1t has occurred to me to compile
Guide to Girls for the use of young
men who are beginners in society. To give
some idea of the scope of that work, 1 sub
init the following extracts:
Not Exactly Pretty, but Such Good
Daughter. PLAIN beyond description
and as tenacious as a barnacle. To be
scrupulously avoided.
Knows Every One and Goes Every
where. "-Middle-ag5d and unpreposses>-
sing; has been hawIed about for years
Not only knows everybody, but knows
more about them than they do them
selves.
80 Clever. Clear eyes, high fore
head, masterful. Talks pTetentiously upon
pretenHous subjects
Very Artistic.-Untidy. unwholesome.
urkempt; voice which sounds as If IL came
from her boots. Too much soul" and too
little body" To be well shaken before
taken.
so Good Natured. "-Chatters unceas-
pid and amiable, but is shrewd and sell
fish
IAN Heiress. '-Imperious and supercl
ius; forehead generally shiny. Needs the
fortune and more to make her not only
presentable, but bearable
Writes. Affects a far away, preoc-
cupied air; dresses curiously. and talks
riskily. Depreciates the work OF others,
and by inference magnities the excellence
of her own Has nothing more original
in her than original sin.
Sings Beautifully. bursting with
trills and trolls; with the slightest encour-
agement would set TO singing even in the
middle of dinner. Hovers hungrily around
the piano. To be taken In homeopathic
doses.
Mr. Rudyard Kipling. il is announced
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-12
THE POOR of PALESTINE.
How They Dine With Their Queer
Dishes and stool.
From the Hartford Times

rum the hartford Times.
A very large circular tray of timed
copper, placed on a wooden stool, a cor
respondent writes, served as a table. In
the center of this stood another big tray
with mountain Of pilaff, composed of
rice boiled and buttered, with small pieces
or meat strewn through and upon it.
This was the chief dish, though there
were other small Dishes both meat and
vegetable.
Ten persons sat around the table. or
rather squatted on the carpet. with
their knees drawn up close to their bodies
Each had before him plate of timed cop
per and wooden spoon. which some use
without the plate. Most, however. pre-
ferred to use the fingers of the left hand
several dipping their hands together into
Supper. INC A4"''
AS soon as any one had finished, he
rose and went into another room, to have
wafer poured over his hands to wash them,
an ana the vacant place was instantly filled
oy new conner.
me bread, | may say was laid on the
mat under the tray SO as to be easily
reached, and jar of water, the only bev-
erage used during the meal, stood within
reach Besides rice, stews of beans or
cracked wheat, with thick SCUM or sauce
poured over them in the great central
bowl are also in fashion. Spoons, though
piONlutu, are OFTEN wanting
stead. -
Knives and forks are unknown, and
as there is no special dining room, there
is no furniture suited for one. Hence ia
pes ana chairs are never seen. The meat
pelhg always cut up into small pieces.
mere is no need for a knife, and chickens
can easily he torn asunder with the hands.
30 far indeed, are orientals from think
ing II strange to dip their fingers into the
common dish, that 1t is a special act OF
P olitSness TO grope in it for the visitor,
anu Jay nice morsels before him, or even
" lhslst on putting them into his mouth.
T7JluJutsu is the name by which a pc
GGNIar Japanese cult is known, says the
fhilacelphia Record. One of its mani
LesIauons Is method of wrestling, &C
corqlns TO which the adeDt in the art
utlIlzes the strength of his adversary in
oIuer TO compass his defeat The jiuju-
esu expert never opposes the movements
" us opponent; on the contrary, he yields
20 them, and aids them by a wicked sight
e it causes his assailant to dislocate his
sHouiuer, fracture his arm, or, in a. des-
Rerate case, break his back. The greater
Ine strength of the adversary. the greater
ms danger. But besides this singular art
OF wrestling, the cult of jujutsu COM
peelses whole system of ethics and rules
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-12

"A young fellow. having been asked bv
a recruiting sergeant whether he wished
to enlist in q Scottish regiment, replied:
Not likely. Ia rather so TO the lunatic
asylum than enlist in a Highland regi-
ment."
"Aweel," said the sergeant, i've nae
doubt ye'd feel mair at hame there. =
Household Words.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-12
THE RAVEN ROCK. j..
Il Strange Ad5rntuye an tie Irish Goa 81.

sy w. W. FENN.

Testimony Hugh Mer-
Etc.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-12

Mr. Rudyard Kipling, it is announced.
Is on the point of returning to India-not
to 1--we there, however.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-06-21
A had Showing.

The U. s. sloop.oi-war Mohican is
now lying in Seattle harbor. One day
last week she landed shore party OF
about 80, with gatling gun, for q
shore drill. As the men lined up on
Pioneer Place one could not but OBJ
serve that, while this country has
made great studies in the building of
a new navy-one that, SO far as the
ships are concerned, equals, ship for
ship, any navy in the world-still, 80
far as the crews are concerned, we are
not up to the standard Of other ma
tions. We will venture to say that
not 10 per cent. of the party referred to
were American born. We noticed in
the line one African, one Jap and the
majority of the balance we're unmis-
takably OF Swedish or Norwegian birth.
The few members of the marine corps
made creditable appearance, but the
" Blue Jackets" must have been
recently entered, or have had no op-
portunity for drill in infantry tactics.
II this country expects anything from
its navy in foreign war we must take
steps to induce some of our boys to be-
come seamen. No American boy, of
respectability, would for one moment
entertain an idea of entering q service
that would require him to associate
with Japs. He can do better than
that. The government ought to sta
ton some OF our old fashioned vessels
in the principal ports, and encourage
our boys to enlist for term of from
three to four years. Admit none but
boys of respectability. Give them a
thorough training il practical seaman
ship, teach them Navigation and gun
merry, and when they arrive at their
majority they will have received
practical education, the benefits de-
rived from a good physical training,
and be welcomed by the government
and the private shipowner to serve in
places now occupied by aliens. Let
us have q ship somewhere on Puget
Sound. There are hundreds OF boys
in Washington who would prefer to en-
ter the service rather than take chances
of losing their fingers in shingle mills.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-06-21
MECHANICAL INGENUITY.
A Novel Device for Cooking Eggs
Hard or SoGl.

n NOtCA DcWhCe hOk COOkkuk EKR8
Hard or Soft.
An ingenious little European device
for cooking eggs is made in the shape
of box which contains thin drum
hermetically sealed and filled with .
fluid that does not change, says the
Jewelers' Weekly. The drum, hung
upon its axis, describes q semicircle
to the right. The balls that belong
to the mechanism are placed in cor
responding openings and from these
are passed into n cup.shaped cavity on
the outer surface of the drum. The
fluid contained in the latter prevents
the drum :rom turning too rapidly,
and it flows very slowly from one to
the other OF the various peculiarly
connected chambers.
By throwing the ball into the deeper
or shallower of the cups the time for
the rotation is regulated. When these
cavities reach the balls drops out on a
bell underneath. After the signal has
been given the ball rolls back to its
original cup and the mechanism ad-
justs itself anew. When the machine
is to be used again the lever shown on
the side OF the box is turned for a mo-
ment to the left
Both hard and soft boiled eggs can
be cooked by this ingenious regulator.
1t is very easily manipulated. As
soon as the eggs have been put into
the boiling water one of the little balls
which come with every machine is
thrown into one of the openings on
top. The openings are marked "soit"
or " hard" The eggs will have boiled
the proper length of time when the
bell gives the signal.
TAcoMA's prisoners will soon be put
to work upon the city's streets.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-06-21
CHEHALIS COUNTY LOGS.
Estimates of Stock I'm the Water
and Daily Outputs.

Estimates of Stock I'm The water
and Daily Outputs.
A well-informed logger, writing to
the Pacific Lumber Trade Journal from
Hoquiam, sums up the log stock on
Gray's Harbor as follows:
The Northwestern Lumber Com
pany has 4,OOO,O 900 OF fir and 100000
of spruce; the E. K. Wood Lumber
Company has 100000 fir, 100000
spruce; S. E. Slade Lumber Compan y
has 100000, principally fir; Wilson
Bros Lumber Company has 60 O00O
spruce, 100000 fir; the Weatherwax
Lumber Company has 300 900 spruce,
100000 fir: the Gray's Harbor Com.
mercial Commercial Company $780,
600 fir and 100000 spruce.
The loggers on the harbor and
rivers have about 100000 of spruce
and fir, of which Robert Poison ha &
100000.
Robert Poison, with two engines
and % men, puts in $4,000 feet per
day, George L. Davis. one engine and
horse team aud % men, puts in 3d.
600 feet per day. w. d. Mack, two
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-06-21
engines and railroad, with 80 men.

engines and railroad, with 80 men
puts in $4,000 feet per day. Joseph
Lytle, one engine and 20 men, 10000
feet per day. Four other small camps
10000 feet per day in all.
Alex. Poison has closed a contract
with the Northwestern Lumber Com
pany for the timber on 5000 acres.
He will pnt in four miles of railroad,
and will be able to fill any order
called for, which will give the North
western Lumber Company an advant-
age over the other mills ON the bar
bor, as there are few camps on the har-
Dor which have been able to put in
long timber ON -sheEt notice.
On the Humptulips river there are
four small camps with daily output
of 10000 feet per day in all. N. r.
Willis, on the lower harbor, puts in
10000 feet per day. On the Wishkah
river there are few small camps
Wilson Bros. have a camp, but have
had poor success with it as yet. Stew
art, the Murray boys and Joe Keith
each have small camps with total
output of 10000 feet per day. On
Little North river there are four small
camps. whose output is 10000 feet per
day. On Chehslis river there are six
small camps (of which Dan Gillis has
the largest, with one engine and horse
team) with total output on the
river of 80, 600 feet per day.
The price of fir. spruce and cedar is
$3.50; some small lots are sold for
4.25, but are an inferior class of logs.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-06-21

nearer than 61 Cygni. This is the
star known as Alpha Centsuri, which
is situated in the left foot OF the con-
stellation OF the Centaur in the south
ern heavens. 1t is never visible in
northern latitudes, and its distance is
about thirty-five billion miles. This
distance is represented in terms of
light years, as explained above, by SO;
that is to say, if this star should sud-
denly spring into existence from MOTH
ness we should know nothing about it
until nearly four years had passed.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-06-21

housekeepers and stewards, SEAM
stresses and servants. The total num-
ber of servants in the country is
2,O25 600. of whom only 231 900 are
males. Women take the lead numer-
ically in typewIitting, in dressmaking,
millinery, flower-making, boxmaking,
rs cotton mill operatives, in silk mills,
in making corsets and buttons and
hosiarv
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-06-21
TIMES FRIGHTENING.
THERE CAN NO LONGER BE ANY
DOUBT OF 1T,
Trade Reports FavOrabic-CroPs
Large, Labor Troubles over and
Wages Advancing-A Glimmer OF
Prosperity Illumes the Eastern
HOriZOn.

Prosperity Illumes the Eastern
Horizon.
r. G. Dunn & Co.'s Weekly Reriem
of Trade OF the 14th inst. says: 1t is
no longer a question whether business
improves. Not for long time have
our reports from all parts Of the coun-
try been So uniformly favorable. The
daily average of bank clearings in
June is 24.8 per cent larger than last
year, though 1l.4 per cent less than in
1892. The most potent influence has
been receipts of more favorable adj
vices regarding growing crops. Labor
troubles are getting out Of the way,
wages in many establishments are
rising, and the iron industry is now
leading. There is general improve
ment in manufactures. Monetary
conditions also help. The time draws
near when crop export will bring
gold hither, and though foreign opera
tions in stocks have been Insignificant
this week, the effect of the previous
transactions has not been exhaused.
Diminished receipts OF money from
the interior indicate better employ
ment in business, and especially at
the West, and the volume OF CONNER.
cial loans steadily rises. and is now
fair for this season, e7en in good
year.
Western receipts for two weeks OF
June were 3,l6G,6S0 bushels of wheat
against 1901 ,202 last year, while At
lantic exports, flour included. were
only 2.364,S57 bushels against 4.63O.-
227 last year. The effect of the rise
in prices was seen in the official re-
ports OF May exports, showing de-
crease of 100000 bushels from At
lantic, but an increase of 100000
from Pacific exports. The price was
reduced 24c in trading. Corn also de-
clined about 1c, with better reports of
growth.
The official statement of IA per cent.
decrease in cotton acreage was found,
in view OF the revised government esti-
mates for the year, to mean more
than 100000 acres now growing
cotton, which much exceeds the best
unofficial estimates.
Cotton mills are doing well for the
season and numerous advances OF
l-S@4c are still reported.
The output OF pig iron in June was
but trifie larger than May l-l57,-
224 tons against 156. .554 month ago,
and 174.O22 year ago. The advance
in prices continues. Bessemer pig
reached $l2.4O. and gray forges $1065,
at Pittsburg. and changes in all iron
products show advances of 81 per cent.
this month, and 1873 per cent from the
lowest point in February. For this
conservative industry, rise OF 26 per
cent. in Bessemer iron seems large, but
it compared with 35 per cent. in cot
ton, SO per cent. in wheat, 60 to 70 per
cent in leather, 80 per cent. in refined
oil, and over 1000 per cent hides. All
these products were at the lowest
prices ever known, and remarkable
gains were TO be expected when any
came, but with each, consumption has
yet to justify advances.
Failures for the week have been 241
in the United States against 232 last
year, and 81 in Canada against 40 last
year.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-06-21
The Telegraph In England.

The speech recently delivered BY
Mr.. Shaw Lefebre, director-general ol
posts and telegraphy in Great Britain,
furnishes interesting information re-
garding the working of the govern
ment telegraph in that kingdom. 1t
is little over twenty-five years since
the British government bought out
the telegraph companies at a cost OF
$53, $4,000. One of the first conse-
quences OF the purchase was the neces.
airy construction of $1,000 new miles
of wire to complete the system, and
to extend the telegraphic service to
outlying towns and villages. This was
completed in October, 1871.
At that time the total number oil
kilograms handled by all the Offices in
Great Britain varied from 12S, 600 to
215,O0O. At the present time the
number is ten times as many. A.
that time the press took about 22,,
100000 words per year from the wires
it now takes over GOO, 100000 words
At that time the city offices in Lon.
don exchanged about 500 kilograms
daily. They now receive and deliver
from to 10000 10000 each day. A,
that time the average time consumed
in the transmission and delivery of a
dispatch between two commercial
cities in England was two or three
hours; it is now from seven to nine
minutes.
The cost OF a twelve-word dispatch
from any point in Great Britsin to
any other is IL cents, and the name
of the sender, but not that of the re.
cipient, is transmitted free. The
charge includ,s delivery within the
postal limits of town, or within one
mile of a head office; beyond that
limit the charge is II cents per mile.
In England the telegraph is con-
sidered part of the postal system
and the revenues of the two services
are not segregated. The receipts from
both postal and telegraph service are
$l3,431 500; seemingly a small sum in
comparison with the revenue of &c.,
100000 which the United States post.
Office department derives from the
sale of stamps; but it must be re-
membered that the British Islands are
much smaller than the United States.
1t is supposed, though not absolutely
admitted, that the expense of the
British postal and telegraph system
exceed the revenue by considerable
sum. Like the United States, Eng
land does not consider either as o
means of revenue for the treasury,
but as a means for disseminating in
formation throughout the country,
and of assisting the growth OF trade.
The contrast between the British
telegraph system and our own is not
calculated to stimulate our propensity
to brag. 1t costs US eight times as
much to send a dispatch from San
Francisco to New York as it would do
If the two cities were in the british
Islands; and if the answer has to be
delivered in the residence district in
the city. the charge for delivery is 25
per cent. more than the whole cost OF
the message would be in England.
1t goes without saying that if tele-
graph tolls were as reasonable as the
tolls in Great Britain the people
would enjoy much wider diffusion Of
knowledge than they have, and trade
would receive o sensible impetus.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-06-21

SECRETARY Smith, of the Interior
Department, has decided the case OF
John A. Cameron vs.. 1. w. Nc
Dousall and the Everett Land Com
pany, involving 40 acres of land in
Everett, worth many thousand dol.
lars, in favor OF the defendants, thus
unfolding the findings of the local, as
AGAINST the General Land Office.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-06-21

Isl. HUNT, formerly one of the
Post t-Intelhgencer, but now in the
Orient, has secured from the Shang.
hal municipal council the right to
construct an electric street-car sys-
tenn at q cost of $1,000, 900 in gold.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-06-21

All other California wines st the very lowest
prices. sample room and beer hall attached
Goods delivered 10 any part Of the city free Of
eharee. J. PULLS.
July 1894 NausOer