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The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-09-17
FISiiJON NOTES.
Fall and Winter Tops for Us
organisms

With respect to purchasing there is with most women little worry over fall hats, their summer headgear being bought with view to its holding over 10 the time of winter hats, with per haps little alteration. But some of this falls hats are enough to give pause to even economical folk. The artist shows one here a rough brown and beige straw in the ever popular walk ing shape, Its crown was encircled with wide band of grosgrain ribbon, in front there was large bunch of cab bage roses with foliage and few as ters, and smaller cluster of the same blossoms came directly in back. Mass
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-09-17
 CULTIVATION OF MUSHROOMS.

Care That is Requisite-Preparat of
 the Beds-Planting the Spawn and
 Future Attention.
 Are mushrooms difficult to cultivate and profitable to grow? was question recently put by the writer to a French man who raises the vegetable exten- sively in New Jersey for the New York and Philadelphia markets.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-09-17

next century win be distinguished by series of hot, or rather extremely hot, summers and a series of exceptionally mild winters.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-09-17

To facilitate the transportation and been devised at Buenos Ayres for con- pressing 1t to one-t tenth its normal bulk. Tn this form as hay biscuits it can be preserved dry and sound an indef1- nite period without losing its flavor or value as food.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-09-17

pr. Alexander, who has lived in Paso del Norte and Fl Paso since the Mexi- can War, says: 'T never knew a case of consumption among Mexicans until within the last three years The germs of the disease have been brought into the country by American consump- tives."
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-09-17

e The Atchison (Kansas) Globe tells of man in that city who has been fooling his wife for two years by telling her that he has been spending the evening at the Y. M. c. A. gymnasium, and she has just discovered that that estab- lishment has been closed for more than three years Foolish man. What he has gained in the last two years he will lose in the next two.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-09-17

Sir William Thompson calculates that the number of molecules in a cubic inch of any gas is 100, ,ooO, ,oOO, 900 Ooo OoO, ,OOO OoO and in each of these molecules there are several atoms moving among them selves at the rate of 70 miles a minute
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-09-17

DELIVERED BY CARRIERS IN THE CITY, l5 CENTS A WEEK, 50 CENTS A MONTH. 8 FOR SIX MONTHS. $6 A YEAR. TFE SAME TERMS BY MAIL
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-09-17

Rev. Washbourne West, who died re- gently in London at the age of S6 years, had the distinction of being able, through a judiclous distribution of his property, to cast twenty-three votes at each parliamentary election. As he was interested in politics. he was kept busy rushing from one polling place to another on election day At the 1892 election he managed to vote the con- servative ticket seventeen times.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-09-17

THE HECARRINGToNP PUBLISHING co,
 OFFICE 400 STATE STREET.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-09-17

The Meteorologische Teitschrfft, German scientific publication, contains a treatise by Dr. F. Maurer on the reg ular periodical repetition of cold and warm years During certain intervals of time, extending as rule to about fifteen years, there is a recognized change of warm and cold periods. The warm periods, he says, do not simply include series of summers of extra
 ordinary warmth, but also a series of mild winters. Similarly, during the cycle of cold period, not only are the winters more than ordinarily severe
 but the summers are far below the average heat. Dr. Maurer afirms ths we can predict with tolerable accuracy the time when the next cycle of warm periods will occur. It is due, he calcu- dates, somewhere about the turning point between the two centuries; and he thinks it probable, from the data ob- tainable, that the early years of the
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-09-17

They are telling of a Kansas farmer who bought forty acres of land last year for $8o He has just marketed from this tract s6o bushels of wheat at seventy-five cents per bushel, raising an average of twenty-four bushels per acre. After allowing $200 for seeding harvesting, threshing and marketing, counting also for his own time and labor employed, he is $520 ahead, or has raised wheat enough to pay for his land at over six times the original cost.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-08-15
DIED AT HIS POST.
A Dead Engineers Hand on the ThrOt
tie.

A Dead Engineers Hand on the Throt-
tie.
With his hand on the throttle of his
engine and flying over the road at the
rate of between 40 and so miles an
hour, Charles Torrey, an engineer on
the Kansas City, st. Joseph & Council
Bluffs railroad, was stricken with par
alysis the other day and died without
speaking word, Even after he died
the body of the engineer still remained
in his seat at the side of the cab.
James Mcdonald, the fireman, sat on
the other side of the engine, looking
down the glistening lines of rail and for
time did not know that there was any
thing wrong with the engineer.
He glanced in that direction, but only
saw the body of the engineer still in
the seat and did not think of him being
dead.
The train was increasing in speed,
when Mcdonald noticed that Torrey did
not whistle. for the crossing. He rang
the bell vigorously, and just then the
train Numbered by station at which ii
should have stopped.
Then Mcdonald crossed over to the
engineers side of the cab and saw that
Torrey's head had fallen on his breast.
The rocking motion of the engine
caused it to roll from side to SIDE The
fireman thought him asleep, called to
him, then pulled him by the arm, and
Torrey fell to the floor of the cab a
corpse.
The fireman stopped the train and
told the other trainmen what had hap
pened.
When Torrey died, he was leaning
back in his seat in the cab, looking
ahead at the track. His eyes did not
close when death struck him, but were
wide open and staring when the fireman
discovered that he was dead.
Engineer Torrey had been in the en-
ploy of the road ID years. New York
Journal.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-08-15


"Klondikei Klondike!" Fortunes every
That Roarer Bory Alice has bewitched us,
declare,
And they're leavin farm and family fer to try
their luck afar,
But, l tell you, they won't ketch me under
meath no polar star,
For what's the good of metal where the price:
is so high
That you have to pay fortune fer piece Of
apple pier
You'll dream about the generous boughs, with
fruit a-bendin low,
And find only disappointment in its yellow,
knocking glow.
You may fondle it and pet it,
Yet with teardrops you may wet it,
Fer it's no good till you get it
Where the corn and melons grow.
"Klondikei KlondikeI" Is the treasure
there
Brighter than the western tints that make the
twilight fair?
Eff you had all the dollars that kin grow
'twixt earth and sky,
You couldn't do no more than laugh and weeI
and hope and die.
You resk your health and conscience in way
that's sad to see,
Jes' fer pointin somethin out and sayin, ''That
belongs to me-"
You can't enjoy but jes' so much, as through
the world you go,
And the honest, willin worker never finds his
spirits low.
Gold-such doubts and fears beset it
That yer likely to regret it,
Fer it's no good till you get it
Where the corn and melons grow.
Washington Star.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-08-15
SEWING ON MEN-OF-WAR.
How Sailor May Add Something to His
Pay From Uncle Sam.

How Sailor May Add Something to HIS
Pay From Uncle Sam.
Visitors on board war vessels in the
navy yard will very likely see among
the sailors scattered about the decks
smoking, talking and so on a sailor at
work with a sewing machine. 1t Is
hand machine and has pretty heavy
base. so that it can be set down on deck
and worked easily without shifting its
position.
The machine is owned by the man
working it. On big ship like, for ex-
ample, the battleship Indiana, carrying
a crew of 400 men or more. there would
probably be found as many as a dozen
sewing machines On a third rate
cruiser, smaller vessel, such, for IL
lustration, as the Detroit, there would
be apt to be four or five sewing ma
chimes. The machines are oftenest
owned by sailmakers and sailmakers'
mates, but they may be owned by sail
ors. Any man Oh the ship might have
a sewing machine if he wanted to.
Space is valuable on vessel, and so
only hand machines are allowed, and
to bring machine aboard permission
must be got from the commanding off
Ger. 1t is not to be supposed that every
man in the ship would want sewing
machine. AS matter of fact compare
lively few men do, and those who want
to take one aboard are not likely to find
any difficulty in the way.
A sailor who has a sewing machine
makes and repairs garments for him.
self and he does work for others for
pay. There are not so many sewing ma
chimes on the vessels of the new navy
as there were on those of the old. The
sailor nowadays makes up less of his
own outfit than he formerly did. He
draws more completed articles from the
government, but there is still plenty Of
work to be done aboard ship with sew
ing machines, and some money to be
made with them yet-New York Sun.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-08-15
INDIVIDUAL WEALTH.
Massachusetts Leads with Bank Hol
ings.

Massachusetts Leads with Bank Hold
ings.
James II. Eckels, comptroller of the
currency, has prepared valuable table
of information relating to the national
banking system of the United States
from 1864 to 1897 One of the impor-
tant features Of the report is statement
of the average per capita holdings Of
bank funds in 1896 in all the states and
territories of the Union. This statement
shows that Massachusetts leads all the
states, with an average Of $500 90 for
every person within its borders, while
| Rhode Island is next with $117.21.
The average for New York is $3.50 10.
The average for the United States is
$751;
Here are the averages by states:
Maine $40. So; New Hampshire, $41. So;
Vermont, $53. "a; Massachusetts, $780,
so; Rhode Island, $117.21; New York,
$50. IS; New Jersey, $43. IL; PennsyI-
vania. $50. 81; Delaware, $42 IS; Mary
land, sos. 56; District of Columbia,
$65. 40; Virginia, $1237; West Vir-
ginia, $1370 North Carolina, 81. 90;
South Carolina, So So; Georgia, 49, IL;
Florida, $12. 10; Alabama, SO. 20; Missis-
sippi, 81 Sc; Louisiana, $18 "a; Texas,
| $22 10; Arkansas. So ~; Kentucky,
| SIG "a; Tennessee, $13. Sc; Ohio, $40;
Indiana, $22 26; Illinois, $50 90; Mich
| igan, $22. So; Wisconsin. S25.37; Iowa,
$40. 48; Minnesota, 500 So; Missouri,
$19.37; Kansas, $40. 10; Nebraska,
500 20; North Dakota, $2O44; South
Dakota, $11.31; Washington, $22 92 !;
Oregon, S33. IS; California, S19.17;
Montana, $50. 10; Idaho, sal 33; Wyo-
ming, $50 Al; Nevada. So. 40; Utah,
500 8; Colorado, 500. 30; Arizona
$1927 New Mexico, $15 81; Okla
homa, So 81; Indian Territory, S. 95;
Connecticut, $80.31.
The deposits fuctaated, as did loans
and discounts, the maximum being
reached in 1892, when they amounted
to 81, 779, 300, 600 In the following
year deposits declined to 81, 465, 400, OO0
and reacted the following year to ST.
| 742, 100, 600. The circulation Outstand-
ing in 1865 reached $500, 600, 900, and
the highest point was reached in 1878,
the amount being $341, 600, 900. The
minimum amount outstanding is shown
to have been 1922, 900, 600 in 1890. AT
the close of 1896 the amount had risen
to 5000, 900, 900. New York Herald.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-08-15
FIRST GOLD IN ALASKA.
Natives Used 1t to Ransom Captivi
Friends.

Friends.
Captain Harry Meiggs, u S. A. Gre
tired), who is said to be relative Of
the man who built Meiggs wharf, SaI
Francisco, away back in the fifties, tells
a wonderful tale of the discovery Of
gold in Alaska in the latter part of the
sixties. He was on duty in that coun'
try at that time at point near Juneau,
and says that even in those early day.
great Jumps of gold were exhibited by
the natives.
"Often natives from the interior
would come down wearing necklaces
made of nuggets picked up from the
creeks in the interior" he said the
other day. cat one time there was
tribe which had been conquered by an.
other and penalty was exacted. Some
of the conquered tribe came over the
Chilkat pass with certain amount OF
gold, which on being weighed was
found to be short of the price demanded
by the conquerors. Several chiefs were
held as hostages while the remainder
of the tribe was directed to cross the
mountains and procure sum sufficient
to liberate the others. They were gone
several months, and when they came
back an amount more than needed to
pay the ransom was brought in. No one
could ascertain whence the money came,
but from the direction in which they
went and the length of time occupied
in making the trip it was believed that
they went many miles inland.
81 believe that these men went into
the passes of the Klondike country and
picked up by the crude means at their
command enough gold to secure the
amount needed to complete the ransom.
1t was topic of discussion among those
who were detailed on duty at that time,
and many plans were laid to secure in.
formation relating to the location of
the claims, but these Indians kept the
matter secret and would never disclose
where they derived their treasure
believe that even so far back as 80 years
ago they went into the country which
is now exciting the attention of the
whole world and obtained the money
necessary to release their relatives. -
San Francisco Chronicle.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-08-15
An InQuirinR WheeIman.

This letter, published by The Ameri-
can Field, is said to be an order sent by
Kansas man to bicycle company:
DEAR sIRZ-I live on mi farm near Hamil-
ton, Kan, am 81 years old and just a little
sporta. My neffew in Indiana bot hisself q
new biscile and sent me his old one by frate
and i've learned to ride sumo. Its pile of fun
but my biscile jolts considerable. Teller come
along yesterday with biscile that had hollow
injun robber tires stuffed with wind He let
me try hissen and mi, it run like kushinl He
told me you sell injun robber just the same as
hissen. How much will it be to fix mine up
like hissen? Mine is all iron wheels. Do you
punch the hollow hole threw the injun robber
or will L have to do it myself? How do you
stick the ends together after you got it dones
If your injun robber is already holler, will it
come any cheaper empty? 1 can get all the
wind want out here in Kansas free
EBERNEEZER Y. JENsoN
P. Slow much do you charge for the doc
dad you stuff the wind into the robber with,
and where do you start?
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-08-15

it, The effect of the increase on the
rate of discount, the rate of interest the
rate of wages, on prices and on none
tary policies, CT a newly discovered
goldfield of wonderful richness is the
same, whether the field be located in
American, British or Chinese territory.
Now, the first influence that the new
addition to the worlds existing stock
Of gold will have will be felt by silver.
In fact, it has already been felt by it.
Gold is the natural competitor-we
might almost say antagonist-of silver
as monetary medium, and every ounce
of gold newly placed on the market de-
prives from 17X to 35 ounces of silver
of possible employment as money that
it might have.
The new additions to the world s stock
of gold, whether they come from the
Klondike, Cripple Greek or the Trans
vaal, from India, Australia or Russia,
will render bimetallism by the United
States alone more difficult and more
improbable than ever and will even
seriously imperil the slender chances
that international bimetallism now has.
There is, in fact, at the present time,
no limit to the demand for gold. The
tendency of nations is toward the single
gold standard. Apart from the United
States, there is not, I believe, country
on the face of the earth that would not
adopt gold recommendation if it had the
ability to do so, with silver as a sub
sidiary or token coinage. There is not
a country i'll Europe with any full legal
tender silver coins but would replace
them by gold coins if it could do so
without too great a sacrifice. Germany
would gladly put 100000, 900 in cir
culation instead of its silver thalers.
France and all the countries of the Lat
in union would replace their full legal
tender 5 franc pieces by gold could
they easily get it. Russia's demand for
gold is unbOunded. Austria Hungary
cannot get enough, and so of every
other country in Europe. Japan wants
gold now that it has adopted the gold
standard Even China shows an incIina-
ton to follow the example of its con-
queror, but that, of course, is out of the
question. All South America is crying
for gold. Chile wants it, Colombia
wants it. Peru wants it. Venezuela has
some, but wants more. Central America
wants it. Even Mexico, the last strong
hold Of silver, is feeling the burden
someness of its present system in the
height of its rate of exchange. R. E.
Preston in New York Herald.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-08-15
WATER POWER PLANT.
Utilizing the st. Lawrence River Cur
rent,

Utilizing the st. Lawrence River Cur
rent.
The greatest water power plant in the
world is to be in operation within a
few months, if the plans of the corpora
tion controlling it meet with no obstruc
ton. 1t is intended to take power from
the st. Lawrence river and by means Of
turbines of 5000 horsepower each op-
crate an electric plant of almost meal
culable strength. John Bogart the en-
gineer, of New York city has prepared
the plans; and the contracts are ready to
be let. The financial part of the bust
ness, which means the forming of a
company with capital of millions of
dollars, is in the hands of Stewart &
Co., Investment brokers' Mr.. Stewart
has everything in proper shape now and
the work is already going on.
The plant is to be in an immense
building near Massena, N. Y, on the
United States side of the St. Lawrence.
There are Is turbines, which, with
5000 horsepower each, aggregate 70, 900
horsepower
The st. Lawrence in the neighbor-
hood of Massena has fall of Sc
feet i'll a distance of about seven
miles, and the Grass river at Massena
is so feet lower than the ST. Lawrence.
Engineers have examined every foot of
the territory for many miles above Mas
sena, and after weighing every consider
alton and taking advantage of every
natural advantage, have come to the
conclusion that Massena is the ideal
spot.
A canal connects the St. Lawrence
with Grass river at point which
makes available much greater power
than could be obtained in any other
way. The proposal is to cut this canal
81 miles long, 220 feet broad and &c
feet deep Then, with working head
of 40 feet, it will be able to send enough
water into the Grass river to develop
10, 600 horsepower.
AS showing the general confidence in
the enterprise, $4,000 worth of
bonds have been underwritten by an
English company to build the plant.
Manufacturing of all kinds is to be
established at Massena as soon as the
electric power is in operation, because
there will be actually all the power
that can be required for the ponderous
machinery. kansas City Times.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-08-15
Number of Newspapers Published.

A recent statistical estimate places
the number Of newspapers which are
annually printed at the enormous figure
of $4,000, 900, 600 A mathematician,
apparently with considerable time at
his disposal, i'll order to give more
comprehensive idea Of this number, has
calculated that a surface of 10000
square Kilometres could be covered with
these papers. The paper alone weighs
ISL, $40 tons. In case one machine was
forced to print these millions at the
rate of one a second 1888 years would be
necessary. Placed one upon another the
papers would reach to the height Of So
900 meters. Assuming that person de-
votes five miuues day to reading his
paper, the time used by the entire popu-
lation of the world in reading news
papers each year amounts to 100000
years. New York Tribune.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-08-15

Loris Melikof, Russian general, at
tempt, March 4, 1880.
Brattiano, premier of Roumania, at
tempt, by J. Pietraro, Dec a. 1880
Alexander II Of Russia, attempts, by
Karakozow, at st. Petersburg, April 16,
1866; by Berezowslzi, at Paris, June 6,
1867; by Alexander Solovieff, April IA,
1879; Dy undermining railway train,
Dec. /, 1879; by explosion at Winter
palace, st. Petersburg, Feb /, 1880;
killed by explosion of a bomb, thrown
by man who was himself killed, St.
Petersburg, March 10, 1881
James A. Garfield, president of the
United States, shot by Charles Jules
Guiteau, Washington, July 2, 1891;
died from his wounds Sept 10, 1881;
Guiteau convicted of murder in the
first degree Jan. 26, 1882, sentenced
Feb. 2; hanged on June 80 1882.
Carter Henry Harrison, mayor of Chi
cage, shot Oct 20, 1898, by p. Eugene
Prendergast, crank, hanged the fol-
lowing June.
Marie Francois Sadi Cannot, presi-
dent of France, stabbed mortally at Ly-
ons by Cesare Santo, an anarchist, Sun
day, June "a, 1894
Stanislaus Stambuloff, ex-premier of
Bulgaria, by four persons armed with
revolvers and knives, July 20, 1895.
Senior Canovas, assassinated Aug. 8.
1897.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-08-15
SAFE OPENING AN ART.
An Expert who Met Many Obstacles ana
Overcame Them.

An Expert Who Met Many Obstacles ana
Overcame Them.
OPENING refractory vaults, safes and
burglar proof chests is a science IN itselr
and is surrounded by the utmost secrecy
by those who make living out OF IL.
In a talk to the Chicago Post man who
has been in the business 40 years SAID:
"The essential qualification which
successful safe opener must possess IS an
intimate and instructive knowledge OF
the mechanism and workings OF every
variety of combination lock. He must
be born to the profession and possess
acute mechanical perception.
Nearly every obstinate safe whlch
am called upon to open presents unique
conditions demanding new and lndiVld-
ual treatment The nature of the diff
Guilty must be correctly diagnosed In adj
vance or the lock will remain obdurate,
for machinery does nos move by chance.
'"The biggest bait ever held out to me
came in the form of proposal from
detective with whom l was well ac-
quainted. Ii had been supposed that the
locks made hy certain firm OF safe
manufacturers were proof against the
manipulations of burglars and experts,
but few days before l was approached
bv the detective had been called upon
to open one of these safes and had sue
ceeded. The incident gave rise to much
comment.
LAS I was sitting alone in my office
the detective entered and asked me If l
did not wish to make some money. L
replied that | was in business for just
| that purpose. He then questioned me
closely as to my ability to open the par
ticular kind of lock i'll question. When
satisfied that 1 was easily able to do SO,
he said:
"'I'll tell you how you can grab off
500, 900 without the least trouble. The
| boys know where there is a safe of this
kind which contains 5000, 900 in pa
per currency. 1t is easy to get at. and
all you II have to do is to walk in. after
they have opened the way, unlock the
safe, take out 500, 900 and leave the re-
mainder for them. It's the easiest kind
Of money
"By the boys the detective meant a
notorious gang of burglars which had
been conducting series of daring Oper-
ations. told the detective that I had
been much given to card playing in my
youth, thus acquiring strong prefer
ence for lone hand, and that this pre-
objection had become too firmly fixed to
be changed He took the hint and left
my Office as soon as possible. +"