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The Penn's Grove record., 1899-05-12

Everything Is quiet in Samoa. Opera
tions have been suspended pending tho
arrival OF the Commissioner from san
Francisco. After the cessation OF hostile
ties u detachment Of British soldiers visited
the battlefield OF Vailima, where they re-
covered an American machine gun mat
had been captured BY tho rebels,
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-05-12

The suit OF tho trooper Adyo against
Cecil Rhodes and Dr., jameson ORDINANCES
for injuries received IN tho Transyaal rald
was tried IN London Il few DAYS ago. cap
tain Coventry, who took part in the RAID;
testified that tho troopers were informed
OF the nature OF tho expedition inter they
had proceeded n mile. The Jury FOUND u
verdict for the defendants.
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-05-12

81 want to see the airship an es-
tablished factor in our everyday life"
remarked the skeptic.
''You think it will be n particularly
useful institutions"
mo, I'd like to live that long,
that's all, "--Washinetou Star.
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-05-12

The Duchess of York, accompanied by
the Duke OF Connaught, q few days ago
visited the Pembroke docks at Pembroke,
England, where she presided at the launch.
ing OF the Queens new yacht, Victoria and
Albert. This vessel has occupied two
years In building, and promises to DO the
hnest example OF decorative treatment yet
achieved,
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-05-12

One of the secular papers has a cartoon
that is very significant. 1t represents the
last OF the Indians saying to Uncle Sam
apropos of the Philippine Islanders:
When beef and bullets fail, why, send them
rum"
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-05-12

George Thorp, sixty years old, 1 veteran
Of the Third ~ " Artillery, tied ntwenty-
pound stono 30 his neck and jumped into
Of Philadelphia. No cause Is known for
Iho net,
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-05-12
THIRTY PERSONS DROWNED.

British Ship Wrecked on Kangaroo ISL
and-0nly Four Escape Death.
ADELAIDE, South Australia (By Cable).-
1t is learned that the British ship Loeb
Sloy, from the Clyde January 8 for this
port and Melbourne, was wrecked on
Kangaroo Island on April "a, One passenger
and three OF the crew safely reached the
shore, and I've passengers and twenty-five
OF the crew were drowned.
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-05-12

Northumberland polayleja, Minister
OF War. at Madrid, has cablod to General
Rios. spain's principal military oalcer 10
the Philippines, nm authorization to return
to Spain whenever It Ia cfuyenien..
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-05-12

Bible chairs have been established in tina
six different State universities as follows:
Michigan. at Ann Arbor; Virginia, at Char
lottesyille; Georgia, at Athens; Missouri,
at Columbia; California, at Berkeley, and
Oregon. at Eug ne.
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-05-12

There is a constant interchange Of
friendly letters between Lord Curzon,
yiceroy OF linda, and the Ameer Of Afghan.
istan, and the relations between the In
dian Government and the ruler of Afghan.
istan were never more cordial than at
present.
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-05-12

A terrific hailstorm passed aver Jefferson
Comfy. Ca, a few days ago. The hail was
three inches deep at Wa 10Y, aud some OF
the stones weighed over 1hree ounces.
Fruit and vegetable crops are totally dc.
stroyed.
The Penn's Grove record., 1899-05-12

subject; "LoOking Backward"-It is We'll
to Review the Past and Arouse the
soul TO "Reminiscences of Dangers Es-
capped and Sorrows Suffered,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-01-20
TENNESSEE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 1899.

ed. Another style OF car, invented by
Albert Potts, of Philadelphia, has a roof
made separate from the body Of the ve-
hicle. If the latter is upset, the roof
falls off.
AS yet no device for the prevention
of telescoping has been proved satisfac-
tory on railways. Nevertheless, quite
number of anti-telescoplng con-
trivances are on record at the patent
office. Several Of these suggest bevel-
ended cars-i. e., cars with ends built
on slant instead of square.
According TO the notion OF Max Goetz,
of Fort Meade, S, d., train thus con-
structed could not be telescoped, mas
much as the cars, instead Of crashing
into each other, would pass by one
another in case of collision. On the
ether hand, the patent office experts
are inclined to think that they would
swing clear around and ram each other
disastrously with their sharp corners.
However, the experts are not always
right.
A. c. Maron, of Philadelphia, is the
inventor of species of buffer, which
extends from the end OF the car When
it is struck, the impact causes the top
of the vehicle to fly up, and the pas.
sengers have chance to escape. This
seems somewhat more practical than
the idea Of c. B. Guy, Of Lybrand,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-01-20

from 80 to 50 bushels. The plant Is
easily cultivated, requiring the same at
tention as potatoes to give good yield.
| planted some 90 inches apart, one
pea in place, and others one foot
apart. The widest planting and least
watering gave best results in the pro-
duction of seed, while close planting
and abundant moisture produced the
best feed for stock. Every animal and
fowl on the place greedily devoured
the peas and would walk over all Other
crops to find the ldahos. Several bush
els were sold as green peas, and the
purchasers were delighted with the
novelty. The plants have peculiar
odor that prevents insects from prey
ing upon the seed, and sour gum that
sticks to the fingers while picking, and
mparts a vinegary taste.
Idaho peas may be fed to cows and
sheep while on the vine, but should be
sheled and ground into meal for horses
and hogs. Some farmers who have
thoroughly tested the feeding qualities
claim that from one to two quarts of
the meal is a sufficient days ration for
a working horse or milk COW, and that
hogs require even less. The peas may
be drilled or sown broadcast and cut
with a mower and stacked as beans.
They shell out easily after being thor
oughy dried, and can be winnowed or
cleaned with an ordinary tanning mill.
The hay is as good as alfalfa, after the
peas are shelled out.--Joel Shoemaker,
in Farm and Fireside.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-01-20

railroad employees are killed in this
country than three times the number
of union men slain at the battles OF
Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge
and Orchard Knob combined. The
lumber OF them injured annually is
greater than that of the wounded and
missing at Shiloh. Antietam and hrst
and second Bull Run put together. In
the bloody Crimean conflict the f,ri''s'
lost 21 900 in killed and wounded-not
SO many as are slain, manned and man
pled among the railroad men OF .ne
limited States in single year. AT 'he
famous battle of Sedan, which de-
stroyed the empire of the last Ma
noleon The loss on both sides in killed
and wounded was only a tritie more
than the killed and wounded among our
tra;nmen during the last twelvemontn
n view Of such facts as these. no"
,,rnortant is the invention OF d. D.
simmons. of Wickes. Mont, which en-
ah,es one train TO PASS another gong
d onnosite directions Oh the same
rack. Alocomotive. according 10 nis
IDEA oun 10 carry N front OF II an
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-01-20

brakes. Similar iRi its object is an "air
plow" OF sheet metal, carried like a
cowcatcher in front of a locomotive.
This is the idea 0 G. j. Capewell, of
Hartford, Conn, who explains that his
device cuts" the atmosphere in front
of the moving train and enables the
latter to go faster. But, raised into
its secondary position by the engineer
II opposes an inverted funnel to the
air and exerts q resistance which
quickly brings the engine and cars to
pause.
In railway collisions people are very
apt to be imprisoned in the cars, which
frequently catch fire under such cir
cumstances, roasting their occupants to
death. Or else. il the train goes off
bridge into river, the unfortunatcs
arc drowned like rats in trap. As
rrecaution against such nismfortunes,
I Powers. Of New York city. has patent.
ed n car which haD huge pan, as II
might be called. set in the roof. II the
car is overturned the pan simply falls
out ard the passengers make their
exit ,orgh the big hole th-s F; ovid
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-01-20
MIR. James Idea Of How Collisions May
Be Robbed Of Danger.

When one thinks of it, there is much
interest in observing the fact that the
cowcatcher of to-day is practically just
what it was when this safety contriv.
dnce was first adopted. This is be-
cause it is of no use worth mentioning,
and it might fairly be regarded as o
mere conventional ornament of loco.
motive. Inventors have suggested vari-
Gus devices and substitutes TO catch
people up and hold them unharmed, OF
else TO throw them gently out Of the
way, but none of them has been found
satisfactory.
Railway signals, Of course, come un-
der the head Of safety appliances, and
one of the most novel Of these is tiny
car. that in the event OF collision OF
accident, IS hastily attached to one rail
Ct The track. ard set running in the
direction of train that may be ex.
rected to approach. A steel spring
gives II the necessary motive power tc
go mile, and it carries lighted torch
70 give warning to the engineer Of ths
srproa hing train.
JOHN OWEN LANGpoN.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-01-20

Ia, who proposes that each locomotive
shall push in front Of 1t huge
contrivarce on wheels with tracks run,
ming up it before and behind. In case
Of collision the engine runs upon an
inclined plane and stands on its tail,
so to speak, being thus brought to a
pause most effectually.
There are several kinds of patented
balloon railways, which are represent
ed TO furnish maximum Of safety for
passengers. One OF these, invented by
A. j. Morrison, of Buffalo, is upheld in
the air by series of balloons-a whole
chain of them, stretching for as great
q distance as may be desired. From
balloon 10 balloon is extended a wire
from which the cars are hung, the lat.
ter traversing the wire on sort Of
trolley principle But the beauty of this
contr,vance is that no motive power is
required, except such as is furnished
by gravity. Each balloon is connected
with the earth below by cable,
which Is wound and unwound by
means of drum, so that the gas bag
can be raised or lowered at will Thus,
by altering the relative heights Of the
balloons the roads 10 be Travelled can al.
ways be made downhill, and the cars
move themselves.
To return TO safety appliances for
railway use, j. C. Grass, Of Scranton,
Pa, has originated device which Is
precaution against the carelessness
OF engineers who fail TO pause at cross
ings where the regulations require
them 10 stop. A little "trip" is set on
the track, which makes instant con.
nection with the mechanism of loco
motive passing over it, 50 as to sound
the bell and whistle, set the brakes,
and shut off the steam, bringing the
train TO halt without any interven.
ton by the people on board.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-01-20

100000 individuals, which means that
there is in the United States one rail
way employe for every 70 men, women
and children. It signifies, in other
words, that these workers would make
city nearly twice the size of Boston.
OF course it is OF the utmost i'm
portance TO. be able TO stop train
quickly in case of threatening accident,
and for this purpose several inventors
have thought out methods Of utilizing
the resisting power Of air. For in
stance, II. w. Kirchner, Of Pasadena,
Cal, has series of aeroplanes ar
ranged along the tops of the cars I'm
der ordinary circumstances these are
horizontal, so as to offer no resistance
to the atmosphere, but the touch of
lever in an emergency turns them up
vertically, and the force of the air
push against them is great help to the
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-01-20
HELPFUL DAIRY NOTES.

We want persistent all-year mixers.
The first year tells the story.
If You have never churned granu-
lated butter, now is the time TO begln.
If the cows are 'home grown and
are not gentle it is apt to be the owners
fault.
You cannot afford to have your butter
machines left idle from four to SIX
months.
1t never increases the milk supply 10
pitch milk stools at the cows or swear
at them.
If you mean to make success of
dairying this winter, believe you can
and 60 ahead.
At the price of feed and milk this
season it will not pay to feed poor cows
it never does.
Hay green in color and sweet in taste
Is the only quality that is fitted for
COW in milk to eat.
Watch the beifers. Don't let them
form the habit Of drying up early. Give
them extra feed and care.
Beauty or color does not make the
worth of the COW, but the amount Of
milk she yields and its quality measure
1er value.
The making Of fine butter is an at.
tractiye line of work for young women.
Il is healthful, profitable and the pro
;e ,,o4 nvarnrouJaI
Perhaps one Of the things needed
ibout yo1r place this winter is an ice
rouse; II so, do not wait until the crop
is ripe and wasted before building he
pouse--Duild It now.-W Western piow.
Qap
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-01-20
NUMBER ).
GOOD FORAGE PLANT.
The Idaho Pea Makes Not Only Ex-
ceiient stock Feed but Also
CoHee Substitute.

The Idaho pen is wild forage plant,
native of the Rocky mountain regions,
and therefore n semi.arid bush of m1-N
value TO agriculture II has been cut
tivated TO limited extent Throughout;
the mountain states for the past quarter
of century, yielding excellent crops
of feed for horses, cattle, sheep and
poultry Some enterprising seedsmen
have recently introduced the pea as a
novelty, giving 1t various names and
selling the seed at high prices as do
nestle or imported coffee berries. My
experiments in growing this plant have
been highly satisfactory and have fully
demonstrated that the pea is all the
most enthusiastic advertisers claim AS
forage plant, steel feed and coffee
substitute. The plant grows similar to
alfalfa, stooling out from the roots and
sending up dozen or more branches
to height of two or three feet. Every
stem is filled with leaves, branching
out at intervals of about two inches and
producing pod at the base of each.
An ordinary plant will produce from
200 TO 1000 pods, containing from one
to three peas. The peas when shelled
resemble the little white Spanish pea
nut, and taste like n raw beam When
nicely Drowned and ground as coffee
the peas make an excellent beverage,
having delicious nutty flavor, end
much appreciated by old coffee drink
ers. | like the pea coffee better than
the commercial cereal products or
package cotfees
A bushel of Idaho peas weighs about
20 pounds, and an acre will produce
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-01-20

inclined, planelike, prolonged COW.
catcher, up which runs a pair OF rails.
These rails, OF standard gauge, are con-
tinued along the tops of the cars, and
descend to the track at the rear end
OF the train by another inclined plane.
Thus, when two trains rush upon each
other, with every seeming prospect of
disastrous meeting, No. simply
mounts upon No. 2, runs over the roof
OF the latter and down at the end, re-.
suming its journey just as If nothing
untoward had occurred.
1t is beginning to be realized lately
that the safety of the railroad work.
ers of the country is worth looking out
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-01-20

for. They number more men than the
entire voting population of New Hamp-
shire, Vermont, Rhode Island, Della
ware, Florida, North Dakota, South
Dakota, Nevada and Colorado-nine
sovereign states combined. If they had
proportionate representation they
would have so members in con-
gress and is senators. While under
going such perils and losses, this
vigilant army during the last twelve
month has handled nearly 100000, 600
passengers with so much care and skill
that only one in 100000 was killed.
This great army of peace, including Of
ficers and Office clerks. numbers about
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-01-20

this line are very striking and original
Take, for instance, the idea of Jack
w. james, of Cuba, Tenn which is an
elaborate spring buffer 80 feet long,
carried in front of the locomotive
When a collision occurs the spring col
lapses, in this way taking up the dan
gerous energy Of the contact. An auto
matte electrical attachment, depending
for its efficiency upon wires extending
from the end OF the aforesaid buffer 20
the engine. instantly shuts off the steam
from the latter and applies the brakes.
Lest the people on either train remain
unacquainted with the fact that a col
lision has occurred. an automaton in
the shape of man seated on the buf'
fer pounds big bell violently with
hammer which 1t holds in its hand.
1t will probably surprise the average
reader, to learn that every year more
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-01-20

suade the president to veto it, and
when II had become law they tried 20
have II upset by the supreme court on
grounds of constitutionality. Appli-
ances of the kind cost money and hu
man lives are cheap; hence the pro-
tests of the companies.
As might be expected, there are or
record in the patent Office an immens:
number Of safety appliance inventions
for railroads. OF patented car couplers
alone there are nearly 5000 different
patterns. The more sensible ones are
not particularly interesting from the
point Of view Of the everyday newspa-
per reader. but some of the freaks in
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-01-20
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lhe law requiring that all freight
trans shall be equipped with automatic
couplers and train brakes and all loco
motives with wheel brakes will soon
go into force, and an immense saving
OF lie among railroad employees will re
suit. This measure, when it was be-
'ore congress, was bitterly opposed by
some OF the railway companies, which.
had no regard for the fact that 50 per
cent. OF the deaths and rs per cent. of
me minor Injuries suffered by the men
who work for such corporations are at.
trloutable TO a lack of these common
sense contrivances. After the passage
OF the bill they did their best TO per-
The record-union., 1899-02-10
MILITARY CONGRESS.
The National Convention Assem-
bles at Tampa. Florida.

TAMPA, Feb. 9.-The National Mill
tary Convention was organized to-day
by the election of the following off
GERS: President, Daniel G. Butterfield
of New York. k.ivice Presidents-General
II. F. Chase, Michigan; Colonel Dyer,
Rhode Island, and General John c.
Underwood, Kentucky; Secretary, Cap
tain James Y Wilson, Florida.
The following Committee on Resolu-
tions was appointed by the chair: Gen
eral Charles T. Anderson, Virginia
Colonel Winfield Scott Proskey, Flor
ida: General Appleton, West Virginia !;
Lieutenant W. H. Sutherland, u. s. N;
General w. T. Floyd. South Carolina !;
Major Joe Harper, Florida Colonel w.
S. Sheppard, Georgia; Colonel Chamber
lain, Massachusetts,, and Captain An
drews, New York. General Anderson
was made Chairman of the committee
Major Thompson, in command of the
Toronto cadets. was made an honorary
member of the congress.
A number of resolutions pointing to
some action by Congress to provide for
clothing and developing military and
naval reserves were referred to the
Committee on Resolutions without de-
bate. They will be incorporated in one
general resolution to be presented to
the convention at future session.
The record-union., 1899-02-10
Natural History Stories.

Quite an interesting story might be
written some day about the attempts
which have been made to acclimatize
strange plants and animals, and then to
eradicate them. There is the famous
mongoose episode of Jamaica, when
has already been told in this column.
The mongoose was introduced to kill
the ratsf which ate the cane plantations.
Having done this, and multiplied very
rapidly, it proceeded to kill all the
snakes and lizards as well.
1t next attacked the birds Qearning
to ciimb trees in the process), until the
poultry and wild birds disappeared.
Then arose the ticks" or "chigoes, ;"
which the birds used to keep down, and
the island sgroaned under "a fresh
plague. The ticks, however, finally at
tackled the mongoose, which began to
decline; the birds began to reappear.
and attacked the ticks, snakes and liz
ards were seen once more, and in the
end the cane plantations We're devas-
stated as much as ever by rats.
1t. is not often that we get quite such
complete history as this or else a
longer time is wanted for development.
One of these plaques, that of the gypsy
moth in America. arose from six eggs,
which a collector had placed on
paper. blowing out of his window, and
it has cost the unfortunate State in
which this accident happened many
thousands of dollars a year ever since;
whole gangs Of men being organized
The record-union., 1899-02-10
LATE BISHOP wINGF1ELD.
Memorial Services in His Memory
I Held at Benicia.

BENIGIA, Feb. 9.-Memorial services
were held here to-day in memory OF
the late Right Rev j. H. D. Wingfield,
Bishop of Northern California.
The services were preceded by the
presentation of a memorial pulpit to the
local church by friends of the late
Bishop The pulpit is composed Of
futed columns and ornamental filigree
work = of British ash. The base is OF
solid oak, with a memorial plate on
which are engraved the following
words: 20 the glory of God and in
loving memory of j. H. D. Wingfiedd.
D. d. Ii. d. missionary Bishop of
Northern California. Erected by his
friends, -1S53-1S9S."
I Colonel L. S.. Babbitt of Benieia ar
senal made the presentation address.
The services were conducted by the
Right Rev. William H. Moreland Of
Sacramento and the Right Rev. Will
lam F. Nichols D. D., of San Francisco.
The topic of Bishop Moreland was the
Bishop as a preacher. The address by
the Right Rev. Bishop Nichols was on
the Bishop as a pioneer. Rev. John
Partridge of Petaluma spoke Of the late
Bishop as a father to his clergy.
Bishop Moreland administered the
communion, and after the ceremonies a
luncheon was partaken of by the visit
ing clergy and their friends.
The record-union., 1899-02-10
ARMY REORGANIZATION.
If the Bill Fails to Pass an Extra
Session Will Be Called.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.-The Post"
tomorrow will say:
THE army reorganization bill must
pass, or the President will call an extra
session of Congress. The opposition to
the bill in the Senate has already fire.
quently been referred to in the Post,
and the prediction made that some COM
promise would be agreed upon whereby
legislation of a temporary character
would be placed upon the army appro-
priation bill. This will not satisfy the
Administration. No make-shift expedi-
ent will be accepted. The President has
determined that the passage of the
army bill shall be made an issue, and
there is no doubt in Administration
circles that he will be successful If,
however, an obstacle should prevent
action, an extra session will surely be
held
1.-The conditions which have arisen
leave no other course to be pursued by
the President decision was yester-
day rendered by the Attorney General
to the effect that as soon as the ratifi-
cation of the peace treaty are ex-
changed the volunteers can no longer
be retained in service. This is also
true, the Attorney General holds, of the
additional regulars who were enlisted
for the war with Spain. Consequently,
without the desired legislation, the
President will find himself with an
army reduced from 65,000 to 25,000
men,