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The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1902-09-08
To Build Large Cotton Mill.

Knoxville. Tenn. September 2-(Spe-
cial)-A report from Marshall. n. c.,
states that Marshall is sooh to have a
very large cotton mill. Citizens of that
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1902-09-08

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The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1902-09-08
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The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1902-09-08

New York. september The following ar
The total not rec ipts OF cotton at an port
since september u
The Washington times., 1902-10-18
Yesterdays Results,

CHICAGO, ILL.,, Oct. 1.-THE races at
Worth today resulted as follows:
First race-AlI ages; one mile. Salon
tCoburn). to 1, won; Gilfain CIV.
Hicks). 10 to 1, second; Gold Bride &c.
Kelly, 10 to /, third. Time, 1:41 3-5.
Second race-Two-year- r-olds; five and
one-half furlongs. Gravina q. Daly), 5
to i, won; Mallory (CoburnD, to /,
second; Musical Slipper (Wilkinson), 10
to /. third. Time. 1:07 3-5.
Third race-Three-y year-olds and up.
ward; selling; six and one-half fur
longs. Fake totis), 6 to l. won; Silver
Fizz tBirkenruth), 4 to l, second; Evelyn
Byrd q. paly), to l, third. Time,
1:2l 3-5.
Fourth race-All ages; handicap; one
mile. Ethylene tBattistel, to l, won;
Sidney C. Love tHelgerson), 6 to l, sec
ond; The Lady fBuchanan), to 1, third.
Time, 1:39 4-5
Fifth race-Four- year olds and up
ward; six furlongs. Toah CWinkfeld),
to 2. won: Federal tDonnelly), to !,
second; ST. Cuthbert tBuchana1). to /,
third. Time. 1:13.
Sixth race-Three-year- and up
ward; selling; one and one-sixteentn
miles. Bessie Mccarthy tBattiste), 3
10 2. won; Chickadee CIV Hicks. to !,
second; Count EN- Out IT. DEAN, IL to
i, third. Time, :46 AS
The Washington times., 1902-10-18

Railway Relief League.
The Lighting Company team had no
trouble in winning two games last night
from the Columbia Road. in the Trac-
ticn Railway Relief Association League.
The Washington times., 1902-10-18
BENNING TRACK IN
SHAPE FOR FALL MEET
S. S. Rowland, President of Jockey
Club, Formally Accepts 1t
From Contractors.

S. s. Howland. president of the Wash
ington Jockey Club, spent yesterday at
Benning. looking over the track and
other improvements.
Mr.. Howland formally accepted the
track from the contractors. Speaking
of the Improvements, he said:
Reconstructed Benning is one of
the best tracks in America. 1t is not
little or second-class race course. but
the grandstand, stabling and track are
on par with any in America.
1.-The autumn meeting. which begins
November 10 and runs TO the 29th Will
be by far the most successful ever given
in Washington. The interest in New
York is universal, and all, or almost all,
of the big stables will be represented .
Many large stables have already sig
nifed their intention of wintering at
Benning, and the mild climate and per-
feet track conditions will undoubtedly
make this one of the popular wintering
tracks of America.
The Washington times., 1902-10-18
WORTH ENTRIES.

CHICAGO, Oct. H.-Worth entries for
tomorrow:
First race-Seven furlongs. Carl
Kahler, 10; Graden. 107; Matte Spen-
Ger, Cougar, los; Ed Adack, Corrienne
INLAND, Fairbury. 104; Light Ball, Eve
lyn Byrd, 103; Red Tip, 11S; Compass,
103; Cork, Annie Thompson, Matin Bell,
100; The Caxton, 9S.
Second race-Five furlongs. Ameri
cano, lis: Philo. Gregor K. 112; An
tagonist, 106; Dodona. 112; In Bond,
Mary McCafferty, Laura F. NJ, Agnes
Mac. 102; Miss Gene, Durazzo, Hindi,
Bay Wonder, Mary Glenn, 81.
Third race-One and one-sixteenth
miles. Lucien Appleby, 116; Nitrate,
107; Somebroro, l13: La Goleta. 104;
Felix Bard. 100: Mac Gyle. Searcher.
9S; Water Edge, "a, Barca, Sc
Fourth race-The Columbia Handicap;
one and one-quarter miles. McChes-
107; Caliban. IS; Scintillate, rs: Fly
ing Torpedo, 10; Rolling Boer, los.
John McGurk. 105: Marque. 95; Scarlet
Lily, 101; Ethel Wheat, 81; Lady Cho-
rister, 80.
Fifth e-quarters of mile.
Money Muss, Frank NJ, 10; Stuyve,
Elsie L., 109: Gawaine. L'Etrenne, The
Pride, 106; Jaubert, 105; Miss Hume.
102; Ahola, Prince of Endurance, 92;
st. Minor. asSS; Style. So.
Sixth race-Two miles; selling. OBJ
stiRate Simon, Barrack. Beana, 10i;
Hub Prather, Sc; Irving Mayor, 80; Hay
ward Hunter, 81.
The Washington times., 1902-10-18
Morris Park Entries for Today.

First race--About two and one-half
miles; steeplechase. Rising Sun, 160;
Headland. 142: Inspector Stevens, 151;
Astor. 1874; W. H. Dixon, $50; Bermuda
King. 1873; Judge Phillips, 1iS; Sam De-
we're, 1870; Cock Robin, 147; Terrible
Terry 1870: Adjidaumo. las; Mystic
Shriner. 100; Hark Forward, 142; st.
Sulpice, 135.
Second race-Five and one-half fur
longs. Tugai Bey. Judge Hines, Watkins
Overton, Athelroy, Fire Eater, Ia;
Sweet Alice, Ill; Florham Queen, 106;
Colonist. 109- Futurita, 106; Joe Cobb,
ia; Sissy, 106; Earl of Warwick, ia;
Scioto, Coruscate. Pride of Galore. Ill;
Knight Of Gold. Barkemore, Royal Sum
mons, Gallant Smith, Guy Hark, Phil
Esher. Tioga. Trillardo, Lady In Wait
ing. Prince Ching, LOG; Sparkle Esher,
Ill: Mart Mullen, Benefit, 109; Squid,
los; Lass o. Linden. Ill.
The Washington times., 1902-10-18
Yesterdays Results.

First race-Selling; for three-year-
olds and upward; one mile Maria Bal
ton o. Hart), 10 to l, won; Joe Lesser
(Louden), to l, second; Blue Blaze Cd.
Gilmore). to /, third Time. 1:45A.
Second race-For two-year- olds; FIVE
and one-half furlongs Gaslighter Lou-
den), even. won; Seal Spatts CIV. Waldo,
20 to l. second; Breaker CIV. MARTINI, 5
to 1, third. Time, 1:1015.
Third race-For three-year- -olds and
upward; one mile and seventy yards.
Our Lady (Scully), even, won; Glen
wood (J. O'Connor), to 2, second;
Tuckapaw Cd. Gilmorel, s to 1, third.
Time, 1:51%
Fourth race-Handicap; for three
yearolds and upward; one and one-six-
teenth miles. Schwalbe (Beauchamp), ,
even, won; Found Qouden), 6 to l. sec
ond; Port Royal (W. Waldo, to /,
third. Time, 1:51l1
Fifth race-For two-year- r-olds; six
furlongs. Bas dor (W. Waldo, to 1,
won; Vestry (Fauntleroy), to /, Sec
ond; Hannah Lady Uouden), 10 to 1,
third. Time, 1:16al.
Sixth race-For three-year- -olds; six
furlongs Colonial Girl I'd. Gilmore), 3
to 2, won; Evening Star &C. BeID, Is to
/, second; Doeskin q. O'Connor), to 1,
third. Time, 1:16A.
The Washington times., 1902-10-18
EMBRYO MERCHANTS
DOWN WESTERN TEAM
Opening of High School Football Season Marked by Vic
tory of Business Boys, to5.

The high school football season open
ed with yesterdays contest between the
Business and Western school teams,
which resulted s to 3. in favor of the
former. 1t was great game, and was
witnessed by about 400 students.
The game began shortly before
O'Clock Business kicked off to Western.
The Westerners tried their opponents
center several times. but found it too
strong After making four attempts to
carry the ball the necessary five yards,
the Western lads lost the oval on downs,
and Business proceeded to carry it right
up the field. Loughran was given the
ball and skirted left end for ten yards.
He was brought to earth by Church, af-
ter fine tackle. The embryo mer-
chants were penaIized for holding, and
the ball went to Western on their own
ten-yard line. They were held for downs
after going three yards.
No Scoring in First.
Loughran made five yards around the
end, but his team did not make the dis
tance and lost the ball again. Western
kicked the oval on the first lineup. The
ball went to the center of the field, and
there was mad scramble for it. Beck
EFT, of Business. dived in under the
bunch OF feet and landed on the leather.
Business tried Westerns center and
made five yards. Morrison tried right
end, and made five yards. The ball then
was fumbled. and afterward lost on Bus
mess thirty-yard line, and Western pro-
ceed to hustle the pigskin down the
field. 1t was nip and tuck until the
whistle blew.
After ten minutes intermission the
second half was begun. Western kicked
to Business. Warden got the ball and
brought 1t back thirty yards before he
was downed. Business tried center and
made small gains. Then kicking was
The Washington times., 1902-10-18

Third race-Six furlongs. Dublin, 1876;
Colonel Bill, 1876; Igniter, 100; Frances
co, 116; Wealth ia; Caughnawaga, 1i2;
Leonora Loring, 110; Harry New, 105;
st. Finnan. 1e5; Schoharie, Lost Knight,
102; Jim Clark. 90; DAILY, %; Trinity
Bell, 95; Captain Arnold, 80; Satire, 90;
Mackey Dwyer, 80; Shark, Prince Rich
ard, 81: Sweet Billie, Sc.
Fourth race-Last seven furlongs OF
Withers mile. Eugenia Burch, 119;
Merry Acrobat, Meltonian, Flying Jib,
1O7; Grey Friar. 1o9; Wild Thyme, 119;
Aceful 122.
Fifth race-one and three-quarters
miles over the hill. Advance Guard, 127;
Andy Williams, 102; Articulate. 113;
Herbert, ia: Maid of Harlem, 1O5; Tom
Kenny, 9S; Hunter Raine, 90.
Sixth race-One and one-eighth miles
over hill. Martin Burke, 1903; Remorse,
los; Lone Fisherman, Ill; Queen Car
nival. Kalif, 10s; Brunswick, 105; Lord
Badge, Singing Nymph, 100.
The Washington times., 1902-10-18

tried. The ball went to Westerns twen-
ty-yard line. Western made short gains
through center, and an end run gave
them five yards. In danger of being held
for downs they kicked to Business. War
den fumbled the ball. bat Morrison got
it, Warden tackled Morrison, one OF his
own men. and brought him down.
Swan Makes Touchdown.
Business tried kick. but 1t was
blocked. Western kicked to Business
thirty-yard line. Warden fell on it.
Business fumbled on the next Iine-up,
but Warden fell on it again. Business
kicked to Westerns two-yard line. and
Church was tackled before he could ad-
runs and center rushes. and made but
short gains. They were held for downs.
Loughran made fifteen yards, and Swan
contributed three Yards. Center was
trieaIcsGd Business was thrown back.
Western made twelve wards on two end
runs by Church and Spofford, but lost
the ball for holding. The ball was now
within fifteen yards of Westerns goal
line. Loughran made twelve yards
through center, and Swan was showed
next lineup. This touchdown was
scored after twelve minutes OF play.
Morrison kicked an easy goal. Score
Business. s: Western, o.
Western kicked to Business. and Kerr
got the ball. He made a ten-yard run
before he was Gowned. Business made
five yards ON an end run. and then
kicked. Church got the ball. Two CEN
ter plunges gave Western eight yards,
but they lost the ball for fouling. A
Western man blocked an attempted kick,
and Graves fell ON the ball. Church tried
the end but was brought down by Kerr
after goine three yards. Spofford and
Church contributed five yards each and
placed the ball within three feet of the
goal line. Spofford was showed oyer for
touchdown after six minutes Of play.
He failed to kick goal Score-Business,
s.; Western, ). No further scoring was
done in the ten minutes which followed.
The Washington times., 1902-10-18
ST. LOUIS ENTRIES.
ST. LOUIS. Oct. 17.-Entries for to-
morrow:

ST. LOUIS. Oct. 17.-Entries for to.
morrow:
First race-Six furlongs; selling
Prism. King Dodo. 112; In Doubt, 97
Miss Eon. 9S; Bell Barnard. so; Happy
Chappy, The Forum, 1893; Budweiser. Ma
thilde, Gentle. Chickasha, 100; Pennant
101; Crutchfield. 9S; Hetzel, 104
Second race-Six and one-half fur
longs; selling. Lulu Flight. Duella
Trauer. 9s: George Fabb, 1O7; Parnas
sus, Lynch, Maggie Clopton, Sister
Sarah. 1903: Glezen, Kilrush, Precisely
106: Herodes, 1903; Dave Sommers, Ill;
Lysbeth, 102.
Third race-One mile and seventy
yards; selling. Fonspray, Eleven Bells
102; Wallabout, Zonne, Flop, Gin Spray,
107; Lefarre, 100; Leenja. 80; Tenny
Belle. 95; Yellowstone, 103; Lunar. 113;
Hucena, IS; Ida Penzance, 1O4; King
stelle, 81.
Fourth race-Six furlongs; LaureI
Stakes. Frank Bell. ia; Hilee, 10S;
Nearest, 95; Buccleuth, 105. and Lady
Strathmore, lis. as T. p. Hayes entry;
Erma, go; Chanterelle, 81, and Jake
Weber, as P. NJ Civill:s entry; Sambo,
81.
Fifth race-One and hree-sixteenths
miles; selling. Ceylon, 104 Colonel Bal
lantyne, lis; Bacchus. 30: Linden Ella,
The Washington times., 1902-10-18
Worth Selections.

First race-Evelyn Byrd, Matte Spen-
Ger, Carl Kahler.
Second race-Americano, Philo, Greg
or K.
Third race-Lucien Appleby, sombrero,
La Goleta.
Fourth race-McChesney, Ethel Wheat,
Lucien Appleby.
Fifth race-Money Muss, L'Etrienne,
Prince of Endurance
Sixth race-Beana. Barrack, Obstinate
Simon.
The Washington times., 1902-10-18
Bank Clerks League.

The Safe Deposit team was strong
enough last night to win two games
from the Second National Bankers, in
Bank Clerks League set bowled at
the Palace alleys. Wilson had high av
erage, 1914. Plant was next, 173, and
Wilson made 222 as best single string.
The scores:
The Washington times., 1902-10-18
Selections.

First race-The Forum. Pennant, Bud
weiser.
Second race-Parnassus, Kiirush.
Herodes.
Third race-Zonne, Lefiarre. Hucena.
Fourth race-Buecleuth, Hiiee. Jake
Weber
Fifth race-Bacchus, Colonel Ballan-
tyne, 0rris.
Sixth race-Amphere, Hengist, Tom
Collins
The Washington times., 1902-10-18
AMONG LOCAL B0WLERs.
Departmental League.

Strong bowling marked the work OF
the Bureau OF Engraving and Navy YARD
teams in a set of Departmental League
games bowled last night on the Palace
The Washington times., 1902-10-18
GUTENBERG WEATHER AT MORRIS
PARKKEEPS SATTENDANCED DOWN
Selections for Today at Morris Park.

Fs%race-Judge Phillips Inspector Stevens, Cock Robin
Second race-Fire Eater Scioto, Sparkle Esher
Third race-Igniter. Col. Bill, Leonora Loring.
Fourth race-Grey Friar Aceful, Eugenia Burch
Fifth race--Advance Guard, Herbert, Articuate.
Sixth race-Brunswicb Remorse kalif.
The Washington times., 1902-10-18

1o1; orris, 80; overstreet. 1o2; Kunia
101
Sixth race-Seven furlongs; selling.
Marion Lynch. Hazel H., 96; Brannigan,
81; Amphere, 105; Orrie Goan. 10i; Hem
gist, 96; Imp. Clonsilla, 101; Prue Wood,
81; Tom Collins, 1o4: Kiss Quick. ASSESS
ment, Sc; Pyrro, 103; Loca, SO; Ciales.
1O2
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-04-05
FRESH WATER SHARK
fERocITY OF THE MUsKALLoNeE
WELL ILLUSTRATED.

its Jaws Capable Of Crushing Metal or
.severing y Mans Hand Undated
Hook siezed by . Giant Fish 4 Blind
. Rage-Ths Result.
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Oldest Town in Illinois.

The assertion is made by Pekin,
Jacksonville, and other papers that.
since Kaskaskia vanished from the
mar, the oldest town in Illinois is
Mackinaw, in Tazewell county, which
was founded in 1923, and contained a
courthouse as early as 1925. Lewis.
town, although that city's papers have
not made denial Of the Mackinaw
story, is one year older than the for.
mer Tazewell county capital. II writer's
Of Fulton county history have not err
ed, and the first courthouse there was
built in 1923. Mackinaw must wait
until Lewistown has followed Kaskas.
kia to Oblivion before claiming posi-.
ton on the top shelf in the state cab
met Of antiquities. Canton. ILL.,. Reg.
lister.
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They have on exhibition at Fifeld,
Wis.,. a No. 8 Skinner trolling spoon
as an illustration Of n of the many
tricks of the, muskallonge. 1t be-
longed to Byron L. Veatch of Chicago,
a freQuenter of the Flambeau waters
IN season.
It is of the usual heavy metal, gid.
ed upon side and silver on the
otner. It was hurt during the fishing
season which closed in October.
This spoon was struck by a "musky"
in the waters Of Mason Lake, which
is connected with the Flambeau, thence
with the Chippewa and thence with
the Mississippi. It was struck in
anger. 1t was Undated at the time
and the fish knew that 1t was I'M
halted.
He nosed it once or twice as it was
trolled past his lurking place at the
roots Of the lily-pads ten feet down.
A guide was pulling the heavy boat
and the fish was tired of being dis
turbed. He rushed it suddenly, seized
the great spoon in his jaws, steering
clear of the gang of hooks at Its end.
mashed it with one powerful grip.
rolled W. and disappeared.
The spoon looks as If it had been
laid on an anvil and hammered by
a blacksmith. 1t is crushed almost out
Of ,semblance to itself.
The metal at one side is rolled over
and over as if some giant had tried
to make an alloy cigarette. Its lower
end is bent upon itself. It is in such
shape that nothing could be done with
It unless it were melted and remolded.
It is proof Of the tremendous force
in the jaws Of this shark Of the UNI
sailed seas. Such a grip would have
taken a mans hand OFF at the wrist.
It would have severed one-half of his
foot cleanly. The fish that did the
trick weighed probably not more than
thirty pounds.
In the village Of Fifeld are copper
bound oar blades which bear the
marks of muskallonge teeth; a tin cup
once snatched from a fsherman's hand
as he leaned over the boats side to
dip water; a woman's breastpin of gold
which was seized before it reached bot
tom and cut from it's captured captor'a
belly.
The guides say that it is impossible
to have much to do with amuskallonge's
mouth even after it is dead, without
suffering. some laceration of the fin
gers. This is due to the numbers OF
rows of teeth and their exceeding
sharpness.
Muskallonge are known often t.
strike a trolled spoon with closed Jaws
and send it flying fifteen feet in the
air. Men who have see the jaws Of
a twenty-pounder wide open do moi
wonder why they discover a four
pound bass faster and more neatly
than a circular saw could do 1t.
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How Criminals May Be Detected.

How Criminals May Be Detected. .
When the hand touches anything 1t
leaves upon the object touched a repre-
sentation of that part which came in
contact with the object. This impress
sion is not visible to the eye: it is
made by the acid Of moisture exuded
from the skin. If you place the palm
of your hand fiat on q sheet of blank
paper you may not see the taintest
trace of the hand, and many people
will be angry at the suggestion that
there is any exudation-their hands are
perfectly dry, they do not suffer from
pe%rspiration. Nevertheless, If a metal
plate covered with a certain chemical
preparation be passed over the paper
the representation of the hand becomes
visible in great detail.
A French expert declares that when
a burglar touches a curtain or a door
post, or anything else, he leaves the
mark behind him, and it is possible to
get a picture of it. Even If he walks
across the carpet in his socks he will
leave a picture. As the markings of
the hand are quite distinct in each In
dividual, these pictures may prove use
full in bringing crime home to the per-
p~etrator.
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rads.

Where polite usage gets its authority
nobody knows. Now it is saying that
valet" the final syllable Of which we
have learned to give of-hand with a
high-bred "a" shall be Anglicized just
as ''parquet" was q few years ago, and
shall appear in polite society in its
plain English stubbiness. It is likely
that we shall all stumble and stutter
and make mistakes at iirst. but eventu-
ally fail lin line Of "ets." There are
those who claim that q polite suburb"
should have . long ''u," that tapes
try should be '.a,' long, and that the
sun never ''shone" politely with a long
90" The same authorities are busy
With the new automobile Importation
,- 'chauffeur" (sho-feur)-which has
been called everything that Is polite.
III might be called something more, for
Ii lie not q truthfuJ term. It means,
when interpreted. fireman. a .,stoker.''
ana IL %innocently . good Joke on our
millionaires who speed their sown ..au-
tos..:--Great Round World.
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MARITIME EXPRESSIONS.
Their Use in General Conversation Has
Become Very Common.

Become Worry Common.
Maritime expressions, used meta
p%horically, are, in fact, very common.
We say a couple are Spilled" a young
man is the "mainstay" Of his family.
an intruder puts his oar in" the mem
Der from Wayback "steers through"
q man is "hard up" sometimes taken
aback," or has "the wind taken out of
his Sails" a topper is "slewed," a loafer
'tspins a yarn" sometimes tries the
other tack" and a ruler steers the
ship of state" through troublesome
times. This last metaphor is extreme
~ ancient, by the way. Horace refers
to Rome as a ship at sea, and Plutarch
says the Delphic oracle referred to Ath-
n in the same way. A Tamil saying
embodies a like metaphor. "The soul
is the ship, reason is the helm, the oars
are the souls thoughts, and truth is
the port" An old collection of Eng
lish proverbs contains this one: The
tongue is the rudder of u ship" A
Malay maxim says, "The boat which
is swamped at sea may be bailed out,
but the shipwreck of the affections is
final" Aristophanes, Plautus and 9th
ers use an expression which comes
down to us as an English saw, ITO
row one way. and look another" An
old English proverb (1614) was, ut is
not good to have an oar in everyone's
boat."-Unsted Service.
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For thirty years the letter had watt
ed. He looked at 1t resentfully and
then, as IL asking where and when
and how, and why, had this letter,
which had meant so much to him,
gone astray for thirty weary years,
while SO many letters of mere business
Importance had reached him with such
aggravating promptness. To come at
last to his hands, only to rack him
with sufferings. misgivings and re-
grets for the years that had gone. He
sat a long time in that apathy which
follows acute mental suffering, with
the yellow, old letter in his hand. The
June sun reached its zenith and was
midway down the western sky before
he came back from the past to live
again in the present. Gradually his
face assumed an expression of-at
first comprehension, thensof interest
and finally of resolution. He seemed
to be then considering something very
earnestly. Finally he took the yellow,
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RANED BLOOD.

But the Unfeeling Microscope DIspelled
ear Of tho Supernatural.
A. peculiar phenomenon was observ.
able recently throughout southern Eu-
rope, and nor especially in Sicily, in
the occurrence Of what seemed to be a
rain of blood. The fields, trees and
roofs were painted red' in a very
literal sense, and doubtless in many
outlying parts the occurrence was re-
garded as q portent Of terrible sig-
n%ificance. .
The rain, however, was subjected to
chemical analysis process which
has little sympathy with supernatural
things-and its exact composition as
certained, confirming the accepted the
DRY Of its origin.
It consisted of 60 per cent of red
sand, and the rest was composed OF
clay, a little organic matter, and about
5 per cent of water. Under the micro
scope vegetable fibers, fragments of
diatoms and other debris could be
seen.
1t was evident that the red matter
vas not of volcanic origin. The va
rious chemists who examined it agreed
that it had come from the desert OF
Sahara, and so the mystery Of the
rain of blood" was explained.
The matter is Of great interest when
we remember that similar occurrences
are described by Livy and other old
writer's, at a time when microscopes
were not and the oracles were ignorant
Of analytical chemistry.-Chamber's
Journal.