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E. F. YOUNG, Manager.
"LIVK AND EET I.IVE."
C K. GRANTHAM, Local Editor.
v VOLUME I.
DUNN, HARNETT CO., N. C., THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 26v 1S91,
NUMBER 1.
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ning tomatoes.
" Two hundred thousand dollars a ye nr.
j arc sptnt V7 the London tEbgland)
v School Board in enforcing the attendance
of .children: They are advised, by tb"
' Boston Tranuript, io try the' French
plan cf getting children to school by
j goc:l lunches.' - . '
"If you are going, to kill a man," says
on English surgeon of renown, "and
want to do it quickly and without suffer
ing, hang him. If the hangman knows
bis businc-s, the victim doc3 not feel a?
V much pain as if shot through the heart
or train. It's all over in the tenth of a
second."
The discovery of the full text of. Am
tottle's "Treatise on the. Constitution if
Athens" among a lot of Egyptian papj-
" rua. recently received by the British
Museum of London, hazards the San Fran
cisco Chronicle, will be of great mtersst
to all classical scholars. Perhaps the next
lucky find will be the lost books of
Livy.
Great anxiety is felt, in Switzerlaad
concerning the decadence of the watch
making industry, which, next to the tex
tile industry, U the mainstay, of the in
. habitants of the country. The profits
are dwindling down, as the . United
States and Engl ind are- every year be
coming mo$: power ul rivals fn this
fieldr ' The demand, too, for Swiss
watches is falling off considerably ia cr-tain-countries,
notably ia this country
and in France."
''The machinery, now in use by the
life saving service is about as" perfect,"
asseitsthe Ma Hand Express, " anything
well can b?. The crews of the various
stations often perform-ths seemingly inir
possible in'their'bravc and well directed
efforts. Without their assistance and
the means they have at their command
hundreds of lives woujd have" been lost
on our coast during the latter part of
December. In view of, the heroism shown
and the severe physical labor required ol
them, our life savers are not sufficiently
paid. These men daily literally take
their lives in their hands, and we do not
sufficiently esteem their services."
Pennsylvania is taking an f important
sttp in th direction of. better .roads; a
step that, in th opinion of the New
York Tribune, every State should take.
Railroad traveling has become so general
and so perfect that the conuaon high
ways of the land are largely overlooked.
Yet on them is the vast bulk of traveling
and transporting done, after all, and
upon their condition depend to an .in
calculable extent the Comfort and con
venience and prosperity of ike vast bulk
of the people. The improvement of
county roads is a topic that should stand
well toward the head of the list in every
legislative assembly, until we hava
brought ourselves at least to an equality
with the Romans of two thou?and years
"go-
If the discoveries made by the State
T) liry Commissio er of New Jersey afford
an example of the delcterioui mixtures
we eat and driuk in New York, there i3
well-founded reason for alarm, con-"
fesses the New York Jfeies. - According
to. his report, 2186 samples of food,
drugs and dairy products were examined
during the yraj 1890, and of that num
ber 46S samples were found tp be adul
terated. Oat of 1 06 samples of. cream
of tartar, sixty were within the require
ments of the law. More than a third of
the lard was impure. Forty out of fifty
tags of coffee were bogus. ' Frauds were
found in caauid French peas, jellies,
loney.and ol.ve oil. In ten Ijtsof mus
ard, not one ws pure; 'pepper was an
Domination, and of 110 samples of drugs,
ich as ae used in ecry family, forty
juf samples were adulterated. Figure3
ke the foregoing posses a lively interest
id if a rlmi'ar condition of the things
ist on thi? side of the . Hudsou, the
blic would like to know the fact, and
the remedy promptly pjlif d.
LIFE.
Our life, our life is like a narrow rift
Afloat upon the hungry sea;
Hereon is bat a little space,
And ail men, eager for a pfeca,
Do thrust eacb other in the sea;
And each man, eager for a place,
Ioes thrust his brother in the sea.
An5 so our life i wan with fears,
-And so ths sea U salt with tears.
Ah, well is thee, tbou art asleep!
Ah. weJl is thee, z.ou art asleep!
OtiB4. our life is like a curious p!ay,
. Where each man hideth from himself.
"LeUus be open s the day,"
One mask does to tha other say,
Tfrhen he would deeper hide himself.
'Let us be open as the day."
That he may better hide himself.
And so the world goes round and round,
Until our life with rest is crowne J.
Ab, well .is th?-, thou art asleep!.
Ah, well is thee, thcu art asleep T "
The Path.
THE PiOQM'MATES.
BY JOHN B. IUYMOXD.
ITenry Hadley and John Ash ton had
roomed together for six months, but had
never exchanged a word. There was no
quarrel between them; they were not
deaf mutes; they were normal, e very-day
young men, and one, at least, longed
ardently to hear the other's voice.
It came about in this way : Hadley was
a reporter on the 2eics-llerall, where he
had filled a certain round of dry-as-dust
assignments for years and was not much
liked by his associates. He had a tend
ency to drudg; he wore faiat mutton
chop" side-whiskers and turned up the
bottoms of his trousers when it rained.
But he was really a capital fellow, and in
spite of his prpsiac exterior "he had a
little romance of his own. He was en
Hged to be married, and Alice Tyler
was a girl of whom any one might weil
be proud;' 6he was the niece of a friend
of Hadley 's, and when he proposed to
her, after a long, despairing courtship,
he was astounded to find 'himself ac
cepted. It seemed' incredible that such
a perfect creature could ever be his own,
but after he had somewhat recovered
from his transports his practical nature
asserted itself, and he began to retrench
his'c-xpenses in'preparation for the event.
Thus it was that he eventually answered
an advertisement for a room-mate.
It' so happened that the other occupant
of the room was also a reporter, although
a very different stamp of man. John
Ashton was a meteoric genius." He was
"a waif from dead and gon,e Bohemia.
His forte was the strange, the odd,' and
the grotesque, and li!3 startling and unlooked-for
strokes had gone " far toward
making the Chronicle famous. In hiu field
he was invaluable, and he had longsinca
killed his chance for promotion by Merit
ing it too much.
The Kcia-Hcrald, as everybody knows,
is published in the afternoon, while the
Chronicle is a morniug daily, and Had
ley, who had made his arrangements
through the fandlady, was disappointed,
when he aw.oke early on the-first day in
his new quarters, to find that his room
mate, who had let himself in sometime
during the night, was then asleep in the
little alcove opposite his own. He had
promised himself much pleasure from
the society of a man whose work Jxc so
Lmuch. admired, but the pale, v handsome
face and slight form, relaxed in tho lan
guor of deep sleep, prompted him to
dress as quietly as possible-and slip out
without awakening the other.
It " turned out, to Hadley's inf nite
chagrin, and probably to Ashton's wisret
amusement, that this was no mere acci
dent. The former wept to work early
in the morning and his duties ended
when the big presses threw out the first
copy of the last edition, at about dusk.
Ashton, on the other hand, arose a little
after noon, lounged about until dark, and
left his desk any time between one and
three o'clock at night. Consequently,
when he reached the room 4 he invariably
found Hadley asleep, and when he awoke
he was the only occupant. And vice
versa. Several things conspired to main
tain this fantastic relationship. Their
offices were remote from one another.
Their work was essentially different. It
did not make common resorts or mutual
friends. So : it easily chanced that by
day they never met.
Such was the curious train of -events
which had carried them through one
summer and into an autumn that brought
' to Hadley many a miserable heartache.
A shadow had somehow fallen across the
honest fellow's love affair. It was hard
ly to be defined in terms; that ,was the
worst of it it was so intangible; so dif
ficult to say just what was. wrong. There
was a t-hangc in Alice. She was silent;
she was distraught ; her tears came and
went like April raiu. Yet she protested
that nothing wa3 amiss, and met his
well-meant questioning with an .impa
tience that surprised and frightened him;
for he did not know very much of wo
men, and her asseverations scmnded to
his ears liko confessions in disguise.
Above all, ho felt a cumbersome unfit
ness to cope with the situation. It was
like a plow-boy essaying to probe a sen
sitive wound, and at length he feared to
speak lest he should precipitate some un
known crisis.
Thus it wiis, when at dusk one autumn
day he walked from the office to Alice's
home to pay one of his customary visits.
It vas an indolent evening, suave with
theVpell of Indian summer, and through
the dreamy haze that wrapped the city
even the hum of traffic sounded faint and
harnioniousr like choir of giant insects
at the approach of night. He f.'l into a
vague reverie as he walked ou, and whoa
he stopped mechanically before the house
lje did not ring at'' once, but sat down
upon a little bench just within the gate
and masked by lilac-bushes.
The narcotic calm of the scene and
hour had lulled him into serenity, and
night fell unmarked, until, at length, a
familiar voice broke in upon his medita
tions, ne recognized it on the instant
"as Alice's, but; it was mingled with
deeper tones that were unfamiliar to him.
Although .no words had jet detached
iiiBSA rwa the tangle o sound, it
seemed to him that oae rfp was urging
and one remonstrating Presently they
came nearer and stopped by the gate.
Oh, I cannot I I cannot!" some one
cried. j;It was Alice's voice, and although
hcre was not a jot of the spy in Hadley's
nature,' something in the intonation held
him spell-bound.
"Bub-why not.?" said the other voice,
a melodious baritone low, persuasive,'
thrilling. "But why not? It wasa con
ditional promise; the conditions have
changed and that is "
"No; it is not. that," broke in' the
girl. She was speaking quietly, tut a
pathethic little quaver ran through her
words. "Oh, can't you understand I He
is honest and true, and I could not break
his heart 1"
' A moisture sprang on Hadley's fore
head and very slowly he opened, and
closed his hands. There was pause, and
then the pleasant baritone again :
-"Are there no -rivers in Damascus?
What of ."my 'heart, Alice?" Hadley
heard -no more. Something seemed to
suffocate him. His breath went no
further than than his throat, and the
dusky i web of lilac-branches danced in
black and shapeless phantasmagoria be
fore hik eyes. .. He was dimly conscious
of a patter of feet, a wave of perfume,
and gush of yellow light as the hall door
clashedopen and shut, and then, he knew
he was, alone again.
Alone! A hideous sense of los3, and
bitter,hopele3s desolation, such as he had
never felt and never dreamed of, over
whelmed him. He did not think; .he did
not dare to think. He staggered to his
feet, opened the gate and passed out.
To run away, to elude this thing if
it wa3 some sentient, palpable pursuer,
was fhe first impulse that possessed him,
and he hurried on, blindly, stumblingly,
helped not where. How far he walked
thus he had no means of knowing, but
when he stopped it was on a thronging
thoroughfare, before the window a gieat
emporium, aquiver with electric lights.
He drew a long breath and pulled him
self together. An illuminated dial that
punctured the gloom of the upper air
marked after midnight, and a faintness
began to assail him. a deadly reaction
that turned bis knees to water. The
careless, alien crowd jarred on him, the
barbario spendor of the windows smote
upon his brain ;be wanted to be alone,
and presently he saw the open doorway
of a cafe aud entered.
A few people sat at tables here and
there, and on one hand were the cur
tained doorways of a row of little rooms
or - stalls. He walked instinctively
toward one of these and drew the
drapery aside. A man within, who was
musing, apparently, over a bottle and a
half-eatcu meal, t' ued at the sound,
and the rooai-ruat&s ooked one another
in, the face.
hton was the first to recover him
self, and sprang up with outstretched
hind. - t
"Why, mydear fellow I" he exclaimed,
."Am I indebted to insomnia for this
pleasure?"
Hadley took hii hand absently, but
did not at once reply. What was there
about that voice, with its, plausible, vi
brating timbre,. that tbrilledjaim so?
"I have been a little troubled, .he
said, hesitatingly, "and tried to walk
it'off.".
. "Ha! And came in here, I dare say,
to drown it in drink, as the proverb
goes. My word , for it, trouble is the
thirstiest thing on earth. I tried to
drown a small sorrow in drink once, and
when I was under the table there was the
sorrow, sober as a judge. But I'll tell
you something, Hadley, it won't stand
feeding. The proper thing to drown
sorrow in is mutton chops and fried po
tatoes. Suppose we put it to the touch.
Waiter!"
"Hold!" said- Hadley, who burned to
stop this badinage, 'I am not hungry
not in the least. Let me sit down a mo
ment and think."
He sank into a vacant chair and gazed
at the other with a sudden, haggard in
tentness. A thought had just occurred
to his distracted mind. Why was not
this man; so bright, so versatile, so self-'
contained, so en rapport with the great
world and its usages why was not he the
verv man of all men to give him cdlinsel
in this predicament?
. "Ashton," he said, "I am in distress.
Will you give me your advice?"
Ashton smiled grimiy
"You have come to a good shop for
advice." he said. "My whole life is
more or less a warning. However, if I
can be of any' service to you, blaze away.
Out with it, my -boy!"
But Hadley did not find the story so
easy to tell.
"I am engaged to be married," he
said, at length.
"Ho! ho!" cried Ashton. "I forsee
a stern parent with a prejudice against
literary characters." Thensomething
in the other's face checked Jum, and he
dropped his tone of levity5- "Forgive
me," he said, gently. 'What is this
trouble of your3? You need not men
tion the lady's-name, of course." Make
it a hypothetical case."
"Oh, no!" said Hadley, "I can con
fide in you. She is the best girl in the
world. Her name is Alice Tyler.".
Ashton was leaning over the table
toying with a glass, but at the words he
rose involuntarily and fixed his eyes upon
the oth'cr with strange and challenging
j regard. Hadley paused for ' a moment
with a dim and troubled conscience that
he. had touched some" hidden spring;
but only for a moment, and then, slowly
and incoherently, he told his story.
Ashtou sank back as he proceeded and
heard bim in silence to the end.
"Do you know this man?" he asked,
when it was done.
"No," replied Hadley, gloomily.
'What does it matter who he is!"
Ashton did not reply; he seemed lost
in thought.
"Bdley," he demanded", suddenly.
' "do you really intend to marry this girl?
i But pshaw?" he continued, "you are too
f honest to be a triSer. And this fellow
why, a thousand to one he is amusing
himself looking for a new sensation, and
has no more use for a wife than. he would
hare for a bishopric. You must have
saved some money, have you not? '
"Yes," said Hadtey, rather Borpnsadt
"I have a few thousand dollars In banlu"
"Well," sighed Ashton, "this is a
world of fact, but we can't all grasp it.
Some men are made for homes and some
are not. I might have ten times your
income, and the last chapter -would find
me a vagabond.. I tell you, Hadley, you
have no real rival. This is a shadow
that has already passed, and shadows
leave do traced'
"What shall I do?" he asked.
"Do? Why, do nothing." For heaven's
sake don't distress the girl with questions.
I tell you this belongs, to the past. For
get it. Bury it. Act as if nothing had
happened, and all will Come Tight io the
end. : If I were you I would make it con
venient to be away foi a few days. She
will miss you,, depend upon it, and you
can begin' where you left off. Can't you
arrange to go away?"
think so," said Hadley. "When
had I best go? i -
'Go to-morrow. You will come back
a new man and find her eager to welcome,
you." ; .
Hadley reflected a moment.
"I will take your advice," he said.
When he returned home, at the, close
of the week, from a brief visit to a neigh
boring city, he mounted the stair3 wjth
an eager step, but paused, perplexedin
the open door. The room was dismantled
of much of its furniture, and looked' bare
and unfamiliar. - He entered, almost
timidly, and read this legend, chalked
upon the looking-glass :
KEEP WHAT TRAPS OT
, . - MINE YOU FIND. HAVK ;
MIGRATED. GONE WPST.
GOOD-BYE. GOOD LUCX
TO YOU. J. A.
1 "It was an. extraordinary thing," - he
used to say in after times, when he and
Alice -.v'ere happily mated. "Here was a
brilliant, successful man, with the world
before him, one might say, who pill's up
stakes all of a sudden, goes out West,
goes to the dogs, and inside a year winds
up in a danc3rhaU fight with a bullet
through his head. No, I can't say why
he did it; he never mentioned it to me,
although we roomed together over - six
months. ,,FranJc Lalte.
Frozen 000 Feet Deep.
For many years scientists have been
perplexed over the phenomenon'of a cer
tain well at Yakutsk, Siberia. As long
ago as 1823 a Russian merchant began to
6ink this noted well, ani after working
onl it three years gave it up as a bad job,
haVing at that time 3unk it to a" depth oi
ihircV feet without getting through the
frozen-ground. He communicated these
facts to the Russian Academy of Science,
who sent meu to take charge of the dig
ging operation at the , wenderful. well.
These scientific gentlemen toiled array at
their work for several years, but at last
abandoned it whea a depth of 332 feet
had been reached with the earth still
frozen as hard as a rock. In J.844 the
academy had the tea.ratnfe of the soil
at'the sides of the well taken at various
depth. 'From the data thus obtained
they came to the startling conclusion that
the ground was frozen- to a depth exceed
ing 600 feet.. Although' it is known to
meteorologists that the pole of the low
est known temperature is in that region
of Siberia, it is conceded that not even
that rigorous climate could force frost to
such a great depth below the surface.
After figuring on the subject for over
quarter of century geologists have at last
come to the conclusion that the great
frozen valley of the Lena River was'de,
posited, frozen just as it is found to-day,
during the great grinding up era of tho
glacial epoch. Chicago Herald.
Marvelous Piece of Mechanism.
. Another marvelous piece of rnechan-
ism has recently been exhibited in Paris."
It i3, an eight-day clock, which chime3
the quarters, plays sixteen tunes, play
ing three tunes every hcur, or at an,y in
terval. Required, by simply touching a
springj The hands go as follows: One
once a minute, one once an hour, one
once a week, one once a month and one
once a year. It shows the moon's age,
rising and setting of the sun,, the time
of high and low tide,, besides showing
half ebb and half flood. A curious de
vice represents $be water, showing ships
at high-water tide a3 it they were in
motion; and, as i, recedes, leaves. them
high and dry on the sands. The clock
shows the hour of the day, the day of
the week, the day of the month and the
month of the year. The mechanism is
so arranged as to make its own pro
visions for long and short months. -It
also shows the signs of the zodiac and
difference between sun and railroad time
for every day in he year. -Boston- Tran
script. I
Uait.'jifr Aluminum With Glass,
Bradford McGregor, the mechanical
expert of Cincinnati-, Ohio, has succeeded
after numerous experimeuts in uniting
aluminum with glass, and he claims to
be the. first who has done sc. A-Iarge
piece gf aluminum w;th a glass tube in
the centre was turned in his lathe and it
was impossible to detect the slightest
flaw or joint where they came together.
In fact, it appears as one solid .mass.
Heretofore,1 no metal could be made to
unite with glass in which the contrac
tion and expansion were the same, and
it is claimed this will create a revolution
in the way of reducing the cost of incan
descent lights as it will take the place of
platinum, which costs $320 a pound,
while the new discovery will not cost $ 10.
New Orleans Timet-Democrat.
The Wonderful "Changeable Flower."
Durinor the summer of 1890 the bot-
anists made a wonderful discovery in
; 1
Tehuantepec,Mexico, having "established
the fact beyond a doubtthat the native
"hinta'f has a ilower that changes its
color three or more times each day when
the weather is favorable. In the morn
ing it is white; at noon it has changed
to a deep red ; at night it i3 blue. It is
even claimed that spine individual trees
of this species have a flower that
changes to many ictermediate hues dur
ing the night. There are only two'
hours out of the twenty-four, from 11
a. M. to 1 p. M., that this rarity gives
out a pexf ume. St. Louis Republic i
THE MERRY SIDE OfflLIFE.
STORIES THAT ARK'TOLD B" THE
rTJUNT'lSEXr OPTHB PBES S.
A Mistake An Example Not
lowed New- and. True EavQJ
sjarnea unt, n;tc.,v-ii.tc.
A barber, bald man, andftfrirdly a fool.
Together, journey hadjtiade.
But fatigue overtook them; just at the end, -
So they all Jaid down inthe shade.
The barber, by 'lot, was compelled tdsterjd
guard, , . s
And he, whlle.thewothers slept, sound. .
SbaTrfflj. i oth. tool
That never a hair couluWbe found.
On waking, the fool put his hand tothis
head.
Nor did he the birbers jofc see:
.'xcra rascal," said ne, "youve
mistake,
The bald-headed man and not nw."
Harvar-dLampoon.
E ABIXT CARRIED OUT.
. She (piqued) "I jdon't Jcnow1 exactly
what to make or.you, Jlr. iUaocci
He (eaeer to : susreesifW -i-Bi whrn
not trv ft husbanid?" AmeriearAtrrocenL.
A DUBIOUS' COMPLnTEKT.
She -H'l'm so glad yoiiihave come!'
He "Are you really?"
She "Yes; for if you hadaot, tiere
would have been thirteen atithe taWe."
Epoch.
A DEFINITION' OF SELF-DENlKL.
Teacher "Will some one ' explain
what is meant by sell-denial?"
Small Bov "Please, anum it's ffivin
grvi
the whole of your apttle
sister. ' Yankee- Blade.
to yourV little.
.THEN HE WEST AWAY.
Mr. Stavne Stcierh fat 41:50 r.jfl
"Well, I really mnst go,v3Iis8 die .Muirl 4
I suppose I've staid' too late
Hiss do Muir (archly)" Oh,,
late than never1!" Puck.
better
1 'SANGUINARY' cuts.
"My barber 'told: m&a ver;funnytory
this m(lrning,'saia Smither. '
'1 judge troni tne cquaiuon or yourfl
face it was illustrate, with cuts. put inf
Wiggles. 'Lntcago;jyeies.
vNO ONK EL6EWIEL INVEST. -
"Jabson hasvgotvtired of attending to
his business au akrtie, so heis going tUy
incorporate himself."
"Well, he'll .have tovtakei all theistockjj
himself." New York: Sun.
AN EXAMPLE 3f OT? FOLLOWED
He (looking at theiclockj--Ah! timel
flies!" .
She (yawning) "Xes -and how few
emulate the- excellent example
time sets." Neio York 'Herald.
NEW AND TRUE.
'. Teacher "Willie, spell felt."
Willie "F-e-l-t." '
Teacher "Right. Jimmie - whatis
felt?"
Jimmie "Alickin'." Epoch.
" NEVER EXAGGERA-EE. .
Florence "The idea of saying you
were only tweuty-three!" ' . -
Bessie "You forgotimamma told us
that it is alwaysibetter toVunderrate than
to exaggerate, my dear."- American
Grocer. '."'" '
1 PAYMENT? DEFERRED.
Mr. Myser "The doctor cannot
get
"Good," returned Mrs.,Myser. "Six
i. X A. ' 1. , .. ' 4.
per lcui. oil 101 two uuurs ia uut j
much of a saviog, but every little helps. '!
New York Sun
USES OF ADVERSITY.
Wool "That young Russian., Pr.
Stepinoutofthewetski, makes verypceti
cal use of. his outlandish nameu"
Van Pelt "What does he 'do with
it?" '
Wool "Uses it for bandages!"
TAKES TWO TO MAKE , A BARGAIN.
Mrs. Wedgewood "Lfknow I'm cross
at times, John, but if I, had my . life to
live over again I would) marry you just
the same."
Mr. Wedgewood f I, have my doubts
about it, my dear. "Chicago News.
A YOUTHFUL' CYNIC.
Tommy (after watching the bride and
groom come dowtutheiaisle) "I'm never
going to get married."
Mother 'Whyfnot, deaf?"
Tommy "Just look at those .two.
She's crying, and; he looks sorry al
ready.? .
A FALLING
OFF IN SUUROUNDINGS.
"Smithers is
awfully unlucky. He
built himself a chateaulin Switzerland
beautiful location bvg, all of a sudden
the neighborhood randown."
'j "Unhealthy?"
"Not exactly. Avalanche.'1 Neio
York Sun.'
VERY KIND..
Mrs. Dorcas "I think we should help
the poor people, In the neighborhood.
Now, if T send food, what will you
send?"
Mrs. Flighty "Me? Oh, I will send
an Old receipt booVt so 'they can cook
the food properly !"
SHOWED HER OOD SENSE.
Johnson "When I do marry I intend
to marry a sensible girl if ' I can find
one."
Tomson "Now, there's Miss Sharpe ;
she jilted me"
Johnson "Just the girl I want. Won't
you introduce me?" Chicago Neks.
A STRATEGIST.
Wife (reproachfully) "Why, John, I
thought you disliked a piano so that you
never would have bought one. You
' know how the next-door neighbor has
tortured us with that hateful thing."
John (ijmpathizingly) -"Be calm, my
one i bout."-
PROOF
AND PCM8UMEAT OXB.
Primus Howard sava the nhrenolft.
gist he consulted was a fraud."
Secundus-"How so?"?
Primir "He told- Howard his bump
memory was abnormallv lafor and
Of
yet Hovard saj s he came off and for
got to;jy the,man his fee."rA Con
tinent
, A CAXniOUS MA2T.
Mr. TVpnoj;-;'
I never do any thine with
my eyes
a an air
of.great self-confidence
i . 'VNothing at all?" asked. his
rnilflly.
wife,
"Absolutely nothing, madam."
"No?" she queried. "That's funnv.
How do you sleep?" and Topnoody went
into ai comatose condition. Washington
Star. r . . -.
r . - . - '
THIS CANNIBAL'S PUN. .
'"I think." said the cannibal iester to
he three tpicures who had assisted him
in
consuming
a tourist.
VI think
down- on
Passion.'"
we
our
He
re-
should
minute
put tne deceased
book as 'Rulinjr
was so strong in death, you know."
"Strong in death?" enquiringly
marked
King Fo'Fum, picking his teeth
with a splinter of bone. 7 '
! "Yes,"; returned the jester, compla
cently patting his paunch. "Hasn't it
iake four of U3 to hold him?" Boston
Courier.
1 CONTEMPT OF- COURT.
j A stranger once walked Into a Massa
chusetts court and spent some time watch-,
ing the proceedings. By and by a man
was brought up for contempt of court
and fined; whereupon the stranger rose
and said: ; . y '
VHow much was the fine?" . '
"Five dollars,'' replied the clerk. ,
"Well, "said the stranger, laying down;
the money, "if that's all, I'd like to jineT
in. Lve had a few hours' experience of
this court, and no one can feel a greater
contempt for it-thanI do, and I am
willing to pay for it." The Green Big.
A "WITNESS WHO SVOULDN T EE BULLIED.
I ...
I "I was trying a , case-befoe Judge
Hoffman," said General Barnes, "in
which the witnesses were all "country
people. The testimony of one of thera
was very damaging to my client, "and I
sought to trip him up and lay ground foe
the purpose of impeachiug him. lie
stood me off, however, and then I
sought to show" he. was a mau of bad
character, I 'bullied him a bit,' and
asked :
I " Do.you know any- respeetable or
reputable people in San Francisco?'
j " 'I think not,' he said.
"'What? Don't you know one re
putable and' respectable man?' and I
gazed at him after the fashion of Joe
Redding. . r. .
j " 'I don't know a reputable or respect
able man in the entire city,' said the
witness. 'In fact, General Barnes, you
are the only man whose acquaintance I
have.' . . . 1
. "I excused 1 the witness," the General
is reported to say. The Wane. ' -
Frost Kills Fishes
One of the incidents - of a hard a-ad
long continued frost if the suffocation of
fish aud eels in small ponds where no
thoughtful person has broken holes in
the ice to permit the aeration of the
water which is necessary for the continu
ance of fish life. When pond? are thu3
hermetically scaled eels appear. to suffer
more than any other fish. On a hole be
ing broken they come to the surface in a
half dying condition and are easily
caught. At Diglis, near Worcester, a
number of eels have been caught in this
way, the instrument of capture being a
pair of blacksmith's tongs.
In the pond at Dulwich an enormous
eel has been killed. The water was en
: tirely covered with ice, and, a hole be
ing made, a great eel came to the sur
face. It appeared to ' be in a comatose
condition and was taken ' out without
much difficulty. , It measured thirteen
feet nine inches in length, was twelve
iinches round the thickest part and
jweighed nine pounds. But,- though eels,
jalong with other fish, suffer from insuffi
cient aeration of the water in small icc
'covered ponds there is no doubt that
they are peculiarly susceptible to cold as
well. .
j There are several ' instances of conger
eels being' washed ashore in great num
:beni during the continuance .of severe
frosts, their air bladders b'e.ing tightly
distended. In 1841 great.quantities of
ceH were killed in the River Lagan by.
the frost and floated down to the quays
at Belfast. There are, however, instances
of eels which had been literally frozen
and quite brittle reviving after an hour
or so spent in a tub of water placed in a
warm room. London Grajmic.
A 51 u of Manua.
The suuen appearance upon the
grrupd of a considerable supply of au
edible substance astonished certain peo
ple of Asiatic Turkey one day last August.
It came during a heavy fall of rain be
tween Merdin and Diarbekir, and covered
a circular area some six or eight miles in
circumference. 4 Some of it was gathered
up and made into bread, which was of
good taste and very digestible Speci
mens of the substance have: since been
submitted to botanists, who find that it
is in form of small grains, yeliolw outside
and white and mealy inside, and that it
is a lichen known to occur in some of the.
arid regions ot Western Asia. It is sup
posed that the grains were' drawn up in
a water spout and transported by the,
wind at a considerable height in the at-
mosphere. A French traveler nas re
ported that a similar fall of this - lichen
occurred in many parts of Persia in 1828,
when it covered the ground to the depth
of nearly an inch, and was eaten by ani
mals and collected by the inhabitants.
Many other falls are said to have been
mentioned. Trertlon (2V. .) American,
A ! MONSTER BATTLE SHIP.
- I - . i
HOW OTJB KAVTWILL 3K BSPBT
8ENTJJ AT THE WO&IiTJ'S rxra, j'
A Bis Structure to be Made tn Imlta-'
Honor One of the New Coast lAxxm
Vessels. -! ,L ' . , -.
One of the striking features of 'he
World's Columbian Exposition" will be
the naval exhibit, a part of which will
be the structure itself? which to all ont
ward appearance will represent the new
coast line battle ships now ' being con
structed at Philadelphia and Ban Fran- "
Cisco, after the de3ign of the bureau of
vonstructionJ ..-
The battle ship of i893 will be erected
op piling on the lake front in the north
east corner of Jackson" Park, Chicago,
and being surrounded by water will have
the appearance of being moored to a
wharf. It is to have all the fittings that
belong to the actual ship, such as guns,
turrets, torpedo tubes, torpedo , nets and
booms, with boats, anchors, chain ca
bles, davits, awnings, deck fittings, etc.,
together with all appliances for working
the same. Officers, seamen, mechanics
and marines will be detailed by the Navy
Department duriug the exposition and
the discipline and mode of life on our "
naval vessels will bo completely shown.
The dimensions will be l those of the
actual battle ship! Length, SIS feet,'
and width amidships, sixty-nine feet
three inches, taperinc to a point at the
bow and stern. From, the water line to
- the top of the main deck, twelve feet, on
topi and in the central position of which
is a superstructure eighfc feet high, with
a hammock berthing resting on the same
' seven feet high, and above thesa will ba
the bridge, chart house and the boats.
: The structure will, as stated before, rest
on piles as a foundation. The berth deck.,
or main exhibit floor, will be composed
of thick' planks- laid upon, the foundation
.on top of which there is to be;a substan
tial layer of brick concrete. The sides
oT the, hull are to be made of brick,
Etepped to give contour, over which there
j will be a filling of gravel concrete thickly
coated with cement. The cnd3r or stem
j and stern, are to be "shaped" with iron '
. -plates: On the inside of the wallr and
over the concrete on the berth deck there
will be a coating of cement, thus making
"the exhibition hall Jire proof: and free
from moisture. - " .
The; main and superstructure decks'
will have a crown of six inche3 in. sixty
nine . feet. . The deck plank will be
yellow, pins" six inches wide and two
inches thick, the scams of which will be
calked. The main deck beams will be
steel,-and iron tube pillara'are to b used,
to further support the beamv : Gutters
shaped with galvanized iron are carried
around the boundary of the decks, from
vhich numerous conductors carry the .
water that may fall on the deck down
in afnniipra olnsn tn tht. wtfr linp.
The turrets and redoubts for the eight
iich and thirteenth-inch suns are to bs
-made up of cement on metal lathing
fastened to a wood framing and are to
have all -.the ingenious appliances for
operating tbem. ' .-. ... I . v
- A thirteen-inch gun is forty-four feet
long and weighs, with its carriage
(technically termed its "mount"), 115$ I
tons. The transportation and placing of 1
so puch weight upon a structure such as
is described being impracticable, tho j
difficulty of showing what tho real Inttlo f
ship carrjes fias been overcome by build
mg the gun of cement over, a wooden
IUUC bU DC 11UCU UIU VLLCVt TTIkU UIIVVU
plug complete, the 'finish of the cement
to be such as to give it the appearauce
of an actual gun. The eight-inch guns
are; to be made up in the same manner as
the tbirtcen-inch guns, with two excep
tions, which will be bona fide steel guns
and "mounts, but all the six-inch guns,
six-p6unders, one-pounders, gat lings and
torpedo guns, with all their mechanism,
are-to bo furnished bv the Government
direct from the naval guq factories. The
exterior of . the entire structure will be
painted in accordance with the navy
regulations so as to give.it. the exact ap
pearance of a vessel of war. It is thought
that the resemblance will ba so close as
to pass undetected except by a skilled
expert. ' . . -:; ' '. :"
The entrance to the vessel will be from
the: pier at the foot of Fifty-ninth street.
The entrance will be on the main deck,
thence down companion or hatchways, to
the berth deck where a spacious room,
the whole length and wjdth of the veasel,
is to be filled with the naval exhibits.
The entrance at the pier will have a
register turnstile to record the number of
visits , The exit will be from another
point of the structure. .The superstruc
ture will show the cabins, state rooms,
mea3 rooms, galley and fittings, mess
table3 for crew, lockers,
method in which officers
men live according .to the
navy. It will present, it
etc., also the
. and enlisted
rules of the
13 said, a con
vlncing proof of the statement that the
sailors of the United States 'nivy are the
best paid, the best fed and the best
treated men of anv navy in the world.
j On the Superstructure deck and bridge
; wilt be shown the manner in which tbo
rapid-fire guos, search lights, boats, etc.;
are handled. , On the berth deck will be
shown the various fittings 'pertaining to
the; hull, machinery, drdoacce, etc., in
short, the thousand and one things that
.go to make up the outfitof a ship of war.
Eeaicn bureau "will have an officer and
o'her repretentatives in control of its
special exhibit, and the bydrograhic
office, intelligence office and Naval
Academy wille alio represented. The
traditional costumes of fhe sailors of the
navy from 1773 to 1818 will be shown
by janitors dressed in those ..costumes.
These men will be specially engaged for
this I purpose, and about six in number
j-' will have charge of the rooms containing
. revolutionary and other rclicYef-the old
navy. On the starboard side of the ship
j will be shown the torpedo protection net,
; stretched the entire length of the vessel.
J5team launches and . cutters will ride at
the booms and all the outward appearance
of a real thin of
war be imitated. (
Washington Star.
Maine's hay crop of the past
wax estimated at 1,500,000 toss.
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