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git gcaplc's guess. JOB PRINTING L. V. E. T.BLUM, Publishers and Proprietors is mil 111 luimti Is sppU4 wtta all ancillary autUl,M4 Is tally ynparaA to vni wtut HCATNCSS, DISPATCH. inirtn . VERY LOWEST PRICES Terms Cash in Advance. One Copy, one year.. $1.50 44 six months.... .73 " three months..;........ .45 A. Family Newspaper Devoted to Literatvire, Agrricviltvii'o and General Information. Reduction to Clubs. Bee Inside, itoftr MlMal VOL. XXXIX. SALEM, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17. 1891. L : wtsa ujim a. NO. 38. Central anil South America aro eager for more railroads. So is Mexico. We tavo in this country about one postoffico to each 1000 inhabitants. Numerous postoffices are a sign tclligent people. of an ln- Amhcrst College claims the honor of bavins: been the first institution in the country to make physical exercise a compulsory part of the college course. This it did in 1861. The plan of forming an athletic asso ciation lrom members of the New York National Guard is, declares the San Francisco Chronicle, a coed one. The training will be. of more service in phys ical development than the regular drill. OUTWARD BOUND. Out upon the unknown deep, '- Where the unheard oceans sound, ' Where the unseen islands sleep, Outward bound. . Following toward the silent west, O'er the horizon'scurved rim, On to islands of the blest, He with me and I with him,, . Outward bound. Nothing but a speck we seem In the waste of waters round, Floating, floating like a dream, Outward bound. But within that tiny gpeck Two brave hearts with one accord, Past all tumult, pain and wreck, Look up calm and praise the Lor J,' Out ward bound . Dinah Muloch CraOi. According to BradstreeCs the consump tion of fruit in the United States, as of many other products, exceeds that of any other country. Although large pro ducers and exporters, we are still depend ent to a considerable extent upon foreign countries for supplies. ... .' The women's building at the Chicago fair is to be next door to the Unitel States Government building. Uncle Sam will find out, predicts the Boston Tran script, that Columbia s daughters mean to help in the government before Colum bus has discovered this country another 400 years. . ! .Canine fidelity, according to a recent writer, is declining. As careful breed ing develops the j beauty andamiability of the dog the stronger and more savage traits of his nature are eliminated ; and though gentler, and a safer pet, the dog of the future will lack the intensity of devotion which marked former types. The farmers have now in Pennsyl vania, for two , years , been relieved of the heavy burden of fencing their grow ing crops to protect them. Generally the change gives satisfaction, state the New York Independent, though in the wooded areas Ithcse who bave been ac customed to lcpvc their stock to run at lar.'cj feel it tJ be a burden placed upon them that they can no longer do this. There is little doubt but that fences will finally disappear in that State on farm lands. After calling attention to the fact that j only five per cent., or 18,2 70, of the total immigration to this country during the last fiscal year settled in the South, the New Grlcaus Time-Democrat says : "The question of foreign immigration, there fore,can scarcely be regarded as a pressing problem in thi3- section, since a move-' ment of this size is inappreciable in its .effects. There:is a considerable immi gration into the South, but it is from the r North and West, of persons of American birth, so that this section remains dis- tiuctively American n race, and nation ality." f" i Missouri's peach crop last year was es timated at $10,000,000. This year it is larger, and judging from the activity of the fruit-growers, the State in a few years will ,rank first as a peach producer. Whatis is known as the Ozark belt in south western Missouri is particularly fa vorablo to the growth of this fruit. The rolling plateaus possesses a rich red soil; they are free from winds and are blessed with abundance of rain. Last year over three millions of trees were set out, cov ering an area of twentv thousand acres. A still greater number of trees will be planted this year. OVER THE GRADE, BY JOBCS P. BARNES. Half-way up a great California moun tain, upon a shelf or level space called Johnson s , Flat, a few 6heds and cabins clustered about the shaft of the Monte Christo mine. s v ; One of these cabins the best of them all was occupied by the superintendent of the mine! He was Doctor Green, and he had been a successful surgeon in an Eastern city. ' III health had compelled him to remove to these parts, and he had taken up the occupation of raining. Down the mountain, to Gajlords sta tion on the Pacific Railroad twelve miles away, led a narrow cart-path, called a "grade" here. It was wide enough for only one wagon, except in two or three places where turn-outs had been cut into the side of the mountain. In such places a wagon- might wait for another to pass ; and teams going up had the right of way. There was very little travel on the road. 1 The descent from the outer edge of this path was often almost perpendicular. One bend, where the road wound around a promontory, was called Dead Man's Point, because tradition had it that ja man and a horse and wagon had gone over the grade here, and had been dashed There was employed about the mine a Mexican boy, called Pete. He was a faithful and hard-working boy, and had but one enemy in the world. That was "Old Lightning," an unusually large mule heavy, bouy, and extremely vic ious. ' - 'j ; - ' This mule was used to haul the refuse from the mouth of the mine to tho dump, and was generally attached to a heavy and very strong two-wheeled cart. Most of the men employed about the mine were much afraid of the animal, tor he was always ready to use his teeth or his heels. I He seemed to bear a particular spite jtoward Pete, and had at one time, in deed, bitten and kicked him so severely, that the boy's life was despaired of. Pete certainly would have been killed if Dennis McCarthy, the owner of the mule, had not interposed just in time to save As it was, Pete was badly hurt, and might not have recovered if Mrs. Green, the superintendent's wife, had' not taken him to her cabin and nursed him back to life. The grateful boy had the deepest affection for Mrs. Green after this, and the deadliest fear of Old Lightning. J OnCj day in May, when the . supply wagon from ' Johnson's Flat returned from Gaylord's with a load, a telegram from the East was brought to Mrs. Green. It stated that her niece, an in valid, had been taken worse, and hd been ordered? to go to California imme diately; and that she would arrive 'at Gay lord's on the following Monday. ! Preparations were made at once to meet the invalid young lady at j the sta tion and bring her up the mountains ks comfortably as possible. The camp wagon was stuffed with mattresses arid pmows, ana a saie team or mules pro- for An insurance man is responsible the following statement: "Tho com plete record of firo losses in New York City for the first seven months of the current year is about equal to the amount paid in for insurance. The premiums for the whole year amount to $5,500,000, and the losses up to the present date aro a little over $1,500,000. Deduct from what is left the office expanses, and if we don!thave another fire in five montb.3 we may skin through without actual loss. That's tbo best showing we - can make. The real trouble is with the- companies themselves that fight and cut one an other's throats iu the struggle for busi ness. It is no wonder that the stock holders aro becoming dissatisfied because of the inadequateness of the dividends." Mr. Edward Atkinson, learns that the upper stories of some of the buildings in Lynn, Mass.; were burned recently, with out the privilege.of a drop of water; they were too high to be within the reach of the Fire Department. The existence of similar buildings in other cities besides Lynn affords him occasion to call atten . tion to an important reform in the method of meeting danger and loss by fires. He advocates the attaching of pipes not less than five iuches in diameter at various points aloiJg the water-mains, and carry ing them to the roofs of flat-roofed build ings, where water can be thrown iu heavy streams from this vantage-ground on neighboring premises. He estimates that such a roof-hydrant; service would cost $1000 an acre. He thinks that larger pipes making tho service cost 2000 an acre would be still better. That it would be an important safeguard against fire there is no doubt, but it is to be feared that public t opinion must be educated considerably yet by the rough experience of heavy losses before the reform will be vided Pete was to be taken as driver. He was an excellent driver, understood the use of Ihe brake, knew the road per fectly, and was afraidtof nothing except Old Lightning. -i " The train from, the East wa3 due jat eleven o'clock in the forenoon, but was seldom on time, and had lately been many hours late on account of a washout. Arrangements were made, therefore, far Mrs. Green and the invalid girl to re main at Gaylord'a over night ; and no ohe at Johnson's Flat expected them until Tuesday. J j Dennis McCarthy worked all days 6n Monday at his usual occupation of haul ing refuse to the dump with his big mule and cart; and though he was generally unwilling to admit that Lightning had faults, he was heard occasionally 'to grumble, and to make remarks indicating that the mule was more than usually fractious. . j. - The day's work was nearly done. The sun was approaching the tops of the mountains acros3 the deep gorge to the west of the camp, and tho last load for the day was put into tho cart to be hauled to the dump. j; Just at this time one of the meD, in passing, made a playful motion toward the old mule. Quick as a flash he sprang at the man, dragging tho heavy cart, arid before Dennis could reach him, he was going at full speed down the grade. The man saved himself by quickly run ning up the hillside into a clump lot bushes; but the mule had become frantic, and urged on by the loaded cart behind him and frightened by the noise it made, dashed furiously on down the grade, with Dennis in full pursuit at an ever- Widening aistance behind. c The men, who were just -leaving he mine, gathered at - a place where the grade was plainly visible all tho way to Dead Man s Point, nearly two, miles be low. :, -.'" "Sure," said one of the miners, 'I hope there's no one on the grade about now. 'Twould be a bad day for 'em ( to meet Old Lighteniug, with all that load of rock in the cart, too. They'd all ?go to the bottom of the canon together.'! "Never fear," said another, "there's nobody on it at this time.: There'll bo no danger to any one but Old Lightning, and I'm thinking he'll never cart any more tailings." 1 Among tho others who stood looking down the grade was the superintendent, Doctor Green. The flying cart and mule were momentarily lost sight of at a slight curve, and most of the men- were looking at the figure of Dennis far be hind, but running" a if his life depended Suddenly tho superintendent uttered an exclamation of horror, and he and several others rushed forward to the edge of the flat. Just coming into view at Dead Man's Point, and turning the curve so that the precipice was at its very wheel, was the camp wagon, in it were : Mrs. Urecn, the invalid girl, and Pete; and the mule and heavily loaded cart were almost up on them. There was barely enough room for one wagon. They must go over the grade, fall the dreadful distance and be. crushed below. . The people at tho mine did not know exactly what happened until Mrs. Green was ; able to tell her story; and this i3 what she said: "As soon as we reached Gaylord's we learned that tho Overland train had been telegraphed as on time, greatly to the surprise of every one; and at eleven o'clock it arrived with my niece, Alice, on board. ' "We took dinner at Mrs. Atwood's, where we had arranged to stay over night; and as niece was tired of travel, and as I knew that the accommodations we had prepared for her at home were better than she could obtain at Gaylord's I made up my mind to push on up the mountain. "As we were driving away, Mrs. At wood called to usy and came running out with a large blue cotton umbrella. You'd better take this,' she said; 'you are going just away from the sun, and it will shine in at the back of the wagon and make the poor girl uncom fortable if you don't have something to shade her, "We J took it, although I hardly thought it would be necessary to spread it. -"The mules kept along at the rate of about three or four miles an hour, so that at five o'clock we were approaching Dead Man s Point. "Alice, lying back upon her pillows, had been much charmed all tho way by the scenery. So, as wo came to Dead Man's Point, and stopped to allow tho team to take breath, I called her attcn tion to the grandeur of the view here, i "But she could hardly look at it, she was in such fear of the deep chasai of the canon on our left hand, which we seemed almost; to overhang. 'While wo looked, and I assured her that there was not the slightest danger. I heard an exclamation from Pete. Look ing up the grade, I saw, coming like a whirlWind around a little bend, Old Lightning, with his heavy cart bounding behind him. "I saw it as one sees objtcts revealed bv a flash of liirhtninor in a dark uiht. Instautly I thought of our fate, for noth ing could stop him, and when he struck us we must be hurled over the precipice "I was paralyzed with tear; every thing turned black before me. .1 naa a wild desire to escape, but I knew that escape was imoossible. Even if I could have climbed from the wagon, it wpuul have done no sood ; and what of the sick girl? "While I looked, and while these thoughts Hashed through my mind, l saw Peter throw all his weight on the lever of the brake, forcing it down to the last notch, and locking the wheels so that it was impossible for them to turn Then ha thrust the reins and whip into my hands, i ' v ' i 'Keep thej team steady, ma'am,' he '.said, 'you must do it! "He seized something under the seat, and before 1 could speak, ne was goae from the wagon like a flash "For one moment I basely supposed he Was going to save himself by climbing the j almost perpendicular side of the mountain, which no doubt he might have done he is so quick and agile. But the next moment I saw him rushing toward the on-coming mule and cart, and wondered in a stupid way why he showed: so little fear of his old enemy. "While 1 looked, unable to turn my eyes, and knowing that surely he ; must be killed, I saw him make a stand in the path, and suddenly spread the big blue umbrella directly in the face of the mule I saw the mule as suddenly swerve a little toward the edge of the precipice. "In that instant tho off wheel of the heavy ! cart went over tho grade, and amid a cloud of dust everything vanished from my sight, leaving only in view tho winding mountain road, with poor Pete lying with torn clothing and bleeding face in the middle of it.' "Then I heard the crashing of the cart as it bounded from rock to rock to tho bottom of the canon. i "I was so frighteued, so dazed that I did not know what to do. I did not dare to, leave the wagon to go to Pete's assistance, for tho mules were much excited, and I had hard work to keep them from trying to turn around. "Fortunately, Alice had not realized the situation, for her view toward the front was obstructed ; and when she anxiously asked what was tho matter, I was able to quiet her, by assuring her that the danger was past. . i "While 1 was trying to think how I could get to Pete, who had Saved our lives, perhaps at the sacrifice of his own, I saw Dennis McCarthy coming around the bend. He was without hat or jacket; one shoe was gone, and he seemed to be quite out of ureath. " 'The Lord be praised I' he gasped, when he saw us ; 'ye're safe, for sure, but where is me mule an' me cart?' i i 'Over the grade,' I answered. ;j "He said nothing more, but bent over the body of poor Pete. " 'Is he dead? I asked. " 'No, ma'am,' said .Dennis, 'he not, but the breath is mostly knocked out of him, aud 1 m thmkin he s dread fully hurt. We must contrive to lay him in the wagon and get him to the camp' as soon & we can.' ! "it was well we had such a stock-of blankets and pillows; and we easily made a comfortable - place at the back of the wagon, where we laid the bruised and wounded boy, and then started on." This was the faith fur account of what happened which Mrs. Green told her hus band) later. He himself could bave told with 'what emotions he . met the little procession on its way up to the camp. His services as a doctor were needed by all three of the people in tho wagon, by pior mangled Pete, who lay uncon scious ; by the sick girl, now fainting; and by his wife, upon whom a nervous reaction had fallen. 1 But his skill was equal to the need. One of Pete's legs was broken, and ; he had suffered other injuries. The bone Mrs. Green, who . soon recovered her own strength, nursed him carefully and tenderly. Before long he was again on his feet. 1 Within a year's time Doctor Green sent him to San Francisco to school, with the intention to train him thor ougly as a mining engineer. The young girl gained rapidly in strength, too, in the healing, invigorat ing mountain air, and before many weeks was well on the way to recovery. Perhaps the most wonderful part of the story is to come. After Dennis Mc Carthy had walked up to the Flat with the little party who had gone down to meet Mrs. Green -and poor Pete, he set off again down the mountain,' with two companions, to find tho remains of his mule. i ' When they reached the place where he went over the grade, they were as tonished to see Old Lightning, only a short distance down the side of the on, wedged in between two fir-trees the only ones to be seen far of near along the precipice. I The heavy shafts of the cart had broken off like pipestems, and the vehi cle was smashed literally to kindling wood at tho bottom of the ravine. A windlass and tackle were brought down from the camp, and with great difficulty Old Lightning was drawn up, groaning badly, but apparently not much injured. : - !! J Before long he was at work again on the dump. Youth's Companion. mm OF SNAIiliS. MAN WHO HAS M .11)13 THKlll HAlHTSlllS LIFU SIUUV. iroreor O'ltcilly Characterize ;. borne of the Stories -About tho i Habits ot Snakes as Myth;), Pure and Simple. There is a man ht present in New York who fairly dotes on snakes. He has Been thousands of them. He wishes to eee thousands more. His name is G. It. O'Heilly. His hopic is in Trinidad. Mr. r O'Reilly has been the editor of a newspaper and a professor Jiu Ireland. He, too, was a professor of a school in Triuidad. lie is a. corresponding mem ber of the Royal Zoological Society. Ho has been to the four corners of the vrc.ld. Natives regarded . him as i "witch-doctc," because of his knowl edge of snakes. Tho Pigmies of the African Forest. During the very hungriest time spent by Stanley's expedition in going through the dense -forest, it happened that the discovery of a little child of the dwarf tribe proved truly providential. Upon approaching one of the settle ments of these people, the natives, fear- r that the Arabs wero upon them, hastily retreated, to the depths of the jungle, leaving in the village one of : the young children. He was an ungainly little creature, and from Saleh's descrip tion had an enormously big head, pro truding lower jaw, lean frame and un gainly fat body." The Zanzibaris ; sat about in 'dejected groups, complaining of their present hard existence, and the sad contrast of to-day with their joyous life in their island homo away in the Indian Ocean. . i I The little Teki-Teki (pigmy), although not more than threo years old, was busily searching for soaiething in the j dry leaves. The Zanzibaris were attracted by the child's activity. Presently the sparkle of his eyes and the increased earnestness of his hunt showed that he had been successful; and, indeed, be re turned to the camp-fire carrying a lot of pods like enormous beans. . These he scraped to a tine powder, which he damped, roiled in some big leaves and then toasted in the ashes. When cooked to his satisfaction he opened the dainty package and the whole camp became filled with the "pleasant odor of this new dish. Tho men of the expedition then closed around, ana, much to the young Teki-Teki's disgust, helped them selves to a tasting pinch. The Zanzi baris knew the tree quite well; it was maknemc." This new discovery brought a gleam of hope to the hearts of these hungry beings. The capture of the tiny woodsman was a godsend, and Saleh said that had this unhappv little creature but faintly understood their language he would have been over whelmed with the heartfelt blessing showered on him. A few days after ward another tribe of these same small people was met, and tho child , was handed over to them to be returned to his parents. St. Nicholat. i ( - ' "I've no faith in the fascination of snakes' eyes," said the professor. "It's the same fear which draws birds around a hawk or owl, or unall boys around a wild bull, that leads little birds to curi ously inspect a motionless snake. Then they get killed for their curiosity. "Do you not consider snakes slimy and dirty animals?" "No snake is slimy. All aro perfectly clean and odorless. The reputation of snaks for sliminess and vicious cunning is all a mistake, not at all borne out by facts, bnakes are the most timid ani mals in creation, and 'tis that very fear that occasionaly makes them attack. Then they kill their prey quickly. I have repeatedly seen the rattlesnake and South American puff-adder strike ani mals dead almost instantly that is, in threo or four seconds." "How about the belict that a snaKe may live till sundown with his head crushed ani broken back?" "Snakes are very tenacious of life, but as for saying that when a snake is killed in the morning it won't die until night excuse my Irish phraseology this is quite untrue, if the snake is killed prop erly." The reporter asked whether Mr. O'Reilly had ever tried snake-charmiag. 4'Snake-charmingt There is no such thing. I can do everything with a snake the so-called charmers do I can make cobras dance without music, becau-te cobras never hear the music, ha viair no cars. Snakes are ocusitive to sound when thereTS a vioration in objects in contact with their skins. They also hare an appreciation of sound through the delicate nerves of the tongue. "Here is a curious fact: The sene of sight in snakes is very keen for motion, but very dull for form and color. For instance, I have rcpcateJIy seen my snakes and those in the woods pass with in a few inches of their prey without sit ing it as long as it remained motionless. The moment it moved they resumed t'.ia chase. They have the sense of smcl, but it's dull, as arc all their senses. They must be studied from a different itsa 1 point from all other animals on this ac count, and he who tries to explain snakes actions from what I misUt call a mam malian standpoint would ue constantly in error." Mr. O'Reilly said he didn't believe in the stake remedies popular in many countries. "I believe in the knife, but not in cauterization. If a person is bit ten in a fleshy part, and the venom not directly injected into vein or artery, cut ting with a knife to the same deptu as WORDS OP WISD0X. Learn to explain thv doctrine by life. thy might 1FRICAI PUFF ADDER ABOUT TO 8TU1KE. Mr. O'Reilly has lived with snakes night and day for sixteen ; years. He comes to the United States to wage war in behalf of his pets. He has brought with hiin a large collection of snakes. He consented to impart to readers of the IVbrld some of his- scientific discoveries regarding serpents. These discoveries arc the result of patient and enthusiastic study. 5 Two representatives of the World, a reporter and an artist, visited Mr. O'Reilly at the Central Park Menagerie, where he has his collection. He had just taken a large and repulsive-looking boa constricter from its box for an airing. The monster was squirming about on a heap of stone, hissing at intervals and now and again darting out an ugly forked tongue. The hideous flat head rose with a sudden forward movement and the jaws opened threateningly. Mr. O'Reilly's explanation that the suake was frightened and merely on a voyage of discovery was unheeded. One glance at those distended jaws, and, with all duo respect to science, the IKorW men decided that the branches of a con venient tree were the best position from which to pursue their scientific investiga tions. Mr. O'Reilly informed the re porter that the boa was known as a macajuel in Bmzil. ' He' then proceeded to show how ho hunted snakes. Taking in his hand a lung, thin stick bent at an . angle of forty-five degrees about six. inches, from the end, he pinned the wriggling rep tile's head to the ground. To catch it by the reck, preventing its striking, and to lift it up was thcu an easy matter. Mr. O'Reilly was ready to talk about his pets. He spoke witu just au indi cation of the. County Claire bro-'tie. "People here don't know all they might , the snake's fang has penetrated, and af about snakes," said he, "and I've come j terwards suckiDg the place strongly.will here to enlighten them. In the trst place, CARRTINQ BIS SXAKESHIP HOME. Growlu? and Packing Tea. The tea plant is as sensitive and deli cate as a West Walnut street belle. It flourishes best on a mountain side, whete it is neither very warm nor cool, where the soil is dry but the rains and dews are frequent, where the force of tho wind is broken by adjacent woods or hills.where there is a maximum of sunlight and, ac cording to the Celestials, of moonlight, and where the surrounding ground is kept free from weeds or other vegetable growths. There are farms in Formosa, Fo-Kien and other tea districts where these conditions -exist unchangingly, whose tea crop is as famous and distinct ly known in the eastern world as the va rious chateaux of France are to the wine experts of Europe. Just as the million aires of Europe control certain i vine yards.so do the millionaires of the Flow cry Kingdom control : tea plantations whose annual output is worth a king's ransom. Another point of the many we have to learn from the Chinese is the proper mode of packing the leaf. That which goes to America is dumped, as soon as it is "fired," burning hot into a lead-lined box, the lead is soldered and the air tight coffin is sent around the globe in the hot hold of a steamer.' The tea sweats and undergoes many changes which alter its flavor altogether and vi tiate its quality. ' . The Mongolian packs the poorest kind in strong paper packages, and these in turn in mortuary lead ; the better kind in soft-tin paper covered boxes; still bet ter ones in silver foil inside of one-jound cases made of split sun-dried bamboo, and the best in porcelain jars and roses. Chicago Herald. the idea that full-grown meu aru swal lowed by boas I believe to be a myth. As for tho Americauljoas,: I have seen ec n." that can swallow more .than a half crown goat. An anaconda, over twenty feet long is rare. ' The largest snake on record, an Indian python reticulatus, now in London, is only twerty-six feet long.' It weighs about 524 pounds. Boas do not cover their prey with saliva before swallowing it. The saliva merely lubricates the prey dining the process of deglutition. Young Btiakes do noWtake refuge in their moth er's stomach. Suakcs sucking cows and hoop snakes rolling along with their tails in their mouths re inventions worthy of the author of the 'Anbiau'.Nichti.' "There's the fable about! whip-snakes hanging from trees in Urtiz.il and lashing the unsuspecting wayfarer.) You'll find it in most natural history books. Here are some of them" he jxintci to a glass-covered box containing two long and lean gray snakes with quriously elongated heads "and you can see how is wft got $nd the, wounds dressed j and A New Rapid-Firing Gnu. Says a Tuscarora (Nev.) miner: '"Very little hasc appeared in tho papers about a new rapid-firing gun which was recently invented by R. M.Catlin, a mine' Superin tendent of our town. This-, gun has a Winchester band and stock, with a fifteen-repeating magazine in the stock. It is a trifle heavier than the ordinary Win chester, but its great feature is that the whole fifteen shots may be fired in one second. This, statement may . sound as though I had revived the Sazerac lying club, but it is an actual fact." The shells are thrown out, and at the end of the fir ing the gun is as clean as though only a single cartridge had been exploded. An instantaneous photo was taken of the gun in action, and while the exposure was made five shells were in the air tossed out by the inconceivably rapid i; working of the gun. All that the man who does tho shooting has to do is to fill the cham ber with cartridges, cock the gun, and then pull the trigger as many times as ha wants to shoot. . The gun is accurate at short or lon range, "-rift w fork TrU Vitty - - " V.- 1 "V: ' CATCHTSQ THE remove nearlv every vestige ot the poi son. Though never bitten myself, I have invariably teen that absorption from flesh-wounds is sin .. "The supposed cures effected "by so called remedies are due to the fact that persons are often bitten by harmless snakes. Numberless instances occur where people die through sheer f right. A glass of whisky to restore their cour age is the best remedy, although the common belief as to Urge amounts ot whisky forming an antidote is ridiculous. "I consider that snakes play a most useful role in creation, even the roost venomous kinds. Were it not for tho - deadly puff adder hi South Africa tho country would be overrun by a species of field mouse. The adder destroys them by the thousand. In every country snakes prey upon the smaller destructive animals, and are thus the farmers friends. My experience in about twenty countries is that harmless snakes are called deadly by the ignorant and unobservant. Thus it is that we hear of so many rattlesnakes, moccasins, etc The innocent suffer for the guilty." "How often should I water my pot plants? A general answer to this per plexing question, given by William baunders. is: IS ever apply water to a plant until it requires it, that is, until it is dry, and then apply a sutncient quan tity to saturate the soil, which will be indicated by the surplus passing through the drainage. Death breaks tho lantern, but cannot pet Out the candle. Language was given that we say pleasant things to each other. Reason is that ingenuity of the mind witn which men justify their prejudices. Purchasing luxuries and skimping on necessities and comforts is 'not wise economy. The excuse of every man who does not mind his own business is that he is try ing to do good. Economy, rightly understood, is not refusing to spend money; it is spending money judiciously. It is about as hard to fia a man who will not help you spend money as it is to Cod amman who will help you to earn it. No state can be more destitute than that of a person, who, when the delights of sense forsake him, has no pleasures of the mind. It is the bounty of nature that we live, but of philosophy, that we live well; which is, in truth, a greater benefit thin life itself. It is with narrow-souled people as with narrow-necked bottles; tho less they have in them, the more noise they make in pouring it out. Indolence is a delightful but distress ing state; we must be doing something to be happy. Action is no less neces sary than thought to the instinctive ten dencies of the human frame. Oddities and singularities of behavior may attend genius; but when they do, they are its misfortunes and blenishcs. The man of true genius will be ashamed of them, or at least will never affect to be distinguished by them. There is pedantry in manners, as in all arts and sciences, and sometimes in trades. Pedantry, is properly the over rating any kind of knowledge we pre tend to, and if the kind of knowledge be a trifls in itself, the pedantry is the greater. flower Matin j in Paris. 'The manufacture of flowers and also of feathers for millinery purposes in France is a family affair, V said O. B. Tennis, the well-known importer, after a two months stay in Paris. "For in stance," continued Mr. Tennis, "one family devotes itself to the making of roses and does nothing else. The man and his wife are equal partners and the children, and sometimes young relatives, who come up from the country for that purpose, assist in the work. " Notwith standing the tact that' Franco furnishes the largest proportion of these goods for the world, there is not within iu limits what we here in America know as a manufactory for making them. Each worker is a specialist, and those who work with him are individually interest ed in the work. Nothing is scamped or slurred. ' 'There are some of these people," said Mr. Tennis, "who are real artists. It is not the material used that makes arti cles of this kind expensive or the reverse. but the way in which they are made. The prices which these flower-making families are able to command for their goods depend upon the originality and creative ability displayed, whether it is roses or orchids,' pansies or dahlias that they make. By the way, it is usually the women who - furnish the original ideas. You see, in France marriage in no, way interferes with a woman s pro fession, but rather increases her desire and opportunity for pursuing it. Among the flower makers the commercial part of the business is undertaken by tho men. As soon as I arrive in Paris I no tify the different makers of flowers of my arrival, and the man of the family calls at once, bringing with him numer ous boxes often he brings them on his back containing samples of his latest work. If I find what I want, possibly I do not see Madam; if not, I go to the home, which is also tho place of busi ness, and she is able to catch my idea and my order is filled satisfactorily." Chicago Post. GOLDEN LIGHT. Oh, tb light that ties in a maitlen'j rjrm As she meets the fervid g'-auc of her lover. Isbrigh'erfar thanttaglevnof the star , That shines in tbe darkness above her. . 4 And tb fleeting floah of the mif .eas blush. The bloom of Um rose defying. O'er her eoanteoanca. flies as tbo maUea sighs. Like the dream of the lephyr djin. Aiod to bezuile) In a maiden's toe power mile. And the sound of her voice so thrilling. Makes a lover crave to beootn? her fclavc, II t-r slighUxt behest f ulflUing. PITH AND POhYr. A wind instrument Tho clock. An unpleasant mood The imperative. If a man wants to dine out let him go to a picnic. I'iajjmnf. "That was a cruel fling," remarked Goliah to David. WasKujlvn Slur. "I'm not in it," ' as the lemoa said when the circus lemonade was pissed around. Great guns, whether of iron and steel,' or flesh and blood, have their trials. Boston. Transcript. "Farewell," aid ho. Ani the replie 1, As he in sorrow Iff t her side. Tia neediest, sir. for roe to say I shall far well witea you're away." Solus "Even married life, I fancy, is not all sunshine. Benedict "Good deal of moonshine about it." Boston Transcript. Twice during the year man feels the need of rest once just before his vaca tion and again immediately after. EL mira OatetU. It is a mistake about it being unhealthy to sleep in feathers. Look at the spring chicken and see how tough he is. Rich mond Recorder. Which way tbe winds do blow, The strsw will surely show v But really as for that. So will the derby hat. liarprr's liaxar. , Things one would rather have left un written : Proud Father (reading hit son's school report) "Manners vulgar very vulgar. But perhaps this is hereJitary !' ; I'anek. Father-r-"It is tho early- bird that catches the worm." Johnny "That's so; but it is the little birds that stay at home sleeping in the neat that get the worm to eat." Buar. To get acquainted with people's ob jectionable id ioyncracies you must travel with them. Of course there is no dan ger of their getting acquainted with your objectionable idio3yncracies while traveling with you. S-jnurrvillc Journal. Tho drees was displayed in tha dry-goo J stora. It was richer than that which the maiden BOA CONSTRICTOR. their shape started the story. They are called scientifically cryiophiae acuminata;, are about half an inch in diameter at tbe thickest part and five feet long. "Here is their exact opposite in shape." Mr. O'Reilly turned to another cage.con taining a South African puff-adder, or clotho arietans. It was three feet long and three inches in diameter. "There is a story afloat," he said, "re garding the manner iu which this snake strike. It is said to be able to turn over backward and catch at its prey. You can see what caused the delusion." Mr. O'Reillv atoused. the adder with a pole. The coiis unwound until the rep tile showed the deadly arsenal it carricl. The broad, low neaa was j poisea on a rigid neck. Tho forked tongue played in and out. The parti-colored eyes gleamed wickedly, and with a swift lateral thrust of the heal the fangs gleamed an instant in the sunlight. Then the snake shrank back suddenly to tne watchful nosttion in which the artist has taken it. The bite can be inflicted sideways, but the 6nako cannot turn ud dealy around to vteike. . ! An Old Portrait of Colnmbns. An old portrait of Christopher Colum bus that was recently discovered at Como derives its value not only from scarcity of authentic likenesses ol the great navigator, but from its art history, OSB1 SfeJEP my-- She looked at it sighed and shook her head, I aw not in it," was what U ii 1. Uuffalo Evening SttcK Wife (steroly) "Was that you sing ing, Mr. Heavysides?" - Hcavyaidej (meekly) "Yes, dear. I sometimes Sing when 1 am alone." Wife "You have more consideration for the feelings of others than I had given you credit for." Brooklyn Eanle. . DEI. PIOKBO'S PORTRAIT Ot COLUXBUS. as it was ' painted by Sebastian del Piombo. It was formerly regarded as an heirloom in the family, now extinct, of the Giovios, and was in tbe possession of the writer Paul Giovio, who refers to it in his works, and had it engraved. On tbe failure of the male branch of the Giovio family, the portrait passed, two generations ago, to the De Orchi family, and is now in the possession of Dr. de i Orchi, of Como. Chicago Pott, "The Moodas Noises. The Mood us . noises" have been heard again. It is about a dozen years since they were beard. Mood us is a vil lage in the Connecticut town of East Haddam, and is famous for its drum corps and its "noises." But the drum corps it not responsible for the "noises." These latter originate and emanate from Mount Tom, a lofty hill which towers above Mood us. The "noises" are inter mittent. Sometimes the mountain is silent twenty-five or thirty years. The noises" are described as beginning with a seemingly far-away low rumbling note, that speedily swells in volume and in tensity, and culminates in a vast rolling sound, like tbe muttering of distant thunder, and the ground trembles as if with the throe of an earthquake. The "noises," which have been quiet about ten years, were heard again a week ago, but they were not of the old-time vigor, and continued but a few moments. No satisfactory explanation has ever been given of the cause of the "noises." but they have resulted in many quaint super stitions and legendary tales. Thorough scientific investigation would probably result in a simple explanation of that .... . - it wnicn is now a perplexing prouiem. Springfisld Republican. Qacer Ksln Superstition. The telegraph wires between Madison and Greensboro, Fla., were disabled a few davs ago. and the manager started out to discover the cause. A few miles from Greensboro he found two mam moth s nales hanging across the wires in such a manner as to connect the current of each. - The snakes had been killed. tied together and hung out to briqj rain, the work being done by colore i people in the neighborhood. Boston. Iran Good Waterproof Blackis;. A good waterproof blacking it com posed of the following ingredients: two ounces of beeswax, two ounces ot tallow, two ounces of spermaceti, one tablespoon ful of -lampblack. Mix all well together and stir well. Apply warm with a brush and when cold polish like ordinary b.ac t ing. Broken ends of candles will do for the spermaceti. JTm York TriitM. Ills Life Devoted to Spiders. "One of the curious things of this life," remarked an ex-Congressman, "is the devotion of some men to an idea without regard to the opinion of the rest of tha world and without hope- of reward. I know of a man from my State who has devoted a lifetime to spiders. He died in the Alps, where ho had been for two years collecting speci mens of spiders. Ha sacrificed his life to spiders. He has left a coUcction ot some twenty -eight thousand distinct va rieties. You would hardly think there were many more spiders in existence. This man has them stuck up in sections, in classes, fully labeled. 'He beganfoobng with spiders when a boy. He had a room that be would allow no one to sweep or clean, and en couraged the spiders to such an extent that they would come to him and lee l on his hand. He discovered that by re peatedly destroying a web a spider reached a stage where his power of re producing web is exhausted. When that stage was reached -the spider attacked another spider, killed him and took his ball of web from him. Just lilts a human being, don't you seet Before this man died he embalmed his knowl edge of spiders in two volumes. Ho was spider crank." A torn luraui. Light and Electricity. Philadelphia scientists are prepariogto find out how fast an electric current travels. An experiment wjll be made, probably from the Franklin Institute, by connections over the Atlantic cable to Liverpool and return. A recent test ap peared to show that an electric cuireni shuffled over to Europe and back in something like a second, or at the rate of -only some 400,000 miles a minute, while light ambles aloog at a ten-million-mile-a-minnte gait. . American scientist are not willing to give up the record to sunlight. The most recent experiment was tried at McGill College, Montreal, to Liver poo' and return. Tbe distance traversed was 8000 miles. Time, one second and one-twentieth of a second. The con ditions were not good- Hence the neces sity for another experiment. Some en thusiastic electricians claim' that a cur rent will speed around the world in a trifle over threo seconds, or cover the distance to the sun, 96,000,000 miles, ia three and one-half minutes. Chicayj lltrald. ' Three Thousand Yolcaaoes The San DUgan, of Son Diego, C?., publishes a descriptive account by Colonel Allen, a well-knowp engineer, of a phe nomenon in what is known as the vol canic region of the Coca pah Mountains, si4iated sixty-five miles southwest of Yuma in Lower! California. Colonel Allen says there are over 3000 activs volcanoes there, one-half of which are small cones teu or twelve feet at tbe base, the remaining half five to forty feet at the base and fifteen to twenty-five feet in height. The whole voicanic region is encrusted with sulphur. One peculiat feature of the' region U a Lake of watet jet black, which is a quarter of a mile it length and one-eight of a mille in width seemingly bottomless. The water is hot asd ulty.
The Western Sentinel (Winston-Salem, N.C.)
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