TTTTTTT
E. F. YOUNG, Manager.
"LIVE.AND LET LIYE."
G. K. GRANTHAM, Local Editor.
VOLUME I.
DUNN, HARNETT CO., N. C, THURSDAY. JULY 16,-1891.
NUMBER-21.''
1
v:xc (Central tmc!
Published Every Thursday
-EY-
E, F. Yonni anl 6. K, Grantham.
SUBSCRIPTIONS IN ADVANCE:
-fl'.OO
50
,Vf 'Month',
Jhrtf .V''-.'.V'J,
ADVERTISING RATES:
i ,,,( -!iniin, : Year,
40.00
20.1 Ai
10.00
one Inch, " " '
T-tT-OntriH t advortis'-nseats taken at pro-j.ortioiiuU-1
1 r;t.
I -if n.i , cTifs a lif-C.
t. if ! "' ''"
a, fti.fi-. ''
I'i toiir? in Du nn,
-V. C
(Official puccttfvit
CU'RT nOUSE. LILLISCTON, N. C.
COUNTY OFFICERS.
! . y. Autan.
: '.,..,.. -;. K. Tkini.-i:.
f , . r' 7. '. II. T. Speaks.
A. I.. li ill: j
(XV. 1". -Ma;:Vm. VA. Smith. !
N. A. Smith. W. V. Swwnn. 1
I M . H - i i , i;s. i
1 !
TOWN OFFICERS, DUNN, N. C.
, ,- .F. T. I'm: i.u-s.
. I.
Cj.KKL.
1 '; '
M. L. 'Ai.:i
I .1. A. Ta y .:, M. 1
G A INLY I
J. II. ItAi.rANri:. K. Lkk.
( i: l Vci v..
ALLIANCE.
Mh- itinty Alli-jii-v iiH-i! tn '.lie 2nd
1 . I iv .la unry, Ap'.i!, July and October
!: l.ilhtiL'i'Mi. N. (.
J. -s. Oi l' IVcs f. ' 1 W.M'VTHV c
rie'y.
CHURCH DIRECTORY.
M N V ( Il:c TIT.
Miti.ifiKt !:pici-i! - i;v. .J. iVPror.AM.
Pasio,:. nia,ges--lM,.i:,, 2:,d Sundav niJiH I
it h Sua iay and iii?di. San-.lay School j
. vt iy Sunday at ;; nV;,'?.,-. iVayer Meeting I
. v. ry W.v! ..hy ,;i,r!!f. Hln.-k's chapel, 1st
--vi: - morm:,-. A v.-ra's School House, 2nd
s.n, ly morning. KL-vaiion, ;;rd Sunday!
:iu:;ig. l: i:m.iji, ."Vd Sunday afternoon. !
1)1
U 1 . Watson, t fiirtlmyc, N. . 1
Sfi ici 'Jik! :u:d )!! Sim;':;v i:i'rn- !
I! -!H ' 1
1. 1-.: in
!'!-'i:t.
Siu:d:! v-.";lioo! ov rv 'uiiday
. ! .
' " ' '' o. -...'.a. .1 . 1 i.j: trii, iM.-jror,:
. . i- s -v. i v I t Su:i-t-i.v lisoiiiinjind night.
1 lay N tso .1 .-very SiK 'l i v r.nTiiir.g at 'J
" r
" Kiev. .?. II. Tix;Li:, Pastor
; ;c. s, v.'i Sr..id:iy ni-rn:ng and nighi.
: .-.A -, :-U', .: i': : 1 4,'. '.'-!v cvi-ry Sunday,
r ;. cm:; i--.--y T,.nrst!:iy
'' "'' ';' ': '.'! V.i.w l. A. Jorixsox,
S- i i , s , , c 1 y Sunday. .Sun-
v -i-..j . very S;:n !ay morning.
" . -
LODGE DIBEC1
iCTORY.
1. v w i i ,i ,o. u,, 1. . p. . ;
i' 1 1 '- iri T'-v.-r I n 1 iy ni .'Sit. I.W. :
'. N : K. ( ; ?; ut in mi, V. (j.; K. 1 j
. IV. t IV. .
; ; , v. ' i. -i." : ..o. . .". A. , at'O A. M. i
:-n- n.cr! ::ig. ::rd Saturday morning and- i
!-. !.!.; lirj.irr S'li. lr.. :. W.
w :i . r. p. s. w, .i. i.. ;
- i . V.". !: A. loiiiis-Mi, i're :sitrer, S. j
' .. r, : i- t;ir; V. A. .Kdois n a"i.d j
': I. .! a :: ; ; il. .i. .N orris, Tyl r
v i:;i:.atc, night and day, the
I St.ite Government collects $G3'J
-i.ls 4G1.
v. --iithy German ottered a prize of
i! ' ' to :.i:v :itr.:ioiiur who will sat-
"ii!y (h-monstr.ite t him that the
r.:io:i r tar ar. inhabited.
i
I'Tu'i in-t 1 u'tor arc beingi appointed
tiiv i;tlo;- organizations of'Australia.
I . ir.cin'.HTs ari' buying guns and am
1 : ;::::;;!. T.ive'y tunes are expected.
A I'nilauelph'u surgeon says that by
::e tro',xCN of the lancet he could para-t..-
r.crycs acted 'oa to make a man
tm td. -and thcroafrcr ay one could
.'i nov. or i'u'I his oars, and he
:1 I siiapiy smile a soft, bland smile.
At Cotta. in Saxony, .crsons who did
: pay their taxes last year are published
J:i a iist which h tags up in all restaurants
a-. 1 s.dor.s of the city. Those that are
0:1 .the list can get neither meat nor drink
1! these places under penalty of loss of
laVUn.
Harrison 'aldington, the ex-Governor
of Wisconsin, who has- just died in Mil
waukee, commcncedniis career at thaf
point ia 1S3S as the immediate business
Hicessorof Solomon Juneaa, Milwaukee's
t'rst settler. The lives of these two men
vcr the whole history of the great North-
vtst.
1 no New Yoik learns that Cornell
is going to. improve all" the roads on the
I mvcrMty propcrtv, around Ithaca V
V inP..:, i, IT ilQaca A
j.. ia.ee ..on and by different methods,
ud tus furiiish a standing object lesson
.is to style and cost of maintenance for
t.ie ga;dauce of attempts to improve the
"oa Is of the State.
The Treasury authorities at Washing
,r.i have just had their attention callel
to the fact that it would be an easv mit
trr to tuunel from a neighboring baili
nvr iatt) their vaults, remove the coin
a J snip it down the Potomac. Seven
ty
v guards now watch fhe Treasury, and
t-v
t very precaution has been taken to pre-
Vtut robbery. ;
J
" '
A CHILD'S LAUGHTER.
.
' All the belli of heaven may ring.
All thi birds of heaven may sing.
All the vrelis on earth may spring,
All the winds on earth may brinj
All sweet -sounds toother;
Bwe.ter far thap all things hear J,
7 land of harper tono of bird,
Sound of woois.at sunJawn stinvd,
Welling water's winsome word,
Wind in warai wan weather.
One thin,; yet ther is that nona
Hearing er its chima "03 done
Knows not well t!i3 swe?tst on 3
Heard of men beneath tho sun,
Floped in heaven hereafter;
Soft and strong and load and libi;
Very sound of very light,
Heard f ro:n the morning's rosiest height,
"When the soul of all delight
Fills a child's clear laughter. . -,
Golden bells of weleame rollel
Never forth pucj nots, nor tol 1
Hours si blithe in tones so bold
As the radiant mouth of gold
Here that rings forth heaven.
If the golden crested wren
Were a nightingale why, then
Something seen anl heard of me.i
Might be half as swe?t as when
Laughs a chil i of seven.
.4. Sicinbnnie.
DOWN IX A STEAMSHIP.
My father was a rich man whea I left
Isew York. His partner's only daugh
ter was to be my wife when I should re
turn. I was a student iu a Vienna hospital
when I received a cable from home that
the old house had failed. It proved to
be an honest failure and both families
were beggar?,
I counted my pocketbook from cover
; to cover. I had just nough to leave
' free of debt and get to Liverpool. How
: to cross? Well, swim if necessary.
Iu the Liverpool steamer ollice was an
S old Harvard College mate. This em
: barrasscd me. lie owed me a grudge
from the football days at Berkeley Oval.
I Determined t work my passage over,
! I entered what I supposed was not the
i office where my old competitor was man-
, w t t
haVC cauShk 8,Sht f mv' 1 s sur"
prised with the promptness with which I
was told to go on board the C , and
something would be found for rac to do.
rn , T n 1 u
Two days out I was called to the cap-
tain's o.vn room, insulted with the
charge, at hrst politely pur, ot being a
stowaway, and finally stung to madness
j bitter euough to obey silently whea the
' officer said : "If you really don't Avant
; to steal your passage, go report to the
engineer and shovel coal."'
i This I did. My experience I want to
I describe. It is common enough to hun
j dreds of poor scamps this moatent all
1 over the sea?. But, God pity them", they
i have not the tongue to tell,
j nor, perhaps, always the sensibility to
1 feel, what their life really is.
I Dizzy already with the tossing3 of the
sea I sta;irered down those scries of iron
' stairways till I stood at last on the ship's
lowest deck. Behind me were the vast
: bunkers of coal that glistened fom a
; million eye3 when the furnace doors were
! opened, and then faded out cf sight.
! Before me the hue billows rose, uot
silent, but roaring monsters, so hungry
that the toiling pygmies who fed them
jumped t.o their tasks till the sweat rolled
from'their bare backs. The heat was, to
one descending from the pure breath-of
' the Atlantic, something fearful. I was
dressed in my ordinary attire, and cvu an
1 overcoat at that, so precipitate had been
j ray action. The sme'.l of b .iking lubri-
cants and red-hot iron, the dead air,
poisoned with coal gas and vb:ltre water
' odors, the dust, despite all showering,
but most of all th'j sudden tiuasitiuu
: from white light to blackest dari;ue?s,
: momentarily proceeding, as this and that
. furnace door was opened and shut, almost
felled me to the lloor.
v As I stumbled and caught my hold on
i the stair rail, again the hardy fellows
' bhoutcd: "Give us vour shilling and sro
back supposing that I was) a curious
passenger seeing the sights of the ship.
The voices of derision roused me. I
w as no passenger. I was an honest beg
' gar like the rest; and here I was to be
! imprisoned for a week, watch on and
- oil! .
In a frenzy I tore off my clothing till
I stood in my trousers and shoes like my
fellows. I stated my hiring to the fel
low in charge of the watch, and he gave
me my shovel wijh a pitying laugh.
! I was put at the boiler nearest the
stair. The midships would have been a
; less drunken spot, but I leaped at the
hardest task.
My head grew dizzy. I panted for a
full vital breath. The corrugated floor.
; ing, polished till it was glossy smooth in
spots, tangled my poor feet so that I re
peatedly fell. Ah, that sense cf whirl
ing, whirling, whirling! How little the
fair folk in the cabins, know of all this'
plutonian hole beneath their carpets.
Really. I thought I could describe
somewhat that lurid fantasia amid these
scarlet skinno, good natured demons,
but I cannot. .Vertigo struck me down
in less than a half hour. The next I
knew I Atas.beinfr revived in the com-
paaiouway, and the s ea air was so grate
nl The ship's surgeon asked me if I
fclt ab!e to S work aSain an i
turteou!'J recognized tnat 1 waa no.
'laborer. I was graceless enough to
growl cut mv spiceo and reassert that I
, was no stowaway, which the good doc-
tor did not understand.
I turned to the assistant engineer, who"
stood by, and asked him to give me a
job of which I might be capable.
Thrusting his hands in his pockets, he
walked off with a command to "try him
at oiling."
Ed B , the head oiler dear,brave
heart I often go down to the dock to
see him when in port here, but the en
gine is as dear to hini as a bride or I
would loner a?o rhave bettered his for-
; tunes he took me in : hand. We
vralketl alonS those mere ,ra-caScs 01
1 stair-ways and platforms, a labyrinth of
! passages in a forest of steel arras.'wheeh,
i
shafting and steam piping.. To a lands
man, that endless maze of mighty anat
omy is at first 6imply awful. It sobers
one, this sullen, ceaseless throb of tho
monster's Jaeart, the deep breathing of
thro Bteam ohesta, the sigh of the crea
ture's spirit a3 the pistons make one move
and yet one more hcrcu'ean thrust turn
ing the crank shaft.
Each time, as the piston slowly starts,
it seems as if it must be the last, and in
finite fatigue prevail. But no, it goes
on, night and day, motion, motion, mo
tion. Don't let me tire you, reader, but
I do wish I could express to you some
thing of the solemn impression that be
gan to seize upon me, crawling like a fly
after Ed, the oiler. Then the hiss, the
scream, the little sighs and moans of
here and there a jet of truant steam, al
most human sounds, issuing from the
jungle pfjjfWbhci steel!
' "She's a" tiger, she is?" cried Ed.
"Look out 1"
I heard that kind exclamation fre
quently as we went our rounds. There
were others doing the same work, but I
became a chosen attendant of my cat
like friend. TJe had a sprained elbow
and I helped Lira professionally. Ho
got my fetory. We were intimate in two
or three days, and I record it with hon
est satisfaction, for E.i J3 was a gen
uine man.
It was one day off the
stopped. .The chief cot
Banks that we
a notion that
the shaft was not sound, and the next
voyage it proved so, fora hair line along
and around that hue polished arm of
power turned out an incipient fracture.
But it was-on
investigation decided this
voyage that there was notaing
wrong.
Dim, mere we lay on ine oreast 01 toe
swells for more than two hours. Ed
came to me and said :
'.'Now she's still the second engineer
thinks we might go into the pit and
clean out the waste and oil puddles. I
don't like it,- doctor, when she's got
steam on. What if sho turned her
crank, eh?"
The brave boy went jumping down,
however; down, down; I ill he stood di
rectly under that massive crank, which
had stopped at the half turn over his
head. "-
The reader will understand that th2
space allowed for the crank to make the
full circuit round below was oaly suffi
cient for the iron to -sweep through.
Into that "ow empty space Ed was pre
paring t step. It was dark as a grave
and about a grave's dimensions. I held
the torch above his head. Men working
by torchlight in that place resenxble
imps. We were good natured imps,
however, and, though very cautious,
were chatting cheerfully enough.
"I never like this job at sea," resuru3l
Ed, "nor any time, except when thj
last pound o' steam is out of her, two or
three days at dock."
"But the eugiucer knows we are
here," I replied.
"Yes, lie ordered me down and
there's no need of it and he don't like
me," El got oS between his breath,
bending to his perilous work in the pit.
"Heavens, manl" I exploded, catch
ing at what I thought was his meaning.
"That would be murder!"
, "Hush, doctor! Not that, not that!
But if I had refused .to come, as he
thought I would, don't you see he could
break me that- is.
discharge me when
wc get into
New Y'ork."
;V few minutes later Ed sent me aloft
for an extra mop of cotton waste. 1
was to hurry, for we knew uot what
minute the captain might go ahead. I
remember I had secured the waste, I was
picking my way along the enigma of lit
tle ladders and platforms. Far below,
through the shadows, flung froai occas
ional gas jots the sleeping monster, likt
a nickel plated spider, lay prone, and J
seemed to be exploring its viscera like
some daring pathologist. ' Away below
me in the light of his torch Ed reminded
me of a microb. x
Suddenly the gong struck from the
pilot house. God help me, I can hear it
yet !
I was neJir "the
engineer s
landing.
Quick as a flash I was oa the engineer,
and like a tiger I caught at the wheel
which he was turning to let on steam.
"3Ian! B is in the crank pit!"
But I was too late. She gave one turn,
at least. Then the scoundrel or fool, 1
don't know which, yielded to me and we
stopped her. Bat such a cry as came
echoing up from the very
heart of the
cagine
'Thank God for that second cry, " :
fairly sobbed, as it floated up.
Then I sprang away and dovrn. EJ.
lay insensible- on the arm of the cranx,
as if the engine had stopped in pity aad
i t v, 1,1
pain onlr, for the sprained elbow had
uC i,-.
oniy Knows. ,
Now this is the curious part of ray
story. Less than a year after, when she
was cold and lying at the docks without
a pound of steam, that engine killed this
same engineer. It must have been in the
middle ot the night. What he was do
ing down ;.n her no one knows. A list
bv cargo and tide
must have moved th
machinery a half a
turn and crushed
him.
Ed B says that engines have souls,
but seafaring men cherish queer notions.
New York Press.
Married the Family.
A story of a Florida man who marriec
three wives from one family is going th
rounds as something remarkable, bu
! there was a family in Maine consisting ol
six girls, and of the six three married
men . named Bickwell, three married t:
the name of Y'oung, one married a Liver
more and one never was married. An
other paradoxical feature is that there
were onlv five husbands in all. The ex
planation is that two of the Bickwelh
died, leaving widows, and Mr. Y'oung.
who had two of the sisters before, took
one of the widows. Then Mr. Liver
more took the other. So that then
were seven weddings in the family, anc
only five men and five women concerned
in them. Mr. Young had lost one wif
before he began on this family. Alan
j chestii' Union. ...
THE MERRY SIDE OF LIFE.
3TOKEE3 THAT ASC TOLD BY THE
FUNNY MEN OF THE FILES S.
He1 Weakness Most Itemarkable
I Tbe Iletort Ambiguous-A ISora
Pessimist, Etc., EUc.
. O woman, in our hours ot easj
Uncertain, coy, and hard to please,
"When pain and anguish wring the brow,
Then nooe S3 c'aeaply pleased, as thou ! f
We've only to submit to take
Hot raubarb tea an i anti-acd?,
And gizzard oil and ipecac.
And porous plasters on-the back,
A flaxseed poultice, catnip tej,
And. Quackem's pet discovery, 5 v
Hot-water bags, and sweats besid?,
And camphor nasally applied,
And castor oil and vaseline, - . . .
And coals with feathers burnt between,
And soothing syrup, paregoric.
Cold-water cloth?, aa-1 drink cfaloric,
An'd all tha housewife's category y
'Tis then we see her in her glory, '
Needing, to make her bliss complete,
But mustard plasters on our feet".
Harper's Bazar.
MOST REMARKABLE. .
"What did you say was the most re
markable thing about my last poem?"
"That it was accepted." Yankee
Blade. .
THE RETORT AMBIGUOUS. ;
O'Dood "I bought thi3 hat because
I got stuck it."
Synique (pleasantly) 'jft see you did."
New York Telegram.
HE WAS DOUBLY STUCK.
The hour was late. For - ten minutes
neither said a word. Tnen she spoke:
"We made molasses candy to-day.
l5yes," he faltered.
"rm sitting
' New York
on some and can't
get
up.
Herald.
UNMISTAKABLE SYMPTOMS.
Bagged Ralph "I guess I'm going to
be sick, pard; I feel all out of sorts."
Tattered Tom "Wot's tbe matter
with you?"
Rigged Ralph "I feel like workin!."
Yankee Blade.
" A BORN PESSIMIST.
Boss "Never mind, old fellow, you'll
be at the the top of the ladder some
day.''
Hod Carrier "And what if
It's as hard work to lay brick as
carry a hod." Washington- Star.
am?
is to
FLOREXCE AT HOME.
Toots (standing in the shadow) "Is
Miss Florence at home this evening?"
Bridget "Come out where I can see
you." (Sotto voce Yes; red hair, ro
mustache, turn up nose) "Yes, come
right in." Xtw York Ilerald.
WHAT HE GOT.
"Did they give you anything at the
farmhouse?" asked Pete, the tramp.
"Yep. Pair of boots."
"Whatcher done with 'em?"
"I left them where they were. On
the farmer's feet." Neio York Herald.
THEORETICAL AGRICULTURE.
At au Agricultural College : Professor
"What is the best time for gathering
apples?"
Young Student "Please, sir, when
the farmer's back is turned and there is
110 dog in the orchard." Petit Parisien
Vl'ittrate.
. CURIOSITY A FAMILY TRAIT.
Jghnny "I was lookin' through the
keyhole at Sally and Mr. Featherly, and
31a came and stopped me."
Ethel "What did she do then?
Spank you?"' "
Johnny "No; she took a peep."
Harvard Lampoon. s
MEN OF GALL NEED NOT APPLY.
"Is there an opening for
man like
the mer-
me here,
us
ked
Cheeke
of
chant.
"Y'cs. You'll find it back there," re
turned the merchant. "It is marked,
Tnis way to the street.' Good morn-
ing
-Harpev's Bazar.
PUBLIC WORK?.
Taxpayer (traveling in
"What earthly use were all
strous pvramids? Whv did
Egypt)
these mon
the Egyn-
tian governments build them : That s
what I can't understand.''
t, Statesman (after reflection) "Mebby
there wor a divvv ia it."
HAD SEEN NO REASON TO CHANGE.
Bulfinch-r-'Well, Woodea, old man,
-Lnear vou are married;
1 t.-r- K,
en married six
,eeks
Bulfinch "Why, I always .thought
you were a perfect woman hater.
Wooden-
"I am." Neto York Mtr-
ciiry.
COMING TROUBLE.
"This seems like oce of the old-fashioned
oncring performances, dearest,
doesn't it?" he whispered, a? he slipped
the golden circlet on her finger.
"I don't know, Harry," she answered
dubiously, "but I aai afraid there wil.
be something of a circus when you speak
to papa." Mercury.
ANOTHER EDITORIAL BLUNDER.
"Laws a mussy," ' sighed old Mrs.
Leftout, "here's another case of dis-"
criminating against us women folks."
"What is it!"
, "This yere paper gives special terms
to mail subscribers. -He can jest bet that
sheet never gits this female subscrip
tion." t. Joteph Ncvi.
HIS DUTY WXTX DONE. ,
Mr. Stalate "So your sister keeps you
well supplied with pocket money, does
she?"
Tommy "Yes."'
Stalate "I presume you have to ren
der some little equivalent.
Tommy (yawning) "O, yes. I have
to come in and yawn when visitors are
staying too late." Yankee Blade.
FORCE OF HABIT.
"It's odd," remarked the bank
cashier, "but that new watchman
watches my every movement."
"Nothing m that," laughingly re
turned the President; "force of habit.
Used to be a detective. Good man,
though ; boasts he can tell a rascal on
sight." PhUiidelohui Timet.
ALL. TRAMPS HAVE HYDROPHOBIA.
"Do you believe in hot-water
cure,
Mrs. Hobbs?"
"I do indeed. Mrs. Hicks! Especially
for tramps. I keep a bose fastened to
the hot-water faucet all the time, and
when tramps come, they catch a stream
of it. Never knew it to fail in removing
'em at once." Harper ' Bazir. ( ,
PROPERLY SHOCKED.
At sight of the caster-oil bottle Willie
had disappeared.
"Come, dear,"' coaxed his mother,
"and take your medicine like a little
man."
"You ought to be ashamed," answered
a muffled voice under the lounge, "to
talk like a prize-fighter." Chicago
Tribune.
A POPULAR QUESTION".
"Good evening," exclaimed the young
man, as he approached the front stoop
where his girl was sitting. "Is it warm
enough for"
"Sir!" she interrupted, in forbidding
tones.
"For ice-cream?" he went on in the
most tranquil manner imaginable, and
the girl on the front stoop looked silly.
Washington Pott.
- SOME BOOKS ARE NEVER READ.
"Quite a charming girl, that Miss
Tillson," remarked the youcg man who
has written a book, in a patronizing
tone. "She a3ked me if I wouldn't put
her in my next novel."
"Yes," replied his hated iivel, "that
is quite like her."
- "How do you mean?"
"She never did care much for society;
always seemed to prefer complete seclu
sion to anything olse." Washington
Post.
THE TENDERFOOT S TRIALS. -
Tenderfoot Traveler "What Fried
bacon?" "
Mine Host "Yes, stranger, and a
bang-up piece, too. There's a streak of
fat and a streak of lean and a streak of
fat and a streak of rind." "
T. T. "And another streak you for
got to mention."
M. II. "What's that?"
T. T. "Why, a streak of luck if I eat
it and it doesn't kill me." Kate Field's
Washington. 1
QUEER ARITHMETIC.
A strolling brass baud of four or live
pieces had just got ready to toot in front
of a house on DeKulb avenue, Brooklyn,
the other day when the' owner came out
and curtly asked the leader: ---- - j
"How much to play?" j
"Five cent," was the reply. j
"How much not to play?" ,
"Ten cent." !
"How do you figure that?" - (
"Why, if we no play we no hear da j
moosic, you see !" .V. Quad. j
Saving the Drowning.
Since upon an average, a boy. a day
will be drowned until snow, flie3 jn or
dinary bathing, to lay nothing of yacht
ing accidents and tumbles overboard, it
is wise to say that a good way to rescue j
a person who is drowning is to swim be- j
hind him, clasp him about the body uu-
der the arms, turn on the back and swim '
toward shore iu that attitude. Another
way is to clasp his head from behind be- ;
fore assuming tho same position. i
The reason for turning upon" the back
is that the rescuer's buoyaucy is much !
greater in that position, as only his nose j
need then 'be out of the water? The
drowning person, being approached from j
behind, is less able to clutch at his res- !
cuer and impede his work. This is the j
method almost universally employed hy !
the famous life-savers at the big swim- ;
ming beaches.
The rescuer is justified in using any ,
amount of brutality to prevent the drown- '
ing person from seizing him, as that re-
suits in the death of both. ' A sharp pull ;
at the hair of the subject frequently i
brings him to his senses and induces a '
- i
proper meekness and submission.
To resuscitate a person who has baei-
nearly drowned and is unconscious dfbe !
body is laid upon the face, with the
head'well down, to allow the water to
run well out of the mouth and nose. The
respiration may then need to be artificially '
restored. This requires hard work by i
two persons. The air can be partly j
driven from the lungs by direct and ;
heavy pressure on the chest. Then -the
body lying now on its back grasp the
hands and turn them forward and up un-
til they are in a line with the body over
the head.
Then pull them forcibly in that direc
tion as if stretching them. This pulling
will cause the lower ribs-to start, and a -quantity
of air will be drawn in. Place
the arms again at the side and press the
air out, then repeat the stretchiDg . pro- ;
cess. Continue the pressure and the '
stretching alternately natil breathing is
resumed. New York Herald. ' - :
Romance of a Fortune.
The story of the enormous fortane ac
cumulated by Cualiffe Lister (one of the
"birthday peers") is one of the romances
of "Fortunes Made in Business." Go
ing one day into a London warehouse, he
came upon a pile of rubbish! He in
quired what it wa3, and was told that it
was silk. "What do yoru do with it?"
he asked. "Sell it for rubbish," he was
told. Mr. Lister bought it as rubbish
at one-half penny a pound and turned it
into gold. He discovered, that is to
say, how to use silk waste for the man
ufacture ol plush and other such stuffs,
and this discovery was the foundation of
his second fortune, nis first fortune
was made by his invention of a wool
combing m&chlue. -zBotton Transcript.
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL,
Marmoreine hardens plaster.
Electricity is to revolutionize mining.
Many , of the big paper-mills have
turned out paper belts said to be supe
rior to leather.
The juice of a half lemon in a teacnp
of strong black coffee, without sugar,
will often cure a sick headache.
The skin of a boiled egg is the best
remedy for a boil. Carefully peel it,
wet, and apply to the boil , it draws out
the matter and relieves soreness.
When your face and ears bum" so ter
ribly bathe them in very hot water as
hot a3 you can bear it. This will be
more apt to cool them than any cold ap
plication. The compounding of locomotives will
soon be gone into on a large scale, and
triple expansion engines will soon be
adopted in the larger manufacturing es
tablishments. The breaking weight of a bar of iron
one foot long and one inch square is
5J81 pounds. A piece of seasoned h'ek
ory of the same dimensions would break
at 270 pounds.
A Philadelphia company recently
made a fly-wheel which weighs 180,000
tons. It is twenty-five feet in diameter,
eighteen inches thick, and twenty-eight
inches wide. It will be operated by a
3000 horse power. . "
Borers of the city artesian well at
Fort AVorth, Texas, are of the opinion
that the drill will soon penetrate a huge
volume of boiling w ater, as the tempera
ture increases with every few feet they
go down, and at last accounts was 121
degrees, at a depth of 2D0O feet.
Chatin has proved that a parasite
growing on plants of the Strychnos
genus contains neither strychnine nor
brucine. The mistletoe growing upon
the oak doe3 not contain the blue tannin
of the latter, but exclusively' a green
tannin. In like manner other parasites
are shown not to absorb the peculiar
principles of their hosts.
Neuralgia in the face has been cured
by applying a mustard plaster to - the
elbow. For neuralgia in the head, apply
the plaster to the back of the neck.
The reason for this is that mustard is
said to touch the. nerves the moment it
begins to draw or burn, and to be of
most use must be applied to the nerve
centres, or directly over the place where
it will touch, the affected nerve most
quickly.
Sarno, a German chemist, finds nitric
acid abundant in. annual plantsjand more
or les3 in nearly all families of plants.
A singular observance is that where
plants formerly supposed'to be root-parasites,
anel now called saprophytes; are
connected with certain bush roots. Such
roots have no nitric acid. For instance,
the cancer root is only found under
betch trees, and yet no connection exists
between the beech and this plant. These
roots ought, not to have any nitric acid,
if Sarno is right.
For many years a spring of dirty
water ran from the house of a certain M.
Korotneff, in the heart of Sebastopol,
and causeel the proprietor much 1 trouble.
At times the spring would cover the best
street in the city with mud. Of late the
spring ha3 become a public nuisance and
the city authorities compelled M. Korot
neff to build a small reservoir around it and
lead off the muddy substance by sewer
pipes. Bat as soon as this.w.as done it
was discovered that the substancSyin the
new reservoir was pure naphtha. For
the last three months since the discovery
was made nothing has been . done to util
ize this wasting treasure.
CouTicts Off for Siberia.
The Moscow correspondent of the
London News sayj : "To-day I witnessed
the departure for Siberia of the first
batch of convicts thrs season. They
stooel in marching column at the railway
station, surrounded bv a guard of about
100 soldiers with drawn swords. At the
head came the worst class of convicts,
iabout" 300 in number, all having leg fet
ters and chains. Many had the right
half of the head shaved, an indication of
long-service sentences. Then came about
100 without fetters, convicted or sus
pected of lighter offenses, most of them
being without passports, and therefore
liable to punishment. Next follow about
100 women, some convicts and some
prisoners' wives. It is pathetic to see
little children and some infants starting
on this long and terrible journey of ex
ile. The dress worn is gray, with a yel
low diamond on the bacJc. The by
standers threw money to theai to enable
them to purchase comforts on the jour
ney." .
Bright Thoughts and Merry.
Frank It. Stockton tells with great
glee how once, many years ago, he in
vented a dish and got v& lor the inven
tion. It was while he was 6ub -editor of
Hearth and Home, a weekly paper of
which Mrs. Mary Mapes Dodge was the
editor. He had contributed to every de
partment save the household department.
This put him on his mettle.5" So he
haadeel in a receipt of his own concoct
ing. ; Mrs.; Dodge accepted it; and, paid
for it at the current1 rties-$2.t The
dish is called "Cold . Pink," and here is
the receipt : Take all thwbite "meat left
over from" the Thanksgiving turkey, aad
chop it ny very" fiae. .P.our a thin cran
berry sauce over the cold meat; ,; Mix
well, put . it in a china form and set it
away to get cold. , When cold, serve it.
It makes a delightful dish. But ' alas!
as Mj. Stockton himself remarks, there
is never any turkey left over from the
Thanksgiving dinner. Epoch.
' Caster Last Sword.
The sword which Custer used in Lis
campaign against the Indians, and which
he lost with his life at the battle of the
Little Big Horn, is now in the possession
of a Chicago man. Its battered blade is
as flexible as whalebone, and it looks as
though it had been through many a
hraid-to-hand encounter. It is covered
with innumerable designs of drums,
flags, cannons and other' implements of
wrfare. JndianapolU JvurnaL
Cannlnsr Crab.
A thriving industry at Hampton, Va.t
is the canning of hard-shell crabs, which .
was first begun in the year 1S78. About
the 1st of April the season for these
crustaceans opens J and continues until
June. During that month and July tho
crabs are found with spawn and unfit for
canning purposes. Then in August the
work begins anew and from that time
until about the 1st of November tho
canneries are kept very busy.
The crabs are caught chiefly with trot
lines and nets. Beef tripe is used for
bait and each line is attended by one
man in a light skiff. The average daily
catch per man in Hampton Roads is from
sixty to seventy-five dozen, although 250
dozen catches have been occasionally re
ported. Large boats go out every day and
collect the crabs from the fishermen.
Upon arrival at the cannery the dead ones
and s pawners are. thrown away, i The
others are placed in open slat-work cars
and conveyed to a wooden steamer hav
ing a capacity of 250 dozen into which a
car is rolled. Steam is then turned oa .
and the crabs cooked until they turn red,
when the car is rolled out and tho con
tents shoveled into baskets. These are.
delivered to men technically termed
"strippers," who remove the shells,
small claws and entrails. These men
pass the cleaned portions to a force of.
women and children called "pickers,",
who take out all the meat and place it in
large pans. The large claws are crushed
and the meat deftly extracted.' As these
pickers receive but from two to ; three
cents a pound, it naturally follows that
they must be quick and agile workers.
The most rapid pickers can generally
prepare about twenty-five pounds a day,
but the average is about sixteen " pounds.
The hard parts ana other- refuse are
dumped into sheet-iron barrels, placed in
scows and sold to the neighboring farm
ers for fertilizing purposes, i The upper
shells, which the strippers remove, are
carefully cleaned'and used as receptacles
for deviled crabs, being packed up and
sold with the cans containing the meat.
After being weighed, the crab-meat is
taken to the "fillers," who pack it in
one and two-pound cans. Each-pound
can is estimatctl to contain the meat ex
tracted from thirty-eight crabs. In brder
to prevent spoiling in the cans, the con
tents must be very thoroughly cooked,
and consequently after being sealed these
receptacles are placed in boiling water
for half an hour. Iben they are tasen ?
out and vented by piercing a small hole'
in the top of each and immediately re-;
sealed. After this they are given a final',
hot water bath, in which they remain 1p?$
two hours. Another process consists iu
placing the cans in a strong solution pt.
chloride of lime water. -
Upward of ll,000-,000 crabs are thus
canned each Season iu the Hampton es-,
tablishraents. and fijd a ready sale in all
parts of the United States. Detroit Free
Press.
Jack Tar's rie:i In His Own Paper.;
The siilors cf the United States flag-
ship Philadelphia" publish a little paper
which is called "The Philadelphia
Print." A good paper it is, too, Tho
last edition is issued at Port-au-Prince.
The whole paper makes one proud to be
an American, and shows that the intelli
gence of the days wheu tho Constitution
sajled the seas with 300 New England
freeholders on her triumphant deck have
not been followed by decadence. Among
other articles is one which should com--mend
itself to the Naval authorities. It
is as follows: . i
"It soundsVery pleasant nndjone is
proud to hear our new vessels spoken of
as being modern steel cruisers, all the
material and guns made in the United
Slates, not a r. Vet that is not American,
can steam twenty knots, fitted with elec
tricity and telephones, and all have the
latest ideas, etc. but with all this can
Jajkmake a modest request. .
"In a number of ways Jack is not. as -comfortable
in the modern ship as h
was in the old navy, or in other words
these modern improvements' are a good
deal like an Irish promotion, for all these,
new ideas and modern science take space.
Jack's living and berthing quarters in
the modern ship are not as foomy or as
comfortable as in the oak sailing arks of
a quarter of a century ago.
"Of necesity Jack's work is not as
clean as in the old ships, but still his
pride is just as "great; his ship is his own
private yacht; he owns her while at
tached to her, yet no provision is made
for cleansing himself after compartment
or double bottom work. Much less a
bath tub. In a nUmber of foreign men-of-war
clean bathrooms are shown both
for firemen and crew. .
"Could not even a couple of shower
baths be fitted in the new ships, espe
cially the larger ones, and then we would
laugh at hard work, for in the morning,
and when in the tropics, our shower
will refresh and cool us off and we'll be
ready for more worlc"
This coming as it doe3 from te sailors
themselves; should have wciglft. New
York Tribune.
; A Curious Name Combination.
"What u in a name?" has been a ques
tion sufficiently' unanswered to still re-,
main a subject for discussion, but what
is in two names should have a double
interest. If you don't think so, take
two names as well known as any in
American history anl look at them.
They are the names Lincoln and Hamlin.
Of course, there is nothing peculiar about
them as they stand, but set them differ
ently and observe the result. For an in
stance, place them thiswise:
HAM LIN
LIN COLN
Read up and down and then across.
There is something in that, isn't there?
. Now, again
ABRA HAMLIN COLN.
Can you find two other names of two
other men whose official lives and names
combine as these do? St. Louis Repub
lic. The Queen of Spain has umpired the.
Columbia-Venezuela boundary case en
tirely in faror of Colombia.