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'PORTER & PEATROSS.-Pollsters, LEAKSVILLE, N. G., JULY 14, 1887. VOL. III. NO. 124 ! THE' CELEBRATED i iNKB.CONVERSt I. BANJO Lanufactured by John F. Stiittos, ' 40 Maiden Lane, New York! 1 FORCE PUMP. I Lilt and Force Pump. 3fakes a complete Fi re Depart mc Ot for any. Country If otic; out of a oriimon - wood', pump, all a very siitalL'.feostt Woilli Fil ly Times .its Cost if. voiiineed it to put out a fir.), and extremely hji lor lots ol jrther trunks. , . i , Ready fOr action in One-eighth' Jiitiutplif k Energetic busiiiiss men who will jgivo it proper at tout ion arc wanted to handle tbi$ punp in every town in Pennsylva nia, rscw j.iersey, Maryland, Delaware, irgima and North Carolina, "and ! will be accorded control of suitable territory cot already occupied. :-' v- JCHAS. : I LATCH LEV. IVIA5MUFACTURER Of all Sizt and Styles of Wood Pumps, ; Office N. E. City Hall Squarie, Opposite 3ro id St. Station, P: :1 U. j 1 f I ( Philadelphia; Pa. i y 4 L . . , - , f 44 A BOOK FOR THE PEOPLE. 99 CAPTIVATING! ITSEFUI, ! Klpqaent THacnsnlons, I nnd Diplomatic Papers on the Ureal Public Uuewtion of the.t'agt and Preweut, fcy 1 ! JAMl.s . BLAIXE. I EmbraclnK'his masterly arKuments-tm the vital issues in the Ant I Slavery Struggle, the Alt JniftQrtttMt Labor Question,, fVoAit'tf ion. Irixh Jlome-RuU, etc., etc.! tTfA Fortusk fob Hook Canvasser! Arru- OATrONS FORTF.tMWTORY COMINO IN WITH A. RCSH ! THE HENRY IULL. ruiHJSHINU CO., Norwich, Ct. i ustan em Sciatica, Lumbago. Scratches Sprains. Strains, Stitches, Stiff Joints, Backache, Galls, Soreaf , Spavin : ' Cracks. : Contracted Mascles, Eruptions, Hoof Ail, : Screw j. I Worms, Swinney, .Saddle Galls, Piles. V Burnsi Scalds, Btinga, BitMy ? Brnisea, Baniont; Corns, . THIS OOD; OLD STAND-BY actsomplUhes ror everybody exactly what latlalmed for it One or khe reasona Jor the great pep Varltyof the Mustantr-Liniment Is found in its univrrnl apUcabilitr ETerybody needs such a medicinfc. The Lumberman needs It in rase or accident. The lleosewlfe needs it for general family ue. The Canaler needs it fur hU team and his men. The piechanlc needa'it always on- hla -wot bench. J : . ' The Miner needs It In case of emergrency. The Pieneerneedsit can't get along without It. The Farmer needs It in ttU house. b stable. and his stock yard. The Steamboat man or the float man needs It la bcral supply afloat and ashore. ' The florae-fancier needs it it Is bis best friend and safest reliance, - J Thjp Stoch-grower needs It It will saT him thousands of dollars and a world or trouble, f ; The Railroad man needs It and will need It so long as his life Is a round of accidents and dangers. ' The Backwoodsman needs IV There U noth ing like it as an antidote for the dangers to life, limb and comfort which surround the pioneer; j The Merchant needs It about his store among his employees. 'Accidents. will happen, and when these pome the Hostang liniment Is wanted at once. KeepaOoUlelathellenseo Tls the best of economy.' . ; . . ' - ; j Keea a Dottle la the Factory Itslmmedlate use la Case of accident sares pain and loss of wages. V ; Keep a Bottle Always la the Stable for a ah m-m wmmwttmA - FR V .l mPfelg; Uf - -Aim,,.,-' "Brignoli." '- -ff j "L tta, V "Xicolini. V -fl : All j 'Lucci.:' 'Amelia,'' , - T.he. Common sense &mSjmmmim-, , pr fSVio Linirn JOHN F. 8TK ATTON'S CELEUnATEll PATENT SUBL(ME HARM Ol "DUET;; ' SILVER REEV Solo Accprdeons. NEW HOME SEWiNG MACHINE 6.0 RMJC EJUSSL CHICAGO ILL ou UNION oQuARE.N.T.- DALLAS. ATI ANTA A TEX. . sr toil mo. nnFRANCtSCO CM. TRADE IWARrf Yw STARKE' 1628 Arcti Street, iPIUlaci'a, Pa ' A WELL-TRIED TREATMENT rr (ONSlMirTION, AST1IJ1 I, KKQ .ncuitis, dyspepsia; AT4KKM, II AV KF.tKK, UKAOA HE, DFItlMTV, KHEU- MATISJI. M.lUAU;lA an-l IH h Urn. funic autl Nrioui Dior TM R COS fOI'KW OXVIiKN TUKATH F.NT " Pik-Starkew & Tnlwi, No. i;-2 Krrh Hlrrrt, Tlilln lrl.l.ii(, liaM bi-en niing for IhrJnM (ricnUvn yrNr, i a srli ntitlc miju-liiif lit of lb rirnrnu 01 iMjgi-a hhiI Mtrourn map; net I zed, and the ctuipvund H mudraxMl and niiulv purtable Ibut it it keat vcr tag norm. , Pm. PTARKFf k PALES lia.r tli llhivly to rrf-r ! tha roilnnln.nnnird wrll-kouxa penunl who haie tried their Trraliamt 3 - lltl.. H, ft. KrLI.I-Y. Artnlivr o oitmi, Philadelphia.: of Ibe Lutheran Ob KKV. THTdR U (OUAU, t.lltui TTer, rtillailvlha. BEV. II A lit l.S W. tlSHIfi, p. p Ui. , FKSS MMI, K.llt.r In KxvhrMer, K. T. - rlrran. t'hlraga. III. H. A. W. Mi)IIF. E'lliur Tiir Vh1 nnry, Lnnranter, S. C H. II. MOKT HIM-TON, I Jidir tb, Itlrmlngham, Al. JlIMiK II. r. KCOStN, n.mo. Kan. JIKS. t A It .4. MUIUORF, M.-Iro JIDtJE 1U S. TOOKIIEKS, . w f, fl awaehBaettt, I'll j. I . ; " SR. K. f. kM(.lT, riilin.li-li.Mn. MR. FRtNK MPIMJ.U rrt linnl, I lilUdtlphfa. M n(N. . W. W.HI ll.Mi, C I lU4Klt Hll.so.N, b3J liruailn iy. S. Y., Ed. Phil. : dt-lphia rhnl.Mcrrrlur. FIPM.IA ft. I.VttN. HaJiara, Hawaii Sanrtwlrh Itlaad. AI.EMMIF.K hlll!IK, litrrno.V (Iiind. 1 j ' SRS. MAM EL V. OUrili, Ircnlll , arnlwaa, 1 Hro. aiKh. nin.v tuurtit, iun, b Honduras,, Ceatral Aairrira. J. I HUH, t. S. Ir, - ,.t,.ul. .hU ca, Xoroceo. ; , . "J. V. ASHKKOUK. lird I!.IT, rl. IhMST -JI K.NIR. .ns!im. Fag and. '!:. A.j.l r rrj part of th t I ullrJ Slut -umitn.Ml ti.E.U, MaHp Artloa and Rnalta.o " it a n-w hiMriiHt r vr I on Im ndrril pt,r, pablbhed f lr. Warlrj W,. 1, cIm-i I u til laqnlrar, fall la- laraiatltfa s t ibis rrni.irLal.le ram e acrnf aad a rerrd taerrral hundred tarprUinr rre ta 1 Mc rancr-af rbr,ata ee wsnj of ihpm rf( r l.flui; ahar donrd ta die by other; puj.ir.sM.. aim, "liinninu U. titX-lt Orlala aad De'dorraiHil," , iatrrelinc Ittt ,,( , faaudred Maw. Both tr rtlbrrSiill be aii!ed Ireo to any ad-lren sa applV aiioa. Krad t'jo liwhurr ! DE3, STAUKEY' & PALE W, Minstrels acid Bur ,t Cork. The popular t is-tl :t svtf. put some sort tf. grea y prei-.n; u i'n "M ur tares to make tlrv burnt i(':!i --iiiv .1T t isil v, says a famous - ncro n.'i. ' cl lo a J'lnla di lpliia A S' p.-r.i ), i.i? j;' a uian wants to I't'i oii).' j-. i ii.u?"iii I v lhirk, nil he m-' d du is i. i . li t i" 'in-ire he blacks up. It v. mild k j him -clubbing all niirlir, 'ami he nonl 'iaw to t ike the skin mif U:f..id h rlll -r-t - it out The prt-jvir.it ion f t;i.r.iu. siniple. 1 lie property -nisn p-it U - -v'. m a pan, poms a lit I !e ':r. in'M . , r .(.()';-,! ! bhts the alcohol, urn! ihC n d- ; thj- ret. A liitli nil!i:-g I't'v iu the h;nds smoothes otil tiie ;!;' v. a::d ' th' .rit.' Theie''s auo'her av tt- k .-iu ibe i;rit. iih u i "vi vtit' i ue i li'l' t lit 'a tub of was r, wnd ih. s.j o - the bottom. All He has t i d.. i i . -k,ni off the lloatiug ""b t.-.n. i-. ai5d .!;- hits tli line piirtieie. A ltU- w icr m this into a i is re uvady for -r... illlliiV-'vi-.-.-.'. fr&Zii II 11 "iy . H.yf lls-rriHI M I I 1 1J l"i a av r .V tal BIM all !,.r a luifsrc amiiMO k ir- ? t -.11 a I iA r-rPTJvL rtTir.ULArv. I KsJ-r rALtN THE GOLD FEVER. A TALK WITH A CALiIFpRXIA ARGOJfAUT. ! The First Piece of Gold Found Now Kept at the National Mu seum Early Serenes tu t the Gold Fields. The original cause of the great Cali- fornia gold fever the first fever gerrh is at the National JIuseum. lit is secure ly sealed in a little glass bottle,and there is no longer any danger of contagion." 1 is a little flattened -piece 6f cold 'about- the size of a gold dollar. It is the piece found by JIarshall, while digging a mill race the year before the fever set in. It was sent direct to the Smithsonian in August, 1848. The following is a cony pf the letter that accompanies it : San Francisco, August 23, 184S. i This paper contains the first piece of gold ever discovered in the northern part of Up- fer California. It was found in February, 848, by James W. Marshall, in the race; of Captain A. Sutter's 'sawmill, about forty five miles from Sutter's Fork, on the south branch of the American Fork. It was-beaten fut with a hammer by Mr . Marshall to test its malleability. It is presented to the Na tional Institute, Washington, D. C. I J. L. Folsom. 5 L L. Folsom was a captain in the Ignited States service. There are many pieces of gold in California claimed to be the first found, but none of them have the facts in favor of their claim. The discovery of this piece of gold by Marshall led to the search of more, and it was found. It was the seed that up to 1880; had produced $1,200,000,000 in gold. I Prior to this discoverv, Indians and a few fnissionary priests had been collecting. ome gold in other parts of the State, but this was the very first piece found in the gold belt, and it led to the great rush to California in '49. , I Dr. Rv M. Dawes, the dentist of West tVashington, was one of the forty-niners who started out from Washington. He Was talking over the matter with a Stiir ife porter for a little while last eventng. ',. I "A party of us, " he said, "tooka'saiP ihg vessel at Baltimore in March, and we were seven months and fourteen days i : making the trip to San Francisco. : There were my bnther- and Kx-Senat by Sargent. tien a local reporter in Washington, one dr two other Washington boys and my self, and there were quite a number of Others from Baltimore to make tip the rarty. That was the way Sargent first Went to the State he afterward repre sented in the Senate. We had a pretty hard voyage. The Captain of the! vessel treated us so badly that when we got to lio de Janeiro we complained to the Consul and had him removed, j This paused a delay of fourteen days, j Then t Valparaiso we had to unload a steam Engine and other cargo, ivhich caused a delay of twenty days more. It was a ery weary voyage before we got to San f-raneisco. Sargent did not go all the ivay with us. He got off at . Valparaiso, and from there sailed to San' Franciisco in another vessel.' I remember thit he studied Spanish all the way from Balti more to Rio de Janeiro. ! "When we arrived at San Francisco several of our party who were carppnters stopped there. They got $16 a day for working at their trade there, and thought it better than taking the chances in the i , CT mines. There were six in mv partv who ent into prospecting. Every thing was f-ever and excitement there then. All shorts of sensational reports of big finds Were circulated, but there was not 'as rhuc-h outlawry as many people suppose. In San Francisco there was considerable gambling. It was not much of a city ,tjien. All the buildings were' framci, and the gambling-houses were like the frame barracks they put up for soldiers. The jfaming-rooms were in front and the bar in the rear. Gamblers would pay $50 a nisht for each table. ' They never counted the money, but justjstacked it up on the table and measured it in that way. 1 The gamblers were the only men who wore white shirts. s I "There were no courts. If a man com- 2 . mitted an offense in the diggings he was I tied by twelve men selected for the oc- j cision, and their decisions were prompt and just. For that reason there were few cifimes committed. Our trold was left in cimp without any one to guard it and it Was never stolen. I would sometimes leave a day's diggings in a pan out in the sun to dry. No one ever disturbed it, Fbr seriou-? crimes th- .-ury of twelve would hang a mn ; for petty larrecy they would horse-whip him and give; him twenty-four hour ; to get out of camp. If a man sunk a pit and threw a pkk or shovel in it he cculd go on pro -pc tin -g. and if he relumed anytime within 'rtf-n 'day he would find his claim to the jilig- gings repccfed. j "When our p irty lande" he conlin- uetl, "we went to cr.tmento. where wc got three yoke of oxen aad a wsgon jtut had come overland, and started for; the diggings, well stocked with provisions.; We went first to South Fork,! then to North Fork or Feather River. There was so much mud that we had to abandon our cattle and wagon and carry our packs on our backs.; j We did pretty wellj but I was sick and had to . keep ; out of the trenches and give up mining for3 while. When we dissolved partnership at North Fork a sack; of flour fefl to my share and Isold it for $200. I then bought K bfat and gun and shot quail and jack rabbits krtrl tdtbem in R,n Vrn,U,n 1 W1 c T ,i Brought $7 and $8 per dozen dead, and $13 alive; and jack rabbits $7 and $8 " ? 'I h ?rrif1 firno T wpnt liarlr tr 6an rra5icV the choleraiwais tt?is,' there. BMjri'jWere dropping 'dead like sheep. ; ';':'. ' j . V ff "I went to the diggings again, and we came across a big rock near Middle Fork standing high ! out of the water, which whirled in a swift eddy around it; We knew if there was any gold in that locality it would be right in this Seddy. So we filied bags with sand and mad? ft dam to turn the water! aside so tliat we could get at it. The very first dip of my pan brought 1 up $218 worth of fgold. After working there a week we divided up, and each got $900 as his share There Were six of us." Wellington StarJ, The Gerrymander. (j The history of the word gerrymander is interesting. In 1811 the anti-Federalists, or Republicans, as they were then ca'dedj,after a bitter contest, succeeded in electing their candidate for Governor of Massachusetts : Elbridge Gerry,: ;imd a ma jority in both houses of the Legisla ture. J In order to maintain this ma jority in the future they proceeded to re ar range the; Sentorial districts -oft the State, which had hitherto been formed without any division of counties, by di viding counties so ask to secure an anti Federalist majority, even though' the counties were, in reality, strongly Fed eral in sentiment. . The Federalists;? pro tested, but in vain; the divisions were made without even a consideration of the propriety of theact ; the work! was sanctioned by the Governor, and became a law by his signature; wherefore' his political obruewls' . soundlv castigated LthrlfTi i; Aw? tL T7- , V..j iu rangemeut of ihe districts in relation lo the towns , was singular . and absurd. Russell, the veteran editor of the Boston Sentinel, who had strenuously opposed the scheme, took a map of that county and coloring the selected towns, hung it on the wall of Ins ve day Gilbert Stuart, t! ' - - itorial room. lOnc ie eminent jiainter, was in the room, and )oking at the map remarked that the colored tovrn- ships resenibled some monstrous animal. He took a pencil, and with a few touches drew, a head, wings, claws and , tail. "There," said Stuart, "that will do", for a salamander." Reyolds looking at: the hideous figure exclaimed: "Salamander! Call it gerrymander." An cngi-aved copy of this map was widely circulated by Hussell, and the word was imirtr-tf-ately adopted into the national' political vocabulary as , a term of rejiroach' for those who change boundaries of districts for a jxirtian urpose. Iitfr-Orean.fi Underdressed Children. " J : Nearly 50.000 children undjer five years ; of ace die annually in the United i sfates of pulmonary affections, and there is no db,ubt that a 'large .proportion of these deaths are dut; to needless exposure to cold and wet, and to the ignorance or neglect which so generally prevails Jvitb respect to the matter of clothingj )The - . .. t absurd delusion which suggests th & to harden children it is essential to e.v their legs and chests to the piercing b of winter, their bare feet to the wet, i ! -i Xse asts old eartn, tneir uncovereil Hearts to the ijum- mer sun. leads to many an illness j which terminates fatallv. We might reasonablv expect that examples of that belief wuld be furnished from among the ignoi-;int poor; but not so, we can see on our atEets anyday in the winter months the chirren of our mo-t intelligent clashes m irt ex Iens-ive dres-es, with neck, arnjs and'legs perfectly bare. The average mphtt exerc ises little more discretion in dresling her children 'than .an American savage 77,e Sj-jfJi. ,.' ' i. H Congressional Wit. I The pages of th Congressional Rikori are thifkly strewn with applaus4 "laughter j;' great laughter and'jap pkvase.l." fttv: but the reader of the con text often has difficulty in discovering the re d oceasion for the enthusiasm or hilai ify of the members. The pre, he, htv as a rule. t ommonjIace. the it stale ; or joint!c-. ihe jokes dimally !tujid. -etrgreion-d wit doeH ; not - differ Ijrbia ! that of the mart, the street, or the sa- loon; its life- depart when removed frprn its surro4indings,and verv little of it wilj bear printing. The American. MafKiue. POPULAR SCIENCE. j Italian astronomers say the world is jeight million years bid, and has been peopled about fifty millions. I The "canals" on the surface of Mars 'extend from sea to sea across the planet's .continent, and are about fifteen miles iwide. J ' i j The reptiles'of Brazil are now reported W x' 1K lo r .iy-a ?pecies (twelve being newly discovered), 11 t e t t r- ' a of j which eighteen arq batrachians, fifteen lizards and twenty-nine snakes. The height of , a proposed exhibition tower 4n PArie- is-sogreat asender 4 a , hydraulic lift impossible,and allrrge-ew and nut, n-essing a cage' up and down have been substitutedf- insuring safety and celerity. . ; v. I The red stars above the ninth magni tude have been catalogued by Mr O. F. Chambers after sixteen years of labor. The list gives 711 stars as distinctly reddish or orange, of which not more than a dozen are really ruby or carmine. - Among the many masses of meteoric iron which have been described only nine, dcTcording to Prof. W. E. Hidden, have been seen to fall, the places and dates being : Agram, Croatia, May 26, 1751; Charlotte, Tenn., Aug. 1, 1835; Braunau, Bohemia, July 14, 1847; Tabarz, Saxony, Oct. 18, 1854; Victoria West, Africa, in J 862 ; Nejed, Arabia, Spring of 1865; Nedagolia, India, Jan. 23, 1870; Rowton, Shropshire, j England, April 20, 1876; Mazapii, Mexico, Nov. 27, 1885. The increasing difficulty of adding to the world's stock of knowledge of the Arctic regions is turning the intention of t explorers to the more distant uttffBher fields for research lying about the South Pole. An Antarctic expedition is now being fittedput by Baron Nordenskjold, and is expected to leave Sweden in the Autumn for an absence of eighteen months ; while it is probable that during the next few years several other expedi tions will be attracted to the unknown ice seas of the Southern Hemisphere. The demand for cheap aluminium has stimulated researches in every possible direction. Mr. James. MacClear in a paper "befpra. the Sociyr of " Chemical 1; Tndustrv describea a newtnetbod -or Industry describes a new" method -for manufacturing sodium and potassium cheaply. As now made according to the Deyille method aluminium depends upon sodium,- With caustic soda at $55 a ton the metallic sodium costs about 25 cents a' pound, allowing 17 cents for fuel and materials. With sodium at this price aluminium can probably be put on j the market at $4 a pound, or about one-fourth of its present value. ' - It is a fact worth noting that no comet, so far as isknown, has ever come in con tact with the earth, or mirfgled its sub stance with the earth's atmosphere. The nearest approach ever observed was Lexell's comet of 1770, which approached ko within 1,400,000 miles of the earth, and subtended an angle of 2 de grees 23 minutes, the largest apparent diameter, yet observed 'in any comet: It has fnot , not been seen since 1770, though an orbit was com pleted for it of only five and a half years, and astronomers are of the opinion that perturbation by' Jupiter may have changed its orbit toone of long period. Money Value of a Wife. Let a man become a widower and he soon learns what the financial worth of a wife was to him. When he is compelled to hire the food cooked, the garments made or mended, the washing and iron in done, he finds that about one-half of rr. " j his income is required to meet these out goes. Who saveji this exenc before Let the cold fingtfrs arid the silent lips in pth Vrravcrard bear testimony. The . famih purse bbould be as accessible to a faithful wife as to tlie husband. What maa would ponsent.to become a partner in a comfiany in which his brother partner should alone have control of the com pany's funds? There is no one thing more degrading and depressing to a bard working wife, than to feel that-she mut j ... h' ; i; beg like a tramp forevtry cent she spends bevond her fowl, which as truly belongs to her as though she earned it as a domestic or thop girl. Aetc Engtfnd Farther. " ' ' A Watery Cow. ' - r ;' . .. i n a milk-adulteration cae at Chelten ham, England, the other day, a sample of j" babies milk" sold by the defendant was roved to contain ten per cent oi added water. At the request of the de- fendant, howercrr, j the cmtv reiKaibi for the sample was4 milked in th presence of the insjiector, and the bulk,! in legal phraseology, proved to corre spond exactly with the aamplei The! in- spectoratil fpresumaMy): " How t-uA) we deal with a -watery cow? The law makes no provision for. punidiing a cow guilty of watering er own milk. How Thermometer Are Hide. If thermometers were, all of uniform caliber and graded accurately there would, of course, be no difference in their records. But the fact is that many -are imperfectly made and carelessly graded, and these, of course, will give widely differing results. The first oint in the construction of the mercurial ther mometer is to see that the tube isof uni form caliber , throughout its whole in terior. To ascertain this a" short column I of mercury is put into the tube and moved up and down, to see if its length . remains Jhe same through all parts of the tubcTVa tube whose caliber isnotuni foniaiavaTtght differences are made in its'graduation to allow for it. - A scale of equal parts is etched upon the tube, and from observations of the inequalities of the column of mercury moved in it a table giving the temperatures, corre sponding to these divisions is formed. A bulbjs new blown on the. tube, and while the open end of the latter is dipped into mercury heat is applied to the bulb to expand the air in it. The heat is then withdrawn, and, the air within contract ing, a portion pf the mercury rises in the tube and partly fills the bulb. To the .open end of the tube a funnel containing mercury is fitted, the bulb placed over a flame until it boils, thus expelling all air and moisture from the instrument, and, on. cooling, the tube instantly fille with mercury, j The bulb is now plated in some hot fluid causing the mercury within it to expand and flow over the top of the tube, and when this overflow haa ceased the open end of the lube is heated with a blow-pipe flame. To graduate the instrument, the bulb is placed in melting ice, and, when the top of the mercury column has fallen as low as it will note is taken of its position referred to the scale on -the tube. This' is the i reeling point: It is marked as zero on the ther mometers of Kelsius and Reaumur, and as 32 on the Fahrenheit system. To determine the boiling point,- the instru ment is placed in a metallic vessel with double walls, between which circulates the steam from boiling water. ' Between the freezing and boiling point of water 100 equal degrees are marked in the centigrade graduation of Celsius, 180 degrees on the Fahrenheit plan, and 80 . degress on the Reaumur. On many ther- : moineters all three of these graduations are indicated on the frame to which the . tube is attached. Some weeks after a . thermometer has been made and graded it may be noticed that when the bnlb it immersed in pounded ice the mercery does not quite descend to the freezing point. This is owing to a gradual ex pansion of the mercury which usually goes on for nearly two years, when it is found that the zero .has risen nearly a whole decree. I It is then neceasrry to slide down the scale to which the tube la fastened, so that it will read accurately the movements of the mejeury. After t lis change, the accuracy of the thermo r ieter is assured, as there is no further ex pansion of the mercury column. Inter 'Ocean. A Novel Park.' A rich New Zealand Prince, full of ner zeal and so forth on the subject of publio parks, has presented to his government a large district of wild country which he owns, for park purposes. One of the most interesting features of the park that is to be, is a genuine volcano that is alive and kicking, besides an. extinct volcano that migilt be made to erupt on the Fourth of July and other holidays, by artificial means, and a lake of boiling . hot waterv Picnic parties will find the latter Tefy convenient for the production of hard, boiled eggs steaming hot." No matter how stringent a prohibition law New Zea land mayi adopt, with two volcanoes in the park ' visitors will be able to find plenty of the "crater." Texas 8ftings, Dead Capital is Fan- Fences. It is said that the amount of 'dead capital invested in farm fences in the United States alone reaches' the immense aggregate of $5,000,000,000, and that the construction of new fences and the renewal of old ones involres an outlay of no lts than $200,000,000 annually. It s difficult to fix an approximate idea of what immense sums as these represent, but some conception of thlt enormous in vestment may be formed upon the fact that it nearly equals the capital stock of ill the! railroads in the country, while the annual expense almost parallels the I . v. - - : i in t ! jntire revenue of the National" Govern- gent.--Chicago Timtt. I - . - - . .,-." . - . " 1 ' I In a recent lecture at Dallas, Tex&a, Hon. J. R. O. Pitkin, of New OrleaHa, paid a compliment to the press by saying a newspaper, ! the impersonal mouthpiece of public wisdom, sifted to the bot tom current events, and I laid bare' the truth, sometimes pleasant, but more fre quently galling. i 1 - -
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