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y 1 w ...... . . THE ' NEWS AND FARM. -i . - THE N&VS AND FARM i i - A Twenty-Eight Column Fam ily Weekly, x For Ono Dollar a Year, IN ADVANCE. A Splendid Advertising Medium. After the jrtorm is past, . An.l wltj, health laden, murmur o'er the lea, The twittering rain drops heedlessly 'Long by the wall Where rosebud petals fall. glappy fs be who rores i Aloux Mine unfrequented road afar. That lead oVr billy peak, thro' perfumed crores. or joa.; uy wood embroidered scar, A 11 J uaits health's breath On df w b?Jw'eled heath. The afternoon was busLed, And tc-fcrce a sepkyr stirred the golden rod Or cooktl lb banks where dreamy streamlets Down ti? warm g-ien in tepid flood; And landscape rlowed. ' ' UocooU-d by mint or cloud. Cut l.i'. tbe gj'JJen storm t B.irvt forth upon the low, perched hi 11a and I dale. And cck1.-1 and shadowed deep the valleys warm; And f.-e;jcjit nhow'rs and fresh'ning gales Trai;foVined anew Tlw u:ul;iUry rlew. By tho s--qiwstcred road, 1 Afrc eb Uie piukwink chirps, and summer sounds :C2iorni th - far birds among the clouds, and load The Rinnr.ier air with drowsy rounds, ; Whi! shadows creep ; Blow from the eastern deep, j Boston Transcript. , THK BURNT CHESTNUT. "This is tho famous Burnt Ches'nut runway, said Maj. Silas Haight, known all over the commonwealth as "the Lone Fisherman of Kettle Creek." "Tlds is the fav'rite spot for deer hunters an' it's known fur an' near ez Burnt Ches'nut runway, though th' hain't no more sign of a burnt ches'nut here naw th'n th' is on thut flat rock yonder. Right whar yon econd jrrowtli pine is' standin. not an ixich to the left nor to the right, is jist jwhar the ol' burnt ches'nut stood th't give this runway its name, years an' Vl years ago, an' it'll bo the of Burnt Ches J nut runway ez long ez therz a hunter left J to oome here an' stan' an' take his chances fer deer. j "01 Burnt Ches'nut! I'd jist like to hev sorno o' the ol' times over, ag'in th't jl'vehadon this blame nigh played out mountain! Wen I look back at 'em I I get humsick all through, an' ez lonesome cz a widdered turtle dove. Th' liain't iiotbin' nor nobody no more, sonny, an' I that's a fuct. That is. not to sneak on. Therz one or two o' the ol' boys left yit. an' wuiist in a w'ile they 'manage to strike out hero an' p'tend they're .ketchin' fish, aii' play at huntin' deer.' But th' was n hull nest of us in tho rippin an' tearm' ol' times, an we run the town ship, for its leadin' citizens in them days Y.-oa deer on' ba'r an' painters. Some o' Uio ol' boys 'd git keerless now an' then, a:' let a ba'r ketch a hiplock on 'em, or give n p;mthe,r too much rope, an' so they gradually got chewed up an pulled iu two. Thar were Pete Muffer, come to think on it. He got missed ono fall an didn't never show up with tho boys ag'i'i. lie wero a faulty findin' sort o' chap, Pet? were, an' allazkep' a jnwin 'cause th' wa'n't nothin' Jin the woods truth tacklin' any more.an' he cot nn an' swore, reg'lar ev'ry fall, th't ho'd never Ijc happy till ho could git eouio'rs whar ho could rassel tigers or BUHipin' o mat kinu tu t were wuth tacklin an wore likely to stan' some show with him. Bo w' en Pete didn't turn up no more, we s'posed, o course, he had along his rifle on his shoulder an pulled oat for sone deestric' or other whar timers was roamin' about an' roarm for kogip!;o;1v to come and cite 'em some lessons in rough an tumbles. We had pooty nigh forgot all about Pete, but the nex spring arter he'd cut sticks, ez we s'posed. Jim Banner slugged a big bar over t'long Pcrsimmen Holler one day. TV wa'n't nuthin differ'nt 'bout that b'ar from any other b'ar, 'cept th't w'en Jim dressed it l?e un'arthed a big tin terhncker box in iU innards. The box was battered an' stained an' showed hard times gin erally, but th' wa'n't no mistakin' o' it. Ev'ry lody rec'nized it as Peter Muffer's, an' that's all th' were left o' him. The rest o him had nat 'rally disappeared, but th hain't no b'ar as over stole a pig ez kin digest a tin terbacker box, wore. ; "Then tliar were Gobe Ransom. Gobo wa'n't rash, giner'ly spenkin', but ono nice day in the fall he bit off a leetle more'n he could chaw w'en h? tried to git away with three faifetrrs al one time right over yonder in Uio Goose Medder wotxls. Not e'ficlr that, nuthvr, fer he did git away with 'em, but the trouble were, hei;.!n't git away from m. WVn we ruu ag'in Gobo the nex' day he were lay in on top o one o the biggest painters I ever ere. Gobe's left hand were clutched en its throat, an' his t'other hand were tight aroun the han dle of hia huntin knife aa the blade o' the knife were up to tlie Kit in the paint er's heart. Off to one side laid two more big painters, both deadcr'n the Pilgrim fathers. Ko were the painter Gobe wero layin' on. So were Gobe an' th' wa'n't much left o him, nuther, "An thnr wero tough an' game Jesh Patten. That poor feller fcrieTed himself to deatlv. say some, ae mea&les is ketchin'. Jeah stepped inter one o his own b'ar traps one day an' thar he was. Hie jaws o' thetrap held him tighter th'n a vise, 'twnt the knee an' the ankle. Th' wa nt no use o his tryin' to git out an' bo he sot down to grin an' bear it, hopin' th't some o us niowt stumble along that way an help him loose. He were thar in the iron jaws o' thtt trap fer a day an' a night an' nobody showed up to give him a lift. Seeing th't the chances war th't he'd hof t; starre in the trap 'nless ome kind hearted ' b'ar should come along and cliaw him, Jesh sot to Bn' prayed for b'ar. A biy un kim enuffln' an' growlin' to'ards tho trap nex' day, but it seemed to reco'nize Jesh an't were 'feared to tackle him. Jesh act ally eonxeJ bruin, with tears a stream in down his cheeks, to pitch in an rouae tdm an let him die like a white man, but the b'ar turned tail and dug fer the swamp. Then Josh swore th't he wouldn't starve, but would die game; an' so he drawed bis huutin' knife to slash it 'cross hia wizzen pipe, w'en all of a suddent an idee hit him in the conk. 'Ste'd o' splittin his wizzen pipe, Jeah just on j' in ted hla leg at the knee an crawled to his -cabin two miles away. Two or three o us boys had happened together thar that mornin ot knowin' th't Jesh were missin'. Ho ome a crawlin in w'il. v. ftn tliey took charge of him an' done him 1 r luar, u u through, o bein' r " ouape. ue soon pulled i but ho oouldn't git over the idea DEVOTED erirmled in a wav th't wa'n't rrf Mar. nn , o 1 - w - he iist wasted an' wasted a wav. an on mornin', 'fore any one know'd it sca'cely, he turnetl his face to he wall an dipped over the river.i ' 'An' that's 'the way theol boys turned up their toes,; 6onny, one after another, ez long cz it were wuth w'ile foolin' 'roun in the woods after a cliar.ee. I'm aieerd I've lost my chance o' folIowhV tlieir ex ample, for tli' i liain't a painter nor a siga o one within j a thousan miles o here, an' it don't cccm to bo no trick at all to settle with a b'ar nowadays. If my ol' gun don't bust, or a tree don't fall an' squash me, or .a scattering shot in the woods don't jwing inc. or I don't fall overboard in tlie pond an' git drowned, I'm feerd, sonny, th't I'll hef to peg out in lied, nn' th't the bovs ez died came '11 kinder ft-tl ashamed o me w'en Gabriel give3 the bugle call an I jino 'em on t'other tide o'jJurdan. "But this here Burnt Ches'nut run way course yew heerd the curious story ez to how it got it3 name? Didn't never hear it? Walt I swowl Tliat's cuiiouser yet th'n Ux3 ttory, an' bein's yo haven't got nuthin' better to listen to jest now th'n them enssy red squirrels cz is chucklin' at us from ev'ry durn tree that's got a hole in it an' them ruthless jaybirds th't sings ez if they was film' a aaw an' the A . L . tappuv o tnat woodpecker on that dead pine over yender, I'll jist give ye tlie his tory o' ol' Eumt Chen'nut. "It happened a good many years ago, it did, ) conny so long ago tliat thez very few in the country ez ever hecrn on it, let alone 'memberin on it. 'Twa'n't lonjf after stage coaches begun to run up through this deestric', an' that's fur enough back, goodness knows. Wall, snylww, one fall an ol' man th't seemed to hev his share o' money got out o' the stasre over vender fit th nrnss- in's tavern, on t'other side o' the bridge, an' Kttd I thar. He give hu name as Sititon Morer.'an' he took to lookin' 'bout the dcestiic', an' finally bought a tract o' land up 'long tle Big Swamp run. He had a piece tf it cleared o' timber, an' then he built (the biggest an' snuggest log house th't were ever seen. The nex' summer lialf a dozen wagon loads o' fur nitur' an setCh fixin's fer housckeepin' ez hadn't never been seen nor heern -on in these porta c;uno a-dri-in up to ol' Morer's h g fuouse, an: followerin' thcra came tlie ol jinan, two young fellers jc-z turned out to bo his 6ons sn an all-fired han'oine gjil," not more'n 16 year ol'. It soon (got n'ised around 'mongst w'at few folks th' was tliggin' in them d.-iys fer a livin' in the deestric' th't this gal were the iY man's niece. One a' the boys wore named Sitnon. artrr hij rati. 1 s oje. an Simon were mr.re'a 21. t'other w o called James. 'bout 23, an' James not Tho gal's name were Pa tience. James was a tip top young chap an' fell riht Jin with the ways o' tho ol' residentrrs, ah' got to be so pop'lar 'mong 'em th't twa'jn't long 'fore they was call irf' him Jim. Young Smion, though, were z.n overlxkrin an disagreeaLle cuss, lie hated the woods an' tho people, and didn't mako no bones o' saying so. Con sequently, folks wa'n't so blame well sot to'ard him els they mowt ha been. But that hain't injither here nor thar. Ton noticed, o' course, how tilings will xlt eircflatcd around, an' anyone's buii::css lie ev'ryone's business, even if th huin't nicao'n half a dozen folks in a theatric' twenty miles square. Wall, that's the way it went 'bout the Morers. an' twa'n't jlong 'fere the hull woods know'd th't 61 Morer kep' a good deal a' ii..r-ey in hu house, locked up' in a iron tound chist. an th't young Simon an' his Lrother Jim was hoili on 'emdead in lore withj their cousin Patience, an' th't Patience had her heart sot on Jim, an' th't consekently th' were tlie ol' boy to pay most j o' tho time in tho Morer family. The ol man's favorite 6on were young Simon! an w'ilo he 6Svned up to that, he wouldn't hev no force but buainess in the matter o Patience, an' were tryin' ell the time to get tho boys to patch .up some Bort o' compromise. Th' were titrable, too, about the ol' man's money 'cause Simon ho claimed th't most ;f lit must be his'n by rights, an Jim lie 'lowed th't he'd be blamed if th were. "An so tilings went on for a year an' better. One; day Sam Bates, who wero happenin' toj walk by the Morer place, heerd a bi quarrel goin on "mongst the faru'Jy. Hnj heerd tho ol' man say th't he v.-euldn' ptan' it no longer. An' th't ho'd divide ;his money even 'twixt the boys, an' th't the girl must marry Simon. Then Jim he swore by all that was blue th't the girl shouldn't marry Simon yet es fer tlie money, tho old man could "do jist ez lie Llamcd pleased with it. Ol Simon tol young- Simon to take the stage fer rhiladelphy nex morniu, an' have hi lawyer draw up the apers. ah' to bring 'em back an he'd sign 'em, an' Simon weat. "Th' wa'n't much stir seen 'bout the Morer placo fer a week arter tliat. Then folk thort it j began to look mysterious, an were jistj on the pin't o' 'vestigatin' it, w'en young Cimon tot back. Twan't many hours 'fore the hull deestric' know'd th't Simon had found the house erupty. Tlie ol' man were gone, Jim Were gone. Patience were gone, an' wus3 th'n all. as ! Simon said, tlie ol' man's rhoney chist jwero gone. Simon ripped 'round the neighborhood an swore th't L his broihecJiui had murdered tlie ol' mim an hi.C his body som'crs in the woods, an' then stole tho money an run off with Patience. More'n th't, he swore th't ev'ry one in tho deestric l;ad helped Jim.do it, an' th't ho'd hev 'em all hung. But no evidence o' no murder couldn't bo found, ah' nobody couldn't under stand w'at it all meant. Alter w'ile Simoiv findin th't he couldn't find a elew to nothin, sot fire to the house ono night an' nex' day left the deestric', cussin ev'rybody th't were in it, an' no body ever see him ag'in. "People was beginning to fergit all about the curious sarcumstance. w'en jtwho should jop outen a stage ono day at tho crossin but Jim Morer an' Patience, ez imuin es two baskets o chins! mebbe th wa'n't a time w-eu Jim and the gal heerd the news. They jist went wild, an' ev'ry body see to wunst tliat they didn't knaw nuthin' bout ol Morer or his money. Jim said t.iat lam an j Patience had been bound to marry one anoUier, an bo Uie night arter young Simon went tPhiladelphv to eee iae lawyer, Uwy jist slid quietly out o the h3UMi an waJtcd ten miles through j Uie woods an got married, an' war on a weddin tower evjir Bonce. WT'en Che TO LITERATURE, SEWS, POLITICS, AGRICULTURE, EDUCATION AND SOU1JIERN PROGRESS. were w'en they deestric' for weeks, tryin' to clear mat- ! At a recent meeting of tho Societr of ters up, but they couldn't, an by an by . Physicians of the 1 harite Itospital in bsr they went away. ! lin, Thcmsen erliilitcd a rxUW-nt wohs "Nobody see nor heerd nothin' o' Jim I ccscNlo dcfcrilrd as ono of "railway ier inreo year arter that, an tlien-hoi come Dacic o' friends to 'wav down 11V -Tin. rrr dered 'round till mght, an not bein' able v iu v Ui LlIU VJXa. Willi- ' to git his bearin's, concluded to bunk in j lUl raornia'. lie started a big fire to m.sjy luooli HiUUl BX1 IAJ MLVVf U1I 111 painters an' wolfs, and then laid down in the leaves at thfl tnnttf n V.irr AcA 1 r. He got to ilecp, an' was v.-aked up by Bumpin' iu tho night, an thar he eee tho dead trccaJauTiiii, the firo luivin crep alonj; ia the leaves an' kciclied onter the dry troe.' ri Ut bein ches'nut had j'u,t inoro'n aia; Jod an crackc-d with it. The hull o onc-ide of thn trunk was a fire, an' Jim liadn't more'n got enter his feet loro snuisn! come the bumin trco to tho ground, lea v in t'other sido jist a ketchin. But it wa'u t tho fallin' of the burnin tn lh.-ir ; in tho dead o' the forcf t th't made Jim jump an' turn pale, an then stand cz still ez if he'd been friz to tho Ejxjt. No, sonny, it wa'n't. It were tho grinnin skeleton of a man tumblin' out from tho holler trunk o' tho burnt tree an' a fallhi sideways 'mongst the loaves on tho ' ground, an' a small cliest with iron hoops : or disordered dreams wero prt-:.t. Hie on it that kim rollin' after it, th't tuk tho 1 objective symptoms remaining were well tuck outen Jim, an' almost made a ttun larked cranial end spinal hypenrstheda; pillar outen him. Thar it were his mis- i failure to distinguish betweeu wliitn and sin' father's money chist. Tli wa'n't no ! colors: loss of smell and taste and im doubt on it. An consekently the skelo-! pairei hearing; numbness and at times ton must be hi3 father's too, which were PrPS'3 and spasms of the region sup all true, for w'en Jim found tho rntvm ' llied by tho facbl nerve were nLv nn-- ! next day, an' guided his party back to l the burnt ches'nut. an' thev ownm! llm chist, they found tho money all thar, an a paper sayin' th't tho cl man liad got tired o the janglin in his fam'ly, an'lid dcterminetl to tako his money with him, hide both hLsself an it whar they wa'n't never likely to be found, an' then kill hisself . Tho paper said th't if the monc v wero ever found, tho cno who found is could hev it. Hinder tho ol way cf findin 's is kcepin's, yo know. Tho cl' man hud likely ben totin his chist round in tho woods tho night ho disappeared, lookin' for a good j)laco to liide, w'en ho acekk-ntrdlv run agin the holler t hes'nut tree an crawled ia it with tho chist, an' mebby took i'ison. Leastways Unit's w'at them ih't know'ed uhcat it thort." "O course, Jim had tho ol' man's bones took up an' buried dtcent. An. c coui-se, lie ware 'titled to the money, havin' found it. V,"n, after the hunter begun to fjit thicker tn' thicker, an found out cz that spot wero a rood run way for deer, they couldn't do nothin' but call it the Burnt Ches'nut runway, an' so they did, an' so it aliez has been ever tcr.cu an' a)oz will be." Ed Molt' in Nevr York Moil and Express. Tho World' Graxejard. Consi-'erable disputes have been had relative to the spuco required to contain the i-eoplo of tho earth from Adam to the end cf C.000 years. Tho sp;:ce required is comparatively iu s iriincant when the almost incomprehen sible number. of peoplo are taken into con sideration. The basis of calculation is presumably overestimated. Tlie present population of the earth is reputed to be 1,400,000,000 people. Wre havo 113 years yet to complete 0,000 years, but if we tako 700,000,000 as an average dying every generation, we find that in the 6,000 years, allowing 33 1-3 years to a generation, ISO generations will have passed.or 700,000,000x180 123,000", 000, 000 (billions) cf people will have existed at tho compbtion f G.0CO years. Allowing one square yard to each, they would oc cupy n spr.ee of :,.7. i4tE'1;:aro miles. Tliis is a little iin ret';n c ue-half the size of Missouri (.?:i-il." milcr.) and eoven times Icsj than tho sire -f Texas (230,7t;0 sc-uare luilen). Allowing 3x3 feet ior in terment. Texas would auord burial for three limes tho r.um'.-er, or on the lauie basL;, would contain ail tlie x?op!e of the earth for 1S.0C0 years. Alkm in.T 2 feet to stand on. for each jk-i-sou, at tho end of (f,000 years they would makti a belt around tho tarth (rii.COO miles) 477 deep, or from the tr.rth to tho mcon (CCO.OCO miles) r0 deep, wl ih,t it would take eight times. the number to extend from hero to tho tun ia a single line, Kansas City Star. Xnlirt z if tho C :i Cejziou. Now let v.ie tell you about tho natives of this region. lxr things ! They do not eevm to ki.-ow much. They are ctrong and muscular and cany iaimenso loiids on tht ir h-.'ads. They have not learned to carry burdens in any cVr way. Once.f tiie jcovt-Tiiii.-ent if;icLd luul i.ine whcel-U":ri-o-.vs iur:d and sent here. Ho told 0:ie f th.' natives i i :n a:i 1 hiing it to him. a::d the f.-r thl.-.g tii-.v! to bring it on hU And when it was loaded four of l:.c:u j.icktd it up and were going to carry it ! TliS :.a!ives do it nuire any tailors or dre.v5n;..kirj. Oi:e of theia haviii? re- ceived a jc breila. pnl around u;?d :it of ;o; c 11 hat and mn- on l:U lii'.t and marched r ).U umbrella, feeling as li Biho- Tayr.tr and mvself as a ku vr. were present :i laeelir. cf kins which had been cr.lltil for consultation with tho bishop. Ihey call such' meetings "a palaver." Ve wanted to establish a mission, and thj object cf our meeting was to arecrLmi whether or- not thy would permit us to coiae rmore; Uieir Ioplj. Our conference with theui lasted more Uian an hour. Congo- Missionary in Burlington (Yt.) Free Press. Tlioiuas Jefferson's roe tic Temperament. It must be rtnii-mliored of . Jeffrrsnn that though hu stood six fe-et two inches i , i i . . i i iiigu, axiu poB!srBi'M a uruug fnysicsu vitality, yet he was cost in tlie feminine tlt tliAii m 4 V -X wrtr s I X-r a ' stead of the athletic sports of hunting and ' .u i,, .,r cards and ersonal brciis, he shrank away ' to the more cohtarr and quiet pursuits of books and music, the writing of rhymes and dancing with village belles. Tks poetic and artistic temperament domi- nated not only Ins youth, but lus entire life John O. Kicolav in Harper's Maga- rine. ' Eighteen Alpine tourists are reported this season to have Blipped off Uw nioun - - tain side and loet their lives. . Case Mack ltembliDr "Hallway Spine" Question far Newrl?Uts. dtxc, a neurosis resembling in many - . j v m.wv.uvau ut Ul CU1 disposing neurotic condition, br tho sud niotion of his train was thrown vio- lently ac-ainst tlio sddo of a car. striking " -.-. .a.v nuwuau DJ WUIUM, at the time of injury consciousness was nntervctl. Soma honra ftnmmn lr- iu3 Lead. Ho sustained no wound. nd pn-rerved. Soma hour ftr-wnrtl l cver, he was suddenly seized with syncope with mental terror, "lost all fchso cf loca tion, could not Kcognize tho sirrmleet familiar object, and described wliat he saw erroneously; his on objective symp tom v. as abcolute ancesthetia of the cntira . hod-. On tho fourth t'ay after Ids injury ho had violent headaches, a puJwe ralo of 44, tnd, in addition t-j tlie cutaneoo thesia, Ios3 cf clfactory and taste senna- ons, w:m uimcuit neanng. Un the fifth day the pstcIuc svmntoms i.!i!r m! 1 ccsicd, he coidd remember r.ot:... which 'had hapiicnrd, and liad no crplanation ; for llis condition. j T3 Itient subsequently Ijerame very t melancholy, complaining of : 'omnia, i headaclio, spinal rein, wearini- .nn.t failure of appetite; nd sensatic-i ; ? trrrcr cnt IIe was discharged from tlie hos- pital as improved, but two months after ward his condition was unchanged: he was unable to wrk on account of head ache and weakness. Thomsen's diagnosis was "railway braiiC" a condition of pro found disturbance of cerebral functions from shock. Tho incrcaf e in mechanical appliances and the immense extension of railways afford abundant opportunities for obrer vation cf nervous Uiock. ltli in its fatal and milder forms. While postmortem demoiiftratiozi of hemorrhage and struc tural lci.s3 explains the course of theso cases when fatal, it is evident that wo murt rely upon tho continued observation cf surviving patients to detennino the development of lesions which will illus trate the pathology of this condition. Tho .ot-iUlity of the production of do- generauvo ciianges in nervou3 matter nnd cerebral conditions causing norma. ncnt intiiti.l impairment is on interesting quer.tio.n for neurologists, and. hi its tutd-ca-L-zxl asiHCts. for the corTvtmtiriM ivh: .-so property may cause such injuries to their patrons and employes. Medical News. ... Life of tho Ixwly In Ttareelona. With some exceptions the ladies still wear tho poetic Andalusian hen Irwr. tl.cir glossy tresses pUed high, tho black mce covermg tiiem drooping in front in a point. Tlie Barcelona shop girl or seam stress, however, instead of the mantilla, pn fera a crimson or deep yellow t ilk ker chi f , that suits to perfection her dark fefcia, jetty locks and glorious orbs. Prob A Iy their eyes become trained by tho conMant contemplation of vivid colors hi mountain and sky, for even in such flight matters as the selection of a flower to pV.ce in the hair, or tho choice of a stock ing to match tlie petticoat, tlie Spanish lass never errs on tho scoro of liarmony. The peasant, too, is no less romantic than artiblic. In drc? ':ciortmcnt and physiognomy, in fact frc m head to foot, his appearanco is characteristic. His woolen cap is in reality thaped like the log of a stocking happily ho docs net ttiifen or distend it to its full length capacity, the effect would be too gro tesque for even his inlorn gravity; tho lavish superfluity ho draws forward, and. folding it in a 6croll over the forehead, it not only tliades the eyes, but is mot be coming. It is generally red and thus not altogether unlike the Phrygian cap; old men, however, often choose a dark brown, purple, or gray color. His thort jacket i3 of black or Uuo velveteen, with clusters of tiny silver Juagreo buttons; he wears knee breeches, knitted hewc. and round his waist a red sash no less than live yards in length. fo put this on ho U.U it trail on tiie ground, and winds himself into it by turning round and round. In the folds of this scarf he car ries a claspknife of singular si .arc. pre sumably of Moorish origin and jeculiar to Catalonia. The blade is from five to fveu inches in length, and, laying it flat iu tho right hand palm, with the point toucliing the tip of iIkj two forefingers, tho "muchacho" knows how to throw it with deadly accuracy. A pair of wmdals, li-ht and suitable for the climate, com plete hu equipment and no dwubt con tribute greatly to the marvelous feats of .peed and endurance for which lie is rc maikable. Gentleman's Magazine. Jlalloons Im llls;lt Altitude. Tlie recent attempt made bv - , - - French aeronauts to reach a great light alovo Uie earth has not ln-en prtductivo of any iarticular K-ieutuic rvsniu. Tl;e baIIoin in which ti.o afcent i::a ie reached an altitude of over 20,000 fivt without the occupants f th? car ex periencing any ill efTecls. except a ttti dency to f.iintncss on the rt of ono of Uiem. Vheu about tv. elvo years a rimilar uttempt was raad. an I tlK-h.iht of 2",000 feet was reaclKil, it was with fatal reiu'Li to throe out of thefour aero nauts. The success of tlie pn svnt ex-l-eriment is explainel bv Uie allocation 1 inar, me lumcuiuess uuo to the rareiac- ' I a a m Uon cf the atmos.here only begin at rui altitude eT 23,000 or . 24.000 feet. Tills view poems supported by the fact tliat in the Himalayas and Uw Andes heights of alout 23,000 feet have been on several occasions reached without any inccn- venieuce. In such cases, lwwcver, tlw ascent lais always been gradual. The ill effects exCTiencoil in balloons arc jos- siWy due to tho rudJenness of the clianje. London Spectator. Ts Mop UMiir r tht Km. Tf rwtrintr rot.l .-fi-- r lfv nrw-V face lias no effect, dioJvo a LtUe alum mabainof water and inject a sniff cf it t in a basin of water and inject a sniff cf it '. up the nostrils; hold Uw head Lock and ' do not attempt to blow Uw cose. Ilerall of Health. A Cuatrfclt SSOO Eirr As an cxamtIe of th-lit difT.Trw twten tho rpurious LflU and the grnuins chIo tax to itiuimoa even a practiced eye. the following description of a coun ter it jf oo I eitcd: wUnfiucs;iHiaLly ore of the mot dan gerous couLterTciLB ia ciUcnco. The engraving rnd workmansljp nearly equal to tlc frenuinc; tho 1-thc work is excel l?nt, nuiaberhis of tho work fair and Color Good. Tlie star on the right of Um treasury number u eomewliat blurred. TIk? i.rtrai; of J. Q. Adams is excellent, but ti.c loboof Uto car i very indistinct. In the ounntcrfrir. tho button upon the cuat luT.rcst the lapel is almost square in tlw grtiuine it is round. Tlie vignette of the ligure of Justice is finely mgraved with the exception cf the follow'n- rWnf- As thf tcale is licld aloft in tlw? left land ihtp upright liolding tli hrom Li nerslwU-l nn.1 i j t si mm. i I. a S . I ana U larger in tlia counterfeit thm ln Uie genuine la tho genuine tl ti right shows m.U to the lower ixirt cf tho liand. wuuo in i no counterTeit it Hiows to tho second Cn.er from tho Lai; tho whito curve in tiie arm is a perfect oval in tho genuine, whik? in the counterfeit it h not. Tle left fvxrt of tlie vignette, as it extends from tlie garment, presents a clubbed ap pearanco iu tho counterfeit, wlale tlio toes trv short and not half tlie lenirth cf j the genuine, Tlie arallel ruling is cx- ana is umcu jonn Altuton. ICegikter, and F. E. Sjnuncr, Treasurer. Bankera and otliers hltould receivo these note with great care, as it is only by a compari son with tlie cenuine that the mainritv cf extorts can positively decide es to Uie genuineness or a note or this clow. &o one win doubt the last statement in he aboro description, Wlicn the ques on as to whether vou have 300 in vmir pocket, or a fifty cent chromo, depends on tho somewhat dixtinctne of n atp. tlie shape cf a button, cr tho Indistinct-. a ess or an ear, matters are being drawn pretty fine. Chicago Herald. Unroln's i:maaelpatlon rmlmiutUi. Tho original cf this is written unoti common ofiicial paper, and is in the liand oi r-re-jMiens unculn, save the second snd tldnl paragraplis, which oro printed. Tho i -tinted paragraphs wero cut from tho previous proclamation of Sept. 22, md pasted ujon tho sheet by Mr. Lin coln himself, to save the labor of writing them. Tho attest is in the liand of Jecretary Seward a handwriting not rreatly unlike that of the president, only that it is larger and rather more regular. When, the tecretary of 6tato started to pen tlw attest there appears to liave been i ravtiing in his pen, for as far as the sixth word, "hereunto. the lines are heavy nnd iartly Llurred. Tho nignature Df tho president U more tremulous than tho body of the document, and r. ears iw as a specimen of chirography imong tlie straight lines of Mr. Seward's firm hand. Tlie trcmulousncss ws duo, not to ncmnuncfis, Lut to tho fact tlmt Mr. Lincoln si'med tho orocbiination on New Year's day, after having shaken hands with several hundred j-eople. By a ringular incident there really exists today two original copies of tlie emancipatitm proclamation. Tlie inci dent confcLts in tho fact tliat Mr. Lin coln, at the request of the British museum, made, with his own hand, a second copy of his great paper. This is unlike that preserved at Washington, in that tlie attest is filled out by a liand not that of cither Uio president cr the secre tary of state. Tho pajr used wsa an unfolded ixuxhment about twenty-four by thJrty-eix inches. It is now eleganUy "rained and may bo seen hanging in one of the library rooms In Uie British museum. Cliicago News. Cbrlstlao KIIims'i Apartnieata. ClirLtino Nilsson, the wife of Count Miranda, furnished and decora tol her spartmcnts in a 6tylo Uiat is tho talk of Uio town. The dining room presents a most original appearance. Tim walls are papered throughout with hotel LilU, set tled by tho diva on her professional tours, rho drawiug rocm i decorntel, in lieu of paper longings, with the f-ded haves of all tho wreaUu ever rectived by tho trtiste, arranged in tho form of rcales. ne ceihng is entirely covered with gilt foliage. Tlie walls of the boudoir are covered from floor to ceiling with tlie musical renro and the text of all tho airs which Mine. Nilsson is accustomed to ing. Tlo bedroom of tlio counts is fur nished with extreme simplicity, rit Uie walls are completely lifldrn from view by Swedish landscapes which three French artists Iiavo received a commis sion to roJj.t for the songstrera, wTso Ilrs (eft her country never to return. Tho ailliard room of the master of the hene testifies to Uie anxiety cf tlie prima 3mna ' to convince her husband her rreat abilities; for here you see afiixed to Ihe w alls Umuhsnds cf reports in til lan guages, cuttings from s!l the newsers in the world. Detroit Free I Yeas. VTasMneton's Lant AJttllnn. Dr. Alfred, of Oca La, Fla., lias a copy of Ino Baltimore Advertiser and Journal, iated Aug. 23. 1773. In it is a graphic land advertisement by Ocorgo Wohing ton. offering 20. GOO acres of the finest sr.d rlciict land In the wnrLl and silu itcl in Ue Kanawha valley. W. Yo. PLe doctor purcliaed it at tlw sale of Sk library -f ex-Governor Wir;4tw. cf Nortli CanJina, thirty-seven years sqo, ind prizis it highly! He. has refused nnrjl Catterin offer for it by rehe bunttrs. New York Tribune. TVIi- Coavoratl You will be surpti'd to have me tell you that I think succcrajn-.iraJIy; tltat is. wtwn yoa say a wnnl I at r.ncv iniag- i Uw cSiarncter thut I have ued so long w represent it. Convers.ujon is one of 1 tl thinrs that no lionet; rtenograjher will pretend he can tale correct It. You can t indxatc the break, Uie fiuslics of jtliougLt and feeling tliat. male up half ; cf it. CcL E. B. DicLinsoeu j , Tko xor't Ttirrr. J According to the late: atr.! iriries the . Missouri-Misippi nver is net only the , lant ia name, but tle lo-prt Li extent i of r .'renin in the world l.Z TIu X.CXt loUget Tu x.ext longest is tlw Niio l.COO raUes CI! ext in orehr the Amrrrai tr-I Ovv.louklrn E.r. During the past year the raniw rl d I I f England was decreased (29.1.513. A rr ky y T. n. U, Xrry-CaJM Fatorw ropalatlo. Cliicago is the commercial center of a surrounding country destined, within a lifetime, to coo Lain 100,000.000 of indus Jnoua, thrifty, and luxury loving orJ. Tho population cf London is to that of England and Wales as four to twenty-six. And thoukl tho population of Chicago ever hold the same relation to the popo lation of tho tea great states that encircle and are commercially tributary to Iter as London holds to England and Wales her census will, as surely as the sun tires over the prairies, show the enormous total of 20,000,000 of souls. Nor is this to be vastly wondered at when one con siders that site is the queen dtv, the cen ter ana OUUei OX rK h an nrrira xtuas can now her cLe be found on the sUf. 1 . s 1 f - a .... globe: that she is alrredv th d.inl ufacturing eitv of tho continent; that tle total value of ler trade is more than $1,- vw.tw.oog pi-r year, and that 13.000 I vessels arrive! at and niUl i. wharves last year, nearly 5,000.000. with a tonnage of Very will. Now, over tho line which is the boundary between Minnesota and Canada I a section of country as large as eleven HliuoUes, soil Is Uio Lest on m . m. m . - uie carui, ana over wbich shines a most productive sun. Here is richness cf soil; here is phnty of moiaurr; here is a most growUiful china te; hero is Ue lost unoo cupied, end, jrhaps, the most producUre wlieat Ult on Uie continent. What else is wonted? One thing. Give me one thinjc mire and I will predict that, in tms greai uanaua and Uie west, within Uio U-ngth of a lieolUiy human life will be found eleven gtographkral diTieions, as large, as prosperous and as rich as is the great state of Illinois today. What is that one thing? you ask. I answer; Coal. In Illinois two feet In every three cf lier entire area are underlaid with coaL A poor man in Illinois can get his coal at $3.50 a tou. If there had been no coal Uiere, then could there be no population, or next to none. Cool was wonted as a prime condition of the Canadian future, as measured by the populattonsj posnil!! ties of this vast area of hers, and coaJ, coal in klimdance. has been found. That uA cd the prol4em of the size of Canada's future toiAiMUion. fer it lift it mntinrt only on chruate and sod, which are loth ptriecL iiiO best wlieat bearing Ult, now Unoccuuied. OU the ermtinot. healthy climate, popular government and ciiesp luei, Uicno oro Uio auspicious con ditions which, joined in lappy conjunc tion, mako on otherwise dark and uncer tain luture suddenly Came with the si lender of a eu tamer surHm U it mm . . comes to Uc flowers and rrasses of ths vast i rairii land of which I am speaking, for they turclv and on tKit instant larged Uio i-oeaibilifiei, nay, (he certain- ue , ci can&ca as to her future popula tion being beyond any fixed measure ment. Uio Question msv La mjHxi1 wKmusn i Uib great Canadian population to come? now u uio real ijanada to be peopled? Put the Canada that has Un tliat Is today, is not Uie mil r.n. Americans sliould not farrt tKi Tim real Canada of Uio future lie r.n i.t and north, but west of Ontario. Winnl peg, and not Montreal, is the geograph ical center. Its conimerciaJ center is not Toronto, but Chicoeo. cf Lake Superior lies a vast area of terri tory as producUre as to Uie nature of iu sou, ana as attractive to civilisation as any equal extent of territory on the face of Uto rlobe. Trrom it Wm t (M Urge as tlw great stats of Illinois con be carveu. iiere more than 20,000,000 of peoplo will, in a few years, ccenperra tivily, find their home, W. IL IL Mar ray in Chicago Herald. CM Ty KloctHelty. Resistance coils of platinum or German silTcr wire have been used for experi mental cookies. The currents ueed liars been of constant direction, and tho coils traversed by tho currents must needs be hi or in ckbe proximity to I bo substance to be cooked. Further, the surface ex posed by "a coil taking up considerable room is small, and the amount of heat radiated and conducted from Uw wire If not nearly red hot wrll cot be large Cooking by electricity lias not come Into use as yet; Uw ruw of slternsting cur rents offers a soloticn to Uw rrr-t h-m. A large electro magnet cf great self md ac tion is constantly In eircuiU The lorn cf current through elite coil as long as metal is not brought near it is too ra.sll ro he measured. It being desired p Ctk flapjacks, on iron spider & flared over Uw polos of tho elect re rvcRf. Tle rapid reversals of evrreiit in the ei Jl u duce currents ia Uw iron Tidcr. which is thereby heated. Tor keatisg Zryr.tH, a copper vessel is preferable where ft can be used on account of its greater conduc tivity. The metal ia which cr on wXirb Uie cooking is dosw Reed not touch tho magnet. Indeed, a ksaened besting ef fect is obtained by sepaxaling tho ehh from Uw electro nufuet, TCectrlcal IZs view. A XaM ef Sfo-I S"avlr. A r.s rural curiosit has been diwrered at SoIoUiurn, hwitsxrLir i. the renter cf a largo watch mannf act urin g dkurict It is Uw nest of a wagtail. buJt wholly of long spiral steel 'shatirrgs, wiUiout tlw least part ef vegetable cr achxaj CUr used in iu evnstructirai. The steel shav Ings axe, half a railhmeter thick and about twelve centimeters long. The nest has been jTt-red iu tlw Miurum cf aunJ Usvtory .--Tlw Argasioot. Am A recto S or. Jam of the rculiarje.irs of an aretio sumrnrr consiu in Cw utter absence ef darkrMsa. and the native do nrst arrvar to utilize any cotisidrrsUe pod ion of Ujc ir urce in sucp. At St, Hicaels and red Carrocv wr saw Uiem talkicr and t lav leg at all lrs, and as I write, at 3 a. m., tK itvl. r t w .t.a ... t . . tt . occupied ss If it werehirh necas. ALiaka! Cor. rian PrsicWo Uirooicic . TVo Itoiovs li Rector How cute Uwse pansics are; thcT look like so mur ufitilLm' f J Bessie (his daughter) Yes. 'papa, each I 1.-1. l;v..i : - r- f s hke a cJamponree.-'llw Epoch. , . . , . Tlw German authorities Ln ALou-Lot rairw lcive stopjed the granting cf all hunting licenses to Uw French residectt ' ia the annexed provinces. Acvertisinj Rates vi!! bo Mao . cn Application. JOB PRINTING. t - OF ALL TERCBimONS Extcuttxl attiU Ofux tr ': j.i:nc$ atul a! ray ruuona'U rxtfcx. ' tSTYour OnJcrt SAicitcd. A htti Hfcy ii tcl cf a for mer Wljcvhnj Ldr, wIaj removed to Texas some tirac In the city ia which she rri-M- tii:.rer parties brcame very faslaooafwc.- lu-1. the w, m ty LvIms viod siith ecth t '.Ir v exiuUung U finest chinaware unt.1 il Ucame almost a Tlw laly wlgaro Uie last din ner atUrnji-J and g:H-ri!Jy icKxmled in outrivaling Ikt j toKv. in tLe way cf fine china, and the fueur Wlnlin lady determined to outdo tLeia all; so when her dinner party ws announced the ociety in that pLc was oU worked up tn anUcipation f scathing grand. Tho day came and tlw exprtd gocrto. The usual chat and gowap rvrrrdod lb dinner, and then U irueru were rscorvd to the dining rocm. Of courre they were all cn the tit'4c of cxpcUnry and all eyf immediaieiy turned to Urn talis when they entered Uw roucu And what sight met Uwir garel Ye pod! Where were Uw previous dinner parti.? Thero stood a table in tU its grandeur. An ccdinary table corned with a torn orxi tattered doth, common wcohn l2ah with newspaper cuts peuTnl in them In mock Imitation of hand paintod china, An immense wooden I owl steol in Uw center of Uw table, out of which pro truded a common tin lod. and everr thing was of Uw meat prfetirw chsracter. The tsesk was too good, and the gutvts were all compelled to scknowkvle that they had all been outdone. But they sat down, and thsn Uwt were served with one of Uw most elegant and elaborate dinners it had ever brn their rood for tune to partake of. But that corortdy knocked out . Uw fino china rare, and . Mrs. W.'s tarty was Uw talk of the twn for many days. Bright idea, wacn't it? Wheeling Register. MTo tiruk TlUly rattersMr' Do you know tlw origin of U o exprrs Jon, "Who struck Billy iVtr-?" This is It:. About forty years ago, at one of Uw medical colleges of this country, Uw students liad a trick of liaxin every new mSn who entered the institution. They would secure him liand and foot, carry him before a mock tril-unal, and there try him for ern Ugh crime with wluch they charged Urn, He wuukl 1 convicted, of counc. and rentereed to l led to tho s block and decapItatL A student named WilLam Iatterson exmo along in Ume, and was put t!ircugh tho court and sentenced in the uruU folmn and impressive manner. He wm blind folded and led to Uw block, and lus neck placed in position. Tlio cxecutkjner swung Uw ax and buried it In tlio tlock. Avowing It, to be sure, to -go cow ! re near Patterson's head. Tlw ftuder.ts looglwd wlien tho trkk was at an end, but Patterson was dead. Ho lwl died from what we medical aicn call shock. All Uw students were put under arrest, and Uw question trrtv. Who struck Pat terson? On Ue trial it was i!rn that noljody struck liim, but tlx meilind stu dents retained Uw exression. ainl it a eoene down Uirough Uem to tlw it sent day Dr. Bam Anderson la GkJ Democrat. Maxima for Mmbuu. In every line cf Loudnessi aoma man must lead. Young men make mi'Ions: timitiort rarely mako them. Romo men buy mlw-n tlwv ahoa.! all and sell when tljer slwuld buy. OixMls rreouenuy chancl ma t! shelrrs give them a frrtkr krit. WlwTi lli miifimM 1. . 1.:, that is Uw Ume Uiat vou ah. add Vn jours. A man who has a rtiol trade or busi ness, and brings to it trains sxd dilenee. can afford to woiL Wliat men coll luck or acclder.t 1 1 often thc fruit of vrars of careful staiy, ja- tier.t endurance axvl derotkm- No foftt pormlarity. ry fnw earned by a lifetime will avail if rnen do n.l keep to Uw fnmt nivl uej up tho etrt k-. Business repute is IrtttT Umn ftorks, bonds or money. Ilcvuhaons can't Uiskn, robbers can't steal. on-J Uw cyclsx cf tra.I? can't engulf it. Advertise when liurinees is bri.V. Ad vertise wlira buainefis is dull. Advcrtiw corastantly and latUMr. Uxn wtJ tho rTmtcr grow rich and" Ids children rise nj and call j ou llTre i. in rxf rti- rtr a iw snd cheep I-lit. A tai.k u Ld .tUr ct a dwr l!k sr-1 f Hod ev.h o5. 0v nrctieti ii ta.V v i-h Ue $ i';o. oni the l-wrn-sr m tzmU , U)g rMe4 ou ee-rff. ILc Ul t U kie. -tod agrse able, si4 as I r.2Isi4 tLet irj U4 by Vrtricity. The o-t i slt tr-At' that cgas. Au eikl''i.a ws nxUy gmn in tlw issiK-e cf lew ritmX tires r tlw SXVS. TLr XTr MV is a n: it Jaw. hiee. ii mimM ep o el'.ckwcrk so 1 wl jch s7rse Uw hrdrfirn freon V.t or j7 a f Ijc- stewo. llwre. andcr.vx-9 llr- ltr to tair -i'.h oil and gue ftnth t!e (KtuU fLt, which is Uw c Jir.irr?. oil Kht I lera. lTissdesihu Calk tM tUa rint!H noitac.. A certain o!l Lxr d-.-n ki X.ioe therrnuiiw taw'if Mrs. Prti?s.-t'jn. iD-1 taaTUTelnl!e eiexral of that (zTzviiM el crretrr. fer sJl the Livtmrr knows. Not l-.rg the as ttiixng ef the wil J tlnKs in the wodi e!twra Uro U-rc tho exai.:trv was eettl"L liy.aI she. -tho foils usMto be waked cp ia Uw n'i.t l-y tlx? lwwhng Cf tlw itm.kts In th. wools." It is to Is hafrred tl.-t s!o trnS pnnUicTS," Uvicgh doult IUtt !tt. buczx ruch tilings as I owiir tAniiartA. Dcattci Trnicri;. AstoCWr aportltloe. Tho loleit fa.1" La Uw irtrmt at tochttlto tU fjxlirg cf cn cil luttrn shoe. We wrre toll, wjih grrct sjetr ky, tliat if a vcunr rirl tn C.Vtrr c-r.t odd count Uw buttons ntrz j..:cg ca it he would be al- tatfll rx--c.3v tlwcum- jbercf years which woakl eL.pelrfrrs ! her rnarriagr, each Isittca rprei-er.lLt J orw ycr. It is looked upon as a great find a shoo rain us betters. Q.Irc-j News. rennsylrania has more roScc thaa ; any otlxT state la Uw Union. .lltt. New York lias 2,243. Fugar dots) not, cs taany sxppooc, jxu coo docaj cf the tooth. ....
The Kernersville News (Kernersville, N.C.)
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