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UNDER THE DEEP SEA HOW THE HEAVILY LADEN DIVER GOES ABOUT HIS WORK. His Dreaa Welffha Kcarlr Two HaaW , dred Pounds and la a Very Compli cated Affair Th Stnalman Bold the Dlver'a Llf In Ilia Baada. " The dress of a tally equipped diver weighs, in round number. 170 pounds. Taking off his everyday garb, the diver pulls on his ' thick underclothing a white knitted sweater and trousers and a pair of ribbed stockings, also white, Should he intend to work in, unusually deep water, be puts on twoeometnea three, sets of underclothing," to. relieve the pressure of the water. -V '-":2 The woolen clothing donned, the next . garment is (be diving dress, measuring" for ft man of average height 5 .feet 5 inches from the collar to the sole of the foot.,; This dreasis made of. solid sheet India rubber, covered on both sides with tanned twill. It has a double collar, the inner one ' to pull up round the neck, and the outer one, of red India rubber, "j?JeJ5 the wrists," making, when secured by the vulcanized India rubber rinea. wa ter tieht joints, at the same time leav- ins the diver's bands free. In the outer collar 12 holes are bored for securing the breaet plate. This is made of tinned ' cornier The outer edce fa of brass and has 12 screws firmly fitted to it at in tervals and projecting upward. . These projections pass through the correspond ing holes in the outer collar of the dresa The band of the breastplate is in four sections, and the boles in the sections pass over the protecting screws and are AArnrpri in nlnrn hv ?5n nnfani'ttinmK will make it clear that the dress is held in position Dy us ruDoetr collar, witn the aid of the breastplate flange and wins nuts. The upper edge - of the breastplate is fitted with a neck ring and a segmental ly explain. The boots are. of stout leather, with leaden soles, and are secured over the instep by buckles and straps. The pair weighs 32 pounds--four pounds over the quarter of a hundredweight. The lead soles are firmly attached by copper rivets. The tonsnes of the boots en very, wldei iJBoots.; intended 4ot .rough work are fitted with metal toe caps. Thus far underclothing, dress, breast- t plate and boots is our diver arrayed. Be bas now to be weighted. Lead weights of 40 pounds each, shield or !.....- k..J jj i 1 .J uoaiv Bjuayeu, are BUBpeuueu uuck , aliu front by means of ' gun metal clips and studs or tabs and lashings. He has now only to put on his helmet and to affix the air pipe. ' . Tho helmflt.' liter , tha hrpnefnlnfA. 4a of tinned copper and is fitted with a segment bayonet screw at the neck, cor responding to that mentioned as belong ing to the breastplate. The eighth of a turn, and the helmet is firmly seoured, being both air and water tight. It has three I strong plate , glasses in brass frames, protected by guards, two oval at the sides and fa round one in front The front can be unscrewed to enable the diver to give orders without remov ing any other portion of the dress. An outlet valve is provided at the side or , back of the helmet, ..which the diver can close should he wish to rise to the surface. ; . This valve allows the breathed air to escape, yet prevents the entrance of water . ... St . 1 . i m - a m acme siae-.ci toe ironc glass is a mechanical arrangement for getting rid of the excess of air, and it also assists when the back outlet valve is closed in regulating the expansion of the dress in rising to the surface. There is also an inlec valve, and this is constructed sb as to allow the air to enter, but not t6 escape, in case of a break in the air pipe. The air pipe is made in lengths of from 45 to 60 feet, fitted together by means of gun metal joints. Securely connected with the helmet by means of the inlet valve and an elbow tube, the other end of the air pipe is fitted on to the nozzle of the air delivering diving pump. - : . : - Bis leather belt is buckled on, his knife, well sharpened and of strong steel, covered with a metal case to keep it dry and intact, is slung upon it, and after taking a drink, or a little light refreshment, the word is given, "All right, " the face glass screwed on, and receiving a tap on thd helmet as a sig nal to descend down he goes by rope or ladder, either of which must be weight ed at the bottom. Each diver while under water ''re quires a signalman to hold his life line (that is, the line fastened round his v.istby wbkh hq jg h-uil?3nm and the j air pipe, both of which ulicnfil be kepi Just taut, so that any movements of the diver may be felt , The signalman is of the utmost importance to the diver Indued, to use the words of a diver with whom we recently talked, he is his life. He mus.t exercise the utmost vigilance all the time that the diver is down. Should the attendant give one pull on the life line it signifies, "Bow are you getting on?" If all is well, the diver gives , an : answering . pull to re assure those above.. Two pulls on the air pipe given by the diver mean "more air" (pump faster), and so on through out the code of signals. In addition to the signal code modern Invention has adapted and utilized the telephone, and a , speaking apparatus for men working at a depth of 60 feet or more is frequently used. The electric jfgbt also is now employed by divers working at a depth beyond 20 feet.' James Cassidy in St. Nicholas. A Remarkable Lake. The most remarkable body of water in the world lies in the vioinfty of the Colorado river, in southern California. In this region of ugly volcanoes, deso- i 1 of a nfaofoo a nl olimv flnfamnd triA "rangest phenomenon 'of all is what No other description fits as well. The strange black fluid that forms the lake bears no resemblance to water. ; , The pool of ink is situated about half a mile from a volcano. It 1s about an acre in area. The surface is coated with gray ashes from the volcanoes to the thickness of about six inohes, thus con cealing its real nature." Experience has proved that the black fluid of the lake is not poisonous. ! It acts as a dye, and cotton goods Boaked in it keep their color for , mouths, even When exposed to the son. They also ao quire a stiffness Bimilar to that produced by weak starch. The fluid has been analyzed, but its component parts have not been made known. As to the source of the Euppjy of the lake, nothing del) nite haB been ascertained. It is undoubt edly of volcanic origin, but nothing more definite is known. . ' , This is bad land that has never been traversed. Buman beings have tried it, but they never return to tell of their ex perience or their discoveries. Louis villePost. , "An Italian Peaaant. ' . . , The Poletti's little cottage stands in a field and is semidetached. - Like many of their class in Italy, they have a great love for and pride in .their home.. The furniture is well polished, the tools and utensils arranged with an attempt at decoration, and all is clean and neat. It is a two roomed house. On the ground floor is the kitchen, where the boy's bed stands under the stair which leads to the upper room. ' Ber e t are two large beds, one for the parents, the other for the two girts. In the kitchen stand a walnut wood table and a sideboard of antique design, an heirloom of the mother's; a walnut chest holds the bed and table linen and another old chest the best clothes; the everyday clothes are kept in a chest up stairs. They try to add something every year to the house linen. Sometimes the mother and daughters beg the use of a little plot of ground, which they sow with flax,, and the year following they spin and weave it themselves, borrow ing a loom from a farmer. Their stock compares favorably with that of the better off English cottager, to say noth ing of the quality of this homemade linen compared to that bought cheap at a country shop. Fortnightly Review. 0' Titlea For Sale. The only state in which the sale of nobiliary honors is .open and legal is, strangely enough, a republic the tiny Italian republic of San Marino, of the existence of which many are unaware. You can get a title in San Marino on application and payment of the fee, which is not always the same for the individual honor and the proceeds are used for the support of the national foundling asylum. You have the satis faction of knowing that you have per formed an act of charity, but you will get little more than that , for your money. San Marino distinctions do not count for anything outside the state and for but little within it. :.. Rareat Bird. ' - ; To find the rarest bird in existence you must go to the mountains between Anam and Leas, where there is a cer tain kind of pheasant, V t For many years its existence was known only by the fact that its longest and most splendid plume was in much request by mandarins for their head gear. . A eiEgle skin is worth $400, and the t:r living would to priceless, for it taca dies in captivity. New York Journal. V - - Strata, lea of Sovnd. ' Ufanv f tha manifestations of sound fare still a complete mystery to science. One of the best architects In New Or leans remarked , the other day that building with good aooustio properties was always a lucky fluke, and that it was impossible to be absolutely certain in advance. Sometimes a trifling al teration will do the work the dimen sions of an arch are , modified by an inch, a corner is made bluut, a slight obstruction removed, and, phestol a whisper becomes audible. There are old seafaring men in this city who can tell strange stories of fog sirens and bell buoys beard now for an incredible distance and again not beard at all when right at hand. There would be nothing about the air or weather t acoount for such a variation, but the naked fact was indisputable, and the phenomenon is at the bottom of many an otherwise unaccountable wreck. Near the center of the city is a dock that strikes the hours on a deep toned bell. Sometimes the note may be heard almost to the suburbs. On other days, or rather other nights, it is inaudible outside a radius of half a dozen blocks. Oddly enough, the bell seems dearest and its tone most penetrating in turbu lent weather, irrespective of the direc tion of the wind. New Orleans Times Democrat t ' Hnnararlan Gypay Mlnatrela. The gypsy minstrels form a caste by themselves. Their appearance is always more swarthy than that of other Bun garian musicians, their dress is some times purposely fantastic, and their manner of life is farlmore Bohemian than the most libera minded artist would care to own to. Every hotel and restaurant in Budapest possesses its gyp: sy band, and the method of payment is as free and easy as the music itself and their life. The hote keeper is not bound by any contract; but at various intervals throughout the performance one of his gypsies takes a dinner plate and goes round aityong the various guests in the hall from table to table, receiving in the plate what the latter like to put there. The favorite coin deposited there is the nickel 10 kreutzer piece, answer ing to our twopence. I have not often seen a florin or a kronen (half a florin). The whole collection is, as a rule, made up of twopences.9 Good Words.' - The Berbers of Morocco are an inter esting blond race dispersed along the Atlas range- In the central Atlas they etill call themselves. "Berber" (plural Berebber), but the meaning of the word is uncertain. Perhaps it is the source of our word "barbarian," QR. H. D. HARPER, DENTAL SURGEON, , KINSTON, N. C. rtforrioi Ovsa Dam Qvinib.t's Stobi, tp TH MnaatlT oUI!OlJS, XMBXT TO l. A. JralD WILMIKGTOH AHP WELDOH RAILROAD CONDENSED SCHEDULE. THAlNtt GOIVG SOUTH. DATED NOV. 3 th, 1898. g o aag a p (bp A. M. P. M. P. M. A. M. P. M. 11 60 943 1256 1086 ua ...... eoo...:.. ..... 100 1086 S4N 8 18M 168 11 16 7 10 822 35 265 ISO ..... 4 3 1 1 12 7 26 81ft . , P M A Bi : . M t ?M t 7 01 8 18 8 05 4 SO . S) 145 P. II. A. M. P. M. Leave .Weldon.. kt. Rocky Mt.... Leave Tarborow Lv. Rockj Mt.... Leave wtlson.... Leave Selma.... Lv. Farettevllle. Ar. Florence.... Ar. Goldboro... Lv 6oldatxro... Lv. Magnolia ... Ar. Wilmington. : TRAINS GOING NORTH. J off .-a K Q etb u 2kS 6-S 6 A. M. P. M Lv. Florence., 95 740 0 4.1 1065 1185 Lv. Favettevllie. 1325 ..... .... Leave Selma. ., 110 Arrive Wilson... .2 85: A.M. P. M. A. V. Lv. Wilmington, 71 946 Magnolia... Gol-sboro. .... 8 491 11 lfl 100 1000 12 8U P. M. JA.M. P. M P. M Leave Wilson.... Ar. Roc-ratt.. tsr, 830 5 88 15 8 46 11 10 48 11 S5 118 16i 18 071 arrive Tirooro.. Leave Tax boro... Lv. Rooty Mt... 12 21 .830 liOT Ar. Weldon 485 12 f,; P. M. A. M. P. M. Train on tne Klnton Branca Road leave W'el kD p. ra., Halifax 4:i! p. in., arrive Scoiisnd NecS at 6:8 p. ra.,- Gretnvin 6 r7 p. m., Klnston 75p. m. Keturnlr j leaves King, ton 7fJ a. m., Greenvi;;e f-zs a. m.,arrlvirg Haiifiix at 11:18 a. ra., WeUon ll:CJa. m.,aa.j exctpt Sunday. il. M. EMrrsoN.Genl Pass. Agent J. h. K T VLY, ("n'l :ns-pr. T. M. -i.i.U,Traoiaiiacr. OYSTERS Oyaters for Rale ar my reidenc by the bnrrpl, bushel, or opeiid our of nhll nd delivered to any mrt of the town. Pari lea can get tbm Sunday, bj sending for tbetn. Phoni No. . ; n. Archbell. THH Keeley Institute, For the Cure of the Linuor, opium. Cocaine and Oiler Drug Afldic . . tions, Nerve EjMsUoh ani Tota Ha.il GRHHf-SBOnO, It. C This is the only Keeley Institute in North Carolina, and owing to its beauti ful and healthy location, its elegaut buildings and attractive environments, its we'l supplied table and ski) ful man agement, it presents to the unfortunate a perfect home for rest and complete restoration. If you have a friend afflicted with any of the above addictions, write for then illustrated hand-book, entitled "The New Man." Address THE KBBIVBY INSttlSUttB Greensboro, N. C. , uvwmrr Fop Iiittle Boys Boys' Glo thing The , schools have opened and the boy's thoughts are strongly centered on having a new suit so as to appear as well dressed as his school mates. , 1 ' At my store you can' find' any kind you want at prices to fit your pocket book. y Now, I want you to bring your boy to my store and lt us show you what I have in stock. We'll dress the young man up, and it won't cost you much either. . . . Respectfully, DAN QUINERLY, Queen Street. . . . . ; KINSTON, N. C.' """" ,mm l'ii'i'""'iiii''iiiswilliiiwiiiiiawiiiiMSWiiisaa j.-ff fJwfi&tiin' M.fttp,,ft,Mi 0.hmm,m iMttwsN'WM r. PRINTING?, . '. What Kind Do . You Want? BILLHEADS, LETTER HEADS, , ' ENVELOPES, CIROULARS, . . DODGERS, 1 POSTERS We print everything from a Card to a Newspaper. : Print it well and quick. Cheap too. v THE FREE Pt"ESS, - Kinston, 17. C. J have moved in our new Bicycle Shop ; ana we are pre pared to do repairs on bi cycles at short notice. ; Wei keep Bicycle Sun dries of all kinds. BELL & SONS We Mention A Few , ' of the the Nice Things to be found at our store, viz : Becker's Buckwheat, Flapjack Flour, 1 Breakfast Wheat, Flaked Rice and : Hominy, Prunes, Citron, Raisins,! Jellies, Preserves, Pickles, Canned Goods of All Kinds, Cod Fish, Irish. Potatoes and Onions. ' We make a specialty of Batter, Cheese Tobacco and Cigars! E. S. PITTMAN, -??!?l fTl f"0. f'J t X and Big Boys. i pufiawn niiipanniniaimFiiiliwiai' puiiiinnii isfpiminnwi ir k t; CARDS, or what ? t i t i i : I 5 ( V.' We vi I) 5 f. Ik. t : i T
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