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Entered in the Port-OQoe at Salisbury a
mnani-riMM matter. ;
It seems that Russia anticipates soms
trouble with China. A prolonged mili
tary council was held recently at St.
Petersburg and discussed plans for Rus
sian operations in the event of "war on
the Chinese frontier. Two uncles of the
L;zar, au tne urand Dukes, ana me musi
eminent officers of the army were present, i
According to the report of the last in
ternational convention of the societies
'for the prevention of cruelty to animals,
jthere are 581 legally recognized organiza
tions in the world for the protection oi
janimals. One hundred and eighty-five
;of thorn are in Germany, 179 in Great
Britain, ninety-six in the United States,
twenty in Switzerland, fifteen in Austro
Hungary, twelve in Canada, nine eaclTin
Italy, France, and Russia ; six in Norway
Sweden, Jive in Holland, four each in
.Spain, South Africa, and the West
ladies ; two each in Portugal, Algiers,
Vnd South America ; one each in Den
mark, Turkey, Belgium and Mexico.
The umcago poucc seems, to tne JNew
York Telegram, to be an extraordinary
body. One detective is serving a life
'sentence for his part in the conspiracy tc
. ruurder'Dr. Cronin. Another is charged
with betraying the secrets of the De.
. partment in the matter of an Anarchist
spy in the pay of the police. Thi3 was
done to purchase leniency from An-
archists who insisted on his dismissal
.fjrom the force for assaulting a man at
"one of their meetings, the story runs.
Bet ween such police and the Anarchists
life in Chicago doos not seem to be much
saf er than it would be among the cow
boys or on the frontier.
I Admiral Shufeldt, of the United States
, Navy, tells how the Russians are filching
territory from the Chinese on the bound
ary between Siberia and China.. The
means of communication are so poor in
" China and the avenues of news are sc
few that it is impossible for the Chinese
to keep track of the goings on in theii
provinces. The Russians send a , regi
"ment of Cossacks, with their families,
about, ten or fifteen miles into China.
The regiment will settle down, take up
the land and cultivate it. They take up
the boundary stones as they settle down,
and put them at the edge of their settle-
taents, and the next' year another regi
ment comes along, takes up the land be-
' low and moves the boundary stones
further on toward Pekin. These en
croachments have been going on for
years, and the Chinese cannot understand
the perpetual shrinkage of their north
ern frontier.
! When a foreign Government gets hold
of a good thing like smokeless powder
nr breech loading euns it keeps control
of it for its own uses as long as possible
Hence it comes that the United States is
not yet supplied with smokeless powder
Although several foreign Governments
0 - . w
are now in possession of the seciet of its
imanufarture. It would seem, says the
New York News, to be the part of wis
Horn for our Government when it is of
fered a good thing to be used in national
defense to take it. The dynamite guns
.'were first offered to our Government, but
(ncfoftd of t)urchasinff the patent and
keeping control of the guns we are al
lowing them to be sold to all foreign
tfovernments. Several have just been
Shipped for the use of the British Gov
ernment, "We will not be to any ad van
Uge in this matter, because every other
Government will be as well supplied as
ours. Smokeless powder was invented
hr a retired army officer, who offered it
(to our Government, which treated him
With such scant courtesy that he sold
the invention abroad. Uncle Sam is one
of the most close-fisted and meanest men
a earth, unless there is a political job in
Details come front France of theiAfri
ran imirnev of Captain Trivier, the
French explorer. -The gallant Captain
iayed for five days with Tippu Tib, the
f amous 'African chief. He says he found
Tippu to be the real master of Central
'Africa, having far more power than the
rlultan of Zanzibar. Tippu declared that
did not like the English, and that he
erred the French. This statement,
however the New York Sun thinks may
tiaye been mere politeness on his part, as
one of Tippu's characteristics is always
to be particularly charmed with the na
tionality of the European who happens
to be iaX his company. Trivier says he
found that the districts he traversed were
pgrb ia all . natural features, and that
the natires were the only bad pint. On
the east coast of Africa, the Captain be
lieves the French have no chance of ad
yacing their interests, as the Germans
lave firmly established themselves there
afrer aumberless difficulties. The British,
b says are losing ground. The Captain
15 not made public anything as yet con-
IrtiP scientific work he has ac
cerning tne
. r. a His Jburney was intended
complished. ...
--ml disputed points about the
geography oi r
In this tender and censorial age girls j
should be careful how they exercise pa
rental discretion. A Pittsburg girl hat
ju3t been sent to the reformatory because
she persisted in calling her father a crank.
Where a man and his wife are lost al
sea the law always supposes that he, be
ing the stronger, survived her by some
minutes or hours. In seven different
cases followed up in the French courts
within the last ten years it was found
that the wife outlived her husband, and
the practice of the law had, to be re-
versed. I . -' . "
At th4 calling of the' muster rolls on
the re-opening of the Vienna schools a
remarkable fact came to J light. Nearlv
all the scholars had suffered from influ
enza during the holidays, but not one
was reported to have died. On the other
hand, five teachers have succumbed. The
only possible explanation of this appears
to be what many medical men have as
serted that influenza is very seldom dan
gerous to children, j'
The American Forestri Association is
sending petitions to Congress asking for
the passage of an act withdrawing tem
porarily from sale all distinctively forest
lands belonging to the National Govern
ment, until a commission shall have de
cided how much of these lands should
be reserved permanently in forest. In
view of. the great value pf forests to the
surrounding country, the New York
Voice thinks this an entirely .reasonable
suggestion. ' I
Running is the great beautifier of fig
ure and movement. Running gives
muscular development, strong heart ac
tion and free lung play. The muscle
comes where it ought to be, the shoulders
go back, the loins hold the trunk well
balanced, and the feet take their correct
positions. It was running which made
ihe Greek figure. The more active tribes
of American Indians have been runners
from time immemorial,) and from the
2hest to the heels they are much more
beautifully built than the average of white
men. JKunning people have usually the
firm but elastic texture if flesh, which is
the beauty of flesh.
The report that the Scandinavians in
Utah are rapidly leaving the Mormon
Church is probably not exaggerated.
These people, observes the San Franciscc
Chronicle, as ; naturally J as moral as thej
are industrious, and they are secured by
the Mormon elders as colonists simplj
because they hope to get homes of theii
own. When the enormity of Mormon
ism is fully presented to them they are
pretty sure to abandon jthe doctrines oi
the Saints. Such a revival as is now
being carried on in various parts of Utah
will be anathematized by the Mormons,
but, in the opinion o that paper, the
general public will rejoice over it, as it
means the addition of a j number
citizens; to the Territory.
of good
The eventful fall of the British House
of Lords is again foreshadowed in the an
nouncement that the Government con
template introducing once more at the
next session of Parliament the black
sheep bill, the object ofj which is to keep
out of the upper House (those peers
whe
are a discredit to their
will differ from others,
vest a committee of the
order. The bill
in that it will in-
House, consisting
nr liinioifl npnrs nnn mrroin larr naara
witn tne power oi penal discipline over
j,-., I. ... ...
the House of Lords.
committee will be subjept to confirmation
or rejection by the IlAuse itself, But if
the bill is literally construed upon the
lines designated the membership of the
House of Lords will be materially de
creased.
The inoculation theory is steadily tak
ing a firmer hold upon jhe medical pro
fession, and as a consequence numerous
suggestions looking to 1he prevention oi
contagious diseases are constantly being
made. One of the mogt recent of thes
emanates from Dr. F.
Calcutta, India., who
A. Pcrroux, o!
argues that the
venom of the deadly cobra injected int
the human system will
prevent cholera
'cholera is caused
Dr. Perroux states that
by the withdrawal of animal venom (one
of the normal constituents of blood!
from the general circulation," and thai
this condition must terminate "on th
artificial of suitable animal venom (sucl
as cobra poison) in the blood, since bj
that complementary J addition human
blood resumes its normal condition.
The doctor has sent to jthe United States
Surgeon-General a bqx containing the
poison extracted from fourteen cobras,
and requests him to make the experiment
in case cholera ever threatens us.
The prohibition of the use of the
German language in the courts of the
Baltic provinces by the; Russian Govern
ment has created a great confusion oi
tongues. The majority of the popula
tion on the Russian side of the Baltic
i
knows little or no Russian at all, and the
scenes in the courts, where the peasant
seeking justice and the
lawyers pleading
their clients' cases are
Unable to commu-'
aicate their grievances to the learned
judge who knows no German, are any
thing but pleasing for those concerned.
One barrister, on being required to sigt
in oath, demanded thai he might be ab
lowed to study the document with th
aid of a dictionary before he put his
name to it. This request, however, was
denied as "unseemly and impudent." The
judges themselves are in an awkward
plight, being ordered to go to the Baltic
provinces from their posts in other parts
of Russia, sometimes at only a moment's
notice, and there Seemsj to be as complete
,a state of chaos as. is passible.
HANDS.
Think God for the willing hands
That are honest, and brave, and true,
That lay not folded, but labor hard
To do what there is to do.
Rich gems of the world are they,
"Where Fancy is drownd in fact,
Where fJme is a thing of reality,
And to live is to think and act.
Thank God for the willing hands
That are gentle, and soft, and kind,
That quiver not at sight of pain,
But are ready the wounds to bind.
Whose gift is a gift of Jove
" More precious than tongue ran ell,
That lingers light on a sufiFrer's brow,
Till he sleepeth, and "doeth well." f
&TJNT ABBIE'S SALVE.
Tom Gordon sat in his own porch,
smoking a pipe. It sounds comfortable
when read in this brief sentence, but Tom
Gordon was as far from comfortable as
a man well can be, short of absolute tor
ture. In the firsf-plape, the porch was a
rickety, tumble-down affair outside of
the shabbiest of little cottages, and the
destruction of a srreat cotton factorv at
B had thrown Tofci and his onlv
child, pretty 'If. attic- Gordon, both out of
employment. Jor two months they had
mauageu io uve on tne tmv nest eo-e-
Hattie had saved, but that was nearly
gone, and Tom's cheap tobacco would
not give smoke enough to hide the des
titution staring him in the face. Worst
of all, Tom was musing curer an encounter
with and old friend, who had gone up
the ladder of fortune somewhat faster
than Tom had come down.
'Poor girl I" he mused, puffing away
in a slow, disconsolate manner, "what
ever she'll say, I do not know. To think
of John Ingraham going back on me, in
that .way."
"Father!"
He started violently as a sweet voice
3poke, and a gentle hand touched his
shoulder.
"Yes, my darling," he said, uneasily
shifting his eyes, as he dreaded to meet
the blue ones of his own child.
"I had a letter from Harry this after
noon, and I want to read it to you. "
4 'Yes, yes, dear."
"He writes:
"I have not obeyed nifown fa ther, Hattie,
when he forbade my loving you, but what
can I say when your father forbids me the
house ! I know you too welt to hope you will
consent to meet rue secretly, but I will never
give you up unless you tell me you have
ceased to love me. I have no money, except
from my father, but I mean to idle no longer.
Wheu I can give you a home, ever so
humble a one, I shall come to you, audi
know you will be true to me. Remember,
till death, I am your betrothed husband, lov
ing you, working for you.'
"Father, whv have vou forbidden him
the house?"
"Hattie, come round here to your old
place on the arm of my chair. Look in
my face, dear, and tell me if you believe
your father loves ou?"
The tenderest of kisses fell upon his
trembling lips, the sweetest of voices an
swered :
'I know you love me, father. "
"And I told your true love to ceme
here no more. For why, Hattie? John
Ingraham and I were apprentices in the
same shop more than thirty years back,
Hattie, always the best of friends till he
made a better thing of life than I did,
ana got rich. Hut we never had any
quarrel, Hattie, until to-day, -hen he
said we were tricking his boy into a low
marriage. He said such things as 1
couldn't hear said or you, nohow, and
so I told him his son couldn't come here
no more. We are very poor, Hattie!"
"Yes, father."
"And with no prospect ahead."
"Xonc."
' But we ain't quite so low down as to
encourage the boy, when his father will
turn aarainst him.
"io, father; you are right. He muft
come no more."
She was sobbing a moment later, but
it' was in her father's arms, with his ten
der kisses pressed upon her bowed head,
and his voice, shaking with emotioD,
cheering her by loving words.
The twilight was almost gone, and
still these two were sitting clasped
in each other's arms, when a childish
voice cried.
"Oh, Miss Gordon, please!" And
Hattie went to meet the intruder.
She was gone some moments, comino
back quite her cheerful self again.
. .'Wnat was it, dear?" .:
"One of my Sunday-school children.
Her brother has scalded himself, and she
came for some of Aunt Abbie's Salve "
"Will it do any good?"
"I hope so. Indeed, I feel quite sure
of it. Ydu know mother gave it away a
great deal, and always kept a supply
made up: and I nerer 'knew it to fail to
heal burns, scalds, bruises or cuts."
'Hattie, are you sure?"
"Yes."
"And Can you make it?"
4 'I have made hundreds of boxe3."
4,To give away?"
"Yes. I only stinulate to have tfc
! box returned, for the tin box costs more
than the salve. That is cheap. Twenty
i five cents will buy all I need for fifty
j boxes."
' "Hattie I our fortune is made ! I never
i thought about that salve, but I mind now
your Aunt Abbie was always braggino- of
: it. How much money have we got, Hat-
tie!"
"Only five dollars."
"That will do for a start."
It seemed very little to start any thin ,
but Tom Gordon was a man of whom his
companions said, "ne was all there;" and
! he had formed his plans with lightning
rapidity. Honest as daylight, he would
I have scorned to use any fraud in trar?
but Aunt Abbie's Salve would do what it
engaged to do, so his conscience was
clear. Already the generous use of it
had established it3 reputation in the little
town, ana rne lioraons bem?
there were many purchasers
as soon a
it was known that "Tom Gordon was
going to try to make a living out of that
siun inat cured Tom, JLick and Harry's
burns, bruises or cuts." It was a bless
ing to Hattie, for Harry Ingraham, after
writing his farewell letter, was seen no
more, and many a heartache and cryin
3pell was kept in subjection by the ne
cessity for making salve to meet an
order, .
Five years passed away, and one-morning
Hattie Gordon, coming to breakfast
saw that something was troubling her
father. She crossed the room quickly
and took her old place upon the arm of
his chair. But they looked buf little like
the same couple in the same position oa
the rickety old porch. The breakfast
room was one of many luxurious anart-
mentsin the country residence of Thomas,
RILLING
Gordon, IH a ne proprietor him
self, te his gentlemanly attire, looked
every inch a prouus man. I cannot
say that Hattie V very tanch prettier
at twenty-tnreo "u;8ae had been at
eighteen, but ner uamty morning dress of
white lawn, With rose pink ribbons, cer
tainly was more becoming than the very
often washed calico that was her usual
morning weaif when she worked in the
factory and jwas her own servant at
Some. J- . . . " ,
T?nr Aunt Abbie-a balve had
success, and Hattie no longer needed . to
touch her sleider lingers to the hundreds
and thousand? of boxes that passed froa
the "laboraiyij i . mornas Gordon's
warehouse, to C"ies far away and near,
bringing an income that met the ex
penses of the country seat and citv house,
horses, . carriages, expensive dresses and
jewelry, audjyet left huge nest eggs for
"rainy days, i' .
Society had long before opened its
arms to Hattfe, who was pretty and re
fined, although she could not plav the
piano or converse in any language but
her own. There had been more than
one heart laijf at her pretty feet, but Hat
tie was sure larry would comeback, and
was well confent to wait for him.
She was ,no love-sick, pining girl,
mevintf
always for happiness missed.
but a ''healtjay, sensible woman, who
lifted the cu
oi prospentv to erateful
lins. and iii
uraiinu u. lorornt
share bount fully with
i
Tin
those less for-
tunate.
it was iaip "5 . uavs to see a
. . ..it in rnAtiA .1 i
shadow on Tpm Gordon's cheerful face,'
and so liauie, ycrcueu upon the arm of
his chair, wa
a little troubled.
too, as
she asked'
"What is
the matter?"
"Well, tk
troubles roe,
Lar, I've got a letter
that
and that's a fact."
"Businessi
"Oh, no,
Mess you! Business is that
good, it jusfr about takes care of itself.
No, it
is a
letter from well., dearie,
from John Ingraham!"
Two soft
little hands took Tom's
cheeks into captivity, while a little flut
tering kiss fell on his forehead.
"Yes, de: rie, I know ! You love me
fond and trie,- but you've not forgot
Harry! Welp, my treasure, if your pride
wants a gratification you can give it one
now. Harry, 'he's been to Calif orny, a'
working good, I guess, and he made a
fortin! '
"Yes?"
"But," safd Tom, rubbing his head,
"he lost it again! And then he was very
sick, nigh dpad, I guess, and some of his
friends out there just h'isted him aboard
a vessel when" he didn't know what was
going on around him, and fetched him
home. NW, dearie, if you are going to
cry like that I'll have to stop."
But he did not, although Hattie had
slipped down into his lap, and was hid
ing her face ' on his shoulder, and crying
like a childJ
"I guess he was well loved out there,
for these fellows brought him to his
father's, though he was weak as a child
yet, and mus.t have been a great care on
the voyage. ".And. so, there he is, and his
father writes -to me to beg I'll let you see
him. Mindt you, it's his father writes,
for Harry's hat spunky, sick as he is,
that he donjt want you to know he has
come back 4s poor as he went away. So,
if you owe .john Ingraham a grudge, you
can just pay him. He's lost money,
Hattie, a gopd deal of money, I know,
or he'd never eat. humble pie in this
fashion."' .
"You will go with me, father?"
"H'm! So you mean to go?"
"You know I would. Think ol it,
father, five years of hard work, and Harry
never had to work before! Five years,
when he miht have been at home, in his
lather's favor if he would give me up.
And now, he will wait for me to speak,
because we are rich ! Money is hateful !"
"J)o you think so, dearie?"
"No, I ilon't. Money is lovely. It
gives you every comfort, and it will
smooth my way to Harry. You won't be
cross to us ? '
"Was I eyer cross to you?"
".Never, never, never! Now I will
ring for breakfast, and order the carriage
for" the' 11:30 train. Don't don't you
think the p jre, sweet air "here might be
good for an invalid?"
"You ou jht to know, as you have had
a free hospital here ever since I bought
the house."
"Now, father, yon know you were as
pleased as I was, when we could give
the poor girls who work so hard where I
once worked, a little. holiday."
Tom Gorldon did not deny the charge,
and was qui et ready to join Hattie, when,
in the most bewitching of walking
dresses, and a coquettish hat, she came
to the carriage. She was ver pale,
though, and not quite her cheery self,
when the. two entered the parlor of John
Ingraham's house. The proud, self -sufficient
nWof five years before was hum
ble enough as he came to meet them.
'I was sure you would come," he
said. "HMs very weak to-day; does
not get hisjstrength at all.
you were rnminor. Tom,
I told him
he is in the
room adjoining this, I fitted it up for
him. Majf Hattie go in, while you stay
with me?"
Tom made a sign of assent. It gave
him a choking sensation to see his old
friend's ankhms, pleading face, and Hat
tie's white fcheeks. So, trying not to,
tremble mttfo nnened the door of the
next room and went in. In an arm chair ;
near the window was a gaunt, hollow- j
eved, emaciated man, looKing eageny to
ward her
heart seemed to stop Deaung.
. . . . i
er heart sec
vould thai be
the handsome, Drave
young fellbw whose arm
had held her
i. the stroncr clasp oi
auu again -
"Hattie he said, fsebly,
indeed come to say farewell!
"have you
It was all
a failure, dear." , , ,
In a moment her manhood asserted
itself. The pale cheeks flushed, the soft
eyes brightened, and pping lightly
across the floor, she put both 1. tie hands
upon the emaciated on Harry s lap, while
her sweet lips met his own m a lingering
kiss. t TT
"I never bade you good-bye, Harry,
; YT " iJpf. me. and now I say
crcn wnen "u 7 . , ... ,
welcome home. My love! my love how ;
could you ?tay away so many jea..
I hearl of your ,1
wanted to ome home nch-not the beg-
iTasthe 1W'W"Z2?
'till death1 I am your betroth ed hus-
, 1 ntinued, brightly,
"ana. Ana, . - .
seemsr
that
v -ixaa not au'o v.-.
emotion. 4'I have tne j -
'breach ot promise' case " 7- -'
keep vour engagement, f11""- .
Tom Gordon answered the call briskly.
There wis Web caf
remonstrance, but the docto highly
Jjrovfo
the change i y-- .
ments were speedily made for a journey,
the most important of which arrange
ments was the performance of the mar
riage ceremony in the back parlor, after
which Mrs. . nenry Ingraham took . com
mand of the invalid in a manner ap
palling to the most energetic 1 woman's
rights" female, v
But it was a very happy family which
settled down at last in the pleasant home
that was the result of sales of "Aunt
Abbie's Salve." The Ledger.
X Firin; Guns by Electricity.
A very great increase in the accuracy
of gunnery at sea is secured by the plat
now coming- into use in all civilized na
vies, by which the guns are discharged
by electricity. The general idea is not
new, but it is only of bite that it has been
made thoroughly practicable. By the
old plan the gun captain ordered Tight,,:
i'left," and the sailors hauled the gun to
the risrht or the left; or he ordered
"raise . or. "lower, and the sailor?
raised or lowered the "breech of the gun.
When he got the gun nearly right the gun
captain called "ready," and everybody
got clear of the gun, in order not to be
I injured by the recoil. When the motion
of the ship brought the gun sights in line
with the target the gun captain pulled
lustily on his lanyard, and the gun went
off. But under the new system one of
the sailors moves a small lever to the
right or the left, so as to keep the gun
pointed in the direction of the target.
The gun captain holds a small circuit
closer in his hand, and as soon as the
rolling of the ship brings the sights level
with the target, he simply presses his
(fingeVs, without bothering himself to
,see if the men are away from the gun,
because the recoil will not hurt them.
'Knowing the exact range, and having
this ouiet and simole means literally at
his fingers' ends, what is to prevent the
gun captain from hitting the target? It
must be borne in mind that the real er
rors in shooting at sea are not in shooting
to the right or the left of the target,
but in shooting over it or short of it.
This shooting over or short arises from
two things, first, having a mistaken idea
of the distance ; second, firing too soon
or too late when the ship is rolling.
Now a range-finder eliminates this first
error, and electric firing goes a great way
toward eliminating the' second error,
principally because it obviates the ne
cessity for making any allowance for de
lay in the firing of the gun after the gun
captain has done his part. Electricity
discharges a gun at.the instant when the
gun captain presses his fingers . and not
at some other time ; so that if a gun
captain, having his gun set at the cor
rect range, presses his fingers where the
sights are in line with the target, he will
hit the target. Of course, errors of the
eyesight cannot thus be eliminated,
neither can the errors of the gun ; but.
these are both exceedingly small, so small
compared with the other errors, that they
are inconsiderable, as has been abundant
ly proved. Net Yorl Sun.
Sold His Whiskers.
Displaying" a double handful of shear!
and scissors, a peddler walked into a
Vine street store and tried to induce the
clerk behind the counter to buy a sample
of his wares.
The itinerant merchant was remarkable
because of an immense mustache that
flapped in the cool night air from hia
upper lip. It was very carefully trained,
and protruded on either side of his face
for several inches. Then, too, he had a
pronounced French accent. Just as he
turned away a gentleman who had been
leaning over the counter perusing a paper
suddenly faced about, and, taking a look
at the "peddler, remarked:. "I'll give
you two dollars if you will let me cut of!
those whiskers! And I'll buy a pair of
shears in the bargain !"
"Two dollaire if I'll let you cut off my,
weiskaire?" repeated the peddler.
"That's what I said," returned the gen
tleman of the 9trangc fancy.
The peddler studied for an instant and
cheerfully remarked ;
"Ze gentle-man can cut off my
whiskaire for two dollars. Allons!"
Producing a two-dollar bill the whisker
destroyer laid it on the counter, and
selecting a pair of scissors, calmly pro
ceeded to cut off the luxuriant hirsute
growth in little snips as though fce
wished to get full value for his money.
The peddler bore the operation just as
calmly, holding his head forward that
the hair might fall on the counter and
not on his vest. Not a sound escaped him
during the strange operation, and when
the scissors, ceased their work and. were
laid down in order that the money might
be handed over, he simply remarked:
"Ze gentleman have finish?"
When he had folded a silver quarter,
the price of the scissors, within the two
dollar bill, the price of his mustache, he
bowed politely, saying: "Merci! Iam
ver' much oblige," complacently strode
out and walked into the next store on
his mercantile round lie was followed
out by the gentleman of the peculiar
taste. Neither looked at the other,
the peddler going north and the
mustache-destroyer south. Both ap
peared to be perfectly sitisfied. The
severed mustache was kept by the clerk
as a memento of the strangest incident
that he ever witnessed. Cincinnati En
quirer.
A Remarkable Fish Story.
What will always be regarded as a re
markable and seemingly impossible thing
has developed at Ekiora, Iowa. John
Webster and a number of companions
went down to the Iowa River for a few
days' fishing. They cut holes in the ice,
and with long spears impaled the fish as
.hey came up to breathe. One magnifi
cent pike, of the wall-eyed variety, was
speared by Webster, and it was decided
to broil it for dinner. Upon cutting it
open the surprise of the fishermen was
intense when a good-sized pocketbook
was found within the fish. In the book
wa? found 865 in gold, $15 in silver,$25
in greenbacks, $10,000 rin bonds, and a
certificate of deposit for $25 on a bank at
Johnstown, Penn., lately devastated by
flood.
A piece of paper was also , found on
which was -written a statement that the
owner of the book and contents was
John J. Jones, of Johnstown, Penn.
There is no doubt that the fish was in the
Conemaugh cn the fatal night of the flood
and swallowed the-book as it.fell from
the pocket of Mr. Jones, who, it is sup
posed, perished. The fish then wended
its way down the Conemaugh into the
Allegheny, and thence into the Ohio
River, down the Ohio, into the Missis
sippi, and thence up the Father ol
Waters into the Iowa River, where it was
finally caught.
The facts are vouched for by reputable
parties. New Tori Timet.
WORDS OF WISDOM
. vT the greater the
The higher the flight the 0
fall. . man whn
The man who dares is
wins. -. y - . on was eve
No thoroughly occupied
yet very miserable. . . we can
Our greatest good and wn
least spare is hope. does not
After all, the joy of success
equal that which attends tu. f
worker. . . , Vn0wcst thine
If thou art ignorant if
own ignorance, and thou an- o
ihou knowest- not thyself.
. , . t, school-room,
Instruction ends m the a child
but educations ends only in f cmld
is given to the universe to educate.
Sr-hiller savs "Labori is the poo
Bcniuer says. . j e
man's pride; success by toil aiu .
KingsPglory in their 'Vi
tve glory in our work well tiont
What new face courage : puts on
sver
vthinTl A determinea
JSi d tone of his voice, puts
trn-nr 4--?f llAo QTlfl tnn
tn to defeat and begins to conquer.
Music touches every key of memory
nd stirs all the hidden ngr?
row and of joy. We love it for hat .it
makes us forget, and for what it makes
as remember. .
Shipping Cattle From rkv
For some months past the reight . pare
for carrying a steer " rom 3gew
Deptford has been over, 20. f a "
; u- shiD can carry as
many steers as emigrants tv m
grants are carried at $18 . a head, and
that the emigrants have to e cared f oi
and fed by the ship, while, the owner ol
the cattle cares for and feeds them, the
profit of the cattle-carrying trade is ap
parent. There is every inducement 1 oi
the agent to take on as many cattle as he
can make room for. Every foot of space
on the upper deck is crowded with them.
The main deck is fitteti with stalls and
fiiiv rt r,io-h rattle are offered the
orlop deck is also fitted with staiis. ine
cattle in the aggregate weigh many tons.
In addition a good many tons of hay,
straw and corn must be carried for food.
"CU. XI l-UUUg"
When the ship leaves port she nas a pret
ty good deck load on. When she
strikes a cyclone whirling aiong up me
Gulf Stream she is crank enough to roll
like a Dutch 'galliot. The skipper must
hold his course, for if he doesn't the feed
for the cattle will run short. It is not
only possible, but it has actually hap-,
pened, that as she rolls along the big
waves come over the ran ana puur uown
the open hatches. The hatches cannot
be closed, for if they are the cattle will
smother. Every ton o water tasen in
sinks her deeper and increases the possi
bility of the destruction of the ship. The
English insurance companies can tell a
very interesting story ol losses in came,
but the fact that it cost $2 a head to in
sure a steer against sea risks shows how
great those risks are.. The tramps that
could not earn running expenses three
years ago are now loading down with
srrain in the lower hold and cattle on all -
available decks, regardless of the season
of the year and the risk of sinking the
ship. If she goes down, it's a sale of a
bad ship to the insurance companies, and
as for tnq crew, the owner hopes they
will go to heaven and be forever free
from the trials and temptations of a sin
ful world. New York Sun. ; .
A Horse's Jealousy.
Next to men, horses are probably the
most conceited beings in the world.
Every day one sees conclusive proof of it.
And horses are jealous, too. Everybodj
who has had anything to do with them
will tell. you that. -
A hundred persons saw a ; little proof
of. equine jealousy and conceit not very
many days ago at the 110th street en
trance to the Central Park. Two gentle
men were riding4ogether. One of them
rode a magnificent coal-black Kentucky
thoroughbred. The other horse, though
a fine animal, seemed like a cart horse
when compared with the Kentucky ani
mal, and he seemed to be conscious of it,
too. .
The Kentucky horse strode in majestic
sweeps. ' The other horse slunk along in
a sulky fashion, as if envious of every ad
miring glance cast at the other, and cast
ing sidelong looks every now and then at
his companion, and with every look be
coming more and more painfully aware
of his own shortcomings. Suddenly with
out a moment's war ni rig he took the
reins in his mouth, pranced slightly
ahead, and gave the Kentucky horse twe
vicious kicks.
His iron hoofs grazed the leo-s of thf
rider and left two great marks on the
magnificent: thoroughbred. Then he
seemed to be in better humor with him
self. And it has done the other good,
for his master avers that since that day,
when compelled to trot alongside a less
patrician member of the equine family, he
has held his head a little less high and
tempered his proud consciousness of supe
riority with a touch of gentlemanlike
deference toward his companion. New
York Sun.
Wives Flogged and Maimed.
The position of women among the
savages of Queensland, Australia, is s
very subordinate one. They are ex
pected to provide the daily food and salh
forth on long expeditions for this pur
pose. If the husband gathers nune or
lizards or such delicacies he keeps them
for himself, while his wife and child
must subsist on vegetables and berries.
iueyirequently flog their wives brut
ally, and if she runs away to some, one
more kind, the husband is privileged tc
mm. ucr wnen ne sees her This
what they call "marking" a woman
is
4wo wives is the usual matrimonial
equipment pi a warrior, and wmc have
hve or six. A girl is delivered over to
uer nusoana when she h nine or ten
long as thev remain
voungrney are sure-of good. treatment
tan LumhoHz.
Measures and Content
A barrel requires a measure of 24 inches
lono-
ng Dy lb inches xrMa j o :v,o,
-ticep.
xiau a oarrel requires a measure 24
inches long by 16 inches wii nnd 14
inches deep.
Vne ousnei. requires a mMenre 16
mcnes square and 8 2-5 .o. anA
inches deep. . .
i JS-5ef?kelui, measure 8 inches
n i? 8q?re and 8 inches deep.
One gallon requires a measure 8 inches
yT?.?Ce3 T"6 aUd 4 iwhes deep.
;nnb I gai -n urequires a measure 8
. One ton of coal requires V measure 4
feet long 4 feet 5 inches wide "Sd 2 feet
8 mches deep.CA Udaer
TWO WAYS.
' ' . ' -
Oh, how does the rain come downij
With rattle and riot and rush!
"With flutter and sputter, '
And gurgle and mutter,
And clatter and spatter and gushtt
With a man outbursting and roaring;,
With fizzing and splashing and pouring!;
" And noise to deafen a town," . ' 4 1
The turbulent rain comes down! '
But after 'tis over an hour or more,
The world looks much as it did before;
And there's nothing to show for the fuss and
... roar ' ' -
The rain made coming down. .
But bow does the snow come down? .
With a touch like a soft wing's brush! .
With glancing and gliding,
And stealing and sliding.
With whiteness and lightness and hash!
With airy floating and swimming.
With fairy boating and skimming!
And no one in all the town
Would know when the snow comes down " .
If he looked not ont on the changed whit
day,
And the cushioned earth-that seems togaj:
How much can be done in a quiet way,
The way the snow comes down.
Mrs. Cora W. Bronson, in Independent
PITH POINT,
A fat position- King of Greece.
A back numberThe spinal column.-i
Wathington Star.
The glazier's occupation is a paneful
one. Merchant Trawler.
The burden of some arguments is so
reat that it makes the listeners tired.-i
Rome Sentinel.
The girl who ha3 the strongest will ij '
the girl who saya the strongest won't, j
New YorJc Neva. j
We suppose the ship heaves to out ol
lympathy for the seasick passenger?.
Binghamton Leader.
The man whose wits go wool-gathering
i3 lucky if he doesn't get fleeced.
Brooklyn Magazine.
The stovepipe has no trouble in elbow
ing its way through a crowded house..
Kearney Enterprise.
It must be painful to a girl, especiallj
when she means to say "Yes," to hear a
stuttering man propose. .
Perhaps one reason why fish are so de
ceptive as to .weight is that they carry
their own scales with them. Merchant
Traveler.
"Nothing was made in vain," says the
pToverb. But that's not so for you can
rind a maiden vain in five minutes any '
day. Dansville Breeze. y
The ring of a bell means a -service ia
church, and the ring of a belle means the
same thing, unless the marriage takes
place at home. Dansville Breeze.
There are lots of men who have at
tained high reputation for strict atten
tion to business, but the trouble hai
been it wasn't their own business. :
The girl of seventeen "is always talking
ibout how very old she is, and seventeen
fears later she is always talking about
how young she is. Washington Star.
A creature now and then we find
Who losses and regains his mind; -d
But when a fish is once in seine iA
'Tis seldom he gets out again.
Chicago Herald.
Whipper "Our young friend Scaddi
seems to have a great desire to shine in
society." Snapper "My idea' is thai
his ambition is to shin into society l"
Vucl-.
"Do you think marriage is a failure,
Mrs. Choker?" asked Mrs. Simeral of the
minister's wife. "No, indeed f' wasthe
reply. "Mr. Choker gives me his fees
for pin-money. Bazar.
Teacher (to dull boy of the class)
"Which New England State has two
capitals?' Boy "New Hampshire."
Teacher "Indeed! Name them?" Boj
"Capital N and capital H."
Charlie "Now, I like a girl who is
open-hearted and frank in all things. 1
like a girl whom I can take at her word.'1
Mollie (blushing) "That's what I'd like
to have you do." Kearney Enterprise. ,
The girls, since first the world began, f
Have alwavs souehtth' ideal man;
But when they captured their ideal
They found him more ideal than real.
A steamboat has reached the town ol
Timbuctoo in Africa, but in view of the
fact that it required six weeks to gc
eight hundred miles it is not probable
that stock in the Timbuctoo Navigation
Company will go much above one hun
dred in the shade. Washington Star.
Watchman (breathlessly) "The boy's
dormitory is on fire, and if they find it
out they'll stop to save their foot-balls,
bats, and things, and perish." Board
ing School Principal (quickly) "Notify
the boys that all who are not down stairs
in two minutes won't get any pie." New
York Weekly.
An irate old Scotchman, having ex
amined the barometer every morning fcr
a week and found it declaring fair
weather when it wa3 a howling storm
outside, suddenly seized the instrument,
bore it out into the rain and yelled at ii :
"Confound it, mon, canna see for yer
self V San Francisco Cltronide.
Chinese Medicine.
The doctor pulled out a drawer frov.
under the counter and exhibited hun
dreds of mummy grasshoppers.
"These are good for little children'
he said. 'In China every spring mill
ions of these bugs come in the field.
Pretty soon the grasshopper dies and the
meat turns into a fly. The hind legs and
little tail drop off and the little fly goes
away. Then there h nothing but the
shell left. The laborers in the field
gather these and dry them in the sun.
They make good medicine in powders, i
"Chinese babies never die from con
vulsions while teething like white babies.
This powder acts on the stomach when
the stomach teeth are coming tnrougn
and makes them good and
San Francisco Examiner.
strong."r-
Sawing an Ann Off. t
Colonel II. O. Hamilton, Clerk of the
United States District Court, was telling
recently how it felt to have a limb cut
off. He was perfectly conscious when
his arm was cut .off in a field hospital,
and says of it:
' "It really -doesn't .hurt except when
the first cut around the limb is made,
cutting the skin. That's ; because the!
nerves are all situated just under the
skin, and , after they are cut there' is
nothing to convey the sensation of pain'.
Cutting through the flesh is like cutting
a nail or a bit of dead skin a dead feel
ing. Even sawing the bone is only a
dull feeling. The real pain is over when
the knives get into the flesh." Atlanta
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