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V 7 t ) 1 -.J t 1 Tie Salistniry Trnth. PUBLISHED EVERT TBUXSDAT BT J. J. STEWART, Editor and Proprietor. SALISBURY, N. C. Faxes or subscription no Year......... . . ..( $1 50 ix :r?nthi j ..... 1 oo n -a Heaths...; so '"Advertising Rates bj Contract. Ent;;.! in tbe Pcst-OlEce at Salisbury ks ; ;-od-clas$ matter. 11.3 figures heretofore given out of the f.'.J. population "of the United 8tates were close approximations only, and did cot include Alaska and some of tbe In diaa tribes. The count ha now been completed and veriHed, and the total population Is oHjcialiy stated to C2,979,- 7(5 1?. . Justice Thompson, of Greenfield, has had to undertake tLe somewhat difficult task of defining drunkenness in the Su ,perior Court, chronicles the New York fcan. He laidit down that becau-e a man. an a result of drinking, was unduly patriotic, or had been stimulated to the txpressioa of, pious or sacred sentiments, or had awakened his faculty for jest and humor, he was not necessarily to be con sidered drunk. iFinalfy, the Judge de ' clared that a man was drunk when he - bad lost control of his physical and men tal faculties. Among the other great things in this country, the number of its high moun tains is a remarkable feature. Including those of Alaska, there are 360 mountains in the United States each exceeding 10,000 feet in height. Most are in the Rocky and Sierra Nevada ranges, and the greatest number are found in Colo rado and Utah.-. In Alaska, however, are ihe. highest, there being in that Terri tory fire which each excued 15,000 feet, and Mount . Elias, also in Alaska and 19,500 feet high, is the loftiest peak in .he United States' territory.. Tw Southern women,' who are the editorsJ,of the Arkansas Women's Chroni cle, have recently achieved a remarkable feat in i local politics. At the school election an "Little Rock there were two ' tickets In the field. ' The -Woman's! Cnronicla split' the tickets, taking the) best man I from each side. Although pi poured all . day . long, :i more than 3t5oQ err AiAiAoe el ecl'ion , azH th " jj4kKeTwas elected by aiLemph jority. The bravery he, better bo appre- w York Commercial en it is added that both S.omen are school teachers, and by pur- luin'jr the cc rse they did they jeopar- 0f t, i vm, k AVctiser, vA . dized their positions in event of defeat. Among taa. stories of Herr Forken beck,"the late chief : burgomaster of Ber- lln, which are being revived in this. As President of theiorth German Reichstag, ....... l . 'ha wa sent in '173 r' with VohStauffen. " berg to Versaillel,to congratulate thi ' Prussian King upon tils, election as E n- peror. Bismarck,1 who had ust con- : eluded the terms of peace with prance, invited them to supper; and at that re past tho Kaiser's , chief counselor said: . 'This night, at 12 ; o'clock, fee last shot3 will be exchanged between out troops and the French, and I have con c "1 to the French the honor of the 1- t act.n Forckenbeek , a'd his col- ! left their host before midnight, out their watches,' stood -under-a lantern of tho Hotel du Reser I ' "ted. V First, ; there was a e: vc i the,-German troops, Mcs.'' Then followed lont Yalerien- The strucktwelve; c: led. 'V . t . . . tinpthe Sat m'y of cietces, who ijditici cf research into ,ornia, return c 1 the other day collections of bugs, bones," I with baskets, earthen ware, . . products . of the Indians who . ilhe peninsula. ,Tl:3 popular idea t Lowc'Carfcraia, t. .t it is a dry, . it-like fgioa;M says V lessor Eisen, t' 3 tntomoioist ot the p , "is an in correct one, Tllower ; of the pen insula Is not only a tropics.! country, but an exceedingly it;i,:cstir,j and fertile one, covered- with tree and rich vege tation. .The, vaUey about Saa Jose del C&bo is irrigated by tha largest, river in the pen inu!a," carrying IS 00 feet of water in the dryest season. Tkturesque mount ains rise on uacr side, r-,1 the Talley is .filled withheld of cott , beans, maize, etc. Taere is a great . ;L ty of tropical fruits, palms aad trcc3 cf nianykinds, and the whula valley i ; a c: s !of rich . .... p.. vegetatioa.' .v'Ataoag tlie r. ,' trees seen was a variety of "juerigo'V (bo!: monticqla), vsl' a light green f wood,valua! .Seeds of tl." fornia. cc" . awe 1 called the ' I naoie, populus ti1!f straight, with -1 a rose-colored ,r cabinet purposes. I I be planted inlCali- -cts brought home were .ho leaves of the yucca - tertight. The Indians mad? c ;p!ar .1 ' -i in them by dropping hot .i into the water used. Xabbub Jn quantity has been discorered VnVW The Government has outstanding ?1 518,000,000 in credit money. Canned tomatoes seem to have found favor in England,-where both the Ameri can and French products find a market. The California Fruit-Grower says that pineapple growing in that State has not yet reached such proportions as te uscify the statement that it can be mads i success. In many cases on tbe Continent there ire no tolls whatever levied upon the canals, and in others the charges are merely nominal. So much is this tha 5ge in France, that the amount of traffic ilong the canals and rivers is rapidly increasing, until now the quantity of Terchandise entering and leaving . Paris by waterway is more than a third of that conveyed by rail. Grat Britain, Germany, Denmark, Norway andSweden, Portugal, Turkey, Brazil and Canada are gold-standard countries. Austro-Hungary, Russia, China, Mexico, India, all the Central American Nations, with Bolivia, Colom bia, Ecua-ior, Peru and Venezuela have the silver standard. The United States, France, Italy, Spain, Greece, Belgium, Switzerland, the Argentine Republic, Chile and Japan are under the double standard, and Austro-IIungary, accord ing to the Boston Transcript, is prepur iog to come over into this group. The ancient port of Old Harbor Island, of Jamaica, West Indies, which wa3 a place of considerable importance a hun dred vears before New York wa3 settled by ihe, Dutch, was reopened a week or two ago. Old Harbor was the Sr3t port established in Jamaica by the Spaniards soon after the discovery of the island by Columbus on his second voyage in 1494, and was for a considerable period the principal port of the island. One of the Inlets of the harbor is called Galleon Bay, and it is stated that the Spaniards built a number of ship3 there. The vicinity has many reminiscences cf Columbus in the names of bays and in sidents connected with 'the great dis coverer. Old Harbor port was closed by the British in the present century. It is t couple of miles from the railway, and .'or many years the trend of trade had eft it practically deserted. The people )f tha port are talking great things ibout a ienewed prosperity for the his torical Spot..' V:':; ' ? ' TL2 claica tLat.goid is jto be found in Arkansas hs3 often been made and as oft?n ridiculed. There isa traditfon, rclitc3 tha years ao i w.York' Post, that many mine was opened in one of the border counties by ajirospector who died before he could obtain capital to work the ore or would divulge the secret of where it could be fSund. It is an un disputed fact that some years ago the New Orleans papers contained advertise ments offering a large sum of money for evidence of theAocation of the abandoned pockets, which came to be known, per haps, because they were supposed to be an the border line of Louisiana, as the .'Lost Louisiana Mines." Interest in the matter has recently been revived by the discovery ot. particles of gold in an exca-, ration among the mountains of Mont gomery County, and the finder jumped to the conclusion that he had come upon the 'lost" mines. Professor Banner, the 3tate Geologist, was asked to test the ore, but he raused to do so, saying that 'thereA were Jio gold or silver-bearing mines in Arkansas." A company bought the lanti surrounding the excavation, set up machinery, and has persuaded the State officials to promise to make a test of the ore, the claim being made that it bears gold in paying, if not abundant, quantities. - In the past, asserts the Century Maga zine, good reasons have rendered it im possible to make the weather service of very great value to the farmer. In the main its work has been the preparation of the familiar predictions, which have been made for large areas. At present the areas selected are single States. The predictions are made by an officer in Washington to whom observations are reported from a large number of stations situated in various parts of the country, lie glances over these reports, noting the places where rain has fallen, and the net work of temperatures and barometic pressure; sees how the coniitions have been changing since the last predictions were made; and, perhaps with scarcely time to weigh the reasons for his conclu sions, makes rip his predictions in regard to the weather of the immediate future. He can give but a very small amount of time perhaps two minutes to each State. The work of forecastinj the weather must be divided, and, in addi tion to the general predictions from Washington, we must have local predic tions prepared by officers in charge of small districts. Such officers have already been appointed by the Secretary of Agri culture, and their number will tibubtless be increased when the usefulness of their work is shown. This, however, can not be f uliy demonstrated until, by the cheap-ening-of telegraph and telephone service, and by the extension of free mail deliv ery, effective means are found for carry ing the predictions to the farmer in time for his use. The present work of the local observers is of service in perfecting their methods, and their forecasts are of v great usefulness to the "farmers who can b reached ; but their full value can never be realized until it is possible to put em promptly into the hands of all the fifmers who can use them. I CLEARING OFF, Cfouds, and the winds a-chiH, And the road of sodden day. And a mist on tbe dripping hill, And a mask on the day. And the coon was like the pain When cheer is cold on the hearth, And the noises, dolled by the rain. Hung low to the earth. , But now, as if one came oat From the western seas and waved Onset, with gesture and shout, TOI his fleet was saved, 8o came a wind from the son And broke the hurrying rack, And tha blest light was won, And the blue came back. ' And the rainless clouds in the west Lay white Kke the griefs we love; And soft as a sorrow at rest Was the blue above. Harrison S. Morris, in Lippincott. A DO WHY OF HERRING. T was the 20th of January.1795. The French army has) entered Amsterdam and the soldiers waited in groups in the square where they had stacked their guns tohave their lodgings as signed them. Notwithstandi n g the inclemency of the weather the in habitants had left their houses a n d were collecting in the streets to welcome this liberating army. The greatest en thusiasm reigned in the city, and. in the evening every house was illuminated. Near the Admiralty, however, stood one house whose dark and silent aspect contrasted strangely with the brilliant exterior of its neighbors. A narrow courtyard inclosed in a high wall, with a porte cochere intervened between the street and the house, and all the doors and blinds were now closely secured. This was the house of Master Woerden. Master Woerden was a rich Dutch merchant . Entirely taken up with his commercial affairs, he was totally indif ferent to the political events which so interested his coimtrymen, besides which he too thoroughly understood domestic economy to waste candles after the prod igal fashion of his neighbors. At this moment Master Woerden was seated in a comfortable armchair in front of a blazing fire. His fur bordered robe was folded across his chest, and his wolf skin cap was pressed down upon his brow whose few scattered gray hairs of fered no protection from the sharp cur rents of frosty air that found entrance at every opening of the door. On a table near him stood a polished brass lamp, a large pitcher and a clay pipe. In the chimney corner an old ser vant, whose extreme embonpoint fce trayed her Flemish origin, occupied her self with occasionally stirring and feed ing the open fire. Presently the doorbell rang and the servant) rose quickly to answer it. A few moments later a young man entered, who threw his cloak on the sofa and ap proached the old man. "Is it you, WilliamS" exclaimed Mas ter Woerden. "I had not expected you to early I" "I leftBroek this morning," he re plied, with a respectable salutation, "but the roads are' so cumbered with soldiers and fugitives that it has taken me all day to get there." "Did you see Van Elberg?" The young man sat down by the fire before answering this question. "Yes, sir 1" he said slowly. "Master Van Elberg consents to the marriage, but he refuses to give his daughter more than 4000 ducats as her dowry." "Ah!" cried Master Woerden, frown ing heavily, "then he may keep both his daughter and her dowry." "But, fath:r, let me " 4 'Hold your tongue, William. At your age one would sacrifice everything to love, but let me tell you love fades away, while money remains." "But Master Van Elberg is one of tho richest merchants in Holland, and what he will not give his daughter in his life time will surely come to her at his death. " "What then? Am not I as rich as he? Listen to me, my son. You will one day succeed me in my business. Re member then these two axioms never give more than you receive, and do noth ing for the sole benefit of others. These are good rules for marriage as well as for commerce." "But " "Let the matter rest, my son. We will not speak further of it now." William knew the self-willed obstinacy of his father too well to reply, and sat still in great sorrow and perplexity, while the old man calmly smoked his pipe. Again the doorbell rang, and the dogs in the courtyard begaa to bark furiously. "Ah !" said Master Woerden, "it must be some stranger. Look out of the win dow, William,, and see who it is." The young man did so, saying in tones of surprise: "It is a mounted militiaman, father!" ' Presently the old servant brought in a letter, which Master Woerden received with an air of great disquietude; but on tearing open the envelope with impatient fingers his face assumed its wonted ex pression of serenity as he read the in closure. , "That is well 1" he said, as he handed the letter to his son. It was a requisition from the Govern ment for 400,000 herrings to be deliv ered within a month for the use of the French army. "William!" exclaimed the old man, after a moment's reflection. "I have an i i it it Tin , iueai iou soait marry van tiDerg s daughter, and she shall have a good dowry, too. "Can it be possible ?" leayeu to me. as tne canals are all closed by the ice, be ready with two saddle horses at daylisht to-morrow. . ( T aa. my son: u you only mnenr your lather a genius! ' The next morning the rising sun saw the two travelers on their way to Broek. They arrived about midday, but where obliged to leave their horses at an inn outside the village, as neither horses nor carnages were permitted to enter its streets.' Broek enjoys in Holland an en- traordmary reputation for neatness. The streets are paved with polished stones in different colors, which are arranged In Mosaic designs. In front of each house is a space reserved for the use of its in habitants, which is inclosed by an iron hailing with bright ornaments of brass and furnished with settees of carted wood. So great is the mania for cleanli ness that a withered leaf cannot fall in one of those elegant parquets without the family's rushing on in the utmost haste to remove it. f When Master Woerden and his son arrived with snowladen shoes, many covert glances of indignation followed their progress towards Master Van El berg's house; but as they were "at once well known and ; greatly respected, no open remonstrance was made. On reach ing their destination, 'however, the ser vant met them at the door with slippers in hand that they might leave their heavy shoes outside. When the travelers entered the parlor, not only Master Van Elberg but his charming daughter also received them with much cordiality. Clotilda wore the costume of her coun try. The short, full skirt, richly deco rated with embroidery, the velvet bodice and the dainty cap with its border of lace, the gold band across her dark hair, and the heavy gold earrings thickly set With jewels, made a picturesque garb that daintily set off her fair, placid feat ures. "Good morning, Master Woerden !" cried Van Elberg, as he held out his hand cheerily to his visitor. "You are welcome. Have tbe French scared you away from Amsterdam!" "They have not troubled me in the least," replied Woerden. "You know I care as little for the French as for the Prince of Orange. Politics never inter est me. I come to propose a good specu lation." "That is well 1 What is it?" returned Van Elberg. "I have engaged to deliver 400,000 herrings in a month. Can you furnish them to me in three weeks?" "At what price!" "Ten florins a thousand. "Ten florins? Yes I I will undertake to supply them." "Goodl" returned Woerden, rubbing his hands together contentedly, as the dining-room door was now open, display ing the plentiful breakfast which awaited them. After partaking liberally of the good things before him, for the long ride had sharpened his appetite, Master Woerden glanced significantly at the yonng girl, who shyly turned her eyes away from him as he began to discuss the question of the young folks' marriage. Find ins his host firmly insisting on giving- his daughter only the dowry he had before fixed. Master Woerden made but a remonstrance to these terms, feigned and in the end conceded the disputed point. It wa9 then decided that the marriage . should take place in eight days. As they returned to Amsterdam the next day, William ventured to ask his father why he had thus agreed to Master Van Elberg s terms. "My son," replied Marter Woerden eravely. "do not disturb me about tri fles. This contract for herrings is a serious matter and requires all my thoughts." Once more in his own house, Master Woerden shut himself up for hours in his own room, and when he at length came forth he gave his servant a large package of letters to mail. Three days later the old man, with his wrinkled lace alight with triumph, whispered to his son: "Ah, William, I have your dowry all ready for you." On the appointed day for the wedding Master Woerden and his son returned to Broek. This time they were received with great ceremony. The wide fold ing doors that are only opened for chris tenings, weddings and funerals were drawn apart and a large party of friends and relatives were assembled. The mas ter cf the house, however, came to meet them with so pale and troubled a coun tenance that William feared he. had some bad news to make known. Master Woer den did not share his son's alarm, for he knew only too surely the cause of his host's distress. "What troubles you, dear friend?" he said, with a hypocritical smile. "You look anxious and worried." "Ah? 1 am cruelly embarrassed I 1 must speak with you at once." "Can it be this marriage that dis pleases you? Do you wish to retract your consent?" "Oh, no I" "Well, then, let us go on with the ceremony ; wnen tnat is over and your friends are amusing themselves we can speak of other matters." Master Van Elberg hesitated. He would gladly have put all else aside till his distress of mind was explained; but seeing also how much wiser it would be to take the advice thus given him, he gave the signal lor the marriage to go on. A few moments later the wedded pair were keeling at the altar to receive the church's blessing on their union, and im mediately on the return of the party to the house, Master Van Elberg hurried his guest into his private room. My fr.end," he said anxiously, as soon as he had closed the door, "I have engaged to deliver 400,000 herrings to you in fifteen days, and I have not yet succeeded in getting a single one. They are all sold." f)f rnnrut thpw vol' tried faT Woerden, with a burst of lan?hter; "I have myself bought them 1" "Ah!" cried Van Elberg.after staring a moment at Ms companion in utter amazement "What then do you ex pect " "That you will fulfill your engage ment. Listen to me, my friend. You will one day leave your daughter a large fortune, and I shall do as much for my son. That is all very well for the future, but for to-day they are not on equal terms. I shall gire my son a share in my business, but you give your daughter only 4000 ducats. I have not wished to disappoint our children's hopes, but I have planned to compel you to be more just in your arrangements." While Master Woerden thus spoke his companion was becoming more and more bewildered. "This is what I have done," continued the merchant of Amsterdam; "you have engaged to sell me these herrings at ten florins a thousand, but I already have them. You can only retrieve your honor ,by buying them from me. I will sell them to you for fifty florins a thousand. Thuajou will pay me 16,000 florins,and we are quits. "It is well, replied Van Elberg, who had now regained control of his scattered wits. "You are a skilful merchant and have caught me finely. He bowed ceremoniously to his com panion, turned to his desk and drew up a check for the required sum, which he handed to Master Woerden with another bow. The two fathers then returned to the parlor to take part in the wedding f estivi ties. - Eight days later the merchant of Broek came to visit his daughter, who now lired with. her husband at Amsterdam. He found Master Woerden in great tribu lation. "Ah, friend Van Elberg 1" he cried in despair, "What shall I do? The fis'netv men are bringing in my herrings, and I cannot find a single cask to pack them in. They will all be spoiled-" "Ah," returned Van Elberg coldly. "You bought up all the herring acd I have bought all the casks. I could sell them to you at an exhorbitant price, but as I wish to keep my word about giving my daughter her dowery of 4000 ducats. I will only charge you the amount you so skilfully made out of me in the other matter. You are very cun nig you merchants of Amsterdam, but we of Broek have positive genius, you see "But you got the idea from me!" re sponded Master Woerden proudly. Translated from the French for Romance. Montezuma's Well. Beaver Creek enters the Rio Verde about a mile above the now-abandoned fort. Its canon is by no means a large one, though it has some fine points. A long and rocky twelve miles up Beaver, past smiling little farms of to-day 'that have usurped the very soil of fields whose tilling had been forgotten when history was new, brings one to wonder which is not "the greatest of its kind, but the only. There is, I believe, noth ing else like it in the world. It has been named by the class which has pitted the Southwest with misno mers Montezuma's rWell. '' . ' . At this point, Beaver Creek has eaten away the side of a rounded hill of stone which rises more than one hundred feet above it, and now washes the foot of a" sheer cliff of striking picturesqueness t can half imagine the feelings of the first white man who ever climbed that hill. Its outer show gives no greater prdmise of interest than do tea thousand other elevations in the Southwest; but as one reaches a flat shoulder in tho hill, I one gets a first glimpse of a dark rift in the floor-like rock, and in a moment more stands upon the brink cf an absolutely new experience. vt T u ere is a vast sheer well, apparently as circular as that pecu liar rock could be broken by design, with sides of cliffs, and with a glooaiy, mysterious lake at tha bettors. The diameter of this basin approximates 200 yards, and its depth iroa brink of cliff to surface of water is some eighty feet. One does not realize the distance across until a powerful thrower tried to hurl a pebble to the farther wall, j I believe that no one has succeeded ia throwing past the, middle of tts lake. At first sight one invariably take3 this remarkable cavity to. be the crater of an extinct volcano, : like that in the Zuni plains already referred to; but a study of the unburn! limestone makes one ive up that theory. The well is a . huge "sink" of the horizontal strata in one particular undermined spot, the loosened circle of rock dropping forever 4 from sight into a terrible subterranean abysa which was doubtless hollowed out by the action of springs far down in the lime rock. As - to the depth . of that grue some, black la&e, there is not yet knowl edge. I am assured that a sounding-line has been sent down 330 feet in a vain at tempt to find bottom, and that is easily credible. ; Toss a large stone into that midnight mirror, and for an hour the bubbles will struggle shivering up from its unknown depth; . ' ;. r- - The waters do not lave the foot of a perpendicular cliff all around the sides of that fantastic well. The Unfathomed "slump" 13 in the centre, and is separat ed from the visible walls by a narro w, submerged rim. One can wade out a few feet in knee-deep water if one have the courage in that, 'creepy place and then, suddenly as walking from a para pet, step o2 into the bottomless. Be tween this water-covered rim and the foot of the clia is, in most places, a wild jumble of enormous square blocks, fallen succesively from the ' precipices and lodged here before they could tumble into the lower depths. St. Nicholas. , ' Diameter of a, Thunderbolt. "Did you ever see the diameter of a lightning flash measuredl" asked a ge ologist. "Well, here is the case which once inclosed a flash of lightning, fitting it exactly, so that you can see just how big it was. This is called a fuUjurite, or 'lightning hole,' and the material it is made of is glass. I will tell yon how it was manufactured, though it took only a fraction of a second to turn it out. When a bolt of lightning strikes a bed of sand it plunges downward into the sand a distance, less or greater, trans forming simultaneously into glass the tilicia in the material through which it passes. Thus, by its great heat, it forms at once a glass tube of precisely its own size. "Now and then such a tube, known as a 'fulgurite, is found and dug up. Fulgurites have been followed into the sand by excavations for nearly thirty feet. They vary in interior diameter from the size of a quill of three inches or more ' according to the bore of the flash. But fulgurites alone are not pro duced in sand ; they, are found also in solid rocks, though rery naturally of slight depth, and frequently existing merely as a thin glassy coating on the surface. Such fulgurites occur in aston ishing abundance on the summit of Lit tle Ararat in Armenia. The rock is soft and so porous that blocks a foot long can be obtained, perforated in all directions by little tubes filled with bottle green glass formed from the fused rock. "There is a small specimen in the National Museum which, has the appear ance of having been bored by the tor pedo, the holes made by the worm sub sequently filled with g3- I am in debted to the Washing fca Star for tha foregoing accounts. I may add that Charles Darwin mentions these fulgurites in his book of travels, acd Humboldt found some on the high Nevada de Zo luca, in Mexico. Humboldt ascended this precipitous peak at the risk of his life." Scientific Magatine. Singular Shoes. Italian boot factories are manufactur ing boots of a singular pattern. The heels and soles are not sewn on, but riveted to the uppers in such a way that if the heels are worn down on one side they can be taken o2Z and turned eUVUMMf . Viu WXO vawV4 AQ the game way, and new ones substituted for then. . WORDS OF WISDOJI. A wicked man is his own grave dig ger. . -' - . - f The truth never dodges, no matter who shoots. . I- Don't look back and you won't want to go back. Most anything can be forgiven easier than selfishness. , The only easy thing to do in this world is to love. A fool thinks he is right because he can't see very far. A step In the dark is very apt to be a step toward death. Sometimes we take a long step by be ing put down a bit. Indecision is the greatest robber on the face of the earth. It never takes a fool but a few min utes to tell all he knows. A hypocrite's mouth has more death In it than that of a mad dog. The party who won't forgive is the one who is always in the wrong. Beware of the man who always dips his tongue in oil before he speaks. No college can do much for the man who thinks he knows it all himself. The man who brags much on his goodness will bear a good deal of watch ing. ,Don't have much to say about your, self, if you want to keep clear of hypoc risy. Until a man has been tried he will al ways have reason to be afraid of him self. ; A good way to lose all that you have is li be in too much of a hurry to get rich. There are people who shiver every time they hear that there are spots oa the sun. ; No man who can be a first-class some thing has any right to be a fourth-rate nothing. " r , It is only those who are afraid of the light who ' are afraid of their own shadows. t There is something-wrong with tbo mar's head who falls down on the same banana'skiu twice. Indianapolis (lad.) Rua's Horn. Dynamite. 7: Very few people have a correct idea of what dynamite is, of what it is made, and the uses to which it is put. To the French belongs the honor of its dis covery and its first practical use. ., Nitro-glycenne is the force of all high explosives. Dynamite is tbe name most usually given to these explosives, t hough other names are sometimes used. J Dynamite is simply nitro-glycenne mixed with various ingredients. Nitro glycerine is made by mixing sulphuric acid . and nitric acid with sweet glyc erine, the same that is used by the ladies to prevent chapped hands. Mix ing the acids and glycerine ia where the great danger lies in the making of nitro glycerine. The mixing tank, or agitator as it is called by dynamite makers, is a large steel tank, filled inside with many coils of lead pipe, through which, while the mixing is in progres, a constant flow of ice water is maintained. This flow of ice water, is used to keep the tempera ture of the mix below 85 degrees, as above that point it would explode, and a hole in the ground would mark where the factory had been. The nitro glycerine is stored in large earthenware tanks, which are usually sunk iu tho ground to guard against blows or severe concussion. The other ingredints for making dy namite are: Nitrate of soda, which is found only in Chile, carbonate of mag nesia, and wood pulp. Dynamite is put in paper shells usually l inches in diameter and 8 inches in length, and weighs about pound to each shell or cartridge. It has largely taken the place of black powder for blasting, as it is many hundreds of times stronger and consequently more econom icaL It ia used chiefly in mining all kinds of ores, coal and rock, and sub marine blasting and railroad building. Without its aid many railroad, especially those crossing the Rocky Mountains, could not have been constructed ; with out it Hell Gate in New York Harbor could not have been destroyed, and with out it the miner, at prices now paid for mining ores, could not earn his bread. Dynamite will not explode from any ordinary fall or jar; it will burn without explosion, and freeze at forty-two de grees, ten degrees above ordinary freezing point. The bomb of the anarchist is made of metal or glass and filled with pure nitro-glycerine arranged so as to explode by severe contact with any. hard object. These bombs are, of course, never made by a reputable dynamite factory. Five, or six millions of dollars are invested in the manufacture of dynamite in the United States, and its use is con stantly on the increase. Tbe fumes of nitro-glycerine produce intense headache, which can be cured by taking a very small dose of it internally. Detroit Free Press. Quick Ship Building. The record for fast ship building has been broken by the firm of Yarrow & Co., of London. The French Govern ment wanted a light -draft gunboat for immediate use in African waters. Yar row & Co. undertook the contract, and designed, built, launched and fitted out the Opale, a craft described as a model of simplicity and completeness, in twenty-three days. A hundred feet long, and eighteen feet beam, she carries a lower deck forward, a wood consuming locomotive boiler, her engines aft driv ing two powerful pad die wheels fixed astern. Quarters for the crew aai half a dozen holds for stores aad ammunition complete this part of tbe vessel, which is strongly braced amidships and along the whole length with -iron stays. On. the upper deck are the captain's and o5c2r' quarters, and on both decks are stands for seven quick-firing guas of the matrail- leuse class. At her official trial the vecsel made over ten miles an hour without any perceptible vibration. She is flat bot tomed, draws onlv eighteen inches of water, and is capable of carrying 400 troops. New Orleans Picayune. How to Destroy a Snake. The way to kill a snake is not to at tempt to crush its head, the bones ol which are very hard, but to strike th tail where the spinal cord ia but thinly covered by bone, and suffers readily from injury. It is the same with an eel. Hii the tail two or three times against any hard substance and it quickly die. Baltimore Herald. IXJVE AND THOUGHT: What hath Lore with Thought to do? Still at variance are the two. Love is sudden. Love is rash, , Lore is like the levin flash. Comes, as swift, as swiftly goes,' And his mark as surely knows. Thought is lumpish, Thought is slow. Weighing long 'tween yes and no; When dear Love is dead and gone, Thought comes creeping in anon, And, in his deserted nest, Sits to bold the crowner's quest. A Since we love, what need to think? Happiness stands on a brink Whence too easy 'Us to fall Whither's no return at all; : Have a care, half-hearted lover. Thought would only puth her orerf James Rnssell Lowell, in Cosmopolitan. PITH AND POINT. The more people become wrapped up in themselves the colder they grow. Texas Sittings. Did you ever notice whenyou get into an elevator that all the seats are taken up. Statesman. If the eyes and the nose are fairly counted the eyes will always have a two thirds majority Dillai News. A youngster who gets the slipper pretty often says his mother belongs to a "smart set." Binghamton Republican. The man who goes about trying to sell his own autobiography takes his life ia his own hands, so to speak. Statesman. It will help you to be charitable toward others to remember that other folks havo just as much mule in them as you haTe. Ram's Horn. The boy on the farm approaches his turning period when the haying grind stone is brought out for use. Bingham ton Republican. Professor "Odc swallow can't make a summer." Frenchman "But one watchmaker can supply a spring." Jeweler's Weekly. It U said that nature abhors a vacuum, a fact which probably accounts for the rush of blood to some people's heads. Harvard Lampoon. Marriage will continue to be a failure till our young women learn to support a man in the style he has always been ac customed to. Elmira Gazette. Fair Passenger "I wonder why the ocean is so restlessl' Gallant Mate "How could yo expect it to lie easy with so many rocks in its bed?" Harper's Bazar. You can safely trust the promoter, my son; but it ii always proper to re member that his business is to promote his own fortune, not yours. Boston Transcript. "Silence gives assent, you know," he urged gently. "Does itt" she replied, waking from a reverie. "Then I'd ad vise you to propose to a deaf mute." Washington Star. . Wonderful Presence of Mind: Actor (pointing to the right) "Here comes the king with his retinue I (Suddenly sees the king on the left side) Ha I here comes another one 1" Fliegende Blaetter. Mistress (writing a letter for her maid) "Anything more?" Maid "Juit say please, miss, that my pen is bad, I hasn't got a dictionary 'andy, so please excuse bad spellin' aud writin'. "Judy. "Money talks, my boy, money talks," remarked Mr. Gotiox. "Strange, though, with the amount of talking it does," commented young Arduppe, "it so seldom gives itself away." Indian apolis Journal. The Young Man 4tGracIe, what is it your father sees in me to object to, darl ing!" The Young Woman (wiping away a tear) "He doesn't see anything in you, Algernon. That's why ho ob jects." Chicago Tribune. "So you have tramped all the way from New York!" "Yes, sir." 'Couldn't you get employment there t" "No, I came pretty neAr haring a place in a Bowery restaurant." "Why pre vented youl" "I couldn't learn the language." Washington Star. Assistant "I'm sorry to say, sir, that another genuine poem got in by mis take this month." Magazine Editor -"Heavens I Your mad to say itl Any news from our readers?" Assistant "One sudden death and six prostrated by the shock." Atlanta Constitution; The Unintentional; The Minister's Wife(to industrial scholar) "Eliza Jane, I am sorry to hear from your schoolmis tress you are not diligent at four needle work. You know who it is! finds work for idle hands to do?" tiizi Jane (in tensely anxious to propitiate) "Yes'm; please 'm, you do!" Tid Hits. "I have come to the conclusion that you are a paradox, Miw Lovely," said the youth, addressing the fair maiden. "A paradox ! How do you make that out!" "You are the gentlest and most amiable young lady ia the world. "Well?" "And yet yoi are always look ing killing." New Yorlt Press. Mrs. Van Stoyvesaat "I understand that Mrs. Van Amsterdm was not at all pleased with Padder-Lfy's piano play ing?" Mrs. Van Cortlandt "Why not?" Mrs. Van Stuyreaaot "Why, you see, the stupid fellow didn't te'.l a soul that she gave him $2000 to play at her last reception." Chicago News Re cord. Frederick "What'i the mattab, Chol ly? You look bothered." Cbolly "I ame me boy, twoubled." "Orah what?" "Why, don't you kcow, I have just been chatting to Ilia DeTrop for an houah or so, feeling blue, don't ye know. Just awfter a little ..ence, ye knoW, I said: 'Don't you kno me thoughts are very painful, Miss DeTrop?' She looked up and said, 'I have always found them so. And now, by Jure, what did she mean by that, now T Chicago News Record. Heroic Treatment. When we were in one of the canal locks, one I remernl?reived by a boy and an idiot, I was told that these places are sometimes callel "Doctor Lock," and for this reason: Boat hones not unscldom dislocate their shoulders; and no wonder, such light shoulders as one sees towing such heavy loads I In such cases acme boatmen take the, poor beast' to the side of the lock and unceremoni ously tumbles him in. The water being deep, be, of course, swims lor nis life, and the motion often restores the shoul der to place. "But if it does not r I asked. "Chuck him in aain,' was the an swer, The Chautauquan. 1 v) 1 N '
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