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- T V : ' - : i - r Tie Salisbury Tnll rCULWHED EVERT THUBBDAT BT I. J. STEWART, Editor and Proprietor. SALISBURY, N. C. V THICK OF SUBSCRIPTION I ne Year...... $1 50 ixjlontha ... J... 1 00 Thrca !onthi 50 17" Advertising Rates reasonable. by Contract. Entered in the Post-Office at Salisbury s secoad-class matter. y Ecrtha Downing, of New Jirsej'. teaches woodcarving t-? a cla-sof sixteec .'JC?V.c rmn'ei girls and boye, anl pa 1 ell the expenses of her cla:s from tnt picceeds.I She Las picked uo carpet try -.vitli no teaching whatever, and -hi? re- , Tca!cf remarkable tasie and skiil jn her cur vi a The annual re or trie New fltmp '"xtiirc coaiains h;re State Dvtr 1 uf A. tnti-" following: sfctisticij 71.276, horse s'i'o the State, 19. iituxeu, 112.706 cws. 4$.?7 other outle, and 1 19,993 shoe : ., g-titt of 3258 hordes, 1U ?1 -"cows', and s (i-reasj of 3J 43 oxen, c 101; other cattle 10,365 sheep. '.Stock raising anri v,vnbandiy 'have been largely sup r fiait crowing aaJ the raising -oiucta. ' The year wai one j usuit prosperity for tiie or:.. - S'iJ-t H'Jscou GiObe: . There are no? , in tne "Unded. B ites over two hun ln J ;'crs? worth $20,600,000 each. Th:: 'e 403 persons. who. possc33 10, )''), -,W each, 1000 persons who are rated at ,:.O00,000 rjeacli, 2003 persons having ,500,000 each, C )00 millionaires and 1,000 persons wor-'i over'half a million. tl j , olo situation, late tatistics est ';h the fact that a 1,000 pWoor. i possess $36,250,- The. asses, ed valuation of the ' try on t'. : National ledger 'ur; credit U $52,0 1 0,000, "'00 people ouiVof 65, Swtt much ,mor3 ' than Vtloa. ' 'vv ' 'i-- '-, !:. fastitution remarks jmor.fj, no credit, no our c-,n v era inashe3f vfC - "idand-i our forn out. To-day we Z2 aad plcaty, 43,000 ,and our averazArer- -. 'Srpltawcatth r2 in ' 1893 was 100' aa that of New Eng- atral jWest. We are draw we are making '-.capital.- 3 bavo" liSO.lTLa per- ! '2ir;ise - of .: our f....;-;i ' Sve times the combined ports, of , the , country. r - - ' . . . - e showed bv reliable ave fewer 5 failures, ties, in the South We showed, too, .production our ienomenal j' and that diversified raa-uufa,c-:uring; the last five 00 new .industries. Since 18SS t - - i- 1 increased V -cording , tb . ; re- V shows iLa re .3 Christiai Ea- its foundation: MtnUer. a the opinion of t .a tfbs ic ot a slightly ' ?peless iers do not kn how to abctter thar .ere. In a ienny rnen who tract of trees aa time. . litioos I a very 1 Con- t uater ty, says: forests do .L:y at all Tul distri-in-portant of i.nprovf ,t seemtto be . .act-oX-nine-tenth x.ito j-osseisici of t ronu-J to cut down ' as i .it i c:sible in the bot. This .disregard of fuiur brought about by tr-cut: serious matter , which may gressioonl interferenpe on t! issippi" banks. Aa Pro! home, of Washington Uni It is cctUin that even if t not increasft the jTainfaU, events insurei its slow and bution. Thb is a highly r fsct which statesmen fi;::r.. ing the cavigaVility cf tl River cannot afford to i;:: portancj of the subject I consideration of ur2x: If moe strinent for: all serve to maintain t liiilSSippi The 3 the grave 1 legislators. s would at ame of the i would be failed to enact Mississippi, thea C "faithless toitt duty them. A; ju" t reservation of -aight perhaps pre-.-re of additional mill- northern wc vent the er- tons 4 -aing the channel of the xae comDlicatiof of cares tht river. the rtat river bring Jon its bene ficiariea isonly eqauled by iU harvest of blessing, liVe Chat otker "Father of Waters "father Nile. . '. I I focteUefl. 253 ; 19 ' -o : soug ,oSo --.0 ija ?v leol The post canteens in the army i.re hereafter to be known as post exchanges. which is considered by the New Orleans Picayune a more euphonious way of say ing the gome thin?. ) The Italian newspapers are agitating for an Italian universal exhibition to be held in 1900, -with the object of demon strating the growth of Italy in industry and general prosperity since the achieve, ment of Italian unity. The American ambulance systm that is, the establishment of permanent hospitals in the rear, while the acibu lances closely follow a body of troops is now in use in all the European armies. A dozen systems formerly prevailed, say the Boston Transcript ,but the good sne and sound practicability of the Ameri can plan caused it to supersede all tae otners. The arneaities of branch political life were recently illustrated in the Chamber of Deputies on a proposition that tae funeral of the late Deputy .Madier dc Montjau should be at tbe puohc exueh-e, when Deputy Casiagnac expressed de sire to have ail his Republican colleagues disposed of in the same way, an 1 Deputy Doumer declared that tney were anxious to vote a public funeral for Deputy Cassanac. ' Physicians m Germany, France and England have bee j making studies of tae habit of breathing through Tne in nita, and have come to several conciusfoas a? to its hanuf ulness. Oae 13 taat it im pairs the ability to lixattentioa witn uay permanency. The subject wai discus -se I in thi country years ao, recails tae Boston Transcript, and everybody v-n advised to take a lesson froai the Indians in nasal breathing. The last in Eagiancl of tne monastic tithe-barns, the edilicos ia which tec mediaeval abbots were accusto'mel to gather the tribute- of those who owed them rsnt and servica, is in process of demolition. It is the survivor of tue two that were built at Petersboroiia, and dates back to 1307. It is a long and narrow structure with low walls and a massive oak frame supporting a singu larly beautiful roofy of gray stone slates. There is not a nail in. the building, stout wooden r es being use4 throughout. The historic ediSce was bought by a builder for 5500, ar i a vain endeavor was made by local t uariaos to bave it pre- served. Eut : 3 Peterborough Cathedral ( - , :- - v - 1. ad just ex- !:I 43,000 !Ior a new ,nd very -mo. ". marble floor,, J;h ere was xaoneyTetc L: sentiment of , that sort, ,nu comuleL. (,aiui9vuc muiu J - .t-J J ' JJC con- quest of anti ; .".ty Should, t!. 3 United State beconlc in volved In vwar to-morrow, he harbor of New York would immedi.itcly be planted fcb a system of aubac I recise locations' fof r us mines, the all of which are plotted on charts in the possession of the War Department.- T wo telescopes trained from different observing stations, therjatter connected by telegraph, would follow any hostile vessel that veutured to enter the port, nd the minute she ar rived over one pf the mines she would be blown sky-high. This simple opera tion would be performed by a gentleman quietly seated atoi table with a map be fore him and hil finger on an electric button. However a very recent inven tion so arranges matters that the ship, when coming wthin reach of such a mine, gives noticl"4 of the fact despite herself to those, on' shore and is imuie- diately destroyed By a touch of the but- ton. All important harbors in Europe &nd ii this - c6ifftry will be provided with such means of defence in case oi danger: f - It has notbeen many years, muses the New Orleans Picayune, since the export rain trade was done chiefly, if not ex clusively, through the port of New Ydrk. The Erie Uanal created a water way from Lake Erie to New York, and so grain shipped in vessels from Western lake ports was transferred at Buffalo to can si boats, and so brought to market to the advantage of New York. But the day came when Canada built a ship canal around Niagara Falls, and so ves sels were able to carry cargoes of grain direct from the lakes through the . St. Lawrence River to Europe without touch ing at New York at all. Then there came another day when grain was floated in great barges down1- the Mississippi River for shipment to Europe, and this was done so much more cheaply than can be done by any New York route as that the American metropolis is becoming, sensible of the disadvantages its trade is suffering and is casting about for a rem edy that will restore its ancient prestige. But the remedy bids fair to be a most costly one. It is nothing less than the proposed construction of locks around Niagara Falls on the American side, and a ship canal from Lake Ontario to the Hudson River. Tbe matter has been I Tit im--f',OU3' before Congress, and engineers have made surveys and estimates of the work required, and they place the cost at $100,000,000, which Congress will be asked to appropriate. The estimates call for a waterway for ships, of a depth of not less than twenty feet. That such a waterway will be constructed some day cannot be doubted, because it will become necessary. In case of a war with Canada all the through water route, would be in the hands of the enemy .and out ot our reach either for the purposes of defense or of commerce. But its consummation is not likely to taxe place soon. T THE SONG of THE TCXAS CORK. I was dry and dusty, I was weak and weary; Kow I'm glad and lusty, And the earth looks caeery. Oh, the soaking-. 51 irth-provoking, Laughur -making rain Boft and silky, . Mild and milky. Grows my golden grain. Listen to the laughter That my leaves are making. When the wind comes alter Kisse, softly shaking. Oh, health-gtviog, Brvathinz, living, Heaven-p urine rain; Come, caress me, Ki8 rue, bless me. Once and once again ! Let your hearts be singing; .Peal your paeins, peopte; Set tbe joj-belia ringing In each lofty steeple. Praises reader To the sender Of tte joyous rain; Or tbe living, The life giv(ng. Of the precious rairu John P. Sjolander, in Galveston News. IN THE DESERT. HE Arizona desert stretches from i uc Eon to Yuma, and to the southard God only knows how lar. n is a pray waste of sand, and its few ragged mes- quite busnes aud lirostefque cacti is to vegetation only what a picture is to a real landscape 1 bey say that even Snakes and lizards canuot live there. Maybe because of the awful desolation and hideous dangers ol this country the story is believed that somewhere beyond the desert there is gold more than would make a wjhole Nation rich. Is it a relic of the superstitition of tho time when headless men and tire-breathing dragons were thought to guard treasures that men always believe gold is most plentiful where thirst and death tureaten? A few days aj;o two men came back to Tucson out of the desert. They found no gold and they are gaunt and fever wasted, but they came back alive and they are thankful for that. J. A. Van Horn and Martin Waer. both of Tucson City, are the men. They knew what they were undertaking, for they have been on the desert beiore, but, with all their precautions and experience, their bones would have made another patch of white on the sand but for the iron strength and endurauce of the younger man, Waer. About the middle of May Van Horn and Waer decided to take a trip down to Sonora for the purpose of .obtaining a bond on a mine. They had heard of some ricn mines in tbe mountains near the line on the American side, and they decided that, after ettmga bond on the mine in Sonora, they would continue their journey to these mountains, to see for.tbemelves : whether or notthe reports circulated were true. Ttey left this city on May 22 j, at two o'clock on Sunday morning, in a licjht wagon drawn by two good horses. They had two kegs of water with them ten gallons for the horses and five for themselves. They carried an abundance of provisions, including a good supply of canned goods. They went from Tuc son to a miniug camp known as Quijo toa, and from there they proceeded to Sonoita, a small village on the Sonoita River, in Sonora, near the line. They experienced no difricultv in reaching this point, and after remaining over night'they made their way to a place called Quita Vocquita, which is situated on the line between Arizona and Sonora. Then they went into the wilderness to look for the gold. They had to cross El Tula, the approach to the Garden of Hell. Tuey were aware that they had not water enough to make the trip, but they had been on the desert before ' and knew a water hole at the base of El luia aiouutams. mey woutu De a lew hours out of water, but that is nothing when gold lies beyond. So they drove over El Tula, past the hundreds of rocky mounds each show ing where a gold seeker had lain down to die of thirst and madness and on to 'where the unbuned skeletons dot the road. When men get as far as this they have no time to bury others. But Van Horn and Waer had seen mounds and skeletons before, and it gave them no anxiety that their water kegs went dry even earlier than they expected, and all day they traveled without water, and very thirsty they were before they reached the rising ground that hid the water hole. At last they were there. They broke through the thick clump of mesquite that marked the only water for miles. They stood on the edge and looked. Van Horn and Waer side by side and behind them the quivering horses, with their hot, inflamed nostrils. At the bottom of the natural tank was a patch of caked cracked yellow earth. The water hold was dry. The men knew of another water hole seven or eight miles further on around the mountain. It was sunset, but there was nothing to do but make the other tank. So they urged the wretched horses on. For two miles the wagon ground its way through the sand. Slowly they went, and more slowly,and at last the horses stopped and would pull on more. They unharnessed the horses and Waer went on leading them while Van Horn waited in the.wazon until his companion should come back: with the horses rel re bed and water for hiaa. So Waer left him, and with his canteen and the horses passed out of his sight. Van Horn crawied under the wagon to wait in the shade for his return. Night came and Waer did not come; another day and another night, and still be did not return. At the end of two days he decided that his companion had perished and tried to save himself. . Both came out alive and both are here. This is the story of his wanderings Waer told your correspondent: "I looked back as I passed around the point and saw Van Horn crawl under the wagon. That was the last I saw of him until but let me tell you about it as it happened. When I got near the tank I tied the horses to a bush. They werewild for water and I was afraid they would break from me and founder themselves and " TV -41 foul tbe water into mud. I might have spared myself the trouble. The water hole was dry. These water holes are not living springs, you know, but merelv basins that catch the water that drain from a hill and hold it. There was not much rain last winter, and the evapora tion had sucked from the ground the List drop of moisture. " This was serious. I knew those horses could not go another day without water, and without the hoises I would not allow myself to think beyond that. 'I got the horses and struck off across tbe desert again. There was a line of mountains twenty-five miles away, and I expected to find water in some of the cannons. The horses began to groan after a bit. Trrgver heard as pitiful a sound before, and I hope it is the last time I ever hear it. Then one of the horses held back. 1 tried to lead him, but he dropped to his knees and then lay over on his side. I was terrified, but 1 worked and got him up. "A hundred yards further on the other horse lay down. So it went. Then night came, but I did not dare to stop. There was no question of grit at all, only I knew that it was either pu3h on or lie down and die. I reached the mountains before daybreak, but could ! find no water. When the sun came up I . . . . .. r i i coma not travel, lor tne heat made me so dizzy that I could not walk. I iay uncer a busa all day. Vtrod, how I wanted water; just a spoonful, a drop. Several times durinsr the dav I trie! to travel, but r cnnld nnt. for the desertnd the sky whirled before me, and donldgo. Aoout sundown blood began to ooze from the nostrils of one ol tuc horses, and he soon 'died. Then the other one went the same way. ana I was aione in the desert. "Fortunately, the lay of the land was familiar to me. I knew the Gila River was not more than forty miles from me, and as I had traveled nearly that far from Van Horn, I determined to make the river. II 1 went back to him without water I knew it would be all up with both of both. He might live untii I got help, do away 1 went: my head was ight, and things swam oefore me. but I made good progress. I removed every stitch of my clothing, with the exception of my shoes, and started out. I did not stop one moment, but kept right on. I aid not think of getting tired. I was crazy for water. It was two o'clock in the morning when f reached the river. drank and thanked God. It was the sweetest water that ever touched my lips. 'Alter drinking all 1 dared, thauga I felt as if I could drink the river drv. I put on my clothes, rilled my canteen, and started for a ranch house a little way up tne river, it Delonged to a Mexican. I asked him for the use of horse3 and a wagon to go for Van Horn. He told me that his horses were not fit for the trip, that they would die before they uaa gone halt way, but that there was a anch about eight miles further on, and the man there might assist me. "1 ran as fast as t couli, for I knew that every moment counted. The fellow would not do anything, but pointed out another ranch hr.use about three miles up the road, and told me that he thought tne Mexicans living there would help me. saw that this man, after hsanng about Van Horn was sure he was deatl, but did -I not like to tell me so. uWiie,n they heard ray story at this ast place, however, they at once hitcied wo mules to a wagon and also saddled wo horse?, i wo of us rode the ani mals while one drove the mules attached to the wa-jron. It was the fifth dav after J left Van Horn. We started in the rning and reached the wagon at 1 o'clock. On, the bixurv of that ride! It was hot and dusty, and my horse's cait was not the easiest in the world, but the awful thirst was not there and I was not alone. As we rode over a patch I had traversed afoot the day before it seemed impossible that I had been so long and suiferei so much. "Van Horn was not there. On the wagon seat were two notes written by Van Horn. One was addressed to me, stating that ha had come to the con clusion that I had perishe i and that he had decided to try to reach the last place where he had got water. The other one directed what should be done with the wagon. Oae of the Mexicans stayed with the wagon. With the other I took up Van Horn's trail. For twelve miles we followed it without finding any trace but his foot prints in tbe sand. It was awful. Unless Van Horn had reached water he had been without anything to drink for five days. I dreaded to look ahead, lest I should see him dead there. At last we found his blanket. Fifteen miles further on night overtook us. We did not dare go on for fear of losing the trail. The moon rose in a couple of hours and we pushed od. We did not speak much tas we went along. My mind was full of my unfor tunate partner.and the Mexican respected my siience. "We were plodding along at 2 o'clock in the morning when I heard a noise. It sounded like the report of a rifle away off. I fired two shots from my revolver and an answering shot came back, and I heard a bullet whistle over oar heads. We found Van Horn lying in an arroyo under a mesquite bush. When I reached him he whispered: Oh, God, I did not expect to see you alive; I thought you were dead.' He asked for water. I gave him a little at a time. I built a fire and made him some coffee. He drank no less than six cupfuls and a gallon and a half of water. He then began to feel better. "He could not have lasted over six hours longer. His feet and hands were full of cactus thorns, and were cold, while his head was burning hot. 44 We made him as comfortable as cir cumstances would permit, and then took him back to the Gila River, and later to Tucson. Van Horn was not the first who sought the shelter of the mesquite brush that shaded the arroyo. Near where he was found was a bionen down wagon with the skeletons of four horses. In the shade of the brush were four human skeletons. Van Horn's story was their story only no rescuer came to them in time. It was days before Van Horn could tell the story of those days be waited for Waer. To-day for the first time he narrated his experiences. He was eight days without water. "I waited anxiously for Waer's return the first day," said Van Horn. "At last night came and I was thoroughly alarmed. When daylight broke and he had not returned 1 made up my mind that he had perished, but I decided to wait a little whLe longer for him. I had no water, but fortunately there was plenty of canned fruit in the wagon and I used that. At the end of two days I came to the conclusion that V aer was dead, and decided to return to the last watering p'ace we had left. I wrote two notes and left them on the seat of the wagon and then started out. I carried too many things along, and could not travel fast. "The first day I made twelve miles. I traveled at night, for the sun made me dizzy. The next night I was beginning to get weak, and when I started I le!t my blanket under a bush in order to lighten my burden. ' ."That night was a terrible one. JIv supply of canned fruit gave out, and toward morning I crawled no less than four miles on my hands and knee3, drag ging my things along witj me. I was searching for a 'nigger head,' the leaf of tae cactus plant. About daybreak I found one. I shot several holes through it, and with the barrel of my rifle broke the leaf off. I cut pieces off with my knife and chewed them. I got my hands foil of thorns, but I did not mind that. Toere was moisture in the fleshy leaf, and it seemed to allay my thirst. 'During the day I remained near the nigser head. Toward evening I dragged myself upright with the help of the mesquite busn, and looked all around, hoping to see something living. My gaze was arrested by a line of low hills on the soutuero horizon. "I was startled by their resemblance to a man's face. It seemed to be turned directly toward the 6un. I was weaic and dizzy, and I almost fainted when I saw the features caange before ray eres. The corner of the mouth seemed to turn up and the eyes wrinkled. ' I kcevr I vras going mad. Madness co.: 3 1 :fcri death on tae desert, you know. I ttarcJ at the hills. The great i-i vai dis torted with a hideous grin. I t'aou . L.t a malignant giant wis laughi r t r j suf-' ferings. I knew I was crazy, 1 I held on to the mesquite bush ic. I 5 juld run out on the de.-ert shriek::: j in a tlash my brains out against a roc1:. TI.3 hor ror of it all drove the dizz::. : s frcra ny brain. Then in an instant I 5 1 ? that tae grin was simply a ravine i.i tl.3 hills which the sun made- pro.:;'.; ;.:t, and the wrinkles about the eyes we3 caused by the same combination of 11; Lt. t "It was a relief to know I vras s .r,c. "Along about two o'clcclc ia th3 t . .ra in g I heard a peculiar noli 3. I rc myself and listened. It sounded II.; 3' .1 mule braying. I tired my ri23, but heard nothing more. I fired aaia. Thca 1 heard a shot. Again I fired, a".1 "t time there was another tlict 0 r hallooed. I was not so far I could not recognize his voice. myself on my elbows &z .1 triel I., . . ', but I was too weak. I remember t ur - something, but what I doa't knorr. I:; a little bit Waer was by ny zllz. If is had not been for ray gua I wou' ' its alive. God bless that little nua ' Van Horn is quite weak yet, will be about in a week or so. Waer, who .remained behind "to attend .to' shipping the wagon home, reached Tucson yes terday. He locks little the -worse lor the trip. San Francisco Examiner. How Edison Showed His Pa0:icravh. Senator Blackburn, of Kentucky, was telling a curious experience the other night which hs and the late Senator Beck had about ten years Li the Capitol at Washington. rToey were talking together outside of cjo cf the committee rooms of the Sen at 3 when a stout-looking man, with a round boyish head covered with iron gray hair, came up to theai and, begging teir pardon. told them that he had a curious little in strument under his arm which he" would like to show them. Upoa this he pro duced a bundle and, the Senators con senting, the three men .went into the committee room. When the wranner was taken off the machine, looked like a miniature corn sheller, and the man a3ked Senator Beck to talk into it and to say anythin? he pleased. Beck thereupon, in stontonaa tone3, recited 4 one of Robert Burn35 short dialect poems. Tbe boyish-looking , man turned the handle and Beck's voice was ground out in the same tone3 that he had used. The Senators were astonished. Neither had ever heard or thought of the possibility of the pnonograpa and Senator Beck accused the man of being a ventriloquist. He wanted to try it again and insisted that the man should go off into a distant corner of the room as he did so. "I will do better than that,' replied Mr. Edison, for he was the 4 man. "J will go outside of the door and you can talk into the machine and work it to suit yourself." 'i'M': "r-'f, This he did, and the two Kentuck Senators found the machine to work . equally well during his absence. Thi was, I am told, the first time that the phonograph was ever shown in Washing ton. Now you find, nickel in the slot' machines in every block which retail through this Instrument ' the popular music of the day, and many statesmen dictate their letters into phonographs and have them transcribed by type writers. The most of the shorthand notes of Congress are dictated to phono graphs before being transcribed, and the Congressional Record of to-day is largely gotten up by phonograph.- New York Herald. - v? ' V . t'' ; Seven Y.-ars Without V Birthday. A Scottish clergyman who died nearly thirty years ago. Air. Leishman, of Kin ross, used to tell that he had once lived seven years without a birthday. The statement puzzled : most who heard it. They could see that if ha had been bora on the 29 th of February he would have no birthday except ia a leap year. But leap year comes one ia ftur years, and this accounts for a gap of taree years only; their first thought would, there fore, naturally be that the old man, who,, in fact, was fond of a harmless jest, was somehow jesting about the seven. There was, however, no joke or trick in his assertion. At the present time there can be very few, if there are any, who have this tale to tell of themselves, for one who can tell it must have been born on the 29th day of Febrtpry at leaf t ninety-six years ago. But a aimilar line of miiog dates is now soon to return; and indeed there are, no doubt, some readers who will have only one birthday to celebrate for nearly twelve years to come. The solution of -the puzzle is to be found in the fact, which does not appear to be widely known, that the year 1800 was not a leap year, and 1900 will not be. The February of the present year had twenty-nine days, but in ail the seven years intervening between 1896 and 1904, as well as in the three between 1892 and 1896, that month will have only tweuty-eight. -Tid-Bita. A Sword fish Sills a Whale. "Visitors to Monterey were entertained recently by the sight of a duel between an immense whale and a sword fish, which ended fatally for the much larger but more defenceless monster of the deep. The whale was first seen by a party of bathers one pleasant afternoon last week, and appeared to be enjoying himself by lazily swimming about the bay aud occasionally sending a shower of spray aloft like that thrown up by a powerful fountain. The presence of the whale or some other cause seemed to frijhtea the small fish that abound in these waters, and great schools pressed closely inshore, the water in places near the beach being fairly alive with them, while tbe surface was - kept agitated by their leaping into the air as though seek ing to escape from some invisible enemy. The whale followed tbe schools of fish inshore, when suddenly there was a tre mendous splashing of the water, the reat mammal was observe! to move hurriedly hitner and thither, while tbe contortions of his body aud his strange ictions convinced the observers that he was engaged in mortal combat witasome otuer monster of the deep. - It was a singular duel and it lasted lor some tune. Nothing but te whale was visible, his enemy never coming to the surface or within range ot those who were watca ine tae scene. F.ually tue thrashing ceased, the wa ter Of came calm, and taj wuale was s?ca lying motionless upon the sur.ace o. tne oay, as if dead. This continued tor some time, but after a o it an hour ue seemed to revive, 'and alter splashing tnt wacr lor some time wtth nisuil.hu leaded for the outer bar, where be was substquently seen by tae aid of a glas to nave resumed his motionless condition m-- ri . - . - iue loiiowia? mornin several per sons searched the beach to see if thej could find any trace of the previous dav'a combat, and they were re warded by dis covering the dead body of the waale high and dry on the rocks only a saort distance, from Monterey. The bod j was considerably above low-water ratri and tue fins were extended, giviug t.ic impression I that the whale uad come asaore himself and afterwards died, it appears, according to the testimouy ol taose versed, in such matters, taat a whale dying" in the water has his tins close to his" aides, and the position ic which they were found lends color tc the belief that the monster was still alive whtn it came ashore. An examination of -the -body repealed the existence of several wounds on the under side, which were of a character such as could enly have been inflicted by a swordfiah and are conclusive proof that it was a duel between these two den izens of the deep that had been witnessed the previous alternoon. The carcass measured seventy-five feet ia length, and the blubber was removed and tried out. . For several days the stranded whale was the center lor the entire country about, and many hun dreds of residents and tourists visited it, San Francisco Chronicle. i . , . . . - To Improve the Sklu. There are certain things which should be attended to in the preset vation of a good complexion; they may seem sim ple in themselves, and for that reason fullvbo?ne inmind,and attended to, it .w.,i - u . complexion would improve and how few really unsightly skins there are in this world I We may risk enumerating them, though we may be laughed at by those who think they know all about it, but have never really and seriously given them a trial. The means proposed are cleanliness, attention to the general health, avoidance of great alteration's of temperature, exercise, light, air, food, clothing, irritants of tne skin, and avoidance of any undue strain on the i - skin. Let us begin with cleanliness. Choo3' a good soap and water as soft as you can get it, and bathe once a day. using cold or warm water, as you find it agrees with you best. The question of soaps and baths is too long to enter into here, but perhaps it would form an interesting paper some day. We will content our selves by illustrating the management of a delicate part like the face. First make a free lather on clean hands, not on any flannel, glove, or towel; rub it well into the face, and wash it off with tepid water, of which there should be a large quantity in the basin, for if there is much free alkali ia the soap used, this will thus be thoroughly diluted, and so will not injure the face. Finally wash the face in clean, cold water. ThU braces up the muscles of the skin and acta as a tonic. If a person's face can not stand the cold water to begin with, it may be gradually made colder. In case of a very delicate skin, if the soap be not at fault, the best way is to use a tea spoonful of aal volatile or a few drops of spirits of ammonia in a quart of dis tilled water. Cassell's Family Magazine. The Mysterions Doable Cocoa nnt. After years of vain negotiations the Royal Botanical Society of London has at but obtained a specimen of taat rarest of Oriental rarities, the coco de mer, or double cocoanut. For hundreds of years, and even in tbe yea. 1892, the origin of the coco de mer is a mystery that is yet to be ex plained, it is unknown to cocoanut growers and gatherers, and, according to credible testimony, has never been seen except when washed upon the shores of tome tropical country by a mighty storm. Lilly, the famous astrologer, owned a small one, anI Camac, of Paris, another. To these uncanny nuts the ignorant masses of the seventeenth century at tributed many of the supernatural feats said to have been performed by their ownets. They were and are supposed to have wonderful powers in the way of curing diseases. At oae time it was reported that there was a species of co coanut tree growing on tae Island of Sepc telies which grew nothing but these wonderful nuts. Williams, R. N., ex ploded the story, and the coco de met is still a mystery. New York Journal. First Wheat In Amenei. ; The first wheat raised in the Nc w World was sown on the Island of Isabella ia January, 1131, and on March 30tb the ears were gathered. The foundation of the great wheat industry ia Mexico is said to have been three grains carried into that country by one of tae slaves of the Cortez company. The fint crop of wheat raise! in South America was grown by a monk in the garden of a convent at Quito Garcilazo affirms thai up to 1653 wheaten bread had never been used as an article of diet by the oeoole of Peru. St. Lau'u Republic. .THE LAND OF DREAMS. . The twUight deepens, the shadows creep, j The moonlight quivers in silver beams, An i silent we step in the boat of sleep. ' -And drift to the shadowy land of dreams. Ob, mystic land wherelhe dad return, An i warm Tips ciin in the deathless klss And the yeirs are not, and tbe weary learn That anul&a dies in the arms ot bliss. . Afar in that holy, unknown lanl, Ambition gathers the flowers of fame; And fortune reaches her golJea wand, Aal pure and white ia the soul of shame'. The shsckles fall fro n the prisoner there, The peisant siU on throne a kin;; The blind eves opn to all tbat's fair, AaJ deaf ear hear, and the dumb lipl tin?. Dreams! Who can tell what messengers stray Arounl u all in the hush of niht; VViit-n the term liej still as the soulless clay, Anl ur follow oursolvis throa;n love and h-ht. And who saalt svr bat ths ian l of dreams I thelanl o! the livinr, aft.r all; An t dai.y life, wita its sears aa 1 teann. Is only a drem when ta s.ia Ij.vs (all. -ulartaa liouur. ia Boston Globe. PITH AM) POINT. . A'younj; man advi-rtisi-s his desire for a wi.:-e, Pretty and cu'.irdy ignorant of the iact." Tid Hits. - ''liiOs has wonderful ability for keepiug out of- troub.e." Good naturea?" "No; sprtfiter. '; Washing ton S.ar. f Here's an enduring sympathy between it small boy and the u'ro.v.u,' wce.is. . IT lie uas no desire to hurt taeai intho k is:.' Columbus Post. Profesfoi - "lo what does '-the poet Kio ,.xtoc.f owe his la.nef Si idents- ) " iU ti.e (act that m.iKidv cur reads. him." Fliegtnde Bmctter. lh' Ra 1'iei-t, wear.es sorr.est tim3 Tria, ever springs u-u :u lii mi-i - And puis alt le uai. o. ciiu, Co.Uc-s wucu a Uuliilay s do . . y VufciiiiiU Star. E Ina "There's Flora 'llardup wruring Jic-r iat summer a hut with ucv tr.fntning on it. -Myrtle "le, I rtc guUu t. Us tae chip oil the old blo3 Jcsttr. '-iC.LgV Husband "You say you've had that bonnet six months. Way, I've never seen, it before." Wife "1 know it. I only wear it to church." New York Herald. He "Hnve you heirdt"' She "WnatP He "Miss Spinster is going to be married." Sac "On, yes, I've heard that ever since I cau re ucmber." Pick-Me-Up. Old Grumpley "The younger genra tlon in this country is shameless, incx pressiblywicked." Young Roundly "Yes. The effects of heredity are terri ble' New Yortc Herald. "What! was all that row in your place this morning, Bagley? Was your houso on fire?" "Thatf Oh, no; that was only wife and I trying to get our Johnny out of bed." Boston Post. Penelope ' Why do you say Charles Nixen is like a spy glass T Perdita "Because I can draw him out, m:o right ihTh him.d when i am t, red of mm snut him up.' BrooKlrn Life. up. nyn Hie. Arcliitect- "Mrs, Trottcrhas given me instructions regarding the j r nripab rooms, nave you any inin to su ' Have gestt'V Trotter "Yes; be . sure to see thtt the stairs doa't creak." St. Louis Republic. Uncle Andre (to his nephew) "You should always bo raoJeat, mj child." Nephew "I have thought that matter over, uncle. There is jut one objection to modesty peoplo are apt to take you at your own valuation." Figeio. Summer was late this ycar,but it camo at last. A dealer in house fuel, not hay ing been able to clear out his stock, posted on his door the following notice: "Good fire-wood for the summer season, giving out very little heat." Intransi geant II lustre. Visitor "That is a very intelligent looking man; isn't his insanity doubtiulc" Asylum. Attendant "Oh, no; his cae is nopeless. His Lobby is a patent ther mometer that will agree with the Gov ernment weather forecasts." Kate Field's Washington . Smith lI was sorry to hear, Bron, that you have failed in butinem." Brown -"Yes, I struggled hard, but 1 lost everything, save my honor, and the property I was wise enough to settle on my wife when I found myself getting into trouble." Texas Sifting. Tommy Fauntleroy (with scorn) "An, ha. you ain't seen the circus 'n I have." Willie Jonesy "Tbata all right I ain't been to tbe circus, but I'm goifl' to hide in yer wocdshed w'en yer pa finds out about them windy panes yue brock." Chicago News-Record. "What'athe trouble between you aid Widgelyt j I You were friends while jjo lived in tne city. "Yes, but you see we bought adjoining property in. the suburbs." "What of that!" 'Why, he's a crank on fine poultry and I'm growing a garden.M Chicago Newa Ittcord. Shortly before his elevation to the bench, a certain iudge entered a Con tinental hojel, and asked who was stay ing there. Among others tbe "Duke of Blank' was mentioned. He slipped a sovereign into the hand of the Lead waiter, aod whispered: "Put me at the table next to the Duke of Blanr." In tbe evening he found that he was placed st the other end of the room from the Duke, and called the bead waiter to ex plain. "Well, ir," replied the official, "tbe fact is that the Duke gave me two sovereigns to put you as far from him aa possible. Tit-Bits. An Emperor's Luxurious Train. The Austrian railway com psaies have presented tne Emperor Francis Joseph with a train de luxe, which has juit been constructed for his exclusive ue. There are eight carriages, of which one carriea the lighting apparatus and miscellaneous necessaries, and another ia appropriated for luggage. There is a kitchen wagoo, entirely furnished, and a saloon (wiih' four searsfe compartments( for the Im perial suite. The Emperor has two large saloons, one of whieh is bed room, with a sleeping compartment for the first valet de chambre, aod the other, a spacious day carriage, which is divided into three sections a dining room, smoking room and a library. This car riage is most luxriously furnished aod beautifully decorated. , The whole trsia is Ufchted by electricity. New Yo JournaL .... I V L j ( ) ..l
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