The Middleburgh post. (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, January 31, 1895, Image 2

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DETTCn TIMES.
Country's lonkin' nil alive,
I:. id r llmos for Nin-ty-!l v !
Pont rnw wh.it t n rr i'.i'r ty-
Country's linppy m tic way !
F in's .'till slilLilt' rnu:i.l a' milt
Allien lt d til-!i tV-stiM ooam out
An' wl.en ttn'v n!ii't si. lulu" ritd.t,
'I. in.: oonvs tin-oil 'trio II ,'lit I
K i on fiiii' VII an' striv ! (
V.- It. r t!:. : . Ill Niiii'ly-!lv- !
C mi.trv's ! 'n'i;lv.' nil m'ri'n" :
le. '! ( i-a uri t rn 'atlt tli" snow,
Tlnrcgt n I . t i y that'll cr v.v !
1 f It - ' .'I 1. it i'o ' in ;il.l ! ;
l'x r !" in !;"; 'in' woo I !
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I . . e. forl'i Mr. Mayii-r.: ilj.l b:i,;
I: - J.'iillt i.lrt villll, J)ll..i .'.i. Jliimp
. . v ' the help t u ti l. phi. :n
. ' . : 'l.ti'h'Ltiill M CV. t :try, jinny
I., i.'. i.i elu-.e Hurry f. r t In posr,
ii . '.: '..y ( r el.ietly ln t;;i .. l,f wu.
i :i . . 1 ohl llllil ili lil !lii ml, but
ii in . :.l wlmt the ni l (.little-
i. i :i -; i "..ii'iiily," it fitvt.riU) v.nr.l
. ' :i.; i i- , i.i-, favorite bu-itn jur.l
1 1 ! l ... Ji .-'j,- i:i business Kitoweil liiiti--ilf
frtiit 'if nifgubtia. quick in
.t-rr; i'i. ; rTir r-nj j.'i. -h(,
pel I iii.-iit in Jib ruei-tioin nUil laouie
! ' : but when jit ll.tinp-
ii . i'ltiiv i .:i.i MiiiH nutl ntt.st.-rt dl4
fc-.-u:!. ;. ;.;..l llmry fcoeifilly the
r. tti-ri. v. 1 I..- r. ) i.ire.l to be in
t'UM!.. It to (litril-t l.im.
ILiny itiu.-:.. . .: .; m.,1 i.Ul . t ,
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n ii.tmii'.c .:' Li-; but ?Ir. Maynar.i
-!.o",l.i hi, v.. hi. (.'li. r i.te; b.
ir I to :it;..l .Li unU.rhur, lU-'.l, tn.
r;:-ii: o' tiie t v .i. li .rr.v Lvlj. v...,
in: i.'.i v.tt I tlie biiiuty iii.1
bri.-litit' if this vi.u:.;: limy, 6i..t
t.'iii.L I uiv. n; t.t h.r e..r-v.hi l!.ir 1.
wiii a.hirt --.:i,: her i i.ot. Of In r,
h!.ih, wu, ho t'.iio-.i!i.: v.'uLiihe cii'.ii
v.tted l..r v. oiliili br. ithi r, I'li .l, an 1
wlieii ho h iie.iitte 1 to In r helph -t!,
thri'i'i - .- i.i 4 it at r'n c.i: i; i.i i- 'joint ire,
u'-li w, rn Ibirry L ;n.'.- re!:;tioii. to
Ji-i Jihiiuiuit l.(.;:-4 i .4. hi when Mr.
Abiynur I one im ruin.-, in t-pitu of
lbi:iipfteii.l ttir, Hi.t obli. , ;,1 by liH ohl
i'lii in t i I.i on hi-, be.l. Ile'ruu 'lily
int. rriipteil his v, i;..'s i . : i s i 1 1 1 1 iuipiir
i'-t- n'-t'l Ml'.;-'i l :n!:s by biihli:' 1,. r
pl'4 -i :i. t. i il l , "i'.il.i' My I.. ;,'i, to
Lynn. 'l i !i him to hu h thfoiiJlt m, I
nor: tl e li it' ; uin-wir the 11:111. pi, r-t.-int
oin'.s mi I ! in,i inn up uft r laneh
Iho.-f tit I't'i'i.t in; por,.im't.. "
"My li ;tr, 4u'i'.' not lit "
" I'tti- he .1 lire tliei'i'," lie erieil 11:1
p.itientlv, p.iihlin- 1,, tin: tiii.lt .
Mrs. M'i;. .ii r.l took tin' Ley.-, wimt
low n.-liiir.- nii.l iiilu the '!';ii-e hitiii'tuiii,
w in iv ihe e;ii eti il to lilnl llmry, bn'.
win ii i-ho !i,;i:i4 only the hotiu'eitftitl
thistii.' tin- room.
'.Show Mr. Lynn, whi n he comes,
int.. the b:. uhiit-t r.joi.i."
"Yt s, nut'. ti. i,"
At tins :iio:iiei:t Tit il en( 'TCtl. "Iful
lt):t! 1 jv u ii not t'oiiie yet;"
"(ii'ii, 1 liinriiitij.', I're.-I. Xn; your
fitthel' tent me iiostn to hii.i with ihi:
hey.-. J!i ' 4,t u bu.l nttiiel; of t,'oar
tins inoiuiiiij u:;l tuu&t Ktny in bo J ui!
Jay.
"I'hiiui. (.oiVinulteroil l'rc.1. "OL,
I fc'ty, mother, i'vo pot into"
Here it i i.rrnitieitut ginncu if L;a
imi!hu'n nt the miii.l bilenecil Lint.
She knew too well whnt whs com in
ami 4ii,l not wit-h thiit rreil'B ho,t
M-iupe hhou'.il be tho titlk of thti kiteh
en. Aceoriliivlv, they rt tireit to
whut 1'reil eullt .l hin "fUlky," u httlu
tiuiokiug tleu o3' tho diuiu'.; rioin, to
Lavo their troubh,-:! confi-reuci.'.
Nturly Ltilf un hcur later Hurry ar
rive'! lltill Wail kho'Al!. fll'Cfirili n,r r.r.
tlern, into tht breahtust room yhcre,
"Di l j-ott wnnt mo?" Lo nlCil uith
Lrontlili t'ctncM.
"I?" tUn rxcliiimcil, raifinfl; her
nrcli.-il eyebrows in coqutttiiiL eur
I'tiro. "1 I llionglit, porlinps bUo B&iJ
hLo wiiii to ehow mo in lu-ro."
"I Bitpposo mother wnnt? yon slio
nhvnyiil(io. You're prolmljlr tochooso
a ni'w I'orinct for Iter, or bria Iter
hi'!ui n lo of mutton. you never
lu nr thf ltnlinn j rovrrb, Sir. Lynn,
Tittti di micclo o ti in.-ingirran lo
iH"s(-l;r,' 'JtiiliO yourself nil Louey nnd
tin flioH will cut yon tip?' "
"I ir.n one of the flies. What per
Mhtoiit lmroH hoy nro! They como
li:ick nr.un iin.1 n-jiiin to tho honny, no
nintlcr liow oiteii you brut-li them
awiiv," lie t il, oitttiuj Lin parable
V .til til l-; uliiii' tyt H.
"iluv I'iin you in! fo ntirfttcf'il ! 1
n::t Mir.- nit one ! jrl-vl to fci) you
:ik iin.li r t 1 loi illv when hho wuntrf
MiTiii ! hin: in tli
ei;y. I mu.t tell
h, : you're h. l.- "
A'.il t!, n.iii ii!iir
r.ithi r t ii.in ruijui try,
ii .. .iy. II., v. i t It ii tiui
nerroi Fno-1",
she lurried
lover'fc liHi-
i.i i.;-i'. n t. v. ii hi r
ivse.ipe lit itlu r to
eoc;it( try, L'.it to
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lie
M,i-,;
-h tn r t
roi iiwh'iit. Jio was very ypunjr.
v.m Titit 1 'fl ninny tiurir.t' M to his
i'.. j ti r I'l i'nr" Mr.. Lviiuril
.iii I. h-- l.mi'ieil in f-o ml r.r
1 n:.il ('..Jifii-e.l lin to f(Ti t to
t h.:.i v, it!i lite U.iilul "C jo J I'.iolli-
I.. M . ri . 'in, I I ftn ! f-o us liinii il
i.. ! t in - i'; yi t into Mi.ir iliht.
i ,v I t uiv.- oil tunre tlmn this,
i." l.imlly Lt mo l;now
tinielt more vmi e.ta hitc it ut
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li.ru t .m tnvi lope iito his
h ! e j ut liitcLiiiiie illy into
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mi,
.'iy i.!-o he n::-'.7ere(l : "I
1 win. only too ,'Nil to bo
nivicj to you," lor bin
iii. Mi tit whs full to over-
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v:t'. the biltertiiss of Ueli'ij
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"Mr. M iyimi',1," his v.i.'o lm teneil
to My, ! ! mi iMip(.i Train the
otinr i :i4l'..i'i'.i--iii',' nibjiet, "has hitil
iino 4,! i.i-, h i. I out nttiiekii thiK morn-i;:-.'
Hii.i i eoi . i.ui-'l to his bcu. lie
w . hi s y.'ti to loo'.; through tic itt
t. r-. to iiii-v. v-r tli4' nniinptirti.n:. out s
i.i.,l M'ti.l t!:e ot'.n-r up to hi:u. I have
left th.' hi y in the oHiee."
Win :i .Mr. M.iuiir.l ninimonf il hi:n
in hi- In . l i le 1. 1 j;ive Boiue ii htrtu
tinn ub. nit :in-.'er:t to nr''eut letli is
ILirry v. us luoro despoiitkut ami lis- j
ti.tit ih. n Hi;', '1 his tho oM .'oatle-!
i.uu wi.-i not lo:: in perceivin.;,
"What on eni't'.i is tho luiUter with
you'.'" In- i.-'.ii.l, iiritably. "If I've
t i repeat evi-rytliitit; tUrco or four
time.- fvtr I'.I better ,". t a phonograph
or it new M.'Ci'1't.iry," ho a.hletl, buv
u;m ly.
Alter this rough rebnko an'l threat
Harry pulleil himself to.-rcther ai well
us he coiilil, but wn, on tho 'ihiile, no
frl'.rijfo;.ii:.v tliiil r.X pTcoccijjii.R.1 that
the ohl f,elit'.eniau began to eonifct u
KTew bii.-e Burnt where. lint then he
wan '.iveuto Mieii ntsj iei ius.
Ni t Mi iniiiT Mr. Muynnr.l was f-o
1'iueh bit'or rs to bo ill his U'i'ly be
fore h.s iieu lary tippi ire 1. 'i'lio tuo
l:;. ht Hurry ( ii'.. :'.-il the fuo:u tho iil.l
:iti. nVi.nl, eiuily :
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:u ry
I'.'or'.
t!.'
i' t Thackcr, ntnl
lo return In i' to
!. lor you to ilo.''
l.'iti rprt !eil ti:i
iii': t" th'' pr.'i i'
ii -l.t s wi;h :,!!.
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ii him iro: i in
hi.i: fr.".ti I.i- i
, w ho th. ei ii.d to
lillUr.O if IU.t to
luiihivnuut. Oi
i.
ti.i , ile.i : v l.a I !.:, doubt at all on rt-
c iv,:.', a e :rt e miuiau 1 nest morning :
luie'.iiru to t'.i" city eo:iuli:ig-ii,iU-e
'.'r tin- iiv.-i nt. i' r tl.ue ilays he !
plo.hh.d t ii nt the cnuntiiig-iiiiuse,
i.t arii:.? in. thing, laying' bulking and
lining notiiing intellig. y.'Ar. :i tho
morning of the fourth day an odd
quest ion c.tiuo 1 y telej'houo frjiu LI
u.ount :
"is Lynn f-'ill there ?"
Where Ise ilunhl hobo pr liavc
been? iiid tho old gentleman ex
pe. t "d him to return to tho house?
When tiie reply "Yi ," was sent
tin le t ame the Coiuaiaud : ".ien.l him
h.iv."
Harry ace oriiintdv st irte.l nt once
fur Ui.i.ipit . ltd with his mind iu a
whirl of woi.'li r and speeuhtlion, but
iio'.iiing of nil Lis iiiiaeinirig:, jirepared
him l',.r hih ri-ei-oti'in at Kliuount. Im.
me '.iii'.- iy upon hit i nt riugtho study
tin' nid gi ntli :.:uu sai l witn tome uu-
Violllt d l i. .ol. on :
"Lynn, yuiir tather was one of my
ileart-t irii nils, and for his sako 1
. ave ymi time un 1 o;prtm:ty to e
e.ii.e ju-t it;,-. You imten't tiono it, I
tuppo-e, bi i'..u-i: aiivoue who cnuhl
oiamit so stupid u theft as j oil Lave
eoiiiinitied - "
"l'h'. it !" e::?hti:,-.'' 1 Harry btagqer
in:: b il k ut from tt blmv.
"Tilt 1" retorted tuo old geutieman,
with scathing scum. "Don't ijiitke a
fi'ltu'-r foul of yours'lf and me. Is
thi.t your w riting, sir?" ptnnting to
t ne iu lor.t n.t nt tf u 1!J uoto which
luy befe-ro him on lie; dsii.
"Yes," Harry st iUiiutrJ,1 for tho
lie -to uus tho ono L.J hud received in
;.n i.nvelopo from .'tfrs. May nurd.
"ll.en win ro did you pet thut note?"
"1 cannot tell you, sir." .'
"1'Len I can tell you. ,Yo'i got it
in thut tlesl ," btni.iug, the Utk itith
his clood h-t.
"I tli 1 not, sir."
'Yon lie, t.ir; yo-i lie, you lie!"
reitt ruted tho old iienilemau, really
bei.iilo hiinsilf with llurv. "1 Lad
written ilow u tho i.ii:ubjr of that uoto
and of tus three dht r 4Jj note which
hitvu diritppeured witii it. Tht ro it m;
tlitro it lsl" thntstiiijf cut the sheet
of note pit'K r with th auiabcr noted
on it toward Harry. J
You'll bo mry f t tbtr, ir," Hurry
rr;n, liic ami ma igiog.
tlio cl.t gontlemnn, fctr.rting fur:c::!y
from Lin chnir anil mnking for tho
bell. Jupf, however, as ho ronchoil it
he pntisp l for a moment ami nahl then,
mort cnimly turning to faco Harry 1
"(Jol (lo! Ami thank God you aro
your father's non !"
Hurry, having stored blankly nt him,
muttered: "You thuuk Ood thut you
aro her father."
Then, without another word ho
quitted tho room nnd tho houite.
Siippooo Hell was persuaded into be
lieving him to be n rommon thief of
tho lowcht kind ! This horror nwal
loned up n'l tho reht. It to dwelt
with him find madileticd him that nt
Inst lie rushed b hit ile.'k nnd wroto
the follow ing brief and Ln.it y letter te
Hell :
No. 2 flT't rri", t)'nmir' Hill.
Ti ar Mi' M ivniir I : Yonr ii.nilvr ' ienr
tin' In l i. liitio nt ui tin. Inl'i'i o iseiiiiri; i ior
w!il''ii Mr. Mnvn.'ir.l iin ili-i.iiS't" I tit". I
n-k In r I'lilv In a is ire you oi imv Inrn 'rn'i',
I'.tilii iiiiy yuiir1, llii.nr I.v n.
Within live feveri'h liiinuti t he ha 1
writti-!!. it'h!ri isr.l ii m I pivsti il this
imto in the pillar nero: s tie? v.'ii.
Many hours iiius! yitpt-s before In
riiuld t v e'ti hope for a reply, nnd th 's'i
lie I ) elit iiiii.-tly paeiti : tho li'.tle r 1.1:11
b""',w .ir I un 1 ioi ward, wiiinb riiig h-nv
hi'i b t 'o r W ould In. i im'i ivi .1 un I h iw
nil. Aired. When lit l.tst tli'l Itlistver
iii.1 t'oiiu.' it wii i asiluVi r nt us j o--il'l
fium iiny that le) li:-. 1 i:4,!i"iti".l. It
was from Mrs. Ma.vmir.l un 1 r.'.n thin.:
I' ;;r?!r. l.- na : Ii w is ii: '.' n''. r P. II
I' i 1 :.'.v.' t n' v I" li r thiit I l.'t- a I
fio-.i l.ti-lmu 1 that i w'i r iii-':.. - I.
II ' m l tint wi-ii ti) -;imi: of II. Ii'sii !,
to y.tir Itttiii'r'. s.:. . ' mr- I k:i -iv
yi il id i 1- i:...' i.t mi I ! i!"'i I'.i II. I ;if w'i.'
I "'li wi-'i vo-ir I'.-i !" I. i '. n'.itv" I v...i to i ;
I lain I i Mr. Mi'yvirl h-.-.f ymi .'in- !' t'.'.t
0 u-f.:i, I- I - II :in I I ni.' in to i .ill t i
-'! in t!i" II: -i ihii. in Hi" li.i.rni'i.f. w ': 'ii
1 aia mi j .ui v.-1 : 1 ii- i.''. :.r : r I'.ini
y.iui' I i.'li- T"v..:" I . u r i.-ivin ; n.y h'i--Inn
I. l;.il j i. ii nt-' in I. in '.i it r :ir
Uveryjiut n.'i.: -i:..- r h .
M M.nr.' r Mav::ai.;i.
Ifewns up m:i1 briahfa-led nirly,
and then teed till' room f. r day , us
it seemed to him, before the einit".l
cub drew ii ji nt l e t nt the do if. lie
hurried down t 1. 1 tin m iu nnd t i
usher liiei. i i;p-tairs himsi ll. I In
opening ti'o ibior In' stood coiilrolitod
with Mr. M'l.vn u i !
"ibirry." hi' t.ii l, n'l 1 il w is the
first ti:iti! In' hit r e.iiii'd linn by
his Chi i' t i'i it liniri". "11 e.l.no tj
apologia to y y.. '
lir.irytiok u.id th ..;. the oiT' red
hand us in a dr. mi.
"Alter Mrs. M'.yn.tr 1 had written
to you it ncsM'.rre 1 t4t he.- that the ten
pound note was tin one she had giv'ti
.vmi. Sho hud suit tho initid out to
get a notu ills'. end of ten hovt rt igns to
put iu the onvelope, im 1 when tho re
tllt ued hundeit hi r the l.etn t-in; hit 1
just, hto'ien from my th sit. Tpon be
ing t.ixod with tho thi'.'t an I threat
ei'.etl with a M.'areii of her boxes, she
confessed uud gave up tho threo other
notes. It was noble of you not to in
form on my poor will'," ho added, '
putting his haiiil on Hr.ny's hhoiilder,
"Sho uud Hell insi' ted t'h it I (-houid
bring you buck With me, they wtru
iso sure veil wouhl forgive me."
AVltit a sjieeeh from tho sati'.rnino
Mr. Maynard! JJ t Hurry found wht-u
he hi 1 bi'i'ome oil'.' of tho family that
his t ".'.rt an I eutliug t m. lie belied it
hlU.l IIU I OtlHl'u'l't hl'lllt. LoLldjU
Tiiuh.
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t mih'- of tie. v.i!
'I.u in - J 1. v. r, in I i ii-
ile tlili'lel'-bi il of til
Tio v i. i.uu , ': 1: tlie
ley of tlie I).
leu-, can i: .1'
.- ti. it. li e i anal.
t.i.v gr.iwi- oi ti, . ( . 1 . i bn ; liyn . an
e e n; ft,.n i th. ro.'k-cut that h 4:1 ire. Is
4t' tons of lin.i .stone nre bn a'... a ;
away li :.: tin- be 1-i ot l. ii'i I that
t in . 'I -.1.. . 1 . ..
I'lat. on t!.
ti'.tetol' ,' e.'.i
il'i-r nr..'
t ibl.-s
h
inn
t:.
Hi'
Ill tho eon-
1!
it the l''n-ts are allot
a. noon.
Nisitois ure I'r-i v.-Ttif 1 of tltir
ion: :i r i y th r. .l ling which is id.
w.tyh iii-pl tyi'd le ui- the fiiej of iho
wor!;ing .here the lock is to bo
Idai-.ted, nnd they receive ui.other
warning from t he Men who teraniblo
from the Hour of the cut to tin sur
face 0:1 their way to tiiniur. Tho
"boom, bourn" of tho blasts rolls
utong the c.mal from ojio 1 ud of the
roek-cut t tiie oilier, for it is dyna
mite which is cleaving a way through
the backbone of the .livi lo preparing
abed f r the great river which is to
carry Lake Mu lligan's waters to tho
.Mississippi. IV fore tho canal is oom
ph toil thousands of totit of ilyiii.iniio
w ill Lave been explode. 1, for it is esti
mated that for every cubiu yard of
roek Ltilf u pound of dynamite is use I.
The three-legged roe!; drills drive a
Min s of holes ueross the canal; tho
ehaiiiii liii nia"hii:e cut L.trrow fur-
roivs twelve feet 4le4-;i a!
ill
the sides
of the culm!, and then a mail m it It 11
wi odeii ramrn 1 i!rii-s tlyuitmito cart
ridges into till- hole i. At liuolt II
pros-tire of the litijp:r 011 un electrical
button t sp!o b.s the mine and a iiia-s
of roi'k !''M feet long, sevt u to niiiu
I i et tb-ep and from tell to twelvo feet
I thick is shittt. ri d into piec s which
cm be li'ilidlc .1 by tho liuoi who pea l
tho skips and buckets of tho convey
ors. A dynamite cartridge is about tight
iucliis long, im inch and a quarter .:i
tliameter uad weighs about Lulf 1;
poiiuJ. It is shipped to tho caiii.l
lro:n tho factories in wooden boxes,
which hold lifty poiiinls of tho ex
plosive, and comes neiirloa 1 at a time.
j The ilyuaUiite u.ied iu tho rock-cut ij
j l.iioitn as forty per cent, dynamite,
j ami, contrary to th general belief,
chu bo thrown from the top of th Ma
sonic Temple to tho grouuil without
plodiu7, for it is mado of forty per
cent. i.itr j-glycerinu and sixty pel
cut. "dope." Chicago llecord.
The OMint Mi ctin; Hoiix-.
Tho lSrht p'trish in Hinfchsm, Muss.,
through suecesrivo gouerations, hits
beeu in continuous exisunus sine
1Co5. It Las worshiped in the same
building on the same spot since 10b 1.
This is the oldest meeting hoilvo iu
t'to L iiite'l nlato.i. Cuic? Itedo'l ,
SUILMAUINE CABLES.
now ockan ti:li:c,rapii' is
' madk ros.xiuLt:.
Tlio C.'nr Ksrcliiod In Mnnnfnrtur
I115 Corn" Standi Mitpn 8m
pcuil It llrttvern Continents
Menilltia Xiroltrii Cubic.
TnE 120,000 mile in tho nb
mnrino eablo system of tho
world cost about 5200,000,.
i, 000 nud oat up n fortuuo
every year for tcpnir and mninte
timce. Tho bed of tlio North Atlantic
Deean is rrossed by I 'evnn cnbloa, autl
Africa is fenee.l in with them.
A i.'.ibiiiariU' cable i-t a itranl of
t'fippi r wiro armored in i-teel or iron.
It must bo "eloi'trieity-tiht," water
pfjof un 1 filrnlig euoueh to Kpali tho
t'liiismi in tho bed of the oeean, climb
the tubinarine mountains and briilgo
tho valleyn fur below tho paths of tho
iv.'itri greyhounds The gret.tcst cire
i e:.i rei-eil i'i its manufacture, and at
very Mage of tie; making it is tested
by t U el i ifi.iti'i. Tho eiMe's nr reis
'V :i
e pp4T wtr, s which li'.'s
i.i tie very ; nt'.o 4if th" "eon ." Tho
st.-.'.iid of w ire i , lii't di'iwn tiireugh
in n lh : io bl';ek mi'.luri: and th 'li
' 1.; ougli il 'ii'it Line v. hieli coals it with
'.;:.! ', a i n l eii t. lit hiving n:i thi", lir.-t
. -a! .'n ; of ti' in vilntin;:
i ! a,,e :t th..t ii nir buo'.
bl tW li'.l til.' v. iro nil
tli rial earn
, nri; ea i'dit
1 tho g.ittii
iniprisoiied it
tho covering
'i'leiri,
ill' V.'i
1 t i: any air is
k out I i.i' iii'.'li
tvhi nth: i train n put upon tho c.iblo
in 1 n i:i it. 'J i.o wound mudo by tho
iiMln uir b-.i'.iblo in br..nl;iiig tint is
"li til tit .'iliiall t ) bo :-et n but it
v. i'.l t art n 1 re.'ik w!ii.;!t will result iu
I br.l.e.'i C iblo. 1'o'ir coats of gutU
oor jii i nr.) put on t!io c ip 'r centre,
nid the "e ire" is then coiled in iron
tiiiil.-, cvered with water and tested
lo li'idwhe tU. r it is eleelrio illy siiiiii.l.
II tie; instruments of tho electrician
f.til to ii:-.- )t r u leak t ht: com i.s taken
out an 1 wr.ipped with tar jute. This
H lio.ie in it ui'ti'hine which lavs tho
pile nr. mil 1 the core. Another m.i
!:'.:: cover-, tiie jute Willi steel or
roil win-, twisting them uround tho
pi: eliVeiol e I c irii ju-t as u fctctl
.'.t'iii fiir vi ip ears is made.
O.vrth" st el ropo c.iuvas, which
iia- lnxn soaked in iisphaltuiu or so:n'j
olh' r pitchy lub-lai.ee, is wrapped,
'.nd tho subm-.rinu cabli! is ready lor
mother ted. It is coiled in tanks
iiid c 'Vete 1 with wuUr. There it re
nic.iut for h. inu time, while thn iuo.st
tiolh'.'itis tleelrie.il t oit t aro mudc.
When tho eieclrieian annou:i;os
that tho cable is lit to transmit mes
. igi s un. 'n.r tho Atlantio Oiiuau tho
i-.iblo is taken aboard tho cablo
lieumor.
In t!m hold of this ship nro great
'.It'el tanks which look Uko monster
rake-pans, for in tho center of oaeh is
i. chopped olT hollow couo, nroand
t.uieii the great sou serpent itt coiled.
1'iio caidc is tlraqgod into tho ship over
liie tirum of ii largo hoisiiug machine.
l'ro:.i this ilriiins it glides Fuikeliko
'i r stci'i roller in the bottom of a
i rough which li's on tho deck and
i'. iv. s ilov. a into tho gloomy hold of
th" ves-'d.
'J in: cable ship is one of the t-t.mch-
r 4 ol
! .ei! v.
v. ol largo carrying c 1-
' ter its bow bungs a deeply
1 iron j 111 ! 1-c alled the "botv
, ' i'i. is overhangs tiie out
4 .' ti e ves-el iiii.l carries tiio
"ll":l
v. al-
e ii'.,. n tt j;
the hiip h 1 ng tge I in
It broken e.l'ol.:. Il ;ok
nve is tin' ily nanometer,
its point, r the tlrain
"1 i up-
ol '.!: bo'.t-.-h
.ti.ieii t-.'lls le
ii ui the cable. Tlio ilyn t:u n.ietcr is 1
a large roovt:tl whi el or sheave not iu '
a frame which slides up and down, 1
'.''he i.heae is bahiiUe l by w eight, and j
th" ropo of tiie grappling out lit pas-uj 1
under tho sheave A strain on the I
ii.pu Mis it t n leiicy to straiiutou it
0 it, cud it raises tho iron sheaves. In
ioin ; tins it Moves tho pointer which
lii'iii-ate-i tho amount of tlie strain.
1 ne of those pulleys or ''idlers" which'
lakes up tho slack of tho ropo Used for
iho transmission of power could bo
t ts.ly ina lc iu a dynamometer, for
both wori; on tho unuo principle.
iVl'ther buck is tho piekiug-up-gcar,
ivhieh is u powvrful hoisting machine
with a six toot drum. Iu tho stora of
tho vessel is the paying-out gear,
l'h i.i is a duplication ol tho pickiug-up
,;e.ir with the addition of powerful
'rakes to hold tho cablo wheu ueees
t.try. When tho place nictod for tho
thoro e::il oi the mtbio has been
"cueheil tlie cable ship upproiiche.i tho
!it:: 1 us near us salety will permit,
l'h .' paying-out gear hauls tho subma
rine etltlo Ironi the storage tanks und
tlto iii .ving up gear draws in tnoliomp
iblo over tho bow uu I thus pulls the
able ashore. As tho cable hiiiis over
tho sti rn sailors fasten air balloons to
it ut intervals of lilty or sixty feet,
i'ho balloons tcrve ti kee tho cablo
from In iug di'ueg'.il un tho bottom or
dialled by rocks. The ntoii on shore
ti.inul to those aboard by uieaus of a
hand Mag, usilr tho sy-tum mlopted by
iho signal corps of tho army, and
ivl.t'ii eiiouuh citldehus beeu lAu led to
teach tho st'itioif thn )ropor sigiial is
'iveii and tho rum'oliiig ilrums ceaso
their coniplntnts. Then tho cablo is
iiuried iu tho beach, tliu hemp ropo is
hauleliu, tho balloons aro gathered
up, and when ail are aho trd thn cablo
iiea.ui r turns her note away f: o a laud
and bteaius into tho o.ieau, l.ntiug a
wako of subuariuj cablo u. bhu Move
along.
Hefiro tho shore cud of tho ciblo
iiad left tho siiip its end La I boon
sealed and an i hietrtcal test has boon
Mitde. Tho hoisting drum of tho pay-iug-out
guar lifts tho cablo from tho
t'tuLs In-low, and tot tho ste-muor gtieit
ahi.'ud tho cablo blip over tho ateru
into tho oilcan, and all tho timo tho
electrician bits in his tenting room with
his eyu fitatoDttd to the llttU ray of
hilt which toiU him whothur thir
' -'-.I.. lk .t....l ..I.. I ... 1.. ,
... . r,lKUl-V,Ul4 SimWI
burying Itself in tho ocean. Long be
fore tho cable was niado tho ocean bcil
had been sounded tn that tho cablo
steamer travels over n known way.
Horaetimes the cablo parts in paying
on t, and then it mu.t bo picked up.
This in dono by lowering a prapncl at
tached to a long ropo over tho bow of
tho steamer. When tho frrapnel
reaches tho bottom tho eablo ship
stMms slowly back and forth over tho
course. The dynamometer tells when
the cable is hooked. Tho engineers
know what tho strain should bo and
they nro not fooled if tlio grapnel
catches on a rock or ledge. When tho
cablo is Looked tho dynamometer
shows a steady pull, tho word is given,
tho drum of tho picking-tip gear winds
in tho grapnel cablo and tho lost sub
tnnrino csldo is liiinle 1 iibuiir.l. It is
then pnsscd around t,i the stern,
spliced to tho cablo nbonrd tho
ship and tho work of laying tho cablo
resumed. Chicago Ihcord.
A Matiiriiialic.il rrulig).
Young Vernier, tho French rvithc
rnatical pro li gy Ironi th : r jvmces,
of whoso siiiice-s in obt lining aduiis
siou to tlio higher norm il selion! w ith
out utiilerr'oing 11:1 t xi.miri tlion you
WiTii informed a fetv days ago, has ar
rived at I'lirit, uu 1 is tiie object of
Much curiosity. This youth of eight
een his a great opinion of Ills genius,
for, when ooinpinu nte I 0:1 hi- w 1:1
tlerlul prolicii ii.' , be calmly le. narked
that math .'unities were s i b t Uy taught
in Franco that ho h i 1 no trouble iu
convincing tie; mil s-ivctts of tli : "in
sanity" of tho pn.vailin; inethtils.
He says that during his slayatth i
Lyons Lycii; hit inavtgr tr 'ited him
as a "visionary ;" but, ho u hit gener
ously, "I forgivo tho poor Mii'i."
Yt rttit r nttr.tcte 1 notice by entering
int.j correspoinh nee with several
mathctuaticiit'.is of note, who imagined
that they wero replying to an 1 1 l;rly
savant like themselves, and wvro as
t,):iihhc4l when they rrtevrcaiucd that,
ho was 11 schuolboy. Tho Mini-tor of
l'ublio Instruction was informed of
the cxisteiico of this "infant phenom
enon," and pro; iptly admitted him to
the higher normal sohool on his own
re.ponsibility. Yoiin Vernier does
not 'intend t i rep ij on his laurels.
On tho contrary, he is writing f,,r tlto
Aciidcniy of Science, a work which
will bo ready by tlie summer, an I
.which, as ho conlidentiy puts it, will
briag about ".1 revolution like that
accomplished by Laphico and New
tun." He attributes every mathe
matical di.icovory to "iutuition," o;'
which Lo evii'.euLly believe:! that ho
Lm a considerable stock' at Lis cam
tniitid. It remains to be seon whether
yoaug Vernier will succeed in carry
ing out his threat of demolishing thi
existing system, aiid it is quito posti
bio that ho overrates Lis powers.
There is no doubt, Lowevor, that ho
possesses oxecpti'jual talents, and his
CjcTcr will be wrttshed with iutjroat.
-Loudon Telegraph.
Cave e! Won lers In, IVii-.nvlvatilJ.
Workmen in quarrying stou : nt
Wtiihlles, u station 011 tho ljjllofon
taino Central I'.ailroa ', 11 short tins
tanco fio'u .State tkillcge, l'enu., tii.-.-covered
mi interc-tiug natural phe:io
mcuou in the shape of a cave. Tin
external opening to tho i.iu.torrane.i.i
cavern is n'.jout lour loot square uud
opens into a si.ue.! nino fc. i. high uud
twenty feet deep. Large upei'tures
luiliug downward through solid ij:
arc ii'.iuiei'o'.is iu tho tloor of tiie iu
tiri)r civ.tv. A stono ilropped into
of lie
: openings produces a clear
ringiu.r sound such ut is omitted by a
bell. JSire.imtof ll.;til'.'.: water c ".:i bo
distinctly heard nt a il.-t.uce below
the snrlaoe. On all si.l :s o; tiie in
terior of t.'ie cavern uro rare and
grotesquo calcareous formation.! oil
sthiguiltcs uud stall'.. tit.
At ono
end of tlie l.ir. '4- interior cuvt I'll na
opening extend:: i::t i tho earth a dis
tance already explored of oa r In )
feet, litis up.-rtur ! i.s comparatively
small, and ci.:i only bo explore 1 by
craw ling on hands anil knees, '.several
valuable ilnd unique Indian relics have
been found, and it i.s thought to havo
been tho secreting placo of sumo early
settlers from tho attacks of the ho-tiiu
tribes. It is a curious fact that tho
newly discovered cavo is but a short
distiiuco from tlie celebrate 1 I'enu's
cave, and its external appearand a
biu.ilar.-fet. Louis (Hob ;-lein ocrat.
Miishruoiii l'tiis,,ii,
Tho poisonous priueiplo of mndi
rooms has often been extracted by
chemhits. but it is tlillicult to tluter-
mtue vihethi.-r tho poison is really
natural to tuo species or specimen in
which it ia found or has been absorb.: I
from tho soil or other material mi
which tlio iiiushioo n has crown. In
other words, a species of mushroom
may bo poisonous w hen growu 1:1 ono
spot, uu I perfectly harmless when
taken from unolhcr spe,; in tho sa'no
tlehl or neiuhbiirhood. If there i;:o
noxious materials iu tho Manure or
other decaying substances within tlio
reuch of a growing mushroom it will
absorb thcMi uud acipiiro a poisonous
nature. this was long ago pointed
out by Fmropeau investigators of tho
edible funci, and thev warn collectors
against gathering even tho best known
uimls from low ; rouinlswet with stag,
mint or poisonous waters. Now York
iSuu.
Ho Has Savi'J 1'uriy Llvci.
Harry Westoott, of Hri Igeport, X.
J., who Las boon for two or throe sua'
sous u member of tho lifu-snving sta
tions of Capo May und Atlantio City,
Laa saved forty-throo lives. Ho has
received a lurgu number of valuable
presents and gold medals iu recogni
tion of Lis heroism, ami now it gcutlo
man whoso wife ho saved from I'rowu
ing has seourod for him 11 goo I posi
tiou on tho Northern l'ucitlo lUilroa I,
iu the Ktatn ot Washington, lie is
only twenty four yours of ajfi. Nu
York Ti'ibunu.
rori'LAR SCIENCE.
Tuo scdio of touch ii dal cst on tbi
back.
Tho estimated population of ta
world in 1833 was 1,500,000,000.
lUissia is again agitating tho qnrv
lion of introducing tho decimal sy.
tcm of weights anil inoaurcs.
CJas from petroleum is very cxt"t
rively ma do and u?cl io Russia, Am.
tria anil many part? of Germany.
Parisian doctors have warned t!i
people that tho eating of horsollcsh
ittcndctl with danger of trichinosis.
Under normal circumstances, n inn
Ihrows off two pounds every dav ja
sensible autl iusetisiblo perspiratina.
Petroleum has been Used for ma,
time in (lernnny us a means of pr...
venting tho formation of sculo ;a
boilers.
Tlio power of he rculit", a nw c.
losive, is almost b-yoti I belief.
Imlf pound of it will iu ovo thirty t ,,
:f stone.
I'xpliii'utions ofX.irthernSibcri 1 d
tnoiistrule that that region was inki",
iled by tigers until within a coin; ,.r
lively red nt il ite.
Tin) 1 itest navigable b ill ton of 'i
lain r.eiiard, of tho Fi'i nch Army,
a gifoliue luot'.'l' in placo of one iinv.
by electricity. He hopes then
to 'nainl iiu a spiel of tHeii'yg.v
miles f'.r ten Louts.
lout's milk is value 1 i:i Pari- i.
cause it is nlv.'.tys free from tain r,";
lo; is germs. lint M. ilurgnult oi
lo tho cu ilo'.u of taking thego i.;
tint cu toi iei'j, bee ills',, the U'o.,,',
fatigue injures tho ipi tlity of the
Th.-! novel ve s d tint M. 15ra;:::i
fonstruel iug nt Argen.euil, I'm.' .
in no roiiC'i over 1110 water on 1
luoiit copper cylinders iie.teal 0!
ing foreo l through it, and i t eo
to attain a speed of ut least thii t .
kiiois. It n to bo steeled by u
af hyiirauli i pump.
Tho common dock is consider
nuisance by cultivators, und yi t -:r
the sj e.ci"s h "rve 11 useful put .
The one known at "sorrel" is
I.he Old World to make special 1
(or meats, iniil 1, im tifthes; . ' .,
used in tho form of spinach; t ..
known us tho spinach dock.
The i.lTcct which living at hi "h
Hides has 011 the blnml of man n:. i
imiiht hint recently been inve-tui
The re.-ult thows that tho pro; ..,:
.'ifoxveiu und other constitut
the bloo I of Alpine men and n...
is exactly the sumo us anion j -n.
creatures living below sea lev. 1.
A writer in La Medicine Mo i. .g,
Herts that sedentary oeeupatioii-
Ulspo.HO 10 luoerciinisis Mum in gi
others. Italian and English it it;
show, he says, that there i.r:
deaths per lt)i),l from this iii
among' student", ser.iiuariaiis
young clergymen; while lur
Doixtiueu an. I mouutiiinoers euiuv
moat coxplcto immunity front ;
Ilf r-cs That Knotr tho Tinr.
Tho I'cnco Transfer Coia;)a:.y
nibus lior.-ieri tor several year
beeu driven over the same 11:
Aiuler.-oi!, Lid., for thin y-t 1 11
thiily. iiiey havo become' h::.
to tlie tn.in f ckednles, and t
lh : Four made marked chu:
tr .1 weeks ;: ; tin y t nt iv 1
v. In u they Were Hot taken i'r
stalls ut the same time or
the old depot. Tiiey have
s imo rounds lor l oth tuo 1'
it 1 1 1 1 Midi. tiii'., and c.l.-o kin.,
when tiie trains 0:1 tiio-.e r.n
iS.M i'.il iktys ago the itr.v, :
f.r tho Cincinnati Mail tr.
horses wait 0 I until within
lite-, of train time, und then -tr. I i
cf their own accord. Tli-y 1 J
tails nt the Doxey, And. r-m., I u
and Speiic r hotels, and tn :. lr
postiiliieoiiirllieiin.il. 11 tin-:
on, thinking the tlrivir v,.:
seut. They then started on 11:
the depot, und turning, bi i
bus to the platform uud sto.i i '
for tho driver, who appear- I
minutes later much chugrire l
tiid not arrive a minute toot
tlie train, however, uud tlu'i
di'-inuily
in.1 acioit
thrown uu by tho station ne u
icsterilay exactly tUosi:..
happened, the hor.-es ni'ikiii
cuit of till the hotels and si i
the passengers to get in. 1
sovcrul boarded her, not not
the driver was missing. 'IV
taken to the il qiot iu safety,
bucked up, and, but for thi
ol the door and tlio collect:. il;
kets or faro, everything w 1
This tiuio they v.ero not t
cither.
'I'l... l,.,u.,s .. , I, il'. ,1 !
,' ii,.-, i.i., ,',' ti,,,',,
am very careful when in.
trio bv thi'iiisi'lves. Tie
scare ut nny thing, and any M
-l-;t:.;w
'akecac-jo
': bent v.:
inn would bo wibiu to r
In hind tin iu w iii'ii turn-1 1
Make a train. Ctiiciutu.ti 1.
Wninlci'iug Mimes t l I
Near tho little village of '
Peru, on the shores of the .
of Tltioacit, the 1110-t ioiit' 1
wlmlo known world, are tV'
of stone of Ulieq isl Lou-lit.
of these hngo iilocks tin' :
turos of a li'.iuian being h iv
e4r'"s ltil,io
I' lit l.-r "TC'"
''ft.44l,lutsu
iniil tho other two ure im'
designs of various kin Is--"
to havo some niysl riom f
sun worship. Who tho t
these monoliths was, or st
of the world the oiiigru vto
is not known, but it is lnr'
bio that it was done Luis'
Ann rio ts had ever been '
l1'r",V"u w
I .. ' ' I 'Tun. 1
Is li. RPIITI t lit
,'frr.?p,hCr
men. 1 ho stouts nro so
preclude the idea of titer i
erected by human boin,", '
w
miltMji-.
planutiou being that thy 1
itetl by glitf ien wlioro 1
Thut the natives havo smi'
this etfent, is proved by 1
they call them "wan Icriu.
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