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VOLUME 4.
KNYNOLDSVlLliK, PKNN'A., WEDNKNDAY, .IANIIAUY 15, 1B.
NUMKKR 35.
Itcillrouf trim futile.
pEN NSJYLVANfA KATM OA I).
IN KFFMT MA V 111. 1W.".
rittliiilclplilii ft Kile Hnllroiid Division Time
Table. Trains lime Hrlftwood.
KAKTWAHII
11:04 n ni Train s, dully except Htimlny fur
Hiinlniry, llutrMim-ir mid IntcriucitlMtc sta
tions, ii i rl v liur nf I'Mhitlelpliia ti:.M p. in.,
' New York, : . 111. : Hull llnore. Hrt.l p.m.;
iishlnirton, i :;m p. in rullinun I'nrlor cur
from W IHIiim-poi t nnd imsseiigcl' ctmt'lic
rroni iiinc to riiiiiiitciptiiu.
3..IH p. ni.- Tin In (1, dully evccpl Btindiiy for
lliinishiiru nnd tlitcruii-illittc stiillons, nr
rlvlhitnl I'lllholelpliln 4::iim. w, Xew Voik,
7:'M A. M. I'nllimin Hleeplior curs f i-otn
tltirrltmrg to riillmlclplilu mid New York.
lMilliiilclplilu pu"i'niri'r etui remain In
sleeper undisturbed until 7:en A. M.
p. m. Tralu 4, dully for Hittitniry. llnrrls
burg mid lutcrmctlliite stations, arriving at
riillnilclplilii, ili.Vi A. M.s New York, ll::u
A, M. on wH'k ilnvs nnd HVW a m. on Hun
dnyi liultlniori', ti:.M a. m.i iishltnitoii. 7:;m
A. M, riiMlnun cum from F.rle nnd Wlllliiins.
port to I'hlliiilidiilitii. I'sssengers In sleeper
Tor liiilttmorn mid ulilui(lon will lu
trnnsferreil Into Wusli I nut on sleeper nt lint -rlsburg,
I'nssenger couches from Krlo to
Philadelphia ami Ylllliinisjrt to Hull I
more. WF.STWAKI)
J:M it. m. Truln I, dully except Pundny for
lililxutiy, llullols, lii nil in l iiml Inter
iin'illuln stations. Leaves Kiilguny ill il:ti
p. H. for Erie.
0:AO it. m.-Tniln 3, dully for Krlu iiml Inter
mediate points.
0:27 p. m. Train II, dully i
1 cxccnt Kiiniluv for
nunc ii nil inicrmciiiitic sun ions.
TIIHOCCH TRAINS lull niMITWOOl)
I'ltOM TM K KAHT AM) HlM'TII.
THA1N II IravM 1'lilliiili'lplilii H:iVl a. in.
Washington, r.rniA. M-t llultlniorn, H:.V a. M.:
. Wllkeslmrre, A. M i dully except Hun-
. day, arriving tit IhlftwisMl nt it:''7 . m. with
ru'llniHti riitiot- I'm from riilludclpliln to
Villlliiinsiinrt.
TWAIN 3 lenvca Now York nl s p. in.! IMilln
di'lpliln, II :Jti p, m.s Washington, ln.4ii 11. ni.;
Hull linoiv, llnVl p. in.; dully arriving ut
ttrtflwood lit t:.V1 11. in. Pullman sleeplii'r
car from Phlliidclnhlu to l-rle nnd from
Washington nnd lltiiilniorc to llllunwport
and through piisscinrcr conches front Phila
delphia to F.rle anil Unit Imnre to Williams
porl. TUA1N I leave Hi'liovo nt 11. in., dullv
except Hundiiy, arriving at Driftwood 7:al
it. ni.
JOUNSONBUKO HAILUOAD.
(Daily except Sunday.)
TKAIN ID leaves ltldirwav ut H::a. in.; .lolm
onbniK at V:4A a. 111., arrlvlnn at l lortnoiit
at 1(1:40 a, m.
TRAIN 20 li'nvp Cli'rmont at. I0:S0 n. ni. nr
rlln at .IoIiiihoiiIiiiik at 11:44 a. in. nnd
Hldk'wuv at I2:t)it. m.
JIDGWAY & CLEAK FIELD H. II.
I)ALY EYCE1T SUNDAY.
SULTHWAUO. NOUTllWAUl).
P.M A.M. STATION: A."M71M.
12 10 t);m Kldvway I :
12 IS : Nlund Hun III
n-Tl 114' Mill HaviMi 1 31
12:il II W L'myliind III
v:; 10 i hiiouhMiiIii nt!
12 41 10 in Mluo IttM-k 12 .W
12 44 III 117 Vineyard Uiin 12 Ml
12 411 10 10 furrier 12.10
100 1022 llrorkwawllle 12 :
110 1(1 : MrMInn fiimmlt l.'HI
114 10 :H HitrveyH Kiln I2 2H
120 KU.1 Full" Creek 1220
144 10M llulloU 1203
THAIN8 LEAVE UIDOWAY.
FttHtwani. Westward
Dim
22
17
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11 HI
KM
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IWM
urn
ft 2A
A2l
A 1
a do
Train N, 7:. 7 a.m. Train a, ll:4 a.
Train 8, 1:4.1 p. m. Train 1, :i:l p
Train 4, 7:M p. m. Train II, R:2,1 p
m.
1. in.
8 M. t'UKVOST,
Gen. Manager.
J. U. WOOlt,
tien. Push. An't.
BUFFALO. KOCHESTEH & PITTS
BUHGH RAILWAY.
ThOKhort lino between Diilloln, ltliluwuy.
Bradford, fulumanca, llullalo, ltiH'lienter,
Nliiuiira I'iiIIn and piiluts In tlio upper oil
region.
On and nfter Juno 17tli, 1K1I4, puhhi'ii-
fertrnliiHWlll arrlvo and tlepart from Fulls
'reek Mtittton, dally, except Hundiiy, n fol
lows: l.UO p. ni. and K.M p. m. Aoooinmodiillonit
(itim PunXHUtawney and 111k llm.
8:50 a. m.llu(Talonnd Koohester mull For
Hrorkwayvlllo, Hlditway,.lolitiHonhiirK,Mt.
Jewett, llradford.bulainanea, llullalo uud
Koehester; cotinecting at .tolinsonliiirir
with I'. A E. train 8. for Wilcox, Kane,
W arren, Curry uud Krlu.
10:53 a. m. Accommodation For Sykox,
Hlg Hun nnd l'unxsutawney.
8:80 p. m. Mradford Accommodation For
Muuchtree, Uruckwayvllle, EUmiint, I'ur
niun, Ulditwity, Joliusouburg, Ml. Jewett
and Bradford.
4:10 p. m. Mall For ThiBola, Rykos, Wg
Uuu 1'unXMUtawiiey and WalnUiu.
ratisenfrera are requested to putvliuse tick
eta before entering the ears. An excess
charge of Ten Cent will be collected by con
ductors when fares are paid on trains, from
all Htulloua where a ticket office Is maintained.
Thousand mile tickets at two cents per
mile, good forpaasaga between all stations.
J. II. McIntyri, Agent, Kails creek, I'll.
0. G. Mathvws e. 0. Lai-icv,
General tiupt. Gen. l'as. Agent
Buffalo N.Y. Koehester N.Y
ALLEGHENY VALLEY RAILWAY
COMPANY commencing Sunday
May 26, 1895, Low Grado Division.
EA8TWAHD.
No.l.No.S.No.
101
low
A. M
Bed Rank
Lawsouham
New Itethleliem
Oak Kldge
Maysville
Bummervllle...
BrookvIUe
Bell
Fuller
Ileynoldavllla ..
Pancoast.
Falls Creek
DuBoit
Pabula .'....
Wlntrburn ....
' Penfleld
Tyler
Glen Flsber
BeneaeUa
Grant
Driftwood
P. M
A. M.
10 41
4 40
4 62
5 2.1
5 XI
10 5
11 ao
11 an
11 40
12 05
12 2.1
B 12
5 20
6 41
6 2x
6 on
6 20
6 4'
6 07
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2.1
(44
12 ill
21)1
12 43
1 00
1 OH
1 26
1 K
s as
67
705
7 2,-.
7 34
5:
7 00
10 M
11 06
1 ao
1 4ft
7 10
7
71H
7 40
7 50
1 4M
7 4
1 50!
f on
7 5"
8 OH
8 10
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8 44
8 54
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( 20
8 01
8 IN
8 2"
8 25
8 55
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WESTWAIID.
NoJ N0.8 No.101 108 110
A. M. A. M. P. M. P. U. P. It
10 10 6 00 8 a.i
10 42 6 it; 7 oa
10 52 6 42 7 m
11 0U 8 61) Till
11 20 8 10 7 44
11 80 8 20 7 54
11 an s 20 8 00
11 47 8 87 8 12
1 01 8 50 8 25 13 10 6 00
120 7 20 8B2U20 8 10
t 84 7 2 8 40
! 42 7 40 8 4K
6N 7 67 1 05
10 8 00 8 17
1 80 8 ID 8 25
I UK 8 8H 8 44
S6H 8 67 10 01
8 W 8 05 10 1H
8 15 8 15 10 85
8 47 8 47
f CO 10 00
Driftwood
Grant
Kenesette
(ilea Fuller
Tyler
Penfteld
Wlnterbiirn ....
Bsbula
DuBols
Fslls Creek
Paucoast
beynoldsvUlo . .
Fuller
Boll
Brookvllle
8uminerrlUe...
V sysvllle
CakKldne
New Beiuleheoi
Lwouunv
Mditaak...
Tradw dally exoeptBundajr.
DAVID OCAKGO, Oiml. Sort
JAJ. P. AMDEaOM Qtf-U PM. T.
HOW ICE IS LOADED.
METHOD OF CONVEYING IT FROM
HOUSE TO SHIPDOARD.
tngenlnns KleTtnrit anil Knna 1'mplnird
ly the' T.argn Pennlwent IllTer Cuneern.
A Oreat Heal of Ijibnr Aeeompllafieil liy
A Few flands.
An intorPdtliiR npornUnn In tha lontl
og of loo from tlio mnmtnnth Itnntrs 011
(he linnk of thn I'onnliccot into the
Inrgo freight cnrrlorn tlint. nro nlmost
cntiHlnntly ffilng np nnd down tlio rivor
Lnitrltig honvy enrgooa of frojiun I'onob
soot to furoff porU.
From (ho top of the house tho Ico
oonioii down in n moot Ingenious mnii
lier. Au olovntor is rlKod ontslilo the
bullilliiff, mid 011 it tho loe coition down
by ifrnvity. Thore is a oonntorm-tiim
force in a M weight thnt gnm tip when
tho load conins down, nutl vice voran.
To thocflftunl ohoorverit looks ns thotiKh
the thiiiK worked nntoiuntically. Two
lnrKe McK'k of ice nre ptiHhnl out upon
the olovntor nnd thoy dtwceiiil. An soon
bh they alido olT, Vick n' thn olovntor
for nnothor loud, nnd this thing in kept
up hour nftor honr. Cnroful observation,
however,-shows n Btrong wiro thnt lends
oil Homo diotuueo, and nt tho end of it
sits a iimn, mid the secret is out. Truo
euough, the thing works itself, but it
needs a guiding linnd so that it won't
work too fust. Tho movements of tho
elevator aro controlled by a friction
pulley. When tho ice roaches tho bot
tom and one onko slides otf, the eleva
tor would take a run up beforo tho other
oitmo off wore it not that tho man on
the end of tho wiro pulls a lover nnd tho
friction pulley ants nt tho top, nnd the
olovntor waits until the cargo is nil off.
Then the man releases tho pulley and
back goes the carriage, tho heavy weight
at the other eud carrying it rapidly to
the top.
From the elevator tho ice slides into
a ran. In tho ceuter of thnt is an end
loss chain that it flttod with pronglike
attachments at certain intervals, and as
they oonie along they come tip behind
the cake of ice aud carry it to its des
tination. A short dlstnuoo tip tlio run is a plan
er, a simple contrivance that removes
, the snow ice and evens the blocks so
that they will pack nioely in the bold
of the vessel. The onkos of ice pass
serenely along, and when thoy oome to
the planer pass easily nnder it, but at
the same time they lose two or three
Inches of their height There is a provi
sion in the contracts that provides for
this, nnd they rend thnt only an inch or
inch nnd a half, or whatever the amount
is, of snow ice shall bo loft on the cake,
and thoreforo the planing.
Just beyond the planer is a man who
given the cake a quick pull that brings
it nhend of tho prong for a moment. A
second look shows why this is done. By
this quick movement the enke of ice is
brought upon a pair of scales, nnd in
the soooud's rost thnt it has boforo the
prong on the chnln gets along it is
weighed and the figures placed npon the
record that is boing kept of tho cargo.
It is no small job to woigh the ice, for
the cakes come along in rapid succes
sion, and tho weight has to be ascertain
ed in the ordinary manner and tho re
sult put down before tho next cake gots
along.
From the scale the journoy to the ves
sel is uninterrupted. The run is arrang
ed so that it extends over the vessel to
the hatchway, and the rise and fall of
the tide are provided for by an arrange
ment that permits of the rising and full
ing of the run to correspond.
Perhaps the most ingenious thing of
the whole system is that by whioh the
ioe is put in the hold. At the end of the
nn and directly over the hatchway is a
strong frame, and in that thore works a
platform that goes up and down some
thing like an elevator at the house. Two
blocks of ice are slid npon it directly
from the run, and the man who controls
it releases a friction lever, and down it
goes into the hold by its own weight,
the speed being controlled by the man
with the friction lever. The platform is
snspendod by font ropea that unwind
from a cylinder a it descends, and a
the same time another and larger rope
that appears from a distance winds upon
thecy Under.
When the load is off the platform in
the hold, the Motion lever is again
loosened, and the rope that conies over
the side of the vessel gets in its work by
turning the drum the other way and
quickly bringing the platform into its
place. Out on the wharf at the other
end of the big rope la another large
weight, that does the work of pulling
back the platform.
Away down in the hold the work of
stowing the ioe was progressing rapidly.
The Ice is simply packed together in as
small a space as possible, and nothing
is put around it, ai many doubtless sup
pose. At the hatches, after the cargo is
all in, little hay ii thrown, but with
the exemption of that there ia nothing
put about the ioe to keep It from melt
ing. Under the improved order of paok
lng only from 10 to 18 per cent ox the
ice ia melted,- and at times not ao much
aa that. Bangor OommeroiaL
Bedfleld waa the first meteorologist to
prove that in all extensive severe storms
a system of surface winds is blowing in
toward a atorm center.
Hnroboldt river, in Nevada, waa
anted by Fremont In honor of Baron
EumboldL .
ANECDOTES OF GPURGEON.
How tlifl Oreat Knffllsli Preacher Tame to
lie a Smoker,
Pnmo yoairt uo I was ut a hotel in
Paris, nnd to my great tlnlijrht found
Mr. HpttrKeoii one wet afternoon in tho
smoking room. IIo was attending n ro
ligtons conference and was iiccotnpiiiiicd
by a kind of bodyguard of elders and
deacons, ono or two of whom constantly
watched him. Fortunately for inn, nnno
of tlinni smoked, and who'i they mount
ed their usual watch ho literally choked
them off in a few minutes. I wits thoro
foro his sole audience on two or throe
occasions. I have known most of tho
good conversationists nnd raconteurs
of my time ; but, except pei'Saps Hubert
Lonis Stevenson, he was by far the best.
I nnderstnud that n biography of Mr.
Spurgeon has lately appeared, but I have
not seen it nnd doubt if the author has
preserved the following anecdnto, which
I venture to Trite down, ns nearly as I
can remember, in his own words 1
"Yon wouldn't guess what calling
I wanted to follow. I wanted to be a
whippcr in of hounds. Yos, thoro wns
never a moct near whore 1 was brought
up without my attending, nnd ninny a
long ran I had, tften ncross plowed
fields, nnd many a time I was alone nt
tho denth. I could not do it now" and
then ho looked nt his amplo waistcoat
and laughed. I never heard a moro pleas
ant lnngh nor 0110 moro sympnthotio and
infectious. IIo continued :
"Yon wouldn't guess how I camo to
be a smoker. When I wns 10, I went to
my father and told hlra thoro was a va
cancy, and that I should liko to go in
for it. 'A vacancy for what?' he asked.
'For a whippcr in to the hounds, nnd I
should bo sure to get it. ' IIo answered,
very solemnly, 'Charles, my son, you
should be a whippcr in of souls,' and he
sent me down into tho Fen country to
pronch lu tho villages. When I came
homo, I dovolopcd a violent oold, with
a good deal of fover and some twinges
of rheumatism. I told my father nil
my experiences how I had been recoiv
ed, how they had crowded inbut there
was ono thing lu particular that I dwolt
on.
"I had observed in every cottngo that
the old people sat in tho chimney oor
nors nnd that tho tablo boforo me was
ornnmcnted with two long pipes, cross
ed, between two jars of tobaooo and two
hymnbooks. At ono of these meetings,
just ns I was about to spouk, an old man
took up and flllod a pipo, and then
drawing a hot oiudor from the flro pro
ceeded to offer it to ma I gave him a
look intended to withor him up, for I
allowed no levity "hero anothor laugh.
" 'I too,' said my fathor, 'how you
have acquired that hoavy cold. ' Whon I
was bettor, I started on anothor tour,
but bofore I loft home my father said in
his most improHHlve tones, 'Charles, my
son, if they fill and light a pipo for yon,
smoke it. If they don't, fill and light
for yourself. And, iu any caso, don't
keep them from thoir tobaooo. In that
climate and at this time of year smok
ing is your host protection ugainst fe
verish colds.' "London Realm.
A HARROWING EXPERIENCE.
Story of an Execution by Kleotrlolty Re
lated oa an Klevated Train,
They got on a crowdod Sixth avenne
olovatcd train at Fourteenth street, and
every ono looked at them because they
were both young and both protty. They
talkod together in audible tones, with
all the enthusiasm of youth, and the
other passengers listonod to it all with
groat interest
Suddenly one of them, the smallor
one, turnod to hor companion and with
a look of horror on hor face asked :
"Oh, Win, did you ever ace any one
killed by electricity?"
'.'Gracious, no I" exolnimod the other.
"I should hope not. "
"I did," laconically rejoined the
other.
"Why, Florence, what do you mean?"
demanded her oompauion.
"Oh, it was terrible," replied Flor
ence in all seriousness. "I never want
to see anything like it again."
"flow utterly ridioulousl" remarked
her friend. "Whom did you ever see
killed by eleotrioity?"
"Why," replied Florence, an ag
grieved expression coming over her face,
"it was the other afternoon up in Har
lem. I saw a oat run over by an eleotrio
oar."
The other passengers tried not to
smile, but it waa too funny, considering
that the girl meant every word she said.
Neither girl noticed the amusement of
the other passengers, however, and Flor
ence doesn't know yet of the amusement
the passengers got out of her harrowing
experience. New York Sun.
The Baits In the Ooaaa.
The salts of the sea have fed, through
out all time, countless living things
which have thronged its water and
whose remains now form- the rocks of
continents or lie spread; in beds of
unknown thiokness over 66,000,000
square miles of the 148,000,000 squa-v
miles of the ocean 'a floor. They have
lent the aubstanoe to build the fringing
reefs of the land and all the ooral is
lands of the aea, and there are at pres
ent, on the basis of an average salinity
of 8 per cent In the 300,70(5,000 cubic
miles of water whioh make up the
ooeana, 90,000,000,000,000,000 tons,
or 10,178,000 oubio milos, of aalt This
ia sufficient to cover the areas of all the
lands of the earth with a uniform layer
of aalt to a depth of 1,000 feet Popu
lar Soienoe Monthly.
LENGTHY SNAKE STORY.
A Point In Dl.pute Which Is
Vet
A watt Inn Rett lenient,
A rather sunburned lint gnnd looking
farmer ntado his way np to tbn simkn
editor's desk and stood there v :i!'ing to
bo heard. Tltn snake editor 1 .i d np
into his kindly face, with its imiiwny
guze, nnd smiled a welcome iu spito of
himself.
"Good morning," ho said ns pleas
antly as if his visitor had money.
"IIiiw nro yonf" responded tho visit
or. "I'm from Montgomery comity."
"Is thnt so?" greeted the editor.
"Yes, thnt's so," said tho visitor,
pulling up a chair nnd gazing far away.
"What Icnnieln for," he went on
ninrninronsly, "was to ask yon a ques
tion. Yon are tho stitiko editor, they told
me down stairs. "
"Thnt's right. What can I do for
you?"
"I don't know. P'raps yon can an
swer my question and p'raps yon can't "
"What is it?"
"You're the man that Loudoun coun
ty's been posting ou her snake ornp,
ain't yon?"
"Yes."
"I thought ao. Well, we've got
snakes iu Montgomery county, too, as
woll as they have in Loudoun. "
"Do you want to get up acompetitivn
exhibition?"
"Oh, no," he said, gently ns a ring
dovo's coo. "I only want to tell how we
are fixed on snakes just now iu Mont
gomery nutl submit a ' question. Yon
see, it's this way: Wo ditched a snake
on onr place yesterday or rntlier wo
partly did, for ho ain't all ontohed yet,
and"
"Hold on I" exclaimed the editor.
"How can that be?"
"It's just the wuy we are doing it in
Montgomery," said tho visitor cnlmly.
"We found him coming out of a hole in
the rocks, and there was 18 feet of him
ont of the hole nt the time we seen him.
The rest of him was p'inting nnder
gronnd toward Loudoun, and judging
from where we stopped him coming out,
tho other end of him will likely reach
clean across the river over intoLondouu.
If he's all in Montgomery, it's all right,
and we'll pull him on out, but if the
biggest half of him is over ou Loudoun
anil he's a Loudoun comity sunke, by
gum, we propose to shove him back and
lot those Loudouners tnke care of their
own. The qnestion I waut you to settle
is which county ought to have the credit
of the snnko?"
Tho visitor's faraway look changed
into one of pained perploxity, and the
snake editor asked for further time.
Washington Stur.
PIERCED THROUGH BY A DRILL
The Iron Entered Ills Hack and Cams Out
Through His Ribs.
They were discussing last night at a
miners' boarding house the stabbing
of Tom Lynch at tho Butte hotel, and
a nnmber of tho cases of a similar na
ture were brought up in which the in
jured men recovered and were as hearty
as evor.
"The most rcraarkablo case, though,
that I ever beard of," said Jerry Harri
gan, "was that of Pat Mulligan, with
whom I worked for many a year. In
Jnne, 1861, Mnlligan was working at
the Gray Rock, when the shaft on that
property was about 225 feet deep. Mul
ligan was one of the sinking crow, and
ono day the bucket which was used for
taking out tho waste aud water was be
ing hoisted to the surface. The bucket
was almost filled with water, and the
shaft mou, unknown to the topinan, put
six dull drills in the bucket to be sent
on top to be sharpened. The topinan
dumped the water iu a trough at the
collar of tho shaft withont closing the
trapdoors on top, and one of the drills
rolled out, struck the trough and full
off down the shaft. It waa an inch drill
about two feet long and woighed about
six pounds.
"Mulligan was in a stooping position
when the drill struok him. It hit him
back of the shoulder blade, passed clean
through the body, narrowly missing his
heart, and partly emerged from be
tween the ribs. Mulligan's horror strick
en companions in the shaft rushed to
his assistance, and were about to pull
the drill out from his back when Mulli
gan calmly seized the lower end of the
drill from where it protruded, and by a
great effort palled it through his body
and threw it down at his feet
"It waa a wonderful exhibition of
strength and fortitude, but everybody
who heard of the accident waa confident
that he could not survive. He hovered
between life and death for about three
weeks, and finally got apparently aa
well aa ever. He worked for ten years
in the mines of Butte and Granite, but
finally met with a horrible death at the
Anaconda mine on Nov. 4, 1891, by
falling with eight others from the cage
while being hoisted from the mine.
Butte Inter Mountain.
The experience of failure la one that
cornea in a greater or less degree to ev
ery one at times, trying the metal and
probing the character aa no prosperity
can do, Viotor Hugo,
It la only after one man tries to get
something that the crowd who wouldn't
have it aa a gift strive for it Los
Angeles Express.
For dandruff an exoellent preparation
It made of two ounoea of powdered
borax, ait ounoe of powdered camphor
and two nuarta of boiling water.
Crowning Moment or a H hip's Career.
A successful launch of a largo vessel
has been called the crowning moment
of a shipbuilder's career. Home one has
said also that a launch is the must deli
cate part of a shipbnilder's work. It is
very dilllcnlt to say what is tlio most
dtdieato part of shipbuilding, fin thn
simple reason that thcro doesn't seem
to bo ony part of it that isn't delicate.
No more complex iniicliiuory is miido
than thn wonderful mnriiio engine. No
more carefnlly designed structure exists
than tho hull of a modem steamship. A
launch is as much a mat ter of mathe
matics ns any part of the work of build
ing a ship, uud perhaps It is because
lunnehes nro always inspiring thnt they
hnvo been called tho crow ning occasions
of shipbuilding.
It is only since tho United States be
gan to build a now navy that wo have
had Innuehes of largo vessels in this
country. Wo have built so ninny fine
warships that it was not nominally diffi
cult fur ns to build merchant vessels of
tho first grade, and wo have just fin
ished two ships next iu sizo to the two
largest ships that nro nlloat in tho
world. Building these ships was a groat
achievement, hrmover, and henco tho
coroninny of putting them into tho wa
ter from dry land attracted great atten
tion throughout tho country and was at
tended iu ench case by thousands of
spectators. They saw tho picturesque
side of each (if these ovents. They saw
tho foam ns tho christening bottlo of
wino was brokeu U'kiii tho bow. They
heard tho clieors nnd shouts and helped
to makn them. They waved their huts
and huiniknrchiefs ns the ship began to
glido down into tho water, nnd each
mnn almost hold his breath until ho saw
her snfo in tho stream and acknowledg
ing tho plaudits of tho multitude by
making a graceful bow. "Launching
a Uroat Vessel," by Franklin Matthews,
in St Nicholas.
Exaggerated Industrialism.
Town and country succeed ono anoth
er. Thn truin passes at full speod over
low bridges, spanning broud rivors
which flow between forests remains of
forests rather violated, massacred for
ests, whoso vigorous vegetation still
bears witness to the primitive splendor
of this country before "tho pale faced
dostroyor of forests" hod set foot npon
it Rows upon rows of oottnges, without
gardens, without a single one of those
little, open air drawing rooms in which
the French citizen loves to saunter,
pruning shears and watering pot in
hand. But where shall Americans find
the time to saunter, the time to watch
tho budding roso treos, to lot themselves
livo? Their rose trees are those vast,
ever multiplying factory chimneys.
Thoir gardens aro these houses, so rap
idly bni It that a single generation sees
them increase fivefold, tenfold and moro.
Iu 1800 Now Haven, through which
wo havo just passed, had 6,000 inhabit
ants. Today it has 80,000 and its com
merce is valued nt more than 150,000,
000 francs a yonr. A littlo way back it
wns Bridgeport, which last yoar pnt out
100,000,000 francs worth of sowing ma
chines nnd corriagos, or Hartford,
where insuranco conipnnios have an ag
gregate capital of 700,000,000 francs.
Those figures become, ns it were, con
crete in view of this landscape, which
they explain nnd with which they blond,
so many aro the steamboats in tho most
Insignificant ports, tho olectrio railways
in the oity streets, the factories in the
country towns, aud the advertisements,
advertisomontseverywhore. I had taken
out paper to make a general summary
of the impressions of this first week. I
cannot do it, so much is my attention
absorbed by the medley of primitive
scenery so littlo removed from aborig
inal wildness and exaggerated indus
trialism. Paul Bourgot's "Outre Mer. "
Why Dogs Bark.
In writing of the native dogs of Cen
tral America, Frederick Boyle brings
forward a theory as to how dogs form
the habit of barking. He was discussing
with an old resident of the country
some traits of the coyote, as the native
wolf is called, bnt which more nearly
resembles the dog.
Dogs will never go wild so long as
they can find a master to serve, and
more especially trained dogs. The coyote
never barks, and only gallops when pur
sued. "Why don't these coyotes bark like
other dogs?" I asked an old Indian,
pointing to one I was trying to reclaim.
"And why do they only howl and the
pups grunt?"
His answer was, "He won't learn. "
"Not learn?" said L "What do you
mean?"
"No," he replied, "not learn, for If
he were of an honest breed, he would
bark, to try to imitate his master, or, at
all events, the other dogs, but all bail
ing proceeds from dogs imitating their
master's shout The master shouts to
drive in cattle to the oorral, and the dog
barks also. In fact, the dog imitates his
master when he barks; he tries to
apeak, but cannot "
I give thia curious observation as the
only attempt I ever heard to account for
the barking of our tame dogs. No wild
breeds make any noise except bowling
and snarling, nor, under the beat cir
onmstauoes, will they learn to bark un
til the third or fotirth generation.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
That thou art blamed shall not be thy
defeot, for slander's mark was ever yet
the fair. So thou be good, slander doth
but approve thy worth the greater.
Shakespeare.
8LEEP, BACY, SLEEP.
Over the soa a Inrty enr.v .
Hlier, s!en, !r rheti.
Night was the Ivntitlful lutty's nnmo, -
Hlecji, sll-ep, s-'i.
TtiT ej s I'k'i two slurs sh..no soft and hrlghtt
ITi-r vnlc" litre the Imf e's immnnr light,
Klnil nnd Kentl" nnd lovely nluhtj
Hleep, huby slis.p.
TTuW temlcr hr tore for ench t!tl. ons,
Bleep, sleep, sweetly sleep.
Bho softly cnllitl when the lny was dnno,
"Weep, sleep, sleep.
"tv-nr lit Mo children," 1 heard her any,
"Yen nmst Is. tired now. ptop yonr play
Anil rotnn with mo to dreamland away,
bleep, bllliy, aleep.
"Hhnt yonr eyes If yon want to go.
Bleep, sleep, sweetly sleep.
Bufe In my arms I'll curry yea ao,
Hlisp, slep, sli'p.
Over thn ocean flying fust
Knrth with Its elmnl anil storm Is past
Here is tho beautiful hind at Inst;
Bleep, baliy, shsip.
"Bach a wonderful, happy land,
Bleep, slu-p, sweetly sleep.
Children laughing on every hand,
Bleep, shs-p, slisp.
Flowers more gay than our lM'atttlna of spring,
Muslo moro full than our lilnls can sing,
Bunshlnn and fnlrlm and every bright thing.
Bleep, Imhy, slis-p."
Josephine I'arktnan In Youth's Companion.
A Qneer Bliampno,
In one of tho hotel barber shops a
small Italian boy named Joe ofllciatos
With tho whisk broom. The other day
tho hotel housekeeper sent down to the
proprietor of the shop and nsked him to
fix her up n bottle of shampoo, Ho lixnd
it and told .Too to tako it up to the
honsekoeper.
"Yon tell her," said thn barber, "to
tako half a teacup of tho shampoo i.nd
put it in two teacups of water and ap
ply." Joe took tho shampoo nnd went up to
tho housekeeper with it In a short time
he camo back, nnd the barber asked,
"Oive it to her nil right?"
"Yes," said Joe.
"With tho directions?"
"Yes," said Joe again.
Half an hour Inter the barber notioed
tho housekeeper out iu tho hull, looking
curiously into tho shop. Ho walked out
to whero sho wns.
" Hello 1" she said. "Which is it? Are
yon drunk or crazy?"
"What do yon moan?" askod the bar
ber, with much dignity.
"Yon must be one or the other, judg
ing from the message yon sent np with
that shampoo."
"What message did I send?"
"Joe told me you said to toll me to
mako a cup of tea and put it in the bot
tle and Ho about it I" Buffalo Express.
Philosophy of Pvlnoa.
"Did you over hear the story of how
the Prince of Wales asked tho sultan to
go and see the Derby run?" asked Or
lando Jones. "Well, it was thiswise:
Tho rooo for the Derby was about to be
run, and as tho sultan was then visiting
England the prince sent ono of his lords
in waiting to inquire if tho eastern po
tentate would not like to go and wit
ness tho clnssio contest. The son of the
moon and stars wns seated propped up
by cushions, smoking placidly, when the
royal emissary was ushered into his
presence.
" 'His royal highness bids mo ask
your majesty if it would pleaso ynn to
witness tho race for tho Derby?' said ho,
bowing low.
" 'Does his royal highness mean thnt
I should go nnd see a horse rnco?' in
quired tho sultan blandly.
" 'Ho does, yonr highness.'
" 'Tell the prince that I cannot do
so,' replied the ruler of the faithfnl.
'Why should I want to go? All men
who ore not fools know that some horses
are swifter than others.'" Atlanta
Journal,
"No Point" MoOee.
3 O MoOoe, one of the best known
geologists in the government service, is
called No Point McGee by his friend
becauso, not having had a Christian
name given him by his parents, when
he went into the government service, he
was compelled to choose distinguishing
initials. He took all the letters of the
alphabet, placed them in his bat and
drew two at random. These he selected
for his name, and since then he baa
signed himself J O McGee. This became
known about the government office, and
then his name was published J O Mo
Gee, without the periods, for the print
er! said there waa no abbreviation.
Philadelphia Press.
Bowing and Reaping.
Here ia a thought fromir Frederick
Leighton : "Whatever littleness degrades
our spirits will lessen them and drag
them down. Whatever noble fire ia in
our hearts will burn also in our work.
Whatever purity ia ours will chasten
and exalt it, for as we are ao our work
is, and what we aow in our Uvea that
beyond a doubt we shall reap for good
or 111 in the strengthening or defacing
of whatever gifts have fallen to our lot ' '
Vry Considerate.
A true husband thinks first of his
wife's comfort, says a French journal.
Friend Perrichon, accompanied by his
wife, took a trip to the outskirts of
Paris. Very tired uud hungry they en
tered an eating house. The proprietor
declared that he had nothing but a chop
to offer them.
"Only onei" exclaimed Perrichon.
"Then what ia my wife to have?"
Sbiloh's Cure ia sold on a guarantoe.
It cures incipient consumption. It Is the
bust cough cure. Only one ceut a dose,
Soot., Soots, and 11.00. Sold by J. C.
King & Co