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TiAM : ' "-M.il fiSMOUTft, wrftfKASKA, WEDNESDAV, JsOVEMBER 14. 1SS8.
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MOUNTAIN" COMMERCE."
STR2AM3 A.1E THE PRINCIPAL HIGH
V.AY3 IN EASTERN KENTUCKY.
flow the J.mit:tlnoT ft III Supplies.
Tito "!'u..!i I loaf and the SIclltmJ of
Natl;;jtls 11 TrMi-rllnj l"p Streu on
t'.tn His Sandjr.
Amour; tL ciany uovt-lties wLich tli
utrri'TT Cii'Jt among tli mountains of
r.v.:,: i K.-i.tucUy few will interest a man
of u i r.i'-t I ti!rn of fc:ind more than the
pnMio l.i :h vny. Tho mountain road.
fii;.; . l. ru a mountain gap l.i to Ij
cro t. :.;( tl.o mountain btreurus. In
f.r- n. i t !.c ro !.- bcaroely a cross road
or c.r:i. r.- in this county outside of
tliin. t'i! only villao in Ibu tonnty, but
vL.i v r :i c :..!: to! 1:3 or a L rook enter
r. ! ;; i roH'l forks.
I r Kciit iu-'.;y law the county judpfo
i'. : 1 i v. i.'TO :;nJ Low new road bball
Ik I i 1 i'-t. '1 1. o orJinnry mountain road
i. - U.i'i -tit t.'ix ft-vl tvido. find tlio roadway
prop r r.mt lo nul l not U-sa than two
tut-1 .-;!:' R:it Jn.!;jo WwyiMT, of tliis
t o-uity. i ; an enterprising citizen, who
ii. -sirtr t i:-ij:-tivo tho country, and in
v.'i pi' u" ho l.ns roft:i; .i to issuo any
oj&ji" t ;i .i veil pist for riad.- L-s.s tliun
iiino ffvt wido. Tliis rnay aicin iiarrow to
northern farmers, wlio lay out prlvuto
lanes nt least a rodwido, hut in a country
where traveling Is dono on horseback, and
where- the vehi loi for transporting ftoods
of any sort, even in summer, uro narrow
bltxla, tho uiuo foot road m a novelty
V.Lich has tet tho county to talking.
THE (I1KEK KKI KOAUS.
Of course there aro necessarily wagons
wherever logging is done, but tho log
wagon sticks to beds of tho streams,
which aro invariably wide and hollow,
while th public highway winds along the
lia::!: of the stream and runs in the actual
1 of tho stream only where tho con
figuration of tho mountain sides on each
brkofttie stream makes it necessary.
When tho logging is dono no eiTort is
m:i to koeo open tho highway formed.
Th'"-o creek bed roads aro excellent in
warm weather and low water; in winter
and pri:ig they ara impassable for weeks.
Th creek beds were, originally selected
for highways leeauso very lit tie labor was
needed to make a highway out of a creek
hed. There is not such a tiling in Pike
county a3 bij nigger head rock. The
brds of tho streams are of sand or sand
fctoce., and there is never a rapid or water
fell of such descent as to bother a team.
Another very good reason for utilizing
the crocks as roads was tho fact that all
tho imports and exports of the mountains
have been necessarily carried in and out
on the rivers. The mountaineer's supplies
have been brought up from tho Ohio river
ever since thoro was any one on the Ohio
to ell them. As all creeks run by the
erv :Mt and generally tho shortest route to
t'i." i i . r. it waj natural for the mount
ed.. r i i fjllow the creek dc-.vn to its
i.. . '. t- gel Lis cupplies at tho stores
v ia a v. cic I jCiled &!oug the river.
i ::: i:.at."
: n." m.t vay trust worthy
).' , . - Vi e t-li af.i'.ioat.'. ;i tho Uig
S., . . - :y etten yl Matted up for IMke
';!: .'; . i. e::d f navi r:it ion, t.nly to get
j ; i i a h.-.r. tr to find themselves
! . i :. t l et v.een bars by the f-ud-
. . ; 'i ".vjvr. Out of this r.nccr-
..... : f:e k-:v;i!i of a steaia-
i..,. r : a:id fro::i tho headwaters
. ... . , I. ; j :v.:i the er.'ft. very
e-. e:.Ht'.l the push
. ur t;v.it for t lie wa:cr could
' i- a tcov.- 7 ict t wide, CO
: i ;i lliC i t!op. At e.nciid
. ; . s ho:T.j high enough for a
i ;:-'i rlit i:i r.inl Zs.'i feet in
-i.i l.y CiU.i. The re is a sort
. r .:.;',; :;b.-.'t the Louse, and
; th U!Ier end of along
. . .-. i.i-U the I Hot wields b
.. ; ; i.l J'ro ca a shelf built half
-.". t'v stem.
!. . 1 ..i:sui o i i .ih;d on three w ide
, 1 1:-.: run, lik-j fceel3, the length of
t L Lel. o as to cover a large part of tho
butt's hoi.L'.:!i; hut a clenr gangway of at
lei--t f.tt-e:i inches in width is left along
e:i ea.-li f Klo of the merchandise, no mat
te i l.'.w rt the load. These gangways
r n ulso Uoorei by planks laid bilgo-keelson
f.;.-hion.
A Inat like this will carry twelve to
fil'e n tons dead weight of goods on a
dm'.i.cht of eight inches. There are over
V. . i if them regularly employed on the
tig f-' :::.:. and tho cargoes cr.rried up
consist chiefly of the goods kept in the
courtrv stores. At certain seasons, par
ticularly In the fall, down cargoes can be
Lad.
BTIOVTSO A T.OAT.
Y7ien tho boat is loaded the skipper
clicibs to Lis shelf and grasps the tiller.
Ti.o crsw of four men cast off tho ropes
ami pick up their push poles. These
1-oles are about ten feet long and from an
inch and a half thick at tho upper end
swell to two inches thick at tho bottom,
where they aro shod with a short pike.
Two of the crew stand on tho starboard
Low and two on the port, ne behind the
ct her, and facing aft, placelhe lower ends
of tho push poles on tho bottom of the
Urcam. the upper ends against their out
board shoulders, and then, throwing their
vreight arainst the poles, they walk aft.
As the poles cannot slip along the bottom,
tie I oat is forced forward. Tlie push
boat Li a horizontally acting troadiriU.
Vt coarse, the mm walk aft on the bilge
planis. which are left clear of merchan
Iisc, so thut they caa walk there freely.
Ii is distressing to a stranger it makes
l.im feel ts Jf Lis own back was about to
break xr.crely to look at the men as they
thovo tho boat along: but tho Big Sandy
boatmen aro a hardy and cheerful race,
aad not only do not "fret and chafe over
their toil, but even walk away to tho
tuno of some rollicking love song or ditty
which they have learned from the favorite
artist ct a traveling theatrical troupe at
CatJcttsbttrg.
Tho men get $t a day each and board
The day runs from sunrise to frauset, and
fa tLat time four men will shove a boat
fro-i thirteen to fourteen miles up stream
va tho Iiig Sandy. The pilot a' usually
the owner cf tho boat. lie gets seventy
ve coi.ts a hundred pounds for general
uiit- Li.. V.-o brought from Catlettsburj
t i ' Vi ' r. ili a. a distance of 100 milej.
ri.-.T ho- t-rlags at $1 a barrel. It Is only
v. i i boat Las a full cargo and a proa
pjsag9, the boatmen eity, thrt
If: Ii L-.it "owner gets any return on
' fiviitrjcst, which, however, is not
c- fo- a pood boat costs but $C0 or $70.
! ..-rulo (Ky.) Cor. Kew York Sun.
v, ..- v.-4..-uid' bo sorW to lose your sister,
i u. Johnny?" asked the visitor
." . to tho little boy who was
r.:i ia the drawing room.
. . ; .'.id Johnny. ''I guesa X
. . r. ; iC Mr. Ilaciiason. Maw aajs
; c ;;a to wear t-hort" fnts till after
WHEELING THROUGH EUROPE ! !
1 Rlcycl Tortrtit TeVU iluw i:uJoytJ
Sar-tl Travt.llrs I"
Or.o scarcely realizes, till l:o Las tilci
It. how little i the expense of a bivili
trip thrr.njh Kurope. To thi: practical
Ariricar. wh'-elr.iau lh first f"iest ion f-j,
'.'J: it ; e-s it cost?" IVom tho expf.i
rr.ee of o::- v. Lo Las b"en llinmii tl:e
Yrossachs of i ' !nd and tho rathedral
towns of Kuglaud. who has ridden tip the
Uhinn arid climbed half a dozen or i:i-reof
tho Alpinn passei in Switzerland, and Las
fp-nt nc:.ily a moutli each I:i tin eiti i el
Iiondou and l'uris, tho rot ia foi::i 1 to
havo beru little laoru than it v.or.'.d l ava
b-en to Live eout iaii-d in tlio tluil rot.tirio
of Lomo life. T 1; .sure, there ia tin' lost
time of tho: o who have ody Kalaried ia
conif s. Onco over Lere, while tho traveler
by ordinary means f con veyaiico is do
bating whether to go hocoud or third cLihs
or to buy t -k'a tourist's tickets or tho
regular oi.es. the wheelman selects an in
dependent route una, without waiting
upon tl.o inn:iii( i' of oing, goes. IVbides,
the going, in.-.: t ad of b-ing a matter of
great ei. jftj:-'., as it tcaaetime is by tteiiin
or horse ov.er, oa tho contrary, over the
pe rfect road of Iuropc, is a means of eu
j..yablo e.en is that not only does not
decrease the l ank account, but increaej
t he oek of pb vsical health. After nearly
four ir.onths. or 1,!'J) miles, of such do
lightfi:! traeling ia the present case, tho
limited letter of ei edit is still found so
bulky that a ride through southern 1 "ranee,
along the Iliviera. down throt'gh Italy
and over to the l'yrain'Kls is to bo under
taken soon.
Hut as to the cost, so far. in dollars and
cents. While tlio English hotels are, as
a rule, I think, more expensive than those
on tlio continent, yet in either case, my
expenses did not average over a day.
In fact, through Lclgium and (Jevmany
they wero but la day. A wheelman
travels so independently that ho is not ul
ways obliged to stop over night at the
larger cities, and 1 often couid avoid
them by riding eight or ten mile-s further
to some small inn. 1 found plenty of good
food and n comfortable bed for half tbo
monev. Such a motle of traveling does
not allow of the putting on of any great
amount of Kf ylo, but my chief ambition
was to f se rather than to be seen of mc-ii.
In London there are plenty of gxd, re
spectable, privato boarding plates to be
found for $1 or $1.23 a day. To find
them ono needj only to inquire of some
friend who has made "an extended stay in
London, or to apply to eome American
living there. I found a good place on
Euston road, within a mile and a half, or
a four cent omnibus ride, of Fleet street,
for $7.50 a week. That included the
room and attendance, a meat breakfast at
8:30 and a four or five course dinner at
6:C0. Tho luncheon at 12, if had, was ex
tra, but it was usually more convenient
to take a light luncheon wherever I hap
pened to bo.
It is proverbial that Frenchmen like
Americans better than almost any other
class of fereigners, and this was,-perhaps,
chov. n to to s9 one afternoon when I ias
vieing out in the Bois ele Boulogne, t hat
Lvuuiifi.l pari; of 2.2C0 acres just oulf.ido
tl.o fortifications towards tho vest. I was
liuiag ti A-iy along, listening to the mutuc
:l tho Urand Of era orchestra, whica, to
iaaay of ti e ii. teucrs. must Lao b--en in
pl.a'.ing contrast to tho sound of the
Uvt-mau shot und shell heard there so
tl.ort a tni'O rgi. wi.eu a poiievian
,lo; -::e.l me av.d trdetvd lao to go i.:a-tl.er
v.ay. 1 tUd l ot tiialcrstaiul v. hieh ws;y.
;..;. luiued ith...nt r.ii.1 rod .-e il. In i-.l-oui
aalf s.a i:..;:i" 1 lia t the fcaiaD polli-ciaa'a ia
auothii eliive. Vi.is tiiao Lti v..:a laau
i.o : e.-! !ct;i.n v.aiuiv an.
talked
i c; il l s.-y liolLing. iiaally. v.:.ta J
:. v.h: ct ia a word. 1 said I eli.1 not i.noVr
' r-ii-1. and cor.Id t;nly speak LnglL-h.
ui are an LnglithiuanV" he said i:i
I evald understand, but v. it hot: t
. ..luig liown any. "'I-Jo," I aid, "I t in
. ; Aiae; i-.M-a." '"oh," he lYplie.l eui; kiy,
;:.. i a." and he stepped aaide with a
.t.i' of 1.1 i hand, a pa aatly aj could
:. ' I huppet.cd. 1 Lave sha-'-- I'ouud eut,
3 L'O iUa::g ia sc-uio of the drives
:oia v-5-i-..'h wo aro j ; ohihittd. launy of
the LaliLh aad Ucru.au wheelmen t;rc
i:t;l-j i ioigh bells fastened to tho handle
b:i3 . waraings to pedestrians, Lut in
Switzerlaiid, v.heio tho noiso of running
water drov.ns all other ordinary sounds
u so many localities, I found that my
bhiill v.histlo even was insut3cient, and
nothing but the most throat splitting yell
would tljur tho road of the numerous
pedestrians. Here in Paris tho wheelmen
.nave adopted the tram car horn, an. in
Uuiiiea.; with a rubber bulb for forcing
tho nir iLTorigh, and, really, one blast
from thse pneumatic levers is enough to
lift a whelo regiment out of tho road.
George B. Thayer in New York World.
Simple 2Ietliol lor Iteaninsation.
At a meeting of tho hist congress of
German scientists this subject was dis
cussed, and Dr. II. Frank mentioned that
there aro but. two ways to stimulate the
heart electricity and mechanical concus
sion of the heart. The first is considered
dangerous by him as it may easily destroy
the last power of contraction, remaining
in tho organ. But what is termed "pec
toral concussion" is decidedly preferable.
Dr. Frank's method is as follows: lie
flexes tho bands on tho wrist to an obtuse
angle, places them both near each other
in the ileoctecal region, and makes vigor
ous strokes in the direction of the heart
and of the diaphragm. These strokes aro
repeated from fifteen to twenty times, and
are succeeded by a pause, during which
he strikes the chest over the heart re
peatedly with the palm of his "band. In
favorable cases tkis method is early suc
cessful, and sometimes a twitching pf the
lids or the angles of the mouth appears
with surprising raplciity as the first ' sign
cf returning life. As soon as these symp
toms aro noted, the simple manipulations
above described must be earnestly con
tinued and persevered in from a half to
one hour, for, with their cessation, the
phenomena indicating beginning of return
of life also cease. Generally, the f ac$ as
sumes a slight reddish tint, end' at ' the
same time a faint pulsation may be felt in
tho carotids. " By this method Dr. Frank
has seen life return in fourteen cases,
among whcua were suchas had hung them
selves, drowned and asphyxiated" by ' cav
bonic oxide, and In ono case by croup.
Herald of Health.
Aid to Memory.
Dumley (overtaking Brown on his way
homo to dinner Aren't you rather late
to-night, Urowm
Brown Yes washerwoman washer
woman. I've had a hard day's work
washerwoman washerwoman.
Burnley What are you mumbling
washerwoman" forj -
Brown Co that I wouldn't forget to
advertise for a washerwoman ' in this af
t:moou's pepcr. lly wife told me to keep
repeating washerwoman, and I've kept it
np all dsv. aud (suddenly) by thunder! if
I :i:?Ti"r nrrvi ft .fter all. Washerwo-
' man washerwoman blank fo&sherwo
I v.v e
KUAIvATOA'S 'EUUITIOX. !
SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION CF THE
NOTED VOLCANIC EXPLOSION.
I'relimiiiury IVrfomo "" of tlio Volcano.
WJien till- C'rliUn C'anie olfe of tin. Creat
C'ru!t r.ft't-cta of the Kxplonloii - Opt ical
lhriinniciKL
In lVc.O there ven eti th-pialies along
the sh'.ivs of the Straits cf :-.:'nla. but
ICrakat on g:ve no ipra of reav. akeuiug nut il
May V0, when t hero was a sudden
aad violent eruption, by which a column
of dust and steuni was thrown to a height
of seven miier.. and su:::e of tho matter
ejected was carried fc3 f ar as ilCO t!;ilos l:o-
f'.ro it diseejK'.ed to t beearl !. liils eruj)
tioa was accompanied L-y noises which in
Balavia. 1(.'J miles away, so'iuded like the
booaiii.'j of cannon, vhilo doors and win
dows were f.ha':e: Tho force of this out
breuk soon t uL-siucd. aad such tliiatrs aro
so common in that part, of thr world that
little attention was paid to it. On May
2J an excursion party Irom Batavia visited
the neighborhood aad o!,ia;:!ed a photo
graph of tbo ino.nit.,i:i as it then appeared.
In tho middiu of Juno another crater
oj.e:ie l. and the dense pall of vapor that
had been hanging over the region was
perceptibly increased Alter that the
i-dand became every day the scene of
greater activity. On Aug 11 there v.-ero
three principal and eleven smaller volcania
lires visible upon it.
when tiil: cr.isia came.
The climax came on tho 27th of August
On t he afternoon before it could bo seen
that a cri.-Ls was approaching. Tho story
as told from tho logs of various ships that
were in tho neighborhood shows that fre-
pieiit explosion.! then occurred, and that
the air was tilled with vapor, pumice tend
dust, illuminated by a glow from tho vol
f ano below, and by continuous flashes of
lightning from above. The sound of fre
quent explosions was heard at great dis
tances, and waves were started that were
felt hundreds of miles away.
The investigations of the committee
havo proved conclusively that these erup
tions of tiie nfternoyji of Aug. 2, by
shattering tho island pnd tewing awtey
givst fragments Lorn it down to below
tho i -vrl of tho lcu, were the direct catise
of the terriGc outbuiat of the following
morning. Ly v.Livh tho island was neatly
destroyed, and the vast tidal wave started
that overwhelmed all the islands for a
hundred miles about. Through the
breaches maelo by these explosions in tho
walls of the craters the sea rushed in tor
rents. The first cCect, as when dirt or
stones aro 1 brown iuto ths mouth of a
geysin-, was to deaden tho violence of the
eruption, and produce a season of com
parative calm. This lasted through the
night of the 2Gth and well along into the
morning of tho next day. Butthoterri
ble energy thus smothered was merely sup-pressc-d
for a time. It accumulated deep
in tho earth leneath the small sea that
quickly fi!! -d up tho crater above, and
too longer it was confined the greater bo
c.'.rao ifs power. At 5:U0 o'clock in . the
tuorsiing came tho first outbreak, bnt it
.-: j not enough; the water poured in
; '. ,r..:-i" i '.!:: i t ho ' power below could throw
ui.,;!,i;:,;ltki I".,-." ca of lire below were
aeid iii aabjeetion by tho sea. There was
another outburst at ch-1-1 o'clock, but this,
too. the sea subdued, driving tho beast of
the vi.:.:ai back o:.'Ce vaore into its sub
terranean caverns, where it raged end
u:aej for nerrly four- hours. Then, at
W:'j2 o'i lock, it be.r.,t oat v.-;th p.n awful
vhd'-':.. liingiug tho ocea'i hack in waves
a L:i:.d:vd I act Lrvh. that rolled on for
lh;.sa:i:ls of Lailcs beforo they wholly
tiib.-iacd.
noise of ti::: cheat cr.Asn.
The noire of this last great crash of tho
eoadici between tho forces of the water
and of tre was heard over an urea equal
ing oue-thirtcenth cf tho surface of the
glabo. le-oplo a thousaiid miles away
thought a vessel iu distress was tiring
ruiauto guns and scat out a ship to her
s id. At Ueylon, 2,000 miles away, peeplo
thought that ships wero practicing with
their heavy guns somewhere iu the neigh
borhood, and even as far as Ilodriguez,
o.C03 miles from Krakatoa, a sound was
heard as of tho roar of distant artillery.
More than this, the air waves which ac
companied tho sound spread after tho
sound itself had become inaudible and
delicate instruments at various observa
tories and other stations in all parts of
the world recorded tho passage of unac
countable atmospheric impulses, not onco,
but time after time, until it is a scientifi
cally ascertained and moven fact that the
air wave from tho explosion passed seven
times around the world before it became
so faint that it produced no effect upon
tho instrument s that record such Incidents.
At Batavia, 100 miles distant, windows
were blown in, gas put out, a gasometer
lifted from its well, and oven walls were
cracked merely by tho vibrations of the air.
The sea waves hurled out from the vol
cano in all directions were more disas
trous, if less , far reaching, than the air
wares. Thirty-three miles from tho vol
cano some of tbe waves were 135 feet
high. Towns, villages and lighthouses
were swept away. A man of war was
carried up the Telok Belong valley nearly
two miles inland and left stranded thirty
feet above the sea level. The wave was a
very perceptible one all the way across
the Indian ocean, and at; Ceylon, Natal
and the Cape of Good llcpe its passage
was made a matter of record long before
anything was known of the explosion.
EFFECTS OIT THE EXPLOSION.
In the immediate vicinity of the island
the effect pf he explosion "was almost in
conceivable. Two-third3 of " the island of
ILrakatoa and the whole of a neighboring
island disappeared entirely. Lang Island
was increased by an addition to its north
ern end, and Verlatcn Island was enlarged
to three times its former dimensions. The
mass of matter which was blown away
from Krakatoa has been calculated at
200,000,000,000 enbio feet." One of the in
cidental effects of the explosion was the
exposure' of a magnificent section of the
island, nearly 2,000 feet high, showir.
admirably the formation of the interior o!
a crator.
The iapsfc curious part of the report is
that devoted to the optical phenomena
that followed the eruption, including the
remarkable colored sunsets in all parts
of the globe, which were almost certainly
the result of it. The lion. Rollo llusseil
and Mr. Douglas Archibald had charge of
the preparation o the parts of the re
port devoted to this subject. They fe-und
that at the time of the, explosion so great
a mass of dust and vapor was thrown
into the air to heights" estimated pt fac-in
12 to 23 tulles that foe 5Q umei 'around
Jarkjaess prevailed at inldduy. Much' of
this matter fell, quickly to the earth,
masses of pumice stone covering the Sea
thickly for a long distance about, ajaJ
were carried by tho cean cmreat3 to' oh,
Irts of the world,' so that eVen yet they
are being washed ashoro in places far
remote from the straitsof Sunda. 2fer
A Woman at a Xicstvaraut.
A pH-p Into ono cf the big up town
restaurants, patronized largely by women
out shopping, discloses tho fact that
women at luncheon are either excessively
economical, or rather extravagant. Sho
comes in Cyiug, bremthless, scans tho bill
of fao for the quickest thing to coiistimo
and the cheapest, orders a bouillon, or n
Fandwich. a cup of ,tea. or perbnpa jut
water; gobbles it, and Is off ou the trail
of a bargain again in a jiffy.
Or else sho comes iu slowly and calmly,
with f.n evident intention of f pending a
pleasant hour, reads the bill of faro
through without haste, calls the waiter
to inquire if this or tiiat dish is fresh,
though she does not LitenJ to order it:
finally calls for a salad, h: ico cream, an
oyster patty, an eclaire. a cheese cake, and
perhaps one or two other varieties of
whipped froth and baked wind, tlips a
lit tlo wtto each, while chatting with her
!n iead about t lie weather, tho bargains,
the fashions, tho theatre, her symptoms,
her dentist, her servants, her dressmaker
ead her children; keeps the waiter hover
ing about in hopes of a tip. vhilo she puts
ou a tight pairof gloves and buttons them
tip with a hairpin; i.s sure she has boon
overcharged, and requires considerable
eMphmat itui to convince her to the con
trary. trips up to the desk to pay and
e:uiis to count her change, and finally
teters out beaming with satisfaction, to
return a moment later in dire consterna
tion, having left her parcels behind, at: 1
insists on opening them nil then and
there, to sco if they havo not been opened
and robbed. New York Tribune.
Do Heart.- i:-al!y nre:-.!:?
Then again do hearts really break?
always in the metaphysical meaning Is
tho shock ever so violent m l poi :- -;::f:.l
that life loses foicvi aiier a cousiUerablo
portion of tho comfort and happiness it
formerly had? Dues not the deceived
friend, when the frenzy of the lirst twenty
four hours is over, soon recover from his
disillusion and not only conduct his
business as though nothing important
had happened, but tat with undiminished
appetite and sleep dreamlessly and well?
Does Wert her, even if he. abstains from
suir ide, always live on with a heart which
simply performs its muscular duty. i:i u
manner mere or less impaired, to bo sure,
but which never more bents to passion,
because passion can never more be ft-lt?
Aro tiiero uot Camilics who forget their
Aruiands as the conotier t heir conump
tion and settle down into uureuiorsefui
and deini-respectabla middle age?
Do immeasurable disappointments al
ways make cxisteneo a desert? Is there
not such a thing as forget fulness of acuta
miseries instead of memorizing them into
chronic griefs? Docs not tho expectant
treatment often euro the most bruised
and bleeding soul expeetpuey that e ill
looks for happiness both in this world and
tho world to come? Is there no tn.e
philosophy hi that vulgar maxim which
reminds us there aro as good Csh in tho
sea as ever were tnkcu out? Can it be
possiblo that any two soul-;, in spite of
vast divergences, are so mado for each
other that when sundered l y imperative
fata neither again cau ever tind a twin?
"A. E. L." in liome J.turuol.
Hie Cats of Paris.
We arc promised a cat show in Paris.
This will not. perhaps, bo so intcres! ing
f.s a baby show, but it will be a novelty
here. VLo Parisian? like eats, and, as
every holy krowj, they havo a highly dis
tinguished breed. Their loug fur, bushy
tails and nrniubio faces have iviado then
celebrated us "IVench cats," although in
reality they claim Oriental descent. At
all tiracs in favor here, they were chicuy
appreciated during the siege, although
the quantity of meat in preportiem to fur
was oft e'M disappointing A good cat of
steady habits tho protUiSto aniiaala uro
always hau was worth twenty frr.r.es or
more a fe days beforo t:i capitulation,
if some old ladir.i had not clung to their
cats with great detcrminr.t ion . and chocked
their roving impulses, they would eiaubt
less have been all eaten
Intelligence in cats grows in inverse
ratio to fur. The long furred aninuds aro
sleepy end stupid, tho short furred ones,
with tails liko rats, are pctive. wide
awako tad erzosediugiy enterprising.
These last aro known by the name . f
"gutter rabbits" in Paria. Perched on
tho roofs, safe from all stono throwers,
they hail tho coming of spring with jocund
music, and when they roam the streets ct
night they make tho rats' lives a burden
to them. Yet, with all their claima to
consideration, tho ''gutter rabbits" "-ill
have no place in the csb;011. CoV.
Boston Transcript.
TiireaeU Spoil by tlio Spider.
Tho scientist Lenwenhock says: "I
havo often compared the size of the thread
spun by full grown spiders with a hair of
my beard. For this purpose I placed tho
thickest part of the hair before tho mi
croscope, cud from the most accurato
judgment I could form, more than a
hundred of such threads placed side by
side could not equal the diameter of ono
such hair. If, then, we supposo such a
hair to be of a round form, it follows that
10,000 of tk tk?Aids spun by tho full
grown spider, whey taken together, will
not bo equal in substance to the size . f a
single hair." Boston Budget.
uite nigit ac;l Inflexible.
"Gentlemen," said tho little man nt the
club as ho looked at his watch, rose to his
feet and took his hat, "it is now 0 '.10, arid
I promised my wife I would bo heruo at
10. In matters of this kind 1 am rigid
and indexible. When my wife asks ine
to come homo tt a certain hour, and I
promise to do so, I am firm as adamant in
fulfilling that promise. Decision of char
acter, gentlemen." he continued, "is in
dispensable to any man who expects to
hold his position, yiouestioned as tho
head u the family. Gentlemen, good
? veulng. "Chicago' Tribune.
A Literary Jlunher-
Visitoit-r: What a beautiful library you
have! I really envy you.
Retired Butcher Yesj aad. just look at
the binding pf thiau books.
"I see; they are all bound in calf."
"Just so, and I killed all them calves
myself what furnished the leather."
Texas Siftings.
Vhe ltussian Kuior' Memorial.
Tb6 czar.' as a memorial to his late pa
rents, has devoted 1,000, 000 rubles and. an
estate, worth 200,000 roubles a year to the
foundation and ina;utetance of an institu
tion for tLe blind at St. Petersburg, to be
called the Alexander-Marien Institute
Chicago LTerald.
3Ueaot
The meanest man up to. date is Snifkins,
Flo suli Jones hali interest in a cow, and
then refused to divide the milk, main
taining that Jones owned tbo front half.
The cow hooked Snifkias, and now Bnif
h'tr'-r if-r Tl-T.
THE : ARGC3 OF PROGRESS
OUR LATEST IMPROVEMENTS !
f7mpetlllon I tbo I.If f Trde." and If yon hvo not w-n our liilt Imprnvml nviiti yrrt
mnnot Imulrliie how lively trail l. or Ik.w lird otir comiM-tltor liiivo lo wm-k l.i ki'i'ii lil.ln xivlii of n.
yo"rTiiUUr for the JAMES MEAN.' U hllOlt, or lb JA.UKM .lKANr" KllOK
fcOconlliiK to yur needs.
I'onitlvi'ly none K1
..!...- ..-Ill .unt.ltf VAII
itlvi'ly none Kt'nulno unlem having our nam ami prlcn tanpiM iilalnlr on tho ol. Your
will hill I'ly y" wlta ihiM-a hIuiiiihxI lfyou maul ii-eii liU iIiiIiik ; If yuu do not tiiUt, Mont
re-luUera will coux you Into buy lug lufonor iicx.n upou
"JAMES MEANS'
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Such hut Iwn lli r-P!it .mirr-s In our ttranch f In.l.iMrv that nr- now al.li' to nnirni tlmt lli
Jam. i'eaiis' Si SIn lulu -v-ry rwki--t i-qual lo llur hIiih which only n few .vt-amairo with r.- . .1 !.-! nl t-liJl.t
or ten ioll:ir; If vou will try ou h .air yon will I ronvli 1 tli.it we il not fxuKKrai. J.ir ur Hi
or't inul nn l $1 Hlim- ami tliohO no tmlute nur Hht. in of Imslneh nr.t i:nnl.l lo .i,iifU( wllU u III
uuaiily ol fuctory i.rodiicts. In our line wo itrii tliH lartf.'nt iMuiiiif.ii iirTH In I lie IJiilli-'l Mle
One or our traveling Bali-siiK-n who I now vlniUlitf tho Klioo rulailum ot the I'uolllu Couut and llWKJ
Mountain Ki-Klon wrlttte. from Hhtp an f'Jluwi : ... , ..... . n
'I am more tiui'i sntlMilK-l -wl'i tlio resiltnof my trip. I hiirc limn far mn refitp.1 In lii-lnu our full
line la th hnnils of "A No. l'dealera In rrery point I linvo vlHlt.-.l." lie ;u' on In jf, "Thin I
Dlfiirfid renion for ins to fu-11 hIih In, U-iaiiHe in.wt of tlm ri'lHlh-r an- rKirtfliiK their -ulom.-rii nt
rt-tail alK.it iioiill the .rli--M which the. hIhh-s Iihvo cnt ot whol..alc. The coiiw.iieii- I a thut tho
l.cn.lc who wenr -.hoe are pavlnif k! x or .-vn l .liars n pair for rIuk-m which oro not worth hm ii h a our
I Sl '-'S ni F NS' k.'j mill Sl II!-:S. Our iilKM-a with their very low retail prlcen kimiiiI ou thw
Bolea of "every pair are l.renkiiiK down the hik-ti prlceM which have hitherto ruled In the retail nun kiln here,
and when a retailer puts a full Hue of good iu hi Block they at once begin to Bo oit like hot uiikea, no area
U the ileman.l for tfiein.'' ....... . ...., tt
Now, kind reader, just arop an!i coiiki.i.t wiiai
tiiv.u the Boles
n-mireH 3 011 that It you Keep on imvlil hnoea iw.-'.rniK no rnaiiuuu-. un-n .......r. ... . . 1 .
i. the HoleH. vou i-uiiuot tell what you are uettiiiK ami your relull.-r In proi.aliiy iimklni; you
what your hhocH have cost him. Now, cau you afford to do thin while w e arc 1 rolcctini; you
rxiriwime and Ihellicd retuil price
SKi S ce Ur I , a in "Vory . , rSVald by wl ile-awn U re, n Hrr. I .. nil pn rl . of
the country" Wvill place them easily wltalu your reacb In any State or Territory If you will lnveot on
eeut In a pontal card and write to u. . . ... . , .
r JAMES MEANS & 0., 41 Lincoln St., Boston, Jlass.
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