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About The Sioux County journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1888-1899 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 17, 1895)
1 ' v I 'J1 TQPIC3 OF THE TI11E3. JV OMOIOC ULIOTION O MTVB. kstimw rrnta. BBBityosuaVal sbbu Kw adjjitgsjsBa f Tbs Sawn tea campaign to Cuba to ro fcortod to hare cost $20,000,000 op data aad hasa't even carried a precUrt ! Tacoroa wanta a world s fair la the year 1000. Tacoma, we believe, ta a Imti somewhere oat In the North ! The medical congress hoi da that ln obrtety la a disease, and It U probably right We notice that victims are ataatly taking something for It. Tboae Cincinnati hardware men who bought 100,000 kegs of nail feat apt-tag at 96 eesta and hare Juat sold them at 12.40 can afford to open a keg. The young man who successfully made lore at the top of Mount Taooma evidently Impressed the young woman In the case tbat he had the highest re gard for her. . The separation of Mrs. Frances Hodg son Burnett and her husband Is evi dence that a home may not be an earth ly paradise even when the kid address their mother as "dearest" An Oho man has been given his liber ty after serving forty-three years in the .penitentiary. Imagine how an Ohio man must feel who has been kept out of politics forty-three years! ' An Ohio minister sells advertising pace on his church programs In such a way that a response to prayer and a business ad. alternate. The next step in the progress of this interesting vhurch will be the election of a circula tion editor. i The New York Merchant Tailors' So ciety has decreed that cutaway coats hall be shorter. It is said that the new coats will just cover the rear suspender buttons of the wearer. Will the tailors Wt the price of coats commensurately with this reduction In the amount of cloth necessary to make them Juat enough to mlas the pocket-book in the rear pocket T Politeness costs nothing; It Is very agreeable to other people; and, more than this. It pays. Wherever any one goes, he should make his best bow, look its well as be can, and be as attentive to others as la consistent with modesty and dignity; and, by so doing, be will gain friends. Give a man friends enough, and one may venture to say that his fortune is made. , A New York burglar broke Into a Madison avenue bouse in that city a lew nights ago, raked together more than $100 worth of plunder, foraged in the pantry for victuals, ate a square rSeal. took a nap, and departed leisure ly with bis swag. He tried to sell the ktnff next day to a police sergeant and was arrested. Even with the New York police one can take too many liberties. ; Constant and perserrlng effort is the beat cure for an unhealthy self-depreciation. He who thinks he can accom plish nothing, and makes no endeavor, will soon destroy whatever abilities be may possess. Indolence and self-disparagement go hand in band and act each on the other. But noble aims and steadfast Industry will give a truer esti mate of self and its powers; and they to turn will rapidly develop a well grounded self -confidence. The new territory opened up by the Russian railroad through Siberia Is being occupied as faat as the road Is extended. Last year 100,000 Russians left their homes and voluntarily took np their residences In the land of exile. Siberian soil Is a rich, dark loam, and is more productive than the long-cul-tivatod soils of Russia. It Is probably from the new regions In Siberia rather than from the old wheat lands of Rus sia that the chief competition of Ameri can farmers la wheat production will come In future. It is expected that the new railroad to the Pacific will be com pleted In three or four years. It la a national loss that has been sus tained In the death of Prof Chaa. V. Kiley, who was known throughout the country aa one of the foremost eutom tofista ta the world. Ha waa only fifty-three years old, bat for many yean haal been the leader In entomological search in this couatry. His work waa perl l II j valuable ta farmers and fruit growers. The worst enemies that they have to contend with are Insects. With in the years that Prof. Riley bad boen fevestigattag them tbe number of de structive taaecta had greatly Increas ed. Mr. Riley's death was sudden, oc as tot at il by a fall from - the bicycle wait he ww riding. A voyago to tbe moon la tbe latest pro bset walcb la seriously put forward as the crowning point of the exhibition of M. Man tola. Ha author, does mot Utactt to carry ptsssogtrt to the bmt region la aa aerial ear, bat he jaaato to bring dowa tbe mooa to tbe 11.1 of poopio trans vlotoa exteada, Zy stx miles from tbe earth. Tbe plan b ifHiait a toltsotpt nearly vm feist The obtoetrro gtoaa will M Cutoff of asamothtaff over facr sat. tooa laobaa, tha strata la Ot wrtl Tha Bill I tab wfll bo (.haftotataSr, aad Cm tojaaa of O Qui a ta nUmt if what la trracitoBatlsnwtoaam trt tSi Caai .tocUt tttok. Tbe trt arS U tO a I nail, Tat r I ,.:, ;a ttC Km to tbat to to aesfi mm spartatoea. A tt of the atae of the Notre Daaao Cbthosbml towers, aad to dotlagwa the eeoka dnoo of a lnamr wgiasstit Should tbe opoalag of the tweartotb eewrary be laTaallawl by volcanic oruptloas la the mooatatao of the mooa. visitors to the ertlNrloo would have a grand spec tacle. Tbe armored cruiser Maine is now In commission and the battleship Texas preceded ber a short time ago. The entry of these two vessels Into active service Is an important event In our naval history. Their coo t ruction waa authorised nine years ago, at a time when we had not an establishment In the country capable of ttfrntng out their armor, or the forglngs for their guns. It was considered a great undertaking then to build an armored ship or be tween 6.000 and 7.000 tooa. aad It was. Many people regarded the Maine and Texas as white elephants, and predict ed that they would never be finished. Now we have gone far beyond them. But although we should not think of repeating their designs tbe Maine and Texas are still powerful ships, infinite ly superior to anything we had in tbe navy before their time. They should be serviceable for twenty or thirty years to cotne. One of the most important aa well aa most Interesting of the questions with which the people of this country have to deal Is the question of the efficiency and sufficiency of the new navy. To a country like ours tbe navy is so vital that there ought to be neither division of opinion ner partisan a or sectional difference in dealing with it. Naval questions should be treated in thin country with tbe same spirit aa In Eng land or Prance or Russia. Naval suc cesses and evidences of naval auprsma cy should he bailed with the same pa triotic pride. We have bad such a euc--ess In tbe test at the Indian Head prov ing grounds of the armor and the frame of the new warship Iowa. In this trial a double-forged armor plate fourteen Inches thick not only resisted the ut moat penetrating power it was designed to resist, but also stood constructively the test of a seventeen inch plate. This means that the Iowa will be a floating battery equal In resisting power to any land battery, and tbat if she bsd been In the place of the Coin Yuen at the battle of the Yalu River the battle might have gone the other way. No single shot could sink ber. It Is not too much to claim for the new navy fbat up to date It baa furnished the history of naval progress with specimens of the heat guns and projectilsa, the best en gines, the best armor, Che best arma ment, the best cm leers, and crews and officers equal to any in the world. It looks now as If we were about to lead competition in tbe matter of battle ships. Those enterprising Colorado folk who dng up the remains of a foasfl man be lieved to be 150.000 years oM did very well but If they had been mora famil iar with aclentlle facts they would not have put their figures thus low. As things go, 160,000 years la a long way back, but If tbe conjectures of some ef our learned paleoutologtou be just 150. 000 years la but a span of the history of the human family. There Is evidence to believe tbat man. armed with stone spears, bunted or waa hunted by the rhlnoceroustlcborhlnus and the Hep has prtmlfoniua and was bitten to death by the ferocious foaaM dog tab. Draper holds that tbe European man who wit nessed the last glacial epoch upturned his face to the sickly sun at least 2o0,- 000 years ago, and there are not lacking scientists to maintain that the antiquity of the race ta 10.000.00 years. "For," says Joly, "what are the T.000 years which have elapsed since tbe founda tion of Thebes with Its hundred gates? What are the 5.000 or at moot t.OnO years admitted by archaeologists at the ago of the pyramids aad tbe statues of Schafra and Ra em-kel Of wbat ac count even are the sixty six centurlM attributed to the great pyramid of Sak kara? All these dates, suppoalng them to be accurate and established by proof, are aothlag in comparison to the geo logical agea daring Which Eurstfsn lb toft the traces of his aawntag in dustry, and even bis own remains, which we find In the diluvium of the caves and valleys, perhaps even la the pliocene and mioeeae strata of the tertiary beds." Oao hood red aad fifty thousand years, what youth! A mere la faat fossil. The Colorado diggers have found no paleontnloglcal wonder. They have discovered tbe "new man." The mosquito la batched to May, and dies at the first alga of front; a sort o' summer girl, as it A Burning; Olaee of leo. Iceberg that la, fresh-water Ice is hard and dear, so much so that pure pieces of It are able to gather together Into one center the rays of tbe sua, so aa to produce a great degree of boat. yaat Ilka a burning gtoaa. By meani of a lump wood baa been burned, pow der trod, lead melted aad sa Hots' pipes lighted, the Ice remaining dear aad Inn all the time, the rays meanwhile that paaaod through being so hot tbat the band cooid be held In tbotr font only a lew seconds. Took His CoSto. Aleagt aa Used If. About sixty wagon load of Indians from Taokton agency passed through Chamberlain, 8. D., recently, to attend a coavwatloa of North aad South Da- koto latosto, which to bow la at aba . .war Brato agoacy under tba of Itohot) Hare. Oao ttoadtog Bock todtodartactba (PtoWaaraTatJBay aiafs tttafawsfofBaBstaafM SOMO Of TMl SUMMER TIME. see a soag ef tbe eumawr date. Of tbe trs la the sorrel and ruby cWvsr, Warn the gonwlooe bebottaks ah aad chime. Over aad over. 8iag me a soog of tbe strawberry beat. Of tbe black cap hiding the heap ef stones. Of the milkweed drowsy with sultry scent W here the bee drones. Sing me t song of the spring bead still. Of tbe dewy fern In the solitude. Of the hermit thrush and tbe whippoor- will Haunting the wood. Sing me a song of the gleaming scythe. Of the scented hay in the buried wain. Of the mowers whistling bright and blythe In the sunny rain. Sing me a song of the qulnre and the gage. Of the apricot by the orchard wall, Where bends my love Armitage, Gathering tbe fruit of the windfall Sing me a song of the rustling, slow Kway of the wheat as the winds croon. Of the gulden disk and tba dreaming glow Of the harvest moon. Scribner's. TARANTULA GULCH. Honest John Cooler, of Walnut Creek, Yavapai County, told me a story of how Kb Jones discovered Tarantula gulch. It Is so startling tbat it may seem im probable, but Honest John stands be hind it and two six-shooters hang on to him. Address him at Walnut Creek for terms. "Me and Eb Jones was parda way back in '7rt. Eb wasn't much on size, but he bad more grit and git up and git than any pard I ever bad. More'n that, be had twice the heft of him in luck. His luck was simply tremendous. We was proHpectln' together on a purty fair layout on the upper HaHsavampa, when tbe grub petered out We elected Eb to make a forage on the next station and be bumped himself accordln'. "The afternoon was so hot you cud fry,, beans on tbe bare Nile In the shade and when he reached tbe crlk tbe sight of the water overcome hltn. He shed bla butes and panta and lay where tbe water cud tickle along his spinal col umn, and he was dreaming of his child hood days when be saw them pants go ing over the bank with two kyotea tied to 'em. He gets up smart and puts on his bntes and made after tbem kyotes cviseln' fit to makeJt rain. Tbe kyotes was onto him and put on steam, and If tbe durned critters bad only come to some understands' on them pants he never cud have overhauled 'em, but each of 'em had a leg of pants In his Jaw and tbey cudn't swap opinions without letting out tbe panta. "Just as Eb was concluding to make camp for a new outfit tbem kyotea come to a tree and each on 'em took the other side of It; consequently tbe panta held 'em till Eb got on deck. "If tbe critters bad bad sense enough to pull back or to let go tbey might hare got away, but they both wanted all tbe pants on their side. Then they got the Idea tbat tbe tree was In the game for the pot, and tbey slewed 'round and tried to pull up tbe tree and take It along with 'em But the tree held on. "Eb come up and shook In his boots to see the fun and tbe kyotea wsa so set on getting tbe tree that tbey didn't take no notice of him, and be la (Ted and I 'ffed so that he had to let his belt out j "Eb be Aggers up a'out wbat he'll do. i and tax In a piece of rope out of bis liocket be took their talis, which was stiff aa crowbars with rage, an' tied 'em fast together. "When they realized what was np them kyotes give a yowl so sharp It cut a limb off tbe tree, and tbey started off so sudden tbat tbe panta fell outrn their Jaws and their backs went np so high that they bad to roll over to straighten 'em. Then they tried to go off In different directions, but tbey was Jlned for keeps. Then tbey swnng round the tree and compared notes. Tbey must have 'lowed that tbe game was purty rich. Eb was squatting ou j the ground Just where he'd Joined the ; critters, laffin' fit to bust, when all to j oust be was swung up off the ground and carried along on 2:40 time. It nearly choked blm at first and he didn't know what to make of It Then be re alised that tbem kyotes bad turned Isvk together and was riding blm on their talis. Eb bad got a grip without think ing Just as they struck blm. Banin' some rough ground, be got along fine. "It was kinder dark when they start ed and purty black when they got there. Eb got there first Tbe kyotea was so scalrt that they didn't keep a good look out and when tbey come to an Indian tank they didn't see It until they were right on top of It; then tbey turned sudden In different directions and Eb slid off and rolled down about twenty feet before be stopped. When he stopped he stopped all over. "Ho ant up when be cud and la ffed so much that he bad to loosen his belt again and take off hla butes. It was the moat amooslng thing he'd struck since the circus come to Proacoit -Then be flggored he'd better bo git tin' aooMwhar mighty quick. It waa so dark be cudn't bavs soon daylight without a candle, an' he wandered about promlaktM. "About midnight be hadn't got no bearings aad concluded to camp for tbe night Just aa he'd done tbla be herd t snort Ilka a frog with the nightmare. .1 thought H waa Iijuaa. Tbe only .-poo he bad waa a Jack knife la bla nek pocket, bat bo waa daad gaase. rolled himself to tba odg of tba snk aad posrod dowa, bat cadat nee ti.thla'. Tboa J aotaad ESI rhaw steel, but tt waa so uae ktrklaa, so bo straggled op aad got onto coun try rock agate aa smirk as he cod, aad roaetaded he'd have no more amooae roeata till 80000." Honest John called for another drink Just then, and I ventured to ask him how Eb got back hla panta, but be choked me off rather roughly "Who In Halifax Is telling this story you or me? Didn't you ever hear of dog's panuT Then what s the matter with kyotes having pants, and only one atweeu two of 'cm! This yarn ain't about pants anyhow; It'e about Eb Jones discovering Tarantula gulch, and that's where I'm aheading Tbem other things is extryT Then John continued: "When Eb woke up next morning he , thought be was petrified He was so heavy be cudn't lift blseelf. Tbe clay bad frit onto blm. "After a while be got a boost to him self and rolled over; then he drew hls self up a bank for more'n two hours un til be was klnd.-r perjendikler. figgerlng to fall back find break hinnelf up! "It was a risky thing to throw hlsself down, as he cud as lief as not break his back aa well as the mud, but he was desprate and hadn't no time to lose. P'raps If he'd thought rael liard on the subjec' he mlght've started a crack somewhere probly In his head. "He swung hlsself a little so's to fall even and then let go! "He kinder rattled Inside as be touched the Ixittom, and was hopeful of gettln out; more so as he felt thar wus some seams opened long tbe front He wrustled hard to open up. and after a while the sweat kinder moistens tbe clay long his back and be wus able to step out like a clam from its shell. "After he'd shook blsself some, he closed up the mud casing so tbat It looked, for all creation, like a petrified human. It wus so natcraily shaped that Eb felt aa he oughter give It a decent plaiitln' for bis own sake. So be scraped out a bole and puts It Into It and he takes a smooth rock for a tomb stone and writ on It as f oilers, gee whin, as tbe lawyers say:- Within this shell of clay Dwelt Ebloeser Jones! But Jones is gone away To kinder rest his bones. "Several years after some tenderfoot uncovered that corpse and wanted to toat It over the country as a petrified Haseyampan, but when Eb knew on It be stopped their foolln'. It looked so like blsself, even to the creases In bis panta, tbat It seemed that they wns tryin' to tote himself. He got It away from 'em, and sold It east for $500. "After he'd got out of his shell be kinder reeled. Tbe sun wus hot an' be wondered wbat In Halifax kept his bead so cool. He put bis hand up and took a Jump of about twenty feet for his hair wus gone every timber of It art' It's bald yet! Tbe denied mud had fria to It an' It bad come out without bla knowing. He waa some troubled about losing his hair, but It wasn't bla style to cry over burnt beans, and then be flggered tbat be'd save somethln' on hair cuttln' an' other things. When be'd got over heln' bald he took a survey of tbe location, an' found that be wasXn a narrow gulch about half a mile long an' more or leas broad. Wbat struck him most wus some beautiful cropplns, the purtlest be ever seen, an' be calker lated to sample 'em before be struck the river an' got hearings for some wberes. Just aa be got movln' be bearn a whirr an' a spat like as If a mountain lyln wus around, an' be dumb up a boulder an' waited fer tbe lyln. "It wus a lyln, sure enough, about the size of a belfer or rayther larger. It wits btgger'n a elephant Eb says, but Kb was down below Wlckeberg a spell, an' It spiled his morale. "The lyln he crouebed Just below tbe rock, with bla eyea fixed on Eb tryin' to e boo tee htm." "Hypnotise blm, you mean." "Yea, that's It Well, the hlpotomlsln' didn't work worth a cent 00 he stood up an' swung bis tall till he'd got a good ready on, an' then be pulled tbe trigger. Eb saw him cotnlu' and stuck hla toes into the rock an' bung bead down till the cyclone passed. Tbe lyin be swished his tall agen swtsher than ever, an' II struck agen a rock, an' he got mad at tiie ro k an' tried to claw It to pieces, but It wasn't pullln' stakes for no lyln! "Then be flggered to take a filer at Eb agen, who waa sit tin' up lafBn' at the trick be'd played blm, but bo dove down agen purty suddlnt when tbe cyclone come back. "This racket continued half an hour or less Eb says six hours an' his toes wus about givln' out, when he got a new deal. "Jest as the critter waa goto' to make another spring a tarantula about two feet high come out to sun blsself, an' the lyln's tail caught him right la the Jaw before he cud pot up his hands." "A tarantula two feet bighT "Well, It's Jeo' as easy to call H six. en' I remember aeeln' one six feet high." "For tbe Lord's sake! WhenT' "On a shelf. But to eontiner. "The tarantula was so mad be cudn't apeak, but be laid hlaself out to get even, and be bit on to tbat tall soa be couldn't be shook off, and p'rapa be cudn't let go bla grip nohow. "Now, the lyln had boon Jumpln' 00 frequent over Eb'a rock that It bad be come second nator to him, and he cudn't keep from doin' It If ho tried, no bo Jos' contlnnered to spring barkarda aad for ards without thlnkln', while tbe taran tula bit aad bit till the pls-m begun to work and the lyln begun to swell. "Kb he lea' got off bis perch aad told on the ground, klekln' up bla heels aad sboutln', till be radn't do so no more. "Aa' tbe lyln kep' a wollln' aa' a aweliln' till H waa as big as a bouse, aad nneily tt swoU 00 araeh tbat It got Hgbt aough to Soat osT to tba air atfbt, with tba toraatala atffl "It was that my friend! If It nUu 1 fer tbe lyta tbe yarn wwdat have been lntoraotia', wud Kf "Well, a boot Taraatula guleb; bare you come to It yet?" "I'm right there! "When Kb got so's he cud walk straight he looked at them croppln's and found them so good that he put back to camp without stirppln' for any amoose menta, and we made a location there tbat was the corner stone of Tarantula gulch. And I've told you now bow Eb Jones come to discover It "Some other time I may tell you more about it but Jes' now I'm tired," "I believe you are," said I. Los An geles Herald. Drift wood Jones of Astoria. "Driftwood Jones, Astoria," a chub by, bald-beaded little man wrote on tbe register of a down town hotel yester day." "Never heard of me. I reckon?" be asked, aa the clerk filled In the num ber of hit room. "Ob. yes; often, sir," declared the ex perienced liar liehlnd the desk. "You are as well known by reputation, sir, aa Flotsom Brown of Eureka." "Is that so? Well, may be you've heard bow I got the name Driftwood?" "No, can't say that I ever did. Been flimtlug around a good deal, I sup pose." "So, I'm not much of a floater. This Is the first time I've been outside of Astoria In twenty-eight ypars. Well, sir, I picked up that sobrlket by acci dent I was running a barber shop in Astoria and some smart fellows thought they would play a practical oke on me, so they advertised In the paper that i wanted ) men with boats. Well, it was Just before the fishing season, wben boats and men are plentiful and the river Is running 'bout full with melted snow. About a thousand Finns. Danes, Swedes. Greeks, Italians anil Norwegians all fishermen fought to get Into my shop. I knew it wouldn't do any good to tell them It was a joke, for they wouldn't see the point and mob me, so I got all down on the whan back of my shop, climbed up a pile 01 lumber and addressed tbem. I re minded them of tbe fact they wer lying idle and wanted work, and told tbem I would provide them with em ployment that would be mutually prof itable. " 'Now, gentlemen,' said I, 'I want you to pick up driftwood on the river. You take your boats, catch all tbe wood you can tow up to the beach. There you can cut It up and I'll sell it to the steamers and divide tbe profits even up with you.' "I totd them to consider It' and blame me If about 800 of them didn't go to work catching driftwood and giving me half. I made $500 out of It and ever since tbey have called me Drift wood Jones up there." Ran Francisco Post To Clean Copper and B Copper tea kettles and other house, bold articles having polished surfaces, should not be allowed to get rusty, as rust will destroy the metal. If tbe sur face be rubbed but a little every day, tbe labor of keeping tbem bright will be very light In case a rust Is formed on the surface, apply a solution of ox alic acid, which, well rubbed over tar nished copper or brass will soon remove the tarnish, rendering the metal bright. Tbe acid must be washed off with water, and the surface rubbed wifh whiting and soft leather. A mixture of muriatic add and alum dissolved In water, Imparts a golden color to br-asn articles that are steeped In It a ;w seconds. To give a finer polish, go er the surface of tbe metal with rot tin stone and sweet otL then rub off wic a piece of cotton or flannel, and po'lsb with a leather. Angry pedestrian (picking bln- if up) "The next Infernal scoundrel O, I see! It waa a man 00 horseback. Never mind, air. It didn't hurt me. I thought It waa one of those darned bl cyclers." Chicago Tribune. On May 15 a pare white crow was picked up near Kherburn Colliery Bta tlon, England. The bird, whlob Is young one. ha tbe bill, feet and leg white. Wblst la a lAoo's Dee,. la tbe Hungarian menageries a fa vorite sensation a-ene la for four whist players to tit down and play a rubber In tbe lion's den, while a fifth stands by to see fair play-on the part of the Hons. I thought I had playod whist under all possible circumstances, and In company with the very strangest specimens of created beings, but this experience la beyond me. Some peo ple are made nervous by folks looking over their hand, which (unless tbey are my adversaries! does not affect me at all. but I don't tbluk I should like this from a lion; the greater attention be paid roe tbe leas pleased I ahould feel by the compliment. But Hunga.i players do not seem to mind these things. The other day, however. It ap pears this very interesting perforin a nee was given once too often. The lions, with delicate forbearance, ab stained. It Is true, from Interfering with tbe players, but they went for tin fifth man, whom tbey doubtless con sidered superfluous, aad made very abort work of him. In spite of the sel flshn-Mi that la often, though most un justly, attributed to card players, the rubber at once broke up. Good Roaoooi. Two Irishmen, drlvlag through the rouatry, noticed tbat maay of tba barat bad weather vanes to tba shape of bugt roosters. "Pat," said oao man to tba other, "cat veu tell me why they always hart roaster aad a! ear a hta aa the top av thtej baraor "Sbara," raattod Mtta. "aa It most bo bosaase ar tba IHiaaHr abari hart AN AMOUNT tLM. II Steed for Ceotoriea, mmA, Fslll-a. Sroaaht Kale Hsllwsy , Mn thsn anyone can re member an elm tree of extraordlnarj sine has stood In the village of N Mllford, Pa. It was there when the ... ..i,. arrt,A and as the wo-l were cleared away It was lart untouched by the woodman's ax. Its tniim -nearly four feet In diameter and its branches cast tbelr simile tor u.-..-than a hundred feet around. When tl Delaware and Lackawanna Itailr-ad h.iilt throuirh New Mllford. more than forty years ago, tbe track ran close to the old tree, and the station ws erected almost In Its shade Its great height and wide spread of l.rancne offered a favorable mark for storm ami tempest while other trees were up rooted from time to time this grand old tree defied the elements. It seemed ss sonnd as It was when the pioneers Orst saw It and was a famous landmark. One night last week, as the locomo tive of a west bound freight train was opposite It. the great elm fell and crushed the engine. Not a breath of air was srlrring at the time. The en glneer, Timothy Connon, and lil fire man were hurled In the wreck of the locomotive, and several freight car were piled tip and mingled with lh nilns of the tree and engine. Both the engineer and fireman were taken from Uie wreck, and It was found that neither had received as much as a scratch. I'red Ball, a biakeniaii, jumped from his car and was badly hurt. There was nothing revealed In the structure of the great elm to In dicate why It should have thus fallen without warning. It had broken In two half way up Uie stem. Only one mln ute and a half before It fell the fast New York express. No. 8, Ixmnd east, had dashed by, running forty miles an hour. "It Is not pleasant to speculate on what the consequences would have been," snld a Delaware and Lacka wanna official, "If that tree had fallen a minute and a half sooner." New York Sim. Will Make Governors' Shoes. The Governors of the different States of the I'nlon have a very Important personage looking after their Interests Just now. In the person of Harry J. Mooney, the "Brocton Shoemaker." It Is probably the first time In thr history of the United States that there exists a genuine "Bootmaker to his excellency;" but Mr. Mooney Is filling that position very acceptably. In his occupation the Massachusetts cobbler much resembles the famous bootmaker of Versailles, who followed his majes ty, the Emperor Napoleon, everywhere and looked after the sovereign's foot wear, but In appearance Mr. Mooney Is the Ideal type of the hardy New Eng land mechanic. Mooney ' Idea la original. It Is his Intention to visit the capital of every State In the Union and make a pair of fine band sewed shoet for the State's chief executive, "free, gratis, for noth ing." He started out from his native town July 80 last without any money In bis pocket and vowed that he would live for twelve months on honest labor, well performed, and make boots for all the Governors besides. Armed with 1 recommendation from Mayor Whiffle, of Brocton, he first call ed on Gov. Cleaves, of Maine, and made that gentleman a pair of shoes. In return he received a letter of Intro duction to the Governor of Massachu setts, from whom. In turn, he got a let ter for Gov. RlaaelL of New Hamp shire. Mooney expects to have a letter from every Governor to bring back with him. and possibly one from the President, If he Is allowed an audience. He expects to reach the Pacific coast In about three months, and will return home by way of tbe Southern States.-New York Mercury. Oave Away Her Papa. "We had a number of distinguished visitors come In upon us not long ago," says Edgur William Nye, the North Carolina humorist. "We made them welcome and Invited them to supiwr. I happened to be feeling particularly well that evening, and. If I do say it myself, I msde myself exceedingly agreeable. After baring recounted one of my most amusing anecdotea, I was pained to overhear tbe following con versa tlon between one of our guests and my youngest daughter, a sweet child of 7 years: "Turning to my daughter and snill Ing radiantly the visitor said: 'Your papa Is a very funny man. Isn't he, my dearr " 'Yes.' answered the sweet child, with charming naivete; be always Is when we have comp'ny!' "Chicago Record. ' Rands In the British Army. The Rrittsh army bands use tbe high pitch, the rjueen's regulation running as follows: "In order to Insure uni formity throughout tbe regimental bands of the service the Instruments are to be of tbe same pitch as that adopted by the Philharmonic HoriMr, The Phil harmonic Society has recently decided to adopt the lower pitch, and. according ly, tbe Queen's regulations will doubt leas have to be amended. It It estimat ed by competent authority that the cost of altering the Instruments of the army bands to the lower pitch would amount to between $1,000,000 and $100,000. but It It mora than doubtful If any chan cellor of tba exchequer would spend so largo a turn for ouch a purpose. Horteoce "I suppose there Is always something la Ufa to spoil a man't hap Dinoaa." Van Jar-"Yos: if a a... u poor bt can't bo happy, aad If hah) rich V w'l r 79 ctO Gmti Eto iMiatoHiM warn lUbtodoa toaaf la aaft I oat " art bo tnu got married."- ha ksa baas bartod at Lowar -It-waa ! Bfd gat baak ta tba "tkart'Iyto waaa 1 Utaw 'ndtoa toak. Ha - I, 3, I "Job." I ikaaiMd,