Nebraska Newspapers

    The Sioux County Journal
VOLUME IX.
IIAHKISOX, NEBRASKA THURSDAY, NOVEMBER S, 1800.
1 3N UMBER 9.
SOLDIERS AT HOME.
THEY TELL SOME INTERESTING
ANECDOTES OF THE WAR.
Bow the Bora of Both Armies Whllcd
Aray Llf In Cimp-Fort(l( El
periencea, Tiresome Marcbea Thril
ling Scenes on the Battlefield!
A Htryime Story.
The ex-baggage-master was In a
remlnscent mood tlie other night aoI
he reeled off several first-class yarns,
says a southern writer In the Chicago
Times-Herald. Due of his stories baa
been running In my head ever since
he told It, and the only way for me to
get rid If It Is to Jot It down on paper.
I will let the baggage-master tell the
story In bis own words.
"Just after the war," said the old
man, "I was running on one of the
roads loading out of Montgomery.
Several ex-Confederates were on the
train and quit's a number of Federal
officers and soldiers. Our rules were
not very strict In those days and as
the other cars were crowded I let two
of the passengers ride In the baggage
car with me. They were young men
one a Federal soldier and the other nn
ex-Confederate, a mere boy of 17. At
that time many of the Southerners had
to wear their old uniforms, as they
had nothing better. There was no ob
jection to this, but It was a common
thing fur the Federals to halt the buys
In gray and cut off their buttons when
they bore the letters 'C. S. A."
"Well, this boy wore his gray Jacket
and was in a very bad humor, lie
paid no attention to the I'nlon soldier,
ami talked recklessly. Among other
tilings he said that he had left the
other car because an officer had cut
off his buttons, all except one, which
had been overlooked. The youngster
pointed to this with pride, and said
that he Intended to keep it at any cost.
The man In blue, who was live or six
years older than the other, listened
Attentively ami finally pulled out his
pocket-knife. Before the other real
ized what was going on ills button
was severed from his Jacket and
thrown out of the open door.
"The lad glared lit his enemy for a
moment, and there was the look of a
hunted tiger la Ids eyes. 1 made up
my mind that, there would be trouble,
am was ready to step between them,
when the boy relieved me by laugh
ing and saying something about the
fortune of war. Then he paced up and
down the car whistling tune after
tune. The Federal sat down on a box
by tile door where I was seated and
explained his conduct.. He said that he
had nothing against the men who had
fought him on the other side, but he
drew the line at Confederate flags and
buttons. He did not think that they
uhoiild be displayed In public. Willi
the gray uniform it was different, be
cause many of the wearers had no
other garments.
"It was growing pretty dark by tills
time, a ml the train was crossing a deep
ravine on a trestle Pi feet high. I
was looking out Into the darkness and
thinking about what had just occur
red, when my companion suddenly
shot headforemost Into the black ra
vine. I looked around, and behind the
box on which the man had been sit
ting stood the buy. with a peculiar
smile on his pale face. 1 asked h!m
what he had done, but he would give
me no satisfaction. II,. .id very
tiietly that I could not say that I
had seen him push the soldier from his
seat, and this was true, as I had my
head bent down at the time ami turned
In the opposite direction.
"I told him what I thought about it,
but he suggested that It might be a
case of suicide or fits. Finally he grew
serious and asked me If I proposed
to give him away, 'if course I told
him that It was my duty to report the
facts. This seemed to disturb him
somewhat, and Just as the train cross
ed the trestle Ml be hanged if he didn't
leap through the door like a young
panther. He landed on h!s feet and
was out of sight In a moment.
"You may be sure that I was badly
bothered, but no questions were asked
fit the end of my run, so I held my
i a, "lie, Nobody ever said a word to
me aihf't't the affair and I thought it
best to remain silent. Hut there Is no
doubt In my mind. That boy threw I
me gunner out a sure as we are sit
ting here, and he did It b revenge him
self for the loss of that button."
The baggage-master filled his pipe
and puffed away thoughtfully.
"bid you over henr of the murderer
again?" I asked.
The old man smiled, and then laugh
ed In a quiet way.
"Ye. I saw him two years ago," he
replied.
"You saw him where?"
"In a State In the far West. I pre
fer not to be more definite."
"Had he drifted Into n life of crime?"
"No, oh no -nothing of the mn-t"
My curiosity was excited and I ask
ed for further particulars. After con
siderable urging, the baggage-master
finished his slory.
"When I saw him." said he, still
mulling, "he was a bishop and I heard
him preach an excellent sermon."
"Ild he look like a man who had
UfTered?"
"Not n bit of It. He wag fair, fat
and Jolly, and bl face did Dot show
"e ftoub IflZ'
nalr did not have a touch or gray.
After the sermon I met him face to
face. His eyes met mine, but he show
ed no sign of recognition."
The story worried me, and I sug
gested that possibly the man was inno
centperhaps the Federal soldier had
fallen from the car without being push
ed out
"No," said my friend, "I was there,
and I have thought It all over. The
fellow was In perfect health and It
took a powerful push to hurl him from
the car. Somebody threw him out,
and as I did not It follows that the
bishop Is the guilty party."
"You have never made this public
and given the murderer's namel"
said I.
"No. It all happened thirty-one
year . ago. I know the bishop's name,
but I do not know whit name he bore
when I met him In the ear. IOt the
matter drop. The bishop seems to be
doing a good work. If the gallows
was the loser the pulpit was the gain
er." Grant'a Uratltnde.
"I think I carry with me the finest
proof of Grant's love and grutltude of
any man living," said Col. William
Barnard, of St. Ixiuls. He opened his
poefcetlsKik and drew out two worn and
creased papers; one, a blank check
signed 'Tlysses 8. (Jrant," the other,
a few limn sent wits on a torn bit from
a memorandum tk, to the effect that
"the within Is good up to 150,000," and
signed "(hunt."
The "Col. 1111" told his story:
Years Is-fure he hail been a rich man,
and there came a time when the young
Infantryman got Into trouble through
no great fault of his own, but through
that faculty for trusting people, which
never left him 111 all the after years. He
needed some money, and nettled It bad
ly, yet he was too proud to ask anyone
of his wife's relatives or family con
nection to loan him the amount. As
he afterward expressed It when talking
over the affair with "Col. Hill." who
had been one of his ts-st friends from
the time he "ourted "Miss Julia," he
was "In n devil of a llx."
Without knowing very much about
the complications, but receiving an In
timation from an officer stationed at
the same fort, the Colonel Kent the
subaltern an iinliilcd check, with In
structions to use If he needed it., (irant
did use it, and labeled unci llled away
tie? little debt of gratitude he was to
owe for many a long day. "Col. Hill's"
fortunes fell with those of hundreds of
others In the city on the banks of the
big river, but always, In some unoli
tnislve way, a chance was given him to
rifotip, and without becoming wealthy
again he kept "In comfortable circum
stances." Parties knowing the Intimate rela
tions existing between the suc-essf til
ItVneral mid the Colonel besought him
time and again to go with them Into
certain gigantic schemes that, nistled
only the tacit consent and protection of
(limit to make every lean among them
a iimltl-milllonairc. inec the Colonel
hliuled mi (irant "down in the Jungles",
of the Southwest ii nd I'M him how he
was: being pestered to death" by those j
enterprising "blockade runners." Crant
listened quietly until the story was
done, and then he swore a few of the
mighty, righteous oaths kept for choice
oecasloiis. 1
"I'.lll, do you want to go Into that
thing'.' If you do I can't say a word,
but " " I
"It would have done your heart good
to have seen his face soften and heard
his voice tremble, when I assured him
that though I didn't consider myself a
saint by any means, I did consider my
self a gentleman, ami that though a
million or two would come In right'
handy, I had no though of making It'
In a way that would certainly reflect'
tijwiti his honor. We talked of other
things after that, as (limit seemed to
want to dismiss the subJiH-t entirely.'
In answer to his Inquiries I told him I
was doing fairly well financially, nnd
then we drifted to 'home bilk,' and I,
soon after left him mid went North, and
later abroad. When I next saw (!rant
he was In Washington, and upon hid-,
ding Mm 'good-night' after one of our
long talks, he handed me on envelope,
saying carelessly: 'Here Is something
may lit In sometime.' When I went to
my rooms i tpK0 tne seal ami loiinu
the check Just us you see It ami this
characteristic note." Washington
Post.
Amcnltlea of the War,
Stuart, I-ee's famous chief of cavalry
the Murat of the Confederacy was
ordered to cross the I'otouuic, harass
the rear of McClellau's army, ami In
vade Pennsylvania. With five thou
sand tnstpers, he encircled the whole
Federal army unchecked, and McClcl-
lan, In a dispatch to iialleck, excused
his failure fo arrest the march of the
daring raiders around his nrmy (which
had rcoclvctl eighteen thousand fresh
horses since the liattlo of Sharpsbitrg)
by stating: "The horses of this army
are greatly fatigued, and have sore
tongues." To that dispatch President
Lincoln sent this characteristic answer:
"Will yon portion me for asking what
your horses have done since Antietsm
that fatigues inytlrtng?" But Me
Clellnn never deigned n reply,
No mnn hns any rt;ercy on tils own
Wetting sin, when be sees It In another.
I TOPICS FOR FARMERS
A DEPARTMENT PREPARED FOR
OUR RURAL FRIENDS.
Cat Feed Best for Horm-Ho to
Preserve Corn Fodder The Culture
of Walaata-t'roea Drilling of Wheat
General Farm Notea.
Cnt Peed for Hon
All farmers use cut feed for horse
when at luinl work, because there Is a
great saving In the labor needed to di
gest cut feed. If mixed with some
grain meal, and wet so that the meal
can only lie got by eating the cut feed
mixed with It, the whole will be chew
ed sufficiently to moisten It with saliva,
which Is necessary to quicken diges
tion. Hut this economy In feeding cut
feed is also Important when the horse
Is not working. If. the cut feed Is corn
stalks. It should always lie steamed or
wet with very hot water, so as to soften
the cut ends of the stalks, which may
cause Injury. This ht best also If hay
or straw Is cut, particularly wheat or
rye straw, which tielng harder than cut
hay and less nutritions Is not so likely
to be thoroughly chewed. The stom
ach of the horse needs a slight Irrita
tion. This Is the advantage which the
oat has over other grains. Its hull
helps the grain to digest lietter, and this
makes the horse feel frisky and able to
do his best. It is nu old saying of farm
ers that when nn old horse liegins to act
unusually coltish he lias probably "got
an oat standing coruerwlse against his
stomach, and lc Jumps around so as to
get it out." It Is il homely illustration,
but may have much truth In It,
rrexcrvlnd Corn Fodder."
The great attention paid to ensilage
ought not to lessen Interest in keeping
and curing corn fodder dry. There Is
no chea-r feed that the farmer can
grow, mid we will not except even the
fame feed cut green and put Into the
silo. If corn is cut Just as the em's are
glazing, its fishier will lie llien at Its
ls-st, and the grain will also take nil
from the stalks that It would get by
standing longer. So soon as the husks
are dry enough to allow husking easily
the corn should lie husked, and the
stalks will then usually le In good eon-
dition for dni ivlng to the farm or start',.
lt Is liettcr to make iiiiHluiii-sIzeuTiT.g p
stacks, so that the stalks will not uu
tlergo lolent heating. A slight heat
ing will soften the shell of the stalk
without Injuring It in any way. When
freezing "weather conies these stalks
will 1m- thoroughly dry, or at least seem
so, and they should then ho cut with
a norse-power cutter. Such a machine
will put through In a single day five
times as iiiin-h as a man can do with
only hand power, and ut the saving of
much hard labor. The stalks after cut
ting will heat some more, and should be
watched and tinned with a shovel oc
casionally, so that the under portions
may not mildew or blacken. Corn fod
der so prepared will be eaten with little
or no waste.
Walnut Culture.
The walnut Is bent grown from the
nut, but it can also be propagated by
building, grafting and layering. Fresh
gailnT' d Mils should be selected, ami
thi-y can be oun In nurseries In drills
two feet apart, or better, where It is
iiiteiided for t ln-iii to remain, as this
tree makes a very strong tap-root,
which. If the tree is' left tot) long lie.
fore removal, may be Injured in the
transplanting. A deep and preferen
tially a calcareous soil should be
chosen, with a dry bottom. The .voting
tree is somewhat delicate and Is apt to
be Injured by the spring frosts. In
cold districts, therefore, it must be pro
tected for a year or two. Plenty of
room must be allowed, as It Is a vigor
ous grower and makes fully twenty
feet In height In ten years, at which
date It usually begins to bear a crop,
(luce established little or no attention
is required, and except to remove un
sightly growths no pruning Is neces
sary. It will attain quite Kin feet In
height, and lives to a great age, Its
productiveness increasing with Its
years. It Is very suitable for avenue
planting, ns a roadside tree, or to be
planted along Irrigating canals, pre
ferably on the upper side and some lit
tie distance from the water.
Cro lri! 1 m of Whcnt.
No winter grain should be cross
drilled. It Is doubtful whether there
nre any advantages In cross drilling
grain tit any season. The check to
growth In the drill furrow Is only
enough to save the grain from becom
ing too vigorous and being thereby at
tacked with rust. The particular ob
jection to cross drilling winter grain Is
that half the seed Is double covered
nnd Is burled under flit! ridge made by
the second drilling. We tried tills onco,
anil found that the first drilling was
ntlrely winter killed, or so neitrly so
that very little grain could be found
except In !he last drill rows. The
checkered appearance of a cross-drilled
grain crop makes It look tine when the
plants come up, but the crop Is never
afterwards so good as that when the
seed is drilled all one way.
The Care of Money,
Honey has a great affinity for moist
ure, and If comb honey n stored In a
damp atmosphere It will alworb the
molMture throuuh the slightly porouv
capplngs and become thin and watery.
The bulk of the honey will be so in
creased that It will burst the cells and
ooze out The honey may become so
thinned that fermentation will set In.
Cold Is also detrimental to comb honey,
causing It to candy In the cells. When
comb honey is first taken from the
hives. It should be stored In a warm,
dry atmosphere. A room In the south
west corner of a building where It will
become very hot In the afternoon Is a
good place to store it The heat con
tinues the ripening process, and If
there are any unsealed cells, the honey
In them becomes thicker and riper In
stead of thinner. Down cellar is where
the ordinary purchaser of comb honey
Is almost sure to put It- No place
could lie more undesirable for keep
ing comb honey. As ordinarily kept,
comb honey will candy before spring,
but by keeping It In a warm atmos
phere It will not candy, and will really
improve with time.
Melon Not Grown In Hllla.
It seems most natural to most people
when planting melons to make a bill,
put lots of manure under It, cover It
with soil and plant the seed. This al
most Insures the drying out of the hill
and the failure of the vines Just when
they are needing most moisture to pro
duce the crop. The better way Is to
plant the seed In a line along a slight
ridge, putting some nitrate of soda un
der the seetl, and scattering a very lit
tle of the manure a little distance from
the vines, so that when the roots form
on the points, as they will, they will
strike down to the manure. A very lit
tle manure Is enough to furnish plant
food, and Is ts-tter than the large quan
tity that only dries up the ground and
causes the crop to fail.
I'otnto Husrs on Tomato Vtnce.
Late In the season, after most of the
early planted iiotuto vines have died
down, there will always come au Influx
of these pests on the tomato vines,
which, differently as they seem to us,
the bug recognizes as belonging to the
solatium family, and therefore his pro
per meat. In most cases hand picking
of the old bugs us they apisvir will be
the only remedy. The hard shell bee
tles do not eat, so they cannot be poi
soned, besides parls green should never
be used to protect vegetables grown
above ground from Insect attacks. The
H'mnti lt vry often cut up without be
iceled, or Is rooked in its skin, and
poison may thus lie conveyed to tbos
who eat this fruit. ,
Inlry Dot.
that the cows will eat
Feed
nil
up
clean.
Neither the strainer nor the separator
will take dissolved filth out of the milk
or cream; prevention is the only rem
edy. It' the cows are allowed to eat the
bitter ragweed, the milk will Is- bitter.
While the grass is plentiful, however,
they will not eat much weeds.
Care must be taken to see that the
pastures supply plenty of food; other
wise tlie cows may begin to fall In their
milk giving.
To churn easily and make good but
ter, milk should not 1m- over thirty-six
hours old. Keeping milk too long and
falling to .salt the cows makes butter
slow to come.
The best churning temperature Is (!2
degrees in summer, and li-i degrees in
winter. If you fit-d much cotton seed
In winter you can go to US or 70 de
grees, and It will do no harm. The
lower the better.
Milk stations lire found at various
places In the cities of Chill. A COW is
tethered on a platform, ami when a
person wants a drink of milk the cow ,
li lull .'ml to -o'flni Tli.. ,.,... lu ,..111..
is milked to order. The cost is a trlfh
and brandy Is at hand If he prefers a
milk punch.
Cows get morn sustenance from fod
der when It Is properly cut up. Testing
?ows with equal milking capacity, It
was found that 721 pounds of cut fod
der produced ns much milk as l.l.'i.'l
pounds of uncut stalks. This Is a dif
ference which demands attention.
Knrm Notr,
There are more failures from bail
management than bad seasons.
Hun the mower over the wts-dy pas
tures; It Is a good way to reduce the
number of weeds.
The lest paying crops are grown,
not by the farmer with the richest soil,
but by the one with tint longest head.
In getting your wheat ground ready
for sowing, don't stop the work of prep
aration too sHn. Much depends upon
thorough cultivation.
A success with alfalfa Is reported
from the Michigan F.xperiment Sta
tion. When cut frequently through
out the year, as It should be, It yields
much betler than red clover.
To make use of gisul sweet corn for
seed: As soon as the husks ls-gln to
turn white, pick out a sufficient num
ber of the best ears and lay In the sun
until thoroughly dried. Then hang np
In a loft where they will be safe from
vermin.
Red Kaffir corn has proved to 1st
one of tho cheaicst feeds grown, ac
cording to tho "Kansas Farmer." It
stands dry weather better than any
other plant, and with tho name treat
ment averaged 40 per cent more grain
and over 00 per cent more fodder than
Indian corn.
TOPICS OF THE TIMES.
A CHOICE SELECTION OF INTER-
ESTING ITEMS.
CoaMuiti and Critlciaasa Baaed Upon
the Happealaie of the Iar His
torical and Kwa Notes.
England Is about to launch a new
$3,000,000 battkwhon. She Is not count
lng upon the Immediate substitution of
International arbitration for war.
Hard coal will be higher this winter
because the public has no servant cou
rageous and honest enough to enforce
Che letter of the law against the hard
coal trust.
A London dispatch says the Prince
of Wales Is recovering his old spirits,
and Is resuming many of bis earlier
ways. This may or may not be a com
pliment to the prince.
If LI Hung Chang had experimented
with "cold tea" while in Washington
the other day we feel sure that he
would have added to his suite III Ball,
Sing Long and Fur Tung.
Lord Chief Justloe Russell and other
eminent leaders of British thought
make eloquent pleas for International
arbitration with the United States, but
none of them made any offer of that
kind to Zanzibar.
We can hardly believe the rejxirt that
the Marquis of QuoenslM-rry personally
requested Iidy Sholtd Douglas to
leave the stage. He could not have
taken so much Interest In Hie matter
unless he had seen her perform.
"I.ot us hope," fervently exclaims
the Philadelphia Times, 'that the fash
ton of wearing socks now prevalent
among fair cyclists In Paris will never
reach here." Can it be possible that
In Philadelphia fare cyclists go bare
legged? According to tlie New Orleans Picay
une the Louisiana anti-high hat law
js'i'tnlts the ladies to "display their
handsome heads uncovered as well as
to exhibit
Is St) the ):
ollete, s
their good hearts," If that
" must be exceedingly dee-
i -peak.
Tlie plan for the Tilden Library In
New York, a picture of which has Just
been published, shows a truly miignlfl
cent building that is not surpassed by
even tlie (Jrant tomb as evidence that
Now York Is among the most enterpris
ing and lavish cities in the world, so
far as making plans Is concerned.
A New lork reporter who went to
Interview Li Hung Chung was nskei
at the outset by the Chinese Tiilleyrnm
us to his age nnd the amount of hh
salary. A Yankee answers a question
by asking another, but LI Hung Chan
fires a volley of Interrogations that
renders a reporter speechless.
An exchange tells a story of a bov
who went to market with a sack of rab
bits and lingered around town all day
When asked by his father why ho. had
tint sold the rabbits he said no one had
asked what was In the sack. How
i many merchants are like this bov?
' They have plenty of goods for sal
o-it fall to tell the people "what Is in
!lie sack." If you expect to sell goods
' lu this tiny and age of the world vou
j isirst open your sack and keep shout
j lug the merits of your stock in trade.
Every year as the threshing season
begins we hear of enirlncs evnloilhur
or uf ot.,.r mx.,i,,ntSi NiHwlnK 1;1,.k ()f
.
care on the part of the engimtr. Too
much care cannot be taken to secure
men wno are thoroughly competent
men who will understand when the en
gine txcomcf: too old to be longer safe,
which more often than anything else
Is the cause of explosions. Many steam
engines rust out m flier thr.n wear out,
but are even more dimerous on that
a ccuunt.
For those who Is-lleve in the fatality
or the number thirteen, the American
j quarter-dollar Is alsiuf the most, un
' lucky article they can carry. On the
said coin there arc thirteen stars, thlr-
Li eii ici i ci n in m. ncroil WHICH tllC CflglC
holds In Its claws, thirteen feathers
con 1 1 wise Its wing, ' thirteen feathers
are in lis tall, there are thlrt l par
allel lines on the shield, thirteen hori
zontal stripes, thirteen arrowheads,
and thirteen -letters In the words
"quarter-dollar."
The Bishop of Colchester, England,
has taken to tho wheel, and thereby
greatly shocked large numbers of the
truly good In his diocese. Tlie Ixindon
papers are now hard at work discuss
ing the great question, Should a bishop
ride a bicycle? Strange to say, It has
long been nustomary In England for
tlie curates, vicars and rectors of the
State Church to ride the wheel, but
the lint? has been drawn nt rectors.
The "biking" Bishop of Colchester
bravely proposes to effuce the line.
Success to hira, and may he never punc
ture his tire more than half a mile
away from a repair shopl
An agent of the Humane Society at
Washington caused the arrest of the
driver cf a borsu which had a sore
back. This was a praiseworthy act
ami no doubt caused a temporary llut-
j tM" happiness to the poor old horae.
' The nutter did not last long, however,
as tne animal caving been taken from
the hands of Its cruel owner waa back
ed up in front of a police station and
left there In the burning eun for ten
hours. Driven by Its owner When Its
back was sore, left In the sun by a
beneficent police force and entirely ne
glected In the Important matter of food
and water by the Humane Society, the)
horse might well ask to be delivered
from Its friends.
A writer In an Eastern tnagazine
makes this last appeal to the object of
what he probably calls his love:
"My heart, one kiss, Just one;
That thro' eternity's gloom
I may see the light of your eyes
Reflected 'gainst the dark of the tomb."
We wish it were In our power to help
the poet out of his anguish. Whoever
his "heart" is she ought to thaw out and
give him one, Just one, kiss. In hla
preut condition he can't last long,
and according to the latest mortuary
report he is likely to be looking through
eternity's gloom a long while. And
she wouldn't miss Just one kiss. Our
friend Is a trifle shy on his prosody,
but he overcomes the deficiency when'
It comes to making strong argument
He wants tlie kiss, not merely for the
pleasure It will afford him, but because
he wants some light through eternity's
gloom. As eternity's gloom lg reported
to be thick he thinks his girl's eyes
are built on the X-ray plan and that
their light is turned on nnd off by press
ing her Hps. That is Just about as
much sense as a poot usually has any
way. The quoted verse proves be-1
yond all successful contravention that
poets are born and not made; and for
this reason they should not be blamed
too severely. Had he not been a poot
and a magazine poet at that he would
have obtained that kiss and eternity's
gloom would not have entered Into the
transaction. He would have said to
his heart: "Ix't's have another, Just
one and then I'll duck," and he would
have received it But the poet must
whimper and simper until any sensible
American girl would wish he was lu the
middle of eternity's gloom and not a
match In sight The question "What
shall we do with our poets?" Is not dif
ficult to answer; it is dowririffbt easy
It they are inaganhnf- poet, -- i
The roller ship designed by M. Er
nest P.azln. which has Just been launch
ed on the Seine, suggests the idea that
we are on tlie eve of a new era In the
business of shipbuilding and that the
much-strived for five-day passage be
tween New York and Southampton is
by no means the limit of tlie possibili
ties which we may shortly look for
ward to. The chief difficulty which
marine architects have had to con
tend with In Increasing the speed of
new types of vessels has been In over
coming the resistance due to skin fric
tionthat is, the hold which the water
retains on the ship's hull as It passes
through it. Mr. Bazin has utilized
this resistance 113 0 means of Increas
ing the speed of his new .vessel. The
hollow disks which support tha body
of his ship are revolved at the, same.,
time that they are loing thrust through ,'
the water by the scivvy jiropelU'r';. Ins
tills way they act as vyhecls.as well, as ,'
floats. Many attempts , luwo., .been. ,
made from time to-time to JujiUljSliilw .,
that would go over the water Instead
of though it, but none of them at
tained any considerable degree of suc
cess. Not long ngo nn invention called
a water locomotive was patented at
Washington by nn American named
Pond; his idea was to revolve nil end
less chain of hollow pontoons over and
under the lvody of his vessel. The
pontoons were fitted with a small
blade along one edge, sufficient to grip
the water, and as they revolved the
framework Inside moved swiftly along.
The Inventor estimated that Its speed
would be equal to that of land locomo
tives, but up to the present time it has
not passetl beyond the model stage.
Mr. Bnzln expects that a ship built
after his model on the same scale ns
the present Atlantic liners, should make
nt least thirty-five miles au hour. If
the principle of his novel craft proves
successful, a host of new-fangled In
ventions on similar lines will quickly
follow; first Ideas will speedily be im
proved on, and It may le only a short
time before our present ocean grey
hounds nre relegated to the cold limbt?
where the horse cars rest.
Wit of the Joyous Lunatic.
The teeth of the oltl gentleman who
was frequently late to breakfast eamo
together upon some hard suTxitanco
with a thrilling shock. The old gen
tleman who was frequently late to
breakfast turned an Injured glance up
on the landlady. Tho Joyous lunatic
smlltsl cheerfully.
Mndnm," said the oltl gentleman, "as
a general thing I do not criticise the
victuals you seo fit to place before us,
but In this case I am obliged to. I
have, I am certain, found some foreign
substance In tho hash."
The face of the Joyous lunatic flglt-
cd npr
"No substance," he rcmarkeA. "ii
foreign' to hash." -
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