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THE NORFOLK NEWS : FRIDAY , APRIL 11 , 1002 , HUNDRED MILE COAST. Thr Oroj-u Itnltirnx In Pern DlMln- KiilMhed Iturlf In Many Warn. Lord Krnest Hamilton describes his experience of a thrilling but perilous pastime , the descent In a small hand car of a wonderful mountain railway in Peru. "As a matter of fact , " he writes , re ferring to the title of the article , "It Is 100 ; but , for the sake of a title , the ex tra six may go 100 are enough at any rate for purposes of Illustration. These hundred odd miles are to be found on the Fcrro-Cnrrll Central of Peru , com monly called the Oroya railway , and they arc to be found nowhere else. "This Oroya railway Is a very won derful line indeed. It not only climbs higher than any other railway In the .world . , but also distinguished Itself in n variety of other ways Incidentally referred to hereafter. But the accom plishment with which I am chlelly con cerned is this that It provides the only road in the world which a man on wheels can travel over 100 miles by his own momentum and practically at any pace to which the fiend of reck lessness may urge him. "The object of what Is here written is to trace the sensations born of a run down from the summit of the Ore ya railway , 15,000 feet above sea level , to the verge of the Pacific. You start under the eye of the eternal snows , and you finish among humming birds and palms. You start sick with the un- upcukable sickness of soroche , and you finish in the ecstasy of an exultation too great for words. "The gods of Olympus were worms beside the man who has during the last three hours controlled his car from the Paso de Gulera to Callao. for It is in the control that lies the joy , as In other things apart from car running. To sit beside the brakeman Is good , butte to drop the 1'rukemun on a friendly Hiding nnd grasp the lever In your own linn but not too exacting hand is ( o Blip n liberal foretaste of the joys of heaven. Pearson's Magazine. OLD IDEAS ABOUT GEMS. Penrlx Were Thought to Re Dcw- tlropH CnnKlit by the Shell. .1 The Indians called rock crystal an "unripe diamond , " and until the begin ning of the eighteenth century India , was thought to be the only land which produced that precious stone. It was not , therefore , until the discovery of India that the diamond was known to us. Yet as far back us HOO H. C. a "didifctlc history" of precious stones , was written , and In Pliny's time the supply must have been plentiful , ns he iwrote , "We drink out of a mass of gems , and our drinking vessels are formed of emeralds. " We are ajso told that Nero aided his weak sight by spectacles made of emeralds. But is very diflicult to determine .whence all the gems came , as dlscov erers took care to leiive no record. The nations who traded In them were nfrald of their whereabouts being known , and even the most ancient mer chants would not disclose any definite locale. All sorts of myths have ac cordingly sprung up concerning the origin of gems. "Diamond' . ' was the name given to n youth who wns turned Into the hardest and most brilliant of substances to preserve him from "the ills that flesh is heir to. " Amethyst , was a beautiful nymph beloved by Bacchus , but saved from him by Di ana , who changed Amethyst into a Bern , whereupon Hacchus turned the gem into wine color and endowed the wearer with the gift of preservation from Intoxication. The pearl was thought to be a dewdrop - drop the shell hud opened to receive. Amber was said to be honey melted bj the sun , dropped into the sea and con gealed. According to the Talmud , Noah had no light in the ark but that which came from precious stontteGentlo - ni aii's Maga/.Ine. - s , I A Lincoln Rcniton. Speaking of gray hair puts me in mJnd of Bates Attorney General Bates , you know and of one of Lin coln's remarks. We were all going one day out from Washington lo Tcunally- town the president , Secretary Chase , Mr. Bates and myself to see General McClcllan review the Pennsylvania re- Bcrves. Bates' hair , I noticed , had re tained Its original dark color in perfect freshness , while his beard was almost ns white as mine Is now. It was an ex ception to the usual law , and I asked Mr. Bates after he had spoken of the peculiarity If he knew any especial reason for It. He said he didn't , but the president exclaimed laughingly : "Why , don't you know ? It's because lie uses his chin more than he docs his head. " Era. _ . The Only "Ah , Reginald , dearest , " she sighed. "but how can I be sure that you will not grow weary of me after we have been married a little while ? " "I don't know , " ho answered , "unless -we get married and see. " Chicago Herald. _ She Hadn't Thought of That. "You should never take anything that doesn't agree with you , " said the doctor. "If I'd always followed that rule. Marie , " said the patient , turning to his wife , "where would you be'/ " Stray Stories. Not nn Objection. The Proprietor Hut we haven't enough work to keep another man busy. The Appllcuiit-Oh , I don't mind that ! What I want is a steady Job. Indian- apolls News. , . i * Opaque. "Mike , d'l ever tell ye the story about the dirty window ? " "You did not. Tell me about It. " "No use. You couldn't * ee through It.-CWcago Autumn Hnin , "Auttintn haze , " nays n mctcorologlc nl expert , "In dust composed of the ( In est particles of Boll , dead leaven , smoki * or ashes from wood flrcs , salt from ocean spray , tlio HhollH or scales from /jilcroseoplc slllccoiiH diatoms , germs of ftinjrl. spores of ferns , pollen of flow ers , etc. In the ntlll nlr of dninp nights these dust particles settle tdowly down , nnd the morning nlr Is coiniinrutlvely c'lcnr. During the daylight the sun warms the neil , which heats the ndjn- cent nlr , and the rising nlr currents carry up thu dust as high us they go. Under certain conditions thlH layer of dust reaches higher nnd higher each day. During long , dry HiiinnierH In In- 'din It reaches to 11 height of 7,000 feet , with n well dellncd upper surface thnt IK higher In the daytime than at night. The reuBen why we hnvc more of hazy weather In iiutnmn IB bocnusc theru la then less horizontal wind and more rls- Ing air. " A Home Ilej-ond ( he Urnvr. Dnn , n colored mini , wns employed nn porter In n mercantile establishment in n town In Florida , and his duties re quired him to have the store swept by 7 o'clock In the morning. He had been late for many mornings , nnd on the sixteenth coiibpcutlvc time his employ er remonstrated with him thus : "Dnn , why can't you get here on timer "Well , Mr. L. , " said Dnn , "yer see , I live the other Bide of Mount Ilermon cemetery nnd can't always get ycrc on time. " "Why In the world do you live so far from your work'/ " said his employer. Without n moment's hesitation Dan responded : "Yer see , It's dls yere way , Mr. ! > . I'll be hones' wid yer I wants a home beyond the grave. " The Cuiniiicil I 'lower. Yon may buy upon ( he street llowcrn which to the eye are of a bloom ns line and. a growth as fresh as any which could be procured at the most costly establishment. You buy them for n song and bring them home , when , lo ! to your astonishment and dismay they fall to pieces at a breath like n cardboard house. They have been sub jected to one of the "tricks of the trade. " It is known as the "gumming process. " A single drop of gum Is In serted with a sharp pointed Instrument Into the center of each calyx , nnd by this means the conformity of the bloom Is preserved until the ( lowers are sold. The composition of the gum Is such as to dry up and net immediately , becom ing invisible even to the closest scru tiny. Everybody's Magazine. The Time For IMniitliiK Bulbil. There Is no definite rule to be laid down as to the length of time In which bulbs should be left In cold storage. As a general thing , top growth will not begin until root growth Is completed. This nearly always takes from six weeks to two months. It Is therefore generally safe to begin bringing Octo ber planted bulbs to the living room in December. Those desired for later flowering can be left in cold storage , where they will remain dormant us to top growth. ISy bringing bulbs to light nnd warmth at Intervals of a week or ten days we- secure a succession of bloom which makes It possible for us to brighten our windows with their beau- tlful flowers during the greater part of winter. New LIppincott. Cnrlle'M \ I civ of Apron * . Cnrlyle in his "Sartor Resnrtus" was nble to llnd a deep philosophy In aprons. "Aprons are defenses against injury to cleanliness , to safety , to modesty , sometimes to roguery. From the thin slip of notched silk ( as It were , the em blem and beatified ghost of an apron ) which some highest bred housewife has gracefully fastened on to the thick tanned hide girt nround him with thongs , wherein the builder builds and at evening sticks his trowel , or to those Jingling sheet iron aprons wherclu your otherwise half naked Vulcans hammer and smelt in their smelt fur nace , is there not range enough in the fashion and uses of this vestment ? " The AVny ot the World. Funny world we live in. A man who Lns olx horses standing Idle in a stnblo walked two miles out in the country on n little matter of business a day or two ago , while another man who had no horses and very little money hired a team to go the same distance. This wns an actual occurrence nnd shows the perversity of human nature. He who has the facilities for driving pre fers to walk , while he wlio could much better prefer to walk and has no team goes and hires one. Men are crazy to own a tenm , and it soon becomes n bore to give the horse necessary exer cise. It has always been thus and , wo presume , always will bo. Whut Won Scarce. Once n distinguished Hussion grand duke found himself charged 20 francs n piece for hothouse peaches at the old Cafe de Paris , In the trench metropo lis. "Are hothouse peaches so scarce , then , even In midwinter ? " he asked. "No , " replied the maitrc d'hotel , "but grand dukes are. " The Worm. She Yes , I am sorry I married you ; BO theic ! He Oh ! You were glad to get any body , I guess. You were no young bird when I married you. She No ? Hut , considering what I got , you must admit I was aii curly bird. Philadelphia Tress. A Mnllelou * Cxpoinrr. Emelinc How I should love to over hear the conversation of several highly intellectual men ! Edgar Pooh ! I've been with them. They always begin on books , but soon get to talking about something good to eat Detroit Free PrcBB. VAGARIES OF THE TIDES , Ciirloim Current * In Ihr Orrnn mill HN OfTnhool * , There are IIH many vagaries In the waters as In the winds. Why , for Instance - stance , should three great ocenii cur rents send their warm waters across the wide Pucllle , Atlantic and around the Cape of Good Hope ? There have been many theories advanced to solve thu problem of their origin , tint all have proved fallacious. Other and equally mysterious currents exist in well nigh all parts of the world. The tides are so erratic in different parts of the world that one hesitates to accept the theory thnt the moon controls them in all cases. It is on record that the sea has run for weeks out of the Java sea through the strait of Sundn and thence back again fora like period without any per ceptible rise or fall during those times. Then there Is the equatorial current that Hews Into the Caribbean sea , the ever flowing current to the eastward nround Cape Horn , the cold stream flowing from the Icy regions of the north past Newfoundland and Nova Scotia and along the American coast to the extreme end of Florida , the con tinual current running with a velocity of from four lo five knots an hour through the strait of Gibraltar into the Mediterranean sen , the swift cur rent running across the rocks and shoals off the end of UUHton Island , which apparently starts from nowhere and ends somewhere In the vicinity of the same place , and the current which , starting half way up the China sea , runs from two to three knots an hour to the northeast and llnally ends ab ruptly olt the north end of Luzon. Then we have those tidal vagaries known the world over as bores. Resi dents on Severn side are familiar with them , and those that run up the llu- gll nnd Irawuddy rivers from side to side In a zigzag shape till they reach their limit , often tearing ships from their anchorage , originate nobody knows where or why. The rush of wa ters In the bay of Fundy is nothing but n huge bore sweeping all before It up to the head of the bay till the waters have risen to the , height of fifty or six ty feet. Off Southampton wo have the double tides , while at Singapore It has been observed for days at a time that there has been but the one rise nnd full in the twenty-four hours. The tides may be and very often appear as though they were "moonstruck , " but they certainly are not controlled with hard and fast rules by that or any oth er body. London Shipping World. I'rlvnte OiunlilliiK In There is a good deal of gambling in society in England , but It is nothing to what goes on In Russia , says the Lon don Candid Friend. Vint , preference and roulette are the principal games. The second is the most popular in army circles , while many ladles of the high est rank keep roulette tables and have regular "evenings , " on which play goes on for very high stakes. As is usually the case at roulette , the bank mostly wins , and the hostess takes good care to keep the bank. One of the most notorious of these private dens is run by two ladles of the highest rank and connections. Only the flno lleur of the society of St. Pe tersburg are admitted , and the entree is eagerly sought. The stakes arc high , the plunging often desperate , and men have been known to leave these salons in a financial condition which approaches preaches ruin. The princesses , howev er , make a handsome Income out of the bank , and 'no one thinks the worse of them. Twentieth Coiitnry Medicine. The twentieth century has almost n free field in medicine. Although much has been accomplished in the treatment of diseases , the science is still largely experimental , and there is room for a host of discoveries. Perhaps by the time this century is ended there will be a lymph or an antitoxin or some sort of treatment for every ill the flesh Is heir to , so that a few vaccinations nnd other treatments will guarantee immu nity for a long period. Then centena rians will be as common as blackber ries and n man will bo young at eighty. ' -Philadelphia Inquirer. Hoped to Strike the night One. "Hero are half n dozen prescriptions I would like to have you fill as soon as you can , " wheezed Rivers. "I can see they are all for the euro of a cold , " remarked the druggist , looking them over. "It's this way , " explained Rivers. "When I had the other cold , I tried all these. One of 'em cured me , but I can't remember now which one It was. " Chicago Tribune. An Anticipated Pleiunre. A congressman of Mississippi , after making a speech in opposition to the expensive funerals of congressmen , says he received a letter from a con stituent saying : "When you die , John , we won't ask congress to pay the expense - penso of your funeral. You've got enough friends down here , John , to give you a respectable burial , and we .would take pleasure In doing it. " To He Considered. "I see that your town haa been con sidering the idea of imposing a tax on bachelors. " "Yes , " answered the young woman , "but we thought it over , and wo con cluded that the men might 'bo mean enough to take the money to pay it out for what they spend for caramels and theater tickets. " Washington Star. Lake Baikal's greatest distinction is Its size. It is the largest fresh water lake on the Asiatic or the European continent , being 400 miles long and from 10 to 05 miles in width. Before submitting to the inevitable n wise man takes pains to ascertain that U IB the loeriUble. Chicago Nejra. When hf I'lin * ( Jet * Her llnek Up. It is not anger alone that makes cats arch their bocks. Indeed , when two cntH are preparing to light they do not assume this attitude , but crouch low , just IIH they do when about to spring on their prey , the body being extended and the hair not In the leant erect , Rut when , on meeting n dog suddenly , fear Is comhliicxlltli anger then the cat , standing at Its full height , at once arches Its back , with an Instinctive ef fort to appear as formidable as possi ble. Darwin compares It to the similar attitude of thu lynx whrn attacked and to that of birds which rullle their feath ers and spread out their wings and tall when alarmed. It Is noticeable that a eat will also arch Its back when In an cfTectlonnto frame of mind , rub bing ItHelf against Its master's leg. At the mime time It slightly raises Its fur and holds Its tall erect. Its whole at titude Is Just the reverse of that which it assumes when savage. Darwin accounts for this In the fol lowing words : "Certain states of mind lead to certain habitual actions which arc of no service. Now , when a dlroot- ly opposite state of mind Is Induced , there Is a strong and Involuntary tendency to the performance of a move ment of a directly opposite nature , though It may be of no service. " A Ilrldr'v Clever Men. Out In a big apartment house on Co lumbia heights there dwells a young married woman who Is as naive as the bride In the comic weeklies. The house keepers who live In the same house with her have been somewhat annoyed of late by mice. The young woman met one of them In the hall the other day , and the conversation naturally turned on their common pests. "The mice have been so bad lately , " Bold the elder woman , "Hint 1 keep ev erything locked up and all my eatables In the boxes. " The younger woman's eyes ( sparkled with eagerness. "My ! " she said. "I wouldn't dure do that. I wouldn't want to run such a risk. I leave crackers and cheese lying about every night when I go to bed so that when the mice become hungry they'll llnd something to eat and not gnaw things. I'm always afraid they'll bite holes in my new tablecloths and my nice centerpieces If I don't leave the cheese right where they can find It easily. 1 feel perfectly safe when I know there's plenty for them to eat right where they can get nt It. " There's nothing after nil like having a clever Idea like thnt now nnd then Washington Post. T o Iliilllcn. Portlrlo Diaz gained national promi nence and won his spurs at the battle of Puebla , where the Liberal forces made a gallant but Ineffectual stand against the French who had Invaded Mexico for the purpose of erecting a throne for Maximilian. Notwithstand ing the fact that the Mexican forces were defeated , their defense against superior numbers was so gallant that the anniversary of the battle of the nth of May became a national holiday In Mexico. A brusque American once asked the president , "Why do you Mexicans cele brate a defeat when you know that the French finally Jook Puebla ? " President Diaz , with a twinkle In his eye , replied , "Perhaps we have imitated the Americans even to the extent of celebrating our defeats , for I have been told that the British defeated the col onists at Hunker Hill , and yet you built a monument to commemorate the event. " , Scotch Economy. A Scottish noble lord , famed among his friends for his saving , or , us he would have put It himself , his careful propensities , went out one day shooting In his broad moors , accompanied only by his keeper. After an afternoon's hard work he sat down to rest and , ruefully contemplating his bag. observ ed thoughtfully , "And to think that each brace has cost me , first and last , at least 15 shillings , Donald ! " "Eh , eh ! " answered Donald consol ingly. "Then It's a malrcy ycrc laird- ship missed the many ye did today , for It's a nice bit ye've saved , I'm think ing. " London Sketch. Sedan Chnlr * In Frnnce. The sedan chair still exists in Or leans , a bustling town not far from Paris. In this pretty city , says a Paris newspaper , especially on Sundays at the hour of mass , the classic sedan chair , as it was known to the gallants of the eighteenth century , is borne through the streets by robust carriers , its occupants being aged people and in valids , to whom the Jolting of a car. rlage Is intensely disagreeable. The Came of It. "May I ask , sir , how it is that you and your brother are so bald ? " inquir ed the inquisitive barber. "Well , " replied the customer , "I'll tell you if you'll promise not to say anything more about it. " "Oh , certainly , sir ! " "Well , It's because our hair has fallen out. " A Wonderful Fan. Mine. Pompadour had a wonderful fan. The lace cost about $30,000 , and It took some years to make the five sec tions , each one containing a medallion so minute as to be almost invisible to the naked eye. It is now In existence , broken and apart , but still showing traces of its great beauty. Wanted to Repent. "Lady , " said Meandering Mike , "have you any coffee or mince pie or" "Haven't you been hero twice be fore ? " "Lady , I have. I'm too good a Judge of cookln' to let such performances as youra go wlt'out an encore. " Wash ington Star. YOU MUST NOT FORGET Thai , wo are constantly Krowinj * in the art of making Kino Photos , and our products will al ways bo found to oinbraco the and Newest Styles in Cards and Finish. Wo also carry a line line of Moldings suitable for all hinds of framing. i. Improvements Come High but if yon intend to do any improving this spring , wo pledge ourselves to furnish you the hardware at a llgnro that will bo highly satisfactory to you G. E. 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About five years a o my right ear began to sing , and this kept on getting worse , until I lost my hearing in this ear entirely. 1 underwent a treatment for catarrh , for three months , without any succes * . consulted a num. berof physicians , among others the mo t eminent car fpecialist of this city , who tola me that Hilly mi operation could help tne , nnd even thut only temporarily , that the head noises would then cea c , but the hearlni : 111 the nfliclcd ear would lx- lost forever. , , I then MW vour iiilvcrtfonnrnt accidentally in a New Votk i < nper , and ordered your treat- incut After I hod iifcd it only a h-w days iicvordiui * to your directions , the noiscsceascd. and i > d iv. nflcr firi mrL < s ny licariim in the dirni. . l car hui been entirely rettored , J thank you tcartily and beg lo remain Very truly > our * . 1. A. WUKMAN , 7308. IJroadway , Uauimore , Md. 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