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A CWIRESF. CtASSia CCiiaiTEB IS flaw bo,v we hive Bo clotkesl Ot-.e p'«ld lit both (rtil d«. Jx-t L-ut the 'sing. la raUlr4 n>*lX Our speare »nd pit** rcBo«t We’ll t£tt ts cue. wo twol How e»y v.-e hive r.o elottast One shirt our llir.be shall hid*, let hut the tins. In raialr# cmjw Halberd and Unit provtd** We ll do It. dd< fc» iido. Odbia' «e have ro dotheol - ily t.irtlc thou *fc«:t wear. a*t l ot the king, in railing men Arrucr and cnr.s prepare; The toil* ol war we'll than. -Dock World. VER BOATS IN RUSSIA. ETerp Known Mean* of loco- motion ta In tlae. "* Etywhera up the Volga and It* red tributaries ascend the Iron a cf the Caspian sea oil fleet, i through the canals to St. Peters- alone pass annually daring the ays of free navigation thousands teamen and barges bearing m<l- of tons cf freight. Every know a is of locomotion Is used, from who. like oxen, tramp the tow- . hauling the smaller barges, to jrful tugs that creep along by is of ail endless chain laid In the of the canals and minor rivers, jlng after thrill ai suall pace great rnus cf heavy bcrgvs. nil the greater streams Immenso nearly -WO fret long. 13 fret In li. carrying ClOOO tons of freight, down to the Caspian, where they broken to pieces to he used as flre- il on the steamers going up stream. 1 there are 8.000 miles of nnvlga- vnterwiiya In the vnlley of the Vol- r If the streams which float the t rafts that form so large a part of [ralrlc of the rivers are Included Mileage is Increased to nearly 13,- or as much as that of the valley of ilisSiSKlppl. ’t.v thousand rafts are floated ;i the Volga ouuually. many of i 100 feet long by 7 thick, and this s but a fnlnt Idea of the real traffic le river, for In addition there are 10.000 tons of produce passing up dawn the river during the open m. Much of this centers at Nijul jorwl. To this famous market mere and barges eouie from all s of Russia, bringing goods to be at the great annual fair, over 000.000 worth of merchandise lg’.ug hands in a few weeks. Thlr- lousittnl craft, including rafts, are irod for this traffic, They come ,i as far north as Archangel, ns far as the L'ruls, from Astrakhan In south. St. Petersburg and Moscow lie west, while groat caravans of s cf the desert arrive dally from mr:s of Asia.—Engineering Mnga- RIDlNG ON AN AVALANCHE. J WHY THE BOILER BURSTS. Dowa * Steen. Wtlhoot * Scientific kktlakatloli of Some Pkt* M * ***** | akaaeaa of the Kiiehea. Pwv tmmatalneera go far enough : Whet! you hear the kitchen boiler Into the avnlnhcbo regions to Bee much ! cracking, there la no cause for alarm. t>f them, and fewer still know the phera Is a prevailing Impression that thrilling exhilaration of riding on the cracking Is produced by steam and them, says John Muir lu The Atlantic, that there Is therefore to Increased In all my wild mountaineering t have pressure on the boiler at such times, enjoyed only one avalanche rUlc, and fcut this Is an error. If the boiler Is In the start was so sudden .and the end BlXK l condition, with the water turned came so soon I thought but little of cm M usual so that the boiler Is kept the danger that goes with this sort of the only pressure that It Is sub- travel, though one thinks fast at such Jected to Is the some as that In the time*. I water pipes, from which of course One calm. bright morning lu Yosemlte, there never Is the slightest danger, after a hearty storm had given throe 1 And this Is true no matter bow hot the or four, feet of fresh snow to the moun- 1 water In the boiler may lie. tains, lielng eager to see ns many j The reason Is very simple. As long nvalnncbes as iiosslble and gain wide 0 « the holler Is kept full of water there views of the peaks and forests array- |g no room for steam. If you open the ed in 1 tlielr new robes before the sun- hot water cock, the water pours out shine had time to change or rearrange and steam rises from It, because It rhea them, I set out early to climb by a side has a chance to escape Into the air. Id enuyou to the top of a commanding other words, evaporation takes place, ridge a little over 3.000 feet nliove tho But as the hot water pours out water valley. But I was uot to get top views from the pipes rushes iu to take Its of any sort that day, but Instead of place, and thus the boiler is kept full, these something quite different, for j The cracking noise referred to, Is deep trampling near t]ie canyon bead heard when the water Is unusually hot whore the snow was strained started gud Is nothing but the expansion of the an avalanche, and I was swished back holler under the Ipflueuoe of that heat, down to the foot of the canyon pa If by | it Is hi no degree au llidlPIttltih of dan- enchnutuient. The /plodding, wallow- ger unless Indeed the holier |k worn out Ing ascent of about a mile bad taken 1 or defective, which Is a matter entirely all day, the undoing descent perhaps 1 ev.tsldo of what we ftra now consider- about’n minute. I lug. \Vheu the snow suddenly gave way, I When a kitchen boiler explodes. It is l instinctively threw, myself on my generally because a lira has been kin- back and spread my arms to try to died in the range while the boiler was keep from sfnldng. Fortuuatcly, -.empty. It happens sometimes when though the grade of the canyon was *peoplo come back to town after spend- steep, It. was not Interrupted by step 1 lug the summer away. The lira heats levels or precipices big enough to J the holler, of course, and when the wa- enuse outboundlug or free plunging. | ter Is tnmed on It Is converted sudden- On no part of the rush was I burled. ; ly and violently Into steam, and the I was only moderately Imbedded on j boiler cannot stand the enormous pres- the surface or a little below It and , sure. I'ortuuately few persons are covered with n hissing back streaming thoughtless enough or silly enough to veil, and as the whole mass beneath build a lire before opening the cocks or nbont me Joined lu the flight l felt connecting the boiler with the water n6 friction, though tossed here and , pipes.—Chicago Cliroulele. there ami lurched from side to side. and when the torrent wedged and came to rest 1 found myself on the top of the crumpled pile, without a single bruise or scar. Hawthorne says that steam has spir itualised travel, notwithstanding the Marconi Objected. There was a little dinner once given to yvilllam Marconi, of which one Inci dent Is still remembered by some of the guests. An oratorical member of the company, growing euthuslnstlc over a smoke, friction, smells and clatter of < t oas , , 0 (be Inventor of wireless teleg- boat and rail riding. Tills flight In a ! ra piiy, made this climax to Uls perora- mllky way of snow flowers was the most spiritual of dll my travels, and after many years the mere thought of It Ib still an exhilaration. CURIOUS PRIVILEGES. Didn't Cnt (He Corners. writer in the Boston Transcript this reminiscence of the Rev. l)r. ill Kellogg of Ilarpswell, Me.: Sunday before bis sermon the jor announced from his pulpit; 'The .loins' grass Is getting pretty I shall he there with my scythe, and pitchfork at 4 o'clock tomer- morning, and I hope every male her of the congregation will be too.' he neat morning they were nil nml among them Captain tlrlggs, f it two iu Ids stockings, with a lit of nearly 230 pounds. 'Par- aid he as they were working up Held mar each other, Tm goiu to our corners tills mornln.’ ow. In-. K; Ilcgg was a little man, hing scarcely more than 130 but lie knew bow to handle and, as he told me, with a llt- Lriig cf nis shoulders, ‘he didn’t my corners that morning.' More lhat, the man who had thought ould heat the parson at mowing 1 tiuder a tree exhausted from lug with such a pacemaker." Bom* of the Preroaratlres Which tem- bamalon May Exercise. A curious privilege of an embassador Is that he and be alone when dismiss ed may turn his back to the sovereign to whose court be, la accredited. The mode of procedure Is ns follows: j tlon: “Gentlemen, I give you Marcoul, the Franklin, the Faraday aud the Helmholtz of Italy." When the toast had been drunk, tbe distinguished guest thanked tbe party for tbe honor and added. "But I must protest against th.- action of the preceding speaker In making me triplets.”—Leslie's Monthly. tart) In 1S81 the Isles of Ischia and Solo suffered terribly from an earthquake, losing about 4,000 to 5,000 people. Is chia was again visited lu 1883, but did I When the embassador’s audience Is ' not get off as easilv as before, coming over, lie wait* to be dlsailszed by the J out of the wreck with 10,000 dead and sovereign. When dismissed, tbe em- missing. The grant calamity of tho bassador bows, retires three paces, nlneteentb century was the great con- bows again, retires another three vulslon in Java lu 1883, which Is said paces, hows a third time, turns on his to have killed not less than 120,000 per- heels aud walks to the folding doors, bous. But It Is felt tbat more polite methods ] ■ should obtain when tbe reigning sov- a i.« y saturation, erelgn Is a woman. To turn Ills hack ; On the last night of a series of “pro Is to he discourteous, to walk back- traded meetings" In the Methodist ward is to resign a privilege. The em- church cf a little southern California bassador retires sideways, like a crab, village the visiting evangelist was Tue Worst Paved City. p-io.v Is probably the worst pav- ' f In the world. Oreat cobble- 1 driven by band Into a loose bed find form a roadway which Is al- I dusty lu summer and muddy la ' urn. and in many of the roads i Is a<> attempt at a roadway of klu I. The streets are badly wa- , |1 and denned. I city U regarded by the Russians holy city." probably because of large number of monasteries it con- !t was once the capital of the ’■ and still enjoys the distinction considered the capital of the lior, but there does uot seem to be 11’f.nicriar desire on the part of •dl.’ifities to make it more worthy | title. ' He keeps one eye on the sovereign and with the other tries to see the door. He thus shows politeness to the sov ereign and at the same.time retains one of his privileges. As the embassa dor is usually tin old gentleman, often Bhort sighted, he sometimes fails to reach the door and comes in collision with, the wall. Another privilege of embassadors Is the right of being ushered into the royal presence through folding doors, both of which must Ue flung wide open. No one except au etnb’asrador can claim this privilege. The most any uonemhusandorla! person ran ex pect Is that one of the leaves shall be making a special effort to obtain shewing of anxious souls Ur had preached his best sermon nml reached an emotional fervor that he had seldom equaled But nobody respontletl to his Invitation. They snug a hymn, and then the evangelist rose again ami call ad upon the congregation to "enlist for the service of the Lord." A battle scarred, wooden legged vet eran who had dropped into the back seat watched the proceedings with In terest. For the third time the perspir ing evangelist rose and asked, “la (here no one willing to eullsl in tilt liord's army 7" Then response ca me from the back opened to him. Tbe reason for this seat. "Draft ’em, parson; bang It, draff privilege Is not known. Tliere are cer- 'em!" tain Irreverent suggestions that have been made, but we prefer to be silent wilb regard to them. Another privilege, capable of causing great luconveufeace. Is tbe embassa dor's right of nduilxsiou to the sov ereign at any hour of the day or iiight. Thus the minister representing some little bankrupt state could go down t» Windsor and deinaud au audience at 4 o'clock In the morning. The audience would have to l>e granted, though It could he delayed by the exercise of tu- geuulty.—Chambers' Journal. In' Ex ten nation. i A little girl between 4 .*.ad 5 years of age came running in from sliding one | day and exclaimed Vo her mother: "Oh mamma, did you see me go down? I : went like thunder." j To her mother's astonished question ns to whom she had heard say that the little one replied. “Well, mamma, you A Dig On*. J octopm, which had been In n fight ' 0: - K ' other monster once drifted °a die Malay (tenlnsula. He had :iI ''I'Ich were from 12 nttle 0D( . replieu. --wen. mamma. you I.,., - - U "'w ni ' wel8hed “together kaow you snl(! oat ,i ay -as quick as I it was calculated tbat lightning.* and It always thunders after r-..- aiuI strong enough u ljKbrpD8 . doesn't UV-Boston Chris- lur'nr. ™ ,0n . ' l8hlriK boat Under Ulan Register, par.ate by main Btronelh Ratarr i Ineralat Work. As lor the woman, she found tbe *hie* wonder* of creation no* in (be culminating vertebrate, hut In the low esi orders of life. "The Jellyfish, for Instance!" exclaim ed ihe woman. “How was It ever got to JeJI so beautifully'/"' Now. the others thought they could UDderstnud her awe, although none of them, us It transpired, hail ever put up any preserves.-Detroit Journal, ■atlotnetlon. Brown—Ro you lost your lawsuit with Smith/ Jones- Yes: but It's a satisfaction to know that Smith didn’t win anything. “But didn’t you have to pay him $1.0011 damages 7" "Yes: but his lawyer gol that.”— Philadelphia Record. The Intense dryness of the South Af rican air Is very destructive of leather. Hence hoots soou wear out. main strength, i ‘:mts of Palmyra get all qiplng buckets Into the x It lake and allowing the a borate. When tho rainy day saved for fir-Ty comes, a man finds that it Is a d> whereas he only saved for a shown .— i Atchison Globe. The animal that first succumbs to ex treme eniii I* the horse. Exercise is a good thing for the stock bn but (he unL-h cows need p -ace and (a t. NO BUSINESS Can be properly run without being Advertised, And no advertising pays better than newspaper advertising. Tbe pew*, paper goes into the homes of thp people and is read through. If bar gains are offered, they make a poVp Of it, THE SEARCH-LIGHT a first-class advertising medium, As it is read by the people very generally in this county and by many in adjoining counties. PUT AN AD. 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