Newspaper Page Text
The Search-Light.! THE TAl.E OF A DOG.
SIGNALING TO MARS.
BAINBKIDUK, JULY 20, 1W1.
THE ALPHABET'S MEETING.
ft- • • -
Thi Alphabet m#t anti «a.1 Hot
I Vttt not enan # *<*J in a |-*npct tcny."
A haJ ftnotl at Th* Urud too lo*,
It wm not rUfit; It waa utterly %tor.i,
“tor you all know «t„l <a.i pi*.iniy taa
J That p.ac« UU.ncr lo mM C.
44 You taka tla Ikh.1, ItwM!" niJ J;
! "Tlal ptaea la nwwnl ft* my tW K."
•Tul, tut. tut! Mail, well, wall!
m aland thrsa rryveif then," *aM L.
} M Kxcuw tsa. please. «re tliinla list ua
Hava a word to my.’* at id Ik C« Ik
••Fuppow you haw." aatd F aa to
*r/t!y whitperrd a nrM to K.
! ‘WI1 prevfiit, |*fl like to know,
•tontffaf head SI. X «r.O?"
’ < ‘kVt# IMfnrt 1n allrfNa to all «* you
And now will *hc*«r add P «nd Q.
••Our taopr**wton la, >oti l ad Utter try,"
Thrtt angrily rpokr imtli-ll and I
| "How ruilo and coanr!” mqI«J B. 8. T.
•The ‘alra’ o# actr.e!" aai.l t* and V.
••Would driva nr.o nad/* iwid W, X, V. Z.
But. »!*.*» all. tha lulu** all’.! aiatul
A at Ua Iwad. at the iu>; A.
Brooklyn Kagrla.
It
TALK OF MARRIAGE.
la Pkiik^ For llir Man. ba< Mot
For It. Girl. A|»i»urvo«l, .
A man may remark mi hi* Intention
lo nir.rry at some Indefinite future time,
tv lion prudence or other consideration*
may make It possible or advisable.
Without having. iia ii ru'.o, to run the
gantlet of a cbortw of impertinent uml
stupid would he witty renHirlui. Hut
alioutd a girl be bold enough. or. rather,
natural and simple enough. to any the
saute tiling who t would Ik- the result ?
Why. every one knows that she would
be promptly snucred out of omtute-
naoce.
And why? la It huaiofleat fora worn
an to express a determination to enter
Into a atnte which we me being cant In-
ually reminded is a natural and honor
able state-. while It la iffodcst anti limp
et for a man to do so? rucli a iJUtino
tion would never be drown except for
the ’’cheapness'* to which reference lias
been made.
If u wan wants to marry, lie cun mar
ry. If the drat woman he asks rerusea
him. he has only to ask a wound or |>er-
hajiH a third or fourth. It Avoid u<
safe to guarantee that within a month
any man of fairly res|H*-tnlile life and
position and appearance who eared to
make the experiment could ino>ry In
htg own class, could insi-ry itrotmlily u
woman ranch superior to himself.
Hut wtuit about the girl win* Intends
to uiurry ‘'some day?" Is she nut tu •>
very different pnslilejt froth t,Ue mat
Tltc DHSIealt j- of Doing So try Means
of 1,-1 if til.
Tla- wr? largest city that this earth
has ever known would hi' altogether
j too small to be visible to a being
*» I*, asorr •* H«e Feot Wn« n«!s«.-<l | duelling on the planet Mere, even if
A TRUTHFUL NARRATIVE OF CANINE
TENACITY AND SAGACITY.
It, n Preacher Who Was « Party Jo •
the tactile AI .%« Fuel her Tcn.lJno.ir j
Is h-nMUj.
that la-ins were'eudenvorlug to as- It
with a telescope as powerful ns the
greatest ami most perfect Instrument
A certain Naahrme statesman 1* to any observatory o« *J**
„ . . . ., . . if the whole extent ot latke ouperioi
about ooa of the best story tellers in wUU lwtn Omu awl If that
Tennessee. ami Ida repertoire iucIikI.su w03 w , OI1 ore. then. 1 tlilnl:.
lot of good one*. Csh ami otherwise.
On the truthfulness of some he will
stake Ida reputntlon for veracity, but
he tells one which Is- always prefixes
with the statement that It was lold IdiD
by a tulnlaier of the gospel. r>r. Hard-
well. who will lie remembered l.-cie liy
we may luitnlt that uo Inhobftunt of
Mare who v.os furirialiod with h tele
scope as good ns that which I’erclval
Lowe! lures at Flagstaff might be able
to see that something had lfflpjiened.
But we must not suppose that the
mighty conflagration would fl[ii*ru- to
the old.-r tnliatiitauis ns the assistant J tbt* Martian as a very conspicuous ob-
of f»r. Kdgsr of rev.Ted memory, who
was lir-ntor of the First Pivsti.vterlan
ChUivh durtng ilie latter years of Ueu-
ernl Atxlivw .fuekMinV life and it.ti uJ-
e.1 the old hero in his last Illness. The
story teller an Id:
•‘Dr. Hard well otn-d to visit my fa
ther’* house when 1 wmi.it Iki.v. mid the
story I am a limit to tell you tvns relat
ed lo me on the otvasion of one of those
visits. VV» were mil on the veranda
amok trig one evening after supiiei*. The
doctor was fond of dogs ami was a
prefty gtsirt spoilsman ttud uaturnlly
the eonversutlon turned on this subject.
“ ’Speaklug of dugs.' said Dr. Ihird-
Jcc-t. It would, intiier. lie u very small
' feature. Iiut still I thtyk » would not
I Ik- Ih-.v ind the ivneh of a- pmctk**! ol>
1 server la that planet.
On tlk- other band. If nn ureu the size
j of Lake Superior on Mars wts«* to be
i flooded with [sKroler.ni and that [s-tro-
! lettm was to tv kindled, we should cs-
■ p.*et to witness die event from here not
j as a great arid striking conflagration,
but as n tln.v little joint of just d'.s-
carulbie light. The disk of Mr.re la
not a Large object, atu! the eouttngra-
| tlon would not extend ot’er the three
i hundredth part <>r that disk.
It Is sufficient to state these facts to
TH E H A1UIG A D SC A BE inSSS
Olliers were afraki t 0 rj| i,. JV
ODD EFFECTS OF THE FIRST 6»0HT for fear of hovtng their
«*or™., cst-a'suts
^ on “ ,e tl »*y the .!
tome of the People of the «o«MU «•« engines WOUbl srfll the
EehlnU Trees Isi t««t. When Hie were llUDg out to dry. *
Iron How U>I1. B»-TAe Conofrr’A I Stony are yet living who lo,
tael !e»< Holt rood. the terrible. itrisHH-hing
Amerlra cannot lay ehilm to llte first with awe anti trepidatt,,,, sit
locomotive or tin- first rallroatl. That (lecof Ivy. AJU-marb, „.|U, V ,
great Itouor Ilea with l-hnghmd. Yet hltoeetf that wtwn be heim)
Yaukiv genius was not very fur tiehlud , coining he Jumped from i.lm
tier. for. when tbs-rge StepIs nsoD tieWnd a tn-e. when- tie
lanncheil Ills first util hx-rmiotfve. the tnT f,ar ° r vim ov.-r jj,
Rocket, on tlu* !.lven*xil uih) MaucImm- ; » ,roirt - wt *° wiisfakaig h t,„ Wl|
ter triad In 18LE'. »h*> first spike law I Is-en isrsltuv to Uiehnioud. when iw
driven op the Baltimore nud Ohio rail- j oonlonvllh- Iwsitrl tin- whi»t|,
road. July-A l«*i. by rimrles t'urroll '
of Curtrillfou. the lust surviving signer
of tile I lecturet loti of tlKl*‘Jiel)<l«'ne»‘.
This was the first road started tu the
United S’mti-H. and in 1K10 it had reach
ptl Killeott Mills. HI tiitk-s from Baltl-
well. Tendtuls me of a dog which be- I show that the [Kisslbtllt.v of signaling
longed to n friend of mine In Mlsalsslp
pi. I hud Isr-n Invited td'liold sirvIces
at a church near tills friend's house
and wrote him to meet me ut the sta
tlou. tM>UM> six mile* from lit.* house, on
the Saturday Afternoon Is-fore Kunduy.
the day of tlie apiKiInttiKMK..
"Tie was on time wtth lueses, and
we atu tied to his lioirM-. I notlirr) that a
very Itaindsouie bird dog followed us,
and. having beard that some ime In
tlict nelgldiorhojHl owned nn esju-clolly
well trained trick flog. I naked my
friend aluut It.
“ * "Thai's the doe," tit the same time
point big at his dog. which bad run
ahead of us und woe waiting at the
fork* of the rood
" *1 iisktrl him to nmkp him perform a
trlek. lie gut down, from Ills horse,
called the dog ami. taking o»n his |*«-li-
etlwok. belli it to the dog's nose He
tl*>n took oajr a silver linlf dollar and.
wniklng som«> distance Inin the wends. |
mist*] up a large rda-lt mid put the won- \
! sy under It. We then resumed our Jour- j
I ney. nud when {miliuliiy luilf n tulle i
1 away my fH<-nd called his dog and toid
to Mare Is entirely Ix-yond the power of
human ivfsi)ifr<-en.—Air Uobert fJ. Ball
tu Independent.
FIki.
After figs have i»-en ivilleefetl they
are dipp-.d in boding brine -ntid Uien
dried tniys for from two to four
days, according Jo tlie AV,eutlier The
dipping is supposed to bring the sugar
to the surface anil lnwten the drying.
After tielng dried the figs are placed
In '’sweat isixes." holding 'ifiUl.poniids
Fitch. wtieri'-'tYiey remalii for two week*.
Then they are waahtsl 111 cold salt wa
ter to remove all dirt uml an- packed
by women and girts in half pound, one
pound and ten |xnmd Isixes in layers,
being split iirellmiuarlly with a short
blades! knife.
very different poiltlg,, froth tjte man? t h)UJ - to ^ lw . k UJlrt m m)U „ y
Herelaaglr pf gapd cl.HW’NF-.mm-hJ' - ^ & wllhou , nie least ,«
(letter titan the innii'H nm w > r-avnp. . .. . .
hesita
tion, started Imck on n run. nud. my
friend exptaim-d. as the rock was lieavy
tin* tlog would 4k> uiuilde to turti it
. .. .._ . over, so would Inure to neratch under It
celvea one .llatlnct cffMr of mnrstage. |l||W
bettor tliau the inaii'w. pnitMlity—aver
age intelligence, auvngv guul took*.
Theoretically she Is fiv*t> tu marry
whom «he will. Im:I is sbef If s(m> re
, . . . .... ' e- ■* up- ,'npr ,»i money, and he
,U - fVould wf protKibly ge, home UKtav we !
cording to the isnlint.le ewrnpe.
The fact that by nn unwritten law n
woman must not take. mid. Indeed. Goes
not want to take, the Initiative tins very
Iktle t«* do with the extremely l!niitt>d
choice whli ti nuslern conditions impose
upon Bngli.th women.—Nineteenth t.’cu-
tiiry.
SmntVr>.-p,* Tv r Pf-ptjMt* of Stoov.
Rlomw do not fi.r.n ; nit of the rt>c-
eg'ilucU i t< Uv ci- unt’jt. but title
of these birds In the \ :ionni iU.sik.g-
I'.t.I pork In WV.- ’ hi; had a craving
which could
lag ’i wo jKiui
er’s (ltfetitlob
liceat. - ifti
It CMIkltl’t g>'
m:.‘ tin • th ■
li.rld n l
xvtin toe park dev
t.sfie-d only by cut- i
of stain**, The keep- i
-■ attracted to the bird i
i.ig <i;S-e s.st down
-. lie v:t* picked u,v
'eis- heard mttlln::
f'-.-bil connecti*d
1 that something
renet*sl tluiv. It then helir: about tlnve
| tulles fnrtlier on m Ills hoina*.
j " *noWever. when we recched hmne
; the dog was n:;r there We i.'.e supta-r.
' uwT still the doe. did not cottie. nor I,ad
i he put In n:i apisxnaiiee wts*n we re-
! tired ill nlHMlt l:i ji'eloek.
I “ ’Tin* uext inuinlb* we giit un Btiout
rtnyllght. nisi, hearing a noise oetslde.
I my friend r>|K*ncd tlw doer, uml the dog
| rimhisl In r'rng;rlng with i.iinji pair of
j puntatoons, which la* droppi -l on the
! floor.
! “ ’Of cvairse w*e Were lioth mysTlflert,
| but. had not long to w.ilt an exiilutm-
tlon. for sliortly afterward man who
liv 'd T venil miles from nn •frt:*ad , 3
Ijike- Mornt. in Switzerland, has the
curious pro|ierty of turning red every
ten yen red wing to the [iresenee of cer
tain aquatic' plants which are not
known in any other lake In the world.
Tsrlce'us black.
Sum Cole—M!«s Y a Her by done treat
me scan'lous. She dime tide me yes-
tld’y dat I was block as iU* are of
spades. 1
dim Crow—Hat's c.ti'y half as bad ns
what she so* ’liout me. She tola me I
was black nr. de deuce.—-Catholic
Rtamlaisl anil Times.
The |s>nn 1 code of the Chinese cm
ptre Is at least U.OGfi years old. and nn
(ler Its provisions uliout 12.(100 ptfsonfi
are annually executed.
Tlis- first balloon ascent took pi ace In
the year 17SS.
more. '
But tin* nuGtli <nti claim the honor of
completing the longest railroad In Hie
world at that dale, lining the ohl
(’ha!'l»*stoti and Hauiburg rail, now a
part of the South Carolina and (Svsirgta
system, wtiieh wns liegun In 1-Soli, and
liy Octolier. lS-ki. It laid H57 miles of
tniek In op-ratUm In a letter from
Mr. Snmml C. Clarke of Ooorgla. a
kinsman of the writer, wlm ultatned
the extreme age of HI year* aud wImi
had s*-i*ti 11k* beginning ami the <x,m[ile-
tlon -of lids road, la* thus giv«*» his ex
perience u]K>n first sight of a lotgno-
live:
“One day while going down to
Chnrkwton wtth u [ir.rty of g^nl^*im«*i)
to attend the rmvs as we kpiimaciied
tin* city in* saw In tlie ilistuiK-e the
new rndrftud. IHaVta-d some in or 12
mlh*s out of Charleston.. It was built
upon plh-s. longer or sliort. atxwrdlng
to The nature of the ground. Sometimes
In ernsstng a ravine the mils were lit*
feet from tin* anrfiMvu Our track ran
bear this • elevated road. hikI - soon n
iKirtld shriek us from 2U jmtnla-rs was
heard Hi the wools. By tilts time we
wren* n»*rvotm. Kleptiaats and lions
we had heard of. and !*>me of us luul
seen them, but wtuit uamster wns Ibis
whose Ht-r«*ams we laurdV l‘n*t*ently
it came in sight. Hying nloit tlnssigh
Hie air and breathing fire and smoke.
>iml our frightened stissls I»s*uuh* un-
mumtgeuble. and In Tad I think ttist
some ot our imrty wets* as I sally fright
•lied as tla'ir liorses. If any of my
vaiWrs are old cmuigli to reus miter
lie UitrikUa-Uon of lo»s>mottv»*s uml
s>w they felt at first slglil <4 lla'ui,
ney w,H j»-ri a;>s msh-rstjuu! our setTr-
■snious that •lay-'ln ila* (fine w«»*ls
“A mile or two fnrttM*r on we cans-
lo n broken wagon by tin* sale ot tlie
•osu). and near it set a ibsagia crai-kt*r
smoking his ptj**». On t*-tug asLts)
what was his trouble Is* replied. Well,
stranger. I've often beam tell ot uu!li-
liemum. and liow I les-kon I've saw It
for irie. "
!t Is sotiK-what amusing now to read
of the superstitious dread with which
the inhabitants look»-d u|>on tin* build
ing of these Hrst railroads. Some
thought the snaike of ttie rjeitirnai
nhte iiokx* of tIk* nppnnwiaJ]
nrol Tie and Ids eonipanuuw
seared tlmi they sprang nut. i^J
tern** uml mn across i tie tle|«| > ™
d'stam-**. leaving.tla- tvng„n
to Its fate, litw wlKKi the inun,,J
•I was only an engine amt «n,,
Tts* first roadlxsls were f,„
# t»as tieeti state,fTtjy drivu-j; |
groomL upon the lop ,j nllk
ism-WI wowlen stringers. M
ent n groove tor ihe ,v„eh,
’J'Imw were <-nl)e<] “woodsn rtlk
and nt n dlstamv kp]K>an,! Hkm
vated railroads t« the eitti-s,
ent da.v. Ttie honor ot tins mjj
wus i*onIpsijhI between | )b
of Seottsville. Vn.. and .intm tv*
an engineer or Ciuo. inn j,
I wove n bonanza t 0 ,>ttin*r, J
wheels were cunstnntlv tHiiaa
I Is* groove, mid the pii,., ,
gave pime to aolld dirt smtwni
ami stw)> iron- rails vren-
for Ilk- Wooden groove, linn
lug wns very iiiqs'rfrs'i ami -
wt.s-ti made riding on uiw
pnnntlve railroads like going <
' eunioroy road Hi a spnnsWl
will the ears bounelny nn*rj
nu.g|i rails to the Jingtim! mn»*t
Window*.— Hu-tniKiiul Itopairt
Do Carpets Shorten I
fust think wlmt n liomim-1
of unclean things the i-nr;i*t * j
rleli ICugllsti or Frets-h l.uuse!
there are cuniets, fs*oiilr sl.ouhtt
tcniig lie given sllp|>ers. »s in ttrl
prlumtH. of Hie footbath. :t» at a I
lab itfOMiue. Making uminiij
ctir|A*ts Is another proel that i
wrought for wunt of ttmught.
reus aUrtbubKl the prevalim-M
ami throat diseases in Bmluull|
peted socmia.—London Truth.
An On nee nt Prfi
“Aa you went out." wluqs
•oljservtng t man ter. *1 saw
•ounKhtng from the float
dtr/en ptcee* and throw it hi tl»i
Was It n love letter?"
“No.". rNqiomled the |ircl'itl|
er. “ft was a little liookh i leilM
to prepare [iritneS In fill .lifferenH
I wns a fra hi It might In.I
hands of the landlady." I’t.ila
heeur>l
A mun of few words uml i
la like n garden of inar.y vc|
and few wee;ls. —Chicago
house roile y.n o:) a la
If a dug with i: pair i
hts mouth bn-.! • v >p. ..
Th»> dog nt thm mom.'
must Is* done, euil be prunplly eut tin* the poreli. ami file man sa,
ce-.-nmrsnt open and relieved him of Ids there’s tla* dog now "
burden. One of the sto,..**. of Irregular
sUb-iH*. was SVj’lkrhea lor-:. The !u-
clvluii was se\v,*d *:-.,l fer five days
the bird got along fill i!.-l.t. tls* round
1 ealit^t finely, but 'at t’»e end of that
time tin* came rant grew restive uml
pulled out the stitches v. ith his luxiked
bill. As a coirscqitehc* cri' opening up
the wuond he died.
“ ’My friend told his ctilh-i
dog tvad reoliy bought pah
loons UotiK* with him. but v ti
umlendausl It lilmtjclf
" Tbi* lumi Hit hi that late In rite after
main the day ts l'ore Ik*
acratehli g under a turgv
road hikL thinking he wa
bit. stopjK-,! and lifted tti.*
fonrsd the flog
io k near tlie
in ter n mb
oek ;in. and.
AK’E no iristake!
Sex that my head
is on every package d
ArtlMrlet S* -or.
Qnarrymcn r.ml s(o::«- dresser* will
probably be gradually rmvtleG our of
their ore»,i)utVon by ti e ••*,* cf artttletai
Kti.ne. la the manufuctu "e pf this stone
H.t- satsl Is heatisl nud tlu* cement a«Kl
e,l to the uttiomtl of 12 n*r cat of the
mixture. The ste, 1 r "ds nre fl!l*sl
with lbe dry mnier:: I b-mI moved Info
tin luitnensr cj'llmler. which is bu»K*l
and tx>lted. But)!: g water Is then
turned In finder jne.ssy e sn'Sclent to
force rt all through rhe sand in the
molds. The eer.ai'.t sine its. Itul the
stivl RAkltls do not penult nay expan
sion to occur. «::d the einrte Is formed
end dried under mi tmn.-ense pressure,
■i'ho cnault is a very tuml stone, which
can be supplied In Kha|H** desired und
much cheaper than the natural stone.
Where The, Agreed.
At the sliver wedding ot the Prince
and lYtneew of R ales an F.ngbsh town
Wished to preset)i tiu address, hut there
was a g**»i UlseussUwi a* to tla w,n*1-
. Ing. Foe aoto* time- they could not
agree si all “Ccnsclons as *v are- of
otfr ewa unsrort Illness*’ was untver*
salty roodemncl, but wueu some one
proposed “t 'onreleiiK as We are of each
etLei*s nn worthiness" It was agreed tr
ic a man..
to his surprise, found a !
the uuderslile.
’’ ‘He [sit the money to his pocket, and
the dog follow,*! him home. The deg
api>eared to t*s* friendly, uml tin matt
petted hint and gave him hi:-- supp- r.
At night when die family \*-Vr*vl the
dog WHS put on llie outside, (sit lie
kept up e.uch * rar'a*: t'.*;:; n.i *ne ,*>e.!it
sk**p on t!s* ilia,*-. n:ul «!n>n ihe man
o[M*ued tia* iloor *n drive the *!• -g off lit* !
rushedf Into his hcdl- em tint; it mice 1
became very quiet, lying don .i uear ]
the foot of tlte U*h wls re h> slept nil
nlglit.
“ Yiarty la th,- inortibK:. the man said,
be got up <10(1 er*'!l'*d the tvlt.fiow. and
tN* Instant lie Uhl so the dug reized his
pantaloons tu ids month cu.l. j*imjauj
out of the window, ti *1
" 'The until followed es *occ js he
conhl art tils nnile.
" ‘Hearing this Story, my friend cot
lbe pnataloou* nud on searching ihe
pockets found tbe balf dollar which lie
had bid under tlie rock the ufternoou
N'fore' ‘'—Nashville Banner.
Tts* eaiMeoi of the New Yorlr Ctty
History dull hi tbe tbdustrlous little
lieuver. typh-al of tbe sturdy ancestors.
turroamV*! by a circle. This beaver
wa* part ot the aucicul seal of New
Atustctdam.
m
A LUXURY WSTHSft! THE OF ALL!
,/• r<Ti■'
m
unless li v~ in & 1 pound
scales, packet vitk ihe
hcaa of a lien ca tlie
front. Then you get
pure ccffec—the highest
grade for the money.
Watch our no At aovertiasmont*
now become the Is
of all ^package cctia
And why is it
mffiem af homes?
Because it docs i
sail under false
It is an absolutely!
pure coffee. No ghc
no coating with _
mixtures or chcfi
in order to hide i
fections.
Just try a pacN
HON COffl
and you will
stand the reason r
popularity.
If. feJT 7 v ^^. d r yow COFFEE VOM wfll find * fully illustrated ad i
u- , INo .„ ouse “fP cr * m °p womao, man, boy o» girl will fail to find in tbe list !~—
wtXKh will coctiitste to their happiness, comfort and coavenience-and which they may ^
simply cutting out a certain number of Lion Heads from the^ wrappers of our one fo*&&
pachag'cs (which is the only form in which this rpffyy a sob}).
WOOLSON SPKS CO..
TOLOft