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J \ * i > > 4 » * BROKEN CABLES. Searching for the Severed Wires in Midocean. How Injuries are Inflicted Upon Cables. -to location of a cable break is very accurately determined by a process known to electricians and by an instru- meat which discloses how far an elec trical current, started on a given lino of wire, travels before it meets with inter ruption. The calculation of the dis tance to the break made on this side the At.antic can be checked and confirmed by a similar calculation made on the other side, although such a confirmation is scarcely necessary. After having found out how far from land the break is, the only other thing the captnin or navigator of the cnblo steamer wants to know is in what direction that distance is to be traveled; and as the course of the cabla is perfectly well known from the fuct that when the cable was laid accurate observations were taken by the cable-layers, and records made, the cable s: earner starting out to do the re pairs can steam directly over the spot where the break is located. Of course when the statement is made, it is not at all meant that the location can bo determined within a few inches or a few feet, but it can -be determined within a very limited area, so that the grappling for the ends of the cable do not usually extend in good weather over a period greater than two or three days, and sometimes docs not last even so long as that. The grappling irons are immense af fairs attached themselves to cables manip ulated from the deck of the steamer, and are plunged downward and dragged over the bottom of the ocean. When the cable ts finally grappled, the fact is mado clear at the steamer end of the line by reason of the strain to which the grappling-iron is subjected, precisely as a fisherman knows that he has a fish on his hook by the in creased tautness of the lino. The only difference is that in the caso of the grappling-iron the strain is revealed by an instument on board the steamer known as the dynamometer. When this instrument reveals the presence of such a strain as the grappling of the cable would bring about, the iron is hauled up with the cable at the cud of it. The repairers always calculate to grapple the cable about ten miles away from the point at which the break has occurred. If the irons grappled the cable too near the end, tho cable would slip away long before it reached the deck of the steamer. In some instances no break has occurred at all, and elec trical communication ha* been inter rupted perhaps by the destruction of the insulated covering of the cable, or by some defect of a similar character, so that when the grappling-iron appears at the surface of the water the entire length of cable comes up with it. Tho break is then spliced, or the defects remedied, and the rehabilitated cable is consigned once more to tho bosom of the mighty deep. Of course many times it is not possible to determine exactly what the cause of a cable break has boon, but usually the trouble is that the cable hos been laid too taut, and it has broken or been damaged in a serious way by reason of the immense strain resulting on this excessive tautness. The consequence is that, whenever a re pair is mado in midocean, tho repairers cut away all the twisted and strained cable in the immediate neighborhood of the break, and do away with all possi bility of tautno3s by putting in twenty- five to fifty miles of new cablo. This may meander down tho side of a sub merged Mount Washington, or may curl quietly up in the basin of a Mohawk Valley, but, whatever it does, there is no chance of the cablo breaking in that particular spot again from being drawn too tight. Outside of this, cables aro frequently damaged by tho anchors of vessels, fishing vessels chiefly, which anchor for the purpose of carrying on thoir fishing. Accidents of this kind occur of course near the shore or on tho banks of New foundland. Tho anchor becomes en tangled with the cablo, and, rather than spend the time necessary to got it froc, the cablo is dragged up and cut and the vessel proceeds on its way. Simply to avoid a little trouble (ho captain of a fishing vessel will put a cablo compauy in for thousands of dollars of expense. The situation is recognized by tho cable companies, and they have a stand ing oiler to indemnify any vossol for the loss of an anchor, and they pay out largo sums of money every year on this score. It will bo scon that there is no possibility of verifying such claims, and the consequence is that false claims for dataiages have undoubtedly boon put in and unscrupulous captains . have col lected money for anchors which wero never lost. Another source of trouble to„ the cables are the icebergs. These icebergs floating down from tho arctic seijs fre quently extend beneath tho surface of the ocean for many hundreds of fath oms, and tho base of the passing ice berg catching the cablo boars it onward and finally snaps it in two. The bot tom of the ocean varies in depth in a very marvellou) way, right in the path tlveso icebergs usually take. Oil the banks of Newfoundland tho bottom is reached sometimes at so inconsiderable a depth as 75 to 100 fathoms. What this distance is may bo estimated when it is stated that, roughly speaking, thoro aro 1000 fathoms to the mile. But from tho point where tho depth is 100 fathoms the ocean bottom goes down the side of amouutain to 2500 fathoms, or two miles and a half, within a very short distance. Perhaps the bottom rises up again and tho cablo hangs between the two sub merged mountain tops, and this iceberg coming along quietly picks up the loop thus formed and carries it onward until the strain results in an absolute rupture. —New York World. Medical Virtues of Onions. One day I was taken with chills and headache, signs that my old enemy, ma laria, was on hand. My quinine box was empty, and I was looking forward to a restless, sleepless night. In des peration I peeled a raw onion and ate it, and then went to bed, with warm feet and an extra comforter, when, prestol I was asleep in five minutes,and awaked in tho morning freo from ma laria and ready for the day’s duties. Our homely but strong friend will be appreciated in time as a medicine, and if agriculturists would turn their atten tion to raising a model onion, with the strong scent taken out that taints tho breath so unpleasantly, families will bo putting their “pills” in tho collar by the barrel, and tho doctors would take to onion farming. Tho onion acts as a carthatic and diuretic, and may help to break up a cold or lessen the bad symp tom*. Said a doctor: “I always store a barrel of onions in my collar during tho fall. We have them cooked twico a week, and whoever of tho family is threatened with a cold eats some onion raw. If this vegetable were generally eaten, there would bo no diphtheria, rheumatism, gout, kidney or stomach trouble. “But bless you! tho young men and women arc afraid to eat them. One young man went so far as to say to mo: ‘If my wife ate onions I would get a bill of divorce.’ ’’—American Garden. Not so Many as He Thought. The captain of one of tho lake steam ers has a hare-lip and an impetuous manner of speech. On his last trip he had a consignment of one sow and a litter of six pigs for Mauitawoc. As he was in a hurry to leave port he started for tho agent as soon as tho boat drew alongside the dock. “Go’ sow an’ six pigs to unload, hurry up! ’ The agent shouted back all right aud disappeared uptown to engage a force of men and enough lumber to build pens for a thousand pigs. In half an hour he re turned with his lumber and men to find the steamer had left tho dock and the “sow aud six pigs” wero eorraled on the pier. The agent is now saving all the hare-lip stories he hears to tell that captain when ho returns to Manitowoc. Ho is going to get even somehow.— Chicago Herald. To Cut Through Florida. The great project of cutting a ship canal across tho peninsula of Florida is revived by the incorporation of a com pany for that purposo, with a proposed capital of $60,000,000. It is claimed that this passage, if opened, would save from 800 to 900 miles in the voyago be tween New Orleans and New York, and nearly as much to European ports, and great stress is laid on tho safety of tho routo compared with the dangerous nav igation arouud tho Koys of Florida, where statistics show that tho losses for eleven yeurs prior to 1872, amounted to $22,000,000. —llailicag Age. * The Spinning Wheel. I would 1 could a-wooing go, Quick would I fore unto tho hall Where Bessie, with her cheeks aglow, Hums with tho wheel against the wall; And down before the feet I’d kneel Of Bessie at her spinning wheel. The runlight gleams the hillside athwart, To color roses, wheat and wine; So down the valleys of my heart, Do bonnie Bessie’s blue eyes shine; They shino on me until I roel Like her own restless spinning-wheel. Tho shuck upon the spindle tied. Thereto the snowy roll is bound: Then backward witli a graco'ul stride, While zoon, zoon, zoon, the whool goo* round— Thus Bessie, to her labor leal, Begins to work her spinning-wheel. Now fnster flies the wheel around, And backward go her slippered feet. Then forward till tho yarn is wound. And bulging stands the broach complete; Complete upon the pointed steel Of Bessie’s busy spinning wheel. Fair Bessie with tho golden hair, Hwoet Bessie with the deep blue eyes, Is twisting for my heart a snare ' Each time tho slender spindh flies, A snare for me which I shall feel, Caught by the Fate that turns tho wheil. And so I must n-wooing go, And quick betake me to the hall Where ivy cresps and rosas blow, And Sol flings kisses o’er the wall, And at the dainty feet must kneel Of R ssto at her spinning-wheel. — William T. Dumas in Atlanta Constitu tion. HUMOROUS. Something to boot—a book agent. The cane manufacturer sticks to hi* business. Even a watch factory will fail if it runs on tick. Internal revenue—The receipts of a restaurant- keeper. The dog day3 have gone, but tho cat nights aro still with us. It is easier to live within your income than to live without one. It is generally all up with a man when he begins to go down hill. The balloon is never arrested; and yet is without visible means of support. When tho barber talks too much his stories are generally illustrated with cuts. A sister’s love is very swoet and holv, but it isn’t at all satisfying if she i3 your own sister. After a man has beon married a few years he never dodges when his wife throws anything at him. Some persons turn down the corner of t leaf of a book in order to fiud the place. Others turn down tho street of a city for the same purpose. Another man has invented an air ship which ho declares is “bound to suc ceed.” It can bo depended upon to succeed—in killing the inventor. When a man feels like giving another man a pieco of his mind he should think about it. A man should keep his mind togothcrif ho wants to be comfortable. Policeman: “Do you tako care of the dog?” Nurso girl; “No. Tho missis says I'm too young aud inexperi enced. I only look after the children.” Oil Gent—“Little boy, I am sorry to i see you smoking a cigarette.” Little Boy—“I ain’t smoking it. I’m keeping ! it alight for another feller what’s gone on an errant.” D. M'LUCAS & SON, INMAN - GEORGIA. —DEALER IN— BOOTS, SHOES, TIN-WARE, HARD WARE, NOTIONS, atui FANCY GOODS. LARD, CLOTHING, MEAT, CALICOS, RICE, LINDSEYS, LARD, JEANS, and CLO\ ES, COFFEE, All Qualities. GRITS SUGAR of Dry Goods. 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