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VOL. 11.
Wliat First to l>o.
lt’» no use to grumble and sigh,
It’s no UN to worry and fret,
It is useless to groan or to cry,
Or fling yourself down in a pet.
You’ll never be wise or lie grout
If you bluster like bees when they swarm;
’Tis folly your woes to berate,
And pitch like a ship in a storm.
Don’t get in a tantrum and shout
When obstacles rise in your path,
And don’t—let me beg of you—pout,
By way of displaying your wrath;
Don’t butt out your brains just to spite
Some fancied injustice of fate,
For time will set everything right
If you’ll only Gave patience to wait.
The blustering wind can not chill
The lake, though lie ruilies its face,
But the frost, with its presence so still,
Locks it. fast in a silent embrace.
So you may win lame beyond price,
And conquer the world with its pelf,
If you will only heed this advice,
And first learn to conquer yourself.
— [Golden Days.
THE LIMITED EXPRESS.
BV CHARLOTTE KOGERS.
It was the last of January and a
Saturday night. A keen tiorlli wind
was blowing down Broadway, tilling
the air with occasional flurries of
snow, and night had long since come,
though it was only six o’clock.
J. Weldon Bradshaw, attorney and
counselor at law, stood on Hie steps of
the building in # which be had his office,
and buttoned his overcoat as ho looked
up and down (he now deserted street.
For some thirt” years lie had done
the same thing at the same hour every¬
day, when ho was not out of town on
business—lie never went away for
pleasure. Ho was going out of town
now, as soon ns lie had swallowed lii»
dinner. Largo and important busines 8
interests of a client called him to the
northern part of the state, and it never
occurred to him to delay twenty-four
hours for what he considered a mere
question of sentiment. Sundays were
pretty much the same to Him person¬
ally as any other day, except that they
interrupted business.
True he had been wonderfully suc-
cessful in life, but lie would have told
you it was entirely owing to his own
efforts, and not through any inter¬
vention of Providence.
Shortly after nine o’clock that eve¬
ning he walked into a passenger-car
on the northward hound express in as
great a state of irritation asiie ever per¬
mitted liimseif to indulge in. He had
neglected to engage a berth in the
sleeper, and now found that lie must
make (Tie best of a night in a chair.
He settled himself with the expert-
uess and deliberation born of age and
experience. Then he took from his
pocket documents bearing on Hie
coming case and proceeded to read
them.
Presently he found his mind wan-
dering, a thing it had not done for
years, and putting up the papers, lie
turned to look out of the window. In
spite of shading the glass with his
hands nothing was to bo seen, but an
occasional light flashed into view and
out again in an instant.
He drew back and sat idly, looking
before him till suddenly ho became
conscious that there was something,
after all, to be seen m the window—
bis own reflection. He looked at him¬
self with growing interest; it was the
first time in many years he had had
such protracted opportunity for study
of the subject.
He felt as if the face opposite him
belonged to some familiar stranger,
met every day but never known. A
man well advanced in life, nearing 60,
perhaps, looked back at him. Hair
gray, getling a little thin now; aqui¬
line nose; clear, shrewd-looking eyes,
of no particular color, with innumera¬
ble fine wrinkles about tho corners, as
if from constant contraction to enable
them the belter to see through oilier
men. Thc lips had narrowed almost
to a line from ler.g compression, and
made tho entire face look hard.
lie had fought the world single-
handed—the hard, selfish, crushing
business world of a great city, and it
had marked him as its own. lie had
wrung from it wealth, position, recog¬
nition of his ability by other men ; but
he had given in return youth, love,
pleasure, all aspirations after better
things. All those longings and hopes
which prove the existence in us of
some sparks of a higher nature, His
very life ho had given to become that
most perfect mechanical production of
the nineteenth century—entirely a
business man.
The train slowed up at a station and
a young couple got in. Siie was so
bright and pretty and confiding, lie so
unceasingly attentive and protecting,
the other passengers watched
with interest. Thc men smiled and
women sighed. They sat in front
Weedon Bradshaw, and something
the girl’s face quickened his
and sent his thoughts rushing
into (he past.
THE ENTERPRISE I
He turned again to his window, but
tho past was with him and the face
that looked back was no longer old
and hard.
Itw r as a boy’sfaee, handsome, brave
and honest, with faith in those clear
eves, and a promise of uoble deeds.
Other faces were there, too. A laugh¬
ing 1 , winsome pair of eves peered at
him for a moment, and then a gentle,
sweet, old face smiled sadly at “her
boy.” He remembered her dreams
for him; lie realized for the first time
how far ho had fallen from her ideals.
Now he fully.understood what she
bad once said to him: “Experience is
sorrow. Only is life happy as we
live it for others.”
The face was a man’s now; hand¬
some still, but an eager look had come
into the eyes, and the mouth was
more firmly set. He was starting out
into the world anxious for knowledge
of it; determined to fight and con¬
quer. Clearly tho night he left home
came back to him. She of tho laugh¬
ing eyes was with him, but they
laughed no longer. Tears were brim¬
ming over and the little lips too trem¬
ulous for words. He held her hand
and a mighty struggle went on within
him. He knew what the tears meant
and’he longed to take her in his arms;
but pride and caution whispered:
“Wait! You have the world before
you.”
And so lie spoke no word, but left
her. •
lie had never really meant to give
her up. lie intended in the near
future to go buck for Her; but, first,
lie was too poor to take the time, and
afterward the business world claimed
him as its slave—its slave when most
he felt himself its master.
So the days passed by and lie never
weut back.
Theu he heard that another had
won her, and for a moment J. Wee-
don Bradshaw admitted to himself
that he had possibly made a mistake
in life after all.
In course of time he married his
partner’s daughter. He paid her hills,
treated her withj respectful considera-
tiou, and when she died regretted the
unfortunate circumstance. But her
face had no place on the window. The
youth of the past was crying to the
man of to-day for reparation and
would not be silenced.
“Why did you treat mo so?” he
cried. “Why did you stifle my love,
teaching me this terrible absolute in¬
difference to everything good or badr
Why did you train me to think that
money and what money could buy
was the best in life and nothing else
mattered? What have you given me in
return for youth; love, and liberty?”
And Weedon Bradshaw bowed his
head in silence. Dead Sea fruit.
Clearly he saw now, as in the light
of noonaay, the life ho had missed,
The life of love and higher aspiration,
the abnegation of self tlyit leads to
the “larger heart, the kindlier hand.”
All this he saw, and groaned in
spirit.
On through the night rushed the
express; but side by side with it kepi
Die phantom train tilled with the
ghosts of Weedon Bradshaw’s past.
The young bride had gone to sleep
with her head on her husband’s shoul¬
der and the other passengers were in
various stages of unconsciousness.
Suddenly a violent, shuddering jerk
throughout the train—a mighty crash
and heaving, and then silence more
terrible.
Silence for a moment’s space only,
however; then cries, questions, excla¬
mations—a wild confusion of tongues.
The engine had jumped the track on
a down grade and half dragged the
baggage car with it; but the passen"
ger coaches were only badly shaken.
It, would have been a terrible disaster
but for the quickness and nerve of the
engineer—he stopped the train in its
own length, but his life was the price,
Thc crowd grew silent as they stood
about the wreck and that motionless
object now stretched upon the road,
side.
Tliey peered into each other's pale
faces, scarcely visible by the flickering
light of a few lanterns carried iu
nervous hands.
Thank God! they were all safe—
but one man had given up his life for
them.
“He did his duty nobly,” they said,
and then began to think how they
could continue their journey.
It was not that they were unfeeling
—only “practical”; there was noth-
ing to be done and they were in a
hurry.
Only Bradshaw remained standing
by tlie body—he felt shaken, un¬
nerved, strangely old. Those silent
lips seemed bidding him stay. A
voice was speaking to him through
them unheeded by other ears—“Even
as I am wilt thou be.”—[Frank Les¬
lie’s Illustrated.
CARNE8V1LLK, GA.. FRIDAY, .11 LY 31.1891.
WELLS A MILE DEEP.
A West Virginia Well the Deep¬
est in the World.
TheGovernmontto Take Earth’s
Temperature.
Tito Government „ .... lias takcuan . inter- ,
est . . in an experimental . . , well which is
hemg drilled . ... , on ,, Boggs , Run, .,
near Wheeling, West
l lio well 18 now over 4000 feet
deep, . ami it the if
‘ is intention, ' : pos-
siblc, to drill it to the depth of an
eveii mile—5280 „. feet. The United
states A Geological _ . . , Survey will ... contnb- ...
ate . $5000 to 4 the fund. It , is . the pur-
of * the , Government , to take . the ,
pose *
, these , _ low levels . ,
earth 8 temperature r at
, obtain . . other , scientific . , data. , Satis- _ .
and , .
. of _ this , character .
factory tests
never , heretofore , been made ..... in this
country, owing to the water or oil
that has been encountere . in the few
other deep wells that have been
dulled.
If the Wheeling well is driven to the
deptli of a mile it will be the deepest
well in the world. At present the
deepest well hi this country is one
drilled for gas in Pittsburg some years
ago by George Westinghouso, Jr. It
was sunk to the depth of 4680 feci,
wl.cn work had to be abandoned on
account of the drilling cable breaking
of its own weight. The weight of the
cable now it. use in the Wheeling well
is 7000 pounds. Powerful machinery
must, of course, be employed in drill-
ing these deep wells, and thc work is
slow an expensive.
In the event of any tool being lost
in the hole, the job of fishing it out
becomes a scientific achievement.
m Tools are made expressly ^ for fishing . . .
purposes, and they are many and in-
genious. In the oil-fields there are
men who make a business of fishing
lost tools out of wells.
• Jonathan Watson of Titusville, Pa.,
drilled in 1867 one of the deepest
wells ever drilled in the oil country;
lie sunk it to the depth of 3563 feet, at
a cost of $25,000. Mr. Watson is a
rich man and a Spiritualist, and Die
well was drilled under the guidance of
the spirits. It was drilled for oil, but
was not a successful venture. The
well is located on tlie flats below
Titusville, not far from the Drake
well, the pioneer oil well of America,
Oil in the Drake well was found at the
depth of but 68 feet. In August, 1889,
Mr.Watson completed a well in this
locality which was also a “spirit well,”
having been drilled at that particular
spot by thc advice of tho spirits of two
late friends whom he had known in
life. The well produced 150 barrels a
day at the start, but it was soon ex-
hausted, and probably did not pay for
the drilling.
There are wells in Greene county,
l’;.. , producing oil from a depth of
about oue-half a mile. These are the
deepest oil-producing wells in the
country. The cost of drilling a wcl|
to this depth approximates $18,000.
The Boston School of Technology
was some time ago asked to give an
opinion regarding the possible deptli
the drill would have to penetrate be-
fore it could get through the sand-
stone in a deep well being drilled at
Rockville, Conn. The well was being
drilled for water by a silk manufac¬
turing firm. It hail at that-time
reached a depth of 3440 feet. All this
distance had been drilled through
sandstone, with the exception of 200
feet. Thc Boston scientists did not
venture an opinion. Prof. Emerson
of Amherst College declared that the
drill was the only scientist that could
tell anything about it. Nothing bul a
jfractical test would determine any-
tiling certain as to where the sand-
stone would end.
St. Louis lias a well which is 3147
feet deep. For a time it belched forth
75 gallons of water a minute. The
deepest well in the world at present is
one at Potsdam, Germany, which was
drilled to a depth of 5270 feet.—[New
York World.
Safety and Business on the Ocean.
So keen is the rivalry between the
various lines and so much does their
success depend on a reputation for
safety, that seif-interest, iu the ab¬
sence of a higher motive, is sufficient
to stimulate them to leave nothing un¬
done in the construction and manning
of their vessels, which may if any
way be the means of averting disaster.
In furtherance of their efforts, the
British and American Governments
unite in giving them the most perfect
system of lights, buoy% and fog-
signals in the world, When 20 cr
more miles at sea, the captain may
discern the rays of the first light, and
as he nears port and enters the Chan¬
nel, there are nearly as many beacons
as lamp-posts in a city street. —[Scrib¬
ner.
An Attorney’s Successful Ruse.
In a trial in tho United Slutos court
where a young man had been indicted
for passing a counterfeit $10 hill, tho
counsel of tho latler, 0. A. Baldwin,
objected to General Strickland . , ,, s course
in endeavoring to prove by business
met, the fact that the bill in question
was a counterfeit, but to no purpose.
Finally,improving ’ a favorable chance,
Mr. Baldwin . substituted , . , good . bill .
a
for tho couuterteit, , „ , winch ... genuine
„ Strickland then proved
bv throe business men to be the rank-
est . . kind . . of _ counterfeit. . , , Thereupon ni
Mr. Ar Baldwin .. ,, . vehemently . demanded ,
that . attention . a .. . bo . to . . his . . .
given * omcc-
‘
tions . and , Judge T , Dundy , insisted . . . , that .
the .. District-Attorney ... ...... J send , out . for , a
, bank . cashier . . and . an expert. . With t . r . 4l
great . confldonco General ~ ....... Strickland ,
handed . , , to the 4l expert the . bill—after ....
establishing ...... , Ins . , business and , , lus . ex¬
. in . handling ... money—uml .
ponence
,. Statet0 the jury whether. in your
^ that bi „ ,, tl or bad?”
<, T hi 8 is a good bill, sir,” returned
tho witness.
, , What ,,, touted tho attorney, “do
^ ^ (o sfty ^ wn jg J|ot „
C0U|ltcrfeit? »
<. Ye . 8> gir . i{yoa wi n brill g R down
(() the 0maha Natlonal Bank we w ill
iyo you t|)(j |d fol . , t/f
Theu thcr0 wa8 a BC0I1C| iu thc
mMgt of which Ml , BllUlwin manage.I
t(> lain {o lhe C()urt that )l0 hiU ,
^ bllu without , tbo knowledge
. f tho Distriut -Attorney, and that in
yiew of lhe £act that thl . o0 good bnsi-
nogg m(jn had to| . ified that tho gona .
. 1)e bm wag a C0untC rfcit, he thought
considerable allowance should bo made
fm . h . g clic)U _ ftn 5 orant country
bov -iu mistaking a counterfeit for a
good , bill. , . n The rp . jury . were evidently n . Ur
jlnpi . e8 se d with the idea, for they re¬
tnrned a vcrdiot o£ « cqllitta l._ [0 ma.
^
How Paper Barrels Are Made.
English manufacturers of paper
barrels have brought that industry to
such a degree of perfection as to rival,
in quality and economy of cost, the
ordinary wooden article in a great
variety of uses, the materials em¬
ployed in the making of these barrels
being, for the most part, waste paper,
cardboard, and—for the better quality
—old sacks. In the use of cardboard,
the material is soaked or boiled for
six hours, and, after careful sorting,
is pat into a rag engine or beater,
where it is beaten and torn to pieces
bv a series of knives for about an
hour and a half, being afterwards
mixed with water until a pulp of uni¬
form consistency is gained; this is
rolled, joined, shaped and dried, and
the barrel is finally covered with
hoops. Previous to the putting in of
the tops and bottoms the barrels arc
painted with a waterproof composition
made of linseed oil and rosin for or dl¬
nary purpose barrels, and with a
special varnish for those in which
food articles are to bo placed, Tho
standard sizo made is 16 1-2 inches in
diameter by 28 inches long, and,
whereas a barrel made of wood is
found to cost 34 cents, the paper bar-
rci is produced for about six ceuts
le^s. The process provides that all
waste be beaten up into pulp again.
A Railroad In the Arctic Circle.
In one respect, at least, the Swedish
and Norwegian railroad between
Lulea on the Gulf of Bothnia and
Lulioden oif the shores of Hie North
Sea is the most remarkable engineer*
ing achievement of the pfesent cen-
tury. It lias the unique distinction of
being the only railroad in the world
situated wholly or partially within the
Arctic Circle, it being some 1200 miles
further north than any railroad in
Canada. An interesting metcorologi
cal fact stated is in relation to this
boreal railway, viz.: That snow falls
much less frequently along the line and
in,far less quantities than at points on
other roads 1000 to 2000 miles further
south, thc darkness of tho long winter
nights being partly compensated by
the light of LHe aurora. Thc object in
view in conducting this “North Pole
through line” is to tap the enormous
deposits of iron ore in the Gellivara
Mountains, the exhaustion of thc ore
in the Bilboa field making it absolutely
necessary that the iron-workers find a
new locality if thc magnetic pole itself
has to be undermined to got at the
precious mineral.—[St. Louis Jtopub-
lie.
Deathless Devotion.
Kind Father—My dear, if you want
a good husband, marry Mr. Good-
heart. lie really and truly loves
you.
Daughter—Arc you sure of that,
pa? !
Kind Father—Yes, indeed. I’ve been
borrowing money of him for six
months, and still he keeps coming.—
fNew York Weekly.
FOR T1IK HOUSEWIFE.
VRI.VKT SPdJKtS CAKE.
Two cups of sugar, sir; eggs, leav-
lug out (ho whites of throe, one cup
^ , R)t wa , U2 cups of flour ,
on(j ub| of baking powder
giftod with , bo boat the yolks a
little, add thc sugar, beat fifteen min¬
utes, then the three beaten whiles, and
the cup of boiling water just before
the Hour. Flavor with a teaspoonful
of lemon extract and bake in three
layers. When baked, put between
the cakes icing made by adding to the
three whiles reserved, beaten to «
stiff froth, six dosortspoonfuls of pul¬
verized sugar to each egg; flavor to
taste.—[Boston Cultivator.
FISH TUItUOT.
This is a fine old-fashioned way of
cooking any good fish. White fish so
prepared is excellent. Choose a (isli
weighing abbot three pounds, steam it
for three-quarters of an hour and (lien
set it to cool. As soon as cool pick
the llosh carefully from tho bonus and
skin. Make a sauco by boiling one
and ono-half pints of milk, add four
tablespoonfuls of butter and tho sam e
quantity of flour, rub to a smooth
cream, season with pepper and salt
and add tho yolks of three eggs well
beaten. Then butter a pudding dish,
put some of the sauco in the bottom,
next a layer of (he llosh of tho fish
and so on until (ho dish is full. Cover
the top layer with cracker crumbs and
bits of butter. Bake for half an hour
in a quick oven. This dish can be
prepared several hours before using—
all but tho final baking—and it makes
a toothsome course for a luncheon or
dinner.—[Chicago News.
BEEF STEW W1T1I VEGETABLES.
Almost any piece of hoof can be
used for this simple but toothsome
dish. You can uso cold roast beef or
cold beefsteak and add a part of fresh
if there is not enough cold; cut the
moat in rather small pieces—a JitlJo fat
improves it—and put on to cook in a
thick saucepan or iron pot. It is nice
to add some stock or cold gravy if y<fii
have it at hand. Any flavoring liked
may ho used—pepper and salt and a
bay leaf or two, a whole clove or two,
a Hit of lemon peel. You can vary
this seasoning. Potatoes and onions
aro always used. Canned tomatoes
aro nice in the stow; also • celery,
carrots and parsnips and turnips are
all nice. You can use three or four or
even six or eight different vegetables,
or you can have simply potatoes and
onions. The gravy should he rich and
well seasoned aiul^ the stew served
very hot. The beef requires about
one and ono-half hours; tljo carrots
tako as long to cook as the meat. Such
vegetables should be added according
to the time necessary to cook until
tender. All should be cut In neat
shapes; the carrots and onions sliced,
the potatoes iu thick slices, eto. If
Hie potatoes do ikTI thicken sufficiently
use a little flour. If the gravy looks
pale, brown the (lour in a little butter.
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
Charcoal recently burned is a supe¬
rior dentifrice.
Grease may bo removed from silk
by applying magnesia on tho wrong
side.
For a grass stain on children’s
clothes while it is fresh, wash it out
in alcohol.
A thorough washing of the mica
window# of stoves in vinegar will re¬
move tho smoke.
Damp salt will remove the discolor¬
ation of cups and saucers caused by
lea and careless washing.
When broiling steak throw a little
salt on the coals and Hie blaze from
the dripping fat will not annoy.
A strong solution of alum, to which
iias been added a little glycerine and
v inegar, is a cure for mosquito bites.
When your face and ears burn so
terribly bathe tl^ein in very hot water
—as hot as you can bear. This will
bo more apt to cool thorn than any cold
application.
To remove paint take eight parts of
slaked lime and one part of soda, add
water till mixture is of the consistency
of paint. Put it on with an old brush
and (ho next day you can scrape oil
tho paint quite easily.
Hot cakes, pics, etc., need not he re¬
moved from thc pans in which they
are baked, if precaution is taken to set
them up on small supports, so that tin
air can circulate under them. This
effectually prevents the moisture from
steam itijhe bottom of the pan.
To melt chocolate, break it in a few
pieces, then melt it in a small disli set
in the top of (he teakettle; it is not
necessary to grate it. Do not put a
chocolate mixture into a tin mold, as it
will become discolored from contact
with tho tin.
The Fpoeh of Huge Animals.
It may bo said tliut tho epoch of
huge animals lias nearly passed away,
though not quite, the elephant and a
few other types remaining as excep¬
tional survivors, A few thousand
roars ago the sabre-toothed tiger, the
woolly rhinoceros, tlm cave bear and
ancestral forms of tho elephant—all
of them very much larger than the
species which represent them today—
were still abroad. The sabre-toothed
tiger was as big as the largest lion of
the present, with enormous strength
and an unequalled dental equipment
for carnivorous purposes; the cave
bear was nearly twice as big and
powerful as the dreaded grizzly, and
the mastodon and its successor, (ho
mammoth, dwarfed the proboscidians
of this generation, Both tho nittin-
moth and tho woolly rl#nocoros were
providod with long coats of hair, as is
shown by their remains found within
a century embedded in the frozen earth
on tho shores of tho arctic circle. To
the sumo period belonged tho giant
sloth, which attained a length of
eighteen feet, of far greater size and
with bones more massive than tho elo-
pliant’s. Jt procured its vegetable
food by uprooting largo treos or
breaking them short oil above the
ground, so as to got at tho foliage-
To accomplish these foals of strength
llte animal sat upon its lingo haunches
and mighty tail, grasping tho trunk
with its powerful arms ami deliberate¬
ly wrenched it away. Armadillos nine
foot in length were common in those
(lays, while, by way of contradiction,
there wore pigmy elephants that were
not more than two and a half foot in
height when full grown, Tho history
of the world has shown that the smaller
forms of animal life aro hotter adapted
for perpetuating their existence than
tho monsters, and so tho latter have
steadily given way.—[Washington
Star.
11 rain Throbbing* ol « Uhild Visible.
“See those blood-vessols of the brain
throbbing—beating now slow and now
fast,” said I)r. J. T. Knox tho other
day as lie pointed to a hole two indies
square in the occipital part of tho head
of little AVillio Gull, the seven-year-old
son of Charley Gall, the well-known
Lower Market butcher. “How that
child ever recovered I consider a mira¬
cle,” continued the doctor. “About
six weeks ago Hie kid was running
through an alley near lower Broad¬
way, wlioro they wore tearing down a
building, when ho was hit with «
brick. Tho child was carried to a
drug store, where I saw- him. I
found a swelling back of his head, and
on examination found that it was a
portion of the brain protruding. I
had Hi in at once carried home and
called in Dr. J. I). Davis. Wo gave
Hie child awestliolics, and took oid
with the forceps a half a dozen pieces
of the skull. One was so firmly im¬
bedded with its sharp point that it was
like pulling a tooth to get it out.
Now Hie skin has grown over and you
can look into the little fellow’s brain
as through a show-window.”
“Is not the child’s condition most
critical?”
“Certainly it is. I expected an ab¬
scess would form and meningitis
follow. Now tho greatest ouvo will
have to be taken to raise tho little fol¬
low. Too much heat in that spot, a
blow, perhaps, or a fall, or the least
excitement may prove fatal. I don’t
consider that one in 200 cases could
have gone through what that child
lias.”—[Cincinnati Enquirer.
A Strange Discovery.
On Saturday last G. Suttlc, while
excavating for „ , levee, at A Skelton 4<1 . un-
° a J
earthed , , mammoth , foot k supposed to 4
a ‘
be of „ tho , ostrich . , species. J ho leg ,
‘ ”
disconnected „ , at tho , knee joint.
was
Tho leg from the , knee , down was In-
tact. This relic was found .. , about
, the , surface of . the a
eight b feet below ,
ground. Iho entire . length of the
n
limb , from „ tho ... jouit to the , end , of „ Iho .
middle .,.. too is six feet .. nine inches; the
length ° , of c tho , toes arc respectively .
six and one-fourth , . inches ,
nine, seven,
each. .... It is thoroughly . . petrified . ami .
heavv rock. , Mr. buttle has vainly ,
as
•
searched , for the 4 balance of ... this won-
dcrful creature, , but yet has , , been
as
unable to find it. It is the opinion of
old tirnors here that this mammoth
bird was , killed . , , , bv Indians , anil left on
the hank of Little .. , Cottonwood , creek ,
after being stripped of its meat,where
it became covered by sliding earth
from the mountain side.— [Elk 0
(Nev.) Independent.
Well-Posteil Cattle.
Fair Maiden (a summer boarder)—
How savagely that cow looks at me.
Farmer Hayseed—Its your red para¬
sol, mum.
Fair Maiden—Dear me I I knew it
was a little out of fashion, but I didn’t
suppose a country cow would notice
it.—[New York Weekly.
NO. 3®.
Silence of Love.
Of nil tho words that hear their part
In all the deeds of day to day.
One word Is chiefly in my heart—
One little word i must not say.
The hills of truth are straight and steep!
They have a smart In every stone,
Ami climbing them I needs must weep
To think that love must die unknown.
Night follows day, day chases night,
And brings a lesson strange to teach,
That love is lifeless in the light,
And silence is Hie fullest speech.
— [Longman’s Magazine.
HUMOROUS.
When a man pulls down tho shado
and jerks it oil the roller he gels a cur¬
tain lecture. .
The watch is no longer an emblem
of modern labor. It works twenty"
four hours a day.
Whenever two people find it neces¬
sary to agree on their rights, there’s
going to be trouble.
For every man who knows more
than ho tells, tliero are fifty who tell
more than they know.
Who was the author of tho saying,
“There is always room at tho top?”
Tho Hotel clerk, 1 believe.
It is sometimes safer for a man to
compicto a round of pleasure than it
is for him to make things square af¬
terwards.
It takes a tramp a long, long time
to break up a cord of wood; hut It
dooinit tako long for n cord of wood
to break up a tramp.
A married man should always make
it a rule to giVe his wife an allowance.
She always has to make a good many
allowances for him, you know.
First Student—You said you had a
jnarvelous manuscript and then show
mo a receipted tailor’s bill. Second
Student—Well, isn’t tliut a marvel?
In Church.—Ethel—How harmo¬
nious the color of everything is.
Margaret—Yes, excepting the sexton.
Why doesn’t bo wear stained glasses?
“In practicing the banjo,” writes a
teacher, “don’t get discouraged.”
That’s wise. You can safely leave
that for tho persons who have to
llston to you.
The story that comes from St. .Jo¬
seph, Mo., about a 3-months-old baby
witli a heard 18 Inches long is no
exactly a bare-faced lie, but it would
be if it wore shaved.
Excited lady—Why don’t you inter¬
fere to stop that dog figlil? By¬
stander—1 was just a goin’ to, mum;
but you kin calm y’r fears now. My
dog is on top at last, mum.
Some Good Distance Riding.
General Merritt in 187!) rode witli a
battalion of tho Fifth Cavalry to the
relief of l’ayne, and covered 170miles
from 11 a. m., October 3d, to 5.30 p.
m., October 5th—two days and six
hours—accompanied by a battalion of
infantry in wagons, which much re¬
tarded the march, lie arrived on the
sceno in good order and ready for a
tight. Single couriers had ridden in
over thc same distance from Thorn-
burg’s command during tho previous
two or three days in less than twenty-
four hours. Captain F. 8. Dodge
marched bis command on Hie same
occasion 80 miles in sixteen hours.
Lieutenant Wood, of the Fourth Cav¬
alry, marched his troop 70 miles in
twelve’ hours—6 u.m. to 6 p m.—and
enmo in fresh; ami double that
distance has been made from 10
a. in. till 5 p. ni. next day.
In 1870 four mon of Company II,
First Cavalry, bore dispatches from
Fort Ilafnov to Fort Warner, 140
'
miles, .. over a 4 bad road—20 , OA of - it sand ,
—with .. little ..... and , . bad . water, . in . 22
, hours, 181-2 of - which .. . actual 4l march- .
. i.ig time, . fi1I lhe . horses were in . such .
fifood . condition .... at ... the end , of . the .. ride ..
that , 4 after one day's rest the me*
started 4 back, and made , the .. , home trip
of 60 miles aday. - T In 100A 1880
at iho . rate .
Lieutenant . . , Kobertson, ™ First . Cavalry, ,, .
rode . from - Fort « . Lap . . to . Fort „ . Air Walla ..
wai
*
... Walla, 102 miles, .. the .. deep .
over snow,
in places, . . in OQ 23 , 1-2 0 hours . and, . start- , .
mg . next , morning, . rode . % hack , in . tiwo
Jays. , These , hut , few ,. out . of .
are a
Jcores of equal . performances. « rni The
, keen appreciation of pace and of the
^lily 0 f the animais ridden in such
^ , g markcd Mc „ who ^ do
work . ... like this .. . ana , come . fresh , . must
m
bn consummate . horsemen.—[Harper , r L „ , *
„ ‘
D
The Spider’s Body.
The body of every spider contain*
four little masses, pierped with a mul¬
titude of holes (imperceptible to the
naked eye), each Hole permitting (he
passage of a single thread; all the
threads, to the amount of 1000 to each
muss, join together when they come
*>ut, and make tho single thread with
Which tho spider spins its web, so
Llmt what we call a spider’s thread
consists of more than 4000 threads
united.