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AN INTERESTING QUESTION THAT
MAY NEVER BE ANSWERED.
Art !!»• Movement* of III* (lead and
Faoa AHar Been pi tnt Ion Involuntary
or Ar* Tkajr At tendril with Some Rll|ht
Action of the Will—Some Eiperlntati.
Tho question of the duration of con
sciousness in the brain of criminals after
execution by hanging or by the guillo
tine is being discussed with greater in
terest than ever stnoe Anastay, the mur
derer of Baroness Dellatd, paid his debt
to society. It is said that this remarka
ble criminal sent to his brother a letter
on the subject as follows:
The Mparation nf my body and that which
oonatitnica my tbinhlna belns cannot so coon
be aroompllahcd. I believe tbore Is a anrrlval
of abnnt an hoar. t!nme, then, Leon, he prra-
my hi
eat at my elocution and Insist that my hi
olcea
I looked abroad from the rocky height to the
vast round rlut of the world: ’
A throng of vesMl, on the sea their white sails
bail unfurled!
With wiik wliut' glittering In the light, east,
wear, north, south they flow.
The breeze soul each upon Its way across the
lovel blue.
Musing I marked their beauty sod thought of
tbelrvi
be given to you. Call me with your voice and
my ryes will reply to you.
This Is but the repetition of a popular
belief that has prevailed for centuries,
There is a legend of a state execution in
England at an epoch when the ax nnd
block were in use, which sets forth that
after the instrument had fallen the per
son whose head was on the block ex
claimed, "Ton have missed met" to
which the executioner ropllod with u
slight klclf that sent the head rolling to
• distance. The story never gained muoh
credence, but is still worthy of discus
sion. Its truth or falsity would depend
on the possilitllty of the instrument
being so thin and sharp thnt the wulls
of the veins would not bo displaced, in
which case the circulation of the blood
might contlnuo for a few seconds, and
whether conscionsness might continue
for a moment after the vertebra of the
neck was severed. This last difficulty
would be the greatest, since utter un
consciousness is supposed to bo simul
taneous with the severing of the spinal
cord or the breaking of the neck. In
any event, scientists who have taken tho
trouble to study the faces of the guillo
tined for a few seconds after the fatal
stroke, or who have uiadii experiments
with decapitated animals, do not favor
the theory.
8everal Fronoh physicians, and among
them Dr. Paul Loye, now deceased, bnt
once a professor at the Borbonne, have
experimented with dogs, nsing for their
hauging or decapitation machinery like
that employed in public executions.
The dog gH choaen for the ex
periments as having the most too-'
bile face < nn«l being able to repro
duce the movements which in rare
cases have been observed in human
Subjects. Persons whom this treatment
of dumb animals might revolt are liegged
to remenibor thnt the suffering is much
less than in vlvisoction, since theso
methods of execution ore generally rec
ognised as producing the least pain.
The guillotine employod by Dr. Loye
was similar to that used for the execu
tion of ordinary criminals in France. It
consisted nf a triangular knife or ax,
surmounted by a mass of load weighing
over twenty pounds and falling ovor
six feet upnu the neck of the animal,
which was eovered ut the third verte
bra. The pheuomoua observod were
similar to tlioso remarked by other
French and by foreign savants whoso
experiments have boon loss olalwrate,
At the moment the head was detached
from the body the month opened wido,
os if the animal was making an extraor
dinary effort at luhnlutton. The tongue
was applied to the lower part of the
mouth and underwent a brief period of
agitation. The eyelids wero closed with
light contractions. Then the eyes were
opened nnd rolled from sido to sido and
tqp to bottom, the pupils in the mean'
time gradually contracting. At the
same time tho jaws wore opened aud
violently closed, nud the face was rapid
ly convulsed. This was followed by
changes at the comers of tho mouth, vl
bratlon of the nostrils, trembling of tho
- lips and erection of the ears. The en
semble of these movements constituted
a series of horrible grimaoes like those
seen on the face of the guillotined, and
seemed to express the most intonse og-
ony. If the cornea of the eye was
touched tire eyelids closed, but if an ob-
ject, no matter of what kind, was ploood
before the eye there was no movement.
Neither did crying nor whistling into
the ears of the dog appear to cause the
slightest sensation. The pinching of
the tongue caused a slight shrinking of
that organ. Although the pupil of the
eye was contracted, the approach of a
light rendored the orifice still smaller.
These phenomena occupy about ten
seoonds, and are followed by a period of
repose continuing to the fifteenth or
twentieth second, during which the
mouth resta dosed and the eyes open
and without movement. At the end of
this time the mouth opens and closes
quickly, the nostrils dilate and contract
During this time, although the irritation
of the cornea has caused a slight wink
tng, neither whistling in the ear nor
touching the tongue or nostrils with am
monia or cologne has been able to pro
duce any effeot The opening and clos
ing of the mouth resemble yawning,
and are reproduced a doxen times, after
whioh the motions gradually cease.
Then the cornea loses its sensibility to
the touch, though, half a minute having
elapsed, the yawning is still active. The
pupil of the eye dilates at the approach
of light, but does not contract, nnd the
cornea loses its glistening appearance.
At the end of two minutes the yawning
and other phenomena have ceased, end
ing in mere contraction of the fibers,
- and the head takes a corpselike look.—
' Mian Francisco Chronicle.
vsriod tiiOf
From the aprlt salted fisher's little voyage to
the whaler's arctic cruise,
From the patient coaster's canvu to the mighty
column of white
That clothes the great ship proudly to the top
of her stately height.
Four masted schooners pondtrous, with sorts
of sailcloth stout,
Greet fens of yechts spread wide to cetoh ell
winds that stir about;
Such press of sell from stem to stern, from
deck to topmest tell,
They sky werd yeern end hardly seetn to touch
the tide et ell.
Tho leteon sells of southern sets, curved like
the pinions light
Of soaring gulls, end then tye folds of raiment
glowing bright
With which fair Venice drapes her masts In
colors rich end deep,
Tq»woo soft Adriatlo airs that In tho stillness
sleep.
And It teomod a wonderful thing to toe that ell
the countless sells,
A wsb unfurled round the whole world to
capture ell Its gales.
Should spring from out of the dusty earth—
that tho cotton plant should grow,
Blossoming golden o'er myriad Holds, to scat-
filmy snow
ter Its
From the ripe black seed In a dassUng cloud,
to be gathered and woven and spun
For the use of man In every one of tne nations
under the sun.
I said ea I watched the white winged fleet,
"There Is nothing large or small,
The poppy seed 1 can hardly see Is as grsst as
the earth's huge ball,
For the spirit of God Is everywhere, and the
life of all Is one,
From the wing of the gnat and the breath of
the roso to the central fires of the sun,"
—Colia Thaztor In Youth's Companion.
RIVAL
EXPRESS COMPANIES RACE
THEIR MESSENGERS.
nil! Lowden Tells the Story »f an Kvent
That Thirty-so van Toam Ago Stirred
I7p the People of the Pacific States.
A Great Hundred Mile Ituu.
Laborers In Alnshn.
The workingman need not com
plain in Alaska. Three dollars a
day, with Itoard nnd lodging pro
vided by his employers, are miner's
wages. Indian workmen in the mines
receive two dollars a day and “find"
themselves. Tho cost of provisions
adds a dollar a day for each white
employoo to the expenses of the min
ing company, and with these items
in the operating expenses, any frac
tions of dividends sufficiently prove
the rlchnoss of tho mines. Hydraulic
mining begins in Hay and lasts until
October; and unless they are situ
ated in snowchoked canyons, diffi
cult of access, the quartz mills can
run all the year round. The great
Treadwell mill on Douglas island
thunders night and day, winter and
summer, grinding out in twelve
months $71)9,7115,80—sufficient answer
to all that has been said against
Alaska’s being or becoming a great
mining country.—Harper's Weekly.
Wag*, ut K.w York Walters.
Eighteen or twenty years ago wait
ers in down town luncheon houses
were paid sixteen dollars a week.
How tho receipts aro no less, hut the
wagos from the proprietors are only
four or five dollars a week. The
puhlio makes up the difference,
This illustrates tho growth of the
tipping system. When sixteen dol
lars was the waiters’ wage there were
no tips. In those days when you ate
luncheon you paid for it, How you
pay the waiter’s hire us well as your
bill. It is an o<ld foot that while the
prices on tho bills of fare have not
materially decreased nnd the restau
rant keeper has been relieved by his
customers of a large item in his ex
pen see, the business is no more profit
able than it nsed to be, probably be
cause of tho increuse of rents. —Hew
York Herald.
OLJectetl to Tlielr Confirmation.
A good story was told the other
day at luncheon by tho bishop of
Marlliorough. He was. he said, about
to administer the rite of confirma
tion in a rural parish, nt which many
boys and girls presented themselves,
but only two wero adults, males. As
they were advancing up the aisle, the
bishop found himself being nudged
in the side by one of the boys. Tak
ing no notice at first, ns the nudges
became more frequent, he said, in on
aside, “What is it, my hoy t" "Surely,
my lord," he said, "you aro not going
to confirm these men; why one's the
Punch and Judy man and the other
is his pal."—Keudngtou Society.
Gofftoe Good for the Yota*.
When making a speech Lord Salisbury
.never drinks anything, neither does the
.present leader of the house, and the same
maybe said of John Morley and Hr.
Chamberlain. Sir Charles Russell, the
leader of the English bar, on the oeca-
-sion of his two days’ speech before the
Pardl commission, drank nothing bnt
hot coffee, whioh he declared was not
only good for the voice but an excellent
attendant.—Exchange.
Going til* flights.
First Yankee—You say you saw
everything in Rome in three days!
That’s impossible.
Second Yankee—But you must re
member that there were three of us.
My wife took all the churches, I vis
ited all the picture galleries and my
Bon went for the restaurants and
cafes. Then we met in the evening
and exchanged experiences. — Ex
change.
Street Number* In London.
It is puzzling to be told in London
that you oan get what you are look
ing for in a store “just down the
road," and then to find teat the
numbers go up on one side of the
street and down on the other, as in
Tottenham Court road, for instance.
—New York Sun.
flmntl Lninpe More Economical.
The incandescent lamp of small
candle power seems destined to re
place the older and more brilliant
ones. For use in decorative effects
and in securing even distribution of
light, lamps of small candle power
are much more serviceable and give
better effects in lighting rooms of or
dinary size than the sixteen and
twenty-four candle power lamps bo
long judged as standards. From an
economical standpoint, taking every
thing into consideration, the smaller
lamps would probably show a saving
in expense.—New York World.
All over California a A) perhaps in
every one of the Pacifio states men are
living today who remember the wonder
ful feat of horsemanship known as
“Bill Lowden’s Ride," which was per
formed thirty-seven years ago. Tehama,
on the Saoramento river, was the start
ing point; Wesverville, in Trinity coun
ty. the terminal one. The distance was
a good 100 miles, most of the last forty
being made in the night over mountain
trails nnd through heavy timber. The
distance was accomplished in five hours
and thirteen minntes—unexampled time
for a ride of 100 conseentlve miles un
der existing circumstances. We let Mr.
Lowden telt the story of hie wild ride.
“In the latter part of the year 1851
Adams ft Co. and Wells, Fargo ft Co.,
the rival express companies, with Cram,
Rodgers ft Co. nnd Rhodes ft Whitney,
the connecting companies between
Shasta and Weavervllle, commenced
racing their expresses wit): horseback
messengers. After many hard races
had been run, first one and then the
other winning, in December, 1854, it
seemed to have been urranged by the
chief companies that they would run
the president’s message from San Fran
cisco to Portland on the arrival of the
mall steamer and then stop racing.
"Great preparations were made for
the race, and all the fast horses along
the road wero pressed Into service. As
high aa $100 was paid toowners of horses
for the privilege of riding them from
three to five miles. Everything was in
readiness about the 88th of DecemW.
Horses were placed about four miles
apart by each company, every horse hav
ing a man to cure for him, with an extra
horse to ride himself. At least that is
the way I had my stock arranged. Both
relays of horses were under suddle from
the 88th day of December, 1854, until
the 8d day of January, 1855, on which
dato i made my part of the race. 1 rode
for Adams ft Co.
The race was a very close one from
San Franuisoo to Tehama. Wells, Fargo
ft Co. led to Marysville. Between Marys
ville and Tohama Lusk, Adams ft Co.’s
messenger passed Wells, Fargo & Co.’s
rider, and the Mexican who took tho
bags from Lusk reached Tebuma first
and crossed to the Tehama side of the
river just as Wells, Fargo ft Co.’s mes
senger arrived at the opposite bank aud
jumped into tho boat.
“Now iny race commenced. 1 apruug
into the saddle, with saddlebags weigh
ing fifty-four pounds, and roily nineteen
horses to Sbssta without touching the
ground but once during that part of the
race. That was at ths Prairie -House,
Where Tom Fliuu, the mantiu charge of
my horse, had got into a fight with the
man who kopt Wells, Furgo ft Co.’s
horse, and had let my horse (Tom Mr
Turk’a gray) get loose. 1 muy the situa
tion, and riding my tired horse n little
past where the fight was going on,
•prang to the ground, caught tho fresh
horse by tho tail ns he was running away
from me and went into the saddle over
his rump. 1 turned to the horse 1 lmd
jnst left with the express bags, pulled
them over to iny fresh horse and went
on. I lost about one minute here. All
other changes 1 made while the horses
were running, the keeper leading the
horse 1 was to ride and riding his extra
one. I could make my coming known
with a whistle about one-hulf mile bo-
fore reaching the change, giving ample
time to tighten the cinch nnd start the
fresh horse on the road, and by the time
1 overtook him the keeper wou. J have
my horse in a gallop.
“I reached Shasta—sixty miles—in tw--
hours and thirty-seven .minutes. 1 wus
detained there about two minutes to <li-
vide the express matter, 1 taking the
Weavervllle portion and Jaek Horsely
the through pouch for Portland. 1 had
nine changes of horses between Shasta
and Weavervllle and reached the latter
place in five hours and thirteen minutes
from the time I left Tehama. From
Shasta to Weavervllle, forty miles, the
ride was made after dark, with a light
snow falling, but when I reached the
mountains and had my faithful horses to
ride—Wildcat, Comanche, Greyhound,
Pompey, Jack and the Bill Klix horse—
a little enow did not make much differ
ence in speed. But 1 was myself in bad
condition at the end of this ride. I had
lost my oap and my hair was a solid
mass of ice. I wore no clothing except
flannel drawers, undershirt and boots,
unless my belt, with pistol and knife,
might be considered clothing. The cold
first seemed to penetrate me when 1
threw the express bags into the office at
Weavervllle. 1 had not felt it before.
“I was so far ahead of Wells, Fargo
ft Co.*s messenger at Shasta that they
•topped the race so far as that company
was concerned. It was well that they
stopped, for Jack Horsely made a
splendid ride to Yreka, and was half
way to that place when Welle, Fargo ft
Co.’s messenger reached Shasta. My
stock and help for this race cost Adams
ft Co. abont $3,200. 1 made other races,
long and short, but considering the
weight 1 carried, the weather afld the
time of day that I made it, 1 have al
ways believed this to be my best one.”
More may be said in regard to the
narrator's condition on arriving at
Weavervllle. The five hours’ strain on
nerve, mind and muscle had produced
complete exhaustion, and it was always
related that when Mr. Lowden sprang,
or rather slid, from his horse he dropped
to the sidewalk, and had to be assisted
to bed. Bnt a thorough rubbing, an oc
casional potion of “Mountain Balm”
and a good sleep soon revived the hero
of the greatest raoe ever made in north
ern California.—RohnerviUe Herald.
Vfcelr (swr Day and ths Kstrssrfllsasy
Clock That Mascaras It.
Long before Japan wo* opened to
foreigners did the Japanese possess
eminent astronomical knowledge and
a zodiac of their own. Their year
began- with our let of February and
had twelve-months. The day was
divided in different manners; the
military counted, like our sailors, by
“watchesthe priests by "divisions,”
which were marked by the striking j
of very large bells suspended in their j
high temples, a custom which is still |
in vogue; and finally the lay ele- 1
ment, the population, reckoned by:
“hours."
They began the day, which was di-!
vided into twelve hours, at sunrise!
and ended it after sunrise. Since the
length of the day is a constantly!
varying one each month was, for!
simplification, calculated into a mean |
length, and this length of day estab- ;
lished for the whole month. The'
Japanese evinced a high degree of |
science by these calculations.
Their clocka were of two kinds—
the so called "long clock," with hnnd
fastened to the descending weight,
and marking time upon an upright
dial, and the “round clock,” with
movable dial and fixed hand, or fixed
dial and movable hand. To regulate
tho division of hours for the varying
length of tho different months many
very ingenious contrivances and con
structions were used. The matter
was comparatively easy with the
long clock.
Six dials, shortened according to
the falling height of the Weight on
hand, were each divided into two
parts, corresponding to the length of
day and night; each of these parts
into twelve subdivisions, the hours.
Only six‘such dials wero necessary,
since, by reversion, a dial used for a
summer month could be used lor the
opposite winter month. At the bo
ginning of every month tho corre
sponding dial wus inserted under tho
hand connected with the fulling
weight and replaced by the next fol
lowing at the end. The greatest
length of the day was fifteen uud the
shortest nine of our hours, nud.
owing to the contracted spuco of tho
falling weight, it had to be wound
evei-y morning.
To uso tho clock during tho night
time, the dial wns reversed, and the
weight wound up. It is singular
that the Japanese, in spite of this
clock furnished with racket wheel,
pendulum and weights, did not em
ploy the spring as a motive power,
but simply used for striking on clock
bells. The round clocks were pro
vided with woightB working upon
levers, for retaining different”length
of days. It is said that these* con
structions were very excellent, aud
very reliable clocks were produced
therewith. —Jewelers’ Review.
Ton her to bolt itsMewlao
For to moke tho llshtnoM obow.
•Cm ll'o oort oh dim so ohiftr
TUI yon ill U right—^'boot ool
An then the eyes winko at yob.
An tho month lo cherry ripe.
Law I It beato your now otylo plctera.
This old dfgorrytypol
Tbar'a a blush acroot the dimples
That borrows In tho cheeks:
F*om out them clumps o* ringlets
Two little email ears preka;
Thet brooch thet lines bur neckgear
la what they used to wear;
A big gold frame thet sprawled around
A lock o'—some one's heir.
Twae took ’fore wo wee married,
Thet there—your maw an mo.
An times 1 study on It,
Why. *1 fazes me to see
Thot fifty year 'ain't teebed bar
A lick! Sbe'e Jeat the aamo
She waa when .Smile Scrlggena
Took Boone C. Curds'. name.
Tbe hair la meliby whiter
'An It waa in '41.
But bur chttuka la Jeat as pinky.
An her amllua 'ain't alaoked up Done.
X reckon—luvo—er somethin
Yerlumluatea her face.
Like tbe orlmaout velvet llnln
Warms up tho ploter case.
To the Editor of the Hkhai.h.
Knowing that you always gladly,
correct any mi (statement occurring
your valuable paper, I kindly inform
you that Miss Jennie Adams’s present
serious illness—notice of which w>s
given iu yesterday’s issue— is not
typhoid feyer nt all, but Is purely In.
flnmnmtory in Its cause and character,
W. P. Rusnnfi
Attending Phyaioiah,
P. 8.—I would further remark, lii
justice to all parties concerned, that
there has not occurred a case of typhoid
fever to my knowledge In that part of
the city this year. Yours truly,
W. P. R.
Albany, Ga., June 22, 1892.
Abnl-Hssisn, an Arabian horologist
who lived in ths Thirteenth century,
was ths first man to introduce the eqnal
hour theory. __
'8 I eay, these cyard boa’d portraits,
They make mo sort uh tired,
A-grlnnhl forf upon yob
Like thulr very lips was wired!
Give me the old dlgerrytype,
Wbar tho face steals on your sight
Like a dream that comes by nighttime.
When your supper's actln rlgbtl
-Eva W. MoGlaason In Harper's Weekly.
IJudesIred Lodgings.
The patronage whioh, in times
past, great princes were in the habit
of bestowing upon men of totters
had two sides. What the other Bide
might well be is illustrated by an an
ecdote of Voltaire.
In the early duys of his literary ef
forts the regent of Franco was much
displeased by the tone of Voltaire's
remarks about public affairs, and bad
him locked up in the Bastile. But
later, wheu his tragedy of "CEdipus"
was represented, the prince relented
and released the author.
Huppouing to meet Voltaire soon
after, the regent went so far as to
say:
“Be prudent, nnd I will take wire
of you."
"1 am infinitely obliged to you,"
said the joet, "but I lieg your high
ness not to charge yourself further
with my lodging I"-Youth’s Com
panion.
Why II* Old Not Speak.
During the first part of the session
of the Fifty-second congress, speak
ing of the rules governing dobute.
General Hooker said:
“After being first elected to con
gress. 1 remained upon the floor of
the house two or three months with
out opening my mouth. My distin
guished and lamented friend, Samuel
J. Randall, of Pennsylvania, was
chairman of the committee on appro
priations. He hod introduced n cer
tain bill and it had been reported
back from his committee. I told
some friends thnt I would be glad of
on opportunity to discuss the bill.
They went to Mr. Randall and said,
"There is a member here who would
like to say a few words on the mat
ter which is under debate.’
“Mr. Randall turned around,
dosed one of his eyes, as was his
habit, and scrutinized me very close
ly. He looked me all over and asked,
‘Is that the man?’
“ ‘Yes,’ said my friend, ‘and he
wants to speak, Mr. Randall.’
“ ‘Well,’ replied the great Pennsyl
vanian, shaking his head, ’be is a
young member, and there’s no tell
ing what in thunder he will say. I
shall not let him speak.’
“And I did not speak.’’—Washing
ton Letter.
Paper In City Street*.
"The wastopnper fiend" is among
tho worst pests of city lifo. The
trouble is that his kind is numerous,
and so persistent The businessman
on the cars buys a penny paper,
glances at it for five minutes and
throws it from his car window or
chucks it under the seat, only to be
kicked into the street. The thrifty
housewife piles refuse papers by the
basketful into the bock alley and tbe
lunebers in the parks scatter them
everywhere os if they were a neces
sity to add beauty and variety to the
growing flowers. Can nothing be
done to check such vandalism ? Fly
ing papers reeking with filth from
the gutters litter the streets, the side
walks and tho parks and lawns, and
give everything an air of slovenli
ness. Who has a remedy for such a
nuisance?—Chicago Inter Ocean.
A C»rfi *f C.mtiliz
hoiv. ' /
ft*m Dr. RaXkiz,
IT SPRUNG A LEAK.
Tkr Cllr ml Ilbuy at ftniakrldfr n
Repair*. A
Capt. M. H. Rouse, of tlie steamtfl
City of Albany, returned to the city
Monday night.
The telegram of Capt. Rouse, given
in yesterday’s Herald, caused consid
erable uneasiness among those inter
ested in tbe boat, but it was not in so
bad a condition as they feared.
The boat was on Its way down the
river.when it sprung a leak near Bain-
bridge, They put in at that point for
repairs.
It leaked very badly, but tbe work of
repairing was at once begun. Twtoor
three weeks will elapse before the City
of Albany is ready to again breast the
current of Flint river.
l.*aa Ward.
Mr. Wliymper, in a paper upon
Greenland in an old number of the Al-
( >ine Journal, characterizes the Eskimo
anguage as “sententious."
A single word, he says, is made to
convey an idea which in English would
require a full sentence. Of such words
he offers one example—a word mean- .
ing, “You must try much to get a good; 1
knife.” -
Here It is: ( i
Savecenenrreatoresooaratlaromaron-w
atetok.
Mr. Whyinper does not indioate how
this preoious polysyllable is to be pro
nounced, and we must leave our read
ers to exercise their own discretion.
“ Gcaala*,**
It is well for a dealer to know some
thing of the nature and origin of the
articles lit which he deals.
If a grocer in a Western city had
known more of the soienoe of botany
he would hardly have put the follow
ing placard upon a quantity of maple
sugar which he exposed for sale:
Genuine Maple Sugar
from THE
Purest Juice of the Cane.
THE ONI.1l* ONE EVER PRINTED.
«as Y*u Flafl |I» Ward,
There Is s 8-inch display advertise
ment In thifi paper, this week, which
has no two words alike except one
word. The same is true of each new
one appearing eanli week, from the
Dr. Harter Medicine Co. Thia house 1
places a “Crescent” on everythingthey
make and publish. Look for it, send
them the name of the word, and they
wilt return you book.
A Tab Moan la tb* Cab.
A story is told of Engineer Hurd
and his pet mouse. The mouse found
its way into the engine and made its
home in the waste box. Two or
three times a day it would leave its
cozy nest and feed on the grease of
the swab of the piston. Engineer and
fireman mode a pet of it. The mouse
was with this engine about three
months. It would run and play
around the cab and then seek its
place in the waste box.—Denver
News.
Telephone Uieri*
Some interesting and rather sur
prising statistics are published on
the use of the telephone. In Ger
many, Switzerland, Norway and
Sweden, frun 100 to 400 persons in
every 100,000 of the population are
subscribers. In Great Britain only
68 persons in 100,000 use the tele
phone. In Berlin 11, and in Paris
48 out of every 100,000 inhabitants
use it.
Trail Not M*r* Appearances.
Fireflies give out no heat, the owl
is not wise, the tortoise often wins
the race, the keen eyed beggar at the
door may be a King Alfred, the sim
ply dressed little stranger in the
street may be a Napoleon, under the
dullest exterior may dwell the fair
soul of a Portia.—Youth's Compan
ion.
A Cunning Animal.
Charley Dillon, of Bristol, has a
trained "colt.” which performs all
sorts of comical tricks. One of these
tricks of the colt, which Charley has
been fifteen years trying to break it
of, is the practice it has of climbing
the roof of the barn and sliding down
on its haunches, as if it was a tobog
gan slide. Charley thought he would
spoil the colt's fun by driving nails
part way into the shingles, but the
cunning animal found a piece of tin
roof up the alley and used that to sit
on when sliding down the toboggan.
—Bristol (Pa.) Observer.
INSTITUTE
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O. W. H. STAfNLEY.
129 Broad street, Thomasville, Ga.
l-80-8m.
Ambition Crashed.
Nice Little Boy—I wish you would
teach me to black boots.
Bootblack—What fur?
“I am not satisfied with my aimless
existence at home, and I wish to be
independent."
"I see. Kin you lick one boy twict
as big as y’rself wid one hand, hold
y’r kit in th’ other an keep off two
other boys wid y’r feet?”
“N-o."
“Too bad. You won’t do fur a
bootblack. I m ’fraid you’ll have ter
go home an grow up a dude."—Good
News.
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