The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, July 19, 1883, Image 1
DEYQ1E To t'I,IC,i , MQORALITY, EI)UVV 'IIf) AN) TO T'.E (IENE -1, I I (EE O I 11F ' Q( 'I'EY,
D. F. BADLEY & 0 pIC NC URSDAY, .UIY 1), 180, VOL2. XII. NO 3
GENERAL NE WS.
PIrE county, Alaln na, has bought no
corn this y'ear, and the furmers are in
botter cr1ndition than for soveral years
I large Loat car 1ucvj 01 y now hein.;
built at Dovall's Bluff, Ark., will be com11
pleted in I short time. It will work 300
non.
Tu hydrophobia is raging anong the
tenttlo at Crystal Springs, Miss., t4) such
an extent that the citizens have quit eat
ing beef, ind the markets have closed in
consequence.
'Is said tlit thero are ,1 ,O00 bunslels
of corn in the wvester; Z)-Mt of Greene
wcouty, Ala., which, the farners hav,'. 1o
-ise for and ealnvut (lisp)ose of.
ONE orant e grower .n Alachau eoullty,
Fla., has netted about $10,000 on leeinu
hers this se fK()n. He is now ninrketintg
the crop t)f tomalitoe;s oil of 13(1 ir ;es,
T'.tE eattle thlat wore shipped"( fromu
iieorgila rcently are dying < n tie e''x11s
1>rararies. TIhe wveathler i:; too h,(t for
tlieinl.
A wtlot.som;: Virginia Iltw re(11iires that
.ny person elected or 111)1oiiited to any
post or otli'e m1iiler the laws of the con
1mo alth sh1111, 1efore he n ets in such.
o11ice, t11ke the antti-dlueling oath,
T1 inavorL of Norfolk hM 1 lne:l tIe;
following excell(enlt rule; 'A police court.
is at 1lll mlorall 6-elmol f('r the younlg;
'there(fore, I ullder t he age of sixteen
ye'rs will not he adliitt(d as S1)ectators."
Dlc, TEE'rrenI hai1s enltered suit against
iho eitv of ('hiattnooga tor $10,000,
40laimed1 to hanve 1'een sutstained1 hv his
im. 1'.'Smneniliclict last, fall an: a cl-L"pe of
('ncnealini'g sallpo1ix. 1liv pro1)(";ses to
tine thec 111yV(r, city ph1ysician and chiief
of. police ind1ivid1ually.
T).x. : papt1els (ch1:m thmt the profc its in
4attle ra11isingli ilm1:tt iate Ilmve averaged
100 per ((nt in Cie p, ost five years, w1iil'
Aml s. na-" < as lu-", hive 1chedl 0I I e:"
cent,,an'. the lim ' is sul stalnt'tiltdil by N
atw -e.n of statist:(cs that almtlndaitly
1 ''ove the e:"se.
A <.atlie (ln the C'ol>:ivr(1)i er, over one
inile i I lnth,aI l itc'lin s(i1me 1(11ac"es thirty
f1et ini ('tl, isl, wihih, is i cin ideralil(.
attetion in Lam1isas, sTe'x. Thiiig ave"
is aboutt sixicn"" mile's fromn the towtn, al:d
iias it'O sa11 st: trmis iP'llnis iigl t Igh
it, whli<hI a1re ab1(:ni. two f("ctete1p,
1'wo (,f the I (o"ks it 'istI'iut - l d si als,
-l (''i(i(eit an, tartion lIil 1 (1 ar., 'e mm.tS
]iuislied. i11l %Vnrk ('n ile thinr on11e is
1 )l-('L.r' l'C(> rplic' ly wil l wve I1ll bai'v i i
linishi i by faill. h ile enIg1ine'r i ehl rie
a"eHI dr L lttl that l i0,t'0 0 tiiil 1 e re<iird1
io ("i>lei'te th l work ::s it sh't(1 b i.
A 1iutI, ims ouli"11 ironliiinn i s li'
I$:nmfaetf0rie0, liS("(.dt.'n faictorics, I
ofonhliv :nn lnai"lhine si(,>'s, 807 lh loriii
-intl it mif l ills, and :1s1 1 hin mu1""hil.s.
The ap1itl f iiniV stel il the e iniitrifls
Is l,12,22:. mp'tloymntu isgiv-en (i,.
ofl0i''h$1m0, t> w)mm is11 paid ~i wageisp
4& 5,19
the p ivsicila u.gived that there wai no
l ib (1' lence of doing so And preservt
ihig his life. Dispirited and discouraged
hm sailed for home aid visited Dr. Wil
lard l'ai-ker. The skilled sfurgeo e sail
the operation( could he performed'c1, andl(l
made good his word by nle'o11h14ithing it
succesesfully, it is said tilhat $100,000
was the amount of the cheek landhcd thr
ilrgeon for thifs new lease of lif", and the
four years or tior' nihee the (lay on
whi;it it WaOt, procured htlve been at new
cxelrience t.> the young muillionaire."
lhussfan Qrnlt1.
It was not tany yeats fince that
Russia was ragat'dct as the granary of
Europe, but of late years the United
States and India, have t. a great extent
become the soitrees of stppllns. This
has resulted from the change in the
cultivationl of the soil by which free
labor was substituted for that of serfs,
buit owing to a number of circumstances
in which the usurer and the land laws
play anll important part the new inethod
is lews eflleicnt than the old ; and second,
fron a change in the manncr of market
ing the grain. Formerly Russian Wheat
was held in very high estimation, and at
the different markets quantities of wheat
whose excellence was guarllteed by a
knowledge of its sourCe could always be
had, Now, aR a rule, the cultivators are
i unaneial straits, and mortgage their
erops to sl)eculators, who do not hesitate
to mix a high grade with a low grade
and export it as all high grade wheat.
1'hese dishonest methods have become
4o general as seriously to affect the
toraign demand for Russian cereals, and
I 5\ stem of government inspection is
roepoed ai nl extreme remedy for the
- ituation. Were as eftetive a system of
"l*rain inspect ion as exists in this coulty
alopted we may well fear the results of
1 His:si:ll com)lpetition.
Sport Among Zuni ('hllilren.
One day, says Frank Cushing, in the
a /ur,l for May, I saw some of the
-hildren playing at '' breahing horses."
)lle juvleile (emnonl was leading a band
t,f four or five (It hers, in the pursuit of a
Ibig bristling boar. Lasso ill hand, the
little fellow watched his chance, and,
t wirlitg the flexible cord once or twice
rapidly inl the air, sent it like lightning
toward the head of the boar. The latter
made a d."sperate dash only to run his
slout and forefoot into the coil, which
' eld by the combined efTorts of all,
inickly percipitated him, in a successioni
cIf entangling summersaults, into the
lhallow river. In an instant another
lasso was dexterously thrown over his
hind feet, and his captors, heedless of
muud and water, wild with vocifelos
glee, b,estraddled him, and Ilid h,m
down. Tile leader tore ofif one of the
legs of his cotton trowsers, and with
this he hanadaged the eyes ( f the squeal
ing animal, wrapling another piece
tightly around his suidtt so as to smother
his eries. Tus cquippled. ti' hog was
set at lila rty. Two of i le little wretches
j:umped astride hil, wile the others
prodded him behind and at the sides.
'1'ln s goaded, the poor beast ran uncer
tlailly in all direcions, ilto cor rals, over
logs, headieng into deep h'1s, precip.
itatitg his adventurCsomie riders ; not,
however, to their dliscollitine, for they
wouhl illilediately scamlper up, drive,
piush, lead, or haunl him out, and mlount
him again. The last I saw of them was
toward evening t tly 'were ruefully re
ga;rding the dead carcass of their novel
horse.
"' )id you ever hea:r ahont John Os
bIr anllOd h is settecr pu11ps ?"
" 'Jolmi Osborn11 ran~ for Shlerif1 inl St.
I nal, MinnI. , and0 wh1ile'11 h e wworkinIg
It1 the boays with hiIis good natunre he had
frequen4lt calls,.anld whenlever a man~ with1
I fanley for field sp)ortS Camne, thle talk
.1hvays fell np1on1 a belaultifull setter anId
"* N ice pupp Ili(s, Johnl.'
'''They are' tile n.olst beautifhll setter
141p5 1 everl saw an)ywhlere.'
" Then11 Il- I'andidalte for Sheritf wouliid
lw till uano asidle and, in a confidential
one tIll im :1
"I 'IYo justI wait till after elect ion anld
l'll givle yIn one1 oIf those inps
" Thllis thi hIl~ ad b een) going on for a
promhlisI (If a pup lingering ill his ear,
whnir. Mo 1( Osborn,ake
"111t 'Jhn, ho nun pupie ar
a 'iIW Illi Il was11 hinkigd hat t-night,
youai O'ie promised llth1e1i tety -r
num th rat he.:hulds have1 anm o them.
dont 1v11 0hn.1 tit wod,h a nIa manIli
50run or'(I5 fohrilYh wouldn't proise (I
aII 1ionx T dian,II liae thredat Fther'
mI issie.o Id ianAe flars: lIlam a friend
(If t he Gret Fathr' and am11 bigoing my
the whitel man'sillays. I wi aeebanltiwey
1ht m1 en m' t tng wood,1(1~''i1 and Ithugh
Iwold be0 like' a whie. man and chopd
som til ood41 4fo lIy w1rife. A lpetIle
woodt le up~ and thpu t lt rihtleye,
and tow tI thatie the( lGret Falditir
ohe hirsLt excmuand amistl briing 1my1
chldrent upI he whiiedteoott manseeay.
wonhls.nde ia' coe Whenk.ounstead
f the eye phas sendOs a br wona ta
is this col1r ofmyn or him atithoe dthe
"DIEM PJWIDt"
ihougl the dim chambers of my secret soul
A strange ghost wasnier" ;
As one who has o'er all it sees cohttrol
It walks ad ponders.
Someththea where gay and subtle fattcies fart
it shows its features,
And straight the bright things vanish tit thih
air
lhisive creatures !
Sometimes it fills my trembling heart witi
dread
Of the to-morrow,
To see the wraith of what I thought was d(ead
Its likeness borrow.
And yet, and yet I cannot bid it go
Vrot mne for ever;
It Were so sad if I, with all its woe,
Could see it never.
For it was once filled up with a delight,
A passing pleasure,
Which, though in truth it left my soul les
white.
Was mine to treasure.
So jttst to give this formless thing a name
Must bring ine sadness,
Since it no more can know Life's glowing flamc
And fragrant gladness.
Of yesterday, o'er which all men repine
t.ith bitter grieving,
Because it took away some joy divine,
Home firm believing.
Still yester<1ay-a loss without an end,
Each day another,
That leaves behind one miore frail hope t<
tend,
Of grief to smother.
But sometimes, in a recompense of pain
And vain endeavor,
Our sweetest yesterdays we shall regain
To keep forever.
JAMEs BERRY BEssl:I..
TIE 80SUTIIE RN "'GATF ll.'
Six thousand baby alligators are sold
in Florida every year, and the amouu
of ivory, number of skins, and quantit'
of oil obtained from the older mnelIber;
of the Saurian family are sulicient t<
entitle them to a high place among tht
products of the state.
The hunters sell young " 'gafors " a
twenty-five dollars per hundred, 11uid ti
dealer from seventy-five cents to one dol
lar each. Live alligators two years oh
represent to the captor fifty cents each
and to the dealer from two to five dol
lars, as the season of travel is at it
height or far advanced. A ten-foot alli
gator is worth ten dollars, and one four
teen feet long twenty-five dollars to tih
hunter, while the dealer charges twic
or three times that price. The eggs ar
worth to the hunter fifty cents Ir doze(n
and to the dealer twenty-live ceits eac"h
The dead alligator is quite as valuall,
as the live one, for a specimen nine fee
I' ng and reason)ably fat will net hot
branches of the trade as follows:
THE HUNTER. I T1E lEALn.
Oil, . . 5.00 Oil, , , .
Skin, . . 1.0G Ski,,, . 4.1
Head, . . 10.00 1 Head, . 25.l
$10.501) .
The value of the head is aseert caine,
by the numiber anld siz;e of tlie teetil
Dealers mount esl)t'ially fil(ne spe il ':
of the skull, but the grenter ul b r ia
no other value than1 tIlat. of the ivor
they contain.
The wages of the lInter depelun,
tcorse, upont his good forto:,' in lihi11r
the game. One of the Imst exps."t)ci
these gives as inlstaice's tf ln if1
hiits the items of three dav's wviorl
which yielded thirty-nine cIirs am
seventy-tive cents; of six d41s witlh
yield of t wenty dollars and tenc evnts, 1an1
of elighIt days' hiunitinig which net tel
forty dol lars anid twenty-five cenits.
Withouit spieakil< of'those enien,ies o
the "''gator "who hunlt him for apoart
there are abiout two lilmldred men ini tIh
State of Florida who miake a biIuines
and try to make a living by capituiring o
killing him. Very mny have eaeten alih
gator-steaks from sule, curiosity t4
learn its flavor; Ilt miancy more eat it he
cause it is rhe chieapest a'ud, oftentimes
the onily meat they canu afl'ord. Th<
flavor wh'len it is fried or broiled is thia
of beefsteak plenlt ifully siupp1lied with
fish gravy, while thle fore-lgs roast<
taste like at miixt ure of tchickeni and fish
and have a delicate fibre.
Very methodical in his Intb its is thi
alligator, and very sulsicious oif any
thing new aroundit his honme. Whcen ii
starts out in search of food it is invairia
lhy an hour after the tide has biegunl t<(
ehhi, and lhe return'is abo)(ut four hours af
ter low water. If hie hacs a hand journe.,ii
to1 perform, lie goe's andit comesl~ Iby the
same route, never deviating from it uncti
Ice sees evidlence that straniugers llav<
Ir(espaissed upon01 his doaini. lHe live.
cin the banks of somec streamn, for lhe hnc
de'cided objections to staignanlt waiter
and't to make his home lie dligs a hole it
least twelve inches below the lowes
level of the water. This hole is perfect
ly straight, although on an incline, ami
froma twenty to thcirty feet ini length
termlinating in a chiambier suiflutict I:
argo to admifit of his turing ini it
There he or she dwells atlone, save whem
the female is caring f(ir a ver'y yung1l
b rood, in whiichc ca,se the roomi is con
verted inito at nuirsery. Fu'cll-grown aih
gatoirs not oinly tdo nt ((('n11:
thec same hole, isct they will not Ivi
near eachl othier.
TheIc all igattor usu~ially lays her egf(o
cint the first oif .Jnlv, acid during tI
c.itinth of Juine cshe is buisily enigaged ii
prepajcirinig the 'riadleI for her young
Seletinig a pilace onc t he batnk of son11
stream or creek, she beigicis work h:'
heating hard andt level with hir tail ac
earth platform abiout six feet 5(<iclir'
Mice scrapes together wiit hx her foe-feet
efonitimces fromci a distanci' of fifty .x ai
icrcci the piro'posed1 nast, dried grass
sticks and mcitndunt il tifteeni ori twenct
enihie feet of thle macterial is in a plahi
conlvenlient for her li'prpoe. On the dia.
tfillowing the coml)pletjion of these hu~prep
iionls she lays from thirty to fifty egg
c tie prepared4 groundi(, andi pies ove
'Ilm dried graiss and( mcuid (left ly worke
iwith sticks untitl ai momiui six feeti
Sancci-tc'r anid thiiree feet high has hee
ra ised. Thue siurfaice of tis is qiuicki
.:rdenced by ihe sunc, atnd, ini order thn
lflmay lie as near:ily air-tight as possible
Iche femualn visit it ('.nb dav, coverin
nith nlu(t any crevices that may have
'tppeared, as well as remonedeling such por
!ions art do not matisfy her seiise of
I bealIt,Y
Tbdh ordinary tino of incubation is
abhout two montis, anti tien the new!v
ha:tchetl brood inat he heard ve)lping mund
snarluin for their mother to c>llt lntte her
work by teleasing themn from their pris
on-iest. On the second or tlhir< (lly efia
the first noise has been heard, the fetlm->e
bites a hole in the s'.l of the mlounr', out
of wlich the young ones, barely mlore
thum eleven inclles long, comto tuinbtllinfg
ill the mtost Vigorous mnantier, erawling
dbrectly toward the water. Until the
young atre three years old the iother ex
'rcisK( tt a parental care over them, always
relninimui wit hin Kountd of their voiees,
no,t sl) tnmch to protect them fromi their
natural encmny, man, as from their un
natural enemy their father, who has an
especial fondiness for his own children in
the way of food.
When the huter fimil a nest, he ear
ries the eggs hlomlle to litlh tieiml, wiere
he can easily capture the brood if tie
('gs are fresh or if the Young in them
:re not tmore th:m five inel's long: at
lly other stage they will not hatel if Ie
moV('(d, an<l alre of no value exept for
he shell. 'he captured eggs are the
packed il straw as nearly as p(nss''1e in
the natural way, and the v"oie Imay he
thus hlitel I out very ' Nsu(ce1 sitlIy. One
farmer rearld sixtcel Imtn(dreil alm
other a thound last seas iii. 'The yonig
will vat imneiate'ly after 'ingliiiiv out itOf
the shell, im! they thr'e lest if given)
no food for at least three months.
The cry (if a fiull-growni 'gator is not
unlike the hellowin.g (if a bull, ex-ep1t
that it is of more V('1tlie, sim-e tilm' vieie'(
of a male can, on 11 cal day, he I.ard a
listalce of five mil(s; mald thecy m:ty Ie
said1 to be suI-w i'rli s, since' tli'% sel
<loin) 'r'solv' 1ittmelves into song,'
save at the rising of the ;tiln; ill fact the
0Jl1y 'e el)IIonl 1o this; 1111'1ing mlelodAy is
whIehn a storm is appraucIhin". The liver
age Il tri<la "eracker" il'ls 11(1 oth4'r
I baromleter thanill ti all i gtr in tIhe neigh
boring ereek or swailp.
One ceases to be astonished at the vol
te of soum'l whicb comes from thes(
ilonsters when hie se's a full-giWin 141m
put forth al' his strength to pro)duce tl
effect. Ie stretches his hodv to its full
length, inhaling suflicient air to putlT hin:
up nearly twice his natural siz"; thin
holding his breath, as it were for an in.
sta'it, )e raises both head and tail inti
Le f)1'ins the scg(.nenlt of a circle. Wies
all is tlis coplne)(t(', the ''roar" cOn1e
with slsllicient forc'e to startle one, (Vic
though he he prepared for it.
Nince, in onicr to guard his head, il
alligator is ob)liged to tulI his b,dtiil
solewhat, aind sine, when his jaws :ar
on1ce clos(ed he is inab )le to opit': twm i
only a moderate amount of strengtl; of
the part of man is use(1, the imlilter w
leets this point for attack when'ii it is p(S
t sible for himt to steal upon his gamn 112
awares.
If the intenlding captor gets a firm h'll
upon the jaws of his gaIlme in tlhi.; I ay
* theit m1onste- becomes reasonably eaV('s'
t prey; one rope soon s e res h. J:i ; jws an
it other is tic<l aromnd his neckltl i(l t':s:
cned to a1 tree, while a third seiurYs li!
tail inl the same way, tluis stretchilg ihe
eaptive ill a straight line; his fore p':t
are tied over h(is bacuk, a sto:.t 1.((' i
lashell from the enld of his snot to tit,
tip of his tstil. an<d the alligattor is hwp
less.
It is sehlm, however, that the luntil
gets his gale at, a dis:alva:ntage, an1 ti
'. securc hie) alive the musn:t "(t ;1boutl tilt
f work mun' an boys lo when they snar
rabb)1ib, . A' tall, stout s:aplinlg n':ar th<
tr's celdge is the first re<piisite, ia
dire'tly ill frollt of that, in the water, a
nlarro-1 lane (or plen is n:aie with stakes,
the t wt oulter one1s linig i'>telii i, as io
the sinldlei of a botx-tr'ai. At thn-en oil
dhriveni into till mud2(, inl1 n ihe topioftit
is fastened a p)iecei of taint ed hi 'f. A
stout rolpe, nt 1one1 e(l (if wh:chh is a lcr; a
nootClse i fathen tiitin,to of210 jin- lsl
ling,11 andl tof I- ulie wiir of li' he(0 innie
-is 121tachiedr 11 cros-, 1)1 triigg e wiieb.
when the treeig'rn, lels eint th',
> viitill' on1) the oter seak jusstllii i blow
the wurae ofVhell water,4 ii in- noos 5tu'i I
ui1 arui hie Vl enir op:e'faing.T ge
pat 4te m't ihe a1pll iiato attempts*i t:rg
swmSirth har,i'1 jImtVe htis b:n-k di
toplclesihthe tr igr and1 hfem isha cativ,
is is' ecesr t id i-entv
- whie he i it ths wter,i ain l- ti
harry him (10 the1 tshor2 Hin ailo t fohe.
- p.hiouslas2teis hoie iesl n>win
si iragged tee fat s>t histanfcesh tihough
-2 the1 wter. I' 21 tWitin onc prl'jtrtiy s Iiro
ithe atilho of affet ialeas, cit:iveig t
rilIoer, md this hedesamighingilog'l'
1 init wtht hit shoubles, ofrti
.1 wing 4)t~ h iet over hi xln- ofa' il
VIThose(i tho ae.i'' inns. fAnlil wi tI
tinibitsoga algtor,iss sen inchslt, th
fartiulars 114'vor it may plisscss.1 buttlim
eon nuithiat teln when1 fresh.t AlI
hinust ha"vt betln in existene el nt
(CL'ISERS FORfl TIlE NAVY.
A TALK WITil EX-CO31ANDlF.I (201.
RlN(3J AllOUlT 'rIlE N EW VEMMElm.
Renlons for (ling thienI n (rnthiler Speed
than lFouirtenI'' K hlit' lI tiionr--W tint
Forein V1;ses are io Ang.
"IlInve you seenv theli Navy De paIrt ent'Is
adve'rtisemtenit for prIposals for new cri
ers?" aIIsked a reportl1er of x-ComiIIatr
Gorringe.
"'I havexi ai copy~ of it in my p)ockeE. I
notice ti h t dh tel i itent cllIs for Se y
('ral vesse5tls ant i tit he seeim intIr agraph d of
the .er.tiseme tseems to rIuire t
biddelrs sluilIlibe prepa:redl to latihit both
hull aId Lis of these shiTs, or Yn
gines4 only,v if it meansil! t his it tecles
All but three of th shii11nildIrs of this
eountry, for oiny ti i'tf otr iron ship
vards are til to buibl Ibothi hul.
"Indv engi se te ay elliscourag'd
about his. I fin: t putt in miry hrits,
ontit I nuiny say I t you tht I Ilimv e aleady
err?aged wit reoer of .ex-motllcomp<c
tent eniginie intii.rs in this comittiryi tot
"iw are war ships l tilt in Fng
"Atit fouret th- s of the ngt alis war
eralivessels inte l thei hull lul 1in t h tg ov
feunw rLvti lenya s.e Iilut tlit and
1ie11 mitsliin g thuth losi:y lfelild
a ness ei Il in ntii; ius itnes . Atd
lasut tllrd <of the ilih es hf hitmitt
fotmd in, pr oac 1til in Entl Afluitif
valSitl il ite. 11t1 dhll t 111111, l,oth t 1111t
sipy has ti! li :engine wrk t ese arr
abiuh l4t- it sI tr o t lalt il 11il,
Iut . mibe nly ptlytt intl yed ta n thu;
arr age awih li ofi th141 lisi cllll,o-fi
ae t o u ngi ne i:t l ill ti tibl o w. 1
eilrtbu "i h i l ilt n m: id e engetl
u, d th us de ) lna keepwl lat.,,or
"How arle lvar111 shipt-tiilft int ?not;
v1-d purp" w .i e, En iih s
1Al r fin atiltn niot g the li il gn
iln etir tiitit <uSh ' bitI t lltl wlit vail
elni e ttillin 111ioib 'li < i s ;.ll i d,
Hai .sutiytlly liii.1 ao tithe p::es r
tlnt( i oii leh:l- :'I tl: li: stittiihltl-i
"r do not tihit tf; p. hIti lot ttee
for unt ll spi'i,"e ail to i?nkl i hmtt f1itn
stipl- ;tl l wsiii 1)li' ' e iir iewok i l1 teso arcii
-liiil i to 1 ii ly I:r l"c lpl V I,a d tii
- e l The ht' i ghe t l '%I ite s ipler re iret
ise,hti-til e, or tl knd atrie iur,ins i
ti g to i e u'tI ti f e the it is i o a tm
,it y Il IteI,o:. rte ii. 1l011ee, it li ;ship.
lIt l ll t u if ll iI il l iol, f!t' u iitvil IIts.
i i f! 11;e11 ,,: ,ii tt i tll'l'01 1 \iiii 1:
:i.\IiiII liit t' t u itll i il l i-s 1 111 wtnt
tIrn ship o 1 Nosu r:io fart. At"d rnt
fei a sphos t er i e orise aer? ineev
Io ot 11sr i t e- a evat"tnfent,n- i-ken
h t ,Istt:lt,i:1,Iut s to r wiu dt he tli eet
herg ea loiiV11 ts lth grtyhound..ii lithli
heen moni t tTe d lit on ',vlvt ii' rtiirtha
hI ra ottts o p ll t ' fi onii 5i' n r
I l not iuttnly l iblle buti illtbe Ilts
Setlvelal to k t le tfn e oiti i nlntn
e tthin- ioh ayiers -e A kosem
hour. N1i) t: :r seamer is higl,
thougt ti flin t i lr - t day ;whchilt 0-lino
averu-ate:almen searo Wp((-1(1 lft ee kues
Al,I nat:f-r topeed iv for us
mutIr e ty)osicath buh stel n;ruers
Therilu ih o th e noail;Illtt inn - 11-- 'ar :
<parteavrare te knots h osd ne iot a'o:
Wt wol b;e, t1t. 811e of urcrian
lutilna knls Iau , SO?1ie-h shit:t f
lim:nr Now1a. in I us e s hieh,in eas o
wa,bou t,ld hei tur;t d " ,lino ciser b-ll i
ithe e n ':it NIver 111 t, ?, fifn tr tr
Ap eta,l-of fa:r o h c :1( ud:e frr .h
:f ritti -n .h i,l o- vI, Iti l ei' pe'na l 1o b
<1ll rl iN d t>;t, iltsa c.t me:iy , lu t (
they imp"cr ni l,iI ;.- 1f11 pe d l the arei s
"1 li:t higlh e l 1wd ataiae fome c Aer
havel!f il el l ll:l o S Ou sted d whic
T,la J0dE US' BU1GET.
WiIAT 1WE FINi IN TllE": Ii311OOt1M
PA PEMN.
IEEVAltE 01' ER IiIUCK.
"'So soon efli'ry year vot der clouds
of dust haf al plown der March vinds
avay, ,"e pegin to opserve a fearful peast
hrnmeing dier city n)powd. It. is der vild,
nutdnmnttl (Cheruan I)illyrgoatt. Den dous- 8
and ieks i)eent now airetty der door- L
valys lurking ilisite, dter city all ofer.
Some p e'n imintetd mit peer classes in
von hoof ; some itre of kegs of peer ou
dop, aud t some are 1 etured inl shlarge of C
pioediful young Chermnn vimne vielh c
h1af alpparent'ttly seizredl der irtst pright t
motning to vtnt t owid cld in der ladcesd e
slyles of night dresses. 'Therefler is f
Von of dem ietures deir real vildi petIst 7
is vaitlinlg in der sdort plhind. V
"le is Its tlancherous ats a ti1gular
saw tairing peezules hours, hilt der
sille dine lie lis volu of der moekiliti
celt dtrnits of dmtllk iniwa rial,1y utiiloalded
litiols vict all de vile shoot tlems'elufs c
oil undt kill somlep(d.v--hle vill not Ilard '
you uf yiu led him alote. (
"D1)er first brineible of a buck is to
git. a mni to cltso it, und early etli'ry
shrintg a laurelh itumler of our pest cit
izeons 1ronise densellufs 'IIello, here
('omes u d11 t bt. kiic I dried to kill lasd
suniwnr. Now, 1 liaf sure got him.'
Imiu ou der cut of each plock a new
htick -ce und try if demn tnn knock it
ttwitl. I t"ery dime dem dako atvay a
hii, liut der i>rins peen like der ved
tier bropliets of C:ma1da; kill voln iud
inl his blace coelts right avay annuder
iip. Det thase der city lp ain' down
iid sot.n omlt,lain of ofer vork antd go t
to lth'vy Islandt tnr Ln), 1'ranclh, vtere
d"r eba:mt.n is more 1bletsa t. If delm
hty 1-r" city insite, demt go home direi
c it uinl say to tier gi vwiit dem hire
to tiil Iimit der' milkcnaui undl to subbhly
tet plit it deri inr kt the house atlitlti:
'llere, l'ridgtet, d(ake der tail undti see
anu'dl you)I die dier dhril p)ehindl nlf der" buck
1 l:tf been ebatsing,' tt IPridget, hres
endlly reduru"1s, \ il)in;; h r molut undl
hants vot, is left of de Iail to her em
hivt 1yt",
\"e rett sotedliles dlet' 1tipers insit
pad p czIess :Iaild enising der buck,
st),
'ttllun ruc.'
'A vilaler hills otwit.'
( ;:trtcessness tif It tlick driver.'
"Missing his htme 'otn> lastd I)uts
la1y.'
- 'Ftund dead tlit a vagant lot insite.'
n-t,o ntim SO.
i-"-vtre der liick. Id is pindding
il- Ittouit nll eteiny inisite, tindl if you
I shthillt svallow it whole life von, it vill
Iur undi kick: yolur prnins atvay.--'T7w
AN IMI'iml:si:tN.
'r "Al. I tve anl illtp'tssiol!" ex
i celaimed r)a'. lt('osh. the President of
.lprinettonl Colleg;e to ilhe,mInuall)philo:;o
t 1hy class. "Now, vtunig gentleten,
. enl you tell mie what tia illpresssio I
is!"
No answer.
"\\hat ; no one knows? No one can
fell mne what anl inuprssion is!"' ex
ehaltie the D)oetor, lookcing nyt andl
downi the chlas.
I ki w, ' said1 Mr. Alrthur. "Ai it -
p )tr tsion is a dlit ii a soft phttc."
"Youtng; gent Iternant," saidl tlhe I)oetor,
gron1ig red in tll face', "you are ex
uset fo' the day."
ooiNi: rloo :.
Now is the tinw" wht'-n the tired hmsi
ness int, <tt his wlay homu' in the even
ing, hwsitates over it 25-telnt box of
stratblerrics tiat he ktows would
gloilett the herts of his wife and clil
tenlit. hon, Ilo illtons his pocket,
siih, diclarcs he cannuot aord it, anuld
frindswhon h ai<liataty invt~it
to tak t\: lit hing h 't'it l';. ie.ing
in n' -t i t it, i h- \lt.Nil . m 0 a
tatie .n a h w aro it with h n tt it-i
u4 ,ii i h: tt int' tan atilti>ss to ext 'va r n h. s
l 't' . r it / t i ti t Iiltt'
it'.Ij si er i- - ntttt o'i siis y.
\} A a 1 bitlitlw' , l -l(? 'rs tt here
aso a si ) ('ito rui iser,in>h o
Sit b Ito ii:-i'ni'l an uphetiointi his
ittl v is tiitperformtk tt ' mrit, titer.
nnyat they sam tinw.ti'etyiielit.I
"11 hardtl knittit what' itox dot, he re
it 'ttk.l t ttis ife.t "lt n't atccito tnt
b euniitl b ee hsm e he door?
is ftr' ilt -r ix tmonts fage--o. .' (ii
"im l t s''t'les it, thn yo sk' shall thrr
'v'o'- pi'oniti' it ys itfo .mits.' r u
ruorte fini tvhe laugwt alw, bu'ftlyon
sired by his embarrassed parents to.leave
tho table.-hotel Mail.
HIS tWEECIES.
The editor of the London iSportsnan,
who recently visited this country, seems
o have accommodated himself to the
ways of the republio with remarkable
nweetness and content, as the following
'xtract from an interview with him on
is return to London suficiently demon
trates:
"Did you make many speeches when
on were in America?' they asked him.
"Yes," was the reply. "I was fre
uently called on to respond."
"And what did you say for the most
)art ?"
''Thank you. I don't mind if I do."
RILLING THE LIFE CORPS.
IIE RQUAD RECENTLY TURNED OUI
fY TIIB FIRE DEPARTMENT.
lunnina Up the Front of French's Hotel
and in at the lteventh-Story Windows
by Mean of Scalng Ladders
A Daring Change.
[From the Now York Son.]
The first public drill of the newly or
anized Life Saving Corps of the Fire
epartment, took place in Printing
[ouse square. One hundred and twen
'-five policemen under command of
aptain Tynan kept the square clear and
3n fined the great crowd of sightseers
the edge of the City Hall Park. All
yes were turned on the seven-story
cont of the unoccupied French's Hotel.
'wo windows at the southern end of
ieh floor were open, forming two per
endicutlar rows of open windows. A
miler of fire chiefs from out of town
ere present.
The corps was two gangs of seven men
ach, under command of Second Assist
ut Chief Bonner, and under d rection of
ihristoiher Ifoell, the instructer from
t. Louis. Among the men were John
,ovins, .Johtn M. Murphy, R. Mf. Jones,
'hatrles ()"Shen, Heniry M. Adams, Sam
w-l Bt: tey, E. J. Iroderiek, James
\lonaghan, and Dennis Morrison. They
Irought out twelve scaling ladders and
aid them in a row in front of the hotel.
1he ladders weigh iboutt thirty pounds
?ach, and vary il length from twelve to
ifteen feet. The steps are ranged along..
ide one central pole. On the top is an
urm of iron, wliel is hooked like the
>eak of a bird, and barbed on the under
ide.
'lhe ladlers are made of hickory, and
t.rengthened witht Norway iron.
The corps ima relied out and saluted
le Commissioners. They were all agile
mid strong young men. Each had a
ride canvas belt strapped around the
waist. This contained a small pickaxe,
t rope slide, and on the front a large
+pning hook. At a signal from Mr.
[loell the first gang seized their ladders
and placed themt againnt the front
of the hotel. The head man then
thrust the book of his ladder into the
winidow of the first story, and, having
secured a firm hold on the sill, elimttbed
uip rolilidly until he was oni a level with
the wincdow. le then caught the spring
hook at his helt into the crook of his ladder
aid was thtus: held, his hands being left
free. The seeond man passed up a lad
der from below, and the head man
hoisted it and caught it in the sill of the
second- story witt(low. Then, releasintg
h is hook, lhe eliibed to ihe seconid story,
while the as'onud man asendled to tihe
first story. The other firemn followed
ill tun with (other laddlers, anid the head(
man a.seended tl b11le hlad reached tIle
sevenlthI floor. He ((eterd the window
hleie, and, aill the ofther mcin ran up the
mldlers, whiich hiunig ini a continuous
chinl, 11nd1 disappleareid lifter him. Four
minutes elaipsed from the placing of the
first ladder unItil the dlisappearanice of
the last man. At another signal the
men climhed out of the windiows, and(,
runinulg down thle laddemOi, took stations
lit the differenlt stories anid palissed the
liddercs do wn again . Ladders and men
wero 1all onu tile sidewalk ini 31 minutes.
The second( ganig r4eeated this maui
ouIvrel ini <iieker time, going upl i 3
miumiltes andl coming down in 3 minutes.
Two muenl the 1 a1sllcendedO to the seventh
story with a single ladder. As soon as
the ladder was lnked t hey would ascend
it. one after the othier. While (one fixed
the0 ladder on t he flboor above, thle other
prievenited1 him from falling by gras'pinlg
the bolt 1h(ok. It took these men 3
miiiutes to go up and 3 miinuites to come
do wn.
Next one moan stalted with a light lad
dher oni each1 row of the witndows. They
stradd(l(ed the casings while adljusting
their ladders. Theiy ascendeld to the
sCeenthi story ill 21 minutes, and de
icenided in 011e mlinute andi ai halt.
Next, ia commionu ladder was raised
against the wall, and iafter ascending this
the enutire corpsl) ran sealig ladders to the
top floor. Tnstrucetor iHoell stood on the
top) ladder just beneath lthe seventh floor,
and, reaching over, caughit another lad
de'r oni the sill (of thme adjioinling winidow,
some0 eni feet way. 1Ife kep)t the lower
end (If I his huhiler close t o him11, and steppecd
on1 the lowest roiiid with his righlt foot.
WithI his heft foot n the loiwest round of
Slhe irst. lot b,lei, he~ let hiimself swinIg, hold
ing one0 hldder byi the right hand and the
ofther b y thle lef t han1 d. lie swung across
the( walul nnitil the two loAlders formed a
'u. Heo thenl let go the first ladder, and
-wnnlg benIeathi tie second window. A
4tormll of apph,L1los came from the crowd
at ti..
A fireman appeared aut a seventh-story
winudow, aiid caime down rapidly oni a
rope, which was governed by his comn
rade's above. Another fireman came
dlvn a rope, aiid governed his descent
by aL slide att the waist. He took the
in ist5 remaIlrkal o juinmps (down the sidle
if the wiall, and1( avouided crushing into
the windows by spreading his legs so
that his feet caught the casings. A fire
man wasi then lowered from window to
winidow with another man clinging to
his waist. Two men fastened together
biy hooks, were dropped with great rapid
ity' down the front of the building.
Fireiman Jones was lowered vy slowly,
aind Fireman Murphuy hung to hi waist
with his arms alone.
TIhie men seeed to be well trained,
and skillful ini their work. Within a ye'ar
illy will be used as instructors, to teach
0 ,ther firemeni. 'I'h0 Fire~ Commis
sl Oies. exp)ressed themselves as pleased
A Pass. L2Aw. -Pennsylvania has a
law which, ini the initentioni of its fram
11r5 anld ill practical operation, defeats
the purpose15 of ani older statute against
ihe sale (If liquor to minors. This re
ll1rkale .aCt makes it a misdemeanor
for* a hey t(o represent hlimnself as of full
ailn order to obtain intoxicating
driniik. A priosecutionl begin against a
enmlse:ler bly the p?arenits of a boy whom
his tratlic hii~a( ad a drmunkard is ait once
miet by a threat to arraign the boy for
lying about his years. The lad has
prlobablhy never made any assertions on
'lie subject, but his denial wvill be met
by plenty of bummers' evidence to the
contrary, and so the menaca, reaults ini
the abrupt terminationi of the pruoed