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GEN. GRANT’S GRANDSON.
Will Knter Went Point to Train n» u
Soldier for Uncle Sum.
. Through the appoluttueut of Presl-
deut MiKlnlcy Ulysses S. Grant, sou
of Col. Pred Grant and grandson of
the famous Union General and Chief
Executive of the United States, will ea
ter West Point. Before his death, lu
1885, Gen. Grant framed a petition,
directed to the President of the United
States, asking for this favor, and later
Gen. Sherman, os a matter of courtesy,
Indorsed it.
Young Ulysses, now In his sixteenth
year, will not bo of age to enter West
Point until June, ISbO. Before enter
ing the famous Institution he will de-
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vote a good deal of the Intervening
time to seleutitlc study in Columbia
College.
He Is now a sturdy lad and measures
5 feet and 11 inches lu height, with a
quite certain prospect of reaching Ihv
yood six feet when he puts on the uni
form of a West Point cadet. He is
now two inches taller than his father
and four Inches taller than his famous
grandfather. His other bodily meas
urements are In good proportion to his
stature, and he gives every promise of
developing, a physique far above the
ordinary. He has proven himself ths
possessor of more than usual mental
abilities of a boy of his age, Is very
studious, stands high in his class lu
the New Y’ork school which he attends,
and shows marked proficiency, partic
ularly In acquiring languages. He
manifested an early fondness for the
military by joining the cadet corps of
Troop A, National Guards, wheu but
12 years old.
Miss Viola Taylor.
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She has organized the Young Ladles'
Guild of the National Guard of the
State of New York. The work of the
society will be to attend to the needs
and minister to the comfort of the
wounded on the battle Held.
helieFfrom paw.
Women Everywhere Express their
Gratitude to Mrs. Pinkham.
Hrt. T. A. WALDEN, aiteon, Os., writes:
“Deah Mns. I’inkuam:—Before tak
ing your medicine, life was a burden
to me. I never saw a well day. At
my monthly period I suffered untold
misery, and a great deal of the time I
was troubled with a severe pain in my
side. Before finishing the first bottle
of your Vegetable Compound I could
tell it was doing me good. 1 continued
its use, also nsed the Liver Pills and
Sanative Wash, and have been greatly
helped. I would like to have you use
my letter for the benefit of others.”
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rim. FLORENCE A. WOLFE, BU hnlberry
St., Lancwter, Ohio, writes:
“Dear Mna, Pinkham:—For two
years I was troubled with what the
local physicians told me was inflamma
tion of the womb. Every month I suf
fered terribly. I had taken enough
medicine from the doctors to cure any
one, but obtained relief for a short
time only. At last I cone hided to write
to you in regard to my case, aud can
say that by following your advice 1 am
now pefectly well.”
nr*. W. R. BATES, flaiwfield, La., wrttM t
“ Before writing to you I suffered
dreadfully from painful menstrua
tion, leucorrhoea and sore feeling in
the lower part of the bowels. Now my
friends want to know what makes me
look so well. 1 do not hesitate one min
ute in telling them what has brought
about this great change. I cannot
praise Lydia E. Pin Whim's Vegetable
Compound enough. It is the greatest
remedy of the age.”
DR MOFFETT’S Tbsthisa (TEETHING
POWDERS) 1» not a Patent Medicine but#
legitimate remedy that many distinguished
Physicians who have used And seen it*
god
. .. . delay
Aft It will MVe the life of your
results reoammeud. And why will you deloy
— It wa< — " -
teething babe? Tbbtrtna acts promptly in
Aiding Digestion. Regulat.ng thn itoweUand
restoring baby to haalth and strength, and
A rooster once nnrraed a worm
Tlmt lingered not to brave him;
To Hu*! his wretched victim squirm
A (iloasant thrill it gave him.
11-* summoned all his kith and kin;
They hastened up by legions,
With quaint, expressive gurgles in
Their oesophageal regions.
Just then n kind of glimmering
Attracting his attention,
The worm became too small a thing
For more than passing mention;
The throng of hungry hens and rude
Ho skilfully evaded.
Said he: “P faith, if this be food,
I saw the prize ere they did.”
It was a large and costiv pearl,
belonging in a necklace,
And dropped by some neglectful girl—
Some people are so reckless!
The cotk assumed an Air forlorn,
And cried: “It’s really cruel,
I thought It was a grain of corn;
It's nothing but a jewel.’’
A UIGHT HT A BEID
liy 1’A.LJL fASTNOR.
imng power
wd not leave
o the water
g, over ami
of the water,
ere fixed on
ids seemed to
ike two dim-
se together,
must yield to the unde
of the flood, and yet I
it, for I realized by this
on the flat must be overliy head
Keturuing to my w| cl, as if for
silent companionship, ' sat down
lighted another pipeful l tobacco,am
waited. It might have >een half an
hour later—my pipe as not yet
burned out—when I k ird a sound
like heavy breathing fn a the end of
the bridge I had latelyjvisited, and
then a distinct splas
above the gurgle aud la]
jPresently, as my eyes
the spot whence the soi
come, I saw what look
ly burning candles, set
rise over the edge of <the floor and
slowly enter the bridge. At the un
canny sight I felt as if a stream of ice
cold water were running down my
back; my hands involuntarily clutched
my knees, and there Wks a strange,
prickling sensation all over my body.
It was positively a relief when I
heard a scratching sound on the floor
of the bridge, aud knew then, at all
events, there was nothing ghostly
about my mysterious visitor. Evident
ly, it was some wild creature of the
woods seeking shelter and safety, like
myself, in the bridge, I could hear it
rustling cautiously about, and occa
sionally uttering a slight wheezing or
coughing sound, as if to free its throat
and nostrils from water.
By and by the 'anima^ whatever it
was, began to sniff suspiciously, and I
knew that its quick sensei of smell had
detected my presence,
first time, I experien
genuine alarm. I coul
of the beast glaring th:
ness; and the size of
lag •A»y.
Mr*. Wlnalow’nSopthinnSyrupforchtliirra
to 'tiling, aoften* the gam*, reducing InOaina '
i.un.allay* poin.cure* wind colic, wo. a botU.
1 am entirely cured of hemorrhAge of lunrs
by PUo’s Cc * lor CoumimpLon.—Lociaa
Lis daman, UstiAny, Mo* JanuAry 3. IWb
UT from the stygian
<* shadows of the
flooded forest
through which I
had been pushing
aud carrying my
wheel ever since
the early night de
scended, something
suddenly loomed,
dark ami high, before me. So silently
and unexpectedly did the huge, black
bulk confront mo, like some monster
stretched across the road, that I
stopped involuntarily, my heart boat
ing thick and fast. Then, as I
strained my eyes to make out the na
ture of the object in my path, its black
outlines gradually resolved themselves
into the shape of a covered bridge,
rained high above the road ou its stone
piers. With an exclamation of joy, I
dragged my wheel up the sharp pitch
of the roadbed and out of the icy
water, into the welcome dryness and
shelter of that refuge in a flooded
wilderness.
For two days the rain had been
pouring heavily and steadily down up
on that deep valley in the backwoods
of M^jie, through which lay the route
whioE^ had chosen for my bicycle
tour^Thinking that the storm would
soon wear itself out, I had kept on my
way, penetrating deeper and deeper
into the wilderness. The road, in
spite of increasing mud, had proved
fair for wheeling, and not until the
afternoon of the second day of rain
did I encounter sufficient standing
water to make it necessary for me to
dismount, aud wade. I had not passed
a house since early in the morning,
but kept hoping I should yet chance
upon some isolated backwoods farm
realized t4at I Tunst be a[
its lowest point, where there would be
little likelihood of finding a habita
tion. One always shrinks from turn
ing baek, however, while there is a
possibility of going forward, so I kept
on until I came to the bridge. There
was, at least, solid satisfaction in hav
ing a roof over my head and dry
boards under my feet, though the
doors of my house stood somewhat too
widely open to the chill ^night air for
perfect comfort.
However, I was disposed to make
the best of a situation which might,
surely, be worse, and leaning my
wheel against one of the stringers of
the bridge, I sat down and proceeded,
first of all, to remove my soaked shoes
and stockings and replace the latter
with a dry pair from my luggage bag.
When I had changed my shirt also,
and wrung abont a quart of water
from my coat, I felt so much better
that I began to whistle. “Every
pickle,” said I to myself, “has the
elements of adventure in it; and a bi
cycle trip lacks its chief charm if not
spiced with adventure.”
Fortunately, I had the remnants of
a lunch in my bag, and having de
voured the cold bread and meat and
lit my pipe, I was still farther disposed
totahe a philosophical view of the situa
tion. I was, at least, sheltered for the
night, aud might bo able to suatch
some sleep by lying close to the string
ers of the bridge, at its center, where
I would be comparatively out of the
wind. As soon as daylight came, I
could review the situation and make
np my mind whether to go forward or
turn back.
When my pipe was smoked out, I
took a walk the whole length of the
bridge, using matches to light my way.
The structure proved to be only about
fifty feet long; an old fashioned cheap
ly constructed affair, such as one al
most always finds in sparsely populated
sections, when it has become neces
sary to bridge a stream of any size.
The river, now overflowing its banks
so widely, was evidently, in ordinary
weather, quite narrow; though, drain
ing so large a section as it did, it was
doubtless deep and carried a large
volume of water.
As I lay down to sleep, with my
head resting against oue of the trans
verse stringers, I heard the rain still
beating fiercely against the side of the
bridge; aud, during my fitful slum
bers, this was always the sound that
greeted my ears on rousing to con
sciousness. At about 3 o’clock in the
morning I became so chilly I could
sleep no longer, and so got np and
beat my arms until the blood began to
circulate more freely. Then I went to
the end of the bridge to see if the
water had risen any higher. I was
amazed aud startled to find that it was
■nearly on a level with the floor of the
bridgs, and was surging by with a dis
tinct gurgling and tapping sound, that
showed there was considerable force
to the current. It was, I knew, only
a question of time before the bridge
lift turned a^ain to where!
In one astondlux tangle.
In eaRer haste together ra ^
To slay the helpless angl r
And sighed: ’’He was of ns
I stionlJ have used disc t|o
Too lat«! Around the to< dome prize
A bargain sale's in seasijl”
The worm’s remarks upoj
Have never been recor*
But any one will know
Diversion it afforded.
For worms and human be!
Unanimous that, when
To be the prey ot men th
Prefer to being hon-|
The Moral: When
Don’t leave It for your
Because you hear the soi
And see the gleam of a
Or. like the cock, you’ll
That ornaments extern
Do not for e@rtain Indical
A bona ft ie kernel.
-a
distinct I made out at last the tawny
body of a panther, stretched, head
downward, along a beam opposite me.
The fierce, fixed eyes were still
turned toward me, and although the
body of the beast was perfectly still,
a constant vibration and slight lash
ing of the tail betokened its intense
alertness. Never once did it turn its
blazing eyes away from mine, but for
over an hoar watched me as a cat
watches some bird that it is intent to
catch.
Then there came a sudden tremen
dous shock to the bridge, and one end
of it shot up several feet in the air,
submerging the other end where the
panther was dinging, until the water
surged over the head aud shoulders of
the startled beast. I saw it shrink
backward up the beam, but its hind
quarters were blocked by the frame
work of the roof ere its head got above
water. Then it launched from the
beam with a mad plunge, and swam
heavily past me, till it reached the
shallowing water at the other end oi
the bridge, and climbed, half drowned,
up into the moruing light.
At that instant, when its head and
shoulders hang over the threshold oi
the bridge, a rifle shot rang oat clear
and sharp. The great cat quivered
convulsively and then sprang forward
and disappeared.
I slipped down from my perch,
plunged through the water, and
climbed up where the cat had lain.
Below me yawned a gulf forty feet
deep, into which the flood thundered
in a yellow, yeasty mass. The bridge
had struck a dam, and the forward
end, sliding up over its slimy verge,
hung suspended in mid-air. At this
point banks of the river were steep
and high, with huge boulders scat
tered over them. On one bank,
clinging to it like a swallow’s nest, was
a sawmill. The greater part of it was
under water, but a man stood at one
of the upper windows, with a smok
ing rifle in his hand. He saw the
look of intense inquiry on my face,
though he could not hear the shout I
raised, amid the thunder pf the waters.
In reply he pointed to the swirling,
foaming gnlf beneath me. Then I
understood bow the wounded panthei
had leaped to his death.—Detroit Free
Press.
J in the several counties, as well as the
nnnn DA A TIC "V/YrDC ^ present and recent costs of roads
UUUU ilUAI/u UI HOi X | therein, and how to secure better ex-
1 pemlitures,” aud 810,000 have been
appropriated for the expenses of the
work.
Chen, for the
a feeling of
see the eyes
igh the dark-
the phosphor-
[ pain.
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revolver that trSH^Kve abont as
effective against wolf or eata-
mouut as a boy’^^^kn. Suppose
the beast should be«^^Bry enough to
crave even a mea^H soaked and
gristly bicycler? Shi^K in that cage
of a bridge, what cons? I do to balk
him of his purpose, sulauld he decide
to eat me?
While I was debating one side of
this question, and my 1 unseen visitor
was, doubtless, debating the other
side, something occurred that was cal
culated to divert the thoughts of each
from the other, for the time being.
Without the slightest preliminary jar
or lurch, one end of the bridge floated
off its pier and swung down stream.
Then followed a grinding noise, as the
other end was dragged from its bed of
masonry, aud with a rolling and toss
ing motion our unwieldly craft gq£ un
der way down stream!
I had sprung to my feet, as I felt
the water rushing up through the
cracks in the floor. There was an in
sane idea in my mind that I must
make a rush for the free end of the
bridge and leap into the water, to
save myself from going to the bottom
with my leaky craft. Then I reflected
that, from the time of Noah’s ark un
til the present, all wooden structures
tossed upon floods—no matter how
leaky—have invariably floated until
they found some resting place on dry
land again. Undoubtedly, I was
safer, and would be more comfortable
where I was than anywhere else in
that flooded wilderness—provided my
fellow passenger would keep his dis
tance. Bo I sat down again, unmind
ful of the cold water swirling abont
mgr feet, and listened.
I could hear nothing of the un
known animal whose company I so
much desired to part with. But,
presently, I located lua blazing eyes
half way np the side of the bridge,
and perceived that the beast, when
the water rnshed into the bridge, had
leaped on one of the slanting beams,
and was now crouching there, in more
unreasoning terror, doubtless, than
mine. I thanked fortune then for
the floating off of the bridge and the
inrush of water, which would, proba
bly, act as fij effectual barrier be
tween what I now realized must be a
catamount or wildcat and myself.
Shiveriugly, I waited for the dawn.
The bridge floated smoothly enough,
save when it whirled in the current
and struck some tree on the river
bank. Then it would tremble all
through its timbers, but soon swing
free aud start upon its course again.
The floor was about two feet under
water all the time, and I soon con
cluded to follow the example of my
brute companion and climb up on one
of the beams. Here I ensconced
myself as best I could, and spent a
miserable two hours, until the first
gray light of morning began to steal
into my prison.
As objects gradually became more
Disciplinarian.
Commodore Dewey
Dewey a* i
“I was with
when he was executive officer of the
Colorado,” said a financier, “and I
remember one incident which shows
the manner of man he ig. We hod a
fine crew, some of them as powerful
men as I ever saw. Four or five ol
them went ashore one day and came
back fighting drank..
“Three of them were men who
would singly have been more than a
match in strength for John L. Sullivan.
The order was given to pat them in
irons, and it was found impossible to
carry out the order, for the men were
dangerous. Dewey was notified of
the situation. He was -writing a let-
in his room at the time.
e th<
Out and submit to the irousTThey
did not stir. Then Dewey said qui
etly to an orderly: ‘Bring me my re
volvers.* And when he had his pis
tols he again called upon the men to
come ont, and they did not move.
Then he said: ‘I am going to coant
three; if you are not out here with
your hands held np on the third count
yon won’t come ont of that place
alive.’
“He counted one, then he cocked
the revolvers, and he counted two.
We all expected to hear the reports,
for we knew that Dewey meant what
he said. The men knew it, too.
They stepped out jnst in time to save
their lives and held np their hands,
and they had been partially sobered
by their fright and the moral effect of
Dewey’s glance.
“One of them said afterward that
when he saw Dewey’s eyes he knew
that he would either be a dead Jacky
in a moment or he would have to
yield, and when the irons were put
upon him he was as sober as he eve*
was in his life. Dewey went back to
his room and finished the letter he
was writing. ”—Philadelphia Press.
An Kvenly-DUtributed Hurtleu.
In the States in which a system of
State-aid has been inaugurated the ur
ban resident bears his share of the ex
pense of improving and maintaining
the highways, instead of leaving them,
as heretofore, to be cared for by the
rural population. Under the old theory
that the maintenance and care of the
roads should depend wholly on the dis
tricts through which they passed, great
injustice was done many persons whose
interest in the roads was less than that
of others who bore the expense. To re
in ove this injustice, and provide an
equable system is the purpose of State-
aid.
Speaking on this subject recently,
General Stone said that the farmers of
Maine own one-fifth of the prop
erty of the State, and that one-
fifth of the property has paid
the entire expense of bnilding and
maintaining the roads of the State,
which are just as necessary to the peo
ple who live in towns, and the people
of other occupations than farming, as
they are to ^ie farmer. Concerning
New York, hf said that there thefarm
ers own only one-fourteenth of the
property of the State, and that every
farmer has been making roads for thir-.
teen other men to travel on, and he is
getting tired of doing it. He is now
about to stop it, and he finds the peo
ple of the cities and large towns, the
manufacturing people and the com
mercial people, ready to bear their
share of the expense of improving the
country roads. The only drawback is
that the farmers themselves have been
afraid to let any change be made in the
road laws of the country, for they have
imagined that people of the cities de
sign to impose heavier hardens on
them, instead of being ready to help
them carry existing ones.
By degrees all classes of the people
will begin to better understand each
other on the subject and will get closer
together. It was not strange, at first,
that country people should be sus
picions of city people who took the
trouble to tell them how much they
would be benefited by better roads—
it was natural fof them to think that
such philanthropy was not wholly dis
interested. Bat as it becomes daily
more evident that all classes, trades
and oconpations will reap the advan
tages resnlting from improving the
highways, that the ultimate burden
will not be increased and that all are
ready to share it, the movement will
acquire an impetus that will ensure its
future success.—L. A. W. Bulletin.
Con.let* For Road Work.
| The bill relative to the employment
of prison labor, passed by the Massa
chusetts Legislature, permits the su
perintendent of prisons to use the
prisoners in any jail or house of cor
rection to prepare material for road
making, such material to be sold to
County Commissioners, city or town
officers and the State Highway Com
mission f> a the construction of roads.
In Diplomatic DUgrace.
The United States has been a nation
with foreign relations for about a cen
tury and a quarter. During that time,
seven representatives 'of foreign gov
ernments have been dismissed. The
first instance was the case of Genet,
minister from France, daring Wash
ington’s second term. He was re
called in 1794 at the request of this
country for endeavoring to stir up
tronble between the United States and
Great Britain. Daring Jefferson’s
administration, Vrojo, the Spanish
minister, was sent home on account
of condnct not only unbecoming a
diplomat, bnt even in an honest man
and a gentleman. Jackson, the British
minister, daring Madison’s first term,
was recalled on a request from Wash
ington becanse of offensive criticism
of this government. In 1849 General
Taylor, then President, sent the
French minister, M. Poussin, his
passports. During General Grant’s
first term, the Russia^ minister,
Catacazy, waai recalled at our request,
and daring President Cleveland’s first
term a like fate happened to Lord
Sackrille West, the British minister.
Then follows th* De Lome affair of
recent date. In all, the recall of seven
ministers has been demanded, twe
British, two French, two Spanish and
and one Russian.
A Hage Ola**.
A year ago, when a glass company
in St. Louis failed and the wprks shut
down, the “pot” was left full of molt
en glass. Recently the property was
purchased, and now it is found that
the pot contains a solid piece of glast
sixty-six feet long, twenty-two feet
wide and five feet thick, estimated tc
weigh almost 600 tons.
Item*.
In New Brunswick they have had
such roads that in one section a party
going for a doctor to attend an injnred
man required six hours to travel twen
ty miles.
Dustless roads are made possible by
a new material, composed of a fine
earthy or mineral matter charged with
heavy oil, placed on the levelled bed
of ordinary roads.
Brookline, Mass., will spend
500 on her streets during the year,
and the Newtons will devote 8292,500
to the maintenance and improvements
of their highways.
~.The terms “highway” and “high
roads” came into use from an early
custom of raising public roads above
the level of the country through which
they passed in order to secure drain
age.
A bill is before Congress appropri
ating 8100,000 for the purpose of test
ing materials suitable for road con-
strnction, for examining and reporting
on the best methods of construction
and for co-operating with State and
associations in constrncting specimen
roads.
Not a single mechanical vehicle can
run on the roads of the Grand Dnchy
of Baden nntil the driver makes a
declaration to the central authorities,
who will give to him, after a long in
vestigation, authority to run upon a
certain road decided upon in advance.
After the authority is received the
driver is bound by an almost endless
number of restrictions.
Experiment* With Broad Tire*.
In order fully to test the relative
merits of broad and naraow tires, an
agricultural college in Missouri has
been making some experiments with
the two. It has been demonstrated
that on reasonably good roads broad
tires have an advantage of from six
teen to forty-five per cent, over narrow
narrow tires prove more satisfactory.
According to these tests, the narrow
tire is desirable only when roads are
in a state almost impassable, a con
dition of things which is fast disap
pearing from thickly settled and well-
managed districts. The experiments
were made with the same wagon, the
wheels being exchanged by merely
slipping them from the spindles. The
loaded wagon weighed 250 pounds
more with the wide tires than with the
narrow ones, making the weight of
the vehicle when equipped with the
wide tires 2250 pounds. On a clean,
smooth road of macadam the wide
tires required from sixteen to thirty-
five per cent, less power than the
narrow ones. On gravel roads the
broad tires had forty-five per cent,
advantage; ’on loose gravel and dirt
roads as well as on roads entirely of
compacted soil, the gain was some
thing like twenty-seven per cent. On
a piece of road where there was a
solid foundation, but very deep, thick
mud above, the broad tires were at a
disadvantage, mainly because they
cut in and picked up a tremendons
weight of mud with every revolution.
On a road that was drying up and had
a somewhat firm surface the broad
tires showed sixty-two per cent, ad
vantage over the narrow ones. The
latter cat into the mud in some places
from six to seven inches, but the wide
tires rolled safely over without making
deep grooves, merely packing the
half-dry mnd as they passed over it.
The entire experiment goes to show
that narrow tires have really no points
of advantage, save at exceptional
times and nnder exceptional condi
tions. On what would be considered
a road in a tolerable condition the
broad tires had every point in their
favor, and demonstrated their superi
ority so clearly that no room was left
for doubt or question
A Reason For foor Conntry Road*.
It is claimed by a correspondent of
a Maine paper that, in proportion to
population and wealth, the country
roads are as good or better than those
of the cities. Why country roads are
not still better he explains as follows:
“Young people flock to the cities and
consider themselves as ‘progpressing
wheu they learn how to press a button,
pr hail a trolley car, or catch a train. ’
And while cities find it necessary to
dig tunnels or build serial railways to
get from place to place, the old folks
in the country struggle with their
farms and with the roads for a few
years, then die and leave fair acres to
grow np to bushes.”
To Begin Road Investigation.
The Maryland Legislature has di
rected the Geological Commission to
investigate “the condition of the roads
of the State, .and the best methods of
improving the same, together with a
study of the ciassificatiou and distri
bution of the road-building materials
Carried Hose Up Sixteen Stories.
Several thousand people watched
Carl Eldfeldt and Patrick Hickey,
members of Truck No. 1, carry a lead
of hose from a chemical engpne np six
teen stories on the fire escape of the
Monadnock Bnilding in Chicago re
cently. As the two firemen neared the
top of their perilous ascent up the
slender iron ladder the crowd cheered.
Most of the spectators thought it was
an exhibition drill, bnt the arrival ol
more fire apparatus and the appear
ance at all the upper windows of
anxious-looking tenants soon unde-
cteived them. The enthusiasm of the
crowd again demonstrated itself when
the last platform at the sixteenth-
story window was reached and the two
trackmen disappeared into the build
ing. . The jH-JpiR
in less than two minntes. The fire
occurred in the storerooms of ap elec
tric switch manufacturing concern on
the seventeenth floor. Many of the
tenants of the building, however,
knew nothing of the fire for some time
after. On each floor of the bnilding
leads of hoee are connected directly
with .the house pumps. The fire was
practically out when Truckmen Eld
feldt and Hickey appeared with their
line from the chemical, and they fin
ished the job in short order. It took
every inch of the 350 feet of hose the
chemical carried to reach the blaze,
and this was done only by getting it
up on a straight line by the fire es
cape.—Chicago Inter-Ocean.
Children’■ Cant-Off Clothing.
While great quantities of men’s sec
ond-hand clothing are sold, there is
proportionately but very little chil
dren’s second-hand clothing. The
small boy is likely to wear his clothes
more than a man does his clothes to
begin with. It would not, for exam
ple, pay a dealer to buy, to sell again
as clothing, a pair of boy’s trousers
that had to be patched. New trous
ers can now be bought so cheap that
the price that could be got for the
patched second-hand ones wouldn’t
pay for the handling and the work of
repairing; , It does pay, however, to
repair men’s trousers that need patch
ing, for there are always to be found
for these purchasers at prices that
yield some profit.
But while children’s second-hand
clothing is rarely seen hanging about
with the men’s clothing in second
hand stores, all dealers will buy it
when it is in good or fair condition,
and there are some dealers that make
specialty of it, and seek fine clothing
that has been cast off when but Itttle
worn. There are enstomers for the
comparatively limited supply of chil
dren’s second-hand clothing that is
offered.—New York Sun.
* The Mile in Many Countries.
The English mile, used also i» tl
country, measures 1760 yards, or 5280
feet. But the mile of foreign coun
tries varies almost as mucfh as the
language, so that traveling a mile is
one thing in France, and quite another
thing, either shorter or /longer, in
other countries. The Frduch system
of the “kilometre,” or IWJp metres, is
also used in Belgium and Holland. To
cyclers and others traveling in those
countries the kilometre—equal to 1094
yards—is used as a mile measure. The
Spanish mile is 1522 yards, and the
Russian only 1167 yards. But the
Chinese have the easiest time of all in
making a mile record, their mile being
only 600 yards. In Norway and Swe
den the mile is 11,690 yards, and in
Germany it equals three English
miles. Other differences are: Italian,
2025 yards; Portuguese,2250; Austria,
8297 and Denmark, 8238.-New York
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