The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, December 15, 1885, Image 2
Christmas.
little child comes to my knee,
And tugging pleads that he may elimb
Into my lap to hear me tell
f The Christmas tale he loves so well?
A talo my mother told to mo.
Beginning "Onco upon a.time."
It is a Idle of skies that rang
With angel rhapsodies sublime;
OF that grout host, serene and white,
The shepherd* saw one winter night?
And of tho glorious stars that sang
An anthem once upon a time.
This story of tho hullowod years
Tells of the sseriiice sublime
Of one who prayed alone and wept
While his weuried followers slept?
And how bis blood and Mary's tears
riAm m i r? rrl oil nnnn tmnn n finiA
And now my darling at my side,
And eohoefl of the distant ohiuie,
Bring that sweet story back to me?
Of Bethlehem and Calvary,
And of the gentle Christ that Jiud
For sinners, onoe upon a time.
Th/v #A),1
JL IIU UII^UIJ UvvUO kUUU UlUll IUl*U WVIU
, In ponderous tomes ot fluent rhyme,
Like misty shadows fadeaway;
But this sweet story bides for aye,
And, like the stars that sang ot old,
We sing ol "Onco upon a time."
?Eugene Field.
* A CHRISTMAS GHOST.
?
1 "Do you really care for me one
atom?" I asked, bitterly, looking down
into the calm face before me. The
long, dark lashes lifted themselvs with
languid grace, and the beautiful eyes
looked up into mine.
"At times, periodically, spasmodically."
"The spasm is not upon you at present,"
and the sarcasm of my tone hid
its feeling.
"It rarely is when you make your- j
self disagreeable, which is the case
now."
"And is there to be 110 end to my
patience?"
"I have as yet failed to become very
familiar with the beginning, you display
it in such microscopic proportion."
I moved toward the door; 1 could
bear no more just then.
"Good-bye; it may be some time before
we meet"
A startled expression flitted over
her face, for just one moment, and was
gone.
"Au revoir," she said, with a care
less wave of her fan. "When your
bad temper ia over, and a thing of the
past, 1 suppose I shall have the exvv..;
treme felicity of seeing you again.
Suppose you spend Christmas Eve
"with me."
It was the end of August, and I was
in the habit of seeing her daily.
"Dead or alive, I will be with you,"
I answered, and left the room.
Why would she, my darling?for'she
was my darling in spite of it all
?torment me so ? What demon was
it that possessed her? Or why should
I, with my hot, jealous disposition,
care so madly for a woman who was
v , ' not content to relinquish all the world
for my sake? She repulsed my ea
resses when the mood wa3 on her,
broke engagements with me, flirted
with other men, and yet had promised
to marry me. I loved and hated her,
as it were, in the same moment. I
would break loose from her, leave her
for a time, and see if absence would
not work better for me than I could
for myself. Or if, perchance, it could
cure me of my infatuation.
Without allowing myself time to re-fleet,
I engaged passage for Europe,
and made hasty preparations to be
gone some months. I would not see
her again; I would not tell her I was
v going. I set my teeth at the very
V thought of what it would cost me, and
it required all the strength of which I
J> was master to carry out the determination,
but I did it.
I placed my business affairs in the
bands of a friend, and one thing only
remained?to have my will drawn
up. "I give and bequeath to Elizabeth
Barnwell, my affianced wife"
, (ah, Bessie! Bessie!) "all my property,
real and personal," etc., with
the Enumeration thereof, following.
Perhap9? thought I, a little bitterly, if
she were to come ever into possession
of what bad once been mine, she
might have one tender thought to give
, i to him Whose ouly thought had been
Kg of her. v
iv The wreck of the Scotia is an old
story now, but a story written in tear8
/ and lamentations to those whose dear
?onee were never heard of again, of
5 frightful memories to "the few survivors.
We were tossing in mid-ocean
in a gale of wind and rata, such as I
had never seen or dreamed of on land,
^ wnen the veasel sprang a leak.
"Man thfc lifeboats," was the captain's
order, ringing out even in < he
. midst of the noise of the elements.
It was a gallant crew. Swiftly,
with wonderful method and discipline,
bis command was obeyed. But one
was found unseaworthy, and the
crowd of terrified passengers more
than Ailed the others. One's chance
for life "would be slim indeed I Was|
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it in the body or the spirit I shouli
spend the Christmas E ve I had pro
mised with my cruel darling?
I helped a few frightened womei
into the boat, then turned to think ol
self-preservation. I found a life-pre
server, fastened it on, and lashed myself
to a loose spar which I thoughl
would float. Then came a heavy blov\
on my head, I know not from whence,
a sensation of pain and numbness,
and the world of sea and sky was
blotted out. I knew no more.
Moments of partial consciousness
followed by lapses into my formei
state, are the dim recollections (tha
haunt me), of this period. Xor hav<
I ever been sure of the time thai
passed ere I in good measure recov
ered. I opened my eyes on a strang<
scene. I was lying on a bundle ol
straw, covered with a sheepskin; abov<
my head were the rafters of a low loghouse,
and in the corner of the room,
on a broad, flat stone, smoldered the
ashes of a (Ire. I was alone, but in s
few moments a fair-haired, blue-eyed
girl, in an unfamiliar costume, entered.
She utteredj an exclamation
wlmn ahn nnnnnntprprl riixr lonlr iinrl
hastily ran to the door and called. Ib
a moment a woman and two men entered,
and stood around me, pleasure
evidently painted 01^ their faces, and
talking volubly in an unknown tongue
Presently the woman brought m
coffee in a wooden bowl. The Baltj
taste was disagreeable, but the steaming
beverage seemed to revive me, and
I drank it with avidity. In their humble
way, no one could be kinder than
these poor people on whose hospitality)
I had thus been cast. Weak as 1 wag
from long exposure and illness, it took
some time for me to realize where 1
was, nor of course have I ever learned
the full details of those past weeks* and
days.
Suffice it to say that I had at last
been picked up by a Norwegian fishing-boat,
and my name and nationality
unknown (I chanced to have uc
papers about me, even could any oJ
the crew have read them), they had
carried me with them, and to the best
of their ability nursed me back to life
Sewed in the lining of my vest, I had
a considerable number of bank-notes,
which, incredible as it may seem, and
water soaked though they had-been,
were yet available. All that was on
my person was honestly returned tc
me, and this enabled me, though in
small measure, to repay the kindness
of my hosts ere I parted from them.
Returning memory and strength
brought back to me all the past in
which Bessie was concerned, and
I was seized with a wild desire to see
her once more and fulfill my promise
of spending Christmas Eve with her.
Already the winter was upon me, and
1 ift 1A short nt ii miponlo
able me to accomplish it. But fortune
favored. Once more I stood
in the streets of Xew York. I landed
the day before Christmas. The gay
crowds were thronging the streets;
the Christmas bells sounded in the
air, as, sadly changed in appearance,
and almost overcome with a whirl of
feeling, I stood that Christmas Eve
upon the familiar steps, and the door
yielded to the key which all^ these
months had lain in my pocket.
I drew slightly aside the portiere
which hung before the parlor door,
and, myself unseen, gazed into the
room.
"But, my dear young lady, this
surely very unwise, to say the least'*
(it was the voice of the lawyer, in
whose hands I had left my will), "to
refuse such a nice little property like
that for a chimera! All lovers have
their quarrels, no doubt, but "
"I will not touch a penny of it,"
low but steadily sounded my darling's
voice.
I could not see her.
"He promised to spend this Christmas
Eve with me," she added, dreamily,
with something like a sob. The
lawyer took a turn up and down the
room ere he replied:
"Far be from me to deprive you of
hope, but months have elapsed 3ince
the loss of the vessel on which he
sailed; no word has come from him. It
is not creditable that he has survived.
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xnis property nes at your command,
and it was his particular request that
if he did nol return (we must all of
us provide in such cases for our possible
demise) the papers should on this
special evening be placed in youc
hands."
A moment, uml Bessie stood in the
middle of the room before me, pale
and sad, but more beantiful than ever.
How my thirsty soul drank in hei
loveliness !
"He said that, living or dead, he
would be with me tc-night. If he ie
dead, I drove him to it, *nd I will gc
to him."^
I could wait no longer; forgetful oi
consequencps I sprang into the room.
I With a wild cry, she threw up hei
arms and fell into mine, extended tc
I receive her. We had kept our tryst.
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'MAKING WOODEN IMAGES. ~
i
One of New York's Peculiar
i Industries.
I
A Studio Where Many Statues of Native
Americans are Made.
I
In Canal street, between the Bowery
, and Broadway, there is a low, dingy
, building with a wide door. The intei
rior, as seen through this opening, suggest
a masquerade ball. Figures in
all conceiyablo styles of gaudy cosi
tumes are crowded together; some
I ranged demurely along the wall, others
i standing nose to nose and smirking in
I each other's faces as though talking in
a low tone and maliciously criticising
i their neighbors, while occasionally
I there is seen standing with dignity
' Apart an imposing swell, with his drapery
wrapped majestically about his
shoulders. Peeping around him at a
simpering dude, with hat on the back
a.i t i a i i ?a. xi
I jl buo iichu miu nana up at me niue
lowny yellow moustache, may be seen
% wickedly roguish young lady, with
utterly unpermissible bangs, and attirI
ed in raiment whereof the astounding
i variety of brilliant colors would, by
comparison, have made Joseph's gorgeous
attire quite a sombre garment.
The variety of costume among these
people is only equalled by the variety
of emotions which seem to be inspiring
them. Sotne are in a towering
rage, with arms uplifted threateningly,
I while others are mischievous, or seilate,
or chipper, but the majority seem
to be either cheerfully or sadly idiotic.
They fill nearly all the standing space
in the little room, and even swarm out
upon the sidewalk, where people gather
to stare at them curiously from
time to time.
Though nearly all these queer speci
mens differ in complexion and costume,
they all bad a common origin in the
butt end of ships-' masts, and their
common mission in life is to stand in
i front of shops and perpetually offer
bogus cigars to passing multitudes. A
jolly young gentleman was in an inner
room of this tobacco image menagerie,
and whistled softly as he with gentle
I touches put a perfect blaze of crimson
blushes upon the cheeks of a young
lady who was brazenly flirting and
smoking a cigarette as she did it
"The image business in New York,"
, he said, "is not quite what it was a
few years ago, because we have lost
( old Daddy Brooks. Ah, old Daddy
was the boss carver, and he taught
about all the carvers we have here.
That's why we call him Daddy. He
U3ed to be down in West Broadway
, somewhere. Now he is in Chicago,
and he took a lot of the boys out with
him?that is, he took three or four. '
There never was over a dozen carvers
here In New York at one time. There
ire not over six here now. They are
ill Yankees. The foreigners don't
3atch on, somehow, but the Yankees
lake to chopping out wooden images
just as they do to whittling a pine
shingle.
"\Ve go down to the ship yards and
buy the butt ends of mascs. Some are
iix or seven feet long, and some not 1
jver two or three, and we make big
Qgures or little figures accordingly.
Hnf nf Q antrnr*
v/uu v?. ? ovj t uu j.auu anutv. jfuu urtii gtJl?
a good $40 figure. We take the stick
out in that back room first, where we
bave a dirt floor. Here we hew them
into something like a general outline.
Then we hoist them up stairs, where '
we chip them down until we get to 1
the fine touches and sand-paper; then 1
they come down to me and I fix them '
Dut with a stunning coat of colors on
their wooden clothes, put them on rol- i
!ers and trundle them out among the
rest of the gang out there, where they
wait until they make a mash and are
sarried away. I also take battered
and weathered-stained figures, and put
:>n an ear here and a nose there, or
paint a blind eye into life again, rig
them out in a brand new suit of
slothes, and there they are. I get anywhere
from $10 to $40 for the images
?rarely over $40. There are only
;wo or three other shops, and we send
Images all over the country.
"Oh, of course styles change, but the
genuine old roving redskin with a bad
eye and an ugly looking tomahawk in
his hand is the stand-by?that is, in
i the maioritv of the Eastern and Mid.
lie States. When you get way out
West, there is quite a run of just such
, flash Bowery girls as I am painting up
here now. Dudes had quite ago for a
| while. 1 have got fully twenty-five
| Judes planted around in Brooklyn and
New York even now, though dudes
. lire on the wane; and Fucks, that were
'jo popular a few years ago, are now so
t much dead wood on your hands. The
( Scotchman has gone for good, I guesp,
> though I hear he is still all the go
in England. But the plain old warh
whoop savage of the plains is the only
chap you can bank on as steadily
| trustworthy.' Indian maidens do very
well, hut not so well us the fine old
r gore-drinking warriors, with feathers
and meat axes.
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"We prefer to sell direct to retui
dealers, though the big wholesale mei
try to buy of us quite often. But, yoi
see, they want to give away the ima
ges as premiums to heavy customers
and so they want to get them for nex
to nothing.
"It takes about three days for a car
ver to make a line big image, and h
makus $4 or $5 a day at it, accordinj
to the quality of his work."?Net
York Sun.
"Band-Box Johnnie."
An old soldier tells the followinj
story in the Chicago Inter-Ocean
"^Tine-tenths of the men in our regi
ment conceived a dislike for our adju
tant simply because they regarded hin
as a fop. He was a handsome fellow, i
little proud perhaps of his clear com
plex on, fine features, and shapely form
and given to extreme nicety in dress
He discarded the ordinary frock coa
and the blouse, and had made to orde
a roundabout or jacket, on which wa
placed all the gold-lace ornamentatioi
that good taste would allow.
"His whole make-up, taking in cap
jacket, and trousers, was jaunty, i
not fantastic. The boys marked hin
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uunu tt iup nuu uiuieu mm Donu-uo:
Johnnie. In due time he was trans
ferred to brigade headquarters as adju
tant general, and the men of the brig
ade came to share the distrust of hi
own regiment, but at Stone Rive
there came to all these men a revela
tion in character. At the crisis of th
battle in the Cedars, when the cente
was about to be overwhelmed by ai
actack on the flank and in front, th
regiment wavered.
"Everything was in confusion, ma
jor generals and brigadiers lost thei
heads, batteries of artillerv to escan
the Confederate charge drove pellmel
through and over Union regiments
officers and men were lo?ing their grip
and what had been a furious figh
seemed about to end in a tumultuou:
panic. At this juncture theie cam
into the terrible confusion a man oi
horseback and bareheaded, who, witl
sword in one hand and revolver in th
other, guided his galloping horse witl
his feet, went dashing hither and thithe
pleading with the men to follow hin
to the front. This was Band-bo]
Johnnie, and where a dozen officer
bad had their horses shot under then
he rode as if he had a charmed life.
"The boys turned in amazement t<
regard his movements, and as he rod<
with a sort of forlorn hope into th<
very faces of the now hesitating Con
fmlprnf.n linA tho lirirrorlo nlnn/?o/1
? -.?Vf -"V. Vkt^uuu UU^VU 1UI
ward. They were driven back, bul
they made a fight for it, and all alone
the line of retreat the man who ha(
been regarded as a fop did as muct
sound fighting as any man with a rifle
This prepared the boys for what cain<
lat?r. Three days afterward a coun
ter charge was made, and out of tlx
very whirpool of the clashing column,
came the old Adjutant with the cap
tured Confederate flag. As he rod<
like wild up and down the lines th<
men gave him cheer after cheer. The]
had learned their lesson. A mar
could dress well and still be a soldier
Siege Guns Bnilt of Wire.
Siege guns built of wire are th<
newest description of ordnanco for th?
British national service. A verj
tough steel wire is used, having j
breaking strength of one hundred ton:
to the square inch, which is wounc
over a steel tube as tape may be woum
on a reel, being frequently fastened of
to secure its cohesion, and so neatb
put together as to looH precisely lik<
solid metal. An experimental howitzei
has been made upon this principle
and passed a satisfactory proof at th<
royal arsenal, "Woolwich. It has i
caliber of ten inches, but weighs onlj
oV.s>.it 1 AAA
DUUUll I ,UUU JJUUI1U3.
In its trial this howitzer threw a shei
of 360 pounds with a charge of twen
ty-eight pounds, and attained a veloci
ty of 1,000 feet per second?a resul
whtch may be compared with tw<
guns of a similar weight whict
are at present in the service
One of these is the eight-inch howit
zer which tires a shell of just half th<
weight?namely, 180 pounds?with i
velocity of 950 feet, and the other I
the 100-pounder gun of 6.6 caliber
which, with its light shot of one hun
dred pounds, manages to reach a ve
locity of 1,390 feet per second. Th
trial weapon seems in no way ira
paired by the strain to which it ha
Deen suojecteu.?unicago journal.
He Tumbled too tyiickly.
Little Johnny Fizzletop got a scold
ing for tearing his new pants. H
fell while running and split them a
the knee.
"Oh, you bad boy," said his mothe
angrily, "how did you come to be a
careless as to tear your pants?"
"I couldn't help it, ma. I fells
quick that I didn't have time to t?k
them off,1' replied Johnnie.?Bosto
Globe,
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7i SCIENTIFIC SCBAPSl ~
j
3 I A scientific journal in England eeti1
mates that it would take a capital of
'* $5,000,000,000 to successfully divert
' the vast power of Niagara Falls to use*
: ful purposes.
j A gigantic stone spear-head has i
! been unearthed in northern Italy. It
is too large to have been used in war,
? and archaeologists conjecture that the j
j primitive people of the stone age em- i
ployed it as a religious emblem.
i
The favorite cosmetic of the Japan- '
a ; ese, according to a report by F. Sak;
! aye, consists chiefiy of carbonate of
- i lead and rice-powder starch, which j
- J compound has been used by women?
a ( apparently without poisonous effects
b ; ?since early in the eighth century.
Helmholtz declared that should he
i .dceive an optical instrument of
man's making with so many defects
t as the eye, he would be justified in ret
t.nrnincr it. fn t.hn munn rimf nropo onH !
s | it may be further said that the arti- !
3 ; ficial eye of science?the photographic |
camera?is able to see farther, and to
't see quicker, than the human organ of
* vision.
3 . The expression of the eyes of per1
sons killed by violence is considered
an important matter in criminal jurisprudence,
but its value has been
greatly lessened by reason ot its eva8
nescent nature. A French scientist
r has found a means of restoring the
life-like expression. It consists in
e applying a few drops of glycerine and
r water to the cornea.
i
There is abundant reason for bee
lieving that the earth's crust is very
thin. Jissert.s Mr. .T Sfnplfin fJnrrlnor
r and it seems not impossible that some I
means may be devised for utilizing the
j intense heat of the molten mass be(
low. This is already being done, in
' fact, to some extent, an artesian well
^ having been bored at Pesth to obtain
3 warm water for public baths, etc.
B From a depth of about 3000 feet a
a large quantity of water heated to 161?
' F. pours forth, and the boring is to be
continued until water at 178? is
1 yielded.
r The dreaded common bacillus, the
j germ of cholera, has proven to be
c quite a tender organism, which is
3 quickly killed by drying by a heat of
1 140 degrees, and by many alkalies and
acids. The process of putrefaction
5 also destroys it in a few hours. In the
B human body the bacillus lives, on the
3 average, only six days after the attack;
. in moist earth it survives from four.
teen to sixteen days; in distilled water,
twenty days; in sea water, sixty-four
j to eighty-one days, and in the bilge
1 water of an iron shin, thirtv-two dsivs.
i After these intervals the danger of cons,
tagion.ceases. In common with other
9 disease germs, the bacillus appears to
. have a remarkable power of enduring
a oi I.
3
Wakeful Sleepers.
3 "You have heard of cats and foxes
5 sleeping with one eye open, haven't
j you?" said the cop on the corner to a
x reporter. "Of course you have. Well,
I just want you to look at this Italian '
bd';k here. I've been watching him
for several weeks, and he sleeps with
9 one eye open as sure as guns. Look
, at him. lie is asleep, with his head
7 resting against the wall of the build
^ ing, but see that right eye. It is just
3 a bit open. For years and years this
1 man has been sitting there from six1
teen to eighteen hours a day, Sundays
f and all, attending to his business.
j While awake he watches the eyes of
9 passers-by, and if one of them
r glances at the fruit kind o' wist-i
^ fully like, up jumps Mr. Italy,
9 ready to sell him a 'nana, or a pound of
i grapes, or a pear. lie has been doing
j that so long that now when he falls
asleep his right eye?he is right-eyed,
4 just as 3*ou are right-handed?his eye
. goes right along 'tending to business
. just as if nothing had happened. I've
t watched him rcuoo out of sleep dozens
> of times a day just because some man
i I had looked at his fruit as he passed bv.
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. an' that without the man saying a
. word. He actually sleeps with one
a eye open.
% " Some of these Italians can sleep
3 and have both their eyes and ears'tend
; shop for 'era while they snooze, jump.
ing up as quick as a cat K a man !nk
quires the price of the apples or pears,
e But this chap's ear has never been edui.
cated up to it, an' ho depends entirely
s upon hiB eye. But he rarely gets left.''
?Chicago Herald.
A VildAr DnflnlMftit t
Lawyer?Now you know tho man
e Isn't veracious, do you not?
t Witness?I ?\ on)'.n't like to say so.
*ir.
r Lawyer?Why not? A milder way
0 of staging it would suit you better
perhaps? . .
0 Witness?,?ust so. I wouldn't like
e to declJe aa to his veracity, hut I
n enow tn*t i<e i3 Jftdoly snKUiorical1
-Call
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CLIPPINGS FOR THE CURIOUS.
Roman letters are used by Christian
nations except the Germans,
Danes and Russians.
Salmon are so thick in Columbia
River, Oregon, that boatmen kill them
with oars and clubs.
While a Piute youth was asleep under
a tall tree in the Eel river region,
California, a huge nut fell with such
force straight down on his upturned
temnle as to kill him.
Scorpions, spiders and various Insects
have been observed to remain
motionless if any person blows strongly
upon them in a vertical direction.
Queen Victoria keeps a swanherd*
whose duty it is to brand the birds on
the bill.
Masses of deep-sea cor.il, many torn
in weight, which were torn from their
ocean bed by the volcanic explosion in
Sunda Straits two years ago, may now
be seen two or three miles inland,
whither thev were homo l>v thn t.idai
wave.
A French scientific authority state^
that hens, ducks and geese having
dark plumage lay earlier and more
frequently than those of a light coloi *
?this difference only holding good,,
however, when the birds live in the
open air and are freely exposed to the
sun.
The first English monarch who re*
fused to touch f?? the king's evil, 01
scrofula, was Wiiliatn III., but the
practice was resumed by Queen Anne
who officially announced in the London
Gazette her royal intention to receive
patients affiicted with the malady
in question. It was probablj
about that time that Johnson was
touched by her majesty, upon the re
commendation of the celebrated physical,
Sir John Floyer, of-Litchfield.
A curious bird found in the jungles
of Australia is described by a travel
ler in that country. He says: "It if
called the ballador, or dancer, from it'
jumping action. Two of them wen .
seen together and carefully studied ^
As soon as one bird alighted the other
bird jumped up, the time being lik<
clockwork in its regularity, and eacl
in turn uttering a note sounding lilu
to-le-do,* uttering the syllable 'to' af
he crouched to spring, *le' while in th<
air, and 'do* as he alighted?a regubu
song and dance performance."
A Crnzy King's Sleigh.
A Continental newspaper gives an in
teresting account of three sledges be
longing to the King of Bavaria, whict.
are employed by him in his night excursion
during the winter in the Ba
varian highlands. One is a magnifi
cent vehicle, of colossal dimensions
capable of being usecl either as carriage
or sledge and quite too large for
transport by rail. It is a closed vehicle,
most richly gilt and upholstered in
blue velvet. A group of genii sup
port a sort of canopy composed ol
golden crowns. The others are smaller. ^
designed by Munich artists in th?
Louis Quatorze style. The ornamenta
tion is so profuse that only three smal!
spaces were left on the panels, whicl
have been filled by delicate mythological
pictures painted by Von Pechmann
of Munich. The front of Ihe oldest
sledge,(which is, however, only twelve
years old), is formed by a gigantic
shell, supported by Tritons, while lit
tie Cupids, sehted on Its edge, carrj
back wreaths to the royal occupant
The sledges are drawn by four horses
having postillions. It will easily b<
understood that such beautiful anc
delicate pieces of workmanship must
suiter considerably in their night drive;
over rough mountain roads, covered
with deep ice and snow. And so thej
have to be sent regularly to Munich
every summer for repair. On the last
occasion it was the wish of the King
that they should be all fitted with tin
electric light But this was not possiIlia
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for tbe want ot means to place a sufficient
amount of accumulators. It is
a strange fancy that forbids all ordinary
eyes to see these remarkable vehicles,
wfcich are reserved to dazzle the
peasants of the Bavarrian Alps as they
flash past in the late winter nights
like some of the phantoms of Germar
legends.?Sunday Times.
Why Hunters Miss Game*
A correspondent of the Atnericatr
Field says that "most of the rifles now
turned out 01 tne raotones nave a
front sight upon which the brightest
point will shift, from side to side and
from base to tip. In all quick - shots
this must have some influence, whether
you are aware of it or not. Take u
rifle so sighted out In the sun, and
with your eye on the sights swing the
rifle all around the horizon, watch the I
change of light upon it, and see - how j
you may be deceived when in a hurry. 1
Then point it up hill and dowh hill.
with the sun behind you and ahead of
?oii, and see if you can discover how
you ever missed any game."