The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, December 29, 1885, Image 2
Waiting-. ?
"When nil the happy woods and hills ?
Are tilled with summer's melodies, I
"When the oold hand of winter stills
The rippling streams, the whispering trees,
My heart unchanged pings still ono song,
"My love, my love," the whole year long. *
&
For all tho mystery oflifo, ^
The hopo of dawn, the night's despair,
The greed ol gain, tho lust ot strife, *
And grinding want and gnuwing care, ]
Lio drowned beneuth tho sunlit sea t
Of my great joy?Bho lovoth me. {
The suminor winds that como and go,
T u:..- ?. . . ?
juuuKuiiiK iiuout me snauy ways,
The waters in their ebb and flow
Havo still one voicO through nil the days:
"Love mocks nt lime, lovo laughs at fate!"
I wait, because she bids mo wuit.
Nor would I wondor if sho catno,
- In any plnco, on any day,
From out the sunset's crimson tlumo,
Or down the morning's misty way;
Nor dream it more, nor find it less,
The marvel ol her loveliness.
?Longman's Maguzlnc.
TEE DENTIST'S STORY.
Ail up-town dentist was surprised
one morning last week as he entered
his office from an adjoining parlor by
the apparition of a weary-looking
young man in a dress suit, who was i c
reclinincr in t.VlP Oiinapimm rktiop*it ? n cr I .
_ o ? ?I ? ^
chair, and smoking a cigar. The den- r
tist had been prepared by his servant r
to see a professional vfeitor, but he f
was totally unprepared for the visitor's 1
luxurious, free-and-easy attitude. As f
the young man recognized the dentist s
through the aureole of smoke he re- s
marked, with the tranquility of one t
who is used to that sort of thing:
"Doctor, I want a tooth filled." 41
The professional gentleman, who
also looked a little weary, took a nee- s
die-like instrument from a marble I
shelf with his tight band, and, with ^
his left, gently pulled down the young
man's chin, disclosing an interior that s
fairly glittered with gold. As the i
dentist put his head closer to the d
young man's mouth and tapped gently i n
on the only tooth that seemed to have g
any of its original structure left, he
became aware thnt his nnMnnf. haH i .
been drinking. As the dentist made t
this discovery, which furnished him i
with a reason for the unexpected visit, \
and attitude, the young man found i
out that the dentist was not a prohibi- c
tionlst. t
*'1 suppose," said the dentist, tapping j s
the tooth again, "you want gold put J n
in this?" Ig
The young man nodded affirmative- ! g
ly. The dentist noticed, as he tucked a
a towel under the young man's chin, \
that he wore a massive gold watch 1
chain, diamond shirt studs, and a big I
solitaire ring. He mentally concluded s
that the young man could alford to s
pay $50 for having his tooth repaired. I
An energetic agitation of a little c
Bteel probe in the hollow of the bad c
tooth dispelled some of the young fc
man's weariness. k
"I should say," the dentist observed, 1
as he inserted a revolving tool, opera- e
ted by a treadle, into the cavity and h
worked it around with great enthusi- c
asm?"I should say that the gold in h
your head is worth a snug little sura ?" \
The young man made a sound indi- c
eating that it was. c
The dentist's liquor, apparently un- c
like the young man's, was speech-pro- s
voking. a
"Who filled them ?" he inquired, as t
he withdrew the tool and let the pa- li
tient spit out some part of the super- \
fiuous tooth. \
The young man languidly answered, d
as if the dentist were boring him as e
well as his tooth, that it was a certain t
well-known dentist g
"Is that so?"' said the tooth mender, s
,with a surprised expression. "Why,
he and I were partners less than eight c
years ago. He's a good dentist; one of d
the ornaments of the profession, sir. I 41
once had a very funny experience with r
one of his customers?very funny."
A look of distress came over tho t
young man's face. But the dentist's
liquor spurred him on, and he began ?
in the style of a man who had told the g
story before: 1
"I was crossing Broadway at Twen- >
ty-eighth street one rainy summer i
night about five years ago, when a cab }
came dashing along, spattering the
mud right and left. Just as It bound- t
ed over the crossing the head of a? i
does that hurt??the head, of a pretty \
young woman protruded from the " ]
Ouch 1" exclaimed the young man, 1
starting up in the chair. "You struck
a nerve. Why in the deuce " 1
"I beg your pardon/' said the dentist,
backing away as if he expected 1
the vounar man to.nifc/?h int/\ mt
I?think not~-I don't believe the
nerve is exposed. But if you will be ,
calm and permit me to look, I wil) find
out;" and the dentist introduced a little
looking-glass into, the young man's
mouth and examined the tooth. "No,"
said the dentist, confidently, "the
nerve is all right" Then he got to
worl: vith the revolving tool again*
ind resumed his narrative, notwKV
standing the frown on the young
nan's face. 1
"As I was saying, just as sho put
ler head out of the window her teeth,
in upper set, feli out in the mud. I j
law her handkerchief raised to her
nouth and her head disappear in the
larkness of the interior of the cab. I
ricked up the teeth, and, after wiping
hem off with my handkerchief, put
,hem in my pocket."
The young man's face showed, for
he iirst time, a glimmer of interest in
he narration.
"Of course," the dentist went on, "I
sxpected the cab to turn around directy,
and 1 waited on the corner to have
he pleasure of handing the teeth back
o their lovely owner. But I was disippointed.
The cab rattled right on.
! took the teeth home and examined
hem attentively. I recognized them
is the handiwork of my former partler
and myself. They were a valuable
et, and as I turned them over and
>ver under the gaslight I recalled the
ace of the young lady for whom we,
ny partner and I, made them. It was
he same face There, I guess that ?
vill do." And the dentist withdrew j
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UO UUS.&lUg bUUl, illiu gUlUg LO il 1ILUO ] j
iupboard took out some cotton, a box <
>f gold foil, and a little automatic
ammer. As he returned to the young
nan's side and began the final work of j
illing the tooth, he noticed that the l
ook of weariness had almost vanished t
rom the young man's face. lie con- j
tructed this as an invitation to re- <
ume his story. lie ventured to ask \
he young man where be had left oil. ]
"I think," answered the young man, j
'that you said it was the same faoe?" j
"Oh, yes. It was the same face I j
aw at the cab window. I went to {
ied and dream 3d about the young E
vornan." ]
"What?" exclaimed the young man, t
tarting up in the chair. Then notic- x
ng the interrogation points in the E
lentist's eyes, he became calm, and re- t
narked, 'Excuse me, but that nerve ]
jave me a tremendous thump."
"Well," continued the dentist, as he
ammed in the gold, "the first thing
hat I heard after breakfast the next
norning was that a young woman was
vaiting for me in the office. I had an
ntimation that I would see the owner
if the false teeth, and when I opened
he door leading to the ofllce I saw her
itting there, a vision of perfect woininhooil,
except a set of upper teeth.
>he was in a tremor of excitement.
>he said she was (hold your head buck
i little) driving home from the theatre
vith her young fellow (that didn't
lurt, did it?) when she lost her teeth,
ler young fellow (keep your head
teady, please) had never known that
he wore false teeth, and she feared to
et him know under such circumstanes,
so she clapped her handkerchief
ver her mouth, pretending that she
tad a sudden attack of neuralgia, and
:ent it thpm iint.il Imr vrmr?r? -follow .
"A- *'V/A1V"T
eft her at her door. Living in the
lext block, anil knowing that I had
telpeil to make her lost teeth, she ileided
to come around, and, if possible
lave another set made before night,
vhen she expected her young fellow to
all on her again. I made a hurried
ast of her mouth, and told her lo
ome around four hours later. While
he was absent I polished up her teeth
. little. When I handed them to her
hat afternoon she said: 'Why, they
ook almost exactly like those I lost. I
yonder if they will fit as well/ I adised
her to try them and see. She
[id, and I never saw a woman look
nore delighted. I never told her that
hey were her lost teeth, and (Don't
;et impatient. I will be through in a
econd,) I guess she never will know."
"Oh, yes," said the young man,
heerily, as he got out of the chair the
lentist having completed the process.
'She will know to-morrow when she
eturns to the city."
ine aenust loosed as it somebody
vere about to pull all his teeth out..
"By the way," said the young man,
you didn't finish that story. You forgot
to mention that you charged the
ady $150 for the teeth. I don't know
what this job is worth, but, whatever'
t is, you may charge it to my wife,
f'm the young fellow you spoke about"
The dentist stood in the middle of
,he floor gating in a bewildered way
it nothing as the young man picked
ip his hat and walked toward the door.
He bowed politely before going out,
md remarked:
x/uvvui) nuuu liiv? bU lUttttU uougges- i,
tion at parting: by keeping the brandy I
aut you will keep your professional
secrets in. Good dayl"?New York Sun.
Gloucester fishermen from New- 1
foundland aver that on several occasions
this season they saw a spectro
Bhip skurrying over the water. She
was of 9trange build, her sails old and |
not a soul to be seen on. deck. Once
when about to ptriire a rock she, suddenly
disappeared from sight. They
were very much alarmed at the'apparition.
m&WC-i* '&'}&& ?' 1 ria-i? V'-32.
usefulness of birds.
Information for Farmers and ,
Fruit-Growers.
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&.n Investigation of the Feathered Tribes j 1
of the United States ! ,
The ornithological branch of the ag
lcultural department, recently estab- j
ished and put under the charge of I J
Dr. C. Heart Merriarn, is beginning to !
irrive at results. The idea is to ob- '
;ain exact and reliable data about the
!ood and migration habits of different
rfrds, so as to furnish information
which will be of advantage to farmers
wi(l fruit growers. One thing that is
jeing established is a grand route
nap, showing the movement of differ;nt
Winds of birds. It has been found *
,hat the threat number of birds in pass- *
ng over the country do not spread over 1
i wide area, but that they have certain 1
jeaten tracks, so as to speak, that r
.Iiov nlwtivo 'I1!.***. ?-4~v> 1
...wj ? II HJ u I.vitv/<v. JL IICV llclVC CDUrtU*
ished routes which their ancestors 1
lave been traveling over for hundreds 1
)f j'eiirs, and have regular places to c
stop for refreshments. They general- 1
y follow the low lands, keeping by a
iver when they have one in their
course, or go along the coast, and they %
ilways follow exactly the same course,
fear after year. Here comes in the 1
nvestigation of food habits. Stom- s
ichs of birds are being received b.v 11
-he thousand and examined. The 11
jrofessor says: "The most desperato *
iriminal we have had to deal with is ?
he pugnacious little English sparrow. ^
Me makes no defense whatever, and *
le has been convicted and sentenced 0
;o death. He has been caught in the 11
ict of committing most terrible depre- ^
iations, and upon examination his Sl
itomach has been found to be overoaded
with stolen provisions. He is
he worst of all tfce feathered crinii- ^
lals. His conviction was upon very si
itrong evidence, but more damaging n
estimony is coming in every day. tl
lere is an affidavit which sets fortli tl
hat an immense oat-field has been v
lompletely stripped of its crop by iin- si
nense bands of these impudent little d
obbers. $
"The crow has appeared in his own ei
iefence, and has made out a very good g
sase for himself. He is very intelli- v
*ent, as are all the starling family. "
Ie pleaded guilty to eating corn thai $
las just been planted, and acknowl- 81
idges that he steals a chicken occasionilly
and eats eggs, and that he has
iven gone so far as to steal silver ,x
ipoons and bright, sparkling jewelry. N
)f which he is very fond. But he proests
that he makes ample returns for P
ill of these deDredation* liv rionHnn t<
>ut bugs and worms and grasshoppers,
hat if left alone would do much more ^
larm than he does. He claims that he h
s working the farm on shares, and e]
tsks for his own subsistence only a 0
/ery small part of what lie saves to w
;he farmer. He is a very profound 0
sird, and seems to have the best of the Ci
jase. An analysis of his stomach C(
shows a very small percentage oi
Train. In fact, the English sparrow," 6
continued the professor, "is the only u
>ne that has been convicted. All the v
est compensate in some way for their
ivrong-doing, and in the balance oi
;ood and bad the good outweighs the S
sad by a great deal. 1
"The robin is an invaluab le bird d
ind the meadow lark is harmless and u
lappy, his sweet voice cheering the $
)arly-rising farmer. When all the ri
;ases on the docket are tried it will be tl
:ound that very few birds could be dis- y
sensed with. Too many have already tl
seen condemned on circumstancial ev- tl
dence. Farmers see flocks of birds in 1*
heir grain-fields and at once conclude 1
-hat they are eating the grain. In H
-his way they accused the bobolink. J r
ivent into Virginia with my gun v
lot long ago. The Farmers told me c
jobolinks were devouring their grain, t'
[Jreat numbers of the birds were in thf' tl
ields, apparently eating the grain, ii
3ut I shot about forty of them, and
when I examined their stomachs 1
found not a Bign of grain, but any j(
lumber of insects. They were not j,
ijiting grain at all, but freeing it from t
lestructive insects. However, when j
ihey change their feathers and become j
rice birds, they change theif good hab- j,
its, also, and become very destructive to ^
the southern rice plantations. In large 9
rice fields it keeps two men busy shoot- j
ocr them all dav loner, each man imincr _
, W W O' o M
up sixteen pounds of powder in a 8
week." ___________________ j
"Herr Professor."
"Why don't you address the profes. 8
|ionwith mister?" inquired a long- c
haired German of an American friend 1
who had just greeted an acquaintance j
with "Hello, Professor 1" "Now in my
country we always say Herr Profes- (
or." , . *
"Hair professor! well by jove, that 1
accounts for your professors being so 1
well supplied with it."?Arkansaw {
Traveller.
" * .v.;rvi '" ;; ' ':
TOPICS^OF TIIE~DAY.' - ~T
f
According to the statement of a a
Madrid music journal, uo professional c
pianist became a victim of the cholera t
Bpidemic in Spain. One can easily un- t
ierstand that some piano playing a
would scare off even the cholera. o
European sugar refiners have lately "3
liscovered in Central India a forest s
:ree which seems likely to come into s
jeneral use as a substitute for the cane r
ind the beet. It is called the Maheva, e
ind abounds in Southern Hindostan. a
Its blossoms yield an immense amount t
>f juice, which is easily converted in- o
,o sugar of an excellent quality. ii
t
In a paper on the rule of the road, b
rom a scientific standpoint, Sir George t
Campbell, a member of the English t
>arliament, maintains that the most b
latural and convenient method for all 1
ight-handed people is to turn to the a
eft on meeting others in the road, as b
S done in flrfiaf. "Hrif.ain inat-.onrl r?f tt
urning to the right, as we do in this
ountry. He opposes the proposition
o make a change in England.
P
v
There are seven sisters in Xew York ?
d
vho possess 608 inches of raven hair, ^
ind a statistician recently computed tj
hat their combined hair, if placed in .
ingle strands, would reach over 160 _
(t
uiles.They put their hair in silk bags at fl(
light to prevent it from tangling. The ^
ather of these girls, Ilev. Fletcher
lutherland, ha3 been pastor of Metho- ^
list Episcopal churches in Geneseo, ^
jyons and Lockport, X. Y., and is the ^
nly survivor of President Buchanan's
naugural dinner given at the Na- ^
ional Hotel in Washington, at which
rvm n "*
kiuc iuiKj quests were poisoned.
aj
The statistics laid before the ^
rational Butter, Cheese and Egg Asociation
at its late meeting in Chicacro
lust have made its members feel that j..
liey were something more important ^
tian flies on the country's coach- ti,
heel. It was asserted in those ai
Latistics that the annual value of ^1
airy products in this country was a,
100,000,000 greater than that of the q(
ntire wheat crop, and $120,000,000 ^
reater than that of the cotton crop;
rhile the amount of capital interested ir
i cows was said to be greater by j0
40,000,000 than that invested in bank
tocks.
ill
y<
According to the latest official state>ent
published by the authorities of ^
tussia, there are in that country not
;ss than 14,00'J square miles of oil- ^
roducing land, but of this vast terri- gj
sry the field at Baku is the only one. h
rorked, and even this covers only the
mited space of some three and onealf
square miles. The output is
uormous, and the fact is stated by
ne who witnessed the opening of a n
rell in that locality that a column of ^
ii spurted to a height of 100 feet, ^
arrying great stones with it, the ilow
ontinuing until a large lake of petro cj
>um vas formed. The product is re- ^
ned on the spot, the residue being r(
sed as fuel for steamers and railas
rays. p
tl
In the cotton mills of the United a,
l*ates in 1870, there were employed w
34,860 people, men, women, and chil*/.?
1 T-l- ' *
icn WU1UIUCU. AUC UUiUUUl P?1U in
rages per head, on an average, was
288.10 for a year's labor; or at the j,
ate of 92 cents per day for 313 days,
hie number of working days In the
ear. In 1880 there were employed in
tie cotton mills 172,544 people, and S<
hey received in wages for their year's
ibor $243.65, or $44.45 less than in
870, or about 80 cents per day. Now,
f we allow for a 20 per cent of a t
eduction in wages since 1880, it w
rould leave the average wages of
ach operative 64 cents per day; while
be consumption of cotton between
he two periods of 1870 and 1880 had
acreased 40 per cent per head.
nr
Dr. Barthelemy of Paris is of oplnon
that the symptoms of hydrophobia aj
a man are mainly due to the(imaginaion
and the irritability of the patient. rj
le himself had introduced his finger
nto tbe throat of a mad dog and drew ^
b out covered with frothy saliva; in jr
trying it he observed that he had a q
light excoriation on his finger. He C(
ightly cauterized it,. hut, ten days
if ter, he experienced a sense of contriction
about the throat. He felt
tlarmed; the difficulty of swallowing t<
n.creaued until he could not drink si
inything, and the sight of water t<
saused spasms. The will, hovrever, t<
vas strongly exercised, a^d at the end r<
>f three weeks tbe attack was maa- g
ered. This is not an unsupported p
experience, there being at least one d
>ther notable cure by sheer will- g
power. "Will-power, by the way, has fl
ilso been successfully exerted to over- a
:ome the effects of a venomous reptile*s tl
rite. b
or " r ' -s*" ?*? 7
A village in Switzerland, more than
Ive thousand feet above the sea-level,
md surrounded on all sides by snowlad
mountains, with a climate where
he thermometer often stands at
wenty degrees Fahrenheit in the day,
ind below zero at night, does not >
eem to be quite the right place foi I
onsumptive patients to winter in. j
fet, such is Davos, where, for man 5 j
easons recently, doctors have been |
ending their patients with the best |
esults. These results are due to the
xtreme dryness and purity of the
ir, the dryness removing catarrh ol
he bronchial tubes, and the absence ;
f organic matter in the air prevent- i
ng irritation and breaking-up of lung ,
Issue. Patients are recommended tc j
tegin their stay in the place during
he Summer, so that the coming Auumn
may acclimatize them and enale
them to bear the cold of Winter.
?he place has plenty of amusements,
nd the only fear is that it may
ecome over-crowded, when its benets
must surely disappear.
Type-Writing.
The type-writer is generally suposed
to be a machine of recent in- i
ention, but it really dates as far back
s 1714. One Henry Mill obtained in
bat year in England a patent for a
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ovjii/o tudu wuuiu "wnto in prmicu |
haracters, one at a time and one [
fter the other." There is no de- !
^ription of his device to be had now,
ut it is no doubt true that Mill's inention
was the parent of the present
ppe-writer. The idea seems to have
kin dormant for over one hundred
ears, when it was taken up again by
arious inventors, who sought at sunI
ry times to embody it in a machine i
lat would work satisfactorily, but
pparantly without success until 1S67,
'hen a firm in Milwaukee made a
rpe- writer that was actually used.
To such perfection has the machine
aen brought that even the mbst deliled
and intricate statements, con
lining column after column of
o;ure3, can be readily made with it,
ad in a neat and business-like form
lat is impossible with the pen of the
verage writer. Its use has opened a
eld for women who have to earn their
ving that never existed before,
hey are naturally expert and skillful
i using the fingers, and they readily
arn to use the type-writer with great
ieed. A number of schools havb
Ided it to their regular course, and
aung men who learn to use it find it
ir easier to obtain situations. Charles
eade said : "I advise parents to
live their boys and girls taught short.und
writing and type-writing. The
lortnuaa writer wno can type-write
is notes would be safer from poverty
lan a great Greek scholar."
The speed with which an expert
aerator can rattle off words and
ntenees is wonderful to one who has
ever tried to use the machine. The
ngers play with a swift and ceaseles
lotion over the keys, accompanied by
le monotonous "rat-tat" of the maline,
and sheet after sheet of neatlyritten
manuscript is taken from the
>ller, from two to three times as fast
) an average penman can produce it.
ew people write with a pen faster
lan twenty or thirty words a minute;
1 expert will bring out of the typeriter
fifty to eighty words in a minte.
"What, then, must be the value
! a clerk who is an expert at both
iorth and and type-writing ??Chicago
imcs.
A Good Kemcdy.
Hostetter McGinnis met Dr. Perkins
Douover a few days ago on Austin
renue.
"I avn much obliged to you, doctor,
r that tonic you gave me," said Hosstter,
taking the learned physician
armly by the hand.
"So it helped you, did it?"
Helped me? Well, I should say it
id. I never had anything brace me
p as that tonic did."
"How many bottles did you take?*"
"I didn't take any myself. Catch
le putting such stuff down my throat,
fhen I want to commit suicide I'll go
t it in a different way."
"But I thought you said you expeenced
beneficial effects from it." '
"So I did. I gave the stuff to my
ich uncle, who had just made his will
1 my favor, and now he is no more.
>ne bottle of your tonic knocked him
aid."?Merchant Traveler.
Cant be Cremated.
You can't destroy a false set of
5eth in the retort of a crematory,
lys an expert This I deem one vic)rv
of art over nature. Our own
jeth we o&n reduce to ashes with tl e
?st of the body, but false teeth and
old plate hold their own. Silver
lates or any other substance used by
entists will disappear, but 4k000 derees
of heat have been turned on artlcial
teeth without destroying them,
nd the gold rivets in the teeth after
hat heat Aas been applied will also
e found intact
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CLIPPINGS FOR THE CURIOUS.
An Indian and a Chinaman are part-.
nera in the stationery business in a
Nebraska town.
A foot-pound is a force which will
raise a pound one foot, and 33,000 of
these foot-pounds make one horsepower.
A new industry has sprung up at
New Orleans. Heads of large lish are
dried and sold for table and mantel
ornaments.
I
A pearl as large as a pigeon-egg was
shown in Paris recently. There were
114 others in the bivalve from which,
it was taken.
l*rof. Bin7, finds that coffee is an absolute
antidote to alcohol, if it be taken
in a sufficient quantity. Dogs saturated
with caffeine could not be made
drunk.
The divining rod is still believed in,
and used in some parts of England.
It is said to have been successfully
used a short time ago In finding water
on the premises of a brewer, where
tugging and boring had failed.
An Italian astronomer declares thatthe
planet Mars is peopled bj' intelligent
beings, who are trying to attract
attention from dwellers on this planet,
lie is now engaged in making experiments
with a view to discover what
the messages mean.
Statistics show that dogs go mad no
oftener in dog days than at any other
time. If anything, the number of cases
is somewhat greater 5 spring. The
bite of a rabid cat is moie surely fatal
than that of a rabid dog. It is a mistake
to suppose that a rabid dog fears
or shuns water. In the early stages of
the disease it drinks freely. Later it
delights to seek the water and plunge
its nose in, but is unable to swallow a
drop.
A joint or gimmal ring was anciently
a common token among lovers. It
was generally made of two or t,hrp.f?
lioops, so chased and engraved that,
when fastened together by a single
rivet, the whole three formed one design;
the usual device being a ring.
When an engagement was contracted,,
the ring was taken apart, each spouse
taking one, and the third one being
presented to the principal witness of
the contract.
Cattle ou the Truck.
"Do we try to avoid killing animals?
We do when it is possible," said an old
engineer. "But if it is impossible to
stop the train before reaching them it
is dangerous to lessen the speed, for
when a train is moving slowly a big,
healthy steer is sometimes enabled to
derail it. If I see 1 can't stop before
leaching the animal I pull the throttle
wide open and let her go. In going
around a curve one night eight miles
from Davenport, on the Rock Island,
I saw a steer standing on the track.
He did not move, but looked straight
at the headlight. 1 opened the throttle
and the next moment, hit-. Mm t -f?it
the jar. He was literally chopped tc
pieces and the particles of fksh covered
the headlight, so that I could not
see until the next station was reached.
The engine was covered from the pilot
to the tender with blood and pieces of
flesh."
"The worst animal to encounter on
a railroad track," continued the engineer,
"is sheep. Even if they are on
the outside of the fence they will venture
on the track when the first opening
is reached. And the one that takes the
lead is followed by all the rest. Hogs
make a bad mess. I hit a drove one
day while running fifty miles an hour.
Realizing I could not stop before
reaching them I let the engine have all
she could take. There was a slight
jar and a moment later the porkers
were flying in every direction to the
sides of the track and over the engine. A"
As the animals began falling the firem
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coming down.' That engine was the
bloodiest and dirtiest ever taken to a>
shop. They were two days cleaning
it."?Davenport (la.) Gazette.
Cotton's Many Uses.
Nothing about cotton need be wasted.
The iibre having been separated,,
the seeds are again "linted," all the
cotton adhering to them being removed
and sold to the cotton mtfn. Then the
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in the furnaces on the premises.
After the seed is ground, cooked, and
pressed, the oil being extracted, the
refuse forms an oil cake, which is
shipped in large quantities to Great
Britain for food for cattle. Last of
all, the ashes have a virtue of their
own, and are sold at a high price.
The oil goes to Chicago to make butter
and lard; to Cincinnati, where an
illuminating oil is made from it, and
lo an Eastern city to bo made intopuro
olive oil for salads. It is already- \
taking the place of lard in cooking,
greatly to the advantage of everybody.
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