Manchester Democrat. [volume], October 11, 1899, Image 3

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T8f£ PRAISE OF THE PRESENT.
Pacts (there be who tune their lyres
days of long ago
And Blmg a Song of sentiment In meas
urea sad and low.
To them the golden age Is past, the
golden fleece is clipped
The Wise of pleasure hath been pluck
fed, the cup of joynnce sipped
They/ live In longing for the lost, the
/dead of Might Have Been,—
But I—a bard most practical—count all
I such singing sin.
To me these days, these present
days,
Have fertile fields and flower
ways,
Wherein my fancy fondly
strays
Ana If I had a song to sing, I'd sing
about these days.
Ann there be bards who rave a stave
I concerning Dnys To Be,
When all things shall be lovely and
I luxuriant and free,
When Joy shall reach her chalice down
to thirsty mortal lip
'And certain rare elected ones to drunk
enness shall sip
ttl»e bud has yet to blossom and the
I honey to be stored
Ere hungry souls may sit them down
I. and sweep the festal.board.
But as for me I say These Days
Hold pastures where my soul
may graze
And drink delights and gather
And If I knew a stave to rave, I'd
rave about These Days.
To me These Days ore golden-tipped
with goodly thoughts and things,
And Opportunity but waits to spread
her splendid wings
At nay command, to bear me up and
make my vision wide,
That I may sweep the height, the deep
and know them deified!
The golden Days of Long Ago, the
golden Days To Be
Are not so wonderful by half as These
Days are to me
And so These Days, these gol
den djiys,
To me are rich with wine and
v•"
maize
And minstrel-sweet & har
vest lays:
if
And were I piping Vuy ifeelf, I'd
pipe about These'
—Bobfrtus Love In New York Bun.
HOW HE WAS AVENGED.
By Cotian W. Doyle.
The travelers from beyond Morada
bad having reached Kaladoongle, were
discovered to be men of consequence
by the Thanadar, and were invited by
him to Join the circle of the great
round his fire on the evening of their
arrival. It was very warm and the
dismal- silence was only accented by
the distant howl of a lonely jackal.
The sheet lightning flickered fitfully
over the foothills, mocking, the gasp
ing Teral with its faint promise of a
coming change.
The conversation round the fire flag
ged, «nd the hookah passed languidly
from hand to hand. Those present
would have retired to sleep, bad sleep
been possible but as that wns a con
•nmmation not easily attained at thiB
•sason of the year, they preferred tlielr
present miseries to those that come In
the wakeful night watches when the
Teral is nthirst. Bam Deen's arrival
rWas -a nightly boon to those who were
Wont to assemble round the Thana
dar's lire there was always the possi
bility of bis having news and, besides,
man seemed to acquire fresh vitality
from contact with his vigorous person
ality. The strangers were especially
„_jP"atefal for his arrival and when he
^T hid taken his usual place beside the
lire the hookah was at once passed to
him.
"Any tidings, coach-wan jl?" Inquir
ed the Tenadar.
"None, sahib, save that the great
frog in the well at Lai Kooah—who Is
as old as the well, and wiser than most
men—gave voice just ere 1 started, and
the bunnla said It was a sure sign o.f
rain within two days, as the frog'fi
warning had never been known to
fail."
"Nana Debi send It be so," exclaim
ed the little enrrier, "for my bullocks
be starved for the lack of green food,
and bhoosa (chaff) is past my means."
"Thou shouldst not complain, Goor
Dutt," said Ram Deen, with a smile
"their very leanness 1b thy passport
through the jungles Patter klne would
have been devoured and their driver
with them long ere this."
Hint of danger that might be en
countered in-the Jungle having thus
jbeen given, one of the Btrangers was
moved to ask concerning the lame tiger
of Hnldwanl, part of whose biography
they had heard from Ram Deen. at
Lai Kooah on the previous day.
"Ooach-wan jl, wast thou not afraid
carry the mall after the slaying of
jy hostler, Nandha?"
I "Those who carry the queen's mall
imay not stop for fear. Nevertheless,
""rGjfear rode with me a day and a night
nfter the death of Nandha."
1 "It is a great thing," said the little
carrier, nodding nt the wayfarers,
I while Bam Deen "drank tobacco."
When Bam Deen had passed the
hookah to his neighbor, he went on:
"Brothers, on the day that Nandha
was carried off by the tiger, I sent
word to the postmaster of Nalni Tal
concerning the killing, and the out
going mall brought me word that the
sirdar (government) would send me
help. Ye know that a tiger kills not
two days In succession so I had no
fear when I traversed the road to and
from Lai Kooah till the second day
after the slaying of Nandha. Ere I
started on tlint morning the iuunshl
told me to drive to the dark bungalow
for a sahib who had been sent to slay
the slayer of men. Brothers, when I
went to the dark bungalow there came
forth to me a man child—a Faring!—
whose chin was as smooth as the palm
of my hand.
"I would have laughed, but that I
thought of the tiger that I knew would
be waiting for us, and taking pity on
him, I said: 'The jungle hereabouts Is
full of wild fowl, sahib, and 'twere
pity when shikar Is so plentiful you
should waste this morning looking for
a budmash tiger who will not come
forth for two dnys yet.' He answered
me never a word, but went Into the
dark bungalow for something he bad
forgotten and while he was gone his
butler spake to me, saying: 'Coach
man, make no mistake thy life de
.pends upon thy doing the sahib's bid
ding. He is a very Buptum, and he
knoweth not fear, for all he is so
young.' 'He Is a man after my own
heart, then sirdar but, mashallah!. I
would he had a beard,' I replied.
"Presently the young sahib came
forth with an empty bottle In one
hand and a gun in the other. Throw
ing the bottle Into the air he shattered
It witfe't ballet trt It rtMfcttf the
I
ground. Startled by the report, a Jack-'
al fled from the rear of the cookhouse
toward the jungle, and the sahib stop
ped its flight with another bullet Then,
replenishing Ills gun, he took his sent
beside me on the mall cart, saying,
'Blow on iny bugle, coach-wan. and an
nounce our coming to .Sliere Bahadoor,'
his majesty the tiger.'
"It was a brave jawan (youth),
brothers but ho was very young, and
belike he had a mother so I swore in
my beard to save him, whatever might
befall. As we proceeded he questioned
me concerning the killing of Naiullia,
speaking lightly as one who goetli to
shoot blnck partridge.
'He is lame, coach-wan, and will
doubtless be waiting for us by the Bore
bridge,' said the saliib. As soon as
he appears stay the horses for an In
stant whilst I get off the mall cart, and
then return when your horses will let
you. The lame one of Huldwani is
old and cunning It Is no fawn thou
seekest this morning. Perchance the
sirdar will dispatch some great shi
kari.to help thee in this hunting. Qun
ga send we may not meet the tiger
but if we should shame befall me if I
permit thee to leave the mall cart
whilst the horses are able to run!'
"For answer, my brothers, the sa
hib flushed red, and, calling me a cow
ard, lie drove his elbow into my stom
ach with such force that the reins fell
from my hands. Taking them up, the
while I (ought for my breath, he turn
ed the horses round, saying: 'A jackal
may not liunt a tiger. I have need of
a man v\"th me this morning, and Goor
Deen, my butler, shall take thy place."
'The sahib, being a man, will not
blacken my face in the eyes of Kala
doongle.' I said. 'I spake for thy sake,
saliili but I will drive thee to Jehan
dum n« tl'ou wilt, for no'man hatb
ever called me coward before.' Then
the sahib looking in my face as I tuck
od the ends of my benrd under my pug
grl. and, seeing that my eyes met Lis
fbnr-sqiwre, he gave up the reins to
me, saying: 'If thou playest me false
will kill thee like a dog and lie
showed me the hilt of a pistol that he
had In his pocket We spake no more
together, but when we came to the
Bore bridge I shook the jungle with a
blast from my bugle.
'Shabash! coach-wan,' exclaimed
the sabib 'thou art a man, Indeed, and
Shalt have Shere Bahadoor's skin as
recompense for the hurt to thy stom
ach. Bid him come again.'
"Half a mile beyond the bridge, as
we sped along the level road above the
river I agnin blew upon the bugle. The
sound had scarcely ceased when we
heard the angry roar o£ a charging
tiger.
"'Stop!' exclaimed tlie snlilb and I
threw the frightened horses on their
haunches, whilst he leaped to the
ground. Then whilst the horses flew
along the road, I looked back over
my shoulder and beheld the Lame One
bound into the middle of the road and
the sahib blew on his fingers, as one
would whistle to a dog. The great
beast stopped on the instant and
crouched to the ground, ready to
spring on the snlilb as he advanced to
ward it and I prayed to Nana Debl to
befriend the young fool.
"When he was within thirty paces or
so from the tiger, the sahib halted and
brought the gun to his shoulder. The
next Instant there wns the crack of a
rifle, and the Lame One leaped straight
into the air.
"I knew the tiger was dead and im
mediately thereafter the mail cart ran
Into the bank and spilled me on the
road. Leaving the stunned liorses tied
to a tree, I proceeded to seek the sa
hib. Wab jl wall! brothers, we must
pay taxes to. Farlngis until we can
raise sons like theirs. When I joined
the boy sahib he wns smoking, and
taking the mensure of the tiger with a
tape! His bullet had struck the beast
between the eyes, and the Lame One
had died at the bands of a man!"—The
Speaker.
Hit Rare Opportaaity.
The Ideal husband of the modern
strong-minded woman has often been
happily burlesqued, but probably never
better than In this anecdote of a pub
lic speaker.
"Is there a man In all this audience,"
demanded the female lecturer on wo
man's rights, "that has every done
anything to lighten the burden on his
.wife's shoulders? What do you know
of woman's work? Is there a man
here," sbe continued folding her arms,
and looking oyer the assembly with
superb scorn, "that has ever got up in
the morning, leaving hiB tired, worn
out wife to enjoy her slumbers, gone
quietly down stairs, made the fire
cooked his own breakfast, sewed the
missing buttons on the children's
clothes, darned the family stockings,
scoured the pots and kettles, cleaned
and filled the lamps, and done all this,
if necessary, day after day, uncom
plainingly? If there be such a man In
this audience, let bim rise up! I should
really like to see him!"
And in the renr of the hall, a nilld
looklng man in spectacles, in obedience
to the summons, timidly arose. He
was the husband of the -eloquent
speaker. It was the first time he had
ever had. a chance to assert himself.
Pen's Presides! RMes la State.
The President of Peru rides in an
elaborate carriage, similar to those
used by the crowned heads of Europe.
It Is large, high and handsomely decor
ated. The box is hung with upholstery
and fringes of scarlet and white, which
are the colors of the republic, aud the
coachmen and footmen and the two
outriders who stand In a boot at the
renr are dressed to correspond, pith
cocked lints, silk stockings, silver
buckles on their boots and all the liv
ery of royalty, except powdered wigs.
Upon either door of the carriage ap
pears a representation of the coat of
arms of the republic about a foot or
e!si 1 teen Inches In diameter, painted in
brilliant colors. The carriage is drawn
by four hnndsome bay horses, with
docked tails nnd a harness heavily
mounted in silver and bearing tlie coat
of arms on every buckle and rosette.
Buffaloes Plentiful In Canada.
Inspector Rutledge of the Northwest
mounted police, who has returned from
a prolonged patrol of the vast district
between Alaska and Manitoba, reports
that real buffaloes, so far from becom
ing extinct, are numerous and increas
ing. A bill has been brought Into the
Dominion House of Commons extend
ing the close season for two years
more, and after that restricting the
killing to males.—New York Press.
Plesssst Travelllai la Portugal.
A British tourist declares that for
persons who are in no hurry Portu
guese railway trains are delightful.
They stop often and long enough to
give opportunity not only for seeing
tlie scenery, but for botanizing.
Russia consumes on an average no
less than 7,000,000 tons of liquid futl
ITW,
A Fqnare £ito.
The most economical and useful silo
Is the round one, as it is the most easy
to make, and there are no corners in
it to weaken the structure or Interfere
with the even settlement of the silage.
The cost of a stave for a round silo
should not be anything like one dollar
a simple piece of two bp four timber
without any beveling Is quite sufficient
and this may almost anywhere be pro-7
cured far ten dollars a thousand feet
board measure, where timber Is abun
dant and twice as much, at the most
elsewhere.
The drawing here given shows bow
the corners of a square silo are made
to be air-tight and to bold the building
securely. The corner of a square silo
la always the weak spot for It Is very
TBI COBNERS or A SILO.
rarely made air-tight or strong enough
to resist the bearing of the timber apart
In this plan the corner posts are six
by six timber. The pieces are one
Inch thick by four wide. The side
boards are nailed on, as shown,' to the
main posts. Then the 2x4 pieces are
nailed on and tlie other side boards are
nailed to these, as shown by the dotted
lines. It Is easily seen that this gives
a very strong corner, and one absolute
ly alr-tlgbt The corners of a slio so
built cannot be pulled apart by any
pressure of the contents of It To en
able the silage to. settle more evenly,
the corners of the silo are or may be
filled in by cross boards securely
nailed.
Jn feeding out the silage in the win
ter it Is not necessary to have any cov
ering on It as the silage will keep good
as long as from one day's feeding to
another. Indeed there is no necessity
for any covering at all on the silage.
It is only necessary to trample it down
as firmly as possible as it Is put Into
the silo. The top will soon be covered
by an air-tight layer of mouldy stuff,
which will be as good and as cheap
covering as can be bad In any other
way.
In bnlldlng a square silo the scant
lings outside for support—as shown at
E—are nailed to the side boards, and
well fastened at the foot and top of
the silo. Tbls part of a square silo is
the weakest and one advantage of the
round silo Is that there is no weak spot
about it anywhere.
Self-Itoffistcriag Hen's Neat
The cut showa a nest for confining
each hen as she goes on to Iny. Sev
eral times a day the nests can be ex
amined and those bens which have
laid can be liberated, after taking the
ben's number and marking her egg.
Thus one can find the best layers, and
breed for better layers each year. The
nest tilts enough when the hen steps
on the edge of the opening to tip down
the thin door that will shut her in.
AUTOMATIC NEST.
The weuge behind slips down and
holds the nest firm, so It will not rock
back and forth.—American Agricultur
ist
''.'.i1... Bees. :yr'
Bees swarm because they lack room
In the blvc. The old queen and the
workers leave and give up the lilve to
the younger bees. To prevent swarm
ing, add more space at the tqp, so that
the workers can be provided with stor
age room. It Is better to bave one strong
colony than two weak ones, as the bees
can then more easily, protectthemselves
against enemies when tbey are numer
ous. At this season the bees can find
plenty of honey plants, but later on
tbey are compelled to travel greater
distances, and many are thus destroy
ed, for which reason the colony should
be strong.
Value of Mannrc.
Manure Is simply materials that have
been softened and decomposed (digest
ed) within the body of tbe animal. It is
of uo advantage to apply the raw mate
rials, such as bran and linseed meal,
directly to the soli, though they arc ex
cellent fertilizers, as their value can he
Increased by feeding Buch articles to
stock. Manure is made quickly by the
animals, though the same .thing occurs
In the soil by a slower process. All that
Is not utilized by tbe animals in some
Increase of product, or for their sup
port, comes back to the farmer for use
on the land.
Our Applet itt Europe,
Shipments of apples to Europe have
begun a month earlier than usual this
year. The Labn the other day took
a load of New York fruit for Germany,
which will consume 100,000 barrels this
year. In this State farmers are now
getting from 75 cents to $1.25 a barrel
for apples under tbe trees. The stand,
ard apple for the European market Is
the Baldwin. The European demand
tor the American apple 1« unpriced snt-
It irttt
$
that of last year by a total of 1,217.767
barrels. Of the 12,437 barrels of this
year'B crop shipped since Aug. 1, the
lowest price netted to the American
exporter Is $3 per barrel, and the price
has kept nearer $4.
To Thresh Meld 1'ens.
Field peas may be successfully
threshed In a small grain thresher. Tbs
thresher men chnnge the pulleys so the
cylinder will run slowly and the rest
of the separator run fast to carry off
the straw and hulls. With this ar
rangement the peas are not cracked
and the crop can be run through the
same as any other grain crop. The
yield of cleaned peas as grown in this
country has been from twenty-five to
thirty bushels an acre. The straw or
haulm makes excellent stock feed.
When not Injured by rain It Is equal.to
alfalfa hay, with as large a yield and
grown In one cutting. As is well known,
peas have a beneficial effect on the soil,
and when rightly used will prove a
boon to run-down land.—Field and
Farm.
The Home of the Potato.
Peru Is the birthplace of the potato,
which was used as an article of food
by the Incas nnil exported to Europe
by the Spaniards _when tliey took over
quinine bark and'named in the honor
of the Countess of Chincon, whose hus
band .it that time was Viceroy. The
Indians had used the hark for medi
cinal purposes as long as any one could
remember, but this noble lady was the
first European to test its efficacy, and
it proved so excellent a cure for the
malaria which saturates the atmos
phere of Lima that sbe Induced the
Jesuit fathers to recommend it to the
medicos of the Old World. These .wise
old chaps sent It to Spain and Italy, and
It Is said tliatone of the first doses of
quinine that were ever administered in
Europe was swallowed by the Pope.
The unregenerate potato, which is still
found In a wild state*among_the moun
tains of Peru, Is a delicate vine which
bears a fruit about the size of a plum
and as yellow as an orange. Cultiva
tion has Increased Its size and Improved
Its flavor.—Correspondence Chicago
Record
.. Chlckeu Lice.
Grease as a means of fighting lice on
little chicks needs to lie used with cau
tion. Too much grease will prove very
destructive to the chicks, as well as to
the lice, as It seems to blister the skin.
A little should be put on the top of the
head and a little under eacb wing.
Even a small amount will be found to
be very destructive to the parasites,
and even If all the lice are not killed at
once It Is better to make a second appli
cation than to blister the skin of the
little things you are trying to protect
The use of kerosene Is not to be consid
ered, as it Is entirely unnecessary.—
Southwest Farmer.
Saaaes ow Klsa.
The property of Mr. P. Salllard.
First at Bath and West, Royal Coun
ties, and other English shows.
Uhmt for Seed.
Wheat Is easily cleaned, but when It
Is desired for seed too much care can
not be given It In examining for the
seeds of weeds. All Imperfect grains
should also be removed. An agreeable
experiment can be made by any farmer
wbo will select 100 plump seeds and
plant them In a row, placing the seeds
a foot apart each, then cultivating tbe
row. If the product is measured .next
year and compared with the ordinary
yield from seed that Is drilled In as for
field culture, the comparison will cause
a surprise, as the yield from the culti
vated row will be four times tbat from
the same area selected in the regular
crop. The experiment will take but
little time and will cost but a trifle.
Club Foot Cpbbrgc.
'Club foot" In cabbage results most
ly when cabbages are raised on the
some land year after year. A change
of location is always desirable. The
free use of wood ashes, chopped lu
around each plant, Is a remedy, but It
Is not always effectual. Tbe potash of
the ashes destroys the maggot which
does the damage nnd an excellent mode
Is to mix the ashes In water, make a
few holes with a stick around the plant
nnd pour the mixture in, which Is a
laborious operation, however, where
there is a large field devoted to the
crop.
Value of the J'aature
About four times as much material
can be secured by cutting hay on the
meadows as by pasturing stock on the
land, yet experiments demonstrate that
more profit Is derived by pasturing tbe
meadow plot than by using It from
which to secure a crop of hay, owing
to the great saving In labor In the care
required when cattle are given the use
of the pasture, while the greater diges
tibility and dietary effects of the green
food secured on the pasture are such as
to promote thrift of the animals and In
crease the flow of milk, as well as add
to the weight of tbe young stock.
Flecciutr Farmers.
This story of the latest confidence
scheme for fleecing the farmer is going
the rounds: A man' who represents
himself as a traveling preacher calls
aud asks to remain over night. Before
the hour for retiring a young man and
woman come along and ask if there Is
not a minister In the house who can
perform a marriage ceremony. Of
course there is. The young people join
hands and the farmer and lila wife are
asked to sign the marriage certificate
as witnesses. The certificate after
wards turns up as a promissory note.
Training Berry Hushes.
Tbe German fashion of growing
gooseberries on standard bushes—that
is to say, snipping off all but one stem
and allowing tbe plant to bush out at a
convenient height for pneklug, like
standard roses—gives a great effect of
neatness. The"same effect Is to be seen
in the Scotch way of growing raspberry
bushes, by training two adjacent bush
es Into an Intermingling arch.
V'e.dinu Down the Orctiur.t.
The habit of seeding down the or
chard to some kind of sod grass Is one
tbat Is liot conducive to the thrift of
tbe trees. Clover Is suitable, as It does
not remain on tbe land after tbe second
year, and when plowed under Is benefi
cial. No orchard land should be forced
to product a crop of grain If an (bun*
dant yield 01 frolt it tsptcttd.
HAVE A FLOATING ISLAND.
^Michigan Inventor Will Bntld One
While Yon Walt.
Frank W. Flanders, of Sturgls,
iHlch., has Invented a floating Island
not the kind that' mother used to make
[—but a real live island, that can be
{towed from place to place to suit the
'convenience of Its proprietor. He has
'built one such now, and has It anchored
In a little lake near his home, where
he can spend day after day upon It,
either for the purpose of work or rec
reation. He proposes to make Islands
to order when letters patent are issued
at Washington for his Invention, so If
you are a millionaire you can have an
archipelago of your own, if you choose,
Only One of Ita Kindt teel Archca
Beinir in Vogue.
Another tie has been forged between
the Dominion of Canada, and the Uni
ted States in the shape of a new sus
pension bridge erected between tbe fa
mous Queenstown Heights and the
Lewlston mountain. This bridge Is the
only structure of the kind now span
ning the gorge, as all the old suspen
sion bridges bave been supplanted by
steel arches. This bridge is destined to
be a link In a belt Une electric traction
they have been known to mine until
the superincumbent earth collapsed
and burled the greater number. A
young pralrle dog let loose in a small
gravel-floored house Instantly dug a
bole large enough to sit in, turned
round in it and bit the first person who
attempted to touch him. Property gave
him courage, for before he had been
as meek as a mouse.
It is noticeable that the two weakest
and least numerous of our mice, the
dormouse and tbe harvest mouse, do
not burrow, but make nests, and that
these do not multiply or maintain their
numbers like the burrowing mice and
voles. But tlie fact that there are
members of very closely allied species,
some of which do burrow, while others
THE FLOATING ISLAND.
where yon may summer or winter free
from the vulgar gaze, but still in reach
Of any water resort in the world.
Indeed, this Island is a most accom
modating spot. It Is constructed so
that Its platforms "are high and dry
above water, wbere no wave can
splash. It has no rocking motion and
Is perfectly stable. Though it floats
upon air-tight casks, there Is no danger
of their puncturing. It can be towed
upon any water and rolled upon any
land. In short, it Is possible to use it
for any purpose conceivable wbere a
•table and safe float Is demanded.
The Island that Mr. Flanders has
bnilt as an experimental model Is
twelve feet by sixteen in size. On it
nineteen persons bave been supported
without taxing Its capacity. One man
with a rowboat can move it about read
ily, while two persons can roll It high
and dry on tbe beach. It bears the
weight of one tree and a large number
of bushes and shrubs, while a good
sized tent erected on It affords protec
tion from the weather for slz persons
at night.
Of course you will not be limited as
to verdure. You can bave any number
of plants you deBlre, if you wish to
buy an Island, or can place any other
•nch restriction upon your order. In
short you will be absolute monarch of
all you survey.
NIAGARA SUSPENSION BRIDGE.
do not, seems to indicate that the iiablt
Is an acquired one.
In this connection It Is worth noting
that many animals which do not bur
row at other times form burrows in
which to conceal nnd protect tlielr
young, or, if they do burrow, make a
different kind of a more elaborate
character. Among these nursery bur
rows are those of the dog, the fox anil
sand martin, the kingfisher and the
sheldrake. Foxhound litters never do
so well as when the mother Is allowed
to make, a burrow
011
the sunny side
of a straw stack. In time she will
work this five or six feet Into the stack
and keep tbe puppies nt the far end,
while she lies at tbe entrance. Vixens
either dig or appropriate a clean bur
row for their cubs, which Is a natural
habit, or. at any rate, one acquired pre
viously to the use of earth by adult
foxes.—London Spectator.
Swindled Forty Lawyers."
Everybody Is laughing in New York
at the success of a rogue in swindling
forty lawyers. His mode of operating
was to retain lawyers to prosecute
lroad companies for fictitious Inju
ri'j, agreeing to divide the proceeds
and on the strength of such retainer
to borrow small sums of money. Cheat
ing a lawyer is regarded as a remarka
ble feat of Ingenuity, much as the
Yorkshire wagoner regarded the feat
of Nicholas Nlekleby, when a scholar.
In thrashing a schoolmaster who was
famous for flogging his pupils. The
honest wagoner gave Nicholas a guinea
In token of admiration for his exploit.
—Albany Argus.
Girl Liked to Be Ftirecl At.
"To say It Is bad manners to stare at
women on the streets Is too sweeping
an nssertlon," said an old clnbmau
sagely. "Bad manners are primarily
manners that give annoyance to oth
ers, and an honest stare of respectful
THE NEW SUSPENSION UUIDGE ACROSS NIAGARA.
service about the beautiful Niagara
gorge. It has a cable span of 1,040
feet and a suspended span of 800 feet.
It la sixty-five feet above the water,
{and therefore hangs suspended mid
way between the cliff-tops and the
'water's edge. It has a width of twen
ty-five feet, and through the center
rant a single track for electric, cars.
There are 800 tons of metal In the
bridge, and the cables weigh 203 tons
more. These cables once formed a
'part of the old suspension bridge that
stood close to the Falls, having been
.cut In two for this new bridge. When
so cut however,' they do not fill out the
entire cable span, and for this reason a
short distance at each end is filled out
with eye-bars.
BURROWING ANIMALS,
Borne Dig llolea Merely for the Love
of the 1 htnv.
VentLatlon, or rather the want of it,
mast be a difficulty in the underground
life of almost all mammals. Tbe rab
bit and tbe rat secure a current of air
by forming a bolt bole In connection
with their system of passages, but the
fox, tbe badger and many of the field
voles and mice seem Indifferent to any
such precaution. There Is no doubt
that whatever gave the first Impulse
to burrow, many animals look upon
this to us most unpleasant exertlou as
a form of actual amusement. It also
confers a right to property.
Prairie dogs constantly set to work
tt dig holes merely for the lore of the
thing. If they cannot have a suitable
place to exercise their talent In they
will gnaw Into boxes or chests of draw
ers and there burrow, to' the great det-
8L
meat of the clothes therein contain
In an inclosed prairie dog "town"
admiration does not necessarily fall
within that category. It does not ex
cite real, sure enough, bonn fide wrath
In the feminine brenst. The other -af
ternoon, for instance, a young lady in
white passed through a shopping dis
trict to a perfect fusillade of stares.
Her gown wns plain, but chic beyond
description. Her belt was caught in
front by a sliver dolphin. Her hat was
garnished with two white doves' wings
and a big black velvet bow. She was
the Incarnation of youth nnd grace and
beauty, and she attracted stares as Ir
resistibly as a mognet attracts steel
filings.
"As sbe glided along the left a trail of
hypnotized onlookers. Dudes swallow
ed their cigarettes aud staid men of af
fairs stopped In tbe middle of sentences
and forgot what they were talking
about. When she boarded a St. Charles
street car the conductor stared at her
In blissful stupefaction and rang up
nearly $2 worth of Imaginary fares be
fore he recovered his faculties. Severn.'
passengers were carried beyond their
destination because they couldn't sto
staring long enough to see the streeti
But was the young lady angry? Not a
bit of It. She happens to be my ulcee,
and 1 can testify that she arrived Iiouk"
In a pleasurable flutter of excitement.
Being a dear sensible girl, sbe knew
the poor men couldn't help it. You see,
there are stares and stares. The ladles
who are first to complain arc generally
those who nre stared at least. That
sounds uiigallant, but It Is true."—New
Orleans Times-Democrat.
At every picnic there Is some "talk"
because some parties brought only
enough for one, and ate enough for
its.
TBE STATE OF IOWA.
OCCURRENCES DURING THE
PAST WEEK,
Verdict of Manslaughter in Wright
C«e—Mothers Celebrate Balling of
Iowa Volunteer#-Beet Sugar Con
vention— Killed at a Crossing.
The jury in the Wright murder case,
which has been on trial In the District
Court at Centerviile, returned a verdict
of manslaughter. Wright shot and killed
Peter Papach In a liquor joint in Mystic
last January and set up as a defense tem
porary Insanity from mental epilepsy. The
case was quite a noted one on account of
Wright's previous good record, and the
notorious record of Papach, he being the
keeper of the liquor joint in which he
was shot Wright was a member of
Company E of the Fiftieth Iowa during
flie Spanish war, and is a young man of
exceptionally good character. The shoot
ing was caused over a -dispute in the
price of drinks.
A Beet Sugar Convention.
Iowa Is to have a beet sugar conven
tion, to be held at Clear Lake, Oct. 18.
This date was selected as the time for
the convention at a conference held by
Prof. O. E1. Curtis, director of the Iowa
experiment bureau of the Iowa State
College at Ames C. F. Saylor, special
agent of the United States Department
of Agriculture and in charge of the beet
sugar experiments, and others Interested
In the Industry, especially as It refers to
Iowa.
A Crossing Fatalltv.
While Jasper Beebe, sged 57, and son
George, aged 7, with Mrs. Effle Johnson
and two daughters, Gladys, aged 4, and
Gertie, aged 2, were driving in a light
wagon to Albla from Maxon they were
struck by Burlington train No. 3, on the
main line at the crossing east of Maxon.
Gertie will die, but the others will re
cover. The horses were killed and the
wagon knocked to pieces.
Acetylene Gas Kxploelon.
An acetylene gas explosion at Charter
Oak qnlte severely burned E. P. An
drews and Ed Schelm, the owners of the
plant It waa caused by an attempt of
the Injured parties to exsmine the gen
erator by the aid of a lighted match. No
other damage was done, though some of
the sdjoining buildings were quite badly
shaken.
Hnlse Two Hundred Fiage.
In accordance with a resolution adopt
ed by the Association of Mothers, 200
flags were raised over homes throughout
Des Moines by the mothers of members
of the Fifty-first Iowa reglmeift in conse
quence of the sailing of the regiment
from Manila for home.' These flags will
be kept flying until the transport reaches
San Francisco.
Farmer Found Bead.
John O'Nell, a farmer residing about
five miles southeast of Riverton, while
hanllng a load of lumber from Hamburg
was run over by the wagon. He was
found on the road and taken home, where
he died the next morning.
Fatality at llelmar.
Martin Sheridan was killed by the cars
at Delmar. He was working on the
track and stepped In front of a train. He
waa BO years old.
Brief State Happenings*
Hog cholera Is spreading in the vicinity
of Colfax.
The burned church at Burlington will
fie rebuilt at once.
A brass band has been organized by the
old soldiers In the home at Marshalltown.
Ex-Gov. Drake, who has been sick for
some time, Is again able to resume his
duties.
Apple growers In southwestern Iowa
clalia that the crop will not be over thirty
per cent
William Prehm, a ear Inspector, was
killed in the yards of the Burllbgton road
at Burlington.
A new street car system is to be estab
llahed at Council Bluffs, which will also
extend to Omaha.
The court house at Dubuque is to be re
modeled. The lowest bid for the work
accessary It 127,000.
Exclusive of the Catholic schools,
there ate 2,210 pupils enrolled In the
schools at Muscatine.
Carpenters are being brought Into Ma
son City from other towns, the local sup
ply being insufficient.
He total enrollment the Belle Plaine
schools for the first week was 737 pupils.
Hiram Long, who was appointed post
master at Hammaconna in 1877, and has
held the position ever since, iB dead, aged
77.
A switch engine at Dubuque crashed
into a buggy occupied by Charles Moy.
He was thrown out and seriously in
jured.
Up to date the Government fish crew
at Beilevue has gathered 65,000 bass and
upward of 10,000 croppies and other
game fish.
The big packets on the upper Missis
sippi are being withdrawn for the season,
trouble being experienced on account of
low water.
The Dubuque Board of Health proposes
to enforce the ordinance requiring physi
cians to file certificates of the deaths of
patients.
Of the ninety-three claims made
against the B., C. R. & N. on account of
the wreck at Washburn all have been
settled except six.
The Secretary of State has incorporat
ed the Nichols Savings Bank, which is
the thirty-third of these institutions or
ganised in the State this year.
Charles B. Baleolm of Waterloo, an old
settler of Blackhawk County, was found
dead in bed at the home of his son, death
having come painlessly while he slept.
Twenty-five dollars reward is offered by
the anti-saloon league at Clarion for evi
dence that will lead to the conviction of
anyone violating the liquor law.
The lnmber office of McKlven Bros, at
Ohariton was entered by burglars. They
were frightened away before securing the
contents of the safe, but the latter was
entirely rained.
A. A. Johnson, a young college student
at Des Moines, while coasting down
steep street on a bicycle, collided with
a freight train. He was thrown under
the wheelB and had both feet run over.
One will have to be amputated.
The electric light company at Council
Bluffs offers to sell out to the city for
«61,860.
The Iowa officers of the Federal Labor
Union are preparing a protest against
the extension of the contract labor sys
tem In Iowa State institutions.
Fire broke out in the two-story double
frame dwelling house on South Hall
street Tama, just north of the C., M. &
St. P. tracks. It was soon under control.
Loss probably about $400.
Anew steari heating plant is being in
stalled at the oldlers' home at Marshall
town. The old one had become useless,
the pipes being filled with a mineral de
posit from the water nsed.
The farm house of Mike Griffin near
Thompson was destroyed' by fire. The
family barely escaped.
A committee of the Burlington Council
has condemned the action of the local
water company for paying an excessive
'ate of Interest on borrowed money.
The disagreement over the Oskaloosa
water works has been ended, the company
agreeing to make Improvements to the
amount of $35,000, which will insure am
ple fire protection.
I The grocery store of William Robinson
at Fort Dodge was .looted of about $200
ia otth tnd checks by three plausible
.'•tran«rt while tht proprietor w**,Mlk
I bt link MM «f their numbsr,
The Iowa Centra! is enlarging Its yards
at Grinnell.
A system of sewerage is being talked of
for Iowa Falls.
The postoffice nt Vega, Henry County,
has been discontinued.
The court house nt Fairfield was struck
by lightning and .slightly damaged.
Lightning caused tlio destruction of
Foster's mill, near Manley Junction.
The school census at Waterloo gives
8,428 persons of school age in the city.
The body of nn unknown man was tak
en from the Mississippi river at Burling
ton.
Mrs. Lalander, wife of the superintends
ent of the Blackhawk County schools is
dead.
Two telephone exchanges are bdng put
In at Waterloo, one on each side of the
river.
Burglars secured $75 and a gold watch
from the residence of E. C. Hull at New
Sharon.
Henry Vance, aged 75, and Anna Scott,
aged 70, were recently raarriod at Des
Moines.
The Christian Scientists expect to erect
an elegant church building at Fort Dodge
next year.
Fire, originating from a defective flue,
destroyed the residence of Jesse Harlan
at Osceola.
The postmaster of Decorah will be al
lowed one additional carrier, to take ef
feet Nov. 1.
The value of improvements at Mt.
Vernon during the past year will aggre-J
gate $50,000.
The miners at the Gleason mines near/
Fort Dodge are out on strike, demanding
higher wages.
A new commercial ugency is to enter:!
the field in this State, with headquarters
at Des Moines.
The public schools of Newtou opened
with an enrollment of 705, a slight in
crease over last year.
A man named Currey eloped with his
mother-in-law from Grinnell. The cou-.
pie were arrested at Omaha.
Burglars dynamited tbe safe in the
store of McLaln Bros, at Dubuque and
secured cash to the amouut of $115.
George Beebe, the boy injured by be
ing struck by a train at a railway cross
Ing In Albia, is dead from his injuries.
The corner stone of the Episcopal
chapel at Ames was laid with impressive
ceremonies, Bishop Morrison officiating.
Tramps broke into a way car at Glid-
den and stele a care cf l.igh-priccd shoes.
They made their escape Vith the plunder.
In taking the school census of Murco
tlne eighteen pairs of twins were found
and twelve married women of school age.
Owing to the high prices for labor and
material the buildiug of the public li
brary at Fort Dodge will be put off until
spring.
The citizens of Oskaloosa are seeking
to raise the required bonus to secure the
removal of a large plant from Bussey to
their town.
Mrs. Mary Clark, an aged woman of
Dubuque, committed suicide by jumping
into a cistern. Nothing is known as to
the cause of the act.
The employes of the gypsum mill at
Fort Dodge, who have been out on a
strike for some time, have returned to
work on a compromise.
Buchanan County has kept James Poor
in the office of County Treasurer for four
teen terms of two years each, making &
record for this office in the State.
Lightning struck the large barn of Mi
chael Damm at Fairfield and It was
entirely consumed by fire, together with
a number of cows in the building.
Dr. Frank Broglin has brought suit
ugainst Mayor Frits Klus nnd Marshal
Bauer of Luzerne for $10,000 for false
Imprisonment and injury to his reputa
tion.
William Winslow of Des Moines hat
been held to the grand jury on a charge
of murder in the first degree without
ball. He is charged with the killing oi
William Tilton.
The land owners near Letts, on whose
property natural gas has been found,
have organised an improvement com
pany. TTiey expect to sink experimental
wells to a great depth and ascertain the
extent of the vein and its suitability for
commercial purposes.
The City Council or Osceola has enter
tained a proposition from an outside cor
poration to put in a system of water
Works and a lightiug plant at a cost of
$45,000, the city to be bonded to that
amount. The proposition will be submit
ted to tbe voters at an early date.
Judge Macy in the District Court at
Council Bluffs decided that the property
of an implement dealer is not "goods in
transit, and hence is subject to local
taxation." Suit was brought by the
Rock Island Plow Company to restrain
the county treasurer from levying taxes
on Its stock. The company set up that
the stock had already been assessed in
Illinois, and that the goods in Councdl
Bluffs were simply "goods in transit."
The court held that as the company re*
tailed its goods there they were not
"goods in transit," but subject to levy
and taxation.
Fred Hoffman of Harlan was buried
off the Union Pacific bridge at Omaha
Into the Missouri river, seventy feet be
low, by a robber. He had met In Coun
cil Bluffs a man who gave his name as
Frank Smith. Together they sturted
across the railroad bridge for Omaha.
When about 200 feet on the bridge Bmlth
asked Hoffman for 5 cents with which to
pay tolls at the west .end of the bridge.
Hoffman took out his purse and was In
the act of getting the money when Smith
sprang at him, snatched the purse con
taining $12 and knocked Hoffman off the
bridge. Haffman plunged headlong Into
the water, whidi was four feet deep. As
he fell he yelled frantically, attracting the
attention of the bridge watchman and of
a boatman below, who rescued him with
difficulty.
Sheriff Skelton of Logan started to take
a prisoner to Anamosa and when four
miles beyond Stanton the prisoner jump*
ed from the train and Mr. Skelton ttex
him. It was dark and the escaping} iris
oner could not be seen, so he escaped,
though handcuffed.
It is announced that the Leiters of Chi
cago are perfecting plans to open several
coke furnaces In Iowa. Coal men say
they are figuring on locations at Oska
loosa and Centerviile an£ add that the
Centerviile coal would make excellent
coke. The Industry has never been es
tablished in Iowa.
The Board of Supervisors of Dickinson
County has made the tax levies for the
coming year, and the amount is reduced
one-sixth as compared with last year.
During the past year the Iowa iron
works at Dubuque have built five steam
boats for the Government. Thete bring
the toal number of craft built by the
company to over fifty.
Judge Shiras at Dubuque has establish
ed a precedent In bankruptcy law. He
held that one member of a firm can file
a petition and have other members declar
ed bankrupt If good and sufficient cause
Is given. If the party alleged to be bank*
nipt does not contest then the prayer of
the petitioner will be granted.
Fire at Ruthven threatened the town
and badly damaged the stocks in a couple
of stores. Tbe loss amounts to about $1,
200.
Reports from the Iowa sovghum mills,
that have been started on the crop of the
year, say that the quality of molasses
made In the State was never better.
There are no statements as to priceB.
Frank E. and Rufus M. Jones, mem
bers of the Fifty-first Iowa, have sent
to their parentB at Des Mpines a c^eck
for $1,000 to be used in paying off a
mortgage on the family home. To accom
plish tUt the two boya drew their travel
pay wim the regiment was mustsrvd out
•ad then rt-enliited.
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