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DAILY SOUTH KENT
XJCKIAN
If I.. '
MEACHAM & WILGUS, Publishers. ' IlOPKINSVILLE, KENTUCKY, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1884.
NUMBER 12.
V.
VANITY.
Tnre fl-hMH went "alllnpr out Into the Fast,
Where f ho sallliiK was bunt and the ttsbing u
Innnt:
Joy Mt upon rnnh nlseatniinl muff,
And thoy carried their bull in a , u, g, jug.
They oast In their lines with the tldo running
out.
And thrf tnunU'd the nub with hilarious
Room-:
A piIr t those interesting creatures
once made their home injuyWround an
American missionary's desk. They laid
tbeir eggs in an empty wafer dox, nut
the young never seemed to linger about
tlm old homestead. The parent lizards
remained, however, for several months,
and might have stayed longer had not
one of them been crushed by a book
They Untied sunset, from bright row tossed unon a ncwananer under which U
W,eSThncl,b,M,t,wa.(r,o.n.e,Rone. . was hiding. One of this pair was a lit-
Iue Jaipur, unmnr nun uuiuci bumi hw
othor. and was supposed to be the male.
Rn thi.'v hud tnmw hnrA Vuimt thn i a When not foraging for flies, the two
An oaf Is a thing- that no mnn tiwlf retaiiria, seemed to take a special delight In
And thoy b, 1, t, s, torcd the palms of their welilmr t.hn HpsU owner at, his work.
1 I Tlinv would nnr at. him from among
Now, rare on the shore most devoutly thoy I the papers in the pigeon-holes, or from
' I n ,nlHn. .I..,k ..ua luih n(l Ihfl nHri
They rarely descended to the desk
proper when the gentleman was present,
and only once did tho maid muster up
courage enough to taste a drop of milk
placed on the desk for hint. The usual
programme was for tho litllo creatures
to crawl stealthily out irom inoir retire
ment advance boldlv a few slops and
then turn tail and scamper back as. il
bait frightened to ttcatn. iney were so
shy that tho slightest move or sound
would at any. timo send them to their
hiding places in a hurry.
The buzzing of a tiy, caught ana new
between the. missionary's ' lingers.
would generally bring tliuin from thoir
Thpy might go to a store and h, u. y, some flub.
And proudly rai'h m. a. n. shoulili'rs his rod
And bear home a string of smoked burring
ana ooa.
Oh woo to the f. 1. s. h. er. who brlnm
As the prey of tho angler, salt cod and such
thlnm:
Or a can of cove oysters, and swears that he
IOOK,
Kvery ova, t, e. r, with a line and a hook.
a, J. liunirltt, in Uit Brooklyn Katft.
ABOUT LIZARDS.
The sight oj u lizard crawling over
the walls of lir house would doubtless
horrify and disgust an American house
keeper, and the appearance of ono of
the dreadful crvntiirea in her mtrlor or
drawing-room might drive her to the hiding places, but they never seemed to
vetge of distraction. The sensation care to touch an insect which they had
caused by a monse is nothing compared
to what a lizard might do In the same
line. In India, however, things are
different. Tlio housewifely Instincts of
an English or American woman there
are probably no less refined than those
of a carefnl'woman in this country, but
still she docs not mind, seeing lizards in
any purl of her house. She nns becomo
used to the. dark little fellows, and
knows that they are harmless, useful and
unobtrusive.
' These house lizard are seldom over
' six inches long. Their color is mottled
grayisb-brown, which, in its irregular
lines, sometimes looks like the grain of
a piece of wood. They are lint in shape,
lie closu to a surface, and against a light
background have somewhat the appear
ance of a miniature squirrel's skin
nailed to a barn Moor to dry. While
not caught themsolves. Thev korlt the
desk tolerably clear of vermin, and' for
this, if nothing more, would havrfbeen
always welcome to free lodgings, une
day. however, as a sort of warning of
conjng danger, probably, the femitlo
fell rroni a sliell ana DroKe ner tail ou.
Shortly afterward her mate was killed
and then she left. Other lizards took
possession of the desk, but they did not
seem to care to mako friends and were
left alone J. F. derrick, in Congrega-
tiomlisL '
The Untrue.
Tho Hague Is an excellent., "foot
hold" or starting point for many places
of Interest lying thereabouts, ootu lanu.
want and seaward. In itself It is one
of the most charming of all the towns
U has all the
OF GENERAL INTEREST.
'Thirst and starvation have caused
the recent death of two thousand head
of cattle in one drove at Coahuila,
Mexico.
1 The aqueduct pf Washington, D.
C, furnishes the city twenty-five mil
lion gallons of water every twenty-fout
hours.
--At a late fashionable wedding in
England the bride's bouquet, composed
of white lilies, was large enough to fill
a big wheelbarrow.
Rural Comrressmen will be allowed
two million bushels of seeds to dis
tribute among thoir constituents this
year. Chicago Times.
A patient in the Nevada Insane
Asvlum grasped his windpipe so fiercely,
under the impression that a frog was in
his throat, the, other day, that it re
quired some hours to resuscitate him.
Cryolite, a mineral which is of great
value in the potash manufacture, has
been discovered in the Yellowstone
Paak. ' Heretofore it has been obtained
only in Greenland. 8an Francitco Call.
Parrot-dealers of the East are mak
ing money by teaching their parrots to
croak "Kiss me, darling."- Ladies are
rerv fond of tho feathered tribe when
they can speak so lovingly. Chicago
lime.
In an English criminal trial there
are no exceptions, alter a veruict oi
f;uilty, no matter how erroneous the
aw has been laid down or how illegal
the conviction, there follows no appeal
except for mercy at the Home Oflice,
which is rarely granted.
i i. t ' .
having a .bony structure, the skeleton of (re,hi brisk wirof -a seaport, without
HMiiii u mui:ii in ii in n i-niuinuiiiiiim n ,n a. m-nv -f hn nr nua and ailh.
nature, not. so soft,howcver, as to pre
vent a quite rapid motion on the part of
" ' . the reptile. Tho soles ot the foct are
made for running along or up a hard,
smooth wall and even ncross the ceil
ing, though in trying the latter feat the
i liard sometimes gets a fall. Tho little
( , . " creatures are frequently seen effusing
. ' each other on tho walls or beams of a
, 'building, or playing at hide and seek
,, among the furniture.
. Catclilng flics Is. a- favorite pastime,
; I ' " Ihese and other small Insects serving as
fooil, and the dexterity with which tliey
capture' their prty is remarkable. Their
senses of sigbt hearing or smell must
bo wonitcrru Iv acute. Discovering- a
fly on tho wall 'fully, ten feet away, a
H.nrd will start for it, running at full
' - speed and in a straight lino until about
a foot from the omeet, when its motion
iM'cmuus more ami uioro mow aim na
'.Br 'sWwiriiairL '
Sold kj tks Uaitlag Dealer (a Iter? City as Tswa.
.KELLY
His JEWELRY HOUSE Is ahead of anvthiner in the business. He
has the largest stock of the Latest Styles, and the finest quality of
goods, and lower prices than any other house. His workmanship cannot
be excelled, and his experience has been nearly a quarter of a century,
SIGN-'BIG TOW CLOCK,"
Main Street, Opp. Court House, IlOPKINSVILLE, KY
On the Sanlt Hte. Marie.
St Marv'slliver separates American
and Canadian territory, and connects
Lake Huron with the vast fresh water
sea of Lake Superior. The river or
strait Is about sixty miles long, and
is difficult of navigation, two or
three miles wide at the mouth and stn I
ded with numerous islands, beautiful
Out of tho twentv-two Boston ladies In the bright days of summer, it nar-
counted on the piazza of an Isle of rows at many points, and opcus out
Shoals hotel, eighteen wore eye-glasses into picturesque lagoons. The Sault,
or spectacles, and ten had scientific or rapid proper, is only three-quarters
hooka In their hands. The intellectual- of a mile in lencth. with a descent of
ity of the place is consequently most twenty-two foct; it has no bold preoi
pronouncetL N. Y. Mail. pices over which tho stream throws it
The first corn crop of Mexico has iw water in ioam, dui mo i ver ruSuu
proved a disastrous failure, and as the down the slope in tury, winning arounu
weother has been too dry to plant tho and among the small islands which are
second, the farmers have given up nope caureii m ii u iua,..u
of a corn harvest until next June. This ly over many bowlders. It is navigable
will necessitate a great demand for corn enough for toe light birch barks of the
- .J i- .i.- T.ri.j c. ...... fi.; Inrlinns. hut. onlv half a conturv aero It
bar to the
Thirty-five
VV i. M.teHltliv .M.- at when stalking a
Y vv 'fno15' .The creature xhanlly seems to
. V."v' dvanoe,"-but gradually draws near the
, insect, hen within an inch of the 113',
1. . .the lisifl s body shKts forward liko -a
k flush, tlic feet sttll sticking to tho wall,
V . ' ' big mouth opens and shnls like a steel
' ' W!'. there is a slight convulsive gulp,
i - and tbe drama of Jonah ana the whale
! .-V . hi been ro-unaoted, tho tly taking the
-' ' part of Jonah. Sometinflis a lizard will
make a completoor partial circuit of its
' victim going aliove and descending
heart downward on tho prey, approach
ing it from below or seeking to make
the attack from somo other direction.
- The strangest thing about a lizard is
Its power of losing its tail and having it
grow out agnin, the second tail being
shorter and less perfect than - the origi
nal one. . The tail is simply a muscular
appendage into which tho back bone
does not seem to extend. It is about
two-thirds as long as the lizard's body,
quite large where it joins tho body, and
gradually tapers to a point. A fall or
a blow will break it off, but even when
!dojnuJetcly detached It will retain life
. for hitlf an hour or more, squirming like
- - a worm, twisting, doubling up and oven
. ; "Jumping around as actively as a minnow
" out of wator. This activity grows more
and more faint till the tail is dead And
stiff. When it is broken into pieces the
: fragments show life, hut of course the
." power of motion is limited by the size of
i , V '' the pioee, A lizard, like all reptiles, is
, "ycold blooded," so that a dolached tall
' , 'mt its parts bleed but little.
i , These house lizards' eggs are as
' " -. round as marhlos and about the sizo of
small peas. Their shells are as thin as
paper and exceedingly brittle. They
are deposited in out-ol-the-way nooks
on the tops of or behind books as they
stand on shelves, in unused (able draw
ers or in the pigeon holes of desks.
Whou freshly lnidthey are of a cream
color, but become a very pale blue, like
well watered milk, as the hatching lime
draws near. A newly hatched lizard is
an exceedingly lively little fellow; and
sometimes, when an egg is knocked
from its resting place and broken, the
occupant, after a second or two of
astonishment at so sudden an introduc
tion into the world, will dart away into
a place of concealment with as much
agUity as if it were fully grown. The
young lizards enoounter many dangers.
Large spiders lie in wait for them, drive
tbom into the corners, tangle them in
webs and suck the blood from tne
, '. youngsters at their leisure: marauding
P black wasps sometimes find the little
'''follows a convenient prey with which to
" stuff thoir nests; and there are other
aid equally successful roNuis for be
leaving the mother lizards.
i' '
stantial odors of harbor mud at low
tide that one gets so often in a seaport
town.
There is also a -quaint,' genial air ot
court e-enlilitv still linsrerincr about its
many palatial residences. It is easy to
see that at one time its dream, its ideal.
was .Versailles. Not anv vain attempt
to outshine its queenly splendors is evi
dent; but over much that remains ol
the best part of the Hague of the eigh
teenth century which is a very promi
nent part indeed there is a light,
nourish)-, courtly touch that takes one
back to tho timo of powdered wigs, and
of patches duflly placed .near dimples
and at outer corners of roguish eyes, of
Jeweled snuff-boxes and sedan chairs,
and the loftiest of high-heeled brocado
shoes. Yet thore is much that is mod
ern and I'ariolnn. There is also a good
fair bit that was built when the Dutch
bad an architecture of their own, when
they were ranking glorious chapters ot
history, when their Hags were flying in
every clime, and they were goou nara
hitters by sea and land.
The vague excitement-hunting, mere
fitvlit.aMmv liiiiriiit pnnlil iln' the
Hag. 10 andall about it in a good long
day, and forget all about it before the
next morning, and be ready again for a
similar dose; but to thoso who havo on
Interest in matters of Dutch history, its
art, or its past, or its pictuisesque, pros
perous present, the Hague would afford
nleosant' exploring ground for a week
or mote. Kvon the artist, working at
Schoveningen, would perhaps live
cheapor aud moro pleasantly at the
Hnguo only a few minutos ofl by train.
Schcveningen is all very well when one
has a "purpose, and does not mna ex
pense and discomfort in pursuit of it
but if the skcUjher wishes to exist in
quiet and comparative economy, or
even if ho wishes his money's worth of
luxury, the Hague itself is tho best
placo to stay at. At least such is my
experience. Not far from Scheven-
Ingen hy the coast six mues, bdohi
is Katwyk, the Bmallor sister fisher vil
lage, and growing up to be a fashion
able sca-sido resort Katwyk has the
same exhilarating ftir and movement as
Schovcningen. One is lifted, oyer its
breezy dunes as if with winged foot.
There is a mad impulse to catch ono of
the tanned fish-girls around her ample
waist and have a wild careering waits
across the level sands. Katwyk is much
more quiot and retired than her neigh
bor, while for artistic purposes I think
it has many advantages. There is more
variety of landscape line in its environs,
and quite near lies the village of Kat-
wyk-Wuhin,. full of picturesque ma
terial, in fact, I found it of more in
terest to me than Katwyk-on-Sea.
Harper Magazine,
'Aii In fit a ITnitjtrl Srntifl Chirjma
,. used to place an effectual
" ; 1 oi
. 1 it i 1 -t. 1 ijruiriewi ui iniua iwddid.
tjunous wcuuinz cams anpcai;u m H ,.,. .,,,, 0,,i j ,.
. .1 , ' 1 vhh1I 1ALC 1 MIIUD muiD ncio an utaiaw
grario, Kev. ur.mrposa, acting unaer f0mmerL.e of the inland sea do-
aumoruyoi me Arcno.snop, nas reiuseu Banded( buUhe con9truction of the can
10 marry me to ireno a,u eu.,. . . twantv.fiv vearg 8!ro. at once
kAa anAimllnn tn t HA nlTTI I rfn a I ' J f
iui.... . w w.D,... . .. ftnd opened a oassaga
nrl nnw have the honor to offer votl an
invitation to our house on Calle Car
men, No. 81. Gregorio Saavedra."
Writing to a Gorman newspaper, a
victim of Ualtonianism, or color blind
ness, protests against the tendency to
the exclusion of tho so-called color
blind from lives of activity in which the
recognition of color is an eloment. lie
declares that, although the sensations
are different, persons atniclea wun uai-
for continuous navigation. The canal
is a noble monument of engineering
skill, commercial enterprise, and wise
I iberality on the part 01 the state ot
Michigan. It was ouut, oy me mnus 01
the Stato, supplemented by a grant from
Congress of one hundred and tifty thou
sand acres of land. It is a mUe and
half long, seventy feet deep, and con
structed of colossal masonry. The
locks, two in number, are among the
toninnism possvss a distinct recognition largest in tho world, and are wide
of tbe diflorcnt bands of the spectrum, enough to admit tho largest boats in
and are consequently as capahie of dis th0 trade. In winter, however, trade
tinguishing color signals from each ig gusnended on this waterwav; the
other as persons with normal vision. boats can rarely enter the lake, on ac-
" IV L 11 W..I,tnnnH nr. a Prnnirlnnt I Anl1Mf nf na aarlial fllAH itlA first
the Congress Snrinirs. at Saratoga, was of Mav. and navigation ceases in No
discovered by a member of Congress vember, as the faff storms are verv se-
from Wcw XorK, wno was gunning on vere. leDyearsaguajouruey iuuidcsuh
the site. There are now fifteen to In winter was an arctic expedition;
thirt.v unnnirs in the vicinitv. not verv I the mails to tho fort were carried in
different In character. The Congress sledges drawn by dogs, and. took afott-Knfino-
in still the moat nelehrated. Tho nicht on the iournev. In summer reg-
Hathorn Spring, discovered about thir- ular steamers, as well appointed as any
teen years ago, has become its princi- Atlantio lleet, run from Chicago and
pal competitor. For nearly a hundred Cleveland, and the travel on them is int.
vor Saralnirn has heen celebrated, and 1 mense.
continues to be tho most remarkable col- The Sault Ste. Marie is historic
lection of mineral springs in the United ground. Though these eddying rapids
).
States. N. Y Tribune.
The principal feature about a China
man's costume is the fact that nothing
ever fits but his stockings. His clothing
consists really of threo or four shirts or
garments made after the fashion of a
shirt, each opening in front -and having
five buttons, a sacred number. These
buttons are never in a straight row, but
in a sort of semi-cirelo half round the
body. Tho outer garments have sleeves
a toot longer man tne arm, a loci wnicn
affords abundant opportunities for theft.
A Chinaman's jackets arc his thermom
eter. He will sav: "To-day is three
jackets cold, and if it increases at this
rate to-morrow win be lour or nve jack
ets cold.' Chicago Herald,
We think of Wyoming Territory as
a desert and of Cheyenne as a frontier
camp, but a New Yorker lately re
turned from that Rockv Mountain set
tlement says that he found there a gen
tlemen's chid as complete as any in
New York. The members are princi
pally rich oattle owners, many of them
Englishmen. The club house is illn-
miuatea dv tne jncanuesceni, eiecirio
light, and acAffrom Delmonico's looks
after the cuisino. Turkish rugs, marble
statuarv. a fine library, rich chande
liers. tropical plants, eto., adorn the
interior. He also says that as elegant
A chicken rooster entered a lady's
house the other day, and seeing himself
relleoted in a large, handsome mirror.
deemed it his boundeu duty to go for
the reflected intruder, and he forthwith
throw himself against the mirror, shat
tering it all to pieces. With tbe break
iner of the glass his shadow disappeared.
and ho concluded he had demolished
his supposed antagonist I be noise
brought the good lady into the house,
when she found her valuable mirror in
ruins and the roostor perched on the
marble slab crowing for victory.
Botton Budget. .. .
It is estimated that the average eott
to the people is five thousaud domr.
I . 1 .-ii 1 . r, .
I (or eacn om passeu dv iogrws.
equipages are to be seen every day in
.uL J.Vi -1 r. ... i vr vn-l.
lue sireeui 01 iuuycuuo mo m oit iui.
N. Y. Herald,
passed the first missionaries and ex
plorers of the unknown West, the La
eallos. tbe Joliets, the Hennepins, and
not far from thoir rushing waters, in
Michilimackinac. lie tho bones of
Marquette, the explorer of the Missis
sippi. Here the fathers established
their central station, whenco they
could start out to visit all the tribes of
the North and West, and whither they
could return when wearied with their
labors or in want of supplies. Father
Joguos pitched his tent here in 1640, and
in 1671, on the very site of the modern
town, an envoy of the Most v. nnstian
King had a grand council with sovorot
thousand Indians for making a treaty
of offensive and defensive . alliance
against the incursions of those friends
of our school-boy days, the Six Nations.
Tbe river is the only outlet trom the
vast lake, but some tlieo.ies have been
advanced to favor the con;e,-ture that
there exists a subterranean channel, for,
after all allowances for evaporation,
it is difficult to conceive that one chan
nel can carry off the superfluous water
from suuh an immen-e lake, whose
area is 82.000 square milos, and whose
tributaries drain more than twice that
extent of territory.
The Indians nave mostly ocen con
verted long ago to the Roman Catholio
faith, the missionary work having been
the most turbulent parts of tho channel
Ono man sits in the stern, 'and witn a
single oar holds her head in the (lash
ing stream, steady as though at anchor,
tho light bhvh bark rising over the boil
ing rapids and it-i delicate bow part
ing the waters graeefully. Tho art of
thus managiug the frail skiff has never
ben attained, it is said, by any white
man. The Indian who handles the net
poors down into the waters, dips it
quickly at the right time, and take the
fish us he is struggling bravely against
the current When the fish are plen
tiful a score or more of canoe put out
into the rapids, and the scene is one of
interest and excitement Shooting the
rapids is a common amusement to dar
ing travelers. Thoy walk up the river
bank to the head of the falls, step into
a canoe with an Indian guide, and rush
down some one of the channels. 11
everything goes right all is well, but a
little oversight, in all probability, costs
you your life.
DttUlt ova. jnarie can do rcavneu, as
we have said, in the summer by steam
er from the States by Cleveland or
Chicago, or from Canada by way of
Collingwood or Georgia Bay. Posing
through the canal, the vessels touch at
Marquette, the center of the iron trade
of the djstrict, and Keweenaw Point,
tbe seat of the first and principal cop-ner-niininir
town, till thev reach Su-
. .. 0 - .- - ! I!... ! U'l..
penor uay, wun nupenur m . -consin.
on one side, and Duluthin Min
nesota, on the other, the head of the
grandest line of fresh-water navigation
P .L. U f.. k. fl..l f St
in tne wuiiu. rium mo uu,. v. jv.
Lawrence, through tho rivers St. Law
rence. Niagara. Detroit St Clair, and
St Mary, and Lakes Ontario, Erie, St
Clair. Huron, and Superior, the dis
tance is two thousand two hundred
miles. The tiwn of Sault is the feat
of a United Stales fort but is not ol
much Importance. There is nothing to
build it up: there are no mineral de
posits in the neiehborhood, and its ag
ricultural development is overshadowed
by that of Minnesota. But the country
around is hiehlv romantic, and it will
always be a favorite resting-place fot
seekers after snort or' natural beauty.
Wild-ducks bv thousands skim over the
waters, or fly away in alarm before the
steamer. Hero and thore may still be
seen the smoke ascending trom the
Indian camn fires curling up into the
still air, while an occasional canoe steals
gently along the shore. In a calm day
of autumn the visitor, may in these
lovely bays or amid the wooded islands,
imagine nunseii mine lanu 01 uiuuuis.
Harper Bazar.
A Drninmer Sold.
if that pretty girl over
flirt," said one drummer
1 said tho drum-
Johai tells a story of a gypsy which
illustrates the happy freedom from all
the ordinary restraints of civilization
which characterizes tho race. This
gypsy was the happy father of a flour
ishing progeny of twelve children, one
of whom a hunter happened to shoot
one day; mistaking it for bis more law
ful prey. To console the unhappy
father the repentant hunter gave him a
compensation in money, wnicn
hnrrnn bv the martvr of tho lroouis,
the Father Jogues fust mentioned. The
French settlers and pioneers, t: their
lasting credit, have always treated the
Indians in tne way wnicn, 10 ineir last
ing shame, men of English blood seem
unable to comprehend. One of the
chief occupations of the Indians on the
Sault and the various lakelets it forms
in its course is fishing. Mankinae and
Knuckled trout aro nlontiful, but the
pride and boast of Lake Superior and
its adiacent tributaries is tbe white-fish.
he In the lakp itself, with its waters crys
tal ciear ana icy com, a uiuuui iu
. . . ' j l: 1 . , kl.
magnificent to the gypsy father that he
ventured to suggest that if his benefac
tor should think of hunting again he
still had eleven children who might be
turned to account by a similar aUvaa-
t&geous mistake. Manhattan,
hours of the summer . day ! Indians and
half-breeds mav be seen soooping tnem
up with their apparently un wieldly
itaWh Twn (lahni-mm i'oi-m the crew
of each canoe, and go ritfht out Into N. Y. Evening Fast.
"I wondor
there is not a llii
to another ori an incoming Illinois Cen
tral train the other day.
"She looks like it," said his compan
ion, "and what is more, she and I havo
nassed a cood many happy hours to-
ge her. I've staid many a night at her
father's house; but I don't do that any
moro, and if you can make a mash on
her, go ahead." '
The othor drummer went over to
where she sat and said:
"Permit me, madam."'
"Certainly," she replied.
"My friend over there says lie has
known you for some time," he continued
as he sat down. She blushed and smiled
sweetly as she acknowledged the old ac
quaintance. .
very uicts iuiiuvt,
mer. .
Do vou think soP ' said the woman,
modestly.
"Bully follow, but he ain't very pop
ular with the girls. Don't seem to caro
much about 'cm."
'Don't he?" she archly inquired.
Not vory much."
"But it's different with me. I like
hinv ever so much."
Happy old boy! Say, you couldn t
lovo me a little as his proxy, could
youP"
"liooaness, no:
"Well, that's pretty tough on me;
but if you think so much of him, 1 11
get up and let him come over and sit
bvyou."
"Cm! 1 wish you kwouiu. lao
masher looked red and blue by turns,
and got up and went over and told his
companion what, she had said, and
added: '
Say, old fellow, you've got her
dead. She's m.ished on you the worst
way, and wants you to come over and
sit by her."
"Is that so?" queried tne otner, witn
a satisfied smile, arising and bowing to
the lady, who beckoned him over to the
seat with her. And then ' he went over
and put his arm around her, and when
the conductor came along, he pointed
them out to him and began to tell him
what a mash the other fellow had made,
when the conductor smiled blandly,
and told him to go and soak his head;,
that that was tho other drummer's wife
and he had known her ever since sho
was a baby.
The masher got off tho first timo they
came up with a freight train and went
tho balance of the way as live beef.
BloominqUm Through Mail.
The Hult of Mexico and Its Stream.
At the American Science Association
in Philadelphia. Prof. J. K Hilgard
read a paper on the "Relative Level ot
the Atlant o ueean ana tiuu 01 .Mex
ico." He exhibited a reliof model,
showing the western part of the North
Atlantic uccan, me vuu 01 mexico nun
the United States, east of the Missis
sippi River. The principal features to
which he direoted attention were the
fact that tho actual continental outline
does not correspond to the present ac
cidental limits of land and water, but
to the ono-hundred fathom curve, bo
that the continental limit is far out un
der the sea. Florida and Yucatan have
more than twice thr geographical
limits, while the West Iudies and the
Antilles appear as a vast submarine
continuation of the Florida Peninsula,
the mountain- summits of which only
appear above the sea. This submarine
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bateau, extending to the southeast
;orms. with the coast line of the United
States, a great bight nearly as large
again is the Gulf of Mexico, which
Prof. Hilgard designated the Great
bav of North Ament a. Whatever the
causes which produced the Gulf Stream,
thev must give rise to an elevation 01
the gulf above the Atlantio in order to
occasion tne stream a pnysicai iaut
demonstrated bv most accurate meas
urements. The explanation of the
stream was that the North Atlantic trade
winds set tho water of the Caribbean
Sea against the "Spanish Main" (Cen
tral America), deflected northward
along the coast of Yuoatan, where the
flow is through the straits between
Yucatan and Cuba, and thence through
the Eemini Channel into the Atlantic
Ocean, thus forming what is known as
the "Gulf Stream.'fTbe part which the
Gulf of Mexico has in this is mainly
that ot a reservoir or"accumulator,"
maintaining the outflow at a more un
iform rate than the assigned cause
woud, admit of without such a reservoir.
A Package of Troubles.
One rainv night, iust as the workmen
wore hurrying home to supper, an old
woman, carrying a large bundle of
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ton car near tho corner 01 juover siroei
and Shawmut avenue, taking a seat on
the inside, and leaving her load on the ,
front platform. In a few moments the
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condui tor came in, wok ner ucuei, anu
went forward to where two men were
standing talking with the driver. One
of them passed out two checks, which
the conductor punctilio, ana then saia:
1 want you to pay tor tnis ounnie.
'I shall not pay fur it," asserted one
of the men.
"I never have paid anything for it,
and shan't now," replied the other,
looking at his companion in a myste
rious manner.
"If you don't pay a fare on that I
shall throw it off."
"Off with it if you think it your best
way, came tne reply, ai wnicn ,tne
conductor got mad and hurled it into
the mud. The men paid no attention
to the act and continued' to talk with
the driver.
"Aren t you going to look out for
your luggagoP" asked the conductor,
after waiting awhilo for them to get off.
"Don't anything about it,"
came the reply. "It don't belong to
us."
Then the conductor gave the bell-
,nnu a tlitanai-ata irnnl anil run hnelr nfr.
er the bundle. When ho returned with
it all muddy, the old lady just let out
on him, and he had to coax the two
men on front to swear that it fell off by
aenident he 1'n m she would consent to
keep quiet Boston Globe.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad shops
have turned out tbe large t and strong
est locomotive ever bu It in Pennsyl
vania. It is a six-wheeler, with ntne-teea-inch
cylinders, and has beeu chris
tened Samson.