Norwalk Chronicler

Evening gazette, Wednesday, March 24, 1897 · page 7

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fixtl'ii‘eting- Gold.

A process of extracting gold by
which every particle! of the metal in
the ore is recovered is “stated to be in
successfpl operation in \Vest Austra-
lia. It is called the ore atOmic pro-
cess. Gold quartz is crushed into
small lumps and is then put into a
closed chamber, subjected to the heat
of a furnace, to the action of water
and of hydrogen gas. This eliminates
sulphur and reduces all oxides to the
metallic state. After being heated, the
material is suddenly cooled by jets of
water—till the quartz crumbles- to
powder at the touch of the finger. It
is then thrown into a tank and the
gold is then separated by- washing.

 

 

His Facetiousness Rewarded.

Finding'a purse containing 33 cents
on the sidewalk in front of a Calais,
Me, store, a woman picked it up and
took it to the storekeeper. He hung it
in a, window above a sign reading:
“Found—This purse, containing a
large sum of money.” When he came
down the next morn-ing the purse was
gone and there was a big hole in his
plate glass window—New York Sun.

 

Plenty of Reasons.

The Judge—“Have you anything to
say why the sentence of the court
should not be pronounced upon you 3

Teddy O’Reilly—“Faith, yer hon-or,
Oi have siven distinct raisins, iny war:
of which would convince mesilf if Oi
was only yer honor.”-—New York Tri-
bune. .

Their Code Complete.

Emily—Why are you waving your _

handkerchief?
Angelina—Since papa has forbidden
Tom the house, we have arranged a

' code of signals.

Emily—What is it?

Angelina—When he waves his hand-
kerchief five times that means “Do you
love Ime?” and when I wave frantically
in replyit means “Yes, darling.”

Emily—And how do you ask other
anestions?

Angelina—We don’t. That is the
whole codes—Buffalo Times.____

RHEUMATISN.

Muuyon’s Rheumatism Cure is guar-
anteed to cure acute or musculor rheuma-
tism in from one to five days. Sharp,
shooting pains in any part of the body
stopped by a few doses. A prompt, com-
plete and permanent cure for lameness,
soreness, stiff back and all pains in hips
and 101115. Chronic rheumatism, SCIatica,
lumbago or pain in the back are speedily
cured. It seldom fails to give relief from
one or two doses, almost invariably cures
before one bottle has been used. Price 25c.

MUNY NS

Improved Homoeopathic Home Rem-
edy Company put up a separate cure for
each disease. At all druggists, mostly
25 cents. Guide to Health free.

Personal letters to Prof. Munyon, 1505
Arch street, Philadelphia, Pa, answered
with free medical advice for any disease.

 

 

 

 

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charges paid. (S. L.)
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EXOELBIOL '

Liverv and Sales Stable

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Opposite Danbury and
Nor-walk Railroad deDOt'
Norwalk, Conn. Stylish
Single or Double Tour:
with or without. drivers

Safe horses for women
ondchildren. .

“A ODL‘S HORSES A SPECIALTY

 

DAVID " w. RAYMOND

funeral Director at Emlal'mel

39 Washington Street South Norwalk

Residence. hlanackemo Hotel.

 

LUGKWDOD'S LIGHT PARCEL and
PACKAGE. DELIVERY
Cheap rates. Will also take orders for mes-
longer service in New York. Goods called

for and delivered to all parts of the town,
, Urders received at E.

P. Weed’s Drug Store.
Wall Street. with telephone connection un-

, f” o n. Looxwoon.

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THE EVENING our. TTE:

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FIRE HORSES TO GO.

AUTOMOBILE? FIRE TRUCKS TO BE
INTRODUCED IN THIS COUNTRY.

A Noiseless, Invisible llIotor Will Do the
\l'ork More Efficiently—The Idea Has
Much in Its Favor, and “'lll Doubtless
be Used in All Large Cities.

Science has killed the fire horse. Be-
fore long the noble hero of a thousand
mad races for life or death will be no
more. The automatic fire truck has
come to take his place, and soon every
fire department of importance in 'the
United States will be in possession of
one of the latest inventions.-

The‘new automatic fire truck will be
in every way a more practical and ef-
ficient aid to fire fighters than its more
picturesque predecessor, but from an
artistic or sensational standpoint there
will doubtless be many persons who
will regret the passing of the fire horse.

The inspiring sight of a bare headed
driver, with loose reins and slender
whip, urging his three big horses to
greater speed, will give place to the
cool headed motorman, sitting in the
driver‘s seat, increasing or reducing
speed as the occasion may warrant by
the Simple turning of a lever, and guid-
ing the apparatus in a similar manner.

In appearance the automatic fire
truck does not difi'er greatly from the
hook and‘ladder truck of to—day. There
is the same arrangement of ladders
along the body of the truck, the same
footboard for the crew, and the mani-
pulation of the rear steering gear is the
same. The radical difference is in the
arrangement of the front wheels and
the driver’s seat.

The motive power of this automobile

is what is known as a compressed air
gas engine of continuous running de-
Sign.

The engine which furnishes the mo-
tive power is placed just above the
front axle and directly beneath the
driver's seat. A system of cog wheels
and levers acts directly between the
engine and the front wheels; in fact,
the engine machinery, which is very
simple and consists principally of cog
wheels, is located directly in front of
the. engine, almost beneath the foot-
bourd of the apparatus.

Extending upward from the machin-
ery, through the footboard, and reach-
ing to a height a little above the dri-
ver’s scat, are two levers, which re-
semble those in common use on cable
cars. One of these levers is used for
the double purpose of steering the ma-
chine and as a brake. while the other
lever controls the speed of the engine.

The engine is so constructed that
when the driver takes his seat and
grasps the left hand lever the whole
apparatus is ready to start. By sim-
ply drawing the lever toward himself
the driver sets the truck in motion. The
cogs on the lever, which work the
wheels, fall into another set of cogs
which work directly from the engine,
and the start is made.

A most peculiar feature isfound in
the fact that, in order to stop the truck
it is, not necessary to stop the engine.
A forward pressure on the left hand
lever throws the cogs out of place, and
a pull on the right hand lever applies
the compressed air brakes. Should
this not stop the progress of the truck
in sufficiently short time, the cogs can
be thrown back into place and the en-
gine reversed and an entire set of oth-
er brakes applied to the rear wheels of
the truck.

The truck can be driven. at a speed
of forty miles an hour if necessary and
in order that it can travel at a high
rate of speed over smooth and slippery
pavements, the tires of the wheels are.
Toughened and provided (like a horse’s
hoof) with calks or short spikes. This
improvement has been found to be
most successful, especialy in turning
sharp curves.

Another great advantage of the new
invention is found in the fact that the
motive power being so completely un-
fler control it can be used immediately
for elevating an extension ladder,
which is of the greatest import-
ance both in the fighting of fires and
the saving of human life—New York
Herald.

McPherson the “'inning Name.

The London and China Telegraph
says that in Otago, New Zealand.
where Scotchmen are in the majority,
1 contract for mending a road was to
be let, and the most acceptable bid
was signed “McPherson.” Notice was
sent to the said McPherson to com-
plete the contract, and 10! he appeared
in all the glory of yellow hue and pig-
tail! “But,” gasped the president of
the Board, “your name can’t be Mc-
Pherson?” “All lightee,” cheerfully
answered John Chinaman, “nobody
catchee contlact in Otago unless he
named Mac.” The contract was
signed and the Mongolian McPherson
did the work as well as if he had
Jailed from Glasgow.

Sufferers from Gun Discharging.

Krupp guns are certainly not de-
sirable neighbors even in times of
peace. The inhabitants of Essen suf-
fer much in nerves and house property
from the trials of the heavy guns close
by. Many houses and walls show large
fissures from the shocks, and others
ire actually unsafe. At the latest ex-
oeriments all the doors and windows
.21 one quarter of Essen flew open at
every discharge, while one house had
:hirty panes of glass broken—Tid-
Bits.

 

A Rare Dish.
“Your majesty,” said the chief of the
King of the Cannibal Islands. “we have
u the larder today a couple of fine fat
Zaptlvcs who say they are twins. \tht
s your royal pleasure?" ,
“Twins?" replied. the polentate.
".l'hut is fine. I have an idea. Serve
:hcm born at (halter. and the Queen
ind myself will eat :1 philopena.”—-
Pittsburg Chronicle-Tclcgra 31h.

SHOE EYELETS.

 

One of the Very Few Things that are Sold,

by the Million.

There are many things that are sold
by the gross, and not a few that are
sold by the thousand, but there are not
many that are sold by the .million.
Among the things that are, so sold
however, are shoe eyelets.

Shoe eyelets are made of brass, by
machines whose operation is almost
entirely automatic. Three of four ma-
chines are required to produce the eye-
let in the form in which it is sold, the
brass being fed into the first machine
in thin, flat strips. As sold to the
shoe manufacturer, the eyelet is turned
down at one end only. The eyelets
look as much as anything like so many
little lmts with narrow brims and with-
out :my tops in the crowns.

Eyclets are made of various sizes
in diameter and of various lengths of
shank or cylinder, according to the
thickness of the material with which
they are used; and after they come
from the machines they are finished
in great variety. Some are finished
white—these are silver plated; some
are gilt finished and some are cop-
pcred. Eyelcts are japanned in black
or in various shades of russet; they
are. in fact, made in any size and 01
any color that may be desired. Soonel
or later the japanning wears off, ex
posing the brass. There are now made
shoe eyelets that are covered with cel
luloid, which keep their color, but
these are much more expensive than
the kinds commonly used.

Shoe eyelets are packed in boxes.
containing 1.000, 10,000.100.00ll. 13.30.

000 and 500,000 each. liycll-l s oi
lhe kinds most Commonly used
are sold, according 1.) sizes and

styles, at prices ranging from $00 tc
$135 a million. Some of the celluloid
covered eyelets sell for as much as
$500 a million.

Eyelcts are made for :1 wide variety
of uses, up to the great eyelets lhol
are sewed into the corners of sails,
lhl'ough which the sail is lashed to the
end of the boom or yard. Taking-
them all together the number is cnor
mous; of shoe eyelets alone there are
sold in this country some thousands oi
millions annually—Now York Sun.

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A DOG IN A NEW ROLE.

He Seemingly Take-s the Sonic View 01
Affairs as His~ Blaster.

A well-known‘English actor is pas-
sionately fond of dogs. and delights in
making them his constant companions.
Seldom is he seen unless accompanied
by one or more of his pets. A manage}
about to produce a new piece required
the services of this actor for a special
part, and therefore despatchcd his act-
ing-manager to make the engagement.
In due course the latter arrived at the
histrion’s house, which is in the coun
try, and found him resting, after a
long walk, in a large comfortable arm-
chair. After a few civilities, the act
ing-manager proceeded to business.
\Vas the actor at liberty? He was.
Could he accept a part of such and
such a nature? He could. And now
about the salary. Well, the acting-
manager thought they could give so-
und—so. “What,” roared the impulsive
actor, starting to his feet—“what?” At
the same moment from under a chair
a huge bulldog thrust its head between
its master’s legs, and growled and
showed its teeth in the most ferocious
manner. The startled visitor made for
the door, exclaiming as he did So,
“All right; name your own terms!“
In the end the engagement was .con-
eluded. Some time after another
manager asked the acting-managerfox
the actor's address. The acting-man-
ager gave it. “Do you want him?” he
asked. “Yes,” said the manager.
“Then, for goodness’ sake” was the re-
ply, “be sure to offer him enough, for
he has a dog in the house that knows
his terms!”

 

 

And the Bill “'35 Paid.

As the gas bill of a portable theatre
showing in a provincial town for 0
month had not been paid at the week’s
end (when it became due), a man‘ap-
poured on the Monday night follow
ing‘to cut off the supply, if the bill
were not paid on the spot.

The doorkeeper remonstratcd with
him, pointing out that the manager
was on the boards at the time, and
could not possibly leave the stage f0!
an hour—the gas man might call then

“No,” said the gas-man, obdurately,
“I’m going to cut it off, now.”

"Hold hard,” said the doorkceper; “l
will go and tell the manager.”

Disguising himself in a huge rec?
cloak and a great felt hat with a
drooping feather, and with a sword at
his side, he walked on to the stage
with the words: - “Behold, my lord, the
man stands at the castle 'gatc wait-
ing to be remunerated for the glim
moms, and if not seen instantly, dark-
ness threatens us.”

The Manager (taking in the situa-
tion): “Go; I follow thee.”-—-Tid-Bits

I-Zxceedingly Ea=y to Acquire.

In the studio of one of our loading
it. Ais, who was' showing his pictures
for the Academy, stood a lady of fash-
ion. “011! what a lovely picturc‘
flow I wish I could paint like that?
You ought to let me into the secret
how to do it.”

"Nothing can be more simple, madam.
you have only to Choose the proper col-
jrs and stick them on in the righl
places, and the thing is done.”

“A thousand thanks! I will go home
ind start at once!"

A Unique Order.

An Englishman, with more moncj
than education. recently‘sent the fol-
lowing order to a book seller: “3
have sixty feet of shelving. I wan;
ten feet of poetry, ten feet of history
ten feet of science, ten feet of rclig
'Ion, the same of novels, and fill 11]

 

rest with any kind of books.”

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BREAD LOST, THEN THE BATTLE.

A Good Slory of Lee’s Last Stand and Ma-
hone’s Charge. .

“Charging is the last resort of brave
but bafiled commanders,” said a. local
critic of military affairs, “and it almost
always results disastrously.”

Thirty-one years ago the affairs of the
Conlederate army of Northern Virginia
were desperate enough to warrant its
brave commander, Gen. Robert E. Lee,
to resort to charging. So it came to
pass on the morning of the 25th of
March, 1865, he made a. break through
the Union lines and opened the way to
City Point, which, if he could have
reached and held,would have prolonged
the civil war for at least another year.

The preliminaries were well arranged.
First of all a hundred men appeared in
front of our picket line and announced
themselves as North Carolina deserters.
They were all armed, but the officer in
charge of our picket welcomed them,
and told them to bring in their guns, as
Gen. Giant had issued an order com-
manding his quarter-masters to pay for
all guns brought in from the rebel
ranks.

So this hundred of armed men were
graciously invited to march in behind
our pickets. When once there they
tmned suddenly upon the astonished
Union troops and requested them to sur-.
render in words too impolite to print.
And the picket had no choice but to
obey. '

In the rear of the picket line stood
forts Haskell and Stedman, garrisoned
by the Fourteenth New York Artillery,
several of whom belonged in Utica. In
the early dawn of that mild March
rmorning the sleeping members of the
.Fourteenth were awakened by the
sharp "Yii yil” of the rebel troops,who
. pounced in upon them 10,000 streng or
more.

They were under the command of
Gen. William Mahone, of Virginia.
After capturing the Fourteenth they
were to move forward to City Point.

But here an obstacle arose that nei-
ther Mahone or Gen. Lee had foreseen.
That obstacle was our supply of food.
lt was utterly impossible to get the Con-
federates, who were actually starving,
beyond our soft bread and coffee, our
fresh beef and salt pork. The whole
body paused and went to eating, drink-
ing and making merry without regard
to the conclusion of that familiar say-
ing, “For to-morrow we die.” It was
all in vain that Gen. Mahone threat~
ened and swore and coaxed his men.
They simply would not stir till they had
satisfied their appetites.

This pause was the salvation of the
Union army. It enabled not only the
majority of the Fourteenth to escape
from their captors, but allowed the
other'divisions of the Ninth Corps to
come to their relief, so that when the
rebels were ready to advance they found
the way blocked, and they were com-
pelled to retire from the scene of their
victory and their breakfast table back
to Petersburg badly ,beaten, and carry-
ing with them nothing but very full
stomachs.

The foregoing is a brief but truthful
account of Gen. Lee’s last charge. In
a little more than a week from that day

evacuated Richmond and Peters-

;g', and in less than another week he
.-..rendered his entire army to Gen.
Ulysses S. Grant.-—Utica Observer.

 

 

A Bishop’s Experience.

Bishop Esher, the well-known divine
of the Evangelical Association, took a
ride on a Western express train the
other day, which would have a very
funny side were it not for the fact that
the Bishops advanced years made the
experience a rather dangerous one. He
occupied the pulpit at Grand Prairie,
Ill, on Sunday evening, and later went
to the Wabash station, to take the
night express for Chicago, where he
had an engagement the next day.

Arriving at the station just as the
train was leaving. the bishop hurriedly
mounted the steps and turning, waved
his hand in farewell to his host on the
platform. Then endeavoring to pass'in
to the car he found himself facing a
door of the vestibule closed and locked
which he had not noticed before. He
knocked and shouted, but the sounds
were lost in the rumble of the train and
he failed to arouse the porter.

Finally the bishop settled himself on
the steps of the car, after the manner
of an ordinary ride-stealing tramp. Un
der ordinary circumstances he would
have beenreleased from his unpleasant
quarters in a few minutes, but unfortun-
ately the train happened to be late and
was going through to Chicago without
stopping. It was nearly an hour and a
half before the bishop, covered with
Cinders and chilled through, was res
cued from his place on the car steps.

 

The Hora; ofa. Maine Family.

Down near Jonesport the bulk of a
schooner lies high and dry on the
shore. It is slightly careened and the
timbers are not sound enough to take
arswim in the surge. Yet they can
stiffly breast the wind and the sweep of
the rain. The schooner is stranded in
alonely cove, and doesn’t look very in-
viting, yet the family of a lobster fish-
erman dwells here in great comfort.

They have converted it into a sort of
a seaside rudder grange. ’Tween decks
has been partitioned off, windows have
been cut through the deck hull and
funnels protruding through the deck
carry away the smoke from the two
stoves. Within, this extemporized
home is fairly cosey, even if the floors
do have a tilt to starboard. The chil-
dren have lots of fun rolling marbles
down the incline, and as the lady of the
house always sweeps "down hill” her
work is greatly lightened.

 

A Table of Gems.

Among the Sultan’s possessions there
is a toilet table, the top of which is
made of lapus lazuli, and the feet of
which is claw shaped, the claws being
made of diamonds, emeralds, rubies and
carbuneles. Big diamonds hang down
from the top of the table and along the

monds.—Detroit Free Press.

 

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CLOTH FROM CATTAIL

THE PLANT PUT TO BETTER USE
THAN AS AN 'ART SUBJECT.

Is Said to Have Become a Marks-table
Article—Is DIanufactured into ' Plush
and Serves as Stufling‘ for Sofa Pillows
and Down Quilts; ’

Very few, probably, are aware thal
the fur, or vegetable down, of the cat
tail is a marketable article, superior tc
feathers or cotton for many purposes
As a matter of fact, a great many peo-
ple are today using articles covered
with cut-tail products who have n:
idea where the material comes from.

It is a vast extent of country, com
putatively speaking, from which the
cat-tail is gathered. It comes from thr
swamps along the numerous creel-:5
that put in'from the Delaware buy.
from Morris river to Cape May. The
average amount gathered in the sea-
son is a ton a day. The work of guthr
ering and transporting it, and they
weaving it into the many forms which
it must take before becoming salable
constitutes a considerable industry.

One of the most elaborate uses tc
which this material is put is that 01
covering sofas. Very many of the

supposed plush-covered divans are,

are really covered with a fabric oi
cat-tail. It wears better than tlu
plush, and is infinitely cheaper.

The same argument that applies t(
the sofa is applicable to the pillow
Very often, however, such pillows gc
by another name.

Sofa pillows, also, are made of cat
tail, because a pillow avowcdly cov
ered with cat-tail would probably be
regarded with contempt.

The family album which graces the
center table in the parlor of so many
farm houses is also in many instances
adorned with c..t-tail covers, although
the housewife cannot be convinced
they are not plush.

It is becoming a prevalent custom it
use cat-tail fur on the back of hand
mirrors and brushes, Which have here-
tofore been backed with plush. Some
say that the substitute is really prov
i2.: it... ;' .hnn the original. The head
rest, too, soon on the easy chair, is oft
on of cat-tail—and is none the less
comfortable for that.

Another article for which the cat-
tuil is used is the bed quilt. The cider
down quilt is an old-time article oi
luxury. The cat-tail quilt is every
whit as comfortable, and costs aboul
one quarter as much.

WATER FROM A PLANTED REED.

The Trappcr‘s Device ‘Vorth Remember-
ing‘YIiere Streams Do Not Abound.

“When people are suflfering from
thirst they will resort to all kinds of
means to get water,” remarked a gen-
tleman who was at one timea member
of the United States geographical and
surveying expedition in the Indian
Territory. “l-‘or some time we had
been without water and were suffer-
ing greatly. Among our number was
an old trapper, who was as keen‘on
the scent for water as is a hound on
the trail of a scent for water
the trail of a deer. Finally, he paused
at a place and stopped.

“‘I think there’s water here, if we
could dig a well,’ he observed.

“ ‘But we can’t,’ I replied.

“ ‘No, but we can do something else,‘
he said.

“With that he cut a reed, tying some
mess on the end of it. Then be dug
into the earth, placed his reed in the
hole and packed the earth around the
reed. He waited for a few moments

“ ‘Do you mean to say you can such
water out ofqthat thing?’ I asked.

“ ‘Yes, there’s water near the sur.
face.’

“He drew at it with much satisfac-
tion.

“ ‘Good,’ he remarked;
try it?’

“With little confidence in the result
I sucked at the reed, with the sur:
prising result of getting plenty of clear.
pure water. To my parched tongue it
seemed the very nectar of the gods.

“‘It’s as clear as the water of a
spring,’ I said.

“ ‘Yes, the moss is our filter,’ he re
plied.

“We pursued our journey much re.
freshed, and I never forgot the old
trapper’s device.”-—De‘troit Free Press

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. A Kitchen Hint.

A little soap is as useful in cleaning
a stove or range as in cleaning othei
kitchen ware. A flannel, rubbed with
soap and then dipped into stove polish
will lighten labor when the stove is
to be made bright. Of course, the fin.
ishing touch must be a dry brush 01
cloth, applied with energy- Stoves s0
blackened are said to retain their pol:
ish much longer.

 

AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINEES.

Unable to Endure the Restrictions of Civ-
illzation.
'The Central Australian aboriginejs
the living representative of a stone
age, \vho still fashions his spear heads
and knives from flint or sandstone,
and performs the most daring surgical
operations with them. His origin and
history are lost‘ in the gloomy mists oi
the past. He has no written records
and few oral traditions. In appear-
ance he is a naked, hirsute savage,
with a type of features occasionally
pronounccdly Jewish. He- is by nature
lighthearted, merry and- prone to
laughter; a splendid mimic, supple:
jointed, with an unerring hand that
works in perfect unison with his eye,
which is as keen as that of an eagle.
He has never been known to wash.
He has no private ownership of land,
except as regards that which is not
overcs’refully concealed about his own
person. He cultivates nothing, but
lives entirely on the spoils of the
chase, and although the thermometer
frequently ranges from 15 to 120 de-
grees Fahr. in twenty-four hours, and
his country is-teeming with furred
game, he makes no use of the Ski!!!
for clothing, but goes about during the
day and sleeps in the open at night
perfectly nude. He builds no perma-
nent habitation, and usually camp}
where night or fatigue overtakes him.
Above all, he is absolutely untamable.
You may clothe and care for him for
years, when suddenly the demon of
unrest takes possession; he throws off
all his clothing and plunges into the
trackless depths of his native bush, at
once reverting to his old and hideout]
customs, and when sated, after

months of privation, he will return

again to clothing and civilization, only

’to repeat the performance later on.—'

Chicago Tribune.

A Puzzling Transaction.

It happened in this wise: The two
gentlemen were Irish, and, as every
one knows, the sons of that national.
ity are excitable.
time they had lived as peaceful
neighbors should, but when Mr.
O’Farrel’s cow had her career out
short in a summary fashion by being:
smothered under a. load of hay that
lost its balance and toppled off from
Mr. McSw-ay’s wagon, why, it neces-
sarily followed that the Celtic blood
warmed with anger in Mr. O’Farrel’d
veins, and, in no genial mood, he
sought his hitherto pleasant neighbor,
and demanded compensation for the
loss. ,

“Sure, now, that is a sad. misfon
tune,” commented Mr. McSway; “and
how much do ye want me to pay for
the cow ‘2” . : '~

“Oi want tin dollars, and oi want it
roight now.’”

“Faith, you’re er bit loively, Mr.
O’Farrel. But didn’t oi understand
that yez sold the cow's hide an’ tal<
low down ter the village? How much
did yez get for the bastc ‘2” ,

“Yis, oi did, an’ oi got tin dollars an’
fifty cints for it, Mr. M'cSway.” ,

“TVell, then, acco-rdin’ to that, yez
owe me fifity cints; so pay it roight
now, if you plaze, Mr. O’Farrel.”

Probably it ,will not astonish the
reader to know that before the ex:
cited and very much muddled O’Farn
rel recovered himself he paid the fifty
cents; but even to this day he has
failed to satisfy himself whether he
owed the money to McSway or not—-
Harper's Round Table.

Five Generations. "3'23““: ,

On a farm in Nash County, N. (3.,
there lives a family that cannot, in all
probability, be duplicated elsewhere
in the United States. It is a colored
family and consists of five genera.
tions of lineal descendants in un-
broken couples.

The oldest couple arc Ben and
Harriet Speight, aged 90 and 92, re
spectively. '

The next couple are their daughter,
Jane and her husband, J ed Bell, who
are 71 and 72 years old. Their illlllifh‘
ter, Della, and her husband,
Harrison. 47 and 51 years old, _.--.l
the third couple.

This couple have been blessed with
13 children, of whom 10 are now liv-
ing. One of the ld—George Harri-
son—and his wife, Gabrella, 29 and 24
years old, constitute the fourth
couple. One of the four children of

George and Gabrella, Georgianna 'by .

name, three years old, represents the

fifth generation—New York Journal..

 

A Great Fox Bait.
Six hunters have trapped €325 foxes
within ten miles of Gardiner, Me., dur—

ing the past winter. One of the hunters '

claims to have a secret bait that is ir-
resistible to a fox, and he has a record
of sixty eight foxes last winter. He
sold the secret to another trapper, who
got fifty two foxes.

 

 

 

 

 

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