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'1 rains leave South Nor-walk as follows:
FOR NEW YORK '— Accommodation
trains at 9.36 a. m., 1.11, 3.04, 4.07, 5.33,
6.41, 8.11, 10.20 p. m. Express trains
at 4.55, 5.45, 6.15, (local), 6.55, (local),
7.15, (local), 7.56, (local), 8.17, 9.03 (local)
9.58, 10.35, 11.37, (local) a. m. 12.47-1
2.25, 5.05 5.55, 7.35 p. m. For Washing
ton via Harlem River 12.53 a. m. (daily)
SUNDAYS—Accommodation 9.15 a. m.
5.43, (local), 7.23, (local) 9.28 p. m. Ex
(press 4.55, 5.45 a. m.
FOR NEW HAVEN AND THE EAST-—
Accommodation trains at 6.32, 7.42,
8.46 and 11.42 a. m., 1.37,. 2.42, (to B’p’t),
4.20, 5.27, 6.27, 7.28 (to B’p’t), 8.41, 9.41
.and 11.15 p. m. Express trains at 1.11,
1.20, 9.11, 10.12, 11.08 a. m. 12.02, 3.05,
5.04 (Naugatuck Express) 7 .10 p. m.
SUNDAYS—Accommodation 7.42, 9.12
a. m. and 7.15 p. m. Express 1.11 and
1:20 a. m.
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Bow to Clean Furs.
The ancient ,idea that really good
furs will last forever is a fallacy, and
many an owner of a fine sealskin jack-
et or fine ermine cape will soon.be as—
tonished when she looks at her furs for
the first time after a summer’s- seclu-
sion to find that they look very shabby
from lying in a camphor chest for 51):
months. '
If a dealer has had charge of such
articles during the off season they are
kept in good condition but .if the own-
er has taken them into her own keep-
ing she will no doubt be glad to learn
how her treasures may be renovated
and made to look as good as new.
Ermine and sealskin are best clean-
ed with soft flannel. Rub the fur del-
icately against the grain, and when it
has been thoroughly lifted'and revers-
ed, dip the flannel into common flour
dark or dirty. Then shake the goods
well ‘and rub the fur with a clean, dry
flannel until the flour is all removed.
Sable, chinchilla, squirrel and mon-
key skin may be very effectually clean-
ed with hot bran. Procure a small quan-
tity of bran meal and heat it in an
oven until it is quite warm. Then
rub it softly into the fur and leave the
goods for five or ten minutes before
shaking to free it from the bran.
Mink may be cleaned and freshened
with warm cornmeal, and, like the oth-
er shOrt-haired furs, may be done
without removing the lining. But the
long-haired goods are best ripped
apart and freed from stuffing and lin-
lng. .
Those who may not care to go to the
trouble of taking fur garments apart
will find that the simple remedies
mentioned will go a long way toward
making the jackets and capes look
clean, even if not ripped apart-,—
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Mud Pies in [Winten
Children both small and great love
anything that approaches building or
modelling, and many a mother is ig~
norant of the fact that as much care
has been taken by provident people to
store this wonderful play material as
food itself. For a few cents at a
store where artists’ or kindergarten
materials are sold, this clay may be
bought, from which, supplemented by
a few very simpletools, any amount of
p1easure.may be obtained, and such
good qualities as skill, patience and in-
genuity be encouraged. ‘It is very im-
portant to discourage anything ap—
proaching a stopping position when
this Sfascinating work is goingon, and
to secure for the younger children the
inexpensive low table used in the kin-
dergarten. For the older ones a com-
mon pastry board on an ordinary ta-
ble is all that is necessary. ' .
The mother may constitute herself
the teacher-of this modelling class,
and in one lesson may show her de-
lighted pupils how to reproduce al-
most any simple article fancied.
To be ready for the lesson it is nec-
essary to have sent home fifteen or
twenty pounds of clay and five pounds
of plaster of paris.
Much of the delight. to the young
folks in‘ this work consists in the fact
that the manipulation is to be wrought
with the hands.’ However, with the
clay may be bought flat boards with
handles for occasional use.
pAll' that is needed now is a cup of
warm melted lard and some small
wooden tooth picks or broken match-
es.
The children for this first lesson,
should be influenced to choose easy ob-
jects—for instance, pears, apples, or—
anges, or bananas—New York Her-
ald. - .
About Palms.
As the Winter housekeeping is begin-
ning to be set up, the chatelaine looks
to her greenery. The florist will tell
you that the average life of the house
palm, even the robust Lantania, is
: about seven years, but there are many
women who proudly display splendid
growths they have owend ten and a.
dozen years. “All apalm needs,” says
one of these women, “is intelligent
care. To begin with, they should nev-
er be suddenly chilled. Many palm
owners permit the maids to open the
window directly on the plants every
day all Winter and wonder long be-
fore Spring why they have drooped
and rusted, if not died outright. They
plenty of sunlight and clear water giv-
en regularly. They should stand near
a sunny window, but not where
draughts willstrike them. Twice a
week fill the jar, from the earth to the
brim, with water, and this inch of wa-
Once a week, with equal regularity,
spray the leaves. Unless attacked by
some insect, palms thus looked after
are sure to do well. If'worms come, 1.
fiorist’s aid must be sought.”
The “’aitressen’ Drums.
The mourning-like garb so long
wOrn by maids and waitresses is being
displaced by pure white gowns. Cer-
tainly a fresh white gown, a sheer
and a becoming cap are more appropri-
ate for a well-heated and brilnantly
lighted dining room than the sable,
nun-like uniform, and such a costume
wearer.
sweet herbs,” which is so ofien given
in recipes, is composed of a [few pri.,s
of parsley, 3. piece of thyme, :5. clove
of garlic, 8. bay leaf, a couple of ..ov‘s
and some peppercorns. Wrap, {:23
parsley around the otherpherbs are L e
a thread around them. Put into-soups
easily removed. ._
' colliery.
and rub lightly any spots that look__
need an .even, warm temperature, with .
ter is sufficient moisture for the roots. .
muslin apron with the folds still in it, -
is much more comfortable for the -
‘In French cooking the “bouquet off
or sauces in this shape it is their {11.0.8
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RECLAIM‘ING‘. LOST COAL.
_Profit's Now Made’Ont of Waste Heaps II
the Pennsylvania. Anthracite Region.
The Reading Railroad .Company ‘ has
begun the work of reclaiming the greal
masses [of anthracite coal now buried
in the mountains of coal dirt scattered
all over the Schuylkill coal basin. Dur-
ing the season just cloSing 50,000 tons
of good coal were reclaimed from the
coal dirt near Kalmia colliery alane
Kalmia colliery is now abandoned a:
a coal mine, having been worked out.
It was one of the very best of the Read.
ing Coal and Iron Company’s proper-
ities in the west end; and its produCl
was vast in the many years of its
active operation. Now the company
has turned its attention' to reclaiming
,the coal in the dirt mountain at the
Suitable washery machines
were put in, ”and quantities of first
class coal are being taken out of whai
was considered a great black mass 01
worthless dirt. ‘
There is no way of estimating the
weight of all these mountains of coal
dirt in the three Pennsylvania anthrac-
ite coal basins, but they are all valu-
able, especially where there is a plenti-
ful supply of water. In recent years
the discovery has“ b§efiif_;,made that
pea coal is a. first-classgfuel’.‘ '. They now
take out and classifyl-nfotbnly pea coal
but buckwheat and"ri,ce’§as-_well. The
company is able”t§,"mak’e at‘fleast $1
clear profit 3. topics this" washedbpal,
which would.{make ,55‘0109qif‘c'iéar' profit
on the Kalmiia,washery':alone._ Iiidi-
viduals have"; gone: ‘ into ' . the ,busiheSS,
and the Bertoll'e'tte" Brothers ' eff-(Gin
ardsville aref,“ din-g Very well, shipping
as high as‘s‘jixteen cars ddayfm In a
short time; "it“is", probable, many more
will be engagedin washing out good
coal from” these dirt heaps, Some of
which are 200 feet in height and cover
ten acres.
At one big dirt bank a very rich find ,
has just been made. During tilt! we:
the demand for lump coal for United
States vessels of war was so great that
several of the Reading Railroad col-
lieries could not stop to both-er with
small coal. The rush for lump and
steamboat necessitated the pushing oi
small coal out of the way in order to
hurry up the shipments of the big coal.
This small coal went out on the bank
and was soon covered up by the dirt
from the breakers, and buried
out of sight, .to remain them
for thirty five years. It has
now been discovered and it is
thought, may prove worth hundreds of
thousands of dollars. It requires very
little work to run coal through the
newly patented washeries. Hence ma-
chinery is now used in washing and
separating coal, not only at coal dirt
banks, but also at the mines. Coal just
mined is brought up into the breakers
and thoroughly washed, and is put on
the cars bright, clean, and sparkling.
This new hunt for lost coal is not
confined to the mountains of coal dirt
alone. It is estimated that beds of the
abandoned canal and Schuylkill River,
between Schuykill Haven and Port
Clinton, contain thousands of tons of
coal, varying in size frOm buckwheat,
At different places along the"
to nut.
Schuylkill and old canal south of the
old navigation landing at Schuylkill
Haven thousands of tons of fuel have
been taken out,'and there is not a
week day that men, women, and chil-
dren are not seen digging and sieving
the culm.
ASCHOOLpF HOUSEKEEPING.
Aoston’s Idea of What the Girls Should
Know.
Boston is soon to have something en-I
tirely new in the way of a. sch-co. It
is to be called the School of House~
keeping, and is expected to do much
toward solving the domestic problem.
At this new school housekeeping is
tobe regarded as a. science and to be
studied as such. It is to be- a school
where employers and employee may to-v
gether learn the business of housekeepv.
ing, and it will aim to have its. graduv
ates well versed in every branch of.
domestic service.
The School of Housekeeping, has?
originated with and will be in. charge
of the Women’s Educational- and. In—5
-dustrial Union of Boston.
It is to comprise a home, a family,
classes in the theory and practice of.
housekeeping for employers, and a
course of practical training in house-:-
work for employes. Two houses are
to be used for this experiment in model
homers-airing. One house will be oc--
cup-led byfl six or eight boarders,» who:
will constitute the family, while the'
other will be used for class and demon--
stration work for employers and em--
ployes. "
Every graduate of the School 0!
Housekeeping, when she receives her
diploma, will understand thoroughly
the care of the range, the care of
kitchen, cellar and ice chest. She will
knowr‘how to wash and mm thoroughly,
and ‘how to care “for bedrooms, beds
and bedding. She will understand all
branches of cooking, and will have
been thoroughly trained in waiting on
the table and in answering the door
bell properly. In fact, each graduate
will be. a model servant, and she will
also be entitled to a position through
the office of the Domestic Reformed
League.
Throughbut the course of - instruc-
tion lectures will be given on such sub-
jects as “The Laundry. and Its Practi-
cal Work,” “House Sanitation,” “The
Philosophy 'of Cleaning,” “The Art of
House Furnishing," etc. Among“ the
lecturers will be such well known wom-
en as Professor Lucy M.' Salmon, of.
Vassar College, and Professor Kather-
ine Coman, of We‘llesley College. .
The school will, receive no women
(under sixteen'or over thirty years of.
age. References fas td character and
general intelligence will be required.
. Shredded Fodder Best.
During the past few years unusual.
interest has been taken in shredding
fodder. - Manyvhave hesitated thinking
that the shredded corn would not keep
well in the mow or Stack. When first
practiced more or less fodder was
shredded in a somewhat damp condi-
tion. It invariably heated in the mow,
became musty and gave unsatisfactory
results. The fodder should not berun
through the machine until it is entire-
ly dry and well cured. It would be
better over-dry than not dry enough.
In 1895 at the Indiana experiment sta-
tion all of the corn fodder was shred-
,was free from mustiness.
dell. It. kept well in the mow, and
The cattle
and sheep ate “it freely," and it was
used well into the spring.
There are several points in favor of
Shredded fodder." It is more econom-
ical to’ feed than the uncut corn. It is
eaten up cleaner by the stock than
most out fodder, there" being less waste
'due to the absence of the hard, sharp-
edged and short butt pieces of stalk
usually found in~ cut fodder. The re-
fuse makes better material for bed-
ding than does whole stalks or cut
pieces, being finer and softer. It han-
dles far better in the manure pil‘e than
does the. entire stalk. It does not
make the mouths of cattle sore, while
that of coarsely cut fodder oftentimes
does. It packs more economically in
I the mow than does uncut fodder. The
feeding value of shredded and out fed:
der is practically the same.
I Shred-ding is comingmore and more
into practice, and many farmers are
invoking use of the process. Shredders
and busters combined are made, or
(the shredders may be bought sepa-
i'rately.. Baled shredded corn hay may
now be found in the hay markets and
it furnishes a valuable class of coarse
'food for horses, cattle and sheep. A
ton of shredded fodder contains over
three-fourths of a ton of digestible
food for the animal body. In these
; times of low. prices, the farmers of the
[country cannot afford to allow their
fodder corn crop to go to waste, so
’ long as it can be used instead or other
rough stuff. Shredded, it may be han-
dled and fed to the greatest advantage.
,——C. T. Plumb, Indiana Experiment
Station.
Proper Food Prevents Pig-Eating.
No sow that has the range of a clo-
ver field, or that has a. large part of
her daily ration, bran, shipstuff or
middlings ever eats her pigs. Pig-
; eating sows generally are fed a. heating
' diet of corn, a. feed notably deficient in
protein, but especially phosphates and
potash. The pig-eating habit grows
out of the craving’of the mother for
that quality of which her systems. has
been so thoroughly depleted in the de-
velopment of her young.
Throw a‘beef head from the slaugh- ‘
terhouse to the most confirmed pig-
eating sow and she will drop a pig out
of her mouth to eat the meat and
crunch the bones. A 300-‘lb. sow will
entirely consume every part of a beef
head that shecan break, become quiet
and nurse her pigs with evident sat-
.lsfact'iOn. Coal, slack, rotten Wood,
jold bones laid on the coals in the
'cOok.stove after the meal has been
cooked, to soften them, regularly fed
to the sows that are expected tovfar-
row soon, will help to furnish the
needed food and prevent that abnor-
mal state that results in eating pigs.
A very large part of the diet of‘
brood sows- ought to be bran and ship-
stuff, and the pigs will, come with a
strong bone structure, healthy and
vigorous. These feeds are very rich
in bonevmaking material. What we
want is preventive measures, not cruel
straight jackets to restrain. Study the
nature and' quality of the feed you use
and you- control the neuter—Agricul-
turist.
Bow to Milk Properly.
A farmer who generally did his own
milking, emplchd. ,a boy. The milk
shrank onewthird intwo weeks. The
farmer resumed,_mi_lking and in two
weeks got the same amount as before.
Afterwards he set the hired man to
milking and: the- mi-l-k shrank 10 per
cent in two weeks, and in two weeks
more, the: farmer milking again, was
back at the standard. This man milks
quickly and very clean. He closes the
ferefinger. and. thumb around the teat
high up and makes a. downvvard mo-
tion, tightening the grip and forcing
out .the‘ milk. He then lets go .1115
circle;.c-arr-ies~ up the hand and presses .
it smartly against the udder,‘ closes
and pulls-down as before; The idea is
to given as near as may be the same
' motion the calf does in sucking.-
Amerloan Molly. . I
The increased demand for the‘Am‘era
lean holly when loaded with: berries
for Christmas decorations, is making .
rapid inroads upon the supply in- parts ‘
of the middle Atlantic states and fur-
ther south, and there is likely to be:
a. scarcity before many years. In anu-
ticipation of that time, would. it not .
be a good investment for those having .
land to spare to set out a few or many j
acres of this handsome evergreen for
the purpose of supplying the demand ; '
for berry-bearing branches during the
holiday season. If such plantations 3
were established, dealers in our larger ,
:it’ies would gladly pay an extra price ‘
[or choice selected stock to be for- Z
'warded freshly cut' as ordered. ‘ - 3
f‘Mr.‘ Chi: bbs, "your little boy doesn’t- '-
7bey your very“ well.” . ,
"No, he has‘never respected .me'since' '
.l.tr1’od'_to.show;him'aow to' via-m
whicaca‘necord, Ir '
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‘ Goodyear
' . Harbor, Georgia, tells a thrilling story
. mammoth sea barrow.”
(I'J'EYIELFIS‘H' ' AND DYNAMITE.
They Disappeared Together and 39 Out
Knows the Outcome of the Alli-pom
Ben Connor, who has been employed
in the, work carried on by Col. C. P.-
is" deepening Brunswick
of an adventure with an octopus that
occurred while they were blasting in
the harbor. .
“The work was carried on with a
said Ben,
“with which the tenaciOus blue clay
at the bottom of the bar was broken
up. It is a. ponderous affair, and was
dragged back and forth along the
channel by means of strong cables and
a small steam tug, and 'its weight
would sink the steel blades attached to
the roller in the sticky v'co glomerate
and tear it up so that the on goingvtide
Would wash away the loose earth and
deepen the channel on the bar.
“In addition to the barrow, dyna-
mite was used in fifty-pound charges,
‘ exploded at intervals where the hard
I shell and coral—like formations would
not yield tothe barrow. Our method
of exploding the charges was very sim-
ple.
tug, around which was coiled a stout
cable, and around a Windlass was an-
other smaller rope and a. wire for ex-
ploding the charge.
“The dynamite was fixed for ex-
ploding, and placed in an old gunny-
sack and carefully lowered over the
side, while the tug moved off some
fifty yards, and so soon as the dyna-
mite was safe at the bottom and we
were at a safe distance away, the but-
ton was touched and the charge went
off, sending up jets of water quite a
hundred feet high, and frequently
sending fine fish to the top, where they
were picked up by the men. But oc-
casionally ‘a charge would fail to ex-
plode, and N such an instance we
would haul away on' the smaller line,
and tow the dynamite to the surface
and rearrange (the fuse, and drop it
overboard for a fresh trial.
“One day we were out near the bar
working away, and had got off several
charges very successfully. 'At last we
we had been at work and dropped a
fifty-poundbundle of the explosive
overboard, and after moving ofi to a
safe distance we tried to explode it.
But it did not explode, and we began
to haul in the rope to which it was at-
tached to see what the trouble was.
The men who were tugging at the rope
remarked that it must have become
entangled in a portion of some old‘
wreck, as it was so hard to tow in. An
extra effort, however, seemed to loosen
the obstruction, and we redoubled our
efiorts.
bundle of dynamite, clutched in the
tentacles of a gigantic devil fish, ap-
peared on the surface.
“The men who were tugging at the
rope dropped it andtumbled backward
in their' fright, and it looked for a
moment like the devil-fish was going
to come on deck or pull the entire
tackle into the sea with him. His
great baleful eyes gleamed angrily as
he came to the top and his slimy arms
were writhing and tossing on the
waves, and you never saw lot of
dynamiters as badly frightened as we.
“ ‘Touch off the charge!’ shouted the
engineer. But that was not practic-
able, as it had already failed to ex-
plode, and, besides, it might have en-
dangered the vessel. One of the mem-
bers grabbed an axe and aimed a. blow
at the exposed tentacle which was
writhing along the side 'of the tug, but
his aim was bad and he struck the rope
instead, and the monster slowly sank
out of sight with the big charge of
dynamite still clasped in his ugly
arms. ‘
“I would have given $50 to have
been able to touch off that charge of
dynamite. I would have enjoyed see-
ing the look of astonishment in the
defiant eyes of that hideous devil-fish
as he was hoisted into ‘thepair. But
as it was we had to give it up and al- 3 . .
low the old villain to wriggle back to : In a secluded ravme near the Reading
his slimy lair with a valuable bundle :L
of high explosive on Which to test his .
digestive apparatus. ‘1 dOn’t know
what was the ultimate, result, but I
rather suspect that the,_devil-iish died
at appendicites, as _
troubled with a similar visitation dur-
ing the progress of the work. ‘
Electricity and Singing,
M. Grainier reports to the Paris
Academic d-e Medicine that a sing'n;r
voice may be made more full and cie. .r.
less rapidly tired and the quality mu h
more agreeable by the singer sittizg :
upon an isolated stool Coupled to the .
negative pole of a static'eleclri'c ma-
chine and breathing the atmosphere
electrified by means of a. brush elect-
' rode for a. short time—Chicago lute.-
Ocean.
"Why are yez decorating, Mrs. Mur-
phy?”
“We b’y, Dinny, is coming home the
day.”
“I thought he was sent up for foive
year.”
“Yes, but he got a year off for good
behavure.”
"Sure it must be comfortin’ for yez
to have a. good b’y loike that.”———i‘uck.
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We had a small reel on another ,
i‘ WOULDN‘T teller
steamed ofi some distance from where ‘
Suddenly two' great slimy'
arms came up out of the sea and slap- , _ . _‘
ped against the side of the tug, and l in sight, and being Signalled by the
then another reached out toward the
gunwale, and at the same time the’
we were not:
E‘X-GOV. HOG’S 5 Kiss-
Landed rt Full in tne'nroutn‘ or a’ Miss a!
the Cotton Chopper’s'conveniiuu.
If the members of the Texas Cotton
Choppers’ Association can manipulatt,
the has like they can dispense genuinl
old-time hospitality they arérwhait Col ‘
.Hogg is pleased to term blown daisies
They gave their first annual celebra-
tion recently. ‘ President Tipton de.
livered the opening address, welcom-
ing all in the heartiest manner pos-
sible. The young ladies, he said, were
welcome to the young men and every-
thing else in the town. .
At this juncture Colonel Hogg, who
was the orator of'the day and occupied '
a seat on the platform, made a. swipe
at a. molasses haired baby which was
standing near him, He kissed the'
baby on the head and it sounded like
a Missouri mule pulling his foot out
of the mud. The child glared at him
and passed on, when the Hillsborc
military band discoursed some excel- . ‘
lent music Turning to the News 001'-
responding Col. Hogs nonchalantl:
womerved, that he loved the little kid
angels like a pup did‘ potlicker.
At the conclusion of Ex-Gov. Hogg’s
address Miss Burton presented him
with a hand-painted hoe, and spoke a ..
piece. In accepting the hoe the ‘tem- ~
rest-tossed. executive spelt? 13991.1???
as follows: .
“By this simple act you have placed
me under still deeper obligations to
you for many valued and appreciated
kindnesses. The hoe, is the first‘im-
plement of commerce. the emblem of _
high civilization. The man who use:
a hoe and lives by the sweat of his
brow is too honest to steal, too in:
dustrlous and independent to be a
vag or a criminal, He is the man wild
makes afid maintains good govern-,.
ment. I thank you from the bottom
of my heart for this assurance of your
friendship and esteem,” and the ex-
Governor grabbed the young lady and
kissed her full in the mouth, while the
great crowd applauded wildly.——Gal_-
veston News. 7;
THEJONAHa
Too Superstitions to Be Rescued With
Another Wrecked Ship’s Crew.
A remarkable story of coincidence
and sailor superstition was told by the
survivors of the John Carey on their
arrival the other day at Auckland,
New Zealand. The John ' Carey, a
trading brig, ran into dirty weather
' and sprung a leak, which at last forced
the Captain and five others to take to
the only boat leftuninjured. They
were picked up by the Ladybird, an-
, other trader, which next day went
ashorta total wreck. Two days later
a. third trader, the Brightwell, hove
castaways, sent a i)‘ioat to take them
off. The John Carey’s men were the
first to embark, and, going through
the surf, the Brightwell’s boat was up.
set and the occupants were drawn on
board half drowned. At this disaster
the Ladybird’s crew set up a.~cry oi
“Jonah”. The J. C.’s people, they
said, had been twice Wrecked, and to
embark with them again was certain
death. Andso firm was their faith in
the old superstitution that when the
Brightwell sent a second boat they
actually refused to be rescued, pre-
ferring to stay where they 'were and
take their chance of another ship
coming that way, to sailing'in com-
pany with a crew of .10th! Accord-
ingly the Brightwell sailed away with
the six survivors, who must have ex-
perienced lively and varied emotions
when, the very next day, a heavysea
broke on board, stove one of the'boats,
and carried away a portion of . the
bulwarks! However, the weather
cleared, and the much—harassed and
lucky-tormented John Careyites were
eventually landed in safety at Auck-
land—Sydney Bulletin.
SMASHING OLD CANNON.
A Peculiar Industry That Shakes the
- Schuylkill Valley.
Terrific detonations are heard do“
the Schuylkill Valley on nearly every
week day, from morning until night
Railroad the Monocacy Blasting Com-
pany, is breaking up big guns with
dynamite. It also smashes to pieces
other huge castings, to be sold to
’ scrap dealers. The noise of the ex-
plosions can be heard for miles. The
company received two historic can-
nons. To be broken into pieces. They
3 were brought from the Brooklyn Navy
1 Yard on special cars and they weigh .
96,470 and 95,625 pounds. The guns
were used at the Vicksburg siege by
Gen. Grant’s forces, firing shots of
1,200 pounds. ’
The Government oflicials were loath .
to have the guns destroyed and of-
fered them to a. number. of Grand
Army posts, but the necessary ar-
rangements could not be made to have
them accepted. The company has
broken up many defective cannon
' bought at gun works. ‘It also smashes
nearly. all the condemned guns for
the War and Navy departments. he
dynamite is fired by electricity and
a. few, men do the work—New Y01 3;
Sun. '
The War Department advices rep at
no further trouble with the Ute Indians
since the battle with the game war—
dens. - '
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