Oklahoma Daily Journal (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 216, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 10, 1891 Page: 4 of 4
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Th« Deepest Hoi* In thr World.
One of the most imporl.nl scientilio
• iploratious into the depths of the
•arth ever undertaken will be earned
out nenr Wheeling un.lor the Joint
auspices of the United States govern-
nieut and the oily of Wheeling. "ajs
letter to the Philadelphia irmt. homo
months ago the Wheeling Development
company began drilling w«fl near
Hi is cily iu aearob of oil or gun.
determined to bore as far m possible.
The hole has already reached the
depth of 4.100 feet, within 600 feet of
tho deepest well io tho world. In this
distauce a down of thick veins of coal
have been passed, oil *ud gas both
•truck, but not iu paying quantities,
and gold quart/., iron, and many other
minerals found. The hole
inohoH in diauieter end the l--„
diamfi>r of any deep wull iu tho world.
Reoentiy l'rof. White, ntnto geologist,
arrivnd from Washington. when- tie
had succeeded iu getting thegovern-
ment geological survey officers inter-
ested in the eiploration. and the result
is that'he hole will he drilled to a
depth of one mile, i'heu the govern-
ment will take up the work under tho
direction of two expert officers of the
geologioal survey and drill into the
earth as far as h u an "kill can pene-
trate. Tho idea is to tsko the tem-
perature and magnetic condition-* as fur
n possible, and In* moans of an instru-
men I constructed for the purpose a
complete record of the progress ana
*11 discoveries made will he kept.
Millionaires.
New York is ahead of all other cities
if individual riches running «P into
•even or more figures i* meant. It is
said that New York ha- overUyo
millionaires. while London In-
rarii Heriin D00, ami Vicuna 100.
—— At.i'iil Hhoea.
Wet tobacoo wilt relievo lice or wn.p
■tings.
A New Yorker paid $2,600 for a
brown diamond.
Now Yorkers every year spend M -
100,000 for umbrellas.
The wild currant is suggestod n* the
•late tlower of Oregon.
A Masslllon (O.-) widow had a dead
poodle embalmed and set up for an
ornament.
Mark Twain, among other equally
big investments, has $170,0U) sun a iu a
type-setting machine.
Mr. Griffin, U. 8. consul at Sydney
■ays that the people in Australia have
begun to discourage immigration.
Lieutenant fcehw . tka has a collec-
tion of over 1.600 obiiuarie of himself
PROVE YOUR IDENTITY.
CURED OF A CRAZE.
TTw TTPTnrTTTo'hjr^r province ei
* Sr«-\ ojragcr
id the Clutch** of th. Little Tin Bank
TTTstsnce of 600
Lorraine
Klelfl artillery, at
It ia a most beautiful country, and
uetratod only eighteen fe
huti Out Again
irl<-ama
what Frenchmen remember most bit
the Kiilor ahirM,
lib tt« golden
terly of Moltke, now that he is gone, is
that he insisted upon taking Met* as
llllll UC o , .
well as Strasburg About 8 o clock of
uuu ihwu'i; fire, at a distance of 100
steps, euterod to a depth of but nine
."eet iu tho banks constructed for the
purpose.
NO QUARREL ABOUT THE BILL.
flerr Itrlefmann Caaa««
tw««n Mr. end Mr
• CnolnMil He-
. Nncser.
miiinrnlN foUlld. T1I0 UOIO is eight iiou i>i ui« ■ .
Inohes in diameter and the largest in , written .ft.-r I - Im. '
Nover try to wear a sl'.oo too small
or tlmt does not lit when flrat put on.
Never let your shoe get hard or dry
l)o not let it run down at the heel or
tho side. Never wear into the well or
iusoio. A shoe repaired In time will
retain its shape and afford comfort ami
will bo found true economy. Never
put wet shoes by the lire to dry. but
dry them gradually and slowly. Never
dry* wet shoo without tlrsl applying
some oil or grease; caster-oil or tallow
Is the best. The steam generated iu n
wet shoo or boot will scald it and
cause it to crack. Do not use too
much force in polishing; a goutle
brushing with a soft brush is tietter
than the vigorous work of the boot-
black. Do not allow a thick crust of
blacking on your shoes. Wash it off
occasionally and apply a little castor-
oil; you cuu polish it over iu an hour
or two. Never try on or handle a
patent-leather shoe when cold; al\va\
thoroughly warm it before bending
the leather. A patent-leather shoo
put In a warm room cau lie worn out
into the cold weather without injury.
Never put a good pair of shoo in
galoehes; use an old pair for this and
withdraw tho galoehes as soon as
you euter tho house.— A Y- I' ' ■l,-r
Tho Arabian Breed.
An Idaho newspaper has been < x-
changed for a mule. In explanation
the now editor states that the mule was
old.
The finding of a skeleton id Scran-
ton. l a.. started a polite mystery, un-
til the bouos wore found to be those of
tt c#lf* i n .
The prisoners In the city jail at
Atch'son became so interested in a dis-
cission of tho Scriptures that they came
to blows.
Mrs. Do&ant, upon being asked how
her name should bo pronounced, re-
plied: "Make it rhyme exactly with
pleasant."
Mr. Davltt's plan for removing from
Ireland to California ha provoked no
end of unsatisfied curiosity on tho other
side of tho wel'.r.
The oitisens of Athens (is . base
tholr council to pass an ordinance for
the muzzling of eats. 'I ho animals arc
loo noisy o' nights.
A plow that was lost In the Clieboy
LrUn It Ivor, Michigan, by tho upsottiug
of a canon more than forty years r.go
was fished up Ihe other day.
Tho venerable Hov. T. J. Oonant, D.
1) who died at his Brooklyn home at
the aire of 89, was one of the ablest
Biblical scholars this country has -ro-
duced.
It. U Farleon, the novelist. Is an c*
pert stenographer, llo carries note
book with him at all tim.■>, and wheu
an Idea strikes lilm he jots It down for
future use.
Dr. Mathews, who has been study-
ing suicide, fiuds that It pertains , \-
clusivcly to civilized countries, and
increases in accordance with the d«
groe of civilization.
A veteran hunter of Danfoith. Me .
In attempting to kill a huge bear with
a knife, was carried three miles on the
animal's back before the wild beast
died from tho loss of Mood.
Senator Vance smokes thirty strong
imported cigars every day. As tho
Senator does not vise iu tlu morning
till 6 o'clock it is evident that he could
smoke more if he would get up earlier.
Most people will be surprised to
know that the southern states furnish, 1
Mr. Nagger was lying on the lounge
and Mrs. Nagger was sitting at tlio
flat window. All of a sudden sho lean-
ed forward nearly out of the w indow,
smiled ravlthingfy, put her hand to
her heart, looked volumos with her
hi" innocent eves, nodded, smiled, and
melded again with her pretty head.
Mr. Nagger wasn't feeling just right,
auywav.
What fool woman are you making
signs to?" he snapped.
"'Tisn't a woman." replied Mrs.
Nagger sweetly, keeping her eyes out
of the window.
you don't mean to tell me you re
acting that way witli a manV" stormed
Mr. Nagger, struggling to an upright
position.
"Do vou s'pose I'd smile that way at
n womanf" , , „„
■Well, I like that Who Is heF
"O, ho goos bj every dav.
• He (loos, does he! Mrs. Nagger,
hat's that man's name?"
■ Heir Brlefmann."
"A confounded foreigner, eli? Show
him to luel" Here Mr. Nagger
botinoed to his feet and rushed to the
window. "Show me your 'Uerr Brief-
uiannl"'
"lie's out of sight."
• l iioro yqu go - slang again. Nover
mind. I know him. rve soeu him—
a little, black, uiotikey-faced follow—
sneakiug by."
"No, sir. Ilo's tall aud blonde and
good-looking and "
"Of course. Of course. Now. Mrs.
Nagger. I waut to know what he said
to you that made you smirk and bob
your head and look so tickled."
"Ho said he had something for me
mid was coming up."
• {Jreal Scott! Coming up, is heP
Well, he'll go down—there lie conies
now I"
A mauly tread was heard on the
stairs. Mr. Nagger threw off his coat
and got ready for business, llo didn't
wait for the visitor to knock, but
yanked open tho door and pounced
tiercely out on the postman with a letter
for Mr Nagger.
Of course it helped matters alou~
Thf s'.r lli.t low en il
May b« Ihe .l.r I lit' I
Thst Unlit. 'Iiy ;*th*sy
Toi.i",i.. with iusk'i ire ship's dfcrk
Mlnffllns Willi scs-Bpmy till each small flrop
A dur/' !o« pnlnt. WrspplBf in "'V lerr
Tbu S£lot !'*>. a. Ihe i.l*h wlod
Moves ri'itlessiy across the slreteli of sea.
On either sldo of tho •>!« of ' I. r Ilea
Knlolillnit tl.re TI,. l "'l shula out my
Itilt thai'tirlglit sur llliln the . tern ckles
gouils downwiird to i- twUi ru> ■" "s'"-
TIM illslaooo fades; lev rev. r- • ndless S|.«eo;
Tlxnitf lit on wlnfswross tue gotdun
Two gfounilng pnttiw*)s through tlie night
Our soulit ImVo incl, und brought tt 6 an
BWt*r tiauk. . , _
Flavwl Scott nim'-s. In Harper w R*ar.
Permanency.
A lorcr carved upon a t>* «t t;f -tone
l.,< lh«iv h mini>, hihi H*t ttier«u it rhj
And en tho rock wt'i* umrkc liculdc htaown.
Bcratciiod t>y a glacu r In primeval time.
An«1 yet the pa alon that his fp'rtt tirr0<1«
The while lie cut her tnnd and licetInir mun%
Mt'ihlnkH was more eternal than the w "r
The loo Hflro Bpoko-tluie • snow agali.st
lovea'aflatne! ,, , ... ..
Richard K llurton. l:i llnrp' r s tteeaiy.
nicely when Mrs. Nagger explained
between eonmlalons of laughter that
she was brushing up her German and
that iu the language of Shillcr and
Goethe "llerr BrieitnannM was simply
- Mr. lietterinan.n Then Mr. Nagger
tore open his letter aud found the bill
and a pretty steep one. too—lor Mrs.
N igger*e Baiter bonnet.
Character tat lea of the Cowboy.
Where the oowboy comes from is a
mystery, lie is "often of Mexican
origin, and more than half Indian.
He is a democrat always; he lives
miller the flag of a republic, and
MOLTKE AT^CRAVELOTTE-
Murat IlMUteKd * Vlv «1 Description of the
World-Changing llat tie —The Calm
Spectator of a Terrible Struggle.
The king was often visible, and Bis-
marck, too; but Moltke was tho one
who was invisible. The dust in those
days was tho plague of the arm v.
From or.a point o< observation I coulct
gee livo huge pillars ot cloud, each
rising from a column of troops on the
march. Those dust clouds took fan-
tastic forms and strange coloring in
tho afternoon sunshine, and under
them could be seen the tossing glitter
of endleat streams of helmets and bay-
onets. As Byron sang.
The checn of their speurs tdione like stars on
Where'the*l>lu® waves roll nightly on deep
Galilee.
At last, on the field of Gravelotte.
which was far the greatest conflict
that Moltke ever witnessed. I saw the
old field marshal and was within thirty
yards of him for more than three
hours. The king, with Bismarck and
Moltke and the spjciulid general staff,
aud I believe Gen. Steiumetz and our
Gen. Phil Sheridan, who was Bis-
marck's guest, halted on a slight ele-
vation that was a part of the immense
field of the battle of Mars-la-tour,
fought two days before.
The roval headquarters group was a
remarkable one. 1 tirst guessed the
presence of the king from the peculiar
hats with oilcloth coverings of his pos-
tillion®, aud also the shining face of a
black servaut who was a very distin-
guished man. Three carriages stood
near. Bismarck had a blanket spread
on the ground and was lying on it so
mietly thai possibly |he was sleeping.
Ihe staff ofllcers seemed all %to be tall
men and handsome, and 1 was espe
cially struck by the symmetry of th—
legs, and the beauty of their boots.
know tnai tue■ ..«wv. ...* - b - . ,
601600 troops to the federal armies knows it. He recognizee no social
... . I lull . in anv 111 flII 1 llllt Oil the
There are hundreds of horses called
Arab iu America « hich have no right
to the name. Almost every epotted
horse, or "calico horse, is said to be
more or less Arab, while it is stated
a positive fact by no less an authority
than John 11. >\a\lace that an Aran
rosy bo of any color In the world but
spotted. No Arab is a calico in color.
It is an exceedingly difficult thing to
£et a pure-bred Arab. The Bedouin
chief will not sell one at any price
and the only ones procured are secured
bv raids on the tritws of the Euphrates
Valley. In the whole Vuited States
there are only three strictly pure-bred
Arabian horses. Two of these are the
stallions leopard and Linden Tree,
which were presented to General Grant
by the Sultan of Turkey, and a uiare
named Naomi, which has been import-
ed from Kngland. Linden Tree is the
possessor of one ot the ugliest tempera
of any liviug horae. lie is said to be
a fiend incarnate. It is a peculiarity
of the Arabs, that if used kindly aud
treated with consideration they are
gcutle and lovable. "To one that has
mined the confidence of an Arab
horse there is the pleasure of knowing
that he associates with a brute en-
dowed with a soul." Abr*' one of
them, and you have aroused a devil
that can never be subdued, for of their
courage there is no limit, and they
resist abuse while they have life
during the late unpleasantness.
one-fourth of these soldiers were ue
groes.
A German labor editor w:i> fined re
centlv for publishing the list of work
... ... in .i mlii.. .lUister I ■ uc
superior In any man but 011 the
other hand, to those he considers
his inferiors as the Indian or negro,
no aristocrat of aristocrats could l>e
haughtier. He is bravo to fool-hardi-
VN OrK* iinuft""1 .
veu .. and will take chances of his life
Z\ lf.mttta#n?, .nnS*oT«
dividends among the ,«mrs 11 L,re ot his lieaUh. When a long way
umie*- . . from the camp or ranch, he sleeps
Miss Kate Field acknowledges her- u jloro n',ght finds him on the open
self a hero-worshiper, like all women. | prajrjt>, with only the stars for light
adding this unanswerabl
en if uot
■HMittg tills unanswvraum < < • •* ^ i jje lialhe
entirely satisfactory, justification: "ill
, what would become
men auu iibU«0vu.V, — W-,--
cially struck by the symmetry of their
"e<*8. and the beauty of their boots.
"There were many dead horses about,
that had been expos. 1 to the hot stm
two days, aud spoiled the air. A fur-
long awav was a hillside covered with
a litter. " 1 could not for awhile make
eut. There was a resemblance in it to
a Bock of sheep or cattle. The objeots
were dead men, and a burial party
were digginsr a trench to bury them.
The fresh killing was going on a little
way off. Whv the French did not
shell the hill where we were I do not
comprehend. unU\-1 it was that the
superiority of the German artillery
was to great that the Vreuch guus
were reserved for close work.
l'nat which seemed on the spot un-
accountable was that there should be a
clear space, an actual solitude, uot a
straggler or messenger between the
One of those little nickel pocket sav-
in-.s banks, of which the street venders
a S selling o many nowadays, lias
thftOrmveiotte T.eruoou a luesseuger been the cause of upsetting a, 1
canie at a good spLed. but not... U veneratioa in which f pr.Tiou.ly held
haste, to Moltke with an envelope, and t|,e old adaeo abont t.kii g
in a few minutes the whole company, pennies and letting tho Herald
with the exception of Mr. Conway and £r„ of themselves, says a N. V Herald
myself and the king's servants and
drivers, mounted horses ntvl roae
the frout, the tall. li 1,1
Moltke leaning forwar- .ngs
ri.riit Bismarck ridin, luptng
trotter in the rear. The) rai d a
good deal of a cloud themselves,
through which their helmets glistened,
as thev moved down the hill, aud soon
the .moke and .lust swallowed them
up, and 1 saw the king and the Held
marshal no more.
It has seemed to mo there might ap-
pear in this sketch something of the
true outlines, however vaguely and out
of proportion drawn iu lus period ol
activity and glory, of the faithful nd
grand old servant and soldier of his
country who lias just passed away. It
should he added that the young em-
peror does not exaggerate when> he
,.avs Moltke was equal ih the held to
any armv corps. The (lermau soldiers
regarded him as infallible, as a good
anil groat old father. lie was a com-
fort to them. Uuder his command
they wore safe- that is, they would
not be driven to die iu vain. It Is Im-
possible to overestimate tho valuo ol
this boundless coutidonco of an army
iu its leader.—Murat Ualntead.
A Horse Ilattle.'
Tho herds of horses on a Western
ranch, roaming ovor so large a space,
rarely encounter one another. *V hen
they'do, the mares evince only tho
smallest possible amount of curiosity,
but ioiu and grazo. l'ifferent is it
with the stallions. With but a mo-
ment's preparation, they rush wildly
at ono another like mad bulls, neigh-
ing in what seems the mockery of a
neigh, and with head in air and tall
curving proudly, thev rush and plunge
and rear, kicking and biting, stamping
one on the other until the ground an
horses arc covered with blood, and ex
haustion ol one forces a surrender and
retreat. As I have said, the fickle
marcs march oil with the conqueror at
their head, while tho defeated lags
wearily behind. One of the most ter-
rible battles that probably ever took
place between ranch stallions occurred
ne ii the home ranch of the Little Mis-
souri Horse Farm iu the spring of
18Wi at the time when the several
bunches or droves of horses were be-
ing driven in from the ranges for an
account of stock and for the branding
of the young colts. It happened by
the merest chance that three droves
came iu together with the stallions
leading. Naturally the throe joined,
and at once arose the questiou of
leadership. This could only be settled
bv a battle, aud before the herders
could be^in to form any plan for sep-
with only the stars for light.
I ..o unties when he has time, and eats
' j ind drinks anything he can get, and
they were net, what would become ol Bn he can get. He can be depended
tho men?" | , pon to do his work well, l«e it at
It is not only stout nien with short' cunp orwhen driving in a big biin. i
necks wlo-He in danger of apoploxv. f horse* from the ranges to nw , ^
Accordin.'t. I'l.■!." r 1 mi •. .1 P'r lanch. II- is .trong M an ox li-.s king s headquarters and tlie army, and
Austin Flint ti.e thin man - just a,! an unbounded low for gay trappings, tcr two hours wbile the flinders of
ahl«lo die from such an attack at the and to general v gay and free from the engagement litcr-llj shook the
htaiDk care. His chief c^araclerist.e „ . ! hills, mere was no communication
A Topeka man received a 1.«00 profound contempt for the den ,' . f | whatever by wire or signal or orderly
windfall the other dav ill the way of the K.i-t whom he calls a tendeilool between tlie army aud its king and
damages allowed him bv the Govern- The cow v might not shine on I .fth chieftain. Indeed, there did not seem
ment fer an ice-cream sa iu which avenue, but he is found just the proper | to be much going oil at headquarters,
was destroyed bv the Qu.ntiell raiilers ,«.rson for the ranch, and he is witha There were no movements indicating
at Lawrence in a very picturesque, very useful and excitement, no gesticulations or aui-
, . „ Qm:„ «v..tomnofi war of verv natural man. The w:\.^s paid mflted conversation.
th'Cu Zr rVa u a1.'1 * nail and are usually expend- Tiiere uas n.uoh greater composure
:1.111V v : r ' at 1 • - «• 1 as the tirst opportunity presents it- 0f manner than one sees in a company
He ,.links not of the morrow -
eight grandchildren and eighty-two — aar/nr.
The Story Paper Was Saved
She was a nur*e girl, with a 1 fetch
ing" cap and awhile apron, following
a baby carriage in Central Park. A
strong puff of wind caught a story
pnpev whioh the held looseV. uuder her | "
CUU1U UI K'" J r .
arating them, the three stallions were
engaged in fiercest battle. As de-
scribed by those who saw it. this bat
tie was so savage and so bloody that
it seemed certain that at lejist one of
the combatants must be killed. It
lasted a little more than twenty min
utes, and when the ••smoke of battle
drifted awry and the tight w s done, a
bio- .'ray fereherou called Napoleon
was "seen to bo the victor, aud he it
was that, with uplifted head and
proudly curved tail, led the company
of mares and colts to the pastures
while the two defeated ones marched
together like whipped curs, dejeotedly
in the rear. In this instance, although
the tight was an unusually desperate
one, and all three horses were badly
cut and torn.noue of the three suffered
more than temporary discomfort.—
Harper's Weekly.
facts about greenland.
Wonderful n,l Impressive scner)—Oreat
ltlvrr.Moai.li.lt t'nder the tee.
Tome weeks ago I first noticed the
banks. Hundreds of people were buy-
ing them on the streets. I knew it
was a craze, an epidemic like the flf-
teen puitle and "pig. m ' *
wisely kept away. Birt Dick Smith
marked me out for his victim. With
Mephistophelean glee he gave in- one.
I immediately became interested and
wanted to see how It worked. It was
an iunoceut-looking little
with a slot in one end, which would
admit only a 10-oent piece. When
MU it held Just 16 in dimes, aud onlj
when filled could the bottom be pushed
out and tho coin be recovered again.
Dick assured me that it was a great
savin"s institution, that by slipping
all the dimes 1 fot into it I would
never miss them and be $5 ahead of
the n-ame before 1 knew it.
he led me :o believe that a fortune
could be accumulated that way in a
wy shwt time aud without any por-
ceptiblo effort.
1 caught tho fover.
For a weok it engrossed all my spare
time. Dime afte. dime was shoved in-
to its rapacious little tin niaw.^ I
Uncled it iu my pocket, "hefted it,
anJ constantly watched the progress
of the accumulation through the holes
perforated in the side.
Meanwhile I was constantly tncon-
veuioucod by lack of chango. Just as
I would get to the ticket window .lur-
ing tho rush hours on the "L" I would
recollect that all my chango was in
that bank, and would lose my place in
the line while slopping to lish out a
bill. Such incidents forced a habit of
profanity upon me.
It nover occurred to me before that
I would consider being deprived of the
evening papers as very much of a
hardship, but day after 'lay I suffered
agonies of curiosity to kuovv what was
in them. It did uot seem suitable to
offer a newsboy a bill for ouo and I
never seemed to have anything smaller.
All the change that came my way
turned as by magic into dimes.
Well, at last the thing was loaded to
the muzzle aud consented to be open-
ed. It came to me as a happy thought
to give the proceeds of this batik to
my wife as extra pin money. Natu-
rally she thought it very nice, too, and
received the bill for which I ex-
changed the handful of dimes with no
little'satisfaotion as the beginning of a
regular weekly custom.
When 1 returned from business that
day her face was as long as a Docoui-
bcr night.
She had been shopping. To abso-
lutely insure its safety she refrained
from carrying her pocket-book iu her
hand and place,' it in her shopping
' .
ba«- that huug from her waist. In the
locket-book were $28.68. including the
*5 hard-hoarded bill, two hairpins,
live dress samples, two postage stamps
stuck together, part of an "L" ticket
aud a memorandum card. Coming
from a crowded bargain counter she
noticed that the shopping bag was un- .
clasped. One wild dash of the hand
inside assured her that the pocket*
book was gone.
And so after all those dimes that 1
so laboriously gather. <1 wilL pr .l.ahly
go to buy bock beer for a pickpocket.
If that is tho kiud of luck that follows
on the heels of an inclination to save 1
prefer to dio a pauper..
The little tin bank is empty now.
A number of Japanese, direct front
Tokio, have purchased land in Sau
Dic'o county, California, and will en-
L'ago in silk culture. The business
annually amounts to $400,000,000
throughout the world, but Americans
dc uot take much interest in it.
A Buk Teller Shows How l>l«l<mU I U
hometlmwr" M"> to Uo It.
A citi/.eu Of Detroit, who has resided ,f -
here for nearly twenty years, and who
has for the past dozen years run a
Kmull carpenter shop on his own hook.
got a check on on. of the bank, the
ot her day and stepped iu to have it « .
cashed. hi i
•Have to be identified, wr« replied j
the cashier, as he liauded back the •
paHu„t i nm John Blank, the carpen-
ter."
••Possibly you nre, but you'll have to
briugHome one who knows you."
• Pll bring twenty in five minutes!"
somewhat tartly exclaimed tho man as
lie walked out.
Standing on the steps of the bank he
scanned tlie faces of the passers-by,
aud to his own great surprise it was
ten minutes before he saw the phiz of
a friend. The two entered tho bank,
aud the latt ir said to the cashier;
•I know this mau to bo John Blank."
•But who arc you."
Tin Stephen Dash."
•Never heard of you. llo must
bring some one whom I know is re-
sponsible.11
"See here! This is all nonsense!"
exclaimed tho owner of the check, who
was in a hurry.
"Perhaps so." was the cool reply.
"Mr. Dash, do you positively kuow
this man to be John Blank?"
"Of course I do."
' 'Have you over had a legal papT
with his signature?"
1 'No-o."
"Ever pay him an account or collect
ono by that name?"
j "I guess not."
I "Could >ou safely mako affidavit
that that is his real name?"
"I—I—don't bellove 1 could. I've
Just hoard him called John Blauk."
Mr. lilank brought in three othei
men, each ouo of whom started iu with
the greatest confidence, but caiue out
of the little end of the horn when ask-
ed the usual questions. At length lie
remembered a man to whom ho sold a
piece of propert y to three or four vears
a^o, and he walked half a milo to bring
him to tho bank.
'You identify him as John Blank, do
you?" queried tho toller.
••Well, he signed that uaino to the
deed."
"Would you make oath that ho is the
sam<- 4> rsonP"
"Um! Um! I think he is."
"But will you sigu a bond to make
this $200 good if ho isu't?"
■ Oh. uol Now that I look at him
more closely I begin to see a differ-
ence."
"What!" shouted Blank. "Haven't
1 lived within a stone's throw of you
for ten years?"
-Y-ft-s," was tho hesitating reply.
"Didn't I build your barn for you?"
"I—I guess you did."
"Haven't you seen mo almost every i
day for years and years?"
"Well, I've seen you or somebody
who looks very much like you. I think
you are John Blank, but. of courso, 1
It." f \
The money was paid, and tho teller
afterwards said:
-Ho was tho right party, of course,
but had 1 carried out our rule to the
letter, 1 doubt if he oould have found • I #
u man among all his neighbors io
swear to his identity. 1 d >n't believe
we have ten men in Detroit who can
prove their legal identity without tak-
ing au hour s time to do it. One man
knows another as Smith. .Joins or
Green, but thai isn't egal knowledge. #1,
und it would bother some of our lead-
ing merchants to furnish legal proofs I
to establish tlie fact that t are tho
persons they claim to be."—Detroit
Free
UNDER THE EARTH.
great-grandchildren.
••Throw up your hands and cash!"
veiled a highwayman nlth a guu to
Patrick Matthews, cf Shenandnh, T.\.
Matthews gave up a paekage he was
carrying, then knocked the man down
with a stone, and recovering his pack-
age, escaped.
A daughter ofCongre.- - .nan Breckin-
ridge. of Kentucky aviug graduat« 1
with honors at Wellesley several years
ago.has now taken up the study of law
in her father's office, having iu the
paper which sue new ioo«er. . «« u, .
am. am! carried t over on the grass ; •« «.
plot a (e (eat from the walk. Sha
stepped over the low wire guard and
stooped to pick up the paper, banging
on to the babv carriage with her loft
hand as she .fid so. There was a hill
at this polut. aud as the woman
stooped down,the baby carriage swung
around, the girl pressed dowu on the
handle as she stooped down, and over
weut the carriage, bab.v and all. I'he
infant rolled out aud turned over
several times before the nurse girl
caught it. The baby was bundled up
so heavily that the fall evidently did
not hurt it auy. The nurse picked I lie
DKOJ %1|' l. 1 * .
and started on again,this time with the possible,
story paper held tightly In her hand. T,i(, c)
iu a Washington school.
Boys in Germany begin to ".udy
Latin when they at nine years old
and continue the study for nine years.
They learn a great deal of Greek. o,
and of mathematics. But the general
information they acquire at school
does not compare with the American
sludeut.
The deepest well in the world is to
be drilled uear Wheeliuv ^ ^ a., by
the national aud state governments for
the purpose of scientific investigation.
Tho state will drill to the depth of a
mile.and then the uational government
will take charge, going a* far down as
A Blander in Telegraphy.
1 have heard of lots of funny tele-
graph mistakes, says an ex-telegraph
operator, but 1 "never laughed so
heartily as over one in which : whole
uiilitafv detachment was concerned. 1
was holding dowu the Summit ofliee in
the Sierra Nevada Mountains, and a
message came to me, "Have 100 gal-
lons of coffee ready for us."' Good
heavens! we were r. a quandary.
llow were we to get 100 gallons of
coffee in a few hours? Well, all set to
work. livery grain of coffee that was | °«",on(a,' I
of serious spectators at a hot':
I recall clearly, as if the battle had
happened yesterday, three erect fig-
ures—those ot the king and Moltke
and Sheridan. The latter was the
shortest man on the gronn and his
United States uniform was weather-
beaten. The king was standing quiet-
ly, and seemed at intervals to be ink-
ing questions of those who probably
knew the ground. Moltke was a few
paces from the king's right hand and
in frout, and wore a helmet and a long
ligbt-blue overcoat, buttoned from
throat to waist. In his left hand he
held a field-glass, through which be
studied the tremendous
procurable was obtained and ground
up. Every utensil that cou.d hold
coffee was'pres-sed into service Pots,
pans tea-cup*, basins, •jugs were in
requisition. The train came along,
and 1 proud of my promptness and
ability to execute so large au order,
ru-heil up to the commanding omcer
and said, cheerily: "I have got your
I ^ .\. , .. lUna of r off,10 dll Til
r; „ir!'°.nWho oMe°^d lOoVonsV"' tbm days'fighting at Gettyi-
ti gVtloS What ia.hu, r .haUI j -J^gant, st^e
what'you^o wfthlt You ; got to
KBY"- ^hUt£,sc I
scene. Only once did ho approach the
kin^ to say something. 1 did not
have a view of his full frout face, but
t-aw the parchment cheek and familiar
profile quite distinctly, and I have
oeen reminded of the outline of his
face bv that of Gen Sherman. It
teemed very queer that the com-
mander of 240,000 men. in a battle
where as many soldiers fell iu one day
noi nun u «uv- u«ii« ^
bnbv up, put it back in the carnage
- - • ' *-•- UH the j
he credit is in some quarters given | ^^^un^'V'very'S't' i the'eomh«t on hand being to
with I to Whistler for inducing Oscar X\ llde | 4l Li,uei,L <...i inr th« fm. of ! drive Hazame into Met*. All tne
eh*d" mothhe?could not follow with j t'° An.eric^ "lit j your ^isp'wch- I ortVrs Ud'b^n Twued and each corps
her eyea her infant on its outing tttp j th0 „mous impressionUt I • ' ' ! v—- f.dlv.
that "day.
"Hamlet" In Oklrhoma.
• What under the sun I" snorted the
tourist from the east to the manager
of an Oklahoma theater, who had iu-
vited him back of the wings to witu.
the perfortnanct of IMnk- Metropol-
itan Barnstormers. 1'hese w retches
are supposed to be playing 'Hamlet,
and there tl.ey are singing and danc-
ing like mad. There! 1 never saw
such an extraordinary performance
What in the world does it tiioauP I he
melancholy Dane has thrown a back
handspring! I"'—
■■Yea" returned the manager
••Didn't he do it slick? Dinks tried to
make me think lhar wasn't no fun in
this plav. but I told him the boys
would begin to shoot if the songs was
more'n five minutes a)>art, an' now, by
George, it's'most as good as the min-
strels! Jest wait till the grave-diggers
l>e£iu to jiggle that skull an' sing
■Rise I'p, William Kiley. an Come
Along with Me. " Vun> '-_ •• V-
Tobacoo In Franco.
The consumption of tobacco has in-
creased enormously in France during
the lait two or three years. The aver-
age la al<". to be two pounds yearly to
•tory Inhabitant.
i, aaid that the famous ImpressionUt | Jon( , n.. pai.l for 100 gal-
planned ft cry . etall of that tour, even #B)J with it; but it
to tta amusing ".em of that long ha r wa> a , J >iisousilon „ |,ile it lasted
with which Oscar won half the 1 attic ,, vv„ uoihing.to my chagrin. I
was expecting unlimited pi iise
among us.
Gathering chewing gum near St.
John. N. B.. at the pi t >ent time is con-
sidered even more profitable than any-
thing « t e farmer; sous can turn ' • ;r
hands to. The demand is large and a
high figure is aasurini. For a really
choice article the price to i e picker is
75 cents |>er pound.
••Bob" Burdottr say* he took to
lecturing on his wife's adv.ee; and his
, tirst effort in this direction w as made
I iu Dubuque, where verything and
everybody from Burlington was sharp-
ly criticised on geueral principles iu
those days. This ordeal Wing passed
successfnlly. he > eutured to talk to
audiences elsewhere.
A town in Southeru ( : c
brated its Incorporation by -egg-
nog" (particula: > ihe 1
the newly-elected town councilors de-
tained the Mayor against lu* will n
order that he might - ire in : g d
time. Next day he had ever* mem-
ber of the town council before : im for
disorderly conduct aud fined oaeh |10.
Experiments reeei . v * • u;, ■ I by
Ru5 iau military officers are aid to
prove that snow cau l e used with
dfiknaUtf .jra'l*
stead of that 1 was
inl a blockhead.
General IiCr's Voaelllshneaa.
knew its duty fully.
The hours during which I was uear
Moltke on his dav of this grandest bat-
tle were from 11:30 until nearly 3. and
this was the time in which the Ger-
mans were developing their attack on
the left or north. The Germans had
performed the flank march and were
facing toward their own country. The
litre i> s story illustrative ot the French fought with their faces turned
consideration Gen. Lee always showed lo Paris, aud their position was admir-
A lecture on Greenland was given
in London not long ago by Clements
Markham, llis history of the early
discoveries included tho voyage of
Eric tho Rod.
Hall was the first Englishman who
laid his boues on the shore of Green'
' "in 1712 Ilatis Egede, the apostle of
the Esquimaux, landed iu (.reeiiland.
It has been found impossible to peue-
(rate for any distance into the vast In-
terior. The natives believe it to be
inhabited by enormous and malignant
beings. . . .
Ills 320,000 square miles in extent,
the whole being a mass of ice. A
Danish professor in 1H20 made his way
for thirty miles inland and described
the scene he saw.
There is nothing but a white world
supporting a blue vault. Jroin far be-
low one's feet there couies the moaniug
noise, the voice of rivers flowing far
i beneath.
Occasionally there are loud reports
| from the opening of a cleft, a vast
mass of water pierces its way in the
ice down to the uiu! uMying granite
' itself for thousands of feet.
At thirty miles from the coast the
height above the sea was 2,200 feet
and the ice was still rising.
A wonderful sight is that of the
colossal rivers, deep and broad, which
flow between tall blue banks, and pour
at the end of their course down a cleft
with a mighty cascade, which is con-
spicuous from a distance from a cloud
of mist which always hangs above it.
On the strips of the land near the
coast the Greenland flora, though
j scantv. is very pleasant to the eve.
Ye_r. : uiou rovers the grouud iu thick
j masM v forming turf in the level
places, while it tills the chinks and
crannies of the rocks aud creeps over
| the surface of the stone, giving a
i bright appearance to the land in sum-
for others while remaining absolutely
indifferent to what might befall him-
self. It was in the Wilderness tight,
and he and Gen Wads Hampton were
passing over the held. They came to
\ narrow pass botweeu woods aud
io nns. wt... r-," , ■ rp.
ably chosen and tenaciously held, lue
Germans had one thing to do—attack
the w.ole line simultaneously, and to
develop their superior number* to
crush the right flank of their enemy,
which was in the air. Ihe fatal error
a narrow j.ass - wmai m « ■■
Hen. 1.-" noticed that the passage was „f HftaTffc was in net putting the
VTl i • l-.t .... | w
well covered by the northern sharp-
shooters. who "were doing effective
work. ' Hampton," said the oom-
matiding geueral, *'l reckon \ou had
better go round through the trr.'S and
meet me on the other side, as the tire
of the sharpshooters is very dangerous
here." That is all there is of the
sl-t v. Of i urse tieu Hampton said,
■lieu. Lee. 1 gu.ss if yon can walk
there I can follow you." But note the
unconsciousness of persona! danger
aud the unselfishness of I.ee 1 ;ese
were incessant characteristics of bis.
t rench Imperial Guard ou that tlatik.
The long pause on the elevation of
the Herman royal headquarters, iso-
lated from the lig tiug forces, though
near them, was to await the extension
of the lines uorthward to overlap the
French formation, but, of course. 1 did
not kuon what was going on under my
cws; aod seventeen years later, visit-
i ing the ground. 1 could uol Hud the
; hill where the king had waited so long.
\\ th the armies gone, the peaceful
.arretted t.ehte, a few poppies glowing
I iu the siublde. were utterlj uufamiliar.
and the many monuments vver I lie
fallen bra\> did uot do much ir -
..I.nunc ooiirjns.. .1 jlft uol wonder
The Electrical Heater.
! Oue of the clcctrical appliance.
■ which will presently come into as geu-
eral requisition as that now enjoyed
I bv the electric motor is the electrical
j heater. It dispenses with all dirt
! in the house, and cau be turned oft
and on just when it is wanted. A
large percentage of the heal from a
stove goes up the chimney aud is
' wasted, but as the eleotrical heater is
' light und handy, and cau be moved
from place to place with ease, the full
advautage of its heat can always be
secured.
The l.arjjest Reft.
"THE SHAWL.
4n Article Which, While Out of Ktyl«,
linn Yet Great Vogue.
Many might be disposed to ask what
American wears a shawl, just as long
ago the «eornful question was raised.
Who leads an American book?"
Both these questions, however, simply
reveal ignorance, says the Pnj 'loads
Economist, as there is a steady and in-
creasing demand for these articles of
wearing apparel, though for ordinary
purposes they may Be said to be
wholly out of fashion.
For the usual purposes of a costume,
certainly for ladies who wish to eon-
form to the reigning stvles, tlie shawl
has few attractions. And still, as a
matter of fact, almost every woman
has one or more shawls. The super-
ficial critic overlooks the numberless
purposes to be served by one of these
articles, quite apart from its use as an
item in a fashionable costume.
Take the function which tliey so
often have of the rug. Here alone i-^
a sphere of usefulness which makes
them almost necessary in every home.
They are, moreover, au indispensable
adjunct for the traveler, either by land
3r sea. They aro a very handy thing
to have in the house where there arc
babies.
For picnic purposes the shawl is of
most practical value; and nothing has
ever been invented that is quite such a
convenient article to throw over the
head and shoulders w hen out upou a
neighborhood errand.
Apart from these uses, incidental in-
deed, but universal, thero is a large
trade, particularly among American
citizens of foreign extraction and
throughout tho northwest, in tho shawl
as an ordinary article of dress. It is
very difficult to keep in mind all tho
elements in our heterogeneous popu-
lation.
The broadest minded are apt to for-
get that the demands of certain classes
of tho population iu states like W is-
consin or the Dakotas may be alto-
gether different from that to which
the tradesman caters in eastern cen-
ters.
Very often an immense ti a le is
quietly carried 011 iu fabrics and pat-
terns which would cause a buyer in
these latitudes to be regarded as a
candidate for the lunatic asylum At-
thj proverb says, it takes all kinds of
people to make the world, and 111 any
of these people are still attached to
their comfortable and graceful shawl
and wear it habitually.
Valu
mm- the Secret* or Volcanic Action
IteveHled by Mine Muring*.
The workmen in th«* deepest mines
1 Europe swelter iu almost intolerable
heat. - ins a lUhwuiUMnjazine, and
•t they never penetrate over one
seven-thousandth part of ti e distance
from the surface to the eoutcr of the
sarth.
In tho lower levels of sonic ot tne
Coni-toek mines tho men f> ught scald-
ing iter, and could labor only three
or^ft'iir l ours at a time until the Sutro
tunnel pierced the mines and drew off
some of ihe terrible heat, which had
stood at 120 degrees.
The deepest boring ever made, that
at Sperenberg, near Berlin, penetrates
1 . , - . . 1 . . . 11poiier
-ti 4.
A bell now being made for a Louis-
iana electric light company will be the
largest in the world. It is to be six
I feet wide. lt>7 feet long, and will take
the skins of 176 animals to complete it.
When finished it will weigh two tons
ami cost $10,000, or about $10 a square
| foot.
or tho
• I'atima.
If an Egyptian's eyes ache or hurt
he looks out for a blonde woman
named Fatima. begs from her a bit of
bread and information as to where he
will find six more Fatimasthat lie may
ask the same favor of each. Fortu-
nately for him they do not all have to
be blondes, aud a wise Egyptian
father, seeing tho value of the name, is
spt to give it to oue of his daughters.
tfaoro lit!) Plenty of I'liuuiai-
at Sperennerg, near ner.m.
j only -1 17- feet about 1 t" 1 feet deeper
I tliau the famous artesian well at St.
Louis.
While borings aud mines reveal to
us only a few secrets relating solely to
the temperature and constitution of the
earth for a few thousand feet below the
surface we are able by means of vol-
canoes to form some notion of what is
going on at a greater depth.
There have been many theories
about the causes of volcanoes, but it
is now generally held that though they-
arc pi 1 dueed by the intense heat of the
interior of the car.h they are not
directly conuected with the niolteu
ma s that lies many miles below the
immediate sources of volcanic energy*
Even l'i"!y knows that many roena ^
are forme * on the floor of the
and it has been found that a twentieth
to a seventh of their weight is made
up of imprisoned water. Now, these
rooks are buried in time meter ovei-
;-. vii!^r s'.rata. which -erve is a luan
to keep in the enormous heat of the iu-
terior.' I'his heat turns the water into
superheated steam, which melts the
hardest rock, aud w hen the steam buds
a tisstire iu the strata above it it breaks
through 10 the surface with ter no
energy, and we have a volcano.
We find that these outpourings that
have lain for countless ages many
thousands of feet below the surface are
well adapted to serve the purposes
mail Many a vineyard nourishes on
; the volcanic ashes from Vesuvius, and
\ i' lie mud has clothed the hills of
' N w Zealand with fine forests and its
plains with luxuriant verdure. 11,0
! most wonderful display of the results
! of vol anic energy i- seen in the north-
' western corner of our own land, a
region of lofty forests and of great
I fertility. _____
■ General C rant died at <53, Sheridan
; ,it 67. Hancock at 62. Meade at 66.
Logan at ti'1 Thomas at 54. Lee at W.
1 61, Pembarton it 68 Hirdee {
lit ,V>. piekctt at 50 aud General Sher-
man at 71.
England is importing butter from
Nou Zealand. The butter is found to
keep perfectly sweet if packed in quan-
tities of fifty-six pounds and upward
anil kept at a temperature not greater
than 46 degrees.
What is . >nsidered a good joke on a
banker 1 Washington county, Kam.
a chattel mortgage on file in the
istcr's oflie" dr^wn by him. wluc
reds as follows -Two bay mules sn
all their increase."
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