prio rs of the world .
, Gen Pop« and grandsons o f
C. F. Sm ith
¿ u g the latest e n tries as cadets
< ¡ ¿ ’¿ ki . es II. IIBVU Of th e
infantry, h has
as been
de
, 1 Af fMrd infantry,
been ae-
«^enty-tmru
‘ ,,d to’represent th e w ar d e p artm e n t
libit at the world s fair.
ntFS are so pestilential in Siam th a t
• soldier is compelled to assist in
Sing their num ber by c atch in g
' u<rh of them every day to n il a
^'tehbox.
r i recently issued decree all sol-
• .4 the Russian em pire m ust in
&i\ u s e handkerchiefs w hich have
i3tX)fon‘ been restricted to th e officers.
. arm
__ y 2.. is said si 4 to
-.-* nr\nt<)i»i
t -Prussian
co ntain
t one officer from th e rank’s—Col.
iIo a n n , who was prom oted for a<;ts
»..«votional
f exceptional bravery in th e behleswig-
i,¡stein campaign in 1804
lie lias
stlxen gazetted com m ander of th e
'ixtie’h infantry.
„ p o p u la tio n o f 70,000 I n
¡ X i —
th e only m ilitary force
‘ 'r a
stationed at the capital, Reykjavie. and
'heoniy two law yers in th e island are
,he state's atteney, as he m ay be called,
and another, who is on h a n d to defend
jBvlxxly that may be p u t on tria l.
RUMBLINGS ON T H E R A IL S .
T rains in Russia ru n tw enty-tw o
miles an hour.
C heat B ritai M is r e p o r te d to h a ve
id, mw locomotives.
Os several of th e railro ad s in Russia
¡pm telegraph poles are to be substi
tuted for wooden ones.
M exico has 22,500 mileg
! ago th ere lived in W ash.ngton a Unit
S tates naval jofhcer who thought hi
self unjustlW treated by the naval?]
tirin g board / and made incessant qtnu
plaint about lit to his brother officers.
“ Well, Sank ’ said one of his friends,
" ’ho w as a liktle worn out by hearing
the suiae story over and over, “ w h’ in
the w orld do you submit to it. if it is
so? T here is a man here who will in- J
vest ¡gate it for tw enty dollars, aud may ‘
correct it.”
“ W hat!” ejaculated the com plaining,
officer, whose reasoning powers hail j
evidently become a little confused
through m editation on his wrongs.
) “do you suppose for one in stan t th a t I
would take tw enty dollars for u griev
ance like this? You don't know me!”
—Y outh's Companion,
•
LORENCE
TO THE FRONT
Every Spot in the road!
B aby Jack*« rh eo lo g y .
The doctrine of original sin is a diffi
cult one to controvert, taking the
world a t large into consideration, bu t
it is one which Baby Jack, aetat tw en-
ily S h r e e -aonihs, su.a,iily .m l stu rd ily
refuse» to adm it into h i , thoohwy. ilc
w
"•,th th" ” tm o rt
fervor and in a language of his own,
which only the audacity of a m other
would claim to mean anything, lie
asks: “ Pod” to “ b*esa” every one of
his relatives to the forty-fourth do-
gree, not forgetting his pet e a t and
“ Iloo-Polly ” the unclean rag-doll, but
when mamma prompts: “ Please m ake
Jack a good boy,” Master «lack says:
“ Pas" in response ns earnest us th a t of
any good Methodist brother. “ Pas"
m eans “yes,” and Jack thinks lie is a
good Ixiy, and no moral suasion can in-
. dneo him to suggest to Providence th a t
1 there is the slightest necessity for m ak
ing over.—N. Y. Recorder.
of telegraph
awl 600 of railroad. A d istric t m essen
PE O P LE ACROSS TH E SEA.
ger service will soon be introduced.
E min P asha is now perfectly desti
T he life of a locom otive c ra n k pin,
tute,
according to the latest news. He
which is almost the first th in g about an
and
j
Is
living
with an Arab at Taliora, and
engine to wear out, is 60,000 miles,
cannot
leave
until he receives help.
the life of a 33-inch w heel is 60,733
P
ope
L
eo
XIII. attributes his long
miles.
T he Japanese governm ent contem life anil genera! good health to the reg
plates the construction of six lines of ularity of his habits and his abstinence
railway,aggregating 800 miles in length. from anything hut the simplest fare.
N v ’ ak P asha , the senior field m ar
The purchase of th e p riv ate railw ays
shal
of the Turkish array, lately died at
by the 6tate is also projected.
the
age
of 110 years. His eldest son*
Ox foggy w inter days E nglish ra il
who
is
over
70, is also an Ottoman field1
ways employ thousands of e x tra hands
to place detonating signals on rails, the marshal.
T he rapidity with which caste is giv
"hlinary sem aphores being invisible. A
ing
way in India is indicated by the f::et
new method of sig n allin g is by an elec
th
a
t
it recently cost a wealthy in m
tric bell on the locomotive, a contact
who
had
lost caste only 1300 to be rein-
device causing each signal sta tio n to
I
stated.
Seventy
years ago it would
sannd autom atically th e num ber of
beats required to tell w hether to stop I have eost him flOO.OOO.
M avboyb . ni B ey , Turkish minister to
or proceed.
W ashington, is not a solemn and no-
SPARKS A N D FLA S H E S .
i eluded person like most of his country-
PtowTNo by electricity is in contem- j men. but a jolly little “ Preachy” sort
lation for a large property in C entral j of man, w ith a fondness for social lire,
i He lately added » knowledge of tennis
pain.
to liis o th er accomplishments.
T he Pennsylvania railro ad is equip-
ng its an th racite collieries w ith elee-
S A L T A N D PEPPLR.
ic light plants, and w ill cu t coal
i “ D o l o t ’ have natural gas here? Mild
'enty-four hours a day.
No.” j
Washington.
T he importance of electricity on the stran g er in congress
isn’t in session
idem steam ships is show n by th e fact was the reply ; co 1
ode
on
Star.
it the new E nglish b a ttlesh ip , Royal i now,’ Woshingt«
1 met (
rereign, has no less th a n eig h t
S h e —“ T hat's a perfect g «
ndred electric lig h ts and th ir ty miles him at a w atering »da «• as
. .
*
! - “ Em inently proper place to meet with
wire
him, I should say.”—N. V. Herald.
A S ty lis h C orp««.
A nd H e W ent a
niff Custom
"She was the m ost sty lish corpse."
' heard a wom an rem ark the other er (slouching into barlKj shop)
of me, old Lathers.
'
V ia speaking of a leader of fashion ahead
“Two gentlem« u!”-C hieago Trilame
<dy deceased, and, prom pted by cu-
HlCKS—“ W hat did you ever see a lsm t |
•sity, we inquired w hat w ent to m ake
T ic k e r I o m o ke y..„ think
!
' a “stylish corpse.”
"Oh!” replied th e gusher, w ith no
u
Station, “she w ore a b lack velvet crumb* ui but tout
"n with point lace trim inihgs, and “‘ srcnK T A .r X,nnK. - ' »h'
r eyebrows penciled and cheeks and
1»
* rouged, besides having her hair er any ................
ne in the m ost d elig h tfu l fashion bureau?" Inspector Slisrp
ssible.
Positively, to lie such a of the employes were hard
s'ltiful corpse w as w orth dying for.” N. Y. Herald.
“T hh
io oar prosaic m ind th e solem nity of
W hat 1» toe
1 .
sth seemed to have been robbed of
F ilh ln » - " V -
its g ran d ?u r and force by the arti-
ial trappings and ad o rn m en ts of the then. I d e a l
' |k ll, u u, the
issuing
half
fare
|
'»p'.exion specialist: y e t in th is age g a i n by
k
„ ..
Sun.
f kls the tim e is not fa r off when ju st c l e r g y . N .
I
put
di caprices m ay be expected, for if
\
keoo
NFEI
»liion sets the pace th e re will be, bc-
,’ilher re
!’•» oth er m odish follies, fads in ;n the gravy «»f
Halt
»erals th a t will probably lie even me at» is an Im p "* -« “ " 1 injf
Bnoii. •UniU *>’•;”»'
»nd it b
ridiculous th a n the o th e rs .—Phila-
*phia Tim ex
draw s th -
¡ " ¿ ¡ „ i f p ^ H ’le.
desintble to
P »
„.ilk arH|
T oo < heap.
To <I.».AS oil ' ’’i1 ,,». Il n e l c l o t h . A
nme people vulue a pet grievance
wlpo with a fi-
ahoy« m oney or a n y th in g which « a te r aud
will rum
brash s.’.J
tuT can buy A good m any y ears
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-n e x t w eek Toy-
REAL
ESTATE
DEALER,
Florence,
lis
keep your EYE on the