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