REM. EVERYDAY
UFE.
TOWER OF SKULLS.
tight compartments, by filling or etopty-
teg whicb It oouid sink er rise A baF
■tost of Iron calla was placed outside tM
bull and by means e f keys they could
be detached ao that tee boat could rise
Tbem have bean many tragic apt-
sodas In tba history od Nish
century
, In
_ „ tbe fifteenth
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turad the city, end for 800 yearn it re
mained In their possession, although
te a » were brief periods when tbe
Austxtens bald it TbeflfHStolSOp. tbe
Servians, who bad recovered moat o f
their country from tee Turks, hnetogad
Ntob, but war* defeated with grant
toon. Tbe Turks to celebrate their vic
tory erected a rough tower composed
alternately e f lumps o f rock and skulls
ty 1.200 akulto In tbe tower .of Ntob.
Tor a long period It waa tbe baMt o f
travato» to Niab tb carry eff a skull as
a souvenir, and tbto reduced their num-
mateas o f aotomobUm.. Applytog ras
word "dky" te tbe battery is mialead-
teg. for tbere la no socb thlng arae
“dry" battery. Tbere nevar «ras. fiar
wül tbere ever be
If K ware dry ao current wo^M
gánente, a i !t Aqnirao motstnre to pin
daca cbemlco atoctrtc actírity whjse
tbe dren* la completad fren* tbe pMa
to tbe oteas a lemán te
The so cabed dry battery la raally a»
“lnetoaed Wat battery," whicb rétalas
tts molstare to tts Wmlt o f lUs, wheth-
sr te sarrlce or oot. Tbe Umtt of lite
daikmds oo tbe atorad capadtj, hdw
traquea tiy tbe dreutt Is applled to JA
evapora tloo doe to age and dete rio»,
don o f tbe coadóctteg el aman te
* TM battery canaleta o f a teñe cyite-
Wh«o wa travel 1 always «m y d t te
Mr In advance the car we aball take.
8be agrace, but will suddenly change
bar mind and Insist upon taking anotb-
•r one. I grumble to myself and obey.
8M likes tM top of tee auto op. I
As soon as a circuit te/etpaptotod a
fhenttoe* combination 4i~atertod, and.
tbe current flows from tbe Internal
part e f «be sine to tbe carbon, teen
oat from tee carbon to tbe appliance
and ratorna to tbe tenc Tbe external
termteaftf o f the battery art t b e r r
yan e o f tee Internal
When tbe battery to exhausted tt can
be recharged by sending current Into
It from a close circuit battery, suck as
a nitric or sulphuric acid «tel Pour
teg water through a small bole at tbe
top o f tbe battery Is an aid to tbe re
turn o f Its life, tpw neither thin nor
tee former wU! restore tbe battery to
its original efficiency. — New Tort
World.
F keep bar Informed a bent my boa!
ease only when sbe asks me. She nev
er sake me. so you know tbe result- '
I tell bar a funny story every day
If I have two I keep one for tbe next
day. Sometimes sbe laughs at them.
She asks me occasionally if I think
her hair to as long as It wae I always
tell ber It to longer.
I bate bridge, dinner parties, danring
and tbe opera. She respects my opin
ion and makes me do tbem alL
■he makes oat checks end forgets
to enter, tbem on tbe stabs. Every
time 1 catch ber In tbto omission sbe
SHEET METAL W O PK S
w 2T%, F. H. G RIFFETH ...SS.,
• M ffiM ffiM M ffiM ffiM ffiM M ffiiP Q N M M P
SMsXAUJ
TH E MYSTERIOUS EAGLE.
gnUied bill in middle Oeorgla there
lies a vary tonte paste- concerning
which i-onflk-tlng stories are told Tbe
«tee point that mentii to t o cenate la
that tbe Indians (eft tbe eagle ha a
legacy to tbe state A band red years
from r o w ii «fill probably be brand
lying oulta back, with outspread wings
aod tall, even aa It ties today, to r tt
Is made of iftyrtt rocks so nmatngiy
placed tbnt it would require a pteBAn
a strung man’s banda to displace ajhJ
teg fixed for the expedition the craw
had embarked, end tee boat waa sub
merged until only tbe combings o f Mr
hatch ware above water. Lieutenant
Payne waa standing In tbe hatchway
when tM swell o f a passing steamer
rolled over the boat, and tt tank In
stantly with ber eight men. Lieu tenant
Payne sprang out o f tM hatchway as
tM boat sank. andbeslone waa saved.
in e few days ate was raised, and
again Payne volunteered end with him
eight more men. Tbe embarkation for
the second attempt was made at Port
Sum ter, and. as before, all being made
ready, Payne, standing at bin pom in
tM hatchway, gave orders to cam off.
when tbe boat careened and sank In
stantly. Payne sprang out. two o f tM
mgn followed him. and tbe other six
want down with tbe boat and par-
owner. Captain Hundley, took M r for
an experimental trip to Stone river,
where, after going through ber usual
evolutions sM dived Into deep water
and disappeared. After a week’s search
sM was found at an angle of forty
degrees, bar noaa driven Into tbe deep,
soft mod o f tM bottom.
Her errw of nine men were stand
tag. sitting or lying about In her hold,
asphyxiated. Hundley bad died at fila
post «rite s candle In one band, while
with tee other M had been vainly try
ing to unctemp tbe hatch. Tbe angle at
which tbe boat bad gone down bad
jammed tee keys so that tbe men could
not cast off tbe Iron ballast teat bald
tbem down.
Again tM ill fated vessel was ptopar-
ad ter action, and volunteers- were
called for. Lieutenant Dixon of, the
Twenty-first Alabama volunteered and
eight men «rith him.
TM ship Hooeatonle «ms selected
for attack aod on a quiet night tbe
brave crew set oat from Charleston.
Lieutenant Dixon guided tbe boat
straight to tM Houaetutilc. and the ex
plosion tore open the ship’s side, so
that sbe went down wuh sll Mr craw
to two minute«
Tbe torpedo vessel never returned,
end «riwtber sbe «rent down «rith ber
enemy or drifted out to sea was long
unkno«vu. Msny years after, in tbe
work of deepening tbe Mr off Cbarlto-
too harbor, divers In submarine armor
visited tbe wrack of tbe House tonic
M toy was unmarked, urban one morn
ing tt waa discovered titot a small
very substantial and ant Inexpensive
monument of granite end marble bed
been placed during tbe night over his
remains. No one in tbe town saw tbe
monument erected or knew anything
whatever respecting it There eras no
stonecutter In tbe vicinity capable of
executing tbe work Tbe stone bears
the Inscription: "Aaron Barr. Born
fob. 6 1786. Died Sept 14. 1888."
Armenian History.
The history of thy later yean o f the
Armenian kingdom to bound up in tM
history o f Am. The stronghold city
became tbe capital o f tito Bagratid
kings o f Armenia In M l. The Byzan
tine emperor captured tt in 1046. and
tt was then a hive of many acores of
thousands, a wealthy city and an In-
vltteg one. Tbe 8eijuk Tarta carried
fixe and sword throughout tts confines
eighteen yean later. The warlike
Georgiane took tt five times between
1125 and 1208. Tbe Mongola overran
It In 1289, and an earthquake In 1819
completed tbe work o f ruin. The great
cathedral tbe meet perfect survival
waa branded In 1010. Just at the begin
ning a t tee city’ s long chain o f mtefor-
■say te Fragte.
“Who «rrota that article on hew to
support a family o f six on 810 a
w eekr a friend asked tyogglee. tbe
editor of tee Household Friend. Bing
ham. one o f our beet men." said Wog-
gies. without a smile. “We pay him
•6,000 a year.” —Lou lavai« Courier-
Journal.
“Your sou doesn’t work vary hard te
CM office since M left college. ”
"No; M doesn’t want to Jeopardise
his amateur standing.” —Lou tortile Cou
rier-Journal
rmr Tippling,
i ippiiny.
^
Curt For
To euro a man of drinking take aovra
In tM history of tM submarine cor In shorthand everything M says about
tataly ttfe Hundley to entitled to hon himself In a barroom and readmit to Mm
tM next day -Pittsburgh Prana.
orable mention - Youth's Companion.
N a « weald bo universal If then
«rara neither thine nor mine.—I tal ton
Proverb
Once, perhaps twice, treasure seek
ing vendala dug. into tbe breast of tee
«àgle,"SSTCBe toòrt “Indir bave RfOVéfi
too laborious, for tee diggers gave op
before they bad reecbed tee bottom
layer o f overlapping atones
Rough but fairly accurate measure
ments o f tbe bird show tbe length of
tbe eagle from tbe middle o f tbe tall
to tea bead to be 102 feet end from
tip to tip o f outspread wrings 120 f b t
Tbe length or tbe beak la ten feat,
and tbe height of tbe body at tbe cen
ter of tee breaxt to ten feet Tbe eagle
bee with ita bead to tbe weat
Tradition does, not give any satisfac
tory explanation o f tbe age or tee
meaning o f tbe great stone mound. It
may hare bad religious significance to
tbe rad men who built tt and it may.
be tbe boriai place o f some greet chief.
It to one o f tbe most mysterious and
most interesting of prehistoric monu
ments In tbe Dnlted States.—Youth’s
The Head ef the firm .
Ae be appears to—
Tbe office hoy: A targe, tat being
whose grumble to worse than Jove’s
thunder and whose commendatory nod
to worth almost any amount of per
sonal Inconvenience.
Heed bookkeeper: A good man, with
no head for figures, who baa arrived
at his present exalted position by a
combination of luck and pull
TM stenographer: A pleasant old
party with singular «raaknesaes and
a strange capacity—rarely exercised,
however—to make one cry.
« t o «rite: A baby.—Lite.
Largest Manufacturing Plant
in the CountyJ
LUNGS. OF A BATTLESHIP,
plies, Stationery, Liggett's and Lowney’g candies,
o f cigars is the best in town. You are always wel
One o f tbe maet difficult problema toi
building a battleship is to aseara satis
factory sentilatlon. Sbe la a vary oom-
pUcatafi creature; made ap of ao many
steel boxes, ~ large and aman, for tbe
Vcommodatton of officers, men, coal
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Be. FE R G U S O N
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-a-.v - - . " V f - r V - - " !
M M M M M M M M t t M M iM N M I
Soothe
tee bowels of tee ship at a tempera
ture o f 120 degrees : when. too. yoo
commence to realize that unions the
furnaces receive their required draft
tbe speed o f the battleship drops to be
low that o f ber slaters in tbe squad
ron. you appreciate tbe Importance of
the steam driven fans to tbe furnaces
and boiler rooms. Tbe supply of air
comes down through large «rater tight
trunks, which are continued tight up to
the weather deck.* armored gratings
being provided at tbe protective deck.
For ventilating engine rooms large
electric fans are employed. So. too;
tee coal bonkers have to be ventilated,
awing to the gas which tbe coal gi^es
off. Tbto gaa when mixed with air
forms an explosive, ao in order to pre
vent tbe possibility of Injury to men
or ship supply and exhaust pipes are
•tied in each a manner as to cause
a current of air.—Pearson’s Weekly
Only Nation Without Budget.
We are tbe only civilised nation that
hasn’t a budget system. France, Ger
many. Russia. Japan. England. Italy.
Spain. Rumania. Serria. Portugal. Bul
garia and Venesuala—all these coun
tries and many more have budgets.
In each country, teat Is. certain re
sponsible officers prepare a definite
plan for doing things, estimate tbe cost
of executing it and suggest means for
raising tbe money. Tbere is only one
important natiofi that baa no business
plan, and. that to tbe one that has
Chiefly distinguished itself ss a nation
o f business men—tbe Dnlted States.—
On tbe train going out Subbubs got World’s Wort.
into conversation «rith a stranger, who
Human Mystery. ,
remarked:
Almost every man believes in tbe
**1 see you are patting op a good
toyttery o f woman, i do not For men
many new buildings.”
’Taa,” answered Subbubs, "new a n also mysterious to women; women
buildings are tbe only kind we put ap." are quite as pussled by our stupidity
Ss by our subtlety. I do not believe
—Hannas City Journal
that tbere to either a male or a female
Mystery; there is only the mystery of
Both ways.
"What on earth are yon doing sneak Mankind.—W. L. George In Atlantic
ing around in tbe room that «ray. Ma
ria, whan you know I can’t boar to be
Luck.
Jack—Congratulate m s old man.
Toot—What’s up? Are you engaged
Jack—No. tolas Roxleigh refused m<
’the day before ber father made an ae
tegument—Boston Transcript
,
,
His Own Den Tao.
Husband—A man to coming to see
Be on business Can I have him come
lato my den? Wife—And Interrupt
toy dressmaker? Never!— Llfa
a
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Jooo—Why dW Mae marry Harold?
«rant to not talent. It to He's a perfect block hen d. Rasa—Watt,
the powora to achieve, yon know she always liked bard wood
> tabor—Bnlvmr Lyttoo. trimmings In .a honao.-Judge.
City or country, mountain or beach resorts, all a n invit
ing. The Panama-California Exposition at San Diego
will remain open another year — bigger and better than
ever. Bat Southern California offers something even
greater then this. It is the ever-present and delightful
Sunshine and Flowers
Rosea in bloom. Oranges and Lemons ripening on the
trees, Poppies and Geraniums everywhere. Tina is the
reel California. The expense o f a trip to Southern Cali
fornia is not great.
Low Round
Trip
rix m
onth ticket8 ■**
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on sale daily from all
Pacific Northwest points. Stopovers are allowed at
pleasure. Through car service on limited trains, through
dining car and observation cart make the all-rail route
the delightful way to go.
SO U TH ER N
P A C IF IC
SEASONABLE CUT F1CW ERS^PiM te tirpetis, cyclamens,
(fine plants), cinerarias, primroses, ferns, fern dishes, gerani
ums, calla lilies (hardy flowers), hydrangea, peonies. Roees
our specialty (strong plants). Low prices.
hmmhmzr JO H N
GOW ER »««tin,om»
ficen*: Police court during dispute
nn
A ftnesuilroie
«E«ro» ts««F«ra finaali
rawawen«
A—
"The sameness o f these meals la get ever elxbt day clock
Magistrate—I award tbe clock to tM
ting on my nerves"
plaintiff
"1 can't think of anything else,
rasped his wife
“You’re strong for new styles in
shoes bats and ways of fixing tb*
Mir. Ain’t tbere uever any new styles
Hindering Bin F raosna.
te eatables?” —Louisville CourtorJour-
Doctor—Well. Jobn. bow are yon to
day? John—Verrj- bad: verry bad I
Irish Providence *ud 'ave massy oa me
Somethin«« Stee.
an* take me Wife—’Ow can yoo exper
“la loving a verb?”
tt to If you won’t take tbe doctor's
“ No: it’s Just plain nonsense.”
Haring made this reply to his dsugti physic»— London Mall
r ’s question. Mr. 'Grouch looked »
The Reason.
•w daggers.—fit. (m ils Post-Dispatch
“ How to It that one never forgets a
•*
Laugbtm: cheerfulness throws tun lova affstr?”
"Borsose that to something one learn*
rhrarm all the path* o f Ufe —Richter
Mra teramel
Hie«r»*« TeanariHnl.