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To ihe. numerous dangers that attend • ;o navigation ot the rivers of West- •■:!! Africa, in tlie form of huge ser- ;>.■ ni5. hlj)popotami, poisonous insects.
credible deeds of savagery were described at such lengths in the Kuropean and American press a year or two ago, and whose members the colonial authorities of England, France and Germany on the west coast of Africa have endeavored by every means in their power to exterminate. Just in the same manner that the human leopards array themselves in leopard skins and conceal themselves in the branches of trees, ready to pounce down and rend to pieces with their iron claws the unwary white man or native who passes along the forest
glades, so do
the human
| ird equally deadly fevers, hostile na- j conceal their head when • ves and bloodthirsty saurians, there beneath that of a crocodile hide. 'as now been added a new terror in Often when a canoe manned by I ho form of what are known ns human : blacks or bout freighted by white men, Ldlgrtocs. They may be said to con-i sails up or drifts down those rivers, > the aquatic counterpart of the which constitute aim tt the only means
.. iiit.vu leopards, whose well-nigh in- , of transit in the less civilized portions i them.
of the dark continent, they will pass j what are apparently a school of alii- | gators, lazily sleeping with their eyes closed and only their heads emerging from the water. Inasmuch as crocodiles will rarely attack a boat of any decent size unless in self-defense, or else when driven thereto by starvation, little or no attention is paid them. Uut let that boat anchor in the river or get tied up to the bank in order to permit its occupants to 'recuperate from their fatigue and from the effects of the heat, by means of sleep, and it will soon be observed that these crocodiles quietly and stealthily flock towards that spot. And as soon as ever they have reached the side of the ill-fated bark every crocodile head will rise from the water, and show that appended thereto is not the scale-covered body of an aiigator, but the black and lithe body of a
man.
Without uttering a sound they fall upon their sleeping prey, cutting their throats with “cresses,” or short, curved knives, and drinking the blood as it spurts from the gaping wound. Once the work of slaughter accomplished, the flesh of the victim is devoured, sometimes after a pretense of roasting, but more generally raw. For the human alligators, like the human leopards, are cannibals, and are convinced that by feeding on human flesh they not only add to their own strength and I prolong their lives, but also that they I are serving the deity or fetish to the | worship of which they are addicted. It is the religious element in the mat. ' ter that saves these human alligators,
alligators and likewise the human leopards, from swimming punishment. For the authorities can
get no assistance in the matter from the natives, who not only fear the vengeance of these cannibals, hut also are convinced that they would be bewitched if they did anything to harm
CLARENCE HAILEY HAS TAKEN TO EQUINE PHOTOGRAPHY. TIi© Specialty Sutt©«l Hi. Fancy ami lie II.i« Made a SurccK. Smncttikiii; Atmut tile Intricaclc. of («ettlii£ l.mMl
Pictures of llloo.le't Horse.,
WO subjects « hi' h make a photographer unhappy are babies and horses both being equally hard to handle. That is why Clarence Hailey of St. John's Wood and
The Famoua Kentuckian at ttie Time of IIU itellreiuent from the Senate. In an article on "When Henry Clay Salil Farewell to the Senate,” on March -1, 184", after thirty-six years In public life, Johti F. Coyle, in the Ladies' Home Journal, presents this graphic pen-picture of the "Great Commoner,” whose close friendship he enjoyed for many years: "Mr. Clay (In 1S4") was sixty-flve years old, at the veryazenith of his gr-uU popularity, the notable, central flgure in the arena of politics and statesmanship. More than six feet tall, slender, erect, graceful and commanding. lie was the personification of dignity and noble bearing. He was a perftc: master of the language, tone and gesture, and possessed of a voice
Newmarket is fam- re “« rk “ ble f ° r i!s
Mr Hailey is 1 an< ,ts capacity to express every shade
of feeling of passion of the human soul. Deep, full-toned and melodious, it was indeed magical in its power of controlling the feelings of those who listened to its varying cadences and exquisite modulations. An admiring biographer adds to an analysis of Mr. Clay as an orator 'Ills mouth largo and prominent, upper lip working quietly, or in agony, as occasions require; his eyes resting in calmness, or beaming with lively emotion, or spark ling with strong feeling, or flashing witli high passion like the thunderbolts of heaven in the darkness of storms his long arms hanging easy by his side, or outstretched, or uplifted, or waving with grace, or striking with the vehemence of passion, his fingers pointing where his thoughts direct.’ As an orator he drew upon his every resource to charm alike the ear and eye. and was unquestionably the most fascinating i speaker of his day and generation."
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young—about :10— and premiers, lawyers, writers and society folk interested in horses flock to his studio. He started in some twelve years ago in the general photographing business, but bis fondness for horses led him to branch out into a specialty. He says very seldom will a horse adapt itself to the camera. The handsomest horses, like handsome people, often take the poorest pictures. Then, rightly enough, trainers and ow ners will not allow the photographer to pull about a valuable horse entered for a big race because they fear a eiiill for their delicate charges. Mr. Hailey selects his background, focuses his camera and has everything ready Then the horse is walked into the scone, his blanket removed, ami the picture instantly taken. The brief time allowed for posing is a great drawbm k and it takes experience to get good results. Position, Mr. Hailey says, means everything. Some horses are hopeless Sometimes the wind is wrong or the flies are bad and then the artist has to
WAS THE FIRST MAYOR.
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AN INDIAN WAIF.
EAD DOLLARS DESTROYED.
TWO-STORY BRIDGE.
PLUNDER.
I Wua.-u Experts Who Inn Helot the r.est- Untie Counterfeltn. I ii\ery working day in the year UnIde Sam destroys a million dollars; doI liberately tears up and grinds to pulp I one minion dollars’ worth of paper I :: inr;, genuine bank notes and greenj writes Clifford Howard in Hie I ..adies' Home Journal. "A million I lollais in one,, two, live, ten, twenty, I • :'iy tin. hundred, and one thousand I 1 fiar notes, are daily punched full of I hole*, cut Into halves and thrown into I i machine that rapidly reduces them I ' a mass of mushy substance. W’hea- | wex a piece ot paper money becomes I toiled or torn it may be presented to the I T.ited Stales treasury and redeemed.
■ -ktoner or later every note that cirrti- ■ .i;c. among the people becomes unfit ■ o v further service, for it is bound to I ckoit.c dirty or mutilated, by eon- ■ - tan* handling, and the United Slates B c vernment stands ready to give the ■ T '‘if: of such a note a new note in Bexchange for It: or. In other words, the Bgnvojument will redeem it. The m.i- ■ ri’y of. the clerks employed in this B :141criant department of the govrr.iBne nt arc women, many of whom arc ■ • most expert money counters and I i.l nfeit detectors in the world. In B ;.vu!\ experts can properly perform B • vi rk that is required; for not only B' . he soiled anti mutilated money ■ accurately and rapidly counted but
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| i i thrown out. When we consider ' .it some counterfeiters can so cl ?vcrimitate genuine money that their irious notes will circulate through •ountry without detcc io.i, and are : discovered until they are Anally iK".i into the treasury, some idea of he proficiency of these expirta can I t Ilhcd. especially when wc bear in |mud that these notes are often so worn that the imprint oa them can '•ivtely be deciphered. It not infre- ■ >' oily happens that these bad notes B : • df.ic' ted simply by the feel of (hem, • V.ch in some eases is really the only |w iv of tbseovering the fraud; tor while I' < cunterfeiter may occasionally .sec1 ed in so perfectly imitating the beo . a note as to mlsk ad 1 van an B vpi tt, it is next to impossible for him to counterfeit the paper used by the BgovCrnment.'’ An A nr lent Cun*!. ■ iLf Bahr-Joussuf, or Canal of JosHpi ri, which, according to tradition, was 'ey the son of Jacob, is still in ■ - . after 4,000 years of service, and # “ bfe of n fertile province of Egypt dependent upon it today. It takes ■ ' - Kiso in the Nile at Assiout, and •ftex running parallel with it for near- ( mill ' titers a pass and waters Flic province of Fayoum. In ancient finies it. created a large lake in the I' ho.im, and modified the climate of m«irounding district. This lake B as disappeared, but the remains of irfi-: t n works abound.
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Novel in Two Ways.
If the plans of IJoston's municipal , authorities do not miscarry, Hunker i Hill day, on June IT next, will witness | tho celebration of the opening of one ' of the latest examples of the bridge 1 builder’s handicraft. 'I he structure is the new bridge to Charlestown, noteworthy from the faci that the drawbridge openings in the center of it are the widest in the world, and also that it is two stories, provision having been made by the engineers who draughted the plans for an elevated track over which the "electrics" are to run. Charlestown street- one of the approaches to the bridge is to be widened from 60 to 92 feet. And when the alterations to the approaches have all been completed the appearance of Hie part of the town lying near the bridge will be altered greatly. The Fitchburg railroad tracks on the Charlestown side will be lowered to pass under the structure, and the low wooden buildings on both shores will be torn down. The present bridge, just east of the new one, will be removed, but the Warren bridge, west of the structure, will
be kept in operation.
The new bridge is OUT feet long. There are ten stone piers in addition to the two abutment piers and eleven spaces. The two openings in the draw are each fifty feet wide, and the clear head room underneath it is not less than 23 feet above mean high water.
TrcuNtirp-IInntiug in A Hz on it for Hooty ISurird by Stage-Kobber*. The finding of a revolver marked “Blood for Blood" has revived an old story of burled treasure at Phoenix, Arlz., and a number of men are digging in tlie vicinity of the place where the weapon was found. Hi June, 1S76, five men held up a stage coach on the Black Canyon road, near Arastia Hill. One passenger was killed and the booty consisted ot a big roll of new $190 greenbacks and a bar of gold worth $:;2,000. A year or so later it was reported in Phoenix, and indeed throughout the extreme Southwest, that tlie product of the stage robbery had been buried at Phoenix. Two of Hie robbers made partial confessions when mortally wounded, but their explanations were cut off by death. It seems that the robbers had feared to make use of tho greenbacks because those notes were rare in that part of the country and would arouse suspicion. They therefore buried the bills and cut the gold bar in two with an axe and buried half together with the pistol of the murdered passenger, which was a peculiar one, bearing the words “Blood for Blood." The whole was inclosed in an iron coffee pot. Almost every year since the story of the treasure became known one or more searchers have appeared at Phoenix, each claiming to have a tip received at some "bad man’s” deathbed or In some equally sensational way. Some years ago a priest from Magda-
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MIL CLARENCE HAILEY. give up and try it again. Mr. Halley’s work is instantaneous and he uses no shutter, making hand exposures. He bus some records to be proud of. Using two cameras be photographed twelve horses in fifteen minutes; again lie spent three whole days trying to get good pictures of twelve mares and their foals, tho difficulty being in getting the foals and their mothers together in the
right pose.
Mr. Hailey’s worst trouble lies in photographing hunters, which are seen at their best only when galloping with their long tails flying. When standing still they are meek-looking objects. He remedies this by painting with a brush a handsome tail floating tin the breeze and wiping out tlie original one
on tlie plate.
Sra lint liing.
A few broad principles In connection with sea bathing ami a few hints on this subject may not be out of place at the present season of the year. Sea bathing, when properly and carefully udulgrd in, is a most health-giving and enjoyable diversion, but there are certain rules which should he well borne in mind never bathe within two hours of a meal, never when over-tired and exhausted, and never when over-heat-ed. At tho same time, the body should be warm and not cold when you plunge in. Do not remain in the water long enough to become tired or chilly, and when you eome out dress quickly. It should also be remembered that bathing does not agree with every one. Those who feel faint or giddy in the water, or whose hearts begin to beat over-much, should consult a doctor who Is thoroughly acquainted with their constitutions before they enter the water again. Medical authorities are unanimous on Hie subject that many of tlie bathing fatalities which have been generally attributed to cramp are really due to failure of the heart’s action, induced by the plunge into cold water, and aggravated by swimming. A good result of the bath ought lo make the bather feel warm and fresli but if. instead, shivering and cold ensue, harm is being done. Children should not be forced into sea baths, for their reluctance may be occasioned by some constitutional drawback, testifying that the process is harmful to them
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We ’lowed we had the pisonest terror on the whole slope,” said the man who made his pile in the west and then came back east to enjoy it. ac■ording to the Detroit Free Press. His name was Buck Grimmer; leastwiso that was the way ho gave It out. He was a big bull-necked feller with in arm like a mill post, a ugly scowl and eyes what alius made me think of a rattlesnake. He had all the settlement under cow, fur it got ’round semehows as how he had planted eight or ten men, and we had all sec him do some mighty fancy shootin’. He made half a dozen men leave tho Place and run things pretty much the amr like lie was a king. Wc had one citerzen there named Emery Little. H--' didn’t weigh mor’n ntuoty-*ive pounds, had a dried up look, never had much to say and seemed to carry about the idea that the best plan was fur every person to ’tend to his own business. An’ observin' man could tell that Little knowed a whole lot. but he was not a feller to give hisself taffy. When we organized into a village, Buck gave it out as how he was goin’ to he mayor. The first thing wo knowed there was a letter in that little weekly paper of ours, signed by Little. Ho made out that Buck was a runaway from justice, a big, ignorant bluff and a false alarm. Them things was pretty hard to swaller and we all begin kind of arranging tilings so as to ’tend Little's funeral. Buck jist located himself in front of the biggest saloon in the place whore Little had to pass. We asked him if there wasn’t no way nf settlin' 'ithout wiping i.ittle out, but Buck said no. He was goin’ to give tlie man a show, hut his checks must be cashed in. When Little come along, lookin' as though nothin' had ever bothered him, Buck halted him with an oath. He had a pair of guns there and two big knives a sharp as razors. Little could pink bis weepins and take bis choice. We all felt sorry for the little cuss, but lie had lining it on hisself. He picked up one of tho knives, give it a whirl in the air and toie Buck to git ready. That big cur turned white, begged, tried to say it was all a joke and then lit out. There wasn't a grain of sand in him. Look at the records and you'll see that Hmry Little was the first mayor.”
FOUND AFTER SLAUGHTER AT
WOUNDED KNEE.
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Mrs. Sanders, an English lady who lives at a pretty place railed Honey mead, an old hunting-box on the moor, in one of the most ardeqt devotees of sport of the day. The picture shows her with tlie largest stag head of the season, which she succeeded in laying low. As a lltlle girl she delighted in
The interesting question whether tf , ar | ng over t h 0 country on scrubby there is any measurable influence ex- 1)()n j cs ; in d now she owns some of the
Zinttm YV;»* Adopted by lien. Colby and Taken to Washington—Civilised Surrounding* Do Not Seem to Curb Her
Wild Instincts.
HE recently threatened Indian uprising in tho west has directed attention to a little Indian girl, now a resident of Washington. She is the adopted daughter of General Leonard W. Colby and wife, who reside at No. 1325
Tenth sue^,, N. W. The child’s name is Zintka Lanuni. Her legal name by adoption is Zintka Colby. She is now nearly 7 years old. a typical Ind: in In facial appearance, physique and actions. Thus far it has been impossible to curb the wild blood that flows through her veins, and, although surrounded by all the advantages ot a modern American home, goes to school, Sunday school, has been taught to pray and lias as companions refined children of the neighborhood. Zintka is what her foster mother frequently calls a bad girl. She Is wild and at times ungovernable, stubborn and possessed of tho well known revengeful spirit of tho Indian. She will resent the real or fancied offense of a playmate, no matter how long it takes, and Is equally as eager to appreciate any kindness done her. Zintka is of a roaming disposition. She runs away from home every day. her favorite amusement being to ride on the belt line street cars around i>ast tho Capitol
and circuiting the city.
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FORGOT Henry Clay
HIS VERSE.
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Another One.
In the early ’20s of tills century Henry Clay was appointed by the legislature of Kentucky a commissioner to Virginia to ask of that state that a commission he appointed to make a definite line of demarkation between the two states. Upon his arrival in Richmond he was received with great courtesy by its most distinguished citizens. He said that his profession, politics and affairs of government had occupied his time so extensively that he was aware of knowing little of polite literature or tlie favorite publications of tlie day. This prompted him to ask an old friend whom he knew to bo a literary man to select some lines to introduce when addressing the legislature, as a quotation expressive of his feelings toward tlie state of Virginia as his birthplace. His friend suggested a stanza from Scott’s “Lay of the Last Minstrel," which he highly approved and memorized. The day !
appointed for his address found the 1 mo l<>r ’
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BOSTON’S GREAT TWO-STORY BRIDGE.
Each of the granite piers Is built upon piles, as many as 568 having been driven for one foundation. It eluding land damages, the total cost will he $!.2,>0,000.
Alwsv* That Way. U.;f a curious fact that the delicacy |n> to mentioning the age of woman L tto piece of modern sensitiveness. In ^he Old Testament, although grea* Lumbers ot women are mentioned,there I* but one—Sarah. Abraham's wife— rt.twe age is recorded.
$h«‘a All Ritthr. A woman recently returned from the Hundlko says she received fifty offers If marriage before she was fifty miles liL the Yukon. But ehe waited until |he xcachcd the mines and married a |iari who was panning out $50,i*“* a tenth.
Nat's Neat Reply. N. P. Willis was usually the life rf , the company he happened to he in. IBs repartee at Mrs. Gales’ dinner In Washington is famous. Mrs. Gales | wrote on a card to her niece at the other end of the tabic; “Don’t flirt ro with Nat Willis.” She was herself talking vivaciously to a Mr. Campbell. \\ illis wrote the niece's reply: “Dear aunt, don’t attempt my young feelings to trammel, Nor strain at a Nat while you swallow a Campbell.”
A Medical View. "Physicians ns a rule are bitterly down on the hard times." “For what special reason?" “They say that people have to eat such plain food that they are too healthy to be intereu*lug.”—Detroit Free Press.
lena Sonora, who had been given the location by a man who had died of a wound received in a fight, spent a long time in searching for it without success. It is probable that the treasure, if ever buried tit all, has been removed by some searcher who thought it well to conceal his success. Ji]it tlie Kind, The youth in tho tan colored cycling suit turned lo the white-mus-Inched man with a deferential gesture “Pardon me, Mr. Bards,” he said, “but will you permit me to ask what kind of matches you prefer for domestic use?” “Matches?” echoed tho old gentleman. “Matches for domestic use? What an extraordinary question? Why, safety matches, of course.” The young man smiled. “Then Mr. Bards,” he said, “permit me to inform you that your daughter Millie and I eloped on wheels this morning and are now brc’i for the customary parental blessing.” He blew lightly on his whistle and the lovely girl darted into the room. —Clev«Attd Plain Dealer.
erted upon the earth’s atmosphere, and particularly upon what we call "Hie weather,” by the black spots on the sun, Is again under discussion. Sunspots increase and decrease in size and number periodically, the average time from one maximum of spots to another being about eleven years. At present the spots are becoming less numerous, and their minimum period is approaching. At a recent meeting of the Royal Meteorological society Mr. A. H. Mac Dowall gave reasons for believing that, as the sun-spot minimum draws near, there is a tendency toward greater heat in the summer and greater cold in the winter than is the case near the sunspot maximum. The part of tho world specially considered by Mr. MncDowall was western Europe, but if Europe is affected by sun-spots, America must be
affected by them also.
Protection Against Torpedoes. Writing in “Lo Yacht," M. Duboc states that the Japanese have made some remarkable experiments in connection with the best means of strengthening a ship's hull against torpedo attack. Two hulls were prepared, each with an inner shell, tho space between tho two being in one case left empty, and in the other packed with bamboo. On exploding equal charges against the outer shell of each the first-named hull had both outer and inner skins wrecked, while the second oed case the Inner skin escaped injury almost completely, though tlie bamboo packing was reduced to shretfs.
To Study Plant Diurnsea.
An experiment station for what has been called the "vivisection of plants” has been established by the Department of Agriculture in Washington. Somewhat similar stations exist elsewhere. but it Is said to be the intention to make this more extensive than any other. Valuable results are expected from the study of the diseases of plants, and it has long been suggested that this may lead to the employment of “plant doctors,” just ns now we have doctors
for men and animals.
best hunters to be bad. She prefers Irish horses to ride to hounds. She is
MRS. SANDERS. especially fond of following the staghounds and no man can surpass her in endurance or pluck. There have been some exciting hunts near her former home before she was married. On one occasion, after a capital run of two hours and a half over tho moor, the stag went to sea near Glcnthorn''. the family seat. The deer swam out and as no boat was forthcoming the sportsmen found pursuit imposslbla and stood in helpless anxiety on the shore. What was their anger to see a boat lowered by a passing trading vessel, with the evident intention of giving chase to their prey. Their viev/s of the situation they expressed in heated language, but to no avail, for the little pirate boat pulled steadily after the stag and succeeded in capturing it and hoisting it on deck. Then with three derisive cheers the crew trimmed the sails end away went the trader before the wind, leaving the disconsolate sportsmen to make the best of their loss. The deer was taken to Cardiff and there sold.
space crowded with eager, expectant auditors and many beautiful women in bright attire gave brilliancy to Hie | scene. Clay held the attention 01 | his audience with entire success until I he eame to the part where he meant | to Introduce the quotation. Then his 1 memory failed him. The shock was appalling for a moment. He stood rigid and pale before a thousand watchful eyes, and his mind only a blank, before him a turbulent sea of upturned faces. With a characteristic gesture threw up his hands to his forehead and in IBs most sonorous tones he recited the following words: Breathes there tlie man with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said. This is my own, my native land. Ho concluded his speech amid deafening applause. Everyone present had supposed that he was overcome by emotion, and none but the friend who had selected tlie quotation for him perceived the cause of his momentary panic.- Florida Citizen.
her, and she rides free. Frequently she is out until long after dark, but always finds her way home. No amount of correction or admonition h«n yet hud any effect on her uncontrollable spirit to roam. Zintka was found on 1 lie battlefield of Wounded Knee creek, on the afternoon of Jan. 1, 1891. She was then three months old. The massacre of Big Foot’s band having occurred on the morning of Dee. 29, it was over three days that she lav on the battlefield in the arms of her dead
The latter bad been shot
and killed in the fusilade of tlie United States troops. The day after the bat-
Six «mi On© Wire. From the Boston Herald: A aoxtuplex telegraphic wire was successfully operated in a telegraphic oilice in this city last night In tlie presence of representatives of .New York and Boston papers. The circuit was to New Haven and return, a distance of three hundred miles. Three different messages were sent over the wire simultaneously, and were easily and accurately received on the reoching side. The inventor of the new scheme is Thomas B. Dixon of Kentucky, son of tho late Senator Archibald Dixon of that state. He is a practical telegrapher, and has been striving to solve the problem of sextuplex since 1891.
M©r©ly 11 French Dad* “Will you dine with me, monsieur?" "How soon? I have an engagement to fight a duel in an hour.” “Say, in an hour and a half, then. And 1 should be glad to have the company of your seconds ami your antagonist, also.” "I will extend your invitation to him after the duel, and doubtless we will both be there.”—Chicago Post.
A cattle dealer of Maitland, Mo., is named Goodpasture.
tie there was an attack on the agency, which kept the relief party from going over the Held, and the day following there was a fearful blizzard. In which they could not venture out. When the baby was found she was only slightly frozen on the head and feet, having been protected by warm clothing, by the body of her mother wrapped in a heavy Navajo blanket and by a covering of drifted snow. General Colby learned to love the infant, and, having no children of his own, consulted his wife, and they determined to adopt her. Tlie Tclencrlpfcor. Among recent interesting inventions for the transmission of intelligence at a distance is the “teU'scrlptor,” which might, perhaps, bo described as a “writing telephone.” It consists of a machine resembling a typewriter which, lit: tend of printing Its letters and words on the spot, sends them telegraphically to similar Instruments in distant places connected with it by wire. The receiving instruments are arranged to work in perfect accord with the sender, and they print the dispatch on paper. In order to send a dispatch, it is first necessary to inform the receiver by signal, whereupon, the receiving instrument being thrown in connection, no further attention need be paid to it, as the dispatch will l>e received and printed automatically. and can afterward be read
at leisure.
A Home Mad*' Sa«peu»lon Ilrldge. Necessity is said to be the mother of invention, and certainly one resident of Kansas has proven this beyond question. His house was on one side of the river and the school-house was on the other. When the water was high the youngsters were obliged to remain at home. The man attempted to remedy this evil, and succeeded in building a suspension bridge that answered every purpose. He anchored the ends of strong fence wire to piers made of good-sized oak logs. He then fastened strips of board three feet long to the wire and united the strands so that they could not work loose. Then | a plank walk two feet wide was put I down. There were sides consisting of ' a network of woven wire as a measure ol safety. The bridge Is sixty feet aboee the water and about two hundred feet long.