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Show SUaliS BIRDS THAT TALK. Persian kitten THB MAGPIE, JACKDAW, CROW AND PARROT. Sam Tilnth h S) riw lllato m CAwalliiK Ik HrlUlul rMfullaaall4 bclra I'rsfkallj Tk I rvw KM b Fair ltll.r. moat .Indian bird Pito to ui accomplished talker of ie the uiyneb, a handsome r purple-blac- k bird, with a abort tail. oroagw beak and legs, and bright yel- low ear-I-I a pa. which run around to the back of lie boud like a bro.id collar. It U a bold, lively bird, with a mellow (wbj und whialle of lie own. Ita human apeeuh power of rcprudji-iu- wonderful, and it exhibit the greatest anxiety thul the tones ahull be 't, repeating them softly to itaulf, with it head on one aide, and theu shouting out tlio word. Another bird which talk better than must. ii lid whirLlc butter than any. i the piping crow. Jt ia a lively bird, a large ne a .rook, but far more elegant in form. Sievi-ru- l specimen luliuhit the zoological gardens. but the beat la tu tbc .vehlrru avi.ry, where ho whistle Merrily ll.inuud the Cj.takor ' in tone tike n Lute. The American blue jay ny the IxjimIoii Spectator, a moat brilliant creature, Hushing with hue of emerald and turquoi.-o- , ia an admirable mimic if many sounds, even of the human voice. Wilson peaks of one which bad ail the tricks and loquacity of a ipnrrot; pilfered all it could conveniently carry off; answered to it name with great sociability when callod upon, and could articulate a number of words pretty distinctly." Juckdaws na the American crow can also be taught to talk. But in all the crow tribe, except tbe piping crow, the of human ajmeeb acorn to bo more a trick of mimacry than an effort to acquire a substitute for long. Iarruts, mynah, and some cockatoos take infinite pains to learn correctly .and increuao their stock of phrases. Hut the mngple or juy mimics what it finds easy, and lakes no further tiuubloL Even the ravon seldom haa many words at command, though, owing to its deep, resonant voice and ini nosing size, it attracts rnoro attention than a chattering jay. Thu raven is the largost creature except man that can talk," and fancy and superstition tbave naturally exaggerated its power. But the crow tribe, though as clover as the parrots, are not eo easily and their beaks and uro less well suited for 'Viweues :the musical sounds of human speech. Most of tbe. purrots,. and some cockatoos and mnenws, have both the .mental and physical gifts necessary to :mako them excel in talking. Turrets of all classes huve fleshy tongues, moistened with saliva, and the arched beak provides a substitute for our palato and teeth. They have also 'wide nostrils and their natural voices tire loud enough and strong enougu to qssl the volume of human speech. Ie disposition they are highly imitative. Cockatoos are almost like mon-hej- -s in mimicking men. For iustance, if you bow to them they will make elaborate bows. If you put your baud on one aide they will often do so toe. But with many parrots the desire to learn new souuds is not, we think, a mere trick of mimicry, but the desire to possess a song an accomplishment with which to please, Identical in kind with the motive which prompts the young of singing birds to learn their parents' notes, or, in tho case of the canary, to learn and Improve upon a song, not their own. which thuy have transmitted to their posterity. Tho following account of the develop-- . eicnl of the talking power in a young parrot of which wo havosecn much lately is, we submit, a strong confirmation or this view. Our iuforiimnt is a lady whose sympathies are by no means limited to parrots, as tho context will show, and her observations are wholly We bought Burry," she trcliablo: 'writes, whon he was quite young, his feathers are fully grown, and wc had him a year before ho began to talk. Then he begun to mako very ubd noises, as if ho wus trying to say words, but could not quite do it. Now ho constantly learns new words and . sentences, und early In the morning I hear him practicing them over to himself. oxnclly ss our buhiot used to do In the early morning hours in bed. if lie improves as ranch in tile next ten .years as ho haa in the lust ho should be able to recite a poo in if we teach him.' Thera is no reason why a parrot should not coulinue to increase his stock of phrases us he grows older, if tint supposition that he looks upon it as an accomplishment for which he is iu soino way the belter, is correct. The butcher blrJ. for Instance, and tho wedge warbler do not rest satisfied with learning their uwu notes, but often learn. mikI reproduce the notes of alirer birds in great perfection. - Tbe mocking bird, which, like the sedge warbler, line a Geo song of bis own. does the same. But the parrot has .the ndvantago In being very long-live- d aed constantly in human company. Tho young parrot mentioned before gavo an excellent instance of the -aocialion in its mind of word with thing. Before it could talk, it was friendly with a kitten which used to enter its cage. This kitten whs sent away, and for a year there was not woollier ie the house. Then n gray La cor-vri- blnek-uod-wbi- ld . bo-fo- re a-was bought, an i introduced to the parrel wit nl i.mv addressed as "Kitty," a word lie ii ! hardly heard since the departure o'. the other. The correctness of parrot' imitation, the result. nn doubt, of tir-icareful practice, is remarkable. A lady of tbe Dutch court, visiting the palace in the wood at the Hague, sou:i after the death of tbe late (juwn of Holland, was startled by hearing the queens voice exactly reproduced, it was a white cockatoo that had a great pet of hers, which was iu a corner of the room. . U-e- BONOMA8 SEVEN MOONS, lasts Eislsialai Haw Iks lla Ftrlils fills; rs tiu There liuve been many explr.nations offered in times past as to why the numu of Sonomw wus given to tliis valley by the native tribe of Indians who. upon the advent of tea while inuii over one hundred years ago. p Opleu Hi is section of the country by thousand. Of course we h11 know tnnt .Sonoma valley in aborigine means Valley of the Moon,' says the Sonoma Tribune, hat just why that name was bcktuwed upon it is another question, nnd one, too, which we believe has never lc?n satisfactorily iiusaeinl. Iterrntiy, in tulking loan aged Indian u who had resided on liio oid Kick ranch fur many years, and who Car-rlgu- years of age, he stated the reason the valley was called Sonoma was because it had heep muchee moon" (translated into good English, many moons). Further inquiry developed tho fact that between the town of Sonoma and the Bella Vista vineyards, a distance of four or five miles, the moon whon it is full can be seen by tho traveler to rise seven times in succession over the mountains in the east owing to their pecjliar formation. This phenomenon hut been witnessed by many oid resident in the early evening at the rising of the full moon. This, no doubt; haa been observed by the Indians, and bunco the name Valley of tho Moon. Faptr Boras iksii. The need of a more or less elastio horseshoe bn led to many trials and experiments, which, not resulting In anything satisfactory, has kept the farriers art in the same old rut of olden days. A new horsoshoe has been made la Germany, and it is constructed of parchment paper or a paper prepared by a saturation of oil, turpentine, etc., and Impenetrable to dumpnoss or moisture. Thin layers of such paper ere glued together until the desired thickness necessary for the borseshoo is attained by an whioh 1 Indifferent to the action of moieture, and which will not get brittle when dry (especially casein gum, chrome gelatine, copper chromate, ammonia, or a mixture of The leaves of Venetian turpentine). such prepared paper can first be cut to the desired form, and holes for nailing on the shoe be stamped through, and the leaves glued together, one on top of another. Then the shoe has to undergo a very strong pressure, perhaps by a hydraulic press, is dried, end lastly rasped and planed. Tho holes can bo bored in by boring machines similar to those used fur brushes, instead of being stamped out The fastening of these shoes can bo done by nailing through the holes bored or stamped, at above described, or by gluing with bitumen, caoutchouc, or a mixture of gum ammonia, emulsion, one part; gutta pereha, two parts. The fact of its getting rough maxes the paper horseshoe a great advantage la preventing the slipping of tho horso on smooth snd slippery plucc. Tho Age of Steel. Translated the Crisis. is a parable of rats clipped a Scotch paper: A laborer at the Dundee Harbor lately told his wife on awakening in the morning a curious droam which he had during the night, lie dreamed that hn saw coming toward him in single file four rats. Tho first oro was very fat, and was followed by two lean ones, the rear rat being blind. Tho dreamer was grratly troubled, a there is a superstition among the ignorant that to dream of rats forebode calamity. Ho applied to his wifo com'crning this, bn1, she could not interpret the dream, ilia son, a sharp iad, win hail heard his father's story, volunteered to be the interpreter. The fat rat." lie said, is the man who keeps the public liouo that ye gang to sao ollei); and tho two lean ones are me und my mother, and the blind one is yourself, fatlior." Her from ed Aa Xseeptioaal Cats- - Didnt you say, Young Noodle: professor. Hint physiology was tlm science that treat of the functions of Yes. sir. the body?" Professor: Y. X. : Then under the head of what ology would a study of the mind I ain afraid. Noodle, V. : come?" that in your case it would cotno Under the head of myth-ologHs Fall Out. Wisconsin man who went to Kansas and fell in love with a girl, received the following note and fell out: lVnir Sir If you call on Mary again 1 will put a bullotlito you on sight. Your obedient servant X." A THE TATTOOED FOOT. lie hod looked for him all day all Jt was dawn again, and be tnust go home without him without tiis little child bis treasure, hi must precious thing mi enrtli. He must go home and tell his mother that the boy was not fuiind. All his life he had dreaded this all the little life of tliar night- - baby boy. Often in the night had the thought so overcome him that he had stolen from his lied in tho darkness to feel the little head of his sleeping boy on the pillow of his crib. Only once, once he was forced to tell his wife. That was when he WlLooed the child's . foot ltight on the instep he hsd marked it with a little blue W. It whs painful-every prick hurl him worse than it did the boy; and the mother, coming home, had been angry and grieved. Now it bud come. Tbe foolish fear was realized. J.ot or stolen, the boy was gone, and that tiUoo mark was the only thing that comforted him. They spent their small means in advertising. They jiostcd notice of their loss on Hie wails. All in vain. After oilier knew that they followed a forlorn hope, they still pursued it as earnestly a ever. And so tho weeks rolled by; the months faded; the years followed. Their was a hard case. No other children came to tboso people, and thoy were very miserable. The man seemed crushed ho h:id neither ambition nor energy. The woman went about her dally toil in a dull, listless manner. Their hair grew gray and their brows wrinkled very early. At Inst they seemed to stand alone in tho world; old acquaintances and relatives were gone or bad forgotten them. A far away relative died and left them a little fortune, lie had uot taken much notice of them during his life, but ho had given them a thought on his death bed. They were comparatively rich. When they knew it the same thought came to each at once. Tbe woman uttered it first Martin, said she, perhaps we ran find our boy after alL lie will come to us I feel sure of It at last, Martin, at lost" Yes, it may be sot Agues." the mao said, it may be so; the time has been long, tho days woeful; but we may bo happy after all that is gone. Agnes, 1 believe it will be so." They kissed each other and made ready for the journey, which they nood must take to enter upon their inheritance. The first evening in the new house was almost happy. Agnes, we must put this cash away in a bank aaid tbe husband. counting over n roll of notes. It is not sate to keep it here, and we must bo cureful. we have that to do which must make us economical." Yes, Martin," said his wife, as she held tbe light for him. and he locked the small, safe. Afterward, in the dartoflhpir heads close together on the pillow, the elderly couple talked on, dreaming liko children. Hark." said Agnes, what is that? They listened. A low, grating sound at the door below, regular and carefully subdued a click -- a crack. Someone Is trying to break in," said Martin. Agnes hid her face in the pillow. They were alono fn a lonely house on a lonely road. They hud several thousand dollars in their possession. Martin was not a powerful man, and, though he had a pistol theru might be two or three ugaiust one, and then there was little hope for him. He arose and took hi weapon is his hand, and felt about in the dark fur tnatchoK. And Agues heard a creaking of the flooring and the smtad of muffled footsteps, and also sprung to the floor. They are at the afu below," cried Martin. the money the Agnes, money for our boy! O! if my tifo is lost lor its sake. I cannot lose thil! I canno- t- I cannot! Murtin! Marlin! Slay do not go. e What can you mau alone? screamed Agnes. lint lie wus gone. She was alone in the dark nc. Jt was all over in a moment. Tliero were shots, oaths fall - silence. She crept down stairs, Ircmliiing, hi that she could scarcely stand. Leaning against tbc safe was her husbund, blood upon his sleeve; nn tho floor lay a man, in a crape maxk. stiffening in death. .Marlin" sobbed the woman, Martin!" I linre killed him!" pried tho man. Fasten the door, put up the great bar. Hud 1 not forgot ten that they could not have entered. Oh, it ia terrible, but I could not loe every chance of my boy. They fired at me. I at them. I wounded both. Oh, to think I should have killed a man. I!" Martin, he may not be dead. said I hopo tho woman. He is young. ho is not drad. Ierhap he has a mother somewhere. l.el me bind up your hand. Then we will try to restore him. Dear Murtin! even If it so, who cun blame you? Tour, pour do--on- No older than our pour hoy. Oh. Martin, lie is dead, I fear. I will loose n his necktie. You may take off his shoes and rub his feet Oh, morning is so far away! This is such a luuely place. Martin, what Is il?" She started at her husband in horror. His face was as the face of death. Ha sat ghostly nnd terrible to look upon, holding in h!s Land one of the feet that he Lad undressed. Dead!" he said wildly. Dead! and 1 shot him I!" Martin!" shrieked the wife. She luld the dead mm's heud down on the rug and crept up to her husband. God will forgive you," she said; and then ker eyes, dilating, fixed themselves upon the point at which her husband atmred. It was the foot of the young burglar. The left shoe was off thu stoeking also. The high, white inlcp was uncovered, and on il she saw a little V" with a tiny cross beside tattooed It. It was her son who lay there. Martin," shu srreamed again. Martin, renumber what 1 told you. Hu had not us to teach him what was right-remem- remcra lier. ber Hut Martin only moaned. He ia dead, and I killed him!" He felt blindly for his pistol. Forgive me, Agnes, for 1 cannot live," he said; but at that moment the woman, with her hand upon the breast or the prostrate inun, screamed out: HI heart beats, Martin he lives!" The next day a strange story flew about the neighborhood. The child those two strange people had lost years ago had returned to them. That very night burglars had entered the house and wounded him. His life was in The doctor had been there danger. all the morning, but the mother had no fears. God had sent him back and ho would not die, she said. It le never too late for repentance, and the lore of those poor parents was very strong. Strange aa the beginning was, the end waa peace; end the household, eo strangely reunited, was a happy one at last. Boston Globo. INDIAN AND COMET. Tfc hr Ik Lsttor to Bis fcalMkrtlaa. Fsratr iecsaito Ea-ti- n During the year the last comet was streaming in the sky 1 was camping one night in a canon nenr the foot of Cook's loak, X. M. In the party wus an old und for an Indian fairly intelligent Uto named Sam. Sam had been attached to some cavalry troop at Fort C'dmmings as a scout, says the Kunsus City Star, but his day of leaving the service being reached, he himself to me for a consideration. Pointing to the 'comet, I asked Sam what ho could say in its defense front the standpoint of a L'te. Sam was, unlike non I ndians.a good single-hande- d talker, and could apeak Fhigu lish very well, lie was ambitious to perfect himself in the language and readily seized on every elm nee for a talk. Indeed, I discovered him on one er two occasions all plone and talking very vigorously at a mark like a savage Demosthenes sane the pebbles. Tell' about that?" said Sam, rotatSain do It ing toward the comot heap easy, you bet. The nun is the man and he have moon for squaw. The stars big stars and little stars are all their children. The sun don't like em and chases em. If he catch one he eat It. This makes the stars heap 'fruid, and when the sun has his sleep over and comes out the stars run nnd hidu. When the sun comes stars go; creep into holes and hide. But the moon is good. She love her children, the stars, and when tho sun sleeps she comes out in the sky and tho stars are glad, and they come out of the places they hide In und forget to be 'fraid and play. But when the sun wakes again they run. He is always after them, and he catches them sometimes. This one," continued Sam, again ioiiiliug at the comet, tho sun catch one lima. Ho got away though, but the sun bit him and hurl him. That's why he blend sol Now bo's heap scared, Hitdan he keeps his fnco slwHys toward thu place where tho un is klcuping." tnnriis. l The on tors of the lunniinir Oer all Die eastern sky, n I and gold ami red, And purple of porphyry. Thu wot grass glistens like silver threads. And still star fade and die. Tnr duy begin her wistful uhaso For tho Hoeing night to seek. And th uriole sings his snug of grace; But my heart Is weary and weak; Fir tne thought of nno absent face, And a longing I cannot speak. spi-eui- hn-rns- p Ths Bettor fifty. The official liongmnu of England says there is no neater way of taking it murderers life than to hang him. If the knot I rightly adjusted, the condemned man suffers no pain whatever, and if bo Is rightly "coached he will remain passive and help tbe executioner to do perfect work. He says the guillotine and electricity are worse b of Indiana than the A FHIKXD OF LIXCULXS. Lincoln would have given ITelm almost anything in bis gift tu have kept HE PELL ON THE FIELD OP hiip from going south. Sumter liud been fired on, and thu CHICAAMAUGA. first call for '1,000 men waa made. A Tsssf KMtsrklaa Whs throat Huaar 1 will go lioine, said Helm, to the Uw; ins; Itaa Him i Bm atibr, und answer you from president, lisa Bttnes Llarsla so tks there. The position you offor me is 1m if las. beyond what I bad expected in- - my most hopeful dream. It Is the place The story of President Lincoln's above all others which suits me. confederate brother-in-lais one of Lincoln" said Helm, with a tremuthe most interesting and pathetic !n lous voice, you have been kind and all our war history, says tbe Itouls-vill-e generous to me beyond anything 1 Courier Journal. It is full of have known. I liavu no elaim upon the pathos of friendships broken and you, fur I opposed your candidacy, and divided lives. The two were devotedly did what I could for the election of attached to one another; their friend- another, but with no unkind feeling ship was like that of David and Jona- toward you. I wish I could see ray than. The story is worth telling now. way. I will try to do what Is right. Ben Hardin liulm was born in 1831. Iton'l let this offer be mado public yet Hi father, Hon. John L. Helm, was a You shall have my answer in a very lit w prominent lawyer and politician, once governor of the (tala. His son, named for his maternal grandfather, was sent to West Point. lie graduated in 18.il, and was assigned to the Second dragoons, lie only remained in the service u year, aud then resigned to enter upon the practice of law. Young Helm was known as a rising young lawyer all over tho state. Hu was elected to the legislature and made a creditable member. Ho married Miss Todd, and a year thereafter mude a visit to Illinois, where he first met his brother-in-laAbraham Lincoln. They formed then and there a friendship which was more like the affection of brothers than an ordinary liking between men. Helm fully appreciated the kindly nature, the quaint wit and force of expression of Abraham Lincoln, while the other formed a deep attachment for the thoughtful, scholarly, handsome, and polished grandson of old Ben Hardin, whose sun had been tbe contemporary and friend of Lincoln year before. When Mr. Lincoln became president, ono of his first thoughts was, What can I do for Ben Helm? It must have been about the middle of April I8C1, when, in response to a cordial personal letter of invitation. Helm cume to Washington to visit his brother-in-law- . He was a strong southern right Democrat, and a personal friend and follower of John (.'. Breckinridge. He did not doubt the good intentions of his brother-in-laMr. Lincoln, or his desire for peace, but he read the signs of the time aright, and felt that events and destiny would be too strong for any man. Helm fully appreciated the magnitude of tho tusk before Mr. Liucoln. While here he saw a good deal of his old army comrades, and they were nearly all going south. Mr. Lincoln called Helm into his private office, and. handing him a sealed Ben. here 1 some envelopo, said: thing for you. Think it over by yourself. and lot mo know what you will do." Going to his room. Helm opened the envelope. It contained his nomination to be in the United States army, with tbe rank or Major! Nothing in his life ever Iqpched Helm like this. lie knew toe position was one of the most coveted in the service; that the rank of major at his age (thirty) was very exceptional in any army; that he could exchange into the line with any old major, la common with all graduates of tho military academy, some time in their live. Helm had a strong desire to get hack into the military service. Here was his opportunity, a chance brighter than he had ever dreamed of ! What should he do? He happened that very afternoon to meet CoL Bobert E. Lee. just promoted to the command of the First cavalry, with whom he had some acquaintance. Are you not well, CoL Lee? said Helm, seeing he was under strong emotion of tome kind. Well in body, but not in miad." responded the stalely Virginian. He looked the soldier and gentlemen of the long lineago that he was. I have just resigned my commission in tho United States array," Leu continued. In the prime or life, I quit a terviea wherein were all my expectations and hopes in this world!" Helm handed the letter offering him the position of major aud paymaster with rank from that date, to t'oL J.ce, who rend il without a word, Did you know that Mr. Lincoln was pay-mast- er my said Holm. brother-in-law- ? "Xo, I did not." said t'ol. Lee, but lot me aay one word. I hare nn doubt of his (l.iiicoln's) kindly intentions, but lie can not control the elements, There must be a great war. I can not atrike at my own people, So I wrote my resignation, and havo asked Gen. Scott as a favor fur its immediate My mind ia too much acceptance. dialurbod to give you any advice. But do what your ronacienre and honor to-da- y bid. Good-b- y. And so they parted, never to meet again on earth. It ia no wonder that Helm slept but little that night or th'one following. Mr. Lincoln said not a word to him, and his wifo did not know or Mr. Lincoln's offer to her husband. Holm whs ambitious. He felt that with opportunity, to him might come a great AH t lie's. reputation. He knew (lint Lincoln A Kusjiun editor w'uo had boen would need no boy!" urging to advance him Mie hound tip tho gruro on her traveling in Germany says that the whenever it was possible and propef husband's hand. Then they lifted sight of a body of conscripts at a rail- to do so. Mrs, Helm was dsairous of the young mans holy tu Lite soft rug way station is exndly akin to that of going abroad. She desired for her and undid tho mask. A face was re- a holy of exiles on their way to husband some diplomatic position thst would give them an opportunity of vealed. young, handsoro i ud pallid Siberia, both being downcast, lamenting and taking a lur;r farewell of sor- seeing Europe, and living in good soaa marble. ciety. There ia no doubt that Mr. Oh, It is terrible!" said the wife. rowing frienis. 1 wur-ciu- few days." General Helm told a very dear friend ull this, aud added that he could have had tho commission of a brigadier general of volunteers in the three months' service, retaining hi rank in the regular army as raujer besides. never hud such a struggle, said Helm, long afterward. Tho ideal career wus before ids, Tho highest positions in the profession I was educated for, were opened to mo in one day. 1 would not only bo tho youngest officer of my rank in the army, but could tranafer attlieearliost possible moment into one of the cavalry regiments. With the changes then occurring in them by resignation, I would certainly have been a full colonel within the year. Think what a career, what possibilities were opened to me! Then I could have been a general officer of volunteers besides. Such an opportunity rarely offers itself, and it almost killed me to decline." f One can readily understand it Several yean ago, while examining some papers ia the war department, the writer came across a brief memorandum reading thus: Helm, Ben Hardin, nominated for Paymaster In tho United States Army, April 27. 1861. Declined." lie soon joined his neighbors in the confederate cause, und promotion after promotion followed until he became a brigadier general, and on SepL 20, 1863, while leading his command against Thomas' corps. Helm was fatally wounded, and died on the morning of the 21 sL I never saw Mr. Lincoln more moved, said Senator Davis of Kenthan when he heard of the tucky, death of his young brother-in-law- , Ben Hardin Helm, only thirty-tw- o years old, at Chickamauga. I callod to see him about 3 oclocic on the 22d of September, 1863. I found him in the greatest grief. Davis, said lie. I feel os David of old did when he was told of the death of Absalom. Would to God I had died for thee, oh, Absalom, n I saw how my son! he waa," said Senator Davis, in a tone full of memories, no I closed the door and left him alone. 1 Gen. ed grief-stricke- ices of ths Bijht ever lie awake at night And think and think and think Of a hundred thousand foolish things Which hang round" midnight brlnkl And do you at the same time hear Da you Tho hollow, gurgling gurg Of your stationary washataud, liko a bungling burglar's burg While the latticed window abutters flap Tho sashes (full of pane) ; And the myriad voices of tbs night Talk nonsense to vour brain t Yon don't! Ida the ghostly, gruesome grouting And the melancholy strain Of that measly mourning, moaning, Gurgling, guzzling water main. Wrap an eerie, irco, ickery, Hilary, Fallacy sort of sound In tho incslics of tho midnight Which entwine mo round and round. My flesh creeps all in heaps, Finally sleeps, While the melancholy moaning Aud the hungry, hollow groaning Of tho stand Keep iny slumbrous soul Up and down a raging, roaring Nightmare land. And Men cf Xstal. Men with iron constitutions do always last the longuaL not Wagons and curriuges are novr-a-- d made, many of thorn, with Iron axles. They arc much stronger, perhaps, tit first thun those with wooden axles. Are they the best? it is not our purpose to para judgment on this matter about which the best experts may disagree. Our object is to call attention to the fact that if thero be a flaw in an Iran axle, look out Tor a smash up when the firat severe strain is experienced. It will not do to load too heavily, in tho belief that tho iror, axle will lieur up any burden. Men with iron constitutions are apt to thiuk they cun stand anything. Tho world is full of illustrations of tho great mistako such men make. iy Aa bvsntisa That Paid-A- t large a sura as was ever obtained for any invention win oujoyed by tho Yankee who Invented the inverted glass bell to hang ovor gas jet to prevent ceilings from being blackened by smoke. Friisaes sf Bind. Lend me flu, will you? Certainly. How much did you say? Fifty dollar." Fuck. |