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SHKE ENTERPRISE* ENTERPRISE CO., »»»LI8HEBS AND rKOPHIETOBb. TERMS. $1.00 per Year, in Advance. Advertising- Bates on Appllcitfos. E3V0TED TO YIWIiflTT AM* TEE GATEMXllm OF M»AL YOL. YIL NO. 34. ALTAMONT, N. Y. 5 SATUBBAY, MABCH 7, 1891. WHOLE NO. 346. ^ENTERPRISE Job Department InnppIIeS with lidUtlei for dslst FIRST-CLASS WORK. LE&A1 FEINTING. BpeeUi ntei tlT«n on mortftse foreclosure!, m tics te credlton ttd o&erleg*! prinlinz. Peculiar Many peculiar points make Hood's Sar. saparilla superior to all other medicines. Peculiar in combination, proportion, and preparation of ingredients, Hood's Sarsaparills, pos \ the full curative value of be3t known rer. the vegetable lei Peculiar in ils^^\ cL&^f strength and economy—^/OC^^^Hobd's Sar- saparilla is^ri^/frjrths} only medi- cine of,/. ^^/whieh can truly \ One Hundred Doses Dollar.\ Medicines in ger and smaller bottles lire larger doses, and do not r . 3 as good results as Hood's. Peculiar in its medicinal merits, Hood's Snrsaparilla accomplishes cures hith- erto unknown, and has won for itself &e title of \The greatest bio purifier ever discovered.'? Peculiar in its \goodname home,\ —there is now of Hood's Sarsaparilla Lowell, where S *»''\ is made, than of all>^ ^ V'other Wood purifiers. >% <^/reculiar in its phenome- y MVia! record of sales fj^/^ 10 otlier preparation £^^^ever attained sueh popu- larity in so short a time, and retained its popularity . confidence among all classes „. \of people so steadfastly. Do not be induced to buy other preparations, hut be sure to get the Peculiar Medicine, Hood's Sarsaparilla Soldbyalldruggists. gl; sixforgo. Preparedonly i>y 0.1. IIO OD & CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass. IQQ Doses On© Dollar j The cultivation of oysters promises to 1 be as great an industry as that of can- ning tomatoes. abroad, has DRUOG1ST, Makes a Specialty of Trusses, Abdominal Supporters and Shoulder Braces. 39 Washington Ave., Albany, - - - 1ST. \3?. \When in want of anything in the Una of Dentistry call on F. X s . JSSl'MiJLrLH.'XmJES W, QUAKER STREET* On Saturdays of each week he Trill b« at Gallupville, K. Y. JOHN D. WHITE, Attorney and Counselor at Law AJffl) K\0T£EY PUBLIC All legal business promptly attended tow Charges moderate. Office and residence, MAIN ST., ALTAMONT, N. Y. J. n. B0YNTON, PRACTICAL Umbrella I Parasol Manufacturer, ALTAJttOHT, N. Y. Watches, Clocks, Jewelry and Umbrellas Repaired at Short Notice. B.BO, SIID, SB.SO. DE. B. F. CAEMICHAEL, DENTIST, 201 Union Street, Schsnectady, ]j. Y. A fall set of Gum Teeth on Imported Rub- ber for Five Dollars and Fifty Cents. A plate made from this rubber is so strong that any one could stand on it Teath made in three hours to accommo- date people living at a distance. We pay particular aiten'ion in making teeth to have them giva the natural ex- pression. ALBANY CITY SAVINGS INSTITUTION. Established I83.O, Banking House, ¥1 State Street, Deposits Securely Invested According to the Laws of the State. Money loaned on bond and mortgage and on securities allowed by law. Interest at FOUR P£R CENT, pairl on de- posits no s exceeding THRiSE THOUSAND DOLLARS, comnieneino- THE FIRST OS EACH MOJST TH. 4 PEE CENT. INTEREST PAYABLE JANT7ABX AJSTD JULY ITRST. Deposits may be made by mail in post- office orders, bank checks, or cash in regis- tered letters, ox- by express; and bank books will be returned by mail to such depositors in registered packages. OJEVETCEKS. P. M. MURPHY President GEORGE I. AMSDELL, > v - „ .. HORACE S. BELL. \ Vice-Presidents EDWARD J. GALLTEiSr Treasurer TRUSTEES. P. M. MUEPHT, RODNEY VOSE, SEI/DENE. MAHvirr, G-EO. H. THACHEB, GrEO. I. AMSDELL, E. T)E L. PAMIEB, FRANCIS H. WOODS, ALBERT HESSBEP.G, ISBABT HESS, HORACE S. BELL. . JOHN. E. •TVA-I.KEK, J. M. JBATTERMAN, JA.;:E3 W. COX, JK., J. H. BBOOKS, EDWARD J, GALWEN, Some English periodicals criticise Stanley for a \sacrifice of dignity\ in lecturing ip America. The \sacrifice\ has its compensations. The Chicago Times alleges that it has cost Michigan $220,000, or $11,000 each, to graduate twenty young mec from her State raining-school at Hough- ton. Kailroad statistics show that more people are killed while walking on the track than from any other cause, which is an argument, thinks the Mail and Ex- press, for enforcing the laws forbidding this practice. The New Orleans Picayune observes: \Though much .is said about the de- cadence of New England during the last ten years the population has increased more than during any other decade in all its history.\ Two hundred thousand dollars a ye af are spent by the London (England) School Board in enforcing the attendance of children. They are advised, by the Boston Transcript, to try the French plan of getting children to school by sood lunches. \If you are going to kill a man>\ says sn English surgeon of renown, \and want to do it quickly and without suffer- ing, hang him. If the hangman knows his business, the victim does not feel as much pain as if shot through the heart or brain. It's all over in the tenth of a second.\ The discovery of the full text of Aiis- tottle's \Treatise on the Constitution of Athens\ among a lot of Egyptian papy- rus recently received by the British Museum of London, hazards the San Fran- cisco Chronicle, will be of great interest to all classical scholars. Perhaps the next lucky find will be the lost books of Great anxiety is felt in Switzerland concerning the decadence of the watch making industry, which, next to the tex- tile industry, is the mainstay of the in- habitants of the country. The profits are dwindling down, as the United 3tates and England are every year be- coming more powerful rivals la this field. The demand, too, for Swiss watches is falling off considerably in cer- tain countries, notably in this country and in France. A CONSTABLE of YVatervllle, Me., re- cently utilized a telegraph pole as a tem- porary look-up. Instead of taking his prisoner to the police station, he placed the man's arins around the pole and fastened them there with hand- cuffs, leaving him in that position .for over two hours. The weather was so intensiey cold that when the unfortu- nate prisoner was released his hands and arms were, badly frozen. JOHN RYALL, Justice of the Peace. Particular attention given to the drawing of Deeds, Mortgages, Leases, Bills of Sale, etc. Blanks constantly on hand. Terms rea- sonable. Office and postbffiee address, VOORHEESVILLE, 3fl. T . JAMES R. MAIN, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAI NOTARY PCBliIC. Also Insures BuIMings, Farm Property and Live Stock against Loss by Fire and light- ning. Office and P. O. Address, (HJILDERLAND, N. Y. 00 NOT GRIPE, SICKEN OR CONSTIPATE. SURE CURE FOR SSCX HEADACHE, and nil troubles arising from Indigestion or Constipation. Improves the Completion by Purifying tho Blood. The dose can ba nicely adjusted to suit the case* as one pill can ns7er be too large a dose. Easy to take as so miiclt sugar. 42 pilis put up in. a strong vial I which chii be carried in vest pocket. A Great Conveo- iencc to Travelers aiid Business ftfn. None Qeauinf irltn. out \Crescent\ Trade 9>irk. Said Everywhere, 25c.a lioUie, Sample Dose and Dream Iioo!f for 2c. in stumps. DR. HARTER'S IRON TONIC. I PURIFIES She ET.OOD: REGULATES tlicMVERl anil KIDNEYS ami RESTORES the DEHILITATEDI to HEALTH and VIGOROUS STRENGTH of YOUTH f THE DB. KARTEH MEDICINE CO. ST. LOUIS, MO. AXLI GREASE BEST IN TH E WORLD. Its wearing qualitiesare unsurpassed, actually outlasting two boxes of any other brand. _K*ot effected by beat. g^\GET THE GE3TIJI Jf E. J?OB SALE BY DEALERS GEKEB«T.T.-ir. jyr FOR MEW VEDStf? STRENGTH 'or LOST or FATUSTO MA1TH00D; •vtaieral and HEEV0C8 BEBftTTZ: |We*kc«3ior Body and Kna, Effects llSL^SS^^SO\^^ .KKii:,lI5DKTKU)PiiDOK r OASS*PiETSoF t HODr? r from Entalatu £»£ 7uMt«H r.wiat.to. win . »«_J_S - LtFE. Our life, our life is like a narrow- raft Afloat upon the hungry sea; Heraon is but a little space, And all men, eager for a p]»ee, Do thrust each other in the sea; And each man, eager for a place, Does thrust his brother in the sea. And so our life is trail with J ears, And so the sea is salt with tears. Ah, well isthee, thou art asleep! Ah, well is thee, thou art asleep! Our life, our life is like a curious play, Where each man hideth from himself. \Let us be open as the day,\ One mask does to the other say, When he would deeper hide himself. \Let us be open as the day..\ That he may better hide himself. And so the world goes found and round, Until our life with rest is crowned. Ah, well is thee, thou art asleep! Ah, well is thee, thou arfc asleep! ^•The Path. THE ROOM-MATES. BY JOHN B. BATMOND. Henry Hadley and John Ashton had roomed together for six months, but; had never exchanged a word. There was no quarrel between them; they were not deaf mutes; they were normal, every-day young men, and one, at least, longed ardently to hear the other's voice. It came about in this way: Hadley was a reporter on the Mios^Serald, where he had filled a certain round of dry-as-dust assignments for years and was not much liked by his associates. He had a tend- ency to drudge; he wore faint \mutton- chop\ side^v/hiskers and turned up the bottoms of his trousers when it rained. But he was really a capital fellow, and in spite of his prosiac exterior he had a little romance of his own. He was en= gaged to be married, and Alice Tyler was a girl of whom any oae might well be proud. She was the niece of a friend of Hadley's, and when he proposed to her, after a long, despairing courtship, he was astounded to find himself ac- cepted. It seemed incredible that such a perfect creature could ever be Jiis own, but after he had somewhat recovered' from his transports his practical nature asserted itself, and he began to retrench his expenses in preparation for the event Thus it was that he eventually answered an advertisement for a room-mate. It so happened that the other occupant of the room was also a reporter, although a very different stamp of man. John Ashton was a meteoric genius. He was a waif from dead and gone Bohemia. His forte was the strange, the odd, and the grotesque, and his startling and un- looked-for strokes had gone far toward making the Chronicle famous. In his field he was invaluable, and he had long since killed Ms chance for promotion by merit- ing it too much. The Weics-Sefapi, as everybody knows, is published in the afternoon, while the Chronicle is a morning daily, and Had- ley, who had made his arrangements through the landlady^ svas disappointed, •when he awoke early on the first day in his new quarters, to find thai his room- mate, who had let himself in sometime during the night, Was then asleep in the little alcove opposite his own. He had promised himself much pleasure from the society of a man Whose WOrk he so much admired, but the pale, handsome face and slight form, relaxed in-the lan- guor of deep sleep, prompted him to dress as quietly as possible and slip out without awakening the other. It turned out, to Hadley's infinite chagrin, and probably to Ashton's secret amusement, that this was no mere acci- dent. The former went to work early in the morning and his duties ended when the big presses threw out the first copy of the last editi'm^ at about dusk. Ashton, on the other hand, arose a little after noon, lounged about until dark, and left his desk any time between one and three o'clock at night. Consequently, when he reached the room he invariably found Hadley asleep, and when he awoke he was the only occupant. And vice versa. Several things conspired to main- tain this fantastic relationship.. Their offices were remote from one anotheri Their work was essentially different, it did not make common resorts or mutual friends. So it easily chanced that bj day they never met. Such Was the curious train of events Which had carried them through one summer and into an autumn that brought to Hadley many a miserable heartache. A shadow had somehow fallen across the honest fellow's love affair. It was hard- ly to be defined in terms; that was the worst of it^it was so intangible; so dif- ficult to say just what was Wrong. There was a change in Alice. She was silent; she was distraught; her tears came and went like April rain. ¥et she protested that nothing was amiss,. and met his Well-meant questioning with an impa- tience that surprised and frightened him; for he did not know very much of wo^ men, and her asseverations sounded to his ears like coniessions in disguise. Above all, he felt a cumbersome uniit- ness to cope with the situation. It was like a plow-boy essaying to probe a sen* sitive wound, and at length he feared to speak lest he should precipitate some un- known crisis. Thus it was, when at dusk one autumn day he walked from the office to Alice's home to pay one of his customary visits. It was an indolent evening, suave with the spell of Indian summer, and through the dreamy haze that wrapped the city even the hum of traffic sounded faint and harmoniouSj like a choir of giant insects at the approach of night. ' He fi.ll into a vague reverie as he walked oh-, and when he stopped mechanically before the house he did not ring at once, but sat down upon a little bench just within the gate and masked by lilac-bushes. The narcotic cahn of the scene and hour had lulled him into serenity, and night fell unmarked,-until, at length, a familiar- voice broke in upon his medita- tions. He recognized it on the instant as Alice's, but^ it was mingled with deeper tones that, -were unfamiliar to Mm. Although nojfoids had yet detached themselves kqm th$ tangle of souc-d, it seemed to him that one voice was ufging and one remonstrating. Prtssently they came nearer and stopped by the gate. \Oh I cannot.! I cannot!\ some one cried. It was Alice's voice, and although there was not a jot of the spy in Hadley's nature, something in the intonation held him spell-bound. \But why not?\ said the pther voice, a ineiodious baritqne-^-lbw, persuasive, thrilling, \But why not? Itwas a con- ditional promise; the conditions have changed and that is-^-^\ \No; it is not that,\ broke in the girL She was speaking quietly, but a pathethic little quaver ran .through her words. \Oh can't you understand! He is honest and true, and I could not break Ms heart!\ /, A moisture sprang on HaSley's fore? head and Very slowly he ^pened and closed his hands. There .was pause, and then the pleasant baritone a|aih: \Are there -no fiver3 in Damascus? What of my heart 3 . Alil'e3 ! ' Hadley heard no more. Something seemed to suffocate him. His breath went no further than than his throat, and the dusky web of liiac^branehes danced in black and shapeless phantasmagoria be- fore his eyes. He Was diml/ conscious of a patter of feet, a wave of perfume, and gush of yellow light as the hall door clashed open and shut, and then he knew he Was alone again. Alone! A hideous sense of loss, and bitter,hope!iess desolation, such as he had never felt and never dreamed of, over- whelmed him. He did not think; he did not dare to think. He staggered to his feet, opened the gate and passed out. To fun away, to elude this thing as if it was some sentient, palpable pursuer, was the first impulse that possessed him, and he hurried on, Blindly, stumbliftgly, he cared not where. How far he Walked thus he had no means of knowing, but when he stopped it was on a thronging thoroughfare, before the window a gieat emporium, aquiver with electric lights. He drew a loiig breath and pulled him^ self together. An illuminated dial that punctured the gloom of the upper air marked after midnight, and a faintness began to assail him, a deadly reaction that turned his knees to water. The careless, alieii crowd jarred on him, the barbaric spendof of the windows smote upon his brain; he wanted to be alone, and presently he saw the open doorway of a cafe and entered. A iew people sat at tables here and there, and on one hand were the cur- tained doorvVays of a row of little f oonis of stalls. He walked instinctively ;oward one of these and drew the draperv aside. A man within, who was musing, apparently, over a bottle and a half-eaten' meal, 1 \ied at the sound, and the room-mates .poked one another in the face. Ashton was the first to recover him- self, and sprang up with outstretched hand. \Why my dear fellow!\ he exclaimed, \Am I \indebted to insomnia for this pleasure?\ Hadley took his hand absently, \but did not at once reply. What was there about that voice, with its plausible, vi- brating timbre, that thrilled Mm so? \I have been a little troubled,\ he said, hesitatingly, \and tried .to-—walk it off.\ \Ha! And came in here, I dare say, to drown it in drink, as the proverb goes. My word for it, trouble is the thirstiest thing on earth. I tried to drown a small sorr:i .v in drink once, and when 1 was under the table there Was the sorrow, sober as a jiidge. But I'll tell you something, Hadley, it won't staud feeding. The proper thing to droWn sorrow in is muti^u phops and fried JXH tatoes. Suppose we put it to the touch. Waiter!\ \Hold!\ said Hadley, who burned to stop this badinage, \I am not hungry« not in the least. Let me sit down a mo- ment and think.\. He sank into a vacant! chair and gazed at the other with a sudden, haggard in- tentness. A thought had just occurred to his distracted mind. Why was not this man, so bright, so versatile, so self- contained, so en rapport with the great world and its usages^wby was not he the ver7 man of all men.to give him counsel in this predicament? \Ashton he said, \I am in distress. Will you give me your advice?\ Ashton smiled grimly \Yott have come to a good shop for advice.\ he said. \My whole life is more or less a warnings - However, if I can be of any service to you, blaze away.: Out With it, my boy!\ But Hadley did not find the st'ory so easy to tell. \I am engaged to be married,\ he said, at length.. \Ho! hoi\ cried Ashton. \Iforsee a stern parent with a prejudice against literary characters.\ Then something in the other's face checked him, and he dropped his tone of ieyity. \Forgive me,\ he said, gently. \\What is this trouble of yours? Toii need not men- tion the lady's name, of coufse; Make t a'hypotheticai case.\ \Oh no !\• said Hadley, \I can con- fide in you. She is the best girl in the wofid. Her name is Alice Tyler.\ Ashton was leaning over the table toying with a glass* bat at the words he rose involuntarily and fixed his eyes upon the other with strange and challenging regard. Hadley paused for a moment with a dim and troubled conscience that he had touched some hidden spring; but only for'a ino&ent, and then, slowly and incoherently, he told his story. Ashton sank back as he proceeded and heard him in silence to the end. ; 'Bo you know this man?\ he asked, when it was done. \No replied Hadley, gloomily. What does it matter who he is?\ Ashton did not reply; he seemed lost in thought. . \Hadley he demanded* suddenly, 'do you really intend to inarry this girl? Blit pshaw*\ he continued, \you are too honest to be a tfifler. And this fellow —why, & thousand to one he is arausing himself looking for a new sensation, and has no more use for a wife than he would have for a bishopric. You must have jysney, Jiaye you nofc?'^ _ __. \Yes said Hadley, rather surp-Ised; \I have a few thousand dollars in bank.\ \Well sighed Ashton, \this is a world of fact, but we can't all grasp it. Some men are made for homes and some mi e not. I might have ten times your income, and the last chapter would find me a vagabond. I tell you, Hadley, you have no real rival. This is a shadow that has already passed, and shadows leave no trace.\ \What shall I do?\ he asked. \Do? Why, do nothing. For heaven's sake don't distress the girl with questions. I tell you this belongs to the past. For- get it. Bury it. Act as if nothing had happened j and all will come right in the end. If I were you I would make it con- venient to be away for a few days. She will miss you, depend upon it, and you can begin where you left off. Can't you arrange to go away?\ \I think so,\ said Hadley. \When had I best go?\ \Go to-morrow-. You will come back a new man and find her eager to welcome you.\ Hadley reflected a moment. \I will take your advice.\ he said. When he returned home, at the close of the Week, from a brief visit to a height boring city, he mounted the stairs with an eagef step, but paused, perplexed, in the open door. The room was dismantled of much of its furniture, and looked bare and unfamiliar. He entered, almost timidly, and read this legend, chalked iipoa the looking-glass: KEEP WHAf TRAPS OB 1 MINI! TOtT FrNI). HA.VI1 MIGRATED. GONE WEST. GOOp-BYE. GOOD IiTJOK TO Trotf. • 3. A. \It was an extraordinary thing,\ he used to say in after times, when he and Alice were happily mated. \Here was a brilliant, successful man, with the world before him, one might say, who pulls up ikes all of a sudden, goes out West, goes to the dogs, and inside a year winds up in a dance-hall fight with a bullet through his head. No, I can't say why he did it; he never mentioned it to me, although we roomed together over six months. \—Frank Leslie's. Frozen 600 feet Deep. For many years scientists have been perplexed over the phenomenon of a cer- tain well at Yakutsk, Siberia. As long ago as 1828 a Russian merchant began to sink this noted well, an! after working on it three years gave if up as a bad job, having at that time sunk it to a depth of thirty feet without getting through the frozen-ground. He communicated these facts to the Russian Academy of Science, who sent men to take charge of the dig- ging operation at the wonderful well. These scientific gentlemen toiled aWay at their work for several years, but at last abandoned it when a depth of 382 feet had been reached with the earth still frozen as hard as a rock. In 1844 the academy had the temperature of the soil at the sides of the well taken at various depth. From the data thus obtained they came to the startling conclusion that the ground was frozen to a depth exceed- ing 600 feet.' Although it is known to meteorologists that the pole of the low- est known temperature is in that region of Siberia, it is conceded that not even that rigorous climate could force frost to such a great depth below the surface. After figuring on the subject for over a quarter of century geologists have at last come to the conclusion that the great frozen valley of the Lena River was de- posited, frozen just as it is found to-day, during the great grinding up era of the glacial epoch.^-^Okieacfo Herald. Marvelous Pieee of Mechanism. Another marvelous piece of mechan- ism has recently been exhibited in Paris. It is an eight-day clock, Which chimes the quarters, plays sixteen tunes, play- ing three tunes every hour, or at any in- terval required, by simply touching a spring. The hands go as follows: One once a minute, one once an hour, one once a week, one once a month and one once a year. It shows the moon's age, rising aiid setting Of the sun, the time of high and low tide, besides showing half ebb and half flood. A eurious die- vice represents the water, showing ships, at high-water tide as it they were-in motlofi; and, as it recedes, leaves them high and dry on the sands. The clock shows the hour of the day, the day of the week, the day of the month and the month of the year. The mechanism is so arranged as to make its own pro- visions for long and short months. It also shows thg signs of the zodiac and difference betw^enrsuh and railroad time for every day in the year.-^ Boston Tran^ script. • Uniting Aluminum With Glass. Bradford McGregor, the mechanical expert of Cincinnati, Ohio, has succeeded after numerous experiments in uniting aluminum with glass, and he claims to be the first Who has done so. A large piece of aluminum with a glass tube in the centre was turned in his lalhe and it was impossible to detect the slightest flaw or joint where they came together, in fact, it appeaf3 as one solid mass. Heretofore, no metal could be made to unite with glass in which the contrac- tion and expansion were the same, and it is claimed this will create a revolution in the way of reducing the cost of incan- descent lights as it WiU take the place of platinum, which costs $320 a pound, while the new discovery Will not cost $10. Orleans Times-Pemoci'at. TJie WoMerful \Changeable f lower.'' During the summer of 1890 the bot- anists made a wonderful discovery in Tehuaiitepec,Mexico, having' established the fact beyond a doubt that the native \hifita\ has a flower that changes its color three or more times each day when the weather is favor able. In the morn- ing it is white; at noon it has changed to a deep fed; at night it is blue. It is even claimed that some individual trees of this species have a flower that changes to many intermediate hues dur- ing the night. There are only two hours out of the twenty-four, from 11 A. si. to 1 p. jr., that' this rarity gives out a perf umfc.—.Si. Louis M A MONSTER BATTLE SHIP. HOW errs, TSKVZ \TOTLL BE BBPBE- BESTED AT THE WORLD'S PAIK. A Big Structure to be Made in Imita- tion of Oiie of the New Coast .Lino Vessels. One of the striking features of \The World's Columbian Exposition\ will be the naval exhibit, a part of which -will be the structure itself, which to all out- ward appearance will represent the new coastline battle ships now being con- structed at Philadelphia and San Fran- cisco, after the design of the bureau of construction. The battle ship of 1893 will be erected on piling on the lake front in the north- east corner of Jackson Park, Chicago, and being surrounded by water will have the appearance of being moored to a wharf. It is to have all the fittings that belong to the actual ship, such as guns, turrets, torpedo tubes, torpedo nets and booms, with boats, anchors, chain ca- bles, davits,, awnings, deck fittings, etc., together with all appliances for working the same. Officers, seamen, mechanics and marines will be detailed by the Navy ^Department during the exposition and the discipline and mode of life on our naval vessels will be completely shown. The dimensions will be those of the actual battle ship: LeDgth, 348 feet, and width amidships, sixty-nine feet three inches, tapering to a point at the bow and stern. From the water line to the top of the main deck, twelve feet, on top and in the central position of which is a superstructure eight feet Mgh, with a hammock berthing resting on. the same seven feet high, and above these will be the bridge, chart house and the boats. The structure will,.&s stated before, rest on piles-as a foundation. The berth deck, or main exhibit floor, will be composed of thick planks laid upon the foundation on top of which there is to be a substan- tial layer of brick concrete. The sides of the hull are to be made of brick, stepped to give contour, over which there will be a filling of gravel concrete thickly coated with cement. The ends, of stem and stern, are to be \shaped 1 ' with iron plates. On the inside of the walk and over the concrete on the berth deck there will be a coating of cement, thus making the exhibition hall fire proof and free from moisture. The main and superstructure decks will have a crown of sis inches in sixty- nine feet. The deck plank will be yellow pine six inches wide and two inches thick, the seams of which will be calked. The main deck beams will be steel, and iron tube pillars are to be used to further support the beams. Gutters shaped with galvanized iron are carried around ihe boundary of the decks, from which numerous conductors carry the water that may fall on the deck down to scuppers close to the water line. The turrets and redoubts for the eight- inch and thirteenth-inch guns are to be made up of cement on metal lathing fastened to a wood framing and are to have all the ingenious appliances for operating them. A thirteen-inch gun is forty-four feet long and weighs, with its carriage (technically termed its ''mount\) 115-J- tons. The transportation and placing of so much weight upon a structure such as is described being impracticable, the difficulty of showing what the real battle ship carries has been overcome by build- ing the gun of cement over a wooden tube to be rifled and fitted with breech plug complete, the finish of the cement to be such as to give it the appearance of an actual gua. The eight-inch guns are to be made up in the same manner as the thirteen-ineh guns, with two excep- tions, which will be bona fide steel guns and mounts, but all the six-inch guns, six-pounders, one-pounders, gatlings and torpedo guns, with all their mechanism, care to be furnished by the Government direct from the naval gun factories. The exterior of the entire structure will be painted in accordance with the navy regulations so as to give it the exact ap- pearance of a vessel of war. It is thought that the resemblance will be so close as to pass undetected except by a skilled expert. The entrance to the vessel will be from the pier at the foot of Fifty-ninth street. The entrance will be on the main deck, thence down companion or hatehways,to the berth deck, where a spacious room, the whole length and width of the vessel, is to be filled with the naval exhibits. The entrance at the pier will have a SOME THINGS LOVE ME, All within and all without mo ! Feel a melancholy thrill; ; f • And the darkness hangs about me, Oh, how still; ' To my feet the river glideth' Through the shadow, sullen, dark; . On the stream the white moon rideth. Like a barque— And the linden leans above me, Till I think some things there be In this dreary world that love ma, Even me I Gentle buds are blooming near me, Shedding sweetest breath around; Countless voices rise, to cheer me. From the ground; And the lone bird comes—I hear it In the tall and windy pine Pour the sadness of its spirit Into mine; /• There it swings and sings above me, Till I think some things there bo In this dreary world that love me, Even met Now the moon hath floated to me, On the stream I see it sway, Swinging, boat-like, as't would woo me Far away— And the stars bend from the azure, I could reach them where I lie, And they whisper all the pleasure Of the sky. There they hang and smile above me, Till I think some things there be, In the very heavens that love me, Even me! — T. B. Bead, in Analostan Magazine. visits. The exit will be from another \pointcf the structure. The superstruc- ture will show the cabins, state rooms, iness rooms, galley, and fittings, mess tables for crew, locked,- etc., also the method in which officers m<t enlisted men live according to the rules of the navy. It will present, it is said, a con- vincing proof of the statement that the sailors of the United States 'navy are the best paid, the best fed and the best treated men of any navy in the world. On the superstructure deck and bridge' will be shown the manner in which the rapid-fire guns, search lights, boats, etc., are handled. On the berth deck will be shown the V-arions fittings pertaining to the hull, machinery, ordnance, etc., in short, the thousand and one things that go to make up the outfit of a ship of war. Eeach bureau will have an officer and other representatives in control'of its special exhibit, and the hydrograhic office, intelligence office and Baval Academy will be also represented. The traditional costumes of the sailors of the navy from 1773 to 1848 will be shown by janitors dressed in those costumes. These men wili be specially engaged for this purpose, and about six in number will have charge of the rooms containing revolutionary and other relies of the old navy. On. the starboard side of the ship will be shown the torpedo protection net, stretched the entire length of the vessel. Steam launches and cutters will ride at the booms and all the outward appearance of a real ship of war be imitated.— Washington Star. Maine's hay crop, of the past season was estimated at 1,500,000 tons. HOMOB OP THE DAY. Thgre is a vast difference between liv- bg simply and simply living.— St. Joseph Newt. Soldiers see a great deal of private life, >ut they don't enjoy it.— Pittsburg Des- patch. The only man contented with his lot >ccupies it in the cemetery.— Indianapolis Journal. When it is an advantage to tiade posts, every army officer is ready to become a post'trader.— Texas Siftings. Experience lias established the fact that lawsuits are more wearing on a man lhan any other.— Boston Courier. She —\What would you like—being a aaval man—for a birthday gift?\ He— \A little smack.\— Drake's Magazine. If smokeless powder is followed by gunless bullets, wais of the future will be made easy.— New Orleans Picayune. The teacher whacked the boy, one day, Who disobeyed the rule. The scholars did not laugh or play To see that lamm in school. — Harvard Lampoon. The man who spends much time in trying to please his enemies is one of the inost foolish of spendthrifts.— Somerulk Journal. St. Agedore—\I think Hiss Maze is a perfect poem.\ DeMascus— >l I know Ft. At least she's a-verse to me.\— St. Joseph News. Miss Burdy—\Yes I will be yours on one condition.\ Jack Junior—\That's all right. I entered Yale with six.\— Yale Becord. Mike—\Why do them false eyes be made of glass, now?\ Pat—\Shure an' how else could they say throo 'em,ye thick-head?\— -Tale Becord. After one girl has given you the sack and another the mitten, it is time to give up trying to gain your suit on the instal- ment plan.— Halifax Critic. Hilow—\Look look here, Bloobum- per, I wouldn't be a fool if I w.ere you.\ Bloobumper—\B\o; if you were me you wouldn't be a fool.\— Epoch. \Pa what is an auction!\ \An auc- tion, my son, is a place where a man pays an exorbitant price for something he don't want and can't use.\— JSpocli. Life drives us till we're out of breath With striving, begging, giving, We have to work ourselves to death That we may get a living. — Chicago Post. \Suggest a motto for my new business venture, will you, Miss Agnes?\ \What is the business?\ \A daily farm.\ \Then suppose you take'let well alone'.\ — The Jester. Quericus—\How does your friend ex- pect to derive any benefit from being elected an honorary member of the foot- ball team?\ Prettiwit—\He's a doctor.\ — Chicago Netcs. Wibble—\Yes I believe in the office seeking the man.\ Wabble—\I notice that it usually has to seek the boy. At least that is the case in my office.\— Indianapolis Journal. A book agent—he came ins'sd^'^^-^ He stuck to the nianjifoe-gme, But spite of all-hints and nods and winks, \SSgYer-laffc till he got threw. — Chicago Globe. Giles—\I'm glad I let that fellow have the small loan. He seemed overwhelmed with gratitude and said he could never repay me.\ Merritt—\That was strange. He told you the truth.\— Chicago Netcs. \You are the light of my life,\ she said to him as she told him good-night at the front door. \Put out that light,\ growled her father at the head of the stairs, and the front door slammed.— Washington Star. \Let us see, a cynic is a man who is tired of the world, is he not?\ the young language student a3ked. \No no, my child,\ replied the knowing tutor. \A cynic is a man of whom the world is tired.\— Milwaukee Sentinel. The optimist sees but the roses of life, The thorns meet the pessimist's view. But the sensible man with, an eye to the facts Notes and knows hosv to handle the two. — Philadelphia Press. \I see that in. the preface of youv book you say that it is written to fill a long-felt want. What do you mean by that?\ \Why I've been, needing a square meal for the last eighteen months. Don't you call that a long-felt want 2\'— Cliicago News. The United States Government holds in its vaults a greater amount of gold and silver than any other Government in the world. -It is the direct custodian of $325,600,000 in gold coin and bars and $318,000,000 in silver,
