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Paper Car Wheels.

The infinite variety of purposes to which
paper is applied in the Empire vf Japan has
astonished all Europeans who have visited
that country. TEey have literally found
paper, paper everywhere, and in all shapes
and forms. the Japanese, however, with
all their ingenuity in this direction, would
never think of making paper wheels for
railway carriages. This, nevertheless, is
being done at Sheffield at the present time.
The paper wheels have steel tires, made
with an inside fange and cast iron boss.
On each side Of the boss are tires to which
steel plates one-sixth of am inch thick are
bolted, and the place between the plates is
filed with compressed paper. The paper
is composed of what is known as ssstraw
boards" and these are made TO adhere to
each other By means of rye paste. The
combined layers Of paper are then subjected
to hydraulic pressure to the extent of two
thousand tons for the space of four or FIVE
hours, and then dried in a heated air bath.
The final thickness of the board is about
three-fourths of an inch, and, as may be
imagined, the quantity of straw board
packed in this concentrated space by the
giant force of the hydraulic ram is some-
thing enormous. Still certain amount of
the elasticity remains to the substance, and
this, in unison with the homegeneity and
singular smoothness of grain and texture,
constitute one OF its highest qualifications
for the duty it will presently have to per-
form. Lathes, slide-rests and sharp tools
are made to shape the compressed paper in
to discs of the proper size, and under
pressure of four hundred tons these are
then forced into the tires. The steel pro-
tecting plates are subsequently, bolted to
the inner and outer peripheries of the
wheels, and after finishing touch to the
latter they are ready to be keyed on their
axle and placed under the railway carriage.
tits understood that experiments, both in
this country and England, have gone to
prove the superiority of paper railway
wheels over those of steel or wrought iron,
and that the brake, however suddenly and
sharply applied, does not injure them in
the least. g
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SITTING BULLS LAST.
He Speaks His Little Piece and Goes to Bed
Deer.


New YORK, Nov. 9-The Worlds Fort
Walsh. special gives the following as Sit
ting Bulls speech recently:
My friends and all Queensmen whom SO
respect 1 haye heard your talk knew
you would speak 10 me in that way. No
body told mel just knew it. 1t is right.
I came to you in the first place because
was hard driven by tho Americans. They
broke their treaties with my people and
when rose up and fought noG against them
but for our tights as the first people ON
this part of the earth, they pursued me like
a dog and would have hung me to tree.
They are not just, they drive us into war
and then seek to punish us for fighting.
That il not honest. The Queen would not
do that. Long ago when | was boy,
heard of Queen, now my great mother: |
heard she was just and good, now know
it. You gave me shelter when was hard
pressed. My own life is dear to me, but l
did not value it when Sought the Ameri-
cans, but did value the life of my nation.
tuClCiVAO uAOuSAe Any PCoPAo w you.
thank you for what you have done for them.
will 60 to Red Deer and be at peace. Tell
Queen that will be good man, that my
people will be good. Tell her also that We
were never bad, for she knows that it was
not wrong to fight for liberty. My people
are weary and sick. will take them to
Red Deer. And now declare before You
that will not make trouble or annoy you
or give pain to the Queen. l will be quiet.
| win neyer fight on your soil unless you
ask me to help you, then will fight. I
wish you good bye. Place me where you
like. l will be at peace in Canada. But
you are brave soldiers and not treaty break
ers, thieves and murdercrs; you would
think me coward if did not die fighting
Americans. Therefore, while / 60 to Red
Deer uow to live at peace (here the speaker
almost shrieked) l will come back when
my braves are strong, or if they will not
come along with me will come alone ana
fight Americans till death. You / love
and respect, them hate, and you Queen
soldiers would despise me if did not hate
them. That is all. am ready to go with
you to Red Deer. -.-.z-- ....-..-
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aoAa's NuFrlED MARE.
a Phenomenal Trotter that was Brought ont
/ at o Scrub Race.
From the Buffalo Sunday News.

From the Buffalo Sunday News
A sprinkling of horsemen gathered at
the hard half-mile track outside of Senica
Falls lately, 10 look on a trot between three
ordinary horses owned in the neighbor-
hood. Between heats Mr.. Milton Hoag,
keeper Of the Hoag House, drove on the
track with bay mare muffled to the ears
in discolored summer blanket. The
mare was booted and harnessed to mud
stained rough looking skeleton wagon.
Hoag drove the mare in a shambling walk.
| She looked like rheumatic-stricken beast
as she passed the stand, and the assembled
horsemen laughed as the driver turned
round and exclaimed: "Boys, have your
timers ready when get aronnd"' At this
the mare started and was soon throwing
her legs in wonderful manner. The hoofs
on her forelegs were turned under like fish
hooks, and her hind feet darted forward
like lightning. She had Flora Temples
stride without getting as low down. The
mutfled mare SKINNED around the upper
turn of the track like mile minute en-
gine round a curve, and she rame down
the back track with the swoop Of pigeon
without break.
Heavens and earth 70 exclaimed Deacon
Obadiah Latham, who was never known to
use profane ejaculation before, ''did you
gentlemen ever see mare trot like that
before. There's no ministers horse there.
Here she comes. Get your watches ready"
And she did come, with the fastest quar-
tet of pattering hoofs ever heard on that
track, or p ob sbly any other, to wagon,
with driver weighin. over two hundred
pounds. '.~ ---A .s. 2. 1870 l'-@ 81
Mr.. George Iaigh., Mr.. Joshua Hnkley,
and other Judge in the box, all owners Of
trotters, started their timers carefully as
the mare ratified by. s.y"'-- as'-H, sal
''Let her go, Milt,' shouted Deacon
Latham 5t' '5@ '''.s' L,
Milt looked pale but determined. He had
evidently never driven trotter fast before;
but he was in for it and let her GO 2.
George, you take the last quarter while
take the half, shouted Mr.. Hinckley to
IIaight. 2 q. as 1--5 $3.50 60. a'
"All right, replied Mr.. Haight.
The mare glided round the half mile
track with the speed ofa Coney Island rail
road dummy, eager for smash up AS she
passed under the string Hinckley shouted !:
"Half mile Ia 1:10;" and Haight ''She
made the quarter round the turn in thirty
three seconds" The other timers corrob-
Grated them @ - 9 9e3 e-
"That mare can beat all the tretters in
the world, - said an old Long Island horse
man who was present. s
To the writer he said, sShe is a Califor-
MIA horse without a record. She is seven
year old bay with tremendous muscles in
her shoulders and quarters large lungs, and
points that / think win make her the won-
der of the trotting world. John Splawn
saw her in California, and started East
with her to beat Rarus and the other high
flyer; but she was taken sick in OMAHA
and Hoag's brother, who was interested in
her, brought her to Seneca Falls. She is
now almost recovered and is called Lady
Hoag." zen ~ en-! sG
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OBELIsKs. Only forty-two obelisks are
known to exist. At Karnak four are stand
ing and two prostrate. Nine moro are
prostrate at Saan. One stands at Philae,
twelve are at Rome-the largest of them
being at the church of st. John Iateran.
Florence contains two, and Paris, Aries,
Constantinople one each. In this county
there are four-two at the British Museum
one at Ainwick Castle and the fourth at
Kington Lacy, Dorsetshire, brought over
by Mr.. William Bankes, a friend of Lord
Byron. The obelisk now on its way to
England was the companion of the one
still standing at Alexandria, to which it
had been transported from On. Though
named after Cleopatra, its erection at the
Temple of Cesar did not take place until
the eighth year of the reign Of Augustua
and several years after the death of the
Queen. Abdul Lanteel says that the obe-
l;slS stood in his time-twelfth century
London Eramsnsr,
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WHAT THE WITS SAY.
Puck makes young George Washington
say: "I cannot hatch a lie, papa; I did it
with my little tellit."

Puck makes young George Washington
say: 'I cannot hatch a lie, papa; did it
with my little tellit."
"Give us good pavements. ~ T,
Herald. .s Be patient and yoa shall some
day have them--all paved with good inten
tions, too y Courier Journal.
Minister Stoughtou gets what may
be termed "beautiful notice " from the
Albany Journal. +" His snowy head" it
says, s. will match the SHOWS of St. Peters
burg and glitter in the salons of that frigid
but stately capital. :"
A Maryland writer says: s'The ELF of
summer, seeing her robe of flowers falling
dead beneath the blasts of sober autumn,
gathered her frost jewels about her and
rode away to softer climes.'' We suppose
she rode-a dendron. IN. Y. Herald.
Hon. John G. News autograph lays over
Spinner's so far. it is easy to see that the
ole watch dog of the treasury resigned from
sheer modification. 1t looks like a coiled
clothesline in whirlwind, or boys kite
caught on a telegraph wire.-Haaokeye.
Mrs. Juggins lost one of her boarders
lately. He went off suddenly on urgent
private affairs, and forget 20 settle his little
account. "'Ah," said the old lady, ''when
e come ere e called hisself Captipg;
but I've discovered TO my cost he's only a
left tenant"
At the recent baby show in Boston the
nearest appr oach to the line between baby
hood and noGhingness was exemplifed
in an infaut which weighed only a pound
and a half. This infantile prodigy was
exhibited by South Acton mother, and
when it squalls she has to spank it with a
tack hammer."- Worcester Press. -
A Lynn, Massachusetts, druggist got up
Il corner on Spruce gum. The indignant
and classical Lynn girls leagued against
him, cut off the heels of their India rubber
oyershoes, and defantly chewed until the
corner was ANONYMOUSLY broken. And
now they have acquired a taste for gum
Shoes, and the orthodox chewing gum is
drug in that town, offering at six sticks for
a cent, with no takers Hawkege.
We have never before known that the
stoical red man had in him vein Of huuer.
He seems. however to enjoy a bit of sar-
carm with the appetite of Douglas Jerrold.
and to be able to manufacture it now and
then. One of the painted heroes recently
paid :, visit to a penintentiary, and among
other things said to the keeper: You
have people in here for all sorts of crimes?"
The answer was, of course, in the afirma-
tive. Well, them" continued the untu-
tored savage, won't you show me the cell
of one Of those men who rob and swindle
the Indians?" When told that the long
row of cells which had been set apart for
that purpose were at present empty the red
man gave grunt which was more eloquent
and sarcastic than q two hour speech would
have been. AS criticism on our Indian
policy it was brief aud conclusive. r
Herald.
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Deadwood Festivities.
Plaek Hills Pioneer

Plack Hills Pioneer.
The long, weary journey from Sidney
had come to az end our hero who had per-
suaded bull team in advance of a
freight wagon to visit the land of gold, had
arrived, soiled and weather beaten, in the
metropolitan city of Deadwood. The weary
march was forgotten and the joy was un-
confined. A fervent admirer of the fair
| sex, he sought the dance house, where
'take your partner" is the only introduc-
tion needed. When the exciting ''gents to
the right was announced, his colossal cow
hides smote the floor like the stamps of a
quartz mill, When the welcome sonnd of
''balance to the right rang through the
crowded hall our pilgrim uttered one long
whoop-ee, and shouldering his fair partner
absorbed tumbler full of burning fluid.
''Partners for a quadrille.' Our hero
sprang upon the floor and extemperized a
breakdown. DOG on my pelt. am the
tiger of the woods. Come here, gal, let's
have some more tarantler juice" "All set, ,
shouted the floor manager. "Scrape them
cats innards and let's Goldfish around" the
heavy weight unfortunately collided with
our pilgrim in the excitement of 'tall hands
around" and explanations were of no
avail. 81 am bad," shouted our hero;
''let me at him letme chaw his name !;
Pm coyote. Let go my harness; I'm a
yellow tailed wolf; let me pick his eyes out;
Pm woody horse, and hard to curry;
whoop-ee, I'm an elephant, Pm" Just
then be trod on a favored corn of a hardy
herder, who pasted our hero one between
the eyes, which seated him violently upon
the floor. AS he arose, blosing the ruby
fluid from his nasal promontory, he reiter-
ated, '1'm an elephant, but my hides
tore"
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A ran IT Nine Hundred Feet.

The Virginia City Chronicle says: VIM
Walsh was killed in the Imperial shaft
abort half past two this morning. as he
was coming up from the 800level to the
place where he was at work with comrade
repairing the Tagging, about five sets of
timbers above The station. To had been
down to the sO0 station to get two pieces
of tagging 3x6 and Il feet long. After he
got on the cage he rang to hoist the sig
nal was obeyed and the cage hoisted, bat it
had not left the station more than minute
when somathing was hearl falling down
fhe shaft The cage was raised 70 the snr
face and man sent dovn to ascertain il
m, thing unusual bad happened. Waish
was found in the sump below the 800
level. He nnst have fallen At least 9oo
feet and been instantly killed.
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A SCOUTS soLILoQUY.

The 70 lowing verses recently received by Mis-
Clara Morris from the Indian country, where the
were composed by gentleman attached to Howard
command, who has the Protean qualifications O
guide, scout, newspaper correspondent, hunter, and
as will be seen, peot.-Grdphic.
TO A pAPpoosE: A soLnoqUr
Lo! by the lodge door smocklcss Venus
Unblushng bronze, she shrinks not having seen us,
Though there is nanght but tall rye grass between
She hath no polonaise, Dolly Warden
Yet she looks not afraid nor axeth pardon
Fact s, she doesn't care copper fardenn
All unabashed, unharberdashed, unheedinr.
No Medlcean charmingly receding
But quite unconscious of improper breediDr
All yet her age her reputation spareth
AT three years old pert Venus little careth.
she puts her hand upon her lip and stareth,
Was ever seen so dark, so bright an iris?
Where sweep of light and phantom play of fire is,
And not a Soapcoa of wild desire is .H
Could boundaries be ncater, posture meeker?
Could bronze antique or terra Gotta beat her?
Saw ever artist anything completer? @
shade protuberant beyond contesting
Where this days camas is Just now digestipg
But otherwise all over Interesting.
tbs well; it speaks of Eden ere came sin in,
Or any ray of consciousness or linen,
Or anything else one could stick pin in.
Oh, swarthy statuette, hast thou no notion
Ihatlife is fire and war and wild commotion-
burning bush, q chafed and raging ocean?
Hast thou no notion of what is before thee.
OF who shall envy and who shall adore thee7
Or who the dirty siwash ruling DER thee9
Die young for mercy's sake! If thou grow older
Thou shalt get lean of calf and sharp of shoulder,
And daily greedier and daily bolder
Just such another as the dam that bore thee
That haggard sycorax now bending DER thee;
Oh, die of something fatal implore thee
Who knows but in Times whimsical gradations-
Say in a score or two of generations
We two may swap respective hues and stations?
Me thinks I see thee suddenly grow bigger,
White in the face and statelier ip figure,
And miserable little Digger"
Should this be thus! But come no moraliziny,
Approach not thou my humpy poetizlng,
Spare thine Iambics and apostrophizng.
Let subtle Nature, IT 1t suits her, rack me
Big diggers whack me and misfortune hack me,
And anguish hoist me to her highest acme
Withhold from me thine incidental curses
Nor spare the smallest of thy scanty mercies,
But put me not, oh, pnt me- not in verses!
She grins, she heedeth not advice or warning,
Alike philosophy and triplets scorning,
Adieu then, ia ia, fare thee well, good morning,
Ftp.
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america, , Autnass.

o. With that pretended Knowledge Of every
bodyss private affairs which characte .izes
alaigeE portion Of the American press, =
writer in the New York f7gmss supplies the
following details OF the rewards OF litsraa-
fnfe in America: L0ngFelEow, sR6 are told,
il intiepeDdentiia circuHstances-- -pfobabsy
worth $780, Oo0of 500, QUO i;sa bia the CHEAT
est part of IT has come so' him thf0Ge elf his
wife, long since deceased, who was rieh Sih
/ aer own rishs: En,erson has not hmade
from his ,ssmaskabls lits!q solumes over
$so. 900 He has tsslned ns..rly ~ hnluen
N. 70 by lestaring and yes by, excellent
N management, swhics, pne might noe expect
from the high, idsalist, and By Al serene
pL,losop ply of q practical sort, he continues
to live ON his small property. Bryant is
often cited as an Instance sofEa rich author.
He is rich. bui NOT by yssaushurshiP. rs Alt
money he has directly eafued By his pom,
outside Of journalism, .vuid not exctssd
$25, 900. Notwithstanding hisestatp isFesti-
mated az s50O, 600, HaWthogner poor
to his dsiSg day, and night have osddered
bat for Ills appointment To the 5onstlship
at Liverpool by fis frie..d I IIsfssidsht Pierce.
Lowell Ii independent Id circduastsnces-
no thanks 10 his fine poetry aild essays,
however. Whittier, like most thrifty New
Engiandess, ownea his own house. and be-
meath its humble ROOF, 1t Il sasa. he has
sorsetimes subsisted -he 70 p ohaehsiiiF, ys'u
aAEna Nr n. n
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Altogether TOO Fast.

1t appears that the recent attempt made E
by the Southern Pacific Railroad Company
to extend their bridge over the Colorado
river was in directoppo position to orders from
the United States government. It appears
that on August 22 Adjatant General Town
send granted tee company permission T to-
build the roaa across ,the government resa
srvation at Fort Yuma, subject, to the
grant by Congress Of the right Of way
The, company proceeded in the work of
building the bridge on this permission, and
it was nearly completed when the SecretarY
Of War, on September 8, conntermanded
the permission until both the Southern and
Texas Pacific Companies could be Z fully
heard, or Congress should determine the
controversy.
The Southern Pacific authorities then
asked permission Of the department COM
mander to continue tie work so far as was
necessary to preserve the bridge. This was
granted. Shortly after midnight on the
morning Of September 80, employ ees Of the
company began laying track to make the
connection across the bridge. Major Dunn.
commanding at Fortth Yama, on learning
the fact, at once ordered the work stoppetis
The whole force under his command COM
sisted of sergeant and one enlisted man.
The lat.er WAS stationed on the bridge, bnt
in q few moments the railroad men resumed
wcrk, and track ing continued uhsiI
morning, when the connection with the
Arizona side Was completed. iMaior Dunn
ordered Green, the superintendent of cons
structior, to consider himself a prisoner;
but having no force 20 carry ont thisinstrpc-
tions, returned to the fort. 8 ION after the
regular train from San Francisco creased
the bridge. The railroad people elaimthat
this action ON their part iss u cenfermit9
with the permission granted TO do .Sueh
w5fk as was necessary 20 preserve the prop.
rrty, as the conneetisaa gas stl9csssaiy ID
enable them TO taifstrainssoRer the Ibriagu
carving stones 7for repsepping the piers;
aud thai in building the road acauss fhe
reservation the interest of the government
and the Iubtic have bsen consulted at every
step. They also claim that Vice President
Brown, of the Texas Pacific, made an ex-
parte statement TO the War Department,
which caused the wishdfawai ofits perDSis-
sion 10 build. 40 az91l sssszgit IL g.agr razads
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POETRY
-
MY GIRL.

little corner witt. its crib,
A little mug, spoon, bib.
A little tooth so pearly white,
A little rubber ring to bite
A little plate all lettered round,
A little rattle to resound,
A little CT creeping-sec she stands!
A little step 'twixt outstretched hands.
A little doll with flaxen hair,
A little willow rocking chair,
A little dress of richest hue,
A little pair of CATERS bdc,
little school day after day.
A little schoolma'am to obey,
A little study-soon it's past,
little graduate at last.
A little mulf for winter weather,
little jockey hat and feather.
g A little sack with funny pockets,
A little chain, ring, and lockets.
little while to dance and bow,
little escort humeward now,
little party, somewhat late,
A little lingering at the gate.
little walk in leafy June,
little talk while shines the moon,
little reference to papa,
little planning with mamma.
little ceremony grave,
little struggle TO be brave,
A little cottage on IL lawn,
little kiss my girl was gone!
John S. adams, in st. Nicholas
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BRIC-A-BRAC.

William Gale completed successfully, in
London, October 5, the task which he had
bagun on August 90, OF walking 1900
miles in l, 600 consecutive hours-,a mile
and half, that is to say, in every hour,
day and night, for six weeks, less one day
A bell has summoned him to each walk as
the hour sounded, SO that he rarely had
half an hours sleep at a time during the
long period mentioned. He has taken food
when he felt hungry, and has suited his
taste and appetite, without regard to time
or regimen.