The National tribune., 1892-03-31

| years. the battle of Gainesville is q reproduc.
tion of that painting. But that night, while
marching up the slope with his comrades into
line of battle, Gibbons troops, on their left
| tarily appearing in the ranks to be closed up
| quickly, as the line unwaveringly withstood
| the shock of arms; the dead and wounded
| lying in pairs or heaps on the green turf lead
ing to the field the awful din of musketry and
| roar of artillery; the fiendish shrek of round
shot and shell; the groans of the wounded, and
| the look of imploring helplessncss that the
dying cast around for that succor which no
sympathy could yield them, all made up what
that painting lacked-reality.
He Loved One of the Daughters.
[Chicago Tribune.
II have come to you, sir, on delicate mis-
sion," said the young man as he sat down on
the edge of chair and looked uncomfortable,
as young men sometimes will.
The old gentleman laid down his pen and
looked curious.
"What is it ?" he asked
"Well, sir, you have two beautiful daughters, J"
explained the young man.
Il have two daughters" admitted the old
gentleman.
g. presume you have noticed that I have
been frequently at your house" suggested the
young man diffidenty.
:" have noticed it,"
THANK you, sir. I have been paying atten-
tions to-in fact. sir, frankly, II have been
making love to one of your daughters"
% presume so. And you would like to-"
The old gentleman hesitatcd and the young
man eagerly went on:
Yes, sir, that's it exactly. I proposed to
one of them last night and II"
which one?" interrupted the old gentle
man. Both are splendid girls and should
hate to lose either, but-which one is it?"
Don't you know?" asked the young man,
aghast.
Certainly not. I've seen you with both"
The young man sighed and reached for his
hat.
81 thought you might" he said; 1--WE been
myself seeing they're twins, but got along all
right until proposed. And now--now-hang
it. sir, if you don't know which one accepted
me- don't, and Pve got to begin all over again"
How Fast a Bullet Moves.
How fast does bullet travel? Did you ever
figure on this query and try to reduce the mat
ter to figures? Col. Flagler and others who have
made interesting experiments looking to a So
luton of this question say that as rule it
travels at the rate of 1875 feet per second at the
time of leaving the rife. This matter of speed
is tested in very interesting way.
long wooden shed is used in which a dis
tance OF exactly 100 feet has been carefully
marked off At each end of this space is s
stand something like target. with largo
circular opening where the bnll's-eye should
be.
Across each opening is stretched a small
electric wire connected with a delicate instru-
ment in another room. The rifle from which
the firing is done is SO aimed that the bullet
which flies from it cuts both wires. Obviously
the difference in time between tho cutting of
the two wires marks the speed of the bullet
through that 100 feet.
The measurement Of this infinitesimal space
Of time is done by an instrument called a
Boulinge ehronograph. When the first wire
is cut electric current is broken and rod
falls, moving pointer on a slide in its descent.
The breaking of the second wire acts in the
same manner on another set of rods, slides and
pointers.
The difference in the marks made by the
pointers on the slides makes it possible to esti-
mate the difference in their time of falling, and
from these calculations accurate figures as to
The bullets speed are obtained