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Sims Rulkhcads,

1t is claimed that the utmost practicable
safety in navigation is assured by the i'm
proved system of bulkhcading the wings
of ship off into scientifically arranged
compartments fore and aft, with transverse
bulkhcads worked in at suitable intervals
the whole in combination with a double
hull, n automatically calculated space,
the buoyant power of which, through the
medium of Theoretically sealed air tanks,
will, it is asserted, float the ship, cargo
and all on board, under all circumstances.
According to this method of construction
throughout compartments are built, and
throughout the double hulls regular decks
are laid with appropriate flush hatchways
through these the air tanks being lowered
to position, and from which they may be
hOisted at any time for inspection, or, if at
any time it should be decided to employ
the ship as a general frcighter, the removal
of the air tanks will leave the compart-
ments or holds clear for cargo conveyance.
1t is asserted that without the air tanks
in the compartments the ship is no safer
or better than an ordinary craft-would go
to the bottom just as quickly-but with
them sinking would be an impossibility,
as the ship would at once rest on her re-
served buOyant air filled compartments, If
necessary, and become the same as float
ing dock, the theory of such an arrange
ment being that as water is the opposing
force Of fire, so is confined air the only
power over water. The alleged advantages
of such construction are, in addition to
unsinkableness, vastly increased degree
of strength and much greater speed.-New
York Sun.
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Worse THIN War.

Il tell you what, Sophia reckon some
of the men that fit in our war an got titles
by so doin would be glad to sec the days
O. battle an blood shoddin back again,
turriblc though they was, =" remarked I'm
Gle Wilson Flanders as he laid down the
evening paper and wiped Lis sPcctaclcs.
why, what curious things you do say,
Wilsonl" returned Mrs. Flanders calmly
Il s'poso they jest live ON their pension
money an rejoice in peace, most of EN-"
NO they DON'T" said Mr. Flanders.
"Thcy have to work like all possessed, any
number of 'em. Why, here's Il man-hcrc,
jest listen to this, and the old man caught
up the paper again and ran his finger down
a column. Here it's: Change in the post
office. General Delivery will be sent out
from the main office six times day to ali
parts of the city
Nov I'd jest like to have you put your
mind on that, Sophia. A gcneral-most
likely wounded in his legs or somewhere
havin to kerry letters all over the city six
times a day Why, there amt a boss in
Crrokvlle that has to work like that! An
l don't s'pdse they pay him enough to let
him ride in them clckital cars, an, any
way. ! cal late the houses is set so near to-
gcthGr, comparative that 'twouldn't scuss-
ly pay him for gettin off an on 'cm. which
1 expect is poorly dangerous business, what
with sparks flynn all round the cars, as in
course they must.
II tell you," concluded Uncle Wilson
warmly, II shouldn't blame that man if
he was to banker for the days when he
marched an fit in the midst O turmoils an
uphcavins. l reckon he want a mite
more wore out when night come than he is
now-not a miteW-Youth's Companion,
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A Story of CorneY Grain.

Many are the good stories told Of Mr..
Corney Grain. He was man of courtly
dignity, and no one knew better than he
how to resent an impertinence, whether
directed against himself personally or
against the profession to which he belong
ed. He was engaged on one occasion to
entertain large party Of guests at coun-
try house He travelled down from town
in the afternoon, as directed, by train
which landed him at his destination Just
as the guests were assembling for dinner.
Instead of being received in the drawing
room, however Mr.. Grain was conducted
to the buffers private room, and there,
while the house party was dining up stairs,
his dinner was served.
Mr.. Grain said nothing, but as soon rs
he had fortified himself against his return
journey he called all thcscvants who hap
pened to be at liberty into the buffers
room, apologizcd to them for the absence
of piano, and doing the best he could
without one proceeded to entertain the
amazed but delighted domcstics with quips
and jests and songs selected at random.
He never perhaps had a more apprcciative
audience. Then he called for his fly.
As he was preparing to get into it pom,
pOus llunky came down into the buffers
room with the message that dinner was
hover and would Mr.. Grain now come ND
to the drawing room and give his hcntCr-
tainmcnt?' To which Mr. Grain replied:
"GiVc your master my compliments and
tell him that, as | was sent to the scry-
ants hall, | naturally concluded that it
was the servants l was engaged to enter
tain. / have given my entertainment and
am going back to town by the next train. +"
He did it, too, and the story was told all
over the county.
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The Last Moments of a Queen.

At 10 O'Clock the turnkey, Larivicrc,
was sent by the concierge into tho cell,
and to him we owe some Knowledge of
what passed there. Marie Antoinctte said
to him sadly: "Larivicrc vous ave. qu'on
va ma fairc MOURN. Ditcs II votre respect
able mere" Ohc fish wife could not have
been presently "que je Ia rcmcrcic dc SEES
soins ct que jo Ia charge dc prier Dicu
pour moi" Three judges, accompanied
by the grcilicr Fabricius, entered the cell.
The queen was knccling in prayer against
her little bed, but rose to receive the func-
tionarics. They told her to attend us her
sentence was to be read to her. She replied
in firm voice: "Such reading is use
less. l know the sentence only too well.
They insisted, and the clerk read the doc
ument.
At that moment Henri Samson appear
ed, young man Of gigantic stature He
said roughly to the poor woman, Hold
out your hands" Her majesty retrcated
step and pleaded that the king had not
been bound. "Fais ton devoir, >" cried the
judges to Samson. 80 mon Dieup cried
the wrctchcd queen. She thought that she
was then and there to be assassinated.
Samson roughly seized the shrinking hands
and tied them with cruel force too tight
behind her back She looked up to heaven
and tried to restrain her tears. Her hair
when cut off Samson thrust into his peck
ct, and it was burned in the vcStibulo.-
Quarterly Review.
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TWO POKER HANDS.
Ono Called at the Sixty-seventh Bet, the
Other Still Being Played.

Ono Called at the Sixty-seventh Bet, the
Other Still Being Played.
He was a quiet looking elderly man, in
pastoral sort of black brOadcloth suit and
felt hat with broad brinl, such as arc
worn by "colonels" and majors" Next
to him in the car sat two young men who
were telling stories about personal expert
ences on the road. One of them related,
with much gusto, an encounter which he
recently had with a desperate western man,
the weapons being cards. The game was
poker the special occasion was that old
familiar big jack pot which so often fig
ures in profane history, and the two prin-
cipals were armed with straight flushcs.
at was 81 limit game, ;" remarked the
young man, land we bet G7 times, and
then 1 called him. He had a sequence
flush-quecn high, and l had one king
high. You should have heard him swear"
A Pittsburg Dispatch man noticed that
the old man listened with great attention
to the story, and at its conclusion he eX-
claimed with much candid a6tonishment:
you call himW
The youngster blushed and acknOwl-
edged his guilt.
"Wcll, wcsll, said the old man, shaking
his head, "thcse times is suttinly not
what they used tubbe. You see, cum
from Tennessee, and we amt up to this
way err doin things. Why, I'm playin u
hand yit tibet wuz dealt to my pap in 1857
Him an ole ledge Dublin of Murfrcesboro
they set into a game one night in
September of 1857, an they bet an bet an
bet, an when they run out of cash they bet
mules, an then bosses, an then niggGrs, an
at las they TUX to bettin acres of Ian, an
then they run outer everything an it was
agreed that the hans should be put in
sealed envclups an marked an kept in the
vault of the bank till both of 'em got more
stuff. Well, it went on that way off an
on till the war cum, an the old jcdge had
died, an pap was killed at Seven Pines,
an then young Jim Dublin he tux his ole
mans place, an tux dads. Well, gcn'el-
men, were just bcttin yit whenever we
git the cash, an there amt no signs of
quittin, but 1 wud suttinly like to see
them hans of pap's an ole ledge Dubbin's
aforc 1 die, " and he sighed long sigh of
patient resignation, while the two young
stcrs and the other man in the smoking
compartment regarded him as one worthy
of vcneration even if it was only us liar
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AN ENGLISH PUBLIC HOUSE.
Its Arrangement and Its Patrons and How
1t Is Conducted.


Let us choose typical house and 20 in
side. Call it the Blue Boar and say the
hour Is p. m. The house has long
frontage toward the main road and extends
round the corner into a bystreet. 1t is
entered by several doors, and each opens
into separate compartment of the bar
room, which but for the dividing parti-
tions would be an extensive saloon fully
20 feet in length. This arrangement in
compartments is peculiar to the British
urban public house and is designed partly
for the sake OF greater privacy, partly to
diminish the chances of disorder and to
assist the landlord in quelling it when it
arises. The second is the chief object in
places frequented by the lower classes,
while privacy gratiflcs, or is understood to
crafty, customers ofsuperior station. The
Blue Boar cntertains both, having two or
three compartments at one end rather
more comfortable than the rest. and fur
Their protected from the public gaze by
glass screen, such as is now almost uniyer-
sal in the west end, running along the
counter, but raised sufficiently above it to
allow glasses to be passed underneath.
This screening off of customers may per-
haps be taken for n sign of grace indicat-
ing recognition of the growth of public
opinion against bar loahng, and especially
in women, who seem to dcisro privacy the
most.
The rest of the Blue Boar bar is quite
open, and the sons of toll stand ut it with
out fear and without reproach. Some bare
wooden benches adorn most of the com
partments, but they are little used. The
floor is sawdustcd, filthy with spilled
liquor and eXpectoration, the counter slop-
Ply with beer marks, which are periodical
ly wiped down by barmaid welding a
wet cloth On the other side all is bright,
clean, spick ana span. The attendants,
who include the governor, " the "missus"
and three or four girls, are tidy, quiet and
active.
This is one Of the toughest houses in a
very rough ncighborhood, but no fault can
be found with the management. At the
present moment the customers are equally
quiet. They number about so and are
scattered along the bar in the different
compartments, some sitting down, more
standing up, smoking and talking quietly.
ltincrant vendors of matches ana penny
songs come and go. A tall young fellow,
perfectly sober, tries very hard to engage
the barnaids in conversation, but without
much unconstitutional Review.
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Working On to It.

~ want to ask you question, " said
Travers. Suppose that five years from
now 1 should be walking the streets cloth
ed literally in rags, wearing a battered old
hat and shoes full of holes Would you
think enough of me then to take me by
the hand, buy me n new outfit, give me a
bath, put sovereign in my hand and
send me away with your blcssing?"
"Why, of course woufa, " replied Dash
away. GLOW absurdu'
"Then bring the scene little nearer
Suppose that in four years from now you
should meet me us 1 have described my
self, with this exception-that 1 had on a
good hat. Would you still do the same
thing?"
"Why, certainly. WHAT
MAKE 1t still nearer. Call it three years,
and say didn't need bath. Do away
with the blessing and mako it two years. 1"
"Make it year, with good pair Of
shoes, eh?" facetiously. Substitute a
new suit "a great light dawning upon
him. "Oh-hW
"And If you are man of your word let
me have a sovereign. Pearson IS Weekly.
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Romance and Reality.

A young student of sociology, who be-
longs to one of the oldest and most cXclu-
sive families of New York and has spent
most of his life in the circles of the Four
Hundred is making queer collection of
data which, he says, he intends to publish.
1t is study Of the blasted lives of the
old, wrinllled boggar women who are so
often met with in the streets. He never
sees one but he accosts her and asks her,
"Were you ever happy when you were
young" If he finds that his query devel-
ops an interesting story, he tips n good
silver piece into the trembling hand. That
sets the old woman's tongue loose, and
tales of youthful romance and ruin are
unfolded that might make matter for nov
els far more intense and powerful than the
average.-New York Recorder.
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GoodbY to the Serpennt.

Doherty was drilling with his squad Of
recruits in London. Doherty was nearly G
feet inches in height and at that time
the sergeant major was man whose
height was only feet inches. On this
day he approached the squad looking
sharply about him for some fault to find.
All the men squared up except Doherty,
and the sergeant major at once accosted
him.
"Head up there, manP' called he. Doh
erty raised his head slightly.
"Up higher, sir!"
The head was raised again. Then the
sergeant major managed, by standing on
his toes, to reach Doherty's chin, and he
poked it higher, with the remark:
"That's better. Don't let me see your
head down again"
By this time everybody was interested
at seeing Doherty staring away above the
sergeant majors head, when a voice from
above said in rich brogue:
Gam 1 to be always like this, sergeant
majorP"
eyes, sir"
"Then I'll say goodby to We, sergeant
major, for I'll niver see yez again. LION
don Tit-Bits.
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From Slavery to Riches.

Lewis Bates is probably the wealthiest
colored man in Chicago, being rated at
nearly $500, 900. He is entirely uneducat-
ed, dresses poorly and lives like a poor
man. He was born slave nearly 20 years
ago. In 1861 he reached Chicago by the
underground railroad" and began by
working in a foundry. He soon became
IN expressman, and at once began invest
ing his savings IL real estate. In this he
has shown excellent Judgment, and nearly
all his investments are gilt edged. Though
he spends little money on himself he is
open hearted and kind. He has no fam
iy and his only heirs are a few very dis
tant relatives. Post.
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On one Of the streets is the sanguinary
sign, Native and forum booksellers
shot" and conversation is boldly entered
upon by people whose knowledge Of Eng
lish is confined to one expletive or to the
word Eyes" Thomas Bailey Aldrich who
has sojourned in these parts, sought out a
jinriclkisha man whose acquaintance with
English was said to be very wide. "Do
you speak English?" inquired the poet au-
thor. Eyes was the glib response. "Who
taught you" Eyes" GLOW far is 1t to
the American consulate?' eyes" cam
l foolP" Eyes. Tokyo Letter.
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HOLIDAY LOVING FOLK.
Colonists of New Zealand Experts In the
Art of Having n Good Time.

COlOnlSUS OF new Le9lanu Experts IN Jne
Art of Having n Good Time.
The colonists Of New Zealand are q hol-
iday making people. There is almost an
average of one recognized holiday to a
month, and it is n common practice for all
working people to take two or more days
at Christmas, the New Year and Easter,
so as to make an unbrokcn playtimo of
three or four days, including Sundays.
Then the great mass Of the people give
themselves up to amusement Horse races,
athletic sports, boat races and excursions
are carried on in every available spot and
are attended by large and well behaved
crowds. The COmmOnCst of all holiday
amuscments, however, is the picnic. Tho
several trades, sects and societies have pic
MICS of their own, to which the public are
cordially welcomed on the payment of q
small sum toward the expense Of the en-
tertainment.
1t is amusing to tho railway traveller to
note, as he passes through some pretty
countryside, not one or two, but perhaps
80 different picnics in full swing, each
numbering scores or hundreds of guests
IT has been said, with much more truth
than is usually to be found in cpigrams of
this kind, that Gin New Zealand people
are like cattle. You need only turn a
number Of them into n pasture and leave
them alone, and they will be perfectly hap
py."
On warm and tempting New Years
day an enterprising burglar might walk
through a New Zealand city and help him
self, undisturbed, to the contents of most
Of the houses. Dwellings and streets are
alike deserted, and the casual sojourner
who does not understand the ways of the
place seeks in vain for somebody to speak
to. By or in the evening the streets
are lively with returning crowds.-Pitts-
burg Dispatch
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Misunderstood.

"It's surprising" he said as he threw
down his newspaper, THAT some people
should think free coinage at 10 to l should
stand any chance"
"John," she commented severely, "I'm
ashamed of you. 1t seems to me that for
the last six months you have done moth
ing but talk horse racing. Chicago Trib-
une.
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Too Truthful by Half.

A lady teacher in one of the public
schools, in trying to explain the meaning
If the word Slowly" illustrated it by
walking across the floor. Then she asked
the class TO tell her how she walked. She
nearly tainted when a boy at the foot CT
the class shouted, "Bow legged, ma amI"
Albany journal.
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Milton has carefully marked, in his Sa-
tan, the intense selfishness which would
rather reign in hell than serve in heaven.
-Coleridge
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HOODS PILLS cure Liver Ills,
BiliOusness, Indigestion, Headache.
A pleasant laxative. All Druggists.
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Don't you know that Hoods Sarsapar-
lila will overcome that tired feeling and
give you renewed vigor and vitality?
Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-07-12

FDean,s Rheumatic pills absolutely cure
Rheumatism & Neuralgia. Entirely vegetable.
Safe. 22yl
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Jutland was originally Jutsland, or tho
land of the Jutes, Gothic tribe.
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The Delaware bay gave its name TO the
state. The bay was named from Thomas
West, Lord Delaware.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-09-25

difficulties and dangers attending it.
8. In the use of dynamite the master
must exercise that degree of care which
ordinarily prudent men would and do
exercise in using it under like circum-
stances.
4. A party who offers an instruction
which correctly expounds the law upon
any evidence before the jury has the
right to have his instructions given as
offered.
Norfolk and Western Railroad Com
pany VS.. Miles B. Clark. Opinion by
Judge George M. Harrison. From the
Circuit Court of Pulaski county. At
frmed.
This mandamus proceeding to COM
pei justice of the peace to certify an
appeal from his judgment to the County
Court.
The court holds that there can be no
appeal from the judgment of justice,
unless the amount in controversy, ex-
elusive ofinterest and costs, is of greater
amount or value than $40.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-09-25
AUCTION SALES.
by B. +. Knox. Auctioneer.

PY VIRTUE OF A DEED OF TRUST ex-
D ecnted by Norman Petit and wife, dated
on the 10TH day of January, 1894, and re-
corded in Liber O. No. 5, folio 29S, of the
Land Records of the county of Fairfax, State
ot Virginia, the subscriber as trustee in said
deed OF trust named, will sell at public auc-
tlon IN front of the ROYAL street entrance to
tne Market Building in the city of Alexandria,
virginia, at II o'clock noon on
SATURDAY, October 18th, 1895.
the following property, viz All that PIECE,
PARCEL or TRACT OF LAND. situated
lying, and being in the county of Fairfax,
Virginia, designated as lot No. 3 on the plat
and survey made by w. Gillingham for 3. C.
iripiett ana others, commissioners appointed
by tho Circnit Court OF Fairfax county. Va. by
decree of the juno term, 1893. thereof en-.
tered in the chancery suit of Petit VS.. Petit
TO divide the residue of the lands of the late
Alfred Petit, and recorded in Liber P, No. 5.
page 591, of the Land Records of said county
of Fairfax, Virginia, and bounded and de-
scribed as follows: Lot No. g. beginning at
'.C' white oak corner to GiIlingham's thence
S. 40 w. JIG. 10 chains TO corner of lot No. / ,
n. 1874 w. IL go chains, S. go w. 3.44
chains, ). 660 W. 5 30 chains to stake corner
of lots Nos. 1 and ,, n. 4S1bo w. $40 chains
to stake corner of lot No. 4, n. 611bo E 81 .95
chains to stake in Triplc,t's line, S. 2saio E
7.75 chaiAs, S. 37o 2. 6.1O chains, s. 46o w.
2 81 chains, s. 22I4' W. 2.79 chains to the
beginning, containing 37lb acres.
Terms-One-third cash, the residue in one
and two years, the title TO the property to be
retained until the whole of the purchase
money is paid; and notes of the purchaser to
be given for the deferred payments with in
terest from day of sale. Ali conveyancing at
the cost Of the purchaser.
WILLIAM c. GOULD.
sepl9 eotd Trustee.