The morning times., 1896-07-04
.EARD BY-
. THE LOUNGER.

Ill THE LOUNGER.
Prof. Langley has u rival in Rochcs
ter said u. r. Hcpewell or that city at
the Riggs. III l remember correctly. his
name is frof. Cooley. aud ne is also labor
ing to solve the problem OF aerial naviga
ton. He is Gow constructing an airship
with which he PROPOSES To make several
asceRsious during the present year. The
ship Is 10 be i0U feet long and will have Il
sail area OF about $4,000 feet. 1t will
carry six people when completed. or Course
IL is meant that the slip shall be guided
and that it Can make any height GesIred.
Rochester IeOplc are awaiting the results
or the experiment with great interest,""
''Some dreams MAJ ocn,e true. but had
one last night that will no. said a clerk
in the War Depa Ytment recently. You
have probably tined the experiment. OF
dropping an gg in basin OF vinegar sEd
allowing it TO become saturated with the
iluid. IL Will soOn get sofleAiDle that IL eau
be easily p,aced III the Geek OF tUtt.t.
l saw the experiment tried !cster day aud
that is doubtless which led NE 10 cream
had tn Ike n my dog Scott and gone out fer a
hunt. 1t was in the fall OF the year and by
Dy NC tGIuc W pfeS tilIOuEu
where they were making cider. Not far
from the cider press there was a large vat.
almost full of vinegar While was drinking
the sweet cider IrCm tie press Scott Nas
playing behind me- Suddenly i heard Il
yeip- Looking around / saw the tell o;
Scout descending Below the inner edge
of the vat.
by the time / had reached him he was
thoroughly soaked. Catching him by one
~ ft..h Ii, .u.xl
began to stretch until the poor fellow ap-
peared like Il walking stick. Well, you
know person can accomplish almost every
kind OF an imposslbi,ity IN his dreams. l
drew the shot from one barrel OF my gun
and stuffed Scott down in its place. SWING
ing the gun over my shoulder I pro-
ceeded on my way.
Presently RABBIT sprang in sight. 1
mad not killed 4 thing all day but fired at
him. In my grief over Scott l was very
nervous and consequently I suddenly re-
Inembered that had drawn only the shot
away as l thrust the dog down the oil ter
barrel OF the gun. Hurriedly putting a
cap in place I raised the gun. Tie rabbit
was out OF reach by that time. but could
still see him. pulled the trigger Away
went Scott Out of the end of the barrel.
AS he flew through the air he seemed to
regain his original proportions and when
he reached the ground he was 200 feet
away. He alighted on his back. but It was
evident he had seen the RI bbit as he went
through the air. The dog turned over and
Immediately gave chase. The rabbit was
so astonshed at the incident that 1t stopped
and turned around to come back and meet
Scott. Just as he ran up and fastened his
teeth around tie rabbits neck / awoke."
II Ts a = fr.. among
the guests at the Regent. Tobacco Cut
ture IS assuming great proportions IN our
State" said lie, and it VIII not he long
until the Georgia weed Will nvai The
Cuba u grown pant. Down IN tie neigh
borhooG OF Orlando there are fields where
the toba cco is said to be OF even liner
quality than that raised IN the " est indies.
Some OF tie plants are from SIN to G gal
feet IA gh aud the leaves have u texture iis,'
silk. Tue crop will prove very pr'fitaD!e
one iiijs year.
W. Alexander. of Galveston, Tex, is
stopping at the National. He Is a pTrEDiEcnt
Official IN tie employ nf the Missouri, Kan
sas and Texas Railroad. ..Our road las
made a contract ior The trabsportaJoao OF
5000 cars of wheat FOR e Sport through Gal
weston. That would be between forty and
fifty miles OF trans Tue crop in the West
when you consider bow much will 80
through that port aiane you can begin to
reaiize the ma gnitUde of the yield IL goes
from Galveston to almost every part of tine
world
Did you ever hear anyone sly anything
about the rivalry between Minneapolis and
ST. Paul having died out?' asked Col
Robert u. Hoar of Duluth, MINI, rs lie
lighted lis cigar I'D tre Shorehnn's lobby.
..W hetber you have or not l Will tell you
that there is as much strife between them
as there is between tie bellies OF Il country
v;iI3ge when a new young man comes TO
town.
First Assistant master General Jones
the SALARY of the Minneapolis
postmaster 81 ,OC0 the other day Ttat OF
the st Paul postmaster remained the same
As result the former city today locks like
Paris on u fefe day, while the latter city
is dressed in Grape. You see when the
eleventh census was being taken each city
la id claim to the largest population Though
the census rien found that the populati ton
was about the same in each municipality
the residents of both cities claimed that
the returns were wrong. Each ordered Il
police census 10 be taken and each after
wand declared that its population was many
thousands in advance of that OF the other
city.
minneapolis stole q march on her twin
sister, though, when it came to the rost-
office question, and row the PaUlists are
no wiling like a pack OF wolves in a Russian
forest. They arc making all manner OF
charges against the citizens OF Minneapolis.
They say that the latter have bought hun
,1reas or dollars worth OF stamps and
locked them up in safes and closets TO be
used in years to come. Patriotic citizens
would send thousands of dollars worth Of
money orders 10 friends and have the money
returned to them, il is claimed, merely to
Increase the business OF the office. As
result Minneapolis appeared to do post
office business far in excess of that Of st.
Paul. and of course. that indicated a larger
population. Natives OF the latter city are
now giving good odds on bets that Minneap-
ois won sell 500 stamps day for the next
six months"
Guiles 7. Brooke, a Philadelphian. who |
went to San Salvador ten years ago TO
engage in the mining business, is stopping at |
he National.
II expect 10 go back, and before very |
ong," said he. There are about 5000 /!
Americansi in San Salvador. Most of them |
are enga ged in mining and railroading. The |
population of the whole country is close |
% 900 ,0eO and the capital is city OF |
about rs, 900 people. They are OF Spanish |
decent, mixed with Iadianand Aztec blood. |
The women OF the Aztec strain are remark |
ably beautiful. They are above medium |
height, stand perfectly straight ard their |