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tons of coal every year. During the re-
cent cold snap this plant consumed thirty
three tons OF coal each day. the contract
price of which is si.3O per ton. In moder-
ateiy cold weather, however, twenty tons of
coal suffice for each day. There are in
the plant IL heating boilers, 10 steam boil
ers, engines fer dynamos and one for the
machine shop These run the eight ele-
vators and the two printing offices In the
building, as well as the hydraulic and
steam pumps. The electric light outfit Is
run at an expense of "a cents per thousand
watts. In other words, the expense for elec-
trlc Nghtng Is less than one-kalf the ex-
pense of gas, which was formerly and ex-
clusively used. There is a gas service
should 1t be needed. There are 1000 peo-
pie In the building, and the questions of
ventilation, heating and lighting are very
important to all concerned. BY the ar
rangenents in connection with the coal
vaults, the coal goes direct to the furnaces
where 1t is consumed with one handling
and at very little expense. In this respect
the heating plant is also far superior to
any other. The thirty or more carloads of
Goai which went into the furnaces each day
last week were weighed also after they ar
rived inside of the department court where
there is standard scaIe.''
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'" nile down in South Carolina recently" :"
said naval officer. II found that the COL
ored folks were terribly worked up in
consequence Of the wanderings of a blue
even more deadly than that of a copper
mead snake. The peculiarity Of this bitter
was that his gums were blue and that he
found the greatest satisfaction In biting
many with whom he came in contact. On
the 4th of January he bit another negro on
the arm. and on the 25th, three weeks af-
terward, the bitten man died. The super
stition among the blacks Is that bite of
blue gum man is exactly like that of a
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hydrophobia. The physicians who made
the post-mortem reported, however, that
death was caused by blood poisoning and
that there was nothing like the symptoms
OF hynropnobia in the case. Notwithstand-
ing this, there were parties of negroes out
hunting for the blue gum man. like the
parties who occasionally go out hunting for
a mad dog. and they were determined to
XIII him II they caught him."
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six years ago met with an accident on
n railroad which resulted in my having TO
lose my leg said department clerk, land
since that time my life has been to a very
great extent double one. In year l had
learned to get about almost as good as
ever, with the aid of an artificial leg-with-
out 1t OF course l cannot do anything, for
never made much progress with crutches
now have to calculate for myself and for
my artificial leg. When l had two legs /
only calculated for myself, but now | am
TO all intentS and purposes two beings
The moment get to thinking about myself
.here comes into my mind the thoughts of
tie other part, my wooden part. Strange
enough, in all my dreams the artificial leg
mas never come in. and 1 walk about as
qid before lost my leg. But the moment
L am awake the thought comes, where Is
my artificial leg. and where l left it when
L went to sleep. When l am in hurry
/ begin to think if the artificial leg will
stand the hurry. For myself l feel sure 1
can do the extra rush needed. but ! am
never sure of the other part, the artificial
leg. If | could get it into my mind that
the artificial leg could be depended upon i
feel that / would be as reliable for all kinds
or Work as L ever was, but, it is l have
more tropbie thinking Of ii and it's capabil-
i:y than l have of myself properly It
often makes me laugh outright when be-
gin 10 feel pains in the foot OF my lost leg.
L know l have 10 left leg, and yet l feel
pains there as acutely at times as l did
when it was i valuable part of my organ
ization. When | had my left leg l suffered
considerably from rheumatism in 1t, esps-
cially in damp cold weather. In that kind
of weather l have much and as many
rheumatic pains in it as L ever did, though
haven't got the leg
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Washir gton is the mecca for brides and
grooms. One of The last couples who spent
the first days of their honeymoon in the
very large, and the groom was correspond
insly small At the first meal the groom
confided in tie elevator boy, and told him
that MS wife was of a very shrinking dis
position, SO he would please have the clerk
send meals to the room. This was done.
The groom approached the clerk during the
afternoon and told him that his wife was
Of a shrinking nature and did not like 10
go out the public way and asked him if
there was not private exit through which
they could go to take a carriage drive
around the city. The bell was rung quite
frequently during their stay, and the bride
with the shrinking nature became a sub
ject of great curiosity TO the help. When
they left, the porter caught sight Of her
and stood in open-mouthed astonishment.
The clerk angrily asked him what he
meant by staring at guest.
"Couldn' holp 1t. no how, boss. 1 jess
he'd ter look at that shriDkin' pusson. I'd
jess like ter know how long she's ben
shrinkin, an what she 'peared like befo'
she shrunk.
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A man from the mountains of East Ten
nessee was in Washington yesterday. and
visited the Capitol. He met Congressman
elect Brownlow of the first district, who
knows every man in Tennessee. and calls
them all by their given names.
We'll, John,' asked the statesman,
what do you think of Washington
'-Waal, Walt" replied the Tennesseean,
Tween yo' an me, I'm sorter disap-
pointed. I've bin iayin' out ter cum ter
Washington fer thirty-odd var. I've heard
thet all tn big men O tn United States
was hyar. done sarched high ar low all
day fer EN-, an didn't see none. The fel-
Ter on tn bench. tn jedge, 1 reckon, he be-
IN one O. them two cot rooms I'D thar Is
middlin' hefty, bat ole Abe Thompson thet
runs the saloon in Bristol d make two O.
him, 18th enough trinn,in's lef' over ter
make two or three boys. There may be
big men Eyar, but KANT fin EN-
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One Of the guides at the Capitol had an
amusing experience. "A countryman was
shown the wonders Of the whispering gall
lery ard the stone which deadens all
sound 80
After the usual experiments were COM
pleted. he astonished the guide by saying:
Mister. kin a body get a stone like that
thai hyar in Washington? Yo' see. my
wife gifts cantankerous at times, an she
kin talk pow'ful hard when she gifts
started. II 1 could git one o. them things
ter stan on out in our kitchen. I'd be
wiilin' ter pay we'll fer it,
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