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VOL XX. NO. 52.

(JAPE MAY CITY. SA’I J UDAY MORNING. AUGUST 29. 1891.

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ha. mine, of hia

from which he can draw to order the moat Aatoni.liinn variety of glKnntie creature*. He made the remark the other day that there »a» one .mall valley be knew of where relics of the ancient mmaaaurua were so plentiful that. pajwin« through it recently, he not I cod life skeletons of six of

Uiow mighty awimmlnK llaarda, each eighty fret In length. In tight atone time. Usually these amazing fossils are found

imbedded In solid ruck. After they bare

■ughly quarried out, the saiKLlono - matrix IncIiKing them Is carefully . The latter

-ut the de-

cotnpoeing air. and any that are broken or epliiitcred are bound up with twine, after ■ y are Ifticked tor shipment, of thtua- braste of antiquity rofu. la-lug covered up with aedalt. rw.tnl became atone, tbe

itlreand ■ darling

chiseled at

l liking for d

o own virtue imlable quail-

htrly for dogs-Uie-.- ap|. ar t that many men do not—la an a ly denoting symiwtfay and tan who hates dogs la apt to he at

antbrope: be who abiiMs them brute than they Hut there are degrees of

chineute to enlmela.

e greater

liking; there

signed to humanity Such are the attach menu which many women feel or feign for dogs of tbe most diminutive and Ignoble kind. Men in general of the dog faneying order fancy doge of sire and dignity,

~ irde. mastiffs, epenlela.

aettcre. collies, hound* T panious of them. <-.1ucate them, and get great pleasure and comfort from their Intelligence, fidelity, affection. Bat they do not treat them aa they would their dearest friends, or as superior beluga Thcyneithcr

idealize nor adore them.

would be well if tbe sama might be •*-* •— lympatby of

said of tbe peculiar can I ns

1 ready for

jnnd In Wyoming

rilh iu parts In pisJlioi

mounting In a musennt A new reptile was

‘the other day In su which ha. been named broutusaurna It was sixty fo-t king, stood fifteen feet high w hen alive, and weighed twenty tooa fast In the ruck from which it was taken was a perfect mold of one of lu eyebaila. with which it looked upon tbe world throe millions of yearn ago. It hail a very - email head, e long and flexible neck, a abort

body and a huge tall

lu the same neighborhood, also, has been discovered recently another reptilian monater cailud the triceratops, which had an enormous bony frill around (he hack of lu neck. This surprising development, measuring six feet across, was Intended for the attachment of great Rimodem that were neomaary for holding np the huge head. The animal, though tremendously massive, was only thirty feat long, but it was covered with plates of armor and had a sharp and horny beak, not to mention a horn on "e nose and another on lu forehead, the •tier two and a half fret In length. a max or itt'ok skeletoxa In Colorado have been found great do-

if litanoaaura, the blg-

i, minis last ever existed. They sixty-five feet long end stood

forty feet high when erect upon their bind legs- Instead of browsing, as did tbe brontosaur and tricerutupe, upon the luxuriant aquatic vegetation around the lake borders. they fed u|x>n tbe foliage of trow, on tbe mountain sides. Likewise did the iguauodon. eevcr.il times as heavy as the elephant, which had a nipping beak like a turtle's and also walked erect, using lu huge tail for a support aud towering to

the height of forty or fifty fort.

In the mesoxotc er» • tiles." when these

and other similar herhivorona animal. the biggest of tbs Ik-a«u. Ono of them, the allauUeaur. was ltd feet long, i

them bearing miserable cure In their and generally prattling to them in a silly' sentimental way. aa If anxious to advertise their folly. Occasionally they put their burdene gently dow u. and. holding e cord fastened to their collar*, permit tbemlead. They are prone to such comments "loqulos as: "Where are you going. _ Fidof" "You musn’t act so naughty, sweet Blanche;" “Don’t do that, my Beauty;" "Your mistress wont love you. precious Pvt, if you hohsve so badly." Sometimes they translate such phrases inti baby talk, unconscious. It is to be hoped, their maudlin fatuity.—Junius Henri

In Sl Louis Globe-Democrat.

NEW YORK FLAGPOLES. THEY ARE MANY AND THEY ALWAYS LEAN TOWARD THE NORTH.

pole In bis plane. The poles'"are'mtsde*S wood usually of spruce or pine. For a length of seventy feel or leas spruce Is proferred. Beyond that height pin, t„ chorea. If the pole ts a single stick. The wood '"rib "T J>ov * Scotia and

Bronni:

Art'lan

iwe that the genuine "Down brewdnems was born in tbe

first generstlon of such Yankees, was prac tired by them aud has been handed dowi by them to their sons, grandsons, and evei tbe third and fourth generations, etc. Bu whether this trick is original or not—that has nothing to do with it, for In this ci it Illustrates tbe futility of trying to t

the hat of e Yankee.

This particular Yankee owns a farm a he hired two new men to mow one of 1 hayflelds. Aa be could not watch them ... all. he resolved to errar\ge affaire so that instead of talking and doing no work the two men would keep away from «weh Here la tbe prescription. Fenner to one man: "This other fellow b deal poet; can’t talk either, dumb as an oyster. But he's a good man on a hayfield. Only don't worry hint He’s sensitive about ’ ‘ deafness and dumbness, and will get to der than a hornet tf you talk to him. Just let him alone and he'll show you a thing or two about mow ing hay." Then be went to the other man and gave * ’ The two farm hands w _ worked like Trojans all day. Neither dared speak to the oilier and each tried I outstrip tbe other. The Vmkee fanni " n . iled Jrb'fcfly when the men quit work.

saged H

its thigh bones, many of which hTve b^n ? It was early evening, and tbe F-rie day found, mmsiiring ciglit fret in length and express from New York, having atopped at twenty-five inches through. I HornslUville for supiwr for lu passenger They bad various methods of pursuing was once more en route—a long, beat, existence. Some went on all four* and train, laboriously climbing the steep grade hid backbones that were mere sbelb filled which leads from UornrlUvIlU np to the

their lungs, which I little village of Almond, four miles west, .-bile they walked in ; The ascent was about half made, when deep enough to ' suddenly tbe slow pnff. puff, of tbs engine

halt, ami ai-

> living foes.

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with

served them s* fl

■hallows

■elr backs, extending

necks to crop tbe vegetation alongshore Of this sort was the camerasaurtu. eighty

wt In length.

Other* had enormously long hind 1 on which they were able to wade oat after see weed, and » provided with not fewer than 3.000 ta for grinding tbelr food. Suck was mighty kangaroolike bydrosaurua. ...

land, like tbe tri-

ceratope, and these were provided usually with armor and horns for defense.

It would seem as If such mnnreai described need have feared but in (act they were a i great numbers of frightful reptile*, smaller In olse, but oi activity and flcrceueaa. whit

*‘ieae unwieldy vegetable eating gianta.' Most terrific of all, perhaps, was the credibly ferocious laelapa, which was forty feet long, stood twenty five feet high on Its hind legs. And was built like a kangaroo, ft was tbe mnnt astonishing jumper that ever existed, with teeth for cutting and sharp claws on tbe front feet evidently dosigned for tearing out the eyes of victims Hardly less formidable, end equally large, was tbe stegosaur, which was sheathed in armor plates from two to three feet In width, end employed ee a weapon offense it* powerful tell, armed near tl end on both sides with sharp spikes tv feet long. This animal walked erect all and one of iu pccnlUritiee wee a great e„ largemcnt of the spinel cord at the lower

end of the heck.

In fart, this expansion of brain materM. Intended to provide for the w agging ’ ' Slightly spiked tail, wee ten limes i as tbe brain In the skull itaelf. Equally large and dangerous were tbe megeloeeur end the dinosaur, their Jews armed with huge saherllke teeth, which went about on their bind legs looking for something to devour. Against each fearful foea what chance had the peaceful cetto•aurne and eioMnosaur*. dwelling In marshes and shallows with the hulk of six

r eight eleptiauu.

Nevertheless some of the herbivorous md reptiles referred to like the gigantic horned and armored agatbumaa, could 1 good fight with tbe carnivores, i so well able to defend themselves that they lived and multiplied In the same regions with tbe latter. But most of these vegetable feeders bed no other means of defense than kicking, which they oonld do — " 1 effectiveness with hind logs Of-

New Y’ork Sun.

other day. caused by an alleged raid on the former's fruit wagon. The hoys got away with the peaches and the Italian took it out In swearing, wbtle^a soon of amused heavyweights belonging to the bn sin see exchange* looked on and enjoyed the conflict. History repeats itaelf. In the early day* of New Amsterdam, Dey street wee tbe center of a great peach orchard. One unlucky day tbe Indians made a raid and * ' id ate tbe fruit Out of this

nous Peach war in which many

of tbe red men and not e few of the Dutch

re slain. The Dutch govt

rard.

eimultauvouely began to slip back-

Everybody wee alert In an Instant.

Thoughts of disaster were In tbs

of alt men Jumped to the platform and women thrust their heads out of the window! or stood In the aisles with anxious questioning of eye and tongue. One woman, pale with apprehension, grasped a brakeman's coat as be was harrying back. “What is III” she cried, and her voice waa tpnnuloua with alarm, “what Is the troo“Ob, nothing," said the brakeman, “only a trunk dropped out of tbe baggage ear.

and we've got to go beck for It." “Humph!" commented the Inonlrer, eet-

Afler that It la cut down smaller with a draw stave, smoothed with a flat plane and finished with a hollow plana If the pole Is not exactly straight h bu to be made so by planing It on one side. It le then put in a yard to “check." That Is. It gets a chance to crack on tbe eidea These cracks or "checks" are filled with putty.

If they are too large they are filled with ., oiIVbJ UL. lh# Umbers of a

in painted and fitted with >n Top. Flagpole makers

—j poics ought to he painted once a year, It makes them lut longer. When a pole la put up In two piece* It Is Joined togather by a dovetail splice. This splice Is strengthened by heavy Iron bands around

the splicing.

From fifty to eighty feet makes a good length for a |*la If It la eighty feet long It ought to have a diameter of twelve to fourteen Inches at lu base, and other lengths are made In nearly this proportion.

ship.

Tbe^Kiie la t!

Flagpoles a --,-j rot at the base, but a great number of them get struck by lightning every year. « -v— are good for nothing but

Mad bathe are n

isiered In this

country, whereas In certain parte of Europe they are often resorud to. and are generally believed to be of decided therapeutic value. At Carlsbad a peat Is used. Which la rich In iron elententaand vegetable prodnete. and it is mixed with hot

Sprudc! water.

This peat bath raise* ti-c temperature of the body, quicketu the heart'a action and sends the blood rushing to tbe bead. It is held to be especial ly efficacious iu promoting the absorption of abdominal growths. More than likely much loo high an catl■ata hu been put upon the value of thcae ■till, and It is doubtful if their remedial feet Is much graaterthan hot water baths. At any rate, there would be danger in them many people, for, besides stimulating, rould a hot poultice, they greatly

strong and ragged.—Boston Herald.

very

The day before the anniversary of e Ipation a farnirr unloaded a load of ■ lelousat Johnson's store to have them ered foe nntil the following day. An old darky stepped into the stole late In tbe ,-cuing and stood looking at the fine melts. Frank Johnson asknl him if he was going to baveafine time on emaudpation day.

» much 'bout 'mancipation, , “but 1 would like U> here milynns awful welL”Marcos (Tex.) Free Press.

don't o

bathrooms. Mr. Marqoaud to he the owner of the handin tbe metropolis. It has been is uniquely magnificent. Th* bath tank is faced with

Kieft, did the •wearing at that time.—New through the throats of carved dolphin*—

v ~* Bus. New York Sun.

• costa the buyer from 818 to su the maker from 81 to 1:3, to reject many sticks when he -ork them into shape and he . . .hem In position. This task Is often difficult and dangerous. Poles have to be pat on tbe tope of domes, and a circular stairway has to be built around the •idee of these domes to enable workmen to reach the required point Then polea are placed on Hat roofs and peaked roots, on steeples, on sIods walla, on rocks and even Every flagpole begins to la put an. Tbs beet am Mm to affect It A curie pole la set straight It always warps toward the north; that 1* tbe top of the pole will be found to Incline slightly northward. One authority says that this happens because the son rises In the northeast and acta on tbe pole when It la damp with the night dew. He does not know how this theory woaULapply to poles in dtiee that are In a different latitude then New York. Another authority seye that the wind has greet deal to do In warping tbe pole* end ■till another expert says that • pole will ' ■ direction that It Inclined tree In tu native forest. None of these reasons alter the Indlspuv ■ feet that the flagpoles of New York nearly all bent with tbelr hernia toward the north. There are a few Iron poles In title dty. The most popular one Is probably In a Junk •hop by thta time. It used to stand on tha Western Union building. In lower Broadway. It was on this pole that the famous “time ball" glided up and down. Ball and pole were broken and taken down at tha time of tha Are In the Western Union bulld-

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There an some high poles In New York, cd then are others that are set in high places The custom bonse has three; two of these measure 80 fed each, and tha third one U SB feet In length. Tbe mlddit pole of the custom house was put up la 1887. The flagpole on the Dakota JUta la 138 feet above the ground. Of this^helght 183 fed belong to the building, the net la pole. This stick cod 8373. The flagpole on Sl Bartholomew's cbnrch, at Forty-fourth street and Madison avenue, sticks oat of the tower at an angle of AS deg.., when yon see It When yon don’t era It the rea•on is that It Is hanging down inside tha tower. It Is worked by machinery, and la drawn In when not In ok There are five poles on the Grand Central depot The tailed of these bolds np a glided eagle measuring tl feet from Up to tip. Tbe Manhattan Athletic dab's pole Is not very high, but It attracts notice because it •tends well out from the building. Union square Is well provided with polea Madison square bee a numerous duster, and tbe new Holland bonse, at Thirtieth street end Fifth avenue, has three monster

stick*

The memory of “Tom Riley's Liberty Pole" is still green In the hearts of many New Yorker* This famous pole stood near tbe corner of West Broadway and

ward 187 feet from the ground on which It stood. Figures were placed upon It at intervals to mark Its height, and the little grass plot on which It stood wee tbe scene of memorable gatherings of Bremen In the days of the volunteer department Streams of watar were thrown toward the top of Riley's pole, end the engine that reached tbe hlgbed mark received a prize from judges who viewed the contest from roofs doae by. Riley's pole was struck by lightning within ten months after Its

FAMOUS VLACrOLU.

Every schoolboy can see In hie mind's eye the daring American who climbed the Battery flagpole end tore down the British colors that had bran nailed there when the English sailed from New York in 1788. Tbe earliest pictures of New AmMawi.e.

a flagpole o i not old, lu

. The pi

Its predecessor having been

struck by lightning less than a dose n years ago. The shivered pole tall northward

with • terrific crash.

A famous firepols nsed to stand near the oorner of Avenue D and sad Houston street. Engine d of the old “Live Oiks'' used to have lu practice trials under this pota. Hickory poise Are re very popular In the days of the “Old Hickory" campaign* A number of them were erected In the

down town ward*

A remarkable pole stood In the First ward on tbe roof of the Tippecanoe Bonse, at Broad and Stone streets, In tbe days of Harrison the FtraL Half way up this pole wee a track or crosapleo* On this track waa built a email log cabin, and tbe roof of the cabin supported a large cider barrel, —"-ant of political etraggiee that are nigh forgotten today.—New. York