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a cabtilevb tbiumph- the greatest bridge 1b ibe world at the frith et forth the bridge across the frith of forth at qseens ferry sootland now approaching completion in a work of such magnitude and proelts o many points of novelty that it baa attracted the attention of the whole engineering world in 1804 a surveyor published designs fcr a bridge acrosa the forth at the sie spot and with spans of the like magnitude that however was to be a suspension bridge with chains like the cable of a fifty- ton yacht and the total weight of iron was estimated at 200 tons as contrasted with 80000 tons of steel in the present structure while a bridge 1700 feet in span was thus conceived of nearly a centuty ago it may also be said that the cantilever ptin ciple of construction can be found in egyp tian and indian temples built before the in traduction of the arch an eminent engin eer aays that tho cantilever was in all prob ability invented by some intelligent savage who wanting to get across a stream too deep to ford and too wide to jump utilizad the projecting branches of two opposite trees as cantilevers or brackets and connected them by a short independent piece of timter and so formed a cantilever and central girder struoture the true principle of construction and the nature of the stresses may be illustrated in a simple way two men who sit on chairs extend their arms whioh they support by grasping sticks butting against the chairs this represents the two double cantilevers the central girder is represented by a short stick slung from the arm of each man and the anchorage by ropes extending from the other arms to two piles of bricks when stresses are brought on this system by a load on the central girder the armb of the men and the anchorage ropes come into tension and the sticks and ohaic lefra into in the forth bridge we mutt a h0b3ethief 0lub during the last week the kev lawrence gaasman has been at the palace hotel says the sanfrancbco examiner he arrived from japan and a reporter called to inter view him relative to bis impressions of the foreign lands he had traveled in 1 dont know as i can tell yon anything about japan said the reverend gentleman but lean tell you that a newspaperman need not go outside america for incidents to write about there is nothing stirring or strange in those foreign lands everybody seems more or less asleep in america one meets with something that moves and stirs as if it had the rich warm blood of life in it what is the most stirring experience yon ever had in america 1 well said the clergyman thinking for a moment i guess it was when i used to belong to a horsethief club in nebraska do you mean to tell me that you ever belonged to a horsethief club yes indeed i used to be one of the members of such a club i belonged to one for over two years i always did like a good horse con tinued the reverend gentlemen and when i first lecated in nemaha neb i purchased a rather good animal i had just got fairly settled down in my parish work when one day a man by the same of strong called and asked me if i didnt want to join the horsethief club when 1 asked him the purposes of the organ ization he said it was a club to protect horseowners from the depredations of horsethieves yet the club went by its peculiar name which expressed just the opposite idea it was intended to the club however had done well under that name and the name was all right he said as i had a horse i had better get in and join and if my horse was stolen the club would send men after the thieves and re cover the property all this would coat me slamonth i asked him if the taxes i paid to the osmpresslon imagine the chairs to be placed a third of a mile apart the mens heads to be 360 feet authorities would not give me the same right above the ground the putton the arms j hardly he said 10000 tons and the pressure on the legs of his idea of the local authorities was the chairs on the ground 100000 tons i very low he said he never yet heard of a as regards size and weight no existing sheriff in nebraska catching horsethief bridge at all approaches the forth bridge there are two spans eaoh 1700 feet long my reliable colt to the fore and plugged nun a couple er times she went she did jack and andy plugged him some too we just left him fayln there in the road and recover- in yer host come hooee his relatives are the proper pus ions to bury him but folks that ant no kin to a hots thief oughten to monkey with his remains toe reverend story teller gave the recital with an inimitable drawl and took off the queer frontier speech to the life i really felt sorry he continued that the man who stole the horse was killed for hor eetealtng is a sin that i always felt like forgiving a man for the sin of covetonsness ntver touches my soul except when i see a sleek spirited horse i can look on heaps of gold and feel no envy of the owner on precious stones and be indifferent even the charms of lovely women hardly move me but the sight of a fine hign stepping horse about 14 hands high and a good chest with clean legs a springy motion when he walks sets me aflame with a deposition to own him i am kept back by a sense that i must not disgrace my family by stealing him so when i find a man who has no selfcontrol no education no moral training 1 know that he has stolen horses and pity mm for the possession of a passion that is morally his master my food common sense tells me that if i should take another mans horse i would be discovered and imprisoned bnt if i ever got an idea that i could secure it without detection and my crime never be heard of i should well i should advise the owner to keep ma stable door well fastened of course this is not for publication for if such candid talk got into print my con gregation in ohio would say i was lacking in orthodoxy and the regular clerical dignity you must recollect that olergymen while away from home do not as a rule aot as dignlfiedly as when they are in their own parish and i am no exception to the rule there are two spans the widtbof the bridge at the piers is 120 feet there is a dear headway for naviga tion at high water of 150 feet the deepest foundation below high water is 89 feet the highest part of the bridge above high water is 360 feet and the depth of water in the centre of the ohannel is 210 feet with this depth the bridge oould- never have been built had it not been for an island in the middle of the forth the train weighs that will be put upon the bridge will be small compared with the wind pressure neededto be overcome and to resist wind the lofty columns over the piers are 120 feet apart at thebase and- 33 feet at the top as furnishing an idea of the enormua force whioh the cantilevers are capable of resisting it may he said that a pull of 45 000 tons would be needed to tear asunder the top hes the greatest pull from passing trains can be only 2000 tons the bridge is looked upon as a railway neccesslty indeed it will furnish the miss- ing link in a trreat chain of communication throughout the united kingdom when we read of such structures and know that trains reaoh a speed of sixty miles an hour we can not bnt umile at what theatald old quarterly review said in 1825 we trust that parliament will in all railways it may sanction limit the speed to eight or nine miles an hour whioh is as great as can be ventured on with safety jiyri giant spiders of ceylon far up in the mountains of ceylon and india there is a spider that spins aweb like bright yellowish silk the central not of which fa five feet in diameter while the sup porting lines or guys si they are called measure sometimes ten or twelve feet long and riding qutokly in the early morning you may dash right into it the stout threads twining around your face like a veil while as the creature who has woven it takes up his position in the middle he generally catohe you right on the nose and though he seldom bites or stings the obntaot of his large body and long legs is anything but pleasant h you forget yourself and try to oatoh him bite he will and althongh not venomous his jaws are as powerful as a birdo beak and yon will not forje tieenosuner the bodies of these spiders are very hand somely deoorated being bright gold or sdar- let underneath while the upper part is covered with the most delicate slatecolored fur so strong are the webs that birds the size of larks are frequently caught therein and even the small but powerful scaly lizard falls a victim a writer says that he has often sat and watched the yellow and scarlet monster measuring when waiting for his prey with his legs stretohed ont fully six inches striding across the middle of the net and noted the rapid manner in whioh he winds hlsstoutthreads around theunfortunate oaptlve i he usually throws the oolls about the head till the wretched vlotim is first blinded and then choked in many unfre quented dark nooks of the jungle you may oome across most perfect skeletons of small birds caught in these terrible snares the strong folds of whioh prevent the delicate bones from falling to the ground after the wind and weather have dispersed the flesh and feathers from the body is have i ou a mother have yon a mother if so honor and love hor if sbe is aged do all in your power to cheer her declining years her hair may have bleached her eyes may have dimmed her brow may contain deep and unsightly furrows her cheeks may be sunken but you should never forget the holy love and tender oare she has had for you in years gono by she has kissed away from yonr cheek the troubled tear she has soothed and petted you when all else appear ed against you she has watched ovor and nursed you with a tender care known only to a mother she has sympathized with you- in adversity she has been proud of your success you may be despised by all around you yet that loving mother stands as au apologist for all your shortcomings with all that disinterested affection would it not be ungrateful in you if in her declining years you failed to reciprocate her love and honor her as your best tried friend we have no respect for a man or woman who neeleots an aged mother if von have a mother love her and do all in your power to make her happy and he believed that half the officers of the law in nebraska were in with the thieves hence the necessity of a local club to pro tect horseowners well continued the rev oassman i concluded thatmyhortewabworth protecting so i paid 10 initiation feeandholnedthe olub iso agreeing to pay 1 a month dues i was duly initiated one night the olub meet ing in an old barn at the hoover ess- roads atfirst i thought i had fallen in with a pretty hard crowd but when they began to talk 1 concluded that i had met a bet of men who had considerable good horse sense they were rough men and wore old olotbes but they were good types of tbe honest hardy frontiersmen at first i felt a little dubious about the club but after the meeting was over i conoluded i would stay with them tney treated me with a rough sincere courtesy and during the meeting a motion- was made to excuse me from active service on the overtaking oommittee this caused con siderable discussion but it was carried on with suoh delicacy that i had no idea what the duties of an overtaking oommittee amounted to and it was deolded that my oloth excused me from the aforesaid over taking duties to make a long story short one night my beautiful bay horse was stolen and a special session of the club was called i was considerably excited of oo jrse and was early at the meeting the club had a short session and appointed william strong and two other men as an overtaking com mittee to trail the thelves they monntad their fast horses in about five minutes and with colts revolvers strapped on set off in the dead of night on a amart gallop a in about ten days they returned and brpnghtmy horse baok i was indeed glad to see the animal onoe moreandithad been recovered at a nominal coat to me that night the committee made their report as near as i can remember it was about as follows we the oommittee report that we overtook the man who atole the horse and have returned the hersp william strong chairman then they adjourned and next day inad a talk with strong the coversation was about like this where did you find my horse down in kansas jubt aoroas the line did you find the thief 1 we overtook him why didnt you bring him baok 1 js i said fie was overtook what do you mean by overtook j overtook with tribulation i guess he had hard luok did you talk with him about the ain of stealing talked some what did he talk he talked baok what did he say nothing he just sassed the oommit tee did he talk long he quit sooner than we uns did did you ask him to oome back naw you should have brought him back and had him punished had you no idea of arrest ing him we hadnt no requisition so you allowed him to go away after this crime not by a jugful no m n goes away alter hoa caught hosasteallng why not cose hes dead parson deadernnlts do you mean to say yon kftled him we plugged him six times parson and he curled up alongaide the road and died right there i hated to tll yer this cos youre a preaohor i kept a fightin yer off but you kepr comln at mn and so now yer know thai he 10 yer pitu help ed pay the expenses of the overtaken but yer can bet high that thore is no ex pense to the undertakers wu all agreed tokeeptheklllinbck from yer hut you pumped me and yon got the inside of the deal didno yer v why my dear sir did you shed this mans blood cos ho stole yer hos parson we run on to him early one mornin just beyond the kanas line whon we rode up he was just get tin through breakfast he didnt like the look of us i guess for he ups and snaps a gun at us twiste as i rode up guess the rainy night had dampened the an insult to the oloth einstein dont talk to your fader ikey i tole you i wouldnt go mit der ball game you heir dot ikey but fader you nefer vent yet you dont know if you vould enohoy it einstein ya i vent vonce und so boon as i oome on der ground a teller hollered three balls 1 i vouldnt haf det business insulted dot way annual holiday bible competition 2100000 ik cash and other rewards to be given away an extended kevlew f the sew bible conii eiillon or tbe ttllc journal no 24 bis tfteat astonishment leoturer all statistics prove that ito the get blonde women are more dtffioalt along with than the brunettes astonished man in the audlenoe starting up are you certain of that jprofessor it is a faot i jabtonished man then i believe my wifes black hair is dyed i ii t advice flood sat unnecessary a middleaged coloured woman who occa sionally worked for a lady in a certain american city- one day informed her em ployer that she could not do any more work for her as sbe intended gittin mahted indeed 1 exclaimed the lady so you are going to be married yesm i is fo sartaln well i hope rosa that you have given the matter careful consideration yesm finding her in a receptive mood the lady thought it an excellent time to give some advice on the subject of matrimony and she improved the occasion roia listened pa tiently and then said dats bo lady dato so 1 i tell yo dia gittin mahied aino no triflin business i iae been mahied fo times already myself lady an i knows dat wat yon done say is a sol emn fao i liij fjiij a settler porhim a new member of congreaa for one of the rural districts of michigan was ambitious to distinguish himself by hia oratory and ac cordingly watohed for a favourable oppor tunity at length an occasion presented il self a motion was made in the house for enforcing the execution of some statute whereupon the orator in embryo rose up solemnly and after giving three loud hms spoke as followb mr speaker have we laws or have we not laws if we have not laws and they are not observed to what end are those laws madel so saying he sat down his chest heav ing high with conscious coasfquence in stantly cox the wit of the houae with a twinkle in his eye rose and delivered his thoughts thus mr speaker did the honourable gentle- man who spoke last speak to the purpose or not speak to the purpose if he did not speak to the purpose to what purpose did he speak that particular orator never troubled the house again achromo perhaps do you see that young woman over there said a young man to miss sharp- lelgh yes shes as pretty as a picture isnt she i dont know that i oan contradict you even comlo valentines are known as plo tures why he objeoted bter tanbark what am yo notion er- bdutgagin dls new parson de reberen zsbra clanisopper ter be squar wld yer brer ruaotrazer ls posed ter de genterman on economical gronn s dasso wharto case de genterman am six feet seben inohes in de clar da hen rooss er dia con gregation haint lifted outer dat range brer kaaselrazer cats for she didnt jo but when i slung i la he might bisk it mr wayback yes sir i like that thar statchcr fast rate what did you say tho name was dealer it la a very fine cast of the greek slave mr wayback thars only one objec tion my wife is so tarnal religious that she dont like things o this bind now if you could have a whiteatone petticoat carved out and fitted onto the greek slave darned if i wouldt bny her and risk it for over five years pas a series of bible competitions have been in progress in toronto canada which have created great and widespread interest many of tbe lead ing men and women of canada in fact of the world have taken part as well aa thousands of others in all grades and conditions of life rswards to the value of half a mllton dol lars bave been distributed to the successful more than two hundred and fifty thousand persons have reoeived prists since the inaug uration of this system ranging from a fine brfok house and lot to one thousand dollars in cash as well as magnificent pianos organs silver tea sots gold and silver watcbesgnns silk dreasea booka o over thirtyfive thousand people have voluntarily testified to tho value of the rewards received and to the f alrnees with which the prises have been dis tributed the editor of the ladies jour nal has conducted twentythree similar en terprises and cant afford now to fall to keep his promtsas he announced recently that no more competitions wonld be offered but owing to the olamoroub appeals of thousands of his subscribers and prize winners he is really oompelled to go on this competi tion will be open to the end of november closing with the last day of that month but thote of our readers who wish to take advan tage of these most magnificent offers should do so now the bible questions where are the three following words first mentioned in the bible mother sister brother r tothe bender of the first dorrec answer reoeived at the ladies journal office will be given a very fine toned upright piano to the sender of the second correct answer one hundred and fifty dollars in gold and so oh till all these first rewards are given away nil first rewards lsteleganttjprlght piano i 3rd csh in gold 100 bvoanahinflno85004tb catblagold 6 2nd cash in gold s160 1 6th oa h in gold 60 to next 10o eaoh a ludy or gentlemans fine gold wtobs60 5000 to next 100 each a fine 811k diesa pattern s35 s508 to nfxt 100 each a fine gold moonstone broochor plo 2 200 to next 210 a fine individual sub and pepper oruetjs 1250 to next 50 an elegant imitation uorooco- bound family bible with concordance bible history and all complete 2000 iuui stations 20 j 1000 then follow the middle rewards when to the sender of the middle correct answer of the whole competition from first to last will be given number one of these rewards the next following the middle number ttvo andsoonv middle rewards 1 lbt one upright 2nd csb s150 piano very fine n 3rd cash 75 toned instrument 4th cash 40 by celebrated cna- 6tb caah 20 adianhm 450 i the next 35 each a ladlea fine gold watch 850 1750 to the next 75 each beautiful tea set or 3er- vice chinaabont 100 pieoee25 1876 next 106 each a superbly bound volume of dorea bible gallery s10 1050 next 25 each a ladies fine silver open face or huoting case watch 10 250 next 41 each a ladieb heavily gold plated looket83 123 next 46 each a lady or gentleman solid gold chased or stone set ring 2 92 next 1c0 each ladles fine gold moonstono plna or brooches 160 150 next 65 each dor triple silver plated table spoon250 162 to the last jorroct answer received post- marked where mailed not later than the 31st nov will be given number one of these consolation rewards to the second to the last number two and id on till these are all distributed tub cossomtioh rswards 1st cashin gold 16 4th cash la goh50 2nd cash in gold 100 6th caah io gold 26 3rd caah in gold 76 6th cash in gold 10 to next 100 each a lady or gentleman a fine gold watch 50 5000 to next 1c0 each a flnesilk dress pattern 35 350 to next 79 each a fine solid gem rlog 10 760 tonext200 a fine nlokelsilver watch 5 10 0 to next 125 chambers etymological diction ary or a worlds oyclcpacila 250 fifteen days will be allowed for letters to reaoh ladies journal from distant points and whenever they are mailed if they bear the postmark of tho 30sh nov or earlier they will be eligible to compete do not forget that each person competing must bend one dollar for a years eubsorlp tlon to ladies journal a sixteen page family monthly whleh alonej is worth the subscription price asked any person can compete any number of times and the paper will be sent to any desired address immediately at the olose of the competi tion the nam as and addresses of the winners will be published in the ladies journal ihe december issue so tbeie will be no waiting dont delay sending in dj it now if you are not in time for the first rewards you may be for the middle and if not for the middle you will be in time for the consolation if you delay all the prizes maybe taken up but if your answer is correct and your letter reaches ladies journal office in time you will certainly got something as there are over 2000 prizes offered and the sooner you answer tho more certain you will be of success all these frizes will be given sure but dont run away with the idea that every body who competes is sure to get a prlz every prtzs offered will bt given of that you may be absolutely certain bnt rememoer first come first served in eaoh of the divl slons so hurry in your answers how to send money by registered letter is tbe best fost- offioo order is almost equally ffioieni ameri can ono dollarbllls are taken at par- dont send stomps of any kind unless yon add six osnts extra for the discount address editor ladies journal toronto canada wo have onlyspaoe to give tho following four testimonials from thousands from col lege and university professors clergymen of all denominations school teachers members of parliament mayors of cities a lieutenant- governor dowrrto boys and girls of all ages and people of all grades and conditions in life will then see for themselves- itlsaresltty many intnd to try if they ci be as fortunate aal have been i have always had great faith in your tro- mire and now i will have more than ever since wionle sacb a bandsiare p ice lor which i aia bank oa yours truly c yv ncjes i hope to continue well douif londoo south 22nd feb 1859 the piano won by roy son bruoa in bible ccm- petitirn na 6 and vhlcb cime to us a year ago proves to be in etery respect a tuprir laetrumot the tuoer a toronto gentlemen- aays its tune and finish are croplet a large number cf people dur ing the yetr have called at the manse aud examinel and trlel and are surprised at io excellence f sxrrn pator et st ancrewa pretbyterian chuch markliam ont geo b ack no 41 east ave st llamiltou ont expreueshmmuaagreatlr pleated with the piano he won in a recent competition our citizens have bea very successful in ths ladies jovrsil bible competttlonr several have reoeived valuable gold and silver watches handtoms silver cake baskets gold rings and broocher books etc among the ittmbor are the following mre a h varutone onto 10 stops 25- m moietta james sllsertea service 100 mre jsha vannestly i heard fred brav amanda boio thoe sheridan each a lvslti goia watch uk mre w r bond mrs ihos sheridan mlnw verry mre wm mckowan mr smith mrs j h james mrr wm jewel mr m deyman w w ramblvu ma eaoh a liver watcb 30 total 1000 boamanmlu statesman cursine and swearing the great baptist preacher elder kuapp remembered by many of today years ago portrayed vividly in his chracterietio ora tory some of the great sins one sermon- was remarkable in which he pictured a scene at the vestibule of hell the arch fiend in attendance questioning some arrivals as to the particular crime or crimes that had brought them to his awful kingdom one answered i killed a man when i was drunk go in through there said satan its crowded yet room enough another answering said i roboed a bank and then set it on fire to avoid detec tion well you may have needed money for yonr family but go right ahead there is a place for you here said another i killed ny mother in law when angered by rer intermeddling turn to the left you might have been sorely tried v ihe next responded meekly i only used to swear the devil at once showed his anger com manding his imps to heat the torrid seotion hotter turning to the swearer he sail von seem to regard swearing as only a smill matter you forget your mouth was made like unto the god who madeyonrbody and soul you have befouled it without tho slightest occasion temptation or any provo cation he who made all the world with stood all my allurements and temptations but chose to suffer agony and ignominy dying upon the cross to save you he lefb a command so easily obeyed and you would not hell is not hot enough for such it is a noticeable fact that violation of the third commandment prevails unblushingly on the part of many where cultivation ap parently ib greatest in cities where galleries of art schools colleges and public libraries abound while in places of less cultivated surroundings cursing and swearing is not heard among tho negroes of the southern states in tbeir days of slavery they rare ly if ever imitated the sinful habit nor yet as freed men have they adopted it supersti tious they may be though this has been greatly exaggerated but they are nob violators of gods third commandment diarir the piano arrived all light yeverday and appears to be a very good instrument will you pitaae except my best thanks for such a handsome irlze it seems to be quite a wonder among tbe ondoners so manv have said to me tmt taw your cordpetltlona bnt did not believe inwii ever got the handsome presents that they were all a hoax i invite jveryone to come and see my piano they dahomeys king- the king of f anions dahomey is dead and as his successor must prove before he ascends the throne that be is a brave and great man the young aspirant is looking around for adventnres at last aocounts he had gone hunting for king tofa of porto novo declaring that nothing less than the head of that potentate would satisfy his ambition king tofa was at peace with all the world but his country is suddenly plunged into terrible commotion simply be cause his head is wanted acrosa the border in dahomey tho french are now busily on- gaged in porto novo helping the king to keep his head on his shoulders it is suoh puerile quarrels as those that are puying the mischief with the west afrioan trade and keeping a long stretch of coast in an uproar ny sun a sea voyaiefor the queen the london correspondent of the man chester courier writes i hear that there is every reason to believe that the queen will go on a long sea trip before long her majesty having more than once been urged by her pbysiolans to do so for the benefit of her health amerloa i has been suggested as her destination bnt i think it far more probable that she will go to india and make a short tour of her eastern domin ions so far however nothing is settled the soheme is simply under consideration but since the queen herself has taken kindly to ttjlt is pretty certain she will try the effects of a sea voyage the book of lubon a manwithout wisdom lives in a fools paradise a treatise especially written for diseases of man containing facts for- men of all ages i should be read by old middle aged and young men proven by the sale of haifa million to be the most popular because written in language plain forcible and instructive praotical present ation of medical common sense valuable to invalids who are weak nervous and ex hausted showing new means by which they may be cured approved by editors orltlcs and the people sanitary social science subjects also gives a description of spec fio no 8 the great health renewer marvol of healing and kohinoor of medi cines it largely explains the mysteries of life by its teachings health may be main tained the book will teach yon how to make life worth living if every adult in the civilized wrld wonld read understand and follow our views there would be 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