IT WAS ALL HE KNEW.

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 403, 28 January 1904, Page 5

IT WAS ALL HE KNEW.

Kaate* SogftXek'B Pleftalm* »« ■tti«i> ft* Ocoetffea* *'We will next have the tlemem," said Prof. Sprigga, the teAcH"* er of the Poikrille (Ark.) dressing *he member* of the board 08 directors; who bad fa*h€t«d at'*siiß •tempi* ofletirningon a certain Fridayj afternoon to see the pupils put through'tkei? eduoational paces, "of listening to as* original composition ott the'subjeot of lynching, jby Mr. Laf* Sogbaek." « ■ - , Thua introduced, ©ay* l » writer to Puck, young Sogbaek, a spindlenecked, ,bulging*rbwed youth of 14, advanced and "unbosomed Mm self ac follows: "Lynchin' 1» harmful, aebasia' aad= expensive. It breaks the limbs of the trees, disturbs the little bird* in their * nests, and is a mighty abrupt way of makin* angels. Like other bad habits, it grows on the persons who indulge in is, it growe on the parties that dp the lynchin*. It is not eleTatin', except to the feller that ie lynched. To everybody else that takes part in it it is debasin'. They get a sort of crarin' or appetite, after awhile, that nothing but lynching will satisfy; I hevs known men to ride 25. or 80 miles to help lynch eome feller that wasn't even a distent relative of their'njif he had faileu off'ma. bluff and broke hie back in two places they wouldn't have rid half eo fa* to help him. Lynehin' is a very harmful amusement, and should not be indulged in except in moderation* "Of course, the foregoin' remarks »PPly exclusively to white men. This is alii know about lynchin'." 1 WEIGHING GOLD COIR. '!■..".* Raw ttmfttas Thmt Does tk« Wov&t of MotHm Vra* ta oMea«re 'A machine whieh does the work of aix bank clerks in weighing gold coins has been introduced in several Chica-* go banks, and its operation caused consternation among the bank employes. George Sites, of the First national bank, is one of the two inventors- of the machine. Under hiadirection 3,000 gold coins et the Commercial national bank the other day were: weighed, sorted and counted, says a Chicago special to the New York Time*. . The fact that gold.coins are accepted at weight value and not at face value is responsible for the invention of the machine. For some time banks have • been receiving gold.by weight, and the work of the teller has become arduous. Every grain that has been worn from a gold piece iii-.circuletio'n means a loss of four per cent, in value, and this amount has to be deducted. Mr. Sites conceived the idea that the work of weighing the coin might be done by machinery; With the assistance of his brother-in-law, C. M,. Beeves, he worked out the delicate mechanism. The coins are fed to the machine much aswheatto a mill. The Standard weight coins are returned to one compartmentandtheunderweight coins to another. The machine make* tno mistakes. - ' .

ITO BEGGARS IN LOMBARDY. l"toe SortJiora Province off Ilely la Fruitful an* Im No Men. ■ a*ci*sit«. '

To the tourist' through Italy the contrast between the north and south provinces in the matter, of beggary along the streets and highways has often been remarked. There is little or no begging, in northern Italy, as there is in Naples. In the southern part of the peninsula the people are mixed with the scum of the levant. Irt the north the country is agriculturally rich and there are no crop fallures. ■The irrigation "system is so gox>& and the water from the mountains so plentiful that the plains of Lombardy are a delight.to' the eye. The "popple are a business people, serious,' selfcontained and self-respecting. .The. •■%■■■ south lives off.what the tourists spend,, .. the north live* on their business. '*-'■." The average tourist stays in Naples; Including' Pompeii, Vesuvius, Sorrento, Amalfi.ten days; Borne two weeks, Florence five orjieyen Qkys, vYenlce four, Genoa one "and Milan ;Oae .or three. Tourists generally do:'no* see;' •'' Turin, and Milani and.Turin, gave: <me a distinct pleasure! The big opera house <rxi Milan, known as La Sca'a, has been -\ 7 little used of late years. '.'it belongs to the past; Reputations were made there formerly, but not now; To KulnWldh Colouisl Army, The Lokal Auzeiger, reviving the report that the German government in* , ter.ds to establish a colonial army of volunteers, declares that Count von. , Wiildersee has been consulted anfi that the project will fee carried but . (goon. '■'■'. " Should the reichstag, 18 la expected, _. make the necessary appropriation, the 'Gonial army will be formed of vola; sts of the rojprve and lanS- *" wfln vho may settle* In the colonies" on the expiration of Aheir term of se: vice. , ' . . \. _ It is probable voh Waldo isee will receive t&s chief •OBi i » • mand. ;vj< '.':' . ■'.■X<j-si' •

Can re witcS. :Af* •* n. Wife. ''" ,• According to society gossip at Lor. cloi! the Connaught household is • Mi -,'ca of marriageable princfl*. la. &6C: • tion to. the report that the crowa prince of Germany is there to court one of the daughters of the duke end duchess of Connaught, it" is «aid thai the betrothal of Princess Margarei of Co.-naught to the czarewitch (Grand Du!;e Michael, brother of the czar) wiJI shortly, be announced., i-i

Great River B«*in in fil»«rfa, ■** The Irtishrivex in sib«ria/iji B,£od mi! v-s, in length and drain * 600,000 Sfiil*H <jf .territory; ". .«•;' "'■.'■'■: ; >-^''