THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA. POPULAR SCIENCE. A new thermometer for registering fxtrcmo boat la conoiosed tf n liquid Hoy of sodium and potassium. In stood of mercury. Tbe boiling point of Mil alloy la about 1,100 degrees hove, and its frees! ng point twelve degrees below oro. A steel rail costs twice as much an u Jron one, but the universal use of the former means millions to the farm rs of fue Went. It baa enabled rail roads to use larger and heavier ears, and the results are cheaper freights and quicker transportation. The latest use for aluminum Is as a substitute for lithographic stones. Its Itchiness Is ono of the strong features. On the other band. Its uso for sur geons' tools Is gradually diminishing s It bonds so easily and cannot, with any known alloy, be made hard enough for tho purposes required. A fish exerts Its great propulslvo power with its tall, uot Its tins. The pnddlewheel was made on the II 11 theory of propulsion, nnd the screw propeller hnd its origin lu noting the action of tho tall. It its now shown that tbe fins of tho tall actually jior furm the evolutions described by the , propeller blades, and that the llsli In Its sinuous motion through the water depends on tbe tonsorinl action of the ' tall to give It power. An inventor lias Just discovered that there is enough latent energy In a cubic foot of air to kill a regiment, nud that this power can be "liberated by vibration." This Is the Keely motoi principle. As (Ur is composed of cer talu elements (gases), united In proper chemical proportions, ft Is simply no. ccasary to produce a vibration of suf ficient Intensity to niHke 11 new chem ical comWnatlon, and there you bavt the power. Easy enough! That oil will still troubled waters U not a recent discovery, but the cxplnn atlons of the phenomenon arc varied Tbe fact that animal and vegetable oils are more efficient than mineral oils bas led to tbe discovery thut the ac tive agent Is oleic acid. A drop of thlu eld weighing 5-100 of a grain thrown on water baa the power of moving a five-pound board floating on the sur face, and Its spreading capacity Is sc great that It will Instantly thin out Into a sheet one-millionth of an Inch in thickness. It Is this element In oil which prevents tho frletioual uetlou of air. An undue Importance is given to the bullet-proof armor lately brought out by Dowe and others. It is intended to protect the vital parts only, and tbe head, arms and legs are exposed la a conflict the ratio of wounded to dead combatants is very large, and a wounded man is as harmless 11s a dead one for offensive purposes. Probably a body ot men so equipped -would pos sews a stronger element of courage, and therefore add to Its efficiency: but this added daring would only serve to bring the combatants closer to gether, and thereby largely increase the number of wounded. Would no! a protected army lose, in the greater number of wounded what It presum ably would gala In courage? MISSING LINKS. In the temperate zones the maximum of beat Js attained about a month aftei tbo longest days. Fashionable young ladles In Japan, When they desire to look very attrue tive, gild their lips. Over one-ihalf of the vapor In tho atmosphere is within 0,000 feet of tlio surface of tho earth. In tlie United States the rainfall of the four seasons Is about equul in amount In' each season. Speaking of dyspepsia, bavo you ever noticed that a slight derangement of aliment produces ailment? Tbe first sympathetic strike on re cord la where tbe operator told a touching story, and got tho money. , "That's what I call a good deal of a . take off," lamented tbe carriage horse, turning to look at Its decked tall A chiropodist announces on bis cards that he bas bad the honor of removing conns from several ot tbe crowned heads of Europe. Nearly all tbe New York savings hanks announce their usual semian nual dividends at the usual rate, des pite the bard times. One of the old Greek laws provided that if a man divorced bis wife ho could not marry a woman younger than the discarded partner. There Is a way of making artificial Ice In France so that 'when a big square of it is violently rapped, it se parates Into smull and perfect cubes. The only knowledges we huve of tho air currents from ten to 100 miles above the earth's surface is what bus been gained from watching the lumin ous trains left by meteors. Some people call the stormy petrel the "lamp bird." It is so oily that tho ihthernuMi of St. Kllda stick a wick In tbo mouth of a dead specimen, light It, and it burns for an 'hour. Tho exodus to Europe this year Is two and a half times larger than lust year, and twice as large as in 1X02, when ieople did not have the Incen tive of tho World's Fair to keep tlfem at home. A sheep-owner In Strong, Me., is credited with having originated a de vice by which Is attached a bell to his sheep pen, and oue of the ewes bas learned how to pull the rope and ring .It when sho wants anything. The bicycle, built for two is no longer in it A Buffalo man rides a wheel upon which are also accommo dated three of tbe Juvenile members of bis family, while bis wife's bicycle also carries tbe baby and one of the older children. . 1 i ATCHISON GLOBULES. Marriage consists of five minutes at the bead of the procession, and a life time In tbe ranks. A man never knows bow to be a son Until be bas become a father. The people pay too much attention to what they bear over the back fence. Tbe , people who boast of their an cestors, as a rule have nothing la their present condition to boast about. Work keeps man from doing mean things, but there can't be enough of it to keep him from thinking (bom. AWuUou Olobfe ... .ii WOMAN'S WAYS AND DOINGS. All the members of the school board '11 Tiverton, II. I., are women; nnd the uilieiiiili iiileiit says the schools of that town are the best conducted In the Slate. Miss Kato Sessions Is tho lending Jurist of San Diego, Col. She does not aMislricr lwr college education too good to npply to the cultivation of 11a t tire's most exquisite productions. Cnrollmi Bruce and Agnes KJcllberg. two Swedish ladles, ihnve received hon orable mention nt the Paris Salon for sculpture. The latter holds the schol arship of the Swedish academy. Miss M. F. Cain, of Lancaster, re cently passed successfully the exam ination of the State rharmnceutlcnl Examining Hoard of Pennsylvania. She wns the only woman applicant. There are nearly 40,MM) women cy ders In the 1 i'.tod Stntes. New Eng land nnd New York claim .hnlf of this number, but, wltili good roads, the sport Is fast spreading In the West. Miss Cullio Fronuh, of St. Louis, has Imcii made a United States irllot for Vessels on the Mississippi river. She Is twenty-two years old, and knows tho river thoroughly from St. Louis to New Orleans. Mrs. Eva M. Iilackman In a police, commissioner of leaven worth. Kan., nnd also the editor and proprictsr of a Populist paper. She is twenty seven years old. She believes that right ought to conquer wrong, and advocates reform. Mrs. Julia Josephine Irvine, who iws Well chosen acting president of Wei lesley college, was graduated fiwm Cornell university in l.H.s."i. nnd wai for several years a teacher in Nov York city. She afterward became a student of Lolpslslc university, and In 1S!M) was appointed professor of Creek ill Welleslcy. Queen Victoria speaks ten languages fluently. The Queen's grand-daughter-In-law, the (Senium Empress. Is also clever as a linguist. Sho surprised her guests nt a recent court entertainment by talking Norwegian to one of them who onine from that country. Sho plays the violin well, nnd when sho and her husband manage to get u quiet evening together, they generally devote It to music. Miss Badger, about 40 years ngo, stai-u'S an Institution for the Mind In Birmingham, Eng., and has held up to the present day the post of honorable lady superintendent. She begun with only seven pupils, lint these gradually Increased, and In 184S Islington house was cpencd for twenty-five pupils. Miss Badger's work having become gradually recognised as a public good. In 1ST2 a new building was opened. For some time more space still lias leen required, and a new blind Insti tution has boon built, and was open ed recently. DELSARTEAN HINTS. One tone In color dwelt upon is ns Monotonous as one tone on the piano; range lu color, with harmony, must exist la all beautiful dress and decor atiou. Plain surfaces In dress and house decoration are to be avoided unless fashioned In great complexity, thus giving; In variety of graceful line, tho requisite beauty. The Oriental color scheme is gen erally red, blue and yellow, but In genious use of complexity In design suhordliiutcs tho primitive tints and gives beauty. In environment as well as In dress beware of non-essentials. A cheap lace tidy on a $125 chair reduces tho value of that chair to ten cents; so non-essentials In dress minimise the personality. Beautiful events should be honored by beautiful apparel. Street clothes should not be worn to social gather ings which promote" culture. If wo would pay as great a tribute to art as to society, culture would become society. Study occasion aa well as garb; tho commercial life of woman Is pressing her into a uniform of tailor-made gowns ami business dress which Is deplorable. Receptions and social functions are injured In beauty by such dressing. Treasure and use your bits of an tique Jewelry and fabrics. We should mourn the loss of the high type, old time beautiful clothes, the old silks, satins, luces nud ornaments whicb gave beauty and elegant personality to social assemblies. Beauty, not style, should bo tho standard for dress. If women who have original and intelligent ideas ou dress would band in clubs of thirty they could emancipate themselves and dominate tho dressmakers, who now rule them. Edinuud Uussell. Do not lie afraid of mussing colors. Instead of sputtering blue mUs in old china, cushions or draperies about a room mass them in one corner. Have an Oriental corner. If you choose, with pillows, screens, draperies and bric-a-brac In those tones which form rich c;lor chords. For evening wear thoose colors which resemble the human flesh tho most beautiful thing in tho world; pluk lu grayish tones and old Ivory white are advised, as nearest the tint of healthy tlosh. So much flesh Is con (imh1 lu tight corsets, stiff clothes nnd Oilgh collars thut the average society man and woman are really uot flesh at all, but only canned meat. STUB ENDS OF THOUGHT. It is eusler to marry than it Is to love. Tears that come easy, go easy. Ditto, love. Don't nurse a good intent; give It Immediate exercise. Man's yesterdays should bo bis proudest monument. M.wi's mind to him a kingdom Is, wliile woman's heart la that to (her. A woman bits a right to change her mind often, but she can't change her heart. There may be charity without relig ion, but thore can be no religion with out charity. A patch on the seat of a poor man's trousers may be bonestor than the crown ou a king's bead. Detroit Flee Press. A CEREMONY OF HER OWN. How the Ke. Phadte Ilanaford t lilted . Connie In Matrimony. While higher education bas mode physicians, Liwyers and college pro fessors of women, it 1ms not made wo man a conspicuous factor In ho relig ious world. There is but oue ordained female minister In this city, .Mrs. Phoebe F. Hanaford. Mrs. llunnford has no charge at present, but she fre quently assists nt religious Services, and nt rare Intervals she performs a wndd'ng ceremouy. Mrs. Ilanaford la sixty Ave years old, but sho looks ten years younger. Her hair is Jet black, and she ndliorea to the old-fashioned custom of wearing a long curl hang ing In front of each ear. Her com plexion is dark and her features hnvo a strong masculine cast. She wns or Iglnolly a Quaker, but when she was ordained nt Illnghntn. Mass., In ISiiS, she became a Unlveraallst. Julia Ward Howe wrote a hymn especially for Mrs. Hansford's ordination service, Mrs. Ilanaford his had three charges during her ministry. A few calls have tioen sent her from small villages In the West, but all have been declined as doing too remote from bcr children. It is seldom that one hears of a wo tiwin clergyman officiating at a wed ding. Fnnpiently female leaders In the Salvation Army have undertaken to synchoiilzo tbe beating of two hearts, but Salvation Army 11.tna7.ons are not ordained ministers. The only ceremony of the kind which has taken place lierea bouts lu many years oc curred on June 20, -when Mrs. Ilana ford married Miss Ainu Ayres, n New Hampshire girl, to Edward T. Llnd qulsl, of Clou Illdg". X. .1. The wed ding took place In the drawing room of io groom's country place. Mrs. Ilanaford has adapted from the cere mony of her Quaker parents u wed ding service of her own. The bride and groom nre told to Join right hands. Then Mrs. Ilanaford asks of the man: "Do you take this woman at your sldo to lie your lawfully wedded wife, promising through Divine assistance . to be unto her a faithful and affec tionate husband until It shall please the Ixird by death you two to separ ate? Do you thus promise V" To -the bride is put a similar question. When the groom has placed the ring ou tho bride's linger, Mrs. Ilanaford gives the couple a few words of religious uud domestic admonition. Then stic an nounces: "By virtue of the authority vested In me by the laws of the Com monwealth, and as a minister ot Jesus Christ, I pronounce you man and wife. Those whom God hath Joined together let no man put asunder." After mak ing an cxtempornneuos prayer, Mrs. Ilanaford pronounces the benediction. Mrs. Ilanaford holds the record among female clergymen lu having per- j M .1 m ... .1 .1 1 ,ln.nn,rtnt,ui all,,- ' lorincu ivny weuuniK iriruiuiiun v.i.- Ing her ministry. New York Sun. Unfilled Clama. The ebims are first scalded five mln ntes in their own liquor, drained very dry and chopped fine, then mixed with the following mixture: Put into a double boiler a half pint of cream. Rub together ono tnldespoonful of butter : and two of flour; stir this, with a pinch t of ground mace and a shake of 1 cayenne, into the boiling ereaiii with the clams ana stir over tne nre until it thickens; then add the beaten yolk of an egg and a teaspoonrul of chop ped parsley; stir until very thick and turn out to cool. When cold shape Into small cylinders, dip In egg and bread . crumbs and fry In smoking hot fat. This same mixture may be put Into the clam shells (which should be nice ly cleaned and washed), brushed over with the yolk of an egg, sprinkled with bread crumbs, a bit of butter on top and browned quickly lu a hot oven. You may then call them "devilled." A Sailor Suit. The sailor suit Is always popular. This year white Is largely used. A very "chic" suit Is shown in our Illus tration. Tho dress Is of plain white serge; white vest, alcoves and zouave; revers of pule blue silk, tbo sumo A Sailor Hutt. shade as tho sash; anchors' aro em broidered on the yoke of the vest and the sash ends above the fringe'. Hat of whlto felt, trimmed with black and white striped silk and Jetted er.ow I quills. r , u.t Wiirm Drinking Wiitnr. Warm water Is preferable to cold water us a drluk to jiersons who are subject to dyspeptic and Iklllous com plaints, und it may be taken mora freely than cold water, and conse quently answers better as a diluent for carrying off bile. When water of a temperature equal to that of tho human body Is used for drink, it proves considerably stimulant, uud is particularly suited to dyspeptic, bil ious, gouty und ciilorotlc subjects. Hum Croquette!. One cupful of finely-chopped cooked ham, one of bread-crumbs, two of hot mushed potatoes, ono large tuhlcspoon ful of butter, throe eggs, a speck of cayenne. Neat the bain, cayenne, but ter and two of the eggs Into the po tato. Let tho mixture cool slightly , nnd shape It like croquettes. Kail in the bread crumbs, dip In beuten egg nud agulu la crumbs, put In the frying basket and plunge into boiling fat. Cook two minutes. Drain end serve. . A KNOT ANO A MILE. A 0-Knot hl Con Cover Orff 33 Mllrt nn Hour. It Is noted lu Cjssler's Magazine that one of tbo things whioh It seems dilllcult for the public mind to gutsp Is that there is a decided differ ence between tho kuot and the mile. It Is certainly about time to have It thoroughly understood thut the two are not the 'same thing. It seems easy enough to remember that a mile is only abont 87 per cent of a knot, tbe latter being, approximately, 0.OS2 feet In length, while the Htatue mile measures 5,280 feet. Three and one-half miles are equal within a small fraction, to three knots. The result of this dif ference, of course, Is that the speed of a vessel In miles per hour is nlways considerably larger than when stated In knots, nnd tho confusion of tho terms sometimes gives rise to rather remarkable claims of speed perform ance. When a twenty-knot ship, for example, Is lightly mentioned. It should be remembered thut this really means a little over 23 miles; similarly, with higher figures which are often glibly enough stated, the difference be tween the terms Is worth bearing In mind. It will help to guard against the forming of ridiculous estimates of a vessel's capabilities. .1 . llcMprct tor Wnmnn. When a man hubltunlly speaks Slightingly of any woman, or of wo men as a class, ho betrays himself in ntteniptiug to Injure woman. It is re lated that ut a public dinner recently, at which uo women were present, a man of this Ilk was culled upon to respond to the toast "Woman." Ho dwelt almost entirely upon the weok ness of the sex, clidmlng that the best among them were little lictter than the worst, the difference being in their surroundings. At the conclusion of his speech ono of tho guests rose uud said: "I trust that the gentleman In tbo application of his remarks referred to his own mother nnd sisters and not to ours." This answer turned his wea pon against himself with a vengeance. A celebrated author says: "Tho cri terion of a man's character is not bis Creed, moral, intellectual or religious; It is the degree of resioct thnt he has for womeu." An eminent clergyman pays this noblo tribute: "I am more grateful to Cod for the sense that came to me through my mother und sisters of the substantial Integrity, purity and nobility of womanhood than for al most anything else In the world." Such golden memories color the book of life with the beauty of God. New York Advertiser. Oil and H ater. A manufacturer of some patent com pound or other, enme into a laboratory of an analytical chemist one day with a bottle containing an unwholesome mixture. "I would glvo $.'0," be suld, "to know what would make the water and oil In this emulsion separate." The chemist lookd nt It. "Very wull," ho said. "Just write your check." "Check 1" tho other echoed. "Yes, your check for $.V). You sny you are wilting to give that, and for thut price I am willing to tell you what will make the water and oil S';p urate." The visitor hesitated a moment, nnd tben wrote his check for the sun) named. Tho chemist carefully deposit ed it In his pocketbook, and then quietly dropped into tho liquid a pine!) of common salt. Instantly the watei and oil separated, and whether the client was satisfied or not. ho bad got what he wanted, and be bad paid hie own price for it Taught the Doctor Lemioii. A certain well-known physician ol the south lde wns a victim of bis own "prevlousness" the other day. lie had successfully treated a wealthy lady's daughter for diphtheria and the lady was extremely grateful for it. When the child was thoroughly well, mothei and daughter appeared at the physi cian's office. Tho little girl slyly baud ed the physician a neat little purse, while the lady went on to suy: "Foj having saved my child, doctor I want to present you with this purse." "Hut." said tbe physician, after an embarrassing pause, "I have sent you a bill for 3iK)." The lady flushed; then said quietly: "Lot me have tho purse, please." She took two $100 bills out of It and returned It to him with tho remark: "There are $300 In there now, so your bill is paid," and left the room. Now the doctor Is cursing his clumsy tongue for tbe bad break It made. That little speech cost hi in $200. St. Louis Republic. The Latent Photographic Fad, A pretty fud of recent birth umong members of New York society is to personate mythological nymphs uud goddesses lu their photographs, and this Is done with great success by many fair women, whose forms and faces would not discredit the originals. Of course such pictures are not for general distribution, but for a most Interesting collection, as the dress, pose and even expression of the orig inal conceptions are often copied with wonderful fidelity. Tho growing po pularity of tlx Ideu necessitates the employment of a woman to attend to that branch of the business. The ef fect of wind-blown bair and drnpory, usually a feature of theso photographs, Is produced by means of a powerful electric fan In operation near tho sub ject. Paper Telegraph Pule. Taper telegraph poles nre the lutest development of the art of milking pa per useful. These poles are made of paper pulp, in which borax, tallow, etc., are mixed in small quantities. The pulp is cast In t mould, with a coro In the centre, forming a hollow rod of the desired length, the cross-pieces being held by koy-slmpcd wooden pieces, driven In ou either side of tbe polo. The paper poles are said to bo lighter and stronger than those of wood, and to be unaffected by sun, rain, dampness, or any of the other causes which shorten tho life of a wooden polo. A WImi Girl. ' Ho "Wry do you force uio to wait for an answer?" She (who is up on political economy) "Because I don't want to give you a monopoly until I find out whether there's any competition." Chicago Record. ABUSE OF THE BICYCLE. One Fruitful floorce or Injury U Com petition. Iteneficlnl as bicycle tiding Is, it may nevertheless be abused. The use of tho cycle Is a form of bodily recreation In Itself doubtless wholesome; but none the less Is It open to the mischievous effects of undue In dulgeiHre. Every one finds ho can do something with It, nnd considerations of weather, constitution, age and health are opt to be dismissed with summary Imprudence. One fruitful source ot injury Is com petition. In this matter the strongest rider cannot afford to ignore his limit of endurance. Tho record-breaker who sinks exhausted ot his Journey's eud has gone a point beyond this. The septuagenarian, who tries to rival his Juniors by doing and repeating hi twenty or thirty miles, perhaps against time. Is even less wise. I.ady cycllMta, too, may bear In mind that their sex Is somewhat the weaker. So, likewise, among men the power of endurance varies greatly, and It is bet ter for some to admit this and be mod erate than to labor after the achieve ments of fur more muscular neighbors. Iu short, whenever prostration be yond mi re fatigue follows the exercise, or when digestion suffers and weight Is markedly lessened, and a pastime becomes an anxious labor, we may bo sure that It is belug overdone. Woiitun'e True KlndllneM. Among nil uatlous, women are ever Inclined to lie cheerful und modest. They do not hesitate, like man, to per form a hospitable or generous action: not haughty, not. arrogunt, nor super cilious, but full of courtesy and affec tion; Industrious, economical, ingen ious: more virtuous, nud performing more good actions than man. I never I addressed myself in the language or decency and friendship to a woman, whether civilized or savage, without receiving a decent and friendly answer, says a writer. In wandering over the barren plains of Inhospitable Denmark, through hon est Sweden, frozen Lapland, rude nud churlish Finland, mipiinclpled Uussia, and the widespread regions of the wandering Tartar, If hungry, dry, cold wet, or sick, woman has ever been friendly to me, and uniformly so; and, to add to this virtue, so worthy the appellation of benevolence, these Jic tlons have been rail-formed In so free and kind a manner, that, if I wus dry, I drunk the sweet draught, and If bun- j gry. ate the coarse morsel with a double relish. 1 The Conscience Fund. The "conscience fund" has figured in tho statements of the Treasury De partment for over eighty years, writes Francis Leon Chrtstiuuu in Llppln cott's Mugazlue. It was opened by the register of the Treasury Department lu 1811. ond appears in the general fund of the government under tihe head of Miscellaneous Uecelpts. Like other assets of the Treasury, it can be used for any purpose that Congress may deem proper. Its origin was duo to tho fact that away back In the lie- f ginning of the present century some 1 unknown person began to feel the sharp thrusts of his conscience. In some way he had defrauded the gov ernment, and could find relief only by returning the money to the Treasury. This was the beginning of the account showing receipts of moneys by the gov ernment from unknown persons. Since then the fund has been accumulating in large and small sums, until ut the present time it aggregates nearly $270,000. Remittances nre received nearly every week, and frequently two or three times a week. An Oddly Shaped Farm. Maine probably bas many oddly shaped farms, but the Lewlston Jour nal doubts If oue can be found more peculiar in form thun that in the east part of Dexter, formerly owned by the pioneer blucksmith, Elijah W. Spragne. This was eight rods wide and a hulf inlle long, with the highway cutting it at right angles into unequal por tions. The Inconvenience of so narrow a farm, with the pasturogc and wood land at ono end, is obvious to nny one, but lu this form It bas continued from the duys of the forefathers to the pros- : out time, In use as a farm all the time. I A farm only twenty rods wide and anout nan a nine iouh o m mw : groat many years near l arnnngton Falls, and may be so used yet, but tho Dexter farm beats It by nearly two thirds for narrowness and general oddity. Forms of this shape are numerous In Canuda. Hard to Oct on Top. a...... T).-tl.Y,.fr T Tliii1.tta' I'iuiT.ta esujr iHHii.li v. . ......... . will tell you to be ambitious; soar high. Don't soar too blgh. People u-m toll von there is nlentv of room at the top; so there is at the hotel. Just wht-re you don't waut to go, and wbero yju nlways get. You utnt drhivn nenr the bottom! There isn't much room at tbe top of a pyra- ' raid. At the top of this country there Is room enough for Just one President, I ami every time you notice him you see tit in teterlng to keep bis balance, und trying to hold himself there for a few , years longer If possible; but fate nl woys shoves blm off at the expiration of four years. His position is Just high enough to be draughty uud breezy, and to make him a good tar get for people to tnrow Dneas ui a no call him names. Sensible Knowledge. Women students In the Chicago unl rerslty take a course In domestic science. In the first term is consider ed house sanitation, embracing the subjects of tbe location, ventilation, heating draining, plumbing and proper furnishing of a house. In the second term the study of water, food and clothing from a scientific point conies up for attention, the subject of diet is considered, and food adulterations are Investigated. The third term Is devot ed to domestic economy, when stu dents give their attention to tho ad ministration of tbe bousehotd. E fleet ol Tobaceo. A record kept at Yale for eight years shows that noc-smokers are 20 tcr cent, taller, 23 per cent, heavier, and have 00 per cent more lung capacity tluiu smokers. An Amherst graduat ing oiass recently showed a still great er difference, tbo non-smokers having gained 24 per cent. In welgbt and 37 per cent. In height over tho smokers. ami also exceeding them In lung cap acity. . - j CANNED SALMON. flow Salmon hre packed and Shipped AH liver the Country. "On a recent trip to the Pacific Const." said a Xew York drummer, 'T paid a visit to one of the large can ning factories In Oregon, where tho Columbia river snlmon are packed nnd shipped all over the country. It was a novel sight to me, nnd one in which I took a great deal of interest. The fish nre caught In nets and carried In boats to the factory, where they are thrown upon a stage, and He lu heaps, a thou sand or so In n pile. You can sec huge fish among them fhot weigh from thirty to sixty pounds. One China man will seize a salmon, and, with A dexterous blow of a big knife, sever its bead with one stroke; another workman then grabs it. and slashes off Its fins nnd disembowels it. "It Is then thrown Into a vat, where the blood soaks out, and I tell you they bleed like a stuck pig. After re pented washings, the fish Is cut into chunks, plunged Into brine, and stuffed Into cans, the bonra first being re moved. The tops of the cans, which have a small hole In them, are then soldered on, nnd ."00 or (00 of them at a time are plunged into the boiling1 water, where they remain until the bent has expelled all the air. Then the little nlr-hole In the top of the lid Is soldered up, and the salmon Is ready for market." Illond Thicker Thnn M uter. Once upon a time, while guest on board a big English battle ship, some olllcers of the wnrdroom sought to tease me In regard to relative merit of American and English sailors In cer tain naval engagements of whlcb I had a sadly hazy Idea. I wns slowly gath ering steaan for a patriot explosion, wheu one of my British sailor friends turned the tables in my favor by this Jerky little speech: "That may all be true, but I was at the bombardment of Alexandria, and we were In a bad fix, and all the war ships of other countries drew off and left us to fry In our own fat, and then the Americans came and helped us. They landed their men; they kept or der In Alexandria; they acted contrary to orders, but then they said that blood Is thicker than water.' " At this the whole wnrdro.be burst Into a cheer, and nothing more was heard of Chesapeake and Shannon yarns. Then another weather-beaten marine barnacle told his little story. "I shall never say another hard word against Yankees." be said In a voice like a mutlled fog-horn. "When the hurricane struck Samoa our ship Just managed to stenm out of the harbor ami escape total wreck. As we steam ed anxiously nud very slowly through the howling wind und blinding sea we could moke out the Americans iu the rigging of tbe Trenton nud they were all In the presence of death. Hut they didn't think of that They gave us three cheers, and It mnde the hearts of our men Jump up nnd choke them when they heard those cheers, and It made me feel at bust that 'blood Is thicker than water.' "Harper's Weekly- I Baby' Rutin Pnettire. Careful mothers give much attention to the first sitting posture of a child In the baby cartinge, where tho continued motion may exert a wrong influence In curving the spine, says the Philadel phia Ldger. Miss Llndley, a physical culturlst, observes that "careful thought should be given to the chair that succeeds the high chair at tbe table. This must have the seat of a length to correspond to the child's thigh from tbe back to tbe bent knee. Then the leverage of tbe spine In sup porting the body in its correct sitting posture Is brought from the extreme lower end, instead of ot the waist, as in tho case when the chair is too deep for the length of the child's thigh. The buck of the chair should be straight, Instead of hollow. A Doctor's Opinion. "I can't sleep at nights with the heat," said a man, with a tired, up-all-nlgbt look on his face to Dr. Clarke, the Xew York biological expert. "That's because you keep your win dows open all day," said tho doctor. "Why, I thought that was tbe best way to let In fresh air." "We're not talking of fresh air now," said the doctor. "We're talking of comfort. During the day, if the room Is moderately large, the air ouudde is much warmer than Inside. If you let the bot utr In, It stays there, and you're in un oven all night. Try shutting the windows during the day to keep the hot air out, and not open them until night, when the otmosphere is ten de grees cooler, and you'll bo able to sleep." A Caelol Club. There Is a club of women In New i'ork city that is as modest as It ts remarkable. It ts called "The Best Way Club," and Is composed of well-to-do women living in a handsome cross street uptown. The objects of the organization are mutual help uud en couragement, it takes Its name from the obligation a member is under to disclose to her colleagues the details of any discovery she may make as to the best way of performing any of tho duties, labors or obligations that de volve upon her in her various relations of life. It is nn opon secret that the club has carefully avoided discussing the best way of obtaining the suffrage. Perhaps thnt Is the reason that It still exists and flourishes. New York World. it Itutlneu-Mke, Mot I.ady-Uke. A prominent citizen of Clilcago, whft In in town wultlng for tils ship to come in, states that there are more girl type writers in that city than the State of Illinois could employ. Talent at $3 is u drug in the labor market. These girls are fairly Intelligent, and many merchants prefer tneiu to experienced clerks, for the reason thut they bavo less assurance and fewer bad huhlts lo break. He Is of tho opinion that "the commercial women get brighter nnd bolder every season; they have lietter business qualities, but fewer feminine attractions; niorrf Nuslness like, but not so lady-liko ns twenty years ngo." I. Lettuo In Ancient Tlinoe. Lettuce was oaten toy the ancients) At the close of meals, as, from Its cool ing quality, it was considered an antt doto to tbo beating effects of wlno. CuplU la tUlokloev .
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