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THE JaOAXOKR
Last of tho Larpe Wooden Veesola
to Be Built in Amorica.
Some lntT-t Inif Information Itrcardlnr
tlio drr.t HiwU tf Tilt ( uuu
try Iiihik" la Shl
bulltltui;. Anyini Rtr)iliii( ulin? the liulkhoail
i'f I'.i io lmsiii, whii-h is it vast hospital
ami h:ivfti fur era ft of all sorts, may
have m.fuiil n'eently a (jrt.;it ship with
skyail poles. seeiuiiiLrly fra";ili as
to. :t lipiel.s. t.-weriiiiT uIm.vo the loftiest
spurs of the hi).rrest vess4-ls inooreil
nrouiiil her. She is a four-master, atul
lu r ;u rial intricaeies of ri-o-ir": ami
halliarils uml ropes are a Chinese pu."le
to the laiiiisiiian, but a vision i f ileli-rht
to the shellhaek. Slie is the KouiioUe,
fiantess of v,mh!i ii suilino; ess'!N. ainl
tlie last of hT type that ever will lie
eoii.-trui-teil in Ami'riea. l"or that rea
son she is worth more than pasMiiif n-ti.-i-.
She repn-setits th; vaiiishin; -ra
of wiMKleii Ifcittotns, ili. riniiiiat.-.l
against by the marine uinlerwriters
sinee tin1 advent of steel ships.
bono; api, says the New Yorker, the
wihhIi-h sailing eraft eeaseil to In- tt ear
rier of any sio-nitieimee in the llrilish
trade. All of the bijT IJrili.h elippi-rs
are of stee, ami nearly all those of n
rent eonstrnetioii are four-masters. The
Kritish skipjK'r -alls his four-master a
bark lweause she is s-hooiier-r:.r!.r'il on
the fourth, whieh is known Ixith as the
spanker ami jier mast. The Yankee
skipper thinks that any sailing vessel
with three masts square ri'eil is a
ship. The four-:iiastel llritisli ships
may Ik- iiumliereil by the s"ore; the
four-masteil Aiiu-riean ships may lo
eounteil on the lingers of one haml.
Hut the nautical optimists say this is to
U- ehany.il, atul that the ehanje is at
har.il. The keel of the first American
steel ship soon will tie laid at bath, ami
after she is laiilieheil others w ill follow
her low n the w ays in rapid succession.
The builders hoe to do with the steel
-li p.-rs. whU-h ill ! constructed on
appr,.vtl Aiiieri. au raeinf iiuxlels, w hat
our citizens did with wooden elipjH-rs
In-fore the war. They held the record
then from every iort, near or remote,
and they made tinniest fortunes for
their builders and ow tiers. The In-st of
the steel l'.ritish ships cannot approach
t lu- w on.lerf nl perf. .nuances . f the o-reat
IliH-tof Yankee l!y-rs of forty years u;'.i.
The Northern bi'ht is credited with
making the voyage from San I"rancis-o
t this irlin seventy-two lays. The
l l vintr I hit. htiiaii. built by William 11.
W ebb of this city in ls.VJ. covered 4.1'rjo
knots in sixteen cotisi-cutive days, an
averao-eof nearly twelve knots an hour.
The Ureadtiatiprht made the -J. sun-knot
run ln-twei-n New York ami ljue-ns-low
nin less tlian ten days. Tin-S. iv-crcio-ii
i,f the Seas made the passage
from the Sandwich islands t. New York
in ci-rhty-two lays, -overiiif mi one day
:;T."i knots, w hich is In-tter than the lest
day's run of an ei";ht-day steamship
from tjueenstown. The Mary V liite
rc.lre ran from lal t iniore t. l.iverpa a .1
in thirteen days and si-vrn hours. The
Ui-d Jacket made over :-J.r statute miles
a day for one w eek. Those are some of
the records the Uoanoke will try to
e.pial. Y-t-ran skipp-i-s do not lielieve
she can do it, but her commander is
h pcf ul.
The Koanokeisnot the bip-ovst Amer
ican ship ever built. That distinction
ln-1. uio-ed to the lireat Kepiiblio, which
was even larger than the colossal steel
livi-ni:i:.tcr 1 rain e, the latovst sailing'
vism'I ill the World. '1 he lireat Ui-pub-lic
was built in l-.ast II. st..ii by Ihniual
McKay in ls.':i. ll-r master, I'apt.
.Joseph I'. I iaiiiiltoti. i.-, tin- same Ilamil-
t n who now commands and partly
owns the Uoanoke. '1 he lireat Ucpul
lic was in .t so heavily sar.-il as the
Uoanoke. She -arri-d l.".i'..";! sipiare
yards of canvas, while the Uoanoke
spreads nearly -JiMmmi. from lim iml
to InM.ni einl that is, from the tip of
her bow sprit to the tip of her spanker
Ihm iu the Uoanoke measures ijTu feet.
Ib-r length on the keel is iill feet, and
her length over all is :;:;1 f.i-t. Her ex
treme In-am is 4'.l.: feet, her depth 10
feet and her draught - fe-et. The
(J-. .1,1,-n ball on the top of her main sky
sail le i.- nearly -H fi-et from tin-.l.-'k.
Her main and mizcti lower
masts ar' 'Jl feet hifh. and h.-r fore
lower mast is HI feet hiLrh. Her lower
spanker mast is lis feet hih. Her fore,
main ami mi.ell topmasts are .Mi feet
hirli. and her spanker topmast is s j
feet hio-h. bach of her three topgal
lant masts is vis f--t hi'h. her three
royal masts I'J f--t. herskysail masts 15
f.- t and her sky. sail jioles li feet. bm-h
of ln-r three lower yartls is J.r feet 1ii.
her lower topsail yards SS feet loii
her topilkint yards mi feet Ihii', her
royal yards 5.1 feet loiter, and lu-r skysail
jMih-s r fc-t. Kaeh of her three lower
yards is 'J5 feet loiio;. her lower tojisail
yards ss feet lontf, her topgallant yanls
il l f.s-t lotij'.her royal yards io fi-et lono;,
and lu-r skysail yards 41 fet't lon;.
These are fripfuntic spars, and their si.ft
can Ik appreciated only by the suilor
iflaii w ho furls sail on them.
I in her maiden voyage from bath to
this port n-cently with I,4ih tons of ice
in her hold as ballast, the Uoanoke had
only I i 1 1 1 winds, and could not test her
sailing qualities. She will tit out at
brie basin, and 1h- reiuly for lu-r lirst
cariro of 5. UMI tons in Iteccmlicr. She
will o-o into service on the trianjnilar
track from New York ti San Fratn isi-o,
to bivcrp,l (or Havre), and back to
New York. She will carry a crew of
alxmt forty men of mixed nationalities.
She will also have, what are rare in
these days, six or cirlit ambitious
American apprentices, mostly from the
schoolship St. Mary's.
The I ault of the I lih.
"I rememlier," said a schoolmaster,
"w hen I w as a l.V troinout one nioni
intf ln-fore suiiris' to fish for pickerel.
I had just hiKikc.l abio-one, when aloii
came a country man. He said tiothiiiK'.
but, w ith mouth w ide open, stooped to
see the fun. The contest had lasted
more than half an hour, when sudden
ly, as I was about to land the prize, the
pickerel, with one last rush for liticrty,
made tfo.nl his escape. With a lump in
my throat, I instinctively turned to the
country man for consolation, and pot it.
'Well, I declare,' said he. 'yon held on
to your end. yonm,' fellow, but he didn't
hoid on to his,:' " tiolden Hays.
r
An Instance of It- Mrs. MeCorkle
j (show 1114J her new house) "When we
! came to look at this lot I fell in love
with it as soon as I saw- it" Mrs. Mc
CracUlu "Ah. a case of love at first
bite, 1 perceive." Detroit Free Tress.
DAWN OF A NEW REPUBLIC.
Norway Seek, lleleava from Political Tie,
wtth Sweden.
A few days ;ii a ealde dispatch told
of the resignation of the Norwegian
cabinet. Immediately followiii"; it
came advices from Stockholm announc
ing that Sweden would resist any at
tempt at dissolviii the union on the
part of Norway, even threateuiii";, if
necessary, to invade the latter eountry
with an armed force.
The loti and bitter political conflict
iietwccn these two far-away countries,
which is barely intimated in the cable
grams, has received but s.-ant attention
on this side of the Atlantic. Yet it is
of the greatest interest to the intel
ligent oliscrvcr of the lxtlitical develop
ment of buropean countries.
It is in a measure a struo-le for lil
erty not unlike that of the founders of
our republic. It aims at vesting the
pple with rights and privileges that
have liven usiirptsl by a bureauocracy
and kintfs.
The strife is fast approaching its cul
mination and the latest events proclaim
in unmistakable tones the dawn of a
new republic.
Additional interest is lent this coming'
event when it is reini-mln-nil that dur
these years the battle fir independ
ence and democratic rule the Norwegian
reformers have drunk inspiration and
sought ideas from the history of the
I'nited States.
And. furthermore, thousands of their
countrymen who have founded new
homes throughout this land there is
hardly a family in Norway without
its American representative have with
one accord voiced the blessings, of uni
versal suiTrajje and a poveriiuiciit by
the tcoplc.
Thejiotent inihietiee which these have
wielded, lmth jcrsotially and through
coliimuiiication of ditferellt kinds, espe
cially amonn- the farming class-s. can
not easily le overestimated, and has
lni-n a principal factor in rousin-r the
home people to wajjew ar for political
freedom.
SCARCE IN REAL LIFE.
The Men and Woven Who liihnl.lt the
liteul Vorlil4 cif Our I tiiaiclimlliin.
The ideal woman of every man is the
"womanly woman." Th- ideal man of
every woman is the 'manly man."
Anilthocxpressioii "a womanly woman"
means pretty much the same to every
man who uses it, accordino; to llarjH-r's
I'.a.ar, just as the "uiauly man"
of one woman expresses a cer
tain combination of nualitics well
known to every other womai..
The man's " womanly woman" is iden
tic, unliable, ttiet and domestic. She
loves to sit upon a low chair and hem
things, w ith the lamp liht falliiifr over
her hair. It is unnecessary to say that
although in theory this is the sort of
woman a man prefers, in practice he
may chm ise one entirely her opposite.
She d.n-s not exist in lur-re quanti
ties, which is lucky, as she mirht
prove dreadfully insipid if she
did. The woman's "manly man" means
a man strono-. brave and darino;. He
must jn-rform easily Imld iI-h1s which
she dare not attempt. She likes that
in dreams. 1 11 su-t ual life she may lin.l
that a man neither darui,' nor Indd has
sati: factory and eiidearmr ualities
w hich make him more after her heart
than the idol of her dreams could ever
In-. We arc not all alike, thank
Heaven! but various. Ami the spark of
ori-jinaiity which is implanted in each
of us all is the thinp to cherish and de
velop and not distort ourselves into
ideal f rm
SUDDEN REGENERATION.
The Parrot Trtea to Impreaa the Owl
with lit. Aeeonilt-li inenta.
'One day," says a w riter in the Idler,
"a man w ho had had considerable ex
pcrii lice of parrots, happened to come
in. ami w hen I comp aili.il of the bird's
1. n-ua. ity, he said: "Why don't you pot
an owl'.' You pet an owl and hanp him
ripht up close to that parrot's cape, and
in almut two days you'll find that your
bird's dead sick of unprofitable conver--atioii."
"Well, I pot a small owl and put him
in a cape close to the parrot's cape.
The parrot ln-pan by t ryinp t dazzle the
owl with his conversation, but it
woitliin't work. Theowl sat and lonkeil
.it the parrot just as solemn jis a min
ister w In -so i.alary has ln--ii cut ilown.
and after awhile the parrot tried him
with Spanish. It wasn't of any use.
Not a word would the ow l let on to
understand. Then the parrot tried
br.ippinp, and laid himself out to make
the ni 1 ln-li.-ve that of all the parrots
in existence he was the ablest. I!ut he
couldn't turn a feather of the owl. The
noble bird sat silent as the prave. and
t.Miked at the parrot as if to say: 'This
is indeed a melancholy exhibition of
iniln-i ility. Well. In-fore nipht that
parrot was so ashamed of himself that
he closed for repairs, ami fr:un that
lay forth he never sjnike an unneces
sary word. Such, pcntlomen, is the
force of example in the worst of birds."
AN IN DESTRUCTIBLE TOOTH.
A Wamilerful Story That I T old ol m Jap
anese PulAee.
As has lieen hinted by the Philadel
phia 1'r.v.s. several lonp articles, if not
w hole volumes, could In.' written under
tin- pen. -rut title of "Cariosities Alnmt
Tii-th." At Yakadama. Japan, there is
.1 costly temple built for the sole pur
poso of aiTor.linp a shelter for one of
tin- pi-iiid.-r.s of an ancient p.d of a cer
tain liind.nt sect. This palace is known
by l!.e hipli soniidinp title of "The
l'a!a: -of the Sa.-r-l T.mth," and is a
cistly and elepan structure in every
sen -of the word.
Aci-ordinp to the myt'uolopy of India
the p. nl who formerly owned the t.n.th
pul I. .1 it out t hurl it at a pipantio
cobra, w hen the irreverent serpent had
In-en so indiscreet as U make an attack
upon his pmlship. In the latter part of
the last century Kuro-H-atis captured
Yakadama and pariril ly deslroy-l the
tnt!i palace. The tnith itself, which
had Won an object of heathen adoration
for centuries, was prouiul to a powder
and thrown in the river.
but th: partich-s came topethor, so
the llia l.m priests say, and apain
f.inuea thcm-.clvos into a rK-rfi-ct tmith,
w hich was f.iiind after the slope quiet
ly r.-Jiosinp in the IhsI of the stream.
'Ihe temple has In-en rebuilt, and the
t-Hith, more revertsl than ever sinee the
atls.-ijpteil d-structiou, is apain en
shrined as an object for adoration. It
i ; kept in a pol. I Iik, w rapped in rilnis
from tlie sa rod white spider's web, the
lirst pol.l lmx b-iiip iticlosetl in eipht
other-, of the same precious metal.
A LIFE-SAVING STATION.
The Government's Exhibit at the
World's Fair.
An Intereatluft- Feature of the 4 .rest Ef
poaltluu hh h Wilt Iteeotue
a Permanent in
atltutlou. The lif-savinp bureau of the trea.s
ury department will In- represented at
the Works s Columbian exositi.n at
Chieapo by a lifo-savinp station and ap
paratus that will show to jH-rfe. tion
this humane feature of the federal p-v-ormiieiit.
The tin st essn-ntial feature
of the exhibit, the station itself, is rap
idly neariiip completion on the lake
front within the space to Is- dedi -ate.l
to the exositi.n. The station will tie
fully equipped with all the apparatus
pcrtaiiiinp ton tirst-classlake life-savinp
station, and ln-sidcs the articles us.il in
work 011 the preat lakes it w ill have on
exhibition boats of the styles used on
the Atlantic and I'acitic coasts and 011
the falls of the Ohio at IjouLsville. with
such other apparatus as is ieeu.iar to
the work in any part of the I'nited
States. For instance, at Iiuisville two
life skiffs and two reels are used, this
apparatus lieinp in use nowhere else.
The station will In manned by one of
the repular life savinp erevvs, u h i will
IK-rforui a daily 'drill, and it may In'
that some of the visitors will have an
opportunity t olserve the work as it is
actually crfoniiel in storms, for the
station is orc.-tisl on one of the most
daiiperous parts of the coast ia the
vi.-inity of Chi.-ap.i. The station ap
paratus and crew are there not only for
exhibition, but for business whenever
any vi-ssel needs assistance.
The station is t be a permanent one
when the exposition is over. The pov
erntueiit was not able to secure a satis
factory title to the site of thv present
Chieapo life savinp station, ami in the
last sundry civil appropriation bill, con
press inserted a proviso that a new sta
tion should In- erected within the
prounds sot apart for the world's fair,
on condition, however, that there
must first In- o--dil to the Fnited Slates
the title to the site selected.
The bureau obtained a pold medal for
its exhibit at the fish and fisheries ex
hibit in I-ondon, w here it simply showed
its apparatus and did not attempt to
put il in operation. Superintendent Kim
ball is willinp to put the American sys
tem into a competitive tost with that
used in any other country. The medals
and awards received w iil lie placed on
exhibit!. n an.l also some apparatus
show inp the propress of life savinp in
vention. Side by side will Ik shown
a minlcrii I.yle pun for throwinp a sue
e. .rinp line to the -rew of a di.-.lress,-d
vessel and the old-stylo mortar w hich
was used when this method of savinp
life w as lirst adopted. The bureau has
in its possess!. m the first mortar and
first ball ever used in America in life
savinp work. Ala tut thirty years a;r- it
was used to throw a line to the crew of
the british ship Ayrshire in danpi-rof
poiupoii Squatt lloach, N". J. The ball
struck the dock ami carried the line to
the passenpors and crow. Ily moans of
the life line -JtU persons were saved out
of a total of persons 011 Imard. The
ship sank and the ball went to the lt
tom. Almut twenty years afterward,
throiiph the workinp of the waves the
ball was broupht to view apain and
sent to the life-savinp bureau.
ITS FIRST DRAMA.
California' Stlrrtoic ..Hillary Production
of the 1 rn-rntr .f Uuiilu maT .lul'et.
The first theatrical performance
pi von in t aliforni.t was in a low one
story ad. ln- bu l.linp on the corner of
Tactic and Scott streets. Motilerev.
lately owned by John A. Swan, a pio
neer of 143.
The lay was "Homoo and Juliet,"
John l'l.o-uix 1 1. ieut. Ikerby) essay Hip
the character if the lover, an.l a wom
an weiphinp two hundred and forty
j-ounds, the wife of Serpt. Ilolcomh,
playinp the part of Juliet. The date
of the play was January 1, 1S4S. Mrs.
lliiliiimli had stu.lied her part indus
triously, but It-rby turned the balcony
scene into a roaiinp farce. J. Tank
head Mapruder, colonel of the Third
artillery, was the Mercutio. and Capt
biirton, U. S. A., was Friar Lawrence,
(en., then Lieut. Armistead. who
was killed at tietlysbuip, acted as
prompter.
The second performance was "Ham
let," "Tho'iiix" playinp the part of the
melancholy Dane and Mapruder the
(ihost. The (ihost hatl been diuinp
with S-iiors Alvura.lo and Arpucllo,
and ha.1 partaken of apuardiente and
native wine so cordially that his utter
ances were more spirituous than sepul
chral, and he nearly spoiled Ophelia's
flower scene, too, by cominp in and
presentinp Laertes afllictcd sister with
a lniuquct of cabbape heads. Fourteen
of the auditors upon these two occa
sions lieeame peneral officers durinp the
war of the rebellion, ainonp w hom were
Kearny, Mapruder, burton. Mason,
Armistead, Stoiieman, Uey Holds..
LOCOMOTIVES FOR THE FAIR.
lulereatliir IlnclUh ICallway Kxhlhlt, to
He Seot to the World. I air.
The prospects for a mapnificent and
comprehensive exhibit in the depart
ment of transportation are exeee-linply
bripht. The recent business trip of
Chief Smith to Lurope was attended
with far more successful and pratifyinp
results than were anticipated. While
the most famous shipbuilders of lireat
britain will send the larpost and finest
collection of models of battleshis.
cruisers, yachts, merchant vessels,
steamers, etc., that ever was sent to any
country for exhibition purpse"., the
railway feature will tie- quite as prom
inent. ;The lcadiup Knplish railways
are fully aroused v the iinportan.-e
of K-inp adiipiately represenUl. The
Ijondon & Northwestern railway will
send rver a complete train of cars
headed by the superb compound loo
niot'oV tlreat Hritain. This will afford
an opportunity of eontrastinp the Knp
lish compartment style of travelinp
and sloepinp cars with our own im
proved Wapner an.l bull man nictlnnls.
The Kime railway will also show spHi
nieusof their jH-nnanent way and pive
protu al illustrations of t heir sipnalinp
system. The Ijondon, Chatham A Itovor
railway will tit only show the sipnals
in use on their line, but full models of
the t-lepant steamers employ oil in their
channel service. The tlroat Western
railway will send the "I.rd of the
J Isles," the f ami us old sevctiteen-fiajt
I paupe locomotive which w as built for
that roud.
OUR INLAND NAVIGATION.
(irrtt Cin-imrn UI Ponnllitlit h-. Itef.ire the
Aiiu-rtea.n Itepuhlte.
The preat waterways of this country
are capable of a wonderful prowth and
improvement. The recent disasters
upon the Mississippi should lie puard.sl
apaiust as much as circumstances w ill
allow.
And speakinp of the Mississippi, the
day is not far distant win 11 its northern
arm will In- connected w ith our inland
oceans and a ship may sail from New
Orleans to 'hieapo. Then will cum -the
Nicarapua canal, by whi. h that
same vessel may proc--il directly int
tho Tacilie and down the western coast
of South America-
'1 here is no doubt, says the New York
Islper. that a ship canal will lie cut
f mm tho lakes to the Atlantic. Cm
press has already Ins-n asked to provide
for surveys and make estimates, and
when lirolhcr Jonathan pets so far, the
end is assur-d. Canada is -nlarpit:p
thosr waterways which would a-lmit
british war vessels from tin- St. Law
rence river to these lak-s. and at pres
ent we have no avenue of approach.
I'mlcr those conditions, in a few years
from date, the prayhouinls of the ocean
will traverse lakes brie, Huron. Mi.-hi-pan
and SujHTior, an.horinp in Chieapo
and Ihiluth. A direet dinection, via
the enlarp-l KrU- canal and the Hudson
river, will open up another stream for
trail to to New York. Talk of shijt
huildiupand revivi-il maritime interests!
What will one la-hold who lives another
fifty years? That not only rail ways but
naval supremacy ln-loiips to this ropuli
lie. And that supremacy will entail a
commercial importance w hich to-day is
only feebly shadowcsL
JAPANESE ENTERPRISE.
Amerlrao Marhlnery Knahlea Them to I o
Uenuiirkahle Thni;a.
Japan has recently piven a strikinp
example of what can Ik- done in the de
velopment of water-jaiwcr, with the aid
of electricity. Alxiut seven miles from
the City of Kioto is Lake biwa, havitip
an area of 5nj square miles at an eleva
tion of 14:1 feet. From the lake to
Kioto a navipable canal has In-en cut
iuvolvinp two miles of tunnel and a
lonp aqueduct. On rcaohinp the city
there is a sharp decline of lis feet. The
difference in level is overcome by i:i
cliiicd planeways 2, loo feet in lenpth. on
which Imats are raistil and lowered
fr tn . me canal t t he . ther. Thes- plane
ways are op-ratel by eh-ctric motors,
which are driven by turbiiis usitip the
fall just 1111 ntioiicd. The wheels are
supplinl with water from the hiph-level
canal by three lines of thirty-six-i:ich
pijK-. l,:ioo feet in lenpth, deliver
ing the water under a head of 1(K) feet.
Not only do these water-wheels furnish
piwer to run the electric peiu-rator for
the planoway iuotirs. but they also
ojierate another dynamo whose current
is tlistribuUsl to motors whi.-h run rice
mills, spiiniinp mills, a wat- h faetn-y.
etc.. an.l also drive an arc and incandes
cent liphtinp plant. The whole work
cost about f l.iiHI.lMO. It is iaU-rcstinp
to note that w hile the enterprise was
planned and ox-scutcd by the eminent
Japanese ciipinoor, Tenal-e. the water
wheels are Ami rican. the dyiiainos ar
American and the mot-.rsand lamps are
American. Our Japanese friends have
always shown preat partiality for elec
trical apparatus from the l'nit-d States,
aiwl do not seem to care to buy any
where else.
FROM THE MOON TO IOWA.
An Aerolite Sold to the llrltloh Mum-umi
for -a..-,.K.
I In-liove it is now pretty peneral ly
admitted that aerolites or meteorites
come from v.ilcan.ns on tho moon.
One of the most remarkable of those
falls of stones from the uj.jn r repioii of
the air occurred in May, Jiii. tne stone
fallinp upon the farm of Mrs. C. 11.
Terry, of Lmmctt county. Iowa.
Lit oris wire made to have the stone
removed to the museum of the llaveii
imrt (la.) Acalemy of S-ience, but as
such a proceed inp would entail an ex
pense of s. uiiothiiip like iSHt tho moss
backs of that institution let the sc heme
fall throupti, the attempt to raise the
money luivinp resulted ih a llat failure.
1 iiiaiiy a -Mr. Uerpe, of Keokuk, made
a trip to Lmmott county for the pur
pose of iiisjiootiiip the curiosity, says
the Thiladt iphia Tress.
After pivinp it a thorouph chemical
examination he came to tho conclusion
that it was wholly unlike anythinp in
the aerolite line that had ever lieen
attracted to our ploln.-. by a lino sys
tem of chemical tests he found that it
was composed of earth, triolite, iron,
nickel, cobalt, pold, silver, mapnosia,
alumina, snla, lithia and jnitassium.
llerpe boupht the .nldity of .Mrs. Terry
for HM, and pave the tenant of the
farm i-0 more for his "ripht" and his
help.
It was reinovtvl to Keokuk and ex
hibited there for some time. At last
the curators of the british museum,
who had learned of the odd combina
tion of minerals in the stone's make-up.
sent an apent to purchase it. After
much bickerinp the royal institution
pave Mr. Iterpe M1.500 for his "moon
stone." It weiphed 4:1 pounds.
Wellington'. Ila.lt le steed.
Copenhapen, the battle steed which
carried the duke of Wellinpton fourtcn
hours at a stretch at Waterlmi, has ln-en
hoiiori-d with a monument at Strath
lleldsaye. the country stat of the duke,
british pajx-rs have a lot of aneedotes
to tell of the horse, one of which says
that the brute was buriisl one cold win
try moriiinp at six o'clock, and that the
old duke turned out himself at that un
canny hour to attend the funeral, lie
saw in dismay that one hoof of the dead
horse was without a slim', at which
sipht he prow very anpry. After the
funeral he ordered a search to In- made
for the lost shoe and a pnaim broupht
one. sayinp it was C ipoiihapen's. The
duke was pleased an.l had the relic made
up as an inkstand for a lastiup memorial
of his faithful steed.
A Natural t'onrlualon.
At the now lu me for fresh air chil
dren at Kidpewmnl, N. J., the rector of
Christ Lur-.h f that villape was ad
dressinp the children, lie told them
how sin tended to mar all that was
pocal, and held ln,-fore tLum the illus-
t ration of the blossom in its VI if: ht and
the younp fruit in its ilisupti re incut
caused by the wonn that s-ized ujn.n
them in-fore they matured. "S sin
enters the heart and defiles it, he said.
Then, after a moment, added: "Now,
Iniys, what is sin?" "Worms:" came
back the answer from his juvenile audience.
SOCIKTY THIEVES.
Swell Quests "Who Proy Upon
Their Hosts at Canauota.
A llete-rtlve'a 1'reaenee Now lEisjulred at
t a.til.Mialile l.at lo-rlii-;. lu New
Vrk ti Wateli Ivlepto-in-Arnea.
Lverylnvly has hoard of the "Quator
r.iemo." the professional "fourteenth
H-rson" at dinners. There wen men in
Tar is riot so very many years apo who
made it a business to serve at short ri'
tice as puests at banquets where the
a s-i.leiit of t iiirton at table n-curred,
thus satisfy inp the sup-.-rstitious by add
inp one to the iiu:idn-r. 'I he jin'.i vi-lual
thus called in w as int r nbice.l as a friend
invited to th- n-past, and th.-n- was
nothitip alnmt his appearance or d
meaiii r w hich could arouse suspieion
that he was not present 011 the same
f.Mitinp with the others.
It M-cms snrj.risinp to lind such a cus
tom, in a modified f-rm, tu w I y ii-tro-
ilu-eil into New York wn-icty. says a c..r
resjv indent in the St. Ijouisl iloln--! tetiio-irat-
The fashionable In-st.-ss now-a-days,
in pivinp a dinner commonly cii
papes a let-ctive of peutlcinaii'y a-Jn-ct
and al!rss to take the part of a pa.-st
at her table. IL is invited, not for any
suiH-rstitious reason, tr.it to j-.r. .toot the
tableware and other househol.l projn-r-ty
from Ininp stolen by the other
diners. Most stranpc d-n-s it apjx'ar
that the entertaiiu-r should take such a
precaution apainst possible dishonesty
on the part of the in-opio whom r,ho
kliows well enotiph to rcpaie with inti
mate hospitality, but i-xjn -rieiiee has
shown that it is very necessary. Such
artich-s as solid pold sinnsare very
likelv to In." jMn-keted. and the f;ut has
lonp In-en ii- itorious that 110 small and
easily piii-e of bric-a-brae is safe in the
most exclusive drawinp-nioiii. "Kh-jv-mania"
is the term charitably applied
to a tliievinp habit which is not so very
rare aui tiip persons of p1 nl sK'ial
stan.'iiip.
"The other day at Newport," said the
chief of the principal detective apency
in this city, "one of my men was cm
ployed to look out for a larpc reception.
Il'- saw a handsomely-dressed woman
delitn-ratcly take and sii-reto the tojiuf
a In-autiful vhn'. The object could have
ln-en of Iio use to her, but the h iss of it
would have spoihil an ornanietit worth
f.",imo. He stopped up to her and said
pleasantly: 'Madam, I presume that
you want to have a duplicate of that
vase?' "Oh, yes,' she replied in soii.e
confusion. 'Well,' he replied. "I puess
vmi had ln-ttcr put it back, ami you can
pet a duplicate by sondinp your artist
h -ri-.' Of course she pave it up at once
Nothinp more was said save that h-r
name w as reported to the hostess, who
dropped it from the list.
'I hat ir. the way we always rnanapc.
Ii'p.isure d.n-s 110 pmnl in sii'-h cases.
The same metii'nl is practiced at a din
ner, whore the detective keeps a quiet
wat -h up-m thinps, only eatii;p and
driiikinp eiiouph to keep tip appear
anocs. line lady of my acquaintance
has all of her most valuable bric-a-br:u-fasteni-d
si-curcly, so that the articles
cannot In- removo.l. She has piveii up
havitip silver-l:nki-d brushes and other
precious appurtenances in tho dressinp
pmm:, at her parties, ln-cause they were
stolen so frequently.
"Itut it is at woddinps cliiofiy that
the s. n-iety kleptomania-s pet in their
work. At larpe affairs of the kind we
are sometimes called upon t furnish as
many as thr-o iiieti one to walk alt.t
in the r ncii where the pri-seiits are -x-tnisi-d.
another to stand by the dia
monds and a third to remain oe.tsi.le on
the sidewalk, for the psirposc of k.s-p-inp
professional thieves from entcrinp
the house. It is a fact that tl;i-ves in
ther.'pul.ir line of business carefully
watch tlu- aniiou:i'etnc!its of swell
wildinps with a view to robtn-ry.
"My oi-si-rvat ion has shown that
kleptomania is actually a disease. It
is much more common amonp women
than men. Furthermore it is in a sense
inherited, and the investigation in
many oases has tended to sh iw that
ionpinps on the part of a mother will
thus affect her Ullin mi child. So thor
oughly am I eoiivinood that victims of
it are not responsible that I always try
to protect them from exposure. They
steal not from any necessity, but from
morbid fancy. At tho same time they
come uiuler the head of 'opportunity
thieves they only yield t the tempta
tion when p.nnl chanees offer, and they
think they are wvnre from lete-tioii.
Not lonp apo I canpht a woman of the
hiphest social position in the act f so
eretinira diamond brtanli at a jeweU-r's.
I followtsl her earriapo home, asked to
see her privately, and obtained from
her a six hundred-dollar check, which
was the price of the article stolen. Her
husband is one of the ln-st know n men
in Now York financial circles. He
never heard of the transaction. What
would have ln-en the use .if creatinp a
scandal'."
A DEADLY POISON.
Thrraib from the I lam h 00 C'uu.e a, Ter
rilile I teal h.
The bamlnvo. the rotls of w hich are
useful in so many ways, is used by the
Japanese as a means w ith w hich they
wreak V:t-r venpeanco on offenders
and enemies, for it contains a poison
of a terribly destructive nature, w hich
causes a slow and pa'.nftd death, and is
nil the m-re pernicious, as it can In- ad
ministered in a manner that dclios do
tec ti n.
The powerful poison is found close to
the knots of the hamlam reed in th."
fonn of sharp, black, fibrous threads
which can Ik' easily removed with a
knife, a piece of plass, or any other out
tinp instrument. Mixed with water or
f.nnl they are :.Visi-rlnsl without ln-inp
noticed, and they s-tth' at on-e in the
throat or other air passapi-s. which they
eon.mence to obstruct, pnnlucinp a
wretched oouph and in'.li.iniiiation
which ends in ttiln-rculosis and other
mortal disoas-s of the lunp aud throat,
with ultimate death. Tr.n.fs of this
v.'cre obtained in experimentinp with a
dop. The ymptolIls were as follows:
Ioss of appetite, incrcasiiip thirst,
oouph and c;nvtorati. n, loss of llesh,
protrudinp eyes, manifest anxiety and
oppression, w ith .h ath follow inp in a
short time.
Wanted a change. Lon? term
Wi.liam "W hat 1L1 "you want to tell
that kind lady you were in for a double
murder, you petty larcncy thief .'" A.
Jay Hallrack "I'm sick of tracts an.l
kill-me-qiiick cipars; what I want is
sweet suiciliiip ajsies." Js. Y. Herald.
THE SHOP GIRLS OF PARIS.
Their Condition leacrllM-d
One of
C.reat llArlnhli.
The new order of thinps in France,
which is to emancipate the worke rs and
fr.-e every taaly from evorythinp. inclini
itip. in one cotispicttotis case, even W ork,
is apparently for men only. Tin-chamln-rof
dejiuties recently r.fusi-d,
I'ractii-ally, to ovtend to women work
ers the law for the r.-pulat ion . f t he
conditions of work in workshops, dis
puisinp the refusal under the form of
an adjournment of the matter on the
pretext that the prievatn'os of the wom
en an- riot yet rijn. for discussion,, of
course, women have no votes. The
simp jrirls of Taris held ameetinpat
the bourse .hi Travail recently to pro
test apainst the action of the chamber.
The condition of the Taris shop pir's is
devriln-d as one of preat liar lship.
They have to Ih- in the shop from thir-t.-en
to fourteen hours a day, receive
very small pay, and are expected to
dress well. At some few stores, as the
lion Marche, their circum -1 an.-es lire
more pleasant, but in peneral tin- p'.t is
in the preat stores have a hard time.
Th.-y are -ompc!lcl to stand all the
time they are at work, and the air of
the stores is far from exhilaratinp.
Skilled work pirls in France, s;.ys
the New York Sun, are much b.-tter "'.f
than th.s- in stores. Statistics pre
sented at the -on press femin.-ste by
Mine. Vincent a few days apo show
that out of H'.o.Vi.oiNi artisans in France
then are I.II.'i.IKIO women, wlm receive
in w ap.-s or dividends nearly f.V.xi, 111,1.
000 a year. They, of course, receive
11111 h less in proportion to the work
they do than the men. but notwith
stan.linp this f a -t they draw thirty-live
jn-r cent, of the -ntire sum spent in
wapes. In Taris there are s.ooti women
d inp business on an independent foot
inp. and of :i.s."is suits j-.tdped last year
by the I'ouiicil of prudhomtu.-s l,ii74
e. inei-rn.sl in irk w i.'ik ii.
A FAIRY LAMPLIGHTER.
An IiiCP-ilon Little Story of the Iji.I
Hour f the I'oet Keat-l.
Aff-ti-n often inspires inpenuity. In
a recent life of Joseph Severn the nar
rative of the artist's care of the pm-1
Keats in his last illness includes a new
and pra-cful incident, says t e Thila
il. -Iphia Ueeord. Severn, worn out will
watchinp and tireless service, ivmili
sometimes .Imp asleep and allow 1 hi
candle to po out. thus h-avinp the si.-U
man in darkness, which he dreaded.
Uea'.i.inp that this was liable to occur,
Severn hit umn a happy device to keep
the lipht still burnimr. in-.-veiiiiip he
fastened a thread from the 1m .t torn of
the candle, already liphted, to tho wick
at the top of another unliphtcd one set
ready near by. Not In-hip sure that
the experiment would su. ed, Ik had
not mentioned it. and when, later on.
he f.-M nappinp as the first candle v;:s
b-.irnitip low. the inv;lid was too i-'iii-sidi-rule
to awake him. but lay patient
ly awaitinp the extinction of the llick
erinp ll.ime. Suddenly, just as he cx-pis-ted
phaiin and bla -kness, the eoii-n.s-tinp
thread too lino an.l distant
for him to sit eaupht fire and a tiny
spark In-iran to nin alouir it. Then lie
waked the sle"inp tiurs- with an ex
clamation of j .al surprise.
"Severn' Severn"' he cried. "Here's a
little fairy latnpliphter actually lit up
the other candle!"
Hut it was only the poinl fairy of
many sick rooms, lovinp forethoupht,
that liphted the candle.
GREAT COAL CONSUMERS.
Immeiiae Amount of I ui l Taed on t.arce
Ocean I.lnera.
Ocean steamships consume much
more fuel than the avcrape jx-rs..ii is
aware of.' Take for an instance the
vessels of the Orient line, which make
repular trips ln-twcin Australia ami
Ctvat britain. Tin fastest steamer of
that line, s.iys the St. Louis Uepublic.
is the Austral, which makes the voyape
from I.'iidon to Sydney in :;.i days.
Dnrinp the "trip out" she never us -s
less than 'i.tir.o tons of coal, and on tho
return voyape iften as much as 4,0110
tons. She has three coalir.p station's,
and bunkers that will hold -2.7' 0 tons
without overcrow dinp. Knplish-Amer-ican
"liners" like the Orepon eoiisiime
:::;o tons of coal jkt day for every day
K'lwis-n biverpixil and Now York.
The stcrlinp Castle went to China for a
load of tea. She broupht back a earpo
1 if o.-J00 t ns of that st aple Chinese ei im
m.nlity. but eonsum.-d "i.lloo tons of coal
in niakinp the round trip from biver
p.ml. liumeuse stn-ks of coal are con
stantly kept n hand at St. Vincent,
Madeira, Tort Said. Sinpapore and other
Oriental coal inp stations, there ln-inp
often as much as -joo.otlo tons in store
at the last named place.
Aihm'i I list Wire.
Aeoordinp to the Jewish Talmud,
Liiilh. the fabled "mother of di-tnons."
was taken to wife by Adam, our lirst
parent, prior to the appearance of Lvo
upon the scone. Ueinp the lepondary
mother of all evil spirits, one would
quite naturally accept the story as a
fact when told that she became tinman
apeable and triisl to suporsoile Ailam as
lord of all creation. Thwarted in these,
her evil desipns, she tmik to the repioiis
of the air, w h.-re. as a specter in the
puise of a ln-autiful woman, she lies in
wait for and pounocs tqvin defenseless
children. Some ipnorant buropi-aii
Jews Im-Hcvc that the ln-autiful murder
ess still inhabits the air almvo our
earthly alnnles. waitinp with the pa
tience of a demon for a chance to mur
der their little ones. It is said that the
word "lullaby" is a corruption of the
words "Libia, abi," or "bepono, Lil
ith," words us-d as a charm by the su
perstitious mothers of the middle apes.
Some Name Oddltiea.
Ainonp the peculiar names entered
upon the old record lnmks nt the front
I'niversity at Oxford may In- found the
follow inp: John JJollwcathcr, Alan
Svet-in-lH-dde, Alicia Thoriidmlper,
Hnph llaliwaterchrk. John do Ilalf
Iiaked. Isiuic Wakeful. Dr. Sleep. W il
liaine blakcintliemotith.OslKTt llialniltis
(I)evil), Thomas Ouehaud. Aptn-s black
mantle, Thomas Craikshi.-ld, C. W cll
bcloved, Klchard 1 )rink water (sjM-lh-d
I iryuukowattore in the old nrnnll,
Christopher Tipp, John Kattlebao-pape
(he had likely ln-i-n a jmrtcr), Williame
1'h-new atvr.l 'ulco Twcl vwp-ne,Tlii Unas
Souralo, i ialfri.lds Hrinkdreppes, Iv.-ry
Mallet, Tiue t'jCin, Johannes tio-to-ln-
lde. Kalph Fulpames, Uiver Jordan,
John Littl.-john, Tctvr Lc Chaise (Tetcr
the Coo;.- ). Savape Ik-arc. Du kie
Urake. Iiuck Slapps. True Haw k. ami
hundrj.U of others almost equally
odd and outlandish.