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If the t.imndc-alrr htun't the mnila jxunlir. ApriVal into the imxlrils t is 6 50c it Iff yhTtf. 1tL Trrs'lit ft 1HJ)1. Kollrio written at snort nire in the OLD RELIABLE 1 ETNA" .Mtl ullirr l ira I Ian 'ikiiwiiIm. T, W. DICK, UI VT THE 0!l) HAItTFOrm FlIlBIXSIIIWiVCRCIIMI ((IMMKNCKII BI'SlINfcSS o . 1 hi' iiiili-r-iiir:-ei ! i-lr! tolnfnriu Ihe pltv u itiHt tli-y i.avw n-rit. -t li:ii'in i:r ir on M on m reel , ni-ar I lie (ini-t ollli e wlinre liRimrinic ; In nil 1(4 Ithii.-I.c tin carrtcl ou In Hie ' fu'ore. Kvrrvtliinir ri:it a nit eieau. I Your t:itronfiuc nolu-itci!. i II.' km;i. m. r . i rilV.SII'lAW 4MI Sl'llllKliS. I .K.Nllll Ki . - - pa. : -I IIlci on HikIi Hirp-l u room l.irmrrly .- I ri.,-i..l oy Oio Ueuiru I'alnu lelrnrai.h t oin- SAVKI) IiV AX ATE. Tho Arlvonturo of nn American "Traveler on tho Panama CanaL Why I st-pi'il in I'anamanii my re turn I'ruiu my t ri i to South Anu-ri.-u i.s a nusttTV. 'I lu'ijii;iint Sj;iiii.li f.ishinii i.f tin i .hi t'ity iiitcrfxlci in'. an. I I l"i iimhI it liiV:-ilt ti ti'ar mys.-lf away. hfii 1 was rfsuly to li-avi- my lnu-f s jo-.ini in tho-oimtry lia.l inspi.vil ni' -itli so inii. li fiiilili-iii-f that 1 oiiiJi'rly I'liiliraci'.l lit- stitrj..,st inn f my la" l-l.ir-l tiii rns-s th- ithmiis tin lior'b.'u-U. "Talsi' it IciMirt'ly," lu saiil: "follow llit-ol.l mail. It tout'lit's various points alonir tin oanal. Von t-an makt Ihw j. iiriu,y i:i a finipli1 of days ami you ill not iiiiml sp 'iiilin; a niht in ne of ! I.'ssi-ps' villa";i's.V Now tin- ranul was a pit hol.hy of initic I was uiixiotis to soo how it was pro-.Tfs.si ii. l!-s'ul"s. I hail it frii-ml uh.i wiis niii of tiu- font rai-tors, ami I wantfd to pay him a visit- Tin- iH t iiiornii'y I mountcil a ptn tl liuistaiiL.-, fnrnislu-il bv my host, ami sot out for Aspinwall, tlif At'.antii' port. wln-r- I int-!ii!i'l to taUf tin -ti-aimT. As I wi.-slu'.l to rfafli tin- -aii.pof my frifntl .lat-K'son by mid. lay, I roclf rap'ully ilurin-r the m rn iitr. At niu- .l:ii'0 tin- road ran aloiifr in :.ij.'!it of lln canal for half a milf. Ilfiv iKiwusciWimt to 1h wati-hfd an"-wln-ri' on t-arlh KnormoiiH mai-hiiifs wi-n-at work 'Xf:ivatintr thousanls of tons of dirt. and count if ss wagons wi-rf i-inployi-.l rftiiovinir thf loose i-urth. Myriads of worknifti swarnu'd fVfry v. Iu r.-. ja'du-rin to fai-h othfr i:i all thf l-ii'iu's of thf known world. Amonvr thf hi were im-n from all the fount rifs of the Mrld Americans, A ! "rii ans, I hinanif n. West Indians and Malays. The licrce looks cast upon me iy these fellows alarmed me; but I pVfleiided to In- a -alm spftatr of the animated scene. One of tits- contrac tors was ulH.nt, and from him I learned that I would tim! Jackson alxnit live li.i'.fs further m. "Are y hi Sinned?" asked the contrac tor. I told him I had a revolver. "You will pi-ol-alily Heed it lcf- re you reach Aspinw all." said lie. "Vmi :.re passing throti-jh thirty thousand of I lie worst i ut i hroat s that Were ever coli.-cled together." A tier heariiitrthat I had a treat mind to return t- I'aiiama. hut theiiread of 1 i it LT laughed at made me decide to push on. Assuming a determineil. husi-rifss-iilcf look, l put spurs to mv mas tany and ami. led throtijh the uiot'cy .'aiiLfof lal Hirers until I had the satis faction of leaving them ln-hunl me. i 'ort nin tely 1 encountered no obstacle, nd .J ackson's camp was made just in ; ime for ilinner. Here I was safe. Jackson wns a bir f.'iiov, whose men were nearly all Americans. lie was dcli-rhted to see tue an i e;:-ve me a capital ilinm-r. Ilnr :!,!.' the t -' hours that I spent with Hm 1 liiied l.iiu f u!l .f w s, and he, on :!-other hand, told nit-a lot of wmt-deiii-.l tls'ii.rs about the canal. lie made no secret of his conviction that the enterprise would dratf alone for years, but. as he was making iiii-.hels t f money, the delay played into his ltaii.U. As I dcclitied to stay all nyltt with him, Jackson rave nil' si nif dirft'tions alx.ut my route, and at my departure con fulfil to ii-e a packa'-'e containimr ten thousand tlollars.askiny me to dt-posit it for him in one of the banks at Aspinwall. I sutr iTfsifd that there was tlanirer in carry -in,' mii-Ii :i sum of money throu-h the eo.iiitry, but the stalwart fellow laiihetl at my tears, lie said that I w oiiUl make the h:u-ienda of I oii lr:m eir'o Meiulez at nightfall, where I would If royally entertained. l!y day liu'lil be thought I could take cure of myself. While this was j.'oinj on I saw two brutal-look'nitr Mexicans at a short dis tance watchiniT us intently and con ferring toeether in low tones. "I don't like the looks of those ras cals," I said. "Hello, there. Ted ro' and yon, Juan," shouted Jackson. ' (Jo to work, you lay 1h-e-jars'." "They are two of the worst mi-n in ttimp," s-iid Jackson, "but they are not likely to bother you." 1 had mv doubts; but the prospect of f,t:t invr ii" n'llit w ith Meiulez some what reassured me, and I started of" in very frood spirits. My road took me lhronrh a scent" of bew ilderinp; l-auty. The tropical foliage round me frlittercd w ith all the hues of the rainbow. I'n kiiown llowersof q-orjreous majrnificc nee and overpowering fragrance brightened t he roadside. Siuklcnly 1 ca-ne upon a pond of clear water in an open space Hot. dusty and travel-Worn. I could not resist the . temptation. Without countinir the con sequences, I fastened the mustang to a sapling and undressed in a hurry, plae-i'lJ-T my revolver under my clothes on the edpre of the water. Then I plune;ed in and enjoyed a refresliiiiff swim. One thinf annoyed me. All alonr the way I met with monkeys every where. They were of all sizes, and the "nt crest they took in my movements amused me not a little. Sometimes t hey chattered at me indignantly and shook their lists almost in my face. At a w ave of hand, however, they lied in precipitate terror. As soon as I entered the lake the monkeys took fresh courajre. Tlicy scrambled iil-out in droves and abused me to their hearts content. Anion;; t hem was one of a species that I had not seen ln-fore. He was a ferocious lookinj,' monster, fully live feet hijjh and as muscular as a ln-ar. Ik-fort; I rcal'i.eil the situation this preat lonpr- levied fellow swtxipt'd down on my t lolties and starttil with thftn for the woods, for a moment I was absolute ly paralyzed. It was no joke to ride to A' pihwall iti a. decent rip", but I had no fa i.--y for the role of Lady Jodiva. There was no time to lose. The monkey had left my revolver, and as soon as I could seize it I fired. He rave a howl of rape and drojijH'd every 1 1: i ii Lf but 1113 coat. I hastily jumped into my reeovcretl e-armejits Hiul jrave chase. It was useless. The thief scur ried up into the top of a tall cocoanut tree, and in a tw inklin-r of an eye put on my coat, buttoiiinjr it round him. und then proceeded to hurl coeoaiiuts ut me w it'i such precision that I was phid to quickly leap into the saddle and ride off. Ilut my troubles had just lM"?:un. I had reconciled myself to the loss of my -coat, as Jackson's money was in an in ide pocket of my waist, but the monkey I showed a lis"osi'.ion to follow me I After lirin;' at him several times I fave it up. His toU"rh hide seemed bullet J proof, and there was no chance to kill him unless 1 shot linu in tue eye The declining sun warned me that it w as time to seek shelter for the nijrht. and I knew that in th"se troiiieal sdi t tides there was no twilipht. I saw no cubivuted ticltls. no houses, no sie-ns of the hacienda of lKn Kram-ist-o Mi-mli-z. The situation was prowinir serious. (K-casioiially a stone weiirhinp; a J. und or two was hurled at me from some leafy covert, and then the pipaiitit" monkey would pive a horrible lauph ami scamper away. lie was a funny looking chap in m- blue flannel coat, but I w as too anpry to enjoy the comic aspect of the matter. It struck me that if the brute catipht me in the dark he would make an end of me in no time. It was Itoth horrible and humiliating, such a death in the tanpltsl forests of this savape land. Just then I saw a short distance off. in a cleariiij-r. a square stone hut. Here was shelter and protection. I was not disappointed much to find it uninhali-iti-d. It was stronply built, with no windows, and one e ntranee. from which the iloor had lonp since rottttl away. A steplad.ler led to the loft. Ascen.iinp;. 1 found a small apartnit'iitdimly lighted by round holes in the wall, w hich had evidently Ih-cii usi-d by sharpshiN iters at some revolutionary period in thf his tory of the country. My mind was made up in an ii-stant. I went back to my niustanjr and picketed him aliout one hundred and sixty yards from the hut in the bushes. Then I returned to my fortress just as the darkness closed in upon me, and soupht rcfujre in the loft, pullinir un the ladder after me. I was safe here, even from the monkeys, and I lay down feeling a sense of per fect see urity. It must have lk-cn late in the nijrht when I heard something movinrr in the room under me. Lookinjr through the openinjr in the lloor I could see noth ing. 1 struck a match, and by the tlick crinr llame reeopnized the monkey. The w retch still won- my coat, and in the dim, uncertain lijrlit his appe urance w as in. .re repulsive than ever. I lay down apain, knowinp that the In-at could not jret into the loft, and commfiieed plannir.p for his dfstrtic tioii in tlt" morninp. I was satisiitsl that t hf animal belotipfd to a sjtecics of mountain apes of preat streiip'h and terrible ferocity. Their ciinninp, I h aril, was almost human, and they did not scruple to attack men and rend them limb from limb. I concluded, when the morninp lipht appeared, to draw the brute's attention and shoot him in oi.e of his eyes. Ilaviup settled on lhis plan. I was alxiiit tlroppi ur into a tlo.e, when I heard voices outside the hut. I listened with alert ears. '"If. as you say. IVdro. this American is msidf, we shotil 1 ambush him and shiMtt him when he comes out ill the morninp." " Now. by all the saints, Juan." was the reply of l'edro, "you an- a coward ly fool. The Ilnplishiiiaii. like all bis countrymen, has his cycsojK-ii, and may pel t lie dr. -p on us." "Wonder what they'll do with the monkey?" I said to myself with a chuck le. "! hear the American niovinp." said Pedro. It was the monkey. The monster was walkinp in a circle all the time, and the dead leaves that had drifted into the hut rustled under his feet. There was another whispt-rel consulta tion, and the Mexicans rusht-d into the room below. The outlaw s saw a dark f..ri;i and char-red with their lonp, mur derous knives. I heard two dull thuds, and knew that l'e.lro and Juan had been dashed headloitp apainst the walls. "Mother of Moses:" pasped Juan. "Ivnife him!" The rnlilK-rs made an-other rush. "Ah: ah:" yelled IVdro. "W here are you, Juan? This hop of an American has me by the throat and I have lost my knife." "He is a demon:" proaned Juan, "lie is poundinp my head apainst the wall:" A volley of yells followed and then a chorus of proans. Throuph it all I heard an ominous drill thud. At leiipth silence prevailed, and then I knew that all was over. My hist match was pone, but to my preat delipht it was almost morninp. With thf first rays of tlaylipht I in-cred throii'rh tilt hole in the Iloor. It was a phastly sipht that met my paze The two Mexicans lay on the Iloor quite dead. Their heads had lecn smashed to jelly apainst the bare walls and their throats lre dark blue marks. Sittinp in the corner was the monkey. He was ble.-dinp profusely and was evidently seriously hurt. At tirst I thoupht I would spare him. He saved my life and I was prate ful. lint when I fixed the ladder and descended the untamable ix-ast prfpar.-tl for a sprinp. and there w:is such evident malice in his eyes that I aimed at his eye and liretL One shot did the work. He rolled over dead. It was no place for me after such an adventure, and I at once went in search of my mustanp. To my preat joy he was all ripht, and I was soon in the huddle and on my waj' to AspinwalL I (cposi tilip Jackson's money in the bank when I arrived, I immediately lioarded the steamer. I knew that it would not lie prudent to sjx-ak of the two Mexicans, and I had a suspicion that a statement of the part the mon key had Ixirne in the trapedy would Ik repariled by the authorities as a ctK-k-and-btill story. So I wisely kept my mouth shut until I was apuiu anion- friends. Of course I hive never wasted any rt pret on IVdro and Juan, but I still hold iny horrible friend, the monkey, in preat esteem. N. Y. Dispatch. Si:uk liuriiilmr. In India ami Africa the charmers prctc:id the snakes dance to the music. I.ut they do not, for they never hear it. A sna'.e has no external ears, a id p rliiips r'ts evidence of sound only tl rou-rh his skin, when sound causes holies in contact with him to vibrate They hear a! o t hrou , li th- m-rves of the ton'riie. but do not nt ail compre hend n.uiiil a, we do. Itut the snake's cics art' vt ry much alive to t he motions of the charmer, or to the niovinp ill nin: -ticks of hi., confederate, and, le inp alarme.l. he prepares to st rike. A daneinjr c.ihr v (and no ot he r snake s liane.-l is t imply a cobra alarmed and in a posture of attack, lie is not dane- J injr to the in iisit". but is waking ready to Mlrike the charmer. . i BACTERIA AND TOBACCO. A Iheorr Thit Inoculation May Improve the tlavor of lite -Leuf. It would hardly le imapined that there was much connection U-twrt-n bacteria and tobacco, but the projrress in the science of bacteriolopy, w hich is now inakinp such rapid strides, has shown that such is the case Althouph some bacteria are so deadly, ot hers are found to Ik' of the preatcst possible service to mankind. It has leen dis covered that these minute orpanisms play an imiortunt part in determininp the quality of tobacco. The leaves of the tobacco plant Wfore they are worked up into cipars and finally handed over to the public underpo cer tain fermentative chanpes. It was formerly supposed that the alteration in their condition thus broupht a' "out was tlue to purely chemical chanpes. 1 ti t some exiH-riments recently made are rcparded by the Louisville t'onricr Jotinial as poinp to show that these important results are broupht alut by sM'fial inicro-orpanisms. In fc pa Ier read Wfore the tJermaii liotanical society. Suehlaml pives an account of his investipatioiis on the bae'eria found in different kin, Is of t. h:. coo lie has examined fermened tobaccos from all parts of the world, and found that they contain plenty of micro orpanisms. althouph but few varieties, as a rule, but two or three different species in any particular brand, and but rarely mieriK-x"cus forms. He finds that pure cultures of bacteria o! tuined from one kind of tobacco and inoculated on to another kind pciier ated in the latter a taste and aroma re calling the taste and aroma of the oripinal tobacco from which the bac teria had Ih-cii in the first instance ol tuined. This discovery suppests preat possibilities. Thus, it is hinted that in the future it may 1k possible to raise the quality of (icrman tobacco, not so much by careful culture and judicious selection if varieties, w hich has so far proved comparatively unsuccessful, as by iiiiK-uIatinp with pure cultures of bacteria found in some of the line for evrii tobacco, whereby correspondinp fermentative chanpes may be induced in the Cermaii raw material, and the quality improved accor.linply. It will Ik- hiphly i lite rest i tip to watch the future results of this traiisplantii:p of bacteria; if successful they w ill lead to modiiicatioiis and improvements in manv industries. BOMBS THAT DIVE AND JUMP. Marine lrt ut the cu t in Which Play Leap J roc for Tliree llumlrol IrV.-u In the recent aiminp trials on the Vesuvius some of the darts after strik inp close lK-fore the tarpet dived under it for forty feet, then jumped clear of the waves, then dived apain. plaVinp the pa me of marine leap frop for t'irce hundred feet. The preat Ik nubs. il,-inp for a mile and a half, rarely missed thf object aimed at by more than a few feet, and if a vessel had Ik-cii in the tarpet's place it would assuredly have K-eii blown to atoms. A new explod iiip device was used at these t"-':i(s. and it did not work well, but as there are fuses which never fail, the system of throwinp puncotton, or ilynair.ite. or punpowdcr by compressed air is a jH-rfect success, even in a hiph cross wind. What amount of damape wi.l Ik' done to a vessel when one of the live hundred-pound charpes is exploded on her deck it is imiKissiblo to state, since it never yet K-eurrcd: but aecordinp to St. Nicholas it is reasonable to sup pose, from the effect on rK-ks and earth in land trials, that the ship must 1h-toi n asunder and sunk on the in stant. It will not always Ik? the object of the air punners, however, to destroy a vessel completely, for it is often more desrable to disable a vessel and cap ture her crew. To test this possibility trials have lieen ordered in whi ?h ship's lKiat while lK-inp towed by a lonp line from a steamer niovinj? fif teen miles an hour will !k" tired at by the Vesuvius, also poinpat full speed and approachinp it from one side This w ill Ik! known as the "movinp turjret" trial, and will Is" very intt-rest-inp. for the object will Ik' to hit as near as possible without actually strik-in-r the Intat. It is claimed that if one of these Ib.ihIis explo.le:i near the side of jl ship it will create such a concus sion of the air that the ship's plates wi'.l Ik- loosened, her puns upset. Iu r machinery thrown out of place, ami her boilers started leakinp. Ami no doubt her crew will pladly surrender before a second such visitation. FASHION DECREES. Somk of the newest hats seem to le the merest roll of velvet or lace art mud a tlat crown. A couple of leathers and a princc-of-Wales cluster. Vi:itv chtlMirately embroidered eel vet or very rich brocaded velvet is used for the collars, cuffs, vests and bolert jacket on some of the ultra-fashionable costumes. A THKF.K-yrAitTKK-LKXOTii jacket of rotiph plaid, with wide Wit and 1ksc hood, is amoiip the latest importations. It is tie sipnc d for travelinp. ridi:i;r or eveniup outinps. The sleeves are very loose at the tops, w hich is a necessity, coiisi.lt-rinp thf present style of dress sleeve. A aos:: rnehiup of picked-out silk in contrast inp color is seen at the hem of some of the fashionable dresses. A ruchiiip of this sort made of velvet and lined with bripht-eolored silk was seen on a recent I'aris order. The velvet was turned in at the edj'e and blind-stitched down to the silk, which was pinked and plaited very full. Foreigner In the TrntrL Ever since it was organized the South African republic has Ikimi tryinp to prevent the incoininp l.ritish eK ment from cxercisinp a larpe influence in politico The Itritish iinmipTunts, how ever, have ln'rn crowdinp into the coun try so rapidly that tht-ir claims c:n no 1. uiiTer ref ustsl. The jiresuleiit of the re puMie. Mr. Kruper. hasacconlinply pr to the volksraatl to aiMiul the lcp-ish-.t-.on pas.setl years apo to make it lif licult for forcipners tt acquire citiztti ship. lie proposes to reduce from live to two year the periKl of residence ne-i-ssary to lH'tume a voter, from fif teen to four yean, the pcritKl required to make one clipible to election to the lower house of the lcpislature, and from twenty to ten j-ears the eri d to make one clipible to the upK-r bouse, lie says the iiieomiiip clement is very anxious t obtain full riphts of cilizen ship, and the republic caa no lou ror ignore their just claims. - NEEOLESS NOISES. A Diaturblncr Element of Life In tho Bhr Cities. t lanclnc Ilella and Rat t line Carta Make Nt-rvoua l'eoil Mi-ratle The Need of Mechanical Inten tiotut. The Itritish Medical Journal some months apo. in an article callinp at tention to the effects of the noise of cities on the nervou-, system, setsfortlt in detail some of those noises ami sup pests means for their extinction or amelioration without sacrifice of the industries which produce the various kinds of diu. It is jx.ihted out, for ex ample, that the railway companies and factories on the continent u horns of not tinplcasinp sound in place of the hideous steam whistle. The church bells of Ilnpland are compared with those of other portions of KurojH". to the disadvaiitape of the former: and it is held that in an ape when every room has Us clock and every adult his w att h. the frequent lK-11-rinpinp throughout the day. which now offend the peace of t'hristian folk, seems unnecessary. At nipht there are the shoutinp. screaminp and sinpinp jK-ople aln.ut the streets to cheat decent well folk of their rest, and worse yet to retard the curative prm-i-ss of sleep in the case of those who are ill. With the dawn comes the milkman and his rattlinp cans. The catalog-tie. so far. of iis tix'winces for the lmdoii citizen's ears is ulniut the same as w ith u.-. says the 1 lost on Transcript. In I.on-lon they have other n-uisances which arc not known here With true Imirlish con servatism, the knocker isslill tise-1. an-l this contrivance, lonp banished from American front doors, is vipoi-ouslv plied by the postman or anyone else who has a certain ripiit to dcman-l sjK-edy att-. iitioti to his sipnal. They have found in lCnpland. as we have found here, that with every new con trivance for man's comfort or conven ience there is introduced the joison of a new noise The din of the Ik-IIsoii the street cars has Ik-cii stopped on Sundays by municipal order, but it is heard on other days, and is none the less irritutinp iK-causc it is raim-d amid the rattle of every sort of vehicle. A recently added noise in American cit tics is the buzz and whirr of the trolley ou tl.e electric railroad wires. It is a common expression, and a common Wlief. too. probably, that one prows Used to all these noises. That Li a fatal blunder. As one whose sense of smeil is dulled by familiarity with the poisonous effluvia of tobacco may Ik" nauseated by an excess of the odor in a close room as quickly as thouph the senses were still acute, so oiic w ho fancies himself pro if iipaiti.st the nerve-destrovinjr effects of i.oise may af icr lonp livinp ami 1 a din ci mt inu us or irrepular. suddenly find himself the victim of as line a case of r halt- 1 nerves as a neuropath would like to have jt hand. If the im-idiousness of dm and racket were once peiit-rilly recognized there would Ik a demand up-in the inventive capacity of me chanics to ilevi x" means of prevention. It is baeause this recopnitioii and this demand are not peiicral i:i certain t'av; that tin complaints of the sensi tive are met by the query: 'How are vou poinpt-i !i.-lp. it?" proj m ruled with the air of ..ubmilti r a probl -m impos sible of :ol-.iti!i. Hut when it is re called wl at won del-. have be-n accom plished '.; -team ra.lrouds i:i the way of stoppi..; or ;.i l.astjif Icssctibi'r noise, tiiere is nothinp unrea finable in hopinp that some of the iii-tract ii:-r noises of our city life may be scattered throuph the kindly oilices of in penious men. I'or instance, there is the rattle of wheels over pavements; much of that can be prevented by si-time-the tires over inner tirt s of mil iar, while for some lipht vehicles the pneumatic tire of the bicycle is jossi ble. 1'iMir whf t-lwripht's work is re sponsible for much of the rattle caused by drays and express wajrous. A friphtful di:i is made by wapotis loa 1-t-.l with metal rtKls or pipe laid in as thouph the several pieces were only so many lops of woo.l; to pre. -en t this noise it is only necessary to separate each piece with a blK-k and eae'i strat um with strips of woo.l. of course, ail preventive means of noise will cost money, but in many cases the first cost will Ik all. If those who are responsi ble for the persistence in the noisy ways of aeeoinplishinp much of the work of lilt cannot-1m convinced of their lack of humanity public opinion may yet crystallize itself into law but it is a mean sort of civilization that has to Ik stirred to a jK-rformance of duty toward one's neipiilxir by statutes and police regulations. Kupt-rsttitioii oi' Itrave I't-ople. If one will take the trouble to po throuph the names of most of the bravest people in history, he will find that they nearly all suffered from some superstition or other. Napoleon llona jKirte was simply eaten by sujK-rsti-tiotis. and so was the duke of Marl lKirotiph. Literary men have always Ik-cii notoriously sujx-rstit iotis. from the days of Ir. Johnson, who would po back half a mile if he rememiK-re.l that he had omitted to touch any one of the lampposts on his daily w:;ik. to Dean Swift, who would never chanpe a parment if he found that he bad put it on inside out. and I.or.1 Ilyron. who would fret up and leave a dinner party instantly if anylody spilt the salt. Statesmen have not been ex empt from superstit ions either. Lord ISeaeo-i-fh-ld would always take espe cial care to enter the house with his ripht foot foremost w hen he was poinp to make a bip speech. Mr. I'arnell bad a stronjf prejudice apainst sittinjr in a room with three candles. William I'itt would return home at once, however important his business, if be UK't a cross-eyed man in the street, while Sir lioWrt lVel would always make the sipn apainst t he evil eye with his Jin pers and thumb under similar circum stances. r.xhll.lt t.f Kuniau I .arc. Russian women intend to send their rare laces to Chicapo. t omiuissioncr C. Kakouza-Sotistcheffskj- says that the woman's section of the exhibit to Ih' matle by Russia was recently displayed at Moscow an-l a roust si preat interest. Her majesty the empress is the put rottess of the w oman's depart ment and the Mos cow division is tinder the presidency of Craud Duchess KlizalK-th, wife of Crand Dake Serj-ius, brother of the t-uipcrur. A NOVEL EXPERIMENT. Measurement or Nt-hool Children to lie l akeu for Sclent Hie I"uriose. Superintendent I'owell. of the Wush injrton public schools, and I r. Harris, of the bureau of education, wish to find, by actual e.xpe riciice. whether or not there can Ik- established any cer tain relation iK-twecn the physical ami mental developme lit of the children in the various prades. and for this pur-post- there will Ik" taken a scries of measurements of alxuit twenty thou sand of the school children, under the sujHTvisioii of the director of physical traininp. Miss Stoiu-road. the teacher, has made a study of the systems of physical measurement in use in the pymnasiums and schools throiiphotit the I'nitt-d States and (icrmany. 1k sjdf s havinp done a pood thai of ex-lH-rimf ntal work in tin sarin- line, and th-" results of her exjx-rimelits will Ik" fiuliodii-d in the series of r.iea-ure-mctits to be taken in the public schools of Wahiiiton. which will include the heipht. weipht. chest measurement and some cranial measurements, be sides :t series of h-riuiciits as to nervous sensibility. These last con sist principally in asccrtainiiip at what distance apart the child is able to iis tinpnish Ik-Iw-.-cii the jMiintsof a. pair of fjiliper.- toiichinp the wrists. The ri-sultsi;i this experiment art- repanled by thf I ost as iiitere stinp. some of the subjects In-iiip able to distinpuish Ik tweeti jxiints a very --mall fraction of an inch apart, w hile others require a distance of more than two inches be fore they tan tell without lookitip w hether one point or two is touciiinp their w rist. W hen the results of these measurements arc tabulated it will Ik" easily seen whether there is any def inite relation lK-t vt ecu the physical and mental development of the pupils. ui:d it 'J.i:. it kitiou is sat islact orily es tablished it will Ik- used to advantage i'l puidiup the teachers as to the amount of work that may be required of a pupil, in many cases prcventinp an ovt-rstra ininp of those whose physic al development d.K-s not keep pa.-c with th.-ir mental, and ioint:np out as well when more work can Ik required of a pupil w ithout fear of injury. This exjv-rimesit is a new departure, but it is in line with the advance of modern school work, and the teachers of the sch. m1s are hopeful that it will rr-ad to valuable results. GORGEOUS IN GLITTERING GEMS Jt-a elM of Kii'aml . rinttM-ratlc name at tli- out-en. l-.et-ejt ion. At the last dra w inp-room of Ouecn Victoria there was a carnival of jew els. One reckless woman, the mar chioness of Tweeddale. was arrayed in a white skirt whose many scams were outlined w ith diamonds and emeralds. The duchess of Devonshire was a blaze of perns and mi was the duchess of llllecK-lleh. The marchioness seems to have lK'i-n the only ne who sew ed up the scams of her skirt, so to sjK-ak. with jewels, but there was quite a poodly number w hose seams were outlined with diamonds. One lady wore a lonp strinp of diamonds across her breast like an order. Jeweled hooks upon which to hanp their fans were worn by most of the pue-ts. A quaint and lK-autifnl fancy was the jilucinp of a diamond in the heart of arose worn in the hair or on the ImkHcc. There it nestled like a preat cb-wdrop. pro.ided it was not lost in the crush. Necklaces in prolusion were worn, and such was the passion for dis play that these were often supple mented by a band of Velvet studded w ith stars. ISirds. butterliics and llow ersof jewels-were qui t e unmon. and the veil. were kept in place by lonp carrinps formed into pins, but with jviidantsfrec to ilasli out kaleimlscojiit". prismatic colors. The bodices were fastened at the back with diamonds, and i me w aist had a f rinpe of dianu mds across the front. Jeweled pirdh-s were also worn. The turquoise was repre sented whenever it would harmonize with the color of the pown. Kmcralds were much Worn, and the present su premacy of mauve or heliotrope had broupht the amethyst out in force. AN ELEPHANT HANGED. Curlona Aeeident to a ititr. Unite la a New York l...fl. The death of an elephant by hanp inp occurred in New York recent ly ut a place where animals of this kind are stored. The Wast Wlonpcd to J. IS. (iaylord and arrived there from Itor neo. where it was captured March l'l. The animal, accordinp to. the New York 1'ost. was four years ol 1. live ieet two inches hiph and alxmt us lonp. and was quite diK-ile. It was deemed Wst to keep the Wast in a twelve-foot lox Stall, secured by cleats nailed across the open end to a heipht of six feet, and wire nettinp fastened aWve this. l!ut the elephant tore out the nettinp, and another fKt of cleatinp was added, secured by wire The animal then W pan the ojK-rations which resulted fatally. It wrenched Iikisc an end of the uppermost cleats. It then thrust its head into t he tqK-ninp thus made, and somehow climWd up hiph euotiph to pet all four feet alovc the llK.r and the head throuph the openinp. The cleat fell on the neck Wkind the ears. The animal must then have lost its purchase with its tK-s on the cleats W low and fallen. Its immense weipht prevented it from freeinp its head, and so it was found in the morninp, sus-jK-ndcd with its hind leps three inches alxive the tlMr, dead from strunpula tiou. It has been sent to a taxider mist, and will adorn some museum. Not What He Ft pee ted. He was callinp on a younp lady and had Wen talkinp apainst time for sev eral hours, not uoticinp. that, to say the least, she was sliphtly wearied. "Ho you know," be said, after complet ing1 a short monologue of several thou sand words, and thinking a little flat tt-ry would W" appreciated, '"while talk ing to-night, I have felt as if I were in spired by one of the muses. And which one do you think it is?"' He ltxiked into her W-autifnl face searchinply. The modest blush for w hich he was watching proved to Ik a wide yawn, which grew wider as she answered: "I guess the muse that in spires you t'-nipbt must W Kuterpa." He tlidii't really know any thing utmut mythology, so he couldn't tell just w hat slie meant, Rut when he arrived home be took down his Wclister's I'n abridged. and there in cold type star ing him in the face he saw: "Luterpa the mu.se who presided over wind in trumcnt&.M Yaukee 11 lade. IN A BAD FIX. The Start line Sight W hich Met a lion Itaul'l l.aui .Not Morning. Here is a story which, according to the New York Sun, was a favorite in the repertory of a famous t'inciima tian: . On one occasion." hi was wont to ay. "a frit-rid of mine had Wen on a terrific spree w hich had been K--npy-inp his niphts ripht along for two weeks or more. Ilemanaped somehow to be on deck during' business hours, but w hen night came be was down in the bold and everywhere else. One morninp he awoke heavy-headed, half dressed and lyinp crosswise of the Wd. When he had gone to sleep or how he did not remcmWr. There was 1 he odor of stale Wcr and wine and tobacco .-.moke in the room, and lottles and cipur butts were scattered all over. Ry a great effort he pot to his feet, and for an instant his head felt us if it would fall off and burst into a million pieces. He cast his eyes around the room. As they fell upon the foot of the bed they encountered a prim and rrirming monkey sittinp on the rail. There was no known reason why a monkey should W th-re . but there it sat and grinned, lie watched it intent ly as he slijijK-d over toward a table when- lay a loaded revolvi r. Hi- was very, very rM-ky. but hf hud grip enough to hold the pun. and with a sudden movement he had it trained on t he skuian. He was a famous shot . but the monkey never wavered. It simply at there winking and grinning. My friend held the pistol down on it for a second, steadily. Now.' he said, nervously, "if you area real monkey, you are in a bad fix' --then he hesitated a moment -but if you are not,' he went on. then I'm in a bad fix. "lie banjred away, and it was ten days Wfore he was himself apain." DUMB ANIMALS SHED TEARS. The Totw-liitiK and I'athetii- Way In Which a ll're Solicit. Sympathy. Many people Wlicve that horses do not weep, but those who have had much to do with these faithful crea tures know that on several occasions they will shed tears as well as express sorrow in the most heartbreaking man ner. In the west, where the hardiness of the ponies causes the riders to al most overlook the necessity of provid ing for their needs, it isquite common, when the wcut her is t-.xt n-iiu-1 y fold, to to leave an tinblankctcd pony tied up for t wo or three hours when the teiii-iH-raturc is nearly zero, and while its owner is transacting business or pet ting drunk. I n this case t he su fieri n;r is evidenced by cries which are almost like sobs, and the unmistakable tear freeze onto the cheeks like icicle-.. W hen a horse falls in the st reel and gets injured the shiH-k generally numbs its senses so much that it docs not either cry or groan, but under some conditions an injured horse w ill solicit sympathy in the most distinct manner. 1 remember a favorite horse of my own. writes a correspondent of the New York Tclcpram. which trod on a nail lonp enough to pierce its foot. The poor thing hobbled uj to nr.- on ll.r.-e lcy and cried as nearly like a child in trouble as anythin-r 1 can de scribe. The sight was a very tou- li in:f one. us was also the crippled animal s gratit m':e when the nail wa pulled out and the wound dressed. Wen! Wi Out t.l a i'o.t.- I arm. There is a man in Alabama who. ac cording to the New Orleans States, takes life very easy for the simple rea son that his farm extends i:p a n.l down the Iouisville ,fc Nashville railroad for a distance of fifty r sixty miles. A preat many htsoiis will be disposed to doubt this statement, but nevertheless it is the truth. A short time ujrothe old Alabama countryman was a victim of impecuniosity bt-causc his farm was so Hir that the cats would not stay on it. but one day the engineers of the road came along and discovered that his farm was nothinp more than a vast flcitosit of gravel, the very material they desired to use as ballast for the Wd of the road. They endeavored to buy the farm outright, but the old countryman stublxirnly refusing to sell the only home he had on earth it was finally arranged to pay him a roy alty on every car load of gravel taken from his land. The royalty has ma le him rich, and as the supply of gravel is practically inexhaustible he will soon W able to Wast that bis farm is the larpest in the world and extends all the way from New Orleans to Louis ville. The Mail. tone Myth 'Here's something that will interest you," sa'.l a physician, as he placed a lump of slaty-looking stone in the hands of a scribe. "A patient of mine gave me that this morning with as grand an air as if she were giving me a silver dinner service. No doubt she thought it had as preat a value. It's a luadstone. You've read accounts of them. I'ut them on a dog bite and they will suck it and give off green froth, and all that sort of rubbish. There's no such thing as a mudstonc in the world. Touch the stone to j our tongue Notice anything? Sticks. d.K'sn't it? That is Weausc it is anhy drous. It has gone through a slight chemical change and has lost a part of the water that was in its original com position, so that it readily absorbs thc moisture. It will stick to a cut or a bite or anything else that is wet. and that is all there is to it. Rut it's a harmless sort of superstit ion. and if it makes any poor devil comfortable, for gixnlness' sake let him W-lieve in it." Above the Cloud. One of the sublimest effects in nature is occasionally seen by those w ho climb the tall and isolated peaks of the Uocky mountains in Colorado. The dryness of the air and the strong heat of the afternoon sun cause a rapid cvajtora tion from the brooks, springs und snow banks on the mountain sides, and this moisture, rising on the warmer air, condenses as it reaches the eonlcr, thinner atmosphere aWut the moun tain top. The traveler, hxiking down, sees clouds literally forming Wlow him. ami growing thick and black every instant, so that as they reached his level they roll skyward and in huge masses of vapor t hat eclipse the view and bury him in darkness. Lightning occasionally leaps from the clouds and a mountain top is a particularly bad place to Ik at such a time The stone signal service station on l'ikc's IVak has Wen nearly wrecked by lightniny more than unco. nri
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