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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.
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