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FKIENDLY FACES.
Beam Down Upon tho Visitors at
the National Museum.
I'Utitter Casts of Noted I'entona and Queer
Manikin of the Varioun Kucee
An Intereallnir Col
lection. Some queer likenesses of human be
ings of many nationalities and coun
tries have been collected in plaster by
the scientists at the National museum.
In sizes these range from the heroic to
miniature, the last class including a
large number of dolls which illustrate
the different races of mankind. The
dolls of savages in this group arc per
haps the most instructive of all. These,
to savage people, are something more
than toys, for with them the savage
mothers instruct their offspring in the
domestic arts. Several curious stories
are told of the work done by sculptors
at the museum in the construction of
manikins.
Tin; collection, says the National
Tribune, includes a number of heads
which have an interesting history.
From one of the shelves there Uxiks
down a plaster mask of the late Joseph
Francis. It is in one of the less-frequented
corners, and attracts no atten
tion from the thousands of visitors w ho
pass through the building weekly. He
was the inventor of lifeboats, and the
museum has several valuable sjiccimens
of liis invention, lie was a friend of
the museum, and the mask was taken
only a short while before he died. The
yes are closed, and, just as in a death
mask, there is a' lack of expression.
A companion mask near that of Mr.
Francis is one from lien. tJreely, the
present head of the signal corps, dis
tinguished for his travels in the far
north. The reproduction of the features
is well-nigh perfect, except for a slight
distortion of the muscles, caused by
the pulling down of the plaster. The
mask is of the entire head, except the
lower part, which is omitted, that the
mask may lie taken off entire. These
masks were made by Theodore A. Mills,
the sculptor, who has done considera
ble creditable work of this kind at the
museum. He makes them very quick
ly, each occupying only about fifteen
minutes.
line advantage in leaving off the.
lower part of; the face is that it allows the
person to breathe freely, and this part
can be added afterward without difli
culty. Most scplptors, however, spread
the plaster down over the lower part of
the face, and insert straws in the nos
trils to allow the subject to breathe.
These masks, taken while the subject
is in excellent health, are the best
means known for preserving the fea
tures. Death masks are usually unsatis
factory, because the face is then
usually emaciated and the eyes sunken.
The expression then is far from satis
factory. Life would also le of great
assistance to sculptors in molding
busts and statues,
Tetiple visiting the museum some
times marvel at the life-like propor
tions of the many lay figures which
adorn the different collections. The
scientists have acquired a great profi
iciicy in this kind of work, and it is not
rar from the truth to .say that a clos.
inspection of the dclicately-fornn-d
hands and feet, as well as arms and
lower limbs, would show intimate
friends that prominent people in Wash
ington have Wen utilized to grace the
collections of Indian ieoplcs, wild
trilx-sof Itorneo. and other races. That
lias come to lie one of the penalties of
being a sculptor's friend, for he will
insist upon casts with which to frame
his manikins. The different parts of
the Ixxly of a man or a woman can Ik
taken separately, and then joined to
gether with putty. A very lifelike ef
fect is produced in this way. The only
part of the body which cannot be taken
in a cast is the abdomen, and this is le
cause the breathing would interfere
with the forming of the plaster.
The sculptor has to exercise much
care in preparing his casts from living
subjects. Take the hand as an exam
ple. It has first to be carefully oiled,
that all the hairs may be smoothed
ilown. If this were not done, they
would liecome fastened in the plaster,
'and the process of taking off the mold
would Ik; little short of torture. The
molds are cut open and sometimes
broken in being taken off, but they can
then le glued together, when plaster
is poured in and an exact likeness of
the hand obtained. The oil on the in
side of the mold prevents the new
plaster from adhering to it. There are
several preparations for making easts,
some of which are flexible. This flexi
ble material was used for making easts
of snakes, of which the museum has a
large and extensive collection. For
the dark or red-skinned races the casts
arc easily tinted or painted to repre
sent the desired color.
The collection of dolls at the museum
is the largest in the world. Some of
the Ksqiv "au dolls are probably the
most valuable, and they certainly arc
instructive. Among these is a trick
doll with a string attachment to move
its head from one side to the other.
. ne of these dolls is from Point l!ar
i ow. Alaska, and it is fashioned from
driftwood which the natives of that
region picked up on the beach. The
dress of the doll is made of seal gut.
Some of the dolls are made nut of
ivorv. whole Esquimau families inter
esting themselves during the long
northern nights in doll manufacturing.
The collection also includes many dolls
of the Zuni Indians, who utilize them
to teach their children religion.
MULTUM IN PARVO.
War has its laws as well as peace.
Hume.
Aid he that lives to live forever never
fears dying. Penn.
Whf.ke there is no hope there can be
no endeavor. Johnson.
HrMoBisthe offspring pf a sympa
thetic fancy. Henry tiiles.
HrMil.lTY. like darkness, reveals the
heavenly lights. Thoreau.
Idkah are ofttimes shy of the close
furniture of words. Tupper.
We have more indolence in the mind
than in the body. Kiehefoueauld.
Hl'MAJilTV is the peculiar character
stic of great minds. Chesterfield.
Men may be ungrateful, but the
human race is not so. lie I Sou tilers.
Intellect is the simple power an
terior to all action or construction.
L'merson.
LIZARDS IN A TRANCE.
One Medical Authority Rrorila It ma a
Hind of Hypnotism.
An English scientific journal has re
ceived an interesting communication
on the subject of the so-called, "death
feigning instinct" of certain reptiles,
fcaysthe Pittsburgh Dispatch.
The corresM indent, who writes from
Syria, says that when a certain species
of Egyptian lizard is captured, it makes
a few vigorous efforts to escape, and
then, if held firmly, falls into a limp,
motionless state, which might easily
lead an inexcrieiiccd person to think
it dead. The animal, however, is sim
ply in a trance-like condition.
llentle respiratory movements are
visible just behind the shoulders, and
f.oiiict imos show a rising ami falling
rhythm with short intervals of com
plete rest : the eyes remain wide op-p,
V.ut are commonly half closed, and the
lids wink slowly from time to time
iqMintaneously or by reflex action: the
mouth is almost open, sometimes wide,
sometimes but little and in either
case the jaw is quite rigid, ami if closed
by force is apt to reopen when the
pressure is withdrawn; the limbs lie
extended and scmi-tlaccid. with some
approach to a cataleptic condition, i. t .,
if bent or stretched into jmsition not
too strained, they maintain such posi
tions when lot go; and the same is true
of the trunk and tail.
A pin may be run through a fold of
the skin, without fully rousing the
animal, a sluggish, feeble wriggle be
ing the sole result. Tin trance usually
lasts about five minutes, when the
animal by a brusque effort assumes its
normal jxisition. This done, it lies
quite still, but evidently awake and ob
servant for a few moments more, ami
then scuttles off in a hurry.
Dr. Van Dyck looks upon this mani
festation not as voluntary or conscious
death-feigning, but as a form of hypno
tism. The natural enemies of these
lizards are foxes. jackals, martens,
birds of prey ami snakes.
'"(.'au anyone believe," asks Dr. Van
Dyck, "that any one of these animals,
having captured a lizard, would be in
the least inclined to let it go because it
lay motionless and apparently dead in
the captor's grasp? Or will it be
argued that the trance condition is a
special gift "in mercy to the victim, to
mitigate or abolish the pain of death?'"
WHERE BIG GAME IS PLENTY.
How t llnnter Found lllitiaelf Fare to
Face with Two Itlu l.iona.
In ''Lion Hunting in Somaliland,"
Capt. f. J. Molliss tells how he first
found himself face to face with two
full-grown lions. He started from llcr
bera for the Hand with ten camels, a
dozen Somalis. two donkeys, a pony
and two months, provisions.
The game on he route were gazelle,
antelopes, guinea fowl and bustards,
and at night jackals and hyenas.
Shortly after reaching the Hand, which
is a great waterless plateau, he met the
two lions, actually waiting for me,"
he writes, "all to myself; a vast plain
on all sides, clear of jungle as a lawn,
not anot her bush even in sight.
"I was going to get them, or they
get me. That was the only uncertainty
in the whole thing."
He goes on to say that what struck
him most forcibly on seeing a wild lion
for the first time was that there was
none of that slim, weak appearance in
the hind quarters which is so visible in
caged lions.
I'apt. Melliss used a much heavier
charge than Mr. Selans. and seems to
have had little difficulty in disabling a
lion with a well-aimed shot. When he
had killed them, the lions were skinned
and the hides tied behind two horse
men. He describes vividly his delight after
his first day's shoot ing. "I shall never
forget the pleasure of it," he says.
" hat a paradise the country seemed
as my eyes wandered from the two
great heads at the cruppers to the wild
herds scattered over the plain."
In four days he shot no less than five
lions and eight lionesses and captured
four cubs.
(apt. Melliss usually rode up and dis
mounted to shoot, but a much more
exciting way, which he occasionally
expcricnccd. was to track the lion's
spoor and follow him into the jungle
on foot.
iV hut's In a Word?
If any of our readers, in looking over
articles on electric railways in the
Uerman language, should come across
the word Strassenhahnwagciiuntcrges
telle. says tin- Electrical Worid. they
need not be alarmed or discouraged,
nor afraid to use it in g, m m I society. In
stead of getting at the subject directly,
as is done in English, this single word
relates quite a little story a sort of
riddle of which you are expected to
guess the answer. The story is. briefly,
as follows: In about the middle of the
word we find that the object referred
to has some connection with a car, and,
returning to the beginning, it appears
that this ear is intended to run on rails
(as cars usually do, by the way); that
these rails are in the Ktreets of a city,
anil that the car is supported on some
structure; near the end it is explained
that this supporting structure is below,
and not above, the car, and. finally, it is
added that it refers to the apparatus iu
general, and not to any one form in
particular. With the aid of this de
scription it will not be difficult to guess
correctly that the lierman writer would
have said trucks instead had he Wen
privileged to use the English language.
It seems to us that this verbal machine
is somewhat over-corn pounded.
PEN AND PULPIT.
The United Zion's Children have 25
societies and MS members.
The Wesleyan Methodists have 5f5
societies and a membership of 10.41W.
The Free Methodist bodies have 1,
10'J societies and 2-.H3 communicants.
The United Presbyterian church has
8ii organizations and 94.40'J members.
The Old AmUh Mennonites have '25
societies and 2,o:?S memliers.
The African Union Methodist Protes
tant church has a mcmliership of 3,415.
The General Six-Principle Paptists
claim IS societies and V"7 memliers.
The Associate Ueformed Presbyterian
Church South claims S.501 memliers.
The Defenseless Mennonites have
9 societies ami a membership of
The United Brethren in Christ of the
Old Constitution have'J-J.SOT memliers.
The Ueformed Mennonites number
1,55, with -S church buildings.
PITTSBURGH'S LAW LIBRARY.
Contains Acts of Scottish Parliament anil
Many aluable Reference llfrol H.
The Allegheny county law library in
Pit tsburgh is the prideof the judges and
the lawyers and the constant reference
for all of them. It contains twenty
eight thousand five hundred volumes
and embraces the decisions of the supe
rior courts of every nation where juris
prudence is known and practiced. It
had a slender lieginning. says the Pitts
burgh Times, but wi providers, and
now, while its possessions are in
creased at considerable cost yearlv. the
cost to the lawyers, for whose especial
benefit it is. is nothing. The total ex
penses are not more than five thousand
dollars annually, ami this money is
paid by the county commissioners.
Uanged on the shelves are decisions
of the Indian court of appeals, ami In
low them are the deliverances of the
erudite, bewigged and ln-gowiu-d jus
tices of the court. s of England, whence
all law comes. There arc copies of the
reports of every state and territory,
and reviews of the important causes
which have Wen decided by the courts
of France. Most of the lioks are
printed in English, though some of
them are iu French. German and Latin.
One volume from the supreme court
contains a daringly precise recital of a
love case, which must have excited
state-wide comment from the fluent
detail dealt out by the learned and
grave judges: the admixture of passion
ami pistol makes it a thrilling story. It
is soiled by the touch of many thumbs
and seems to have been much read in
preference" to the dry diagnosis of the
technicalities of suits involving prop
erty rights.
There are some treasures in the li
brary which are highly prized. The
oldest book is a copy of the acts of the
Scottish parliament from 1 to I --j:.
It contains charters anil seals that are
so yellowed with age as to be in parts
undecipherable. Another revered vol
ume is Fitz Gibbons' rcorts of tin
cases argued at the king's bench iu
Westminster, London, during tin- five
years of the reign of George II. This
hook begins with the date of 17:i2. and
its leaves are eaten by worms. The
tyic is of a large German character.
This is probably the only eopv in
America. The Scotch acts, from 1 4J4
to Iiil, contain the laws of parlia
ments during the reigns of King .lames
and luecn Mary in one part, and the
acts during the reign of King Charles I.
ami II., and the convention of estates
of Scotland in l'ltia. li"7 ami b'.Ts. in the
other. The duke of York's ' K.N.k of
Laws" of Hot. to lf.s'2 has all tin' aut.h
graphs of t he governors and presidents
of the councils of Pennsylvania during
those years. The list includes the
flourished chirography of William
Penn. There is also a fae-simile of the
charter granted by King Charles II. to
Penn.
THE WRITERS.
Fri.i.v cn.nuo jHTsons annually visit
the birthplace of Shakespeare. Alioilt
one-fourt h of them are Americans.
A ilisroitvof the Vatican archives by
lkiii Gregorio Palmieri is nearly ready,
and will be published before the end of
the year.
Ji i.ks Vf.kxf. is as spry as a cricket,
although eighty years old. He has five
stories ready for the printer and is at
work upon a sixth.
Hatashai. a tale of Hindu schiolgirl
life by a Hindu woman. Shevintibai M.
Xikamha. and dedicated to ljuocii Vic
toria, has just lieen published ill Lon
don. MAKV E. WlI.KISS is in luck. She's
not only the leading novelist in New
England, but has won a JJ.oimi prize for
the best short detective story a new
field for her with Mr. Chamlerl in. of
the lioston Transcript, as collalx n-ator.
FltlF.IlKH'll Sri El. II AO K N . the novelist.
delivered the oration at the recent
meeting of the Goethe society at Wei
mar, lie asserted that Wcrther and
Hermann ami Dorothea will survive
whatever becomes of Goethe's other
works.
Limn liosEltEKv's mother, the duch
ess of Cleveland, is writing the life of
Lady Hester Stanhope, her aunt, who
liegan life as the private secretary ami
confidant of William Pitt, ami for t dirty
years had her own exact way as an
Arab sheikh in Syria.
SCIENCE OF ALL KINDS.
MlI.K which has stood over ten min
utes in a sickroom should never be
drank.
A llorsE well built of the best brick.
It is said, will outlast one constructed
of granite.
It is estimated that the thinnest part
of a soap-bubble is only l-l.Vi.uouth of
an inch in thickness.
When a snake has gorged itself with
a large meal, its skin is so stretched
that the scales are some distance apart.
Coxsi'Ml'TtoN has lieen successfully
treated by Dr. Viquerat. of Geneva, by
the subcutaneous ' injection of the
serum of asses' blood. Several ex
traordinary eures have b en effected.
Steam engine cylinders are now
Ixired when heated up by steam at full
pressure by one English firm of
makers, as it is asserted that if bored
while cold they are not perfectly true
when under steam.
WuEKE the liottom of the ocean is
bad an ocean cable will frequently last
only three or four years, but on good
liottom wire taken up after twenty
years has been found almost as good as
ever.
ODD BIBLES.
A ISini.E printed in lyondon in 15.M
was nicknamed the Hug Kittle from the
first verse of the ninety-first Psalm lie
ing translated: "So that thou shalt not
pede to be afraid for any bugges by
nighte." The authorized version is:
'Thou shalt not be afraid for the ter
ror by night."
The Vinegar IJible, published in Ox
ford by J. Itaskett in 1717. gets its name
liecause the headline, of the twentieth
chapter of Luke reads: 'The parable
of vinegar" instead of the vineyard.
It has also from its numerous faults
lieen punuiiigly described as "a bas
kett full of printers" errors."
The Ureeches Hi bio served as the
regular family Itible in the reign of
Elizalieth. The translation was made
by the English reformers iu exile at
Geneva ami was published in l.ViO. It
gained its name liecause in Genesis, iii.,
7, Adam and Eve are spoken of as mak
ing themselves "breeches out of tig
leaves.
LOVE ON THE WHEEL
They WIU Hereafter Ki.le on a Iticycle
Itutlt for Two.
"Then you wish me never to return?"
"Never," she answered, with an ef
fort that cost her much. There was
now no doubt in her mind that she
loved him. If she had ever questioned
the fact in those hours of solitude when
she subjected her heart to the severe
scrutiny of her reason, new in the cold
moment of parting she did not doubt.
He was going at her bidding, but how
could it lie otherwise? She was a
w oman of spirit and would not tn- dic
tated to, and when he said she must
not ride a bicycle, her womanhood re
tielled. Love will sacrifice much, but
not all. The duties of a fiancee she
was happy to meet and to perform: the
responsibilities of wifehood, soon to lie
assumed, she was ready to assume, but
how long can love last when it yields
itself up a slave to tj-rauny? Not long
in very truth.
"You must not ride a bicycle," he
had said.
"Must not!" she cried, springing from
his arms in which she had for the mo
ment nestled.
"That's w hat I said." said he, petu
lantly. "It will make you round
shouldered." She eyed him angrily for a moment-
"Kound-shouldered!" she cried. "Oh.
you men. you men! Had I married you
and grown round-shouldered making
my own dresses you would not have
murmured. Had we gone hand in hand
into poverty, and my shoulders grown
round from bending over a laundry
stove, you would have iermitted it:
but liecause I c1um.sc to acquire a
hump-back riding awheel for pleasure,
you use that word that wicked word
must to me who have loved you, de
clined to dance anil drive with others
for you oh, George, George, George!"
"Well. I mean it," said he, calmly.
"Choose lictwccn us me or the bicycle
which is it to lie?" i
She made no answer, but walking to
the Mrch, rang the U-ll of her wheel.
It was his answer, and he realized it.
"I do not care for bicycling." she
said, "but I can have no must iiots in
my life. Leave me."
He walked out into the night, and
Parthenia. throwing herself limply
upon her wheel, pedaled weepingly i:i
the other direction, forgetting to light
her lamp.
George Washburne walked moodily
down the road, which one short hour
liefore he traversed with so light a
heart.
"Heigho!" saitl he. "All my life shat
tered in a moment. If she knew but
how I loved her if she could only have
guessed my motive in speaking as I did
that 1 wis'.ied always to lie at her
side, and that, if she role. I could not.
since, try as I will, I cannot myself
ride a wheel. It is beyond me. ami yet
I have not dared to confess to her that
1 have tried to learn an. I cannot. In
his wife's eyes :t man should le a hero,
capable of all things. Sup;xsiiig I had
told her of the lessons I have taken iu
secret at the academy, of the dents mv
head has ma le in the hardwood 11.., .r.
of the attendants I have run over and
crippled, and the wheels 1 have shat
tered, until the manager of the place
has told me even as she has never to
return. It would have lowered me in
her esteem. I cannot, cannot tell her,
anl shatter her respect for her former
fiance."
As he spoke he reached his own front
door, and was a Unit to enter when his
heart grew too full. "1 cannot go in
yet," he said. "l will at least walk
back ami gaze upon the light in her
window."
Prey to melancholy, the unhappy
man fulfilled tiis destiny. Pack tie
walked, gloomily ruminating over the
future, now so black. Ieep in his
thoughts he did not notice where he
was going; he did not notice that he
was passing Parthenia's house; he did
not observe that he was ascending
Coaster's hill a half mile lx-yond: he
did not even hear a rumbling noise in
the distance which should have taught
him caution. Alas! thoughtless mortal;
and yet how happily all transpired
There came a crash, a thud, and a
moan.
George Washburne lay unconscious
in the road.
Parthenia Hicksworthy stood, having
landed on her feet ten yards distant.
Pressing the prostrate man to the
earth were the shattered remains of
her wheel, its cyclometer resting on
his vest pocket and its left pedal
grasped firmly in the unconscious vic
tim's hand.
It was spring. George Washburne,
w ho had lain for three weeks delirious,
opened his eyes. Keason had returned
and his arm had knit.
"At last," soblied a fair girl, who,
with his sister, sat at the sick man's
side.
"Where am I?" he gasped.
"Here, George," said Parthenia, for
it was she. "Here. I'll never rule
again."
"Sweetheart, was it you?" he mur
mured. "It was, George," she answered, with
a sob. "I had not lit my lamp and I
was coasting and then then it hap
pened. Put never mind, my darling, I
shall never bike again."
" h, my love." he said, grasping her
hand and lifting it to his lips, "do not
say that. Hike as much as you will;
the wheel that I maligned brought us
together again. We owe it much. I
will tell you why I objected."
And then he told her all; how he
had tried to learn, and could uot; and
how the desire to lie with her always
had led him to speak as he had. And
she. imprinting a kiss upon his fore
head, comforted him.
"You are right, darling," she Raid.
"We will get a bicycle built for two,
and I will work the pedals, while you
can sit on the hind seat and whisper
words of love in my ear."
His answer was a smile, and happi
ness once more dawned for George
Washburne and Parthenia Hicks
worthy. They were wed last week,
and the groom's gift to the bride was a
nickel-plated safety for two. with a
fusset leather tool chest and gold wire
guards to keep her skirts free from the
wheel. Harper's Hazar.
lllltrrrnre In Inm
One s surprise in the fact that no two
person's voices are icrfectly alike ceases
when oiu' is informed by an authority
that, though there are only nine iht-f.-et
tones to the human voice, there
are the astonishing numl r of 1T..V.-J.-lir.01t.4tr
different sounds. Of these,
fourteen direct muscles produce lt'..:'si.
and thirteen indirect muscles produce
17j,T41.N-.
THE BLOODHOUND'S SCENT.
One Mho Knows Sat. It Has lt-en 0er
el iniatsl.
Hon. U. H. Chinn. formerly of New
Orleans, now of Vacaville, Cal.. well
know ii in St. Iuis. bud this to say to
a Star-Sayings rcjmrt.T almt bl..wl
bounds and trail dogs a few .lays ago:
"I have yet to lmt-t the first man ho
ever saw a blo.nlhound in our southern
country. They are too ferocious for
domestic purjKiscs and are not trace
d igs.
"I carried some a few years ago to the
island f Cuba a Siln-rian bloodhound
and an English bloodhound pup. The
government officials bad the former
caged with latticed iron bars In-fore al
lowing him to land, on account of bis
ferocious appcarainf. He was taken to
my plantation and an iron muzzle
placed on him. and even then the fear
of his di.inu- serious damage caused him
to lie killed. The English pupf.-rthc
same reason was sent to the Lyons
brewery for safe keeping.
"The foxhound, a lazy. Worthless
dog apparently, is the trail dog. train.il
to pursue fugitives from justice. I had
such a dog. The mode of traiiiinLr was
to put him in a room. t lie fed and
handled by only one hiviii. until
grown. Then, after Wing scat.; i!y fed
for two or three das. a luic nitli a
little meat was given him: while gnaw
ing this 1m me his trainer fought him
with his hat, took the Isme from him,
went so-re distance, and climWd a
tree. The dog uih.ii leing released
took his trail and traced him. Heing
treated in the same way the next day.
the trainer t-mk the 1m me a mile off and
was trail.sl. The dog was then trained
and ready for his work. When anyone
was missing it was only necessary to
give the dog a small piece of any jx.r
tion of his wearing apparel and tell
him "hunt the man." He was ojf run
ning immediately. So eager would he
W in his pursuit he would run over
small children, 1 n't ween the legs of
larger ones, his head close to the
ground. jH-rfeetly oblivious to all im
lcdimoiits in his way when the trail
was hot. This trailing was frcqticntly
dotie twelve hours after the missing
man had disappeared and never in a
single instance was the .log known to
deceive r fail in his hnnt. He would
chase t he f ugit ive through bushes and
briers, across creeks, over burnt cane
fields, and would invariably bring him
to bay. During three years of service
lie was never known to bite or injure
anyone.
"All the bloml-curdling tab's, we
have heard of hunting peple "n Cuban
and southern plantations with L1mm1
hounds are a farce. Trace hounds are
not fierce; they were never known to
injure a man smd were easily rejn iled
if they attempted it. When the trail
was cold be would follow it very
quietly: now and then he would run in
a circle or to the right and suddenly to
the left. Frequent ly we Would lose
him in the underbrush, but when the
trail got hot and he howled a horn was
blown to encourage him and he was
followed up by a horseman."
STATUE TURNED GREEN.
Atoitl.tiiu;; Transformation In One Niiclit
f Mllse.1 I13 ..i,l.
A singular transformation in the ap-caraiic-
of a statue of the great mu
sician. SK.hr. that stands in the mar
ket place of the town of Cussel. in
Hesse-Nassau. Germany. rec-ntlv
eaused consternation among the inhab
itants of that sleeply little municipal
ity. sa s the New York World. The
g.Ml old burghers, the staid matrons
and the frivolous v
pe, .pie a
11
rubbed t heir eyes. They could hardly
Wlicve it. but there was 110 doubt that
the statu.- had. over night, turned
green. II it herto t he figure had s:,hI
in the market place, a stately memorial
in bronze.
The Citsscllitcs concluded that sujht
natural means was not an explanation
of particular value, and they investi
gated. It was found that an artful
"prent ice boy had Wen the agent.
The stat ue w as dirty and the town
officials decided that it needed a thor
ough cleansing. They gave the job to
a painter, and he thought the matter
of so little iniMrtancc that he turned
it over to one .if his apprentices, with
the simple instruction to .-lean the
stat ue well.
The Imiv had taken the matter seri
ously to heart and. M-rhups. was in
spired "by his subject. It seemed to
him that Spohr was deserving of more
than mere water ami a brush r cloth.
He consulted a chemist, who was a
friend of his. as to w hat would Wst
clean bronze, and the chemist s.iggest
cd livdn ichli iric acid. SM--iilv fallow
ing its application SjM.hr Wcame a
Wautiful green tint. The terrified
"prentice confessed on a promise of im
munity. WHIRR OF THE WHEEL.
The female bicyclists in France are
far more numerous than those of the
other sex.
Any person in France who is injurtsl
by an accident resulting from a
structural defect in a bicycle, can re
cover damages fro'n the manufacturer.
MlSS llF.MlK I.ONImM'.F.RltY. of P.os-
ton. the 'round-the-world bicyclist, has
declined over l,Vl offers of marriage.
She says she has saved $I..VMi. It isn't
every girl who has wheels w ho can do
that.
Prince Cantacizene started the
bicycle craze among the memWrs of
the diplomatic corps in Washington.
The prince, who is the Kussian min
ister, astonished the capital when he
Wgan to take out his daughter on a
wheel.
P.ishoi- fi.r.vr.l.AXn Coxe has a bitter
dislike to the riding of bicycles by
worn. "n. Some one began to sjH'ak to
him lately of "a lady on a bicycle."
but he said impatiently: "Sir, you
never saw a lady on a bicycle, and never
will."
POINTS FOR HOUSEKEEPERS.
Soft newspaper is excellent to cleanse
w indows or any glassware.
Vaseline makes the Wst dressing for
russet shoes.
SeiKiTS of terpentine is the thing
with which to cleau.se and brighten
patent leather.
Mul'KKATKi.Y strong salt and water
taken by the teaspoonful at intervals is
a cure for catarrhal cold.
A level teasp. willful of Wracic acid
dis-solved in a pint of freshly Wiled
water and applied C"d is the Wst wash
for inflamed sore eyes or granulated
lids, and au excellent gargle for in
flamed sore tliroat.
ALL SORTS OF ODDITIES.
Gkanvii.i r. Ilnei AsoV. Jr.. of Greens
burg. Kv.. is t w cut y- me years old ami
.n!y t Iiirt v-cight in bos high.
Acl.I'n .if w li.s-linen had d.H-ide.1 to
attend a lIrM.klvn church in a l"lv.
The clergyman was highly delight.sl.
and d.-corat-d bis pulpit with two
bicvles. in honor of their visit.
A niAMi' was arrestl at Sioux Falls.
S. D.. a few days ago for breaking into
a syikagog-ne and st.-al:nga lot of prayer
lM.ks. which he subsequently tried to
jeddle on the streets of the t. iwn.
A VotMi man. twenty-eight years
old. weighing four hundred and ninety
six pounds, .li.sl at Fortune. HumlMildt
county. Cal.. r-ecnt!y. He was six feet
two inches, high, and his immense bulk
was symmetrically distributed.
It is said that the wild lettuce is
"one of two well-marked compass
plants." and that it has the property .if
twisting its leaves until they Miiut
straight upward, with the edges direct
north and south.
It is said that if two tuning forks of
the same pilch are placed facing each
other, the one sounding the other
silent. i:i a few seconds the silent one
will W- giving out a distinctly audible
n ite.
Farmers in Mexico use oven of one
color iu the morning and of another
color in The aft.-rn.M.n. They have 110
reason for doing so Wyond the fact that
their forefathers did it. and they con
clude it must W the right thing to do.
I'RoF. C. V. II 1 1 KV. the eminent ent.
mologist. who studies the habits of
bugs for Unci,- Sam. has advanosi a
theory of telepathy among insects a
sixth sense, whereby they are enabled
to communicate with one another at
great distances.
FOREIGN MILITARY NOTES.
Seneoal. French Soudan. French
Guinea and the Ivory Coast are to W
united for political and military pur
mscs under the governor general of
West Africa.
Cl.ishas iledi.-atcd a monument,
by K.mIIii. to Elista, he le St. Pierre and
the five other burghers w ho defended
the town i gainst Edward III. of Eng
land, and gave themselves up to W
hanged to save their townsmen when it
surr.-nder.il.
Trials with an aluminum torpedo
till 11 iMiard t he Hrit ish torpedo Iwiat
Scourge have proved very snc--ssful.
and the tuln-s are to W tri.sl now ou
.me of tin- destroyers. They require?
far less att.nt ion than the st.-cl tuWs,
ami are. of course, much lighter.
Fi:x-f. is g,.i..r to build at once two
large cruisers . .f great p. ver and sp-ed.
capab!.' of comjietiiig w ith the Hntish
'1 err.: ;r and ":r Columbia. and . f orer
tak ing t he fast Atlantic liners. Tbey
wiil bav- a minimum contract sjm .-,I of
tv.c'ii y-thr-c knots, and must steam
7.T.011 knots at twelve knots an hour
without rosialing.
Chan,, i Jn the system .f supplying
ammunition to the French infantry
have Imi'ii made. Eavdi man may earry
l-ii rounds, instead of ln-J his jM-r-
so. and just In-fore action is supplied
withr.ri rounds from tin- eon 1 pa ny oa r t s.
more rounds Wing kept in reserve.
The corps jKtrk wagons provide "iKl
rounds per man instead -of 51; these
are distributed to the company wagons
as fast as they are emptied.
PERSONAL ITEMS FROM ABROAD
Et.IsKE Kkcli s. the French geogra
pher who was exil.sl for the part he
took in the commune, will scw.m go t
England to lecture.
M. EliWARiis. director of Le Matin
the m .st prominent and enterprising of
the Parisian journals, has retired from
j .urnalism.
So well informed a man as James
Payn writes in the Lmdon Illustrated
News aWut "the state of Albany" and
its proposed legislation.
NT Pai l Chnoon. of Epcrnay,
hea.l of the champagne firm of Moct
et Chandon. who died recently,
queathed 7.".0.0iH francs to hciil char
it ics.
Lokh Chief Jcstice Res em. has gone;
back to the old custom in "riding cir
cuit" 011 horseback from one assize
town to another in the southeaster!
district, but the bar has not yet fol
lowed his example.
The sentence of Mine. Joneaux, the
Helgium poisoner, has Ih-cii commuted
to imprisonment for life. Since King
Leopold's accession thirty years ago
no death sentence has Ihcu executed iu
Helgium.
Cii aki.es Alkxaniiek. a former mem
Wr of the dominion parliament and a
prominent resident of Montreal, has
Wen proved to 1m; the lawful heir of
the la :e earl of Stirling, whose estate
in Scotland, including the famous Stir
ling castle, is now in chaucerv
WITH BRUSH AND PENCIL.
Thrfe eminent German artists cele
brated their eight ieth birthday this year
Schrader. Menzcland Achenbach Uhe
father of Max Alvaryi.
Two panels of old Hruasels tapestry
with designs after David Teniers sold
in London lately for $ ;.'.'."V0. and one of
old GoWlin's representing Venus and
the Graces for f-J.rilO.
Watteav's "LTle Enchantee" was
sold for fs.2(Ki recently at the Hotel
Drouot in Paris; a jvirtrait of 1 ,011 is
XV., dressed as a pilgrim, by Houcher,
for i i.t'.O. and four jvmcls of Hrusscl
tapestry after Teniers for $5.4-25.
M. Francois ie Montiiolon, the
handiess landscape painter, reeeiv.si
the Raigecourt-Goyon prize of l.O'Hi
francs at the Chaiiqs Elysees salon.
He paints with artificial jointed hands
of wood. The Marie Haschkirtseff prize
was given to Mile. Ihifare.
shiriimsa of a 1 Oman's Tiwror.
A newly-married couple 011 the train
near Gainesville. Ga.. the other day, at
tract, -d a g m m 1 deal of attention by
th.-ir M'culiar Whavior. A ladv got oil
the train at a station, and t.Mik a s. it
in front of them. Scarcely was she
seated before they commenced making
remarks in loud whisjiers aWut her
wearing last season's, hat and dress.
She was severely criticised by thorn for
some moments. Presently the lady
turncd around. She noti.-ed at a
glance that the bride was older than
the gr,Mm and. without the least re
sentment in her countenance, she said:
"Madam, will you please have your
son close the window Whind vo l?"
The son closed his mouth instead. a:id
the bride did not
hour.
'le again for au
ft