NOTES AND COMMENTS. A rErorT from it has been found can cure men of drink.” It cures that the them in ful against Bismarck, suffrage, Bul peror himself was spiteful Bismarck A PHILADELPHIA street now operated by electricity $3,915 a month a8 between the of coal and that of horse feed. said that this is only one of cost has greatly cut down penses ORDINARY vigilance would prevent nine-tenths of the bank defaleations jut the vigilance wh anything suspicious in ich the personal deposits of a $1,200 clerk reach $10,000 in a recent case, is linary; it's pinion of the extraordinary, in Hartford Journal. THERE missionaries lor ig the eign land She is the are a eat many medical but Dr. Jennie M, ’ first person to go to as a dental daughter of tl w.A. E. lFaylor, a Methodist nister Martinsy Pa., and working in Africa as a missionary and dentist. A New York woman, whose name is held secret, has endowed the chair of history in the National Uni to be built at Washington, $107.250. The i was made on within twenty-four the university with ymount litiousness ISSionary. Of en the the woman surpasses dowment record When was asked why she selected thé chair of history she said Men for bricks brains.” Can original England. . + Boston very week well an my company havea few extra making, and ax year.” But ents’ wort! THe power nade hing almost writer in the attemiits to show : cl ften d The conditions 1omenon is most | are described as ‘There is a dim and dued light in the room: the atmos- phi 8 somewhat close, the ter higl beh perature is n which ¢ ongregation st of ¢ harp « a jet of gas or a shat tricity, into - J sermon pr Locs ana on, i is follows sub- Ie i £1 : mew hat the speaker, in a positio oil: 80 pels the eves o eam of elec look as the the preacher ntie and mon- and down and up, like a mother's lullaby: and behold, our lids are pressed down against our by soft, fingers, and éverything is deliciously vague and far away. This writer would have his readers believe, is hypnotic sleep. Most people, however, will be inclined to think that poor venti- lation in the churches, or natural fatigue on the part of the sleepers, is responsible for more of this kind of somnolence than can be traced to any mysterious power, yO Eg ds on olonous voice invisible the The importation of beans at the ports of New York, Boston and Phil- adelphia last year was 244.776 bags of 200 pounds each, und yet this country admirably adapted for bean culture. A correspondent of the Country Gentleman says ** Where the crop is grown on a large scale so that machinery ean be large- ly used the cost of growing should not be materially greater than that of growing an equal area of wheat. They may be planted by machinery, harvested by machinery, threshed by machinery, and the large buyers in bean growing districts use machinery largely in picking over the product. The yicld will probably, on the average, equal that of wheat. Then look at the price per bushel compared with that of wheat. The straw, tou, is a valuable food for sheep, as well as for other live stock, far exceeding wheat straw in this re is likely to be higher this year. The tities are annually imported. are permitted to continue.’’ and probably get as a part of her war the Chinese coast, between the 20th and 21st degrees of latitude, almost within hailing distance of the cities will be surrendered by China with money she is obliged to pay over. The island is about 400 miles long und 50 wide, inhabited by a mixture of races, soma of them not vet emerged from their primal barbarism, and if Japan gets it her first duty will be to give it a civilized administra- tion and bring its wrangiing tribes into subjection, which the have never been able to do. the main a mountainous i ged territory, not very fertile nor otherwise valuable, but of great strategic importance, lying between the China and Eastern seas, and will give important naval advantage to the country that possesses it. France has interests in those regions, and may have something to say about the transfer, and perhaps other coun- tries will be interested in the discus: But Japan has earned it; it is important to her, and she will prob- ably get it Chinese It is in and rug- is Sion. The great battleship Indiana, which has cost the government over $8, 250, nearly in trim to leave the but in all our navy yards and d harbors there is no drydock flont the new vessel If should happen to the Indiana it woull be her elsewhere or chor and allow t (NH) iS wi y splend that anythin bottom necessary can y { yf the else drop fil he ship's more The however en~ Con- i which Portland, Ore £4 FINK wi is is these at connection Club proves u mong the this new social releston, ground that the h satisfaction rived in in and women together. gathering is made up wholly of ng takes the iy tellectual assemblies come men there is apt to be a lack of restraint that wars against the best mental results. If women meet by them- selves, they grow opinionated. But the meeting of men and women to- gether at a Neighborhood Club subject to none of these objections. is A ——————— Largest Flashlight Photograph. The very remarkable photographie feat of taking the instantaneous pic- ture of an audience in a theater at night was successfully performed at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York city, on the evening of March 31st, at an interval in the per- formance of Wagner's ‘'Sieglried.” Only one minute was allowed by the management for taking the picture, Preparations had previously been made, and extraordinary charge of magnesium for the flashlight was suitably arranged, the camera was placed in position, the focus was ad- justed, the signal was given and the magnesium was fited by electricity. It is estimated that the flash was one. forty-fifthof a second in duration, | The picture has been reproduced as a two page cut in Harper's Weekly. Remarkable Mimetic Power. Dr. Moffatt, the distinguished mis- sionary and father in law of Dr, Livingstone, once preached a long | sermon to a tribe in the interior of { Afrien. Shortly after he had finished | he saw that the crowds were gather | ing around a very common looking | savage. To his surprise, however, | the lad mounted a stone and repeated | every word of the sermon that had { just been preached. FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS, WATT. of nj0 Dancing up and down like a dandy ; Thon he went and learned a trade, And the first steam engine A eel made, the whole world found it very handy. COURTESY AT HOME. Np pleasanter sight is there than a family of young folks who are quie! to perform little acts of attentio toward their elders. The placing the big armebair in a warm place f mamma, running for a aunty, hunting up papa’s spectacl and scores of little deeds suppressed footstool show and loving hearts. if mamma never returns a “Thank you, dear; what I was wanting indicate that the sin! if papa’s Susie,’ does ne little ated, the childre Little creatures ni attenti appreci habit. ind irit surrounding them. BSo, if whe mother's spool { cotton roll rom heriap the er stoops to pi ¥ I I up bright eyes wil »¢ the act ar juick minds make a ne ple. a thou quickly than i *XOIm TALK] There was a ventril wor that he was obliged to travel on foot from town to town to 6x- pense, much after the manner of the gentleman of adventure in Grimm 8 tales. One day he was joined on the road by a dog as forsaken as himself but who seemed desirous becom- ing his companion They journeyed together to the next town and entered tavern tired, hungry. and penniless. Not being troubled with the inconvenient refinement which comes from a long line of gentle ancestors, the man had developed the quality known as sheek, #0 he and the dog sat down to eat a supper for which they couid not pay. The room was full of loungers, and the stranger took a conspicuous seat ‘What will you have?’ once Winist 80 save of the ¥'' asked the nly waiter the place employed; the order embraced nearly every thing on the bill of fare. “But I want something for my dog. too,’’ he added. ‘‘Ask him what he will have.” The waiter muttered something about ‘Whatcher giving us,” =o the stranger said, and ‘Beef, every time,’ waiter “And what to drink?” pressed wonder, and gathered about to hear a dog talk. The ventriloquist feigned indiffer. ence by eating with avidity, while the landlord was evidently consider- ing something, His cogitation re- sulted in his offering the stranger three hundred dollars for his wonder- ful talking dog. The ventriloquist appearod { i i i moment, then said ‘Yes You may have him red doll * INoney was Hs paid was aboyt t the dy and vo dog sald beer You are n¢ turned the dog, "tos reat . masiet ware such an you mean to serve trick revenge never word as 10ng as | The wventrilog with all p gsible haste A Modern Portia. Am 1 FA } wlern Portia with a Af Yi Helen 88 Goule Queen Victoria's Oldest Subject. living sui Tha ine gs and of ull her faculties Keray s + x tO fey Fauld tl ALi said YEeAr to be Signs of the Times. THE JOKERS BUDGET. JESTS AND YARNS BY FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS. Hush Money.~-His Aunt's Visitors. Within Bounds~-A Birthday Sur- prise, Etc., Etc. HUBH MONEY. “What is this heard 50 mas “Er-well, for itself?’ hush un about?’ + kind that s money JERKS HIS J I’ 8 VISITOR Little boy—Mr. pretty often come to see you? Maiden at does jaldie comes here doesn’t he? Does he int—Te-he! I suppose he y-—~Mebby he wants youto you to cookies’ make n pig Trl A a JONNNDY=-NG ent over a peck, about a birthday +i Miss Newgate—What New Womasr gressive Clut International $a ins ge rl-—Noth ng vot happened t and 188 ' asked the father Been wanting blo Oh, n ioOmers’ ’ t 80 bad as jut used a buttonhook instead ofa h pin this morning to fasten her shoes.’ hat. she HERE 8 TALENT. Agnes—Gireat mimie, the Gives wonderful imitations Jack--Yes; he gave one a year or ago that cost him three months in jail. Agnes — Impossible! it? Jack—Gave his tation of a £20 bill. Count, 80 What was landlord an imi- AFTER THE “1'd like,”” said the elephant, re. flectively, ‘‘to get hold of that idiot who fed me a fake macaroon with a gob of tar in the middle of it. I'd" — “But it was no doubt kindly meant,”’ interrupted the laughing Hyena. "Tar is good to keep the moths out of your trunk, you know The laughing hyena knew that the elephant was securely chained. CIRCUS, IN THE FUTURE NOVEL. “Adolphus.’’ sald the new girl, in tones of strong, vibrant tenderness, “be not afraid, sweet one; look up, present, but the path to both is opening before me. This very week I have been made attorney for the Maidens’ and Matrons' Bank, and the Shoppers. Railroad Associa- tion, mine! Adolphus, trembling and blushing, toyed with the flower in his button. bole. It was her gift. She drew nearer to him ; their eyes met, and with one yielding sigh he dropped his head upon her stalwart shoulder and whispered ** Yes!"—Harpor's Bazar, XOT SURPRISED Bass—Do you know that Fender. son is a regular lady killer? Cass—] suspected much from what he said about the woman in the big hat just in front of him at the theater the other night. ne ENOUGH FOR THE CEREMONY. Bweet girl—Papasays you can’t af- ford to marry. Ardent get a !{ I can the cere youth--Nonsense preacher to perform mony for ¥2, Sweet girl—Can you? How foolish papa is! a dreadful cold don t you J Dick—1 have Tom—Why thing for it? Dick—1'd like to, but I ¢ any offers. I'll let you below cost if you we BOING take LOOKING FORW “1 thought vou were to Willie I was, bu { his wavs for Tetel 1 y BAYe CURE FOR LOCKJAW, Dr. Paul Gibier Believes He Has a Remedy. ceive oo. m that s It is quite pr the heat of olar heat fro shows sur metallic proportionately far more ex- re than the sun's, yet, smother- seems in rivals Sirius of Its COE i is cloak of ns reat star somo itself radiant respects to be, it in the intensity energy. If we suppose the radiation of Are. turus to be the same per unit of sur face us the sun's, it follows that Are: turus exceeds the sun about #75, 0 times in volume, and that its diame. ter is no less than 62 850,000 miles! Imagine the earth and the other planets constituting the solar sys. tem removed to Arcturus and set re. volving around it in orbits of the same forms and sizes as those in which they circle about the sun. Poor Mercury! For that little planet it would indeed be a jump from the frying pan into the fire, because, as it rushed to perihelion, Mercury would plunge more than 2,500,000 miles beneath the surface of the giant star. Venus and the earth Even remotest would be at the mouth of a furnace. away Neptune, the of the system, Poison in its Spur. Ornithorhynchus paradoxus, the unique Australian duck billed water mole, has lost its character for harm- a sting like a bee. The male has on its hind leg a powerful spur connect. ed with a gland. When attacked it does not scratch with the spur, but digs it in; and now an Australian naturalist has discovered that a vip ulent poison is ejected from the s me. He has found two men who were poisoned in handling the animal, and 2s aumber of dogs, four of the latter ing.
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