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O11 lanterns are prevented from ex ploding when tipped over by the use of 11 new burner attachment, consisting of a weighted slide inside the lantern which holds the wick and is balanced so that a tip of the lantern causes it to tall into the burner opening and pre vent the oil from running out. A combined boat tent and bed has been designed for campers’ use, con. sisting of a canvas cover, to be fast ened to the mast and extended to the edges of the boat to inclose part of it the balance being covered by canva: stretched on a low frame, with a mat tress underneath, which can be folded when not in use. nem Verbatim. Pugnot—"8Bay, did you tell Haskil that 1 was an inveterate liar?’ Pax pit—*“No.” Pugnot—'"Well, it's a goo/ thing you didn’t” Paxnit—"No, said ‘chronic.’ "—New York World. . A I— . Action is the right outlet of emotion We are sure you do eu. Nobody wants it. 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From one to the other of the ple- tures her glance wandered, Now her countenance would for a moment beam with the joy of a settled choles, only to darken again in a moment with perplexity. “It I could only say which one! A sigh fluttered within the tender bosom and escaped {rom the rosy lips. “Will is dark. 1 love dark men.” She clasped her hands and raptu*- ously scrutinized the nearest portrait, “But Henry Is noble aud good. A faint flush crept into her cheeks, Her thoughts were with the other pie ture, “One of them 1 must marry.” Rising to her feet she paced the floor nervously, It was a life's hap piness that hung trembling in the bal ance, “I am sure that both men love me with all their hearts.” Hand was pressed in hand, until the bloed forsook the taper fingers wito the frantic pressure, “Both of them—but stay.” It was a startled look that flashed “Yes, ves it is surely so.” Relief succeeded anxiety, and a smile of sweet content flittered abomt her lips, “If I marry Will, Henry" She leaned forward fondly the portraits. “Henry will give me a wedding present. If 1 marry Henry, I just know Will would be huffy and never give me a thing." She pondered a moment in silence. “Yes,” she softly whispered at jast, “I shall marry WIL" High resolve invested her personal ity with a new interest.—R. Apnot iu IHustrated American, toward Rube Was Always There. “Do you know,” asked a promlinen Detroit lawyer the other day, "tha some men have a mania for testifying in important lawsuits? Well, the) pave, I don't pretend to account foi it, except upon the general prineipls that each person has some besetting weakness, but I have known of severa during my life that seemed determine to testify in every out of usual run. 1 formerly did a criminal and there Case business, little but to expect as a witness, 1 him whenever 1 had a har case to fight, and 1 can’t ever disappointed me. “Rube to be omnipresent No matter whether it was a shooting affray on west side or a cutting affray on the east side, Rube was sure know something about it; or a least claim that he did, And he neve: put himself in a position to be attacke for perjury, except upon the ground of improbability. On one oc casion it became of vital Importance for me to prove that a pistol shot was fired before midnight instead of after I was in despair over the matter, whet in walked Rube one afternoon an volunteered the desired testimony though I had never mentioned my serve seemed the fo vagus dilemma to any one. His story was straight as a gun barrel and the other] side made a fruitless effort to entangh | him. Whether a knave or not, he was | a genius of the first water. “It came to be that the prosecutor and everyone interested In a case | when asked how it was going, woul reply: “We've got "em, unless Rule turns up on the stand."— Detroit Free ress, ———— BC — A Kissing Nation. In no other part of the world is kiss ing so much in vogue as ®t Russia From time immemorial it has been the national salute; indeed, it is more o a greeting than a caress, In public affairs, as in private, tls kiss is an established custom. Fathen and sons kiss; old generals with rust) mustaches kiss; whole regiments Kiss The emperor kisses his officers. On reviewing day there are almost a many kisses as shots exchanged. If ¢ liliputian corps of cadets have earned the imperial approval, the Imperia salute is bestowed upon the head boy who passes it on with a hearty repor to his neighbor, he in his turn to tie next, and so on through the whol Juvenile body. On a holiday or fete day the young and delicnte mistress of a house wil not only kiss all her maid servants but all ker men servants, too, and | the gentleman does not venture abov: her hand, she will stoop and kiss his cheek. To judge, also, from the number o salutes, the matrimonial bond In thes high circles must be one of uninter rupted felicity. A gentleman scarcel) enters or leaves the room without kiss ing his wife, either on her forehead cheek or hand. —Tit-Bits, The Queen's Clocks. The queen has 260 clocks at Wind sor castle, Some of them run for forty eight hours at a winding, one of then for twelve months, and it is said tha in order that the winder may not for get the latter ope it is wound every year on his birthday The oldest clock the queen has belonged to Anne Bo leyn. It Is quite a modern looking af fair but for the heavy ‘weights that work it. One of the clock cases con tains General Gordon's Bible, An establishment has been opened in Paris, France, for the sale of tly A Palpable Defect. i Uncle Silas—"1 tell you, we've got ‘the grandest and most glorious govern- 'ment on the face of the earth. You ‘ean rail against it purty easy, but i {defy you to produce a single defect in the hull system.” Uncle Hiram “Look here, 81, we've gat twenty office- hunters for every office, an’ the popu- lation growin’ at a fearful rate!"— New York Sun, sss ARI Small Boy's Hero Boy (to sea captain who has a repu- "tation to maintain)—D'd you ever gel Did 1, sonny? Did 1? 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FREER MENT FREE tthe World, inde Assortment Al tp re dae ‘s Wax Works, Datla Fa Amateurs . ns BURL a ci. ww Make Up’ 26 Went 294 Dirac | NN York Citys “A HOODOO BAB" 2s. soon rren: iv To Yon Ne Ei TALKS A HOLE IN A BOARD. ——— Edison's Latest Javention Makes the Old Jocular Saying Come True. Mr. Edison has devised an lpstru- ment for talking a hole through a plank, says the Washington corres- pondent of the Boston Traascript. This sounds like a joke, but it is a fact, nevertheless, and it affords one of the most interesting illustrations of the power of sound waves, When the wizard was In Washington 8 while ago an examiner of patents spoke to him casually on the subject, and, struck by an inspiration, he sat down and drew ua sketch of the apparatus in question, which consiéls primarily of an diaphragh, a ratchet and a toothed wheel. When one talks to the dia- phragm its vibration causes the wheel to revolve, and through the familiar contrivance called a “worm gear” a gimlet is turned, which bores its way through a board. Indeed, the device here described has been patented by Mr. Edison, but not for the purpose above described. It appears in the records of the patent office as a contrivance for winding a clock. All you have to do In order to wind this sort of a clock—a class of apparatus notoriously obstinate and untrustworthy—is to storm at it a bit ana call it some names. Without any more to do the obedient timepiece starts itself agoing, and is good for twenty-four hours. It has been suggested that Mr, Edi. son's Invention for causing the human voice to accomplish a boring might be utilized to advantage in the congress of the United States, where the loug speeches of certain members would serve not merely to wind the capital clocks, but also to run much of the elaborate machinery required to ven tilate and otherwise manage the build. ing occupied by the national legisla ture. The Idea is susceptible to inde- finite expansion, but it has remalned for an Elkhart (Ind) man to conceive a scheme of a vastly more remarkable description. It may be sald of him that he will exalt his horn far above the rest of mankind, inasmuch as he proposes at the Paris expo- sition a tuba with a mouth diameter of fifty feet. As he expresses it, he pro- poses that all the before the great French fair is over shall know that he makes horns, The tuba will be blown by a steam engine, and will produce music audible at fifty miles, {0 erect world A Difficult Sargical Operation. An operation was performed recent upon Frank Hall, aged fifty-eigl at Greenfield, Ohlo, at Good Samaritan Hospital, which resulted In saving the latter's life. Hall entered the hospital suffering f a tumor situated at the junction i Iv years, # residing it AN { the irom of the clavicle and the breastbone, on the right side. The mass had pushed itself outward from beneath the breast bone and collar bone, absorbing those portions of the Intter bone which re. sisted Its progress and pulsated with each beat of the heart causing a soft hissing sound at the same time It took but glance of the sur geon's exe to inform him that he was dealing with dangerous and dreaded condition known as apenrism, the latter being sitvated, as stated above, about three Inches from the heart and at the junction of the in nominated and Hs two branches, the common carotid and the subclavian, three vessels the rupture of either of which meant instant death, The op- eration, consisting of ligating the car otid and subelavian arteries beyond the dilated blood sae although haz ardous in the extreme, was finally de- cided upon, rather than allow the pa- tient to die by rupture of the sac and bleeding to death. The patient being cognizant of the fact, submitted to the operation. After being anaesthet ized an jocision was made, extending from near the collar bone to about three Inches above it and two inches external to Adam's apple. The su. perficial and deep tissues being divid. ed, the common carotid was hooked up and securely tied and the wound clos. ed. Another incision about three inch- es long and two inches deep, just above and parallel with the collar bone, brought the operator to the sub. clavian vessel, which was also secured and tied tightly, The patient rallied from the operation and is now a well man, one th » fans The Brave Gu \. the Cruel Spaniard. A correspondent describing a bull fight In Bpain in the Saturday Review, gays: The trumpet sounds again, and the espada takes his sword and his muleta, and goes out for the last scene, This, which ought to be, Is not always, the real climax. The bull is often by this time tired, has had enough of the sport, leaps at the bar rier, trying to get out. He is tired of running after red rags, and he brush. es them aside contemptuously: he can scarcely be got to show animation enough to be decently killed. But one bull that I saw yesterday was gplen- didly savage, and fought almost to the inst, running about the arena with the sword between his shoulders, and that great red line broadening down each side of his neck on the black; like a deep layer of red paint, one tricks one's self into thinking. He carried two swords In his neck, and still fought; when at dast, he, t got weary, and he went and knel down before the door by which he had entered, and would fight no more. But they went up to him from outside the “barrier and drew the swords out of him: and he got to his feet again, and stood to be killed. According to an old joke, English men usea to say: “It's a fine morn! Let's go out and " And $azg do it, too, .. AS the Queen's Bxpense. The prince of Wales occasionally en- joys a joke over the queen's propensi- ty for giving away Indian shawls At one Henly regatta he was on 4 steam launch with a merry party, engaged in scrutinizing the other craft om the river. Their attention was especially drawn to a boat containing a pleasure party, che member of which was an elderly lady bearing a remarkable re- semblance to the queen, and she seem- ed bent upon doing all in her power to heighten the resemblance. One of the company on board the launch ap- proacied the prince and ventured to draw his attention to the Iady in gques- tion, jocularly suggesting that it was the queen viewing the regatta incog. Just as his royal highness was leveling his fleld glass upon her, she rose, and taking the shawl upon which she bad been sitting, threw it about the shoul- ders of the young girl who was with her. “It is undoubtedly the queen” replied the prince quietly: “I see that she has just presented one of her In- dian shawls.” Skimmer. 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