South Africa will again essay cotton manufacture, The fitness of things is happily il- lustrated, the Chicago Herald thinks, in the name of Mr, Chinook Whiskers, of Oregon. M. Berry asks the French Chamber to give Parisians the right to vote by mail, when they are out of town, or | too ill to come to the polls, A Kentucky woman recently bronght suit against a railroad for killing her horse and her husband. She got $150 for the horse and one cent for the hus- | band. The ex-President of the Royal Col- lege of Veterinary Surgeons of Eng- land condemns public drinking troughs for horses on the ground that they propagate certain diseases peculiar to horses. Justice Wheeler, of Chicago, holds that a bicycle rider has as much right of way on publie streets as the driver F. G. Nelson sued the owners of a truck which ran into of any vehicle, him while he was riding his bicycle, and has gained a judgment for 850 and costa. that 25,000 the carrying trade, that their value is a It has been estimated horses are employed in London million and a quarter, and that the cost is for food alone $4,000,000, A rule prevails of foraging the horses on threepence an inch per week—that is, a horse costs as many shillings a week as it stands hands high. Letters just published, written dar ing the siege of Paris, show what high prices were paid for curious meals. A M. Zoological Deboos bought sold the ani- The cassowary was certain up the Garden and mals at a profit. sold for $40 and the kangaroo for only £20. a wild Two camels brought £1000 and boar 8440, flesh was a luxury, and the two were sold as steaks for $5400. Elephants’ ] In Ireland compulsory in 1863, the Irish Poor Commissioners have carried out the law and the whole population has been vaccinated. From 1830 to 1840 the yearly average of deaths from smallpox was 5800, in the next decade it was 8287 and in the next 1272. In the year 1867 they were twenty, in 1868 they were nineteen vaccination was made Since that time Law and in the next year six The largest balloon in the world has just been constructed at Holloway, near London, England of 57.24 feet of over 100.000 cubic feet It is a sphere diameter, has a capacity weighs and a quarter tons, and will lift an ad- It is to be used for the purpose of obtaining con- ditional weight of a ton tinuous meteorologieal observations for a period of six days without de- It has scending. been successfully tested the State Geological Survey of Iowa shows that the belt of Missouri from Keokuk to Kansas City The annual report of coal extending across is more productive than any other of “‘the the coal nt a large portion of Kenta KY, portion great interior field of This fleld lows, contin American includes Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, indian Teiritory, Arkansas and Texas. Coal beds are found other States long to other fields and strata, mn most also, but they be The Bt. Louis Republic says: Seer tary Herbert is the only member of the be called a specialist in his own department. Mr, Herbert is fitted to be Becretary of the Navy, sad for no other place around Mr. Cleveland's council board. He is » mailor, of him; he knows a ship from masthead to keel; he can box the compass like an old salt, and could walk the deck as an Admiral or elimb the rigging ws a milor, snd has been taught the art of sea. manship in the school of experience. Cabinet who ean inch every He has sailed before the mast, Though the Chinese have been in this country so long » time and have | become so numerous, it is said of them | that they do not and eannot compre hend the status of the police, re marks the New York San. Their first idea is that a policeman is wn sort of i feudal ruler, with the right to chop oft their heads or levy on their property or do as he pleases with them, They have no fault to find with such rulers. They are used to them in Chine, In fact, as soon ss they find out that the police are mere watchmen on salary sot to guard the public pence they be. come disturbed and confused and end the strain on their minds by deciding that the policemen must be soldiers, and that is what nesrly every China. man thinks they are to-day, | Nebraska, those States would | net acts in three capacities | istrator of a department of | tires, through The Dakota River, with an estimated length of 600 mjles, is believed by many to be the longest stream in the world. unnavigable If all the people of the United States were placed in Kansas, California and not be 80 thickly settled ns England is now. Every member of the British cabi- as admin. state, ng member of a legislative chamber anda confidential adviser to the crown, An agricultural writer figures that the farmers of WOAT the logs to try by the of the coun- use the horseflesh and the loss of time, amounts HATIOW wagon and tear of to the enormous sum of £300,000,000 a year. Jonathan Hutchinson, to the aston- ishment of the New York Mail Express, is devoting the best years of and his life to studying the question, ‘‘Do the sick ever sneeze?’ He believes it to be fully as important as the deter- of the black cats black?” mination problem, ‘Why are It appears as if the people of the United States were steadily reducing of quinine alkaloids. 1887 the their consumption and other cinchona Year after of been diminished. year since importations cinchona bark have In 1898 the imported was less than half that of 1887, amount Fine carriages with rubber tires are said to be coming 1 use in of New York. 8100 for a = the city Inge This is an age of specialties, Boston ex The successful men of the world to-day are claims the Cultivator those who devote themselves to special work. Every man has some liking or possibility which is greater than any other, and which is in some way dif- This is his vocation, and he should devote to it his best thought In this way he will concentrate his ferent from those of other men. and endeavor, energies and secure larger results a great deal of nousense has been writ- ten about hypnotism. “‘Any one,” he says, “may hynotize himself in a few minutes by closing his eyes, directing them inward and downward, and then his watching its inhalation imagining breath to be Vapor, nd ex nisior from the nostrils § invariably look Cross-ey ing to sleep, in this way producing what hypnotists often cork call ‘transfixion.’ Fishermen hynotize themselves watching a of shining water on a surface An hour passes by as if it were a few minutes.” The Swiss Government has, for the Inst twenty years, caused observations to be made through its forestry sta tions on the temperature of the air, of the that the tem the trees and the soil in forests, These observations show perature in the forests is the perature always below temperature The tem also varies trees composing th forest of trees, they ooler thas a forest As to the are always colder than the If RIWAYS larch the trunks of Regarding the tem- found that temperature surrounding air, perature of the soil, it is in the forest the variably below that of the air. is in- Out side the forest the voll is always warmer in summer and colder than the air in winter The popular idea of Siberia, acoord. ing to the Chicago Record, is that it is | 8 barren desert extending from the frozen ocean of the north to the burn- ing sands of the tropics, but this is a great mistake. The population of Rus- sin in Asia is nearly 18,000,000, There are several cities with a population ex- oeeding 50,000, The agricultural pro- ducts reported, which constitute only {| you not satisfled with me?” A Philadelphia physician thinks that | 4 a very small portion of the whole, are | valued at an average of $30,000,000 a year, the output of the mines exported is valned at upward of $20,000,000 | annually, and the furs, fish, snd other European Russia from Siberia are worth 85,000,000 or $6,000,000 more. But this population is seattered over an enormous area; it is only partially vivilized ; the greater portion of the country does not expect or aspire to the production of anything more than is necessary for loeal consnmption ; the means of communication and trang. portation are lacking, snd, as pro- ductive industry is mensured in the European countries snd Amerios, it may be said that two-thirds of the people are habitaally idle, skins | products that come into | THE WATER — LIl.Y. In the slimy bed of sluggish mero Its root had humble birth, And the slender stem that upward grew Was coarse of fiber, dull of hue, With nought of grace or worth, The goldfish that floated near Saw alone the vulgar stem, The clumsy turtle paddled by, The water snake with Hdless eyo It was only a weed to them, But tho butterfly and the honey bea, The sun and sky and air, They marked its heart of virgin gold In the satin loaves of spotless fold, And its odor rich and rare, 80 the fragrant soul in its purity, To sordid life tied down, May bloom to heaven and no man Know, { playing fantastic Boeing the coarse, vile stem below, How God hath seen the crown. --James Joffrey Roche, sti — - WINDMILL, OWARD gammer | one day, in the years when Burke swayed admiring senates by his elo- i quence and pas | and Wilkes | thundered against | civic abuses, and set all London aflame ; in short, when George ITI. was King, one Ed- ward Gray, serivener, came down to his native village to spend a fortnight with his sweetheart, Lney Deal, There were many pretty girls in the country around, the beauty of them ns gentle as she was good. Her father had died | mere child, and his four years later, only the mem fie i i { i i sion, but she all, was and that ten love which had VOArs worked hard and prospered since then, and had made the long journey to Pen to her to re her word and marry him forth rave this summer press deem with But Lucy hesitated, The times were strangely out of joint ; ramors of war were heard on every side; ther were riots at Bristol — bread riots, what not; the prudent warned her to be careful “Better said, dear,” she for a walk the wait a little, as they started ! morning after his arrival, “Wait? Why should we wait? Are “Of course I am. Still another yoar | will soon pass if you are only panisne.” The lover could light “It is needless to delay any longer,” not see it in this sively “Heaven favors 1 I miss y said he, de the bold, an mu sorely when far AWAS Luey st They had « 3 ANSW( groun 33 oid mail Lh great sails were motionless, and the whole | looked in a backgronn it very beams w hich worm-eaten and wonder was that gaunt and grim the j 1 of blue sky deere; ried Miding itke some relic of almost supp ernmbling, and 1t had not tumble The girl S eyes re sted on it with a wistful interest “You remember the place? ' she said. “We used to play here as chil dren, She as becoming drooped under his gaze help faneyving our fate that of wr hit 4 fro WAS as to bw down long Ago and later paused, with blush, d her evelashes “] sOmehow cannot concerned with deed, I th wed ontr ay, goodness forts “WwW can we to do with such a wretched Forty years be dearest, what is the matter? She tarned pale fear, and he felt her fingers tremble as they rested on his arm His « yes followed hers, and there, confronting elderly man, in a dark with a sword st his side The stranger bent his brow on Edward “Who are you, fellow, and what are yon doing here?’ he said “Fellow yourself!” replied Edward, his dark face flushing with anger “What insolent boor presumes to ad- dress me in such terms?" The other drew back and clapped his hand on his sword. There was a wild scream from Luey, for Edward rushed at him savagely, and struek at him with all his nervous foroe of youth and strength and rage. The blow esught the man on the chin, and folled him senseless to the ground. “0, Edward! Edward!” “I have only dealt with him as he deserved,” said Edward, somewhat ruefully, and repenting of his ire; “but I meant not to strike so hard, either.” “It is mot that, dear. and hide.” “Why? “The press gang.” At those two ominons words Edward shivered, and grew cold in the noon: day heat. For in a moment he saw | the imminence of his peril, and all it | foreboded seizure, separation from | Luey, exile, perhaps death, His first conscionsness, when ral: | lied from the momentary stupor that had fallen apon him, was of her voice, breathing encouragement and “Come,” she mid, ‘we will make for the glade yonder, and consider what is to be done nest. There is no hat poss iy havi owl-roost Why, hence may with them, was an blue uniform, sternly Let us away | reckon with," said Edward, at last, | should | others as well, and if the worst befall { me, he has the law at his back to ex- | now, | Edward, poising in his hand a great conch to London till the end of the week, and you must hide somewhere in the meantime, See! he begins to rovive ; he moves; there is not a mo- ment to lose, He caught at the words instantly, thongh only murmured, and it was as if n new spirit possessed him. He took her by the hand, and, half-run ning, they glided along till they reached a group of trees about a mile away. There they stopped. For a long while neither spoke. The drowsy hush of the perfect summer day brooded in this secluded spot, un- disturbed by movement of sound of any kind. On the trees the sunlight flickered, fled returned again, tricks among loaves, Above stretched the serenc and cloudless sky. “If I had only Come ied nnd to Lh | But there may be that one man not care, cuse and condone him." “You are not in his power yet, nor need you be if you are prutient. I heard that strange men were seen in the neighborhood, but anderstood they were some distance away. Let me go back to the village alone, dear, and ascertain the truth.” Her face was composed ; her expres sion had recovered its natural while she spoke to him. All at onee she wheeled round with a stifled ery, panting like a hunted hare. Thre men were hurrying across the open space behind to ent off their retreat, and in the foremost of these Edward nized his enemy. His eyes flashed. ‘We for it, sweet!” he muttered his clenched to« th, sud he clasp | her round the They wore the charm rocoT must run between waist, out of the glade and into n without drawing breath was lovel overhead, and its brigh blin ied full ut to nimost glance bac starting, EK? wen paused uld the Edward } yaraging tw hesitation did 1: were to sucl minute more were in Had Edward been alone have distanced them, but of the number whose swiftness need have cansed him FET to the result. This man quickly shot out in advance of the other two-—a lean, lithe and the thud of his footsteps sounded sailors’ the y work, and in a hot pursuit h ’ wonld "ROOT there be last used ing one ANION AN any figure | perilously near. Boon that one runner was scarce = dozen strides off, and slowly, surely, gaining on them still, ward groaned, Though almost . Lauey heard Ed- this your breathless by nim. ¥ ie Save said sug ao flerce and dosna so fierce and despair wift pursuer heard it ng iu the air, he had a misgiving, 3 1 hi et his com Crafty folly of leaving and slackened his pact to overtake 1 as bold, rades Mim as well he saw the them too far behind in an emergency But even this assisted Edward noth for Lucy suddenly succumbed still held her round the waist, and her on distance, but the strain was too great ; no man so laden could run far She looked up pityingly into his {ace Edward stopped, aad, careless of all risks, spoke words of comfort to her, but Lucy only sobbed and held him tight The other man stopped also, snd was signalling to the ing, He bore SOI laggers to make Seeing the quarry st bay, he y take his time, and was » fncar ADS UDLneCcessaly Edward raged inwardly to think that he was powerless ; and the precious minutes were flying fast, never to be recalled ! “If I could only this,” he said “Ah, if!” echoed Lucy A change came over his face. “Listen, dear,” he mid. *‘I doubt the power of those men to capture me if I were alone and uninjured; but I have you to protect, for they might insult you on my sccount. We are nearing the hill again; let us try to ascend it, and take refuge in the windmill. Who knows what may happen after?” BY awhile the other two had come up with the comrade who had headed them, when, just as the tric wers in peep consultation, the fugitives started the race anew, It was their last effort, A fierce shout escaped the astonished watchers as they dashed headlong after the prey. The shout ceased abruptly, for Lucy snd her lover had suddenly vanished. “Down the vale!” called the leader, in explanation, The words were hardly ont of his lips when they reach the edge of a hollow which none had noticed unil There, right before them stood see a way out of lump of dried earth. Rage and de- | spair tore at the young man's heart, {and guve strengt to his arm and steadiness to his aim as he hurled the huge missile at his nearest foo. Down went the varlet backwards, his com- rade’s head falling eracked under his falling weight ; and in a twinkling the two strong wen were rolling helpless on the ground. So sudden was it all, that the third man stood like ous Seaisbed Then, with a bitter laugh, ward disap- peared. With one impulse they ran the | but | to the other side of the hollow, which commanded a view of the hill, and saw the faithful lovers already half-way up the side, nt a distance which showed the folly of continuing the pursuit, They looked at one another, “Best give it up, skipper,” said one of them oddressing the men in uni | form. ‘‘'Tis a smart youngster, and has beaten us cleverly, What then? One can easily find stout hearts for King George elsewhere, and I bear no malice,” 1 +¢Norl" The skipper eyed each in turn witl a contempt which he made no eff | to conceal. No creature is | about his dignity as a petty officer “Mighty fine,” be sneered, *‘but you may as well keep your sentiments to yourself; they won't majesty 's navy Besides, struck me in the | duty.” { “Oh, ns to that, if you're going to drag private quarrels into our busi | ness, why, "tis neither here nor there; { and if you ask my opinion, skipper, 1 HAY, after the bother we had al ready, it's sheer waste of patience to Evidently the lad and the las know the country well, and will lead us a rare fool's dance before we have a | chance of parting them to either of them !-—in would do the same.” And the BH aker folded and glared deflance The skipper felt like a captain whose crew revolts, and quickly turned to bridled his wrath “How do you know what my “Do you take me wasting my said the second. iri y touchy suit hi the execution of SCRIP my vo go on Small blame their place I his Brug, astonishment but he is anger, lesign in?" said he for a clown, bent on win valu and yours into bargain ? able time We have only to wait a man, or most likely the forced to go baek to the vill food ; they can’t sit and st ill. Thank and the will We Arve ur stars that vy wh i lerstar . Toe Ive i him At a bend in the path, he saw quickly slong towards stood He waited two and then turned round with Laces ming where he place nak umph written on sure r It was as he had gueused Deaf for mee to the prayers of her lover, Lacy had insisted on venturing back alone Strong in her love she feared nothing “They dare not harm me,” she said proudly, and so broke away from him with a last embrace and 8 promise to | return after sunset. [ The skipper made a sign to his men, and went forward to meet her. The others reluctantly followed him. To lo them justice, they ashamed f their work. Absorbed in the tice of them t were ao) gh 1! and even then hot Vil ol omp : ! But of the ened fear fieroe eves steadily upon her, almost failed She looked at each o hem int COUT urn and then waited “You Man a wis “Wher Lucy made no suswer, “Are yon his sister, or his sweet heart-—which? Best speak the truth, or it will be worse for you in the end “Bravely said,” retorted Lucy scorn- fully. Thenshe paused. The thought crossed her mind that it ald be wiser to conciliate than de fy 1m “] done no more than I have a right she went on “After that eX px H are the girl that was with that ago?” is he n tiie skipper began 1 - have to do,’ has passed, yon surely eannot 11 Bil me to stoop to betrayal This time no slipped quickly past th quickened her pace overtook her “Come, idle to jest with us; be not so foolish as that.” He reflected a moment “Mates,” said he, ‘‘my life on it, but | our bird's not far off. 1 have taken | a thought, and 1 mind me of that windmiil we passed yesterday. Let's have a look at it; the chance is worth trying for.” She turned pale directly. This change of countenance did not eseape him, “You must accompany us, Inss.’ He caught her by the arm. As she felt the touch of his hand she drew back, “‘Release me, and I will go | with you," she ssid quietly The party walked on in silence till | | they reached the clearing in front of | | the mill door. Here the skipper bade them stop, and warned them to keep | near him. He then lifted the Intoh and went in. i They looked searchingly round, but | discovered nothing. The place was | {dim and close. Now the sunlight st intervals. Now | shi skipper, and But he soon my lass; it is one answered ; , | reached the floor | again it was veiled in gloom. | “Stay you there while I taken peep at the floor above,” the skipper eaid, stepping toward the winding stairoase | in the opposite corner. Seeing, this, { Lucy lost all nerve, and, careless of | consequences, tried to prevent him | from going further, “Away!” oried the skipper, and | pushed her roughly aside. At that moment an active figure sprang on him swiftly as a oat; a heavy blow sent him ng back, and there, ocon- fronting them all, was the man they sought. o shock of rise smote them dumb ; but before ¢ could » or move, a low, rambling pl gobi | but how well he sees them. | are more or less color blind. th the building, the walls bent Jr tottered and sank. With one simultaneons convnlsion the old mill fell erashing down in a cloud of { dust thet hid the daylight, nnd threw | & sudden darkness over the scene, { Then, in the darkness and stillness, { and the horror of it all, voice was softly audible: “Doar Edward, only left now!” ; She 8B Woman ¢ and 1 are led {| still, and burst ont crying ] | nest el one clo er = Fu Marring: pars: Wi this 24 day i | wi ec SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL, The cirenlation of the fected by music An bl¢ yd i% y locomotive 1 | ) Pleces, A new been dise The only quadruped that lays egg 18 the ornithorhychus of Australia, It would take large as our earth in size to Jupiter. metal named wered in Idaho Pow: It about to 1200 globe make Pasteur's patients for 1nst hydrophobia sometir outh Duncan, of Chi Ipox epidemi with great stmosph DEras many as i129 a m Dr. T. C thnt smal made 112 miles an bh The pa been works In su wp hate have 1 for fe rtilizers since rveving marl bedsa b 0 1/68 ing apparatus made of half-inch gas is used. It gives good results a depth of thirty feet. piping It is said that & red parasol destroys al the power of the sun and must therelore keep the skin from freckles Photogra- phers long ago availed themselves of this peculiarity of light transmitted throngh a red medinm, and it seems ible to suppose that a red shade Om} 18 gre MORRITE actin: Teaso exon reached this eart! On Wednes Brocknell, En Langmore obs lay, January gland, th rved a bes rainbow It appeared of brilliant ’ by a brosd band of brow: a circle whi another band of violet, bright band of green and of vell The whole { brow: there was no dust | w circled by If the would be lookin a band sky would be a limitless sp weather ARDOYEe US 1 particles correspond with the konisoope, at CRU 1 by the depth of the haz TE Tests tor Color Blindness, heave HE America is far ahead of Great Brit. ian in protecting its travelers by ses from the dangers that might ocour through color blindness. The visual examination of all British shipmasters and subordinaie officers left to the examiners in seamanship, which is no test at all. Any person that has made this subject a study is awsre that none but surgeons or experts in optical sei- ence are competent to loeate color blindness even in a mild form. The test of color blindness is not in how well one oan name the colors of lights Four per cent. of the males and one per cent, of the females of all civilized nations The law requires that all deck officers of Amer- joan stoam vessels shall be examined by a marine hospital surgeon, and if found color blind, or partially so, { they must not serve in that capacity. «Now York Advertiser. - ————— ’ How He Spelied His Name, The late Ottiwell Wood, one of tha leading charactors of New England, was once summoned as a witness in vourt. When he was called and sworn, the Judge, not oatching his name, asked him to spell it, whereupon Mr. Wood began : “0, double &, i, double u, e, double I, double u, double o, 4." The Judge was too thick -witted to the meaning of this string of i A and letters, and, throwing down despair, exclaimed : “Most
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