"I 189a JOB, STTND AY, SEPTEMI EB him. Do on think you could point him out ia a crowd?" "If he had nothing on or everything on his head. I said I could pick Lim oat of hundreds." "Then he not afraid of him. He can do you no harm. If he is here, in Leyden, you hall hare a chance to point him out Now, go you to Mr. Hare's; I will be there speedily. I must to La-vyer Speed's now, 11 mayhap I find him in." He crossed an open field, leaving me waiting up the lane, when a woman met me. I started when the turned the corner of the lane. "When she came up to me she stared at me boldly. I stared at her with open mouth. "Fine manners,staring a body out of coun tenance. You will be Philip Gray's boy. You'll have a settling soon they'll teach you to look another way when your sister Sets her dues. How dare you look at me kethat?" Now the truth was, I was not thinking of Jane Hardy at all. I had heard of her, but I had never seen her. She stooped, picked up a clod, and threw it at me, striking me In the face, saying "I'd do the same with your sister if I had the chance. Give her Jay compliments, and tell her Jane Hardy wants to know if she remembers the night he met me with as handsome a man as she ever linked arms with, and refused to speak to me. Bah! She is coming to grief a yrond spirit goes before a fall." "When she passed on my brain was in a whirl. Instead of staring at Jane Hardy, I was looking at her shawl. It was the same that my sister Hannah wore. And now it Cashed on me suddenly that there was some jnyitery some strange mistake, and that I Jttad wronged my sister greatly, but not only did Jane Hardy's shawl look like Hannah's, but they were both of one size, nd strangely alike at first glance. The hope that all would be cleared up ;ow inspired me. I lost no time in going to the minister's house, and in five minutes Biore my mother and Hannah knew all I had to tell concerning James Hardy. Then J had my reward; my sister Hannah shed tears and laughed as she kissed me, and ealled me her brave brother. Presently my lather came in, and with him lawyer Speed, who remained onlv a few minutes, taltins to Hannah and Mr. Hare. Then he hastened away, and I i learned from the talk around me that Han nah had a lover in Boston named Henrv IT WAS THE FACE OP THE Moxham. His uncle was a rich merchant, ani Henry -n anted to go to sea. He met Hannah m'Boston, and when he told her he ii goinir over the sea once, and would come to Leyden and marry her with my father'i. consent, she fea'ed he would take up a seaianne life. That was the reason t the crieu when 1 talked ot going to sex The rn2rslnl having found letters on the dead man ad Jressed to Henry Moxham, was sure this nas the young man who had made love to Hannah. His son. Preston Perkins, whs ta en into his father's counsel the proo'" seemed overwhelming. If Henry Moxcatj wa murdered so near my father's ho .;e, and Hannah was seen near the place W bodv was found, unless she could tell who Killed her lover she would hang for it But as I learned long afterwards, two power ul nsrents were co-operating at that in mnt in her favor. The minister's faith is Ian nah was unbounded. The moment h- b a J of the papers lound on the dead jd.i e sent a messenger in hot haste to V t Moxham's uncle in Boston. This v-nerabli-looking gentleman came in ' r r after the lawyer went out of the e sster's house, and patting mr head, lo ked down at me, saying, "This lad will prrve a valuable witness, no doubt" My s's ei Hannah smiled brightly on me how C' id I erer have doubted our Hannah? I tsked myself again and again. CHAPTER IV. EOW THE MAESHAL'3 OFFICE WAS USURPED. When we entered the church a great er o d was there. A hush fell upon the er w3 wLen the Justice sat up at one end t..i tne minister seated himself near him. M mother and Hannah sat beside Mr. Hare. Tie marshal glared at them from tar other side. There was a turning of heads when the Justice spoke to the mar shal, savin; they were ready to proceed, and then te asked if the witnesses were present My father stood near the door. I sav him start when the marshal stood up w b one John Kenley. He pushed John fn-T-aro. Kenlev was a tall, slim young raar with high cheek bones, upturned nose aAd imall watery eyes. He shambled in LJ walk up the aisle and stammered. Is tuis your chief witness?" the Justice asted "Let him be sworn." He 'kissed th bnok and looked down on the floor. fe.l the Justice what you told me," said the marshal. ' If ; ou please," said my father from the &Of; "1 demand that the witness at this time mav be interrogated byyou." Whereupon the Justice bowed. "Go on; we wui coon determine what is in this case. Te 1 us all you know." "It was on a Tuesday I met Preston Per kins anJ told him I knew something, and he took me to his father. I said I knew who was near the clump of trees the day the murder vas done. A hush fell over the peer ie they all leaned forward at this. W ho aid vou reier to?" "To Uanna'h Gray." T :iea everybody looked at our Hannah, wl o was looking curiously, I thought scorn ful, at John Kenley. '!'" far were you from her?" At this co leaned forward and stared at John, vr ie mei. to be annoyed by me. I was sure or a soul was near when I thought I saw Mart,;!-, near the clump of trees. I wedcred where this witness concealed him ef I was snaring birds I was lying In the fie 5 usi across the road." now was Hannah dressed? How eould ro:i distinguish her?" "v he-shawl." "You did not speak to her ye 4tt act see her looking at vou?" "He said he knew her without tha dwl, that" "That will do," said the Juitioe, ui tin marshal sat down suddenly. "You told this td the marshal. Do you come here voluntarily?" "I did not want to come I was told I must come." "Be careful. The marshal used no threats. He simply told you it was your duty was not that the way?" "Yes, he said over and over again that if it were his own child did it that justice should be done. He said if it were his own son he would hang him." "I said so." The people looked at the marshal doubtingly when he said this. My father pressed forward suddenly and asked: "Did Gideon Perkins otter you anything to induce you to come here?" John Kenley looked at the marshal, then at my father despairingly. "Answer," said the Justice. "He said a bird in the hand was worth two in the bush." Mv lather turned to the Justice. "My daughter's reputation and life bal anced against a birdl" All Levden Knew John Kenley was fond of birds and weak in brains. "You say you will swear you saw Han nah because you knew the shawl she wore?" "I know the shawl I'll swear to the shawl any time," sasid John stubbornly. At that moment Mr. Speed came in. He, too, asked Kenley if he spoke to Hannah: if she observed "him, and Kenley in desperation said he knew Hannah as well as anybodv. Meanwhile my father stepped out "When he returned he led Jane Hardy, who scowled at every body as she was placed before the witness. My'father put a shawl around her and Mr. Speed asked Hannah to place her shawl around her, and when the two stood before the Justice all the people wondered at the strange likeness. Poor Kenley was con fused; he admitted he could not tell one from the other, and Mr. Speed dismissed hira curtly for a fool. Then Henry Moxham's uncle was sworn. He said he had reasons of his own for think ing there was some mistake; that his nephew, who contemplated marriage with Hannah Gray, was not murdered. The Jus tice asked him to state the reasons and he answered that he bad a letter from Henry Moxham dated in Eneland. Anotherreason was, he had exhumed the remains of the murdered man, who proved to be another nephew cousin to the murdered man. He was employed by a currier, was on his way riMihi MAV WHO THREATENED ME. to Salem, was verv saving and was known to carrv a money belt But there was no belt on the body uhen found. So now lor the first time a strong motive for the murder was shadowed in this testi mony. I was wondering at the strange looks of the people around me when my father plucked my arm, and pointed to the Justice, who said solemnly: "We will not have the child sworn unless he understands the nature of an oath." "It would be well to satisfy yourself," my father answered. I do not know what answer I made to the Justice, but I saw the old men nod, and then all fear vanished. I was sworn, and with all eyes riveted on me told my story without pausing. When I repeated what Jane Hardy said to me in the lane, she jumped up and called me a liar. My father left the church while I was speaking. Before I ended a man entered the church bearing a small cage with two birds in it The birds made a noise; the Justice frowned and ordered their removal, but the man answered: "I was told by Philip Gray to tell you these birds be wit nesses." Gideon Perkins stood up. His face was very white when I looked at him, which I did often,but now it was flushed with anger. The "veins on his temples stood ont like knots as he spoke to the Justice. "Has any other man the power I possess to bring in this man and that man before you? I am Marshal of Leyden, am I not?" "You speak truly," said the Justice. "I did not command Jane Hardy's pres ence." "In Jane Hardy's case, Gideon, the in formation conveyed to me is or a nature that warrants me to give .you a verLal order to take her in charge, and see that she is in safe keeping until such time as she may be wanted." "I gave Phillip Gray no authority to search the inn, and bring birds here. In this very matterl have been diligent Have I not said the guilty should be punished, aye, even though the murderer were my own child. I ask you to rebuke Philip Grey, else I must resign my office." v Even while the Marshal was speaking an hundred heads were turned towards the door, where my father was pressing forward, holding firmly in his iron grasp the man who threatened me in the wood. An expression of awe grew upon every face as neighbor whispered to neighbor. The only sound that was heard now was the twittering of the birds. The Marshal stood looking at the Justice. Something in the countenance of the latter arrested his at tention. He glanced sidenise, then boldly faced the Justice again. Meanwhile my lather pressed forward until he approached within arm's length of the Marshal, when he paused and said: 'I bring you the murderer of Henry Hoxham. I found him concealed in a bed in the Inn. Here, too. is the belt he took from the man he slew in the wood." The birds were chirping loud. "The birds are not needed now," my father added. "I sout them here that you might see what birds were in hand for John Kenley." The birds chirped louder than ever now. Gideon Perkins threw his head back, and a strange sound, the like of which I never heard, and I trust I may never hear again, issued from his lips. It was not like any thing human. The Justice and minister sprang forward and caught him as he fell. Then the crowd slowly left the church. The next morning all Leyden knew he was dead. Tha marshal's oldest son was tried in Bos ton, proved guilty, and hanged. Jane Hardy confessed her guilt She had known the Marshal's son many years, and her complicity was easily accounted for. She fell ill and died in jaiL I was a witness in Boston, but it is like a dream to me. My sister Hannah was happily married to Hen ry Moham within the year. THE ESD, !- . '"-JIUSr i. BLOCKS FOR PAYING. How 13,000,000 of Them Haye Been Hammered Oat for Pittsburg. BIG QDAEEIES NEAR LIGONIER, The Softest of Iron Used ia Sawing tha Hardest of Stone. Up A KEW IDEA FOE COUNTEI EOADS tcoBuxsroxDXxcx or isi dispatch.! LIGONIER, Aug. 27. IX hundred men, for six years, with the in terruptions only of the Sundays, have been hammering away at the Loginier block stone quarries, three miles below this place, and the owners Jfa ftvrAnTO of th's r'k deposit are juo.uuw Jibuti opened. The Lig onier blocks are especially familiar in Pittsburg. Already abont 45 miles of the streets of that city have been paved with the substantial blue stones, and if the favorite city contractors have their own way many more miles of Pittsburg streets will be paved in the same way within a few years. The blue stone blocks used for paving in Pittsburg come from a deposit near the Packsaddle, an outcrop on one of the spurs of the Allegheny Mountains. Another de posit of the same quality of stone Is found above Connellsville on the Baltimore and Ohio road, an outcrop from another spur of the same mountains, but the Ligonier blue stones, as all the deposits are called, seem to be native in the Ligonier Valley. Seven Millions of the Blocks. Last year there were taken from the Lig onier quarries and transferred to the streets of Pittsburg just 7,000,000 of the blue stone blocks. Two years ago about 3,000,000 of the blocks were transferred in the same way, and this year it is estimated that 3,000,000 more of the Slocks will be sent to Pittsburg for paving purposes. The blocks were first introduced in Pittsburg five years ago. They are almost imperishable, and are said to be almost as hard as ada mant The great quarry was originally opened for street paving stone, but within two years it has been supplying a little of every thing that is made from stone. Plans for stone houses are now sent to the quarry here, and the structure in sections is shipped away, every piece numbered and ready to be put together, thus recalling the building of Solomon's Temple of old. The building stones as well as the paving blocks are chopped out ot a mammoth rock, the face of which is now exposed to a depth of 65 feet and extending along the ridge for nearly a mile. The rock is first blasted by drilling with compressed air. Glycerine is poured into the holes and exploded as an oil well is shot One blast as a rule tears out enough stone to build a house or two, and exhausts an ordinary appropriation for street paving block. Sawed tTIth the -oftot Iron. The building stones are carried down on an incline from the qnarrv to the sawmill, where they are sawed out according to plans and specifications. Sawing stone is not mnchof a novelty. Many quarries saw out building stones, and some of them use dia mond pointed saws of rare value and great cost But sawing Ligonier block stone, the hardest in the market, with the softest iron made, is an innovation and can be seen at no other quarry in this country. The saws are made especially for the purpose and are made especially soft They are ordinary iron bars about 10 feet long, 3 inches v ide and 3-16 ot an inch thick The rough stones are placed ou trucks and rolled in under the saws that are set In sub stantial frames. The saws are operated jus as the Eas in any mill are operated. Un der the saw is a pool of water into which a certain amount of crushed steel is thrown. The steam power operating the saws pumps the water and crushed steel into the saw's track and the soft iron blades with the as sistance of the water and steel, carves through the ro'ugh stone like a cheese -knife would wade through a roll of fresh butter. There are three saws iu the mill here, and two men are required to operate each of them. A branch of the Ligonier Valley Bailroad extends up to the door of the mill and the stones as sawed are shifted from the trucks to the cars. Besides building stone, flags for street crossings are sawed out, and just near the saws is a huge polishing machine, where a patent-leather shine is put on any of the stones desired. None of the Stone Gets Away. Alex. McConce, superintendent of the quarries, here told me yesterday that for the past five years an average of 20 cars a A SNAP-SHOT AT THE QUABBY day of the vxTious'kinds of stone turned out have been shipped from here, and he also said that not an ounce of the great rock from which the stone is taken has been wasted in that time. The paving blocks are supposed to be the finest quality of the ma terial. The building stones, fence posts and curbstones are next the pieces broken off in the various operations are gathered up by a steam shovel and thrown into the yawning month of a hungry steam crusher From the crusher the pieces pass into a huge revoh iug screen by which the differ ent sizes are separated and are carried bv a chute don n to the railroad probably GOO yards below. The first quality of the crushed stone is used for railroad ballast. The second grade, just a size smaller, is used in making beds for aspbaltum pave ments, and the quality which is fine almost as dust is used in the manufacture of as pbaltum and can be seen in its raw state at nearly every station along the Pennsyl vania Bailroad, where it is used as a pave ment instead of the wooden platforms for merly used. In fact, the only material from the quarries that escapes is the dust that rises like a fog from the revolving screen, and even it serves a purpose, as it settles over the quarry buildings and prac tically paints them white and preserves them just as paint would. Hammering Oat a Paving B'oek. A paving block is hammered out by hand. But little skill is required. A blunt ham mer is used, and the quarryman guesses at the size. He first draws his dull hammer over the face of the stone marking, out the size of the block, and he then hammers away and the block really seems to form itself. The quarrymen are paid $20 per thotmnd for tha blocks," and it reaulres J'rt FsSl jl'? wiLyxvmatf: w abont four davs for an . & strious workman to chop out a thousand blocks. Superintendent McConce says there is enough stone In his quarry to pave the streets of everv city and town in the United States. He has recently been experiment ing in country road making with the stone dust turned out, and he claims the country roads ot the State could be improved-and made smooth and durable with the dust cheaner than with any other material. The roads he has himself improved with the dust are as smooth as a carpet and they ap pear everlasting. It is not likely, how- Where the Block Are Sawed. ever, that the Ligonier quarry owners will devote much attention to country roads until they have exhausted their contracts in Pittsburg streets. It is just a trifle difficult to conceive the amount of stone that has been taken out of this quarry since it was first opened. Its dis covery was an accident, but its operation has bean a golden harvest "Within three vears 13,000,000 paving blocks alone have been taken out. Count ing their length between nine and ten inches, they would, if placed end to end, make a column 2.000 miles long. Heebekt. A 8EE-SAW 07 FISH. An Old Timer Has to Let O-ie Bass Go In OrIT to Keep the Other. Forest and Stream. About ten days ago the writer, while out fishing with a friend, witnessed a perform-8 an re which was about as amusing to the spectators as it was provoking to the person most concerned in the affair. Mr. Bare and I were returning home from a trip to the riffles when we espied 'Squire McNeil, an old veteran fisherman of this place, busily engaged in fishing for chubs. As is his usual custom when out of bait, the 'Squire had pulled up to a grass patch, leaving his baited hooks trailing out from the stern of the 'boat, while he went on about the business of securing more bait. Just as we were passing by, at a respectful distance, and had said good morning and "what luck," two large bass tackled the two lines and were of! before the 'Squire had time to wink; whr-r-r-r-r, whr-r-r-r-r-r sang out the two reels, up got the Squire with a rod in each hand and trving to keep both lines taut by a graceful see-saw movement of the body,' which must have been acquired on the dancing floor years ago. "Well, as a matter of course, one rod had to be dropped; this was done and the fish was soon free. The other bass bad by this time sought the kindly shelter of some rocks, snazginz the line badly, and it was with considerable difficultythat the fish was finally landed, and found to be a two pounder. The 'Squire is certain that the bass lost was by far the larcer of the two, but just why he did not hold on to him he is not able to explain. "We were not near enough to help the 'Squire with his fish, nor were we close enough to bear any "un illigant" language. The 'Squire says there was none used, he didn't have the time. AD" ABIIST WITHOUT ABMB. By Aid of Bis Feet He Turns Ont Master pieces In Painting. Drake's Magazine. Physical misfortune in itself is bad enough, but when it attracts the attention of the vulgar and the thoughtless it is far worse. For instance, Charles Felu, the singularly gifted and unfortunate artist of Antwerp, has had to give up painting on the free days of the museum oningtothe curious sightseers that surround him and interfere with his work. Born without arms in 1830,atWarmaerede, in Flanders, his natural instincts led him to throw over his employment and to take to painting as the serious object of his life. Overcoming with the greatest preseverance the enormous difficulty of his wants of arms, at the present day he may be seen painting the most delicate subject, with Dutch-like detail, with his feet Standing, he is help less; but sitting on a stool in his studio, his SHOTTING 8IXTT PEET OF EOCK. easel grasped bv the left big toe, and the right toes holding the brush, jnst as the right hand does, it is difficult to realize that Charles Felu is not as other men. Tall In stature, and with a clean-shaven, intelligent face, the painter strikes one as a man of rare sympathetic feeling and considerable education. His intimate friends will tell you that a kinder and more aflectionate man lives not He wears slippers, and immediately on entering his house, which is kept spotlessly clean, changes his out-door shoes in the halL Grey woolen socks partially cover his fret, leaving his toes free to act as glove less hands. Beversing the usual order, he stands in the hall to take oil his shoes and sits in his studio to take off his hat A stool, about ivo feet and a halt high, placed outside each door of his house, enables him to shut and open them. He has, besides copying the old masters in the mnseum, painted many portraits, and several of noted Englishmen. latest Fad in Umbrellas. The latest fad is in the shape of an um brella. It is constructed so as to curl up around the rim when opened, forming a complete gutter, like those around the eaves of houses. This gutter -catches the rain as it rnns down the mansard roof and keeps it from running down to the ground and splashing on one's trousers. By a slight tilt, the water is caught aud thrown to a common center, where a pipe leads down through the umbrella handle' to the ground, allowing the water to run out Jr your complaint li want of appetite, ter Anj-ostura Bitten before mala, EVERT DAT SCpKCEL The Electric Light as an Aid to Divers at Work in Deep Water. A HOME CUBE FOR THE CHOLERA. Psychological Discoverj of the Relation Be tween Sound and Color. CONTINUOUS EAIL3 FOE STREET CAES nrorrrxN fob thi dispatch. I When the British man-of-war "Hussar," while carrying the par for the King's troops, which were masted, 112 years ago, in the vicinity of Hew London, weut down with all haifds in an attempt to make the Hell Gate passage, the treasure she had on board amounted to about 5,000,000, mainly in British guineas. The sunken gold has been the source of professional pique and personal cupidity to many generations of divers, who longed for an opportunity of showing their skill in their vocation, and at the same time of sharing in the rich harvest that lay, 12 fathoms deep, awaiting the reaper. Several futile attempts, how ever, have been made to reach the treasure, and in 1866 a wrecking company, after a free use of explosives in the wreck, which had become almost hopelessly caked with sand and barnacles, recovered a number of historic relics and quantities of guns, balls, bullets, flints, and some jewelry and a little money. But the bottom of the sea was pitch dark and the tides were turbulent. The diver had to work entirely by touch and was so baffled by the boisterous water that the enterprise had to bo abandoned like the rest Another attempt has just been made to locate the lost gold. The attempt was not successful, but .this time darkness at all events could not be pleaded as an excuse, A dredging scow fully equipped with all the needful machinery was used. The scow carried also a SO-volt dynamo, the sole duty of which is to supply current to a 33-volt lamp of 65-candle power, which gives light to the diver. It has a spherical bulb of especially heavy glass, in order to with stand the pressure of the water, for it is used without shield or cover of any kind. "When the diver is ready to descend the en gine is set in motion, starting the air pump and the dynamo, and the flexible conductor leading to the lamp is paid out with air tube as it is needed. The conductor is fastened to the side of the helmet some three feet from the lamp, so that when it is not in use, or when the diver needs both hands for his work, the lamp is simply let go and floats out of the way above his head like a miniature fire balloon. When it is wanted again it can be drawn down imme diately by the conductor. Divers are de lighted with the effectiveness of the arrange ment, as a cheerful light robs their calling ot half its gruesomeness, and they say that they can now do better, quicker and safer work than ever before. A blmple Kerned? for Cholera. Dr. Henry C. Cooper swears by this rem edy for cholera: One ounce of camphor should be dissolved in six ounces of spirits ot wine, and a small bottle should be given to any intelligent person who will under take to administer it to his poor neighbors when they are seized with cholera or any of its symptoms. The following instruc tions should be carried out at the same time with the utmost care and attention to detail: On the appearance of any cholera symptoms, such as vomiting, purging, sud den weakness, coldness, cramps or spasms, instead of administering brandy, whisky or any other kind of medicine, put the patient to bed instantly, covering him warmly, but not overloading him with bedclothes. Then, without a moment's unnecessary delay, ad minister (for an adult) two drops (not more) ot the camphor mixture, on a little pounded sugar, in a spoonful of cold or iced water. Five minutes after let him take a second dose of two drops in the same way, and in five minutes more a third dose. He can then wait 10 or 16 minutes to see whether or not there is a sense of returning warmth, with a disposition toward perspira tion, and manifest decrease of sickness, cramps, etc. If the improvement is not sat isfactory two drops more of the mixture must be taken, as before, and the dose must be repeated every five minutes until 14 drops have been taken. In administering the remedy particular caution must be observed that the patient be not allowed to take anything of any sort or kind while the medicine is operating or its effect will be destroyed, for the least foreign medicine neutralizes the camphor, which is given to check vomiting and to produco a free, warm perspiration. The use of cold or iced water is advisedly rec ommended, as it promotes free perspira tion and the discharge of yellow bile. The patient must not be allowed to rise and be come exposed to the slightest degree of cold, and should not be tormented wi(h baths, stcamings or rubbings ot any kind, but be permitted to lie still, as he will fall asleep when perspiration comes on. After come hours he Mill awake well, although weak and languid and perhaps a little feverish, in which case he may be given a dose, say a teaspoonful of Gregory's powder or rhubarb and magnesia, with a little peppermint water or weak sal volatile (15 drops) and water to wash it down. Above all, he must be kept quite quiet, taking only a little thin soup, broth or gruel for a day or two. A 200 YpH Xncandftflcont Xjnmp. The latest high tension alternating cur rent experiments ot Tesla point to the not remote possibility of the illumination of houses by an electrostatic glow. When this comes to pass, wires can be dispensed with, and the incandescent lamp will be Tclcgated to other than domestic uses. In the meantime any improvement in the lamp which is admirably serving the purpose of the present generation is full ot interest Eminent electricians are now seeking to pro duce an incandescent lamp of high voltasre, and Edison, who is ot the number, i said to have attained some measure of success. A successful lamp running at 200 volti would create an epoch in electrio lighting, and would bring us close to the time uhen in candescent lamps will have entirely dis placed gas in all possible cases of competi tion for lighting purposes. A 200-volt lamp, iihich mav be the forerunner of one ot more practical form, has been made by a French company. The natural solution of the problem of producing an incandescent lamp of higher voltage would seem lie in the lengthening of the filament of tHelamp, in ordcrto adapt it to the increased potential, and this principle, involving the twisting of the filaments into one or more .miallcr loops, has been adopted in the French lamp. This great length impairs the mechanical qualities of the filament, which becomes very flexible, and bends over anil touches and breaks the bulb, a difficulty which has been overcome in the present case by sup porting the filament with platinum hooks. This makes tho manufacture of the lamp very expensive, an objection which is in creased by the necessity for providing against bad insulation in the bates and sockets' of the lamp. This form of the high voltage incandescent lamp is fouud fo pos sess a shorter life than tho ordinary type, and its palpable objections may possibly lead to the employment ot a pqrfectlv straight filament, with' the ends separated as far as possible, and resembling the type of the Bernstein lamp at one time ia vogue. Signaling From Sit; Wnshlngton, The remarkable results of the experiments t In signaling by the electric search light from the lummit of Mt, Washington iuc gests a readv means of simultaneously dif fusing intelligence over an immense area. In times of great public excitement the possibility of instantlv transmitting news in this manner to hundreds of thousands of people mav be of incalculable value, and in time of war it might be of the greatest use in the transmission of secret cipher. Fxperlmnntal Psyohologr. Some interesting facts were brought out at the International Congress of Experi mental Psychology in London. Prof. Charles Eichet, in discussing the prospects of psychology, expressed a hope that some of the most difficult subjects, such as thought transference and clairvovance, might be helped by the minute study of the process ot development oi tne numan mind. Prol. Gruber, of Boumania, gave a vivid sketch of the remarkable association of color with sound, which he had spent many years in observing. To a very small number amoug his best educated "patients the sound of the vowel '"e" was accom panied by a sensation of yellow color, of "l" by blue, of "o" by black, and so on through the long list of Roumanian Towels and diphthongs, and also to some extent with numbers. The same color was not al ways induced by the same sound in different patients. Prof. Pierre Janet related a case of complete loss of memory for present events, and complete incapacity for any de cision which had been suddenly brought about by the foolish jest (on August 28, 1891,) of telling a woman what was not true, viz: that her husband was dead. The most curious points were that the loss of memory extended back as far as July 14, 1891, i. e. of what had. happened during the six weeks before the accident, though the natural memory was complete up to July 14, and the patient's sub-aon-spicuous memory of all that had happened after that could be easily demonstrated by her automatio writing and by unconscious speech in a normal or hvpnotic sleep. A case was also cited in which there was a description of double memory and double personality. The woman in the second state could eat and drink like a drayman, but noon reverted, with no memory, to her first state, and asked pitifully for her usual four teaspoontuls of arrowroot Cases were also described in which suicidal monomania and other ailments had been cured by hyp notic suggestion. Tho Preservation of Cat Flowers. The growing of flowers for city markets has become an important industry, and the question how best to preserve them in transit is being much discussed. The Cali fornia State Floral Society has decided that the flowers themselves should not be wet, otherwise they will wilt early. An excel lent plan is to wrap the stems in wet moss and cover the flowers with waxed paper, paeking them closely. Violets, acacias and chrysanthemums are in this wav sent suc cessfully from San Francisco to New York. One member ot the society states that he sent flowers successfully from California to Beading, Pa., by inserting the cut stems in a raw potato and binding carefully; an other sent moss rosebuds in the came way to Sante Fe. It was also told that a well-known horticulturist had sent orange buds in excellent condition all the wav to New York by packing them in moss dipped in sea water. For the benefit ot the growers of flowers it may be stated that cabbage leaves, cut potatoes and tur nips are efficacious in keeping slugs away from the roots, and for choice plants, where exceptional care is required, the application of soapsuds to the soil is recommended. If a carriener wishes to bring ont the bugs to the surlace all he has to do is to water the ground with a solution of ammonia. Coatlne; Iron With Copper. A process has been introduced for pro tecting steel and iron by means of a coating of copper. When the invention was first made it was applied to the construction of telegraph wires, but since then further de velopments of.the process have enabled it to be employed in the manufacture of com posite ship plates. The method employed is similar to that of the old silver-plating process, in which plates of the two metals were rolled together without anv chemical or electrolytic means being employed. A short coppet ingot is cast on aeoreof iron or steel; the copper is Bhorter than the core and not placed symmetrically, but so disposed toward one end that the un equal travel of the coating, when afterward extended by rolling, may be compensated for. Save for the provision of special grooving of the Tollers to prevent the forma tion of fins of the softer metal, the subse quent operations are conducted in the ordi nary way. Advantage is taken of the re tention of heat by the steel core to diminish the excessive ductility of the copper by chilling the covering. When the poros ity of the coat of copper and the difficulty in obtaining perfect ad herence is overcome, the process will be come a commercial success. Keeulatlnc Incande sont Intnpa, A large number of appliances have been lately patented for the regulation of incan descent lamps. In using this lamp it was a decided point of objection that the light must be either on or off, and that no grada tion of the illumination was possible. This has now been remedied, and control of the current is obtained in many ways. One of these is a single pole rheostat switch. It is easily attached and can be put in any con venient place from which the light or lights can be controlled. By this means the lamp canbe turned up ordown as readily as gas, and its lite is greatlv prolonged. The switch is intended for either continuous or alternat ing currents, and can be applied to motors as well as lamps. A Novelty in tho Electrio Fnn. During the last hot wave a man was seen walking down the most crowded street iu a large city with a unique load. He had in his hand a storage cell, about the size of a hand valise, and in his left he carried a tripod on the head of which was fixed a fan motor. A flexible cord connected the motor with the battery cell, and the fan was spinning away at a rate that produced a lively breeze all" around. There are, per haps, a few people who are desperate or enthusiastic enough to carry their fan motor outfit with them in their peregrina tions through a crowded city, but that the thing is possible has not been demonstrated. Electric Buir-Eyi Lanterns. The experiment which has been tried in London of supplying the Metropolitan po lice force with small electric lamps instead of the ordinary bull's-eye lantern is said to have been entirely successful. The lamp used weighs four pounds, and is guaranteed to give a continuous light for seven hours. It has proved so bandy and effective that the "tramway" companies have been led to take up the question of permanently adopt ing electricity for lighting. It is quite pos sible that before long the storage battery will come into use in England lor train lighting. Hallway ,1ns Without Fish Platen. The recent tests of welding street railway rails by electrhity with a view to dispens ing with fish plates have been entirely successful. The tests have proved that the necessity of joints to provide for contraction and expansion is not so imperative as en gineers have supposed; but the data upon which this result is based have not yet been made public. It was found possible ton eld electrically two pieces of steal ot 25 sqnare inches section, and therefore a solid rail tour or five miles long can be produced if re quired. Boiplia'a In Loudon. There are 19 general hospitals in Lon don, II of which have medical schools attached and three are endowed. St Bartholomew's is tho wealthiest and oldest, having been founded in 1122. It has a revenue of about $350,000. The London Hospital in White -chapel road is the larcrest The total num- far of beds in the London hospitals is 8,500. A PILE BT THE OCEAN. Picturesque Mont San Michel, Which England Could Not Take. PRANCE 18 HOW RESTORING' IT. Eysrj Frenchman Goes Then at Least Cues in His Lifetime. PEIS0N CELLS CUT IN THE E0CKS rcoBREsrosDr-tcs or Tire dirpatcit.i Mont Sav Michel, Fkance, Aug. 24. L3IOST universal is one characteristic of European travelers. namely, that when a town i s mentioned which they have visited, they immedi ately begin to describe its hotel accommoda tions. What they were given to eat there, the kind of bed they slept in, the degree of impudence which the waiter boy showed, is, I would not dare say, all they remem ber of the place, but it is usually the first and sometimes the only thing they speak oC When I talked of visiting that Mecca to which all Frenchmen make at least one voyage in their lifetime, Mont San Miohel, everybody said: "Oh, yei, you ought by all means to eat Madame Poulard's omelet before you leave France." I had not heard of these omelets before and suggested that it was the history of the ' -3T,siW, & MOST SAN MICHEL A3 place and its reputation for picturesque ness which attracted me. "Oh yes," every body said, "that is all verywell.bat the omelet is the great feature of Mont San Michel." And so I went, quite as curious, I confess, to taste a dish of which all France seemed to know as to see the spot of which England, try as she would, could never get possession. Tho Trip to they Historic Spot Mont San Michel is not difficult to reach. A ten hours' ride northwest from Paris brings one to a quaint little Norman vil lage, Ponlorson. A five miles' ride behind a stout Norman horse who never ceases his steady trot whatever the number behind him, or whatever the grade which confronts him, brings one to the Mont Three miles away you begin to see it A steep jagged rock whose sides and top are broken by Ir regular root lines. Two miles more and you have it all be lore you. A pyramidal island separated from the mainland when the tide is out by a desert of sands, when the tide is in by the sea, save for the arti ficial causeway a half mile in length which runs from the stable earth to the massive pile. In the equinotes this causeway is ob literated at .high tide and the sea washes against the gateways of the town. One's arrival is heralded at Mont San Michel some time before it is effected, and when he steps from his carriage, which al ways halts without the walls, he finds that the entire population, 211 souls according to The Marquis of Tonibdaine. the last census, has come out to meet him. It is not that an arrival there is a novelty since the Island claims 40,000 visitors a year, nor because ot anv Quitotic notions of hospitality entertained by the inhabitants. The fact is that the people of San Michel are either already in, or are trying to get into the hotel business, and it is the custom for each hotel personnel to come out en masse to coddle, worry, or compel the un lucky tourist to come in to its particular hostelry. Look Into Ilieir Neighbor' Chimney. Inside the rugged stone walls which zig zag up nnd down and around the little island one finds a town of one narrow street When he stands at the foot of the street and looks up he sees wall rising above wall in a line which is frightfully near the perpin tlicular. If he climbs to the uppermost dwelling and looks down it is. into his neighbors' chimner-pots. If he leaves the perching villatje and walks through the great granite pile which tops the mount and runs down its sides he find3 himself be wildered bv an entanglement of buttresses, towers, parapets, vast halls, a structure which seems to have been built without a plau, which is without life, and which seems to have no object for existence in the present generat'on. What is the meaning of this idle pile of granite, this swallow-like town? One must read a long page ot history to understand Mont San Michel, for it goes back, so the learned say, to the Druids who worshiped there. Tne Bomans knew it and called it Mons Belenns. The Mer ovingiaus built a monastery there. But it was not until the eighthcentury that it be came famo'is. In a parish nearby lived a good bishop, Saint Aubert by name. It as his custom to spend many hours in the grottoes of the mount in meditation and prayer. One day Saint Michil appeared to him" aud ordered him to build him a cbapcl ou the rock. Saint Aubert tried to escape the task, but he had no rest of soul until he had done the angel's bidding. The chapel became famous almost at once for the mira cles done and pilgrims sought it from all over the Christian world. In the tenth century an order of monks was installed, nnd in the eleventh was begun the church which is the center of the great pile io famous to-day. It ITas tho City of Boobs. The builder of the new church must have JEZiSffl v.Tai ifci. "7 J i r lfM been a hardy soul. He went to the very culminating point of the rock, a narrow ledge 170 feet above the sea, and there con structed a plateau supported by piles and walls. On this plateau he built a church: underneath were chapels and rooms for tha monks. The monastery flourished and tha Abbes kept on building, running out walls at all anglse, digging into the solid rock, creeping down toward the beach. They be came learned, too, and the monastery was known throughout the Christian world in the middle ages as the "City of Books," tha "Marvel of the West" But the building that the Abbes did wa not all ecclesiastical. It became evident that Mont San Michel must be a fortress as well as a church, and the good monks pre pared to hold it for France as well as for God. In the fifteenth century the English tried repeatedly to take it From 1423 to 1434 they besiged it continually and at their final attack were repuled nnd left behind their artillery, two curious relics of which awkward cannon of that date still stand at the town gate and serve for a back ground to that commonest of pictures at the Mont, a bewildered tourist in the hands of the hotel keeper. In the wars between the Huguenots and the Catholics the former tried hard to take the place and once they succeeded, through the treachery ot soldier. The visitor to the monastery ia still shown a great wheel, some 16 feet in diameter, which in former times was used to draw up water and supplies from the beach. The wheel is vertical and finished on its interior with foot boards on which the monks by treading revolved it The treacherous soldier drew up a large number of the Huguenots by means of this wheel, but he repented the deed before it was finished and handed over tha enemy to tha Captain of the Mont The latter persuaded the soldier to continue the hoisting, how ever, hoping to secure there the entire force, but one of the soldiers raised sus pected the plot and cried "treason." Tha rest of the band escaped. &8&&fMBNFm "5 - SEEU PK02I THE MAINLAND. In the eighteenth century, Louis viv be gan to send important State prisoners to the Mont, whjch for nearlylOO years had been degenerating in its piety and good works. There still exist oubliettes, narrow cells cut into the solid rocks; oubliettes, those inhuman inventions in which, as their name suggests, prisoners were putto te forgotten; deep wells , and most horrible, perhaps, tha iron cage. Dubourg, the most famous priso ner which the iron cage of San Michel ever contained, was one, Dubourg. The tale of this man, which the San Michel guides and guide books tell, is full of inaccuracies. The true story has been published fvice at least in the last few years by the efforts of a French scholar, but the old version is more thrilling and so they stick to it According to the popular story, Dubourg was a Hollander, a fearless journalist who dared to criticise Louis XT.'s unjust acts. The King instructed his secret police to secure his critic regardless of nationality. It was done, and he was confined at Mont San Michel in the iron cage. He is said to have suffered untold horrors here for five years. Once he suc ceeded in getting a letter to his wife, which is often quoted with effect He died at last of starvation and his body was eaten by rats. The truth of the story is bad enough. Dubourg was a Frenchman not a Hollander. He did criticise the king but it was not tha brave sort of censure represented. It was rather venal on the contrary behaving been hired by foreign ministers to use hia knowledge of Louis baseness in their in terests. He had no wife. It was not five years but one year ten days thatie lived in the iron cage He did not starve to death but died, horribly enough, qf cold and lone liness and terror'of the barbarous system of imprisonment Finally he was not eaten by rats, but buried decently at the Mont Time may compel the first errors to be cor rected but I doubt if the rodents will ever be abandoned. Brightening Up Its History. The modern history of Mt "San Michel ll tame. The revolution of 1790 drove away the monks. The place remained a prison until 1872; then it was made a "historical monument," and ever since toilsome and costly work has been slowly carried on there to restore it to its ancient condition. Only this month, August, the Commission of Historical Monuments has ordered that the great tower of the church be restored. The wor& will begin at once and will re quire four years to finish. The town which hangs to the south and east side of the mount owes its origin to tha pilgrimages of the ninth and tenth centuries. Somebody had to entertain the early pil grims as somebody must the tourist oflS92. Somebody had to keep sacred relics for him to buy, as somebody must profane trinkets for us to-day. The hotel where now tho famous!omelet is made dates back to tha seventeenth century. Almost exact counter parts of the carved shells and ornaments which are sold to-day inlhe shops there have been nnearthed in the excavations of relics ot the Middle ages. Beside these historic trades there is the fishing. On the wastes ot sand around the island nets are set at low tide, and the sea leaves sometimes rich hauls inthem. Tour ists view the fishermen tramping over the wet beach with bare feet or in sabots with horrors. The guide books caution one with impressive solemnity that the beaches are made up of quicksand and engulf the un wary. There are "moving sands" at Mont Lan Michel, but the inhabitants have no fear of them, for they constantly work there d urine the period of low tide. Naturally peculiar types abound at Mont San Michel. The most famous personage of this generation has been a fisherman called the Marquis of Tombelaine. He took pos session of an island nearby. He was of feebl but romantic mind and called the island his castle. Picturesque in dress and manner the artists sought him as a model, and his photograph became in demand. He was very proud of this and told all tourlsta how he was "sold everywhere." A few months ago the marqnis was found dead on the beach. They gave him a great funeral and continue to use him as one of their lead ing attractions. Ida M. Taexseix. New TVn j to Set Watches. Kicholy Jensen, of Washington, has pat ented a simple device that greatly facili tates the accurate setting of watches. It consists in a lever which, when pulled out, stops the second hand at the 60 point After this the other hands are set, and when the second-hand of the regulator reaches the 60 point the lever on the watch being set is pushed in. This releases tha second-hand and the other two at the sama moment The three hands thus march ia step. Kevr Pozxts for Children. A puzzle sweet box has Just been put on the market It is excellently calculated to develop the virtue of patience in the child who devotes his or her energies to the task of getting the sweets out without breaking the box. This box is an inch and a half long by an inch broad, and has a glass roof through which can be seen the sweetballs, and the provokingly ingenious devices which stand in the way of their being got out and eaten witnout tne expenditure ot a considerable amount of skill and patienc. jw -r . i -tft
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