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VOL. XI. NO. 11.
TIOKESTA, PA., JUNE 5, 1878.
$2 PER ANNUM,
What Was His Creed I
He left a load of anthracite
In front of a poor widow's door,
When the deep mow, frozen and whit,
Wrapped street and square, mountain
moor.
Tlist ws his deed;
Ha did it well;
"What wai hii creed?"
I cannot tell.
Blest "In bis bankot and hli Btore,"
' In Bitting down and rising up;
When more he got, he gave the more,
Withholding not the crust and oup.
He took the lead
In eaoh good tank;
"What was hU creed?"
I did not ask.
Hii Charity wag like the mow,
Soft, white and silken in lUfall;
Not like the noiny winds that blow
From shivering trees the leaves; a pall
For flower and weed,
Drooping below.
"What was his creed?"
The poor may know.
Ho had great faith la loaves of bread
For hungry people, young and old;
And hope inspired kind words he said
To him he sheltered from the oold.
For he must feed
As well as pray.
"What waa his creed ?"
I cannot say.
In words be did not put his trnst;
Iu fat'h bis words be never writ;
He lovol to share his ojp and crust
With all niauk nd wh needed it;
In time of need
A t; fond was he.
"What was bis oreed?'
He tol 1 not me.
He put his trust in Heaven, and
Works 1 ever on with band and bead;
And what he gave iu oharity
Sweetened bis tleep and daily bread.
Let us take heed,
For lifti is brief !
"What was his creed ?"
"Wha-. bis belief?"
and
TH6 STOLEN LOOKET,
la the ole:r.intly furnished drawing
ro in oi u Weht- nd mansion sat ayoung
man, whose geutorl bearing, broad, no
ble brow, from which bis chestnut bair
wx tossed buck in graceful carelessness,
au 1 large, thoughtful eyes bespoke him
to be one of nature's noblemen. He
was evidently wuitiug impatiently tor
some one; for, ns a Might .noise was
heard on the landing, he would start,
and fix his eyes eagerly upon the door.
At last, apparently unable to ait still
any longer, he arose, and, walking to
the window, stood tapping nervously on
the glass, and watched with listless
eyes the chauielion-like crowd . that
parsed. While thus occupied he failed
to hear a slight rustle as a girlish figure
entered the room and gliding softly to
his aide touched him lightly upon the
arm. His quick start and the loving,
gentle manner in which he gathered her
to his heart showed at a glance that they
were lovers.
While they hold sweet converse let ua
piusu a mom: , while describe my
Heroine.
She was of medium height, of a slen
der, delicate figure, and possessed)! a
nameless grace of movement, wniob,
added to her other charms, had won her
the name among her many admirers of
"Nellie, the Irresistible." Her beauty
was of the true bloude type, and clad as
she was in a shining blue dress she
looked worthy of the name. On her
arms gleamed with a tawny luster broad
golden bands; and from one of these,
suspended by a small chain, hung a
tiny heart-shaped locket, one side of
which bore a forget-me-not set of tur
quoise, with a brilliant diamond spark
ling in the center.
Guy Hartley, for such was our hero's
name, had called, giaa oi an exeuse, to
acquaint Nellie with some arrangement
which he had just completed with regard
to their soon approaching marriage; and,
after a short time passed in pleasant
conversation, he reluctantly rose, and,
biddiug a tender adieu to the fair
girl, left the house with a firm, elastic
tread. - .
Hardly had he taken his departure
when the front door bell again rang, and
once more a young gentleman was
ushered into the drawing-room. The
new-comer was tall and slight, with jet
black hair, and a piercing look in the
black eves that boded no good to an
enemy. As he sank into a chair, some
thing listening upon the floor caught
his eye; and as he recognized it he could
scarce refrain from a snout oi pleasure
for Fred Acton had long been the secrot
rival of Guv. each striving to win the
hand of fair Nellie Pomeroy. And now.
as he held in his grasp the tiny locket,
which by some evil chance had become
detached from the bracelet on Nellie's
arm, he felt that he possessed an almost
certain means of revenge on Guy, and
stand, perhaps, a better chauce of win
ning the fair girl for his wife; for the
locket, as he knew, had been Guy's first
love-gift to Nellie, and was prized as one
of her choicest possessions.
At this moment the footman entered
the parlor, presenting Miss Pomeroy's
regrets, and a request that Mr. Acton
would excuse her that afternoon. The
truth was that with her womanly intui
tion she had long divined the secret
which he had thought known to himself
alone; and, having ever treated him with
polite indifference, she felt less inclined
now than ever to endure a tete-a-tete
y '.'i him.
Rising as the footman entered with
her message, and scarcely able to con
ceal the pleasure it afforded him at this
moment, when tie was still trembling
with the fear of having been seen as he
hastily hid the shining bauble in his
bosom, he left his compliments and de
parted. Going directly to a Jeweler's, he pur
chased a small ring, with which he fast
ened the locket securely to bis watch
chain, and then sauntered down the
street, in the hope of meeting Guy.
His wish was destined to be fulfilled;
for he was shortly gratified by seeing
Guy approaching, with a serene, con
tented look on his handsome face.
As they stopped to chat, Fred, as if
anxious to conceal something, placed
his hand carelessly on his watch-chain;
but Guy, as was intended, noticed the
action, and said, laughingly: " What
is it that you are so jealously guarding,
Fred? A love-token from some fair
lady?"
"leg; but for fear that it might
blight your hopes in that direction, per
haps I bad better not show it you just
at present," laughed false Fred, nerv
ously. " Oh, never fear for mer said Uuy,
" for I have already caged my bird, and
so shall not prove a dangerous rival to
your suit."
" Well, then, behold! " replied J) red,
removing his band, and disclosing to
view the tiny locket.
Guy turned pale as death; but, mas
tering his emotion by a violent eflort,
he playfully insisted upon knowing the
name of Fred's charmer.
"Oh, come," said Fred, "you are
feigning innocence; for surely you must
have often seen this trinket upon the
arm of fair Nell the Irresistible,' who
has this day bestowed it upon me as a
pledge of her true love."
Guy had stood as if turned to stone
while this flippant speech was being rat
tled out, and then, with a few common
place words, passed en; but his tread
was not as free and elastic as before he
met Fred, and bis bead, which then had
been raised proudly, was now bent for
ward dejectedly; for a dark cloud had
suddenly aristn, which threatened to
overshadow forever the bright morning
of his happiness.
Fred watched him pass on with a sar
donic smile on his handsome yet sinis
ter face, and thought to himself, " Ah,
my fine fellow, there's many a flip
twixt the cup and the lip,' as you may
dnd to your cost; and then you will
know the consequences of standing in
?.he way of Fred Acton 1"
That evening, in her luxurious home,
Nellie watched and listened in vain for
the familiar footsteps she had learned to
know so well; and she retired to rest at
last, sad and dispirited, and with a dun
sense of impending trouble, that-was yet
too vague to sh pe itself into connected
thought.
The next morning, as the family were
gathered around the breakfast table, a
servant entered the room with a Bote ad
dressed to " Miss Pomeroy." Grasping
it eagerly, spasmodically, Nellie tore it
open, and witn blanched luce read tne
following laconio note :
Nellie ; All is over between us.
Thank God I have diBOovered your
perfidy before it was too late. I had
the fullest confidence in you, Nellie ;
but that is past now.
I leave for France to-morrow, never
f trust to revisit this country which
would now be but a sad home for me.
Your onoe-devoted lover,
Guy Hartley.
, Mr. and Mrs. Pomeroy, occupied in
their own conversation, had not noticed
the sudden paling of their daughter's
face, as she hurriedly scanned the familiar
writing, till, as she reached tne iatai
termination, her eyes closed, and with a
low moan of agony she sank to the floor
in a death-like swoon.
For five years Guy wandered through
Europe; for five years he vainly strove
to find forgctfulness and happiness in
constant excitement and change of scene;
but failing in this he bad at last resolved
to visit again the land of his birth, if
only to mark the ravages which time had
made among his old friends. So he re
turned to London.
Not once bad a suspicion of Fred Ao
ton's treachery crossed his mind, for to
Guy he had always shown the better
part of his nature; besides the proof of
Nellie's duplicity had Beemed too con
clusive to admit of any lingering doubt
his love might have suggested.
And Nellie? Thrown into a nervous
fever by the cruel note from Guy, she
wavered long between life and death;
but finally her perfect constitution
gained the victory, and she again min
gled in the gay world of fashion; but a
certain sadness was perceptible in her
manner, and a weary look in her blue
eyes showed that her heart was not in
terested in the gay scones by which she
was surrounded.
Vainly had Fred Acton sued for her
hand. Feeling that he was in some
manner connected with Guy s mysteri
ous behavior, she had only scorn to give
him. At first she had hoped that some
trivial act of hers had displeased Guy
and he would soon return, but as the
weeks rolled on and no word came from
the absent one, she finally ceased to ex
pect him.
Fred Acton, after repeated refusals
from Nellie, had at last given up all
hopes of winning her hand ; but, loving
her still, as much as bis selfish nature
was capable of loving, he attempted to
drown his sorrow in the wine cup ; and.
with drinking and fast horses, was rap
idly eating up the handsome property
left him by his father. One day, while
riding at break-neck speed, bis horse.
frightened at a fluttering rag, shied, and
threw him. When the hastily-sum
moned physician had examined bis
wounds, he pronounced him mortally
injured.
Knowing, then, that for bim all
thoughts of revenge on Guy were use
less, and that he mnst soon render up
an account of his evil deeds, his
thoughts turned to Nellie, with a feeble
wish that he could undo the wrong he
had done her. So he dedicated a letter,
confessing his sin, begging her forgive
ness, and containing the locket, and dis
patched it to the injured girl, who, true
woman that she was, could not but pity
the dying man, bitterly as he had
wronged her, and, that he might not die
thinking himself unforgiven, sent a note
to the hotel to which he had been car
ried, but the messenger reached there
only in time to hear that the unhappy
Fred Acton had breathed bis last.
Guy bad supposed that Nellie and
Fred were longsince married; but hard
ly had he set foot in London when be
was recognized and accosted by one of
his old friends, who, among the gossip
he had to relate concerning Guy's old
circle of acquaintances, mentioned the
fact of Fred Acton's death, and also said
that Miss Pomeroy was as beautiful as
ever, but unmarried. At this Guy s
heart throbbed wildly, and his brain
almost reeled with the idea that perhaps
his own rashness bad dashed the cup of
happiness from his lips. Could there
have been treachery in Fred Acton's
conduct, and had he wronged Nellie all
these weary years 7
Wildly' he asked himself these ques
tions while on the way to his hotel; and
by the time he had arrived there he had
resolved that he would at least see Nel
lie and have an explanation with ber.
Once more he turned his steps toward
the well-known houso where be had
spent the happiest hours of bis life;
once more be was ushered into the fa
miliar room, where even the pictures on
the walls seemed to smile on him in
friendly recognition. Bronzed by travel,
the old family servant failed to remem
ber him, so he gave no'name, merely
requesting to see Miss Pomeroy.
Nellie soon appeared; but hardly bad
she crossed the threshold when the eyes
of love recognized bim, and with a wild
scream of " Guy, dear Guy 1" she was
folded to his heart.
Long explanations followed. Nellie
told of the loss of her locket on the day
of Guy's last visit, and how she had re
gretted it, being bis gift. She also told
of the dying confession of Fred Acton,
And his restoration of her locket, which
she showed him, worn on a blue ribbon
about her neck.
Guy, penitent but loving, was fully
forgiven by his deeply wronged Nellie,
who. in the joy of such a reunion, bad
uo heart to blame bim.
Soon ater there was a grand wedding
in the stately mansion; and, although
the fair bride's ornaments were milk
white pearls, there hung suspended from
the central cluster of her necklace a tiny
locket, bearing on it a blue forget-me-not.
Curious Swedish Ceremony.
A curious ceremony is performed ev
ery year in Zurich (Switzerland), on the
eve of the co-called Sechselauten, the
ancient spring featival of the Tigurines,
as our forefathers often classically
named the people of Zurich. But the
most popular ceremony belongs to the
festival itself. This is the solemn con
demnation and execution of the hated
winter. It seems to be a theory of the
Sechselauten that winter ought to end
on the 51st March and that spring
should begin on the 1st April. After
sunset on the hist day of March, multi
tudes of men. women and children col
lect together on the Stadth&usplatz, in
order to witness the burning of the un
lucky "Bogg," the god of winter.
During the burnihg of the winter god
this year the crown of the neighboring
Uethberg was white with snow, a sign
that the bard Zurich winter was
not over, so that the experiment
with the Bogg waa a little daring and
venturesome. The execution of the
Bogg has occasionally been put off un
til a later and less wintry day, in April,
This was the case last year. Yet, when
the citizens arose next morning, the
Bogg seemed like the Phoenix to have
arisen from his ashes and declared that
his reign was not ended, for the city and
the whole neighborhood wore the appear
ance of a winter landscape, every street
and field being white witn snow.
A Floating Hospital.
It is a strange story of the sea that
comes from the bark Beatrice Havmer,
which has lust reaohed port after a voy
age commenced on the 17th of Decern
ber, during which three of Uie crew
died from a disease whioh seems to
baffle medical analysis. The bark came
from Padong. one of the East India
isles, and was laden with green Java
coffee. Whether the exhalations from
this cargo poisoned the men, or whether
thev had contracted the Java xever De-
fore starting on their return voyage,
does not appear : but whichever it was,
it prostrated the entire crew, and for
two days they were so weak that only
the mate could move about, and, sitting
in a chair, steered the bark. Coleridge
Ancient Mariner had not a much worse
time with hia dead crew than did this
mate with his sick and delirious com
panions. Finally they fell in with other
vessels, obtained fresh supplies oi qui
nine and loans of men, and by slow de
grees worked themselves into port. For
four months the bark was a floating
hospital, and the principal wonder is
that she ever reached port at all. Sew
York Expresn.
A Toor Town fer Business.
He was a red-nosed, wild-eyed man
from the head waters of Snge Bun, and
looked as if he had not been in town
since oil was discovered. His rusty
pants were several inches too short for
him, and he carried half a dozen coon
skins in bis hand.
At the post-office corner he met a
South Side lady, and stopping her by
holding the bunch of hides before ber
face, said:
"Can 1 1 sell you something nice to
make a set of furs out f?"
The lady screamed, and shot across to
the other side of the street.
"Does any of your neighbors want
to buy anything of the kind?" yelled
the red-nosed man. -
The lady screamed again.
"Now, what's the matter with Ban
ner?" remarked the red-nosed man as
the lady disappeared in the door oppo
site. A moment later the man veered into a
bank, and threw his hides down at the
cashier's window.
'Got some A No. 1 coon-skins here
that I'll sell cheap. Not a scratch of a
tooth on any of 'em. Ketched every one
of em in a box-trap.
"We have no use for them, said the
president, politely, as be cast an oblique
glance at the goods.
"They 11 make you a nice vest," said
the red-nosed man. "Two hides '11
make you a vest, and one '11 make you
cap that li wear you as long as you
ive."
"My dear, sir," replied the president,
somewhat confused, "we don't want
hides here. Take them somewhere else.
please."
"Mebbe your wife would line a set oi
fnrs, and these is "
'No, no, no," replied the banker im
patiently, "take the things away, they
are offensive."
"What's that?" said the red-nosed
man sharply.
"Take the blamed things out of this,"
exclaimed the exasperated banker ;
'they smell like a slaughter house."
'l 11 iaae a aoiiar ior me low i
"The people next door by coon-skins,'
put in the cashier; "take them in there;
take them up town; take them down
town ; take them acrosB the river ;
them"
"Gimme fifty cents for the lot," per
sisted the red-nosed man.
"If you don't get out. of this, I'll kick
your head off, yelled tne infuriated
president.
"I ll take thirty cents lor the 6ix,
said the red nosed man. "D'ye say the
word?" and ne daugled the' bunch by
the tails.
The president started for the outside.
The man with the skins started for the
sidewalk, and after having reached it be
paused aud said:
"And this is the boosted uid uny.is ltr
Grea-a-at Godfrey I If sealskin and
sable were selling for cent a cart-loal
the hull town could not buy the sand
papered end of a rat's taiL Oil City
Derrick.
A Curious Remedial Agent.
In the course of a report which has
just been published by order of the In
spector-General of Maritime Customs in
China, Dr. F. Wong give us some curi
ous particulars respecting a strange
remedial agent employed by the Chinese
iu cases of Vynanchee tonsillaris. The
disease they term Ngo-howt or "goose-
throat, and tne remedy in question is
called How tsao, a soft stone not unlike
biliary calculus in appearance. It is
expensive, being worth twenty times its
weight in silver, and is said to come
from Siam. Twenty or thirty grains of
this powder taken in water is thought to
be very efficacious. Dr. Wong mentions
having seen a case where this remedy
was given, and where it certainly ap
peared effective, after gargles and as
tringents had been applied in vain.
The specimens of the stone which have
come under his notice appear like ani
mal concretions and are of various sizes,
some being smaller than pigeons' eggs,
while others are as large as hens eggs.
The story goes that when a monkey is
wounded the animal, from its natural
instinct, picks out the proper medicinal
herbs, masticates and applies them tc
the wound, so that successive layers are
in this way laid on so as to form a mass.
In time the wound heals, and the lump
of dried herbs falls off; it is then picked
up by the Siamese, found by them to
possess peculiar virtues, and sent in
small quantities to China as a drug.
Nature.
Mules in the Mines.
In underground places, the intelligence
of mules displays itself in a remarkable
manner. They soon learn to obey every
command their driver gives them. A
curious freak about mules is that when
anything touches their heads they dodge,
while touching horses' ears makes them
throw up their heads. For this very
reason horses cannot be used under
ground, for they would soon break their
skulls, while mules never get injured
iu that manner. The switch mules iu
the Nevada mines, when the men are
eating, go from man to man begging for
something to eat, and they will eat
cooked meat, pies, drink coffee in fact,
take anything the men have. One of
the mules, when the men are not look-
ing.is in the habit of upsetting the men's
lunch pails and helping themselves.with
out leave. They have also taken to
drinking ice water, and are not satisfied
except they get their regular allowance.
The mules which pull the rock-trains
are driven three or four .tandem, each
having a torch upon its head, which
keeps bobbing up and down as they
move along, and they present a very
novel appearance as seen from a dibtunco
iu the darkness.
FAKM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Intereatlna; Scientific Note.
Springs. Springs are formed by the
intervention of clay and sand strata,
the former holding water, and the latter
permitting its free passage.
Self-Winpino Clock. An inventor
describes an automatic clock, in which
the winding machinery is operated by
the alternate expansion and contraction
of glycerine, or other suitable liquid.
A piston, on the surface of the glycerine,
is So connected with ratchet wheels and
toothed racks that motion in either di
rection will wind up the weight. He
thinks that the contrivance will be es
pecially valuable for self-registering me
teorological instruments.
Yellow Glass fob Spectacles.
Yellow glass gives greater rest to the
eyes than either blue or green, and ob
jects at a distance can be seen more dis
tinctly with than withont it. At rifle
practice the yellow glass was found to
take off all the glare of the light without
impeding vision, and allowed the men
to see the targets most distinctly. Yel
low glass cuts off chemical rays, and,
perhaps, on that account has a less in
jurious effect on the eyes.
Procuring Fresh Water from Sea
Water. A method of procuring fresh
water from sea water through the direct
action of the sun's rays is among the
foreign inventions. The apparatus con
sists of a box of wood one inch thick,
about fourteen feet long, two feet wide,
and of an average depth of six inches.
The upper part of the box is closed with
ordinary glass, which has an inclination
of an inch and a half. At the lower
edge of the glass there iB a semi-circular
channel, destined to receive the fresh
water which is condensed on the inte
rior surface of the glass. The operation
is entirely simple. The salt water is let
into the box for about an inch in depth,
rTa is then exposed to the rays of the
sun. A very active evaporation then
begins, and it is found that a square
metre of glass will condense daily the
amount of two gallons of pure water,
A Cheap Telephone. Professor Bar
rett, in a recent lecture on the telephone,
gave (?nys Nature) a recipe for making
a cheap one. Take a wooden tooth
powder box and make a hole about the
size of a half-crown in the lid and the
bottom. Take a disc of tinned iron, such
as can be had from a preserved meat tin,
and place it on the outside of the bottom
of the box and fix the cover on the
'ither side of it. Then take a small bar
magnet, place on one end a small cotton
or silk reel, and round the reel wind
some iron wire, leaving the ends loose.
Fix one end of the magnet near as near
as possible without toucning to tne
disc, and then one part of the telephone
is complete. A similar arrangement is
needed for the other end. The two are
connected by the wire, and with this
Professor Barrett says he has been able
to converse at a distance of about 100
yards.
Artificial Gems. What we popular.
V call paste is technically Known as
strass; this is also the French word for
the same substance (from M. Strass, its
reputed inventor). Paste, then, is
material with which diamonds are im
itated, and by mixing up with it metallio
oxides of different kinds, crlors in great
variety are imparted to the paste, by
which it serves as a representative of the
various colored gems. Strass is prepared
from silica, potash, borax and oxide of
lead, and sometimes arsenic The cm
cible in which the materials are melted
claims particular attention, since, if the
substance of which it is formed cont uns
metallio particles, color would be im
parted to the strass. Hard porcelain
and Hessian clay are the best materials
for this purpose. When the cru ioies
are supplied with the proper quantity of
ingredients, they are placed in a porce
lain furnace, where they are exposed to
a steady heat for twenty-four hours, and
then allowed to oool very slowly, so that
a kind of annealing goes on. By this
means is produced a strass or paste
which, after passing through the hands
ef the lapidary, who gives it the form
necessary for setting, presents us with
an imitation of the diamond.
Medical Hint.
How to Soften the Hands. Take
eaual portiou of glycerine and alcohol
mix well : before retiring at nignt wasn
tho hands in warm water and rub well
with the lotion.
Hair Tonio. Bay rum, one pint
alcohol, half a pint : castor oil. half an
ounce : carbonate oi ammonia, a quar
ter of an ounce : tincture of cantharules,
half an ounce. Mix them well. This
mixture is said to promote the growth of
the hair, aud prevent it from falling out,
Freckle and Tan Recipe. Four
pounds of good hard soap; shave fine
and dissolve in ten quarts oi Doinug
soft water; add one ounce of salts of
tartar, three ounces borax. Then take
away from the fire and set to cool; then
add one ounce of liquid ammonia, two
ounces glycerine end ten drops of oil of
sassafras.
Neuralgia and Eheumatism. A
verv simple relief -for neuralgia is to
boil a small handful of lobelia in half
pint of water till the strength is out of
the herb, then strain it off and add atea
tpoonful of fine suit. Wring cloths out
of the liquid as hot as possible, and
spread over the part sffected. It acts
like a charm. Change the cloths as
soon as cold, till the pain is all gone ;
then cover the place over, so as to pre
vent taking cold. Kheumatism can often
be relieved by application to the painful
parts of cloths wet iu a solution of sal
soda in water. If there is inflammation
in the joints, the cure is very quick ; the
wush ueeds to be lukewarm.
Items of Interest.
The early bird catches the worm;
An attaohed couple Oyster-shells.
The fever and ague request Shake t
Many plants close on the approaoh of
ram.
Labor in vein Working a silver
mine.
The washerwoman's steed A clothes-
horse.
Boston consumes 6, 000 barrels of flour
per day.
Great Britain exports 16,000,000 tons
of coal annually.
A man must necessarily keep his word
when no one will take it.
"There is a skeleton in every horse,"
is the way the little boy read it.
More than 50,000 pounds of oleomarga
rine are used in New York weekly.
The most sentimental exercises yet
known is said to be women swimming in
tears.
When married men complain of being
in hot water at home, it turns out half
the time that it's scold.
Gardeners might not not like to part
with their gardens, though they are
always ready to fork over their grounds.
It is calculated that, at the present
rate of destruction, the pine forests of
this country will be exhausted in thirty
to fifty years.
The Greeks had little or no notion of
butter, and the early Romans used it
only as medicine never as food; so that
it is comparatively a modern article of
diet.
Andre Gauthier is creating a sensa
tion in Paris by painting a landscape iu
five minutes, a portrait in six, and also
by painting two pictures simultaneously
one with each hand .
England has 150,000 acres in orchards;
Wales 2,536, and Scotland but 1,449.
There are 85,264 acres of market gar
dens in England, against 2,881 in Scot
land, and 712 in Wales.
"Take time by the forelock, young
man, said a lamer to a son. --iiow
can I," said the young hopeful, looking
at a picture of buid-neaded lime,
" when be hasn't a bit of hair on his
bead ?"
The name of the phonograph in Ger-
. i i - -i; m L -
man is unsergenausneaeuigenieruBie
hauphfteichtaunsgespreecher. When
you wind that up on the cylinder, aud
T t .'11 . . - -1 1 .5 . l. . .1
leave 11 1111 IS gets com, uuu mcu jnuu
it out. it usuallv tears the machine to
pieces and strikes the house with light
ning. Kurungton jiawxeye.
The seeds of plants are their eggs. A
sunflower produces 4,000, a poppy 30,
000 a tobacco plant 300,000, and spleen
wort, 1,000,000. Some, as the pea pink,
have but ouo seed, umbelliferous'flow
ers two, and the slurge and ranunculus
three. The capsule of the white poppy
contains 8,000 seeds.
The British Medical Journal, in
speaking of the effect of the habit of
smoking upon tho general health of boys
under 16 years of age, soys: "A cele
brated physician took for his purpose
thirty-tight boys, aged from 9 to 15,
and carefully examined them. In twenty -
Beven of them lie discovered injurious
traces of the habit. In twenty-two
there were various disorders of the cir
culation and of digestion, palpitation of
the heart, and a more or less marked
taste for strong drink. In twelve there
was frequent bleeding at the nose, ten
had disturbed sleep, and iweive nau
slight ulcerations of the mucous mem
brane of tne moutn, wnicn aisnppeareu
on ceasing from the use of tobacco for
some days. The doctor treated them all
. - . . ,t A1
for weakness, but witn littie zntci uniu
the smoking was discontinued, when
health and strength were soon restored."
Artificial Ears and Eyes.
This discovery mania is really awe-
inspiring in its tremendous possibilities.
Mr. Thomas A. Edison, the phonograph
inventor, bos written to an acquaintance
in Chicago a significant note which w
find in the Tribune ol that cny :
Menlo Park. N. J., May 10. Deai
Sir: The many letters that 1 have re
ceived on the subject of an apparatus
for the deaf has convinoed me that the
d mand would be enormous. So I have
put two of my roost bkuiui assistants at
work testing my ideas. I feel sure that
I will 'produce a practical apparatus
within six months.
Mr. Edison's ingenuity may be stimu
lated by the fact that he himself is con
siderably deaf, so that he has to hold his
hand to his ear and scoop in the voieo,
like a sailor in a hurricane. Aud really,
there is no scieutillo deduotion againbt
the Buccess of the attempt to create an
artificial ear. The organ of hearing is a
purely mechanical coutrivance, and it
may be possible to convey sensation to
tho auricular nerves by artificial meth
ods. And if the deaf can be helped to
hear, why not the blind be made to see'.'
Helniholtz.one of the greatest physicians
living, has spoken with some contempt
of the human eye as a mechanical in
strument, declaring it far from periet i
and Professor Clifford has
,,. if. in nnf. achl'OUli tl I.
told
and
that an important portion oi iu.
retina does not reflect au image,
It would be rather audacious U
a man to attempt to improve on it
and, as a matter of fact, human beinr
will probably nave to pun up im u
j.vM-f.t nontrivanoe for a good nu
years yet; but if Edison can artifi
reach and impress with sensibi! '
aural nerves.ia there any reason v
blind may not Bes with put
eves? This is a realm, no
experisftenta are some
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