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A man escaped from a Rhodo Island
nil by making a rope of newspapers
twisted together. This certainly was de
monstrating ..anew the powers of tho
prrsj.
1 The tea? estate cruzo in Southern
CnUfTirnla lias even demoralised tho
doctors. In writing a prescription rc-
cently one of them added this direction;
"Take one-third down and the remainder'
In ono and two years, secured by mort
gage." When a Kcntuckian sued a doctor for
malpractice ho didn't supposo tho
physician could have any dofenco. IIo
was therefore paralyzed when twenty
four doctors took tho stand and swore
they would have set a broken limb just
that way.
When Farmer E. I. Higby, of Toi-siiyJ
til . t.:.. ii . . .i : i 1
in. , nvut inn ncu lu uruw a pull ay
water the other morning he found, where
tho water hnd been, nothing but a black
hole, which up to dato had been un
fathomed. This is ono of tho instances
on record of tho bottom dropping out of
well.
Tho various computations of the
J amount spent yearly in this country on
J liquor aro very curious. Ouo speaker at
a recent temperance meeting at Brock
ton, Mass., assorted that from the sum
spent every year on liquor a thousand
one-dollar gold nines' might be put on
each word iu jfcAl'Mo, and that even
then there wAild be 121
20,000 to spare.
Isaiah V. AVilliamson is considered the
richest man in Philadelphia. He is said
to bo worth $20,000,000, all of which ho
inado himself. He is an old bachelor,
and tmfrd "old" is used advisedly, for
"he. has passed his eighty-fifth birthday,
lie has been very clmritaltlo since ho
grew wealthy, and has been known to
giTSiwny $500,000 in a year.
t -
' The efforts of foreigners to acquire and
monopolize largo tracts of land in this
country havo been partially checked by
tho alien laud laws. Englishmen and
Scotchmen are now turning their atten
tion to Mexico, where they are acquiring
immeuso tracts of land at nominal prices.
,et us lwpe, says the Cultivator, that tho
and may not be held in lnrgo blocks in
this country, to tho exclusion of the
small farmer who may desire to till his
'own soil.
Southern California produces olives it
grent perfection. Tho most prospcrom
grower is Colonel Elwood Cooper, tho
largest grower and manufacturer ol
sweet oil in tho world, who expects to
make from his present crop from 20,000
to 25,000 bottles of oil. Ho employs
, thirty men steadily from sixty to
scvojgr a great part of tho time, and
has one hundred acres of olive trees.
This year he will alsa raise at least ten
carloads of English walnuts and four or
fivepf almonds.
General Ncal Dow, the originator of
the "Maino Liquor Law," is eighty-four
.years old aud his huir is as white us snow ;
. he is in vigorous health, and is moro
activo than most men at fifty. He de
: ' votes his entire time to the study of
politics and the advancement of the
cause of temperance. Ho has collected
W m library of statistics nud newspaper
. .clippings on tho liquor question, and
from his voluminous scrap-books and
.memoranda supplies tho friends of pro
hibition in all parts of the country with
weapons of war to be used against the
liquor dealers.
Fredericksburg, Va., has a big picklo
factory that is supplied with cucumbers
from the lands adjoining the city. This
season the supply has reached yo, 000,000
cucumbers, thoso engaged in their pro
duction furnishing from 200,000 to 1,000,
000 each. Au acre will produce 100,000,
' and they sell in Fredericksburg at eighty
cents per 1,000. The object is to get
. .them an inch or an inch aud a half long,
and this requires active picking before
they increase this size. A boy will pick
8,USVu a day. Picking them thus early
fveascs the productiveness of the vine,
icl while the season lasts otherc aro ap
pearing in place uf those taken from tho
James Purton, in one of his tine
agricultural articles, says: "I do not
know ono educated young man of
American birth who thinks of farming
as a profession," and he says that young
men of brains, education and grit are
much needed in the agricultural world.
Thoughtful, skilful directiou, with the
ability to recognize and mako use of
Nature" own limits, aro bound to sway
the producing world. Mr. Parton be
lieves the kind of farmers who are des
tined to raise the calling from its present
depressed condition, are those who know
all about it by educatiou and observa
tion, but as directing head ought not
to be also toiling hands. Ho says:
"The head man of anything extensive
and complicated is of necessity exempt
from manual toil; but, iu returu for the
exemption, he secures to those who
labor under his directiou a happier lot
than manuul toil has ever enjoyed."
"If any young fellow should usk me:
Shall I be u furmer? I would have to
reply by asking him another question:
Ale you man enough?"
MOOD3,
PRSRIMIHM.
The world grows cold a the wuld grows old,
For tender are tho hearts of iiWi,
Anil the warmth Hint is lust in a rrnel frost
Wfll never be found again.
OPTIMISM.
The world grows sweet as tho centuries meet,
For Faith and Hope still sing;
Their voices soar above the tcuqicst's roar:
"Iaivb is eternal king!"
Kmma C. l)owd.
A FRENCH FIRE-EATER.
It would doubtless be a vain quest to
sock, nowiufuys, for a single representa
tive of a race to which Choquart be
longed. He must havo had ancestors
among the exquisites of the reign of
Louis XII., the swash-bucklers of tho
Hotel do Hoyuiimout, or the splendid
corps of musketeers of Louis XV. Clio
quart's mania for ducliiijr, his ever-recur-
nug provocations to decide a difference
at the sword's point mado of him a public
character; and his reputation was per
haps heightened rather than diminished
by the tact that his most terrible chal
lenges were unable to withstand the oiler
of a peaceful solution over a bowl of
punch. His guileless talk and southern
accent, his peculiar way of lisping and
otiier pnysicai oddities, gave to Ins daily
Odyscy a smack of the most genuine
comic buffoonery.
When tho mania for fighting was
strong within him it was dillicult to evade
Ins mood. Ono (lav he would enter a
coffee hotwo, tukc his scut, and say to a
near ncigiiuor:
'Alter you, the Figaro, please."
'Sir," tho other would nolitelv re-
spond, "it is not the Finaro but tho 'Con-
ttitutioniui that I am reading."
"Oh! you would crivo me that lie.
would you? Take care. sir. or I'll teach
you bettermanners."
On another occasion ho would intro
duce a like scene after this fashion:
".Now, don't keep staring at mo in that
offensive way, please!"
"1" expostulated the customer. "Hless
mo, sir, 1 didn't even see you. I was
looking the other wav."
"Oh! then I am a liar, am Ii" And
Choquart would rise from his scat in a
threatening atlitude.
Even the most peaceful persons could
scarcely put up with such insolence.
They lelt like tucking up their sleeves
and knocking Choquart down. Nor did
ho fail, nt times, to meet with his de
serts. Ho more than onco stumbled on
a Tartar. His best known scrape that
way is worth relating. Choquart one
day entered a court yard to challenge a
master-builder, who" was pumping water
nta fountain. The master-builder looked
up surprised, caught hold of Choqtiui t by
the scroti of his neck, doubled him up.
put him under the pump, and soused him
like a dead rat.
The story of Choquarl's adventures
would till a volume, but 1 will relate only
one, wherein I acted as his second.
One night, at a masked ball, Choquart
quarreled with a Turk. Cards were ex
changed. The following day. Choquart,
wilh his two seconds, went to his adver
sary's house. Tho Turk of the previous
evening turned out to bo a well-to do
upholsterer, who carried on business in the
Saint-Martin quarter. On entering the
premises, Choquart inquired after M.
"What can I do for you ?" asked a
young and pretty woman, who came for
ward from the back of the shop.
" Stuff and nonsense ! I don't like
joking in matters of serious importance.
My name is Choquart. I come for an
affair of honor. A gentleman shouldn't
be made to wait in this manner. Yo.ir
husband is un ill-bred dog."
"Oh, excuse mo, now I know wdiat
brings you. This is what I have to say :
My husband went out yesterday to spend
the carnival, and it "has made him ill.
He is in bed, nud spits blood.'
"Dear me," remarked Choquart, turn
ing towards his seconds, " what a mis
chance ! He spits blood, did you say i "
"Alas ! yes, sir," answered the young
woman, who seemed much aTectt d, "and
the doctor says that ho has not six
mouths to live."
"Dear me ! ' went on repcatiug Cho
quart, "spits blood. How shall we settle
matters then f Hasn't six months to live.
Well, lnudaine, I'm not a bad fellow,
whatever others may think. Now, listen
to what I have to say. We are in January,
aren't w e Just so. Well, I'll give your
husband six months to be buried iu. I
shall call around and pay my respects six
months hence. If, in July next, your
husband isn't dead and buried, I'll treat
him as a knave aud a deceiver, and phi urd
his name in all the barracks of Paris."
This threat, which constantly fell from
Choquart's lips, was n reminiscence of
his soldier life. The thought never sug
gested itself that an uphobteri r might
not care the jingle of a brass farthing
whether his name were placarded or not
iu all tho barracks of the country.
One lino afternoon iu July of that same
year, Choquart took hold of my arm at
the Varieties coffee-house, and said:
"Come along with me, old boy; I have
a small matter which I really must clear
up without further loss of time."
We took a road which led toward the
Paint-.Martiu quarter, and, as wo walked
along, Choquart entered circumstantially
into the particulars of the case. The up
holsterer's day of reckoning had arrived,
and Choquart was bent on finding out
whether his former Turk had paid the
funeral draft indorsed six months previ
ously by his wife.
"If," soliloquized ( hoquart, "tho
rogue is still alive, I'll cut off both his
ears, you know. I'm justilied in so doing,
am I not I"
"Of course you arc, my dear fellow.
Hut,. let mcHsk, the thing occurred long
ago, didn't it, and in the carnival rea
son Aud again, what did the fellow do
to warrant such a feud"
"What did he do, the villianf Just
listen and I II tell you. I w as at a masked
ball given at. tho Renaissance Theatre.
I walked into the green-room in my diets
suit. I am spare of limb, as you can see.
Suddenly a Turk stopped directly iu
front of me aud baw'ed out: 'Halloo,
there goes the Fat Ox! Make way,
please, for the Fat Ox!' Everybody
roared ut this sally. I was downright
vexed, us you may suppose. S I made
up to him and said : '.My merry friend, at
Boon to morrow you shall be a dead
man!"
"He was in the wrong, certainly,'' I
pleaded, "to insinuate so Invidious a
comparison between a thitt man like you
and n fat ox ; but"
Wo had reached our destination, En
tering the shop, We came Upon M. Itnllu,
the upholsterer, who, all budding and
blooming, was busy working at a parcel
of goods.
"Oh,;that's your little game, is it?" be
gan Choquart, as soon as he set eyes on
his intended victim. "You're alive,
then? I thought as much. Hut yon
don't play the monkey with me any
longer, Mister Turk; you've caught the
wrong sow by the ear this time, let me
tell you."
".Monsieur Choquart!" exclaimed the
merchant.
"Yes, sir, my name is Choquart Cho
quart, do you hear, sir I who'll have
none of this tomfoolery. Your wife
where is she, your wife? She's young
and pretty, but wants to run a rig upon
me. Your wife, I say, averred that you
were on your last legs, and would be as
dead as a herring in less than six months,
and here you nre.aliveand kicking. Now,
is that tho way you keep your engage
ments? "Ah! Monsieur Choquart," rejoined
the merchant, who had somewhat re
covered from his first fright, "I have
been ill, very ill, indeed. You'll never
see ine don tho Turkish garb again.
'Tis over now. So let me ask you to
forgive and forget any improper thing
I may have said on that eventful night
"One moment," said Choquart, "not
quito so fast, please. Do you tender your
excuses in the regular form "
"Faith, I don't quite understand what
form that is. But this I know, for I
have inquired about you and learned
that you aro a right good fellow. Come,
I have a roasted leg of mutton with kid
ney-beans. Will you do me the honor
to dine with me, you and your friend?
My wife will bo overjoyed. Aglae, why
don't you come? Here is M, Choquart,
who accepts un invitation to dine with
us."
Of course I nodded assent, while it was
not over dillicult to read on Cho. mart's
relaxing countenance that the roasted
leg of mutton hau found the way to his
heart.
"Then again," added M. Rallu, who
now felt that ho had the game in his own
hands, "I have a certain .Madeira about
which I should liko to havo your opin
ion, Monsieur Choquart.
,'Youhaveno Madeira, sir," retorted
Choquart, with a deep frown upon his
eyelids.
"Hut"
"I sav vou have no Madeira, sir." ex
claimed the duelist, raising his voice and
gesticulating like a madman. "And
please take notice that I am not to be
contradicted on this point. I have drunk
but one glass of genuine Madeira during
the wliolo course of my life. '1 was at
tho Iu lenes. es, sir, I had lust re
covered from sickness, and was on duty
nt the King's dinner. A glass of Madeira
having been poured out for Louis X HI.,
his Majesty, turning toward the cup
bearer, said: 'Hand that to Choquart,
and give him my compliments.' Do you
hear mo now?"
"Hut, Monsieur Choquart, I assure
you "
"I say that you have no Madeira,
sir," screeched Choquart, who had grown
furious, and brought his hand down with
ternlic force on tho wooden counter,
"If you once more dare to say that you
hive Madeira wine I'll tear your head
clean oil from your shoulders I And
what else did vou say vou had '
"Well," said the merchant, who was
somewhat staggered nt this suddeu fit of
passion, "I've a leg of mutton with
kidney-beans."
"A leg of mutton," said Choquart, in
a solt tone of voice, "that s good, when
well roasted. Hut I'm confident 'twill
be overdone. Have you got such a thing
us a spit"
"A spit? I should say I had," burst
out M. llallu, with kindling eyes. "Only
just p.isi this way, gentlemen and see
for yourselves."
The merchant led us into a comfortable
back shop, which answered the purpose
of a dining-room. Thereon the hearth,
in front of a bright blazing fire, a fine
leg oi mutton majestically turned on a
spit, liko a planet round tho sun.
"That looks nice," remarked Choounrt.
after a moment of silent contemplation.
"lou are not altogether an idiot. A
man who knows the worth of a spit do
serves to live. But why don't you baste
your leg of mutton ' fo saying Cho.
quart took up the ladle, and began
pouring over tho me:it the rich steamini'
1 juice. At that moment the merchaut's
I wife came in.
j "Ah, good day, madame, good day to
I you : said t. hoquart, as he leant over
: und deluged the savory roast. "Well,
i you see what has happened. Your hus-
i band isn't dead after all. Dear mo, how
i shall we get to arrange tho matter 'Tis
very provoking, very. '
"Alas, sir, 'twas a severe trial. Clod,
in Ills goodness has spared his life,
trust the lesson .will bo of service to
him."
"tiod.in His goodness!" went on mut
tering Choquart. "That's all very well.
Hut we haven't settled our little difficul
ty us yet."
"Come, now, Choquart," said I inter
rupting him pretty sharply, "we've had
enough on that score. M. Hallu has
tendered you his best excuses iu my pres
ence, and cordially invites you to dinner;
what more do you want"
"Dear me," said Choquart, still fasci
nated by the leg of mutton, "I do think
it is beginning to burn at the joint."
The difficulty was now over, and the
duelist completely disarmed. We all had
dinner. Choquart recounted his duels
to the upholsterer, und drank with great
gusto his "spurious" Madcria.
( hoquart died in poverty. For over
twenty years he had lived on a small pen
sion granted him by thcComte do Cham
bord. When, however, he received five
hundred francs, his wont was to give his
friends a supper which cost the same
sum, so that on certain days of tho year
he went supperle ss to bed. Still, he was
extremely punctilious in money mutters.
Another chapter will throw light on this
side of his character.
Several years ugo wo were supping,
after midnight, at the Vaudeville coffee
house. Among those present were
Houffe, the lessee aud manager of the
Vaudeville Theater; HritTuut, the jour
nalist: Doctor Lallcinund, who was the
proprietor of the Passage Kud.iwill; au
old notary of the name of Dubois; Ar
mund Marrast. then a writer on the staff
of the Trihunt; an old sheriff's officer
called Mouton, rtnd Choquart. The
latter nau, as usual, grown tender over
the fato of the Princes belonging to thd
elder line t and Mouton, tho sheriff's
officer, whoso political sympathies in
clined toward tho republic, went so far
as to say tnatuharlcs A. was an old idiot.
After this Choquart, pale with rage, rose
from his scat and said to Mouton:
"I have taken an oath to shin the face
of any man who insults my king. I
shall now, therefore, slap yours."
l he situation was exceedingly grave,
and everybody felt dreadfully Uncom
fortable. Choquart suddenly stopped
short, and said:
"Dear me! I owe Mouton a loins.
and can not striko him without first
reimbursing the money. It would be
ungentlemanly in me to act otherwise.
Kriiiuut, lend mo a Iouis, will you, that
I may slap Mouton's face?"
"I have no change," answered Brif
faut. "BoufTe, quick, lend me a louis, that I
may cuff Mouton's ears!"
"My dear Chonuart," replied BoufTe.
"I shall only be too happy to lend you
four times tho amount outside of this
place, but I can not lend you a louis for
the purpose you mention."
At that moment I entered the coffee
house.
"Ah! here comes Villemot." exclaimed
Choquart, and bounding townrd me ho
said, hurriedly: "Lend me a louis.
Quick ! I want to box Mouton's ears, and
delicacy requires that I should first give
back tho louis I owe him."
I was at a loss to make out what he
meant.
"Don't lend it! don't lend it!" cried
out those who were present.
ji nun nine oi me, especially, i nau
a strong reluctance to lend a louis, so I
drew back.
The most amusinir part of the story is
that Houffo persuaded Mouton to believe
that he wns no longer in safety.
"A louis, you see, is no large sum,"
said BoufTe; "Choquart is bound to have
a spare ono some day, and he will carry
out his threat. If I were you I should
lend him twenty louis; he'll never bo
able to give back so large a sum, and
you are safe for the rest of your life."
So, after supper, Mouton offered to
lend Choquart twenty louis, who was
dumbfounded at the proposal. He saw
the danger, but danger had special at
tractions for him. He pocketed tho
gold pieces, and said to Mouton as he did
so:
"Never mind; we are not quits yet.
The first time I receive my pension you
shall get your cars boxed all the same."
Choquart, however, was never nble to
command so fabulous a sum as twenty
louis at any one time, nor to wreak
righteous vengeance 'a the offender who
had insulted and slandered his King.
From the French, in Boston Courier.
Tips the Beam at 420.
On Colonel S. II. Hawkins's Furlow
plantation, in this county, lives one ol
the most remarkable old colored couples
that we havo heard of recently. Artcnius
Tucker and his wife Narcissus are well
known among the many negroes in that
section, and none command more respect
from their race than they. "Art," as ho
is familiarly called, is eight-three years
old, and fot the past fifty-three con
secutive years has lived on the place.
Narcissus, his queen, is nearly Bixty
years old and tips the beam at 420
pounds in her stockings, while her licgo
lord scarcely weighs 100 pounds. Her
only duty is to milk the cows and attend
to the butter, and not a small number of
our citizens can attest tho fact that it is
a duty well performed. Since tho
Americus, Preston and Lumpkin road
reached the station nenr the plantation
she once tried to enter one of the coaches
for the purpose of coming to town, but
the door was not large enough to admit
her, nud she was compelled to ride in on
a fiat car. She is very piously inclined,
and attends church every Sunday, at
which time a two-horse wagon is fur
nished her, which, by the way, she fills
comfortably, and thus prepared she rides
through the plantation to the little log
church with as much pride at the distinc
tion shown her as would Queen Victoria.
She is a queer old genius, and with her
"old man" hopes to live on and finally to
be buried on "Mars' Sam's" domain,
probably the only home that either evei
had. America,, (Oa.) Recorder,
Aristocratic Frojf Spearing.
Frog spearing is a questionable kind
of amusement which, jt appears, is ut
present indulged iu by many aristocratic
idlers who are tryiug to kill the long
summer days in country feats. The
latest instance of this peculiar kind of
sport took place in the grounds of tho
Chateau of lJclluiicourt. After luncheon
a party of ladies and gentlemen, armed
with weapons resembling cross-bows, tho
arrows being of hazel-wood, with long
lance-heads and attached to the bow by
silken strings, so as to enable tho frogs
to be hauled in, proceeded to the bunks
of a pond. Then there was a great deal
of unceremonious stooping down as the
frogs appeared, und arrows were let oil
iu all directions, the slaughter being con
siderable on the part of those who pur
sued tho sport for tho purpose of bag
ging game. The impaled batrachians
weie in all cases carefully collected and
handed over to the cooks. l',iri letter.
A tool Officer.
A Danish officer is pictured to us
making observations iu regard to the de
viation of ride bullets. One day, when
walking on the ramparts at Duppel, he
saw a I'russiau sharpshooter taking aim
at him. While the soldier placed him
self against u tree, iu order to take a
steadier aim, the officer raised his glass
to watch his movements. "This is ull
right," said he; "the musket is just on
a line with my breast we shall see."
Tho trigger was pulled, aud the Danish
officer quietly wrote down: "At a dis
tance of about S00 yards the deviation of
a bull from a rilled musket is about one
metre. " t'ltnmler' Journal
Hound to Have the Iiest.
Mrs. Moneybags (to her husband)
"Now understand me, Mr. Moneybags,
unless I can sit on the right-hand side oi
the t-hip 1 don't want any meuls at all."
Mr. Moneybags "Why, inydeur?"
Mrs. Muueybugs "I heard some one
say the star board would be on that side,
und I gue.-s we're rich enough to have the
best." Jurtr'i tUitar.
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
Iloclpos.
TiIereiNs.-'-Crcam together otlo cupful
of butter and one cupful of sugrtf ; add
three eggs and one pint of mllk( stirring
well; then add olio quart of wheat flour,
with two trnspoonfuls of baking powder
and one cupful of yellow Indiau meal.
Bake in muffin rings iu a hot oven.
Hot Sotn Ai'i'i.E Smth. Pure and
quarter the early sour apples and put to
cook with just snllicicnt water to keep
from burninir. When done, ndd oniv
enough sui-ar to take off the flat taste,
then put through a sieve into a vegetable
dish; grate a very little nutmeg on the
top and serve.
Potato Cuoqt TTTF.s. To make po
tutu croquettes take one dozen of pota"
toes, one ounce of butter, one gill of
milk, lard. Boil the potatoes until
mealy, put them into a bowl, and take
two forks in one hand with tho points of
tho prongs turned outward; break tho
pot does with them; while breaking add
butter and milk, salt, and a little white
pepper. Heat them until light, then
form into croquettes and fry a light
brown in lard.
Swkict Wafers. Six eggs, one pint
Hour, two ounces melted butter, one and
one-hnlf cups powdered sugar, one cup
milk, one tenspoonful nutmeg. Beat
white and yolks separately and very
stiff; rub the sugar aud butter together,
nnd work in first the yolks,then the milk,
then the flour and whites. Hake in well
buttered wafer or waffle-irons, very
quickly, browning ns little as possible.
Koll them while hot upon n smooth
round stick not larger than your little
finger, slipping it out carefully when the
cakes take the right shape.
Cookkd Ciik'Kknh. Tender chickens
cooked iu tho following way are ns good
as if they were boiled: Open them iu
the back, season and put them in a onk-ing-pan
with a little water in it. Turn
another pan over it, nnd bake for an
hour and a half or two hours, according
to the size. If they are not brown
enough when nearly done, take off thd
upper p.m. Cut off the neck before
putting in the oven, and boil it alon;
with the giblets in half a pint of water,
take tho bones out of the neck ; cut that,
the gizzard and the heart into tine pieces.
Mash the liver with a spoon, and add
them all, with the water in which they
were boiled, to the gravy.
I'hCiiil Hints.
All salted provisions must be kept
under the brine.
Blueberry stains may be removed from
table linen by putting tho part stained
into boiling water.
The white of an egg, with a little
water and sugar, is good for children
w ith an irritable stomach.
Bar soup, when liist bought, should be
cut iu spiuic pieces and put in a dry
place. It lasts better after shrinking.
When the knives uud folks are sta.ued
with egg scour them with common table
sa!t. .Medicine stains can be removed
from spoons in the same manner.
To cut a glass jar, fill it with lard oi
to where you want to cut the jar; then
heat an iron rod or bar to red heat ; im
merse it in the oil. The unequal expan
sion will crack the jar all around ut tho
surface of the oil, and you can lift oil the
top part.
Little cleavers or broad headed tacks
easily removed ate the best for putting
dow n matting. They simply catch the
two edges together, holding thein firmly
in place, and can be much more easily
removed than the common carpet tack
and without injury to the selvedge of
the matting.
Castor oil is highly recommended for
softening and preserving shoes. Applied
at night about once a month it allows
polishing in the usual way the next morn
ing, and keeps the leather in good con
dition. One who has tried it for years
says his shoes last nearly tw ice as long
since he began the practice, and they re
ceive a higher polish.
Tunneling the (ireat Divide.
In the project for tunneling the "Great
Divide," or the Hocky Mountains, the
point proposed to be tunneled is under
(Jray's Peak, which rises uo less than
14,411 feet above the level of the sea.
At 4,441 fee. below the pcuk, by tuunel
ing from east to west for 23,000 feet,
direct communication would be opened
between the vaJeys of the Atlantic slope
and those of the Pacific side. This
would shorten the distance between Den
ver, in I olorado, and Salt Lake City, in
Utah, and consequently the distance be
tween the Missouri Kivcr, say at St.
Lou's, mil San Francisco :i00 miles;
and there would be little more required
iu the way of ascending or descending
or tunneling mountains. Part of the
work has already been accomplished.
The country from the Missouri to. the
foot of the Kockies rises gradually iu
rolling prairie till an elevation is reached
of 5,200 feet above the sea level. The
Duckies th"inselves rise at various places
to a height exceeding 1 1,0110 feet. Of
the twvnty most famous passes, only
seven ure below 10,000, w liile five are up
ward of 12,0110 feet, and one, the Argen
tine, is 13,000 f 'ct. Of the seventy-tlirce
important towns in Colorado, only twelve
are below 5,000 feet, ten are over 10,0011
feet, und one is 14, OIK) feet. Passes nt
sued u height are, of course, a barrier to
ordinary traffic. uud the railways from the
Atlantic to the Pacific have in conse
quence made detours of hundreds of
miles, leaving rieli plains lying on tho
western slope of the great snowy range
practically ( lit off from Denver and the
markets of the East. The point from
which it is proposed to tunnel is six
miles due west from Denver, und,
alhough one of the highest peaks, it is
by far the narrowest in tho great back
bone of the American continent. Ijco
mutitt KinjiureriC Jtui! iml.
When Fruit Trees (irow.
A German man of science (Dr. Krauss
of Halle) not long ago made some studies
ibout fruit trees. He says that they sleep
during the day, uud do most of their
growing by night. The fruit of the
cherry laurel, for example, increases nine
times as fast in the night as iu the day.
Apples, however, are not quite so lazy
during the day, for their rate of grow til
at night is K0 per cent., and 20 percent,
by day; that is to say, they toil only
four times us quickly by night us by
duy.
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.
Microbes are responsible for miiht
things. The latest theory of Indigo is
that of Mi E. Alvarez, a member of the
French Academy of Sciences, who says
that it Is the product of A fermentation
determined in a special microbe greatly
resembling that of pneumonia.
It has been Usual to state, in a general
sort of way, that the red currant lifts
been cultivated "since the time of Julius
CVsar." Dr. Sturtcvant, of the Agricul
tural Station at Geneva, New York, In a
recently published history of the currant,
says it was hot cultivated till the close
of" the sixteenth century,
If the condensed breath collected on
the cool window panes of n
room where a number of persons
have been assembled, lie burned,
a smelt as of singed huir will show the
presence of organic matter, and if the
condensed breath be allowed to remain
on the window s for a few days, it will bo
found, on examination by microscope,
that it is alive with animalculi. It isthe
inhalation of air containing such putres
cent matter which causes half of the sick
headaches, which might be avoided by a
circulation of fresh air.
It has been found that the most practi
cable method of testing color blindness
' is by means of the Berlin worsteds,
which come in nil possible spectral col
ors and all shades of these colors. The
advantages possessed by these worsteds
for this purpose, it is asserted, are that
they arc eveniy colored on all sides, have
no-reflect ion, are soft and easily handled
and always ready for use. They arc done
up in little skeins of uniform size and
appearance, the colors being red, orange,
yellow, green, pure green, blue green,
blue, violet, purple, pink, brown, gray,
seveial shades of each color, and at least
five gradations of each tint, from the
deepest to the lightest.
The air of the sea, taken at a great
distance from land, or even on the shore
and in ports when the wind blows from
the open, is in nn nlmost perfect state ol
purity. Near continents the land winds
drive before them nn atmosphere always
impure, but at 100 kilometers lrom the
coasts this impurity has disappeared. The
sea rapidly purifies the pestilential at
mosphere of continents; hence every
expanse of water of a certain breadth be
comes an absolute obstacle to the propa
tiou of epidemics. Marine atmospheres
driven upon land purify sensibly the uii
of the regions which they traverse; this
purification can be recognized as far as
Paris. The sea is the tomb of moulds and
of aerial schizophytcs.
As a breeder of diseases says the Cul
tivator, there are few things that excel
tho average farmhouse cellar. It under
lies the whole house, with nothing to
prevent its exhalations rising into the
upper rooms except a linn noaru nour.
Iu this ccllur all manner of things for
family use are kept the season round.
Ment, vegetables, milk, butter, bread,
pastry, preserves, pickles and fruit are
here stored in their various receptacles.
There is very seldom anything to sep
arate the fruit and vegetables from othet
parts of the cellar, and there is usually
more or less decaying vegetable matter
to load the air with poisonous germs.
At various seasons of tho year the cel
lar walls collect dampness, or small pools
of wuter lie under the loose board floors,
sending up malarious odors into the
rooms above.
Dr. Griffiths, an English physician,
has receutly demonstrated that iron sul-,
phate is an antidote for many of the most ,
virulent cpidemii s which nttack field
and garden crops. These diseases are
due to microscopic funguses, whose i
structures are built up in a somewhat
different manner from the corresponding
parts in other plants. It appears that
tho cellulose in these funguses is acted
upon by iron sulphate, whereas in the
higher plants the cellulose of tho cell- (
walls is not influenced. The iron sul
phate destroys the cellulose of the fun- I
guscs, but does not affect that of the at
tacked plant. It is, therefore, an anti
dote and destroyer oi such piunoii;
germs and fuuguses as the potato disease,
wheat mildew, etc.
HEALTH HINTS.
Do not let stale flowers remain iu n sick
chamber.
It is claimed that the juice of a lemon
squeezed into a cup of strong coffee will
afford immediate relief in neuralgic head
ache. Don't ask a convalescent if he would
like this or that to cat or drink, but pre
pare the delicucies and present them in a
tempting way.
For a gunpowder burn, keep the
wounds wet with a moisture of linseed
oil and lime water for three days, and
then apply vaseline to heal.
It is better to sleep upon the back than
upon cither side, as there is iu this posi
tion less compression of the ( best and
less cramping of the body und limbs.
In toothache, if the pain extends up
ward toward the eye, or takes the form
of neuralgia, get some horseradish leaves,
take out the steins, wet them and apply
to the face over the pain. This w ill
usually give relief.
Kar-achemay bo cured, says the Medical
World, by directing a gentle stream of
water, as" hot as ( an be borne, directly
into the cur from a fountain syringe.
Care must be taken not to allow the force
of the stream to become too great. With
this precaution is is better than poultices
or anodynes.
It is not generally known that pearl
fishing is carried on in the rivers of
Saxony. A family by the uaine of
Schinerler has for generations had the
monopoly of following this pursuit for
the benefit of the Slate. The Weisse
Klster and its tributaries furnished lat
year one hundred pearls. Formerly the
yield wus much greater, and in the six
teenth century pearl fishing was con
sidered iu Saxony of rather more im
jiortuuce than the mining industry.
According to "Pioneering iu New
Guinea," the native savages carry the
doctrine of moral heredity to civilicd
lengths. The hrcmu believe that men
ure good or bud by inheritance, und that
there ure no future punishments for the
one or rewards for the other. One of
the pretty legends of the Nainuu is that
man sprang from the earth and woman
was sent down from heaven as a com
panion for him.
THE LAND OF UITTCE PEOPLE.
Far away, and yet so near us, lies a land
where all have been,
Played beside its sparkling waters, danced
along its meadows green,
Where tho buy world we dwell in and its
noises only seem
Like the echo of a tempest or the shadow of
a dream,
And it grows not old forever, sweet ami
young it is to-dny,
Tis tho lnml of little people, where the
happy children play.
And the things they know nnd see there re
so wonderful and grand,
Things that wiser folks and older cannot know
or understand ;
In the woods they meet the falrie, find tbn
giants in their cavos,
See the whicesof cloudland and the murmur
of the waves,
Know whot nil the birdies sing of, hear the
s-rets of the flowers,
For the land of little people is another world
than ours.
Once 'twas ours; 'tis ours no longer, for, when
nursery time Is o'er,
Through the land of little people we may wan
der never more.
But we hear their merry voices and we sea
them nt their play.
And our own dark world grows brighter, and
we seem as young as they,
Roaming over shore and meadow, talking to
the birds and flowers,
For the land of little people is a Tairer
World than ours.
Hl'MOIt OF THE DAY.
Polities began when Joseph was sold
out by his brethren. Picayune.
About the first thing lost at sea was
the sight of land. Carl Pretzel.
There is a striking resemblance be
tween pugilists. Merchant Traveler.
Sonic of the best blood in the hind
runs through tho mosquito's veins.
Coiutall't H'in.
Why is it n crime for a banker to enter
upon a partnership with a blacksmith?
Because it is forgery. W'athinyton Critic.
Curiously enough, tho man wdio is al
ways in a pickle docsen't preserve his
temper worth a cent. lturlington Fret
1 'rem.
Returns from summer militia encamp
ments award the first prize to the mos
quito for unerring accuracy in target
practice. Inter- Ocean.
Alas how disappointment frowns.
When hoe most bright is gleaming;
Tin stitehes put ill wedding gowns
Are oft but idle seaming.
Merchant Traveler.
'Hello, Jack, where you been?" "Col
lecting." "What success" "Bad. I've
rummaged tho city from one end to
another, and I can't find a man that owe!
me a cent." Pl,iladtlphiu Neict.
All things are new the buds, the leaves
That gild the elm tree's nodding crest,
And even the net lieneuth the eaves.
There are no birds in last year's nest.
All things ore old joke, incident
That till the pupors Kast and West,
And even the clown beneath the tent,
There is no fun in lust year's jest.
(r'OCKillt'l Sun.
Courtship and Murviuge. (
Every young lady has a right to know
why a young man solicits her company.
Her life is too valuable to bo trirtw with
for morn riVt-ar ".uui liuA -
like company. They can make it t
pleasure or a curse. Courtship, if prop
erly engaged in, is only nn introduction
to the happiness that will follow. Find
one that will love you, not only through
courtship, but through joys ond sorrows,
success and adversity one that will be
a helpmeet through life. Acquaintance
is ouo of the important elements ol
courtship.
Too many young Indies have commiA
ted suicide and died broken-hearted lo
calise they did not gain a knowledge ol
their lovers' character before bestowing
their affections on them. Have both eyot
open. Court in the daytime nud not in
the dark. Young man, go around in the
daytimu und see what your sweetheart il
doiug when she doles not expect you.
Get a knowledge of her traits of char
acter aud domestic life. Young lady, be
careful of your choice. See to it that a
polished address docs not cover many
vices. Don't go blindfolded on this voy
age of married life, but intelligently and
wisely on both sides. With such a choice
true happiness is sure to follow. Clevo
land phiindi'ili r.
A I'se for Waste foal Piles.
A patent has been recently asked for a
new process by which it is prcposed to
use tlie waste coal piles ut the mouth ol
every coal lnino und convert the culm
into a sort of gus that can be uscil as
natural gas is used. Tho culm is to be
broken up in pieces nnd run into u hop
per. Out of the hopper it comes in parti
cles, und is f e I to au air-blast. This
blast is broken into different chambers,
and in circulating around each chambel
the particles of the culm rub against each
other, until by the time the last chambel
is reached they are reduced to a tine dust
that floats nriund in the air-current.
When the lat air-chamber is reached the
culm passes through a 1 10 me.-li, and
comes out in a dark cloud. It is then fed
through pipes liko gas. The particles ol
coal lloat in the air, and combine with the
oxygen of the uir to make a hot tiro.
The inventor claims that this fuel will
make uo smoke, but w ill be ull consumed
before reaching the suiokc-staek, owing
to its fineness. The trouble with the in
vention is that it can be used only on a
large scale. Sij ty Vahc.
Strange Household
Pets.
A strange bequest and a strange house
hold pit was that which my friend's
father received fioni his grandmother.
It was a land turtle that she had cared
for und petted for forty years. It had
the range of tint house, answered to its
name Dan, would come ufier its food
aud eat it out of the hand. When
ready to take his long w inter sleep Dan
would peek at the bunuu. wheu his
mistress would wrap him iu flannels and
t in k It i tit away iu a draw, where he re
mained dm mailt until spring. Dan lived
live years with the legatee, uud when ho
died au alligator look its place. The
latter i !u ins und is as tenderly cared
for HI a JAt canary or Scotch terrier
would te, A'orrir.n ticker.
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