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The Standard Oil Company indirectly
bontrols about a do7.cn trusts, and is the
strongest and best managed trust that
ever existed, assorts the Chicago Sun.
It is estimated that the railroads of
tho United States loso $2,000,000 yearly
by land-slides, $3,000,000 by floods,
$1,000,000 by (Ira and $3,000,000 by
collision.
How far the idea "of using eloctricity
as n street-car nioter has progressed can
bo judged from tho fact that in a trade
journal devoted exclusively to the street
railways, ouo-third of tho articles rc
Into to electricity aud its application to
street roads.
Lovers of canned salmon should con
gratulate themselves, thinks the New
York Mail and Express. In spite of the
old idea that two Rood seasons for sul
mou are never consecutive, tho run in
British Columbia this year is equal to
that of hist year, wheu it was tho best
ever known.
"The transfer of Heligoland to Ger
many is creating au amount of talk and
excitement that is much greater," says
the Chicago Herald, "than the subject
calls for. Every week some real estate
dealer transfers a larger and more valua
ble tract right in tho city limiU of Chi
cago, uud makes no noise about it at all."
Tho wealth of tho United States is un
officially estimated at $71,500,000,000,
an increase in ten years of forty-two per
ceut. England's wealth was placed at
H.M Oim 000.001) in 18K5. but divided
jitnong a smaller population than that of
he United States; whilo tho value of
mp i oak... ft'trt non .
000,000. Taxes In England average $20
per capita and iu the United States,
$1?.50. -
Policeman Henry Henncrman, of
Louisville, took a nap on his front porch.
Whilo ho was thus enjoying himself a
thief caiuo in nt tho front gato and stole
the officer's hat. Such an out rage rilled
Policeman Henncrman with wrath He
provided himself with a pistol and again
nit down upon tho porch, placing anoth
er hat v j chair near him. Muttering
vengen' .Ao pretended to bs asleep.
Sura ogh, ho did fall asleep after a
wbik ad tho thief returned and carriod
off t'. second hat and tho pistol Mr.
Henncrman is an ideal policeman, is the
verdict of tho facetious Chicago Ilerald.
Tho New York IltraU snys: A "rail
road iu tho Holy Land" has rather a jar
ring sound. "Fivo minutes for refresh-
aicnts at tho Brook of Kedron," "Dinner
ffcthe Valley of .Tchosaphat,' "Break
fast at Nazareth," "Tickets good for
cither Mount Zion or Mount Moriah."
Wo presume these will soou be added to
thces now familiar to pilgrims over
thc'Tca. However, we shall in time bo
accustomed to it, and tho railroad will
no moro detract from tho feeling of
rcvcrcnco with which wo surround the
Holy Land than from tho memories that
belong to the poetry nud traditions of
Egypt, Homo and the Isles of Greece.
From statistics produced in a valuable
pamphlet by William Little it appears
that the amount of timber converted into
lumber in Michigan, Wisconsin and
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mous aggregate of 8,305,833,277 super-
licial feet, exclusive 01 white pine
shingles, which, if added, would bring
the total consumption up to 9,000,000,-
000 feet. Ruthless slaughter of that
order not cveu tho matchless and un
limited forests discovered by Mr. Stanley
iu Africa could long survive. As a
matter of fact the timberluuds of the
Vvest aro ulready practically cx
f h. Of 20,000,000,000 feet ro-
-jiki leu ny ino census oi iooi as men
- standing in lower Michigan only one
teuth now remains; and in tho three
States there is estimated to bo less than
10,000,000,000 feet.
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A clergyman writes as follows iu the
Chicago Adcanet: "Clerical hospitality
is declining. The minister's houso is no
longer the stopping place of all minister!
. who pass his way. Possibly tho change
to both host and guest is in sonic respects
desirable, yet iu other respects it is un
desirablo. The virtuo of hospitality may
sometimes bo a hard drain upon the
narrow larder of the parsonage, but it
does tend to prouioto that hearty fellow
ship which ministers ueud and whicl
they are glad to give and receive. Every
one iu Massachusetts knows the Rev.
Daniel Butler, the agent of tho Massa
chusetts Bible Society, a man with such
a reputation for wit that it must indeed
be no small strain even for ono who bas
so much ability to sustain the reputation.
Mr. Butler tells me that fifty years ago
there was hardly a parsonage iu Massa
chusetts that he would net feel free to
enter as an uninvited gueit, but that
now there is hardly a parsonage into
which he would feel free to go without
a speciul invit .tion. I confess that I
rather mourn tl" "h1 davs of clerical hos
pitality." "
TO HIM WHO WAITS.
To htm who waits amid the world's applanse
His share of justice, toiling day by day.
All things will oome now dim and far away
To him who wait.
To him who waits beyond the darkness drear
The morning comoth with refulgent light;
Bringing assurance of a day more bright;
To him who waits.
To him who wait, though tears may often
fall.
And knees be bowed in sorrow and prayer,
All grief will end, and everything be fair
10 ului who waits.
To him who waits and reaches out bis hands
To aid a toller up life's beetling crags,
Surcease will come from every 111 that flags,
To him who waits.
To him who waits, and struggles not in valu
To overcome the evils that abound
Within his breast, sweet will the victory
Bound
To him who waits.
To him who waits, there comes a wily
throng,
Who sneer and scoff, and look with baleful
eyes,
But what of thorn? They are but gnats and
flies,
To him who waits.
To him who waits, thore must be recompense
For useful work, whatever may betide,
A compensation reaching far and wide,
To him who waits.
To him who waits the stars are always
mends.
The restless ocean, and the aiure sky,
All things in nature speak and prophesy,
To him who waits.
To him who waits true love, will some day
come,
And lay an offering at his blameless shrine.
Life will be love, and love will be divine,
To him who waits.
To him who waits the world will soma day
cheer.
And sing his praise; Fame's mysterious gates
vt ui open tor him; neaveu seam more noar,
To liim who waits.
Moses Q. Shirley, in Jl anion Globe.
DICK RODWS REVENGE.
"Lord, let me Lave a chance to be rc
venged at last I"
That was what Dick Rodney said as be
turned from the door of the sweetheart
ho had been thinking of during all the
long voyage just ended, with the news
that she was mnrricd to another burning
in his heart liko a red hot iron.
She was a light, foolish thing, not
worthy of a true man's love.
But ho had worshiped her, and she had
jilted him aud married Ralph Holloway.
It was not a talc to tell, a sorrow to
seek sympathy for.
Dick went back to sen a moodier man
than he bad been, and now and then he
would say to some mate:
"There's a fellow I'm bound to bo evcu
with some day."
But he never said why.
Ho felt himself bitterly and shameful
ly injured, and ho felt suro that God
would cast his enemy into his bauds iu
tho cud.
It seemed to him that it was not neces
sary for him to seek it, but ouly to bido
bis time.
Five years passed, and still ho said:
"I wait." And one morning ho looked
up aud saw Ralph Holloway standing op
posite him, aud said to himself;
"Tho time is coming."
It had been very hard for Captaiu
Palmer to find hands for that voyage.
Tho Betsy Belle had met w ith many dis
asters aud was counted unlucky. And
the Captain was not liked.
The crew was a rough ono when it was
made up, but here was Ralph Holloway
coming to alwlumsclf to it. It was a
curious fact.Tfad one of which Dick
Rodney was not aware, that Ralph had
never known anything of K (tie's engage
ment to him. Ho had come home from
a voyage, met a pretty girl at a party,
speut his money in giving her presents,
and offered himself.
He was a handsomer man than Dick,
and buiug less prudent, seemed more
generous. Elllo accepted hira, and left
it to her mother to tell Dick the news on
his return, quite conscience free. Ralph
walked up to Dick, holding out his
baud.
"I've seen you before," he said.
"You've forgotten me, I guess. I'm
Ralph Holloway, of your own town."
"Oh, I know you well enough." said
Dick, without taking his hand.
Odd ways are not uncommon amongst
sailors. Ralph said to himself that Dick
was crusty, and put his hand away in his
pocket.
'I shouldn't wonder if you didn't
know me," he said. "I'm ruu down and
mighty low in pocket, or I wouldu't have
shipped with Captain Palmer. I've had
pretty bad luck."
"Have you?" said Dick. "And yet
they say Old Nick never deserts his
friends."
"I ain't made friends with him as I
knows of," said Ralph. "About the
time I married, I got a bit of money from
grandfather, aud bought a house and
put my wife into it. We had a couple
of babies, and things seemed going on
first rute. Then I went on an uulucky
voyage, was shipwrecked, came home
sick, and lay idle six months. I let my
insurance run out cause why! Icouldu't
pay it aud that week my homo was
burned dewn by a tramp I'd driv oil the
place. One of the children was badly
burned scarred for life and the cow
was roasted to a ciuder. Then, you
know, woraiD folk ain't got much cour
age, and Ellie, that's my wife, kind of
came down on me for my hard luck; and
so, though I'm a sick man yet, I shipped
to-day. I don't feel encouraged I feel
as if there was worse ahead of me."
"Perhaps there is," said Dick to him
self, feeling a fiendish delight iu the
thought that he would have EthVs hus
band in his power on the high seas, w ith
only a plank between him aud death.
He had not sought him out, he had
come to him. There was fate in it.
As bo bent over a fop he was splic
ing; pretending td hi very busy with itj
Ralph talked on, and Dick felt suro that
Elhio and her husband were not happy
together. So much revenge he had al
ready 1 The thought cooled him more
than any other could have done.
Later in the day he found himself say
ing that a man might well leave one who
had wronged him to the justice of Heaven.
That sooner or later ho would find him
self satisfied.
Among other things Ralph had said
that:
"Troublo and worry and short victuals
had nltcrcd his wife from a pretty girl to
a mighty plain woman."
1 he words clung to Dick s mind he
could not forget them. Ho wondered if
it were so. After this he saw very little
of Ralph. It was iu his power, being
much tho stronger of the two, to take
advantage of any watch that they might
keep together to throw hira overboard,
but tho mi?crable life did not seem worth
taking. The onco prosperous young
fellow was sick, hopeless, and forlorn;
aud ono nitrlit, as Ralph panted over a
hard task, to which ho was not equal,
Dick, yielding to some queer influence
that catno upon him, asked the Captain
to let hira take his place, chango with
him.
"My work is easier done by a man
short of breath," ho said.
"Do as you please," the Captain re
plied, gruffly. "That's a stupid lubber,
anyhow. Sick fellows should stay a
shoro." Dick said: "Thank ye." And per
formed Ralph's task.
Tho poor fellow was grateful, and told
the story of Dick's kind deed to every
one.
"When that asthma comes on mo I'm
no good," ho said, "lie saved my life
that night."
"I'm a fool !" Dick said to himself, but
ho continued to be one. Instead of mak
ing the poor, sick fellow's lot harder, ho
helped him in a thousand ways; and the
example being set, it got to bo the fash-
Ion to sparo Hal nh, to speak of lam as
"That poor chap!" and favor him in
every way.
"Here's a fool for you," said Dick, as
ho looked in his queer little round glass
of a morning. "As big a fool as sails."
Tho voyage was not a lucky one. Tho
Captain's ventures were not successful.
He solaced himself with drink, and lav
tipsy in his berth on tho night when a
Etorm, such as few liva to tell of, broko
over them
For two awful days the wind and
water did what they chooso with tho
Betsy Belle. Then, in tho worst of tho
tempest, they took to the boats. As
Dick, having helped to drag tho tipsy
Captain into one, was about to take his
own place, a forlorn figure stretched out
its arms to hiin. In dumb 6how, for
words could not be heard, it indicated it
had hurt itself, and needed help to gain
the boat,
"Don't leave me," its hollow eyes said;
"give me a chauce."
Tho miserable thing was RalphJIollo
way, covered with blood, fuint with pain
and horror.
Revenge, why, hero it was offered to
Dick. He could cast away those cling
ing hands, jump iuto the boat, and leave
til 13 nihu who had stolen his sweetheart
to his wretched death. Ho could look
back as he left tho ship, and see him in
his misery stretching out imploring hands
toward him. Yes, he could. What he
did was to take tho miserable being on
his back, and risk his life to tumble him
into the boat.
"She's too full nlrcady," yelled ono
man "too full by a hauged sight 1"
"It's tho sick one, mates!" roarcl
Dick. And when thcro was cilm enough
he tore his own garments to bind Hollo
way's wounds.
Storms do not last forever, but when
tho gale subsided and the scorching suu
shone down, and they tossed about,
knowing that tho time must come when
biscuit-bag and water-keg and brandy
flask must bo empty thou came the
worst horror of all. They doled tho bis
cuit out by crumbs, the water by drops,
but even so it would not last forever.
"Dick, good friend," said Ralph oue
day, "all I pray for is to live and see
Etlie, and ask her pardon for anything
I've done wrong, She liked me, though
she was touchy. She'll grieve if I leave
her a widow, poor girl I"
For a whilo Dick sat silenc and said
uothiug. It was tho day on which they
divided tho last of the food.
Two days after a man arose in the
boat with a knife iu his hand.
"I wou't starve for one," ho said.
"Ono of us has got to go to save tho
rest; you'ro tho oue."
Ho pointed straight at Ralph; there
was freuzy in his eye.
Tho others hauled him down. As yet
they were not mad enough to join in a
cannibal feast. But starvation was do
ing its work.
Dick kept stronger and clearer iu miud
than the rest. Ho watched tho mau who
had wielded tho knife. In the night ho
saw him creeping toward Ralph. A
blow sent him sprawling; his comrades
were aroused.
"Why not?" they began to whisper.
"They will kill mo yet," moaned
Ralph. "EHio will go crazy if she hears
the story."
Revenge! Why, it was offered to
Dick in overflowing measure. Aud he
put his stroug, stout body between tho
miserable Ralph aud those others aud
cried out:
".Mutes, we wou't starve yet; I've kept
something to the last. I've got a flask
of whisky aud six biscuits iu my pocket.
I kept them for tho lust moment, share
aud share alike."
Tho eager eyes turned on him they
allowed Dick to portion out the food. It
was very little, but it meant that they
would uot starve that day. And each
time they drank from the flash, Dick for
bado himself hulf his own portion and
gave a larger allowance to Ralph; so
with the biscuit also.
Alas! when theso were gone there was
, nothing more.
Again fiends' eyes glared at Ralph. At
last two cast back from their attack on
him by Dick, clutched cicU other, aud
In a mud strogglo went overboard. An
Othcrj quite insaue, fancied he saw a feast
spread near him( sprang toward it, and
was gone;
Others slept and awakened no more:
And now Dick and Ralph were alone id
the boat.
"I shall nevof see Efflc again," said
Ralph. "Dick, good friend, if in my
lifo I ve ever done any harm that made
any ono want revengo on me, they have
it when I think that. Oh I for just a
look at her or a word from her."
Dick bont over him and looked in his
face.
"Did you ever feel as if any one
wanted revengo on you?" he asked.
"I am t aware of any cause for it,"
said Ralph. "But I've been as unlucky
as if I was cursed since the day I married
Effie."
'iLord bless you, Ralph," said Dick.
"And if thcro is a curse may it be
lifted."
And as he spoke he raised his eyes and
saw, where the water and the heavens
met, a sail.
"I'd never have seen yon again, Efflo,
but for this good frieud," Ralph said.
"He saved my life more than onco."
ElTie had come to him in the hospital,
where he was getting well, and found
Dick at his side.
"God bless him," said Effie. "I think
he's one of those that would do good to
folk that harmed him, and knew it was
tho best revenge ho could have."
"He's good enough for that," Ralph
said, then Effie held out her hand to
Dick.
"God bless you," she said. "My
children will pray for you every night
for saving their father. And may you
find a good, sweet wife, for you will
make her a happy woman."
She sighed, but there was a peaceful
look upon Dick's face as he said "Good
bye," and left them forever. But Eflie's
hopo was fulfilled, and happy love came
to him before many days. family Story
Payer.
A Born Conrtler.
During a stay of Emperor William I.,
of Germany, at the fashionable watering
place at Ems that monarch paid a visit
to n, largo orphan asylum and school that
was under Government patronage. The
presence of so distinguished a personage
created quite a sensation in the establish
ment. After listening with much inter
est to the recitations of soveral of tho
classes, His Mnjosty called to him a
bright, flaxen-haired little girl of fivo or
six years of age, and, lifting her into his
lap, said:
"Now, my littlo fraulein, let mo see
how well you have been taught. To
what kingdom does this belong?" And
taking out of his pocket au orange, ho
held it up to her.
The little girl hesitated a moment,
and, looking timidly up iuto tho Empe
ror's face, replied:
"To tho vcgctablo Kingdom."
"Very good, my littlo fraulein; aud
now to what kingdom does this belong?"
Aud he drew out of his pocket a gold
picco and placed ic on the orange.
Again tho li:tle girl hesitated, but
soon replied:
"To the mineral kingdom."
"Better and better," said the Empe
ror. "Now look at mo and say to me to
what kingdom I belong."
At this question there was an ominous
silcneewmong the teachers and visitors
who were listening with much interest
to the royal catechism. Could sho make
any other reply that "to tho animal
kingdom?" Tho littlo girl hesitated
long, as if perplexed as to what answer
sho would give. Was the Emperor an
animal? Her eyes sought those of her
teacher and her schoolmates. Then sho
looked up into the eyes of tho aged Em
peror, nud, with a half-startled, friglit
encd look, as if she were evading the
question, replied:
"To the kingdom of heaven."
Duels of German Students.
Tho usual length of tho duel among
the German students is ten minutes foi
freshmen and a quarter of an hour fot
seniors, unless an artery is cut. Then
the fight comes to an end at once, if tho
doctor judges the wound to be sufficient
ly serious, and the party who inflicts the
wound is tho victor. After the wounds
have beon dressed a reconciliation is ef
fected; tho former enemies leave tho
placo friends. Indeed, the duels are not
often the outcome of personal animosity.
The superfluous energy which in Englaud
aud America is worked oil iu outdoor
sports, ia rowing, cricket or baseball,
here finds its only outlet in the duel. If
these duels were always harmless ono
could dismiss them with a laugh, as only
oue other form of the inevitable and even
enviable folly of youth. But unfor
tunately there is another side to the pic
ture. Sometimes the duel is the result
of a deep and dcudly hatred, aud then it
is fought out even to the death. The
comparatively harmless schlugcr is dis
carded, aud in its place the pistol or the
saber is substituted. No silly child's
play here, but grim und wicked earnest.
Illustrated American.
Electricity lu the Lion's Don.
The lutest application of electricity
will be a boou to wild-beast tamers,
lion kings, serpent queens, and such
like. Iustead of having to assert their
authority by means of the whip of pliant
steel, which has hitherto been their
chief resource, except in those desperate
straits in which red-hot irons come iuto
action, they will uow carry a light waud,
with an insulating grip for tho hand,
connected by a flexiblo wire, w ith a bat
tery of which tho power cau be varied
according to the necessities of the case.
If tho lion or tiger becomes surly ami
refuses to go through his tricks, or
threatens to bite, a sample of his "tam
er," a touch of the magic wand, will give
him a shock that will rouse him up or
scare him iuto submission, as the per
former wishes. An experiment iu this
new departure of applied scieuce is said
I to have been successfully uiadc iu out
; instance. London Vanity Fair.
THE TESTING OF SUGAR.
ESTIMATING 8TJOAII CTTT1B9 IN
UNCLE SAM'S LABORATORY.
The nifTererit. KlnUHor Sitsrnr and ttirt
Method of Analysing Tlicin All
Ingenious I'roccs.
Thcro are many varieties of sugar, for
tho term is used gcncrically to designalo
the sweet products obtained from cer
tain vegetables aud most fruits. Thus
we have the cone sugar, from sugar cane ;
beet sugar, grapo sugar, maple sugar,
melon sugar, palm sugar, date sugar, sor
ghum sugar, maize sugar aud others less
commonly known.
Tho one, however, which is of the
greatest importance, and whose uso we
are most familiar with, is cane sugar. To
it, therefore, wo may devoto our princi
pal attention.
The sugar which comes to New York
is principally exported from Cuba.
Smaller quantities aro received from oth
er of the West Indian islands and Brazil.
In still smaller amounts sugars aro sent
to this country from China and some of
the islands of the Pacific.
The origin of tho sugar having been
ascertained, it is but natural that we
ihoutd ex pect to see it along the docks
of our river front.
The incidents of its journey can bo of
no interest to us. In tho dark hold of
tome vessel, probaby a sailing ship, as
the days quickly follow the nights, in
itorm or in calm, tho sugar remains in
Its package, unconscious alike of tho
snxiety of tho seamen or of the tedious
monotony which makes an ordinary sea
voyage so hard to bo endured. At tho
wharf, as each packages comes ashore, it
is marked by tho Government inspector
chosen for this special duty.
Every fourth hogshead or barrel is laid
isidc, and when the packages are smaller,
uch as bags, ceroons or mats, more fre
rjuent parcels are selected for sampling.
I Then a long tube, called a trier, is run
iirectly through the central portion, from
end to end, of cack packngo selected.
Every trierful constitutes an entire sam
ple. The sugar thus extracted is packed
in small tin boxes; these again arc placed
in wooden chests, and are sent to the ex
amination room as rapidly as possible.
1 Tho utmost dispatch throughout tho en
' tiro course, beginning with the sampling
acd ending with tho polarization, is in-
I sistcd on in order to avoid the drying out
of tho water or moisture contained in
' the sugar; otherwise a higher degrco of
polarization, and in consequence n higher
rate of duty, would follow. As the im-
1 porters generally examine tho sugar in
their own laboratories, every precaution
1 is taken by tho Government to obtain
i correct results.
In the examination room, the sugar is
thrown on the flat surface of a long tablu
and thoroughly mixed, so that any selec-
I tion from it will represent a fair average
I of the entire invoice. Then an exaniina
I tion of the color is made by comparing a
' sample with the so-called "Dutch Stand-
ard." This latter consist of a series of
. sealed bottles containing sugars whoso
I value in crystalli.able sugar has previously
i been determined, tho lighter colors
I naturally representing the purer qualities.
If the sample is not above. No. 13 in
color, it is again packed in a tin box, a
duplicate of which is retained in tho
' examination room properly numbered,
1 t.nA l...n I. fa anf .rt lt l.iK.rnfnrv
UUU .Ulll . ta U b IU w.vj i.imunuij.
We may say in this connection that
about ten experienced chemists are con
stantly employed testing sugar at tho Ap
praiser's Stores in New York, nnd also,
more than this, that each of the large
ports of tho country Boston, Philadel
phia, New Orleans, San Fruucisco and
others have their laboratories whero
meu are kept busy at this work.
The first operation that the sugar un
dergoes is that of crushing and mixing
iu a mortar. This step is considered
necessary in order to remove auy lumps
or inequalities that may have been over
looked in tho examination room, and to
make the mass moro thoroughly homo
geneous. Theu a suitable portion is
weighed out, the amouut depeudiug upon
tho kind of polariscopo employed, lu
the United States laboratories the Schcib
ler modification of tho polariscope is
used, and 13,021 grams of substance is
tho quantity taken for examination.
The weighed sugar is carefully washed
into a graduated flask holding exactly
fifty cubic centimeters, brought iuto a
solution by agitation, a slight quantity
of lead acetate or sugar of lead is added,
and tho mixture is filtered. The lead
salt is used- for tho purpose of partially
decolorizing the compound. Thu yellow
Solution thus obtaiucd is poured iuto thu
polariscopo tube aud au examination or
reading is mado. All sugars possess tho
peculiar power of twisting or rotat
ing a ray of polarized light, either
to tho right or left. Thus cane
sugar has a polarization to the right
of 73 deg. 8 miu., grape sugar to tho
right 57 dcg. 4 mill. Fruit sugar to tho
left 100 deg., and so on. ThU charac
teristic property of sugars is mado use of,
and an instrument has been so con
structed that a ray of light entering the
apparatus becomes polarized, then pass
ing through tho tube containing tho sac
charine solution is rotatod in a definite
direction, and by means of suitable ad
justment this degree or amount of rota
tion is shown on a readable scale attached
to the instrument. The reading of the
vernier, ns the scale is called, completes
the examination ; iu other words, the re
sult obtained tells us exactly how much
pure crystullizablo cane sugar is coutuiued
iu tho sample. Tho percentage of pure
sugar is transmitted to the appraiser, w ho
then adjusts tho amount of duty to bo
paid, in accordauco with the returns re
ceived from tho laboratory. Acid York
Slur.
Sevres ware has so falleu iu public es
timation that the annual .ale scarcely ex
ceeds $20,000. The works receive a
yeurly subsMy of $100,000, but the
quality of the warts produced bus dete
riorated. Tho deposits iu the British Postollice
Savings Hank lat year ainrunted to
$'.i'.l,070,00(), aud I he. withdiavu! to
bl.070,000.
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.
Fireproof paper is now being manu
factured. Magnetism is now proposed for over
coming scale iu boilers.
A Mountain of sandstono suitable for
sfrindstoncs is reported nine miles from
ttrant's Pass, Oregon.
At Uecf Island, in Columbia County,
Oregon, a vein of sand it me, estimated to
be 200 feet in depth, has btcn discovered.
Mexican onyx is a form of stalagmite,
nd its colors are formed by oxides of
metals' io the earth over tho caves
through which calcareous water passes.
A claim has now bcetl made bv Pro
fessor Braun, of Tubingen, that ho can
produce electricity direct from mechani
cal work, and he is now at work ou tho
construction of a practical generator on
this principle.
The rapidity with which flics pass
through tho air is not likely to bo ap
preciated by those who sco only with
what apparent ease they do it. Flics
will keep up with a fast horse, and that,
too, without lighting on him.
A report comes from the West of tho
discovery of a process by which iron oro
Jan be so softened by tho concentrated
rays of an arc light as to bo worked with
l comparatively small amount of labor.
If this discovery is confirmed, it may
lead to a considerable modification of
the present modes of treating ores.
Professor Boys, in a communication to
the Hoval Society, England, on measure
ments of the heat of t'.io moon nnd stars
by means of his radiomicroinetcr, gives
in account of a test with a caudle at
250.7 yards distance, which gave a de
Bection ol thirtv-eiirht milimctcrs. In
jthcr words, this instrument would show
the heat of a candle ut 1.71 miles dis
tance. The most important occurrence at the
international medical congress in Berlin
was the reading of a paper by Dr. Koch,
the famous practitioner und investigator,
3a the tuberculosis bacillus, which ho
claims is the cause of pulmonary con
lumption. Ho annouueed that he has
discovered a substitute which is capable
of killing tho bacillus and curing the
3isea.se.
Some years ago Plateau mado experi
ments which showed that eyeless myrio-
pods cau distinguish between daylight
and darkness, their skin being sensative
to light. Eyeless maggots arc nlso sensi
tive to light. SI. Raphael Dubois has re
cently studied the perception of luminous
radiations by the skin, us exemplified by
the blind Proteus of the grottoes of Car
niola. By a number of experiments up
on this animal, which is a salamander
with persistent gills, Dubois demon
strates that tho sensibility of its skin to
liiht is about half of tho sensibility of its
rudimnutary eyes, nnd further that this
sensibility varies with tho color of the
light employed, being greatest for yellow
light.
Likes the Sting of the Bee.
Somo obstinate men will say "No,
thank you," to the most disinterested
propositions for their wcllare. Dr.
O'Neill, of Lincolu, as he tells us in this
week's Lanert, has a friend who endures
tho sting of the honey bee without flinch
ing. In f.ict, he rather likes it. He
keeps bees for pleasure, und the bees, for
their pleasure or otherwise, often sting
him. Ho now, however, believes him
self sting-proof. Tho tiny wound that
used to produce severe pain iu former
days causes now "ouly a little pleasurable
sensation." Ho is still uufortilied against
the wasp. Stung by one of those for
midable insects a short time ago, Dr.
O'Neill's friend had sufferings acute and
prolonged. But it might be, says Dr.
O'Neill, that after a few repetitions the
6ting of tho wasp might ccaso iu him to
produce Its stinging clients. So ho
has suggested to his frieud that "for
the sake of science ho should take the
matter up aud thoroughly investigate it,
in order that he might discover whether
he could not also fortify himself against
the pain caused by tho sting of tho wasp."
ThU, says tho doctor, with whose disap
pointment the public will no doubt sym
pathize, tho friend "declined to do, his
thirst for science not being sufficiently
great to induce him to have nuy furtbei
intercourse with tho wasp if he could
help it." London Neitt.
Hereditary Longevity.
Queen Victoria, on the ocoas ion of
tho opening of tho Southampton Docks
conferred the honor of knighthood on
tho Chairman of the Dock Company,
Steuart Macnaghten, and public refer
ence to his ancestry, 1ms developed a
curious case of hereditary longevity.
Tho new Knight is seventy-live years
old, und his grandfather was born i:i the
reigu of Charles II. To make the aston
ishing fact seem moro incredible, this
boy, boru iu 1C7U, was the nominal
Colonel of n regiment ut the Bat tin ol
the Boyne, nine yours later, lie married
at the age of eighty-two, und the fat he!
of Sir Steuart was tho youngest sou ol
this extraordinary marriage. The grand
father himself lived to be 102 and tiie
futhcr eighty-one. Under these auspices
nobody dares to imagine what limits Sir
Steuart, who is strikingly hale und well
preserved man, loes not propose to him
self. A York Tiuu:
Fabricated '01d Metal Work."
Since tho rage for the present style of
domestic architecture set in, undent
metal work for use in house building has
been iu demand. Iu the days of old the
blacksmith aud tho brassworker used to
make wonderfully beautiful work for thu
greut people whoso sumptuous homes
were adorned with every luxury. Win
dow gratings, lanterns, fences, balconies,
balustrades, even furniture, were fabri
cated of metal iu tho most urtistio fash
ion. Most of these relics of tho past
are now owned by differeut museums or
private collectors, but many of them
have been photographed, aud from tlu-su
representations what are sold forgvuuinc
originals are ma le and suld at high
prices. AW York iWir.
WHEN DAY 13 DONE.
When day is done and down the steep
Of rose-hued sky the shadows creep,
To nestle where the valley fair
Smiled through noon's sheen of sunbright
air,
And wrap the drowsy folds in sleep
Then does a solemn essence sweep '
Athwart the soul and vigil keep,
As faithful mourners keel in prayer.
When day Is done.
In that strange hush, dear God, we weep
Our shattered hopes and blindly reap
The scattering grain, the wealth of tare.
That meets our hand. In weak despair
We seek thy throne, as wayworn sheep.
When day is done.
Josephine Puett Spoonts.
HUMOR OF TIIE DAY.
Have the floor Rugs.
Pie-rates Ten cents a slice.
Always, takes the house by storm the
cyclone.
The crow doesn't fly from a cornfield
without caws.
A church bell, like truth, should not
be tolled at all times.
Conscience is that within us that tells
us when our neighbors arc doing wrong.
Naturally a fellow is quite upset if his
best girl throws him over. Detroit Free
IVcsi.
The expert manicure generally has con
siderable' "work on hand." Yonkeri
daictte.
Druggists, however prosperous, always
do business on a small scale. Laicrcnca
American.
The busy little bee wnrk3 by the job,
but ho does just as good work as if ho
labored by the day.
His Mother "What are you doing out
thcro in the rain?" The Terror- "Uet
tiu' wet." Atlanta Journal .
Life is full of compensations. When
tho husband is out all night .the lamp U
not. Terre Haute Krpret.
"Oh, I wish I'd been a man," cried
Mrs. Bjonson. "I wish to heaven you
had!" retorted Sir. Bjonson. ICjioch.
Good advice is worth more' than money,
but Jones says that somehow he cannot
make his creditors see it iu that light.
"It fills the bill," remarked tho ban
tam pullet when sho picked u; a largo
and juicy grasshopper. Washington
Star. "Why, Adolphus, what is the matter?
Why do you tremble so?" "My best
girl just 'shook' nic." Binghamton lie
puhlican. When tho butler begins to brag of his
honesty it is time to fall ou his neck
nnd feel for tho spoons in his coat-tail
pocket. Epoch.
"I guess I'm a Jonah," remarked tho
small boy who had been puuished. "It
seems to be my luck to get whaled right
along." Washington Pott.
"No; I can't say that I want tho
earth," mused the freight car tourist.
"About three-quarters of it is water, aud
that I ain't got no use for."
The mnn who says ho is going to get
there, and don't you forget it, makes
more noise about it than the man who is
actually there. Atchison Globe.
Why is it that a woman,
V hen she becomua mother-in-law.
Though she may have been swet as sugar,
At once learus to jabber and jawr
Lawrence American .
Teacher (lo class) "In this atunzu
what is meant by tho line, 'The shades
of night were fulling fast'?" Bright
Scholar "The people were pulliug down
tho blinds."
Bachelor ''Ned, how would you de
fine a love letter?" Benedict "A love
letter is a thing that ten years afterward
you generally wish you hadn't writtou."
Somerville Journal.
"I dou't believe iu allowing domestics
to get the upper hand. 1 make my serv
ant keep her place." "You nru lucky.
Ours never does for moro than throe
vceks. " American Grocer.
"You are not the young lady to whom
I give lessons, "said tho piano-teacher.
"No; the young luity to whom you give
lessons is sick, and she sent mo to prac
tice for her." Boston Courier.
Tippit "Look at that tramp going
by. lie's a corker, eh?" Wagwell
"Judging from that ruby on his frontis
piece 1 should say ho was more iuclined
to bo un uu-corker." Gaiette.
TUB GAMK Or L1KS.
Kxistouee is honey and cake to a fer,
lint with mnsl of us lifo ia a Seattle,
Aud ere with the game we ard finally
through.
Though do our keen best to bo brought
iuto viow.
We Hud we are lost in the sluilll.c
Chicago Pou..
A body servant, newly engaged, prc
seuted to his master a pair of boots, tho
leg of ono of which was much lnnct
than tho other. "How comes it, Patrick,
that these hoots aro not of tho samu
length?" "I raly don't know, sir; but
what bothers me most is that the pair
downstairs are iu the sumo fix." Whitt
Mountain Echo.
Coagulating Rubber-. Mill,.
By a new process, the rubber iu tho
milk collected from the India rubber
trees, is now coagulated instantaneously.
Thu operation is so simple that any native
cau carry it out at the foot of tho treo
which he has been bleeding, an I thus,
iustead of carrying hu u'e c ins of milk of
great weight, and entailing great loss on
tho way, hu simply carries iu tho sack
solid rubber, which, ou his arrival at
camp, cau at onco be prerarcl for tho
market and shipped .u York Dis
patch. Ail Ivory huee Joint.
Professor Otuok, of London, recently
performed a remarkable and successful
Operation. He removed from one of his
male patieuts a dUeiucd knee joint
inserted hu urtitieial substitute made frosa
ivory. The patient has uow h it his bed.
Hu walks with perfect ease and savs that
his ivory kneo joint is eouveuienl nud
comfortable iu every way, I'Msbura
j)Llitch,