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natiuunlctUou
Tho trump is a product of our civiliza
tion, asserts the Now York World. Thers
aro about 2,000,000 of them in thiscouu
try. India and Ceylon nre Increasing their
production of tea to such an extent that
it In expectod that they will furnish
sevenVy-fivo per cent, of the amount con
sumed in Great Britain this year. China
Is a great sufferer from this change,.
A cynical Italian journalist has been
. telling his countrymen how to make
their fortunes. All they have to do, he
gays, is to go to America, work as labor
ers until they hnvo saved $101) or 500,
and then return to Italy, buy a title aud
again go to America and marry an
heiress!
The Minister of Instruction in Bavaria
is giving much consideration to the mode
of writing adopted by the students in the
schools. Instantaneous photography has
been used to obtain illustrations of dif
ferent methodx, and Von Mullcr, the
Minister, has taken a course in writing
iu order to correctly inform himself.
A correspondent writiug toths Atlanta
Constitution from Pcnsncnln, Flu., says
that tho yearly consumption of timber is
something appalling. Tuero is little left
on tho water coursjs, a id lodging rail
roads nre pushed Into tho interior to sup
ply tho demand. Old lumbermen say
that in twenty years there will not bo a
tree left.
All accounts from British India concur
in stating, notes tho Philadelphia Ifrroni,
that tho rapid extension of railroads and
telegraphs is working prodigious social
chnngo in that country. At Inst the
Hindoos nre shaking oil their supers!!-
Hone-, their sloth and their inveterate
system of caste, and nre preparing to
enter on a new civilization.
Some idoa of tho immonso transporta
tion facilities of the Uuitod States can bo
Rained by the fact that tho Baldwin
Locomotive Works in Philadelphia
turned out on an acrago three locomo
tives per day during last year. Thcso
engines are worth $18,001) each, and
represent the output of but one. among a
core of prominent shops, a very small
percentage of tho machines manufactured
going to foreign countries.
There is a man in New York, nllogcs
the Commercial Athertiscr, who hs the
magazine fever iu its worst stago. His
idea which he is going to carry out, ho
says is to start a local magazine in each
of the large cities of America, with local
writings by local authors, nnd a c-.rps of
editors at each post. "I shall have
twenty magazines in ull," said ho recent
ly. Ho will certainly have his hands
full. One magazine is about a very
:otufortablo plenty for any ordinary
man.
To marry in haste and repent at leisuro
lias been a common fault iu most fault in
Host communities. It is satisfactory to
3ml that it is becoming loss common iu
England. The proof of this, which is
'ound iu tho rcgitrar-gcuerars annual
report, is about tho most welcome pieco
f news the document contains. There
has been a steady rise, it appears, in the
vcrage ago ut which men and women
ike upon themselves tho responsibility
contracting inalrituouy ever since
'hen I sec," says a retired physician
Now York Tribune, 'that more
',000 medical students have grown
fledged physicians in the United
;ing the last two years. I am in
to rejoice at tho fact that I am no
.r practicing. Tho extraordinary
mcrcase in the number of doctors, the
evolution of tho patent medicines from
bsurd quackery to scientific remedies,
lnd the growth of tho preicribiug habit
iinong druggists make it hard work for
tho doctor to earn a living. Of course,
the specialist makes a big income, but
there aro many really clever physiciuns
to-duy who find it hard work to make
both ends meet."
What the world needs to-day is not
more medicine, but less of it. Not now
methods of shutting out sunlight and the
only true elixir of life, but more pure nit
to bicathe, puro water to drink, pure
food to eat, less overwork nnd overworry,
more rational methods of lubor with many
toilers with bruin aud hand, more whole
some exercise aud a calmer, more cheer
ful frame of mind. Tens of thousand?
die before their time through consuming
fear of unseen aud purely imaginary foes,
and other tens of thousands through false
teaching, the influence of false ideas, aud,
In consequence, of senseless violation ol
nature's ulaincst laws. Instead of losina
our grip on life, we of this generation
ought to be gottiug a firmer hold. Out
boastful modern ways aro pitifully weak
and unreliable, asserts the Philadelphia
Telegraph. It will take a hundred Kochs
to lift us above the ever-swelling tide
that is sweeping mankind so helplessly
along toward the end of all things bu-
i, i.-. -. . . .
ONCE ON A TIME."
"Once on a tlmo."
How fondly falls that phrase
tTpon our fancy, like a far-off chime
Of half-heard bells In some forgotten clime,
Foaled from the kingdom of dead yester
days, "Once on time."
The tale we loved always
Began Jnst so, and avery fairy rhyme
Our mothers crooned commonest!; "One on
time,"
And ended with a burst of childish praise.
As on. who, in a lonely twilight land,
is startled by the wraith of some lore 1 voice
Long since that joined tho silences sublime,
Bo I, amidst the shadows where I stand,
lUng'd with dim dreams of unreturning
joys,
Awaken at the words: "Once on a time,"
Jamtt.Xewton Matthews.
ROMANCE OF A HAT.
BY MACIUCB BILLNOSUY.
Socially speaking, the littlo hat factory
of Enos Badger was a hive oi industry,
and scores of the prettiest girls in Epping
and the surrounding country might havo
been found within its four wall during
the busy season, which usually consumed
eight out of the twelve calondar months.
During these eight months the factory
presented a bustling and attractive scene,
with so much beauty, freshness and
vivacity concentrated under ono roof.
Indeed, these lovely and sprightly crea
tures, decked out in showy calicoes and
muslins, were the busy little bees that
made honey all the day, metaphorically
speaking, for their struight-laccd nnd
somewhat parsimonious employer. The
upper floor was occupied by the sewers,
aud the ground floor by prcssers, liners,
trimmers and packers thus turning out
the hats in readiness for the trade, from
the commencement of the process to its
completion.
Fannie Wilbur, the prettiest girl in the
whole of Enos Badger's establishment, if
not the most intellectual, worked on tho
lower floor, among the miscellaneous
crowd of employes we have alluded to.
Her part was to line the hat after it left
tho hands of tho presser. Three or four
more were employed at the samo work
besides Fannie, all of them fresh, healthy
and attractive young ladies.
Annabol Drew, a very talkative but
pretty young woman, had been telling a
romantic story of nn acquaintance during
the war, who had secured a good hus
band under tho following romantic cir
cumstances: It was at a time when
ladies throughout almost every town and
village in the land were making and
Bending their littlo donations to the sol
diers. Miss Drew's friend contributed some
trifling articles of her own handiwork,
nnd accompanied them with her full ad
dress. The package fell to the share of
an orderly sergeant, whom tho changing
fortunes of war subsequently elevated to
the rank of colonel. The result was,
in his lonely and unoccupied hours, he
wroto to the young lady and begged her
to enter into a correspondence with him.
Assenting to his proposal, she wrote him
a letter descriptive of herself, and her
real situation and prospects in life.
The orderly Uked her style; thought
ho could interpret her character through
this medium; and wroto again, proposing
nn exchango of photographs. To this
the young lady assented, aud in due
time tho exchange was made. Other
letters followed, gradually assuming a
more tender and lover-like tone, as their
correspondence rapidly advanced toward
what may be considered the culminating
point.
The upshot of the wholo thing was,
they met at the close of the war, were
mutually impressed in each other's favor
so much so, in fact, that they went to
a clergyman on tho very evening of his
arrival, aud were privately married.
"Thus, at one sp," said Miss Drew,
'from a poor girl bIio became a rich
lady."
"Heighol I wonder if any such good
luck will ever happen to Us?" queried
Fannie Wilbur.
"Perhaps," replied Miss Drew, "if we
could ouly contrive to make ourselves
known to some romantic young man of
means."
Faunie paused for a moment in a
brown study. Suddenly she looked up
smiling.
"I have it!" she exclaimed, triumph
antly; and taking one of her hat linings,
she hurried to the desk, and wrote, iu a
delicate, fine baud, "Frances Wilbur,
spinster," giving the name of the town
and State.
Then she sewed it in the lining, laugh
ing ail the while at her own cleverness.
"There, now, I wonder if I shall be as
lucky as the girl you were telling of!"
"I hope so," responded Miss Drew,
but she didn't mean it.
In due time that identical hat filled its
legitimate niche in the great world of
trade, and was purchased by a wealthy
young fellow iu the city of New York.
On the evening of the day it came into
his possession Walter Leslie, the young
gentleman in question, was seated, iu
company with a friend, in his own suite
of apartments at tho Windsor. Each had
his feet elevated on the back of a chair,
aud each was drawing consolation from a
cigar of a choico brand. Indeed, Walter
Leslio was rich enough to indulge iu the
best the market afforded. He had al
ready dipped so deeply into the fashion
able follies of society as to havo become
a little blase at the age of five-aml-twonty."
But we will listen to the brief
dialogue between the two, and let the
reader draw bis own inference.
"I tell you, Percy, I am thoroughly
disgusted with these fait and fashionable
young ladies of the period," said Leslie,
knocking the ashes off his cigar. "I
tell you I feel as thaugh I had been
steeped to the very lips aud surfeited
with these questionable pleasures and
follies of the day. It is impossible for
a fellow in my situation, with plenty ol
money at his command, to venture iuto
society at ull without being besieged by
a score of maneuvering mammas, who
will fairly throw their gu-hiug daughters
into jour arms, aud run the risk of your
making toys nnd playthings of them, to
be cast aside as such whenever' any new
whim or funcy seizes you."
"I can appreciate your idea, Leslie,''
said his friend) laughing, "though I have
never boon one of fortune's favorites, like
yourself, to be borod by the actual ex
perience from which you hnve too palp
ably suffered. I think, Leslie, if vou
were to get out of this artificial atmos
phere iuto some quiet nook in tho coun
try, and get acquainted with some good,
honest, truthful girl, who has been
brought up to be unselfish and to culti
vate a conscience, and who, having no
knowledge of your wcnlth, would marry
you for love, I think that life might be
rendered tolerably endurable to you. It
would to me, were I in your situation,
with ample means to gratify evory reason
able desire."
By Jove, Percy, if I could find such a
one as you describe, I would marry ull
hand!" exclaimed Leslie, with nn en
thusiasm which was new to him in his
indolent indifference.
"Whntt If she were pooT?" queried
his friend, picking up the hat that Leslie
had that afternoon purchased.
"Yes," he replied, "if sho had but
one dress to her back I
"The friend smiled incredulously, and
casually glanced at the inside of the hat
"Wbnt is this?" ho exclaimed, sudden
ly, holding it up, so that Leslie might
see. "Frances Wilbur, spinster l"
"Probably a romantic method of ad
vertising the maker's name," responded
Leslie, without manifesting any particu
lar surprise. "The playful freak of some
young miss in her teens. I've half a
mind to open a correspondence with her
it would bo something lrcsh wholly
out of the beaten path.
"Supposing she should turn out some
nncieut maiden lady?" suggested his
friend.
"No; it is tho work of some restless,
tantalizing young lady I" Loslio persisted,
mid the subject was droppod. Ho re
curred to it again, however, after the do
parturo of his friend. He studied the
chirogrnphy carefully, grew more and
moro interested, nnd finally, after some
littlo reflection, and feeling the want of
a new excitement, to break what he con
sidcrod the dull monotony of his exist
ence, through his life had been one con
tinual whirl of excitement since he bad
come into tho unrestrained control of a
fortune, he determined to write to her,
Ho had no other purpose in writing but
to beguile the tedium of an idle hour,
and quiz this unknown Frances Wilbur,
spinster.
The subjoined letter, which reach od
Epping on tho following evening, was
the legitimate result or this resolve:
"New YoriK, June 30, 1880.
"Miss Francis Wilbcr, Bplnster: 1 dis
covered your address on the lining of a hat
I recently purchased, and have conceived a
romantic desire to open a correspondence
with you in view of a nearer and mure satis
factory acquaintance. My object in doing
tiiis is strictly honorable and commendable,
and if you grant my request, I shall always
treat you with the respect that is clue a lady
from a gentleman. I am twenty-flvs years
of agj, aud generally esteemed good-looking.
"1 am in moderate circumstances, but like
all other young men, 1 am hopeful of the fu
ture. If you should deign to answer this
letter, anil would be kind an 1 condescendiug
enough to exebange photographs with mo, I
will cheerfully iuclose mine iu my next.
Very respectfully and interestedly yours,
"Waltkr Lksuk."
Fannio Wilbur received this epistle,
and perused it with an electrical thrill of
pleasure. Sho hurried to Miss Drew,
whom she accepted as her Bole confi
dante, read it to her privately and asked
her advice as to what reply sho should
make.
"Answer it, of course, and enclose
your picture," said Miss Drew, decidedly.
"You tako splendidly. He will fall iu
love with it, I am sure. You aro in luck,
Fan, aud I almost envy you" which
was tho truth "for you can tell by the
writing that he must be a scholar aud a
gentleman."
This advice was exactly what Fannie
wish and expected. She had no picture
of herself that exactly suited her, so she
went to Mr. Badger next morning aud
asked leave of absence to have one taken.
She arranged her toilet for the occasion
with exquisite care and taste, aud hur
ried to the village artist to have her
glowing impression taken; and beautiful
as sho was, she had never looked more
beautiful than on that day. The artist
was successful beyond his most sanguine
hopes, and in about a week he turned
out a photograph that he felt proud
of, and that Fanny felt not ashamed to
forward to her gallant Now York cor
respondent. She sat down nud iudited the follow
ing letWr, which Leslie received by re
turn post:
"Eppino, June 30, 1860.
"Mb. Lesuk Bear ,Sir: I received your
very acceptable and gentlemanly letter a bout
a week ago. V lien I wroto my name on the
lining of the hat you allude to X had no ex
pectutiou that it would bs the means of pro
curing me so agreeable a correspondent.
"I was pleased with t'to tons of your let
ter, aud should bo happy to hear from you
wry often. I send you my photograph,
agreeable to your request, though some of
my friends tell me it does not do me justice.
1 think, however, it is a very fair picture, i
shall expect yours at your ean ost con
venience. "I will mention, iu conclusion, that I am
an only child. My father is dead, but my
mother is still living. My father was a
clergyman, and was settled iu tiiis village
prior to my birth, which was eighteen years
ago the fourteenth day of May last. I havo
a good education, for it was my father's
especial province to see to that while living,
and he has beeu dead ouly a trifle over three
years.
"Our circumstances are humble-, an i I now
work in u hut luctory for the joint support
of mother and self. Hoping to bear from
your aaiu soon, I remain your interested
correspondent, Fa.m.vib Wjlbuh."
'Noble girl !" excluiiued our hero, ns
he finished the perusal of this letter;
"she is workiug fur the support of her
self and mother, while I, uu ubto-bodicd
man, am frittering away my existence in
idle pleasures aud useless pursuits."
He had examined the photograph care
fully and critically before perusiug Fan
uie's letter, und he could not deny what
was evident to him at a glance, that the
picture represented a very intelligent aud
lovely girl. He avian picked it up, aud
examined it with iucresing interest.
"There is not a girl union-,' my fash
ionable nccpiuiutuuces that will comparo
with her lujjoiuLsuf bcuuty.scttiug aside
their vanity and selfishness and thelt
lack of moral culture. It, is evident thai ,
this girl is good and pdro, unless her fned
very much belies her such a girl, id
fact, As any mart might safely trust with
his purse or his honor. Tho tone of hef
letter is modest, and evinces a con
siderable degree of culture; much more
than I should havd expected from ono
condemned by circumstances to a life of
toil I but her beina the daughter of a '
clergyman and doubtless a very Worthy
and conscientious one will explain that.
I will have my photograph taken at once,
and send it to her, with my warmest
thanks, I will dress in a very modest
and tasteful manner, to as not to shock
her sense of propriety, I feel more and
more anxious every minute to make tha
first impression as favorable as possible."
Agreeably to Fannies request, be
wrote a warm we had almost said lover
like reply to hef letter, inclosing the
much looked for picture. Leslie was a
very handsome man, and would have
looked well In any garb, no matter now
commonplace.
Space will not permit of our entering
into a detailed account of the delightful
correspondence that now ensued between
the really interested young millionaire
and the modest, warm-hearted country
girl, whom ho had never jot seen except
in miniature.
Suffice it to say, so constant and unin
terrupted had this correspondence been,
that one month later found him, by Fan
nic's permission, on his way to the rural
home to visit her. To admit the truth
they were already much in love with
each other, and this eagerly longed for
meeting, as might be expected, fairly
cappe'd tho climax; for our hero and
Fannie were affianced in less than an
hour after his arrival in Epping.
He kept up the delusion regarding his
humble circumstances till after they wero
married, arid he had removed her to pre
sido as mistress over a palatial abode on
the Hudson. Ho was m'tro considerate
aud obliging than most sons-in-law, for
be gladly seconded Fannie's request that
her mother should accompany them; and
what is more unusual stid, she has never
attempted to make herself a bono of
contention between them.
Leslie, every one says, is justly proud
of his young wife, and has never re
gretted the day tjbat he purchased that
hat. He intends to keep it as a heir
loom in his family. 2feto York Weekly.
Novel Solution of Bimetalism.
General Berdan has proposed a novel
solution of the silver coinage problem.
His scheme is to raako a dollar of gold
and silver, mechanically combined, by
first making a silver coin worth twenty
five cents, with a hole in the centre, and
then pressing into the centre a plug of
gold worth seventy-flvo cents. On tho
face of it, this seems a good idea, as it
would do away with the objection raised
by all to the size and weight of the
silver dollar and the minuteness of tho
gold dollar. In other words it is an
avorage a concentration of advantages.
But the point of the matter lies iu the
"mechanically combined" detail, which
is more important than at first sight
would appear. It will be a delicate and
difficult task to so join tho gold nnd
silver parts ns to euablo the coin to stand
the wear and tear to which metalic legal
tender is subjected.
As usual, electricity, goddess of power
and progress, can lend her aid and assist
to practicability the germ of a good idea.
If, instead of "mechanically combined,"
wo substitute the words "electrically
welded," tho scheme becomes more
practical and the coin more beautiful and
cheaper to produce. By electrically weld
ing gold aud silver together and then
subjecting the composite pieco to the im
pression of a die, a coin with slightly
concave surfaces could bo produced with
the great advantage that the welded joint
would bo the strongest portion. Con
caving the faces of the coin would throw
tho maximum wear on the outer ring of
silver. Such a achemo brought to per
fection would be bimetalism with a
vengeance.
As a design for the obverse of this new
coin we would suggest an ideal repre
sentation of the Goddess of Electricity.
Columbia would thus be given a well
earned rest, and the coming power would
be symbolized and immortalized, although
such actions mifcht offend the pretty
Philadelphia girl who posed for tho pro
It a of Columbia. -Yea York Electrical
lUeieie.
Hill Tribes Deserting the Caucasus.
The mountain tribes of tho Caucasus
are emigrating in largo numbers to Tur
key. Kussian settlers are not slow to
take possession of their lands. The Gov
ernment has been petitioned by such set
tlers to divide the lands that were va
cated by the Caucasians into regular set
tlements and to establish proper judiciary
circuits there. But the Oorcruor of tho
Ivooban district has iu formed the peti
tioners that their demands cannot be ful
filled that the time bus not come yet
for the central Government to take into
possession aud to dispose of the lands of
the aborigines. Chicago Herald.
A M$ Crop From One Barloy-lleatt
Four years ago Miss Leua Woodard,
living on Thorn Creek, Washington,
sowed the seed from one head of barley.
She harvested tho crop with a pair of
shears and sowed the amouut received tho
next year, agoiu harvesting it with her
shears. The third crop her father cut
with a grass scythe, getting enough bar
ley from this crop t j sow forty acres last
spring, which averaged forty bushels to
the acre wheu threshed, making a total
yield of 1UU0 bushels from ouo head of
barley iu four years. Jf'ranchco
Chronicle.
A Curious Writing- Habit.
One curious habit of the venerable
Jules Simou is that he does most of his
writiug in bed. For many years he has
pursued this practice; he lies fiat on his
back, holds a tublct of paper above him
aud does his writing thereon seeiuiugly
au impossible thing. Yet tho old gcu
tlcmau's chirography is a marvel of neat
ness ami exactuess; it is as prim and tiuy
us t wUoolmmtu'Si Chicago Aic,
MAKING BIO ABM GUNS
tTHE AHSENAli At WATEllVLlBl
AND ITS HEAVY WOEK;
Making aGun Thirty-Five Foot Long
That Will Throw av lOOO Pound
Projectile Fifteen Miles. j
Thd big army grin factory at Water
tliet Arsenal, says ad Albany (N. Y.)
letter to tho New York World, has
passed safely through the experimental "
period, and is now fnirly established as
one of the two extensive ordnance pro
ducing plants of the Government. Rapid
firing fluid-guns and eight-inch and ten
inch steel riilcs have already been mado
here, and there is now in process of com
pletion a twelve-inch rifle tho largest
gun yet attempted by tho Government.
There is only one step more to be
tnkeu, the manufacture of the sixteen
inch guns, and this will not be attempted
until the south wing of the new gun fac
tory has been built.
The new 12-inch rifle has passed
safely through the ordeals of the shrink
ing pit and the first of the boring pro
cesses, and now rests flawless and in all
the majesty of Its fifty-two gross tons of
cold steel upon a lathe in the old shop.
It is an imposing-looking affair, but does
not bear a very close resemblance to a
cannon from a layman's point of view.
It is thirty-five feet long and about three
feet across at the breech, and looks like
an exaggerated lamppost lying upon its
side. It is not yet ready for ita breech
mechanism, so if any one has a mind to1
climb up on the lathe ho can look
through the gun. This giant is the big
gest piece of ordnance ever attempted by
Uncle Sam's gunmakers, and the officers
in charge of its construction watch every
movement of the workman and inspect
every tool used upon it with the greatest
care. Thus far every gun that has gone
out from Watervlict has withstood the
Government tests most successfully, and
they do not intend that the 12-inch rifle
shall prove an exception.
This gun when completed is expected
to throw a 1000-pouud projectile, with
an initial muzzle velocity of 2000 feet
per second, a distance of fifteen miles
with a charge of about four bundled
pounds of powder.
All the guns made at the Watervliet
foundry aro known as "built up" guns,
and aro mado by shrinking a scries of
bands of rings upon a steel tube.
The most delicate part of the work Is
yet to be dono upon the gun. That is
the rifling. It will have seventy-fout
grooves, each .06 of an inch deep. The
cutting of these is a very particular piece
of work, as a single erratic movement of
the cutter will ruin the piece. As soon
as the boring of the .gun is completed it
will be once more adjusted on the lathe,
nnd a lino calculation mado to determine
just the proper twist for the grooves.
On the lathe, next to the 12-inch gun,
is the 10-inch wire wouud gun, a cheaper
arm and nu experiment. On a central
tube is wouud square steel wire at a ten
sion of about two hundred nnd fifty
pounds, nnd over tiiis j- forced, without
heating, a steel jacket This is just iu
the wiuding sUigo at present.
In tho central section of the new gun
factory is the shrinking pit where tho
guns receive their jackets. This pit goes
down fifty feet into the solid rock, and
will accommodate any gun that will be
made at Watervliet. When a gun is
ready to receive its jacket it is placed iu
the pit iu a vertical position. Tho jacket
is placed upon an iron car and run iuto a
big oven mado especially for heating
jackets. Wuen tho workman in charge
of the heating thinks that tho proper
degree of expansion has been reached,
the doors are opened and ho m ikes a
test. In testing he uses a stick
with steel poiuts which are set at the re
quired measurement. This stick is fast
ened crosswise to tho end of a long pole.
If the steel points on the en 1 of the cross
Aio'.i will pass inside the diameter of the
jacket, the proper degree has been
reached, if not the heating must be cou
tiuned. Wheu sufficiently hot, tho car
is run out, the jacket hoisted upon a
; crane and swuug over the gun. Then it
is cireiully lowered into position. Great
I cue is taken to prevent excessive lieat-
ii, u iimi causes me iuciui iu scaic,
yet it is necessary to heat it enough or it
cannot he tilted upon the guu.
Outside of the gun factory proper
prob ably the most inter" '' ,(oint with
in the arsenal yard is the projectile fouu
ilry and tiuishing shop. It looks very
much like an ordinary foundry, save that
the imposing urray of cranes suggests
heavy work und rows of 10 and 12-inch
projectiles indicate the. kind of work.
The 12-inch projectiles weigh 1000
pounds, a ml standing ou end reach about
to the middle of the thigh of an ordinar
ily tall man. It takes a day to cast one,
the pouring being mado iu the forenoon
and the sand shakeu out of the flasks iu
the afternoon. The metal used is u mix
ture of cast iron, wrought irou and steel,
combined in a proportion that makes it
very heavy nnd tough. From tho mould
ing shop the projectiles ate takeu to tho
I finishing shop, where they are turned
down smootn and navu a copper tmud
sei into their circuinfercuco to receive
the rilling from the grooves in the cnu
uon. Needle- Works Monstrosities.
In the garrets of old country mansions
aro great bait trunks that hold tho relics
of tho past. Examining the contents,
one cau seo what hideous monstrosities
1 grew beueath the fingers of tho ladies of
the day, says Mrs. Dallas. What crude
, horrors iu "cross-stitch," what llat,
I wishy-washy" "flower paintings," what
alarmiug baskets of wax fruit, what
queer shell grottos. Tho fashionable
"girls of this generation are artistic even
iu their "fancy work." They under
stand the principles of decoration, they
havo eystcins of color, aud where the
girl of the piutt daubed and tiukfod they
"study art" and Itaru music thoroughly.
Women aro educated today; thr they
were "accomplished." l not tJic pres
ent system letter ( I thiuk o. ijontvt
J Tiaiiicrijit,
SCIENTIFIC AN1 INDtSTBlAL.
A new machine makes pnper boxes.
Tough paper is mado by mixing
choloride of sin o with tho pulp.
It has recently been found that certain
fungoid growths have tho power of re
moving gold from water containing it in
suspension.
Contracts for the new Cunard steam
ships of the Atlantic service stipulate
that they must make not less than twenty
two knots nn hour.
It is stated that as a result of the
recent experiments several Italian war
ships are to h altered to enable them to
burn petroleum in ineir iurnaces lusieau
of coal.
Celluloid in solution is now being ex
tensively used as a lacquer for nil kinds
of fine metal work nnd nso wood varnish
with results that nre said to bo superior
to the old methods. k
A new invention is a simple apparatus
by which tho street car trolly may bo
guided without disturbing the connec
tion in cases where changes are neces
sary. Tho object is to keep the cars
lighted during the operation.
Observations seem to show that a de
crease in the earth's latitude is in prog
ress, implying an alteration in the direc
tion of the earth's axis. The fluctuation
is thought to be due to a minute oscilla
tion caused by some changes in internal
wars of the earth.
In the electric gyroscope for use in cor
recting the error of a compass neither
rolling nor pitching need be feared. It
is said to be adapted to coricct the com
pass with certainty, as its axis of rota
tion remains fixed as long as it is neces
sary to prolong the observation.
A new method of testing tho hardness
of metals consists in conducting nn elec
tric current through the test pieco until
it melts, and then comparing the strength
of current required with tho current
necessary for tho fusion of a standard
pieco of metal of known hardness.
Professor Thurston Bays: "The as
sumption seems fair that tho locomotive
onirine will have been superseded when
we doublo our speeds, ana thnt wo must
find ways to utilize the weights of tho
cars themselves for adhesion, 'ond to
make each to carry its own motor."
One of the greatest problems of tho
future is thought to be tho transforma
tion of carbon cnorgy into light upon the
same principle that the glow worm and
firefly give their light, and when a single
pound of combustible material will fur
nish as much light as is now obtained
from a ton of coal.
An American inventor has brought out
a prooess for making soap from tho res
iuous matter in the needles of the pine
tree. The resin is extracted by means
of alkali, and the woody fibre is re
moved from the product, which, on ad
dition of fat, yields nn ordinary soap
containing resinous and fatty acids.
M. Camillo Gonzy, proprietor of farms
in the commune of Mi! las (Western
Pyrenees) to the extent of 1500 acres.hus
utilized the power of a neighboring
waterfall to generate electricity, not only
to light his property, but to work a wine
press and to pump water for irrigating
the vines. fome sixty-two miles of tele
phone wires are required to connect all
the apparatus.
The pulaometer is now used for filling
the tenders of locomotives with water.
Tho pulsometer itscif is of tho ordinary
pattern, connected with the steam tanks
aud feed valves by flexiblo piping, and
when not in uso is carried on the tender.
When about to bo brought into requisi
tion it is simply lowered into a conven
ient stream or lake by suitable means,
nnd its application to this purpose is said
to be extremely satistnctory.
Chocolate Nuts or Beans.
Chocolato nuts or beans front which
the chocolato of commerce is mado aro
the seeds or fruit of a small tree, native
of tropical America, but now widely dis
tributed and cultivated iu most tropical
countries. The trees nro of small size,
rarely more than tweuty feet high, but
with broad, thiu, pointed leaves. Tho
flowers are small and produced on the old
wood, and are succeeded by a pod like
fruit six to ten inches iu length, each
containing fifty or moro seeds. When
tho fruit is ripe the seeds, which are
covered with a thick tnucilago, are re
moved from the pods and placed in
heaps, where they undergo a slight fer
mentation, after which thoy aro spread
out in the sun to dry. When thoroifgh
ly dry they are packed iu sacks aud be
come the chocolato bean of commerce.
Upon beiug roasted the beans split open,
as seen in the common colfeu bean, aud
when ground to powder aud mado iuto
paste aud pressed into cakes it is calhai
chocolate, which is generally flavored
with sugar and vanilla. As for tho
healthful properties of chocolate, much
depends upon the person who uses it.
With some ptrsous it uppears to agree,
but with others not, for it is nu old adago
that "what is ono man's food is another
man's poison." Chocolate, however, is
considered a very nutritious beverage by
the medical faculty. Acie York Hun.
A Straugo Fcuthcrod Monster.
A strange feathered monster, supposed
to bo a gigantic pelican from some trop
ical land, wss killed iu Livingston parish
recently by August lleiss. Tho bird
was snow-white in color, except the
wing tips, which were black, lis body
was as lurgu as that of a full-grown
nhecp, its tlesh was blood-red, its bill two
feet iu length, with uu enormous sack or
pouch attached with tho capacity of a
small dip net. XcicOrUan l'iinc-Dtmo-crat.
Something New iu Flower Beds.
The largest advertisement iu the world
is that of tho Glasgow twn. cut in the
shape of flower beds ou the side of a
bill back of Ardenlcc, Scotland; tho
I words "Glasgow News" cau be seen aud
' plainly read adislance of four miles; tho
length of each letter is forty feet; the
total length of tho line y.','! feet; t ttu
area covvicd by the letter 14,815 feel.
A NEW CATECHISM. '
He
TThat fs it makes this life worth living.
Tell me, when all has been said and done?
She "
It is the rapture of forgiving, ' I
When you yourself are the guilty one. i
He
What makes ns all so opposed to dying,
When so much of hoaven we all havt
heard f
She- ''!
Because when we're dead there's no replying",
And woman must have tha final word.
He- .
What is your own idea of heaven J
Of heaven on earth, perhaps I raeanf V
8h9-
A place where the men are all twenty-seven
And I am theonly girl, just eighteen.
Ho
What's your idea of a p?rfect poet.
One to whom all should bow the kneef
t
She
How absurd you are I Well, if you must
know it
The poet who writes of love and me.
SomervilU Journal.
HUMOR OF THE DAT.
Hush money is what tho young hus
band parts with for Boothing syrups, etc.
Mercury.
Stealing a march is not larceny any
more man nnug u peuuicr ia moun.-r
Pittibum Pott.
"What do you thin" of Harking as a
talker?" "Ho is trilliantly dull."
Chicago Newt.
Tho man who is always finding fault
will always assure you that he is nover
looking for it. Somerville Journal.
Accounting Trustee "Figures can't
lio, you know, sir." Disappointed Bene
ficiary "No, but fours can figure."
Tcza Biftingi.
A mule would rather hear himself bray
than to listen to anybody eiso s music.
A good many people are built like him.
Itam'i Horn.
"I'll just tako oil my ova-coat," is
what the young chick said as it broke
the shell and first saw the light of day.
Yonker Statesman. ,
"Ho is a great travelor." ' Don't be
lieve he was ever out of tho city I" "But
then, seo how he wanders in his mind."
Philadelphia Timet. ,
Miss Highmind "What did yol
think of Big. Trnvello." Miss Gtddy
girl "Oh, I thought his mustache was
simply stunning." Chicago Newt.
Sho went to Anna's weddinur.
For to wed was Anna fated,
one nao. a xoveiy nine, oi course,
For then 'twas Anna mated.
liuffalo Express.
Woman can't throw a stone straight to
Bave her soul, but she can sit iu au easy
chair and enchant a man so that he will
go and throw it for her. tiomertillt
journal.
Blimhers "My barber is really a very
talented person." Bjones "Indeed?"
Blimbei'S "Oh, yes; he often illustrates
tho stories ho tella me with cuts." lioi
ton Post.
Common to New Yorkers: First
Strunger (iu Boston) "Is this Boston
Common?" Second Stranger "Very.
But you ought to sco Now York."
American Grocer.
The Visitor (viewing the new baby)
"Don't you think he is going to resem
ble his father?" Tho Mother "I
shouldn't bo surprised. Ho koeps mo up
every night." iVcm York Hun.
Prof. Bumptious "It has been truth
fully remarked that a littlo learning is a
dangerous thing.'" Sophomore (sotto
voice) "Wonder if professor realizes the
peril ho s in 1 lioston Courier.
Amateur Actor "Well, what did you
think of my modest cHortl" Friend
"Superb I Simply superb." A. A.
"Thank you." Friend "Considered as
an effort." Indianapolis Journal.
"We had same mind-reading at our
party last evening. Johnny had a pin
aud tho new minister tried to fiud it."
"And did ho succeed?'' "Oh, yes ho
fouud it when he sat down." Chicago
AV(f.
"But, Sir. Finkclstein, why applaud
the play so vigorously when it is so
execrably bad?" "That makes no differ
ence to me, my dear fellow. I lent the
author $20 this morning." bHUgende
lilatlter.
"Tho Government is going to pay
$'.130,000 for a ram," remarked the snake
editor. "Tlio animal ought to havo a
fine pedigree to be worth that much,"
replied the agricultural editor. Pitts
burg Telegraph.
Globetrotle "Did you ever travel on
a personally conducted tour?" Mr.
Meeker " Ofteu. " Globetrotle
"Whom did you have for manaoer us
ually;" Mr. Meeker ".My wife."
itete York Weekly.
Husband "What uro you so much in
terested iu in that paper!" Wife "I
was reading one of those articles ou how
to get up a cheap dinner." Husband
"Do you want to ruin me.'" Meto Or
leans 'J'ihft-Jtcmui'rat. "
C'holley's father was a Huron in the jolly
i-!e ol lluil,
Aud tin- gui he sought to marry had a father
rieu in wool;
Said her father, "Let us test him,'' and the
Yankee girl sui, I, "l.et.,"
Aud they i-aid no was uo Huron when they
found he paid his di-bts.
Chiatyo Sens.
A "I am iu a hide
us pickle."
'II
'1 haye not "ot
auv-
thiug to cat, aud the only thing I've got
to pawu is my false teeth, ami if 1 pa.vu.
them and buy something to eat, then I
cau't eat it. I never was in such a hiile
us fix iu all my life." 'fttas Sittings.
Bad Boy (getting in a body blow).
"Tliere, t.iku that!" Goo I Boy (h iding
his arms with a lueek expression i -"Xo,
Tummy, 1 will not hit you back hertu-t
I promised mother that I Would never
strike a playmate, nut kiekiii'4 him idi
the sloin u H) how do you liU' lu.u
.A t to i oi k St ws.