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ELVJLVJL KJJLJ V Sir Edwin Arnold gays that tho poo pi o of Boston preserve tlio purest traditions tif English spoech. Tho railroads of this country owe tho United States Government tho enormous sum of $112,512,613, anl the dobt is rapidly approaching maturity. It has been figured out that tho World's Fair will cost $21,000,01)0 and that $16,000,000 of thii sum must be ex. pended before a dollar of revo.iue comes in. r - . . j . A strange figure on tho streets of Wt'hington, states tho Chicago Herald, is that of Josephino J. Jarocki, a Polish Countess and a grand nioco of Count Pulaski, of Revolutionary fame. She is doscribed as a "human driod npplo," poor to indigence and shabbily dressed, and she is about fifty years old. For twenty years she has been fighting for a fortune left by Count Pulaski. . . The wonderful growth of property in ; vested in tho riilrouds can bo scaa from the following: This country possosse f'" 30,000 locomotives, costing $450,000,. t ; . 000. Of cars thero nro 1,109,000, of ' which 20,000 nro used for passengers. The latter roprcscuts $250,000,000, and , the others about 300,000,000. Coupled ' together, this would fcrra a traiu nearly 7000 inilos long and capable of carrying 1,500,000 passengers, besides a woight of freight equal to the pyramids of Kjypt and of all the Stats Capitols of the United States. A lugubrious nnd ludicrous story of national disaster is reported from Central America. Tho San Salvadorean navy has been severely crippled, if not disa bled, and iu the event of war the posi tion of the R'jpublic would be most seri ous. The news is that Admiral Ambro sial, an Italian,' by the way, who wis commander of the little Criscutlan, the only war vessel belonging to Salvador, has abandoned bis post nnd gotio to San ' Francisco carrying with hira about $6000 of the national funds which the Govern ment had sent to him to pay f Jrnucu3 sary Tepairs to the vessel. Some years ago a richfusgow (ScDt Knd) merchant nam d Buchanan left tho money to build and maintain a suburban home for sixfeon unfortuuato' business men or other doerviug citizen! of Glas gow,the only stipulation being that, they should bear tho name of Buchanan. Tho place, which is under tho trusteeship of the Provosts and magistrates of Glasgow, is now teady for occupancy. There is a' park ot three acres, . a handsome build lug, accommodations for sixtoon men in perfect style, and an annual revenue of $6000. The only thing lacking is im poverished Buchanans. There nro lots of that name in the town, but none wha needs holp, and tho Trustees nro going to apply t) tho courts for ponu'.ssioa to iustall bearers with less fortunate patronymics instead. Id the thrum, Cainillo Felletuu quotes tome striking figures to show the burden of the military expenditures of France and Germany during the last twenty years. He says that between the close of the last war and the year 18S9, France speut a sum equal to $3,500,000,000 for the support of her military and naval forces, and muie than $500,000,000 for the renewal of her military material, or say, $3,000,000,000 in all. Except for the navy he estimates tho disbursements of Germany as being very nearly tho same. The one country spends annually $190,000,000 on its army and navy, the other $180,000,000,' and the .group of five great Continental powers shows an aggregato annual war expenditure of $000,000,000. Well may 51. Pelletan ask, "how long can European labor, obliged to compete with that of the New World, support such overwhelming bur dens!" ' A Ijrave French ofRor.now on the re tired list, who lit his right arm in the'Frauco-Prussian war, appeared as a witness before court iu a city in the south of Franco a few weeks ago, relates the New Orieuus Tinui-Vtmocrat. When called upon to swear that he would tell the truth, in tho customary manner, tho officer naturally raised his left hand. The counsel for the defendant objected to the witness ut onco, on the grouuds that "an oath taken with the left hand was worthless." Tho learned judgos were unable to decide the question, and withdrew to au auto-room for consulta tion. In a few minutes the solons re appeured, and the President read the following decision, from a literary and patriotic point of view worthy of Monsieur Prudhomme: "Iu cousidera tion of the fact thut, when tho glorious nits ' or our army appear iu our poud to their legal duties, 1 that tUey take on' DREAM AND DEED. What of the deed without the dreamt A song tteft of its music and a ecentlen rose, Except th. heart outsoar the hand, the throng 'Will bless thee little for thy labor throes. The dream without the dcedf Dawn's fairy gold Paled, ere it wake the hills, to misty gray. Except the hand obey the heart, behold. Thy grieved angel turns his face away. Katharine Let UaU. A TENDERFOOT. K ETC HUM. 8 Jim Harden, with with a critical air, packed the tobacco in the bowl of his pipe, preparatory to lighting that ar ticle, ho suddenly looked up and said : "Spcakin of ten derfcet reminds me of one I knowed oncet. since which time 1 nev be n a whole lot more rcspectivo in speak in of era. "'Twasin the summer of 18 . I was then workin' fer Ole Harvey Skor rctt, who kep' store an' run a ranch down at Threo Forks, in th' foot-hills. Near Skerrctt, 'bout two miles swav. U.e bi lienuersuou uca a rancn. Ho likewise hed 'bout th". purtiost au' nicest darter thct ever wore millinery, an' Si, ho was propor proud of her, you bet. Moroovermorc, all of us galoots 'round Three Forks was up to our back hair in love with her plumb, tearin', wide awatto mashed, as I've heard say. But it didn't do none of us no good leastways, only one of us. That war Perry Roane, a youngrancher from down th' creek 'bout ten mile. Perry, he cut us all out, 'thout half-tryin', 'cause he was a big, han'somc cuss, an' well fixed, besides bavin' been t' school lots when a kid. So he went in au' winnod almost. That is t' say, he frozo us out an' kep rcg lar company with Hetty. I guess 'twas all settled that they was t' bo hitched some time or other, when 'bout May, along come a feller from Boston with a letter to Ole Si from some relation of his'n, an' jes' camped right nt Si's fer the. summer. He was one of theso here artist chumps not a real, genooine fottygrapher, but one of th' sort that carries a lot of paper, an' pencils, an' colors in little lead squirt-guns, and draws red, white an' blinfsunsots, like wise funny-lookin' trees nn'bowldors. Ho talked liko a book an' railed nil th' boys 'mister,' besides saying 'beg pard ing' if he didn't hear what yo said first tunc. "Sure 'nough, wo guyed tho chap lots at first; but Spcnceley that wuz th' tenderfoot's name was eo doggoned nice an' pleasant, an' look a joke so easy, wo all t' likin' hira tiptop. AU 'xcept Perry ltonne. He hated him lots soon's he seen him. 'Cause why? Jest 'cause Spcnceley was under th' same roof with Hetty, an' ho knowed that it might turn out kind of bad fer him 'specially as he knowed right then which nobody else did that Hetty wa'n't much stuck on him, anyhow, an' had only promised t' marry him t' please th' ole man. Yo see, Perry was a good deal of a bully, an drank considerable, an' then there was an ole story 'bout his havin' .kipped out from th' Stales, lcavin' a wife that died little later. But this didn't cut no Ag ger with Si. Ho had his eye on Perry's pile, an' was w'illin' t' tuko cnances on makin' Perry treat Hetty tirst rate, 'cause th' ole mau was a toloi'blo dangerous cuss himsolf. "Well, th' artist foller got t' fceliu' soft of soft on Hetty himsolf, au' 'most ev'ry day thoy'd go wauderiu' 'round th' country, drawin', an' fishin', and so on, an' in th' eveniu' when Perry come over t set a whilo he'd find Mister Artist there in th' settin'-room, cool as a-cucura-ber an' polite as polite, him not knowin' that Perry hud a tirst tilliu' on th' calico. An' Hetty, jest like any woman, 'njoyed it all immense. "But Perry wasn't th' chap t' stand this very long; so one mornin', happen -in' t' be at th store an' meetiu' Spence- BPENCELY LOOKED AT RIM. ley there, he walks up an' says to' him: 'See here, my pale-faced an' weak-eyed consumptive. D'ye kuow whose toes you've been stepuin' ont' "Sneccelev looked at him kind of aueer. but said he didu't know as he'd hurt anybody. 'Well,' says Perry, 'it's my toes, au' it'll pav vou t' climb from uuder, 'fore somethiu' draps on ye. D'ye kuow who has th' first cluim on Miss Hendershott's company! Better Hud out au' take care of yourself.' An' Perry started t' go out, swaggerin', but th' artist says, real -harp, 'Mr. It'vme, I wasn't aware that ntcrf -u. If I am, UT n. L 111' w "Perry turned like he'd ben kicked. It was th' first timo we'd ever hecrd him sussed, an' wo was lookin' fer th' artist feller t' got bruised a whole lot. But he wasn't not any. Perry looked at him a wholo minute,, an' seen fr'.icre was no scare thorn, so ho jot turned an' walked out, grumblin' an' cursin'. "Somebody, hid, took a shot at Spenceley a few nights later, bvt he never kicked none, only come up t' th' storo' an' blowed hisself in for a forty four an' took shots at a mark ev'ry day jes' fer sport, he scz; but I kinder s'miscd he was 'xpectin' Mister Roane an' him'd hev trouble in th' near foochur, which was c'rect. "One day, not long arter this, some galoot brung word thet th' 'Paohes was out 'thou muzzles, an' was chawin' ev'ry thin' in sight an', moreovermore, comin' our way, an' not fur off, nuthcr. Nope, wo didn't wait none. Me'n th' ole man jes' tuk all th' dust in th' box, hid all th' stock we could, nailed up th' shop 'twas stone an' lit out fer Hen dershott's, t' tell thorn. Thar Skerrett leaves me, him bavin' th' fastest little mustang in th' kentry, an' goes ont' tell folks, cz many ez ho kin. . "Wa-al, Hendcrshott's folks was ready, real sudden, only Ole Si, he wouldn't go. Sez he: 'I hain't goin' oue foot. This here's all I've got, 'cept th' ole lady an' Hetty, an' I'm goin' t' stay richt horo an' hold it. Ef them wimmen hod me an' no ranch they'd be wuss oil nor nothin'.' An' there Ole Si staved, an' bundled me'n th' artist an' the women folks oil fer Chloride quick. Tb' wimmen was in a light waggin, little Jose, a Greaser kid, drivin' an' two Greaser girls on th back scat. Me'n 3ponccloy rido bronco back, 'lonside. " 'Long in th' afternoon, bout 8, we looked over south, an' hero comes a id ler on hossback, like a streak o' greased lightnin, throwin' dust like tho very dooce an' back o' him, .'bout two 'r three miles, come 'bout a dozen 'r fifteen fellers near as we c'd guess also kick in' up a big cloud. " 'Twas a good ten mllo l umoriae, an' we thought we was goners, fer, of course, we didn't a'pose them last fellors was uothin but Iniiios. "Spenceley sot his teeth an' looked at his guus, an' so did I. Then ho rid up t' th' waasiu, give Hetty a six-shooter, sayin' somctliiu' I didn't hear, an' told th' bov t make them mules By. men he come back where I wuz an' scz, real quiet: 'D'ye think wo kin hold 'em off long 'nough, Mister Harden J I guessed yes; but great Scott I didu t I wish was outer that! 'LET MR INTEIIJUCB MY WIFE. "Th' lone chap como racin' up. 'Twas Perry Koane, whiter'n a gravestone. He didn't stop, only yelled 'Injuns 1' an' kep' on goin' not stoppin' t' say 'Hello I' t Hetty in th waggin jes kep' on, headed for Chloride.. Th' artist turned t' mo in a minute, with his mouth curled up, an scz, 'stampeded I' "We waited, all ready lor them Inuns, but when they come up th' blood sort of come back t' my heart agen, 'cause we c'd see a mile oil thet they was white surveyors an' cowboys; some stampeded theirselves, wo foun out. "Things got quiet in a day T so, fer it happened thet Undo bum hed a lot o sojers lyin' iu camp near Chloride, an' th' way they kep them Injuus moviu back south was real lively. "Wal' in a week r so, up come Mister Roane ics'z big ez life, an ez chipper an' goes t' Hendorshott s when th' old folks was at th store and Spenceley out ridin.' I reckon hira V Hetty jes' hed a real lovely row. Ho hed th' gall t' toll cr thet he was jes ridiu fer a doctor for a sick cowboy, an Imdu t heard o no Injuus. Hetty was onto him, though an' talked real rough t' the cuss, I reckon. "'Bout . 5 o'clock, littlo Jose come ridin' t' th store iu a hurry, an' tol' us hed be'n listenin' t' Hetty an' Koane talkiu', an' ail of a sudden he heerd little scream. Nex' thiug, he seen Koane carryin Hetty outer th door an' puttiu 'er iu his buggy she lookiu' like she'd fainted an' Koane druv olf, an' Jose lit out fer th store, meetiu Spenceley on th way, an tellin' him. "Th' ole man an' I guessed th' sarao thiug he'd doped th' girl with chloryforin, 'r somethiu', an' lit out for Mineral Point, whar Eph limes, justice of th' peace, lived. I don' know how we come t' think ot it; but hed read o' sech things, an' so had Si, reckou. Lord, but th' ole chap looked tur'blet He didn't say nothin', but he looked like he was thiukiu lots, au it didn't take me'n him long t' git Miueral Point, fifteen mile bad trail too. Whou we got near th' burg, Ole Bi loosened up, au' ef ho didu t cuss fer fit teen minutes, J in a jay. "We rid up t' Hiues's, ready t' shoot, an bi kicKeu tu door open an mere on th' floor, lyiu' tied hau's an' feet, was Perry Koane an' Spenceley, . kind of HustrnteJ, but smiliu , nz up au' poiut iu' t' Ilutty, who wus settm' in a cheer iookiu' kind of pulo, scz: 'Uuutlomen only gagged 'or, an', be'twoon thar an' th' Point, hed made 'er premise t' marry him an' make no fuss, 'r else he'd kill im an her both an he meant it. Hines was jes' gottin' ready fer th' per formance when Spenceley rid up. Perry reached for his gun, but Spenceley was too sudden, an' caught 'im in th' gun arm, au' him an' Hines, who tumbled at oncet, tied th' cuss, arter which he ast Hetty t' marry him on th' spot, an' she done it. "No, I don't never play low on no tenderfoot." in San Francitco Argo naut. William Henry Harrison. William Henry Harrison the ninth President of the United States was of an old Virginia family, around whose man sion is spread the boautisul estate of Berkely. In it a Binger of tho Declam ation of Independence had been born, and again one of the Presidents. Har rison was born February 9, 1773. He graduated at Hampden Sidney College, and then went to Philadelphia to study medicine. But he was a born soldier, and when an army was gathered to fight the Iudiaus in the west he immediately joiued it. At the ago of nineteen he was with Wayne in all his conflicts witn the northwestern tribes, where he greatly distinguished himself by his wisdom and bravery. In 1801 he was chosen Governor of that immense dis trict now including the States of Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin, the population of this tract was much scat tered and exposed to continual attacks from the Indians. For nearly fifteen years he remained in this far west and distant country, watching it settle into peaceful and wonderful prosperity, lie was inaugurated Chief Magistrate in March, 1841; and perhaps no man since Washington has received such an en thusiastic and spontaneous welcome as the hero of Tippecauoe. For ouly twonty days did he bear the clamor of office seekers and the fatigue of the routine of state business; then his slight constitution, already undermined by his Western life, gave way and just one month after his inauguration he died. He was an honest man, a brave general, and a true lover of his country. The last words his hps uttered were a wish for the perpetual existence of tho Con stitution. At his death he was in his sixty-ninth year. Detroit Fret I'rttt. Curious Superstitlong. The people of the West Indies are the most superstitious in tho world. To them everything out of the ordinary is a sign." In Cuba a person with a sore or wound of any kind will not look upon a dead person, fearing that the spot will be come incurable and never heal. The rum used in washing a dead body is, how ever, regarded as a sure cure for all eye troubles. They also believe that if the light from a candle or lamp falls on the face of the dead that death will shortly come to him or her who was carrying the light. Rain during a burial is consid ered an excellent "sign" throughout the islands. If one measures his own height with a rod which has been used in meas uring a corpse for the coffin he himself will die within the year. A stroke with the hand of a corpse is believed by tho West Indian to be a sure cure for all pains and swellings. The lilac or "hay- brush is a common charm against all evil spirits, and is on that account usu ally planted at doorways or under win dows. In Barbadoes the ground dove sitting on a houce is a "sign" that some member of the family there residing will die before the birds nest again. A pro cession of black ants is said to bo a presage of a funeral in all but one or two of the West Indies. In St. Croix a small bird locally called "creeper" is thought to bo the forerunner ot illness or trouble. Chicago New). The Spontaneous Ignition of Coal. An excellent paper "Oa the Spontan eous Ignition of Coal'' was read by Pro fessor Lewis before the British Associa tion at their recent meeting at Cardiff. In this paper the Professor points out that the common idea that spontaneous ignition is caused by the presence of iron pyrites in tho coal caunot be true, be cause in many manufactures, pyrites are largely used, and although stored in heaps and undergoing continuous oxida tion, he has been unable to trace a single case of heating. Spontaneous combus tion may be more truly traced to the ab sorptive power of newly-won coal for oxygen, an action which is accompanied by a great rise of temperature, and is naturally hastened if the coal be stored on shipboard that a portion of it is near the funnel or boilers. Accidents from this cause are most numerous in 'ships which have to cross tropical seas, from tho greatly increased temperature to which the coal is sub jected. Ventilation in many ships is worse than useless, for it provides the coal with just sufficient oxygen to feed It when burning. Moisture is also an iinportaut factor in determining the ignition of stored coal. Professor Lewes says that if newly-won coal were stored for a month in moderate sized heaps,so us to allow it to take up its oxygeu and cool down after the heating caused in the process, spontaneous ignition would be almost unknown. ChanAer$ Journal, Soap is .a Great Beautifler. A curious prejudice that some people have is against so.ip as an application for the face; this is a great fallacy. Good soap is a great beautilier, and great pre ventive of the uncomely looking "black heads" which are such a disfigurement and are so hard to get rid of. The real cause of these unpleasant little specks is not, as a rule, anything more serious than this: Home people have much larger ikin pores than others, and the dust col lects, settles aud fiuuily forms a hard, black little substance which probably would never have had a chuueo of de veloping if tho'. skin was thoroughly washed with soap twice a day and rubbed vigorously with a .soirse towel. Do not afraid of a rod I'ose; the redness will - " away aud leu TI1EY LIVE IN THE DARK. MANY ANIMALS WHICH NEVER SEH DAYLIGHT. Blind Inhabitant. In tho Mammoth Cavo How the Sight is Lost Compensatory Attributes, There are many animals in the world which pass all their lives in darkness, never seeing a ray of light. Every one has heard of the blind fishes of the Mammoth Cave. The latter is the biggest of 500 great caverns in the Unitod States. All of thom are inhabited by numerous other sorts of creatures that have no eyes for vision. Literally speaking, there is no such a thing as a blind fish, since the most sightless of the finny tribe possesses visual, organs in a rudimentary condition. But, through want of uso, tho optic ganglia and nerves have broken down and boon absorbed. Among the animals in these caves where Egyptian darkness ever dwells are blind crayfish, colorless, which in the water by torchlight look liko whito phantoms of their outdoor kind. Now and thet in such places ono comes across a common frag, emaciated and seemingly discouraged, which has found its way, how no one knows, to the Tartarean realms. Also one discovers curious cave rats, of the same color as the domestic rats, but with longer bodies, liko a weasel's, more developed whiskers aud much bigger ears. Of bats there are multitudes in the caverns, as one might expect, inasmuch as they are creatures of darkness. Spiders of several kinds are found in the caves. They are uniformly small, weak and of sedentary habits. No webs do they spin, save a few irregular threads sometimes. Whotthey live upon is rather a puzzle, though it is supposed that they catch stray mites and other such small fry. Scavengers constitute a large part of the population of the caverns. Car nivorous beetles are plentiful, particular ly in those places where parties take lunch. The processes of decay seem to be accomplished chiefly by a few fungi. It is said that meat hung up at the mouth of one of these caverns remains fresh for a long time, and it is surmised that the bacteria which causes things to become putrid are probably rare in the under ground atmosphero. No animals whatever are found in the dry parts of the caves. Dampness, or a certain degreed of moisture, seems to bo essentia) to their existence. Under the stones one finds while, eyeless worms, and in the damp soil around about are to be discovered blind beetles in little holes which they excavate and bugs of tho thousand-leg sort. These thousand-leg bugs, which in the upper world devour fragments of dead leaves and other veg table debris, sustain lifo in the caverns by feeding upon decayed wood, fungus growths and bats' dung. Kneeling iu a beaten path one can see numbers of them gathered about hardened drips of tallow from tourists' candles. There are plen ty of crickets also. So far as the insects ol tho enve aro concerned, the loss of sight which they gradually uudcrgo is sufficiently well understood. The first step is a decrease in the number of the facets which make up the compound eyes, with a corre sponding diminishmeut of the lenses and retinue. After four or five generations the eyes become useless. It would bo most interesting to breed these or other blind creatures of the caves in tho light, so as to find out if they would get their sight back. In all animals, including man, it is found that nature tries to com pensate for loss of vision by increasing the power of the sense of touch. Thus the autennas of cava insects grow re markably long. It is very curious to find that nothing in their behavior sug gests the fact that they are blind. They walk, run, stop, explore the ground and try to escape from tho grasp of the bug hunter just if they really taw. The light of a candle startles them as much as if they perceived it visually. It is a remarkable fact, proving that the ances tors cf these creatures could see, that in the embryo stage of thoir existence they have eyes well developed. In the abysses ot the oceans, below 500 fathoms, many animals have either imperfect eyes or none. Their condition in this regard affords a suggestive paral lel to that of cave life and the causes are probably the same. Science is of the opiuion thut all deep sea life originally emigrated irom the shallows. The cieatures which dwelt in the darkness of the depths naturally lost their powers of vision after a while. It is the same way with the mole, which is doubtless de scended from progenitors which could see. Blindness in the mole is tho result of a degeneration of the optic nerve, the consequence of which is that images formed in the eye itself are not trans mitted to tho auimal's consciousness. Occasionally a mole can see a littlo out of one eye which has retained its com munication with the brain. It is not that the mole is born bliud, but thut it inherits a tendency to atrophy of the visual organs just as people derive from their parents an inclination ti consump tion or other diseasos. Someday in tho future there may be no such .thing as a mole 'that is not entirely and hopelessly blind. An Old Teeth Market. A Philadelphia dentist displays a peck or more of teeth, the product ot many achiug jaws, iu a glass case iu front of his establishment. A curious individual recently asked the doctor if the teeth outside were all drawn by him. "Yes, and down in iny cellar I have a flour barrel full of all sizes. We used to sell them to articulators of skeletons, and we got $1 a quart for them. They had to buy more than a quart sometimes to get even one tooth to suit, because a skele ton with a full set of teeth was worth at least S 15 more than one not haviug all his tvoth. But they cau set up a skele ton much cheaper iu France." Akin Vraneiten Examiner. K,iie. Iudia. ' ""ttinij r4 SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL. Ores are purified by electricity. An inch of rain means 100 tons to the acre. The process of separating iron ore by electricity is working satisfactorily In Michigan. ' An expert says that the left main driver of a locomotive flattens more than the right. One or more belts running independ ently on the top of another will add much to the transmission of power. A scientific journal states that a little sugar put on the hands with soap will greatly increase its lather and cleansing power, and will remove dirt, chemical stains, etc. An engineer of Berne finds that 600, 000 effective horse-power can be ob tained from the streams of Switzerland for electric lighting or electric power transmission. Belts running over pulleys of small diameter at high speeds ought to be thin am' as wide as possible. Orange tan leather of uniform thickness answers re markably well. A young man who has never had the sense ot smell has been the subject of some curious tests, which have shown Professor Jastrow that many things which we eat with relish are not tasted, but only smelled. A Frenchman has invented an im proved method of telegraphing, so that it is practicable to transmit one hundred and fifty words per miuute on a singlo wire. The message when delivered from the machine is typo written. Those engaged in the production of quinine, whether from bark or chemical ly, suffer with a peculiar skin affoction caused by the inhalation of the vapor from hot solutions of the drug. Fever is an accompaniment. of this malady. It is said Inventor Edison is engage 1 in a modification of the phonograph to fit it to become the successor of the raised letter system in production of books for the blind. The changes are chieny ii the way of increasing tho capacity of the cylinders. What is described as the most perfect known specimon of a petrified human body has recently been discovered in Arizona. The figure is evidently that of a fully-developed woman. It is five feet ten and a half inches tall, and weighs 680 pounds. The largest steel spring in the world is 810 feet long, six inches wide and a quarter of an inch thick. The manufac ture of this spring is a remarkable ac complishment in metal working and was successfully undertaken by a Pennsyl vania firm, although the principal Euro pean iron works had previously refused the order. In an electrlo hammer that has been devised recently the piston is ot a mag netic material and the cylinder is com posed of a series of coils, through each of which a current of electricity may ba passed. The passage of a current through the upper coils raises tho piston. By cutting off the current and tranferring it to the lower coils the piston is released and drawn down.. The blow may bo shortened or lenghtened, as desire 1, by regulating the distribution of the current in the coils. Provision has been made for neutral izing the deteriorating effects of acid spray from a battery of accumulutori where metal fittings and brass or copper conductors are aiound. The medium employed for this purpose is an anti-sulphuric acid enamel. It is applied liko varnish, in black or other colors. It is found to withstand the attacks of the strongest sulphurio acid for weeks, and is now largely used in England for coat ing woodwork, iron and copper in the neighborhood of batteries. Sand in School. ' Sixty years ago the schoals' of this town occupied the old courthouse, writos a correspondent, and I was one of tho scholars. In tho grand-jury room there was a long table about eighteen iuches high, with a strip of board fastened around the sides. The centre was tilled with Que sand an inch deep. At t ie end of the table was a wheel oa which the letters of the alphabet was printu I so that but ouo letter would appear ut a time; around the table the smallest chil dren were gathered and each furnished with a stick. I, as the pedagogue ap pointed by the head teacher, would take my stand at the end of the table ' and alongside of the wheel, and as I tuovel it would annouuee the letter that was brought to view, which the children would proceed to make in the sand with their sticks. When all bad mudo that letter, 1 would level the sand with a comb, and the wheel would be moved on to another letter. These little ones were called tho "sand class." It was au interesting sight. The system was somewhat like the kindergarten of tlia present day, aud it was clearly au ecouomic mode of supplying writing ma terial. Uarriiburg (1'enrt. ) I'tUyittm. The Sueezluj Superstition. The custom of saying "God bless you I" when a person sueezes dates from the time of the Patriarch Jacob. The rabbis say thut prior to the time when Jacob lived a man never sneezed but once the Bhock consequent was certain death. Whou Jacob came on the scene, he interceded with the Master and ob tained a relaxation of this rigid law, subject to the condition that iu all coun tries when a person sneezed, he himself, if aloue, or a friend if ouo happened to be near, should tuuke a pious exclama tion. This soon crystal i zed into one peuerul form, th it of "God bless you!" It is rather singular that this curious custom is uow observed, in oue form or another, in most European countries to day. Iu Germuny the sneezer is saluted witli "Your good health;" iu Ireland with "God bless your houor." In Italy and Spniu similar expressions are used. The Kussiaus, in order to be odd, I sup pose, exclaim, "IIuw du you do!" OPPORTUNITY. Once, passing through a garden fair, Youth spied a flower unfolding to th. day; Its blood-red-bud lips longed to snare In conquest the young traveler on his way. So filled with lifo that flower, its soul it spent In fragrance, which was mutely eloquent. "Take merit breathed' "to yau I all re sign." Touth answered: "On tho morrow you'll b. mine." That which was called the morrow came; The sweet bloom strained its petals to the light Its fragrant furnace glowed its ruddiest fiamef So strong was expectation, It betokened might. The bright day waned, nor for a rose would stay; Unto his bed night led his bride, the day; The flower, forgottsn, pile! and sickly grew, While from it. being fell cold tears of dew. At last one day did Youth appoar, Meeking the beauty he before denied; No kindly welcome showed ahe draw neir, For that dear lite had lived Its day and died. Ashes ot splendid hours beiuteous in birth, Now fire extinguished, fallen back to earth; To earth ! the cradle of the great and small, The inevitable bier that awaits us all. . T. Dodmoorth, in Boston Traneoript. HUMOR OF THE DAY. Water crackers Ice picks. A circuit judge The electrician. I love the music that handorgan plays: I 'ovo it, that is, when it's far away. FucJfc. As a soul-stirring invention the bastin ado is worthy eminent mention. Boston Courier. When a handsome girl comes out, her papa has to come down handsomely. Boston Trantcript. Notwithstanding the fact that tho last laugh is best, every story teller seoms anxious for you to have it. 'Wives of great men oft remind us. We should pick our wives with care; So we may not leave behind us Half our natural crop of hair." When a pretty woman goes to a man with her troubles she is likely to gain his sympathy, his hoart, and mora trouble. Tabsley "Does your wife ever choosu your clothing for you!" Wickwire "No; she merely picks the pockets." Indian' apolit Journal. The cautious nature of the Indians ma account for their preference for accept ing official statemeuts with reservations. Baltimore American. Miss Flirthard "I think Mr. Great heart is so silly." Miss Ltkewiso "Why so!" Miss Flirthard "Why, ho gets serious so soon." Boston Courier. "Women's voice is best adapted to the telephone, they say." "So I have heard. She seems to find plenty of other uses for it, though." Indianapolit Journal. "What's your fee for collecting this?" He inquired with nervous thrill; And the lawyer calmly made reply: "The whole amount of the bill." Judge. "John," said the wifo of a dying in, "here's Dr. Parsonberry coma to talk to you." "Tell hira I'll see him at the funeral," gasped John. Nino York Sun. Mr. Dudlet "I have great talent, Miss Caustic, and could do wonderful things if I only had a mind to." Miss Caustic "Yes; you only lack tho mind." Cvnic. He tells her how wickel he use to b, Till sIib shudders and softly ci'ias "Lsf But never, not ever, no, never does he Tell any such yarns to her raa. Indianapolis Joui-,al. "Now, John, "said Mrs. Doporqu3 to the new gardnor, "I hope you will re member all that I have told you. Aud whutever you do, don't forget to water the electric-light plunt." Miss Gushley "Oh, whet lovely poetry. And did you really write this out of your head!" Kiuier (provoked) "No, iudeed; Twas quite sane wheu I wrote it, I think." Button Acta. Now that we have the safety bicycle and the safety razor, it would not bo a bad scheme of some inventive genius to gild the market with a safety accordion, for the benefit of beginners. Vuck. Little Man "I understand, sir, that you have culled me an unmitigated liar." Big Man "No, I didn't use the word uniuitiguted." Littlo Man "Tlieu I accept your apology." London Punch. " We do our own weijfb," say the little Hsh, As tliey wiggle thuir lorked tails; "We do our own weiu Umiu3'.-, you see We always carry our sualiw." Detroit Free iVcss. He "You say you love me, but cau not be my wife. Is it because I am poor! There are better things in this world thou money." She "IJuite true, but it tukes money to buy them." But ton Budget. Relative "Well, I sincerely hope you will be happy with him, Muudy. Is ho a steady youug muni" Miss Maudy "Steudy! My goodliest! Aunt Judy, he's been coming to see me for more thou eleven years." Chicago Tribune. Ho (despairingly) "It doosu't nnttot if I have got lots of money, I cannot for get thut my grandfather wus a stu ;e iir.ver." She (sweetly) "That's all right you can refer to your aucostral haul without going into particulars." Brooklyn Lift. Fashionable Tourist (wiping his fore head on the Alps as he suddenly turns round a rock) "Just to think of it ! Hero I've climbed six thousaud feet up tho side ot tbui mountain ouly to meet face to face oue ot my heaviest creditors. "" t'lityenUe Blattter. He "What made you thiuk that p!c line in the Academy wus mine! You must be a judge of style, because it was uusigued." Stie (modestly) "You Hat ter wo. I really didu't know ic was yours until I saw everybody luiurhiug at i it.'WuMy JTvlit, -
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