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Tho world's population is said to bo Increasing at tho rato of 6,000,000 per la Paris tho common public schools nre providod with medicine cases, and Instructions ,nro given for using the remedies. Labouchere, of Londou Truth, is op posed to woman suffrage, on the ground that there arc more women than men, and that woman's suffrage therefore means petticoat government. In Franco fortunes are counted not in dollars but in francs, and .the French have invented a new word to describe men liko the late Sir. Astor, whom they call not a millionaire but a millinrd nire. It will undoubtedly surprise many per sons, tho New York Commercial Adver tiser remarks, to learn that tho nursery or floral iutcrosts in tho United States now reach a valuo of nearly $42,000,000 and claim an empiro of mora than 170,000 acres. Tho development ot the petroleum in terest in Peru has mado such progress that it has been found necessary to lay pipo linos botweon tho wells and tho ports on the coast. It is believed that the Peruvian wells will soon supply the entiro demand of tho west const of South America. America grows the bulk of the wheat that is used in England at present, but thcro are fours, chronicles tho Chicago Timos, that with tho increased facilities for traffic tho wheat from India will drivo out the wheat from America. The Rus sian competition, of which much was feared, has been checked, at least for some years. i . i Tho streets of Berlin aro soon to bo on riohod by a large number of so-called "Urania pillars," of which it is proposod to setup in all 300. Theso pillars will be about eighteen foot high, constructed of cast iron, and will each contain a clock, meteorological instruments, weather charts, astronomical and geographical announcements, and also, as in the treeta of I'tris, a plan of tho neighbor ing streets in enlarged form to euablo strangers to find their way. All that covers Egypt with fertile fleld3, hoiumod in everywhere by stcrilo wastes, is the sediment which the Athara River, the Nilo's great tributary, brings from rich Kossula and tho mountains of Abyssinia ami spreads over the Kilo Valley. It lias been maintained by Sir Samuel Bakor that if the Soudauese only knew their power it would not be difficult to divert tho Athara from its channel aud dry up its waters in tho Nubian desert, turning Egypt into a barren wilderness like the surrounding waste. It seems that in Corsica you secure your personal safety by koepiug a bandit. In an articlo in tho National Review Basil Thompson explains that tho tax of supporting a bandit is not without its compensations. Bandits are a hidden . power in the country. They control the petty elections; they mcuace those who are hostilo to their own frionds. Thus, while the existence of 600 of thorn is a real danger to public security, it is no small advantage to a Corsican to be re luted to a bandit. You support, you pay, protoct the bandit; and in return he plncos bis gun at your disposal. It is an exchange of services. "lie has a ban dit in his service" is a common expres sion. Are you in debt? Tho bandit will gain you time. Are you disputiug the ownership of property The baudit will show your oppoueut ho is wrong. Have you land on which shepherds tres pass! He will keep them oil. According to a St. Louis decision, quoted by the Bostou Transcript, the stealing of electricity is a misdemeanor in the eyes of tho law. A hardware dealer with soino kuowludgo of electri city placed a tine wire across the connec tions to his meter, and caused it to register in a certain time about o20 am peres less than was actually used. When brought to trial his lawyer interposed tho ingenious deleuce that, as at common law electricity was unknown, and could not under the code bo made a subject of larceny, and as no statutory law had been passed making it a felony or misdemean or to steal electricity, for the reason that its character was pot kuown, and that it was uot subject to asportation as person al property, his clieut could not be con victed of lurceny. It was, however, shown by the prosecution taut gas, also unknown at common law, was neverthe less something w hose lurceny was recog nized by tho law as a misdemeanor. When the attorney for the defence inter posed the plea that the act in question was fraud or deception instead of a larceny, the judge took udvuutage of the Missouri statute which makes fraud per petrated with a view to theft a felony, and set the defcuduut's bail ut SiOOO, THE MARCHINO OF THE ORAS3. O the marching of the Grassl O the joy that comet to pass When the mighty silent army with green banners overblown Drags the winter from his throne I Conquers all his shining valleys, climbs the rampart of the hill, Bteals by lonely wayside hedges, fords the river broad and still. Undermines the fortress forest, overtops the castle wall, Bwlft Invading wins the cities, and the hamlot brown and small. Till the whole wide world Is captured. And the soul of man enraptured, Thrills fith passion of delight Bunny morn and dewy night; And the Joyous rhythmic pulsing marketn time in lad and lass To the marching, Marching, Marching, Of the Grass. O the marching ot the Grassl Fairer things may come to pass In the golden days ot summer; roses drunk with wine of June; Flitting wild birds all atune With the odorous breathed dawning; won drous tapestry of flowers; Balm of lnoense; rest of shadow; tanglod veil of joweled showers; Hymning choirs of happy music backward tossed from earth to sky; The full beauty of completeness in rich chorus lifted high I But what means its regal splendor To the love beat shy and tender With which Hope, the Blest, doth chime; In man's pulses marking time To the haunting spell of gladness that doth come and go, alas 1 With the marching. Marching, Marching Of the Grass. Mary E. Blake, in Independent. SUMMER BOARDERS. BY HELEN KORKK8T GRAVES. CIIOOL was over for the day, and Miss Merritt stood by tho open window, brcath- jugiu iua iicoil llir f romi tho May woods. All th e grimy slates and pencils were inHheir places; the dogfs eared books piled up; tho copy books inftlio big desk. Even little Tommy Pepper, tho prettiest and worst bohaved boy in school, had been let off from his diurnal half hour's detention, under solemn bonds of never offending again in tho bentfpin and spit ball question, and Miss .Merritt was drawing a long sigh of relief when the door flew open with a jork, And Irone Evans came lu, carrying a ' bundle of books. Miss Merritt opened ber oyes. "Why, Irene, I thought you must bo tick," said she. "You have not been in school for two days. Irene was tall and shapely, with largo blue eyes, black hair growinglow on her brows, and very red cheeks. Her calico gown fitted her badly, aud tiio ribbons on her coarse straw hat were faded intthe sun, and spotted by manya shower. "No," said she, jerking out the words somewhat as she had jerked open the door, "I ain't sick. . But I ain't comin' to school any mere. Father, he says it's a waste o' time." "Oh, Irene I" Tho girl sat down on one ofjtho backed and whittled benches and burst into tears. "If I knew anywhere to iud," said she, "I'd run away. Yes, vI would. Father don't treat mc more'n : half de cent, and he hain't, since motJhor died. I ain't nothin' but a drudge, and I hain't no clothes to wear, and he won't pay me a cent wages, beg aud implore as I will. And I'd sort o' set my heart on takin' summer boarders this year, like Ellen Holt did last season, but he says he's hired extra farm hands,- an' I've got to cook for 'em for nothin'. Ob, Miss Mer ritt, what shall I dot" Miss Merritt smoothed down the black, crinkly hair with a kindly touch, as sho stood over the girl's drooping form. "But, Irene," said she, "if he puts all this additional work upou .you.he surely should allow you some of tho profits." Irene gave a short laugh. "Catch him!" said she. "Ho just wontl" "Irene," said Miss Merritt, "haven't I always heard that half the farm was yours" "It was mother's," said Irene. "Ho was only mother's second husband, you know, and their farms joined. It's mine by will. But father he don't care noth ing about wills." "Isn't there an old house on the placet" "Yes," Ireno answered. "But it ain't so modern as the one we live in. Fath er's always tulkin' about lettin' it to some o' them Swede farmers up north o' here." "Is it in tolerable repair?" "For all I know it is," Irene an swered. "Then why don't you fit it up and go into the boarder buaiuesa yourself You're eighteen and post, for all you're so behind in your rule of three and geog raphy. And you ure an excellent cook and a good housekeeper, and you've managed lor Mr. I'ursou's ever since your mother died." "Mel" gasped Irene; "all alone" "I would come and be your first boarder," said Miss Merritt. "My pres ent home is too far to walk, now that the warm weather has set iu. I must make some change." "Bnt 1 ain't got no furniture," said the girl. "1 will lend you a little toward that," smiled Miss Merritt. "I can take it out in board afterward. "Muttiusr for the floors, and cheap pine furniture cannot I oust much. City boulder care more for fresh milk, plenty of fruit and strict cleanliness than they do for style." Ireno s eyes sparkled. "Two of the Jersey cows is mine," said she. "And there's an early straw berry pasture on the sido lull just beyond the old houso, and lots o' blackberry tangles all along the river shore. Do you think wo could venture, Miss Mer. ritt?" "I don't know why not." said tho school teacher, reflectively. "What I" roared old Medad Parsons, when tho first load of furniture passed under the willows along the road be yond his doorway; "Irene furnishin' up that old ramshackle shell of a house for boarders .Why, we've got boarders here, hain't we Four on 'cm, for hayin' timo. An' who's goin' to cook an' wash an' scrub for mo, I'd like to know?" "Not Irene, I guess," said old Mrs. Simmons, who stood by tho gate. "Irono's got sort o' tried o' tho way you manage matters, Deacon Parsons." "But," Btuttcred tho deacon, "it'll cost mo a dollar an' a harf a week to get Nancy Nutting here. "I shouldn't wonder," said Mrs. Sim mons. "I guess," snarled Parsons, "Ireno'll find I've got a word to say on this 'ore question." But Irene had more spirit than he bad given her credit for. "I ve got to havo clothes," said she, "an' I've got to earn a little money of my own. And I'm goin' to earn it this way." "You halu't no busiuoss in that house nor ou that land," snarled tho old man, "unless you rent it of me." "It's my mother's land, not yours?" flashed out Irene. "And I'm your guardeen till you're twenty-one 1" "Not legally?" cried Irene. "Wal, if you want to tako it into the law courts, I'm wlllin'," said Parsons. "I guess you'll find out I'm light. And what's more, I leased that land last week for five years, to Squrie Tolland's son. lie's a notion to go into the to-basco-raisiu' business.1' "But," gasped Irene, "I've papered the houso and painted it, and furnished itl And my city boarders aro coming next week I" "I can't help that," chuckled Par sons. "You might a-took counsel with mo. But look a-here, Irene. I don't want to see ye cornered. You can let your boarders come here to this house. It's a deal cotnfortabler an' more sightly than the other one, and the hay hands can hcv them little chambers in the barn loft. Tbar's room for nil of em." "And will you allow me for my work" eagerly questioned Irene. "I'll allow yo your board an' clothes," said tho flinty-hearted old man. "An' that's all yo'ro wuth." "No," said Irene, firmly. "If I am to be your maid-of-all-work, father, I must havo a maid-of-all-work's wages." "Well, yo won't 1" indifferently Bpoke Deacon Parsons, as ho put his clay pipo on Jhe windowsill. And as he watched Irene go out of tho room, he muttered to himself: "I guess I've got her this time." Quietly and sileutly, like one smitten by a deadly blow, the girl put on her hat and walked quietly up tho dusty road to the old farmhouse where her mother hnd been born. Tho windows were all open, the pretty muslin curtains fluttered in the wind, tho cinnamon roses wei .11 In bloom. In the kitchen the carpenter was put ting up the last wooden shelves. Miss Morritt was hanging buff linen shades in the parlor window. Irene stood at tho foot of tho garden path, dreading to go In and tell her how the deacon had frustrated all their plans by his wily machinations. Just at that moment there came a quick, elastic tread down the road. It was Harry Tolland himself the young fellow newly returned from Montreal. "Irene!" he cried, gaily. "Is it you! Well, what do you think of my new speculation, eh Halloa! Why, there's some one Uvmg in the house! Your father never told me" "A woman was planning to take sum mer boarders," said Ireno, in a choked voice. "Women hain't many ways of earnin' a livin', you know." "Well, sho 11 have to earn hors soma other way," said Tollaud, lightly. "I've leased this land and I'm going to live in this house. And I want you to live there with me. Don't start so, Irene," passing his arm caressingly arouud her poor little calico-clad waist. "I've always loved you since I was a boy, and I ve always looked forward to this time. Will you marry mo, Irene? We'll buy tho furni ture of the boarding-house keeper, if it suits' you, dear. I don't want any poor soul to lose money through mo, and we'll movo right in. Come, dearest, let us go through our own house together I" For her head had fallen on his shoulder. She bud burst into au April storm of smiles and tears. "Oh," she cried, "it seems as if I must be dreaming t Do you love mo, Harry Do you really care for poor, stupid, iusjgnitlcant me ?" "I love you, Irene, he answered sim ply. "Don't I tell you that I always loved you?" "Then, Harry," sho whispered, "let me tell you a secret, I'm the boarding house keeper." Aud she conllded to his astonished ears the whole story of her venture. "And you must let me go on all the same, Hurry I" coaxed she. "Because you know, dear, we're young people just beginning the world, and I wuiit to con tribute my shure. And Miss Merritt bus assisted me, and sho must be paid. Aud, oh, Harry, I shall bo so proud to do something to help my husband!" "For the sake of those two sweet words you shull havo your own way, luy darling," suul young Holland, cxult ingly, "But, Irene, what a plucky girl you are, to be sure. Uo you kuow I'm proud of you I" Tho city boarders were rather sur prised when they arrived, in the purple dusk of a lovely July evening, in nil the negotiations nothing had been said about Mr. Tollund. "I didn't know there was a man of tho house," said Mrs. Do Poyntz. "Why, of course there is!" said Miss Merritt. "Who clso would take you for long drives to all tho cascades and grot toes and mountain tops Who would put up the lawn-tennis nots and hang the hammocks You might have known we couldn't get along without a man about the house" "He's very handsome, anyhow," said Miss Oramont. "But how extremely young our host and hostess are!" "Oh, they'll get over that every day they live," said Miss Merritt, laughing. And Deacou Parsons gnashed his teeth in vein. Irene hnd outgeneraled him, alter all. Saturday Night. How a Fish Sees. The medium in which fresh-water fishes livo gives them a chance to see a great distance only in the horizontal direction, and the proper adjustment of the eye would make, under usual con ditions, tho optical axis take this direc tion. To mo it seems impossible to ex plain the constant revolution of the eye ball on any other hypothesis except that given, viz. s That the optical uxis ex tends forward instead of sidewiso. When a fish wishes to cat anything, either at the bottom of tho pond or at the surface of the water, it swims directly toward the object; and in this case the eyes are instantly adjusted in line with the body, so as to biing the imago of tho particle desired upon tho posterior portion of the rotina. In this caso thoy lose their usual horizontal position. If a fish wishes to turn to tho right or left in the water, says Professor Apgar in the American Angler, tho first move ment is that of the eyes in unison in tho direction of the turning. This would be entirely unnecessary if the apparent axis was the axis of most distinct vision, as one of the eyos would tco all that was to bo seen on tho sido of the turning. After this movement ot tho oyes tho body turns enough to bring the eyes into their normal position, thou there is again a movement of the eyes and next a move ment of the body. This causes a peculiar jerking motion of the eyeballs during the whole time of tho turning of the body. Umbrellas in Tnrkey. In many Eastern countries an umbrella is a mark of distinction, and its use is confined to people of rank. Turkey is one of the few Asiatic countries where the umbrella is in common use, and car ried as a protection from rain. In most places its use is that of a parasol. Says an Eastorn traveler: "Arriving at Con stantinople from countries further to the east, where the umbrella is considered a badge of high rank, I was much aston ished to find it in common use in rainy weather. However, I soon learned that traces of tho same superstition existed. Ono rainy morning I had occasion to walk along the road which faces the Bosphorus. One of the buildings I passed is a favorite palace of the Sultan, in which he was then residing. As I approached tho gate with ray umbrella over my head, ono of the sentiucls stationed there accosted me in a threat ening manner. Not understanding what he said, I went on, whereupon he ran at mo with his fixed bayonet leveled. At that moment a friendly Turk, who was walking behind me, snatched my um brella with violence from my hand and thrust mo forward. Then the soldier returnod to his station, aud allowed me to proceed in peace. On returning my umbrollu the Turk explained that every ono is obliged to take down his um brella on passing the actual residence of the Sultan. No matter how heavy tho rain, each person passing the palace must lower the umbrella, and not elevute it again until fully past the building." Indiana Not Given to tying. The Dakotas, unless they have been corrupted by bud white men, are strictly and literally truthful. Ono has to bo careful not to mako a mistake in talking with them. When they asked how mauy "sleeps" (nights) before we meant to do any certain thiug, wo had to be sure of the number for fear of shocking them by not keepiug our word. Ono is not allowed to change one's mind about en gagements cither. Ou one occasion we had gone the rounds of tho camp iuvit fug all, old and youug, to a sort of en tertainment a reccptiou wo culled it, for want of another name. Ou the day appointed I was seized with a fever, and my sister decided that we would havo to postpone our trjeat. So she sounded the police siguul, thrco taps on tlie bell, and sent our faithful Stiff-Arm to let the camp know that no one was to come to the school house that day. But she reck oned without her invited guests. In dians aro punctuality itself, und prompt ly at 4 o'clock, the hour set, they begun to pour in. The first comers were al lowed to come iu my bedroom, that they might report my illness to those ou the way. But it did uo good. The entire camp arrived. My sister rushed for tho hardtack thut we had meant to be a part of the refreshments, and distributed it among them at the door, and bade them good-by. Then they went reluctantly homo. New York Post. Columbus' Idea of the World. Columbus believed the solid part of the sphere to be larger thun tho liquid part, aud the distuuca by tho sunset road between tho East Indies and western Europe to be less than it is. But in those two capital errors lay tho great inceutive to the execution and suc cess of his purpose. Hud he known the vast planetary spaces covered by the waters; thecontiucut interposed betwoeu his own Europe aud the luud of dia monds, fold, and spices; the difficulty aud peril of the passage yet to bu braved in the fur regions of the antarctic pole In order ta sail from our contiueutul Europe to the orieutul Indies by the western way, he would perhupt huve shruuk buck in aluriu and dread. Ceu MANUFACTURING BUTTONS. AN ARTICLE THAT HAS BECOME A MlCESaiTY TO CIVILIZATION. Invented Only ISO Years Aro What They Have Done for Costume Methods ot Manufacture. UTTONS have played a great part in the world," said a scientific man to a Washing, ton Star writer. "They were invented only a century and a half ago, and yet they havo revolutionized clothes. Until modern times people do lighted in loose and flowing robes, which were flung around the body. In days ot old the tailors and dressmakers paid no attention to "fit," having regard merely for the graceful adjustment of drapery. AU this was changed by buttons. They were not worn originally for any useful purpose.but merely for ornament. Thus, if you look up (heir history, you will find that the earliest patterns of them were splendid and costly. However, it was not long before their utility for fas tening garments came to bo realized. They rendered it possiblo to make clothing fit closely to the body, and so they brought about a complete alteration in the theory of costume. "Buttons have becomo necessary to civilization. It is difficult to see how mankind could get along without them now. Only savages and the Indolent peoples of the Orient dispense with them. They are mado of every con ceivable material almost, including all tho metals from gold to pewter, pearl, ivory, tortoise shell, bono, horn, hair, india rubber, wood, amber, jot, glass, porcelain, clay, leather, papier inaebe, vegetable ivory, precious stones and all sorts of stuffs and cloths. Metal buttons are either stamped with dies or cast. One firm in the United States turns out 65,00O,OJ0 iron backs for covered but tons every year. Glass buttons are made by pinching the half soft material in hot pincers. The pincers are furnished with a die, if it is desired to impress a design on the buttons. Wooden button molds come largely from the south of France, where plenty of wood suitable for the purpose grows. "Common shirt buttons are made by mixing finely powdered soapstono with silicate ot soda, otherwise known ai 'water glass.' The mixture is dried and repulverized end the powder is pressed into molds by machinery. Tho freshlj molded buttons are baked in a furnace, dipped in 'water glass' and again baked, When cool, they are polished by being placed in a rotating barrel of water. Finally they are dried aud given an ad ditional polish in a rotating bairel with soapstono powder. Porcelain buttons are manufactured like small ornamental articles of earthen ware. Tiie moistened clay is pressed into plaster of parii molds, nnd the buttons thus molded, af tcr being dried on boards, are given i first firing and baking in tho 'biscui' oven.' At this stage the baked button) are called 'biscuits.' Then they ar glazed directly, or, as d preliminary, ar adorned with colors, which are fixed bj further baking in the 'enamel kiln. The colors aie put on by hand painting or by 'transfer printing.' By the lattei process the design is printed from a cop per plate with a peculiar iuk on tissue paper, which is placed while the im pression is moist ou the biscuit ware. After the ink has had time to dry tho paper is removed, leaving tho design on the buttons. "Mother-of-pcarl buttjns are cut by hand with a small revolving circular saw. The work requites great skill, uu impor tant object being to get as mauy buttons as possiblo out of each shell. If the mother-of-pearl is thick enough, it is sometimes split iuto two layers. Finest of all pearl buttons are ' thoso made from the white edged Macnsary shells brought from the East India seas. Theso shells are worth $800 a ton iu the crude. The waste mother-of-pearl is ground to a flue powder, which is mixed with gum to a paste and molded iuto buttons of an interior quality." How Pepsin is Procured. "While I have always had a vague idea as to tho nituro and properties of pep sin," said a gentleman to the Mau About Town, "I never fully realized that it is the veritable product of the animal stomach until recently. During a visit to New York I saw the process of manu facturing in a f uctory that has the oddest method of preparing the articlo that ever entered the human mind. Br' fly stated, a number of perfectly hcu'ahy hogs are fattened for market, and for thirty-six hours before killing time aro deprided of all food, not even allowed a drop of water. Then the trough from which they ure accustomed to cat is cov ered with strong wire netting and tbj most appetizing slops and hog delica cies, smoking hot, are poured into the trough. Tho fumes aseeud with grate ful fragrance to tho porcine nostrils, the hogs all run to the trough and stand over it, ravenous with hunger, squealing aud fighting with each other for a chance to get ut tho food. The iron netting pre vents them tasting the food, and while they aro still thinking about the mutter they are killed, and their stomachs being taken out are found perfectly full of gas tric juice, from which pepsin is pre pared. The process was quite a revela tion to me." St. Louis Uepublic. Timers Iu the Malay Peninsula. The tiger of the Malay peninsula is more savage thun his neighbor, the tiger of the Indian juugles. In appearance he is much similar, but if anything a trillo lurger. I have walked through jungle day after day which was swarming w ith tigers, yet I havo never seen one in tho day time unless he was being hunted. At night you often hear them, roaring, more especially during rainy weather. A tiger is supposed to kill its victim at once by a gentle rap from his huge paw ou the buck of the neck, which ut once breuks it. This is the tradition of the i Malays, but I will not vouch for its ver acity, though it seems probuble euough. 1 Su Francisco CluQuidu. SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL. An English doctor declares hot bread at night is not injurious to health. A thunderstorm in hot weather trav els at the average rate of thirty miles an hour. An alloy of gold and alumiuum has recently been made. Its color is a most beautiful purple, and it will be valuable in making jowelry. The blood-vessels in tho white of the eye aro so small that they do not admit the little red corpuscles to which the color of the blood is due. Two ingenious Swedish astronomers are reported to have produced an artifi cial aurora by establishing electric cur rents between two mountains. Some tinsmiths use leaden-headed nails for rooting purposes. Tho last strokes flatten 'the head over tho hole made in the tin, and leaking is thus prevented. An English electrician mentions a curi ous case of one-way conduction. Hot gas conducts the current, but with one electrode cold it conducts best when that electrodo is negative. Cincinnati, Ohio, is to be lighted at an expense of $84.90 per lump per year. Tho present contract price is 14-1. Tho new price is twenty-three ceuts a night for lamps of 2000 candlo power. Observations made to determine the longitude of Montreal, Canada, show that the transmission of tho electric cur rent across the ocean nnd back occupied a trifle over one second, tho distance be ing 8000 miles. The ordinary, commonplace soap bub ble has recently been playing an impor tant part in experiments on the mngnctic qualities of gases, nud has proved itself to be one of the toughest aud mo3t clas tic membranes known. The earth's surface only exceods tho moon's by about thirteen and one-half times. Tho moon's surfaco is fully us largo as Africa and Australia together, and nearly as large as North and South America without tho islands. The "sea serpent" has boen mado a subject of special study by tho Director of the.Zoological Gardens at the Hague. Uo has collected reports of 1G6 appear ances, and concludes that tho reports must all refer to a single unknown ani mal species. A test of three spoons during sixteen years has given theso results : The sil ver spoon lost 8.78 per cent., part of which was duo to polishing; the alumi num, 5.85 per cent., which represents the actual wear; and tho German silver spoon, 5. 02 per cent., a result far too low, as this spoon, unlike tho others, was not in constant uso. Tho durability of silver and aluminum, therefore, appears to be about the same, aud much greater than that of German silver Lepers Proof Agulust Electricity. "Down nt Honolulu," said Hary Dia mond, "I had n battery and worked tho innocent Kanakas with tho old trick of tho five dollar gold piece. That is, I'd place the piece in the bottom of a jur of water counected with tho battery. Then I'd tell tho native boys that they could havo the money if they'd pick it out of the jar and hold tho hand ou tho other polo of tho battery at the samo time. Of course tho moment their hands struck tho water tho circuit was completed, their fingers would bo doubled up and they couldn't touch the money if their fortunes bad depended on getting it. I had many a laugh aud achieved quite a reputation amoug tho boys as a wizard who controlled tho devils in tho water." "Ono day when several young ladies were in the office a lad camo iu, pushed ou by a number of companions who had attomptod to secure tho $5 aud failed. Ho had been persuaded to try for tho money, and I explained tho trick to the ladies iu an asido as I arranged the ap paratus. The boy took the handlo aud we all prepared for a great laugh. "He put his hand iuto the water, slowly drew out my fiver, aud quietly walked oil with it, while 1 stood with my month open, afraid to fuco those girls, und pruying for a volcuuic eruptiou to turn the trend of thought. "Tho boy hud tho leprosy, and the electricity didn't affect him." Sun Fruu cisco Exumiuer, Marvelous Popularity of Bicycles. The marvelous growth of tho bicycle industry duriug tho last few years is puteut to all who livo in the upper sec tion of the city or iu uuy other purt of it vhere fuirly good roads exist. There the wheel man or wouiuu can bu seeu at all times, but it is only at so;uo of the lurger establishments where the manu facture or sale of wheels is tho solo pur suit thut tho lull popularity of tho bi cycle is usoertuiue 1. One establishment iu this city alone Bells bicycles worth nearly $1,000,000 yearly, whilo another doing au extensive wholesulu business iu medium und low-priced wheels, reaches $500,000. Iu lS'Jl 140,000 "wheels" were coustructed iu this country, nearly all of which were sold, iu addition to 20,000 English ones importel. Tho giving of lessons iu bicycle riding has become uu established feature lu tho cycle business, several instruction halls existing in various parts of the city. At the best kuowu of these nearly l.'i,000 lessons were given lust year, many people coming from towns as far dis tant as Stamford, Conn., und New Uruuswick, N. J. New York Tribuuu. The First Uuilvtay Station. World's Fuir Commissioner John Boyd Thacher, of Albany, N. Y., bu I'.eves thut ho bus got upou the truck of the lirht railway station ever erected iu Americu, aud if the structure proves to be iucli he intends to huve it truisportcd to Chicago. The station was ucd ut the Albany terminus of the All. any unci Schcuectudy Hailroud, und up to IS 13 stood ut thu comer of Bmu i aud Van Vechteii streets, (now Third avenue). At thut ilute it wus removed to its pre sent location. It is oue story iu height und about twcuty-live feet square. New Yolk Timed. MY SWEETHEARTS FACE, My kingdom Is my sweetheart's face, And these the boundaries I trace; Northward her forehead fair; Beyond a wilderness of auburn hair; A rosy cheek to ensir aol west; Her little mouth The sunny south. It is the south that 1 love best. V Her eyes, two crystal lakes, Rippling with light, Caught from the sun by day. The stars by night. The dimples in Hor check and chin Are snnres which Love hath set And I have fallen in! -John A. Wyotb, in II irper's Magazine. UCMOIt OF THE BAY. A str.ge coach The prompter. "Out of sight" The owl at noon. The lard refiner never knows what ha can do until he tries. The fixed star is one that has enough money to settle down. Dallas News. A star gazer must have a far away look in his eyes. Binghamton Republi can. A poem that is always sure of a market the lay of the hen. Lowell Courier. Among tho newest things in stockings this summer is tho baby's foot. Boslou Transcript. Tenant "The roof leaks." Janitor "Well, you shouldn't have taken tho top flat." New York Sun. A great many things are laid before Congress, but comparatively few of them hatch. Washington Star. Jagson says it is proper to wish tho anxious candidates many happy returns on election day. Elinira Gaxetto. Bagley "I don't believe in borrowing (rouble; do you?" Brace "Of coursu not; money is tho thing." New York Herald. Practico makes perfect. You can see lawyers and doctors walking on their uppers for want of practico. Bingham ton Leader. Every thrifty farmer will keep his land well dressed, hut he has no red sou to bo ashamed of a Bt raw berry patch. Lowell Courier. When a boy begins to wash his neck without being told it is a sign lie is pass ing into the ordeal of his first love affair. Atchison Globe. There ore mcu with natures so small thaK, if there is anything in transmigra tion, they will probably reappear as mi crobes. Washington Star. First Preacher "Does your chol sing iu harmony?" Second Preacher "Yes, but they don't livo iu harmony." Kute Field's Washiugtou. Tho latest thing in Ohio is a babe born without hands. If he eventually drifts into politics ho will havo to depend on the hands of his friends. Washington Post. "What a sly animal tho fox is, to bo sure! Tho other day I followed ono for thrco hours, and when I finally shot it I found it wns a rod dog." Fliesendo Bleattcr. Truo to tho nature of tho beast, mauy l mau who in his timo has cast sheep's eyes at a pretty girl hai afterwards had the wool pulled over them. Plata Jelphiu Times. Wo have noticed that when you toll n woman her daughter is just the image of ber when she wus that ago, tho mother looks pleased and the daughter looks scured. Atchison Globe. Yeast "What are you going to mako out of your boy?" Criuisoubcuk "A lecturer." "Has ho a tasto for it?" "Oh, yes; he iuherits it from his mother." San Francisco Examiner. Mamma "When that boy threw stones at you, why didn't you come a' d tell me, instead of throwing them back." Little Son "Toll you? Why, you couldn't hit a barn door." Good News. Publisher "I wish you would .vrite us a good sea story." Great Author "Hut I havo never been to sea." Pub lisher "I kuow it. I want a sea story that people cau understand." Tit-Bits. It is strange, as be kuowH, Kue's in love witii another; He should like to propose, IV hun. so sure as lio goes. He'll return usher brother. New York Sum. "Mrs. Chiuner seems to have a very pleasant time of it." "Pleasant timet Why that woman's life is ono compli te round of cujoymeut." "It is?" '-It is that. She belongs to ,rcu bcwiug circles." New York Press. - iVitherby "I made the mistako of my life this 'uoruing. I told my wife I tlidu't liko her new gowu." I'laiikiug tou "What, was she angry I" Wither by "Oh, no, it wasn't that, but sho wuuts auother one." Cloak Review. Lady (to her regular begging custom er) "I 6ee that you havo brought somo oue with you to-day, aud I caunot give to both." Beggar "Certuiuly not, mu'am. I am only taking bun the round of my clients, us I huve uu idea of selling the business 1" Teacher "Won't you sit down, Jimmy?'' Jiuuny "Nop." Teucher "Why uot." Jimmy "Jis because." Teacher "Because whut?" Jimmy "Because wheu pop wus puttiu' dowu the carpet this niorniu' uud hit his thumb with the tuck-buimucr I laughed." Boston Post. Clara "I hope you won't bring that Mr. Hatter mound to see ine. I don't wuut to see him." Maude "But, my dear, he says ho used to play with you wheu you were a little girl." Clara "TUut's why I don't want to meet him. It remind me of the time when I wore a home made cloak to Sunday-school." Cloak Iteview. Increasing fuvor is shown by British stockmen for cotton oil us a fatteuiug ingredient iu stack rations. ltupo oil has fallen in value rather badly, aud lin seed oil barely holds its own.
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers