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VOL. XXVI. NO. 9.
TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2l 1893.
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1
A Boston paper snyH: "'Iho rattan
has no plaoo in the equipment of a
competent Anchor."
Ouo of the rules in force at tlio now
Ifniversity of Chicago is that every
student must toko nt leant ono hour's
physical exoreiso every doy.
' Two-thirds of tlio total number of
children under ten years of ago in tho
United Kingdom of Great Britain nnd
Ireland ore insured in ono form or an
other. A new diplomatic departure, lion been
initiated by Franco in tlio Rending of
M. Pierro do Muillard, an agricultural
engineer, to Berlin an a technical
agricultural attache to the French Em
bassy. The, stationing of similar at
tnchcH in nil Countries i'h under con
sideration. A distinguished French scientist lins
declared that the electric shock as ad
ministered to criminals by tho New
York law does not kill, but only in
duces unconsciousness, and that the
victim iH afterward finished off by tho
dissecting knife. Tho statement, if
true, is chiefly of interest for scientific
purposes, thinks the Chicago Herald,
us it has no particular bearing on the
murderer's ultimate fate. Perhaps we
Imvo in electricity tho coming anaes
thetic. Certainly tho unconsciousness
which it induces as applied in New
York is very profound and permanent.
Old United States army regulations
say that tho soldier's cap should bo
worn jauntily, with a littlo slant over
tho right eye. Tho origin of that cus
tom may have been in the attempt to
shade the eyo while aiming, but it is
no longer observed, and, indeed, most
officers would reprove a soldier who
tipped his cup or helmet conspicuously
on ono side. Tho American soldier
offers a marked contrast in that respect
to tho English soldier or tho Canadian
militiamen, for they wear littlo "pork
pio" hats that mo, tipped so far on one
side that they would full off at the
slightest motion wero it not for a strap
beneath the chin.
Bible scholars tho world over are
very much interested iu tho reported
discovery by Professor Harris, of a
complete Syrian text of the four Gos
pels iu tho Convent of Mount Sinai.
It was from tho ignorant and secretive
monks of this convent, recalls tho New
Orleans Pieuyune, that Tischeudorff
with great difficulty obtained his
famous "Codex Hiuuitieus" somo forty
years ago, and Professor Hnrris's find
is even more valuable, if all reports be
true, as tho Syrian version undoubt
edly antedates any extant text of the
Greek. It promises to be of tho great
est importance to Biblical scholars by
tho light that it will throw on the crit
ical questions that are now in dispute.
Tho Atlanta Constitution believes
that every man who respects his
stomach will applaud tho words of
Doctor J. II. Salisbury on tho subject
of vegetarianism. "People who eat no
meat," ho says, "have, as a rule, less
nervous and muscular endurance than
moat-eaters. Ofiieers of tho English
army in India, fur example, assure mo
that it is always necessary to start the
uative troops off on a march ono day
iu advance of the British soldiers, that
all may arrive at a given point ut tho
samo time. It Is useless to deny that
the ruling pooples are meut-CHtiug."
The rotund and well fed gentlemen
who poso at Dclmonico's or the Cafe
Savarin as male caryatids, as it were,
to uphold tho excellence of tho chef's
art, are each and all of them animate
testimonials to tho advantages of beef
eating.
Mountains and mountain ranges iu
tho. United States, and, indead, tho
world over, have usually been named
not by the mountaineers themselves,
but by the dwellers in the plains, who
saw the mountains as a more or less
distaut prospc t. It Bomvtiiues hup
peus that a inoiiutain or a mountain
range bears two names becuuse of dif
ferent aspects present to dwellers upuo
eooh side. Tho several Blue and Blue
Ridge Mountains wero named mani
festly by those to whom tho ranges
presented themselves uguiust u more or
less distant horizon. Quo of the
Green Mountains in Vermont is called
Bald Face by dwellers in the Adiron
dack region about Puul Smith's, a name
justified by tho aspect of the mo'intain
from that part of the wilderness. The
Adirondack Sugar Loaf could never
have been named by a dweller upon its
own top. The Orange Mountain'! took
their name, however, not from their
lunseot aspect as" seen from the low
lands, but are only another evdeu !e oi
(ho affection with which Dutchmen
lliug to tho name orange, un affe-'tion
Ihat has led thorn to fix that name on
ihe map in whatever part cf tiw world
4iey may have tarrioU.
SHE AND I,
Why do I love my love so welly
Why Is she all In all to me?
I try to tell, I cannot tell,
It still remains a mystery
And why to her I am so dnnr
I cannot tell, although I try.
Unless I And both answers here j
Hhe Is horsolf, and I am I.
Hor faoe Is very dear to me,
Iter eyes beam tendorly on mlno,
But can I sny I never see
Face fairer, eyes that brighter shine?
This thing I oannot surely say,
If I speak truth and do not lie ; "
Yet here I am In love to-day,
For she's herself, nnd I am I.
It cannot be thnt I fulfill
Completely nil her girlish dreams,
For far beyond me still
Herold ideal surely gleams!
Anl yet I know her love is mine,
A flowing spring that, cannot dry.
What explanation? This, in fine,
She is herself, and I am T.
"Mid nil the eords by which fond hearts
Are drawn together Into one,
This Is a cord which never parts,
But strengthens as the years roll on
And though, as seasons hurry post,
flrnce, beauty, wit and genius dio.
Till the last hour this charm will last,
Bhe is herself, and I am I.
Bhe is hersi-l', nud i am I.
Now, henceforth, evermore tho same,
Till the dark angel draweth nigh
And calleth her and me by name.
Yea, after death hns done its worst,
Each risen soul will straightway fly
To meet the other. As at first, .
title 11 be herself. I shall be I.
Rehobotb Sunday Herald.
A WOMAVS TRIAL.
Bf BUFl'8 HALE.
APTAIN BEET
ram's wife, Lily, was
a frail, delicate
young woman, with
blue eyes, brown
hair and a soft, low
voice.
"In fact, she looks
as if a breath of wind
would blow her over
board," said tho
captain, ono morn
ing to his mate, as
they stood on the qunrter-dock of his
ship, the Flying Arrow, which was
standing along past the coast of lower
Guinea, Africa, on her way to the Cnpe
of Good Hope.
"Aye," said tho mate, glancing to
ward the pretty wife, who rat not far
off, talking to her son, a little boy of
six years. "But in spite of what you
say, I havo no doubt she has courage
Her accompanying you on a sea voyage
proves that. "
"Courage! She has' none at all. I
have known her to be frightened by. a
mouse! You yourself witnessed her
terror in the storm we had a few days
ago."
"I think I have heard yon say she is
a good fchot with the riflo."
"Yes; all habit Her father viuia
great sportsman, and he taught her not
to bo afraid of a gun. But she would
tremble at the thought of shooting r,
bird that I know, She could never
be persuaded to fire at anything but a
wooden target."
'In case of on emergency, however "
"Nonsense, man ("laughed the cap
tain. "She would bo as women always
are in time of peril too flurried too
excited to do anything, how much bo
ever she might have tho wish to bo
otherwise. But I liko her none tho
less for this feminine failing," added
Bertram, who, being a strong, power
ful, decided man, seemed an excellent
match for his frail looking, gentle part
ner. "But persons like her sometimes
show mora real courage than larger
and more masculine women."
"All bosh ! People say that, but they
seldom really think so."
On the day after this conversation, a
gale from the west drove the ship to
ward the coast, compelling the captain
to anchor withiu a hundred yards of
the land, in a small sheltered buy, to
save his cri'.ft from going ashore.
By tho noxt morning the galo had
subsided, but the breeze Boon fell away
to a dead culm, preventing the skipper,
from sailing.
He had lowered his gig to enable
somo of his men to repair certain dam
age which tho cabin window had sus
tained during tho tempest.
At night, the men not having yet
finished their work, the boat was left
astern, with the warp attached to a pin
aboard. Little Thomas, tho captain's
six-year-old son, was in the cabin just
after the men left the boat.
The night was very durk, and none
of tho occupants of the craft observed
the movements of the youngster, who,
when the cabin was deserted, opened
the window, seized the warp of (he
boat, and, drawing the latter close to
the vessel, got into it
Au hour later, Mrs. Bertram, missing
her little boy, went on dch to look
for him.
But tho could not find him.
The captain and his men joined in
tho seuroh, but it was soon evident
that he was not aboard.
At length it was discovered that tho
boat which 1ml been left astern was
gone. The pin to which the warp hud
been fastened was found broken, show
ing that tho boat had got ndiii't.
"I see,'.' fttid tho eaptniu. "Tbonivs
must have got into tho boat, nud bo
gau pulling uu the rope, in this wuy
parting the pin."
"My boy! My boy!" criod Mrs
Bertram, in anguish. "Where is he?
Where can he be?"
Tho captain tried to laugh nwsy her
fears.
"The boat has drifted ashore," said
he. "The current sets thut way.
Doul worry, Lily ; wo will soon huvt
him back."
lit) lowered 4 boat, sui vsus bovu
making for iho shore, witi a rood
crew, ono of tho men standing in the
now, boldmg tip a largo lantern, which
throw a broad gloam across the water.
The sailors were soon ashore, but
saw nothing of the boat.
They shouted the littlo boy's name
again and again, but there come no re
sponse. I Far along the shoro they pullod, but
they discovered no sign either of the
boy or the gig.
For hours thoy vainly continued the
search.
"What surprises me," said an old
sailor, "is that we did not hear tho lit
tlo fellow sing out when he found him
self going adrift. Con it be, Bir, he
fell over and wan drowned right under
the ship's Btern?"
Bertram bowed his head on his
hands and groaned.
"I have had that same thought," he
said.
It was past midnight when tho
searchers returned aboard. The poor
mother, as pale as death, seemed al
most ready to swoon, when she learned
that no trace of tho little one had been
found.
"Wo will look again in the morn
ing," said the captain. "Don't
despond, Lily."
All that night he endeavored to
soothe his wife ; but her anguish was
almost beyond endurance, such as no
pen could describe.
At daybreak the captain had his boat
down again.
Besides the crew, it now contained
Mrs. Bertram, who had insisted in ac
companying tho party.
After a long search, the boat was
discovered among some rocks, where
the breakers had almost dashed it to
pieces. -
Had littlo Thomas been drowned, or
had he contrived to get out of the boat
and reach the Bandy beach a few feet
distant?
A cry of joy escaped the vigilant
mother.
She pointed to the sand, where the
impressions of little shoes, not yet
washed awoy, were visible.
Leaving two men in charge of the
boat,, the captain, followed'tby his wife
and the rest of the crew, and armed
with a loaded rifle which he had
brought with him from thotship, made
his tny inland. There wasia thicket a
short distance beyond the beach, and
this the party entered.
Tho ground was marfthy in some
places, and the tracks of the lost boy
were occasionally seen. .
Following these traces I carefully, the
party at length beheld, ahead of them,
a small opening, nnd there, not a hun
dred yards off, apparently asleep, on
the bank of a tifaallowMream, they be
held littlo Thomas !
He lay upon his side,' hisicheek rest
ing upon one arm, his long curls
streaming on the ground.
The rosy, healthy color upon Tiis
face at once convinced his mother that
he was unharmed osrwell.
At first the happytwoman could not
utter a word for, joy.
Then, with a iery ofgladness, with
outstretched arnitf, sho ran toward the
siumberer.
But she had not 'taken ten steps when
her cheeks blanched, and an exclama
tion of .dismay escaped tho whole party.
Au enormous crocodile had. slowly
lifted its hidoofis proportion from
amongst the longi reeds fringing the
lower part of thelbank, and was now
crawling toward the sleeper.
The animal, halAcovered with mud
nnd green slime, presented an appear
ance at once ucoubu and horrible.
It was full twenty feet in length, its
body covered with rough, irregular
scales, its legs Bpottdd, its claws sharp
and crooked.
The jaw wide open, revealed rows of
shucp teeth which were not close
together, but a littleiapart. Each of
its eyes, of an oval shape, and of a fiery,
blood red hue, looked as if separated
by a dark line, which gave to it an
aspect of iudescriblo ferocity and vora
ciousness. The terriblo jaw was already within
a few feet of the child's head.
Before the most active of the sailors
could reach it, the teeth would close
over that bright face ; those gold) u
curls would disappear in that ugly
mouth forever.
The captain stopped uud quickly
raised his rifle.
"Fire, tire, forGod'ssuko !" screamed
his wife.
But Bertram's hand shook. Even
had it been steady, ho would not have
dared' to fire, lest his bullet should
strike his boy instead of tho croco
dile. Ho was u good shot, but so near was
tho fierce animal to tho bleeper that
the chances worn ten to one that he
would hit the child.
Lily understood tho causo of hcvr
husband's hesitation.
Meanwhile the frightful teeth of tho
erocodilo were now within a few feet
of the boy ; the bloodshot eyes snapped
with greed uud ferocity.
In a low seconds more the little one
uiustbecoino tho monster's victim.
And now over the mother's face
there camo an expression of iron firm
ness. From tho quaking hands of her ex
cited husband, who. still fearful of
hitting the child, could not bring him
self to fire, sho snatched tho ritle,
raised it and took aim at the crocodile's
eye.
Like a statue sho blood for an i.i-
; staut ; then tho sharp report of the rifle
stool upon tho uir, the teeth of the
crocodile cloned with a click, its head
('roiioed to tho earth, it smote the
bunl: a few moments with its hard tail
I and then fell on it side dead !
The mother's aim had been true; the
j bullet had struck the target, had pcue
: (rated the monster's eyo und lodged iu
ts brain.
Such a cheer os then went up to tho
sky was never heard before,
i But Mrs. Bertram thought i f lnli
. ug just then but her chilil.
Iho report of tho rifle had waked
him, and he was soon in his mother's
arms.
His story was to this effect : After
he got into the boat, he had commenced
to pull on tho warp-rope, which, sud
denly parting, ho fell backward, strik
ing his head against a thwart.
He was stunned, and for some time
after he was bo confused that he hardly
realized what had taken place, but lny
with dizzy brain, perfectly still
When at last he realized his situa
tion, he was too "far off to make his
feeble voice heard. When the boat
struck the rocks, he got out on the
sand.
After vainly shouting, he thought ho
would try to get nearer the ship. He
left the beach, wandered about for
awhile ; then he became very drowsy
near the close, marshy thicket, and bo
lay down and fell asleep.
"Aye, aye, my boy," Raid the cap
tain, and you may thank- your mother
for saving your life. Lily," he con
tinued, turning to her, after they ar
rived aboard ship. "God bless you !
You have proved yourself a noble
creature. The other day I thought nnd
expressed the thought, that one so frail
and usually bo timid as you could never
be brought to show courage. Now I
perceive and acknowledge my mistake,
for you have shown me that the sofest
and most gentle woman may, in certain
situations, exhibit more firmness and
resolution than a strong man." New
lork Ledger.
Light and Darkness.
A New York electrical journal somo
time ago told of an incident that oc
curred in the fitting up of a new office
building near the New York end of the
Brooklyn Bridge. The engineer of
the building wished to wire the offices
throughout for the electric light in
addition to tho gas pipes on which the
conservative proprietor insisted. But
all his arguments were in vain, and tho
apparently useless extravagance of
electric wiring was obstinutely vetoed.
Suddenly, however, a happy thought
struck the venerable owner. "Why,"
he said, "if the wires carry electricity,
can't you make them carry gas, too?"
A counterpart of this story is now told
of a shipyard carpenter, a notive of
Troon, on the coast of Ayrshire, Scot
land. ' When the contract for lighting
tho first three steamers fitted with
electrio light at the Troon shipyard
was completed this man formed one of
a social party gathered to treat tho
electricians who had made the installa
tion and otherwise celebrate the event.
In a burst of candor und comrade
ship, he was overheard saying to one
of tho wiremen : "Man, Peter, efter
workiu' wi' you ou they boats I be
lieve I could put iu the electrio licht
mysel', but thero's only ae thing that
bates me." "Ay, what is that?" Baid
his interested compnnion, willing to
help him if it lay in his power. Vlt's
this, man ; I dinna ken hoo you get
tho ile slang the wires!" St. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
Why Lost People Walk iu Circles.
It is a matter of common knowledge
(hat when a man is walking blindfold
or is lost in a fog or iu some unknown
forest or desert instead of walking
straight he has always a tendency to
work round in a circle. The most
commonly accepted explanation of this
curious fact is the slight inequality in
tho length of a man's legs. The result
of one limb being longer than the
other will naturally bo that a person
Mill unconsciously take a longer step
with the longest limb, and conse
quently will trend to the right or to
the left, according as the left or right
is tho longer, unless the tendency to
deviation is corrected by tho eyo. The
explanation is supported by tho fact
that in the enormous majority of cases
the human legs ore proved to bo of
unequal length. The careful measure
ments of a series of skeletons showed
that no less than niuety per cent, had
tho lower limbs unequal in length ;
thirty-five per cent, had the right limb
longer than the left, while iu nfty-tive
per cent, the left leg was the longer.
The left leg being, therefore, more
often the longest, it is to be expected
that the inclination should take place
more frequently to the right than to
the left, and this conclusion is quite
borne out by observations made on a
number of persons when walking
blindfolded. Science Sif t iugs.
Three TaT Brothers.
"The life of a Msine woodsman and
hunter is very healthy," said Charles
E. Haydeu of Auburn, "and it is not
an unusual thing that men who follow
the life from boyhood develop into the
veritable giant 'jf old. While I was at
Custlo Hill, Aroostook, I made the ac
quaintance of three brothers, who were
said to be the tallest men in the eounty.
Their names were Allie, Kiihu and Eli
dad Frank. These three brothers, laid
along iu u line ou tho floor, would
Measure tweuty-one feet to an inch in
their stocking leet, aud without their
caps on. Twj of them were more thuu
seven iect tali, and the other ouo wusu
littlo less. Ohi Mr. Frank, their father,
was taller than uuy of them. Their
oceuputlon is that of woodsmen, far
mers, hunters and horso swappers."
Lewif-tou (Mj.) Journal.
No 'i'liunks Needed.
A friend of a certain Iowa Congress
man tells a story ou the statesman, who
is ut times absent minded uud makes
embarrassing remurksusa cousoipieuee.
Dining the last soi-s.ou (lie ubseut
minded member took o.-cusiou to pi
uouueo a eulogy upon a deceased fel
low member from a neighboring Statu.
A few - nays Alter a brother of tho de
ceased member met tho eulogist on u
street of the capitul, uud taking him by
the baud thanked him very earnestly
for tho kind words he had spoken.
"I be- yuii not to mention it," re
plied the Congressman. "I wus onlv
too glad of the opporc unity to sny whut
I did,"' Sioux (ity (lowit Juuruul,
UOW SOVEREIGN'S TRAVEL,
GREAT PREPARATIONS FOR THEIR
SAFETY AND COMFORT.
Victoria's llcaiitlful Railway Car
rlnges Precautions by the O.ar
How Other Ruler CSo Visiting.
WITH much greater freedom
of locomotion sovereigns
are yet bound to observe
certain formalities in their
journeys. In principle, they travel
only by special trains, and have their
own im)eriul or royal carriages built
and kept up with exceeding care and
always ready for use st the shortest
notice. The railway carriages Used by
the Queen of Great Britain in England
and Scotland, are marvels of perfect
construction and arrangement. They
are fitted with electrio light, uphol
stered, furnished and decorated in per
fect harmony and taste. She can write,
read, work, converse, take her meals,
nnd sleep almost as easily and comfor
tably as in any of her royal residences ;
even her favorite flowers and the many
family photographs she loves to have
about her nro disposed in the different
compartments of her carriages, in the
exact places she is accustomed to see
them at home. The train always slacks
speed as soon as she retires to rest,
and it is well known that she never
seems to feel fatigue or discomfort
from a long night journey. All her
heavy luggage, tho horses, tho appur
tenances of her bedroom are sent on
several days ahead, so that her apart
ments are quito ready to receive her
on her arrival.
She owns private carriages in
France, left in charge of the Couipag
nio de l'Ouest and despatched to
Cherbourg to meet her when she leaves
tho royal yacht ; these convey her to
Biarritz, GraRse, Hyeres, or Italy, as
the case may be, without change. The
royal trains are built so as to travel on
every European line of rail, with the
exception of tho Bussian and Spanish
ones, where for militurv reasons the
gauge is a trifle broader than else
where. Each portion of the line
assumes the responsibility of the royal
train as long as it travels on its radius.
The Government, officially informed of
the intended journey of the sovereign,
even if he travels incognito, notifies
the respective eompauics of the line of
route. The companies in their turn
give instructions to their staffs of the
hours of arrival and departure of the
train, .and they agree with each other
as to the best manner of concordance.
When this is satisfactorily settled -a
plan is drawn up with tho minutest
particulars of time and sent to the
Government, which forwards acopvto
the Minister or Ambassador whose
' sovereign is about to pass over the ter
ritory. When the moment arrives the
. chief engineer of tho company, aud
j frequently the director, isat thestation
to receive it ; the engineer of the line
enters a carriage, and the first
mechanician of the road boards the
engine. The whole extent of tho line
has been previously carefully examined
so as to guard against delays aud
accidents.
Queen Victoria travels with less
state than any other crowned head,
except tho Eniperorof Anstrin, who in
this, as iu all else, has a deep-rooted
dislike to pomp aud representation.
Franz Joseph is only accompanied by
his military suite ; if he retires to rest
nt all, it is ou a narrow camp bed, but
as often as not he spends the night
fitting up dressed iu a corner of the
carriu'.'A
William II., of Germany, has had a
train recently constructed on tho most
luxurious scale, and really seems to be
the apogee of railway-coach building.
Tho Czar, however, is tho ruler
whose journeys necessitate tho uioht
stringent measures of prudence. Un
der Alexander II. troops used to bo
posted at short distances along the lino
from St. Petersburg to Moscow and
from Moscow to the Crimen. The im
perial train was divided into two
sections, following each other at a few
minutes' interval, und it was never
known with any certainty into which
portion tho imperial family had taken
their seats. It was to this precaution
that the Czur owed his escape iu tin;
cruel catastrophe which blew up the
first started train near Moscow when h(
was in the second. Since tho outrage
of Borki fresh orders of precaution
have been given. Where formerly a
soldier stood every hundred yurds now
there is one at every fifty along the end
less line of rails across the immense con
tinent of lbissia, necessitating the move
ments of a whole urmy corps; this ser
vice works with admirable precision
nnd celerity. The imperial carriages
lire "iron clad," und withiu, extremely
col u fort able, repleto with every possi
ble accommodation, bedrooms, bath
rooms, sitting and smoking saloons, an
excellent cuisine and a perfect system
of heating and ventilation. Neverthe
less the imperial party never enters
one of these trains without the secret
apprehension (hat their lives aro iu
jeopardy and at the mercy of the mur
derous seetariuu.
Nominally all through Europo tho
railway companies are supposed to
make no charges for tho transit of
royal trains, aud to undertake ut their
own cost tho extra expenses which it
entails; but us a fuel they are the
gainers by the royal journeys, as they
receive important gratifications, rich
presents, und not unfrequeutly dis
tinction iu the shape of orders or ad
vancement. Setting apart the actual
cost of building and keeping in repair
these magnificent trains the sums dis
bursed, even on a comparatively short
journey, appear fabulous and dispro
portionate, but even those who, to flut
ter the masses, cavil ut the waste of
money, would be the first to accuse
the sovereign of meanness if he at
tempted to curtail the expenses when
re-i ing or visiting a brother poten
tate New lo.'k bun,
SdEXllHC AM) IMHMRIAL,
i Kivers hold in suspension over one
hundredth of their volume of solid mat
ter. I So dense is the water in tho deepest
part of the ocean that sn ironclad, if
it were to sink, would uevor reach the
bottom.
A writer calculates that it takes
eight times the strength to go upstairs
that is required for the same distance
on the level
Doctor Eugene L. Crntchfield, of
Baltimore. Md., has received the gold
medal of the Society of Science, Let
ters and Art of London.
The phenomenon of phosphorescence
is not universally understood. Objects
possessing this property absorb light
during the day and emit it at night.
Doctor Sievers, of Oiessen, has re
ceived a grant of $2000 from the Ham
burg Geographical r'ociety for ex
plorations in the Llanos of tho
Orinoco.
It has been estimated that a bell of
common size, whose sound would
penetrate a distance of three to five
miles on shore, could, if submerged in
the sea, be heard over sixty miles.
Luminous eorth worms have recently
been Been near Richmond and other
parts of the Thames Volley in England.
But it is pointed out that these phos
phorescent anuelids ere not uncom
mon, having been described by Grimm
as early as the year 1670.
It is now claimed that there is such
a thing as electric sunstroke. The
workers around electrical furnaces in
which in metal aluminum is produced
suffer from them. The intense light
causes painful congestions, which cau
not wholly be prevented by wearing
deep colored glasses.
At a recent meeting of the
Ornithological Society in Berlin
Doctor Keicheuow gave an interesting
aceouut of the discovery of the re
mains of some remarkable birds in
Argentina. From the remains it is
calculated that the birds must have
been twice as high as the ostrich.
A sudden loss of blood by the lancet
or from a wound, or a rapid drain on
the vascular system, as in cholera or
diabetes, causes the intense Bensation
of thirst. The thirst of fever, on the
other hand, is not caused by the lock
of fluids in the system, but by the dry
ness of the throat, mouth and skin,
caused by the unnaturally high tem
perature of the blood.
A dispatch received at tho Lick Ob
servatory, in California, from Profes
sor Schaeberlo in Chile, said thot tho
I lick Observatory expedition to observe
the total eclipse of the sun was suc
cessful in every respect, and that the
mechanical theory of tho solar corona
formed by the Professor had been
verified. Fifty photographs were
secured, three telescopes being used.
How to Place a Bed.
"The first thing I do when I get to a
hotel is to see how my bed stands, in
regard to the points of the couipass,"
said Frederick Wilbur, who is at the
Laclede. "It is usual in fixing up a
room to put the bed where most con
venient, without regard to tho direc
tion in which the head points, and this
is really tho principal reason why
travelers sleep soundly in ono town
and lie awake, grumbling all night in
the next. To obviutj this I take my
bearings with a littie pocket compass,
and if my bed is not arranged with the
head facing cither north or south, I
swing it around right away, and make
it face the north if possible, accepting
tho south as a compromise. Some
people thiuk it all nonsense to talk
about a current of magnetism passing
steadily from pole to pole, but any
telegraph operator or fixer will show
you thut this is actually the cose. If
you sleep with your hendto tho east or
west you don't get the beuetlt of this
electrio current, while if you lie in the
proper position it passes through tho
body during the night, and has a
soothing, recuperative effect. Try the
experiment, and you will laugh at
those who take opiates with a view to
wooing refreshing sleep." St. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
Eccentricity Easily Pardoned.
One of iho old residents of Mount '.
Vernon w: Theodore Marstou, who
moved into tho place before it was u
town aud nettled on tho south tier of
lots next to Beadfield, where he uiado
himself a good farm. He wus eccen
tric, but a man of tho strictest lionct-ty I
und remurkably generous to the poor.
When ho sold o poor man a bushel of
corn he never struck tho measure, nud ;
if asked why, he would put his hand
on his heart and say: "Something in
hero will tell when it is full eTiough,"
and it was never "full enough" till j
well rounded. Iu 181(i, which is known
us (he cold season, he kept his granary 1
open for those who had no cash and j
would say to those who hud: "ion can
get it somewhere else, I keep it only
for those who can't pay." Lewiston
(Me.) Journal.
The IUch Hlxly Years Ago nnd Now.
Are tho rich, as a class, growing
richer, ami ure the not rich, as a cIssk,
growing poorer? We deny it, und we
ntlirm, and appeal to the assessment
lists everywhere iu support of the affir
mation, that there are inoio fore
handed men to iluv, according to the
population, thuu there have been since
the Government was founded. 'J'her.i
ure a few, a very few, men who count
(heir wealth by millions, but it is
doubtful if, with the exception of per
haps half a hundred persons, (he rich
men of to-day ure any richer than tho
same percentage, of the total were sixty
yeurs ago. When it w is i';it IIimI.IoImi
Jacob Astor was worth a million peo
ple stood in owe, exactly as th"V do
now wheu the seventy millions of Jay
Gould's estate ere uicutioue.l. - - 1'lnlv
Ueiphia North Amu -can.
NOTHINO TO DO.
Nothing to do hut work,. -
Nothing to eat hnt food,
Kothing to wear bat clothes,
To keep one from going nude.
Nothing to breathe but air,
Quick as a flash 'tis gone .
Nowhere to fall but off,
Nowhere to stand but on.
Nothing to comb but hair,
Nowhore to ileep but in bed,
Nothing to weep but teats, '
Nothing to bury but dead.
Nothing to sing but songs,
Ah, well, alas ' alack '.
Nowhere to go but out.
Nowhere to come but back.
Nothing to see but sights.
Nothing to quench but thirst,
Nothing to have but what we've got
Thus through life we are cursed.
Nothing to strike but s gait '
Everything moves that goes.
Nothing nt all but common sense
Can ever withstand these woes.
Chfcago Mall.
HOI0K OF THE BAY.
Watered stock Soup.
Boy ol sport Albert Edward. Puck.
Out of sight, out of mind -Tho blind
idiot.
Tho persistent bore can make a
mighty big hole in a busy day.
Heir-raising intelligence- -"Triplets
at your house." Boston Courier.
Foot notes como like a squeaky
Bhoe, iu the text of a poem. -Truth.
Ecceutrio people are peculiar people
whom other people cannot afford to
cull fools. Puck.
It does not follow that a remark
carelessly dropped fulls flat. New
Orleans Picayune.
The man who said you couldn't eat
your cake and hnxe it too evidently
was not a dyspeptic. Life.
Love in a cottage is all right if you
have a mansion to go to after the cot
tage affair plays out. Achison Globe.
Tho French schoolboy must have a
hard time learning tho names of his
country's Cabiuet Ministers. Puck.
The mun who made n garden once,
Now thinks it would be sciue
To buy the things he raisi-d aud save
Both labor and expeusc
Washington fitar.
"After all," murmured tho artist,
"perhaps tho ideal figure has a dollar
murk iu front of it." Washington
Star.
"I will now attend to this writ of
attachment," said a young lawyer who
was composing a love letter. Wash
ington Stur.
Every man "has his influence," but
sometimes has a hurd time to find it
wheu he is iu a hurry.--Cleveland
Plain Dealer. ,
When it conies to dime museum at
tractions tho fat woman can put tha
liviug skeleton in the sinido every day.
Elmira Gazette.
A woman may be deeply interested
in fashions, but it's only one thing,
while a man cau bo absorbed in a score.
Philadelphia Times.
Toledo has a tough police judge
named Hone and the toughs don't
think it a bitVharp to rub up against
him. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"My dear fellow, I am awfully glad
to see you. I do hope you aro iu a
position to lend me the ten dollars that
you owe me." Journal Amusunt.
The days ure swift'y slipping by, !
And soon with deep chiMon
The ant will join the pteuic pie
111 summer celebration.
Washington Htar. '
"Do yon think Miss Suburbs en
joyed tho concert?" "So, I am afraid
not. She only putted her foot through
three of tho son;;s. " Chicago Inter
Ocean. Among shopping women, a bargain
is something they could not utl'ord
wheu they needed it, und which they
get ut u reduction when they lniva
positively no use for it. Puck.
Wheu ouo thinks of the smirk and
strut of the fashion-plate figure, undo
or female, it is no wonder that it is i; j
hard to get the clothes that reully lit
u living human creuture. Truth.
"Well, Johnnie.are you able to keep
your place in your elie s?" Johnnie
"Yes, sir; I began at the foot nnd
(here's uot a single boy been uMe to
take it from me. " Chicago Inter
Oeeau. "Xo, Walton won't join our t rout
ing excursion. He says he'd rather
stay at home aud play with that won
derful first baby." "Well, that's
scriptural spare (ho rod, and spoil
(hn child." Puck.
How niuiiy a weary pilgrim walks the earth,
The sport of canine la cio-s aa ls 'olfcr i
mirth.
Lookiug (or work, lie scans tho country
round.
That hu may niv) to wor a wider berth.
Washington star.
Horsemnn (who has been thrown
from his steed) 'Heavens! what uu
unfortunate fellow 1 am ! There, I've
paid for the use of that horse for one
hour ami I've already spent three
quarters of an hour running niter the
brute." Fliegeude Uiaetter.
The WiM Turkey's I'liini.-.ge.
Without a bright or mainly mark
Upon it, the plumage of tho wild
turkey is the most strikingly beautiful
of any that adorns American birds. It
gleiuns with a rich golden bronze,
mingling with quivering shades of
richest blue and tiiiuciu ripples of
opalescent green, as the lights and
vine lows play upon ii as I lit- great bird
fails through the sir or struts iua st
icslly uloiig mining its forest haunts.
A black band vlilt I'in;; wt!i a metallic
lustre tips the end of each feather.
Moreover, there is a regal force and
bearing ubout the wild tuiio-v to v.hieh
even the eagle's much vaunting majesty
jt interim',- i'wk llVnu.) Giu tic,