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Artistic eoflinu nro nowadays made
cut of wood pulp.
Among tlie industries of the United
States that of paper making now holds
11 f!h pluco.
In tlio tcuiy years that have elapsed
since tho close of tho Franco-Prussian
war Europo has doubled her military
strength.
Although worth $35,000,000 at tho
the time of his death, Loland Stanford
borrowed money all his life, and said
that ho could have profitably used
wore.
A remarkable disoovory has been
mado at Carrog, near Llangollen,
Wales. While a number of workmen
wero carting Btonos from the bed of
tho river Deo, they discovered the re
innins of an ancient church, which was
washed down by a heavy flood 800
years ago.
The scientific investigors at Munich
claim to have discovered that "ABiatio
cholera' is essentially a poisoning with
with nitric acid generated by Koch's
comma bacilli." This is enteresting.
If wo can't kill tho bacilli, perhaps
something can be devised to neutralize
the poisonous acid.
Tho largest use of -!acards on record
was prior to the Pal Election in 1889.
General Boulangcr had 15,000 bill
htickcrs, who put up 45,000 daily, in
all '.100,000. In somo places, when they
were torn down after the election, there
were found sixty layers of bills alter
nating with thoseof Boulanger's rival.
Tho collection of postage stamps
has brought into existence a pro
fessional stamp repairer, who, fcr a
small fee, doxteriously repairs muti
lated stamps. His specialty is re
storing the margin to envelopo stamps
that have been cut to shape, and have
thus lost much of their philatelio
value.
Mr. Dobbins writes to the Fittsbnrg
Dispatch that tho very objectionable
bit of slang, "the wind blew through
his whiskers," is not American at all.
In fact, it was first usod by an Eng
lishman, one Dan Chaucer, who wrote
tho "Canterbury Tales." In the tale
of "Tho Shipmsn" occurs this remark
able line, "With many a tempest had
his beard been shaken."
Tho Central Peruvian Railway
across the Andes starts from sea level
at Calluo. It crosses the Andes range
to Oroya, 130 miles from the coast.
At the seventh mile it is 700 foet
above the level of tho sea. At the
fiftieth milo tho elevation is about
C000 feet and tho ascent is steady and
rapid until it reaches its highest point
at the lOGth mile, when tho height is
15.G05 feet.
The originator of tho Concord grape
is still living in Concord, Muss. He is
Ephraim W. Bull, now eighty-seven
years old, and ono of the promineut
men of the historio town. He was a
friend of Emerson and A loot t, and has
been greatly honored by distinguished
visitors to Concord, and by horticul
turists at homo and abroad. In his
garden at Concord he still shows the
old mother vino of tho Concord grape
w hich he developed from the seed of a
native wild grape planted just fifty
years ago.
' The conservative University of Vir
ginia could not permit a woman to at
tend its lectures, observes tho New
York Telegram, but it did suffer Miss
Caroliuo Preston Davis to stand its ex
aminations in muthematics at the close
of the year, and as she passed the
whole course successfully the faculty
bestowed on her tho certificate of ex
cellence and made her practically tho
first female graduate of the university.
Dr. Thorutou gave to the graduating
class the privilege of conveying to her
the honorary "diploma and the boys
. did it with a yell.
Hays the New York Press : Four dis
tinct invasions of tho frozen mysteries
of tho Arctio region will be under way
this year. Lieutenant Feary will en
deavor to map tho northern coast of
Greenland and to investigate the
archipelago which lies beyond. If
conditions favor ho may make a ven
turesome dash on sledges across tho
frozen sea toward the polo. The other
American explorer, Gilder, will ex
amine the movement of tho magnetic
polo. Two avowed attempts to reach
the North Pole will be made, one by
Doctor Nanseu, of Norway, who pro
poses to drift with the ice in a craft
especially designed to resist pressure
from floes, aud another by Mr. Jack
sou, whose effort to cross the ice on
sledges assumes that there is no open
Polar Sea, and is supported by the
Royal Geographioal Society. of Great
Britain.
Twolve different kinds of theology
are preached in four languages in tho
eight churches at Wahoo, Neb.
Whaling in the Antarctio seas this
season Is reported to bo a failure.
Grampuses, seals and sea lions are nu
merous, it is further stated.
For some unexplained reason, states
tho New York Tribune, more fires
seem to break out on Sunday morning
than at any other time of the week.
The success of the three experiment
farms in Manitoba, Assiniboia and
British Columbia is causing Canadian
farmers to urgo tho Government to
establish a larger number.
When people talk about bad times
the Baltimore American thinks it
would be well for them to remember
that there is about seventeen hundred
million dollars ($1,700,000,000) of de
posits in American savings banks.
Savings banks are pretty good financial
thermometers for telling the real con
dition of the country.
The Cincinnati Times-Star exclaims :
Chicago that succeeded in planning
and executing an architectural and
artistio and a mechanical triumph of
which the most imaginative Roman
poet in Rome's Augustan age could
never have dreamod, will continue to
bo talked about throughout the world
and in places, too. whore all other
American cities are unknown.
Says the New York Independent : It
is the native custom in Tinnovelly to
marry with a necklace instead of a ring,
and the Church of England mission
aries there have consented to the
change in the marriage service so that
it shall read: "With this necklace I
thee wed. " But with a delicious in
sularity some of the Angelicans at home
are protesting against the crime of the
change.
The new invention of M. Tnrpin, to
whom the world is indebted for the
discovery of molenite, the most power
ful explosive in existence, seems des
tined, if not to render war impossible,
at any rate, to render the artillery
now in existenoo altogether superflu
ous. It consists of a very light gun
and carriage drawn by two horses, and
four charges can be fired within the
space of fifteen minutes, each of which
throws 25,000 bullets over a surface
of 20,000 square yards. The range of
the gun is about two miles.
Connecticut is now added to the list
of States where the practice of modi
cine is regulated by law. Thero are
now but nine States in tho Union
where the practice of this profession is
absolutely unrestricted by any rules
whatever, and, the Boston Herald re
grets to say, that Massachusetts is ono
of tho delinquent States. The only
equipment that is essential for the
practice of medicine in Massachusetts
is a signboard hung outside the phy
sician's office, and even this is fre
quently dispensed with. Massachu
setts is the irregular practitioner's par
adise. Where has the duster gone? asks the
Philadelphia Press. It is still worn in
the West. It still appears on longer
lines of travel. Its manifest and sen
sible convenience endears it to middle
aged men. But on a short line like
that between this city and New York
the duster has disappeared as com
pletely as last winter's snow-flakes.
The clothing stores keep them on the
back shelves. Few are sold. The big
wholesale dealers do not sell a dozen
where they once disposed of bales. In
a few short years this convenient gar
ment has been relegated to the country
districts and the provinces. Yet iu
cur climate, with our hot, dry sum
mers, our abundant dust and long rail
road journeys, the duster ought to
have become a permanent article of
clothing for all travelers.
"Kyphosis bicyclistarnm" is an
parently known in tho West as well as
the East. "Why is it, asks the
Chicago Journal, "that as soon as a
young man learns tho useful and
graceful art of bicycle riding he must
forthwith attempt to undo tho work
by whieh he was made in tli9 imago of
his Maker and seek to transform him
self into a hideous mesozoio dinosaur
or some other uncanny creepiug thing?
The head goes down, the back is
humped, the arms assume the position
of forelegs, and all that io wanting is
a croak to pass for a broken-backed
frog. There is no excuse for this
abomination. An erect attitudo gives
the rider a much better command of
the wheel. It is merely a habit due to
too much pernicious and unhealthy
"soorohing." Woraou who ride wheels
do not stoop, Out upon this frog
squat, this hump-backed disease,
"kyphosis bioyelintarum I"
A DREAM.
I dreamt that over the wlntor world
The winter winds were sighing,
And Into the orioles' empty nnst '
The flakes of snow were flying.
The vines along the garden wall -
With crystal lee were gloaming,
And In the garden, dull and bare,
Tho summer flowers were dreaming.
Tho snow lay deep over withered grass,
The skins were cold and gray,
And slowly the dreary night came on
To end the weary dny.
I woke. High up In the orchard boughs
A hundred birds were singing,
And In the birch-trees' pleasant shade
The orioles' nosts were swinging.
Along the river, tall and green
I saw the rushes growing,
And daisy petals white as snow
Among the grasses showing.
The flowers held the sunshine bright,
The breezes wore at play,
And swiftly the dreamy night oame on
To end the happy day.
Angelina W. Wray, In Ilarper's Bazar.
MIRE AND MATRIMONY,
BI JAMES KOEL JOHNSON.
T was "grind in'
day" at Thompson's
mill in Jim Creek,
Lewis County, East
Kentucky. The mill
was a rival of Black
burn's store, two
miles above, as a
gossip exchange for
a large territory.
out toward every
housohold tho news of deaths, births,
scandals, fights, courtships, marriages
and other matters of moment. To-day
alargo crowd had gathered, for a rumor
was abroad that Big Tom Latimer and
Polly Ann Rallin were Boon to got
married in the face of her father's op
position. Tho Rallin family -was the
Icadin' one of the county, old Tom
Rallin having a large farm several
horses and "cow brutes" and, by all
odds, the finest breed of cow dogs that
ever volped at a tree in Lewis county
Big Tim and Old Tom were at the
mill, and as the latter was a man of
hot temper, a fight between the men
was hopefully anticipated. Big Tim
was a handsome, good-natured fellow,
who would ficbt only when necessity
commended. He was standing fitting
a stem into a new cob pipe when old
Tom approached and said :
"I beam you an' my gal wuz fixin'
ter marry?
"Wo ain't fixin', olo man," placidly
returned Bier Tim.
"Ye ain't?" hopefully questioned old
Tom.
"No ; wo are already fixed er haw,
haw, haw !
The old man's fingers bunched them
selves into hard hsts, and his eyes
glittered like new dirk knives a-whirl-
incr in the sunshine.
"Fixed!" hissed old Tom, "fixed!
You lazy, good-fer-nnthin' rascal, I'd
hko ter know what you got ter marry
on?"
"I've got my dad's puncheon floor
to marry on, ef we can't get ter stand
up on yourn !"' returned Tim with a
loud exasperating laugh.
"You think ye'r terrible smart, don't
ye?" said old Tom, curling his upper
lip into a vicious snarl.
"Yas, I am smart whar the hide's
off, az my olo grandad uster say er
haw, haw, haw, haw ! I'v course I'm
er smart man, and am well awar' uv it,
er I wouldn't have the) brass tor try
tor marry in the big Rallin family ! A
fool couldn't git a gal like yourn ter
agree ter walk tho puncheon er muter
mony with him. lie must be smart
enough ter keep up the family credit
Polly Ann ain't no ham eater, az my
olo grandad uster say. She's some
puukins herself, an' she knows er smart
person like me, as Boon as her eyes
runs over his face. I cum from a smart
set of peoplo. Ono uv 'em an uncle
served az road overseer in Magoffin
County fer teu years, an' wuz
jist on tho pint o' bein'
'loeted constable, when a gun went
off in a patch o' bresh close to the road,
whar he wuz passin' along, an' kille 1
him. My great grandad wuz also er
smart man. Ho talked six different
wimmen inter the notion o' being his
wife. Ho waz awful smart ! At tho
ago of ninety-six, he waz still smart.
He waz peart enough ter set out on the
fence, on nice warm days, an' watch
his old woman chop off a hickory bush
log. Oh, I tell ye, old man, I'm not
ter be grinned at by them what has no
teeth as my grandad used to say. I'm
er smart feller, an' thar'll be no retri
gradin' in the stock as long az any o'
the Latimer blood iz iu er family er
haw, haw, haw, haw !"
The monumental impudence of Lati
mer was actually fascinating to old
Tom. While tho big, good humored
fellow went rollicking on in the above
style, it was impossible for Old Tom to
keep his sober countenance. He tried
his utmost to keep looking fierce, but
ever and anon he would grin in Bpite
of himself.
At tbi conclusion of Tim's pedigree
he paid : "Tim, I ain't got no time ter
hear moro o' yer foolishness, I "
"What ye in a hurry about? ye got
lota o' time. Tho olo miller sed awhile
ago that we couldn't pit our griudiu'
till erbout dark, and (glancing up nt
the buu) hit ain't moro nor two o'clock
now. That bein' the case, we'd jist az
veil put in the tiiuo n-gusin' az not.
The fack iz, olo man, you're a mighty
interesting olo fuller to tulk to. You
may not believe me, but I consider
you ter bo the only man iu this kentry,
outside o' myself, what kuows how ter
talk real smart talk tho only man
whose traveled and collected food ter
feed tho hog uv a man's intellectual
nater an' make it srpjeel for more ! 1
like a man that I kin go to wheu the
atomaoh uv mer mind is empty an' ail
drawn up, au' git the bain an' gg u'
knowledge that'll stuff me out an' send
me off piekin the teeth o my judg
ment with tho pine splinter uv good
sense I You ro jist that sort nv er ole
man, an its fer that reason az much
az anything clso that has canned me
ter conclude ter lay my matrimonial
claim in your family, and "
"Hay, Tim"
"I'm er savin jest as fast az I can.
olo man. Jist yon stan' back a few
minutes, an' gimme full swing. Az I
wua jist a goin' ter say, I feel that fer
me ter marry in your family will be a
mighty good jump for both sides it'll
keep the best looks an' finest intellecks
in tho county all bounded tergether.
I know you think you can't bear to
lose yer gal, but lemmo say, right
hur, yon shant lose her. She can Btay
right with you "
"Oh, hush, Tim!" said the old
man, grinning and turning away.
"I see I can't get no sense outer you.
But I want to tell ye now before you
string out agin, that you can't have
my gal. I'll die first. You know
when I say anything I mean it. You
are a good-natcred sort uv a cuss in
fact too good-natered but you are
not fit ter be a husband, and ye can't
never hev a gal o' mine."
nay, olo man, I want you ter list
up an' tell me what you object ter me
so strong fer?"
"Wal, in the fust place, you haint
got no boss."
"Is that all?"
"Noap ; you hain't got no cow?"
"Anyth'ng else?"
"Yes; ye ain't got no good coon
dog."
"What else?"
"You won't never have noneT I won't
have a son-in-law that has no boss. "
"Wal, lookee hur, olo man, you've
got all o' them things more than
you'll ever need. Jist suppose you
give me enough to qnalerfy me ter be
come yer son-in-law? You've got moro
stock than you need?"
"I'd see you dead fust!" spoke tho
old man fiercely, as he turned away.
"I'm goin' tor have Polly Ann an'
one of your beBt horses afore two
weeks; I feel it in my bones!" shouted
the big, jolly fellow, as the old man
started off.
"You won't," shrieked the old man,
grinding his teeth, and viciously shak
ing his fist.
"You'll see, olo man. Hit won't do
fer such fine stock as tho Rallins and
Latimers not ter mix up in matermony
cr haw, haw, haw, haw I"'
.
Late in the afternoon, about dark,
old Tom's "turn o' corn" was ground
aud he was just shouldering it up,
ready to carry it out to his horse when
Tim came up and, smiling, said :
"Old man, let me carry out your
turn, an' put it on your hoss. It's too
heavy for you. I don't want ter soo
ye kill yerself up, even if I am goin'
ter marry yer gal an' inherit yer prop
erty!" "You go to the d !" viciously
spoke the old fellow between his teeth,
as he slowly strained tho bag to his
shoulder.
"Wait jist a minite, olo man,"
spoke Tim, laughing, "my turn will
be ready in a minite. I am going
your road, and I'm shoro you'll want
good company ! Besides it's an awful
lonesome road." But tho old man
was riding away aud ho didn't hear
Tim's last words.
"Confound that ar Tim !" the old
fellow spoke to himself in amused vex
ation. "He beats any feller I ever
seed. He'd tickle a dog to hear him
talk. If he only had a hoss I might
give iu arter a while, but never, never,
ever shall a gal o' mine throw herself
away by marrying a feller what ain't
got no hoss."
Darkness was now filling the road
and shutting out the view of all
things. Suddenly an owl brawled out
almost immediately in front at an an
gle of the road. Simultaneously, the
horse, being a spirited animal, leaped
far to one side, and then, oh horrors,
tho old fellow felt tho horse sinking
rapidly into the ground.
"My!" ho shouted, while ho at
tempted to free himself from tho ani
mal, he's jumped into that big miery
hole." With these words he mado a
desperate scramble to get away from
the horse, but the frightened animal,
sunk now to his body in tho slough,
gave a floundering surge, fell to its
side, catching the old fellow s leg, and
rolling the bag of meal off on top of
him. Both horse aud man were now
securely fast, unable to move.
The old fellow was almost delirious
with fright. There he was, helplessly
fast in the slough. And to add further
to his terrors, it was turning colder
every minute. Of course, in such a
place, it was only a question of a few
hours when he must perish. And such
a death ! A man, in good health, to
begin to die gradually without being
able to summon a single humau being.
His hands' and feet must first get
numb. Gradually, slowly his blood
must go from the surface, until, finally,
it turns to ice in his heart !
He begau to pray, and the lips that
never before had trembled in divine
appeal now became fountains of beg
ging exhortation.
Soon he heard the sounds of n
horse's hoofs.
Then, like a lightning flash, broke
on his soul the recollection that Tim
Latimer was to follow him on the same
road. He stopped praying and began
to shout.
"What's the mutter?" asked Tim,
riding near. "Are ye repeutiu', ole
' man Js that what yer pruyin alioiit
try in' ter git forgiveness for tho way
ye been talkin' ter me? Bully for you,
ole man ! I kno-.ved you waz goin' ter
l!op up all right ! (iit on yer horne,
ole man, I fergive ye. It's too cold to
be repeutiu' down thur ! (lit up an'
do yer prayin' au' shoutiu' while we
ride along I"
"Ah, God bless yo, Tim!" cried the
old fellow, iu tones butweea a groan
and a shout.
"I'm hur in tho ole
miery hole !"
"Tho nation yon are !" shouted Tim.
"Why, what got ye in tho notion ter
git down iu such cr place az that ter
pray? Wanted ter be az hnmblo az
poss'ble, I reckon? Wal, tho Lord
likes er humble sinner. But git up,
now, ole man, hits er gittin' too cold io
stay there."
"Oh, Tim, can't ye understand? My
horse is plum ter his breast in the mud
I'm loyin' on her back, an' the sack
flopped across me !"
"Er haw, haw, haw, haw, haw, er
wah haw-ah-wah!" roared Tim, "ef
that don't beat anything az my olo
grandad uster say ! Why, ole man,
don't yon know that's no place ter be
a layin' sich er night as this? I'm sur
prised at a man o' your senso gittin
down thar. You didn't appear so awful
drunk when ye left the mill ! Hit must
er flew ter yer hed awful quicK."
"Oh, Tim," desperately spoke the
old fellow, "hush yer foolishness now,
an' git me outer here. I'll die here
before much longer."
"Of course ye will, ole man, an'
that'll just be ter my hand ! I won't
have no troublo then erbout gittin' yel
gaL Whoop ! I knowed thar wuz some
good luck waitin' ter rejuvernate my
lovin' soul ! Wal, hit's er gittin' too
cold for me ter stay hur enny longer.
Good by, olo man!"
"Oh. Tim, Tim, Tim!" shouted the
old fellow, breaking into a cry,
"please, for God's sake, Tim, don't go
off on' leave me to die 1 I'll pay you
ennything you ax ef you'll git me
out."
"Will ye give me Polly Ann?"
"Yes, yes," eagerly spoke tho old
fellow.
"An' a hoss?"
"Sartinly hurry up, Tim 1"
"An' er cow?"
"Course, course! hurry, Tim!"
"An' er good brood sow an' rigs?"
"Oh, Lordy mighty, yas I Hurry
an' come, Tim !"
"An' cr good coon dog?"
"Yas, yas, yas! the best one I've
got! Hurry!"
"Whoop, whoopee!" screamed Tim,
as ho leaped from his horse. He ran
to a fence near by and got two rails.
He soon had tho old man pried out of
tho mud, and then tho two released
the horse. Tim rode home with the
old fellow. On the way he stopped at
Parson Ado's and forced the latter to
accompany him. An hour later he was
the old man's son-in-law. Yankee
Blade.
Can Odors Cause Deafness I
Everyone does not know that aro
matic salts and very strong, pungent
odors oro -injurious to the nerves of
smell, and often produce serious, if
not incurable difficulties.
It is well understood that certain
scents start the action of the secretory
glands of the nose and throat, and
often the eyes fill up with tears. Fre
quent indulgence iu the use of such
perfumes will soon overtax the secre
tory organs and weaken them. Some
day tho person observes that the hear
ing is less acute than usual, and tho
sense of smell seems defective.
This is, of course accredited to a
cold, aivl but little is thought of it.
After a time, the entire head becomes
affected, hearing and smell are almost,
if not altogether lacking, and there are
throat and lung complications which
are likely to end in chronic, if not fatal
illness.
It has taken the medical world a great
many years to discover that loss of
hearing is almost invariably caused by
somo disease of the throat or nose, or
both.
It is said that tho uso of smelling
salts is one of the most proline- causes
of deafness, operating by weakening
the olfactory nerves, and through them
the auditory system. All strong or
pungent odors should be avoided as
fur as possible, especially those which
act upon tho secretory processes, and
as the popular expression goes, "make
the nose run." Yankee Rlade.
The Kent is a Rose.
An interesting ceremony took place
at tho Lutheran Church at Mauheim,
1'enn., the other Sunday. It was tho
payment of the annual rental for the
ground on which tho church stands,
aud is locally known as tho "feast ol
roses." In 1772 Buron William Henry
Ktiegel, tho founder of Manheim,
donated the ground to tho Lutheran
congregation, upon which Zion Church
now stands. The Baron exacted for
his laud "five shillings in cash and the
annual rental of ono red rose in June,
when the same shall be lawfully de
manded. " That clause is in the deed
of transfer, and for 120 years the red
roso has been paid by tho congrega
tion to some descendant of the Baron.
At tho services Mrs. Elizabeth Boyer,
of ilarrisburg, a great-granddaughter
of Baron Kteigel, was tho representa
tive of the landlord. On the altar, in
a vase, was a huge red rose. An
ollicitil of the church council made an
address and formally tendered tho
roso to Mrs. Boyer, who then signed
a receipt for a year's rent of the
property. New Orleans Picayune.
Tno.Miitclied Ilrilliunls Worth $500,000.
At the Imperial Institute, Loudon,
the Prince of Wales lately inspected
the splendid Mylohreost diamonds, a
pair of magnificent brilliants which
were found iu Du Toit's pan mine,
Kimhcrly, South Africa, in 1S85, by J.
Mylchreest. ( Iriginally tho weight of
the stone was l'J'.IJ karats, but it was
cleft iu two and cut regardless of
weight, ku us to secure the perfection
of brilliancy. This Work, together
I with cutting uud polishing, was done
I ii. I. ..ml. hi mill t)m lifilliiLlitu urfl huiil
to be the finest pair in existence; for
it is the opinion of experts that them
is no other pair of brilliants of the
bainti size cut from tho same stone.
They are a complete match and their
value is placed at 8300,000. Jawalers'
Review.
SCIENTIFIC AXD INDUSTRIAL.
Men on an average weigh twenty
pounds more than women.
The death rate from apoplexy is
highest at Turin, Italy 610 in 10,000.
It is now proposed to make tho
trolley do tho work that mules have
been accustomed to do for canal boat-.
Tho English importers of Australian
frozen meat advise that the animal
heat should be allowed to escape be
fore they begin to be frozen.
French ingenuity has contrived an
improved stone-cutting saw of remark
able efficiency a circular saw having
ittedge set with black diamonds in
the samn way as the straight blades ;
but as the strain on the diamond is all
in ono direction the setting can bo
made much firmer.
In the Electrical Engineer J. E.
Emerson states that once, wheu twenty-two
years of age, he tried, for a
freak, how much iron he could handlo
in a working day. He lifted and piled
in heaps four feet high 212) tons of
pig-iron in lumps, varying from sixty
pounds to 130 pounds.
An electric alarm bell for use on
trains, to supersede the unsatisfactory
cord communication, has been success
fully tried in Scotland. In addition
to serving as an alarm, it can be used
for starting trains from the guard's
van, instead of the present method of
whistling and waving of flags.
The Central Society of Agriculture,
of Heranlt, France, promises that a
laboratory for agricultural analysis
shall be annexed to tho chemical
laboratory of the National School of
Agriculture at Montpelier in order to
deal with chemical manures, the use
of which is becoming greater in that
department.
The Bibliotheqne Nationale of Paris
has recently acquired a cameo of large
size and finest workmanship, shewing
a duel on horseback between a Sassa
nid king and a Roman emperor. M.
Bableon, the keeper of the department
of coins, recognizes in the subject a
traditional representation of the cap
ture of Valerian on the field of battle
by Sapor I. (A. D. 250).
One of the most wonderful discov
eries in science that have been mado
within the last year or two is the fact
that a beam of light produces sound.
A beam of sunlight is thrown through
a lens on a glass vessel that contains
lamp-black, colored Bilk or worsted, or
other substances. A disk, having slits
or openings cut in it, is made to re
volve swiftly in this beam of light, so
as to cut it up, thus making alternate
flashes of light and shadow. On put
ting the ear to the glass vessel strange
sounds are heard so long as tho flash
ing beam is falling on the vessel.
A few coast lines on the world's sur
face remain undefined. The longest of
these is the outline of the Antartio
Continent, which will be surveyed
under the auspices of the Australian
colonies as soon -s money enough can
bo raised for the purpose ; another is
the coast line of Greenland, from Capo
Washington, in eighty-three degrees
thirty minutes, to Cape Bismarck, in
about seventy-six degrees north lati
tude. This stretch of coast has defied
the examination of voyagers from tho
fact that the w hole cast coast of Green
land is clothed in perennial ice and
swept by unceasing northeast gales.
A Muscular Magistrate.
Judge Coleman, of Butte, may not
be a very large man, says tho Butto
(Montana) Bystander, but when it
comes to upholding the supreme power
of the law he looks as large as an ele
phant. At least so thinks Mr. Reski,
a Hungarian who is reported to have
killed a man or two before coming to
America, aud, after spending eleven
years in the penal institution of Hun
gary, left his native country for his
country's good.
Mr. Reski's aesthetic taste not being
suited by the cooking of the partner,
Mr. Vago, he attempted to kill him.
A warrant was sworn out, but the o ni
cer failed to find Mr. Reski. Vago in
formed Judge Coleman that Reski was
gambling in the Combination. No
officer being present at the time the
judge concluded to make the arrest
himself. Vao went out with him aud
pointed out the man wanted and then
skipped out.
The judge called Reski outside and
told him he had a warrant for his arrest.
In response tho Hungarian pulled out a
pistol, but before he could use it he re
ceived a "habeas corpus" under the ear,
was disarmed and marched up to court
iu double-quick time. As they were
going up the stairs which led to the
court Reski pulled another pistol, a
forty-four Ckdt's saying, "Me kill you
now," attempted to shoot, hut again
the judge was too tpiick for him, and,
knocking him down, took the second
gun away from him, and bennies giv
ing him a good thumping, read him a
lecture on the evils of attempting to
obstruct the course of justice, alter
whieh he was escorted to tho court
room, his case set for trial aud then
marched down to tho city jail. Upon
being searched a belt of cartridges and
an eight-inch dirk were taken from
him, iu addition to the two pistols
secured by the judge.
If any State in the Union has a ner
vier lawgiver than Judge C'olemun we
would like to hear from it. The judge
can be found in his office at all hours
of the day or night.
Horses lor the Army Ah road.
In Prussia, Frauee ami Austria env
ulry and other horses for the army ure
bred iu stuliles owned by the Govern
ment. Kvery stallion must puss the
severest veterinary examination. They
are allowed to serve approved mures
belonging to farmers and breeders, if
the colts from thete mures come up to
the required standard, then tho Gov
ernment buy them to ebicate thorn
lot cavalry hul .' York World.
THE BELLS OF LI BEK! ?.
lllng out, O bells ot liberty !
Itlng out with joy and mirth, -And
send the rapture of your chimes
Around the listening earth ;
Ring loud and clear that all may hoar-
The fettered and the free
The volne that ntlrred our fathers' souls,
The voice of liberty.
Itlng out, O bells ! ring once again,
A purer, holler chime, (
And send the echoes of your strain '
For up the bills of Timo ;
Ring, ring with clear, prophetic volco
The bliss that yet shall he
Bay to the earth, "Rnjoico, rejoice ! '
For love Is liberty !"
Ring, tuneful bells, rim sweet and cloaf
A hymn of prayer and praise
That God will guide us year by year
Through His appointed wnye. i
Ring, ring harmonious to His will
For only those are free
Who In the love of God fulfill
His law of liberty.
-Ida W. Benham, In Youth's Compnnlon.j
HTM0R OF THE BAY.
Old as tho hills--Tho dales. .
Made .to order Tho waitress.
Two wrongs make lawyers writs.
Alive and kicking The disappointed
office-seeker.
The buzz-satf is alwoys ready to
take a hand in.
A burning question -Was there Bny
insurance? Now Y'ork Journal.
Little wonder that one of the billiard
balls is so red. It is often kissed.
Upon the gay excursion boat
That soils by town and thicket
They say that Cupid always has
A commutation tiekct.
-Wnshington Htar.
Tho low's delays ore not manifested
in tho presentation of lawyers' bills.
Puck.
Smugglers are eecentrio people;
they avoid tho regular customs.
Truth.
Every man is a great baby if he can
find tho right ono to cry to. Atchison
Globe.
"Well, I do declare !" said Thomas
Jefferson, as he signed tho Declaration
of Independence. Puck.
"I will now get into my coat ot
mail," remarked tho letter when it saw
the stamped envelope. Washington
Star.
"Of what aro you thinking?"
"Of nothing," said she.
"Oh, thauk you," said Cholly,
"For thinking of me."
Washington Star.
Patient "Doctor, is there any sure
cure for dandruff?" Doctor "Yes,
cultivate a bald head. "Detroit Free
Press.
While tho elovator man gives many
a fellow a lift, he doesn't hesitate to
run a chap down. Philadelphia
Record.
"Do yon think this dress makes me
look older?" Clerk "I don't seehow
it possibly could, ma'am." Chicago
Inter-Ocean.
There is nothing a man hates wot
than to have his wife call him iuto her
room and say she- wants to have a
private talk with him. Atchison Glebe.
He saw many sights at the Fair
That others had tailed to hike In,
For he planted his heel by mistake
On a piece of soft orange skin.
Chicago luter-Oceon.
Teacher "Do pease grow on vines
or on bushes?" Pupil (whose father
keeps a summer boarding-house)
"They comes iu cans." Boston Tran
script. The Blonde "Of course ho thinks
her an aagel, wings aud all." Tho
Brunette "I guess ho does. She told
mo he wanted her to fly with him."
Troy Press.
"Move on, there !" said the facetious
policeman to a lounger near a Western
State's prison; "the Sheriff's the only
man who is allowed to hang about
here. " Statesman.
Dicksmith "How do you account
for Miss Mueheash never having mar
ried?" Kajones--"Easy enough. She's
too blamed stingy even to entertain m
proposal. " Buffalo Courier.
"If money does talk," observed
Huobhs, the other night, "I would like
to r.sk tho girl on tho silver dollar why
fhe so persistently and successfully
shuns me." Philadelphia Record.
"Van's not looking at all well for a
mau who's just back frftm ft health re
sort." "No. They call it a health
resort because one leaves one's health
there." Kate Field's Washington..
In a French School : Teacher
"What is the matter, boys? You are
all covered with mud." Pupils
"Oh, sir, we've only been playiug the
Panama t'aual game."--Journal Amus
ait. Jinks- -"Do you at prove of mar
riage ith a deceased wife's sister?"
Rinks --"Certainly I do." Jinks--"And
why, may 1 ask?" llinks--"Be-CHiise
of the suving in mothers-in-law."
Funny Folks.
"What I want, futlier, " said tho
young man with the college medal, "is
a wide field. " "Good!" exclaimed thrt
old gentleman. "I ulwuvs S'lid you had
horse sense, John ; take the blind mulo
and ten acres." -Detroit Free Press.
No Consideration For His Loss.
The prisoner, a toutrh-lookin eili
zeu with a progmttlioiii: cu of coun
tenance and a bad eye, had been found
guilty of beating his horse to death.
"I wish it were in my power to pun
ish your brutality us it deserves by
sending you to the penitentiary," said
the ui'i 'istiiite, with strong indigna
tion, "but 1 hall ti:io you I'll) and
you will stand committed till the tine,
aud cost are paid."
"Can't you make it little lighter.
squire.' plcuibM me prisoner, ilruuiujf
the back of a grimy hand neioss
eyes. ' That's pnrty hard on a
that's jukt lost aguod ho! '-Chi
neioss his
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