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VOL. XXVI. NO. 30.
TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, NOV. 15, 1893.
$1.50 PER ANNUM.
Nearly 1000 children uro born yeor
ly in London workhouses.
Iiifo insurance companies aro be
coming the holders of enormous
iiiiibsos of capital.
Paris statistics show that out of
every thousand bachelors forty nru
criminals, rail out of rvcry thousand
married men only eight. This gives n
ratio of crime five times ns high with
unmarried men.
Between 2000 mid 2500 convicts from
. English prisons nre niiiiiinlly dis
charged on ttckct-of-lonvo, nnd of these
over seven hundred nro apprehended
for fresh offenses and 120 for fulling to
report themselves.
Tho City of London is sacred from
intrusion by tlio Boyal troops, and
only two regiments in tho British scr
vico have the right to innrrh through
it in innrtiul nrrny, with bunds play
ing, bayonets fixed and colors dis
played. "Tho thoroughfares of Rio d Ja
neiro are bo narrow that people can
lean out of windows and shake hands
across tho street. Kvcnts, however,
remarks tho Washington Star, do not
indicate that they feel liko doing this
very often.
Theodoro Hoosevclt thinks that tho
day is not far distant when tho lake
country of Wisconsin and Minnesota
will bo famous ns the summer resort
of both tho Kostorn and Western States,
and that a trip thither will bo nM pop
ular as one to Newport or Saratoga
now is.
Tho Now York News boasts that
"from tho figures furnished by the
State Board of Equalization it appears
that the apparent value of leal estate,
pins tho assessed vnlno of personal
property, make an aggregates of nearly
six billiou dollars. This is equivalent
to about one thousand dollars for every
man, woman, and childfin tho State, or
fivo thousand dollars for nn average
family.
Tho Loudon Standard correspond
ent at Shanghai telegraphs that
Viceroy Chang, notorious for his
hatred of foreigners and for encourag
ing natives in tho barbarous treatment
of Europeans, is reported to have ad
dressed a petition to the throne openly
advocating tho extermination of for
eigners in China, and especiolly Eng
lish, in order to prevent tho eventual
partition of China among European
powers. Tho hostility to loreignersin
tho provinces is unabated.
Statistics are said to show- that
young men do not, on tho average,
attain full physical maturity until
they arrive at tho age of twenty-eight
years. I'rofessor Soheiller, of Har
vard, asserts, as the result of his ob
servations, that young men do not at
tain to the full measure of their men
tal faculties before twenty-five years
of ago. A shrewd observer has said
that "most men aro boys until they
nro thirty, and little boys until they
aro tweuty-tive ;" and this accords
with the standard of manhood whio
was fixed at thirty among the ancient
Hebrews and other races.
Tho stocking of Alaska with reindeer
is a pronounced bucccss according to
the llev. Poctor Sheldon Jackson,
United States General Agent of Edu
cation in Alaska. Of 170 reindeer
brought to Alaska from Siberia last
year but eleven died, while eighty
eight fawns were born, of which
seventy-nino wero living threo weeks
ago. The revenue steamer Bear made
several trips across tho straits this
summer and transported thirty-scveu
more reindeer to Alaska. The purpose
of the scheme is to furnish a reliable
supply of food for the natives and also
to establish tho use of the deer for
work purposes.
A Peruvian inventor has endeavored
to provide against the danger to which
vessels are exposed when iu tho vicin
ity of icebergs or other impending col
lisions by designing a means of stop
ping the vessel suddenly. A vertically
sliding frame on a post at the bow of
tho vessel has on its sides pivoted
wings which will expand transversely
when required. The wings are held
iu their normal position by means of
chains attached to a forward projection
of the frame, and otherehninsconuect
iug tho free ends of wiugs with the
sides of tho vessel. A winch, the
mechanism of which is under the con
trol of tho officers in charge, is placed
on deck, and hold the chains or ropes
which actuate the wiugs. As soon as
danger approaches a few turns of the
winch will throw open the wiugs and a
resistance will thus lie ottered to the
forward motiou of the ship which will
Lave a material effect iu bringing it to
n standstill,
"YOU COME TO K COUNTRY RI;H
WITH CORN."
Voa come to a country rich with corn,
Octolxr !
The young birds pipe la tho Holds now
shorn,
October 1
Htooks of ruesot oa every hand
Like pointed tentB of the rod man stand,
Octolx-r 1
Tho flail Is hoard on the farmer's floor,
O'rtober !
Straw and chaff aro thick at tho door,
October !
The dusty sacks ko over thn hill,
And merrily, merrily whirls tho mill,
Ooto!or !
Your voice Is a thrush's, a town's your trend,
October 1
A garland of wild flowers Is round your
head,
October !
Your ohnek how bonny, your breath how
sweet !
And the lamps of tlio forest light your foot,
October!
Shake your crisp locks to the life-giving sub,
October I
Drink of your presses, that laugh as they
run,
October I
For the Ice King lurks In the fields of snow,
To rifle your kingdom and lay you low,
October !
Dora B. Ooodalo In Harper's Young People.
WHAT SHE SAW.
BY. EMMA A OPPER.
APPT ( Yes!
Never had Net
tie Frame
looked for such
happiness. It
was wonderful,
incredible.
Would her
mother think
it too sudden?
No, no j not
when void all
about it. It
had been three
long months
that she had
been here with
Aunt Julia, who, extravagant woman,
owned two summer cottages elsewhere,
but who so greatly preferred this big,
jolly, lovely hotel on Cliff Isle that
she had come hither for two entire
seasons, bringing her favorite niece
with her. And this summer her fa
vorite niece had met Stanley Muyhew,
been loved by him, loved him and
promised to be his wife.
Nettie sat in the corner of a great,
soft sofa in the long parlor, thinking
her happy thoughts. Only three
months ! but how well they knew each
other now 1
Stanley came down from the city
every night, and every Sunday for all
day, and how her contented Blind
teemed with sweet memories of moon
light strolls on the saudy -shore; of
quiet hours on a rustic bench on the
hill ; of crabbing and fishing in his
little skiff; of long talks, only bright
and friendly at first, then something
more ; of the moment when he had
spoke, aud sho had yielded her full
trust to him ; of the blessed two weeks
since then.
Sho had written to her mother nnd
she had told her Aunt Julia; and she
wondered if she ought not to tell
Eleanor Wells. Why hadn't she?
Eleanor and she were chums, and
Eleanor was an old friend of Stanley's
family in the city, and was the one
girl beside herself to whom Stanley paid
any attention. Was sho, perhaps, just
the least mite jealous of that old friend
ship, aud of Stanley's frank admira
tion of Eleanor? Was it because of
that lurking little doubtfulness that
she had not confided her happiness to
Eleanor ?
Nettie was ashamed of tho fooling.
Of course ho admired a handsome,
clever, charming girl. He himself
had introduced them, and wanted
them to be friends, as they wero. It
was herself whom he loved. Was not
that enough for her? Did it not seem
to fill her world with radience?
She would go and find Eleanor this
minute and tell her. Sho would tell
how she almost wondered that he had
not chosen her instead ; and they
would laugh together probably cry a
little and have a good talk.
She must hurry. It was after seven
o'clock now, aud he would be down on
the eight o'clock boat to-night, he had
told her, because he had a little extra
work at the office. She would just
have time, when she had seen Eleanor,
to get into her prettiest gown for him.
She rose, smiling and flushing, aud
went tripping down tho long room,
humming a gay air.
A huge, gilt-framed mirror was at
the end of it. She stopped suddonly,
in the act of passing it.
. He had come I There he was, just
entering thefarthor door of tho parlor.
Eleanor Wells was with him.
Nettie stood waitiug, her eyes fast
ened on the mirror which reflected
them.
Tho moment she stood there seemed
to her nn eternity. Her smilo faded,
a quiver passed over her, and her faoo
took on a marble coldness ; for she had
Been Stauley Muyhew stoop over Elea
nor Wells seen her raise her pretty,
graceful head, aud seen their lips
meet.
Herself they had not seen. Poor
Nettie ! She turned away. Her
trembling hands wero clasped so tight
ly that it hurt her ; her breath came in
little, miserable gasps.
Sho hardly knew what she was do
ing, when sho passed out ucross the
broad piazza, and, bareheaded, went
gropingly out into the thickening
dunk.
To be alone to get away from every
body aud ever) Ihiug tlist wits her be
wildered longing.
"He must have come by the seven
o'clock bout," she said to herself, me
chanically, again aud aguiu.
M
And that was nt first ns far ns her
thoughts would go ; for sho could not
believe what sho had seen. !
"No, nol" sho whispered, wringing
her hands. "It wasn't Stanley. No,
no 1" as though every feature of his,
every look, wero not familiar and dear
to her.
She found herse lf mounting the hill
nnd sinking down on tho rustic sent
where they had sat together so often.
And there bIio pressed her face on tho
rough wood and tried to think.
Think? She could not. Ono thing
blinded her to nil besides and stifled
thought ths remembrance of that
which the mirror had reflected of
that sight of the man she loved and
had trusted tenderly, bending to
caress nnother woman.
Ho did not love her, then. Sho was
a plaything merely asourccof whim
sical amusement for him during the
ldlo hours of the summer. He had
not cared for her ho had not been
serious. He had meant to make love
to her whilo tho mood was upon him,
and to break tho bond when he should
tiro of it. Elso could he be making
love to another woman ?
And she had cared for him so deeply
her faith in him had been so entire 1
And her love for him had so filled her
heart and her life 1 Oh, it had been
no light matter to her.
And now what? Sho could not
find relief in tears, as she asked her
self that wrenching question.
She felt frozen, benumbed. She
sat motionless, and stared up at the
first faint star in tho gray skin.
"Nettie 1" a voice called, impera
tively and half impatiently.
It was Stanley Mayhew's, and he
followed it. He came hurrying up
the bank.
"Mrs. Loney told mo she saw you
coming np her. What on earth
You must have known I'd be there.
Or, no; I told you the eight o'clock
boat, didn't I? Well, I got through
before I thought I should, and here I
am."
He threw himself down beside her,
a shadowy form in tho dimness, and
patted her hand by way of greeting ;
nor did he notice that she drew it
away quickly and far.
Ho was laughing, and when he had
paused a moment to get his breath, he
began to explain why.
"Now, what do you think?" he de
manded. "Now guess! I ve just seen
Eleanor Wells, What do yon think
she told me?"
Nettie shivered.
"Well, they're engaged !" said her
lover, with an air of triumph.
What did he moan? she wondered,
But she did not care. What difference
did it make what he meant? What
difference could anything make now?
"They re engaged, he repeated.
"lue trouble is over, tno storm is
ended, and they've got into smooth
waters, with the matrimonial port in
plain sight. Of course she's told you
all about Leonard? Talked to you
about him for hours, I suppose?
"No?" he went on, though Nettie
had not spoken. "I can't believe it!
Aud yon such chums !
"Well, I've told you about Leon
ard, you kuow my next older brother
who went to California in April to
manago a mining syndicate the clev
erest fellow you ever saw.
"Well, he and Eleanor were en
gaged. Really, didn't she tell you?
Why, that's port of our family record,
for it's an old affair. Tho Wells chil
dren and 'we una' used to play dolls
and tag together, you know, and it has
always been a settled thing, somehow,
that Eleanor would marry Leonard
when they got old enough, because
they were always sweet on each other.
"Well, they had been regularly en
gaged for a year or so, when lo, nnd
behold t early this spring they had u
tiff.
"It was all about a young Spaniard
that Eleanor didn't care any moro
about than sho docs about me ; but
the spat grew into a quarrel, and tho
quarrel ended in , Eleanor's sending
back poor Leu's riii aud all his pho
tographs aud tin types and presents.
"1 believe there was a packing box
full of them, and I'red and I arranged
them in his room, uud put crape over
the door. But we were really broken
up about it, all of us. Mother was
actually sick for a week. Aud Len
Len was a mental wreck.
"He looked like a ghost. Ho said
he'd got to get away, and first we
know he'd packed up and gone off to
California to manago a syndicate.
"I've been gluin enough over it. I
knew Leonard thought the world of
her, aud that she well, I'll come to
the point," said Stanley, with another
breezy laugh. "I met Eleanor down
at the house just as I got there, aud
she told mo that it's just fixed up.
"She said she knew nil the whilo
that she was to blume, nnd tho other
day sho mustired up courago to writo
and tell Leu so, ami the very next day
she got a long letter from him.
"He vowed he was iu tho wrong,
aud wanted her to forgive him aud
take him back, and so forth aud so on.
Their letters had crossed each other;
the spirit hail moved them both almost
at tho same time. So now they're
both back in their seventh heaven.
" don't see why Eleanor never
told you. She's just the irl to eon
tide her troubles to a sympathizing
girl friend. But you say you didn't
know Hello!" He hod lighted a
match for his cigar, and playfully held
it to her face. "Nettie, what is any
thing" But Nettie grasped his coat-front
with two tremulous little hands.
"Aud when she told you you kissed
her?" she queried.
"lid you guess thit?" he asked,
laughing. "Of course I kissed her.
I was so glad, 1 didn't kuow hat 1 was
doing ; but 1 should hsve given her
thut kir-s of brotherly affection uud
congratulation if 1 had known. Why,
Nettie why, dear "
She was sobbing softly. Of course
his cignr fell to the ground that his
arms might do their duty.
"I I've wronged yon," sho sobbed.
"You and her. You wouldn't speak to
mo again if you knew!"
But ho did know two minutes later,
ami he only laughed and drew her
closer.
"Now I do know you care for me,"
ho declared, in high contentment.
And if I hadn t been so so jealous
of her," Nettie whispered, "it would
never, never have happened. I should
have told her of our engagement then,
and she would have trusted me and
told mo about her affair, nnd I should
never have suspected either of you.
Oh, Stanloy, can you forgive me can
you ?"
Yes, bo could, for he kissed her.
"I think you had the worst of it,
little girl," ho said, in tender banter.
"I know I did, she answered,
solemnly. Saturday Night.
He t.rew Up With the Country.
Dozens of letters have been received
from all corners of tho United States
for more information about the little
gray toad that was dug np under sev
enteen feet of hardpau on the premises
of Henry and Eliza Henderson in the
southern part of this city, soys a
Tocoma (Washington) letter to tho
New York Sun. Managers of museums
aud owners of aquariums covet tho
littlo hopper, which is not over a
month old, dating from tho day he
was unearthed. What surprises the
scientists most is the fact that he does
not turn np his cat-like claws and die.
Heretofore, toads taken from stones or
dug up out of ih) earth at a great
depth have died in a few days, most
of them expiring inside of an hour or
two, but this particular toad is grow
ing fat on flies and can hop eighteen
inches any day. Ho loses his appetite
after eating six or seven plump houso
flies. These have to be caught for
him. When they are placed before
him he jumps after them viciously and
blinks, and shifts his weight from one
forefoot to the other after swallowing
them.
There are various surmises as to tho
age of this toad. Trees which were
Baplings at the time Columbus landed
were growing in the four feet of soil
on the top of the hardpnn until the
Hendersons felled them three years
ago. In a few days the toad will be
forwarded to Harry Henderson, of
Pittsburg, Penn., a nephew of the
Tacomo Hendersons, who will place'
him in an aquarium in Shenly Park,
East Liberty, at that city. Miss Hen
derson is afraid to trust this ancient
treasure to the care of a friend, an ex
press company, or the mails, and she
will probably make a special trip East
in tho capacity of fly catcher and
chaperon for his toadlets.
A Substitute for Tan Bark,
Growing wild in great abundance in
New Mexico and Arizona is a plant
that yields a large percentage of tan
nic acid. It is known as canaigre.
Experiments were made with this
plant, and when it became certain that
the product of its root was in every
way suited to tanning, a large quan
tity of the tubers were shipped to
various tanneries, both in the United
States and Europe. This was in 1889.
The results obtained were at once
gratifying and encouraging to all con
cerned. A number of European tanner
erected plants for extracting the acid
from the canaigre root and adapted
their. tanneries to the use of the prod
uct. It will surprise most readers to
learn that since that time they have
had large forces of men employed in
New Mexico and Arizona digging and
shipping the root.
American tanners have boen slow in
taking up the canaigre root, fearing
the supply could not bo made to an
swer the demund. They have long
been convinced, however, that it fur
nishes equally as good a tanning agent
as the oak or hemlock bark, and at
last steps aro being taken to begin the
cultivation of tho plant on a largo
scale. Many formers in New Mexico
have undertaken to make a business of
it, and a large company has been in
corporated for the purpose of improv
ing the lands of the Pecos Valley,
where tho conditions are especially
favorable to its growth. Waverley
Mugaziuo.
Not so Dangerous.
"Man iu No. OS wauts some parlor
motches. He says these eight-day
sticks are a confounded nuisance," the
bell boy said to the clerk iu one of the
hotels yesterday.
"Tell him he'll have to get along
with the old-style match," answered
tho clerk. 'The insurance companies
don't allow parlor matches iu the
rooms. "
"Yes, that's a fact," ho continued,
iu answer to u surprised questioner.
"Insurauee policies of ucrrly ull com
panies prohibit tho keeping and use
of parlor matches iu any part of a
hotel, but they lire generally kept in
the offices because they are iu greater
favor u:id more convenient than the
sulphur match, and tho requirements
of the policy is to that extent over
looked by both its holders ami the
issuing company. There isn't much
chance lor an accidental ignitiou of a
parlor match to do much harm iu a
hotel office, but they are dangerous
things iu rooms, where carpets or cur
tains or slray paper are lialde to catch
tiro from them. They ore not only
more easily lighted by accident, such
us steppiu.; upon them, but, as is not
generally known, they often break out
in flame from spontaneous combustion.
You may judge how easily this is liable
to happen by holding a iiuiich of them
iu the dark and uutching the fume
that continually stises from them.
Tho sulphur match is not so danger
ous iu uuy of these particulars. "
KaiAMts City Times,
SOMIiQUKKHTELKUItAlMIS.
NOVEL WAT3 OP SENDING MES
SAGES LONG DISTANCES.
Series of Mourning nunon, Hea"nu
Klres niul Signal Towers t'om
ItilinlcMtlug by Sun Flushes.
WHEN the Erie Canal was
opened from New York to
Buffalo, it was announced
by tho booming of cannon
all along the route J the man with the
big gun nt IiufTal j began, and the one
Bt the next station heard it, nnd fired
his, anil so on step by step till the city
of New York was reached. That was
one kind of telegraphing, but the eyo
is employed iu signaling moro often
than the ear.
Beacon fires flashing from hill to
hill is the earliest way of sending mes
sages of which we know anything ; of
course, those in charge of tho fires
understood each other's signs one,
two, three blazes by night, one, two,
three columns of smoke by day, meant
to those who understood that an en
emy was approaching, that there were
few or many, and so on.
Jeremiah, tho old Jewish prophet,
called on tho people of Benjamin to
kindle a fire signal on a mountain top,
and the old Oreek poet, iEsehylus,
tells us that the commander of the
Greeks nt tho famous siege of Troy
telegraphed tho message of tho city's
fall to his wife, who was in far-off
Greece. The news was flashed by fires
from peak to peak of eight intervening
mountains, traveling the whole dis
tance in one night. Threo hundred
years ngo, when nil England wns
stirred with terror nt tho coming of
the great Spanish Armada, how eagerly
they watched by night for tho first
flicker on the hilltop.
Each peak near tho const had its
bonfire ready laid, nnd below waited
men with swift horses ready to carry
the message of woe if 'he Spaniards
came by day. But tho flint never
struck tho spark from steel to start the
blaze, the trusty horses never cluttered
down into tho valleys, for the winds
nnd wnves of the Atlantic scattered the
great fleet, and not a ship was landed
on the coast.
Iu later times the semaphore served
a very good purpose to carry messages.
Towers were built on commanding
points, five or ten miles apart ; frames
on these held shutters by the opening
nnd shutting of which sixty-three dis
trict signals could be made. A simpler
arrangement was afterward used con
sisting of two arms worked up nnd
down from within these towers. On
the lookout room wero telescopes
which were constantly fixed on the
tower next in line. So perfect was the
system that when the timo ball was
dropped at tho Greenwich Observatory
at the hour of noon, it was signaled
to Portsmouth Bnd tho message of ac
knowledgment received at Greenwich
within three-quarters of a minute. Of
course a fog rendered these signals
useless, and they were gladly given up
when men began to play with light
ning nnd train it to carry their mes
sages. Flags are used moro or less at
sea for signaling, but a fog also ren
ders them useless, aud the tit fulness
of the wind is nnother difficulty ; too
little breeze leaves them flapping nt
the post, too much may flutter them
with the end toward the other party.
Then tho semaphore system is used,
as a must or polo with its two arms
can be set np anywhere on a ship.
There is still another mode of sig
naling used largely between the army
posts in our Western country, iu which
old Sol writes the letters of tho mes
sage. Perhaps every boy or girl has
flashed the sun's light by means of a
mirror, nnd enjoyed seeing the vivid
spot dunce nt his will, by the adjust
ment of the looking glass. Some one,
with the kind of bruin which sees n
step further than his comrade's does,
said: "W'hv not make practical use of
this vivid fur-reaching flash?" and
forthwith the heliograph or sun writer
came into being.
It is a small compact nIVair i n tripod
holds a bar which supports a mirror,
on the bar is a projection like the sight
on a gun to guide the eye in adjusting
it. A small hole is scratched t hrough
the quicksilver at the centre of tho
mirror, which, of course, makes u dark
spot or shadow in the centre ol the
patch of light. The operator takes
his instrument to tho highest point
convenient and with it "eover i" tho
mountain poak where he kuoAs tho
other party with whom he wimts to
speak must be.
Attached to the sight on tho -od is a
small white disc. The opera. or ad
justs his mirror till the little uark spot
of shadow is thrown on thu disc, and
as ho knows from thy "aiming" or
"sighting" of tho rod that the disc
covers the spot he wants to strike, he
is suro thut the strongest glare of the
light is just where he wants it to be.
Now tho muu on tho other mountain
wutehiug tho vivid spot, sees it Hash,
flush, flush, then move so fust that it is
merely a flicker; then flash aguiu with
longer or shorter intervals, aud just us
tho length of the dush iu the alphabet
of the electric telegraph makes the
letters or words, so does the length of
tho flush of light iu this system. The
position of the sun makes no differ
ence, for when he is iu the wrong
place, a second mirror is substituted
for his majesty uud throws the beam
on the first one.
In tho Himalayas, where the atmos
phere is so clear, a message Ins been
flashed sixty miles, but the success of
the heliograph of course depends iu
largo measure on tho ubseuco of
clouds. New York Observer.
One of the choicest articles iu tho
collection of the lute E. i4. Ames, of
Boston, is what is sui 1 to b. the largest
crystal known to exist. It is seven
inches in diameter, und Mr. Ames is
believed to have paid 1,0 )0 lor it.
S( lEYTIFH; A fl INDUSTRIAL.
Tho adult humnn heart is live inches
long.
A single polypus hns been cut into
124 parts, nnd each in time became a
perfect animal.
Tho climoto of tho Southern Polar
regions is much more severe than
that of corresponding regions to the
north.
The Iorio column was never less
than four and rarely moro than six
diameters high, ami the diameter nt
the top was three-fourths that at tho
bottom.
A German has invented a paper from
which any sort of ink may be erased
by tho use of a moist sponge, but the
Government hos refused to grant him
a patent on it.
The lost animal circle of wood leaves
nn accumulation of living cells upon
its surface, nnd toward midsummer
these cells produce nu abundance of
new ones until the aggregnto is suffi
cient to form a new annual layer. This
process on common trees requires
about six weeks.
Among tho products which science
hns put to valuable service is the net
tle, a weed which is now being culti
vated in some pnrts of Europe, its
fiber proviug useful for a vnriety of
textilo fnbrics. In Dresden a thread
is produced from it so flno that a
length of sixty miles weighs only two
and a half pounds.
An official notice has been issued in
Bussia that "physicions shall have tho
right to make use of hypnotism in tho
treatment of their patients. In every
case of tho application they must in
form the administrative authorities, at
the same timo giving the names of the
physicians in whoso presence the pa
tient was hypnotized."
A man fifty years old has, according
to n French stnt stician, worked 0.100
dnys, slept 0000, amused himself 4000,
wa'lkcd 12,000 miles, been ill 500
days, hns partaken of 30,000 meals,
eaten 16,000 pounds of meot and 4000
pounds of fish, eggs oud vegetables,
and drunk 7000 gallons of fluid, which
would make a lake of 800 feet surface
if three feet deep.
An attempt is being made in Eng
land to utilize tho power absorbed in
the application of the brakes to tram
cars so as to render nid in restarting
the car. A spring is charged which
can be released and will start the car
without tho aid of the horses. A for
ward and not a recoil movement is at.
once given to the wheels, but its action
can be reversed in case of need such
as to overrunning joints ot junctions.
Electrical progress has been very
rapid in Switzerland on account of tut
abundance of cheap power from water
falls. Professor Dezler, of tho Zurich
Polytechnic S"hool, states that at the
close of 1892 there were in operation
5"2 electric light installations, fifty
two plants for the electrical transmis
sion of power, 121 flatteries of accum
ulators and 1050 dynamos and electro
motors. Tho number of incandescent
lumps was 115,92(1 and of lamps 9740.
There are several simple methods of
distinguishing betweeu mushrooms
aud toadstools, and any person who
has seen the two together would not
be likely to mistake one for the other.
The mushroom has the neck solid,
with a color or frill midway betweeu
the earth nnd tho head, whereas tho
stem of the toadstool is hollow ; tho
mushroom has a thick kid-liko cover
ing, which the toadstool lacks, aud
salt has no effect on the mushroom,
where it turns tho toadstool black.
Imitative Forms iu Flowers.
Those who have given any particular
attention to tho study of botanical
oddities kuow that tho Brazilian
flower known us tho "running ante
lope," is so called because its white
petals have a series of well-defined,
dark-colored lines and dots iu w hich
the imagination can readily trace the
form of an antelope with its limbs out
stretched nnd head thrown back,
seemingly lleeing for its life. Iu the
"carieatr.ro plant" one species has the
imitative form on the petals and an
other haw it. outlined iu the ribs and
shading of tho leaves. This hist
mentioned curiosity bears a remarkably
well-executed likeness of the Duke of
Wellington, ami has, on that account,
been named "Arthur ami his Nose."
Among the orchitis the imitative form
is entirely different iu churacter, being
exhibited iu the shape of the flower
itself. Some are exact counterfeits oi
bees, butterflies, moths, etc., while
others take upou themselves the form
of worms and beetles. Naturalists be
lieve that ill the first instance it is
nature's trap to lure other bees, moths
and butterflies, but the case of tile
worm ami beetle orchids, or those
thut are exact counterparts of toads,
lizards ami huge spiders, they do not
attempt to explain. St. Louis lie
public. Bacteria ami Cold.
According to tho Berliu correspond
ent of tho Lancet, Professor Seheuk
has found thut the micro-organisms
move toward warm points. This move
ment he terms thcrmotuxis, and he
concludes ns tho result of experiments
with a specially constructed apparatus
that warmth acts as a stimulant on
micro-organisms, which move toward a
warm body in their neighborhood, uud
thut this thermotuxis is a vital prop
erty of bacteria. Tho professor fur
ther considers that in certain cases of
"catching cold" au infection is con
veyed by bacteria. Thus a person en
tering a cold room would attruct the
bacteria preseut by hia warm body,
aud there, finding admission through
the skin or otherw ise, produce, after a
certain tnun of incubation, the results
ifdin.rily attributed to "catching
cold." Tho hair bulb sheath-, sweat
glands, and mucous membranes ui'c all
aid to offer possible points of entry to
bacteria. Scientific American.
THE POPPIES IN THE CORN.
When the mist In penrly column
Klscs o'er the hilltops i?rfty,
And the dews of early dawning
la the grasses melt away, '
Then the sun in softened splendor
Hheds his first rays thro' the morn,
Lo, they kiss tho sleepy faces
Of tho poppl In tho corn.
O'er the scene there falls n silence.
All the twittering sonK-liirds still ;
As the lark, his far flight tnklnif,
Circles toward tho distant hill, t
Up anil upward, tiles triumphant.
Earth-bred warbler, heaven-horn,
Till a snmi steals down from cloudlnn t
O'er the popphis In the corn.
Slowly comes the husli of noontide,
Not a leaf sways 6a the trees,
Not a dew-drop on the grasses,
Not the whisper of a breeze,
mows the sun in scorching fury,
One wee butterfly forlorn,
Panting, falls In dying struiles
On the poppies Iu the corn.
Soft a breeze comes rustling over,
Slghinirthro' tho cedars tall,
Stirs tho grapes In hanirjnsr clusters
On tho mold'riug wine-clad wall,
Sinks tho sun in amber glory,
Pies tho day as night is born.
One woe star poeps through tho twilight,
At the popples In the eoro.
Maud E. Kendrlek, in Boston Olobe.
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
No doubt tho jail-bird often wishes
ho could fly. Truth.
It is tho man who is always getting
left that talks about his rights.
Most of the things that "everybody
knows" aro not true at all.- Puck.
Tailors and lawyers build np their
business by core in taking measures
for winning suits.
A short history of China: A seven
dollar tea-cup and n three-dollar ser-vout-girl.
Washington Star.
A dollar in a savings bank will ulti
mately turn out to bo worth two in an
old stocking. ---Boston Herald.
The tenant who spends all his money
on a tear naturally has cause to worry
over the rent. Buffalo Courier,
There was n man in our town,
Aad he was wondrous wise,
He kept his tongue, he stopped his ears,
And also shut his eyes.
It is the man with about $0.17 to his
crodit in a bank that usually tries hard
est to stir up a panic. Washington
Star.
The highest form of sincere flattery
nt the present time is to ask n mau if
he can change a 810 bill. Memphis
Appeal.
The walking delegate doesn't need
to be remarkably handsome to present
a striking appearance. Buffalo
Courier.
A good many concerns that have
gone under lately have been sunk by
their floating debts. Philadelphia
Ledger.
Friend "Well, Tommy, now that
you've started to school, what do you
liko best?" Tommy "Recess." In
ter -Occnu.
"Well, Anna, have you found tho
rose for my hair yet?" "Yes, Madam ;
but now I cannot find the hair."
Eliegende Blaetter.
Quericus "Who was it that wrote
the Bong 'They're after me?' " Witti
cus. "Adam, in ull probability, ns ho
was the first man." The Club.
He w .'nt to get a photograph ;
lie posed iu k 11 1 in l; style.
The sad result was littlo elso
Than hands uud feet and smile.
Washington Star.
Tho true luxury of an niarm clock
lies in its reminder that with n littlo
extra haste you can spare fifteen min
utes for another nap. Washington
Star.
In the search for the Western train
robbers, one detective arrest. 'd another
detective ns one of the guilty men.
Detecting is a great business some
times. Bult imoro American.
They didn't couie with awiul bills
To present wit'.i a savau stare.
For they were afraid Iu l begin to t --11
Ol the thiu ;s he'd seen at I lie Fair.
- Chicago Inter-O'' -an.
"Eifo is a soii', " said some poet,
ami he told the truth. But it is a sad
reflection that a man may mike his
existence as obnoxious to society a t
some popular tunes get to be. --Washington
Star.
"I wouldn't be so piy ticular to ttiko
the sand out of your shoes all the time,
Mr. Nocdle," she said, uud then, after
u pause, "Your system might absorb
a little. 1 think you ueed sonic."
Philadelphia Bccord.
"A penny for your thought--, my love,"
' lu tender tones tie sahl.
Th-Ii she (oll lluit iMoiis of oy-.ter fte-vi
Were floating throic'li her he.nl.
- t'lii-aK'o Inter-Ocean.
All the wedding party were assem
bled ut the registrar's. The bridegroom
alone was missing. At last he put iu a
belated appearance. Me was u hale
old gentleman of seventy. "Another
time," said the registrar, "come n bit
eurlier. " Sor titagsblat t.
"Well, Aunt Kachel," said the youm;
lady iu the travelling suit, "I shall
have to bid you a long farewell." "If
you're j;oing iu this train, uri'uui,"
said the i;iiard (signalling to the driver
to go uli. '.-id, 1 "you'll have to make it
pretty short." Tit Bit.
A Boat ol a Single I t mi I.
A Turin jewehr has made a tiny
bout formed of u sin-le pearl. Its sad
isof beaten gold studded with dia
monds, and the binnacle light ct its
prow is a perfect ruby. Au emerald
serves us a rudder, and its stand is a
slab of ivory. It weighs less than
half uu ounce. It price is $20,000.
Tho total gold production of Central
Queensland lor the last year w.is l(ii,
000 oiiuces, with ore averaging one
ouuco tiiiltctu pennyweight to thf
tou.