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P. paid in aavano.
Job work aub on deltvary.
TLo Now York World prints a list
of 109 New Yorkers who will bnvo to
pny an ineomo tux o( 1000 nuil up
wards. W. W. Actor's tax is set ut
8173,000. Mrs.' Ilettio Green pays
more than any other woman.
TLo despised rabbit o( Australia is
being anxiously inquired for by tbo
British army contractor, records tho
American Agriculturist, who seen a
possiblo supply of cheap and wnole
aomo fooJ for tho army in that direc
tion. i i
Tho stock of tho Pullman Company,
of 530,000,000, noil for $174 to 8172 a
share (par tilIuo being; 8100). Tho
company pays on this $3(1,000,000 of
stock a divideud of two per cent., pay
nblo quarterly, or eight per cent, per
nunum.
Alaska's mail scrvico has herotoforo
boon dependent upon Eskimo dogs.
Reindeers, however, aro so much bet
tor for tho purpoBO that tho Govern
ment has imported several families of
Laplanders to teach tho natives of
Alaska how to train and ubo this ani
lu ul.
Threo hundred Japaucso rosido in
New York City. They do not livo to
gether in a colony like many other
foreigner!, bocauso they aro divided
by their iutoroRts iuto distinct classes,
and, iu addition, they aro wealthy
enough to bo ublo to live wherever
they please.
A promoter iu California proposes
to build ou electric, railway through
(l.o numiituius sixty-two miles to tho
YoKomilo Valley, aud, by utilizing tho
niter j ewer, furnish electric light and
motors for all that region. About
4000 tourists visit tho Yoscraite every
year, paying $33 each for tho fstago
ride. '
French statesmen, notably M. Lc
villo, aro endenvoriug to extend to
Franco tlia beucllts of tho America n
homestead, aud as there U no word in
tho French tonguo which is a proper
equivalent for it, tho word "homo
, stead" is retained in a bill that has
been introduced iu tho Chamber of
Deputies.
Formerly tho man with a hand or
Can strapped over his back and au up
right stall firmly fitted to ono side of
the instrument was a familiar sight ;
but now onu rarely ecos this old speci
men of musio box. Tho musical piauo,
which is ran on wheels, and which, if
Anything, makes even more hideout
noise, has almost entirely supplanted
the old oreuu.
Ascieutist cmployod by tho State
of Indiana reports that tho supply
of natural gas iu Hoosicrdoin will
coou bo exhausted, and that tho snmo
fate awaits gas Melds wherever they
may exist. IIo docs not rest this up
on hisburo assertion, adds tho Detroit
Free Press, but gives reasons at length
which admonish tho holders of natural
us stock to let go if thny can.
In Franco tho telephone is usod on
mnuy ruilroad main lines. On a por
tion of tho Vinoonnes Railway a rather
novel system is in voguo by which at
ugiven signal on the tolophono instru
ment tho operator connects tho tolo
gruph wires with a tulephono for ver
bal communication. Tho large Aus
tralian ruilwavs use field telephones,
which may bo connected with the telo
graph wires at auy point without in
terrupting the telegraphic communi
cations. '
New York and Roston together Lava
ten miles less of paved stroets than
has the city of Chicago. Philadelphia
has forty miles moro of pavod streets
than New YorknudSt. Louis together.
The question of pavouiont, which was
formerly considered only with rela
tion to tho wear aud tear, or, rather,
tho wear and prcssuro of vehicles, is
now coubiderod by tho ntudeuts of
municipal administration generally in'
reference to tho problem of btrcct
cleaning, says the Now York Suu.
Germany has for years possessed tho
luo.st efficient pigeon service iu Eu
rope. At Strasburg thero aro COO
birds, tit Metz COO, ot Thorn 1000,
aud they uro kept by tho hundreds at
other coutros, bueh us Mainz, Cologuo,
. Kiel uud Danzig. Tho whole froutier
in connected by pigeon post with tho
military headquarters and with towns
in tho interior. Tho sorvico is sup
ported by nu appropriation of about
f'JOOO a year. Tho practical use of
tho pigeon post was fully demon
strated at tho tiogo of Puris iu 1S70.
Hiuee then it litis become u recognized
part of the military organization of
ull European couutries except Great
Britain. Russia has now ou her Pol
ith froutier alone, 300J birds, and ap
propriates yearly $10,000 for pigeons;
the French appropriation is twice us
large.
A ROSE BONO.
In a garden's red retroat
IJIoomod tliis roso for you, my swoot t
Caught the sunslilns nud tbo duw,
Dreaming ot tbo II pa ot you.
Ilonrd your sweet vole in tho rills
And tho song of tho whlppoorwllls,
With tho tondormt unrost (r
Yoarnlng over for your breast.
Wlthorod, Is It worth a slghY
Do lovo's roses over die?
fiiiy not tlint Its chnrm is floJ ;
Say not that Its sweets are dauJ ;
Bunllght, moonliKht, winds that slug,
Lured It Into tlossomlng I
In Its drooping dlndom
Borne swont memory lives of them ;
HI 11 1 each fading potnt sooms
Fracrunt with lovo's swootost tlroams t
Will his lips a kiss deny?
Do lovo's roses over die?
Other roses climb and creep
Boftly to your curtained tleep ;
Llngorlng your lattlco noar,
Olnd to dlo ns roses thcra !
Yot, to this ono roso that grow
la the Night and dronmod of you
Death for lovo Its don rout bliss
Give love's sweetest, holiest kiss!
Bun and stars fade from the sky,
Hat lovo's roses Devcr dlo I
F. L. Stanton, In Atlanta Constitution.
SAVED BIT LIGHTNING.
HERE had boon
succession of ex
tonsi vo f rolght car
robberies perpe
trated aloncr the
lino of the W C,
& B. Railroad,
and thooompany's
officials were at
their wits' ends,
An accident onablod Froight En
gineer Hilly Rurnton to discover tho
thieves and enabled tho company to
recover a largo quantity of tho stolen
(roods.
A substantial reward was tomierou
him for his services, but it was only
after being repeatedly urgod to accept
it bv the President of tho road him
self that ho acceptod it.
'You ve earned it honestly, urged
Mb superior, "for our offer extended
to everybody. Now I am going to pnt
yon on the Imperial.
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Ana IU18 was moro grnvuyiug lo vue
young engineer tnau vno money re
ward, lor tno imporiai was a lurougn
fast express and the engine whioh
whirlod it from one end to tho other
of tho W., C. & R. lino v:is the fastest
and handsomest piece of mechanism
that ever delighted the heart of a lo
comotive engineer really loving his
profession and tho implements of bis
calling.
As a further evidence oi tne trust
reposed iu him, Billy was given a two
weeks' vacation with full pay.
One of his first acts was to "dress
up" aud pay a visit to his sweetheart,
pretty little Nollio Byrnes, whose
futher, out .Larry isyrnos, naa aiou
while Rilly was serving an apprentice
ship at "ilring" on the engine which
Lorry had run for many years.
For a year past they had been en
gaged, and thore was no reason, Rilly
thought, why the marriage day should
not bo fixed upon.
Of course Nettie was delighted to
Lear of her lover's good fortune, and
wbon he pressed her she blushingly
consented to fix the wedding day.
It was nothing strange to them that
Rilly should consider himself a man
very much to bo envied, when upon
tho expiration of his leave of absence
Lo laid a firm hand on the throttle
aud felt tho big express locomotive
throb beneath his touch.
For a month Lo continuod without
adventure in his new position.
Then, much to Lis regret, Lo was
obliged to "lay off" for several days
to testify in court against the freight
car robbers who Lad been arrested
through his efforts.
When they were called up for sen
tence tho leader, a white-faeod, snaky-
eyed man, turned fiercely upon the
engineer, ana snauiug uis nst caueu
down upon tho young man's head tho
vilest aud most horrible maledictions.
"I'll have your life for this, you
hound I" ho cried.
Nettie had been sitt ing beside Rilly,
aud when tho robber turned upon Lor
lover sho uttered a frautio cry and
clung to him convulsively.
As soon as possible one of tho oourt
officers drow Rilly asido and whis
perod :
"You heard what that sneak said?''
"Of course."
"He means it."
"I'm not afraid of him."
"Don't soy that too quickly, my
friend. I believe that he would com
mit a murder quicker than any other
man iu the United States. There's
nothing that Lo won't do to get
eiiuaro."
"Rut he's going straight to prison."
"Quito right," assouted the oourt
officer, and then added, siguilicautly :
"Sometimes, you kuow, prisoners
escape, and it's almost always fellows
tf his desperate typo who mnuugo to
do the escaping. R.v tho way, is thut
your wife with you?"
"Not yet."
"Oh, your sweetheart. Well, thou, I
can give you another point. If this
sneak thief ever does get out of prison
he's likely to try to find out ull ubout
you, and then ho may let you live aud
kill her instead."
"Then I will bo on my guard, and
thank you,"suid Rilly, hu teeth clos
ing together with a suup.
About a woek after tho tnul Rilly
and Nettie were murried aud beguu
housekeeping in u pretty little cottage
at tho end of the young engineer's
run, so thut Lo could "lay off" at
Lome.
Nettie. Lud often ridden on tho eu
giue with her father, aud as Rill could
not afford to take her upon uu exteu
fciye wedding tour tho Lud luughingly
declared that sho wonld moko a honoy-
moon trip upon tho big express loco
motivo. Bo it bnpponod that tho morning af
ter tho wedding found her snugly
coiled upon tho engineer's "box,"
looking very froth and charming iu
her pretty, neat-fitting white dress.
And seeing that sho woscomTortouiy
fixed he kissed her again and jumping
from tho cngino walked down the pint
form to tho dispatcher's oflico to de
liver a mossngo to bis friend, Tom
Stafford, ono of tho telegraph opera
tors.
"By tho way, Billy," said Tom wheu
tho ougioecr declared that "tinio was
up," and ho must get back to his en
gine to bo ready for the signal, "tho
head of that gang of freight car thieves
escaped from tho penitentiary early
yesterday morning."
II iB face was so grave whou ho re
turned to his engine that Nettio in
quired anxiously if ho were ill.
For tho first thirty miles of tho run
tho Imperial mado no stops, and they
had nearly completed that distanco
when they entered a considerable for
est and approached a sharp curve just
before crossing a high trestlo bridge
that span nod a rocky gulch, through
which tumbled a shallow, brawling '
stream of water.
As be approached the curve ho
seized tho throttle with ono hand and
tho air-brake lover with tho other nnd
loaned out ot tho cab window.
Like a flash they rounded the curve.
As they did so Billy's trained eyes
saw a terriple sight.
Four heavy ties, one on top of tho
other, had been spiked across tho
rail in tho center of tho bridge.
At tho same tlmo a strange over
powering influence seizod Rilly, and
he stood rigid, helplessly clinging to
the throttle and tho brako lover.
On" dashod tho engino toward cer
tain destruction, and Rilly's bruin
reeled with horror.
Suddenly thero was another terri
ble flash of lightning, and a great treo
in tho valley below was splintered
from top to base and foil with a crash.
Simultaneously tho power of action
returned to Rilly's paralyzed body,
and with his teeth firmly set he throw
his woight upon both throttlo and
brake lever.
So sudden was the check that tho
Block nearly threw him from his foot,
and Nettio tumblod from her perch.
Would it never stop ?
Slower, slower, and not ton inchos
from the obstruction the great loco
motive camo to a standstill, aud Rilly,
with a cry of joy, reeled book upou
his benoh unconsoious. When ho re
covered his sonses Nettio was crying
and sobbing over him, and men were
coming up tho bank bringing between
thorn a dead man tho miscreant who
Lad spikod down the tics.
Uo Lad been killed as Lo was run
ning aoross tho valley by tho flash of
lightning that had seemed to loosen
Rilly's momontary paralysis.
Nottio took ono frightoned look at
the faoo, aud a cry of wonder esoapod
her.
It was tho robber who threatened
Rilly in tho courthouse. Boston
Olobo.
Fronted by tlio Blunder.
Ordinarily speaking it is not easy to
get two pairs of shoes for the prioe ot
one, not even if tho swell goos off Lis
own thoroughfare and descends to
Eighth avonuo or tho Rowery. Sim
ply enough, the other day, Lowever,
this transaction was accomplished by
a member of the smart set, who goes
to an equally smart shoemaker in
Rroadway.
Die selected a divinely pointod pair
of potent leathers and Lad tho right
shoo tried on. It fitted perfectly aud
the pair wero sent homo. They were
donuod in a hurry, and tho first
weather they encountered t urned out
sloppy. Tho left boot wasn't uncom
fortable, but felt differently from tha
right, and being examined on returu,
proved to be not a match. They wore
the same mako of shoo, but tho right
had fivo buttons, the left six, and tho
loft bad not such an exaggeratedly
pointod too as tho right.
"loull taKo tho second pair, oi
course, buy boiu tno snoo ueaicr, ou
being confronted with tho pair of mis
takes. "Not exactly," replied tho son of
finance, who saw a capital deal in tho
mishap. "You'll refund the money
for these you stuck mo with. Good
looking object you made of me."
"You can have tho two, sir," con
cluded the mau ruefully, seeing half
a loaf was better thou no bread, and
that ho ran tho chance of losing a
customer otherwise
And the mau about town took them.
New York UerahL
A Kcw Explosive.
Important experiments aro being
made by tho German arm authorities
with a new explosive. It has already
been submitted to elaborato tests aud
its composition is still the inventor's
secret. Tho new explosive has not as
yet receivod a name, but it is referred
to uuder tho test designation of "C."
People who should bo in u positiou to
pronounce au opinion upon tho sub
ject say thut tho effects of "C" uro un
doubtedly ten times more powerful
than dynamite, in appoaranco "U is
similur to gun cotton. Several of tho
new army ritles huvo been subjected
to practical tests with "C" as tho
eharire. but nothing definite Los been
divulged as to tho rosult obtuiueJ.
New York Sun.
The Prolossiou ot Wiudow.Uaziug.
"Window-gazing" is a profession in
London. A couple of stylishly
dressed ladies pause before the win
dow of a merchuut, remain about fiva
minutes and audibly praise tho goods
displuyed inside. Then they pass on
to another store on their long list of
pulrons. Chicago Haul J.
SCIENTIFIC A'D IXDL'STKIiL,
Tho femalo fly has 10,000 eyes.
Tcoplo who arc troubled with sleep
lessness should drink cocoa, instead
of tea or codec, at the evening meal.
Tho sense of tasto is most accuto in
tho basp, tip nnd edges of the tongue,
and is almost wholly lacking on its in
ferior surface.
Tho chemical composition of tho
epidermis of tho heel is nearly tlio
same as that of tho matter of nails,
horns and hoofs.
Mr. Maxim says that ho is not try
iuo to mako n flying machino for
freight or passengers, but purely for
military purposes.
Tho sanitary improvements intro
duced in Rorlin within tho lait few
years hove brought tho annual death
rato down to 13.3 per 1000.
It is now bcliovod that chemical and
medical soienco will soon mako tho
vegetable foods notably grass di
gostiblo by man without first passing
through animal intermediates.
A now scrubbing machine is whirled
over tho floor like a luwn mower. It
soaps, wets, rubs and dries tho floor,
and two or three movements of tho
machino mako tho boards shine.
Scienoo tells us that too body of
every human being weighing 150
pounds contains one pouud of salt.
Also that every ono of us ncods in a
year about fifteen pounds of salt.
The aerial spaco within tho limit
of our vision is calculated to have a
diameter of 210,000,000 miles aud a
circuJiferenoo of 1,329,742,000,003
miles. And this is only a fragment of
the immensity of space.
An ingonious rittsburger has do
vised a clothes wringer which is ope
rated by electricity. It works auto
matically, aud when tho lost piece ii
sqncezod out a bell rings and tho wash
tub is turned over and emptied.
Doctor Schaff, of Vienna, has ap
plied photography to tho study of tho
human skiu. A bright light is pro
jected on the part of tho skiu to be ex
amined, and by direct exposure miuy
small details of the skin, including
markings not usually discernible, aro
photographed.
A mass of 1000 pounds' weight will
lose exactly two pounds between tide
water and tho top of a mountain four
miles high. This, it is plain to bo seen,
is bocauso the force of tho earth's at
traction is much less on tho mountain
top than it is at the sea level.
In the constellation of Orion thero
is a star, known as Theta Orionis,
which, when viewed through a power
ful telescope, appears a septuple star,
thus presenting tho maguiticeut pan
orama of seven suns revolving about
each other. It is to be supposed that
each of theso suus is encircled by
planets, and theso again by moons.
Tho photogrophers of tho Paris Ob-
sorvatory huvo just finished for tho
Academy of Sciences the clearest view
ever scoured for tho moon. They have
photographed her surface iu sections,
which fit, making a great imago five
feet in diumeter. The work is so por
feet that towns, forests and rivers
would bo perceptible if they existed.
A Shoe Manulaclurer's Story,
Tho influence for evil whioh a tralo
paper may exert, when heedlessly con
ducted, was seriously folt by a lurgo
shoo manufacturer ot this city so mo
time ago. He had manufactured
ahead a largo line of shoes in antici
pation of a good demand for that par
ticular Btylo of footwear, and the or
ders ho early received from tho trado
satisfied him that there would be no
diflioulty in disposing of bis stock be
fore that fickle creature, Madame
Fashion, Lad changed her mind and
domanded somo thing new. .hverv
thing promised well, and orders wero
for a timo received as fast as they
couut bo filled. Suddenly tho demand
stoppod, and Lo learned that a paper
devoted to tho boot and shoo trado
Lad made the announcement that this
style of shoe was no longer in fashion,
and thoro was no demand for it. It
was useless for him to try to convince
tho retailors that such was not tho
fact. They pointod to the paragraph
as conclusive proof that it would be
tho height of folly for them to stock
up their stores with shoes that no
body would buy. Tho strange part
of his experience was that there was a
steady domand for them on tho purt
of the public, who found the shoe ad
mirably adapted to their needs. Of
course this stato of affairs could not
last long, tbo demand became so gen
eral and persistent that tho retailers
saw before tho season was over tho er
ror they mode, and, iu doference to
the wishes of their patrons, sent in
their orders for goods for which they
had boon led to believe thero would
bo no call. Had the shoe been of a
less populur make it is probable that
tho HUlo newspupcr paragraph, writ
ton probably without a thought of do
ing injury, might have resulted iu tho
loss of many thousuuds of dollars.
Boston Transcript.
Arlillelul Cotton.
A Mr. Mitchell, ueeordiug to Li
Science cu Fumille, bus recently
brought out au urtiliciul cotton, which
is inudo from the wood of pine, spruce
or lurch ingeniously deli brute J, and
thou disintegruted aud bleuchod with
a hot solution of bisulphite of sndu
and chloride of limo. The pure cellu
loso obtained is trcuted with chloride
of zino, castor oi), easeino and gela
tine, which is passed through perfor
ated plate, us iu tho mauufaeture of
macaroni, and is dried between steam
Leuted cylinders. It now only remains
to weave it iu order to obtain u fabric
that Las a very presentable appear
ance aud a certain amount of strength.
It may bo dyed and printed like uat
urul cottou, thau whioh it is said to
be much cheuper. Scientific Aineri-cuu.
THE CUISINE IN KOREA.
THE DIET OF THAT OTTAtirr PENIW-
BUI.A'3 INHABITANTS.
Illcc tho Staple Nourishment-Fish
Eaten Raw Dog's flesh tho Su
preme Tld-blt.
OLONEL LONG, tho well
I f known traveler, litterateur
V and former United Statos Con
sul in Korea, furnishes tho fol
lowing interesting details ancnt tho
diet of tbo inhabitants of that quaint
peninsular, to a French paper. -
The Koreau goes to bed at the set
ting of tho sun and gets np ere it rises
again. An immense public bell,
called In-Klung, gives the signal for
closing tho shops ; tho streets, which
during tho day are swarming with
people, becomo in an instant silent
and deserted. Reforo extending him
self upon his mot tho good Korean
gorgos himself with "pap" (rice) ; after
which, whilo playing a gamo resem
bling backgammon, ho imbibes a for
midable quantity of "sul" (a very in
toxicating rico spirit). Tho Korean
is a heavy drinker, and it is a by no
means raro spectaclo to see Lis wife
drinking as Lard as Lc.
"Pap," which constitutes the staplo
nourishment, is rico washed iu salt
water and then boiled. This prepar
ation, which iB also customary in
Japan, imparts a snowy whiteness to
it whioh renders it exceedingly pala
table. It is then emptied into a large
pail, around which tho fomily squats.
Th'ey eat as in China, with spoon
and chopsticks; plates, knives and
forks they' wot not of. All their uten
sils are of copper, though a few Man
darins use pale gray porcelain bowls,
imitating ancient porcelain.
Tho Korean has also his stew, called
"kimtchi" beef boiled with turnips,
onions, radishes and various roots,
strongly seasoued with salt and pep
psr, aud accomponiod by a kind of
saurkrout, with a sickening smell.
Every coolie who indulges in this lux
ury exhales an odor stronger than that
of tho American polocat. Should ho
bo in the service of an European Lo is
only permitted to eat of it when Lo
gets a twenty-four Lours' holiday.
Fish also occupies a large place in
tho cuisine of tho country. It is eaten
very high, and even rotten. More
over, the native does not disdain to
eat it raw ; and he frequently boos the
fishermen squatted on tho banks of
the river, with rod and lino, pluugo
the fish they Lave just caught in jar
of "soy" (a very highly Boasonod
sauce) and then munch it alive. "Ho
Lo," a salad of fish bones, I) regarded
as a great delicaoy.
Rut the supremo tid-bit, as much
appreciated by the coolie when he can
afford tho luxury as by King Li-Hi, is
dog's flesh. A dog soup is tho no plus
ultra of every Korean. It is, more
over, regarded as au infalli'olo uni
versal remedy, which the Kiug fre
quently administers to himself, iu
spito of the American doctor and
Protestant missionary attached to his
person. Tho Korean dogs of averago
sizo recall thoso of Constantinople
and Cairo ; thoir prioo averages fifty
conts. On high days aud holidays tho
King distributes gifU to tho Manda
rins and foreigners resident in tho
capital ; the present of a fow dogs is
the Lighost favor the sovereign cau
accord.
"Kimtchi" and dog soup figure every
day on the tablo ot tho Mandarins.
Ono sees besides a quantity of poultry
and gamo of all kiuds, which are very
abundant and of superior quality
chickons, quails, gceso, wild ducks,
bustards, swans, vousiou, bear, etc.,
sometimes oven tigor and leopard. Rut
it is all badly cooked, and seasoned
with peppery or sweet sauces, revolt
ing to a European. Shall I give you
an idea of tho prices? During my
sojourn iu tho laud of "Matutinal
Calm" a chicken fetched tou cents ; a
pheasant from ten to twolvo cents ; a
wild duck, eight cents; a wild goose,
fourteen cents; a bustard, eighteen
conts ; eggs from three to four cents
a dozen, etc.
There is fruit of tho ebony treo ; and
to drink, a horrible decoction of giu
ger and other roots, soasouod with
pepper aud sugar. I tasted it ones,
but never trio. I it again. Thero is v j
tea.
Tho Korean is too dirty and too luzy
to bo placed at tho head ot a kitchen,
and the Europeans employ him only
as a scullery hand. He is paid from
$1.50 to 83 per month; ho sleep3 at
homo and keeps himself.
Tho Japanese and Chiuoso ou tho
other baud, are excellent servants;
they oost from 810 to 815 por month.
They are of remarkable cleanliuoss
a cleanliness which our European do
mestics, so little iucliued to wash their
hands, would do well to emulate.
Each day tho Japaueso asks his master
for an hour's louve of absence, which
ho pusses iu tuking a buth, which costs
him ono cent. Ho keeps tho house as
bright as a new pin ; the cookiug uten
sils are as carefully polished as if they
wero of gold. Tho Japanese arc ideal
domestics.
Light Wood."
"Light wood" is ouo of tho mo-tt
useful Southern products, ospeoiully
iu Floridu, whero it is usad by ull
sorts of couutry folk, aud particular
ly by tho hunters. A cor Jwood stick
carried iuto the wilderness will cut up
iuto fragments with which a dozen
meuls may bo cooked. Tho t ieh res
iuoiis piuo makes a quick, Lot tiro, es
pecially suited to open air cooking.
Chicago Heruld.
"I'hcesuuulciiuiuui-k."
Caleb Cheobhahteuumuck was tho
only Indian who ever graduated irom
Harvard College, Cambridge, Moos.
He wus bom iu ltitil, graduated iu
1UC5, without especiul distinct iou.au J
died iu Churleutowu, M;is., iu lUOlj,
Trenton ,N. J.) Aincricuu, .
SELECT SIFTINUS.
A piano contains nearly a mile ol
wiro.
Iu China when a pupil is reciting
his lcssou ho turns his back to his
toucher.
Tho earliest book iu which copper
plato engravings wero used was issue 1
in 1470.
A five-pound eel was fouu 1 iu tho
water tank of a locomotive at Rostou
the other day.
At Rotterdam poor people who cou
not pay a fco must marry ou Wednes
day before noon.
A nnngnrinu inventor claims to bo
able to mako from wool pulp a fabric
suitablo fordurablo clothing.
Tho Scots Guards Regiment has ouo
company averaging six feet 2 J ; thj
tallest six feet seven, nono uu lor six
feet.
A cottou Bhower, looking exactly
like a snow storm, is a common sight
in tho cotton-wood groves iu Col
orado. A man iu Lexington, Ky., hoi sued
a neighbor for $250'J dam;es sus
tained to a suit of clothea thcoujU a
dog's ferocity.
The Sierra Nevada rango of mo iu
taius in California is nearly 50 ) miles
long, seventy wide, and from 700J to
nearly 15,00'J feet high.
The tallest man of whom thore aro
authenticated measurements was Fun
nam, of Scotland, eleven foot aud a
little moro thau six inches.
Long ear lobes are doomed vory
beautiful by somo nations. In tho
Rurmese statues of Gautama his ears
come down below his waist.
At a depth of 1001 feet from the sur
face of Ithaca, N. Y., thero is a solid
stratum of rock salt of nn excellent
quality, nearly 300 feet thick.
Tho fattest man was Daniel Lam
bert. A few dnys beforo his death, iu
Lis fortieth yoar, ho wos weighed and
turned the balanco at 7-i'J pouu ls.
Rirds and boes frequently fight
pitched battlos over honey Btoreil iu
trees. Sometimes one side una some
times tho other comes out victorious,
Tho loaf of tho coooauut treo is
nearly thirty feet I0113. A single leaf
ot tho parasol magnolia ot ooyiou 01
fords shado for fifteen or twonty per
sons. Tho earliest Groek inscription to
which a date cau be given is that at
Abu Sniebol cut in a statue guirdiui
tho Greek temple. Tho date is about
COO R. C.
Mark L. Gilbert, who begau follow
ing the sea with his father at the ago
of ten. is now, at the ago ol seveu
teen, master of tho schooner Addio
Wessols. running between Kocklaiui,
Mo., anl Now York, aud is probably
tho youngest sea captaiu iu tuo mer
chant sorvico.
Fish hawks get thoir cntiro food
sumilv from tho water. Their eyes
are so constructed that cveu at greut
heights they cau see fish that swim
near tho surface, aud theu divo with
lightning spoed. The fish is caujrut
iu the claws aud taken to tho nest of
tho bird beforo being eaten.
The threo Winter brother.-", of
Rcrks. Penu.. whose combiued uies
mako 270 years, aro outdone iu this
respect by threo sisters, Airs, iuarnret
Ewin?, aged ninety-two; mrs. iuau
both Zoll. ninety-four, uud Mrs. Mar
tha Morrison, ninety-seven, who live
at Lancaster, in tuo samontate. men
combiues ages amount to thirteen
years moro than tho aggregate of the
Winter brothers ages.
An Unpleasant Experience.
"You cau say what you please ubont
tho English compartmout cars," said
T. M. Harper, "but I don't wuut any
further experience with them. I rode
from London to Liverpool. My only
companion was auold mau who looked
like a retired professional man. Ho
was neatly attired, but was pale as
though suffering from disease. Wo
were locked up in the coach, and soou
after tho traiu started my couipuuiou
aroso and bogau to feel my hea l naniin j
tho bumps as ho proceeded. 'Not a
valuable life,' ho muttered, aud theu
prooeoded to mako a further examina
tion. 'I must uoto it carefully,' ho
said. 'I cau't uuderstauJ tho com
bination. I must get it uu l thou seo
if it is the same ou the inside. Now
is my timo to prove tho truth of my
science.' He pulled a murderous look
iug knifo from his pocket and rau his
finger along tho edge. I was too par
alyzed with fear to mako any resist
ance, and felt that my time had coma
to joiu tho silent majority. Just theu
tho traiu stopped, tho door opoue.l
and I jumped out, leaviu the iusuuo
phrenologist aloue. I dou't want to
ever travel iu an Euglish railway car
riutfo agaiu. " Cincinnati Euipiirer.
Cooked Honey.
On a farm near New Wiudsor, Md.,
is au elm treo suppose! to be hun
dreds of years old. Its. truuk is thir
ty feet in length t J tho lower limbs,
uudineusuros twenty-eight feet uiuo
iuehes iu circumference The limbs
that remain uro us large us ordinary
forest trees. Nearly fifty years ago
somo of these limbs had fallen aud tho
broken stumps decayed uud becumo
hollow. A swarm of bees took posses
sion oT ono of these hollow places sud
deposited a large amouut of honey,
which was not removed. Ou July 5
tho treo was struck by lightuiug, but
apparently not damaged very much.
Several duys ufterwurd smoko wus
soou iasuiug from ouo of tho broken
limbs, uud tho treo was discovered to
be ou fire. The tree burued very
slowly on occouut of tho honey aud
honey comb in tho tree. It burned
for throo weeks uud caused some of
limbs to full off. Tho lire was subse
quently extiuKuisel by a heavy raiu.
New York Suu.
IN A MARSHLAND CHURCHYARD.
Ilere whero tho dead men dream of llfo
Under tbs grass and clover,
Wbito birds come from the senstorm's strife
Circling the marshland ovor.
Faintly over, though wlnJs blow frco,
Echo9tho surge's thunder,
Here whero tho dead men, homo from Boa,
Hark with a dreamy wondor.
Tired of tempest nnd racing wind,
Tirol ot tho spouting broalior,
Hero thoy come nt tho end to flul
Itcst In tbo silent acre.
Bhoro 3ecms better when sons run high,
Moaning In wenry fnshlon ;
Boa soetns bettor when life's awry,
Bwopt by the stornn of passion.
Feet pass over tho churchyard turf,
I'n from the S' or downwnr.l.
Ono way loads to the raging surf,
Ono to tho porlls townward.
"Hearken, hoarkon !" tho dead men call,
"Whoso Is the stsp that passes'
Knows ho not wo aro safe from all
Under tho no Idlng grosses?"
Pnll Mall Cazott.
HUMOR OF THE DAY
The way of the transgressor is often
a puzzle to tho detectives. Puck.
Tho most daugorons holo in a mau'a
pocket is tho ono at tho top. Puck.
Tho elephant is not big onough to
concentrate Lis mind on a peanut.
Puck.
When tho shark is down in tho
mouth Lo must feci bick all over.
Puck.
The only thing a man wants, after"
ha gets all thomoucy ho ncods is moro.
Puck.
Au egotist is a man who thinks tho
world thinks as well of him as ho does)
himself. Puck.
Tho mou who has a tendency to)
mako an ass of himself never lacks for
skill aud material.
" 'Jason'? Why did you name your
dog that?" "Recauss ho is always
Boarching for tho floeco." Life.
"See thoso violets. How modest
thoy arc!" "Modost? I guess you
never askod the price of them. "- -Truth.
"My son," said a wise father, "never
throw away anything ; there is no bait
at which somo fish won't bite." New
York Sun.
Miatross "Aud pray, why do you
want to lcavo us, Anna?" Cook "Tha
doctor has ordered ray gronadior a more
goncrousdiet !" Raseler Nachriohton,
Daughter (wooping) "Oh, papa,
to-day I enter alroody on my thirtieth
year. " Futher ' 'Culm yoursolf, child
it won't last long." Fliogendo
Rlactter.
Peacemaker "Laura, Lavon't you
and Ireno kissod and mado up yet?"
Laura "Oh, yes. That is, we kissed.'
Sho was already modo up." Chicago
Tribune.
"Why, Miss Do Relic, Low costumes
alter eomo people. I hardly know
you. " "Do I look such a fright then?"
"On tho contrary, you look most
charming."
"I can givo you a striking illustra
tion of my theory," Baid tho man who
arguos. "Don't do it," replied tha
capitalist, wearily, "let's nrbitruto."
Washington Star.
"Do you really moan that you liko
Blinks's last book ?" "Yes; I enjoy it
moro than any of the othor3." "How
could you?" "I didn't road it."
Chicago Inter-Ocean.
"Hello, Bilby 1 Still iu tho patent
fire extinguisher business?" "No.
Tho fuct is, Sipos, tho building wc word
doing business in burned down. Wa
lost evorythiuj." Chicago Tribuuo.
Edith "What makes you think that
Chorley is in lovo with you?" Maudo
"Why, ma talked to him over half
an hour lust evening, and ho really
seemed to enjoy it." Rostou Traa.
script.
She "I don't beliovo you think half
no much of me as Tom Dinsloy does.
Ho tells mo ho could die for mo." IIo
"That's nothing. I lovo you woll
enough to livo with you." Rostou
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Hausfrau (to duuniug tradesman)
"If to-morrow is bad weather I shall
bo ublo to pay you. Rut if it is good
weather you need not call, as we shall
need tho money to go to a picnic."
Fliogendo Rluetter.
Joax "You know Ragley fell off a
car yosterday and broke his jaw. His
face is all bouud up. I went up to
seo him to-day." Hoax "How was
ho?" Joux "His wife said ho couldn't
oomplaiu." rhilu.lulphia ReeorX
Htoaks "There goes Cantor, Oakes.
nu's got ouo of tho finest voices I ever
heard. Ever hear him sing? Ho'd
got u fine voieo." Oakes (sadly)
"Yes ; nice voice. I heard it about an
hour ugo ho borrowed ten." Chi
cago Record.
Gonerul (when bullet-proof uniforms
becomo common) "What have you
learned?" Aid "Victory will soou
peroh upon our banner. We have
tilled tho enemy's clothes so full of
lead that they euu't move another atop
without uudi'iasiug." New York
Weekly.
"Exceptional ability is not awarded
adequately theso days," said Hicks.
"Look at that armless wonder who
rubs bis eyes with his heels; ho ouly
gotu teu dollurd a week, whilo you,
who can't do that or uuythiug liko it,
get tweuty-fivo u wtek for ordinary
work. " Harper's Razur.
"Mother." said a little girl, lookiug
vp from her book, "what does trunsut
luutio uieuu?" "Oh I ueross the Atlan
tic, of course. Dou't bother ine ; you
mako me forget my count." Does
trans always ineau ueross?" "I sup
pose it does. If you dou't stop both
ering 1110 with your questions, you'll
goto bed." "i'heu iloes truuepureut
weau a crow pureut?" Tit-Bits.
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