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Re
ST
The qnestion of coeducation is bo
ing passionately discussed in French
circles.
Utah baa 1,035,200 acres of land ir
rigated artificially and 2,518,700 are
susceptible ot similar improvement.
An article in the London Times
Mates that the best wages paid a letter
carrier iu that conn try is $4. CO a
wock.
Recent figures show that tho total
value of matches made and consumed
throughout the world is but littlo
short of 1200,000,000.
In 100 home families in New York,
on the average, are fonnd sixty-three
that hire tbeir home, fifteen that own
with incumbrance, and twonty-oue
that own without incumbrance,
"In tho Unitod States three-fifths of
the entire wealth of the country is
owned by 31,000 persons loss than
one-twelfth of one per oent. of the
population," asserts the Farmers'
Tri bu n e,
The Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Las decided to gradually do away
with the service of interpreters at the
various agenoie, etc, and to employ
instead the Indian cbildron who have
been educated at the expense of the
Government.
Twenty-five milos of tho Congo
Railroad in Africa, forming the first
section botwoon Matango and Kcngc,
re now completed. The work has
cot $100,000 a milo. The line will
be ninety-three miles long in all, and
will connect tho immenso waterways
above Stanley Falls with the soa.
Since Florida orange growers havo
turned tbeir attention to tho develop
ing of early and late kinds of fruit, it
possible to have oranges here all
tio ytar through, states the Phila-
tK-ipuia j-rosoyteriun. nun too am
of cold storage, the presence of fruit
on the table is much more common
than it used to be.
Iceland can hardly be considered as
new country, admits the Washing
ton Star, for it was colonized beforo
the Vikings made an excursion to the
North American coast. Yet attention
is cow being directed to the rosonrcos
of the island, and projects for devel
opment are being planned and pushed
with the vigor usual when a new land
has been opened for settlement. An
English syndicate has secured con
cession to build railways, and a line
of steamers is to hi established to run
all the year between loeland and Liv
erpool. The export sheep trade is
.'he inoentive that has given lifo to
these commercial projects. Iceland's
jeographio position is such as to sug
gest it as a field for American enter
prise. It is encouraging to know that the
soientiflc application of eleotrioity to
therapeutical work is gaining ground
rapidly. Not only are medical men
, themselves actively investigating the
subject, but electricians like Edison,
Tesla, Elihu Thomson, A. E. Kenuel-
ly, J. 3. Carty and others, are devot
ing considerable time and study to
it. American medical papers contain
jnnny notes on new lines of work, and
een the more conservative English
press finds space to rooord advances
iu the eleotro-therapeutio art, Tho
JLomlou Lancet contains interesting
references to the very successful uso
of eleotrioity in curing trijeraiual
neuralgia, and to long continued
(rent men t of oases of ticdouloureaux,
which is practically the same thing,
v. ith long and short applications of
i ho current. Success is uniform in
all cases.
The Director of the Unitod States
Mint hoi estimated and the Secretary
tho lreaaury has proclaimed the
ultie of foreign coins, as required by
fction 25 of the act of August 28
i'.U. The ehuuiroa inadu am
lows :
Villus.
July 1,
lsill.
Value.
Oji. 1,
1011-1.
S
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,' yollviarr. of Dolivli 457
Iiso of Central American
Btates 157 ,1U1
JShHUKtml taul of Cliiua G7U .085
Hulkwautufl ot Chiuu 753 ,73
Tieu-Tsiu tilol of China .727
Jhe-Foo4acl of China ,717
IVsj of Colombia 457 ,it;i
Sucre of Kcuador 157 .Itil
ltupee of Iudia 217 .'M7
IY leu of Japan I'.l.l ,500
flollar of Mexico 1!)7 .501
f-ol. of Peru ir,7 ,i;i
(Huhleof Huasua SUU ,371
Jabbub of Tripoli 113 .118
The estimate of the value of coins
. countries having a single silver
tandard is made up on tho average
f rice of silver for the three months
I udiug September 29, 1891, via:
'). li-i 127. There bits bten added to
ua liut the Ticu-Teiu uuel Che-Foo
Joels of C'hina,
AN ANSWERING THOUOHT.
If man be but a more sojourner here
A borrowed proscnoo from soma distant
fphere,
A passing shallow 'twlxt a smile and toor
A thlnir of Hooting bronlh,
Thon, O ro heavenly choristers, draw noor,
And toll mo what Is denth.
If mortal strength bo but a borrowed might
A olrcllng sun that wanes beforo the night,
A taper burning with a transient light,
Borrowed from worlds above,
Oh, pause, swoot spirits. In your phantom
flight,
And toll me what Is love.
If human 11 fo Is but a feeble spark
A flitting gleam consumed by shadows dnrk
Or spirits soaring upward, as the lnrfc,
Let me not blindly grope ;
Ahoy 1 sweet sailors In your phantom bark,
And tell ms wh.it Is hop
If my poor heart, a thing of trust an 1 pray'r,
wast throb then vanish as dissolving air .
If I must struggle through a world ot care
A vlolous, flnetlng strife
Then tell mo, O thou sbapos of beauty rare,
Toll me what Is life.
Ah, yes! I hoar you nnswr, oleir anl
strong,
Like flood of dood, unfathoma'ilo song :
"To llvo is Christ ! To triumph over wronj
The soul's sweet mission Is 1
Or day, or night, or life bo short or lonj,
Ts writ ye are His.1'
I hearkon not to Evolution's drone,
The godless crltio or the cyulo'stone t
I ask but grace to "walk with Ood" alone-
Trustful, exultant, free ,
To bide the sacrod presence of Ills tbrono,
Through all etornlty.
Cleveland Plalndenler.
A MODERN WIICII.
HERE is some
thing uncanny
auout the girl.
cannot make ber
out," and Charlie
Vandtrvocr puftod
viciously at his
cigar. "Why, the
other night I was
up there, she
Rtsrted in by read'
ing my palm, and
ended by hypno
tizing me. By
love, 10m, 1 was
frightened abso
lutelyfrightened."
"lhat is easy,'
answered Brans
ford, with an in
dulgent smile.
'What, tho palmistry or the hyp
notism?"
"Both; and tho frightening thrown
in."
"Well, yon will seo her to-night,
and enn then judge for yourself.
Hero we are, now." Saying which
they walked up the broad steps of a
comiortaoio looking brown stone
mansion and were ushered into the
drawing room by a stately looking
Duucr.
Miss Morgan was as charming a girl
as one would care to meet. She had
beauty, numerous accomplishments,
and, inoidentally, wealth. Within the
pact few years she had doveloped a
craze lor anything bordering on the
mystic or supernatural. At first it
was palmistry, but recently it had de
veloped into mird-reading, hypnotism
ana ingeniously planned though en
tirely nnsucoessful wanderings of the
astral body.
Yet she had impressed-norno of her
friends to such an extent that they
would dream nightmareish dreams
about her, and when they informed
her of the fact she would calmly an
nounce that she roally had been with
them in astral form.
Tom Bransford thought of all this
as he was presented to this self-oon-fessed
witch. To her credit be it said
that the young lady thought too much
of her personal appearance to adopt
any outlandish form of dress ; on the
contrary, the tout ensemble, while
certainly bowitohing, was anything
but uncanny.
After the first introductions and per
funatory conventionalities, the con
versation was turned to the subject of
hypnotism, and Bransfori volunteerod
to beoome a subject with foolhardy
daring "just to Bee what the sensa
tion was like," as he meekly explained.
Overjoyed at tho prospect of a new
victim to experiment upon, the young
hostess offered him an invitingly com
fortable looking arm-ohuir, while she,
seating herself before him and taking
his hand iu hers, directed that he
hhoukl look steadily into her eyes.
Bransford did so, while Miss Moigan
fixed her lustrous eyes on his as though
fcho 'would look him through and
through.
' "Don't stare at me that way too
long, Miss Morgan, I havo a weak
heart," interrupted Bransford.
Estolle laughed. "You must not in
terrupt the physio current by talking ;
but toll me, have you experienced any
btrangu sensations yet?"
"Yer," replied Bransford, "the
strangest and wildest sensations. I
can hardly talk. I foul that I am go
ing, going."
And as a matter of fact, Tom's eyes
closed while he was yet talking, and in
another moment he collapsed, helpless
and powerless iu the chair.
" I have never been so successful, "
cried the girl, clasping her hands de
lightedly. " lie has passed beyond the
suggestion stage, and now must be iu
the somnambulistic- stage." Then
turning tho limp form of Bransford,
she commanded: "Stand up. You
are now completely in my power.
Stand up and open your eves.
But Bransford did nothing of the
Hort. On the contrary bis logs and
arms became rigid, bis teeth clenched,
and his breathing labored.
Estelle turned pale. "He is in tin
cataloptio stage; but I think I had
mlttiC Tako him up, don't you? "
" By all means," assented Vander
voer, whose face had assumed an al
most greenish hue with fright.
But in vain did this fair disciple
of M earner resort to passer, command,
and finally tearful entreaties. Brans
ford could not be aroused, and bii
condition seemed to becomo more
serious every moment.
"Ob, Mr. Bransford, do wake up.
If you have the slightest regard for
me, I beseech of yon to wako up,"
criod the girl, anxiously. " Oh, Mr.
Vnudcrvcer, do you please, say some
thing to arouse him, your voice will
be more familiar than mine."
"Tom," cried Charlie, at the top of
his voice, "wake up, old mn." Thou
shaking him by the shoulders, he
pleaded with him wildly. "Tom, old
friend, you are all right. Woke up,
Tom, if yon love me, wnke up." Thon
reproachfully to Estelle: "Ho told
you he had a weak heart."
"Yes," she replied, now crying hys
terically, "but I thought ho wa jok
ing. Do please go for a doctor as
quick as you can."
"But I can't leavo him horo, he'll
fall oa tho floor," said Charlie.
"Don't you think I had better carry
him to tho lounge?"
"Bray do, and then I can batho his
forehead with some extract and fau
him while you are gono."
Bransford's remains for they bar J
ly seomod to be moro were then la
boriously half lifted, half dragged
from tho chair to the louugo, and n
daintily embroidered pillow placod
under his head. Es telle had iu the
meantime supplied herself with all
available restoratives and took her
place by his side, while Charlio hur
ried away for medical aid.
Left alono with her unfortuuato
victim, she unburdened hor soal
aloud.
"Oh, what havo I donol Terhapi
ho will die. And I board bo much
about him. I was sure we were going
to be good friends. And I did like
him from tho moniont I saw him this
evening and now I have probably
killed him. Oh, how could I do it,
how could I do it!"
A sort of spasm passed over the un
conscious form bofore ber, and she
thought his breathing had ceased, so
put her hand over his parted lips tj
see if she coul 1 feol any breath, when
to her horror and surprise, the trem
bling hand was kissed in a most life
like manner, and Brnnsford's dark
eyes looked iuto hers with a humor
ous twinkle.
"Remembor," he said, quietlv, "I
am not responsible. I am hypnotized,
you know." Then, still keeping her
hand in his own, he sat up aud asked
gravely: "Don't you think that yon
have had a pretty good lesson in the
danger of playiug with edgod tools
ana dabbling iu ocoult arts yon do
not know anything about?"
I think it was perfectly abomin
able and cruel for you to give mo
such a terrible fright, " she cried, pull
ing away her hand.
"It might easily have really oo-
curred. Como, now. You have said
you like me, then forgive me, but
promiso to be a bewitching woman
and not a womanly witch iu the fu
ture. Tho day of witchcraft has I0U3
since passed ; nineteenth ceutury
witches have no excuse for existing. Is
it a bargain ?"
"Rather a one-sided bargain : but I
think you are right and I promise."
When VanUorveer returned an hour
later, after calling unsuccessfully on
five physicians, bo fonnd Tom anl
Estelle chatting as coztly together as
though they had been friends for
years.
"Xes, lom said on his way horn?.
"it was hard enough to lay there and
stimulato unconssiounosj while she
was erying and you were carrying on
like a lunatio ; but when Bhe put her
dainty little hand ou my month, why
I simply could not resist. Ye gods,
man, if it had been her lips, an 1 I
do you think she ever would havo for
given me?"
"Oh, yes, prophesied van lor veer,
gloomily, "aud in tiavi no apology
will be looked for or required under
similar circumstances."
Charlie was right. Trut'j.
Oldest Scj-the la the World.
Quietly reposing on ono of the
many woll-fillod shelves in Flinders
Potrie's private museum" in London is
an ancient agricultural implement
which throws much light on the art of
husbandry as practical by the prehis
toric Egyptians. This antique farm
ing tool is a wooden scythe blade,
which was found securely imbedded
iu the mortar of one of tho oldest
tombs of tho valley of the Lower Nile.
The shaft of the instrument, as al
ready stated, is of wood of some un
known species, the edge beiug carefully
set with a row of Hints so as to pre
sent their jagged edges in a manner
not unlike that exhibited by the teeth
of a saw. These flints aro of uniform
size, the base of eucU being fashioned
so as to fit the curve of tho wooden
blade. The teeth are not set into a
groove along tho edge of the blade, as
one would naturally suppose, but are
each firmly cemented in place, the
material being of Biich excellent com
position and the workmanship of such
superior quality that after a lapse ot
time closely approximating GOOO years
they appear as sound aud perfect as
1- ai i i . . a 1 1 . . 1
v. iieu nrav luaen uueui uy meir origiu
al owner. St Louis Republic.
Birds That Build Tenements.
The social brosbecks of South Afrioa
live in large societies. They select a
tree of cousideiable size, aud literally
cover it with a grass roo'. under
which their common dwelling is con
structed. Tho roof serves thu double
put pose of keeping off the beat aud
rain, aud iOO or 600 pairs of birds are !
known to have the same shelter. The I
nests in this aerial dwelling are built j
in regular streets, aud closely resem- j
bio rows of tenement houses, St.
Louis Ulobe-DoLiiuorut.
WISE WORDS
Loss of sincerity is loss of vital
power.
Who loses all the fault that is
found?
It is as great to be a woman as to bo
a man.
Castles in the air aro seldom fur
nished. Lifo is a riddle, to which the answer
is death.
Impudence is sometimes mistaken
for liberty.
A hen pecked husband is often
chicken hearted.
Talking is tho safety valve of tho
feminine boiler.
What a lot of things people hido
from each other I
Every man makes a different noise
when he sneezes.
To a clever woman every man is a
possible husband.
A signature to a mortage is usually
a pretty bad sign.
People are not shocked as often as
they pretend to be.
The surest way to be bad is trying
too hard to be good.
The secret of success is suocess in
keeping one's secrets.
The great wisdom is not to talk
wisely, but to act wisely.
The man who does most has th
least time to talk about it.
There is nothing more serious than
what some consider a joke.
The shortest day in the year is tho
day before your note falls due.
A boy always experiences nervous
affection on the eve of proposing.
Love is the paradise of the foolish,
but only the playground of the wiso.
A good man is ono who behaves
himself, and forgives others who do
not.
The worry of to-day is usually the
result of the carelessness of yester
day. Chinese Victims ot Consumption.
That there is a large Chinese popu
lation in Boston is well known, and
yet it is seldom that one hears ot a
death in the Chinese quarter. The
proportion of Chineso residents is
small as compared with those of other
nationalities, and there is no way to
tell tho exact number of deaths among
them, as they are reoordedby the city
offioials nndor the head of miscel
laneous nationalities. Inquiry reveals
t he faot that Chinamen in nearly every
case die of consumption. They are ill,
as a rule, but a short time. In their
native country their principal diet is
rioo, which from its healthfulness,
tends to lengthen life. When they
begin business horn all llinii-
habits change. They work early and
into, seiuom leaving their shops, and
as they succeed they begin to cat
Amerioan food. It is remarked by all
with whom they have dealings that
they always buy the best the markets
afford. It is their custom to work un
til midnight or after, and then enjoy
a hearty meal. If they are well-to-do
they are certain to have chickens and
whatever fruit can be procured, no
matter how expensive it may be. If.
they have just .started in the laundry
business it is quite likely that they
will form a company and adjourn to
the nearest "night lunch wagon" or
restaurant.
Living as most of them do, in such
small rooms, when sickness overtakes
them they cannot receive proper cro,
and they are carried to the hospitals.
Boston Transcript.
The Eyes of Portrait.
How it is that the eyes of some por
traits seem to follow a spectator
arouna mo room? It is thus ex
plained ; Suppose a portrait have its
face and eyes directed straight in
front, so as to look at the spectator. I
Let a straight line be drawn through
the tip of the nose and half way be-
tween the eyes. On each side of this
middle line there will be the same j
breath of head, of check, of chin, and
of neok, and each iris will be in the'
middle of the whole of the eye. Ii '
one now go to one side, the apparent
horizontal breadth of every part ol 1
the head and faoe will be diminished, I
but the parts on eaoh side of the mid
dle line will bo diminished equally
and at every position, however ob
lique, there will be the same breadth
of faoe on eaoh side of the middle line, '
and the iris will remain in the centre
of the eyeball, so that the portrait
will preserve all the character of a '
figure looking at the speotator and 1
must ncoessarily do so wherever he
stands. In portraits tho apparent
motion of the head is generally ren
dered indistinct by tho canvas beiug '
imperfectly stretched, as the slightest
concavity or convexity entirely do-j
forms the face.
-Cincinnati Commer-
oiul Gazette.
Tho Horse Knew the Bays ot the Week,
A Dexter (Mo.) man has a mare that
knows Bcvrral things, aud among
other accomplishments apparently can
tell the day of the week. On Sunday
lost the goutleman bitched up, and, '
having assisted his wife into the car-'
riuge, got in himself. He was busied
for a moment iu arranging the robe, 1
and before he bad taken up the reins
the horse started out of the yard iuto
the street. His purposu was to attend '
cburcb, and, as the horse took that
direction, he decided to let her go '
without guiding to see what she would
do. The route is altogether different
from that taken in tho week-day driv
ing. He left the reius hangiug ou the
duuher, but nevertheless was carried
as straight to tho church as ho would
havo gone if he had turned the
horse. Without a word, when she
had turned up to the church door and
the carriage was in position at thu
steps, the mare stopped for her mas
ter to alight. Lvwibtou Journal,
WONDERS OF ALUMINUM.
NUMEROUS USES TO WHICH THI3
TOUGH META L MAT BE PUT.
Its Cheapness Will Work a devolu
tion In Mechnnlcul Construction
Process of Production a Secret.
"ft"
RTICLES mndo of alumi
num, the bronze with which
J every clay bank abounds,
S" can hardly be classed as
novelties any longer," said a Maiden
lane dealer in goods made of that metal.
"The novelty now cousist iu tho ap
plication. Aluminum ten years ago
was only produced after an expensive
and tedious scientific process. It wns
worth as much if not more than silver
and the product was so small that it
had no commercial standing, and was
only made up into paper weights or
fancy little trifles. To day aluminum
is a thoroughly established article of
trade. Its cost in tho bar or ingot is
only one-twelfth of what it was twelve
years ago, and the price will continue
to steadily decline until it is as cheap
as tinned iron, which it will ultimate
ly supplant for a hundred UBes. Every
jewelry and novelty store to-day car
ries in stock an endless variety of
articles for toilet, tablo and personal
use which were formerly made of sil
ver, or silver plnte, but which are now
made of aluminum. The prices are
much lower than those which they
supplant. Manufacturers buy the
aluminum in bar, ingot or rolled
sheet. The metal comes from Pitts
burg, ono cancern near that city turn
ing out about ninoty per cent, of the
r. . . '
output in tho United States.
Tho process by which cheap alum
inum is produced at its present prioo
is a jealously-guarded secret. Experi
mental plants are in operation all over
the country, and the secret must sooner
or later become common property.
Then the aluminum age will dawn.
House furnishing stores' are already
displaying all manner of cooking uten
sils made of the light, tough aud non
tarnishing metal, and cuspidors made
of it 'aro quite popular. It is also be
ing used extensively for bath tub lin
ings and for outdoor signs iu place of
zino or brass. Wire and tubing of all
dimensions are ou the market.
A gentlemau representing the prin
cipal aluminum reduction works of
the country stated yesterday that tho
coming year will wituess a further re
duction in the cost of tho product of
at least fifty per cant. The buildiug
of ships of heavy burden of aluminum
is among the piobabilities. In the
clay banks of the country tho practi
cal scientist sees the house building
lumber of the future.
in losu aiuniiuuui cost 911 per
pound ; iu 1880 it had declined to 83,
Then the electrolytio method of re
aucing ine ore wns mvented, and in
1889 the ruling prico was $1. Then
it began to replace brass, German sil
ver and nickel. The price had fallen
in 18U1 to $1.00 a pound, and with
this year dates tho introduction of
aluminum as a commercial staple. In
1893 the new metal was as cheap as
copper. Tho prevailing price is to'
day from fifty-three to sixty-three
cents per pound, in 100-ponnd lots,
according to quality, and hfty to fifty
eight cents in ton lots.
All tho Bteel-workers of the oouotry
uso large quantities of the new motal
as an alloy. Tho use of aluminum
was the secret of tho Wonderful flexi
bility and strength of the Daraasous
blade. The German Government has
done much to enoourago its use. Pon
toon bridges have been constructed
of it. . Aluminum shoe pegs are alone
used in tho making of shoes for the
army. It has been fonnd especially
valuable in tho fitting of torpedo
boats. A rowbont weighing lid
pounds has a carrying capacity of a
boat weighing 800 pounds in other
metal. Bicycle frames are raade of
it. Lamps made from it do not ex
ude oil. Food cooked iu aluminum
vessels cannot scorch.
Cornets and flutes made Ironi pure
aluminum are as sweet :n tone as if
mado of silver. Many kinds ot surgi
cal instruments are made of it. The
metal is three and a half times lighter
than oopper. Spun into fine thread
it will enter iuto tli3 manufacture of
draperies. Already "silk bows" have
been shown as proof of the possibili
ties in this line. New York World.
How Pepsin Is Prepared.
Tepsiu, which in various forms is
so largely used as a remedy for indi
gestion and stomach trouble, is ob
tained front tho membrane that liuee
tha stomach of various animals, that
of tho hog being most largily used.
Tho freoli stomachs are deprived ol
their fut aud divested of their outet
coating, cut open, gently washed with
cold water and macerated for several
days in a pickle. This pickle is com
posed of water thirty parts aud hydro
chloric acid ono part, and require
frequent stirring. Tho liquid is uexl
ntra:uod and filtered clear through
coarse paper or allowed to standi
twenty-four hours and theu poured off
Cjiniuon suet is then udded uud thor
oaghly mixed with the liquid. Th
pepsin rises to tho top, aud liftel
standing is skimmed off. After this it
is drained in a strainer, theu submit
ted to fctroug pressure to force out all
that is possible of tho taliuo solutiou.
Next it is carefully dried iu warm air
without other beat. Thu resultant
constitutes the crude pepsin, which is
used for making purified pepsin, etc,
Purified pepsin before drying iu water
aociduluted with pepsin beforo drying
in water accidulated with bydrochlorio
acid, then adding just suflicicut suit to
beparute it from its solutiou. it is
next washed gently with cold wuter
and drained, pressed uud dried rapid
ly ou gluss with ireutlo beat. New
York Telegram.
The honey demaud is growing and
trices aro stiffening considerably.
SCIENTIFIC AXD INDUSTRIAt.
Corundum is worth about $200 per
ton.
Hoso of aluminum is now used iu
Germany.
Sugar alone will sustain lifo for a
considerable time.
Only ono out of every fifteen per
sons has both eyes in good condition.
An uirpump is said to hnvo been do
v'sod whioh sweeps a room by suck
ing tho dust all out of it.
A spoon in a gloss filled with hot
waier prevents vuo breaking of tho
glass, because tho metal readily ab
sorbs a largo part or tho heat of th
water.
The United Stotes consul at Odessa
Russia, reports to tho State Depart
ment that of 793 cases treated at tho
bacteriological station for a year for
nyctophobia by the Pasteur method
but six diod, all children.
Tho snow huts of the Esquimau
are the warmest dwellings that can bj
constructed in polar regions, becnu
snow is the poorest conductor of heat
that can be found there and keeps
the warmth ol the hre within.
Sir Andrew Clark, late President of
the Royal College of Physicians and
Surgeons, advised that each mouthful
of food should receive thirty-two
bites that is, one for every tooth if
one wishes to avoid dyspepsia.
Professor William Harkncss, of
Washington, states the magnitude of
tho solar system as 5,573,400,000 miles
measuring across the diameter of Net
tune's orbit, while tho radius of tho
earth's orbit is 92,797,000 milos, with
a possiblo error either way of 59,700
miles.
Tho use of tho clectrio enrront in
the treatment of disease is extending,
as shown bv the laraa attendance nnmi
and widespread interest in the second
annual convention 01 tho National So
ciety of Electro-therapeutics in New
York City. Physicians of tho old
scnoois 01 practico now uso electricity
lor many troubles.
Cocaine is ono of tho most useful
drugs known. Its uso was domon
strated on tho eves of animals bv Knl
ler, ot Vienna, not many years ago,
anci it is now indispensable to the sur
creon. Cocaiuo nrmlio:! tr tha avd nn
'. t v -
tlrel V removes fiensibilitv. and nil no-a
tho most delicate operations to be
painlessly performed. It is also used
iu operations on the nose and lurvnx.
whioh otherwise could only be per
formed with great agony to tho
patient, for the administration of
cnioroiorm in these cases is impossible.
Moving Mounfa'ii.
A traveling mountain is fouud at
the Cascades of tho Columbia. It is a
triple-peaked moss of dark brown
basalt, six or eight miles iu length
where it fronts tho river, aud rises to
the hoight of almost 23'JO feet abovo
the water. That it is in motion is tho
last thought that would be likoly to
suggest itself to the mind or anyone
passing it; yet it is a well-established
faot that this entire mountain
moving slowly but steadily down to
tho river, as if it had a deliberate pur
pose some time iu the future to dam
the Columbia and form a great lake
from tho Cascades to tho Dalle.", says
a writer in Cioldthwaito s Oeosraphi
cal Magazine. In its forward and
downward movement the forest aloug
tho bote of the ridgo has become sub
merged iu the river. Lnrjro treo
stamps can be seou standing dead iu
the water on this shore. Tho railway
engineers aud brakemen find that tho
line of railway that skirts the foot of
the mountain is being continually
forced out of place. At certain points
the permanent way and rails have
beon pushed eight or ten feet out of
line in a few years. Geologists at
tribute this strange phenomenon to
the fact that tho basalt, which consti
tutes tho bulk of the mountain, rests
on a substratum of conglomerate or of
soft sandstone, which the deep, swift
current of tho mighty river is con
stantly wearing away, or thit this
softer sti brock is of itself yielding at
great depths to the enormous weight
of tho harder mineral above.
America's Bead Soa.
Medical Luke, so-called ou aocaunt
of the remedial virtues of its waters,
situated oil tha Great Columbian
plateau, in Southern Washington, at
an altitude of 2300 feet abovo thu
level of tho Pacilio, is tho Dead Soa
of America. It is about a mile long
and from a half to three-fourths of a
milo iu width, aud with a maximum
depth of about sixty feet.
luo composition of tho waters of
this Alpine lake is almost identical
with thut of tho Dead Sea of Pales
tine, and, like its oriental counter
part, uo plant has yet been fouud
growing iu or near its edges. It is
all but devoid of uuituul life, a species
of large ."boat-bug, a queer littlo
terrapin, and tho famous "walking
fish" beiug its only inhabitants. This
walking fish is uu oddity really de
serving of a spcciul "note." it is
from eight to niuo inches long and
bus a finny membrane extending from
head to head, even around both the
upper and lower surfaces ot tho tail.
It is provided with four legs, those
before having four toes, thu hinder
five. St. Louis Republic.
Some Rare (ems.
Innll,.. ....... l,.,,.i;f,,l .-I .-..1
cstiug iu itself, which is occasionally
sold for tho true ruby, is thu red zir
con, also called jargoon aud jacinth or
hyacinth. Jewelers call these stoues
"jacinth rubies" uud charge accord
ingly. 1110 gem isol all colors.tuo pure
white ones beiug bard to distinguish
fritfii A it.ni-tii .lu r.n it.)., tn n f l...i
wonderful tire. Chrysolite is just as
..,).;... 1.... l;i 1 -.1
with a diaiuoud or jaru;oou. New
V r 1
luinuuiuui.
DEACON MOPEFUU'3 IDEA,
Dear friends, when I am dead an' gone,
Don't bare no woeful takln's on,
Don't act so tarnally berott,
As though they weren't no sunshine left.
Don't multiply your stock o' woes
T!y sorry looks an' gloomy clothes,
An' make the trouble ten times norse
ISy alien follcrln' a bearso.
When I depart, It's my Idoe,
Tha most consolln' thing ter ma
'Ld be to hear the ones I tried
Ter comfort hero before I died
Ray, sort o' smilin' through their tears,
"Woll, ennyhow, fer years an' yoars
Wo had him here, so lot's be glad
An' thankful fer the Joy we had."
It ain't no use ter make a fuss
When death comes aftor one o' us.
The ways o' rrovldenne, I 'low.
Are as they should be, ennyhow.
Things suit me pnrty mlddlin' well, '
An' even at a funeral
I'd slog, amid the grief and woe,
'Tralso Ood, from whom all blessln's
flow."
Nixon Waterman, in Chicago Journal.
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
Geologists report that their collec
tions are hard.
Penitence is very apt to follow pun
ishment. Judge.
A word from the wiso is often all
we care to hoar. Puck.
For one man who can Btand pros
perity thero aro ten who would like to
try. Puck.
Don't get too far ahead ot the times, .
or you will not bo able to help them "
catch up. Puck.
Rich peoplo always hove poor rela
tions ; but poor people are not alwayB
blessed with rich relatives.
Jones "Hove you registered?"
Miss Antique (alleged to be only twen
ty) "Sir I" Chicago Record.
Whilo opportunity awaits every
man, it does not put in its leisuro time
blowing a horn. Milwaukee Journal.
Each morning, evening and noon,
He's played for many moons ;
And though he's always out ot tune,
lie's never out of tunes.
Truth.
The only persons who should be al
lowed to hold up trains aro tho women
who porsist in wearing thorn. Albany
Argus.
Politics aro full of uncertainties.
To-day a mau is on tho stump and next
week ho may be all up a tree. Boston
Transcript.
Young Chip "What causes so much
sickness, father?" Old Block "Too
much talking about it, my son." Bos
ton Courier.
Why is it that a woman always uses
more common Bonse in dealing with
another's love affair than with her
owu? Albany Argus.
"Tha pen is mightier than the sword,"
Thus said a man who'd gono
An 1 made a million selling pork
To feed the soldiers on.
Detroit Free Press.
The first time a man goes out hunt
ing his wifo has so much ooufidenoe in
him that she doesn't buy any meat for
supper. Atchison Globe.
If these fat Georgia hickory nuts
would only crack wide open when
they drop what a great country this
would be ! Atlanta Constitution.
Many a man will humbly tell yon
that he cuts no ice ; but he always
harbors a different opinion when he
gets a gkato ou. Adams Freoman.
O man ! Foor man t
Vour life Is but a sp iu ,
Yet while you live you soaru
At loust a slx-horso team.
Puck.
Lord Duffer "You're a girl after
my heart." Miss Price "Audyou'ro
a man after my money." (Eugage
ment not announced.) Boston Bud
get.
He "Why do you wish you bad
been born a man?" She "A man has
some ono big annoyance every day,
while a woman suffers from forty odd
1 ttle ones." Puck.
"I may toll you at onco that I oau
put up with everything exoopt answer
ing back. "Oh, madam I sure that d
ust like myself. We shall get oa
splendidly. " Le Figaro.
"Why don't you drop mo a line oc
casionally, Mat tie?" asked the forward
young man. "Lino s busy, replied
the telephone girl iu au abstracted
inuuuer. Boston Transcript.
"Do you think Skinuer can make a
iviug out there?" "Make a living?
Why, ho'd make a living ou a rock iu
the middle of tho ooouu if there was
auother mau on tho rock." Philudel-
hia Record.
"Is it true that Housor is hustling
for the postoflloo?" "Uuoss it is. I
heard his wifo tell hi 111 if ho didn't
get her letter mailed iusido of twenty
minutes sho'd know the reason why."
Bull'ulo Courier.
Income-tax Assessor- "You can't
claim exemption, Mr. Smiles. Why,
man, you must spend $700J a year Iho
way you live. Hinilos "1 kuow
thut, sir, but I live beyoud my in
come." Harper's Bazur.
A composer in this town wrote sev
eral dead marches aud could not Uud
a publisher, lie sent them to Phila
delphia. They were at onoe accepted
uud published ; aud they aro now used
by tho local btuds as quicksteps.
Bostou Journal.
lireatest Five Xaval Power.
The five greatest naval powers in
ho world uro iu tho order named:
Great liritaiu, France, Russia, Ger
many aud Italy. As will be see 11 by
the following figures, showing tho
number of vessels of all kinds (iuelui-
ug torpedo bouts) in each navy iu
December, 1893, a combination of the
'reueu and Russiuu navies would cou
iderably exceed the British navy in
streugth: Great liritaiu, 529 vesel;
ranee, 411; Russia, 27j ; German v.
Sul; Italy, 223. Now York Sun.