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Job work uh on delivery.
Pauperism is on tho wane in Iroland,
but is increasing alarmingly iu Eng
lund. There wcro 1CO0 patents issued by
)ho Unitod Stales Fatont Odlco for
luotrioal inventions during tho year
1894.
Tho dotailod report of tho Health
Deportment shows that Brooklyn is
healthier than any other of the world's
great cities.
Tho trolloyizing pro-ess goes on,
notes the Now York Recorder. New
York Central is to ran its exoursion
business between Euflulo and Niagara
Falls by trolley.
L . . m
John Sohultz, of Lantouburg, "West
Frussio, has invented a now kiud of
paper, but tho authorities will not
allow its manufacture because what
ever is writton on it may bo washed
off easily.
The FrenoU idea that Franco is a
good country to livo in is illustrated
by the fact that the Frenoh immigrants
to this oouutry in the last fiscal yoar
numbered only 3(fi2 pcrsous 2112
men and 1550 women.
"The advantages of kirsing," says
Dr. A. E. BriJgos in the British Modi
cul Journal, "outweigh its infinitesi
mal risk; for it provides us with mi
crobes useful for digestion." Even
tho strongest advocate of kissing will
admit, opinos tho New York Tribune,
that this is a somowhat growsoine and
unpleasant view of osculation.
Thoro is still money in real estate- in
Now York City, as is shown by a tran
saction of two young brokers, Floke
and Dowling. Last December thoy
bought tho old building on the south
west oornor of Nobbou and Liberty
streets for $1)31,000. They sold out
tho property recently to a syndioato
for $1,150,000; a profit of $300,000 in
thrco months is not so Lai.
Secretary Morton deolares that tho
plow has been less improved than any
other agricultural implement, and
that it packs down tho furrows it
turns over, making thera impervious
. to rainfall. He regards this matter of
6ueh importance that ho has Chan
cellor Conflold, of tho Nebraska State
University, to ask tho 1600 students of
that institution to try to invent a new
plow.
About ten years ago Rushdcu was a
littlo villago in Northamptonshire,
England. Large shoo factories were
established there and the plaeo rapidly
grew until now it has 10,000 inhabi
tants. The introduction of American
shoes at prices which English manu
facturers cannot meet has given Rush
den a severe set-back, and tho Chicago
Times-Herald predicts that it is likoly
to go down as rapidly as it sprung up.
V well-known European engineer
who has been exploring the Panama
Isthmus for many years reports that
ho Las discovered a route along tho
Toto, Javiosa and Tuyra Rivers by
which the two oceans can bo con
nected by a Bhip canal nt a total cost
of not more than 818,000,000. The
most important work on tho route
would be a tunnel under the Cordilleras
two miles long, which could bo built
for 511,000,000. Only two tidal locks,
one ou each side of tho mouutain,
would bo required.
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The London Spectator praises Lord
. Roscborr for granting a pension of a
hundred pounds a year to William
Watson, and thinks ho might also have
conferred the laurcateship on him
without risking tho condemnation of
any judgment worth considering. It
regards Swinburne as Watson's only
rival, and thinks that not even the
richness and melody of Swiuburuo't
early plays oould outweigh "tho lofty
and sinulurly crystal beauty of Mr.
Watson's elegiacs aud the delicate
humor of his more familiar verse."
The recent voto iu the British House
of Commons on the navy est i mutes
was more than ordinarily signifies)
and impressive, doqlaresthoNow York
Tribune. The estimates, as id well
known, are nnpreccdeutedly large.
Thoy provide for an increase of naval
streugth so vast as to startle even those
who are most familiar with tho "bloat
ed armaments" of Europe. They com
mit Groat Brituin definitely uud em
phatically to tho construction uuJ
uiainteuuuoo of a licet larger aud more
powerful than tlie combine. 1 fleets ol
8Dy other two Rowers, if not, indeed,
of all tho European Rowers. Thev
are such as would a few year ago have
aroused against them tho opposition
of a formidable party in both House
and Nation. Yet on this occasion not
one man of serious importance ruist-d
lis voice aguiust them, aud thojv vuul
through the House with only ihaty
two dissenting votes.
ADVICS 19 CHEAP.
"Got up, young man," the poet wrote,
"And breathe the air so sweot
Pat pn your light spring overcoat
And walk before you eat;
With lambkins In the early mora,
Go sport upon the green!"
Next day the poet all forlorn
Arose at ten fifteen.
It k an easy Job to give
Advloo we all ean touch
But such an awkward thing to live
And praatloe what we p roach!
Of kindly precept nono have lacked
So far as I have bood;
But words by good example backed
ArJ fow aud far between.
The oountry stands In nood of those,
Who do as Euoch did,
And whllo tholr weary jows repose
Walk right side up amid
Tho ma 1, discordant surging throng
That troads tho pavement blocks
Buch mon do mora to crush out wrong
Than ono who simply talks.
We have too much of vocal noise,
Too great a waste of breath,
This Ufa Is robbed of half Its Joys
And talkod almost to death ;
If more would bravoly do and dare
Tho land of heavenly bliss
Would bavo a few recruits to spare
From those who die Iu this.
Nebraska Slate Journal.
LOVE AND HONOR.
Annua Edwaods, Editu Qbivenkt. Itioa
aud Esmond.
B3onet Miss Orarenoy's drawing room.
RTHTJB (summing
up) And eo you
must help me, my
deor girl. I know
you would say it
should mako no
difference botwoen
us. I expected that,
of course.
Edith (looking down, and plnvinc
with her engagement riug) It's rather
bard, after not seeing yoa for two
years, Arthur.
Arthur It's rather hard on me. bo
ing away for two years and looking
lorwarit -to coming name and every
thing, and then to come home to this,
Edith I Understand that vour futh
er did forgo tho check, and laid the
blame on old Esmond, and now his
son has got the letter your father
wrote him on his deathbed and pro
poses to dear his father's memory.
You would do as mnoh, I suppose?
Arthur Yes, of course, liutwonro
In such different positions. You sco
the bsnionds are quite out of society.
Bosidcs it's all ovor now so mauy years
ego, and it', very hard on mo to hnvo
it ail raked np now. I haven't do no
anything. It's very hard on mo.
Edith And on your mother
sisters. I see that Quito.
and
Arthur Yes, of course, that was
mj' first thought. I didn't think it
necessary to mention that they wcro
my first thought. Rut as I was say
ing, Richard Esmond has no ono to
think of but himsolf. ilo is the only
child, and his mother is dead, and he
has no friends. He is only an usher,
and no ono would think any tho better
of him if it was cleared.
Edith He has some friends. You
know, he visits hero.
Arthur Yes, I know. .That's why.
. Nothing would bo casiar than
for you to get him to givo up this
idea of clearing his father's uamo.
The man died tweuty years ago, aud I
do wish, for my poor mother's saUo,
and the girls', of course, that my
father had let Bleeping dogs lie, and
not written that iucriminating letter.
Why, I should never bo ablo to stay
in tho place if it were known, and we
could not bo married for years, and
everything would go wrong. You
will, Edith, won't you?
Edith Yes, if you wish it. Richard
LaB lived in the place, though.
Arthur Yes; but don't I tell yon
it's all blown over t-veuty years ego ?
What's the goad of rakiusr it all un?
Edith You really wish me to try
to get this paper for you, Arthur?
Arthur Yes, dearest. Why, how
pale you arc I You mustn't let it up
set you a little thing like this. It
will be all over directly.
There he comes down tho road now,
with his confounded swagger. I
can't understand how a man can have
grown up with a mannor like that,
when his futher wus convicted of
forgery.
Edith Convicted, Arthur, not
guilty.
Arthur Well, 1 said "convicted,"
dearest, didn't 1? I say, he's
coming in at the garden gate. What
shall I do? I can't meet him.
Edith- -Hide bohind the screen then.
. (He hides behind screeu.)
Richard Esmond enters. He is tall
and thin, and turns bored eyes on tho
world through double glasses.
Richard--1 am hastening to keep an
important appoiutmeut. Are you very
busy? May I stay and chat for awhile?
I have somethiug'I should like to ask
you.
Edith Tho world is full of coinci
dences. I also have something I wish
to ask you.
Richard Something serious? Yc?,
I see it iu your eyes. Givo me a
moment to prepare myself. Two
serious subjects in ono morning 1 The
iirospect appalls, and iu July, too !
ictustalkof something light for a
few moments. Tho equalization of
rates or well, we might have u re
freshing littlo talk on somo set sub
ject, perhaps, as the suburban debat
ing societies da.
Edith Let me bo spared the
"anguish of tierce debute 1"
Riehurd (depreoatiugly) Not fierce.
On such a morning as this who could
debate fiercely ? I have besn thinking
of writing an article for the Fort
nightly on the influence of the County
Council on modern lyrio poetry.
Edith (smiles iu spite of herself,
but twists her huuds nervously)
Mr, Esmond, are you ever serious?
Riohard I am scriouB for the nine
long mouths of the Boholastio vear.
Rut now, whou eaoh lamb has gone to
its own fold, the shopherd wreaths his
crooit with garlands.
Edith And his conversation with
flowers of speech. Have you had
good timo with the boys this term?
Richard The lambing season has
been cxcellotit. Two of them, almost
mutton, as ono might say, passed for
Sandhurst. The Oxford Local has
showered its culturod bay! thick upon
us. Aud now for I porcoive too
plainly that yon aro anxiouo to be rid
of me what is this serious thing that
you wished to ask mo 7
Edith (promptly) It is this? (A
very long pause).
Richard Well?
Edith (with increasing agitations-
Is it very much moro difficult to say
than I expected.
Richard (gravely) Don't distress
yourseir. Xieiicve mo, nothing is
worth it.
Edith (desperately) You know that
I am going to marry Arthur Edwards?
Kicbnrd I uavo heurd that you are
engaged.
Edith Ho is very unhappy.
Richard Indeed.
Edith Your father-
Richard Oh, that old story I His
lamer lorgea a check and let my
iiiiucr do ummo'i lor it. It killed my
futher, who happened to be a phenon-
enally honest J man. Old Edwards
wrote a letter on his deathbed and Bent
it to me telling mo tho truth and urg
ing me to dear my father's memory.
A most sacred duty, surely.
Edith Arthur Edwards is very un
happy. It is a terrible thing for him
that this disgrace should fall on his
mother and sisters.
Richard We are to bo cerfeotlv
frank, I suppose (.She nods.) Then
let mo add that from tho little I have
seen of Mr. Edwards, I imagine he
would feel far more koenly a disgraco
inning ou himself than oue falling on
any woman iu whom he had an inter
est.
Edith (with an involuntary glanoo
toward tho screen) lou rnustn t soy
such thiugs to me.
Richard Of course not; I bog your
pardon. And what is it you wuut me
to do?
Edith (rising and walking about the
room) Oh, it's impossible. I see now
that it's quite impossible. Mr. Es
mond, you don't know how contempt
ible I feel. I was going to ask you
yes, I really meant to ask you to de
stroy that letter and to save Mrs. Ed
wards uud the girls oh, yes, and him,
too, fom this disgraco.
Richard You wished to ask me, in
fact, to loavo this slur on my dead
father's nuua for tho sake of these
other people who aro nothing to me?
Edith Yes, I did. Iamsorryl I
did not ask you, though. I don't ask
you.
Richard I am glad yoa have not
asked mo ; though, ou reflection, I
don't know why I should be.
Jvtith lhere is nothing more to be
said. It can't bo holpod. You are
perfectly right.
Richard My dear ludy. there are
some thiDgs which are dearer to a man
than his honor. My father loved tho
woman ueorge Edwards married.
That's all.
Edith Then what aro you coins to
do with the letter?
Richard Ah I you remind met You
remember I said I hud something seri
ous to say to you. I wished to offer
you tho letter as a wedding present.
tAnotucr pause, bhe turns hor head
away. When she looks at him again
her cyss are full of tears.)
xueuarj i detest serious conversa
tion, as you know. Rut there is one
think 1 should like to tell you. I
bavo known tho truth about this over
siuco I was fifteen. My father, when
he lost his good name and most things
thiit made life worth living, rotainod
a fow treasures, among them tho sheet
or paper ou which i-d wards had prac
ticed tho forged signature, lie loft
this paper to me aud charged mo to
keep silence about it as he had done.
Edith (half iucreduously) Then ho
had proofs, and he never cleared him
self? Edith But your futher's wasted
life? Tho blight upon you? Your own
lonely life? I must not take the lot
tor. You must show it and the other
proofs aud clear yourself and your
poor, poor futher.
liichurd And so defy his wishes
aad make his sacrilioes worthless?
Edith But your own honor?
Richard Honor is a catohward. It
wants defining ; but howevor you de
fine it, there are some thiugs which
are more to a man thuu his honor.
Edith But you
Richard Don't look so distressed.
I only mean that I lovo you and that
all one's life would be very littlo to
sacrifice if one could lay it out judi
ciously in such a way as to add a little
to your comfort 1 lease don t try to
look iudiguunt. There is no earthly
reason why I should not tell you this.
Otherwise you would never have un
derstood, aud 1 have a quite uureaaon-
ablo wish that you should uuder-itund.
phe hesitates, then gives him both
her hands.) .
E.lith 1 am very sorry, very, very ,
sorry
Richard Aud I, believe me, am ,
very, very glad. 1 have had such uo
opportunity as falls to tho lot of few
mou. I have beeu ablo to tell you
uhut you are to ine iu the presence of
the coward who sets u woman to fight
his buttles uud skulks behind a screeu
to wait for the fruits of victory, (tie
poiuts to the mirror iu which Edwards's
crouching figure is seen reflected.
For a moment no one moves. Then
Esmond takes the papers from his
pocket, puts them in her hands and
walks out. She stands looking after
him with the papers iu her hand.
Arthur comes out looking rather red.)
Arthur -Oh I I knew you would do
it. How clever of you 1 It was a
uuguitiucut piece of acting. (Edith
looks at him.) Come, don't look to
miserable. It's all right now. Here,
give mo the papers. (He takes
thom.) Como, give me a kiss. What
are you looking so glum about? Wat
it bocause he said that about the
screen? My dear girl, it was only a
guess. He couldn't possibly havo
seen me. Besides, wo have got all the
proofs here, and no one would be
lieve a word he said. Why, what's
themattor? Come, you ought not to
grudge a kis, to your promised hus
band. Don't think any more about
him ; it was like his impudenco, but
he is beneath your notice.
liidith Take your letters and go.
They are all you will ever hove from
me. For the rest of my life I shall
think more of him than of anything
else in the world.
Arthur Oh I but Edith, come.
Edith (stamping) Qo, I say. Hero,
take your ring.
Arthur I believe you moan to marry
that swaggering cad.
Edith I shall marry Richard Es
mond, if ho will stoop so far, but it
win be a poor match for him, for he
is a princo. (She goes out.)
Arthur I suppose now he will start
a sohool of his own with her money.
He always did have tho greatest luok.
New York Press.
Bunting tho Seal.
Tho Eskimo in his "kaiak" is in
deed great, for ho faoes the roughest
seas, dodges the heavy waves, and
some of tho more expert "kaiak" men
reoeive a heavy roller by capsizing
and receiving the blow on the bottom,
righting themselves afterward. The
skillful fisher rights himself with the
paddle, which is two-bladed, or with
his open hand, while some can do it
with the clenched hand. "I have
seen," says Nansent, "a man take a
stone in his clenched hand before cap
sizing, and come up with it still in his
hand." Nor must we forget that ho
has to tow his prey besides performing
some of those feats, and a hunter will
sometimes bring three or moro seals
to land safely.
His ohief weapon is the harpoon,
which ho throws either with his hand
or the ingenious throwing-stick ; it
has an easily detachable head with a
lino and bladder attached. Bosidcs
those, he has lances and bird darts,
all being kopt in readiness under
loops of leather on top of his "kaiak."
Surely ho must be oool and daring, for
he must not miss a wounded and
enraged seal, nor must the slightest
hitch occur iu tho line when tho prey
rushes away with tho harpoon. The
greatest achievement in the hunter's
art was to be able to dispense with
bladders, and to let tho seal tow the
"kaiak" man by his waist. The Spec
tator. Mirrors lu Folk-Lore.
In tho pleasant regions of folk-lore
the mirror holds a fairly prominent
place. To break one is considered an
unlucky affair, a notion which is one
of the most prevalent and persistent
of modern superstition. In many
parts of England, seven years of trouble
is considered the penalty for such an
accident; but tho still more serious
Scottish people regard it as a sign that
a member of tho family will soon die.
In the south of Englund it is looked
upon as a bad omen for a bride on her
wedding morning to take a last peep
ut the glass before starting for church,
and the struggle between superstition
and vanity is no doubt very keen.
The Swedish girls are afraid to look in
the glass after dark, or by Artificial
light, lest thoy should forfeit the go 3d
opiuion of the other sex. Most peo-
plo still appear to regard it as a bad
omen to see the new moon for the first
timo through a window pane or re
flected in a mirror.
Iu some districts the practice of cov
ering the looking-glass, or romoving it,
in the presence of death still exists.
The reason for this is not very obvi
ous, though Mr. Baring Gould says
there is a popular notion that if a
person looks into a mirror in the
chamber of death he will see tho corpse
looking over his shoulder. Such
superstitions seem to suggest a near
approach to the primitive modes ol
thought of the men who found mir
rors in stones aud glasses iu the run
ning brook. Chambers's Journal.
Superstition lu the Wilderness.
Strango tales have como from the
Sourdoaheuuk region this season iu
regard to Juck Reed's depot-camp o'j
the road leading to Strickland's
Mountain. Tho camp is built over
tho grave of a man who wus killed iu
somo unknown way, uud tho woods
men Bay the place is haunted. At auy
rate, on every moonlight night in win
ter a listener standing outside the
camp can hear tho sound of rolling
stones that apparently are grating,
grinding, rattling, pluukiug over each
other, us though sliding down u steep
hunk. Diligent search has been made
for tho sourco of this strange noise,
but bo far no one has solved the
mystery. Old lumbermen remember
that the camp has been consideied to
be haunted for many years, aud the
souud of the rolling stoues has beeu
heurd ou many a moonlight night iu
the past. Many lumbermen who are
on their way iuto tho Sourduuheuuk
region prefer to push by tho depot
c imp aud take u night tramp rather
tuau tloep over that gruve and hear
those grinding sijes. l..ovistou
( Uo.) Journal.
Tho Miorlest .skipper.
Captain Whiting, seventy-two years
old, five feet tall, with shuggy eye
brows, long irou-gruy whiskers and au
unusually mild muuner.creuted a alight
sensation ou the Muritime Exchange
by his appearance yesterday. He is
the shortest skipper ever seen in port,
aud his vessel, the Liverpool, is the
longest four-master that has arrive. 1
in years,. -Nov York Mail auJ Express.
THE MERRY SIDE OF LIFE,
STORIES THAT AHE TOLD BT THE
FTNNT MEN OF THE PRESS.
With Three Men on liases A Mis
understanding Got the "Throw
Down" A Matter of Fact, Ktc.
Ah. tlio paper niav teem
With royalty's gleam,
And laud the counts, prinow aud earls
Who wander across
With their prolit or loss
To wed our American girls;
Tiut long ore tlio ros'
By the garden will blows,
Thi extravugania will flit.
And a wroath we shall bring
For the uncrownwl king
Who batt:th n home run hit!
Cleveland linin Denier,
aor the "throw lowv."
Jack "I proposed to May last
night."
Tom "How did you come out?"
Jack "Head first." Town Topics.
A MMtTNDERHTAJtDlNa.
Barber "Shall I "go over the chiu
onoe more, sir?"
Customer "No; I'd heard it all
before you told me." Harper's
Weekly.
man.
"I understand that your picture re
ceived the highest consideration at tho
exhibition."
"Yes," replied the mournful artist,
"it was skied." Washington Star.
A MATTER OF PACT.
Customer (with a handful of worn
currency) "These greenbacks nro
tough."
Cashier I bog your pardon, thoy
aro legal tender." Detroit Free Press.
FRANK, BUI NOT FLATTERING,
Joseph "If I should die, would
you get another feller, Mary Jane?"
Mary Jane "There haint" no other
feller around hero, Joseph ; or I
wouldn't wait for you to die." Puck.
THE PHYSICIAN.
Mamma "O Jaok, tho baby has
swallowed the oontents of this ink
bottlo. What shall I do?"
Uncle Jack "Why mako him eat
two or three sheets of blotting papor."
-Truth.
HAVING GREATNESS THRUST UPON 11ISI.
School Visitor- "Now then, boy
number one, who wrote 'Muobeth?'"
Boy Numbor Ouo (trembling vio
lently) "Please, sir. I didn't."
School Visitor "I know you didn't ;
but who did?"
Boy Number One (with a spasm of
virtue) "Ploose, sir, I don't wanter
be a telltale, but it wuz Bob Buster,
over in de corner seat. I seen him
a-doin'of it." Judge.
WANTED A FLEASANT EXPRESSION.
Mr. Grumps "Good morning. Do
you take picturej by the instantan
eous process?'-'
Photographer "Yes, sir."
Mr. Grumps "Well, this is Mrs.
iGrumps, my wife, you know. I want
'her picture taken."
Photograper "Certaiuly. But ore
you partioular about having it iustau
taneous?" Mr. Grumps "Of course. Wheu
you get things ready tell her to look
pleasant, and then snap of! the ma
chine before tho expression fades
away. You've got to be quicker'u
lightning." New York Weekly.
A BENEFACTOR OF HIS SPECIES.
Frau von S., well known for her
kindness and generosity, was waited
upon the other day by a well-dressed
gentleman, who spoko to her as fol
lows :
"I wish to draw your attention,
madam, to tho sad cuse of a poor
family. The father is weak and ad
vanced in years, the mother is bodrid
jden, and their livo littlo ehildreu are
clamoring for bread. The poor creat
ures are about to bo turned iuto tho
street with their wretched belongings
unless Bomebody will undertake to pay
thoir arroars of reut, amounting to
thirty marks."
Fruu von S. ot onco went to fetch
the money. Handing it to her visitor,
she said :
"Now, sir, I should like to know
who you ore, us you seem to take so
warm an interest iu these poor peo
ple." "I am thoir landlord, madam!"
Wochenblatt.
HE WANTED TO KNOW.
It was a farmer-looking man, with
ouo arm in a sling and a bandage over
his oyo, who waudered iuto the ollio
of the superintendent.
"1 was iu that ther littlo smash-up
down nigh l'luukville,"said the farmer
looking uinu, uud then he nuiloJ
"I guess he can be fixed up for not
moro thou thought tho superin
tendent.
"Yus, I was there," continued tho
visitor, with a chuckle. "Jist suilin'
along, smooth us grouse, listoniu' to a
hook-nosed feller telliu' u funny story,
when oil of a suddeu kerblip I That
there olo cur weut suiliu' so hih thut
I could sou tho gruy hairs iu the
wbioliers of tho uuou, aud then
he come down. How she did como
idowu? Aud when I come down too,
-there sot that hook-nosed feller with
his hook-noso changed to u p;i-;; uu
other feller, 'bout seven foot high,
was hung across tho bellrope like a
suuko hungup fer ruiu, uul over iu
tho woodbox wus a fat woman jammed
in so tight that she couldu't holler
couldn't do liothiu' but muke faces. By
gravy, it wus tho funniest time I ever
Lad in all my life. And so, I thought
how much extry you thort I'd orter
to pay for tho fun you gimme."
Tho superintendent sat there with
his mouth open for ho long that tho
furmer looking muu grew uluruicd and
fiud. Ciueiuuuti Tribune.
StlKMIFl; AM) INDUSTRIAL.
Argon is still the bono of contention
in British scientific circles.
Tho nvcrngo nmouut of fcickness iu
human life is ten dnys per annum.
An electric plow ban bicn invented
in Germany und is said to work sue
ci ssfully.
Tho use of telephone bells is about
lo bo discontinued. They will bo su
perseded by llafch lights from au elec
tric lamp.
A scieutiat has recently declared that
the average speed of the transmission
of tho shock of nu earthquake is 10,000
feet per second.
KirB. W. Richardson dictated to a
phonograph tho whole of his twelve
page articlo in tho Asclepiad. It was
set up without a liuo of "copy."
It is said that dew will not form ou
somo colors. While a yellow board
will bo covered with dew, a red or
black one beside it will bo perfectly
dry.
The hydrophono is a simple clectrio
device which announces to a port or
lleet tho approach of a torpedo boat,
even if the latter is totally submerged
aud, therefore, invisible.
The brain is not 'affected by tho
movements of tho body, even though
tho90 nro sometimes very violent, bo
cuuso it rests ou a basis of soft cush
ions between tho boucs of tho spine.
Electrio heat has been applied with
sueooss to tho thawing out of frozen
water pipes in England. A wire is rnu
into the pipe until it meets tho ob
struction, aud then tho current is
turned ou.
Peat is being successfully used as
fuel for eugiues in somo parts of con
tinental Europe. Experiments ure be
ing mado iu Gcrmauy to extract gas
from peat, iu which a considerable
amount of cuer.ry is stored.
A prominent electrician says that
the light of the sun is tho result of
electrical vibrations iu tho Ut,OJO,0J0
miles of ether which separato u from
that great luminary, aud does not pro
ceed from a great central fire, as tho
scientists havo all along held. If tkeso
vibrations can bo produced tho light
will follow.
Mr. Armstutz, tho inventor of tho
"electro-artograpb," is perfecting his
mechanism so that it can be used
practically for telegiaphing engrav
ings from oue city to another. Tho
invention is bused on the principle of
the phonograph, aud it will certainly
becomo practical iu process of timo, if
it is not now.
Thero is this difference betweon coal
gas and water gas, respectively so
called : Whilo the former asphyxiates,
the latter poisons. Choking to death
by gas inhalatiou is a slow process,
whilo tho toxio influences of water gas
are quick and certain. With cheap gas
comes the increased danger. Tho ouiy
sure remedy would seem to bo proper
precaution, both on the part of tho
producer aud the usor.
A Very (Jiiccr Number.
At intervals somo one discovers
some remarkable now property about
the figure U, but other numbers are
not usually supposed to have auy of
these cranky, not t) say mysterious
qualities about them. But take tho
number 142,857. At first thero ap
pears to bo nothing odd or smpioious
about it. Yet it has somo very uu
cannj ways.
Let us multiply it by the numbers
from 1 to 7, aud see the result :
142,857 by 1 is 142,857.
142,857 by 2 is 283,714.
142,857 by 3 is 428,571.
142.857 by 4 is 571,428.
142,857 by 0 is 714,285.
142,857 by 0 is 857,142.
142,857 by 7 is 9JJ,aiii).
Tho first six products, von. -will ob
serve, aro composed uot only ot tueH
same figures, but of tho same figures
iu tho same order, though beginning
with a different figure each timo. Aud
ilio strangest part of it all is thut 142,
857 multiplied by 7 is UJ'J.O'JJ, which
appears to be a sort of "jumping off
pluoe," for from thut poiut ou tho
products lose most of their oddity.
Puthliudcr.
l'relessur anil Conjurer.
Mauy years ago "tho Wizard of tho
North" gave somo performances iu
Edinburgh, uud Professor llluoliio wu-t
ouo of the crowd who wont to sco
them. As ho was making bis wuy iu
ho felt something ut his coat-tail, uud,
putting his hand iuto bis pocket bo
found an euu. This he t,wk mil un I
most adroitly transferred it to tlu
pocltet ol a young man just in front
of him a person us unlike himself us
can well be imagined. Arrived iu t!i
hall ho remarked where this .youu
muu placed himself, and chose his own
eat iu a corner a t remote us possible.
Wheu tho timo came for ' iViz ir i"
Anderson to "trouble" him fur tlio
egg, ho arose, and expluiuud that ho
bud nothing of the sort in his pocket,
but thut ho believed "that ioutloin:i;i"
could produce it, pointing to tlio u-s-touished
young man, wiio- .- irprist',
however, by uo means equalled thai
of the "Wizard." Loudon Now;.
Sli'ii:,'lei lor Dislus at t' linv i ro -'iih.
It is now u fashion iu the h
district to u -e ce lar shin !es it church
socials, musical an I iiler iry enter
tainments, where tlio projri a uo c in
cludes with refreshments. Too shin -l j
is used as u food tray, an 1 is e.i uiu ;
iuto geueial popuiirity ut cVir.- i
socials. There is ul trays a d s;ioi -lion
ou tho p u t of some of the un ;o I
ly who utteud church so,-ii!s tosleit
tho jilates ou whie'i t!io refr 's!ni sit i
uro Berve.l, hut v. liruth'! lultetv.irm
coffee uul ancient sandwiches nr.)
pu.-sed around uu a cedar shiui-le wort li
ubout ninety cents u tlio.i a id, even
the small buy has uo de.sire lo sL-.d hii
plate. W'eat Coast Lii.ub.-i' .11 m.
A S5NO IN THE NIGHT.
'f.ng Innn without a tuniiu','
Ho, keep the end In pfght;
Far off the liirhts nre bin-'iiii'
Like bea"uas in the iiiejit.
An' when the stirm if over.
The ruiubnw'll epan the sky.
An' we'll auehor. we'll nnehur,
"We'll anehor by an' by!"
Peep sea without n souudin',
But keep your course serene!
Far off tho haven's smilin'
Fur oft tho hills uro greeut
Au' wheu the stnrm Is over.
The Haiinr'U cease to sigh;
Au' we'll nnehor, we'll anehor
"Iu tho harbor by an' by!"
Atlanta Constitution.
J1UMOU OF THE DAY.
There aro educated pigs, but there
nre nono who do not liko mud. Rum's
Horn.
In the great race of life everybody
wants to hold tho watch. Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
No man is ignorant who knows
enough to conceal what ho doesn't
know. Puck.
Down on the Rio Grande a horso
thief Btolo a ruuuway mule that no
body else could catch. Texas Sift
iugs. The second baby may weigh threo
pounds moro than tho first, without
causing half as much excitement.
Tuck.
Somo men, when they aro drcssod
up, act as if they had beeu caught
stealing chickons. West Union (Iowa)
Gazette.
Literary fame consists in hnving u
great mauy people know thut you havo
written Boincthing which thoy havo
uot read. Puck.
When the weather forecaster pre
dicts a cold wove that doesn't como it
may bo referred to as a signal failure.
Philadelphia Record.
Van Clove "Who is goiug to bo tho
best man at your wedding with Teddy
Thoughtloss?" Mias Vaudorwhack
"I am." Town Topics.
Many people who profess to believo
in the theory of tho greatest good to
the greatest number, also boliovo that
the greatest number is No. 1. Puck.
Mary had a little hen;
'Twns feminine and queers
It laid like smoke wheu ei,'f?s wero cheap
And quit wheu ewts uyit Uenr.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
A modern novelist tells ns that his
hero's proud spirit was humbled iu tho
dust. He shouldn't kick at that if it
was tho right kind. Philadelphia Rec
ord. Tho Mother "Yes, our buby
weighed twelve pounds when it was
born." Tho Retired Butcher (deeply
interested) "Without tho boues?"
Life.
"I want a hat, but it mustba in tho
latest style." "Kindly take a chair,
madamo, and wait a few minutes; tho
fashion is just chuugiu " Philadel
phia Telegraph.
Fuddy ".Strange thut the rejected
lover should so olteu take to drink."
Duddy "I dou't kuow. It is only a
chungo from Bweet to sour mash."
Boston Transcript.
"Is it true that Maud Makofaco was
arrested for intimidating voters?"
"Yes. She threntonod to kiss every
man who would voto for Johusou."--ImUanupolis
Journal.
Blobbs "Do you thiukthe average
muu is as stupid before he marries us
ho is afterwards?" Cyuicus "Cer
tainly, or ho wouldn't get mirried."
Philadelphia Rscord.
"So bo's coutomplutiuj luurriare?
How did you Uud that out?" "Ho
said life wus dull uud ho was looking
iirouud for something iu tho line of
exoitement. " Syracuse jst.
"There's a good deal that is swell
about Cholly Cudkius," said ouo girl.
"Yes," replied tho other; "the only
trouble is thut most of it has pouc to
his head." Washington Star.
His name wus Ah Hin, uud his fa.' ' w.-re a
Kriu.
As he Jieiluled ulnllt? o'er tlie pike,
For he ha I ouite u era ".o for tlio "M -ii .m's
ways,
Aud delivered his wash eu a "oil.. ."
!:.
Mrs. Young "Mother wus here l ist
night. Sho stuyed till after 12." Mr.
Young "Did sho say anything about
my being out so lute?" "No. HIo
suid sho would wait till sho sa.v you
to tulk about that. "---In .liuuupoli.s
Journal.
"Only thiuk," exclaimed . l'eu. Li -bou,
"of t- mauy uses t j which paper
is now put I" "i know," replied
Bass; "1 was ut tho theatre the other
night, uud I was told it was ill paper.
Aud it wus u line, suhst-autial-lookiu ;
structure, too."- liostou Transcript.
Au Eighth Wurd mau is writiirr 11:1
article ou 'Tho Movement of Miteriul
Objects Without Physical Coutuei."
His utteution was called to tho matter
by seeing au old tomato can move- sis
inches to ouo side to get iu flout of a
Hum learning to ri lj the bieve'.e.
Minneapolis Journal.
"Auy of your boarders lj:t ymi,
Mrs. Hushcroft? ' usko I tlj 1 butcher.
"Your meat bill this week aiu't num
than two-thirds what it Usually 1.-."
"No, thero haven't any of then: left
yet," tuid tho laudoi Iv. "J:r. l t
got u new boarder who r. is ; een'.cd
hair oil." Ouoiuuati Tribune.
A Sjiii en r bi.ir ie.i.
The jardiniere of 11 well I.u j a u lib
ury wouiuu iu Ljii.I.iu i j compu - I
violets from "St. Paul's withoiu I
r
ot ho
gate," Rom j Stars of !cthkheiu Ir
11a
the old teniplo of l'ueshi u, ivy fn
Oucou's poorho'.Ho.s, t'uwes mavs In
Sicily auil wux pluut from l'lorcm
ull gathered by her on 11 li 111 1 ; and t
roots tended nu 1 carefully kept till
until planted iu her l.io.l.i.i hi.nc.
New i'oik Advertiser.