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quarterly. 1 emporary afl varusemeata I
M paid in adranoa.
Job work -oasa oa delivery.
J
We pny a million a your (or im
ported potatoes.
They nre going to erect a monn
ment in New England to tbo momory
or tbe man who discovered tbo Bald
win apple.
New York schoolmasters are urHna
that children bo taught Tertioal hand
writing, as it onoonragos thoia to sit
lip straight whilo writing.
Michigan people will have 'a ohanoo
to vote on a Constitutional amond
went limiting tbo right of snffrago to
ifioee able to rend and write.
It is notod in England that Lord
Rosobery, Mr. Balfour and Lord Elgin,
as well as Mr. Rbodos. who between
them rale tho British Empire, aro all
men un3or fifty years of ago.
Tbo bolt lino .tnnnol jtiRt oponod
nndcr Bnltiraoro was undertaken in
order to avoid the transferring of
trains across tbo Fntopsco Rivor. It
is seven and a half miles long, bolng
ono of tbe longest soft earth tunnels
over driven.
Gladstone is a boliovorintho theory
iuo a mon can do bettor mental work
every year to extromo old ago if ho
takes enro of his body. Ho claims
that tho mind grows stronger and
clearer as the body loses vitality, and
mat it is only disease of tho latter
that can provent an intellectual pro
gress that will gj on to tho end. IIo
is oertaiuly a good illustration of his
working theory, observes tho Argo
naut,
Tbo Now York State Forestry Com
mission has recently mado provision
lor a state park of some 30,000 acres
in tho heart of tho Catskill Mountains.
It will bo situated iu a very beautiful
region in tbo vicinity of Blido Moun
tain, tbo highest peak of tho ontiro
Catskill runge. This is a very popu
lous rogion aud may readily bo roaohod
by tbo local railroad. The announce
mont will doubtless bo rccoived with
great plcasuro by tho many thousands
who make this region tboir summer
homo, thinks tho Chicago Tiinos-Hor-aid.
There is groat exoitoment in Eng.
land over the disoovory that Birming
ham metal manufacturers havo beon
engaged in making Idols for oxport to
tho hcathon subjeots of tbo Quoon of
Iudio. No donbt English enterprise
nnd skill con turn out a superior, as
well as cheaper, artiolo than native
workers in motal oan mnko. But it
seems to tbo Boston Cultl rotor a
strongo thing for a profossodly Chris
tian Notion to tuns aid and abot idola
ters iu thoir devotions. Torhaps tho
fact that money, is made thereby will
cover tho sin. It is money rather than
anything clso that servos as an Idol to
millions who littlo suspoct thomsolves
of idolatry."
Tbo uso of tbo bioyolo is spreading,
Tbo Rov. Henry Fn'rbaulc, a mission
ary of tbo American Bonrdin Bombay,
wrUcs to tho Now York Independent
that his tonring has beon much facili
tated by a bicyole, which ho was on
ablod to purohasa through tho kind
ness of friouda in Aniorica, Wbolo
villogcs turn out to roo tho "foot car
riage" Bomo aro much astonished at
tho spood of tho maobine. Others
think he ought to go much faster, nnd
frequently, whilo going along quietly,
men say! "Now, braoo up; ictus
soo what you oan do." IIo is fru
ipiontly askod whothor tbo propelling
power Oomos from his foct or his
hands. Whorover he goes ho finds
plenty of pooplo willing to oomo and
listen to bis proachiug if tboy oau only
catch a glimpsoof tho horso that needs
noitber grass nor groin.
Tbe center of our population in
1700 was about twonty-threo miles
cast of Baltimore; iu 1610, about
forty miles northwest of Washington ;
iu 1820, abont sixtocu miles north of
Woodstock, Va. i iu 1830, about nine
teen miles southwest of Mooreflcld,
W. Va. ; in 1810, sixtoon milos south
of Clarksburg, W. V. ; in 1830,
tweuty-throo miles south of Parkers-
burg, W. Va. J iu 1800, tweuty miles
south of Ohillicotbe, Ohio; iu 1870,
forty -oight miles east of Cincinnati ;
in 1880, eight miles west of Cincinnati ;
iu 1800, twenty miles cast of Colum
bus, Ind. 1'vrhnpB tho most remark
nblo feature iu this march is tho
directness of its wostorly progress, Iu
tbo full century it has not varied half
a degree from a duo wont direction or
gone north or south of a belt about
Iwouty-flvo miles broad. Yet in this
century it has moved ooross more than
nine luorliliuiif, or a distance of S0.1
miles westward. Ju comparison with
'bo ooutur of population we may note
the center of Kren, which, excluding
AliikUn, i ju tu uwtthcrii part of
Kaut&a,
A SONQ OF LOVETIME.
Hero's a song of lovetlmo,
All the world is light,
There's a rlpplo on tho rivor,
Aud suns nnd stars are bright.
Hero's a song of lovetlmo.
All the world Is sweet;
IUilnbowR round the henrons-"
Flowors nt your foot!
Hero's a song of lovetlme,
Borrow In eollnsoi
Llltlo children climbing
To tho mother's leaning lira.
Hero's a song of lovntime,
Chorus of tho birds,
And jiiHt the sweotest muslo
To tlio sweetest human word9l
Hero's a song of lovntime
Ended nil tho strife.
Aud a heaven that la booming
With a Bwoot, otnrnnl llfn!
-F. L. Btanton, In Atlanta Constitution.
A TERRIBLE REVENGE.
lit, carriniro was
going nt a terriflo
pace. Tho horncs,
unusually exoited
ny tue wbite wino
that had boon
poured over their
oats, dashed
turonah the air
which whistled
Their hoofa rosoundnd Imiillv nit 41m
hard frozen road. The two enrriago
iHutcrns snono in tuo night like tbe
glowing eyes of some huge, prchistorio
lUdllgllT.
Tho mad. for ioilfl ft mil Aft in flio f1nvlr
nos6 bail eoiuotbiug etraugo about it,
BOIllPthinfT m VRtnr iattn biniutn
n J .vu.-a uiMiniv.i( nuu
all the more so, perhaps, that it was
tal;in7 ulnnn in IIia aiiii.a rviKln
tbo t. rrihlo year when tho Germans
were in Alsaoe.
The cnrriaRo, like a vessel in dis
tress on a raging sea, oscillated from
left to ricbt und from riant n lnft
When the vpliiiln ln'nli lm.l Uon
flying down tbe slopes of Ottrot, raced
.1 , . ... .
luruugu uio village, passing Jiko an
express train tho houses with their
littlo low roofs, on which tho moon
oast a silvery light, tho good women.
11.., .i. .
biuiucniy irignienoci, mailo toe sian
of tbo crosi with a trembling of tho
snees ana a wliispered prayer.
"Mon Dieu ! What is aaina In 1n
oomo of us?"
i'llO rliililrnn nrnn.fiAi1 iwi (t n.1
against tbo knees of the older persons,
Everywhere there was a nid nt .It.
uressiou nnd evil nrn.nntmiiit nn,l
churactcristio sizn of irenernl terror
tbo tiros iu tbo huso, whfte stoves
were alloaod to sink low and go out,
for no Ono tbotloht of kniuiillir Ilium
1 a .
ujjve.
Tho fact WBB the Prussians, for iu.
cral weeks past, had been cruellv rav.
aging tbo country.
TllA tlTillff fnrrinrrn unnl.inal
J o " - - - "n vwu.uiubu DU1IIU
Ocrmnu officers, who were the bearers
of secret orders to S.
"Fttiter. faster." thev rin.l. whin.
, " 1! 1 1 " ' f
Dins no the noor nnraen. wlnVb
alremly breathing ftro and smoke ont
o luoir uonriis. me wretched
driver, terrified, obcyod mechanically.
- xonurrre i ue growled, "my
norFce will dio wlien they reaoh their
B'ablo if thevdu not break thoir nnnla
going round ono of tbeso steep curves 1"
... 1.I. X , ... (. . . .
nuu tuo strokes oi ino wuip redoubled
and tbo dizzy course become still more
reckless.
Tho trees seemed to fly nast. Na-
luro herself urotested miiiKt 1 Im
wild, headlong crcer, for at this mo
ment tue moon nia ner race uenind a
cloud, as if she did u it wiMli to 1n a
witness to tbe sccno. And ttill tboy
flew onward.
That afternoon tbo enemy had taken
possession of the village of Ottrot,
nod, as their custom was, had iustallcd
tbemeelvcs in tbe people's houses.
i our superior olluers were domi
ciled with tbe Mayor. They sot there
iu the middle of his best drawing
room, tolking loudly iu thoir inittcral
jargon aud smoking their long pipes
oi poroeiain wnuo they dried their
boots at tho hot tiro bUziug in tbe
grute.
ibuir unwilling hobt, atoll old man.
with a white beard, served them with
drinks as gruciouuly as ho could. His
eye passed sadly from ono to tbe
other, his venerable head sboking
meliiueholy, as if tossy: "It is tho
ripbt of tbo strougest, what, can ono
do against a hundred?"
l'trh:ips bis mind wos dwelling on
tbo post, l'erbops ho was looking
forward to reveuge. Thi-aking, it
moy be, of tbo tuno when his country-
mcu, by ono of those spoutsueous
movements that the trench alone are
capable of, would bo victorious au d of
fering mercy to these very oilicors,
his guests.
ilo raised his white head iu a ges
ture of delluueo aud his eyes shot
tires. lie seemed to bovo grown
tweuty years youuger, and this Irons
figuration was evidence oi his tre
mendous internal agitation.
lie was recoiled to the present by a
gentle knock at tho door and almost
immediately afterwards be saw in tbe
porch tbo tuP, powerful frame of Lux,
who wos tho forcmuu of tho Mayor's
servants uud a modern Hercules, lie
was u;,rile as a deer and strong as au
ox, no. I cculd break a sou between his
fingers as he would break an egg
shell. Tbo neck of a bull roso out of a
fluuuel shirt, carelessly fosteuod across
tbe throat by a cotton ucoktie. lie
was a man terrible in anger, but in
repose gentle as a lamb and as docile.
"What is the matter?"
"There is this the matter: another
oflWr wants to quarter himself npou
us lieio. Shall I stranglo him?"
'i'beae words coming from such lips
made one shudder.
"Xon, uiy old Lux, keep calm, that
nould do no good and would only
0m
bring worso npon tis. Let him In
he probably wishes to speak with hi
ooi leagues.
Lux did an his master told him,
much against his inclination, II
would have given him such a huai
amount of pleasure to twist one ol
tuoso Ucrninn necks with his great sin'
ewy lingers.
I he new arrival burst into the
drawing room. Tbe four Pruflsian of
Beers nttercd cries of surprise.
They rose at once, in a body, and
suiutcu witu great respect the strangot
who had come to disturb their neaoo.
"Be Booted and lot us talk," said the
now arrival in Ucrmun, and in a voice
of command.
"Yon will set out at once." he said
"and take this sealed message to the
PrincoofX , at '8 1" and he
drew out of the pocket of his long
luiiiinry cioas, wuite witn snow, a
lorge, white envelope, and handed it
to one of tuo oflicers.
"Go all four of you, and placo your
selves at tbo disncsition of tho Prince.
Further orders will bo given to eacb
of yon later, lou must sret horses
and carriage and start at onool Is it
understood? Then hasten I"
Then, turning to tho host, ho said
in t reneb :
"Please accommodate these gentle
men with a oarringo and two fresh
horses. General s orders I"
Lux, who had remained standing at
tno door during this scone, anticipa
tod bis master's reply.
"It is well, monsieur l'officior. von
shall bo accommodated as you desire 1"
ue spoke in a pcculmi tone of voice.
Only his master, however, uotioed it.
A mad thought had been born in his
brain, something superhuman, pre
posterous. Any one who could have
read it in his mind would have been
chocked, terror stricken 1
hilo a farm hand harnessed the
horses to the carriage Lux put a sad
die on Barks, an Arab horse, a faith
ful aunnol which be loved aud curod
for himself with his own bonds.
Ho spoke to it as he spoke to a
friend, and tho noblo create ro seeuiod
to understand. Wheu Lux mounted
into tho saddle he was trembling with
joy.
A mysterious dialogue scorned to
commence bctwoou tho man and the
horse, which, suddenly sending tho
sparks flying from beneath its four
feet, vanished into tbe darkness like a
phantom.
Barka, like some great mvthological
creature witu wings, devoured space.
tier line, nervous legs hardly seemed
to touch the earth, and Lnx kopt her
going at ner utmost speed.
At leugtb they stopped. Burka was
white with foam and Lnx covered her
with his cloak. He did not fed the
cold, for the awful thought in his mind
kept his wholo body warm and tin
gling.
it is yonder," he said to himself
in a deep-voice! growl, "it is there
that they aro to perish."
At this point tho road made a sud-
deu turn, an! apparently came to an
abrupt end. As a matter of fact, how
ever, it did not terminate, but con
tinued iu a steep, terrible slope. On
tho right was a dork, mysterious wood,
and on the loft a deep aud dizzy preci-
pioo such as ore ofteu seen by moun
tain roads.
Children were afraid to pass it by.
Tho Oulf of Deolb, as it was colled,
had its legend. The old folk said
that it was within its gloomy depths
the monsters lived thut ravaged the
country at night.
"If my calculations are correct,
said Lux iu a low voice, "they will ba
cere in ten minutes.
He tied Barka to a troo stem on the
border of the wool, aud a nt run ore
smile poised over his bps.
An extraordinary scene might then
have been witucssed. Lux knelt down
in this eolitnry, accursed, haunted
spot in the night tima and turned hie
face to heaven. It looked like a Bin
ner asking forgiveness for his sin,,
rather thin ono plauning au awful
deed for the satisfaction of his rage
aud hate.
Not a sound was to bo heard in the
surrouudiug couutry. All seemed
dead or asleep. Ouly a murmur of
tbe wind iu the pints.
Liiix ploccd his car to tbe ground,
as tho Indians do in the wilderness,
and hearing a faint sound of hoofs iu
the distouco strikiug tbo'hor.l road,
he raised his bead. 1IU face was
trausligured !
"At liibt I bbull havo my ven
geance!" he hissed.
lb en be crouched down on his
bauds and knees and waited.
A few secouds more aud tbo car
riages with tbo four liormju oilijcrs
would be upuu him.
He uttered a terrible cry of " ive
la France !" to which Burka replied
with a joyful neigh.
lbo carnage, wuieu had boen ap
proaching at tremendous speed, coiue
to a sudden stop, as if arrested by an ir
resistible force, uud remuiued there
standing.
Lux bad not moved an iucb. Ho
was not a mon, but a stouo woll.
Ho mode a lust aud supremo effort
and raised himself upuu his les.
Theu with a terriflo heave ho pushed
over tho dizzy brink horses, carriage
and meu.
An awful noise rose ou tho still
nu'-t air ; a sound of crashin?, curaiug
au I horses screaming. Theu there was
a silencj, heavy, complete, tragiol
I ue mon roso aud peered over the
l.'O iuto the block gulf ol iKulh. He
sow nothing. Theu be sruug iuto bis
Idle aud disappearej like u bin lu.v
iuto tho night. From tho French.
Tbo Spanish "Foutbatli."
It is customary throughout Bimm
for the waiters at cafes to till a glass
with wine or liquor so that it over
flows upon tbe saucer. This custom,
u which it is desired to show uu an-
peamuoe of liberality, is culled the
lootbatu. " aew Xork Despatch.
WOMEN TOILING IX IRON.
NE VT DEPARTURE IN A PITTSBURG
.ROLLING MILL,
An Experiment In Manual Laboi
That Cuts Out a New Field foi
the KnterprlsliiK Woman:
SIX sturdy women in Pittsburg,
Ponn., are onttiug out a lino
of work for tho sex that may
havo interesting effects on the
wigo-carning opportunities for men.
Up to this time when women Lave
boldly entered fields hithorto monop
olized by men those lines of work bovo
been chosen that call for comparative
ly little physical effort. Or, to put it
in another way, the ambitious of tho
now woman are intellectual rather
than physical. In the iron mills at
Pittsburg intelligent women are do
ing work whioh heretofore has boen
done by men or strong growing young
fellows, "boys" they are called.
Mrs. Hattie Williams was tbo first
woman to make tho experiment. Bho
is the wife of a hard working Welsh
man, a tinmaker by trade. She know
something of tbe work before she be
gan, for she had seen women working
in the mills and mines in Wales. Ucr
example was soon followed by five
other women.
The labor at which those womou
spend their time is termed "opening,"
and the operators are known as "open
ers." The duties consist in separat
ing the shoots of thin, rolled iron af
ter they leave the rolls and preparing
thorn for tho process of tinuing or be
ing soaked in molten tin. In rolling
out tho iron bhoets from which tho tiu
plate is made, the block pinto, after
being given one pass through tho
heavy rolls, is doubled and again sent
through, when it is once again
doubled, this boing continued until,
whon tho plato is finished, it is made
up of eight sheets. These sheets af
ter boing sheared and theu gradually
coolod, aro separated or "oponed."
The work is accomplished by blows
frjm a hammer on an iron instrument,
shaped like a chisel. ' Once this is
done tho plates go to the tinning de
partment.
Ibis is tho only known instance
where women have worked richt in
among tbe heavy machinery of tho
sheet mills. To tbe women themselves
the labor is not disagreeable. Mrs.
Williams declared that sho prefers tho
work to scrubbing. It is not noarlv
so hard, she says, and whilo it may
seem rough, it really is not except on
the hands. In handling tbe thin tin
the lingers nre often cut or torn by
sharp edgos or ragged points.
Ihe- manager of the Mononirabcla
Tin Plato Company toys that ho has
had considerable trouble with the boys
formerly employed. They would go
ont on strike for some grievance, real
or imaginary. Not being able to oin
ploy other young fellows to toko tho
plncos of the boys ou strike bo hired
tho women for an experiment. IIo is
satisfied so far.
President M. M. Garland, of tho
Amalgamated Association of Iron aud
Steel Workers, thinks tho inuovation
will not result seriously for men.
"Ihero is, said Mr. Ourlond to a
New York Press representative, "no
scale set for tho work those women
are doiug. We do not consider that
it oomcs undor tho hoi, I of 6killod
work and honoo do not cover it in our
agreements. I hardly thiuk that tin
employment of woman ai 'openers' in
likely to bocome gouorol iu this coun
try for tbe reason that there are lew
women so situatod domestically who
can find opportunity to dosuoU work.
Tho work is so really unattractive that
it is hardly likely it will lied favor."
Ihe dross worn by tho women work
ing in tho tin mill diilum from the or
dinary working garb only in the uso
of a heavy leather apron to sove tho
clothes.
Tortoise Shell.
Tbe tortoise shell is not tbe bony
covering of the turtle, but it is the
scales that cover or shield tho turtle.
There are thirteen of these scales,
eight of which are Mat aud live aro o
little curved. Four of tho flat ouos
are largo, being sometimes a foot iu
length and seven inches iu width.
Ihe fishers do not kill the turtles,
but when tboy copturo thorn they
fasten them and covor their honks with
dry leaves, to which they set lire.
When the heat makes tho scales separ
ate, a large kuito is inserted under
tham aud they aro carotully lifted
from tho backs of tho turtles.
Many of tho poor turtles dio undor
this cruel operation. Tho coating
sometimes grows ngoiu ou those that
live, but whon they aro ugaiu caught
it is found that ouly ouo sctlo forms.
Boston Commouweulth.
Xoblesso Oblige.
"Whew I" excluimod Felloiro form
erly Busty P.ufus after a lcuthcno 1
consultation with his lawyer regard-
ug certain investments. "I vo douo
more bard work this moruiug tbau I
used to do in four years in tho good
old dnya. When I thiuk of tho mi tu
rner that's oomiiv; na 1 the fot lunch.
routo covering two whole States that's
woitiug for some oilier Mlow to run
it, I'mdingod if 1 don't tui.iktbut rich
old uncle of uiiuo was in mighty poor
business when he died! 1 cou't toko
the roud again now thut'a certain.
Blame it all, a man's got to saeruloo
something to his position I"
With a dinmal sigh 1 ollaite went
out of doors, climbed iuto his bu ;:;y
and drove aimlessly about town, stop-
lug now ana then to throw u silver
lollar at some greasy viuruut. Chi
cago Tribune.
MoMiiio floors, laid wiili t:am!l nienn
of different colored stones s.ct in regu
lar patterns, were Llowu to tlieK jyp
ttnus li)IU ti. C. Ju Babylon, IlouM
of lh: kind dated frjiu llyO B. O.
WISE WORDS.
Duty is disagreeable.
Silence doesn't give a cent.
Liko father, like all fathers.
Tho pin is mightier that the pen.
Handsome is and handsome knows it.
Wo need sorrow as the flowers need
night.
Don't ask a mountaineer's judgment
of shell-Gab.
Tbe poorer tho man, the richer his
imagination.
Our Notional anthoin is the fincBt
Bong unsung.
Prosperity makes more fools than
adversity does.
"Youth ccniea but once," but
neither docs old age.
"Pot call kettle black" and thoa
kcttlo call pot down.
Be wnry in using your influence over
yourself, lest you lose your "pull."
Whosoever tells you what is said of
you, good or ill, relishes tho tolling.
Dishonebty is constant in its appeal
that Justice bo tomperod with Meroy.
When a woman knows sho is woll
dressed it is difficult to rufilo hor tem
per. Most pooplo who cast thoir bread
upon tbo wators expect it to return to
them as pie.
Women ought to learn that matri
mony was never intended as a salva
tion for men,
Points From tho Wulto llouso (jardcucr.
Tho head gardener of the White
House, tho President's residence in
Washington, tells a reporter for one
of that city's papers some interesting
things about flower pots. He says, to
begin with, that for use in the
grounds and oonscrvatorios of which
ho is in charge from eight to ten
thousaud now pots aro required every
year. They do not wear out, but they
' get broken, and also decay from mois
ture gathering. Ihe tiny little pots
about two inches in diumoter, which
are used to put littlo slips in, are
called "thumb pots," nnd of those
35,000 to 40.000 are needed in the
beds abont the White House.
Flower pots are made everywhere,
and are of two kinds, the maobine
in acl o and tbo hand made. The lotter
cost more, but last longer. All the
potteries havo standard sizes, so that
whother the pot is mado in Boston or
Philadelphia or somewhere else the
sizo of each pattern remains tho same.
In nil sizes tbe depth of tho pot must
be just equal to its diameter at tho
top. Some very largo pots are made
measuring sixteen inches across the
top, with, of course, an equal depth.
Tbeso aro expensive, costing fifty-five
cents a piece, and are used for big
palms aud other large plants. They are
a great contrast to the tiny two-inch
"baby" pots. Whoever made the first
flower pot hod a good artistic eye, for
tho dull red color which they all show
is a good tint to go with any plant and
never seems to look out of place.
New York Times.
Tho Cost ol Living.
Although the cost of living has been
materially reduced in most articles of
necessity and wages are much higher
than they were thirty years ago the
mojority of tho people aro but little
hotter off financially. Tho reasin is
to be found in the higher scale of liv
ing which has to be met to retain any
social position. Thirty yoars ago meu
in modcrote circumstances thought
themselves well off with living rooms
furnished plainly and simply, the
chambers with enameled bedsteads and
chairs and plain linen and plated sil
ver throughout. This is all changed
and the living rooms must copy as
closely as possiblo the appurtenances
and belongings of wealthy families.
There is no enameled furniture for
sale and where rag oorpets wero for
merly thought good enough for or
dinary uso there aro Brussels carpets,
imitations of imported rugs and all
sorts of useless bric-a-bruo that rnus
away with many a hardly earned dol
lar. All classes consume and enjoy a
great deal more thou they formerly
did, and everybody, rich, moderately
circumstauccd or poor, wants more
thou ho formerly did. All clossos
travel more frequently nnd longer dis
tances than they wero formerly ac
customed to. They hove more clothes,
more food, more finery, more books
aud pipers thau their fathers had, but
they do not save us uiiu'li as they did.
The Engiueer.
Story oln Wnlkiirj-Sliek.
Batlmr a curious tdnrv lniq r.nnltr.l
the London correspondent of tho Fast
cm Morning News about club thieves
in tbe West l.'ud. A member of a
well-known club lost a special stick,
whioh bo valued highly, and which
hod bis name eugrovod upon it. H.imo
one saw it iu a shop u tihort timo uf
tenvtird uud told him ubout it. Ho
went to tho shop, uud there wos his
stick. "I am just troiuir to tako tho
name oil for a customer," said tho
shopman, when the owner cluimud it.
i'ho customer was coming back shortly
for it. Tho owner waited ; tbo man
tnrnnil uu a iiiiii1wi i.f tlm kitma
club, a man the owner knew. Ho be
came coutusoii, was threatened with
exoonurc. and neeentol tho oviner'H
terms to avoid it it -signal i.m of mem
bership aud payment of t--- to u char
ity. Value of tho htiek, fo.
A famous 'lu;ieMlry.
A piece of Berliu Oobeliu tapestry
of tho Ht-veuteeiith century kept in tbe
Hoheuzolleru .Museum bus just been
repaired uu I bung iu the ttuyul Paluce,
It represents tho great elector at the
siego of Stettin, is fifteen feet by
twelve, and is valued at 375.0J0. Tbo
moth-eateu pieces weru replaced by
now onus, and the Uruisbu.l silver by
cw, in tho Berliu factory. Cuicoxo
Times-Herald.
SCIENTIFIC ASD INDUSTRIAL.
Electricity is supplanting mnlcs ai
a motive power in mines.
Tho chanco of two finger-prints bo
ing aliko is not one in 61,000,000.
ITorr Nordon treats the mania foi
collecting nsoless trifles about ono as
a species of degeneracy.
The National Academy of Sciences
has awarded tho Barnard gold medal
to Lord Bayleigh for his disoovory oi
argon in the atmosphere.
Cast-iron blocks nro being tried in
some of the most frequcutod streete
of Paris, instead of tho granite blocks
usually placed alongsido tramway
rails.
When a portion of tho brain is re
moved it seems to be ronewed, hot
whether the substance is truo brain
tissue or not appears to bo undeter
mined. A Notional sanitary association if
one of tbe hoped-for outcomes of the
Atlanta Exposition. A convention oi
sanitary men and health officers is to
be held there for tho purpose.
Sir Robert Ball, tho Astronomer
Boyal for Ireland, is said to believe
that tho time is approaching when
posterity will be able to oonstruot
maohinory thot will be operated with
heat obtainod by the diroct action ol
the snn's rays.
The great Edison incandescent lamp
works are no longer turning out
lamps with bamboo filament. Bam'
boo has given way to paper as the
basis of the delicate block filament
that glows golden whon tho current
passos through it.
The French Government bos com
pleted experiments with a now gim
which, after having lirod 3000 rounds
with the heaviest charges of smokeless
powder, was found to bo in fair con
dition. It has a boro of six iuchos
and is over twenty-two feet long.
The waters of North America, which
means the Oulf of Mexico, the two
great oceans and tbe rivers, creeks
and lakes, are stocked with 1800 dif
ferent varieties of fish. Of the above
number BOO are peculiar to the Pacillo
and about GOO to tho rivers, creeks
and lakes.
One of rastonr's pupils, a young
Viennese, is said to have discovered
the bacillus that causes blood poison
ing and inflamed wounds. The anti
dote, which ho also claims to have
found, can bo used with success iti
cases dipthcria too malignant to yield
to serum treatment.
The highost death-rate of any town
in the civilized world is that "of the
City of Mexico forty per thousaud.
The oity is 7000 feet abovo sen level,
but in spite of this fact its defective
drainage makos the mortality very
great. Mr. Romero, tho Mexican
Minister at Washington, explains in n
recent article that when the water in
Lake Texcoco is high it backu up into
the sewers until the soil under the
houses and in tbe streets is saturated
with sewage.
An Expert In Criminal Ornithology,
The death of Robert Biron, Q. C,
the police magistrate will bo rogrettod
by a large social circle, aud for boyoud
it, for iu him tbo poor will hove lost a
friend. His character was kind and
genial, and tboso who belonged to his
circuit had reason for thinking him
excellent company. As an a' ter-diu-ner
speaker, of the choori'ul sort, he
had fow superiors. His humor, though
good-natured, was very keen. I re
member an oxumplo of it which al
ways tickled mo. His expression was
not thot of ono who passed his time
in brawling courts and purlieus of
the law, but was rather countrified
than otherwise. Thin, ou one occa
sion, caused a couple of rogues who
drove tho common trade of selling
sparrows in Regent's Park as "having
just llow'd over from the iCjologieal
Gordons" to iuiogiuo him uu easy vic
tim. "It's a curious bird, sir, and we
don't know its value, nor even what
kind of a bird it is. Now, what should
you thiuk?" "Well," said Birou,
looking from on to tho othor of their
thiovish fuces, "I nm not quito sure,
but I should thiuk it wos u jailbird."
Tho astonished oiubarrassmeut they
displayed was, ho used tosoy, quito re
markable. Loudon Illustrated News.
Ituhy .Mi ii i n ir in Bar.nili.
A large quantity of tbe world's sup
ply of rubies oomos from tho BurmaU
mines, whioh have boen actively
worked siueo tho onuox itiou of Bur
moh by tho British Government. Tiio
ruby district is about twenty-six miles
loug aud twelve brood, uud lies ot elo
vatious varying from -1U0J foot to fit) JO
feet above the sou-level. Soiiie of the
mines have been worked by tlu na
tives from very remolo periods; in
foot, old workings uro found over uu
area of Hixty-six s.pioro miloj. It is
iu the lower cloy bods of tlio rivor al
luvia, and in similar deposits foruiod
in gullies iu tbo hill-wash, that tho
rubies, spinet, au I other gems uro
found. In tho elluvtu, square pits
from two foot to niiu feet u.m-os, iu
gouioiibly ttmliere I with huaibjo, uro
sunk to thoruby earth, whio'.i isilrawu
up by bamboo baskets, iu tho hill
wash loug opuu trenches iii-j e irvi.i I
from the sides ot u gully, ll-jgulur
mines aro opened iu bo uu place-1, iu
others the limestones is quarried.
Detroit Free Press.
The Whi'e Ants ol Iu li::.
"It is a remarkable fact that ouo
never sees wooden telegraph pub s in
lu lio," buid u well-known iailr..:i I
uiuu yesterday. "The wliilo uuls arc
so numerous in India that tliey w.ml I
eat u telegraph ) i lo i:i one nilit.
Ou thot account btouo is uso 1. i he
stone piles uro from bix to eight feet
high. For ties, invert -d iron boxes
ore UBod, uud, ttruugo to say, they are
10 tdmpurvd thut tiny do not warp in
Lot weather." Ciueiuuuti Inquirer.
A BIRD CALL,
Bird of tho aznre wing,
bird of the silver note,
Come! for It is tho spring.
And high the white cloud Doot.
Coino, bluebird, com'!
Bird of tlw crimson breast,
KuMn we mlsn you well;
r.obin. we lovfl you Lost.
Come! for tho eowpllps swell. '
Come, robin, come!
Bird of tho circling night
'Oaiiist twllinht'g peorly skies,
Boft eoll the winds of nit?ut,
Louoly the water ories
Come, swallow, come!
Sara M. Chatfleld, in Bt. Nicholas.
HUMOR OF TUE DAY.
Boforo marriage Dude. After mar
riage Subdued. Albany Argus.
Yon never know how fond yon aro
of a boy nntil you become engaged to
his sister. Tit-Bits.
If you could slip a belt on Cuba,
her rcvolntions would run tho ma
chinery of tho world. Detroit Froo
Press.
Friction matches wero first made iu
1S20. Tho other kind originated in
Adam and Evo's days. Hartford
Journal.
Man is never bo busy but he can
sparo a fow minutes to watch tbo fel
lows who post tho circus bills. Wash
ington Post.
Subscriber "Why is my paper bo
damp every issue?" Editor "Because
there is so much due on it." Chris
tian Register.
She "Ho you wouldn't toko me to bo
twenty. What would you tako mo
for?" He "For better or worse."
Philadelphia Record.
Tommy 'Top, what is a popular
Bong?" Tommy's Father "Ono that
everybody gets sick aud tired of henr
ing. " Philadelphia Record.
Billy, the Goat "That manuscript
I j list ate has given me an awful pain."
Nanny "Yes, dearest; that's culled
writers' cramp." Harper's Bazar.
'Ts now tho frolicsome JP
Tuts feathers Rnloro Iu his cap,
Hc-snrviiiq ouo quilt
Thut, with vigorous skill,
IIo may turn iu uud edit the mop.
Washington Star.
Mr. D. "If yon got my coot dono
by Saturday 1 shall be forever indebt
ed to 'you." Tailor "If that is tho
cose, it won't be done." New York
Recorder.
Nell "If you really likod a young
man, what would you do if some day
ho should kiss you suddenly, against
your will?" Belle "Ho couldn't."
Somerville Journal.
The Tourist "You scorn to bo
proud of your family title." Tbe New
York Millionaire Abroad (proudly)
"Of course, I am. I paid for it in good
bard dollars." Chicago Record.
Mrs. Bellefield "Mrs. Oakland has
a great secret." Mrs. Bloomlicld
"O, not Sho can't have!" "Why
not?" "If Bhe bad sho wonld bovo
told it to me." Pittsbnrg Chronicle
Telograph. Mrs. Hicks "now do you like this
littlo thootre toque,? I male it all
myself." Hicks "It isn't very big,
is it?" Mrs. Hicks "No-o; I made
it out of au old jet bracelet." New
York World.
"I guess," said the sharp-nosed girl,
"thut I will take the wiud out of hor
sails." "Why," asked tho Huffy girl,
"don't you bo up to date and soy toko
tho wiud out of her tires?" Cincin
nati Tribuue.
Nodd "Our nursogirl has jmt had
a terrible fit of sickness." Todd
"Ye3? What was tbo matter?" Nold
"By mistake she took somo medi
ciuo she was going to give to tbo
baby." Judge.
"Hero's tbo latest thiugiu watches,"
said tho doulur ; "a wurruuto 1 water
proof case." "I bolievo," Boid Mudge,
"that one that could ba soaked would
bo better suited to my needs. " Iu
diouopolis Journal.
Hurrying Stranger (iu Squoo
kawket) "Is there time to cototi tho
truiu?" Languid Native "Waul,
btronger, yo-vo got timo enough, I
reckon, but I'm dead sure ye hain't
got tho speed 1" Harper's It azar.
I have boforo mo a letter from a
Furisiuu friend, a ge.itlomuu of some
literary uoto in his owu couutry, who
informs mo thut bo is leurniur Eng
lish by tho aid of a small text-book
aud ii dictionary, without ouy other
instructor; aud ho adds: "In small
timo I can leoru so mouy Euglish us I
think I will to eomo ut tho America
aud go ou tho seuU'old to lecture."
Detroit Froo Press.
B inaul lor American Ap;des.
Apples hove becoma almost as dear
as eggs this spriug, but it is not duo
to the short crop ut homo us much as
tho export trade. The Euglish and
Froifoli hove booomo very fond of
American upples, and siuoo last full
the Now York fruit meu have shippo I
1, 11 1,5'J.! barrels of apples to Europe,
as Oifoiust 10S,70ii barrels in tlio win
ter of lH'.IJ-'Jl. Tliis export trade will
encouru;;o American fruit growers to
tako better core of thoir apple orch
ards uud give more uttouliou to fruit
growing und loss ottoutiou to com uud
wheat, it will help to develop tbo
suiull-fai m idea iu tho West, w here u
few yeurs ago it was believed only
wheat uud corn could bo made success
ful crops. It btill seems improbable
to ninny iu tbo Fust that tho mountain
States of tbo West uro adapted to fruit
erowiug, but ulreoily Washington uud
I.IhIio and Utah aud Western Montana
Irnit growers aro shipping apples to
-New York for the export trade aud
commanding tbe highest price in tho
market for the fruit growu in the arid
huluof the ooutiuent. Chiciigo lutcr-Oceuu.