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California Las just adopted the
golden poppy m tho Stato flower.
On the Belgian State railways fares
aro lower thnn anywbero clso in
Enropo.
Sevonty-flvo per cent, of tho enlist
ments in tho regular army last year
were of Americans.
Something like a boom is reported
in tho gold region in the North Caro
lina foothills. Tho field is liko that
of Georgia's.
Lord Roscbcrry thinks thnt the
"now Eastern question" is ono of the
gravest that England has over been
called to consider.
. j
1 Professor Frnnk Parsons asserts that
in Now York City it costs a man from
$30 to $100 a yenr for tho samo amonnt
of transportation he gets in Berlin for
81.50.
Cloveland, Ohio, the oity of bridges,
is to have the first bridgo operated by
cleotrioity and compressed air. Tho
bridge will be poisod on Lugo stone
piers, aud give a clear channel over
tho river of 115 feet.
A league has been forn od in France
to assert tho rights of pedestrians
against bicyclists. Tho members
agree never to get out of tho way of
bioyolo; thoy think that in caso of
collision tho cyclist is bum to get tho
worst of it.
A girl baby was born at Kokomo,
Ind., tho other day who is the four
teenth daughter of a fourteenth
daughter of a fourteenth daughter, a
record which is thought to bo nn
procotiontod. Tho Now Orleans Pica
ytine maintains that she ought to be a
witch, if thero is any truth in tradi
tion. The big statue of Williom Pcnn
which eurraouuts the tower oi tho
Philadelphia City Hall faocs tho old
Penn Treaty Park. This displeases
tho citizens who get only a rear or
profile view of the statuo. Bo, to
please everybody, J. Chester Wilson
has proposed to put tho statuo on a
revolving pedestal, which will be
turned around once overy twenty-four
hours by means of clockwork.
The Popular Health Magazine ob
serves: "Tho desire in a child for
candy and sweets is a natural one and
should not be stifled. Good candy
and swoots in moderation, if that
point con bo found, not only do no
Larra, but aro actually beneficial. Too
much sweet upsets tho stomach and
spoils the appetite, but candy in mod
eration if it is not takon before a meal
is a food which children cravo nata.
rally."
The hansom cab will, in the opin
ion of members of tho cab fraternity,
eventually givo plaoo to tho bicyclo,
except that in this caso tho bicycle is
to be a tricycle, states the Chicago
Times-Herald. The vehicle will havo
two scots, one for the driver and one
for the passenger. This will savo the
expense of keeping a horse and givo
tho cabman needod exeroiso. It is
conceivable that two sets of pedals
might be provided and reduced rates
given to sturdy posscngora who would
help push themselves.
Ono of the strangest coffins over
told of is that for whiuh tho British
War Department is said to be respon
sible. The story is that a workman
engaged in casting metal for tho man
ufacture of ordnanoo at the Woolwich
Arsenal lost his balance and fell into
caldron containing twelve tons of
molten steel. The metal was at whito
Leaf, and the min was utterly con
sumed in less time than it takos to tell
of it. The War Department authori
ties held a conference and docidod not
to profano tho dead by using tho
metal in tho manufacture, of ordnance,
and that mass of metal was actually
buriod and a Church of England
clergyman read the servico for the
dead over it.
Exit Sir Philip Francis in the rolo
of "Junius," exclaims the Now York
Independents Mr. W. Frasor Eae, in
a letter to the themoum, introduces
new and convincing evidences that
Francis could not havo been the au
thor of the "Letters of Junius," aa he
has discovered in tho Loudon Morniug
Chronicle of August 2d, 1771, a hither
to unuoticod letter of Junius, pub
lished nearly Ave monthii after Sir
Philip had sailed for India, and refer
ring to curront political events which
he could not havo known. Thero is
concurrent testimony of esveral load
ing statesman of tho time that they
knew who Junius woo, and that it was
not Sir Philip Francis. His tauity,
however, tnonursgod people to t
trlbutt till WH;ii to Llio.
MABEL ON THE FOURTH,
"You light two crackers thus," sho said.
"That's yours, and I'll take this,
And now, If yours should ro off first,
Why, you can claim a kiss.
Wo watch tho powder quickly burn,
Fljut, bang! Oh, happy sight!
I fulil thu maiden In my anus
And take what's mine by right.
Alas! It seems so easy thus
To win what many men
vTill envy lator on In lifo,
I'or Mabel's ouly ton.
Tom Masson,
AFRESH AIR FOURTH.
HY TOM P. MORC.AN,
T was during tho
hottest hour of
the hottest day
thus far of
tho season that a
small boy pre
sented himself at
tho oflloe of tho
Secretary of tho
Fresh Air Fund Society. Ho seemed
weak, as if ill from tho intoneo heat,
"Got " a ' channo for mo, sir?" he
asked, timidly.
"No, my boy," answered the Sccro
tary. "No one want boys ye ."
Tho lad mado no answer. His weak,
dragging footsteps carried him out of
tho building and down the hot street
for a few blocks. Then ho staggered
a few steps, threw up his hands weak
ly, wavered blindly aud fell in a
heap on the pavemout.
"Another sunstroke," said tho po
liceman who picked hiin up.
Next day another boy camo to the
Secretnry's office with the question,
"Any chuncofor me, sir?" And again
the Secretary answorod that nobody
wanted boys yet. This boy limped in
and out on a crutch, for ono of his
legs hung withered and useless, but
his limb was brisk despite tho heat
and his evident weariness. But he
stopped when out of hearing, and one
hand slipped furtively up and dushed
a tear or two away.
Upon the following afternoon a tall,
angular man oamo striding briskly into
the oflico. Tho Secrotary looked up
from his writing, then greeted him
politely,
"Paul nallott, I reckon?" inquired
tho new-comer.
"That is my name, sir. What can
I do for you? I why, of course I
romember you, John Joplin," said
Mr, Uallctt, with a hearty ring in his
voioo. "And I am truly glad to seo
you again, old friend."
Mr. Joplin in his . well known pop-per-nnd-salt
suit, did not look particu
larly prosperous, aud the Secretary
was afraid that ho had been obligod to
save and hoard in order to make this
journey back East from Colorado, to
visit old scenes. But he was very
glad to see him, and ho was talking
over old times when he was interrupt
ed by the entrance of the lame boy
who had come tho day before aud gone
away disappointed with a whistle on
his lips aud tears in his eyes. To-day
his face seemed to look a littlo older
and thinner. But ho hopped in
briskly on his crutch.
"Got a chance for mo yot, sir?" he
l asked.
"Yes, my lad," the Secretory an
swered. "I havo just one chance for
a boy. You can spend your Fourth
of July week in the oouutry. What
is your name?" As he spoke he hold
out a card.
'Hi ! " Tho boy fairly snatched tho
card and hopped out of the room
with a sinoothered whoop.
"That boy has a happy week before
him," said the Secretary. "I wish it
were in my power to make mauy more
such littlo follows happy in the same
way,"
"What's this business, anyhow?"
asked Mr. Joplin. "I don't exactly
see through it."
Mr. Hulltitt briefly explained the so
ciety. Its beneficiaries were among
the children of the very poor, who
could never hope to escape for even a
day from the exhausting heat of the
stifling city unless helped. Kind
people living out in the cool country
seat in their numei signifying their
$jf Iff ?M
. "A REGULAR PICNIC." "
willingnoss to entertain a girl or boy
for a week. Tho society paid for the
transportation of tho children to and
from tho country,
"It's a good notion," commentod
Mr. Joplin.
"But very few of theso kind people
want boys nowadays," continued Mr.
Hallott. "Tho little chaps aro in
clined to bo riotous. Nearly every
ono has asked for girls of Into. Tho
boys do a good deal of mischief, and
behavo, I preaume, liko wild Indians."
"Or, jest simply liko boys?" sug
gested Mr. Joplin.
And then littlo Kuncks, tho larao
boy, roturncd. He hopped in and
laid the enrd on tho desk.
"Here is the picket back again, sir,"
he said. "Lpt some other boy use it ;
I don't need it. I'm not going." Ho
was outside of tho door by this lime.
Mr. Joplin's tall form aroso sud
denly from his chair. He took a few
long steps and placed his big hand on
tho lad's shoulder.
"Here 1" he said, fairly propelling
the littlo chap back into tho room.
"Come back here I"
"I'm not goiu' to tho country to
morrow," the lad persisted. "Lemnie
go I I'm busy!"
"Sit down there 1" commandod Mr.
Joplin.
"Now, when Knucks had received
the procions ticket entitling him to
the country week ho had flown homo
ward as fust as his crutch would car
ry him. Littlo Jimmy Button, the
sun-etrickcn lad, lay on tho brisk lit
tlo cripplo's bod. Ho looked up weakly
as his friend hopped into tho room.
"I've got it, Jim "Knucks cried,
eagerly, "l'vo got a ticket for one,
an' you can go to tho country to-morrow
I"
Tho sick boy's fuco lighted np and
ho took tho ticket and looked at it.
"You'll got well now, old man!"
criod Knucka. "An' Jim, you jwt re
member everything yon do an' see on'
hear fer tor tell me."
The sick boy hold out the ticket.
"I ain't goin', Knucky," ho said.
"Yon aro the ono that got the ticket ;
you are to go."
Mr. Hallott was a keon questioner,
and it was not long till ho had the
wholo story.
"Course I wouldn't liston to him,"
said Knucks in telling it. "But it's
no nso, ho says I got tho ticket an'
l'vo got to go on it."
"Well, why don't you?" said Mr.
Hallett.
"Me?" Tho boy's tono was defiant,
but he looked worried and troubled
more than he would toll. "Me go?
Who'd tuko care of him whilst "
His voice shook and ho started to hop
from the room, "Keep your ticket,"
he jerked.
"Sit down thero again," said Mr.
Joplin. "Here, littlo feller, both of
yon can go to tho country."
Knucks had sat down, aud for a mo
ment ho stared at tho man in tho pep
per and salt suit.
"There's only ono ticket," ho fal
tered, finally.
"Hang tiokets!" cried Mr. Joplin,
"You follers aro goiu' with mo. To
morrow's the Fourth of July I'll give
a potlutchl I git along with you;
tell the other little fuller that both of
you are goiu' to tho country with ine
to-morrow. Say, hold on 1 Any more
sick boys you kuow of? Invito 'em all."
"John," interrupted tho Secretary.
"Invite 'em all," said Mr. Joplin,
tulkiug him down. "You've gut to
have a crowd whon you give a pot
latch. Git aloug with you. Hold on 1
Better let Mr. Secretary do the iu
vitiu'. But you an' the, othor little
chap bo on haud hero at this olliue by
suu up. Dou't forget I"
Kuncks glanced ot the Secrotary in
quiringly and got a reassuring nod.
lie flow for home as fast as he could
possibly go, wholly unmindful of tho
heat, and told the glorious news.
Jim immediately sat up iu bed, de
claring that he felt well.
"But, w hat's a potlutch?" he asked,
presently.
"I duuno,"answcred Knucks. "But
it's something good."
Next morning a mob of children
stood collected at the door, of the
Fresh Air Society before the sun rose.
They were all boy. Such a crowd
of weskliugi a they weiewaite
faced, skimpy ' littlo fellows but
ovory faao ashino with eagerness.
Whilo Mr. Hallett had been issuing
tho invitations tho giver of the pot
latch Lad been equally busy. He had
strodo hither aud thithor, mado pur
chases and sent telegrams.
Presently all was roady. Across
tho ferry thoy woro bundled into the
cars, ' and a variety of boxes of all
sizes were thrust into tho express car
and away thoy went.
It was still early in tho forenoos
when they reachod their destination
a pretty green boworod country vil
lage that Mr. Hallet had recom
mendod and thero was a brass band
at the depot to moot them.
"Wo're here, fellers!" criod Mr.
Joplin to his boys. "This is tho
place. It's out iu tho open air, an'
to-day's tho Fourth of July. Yoil all
you want to. Tho band will now
play !"
The musicians headed tho proces
sion of whooping lads to a pleasant
grovo just outside tho town. Tho boys
who couldn't run, walked, and thoso
who couldn't -walk rodo in a long
wagon on top of tho boxes that had
come from tho city.
In the coolest, shadiest spot in the
grove a lonft, long table was set, al
most staggering under its load of do
lioious eatables.
"Tho first thing," said Mr. Joplin's
big voice, "is to eat. Some of us
didn't have as much breakfaft as we
wanted, an' mebby sonio of us didn't
havo any at all. So, eat now, fellers,
an' talk later on."
All those urchins fell upon that long
tablo almost like as many ravenous
wolves. And then in a moment Jimmy
whispered something to Knucks, and
Knucks hopped over to where Mr.
Hallett was and whispered to him :
"Mebby we oughtn't to eat too
much, sir. It costs lots of money an'
perhaps Mr. Joplin"
"Mr. Joplin is the owner of a great
cattlo ranch ont in Colorado," an
swered Mr. Hallett. "He can afford
this."
"Wo didn't know," said Knucks.
"His pepper an' salt suit looks kinder
well, wo we didn't know."
And, when Mr. Hallett told the
man from Colorado what Knuoks had
said, Mr. Joplin laughed a big, hearty
"Haw-haw I" and then ho looked him
self over, and then he colored, and
then he laughed again.
When they had all eaten and wora
filled, Mr. Joplin stood up at the head
of the mighty breakfast table in his
scody pepper and salt and said rather
awkwardly :
"I asked Mr. Hallett to make yon
a speech, but he says. I've got to doit.
I haven't much to say. This is tho
Fourth of July. It's the proper thing
to read the Declaration of Independ
ence on the Fourth of July, but the
only Declaration of Independence
wo're goiug to have hero is that wo're
going to do jest exactly as we please
all day long. We'ro goin' to yell as
much an' as loud as wo please. Thero
aro two big boxes of firecrackers over
there, an' we're goin' to help ourselves
to all wo want an' shoot till they're
all gono. We'ro goin' to eat again at
1 o'clock, an' again at G o'clock, au'
we'vo got to keep busy in the mean
time or wo won't have good eppetites.
After diuner tho ico cream freezers
will bo opened, an' every feller will
grab a spoon, Thero aro four or five
barrels of red applos tho heads will
be knocked in pretty soon, an' we'll
fill our pockets an' hats. This is my
potlatch, understand, an' everybody
takes all he wants an' does what he
pleases with it. Full into the brook
if you want to, or eat yourselves sick,
or break your arms; it's all right. A
doctor goes with tho rest of the pot
latch if we need-him. We "
"Oh, John, that is not tho way to
talk to thorn," interrupted Mr. Hal
lett. "I'd liko to know why it ain't?"
answered Mr. Joplin. "A potlatch
that ain't a free pitch-in ain't no
potlatch at all. Well, then, I'll mako
this condition : No boy shall take ad
vantage of any smallor boy if he
docs I'll thrash him."
"So will we," yelled tho boys.
"I think I ought to add something
to what Mr. Jopliu has said," spoke
Mr. Hallott. "In tho first place, I
prosumo you are puzzled to kuow
what a potlatch really is. I was my
self till Mr. Joplin explained. Away
out West, among certain tribes of In
dians, when a suvao aspires to stand
high amoug his fellows he savos up
blankets aud nil sorts of desirable ar
ticles till ho has as groat a store of
them as possible. Then he invites his
tribo to a feast and gives away all the
accumulation. It makes him a beggar
for a long time, but ho bus won the
esteem of his tribe us long as ho lives.
Mr. Joplin has given you a potlutch of
happiness, aud I think ho has won
more than the giver of any Indian
potlatch ever won."
"Hurrah I Yes, sir-eo!" whoopod
tho boys.
Tho day wus ono long day of unal
loyed happiness. They uto, shot fire
crackers and swung and raced aud
ehusod, aud the baud played every
time it was requested.
During the afternoon Mr. Joplin
arranged with various families iu the
village to tako care of sucli boys as
needed more than a day of tho coun
try air os long as they niiht require
it ; aud the next week Knucks aud
Jfmmy fouud that it was all settled
that they should live iu the country
for a year at Mr. Joplin's expense.
At uiht, after tho fireworks had
beeu shot oil' and it wus time tn begiu
the march for tho train, tho boys
cheered for Mr. Joplin till they oould
havo beeu heard nearly a mile, and
when they stopped Mr. Jopliu said.
"Thank ye, fellers!" New York
Press.
In time of war Frauce puts 870 oat
ot every 1000 of her population in the
field: Germany, 810 j Cumin, 210l
THE MERRY SIDE OF LIFE.
STORTES THAT ARE TOLD BT THE
FTJN.VY MEN OP THE PRE33.
Knew When to Keep Silent No Dis
semblingOnly One Way Moro
Deadly Snronslle, Ktc, Ktc.
Ilnr-allnd hor tootsy wontsy, lovo
And birdv, liko nil men:
But whon hn onme home late at night
IIo didn't call her then.
Now York World.
ONLY ONE WAY.
"Does your wife talk in her sleep?"
"Yes; I prosumo she sleeps."
SAUOABTIC. ,
"Tonghnut is dead."
"Well, ho's bettor oft."
"So they say. Did you know Lis
wife?" Life.
NO DIS8EMDI.IN0.
Amy "What did you do when ho
proposed?"
Louisa "Oh! I just grappled on
to him I" Puck.
NOT A BARGAIN.
"The entiro family refer to Ethel's
husband as nis Highness."
"Yes ; 1 suppose they all know what
he cost." Puok.
11EASON ENOUGH.
nallRooroo "'I've given np board
ing, old man."
Upton Flatts "What for?"
Hall Roome "Well, the landlady
wanted her money."
MEVTOUS.
Lawyer "You will get your third
out of the estate, madam."
Widow "Oh, Mr. Bluobags! How
can you say snch a thing, with my
socoud hardly cold in his grave."
U0II8 DEADLY.
Fir. Brooklynite "Thoy say tho
(roller is to bo introduced into
France."
Scoond Brooklynito "To tako tho
placo of tho guillotino?" Truth.
TOO DULL A PnOSPECT. '
Impresario (engaging singer) "Wo
will treat you with every considera
tion, madam, and I assure you you
will have no one to qnarrel with."
Prima Donna (with decision)
"Then I just won't take tho engage
ment." Chicago Record.
TAKING THIS LESSER EVIL.
Mobcrly "You look pretty happy
for a man who's on his way to tho
dentist to have two teeth extracted."
Hansom (with great joy) "You see,
if I didn't go to the dentist's I'd have
to stay at homo to my wifo's fivo
o'clock tea." Chicago Record.
ABLE TO FLY.
Tho Major (reminiscent) "At this
moment tho enemy's heavy artillery
opened upon my right wing, creating
a diversion, under cover of which his
entire division fell upon my left wing."
Miss Gushington (ropturonsly)
"Oh, you dear old angoll" Judge.
PERFECTLY COOL.
CInbfollow "I have rosolvod on
suioido, Jumcs. It is my only re
course. "
Jumes "Good gracious, sir "
Clubfellow "Not a word, James.
You shall seo how a bravo man dios.
Bring mo tho cucumbers." Truth.
OLD TIMB COURTESY,
"What kind of
a man is Judgo
Bagrox?"
"Undoubtedly a gontloman of tho
old school. Why, when I asked him
for his daughter's hand ho pulled my
nose, a form ot insult which has not
beeu in voguo for more than forty
years." Truth.
SARCASM.
"This hasu't the sigu of a olaiu in
it," said the gnost who hud ordered
clam chowder, "It's a swindle ; that's
what it is."
"Excuse mo, sir," respoudod tho
waiter, who is too good for that busi
ness, "but we only undertake to servo
a chowder ; not au aquarium." Lifo.
A DOUBTFUL VINDICATION.
"A woman has a wonderfully aouto
sense of humor," ho remarked.
"That's contrary to tho popular im
pression." "Yes, they've suffered an injustico
in thut respect for a long time. And
yet everybody knows that only a wo
man sees anything to laugh at wheu a
man fulls down ou tho street aud
hurts himself." Washington Star,
CAUSE FOll COMl'LAINT.
Educated Pig (decisively) "This is
tho last time I'll do my turn right
after the snake charmer !"
Wrestling Bour "Why, what's tho
difference?"
Educated Pig "Well, they always
leave that box of constrictors ou tho
stac, and when them cold-blooded
reptiles tlud my act is taking with tho
house they hiss mo liko thunder!"
Tuck.
HEREDITY.
"Woman!" ho hissed, "givo mo
back the ring."
The retired pawnbroker's daughter
thought a moment.
"I think I ought to keep it At
least until you return to me the aft'eo
tion 1 have given you in return for
this paltry bauble."
"Will that eutlioe?"
"Yes."
"Sure you dou't want ten per cent.
1, month interest besides?"
Then he got the ring, but it must be
confessed that she threw it at him,
Ciuoiuaatl Tribune.
SCIENTIFIC ASD 1XDUSTRIAI,.
Gei man sanitarians have pronounced
against American dried applos.
The latest achievement in photog
raphy is taking a picture 500 feet un
der water.
An earthquake, observatory is to bo
established by tho Turkish Imperial
Government at Constantinople.
Tho brain ot woman is absolutely
smaller than that ot man, but is stated
to bo somewhat larger in proportion
to tho weight of tho body.
A now marking ink pencil has tho
solid color at ono end in tho usual
manner and at tho other end a recep
taclo for a liquid mordant.
Tho great superiority and flexibility
of electricity in transmitting power iu
tho driving of niocliino tools has been
conclusively Bhown at tho rillo factory
of tho Belgian Government.
Divers now communicate with per
sons above by means of tho telephone.
Tho mouthpiece is placed near tho
lips, so that a slight turning of tho
head brings tho mouth closo to it.
A writer in the Cliantaiiqnan says
that birds aro guidod iu their migra
tion by the stars, and therefore on
nights when the stars are hidden by
clouds they always lose their way.
A novel mining machine has been
patented which combines tho advan
tages of compressed air and electricity.
Tho mechanism consists of a cutter
bar drill and an electrio motor, con
nected by suitable gearing.
A pair of wrought-iron tongs, or a
piece of hoop heated and bent until
the ends form a oircuit liko the foet
of tongs, will magnetize a knife-blade
laid upon thorn and rubbed with an
other pioce of steol. Tho cause is not
yet satisfactorily explained.
Explosions in the streets aro now in
a fair way to bo explained. Major
Cardew has discovered that thore is a
remarkable deposit of sodium in some
of the insulators in tho boxes used for
eleotrioal supply in London. Now,
sodium is highly inflammablo by con
tact with water, and theroforo, pro
bably sets fire to the escape of gas.
It has been learned by experiments
made at tho gypsy-moth station at
Maiden, Mass., that tho Paris green,
London purple, aud arsenio with which
the trees and bushes havo been sprayed
docs not kill the moths, but, on the
contrary, they thrive and grow fat
upon it, It would appear from this
that the work of the Massachusetts
commission during the last years has
served to propagate moths instead of
exterminating them.
Russian Lead Pencils.
An order was received last week
from Moscow, Russia, and shortly
after a similar order from Warsaw,
Poland, for a carload of Sierr Nevada
redwood, to bo used in tUo manufac
ture of load pencils, Tho orders in
themselves aro of no great import
ance, except as showing that a now
use has beon found for a certaiu kind
of California redwood, and that this
is only the beginning of an export
trade which may develop into somo
thing worth looking after.
What becomes of tho lead pencils is
almost as much of a problem ai what
becomos of tho pins. Millions of
pencils are used and lost aud thrown
away and disappear every year, and
tho domand increases constantly in
stead of diminishing. Ot lato yean
Russia has begun to make use of her
vast deposits of plumbago iu tho man
ufacture of load poncils, and while as
yet the Russian ponoils havo not t ikeu
rank with tho best lead poncils of
other Nations, the output is on tho in
crease and tho quality is sure to im
prove. Tho wood which holds and encases
tho lead is an important part of tho
ponoil. It must be soft iu order to bo
sharpened easily, and yet it must uot
be lrittlo or cross-graiuod. Cedar is
tho favorito wood for poucilp, but tho
Russians evideutly believe our moun
tain rodwood equally available, as is
seou by their demand for it. Tho
supply of Florida cedar boiug limited
has compelled a search for a substi
tute, and our mountain redwood
stands high up iu the second rank.
Redwood has already conic int)
favor for other purposes. It is used
very largely as nu ornamental wood,
especially tho knotty aud curly va
riety. If to this we can add tho export
of the straight-grained wood, uvon for
making lead pencils in Russia and Po
land, wo may congratulate ourselves
upon tho opening of a new avenue of
industry which may brcudeu aud ex
pand in the future.
Cost ot Livlnj in Etropu's Cupit-iU,
An investigation into tho oompara
tivo cost of living at tho various capi
tals results in tho following interest
ing facts : At Vicuna tho prices of
most articled of food aro lowest ; at
Madrid thoy aro dearer thau iu uny
ather capital, aud such tuin ;s as
bread, meat, sugar uud coal are vc in
expensive. At St. Petersburg also tho
price of broad is sj high that white
bread is still considered a luxury
ibovo tho moans of tho working
classes. Next to Vienna, Brussels is
an inexpensive city. Paris is a littlo
higher iu tho scale, but Loudon in
"terribly expensive." Wctiuiualcr
Gazette.
Lleetrie Slerilization ol .M'l!i.
Two Dutchmen have invented a pro
cess of sterilizing milk by subjecting
it to tho pasotte of an alternating elec
tric current. Alt micro-organisms
taken up by tho milk from tlio uir,
etc., r.re pcrmuueutly destroyed by
tho electrio current. This ccrm-UHl-ing
quality of tho electrio current
doof not hurt tho milk, but a longer
erpurieuce only will teach us whether
this system cau be applied to larja
quantities with piopsr results. B
tvu Joutaal oi Cuuiuer;e. j
LOVE.
lovn makv the path of duty wot
With roses of the May,
Tlmuifh winter rains around it boat
And winter skies nre gray.
And svertr far,
'N'e.ith storm or star
To walk with love alwny.
IIo (fives tho rose Its white and rodj
Ho (fives tho lambs thlr fleece;
Unto tho poor dispensoth bread
And bids their hunger renin,
"And nil his ways are plr:isantnc:'9
And all his paths aro peace!"
Atlanta Constitution.
HUMOR Or' THE DAY.
Tho great divide Socialism. --Puck.
Tho acrobat mny not nlways be good
at making jokes, but ho can always
tumblo. Philodelphio Record.
-A girl who can't sin?, and who
doesn't want to siug, shouldn't be
made to sing. Boston Courier.
Tho man who never forgets any
thing never forgets to boast about it
to every ono ho meets. Boston Globo.
'Pid you read," ho sweetly asked her,
'Tiiat po?m I wrote last week?"
('I read it years aifo," she said,
And now they do not speak.
Kpare Moment?.
Jaspar "Jonos is a man who grows
on people." Jurapnppe "Well, I
consider him a mighty poor crop.
Puck.
He (protcstingly) "Poverty is no
crime." She "Possibly not mor
ally, bnt it is matrimonially. "--Do-troit
Free Press.
In suite of tho fact that money
talks, thero are hundreds of pcoplo
who are always complaining that they
nover hear it. Life.
"Where aro you trnintr, mv pretty maid?'
"I'm Koiufl o-movinif, kind sir," sho said.
"I'll move along with you, my pretty maid.' .
"iour motion's not seconded, sir," she said.
Chicago Tribune.
Much of tho failuro in this world
may be attributed to the fact that too
many peoplo are firing at tho bnll's
eye of sucoess with blank cartridges.
Puck.
Sweet are tho uses of adversity ; but
it generally happens that while ono
person gets tho adversity some other
person corrals tho sweetness. Boston
Transcript
Mother "Yen aro ot thn foot ol
the spelling class aa;ain, are you?"
Boy "Yos'ra." Mother "How did
that happon?" Boy "Got too many
zs in scissors." Tid-Bits.
"That's about as orooked a piece of
work as I ever saw," musod Uncla
Allon Sparks, looking at the track tho
lightning had made on the body of
tho big tree. Chicago Tribune.
So devotedly docs the Uubite love
his native city that when he calls to the
telephone girl, "Give ine Boston," ho
invariably adds involuntarily, "or
givo me doath." Boston Transcript.
"Why, she actually cut Mr. Stor
flington, and Stortliugton, you know,
iR one of tho hotter sort." "Yes;
choice cuts como high now, but wo
must havo 'ora," Boston Transcript.
Mr. Dunn (unpaid bill in his hand)
- "When shall I call again, Mr.
Owens?" Mr. Owens "Well it would
hardly bo proper for you to call again
until I have retnrnod the present call."
Harper's Bazar.
Student -"Several of my friends
aro coming to dino horo, so I want a
big table." Miuo Host--"Just look
at this one, sir. Fifteen persons oould
sleep qnito comfortably uudur it." -Fliegendo
Blaettor.
"Doesn't Mrs. Noowomnn strike
you as a person of remarkably do
cidod cpiuiona?" "Xaw. Sho can't
znnko up her mind, apparently, wheth
er she wauts to bo a gentleman or a
lady." Indinuapolis Journal.
Mrs. ITayson "What is th- prica
of that bonnet over there?" The Mil
liner "Just 518." Mrs. Hayson
"What will it bo if you cut that ngly
piece of ribbon o'X tho side?" Tho
Milliner "Only $:it)." Chiuago Roo
ord. Bicycle .MumurlsuH.
Each man retains tho peculiarities'
of his gait ou a bicyclo to a certain ex
tent. One man, for instance, who
limps a little iu walking does the samo
thing ou his whel, emphuzing ono
stroke Lacro than auother. A second,
who moves with long strides when his
feot are on torn lirma, simply trans
lutca this motion to meet tho now
environment whon ho fjoes out for it
rido. A third, being a brisk, energetic
littlo person, always walsiug rapidly,
keeps his lcf-; going at a relative speed
on hia aafoty and couldn't stroll alona;
if ho tried. Chicago Times-Herald.
Crusade Ag.vlust Street Crie.
C. H. Campbell, of tho London
C iuiiiy Council, has b.-guu u cruss to
aguiust street dries in the metropolis,
lie proposes: that the cr.iueil shall
rogul.ito Hum, prohibitiL-g tho cryiu
ot wares where it cvrbe shown t bo
a nuisance t resi.leutj. Suadci o!
ChurL-a Lam'j!- Chijugj Timea-Hcr-aid.
Tlio Blind JI.iy ileud Koinau Characters.
By menus of a rocent invention th'l
blind are enabled to writo with facil
ity, usin.i tl.o ordinary Rjm iu alpha
btt. The invention, is described us n
hinge I metul plate with equaro per
forations urrau,ved in pai illi l lines,
inside of which the s'ylus is u'.jved ia
making tie letter.--New Yorli World.
Tj I'ore'f.l i:ai(li piali's.
A Mexican professor of physijs pro
poses tJ foretell earthquakes by con
necting telephones to the pipes of deep
nrtcsisu wells uud to metal plates tuuk
in duo mountain rroviois. Any uu
usual noise iu the bowels of th taitU
would be a.idible lu the tclcphonn,
aud woulJ imHotto trouble New
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