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Ckin hits to-day twenty-six port
open to foreign commerce.
Taking the wholo land surface of the
globe into consideration, there are
twenty -two ntnl a half acres for each
inhabitant on thin planet.
The silverware belonging to Qnoon
Victoria's table would keep her from
starvation for tho rest'of her life, if the
worst came to the worst. It is valued
t $12,500,01)0.
Tho Chicago railroads hnve decided
to olevnte their tracks, and will go
right at it. "They are tired of paying
for the people thoy kill," explains tho
Now Orleans Picayune.
If Turkey should be wiped out, it
would mean the loss to Russia of an
annnnlsuraof $7,000,000, which Tur
key pays her by way of indemnity,
and will have to pay till 1977.
Rudolph Cronaa deolaresthathehns
indisputable evidonco that the re
mains of Columbus still rest in the
cathedral at Santo Domingo, Hayti.
He asserts that tho remains transferred
to Spain, in 1795 were those ot the
great discoverer's son, Diego.
The Louisville Courior-Jonrnal
states that tho question of keeping
down the cotton aoreage for 1896 is
attracting a great deal of attention in
tho South. Tho cotton exchanges are
urging planters to diversify thoir
crops and plant no nioro than they
vlid in 1893.
The Statemeu's Yearbook for 1935,
an aoknowled ;od authority on statis
tics, gives the area of British Guiana
n 7),000 square miles, while in tho
issue of 1805 the same country is
credited with an area ot 109,000. No
treaty is oito.l to account for this iu-
crease of 31,000 square miles. This
seems to tin Pathfinder a matter for
sisientino investigation. VI t lie in
crease of species thero is doQnito
knowledge, but tha m ittjr ot terri
torial multiplication is anomalous, in
fact without explanation, unless it bo
due to alliuvial deposit along tho
const.
The New York Herald says that
"tho cablo despatch of congratulation
addressed by tho Emperor William to
President Kruoger, of tho Transvaal
Republic, which is worded in tho cuS'
ternary phraseology of messages from
one Chief of Statu to another, is an
historio document of far greater im
portauee than it appears at tho first
glauc). It is tho recognition of tho
absolute independence of the Trans
vaul Repubiio and a repudiation of the
rights of suzerainty which Eugland
claim i to exorcise over the South
African Republic by virtue of the oan
vention of 1SS1, which provides that
the South Africau Republic shall coa
elude no treaty or engagement with
any State or Nation other thau tho
Orange Freo State, nor with any na
five tribe to tho eastword or westward
of the Republic, unless the same has
been approved by Her Majesty the
Quern. This passage is the sole foun
dation for England's claim to suzer
ilia rights over the Boers, which is
now denied in the German Emperor
message, issued after calm delibera
tion in council with his Imperial
Chaucelor and with hh Ministers of
Foreign Affairs and of the Navy."
Tho Atlanta Journal says that
"Georgia is to have another iintnouse
colony of North-emnd Western sot-
tiers, if the plans of four gentlemen
who are now in this State materialize.
The names of the members of the party
are : Messrs. W. W. Tuggart, of Breok
inridge, Minn., who was in the last
Legislature; C. H. Fairall, of West
Branch, Iowa, and a brother of
Judge Fairall, ot that State ; John J.
Gamble, of We-t B.a,i-,b, Iowa, nu I
A. E. Hausburu, of Breckinridge,
Minn. These gentlemen, who are all
well known in their localities as busi
ness and professional men of high
rank, have been in nearly all of the
States of the South prospecting for
suitable lands on which to establish
the colony whiah they have in mind.
They have about concluded to negoti
ate for a tract of 80,000 acres in the
southern part of this State, having
boeu mora impressed with Georgia
than with any other State in this sec
tion. It is their purpose to secure
this laud and divide it into lots of
farms, which will be sold or rented, at
the choice of the settler. The move
ment which started some time ago and
culminated in the great Fitzgerald
colony iu Irwiu County, has caused a
deep current of interest in the South
to bo awakened throughout the North
west, and in Minnesota especially there
is a btroug desire on the part of people
to come to this section. The winters
are so severe in tho Northwest Unit
the people are growing tired of the
country." "
THE "OUT-OF-DATE" COUPLE, I
Wo nro "so out of date," they say,
Ned and 1;
Wo love In an old-fashioned way,
Long since go o by.
Ho says I am his helpmate true
In everything;
And I well, I will own to you
Ha Is my king.
Wo mot In no romantic way
'Twlxt "glow and gloom;"
Ho woood me on a winter dny,
Anl In a rooms
Yet, through life's hoarsof stress and storm,
When grtofs befoll.
Love kopt our small hone corner warm.
And nil was well.
Ned thinks no woman liko Ills wife
But lot that pass;
IVrhaps we view tho dual Ufa
Through roseate glass;
Even If the prospoots be not bright,
We hold it true
Tho honvlost burdens may grow light
When sharod by two.
Upon the glldod scroll of fnme,
Emblazoned fair,
I cannot hope to read the nama
I proudly bear;
But, hnppyln thotr oveu flow,
Tho yoars glide by;
We are bohind the tlmos we know
Ned and I.
E. Mntherson, In Chambers's Journal,
the roou DUCHESS.
T was really very hard on
the poor Duchess, es
pecially after all tho toil
and labor she had un
grudgingly expended on
her unattractive pro
geny. Her lot had al
ways been hard enough
ever since she had been a Duchess ;
even before her wedding cake had
frown stale bIio had been coping with
difliculties, brutal difficulties which it
required all her strength of mind to
face ; and now, when a good share of
those dilUoulties were laid to rest with
her husband, the late Dnko, in tho
family vault at Louglands; now, when
she had just managed to retrieve tho
shattered ducal fortunes by bringing
off the engagement ot her ugly, dis
sipated son, the present Duke, to
Claudia Putnam, the richest American
heiress of the season, now for this
blow to fall upon her, it wa? really
too bad. The only balm to her anguish,
was that it bad fallen at Longlnnds, in
tho wildH of Yorkshire, and that the
whole thing might be huphod up nud
hustled into oblivion without any one
being any the wiser. She had gone to
Longland to recruit after her super
human expenditure of energy during
the London season ; her only guest
was Claudia Putnam, .her son's tiauoi'e,
with whom she was busy planning
alterations and renovations for the
new regime.
But the moment was robbed of all
its savor by this horrible catastrophe;
this what else could she call it?
this drivelling idiocy of the least plain
and most hopeful of her six ungainly
daughters. She would have kept the
hateful story entirely to herself if she
could, but her heart was too full for
silence, besides Claudia had her fair
share of Yankee shrewdness the
might suggest a brilliant solution of
the problem so, as they sat over a
cup of tea iu hor boudoir, tho Duchess
opened her new trouble to her future
daughter-in-law.
"I'm afraid, Claudia, dear," she be
gan, "that we are going to have ser
ious trouble with Henrietta." Claudia
was very fond of the Duohess, so Bhe
tried to look sympathetic, though with
Lady Henrietta, who was wrapped up
iu parish work, who wore impossible
clothes and did her hair grotesquely,
she had no sympathy whatever.
"Dear me !" she replied, "I'm sorry
to hear it; I hope she's not sick."
"Sick I" repeated the Duchess, "I
wish she were, or anything half so
sensible. The fact is, she has beeu
and got herself entangled in a most
unbecoming love affair."
Miss Putnam opened her blue eyes'
very wide, and set down her teacup
with a jerk. "My!" she exclaimed,
"and who on earth has been making
love to Henrietta?"
The Duohess lowered her voice.
"My dear," she said, itnpressivelj, "it
is Mr. Gibson, the curate. She vows
she will marry him; isu't it awful?"
"Rather awful for the curate,"
thought Claudia to herself; aloud she
said : "Have I ever met Mr. Gibson?"
"Certainly not, dear. We do not
invite him here. He's not a gentle
man." "Then where did Henrietta meet
him?"
"Oh, in cottages, and at the school.
You see, she likes parish work, and I
encouraged her it sets such a good
example and we've always had a mar
riod curate before ; however, when
Mr. Gibson camo I never thought of
chaperoning her, bocause, you Bee, he
isn't a gentleman."
"But I suppose Henrietta thinks ho
will make her a suitable husband I
"My dear," cried the Duchess, "she
can't possibly think so. Why, his
lather keeps a saddler's shop ! He
hasn't been to tbe University. Ob, it's
altogether drcadlul, and she's as ob
stinate as a mule about it.
She broke off as the door opened to
admit a young man iu a shootiug suit.
He was a plain, insignificant looking
personage, with an air of extreme self
approval. "I've just been tellingClaudia about
this stupid affair of Henrietta's," went
on tho Duchess.
"And what does Cluudia think about
it?" asked the plain young man, who
wus Claudia's accepted lover, and who
deposited his long limbs on tho sola
beside her and tried to bestow a fes
tive caress on the hand nearest to
him.
"J guess I'm pretty well tuken by
surprise," said Miss Putnam, drawing
her baud out of her lover's reach.
"lio'ui I," said the Duke, plajij'y
"I'm dashed if I can imagine what he
seen in Hoorietta. She ain't pretty J
t'other way about, rather; she's got
no money, and she's years older than
he is. I'm dashed if I'd marry a wo
ronn like Henrietta, even if I was a
saddler's son. I'm dashed if I cou'.d
even feci spoony on her."
Miss Tutnam looked at him. She
was going to marry a man very like
Henrietta, and she did not feel very
spoony on him. She had accepted
him for sundry reasons, love being by
no means the first or foremost.
"Ho must be an awfully susoeptible
chap." wont on His Graoe. "to lose
his heart to a girl like Henrietta.
And he's so obsti oats, too, about it;
ceems as if he really cared about her.
I thought, perhaps, it was mostly am
bition her title and that sort of
thing, you know and I've offered him
all my influence in the way of a leg-np
to preferment, but he won't hear of
it. Funny thing, ain't it ! Now, if it
had been a girl like yon, Claudia
"DuohosB," cried Miss Putnam, sud
denlv interrupting her lover, "1 have
an inspiration. You just send Hen
rietta away. She can go to Jericho,
or anywhere else, for a month or so,
and when she comes back the engage
ment will be broken off. I'll manage
it."
She wouldn't answer any questions.
She said she thought she nnderstood
tho exact lay of the land. They might
leave it all to her. So to her it was
left, and tho next day Lady Henrietta
was packed on to a married cousin in
South Wales.
The following day, at Lady Hen
riett'. customary hour, Miss Putnam
walked into the village schoolroom,
She wore a dainty blue cambrio frock,
which fitted her as no frock in Hen
rietta's lifetime had ever fitted her.
The little boys and girls opened thoir
eyes wide to look at her, so did the
school mistress, ana so did Mr. uio
son, the curate, who was hearing the
whole school in its chnroh catechism,
"Good morning," said Miss Put
nam. sweetly. "I am staying at tbe
Towers. I have come in Lady Henri
etta's nlaee this morning. She has
gone away for a few weeks, and sho
would like vou all to know it.
She looked around tho room as she
said it, and finally fixed her eyes on
the curate s frank, simple face.
"I hope," he began hesitatinglv,
"that Ladv Henrietta is not ill. This
absence is bo un unforeseen."
"Guess not," said Miss Putnam
"She isn't ill, she never was better in
her life, but the Duchess thinks
change will do her a world of good."
"Her Grace is very cruel, mur
muied tho curate.
"I bog your pardon?" said Claudia,
blandly.
"I was about to say," resumed the
curate, turning to the expectant chil
dren, "that as her Ladyship is unable
to oome this morning, you will be de
prived of the interesting object-lesson
she generally gives you. I'm sure you
will all be very sorry.
"Ob, they shan't miss their object
lesson, said Claudia, still more
blandly. "I've promised Lady Hen
rietta to oivo it to them for her.
The curate had been in the habit o
staving for Lady Henrietta's object
lesson to keep order for her, he
would have said had tbe Duohess
questioned him. So he stayed to keep
order for Claudia, which was quite
superfluous, for if her manner ot ad
ministering instruction was not of a
nature to keep the attentiou of rest
less children, there were her faeoinat'
ing gown and her pretty trinkets, not
to speak of the charm ot her face, to
hold her audience spellbound. And
when the lesson was over he had got
into the way of walking with her Lady
ship along the school lane and through
the park. He escorted Miss Putnam
to-dav, because he wanted to ask how
long his liege Lady's banishment was
to last.
"I don't know," was Miss Putnam's
reply. "I suppose she won t come
back till the Duchess chooses."
"The children will miss her sadly,"
moaned tbe curate.
"Guess sho must make it up to
them." naid Claudia, graciously ; "I've
1 romised Henrietta to stand as much
in tho gup as possible.
He gave her a grateful look.
"Wuon ahull I come and give an
other object-lesson?" she went on
"to-morrow?"
"Oh, no," said the curate; "to
morrow's geography day. Her lady
ship tdways gives a geography lesson
on Thursday."
So Claudia put on another bewitch
ing frock, varied her trinkets and did
her best with a geography lesson on
Thursday. On Friday she wrestled
with sum it and by degrees she learned
tho whole school routine. She also
visited, under Mr. Gibson's esoort,
one or two of Henrietta's old women,
who, he thought, would feel them
selves neglected in her absence.
Her fiauce laughed at her.
"1 see what you are up to," ho said ;
"of course, U'h a clever move, but it's
rather rough on a susceptible ass liko
Gibson."
"Why do you call him an ass?"
asked Miss Putnam, sharply, "because
his father is a saddler?"
"It's a splendid opportunity for you
to make yourself popular iu tho par
ish, dear," said the Duohess. "Of
j.irse, when you are mistress here,
you will like to be popular among the
people."
"1 suppose I shall," said Claudia,
musingly.
But in spite of her incipient popu
larity she would not have the marriugo
hurried ou ; she was equally deaf to
the Duke's impatience and tl; Dacb
css's hints.
"There are such heaps i.. ,to
do aud to think of before anything
can be fixed," she said vaguely wheu
her tiauce urged the matter upon her.
"Well, get ou with the heaps of
things, then," he retorted, "and don't
pillle away so much time at thai Coi
l.iu led school."
And Lady Henrietta was still in
banishment in South Wales.
Finally, Miss Pntnam's stay at
Longlands came to a rather nnsatis-
tory end, for she went away to Liondon
leaving the wedding dny unfixed and
the hangings for the new drawing
room unchooscn.
The dav after her departure there
were two letters for the Duchess, one
from the curate, the other from Miss
Putnam. She opened the former first,
because she felt more curious as to its
contents.
Mi lam." it ran. "although Yonr Grace
did not Rriouslv entertain my proposal for
the hand of Lady Henrietta, I fel myself In
honor bound to let you know that my eyes
have benn oponod to tho folly and unsulta
blllty of the marriage for which I would fain
have h'ld your sanction. I havo written to
I.ndy Henrietta explaining, ns far as I can,
tho folly nf our pnst, and begging her to for
give mo ir she be in any way a suneror Dy
our mistake. I am lenvlng Longlands at
once, therefore tho embarrassment or any
further meeting will be avoided. Yours
faithfully, W. Gibsos."
The Dnchess heaved a sigh of in
tense relief. This was Claudia's do
ing. Claudia was a right down clever
girl, hue had certainly spent a great
deal of valuable time in treading in
Henrietta's footsteps, but she had dis
enchanted Mr. Gibson, and lifted a
horrible incubus off tho family shoul
ders. She was really far too good for
that stnpid, mnddle-headed son of
hcra; still she, the Dncboss, supposed
that a title was an infinite attraction
to a born democrat, so things were,
after all, not so very uneven. Then
she took up Claudia's letter. "Dear
child," she murmured, as she broke
the seal.
"My dear DiHiess." she read, nnd with
each succeeding lino her dismayed astonish
nieut iucreasad; ''I'm glad I came to stay at
Longlanils before I took the irrevocable step
to tbe altar. I don't want to say anything
nasty or mean, but, really, I never did care
about tho Duke; I only accepted him be
cause I thought you'd make up your mind to
have mo torn daughter-in-law: I should havo
made him perfectly miserable if I bad mar
ried him. Mr. Gibson finds, too, that he
made a great mistake in thinking he carod
for H-nrietta. He explained It all to me.
and I Htn quite satisfied. Ha nnd I are going
to bo married before Advent. I shan't mind
having a saddler for a futher-ln-law. Yours
always, Claudi I'ctxam."
The Duchess threw the letter across
the table to her son. "Read that,
Southdown," she said; "we've got
Henrietta out of her scrape most
splendidly."
It really was too hard on the poor
Duchess. St. Paul's.
A Victim ot Itclorm.
For twenty years an old clerk in the
appraisers' building had worked in
the same little room. In all that time
the single window which was intended
to light the room had never been
cleaned or opened, and was covered
with cobwebs and dust. For twenty
years the old clerk had worked by
artificial light nnd the walls that wore
once white had turned black and grimy.
During all the twenty years tho floor
was never swept and the door was
never opened except to let the old
clerk in or out. For twenty years the
old clerk worked away at his desk,
smoking an old pipe almost continu
ously, but he would never let a speck
of the old dust or bo much as a breath
of the moldy and fetid air escape from
the room. For twenty years tho old
man worked iu that room nnd was
never sick a day. A short time ago
Collector Wise ordered the window
cleaned, tbe place swept out, the walls
whitened, the old furnitnre removed
and new substituted, and gave the old
place a general overhauling. A ven
tilator was put in the window and the
transom was propped open, so tho
room was well aired and lighted.
The old clerk sneezed all day when
he went back and sat in tbe fresh air,
aud the light hurt his eyes so that he
had to go over and buy a stronger pair
of glasses. On tho third day ho took
his bed, and it was n week before he
was out. Since, then be has not been
well a day, and ho is begging the Col
lector to stop up the ventilator, close
the trauBom and put a shade over the
window. San Franoisco Post.
Lodging in a Hope House,
The latest addition to the curiosities
of St. Louis is what Secretary Saun
ders of the election commission calls
a rope house. It is a combination sa
loon and hotel at Levee and Spruce
streets, kept by u man named Peter
son. Across the room tho proprietor has
a rope stretched tishly, and iu front
of it and parallel with it is n row of
ordinary wooden bottom chairs. Every
lodger, upon payment of five ceuta, is
given a chair and is allowed to sleep
with his head resting upon tho ropo.
They are allowed to sleep until C
o'clock in morning. Promptly at that
time the bartender is required to see
that every lodger is awakened and
made to move ou.
This is accomplished by striking one
end of tho rope with a bung starter.
The blows have pretty much tho same
effect as striking tho sleeping Hoarders
ou the head with a billy, und they
generally move ou.
If this fails, oue end of the rope is
unfastened aud the remainiug sleepers
are allowed to fall sprawling ou the
floor. Chicago Tribtne.
A Iture Copper Com.
Fred D. MeDounl 1, n druggist, of
Kentiett Square, has just sold un old
oqq:er coin for $200. Tho coin is
very rare. It is of the date of 178!i,
and ou one side has the bust of Wash
ington and the words "Washington
and Liberty," and on tho other "one
cent." He took tho coin in trade at
his store for its face value, oue cent.
Philadelphia Record.
Scarcity ol Cuban Cellar.
There is said to be a scarcity of
Cuban cedar for cigar boxes since the
outbreak of the rovolutiou iu that
rimntry. A good substitute, ami oue
u:t . u Hied, li ., . or, I emiiiier wood,
winch is lived lu ihe iioijiil.ir Color.
THE MERRY SIDE OF LIFE.
STORTfcS THAT ARE TOLT) BT THK
FUNNT MEN OF THE PRESS.
Prudence In His Dictionary Sho
Slay He Needed tjreat Solici
tude Her Objection, Ktc, Ktc.
With these ba-llll In a kls.
With caution rare, they ayt
She kept a spray of mistletoe
To shoo the germs away.
Washington Stnr.
GREAT SOLICITUDE.
Wife "Is that you, George?"
Husband "Yes, dear."
Wife "Oh, I'm so glad 1 I'm atwa.vB
afraid there's a man in tho house till
you come." Pick Mo Up.
SHE MAY BE NEEDED.
Blobbs "Miss Oldgirl would make
a good soldier."
Slobbs "Used to powder, eh?"
Blobbs "Yes, and never deserts
her colors." Philadelphia Record.
IN HIS DICTIONARY.
"How do you pronounce the last
syllable of that !word 'butterme?' "
asked tho customer.
"The last syllable is silent," stiffly
replied the grocer's clerk. Chicago
Tribune.
6EVEHELY WOUNDED.
"Poor Brown must have been terri
bly injured."
"What makes you think so?
"That close-fisted old fellow Jorkins
says the wound looked to him to be
about the size of a nickel !" Chioago
Record.
GOOD KEW9.
Cashier "Have yon heard, sir, that
John Jones is a bankrupt?"
Banker "Well, that's good news.
We'll now get a little of what he owes
us, whereas, if he had remained in
business, we'd never have got a cont."
Fliogendo Blaetter.
THE DAUGHTER'S PRECEDENCE.
Softleigh "The Widow Passo pro
posed to me last night."
Sappehead "Really I What did
yon say?"
Softleigh "Told her I'd bo a son
to her. You see, her daughter got
there first." Philadelphia Record.
WOOT.D HEED THE WARNING.
Old Quiverful "And so you want
to take our daughter from us; you
want to take her from us suddenly
without a word of warning?"
Young GobIow "Not at all, sir. If
there is anything about her you want
to warn me against I'm willing to
listen." Brooklyn Life.
TIER OBJECTION.
Young Husband "Why do yon ob
ject to tobacco?"
Young Wife "Beoause it's a
poison."
Young Husband "But it's a slow
poison."
Young Wife "That's my objec
tion." Lewiston Journal.
THE COURSE OF EVENTS.
"Some women," said Mr. Bicker
ton, "thiuk that there's nothing too
good for their husbands."
"Yes," was the us-er in the cold
aoceuts of satire ; "and it usually lasts
until their husband get to thinking
there is nothiug good enough for
them." Washington Star.
r-ERILS 0' A SMALL TOWN.
. "You don't want to say anything
against any one if you go to Haw
ville." "Why not?"
"I spent the summer there onooand
I was licked twice before I discovered
that everybody was related to every
body else I" Chicago Record.
A PO'Jlt RELATION.
"Who is that new cashier?
Ho
doesn't look very trustworthy."
"I bolieve he is a very near relative
of the President."
"Very near. Ah, indeed! Woll,
the President better have a cure that
his cashier doesn't become n distant
relative !" Fliegende Ulaetter.
A GOOD EXCUHE.
She "Just thiuk, Edgar, I ordered
the dressmaker to make me a dress for
the street and she has sent me a trav
eling costume instead."
He "Well, what aro you going to
do about it?"
She "All wo eau do is to take a
trip to Nice." Fliogendo Blaetter.
A MAN'S WEAKNESS.
Who should know u man's weakness
if not his lawful wife?"
"Whut iu tho name of Jupiter have
you sewn up nil the pockets of my
overcoat for?" asked Mr. Wilson.
"My dear," said Mrs. Wilson, "I
Imvo on important letter to my mil
liuer that I want you to post." Pour
son's Wooklv.
HEU REASON.
Mrs. Mulaprop "This horseless
carriuo is bound to be a great suc
cess." Mrs. Cobwiggcr "What makes you
think so?"
Mrs. Malaprop "Why, just think
of the number of persons there are in
tho world who cau't afford t keep a
horse 1" Puck.
r-NsnvKssiTL.
"What were you arguingso violently
about with Smithers, Professor?"
"Ho called me a blooming jack
ass. "
"I'ou ought to have knocked him
down."
"Oh, I didu't mind it, personally.
It was the uuscicutilio iiuturo of his
fdiitcment that annoyed me. " Iudiau
i. noils .fouvual.
BCIEXriFIC AX1) INDUSTRIAL.
The number of known nebulae and
star clusters had reached 9309 at the
begining of 1893.
Kerosene lamp9 in the cells in Sing
Sing (X. Y.) Prison are to be replaced
by wire guarded electrio lamps.
An Illinois man professes to havo
discovered that a very valuable syrup
can be squeezed out of corncobs.
A German scientist says that chew
ing cloves will kill all the microbes
that mar happen to get into a man's
month.
Fishing by means of the electrio
light has been Bnoceesfiilly tried at
Newhaven, England. A lamp lowered
into the sea brilliantly illuminated tho
water over a circular area twenty
yards in diameter.
An Iowa doctor has invented a euro
for diphtheria, which is administered
by inhalation. Its effect is to kill tbe
bacteria, and the Chicago Board of
Health is experimenting with it, with
gratifying results.
It has been figured out that tho
rainfall of the water shed drained by
Lake Superior is not nearly equal to
the out flowof the St. Mary V River,
hence it ia concluded that the lake is
fed mainly by subterranean springs.
Some idea of the torrifio force with
which a bird passes through the air
may be gained from the fact that a
short time ago a common curlew flew
right through a piece of plate glass a
quarter of an inch thick at Turnberry
Lighthouse, Ayrshire.
The wonders of the Mammoth Cave
are to be revealed to visitors by elec
trio light. Incandescent lamps are to
be located at frequent intervals
through the great snbterranean cav
ern, and into tho abyss called "tue
bottomless pit" is to be lowered a
powerful light, to reveal the hitherto '
hidden secrets ot that awful depth.
Tbe completion of tho longest trol
ley line in the United States, forty
miles, on the Akron, Bedford aud
Cleveland Railway Company, was cel
ebrated recently by the driving of a
silver spike a ceremony that is prob
ably the precursor of as wonderful n
progress as was the driving of the
spike to mark the completion of tho
line that oonnected the two oceans.
When a man is shot through tho
brain, the proper treatment, accord
ing to Victor Horsley, is artificial res
piration, as iu case of drowning.
Death is not due to failure of the
heart's action, but to want of breath
occasioned by the explosive effect of
the bullet passing through the wet
brain substance, and consequent injury
to the base of the brain. The heart
continues beating and is even stimu
lated, but respiration stops.
The first meteorological station of
a mountain summit was established in
1870 on Mt. Washington, at a height
of 6280 feet, and the station afterward
in operation on Pike's Peak, at an el
evation of 14,131 feet, was for many
years tbe highest in the world. Both
have been discontinued. The only
Bnmmit stations now existing in the
United States appear to be the one at
low level on Blue 1111!, Mass., nnd that
at the Lick Observatory, at about
four thousuud feet on Mount Hamil
ton, Cul.
Origin ot Some (icoraphlcal N times.
The Menominee, in Wiscuusiu, w.is
named from a tribe of tho Bume namo.
The word means "wild rice."
Massachusetts Bay wni named from
two Indian -rords, Mais Tchusaeg,
lneauing "this sido thu hills."
The Catawissa River, in Pennsyl
vania, was named from an Indian tvird
that means "getting fat."
The Cattaraugus, in New York, has
its name lrom an Indian expression
signifying "bad smelling banks."
The Platte River was originally
named tho Nebraska, from an ludiuu
word meaning "shallow water."
The Housatonic, in Connecticut, was
called by tho Indians Wnssiadenesr,
tho "stream beyond the mountains."
The Delaware Bay gave its name to
the State. Tho bay was named from
Thomas West, Lord De La War.
The Chickahominy had its uesigua-
. tion from an Iudiun word, Chik-a-muw-'
hony, "the place of turkeys. "
Appalaclue Hay, t lornla, was vari
ously termed Apahlachie, Abolachie,
Apeolntel, Palaxy, Pulatchy, and so on
Tho Neversiuk was not named be
cause its waters do not get low, lu
from the Indian Nu w.vsink, "ma
river."
The Paseugoula, iu Mississippi, was
named from tho Indians culled the
Pascagoulas, or "tho bread-making
Nutiou."
Lake Champlain was named iu honor
of its discoverer. The Indians culled
it Cauaderi-Guarunte, "tho door of
the country."
Capo Feur River, iu North Carolina,
was originally Charles River, after
ward Cape Fair River, corrupted to
Cape Fear.
Albemarlo Sound was named uftcr
George Monk, Duko of Albemarle, one
of tho members of the origiual charter
company. Boston Journal.
I'rcxeii'.'e ol Mind.
A college president who is a great
garduer wears a glass eye. One day
this college president- it l)fitit s'im
uiit, and ho on his vacation rtisue I
iu from the gurdeu ull soiled and
sputtered, and without his glu rye.
His wife was heated with a filler of
importance. Sho perceived the eter
nal uniituess of her hushuud's coa li
tion aud frigidly said to him: "John,
go at ouco to the libi-iiy u'.i I tell
your muster Mrs. - wishes to n e
him. " Ho wcut, uud sooti reuppe ire.!,
clothed, eyed uud iu his liht mind.
This colloge president, it is pi un, is
himself a man of presence ot iu!U.'.
Thero are plenty of men, who, ron
fronted by hiieh a remark ? ;;c!iiuj e.-.
this, would Imv.i ttan-1 aud luitesv d
out, "Rut, Uiy dear ,'' aud M-ulleJ
it 11.---Botou Tiitui-:r!i't.
ATER A ELEtP,
Night nnd the strong will stifle 1,
Night and the fancy wane ',
Night and tho memory begL'are ',
Night and the spirit drained
Like a stream with driftweel encumborM,
O'or a dumb and frozen land,
Like a flower that pales in the shadow,
A bird that swoons in the hand!
TJorn and the faint will strcngtlcuc I,
Morn and tho fnncy glows.
Morn and tho memory rich-laden,
Morn anil tho spirit flows
Like a bird with a carol upmountin?,
(S Like a land in tho showers of spring,
Like a flower in the sunlight smilin g.
Like a stream when the floodgates swing.
Edith M. Thomas, In Ladies' Home Journal.
HUMOR OK THE DAV.
Girls and billiard balls kiss each
other with just about the same amount
of real feeling. Truth.
With all his experience tho barber
bad to employ another man to shingle
his roof. Boston Transcript.
"Dootor, I work like an ox, eat like
a bear, and am as tired as a dog."
"Consult a veterinary surgeon." New
York Times.
If it is truo that women marry
through motives of curiosity, as the
men allege, why do so many ol them
marry the second time? Atchison
Globe.
"What! nothing but veal with green
peas on the bill of fare." 'Tardon;
by looking again jou will find also
veal without green peas." Journal
Amusant.
"There is nothiug like our House of
Lords," boasted the Englishman.
"Still you can't say that it is without
a peer," replied the American. Pitts
burg Chronicle-Telegraph.
"Is this a fast train?" asked
the
"Of
"I
traveling man of the porter,
course it is," was the reply,
thought so. Would you mind
my
getting out to see what it is fast to?"
Tit-Bits.
"How did you get Borely out of
your whist club did you aek him to
resign?" "No; wo didn't liko to do
that; but we all resigned except Bore
ly, and then we all got together and
formed a now club." Harper's Ba
zar.
"Taking one thing with another,"
mused the burglar, adding the sleep
er's watch and jewelry with the stock
of miscellaneous plunder already in
his capacious pocket, "business iu my
line is pretty good to-night." Chica
go Tribune.
Mr. Crusher "You don't think the
young man you are engaged to will be
jealous of me, because 1 am paying
you attention, do you?" Miss Daisy ,
Rafter looking him over deliberately) -
"No. I don't thiuk there is any
danger that ho will." Somervillo
Journal.
Willing to Wake Up: "Wake up,
little girl," said a Bellufield mamma to
her small daughter. The latter opened
her eyes slowly, uud theu replied :
"Well, I suppose I might us well.
Thero's nothing very interesting going
on in dreamland." Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph.
Wile "I meulionod to dear Kit tie,
in my letter, about tha dear Duchess
calling upon us, und how sweet sho
was!" Husband "I suppose you did
not say that her Graeo called for a
charity subscription?" Wife "Well,
no. I did not think that souuiied in
teresting." Fun.
Not a hundred miles from St. Paul'.s
there is suspended over a pile of dusty
volumes in a second-blind bookseller's
shop a chart showing tho human skele
ton, and underneath the following:
"This all that remains of the trades
man whose cu' tomers ualy looked.-""
Household Words.
"I don't think it's fair, Josiab,"
said Mr. Chngwuter, as tho attendants
bathed her sprained anklo with sooth
ing lotions and wrapped bandages
about it. "You're tho oue that always
carries the accident insurance policies
and I'm tho one that's always getting
hurt I" Chicago Tribuue.
She "No, Ned, it wouldn't bo ju
dicious for us to murry uutil after you
huve had your salary increased." Ho
(pleadingly) "But two eau livo
cheaper than one, you know, Nellie."
She "Yes, 1 know; that's what peo
ple bay. As a matter of fact, they
have to. " Somervillo Journal.
Arizona Oranges.
Yesterday tho first At-.z ina oranges
of tho new crop went on to Chicago.
Tho shipment was from a grove ot thu
Arizona Improvement Company, aud
comprised several boxes of Washing
ton navels, sweet, juicy, well ripened
and nearly fully colored, largo in
size, plump aud w ithout a sigu of rust
or scale. It was a shipment to be
proud of, and back East will without
doubt create a sensation amonj; those
wuo heretofore havo waited till Febru
ary to get the first oranges of the new
California crop.
Yesterday seemed to bo general
orupgo duy along the street, and ripo
navels were to be seen in a number of
oltiees. It was evident tiiut Sunday
had been made tho time for nu inspec
tion of mauy orange groves aud tho
result showed that the crop this year
is over a week earlier than heretofore
knowu iu this valley.
The crop will be u heavy one. Of
the l'JOl) acres or moro pluut.'d in the
Suit River Valley sever ii hundred uro
now iu good hearing uud the crop, lor
tho first time, will be a mutter of com
mercial importance. --Arizona Repub
lican, A (irent Ucteclivc.
Vidocq, tho great French detective,
had mi t-xccllfUt a memory lor mimes
aud laces that utter having seeu a
criminal ouco uud learned his iiauie,
ho uevei forgot him, but would oltt u
identify him under the moat subtle
tllfi'Ulae. Lu l-'l.'al'o.
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