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R
.r ORES
Throe-four ths of the total population
ol Russia are formers.
Britain brag Hint tho guns now need
by her army will send a bullet through
fonr ranlis of mon at a distance of 450
yards.
Tho Attornoy-Gouornl of Now Hamp
shire hns decided that tho appoint
ment of women as nolarios ptiblio in
that Stnto is unconstitutional.
Tho horsuloss vehiolo has taken root
in Franco nud Gtrmnny. Tho steam
carriage brought out by M. Serpolot
between 1892 an 1 1933 is running in
all parts of France.
By tha law of Scotland tho buhoi
or shrubs planted in tho garden be
long to tho landlord, and tho tenant
cannot rcmovo them at tho end of his
tenancy. Tho English law is tho saoio
on this point.
Tho trouble with the raagnzio poets,
tho Chicago Times-Herald concludes.
Is that they aro writing from copies.
Good oopios but copies. "One gou
niuc, original singer kliko Frank SUn
lon gets nearer to tho peoplo than tho
whole raft load of sonneteers."
Buddhism of late is gaining qnito a
number of adherents among tho intel
lectual loadors in Germany, writes
Wolf von Schierbrand, such as George
Ebers, Gabriel Jinx, Julius Stinde, F.
Hartmnnn, and they have just begun
to issue a monthly at Brunswick un
der the title "Sphinx."
The P.oferee, one of the most influ
ential sporting pipers iu England, do
olares that tho gamo of football there
is being mined by professionalism.
Jerorao J. Jerome's weekly paper in
dorses this opinion, editorially, and.
says "ootbnll as played in England
now is simply a trade. The sooner it
oenscsto call itsolf sport the bettor."
Potatoes wore selling for two cents
a sack in Sin Frauoisoo a week or so
ago, and sold slowly even at that
price. The potato crop nil over the
country last season was enormous, and
most growors lost money on a consid
erable part of their crop. In some
regions tho 'potatoes wero not takon
out of the ground, tho price got down
so low.
Tie Board of Education of Wilming
ton, Del., had a knotty problom to
solve the other day, Ibut thoy were
equal to the situation, records tho
Trenton (N. J.) American. It appears
that a Hindoo boy had been brought to
one of the public schools and was od
mittod tinder protest. Afterwards tho
parents of some of tho other children
raised objections, claiming that tho
Hindoo lad como under the law ia re
lation to oolored sohools. The Board
dooided that the boy was not a negro,
and had as much right to attend a
white school as an Italian or any oth
er foreigner.
An Omaha letter to tho New Tork
Toot says there is little' doubt that
there lias bean a heavy emigration
from Nebraska, South Dakota, an!
Kausas during tho past two or three
years as a result of the three years of
dry woatlior. This is especially truo
as regards Nebraska. Even a fair ap
proximation of tho statistics of this
movement is possible. Most of these
people are farmer) and most of thorn
have gone South. The past year was
a disappointing one for the Nebraska
farmer?. Tho crops were neither a
failure as in 1891 nor a big success as
in 1892. They made a small yield
overthe whole State, and the pricos
which have obtaiued have precluded
any idea of piofit. With the record of
three years in succession staring the
people in tho face, it is not at all won
derful that they should have become
discouraged.
Steol wagon roads, as advocated by
Martin Dodge, State Road Commis
sioner of Ohio, are likely to have a
thorough trial ia several States this
year, predicts the American Agricul
turist. These roads consist of two
rails made of steol tho thickneis of
boiler plate, caoh formed in the shape
of a gutter five nohos wide, with a
iquare perpondicular shoulder half an
inch high, then an angle of one inoh
outward slightly raisod. The gutter
forms a conduit for the wator, and
makes it easy for the wheels to enter
or leave tho track. Such a double
track steel railroad,18 feet wide, tilled
in between with broken stone, macadam
p-ize, would cost about $G0O0 as agaiust
S7(0 p'r mile for a -nacadum roadbed
of the same width, but the cost of a
rural one-track steel road would ba
only abont $2000 a mile. It is claimed
that such a road would last much
louger than stone nud that one horse
will draw on s ste.'l track tweuty times
ks much as on d'rt road, aud five
iruol aa nn mairilnm
IN ABSENCE.
When shadows dim tlio meadow-gold, nud
mignonette and musk
rorfumo through every B3ontod fold tho gar
ments of tho dusk,
Whoa all tho heavens aro yearning to the
first faint silver star,
My spirit loans across to you, bolovod, from
afnr.
Whon eourior winds begin to rldo tho hlgh
vmya of tho dawn.
And up tlio orient bills, Iu pride," tho car of
day Is drawn,
Even as tho bridegroom, Sol, appears, and
Earth's dismays aro done,
O love from out tho dark nud teara.arlse and
bo my sun!
Margaret Armour, In Black and Whlto,
A CHILI) OF SILENCE.
MYRTT.B REED.
IGIir at the end of the
tdrcct stood tho littlo
whito house Jack Ward
was pleased to oall his
own. Five years he bad
livoi there, Le and
Dorothy. How happy
thoy had been I But
things boo mod to have gone wrong
eomo way, Biuce since the baby died
in the spring. A sob enmo into Jack's
throat, for the littlo face had haunted
him all day.
Never a sound had tho baby lips
uttered, and tho loudest noises had
not disturbod his rest. It had seemed
almost too much to bear, but thoy had
loved him more, if that were possible,
because he was not as other children
were. Jack had nevor boea recon
ciled, but Dorothy found a world of
consolation in tho closing paragraph
of a mngtiziuo articlo on the subject.
"And yot wo cannot believe these
Children of Silence to be unhappy.
Mrs. Browning says that 'closed eyes
seo more truly than ever open do,'
aud may there not be another world of
lnusio lor thoso to whom our own is
soundless? In a certain sense they are
utterly beyond tho pain that life al
ways brings, for never can they hear
the cruel words beside whioh physical
hnrts siDk iuto insignificance. So
pity them not, but beliovo that He
knowoth best, and that what seems
wrong and bitter is often His truest
kindness to His children."
Dorothy read it over and over until
she knew it by heart. There was a
certain comfort in the thought that he
need not snffur that he need never
find what a wealth of bitterness lies in
that one little word life. And whon
tho hard day came she tried to be
thankful, for sho knew that ho was
safer still ; tried to see the kindness
that had taken him back into the Un
known Sileuco of which he was the
Child.
. Jack went up the stops this mild
winter evening, whistling softly to
himself, and opened the door with his
lutoh key. "Where are yon, girlio?"
tt ,i . iii i,.. ,i .-
minute," and even as sho spoke Dor
othy came into the room.
Iu spito of her black gown and the
hollows under her eyes she was a
very pretty women. She knew it, and
Jack did, too. That is, ho had known,
but ho had forgotten.
"Here's the evening paper." He
tossad it into hor lap as she sat down
by the window.
"Thank you." Sue wondered
vaguely why Jack didn't kiss her as ho
used to, and then dismissed the
thought. She was growing acens
tomad to that sore of thing.
"How nice of you to come by the
early train! I didn't expect you till
later." te
"There wasn't muoh going on in
town, so I loft the office early. Any
mail? No? Guess I'll take Jip out
for a stroll." The fox terrier at his
feet wagged his tail approvingly.
"Want to go, Jip?"
Jip answered decidedly iathe affirm
ative "All right, como on," and
Dorothy watched the two go down
tho street with an undcilned feeling
of pain.
She lit the prettily shaded lamp
and tried to read the paper, but the
political news, elopements, murdors,
and suicides lacked interest. She won
dered what had come between her
and Jack. Something had ; there was
no question of that, but well, it
would como straight some time. Per
haps she was morbid and unjust. She
couldn't ask him what was the matter
without making him angry, and she
had tried so hard to make him happy.
Jip announced his arrival at the
front door with a scries of sharp
barka and an unmistakable soratoh.
Sho opened it ns Juck sauntered slow
ly up the walk, anl passed hor with
the remark, "Dinner ready? I'm aa
hungry as a bear."
Into the oozy dining room thoy
went, Jip firs!-, then Jack, and then
Dorothy. The daintily served meal
satisfied the inner man, aud ho did
not notice that she ate but little. Sho
honestly tried to bo entertaining, and
thought sho succeeded fairly well.
After dinner he retired into the depths
of the evouiug paper, aud Dorothy
ttitohol away at her embroidery.
Suddenly Ju-'k looked at his watch.
"Well, it's half-past sevou, and I've
pot to go over to Mrs. Brown's to
practice a duet with her for to-morrow."
Dorothy trembled, but only said,
"Oh, yes, the duet. Whut is it this
time?"
" 'Calvary,' I guess. That seems to
take tho multitude better than any
thing we siug. No, Jip, not this time.
Uood-by 1 won't ba none long."
Tho door bintutuoi., and Dorothy
was alone.
She put away hc-r embroidery aud
walked the iloor restlessly. Mrs.
Browu was a pretty widow, always
well dressed, nud the sang divinely.
Dorothy could not sing a note, though
she played fuiriy wdi, aud Jack got
into a habit of ti'.iin;.; Mrs. Brown now
music and giiug over to siug it with
brr. An obliging neighbor who hod
called that afternoon had remarked
maliciously that Mr. Ward ami Mrs.
Brown seemed to be very good friends.
Dorothy smiled with white lips, and
tried to say pleasantly, "Yes, Mrs.
Brown is charming, don't you think
60 1 urn sure that if I were a man
should fall in love with hor."
Tho neighbor rose to go, and by
way of a parting shot replied, "That
scorns to be Mr. Ward's idea. Lovely
day, isn tit? Come over when you
can.
Dorothy was too stunned to reply,
She thought soriously of telling Jack,
but wisely decided not to. Ihcso sub
urban towns were always gossipy.
Jack would think she didn't trust him.
And now ho was at Mrs. Brown's
again I
Tho pain was almost blinding. Sho
went to the window and looked ont.
The rising moon shone fitfully upon
the white signs of sorrow in tho little
ohurchynrd far to the left.
Sho threw a shawl over her head
and went out. In fevorish haste sho
walked over to tho little "God's Acre,"
where the Child of Silcnoe was buried.
She found the spot and sat down. A
thought of Mrs. Browning's ran
through her mind:
Thnnk Qod, bless God, all ye who suffer not
More crtof than yo can weep for
then some way the tears came; a
blessed rush of relief.
"Oh, baby dear," she sobbed, press
ing her lips to the cold turf above
him, "I wish I was down there beside
you, as still and as dreamless as you.
You don't know what it means you
never would have known. I'd rather
be a stone than a woman with a heart.
Do you think if I could buy death
that I wouldn't tako it and come down
there besido you? It hurt me to lose
yon, but it wasn't the worst. You
would have lovod mo. Oh, my Child
of Kilenco t Come back, come back I"
How long she stayed there she never
knew, but the heart pain grow easier
after a while.
She pressed her lips to the turf
again. "Good night, baby dear. Good
night. I'll come again. You haven't
lost your'mother, even if she has lost
you!"
Fred Bennptt passed by 'the unfre
quented spot, returning from an er
rand to that part of town, and he
heard the last words. He drew baok
into the shadow. The slight black
figure appeared on the sidewalk a fow
feet ahead of him, and puzzled him
not a little. He followed cautiously
and finally decided to overtake her. As
she heard his step behind her she
looked around timidly. .
"Mrs. Ward!"
His tone betrayed surprise, and he
saw that her eyes were wet and her
white, drawn face was tear stained.
She shuddered. A new trouble faoed
her. How long had he been following
her?
He saw her distress and told his lie
bravoly. "I just came around tho oor
ner here."
Her relieved look was worth the sao
rifice of his conscientious scrnples, he
said to himself afterward.
"I may walk home with you, may I
not?"
"Certainly."
Sho took his offered nrtn and tried
to chat pleasantly with her old friend.
Soon they reached the gate. She
dropped his arm and said good-night
unsteadily. Bennett could bear it no
lougor, and he took both her hands in
his own.
"Mrs. Ward, you -are in trouble.
Tell me ; porhaps I can holp you."
She was silont. "Dorothy, you will
let me call you so, will you not? You
know how muoh I oared for you, in a
boy's impulsive fashion, in the old
days when wo were at school; yon
know that I am your friend now as
true a friend as a man can be to a wo
man. Tell me, Dorothy, and lot me
holp you !"
There was a rustle of silk on the
pavement, and hor caller of the after
noon swept by without speaking. Al
ready Dorothy know the story whioh
would be put in circulation on the
morrow. Bennett's clasp tightened on
her cold fingers. "Toll, me, Dorothy,
and let me help you !" he said again.
The impulse to toll him grow
stronger, aud she controlled it with
difficulty. "It is nothing, Mr. Bon
nett, I I have a hsadaohe."
"I see, and you came out for a
breath of fresh air. Pardon me. I
am sura you will be better in the morn
iug. Good night, and God bless you
Dorothy."
He walked away rapidly, and she
lingered on the porob. till she conld no
longer hear his footsteps. She left a
lamp iu the hall aud went up to bed.
"Jack won't be home till late," she
said to heraelf, "aud he will want the
light."
So the tired head dropped on its pil
low, aud she stared sleeploosly at the
ceiling.
Mcauwhile Baunett was on his way
to Mrs. Brown's cottage. His mind
was made up, and he would speak to
Jauk. Ho had heard a great deal of
idle gossip, and it would probably oost
him Jaok's friendship, but he wauld at
least huvo the satisfaction of knowing
that he had triad to do something for
Dorothy.
- Ho raug tho bell, an 1 Mrs. Brown
herself answered it. "Good evening,
Mrs. Brown. No, thauk you, I won't
come in. Just ask Jack if I may see
him on a matter of business."
Ward, hearing his frieud's voice,
was already at the door. "I'll be
wit i you in a minute, Fred," he said.
"Good night, Mrs. Brown; I am sure
we shall got along famously with the
duet," an I the two men wtut slowly
down tuu street.
They went ou in silence till Jack
said, "Well, Bonuott, what is it? You
don't call a follow out like th'.s unloss
it is something serious."
"It is serious, Jaok ; it's Dor Mrs.
Ward."
"Dorothy? I confess I'm as muoh
in the dark as evtr."
"It's this way, Jack. She's in
trouble."
"Jack, yon know I'm a friend of
yours; I have been ever since I've
known you. If you don't tako what
I'm going to soy as I mean it, you're
not the man I think yon are."
"Go on, Fred, I understand you. I
was only thinking."
"Perhaps you don't know it, but
tho town is agog with what it is
pleased to term your infatuation for
Mrs. Brown." Jack smothered a pro
fane exclamation, and Bennett con
tinned : "Dorothy is eating her heart
out over tho baby. She was in tho
cemetory to-night sobbing over his
grave, and talking to him like a mad
woman. 1 came up the back stroot,
and after a little I overtook her and
walked home with her. That's how I
happen to know. And don't think for
a moment that she hasn't heard the
gossip. She has, only she's too proud
to speak of it. And, Juck, old man,
I don't believe you've negloctod her
intentionally, but begin again and
show how much you care for hor.
Good night."
Bennett left him abruptly, for the
old love of Dorothy was strong to
night; not the fitful, flaming passion
of his boyhood, but tho deeper, ten
derer love of his whole life.
Jack was strangely affected. Dear
little Dorothy ! He had nogleoted
her. "I don't deserve her," he said
to himself, "but I will." He passed
a florist's shop, and a tender thought
struck him. He would buy Dorothy
some roses. He went in and ordered
a box of American Beauties. A stiff
silk rustled beside him, and he lifted
his hat courteously.
"Going home, Mr. Ward? It's
early, isn't it? But," with ecarcoly a
perceptible emphasis, "it's none
too soon!" Then, as her eager eye
caught a glimpse of the roses, "Ah,
but you mon are slyl For Mrs.
Brown?"
Jack took his package and respond
ed icily, "No. For Mrs. Ward."
"Cat!" he muttered nudor his
breath as he went out. And that lit
tle word in the mouth of a man means
a great deal.
He entered the house, and was not
surprised to find that Dorothy had re
tired. She never waited for him now.
He took the roses from the box aud
went upstairs.
"Hello, Dorothy!" as the pale faoa
rose from the pillow.in surprise. "I've
brought you some roses 1" Dorothy
actually blushed. Jaok hadn't brought
her arose for throe years; not sinco
the day the baby was born. Ho put
them in water, and came and sat down
beside her.
"Dear little girl, your head aches,
doesn't it?" Ho drew hor up beside
him and put hia cool ttingera on the
throbbing tomples. Her heart beat
quickly and happy tears tilled her eyes
as Jack bent down and kissed her ten
derly. "My sweetheart I I'm so sor
ry for the pain !"
It was the old lover-like tone, and
Dorothy looked up.
"Jaok," she said, "you do love me,
don't you?"
His arms tightened about her. "My
darling, I love you better thau any
thing in the world. You are the
dearest littlo woman I ever saw. It
isn't muoh of a heart, dear, but, you've
got it all. Crying? Why, what is it,
sweetheart?"
"The baby," she answered brokenly.
and his eyes overflowed, too.
"Uorothy dearest, you know that
was best. He wasn't like"
Jaok could not say the hard words.
but Dorothy understood aud drew his
faoo down to hers again.
Then she olosed her eyes, and Jack
held her till she slept. The dawn
found his arms still around her, aud
when the early church bells awoke her
from a happy dream she found the
reality sweet and beautiful, and the
heartache a thing of the past.
Muusoy's Magazine.
Bean Iu Corntlo'.ds.
In the district of Raohiask. in tho
Trans-Caucasus, bears are regarded as
the worst enemies of the maize fields,
and when the season for the maize
cobs to ripen comes round, the popu
lation take all possible steps to pro
tect the fruits of their toil. In the
evening, says our consul at Batoum.
the peasant, armed with a gun, a kin
jal, a stout oaken cudgel, or whatever,
other weapon he can secure, takes all
the dogs he possesses with him and
goes off to the field, where he sleep
lossly guards his maize during the
whole night, sometimes at tho risk of
his life. He passes the night in firiug
oft his gun aud continual shouting,
while during the day he is forced to
work to the utmost of his powers, see
ing that it is just at this period, i. o.,
when the maize is ripeniug, that ho
has to thresh his wheat, gather in his
crop of beans, repair his winnower,
and make ready tho places for storing
his maize. If a boar gets iuto a maize
field in which ho does not expect to
bo disturbed during the wholo night,
ho first sets to work and gorges him
self; then, feeling heavy, ho begins
to roll and sprawl ou his back. Hiv
ing Bprawled about a bit, tho bear be
gius to feel playful, aud it is then
that the maize stalks suffer most se
verely; tucking his legs under him,
he rolls head over heels from one end
of the field to tho other, and in his
course he naturally breaks and rolls
down everything in his way, render
ing the whole crop useless. Lou lou
News.
Claimed He Invented Mntelio.
Jnhaun Irinyi diol a few days a?o
iu Hungary, at ths age of seventy
nine. He was oua of tho five or six
persons who claimed to be the in
ventor of matches iu their present
form. Ho brought out his iuveutiou
in Vienna iu 18, Ki, aud a factory waf
6tnrted to wort it. For tho last few
years he acted ns (Icvernmunt in
spector of match factories iu Hungary.
He (lied a poor mau.
THE MERRY SIDE OF LIKE
STORIES THAT ARE TOLD BT THE
FTJNWT MEN OF THE PHE3S.
A Remedy Heroic Parent and Off
spring Tho Worm Turns A Ite
flection A Sure Sign, Ktc.
"My Hps are sore, but camphor Ico
. I will not have," said May.
"Of course 'twould euro them, but, you see,
Twould keop the chaps awny."
PARENT AND OFFSPRING.
Mamma "What are you playing
with, Essie?"
Essio "A caterpillar an' two littlo
kittenpillars." Judge.
'f THE WOliM TCBN'S.
Mrp. Serapleigh (during tho fighl)
"Now, have I made myself plain?"
Mr. Scraploi?h "No; you wero
born that way ?" Puck.
J"' K!OW ALIi ABOUT IT.
That new baby of Youngfather' is
a remarkably wido-awake child."
"So I've heard. Wo live next door
to it." Detroit Free Press.
ghandfatheb's clock,
"Yes, my boy, it's over a hundred
years old, and goes for eight day with
out winding."
"And how long does it go when you
wind it?" Judy.
' A sums SIGK.
Two blind mon were in a train.
Suddenly loud smaoks were- heard in
the compartmont.
"There," said one to the other,
"that's the fourth tunnel wo are pass
ing through." Pick-Me-Up.
PBOORESS.
"How is your daughter getting ou
with the piano, Nunison?"
"First rate. Sho can play with
both hands now. Says she will be
able to play with hor ear in six
months." Household Words.
THE DIFFERENCE.
' Biggs "I am so stout that I know
oxeroise would do me lots of good."
Tarns "Then why don't you got
out and shovel that snow off the
walk?"
Biggs "That's not exeroise; that's
work." Truth.
A EEFLECTION.
: Father "You should ' not be so
angry at Cholly for proposing to you.
His love is a complimont to your
beauty."
Daughter "Yos, but his asking me
to be his wife is an insult to my intel
ligence.1; -Truth.
) HER HEA90N.
Husband "Why do you pay lha
newspapers at advertising rates to ex
agerate the success of our party,
Helen? It was a colorless affair, and
some of our guests seemed really mis
erable." Wife "So many sent regrets end
stayed away, dear; I won't to ruaks
them feol niieorablo, too." Truth.
" TI1E3CIENCE.
She stool bofore tho glass, gazing
earuostly. "Really," ehe said, "J do
believe I have a mustache coming."
And yet sho Boomed rather pleased
than otherwise.
In another momont tho young man
sho had soon through the window had
entored tho room, bringing his mus
taoho with him. Indiauupoh Juui
nal. TflEtlli's A TIME FOR EVeitTTFinM.
Exasperated Citizen "Look here,"
I want to make a complaint agaiust
your confounded cable cars. Yester
day I got caught in a blockade, and
had to sit and wait for nearly an
hour."
Superintendent "That's juBt like
you follows never satisfied. Why,
anothor man just cams in and com
plained that the cava went bj fast ha
couldn't get on." Life.
HE MEANT IT, ANTWAT.
An old gentleman reproved his
nephew for fighting with another boy.
"But." said the lad, "he called my '
sister names." I
"Why, you havon't any sister, and
never bad one," exclaimed the uuch ,
in astonishment.
"I know it," replied the boy, dog
gedly, "but ha thought 1 had, and said
she ,was squint-eyed, aud I thrashed
him." Weekly Telegraph.
ON AN ENOLTSH RAIL WAT.
First Old Lady "Guard, open this
window ; I f hull smother to death."
Second Ditto "Guard, shut this
window, or I'll freeze to death."
First Old Lady (again) "Guard,
will you raise"
Irato Male Passenger (interrupting)
"Gusrd, open that window and
freeze ono of tbeeo old women to
death; then shut it and smother tho
other one."
Silence in tho car. TU-Bits.
NO PLATFCItM JOB HIM.
I The politician shook his head em
phatically. Tlieie is no use getting up a plat
form, as fur as I am concerned," ho
said. "I s'iull not run for ollicc on a
platform this time."
"But, my der sir," protests 1 tho
pariy manager, "it is necessary in or
der to get tho voted."
"Nonsense," replied the politician.
"I shall make my race this tinio ou a
pneumatic tire and endeavor to eop
turo the bicycle voto." Chicago Post.
Tho Siberian Uuilway.
Two sections of the great Busman
railway across Siberia aro now iu op
eration. The aggregate of tl: j t vo is
761 miles. The total kutli o; tUj
road is to bo 4000 mile!;. '
fCIEXTIFlC AND ISDUarillAL.
Silk thread may b gilded by the
electro-plating process, retaining al
most its full flexibility and softness.
As speaking tubes are found Dot to
work on tho 'English warships owing
to t'.ie rattling of the machinery, tha
adruirality has determined to try tele
phone. Abont 500 names are included in tho
"Kew Bulletin's" list of tho now gar
den plants of 1831. The lislcmbraocs
hybrids as well as species and botani
cal varieties.
Twenty-fivo sarcophagi havo been
diecovcrod'near Angouleine, several of
the skeletons in them measuring six
feet seven inohes in length. They are
belisved to have been Gauls.
Tho Indiana Gas Inspector enys that
the pressure has diminished through
out tho gas fields about one-third, and
that the exhaustion of the supply is a
matter of no very long time.
The smoll waists of Fronch womnn
are bclievod by some scientists to bo
the result of heredity. Ages of tight
lacing, thoy say, have lU'o.iuoed a physi
cal peculiarity n the Nation.
In the Etruscan tombs of Northern
Italy, gold rings have been found
mado in the shape of a cord, a large
knot of intricate pattern foming tho
principal part of tho ornament.
A German Antarctio expedition has
been dcoided upon and $210,000 al
lotod to it. It will consist of two ves
sels, will last three years, and will
start south from Kergnclen Is'and.
It is said on semi-official authority
thnt the Pennsylvania Railroad will
utilize electricity on the Spriugfiold
branch, known as the "Littlo Miami,"
extending for a distance of twenty-two
miles.
Tho Pernvianlndians have as a meas
ure of distance tho cocada, which
means the ground a cargo-boarer can
walk under the stimulus of one quid
of this loaf the impulse lasts from
thirty to forty minutes, and aman can
pass over three kifomoters.
An Australian has invented a novel
method of lawn sprinkling. He has
mado the top rail of the fence around
his lawn of iron water pipes, joined
together so as to permit of a continu
ous flow of water, and perforated on
the inner side with small holes. He
connects the fence and the hose, and
the water is evenly spread over evory
part of the lawn.
The famous kola nut contains 2.35
grams per cent, of caffeine and 0.23
grams per cent, of thoobroma. Ex
periments have demonstrated that
while caffeine produces stimulation of
but short duration, and causes the
muscular tiauie to wear itself out
more rapidly thau in the normal con
dition, tho kola both increases and
prolongs the muscular contraction.
Urnnjeotlio Ilily Lvrl.
The orange and the lemon are staplo
products of Palestine. Tho orange of
the Holy Laud is golden iu color, and
its taste is superior to that of any
other fruit of its Kind. Eight years
ago tho export of oranges from Pales
tine was limited to Turkey and Egypt ;
but now it has been uxteudod to the
Parisian market and America also,
and its good reputation has placed it
auovo even the Italian orauge.
I Tho Hebrew agricultural school iu
Joppu Mikwei Israel (hope of Israel)
' sends largo quantities of tho gold-
Kkinued fruit from its plantations to
France. Aa ambitious Hobrew, writes
W. h. Curtis, told mo six years ago:
"In tweuty years from heuoo wo will
compote in wino with Oporto, in figs
with Smyrna, aud our orauges will
even capture tho Amorionn market."
His prophecy seems to have boon ful
filled before its time. The wino is
handled by tho Rothschilds. They
pay tho colonist 3 francs ((if) cents)
for ten liters (about three quarts), and
the ambitious natives are now girding
their loins to invado tho American
market ulto. It is possible that if
thoy come into competition with Cali
fornia they will be able to undersell
our farmers, because of their cheap
home labor and cheap transportation.
In Palestine the laborer ou tha orauge
plantation is paid 1 franc, which is
worth about 'JO cents of American
money, for a duy's work, which lasti
from sunrise to sunset. It will, how
ever, tako some little time before tho
Paiestiuiuus are able to supply the
large quantities demanded by the
homo markets. Chicago Record.
Kllect ol Colors on l'luuls.
M. Flammarioc, in tho course of
experiments ou the radiation of spec
trum colors, has made some interest
ing observations on sensitive plants.
Four plants sown the sima day aud of
tho sumo size were placed under glass,
excluding respectively all but tho red,
green, and blue rays, the fourth pluut
being under ordinary white glass. At
the end of b(x weeks the "rod" plant
was twice as high usauy of the others,
tho "green" camo next, thou tho
"white," while tlio "blue" had not
grown tho fraetiou of a centimetre,
'tho red plant was healthy, but abnor
mally nervous, curling up at a bieath.
Vlie plant kept under white glass, ex
pu.se I to tho ordinary suu rays, though
third lu the oriler of grow th, was vig
orous aud stout.
'J'Iip Cdoivd .Him a ( tiriosily There,
There is only one colored man iuall
ot Deer Isle, Me., which has a popula
tion uf about Titl'll) persons, lueluding
tho sailormeu who tailed tho Dcfouder
!a-t fall. The colored citizen is Oliver
Van Meter. Ho is seventy-seven yetre,
utid he liistiuuiyhed lnm-elf last week
by get t in i; luarrie l. Colored folk are
raru in many pints of Maiu. Many
ton in aud viltnes havo not ono col
ored resident, mi I tho children re
gurd any colored man who iu:ty stray
into t.eir neighborhood as a great
eurioit-, and will follow him aOjut
i peu mouthed. New i'uik Sun.
ITHE FISHER-MAIDEN '3 SONO.
0';! oho! the herring is coming!
Tiie breezes are bumming!
Aloft fllns the sal! !
Tho sea-gulls are tei-minp,
And flijhtlDR and screamm;-,
Adrift on tho gale!
Ohi! olio! tho west wind is vecrin;?.
The flshlui? flout HteeriuK
Through whirlwinds of spray'.
Oho! lads, how merry
To speed the frail wherry
O'er tho billowy way'
Ohl ! oho! my heart leap townra hjrj
My friend Is aboard bur,
My truo love, my king!
Ho feasts upon dnnsnr.
The (Inrlritr sea-ranger!
When burricanes sin?!
O'al! oho! now down tho blue'.; hollow.',
O'er deeps, nnd o"or shallows,
A g!rious ridp!
May (rood luck batldahim.
And cheer him, and guide bioi
Kafo home to his bride!
Hjalmar Hjorth Boysurn, iu Century.
Ul'MOR OK TIIE DAY.
"Don't yon think, mamma," asked
Edith, pointing to the baby, "that ha's
a littlo out of tuue to-day?'' Puck.
Alfred Austin was much more sua- "
cessful iu laying his pipes than he has
been iu piping his lays. New York
World.
lie called his verso a "boiler,"
But ho rew Inoensod nt m
Because I put It on the flamos
To brew a pot of tea.
Harper's Bazar.
Some people get a great reputation
for philanthropy by inducing othor
people to lot thorn give away their
money. Somervillo Journal.
A'l men would hare of wealth a sbaro
Aud no one need his lot deplore,
It all would work as hard as men
Who have so much they nood no more.
Puck.
Brown (of the firm of Browu &
Jones) "Why did you countermand
your order tor thoso fountain pens?" r
Jones "The agent took down my
oruer witn a lead pencil. I'uoiu - .
His wedding trip was very short,
For ho was 'n to falter
He toon It on her bridal tralu,
Dosooudlug trom tho altar.
New York Hcralj.
ilThe Boas "Where's tho cashier?'
The Smallest Junior "IIu's gouo
home, sir; his wife sout a tulograpU
to say tho twins were asleop, and he's
gone home to sco what it's like."
Ally Sloper.
Littlo Girl "Your papa has got
only ona leg, hasn't he?" Veterau's
Littlo Girl "Yes." Little Girl
"Where's his other one?" Veteran's
Little Girl "Hush, dear; it's iu
heaven." Scraps.
Hiland "Your friend Brushton is a
very remarkable man in ono respect."
Ilalket "In what respect do you
mean?" Hiland "He tolls me he can
sleep in a sleeping car." Pittsburg
Chroniclo-Telegraph.
Stout Mau (whose appetito has been
the envy of his fellow boarders) "I
declare, I havo three buttons off my
vest." Mistress of tho House "You
will probably find thorn iu tho diuin
room, sir." Town aud Country Jour
nal. A young mau had been talking to a
bored editor for quite a quarter of an
hour, nud at lust observed : "There
are some things in this world that go
without saying." "Yes," said tho
editor, "aud there aro still more per
sons in tho world who say a good doal
without going." Tit-Bits.
Perry Putettio "I've dono some
good iu my timo, anyhow. Onco I
Kaved a baby from a burning building. "
Wayworn Watson "That's good as
fur us it goos, but ono time I waded
right out into cold water up to my
neck almost and savod a kid from
gittin' drowned." Cincinnati Eu
qnirer. Simmons "What in fio matior
with you' You look as if tomo ono
had mado you angry." Timmius
"Someone has. I asked tho editor ot
the Buglo what ho really thought of
my poetry, aud ho told me if there
were such a place as tho lauruateship
in this country, I would bo sure to get
it." Indianapolis Journal.
Muiiu'uins ot Sulphur.
A. (ioodlio, tho Enseua la banker,
has recently returned home after a
trip, by way of Yuma, to tho grout
sulphur deposits iu the eoutheru
CocopuU raugo of mountains on the
eastern side of Lower California. Ho
was accompanied by Judgo Mastorsou,
nt Vnm f 1 j n i ,, .,.,Pn ..r
copha Indian guides. Thoy wont in
uu open boat down to tho ukuith of
Hardy's Colorado, thence up that river
to the neighborhood of tha ' sulphur "
mines. '
Goodbo describes tbesa deposits aa .
being littlo less than mouniaius ot
sulphur, which is eighty -seven per
cent. pure. All that is necessary to
do is to shovel tho sulphur into sacks
uud ship it uway to the uiurket for or
dinary iuo, especially for tho manu
facture of sulphuric acid. At ouo
poiut tho deposit rises as a bluff fif
teen feet high aud fully 150 feet wide,
nil of pure sulphur. At tho foot of
this a shaft has been sunk iuto pure
sulphur sixty feet deep. Ho decline
to ebtiinatn tho total quantity of sul
phur, but simply suys there is "plen
ty." ills plans aro to put tlio product
ou the market immediately. Suu
Diego (Cul.) I'nioL.
The ( z.ii ina's Carriage Clock-,
The carriage clock presented tj tin!
Empress of Russia ou her iiuuriao
by the Euglish ladies residing iu St.
Petersburg was made of tortoise shell,
mounted in pure fvU. Tho haudlo
was studded with diamonds, uud abovu
tho dial was tho imperial oronii, with
tho mitiul "A" beneath it, both en
tirely composed of diamonds. Now
York Mail aud Express.