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TfTTPT BL Germany jg now ibo bout etlucatoil Nation of tho continent. South Curolinu Las passed tho mont rlringcut vagrant dog law of any Stuto iu tho Union, A Boston dealer sayg thnt thoro is Jnoro steel used in tho manufacture of pens than iu nil tho sword and gun factories of tbo world. Civilizaticn is Lurrying Alaskaward with long htrides. TLcro la a great rush this yenr to tbo practically un Jiuowu ro,.riou about Cook's Inlet, in tbo far North. It in said iu Toronto thnt tho burn ing Ihsuo nt tho noxt Canadian cloction will be iudopeudenoo of England. Tbo dominion is being Hooded with circu lars declaring that England is robbing Canada. En;hmd is to try Lor Land again At I ho couquost of tho Soudan, dospito lliu unfavorable isstio of modern at tempts by European. Nations to con quer tbo so-callo.l savago tribes which i (ill control to largo a part of tbo African continent. It would sceiu to tbo Now York Sun thnt there is little further conquest possible for tbo bicycle when it sup plants tbo Lorso iu tbo csteoin of tbo red iniiu. A few days ago Little black Hour, u Noa Pereo Indian Chief in Oregon traded thirty Lead of horses for n bicycle. Tho Buptist ministers of Now York bare determined that they will not undertake to dictate tbo vote of thoir congregations by mlvisiug thorn whom to vote for; thoy will just tell thorn tho exact truth ubout tho political sit uation and leave thorn to uso their own ititelligcnuo. Au agitation lias been bturtod by a number of scientists urging tbo ap pointment of u permanent dircctor-iu-chief of the scieutifla bureaus and in vestigations conducted under tbo charge of tho United States Depart ment of Agriculture, this officer to bo a broadly educated and experienced Bcientilio u luiiuistrativo ollieer, who iihould hold oflico during good bo Luvior. Tho Now York Tribune Buys: "Jan nn is buying Lor bteol rails at tho Pennsylvania mills, finding them cheaper there than iu England, and of u better quality. At tho same time our furnaces aro shipping pig iron to tho British market underselling tho home product, to tho amazement and consternation of tho produoer there, who would Lave smiled nt suoh a pre diction a few yours ugo." Loudon leads tbo list of cities in its number of women who are cither do incHtics or skilled' workers. New York is next. Tbo workingwouicu over fif teen uvorago about 300,009 in Now York City, as against 73,000 a quarter of a century ago. There aro probably about 600,000 women of working ago in a city liko New York, with its 2, 000,000, and this shows that Lalf of them aro obliged to toil. American beef in England may now secure full recognition of its excellent merits from consumers as woll as dealer?, if a measuro just iutioducod iu Parliament becomes a law, remarks tho American Agriculturist, This pro poses to compel dealers in foreign moats to so mark them. Well and good. Too long Lavo conscienceless Euglish tradesmen labeled our prime beef "Scotch," enabling them to ask a fancy prico because of this. The Speaker of tho South Carolina House of Rcpresoutat.,es and tho Tresidont of U o Senate cull tho clerk "clurk." This excites surprise in strangers, but it is good old Euglish orthoepy ot the Elizubothan era. This pronunciation is not often heard in tho cities nowadays, even in the South, where, according to tho De troit Free Tress, more of the old forms of speech linger thun iu tho North, but it is frequent enough iu Tennessee, Virginia and Carolina inouutuiu districts. While so many scientiflo persons aro trying ull sorts of experiments with the ltooutgeu rays, Low is it, asks tho New York Times, thut nobody seems to liuve thought of ascertaining what effect would be produced on tho direo tiou of those mysterious vibrations by bending them through lenses made of platinum, aluminium and otter more readily permeable substances? Now thut l'rofessor Hood Las proved thut X ruyn, like ordinary light, cun bo re flected by at leubt one of iho metals, it is not unreasonable to suspect that they can uleo be refracted and so fo cused as to produce, not the present unsatisfactory shadow i on tho photo- crrAnhin itlutri. Imfc a vnu.1 iiilnufl. LIFE. "What la life but What a man Is thinking of all day?" Emerson, If llfo wore only what a mnn Thinks dally of his little enro; IliH petty III: Ills trivial ilaii His sortllJ scheme to hor.lo and spare) His meagre ministry; his small Unotpml strength lo breast tho Btreamj His Inrgo regret ropoutanoe small; His poor, unrealized dream 'Twero senreely worth a passing nod; Moot It should ond where it began. But 'tis not so. Life Is what Qod Is daily thinking of for man. Julio M. Llppinnnn, In Harper. TWO SWAINS AND A MAID. BY KATHARINE TYNAN. Y Juno was ono of tho old-fashioned class of domcst icn, worth her weight, and osub ntnntinl weigh it is, in gold. She Lad been with m y mother-in- law sixteen years bofore sho trans ferred her allcgi anco to mo. and did so then, I believe, because of my superior helplessness. To say thut my intorosts wore as dear to her as to myself would bo to understate grievously tho caso. Jnne was ovor a fighter ; and the pitched battles which wont on all day and every day between her and the tradespeople, the lauudrcs?,the sweop, and every ono who suppliod tho wants of my small household, served but to incrcaso her zest for battle. I thought for long that Juno would novcr leavo mo. She is a comely woman, with bard, bright rod choolis, black hair, black eyos, and a vigorous manner. But far buck in her girl Lood, away in Lor native green island, June Lad had a tragody. Tho man sho was to Lavo married Lad boen pitefiod frsm a load of hay on tho very eve of their woddiug, nod Lad been killed on the spot, Tbo memory had gone so deep with her that sho novor "spoke about it ; but it any ono rallied her carelessly, as people will, about Lor maiden coudition and tho stern front sho presented to insinuating bakers' and butchers' boys, Jaue's blaolt eyes would olond over, an inexplicable change tako plaoo in tho unwinking brightness of her visago, and sho would leavo tbo room without a word. Wo had long consecrated Jane to her vestulhood, when ono day, to my horror, eho anuouucod that she Lad acoeptcd tbo least likely of bur ad mirers. Tho fellow was ugly, shambling, ill built and ill-maunerod. How Le Lad over begun his siego of Juno I Lave not yet fathomed. lie beeiued to mo incapable of really caring for a wo man, or of making any woman ctiro for him. I believe myself that it was Juno's bullied maternal instinct one Lad only to see Ler with a child to ap preciate Lcr as one of Nature's moth ers which suggested to Lor a tender ness for this oaf. lie had been doing a job of soma kind about the house, uud Lad somehow managed to convey to Jane his attachment for Ler Low, I do not know ; Lo was bovine without tho pathos of tho beast, and I could better imagine one of the rod-and-whito bullocks out in tho pastures there launching into sentiment than June's lover. Jane, I could ece, was prepared for opposition. Sho had evidently no illusions about Fry's porsonal charms, but bad doggedly mado up Lor mind to stand by him against all comers. Sho stood the other uido of my study tublo after she bud given me Ler sur prising news, with a epnrk in oich of Lcr black eyes which I know meant temper and obstinacy. 'iiut Fry I" I said, after a silence of dismoy. "Why Fry of all mon ?" "Why not Fry, ma'um?" said Jane, doggedly. "Them's nothing against tho boy's character." "Oh, certainly not," I said, feebly. "Of course it's your own all'uir, Juno; but I must say I don't think him good enough for yon. Aro you determined to marry Lim, Juno?" "Qito, m." "WLy, Juno, surely you're Lappy with us. I'm not eoltlsh about it, Juno. I shouldn't mind giving you up to a man worthy of you ; but don't, don't throw yourself away on Fry." My appeal was answered by a tierco Bob from June. "Huppy ? I'm as happy as the day's long. It's tour in' at my hourt strings to leave you. llut ho bus no one else. Ho loves the ground I wulk on. Who clso 'ud put up with his clumsy ways? Iiut I'll do it, I will, un' never let him know he's not as good as another mun." By this timo a great freshet of tears was pouring down Juue's comely fuco. I took her two hard bunds between my own and pressed them. "I honor you, June," I said, "but your feeling is a mistaken one all tho samo. There are plenty of his own sort in tho world for Fry to marry. It is not right that you should bo sac rificed to Lim. There will bo other men, as thero Lavo been other meu, who will want to murry you. You will have to compare them with the mun you Luve chosen, and bow would it bo if some day you cumu across a mun you could really huvo loved? Marriugo for pity is u serious mis take, June." Juno sobbed more fiercely than ever. When sho hud controlled her utterance somewhut, she broko out : "No, ma'um. There'll never be uu- otuor mun. ueuis t urreu is inauv a year in his grave, but his fnco is ai fresh before me us if I saw Lim yes- derdiiy. He bus put me from tho others always, an' always will. 'Tis different with Fry. I'll be giving Lim uothiug o' Deuis's. I'll jubt tuke care o the creature, au luu&e tue world easier to him, 'Tisn't his fault Lo was born ugly an' queer," After that I expostulated no more, and a dead silence fell between mo and Jane on tho subjoct of her marriugo. Fry was a good deal about tho bouso, and I could see from his brushod-up appearance that Jane Lad already be gun to tako euro of Lim. Iiut it was only Lis clothes wcro changed ; tho lout was thero nndcr tho clothes, and wearing a sleek, self-Batisfied appear auco which mado him iu my eyes loss tolerablo than over. Time went on, but wo hoard noth ing of Jano's marriage, from which I concluded that, brave woman as she was, she was glad of tho "long day, my lord," for which tbo poor coti demued mc to plead. I also con cluded thnt Fry was in no Lnrry, for Juno wub of tbo stuff not to shirk tho thing if it had to bo gono through with. She kept up a great oppearanoo or ouccrfulnoFB, but I used to think her Irish songs, as eho went to and fro at her work, Lad rather a heart-broken wail about them. For myself, I was well content the marringo should be postponed indefinitely. I bad a vague hops that something might happen in timo to prevent it, or what were all Jaue's saints doing in their places in Heaven? Well, at last something happoned, and tho something threatened poor June s peace of mind more than ever. At church Jane mado a new acquaint ance, a countryman of Lcr own, a clean-skinned, brawny, bright-eyed fellow, with white teeth and a merry laugh. Ho came from Jano s own vil Inge, which was a reason for his boing roooivod on torms of intimacy. Jane had Lim to tea in tho kitchen one Sun day aftornoon, and passing tho open door on my way to the garden, I saw the party at tea, tho inevitable Fry sitting giiziug at Jane's now acquaint ance with a slow-wittod enjoyment of some recent pleasantry. I stopped to say "Good evening," and could not help being struck by the dilference between tho two men. Tho Irishman sprang to his feet and bowed, display ing a crown of fine, curly fair hair. Fry grinned more hopelessly vnouous thun ever in answer to my greeting. Timo passed, and Jane's now friend, Willy O'Connor, cauio and wont as freely as Fry himself. Whenever they had an outiug ho mado the proverbial third person ; but I could not help imagiuing that it was not the usual in vidious position. I was suro he mado those outings enjoyablo, for Lo seemed as capable as Lo was pleasant. He was a oabinet mukcr by trade, and by do grces all the invalided fnrnituro of tho house began to come back to active service, quito restored in emoieucy. J spoke to Jane about making Lcr coun tryinan some little reoomponse, but my proposal was promptly negatived. ' Let the boy alone, in, said Jane, "Ho likes to bo employed aud to make biinsclt handy. What would he do, Lo says, in this big, desolate London, if ho hadn't tho corner by tho kitchen II ro to drop into for a chat, an' myself and roter lor friends. "Petor" was Fry. I had my donbts about Peter being in any Bouse tho magnet; but Jane boing a sensible person of thirty-throe, I did not feel it my duty to remonstrate with Ler over tho two strings to her bow ns 1 should have done with a younger girl. I said nothing, but waitod upon events. Six months passed, when alt of a sudden I missed Willy. Two or three Sunduys went by with a lugubrious si lenco in tho kitchen where he had mado merriment. Then one evening. after I beard Fry's slouching footsteps crunch away down tho gravol path, I rang the bell for Jano, and sinoo she failed to answer it, I went to soek her in the kitchen. When I openod the kitchen door, thoro was my poor Juno with Lcr face down on tho kitchou table, her cap awry, her hair disheveled, uud Lor square shoulders shaken with sobs. "What is it, Jano?" I cried in'alhrm, Jano lif toil up a distortod, tear stained visage, and tried vainly to set her cap straight and dub away Lcr teurs. "Are you in trouble, Jane?" 1 asked again. "Plonso tell me, and I'll see if wo cun t put it straight. My affection for Juno is a genuine thing, as hers is for me. I put hand on each shoulder as I spoke, and sud dcnly Juno caught my bauds and roughly kissed them, relapsing into teurs as she did so. "My trouble's of my own muking," sho said, "and I'll have to abide by it. No ono can do unythiug to help mo, aud tbo sooner it's through the better. I was 'culled' this morning, an' Thursday, tho holiday. Next Sunday I'll be 'called' for the last time, and I'm to bo married the following Wednesday. I won't inconvenience you, mu'ain, for I'll stay till you'ro suited. Poter'll get along well enough till I'm reudy to leave." "13ut it's very sudden, Juno." "Tho sooner it's done tho soonor it's over. It would Lavo been better if I'd dono it six months ago." "June," I suid very softly, "is it Willy?" Sho ilushod a durk crimson and, flinging her apron over her Lead, be gau rocking Lerself to aud fro. I hud need of no other answer. I waited quietly till she was silent. "Tell me ubout it, June," I suid, iu a quiet voice I hud oftou found ellieu cious wheu Juno was in her tantrums. It wus ellieucious now. "Little enough to tell, ma'um," sho said iu a dull voice, aud lookiug down. "I uover thought thero was uuy four for myself or hitn. I thought my own Leurt wus in Deuis Farrell's gruve, an' that him, ulwuys seeing Peter ubout au' knowing how things stood with us, 'ud regard me all as one as a uiuiricd woman. But my heart wusu't deud ut all, or it has come to life somehow ; an' I've broken Lis heart as well as my own." "But you won't go through with . tUia wurriago, June? It would be wicked to marry one man thinking so ! mucli oi another. "I'll never seo Willy again, on' I'll make Peter n faithful wife. l'vo to pay for my own foolishness, liko many a ono bofore mo." I fonnd it impossible to move Jane from this position, and after a time I saw tho futility of my efforts and gave np. All the following week Juno went about looking liko Modca, or some other heroine of tragedy. It made mo quite wretched to see her. She had stipulated for the quiotest of wed dings, as sho was not going to leave mo till, as she suid, I was suited. I'etcr, apparently, was qnito content with this arrangement. "He'll just come an' go," said Jane, "an" be no more troublo than bofore. I'll slip out to the early mass an' be married, au' come back iu timo to got tho breakfast. I'd rather, if you please, 'in, thero wasu't any tulk about it. I'd like it to be kop' as quiet at possible till after I'm out of the house. " We respected Jane's wish, except that I inc ited on paying for her mod est wedding gown and bonnet. I got up on the Sunday morning to apsibt at Juno's wedding toilet and send her off with all possible good wishes. As Boon as I saw her I knew she hadn't elept all night. Her rud diness Lad fadod to a dull yellow, with purple streaks iu Ler checks. There were rings rouud her eyes, and her as pect was supremely wretched. Even thou I was moved to make a last ap peal to her ; but she only shook Ler head dumbly. I watched her go forth much as sho might Lavo gone to htr execution. An Lour later she camo back in a cab, nnd alone. Tho household was scarcely stirring, but I wai at the door to receive tho poor brido. Her veil was pulled down over her face, but thero was something odd about her figure and hor step. Was it joy? She eortainly stopped lightly and briskly, and dismissed tho cabmnn with an airy gesture very unlike the Jaue who had gone forth. Once in side tho Lull and tho door shut upon hor, she subsided into a chair. Sho Hung np Lor veil suddenly and as sud denly began to laugh, though the tears were running down her cheeks. "Why, Jane," I said "or I supposo 1 ought to say Mrs. Fry this is a ohange 1 What iu tho name of good ness uro you laughing at?" For Juno's laughter had incroased to such a violence thnt at first I thought it wus a bad fit of hysteria. At last she gasped out : "No more Mrs. Fry than you are, ma'am, begging your pardou, an never will bo now, thank Uod." Well, tbo explanation of this ro markablo affair wub thut wheu Juno had stood up with her oaf to bo mar ried by Father Dempsey, and when Peter was required to say if he would tako this woman for his lawful wedded wife, instead of "I will," tbo reply was, "That requires a lot o' thinkiu' on." Whatever the creature hud got into his head whether ho was joalous of Jrne's other swain, or, as people said, bad been joked by soma facetious mombers of the Workiugmen's Club into asserting his independence novcr transpired. After Juuo bad listeued a minute or two in stupofied amazement to Father Dcmpsoy'a efforts to make her bridegroom behave properly, she took tbo mutter into Lor own Lands. "There'll be no marriugo to-day, Futher," she said, "Au'eoiry I am for exposing your Hovcreuce to this man's folly." And so Baying, she walked with dignity from the altai rails. Sho afterward confided to mo that it was only respect for his ltcverence and tho sacred edifice kept Ler from giving Peter a wipe on tho ugly fuee of him that 'ud send half Lis teeth down Lis throut. "Let him show himself in my kitchen," she declared, vindictively, "au' he'll get a murk he'll curry to his grave." Next day I heard Jano tinging liko a lurk, and was not surprised a little later by a ebauicfucod request that sho might have company for tea. "Tis Willy, tho poor boy," tho said. "I sont Lim word yesterday of what Lad Luppouod, an' glad enough ho was to come an' inako it up." A little luter 1 lost Jaue's invaluable services. I seo her occasionally, uud she is very happy huppicr thun she has any right to be, sho says herself, seeing sho was so near to flinging away her happiness. I don't think tbo wretched Fry ever put himself within reach of Juue's avenging finger nails. New York Independent. New Way of Ituyiug Horses. It is not a long step from judging or selling cattle by weight ton similar proeots with regurd to horses. We have heard occasionally of torses be ing bought at a live weight price, but the circumstances wheu upplicd to an imals intended for work is not a com mon ono, It uppcurs that a (ilasgow man recently bought twenty Cunudiuu horses at nineteen cents per pound live weight. As tho animals averaged about tun hundredweights each, uud were of thut cluts suitable for driving purposes, they uveruge.1 ubout 3220 per head, which may be considered an extremely good price. Peursou's Weekly. (JliungjI If i 4 Skin. Tho celobruted interrogation of tho the sncroJ writer, "Can the Ethopiun. chuugu his skin?" cun bo truthfully auswerred iu the uflirmutive, that is, if present prospects uud receut uooom plishmeuts uro u criteriou to what in iy be expected iu tho near future. Sev eral years ugo, iu H'Jd or LS'Jl, Dr. John Edge, ot Healing, l'eun., ex perimented in skin-grafting science, uiiug patches of u colored man's skin to cover an ugly wound on u white man's leg. The ebon hucd patches "set" all right and were soon udber iug us firmly as tho udjoiuiug epider mis. Now York Times, TIIE MEKltf SIDE OF Lll'l 6T0RIK9 THAT ARE TOI,D BY THE FITNHY MEN OF THE PRES3. Only 'Mils, nnl Nothlnjr More Inter mittent 'Mglitnlng Tho Diltcr dice A Counter-irritant, Kte. Only a eyet.'r spm-ding by. Oulv a maid with Wat -hing rye; Only a moment ho waved his htiud: Onlv a smile so sweet and bland ; Only a stone, so smooth and round ; Ouly a thud, us ho mot the ground. --Wheel Tall:. TUB DIFFERENCE. "ITow could you distinguish the waiters from tho guests?" "Tho waiters were polite." New York Times. iNruKjfrTTBNT iiMirrxfSd. "Is your town lighted by electricity now?" "Yob; but ouly when thero'u u thun derstorm." Lustigo liluuttcr. TOOK HF.lt 1V Hl'lirittKU. Dick "You would marry tho big gest fool in tho world if he asked you, wouldn't you?" Maud "Oh, Dick this is so sud den." Now York World. AFTKR TUB niSHJIIE DISAHTEH, Officer (as bo pulls Colonel Blood good, of Kentucky, from the watel) "Aro you seriously iujurod, colonel?" Colonel Bloodgood "Nob a puliti clo, sub. I didn't swallow a mouthful of it." Puck. MAKES A DIFl'EIIENri!. Tommy (surprised) "Why, pnpn, I thought that ono spoonful ot sirjar was always enough lor my coffee?" Tommy's Pupu "This U a rostaur ont, my son ; tako all tho sugar you want." Judgo. ALL THE LATEST IMritOVEMENH. Sho "I wish some photographs taken." Photographer "Yes, ma lame, with or without?" "With or without what?" "Tho bones." Life. A TEST OP VANITY. Lady (applying tho test) "Aeli! what a pity I Tho haudsomost geiitle mun in tho company has got a xplash on his waistcoast 1" All tbo gentlemen present look dowu iu consternation ut their vests. MEASUREMENT. "Ho is vory gifted," said Miss Gush ington. "Why, ho cau tit dowu aud write poetry by the yurd. " "Yes," replied tho cuvious rival. "Tho only ditlieulty is that tho publio reads it by tho inch." Washington Stur. NO TLAl'lS TO THINK. "Thomas, I saw you luugh just now. What were you laughiug about?" "I was just thinkiu' ubout some thing." "You have no business thinking during school Lours. Don't let it oc cur again." A COl'NTEU-I MUTANT. Mumma "Russell, stop teasing your brother ; I'm tired of hearing Lira cry." Hussoll "It won't make nuy differ ence if 1 do stop, eos if I don't tease Lim ho'll tease uie and muko mo cry," Harper's Buzitr. TIARD LINKS. "By Jovo, I'm in hard luck !" "How so?" "Why, here's a money order l'vo just got for :!0, nnd tho ouly man in town that cn identify me to tho money-order clerk is one thut I owe $30 to." Somervillo Jouruul. AN ORIOINAL FELLOW. Biggs "That Bo Bent seems liko au extremely versatile fellow." Todgers "That's right. Ho bor rowed $10 of me lust mouth." Biggs "Well?" Todgers "He hns already given mo thirteen original excuses for not re turning it." Cleveland l'luiu Dealer. THE WANTS. "Your verses uro very goo l, Miss," said the editor, in his kindest manner, "but wo cannot possibly uso them. Our columns are too crowded." "Cuu't you leave out some of that stuff you publish under the head of Wanted'?" suggested tho poetress. "It is very uuinterestiug. " Cnicugo Tribune. A CAI'AIILE MAN. rUsom "Yes, Biugs bus risen iu the political run ks. But do you think it a wise move to send Lim u sueu uu important diplomatic mission?" Basom "Do 1? I tell you, Lo Las no equal us a drplomat ! Several years ago wo lived iu the same flat building, and ho wus tho ouly tenant who ul'.vuys stood solid with the juuitor." BITKIILATIVE. "So you Lavo been having a pretty dry timo out iu KuususV" "Dry I Well, rather. Why, tho air was so dry out there that the mojii used to fairly raise a dust us it went through tho sky, uud tho moisture wuu nil evuporated out of the milky way, until it looked liko a long trail of pul verizod chalk." "How did you get water for your selves uud stock ?" "Well, thut wus u hard matter. Wo used lo huvo to run tho well through tho clothes wringer every morning to fjet water for cooking, uud wo Would go uud throw a lot of little pebbles on tbo burn to muko the horses think it wus ruin fulling on the roof, uud iu thut wuy keep them from gelling dia- SCIENTIFIC AMI INDUSTRIAL. Tho Japancso remedy for tbo loposy i-i to bo given a trial at the'aiar house ut San Francisco. A Chicago troction company will soon experiment with street cars pro pelled by compressed oil'. Twenty millions of meteors nro said to fall upon tho earth every day, thoir aggregate weight amonuting to soverul tons. l'rofessor Alexander Agnssiz, of Cambridge, is leading an expedition of scientists to explore tho great Bar rier roef of Australia this summer. Thoy sny thnt the X rays givo an in fallible tost for a diamond. Thoy pass right through tho genuine stouo, while tho imitation casta a slroug shadow. An X ray photograph showing a bul let in a man's leg was accepted as ovi denco in a Montreal (Canada) court tho other day that tbo man hud becu shot. The Frouoh Government has con ferred tho cross of tho Legion of Ifouor on Professor W. F. Putnam, of Har vard, in recognition of his scientific achievements. Thoy nay that a Kentucky physician hns invented an apparatus which ena bles a blind person to seo by means of X rays acting on a pieturo mado by a small camera fastened over his cyos. One of the latest bike devices is n "steering strap," which is mado fast to the shoulders, and not only allows the rider tho freo uso of his bauds but enables him to lean back on tho ma chine, and gives him a "purchase," besides his weight, to drive with. Tho Austrian Government Las now established seventy-six meteorological statious in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Throo of them aro provided with self reoording instruments. A mountain observatory has also beou opened ou tho Bjelasuica, at au altitude of C300 feet. Sawdust is turned into traniporta blo fuel in Germany by a very simplo procoss. It is heated uuder high steam pressure till tho resinous ingrcdieuts becoiuo sticky, when it is pressed into bricks. Ono man with a two-horse power machine can turn out DJDQ bricks a day. Tho deepest water yet known has been found by tho British ship Pen guin in the South Pacillo Ocean, be tween tbo Tonga group of islands and New Zealand. Sounding revealed a depth of 5022, 0117 and 5155 fut horns. Hitherto tho greatest depth recorded was 4065 fathoms, toward tho north cast of Japan, taken by au American Government vessel twenty-ouo years ogo. A Xcw Way to Propel a Bjat. To bo alone iu a boat which is iu tho very middle of a greut lake and to have neither oars nor nny sort of sub stitute for oars with which to propel that boat to shore, would seem ubout as awkward n 2,ro ligament as could well bo imagined. But should thero hpppen to be a coil of rope lying in tho bottom of tho boat, nnd provided that this short article has beeu read, there should bo no need for dispuir. Tie the ropo to tho after-thwart an I givo a sories of jerks iu a direction purullel to the keel and tbo boat will bogiu to move forward, slowly, indeed, but surely. Aud this is tho explana tion. Tho tug ou tho ropo contracts tho leugtli of tho bout and makes its sides bulgo out. Whou tho ropo slackens for u momont tbo boat re gains its uuturul form, and iu so doing thero is a push of tho nose of tho boat forward, but tho water offers less ro sisteuco to tbo motiou forward of the bow than of tho stern. So on the whole with each jerk thero is a slight progress forward. By continuing tho series of jerks long euough tho bout may bo brought to shore A speed of two or three miles an hour cun bo ob tained by this means. Try the experi ment when you are uextoua fair-sized pioco of smooth water. New York Mercury. Where Suicide Is Legalize). Among tbo Chiueso tho privilege of committing suicide is uccorded to of fenders of vory high rank, uud is cou ferred upon thorn by tending "the silkou cord." Wheu this is received, tho doomed man tukes tomo of his neurest rolutives uud most valued frieuds to his Louse, fasteus the silken cord, places himself ou u stool, passes tho nooso uround his neck uud then leaps off the stool uud dies. Among tho Jupuueso tho upper cIuhsob uro privileged to perfiriu the hari-kari, or "happy dospalch." If u Japanese ollieiul hui fulled iu some duty Lo uppliei for this privilege. At the uppointed timo ho ussembles his frieuds, dresses himself iu white, gives uu eutertuiuiueut uud makes u speech upon tho position iu which Le is placed. lie then takes tbo lutul knife uud begins his hari-kari, but us soon us he bus mado a slight cut ucross one of his veins his head is swept idl'. Ho is t lit u supposed to havo died uu honor ublit death, uud to huvo earned for himself u reputation us a bravo man ; bis family uro proud of Lim uud his memory is reverenced. Now l'ork Mercury. Antarctic Kxplorutiuii", Tbo scarcity of seals uud whales has led seieutibts to wonder if they may not huvo migrated to the extreme houth, uud huviug found undisturbed ipiarters there, havo concluded to re luuiuiu that region. At ull events, u Loudon syndicate is ubout stxrtiug out uu expedition to the Antarctic continent. Hevcr.il whuliug vessels uud eouio siuuU steamships will make up tho little fleet. Au Autarct ie ex plorer is goiug out with tho ships ou a toientilio iuvestigutiou. Other expe ditious aro talked of if this ono is successfully bturtvd. Now York Lvdtjur-, rESOIVE. Tic kissel my haad the !.mh1 that holds tho pen lint hod it la love from Unger-tlps to wrist. The wandering veins that felt hl3 Hps' liu press ThrobbiM with now life tho moment they wero kissed. The hand Itself, thus blest, shall strive to bo Worthy it- honor, and sha'l only write Words oon-ecrate to high aud lofty lift) I'rom this timo ou, lu memory of to night. Anne lteuve AkllK'h. HUMOR Or' Til C PAY. The most dangerous draught to ninny men "A sight draft." Texas Sifter. Brown "I Lear jou bad tome money left you." Jones "Yes, it left mo long ago." Judgo. Proposing parties are the rage; Ia fact, they're quite the thing. Ibit the host propo-lng party Is tho chap who's bought the ring. Philadelphia lteeord. He "I would kiss you if I thought no ono would seo me." Sho "Shall I close my eyes?" Woonsocket Re porter. j. V First Wheelman "Well, this road is clean enough." Second Wheelman "It ought to bo; I went ovor it yes tordoy." Life. ... '"' It often hnppcus thnt when a man has nn iuboru ambition to become a great conqueror ho fiuds it nocessery to stir up his own row. Judgo. Whene'er two evils may befall, The less all wis ) meu ohooie; 'Tis wrong to go to war at nil, But worse to go and lose. Washington Star. "My pocket's beeu picked," cried tho bearded woman, "uud I kuow who did it. The nrmloss wonder bus been sitting right alongside of mo all the morning 1" Harper's Bazar. "I havo cured Bliggius of his horri- uio puJi;taiiitiuii ub lunt, luo JUIIt.u- thropist oxclaimod. "How did you mnnagoit?" "I offered to loud biiu thirteen dollars." Wushiugtou Star. "Did you go into society iu Phila delphia?" "Yes." "And how did thoy kill timo there?" "They don't kill it. They just sit down nnd wait for it to dio a natural dcuth. "Wash ington Star. "Ah, me I" inspired the poet, as he--, finished a sonnet to his mistress's eye brow, "what would bo tbo coudition of a country without womeu I" "Sti3 nation," softly responded Iho humor ist. Boston Courier. "Well, father," exclaimed tho prod ignl bou, as he made bis nppcurauce at tho family fireside, "uro you ready to kill tho fatted calf?" "No," replied tbo old man, grimly, "I think I'll let you live." Seattle Times. Grace "I must refuse him, poor fellow, but I wish I could do some thing to lessen tho pain of it." Maud "Hot souio one to tell him that you haven't ns much money ns ho thinks you have." Brooklyn Life. Peasant "You won't eate'i nuy thing in thut brook ; there nro no lisli there!" Preacher "This is a piece of impertinence ! Why, then, is this notice put up here, 'Fishing forbid den ?' " Fliegeudo Biaetter. Shopkeeper "How does it happen that you are bo late this morning, Miss Wait?" Miss tVait (who will never bo hanged for her beauty) "Pleuse, sir, my clock stopped." Shopkeeper--"! believe you. "- Boston Transcript. Bho held n daisy in tier h.ultl Aud plucked its petals nut) by o-; As lair a pieturo was sho thou As e'er was shtme ou by the suu. The rude young inau, who, uuawures, Apin-oauhod her nearly hn I a lit, To hoar her roseleaf lips euuu Ciate "Ho loves me hives me nit!" Indinuapolis News. llicii Striko by a Teuuerlo jt. There is an axiom among mining prospectors thut while a knowledge of miuurulogy is a first necessity for a ruuu sturtiug out to hunt for the prec ious ores, yet tho richest finds are of ton mudo by tho rankest tonder'oot. It is well illustrated iu a receut rich find near Salt Lake City, Utah. Wil lard Weihe, a violin soloist iu the Tuberuuele, was walking iu City Crook Canon, ou the outskirts ot the city, when ho kicked aside some reek that struck him us being unusual iu appear ance. Out of pure curiosity ho cur ried a piece of rock back to town and had it assayed. it showed 500 iu gold and $11) iu silver lo tho ton. Weibowasso much surprised ho al most fuiuted. Then whou ho recov ered be hurried buck to where he found tho rock, without mentioning the mut ter to nny one, nnd staked out a largo number of claims for himself uud frieuds. Now a considcf able cump hud sprung up, uud tbo workings beur out tho piomiso in Weiho's chunoo strike. New York Snu. Extreme Pressure ou oo'. Curious results with soft wood timber have been observed in holt.o of tho deeper levels of tho Conistock miues. Duo of tho supports of Oregon pine in a deep level of the iniuo Lad been subjected to enormous pressure for twelve yeurs. It is so hard that it cunuot be cut with a knile, uud ono of its sides is polished from the squeezing it has undergone. Yellow pine from tho lower levels of the Corn stock has been so compressed by tho enormous pressure of iho settling rock that its density exceeds that of lignum vitac. Popular Science News. Iluisilcss Cutis for Paris. A company Las beeu formed to in troduce horseless cabs into Puris. Provided the sunctiou of the authori ties is obtained, it is iuteuded to bo giu with 100 cubs. The fines will bd the ume us tbose of tbo prmut cubs, and tho horseless vehicles will be sub ject to the same police regulations. If tho innovation proves successful the company will increase tho number o I'umugos to 1000, - k
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