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ST
KE
'No ticket, no wnshco." At Balti
more a Chinese laundryman who
stood by tbis prinoiplo won a case in
court.
Ohio's law to ootnpol shoddy or
adulterated fabrics to bo sold on their
moriti, is likely to bo imitated by
other Slates tbis winter, prodicta tho
Now England Homestead.
It will bo a disappointment to a
grcnt many persons to lonrn that Pro
fessor Andrea has abandoned for tbis
your his idea ot crossing tho Arctio
regions in a balloon. Tho sonsoa is
too far advanced to justify an ascen
sion. Tbo Minneapolis, St. Pool and San.ll
Bte. Mario Railwsy has tried the ex
periment of letting eaoh loootnotiTO
engineer Liro his own fireman, and
tho plan is said to have worked very
well. It is now proposed to let each
conduotor biro hie own brakemau.
It pays to writo a successful opera.
Ilumperdinck, tbo cotupowr ot "Han
sel nnd Oretel," who a few years ago
was teuohing and writing nowspaper
criticisms, has bought a beautifully'
situated cnstlo in Germany formerly
belonging to the Princo von Waldcck.
Illinois is next to Pennsylvania in
tho production of coil. Tbo mines
re in tho southern part of the State,
and employ 35,033 men. New labor
saving methods are constantly boiug
introducod, ono of tho lntost being the
cntting-niachino, with which one man
can do the work of fifteen.
The frailty of the bicycle as a war
horse was practically demonstrated at
at somo volunteer cyoling manoeuvres
in England rooently, state. the Ar
gonaut. Divining the route by which
the euomy would approaoh, a skir
mishing party of the defensive force
sallied forth with their pookets full ot
something. Arrived at the road they
oommeuoed scientifically to sow tho
land, or rather the road, with the seed
they had brought, again retiring whon
the work was done. Tho enemy on
approaching discovered that the land
had been oaltivated with i)rwing
pins, and the collapsing ot tires was
so general that the greater part of tho
corps retired punctured.
Damage by lightning is unmistaka
1)1 y increasing, aooording to tbedireo
tor of the statistical office of Berlin,
Various causes are assigned, suoh as
tho employment of electricity in var
ious industries, the continual change
of form of the earth's surface by de
forestation, drainago, etc., and the
impurities introduced into the atmos
phere by the growing consumption of
coal. Professor Von Bezold some
time ago showed that for Bavaria the
fires due to lightning increased from
yearly average of thirty-two in 1833
to 1843 to 132 in 1880 to 1882, while
tho nnmber of persons struok by light
sing and of those killod rose from 131
and ceveuty-three respectively in 1855
to 188 and 1G1 in 1885. An interest
ing foot noted is that persons struck
generally perceive neither lightning
nor thunder, but reooive the impres
sion of being enveloped by file.
Everybody knows that abroad, and
especially in Franoe, horseless car
riages have been need with entire suo
oess, and the long distanoo trials be
tween the capital and Bordeaux have
amply demonstrated the fact that the
new class fit gasoline motors are both
practical and efficient. It may
not be so well known that onr
American m&hanios are also ac
tively engaged upon the problem, bnt
an examination of a recent number ol
a trade periodical dovoted to the in
terests of automobile locomotion re
veals the astonishing fact that no
fewer than thirty-five manufacturers
are preparing to plaoe self propelling
carriages npon the market during the
coming year. In the same number
aro described and illustrated over
eighty plans for the application ot
power for streot and road propulsion,
the various systems, including steam,
eleotrioity, both storage and dynamic,
coiled springs, and oil and gas engines.
It is true that the reoent road trials
at Chicago and Youkers were not re
markably successful, but enough has
been accomplished to show that
horseless looomotion is a possibility
in the near future, nd with the ex
tension of the good roads system it is
a certainty. The remarkable advanoe
in bicycle construction, iuoluding the
use of light eteel frames, ball bearings
nnd pneumatic tiros, has been an im
portant factor in bringing about this
result, a development almost as im
portant in its beariugupon social con
ditions as was the invention of the
stoaui locomotive. And, after nil, tbc
steam railway is only sisty-five yean
old, while the trolley is a thiug of yes
tcrday. Truly tbis is the cud of th
century.
SONO BEFORE SUNRISE,
Tho morning star Is twinkling ,
Above the ebon hill,
And In the distant valloy
I hear the whlppoorwlll;
And like a golden galley,
Abandoned to the seas,
The Ribbons moon Is sinking
Beside nosporldos.
It's np an hour bofore the dawn,
It's np and far nwayi
It's up to meet my own truo lovo
Upon our wedding day.
The roses In my garden
Breathe out their fragrant brca'h,
Like fr.lry children sleeping
Without a thought of dontb;
The lark Is still o-drcnmlng
Within his dewy nest,
Of when the light of hoavoa
Shall bloom upon bis bronst.
It's np an hour bofore the dnwn,
It's up and faraway;
It's up to moot my own truo lovo
Upon our wedding day.
Of all the days tho sweetest,
Ob, this glad day shall bo;
No care from dawn to sunset,
That brings my lovo to mc
UncloudeJ Is the dawning',
Unclouded be the close;
And every hope be dlmploJ,
And hallowed where It goes.
It's up an hour before the dawn,
It's up sad far away;
It's up to tneot my own truo love
Upon our wedding day.
Joris Van Llndon, In Chicago RocorJ.
THE BLUE CLOAK.
EUBEN," said my
mother, as sho lay
in her last illness,
"mere was one
thing which your
father impressed
npon me before he
died : 'Never let
Reuben put foot in
Hioilyl"'
"Why, mother?'
I asked.
"I know not, my
son, she replied
"But I always no
derstood that some
great danger await'
ed your father if be
returned to Sioily, and those were al
most his last words to me.
My father, Rubino Vincotti, who
had died in my very early infancy,
had been of Sicilian birth, bnt my
mother was English, and I had always
resided in England and was a thor
ongh Englishman in my habits, al
though I took after my father in tea
tures, and, as I could speak Italian
like a native, I was often taken for
one. .
For a young man of twenty-throe to
ob toia iqii ne is not to go to a certain
place is rather likely to send him
there, as it is "daring" him to do so.
and had I had any desire to go to
Sicily 1 foar that, even then, m
mother's repetition of my father s
warning would not have prevented
me. However, I had nothing to call
mo from England until, nearly four
years afterwards, I visited Italy for
the purpose of studying painting, to
which art I had devoted myself, and
whatever impression the warning had
made npon mo at the time it was
spoken had then fadod from my mind.
An English friend, Arthur Attwood,
a fellow-artist, was staying with me at
Naples, and he expressed a wish to sea
Mount Etna, and I consented to ao
company him.
We arrived at Messina in duo
oourse, and enjoyed the beauties of
the island in the orthodox fashion.
On the day ot our visit to Etna we
were prevented from returning to our
hotel at Catania as soon as we ex
pected, owing to a violent thunder
storm, during which we took sbol tor in a
Sicilian oottnge, the only oooupants of
wbioh were an old, wrinkled, gypsy
looking woman, who seemed to be any
age between eighty and a hundred,
and her granddaughter, who was a
beautiful specimen of Southern girl-
hood, not more than seventeen years
oi age.
The old woman, bent with age, her
dark face wrinkled and crossed with
lines in all directions, but with eyes
almost as bright as the girls, looked
the very pioture ot an old witoh, and,
at my request, she sat while I sketohed
her. I gave her a small sum ot money
in return for her shelter and the will
ingness with which she had posed for
me, at which she was highly delighted,
expressing her gratitude in over
whelming thanks. She insisted upon
telling me my fortune, and, entering
into the joke as I thought it, I held
ont my hand for her examination.
"Signor Yiucetti," she began,
"yon"
"Hold hard, old lady," I interrupt
ed. "How do you know my name?"
"I know wbut I know," she replied,
with a cunning smile that gave her
ancient features an expression which
was weird in tho extreme. "Signor
Vinoetti, you will live long and have
much happiness and prosperity, if you
suooeed in escaping a great peril
which will cross your path on the eve
of the new moon next after your twenty-seventh
birthday I Baware of two
men, who will seek your life I"
My curiosity was exoited, but, do
all that I could, I was unable to ob
tain anything more from the old
crone. She refused to utter another
syllable except to repeat her warning.
"Beware of tho eve of the new moon
next after your twenty seventh birth
day!" The storm having abated we took
our departure and returned to Cat
ania with our guido, who hud been so
journing iu an adjaoeut hovel. The
next day was Friday, and we made up
our munla to return to Messina ami
take leave of the inland on Saturday.
I could not quite shake oil tho old
gipsy's words, although I tried my
best to dismiss them from my miud,
and iu thinking of thorn a fact oc
curred to me which 1 had overlooked.
was twenty-seven years old on the
previons day, Thursday.
Thinking of my birthday led me to
think of my mother, and thinking of
my mother brought back her repeti
tion of my father's warning, "that I
was never to put foot in Sioily." Yet
there I was, in direot defiance of it.
I turned to my pookot almanac, and
found that it was a now moon on the
following morningat 0 o'olock, so that J
according to the old dome s prophecy,
that (Friday) evening was my time of
peril. I am not a nervous man, but I
must confess) that when I pnt all the
incidents together I felt a bit oreepy,
l bod never told Attwood of my
mother's word ; in faot, I had almost
forgotten them nntil the thought of
my birthday recalled tbem to me,
Now, as we sauntered along under the
shade of some trees and inhaled tho
perfume of the growing lemons, I re-
luted the incident to him, and told
him that it had been my twenty
seventh birthday yesterday and that
to-night was the eve of the new moon.
If anything, my friend Arthur was
loss nervous and more phlegmatic than
myself, but he seemed strangely agi
tated. "Let us leave hero at onoe, old fol
low," he cried. "I don't like it 1"
"Pshaw !" I rotumod. "What can
there be of it all? The old woman
bad heard my name, I suppose, and
any ono would make up a few enig
matical words about a new moon and
a danger I"
We wore, of course, talking in Eng
lish. Arthur understood enough Ital
ian to catoh the meaning of anyone
spoaking it, but he could hardly utter
a word oorrectly himself, and he al
ways relied npon me as his interpre
ter, so that strangers thought ho was
totally unacquainted with the lan
guage. "But " he begaD, whon two Ital
ian gentlemen who were staying at
the same hotel passed us, conversing,
as they did so, in low tones.
Arthur bent his head and reduced
his speeoh to a whisper.
"But 'the two men I' " he said. "I
did not think anything of it at the
time, but those two fellows who are
now in front were talking last night
Nobody thinks that I understand the
lingo, and they took no notioe of
me. I saw they were throwing
dice. They bad no stakes, but the
winner said to the loser : 'Then you
must do it I' 'Verily I will,' replied
the loser ; 'but it will not be cafe in
the day time the consul will be on
the truck.'
"Now, what were they referring
to?" asked Arthur. rDopend npon
it, there is more in the old woman's
warning than you think. Why should
thoy mind a consul ? Because you are
a British subject t Thoy aro your ene
mies. Let us begone at once I"
We returned to the hotel, engaged
a conveyance to take ns to Messina,
paid our reckoning, and started off.
Just as we were driving away the two
Italians (wlioso names we had ascer
tained from the hotel book were
Guiseppo and Guillemo Ferrari)
strolled up. It may have been our
fancy, but they looked surprised at
seeing us going away, and they imme
diately began to talk and gesticulate
one to the other.
As we drove through the town the
old fortune teller's pretty granddaugh
ter sprang out from somewhere sud
denly and hailed the aoachman, who
palled up, Running to the side of
the carriage, she whispered to me :
"Graudmothor says, 'your enemies
are npon you. Beware?'"
And she flew off and disappeared as
suddenly and mysteriously as she had
come upon tho soene.
"It is an enigma," 1 cried. "Why
should those men wish to do me harm?
They don't know me."
"I tell you what it is," said Att
wood. "I've beard ot Sicilian ven
dettas, and I'll bet any money this is
one."
Several blood curdling tales I had
read upon the subject ocourred to me.
"My mother said that some great
danger awaited my father if he re
turned here. Perhaps he killed a re
lation ot these fellows at some time or
the other, and tbey are seeking my
life in turn," I said.
"That's just about it, I expect," he
replied. "I shall be glad when we
are well out ot it."
When we reached Messina we were
half famished, and at onoe went to
the hotel at which we bad previously
stayed, and had some dinner. Then
we went down to the harbor to see
about getting to the mainland, but
there was no bout which oonld take us
to be bad tor an hour.
Leaving our portmanteaus in the
care ol tue oinaiai at the pier, we
strolled buck towards the town. The
evening was closing in, and as we
wonded our way up the narrow, irreg
ular street my companion oiutobed me
tightly by the arm. Coming towards
us were'tbe two Ferraris. They must
have followed ns from Catania, and
they no doubt caught sight ot us, for
thoy turno.t into a littlo wine shop.
Aoting on a common inipalso, we
followed them and took our seats at
another table. Tbey oonveresed under
their breaths lor awhile, and then
Guiseoppe. whom Attwood reoognized
as the loser at dice, got up and came
towards ns as if to leave the place. It
was very dim inside the shop, and
probably they had not seen us, for as
soon as he came near us be went buoli
and, after whispering a few words to
his oompanion, turned again and took
his depurture.
It was clear they had been drinking,
as no reeled perceptibly whon lie
passed us. Presently Guillemo rose
from his chair and crossed tho room
to the landlord, whom h) evidently
knew, and they retired to an inner
room.
isotu tho torrariu wero wearing
black oloaks and soft felt hats. We
were tiiuilurly dressed, except that my
cloak was a rather stylish one, being
of a blue color, while Attwood's was a
brown one. Tho plaoe was now al
most in darkness, as the landlord, who
had been preparing to light the
lamps, had been interrupted by
Guillemo.
"The villain who has gone ont will
try to stab you, or something, as yon
go down to the boat," said Attwood.
"I have an idea t Chango cloaks with
me; the other fellow's left his cloak
hanging over the back of his chair,
and I'll swop with him I"
"What good will that do?" I
asked.
'If Guiseppo really meant mischief,
bo will go for a man in a bine cloak,"
he replied ; "don't you see?"
"Yes," I said, "and kill his own
brother, or whatever he is. It's worth
tryin?, though if he notices it there
will be a row."
"lie could not seo tbo difference in
tbis darkness, even if he were sober,"
Attwood returned. He's half drunk
and will never notioe it."
Arthur handed me his cloak, and
silently slipped to the other scat and
laid mine on the Italian s chair, taking
tne otner one nna putting it on him
self. When Guillemo came oat with
the landlord again he appeared in a
hurry, for he flung my cloak over his
shoulders and walked quickly, al
though unsteadily, out of the .shop.
We followed iu a trice, walking one
behind the other down the hill to
wards the boat.
It was so dark now that we could
only distinguish Guillemo's form
without seeing the color of his clothes,
but as he neared a lamp which hung
dangling from the door of another
shop we could see the blue oolor of
the cloak. He had just passed under
the lamp when a man darted aoross
the street from a reoess in which he
had been concealed, and we could see
the gleam of steel in his hand. He
ran behind the blue oloak and, strik
ing with all his foroe, plunged the
stiletto in the back of its wearei's
neck, the man falling forward on his
face without a groan, so skillfully had
the blow been planted.
Tbo murderer never turned, but,
crossing the road diagonally, disap
peared up a dark passage, and wo
passed the body and on to our boat as
if nothing had occurred.
"It's not the first man that fellow's
killed," said Attwood. "Ho mast
have severed the spinal cord at a
blow."
"God bless you, Arthur," I cried.
"You have saved my life I"
I should nevor have hoard any more
of the matter, but being somewhat
curious to know the rights of the
thing, I wrote to the British oonsul ex
plaining all I knew about it, and ask
ing him (privately) if he had heard
anything as to the death of Guillemo
Ferrari.
He replied that the man had been
found dead stabbed in the baok.
That Guiseppo, who was his brother,
was so heart-stricken at what he had
done, that he gave himself np to the
authorittos. He stated before the
judge that their father had been killed
in a duel many years ago by Bubino
Vincetti, that a vendetta had been
sworn, and that, recognizing me by
my name and my features as the son
of their father's slayer, they had de
termined to take my life ; that Guisep
pe bad been cast to wreak vengeance
upon me, bnt that by some means,
which hocould not explain, bis brother
had been wearing my cloak, and he
bad killed him by mistake. Guiseppo
expressed a dosire to retire to a mon
astery, so he was released, and was
then in a religious house whioh the
Consul named.
I need hardly add that, although
there would now probably be no danger
in it, I have since paid heed to my
father's last wish, and have never "put
foot in Sicily" again.
But how about tho old fortune-teller?
you ask.
Ant 1 cannot explain that. She
perhaps reoognized me as a Vinoetti
by my features, and may have even
bean consulted by the brothers Ferrari
before attempting my life, bnt I have
stated the facts as they occurred, and
I know no more. London Tit-Bits.
Bothering the Scientists.
The investigators whose names ap
pear in the newspapers in oonneotion
with ltoentgen ray experiments are a
good deal bothered by applications
from people who imagine thoy have
bullets or other unpleasant foroigu
substances in various parts ot their
anatomy. Tho story goes that not
long ago a certain local scientist ro
ceived the following letter : "Dear Sir :
I have had a bullet in my thorax for
seven years. I am too busy to come
to Cleveland, but hope you will be
able t6 come down here and locate tbo
bullet, as I am sure tbo case is worth
your while. If you cuu't oome your
self send your apparatus and I will get
oue of tho doctors here to use it.
Yours truly." Here is the looul man's
reply: "Dear Sir Very sorry I can
not find time to visit you, nor will 1
be able to send my apparatus. If you
can't come to Cleveland yourself send
me your thorax by express and I will
do tho best I cuu with it. Yours
truly." Cleveland Pluin-Doaler.
A Labor Saver.
Opening an envelope by pulling a
string is the latost labor-saving de
vice. Liko all simplo contrivances, it
seems queer uo ono thought of it be
fore, but thut doesn't impair its use
fulness. Any envelope can be equipped with
the opener. An ordinary pieoe of
thread is insertod tit tho top of tho
flup, and when tho fold is made the
thread projects from one end. To
open tho envelope all that is necessary
to do is to pull buck the thread.
This envelope opener is purely a
New York alluir, and it promises to be
very popular with the busy business
man.
THE MEKRY SIDE OF LIFE.'
STORIES THAT ARB TOLD BT THE
FTJNifT MEN OF THE PRESS.
The New Physiology So Credit Xo
Chance for Kseape .Evidently I
Condensed Repartee, Etc., Ktc. I
There's the blcyclo face, nnd tho oloyole
back.
With Its queer, altltudlnous curve;
And the bicycle tongue, in the middle hung,
And the scorcher's bicyoln norve.
Indianapolis Journal.
KO CHANCE FOR ESCAPE.
"Strange that Emeline never got
over her infatuation for that man."
"No, you see ho never asked her to
marry him." Chicago Bocord.
KO CREDIT.
"You look frightfully gloomy, Simp
kins; are you in debt?"
"No, tho trouble is I can't get a
chanoo to be. Chicago liecord.
EVIDENTLY CONDENSED.
Mrs. Kilduff "Do you uso con
deused milk?"
Mrs. Mullins "I thick it must bo
condensed. There is never more than
a pint and a half in a quart." Judge.
AN EARLY INSTINCT.
Benevolent Gentleman "Don't cry,
my little man ; here's a dimo for you.
Now tell me what you will do with it?"
Small Boy "Match yer to see if it's
two or nothin'." Life.
TITE IMPORTANT PACT.
Employer "Mr. Jones writes me
that you insulted him yesterday"
Bill Collector "I'll toll you just
what happened "
Employer "Tell mo, first, if ho
paid his bill." Puck.
THE EARLY BIRD.
"Yes," said the business man to tho
clergyman, "I've lost a good deal of
time in my life."
"By fritting it away, 1 suppose ;
"No ; by being punctual to my ap
pointments.'' Boston Courier.
REPARTEE.
"My friend," said tho traveler,
"have you a knife about you?"
"Naw ; but you'll find a fork iu the
road yander."
"You're bright, ain't you?"
"Naw, I'm Brown." Atlanta Con
stitution. A Mi LOOK.
Lady (applying the'tost) "Acb I
what a pity I The handsomest gentle
man in the company has got a splash
on his waiBtcoat."
All tbegentlemen present look down
in oonsternation at their vests. Wost
falishes Volksblatt.
HOW IT HAPPENED.
Josh Medders "How did yoa ketch
your oold, Jay?"
Jay Green "A lot ot us young peo
ple went to give Miss Sally Smiles a
surprise party, the other night, and
she kept ns stundin' out in the rain
while she curled her hair." Puck.
BEFORE AND AFTER.
Evening Caller "I have been won
dering who those companion-framed
portraits are, oue a beautiful young
girl, the other a wrinkled, sad-faced
old woman."
Pretty Hostess "Oh, that's ma.bo
fore and after marriage." Now York
Weekly.
A CANDID CONFESSION.
"I wish you would tell mo," said
the agent who had long been on Mr.
Snagge's trail, "what is your insuper
able objection to insuring your life?"
"I don't mind telling you," replied
Snaggs. "The idea of being more
valuable after I am dead than wbilo I
am alive is distasteful to me." Pitts
burgh Chronicle-Telegraph.
hard nrr.
Mildred "Have you beard tho nows
about Charlio Hinks and Mabel Bux
ton." Adelaide "No, what is it?"
Mildred --"He's is in lovo with her."
Adelaide "How do you know?"
Mildred "He worked two hours at
a stretch last night, trying to teaoh
her mother to ride tho bicycle."
Cleveland Leader.
DB DESERVED IT.
"Never mind brushing mo off, por
ter," said the careful passenger ou tho
sleeper, "you couldn't find a speck ot
dust on my clothes."
"Dat am so, boss, but if ydU ain't
no objeotion I'll jest go through the
motion with my brush, kaso I must
fool dat I earned dat quarter yonse
goiu to givo me." Detroit Free
Press.
TOO SEVERE A TEST.
"Pythias, old man," said Damon,
his voice trembling, "you know how
it is. I would die for you willingly
nay, gladly. But when you ask mo
to admit that your wheel is superior
to mine, you ask mure than 1 can
yield."
For the nonce neither ot them did a
thing but sob loudly ut the bitter ex
igencies of the occasion. Detroit
Tribune.
a sni'FEiiiNQ nrrcni:n.
"That butcher looks very siolc.
What's tbo mutter with him?'' said
Uostetter MoUinuis to Colouel With
erspoon. "Another butcher has started a mar
ket neur him, and he has gut so much
competition to deal with thut ho has
had to lower his prices."
"But he looks as if bo was tutlVria:,'
from some physicul pain."
"So he is. tits ribs, loins and oth
er parts make hint feel svre. " Texas
Sitter.
kciextific ad isdustmal.
An eloctrio railroad from New York
(o Philadelphia is projected.
M. liighi, of Bologna, has succeeded
,n reproducing artificially the globular
orra of lightning.
The city of Marseilles, France, has
Inst completed its drainago system on
the plan of that ot Paris, at a cost of
$7,000,000.
The Niagara Falls plant of tho Car
borundum Company, which is operated
by tho oleotrio power from Niagara,
turns ont 4000 pounds daily.
When water freezes it expands with
i foroe of 80,000 pounds a square inch.
No substance has been found which
will withstand such a pressure.
A nickel-in-the-slot machine, which
fakes an X-ray photograph of any ob
joot you choose, for the modest sum
of five cents has boen invented by a
resident of Hartford, Conn.
All tho street railways of Monterey
have been bought np by a looal capi
talist, who will equip tbem with eleo
trioity and give the city what, it is
said, will bo the first eloctrio roads in
Mexico.
The traction engine is growing in
popularity among English farmers,
not alone for threshing, but for haul
ing loads and plowing. The modern
machines are handsome and almost
noiseless, and draw thirty to fifty tons
on fairly good roads.
A substitute for stained glass is
found in tectorium, a galvanized iron
web covered with a gelatinous sub
stance. ExDeriments have been mado
with it in Europe, and it is said to be
tough, durable, a bad conductor ot
of heat, and easily manipulated.
The Elootrioal Engineer, New York,
describes an invention of Tapley W.
Young, by whioh an electrio heater
lowered into dry oil-wells is said to
melt the dogged paraQn and other re
fuse whioh closes the openings in tho
stone of the reservoii, and to cause
thereby a renewed flow of oil.
Die Natur states that the Austrain
deep-sea expedition under the charge
of ichthyologist, Dr. Franz Steindaoh-
ner, the Director of the Boyal Vienna
Museum, has returned. The expedi
tion has for seven months been en
gaged in explorations of the Red Sea
on the warship rola.
Ball-bearings, whioh came into use
with the bicycle when man became too
lazy to oil his machine, have been util
ized in many ways. They are now
employed for wagon und carriage
wheels, carrier-wheels ot cable roads
and shafts of swift-running machinery.
Praotioally, thoy do away with the oil
can and greatly reduce the amount of
friction. When made properly ball'
bearings are almost proof against wear
This has been shown by weighing the
bearings when put into a new wheel
and weighing tbem again at the end
of the season after the wheel had beon
used, tho bearings woighing tho same.
- Hints for Emergencies.
If a vein is severed compress below
the spurting surfaoo. Blood in veins
returns to the heart.
Remember that Irish potatoes grat
ed and applied as a poultice is a quick
and sure rjlief for scalds and burns.
When an artory is severed compress
ibove the spurting surface. Bloo)
from the arteriei enters the extremi
ties. Remove insects from the ear with
warm water. Never use a probe nor
other hard substanaos for tho ear, lost
you perforate the drum.
When dust gets to tho eyes avoid
rubbing with tho fingors, but dust
oold water into tbem. Remove cin
ders with a camel's hair pencil.
When choking from any cause get
npon all fours and oougb, if there is
no oue present to render tbo old-tima
assistauco of "pounding ou tho back."
If a high fever comes on at evouiot;
batho the feet and wrap in a blanket,
put warm irons to tho feet and give
aconito in water every hour till tho
patient is iu a "good sweat," thon
keep well covered.
In fracture of the skull, with com
pression and loss of consciousness, ex
amiue the wound and if possible raise
the broken edges of the skull so as to
relieve the pressure on the bruin.
Prompt action will often save lie.
For sprains apply cloths wrung ont
of very hot water until the inflamma
tion and pain have subsided. Fot
black and blue spots an ouuoe ot mu
riuteof Jamtnouia to a pint of lukewarm
wator makes a good application to be
kept on constantly.
A Useful Elephant.
A few years ago, when Lord Duffer
in was Viceroy of India, the Rujah o)
Holkar paid the Viceroy a visit
While ho was there he saw Lord Duf
ferin tuke up some illustrated London
papers which had just arrived by uiui,'
and cut them with an ivory papet
knife. It was tho first time the Judiac
Prince had seen such an iustrumoui
used. "Make mo a present of that,'
he said to the Viceroy, "nnd I wil.'
give you another." Lord Dutleri.
hastened to comply with tbis modest
request and the young ltujuh returnee
to his country. Not long after hf
returned to Calcutta, bringing witt
him a youug elephant, whoso tuslu
had been carved iu tho most artistic
manner, in the shape of a paper knife.
This ho brought ns u present to tho
Viceroy, A tublo bearing some illus
truted papers was placed by a servant
before tbis intelligent beast, who im
mediately seized them with his truuk,
cut them most deftly with his tusks
and then handed them to the Viceroy.
St. Louis Mirror.
A Trade in l'ru'-u 1 lovers.
Frozen Au4ruliuu flowers may soon
become quite common ornaments ol
Loudou dinner tables. Tho Agricul
tural Department iu Victoria is milk
ing experiment with u view to estab
lishing regular floral trutiio with Eug-Uud.
LIFE.
Bo broke und tho world Ignores yoU
Bo (lush and your friends nil know,
And the borrower always bores you
For tho loan of a ton or so.
Be flush nnd you pay tho piper,
And your friends all dance totlio tune
But the man who Is broke,
With his watoh In sjak,
II.is to play on his own bassoon.
O. Fovello, In Truth.
I11M0K OV THE DAY.
Friend "Doos it pay to keep board
ers?" Boarding Mistress "It docs
if thoy do." Puck.
Tho most inquisitive people in tbo
world are those composing tbo famit v
who live opposiio. New York Adver
tiser. "Does vour mother find time to rido
her wheel?" "No, mamma's too tired
after she gets through cleaning mine."
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
It is awkward when an absented-
minded man says to tie night police
man: "Good-night. I hope you will
sleep well." Boston Globe.
Father "But do tell me, Alfred,
how conld you fail aain?" Son
'Well, you Bee, we bad another ex
amination." Fliegendo Blaetter.
A man never needs a vacation half as
much as when he has just returned
from one and is getting through his
first day's work. Now York Adver
tiser. "Why do yon punoh that holo in
my ticket?" asked a littlo mm of tho
railway official. "So that you can
pass through," was the reply. Tit-
Bits.
"Vot langwidges !" exclaimed . the
perplexed foreigner. "You say 'it vill
rain like t'under,' und, by Yorge, it
vos t'underingulretty 1" Chicago Tri
bune. Friend "How do yon feel when
your wheel throws you down?" The
Lawyer (who is learning to ride)
"Like suing somebody for damages."
Puck.
Mrs. Grumpey "Why do nearly all
thepeoplo cry ot weddings?" Grum
pey "Becauso most of them havo
been married themselves." Detroit
Free Press.
j- "Was it homelike out whero yon
were, Hopkins?" "Yes. One nightl
thought I heard a burglar, nnd I
couldn't find the matches to save my
me. unioago ueoom.
"Yes ; I realize that Jack was fast
b.efore our marriage, so I made allow
ance for him." "Yes ; but how, pray?"
"Well, till reoently by teaching music,
but I'm now trying stenography."
Brooklyn Life.
"I demand to bo recognized I"
screamed the membress from tho
Empty-eighth Distriot. "Impossible,"
said the Speakress, looking freezingly
through her lorgnette. "The lady is
not iu our set." Cincinnati Enquirer.
"Mrs. Smithers," said the new
boarder, "you ought to build a
house." "Where shall I build it?"
asked the unwary landlady. "On tbo
grounds in your coffee, Mrs. Sraithors,"
was tho response. "There's a bulf
acre in my cup." Hurper's Buzar.""
When Bobbie Hickenloopcr returned
irom tbo big dinner at the olub the
other night he was unusually livoly.
"What has got into you, Bob?" asked
Mr. Hickenloopcr, senior. "That,"
said Bobbio, bunding him the menu.
"That, daddy, is my table of contents."
Harper's Bazar.
Mr. DeDudo "Cuwn't I intwoduoo
to you my friend, Arthur Womington?
He is a literawy man, you knaw." Miss
De Belle "Indeed !" Mr. DeDudo
"Aw, yes. He sent tho Sooioty News
a list of the guests at tho last party,
and the editah vscoptcd it, bah Jove t"
Now York Weekjy.
Fendorsou "I consider it a good
rule, and it's ono I have triod to fol
low, to say bright things only once iu
a while ; in thut way my good things
aro remembered. If I was all the time
getting o T bright things thoy wouldn't
be notiood." Fogg "A very good
rule; but, Fendy, don't yon thiukyou
observe it too closely ?" Boston
Transcript.
"What an idiot htimnn nature is iu
general," said tbo corufo 1 philosphor,
us ho leuned bis chair against the wull
and appropriated the grocer's particu
lar fan. "For instance, I kuow of a
nineteen-year-old boy who is right iu
the throes and thrills of a first love af
fair, and still that kid i-i kicking be
cause ho is not old enough to vote."
Indianapolis Journal.
Sultan's h'auity (iirstionrd.
A German uowspuper boldly asserts
that tho ruler of tho Turkish Empire
is a lunatic, and gives good and suf
ficient reason for its belief. During
his fits of insauitv his iire loiuiuatiuir
pnssiou is a frenzied hatred against
the Armenians. So terrible have these
fits become thut the Sultan's attend
ante often dare not enter his cabinet.
In foot, nil their energies are required
to dodge their infuriated monarch,
who ruthes from hull to h ill talking to
himself. A short time uo, it is ad
ded, the Sultuu, iu a fit of ma.lncs?,
shot a courtier who happened to make
a motiou with his una uud which the
sovereign chose to consider suspicious1.
Sometimes, on tho other bund, tho
Sultan has fits of uncontrollable mer
riment, particularly when ho has rea
son to believe that tho Powers eiuuot
agree ou measures against hi m.
Birds That Shave Tliemiehes.
Man is suid to be tho only creature
that shaves. But this is not so. A
bouth Aiuericau biid called tho "iiKt
mot" actually begins shaving on arriv
ing ut maturity. Naturally a lurued
with long blue tail feather', it is uut
Hiti.-tic.l wall them iu their natural
state, but with its beak uips off t lit
web ou ouch tide for a spuco of about
two inches, leaving u neat littlo oval
tuft at tho eud of each.
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