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est man on earth.
I
Tbo creditors of tho roan who clnitus
thot advertising doesn't pay ft.ro apt to
: find that Lo doetu't, cither, remarks
Truth,
Now York City, according to a re"
Mgious journal of the 4own, spends
bout 821,000 daily for milk and $10,
COO for other boverasos.
Mr. Stump, Commissioner of Immi"
f rat ion, in bis annual report, doubts
it tbero lias been any increase in tho
foreign-born population of this coun
try since 18!)3.
A writer in the Windsor Magazine
says that "even Mr. Gladstone, that
greatest of all sticklers for offloial re
ticence, held that n Cabinet Minister
might impart secrets to his wife and
liia privato secretary.
GoYcrnor Fingree, of Michigan,
says: "If the railroads would cut ofl
their free poEses, do away with their
lobbyists in the Legislature, discharge
tboir high-priced attorneys, discard
their 1000 mile tickets and permit all
persons to ride at the rate of two
cents a rnilo, they would earn mote
money nnd bo in better favor with the
. p ulliu, from which they derive thoii
support."
An interesting suggestion is made bv
a correspond out of the New York
ITornld, who says tha in England,
when one has a lnrgo number of letten
or circulars to mail at one time, ho
need not be at tho tronblo of affixing
a stamp on eaoli ono of them, bnt may
carry the in to the postoflloe, pay the
post" ia duo on the whole and pass
them iu. No pontage stamps are affixed,
explaius Harper's Weekly, but the
rfflco simply stamps them "Paid" and
they are forwarded. The Herald's eor-
. respondent thinks this British usuage ii
worth imitating, and Postmaster Day
ton agrees with liim, considering that
it would be a convenience to business
men, though it could not be adopted
without action by Congress,
InN. S. Bhaler's "American High
ways," published by the Ceatary Com
pany, the author says that the pgpple
of the United States have been a very
patient people, or little consoious of
the "sore tax" infliotod on them by
bad roads. If we are getting to be
now impatient, the author warns the
publio not to act nastily as to means
'. of ordinary communication until we
understand how roads ore to be made
nnd built. "Those who have the bet
terment of onr AtnerVcan highways at
heart eh' j Id do all in their power to
guide, direct, and oven restrain the
present movement toward their im
provement, co that enthnaiosm may
be guided by a business senso to the
end that we may attain a system of
ways properly related to the needs of
the country." No road ought to be
built without study, and topographi
cal, geological and climatio conditions
must be considered. Fraotioal con
siderations would not, of course,, per
in it a road to be built where there was
lio use for it, but a desira'y highway
might be constructed tbrouw " un
try which would' Xst too inuV iiey
to build or to keep in repair.
Miss Frances E, Willard, President
of the Women's Christian Temperance
Association, hi recently compiled
E&mo interesting statistics with regard
to women' progress the world over.
.She chronicles, among other things,
.he fact thut women huvo about suo-
weeded in gaining admission to tho
Ooiirre.l Methodist Episcoiml Confer
ence, end that they have been success
full in preaohiug tbo Gospel in all bat
tho Episcopal and Roman Catholio
sects. With respect to eduoation,
Misi Willard fays: "Out of 451 col
legos and universities in tho TJnitod
fttatos only forty-one oro closed to
vjmrj, All the others are i.ow cuedu
.. .jlional, aud, besides, women have
1-13 sclioo'.a of the higher eduoutiontl
ilor.disrd, with 30,000 students. On
fourtU of the fellowships of the Uni
versity of Chicago are held by women,
eleven Si"!e and fouiteen colleges
or univer.-iiies being r -presented.
Three women follows have given in
structions in tho nnivorsity this year.
Oi dOO.OOJ teachers in tho United
.States, forty tiiroe per cent, aro wo
men ; i:i Enplpml thu proportion is
even grei'er. Thra nr.i 123,921 wo
moil teachers in Enrlond. In Russia
there wero 500 r.pplior.tinr.3 for tho
150 vaca-i-lea iu tiie entering class for
the hio'Lc." rouvsa fir women at the
univeisity of St. Fete r.'.burg at the
recent c.Tiiuiv.f.tioi'.s. V.it:ouliy, tho
picre.i of t! .".;ieu in even mcro
Wdtne.l. Iv.eutv ilve fit-.teshave given
tt.ts clnoilio'.inl br-liot to srumen ; one,
Iiti!.v-,.t-iO i.". juioip.il, ud ",'.; ni n (
Coo: nin a ad UlJU Lays u-..;.io iLena
fall citizen.''
THE BLOSSOM OF THE SOUL
Thou halt unfold U flower
With fragonoe-ladon ho.-irt,
VThat Is the soorol power
That doth thy petals part?
What gave thee moet thy hue
Tho sunshine, or tile dow?
Thou wonder-wakened soul !
As Dawn doth steal oa NIrIi'
On thee soft kove bath stole.
Thine eye, that blooms with light
What makes Its obarm so now
Its sunshine, or Its dow?
-Robert Underwood Johnson, In Century.
HIS LAST CALL.
ST S. sBLors.
LVRQE winter
narty in a
rambling old
bouse on the
Thames is no
LrK-yrZ kzW Jtfm thing
7SJ Ti l ;. J H in the ab
Btract, bnt if
the party is
not a osrefully
selected one,
or there hap
pen to be
within wheels, the conse
quences maybe extremely disagreeable,
Perhaps Miss Graoe Furnival's feel
iegs may bo imagined when .she dis
covered that her brother h& invited.
to Walworth Court not only the rich
man to whom she had just pnblioly
cliehtod her troth, bat the poor man
to whom for nearly a year she had
been seoretly engaged.
Too. don't mean to say you've asked
Luke Maitland 1" gasped Grace, on
hearing the unweluomo tidings.
"And why shouldn't I?" growled
Tom, aggressively J "he a as good a
sort as auy follow I know ; there are
only threo things against him he's
poor, he's "high-shouldered, and ha is
much too fond of you. .
"Indeed 1 and how do you know that
last?"
"Because I mot him yesterday and
told him about your engagement to
old Umithson you should have seen
him, Grace I thought the poor chap
was going to faint I! What fools
men are I"
"What brutes brothers are!" re
fleeted Graoe ; then, with a caressing
tone she seldom wanted on Tom, "if
yon really think poor Luke is fond of
mo, won't you put off his visit, dear?
It can hardly be agreeable to him to
be here at the same time as dear Ed
ward."
"Dear Edward be blowed r was
Tom's vigorous remark. "Luke is
my friend, and I'm not going to in
tcrfero with him ; if he doesn't mind
coming it's not my concern it's his
lookout."
Graoe sighed with an injured martyr
expression and resigned herself to the
inevitable. Tho inevitable was dis
agreeable it usually is, but she could
see a way out of it. She would her
self get rid of theinoonvenient Luke.
Uraoo looked at her handsome feat
ures in the glass, ana a certain wise
old proverb presented itself obtru
sively to her mind.
"It is best to be off with tho old
tove before you are on with the new,"
sighed the young lady; then, opos
trophizing the mirror : "What a fool
I've been to get myself into this mess I
I've been very weak not to break with
poor Luke before."
Graoe Furnival was only one-and-twenty
when she engaged herself to
"poor Luke" ; she had been very fond
then of the handsome young fellow,
but this fondness had not blinded her
pretty eyes to the main chance, and
she had only promised to marry him
on the condition of absolute secrecy.
Luke was a struggling novelist, aud
If his struggles continued to ba fruit
less and his novels publishless, Graoe
argued, with an acumen that did
oredit to her head at least, that it
would be easier for her to accomplish
a brilliant marriage if she were not
hampered by a publio engagement to
suoh an ineligible as Luke.
Luke Maitland was poor. He had
more heart than head i he was credu
lous, dreamy, absolutely impractical ;
his views of life were absurdly impos
sible ; he prantioed what he preached,
and ba preached over tha heads of
his fellow-men. How oould suoh a man
ever hope for suooess or happiness.
Such man as this was like wax in
the hands of Grace Furnival.
Tha guests arrived late, and Miss
Furnival's toilet was a protraoted ono.
When she entered the drawing room
Luke Maitland stopped abruptly in his
conversation. He stood, white and
trembling, his sunken eyes fixed cn
the glistening white vision advancing
toward him.
Though Graoe might feel uncom
fortable she was equal tj the occasion :
"So pleased to see you, Mr. Mait
lajd," eho said. "Suoh ages sinoe we
ier was an ordeal for both Luke
au 9; even lorn felt unoomfor
tabfc wuen ho saw his friend's misera
ble fiioe, and wished he had oauoolled
his invitation, while an icstinctive
feeling that something was wrong
hung upon the spirits of the other
guests.
Whoa the fciitt was ovt the l.id.ii"
roso, Luke Maitland opening the door,
and as Grace passec! him ho whispered
in her ear, under cover of r sudden
quarrel for precedence between the
guests :
"I must seo you to-oic;ui. toll me
where and wheo "
"At i) in the library," was Grace's
prompt reply, as oho steeped to pick
up her handkerchief,
Luke Maitland waited half an hour
in tho gl.ioir.y, book-liued room before
Grace joined him. rih9 closed tho door
carcfi'.l'y behind hor, drow a chair
closo to the Iho, shiveriug and spread
ing out her bund" to tho cheerful
b!a?., for it was the i7th of Fctraury
aud tbo night was bitterly ccld.
.tsr- "
wheels
Luke leaned against the mantelpiece
and looked down at her, at her glori
ous pile of ohostnut hair, at her finely
cnt features and pretty white hands.
His lips tremblod he oould not trust
himself to speak.
"Well," said Grace, glanoing up at
him, "what do you want to soy to me?
I can't stay here long."
Luke steadied his shaking lips with
an effort.
"I want to know the truth I want
to know if you are still the woman I
have worshiped or if you are some
thing else, a diffcront being to what I
Have ever imagined yon."
"Would you mind descending to my
level and common prose, and telling
me exactly what yon want to know in
plain English ?" said Grace mookingly.
"In plain English, are you engaged
to Edward Smitbson as well as to me?
In plain English, are ycu a heartless
jilt?"
Grace looked at him curiously.
"I answer 'yes to both thoso ques
tions. Call roe as many bard names as
you like ; I deserve them."
There was silence for some moments.
A wintry moon was shining fitfully
upon the thick snow outside ; the wind
had risen and was growling round the
khouse like an angry dog. Luke drew
a handkerchief from his pooket and
passed it across his wet forehead. It
was a white silk handkerchief with a
blue border, the initials "L. M." con
spicuously embroidered in eaoh cor
ner. Grace's eyes rested on it for a
moment, and a little flush of color
came into her pale cheeks. Luke
saw it and smiled.
"Ah, you recognize it tho hand
kerchief you embroidered for mo only
a year ago I It has lasted longer than
your love." He pat it oarofiilly baok
into his pooket.
"Grace," he said, fixing bis dark
eyes on hers with a wistful look that
touohed her cold heart, "I suppose
you think I am taking this very easy;
the blow has paralyzed me my brain
seems stunned but if it will be any
oonsolatiou to your vanity to know
that you have broken my heart and
whined my life, that consolation may
be thoroughly your own."
. The young man's words wero a trifle
melodramatio ; they reminded Grace
of speeches out of his own novels, and
she gave a light little laugh.
"I hope you will enjoy your honey
moon," he went on; "you needn't be
afraid of my oreating disturbances and
opening Mr. Smithaon's eyes I shall
start to-night ou a long journey on
a long journey," ha repeated, fixing
his eyes on Grace's with a singular
expression, "but don t ba afraid,
you will see me quite soon enough
I shall often return and
cull on your husband ; yes, I
shall make a point of returning," said
Luke, with a laugh. The laugh was
such an uncanny one and tha look on
tho young man's face so very strange
and creepy tnat uraoe lost all sense of
dignity in the terror that seized her
and fairly took to her heels.
She did not feel safe until she had
reached the furthest wing of the ram
bling bouse and ensconced herself in
tho drawing room near to her brother,
who was playing a game of cards with
the guests.
Suddenly he asked :
"Anybody seen Luke Maitland? Do
you know where he is, Grace?
"No."
"Perhaps he's in bis room. I'll go
and see." Tom returned in a few
minutes. "No, he's not there. Where
can the fellow be? He oan't have gone
for a walk this freezing night. I'll
hunt him out though the mora the
merrier. He may be in the library,
now I think of it Luke's a regular
bookworm." And oft went the ener
getio youth.
This time he returned almost im
mediately, and as he burst into the
room all rose in alarm, for it was plain
to see that something bad happened.
Tom's face was white horrified, his
hair was standing erect on his hoad,
his mouth hung open, his whole frame
shook.
"What is it?" cried Graoe, 'Oh,
what is it?"
Tom fell into a chair and covered
his faoe with his hands.
"It is too awful I ho gasped; "too
horrible I Poor Luke I Ob, my God I
I can't forget his face.
Graoe shook him almost fierooly.
"Why'csn't'you speak plainly, Tom?
Is he dead?"
"Dead as a doornail. But somebody
go and fetoh a doctor. Homebody go
and cnt him down" a strong shudder
shook him "I I couldn't stop there
I I can't look at it again."
"And how how?" Grace's dry
lips could not frame the question.
"Hanged himself," auswerodTom,
looking up with horrified eyes;
"hanged himself behind tha door with
the very embroidered handkerohiet I
saw in his hand at dinner to-day his
initials in all the corners ; expect some
woman gave it him. Did you see his
faoe, Gould, with tho moonlight on it?
I shr.'l never forget it,'" gasped Tom
"the head hanging on one shouldor,
the eyes starting out of the blackened
faco, and tbo mouth twisted up in that
awful grin "
"Hush," said a friend, quiokly ;
"hold your tongue, uiuu your sister's
fainting 1"
Gvaod Furnival was a cold and some
what heai tiers woman, but LukeMait
land's death nnd the terrible manner
of it was a severe shook to hor. tthe
was ill for many weeks with a kind of
nervous fever, and when she recovered
the first thing she did was to put off
her inarriago with K.lward Smithson.
Sho wished to delay it until July
twelve month, but this her lover would
not hoar of it must bo that year or
not at all, aud the muiriac was not
delayed,
As the "happy pau drovo from
Paddingtou to Yi; iori i (their honey
moon was to bo spent on tho Riviera),
draco noticed tin t her husband oust
many (iluuccs out of tho window.
"Wiiut is it, I, Iwdr-i?" she asked;
j "cliiit aro you boLinij et?''
"I was nlv looking to see if that
fellow is still following as I suppose
he thinks wo are going to a private
house and wants to help with the
boxes. He's been after us ever sioco
we left Paddington,"
Grace looked out of the window in
her turn.
"I don't see any one, Edward."
"I daresay he's hanging on to the
back of our cab like his impru
dence I"
The subjeot was dismissed and tha
man forgotten for the moment. But
two days later, when Mr. and Mrs.
Smithson were comfortably i estab
lished in a luxurious coupe on the
night express from Paris to Marseilles,
Grace was startled out of her sleep by
hearing her husband exclaim :
"There's that man again I"
Grace opened her eyes sleepily.
"Where?" she asked.
"There, banging on to the door
his faoe against the window. Good
God I how did he get there? ne'll be
killed."
"it must be the ticket collector,"
said Grace.
"With the train running at full
speed? No impossible!"
"Is he still there?" gapped she.
"Yes, of course; are you blind?"
"I oan't sea him," said his wife,
straining her eyes into the outer dim
ness. "Can't see him? Why, ho's there
all tha time, as largo as life."
The little blind was drawn over the
lamp in the ceiling, leaving the car
riage in darkness ; any face outside the
window would hove been distinctly
visible, but Grace could see nothing.
See gave a little shudder.
"You must ba ill, Edward there is
nothing there. Tell me what he is
like."
"I can't see distinctly his head
seems hanging over on his shoulder,
and there's something white round his
throat a handkerchief, I think. Ah,
he's gone good heavens! he must
have jumped off- he'll be smashed."
Bat Mr. Smithson's borried specula
tions as to the fate of the mysterious
stranger were terminated abruptly by
the disoovery that his wife had fainted.
The husband and wife made the Con
tinental tour.
"Who's your high-shouldered friend,
Mrs. Smithson?" asked an Amerioon
acquaintance one day as they watohed
the rouge-et-noir tables in tha gamb
ling rooms at Monte Carlo. "I never
see yon and your husband without
him, and yet the strange thing is I've
never seen his face or met him by him
self." Graoe faltered out soma answer and
changed the conversation ; but the
American was not to be silenced, for
presently he looked round, started,
and said, with interest in his voioe :
"Why, he's there now just bohind
you queer looking fellow I I can't
make out his face it seems to be
twisted on one side and it's half hid,
den by a handkerohief. Good gracious,
Mrs. Smithson, aro you ill?"
Perhaps it was hardly surprising
that Grace Smithson beoama ill ; she
did not suffer from any specifio mal
ady, but she could neither eat nor
sleep ; her cheeks grew white .and
sunken, her eyes hollow.
"I must take you back to England,
Graoe," said her husband, but she
shuddered and begged to stay abroad
till the spring.
Grace sat by the window and looked
out aoross the moonlit gardens ; it wag
a bitterly oold season at MonteCarlo ;
the snow lay on the ground, and the
wind growled fitfully through tho
evergreen oaks. There was a fire in
her sitting room, but Grace shivered
and drew her oloak closer around her.
She rose and went to the table for a
book. A little calendar was lying
there; she glanced at it the seven-
teenth of February. It was the anni
versary of Luke Maitland's death I
She shook from head to foot and
glanoed furtively over her shoulder,
half expecting to see some dreadful
thing, but there was nothing there.
But an awful feeling of terror was on
her. She opened the door and went
out into the corridor, thinking she
would oall the maid on some pretext.
In the room opposite her own thore
were loud talk and laughter and the
lively popping of oorks. The sounds
reassured her ; she felt less out off
from humanity and half ashamed of
her fears she would go baok again.
She pushed open the door, but it re
sisted and felt curiously heavy under
her trembling hand ; its action seemed
impeded by some heavy weight. She
opened it, however, and it swung book
behind her, closing loudly under the
sudden impetus. Some dark object
was hanging on the door ; with a hear)
that had almost slipped beating,
Grace stood and looked. It was s
dark, dimly-seen figure, the head
hanging over upon one shoulder; s
faint ray of moonlight touohed the
face it was the face of a dead man.
A white)handkerchief was tightened un
der the blackened throat, tha eyes
started forward in a blind, glassy
stare, the mouth was twisted in a
ghastly grin. It was the face of Luke
Maitland as Tom had described it.
Wheu Mr. Smithson came iu half an
hour later he found his wife rigid and
uuoousoious. He, too, saw the awful
figuro hanging on the door ; tho glassy
eyes seemed storing into his; there
was a horriblo malignity iu the dis
torted grin. He gazed, fascinated,
then a moan from Graoe drew his eyes
away. When he looked up oguin the
figure had goue. Luke Maitland was
never seen again ; he had mado his last
call.
But his revenge was coniploto,
wheu, after mouths of illness, Grace
at last recovered her reason aud health,
hor chestutit hair was white as snow.
What greater vengeauce cculd he have
desired ou a pretty woinau. New
York TimeJ.
I 'V c-l r.ort oil l
care of her school, nud Sl.5')0,0i)j to j
take oaro of her criiuiuuls iu 13 Jo. i
THE MERRY SIDE OF LIFE
6TORIES THAT ARK TOZ.O BT THE
FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS.
Plaint of the Housewife Impossible
A Friend tn Need Had Given
All A Cruel World, Ktc, Etc,
Well-monnlng man has seldom said
The thing precisely that he ontfhr,
He slights her dainty home-made bread
And suavely Ratters what she bought.
Detroit Free 1'ross.
A FMUND IN NEED.
Brown "I haven't a' friend in the
world."
Jones "You can make one; I need
five." Puck.
TMTORS1B1.1!.
Barker "Dafferly ought to go and
soak his head."
Gruff "Hnmph! He couldn't got
tnything on it." Truth.
nis WAY.
Bambury "I hear that Stimpton is
dead. Did he leave his wife much?"
Mispah "I suppose so. He always
left her as much as ho could while he
was alive." Boston Tranecript.
THK VILLAGE HUMORIST.
Tomkins "The royal bft'jy his not
lived long, has it, Simkins?"
Simkins "Be it dead?"
Tomkins "No, but it has not lived
'ong. Good morning." Skotob.
HAD GIVEN ALU
Lawyer (investigating client's s;ory)
"Now, you must keep nothing from
me."
Client "I haven't. I paid you
every cent I had in the world fcr your
!ee." Tit-Bits.
IMAGINATIVE AND OTIIERWISE.
Quilldriver "The high' salaries of
the new journalism make me think of
New York's tall buildings."
Wilson "Tall buildings?"
"Yes, there are so many stories
about them." Truth.
A FINANCIER.
Soiled Hooks "If I Uvea few years
longer I expect t' die a rioh man."
Seldum Fedd "How yer goiu' t
work it?"
Soiled Hooks "W'y, look at da
money I'm savin' by not buy in' soap."
Judge.
AS EXPLANATION.
Daughter "Ohl papa, What a
shocking thing I I read thot a young
girl was made crazy by a sudden kiss."
Father "What did the foci go crzy
for?"
Daughter "What for? Why, for
more, I suppose."
THE GENESIS OF A NAME.
"Why," asked the daughter with
the dreamy eyes, "why do they cell it
the honeymoon, mamma?"
"Beoaase," answered the mother
with the drawn linos about her mouth,
"beoauso it is a sort of sweet lnnaoy,
I suppose." Cincinnati Euqner.
THAI'S DIFFERENT.
"Who's making all that racket out
therft? I want some chanci to read
and think."
"It's mo as is singing," snapped the
autocrat of tho kitchen; "and what of
it?"
"Oh, I beg your pardon. I thought
it was my wife." Detroit Free Tress.
A CRUEL WORLD.
Weary Willie "Yes, poor Slobsj
lost heart completely an' committed
suicide. He couldn't sttn' dis oruol,
heartless world no longor."
Flowery Fields--"Everybody against
him, 1 suppose?" "
Weary Willie "Yes; everywhere
be went folks wuz offor'n' him jobs."
J udge.
THE FIRST STEP.
"I wish you would tell mo," said tho
kind old judge to the lady burglar,
"how yon came to adopt such a disi
reputable profession. How did you
begin?"
"Your honor,'' replied tho misera
ble woman, "my first step was to go
through my husbaud's pocketa while
he slept. After that thu dosoent vat
easy." Life.
A LUCKY ESCAPE.
"It's strange how some mon are al
ways fortunate," remarked Mr. Suaggs,
"Now here is that man Joues. lie is
so uniformly fortuuato that he ii
called 'Lucky Jones.' He waa sued
for breaoh of promise aud the jury
awarded the girl $75,000."
"I don't see how he was lucky in
that case," interrupted Mrs. Hna-gs.
"You don't, eh? Why he escupeJ
marrying her." Toxas Sifter.
HEPAFATIOV,
John Butts, Sr. "I want to leave
my property to my two sous one
tenth to my youueest son, John Butts,
and nine-tenths to my eldest son,
Royal Chesterlielt' Chauuoey Do 1'ovs
tor Butts."
Family Lawyer "fl'm ! do you
think that's quite fair?"
John Butt, Sr. "Yes; I want lo
make some kind of reparation to Uoyal
for allowing his mother to give him
such a nome."--luok.
NO ROOM FOP. HIM.
i "Thank heaven I" muttered tho poor
fcirl who was serving as the heroine of
a paper novel.
Aud yet she had apparently littlo for
which to lo thankful as she cruwUd
into her pallet of straw ou tlio llool iu
tho corner of the room.
She was very, very poor.
And yet tho was thankful.
"Tho advuulagu of a bed -a the
floor," she murmured, as she lupsod
jho a sweet slumber, "lies in the feel
ing of security it brings. A man cau
not pwssibly get uuder it." Puck.
SCIENTIFIC AMI INDUSTRIAL.
ITambng has a house of paper.
All true internal parasites ore blind,
being very safe and without necessity
for eyes.
A street railroad operated by gas
engines is being experimented with iu
London.
Harber, the great authority on'fish,
says that every square inilo of the eon
is inhabited by 120,000,000 finny crea
tures. Incandescent eledrio light globes
cannot be stolen from a new lamp
socket recently patented. A key locks
the globe in the sooket.
An analysis ot the California olive
oil made at the experiment station nt
Berkeley proves it to contain ns much
nutriment as roast beef, pound for
pound.
M. Henri Moissan, in the course ol
his lecture the other day before the
New York College of Physicians and
Surgeons, illustrated his teaching by
making a diamond.
By using the electrio light during
the daytime Professor Bailey produced
lilios folly two weeks before the plants
grown uuder the natural conditions
flowered.
An authority on deaf mutes says
that the ratio of deaf mutes to hearing
is one to each 1G00. aocording tD which
there are abont 40,000 such persons
in the United States aud about 1,000,
1103 in the world's entire population.
What is claimed to be the most
powerful locomotive in the world has
just been completed nt Liege. At a
trial trip a speed of forty-Bix miles an
hour was attained with a load of 100
truoks, each containing a dead weight
of twelvo tons.
Fish in aquaria tarn on their side,
or in other ways at times indicate a
diseased condition. If they are taken
out and placed in a vessel of salt water
they will usually recover. They
should remain in the salty water about
twenty-four hours.
A New Jersey man has invented a
new trolley pole which does away with
one trolley wire on a donble-traokroad,
the connection being made with the
side of wire, instead of tho undor sur
face, thus allowing two cars to pass
each other without the interference of
the trolleys.
The project of building a power
nursery at Niagara has been revived,
and it is proposed to form the Electrio
Nursery Plant Company, with a capi
tal stoak of $10,000. A two-story
brick structure 300x60 feet is to be
ereoted in the northern part of tha
city, and space and power leased to
small conoerns who do not care to
build a factory of their own.
Treatment of Cliilblnlni.
The medica? expert of the European
edition of the New York Herald dis
cusses the treatment of chilblains
proposed by M. Montmollin, a Swiss
pbysioian. This treatment is very
simple, consisting in washing the
hands four times a day from fifteen
to thirty minutes iu a tepid solu
tion of tannin in wator, 1 to 100,
and twice in soap water for fifteen
minntes. He claims that tho chil
blains oan thus be otired in two weeks.
But, simple as this treatment is, few
people who suffer from chilblains
oan afford to spend two to three hours
a day for a fortnight in the manner
prescribed by Dr. Montmollin. Our
foreign medical correspondant pro
poses a more expeditions and appar
ently an equally etlloacious remedy.
He says :
"For a long time now I have had
good results from prescribing a mix
ture of almond paste, mustard powder
and tannin, for washing the hands,
and a saturated solution of piorio acid
in water to be applied twice a day to
the swollen and even ulcerated skin.
With the first meotiono I oompound
the sensitiveness to oold is awakened,
and oouseqaeutly greater care is taken
in protecting the extremities Bgaiust
chango? of temperature, while with
the latter the chilblain becomes less
painful.
"This treatment, which is really ef
ficaoious, is very simple aud extremely
easy to oarry out."
Dunces Sometimes "luru Out Well."
"The school life of men does not
asually indicate, what they will bo
Dome," said H. Q. Davies, of Indian
apolis, at the Kigs. "It is said that
Indiana's favorite statesman, Oliver
P. Morton, was a very dull boy at
sohool. But what culled the subjeot
to my mind was that a certain candi
date for a State office, who I see was
eleotod, was a schoolmate of mine.
Ha was tha butt of ridicule then,
slovenly, uncouth, lazy and stupid.
He went into the practice cf law, has
achieved distinction as a lawyer, and
prominence as a politician. I have just
heard of the brightest boy in the
school I attended, and he has de
veloped into an all-round loafer and
dead beat. It set mo to thiukiug, aud
taking the averages of my classmates
the half below the average have suc
ceeded far better than those above."
Washington Stur.
It Cuts Diamonds,
It has always been supposed that all
tho snbbtanue that would prove of suf
ficient hardness to be usod in carving
diamonds ha 1 been discovered, but a
French scientist, M. Moissan, has
found a new oompound which ii intln
itely more hard thou tho diamond,
thuu auytuiug which has previously
been heard of.
Tho now discovery is called borou
carbide. It is jot black aud resembles
zeopuito to a considerable extent. It
is not found anywhere, and nature does
not make thisooiubiuaticn unaided. It
is brought about by heutui bono acid
nnd carbon iu uu electrio furnace. Its
cheapness has caused it to liud favor
already uinoug the jewelers of Europe,
aud ouo or two specimens of tho now
compound have reached Now York.
CP EN THY HEART.
Admit Into thy silent breast
The n )tos of but ono bltd.
And lnslantly thy soul will juln
In jubilant accord.
The perfumo of Mnsle flow'r
Inhale like bre ith of (iol,
And in Iho garden of thy heart
A thousand buds will noi
Toward one star In lieaven'sejipans
Direct tKy spirit's fligbf,
And thou wilt have in the wide world
Sly child, enough light.
Johanna Ambrosl'j
HUMOR OF TIIE DAY.
What a funny feeling it must give a
widow the first time tho laughs after
her husband's death. -Atchison Globe.
The roason tho woodman didn't
"spare that tree" was because ho
wasn't that kind of a feller. Texas
Sifter.
"Wool is crawling up again," as the
farmer said when ho pulled down his
flannel shirt and tucked it iu. Texas
Sifter.
"I understaud why tho Japanese
consider it artistic to put just one
flower in a vase." "Well, why is it?"
"It sells more vases." Boston Jour
nal. "You are weak," said a widow to
her son, when he remonstrated against
her marrying again. "I am so weak
that I cannot 'step-father.'" Texas
Sifter.
A Texas editor says : "We never
could understand why so much shot
should be wasted in killing birds
while so many young men part their
hair in the middle." Texas Sifter.
He "Noodles tells ma that when
walking with him last night you wero
fishing for compliments." Sho
"Poor Noodles ; I'm too old a hand to
fish in shallow waters." Detroit Free
Press.
Fathor "Well, May, how would
you like to have a littlo brother?"
May "If it's just the samo to yon,
papa, I'd sooner have n little whito
rabbit with pink eyes." Collier's
Weekly.
The Irish Lecturer "The snperior.
ity of the old architecture over the
new is beyond question, for whera
will you find any modern buildings
that have lasted as long as the ancient
ones. Tit-Bits.
Lanka "What kind of a chicken is
this, Mrs. Hungerford?" Landlady
"A Plymouth Rock, I was told at tha
market." Lanks "H'm I What is
tho difference, if any, between this
and tho common flint variety?"
Pack.
"1 am writing a ploy whioh cannot
fail to be a great success," said Foyer.
"What is its chief features?" "Iu tho
last act the comedian who has per
petrated all the chestnuts dies a mis
erable death." PittsbnrgChrouiolo
Telegraph. "How is it that you ore always in,
debt? You should bo ashamed of
yoursolf." "Come, now; don't bo
too hard on a follow. You would per
haps be in debt, too, if ynu were in
my place." "What place?" "Able
to gotcredit." Odds aud Ends.
Blaason "You ouu;ht to slay at
home and take cure of that cold." Gray
more "I supposol ought, but I can't
spore tho time.' Blazon "If you
don't you may got laid up." Gray-moro--"Oh,
iu that case I'd find time
to attend to it." Roxbury Gazette.
Edith "Is it true that ona has to
kiss the Bible whon ones takes an oath
iu court?" Aunt Mary "In soma
States, I believe." Edith "Then
that's what Harry Prinoo must have
meant when he said ho knew me like
book. He wanted to kiss me." Bos
ton Transcript.
"Tuko my word for it," said ono
gentleman to another, "tho now
woman only oomes from one county."
"Which is that?" asked the other.
"Middlesex." "Ah! why so?" "Be
cauee she has not yet become a gen
tleman, and is certainly not a lady."
London Spare Moments.
The Oyster Still Plentiful.
"'Ihere may bo an end to the oyster
business some time," remarked nu old
oysterman, "but it won't come for
many years yet. Tho oyster beds of
Chosupeake Biy alono aro 3:)00 square
miles in extent, and while the oysters
there are probably not as plentiful as
they were sonio year n-, thero is
still a good supply, notwithstanding
the number dredged yearly. Of lata
years tho supply has been very cou
sidorably increased, owiug to the
millions of small oysters dredged off
the ooast of the C-troliuas, aud planted
in tho Chesapeake Bay to grow. Wheu
the ocean oyster is first dredged it is
too salt to eat. Ju several years, how
ever, it loses its fiery aud very salt
taste aud soon increases iu size.
Though oystsrs are plentiful all along
Load Island Sound, aud good, too,
yet tho great supply is tiken from
Chesapeake Bay. tho annual yield of
which is over 3'.),U00,00i) buiuels."
Washington Star.
Privule hwiiiumiii; T.iu!i.
Swimming taulis are now being
placed iu tho baseiueutsof many man
sions on Filth avenue, New York City,
lii' houses that possets these luxuri
ous bathing unuexes frequently hold
merry swimming parties, which ora
said to bo fashionable. 'Iho lad is
especially popular aiuoui; tho ladies,
and "bathing hops" will probably bo
added to the pleasures of society be
fore tho end of tho winter season. The
unfinished mausion of I'. 1'. Hunting
ton, at Fifth uveuuo aud Fifty-seveutU
street, contains a gorgeously oou
strueto I Turoo-liussian bather, larger
by lar thuu any other privato bath iu
tho oily, poruupi iu the world. It
occupies uhuout the eutiro basement
lloor. Tho luo.st in i,ui iei'ut bath
rooms iu tho world aro bit.d to bo iu
the huiucs of rich GotLumitci,