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Republican.
'lucre has been a steadily increasing
i.mniiJ for American horses in
England. This mny hnvo arisen
iftrgcly fromj tho greatly reduced
rices.
AmericRD flBher Indians used to live
in the proportion of 100 to twenty
: ut square miles, whereas in India
tit) 3 persona are found t.n the
rngo .of twenty-four snu'tre milos
.'.! in Europe 15,00".
ia rr.i! il. : . . cror 'William 13
utility of rocall--
whom he loaned to
. ..veraient for the pur
. instructing tho Mongolian
.iiorsinthe arts of civilized war
lure; '
Xho ICO families near Dnlutb.Minn.,
n lo'have sold out there and aro about
testart for Georgia, are only tho ad
vance gflard of, a host of immigrants
i UU ntiuutnjuta luu nullum vuiiium,
will como from the Northwest to
Georgia ' during tho next twelve
rriontbf '
eh phygioinn is said to Lave
d ii means of injecting phys
ical cotirngo into a man by means of A
hypodermio syringe, A little of tho
liquid wouhlnot be a bad addendum
to the kit of certain alleged cycle iao
ing men, who always want to quit after
jhoy have ridden a lnp or two. For
lzefighters of the modern type, it
Ould, however, bo duugorous. It
iight Manse them to fight. .
1 41.- Il1. T...r..l
Iron ha been culled tho thermome
r jf tr-.li; and perhaps it does fur
:i n bolter taut of general oomtner
: 13 I tions than any other oao
U in therefore- gratifying to
Atlanta Journal to ob3orvo a rery
uul tone in the pe,rioliools in this
W wh are devoted to the vari
Vnrtments of tho iron trade.
exei'Dtion thev "declare that
;;.S. been a roraarkablo improve.
iour in business and thit the iuJioi
' 'i : nra that this improvement will
: 'iniir., -
" .Miimn Palace Car Company
i iriaurauoo policy
iv time a passenger
At least, that is what
.hi courts have held in the
nylit against the company by
I, McQuflla-an. a tea merchant
' i, John, New Brunswick. He
!ii a ticket in Boston, but when
"Hiit on board found all the berths
'! '"id occupied, and ho had to ao
: i a seat in tbe car. During tho
lit the bent was shut off and heoon-.i--i,l
a sovore cold, flo asked, $20,
' I damages.
TI10.B1 'more Sun says that Julius
' I inn A. is to establish the beot-sngar
'u-fry in South Carolina. . He has
v L:Ay returned from Germany,
h,!i e he spent some time among the
Armors in the interest of his project.
Ho will bring over COO families from
S irony within tho next two years.
He hits secured 18,000 aores of land in
South Carolina, and will divide it into
f iron of twenty-Qvo, fifty and one
hundred acres. The average size of
n beot-sugar farm will be about fifty
u:rc. It is not proposed to plant tho
I-v 'To of this land in the single orop,
r o devote a third t beets and put
i rest iu the' usual-crops of the
.n-iiib,'
What are wasps good for? Frofes
eor Meldola explains iu Nature: "We
found hundreds of wings scattered
about the window-ledge inBide the
room, and we were at first at a loss to
explain the depredation. While
watching, tho mystery was solved.
Tiio upper part of the window had
Keen left open a few inches, and a
ua-p cume through, caught a fly on
t iso glass pane, instantly clipped off
its wings, and flew out of the open
upper pnrt of the window with the
body. Other wasps followed and re
peated the process. For about an
hour we observed the continuous
arrival of wasps, every one of which
tecured a fly before departing."
J mi go Barker, of Arkansas, has just
Wo.l, leaving behind the unique dis
n ii, tiou of having imposed the death
re unity on more men than any other
.i.i iht iu the Uuited States. This may
t-ecui a Hurt of gruesome bouquet to lay
upon a dead man's grave, remarks the
t York Times, but when we
consider the increasing number of
homicides in the United State.", and
the em all number of executions (less
than the lyuohingh), it is not such a
mean tributa after ull. It would be
interesting to know how Judge Parker
inuuugtd to get juries that would
convict. It would also be worth
wLile lo inquire how many of his
teuteiices were tet aside by Appeliato
Courts or defeated by pardons from
the Governor. .At all events, a few
More Judges like Parker are needed ill
Arkansas -uu J several other States,
A HUMAN BOt.IL.
A wise tniin walknd by the river,
And tho wnfnr spirit's Bl(jU '
As she yearned for a soul, it moved him,
And h in inured thiiii bor cryi
"Ciwi yon smile whan your hoart is nching?
Itnir.mnbor wlmn otlier.i forftntV
LnnRh llKhtly, whlla hope Is taking
Its flnal fiirswoll of youi ynt
B'oet the world, and strive oa to the ending
Of life, be It over so dread;
Firm la faith, without falter, unbending;
With never a sigh or a tear?"
"All .this I enn do," said she.
"Can yon face your life if left lonely,
While another has Rained his rest,
And you have the memory only
Of one who was truest and best!
For evor to you tho world's brlghtnoss
Then passes away for ayej
The sun will Rrow cold, and no llRhtne?s
Can ptorce through that darkest day."
"All this I can do," said she.
"Can you pauso to do doods of kindness
In the midst of your deepest woe?
For grief, it must not bring blindness
To tho trials of others bolow.
Yon must ever strive on, and your sorrow,
Though heavy and soro to bear,
Remains till tho dawn of that morrow,
When pain it Is no more there."
"All this I can da," s lid sho.
Made nnswer tho wise man slowly,
"If this be so, and thou
Canst bear grief, yet holp the Bufforln.f, '
Thou hast a soul even now."
F. Poneook, iu Chambers's Journal.
A PAIR OF EAR DROPS.
HE queerest things
that happen pever
find their way into
the newspapers. It
is difficult to see
why ; perhaps it is
becauee thev are too
n ii a a r. For in.
l-KJS-l stance, I doubt if
: . l - . -
yon have ever heard
of a certain lit range
incident that hap
pened only a season or two ago in that
select sootion of the fashionable world
known as "society.".
A lady of title. Lady Barmouth, re
quested me to call on her one morning
about the beginning of June, tho Lon
don season being then at its height.
"I want yonr beip, Idr. Lowe," sho
beian, and then stopped awkwardly.
''Perhaps yon are not aware that at
several balls and dinner parties this
season there have been jewels and or
naments stolen. It has, of oonrse,
caused a great deal of Unpleasantness.
In several oases trinkets have been
actually taken from the wearers, with
out their knowing how it was done,
or who did it."
I heard several wild tales of articles
having been missed at fashionable
gatherings, and there was soma spec
ulation as to who was the culprit. Tho
articles wore not, as a rule, of im
mense value, and they always disap
peared singly, consequently no pnblio
notice had been directed to tho,, mat
ter. In one or two cases the police
had been consulted, but it was impos
sible for them to help. There could
be no doubt that the thief was a per
son who mixed in society as an equal ;
probably a women, who had allowed
her love of jewelry to tempt her to
dishonesty.
"I 'presume, then, that tho er
thief is a guest a person in sooiety ?"
I said inquiringly.
"I am afraid so. Two or three
things were missed at a dunoe whioh I
gave last week. Now, I am giving
another danoa next Thursday, and I
am, of oonrse, most anxiouj it should
not occur again, at any rate in my
house. I thought I would engage
yonr services for the evening, to see
if you could detect anything bus
pioious. Of oourse, you wou.ld be
treated as a guest."
I made arrangements about terms,
and it was agroed that I should be in
troduced as an American, by name
Captain Burke.
"I suppose, Lady Barmouth," I
said ourelessly, "you don't auepeot
anybody in particular?"
"Ob, no," she said, lint I noticed
what I thought was a look of J anxiety
on her face, and mado a mental note
of it.
As I was leaving, Lady Barmouth
(aid: "Of oourse, Mr. Lowe, you quite
understand, there must be no expose.
If yon make any disoovcries, they
must bo treated as secrets. I can't
have a scene of any kind. It must be
hushed up."
I returned to the office impressed
with two ideas. First, that my task
was one of those delicate oases that re
quire all your tact and yield very lit
tle erodit; secondly, that Lady Bar
mouth kuew more, or at any rate,
gueesed more, than, she oared to tell.
Thursday evening arrived, and I
went to Merion Houso. Praotically,
my duty was to mingle with the guests,
enjoy myself, and keep my eyes wide
open. Nothing seemed to be more
improbable than that there should be
thief among the brilliant throng
ihat crowded the rooms. Everything
was oouduoted in tbe most eumptuous
and luxurious style, a Hungarian band
discoursed the sweetest of danoe
musio, and the guests were among the
higheut in the laud.
For a long while nothing occurred
of tbe smallest signiticauce. But at
about 2 o'clock in tho morning, while
I was sitting in a snug corner of the
conservatory, where cigarotte emoking
was permitted, I noticed a couple take
np a position in the opposite corner.
They were both young, and evidently
very much in love with one another.
The girl was handsomely dressed, and
wore some valuable jewels. In par
ticular I noticed a pair of diamond
ear drops, which hud just come into
fushiou airHu. Without heingacou-
noUseur ol f-v ,UH "tunes, I under-
stand them JWi-ough to know that j
these were very valuable indeed, and
likely to bo worth several hundred
pounds.
These two young people were sitting
ont during a dance, and they flirted
all through a set ol lancors, without
any impatience at thoir length.
At last they got np and went into
the ball room ngniu. On the chair
where the girl had beon sitting, lay
something shining. I strolled across
and examined it. It was her vinai
grette, which sho had probably loft
there by accident. I replaced it,
thinking it might serve as a trap for
our fashionable thief, if he were iu
the neighborhood, and withdrew to
my corner, where I wns almost invis
ible. Presently an old gentleman strolled
out to smoke a cigarette. He
was a tall, hnndsorae, intellect
ual looking man, rith the air
of the true aristocrat. His name I
didn't know, but 1 had noticed him
chatting with the guests. Hewns evi
dently Known to every one, and was a
man of social importance.
Presently his eye caught tho little
jewelled vinaigrette. Ho looked care
lossly round the conservatory, to see
if ho were observed, and picked it np.
He now had his back to me. I was on
the point of stepping np to him, when
he turned round, and replaced the
vinaigrette and walked quietly away.
It was luoky I had not moved, I
should have looked rather foolish.
Same ourioas instinct ba le me cross
the conservatory, and look at the
vinaigrette again. Without thinking
abont it I put it to my nose.
The next thing I remember is, that
I found myself sitting in a chair.
Gradually, things beoame clearer.
The vinaigrette lay by my side. It
was drugged. For a few minutes I
had lost consciousness. I still felt
dizzy anl sick, but knowing that
everything depended on my being
prompt and acute, I managed with an
effort to pnll myself together.
Then arose tlu qestion. What
should I do next? Should I go'straight
to the man who had tampered with
the vinaigrette? A mem ent's thought
showed me that that would bo worse
than usoloss. 1 had no proof of any
thing. The situation must be allowed
to develop itself before I interfered.
After Borne little reflection, I decid
ed to go back to the drawing room,
where I could see what was going on.
Under'any circumstances I must not
lose sight of the girl to whom the vin
aigrette belonged.
For nearly half an honr I waited in
vain. She danced with two or throe
different men, but did not seem to
have missed it.
At last, after one of the dances, sho
appeared to be looking for something.
With what was, I presume, an apology
to her partner, she skipped across the
room to a group of girls. Evidently
she was asking if any ol them had seen
her viniagrette. For some time she
got no information, but presently a
girl who was passing, leaning on a
man's arm.lturned round and made
some remark, pointing with her fan to
the conservatory door. The owner of
the viniagrette gave a little nod of
thanks, and hurried aorosa the room.
All this timo I obsorved that the
man who had drugged the scent bot
tle, and who was chatting with some
of the people standing abont, watched
the girl closely.
As soonas she left the drawing room
ho broke off his conversation, and
strolled quietly toward the conserva
tory. As be passed through the cur
tains I noticed that he glanced round
to see if he were being followed.
That settled it; I had found my
man, and must act promptly. Lady
Barmouth was staudiug near the
piano. Remembering her injunction
that there was not, under any circum
stances, to be an expose or a scene, it
was necessary to proceed with caution
I oaught her eye withoutmuoh diffi
culty. She understood at once that 1
had something to say, and disengaged
herself from her friends.
"Will you come with me to the con
servatory?" I said quietly. "I be
lieve I have solved the mystery.
She turned pale. "Very well," sho
said. "Give me yonr arm. Be care
ful what you do, Mr. Lowe, she added,
in a troubled voice; "it must be
hushed np."
When we reached the conservatory
we found, just as I expected, the
young lady lying back in a chair un
conscious. Her ear drops were miss
ing. "Miss Dainton has fainted," said
Lady Barmouth.
"One moment," I Said ; "there is no
cause for alarm. Do you see what
has happened? Her diamond ear drops
have disappeared."
"Do you know who it is?" she whis
pered. "Yes. Her vinaignette has been
drugged not sufficiently to do her
any harm. I saw it done."
"What shall I do ? Fetoh Lord Ba r
mouth, will you? He must advise
me."
"Whioh is Lord Barmouth?"
Sheoame to thecurtaius, and pointed
him out to me.
"Very well," said 1. "Chafe Miss
Dainton's hands, and try to bring her
round, but don't bend for any help at
present."
I don't think I ever felt so reluctant
to proceed with a case as I did at that
minute. The man whom Lady Dar
mout had pointed out as her husband
was the man who had drugged the
vinaigrette who had followed Miss
Dainton into the conservatory. In a
word, Lord Burmouth was a klepto
maniac "Will you some with me into the
conservatory, Lord Barmouth?" I said.
As I spoke I looked him sternly in the
face. He turned deadly white, and
his eyes shifted nervously about the
room.
"What's the matter?" he said, hus
kily. "Is anything wrong?"
"Mies Dainton has fainted."
"Ob," he murmured, with relief.
"And her cur drops have disap
peared, " I added. For a moment I
thought he was going to drop down.
I put my arm through his, and led him
toward the conservatory. Ho was
trembling like a leaf.
When wo got well Into the shadow
of tho curtains I stopped. "Lord
Barmouth." I said qnietly, "take my
advion and give them up to me at
once."
"What do yon moan?" he said
hoarsely.
"The car drops. It will prevent a
scene."
He put a trembling hand into the
breast pocket of his dress coat and
gave me the far drop?. He did it like
a man in a dream, and I really believe
that for tho time being he was uncon
scious. Then he turned away and left
the drawing room hurriedly.
"Will he not come?" said Lady
Barmouth, with nu awful look of
tronblo in her eyes.
"Lord Barmouth is not well," I re
plied. "Here nro the ear drops."
The poor woman wont scarlet. She
knew what I meant and I was deeply
grieved for her. From the first she
must have had a faint suspicion of ttie
truth, and wns anxious to save him
from publio disgrace and scandal.
She was thoroughly unnerved.
Miss Dainton showed signs of return
ing consciousness.
"Now," I said, "put the ear stops
back into her ears, fehe won't know
what has happened."
Lady Barmouth replaced them with
trembling lingers.
"Send some one to look after this
girl ; I'll stop with hor till holp oomes.
But you must go and find your hus
band. Make haste," I added, signifi
cantly, "or you will be too late."
My work was not quite over. When
Lady Barmouth found her husband in
his dressing room he was, as I feared,
on the point of committing suicide.
She saved him. A number of trink
ets, some of great value, were found
in his Bate. There is, of course, only
one explanation. On that one point
Lord Barmouth was mad. There was
no object in his stealing ladies' orna
ments, as he is a very waalthy man,
and had not put them to any use.
There was not much difficulty iu
finding their respective owners. I re
turned them myself, asking eaoh one as
a matter of courtesy ,to make no inquir
ies as to how they fell into my posses
sion. London Tit-Bits.
The Tasmniiian Zebra-Wolf.
The Tasmanian zebra-wolf, or native
tiger, is not related to either zebra,
wolf or tiger, but belongs to the same
family os the kangaroo, the wombat
and the opossum those animals which
have pouches wherein to carry their
young. But the animal is striped like
a zebra, and is as ravenous and fierce
in its nature as wolf or tiger. He is
the most formidable marsupial of the
more than sixty varieties, and is the
largest and most dreaded of all the
mammals in Australasia.
The zebra-wolf has a dog-like face, a
wolf's short and ereot ears, eyes like
an owl, stripes like a zebra and pouoh
like a kangaroo. He is a night
prowler. The light of day blinds him
as it blinds an owl, and, when pressed
by' hunger, he emerges during the
daytime from his lair, his movements
are slow and ho is easily slain.
Tho eyes, which are large, are fur
nished with a nictitating membrane.
This is almost continually moving
in the daytime, as the pupils are ex
posed to the light.
The general color of the short,
woolly fur is grayish brown, inclined
to yellowish. Across this ground
color the black bands show up sharp
and clear. These stripes are usually
fourteen in number, beginning just
back of the shoulders, whore they are
narrowest, and growing broader and
longer back to the haunches. ' The
skins are in demand for laprobes and
rugs.
It is not unlikely that in the oourse
of a few years the zebra-wolf will hava
become entirely exterminated.
Long Voyage Iu a Small Craft.
Yesterday's Australian mail brings
news of the arrival at Sidney of Cap
tain Slocum, an adventurous Ameri
can mariner, who had voyaged alono
from Boston in a little oraft of thir
teen tons called the Spray. He left
Boston on April 24, 1895, and reached
the Australian oost on September 29,
1390. Asked what sort of a passage he
hud, the oaptain, who is described as
a tall, thin, wiry-looking Yankee, with
a bald head and a pair of bright blue
eyes, philosophically replied : "It was
not fine by any meaus. A voyage in
ajcraft like this, without a single com
panion, involves many hardships ; but
the sea is my proper element and I
managed to pull through all right.
Yon see, 1 have faith in the Almighty
and great faith in myself, consequent
ly everything turns up correct." The
captain killed time by reading novels
and he slept just whenever he liked.
He called at rioruou, where he saw
Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson. He also
called at Juan Fernandez and he had
up in e rough experiences rounding
Cape Horu. London Chroniole.
Organ and Bell Duet.
A duet by a chime of bells and a
pipe or(;an was tried at St. Paul's
Episcopal Church, Des Moines, Iowa.
It waa tho first timo such a thing hag
ever been accomplished. By means
of a telephonic connection established
between tho bolls and the organist,
the latter heard tho chimes while at
his position at the organ by a funnel
attachment to an ordinary telephone
apparatus. Chicago Iuter-Oceuu,
1'rotldeut Italians.
There -ire about 1,000,000 Italians
in the United States. One-third of
them settled iu the principal cities.
Half of tlese are laborers. Fifty per
cent, are illiterate. They are hard
and steady workers, very saving, aud
anxious to improve themselves, Pitt
burg Dispatch, . .
THE MEto SIDE OF LIFE.
8T0RIE3 THAT ARK TOLD BY THE
FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS.
Her HIrIi Notes Its Usefulness Kx
plalncil A Definition Some Suf
fer How Ho Kefrnined, Ktc.
Strong In the upper register
Is the voice of neighbor Huc
I live in the flat above hr, and
It comes right up the flue.
Truf
A DEFINITION.
Little Joan "Mamma, what in ft se
cret?" Mrs. Talkington "Something you
toll, dear." Puck.
ITS r8EPtn,KES3 EXPLAINED.
. "What's a dictionary, Chris?"
"Oh, it's a book where you look np
the words that other peoplo don't
know the meaning of."
BOMB SUFFER.
"Docs your husband suffer from
asthma, Mrs. Widdleby?"
"Well, ho has it ; but he makes the
rest of us do the suffering." Chicago
Record.
KO JEALOUSY.
Friend "i suppose the baby is
very much attached to his papa."
Mamma "Extremely. Ho won't
let anyone else walk the floor with
him at night." Puck.
"I may not be a red-hot success as a
business woman, but I usnally manage
to have several irons in the fire."
The fair young damsel blissfully re
sumed tbe task of curling her "gold
lng" tresses. Naw York Journal.
HOW HE REFRAINED.
He "I hope yon ladies appreciate
I ho great self control 1 am exhibit
ing." One of the Girls "Self control?
In whot way?"
"I have said nothing about a thorn
between two roses." Truth.
TWO VIEWS.
He "Mrs. Brown is a remarkably
candid woman."
She "Why do you think so?"
He "She admits that her baby is
not as pretty as ours."
She "I call that insincority. A wo
man who could bring herself to say any
thing like that h not to be trusted."
Puck.
HE WANTED TO KNOW.
Little Clarence "Pa?"
Mr. Callipers "There, my bou ; stop
right where you are I I do not know
who Cain's wife was, nor why Monday
does not come on Friday, nor why soma
people can wiggle their ears and others
cannot, nor anything of the kind."
Little Clareuoe "Oh, pshaw, pal I
wasn't going to ask any snoh foolish
questions. I just wanted to know why
peoplo always write finis without the
final h." Puck.
REASONABLE.
Lawyer "I am very sorry, Miss
Passay, bnt the Court of Appeals has
reversed the deoision iu your breach-of-promise
suit."
Client "Goodness! Then I won't
get the ten thousand dollars damages,
after all?"
Lawyer "Well, we must try the
case again."
Client "Then I just think you
ought to get me five thousand more
for this new shock to my feelings."
Puok.
BURINO TIIE ENGAGEMENT.
Aunt Susan "What, sitting up
writing at this hour?"
Carrie "Yes, auntie, it's only a
little note to Harry."
Aunt SuBau "Why, Harry left you
only five minutes ago. "
Carrie "Yes; but there is some
thing I forgot to ask him, and it's very
important."
Aunt Susan "Yes?"
Carrie "I asked him if he loved
me, aud he said yes, but I forgot to
ask him if he would love me always."
Boston Transcript.
TAUGHT Bl EXPERIENCE.
The wedding will ooour very soon,
and she was telling her mother about
her plans for a home.
"When Harold is out late at night,"
she said, "I shall not scold him. I
shall try to be reasonable about it. 1
think I shall go so far as to keep a
light burning for him to make it seem
cherry when he returns."
Her mother was silent.
"Don't you think it would be a good
idea to keep the light burning for him?"
the daughter persihted.
"Well, it might do very well for the
first month or so. But after Harold
has paid a few gas bills you will prob
ably conoludo that it will bo just as
well to put the matchi & where he can
find them easily and turn the light
out," was the reply.
To Kuu'Jcr S!ioi' Waterproof,
Mix, over a slow fire, a pint of dry
ing oil, two onnces of yellow wax,
two ouueus of turpentine aud hall an
ounoe of Burgundy pitch. Lay the
mixture, while hot, on the boots or
shoes, with a sponge. When thoy aro
dry, apply it aain and again, uutit
the louther is finally saturated. Thou
put tuoiu away and do not wear thou
until they have become eluutio auiu.
New York Journal.
Too Fust for a Swallow.
A swallow is considered one of the
fastest of flyiug birds, and it was
thought until recently that no insect
could escape it. A naturalist tells of
an exoitiug chase he saw between a
swallow aud a dragon fly, which is
amumx the swiftest of insects, tho lat
ter finally escaping.
SCIENTIFIC AM) INDUSTRIAL,
A sciontiot says that the entire sup'
ply of coal will bo exhausted in 735C
years.
In the myxine we have an eye in
which tho optio nerve has entirely
disappeared.
Wind power is dorivod from tho un
equal heating of various portions of
the earth by the sun's rays.
There is a scheme on foot to furnish
electric power to tho City of Mexioo
from pout beds nine miles distant,
owned by Boston men.
Acid phosphato or super phosphate
is the phosphate rook extensively
mined in South Carolina, Flordia and
Tennessee, dissolved in snlphurio acid.
It averages H per cent, phosphoric
acid, and soils in car lots at 812 to $1(3
per ton.
The health of the European army
serving in India was in 1834, on the
the whole, less sotisfactory than in tbe
previous year; tho death rate rose
from 12.61 to 16.07, and the total loss
by death and invaliding was 42 per
1000, being an increase of 4 per 1000
on the previous year.
In due timo it is likely that an ex
planation will reach us of the great
prevalence of smallpox in Marseilles.
In the seven months preceding July
80 there had been 4G8 deaths iu that
city from variola ; and at this day peo
ple expect some explanation of the
reason why so many preventable deaths
have occurred.
On tho French State railways it is
stated that a number of passenger care
in whioh all the parts were formerly
manufactured from brass, copper and
iron, with the exception of nxles,
wheels, bearings and Bprings, brake
beams and couplings, are to be con
Btructcd of aluminum. The weight ol
a oar providod with aluminum fittings
is one and a half tons loss than thnt ol
the old coaches. As on ordinary trait
in France consists of twenty vehicles,
tho weight of the train would thuj be
reduced by thirty tons.
The Palm's Records.
Marvelous things are claimed of
palmistry, not only by thoso whe
practice it as a profession, but by
many who have seen the prophecies ol
palmists come true in actual life.
Telling the past by tho lines of the
hands is, however, almost a new art.
There is a man in town who beliovce
he can do it, at least so far as mar
riages are concerned. Still further,
he claims that the lines of tho hand
show whether a marriage in the past
ended in divorce and whioh party it
was that obtained tho divorce.
"It is also possible," ho said the
other day, "to find in tho palms the
records of the number of ono's mar
riages, a hiut of the experiences ol
courtship and whether married life
proved smooth or otherwise. . I saved
one young woman from a bigumiid
once. He was engaged to her, and
they came together to mo. 'i'ou urt
married already,' I said, after look'
ing at his palm. Ho only laughed,
but the young woman investiguteJ
and found it was true,
"On another occasion I saw in the
hand of a hotel keeper the reoord ot
two marriages ouo nt twenty-foui
years, ana tho other at fifty. When 1
told him be was simply amazed. "1
was married onco at twenty-four," he
said, 'and again nt forty-eight."
"The hands are the records of the
body. It is amazing what all is writ
ten there." New York Herald.
A Cui ioin Freak of a Momi,
There aro still evidences of the re
cent flood along tho route of the
4-Great Northern and Northern Pacitio
Railways. Near tho narrow-gauge
road, about fourteen miles from Seat
tle, is a small house, about twelve by
fourteeu feet, perched on the top of a
large cedar stump. How the "house
holds its placo in its exposed position
is a mystery, for it sways to and fro
in the wind, and, though it has been
blowing very stiff the last few. days,
the cabin still holds on.
Much damage has been done to farm
property along tho banks of the rivers,
and many hundred miles of fences
have been swept away. Many hop
ranchers have lost their poles, and
several of the hopyords in the White
River valley are utmost ruined, as a
thick coating of saud, brought down
by the river, bus settled on tho land,
covering it in many cases to the depth
of several inches. The majority of the
ranches, being on the bottom lands,
have suffered a great loss in domestic,
fowls and the prico of fresh eggs has
gone to thirty-five cents a dozen.
Portlund Orogouiau.
Use ilnt fiinittco 'as.
An interesting plant is being pnl
down in the iron works at Hoerde, io
Germany, says the Loudon Electrician.
The gas irom the blast furnace, which
rosembles Dowson gas, is to be utilized
in large gas engines, which will be
coupled to three phuso dynamos, gen
erating currents at a high vollugu.
The initial experiments have given
good results. Should the system prove
practicable it will pave the way to the
extended use of ulectrio transmission
of power in iron works.
The use of blast furnace gases iu gat
engines has been attempted before
both iu England aud Gurmauy, but
no cheap and suitable method ol
cleansing the gas has yet buuu devised,
anil u gnat di al of olcuusiug is uocea
sury before the gus cuu bo used iu the
gus engine.
A Court Painter Demi.
M. Boguloboff, tho Russiun court
painter, who painted tho picture of
the Kussiuu fleet ut Toulon, preseutel
by Alexander ill to the Puns Circle
Milituirc, bus just died ut the ngo ol
sevenly-lwo years. Ho caught eold
while making sketches of the arrival
of the Czur ut Cherbourg for a picture
'which Nicholas II had ordered.
THE MITTEN,
Tho night was Trosty, bright and olear,
And Bessie, oosy as a kltton,
Was snuggled at my side, her doar
Bmall hand held in mine, for foar
It might chill through her mitten.
The sleigh bolls jluglod. I, absurd.
With Bosslo's charms was deeply smitten.
Tho maro skimmed onward like a blrdj
Of love I uttered not a word,
But still clasped hand and mitten.
" 'Tis love that makes the world go roifnT,"
No truer words wero evor written.
My tongue, and Bessie's lips I found)
And wbon we parte.l, on tho ground
I found her tiny mitten.
I have it yet. It's contraband.
My wife don't know how I was bltton,
'Twas long ago, you understand.
Borne othor fellow got her hand,
And I I got the mitten.
Chicago Record.
HUMOR OF TIIE DAY.
When a woman is deceived some
man is avenged. Life.
Every man thinks he understands
women perfectly, until he falls in love
with one. Lile.
Adolphus "I've half a mind "
Kate "There, Dolly, don't exagger
ate." Boston Transcript.
"Is Wheelhd a man of his word?"
"I fear not. He says he has a bloyclo
lamp that never goes out." New York
Evening Journal.
Smith "So you were married on
election day, were you? You didn't
vote, then." Brown "No, I was
pairod." Somorville Journal.
'Well, now that you are back, you
can tell us 'how muoh it costs to go to
Europe." "All you've got and all you
oou borrow over there." Judge.
"What is a 'coign of vantage,'
papo?" "Something American girls
use in catching foreign husbands, my
son." Cincinnati Commercial Tri
bune. Maud "Why did Mabel give np
Clarence Sprocket?" Maydio "Oh,
he got a new wheel and she objected
to the make." New York Commercial
Advertiser.
Benedict "That adage 'Marry in
haste and ropen t at leisure' is all bosh I"
Singloton "Why?" Benedict "Be
cause married men have no leisure."
Boston Traveler.
"My dear," expostulated his wife,
' "why will you eat suoh a hearty break
fast on Sunday morning? You know
you are almost sure to have a night
mare in churoh." Detroit Tribune.
Puffy "Just savod a man's life."
Gnffy "How was that?" Puffy
"Met a follow on the street. Said he'd
blow my brains out if I didu't give him
my watch. Gave him the watch."
Tit-Bits.
Not Neoossarily Mutual : Mother
"My doar, there can bo no domestia
happiness unless there aro mutual
concessions." Married Daughter
"Nonsense, mother. We could get
along very well if Charles would inako
concessions. " Puck.
Apprehensive: "I'm really worried
about the baby," said young Mrs. Tor
kins. "Charloy's worried abont her,
too." "Is her health failing?" "Oh,
no. It's her future that bothers us.
We found her the other day trying to
put her foot in her month, and we're
afraid she's going to grow up to be a
ballot dunoer." Washington Star.
Whcro They Never Stamp Letters.
The letters that the Sikh police, in
Singapore, seud their kindred in In
dia, and those that they reoeive in re
turn, are almost invariably minus any
postage stamps. One of their European
otlicorB noticing this, asked one of the
men the reason for this universal
omission, aud it was explained that
the native postmau's ideas of honor
concerning the delivery of native let
ters aro restricted to towns. Should
the epistle bo addressed to a man in
the village some miles from the office,
tbe postman duly takes the letter and
starts, but after going a little way.
Blips into the nearest patch of jungle
and throws it away, thus saving him
self auy further trouble in the matter.
It is curious to note thnt letters are
seldom rifled. The trouble of walk
ing so fur for a mere letter seems to
worry the nutive mind, and no curi
osity is aroused as to the contents.
It the letter, however, is unstamped,
the unhappy postman must deliver it
at its destination, as he is bound to
produce on his return a receipt for
the line iuipotod for the omitted
stamps.
They bear no ill will to the post
man probably they would do the
same iu his place; but they know the
length of his tether aud take steps to
frustrate bis methods accordingly.
(laut Turtles.
The most giguutio turtles that ex
isted during the geological ages ap
pear to have inhabited the foothills of
the Himalaya Mountains. The shells
and bones of these cxtiuot oreatures,
which occasionally wash out of the
ravines where they have been buried
for uutold ages, prove that they were
more thuu twioo as large as any speci
men of the tortoise family which now
exists. A specimen of the shell of oue
of these old-time mounters which may
be been in tho National Museum at
Calcutta is C1 inches thiok, twelvo
feet and a fraction in length, 8 feet
broad and more thuu rive feet in
height wheu tduudiug upsido down
like uu inverted saucer.
Itrs'ni'liug lo Spectacles.
As a result of the examiuation ot
4 )Ut) eyes, Dr. Miles, of Bridgeport,
Conn., found that sixty five per cent,
required glasses. Tho women and
girls far exceed tho men and boys,
duo period during which tho people
have the moid truublo with their eyes
is between twenty and thirty.
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