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VOL. XXX. NO. 5.
TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 1897.
S1.00 PEll ANNUM.
i
Japan's two principal article of ex
port silk iinl tea are produced
chiefly by women.
England's henrt is withtlrceee, no
cording to London advices, but her
gnus and fleets are with Turkey.
The fearful possibility of baring tc
llirive by internal industry instead of
living oil tribute seems to have reduood
Spain to tho border of nervous pros
tration.
The city of Liverpool, England, it
about to oopy Glasgow, Scotland, and
tike over tho wholo of the street rail
roads. The price to be paid is about
Sl2.803.500.
Tho country editor picked np one of
bis metropolitan exohangos and read:
"The charming littlo soubrotto, Eva
Ilollia-Wbopper, has just purchased a
new bull dog." "It is blame funny,"
said he to himself and the cat, "that
city pnpera publish thntj sort of staff
nnd then mako fnn of me for mention
ing tha,t Squire Jim Drown has paint
ed his born."
What is probably the lowoft rate
made by any railroad in the world is
credited to the Boston and Maine sys
tem. Between Boston and Bber
brooko, Quobeo, a distanoo of 200
miles, commuters can got non-transferable
tickots for 890 for 158 rides,
or Afty-sevcn cunts a single ride. That
is a rato of 1.9 mills per mile. The
regular faro between those points is
$7.55.
The magniludo of tho great feat of
modern engineering which is contem
plated in tho proposed Chioago sewage
canal may be more fully appreciated
by a glance at the latest published es
timates of tho work required. Tho
canal is to be twenty-eight miles long,
and so designed as to allow the waters
of Lake Michigan to flow through it
at the rate of 10,030 onbio feet sec
ond. This relooity ot current is ex
pected to dilute tho sewage so thor
oughly as to purify the canal stream
before it shall reach the cities on the
banks of the Illinois river. The width
of the alluvial bottom of the canal will
be 202 foot, and much of the excava
tion mnst bo through solid rook. Ot
. this there it estimated to. be 12,000,-
000 cnbio yards ; of wet soil, 4,500,.
000 cnbio yards, and of alluvial and
hard soil, 23,000,000 cubio yards-
grand total of 40,000,000 onbio yards
for removal.
The geographical position ot Qrccoe
is both its peril and its promise. If
Greece is a storm-centre, it is also to
be considered that at the very en
tranoe of tho tornado is sometime
fonnd perfect peace. Though sur
rounded by enemies, none of whom
wish it good, Greece may find oonso
latiou in the fact of the undoubted, if
unnckuowlodged enmity ot its foes one
toward another. The condition of
this little realm is similar to that of a
bone thrown among a gronp of hungry
dogs. The bono knows that despite
anything that itself may do any one
of these dogs has power to snatch it.
But the bone also finds strength in
the oonsoionsness that as soon as any
ane dog starts to appropriate it an
other oanine will spring angrily for
ward to try conclusions with that dog,
It is a kind ot a negative satisfaction,
this confidence that the bone has, but
it has an element of oorafort.
Scientific inquiry diligently pur
sued has discovered a hitherto udbus
pected source of peril to the pupils of
the publio schools, observes the New
York Mail and Express, In seeking
tho causes of roonrrent indigestion,
oolio, dyspepsia, drowsiness and ner
vous irritability among the chil
dren attending those institutions, it
has been ascertained that the burden of
responsibility is chargeable to pie and
the devastating effects ot the pie
habit The Board of Eduoation has
therefore been called upon to abolish
pie from the school curriculum and
from the lunoh baskets of sohool cb.il
drsn. It is seriously represented that
pie is an obstruction to the progress
ot eduoation, and that until it is to
tally eliminated the schools can never
fully perform the important work for
whioh they are designed. This revo
lutionary movement involves no re
flection upon the moral integrity of
the modern pie. ' It concerns itself
entirely with tho baneful effeots of the
pie habit upon the physical and men
tal condition of those ot its juvenile
victims who go to school. It is pro
posed to rescue these innooents from
the withering embrace- of the great
pie spectre, to banish indigestion and
doubt from their fair young lives, and
to make sure that all their ways may
be free from sorrow and biliousness
all of which, it is profoundly believed
can be most direetly accomplished by
a formal rulo forbidding them to in
dulge in pie during sohool hours.
TUB UtCJS'r FOH Yllfc. CUI.N1KV,
Lot's- hope for the host for the country, whntnvot tlio powers ny l.c
The birds still will slnn In the blossoms tho rivers dash on to t:o sea;
Tho storm fwl the flush of tho rainbow, however tho lhund"r n.ny fill's
The same sun Is shining In splendor tuo snmo Ood Is o" r us all t
Tot's hope for tho boat for tho count ryi tlirro Is J.y for '.bo n'Rlit and tho days
The rinKinn of bolls In tho cities and dolls swwt-s'niriiiK our sorrows away;
Tbero are stars for the gloom of tho midnight, howr-vor the shadows m-iy full
Tho same sklos nre bonding above us the same God Is over us all I
Lot's hopo for tho host for the country, boru's spring with her banners unfurled
The breath of thesliownrlnn blossoms lhat are blown by tho winds o'r tho worU
The s od that ollmhs high to tho harvest, nnd mus'cat vnluoi that ealli
Ibo world's In tho IlKbt of tho glory of tho Qo! tbnt is over us all !
Atlanta Constltiit'on.
K-
MBS. GRANTLEY'S
UY ANNA
118. GRANTLEY
was holding a long,
confidential conver
sation with her in
timate friend, Mrs.
Dinsmore, and the
. m 1
flOkW into each other
NS3. wore full of cha-
grin.
"You remember
what a beautiful
Mrs. Grantloy said,
ohild Amy was?"
the prettiest of all we saw, and we
were now long, malting a soieotion.'
Dear me I I cannot recollect,"
said Mrs. Dinsmoro. "We tisited
every orphan asylum and 'homo' we
heard of, I know. Yos, Amy was a
perfeot little beauty."
"And 1 was so caretui in my uiroo-
tion at every school where I have,
placed her that she should be watched
and prevented from getting freckled
or spoiling her complexion iu any
war. She has been most laiintuuy
cared for, and now, my dear, when I
come home, expecting to find a lovely
girl to introdnoe to society, I arc
fairlr etunnod! Amy is positively
ugly'l"
It is too dreadful I said Mrs.
Dinsmore, with a sympathetic shud
der.
"Of course. I must do my duty by
her," continued Mrs. Grantley, plain
tively, "after giving her the best edu
cation money could procure and all
the tastes and accomplishments of a
lady. I cannot, turn the child away
for what is really no fault of her own.
Of coarso she would be a boauty it
heoouldl But it is a bitter disap
pointment I"
And it was. Sirs. Urantley was a
woman of society, bound t p in the re
quirements of fashion, lady manager
for a dozen or so of popular chari
ties, patroness for many benevolent
schemes, keeping open house for balls,
parties, private theatricals and festivi
ties of all kinds all winter, and lead
ing society in a great measure at
Saratoga, Newport and some other re
sort of fashion all summer. A child-
less widow, with a large inoome, very
handsome, highly educated aud re
fined, she was a very queen in berown
circle for many years. Then, feeling
that her own beauty was waning, she
resolved to give a new charm to her
house, a new interest to tier life, by
adopting a child.
The first, the most essential, reqnls'
ite in her eyes was beauty ; the next
intellect, and witn these sne also re
quired child who was absolutely
friondlesa one woo would bare no
unpleasant relations claiming ao
quaiutanoe at some future date, how
erer remote. It was not easy to meet
all these oonlitions, but the ohild was
fonnd at last ; she was very fair, with
a bloom like a peaob blossom upon
each delioate oheek ; she had fair, soft
hair that onrled naturally, blue eyes
full of sweetnesi and delicate features;
her feet and hands were of aristocratic
proportions, and her figure slender
and gracofu'. A street waif, she knew
of no home oeyond the asylum where
Mrs. Grantley found her, and bad no
relatire of whom sue bad erer beard,
There was no difficulty about the mat
ter, and Mrs. Grantley adopted the
ohild, calling her Amy Grantley, and
delighting to exhibit her in the dain
tiest of ooatumes to her admiring
friends.
When Amy was twelre years old,
baring prored herself an apt scholar
with a good nursery governess, Mrs.
Grantley decided to go to Europe.
She left her adopted child in good
sohool. and corresponded with her
regularly, seeing with delight that the
child mind and beart expanded and
showed cultivation and sweet, maiden
It beauty as her eduoation advanoed,
For seven years Amy remained at
sohool, a conscientious student, tie
lighting in niusio, and showing always
a gentle, lovable disposition.
In her heart there was one shrine
where, next her God, was one object
of absolute worship Mrs. Grantley,
She had never been deoeived regard
ing her own position, knowing that to
ber adopted mother sbe owed every
pleasure and every advantage she en
joyed, fevery action of. ber lite was
influenced by hor gratitude. Loving
stfry for itaown sake, she threw fresh
energy into every accomplishment to
please her friend, ber kind adopted
mother; she made music an absorbing
pursuit, because Mrs. Urautley loved
music, and hor teachers assured her
her strong, pure roioe must give ploas
uro to any true lover of sinuiug.
Year after year the strong hope of
her life was that Mrs. Grantley would
soon return, and she iniirnt in some
way repay what sbe owod her. The
day the summous cauio to her to meet
Mrs. Grantley in what was to be her
future home, the ohild was almost ill
with excitement.
Educated by a lady who considered
it a duty to check any vanity iu her
pupils, Amy had nerer given much
thought to her personal appearance.
;j.
i : i
ft
DISAPPOINTMENT.
HI irilLIl S.
When scarlet ferer robbed hor of her
curls and loft a straight mass of pale.
flaxen hair in their place, che thought
only ot tho temporary baldness as an
inconvenience, and the care of the
straight hair less troublesome than the
curls. Sho did not heed the fact that
the same feror deprired hor of hor ex
quisite complexion, and left a sallow,
colorless one in its place.
Her second teeth wero uneven, sbd
not very while, though sound and
useful. She was graceful in figure,
easy in movement, refined in voice
and tone, a lady in every impulse and
action, but Nre, Grantley's first ex
claimation waB :
"Can this be Amyf flow ugly tou
have grown?"
The words were ungracious, the tone
still more so, and the sensitive, loring
heart felt as if a heavy hand had
crushed all sweetness out of life. The
co'd kiss, the few forced words of wel
come, added to her pain, and, lifting
streaming eyes, she faltered :
"I am so sorry 1 I will try to be
good I" like a grieved child, harshly
reproved for a fault. Sho did try to
atone for that involutary crime, the
loss of her childish beauty, and while
Mrs. Grantley mourned over it, spoke
often ot her bitter disappointment,
and vainly tried by every art ot dress
to recall the lost charms, she yet felt
creeping into her heart day by day a
lore and respect for this homely girl
she' had nerer felt for the beautiful
ohild.
Sometimes she tat and thought of
Amy with a wondering admiration, as
of some strange specimen of humanity
that had nerer before crossed her path.
"bbe is like a nower, sua thought.
"that gires out its sweetest fragrance
when it is crushed. I have let her see
too plainly how she disappoints me,
and she is humbly consoious of my
chagrin, and yet she is so tenderly
loving, so anxious to please mc, that I
believe I shall end by loving her as
well as it she were beautifnl. Leonard
Gresham says she is the loveliest wo
man in sooiety this winter I And yet
she is positirelr homely I"
And Leonard Gresham was not alone
in his opinion. To Mrs. Grantley's
amaeement, Amy was the centre of
circle in sooiety that looked beyond
beauty to find attraction. A circle
that hung entranoed upon the pure,
highly cultivated voice that was al
ways at the servioe of friends i a oircle
that found a charm in conversation
that could touch higher topios than
dress or the merits of the latest prima
donna. Mrs. Grantley made dress a
fine art, and Amy's toilettes were per
footion, while the intellect visible in
her large blue eyes and low, broad
brow, the sweetnees of her smile,
atoned in a great measure for(the want
of beauty in lace and complexion.
Bat ber greatest triumph was not in
society. No praise there, no love of
fered her by the many who sought ber,
made her heart thrill as did Mrs.
Grantley' gradual admissions of her
power to win love.
Lieonard Uresnam, a man of wbose
love any woman might be proud,
sought ber for his wife, and when she
gently refused his suit Bhe was far
prouder of the adopted mother's pleas
nre than of the offer of one of sooiety s
most eligible partis.
"My darling, 1 cannot spare you
yet I" were words that eohoad gladly
in ber heart long after they were
spoken, with an empl asis that proved
tney came from the beart.
There were times when Amy won
dered if the pain the rejection of
Leonard Gresham left in her heart
was not caused by a deeper love than
she had realized she felt whou she gave
it, but the girl s whole mind was bent
upon proring her gratitude to her
dopted mother.
It was a revelation to Mrs. Grantley
to find in so many ways her comfort
and happiness increased after sbe onoe
allowed Amy to manifest hor lore. It
was a long time before this was aooom
plished, for the girl's sensitive nature
shrank from foroing her affection
where it was not needed. But, little
by little, the bumble offers ot serrice
dictated by inteuse gratitude became
daily duties, and the loving heart soon
found new avenues ol uevotiou. Well
trained servants took every menial
care, but no servant oould make Mrs.
Grantley's life overflow with new hap
piness as Amy's devotion soon did.
It seemed as if her heart would break
with joy tho first time Mrs. Grantley
drew her to bur heart, kissed hor lips
and said, fervently :
"My darling I"
No lover ever gave his beloved a
moment of purer, more rapturous de
light than Amy experiuuood in that
hour. Eor two years after life flowed
on in a pleasant stream. hooiety be
oame secondary to home. "Dear
mamma" became a familiar title upon
Amy's lips, and no mother was ever
more fondly loved than Mrs. Grantley
by her "darling."
Then sorrow oame in ghastly shape.
Mrs. Urautley was attacked by a can
it a $ ;
i a '.i ft
cerous affection lint, despite sUill and
care, hcciimo au incurable lii-cn'c,
loathsome to the soffenr and t- the
nime. No hired care could ever have
lieen as tender as that giv?n by Ainy'f
love J no paid nurse could h'ri co
fought fatigue or disgust, All (lav, n'.i
night, tho most watchful care eD oMed
the patient. Kvt-ry omusement In i
slate could bear music, reading,
chatting, were given with eilch love a
provod them an offeriti!? from the
heart, and when tho suffering was too
preat to bear any recreation, Amy was
devoted in nnrsing nnl soothing the
sufferer. Her touch, firm and yet
gentle, never added to the pain, am!
while she was slender, she had thf
strength Of perfect health. Mr-.
Grantley insisted upon having n
trained nurse to assl.-t Amy, but it tr.;s
to her adopted daughter she looked I r
tho many attentions that allevi'i'u k ..
fering. It was Amy who read precious word"
of comfort from tho Holy Writ, too
long neglected in a life of frivolity hihI
fashion. It was Amy who listed her
roioo in simple childlike words ol
prayer daily and nightly.
Not many hours before the lust
struggle life makes, Mrs. Grantley
was with Mrs. Dinsmore, and, li'tiru
her hand feebly to meet Amy'e, she
whispered I
"How little I know the treasure I
was taking to my home and benrt
when I triod to find a pretty child to
introduce to sooiety 1 God has been
very good to mo in giving me snob
love and care in my hours of pain."
And Amy knew then that she was no
longer in Mrs. Grantley's eyes what
she had often heard herself called
Mrs. Grantley's crcat disappoint
ment."
It was not nctil two years after the
death of her benefactress that once
more Leonard Gresham asked her to
be his wife, and sbo gladly oonsonted.
"I loved you, bUo told him, frank
ly, "when I Bent you from me, but I
had given my life to my adopted
mother, and it was my one aim and
dnty to repay her for what she had
given me, even although I knew that
my loss of beauty was one of the bit
terest disappointments of her heart.
"It is not always beauty that wins
love, Leonard said, tenderly.
"No, for without it I have won her
heart and yours." New York Ledger.
Dog That Can Test Metals.
No bank teller, crook or expert in
Iowa has a truer instinct for real,
genuine cirt-wheol silver dollars
than has a Bock Bapids dog called
Silver Tip. Silver Tip is tan oolored
and weighs about ten pounds. All of
his two years ot life he has been the
property of Landlord Barber, of the
Lyon Hotel, at Rock Bapids, but it is
only within the last year that bis
power of immediate insight Into the
nature of metals has become known to
his owner, says the Chicago Times
Herald.
Tho way Tip manifests bis power, as
his owner puts its, is as follows: If
one takes a pile ot ooins tho size of an
Amcrioan dollar say, a trade dollar,
a JUexioan dollar, a uve-frano piece
and Borne counterfeit dollars and put
one genuine dollar piece in the oentre
of the pile. Tip will rummage around
among them for an instant and then
snatch the good coin and prooeed to
take care of it in approved dog fashion
to an acoompanimeut of growls and
bites. Or if ono rolls a com aloDg the
floor Tip can tell erery time whether
it is good stun to be chased.
Tip never makes a mistake, and
there isn't a bit ot doubt about hi
powers. He has been tested by
Chicago business men and by commit
tees of Iowa scientists, lie gets no
human help in bis work. The good
ooin is not marked in any peculiar
way for his benefit, nor is it socnted.
Any one can use his own ooin in the
experiment. Nor docs Tip a powers
depend on signs from his master. The
latter leares the room without do
tracting from the dog's ability in the
least.
Mr. Barber has refused all offers for
the purchase ot Tip.
Tho Lead Worker.
It is said that lead working disfig
nres the human body more than any
other kind of work.
In this iodiutry it is inevitable that,
sooner or later, the workers must sue
oumb to lead-poisoning, and there
would appear to be no part of tho body
that the poisonous fumes and floating
particles which permeate the atmos
phereofthe workshops do not affoct,
The complexion takes ou a ghastly,
corpse-like pallor, the gums turn blue,
the teeth deoay rapidly and fall out,
the eyelids are hideously inflamed,
soratoh or an abrasion of the skin bo
oomes an unhealablo sore.
Later on, when nerves and muscles
become affected by the poison in the
blood, the eyeballs, are drawn into
oblique positions, and take on a dim
and bleared appearance. I ho joints.
especially the kneo and the wrist, be
come somi-paralyzed, aud tho whole
form is gradually bent and contorted
New York Journal.
Tho Irony of Fate.
Edward Whymper, the noted moun
taiu climber, who is well kuown on
this coast, has carried the alpenstock
for more thau thirty Years, and has
scaled the Chimborazo and the Mat
terhoru, besides huudreds of lesse
peaks, and, although he has had uuai
berless thrilling adventures, including
a fall of 000 feet, be never fractured
limb or sustained uuy serious luinry,
He did, however, tumble down a flight
ot stairs iu Eugluud recently aud
fraotured his collar bone. S.iu i'rau
oisoo Chronicle.
Oldest I'nivcrsitr.
The oldest nniversity iu the worbl
is El Azhar, meauing "the splendid,'
situated at Cairo. it is the greatesl
! Mohammedan school, uud has cluar
, reoords dating 'J7j.
ME MERRY SII)!WLIF,
STORIES THAT ARE TOLD BT THE
FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESJ.
Toast Assurance In a Harbor
Shop An Offensive Hequcst A
Woman'! Reason, Kte.
illustrious Oroooe! Horn's hnilth to you.
Who dares Ihn Turk to brave.
While creator 1'owors to keep tho peaoo
Would leave poor Crete n slaw.
Ijot lose tho dojs of war, and whoa
Thnhattlo's din shall ccasn,
tlere's hoping Europe's map will show
A lurgor spot of Greoco.
Churlos 8. Carter.
A woman's beason.
"Why docs Mrs. Van Metor hale
Mrs. McMasters so cordially?"
"somebody told her they looked
enough aliko to be sisters." Chicago
Journal.
AS OFFENSIVE UK jt'EST.
"What was the nature of the trouble
you had with your last nurse girl?"
",Sho dulu t liko it because I asked
her to stay nt home with tho chil
dren. "Judge.
IN A BAttBER Stlor,
Barber (putting on finishing
touches) "NVhat'll you have on your
hoad ?
Customer "A littlo more hair,
please." Judgo.
ASSURANCE.
lie "Will you come to my wed
ding?"
She "Whom are you going to
marry ?"
Ho "You." Tit-Bits.
mncAb
The nappy Man "I till yon, old
fellow, a man doesn't know what real
happiness is until ho's married."
Cynical Friond "then ho finds
that it consists in being single
Brooklyn Life.
A CnllONlO WEAKNESS.
Mr. Backpedal (tenderly, to Miss
Breaker, as they wheel down the
Bonlevard) "Are you tired, Miss
Breaker?"
Miss Breaker "No; but my whoel
is." Judge.
CONFESSION,
Mrs. Talkcrlv "So vou are croinor to
marry (Jolonel Liandly, my dear. And
hear you love tho ground he walks
on?"
Miss Sharpleich "Yes; it belongs
to him." Tit-Bits.
HOW HE FOUND OUT.
Con Vivial "Doctor, my wife suf
fers greatly from insomnia."
Physioian "Insomnia? How do
yon know?"
Con Vivial "Why, every time I
some homo at two or three o'clock in
the morning I always fiud her wide
iwake !" Puck.
fa vino Tnornr.E.
"I guess I'll proposo to Horriotta,"
said the young man, thoughtfully.
"I had snpposod you admirod Ma
tilda most."
"Oh, I do admire her ever so much.
But I've got sonic poetry addroocd to
'Marietta' a young woman who mar
ried last montt, and, I'm afraid it
would be a good deal of work to go
through it and make it rhyme with
Matilda." Washington Star.
MATniUONIAI. PROGNOSTICATIONS.
"So you wish to learo to got mar
riod, Mary? I hopo yon liavo given
tho matter a serious consideration?"
"Oh, I hare, sir," was the reply.
"Pre been to two fortune-tellers aud
a clairvoyant, and looked in a sign
book, and dreamed on a look of bis
hatr, and been to ono of those astero
logers, and to a meejum, and they all
tell me to go ahead, sir. I ain't one
to marry reckless liko, sir." House
hold Words.
FEMININE FINANCE.
Mrs. Blookloy "John, do you know
that Boyal Worcester vase I bought
yesterday for twenty dollars? Well,
they reduced them to ten dollars this
morning."
Mr. Blookley "Then you are ten
dollars out by not waiting until this
morning. "
Mrs. Blockloy "No; only five. I
went down to day and bought another
one for ten, making two of them
averaging fifteen dollars each."
Puck.
HE KNEW HIE Ker.
A young man leaned up ngaiust tho
counter of a brauoh tolegraphio oflioo
where two pretty young ladies aro em
ploye! ai telegraphers. Ifo had been
ohatting with them for about an hour,
but had forgotten to say that at ouo
period of his life ho himself ha I been
an operator. During a lull in tho
conversation ono of tho young ladies
"opened" her key aud said to tho
other :
"What do you think of his nibs at
tho counter?"
"Dcn't think much of him," wai
the reply.
"Why?"
"Oh, ho makes mo (ircd-ho talks
liko a parrot."
"Ho makes mo tired, too wit-h ho
would sueak."
The young man broko iu at this
juncture and iaid : "Ladies, I thuuk
you for tho compliments you have bo
ttoweil upou mc, and as you aro tired
of my company, I'll sneak."
The numerous colors of the rain
bow would not bo Bullioiuut to describe
the changes that took place iu tho
young ladies' luces. There is a moral
attached to this tale aud young ladies
iu branch olllces and elrcwhero would
do well to tako heed."
snrxTinc axi imicsti'Iiu
Eloctrio light is being introduced I?,
all the oars of the Swiss Jnra-Simplon
railway.
It has boen computed that botwocn
30,0:10,000 and 37,00 ),00J babies ar
rive each year.
Paris polioemen nro now supplied
with electrio dark lanterns with which
thoy can seo at a distance of 150 feet.
Botary snow plows are being used
with some success in throwing water
off the railway tracks in South Dakota.
The Canadian Government has ar
ranged a system of cold storage on
railways, at ports and on steamers,
for the preservation of perishable
goods.
The railway raotals between London 1
and Edinburgh, a distance ot 40U
miles, are 210 yards longer in summer
than they are in wintor, owing to the
expansion caused by tho extra heat.
Scientists tay that tho atmosphere
surrounding the globo is gradually di
minishing and that in the course of o
few thousand, or perhaps a fow hun
dreds of thousands of years tho supply
will be exhausted.
A new steering device for ships con
trols the rudder by pneumatic pres
sure, tho air being forced into a cyl
inder ou either Bide of tho rudder
post by means ot tho steering whoel
in the pilot house.
We need nearly 3000 cubio fect of
fresh air per hour for breathing pur
poses, but we can do with as little as
2500. Children need less, end there
aro now building schools to give the
children 1800 cnbio feet an hour.
A method of photographing the
sounds of the heart has been communi
cated to the Academy of Science by
M. de Holowinski. Tho sounds are
transmitted by a sensitive microphone
to an optical telephone, the diaphragm
of whioh produces Newton's rings,
which are then photographed.
The latest in tho electrioal world is
the proposal to harness tho Nile
cataracts. The Egyptian oouncil of
ministers has recently approved the
appointment of Professor Forbes, tho
eminent electrician, to make a report
with this end in view, and he will
commence his studies in the autumn.
It is expected that the results will be
of high importance to Upper Egypt
and the Soudan.
Nature Makes Moau Hubbies.
About half a milo above Franklin,
Penn., on tho Erie road, is to be Been
one of the most ourious sights in the
country, whioh is thus dosoribed by a
writer in the Pittsburg Post: "Ap
proaching a small, sluggish stream,
we were suprised to see rising from
the surfaoe of tho water a number of
bubbles, which glistened in the sun
like glass. It was a beautiful sight.
The iridesceut spheres revolving swift
ly after the manner of soap bubbles,
floated rapidly upward, some breaking
at a height of ten or twenty feet,
others soaring away above tho troo
tops and out of sight, resembling,
more than anything else, gorgeous toy
balloons. Theso bubbles were all
sizes, from an inoh in diameter to
more than a foot. Thoy wero appar
ently much stronger and a great deal
more brilliant than ordinary soap
bubbles.
"A gas lino and an oil line bad
passed under tho run at this point,
within a few inohes of each other, and
in eaoh pipo was a small leak. The
digging and refilling of the tronohes
had mado a dam whioh hold a few bar
rels of stagnant water. There was
Borne alkali in tho muddy bottom,
whioh, in combination with tho oil,
formed Baponule, a kind of soap. This,
whilo not being a perfect soap, was
sufficiently saponaceous and cohesive
to make beautiful bubbles when
ohurned by the escaping gas. Tho
fact that the bubbles were full ot gas
caused them to ascend more swiftly,
and the presence of tho oil made tbem
more brilliant, many colored and un
usually beautiful. The bubbles are
rising constantly and can be seen by
auy one who desiros to take a walk out
to where they are. The strength ol
these bubbles may bo imagined from
the faot that small twigs, leaves, etc.,
bad been floating ou tho surface of the
water and were carried up iu the large
bubbles."
A Sixtieth Year Coin.
There has just been issued a coin
which for a few thousand years tc
oome will be considered one of the
nioLt prized of (Queen's Victoria's sil
ver currency. It is a crown piece
bearing the head of her majesty at
used for a few years past, with tho or
diuary inscription, but carrying on
the run "Anuo ltogni L.. Deous ol
Tutamen," the first time that such au
inscription has appeared upou any
British ooin, probably upon any coin
whutsovur, for the few tuonarchs ol
former times who attained thoir six
tieth year'upon tho throuo did not rec
ord it upou their coins. Tor some un
known reason tho jubilee crowns, is
sued ten years ago, have only a milled
edgo, and nothing upon them to show
for whut particular purpose thoy wero
struck. There is the dato 1NH7 o
courco, but it is not every oue who can
oonueot it with the interesting event it
really records.
To Clean Hooks.
Grease may bo takou out by laying
tho pa.o between two sheets of blot
ting paper, ami passing a hot irou
gently over it. lo remove groaae
trom tho covers, scrape pipe-olay ot
French chalk over tho spot uud irou
with a warm iron (net a hot. oue)
oiluni covers may olton be oleauee
bv means of soap uud water, but 1
much soiled should be washed with a
weak soltitiou of salts ot leiuou. T
t ike out ink stains, place the leave
for two minutes in a solution, of oxalic
acid, then iu cleau cold water for a
few hours. To restore the consistency
of the paper ufterwards, use a bath of
"size aud water. Iho Housewife,
UN FINISH E?,
jo small a life 90 short a life,
And yot so inu ih to do!
Brief days with achtii? sorrows rlfn,
Brief years to stniaulo through!
Rtron mon cry out for tlmo, for time,
Only tho ttmoto build,
To see their struoturos Krow sublime,
1'a see their dreams fulflllod;
With pnsslrinatn lieirts, with willing lionrtf
They strive Iu snn and ralu.
Till throa Is are twlstod Into strands,
Till wall and glrdor slraln;
But death Is faster far than they,
Far faster than doslro;
The turrets that should greet tho day
Khali nover brave Its fire.
Georgo E. Montgomery, la Independent.
II I'M OR OF THE BAY.
"Does your poetry poy?" "Well, il
11st koeps tho wolf from the door."
"I suppose you read it to him?" Tit-
Bits.
'What was the namo of Hawkin'f
yaoht?" "The Waldermoro." "Oh
1 thought it was the Malde-mer,"
Harper s Bazar.
Gobang "Contentment is hotter
than wealth, mv boy," My Boy "It
ought to be. It is a mighty sight
harder to get." Truth.
OneLittloGirl "My father belongs
to one of the first families." Tho
Other Little Girl "My paw always
sees the first bluebird erery spring."
Indianapolis Journal.
Lady Shopper "I want to get
something suitable for a boy of ten
years." Salesman "Slipper counter
down the second aisle, turn to your
right?" Boston Transcript.
As Reported by the Papers "I
that a good hen, Uncle Josh?" "A
good hen?" said Unole Josh. "Why,
that ni hen lays eggs as big as hail
stnn's." Detroit Freo Press.
'.Sir, allow me to shake hands with
you, just by the way ot showing that
know somebody bere. "Witn
pleasure, sir, as 1 am in precisely the
same boat a yourself. Clips.
Tho Professor "As a matter of
faot, there aro different dialects in
iifferent parts of Scotland." Friend
"Great Scott I Are there more
countries to bosi from?" Truth.
"I noticed you at the opera last
night, Mrs. Budd. Wasn't that a de
lightful aria by Du Mond?" "So sorry
( missed that, bnt I was just giring
Mrs. Upton my famous recoipt for
hard sauce." Harper's Buzar.
"What's a fishing rod?" "It's a
handsome jointed arrangement your
father holds out orer the water.
"What's a fishing pole?" "It's a long
wooden stick your Uncle Bill catches
ash with." Chioago Becord.
no "Do you belioro in palmistry
that you can tell anything by tho
band?" She "Certainlr; now, for
jxauiple, if 1 had a oertain kind of ring
n a certain finger ot my left hand.
people would know that I was en-
jagod. Truth.
Author "Mary, I're mado a mis
take in my calling I'm not an author.
but a born chemist. Author s Wife
"What makes you think that.
Horace?" Author "Well erory book
write becomes a drag on the mar
ket." Tit-Bits.
"I must hare money, Plunger," said
Dimley. "Can't you lot me have that
fifty dollars you owe me?" "No, I
jan t, " replied Plunger; "but 111 tell
you what to do. My credit is not ex
hausted. Yon go to Coflbly and bor
row a hundred dollars for me and I'll
pay you the amount." Philadelphia
North American.
(ilnuts Not Ko Big Afler All.
It may be a surprise to some to be
told that even Button's minimum fig
ure of nine feet is not now regarded .
by the best authorities as a possibility.
Quetolet, a learned writer on the sub
ject, believes that the largest man who
over lived was l' rodenok the Great a
Scottish giant, who was a trifle short
ot H feet 3 inohes. Probably this
opinion outs down the possibilities a
little too far. Pliny says that an
Arabian named Gabbaras was 9 foet 5
inohes tall, wbilo Posio and Seonndilla
were each six inches taller. Pliny is
no longer believed when he speaks ot
suoh things. As another example of
old-time exaggeration, it may be re
marked in passing that certain voy
agers a class of persons always anx
ious to make impressions ou their
friendj at home declared that the
height of tho Patagoniaus is really 5
foot 11 inches. New York Tribune.
The Art of Yawuing.
Children usod to be taught thai
yawning was a breach of good behav
ior, but now if certain medical testi
mony maybe credited, it is incumbent
upon parouts to see that tho youthful
members of their flock not ouly yawn
when nature so disposes them, but
even practice what may be called th
art of yawning. According to the
results of late iuvestigatious, yawning
is the most natural form of respiratory
exercise, bringing into action all the
respiratory muscles of tho chest and
neck. There is no objection, however,
to placing the hand over the moutb
"to keep the devil out" during tin
operation.
To Be Dedicated to Labor.
'A party of nino capitalists, led by
John Meehau is plauuiug to erect a
laro building iu New York to be used
exclusively by labor organizations anJ
to be known as tho headquarters for
trades uuious. Tho building ia to
cost $125,111):), or more if neooaeary.
Mr. Meehau taysthnt all of the men
ijouceruod are friendly lo orgauiicd
labor, aud they w ill consult the various
bodies to learu what would be neoea
jury iu a buildiug devoted to auoh
purpose. There will be a ballroom,
large meet lug hall, with a stage, aud a
uumber of smaller meotiug-rooms to
bo used by various lodges.
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