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The frog industry is growing. A
statistician enumerates "fifty-seven
frog farms now in snocestiful opera
tion" in various sections of the coun
ty. -
"The Queen's 'Jnbileo produced at
least one good poem, observes Har
per's Woekly. Rndynrd Kipling's "Re
ceBsional" is edifying both to the ear
and to the spirit.
A correspondent of the Hartford
Times says that a lathor of tar soap
appliod to the face and hands, . and
then gently rubbed off, is a sure pro
tection aguitiHt mosquitoes.
One hundred Paris detectives went
on strike recently; they objected to oue
of the inspectors, and to being obliged
to keep the-run of travelers when they
' leave hotojfud boarding houses, as
they had nit they could do to watch
them when they arrive.
f Lnrgo farms, nnless all their acres
ye made available in some way, are
burdens instead of blessings. The
assessor 4akes in all the acres, and the
taxgathorer is tjuite as exacting.
Hence, to make all the acres pay their
way, with something over for the far
mer's purse, is to be in the middle of
the road that leads to goal of success.
Mainz has decided to celobrato the
birth of Gutteuberg on Midsummer
Day, 1900, iu order not to interfere
with Leipzig's celebration of the same
. event in 1899. As the exact year of
the inventor of printing's birth is not
known, tho difference of a year or two'
in the observation of the 500th anui
vorsavy will not shock historical ac
curacy. Tho , co-operative movement has
reachodsneh proportions in Scotland
that Dundeo butchers have pledged
"ourselves to support only those live'
Btock salesmen, dead-meat salesmen,'
auctioneers, dealers ami others who
refuso to have any dealings, directly
ar indirectly, with co-operative soci-!
eties, and not support any person who'
deals with such society in any way, or
who deals with any retail butcher who
declines to sign and support this reso
lution." The attention of rurliaineuf
has been called to the boycott.
" - )Q The librariau of the publio library at
Kansas City, Mo., says that for a yeai
there has been a greater call for workf
on Alaska than for books on any othe
country or suction of tho globe. She
has supplied the library, she says, with
everything trustworthy she could pro
cure ou the country during this time,
wondering all tho while what had
. arousod so much interest in that coun
try iu Kansas City. Readers, she
says, have studied writings on the
habits of the people iu Alaska,read the
Government reports on the Territory,
and given especial attention to routes
to the Yukon country.
Soys the New Orleans Times-Democrat:
One of the lacks of the ago is
pleasant fiction. Vapid fiction wo have
in large 'quantities, but there are few
novels which are at the same time
pictures of life and pleasant ones. A
book to-day is seldom called "strong"
or "important" unless its tone is
gloomy, even despairing. Hopeless
ness, iu most of these cases, does not
seem to arise from experieuoe or con
viction, but grves tho impression of
being only a popular literary pose.
Tho idea is abroad that a work of fic
tion ought to be a bitter and painful
dose, and that it would not be fulfill
ing its purpose if it proved "an ano
dyne" to anyone who wished to forget
his suffering.
The Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph
is authority for the stutement that
comparatively few people have any
idea of the importance of the bitumin
ous coal industry in the United States.
Says this newspaper informant:
. "Since 1893 it has led in point of mar
ket vulue the mineral products of the
country, the value of the output for
the culeudur year 1896, according to
the report of the geologicul survey,
being neurly 8115,000,000. Fu) sev
tual years prior to 1893 pig iron was
the most valuable mineral product, the
total for 1892 being $131,000,000,
while the vuluo of bituminous ooul for
the same year was 8125,000,000. Since
. 1887 there has been a steudy decline
iu the price of coul, while the output
has steudily increased. The 137,610,-'
000 short tons produced in 1896 sold
for less money than the 118,000,000
tons produced iu 1891. Pennsylvania
leads all the States iu the Union iuthe
production, its output for lust year
having beeu 49,100,000 tons, valuedat
$15,000,000; but this was a milliou
tons lebs than for the preceding year.
West Virgiuiu apparently suppluutiug
the product of this Stute, the produc
tion of our neighbor iucreabiug 1,600,.
000 tons, and aggregating nearly 13,
000,000 tons, valued at 88,336,000."
Into the fields both young and old
With gay hearts Went;
Tho ili'uHiit hells, nil green ond gold,
All flowers mid scent.
Anil first nmong them old man Mnck,
With his two grandsons. Hurry nnd jack
Two eager Imya w'i'wh feet kept time
III resiles fashion to this rhyme:
Hhnrpnii tho scythe nnd heiid the. bank.
Hiving the nrm for ftti even track;
Through daisy bloom nnd nodding grifss
Htrnlght and olenu mint the mowur pass
There are tasks that boys nuift learn, not
foil n 1
In nny book
Tusks on the harvest nnd bnylug ground,
lly wood nnd brook.
When I was young but few could brluj
Into tho llela a cloanut swing;
$ NOT TO
HE "pain
fill coufes
s i on " is
mine, John
Spindler,
detec ti ve,
Scotland
Yard, and
how it came
about was
just this way:
r or a long time I had been on the
track of a gang. of coiners which iu
my professional pride I had vowed to
capture. More thau once I had
pouueed down upon them in their
haunts, and ull vanished like inagio
ami i oeing unaulo to produce proofs.
the chief whom I desired most to con
vict fairly laughed at mo and my
efforts.
This naturally gave me considerable
annoyance, nnd with some heat I ejac
ulated: "You've escaped me this time,
Jim Bradley, but I'm not John Spind
ler if you do the next!"
"When you catch me, hold mel" he
grinned. "How dare yon malign an
innocent man?"
"Innocent! thou tho evil one is not
so black as he is painted," I retorted:
Well, it wus nearly nine months
before I again ran down Jim and bis
gang; theu I detected them in a low,
wretched street near the city road.
The house thoy used was kept by an
old Irshwomau.
Having watched 0 the houso till I
was suro of my game, I went to Scot
land Yard, saw the chief, reported my
nows, got some men, and ou oue
dark, gusty winter's uiht made a
swoop upon them.
Leaving the police I had brought
at a little distance, I knocked at the
door. Gettiug no answer, 1 stepped
back and looked np at the house.
It was dark as piteh, save a faint
glimmer in the first-floor window. As
I returned I felt certain I saw the
blind of the lower room move. Trust
ing, if I was beiug inspected, that.the
darkness had concealed my identity,
I repeated my summons, whon, after
a long delay, tho door was opened by
the old landlady, bearing a flaming
tullow caudle.
"Did you knock afore?" bIio said,
peering feebly at me. "Sure, I'm just
as deaf as a post, yer honor, and don't
hear a bit. Who do you want?"
"One of your respectable lodgers,
Mrs. O'Brien," I answered, entering
tho passage and putting my foot so as
to prevent the door closing. "Thanks,
Did lady, I won't trouble you fur
ther." Giving a preconoerted whistle,
men came rapidly forward.
my
"Oh. the perleese! oh, holy St.
Patrick 1 have mercy upon a lone widder
woman! Oh, good, jintlemen, what's
the matter, sure?" shrieked the hag.
Paying no heed to these ejaculations,
I placed oue policeman on guard, and
with the others sprang up-stuirs.
Beaching the landiug I found all
dark, save a faint glimmer which is
sued from under the door in front of
ub. I tried the handle. It was
locked.
. "We have caught him this time!" I
whispered exultingly, for I had caught
the sound of Jim Bradley's voi. "I
have exuiiiiued the house well, and
there is no means of egress either by
the roofs or the windows. They are
trapped. Open, in the Queen's name!"
I exclaimed aloud.
"Hullo, is that you, my dear Spind
ler?" cried Jim from within. "Happy
to see you, I'm sure! Bemember what
I said: 'Hold me when you catch me,'
old boy! The thing is to trap your
bird!"
"1 will take care of that, Mr. Jim,"
I rejoined. "Open, or we shall break
iu the door!"
"Oh, plaze, jiutlemeu dear, good
jiutleiueu, for the love of the saints,
dju't make a noise. There's a poor
sowl jist partin' this life up-stuirs, au'
his dear youug widdy's a'uiost dis
tracted. - Borra a oue of ye jintlemen
hev any pity. Don't terrify the col
leen no.- the partiu' sowl who, sure,
has trouble enough." -
"Silence, you old croue!" I ex
claiiued, "and fetch a light, or I'll
have you arrested us an accomplice."
With a regular howl of disappoint
ment she hobbled away, declaring
she'd do anything for us, imploring
pity for a poor, lone woman and com
passion for the partiu' sowl up-stairs.
We didn't wait for her return. Aware
no one could pass us on the stairs, aud
believing Jim might be trying to de
stroy the moulds, we put our shoul
ders against the door and drove the
lock from the box.
1 had prepared for the light to be
extinguished and u rush made.
I was disappointed. Jin sat com
posedly at the table with another man,
playing cards.
"Hullo! you dou't stand ou cere
mony, John, my frieud,"he remarked,
laughiug. "I thought every man's
house was his castle."
"So it is, Jim, until he makes it a
shield for law-breuking," I auswered.
MOWING.
Hilt you must tako my place to-dny,
Cut the grass, and scatter the liny.
Ho sharpen the scytho nnd bend the back,
Hwlng the nrm for an even track;
Through daisy blooms nnd nodding grass
Htrnlght and clean must the mower pass.
Straight nnd clean Is the only way
You'll nnd that out
Iu other thing, than cutting liny,
I mnko no doubt.
Bo lis sure through tho nojdlng grass
Htralght nail clean with your scythe to
pass;
It Is far hotter than nny play
To mow tho itrnss nnd to toss the h
Ho shnrnon tho scythe nnd bend the back,
Hwlng the nrm for an even track;
Through dnlsy blooms and nodding grass
u.tcigui, uuu uiu:n must ino mower pass.
iuiroit r reo rress,
BE DONE
"Prove your words, mv man.'
"I intend to, I hope; so you will just
cousidor yourself my prisoner while I
search. "
"Please yourself, and take the con-
iuuences, he replied, and carelessly
went on with his game.
Putting my men on guard, I began
vo examine ine apartments.
I sounded the walls, groped up the
chimneys, tried the flooring.
No, not a sign; while Jim Bradley's
uncr inuiuereuco, l own, perplexed
uie.
"Done again!" I muttered, when
heard a heavy step in the room above.
"Who's that upstairs?" I asked.
"You should know yourself by this
lime, answered Jim. "lean only say
iiiui oouiounuea insu nag is always
scrcechin' as a chap's a-dying, which
ain't much concern of mine, as long as
he keep hisself to hisnelf, nnd don't
groan too loud. 'Igh, low, game, with
out even the Jack, Phil," he added, to
nis companion, putting down his
cants.
The sick
thought I.
man's a ruse, perhaps,
"Come, lads," I said aloud, "we'll
go upi
UegarUless of the old woman's en
treaties not to disturb the poor "dyin"
wii we mounted.
The buck attio was as bare as bare
could be. When I was about to enter
the other, the door opened, and a
grave looking.respeotablly dressed man
crosseu tue tnresuohl.
"Hush," he said, iu a low tone.
"May I asked the meaning of this dis
turbance.' It is most unseemly and
out of place! The poor fellow iu here
has but a few moments to live. His
uufortnuute young wife is distracted."
1 looked keenly at hiin.
"If it isn't au impertiuent question,
sir," I asked, "pray who may you be?"
"Who am I?" he smiled. "I am
Doctor Aloxandor, of Jnde street,
close by. Now, iu my turn, who are
you?"
I iustautly acquainted him with my
uuiuuesH. no looueu serious and in
terested. "Humph'" he said, . drawing mo a
little nsido; "I have only visited this
place once or twice, but I own I have
Had my doubts of its respectability.
We medical men see strance scenes.
Still I don't faucy the poor woman and
her husband have had any connivance
wnu me people below, lie is a brick
layer. Though, of course, in such
matters, you are tho best judge. Such
persons are capable of all manner of
tricks. It is, of course, your duty to
make certain. Only, iu case you are
wrong, be gentle with the wretched
wife and mother. Come in."
We entered. The room was almost
devoid of furniture, and barely sup
plied with the commonest necessaries
of existence.
At one side was a'uiiaerable mattress
laid on the floor, and stretched on it
was the dying man.
Kneeling by him, her head bowed
down to his, her black hair streaming
over the tattered patchwork covering,
was the youug wife weeping bitterly,
as she pressed her baby to her bosom.
I'm not hard-hearted, and the sight
took me back, especially the counte
nance of the husbaud, upon which the
hue of death had already settled.
I was following the doctor when.
abruptly, he leaned forward, then,
drawing back, placed his hand ou my
arm.
"I thought as much," he whispered:
"all is over!"
The words were scarcely audible.
yet they reached the wife's ears.
I shall never forget the scream she
gave. Starting up on her knees, she
gazed wildly iu the face of the dead,
then shrieked, turning appealiugly to
the doctor.
"Oh, no no; not dead! Don't tell
me that! Not dead! Oh. Tom. Tom
dear Tom; speak to me sneak to
Lizzie!"
Then casting herself ou the bod v.
she weut off into violent hysterics.
"Poor thing," said the doctor,
raising her. "Pray, my good fellow,
take her to a chair while I close the
poor man s eyes.
lhat done, be rejoined me.
"You want to seurch the room." he
said. "It's a pity that this should
have happeued at such a timo, but
duty is duty. Pruy do yours quietly
before this poor woimiu recovers.
Her troublo is enough without auv
addition."
Duty was duty, yet I felt like a
hard-hearted, meuu spirited cur as I
performed mine, and professed to
have lucked my usual acuteness, for
more than once the disciple of Oaleu
aided mo iu my suggestions.
Nothing, however, cuuie of it. I
could not liud a trace.
Yet," I said, "I'd tuke my outh
the dies are iu this house, and it's
one hundred pounds iu my pocket if I
Mud them."
"Then I most decidedly should try."
said the doctor. "That sum is not to
be ot every day."
"No, nnd I'll keep a watch in thii
house till I've found them."
"In this room?" he asked.
"No. I ain't quite made of stone,'
I rejoined, a bit hurt. "But I shal'
inspect all who go out or oome in."
"Quite right, and I wish you suo
cess, for there's no telling the suffer
ings these coinors occasion."
We then descended and the doctoi
left, after telling the old Irishwoman
he would call as he went home on th
parish undertaker aud give the neces
sary orders for the itinera!.
Well, I needn't lengthen out m;
tory.
I rented the parlor (by compulsion
of the landlady and established I
watch night and day upon who auc
what went out and entered the house
Jim Bradley came and went, o
course, unmolested, and chaffed mi
considerably when we met, while with
out the slightest demur he let me visi'
his room whenever I pleased.
What did it mean?
I also made a call now and then or
the widow.
Poor thing, she was always cryinf
aud so meek aud full of grief as shi
moved about the room where her oof
fined husband was, for she wouldn''
leave it, that the sight was pitiable.
The medical attendant dropped ir
once to. inquire how I got on, and
shook his head on hearing of my want
of snocess.
"I fear if the (lies are really here,'
he said, "the fellow yon call Bradloj
Is too deep for you."
"Not if I know it," I said. "I havi
applied at headquarters for permissioc
to make a better search, and I'll tak
up the flooring."
"I fancy that's the most likely place.
What is that?" he asked.
"Only the undertaker's men," I said,
putting the door open. "It's the pool
fellow's fuuerat to-dny."
"Iudeedl Ah, they hasten thes
matters with the poor."
Just at the moment the wretched
colli u and its bearers passed along the
passage, followed by the weeping
widow leaning on the old Irishwoman.
They were the sole mourners.
The doctor respectfully removed his
hat, and we looked in silence until i'
had goue by.
"Poor poor thing!" my companion
remarked, with a sigh; then, giving
me his card, and asking mo to call if 7
proved successful, he went away.
Well, tho hours crept by, aud ths
silence of the house began to surprise
me. Bradley had gone out early, aud
hadn't beeu home since. My assistant
came in about eight, but neither thf
widow nor the landlady returned.
I waited and waited. Eleven o'clock
struck.
I began to get suspicious.
Had I been done?
I turned hot aud cold; then seizing
the candle, darted upstairs. Bradley's
room was as usual; but the attic th
sight of it made mo feel ready to drop.
"Done cleverly done!" I cried,
waving my candle around.
Yes; bitter the humiliation I had
been duped! I had been the victim o!
sensibility and a clever trick 1
J. here was the mattress, ripped up
and there, where the coiliu had stood,
was a bole in the iloor, where the plank
had been removed. That had been
the place of concealment.
But where were the dies? Where--
why in tho coiliu, of which, no doubt,
the dead man had been oue of thf
bearers.
"Nonsense!" I ejaculated. "Th
man must have been dead I It isn't
likely he could deceive tho doctor a
kind-hearted fellow, but a keen oue;
I'll go to him!"
Leaving my assistant in oharcro. I
hastened to Jude street, with his card
in my hand.
1 he red "danger signal" indicated
the house, aud, knocking, I asked to
see the doctor.
Tho servant, showing me into the
surgery, went in to summon him.
Iu a few moments he appeared that
is, a gentleman appeared; a gentleman
of about sixty, with silver gray hair.
1 beg your pardon," I said: "it it
Doctor Alexander I wish to see!"
"Alexander! My name, sir, is Lind
say, uud I am the only professional
man in this house nay, iu the street.
There must be a mistake."
"Impossible!" I cried. "See. sir.
here is his card."
"Humph!" I have never heard the
name in the neighborhood." he re
marked, perusing it. "Wait a mo
ment if you will allow me I wilf
see.
Taking down oue or two thick vol-
umos from the bookshelves, he ran
over the lists under the iuitial A.
"No, " he said. "As I thought hii
name is not here. I fear the title of
'doctor must be assumed, aud he is
uot a certified medical man."
I then told my story.
"Sir," remarked Dr. Lindsay, un
able to suppress a smile, "I fauoy
you have not only been duped by a
dying man, but also by liis medical
attendant."
Aud so it proved.
The whole hud been a clever trick
from the widow to the doctor and
"parish" funeral.
Nevertheless, I might have remained
iu doubt to the last, had uot my "pride
of place" beeu so wounded that I did
uot rest until I had tracked Jim Brad
ley again, uud this time succeeded in
capturing him and his . gang, and
among which I not only discovered
the young, disconsolate widow of her
dead husbuud, but the doctor, the
greatest rogue of the lot, as it was he
who, under his gentlemanly appeur
auce, circulated the spurious coiu.
lo my satisfaction, I saw them all
sent off for a considerable term iu
Portlaud, with small chuuee of a
tickot-of-lcave. I was uot, after all,
to be done.
A note of the Bauk of England,
twisted into a kind of rope, can sus
pend as much as 329 pounds upou oua
end aud not be iuiured.
THE MERRY SIDE OF LIFE.
STORIES THAT ARE TOLD BY THE
FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS.
She VTmm m Bird In Modern I'trlnnre
Where It Belong A ftrMlde In
ference A Timely Diet Two Voices
Dead Kmy Very Clone lie Knew, Etc.
The charming damsel had no appetite;
Her health was delicate, her mother said;
Gut at the table she put out of sight
As much as would have two longshore
men fed.
"I cnt no more than would a bird," laughed
she,
Hut when she rose and from the table
went,
Tbe landlord frowned and bit his Hps, said
he:
"1 guess nn ostrich was the bird she
meant."
Boston Courier.
bond Easy.
"Bertie, you crnel boy, how can you
hear your baby Bister cry?"
"Why, that's easy everybody in
the block can." Truth.
In Modern Variance.
"So lie has burned the bridges be
hind him, has he?"
"Well, practically. He hos sprin
kled tacks along the road." Truth.
Two Voices.
She "Oh, James, how grand the
sea is. . How wonderful. I do bo like
to hear tho roar of the oceau."
He "Ho do I, Elizabeth. Please
keep quiet."
Where It llfloiiKA.
Assistant Librariau "Where shall
I put this bjok. 'Inipressi"us of
America by nu Englishman?' "
Librarinu "Iu the fiction depart
ment. " Life.
A Seanlde Inference.
Mm. Gazzatn (reading the news
paper) "Here's an article about 'A
Fatal Flirtation.""
Gazzam "They got married, did
they?" Hurlein Life.
A Timely Viet.
Doctor "For dinner take forty
minutes."
Timid Patent "Would it be dan
geious to add a piece of meat and
somo vegetables?" Fliegende Blact
ter. Very Cloae.
"Isn't there some sort of a relation
ship between Madge and Mr. Dash
ing?" "Oh, yes, indeed; he wai tho first
man she was ever engaged to." Har
lem Life.
Ills Advantage.
Mamma "Who is to have the big
gest apple?"
Georgie "Me!"
Dot "No, mel Georgie was eatiu'
apples two yeurs 'fore I was born."
Pick-Mo-Up.
There's Many n Slip.
Grump "One false step in life may
lead to irreparable disaster."
Spoouer "I know that well. I
loved a girl who thought me a hero un
til I fell down a ooal holo when lifting
my hat to her." Judy.
Teinpus Fugnx.
"I wish you girls would be a little
more punctual. I make a point of al
ways coming up to time."
"Ha! that explains it."
"Explains what?"
"Why time flies." Pick-Me-Up.
lie Knew.
"Two hours of sleep before mid
night is better than four after that
hour. "
"Fiddlesticks 1 Two hours' sleep
after one is called in the morning is
better than all the others." Judy.
Told the Truth.
"See here. That horse you sold me
runs away, kicks, bites, strikes aud
tries to tear down the stable at night.
You told me that if I got him once I
wouldn't part with him for $1000."
"Well, you won't." Detroit Free
Press.
It Proved Eflectlve.
"How in creation did you manage
fo get the big policeman to sleep, doe?
We tried everything known to medical
science."
"I just stationed a couple of fellows
jutside to yell for help." Detroit
Free Press.
Simple Remedy.
MainniA (severely) "Daisy, you
have been at my workbox again! I'm
afraid that everything I tell you goes
in at one ear aud out of the other."
Daisy (aged five) "Well, muuuna,
why dou't you 'top one of zeui up?"
Pick-Me-Up.
Capitol, Though Labored.
Teacher "Do you understand the
meaning of the terms cupital and la
bor?" Boy "Yes, sir; I know what it is.
If a boy coasts down a hill, that's cupi
tal. If another boy rides the bicycle
up, that's lubor." Fuu.
Safe.
"May I kiss you, Miss Teuspot?"
asked young Mr. Hoggins.
"Have you ever kissed a girl be
fore?" asked the youug lady.
"Never!" anseverutod the young
man.
"Theu you may kiss me. I draw
die line at meu who kiss aud till."
Life.
A Tulu of Two Ulc t.
"Whore will Frau Meyer go now
that both her daughters uiu married.
To her son-iu-luw's house iu Frank
furt or to that of her other sou-iu-luw
iu Stuttgurt? '
"One wants her in Stuttgurt and tho
other wishes she would go to Fruuk
furt." "What dutiful sous iu laws!"
"I beg your pardon. The one in
Frankfurt wants her iu Stuttgurt; the
oue in Stuttgart wants her in Frank
furt. "--Fliegeude Bluetter,-
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.
Wells says thot the annual dewfall
of Great Britain is equal to 21,161,
837,355 tons.
Dr. Max Schlier, of Berlin, has de
monstrated that by the use of Rontgen
rays one can oe how sounds are pro
duced by the voice iu singing.
Professor William Crookes, of Lon
don, is authority for the assertion tha
to count the molecules in a piu-hea
spaoe at the rate of 10,000,000 per sec
ond would require 150,000 years.
The longest continued cataleptic
sleep known to science was reported
from Germany in 1892, the patient
having remained absolutely uncon
scions for four and a half months.
A ton of Atlantic water when evapor
ated yields eighty-one pouuds of salt;
a ton of Pacitlo water, seventy-nine
pounds; the water iu the Dead Sea,
more than twice as much 187 ponndf
to the ton.
An American scientist has recently
discovered a new microbe which is par
ticularly destructive to the tissues of
the human body, and the most strik
ing peculiarity of the creature is that
it is nearly all mouth.
Petroloum ether has proven to bo
adapted for low temperature thermo
meters, as it is still iu a scmi-linuid
condition and capable of further con
traction at the temperature of the
liquefaction of air 310 degrees below
zero Fahrenheit.
Tho process of crystallization is be
initudied by Professor Van Sehrovcu,
who has taken 2800 photographs Vj
show the transfer of orgauic into in
organic matter. It seems that this
fuot led to a recent sensational and in
correct report thut crystals have beeu
found to be organic substonces.
It is desired to prevent the freezing
of the Baltic Canal aud keep it open
for navigation as long as possible.
The authorities have, therefore, triod
to replace the fresh water by salt
water. Leaving a sluieo open near
Brnusbuttel during low tide, tho salt
water entering by the Baltic end of the
canal, expels the fresh water through
the other end.
A remarkable peculiarity in tho law
of solar rotation has beeu reported by
Lewis Jewell as a result of spectro
scopy work at Johns Hopkins Univer
sity. The outer and iuuer portions of
the sun's atmosphere are found to
hnve a difference in rotation period ol
several days, the period increasing as
tho photosphere is approached. Tho
measures also show much tho greater
equatorial acceleration for tho outer
atmosphere, there being little differ
ence at lower levels in the period for
different latitudes.
Engaged Thirty Years.
A bright example in constancy ana
filial devotiou is ufforded in tho ex
perience of a couple recently wedded
iu Liberty Township, Indiana, the
newly married pair being Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Foreman, who reside ou
their 400-uere farm neur Greeutown.
In point of ago both brido and groom
havo passed the hulf-ccutury mark.
Though lovers from early childhood
aud betrothed from youth, the mar
riuge was deferred until now, the en
gagement covering a period ot thirty
years, says the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Young Foremau had a stepmother
to whom he was greatly attached and
to whom he solemnly pledged support
during her lifetime, promising not to
marry while she remained alive. Con
trary to expectations, tho invalid and
dependent stepmother lived until a
year or more ago. During this long
wait of nearly a third of a century the
lovers scrupulously observed theii
vows, toiling ou through the years
without a thought of disregarding the
pledges given the stepmother or break
ing faith iu auy manner whatever.
They grew gray, lived frugally, saved
their earnings aud patiently bidei'
their time.
When death removed the barrier the
lovers had accumulated sufficient
means W buy the lurgest furm iu the
township. The minister first engaged
to perform the inurriugo ceremony
died of old age many years ago, and a
divine of a new generation otlieiutod
at the long-delayed wedding.
A Congress of Young Blood.
Never in the history of this country
have there beeu so many young men
chosen as representatives of tho peo
ple iu Congress as were elected to the
present house. It is emphatically u
Congress of youug men, us the most
casual observer from the galleries will
readily note. That these men hud to
contend for their nomination and elec
tion against veteran politicians of
ability uud experience is plcusing
proof thut the people realize talent
and Htutesuiuulike qualities wherever
found, aud that it is no longer neces
sary for one to have wrinkles and
houry locks before being deemed qual
ified to compete for political honors.
Washington Post.
Cat I'rateruUua With Birds.
At oue of the grocery stores at Pit
muu Grove, N. J., lives a cat of more
thuu ordinary intelligence. Besidet
beiug uu expert mouse uud rut-catcher,
it frequently finds time to go ou snake
hunting tours, uud ulwuys bring home
a largo serpent, which it lays at itt
master's feet. While other cats make
a specialty of capturiug youug birds,
this cut protects the birds uud pun
ishes their feline enemies. Philadel
phia Inquirer.
Will Two Mluutea lie KeiulivdT
This is the year thut, us turfmen
huve said, will see tho record of hur
uess horses reduced to two minutes
for a mile. The pucing record dime
within a fraction of tho murk u yeut
ago, aud it is uudorstood thut the
trainers of u number of noted horses
are determined thut the coveted murk
shull be reuched before the seusou
ends. Suu Francisco Chronicle
LOVE AND JOY.
t sing of love thnt sorrow ne'er has
known,
Love thnt has dwelt with gladness from
Its birth,
Cove thut has mnde moro bright the gra
cious earth,
And given every song a tender tone.
With my heart hnve I upreared a throne
And set this love thereon with buoyant
mirth,
And much that seemed before of little
worth,
Soft-sunned by It to beauty strange has
grown.
That which was 1 erewhtls Is I no more;
Tho nlchemtst I.ove a wondrous change
has wrought.
And In my soul now lurks no base nlloy.
I have cost oft the bonds that thralled be
fore; The gold of love hnth purified my
thought, 1
And Joy my sovereign Is, for Love Is Joy.
Clinton Scollnrd.
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
"She usod to be so delicate before
he took to the wheel." "Well, she's
indelicate enough now." Detroit
Journal.
First Tot "My mamma says, 'If
the shoe fits, put it on.'" Second
Tot "My mamma says 'If the shoe
fits, take it off it's too big.' "Puck.
The Captain (boisterously) "Come,
jld tnnn, brace up! What's got into
you?" Passonger "If you don't put
uie asuore you ii very soon see. " Life.
Minnie "In my opinion one wheel
is as good as auother." M.."o "J
suppose there is not much diftVrerr'se
in rented wheels." Indiannpolis Jour
nal. """You must get rid of tho Orioi'
jont, Mike, if yon want togli uS.' Yet,
shure, I was tin yeurs in Loudon be
fore I could git over it mesclf." New
York Journal.
Style in the Far West: "The NiyUUs
,iut ou lots of stylo, don't they?""
"Well, I should say! They have in
dividual cyclouo cellars up ut the
Smiths." Puck.
Scientific Methods: Birch "Riches
have wings!" Pine "Possibly; but
most millionaires seem to have suc
?coded in clipping them pretty suc
sessfully!" Brooklyn Life.
"Speaking of runs," observed Me
ihuscluh, "I'vo just scored my ninth
century," aud he cut another notch in
his stick and continued to roll down
the ages. Chicago Tribuue.
"Horseloss carriages nro gettiug to
oo quite common iu the East now."
"Yes; but they are not as numerous
as the voiceless opera Ringers." Cin
cinnati Commercial Tribuue.
Wadford "Did you catch anything
ou your fishing trip?" Bilfcr "No,
didn't catch a fish." Wadford "Say,
Bilfcr, that's the straugest fish story
I've heard yet." Roxbury Gazette.
After the Slide: Ho (at the ball
game, enthusiastically) "He's safe!"
She (earnestly) "Oh. I do hope so,
but tho way ho wont down! I thought
he'd breuk his neck." Brooklyn Life.
Fiction: "Monster!" she exclaimed.
Her very look meant volumns iu tho
old romantic school; iu tho fiction of
tho prcaeut day it could be adequately
disposed of iu forty pages. Detroit
Journal.
'Airy "What kind of people do
you havo down here in tho season?"
Old Salt "Well, sir, all kinds; some
werry common, some real gents and
ladies, an' some like ycrself, sir, 'alf-aud-'olf."
Tit-Bits.
The Correct Idea: Weary Willie
"Ef you lied a million dollars, Fields,
wot would you do wit' it?" Flowery
Fields "W'y, I wouldn't do uutt'u'
wit' it I'd jest rest easy aud let it do
sutt'n wit' mo." Truth.
Tho Professor's Soliloouy: "Yes,
my memory is certuiuly gettiug better.
Now I remember distinctly enough
that my w ife told me to tie a string
ubout this finger. If I only could
think whut for!" Judge.
A political speaker accused a rival
of "unfathomable meanness," and
theu, rising to the occasion, said, "I
warn him not to persist iu his disgrace
ful course, or he'll find that two of u
cau play ut thut game I" Tit-Bits.
Ruth "I understand Percy High
life has stopped trying to trace back
his family tree. I suppose tho further
back ho went the harder it got?"
Freddy "Yes aud the further back
ho went the harder his ancestors got,
too." Puck.
"Papa," suid Billy, tearfully, aftei
a playful romp with the good-uuliired
but ruther rough St. Bernard puppy,
"I dou't . believe Bingo knows what
kind of a dog he is. He plays as if
he thought ho was a little pug."
Harper's Buzur.
"I hear you are about to build a
fine residence," suid Sir. Teuspot to
Mr. Crewe Doyle. ''Yes, siree," re
plied the man of uewly-fouud wealth.
"It is going to huve a piuzzuro in the
front uud a Porto Rico iu the rear."
Harper's BuZur.
Philunthropist "I am lurprised
thut a ludy of your retiuemeut aud
good impulses should wear a dead
bird upou her hut." Tho Offending
One "But then, you see, a live bird
would fiy away unless it were tied on,
and that would be cruel, you know."
Boston Transcript.
The Corufed Philosopher: "Ther
is no doubt," suid the oracular uud
bumptious neophyte, "that the way to
a man's affections is through his stom
ach." "Aud yet," said the for life J
Philosopher, "it ii uot mun who ex
pects ice cream and such to bo Ixnigbt
for him." Indianapolis Journal.
Human 1't-rsplralluu I'uUouuua.
llumuu perspirution, if injected into
dogs
or rabbits, ucts like u deadly
poison, according to M. Arloiug's ex
peruueuts. 1 erspuutiou secreted our
ing hard muscular work has more
toxic power than the ordinary kind,
while that obtained from subjects who
secretion has been checked by cold i
Very poisonous.