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Emperor William pays for bis trips on the German Government railroad the same as other mortals. bays St. Louis Post-Dispatch: If, as scientists assort, Niagara Falls is to disappear, nature will have performed the greatest operation for cataract ever known, Spain, it is said in Madrid, will presently send 27,500 additional troops to Cuba. Yet let it not bo for gotten that Spain still refuses to reo- ognize the existence of a state of war in that island! During 1803 American rich men gave for oollcges and benevolent pnr poses a round $29,000,000. During 1894 they increased it to 832.000.000. In 1895 they gave 832.800.000. and notwithstanding the hard times of 1890, the gifts amounted to $27,0 000. ' The St. Louis Globe-Democrnt ob serves: It is a curious fact that a club of women formed in New York to go to the Klondike has engaged a man to do the cooking and dish washing. Un less he is fastened matrimonially he will bsT apt to "give notice" when he reaches the diggings. There is an extraordinary decline in number of persons applying for civil service examinations, the total for the whole country during the current year . being only a fourth of the aggregate for last year. This decline is probably due, to the fact that many WQuld-be offlcescekers are are now finding em ployment in other directions. It may interest men who nre losing the natural covering of their heads to know that an industrious Frenchman with a patience rivalling that of a Chi nese puzzlo-workor, has made a calcu lation of the number of hairs on the average hnmau head. His estimate Is 127,920. Tliore are ' probably few authorities in tho world to contradict him. . President McKinley expressed what the New York Herald calls a happy thought when he said that the old British fortifications at Crown Point should belong to the Government. There are many relics and ruins of ooioniai ana revolutionary days m New York that should be preserved and at the same time left open to the people. The Right Hon. James Bryce, author of "The American Commonwealth," has publicly assarted that women are the scholarly sex and that men are caring less and less about learning, their chief absorption being eithor business or athletics. He says that in the fu ture all must look chiefly to women to nphold the love of culture and learn ing, and that the best education for men is the best for women. Tennossee's Centennial Exposition at Nashville is surpassing all records in exposition finances. If the atten dance continues as large as heretofore it will pay back to the stockholders dollar for dollar and possibly a small dividend in addition. It was an am bitious project to launch in the depth of a business depression, and this suo oess Bhows that the times have not been half as hard as the talk. Wjile the State Legislatures of this country have been coping with millin ery matters in the way of theatre hats and feather trimmings, remarks Youth's Companion, the French Government has reoommended that its horses be put into sunbonnets. The straw man ufacturers have been doing a largo business in consequence, and summer mortality among horses has largely de creased. The amusement awakened in the beholder at this odd gear is but an echo of that a century ago when men first appeared carrying umbrellas. The well-known British statistician, Mr. Mulhall, points out in a paper on the subject that, relatively to popula tion, no Europeau country can vie with New England in the matter of manu factures, the fact being stated that, in tho case of the latter, the value of the annual output represents $319 per in habitant, while iu the case of. Great Britain it is but $115, Belgium $88 and France $74. The rate, moreover, at whioimauufaetures have advanced in New Eugland he finds to be incom parably in excess of the rate in Great Britain; thus, the annual value of manufactures per inhabitant of Greut Britain was 9111 in 1850, and but $4 more in 1890, while during the sumo period iu New England it rose from $104 to $319. In other words, British manufactures in general, during the lust forty years, have done little more than keep pace with the population, while those of New Engluud show a ratio per iuhubitant three times greater thuu that of 1850. LET US LIVE Iu tho youth of the lmart, Ere tho glorious ray That was horn of life's morning Hnth faded away; Whilo the Unlit lingers yet In tho oyos thnt aro dear, And tho voices we love Will remain with us here; While the warm blood leaps up, And the forest resotinds With the tread of tho horse And tho bay of tho hounds, Oh, ever and alwnys, Ho long us we may, -MRS.SEABURY'STRIAD 32 Uy LUCIE 7 ELL, now," said Mrs. 'Beanian, briskly, to the other members of tho Sew ing Society, "after we voted at the last meeting to get a (lles fri n mlnia. ter's wife, I just went np there to see u anytiiing else was needed. "I've been thinking," interrupted Mrs. Lane, a gentle-faced little wo man, "that perhaps we'd better give the money to Mis. Seabury. and let her got just what Bhe wants for herself. What do you think about it, Mrs. Bea man?" ,. "I don't think nothin' about it," re torted that lady, sharply. "She hain't got no judgment, I know woll enough. She how rnsty that black dress of hers is! If she'd a bought somethin' that wouldn't get rusty she'd a showed judgment, I soy! It wouldn't be right to give hor money to spend, and I, for one, would be against it." Mrs. Bdaman glanced around the little circle. She was a large, portly woman, with a massive double chin aud keen black eyes. Her month had a habit of shutting tightly, and she would press her lips together until only a Hue was visible. She was dressed in a bright blue wqolen gown, made perfectly plain, and ornamented about the neck by a ruffle of red silk. She was a wealthy widow, and as president of the society and the largest subscriber in tho church, her word was law with everyone. Moek Mrs. Lane was tho only per son who ever dared to argue with her, and to-day she ma le a feeble effort to defend the minister's wife. "Perhaps Mrs. Seabury didn't have money enough to bny a good black dress. They must have got awful be hind with his not preaching for so long. Aud really, it doesn't seem as if I should waut any one to buy a gown for me." She looked around for a supporting voice, but there was none. "Well, now I'll tell you jnst how I feel about it," said Mrs. Bosnian. "If I Wasn't A Vrtl-V fr.inil in.l.ri, rt ITOuds. ntltl ftnmeliodv Hint wna Dl,,. i.l.l gj and pick me out a dress that would 1 I I t. M 1 . . wnur, mm wo ii uiu i ia'.iq nor cooklo With IliimtltltlQa Vtlf tlnHn'n' nn.l alni.l.l -.aww uui SJVSILIIU f (IUIIOUUIIIU buy it, and pay for it, I should feel to be thankful, I know." There Was a subdued ninrmnr nf no. sent from the other women. As I was saviuor when noimlw,lv iiiterrupieu uie, went on Mrs. Hen- man, with a severe look at Mrs. Lane, "I Wflut III) tn Mis' Kenlillt-v'a In in.l out if anything else was needed. Well, now. I tell VOU it lilniln me font hn.ll Mis' Seabury was tryin' to cut out a dress for Nannie that's the one next to the vouusrest aud sua didn't 1. AVA half cloth enough. The biggest twin was- washln' the dishes, aud the other twin was tryin' to keep the baby from cryin'. He certainly is the fussiest bahv T Aver eeo If a vell.nl fl,A wl.l l! - " J .1 I . ,uu II UUIO endurin' time that I was there, but his inotuer sain sue didn't tlnnk he was sick. Then .Inlninv l,o 1 t),, . " ' .UW IWU1U ache, and he bellered most of the time, aud Mis' Seabury was just as patieut with 'em all, aud just as perlite to me, as couiu ue. i tiiutrt see the minister, for he was writing his sermon, but I did have quite a talk with her. Why, they hain't got nothin' to wear, aud no money to buy anything with. She didn't want to tell me, but it came out a little at a time." ' Here she paused for breath, and Mrs. Drisooll, a tall, gaunt womuu with a little wisp of huir twisted iuto a kuob on the back of her head, made a remark. . "They must be awful shiftless peo ple, I think. I don't believe she's got uo faculty." "That ain't either here nor there," retorted Mrs. Bcauiau. "They hain't got no clothes, sure, and that's more our business than whether they've got any fnoulty." She could criticise the minister's fam ily herself, but uo one elHe should have the same privilege. "Well," she continued, "I went dowu to Claremout yesterday, and in to Clarke's, where I always trade, they had a piece of goods that was a bargain. It was a good heavy piece of twill, and by taking the whole piece tho let me have it pretty cheap. It cose considerable more than we in tended to pay, but I'll muko up the rest oilt of my own pocket." "Why, there'll be a lot luore'u we shall want," said Mrs. Drisooll. "No, there won't be, neither," an swered Mrs. Beauiau, "for we'll muko a dress for every one of 'em, and a speuoor for Johnnie aud a cloak for that yelliu' baby." Aud hor glance swept triumphuutly around the group. "Won't tbey look kind of queer, all dressed alike so?" ventured Mrs. Lane again. "I don't see as they w ill. They'll look kind of nico and neat, I think." Mrs. Beamau's eyes were a trifle bright, aud all . her old friends knew what that portended. "She'll be gettiu' mad in a minute," tbey thought. "Then sho won't do BY THE WAY. As wo Journey through lite Let us live by the wav, Lot us live In the thought That In mirth or la sorrow Has a strength for each day And a hope for each morrow, With smllos for the future; Though tears for tho past. And Joy In tho hours That fly from us fast. Oh, ever and always, Ho long as wo may, As wo Journey through llfo Let us live by tho way D. WELSH, 'fx nothin'. It's her way or no way with jurnmuu every nine. So there was no other dissenting voice, and the matter was considered settled. "We'll OUt and mnlia 'om nnii..Un. w. .TV.. , and you-oan come to my house and sew on 'em. Yon know the conference meets with us next month, and we ougui to nave em done by that time, so we'll have to work fnt "What color did yon say the cloth BSKea Mrs. Driscoll. "It's a kind of a dark plaid, and not really dark, neither. It won't fade ana it wou't wear out for one while,. T know. Now you all come to-morrow afternoon, and we'll begin. Mis' White's about Mis' Seabury's size, so we'll fit that dress to her. The biggest twin is about the size of my Rebecca, so we can got that dress easy enough, nun w o ii mime one a little smaller for the other twin. :The rest of 'em we'll nave to guess at." i uo nope the cloth isn't very bad," thonght Mrs. Lane. "AnnBea man hain't got no more taste than a sottin' hen. And T iln tl,'nlr Tir;' u ' ........ i.i . y i. r bury wjtild hate to wear auy thing very She knew it would be of no use to argue with Mrs. Beaman, so she said nothincr. A few weeks after this Mrs. Seabury snv uy ue wiuuow oi ner mtie sitting room trvincr tn Amman tVin f-a4fl 1 , 1 l o ... i. 11111 uuuji. Perhaps if the baby's mother had had less care aud hard work the child would not have been so fretful. Even now her miud was filled with worry about the nhilili-a w M u m n 11,1 vivkuca They had literally nothing, aud the uuiugiu ui uiiriucru Vermont necessi tates something warm. un, ir wo could only get out of debt, how lmimv ua bIi.hiI.1 li..t" f I , ....... v. u v. . CUC thought. tier mind went back to that June day, twelve years ago, when she had married Mr. Seabury. How bright and fair evervtlmin- liml Uaan In (l.,,,., i . - o " wvwt. w 1111.111 , To be sure, Mr. Scnbury was iu debt f. .i i ... lur ins truncation, outtney were young ami strong aim could soon pay the muuiuii. urn tue cniuireu came fust. Then the ruinistr l.mt lw lmnltl, .,,,1 was unable to preaoh for more than a year, i ue terriole debt still followed them, and now. nfter lu-nlvn van. they were no more able to pay it than i.:i i r ' "iOJ JJUU UDDU, Air. oeaoury nad no talent for mak ing friends, aud his manner in the pulpit had become dillideut and halt ing. Perhaps he was discouraged with iiis iriiiiiess struggle asrainst fate. At any rate, he was thankful to get the chance of preaching in the little village oi xyuuuur, aimougu ne Knew his abilities were far beyond the capacity of his hearers. Through all these unfortuuate years Mrs. Seabury's faith iu her husband had never wavered, and she brought up her children to venerate him. Her sad reflections were sud denly broken into by the entrance of Estheri the largest twin. "Oh, mother, mother!" she cried throwing herself at Mrs. Seabury's feet aud bursting iuto tears. "I never can bear it in tliA w.nfl.lt ill. .1..nHi w " v . ' . . wu, viv.ui ; Oh, dear!" Aud her speech was choked oy an agony oi teors. I "Whut is it, Esther darling?" cried Mrs. Seabury, laying the baby on the lounge, regardless of its wails. "Tell mother all about it, dear." It was very unusual for Esther to break dowu. She was only eleven years old, to be sure, but in wisdom and experience she was twenty. She could scarcely remember when the burden of the housekeeping had not rested on her slender shoulders, while Hope, the smaller twiu, had always had a baby in her arms. "Tell me, Esther dear," repeated the auxious mother. "Oh, mother, those awful dresses! We never can wear them we never can! All just alike! Aud how the baby will look in a cloak of it! Aud poor Johnny has got to have a spencer, aud it is Bueh awful cloth!" "Calm yourself, Esther, and tell me what this is all about. T dmi't nn,l. stand in the least. " "I went down to see Rebecca Bea uiau tliia afternoon, "said Esther, con trolling herself with a great effort. "lfer Innther nulr ed ma tit um'f in . . . ...... .i " n V. n ill, .1. inn parlor a few minutes for Rebecca was busy. The dining-room door was open a little, aud I eould't help seeing iuto the rottlll. All the ladiea whn 1ml, tn,. to the sewing society were there, and oh. mother" here Ksther li..ru - I,, cry again "they are making some clothes for us, aud Rebecca was try ing on my dress. They are going to make us each one, and a speuoer for Johnny, aud a cloak for the baby, all off the same piece of cloth, aud here is a bit I picked up from the floor. Isn't it dreadful?" It certainly was. As Mrs. Bemnau told the ladies, it wus a plaid. The predomiuaut color was purple, and there were lines of green, red aud yel low, the vellow bainir tha widest Oim dress of it would have looked strange, but tue appearance of a whole family clothed iu it would certaiuly be strik ing. Mrs. Lane had told the truth when she said Ann Beaman hadn't no taste. Mrs. Seabury took the sample in her hand. It was Btrong aud fine, as Mrs. Beamau had said. Esther stopped cry ing to see how the cloth affected her mother. Mrs. Soabury possessed a quick im agination, and a keeu sense of the ri diculous which the long years of hard ship had not dulled. Already she saw in hor mind's eye the family of five, clothed in that startling plaid, march ing into church. It was too much for her to bear. She leaned back in her chair and laughed and laughed. "Why, mother, how can you?" asked Esther, indignantly. "Why didn't they make a coat for father at the same time? It would be just as suitable for him as it will for you. Oh, have we got to wear them?" "I'm afraid we shall have to, dear. There really is no money to bny any thing else, and we caunot go without clothes. We must be thankful for what we can get." She could laugh no more, but was just on the verge of tenrs. "If it wasn't so queer I wouldn't mind. Why didn't they get some plain color? Rebecca says her mother selected it. I didn't stay to talk about it I couldn't. Rebecca walked part way home with me, and she talked about it all the time. Her mother paid for most of the cloth, and the society is making it up. How conld they do such a thing?" And poor Esther burst into tears anew. "Rebecca thought we'd be pleased," she added. Mrs. Seabury had collected her scat tered wits during this last speech of Esther's. "Esther, my dear," she said, "this certainly is a cross for us to bear. But we must try to think of how little con sequeuce clothes really are. The ma terial is strong aud warm. It will make us comfortable clothing aud we must wear it." "I don't see why," said Esther, re belhously, "You cau wear your old block dress and we children can stay at home." "It never would answer," replied her mother. "Mrs. Beaman and the other ladies have meant to be very kind to us. We must consider their feelings. How hurt they would be if we refused to accept the present which has cost them so much, in time aud expense! Come, Esther, you must help me in this matter. The other children will take it in the way that you do. If you accept the gift cheer fully, and as if you were pleased, they will do the same. I shall depeud up on yon to do this." "I will, mother, I will!" replied Esther. "And above all things, do not let papa suspect that there is anything peculiar about the clothes, for it would grieve him so." Esther's example was of so much value that not one of the children made any complaint when the new garments were brought home and tried on. w lien tue cloth was made up it looked even more startling thnn it had in the sample. The girls dresses, even little Nannie s, were made iust like their mother's, with straight, plain skirts and short-waisted bodices, which buttoued in front. Such frocks had been worn by children when Mrs, JJeaman was young, and she saw no reason for making these iu any differ e,nt fashion. Her own daughter's was after the same style. No one knew how hard it was for Mrs. Seabury to leave her house ar rayed in snch a garb. But it was a great deal harder for her to see her children made so conspicuous. There was no trace of her unhtppiuess iuher face, however. Her struggle had been silent one, iu the solitude of her chamber, and no one knew that there had been a struggle. It wus indeed a fantastic procession. for the cloth had held out wonderfully well, and Esther and Hope had short capes to wear with their dresses, while little Nannie had a loug one with a hood to it. ihe capes were hued and wadded, aud were really very comfort able. Mrs. Beaman had felt that the crowning point was reached when she found pieces enough to make a cap for Johnny iu addition to the spencer. Ihe parsonage was about a quarter of a mile from the church, aud the Sea bury family had traversed nearly half the distance when a carriage drove up behind them. 'Herbert, Herbert, do see those queer lookiug people," said the lady who was one of the occupants of the carriage to ner husband. Thev are boused iu the same kind of cloth. They must belong to some institution, or perhaps they ure strolling players, and dress in that way to attract atten tion. Do stop and ask them something. wont to see their faces." The gentleman, who was much older than his wife, smiled iudulgently, and .irew in his horse beside the little group. "Can you tell me ihe way to Mon trose?" he asked courteously. Mr. Seabury turned to reply. "Why, John Seabury, can this be you?" exclaimed the gentleman, hold ing out a friendly hand. "You don't kuow how pleased I am to see vou uiu!" "Aud I to see you, Professor Dawes. Ada," turning to his wife, "this is Professor Dawes, whom I knew bo well at college. You have often heard me speak of him." rosave her life Mrs. Seubury could not repress the burning flush of morti fication which rose to her cheeks as he acknowledged Professor Dawes's kindly greetiug aud replied to that of his wife. "What will thoythiuk of us in these grotesque clothes?" she thought. "Oh, they will see that John has not succeeded as a preacher, and they will think I have been a drag on him and kept him from advancing. No woman who would dress herself and her chil dren like this could be any help to a minister." While these bitter thoughts passed through her mind Mrs. Dawes had been surveying the little family with kindly eyes; all the amusement had died out of them. "A conference to-day," said the pro fessor, turning to her. "What do yon sny about going in for a while? We can do so perfectly well, as onr trip is one of pleasure aud not of business. Our time is our own to spend as we please. " "I should like to stop very much," returned his wife. "Then Twill drive on and meet you again at the church," said the profes sor. "I remember that Johu Seabnry," said Mrs. Dawes. "He was in college when we were first married. Y'on ex pected great things of him. Why is he buried up here?'' "He is doing good work here, doubt less," returned her husband. "Well, I think he could do more of it in a larger place, where he would re ceive more salary. . What a beautiful face Mrs. Seabnry has! The children are very pretty, too. Did you notice the largest one, the girl with the big black eyes?" "I didn't look at tho children very much," replied hor husband. "Were they not dressed rather queerly? Is that the fashion now?" "Oh, you dear, foolish man, of course it isn't. Can't you see that they have had a donation party or something, and nil those clothes have been given them? They nre obliged to wear them, but don't they hate to? You could see it in every face, even to the baby in the carriage. It's too bad!" Her remarks were cut short by their arrival at the church. Mr. Seabury was pleased to intro duce his old professor to his brother ministers, many of whom were not college men. It plnced him on a dif ferent footing among them, and gave him new life and confidence. When it was his turn to address the meeting everyone was surprised at his elo quence. During the intermission for lunch, all the ladies, eveu Mrs. Beaman her self, felt a little doubtful of the suita bility of the purple plaid for the min ister's wife. There certaiuly was something incongruous iu her refined face and ladylike figure combined with thnt cloth with the crude coloring. As for Mrs. Seabury herself, all thoughts of her attire hud passed from her miud. She was engaged in con versation with Mrs. Dawes, and the time passed very pleasantly for both. After lunch was over the professor and his wife went ou their way again, with many good-bys to the minister aud his Joseph-coated family. "Isn't it fortunate that we happened to go through Dunbar to-day?" said Mrs. Dawes. "And how lucky it was that Mr. Seabury's family hud been presented with those clothes! If they had not been dressed so queerly we shouldn't have noticed them. Then we should't have stopped at the con ference, and heard Mr. Seabury speak. And wo shouldn't have known how his abilities were wasted here, and you wouldn't have hud the opportunity of helping him." "I help him, my dear?" exclaimed the astonished professor. "I never dreamed of such a thing, although it is a pity he should not have a larger field." "I kuow it has not occurred to yon, but it has to me, and that is the same thing. Mr. Mcrton, who edits the Christian Messenger, is going to resign in the spring to go to India. His wife told me so. And you nre going to got his position for Mr. Seabury, who can write beautiful sermons, but cannot preach them very well. I know all about it, for Mrs. Seabury told me, aud this idea came iuto my miud at once. Y'ou will do it, won't you, Her bert?" "Woll, well, I don'tkuowl" said her husband, dubiously. The plaid drosses went to church every Sunday all winter, aud appeared at the suppers aud entertainments given by the society. Long before spring it was painfully evident to every one that those garments hud been a grievous mistake to every oue but Mrs. Beaman; apparently she admired the work of her hands as much as ever. "I declare," said Mrs. Drisooll to Mrs. Lane, "it makes me ashamed every time I see that circus procession marching up tho broad aisle at church. If Ann Beaman ever gets us iu such a box as that again, I guess she'll know it!" In the spring the town was electri fied by the news that Mr. Seabury had received a very fluttering oiler to edit the paper of the denomination. The salary was so large as to seem mirac ulous to these simple people. There was no question about Mr. Seubury's acceptance. Of course he must tuke it. Such chances come only once iu a lifetime. If the people were surprised, how much more so were the minister uud his family! They little kuew how im portant a purt the plaid dresses hud played in the mutter. As soon as it was decided that they would go, Mrs. Beainuu mulched bold ly up to the pursouuge. "Mis Seabury," suid she, "I guess I mude a mistuke when I bought that cloth. It really won't just what I thought 'twos, come to get it home. I guess you huted to wear the things, ud 1 ilou t blame you uuy. ion have looked mighty queer." Mrs. Reuuiuu, auswered Mrs. Seabury, "what you did wus out of the goodness of your heart. You real ized our necessities und tried to till them. I have always appreciated the true kindliness which prompted you. The particular colors of the cloth were of little moment." Mrs. Scnbury hesitated moment, then continued: "It wouldn't lie quito honest for me'tosay thnt I liked the garments or that I really enjoyed wearing them or seeing the children wear them; but I never have lost sight of the fnct that your intentions were of the very best." "Well, now," said Mrs. Beaman, heartily, "I'm glad you don't bear me no ill will for making yon U look like a menagerie. I guess those things won't do to wear down whore you are goin', though. So, if you'll just get all the clothes together, I'll take 'em home and color 'em so you'd never know what they had been." Mrs. Beaman was as good as her word, and the twins rejoiced in dark bine dresses, while Nannie and Johnny appeared in brown. Mrs. Seabury's gown came home a fine black, warranted never to grow rusty. Mrs. Beaman had no equal iu the oonnty when she once began to color. The baby's little cloak was left nn tonchod, for he hnd fretted himself iuto a better world some weeks before, and the uncouth garment was nlways a most precious possession to Mrs. Seabury. Every summer Mrs. Seabury and the children make a visit to Dunbar, spending moat of their time with Mrs Benmnn; and the minister's wife never regretted the courage with which Bho faced her trial. overly Magazine, SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL. Students and physicians in Berlin can now avail themselves of a newly founded circulating library containing only medical books. The swallow has a larger mouth, iu proportion to its size, thnn any other bird. Ho needs a scoop-net mouth, for he docs all his feeding on the wing. Place a snake on a smooth surface, as a polished table, and it makes no headway, because it fiuds no resist- once ou the smooth surface to aid it in pushiug ahead. An attempt to acclimatize ostriches in South Russia has proved success ful. The ostriches boru in Russia are much less sensitive to cold than the imported ones, and their plumes nre equally good. Major William J. Davis, Secretary of the Louisville (Ky.) School Board, has sold his collection of fossils to tho University of California for $15,000. Mnjor Davis sacrificed the magnifi cent collection to pay his debts. With the assistance of tho latest machines, a. piece of leather cau be transformed into" a pair of boots in thirty-four minutes, iu which time it passes through the hands of sixty- three people and through fifteen ma chines. A new X-rny tube, with adjustable cathode, shows that tho exact posi tion of the cathode enormously affects the penetration of the rnys, a change of a third of an inch giving a range of penetrative power from the highest to none at all. The wave lonth of Rotcngeu rays, according to Prometheus, has been ascertained by Dr. Fromm, of Munich, to be fourteen millions of a millime ter, or about seventy-five times small er than the smallest wavo longth of light. The determination was based upon interference-phenomena. Iu some late experiments on the bursting of small fly-wheels, tho first wheel tested, 15J inches iu diameter, bust at a speed of 6525 revolutions per minute, or rim speed of over five miles a minute. A timber casing around the wheel was completely de molished, aud a piece oi the rim was shot like a bullet through four inches of pine and 2 J iuches iutc the hard wood floor. The scheme of covering the Sahara with forest is pronounced by M. P. Privnt-Deschenel nttoily impractica ble, the arid plateaus being hopeless desert. Ou a limited scale, however, the valleyB most of which are favored with a small amount of water may be successfully pluntod with tumarisk, acacia, eucalyptus and poplar, the last named tree unexpectedly proven the most suitable. Iu the forest shel ter, vegetables aud fruit trees may be grown. Fluorine, remarkable both as the most active of tho chemical elements and as the only oue forming no com pound with oxygen, was with great dilliculty isolated by Moisou in 1857. Its liquefaction, just announced by ProfeBsor Dewur, adds a new nnd ex traordinary detail to the cheinrstry of cold. The gas liquefies at a tempera ture of 185 degrees below zero Cent., and the product is a yellow mobile liquid which has lost the iuteuse chemical energy uud become entirely inert. Horned Touds. Horned toads are numerous all over the southwestern portion of the coun try, from Texas to California. They are of all sizes, from the little tiny toad to those the sizo of your baud. They nre coverkdwith horns, aud have two large ones on top of the bead. These touds aro not bloated aud round, nor do they sit up like our common toud. The horned toad is flut aud longer more slender. His eyes blink uud he catches a fly uh quickly us auy toad. The horned toud is harmless and about the color of the ground; is eusily caught, and r.iuny huve been nent iu boxes through the mulls to friends in the East, but Uncle Sain has put a stop to that. No more horned toads through tho mails. Iu Culfomiu the touds are cuught by the Indiana und Mexicans and sold to sailors, who sell them iu Honolulu to catch flies. raid fur Cutter'. Mtiitpllti.. A Western man bus, ufter twenty years' efforts, succeeded iu collecting 75 from the Government for supplies furnished (luster's uruiy iu its way to the Little Rig Horn. COME. APART ANtRESTA WHILE. G'omo" .apart and rest a while; There nre menv coming, going, " hose dr T Hps fwrget to emtio, vt no forget to renp, for sowing: Frmn the ho street's surging tldo Hest Is but onsi step aside. -A.Willis Colton, Iu Ladies' Home Journal. HUM0R0FHE DAY, Don't explain yonrseJf too much; give the world a chance t. think well of yon. Life. "She used to be so delicnaKe before she took to the wheel." "Wet,, she', indelicate enough now." Dotroit lourunl. For the Klondike fever " The only cure alack! Is to drop a Klondike Icicle down the back. Chicago Tribune. "You ought to go up to Alaska, Mr. Staylate." "Why so?" "They have a night there two mouths long." He went. Cleveland Plain Denier. In the Butcher Shop: Customer "I should like to see a nice calf's head." Butcher Boy "Yes, sir. Father will be down directly." Boston Traveler. Though critics may condemn And prudes treat him with rigor, The sculptor, spite of them, Has cut a pretty figure. Judge. No mntter how insignificant a man may be there is a girl somewhere in the world who will consider him dis tinguished looking. Philadelphia Record. The peoplo who regard croquet as a quiet, religious sort of a game never tried to cross the lawi. after night where the wickets had been left stand ing. Atchison Globe. "But if you must reduce your ex penses, why don't yon discharge your privnte secretory?" "What! And meet nil those creditors personally? 1 should say not !" Detroit News. Trivate Moriarty (tho raw recruit) "Halt, will yoz? Who goes there?" Cnptain Bighend (itidignnntly) "Fool!" rrivnto Moriarty (unabashed) "Advance, fool, an give th' counter sign." Judge. "I see a party of missionaries has started for Klonkike." "Yes. I sup pose they intend to operate on the peoplo who are homeward bound with tales of their rich finds." Philadel phia North American. "Do yon consider Meeker a self made man?" "No; I think he was made to order." "Why so?" "Woll, judging from the way his wife orders him around ho must have been made for that purpose." Chicago News. "A Fronchninn says that love is a disease that closely resombleB alcohol ism." "There may be some truth in that. I have noticed thut the gold nure is frequently eflicacious iu both diseases." Cleveland Plain Dealer. "That was a sensational prayer Dr. Gumma delivered the other Sunday. I wonder if ho expected it to be an swered?" "Certainly. And it was, too. Why, nearly every paper in the country replied to it." Brooklyn Life. Nay, chldo hi in not, though sadness ho re veal; Nor seek him out and ask him to be gay, Ho pniil a hundred dollars for a wheel Whoso price went down to seventy next day. Washington Star. "Those St. Louis people ure mak ing a great fuss over that one-pound baby that was born there the other day." "They have a right to. It counts just as much iu tho census as if it weighed a ton." Chicago Tri bune. "Don't cry. Buster." said Jinimie- boy, nfter the catastrophe. "Napole on didn't cry every time his brother nit him accidentally on tho eye. "I kuow that," retorted Buster. "Na poleon did all the hittiu' ou the eye hisself." Harper's Bazar. "I wonder," said the emotional girl. "why mou do not fight for a woman's love as they did in the days of chivalry." "Because," said the dis gustiugly handsomo young mail, "it is easier for a fellow to go to a summer resort." Cincinnati Enquirer. "You suy you wnut to marry mi daughter; have you spoken to her?" les, sir," replied the young man, und have gained her consent." "Well, if she bus suid 'yes,' thut set tles it." Then the young man goes home und wonders if he isn't too young to many such a girl. Staudurd. Dubsley "Well, I suppose your son will soon begin his lust yeur in college?" Parks "No, he isn't going buck." Dubsley "Oh, that's too bad. He ought to go through, now thut he's got along to the last year. What's the matter?'' Purks "Why, didn't you kuow that he had a fever, and thut his hair hud all come out?" Cleveland Leader. Sbuilow of a Rouud. Wave. On observing an explosion of oue hundred pounds of a uitro-compouud from a distance of three hundred yards. E. J. Ryers lately saw what he sup poses to huve been the shadow of the sound wove start from the point of de tonation and travel iu the bright sun light for at least half a mile down the valley. This led to camera experi ments by Professor C. V. Boys, tho re sult being a series of pictures by au auimutogruph, showing the wave as a complete circle instead of u semi-ellipse us it should be ou the sound shadow theory. The "Ryvos ring" is aston ishingly black to the eye, though ap pearing us a circular light shading in the photographs. What is the cause is still uncertain, but it is pointed out thut the expluuutiou giveu may be tested by noting whether the phenom enon appears when the sun is clouded. An Indian rtlatlon Agrld. The Suiita Fe Railroad has selected a full blooded Indian as htutiou agent ut Wilmore, Kan. He is C. H. Hook out, who once worked as a section hand on the road, but learned telegrtyhy aud educated himself in Englidb,
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