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KE
A Massachusetts conrt has recently
laid down the doctrine that high social
position and advantages aggravate
rather then palliate a crime.
Seven different dialects were spoken
in the Austrian Reiohsrath, which
lately adjourned, and a majority of the
members violated parliamentary rules
in all of them.
One of a gang of bank robbers lately
arrested in Indiana said that in at
tempting to escape after one of their
burglaries they rubbed onions on their
shoes, and thus were able to throw
the bloodhounds sent after them off
the scent.
1 The game law of Wisconsin provides
that enoh sportsman may kill two deer
in tho open season, and gives eaoh one
two coupons to attach to the car
casses, but no provision is mado for
the cancellation of the coupons, and
it is asserted that they are boing used
over and over again.
Postal ravings banks are recom
mended by the Postmaster General,
who also favors rural free delivery.
Gradually but suroly, remarks the
Amorioau Agriculturist, the claims of
agriculture are being heard, and surely
the country districts are entitled to
attention as well as the cities and
towns.
A Parisian who suspects that the
food or drink which he has purchased
is adulterated, can have the article
aualyzed free of cost at the munioipal
laboratory. If impurities are found,
the city un.lei'takes tho prosecution of
tho tradesman, and after conviction
the offender is not only liablo to fine
and imprisonmont, but may be obliged
to display in his window a sign reading,-
."Convicted of Adulteration."
There is room for a similar law in this
country. '
A striking feature of modern eoionce,
notes the Trenton (N. J.) American, is
the rapidity with which the possibili
ties offered by any now discovery are
followed np. The Roeutgon rays have
boen known but a year and a half, yet
they have taken a permanent place in
the hospitals of the world, vast im
provements have been made in appar
atus for producing them, and it is im
possible to say that they will not noon
become a neoessity of our daily life.
In Euglaud a Roentgen Booiety has
been formed, with Professor S. P.
Thompson as President. Some of the
members will study tho sources of tho
rays, others the applications, some the
induction coils, others the tubes and
other apparatus. These systematic
efforts can hardly fail to result in a
speedy increase of tho efficiency and
applications of this epoch-making dis
covery. If the United States has made such
rapid industrial strides in recent
years as to be able at the preseut time
to furnish locomotive engines to Rus
sia, Great Britain, Japan, Brazil and
Canada, what is to prevent this couu
try from ' issertiug it superiority in
other industrial lines? asks the At
lanta Constitution. For cxarnplo, iu
view of tho almost nulimited resources
which this country possesses for ship
building, what is to hindor the Unitod
States, in the courso of time, from
successfully coping with Groat Brit
ain? In response to this query, tho
New York Journal of Commerce says:
"When the development of our own
country and the exploitation of tboso
sources of wealth which Providence
has placed us in possession of demand
. the construction of ships on a scale
beyond that of any other oounlry we
shall build the best ships for tho
money that can be found anywhere.
With our vast domain the one me
chanical appliance whioh more than
another we needed was the looomotivo,
- and we have developed that machine
till for most purposes our locomotives
are the best in the world. We havo
more railroad mileage than all Europe,
and we have probably built more loco
motives than all tho rest of the world.
' It has not been a matter of vital im
portance to us to develop shipbuild
in2, and upon the sea we could not
void encountering the competition of
men willing to accept lower profits and
wages thau we were willing to aocept.
Therefore, we have not attained that
pre-eminence in shipbuilding that we
have attained in steam and electrio
railroad building and locomotivo and
sleeping car building. We havo de
veloped along the liue marked out for
us by our surroundings, our political
needs and the best opportunities for
profit. We may be on the point of
adding shipbuilding for tho world to
our other accomplishments." Iu view
of the enormous wealth which nature
has lavished upon this country, there
is no leason why the United States
should not enjoy the same prestige in
shipbuilding which bIio enjoys to-day
in other lines of industry.
IHt DYING
OH century, tottorlng to thy rest.
All vainly dost thou bent thy breast;
A. new dawn gilds the mountuiu crest.
The glory of thy wondrous day.
With nil He gllt'tor and dls.ilay,
In twilight shadow dies away.
Almost the poet, In whose rhyme
Thy praise is sung In verso sublime,
begins his lay "Oneo on a time."
Htrnnge fancies fill thy timo-worn brain;
Thou dreamest thou art young ngaln,
With battle cry on land nud malu.
And a dread turmoil of unrest
Embroils tho Orient nnd the Wo.itj
Alnrums sound at thy behest.
E'en Israel's children, In thy throos,
Imagine o'or again their woes;
And many a hope toward Zlon goes.
0)oio "5
m8
A CHANGE OF PURPOSE.
By THOMAS P. MONTORD,
0:00
65
HE day Silas
Ryan, the pro
prietor and man
ager of Ryan's
Ranch, set his
e mp loyes at
work, fencing
in a large body
of the best Gov
ernment land in
Southern Kan
sas, he stirred
np a good sized
hornet's neBt,
and brought the
insects buzzing
angrily about his head. He had no
shadow of right to the land, and
naturally the settlers and home-seekers
resented his cool appropriation of it to
his own use. There were men who
wanted it for homes, and who were
entitled to it under the laws, and these
men looked upon Ryan's conduot as a
base infringement on their rights and
were not sparing in their denunciation
of him and his order.
Near Ryan's Ranch there was a little
town know as Prairie City. It was an
insignificant place, with less than two
hundred population, but it gave pro
mise of great things in the future. Its
inhabitants, "and the settlers on the
prairie about it, believed that in time
Prairie City would become one of the
leading towns of Kansas. Unfort
unately, however, the hopes of those
people were never to be realized. A
railroad was soon after built through
that part of the country and it missed
Prairie City by just two oiles. The
result was a new town on the railroad
and the death of the old one. Prairie
City went the way of hundreds of
other Kansas towim. Its population
took np their possessions, including
their houses, and moved across the
prairie to the railroad.
In Prairie City's halcyon days, how
ever, it boasted of a newspaper, the
Prairie City Eagle. It was not much
of a paper, being small and poorly
printed, but it was quite as good as its
patronage justified. Its subscription
list was extremely limited, and its ad
vertising business was dwarfed to one
column of display matter and a few
lines of pay locals.
The Eagle, as a matter of course,
stood by the town people and tho set
tlers, aud when Ryan set his men to
fencing in the public lauds for grazing
purposes, it came out with a strong
editorial denouncing him in the sever
est terms. It pronounced his action
dishonest, as he was stealing the peo
ple's rights. It went further and said
that it was the lowest aud most con
temptible species of dishonesty, since
by it he was stealing the homes from
poor, struggling men and their wives
and children, thereby robbing them
of a chance to earn au honest living.
"It is the duty of the homeseekers,"
it wont on, "to proteot themselves
ugainst the encroachments of this
greedy cormorant, who, for the sake
of adding to his illgotten wealth,
wonld starve even the innocent, un
conscious, helpless babe in its moth
er's arms. It is the duty of the Bet
tors to baud themselves together, to
take the law iu their own hands, and
cut the wire that shuts them out of
their own. Tear down th.e fence,
drive off or kill the usurper's cattle
aud give him to understand that if the
Government won't proteot you, you
oan and will protect yourselves."
A copy of the paper containing this
editorial fell into Ryan's hands. Ho
read It aud boiled over with wrath aud
indignation. He was forced to ad
mit that there was much trnth in the
article, but it was none the more pala
table to him for that. He swore ven
geance against the Eagle and its edi
tor, and vowed that not another issue
of the paper should be published.
At dinner time he read the artiole to
his employes as they sat at the table.
They were six in number, reoently
emigrated from a ranch down in Texas,
and had a reputation for being the
hardest and most reckless dare-devils
that ever rode the range. When Ryan
had finished reading he said:
"What do you think of that?"
' I think it's blamed big crowing
from a mighty little rooster," one of
the cowboys replied.
"If the settlers waut to take that
editor's advice aud try it on about
jutting the wires, "another said, "just
let them. They'll find before they
get through with it that they've got
into the hottest aud most unhealthy
job they ever tackled."
"Then you boys will stand by me?"
Ryan questioned.
"Of course we will," pue of them
answered. "We're paid to work for
you, and we've not got any love for
settlers. We'll see that your fence is
uot cut au.l tbaj your cuttle are not
bothered."
"That's all right' Ryan baid. "hut
CENTURY.
The world li mvl me i shout and cry
Beholding won lers In the sky,
ltenewing faith Irr prophedy.
f Id century, we love thee weH.
Tiiy fame the ehronloler will tell
When long (orgot thy funeral knell.
For many a noble thought bath sped
To nobler aotlon by thee led.
And many a high-souled word was said.
Now happiness c.vne In thy w ike.
Itighted was many an old mistake;
An age-worn thirst thy springs dl 1 slake.
Itest thee new hopes besln to plnv;
They drive thy death-born fears away
And usher in the newer day.
Rest tliee, brare requiem shall bo thine.
Whose lustrous deeds will long outshine
Tho strange vagaries of deelino.
Felix Uerson, In Philadelphia Lodger.
there is something else I want you to
do."
"Whatis.it?"
"I want this paper sqnolched'
"We'll squelch it."
"I want you to ride ovor to Prairie
City to-night and clean the thing out
root and branch. . Burn the office,
smash np the old press and chase the
editor out of the country. "
"We'll do it."
Just after supper that night the
oowboys loaded their pistols carefully
and buckled them about their waists.
Then they brought out thoir horses,
saddled and mounted them, and rode
away in the direction of Prairie City
at a mad gallop. Just before they
reached the town they came to a halt.
One of them said:
"Now, boys, we don't want to take
any reckless ohanoes in this business,
so we had better be a little cautious.
I guess that editor is a spindle-shanked,
goggle-eyed old roostor from the East,
who'd drop dead at the sight of a
pistol, but still he may be a raiment
of a different color. For all we know
he may turn loose and go to pumping
lead into us at the rate of about sixty
bullets a minute. It will be safest to
kind of slip up on him aud take him
unawares."
The others agreed to this proposi
tion, and accordingly they rode quietly
into tOWn. dismmintall ami fieri fliair
horses, and noiselessly approached the
jagie omce. A liglit was shining
through a window of the little one
story box buildiug, And by one com
mon impulse the cowboys stole cau
tiously forward to this window with a
view to peeping into the room to see
how the land lay.
On one side of the room they saw a
rickety old tvnaatjtnd Anntaiin'nrr half
dozen cases of type. On the other side
btoou an 01a army press, while in the
center there was a zinc-covered goods
box which answered in the plaoe of an
imnosino Stone. Tin at. Mm end nf flin
room was a small table at which was
seated a woman.
The woman's elbows rested on the
table aud her face lay between her
hands. She was sittiug directly in
iruuv 01 iue winuow, apparently look
ing straight at it, so the cowboys had
a good, square view of her features.
They saw that she was young and
pretty, not much more than a child,
And very sad. There was a deeply
troubled expression on her face, and
once they saw her brush tears from her
eyes. "
"The editor's wife or daughter, I
reckon, " one of the cowboys whispered.
"Guess so." one of the others re
plied; "and like as not the old whelp's
been abusing her."
"I'm going in aud talk to her," the
first speaker announced. "You chaps
wait outside till I come back."
"A good idea," another agreed.
"We want to see a little more into
this business before we do Anything
rash."
The cowboy walked around to the
door and entered the office. He passed
across the floor aud stopped just be
fore the little table at which the wom
an was sitting. He took off his hat,
made au awkward bow, And said:
"Good evening, lady. I hope I find
you well."
A shade of fear passed over the
woman's face and a startled look came
to her eyes wheu she saw the mau's
huge pistols and noted his cowboy at
tire. Still, she answered calmly aud
bravely enough:
"I am quite well, than you. Is
there anythiug I oan do for you?"
"Why, I don't know. I reckon
maybe I'd like to see the editor of this
paper."
"I am the editor."
"Well, but I want to see the man
your father, or husband, or whoever
he is."
"There is no man here. I am all
alone."
"You don't mean that you are run
ning this paper all by yourself?"
"Yes, sir, eicept for the help of a
boy, who mauages the press forme."
The cowboy whistled, then stood
staring at the woman in amazement.
At last he ejaculated:
"Well, if that don't stump me! A
woman running a paper all alone,
with no lnen fnlka tn helri lierl daa
but it must be lots of hard work!"
"It is, but I don t mind that. I'd
ItM ivilliliiy in wnrlr niolit. mid duv if T
could just manage some way to keep
toe paper going.
You re not uguriug on stopping it,
are you?"
ies. I II have to stop it. I can't
fret. Anmiodl mnllPT in imv unv trtz-ifA
paper. My mother is sick and I have
to ouy medicine ana miugs lor ner.
Poor mother! 'I don't know how T
shall provide for you now."
Iue gin voice trembled aud lier
eyes tilled with tears. The cowboy
218
looked on a moment, then paced rapid.
It two or three times across tho room.
l'inally ho said:
"You wait here for me. I'll be
back in a few minutes."
He hurried out to his companions
who were waiting at tho door. H
drew them to a safe distance from the
office and then told them all he had
discovered. They heard him to the
end.
"Ho that woman," one of them Soid,
"wroto that piece about Ryan."
. "She did."
"Then, if we kick up a fuss with
anybody, it's got to be with her?"
"It has."
"In that case I guess we won't kick
up any fitBs."
"Not if I can help it. It's all right
enough to pile onto a man and squelch
him, but it's a different thing wheu il
comes to a poor, lone woman strug
gling bravely to support her sick
mother."
"The paper is going to quit any
how," someone remarked, "so it's all
right to let it alone. It can't do any
more damage."
The man who had come from the
room was silent and thoughtful for s
moment, then he said:
"I reckon the paper's not going to
quit, either. I've got money enough
to tide it over a few weoks, and "
"I've got enough to tide it over a
few more weeks," another said, and
he was promptly followed by the
others with like propositions. The
upshot of it all was that a minute
later a roll of money was put into the
girl's hands, and before she had re
covered from her astonishment the
cowboys wero on their way back to
the ranch.
"Wonder what Ryan will think?"
one of them remarked as they rode
Along.
"Don't matter what he thinks," an
other replied. "We didn't hire to
him to make war on women."
Thauks to the aid given by the cow
boys, the Eagle lived; and when Prai
rie City moved to the now town the
Eagle went with it, and there it grew
and prospered and in time became a
prominent paper. But its editor never
knew the true object of the night'i
visit that was paid her by the cowboys
of Ryan's Ranch. Whether she wonld
have thought any the less of them if
she had known is a matter of donbt.
Naturally. Ryan was displeased with
theaction of his employes; the more
especially since the Eagle kept np ite
fight on him. But there was nothing
he could do save submit, since he had
contracted with his employes for a
year, and he could not discharge them
for refusing to do an unlawful act. He
was entirely helpless and when the
settlers cut his fence and took up
claims on his range he had to quietly
give way to them and seek grazing
lands elsewhere. Detroit Free Press.
Handy 1 telle, at Mt. Vernon.
On the posts of one of the old bode
in the mansion at Mount Vernon are
small glass knobs with sockets drilled
into them, which fit little spikes, but
do not fasten on. It is perfeotly
natural for visitors to place their
bauds upon the knobs, and those who
do immediately perceive that they
can be taken off. The next step is to
sliy them quietly into the pocket and
carry them away as relicB of the sa
cred plaoe. Although an attendant is
employed to watch this room there
are so many visitors that it is impos
sible for him to prevent such pilfer
ing, and the glass knobs have to be
replaced two or three times a week
during the busy season, but that costs
very little trouble and expense. A
factory near Pittsburg turns them out
for thirty cents a gross, and Mr.
Dodge is in the habit of ordering a
barrel of them every spring. There
are several thousand of these glass
knobs scattered over the world, in
museums and private collections of
mementoes and historical relios. Many
more are doubtless concealed for reas
ons of conscience and fear of discov
ery, but the guilty persons need have
no concern. The originul knobs that
belonged to the bed are safely laid
away in a vault, and if they need more
of the same kind they can order
them from the factory at Pittsburg.
William E. Curtis, in the Chicago
Record.
Tbe omce He Held
A man who for some years has been
engaged in the service of a large tele
phone corporation iu Greater New
York was recently asked by an ac
quaintance to name the title of his
position. The telephone man re
plied somewhat as follows: "I hardly
know myself. Whenever there is
auy little fask requiring some tact, or
when au unruly customer has to be
pacified, or when a situation requir
ing a little diplomacy arises, or when
any kind of work that no one else
wants to do conies along, your humble
servaut is called upon. I have asked
several times to have my position de
fined. The nearest I have to it in
that I am a special agent. I have
about decided to take a title for my
self, and I think it will be 'First Aid
to the Injured.'" Electrioal Review.
A Murtguged Cat.
There are very few articles that cau
not be mortgaged, but wheu the clerks
iu the County Clerk's office took s
chattle mortgage to rile, aud, looking
over the list of articles, they found a
cat, they were perfectly dumbfounded.
They say that they have seeu uiuny
strange thing mortgaged, but nevei
before saw a cat. The mortgage was
given by Charles Arnold to J. Claus,
aud it is hard to sav what would
be done if the cut ran away. Cincin
nati Cominercial-Iribuue.
Kliort tiervlct Well Feu.loned.
Frank Mark, of St. Louis, is the
only pensioner iu Missouri who is
awarded $100 a mouth, yet he was iu
the army only sixteen days aud did not
fight a battle. He lost both arms in
cuuuou practice.
TIIE MERRY SIDE OF LIFE.
STORIES TOLD BY THE FUNNY MEN
OF THE PRESS
The Orrat Food Questlan Jonah's Dla.
rovery Very I.lkelyHow wect t No
Kxemptlons They I, Ike the ;lkI
Gntnecl In Color At Va.sar, F.tc. Ele,
"I'll tell you thoeourso I'mpursulu'
To save my digestion from ruin;
I'll mention a few
Of tjie things I eschew
(Esehowln' Invulvin' less chewln'):
"I nevertouoh nothlnk leguminous,
Nitrogenous, stnrehy, albuminous,
Hour, bitter or sweet,
Fish, fluids or meat:
My dinner card Isn't voluminous."
Plck-Mo-Up
How Bweet t
Moneybags "Would you marry an
old man?"
Miss Boll "Tho older the better."
Jonah'a Discovery.
First Mate "What was the greatest
ocean race yon ever heard of?"
Cnptain " Whales. " Ch icago
News.
Very Likely.
"I wonder why she refuses to go
riding on a tandem with me?"
"Perhaps her back hair is not real."
Brooklyn Life.
At Vassar.
Teacher "What is meant by 'tho
red badge of courage?' "
Pupil "Wearing a red shirtwaist
in the presence of a bull." Up-to
Date.
Unsafe.
First Nurse "I'm afraid I can't
come with you to-morrow."
Second Nurse "Why not?"
"Well, I don't like to leave tho baby
with its mother." Brooklyn Life.
No Kxemptlons.
"Is it true, Goorge, that there is a
tariff on elephants?"
"Yes, dear. Those custom-house
fellows don't intend to let any kind of
trunks escape them." Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
They Like the Itlsk.
Fred "All the trticles about tha
danger of contagion from kissing are
very alarming, don't you think?"
Dora "M'yeai Tint we women
greatly admire courage iu a mau."
Tit-Bits.
Where Microscope. Are Needed.
Mrs. Harlem "It says the detec
tives mado a microscopic investigation
of the apartments. "
Mr. Harlem "Why, I didn't know
the tragedy took place iu a flat."
New York Journal.
Derision.
"I am very sorry, Captain Brown,
but circumstances ovor which I have
no control compel me to soy 'No.'"
"May I ask what the circumstances
are?"
"Yours."- -Piek-Me-Up.
It Rained in Cotnr.
"Your story," remarked tho editor,
"lacks local color."
"It seems to be gaining in that re
spect," rejoined the author, observing
how soiled his manuscript had be
come Modern Society.
Crusty Thing.
Y'onng Wife "I wonder why tho
birds don't come here any more. I
used to throw bits of cake I made,
and"
Bachelor Brother-in-law "That ac
counts for it." Roxbury Gazette.
One Change.
"Time brings its changes," re
marked the philosophical boarder.
"Yos, it does," assented tho flippant
one. "We speak about carrying ioe
to Klondike now instead of carrying
coals to Newcastle." Now York Jour
nal. A Disappointment.
"My wife couldn't go to the concert
last night because tho baby threatened
to have croup."
"That was too bad."
"Yes; aud now sho iu hopping mad
because the" baby didn't have croup
after all." Chicago Record.
And She Jn.t Jumped at tho Chance.
Miss Youngly "So you've only
known him a month? Don't you think
you're taking a great many chances iu
marrying him?"
Miss Oldwaito (candidly) "Dear
me, no. It's the only chance I've had
in teu years." Judge.
Dissimilar Somewhat.
Bacon "I suppose running for
office is a good deal like running for a
railway car some get there and some
miss."
Egbert "Yes; but remember
that in case of a car, if a man doesn't
get there he doesn't have to pay."
Aiubltlun.
Aunt Gertrude "And what will you
do when you are a man, Tommy?"
Tommy "I'm going to grow a
beard."
Aunt Oortiudo "Why?"
Tommy "Because then I won't
have nearly so much face to wash."
Piek-Me-Up.
Hone, and Hole..
Grocer "You butchers have a soft
suap. You weigh tho bones with the
meat aud charge meat prices."
Uutcher "I dou't see bh you have
any call to talk. When you sell Swiss
cheeBo, don't you wtigh tho holes and
charge cheese prices for them?" Bos
ton Transcript.
Skeptical About This One Thli J.
"Women are nuturally incredulous,"
remarked the whist player,
. "Thut's contrary to the common ex
pression." "I dou't care; it's true. You never
cau make one believe you tho first
time you toll her what are trumps."
Washington Star.
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.
The white rhinoceros is nearly ex
tinct. London has two stuffed- speci
mens and another is in the Cape Town
Museum.
Heavy trucks are being fitted with
ball bearings now. The principle is
that of bicyclo bearings used on 0
large scale.
Savillo Kont, a naturalist, has nn
owl, or "morepork," as he calls it,
which plays possum, stiffening itself
out until it appears as part of the
branch of a tree ill tho naturalist'?
yard.
Frozen butterflies are often found
on tho snow by mountain climbers,
ond the insects are so brittle that thrj
break unless carefully hnudlcd. Wheu
taken to a warmer climnto they re
cover and fly away.
A little electric railway connects the
diuing room, kitchon aud collar of the
residenceof Dr. Siemens, the famous
Berlin electrician. By pressing a but
ton, articles in oue apartment are
quickly conveyed to any of the others.
Experiments npon a substratum of
swampy soil on the 'Myrtle Grove farm,
in Queen Anno Comity, Maryland,
have developed a new fertilizing ma
terial and a new stock for a brown
and durable paint. The mud, when
subjected to au evaporating process,
hardens into crusty blocks. This
substance, whon crushed, has been
found availablo for fertilizing, or as
the body of a paint, if the usual mix
ing fluids be addod.
It is said that a young man. whoso
name is not given, after a march of
nine hours from Bordj-Bou-Arroridj,
has discovered the ruins of the old
Arabio capital, Kalaa, once the chief
seat of the Ulmmadites. Among them
were the remains of an old mosque,
which had evidently been rebuilt from
tho ruins of an ancient Christian
church, on the plan of tho Bntilica.
Near it was a wash basin, fed by a
fountain, constructed of beautiful
variegated marble. It betrays its
Christian origin by a double Latin
cross, with an nlrnost effaced inscrip
tion, evidently an auciont Christian
monogram.
The walkiug of a fly on the ceiling is
a familiar phenomenon not yet fully
understood. A recent paper by Mrs,
D. H. Diorhold mentions that tho mi
croscope quickly disproves tho old
theory that lues hold to smooth sur
faces by means of nnckers, and that
Hooke's idea that flies stick to glass
by a viRcns secretion was shown a
dozen years ago to be only partly
sound. Dr. Rombout has established
the fact that the flies hang on by the
help of capillary adhesion the mole
julur attraction between solid and
liquid bodies. It is true the foot hairs
are very minute, but as eaoh fly is
mid to have 10,000 or 20,000, we need
uot be surprised at what they cau do.
It appears that the curious remedies
of a century or two ago are still re
tained in some parts of the earth. A
Russian journal mentions that the in
habitants of a malarial locality in the
government of Kharkov have iu re
sent years used powdered crabs with
great success iu fevers, aud that this
powder has been adopted in preference
to quinine. A teaspoouful is generally
jullloieut to cure tho intermittent
fever, a second doso being required
Duly in obstinate cases. Tho powder
is prepared by pouring ordinary whis
Ky ou live crabs until they are put to
jleep, wheu they are put on a bread
pan iu a hot oven, thoroughly dried
pulverized aud passed through a sieve.
The Flr.t Solontlllc Kite Flying.
The famous kite experiment is de
scribed by Franklin in a letter dated
October 19, 1752: "Make a small
?ross of light sticks of cedar, tho arms
90 long as to reach to the four corners
it a large, thin silk handkerchief when
extended. Tie the corners of tho
handkerchief to the extremities of the
sross, so you have the body of a kite,
which, being properly accommodated
with a tail, loop aud string, will rise
in the air like those mado of paper, but
being made of silk is better fitted to
bear the wet aud wind of a thunder
gust without tearing. To the top of
the upright stick of the cross is to be
fixed a very sharp-pointed wire rising
foot or more ubove the wood. To
the end of the twine next the baud is
to be tied a silk ribbon, aud whero the
silk aud twine join a key may bo
fasteued. This kite is to be raised
whon a thunder gust appears to bo com
ing ou, and tho person who holds the
string must stand within a door or
window or under some cover, bo that
the silk ribbon may not bo wet, aud
caro must be taken that the tw ine does
uot touch tho frame of tho door or
window. As soon as the thunder
clouds come over the kite, with all tho
twine, will be electrified and stand
outevory way aud be attracted by an
approuchiug finger. Aud wheu the
rain has wet the kite aud twiue you
will And the electric fire stream out
plentifully from tho key on the ap
proach of your knuckle.
l'lneupples In Florida,
Net profits from each aero of pine
apples on tho Indian River, $:100;
from six acres, $1800; from ten acres,
iilOOO, and bo ou up to thirty, forty,
fifty aud eveu sixty acres. These are
uot imaginary figures, but actual re
turns from the crop of the preseut
year. The authorities ou pineapple
culture ou the east count of Forida
consider i'MM an uore a very conserv
ative estimate of net profits per an
num if the fruit is raised aud handled
with ordinary care and prudence.
Some growers duriug the past season
have realized as much as $100 pel
acre. Jacksonville Times-Union.
Falfttt Trt-lli Fvl.
According to statistics about 1,000,
D00 false teeth are manufactured
Annually iu this country, while one
ton of gold aud three tons of tilver aud
platinum, to the alue of $100,000, are
used iu filling teeth.
A CAME SHE KNOWS.
When Bertha gets the checkers out
And lays them for a social game,
She'll Improvise, beyond a doubt,
Some rules to regulate tho sama
For Itertha caunot bear to lose.
Yet cannot hopo to always win,
Save by a system that pursues
A plan bewildering as sin.
Full well, Indeed, this game she plays,
And many players fnll before her:
Some conquered by Lor skilful ways
And some because they half adore her,
It ehanoe she makes a hapless movo
She'll "take It back" to dodge dlsnste)
And lift appealing eyes to prove
That In such winning ways she's master.
Tlien, when the final move draws near,
And dire detent sho can surmise,
Her hands will shield the board In fear,
And she will vanquish with her sighs.
Thus Dcrlha plays tho gnmo of draughts
Nor needs the science of the wise;
In this, ns in some sweoter crafts,
Bhe couquers by her wits and oyesl
Chicago lieoord.
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
Friend "How do you get along
with the cooking?" The Bride "Ad- '
mirablyl I blame it on the range."
Puck.
'Tounder has had to go out of the
band." "What was tho trouble?"
"Ho has got too fat to balance the
bnss-drum." Chicago Record.
Yeast "I've just iuvestod in one of
those salt-and-pcpper suits." Cnra
sonbeak "Well, that sonuds as if it
would be good for at least two sea
sons." "They have discovered a lake np in
Alaska that is teeming with fish."
"Eh? I thought they did all their
teaming with dogs." Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
He "I suppose if your father found
me here he would kick me out of tho
door?" Sho "Oh, I dou't know;
papa's puutiug is wretched." Detroit
Journal.
Hall "What are you doing now?"
Gall "Oh, I'm making a honso-to-house
c.vivnss to ascertain why peoplo
don't wont to buy anew patent clothes
wringer." Chicago News.
"The horso has another point of
superiority over tho wheel." "What
is it?" "When a horso is getting ready
to shy at anything, yon can tell it by
his oars." Chicago Record.
Hungry Higgins "As fur eight
hours being enough fer a day's work
" Wenry Watkius "It ain't.
Any man who'Jl do a day's work orter
git six mouths." Indiuunpolis
Journal.
"Darling' ho cried, "I cau not live
without you." "But," she replied,
"my father is bankrupt." "In that
cose," ho despondently replied, "I
guess I'll go and shoot myself." Chi
cago News.
Teacher "Don't any of you know
how to find niouutains on the mnp?
Now, look at this map of Alaska.
What is that row or chain of dark,
round spots?" Class (in chorus)
"Nu;rgets!" Puck.
"Boswell," said Dr. Johnson, meet
ing the biographer on the street, "I
havo been reading your manuscripts.
There is a great deal about yourself in
them. They soeni to mo to bo Y011
inoirs rather than Memoirs." Puck.
She "But surely you believe that
the Bins of tho father are visited ou tho
eliil.lrnn?" Ho "Rather. My Kov-
ernor promised to let 1110 have a fiver
this morning; bnt ho lost it at poker
last night, so I didn't get it!" Punch.
Miss Youngly "So you've only
known him a mouth? Dou't youthiuk
you're taking a great many chances in
marryiug him?" Miss Oldwsi e (can
didly) "Dear me, no. It's the only
chauce I've hud iu ten years." Judge.
"I'm afraid," said tho enndidnte
gloomily, "tho other side has me
beaten, and they know it." "Why do
you think bo?" asked his friend.
"Well, there are very few campaign
lies being circulated about me."
Puck.
She "If you could have one wish,
what would it be?" llo "It would
bo that that oh, if I only dared to
toll you what it would be!" She
"Well, go ou. Why do you suppose I
brought up the wishing subject?"
Chicago News.
Suburbs "I guess we'd better givo
up keoping chickens. We don't seem
to have any luck." Mrs. Subi'rbs
"How cau yon expect to have any luck,
my dear? 'When you set a hen you
invariably put Oiitoon eggs under
her." Jud;;o.
"Seems to 1110 it costs you a good
doal to study," said tho father, as ho
handod his "sou money to buy books
with. "I know it," replied thisyouth,
pocketing gratefully a tou-dollar-bill,
"and I dou't study very hard cither."
Harvard Lampoon.
Miss Quickstep "What part of town
are wo driving through, Mr. FibbloV"
Fweddy "I haven't tho least idea."
Miss Quickstep "I was aware of that.
Still, I thought it possible you might
know what part of town wo ai d driving
through." Chicago Tribune.
Ho "They sny that George Hartley
has beeu talking a good deal behind
your back lately." She "I'd like to
kuow whafho's baon snyiug." He
"Oh, you know wall enough. It wa
all douo on his taudem." Then she
drew a long bigh of rolief. Cleveland
Leader.
Miss Auoieut Wautimau (suddenly
awakening) "I see you have my
pocket-book; but there's very little
money in that compared with what 1
have "in bank." Burglar (gruffly)
"Well, there aiu't no way to Kit that!"
Miss Anoient Wuntiuinu "H'ml Are
you a single man?" Puck.
"Bonis, iu your lust novel you spoil
the story by raising an iusurmountablo
barrier between the hero and heroine,
whe certainly ought to have marriod
each other." "I couldn't help it,
Naggus. My wifo iusisted that I was
the hero of the story myself, and she
got jealous of the heroine." Chicago
Tribuue.