Sgggfa giliel JsSBSl mi gegillm ; t ! i B. P. BOHWEIER, THE CONSTITUTION THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OP THE LAWS. Editor VOL. XLVIJI MIFFLINTOWJS. JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 17. 1894: NO. 5. Tjniaortal Morn, all hail. That ar Columbus sail ; Ey faith alone. ' The skies bofore him bowe 1 Back rollej the ocean proud. And every lifting cloud With glory shone I Tair Science then was born On that celestial morn. Faith darej the sea. Triumphant o'er har foe. Then Truth Immortal rose New Heavens to disclose An 1 Earta to frcjf Strong Fraedom then came forth To liberate the earth And crown the right. So walked the pilot bold Tpon the sea of gol f. And darkness back war 1 rolUl And there was lijht! Sweep, sweep across the s--a. Ye rolling jubilees. Grand chorals raise; The world adoring stands. And with uplift! hanjs O Jers from all the lands To G o J its praise ! Ye hosts of Faitb, s'ng on; The vii Wi ye have won Shall time icc.-ease. And like t e choral strain That fell on Bethlehem's plain. Inspire the perfect reifja Oi Ivjvj an i Peace I II. Putter worth, in Home and Country. T0US1X FKEU" EI AMY BANCOLPII. T was a stormy I. livtht in Februarv. 8 the ftr full rtf 4-v... dreary atmosphere ol a newly fallen snow, tilH llllirA ni rXS f Ktm til 1 - r i I f: I i ue nortneru i-J woods writhing them- i?-.;;..'-. selves about like s - , O t,J . . . - i anu tne .Harvvill-: eta-re had iust rnrro in with two passeu t;er-. ,.lic, l oth of then; one, apparently t-nt :c :i ; ami as tliey sat tiiere warming t him -lives by the hotel fire, the landlord touched his wift's shoulder, and whis ptre 1 to her: i''urriners ! ' For there was something in the cut o. thi r o .r.r.us fur lined liraoenes, the 5- h i j " wav c of the.r neat cr.i hats, the very in which they unconsciously carried thei Mar i!Uie i'seif, although there was no accent in their voices as they ques tioned w! ether any conveyance from Barnet 1 1 1 1 1 had been sent to meet them. Ami the landlord was right; for Gene- . . , . r.ry.l CI o T'.o", Io,.., n-o-a th.. ilaii-l ;htt rs of American parentage, born in feuur.y I r:inci. irpuaueu u'-i aione, they were coining to America to claim the prot.-ction of a relative of their mother, "Cousin Fred," as they hal cen taught to call him. "D: you suppose ho will be good to usi'' Genevra, the dimpled seventeen yer oiJcr, nsked, as she tat with he.' :htek aiia nst Getevieve's shoulder. "I hoj e so, darlit," said the elder risUt. "Xo one but a brute ould be i:ikind to you." For little goidon haired, rose lipped Gtutvra was one of those human sun beams who take every heart by storm, and in her deep mourning, she looked even sweeter au l more attractive than her or.iinary wont. And dark eyed Gonerieve, thirteen years oi ler than bur sister, had luug ao unselfishly put aside her own personality and identified her self entirely with the household pet and entity. "I wonder if he is a cross old crab,' pondered Gencvra, as she drank the tea brought to her by the landlady, and basked in the w!come warmth of the blazin' loj.-s, "or whimsical old luchel or, lull of caorici. Ob, Geotvieve? Don't you dread to meet him?" Genevieve smile 1. r.ittie one." said "he. "don't fret. latcver hap;icn, we shall be together, and But just tLcn, the t ,dlord came bust in- 'The double sleigh from Barnet Hill, ladies," he said, rubbing his hands. 'And Mr. Barnet himself has come." Close on the landlord's -words camb Mr. Barnet, of Barnet Hill, a tall, hand Bome man of about thirty, with bright brown hair clustering over a noble fore head, keen black eyes and features clear md pcri'cct as thoe of the Apollo Belvi- -iere. 'Are these my cousins?' he said, lc intlv. "You are welcome to Uar- uet, Genevieve and u'ncra. i..tt;n,tivplv. little Geuevra put her band to her disheveled curis. Had sne expected to see any one but a wrinkled old scxeuanan, she wou'.d have taken more pains with her toilet. But Gene vieve rose and smilingly put her baud into the extended palm of her cousin. It was a Ion-, suowy drive to Barnet Hill but Genevra declared, joyously, that'it a worth it all, when tuey were inhered into the great old Msluonei drawing room with its blazin- cannel coal fires, its vellow satin curtains and the mL-sft carpet on which the foot full made no sound. . , "Do vou know," S!ud Cousin Frej, lau-diin-, "that I was expecting to see IwoUtUe' school girUi- saort frocVs and thick boots?" , , i... "And do you know," retorted Gener ra "that oJr minds were fully prepared o'bel'd a rheumatic old gentleman dinteen minutes they were c, the footin-of old friends. fv, But they had scarcely lived sir mo at Barnet IliU before the , "little Cloud like a man s hand arjje on their atmosphere Genevieve, r" ' n,.td pravc-ly one day. "i w" jf that ,ar little Gypsy agat that CaptaTn AUatre. . warn husband. . -r..A T will spea. "Yes "Yes, Cousin rrou, - "f,i. at she wondered -i ..if. frorr Eesscd to r"1- Frea Tto the handsome Cousin Fred to i stately dashing young caV hor on th -But have you reasoned wi.a n- subject?" :,j Barnet .r.r.u - A.an times. "al" Ponular nim t'j ' correct, anr Frederic Barnet really did love litt" Senevra ao hopelessly ,o dearly. in?s.neTraCamehonielato ""? W. u""?38'' with wild lower, m her hair. u "lu" been tho Tillage,' he said "with Captaia Allaire." er. "When Fied thinks " "I don't care what Fred thinks," in terrupted the beauty, with a tcs, of he head. "Listen, Genevieve, I have a secret b tell you; I was married to Captain Ai 'aire this afternooal "'Married?'" echoed Genevieve "On. Genevra!" -h i.f mj weaj!nS S." said thi wild little gypsy, holding up her pretty, taper hnger. "Yes, married -reilly aa-j acluaHy murricil I am Mrs. Allair. now, with an amusing assumption o matronly dignitr. "But Cousin Fred" "C cisin Fred may help himself if he c:m, said Genevra, audaciously. "Per haps yon don't know, Jenny, that C jusin t red hmiielf means to bo married ver soon. Genevieve turned pale. "Genevra!" cried she. "You can' mean that?" "Poor little Genevieve!" .onsolec Genevra. "B it you will not lose your home. You must come aud live with me ind Charley." "I could not do that," said Genevieve, ?iddy and confused with the unexpected succession of startling news, "I I must look out for a situation in some school or as companion or nursery pov ernesst But oh, Genevra, are you quite mre about Fredl" "I heard the old housekeeper talking to the coachman, when I was waiting, down behind the shrubbery, for Captain Allaire to come," said Genevra, with a nod of her pretty head. "She said he had told her himselt and had instructed her what rooms to prepare and what al terations to make in the household ar rangements, for his coming marriage." "I wonder who it can be"" said Gjue vieve, sadly. "Miss Hilyird, of courss," said Gai .vra, "or else that beautiful Mrs. St, Oean. But the least tiling he could have done was to have confided in us, I think, and that's one reason I decided to elope. And Charley is coming up this evening, and we are to take the train to St. Vincent, and, oh, dear Jenny," I wiiq a oursi oi spanning tears, "tee vorid is so full of happiness to mel" And Genevieve could but caress the beautiful, willful young creature who bad taken life's helm so recklessly into her hands, and hope, in a choking voice, ".hat she might be very, very happy. Cousin Frei listened very philosophic ally to Geucvra's confession, half an hou' later. "Married, are you?" said ho. "Well, if you had asked my advice, I should have K'7? a con tray verdict. But, as you didn't consult me, why, I shall have to be like the 'heavy fathers' on the stage and give you my blessing. Allaire is a clever fellow enough, although he has been very gay, and I hope you will Veady him down, at last." So, the newly married pair went away( is thoughtlessly happy as two school children out for a picnic, and Genevieve was left alone with Fred, to wonder how she could best breik to him the resolu tion at which she had arrived. For she knew that she could never remain at the Hill when beautiful Mrs. St. Dean or Alicia Ililyard should either of them b '.he mistress there. 'It would kill me," she thought, clasping her hands. "Yes, it would kil me!" Mr. Barnet bad turned kindly to her, and led her to a seat beside the win low. "You are palo, Genevieve," be said "Your hands are as cold as ice. Surely, you do not take this mad freak of little Gypsy's so bitterly to heart? Never fear for her ; she's a butterfl v who will si p honey from ad life's garden ground. Her nature is liht and Irothy; far dif ferent, Genevieve, from yours. Bit down, little cousin; I hue much to say o you." -Xow," thought poor Genevieve, with her color changing from scarlet to wifi'.e "now it is coming! I shall be politely dismissed from tiie only home J Uavu!" And a sensation of indescribablo lone lines passi'd through her heart as she pictured Geuevra radiantly happy witl uer captain of artillery, Cousin Fred ieetire in the love of somj stately and ocautiful woman, herself only left out in the cold of life's dreariest vale, au un ,ovei and solitary old maid. But shs ipoke nothing of all these sickenina 'ears; only looked at him, with wistful lark eve3, in silence. "Genevieve," smd he, "Jo you think it would be a wild and foolish dream for me to think of m irriage?' i'ou? Oh, ao," she answered, try ng to smile. "3ut I am three and thirty." " fou are only in the prime and full .... i .. i r .1 less of me, sne respouue - j man. With women," sighing so.t.y, .',.3 rvthinir is so different. Bat, ;ouiin Fred, if you really intend marry- "I really do," he said, smiling gravely. 'Then I shall not bo longer in your wav." she said valiantly. 'I will leave Barnet Hill t once. ..w, it tint's iust what I don't want nu to do, Genevieve." he said, with her . I .-.fit -!ue!v I'dl '1 h'- .Jito ma little woman, is It possible that u don't comprehend what I mean? y "you think " with a siWtisd look uthat I can be useful .about th. house? 'Must Renevieve, I say it in bu he asked. "Shll I g lown on my knees v nuance, and say : like the iwroes i Sweetheart, will yoj Genevieve started lie I to her feet in jymc. D, you really mean mel" cried Gen- -I rea ly ma-'7'when she Would lutely boldmgl tatj. ir, then rnSrsuTected hodear.y I over her eyes, coma , dreBm, . herself that a Uh was beautiful. bIlssIU'Ioner, rival 1 She MH- VTtoU, Uom Alicia Hiiyard! had nothing to fear ' her alonet C3as;a Fred Toved her! riUZrlbr mS: and when Gen- SJ 3 u she cried out, laughing: f.VLoveforthe oldest of old maicL?now Uat our Jenny is riea I ' For this sevpnteen-ycar-old beauty ;ould hardly realize that true love exists for anyone over twenty years old! To? "jedgjr. SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL. To make ice by artificial means re quires one ton of coal to produce from trora five to tea tons of ice. A large sewing machine, weighing three and one-fourth tons, is in use in Lee Is, Eagland. It sews cotton belt-rg- The average weight of the Chinese brain is said to be heavier than the average weight of the brain in any other -ace. Hard coal loses eight per cent, in oulk per annum when exposed to the weather. Soft coal loses twelve per itut. Experiments have shown that a pump kin will lift two and one-half tons, pro vided the weight is placed so as to interfero with the growth and develop nent of the vegetable. The temperature of the Mediterra nean at 2'JO fa'homs is about fifty-six de grees, and no change Is found in going to the bottom, whioh in places reaches $ lepth of 15 JO iathoms. M. Chappuis's proposed electric rail way through the Simpion Pass is esti mated to cost ?3,00,OUO, and it would greatly reduce tha distance between taly and Northern Europe. The cost of the observatory which is low being built on the top of Mont Bianc, Switzerland, is estimated at $60, J00. Part of the building is to bo made available for guides and tourists. The central Sahara registers a mean of unety-seven degrees in July. .Central Australia boasts of ninety-four degrees in January, a mean whica is attained in iouth Carolina an I Inner Arabia in mid ummcr. A British scientist recently stated thav f a man weighing 140 pounds were olaced under a hydraulic press and -.queezed fi.it, the result would be 105 pounds of water and thirty-five pouuJj f dry residue. A laboratory for tha study, undei strict scientific conditions, of snake poi sons and cures for snake bites is to be established in Calcutta. It is to be founded by a native, and will be the only institution of its kind in th vorld. An excellent method for waterproof ing the surface of a wall is to cover it with a solution of soap. After twenty four hours a coat of lime solution is ap plied. This process is repeated several times, and is claimed to mike the wal1 aerfectiy water tight. The researches of miny observers, ai reported upon by Dr. Buchan, show that the ocean currents cause the tumperaturi of the west side of the Atlantic, at depths from 100 to 509 fathoms to ba nearly ten degrees warmer than at the tame depths on the east side. M. Marcey, the well Jknown investiga tor of animal movements by means of in stantaneous photography and the zoc crope, has now succeeded in rendering the beating of a living heart visible tc the eye. All the phases of the move ment can be followed and properly ex amined by this new method. The heart employed ia this experiment was that of i turtle. O.Iicial statistics of the colera epidem ic in Germany last year, and up to its j-rnctical disappearance, show that the number of deaths from cholera was Sil0. Nine-tenths practically of this number were in the city and State of Hamburg, where the total number of w is Toll 1.22 per cent, of the whole population. iThe statistics show that the cholera spreal up the rivers from the center around Hamburg w.th diminish d j virulence. Pi.ch pine beams will shrink in thick nc from eighteen and three-quarter inches to eighteen and quarter; spruce ir.im eiht and a half inches to eight aa l thiee-eigtits; white pine from twelve incites to eleven and seven tieths; yellow pine a trifle less. CeJar beams will shrink fron a width of fourteen inches to thirteen and a lu-trter; eim from eleven to ten and iiirec- juarters, and oak from twelve tc .even and three-eights. What riant Nam?8 Indicate. T-e botanical names of plants ar. often, when understood, interestina topics for study. For example Oui fiowering maple, aoutilon, is from at Arabic name for an allied plant. An other, called abuta, is a native name fot a plant from Cayenne. Achimenes ii from two words meaning to sutler from c )!d, the plants ail being very tender. Acorus, the flsgs, is an allusion to tha eves from its medicinal properties. B i biana is from a Dutch word for baboon, the bulbs being eaten by baboons. Briz i, or the quaking grass, means to nod anil is expressive of all the family. Campa nula, meaning a bell, has reference to th shape of the flower. Capsicum is front kapto, to bite, which relates to its hoi fruit, and carex to cut, because the leaves of many species have their margins mi nutely serrated ;these will cut the hand il drawn rapidly through them. Dianthu for the pinks is a name for tho flowers given as long ago as the time of the homans, and means the divine flower, from the exquisite fragrance of the blos soms of most species, as well as frorr their unrivaled neatness and brilliancy. A large number of plants are named in honor of some botanist or person of re pute in horticulture. Magnolia, fuchsia begonia, camellia and indeed most o those endirg with the "ia," are sue! names. The second, or specific nam: is more often descriptive of the particulai species, as clongata, elongated ; cocc'nea. scarlet, matutina, morning; micnlata spotted; rubra, reddish; ciliosa, hai fringed. Chicago Times. Onyx Xlnes la Washington. A vein of onyx was discovered in Gar field County, Washington, recently which the report of an expert miner alogi3t who visited and examined thi find a week or so since shows to be o considerable extent and probable value The possible extent of the mines is 100( acres, nnd openings for a mile show s ten-foot vein. The people of the vicinitj claim that their county is possessed o. the only onyx mines in the United State Chicago 'i'imes. "RASH" MOW. IT BOTHERS THE TREASCttY MORE THAN COUNTERFEITS. One Hnndrrd Millions' Worth Issued In Kicht Years "Serin" Notes and Trade Checks" Used lor Advertising Purpose. J ff I T LA.SH" mooey, by which i Y meant imitations of United I States currency for advertis ( 'Dg purposes, gives more .trouble to the Treasury, according to Rene Bacbe in the Boston Trauscrint, than counterfeiting. The latter has beeu thoroughly suppressed in this country, but the comparatively "innocent" evil ii C ish money seems to be increasing. ! 'notwithstanding the utmost efforts of the Secret Service to put it down. How xti:hdive it is may be j'idged from the fact (hat within eight years, from 13S1 to 13S9, no less than $125,000,000 worth of such stuff was captured and destroyed by the Government. Ojr of the newest fancies in this lins is an imitatior. wallet, with a $5 and a $10 bill sticking out at b th ends. Any .ne irho saw it on the sidewalk would stoop and pick it up, thinking that he bad found a prize. Oj unfolding it he would discover that it wis a sin 5.e pieca of thick paper, the ini (.' ol it bearing au advertisement. T iu tips of supposi titious bank notes shown by this ingeni ous device make it an iofringemeit of law, because they reproduce portions of the designs on National currency. A thing similar, though not legally forbid den, is a fake bank book made in tne same fashion, with the ends of checks shotting. Of course, neither of these articles could be palmed off as real mouey. The objection to flash currency generally Is that it is apt to be passed as legal tender. Those who suffer are mostly the poor and ignorant. Much of this stuff, how eve", is so artistically made that it might well deceive anybody. A while ago the Treasury received a $100 note whtoi had been so long in circulation as to be nearly worn out. Both face and back were excellent imitations of a real $100 bill, the usukl blank spaces on t he re verse containing advertisements of an Egyptian hair tonic. There exists a widespread and irre pressible mania for mutilating the silvei nnd gold coins of the United States by turning them into lockets, charms, bowls for spoons and other articles of orna ment and personal adornment. Happily the fashion of attaching them to brace lets as bangles is gone out. The demand for bangles a few years ago brought into existence all over the country, as if by magic, gilt and gold pieces in imitation of the gold dollar. These found a readt sale, and in some instances became cur rent as genuine money. A vigorous crusade against the manufacturers in duced them to alter their designs. Clusters of coins for paper weights and for the tops of candy boxes, to make tiiem look as if they were overflowing with money, are always popular. Of the latter the Secret Service captured and conficated several thousand during the lest year. The counterfeiter has found use of his own tor these clusters. When :aught in the act of making false coins ne is provided with a number of clusters ilreadj put together. He points to them is evidence that he is simply engaged in making clusters of coins for ornamental purposes. Among the imitations of United Statet .noney captured during the last year were harness rosettes in the likeness of the obverse of the standard silver dollar, tin labels reproducing the reverse of the tmdard dolia-, hat sweat bands bearing notes and coins and pocketbook clasps of tiinilar patterns. In Ne YoriC a large ou-iness is done in the manufacture of lead disks for use in cheating nickel-in-the slot machines. Some of these used to oe.ir an impression somewhat resembling t.ie obverse of a five-cent piece, but the authorities quickly put a stop to this method of ornamentation. So the leaden pieces are dow made plain, and they have c tused great loss to the proprietors of the machines, which a few bits ol worth less metal will empty of several dollars' vorth of merchandise. Quite recently the Treasury deteotives graobed a picture of a two-dollar note in Newark. It was a reproduction on a lan;e scale of the face of a silver certifi cate, being two feet long and executed with brusn and india ink by a Philadel phia artist. A bootmaker had it on ex hibition with a sign which read, "2 buys any shoe in tnis window." Photo graphed down to the proper size it would have been a very good imitation Df a real bill. A short time previously there was captured an oil painting of a silver certificate for $1. The copying of the designs of Uncle Sam's currency seems to be a most fascinating employ ment, and no amount of effort on the part ol the Government avails to put a stop to it. Of flash money there was confiscated during the last fiscal yeai 2,0b7,0tK), while of criminal counter feits only C'25,000 was seized. Men travel about the country with engraved piates and solicit orders from business firms for printing advertising handbills b -Bring an imitation of a part of a United States note on one end. These are turned out by tens of thousands, one third of each Land-bill being an accurate reproduction of a bank bill, while the 0 uer two-thirds is occupied by the ad .iseincnt. On one occasion the Treasury played into the hands of the counterfeiters by a most astonishing act of folly, the ill consequences of which have lastod up to the prent day. In 1363 Secretary Mc-. Cuiloch gave permission to L than Heath to have printed ceitain designs which ere used on the Government currency. The work was done and the sheets were put in book form and circulated largely in banking and commercial circles. They went through a variety of editions, con taining reproductions of the faces and 1 aks ot -fractional notes, legal tender in es. National bank notes and bonds. The formers were qu ck to take ad van lege ot the material thus provided for them. They flooded the market with false notes and bonds of big de nominations by the simple process Of re il.icincj the thickness of th6 paper on 'v ii the designs described were printed. ijti'ij tae btcks and fronts together. T n.s they produced very presentable I n is and notes, actually printed- from I s Government's own plates, and these ." ire been turning up to cause trouble i i loss ever since. Daring the last e.ir the Secret Service learned where a :icat quantity of these books were stored ia unbound sheets. Tuey seized th whole lot, which represented hun dreds of millions of dollars. Scrip notes, issued by corporations foi' use as a suositrute ior money in paying their employes, cive the authorities a good deal of trouble. Of these $33,233 worth was seized during the last year. The law taxes them and prohibits their issue in denominations under $1. A bill is now pending in Congress to de clare them wholly unlawful, ijch scrip is only negotiable at the stores of the concern which pays it out. It is a fraud upon workingmen. Metal tokens issued for the same purpose are illegal, and lar;;e quantities of them have been captured sad confiscated recently. Such tokem are kuown technically as "traJe checks,' being usually inscribed as "good for" ac much in merchandise. They are often passed on ignorant people as coins. The tokens are employed considerably also as "lagniappe," being thrown la by mer chants in certain ratio of percentage oo purchases as an inducement to cuitom era. The toy money printed in big amounts by so-called business college! baa caused an immense amount of annoy ance. Most commonly it bat imitatec the National currency more or less, anc it is constantly palmed oS upon immi grants and other Ignorant people. Mil lions of dollar.' worth of it, ia valu represented, has been seized. Brands Use ! on a Cattle RaaZbT The cattle all over the West, says fort Worth (Texas) correspondent, art identified by brands burnt into the sides flanks or shoulders of the cattle en i horses. These brands are recorded io county and State offices and wita the various cattle associations. Inspectors are placed by public and private organ izations at the principal stock yards anc shipping points ready to seize any ani mal In an; car load for which the ship per cannot show a clean bill of sa'e. Every cattle company and each sm ill farmer is obliged to have his recorded brand if he wishes to on a single head f stock. "Look at this," said Mr. Barnes, pro ducing an illustration of all the brands in common use on the Wyoming range. This was furnished to all of us as i guide when we got on the range to assist us in tne work ot identifying stolen cat tle. How many brands do you see then that could not be altered by a little in genuity to resemble some other brand it the list! Of course the rustler, whet he changes a brand, must make one which resembles some other registered brand, or he could not get rid of the cattle. When It it impossible for him to make such a change bo resorts to the methods of obliterating the old biands altogether and then burning any new oue he wants. They have invented the fiat-iron brand, designed to cover over and burn out any small letters. A ge nius among them invented the spade brand, which consisted of heating a spade and slapping it against the ar.i mal's side. It did the work. The in ventor had a sudden attack of diphtiics ria and died before he could get hiJ boots oj, but his works do survive Urn." "Is thore no brand incapable of im nation or obliteration ' "I never saw but one. You will fin find tad it in that printod list. It is on all cattle ot a big herder.named Baird. Thai letters are both wide and tall and cover one side of an animal from head to tail. They look like a circus poster. Mr. Baird has never lost any cattle. I told him he was spoiling his hides. 'I can ifforl to throw away the hides to keep the cattle,' said he." A New Horseshoe. x A new horseshoe, recently patented, las for its special object the obtaininv ot better foothold and the lessening ol concussion or jarring effect upon the animal's feet. The shoe is made wito apertures extending through it, located between t.ie positions usually occupied by the nails. The openings are of dove tailed form and the usual nail holes are provided in the intervening solid metal portions of the shoo. Projecting through the apertures are elastic rubber studs which are fixed on a strip of rubber or leather intervening between the metal shoe and the well of tho hoof, and through whic i the nails are driven in tut operation of shoeing. By this construc tion tho grip of the horse's foot is im mensely increassd, especially on slippery psvemeots, and the tendency of the horse to leg disease is materially re duced. New Orleans Picayune. A Gigantic Iteflectiag Telescope. It is proposed in Paris to construct i gigantic refiecting telescope, the mirroi of which is to be tea feet in diamete: and the length of the tube 110 feet. 1 is to be ready for the exhibition wliic'j is to be held in Paris in"19J0. Tu mirror is to be silver on glass. M. Trepied, director of the Ohserva tory of Algiers, discusses the magnifying p wcr of such an instrument. Thi French papers, in announcing th project, made the statement that this in strument would brin the moon withic one meter. M. Trepied shows that witl the highest practical power, in the bes atmosphere, the moon would be seen a if it were 25,000 meters or fifteen milo distant. Scientific American. The Scimitar Snake.' There is a little reptile belonging" Madagascar known as the scimitar snake that is, the curling sword. Ruunin along the back from heal to tail is 1 blackish, horny substance, which bead with thj convolutions of the anake'i body as readily as would a well tem pered steel spring; and throughout ife entire length it bears an edge as hard a flint and suarp as a razor. They are not poisonous, but when one of them spring on a man, which he likes very well tc do, he will soon have a leg off unle cracked on the pate. Some snake spe cialists claim that the presence of this reptile on the island is the reason there are no lar'e q jalrupsas to be found there at present, the curling aword in back ages having taken oil le.js faster than they could be created. Chicago Herald. " A Pleasure to F Them A lady looking at some apartments Inquired of the landlord "bow about the Rtairway?" "Oh, it is excellent, madame. When you are going up it is so cay tbat you imagine vou are de'scending. " Texas Sittings WATCHMAKING. ! FACTS ABOUT IBM TfATIOXAt. INDUSTRY OF SWITZERLAND. Cow the Trade U Taught In ttin Mu Blclpal School ot Geneva A I'upil Goea Ihroun beven Clas-ea- TT", B loni watel AA end. long ago aa the rear 150 atehes were made in Geneva. for many years after, th:i held the only important po sition in this industry. Although watche- are now manufactured in England and America, still the hereditary skill of the Genevese band causes the art of watel' manufacture in Geneva to be held ii high esteem all over the world. It l not to be wondered ac tbat the Swis have made watch njacu'scture a Nation al industry, and, io order to perfect tht art, schools of v. atchmaking have beer establibhed. Foremost among these in stitutions is L'Eeole M inicipile d'Horlo gerie, situated in Geneva, fleie Swis boys pay only one dollar a month for their instruction, while foreign boys pHj a trifle more. The pupils pay for th'i material employed in taoir work; so at the end of live years, when they leave the institution, the twelve watches man ufactured by each boy are his own prop erty. A boy enters the school at fourteen years of age, and begins in every clas by making the utensils required in tne manufacture of a watch, even the wood en handles; then he makes the model o a watch in wood. They work fron; September until July, having only one month for vacation. From five to si: months are passed in this class. Tei hours a day are passed in school, but no: all at the work bench, for each pupil pives seven hours of every week to th study of drawing, the elements of phys ics, mathematics, mechanical science and chemistry. There are different classei for each of these studies in the school, vhich the boys are required to attend. The second class requhes a stay o seven or eight months. This ia called the classe de blanc. Here are made bj hand the inside cases for watches. chronometers and repeaters. The cai or inner case and some of the wheels aie msde ct a metal which is a mixture o :opper and zinc; other wheels and screws are made of steel. The apprentices are required to make twolve lever escape uient cases, one cylinder escapement case and one case for a watch that strikes the hour, half and quarter hour. You cao get an idea or the amount of patience and work required in this class when you learu that their are twenty-one small pieces to be made by hand for the inside lase of every ordinary waich and thirty pieces for a repeater. In tho third class, whrre from six to seven months are spent, the mechanism for winding the xratch is made. There ire seven small pieces in each mechaa sin, all made by hand. A period of six months is required ia the fourth class, where the art of making the different parts of the chronograph is iearncd. Here the pupil makes one hun dred different small pieces fcr watches that strike the hour, and perpetual-cal-sndar watches that denote the days, months, year and change of moon. As the work proceeds it becomes more com plicated. Eight months are given up in the fifth class to the making of eight puces of the watch, the wheels and screws which move the works and regu late the hands of the timepiece. Here the pupil is required also to make a mi crometer, whicn is an instrument which can measure the least possible thickness or cither wheel or screw. The exact position of the diil.rent movements isde urmined by mathematical problems. Given the positions on the inner case of the watch, the pupil can determine the exact diameter of the wheels and screws. Machines are used to pierce the metal, and a'so to n.ake the teeth in the wheel, but all is finished by hanu. In the sixth class of the school the greatest care is required In the work, for hetc the pupils are taught to make both lever nnd cylinder escapements, five or six of the former and one of the latter. There arc ten essential pieces in each lever escapement, including three ru'ms, which are polished and shaped here from the rough stones. Rubies are used in watches on acoount of their hardness. Each tooth of the wheel of tae lever passes nine thousand times over the ruby in an hour. The time ipcnt in tnis class is about thirteeo uuuthi. In the last class the pupil works for c rear, ventying all tne calculations made in the other classes, and putting together 11 the Uillerent parts (woich a'e first ilded) to make a watch. The dial. bauds and mainspring of a watch are made by special factories. Chronometers have cylindricrJ or spherical hair springs, while flat ones are employed 3T watches; it is this hair spiral which lcgulates the watch. Tho springs are made in a mold, three at a time the . tcul being wound round and then heated to keep it in shape. The hair springs for watches are made principally by wo men, their bands being better adapted to the delicate work. Now that the vatch is finished it must be properly reg . ilated so as to keep as nearly exact time is possible. In order to accomplish this, it is submitted first to a certain degree of cat and afterwards to a certain degree ii cold. It is required tbat every watch made y a pupil ot the school be sent to the 'Observatory, in order to be astronom cally regulated. According to the de .ree of perfection of regularity of hif vatch tbe pupil receives a certificatr rr.m the Observatory. The different parts of a watch are or linarily made by machine, and then fin ked and put together by hand, but ia rJer to be a master of his art tht atchmaker should thoroughly under nd the making of each piece by hand. ' tached to this institution there is alac echanical department, where all the "erect parts of a watch are made by i. rtc vear nave to be xivea sp to learning the mechanical work ot the school. The first year ia spent ia the preparatory, the second ia the interme diate, and tbe third in the superior class. There are fifty machine employed hero for the manufacture of the different, parts, all invented by tbe master of this branch, SI. Quitry a Swiss by birth. e York Post. t Leather scraps are now converted intn & nnln r ri tyi a nil fu r-tn T-AS" i n tn door knobs, canes, combs, caps, but tons and other useful article. THE TWO VISITS, Tbe Eahwr goes io see the (Vtr, The worl' turns out to$ee; His ret'nua toilers from afar. An' then the Caiser anl the Czar I Embrace in solemn glee, ' An then galoot an' bu; an' kiss. An' both are filled and soaked in bliss. Wen I go down to Hiram's place The worl' don't seen to care, I neither kiss his hands or fac, 'T would make 'em la ft at Hiram's place, T would make 'em 'ar an' tear. But Hiram sayp, ez roun' be pokes; -'I'm glad to see ye; how's yr folks Itakealookat Hira-n'sh); An' hear how much they grow. This somehow Hiran's me n'ry jos. An' he lets out on them ar beg. You ou ihter hear him blsw; If you could only hear him ones You'd hear someginooine e'.erkui ?'. Ol' Hiram he is slow enoug'a But none too slow for me. For I'm a purtv taine oi' dull. An' fairly modent enough, An' jest as slow ez he. Bo we stub roun' tba whole day lonz Until we hear the supper gon. The Kaiser goes to see tbe Czar, And maybe stops to tea. But men liSe Cztrs an' K lisers are. Cooped in tbe palao of tae Cur, Hain't no sich times ez we. The Czar an K liser kno no charm Like loafln' roun' ol Hiran's farm. Sam Walter Foss, in Yankee ii a la. HUMOR Or' THE DA" It is not man's sins tuat find h o.it it's his neighbor. Atctiison G.ooe. The great part of a self-wile i mtn's estate usually goes to tne lawyers. I my Press. Every day a man hears a doz -a ruins he ount to do tuat ho can't do. Atcui ton Globe. "Do you believe in fate, Pat?" "Sure and phwat would we stand ou wiaou "tiaJ" Siftin:;s. Whatever may be sail of a sweet eir. she can't be too good to be truj. l' i.i ideiphia Times. There is no nclp for the casa of t'lf woman who can't yet a servant. l'j.l idetphia Record. Teacher "What is a hero?'' Tom ny "The man who mimes a heroine." Indianapolis Journal. The cynic is the man who knows the pr;ce of everything and the va:ue of -lOthing. The Fun. Women are not cruel to dumb aiJinals. Xo woman will wi'.fuily step ou a irn. ooe. Iticumond Recorder. It appears to be the business of the needy tramp to go around loosing fo succors. liinghamton Leader. "Do you think this tooth will stand rilUnjJ" Patient "Well, I'm sure it las plenty of nerve." Inter Ojemi. The man who thaws out dyua nite is being heard from. There is general!; 3Ut one report. Baltimore American. The Keg "Your headpiece is posi tively uly." The Barrel (proudly) "Maybe, but I wear hoops." Chicigc News. Time is generally represented as carry ing a scythe. This will probably be kept up till it is no mower. Philalclphi Times. "There's another unconscious humor ist!" gleefully remarked the footpad as he sandbagged the punster. Washing ton Star. "There's a time to work and a time to play," but to the hand-organ grinder hoth times come at once. Rochester Democrat, "Say, Chimmie," said the boy whe had a white pink, "de blokie dat named dis flower must ov bin color blind." Washington Star. . That the cynic is an extreme type ot humanity is indicated by tho fact that he is always very old or very young. Washington Star. "I feel hotter about bckia' this postage stamp," said the boy who had been sent to mail a letter. "It's nearer my size.'" Washington Star. Yes," said the man who had jus fallen down three flights of stairs, "I've been on quite an exteuded trip." Katf Field's Washington. Dullpate "I find it very hard work to collect my thoughts." Maud "Pjos says it's always diificult to reover suiil) amounts. Inter Ocean. MUJge "inompson called me an idiot." Yabsley "You needn't mini that. Thompson always does exaggi-raw xore or less. Tit -Bits. What maks the bicycle popular with many, rich or poor, is that, after trying to ride one, thev feel that they are better off. Philadelphia Times. Artist "How d you like the por trait I made of you?" Cranky Suoject "Well, the coat is too tight under the arms." New York Journal. The words of a man's mouth tell nc more of the meditations of his heart thao the voice of a dinner bell toils of thr quality of the dinner. Puck. 'When It comes to revenue cutters, said old Bullion, snipping off anothei coupon, "there's nothing like a good pair of shears. " Chicago Tribune. A difference between a knife blade losing its temper and a woman is thai the former becames duller and the latte more cutting. Philadelphia Timos. When smiles the glad millennium Upon this migbtv nation An olBce will be tdund lor each in the whole population. Washington Star. Ata Party: Suitor "Mein Frauleio, I love you." Rich Young Lady (point ing with her fan to her lather) "Ex cuse me, yonder is my business manager. ' Wiener Luft. Mr. Horton "What on earth did yot want of this expensive fire screen?' Mrs. Horton "To keep callers from tin covering that we hadn't any tire." Chi cau later-Ocean. Be WIU Cleave to tho One. Teacher In what part of the Bi ble is it taught tbat man should have only one wife? Little Boy 1 guess It's the part that says no man can serve two mas tors. Boston Gazette. Several years ago a small colony oi Italians settled in New South Wales, and they have thnven so well that they art now among the most prosperous of their MseanAfrmta in that cutuntnc- SEWS INBKIEF. If you don't want to be detested, don't be a chronic growler. There is sometimes danger ia not getting scared soon enough. Tha wrinkles of the heart are more indelible than tho;e of the brow. Canada had 159 different kinds o f potatoes on exhibition at the World' Fair. More peoplo are poor on account oi bad management than on account oi sxtravagance. Professor Thomson baa allowed an electrical curront of a million Toltt to pass through bis body. The regular ruining of precious metals in Siberia began in 1701, silver being the first found. The Australian gold is finer than that of California, having a q iality of twenty to 23.3 carats. Four fingers wera used for the aiarriage ceremony of Alary Stuart to tbe unfortunate Uarnlt-y. About sixty per cent, of the eoppei produced in this com try comes iron Like Superior region. The number of criminal conviction! in Great Britain has declined thirty leven per cent in twenty -two years. There are every year in Australia 13:',000 arrests for crime and misde neanor, and over 2.0JO convictions. The most extensive cemetery is ir. the catacombs of Koine. Over fi,0;XV ) X) human beings are there interred. Massaehus ths has more incorpora ted cities of more than li'l00 inhabi tants than any other state in the Union. Few persons have sufficient wisdoic to prefer censure wuich is useful, tc praise which deceives them. A single steam shovel in the Lak Superior region mines loads on tht oars in a single day 3,400 tons of iror. are. More than one-half tho persons sharged with murder in this country In lSUli were under thirty years of ge. Afghan chroniolers call their p o ple Bani-Israel, .he Arab for children f Israel, and claim descent from Saul, the first Isratlitiah King. A difference between a knife bl i lo (oniDg its temper and a woman is thai the former is becoming duller and the latter more cutting. There have been more remains of mastodons nud other extinct mam moths found! iu Iehtucknae river, Florida, than in aiy other stream iu the world. The Maldivian islanders always eal in the most room, an l carefullv iinvaU slose the doors aud darken the windowi that they may be unobserved. It ia estimated that under favorable Jonditions a heavy clap of thundei ;an be heard a distance of 27 miles. Lightning is visible rive times as far. Mr. Holland of tho Geological Sur rey of India, after two years' investi gation, has come to the conclusion that the geology of Madras has bith sxto been misapprehended. A remarkable archaeological discov ery is announced from Treves. In ex savating the old Roman walls close to the Moselle a complete Roman pottery sstablibhmen t was discovered. So rapid is the production of ship rivets that one train of rolls feeds four machines, which turns out sixteen tons ot rivita in three shifts of eight hours each. Owing to tho ronent coal strike in England, the Great Eastern Railway Ib fitting np twenty-five locomotives with a liquid fuel apparatus to burn srude oil or tar. Babies and yonng children dressed in white are thought by medical men to be more susceptible to colds and infectious diseases than those clud in dark, warm colors. An authority on weather tleclaret that tornadoes are rao.nt frequent be tween noon aud fi o'clock, a ad that the rainiest hour of the dav is 4 o'clook In the afternoon. This in the report of a meteorological expert. The first souvenir Columbian half dollar which was purchased by the Remington Typewriter company, bat been -presented to President Higinbc ham of the Chicago exposition. Tbe famous Lion Irewery at Mn nioh has a hall that will bold -1.0IX. guests placed aiound little tables, where they can enjoy the celebrated brew of the place while listening to the bands. The historical collection of the Bal timore and OUio raiboad, illustrating the development of the locomotive, ind which was exhibited at the World's fair, baa been offered to the city of Baltimore by President Charles Jt Mayer. The idea of an ancient tropical contin nt at the south pole uniting South America, Madagascar and Aus tralia is arousing considerable interest and discussion in scientific circles. When the French crown jewels wer inventoried in 1791 there were 9541 diamonds, ' 6 pearls, 230 rubies, 13 't sapphires, 150 emeralds. seventy-on topazes, three amethysts and a numbet of unclassified stones. It has just been ascertainea that the working of the electric railway in Lon don can positively be felt as far away as the north of Norfolk, the motion being conveyed by the telegraph wires along the whole distance about 120 miles. Machine oil in Franco is supposed to lie the finest purified olive oil. Al Belford the other day a nnmber ot ioldiers wero made violently ill by using some of this "olive oil" on Falad. It was found to be a mineral oil, made of petroleum. The neigut of Courtesy.t The Queen of Saxony is passionately ond of children, perhaps lor tho very reason that she has none of her own. Accordingly, she never fails to caress a baby when she gets a chance. Once, when taking a stroll in the park at Dres den, she accosted a nurse with a couple of splendid babies in her arms. "Oh! the lovely pets!" she said. "Twins, no doubt?" "Yes, your Majesty. 'Their father must be very proud ot them." "This one's father certiiu'y is; bu. the other one's father has just died." ' "But you told me they were twins!" Then the nurse blushed, and said, "I beg pardon, it was not myself who said so, but your Majesty, and I didn't dare to contradict ;ou." La Bulgiqoe, But she only laughs at me. Aoaerieve was sileaU Si--0- - -I I I. II II m
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