ilttel , F. BOHWEIER, THE CONSTITUTION THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS. Bdlter ud VOL. XLVIH MIFFLINTOWN. JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 31. 1S94. NO. 7, A FOOL'S A.DVIC1S. Let us look on the beauties of nature nor school Ourselves to be hippy by rote and by rule Let u deem the earth fixed, .nd declare tb tun rolls. If you please, with the moon on hi. an. found the poles; Let us draw on the skit No meridian lines, or, straining our eyes. Seek divisions and signs Let the day turn to mt,ht without dunlin its hours. And the seasons bo know n by the blossom, and flowers. O, let's not endeavor to fathom the law Uf motion and matter, nor seek for th cau Of form and of color; it's unless to care 1 tiy heaven's abovj earth, if it opjy x there; We shall only perceive The design of the who'.e Was the heart to relieve And to gladden the soul; tet us live in this world unannoyed' unpen plcxed. And willingly wait to be wise in the r.xt, va MacDouagh, in Harper's Weo-ly. UNCLE DAVY. LV MARY E. WIJ.KI.NS. HER E' S Vncu DavW" aked Cobb ot her mother Mil- had run, ovei bareheaded and came hastily in th north door; hei l,o,i -II K(l r'e with grape juice; sue naa been mas v? ng grape jelly. "He's out tinde the butternut trcu Why?" "Oh, Car'line's ru:i away again. t tied her up just as strong as I kuew how to tho front gate w ith a piece of clothes line, and gave her two cookies and hei it'.ll, to keep her amused while I mailt the grape jelly, I don't see how in the world she untied that knot. Davy's got to go an hunt her up." He'll go," said Mrs. Whitman. "II. 'most cried "cause you tied her up th other day. He told mo ho thought tiarah was too bud. He jeft sets hi-i eyes by Cai'line. Davy, Davy!" Mrs. Whitman stood in the door and .r.'.led loudly, but hbe had to call several times before Davy heard. He was very busy, iudeed, gathering in his winter store of butternuts. lie had been work ing hard all the forenoon, and baii gathered two bushels, and was well on towards a third. His brown eyes glean. ed with a steady radiance under his o'd it raw hat; his fingers Hew. The provi dent instinct of the squirrel aud bee were upon him; ho was laying in his lit tie winter store like them, and took a Leauine thrifty delight in it. Then, too, he had another object in working fa9t: lie wanted to get the butternuts all gath ered by 5 o'clock, because he was go iag to a party that evening. It was hii tirst evening party, and he was full ol delightful, vague anticipations. He was going to wear his Iks: clothes, and b meditated asking his mother for a little of her hair oil with ber a:not in it to put mu his ha:r; he was aho going to blacken his shoes very particularly. Davy had planned to go in the house about 5 o'clock nd commence his preparations, and il was about a quarter before 5 o'clock when he heard his mother's voice callini lim. He obeyd rslhcr hesitatingly. ' -han't get the but'nuts pic ted before it's, time to black my shoes," he thought, as he went over the dry October grass to the house. Davy was only twelve years old, and small for Uis age, although he was au uncle. His mother and hi married sister, Sarab, little Caroline's mother, were waitisg for him in tho door. "You must go right off and hunt up Car'line; she's run away," his mother called out, us he came in sight. "Don't stop a min ute." Sarah -v is almost crying. "Here 'tis almost 5 o'clock," she exclaimed, "an' thst liK'c bit of a thing! Go right -ff, Davy. ' Davy lool.cl startled, then inquired 'Which way do you s'pose she went?" "Oh, dear, I don't know! I was out in the kitchen making grape jelly. 1 didn't see her. I didn't know how long she's been gone. Oh, dcai ! "I'll tell you what to do," said Mrs. Whitman with the air of n managing general. She was not a very old woman,' although her hair was gray aud she cov ered it with a high blackcap aud a severe black front piece. Shu always wore a larire, stitlly-starch apron. "Sarah and I will go up the road," said she. -'m' ;.-.v.i, Davy, go down. An' don't vou take Towser, because that last time Ccr'iiuc run away, an you took him to track Ler, ho tracked a wood chuck instead, an' you went a wildgooso chase for two hours. That dog ain t the kind tbat tracks folM, an' I don t want you to Hse auy time fooliu with him. in the Ibe batn; men you - -r 'lis' Urigg's when you get there ana it ..-.. c-rn rmvthins of Car'line, " ., V i-iii erofl at Mi ask , of vu' Smiths au Mis It i iV, JN3J J mm an you wv "w , WhcelocVs an if they hare you keep on till you liud her, no matter how far you have to go. Don't you come back with- '"'I'can't sec how she untied that. tent "Mi'l Sarin. 1Icr I,rctty 9 .11 streaked with t:ars and grapo juice. Her mother took a corner of her apron i s!!.1 't fo-ciblv as they started up tad wiped .1 io.ciuij j the road. "You Veep calm, she mm. Uncle Davy tU.il Towser in Ua lra lhc be walked bri.kly down the road. I 9!.ccW. curls and -,,,-rpo !':s cV?A,Ai shining curls amonj white tire and those sn nin ,be bright October undergrowth road was very dusty. Ho wc white cloud .f'oes." be have any time to J was, ;bere was st.l no n foUnd -,tat around to Ht.. thcre !t "T , . coat She was a Urge woman ending Cr- f t-M ao way, .d seemed to QJi- uu "Have you seen anything-of Car'linei" ! xavy. sianuing before her. Car'Une," repeated Mrs. Briggs. Car'line, Sarah's little girl. f,ruawy. and I'm tryia' to tin i . "When did she go?" 'I don't know a little while a-'o " " Well, I declare," said Mrs. IiriK.n 'I dun know but I did see her. Tner was little mite of a thing run by a little while ago in a white tire an' I wondere 1 who she was. I'd just come out here with this old coat of Mr. Bri-gs s tc nend. I didn't want to get any dirt iround in the sittin' room. I guess 'twas her fast enough. "Which way was she goin'l" asked Javy, eagerly. "Oh, she was goiu' down the road ahe couldn't have gone back, 'cause I've been sittin' here every minute, an' I should have seen her. I ain't been in the house but once to get a spool of thread, and then I wan't gone long 'nough for a mouse to get past. You teep ri jht on an' you'll find her." Uncle Davy was out of the yard befon .he last words were out of Mrs. Briggs's aioutb. He hurried up the road, look-, ing more hopefully for that little white j ire it seemed to him that he must see it. Many a time had he pursued his little niece Caroline when she had run away, and had always found her easily. Caroline, although she had a venture .ome spirit, never ran very far. But to Jight it began to seem as if she had. Her Uncle Davy reached the Smith houst nd went to the door to inquire. Bui ihe door was locked and all the curtaini were drawt; the Smiths were evidently all away. Davy kept on to the Wheelock house: ;hat was a quarter of a mile farther ;here was still no sign of that little white ;ire. He ran through tho weedy yard to the door and knocked. Nobody iuswered, although he could see quite distinctly the motion of a rocking chair beyond the kitchen window, aud knew '.here was somebody at home. Ho knocked again louder; nobodj :ame. He could still see tho tall back f tho rocking chair sway. Finally he ivent boldly to the window and pounded 3U it; a startle! face turned toward him 'rom the calico back of the rocking chair, then somebody went acro-s the floor, and the door was opened. "Who is it?" asked a gentle, drawling voice. Mrs. Wheelock was very tall and pile, with palo sweeps of hair over her ears, and a mildly bewildered, spectacled face. "It's Davy Whitman," replied Davy. 'Have you seen Car'line?" "What?" Mr. Wheelock was not deaf, but she was as slow of comprehen sion as a heavy sleeper. "My sister Sarah's little girl has run way. Have you seen her go by here!" "Xo, I dun know as I have," repeated .Mrs. Wheelock, slowly, while her look of bewilderment deepened. ' 'I ain't been jettin' to the window sense dinner. When did ." But Davy was gone, and she stood staring after him. She 'tood there quite a while before she went back to her rocking-chair. The Whee lock house was the last in that direction for a mile. Davy walked on rJjout half mile, then he stopped before a n irrow iane that led over through tho fields to the woods. "I'm 'fraid she went into -.lie woods. "I'm a gom' up the lane," le said. "I'm 'fraid she went into the oods." The dusk was increasing fa?t; how .ver, the full moon was rising, and it would be still light enough to see the white tire a long way ahead. Davy trudged on. He emerged from the lane iuto a cart path through the wood. It was darker theie. He called all the time at short intervals: "Car'line? Car'line! Here's Uncle Davy 1 Car'line!" But there was no sound in response Davy's voice grew husky a3 he went on ; t seemed to him he was walking miles, jut he did not know how many. It was now quite dark excpt for the moon, but that lighted the open spaces quite brightly. He had had a plan of taking a circuit through the woods and coming :ut in a point further down on the road. He knew there was a path, but someho .v he had missed it, and did not come out, ilthough he was constantly expecting to. At last he sat down on a rock in an jpen space to rest a minute. "I've just got to," tie said to himself. His legs trembled under him and he was panting for breath. In a few minutes he called again Car'line, Carliue, Caaliuel Here's Uncle Davy! Where he you, Car'line?" but he could scarcely speak. Davy was slender boy, and, besides, he was worn by anxiety for Caroline, of whom he was very fond, and agitated, too, by a lerret remorse. He put his head down on his kneei ind groanei He had completely for gotten the parly, even the blacked shoes, the best clothes, the bergamot hair oil. "I kin't never goiu' homo without her, snyhow," he said, but his voice was lit tle more than a whisper. The sharp notes of the autumn insects ran together in his ears. Uncle Davy had not found Caroline, but be was so worn oat that he Tell asleep. It was a lorg time aft -r that when ! ;old nose and a sharp bark awakeiie 1 aim. It was Towscr. who lor ouee had tracked folks instead of woodchucis. Davy sat up straight an I cverythin" -mH back to him. 11'- hvard noises and li'rhts moving t'.ii.ja,'h the tro"-. "Thev're after Cai'lim he thought foiled J:i'.- with a pang, "they i..'J t fct." . , Davy staggered . h. . rrssh through the Ml" he shouted, and the.' iliout in response. Tueii A o,wl Vr. KriL'L'S came fur- W.K ! was a ctac Sirah'a hus u,. Ain't you found her jet?"' pantei avy half sobbing. "Found whot" cried hei father shai ng him. 'Car'line.' . "Car'line" she was found all right. She wan't los.. She didn't run far. ji t t.arV to the house whilst her JlJb " " " " , Bother was gone, an Sarah found her ;atin' grape jelly when she grt back. She'd eat a whole tumbler, but I guess it won't hurt her :' fnr It's anv. It 8 TOU we re 12 o'clock at night. JUUHU ..... , iwi,of rliil vou come in here fori "I was huntin' for Car'line." Davy was so tired and bewildered now that he was crying like a baby, althougn ne wa lve vears old. His father grasped his little cold nana juv "Well, there's no use standing aione. talkin , id he. 1 ou a ueuer ut-i home. Mother's got some supper waitia 3 . for you. Jir. rs" r ,ere a little piece; so it won t take long, 4Dd you won't have to walk." Davy would no! have walked far. Sarah's husband took hold of his other band, and he and his father nearly carried ' him between them to Mr. Briggs's wagon, which was tied under an rak tree. "It's lucky he ain't no older," sid Mr. Briggs, as he got iu, "or he'd got his death with rueumatiz, sleeping ou' here side of that swamp." Davy fell asleep again as toon as tin wagon was uuder way. He never kne low he got home, nor how his father pulled off his little damp jacket and wrapped him in his own coat, but the flash of lights in his face and his mother"! voice awakened him thorougnly when he got home. Sarah was over at het mother's waiting, and Car'line had been put to bed on the sitting room lounge. 3arah hugged him and cried, but his nother hurried him into the bedroom md took off his damp clothes and rolled him in hot blankets, then he sat out by the kitchen stove with his feet in the oven and drank a great bowl of ttingei tea and ate a plate of milk toast, ol which be was especially fond. Every. ody stood around him and petted him. "They didn't have the party to-night," said his mother, "they were so upset lbout you. They're going to have it to norrow night, so you won't lose that." Sarah leaned over and stroked Davy's little damp head lovingly. "To think of Uncle Davy's going out to find Car' line an' staying out till midnight," she said, tearfully. "Sister'd never forgive iersclf if anything had happened tr lim." Uncle Davy looked up at her suddenly his honest face gleaming out of tte folds of the blanket. "You musn't feel so bad, Sarah," said ho. "I untied Car' ino." Atlanta Constitution. An Unassuming- Monarch. 'The Emperor of Austria is one of tha aost unassuming monarchs in all Eu rope," said W. P. Eldridge, a gentleman recently returned from Europe. "While in Vienna I had sccaoion to visit the palace and1 found the Emperor's audience cham ber crowded with Generals and no blemen who had come to thank his Majesty for promotions and decora tions; but mingling with these were au thors, inventors, professors, widows and orphans seeking pensions, and a number of very poor men and women who had petitions to present. There are few countries in which persons of this latter class would ever chance of seeing their sovereign ; but in Austria anybody who has anything reasonable to ask of the Emperor is sure of an audience. Ou one or two days a week his Majesty receives all comers who have applied to be re ceived, and he receives them alone. Ev ery applicant takc3 his turn. A master of ceremonies opens a door, the visitor walks in and finds himself face to face with the Emperor, who is usually unat tended. The door closes and the peti tioner may say to the Emperor what he likes. There is no chamberlain or secre tary to intimidate him. The Emperor stands in a plainly furnished study in undress uniform without a star or grand cordon, and he greets everybody with sn encouraging smilo aaa a good-natured gesture of the hand, which seems to say, 'Tncre is no ceremony here. Tell me your business, and if I can help you, I will.' The Emperor of Austria has s clear, penetrating eye, and quick catch ing manner. By a glance he makss peo ple feel at home, and by a word draws from them what they have to say. Thee he gives his o wn answer straight out and fearlessiv, but generally with an acqui escing s niie, and whatever he promises is faithfully performed. There is noth ing petty or evasive in him. He is t lionarchwho replies by 'Yes' or 'Xo,' Dut always with the greatest courtesy. most lovablo trait in him is, that whenever ho sees anybody nervous in hii presence he makes the audience last untii by his kind endeavors the nervousnes? has been entirely dispelled." St. Louj Itar-Sayings. Snperstitions Turks. Notwithstanding the progress the Turks have made of late years in the arts of civilization, all, from the highest In the lowest, over the length aud breadth of the Ottoman Empire, are t prey to the devoutest superstition. The office of Munejim B ishi, or Court Astrol oger, st'U exists. The man's duties art not of a very complex kind, but the; have an important bearing on political and social movements. For every actiot of the Sultan and his ministers he has t calculate the most propitious day, hour, and even minute; and he publishes an nually an almanac, in which, for thi benefit of the whole Mohammedan pop ulation, the d ijs are specified on wbict it is best to have the hair cut or the nails trimmed, to take medicine or to be bled, to visit friends, to buy houses lands or slaves, to undertake a journey nnd even to do nothing. Next to the Koran no work is more widely studied among the Sultan's subjects, and it i very doubtful whether even the great Evangel of the Prophet is more scrupu ious'y obeyed. Ouec-A-Wcek. The Popularity of Metal Bedsteads. The demand for metal bedsteads hai .ncreased very rapidly during the last few jears, and more especially the last few months, and the West is changing its reputation in this line ot goods. Formerly the demand was almost exclu sively for wooden bedstead, and very few iron, and still fe.ver brass beds were sold west of the Mississippi. Now, how ever, thcre is a steady call for good iron and brass bedsteads, as well as for lower priced grades: St. Louis is making a large quantity of furniture of every kind, and for some time has been manufactur ing iron bedsteads of very durable and popular pattern. Now, to meet the de mand for artisticbrass bedsteads, a plant is being put iu and another important addition made to the already extensive manufacturing facilities of tha city. One of the reasons of the great growth i a the furniture business of the city is the increased friendly relations between St. Louis and Mexico. Soma people think thcre is not much scope for trado with Spanish-American countries, but this sentiment is confined exclusively to those who have never been to Mexico or to anv other of the republics in which the Spanish language is spoken exclu sively or extensively. One month spent iu any of these countries will convince the most sceptical that the United States ought to have nine-tenths of the trade ol these prosperous communities, and that it can have it for little more thar the logical asking. St. Louis Globe Democrat. . - - - Tne Chinese built susjiension bridge over 200 years ago. VOLCANIC ISLANDS. I'HR HAWAIIAN GROUP HAS SPRUNG FROM THB SEA. Queer Specks of Land That Boh Up Serenely, Then Take a Header sad Disappear Explored. Wlille Red Hot. DOES a bond already exist be tween the Hawaiin Islands and the United States? It has been asserted without disproof thai toe two are linked together by a chain of fire, the earthquakes of California having a relation to the volcanic out burst from the craters of Kalauca. The Sandwich group, of course, is nothing more than an assemblage of volcanoes which rise precipitously from the depths of the sea, above the surface ol which their verdure c'ad tops appear. There is no certainty that the archipela go may not disapj ear beneath the ocean some day, perhaps robbing Uncle Sa n of a .uble political an 1 commercial possession. Volcanic islands all over the world, especially in the Pacitic,have away of doing just that sort of thing. Unfortunately such reports by sailor are not always reliable, inasinuc'i as the; frequently mistake the backs of sleeping whales or schools of fish running nioug near the surface for islands aud shoals. Even in the ancicat aud respectable Mediteiranean events of the sort de scribed have repcatedlv occurred. Sc recently as the year 1S31 an island r s from a depth of 7d0 ieet at a point thirty miles south west of Sicily. Oi July 10 John Corroa, a Sicilian skipper, saw a column of water sixty feet higt and 8U0 feet in diameter, spouting up from the sea. Soon afterward a dense cioud of steam ascended to a height o: 1801) fie'. On his return voyage, J'llj IS, this sea'aring person found on the tame spot a small island twelvo feet high, ejecting volcanic mat.er and im mense clouds of vapor. Tje waters iu the neighborhood were covered with Moating cinders and dead fish. Twe wi-p'ts la'rr the island hai attaitic 1 a I height of 2 )0 feet and a circumferanco oi three miles. Several nam's were given to it by manner w.io cruise i around it re.nl to land upon it when i had suliiy.ently coo'.e 1. Tnree Nation4 claimed it, and it was feared that gun powder would be burned in the contro versy; but before Europe had time tf becjme embroiled in war over the inattei the island vanished and so settled tiic dispute. By October 31 it was neatly level with the ocean, the crater hiving disappearel. At present the placu it occupied is in uke 1 oulv by a shoal covered with many fathoms of water. In the year IS 1 1 Captain TiUar-l oi H. M. S. Sabrina saw an island ris: out of the waves during a voleauic outb.ir-t in the Azores near St. Michael's. Wueu he returned a few weeks later for the purpose of surveying and annexing this bit of teiritory not a trace of it could be lound. The sea had reclaimed it. As first observe 1 it wai 3 )0 feet hih with crater in the centre. Within a comparatively recent pcrioi. an island has been added by volcanic agency to what are now Uac'.e Si n's possessions. Oa May 1, 17t)u, a strauge darkncis fell upon the Aleutian chain, which mark the southern boundary of Bering Sea. Oa the third day fl lines were seen rising from the ocean between Uaalaska and U.nnak. The tire at night illuminated the water brightly for many miles around. Finilly a blac'c roci grew up amid steam and smoke. In 1S04 this rock ha I cooled sulhciently to be visited by h inters, though it was too hot to walk on with comfort. At that) time it was 33) feet high and nearly three miles in circumference. Continu ing eruptive it went on growing, pre senting the aspect in 1S2S of a pyramid 1301) feet high. Litely after a long period of quiescence it has again broken out, and at list accounts it was smoking so as to be rendered invisible. Meauwhile it has been diminishing in size, ani very pn-isibly it will vanish altogether signer or later. The whols history of this island of Bogislov has been watchs I from be ginning tcnd. In 177J Ciptain C'jok, the fa nous navigator, sailed right ovei that locality, but found no island thcre. The is ist remarkable event of the sort described, observed within historic times, was the eruption of Kraka'au. The island of that name was situated in the straits of Sands, between Java and Sumatra. It was uninhabited, its arcs being fifteen square miles, and it had two lofty mountains, tho taller one at taiciog an altitude of 2730 feet above the sea. It was 'wholly volcanic, the mountains rising from tiie floor of a sunken crater. On May 20, 1S'J3, at -I p. m., violent explosions were heard in Sumatra and Java, aud early the next morning there was a much greater ex plosion, followed by a tidal wave which swept away many villages along both shores of the strait", causing great I035 of life. The muerial thrown out iu the shape of ashes acd cinders spread over all of northern Java and southern Suma tra, covering that region with a pall o: impenetrable darkness. Shortly before noon on the same day, by one supremt convulsion, the subterranean power hurst their prison walls w ith a detona tion so terrific as to spread consternation among dwellers within a radius of l.VJU miles. With sunrise on the fol lowing day the dense curtain ol ditrkoess began to clear oil and light broke upon a ;cene of un paralleled devastation. Krakatau was reduced to a fraction of its original size. Where the volcano had been active a few ! hours before there was an expanse of sea fathomless with a 1000 foot line. A portion of the island had been shot like a gigantic projectile 800 miles and dropped into the water, where it formed what is now known as Steers Island. The final titanic effort had lifted the greater part of Krakatau out by its 130 fathoms root, and, hurling it through the air, had plunged it into the sea seven miles to the northeast, making what is now called Calmeyer Island. The waves pro duced by the great exploration went aTl the way around the world four times, as recorded by tide gauges. The sun turned green and blue, and lor several years sunsets and sunrises all over tho globe were made lurid by the volcanic dust of Krakatau still hanging in the air. In all twenty-one new island) were create! by this tremendous convulsion in its im mediate neighborhood. In the JEjeaii sea is one of the mos remarkable volcanic groups known. This circular archipelago of San tor in is the remains of an enormous crater thirty milej in circum'erence. In 1707 jt mass of lava two miles long emerged frorn within this rinz "1 islands, forming the island of Nco-Kaimeni. In February, lSCtJ, another lava mass rose slowly from the bottom near Nco-Kaimcni and grow ing gradually in size became united to Nec-lCaimeni. Four days later a similar island was uplifted to the south ward and connected itself with Neo-Kaimeni, forming a promontory. These changes wcro Bccompanied by volcanic eiuptions, the sea in the neighborhood becoming jy turuv red, green, milk white and chemical blue. Mariners kept at a re spectful distance, for fear that the pitch between the planks of their vessel? would melt in the water, which had at 'aincd a temperature of 1TJ degrees Fahrenheit. The celebrate 1 Easter Island, abouv silica t iere is so much mystery, is a nnely volcanic rock in tho midst of the Pacific. Thou ;h its area is only thirty ;wj square miles it is believed to have supported for centuries a population of at least 20,000 souls. It is literally honeycombed with caves, which were originally for;ned by bubbles of expand ing gases during volcanic action. In these caverus the inhabitants formerly iwelt ami iu them they placed the bones if their dea I. Hundreds of such cavi ;ies in the lava have been found crowded with innumerable skeletons. There ar inly a few hundred people on tho Ulanci aow, but the gigant;C stone images aad other works of art left behind by their ancestors remain an enduring evidu'icn if a wonderful semi civilization. It is believed that once upon a tim .here were nmuy more islands in ths loutliern Pacific than now, and that great lumbers of them have disappeared through volciuic causes. Ileal estate in that part of the world would not seem to be held on the mist secure terms. It is always going down or looming up. A new volcauo 335 feet hih was reported in by the United States steamer Alert, 23') miles south of Japan. It ha; since vauished. The Situoau groap wa jpliltud by volcanic forcjs and mi ses ol :ral are found to-day imbedded iu lavi i 300 feet above the sea. As has beer said, the Hawaiin Islands are merely the tops of mighty vo'.cauoes. After thej had risen out of the ocan the lava ol which tiiey were mainly composed bi eaaie disintegrate 1. Sujli blaelc lava Mii;es the richest of all soils. Siels fee he 1 lijr ocean current! and by birds vm covered the isles with a rich, tropical vegetation, renderiu them lit ;or human beings a i I other animals to ive up u. No large inun uals are native :o the isolate i islands of the Paciti", be-ciu-e they could not reicli them, but hogs overrun most of thc:U, thanks tc Captain Cook, who mide it a rule te leive a pair of pi gs on every isle hn visited. V.i'liingto i St ir. Diving h it's by Electricity. The old method of drviug shoes that lave been si'ur.i'.e l with moisturo by iilmg them with h it Una or o.its ha rcudere 1 g ) 1 service in its day, b it the iicii innovator, electricity, no points :o a belter wa '. An incin leseeat lamp :nn be put iutoeaja s.i e at beltinie, md the degree of heat that is safe ail suffi -ieut for the drying r. lire i cau bj regulated fir a cirtaiu length of tine, at the cxpiratioa of which the current will be cut orf automatically and thj light extiuguishe I. An electrical jour nal suggests that tins is the best known way of war.niug s'.iojs ou a old wiuter's in iruing, and reeo n ne.i Is thosj who arj uot early risers an 1 wh do not provide their servants with electric light in the hase uent to connect the laui'is in series, since, if no other la nps ara ou, the meter will prob ibly fail to start. Bui f it does, the cost should not exceed ine-teut'a of a cent, ai five minutes ihoul 1 be am;le for the purpose, an 1 .he cost of a week's shoe-warming would jo, therefore less thaa one oat. Chi cago New Ilee r 1. Eleclric.ly as aa Au.estlietic. In an articlo in the E'etricil Wjrll it appears that an Liglisli physic'an, Doctor William F. Hitcaiuson, has suc ceeded in obtaining loc i! a i;e-thesia by electrical means, lie constructed an in duction apparatus, lonsistin of carefully ; ilcu'.ated coils in 1 having a rheato ui if phosphor -broa! ribbon by which it could bo easily regulated. W ien set ti give C major, representing 51') vibra tions per sjcjii i, in ii ljcd a ncithesia was produced. A number of patients treated by this method were operate 1 upon without pnin by this apparatus. Djctor Hutchinson was able to produce Iocil anesthesia with case over an area about ine inch greater than that of the elec trode. The experiment may prove to b'j if great value in surgical operations. New York Commercial Advertiser. Fuller's Earth. Fuller's earth is an earth so called bo eaue of its usj form ?rly by fullers or bleachers of cloth to absorb the ,reise nd oil collected by the cloth while be ing woven. It is aa earthly hydrate 1 lilicate of aluuiititi n, greenish in color jenerally, though sometime) bluish, hite or even bro.vn. It is fount in tho Jolitic or Jurassic series of rocks; tln.t s. iu the third ot the five divisions into vmch geologists divide the earth's crust. I'he maximum of depth of a doposit of 'uller's earth is 4 )0 feet. It is not found n this country iu commercial quantities, Courier -Journal. l'r.isie Acid Not From Peach Stones. The statement was made recently that prussic acid was ma le from peach stones, says tha St. L iuis Clobe Democrat. This is altogether a mistake, for, although under certain conditions a trace of the main principle of the deadly poison can be found in peach stones thcre is not sufficient to produce the acid without other essential ingredients. Indeed, without the process of fermentation, there is no evidence at all of pruts'c acid iu tho stones. Prussic acid is composed of such things as animal refuse and blood solids, with hrge quantities of oil of vitrol. Even the smell of the acid produces pain in the throat and in th; region of the heart, and there are few poisons for which there is such little op portunity for an antidote. If there is time, and there seldom is, forthepoisoi is almost instantaneous in its actioD, ammonia inhaled very freely may fciva relief and reduce the absolute certsintv of death to a grave probability. The value of the honey and wax prw Juced in the United States last year il .stiinated at $20,000,000, fiwords of AU Kinds, ihe swords of Hindustan are of etl .css variety in size and shape, the most common being the "tegha" and 'tal Vr," broad, much curved blades, wrongly styled scimitars the real scim itar being a clumsy, chopper-like weapon, nearly straight aad widening to the point. There is the "khanda," a heavy, straight sword with basket hilt, like the Scottish claymore. The khanda was an object of worship to the Rajputs, pre cisely as to the Scythians. The "pata," or gauntlet sword, much used by the Mahrattas, was a development of the "katar," having a long rapier blade, often of Spanish make, and a cylindrical hilt, into which the arm was passed to the elbow. The Persian sword, how ever, was valued above all others, and particularly those of Khorassan. These, according to the Kansas City Times, arc the real "Damascus blades," the demas cening being produced by the crystalli zation of the steel. Connoisseurs recog niza ten different varieties of watering or jauhar; and the most incredible prices have been given for fancy specimens. In iiurnes's "Visit to the Court of Sind," he says: "I have had in my hand a plain blade which had cost them (the Amirs) half a lac of rupees (in that day about $25,000). Such swords as these often bear long inscriptions in gold inlaying, such as, 'I am the produce of Persia, of ancient steel and water. When a brave man wields me a hundred thousand Hin dus will perish by my edge.' " There is a very singular sword in the South Ken sington collection, composed of two very thin blades, with half hilts, which are made by a series of catches on the inner side to unite and form a single weapon. From the great beauty of the ornaments and mounting it was probably made by some renowned armorer for presentation. But the great brittlcness of these swords makes them unfit for use by Europeans, who would shiver them to pieces by a "swashing blow," while the oriental em ploys their razor edge only lor thr "drawing" cut. Wigs For Youn; Men. "There are more bald-headed young j-.en in leading Washington social circles," said the supplier of hirsute de ficiencies to the Herald scribe, "thaa people would think. But that is be cause very little of it is revealed to tho curious glance. You see, most of thi young men grow bald immediately abiv) the forehead, which leaves a triangular space, or on the centre of the head. Tuo first place is very easily concealed by a patch which looks as natural as the real thing. . These patches are readily a l justed and may be brushed in any style. They are rather expensive, though that is, if a mau desires something which will completely baffli the attempts of the suspicious at detection and cost all the way from 00 to 150, according t' size and finish. "I could name twenty young me-, who sport these patches, and whose hair is universally admire 1 by the fair sex, but, of course, 1 wouldn't. Cmccrnin; the particular spot on top of the hea 1, in which the hair is especially d.-eting, any number of men whoso ages range between twenty-five and forty are s decoratel. They di not ome so high as the first-named prices, but are j 1st aj easily adjusted, and present the saint impenetrable finish. There are not many of tho complete wigs sold, like thcrj were fifteen or twenty years ago. Ir , fact, it is hard to get a wig which doe. not give itself away, and this is wor- than thin hair or baldness. What is tin color mostly in vogue concerning wigs Why, I guess dark brown is the mo-1 popular. Most men have that color ol hair. Black-haired and ex'reniely light haired men seldom become bald at aa early age, when they do it is generally on the centre of the head." Bostoy Herald. I i How to Rero ;ni23 a Tornado, i J Scienti?ts tell us there is al ways warn lag of the approach of a tornado titaosa . that are observant. Clouds may be seen ( flurrying together in the southwest au I ) west, a low, dull roar of the wind la j those clouds may be perceived, whilt there is a great stillness and sultry heat in the air, all of which signs are sutlictcnl to aid people to look for safety. Thi safety they will never find in any easterly direction. One who faces the cloud ni it comes should seek safety to the right. The only absolute safety, however, is to be found under ground, in the cellar ol the house, it it is a wooden house, as tha storm will whirl off the beams and boards of the structure; but if it is a brick or ttone house the shattered wall will only Uiinble in; the brick or stone h jiise. moreover, will fall sooner thau ti t wooden one, which yields and gives. In the tornado countries, especially in tlij more open portions, t iere should bo a a underground place provided for refuge, with its roof arched and strengthene 1 by masonry and beams, so that it cannot b: broken in by anything heavy falling up j. t. Laying- Hot Prick in Hot Morln. "Never saw them lay hot brick in iios mortar with the thermoneter sixteen de grees below zerol" said J. Travis Kin a prominent New lork lawyer at Will ard's. "It was a revelation to me, too. i On my way home from a western trip I stopped at Duluth. The thermometer registered the figure I have named, b it building was going on just the same o.i a dozen brick buildings, one of which was an office building to cost 300,000. In the east we shut up shop in tho buiki ing line in freezing weather because Irona mortar loses its temper and is worthless. But out there it remains b low the freezing point. As they use it it sets before freezing and when set it's kll right. The bricklayers on a building work as close together as possible, wear ing protectors on their hands. Beside them are little furnaces and metal-line 1 mortar tubs beneath which are fires. The bricks and mortar are heated hot and laid. A brick, you know, will re tain heat for along while.' Washingtor. Star. Ilo-ie-a-go, ono of the chiefs of tu Osages, the richest Indians in the coun try, recently exhibited himself to th wondering' gaze of the people of Kansai City. . He wore his first hat for the oc I cm ion nd a brand-new pair of blankets I The meteorological editor of a Missis lippi paper, in describing the weathei one day recently," said the "soughing j r&ln iQZ2teTBd Biiiled.'---" T'S NO A' COWDTHATOUTTSIK 3eed no, ye'll End erseif mista'en. Gin ye expect to find it! Ime grandest schema that KaVs men ram jtye hides some flaw behind it, The virtues we Ue best to ! Are no' persistent sitters. Then they're ill-treated sune they dea lt' s no' a' gowd that glitters. rhe pompous rarl who ran s to k'rk Until his wealth incr-as?, s no' ricbt soon 1 ji'e Uiai a jeri. An' he fa's a' to pi?c..--. rhe man who kens fis wori's ways Lert Tai's life's swe?ts w' its bitter Vn' sune discovers Iil;e tie r .", It's no' a' gowd that flitters. rhe trouble seems t ttjtIz e'ean t'areuik Baith cliques an' r.ir.r iti :i 't's hard to find a t lin - true b.uo, An" free o' compile it on, deception noo's a coni.n i a cri n , But guid senss novcr flitters, ft tuk's for granted a t'aj thin It's no' a' gowd that glitt:rs. A.fter a' grumblin' ower the e.isa Is na oor nearest duty It seems it wad be better gra." To show truth's honest bca i.y. It's no' sae much hoo ithers ac; . Or hoo the queer worl titter t-et's look at hame au' be x ; To see that oor gowd gUcr. William Lyle, in Detroit F.-3e l'.:3S. PITH ANDP0LT. A receiving teller A phonograph. Tides in the affairs of men naturally tome under the head of current events. The man whoso name is most often nnder a cloud is tho umbrella maker." Vuck. "My face is my fortune, sir," sht laid. "You must be in debt," said the nan ill-bred. La .vis a dry study; but the moisture of tears seems to have much effect on a iury. Puck. The carpenter is not always a mathe matician, but is handy with his "adz." Columbus Post. Absence makes the heart grow fonder, but presence causes it to glow like a full noon. Texas Sittings. The philosopher cau be plain amongs. men; but no man can endure with pa tience a woman's slur about his clothing. Puck. Of the man who is his own worst enemy it can hardly be said that we love him for the enemy he has made. Boston Transcript. I am at your service, ma'am," as th burglar said when the lady of the hojse caught him stealing her silverware. Texas Siftings. He "You didu't know I was olii blind, did you?" She "i s i;e.".:e I it from the neckties you weir." U.Jtaier and Furnisher. Yabslcy "D es your wife ever choose your clo: hes foryoa?" Vi:k.vire "No; she mere y plc.ii the pjekits. " Indianapolis Journal. "I have a pair of suspen Ijrs for every pair of trou-ers l'vj g ,"' iii siil. "Gracious! how in in p i rs ' s is2 i ! -ers have you got J" je pair." N;.v York Press. "No, my son. ;t is no', always pilit2 co tell a man w ia - yo.i t n i'c o. hi u. I: is safer to te'l i: t so tie .-l c's-yu 1 is just as effect.vj ia cioS. lust uoi. Boston Transcript. "Papa, why i! )? t":3 dri:am ijr n' a band wear that big t.img on his iiea l:" "Because the n it.ir.il s z ; of his heaii not equal to the ooasio.i, icy sod." Baltimore America i. Probably the rea-o i xlir poo'ile nri sc liberal in their prai-u ol nin a'ter they are dead lies in the lae: t ut fl r.tery is not likely to give a deal inn the o:g bead. Boston Tran cri,". I asked her for her hea a 1 ban ', And smiled to"soe the u u i.s it'y start. "ir answer helped ma ua n.-si t.i -: "You hold my band -a: 1 h ivj losl ru heart.'' New Y r ;n?ri'.'. "It was all very well l r thj p uc to talk about 'a perfect worn i , u b j planned,"' said Mr. Arr.v.-s sa 1 y, "Ji: the trouble is that it :es s i.: i a lot of money to carry out the p;u." Jjstij Post. Tis sad how deop Into Oblivio.i Some books we taouht sou. s'al.12 03 every shelf: To-diy, while looking through my wjrlis, i found Two that I wrote,and then forgot, mj!. i'uc-. Elder Sister "I most drive aroja 1 to Hose & M intle's; I hear they havj quite a new thing in gloves." Younger Sister (sweetly) "Indeed I And wuca you get them on it will oe quite an old thing in gloves, won't it, darling." Comic. "Is it true," said the reporter, rushing breathlessly into the railroad superin tendent's office, "that there was a ticup on tho road la3t night?" "Yes," re sponded the official, "there was. Our agent at Buzzard's Fork married hit typewriter." St. Joseph Now3. Beggar (standing in front of an exhi bition of paintings, to stranger about to enter with a lighted eig&i) "1 say, mister, there's no smohing allowed inside yonder; but if you'll give me twopence I don't mind ktceping your cigar a-bura-ing till ye come out again." Dorfbar bier. Mrs. Wickwlre Next Wednesday ti brother Edwin's b'rthday, clear. Don i jou think we ought to mai him a pres ent?'' Mr. Wickwirc "Lemma ses. He has been visiting cs shout two months now. Guess I'll give h'tn a real n.. handy traveling satchel. Eh? ' .cJi spoILs Jourcal. '3vnUiUjl iM if II;! 3T.p'r,e EJlxfly'd. "NV.'i!!. 'iia: I "..ci-ui- t w-o'-.'u t f-" tait vt it I Tor. rul-d . 'ii I tan t help t.v " i-iiii.u-t to. Tu taonld afway 1 w! lh br " f ttlinz." "I(u:e lit. ! .ct-r blights wil: i-i- j y-w' t. Pittsbuia Cuioj.c liee s. 6,000," 0 11 vo ;iOvk in Pcnn'ylvaiia The ideA of an nnciont tro ieal con injnt at ;lit South Pi le tiii'lirig S uth Vmertca, M:ul:v:i'c runt Aii-f.Iia l uousicg crm.-iJernhle int-nl a c lUcusiioa i:i scie. lific c i icj. The Cnpitnl nt Ilur fcrd, 1 ns . is if marble and local eniare. cn.i that it expands nr.e. i.. ch In ach 100 'eet, iieini thre inches li'ger is sum aier thau ia triaf. NEWS IN BRIEF- All'gHtors nrj Kctticg scarce. F enph po-tolliees wtrc est.ibli-.he J n -lt!i Vienna bread w s introduced ii ti his country in ls76. A thimble -n. ill hold over 100,00 ) cl ;be smillist s rows mad. Hie uveruge man uses tTO-ty-nina sounds of sugar per annntn. Eudora, K in., with a ppultiori of riO persi ns has seven secret s icu ties. . A scheme b is lii'ely bje i devised t lse okctrici y as n fctri.izer of the toil.' The Iurg st hiiteorc ston wa i fi ned in Jrici.lt.ud und weighs 50,0. U i.muds. -Tt e p..r. r thi water the moreuc ivo t is in corroding ani pitting iron or tet 1 pi te-. On i f :he cu i mis things ab ut th i liiif Mre iu is that no n hales uro !,ud iu it, The B. rmuda Ulan s were named or Ih'imudz, a Spaniard, Lo s'Lt.-l :beiu iu 15:7. ft took Columbus t-vod-ys moro :In n cue nion h to cio s llie cce.iu horn tjp iu to Sun SmIvh lor. Aluminum do s not readily ubsorb iatcu l or this r as n is sn.l.o i of is the coming rootiiug mftteri.l. A c rt-iu Chinese cct tea-:':es fiat fromen who Ifcoxe venetji ue w ll trai sformed iuto men in tlie gr.j-.t lean alter. Drowning in the fihbi st pond or I'lHm re thut could be found was a 'uvori'e legal pnnishm?ui uinoug ih iucic.it Br.tuns. The wat.r that triekh-s in'o fie Jotnsloc'; min-, Nevada, u ar the b d- in of liit ilm t is heuteJ uearly ti die bi ilicg poin. A rile bull d fl ;cti d f o n i s c vr;e jumedi.tely reMiuij-. its liui- f fl.ht ifter li n.iiiu : t:i n q-jet it ii uuabi-j K puts d i' ctly t .roiih. It ia ai I that lb i Luin'ier of people ffho die i .tide the ci y limits f Luu loneveiy ear would till a c.metery )f twenty-three ut res A house, rrodtled in the Japanrs. 'ahhion, is nearly co npleted nt iialeiu Mass. It is said lo lie t'le only Jap iaes lwelling in the couu'ry. A scientist h has boen li-toniu j the voice of the l'ouso fly throu.h die niierophouo says it sounds very nuch like the weighing of a hois--. Eccentric Ricbaid WeMicratdicd .t Masontowu, Teuu,. recently. ); d lis pecnliaiiii s was to keep Ms two )ld horses iu tho lionse with Li.ns if. Th greats at d pth of the Atla'jtij s Hiippo.- d to be about mil 's from die ishtud of St. i hiuias, Wesi. Induv. here tne "lead'1 goes down for 3,S7j fathoms. One of thi African Steamship Oo:n 3HO)'h vena ia nceutly t-teamcd fur sixty miles near Senegal through lo ;uhts thut thickly covered the surface f the water. Darriet Moore, ag'd fif y, four, livirg near Gmibrid -, England, wai recently idling by a wasp. SU i becruo luconicioiis iut.vt.lvo hours and d el :hc second day. iron woiks at Troy, N. V., havn nsde for a Havana, Cul'i", sugar will in iron valve weihi ig G,Y)J l ounl-. The film claims it to I hi tl e l.irg . falve ever couslr icteJ. Oae of tha oi l rjmdi's f r tosi ok'cd was to jut a dr. p id vinegar li die car. I't'i'nis was sipjiosed tub .ur.iblo if a dr p of ca.ibige juici iviis deftly iLj ctcd lato the car. Some very aucient bojks are to hi found iu the ca-red relics of Ceylon. 1 hi y ore lor ..ed ot palm 1 uvjs wnt Seu up :i u.t'a a inetul p n, and i.rj I lotiiid m rely by a :1 .en s'.naj. Cburlcs L Lik, a Mdue m.n, h.n put r c v r d from a fUherai in, a lio I i ked it 1 p while p. is mi bis ctl iu ', i telehCope tu .t mas limt '. 1 h his fitter itik! tweiity ib!ee y. iirs ago, A subfctuioe tun : ex p sited ti xcel vory :u p iu ; of clicapaes only. .f course is 1 e n;; lnudt- nut id mi If, MiirMil .ti.il, unxed ii HI hiibiuitttii t ticuK'i daus iKu-siire thut renders i; ubsolately s uid clid durable. '1 ho 1 ir.nming of ti h'(jr.ipb wins '"s uot cm.'-e.l by mind, for it is Leur I dm iii;; dead ii!m. Chang s i f t-iu-p rturo, whic i tiht n or h.-oseu tao niri-p, robably produc : the io.ind. P. 53i!vit. of Dubleu, S ixony, pr.: fos s I he nier.ufttCturc uf la s pit- i iy roll n ; ilua u moltoti I i-vs i i tronv-:-or fl i' . und using n c irj K ;mi 1. to iheioruntiou of tne p pe ui liib. - A tiinn'troiiK il, n;r ;i linn; f.n.i i-. t 11; ireli s 1"D, tin-Ins iu .- r curci't r ;ici nrii viiht-K mai ly i li vci p. it: d , vns r- cvlilly i ptme I i:: Ihj Hi k- a t cl: Hi i r, ht " l' rg. n liti ,hc ., X. J. Tte vcno.ui i f prisonous r'piiba. itB- cts, i te , Kills by changing the thapi1 id tho Id' oil ci rjiti-c i s to us to make : i up.issiid for them to cri ii tate. This, if course, cuiis s blovd poisoning. Tho hirgefrt magnet iu the io:i I is st Wi'l. t 'n Point. L I. It ii m:.ik of two coudtnined D:ihln n f'uu.s, i ni b of 15-iuch caliber, woiiid v, itb tiLt miles of heavy cubic und c ;: r,cd ::h slectricity. Tho Chicago Tulcphon'i Coi.ipmy now makes chum to having thf in st complete, as wi ll as tin hu-.ir.t t.-L--phonc fxcliungo in tho o I I. C ic r r. has li -4X) t h-plior.e-, with over ? ij talks per day. A l etrillcd Miart. Th !onr coal measures strata of S..-ith CeLiistl Ioa ate very nc'.i in fosi: 3 id id Lin Is, this being especially tr.io ol A.C counties of M ih ika, Clarion, Wsrre.i mi Polk. The David ci:ro.is :..:ne. fuut ullcs siuth of Cirlisle, :.i Warrt-i Dout.ty, has yit'.do 1 bu-hcls of fossil iheiu, etc.. so ne of s-.ic i rare forxs as to bo c iasidercd uui piu nyrtSia'V.ls-i f their hjieciei, ba: notuing has yo t-'ei ouaJ .qual to tho discovery nru!': bv !. 3. UriJ.ordat ll.at plaze. Er..d ord'i i;cciroe i is a cmi'l bu; very pcrf-.jt foi iil:z?d shark, and was ta':tu frc.ai the iha'e or ' slate" which overlays ttie c ', lie Utter bciug ahaut aa ivra 1 J J e: elow tho ir.ace of tie luirin iii; touutry. A'thotig'i a pjr.'cit s :i.-'t iu ivery o ithu this Brallord capn.ity ii jut fourteen inches in le jgt'.i, four mean o width and 11 itteae I bf tiio rciu i ini.i ll. u on y iwu. an ice i ia laic - 1311. ben al.vo thu ' i was p.ovido 1 ith oino lias, wl.ic 't a:u even roi we't leSoed aai clear 1; uu-.ici. i.. Ljj'i iccublic FsiUi ar.il trial are good hie a. is. :t.. ... r
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