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THE CONSTITUTION THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS.
Editor aad Proprietor.
VOL. XL VI I
MIFFLINTOW1S . JUNIATA COUNTY, PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. MARCH 21. 1S94.
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I shall tea, j
Worn I an devl. !
An 1 a'1 my life, a finished scroll, is read, I
That all the ror, rude fragments written
row
With faltering band
father together In that scroll, and rai'te
An epie gran 1.
I shad bear
The noise and strife.
The c'ash an 1 di-eor.l filling all of lif.
Sat'uer in cne deeo 1 urt of harmony.
Whose sound shall r:j
'j rand, wonderful, with a triumphant swsll.
And fill the kie.
So though the days may seem
Useless and pitiful an I incomplete,
I i-till can trutt my dream:
I know at last will come a triu nph sweety
Vhc-n Death and I shall meet.
Floy Campbell, in Lippincott.
Ill 3 Weddine Coronal.
VERT small room, n.
a very small house,
with a very small fire
(C-Xvi. tu's is our scene.
l ucre was no orna
ment, unless the pure
white curtain", and
1 it 11 .3-
l'ieofthe A.ril suu
Ijji jhf'Am& shine on a somewhat
Lj. faded rnrnpt mifrhl lijt
-T."tV4
characterized as such,
onii the fresh loveli
er of two pirls who sat in the apart
ment struck you like an incongruity, i!
Heinu.i as if they must be there by mis-
t.tke.
"ils!f a pound of beefsteak, Ruth
ar.,1 :i few potatoes, and a loaf or bread;
Unit wid ii,), I think," said the elder,
t::o':f,l!tfi:ilr, to a tall, gaunt old wornsa
v. ih .i little market basket on her arm,
wl.o ,-;nnd in the middle of thu room, a
i! a .' i.hing order'.
"Ai:.t tnut are a pretty clus' dinner
for liner, .Miss Josephine?'" said Rutb,
giving her ruty black bonnet an ex;rj
t i:ci.
": know it, R.uth," laughed the girl,
"hut c must regulate our expenditure
n-vor-iing to our resources, you an
i..vai". Heel''
e held up a lank little purse as shi
spohe. It ith smile;? too but she was
l iokiii'.', not at the purse, but at Jose
phine Carey, standing where the sun
shine threaded her brown curls with gold
an 1 incite 1 into hazel wells of light
under her long dark lashes.
Hut she was not as regally beautiful as
licr sister. As Cecile Carey sat in the
antique easy chair by the smouldering
remnant of lire, it would scarcely have
been d.tiieult to fancy her a crowned
queei.
She looked fretfully up from her em
broidery as Josephine spoke.
"K;itb, do tring a few oranges fo
des-ert I cannot live on this beggarly
diet 1" s!;e said.
' We cannet afford it, Cesile,'' inter
po-icd Josephine, gently.
Cecile pouted.
"You don't care whether I starve o.
irt."
Josephine's lip quivered.
"Deirest Cecile! is it Dot better b.
bear up cheerfully and strive not to re
pine?'' "As if one could help repining in this
dismal hole! And then since papi's
bankruptcy and death our friends hava
nil deserie 1 U3 of courie, tbey would
not come to such a place as this."
"Of course, then, they are not wortV
our regiets. But Cecile, yo i shoul I not
say all. Mr. ArchcliCt -has been her
fctvcral timei."
"Yes," said Cecile, a little conscious
ly, as if she would haveaddel "An
1 defy h;m to stay away while I c'.ioose
to keep aim with a smile or a glance."
"But, then, Josephine, he is our lawyer."
"The law business hw long since
pome to an end," said Josephine, archly.
"Never niiud, Cecy, we won't mve3ti
K.ite his motives too closely; and now,
where is my sewing?"
Cecile looked rather scornfully at tht
plain calico dress which the busy fin
gers of her sister were working on.
"Things will be different when I an.
Jlrs. Archcliff," she mused to her3elf.
"I wonder if he will coma hero to day;
he has been absent since Wednesday."
Tie suusliine was creeping up the
wall hue an ebbing tide of gold, and the
coar.-e indices of the wooden mantel
clock wero pointing to somewhere a!)ou
C, that afternoon, when U:ith put her
still iiiujlin cap into the room where
Cecile was dozing over a book, and Jos
ephii e still a: worli over tho calico
brea it!:;.
"!' you plea'e, Toung ladies "
:' i. eiii" drawled Cecile, sleepily.
'jlr. ArchciiJe is here."
And, without further ceremony, sli.
oshered the lawyer into the apirtinent.
A tall, stately man, somewhera be
tween thirty and forty, with dark, heavy
hair, straight features, aa 1 eyes full of
quiet, thoughtful strength, ho enlere 1
with the same chivalrous rc3pact ue had
been wont to show the 8l3ters when they
dwelt ia a superb mansion, and werj
ciotlie 1 with purple and fine linen.
"I have come here on business," ha.
slid, breaking the momentary pause that
ensued af'er the usual greetings; "bus
iness that imminently concerns both of
you young ladies. While exiruiaing
gome wills and leases relating to an en
tirely dklcrent case, I accidentally stum
bled on a clue which, when followed up,
brought me to the knowledge that you
are he. 13 to considerable property,
which has for some years been enjoyod
by those who possessed neither right noi
ut'e to it,"
' T i2 wretches!'' intcrrutct Cec le,
passionately.
"Nay," Le said, gently, "the presiij.
possessor is quite ignorant that he has
none any wrong, whatever suspicions
his father may have ha 1 on the subject."
'And how sooa when " stam
rr.erod Cecile
Dj you mean how sooa do jou oma
Tit possession?" he asked, as she psnsel
ibrjjitiy. "Within a very few week,
I tr'ist n soon as the troubles nis
f"rms of la v can bs gone through with.
Acting as yiur lejal advinr, I hav
.lrevly given notice to the young man."
" T ien it is a yo.m4 inn. P.rr fel
low! ' sighnl Jnsephinn "Whit sort of
i pp-vi ;s it, Sir. A -chili i J"
' I knuv n)tiiin7. Miss JoieViin?,
tX'eottha: Le is li'o.mt aii'eoj, a i J a
i ipp e."
'A cripple?"
"Yes; a martyr, I m told, to spinaj
ijseaiei- '
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'And this is the only property h.
O' issesses?"
"All, I believe."
"But tell me about it, Mr. ArcH
clirl!" interrupted Cecile, with kindling
eyes and deepening color. "This prop
erty ia what does it consist?"
"In Audliy Hall and its estate to be
gin with, and further, in stock , land,
mortgages and railroad shares, a nount
ing altogether, I think, tj something
i:e fifty thousand dolin.
" Twenty-five thousand eac'i 'hit is
very little," pmr.ed Cecil-. rf h-:r disap
pointed. Mr. Archlilf smi'e 1.
"For you to ga:n. perhaps; but k
reat deal for him t lose."
lie glanced at his wa'c'a and rose.
I will see you again to-rr.irrow morn
ing, VDiing ladic. In the meauti!iii, J
suppose 1 have your authority t prj
Teed as expeditiously as possible?"
.."Certainly," Slid Cecile, et ;erly.
'Piay let there be no delay that can le
avoided. I am sli impatience to comr
'nto my new property."
She smi'ei as she spoke i smile th v.
made her seem liks somj fair hii rod
anel. The lawyer lookeJ at her with
a long, penetrutiog glancs, as he bue l
good-bye. Cecile wondered, with a
beating heart, what that grave, wistfu
look meant.
"Put up that horrid caliotiiinj
Josey!" she exclaimed, when they were
aloue together. "Djn't, pray, woiii any
more to-day. I'll send Hata out a'ter
lome oranges and jelly aad iced case,
and we'll have a nice little banquet. Oh'
if you knew how I have longed for thev
little dainties after our anchorite fare I
Why are you looking so grave, Jose h
'ne Wny don't you rejoice with ins?'
Josephine looked up into her sister i
-adiant face.
"Because, Cecile, I see nothing t
justify us in any grea: amount of rejoic
ing." "Nothing?" Josephine Carey, waa
1o you mean?"
Josephine rose and stool quietly be
'ore her si iter.
Cecy, look at me !"
"So I do look what of it?"
"I a n strong and healthy, a u I no'.?'
"Yes of cour-e. t
'With hands tint are not useless aid
l heart that wiil not fail?"
"Yes."
"Aud do you suppose, Cecy, that I.
with all these priceless blessings a; in;
command will stoop to take a poor cri-.).
!e boy's iuheritince from him?"
"B it it is not his; it is o.irs "
"No matter whose it is, I will no.
take it ! Oh, Cecile, do you sunpoie
oi v heart is of stone or adamant?''
"'But Mr. Archcliff"
"As a lawyer as our Iavyer, Mi
Archcliff has acted entirely right. il
has discovered this inheritance an I
taken proper steps to placa it iu out
hands it is for us to decide whether wi
Till accept it or not!"
"As if we should hesitate for a mc
inent!"
"I shall not, Cecile; this poor cnpph
has greater need of the money than we.
"Josephine, are you in caraejt?"
"I am."
Cecile grew scarlet with anger.
"Very well you will do ss y ou please.
I shall not relinquish my share of this
scanty property tor a baseless whim. Is
it not sufficient that this boy, or ran, oi
srhatever he is, his enjoyed our rights
.nd comforts alt his life?"
Josephine did not answer; she sat.
how useless it was to argue wit a hei
lister, but not the less was nero-vn miu
nade up.
And when Mr. ArcholilT railed th
next morning, Cesiie deUiled to him
nrhat she called her sister's absurd
ulxotism.
"Say what I will, she cannot b.
turned from this ridiculous piece oi
folly," conclude! Cecile, "aud she wishes
jou to deed back her naif of the estate
nd money to this young mm."
"And you, Misa Cecile?"
"1? Ob, I am troubled with no guc
altra scruples of conscience. I (hail, of
;ourse, desire to come into possession as
oon as possible. Atidley 1111 will be a
very pieasaat change after these miser
bly cramped quarters."
"Does your sister accompany you?
"Oh, no she will remain here ano.
open a little day school. The idea of
Josephine Carey teaching school for a
iving !"
When Josephine returned from a brie,
walk, she found her sister ia high
spirits).
"Did you tell him, Cecyl"
"Yes."
"What did he sayl"
"Nothing at all it is evident he U
'ery highly displeased, however."
' Josephine's heart sank within her. i
"I must do my duty," shs thoughV,
pressing her hand to her throbbing
temples, "no matter whom it may of
end. My duty my duty !"
It was almost a sob, iu its agonizei.
itensity.
I "lou win come ana see me soon, 9
Audley Hall," said Cccilo Carey, bend
ing her sweet eyes on Mr. Archcliffe's
grave brow, as he bade her adieu at the
railroad depot. He bowed quietly and
stepped back, just as the tiain began to
move. Cecile drew a long breath.
"Strange that he has not propose I,
he thought. "But there will bo no
ack of opportunities at Audley.
Selden Archcliff did not return dk
rectly to his office, although there was a
, considerable arrear of business awaiting
' him in those dingy precincts. He went,
i instead, to the little room where Jose-
pUne Carey was crying quietly oa her
sister's empty chair.
! "I know I am very foolish," she fal-
;crcd, "but my little school commences
to-morrow, and I have such a brief time
, left for tears."
i It was the first time he hal seen her
since the evening he hid brought tidings
of the discovered inheritance. Since
then she had slyly avoided his presence,
lieading to read disapproval in his face.
Now, however, there was uo evalingtha
ordeal it must come!
I "Miss Carey," he said earnestly rc-
' warding her," I have come to speak
to you with reference to this very ui
usua.l decision of yours respecting thn
Au Jley property. Few girls in your cir
cumstances would have acted as you
have done."
j Her bright cheek caught a more vivid
rose.
"You think I have acted wrongly!"
"Let me tell you what I think. It was
i deal whose noble nugaanimity is be
yond all praise. You have abandoned
comparative ease, and devotsd yourself
to a li.'i of toil, because you thought it
right. I a u learning now for the first
fitoe the true, erableca'tthat dwell An a
wo.nan's niture. 1 loved you beTore
iced I say how much dearer you are be
come to me no? My little heroine,
will you trust the priceless heart to mc?
will you be my wife?
"But, Mr. Archcliff "
"Well?"
"I fancied thit you loved Cecile!'
lie smile 1, "I have love i you, dear
ist, pinco I kuew you first, scarcely a
year ago. But you hare not answere 1
ny question yet !"
The soft brown eyes, dewy with &
sense of great happiness that was in
store for her, were raiied to his with in
nocent frankness.
"I love you, Mr. Arc'sTSs." she said
with a shy dignity that Wr ,'.ke herself.
t'But never dreamed you to aid love au
insignificant little creature like me !"
lie drew her towards him with n
;aressing fondness that was like ue v
lile to her starved heart 1 He loved her
that was enough!
The little school was never opened
ind when Cecile read the long letter
that reached her the very next mail, she
bit her beautiful lips unt I the scarlet
blood started.
"Fool that I have been !" she muttere 1,
'And to think how skilfully that un
conscious little Josey has' played her
jirds! Aud'.ey Hall, indeed I Why the
Archcliff estates are ten times as large !
And the same June that brought a
wreath of white roses. Josephine
Carey's sunny curls, brought also the
dawn ot a new bliss to her girl heart.
Selden Archcliff thought his wife bad
acver looked so lovely as she did on her
edding dsy! New York News.
A Swimming Parly iu Honolulu.
Saturday evening, writes a correspond
ent of the Chicago Inter-Ocean front
tho Sandwich Island?, I had the pleasure
of attending one of the unique enter
tainments a swimming party that are
a feature of Honolulu, and are probably
known nowhere else in the world. II
wai given by Mr. and Mrs. Frank M.
Nilson, formerly residents of Kenwoo I,
now of San Francisco. It was given at
Waikiki, n seaside annex of the Hoy a!
Hawaiian Hotel. Tho apartment known
as the lanai looks directly upon the sea,
tho waves breain beneath the window!
and against the steps of the piazza'. It
the rear of the lain is a Urge apartment
for danciug, a'i 1 opening from this an
immense dining r ) i:n. The muca'.ine
guosts were, witu a few exception",
oiiicers fro:n oaf own men-of-war ano
fro n the Eiglish corvette Gara?t, no v
in the harbor handsome young fellow-,
who cleared their throats a great del',
curtailed thair r's piteo.isly, an! dante 1
with much muscular vigor. Taey did
not possess the ease of manner peculiar
to their American fellow otlijers.
There wis first a waUz or two, th-! i
the party separated, disappe ired, an 1 re
anpeared clad in bathing suits. The
I' guests then moved in procession across
the long pier, an I tho young girls,
clasping their hands above their he ids
leaped into the surf, accompanied by
their escorts. They swam and dive I in
the clear water like mermen and mer
maids. T ie southern crosi rose ahovo
the horizn; palms wero outlined in thu
moonlight against the clear s'iy; the surf
dashed its white foam against the reefs
beyon 1 the lagoon; the air wis tiile i
with the fragrauceof a thousand dowers;
the singing boys sat upon the pier, an I
their wild music mi le a fitting accom
paniment to one of the strangest c;i:'t
evor !-hel I.
After a ti no th"! swim n?rs repiira I to
their rooms, redonned tueir evenini
dress, and the bail weut on as if it hi I
never been interrupted. It was diflit lit
to realize that the young women in their
white gowns, sashes, and Freach-hee'.e 1
shoes were the same whose white arm
and bare feet had been battling with the
breakers half an hour before. Tj
dancing was followed by supper, then
the waltzing and singing were resumol,
and the morning was well on its way be
fore the guests made their adieus aa I
took their departure.
Jnmps, Hu nan and Equine.
References to the sensational leap mi la
oy the celebrated steeplechaser, the
Chandler, at Warwick, in Februiry.13 17,
havo attracted so much notice from'leai
ing article writers and correspondents,
that a few further words may not be
deemed inappropriate on this deeply in
teresting subject. Waen it is remem
bered that last year Mr. C. S. Reber, an
American amateur, cleared 23 feet
inches, and that Mr. C. B. Fry, an Ox
ford undergraduate, covered 23 feet- 5
inches at University Sports in 1832, it
hardly seems surprising that an animal
weighing six times as much as cither of
these two athletic bipeds, and gifted
with four legs instead of two, should be
able to beat their performance bj rather
more than fifteen feet. In addition it mu-.t
be remembered that the horse possesses
a frame in which the leverage is so pow
erful as to give the appearance of being
specially constructed for jumpiug.
It will be seen that in the abovi re
marks I have given The Chandler ere l:t
for clearing thirty-nino feet in a singivi
bound, although firmly under the con
viction that this statement is aa exo
neration. My own impression that t'.ia
distance covered by Tae Chandler w.u
thirty-four feet instcai of thirty-aina is
eonSroied by "The Druid," who in many
of his newspaper articles states explicitly
that he saw The Chandler jump thirty
four feet at Warwick oa the occasion ia
question. I take it that many instances
ira nn roz-rr 1 on.l odmi) nf nnH fsnlif 1
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j mthentication, which go to prove that
j horses have cleared thirty seven feet
either out hunting or in a steeplechase.
this feat was perlormea among others
by Vanguard, Moonrakcr, Proceed, Cul
vertborpe, and Emblem; and I doubt p.ol
by scores of other big jumpers whose
names have long been forgotten. About
Emblem's performance, which took place
in the Birmingham Grand Annual Steeple
chase, on February 21, ISO 3, there can
be no doubt. Here is the report of the
leap given in Bell's Life. "It is right to
mention that no animal could have been
sent to the post fitter and in more bloom
ing condition than Emblem, who won all
the way, and slipped the rest of the field
by clearing rather more than twelvi
yards at the second fence." Anglo
American Times. -
An Able Dreamer.
A Georgia man dreamed that some on
stole bis watch from his truatc. . He siw
the robber in his dream. On awakening
he found his watch gone.1 He went to
town aad soon saw and recognized tha
f K'fl u .- i i-
.au uo ui i seen inais aream, waosa
I urres followed, aad the watch waj
foundoabis . usutsoa.;
Amphibious Kanaka Cjs
For amphibious humanity comtnoad
no to the Kanaka boy, says a Honolulu
letter to the Boston Horald. It seems
as if he took to the ocean as sooa as his
swadling clothes were removed, and many
a copper-colored son of a subject of
Hawaii can swim almost before he can
toddle about.
Steamer day is a great event for these
youths. Long before the vessel from
'Frisco, Australia or China is moored at
the dock: little dots ef black;, are ob
served on tho surface of the bine water,
which, upon near approach,' are seen to
be tufts of hair with rolling white eye
balls uaderneath. A passenger throws a
coin over the side, the heads disappear;
but the boys do not dive as those iu
other lands or waters do; they sink: like
leid. With knees drawn up they drop
in tho ocean, their object being to get
beneath the com and seize it in their
hands as it de:cinds. Of course, when
there is only one coin thrown for a num
ber of lads the scramble is more lively,
and frequeutly the piece of silver is not
captured until it reaches the bottom.
Until every passeager has left the steam
et the urchins remain by its side. And
so on sailing day they follow the craft at
least half a milo from the dock, some of
the Jads not returning to land until hours
after they went into tho ocean.
It is said that these youths remain
six and seven hours at a time in the wa
ter. Between spells ot swimming the
Boat around, resting as comfor.aoly as
if sunning themselves upo i the dock,
and it is svcn asserted that a Kanaka
boy has been seen taking a nap while
thus lying in the cradle of the deep.
I have seen boys diving at St. Thomas,
in the Bemudas, and in Brazil, but they
cannot equal theae lads in Honolulu har
bor. Oa Washington's Birthday aqueous
ports were in order for the sailors on
the different men-of-war. One of tho
events was a half mile swimming race.
Long before the start a half dozen Kan
aka boys were sporting around in the
water beside the boat where the sailors
were to take their dive. Hard work did
these men-of-war's me a make of their
struggle, but the little youths swam all
tround them, diving beneath the contes
tants, darting ahead, thou dropping
behind, only to come up again and grin
Irom ear to ear at the men, who were
blowing aad snorting like grampuses.
At the finish oao sailor was so exba istel
that three mca had to haul him ahoard
the stake boat, but the Kanaka lads took
in extra turn about tho Mohican and then
paddled to shore.
The Origin of Drums.
Drums are probably an Eastern idei
introduced by the Crusa Icrs into Europe.
They aro frequently nientioael in the
loeouuts of too first Crusvio. Wlien
Z lwar I III. of England an I bis Queen
in la their triumphal entry into Calais in
1347, "tambours," or drums, wera
irnoag the instruments which were
olayed in their honor. Another of these
was called a "nacaire," or kettleJr rn,
Iikca, together with its name, from the
.ra'3. Tho poet Chaucer also mentions
this instrument ia his description of the
tournament in the "Knight's Tale:"
"P;ps, tro.ne, ni'-ires, aal clirionne
r&it in th u it iilia biowen bio ly sounes."
The King ge.ierally kept a troupe of
these bandsmen, or minstrels, ia his em
ploy, aud we rci I that Elward If. oa
one occasion g.ive a sum of sixty shil
vigs to Roger tho Trumpeter, Jaaiuo
l ie Na'.cerer, and others, for their per
form vices. Another minstrel wascallel
lac "chevoretter," or player oa the bvj
pipe. Kmg Henry V. had a bind which dis
5 ursel sweet music during his expedi
tion to Harileur, each member being
reeo uooased for his services with the
mm of twenty-four cents per diem.
When the citizens of London were mus
tered in the thirty-first yeir of the reign
of Henry VIII., we hear that "before
ivery standard was apooiutel one
dromslade at the least." Etch company
of 100 men at this time posses3el a
couolo of drjtn Tiers.
Kettledrums as used by cavalry appeir
to have beea a comparative novelty ia
1685, when Sir James Turner wrote.
"There is another martial instrument,"
he tells us, "use! with civalry, whlc i
they call thu kettledrum; there be tw
of them which hang before the drun
rncr's saddle, on bjth of which he
beats."
The dignitary known as Drum Major
was not generally recognize 1 iu the Eng
lish Army till tho close of the reigu of
Charles I. Corporal puuishmint up to
tha time of William HI. was execute 1
by the Provost Mirshil and his deputies,
but afterward the drummer was iutrust
cd with the task.
Among the records of tho Coldstrei n
Guards is an order that "tho Drum Mi
jor be answerable that no cat has more
than nine tails." In 1661 a Drum Major
of the Parliamentary Army receive I
thirty-five cents per diem. All the Y-i-Uouud.
N it so Attractive.
When Lieutenant Peary wis hera his
hotel was besieged by boys and young
uie.i who wanted to go with the ex
plorer to thu North Pole next summer.
To one of the n he said in effect:
"Have you ever beea to the Arctic
regions?" "No."
"Have you been a sailor?" "No."
"A mechanic?" "No."
"Are you grounded in any branch of
scientific knowledge?" "No."
"You have no special qualifications?"
"No, but I can work."
"You are the man for me," said the
L:eutenant, and the applicant flushed
with hope. "But, by the way," he con
tinued, "there is a slight preliminary
before wo sign papers. You will p ly
5000 towards the expense of the exp e
dition." "Five thousand dollars!"
"Certainly. You may remember thit
Mr. Verhoef paid $3000 for the privilege
of aceompanying me on my last expe li
tion, and he, you know, was a mm of
scientific attainments, and he lost Irs
life in the expedition."
The applicant waited to hear no more.
Buffalo (N. V.) Courier.
Japanese Sup rslition About Flower.
The Japanese are superstitious about
natty flowers, aad will have noae of them.
Many of our favorites, as the orchid,
gentian, daphne and tzilin, are utterly
prohibited for felicitous occasions. There
is also with them an nristocracy of flow
ers most sharoly de.ioel. The seven
royal favorites are the chrysanthemum,
narcissus, maole, cherry, peony, wista
ria, and the evergreen rhodea. The iri",
also, is of prince, y dignity, but because
of its purple color must npt be used fur
weddJo9,-Damorest'i Mjazioe. .
Heat of the Sun's Surface
What is the actual hest of the sun's
surface? Various estimates have bee a
made, but as they vary from one thou
sand and a fraction to millions of degrees
there is little prospect of an immediate
and reliable answer to the opening ques
tion. Secchi gave it as his opinion that
the temperature could be but little, if
any, short of ten million degrees of the
centigrade thermometer. Sporer thought
that it might be 37,00 ) degrees, while
Pouillet brought it down to somewhere
between 1100 and 1761 degrees of the
tame icnle. M. Becquerel, Professor
Langley and Sir William Thompson all
agree on about 3000 degrees of centi
grade, making their deductions lrra
;aiculations based on solar photospheres.
According to M, St. Clair Deville the
! temperature of the sun's surface docs not
exceed ZoUO decrees; this also agrees
with the experiments made by both Bun
sen and Dcb.-ay. Sir Robert Ball, the
Astronomer Royal of Ireland, in his
"Story of the Heavens," page 493, says.
"We shall probably be well w.thin the
truth if we state the effective tempera
ture of the sun to be about IS, 000 do
legrees Fahrenheit.
That some of the above estimates ar
placed too high and others too low then
is little doubt. Take that of Secchi fo
an instance. What instrument or systcn.
of reasoning would give a mau an in
sight into what 10,000,000 degrees o:
heat really means? On the other hand,
we have every leason to believe that M
Pouillet placed the degree of actual tern
perature of the solar surface far too low.
Professor Young argues from an origina
ind logical standpoint. He says:
"When heat is concentrated by ,
burning glass tho temperature at th
focus cannot rise above that of tht
source of heat; so, if we do not count on
the loss of heat by its transmission
through the glass, the temperature at the
focus should be the same as that of a
point placed at such a distance from tho
sun that the solar disc would see n just
as large as the lens itself vie.vc 1 (r i its
own focus." If this is the true explana
tion a pyrometer and a burning g!a!
would give the sun's actual surface heat
-St. Louis Republic.
Suva.'e Solomon Island r.
A passenger from the Solomon Islauus,
one who has had some years' experieoc:
trading with the natives and who arrive I
recently in Sydney, gives a melancholy
sccount of life among the blac'c fellows.
One might have thought that the days of
head hunting were at an end and that in
view of the commercial intercourst
which for many years has been cir.-iel oa
between the whites and the islanders of
tho Solomons, this barbarous custom
would have passed with many others into
history. But it appears that quite the
contrary is the fact. Head hunting is
openly carried on both at Malayta and
San Christoval, and the natire is regard
ed young and iuexpurienc :1 by his le!
lows who has not shed hum in b'.oo 1.
Then, as to canuibilism, it is un
doubted that it exists and is largely
practiced by certain tribes. The c is n c
is to cut up the bodies of the victims au 1
sell them piecemeal, pretty in ich a'ter
the style of an itinerant butcher, and
evidence in the shape of human bones
left after the cannibal feasts is abun lint
on the islands. To what fearful evteat
it is carried on in the bush on M ilayti. oi
San Christoval can only be conjectured
from what is absolutely known to oceur
on the coast. It is said to be more than
a white man's life Is worth to venture
far inland, or for the matter of tiiat a
black fellow's either, if he belongs to s
beach tribe, for the "man of the bush':
is by no means particular. Why they
tolerate a white man's presence at all on
their territory is exp'ained, appaiently,
by the fact that they are fond of tobacco
and of a few manufactured wares he is
in a position to supply tbem with. lit
receives in return copra, beche-de-mer,
or ivory nut, and the intercourse is sc
far mutually satisfactory; but there are
few, if any, white men who would care
to trust themselves far away from their
hut or file arms, for however friendly
the natives In the immediate vicinity
may appear, there are few to be implie
dly trusted. San Francisco Chronicl
Hawaiian Names.
The following names of our proposod
sew citizens were to be found a few years
igo on the Taxpayers' List at Hono
lulu: Mr. Sc'uHors, The Thief, The Wandor
ng Ghost, The Fool, The Man Who
Washes His Dimples, Mrs. Oyster, The
Tired Lizard, The Husbanl of Kancia
male deity), The Great Kettle, Tae
Fir3t No3e, The Atlantic Oean, The
Stomach, Poor Pussy, Mrs. Turkey, The
Tenth Heaven.
Tho same name are bestowed iniis
:riminatcly upon males and female. A
man living upon Beretania street, Uono
,ulu, is called The Pretty NYomas
Wahine Maikai); a male infant was
atoly christened Mrs. Tompkins; one
little girl is named Samson (Kamekoaa),
mother The Mm ; Susan (Ku'eena) is a
ioy, so are Polly Sarah, June Peter an 1
Henry Ann. A pretty little maid has
oeen named by her fond parents The
P'g Sty (Hale Pda). A relative hints at
iuxury in the diet of the coming mm,
jailing tho boy The Rt Eater (Kinei
Oi i Ole). -
Au old servant ia Dr. Wright's
family, at Kohala, caused her grand
:hild to be baptised in church Tho
Doctor, (Kauka). This, as is the case with
ill the other names here mentioned
is the only designation. By way ot
sompliment to the early physicians, mmy
shildren were named after their drugs,
is Joseph Squills, Miss Rhubarb, Tne
Baietic. Names of uncomplimentary
purport are willingly borne by their
wners, while others convey a pleasing
ind graceful sentiment, among the latter
The Arch of Heaven (Ki Pia Lani), Tae
River of TwiUght (Ki Wia Liula), Tha
Delicate Wreath (Ka Lei mi ka Lii).
The Rev. Dr. Coin, of Hawaii, pos-ie:-ses
the love of his flock. One morn
ng a child was presented for baptism
whose name was given by the parents,
Hikia. The ceremony finished, the pa
rent assure 1 the doctor that they hal
lamed the baby for him. "But my name
a not Michael," said the doctor suppos
ing Mikii to be aimed thereat. "We al
ways hear your wife call you Mikia," an
iwered the mother. Sue had mistaken
tfrs. Coan's familiar "my dear" for her
lusbaad's proper appellation. -lest J4
Sizetto.
Origin of Llfj Insurance. .
It is a curious fact that "the doctrine
of probabilities," or tha scientific basis j
upon which all insurance rests, had iti
origin ia a'game of cards, f That is to 1
say, the foundation upon w'aich this
great economy depends, and upon which
it owes its claims to the confidence aad
patronage of the community, originated
from myestigation regarding games ol
A.n.A 1b r,i' iIt 1 hv Hia Vrtrth A mrtr. '
ican Review, it happened in this way;
About the year 1650 the Chevalier d
Mere, a Flemish nobleman, who wai
both a respectable mathematician and ai j
ardent garac3ter, attempted to sove tni
problem of dividing equitably the stakes
when a game of chance was interrupted.
The problem was too ddicult for him
and he sought the aid of the famous
Abbe Blaise Pascal, a priest, author of
"Night Thoughts" aad one of the most
accomplished mithem iticians oi any age.
Pascal solved tho problem, and in doing
so enunciated tho "doctrine of probabil
ities" or It vs governing so-calle 1
chances. Upoa this depend not only the
laws governing insurance of all kinds,
but also the laws governing the motions
ot planets ia spase aad, in fact, all as
tro jo.mic.il science. Th's doctrine or
theory Pascil illustrated by the throwing
of dice. When a single dio is thrown
the chance of turning up an ace is pre
cisely one out cf six, or ono out of
the total number of sides or faces. But
if a largo number of throws are made it
will be found that eaeh faca will be
turaed up aa equal number of times.
From this Pascal laid do wn the propo
sition Usat results which have happenel
in any given number of observe! cases
will again happen under similar circum
stances, provi led the numbers be suffi
cient for the proper workiigof the law
of average. Thus the duration of tho
life of a single individual is one of tha
greatest ui cer.aintics, bjt tho duration,
or rate of mortality, of a largo number
of in lividu i'.s nny bo predicted with
great accuracy by comparison with tho
observed results among a sufficient largo
number of prsori3 of similar ages, occu
pations and climatic influences.
Toting Wasps Fried.
Toung wasp grub3 fried in butter C
not at first sighs appear to bo the mosl
alluring dish ia the world, yet they have
been pronounce 1 doliciom by those
hardy experimenters who havo trie.l
them. FeJ, as they are, upon tho
sweetest juices drawn from fruits and
flowers, tiiey naturally possess a delicata
flavor. Perhaps tho best way to pre
pare them is to bako them la the comb.
Incidental to experiments conducted
by Government experts respecting the
edible qualities of insects, a number of
trials were made of a beverage particu
larly novel, which might ba termel
"ant-ade."
A few hundred ants were crushed at a
time in a mortar with a pestle, an I the
liquid from them, after being strainc 1,
wai m'x.-d, just lilie lemoa juice, with
wafer aud sugar. The rcsu'tin bevsraga
ie-enb!e3 le uonvdo so closely as to ba
scire ely distinguish ible from it.
Tno renon way is very easy to ex
plain. V or.nic acid is the neares; ap
proach to citric acid known to tha
chemist. Ia fact there is little differ
ence between them.
Awhile ago a St. Louis caterer maJa
f.-o:n grasshoppers a souo which was
prououueed delicious by many people
who wero nlorlec' aa opportunity of
tasting it. It closely resembles bisque.
A le irne I professor treated soaij
friends of his oa oae occasion to curry
of grasshoppers and grasshopper
croquettes, without iuformiug them ai
to tue nature of tha banquet, but an ua
iucly hind leg discovered ia oae ol tha
croquettes revealed tho secret.
Among tho people of Java cock
chafers are a favorite food.
Thoso admirable economists, the
Chinese, eat tho chrysalids of silk
worms after the silk has been wound off
them, frying them iu butter or lard,
adding the yolk of aa egg or two and
seasoning with pepper, salt and vinegar.
London Table.
Clcclinr at the Noe.
This common incident, which is rarely
alarming, may result from a blow, or
occur spontaneously. It may sometimes
bo beneficial by relieving aa internal
congestion, as when it is preceded by a
feeling of fullness in tha head. T.ij
bleeding often stops, after a short inter
val, without treatment. Where it
persists, however, steps must be taken
to control it. The first thing to d.'s
cover is whether tho blool comes oalj
from one nostril or both. Tho no3tri
may be compressed and the arm raisei
well over the hea 1 on the affected si3e
Cold water may taca ba applied to tht
forehead and napo of tho neck, whici
acts ia a rcilex way by tending to con
tract tho blood vessels. Tho populat
idea that by applying a key to thesa
parts tha bleeding will ba coatrollo I
doubtless has its origin from the fact
that the metal in this object U cool, aa 1
thence may act as above. Iu case tha
hernorrhaga is still uncontrollable, ai
injection of ica water may ba ma le into
tho nostril, or common salt anl water, a
teaspoouful of the former to a glassful j
of tho latter. If these agents are no'
sufficient, ordinary vinegar may ba in
jected, with the heal thrown well bacli
so as to bo sure that tho fluid reached all
part's of the nasal cavity. Ia rara in
stances thu hemorrhage will persist to a
dangerous degree, aad it will ba neces
sary for a physician to tightly plug tha
nostrils with cotton. .ven when ulooJ
ceases to appear from tha nose, th
throat must be carefully examined to see
if the blood is not flowing in this direc
tion, from the back of the nostril. Oi
course, oae would soon ba informed of
this by tho spitting of blood from thi
mouth. New York Press.
A Real Hero.
: Andrew Pessotti is a poor Italian oi
Pittsburg. But if a record of the world'i
heroes could be made up, Pe3sotti's nams
would stand forth in letters of light.
The man who wa3 willing to risk his
own life in saving two children, un
known to him, who were playing on a '
railroad traci, and threatened by an ap
proaching engine, deserve3 to ba re
membered. And thu locomotive did
not spare him, for he will' be maimed
for life, if he recovers from the injuries
he received. Soars one for the oft
abused sons of Italy. Rochester (N. Y.)
Herald. -
BUDGET OF FOX.
luaioaora sivEtcitt fuom
VAKIOIM SOUUCfcM.
.. Kent Day Idyl Artist Ic Dospn-rl
ence A Trifle Slixml XotwltU- -
istanilinj; Olil Lau
Syne, Ulc , Kto.
I have a little cottage with the roses e'.irutx.
tog rouD'i. ,
Lndaprattv li-tle gird-en whra the bios- j
snnis all abounJ; ,
The sky is brightest ozara now, anl I ana
a!o blue, ,
For whil the dew is falling, there's the renl
a falling due.
Drake's ila;aiin9, I
AUTISTIC DESPONDF.-SCR.
- Carver "I'm but a hewer of woo$.
Marine Painter "And I but a drawer
of water." Detroit Frje Prcis.
KOTwrrasrANniN'o.
She "What au awfully tall nil.
Lord Lofty is!"
He "They say he's painfully short. y
-Truth.
IS THE FAULOB, CAIt.
ne (from Boston; very musical)
"Wagner's works are simply grand."
She (from Chicago) "Oh, you f-.ie;h,
o see Pullman's!" Truth.
OLD LASO SYNE. '
She "Maude? Oh, she's one of tht
friends ot my youth."
He "I didn't tftlie her to be as old a.
"iiat." Kite Field's Washington.
A TRIFLS IIIXCD.
He "My remark was a trifle compTl
cated."
She "Yes; the triviality and cont
plication were distinctly visible.''
Washington Star.
KOT REASSCnlXO.
Xervous Passenger "Arc
there is no danger?'1
you sui.
Officer "Not a bit. The ciptain
just gone to tako a nap beeau-te it's too
oggy to seo anything." Tit-Bits.
HOW MANY LOOK AT IT?
Master (to clas.,) "Now, June,
tel
no how many seasons there are.
Jones "Two."
Master "Only two? Name them."
Jones "The cricket a id tae bi nil
"c;isons." Million.
KO SJIACS AT AL!,.
Timid Youth "Mis3 Gracic, perhaps I
my coming so often may seem may
seem to to smack of undue persist -
ency."
Denaured Maiden "Georg", you.
oomins here has has never smacked of
anything yet." Chicago Tribune.
HE Was.
MissBleckcr "Is Mr. Blaaky a well
read man? Does he seem familiar wit!
the best authors?"
Miss Lakeside "Well, I should sa
ho was. He calls Shakespeare "Willie,'.
and ho boards with the author of 'Dash
away Dick; or. Forty Buckets a
Blood!' "Truth.
TERHOIt.
'Did you ever see a ghosti" i
"Once." I
'Were yon scared?"
"Was I sciredi Was!? Myfa'.st'
teeth were iu a gltt3s on a ta'o'e three
feet away fro u tho be 1, and they
actually rattle 1 so lou I that they wok
-he neighbors." Indianapolis Journal.
FAIXFl'L OPERATION. I
Strawber "What is tho matter, oT
man? You look shaky." J
Singerly "I am. I just hal an inter-,
view with my dentist. " t
Strawber "Wuat did he do extract
a tooth?"
Singerly "Worse than that. Ho ex
tracted twenty dollars" Life. '
6AFELY ASSURED.
Gazzam "I have imported some ptw
tures from Germany by way of Ham
burg. Do you think there is daagar o;
their carrying cholera geruis?"
Maddox "Are they oil psintings a,
water colors?"
"Uazzita "Water colors."
Maddox "Well, if the water in
th.
colors w3 boiled I'd think you'd
afe." Judge.
b.
TLEASANT iASFC.
A fcrua'e lion-tamer, young and fill,
beckoned on tha big lion, Nero, and il
came and tcok a piece of sujar out ol
her mouth.
"Why, I could do that trick!" ei
claimed a spectator.
"What! you?" retorted tho fa!r per
former.
"Certainly just as well as the lion I'
Revue de3 Sports.
TnB BFAUTIFCL LANG CAGE OF ItOMAXCB
Fond Mamma "Mibel, my dear, hav
you auy reason to think pardon me, mi
daughter, but it is to me a matter of th
highest concern have you any reason tc
think that Algernon Swackhammer, the
neanny ana nigu.y connected younj
professional man, regards you with mar-,
than ordinary interest I
Queenly Daughter (with a yawn)
"Yes, ma, I've got a deal cinch on ni:r
'f I want hia." Chicago Tribune-
MEDICINE TO TUi: KE3CCE. '
lie was a young doctor unknown ti j
fame, with pronouueed ideas aoout polite-!
ness, and she well shs could talk. i
lie hid tried to look interests I n ail.'
she exercised her one accomplishment '
until his heal ached, aid now as thej !
an ncaiing her home sho looks up will, j
ocr most coquctt.sh glance:
"Now, doctor, you must tell mo wha.
to do for this dreadful sore throat."
A gleam of hope lights his tire 1 face
as he responds gravely, -ivtep joui
mouth ihut." Life.
jrET.riMa him oct.
ITe was a bashful lover and Lai I
jcurtea ner long,
Sue knew he loved I
Eer and knew that ho was afraid to pro- :
ose. bae resolved to help him out.
"When I get married I hope to sea
jou at my wedding," she said. i
ileavcnsl" he gasped, "I hopel to'
marry you myself." t
"Well," she rejoice 1, as her checks
flushed to the huo of a roy sunset, "I
meant I Lo4)ed to see you there as the
groom. j
. Then, he filiate J with joy. New Yori i
iEW3 III E1UEF.
! The supply of licorice comes mainly
'rem Greece.
' The membership of tho Primrose
League has reached 1,100,501.
' "I'se boiled water to mix bread,"
says an expert on sanitary ccoking.
The Island of Ceylou ia the most
: remarkable gem deposit in the world.
The hog packers of thia country last
year killed end packed '20,912,000
hogs.
The Czar's new yacht, tho Standard,
: is to costal, 250.CC0, and will be finished
in l$9o.
j The American breath is annually
scented with 15,000,00'J bushels it
onions.
Ono district in Tennessee exports
' annually over 10,003 quarts of black
berries. A speck of gold weighing a millionth
! part of a grain may bo easily seen by
tho naked eye.
In Italy last year lO.OfO tons of
( ch?ese wero devoured, w.lia ltl.COO
. tones of coflees.
rious Kussians do not e .t rigcons
I because of the sanctity conferred on tho
dove in the Scriptures.
! The first sea fight mentioned iu his
lory was between the Corinthians and
Coroyzeans, 15. C. 003.
j The boo tree in tho sacred citv of
Amarnpoora, Burmab, is suid to be the.
' oldest tree in existence.
! Tho "ludy life insurance npent" is
becoming one of tho features of
, business life in London.
The population of India is very
j dense, there being '270 people to ovary
l square mile of territory.
A maid of honor to Queen Victoria
( receives 1,500 a year nud has thirteen
j weeks of attendance at court.
I Every circular printed in Magdo
I burg, Germany, must be approved by
, the police before distribution.
I The first screw line-of-battle ship
j was tho Napoleon, trench built m
jlSlf, 100 guns, GOD horso power,
j The total number of American news
, papers has grown from 5310 to 20,000
1 during the past twenty five years.
Tho river Jordan, from its rapid
I ful', takes its name from tho Hebrew
j word "yarden," meaning descent.
1 Jlercutor's protection, wLich won
derfully simplified the scicnen ot nav
j Ration, was made pal lie iu 150
i Chicago strict cars cmicd I'l.Oi'O,
, COO persons during tlio six months of
the existence of tlio World's i'air.
An island in Ciuco Bay is inhabited
only by a pack of ravenous dogs which
' have almoht degenerated into wolves.
The wine cellar of the British liou-e
of Commons is 1" 0 f et long and gen -
' erally coLttims about $15, 00 ) worth of
j
The water thnt pours over the falls
, of Niagara is wearing the rock nwav at
the rate of live vards in four
yours.
j Arrest before trial was not euf-U in
jury in Athens, and a citizen would
' generally escape a trial by going ito
: voluntary exile.
I More beer is drunk in Munich thmi
"u ul ll;r,",n 1,1 l" woV"'
I !-.... . u u ,(.,. 2'. .... iuv niuii
per bead ol the population.
A man at Stamford X. Y., has tho
i watch Major Acdro oll'erd as ransom to
j his captors. He h is documents to provo
, that it is feu'.iine.
riunos were invented in 1711. Com
petent authorities now ilecb re that .'in I
are n.Gdo auring the hours ol every
working Jay in the year.
Henry Hover, a Washington N.
Y. const .ib, is six feet four au I ono
half inches tall, weighs 2S I pounds
aud is a Sameou iu strength.
Between Paris nud Berlin mail mat
ter is now transmitted iu thirty live
misutes b,- the pneumatic process,
w hich is found most advantageous.
The Japanese telieve that their em
perors aro descendants from the (?ods,
ihe present mikudo being the 121st in
direct lice from the heavenly being.
: A representation of thu bngjiijm
was found m tho ruins of Tarsus. Xho
instrument wis in use 2,00n yeara
before tho Christian era and its origin
is unknown.
The 1 nnk of Venice conducted its
, dealings for 000 years with such honor
that in all that time no hostile criticism
; or condemnation of its methods bus
, been found.
After riding on a carotisell at
Alexandria, La., recently, nn aged
colored women dropped. dead
I Physicians pronounced her death due to
, tho excitement.
I Tho United States has 1,255 ligh'
houses and boncons; 32 lightships;
111" fog si ;na!s v.orked by s'eain; 17
by clock work ; 1,701 river lights and
l,'2Mi buoys of vurious kinds.
i Ear-lopping was of three degrees.
For minor (-flenses the lower lol o was
I taken off ; for ernver, tho upper half;
for offenses still more serious, the
' whole car was shorn away.
i --Only four mayors in Britain are
known as Lord Mayor those, of Eon
don, Y rk, Dublin find Belfast. The
provosts f I'dinlmrgh nnd Glasgow
are entitled "Lord Provosts.
For thirty years n mountain a.-h tree
h(;g b(1(,n jrj-owinij from a narrow h lg
()f done on the steeple of the I ni
tarian Church in I tica, N.i
tree is now 15 or If, feet tall.
The
A farmer near Shcplx nlstow n,
Penn., raised a stalk of cabbage with
one huge bead in the center and
eighteen smaller on-s ar, un l it.
The were about tho Bi.e of a quart
measure and perfeclly formed.
When the Duko of Monmouth was
executed for treason bis iluehi s
ordered every oak in the park to le
cut on the fateful moroin;;. The u. w
growth, belonging to E ml Edbury, is
one ef the finest f.-rctsin I'ritair.
Us3 for the Shark's Ears.
Sharks have lately been affording coa
ibutions to science. The bioiogists
.'ave been vivisecting them for the pur
pose of finding out about the functions of
the ear, which iu fishe3 is made to soma
-. xtcnt on the same pattern as in man.
a he lact has been known for some time
'-hat the ear is not merely an or 'in of
iicaring. It has to do with lbs sense of
equilibrium. L:ght has been thrown on
this matter by removing portions of the
luditory apparatus of sharks, which are
.hus rendered unable to uiaiutaiu their
.ahicce in the wi-e7.
The part on hich this faculty seem
:o depend is the "labyrinth," nnd the
iair.e eject U produced by cutting tho
nerTcs eoniaiuulcating with It
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