SULLIVAN REPUBLICAN. W. M. CHENEY, Publisher. VOL. X. Franco receives about $80,000,000 every year from the monopolies con trolled by licr Government. Medical journals say that the young women of today arc far better developed physically than the young women of 100, or eveu fifty, years ago. Dr. Green's favorite illustration of the vastness of tho Western Union Tele graph system, of which he is President, is to say that its wires would make a quadruple lino to the moon. Two hundred and fifty dollars have bceu ollcrel by tn3 Peace and Arbitra tion Association as a prize for the best model chapter ou peace and war, suit able to be incorporated in elementary readers. Amoug the various religious bo lies be longing to the Evangelical Confession the greatest increase has takon place, ac cording to the Chicago llerald, in the Presbyterian, Methodist and Quaker communities. These are from three to three aud a half times stronger than ia 1871. Tho days of natural gas are num bered, announces the Boston Cultivator. The supply was greatest two years ago, and though uew discoveries have been made since, some eveu of these have failed within that tiin.'. It may be used for a while for illuminating purposes, but it cannot bo rclietl upon to furnish power for factories. Tho New Jersey man who claims that lie has an electric road over which cars may be run at the rate of two miles a minute hasoaly to demonstrate tho feasi bility of his scheme, observes the San Francisco Ciironiclo, in order to gather iu a fortune. What tho traveling public wants now is spec 1, and the man who can annihilate distance may comtnaud an imperial fortune. The Boston Transcript makes tho alarmiug assertion that "an insect as dangerous as that which is generated in pork exists in raw sugar. It is called acarus sacchari, ami is less than a hun dredth of an inch long. Small as it is, it is capable of much mischief iu tho hu man body. It is never found in refined sugar, because it cannot pass through the charcoal filter, ami if it could it would find no nitrogen o-i which to live. So do not eat raw sugar or raw pork." In a recent magazine article oil "Veg etable Diet," the author makes the state ment that there is an idea that cancer is caused by eating tainte I meat—tha*. is, animals brought a distance and being in an exhausted and almost dying condition before they are killed. The writer of the paper also assert* that vegetarians,as a rule,have unusually clear aud boautilul complexions, which claim,if it could be substantiated, would probably have more Intl'ie ire, at least with wo'iiou, th in the first statement. Oread of disease does not seem to balance desire for a clear skin. It is slated iu one of the Swedish newspapers, as a comparison between American aud European business tin tliods, that a locomotive for one of railways t>( Sweden was needed in a hurry. It was found that iu England or Swe leu at le tst a year would be required fur the tilling of tho order. It was therefore cou I rat'tod lor with the Halt)* wiu locomotive sh >p<, uf Philadelphia, where it could be ha I in two mouths ami a half at a cost off i'.i| i, delivered, a considerable reduction upon the Kuroiie hi price. It is not tuat American locomotive works employ more men or for lougei hours as a rule, the Chicago Giaphlc i xplaiu«,b.it ttie molt improved methods ami machinery obtain,and there is cloaor application during working hours, aud more intelligent labor, eveu iu I host) portions ot the work classed as "uuskilbui.' The collapse ol lie I'an iina I' toil, the gigantic scheme of He |.e«scpa to counci l the two OS' tiis, see on mil at baud. its ovef whelming liuaut ial trout'lea are putt) thoroughly well Known the civilised woild over, and now they have been suppleot nlvd by a st rlotls dispute between the canal cotupaoy and the Colombian Government. I i.e < iiiptuy lu or del tu pieVeut lUt rcl.a ila using iu ebsuutl lu i airy Hull in ulna au I in o luce li the t *•»•!, plan: I a i ham a i.iss. Tin L'ulu i.l.i tu G Mtruue nl, iteeniiUif ihi< au inlmlvwiw with lis lu liuslllal all *'!•» iere I tile t I|lu sle in.t»al. I'litiieap'u tb o ti|»au) |'ia ' the chain asltMl lb* e sua' ll»ell. I lie t oioutbiau G ivt runo ul, II l» aid, is now sSlti.Usly tous'diHliig *he Isel It Will Hut •evoke lite t outusii in lo il.st iu ( auy oa lbs giouud that lbs Isilsi ba» violated Ibe terns ol Its • lulu-1 '»y selling psil ul Its utas.niu«iy na» ia" «ul« <me uf ||«u ll.il • . 1 I '.I, l.e saiuilse I, bll Wl<> Me I Hi • no a b i.r.ki I Ileal si l>. Is Ibe a <st w >'.***! vl IsliiWes, HOPE. Blithe portress nt the gateways of the soul I Dear that dost so fondly cling To even our worst of sorrows! Bark whose wing Dauntlessly voyages to illusion's goal, Heedless if it be shadow, it rock and shoal! White bird that carollest thine unwearying Trebles of song, like those by uew-born spring Lured heavenward from some blossom tinted knoll! Ah, Hope, thou art sweet when mad seas glass wild skies, iVhen war, pest, earthquake riots in bitter glee, Or yet when tyranny tortures and en slaves; But sweetest when thy shapo phantasmal flies*, A luminous dream named Immortality, Over the darkm.-ss of earth's myriad graves 1 —Edgar Fawcett, in the Cosmopolitan. SAVED BY A PARASOL, BY OWEN lIACKKTT. IIAT scar? You see only the cud of it. '• Wfr] Fort unat e1 y by i \ J) wearing a high col va\ ' Hr * can j ust cou " [♦Ml ws. Vlm-jy* cealit; but it ex tends from the Deck (close by the jugu- I -i\ lar vein, too, my v boy!) down over the shoulder quite to the breast bone. A tiger did that—a royal Bengal—and a beauty he was, I tell you! You cau see the skin any day in my married sis ter's sitting room. But it's a story quite j worth telling and it has a funny side, too, | that wns thought quite worth repetition ut the time in the English papers, though I though they did not get at the inside fucts of the adventure. It was the period of the hot seasou stagnation when wo wtvc in the consular service at Madras, you know. The English society (including (he few Americans there) were doing little else tliau sleep and yawn to pass the j tiiue. But everybody, the men especially. I were galvanized into excitement when the news came in that a tiger had canied | oil first a woman and thou a child during j the previous week from a station about fifteen miles in the interior, at tho foot | of the mountains. In half an hour a hunt had been agreed j upon and servants were Hying everywhere ; about the town to arrange the details and , secure the accessories, such as teams anil ; wagons, native porters and beaters; and I in the cool of the evening fifteen or j twenty gentlemen sportsmen were en gaged in oiling gun locks, swabbing out rille barrels anil in preparing generally for the morrow's expedition. It wns just dawn on the following morning when we started—a curious cav alcade of tifty or more, lu which the white faces were largely in the minority. . Some wero on horseback, some iu carts I drawn by bullocks, which in that country were very dilTereut from what are known as such at home. Horfl they use the small and slender gray zebu with its curious hump, and kuown to the menageries of the west as' the "sacred bull of India" and said to be regarded with veneration in the East. There is little to tell of the hunting expedition. Wo arrived at the station or plantation and found that not ouly was tho descent of the tiger true, but that since then he had maimed and all but carried oil an able bodied coolie, who had been rescued only iu the very nick of tune. We therefore spread our beaters out in a circle covering a wide bit of the neigh boring jungle, while our party distribu ted itself iu a liue that formed the chord of ibis arc, towards which the native beaters were gradually converging. There was no result, however, in the way of tigers, during the twi days in which wo eoutiuued these operations from one locality to another iu the neigh borhood arouud the station. True, we bagged innumerable game both feathered and four footed, but of a kind that was ouly common plate for In - dian sportsmen. It was therefore with acute disappointment that we gave up ou the second day all htqie of our.quest, aud early ou the following morning turned our faces homeward, calculating to arrive at Madras that afternoon. Of the party hig Major Gallatilon, of lier Majesty's Fusilier stationed at Madras, 'seemed the must disap pointed. As was this big hearted lelluw's wout, he vented his chagrin iu a great ileal of blusteriug with his deep bass voice aud used much eipioasive language, iu a way talculated to impress a stiauger with the belief that words and uut deeds were the major's strong point. Uut iu this regard Major Oaltaulou was au anomaly aud a surprise. Loquacious Ore eater iu tuues of peace aud quit t,iu the moment of responsibility or dinger, had uo word tu utter es to pi that of lucisive eoutuiaud or wise direction—caliu, silent and icady for aoy emergency. About a utile frout Madias thefu was a little buugalow, coiutuauiltug a view of the sea, wbich ha l ! Is-mum a sort of liut.se ul pub!in euieflntnuieul, |it.pului will* the better cla>* of leaidenta as a u suit fur it HI us aud suck Utile en iwsiuni a* we would call pleuiis. The sur founding groves and foiesis bad IMMU iutpiuvt 1 |o| « sltull distance until it was a suit uf wild pails, aud on this little |*4 .Itsi uf l«nd was tu tse had tbu full beuslll uf wkatevel u*l)>ls Wight hap pctt to l» Halting uv«# the boauui uf the tulild IU) ul HetigaW |lit It.uit U) «i.«t lu OUI path , and, tiled and neatly Jut #me with tile lissl of uui loug ), Iks suggestion lu llvmge IliWet ho some ttllesh uiis! wise by wand ibe Hue uJ utal' U wws lls-i V'le dutilsd We M Ihj4liVul»U'l Uw gi"*« wlfceU | silltej U«gb g|ta»led utii «mm*i '-muiug iloß lb» dlieelt»'U ol t|M Mil** bug**. 112 LAPORTE, PA., FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 1892. The major, beside whom I wns riding, perceptibly started at the sound and glanced at me. I in turn looked in quiringly at him. "Don't you recognize the voice?" he ' asked. "No; I cau't say I do," I ausworod. "Who ia it? Surely none of mine host Singh's family have such a sweet trill." "I should say not, decidedly 1" as sented the major. "But I must be wrong, if you don't recognize it—l thought it for all the world like Miss Bradford's voice." I could not help looking quickly and keenly at the major; Miss Bradford was my sister, and the major had certainly been very attentive to her during tho few months of their acquaintance. If he could recognize her voico in an Indian jungle when her brother failed to do so, there must be something serious on the carpet. I therefore hail a peculiar interest in the developments of the next few mo ments. "It is positively cruel of you!" said another and a petulant voice. "You make no allowance for my extremely sen sitive organization. But I simply cannot go back over that road—tho mere thought of it is killingl Harkl don't yon hear something creeping out from the grove?" aud there arose a shrill scream which became hysterical as it seemed to diminish, as if the feminine speaker had llown iuto the cottage. Sho had doubtless heard us breaking through the thicket; in au instant the head of our cavalcade came in full view of tho place, aud thore, sitting caltnly on n scat before tho door tinder the over hanging boughs, ami looking expectant ly but undismayed towards us was—my sister! "You here!" I exclaimed, really sur prised. "And Miss Blithedalc, too; I need not ask that," I said, glancing at an open parasol of flaming cherry that lay a few feet away on tho ground where the fair and nervous owner had dropped it in her flight. That parasol! In defiance of all the scientists from Ben. Franklyn down, Miss Blithedalc must needs import from the west asunshitdoof the color which above all others reflected least the rays of that very orb. This she impcrturbably car ried, a shining mark for derisive jokes, or, perhaps, as an incentivo to well-born subaltern bachelors in the arena of love, she the matadoro and they the quarry. "How penetrating you are!" was my sister's ironical reply. "Major, you are just in time. Miss Blithcdale has just declared that she will not return to town without tho escort of the whole garrison —or of Major Gallanton, perhaps." The major looked almost pained at this allusion to the dead set that Miss Blithcdale had been making at him to every ono's amusement. "And so," my sister continued briskly, "you have had all your hunt for noth ing! The royal quarry seems to know something about flank movements and strategy as well is your own gallant selves." "Iteally, I don't understand, Miss Bradford," said the puzzled soldier. "What is all this about escorts and flank movements! Ah, Miss Blithcdale," as that lady appeared, apparently nerved again to a welcome encounter with the major; "this is a most charming coinci dence. But, explain, please, Miss Brad ford," Then my sister narrated as follows: The two lailies in question, bored to death at the absence of the only object | of interest—the men—had decided on a | little expedition of their owu. They had hired one of the "native "jaunting cars," us we call thetn, with its zebu team and native driver, aud stowiug a luncheon hamper in the "boot" hail , driven out before the noonday heat for the "park." Already in sight of the grove they had bccu horrified to sue the sudtleu appear ance of a tiger, who stepped out from the undergrowth beside the road, dis closing his superb proportions and brill iant coloring as he first gazed curiously ! toward thetn aud then lowered his head i and liegau to stalk after tlieiu in loug strides. Miss Blithedale uttered a terrific shriek; the driver, turnitm, saw the beast and, wild with fear, first whipped up his bullocks and then incontinently lied iuto the jungle. Meanwhile, iu the same luoiuuuts, my sister hail been equally appalle 1. But . I telle, Is a gill uf pretty strong uerves, as you may know, aud .though while wilh fear, she uttered uo cry, out silently if wildly looked arouud for a weapon. There was none, of course—but stay ! the cherry parasol! Sho snatched it fio u the ucrvclcss bauds of her com patiiuu, opened it with a vicious suup aud thrust it sheer iuto the (ace of the beast, who was uol (our feet away, j At the saiue tiuie she closed her eyes, I Iroio sutldeu (soilness, but recoveriug instantly she looked again aud—bu was gone I Hhe could Just see the tall dis appearing rapidly as he crawled among the leaves iu dire (light. Without au lustaut'a hesitation my sister Sprang to the "bo*," whippet! Up ! the slow bull*, drove the few rods to the bungalow with Miss lllitln I sle t lluglug lu bur aud alternately moaning and screeching, as we teamed ill |irivate. Thai was live hours bofoie; Hiss itlttbnlale had absolutely refused tore - turn with ibe cowardly uative driver who had arrived befoie iheiu, au I uiy slater bad laugbtuglf Vowed thai, lu thai case she wo aid gu bat k aloue, ask lug Uo bitlel |.|oteellou than ibe eUeirjf paiasol. i "Von have revolutioni#ed Ibe ttgei hunt loi the luluia, Miss liiadlutd, said the tnsjn, Willi bis eyas lull ol sdiuiia 11 oti at Ihe lain which uif sislei luid se lightly aud laughingly as to rub it ol j any Hate ul egulisui "llefea'lel we 1 mi) Iliad lu ws loilg lines of l»sl«li I tile ibmugh Ibe jttugl* aim* I with led am I*l vitas, an.l Naming lotion *'t« fcs 1 16 about tlis village* " lbs IN was suHit itiss use lug as tu lbs identity uf tbta Mitit'ilai baa si but It | was gegeiaiiy alloavd lu be Ilia iswt we liail been hunting, if for no other reason than to turn the joke against our selves, tho empty handed Nimrods. We started back to town and jokingly made a great show of surrounding the car as a protection on every side. But it turned out to be no joke. When halt way back (the major and myself riding beside tho car) there arose af frighted cries ahead, and the leaders of the cavalcade came tumbling back upon us in the wildest fear. The major and I dashed to the front. There, in tho middle of the road, stood his kingship, glaring at the procession with blazing eyes. We flung ourselves from our horses, unslung our riflos and lie had been creeping slowly toward us; now, he sprang at mo just as the major's rifle cracked. The bullet could not stop his advance. I felt a terrific shock as the tiger fell at my feet with outstretched claws. One paw dug iuto my neck as he descended, aud tore down over my breast deep, through the clothing and into the fiesh, pulling me down with terrific force upon his own body. I sprang to my feet and saw that he lay dead! Tho major's shot, true to the mark bo tween the ejes, had caught hitn in mid air. As he lay there the typo of ferocious beauty and brute power, we all marveled that such a magnificent beast should have been frightened off by a mero parasol, even thongh it flamed like the fires of .tEtiia. We were met at the edge of the town by a piece of news that went far to ex plain this improbability. Ho had satis fied his hunger on a low caste Brahmin only ati hour previous to tho road side encounter with tho ladies. The major claimed the skin, aud no one thought of denying it to him. But he only wanted it to present to Belle, and as they wero married the following year, he got it back again. My sister, however, backed by all her friends, matle a demand on Miss Blite dale for the cherry parasol, and she has it yet, as her peculiar trophy. Indeed, Miss B. was quite resigned to parting with it, as sho at tho same time procured a substitute in a gay scarlet jacket that covered the noble form of Lieutenant the Honorablo Algernon BitiKs, 11. M. 97th Fusiliers.—The Ar gosy. _ m Sweating of Coins. The Mongolian electricians of Califor nia have, according to the Engineering Magazine, develoyed the ait ol coin clip ping by means of electricity. A consignment of $(50,000 in gold eagles was recently «i",t tn i Mow Ynrlr bank from California, which on exami nation, was found to coutain twenty light weight coins bearing the date of 1891. These were apparently new and bright, but on being examined with the lense, showed the surfaces wero covered with infinitesimal pores. About a dollar's worth of gold had been extracted from each eagle by electrolysis, and it is to be uoteil that this offense can hardly be reached by law, even if the offenders were caught, as the law only reaches cases where the operation is provod lo have been performed with fraudulent in tent. This wouhl in any case be a diffi cult thing to prove. We do not know what has led our contemporary to the conclusion that the deficiency iu weight of the coins in ques tiou wns caused by electrolytic action, it sceuis more probable that it was caused by the much simpler and more available method of solution in aqua regia, which is a process well known, ami alas, too often practiced. This method of ex traction of a portion of the metal from coins is termed "sweating." The Engineering Magazine is certainly in error when it states that this offense can hardly be reached by law, even if the offenders wero caught, as the law ouly reaches cases where the operation is proved to have been performed wilh fraudulent intent. The fact is, that the debasing of a coin by clipping from it, rolling it out, meltiug it up, or other i wise rendering it unfit as a coin for cir | • illation, is au olfcnieagainst tho United | Hiatus laws. In many cases there could i lie no intention to ilstraud, as in the case i of melting up or rolling out of coius, iu 1 order to ilse the metsl for other purposes, 1 still, the person couvicte I of such prac | tice would be auteusble to the law, al though not liable tn the stiue penalty as j oue who abstracted from the weight with ' tho iuteution of p»-»ing the coin there after at its original face value.—Elec tricity, New York. ttuiue furious l.otisler*. Visitors to I'ortltiinl I'ier.Mit , who hap 1 I is- iis-t 1 one day not long since to Irop iuto | the lobster h use of llr. Lewis Mi Donald I were favored with a view of a bright blue i lobster which wast aught oil t'ape Kliza In lb by a I'eak's Island fisherman. the I color was decidedly different from the grevlt of the ordiuaiy I ilisler. Ot Ills I .ilk i lie bill, was ol thai deep vaiiety I that lielougs tu iudtgu, aud to a aid the 0(1 routines ami uudei puts shaded off lo I (aiuter but itlll iimulstalsalile tint, aud j i Item e iulo a pure a bile. The under ; j M it o| oue of the clsws is almost a pule white Itiu lob*i'-r Is about eleveu I lui lies loug. due claw is o( lull siae, j a bile ibe oilu risve y small, It is ssid I that oue tilhtr blue lobster has lu.au ! t ao«hit. if lite t aue tins season. Ml Mt Iloiiabi thinks ut pisauiviag Ibe spacl lie ba* also a lire wblta lobller eaugbt abo.it live ) lis nj'i aud pie si i veil lu ab obol, Vi Mi Douald tbmks ill la ibe uoly one evsl naught I Route uf tb>«ui who viewed tbe blue I lobslel ivs ailed otll.l queui iubslefs Ibst U«ve bae.i sseu lu I'oitlaud Nut long I ago W I I'relaibeu had a lobslel that !a as bail gllen aud ball led A illalgbl, 1 peilesliy dietuwt line <au ll out bead lu tail along ibe b*t k ol lbs eiuata. »au I f..*u ous sble uf tbe Hue Ibe eoiul Was a vivid gieeu anil ui»ju lb# otbsi a blight led lb» h.bsts.l wa* •*«» I" I'lolessoi isi.ssl llalMi.au lls now lu ibe . lUfctlbaogistt *.•*«!!&' Aus ilea*. SEEDS FOR THE FARMERS. THEIR DISTRIBUTION BY THE AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT. Collecting and Testing Seeds—A liaiKe Force Km ployed In Their Distribution —Much Good Done. THE Seed Division of the Agri cultural Department, at Wash ington, annually distributes several million packages of flower, vogetable and tree seeds. John Quincy Adams inaugurated the system when he requested the consuls of the United States to procu.e and forward to the State Department all such seeds plants as they thought could be culti vated successfully in their own country. It is only recently,however, that system atic efforts have been made to collect valuable seeds from all parts of the world by the United States Agricultural Department, and to distribute them gen erally throughout the different States. To-day the Agricultural Department is of great importance to the country, and its effective work in experimenting with (arm crops and issuing valuable scien tific bulletins, cannot be over estimated by the farming classes of the Nation. The Seed Division sends out annual reports as to what seod are of the greatest value in certain section?, and then it supple ments this advisory work by supplying the farmers with great quantities of pure seeds such as aro recommended by their bulletins. The collection of these tons of seeds is interesting. In special cases the Gov ernment has its own seed farms, where certain varieties aro cultivated and gath ered with great care; but tho vast ma jority arc purchased by special contract from largo seed growers. Responsible seed growers give a guarantee that their seed will reach a certain standard of purity, vitality aud cleanness, and the Department reserves the right to reject them if they do not stand the Govern ment test. The seeds are tested in a patent seed tester first, and then iu a propagating house, ami finally by the botanist of tho Seed Division. If ninety per cent, of them germinate they are accepted as worthy of distribution- and in certain cases of rare plants they have to approximate from seventy i eighty five per cent. The Gove i agent* visit the various seed farmu.s in the country, and if 'heir work appears favor able they are allow to offer a bid for certain quantities of seeds which appear to thrive we'l ou their farms. Congress annually appropriates a suf ficient sura for tho purchasing ami dis tribution cf these eed' The first real appropriation for\otS work was in lS;iti, and amounted only to SIOOO, which was to be taken front the Patent Office futiJ. This stun was gradually increased each year until 185 ', when it reached $35,- 000 a year, but to-day it is SIOO,OOO, which is by no me ins too much. The distribution of the seeds has al ways been a matter of difficulty, and with every Administration the questiou has been brought up for discussion. The method adopted to-day is a somewhat complicated oue, but it appears to give -atisfaction. The seeds arc distributed through Senators aud Members of Con gress,experiment stations and agricultural colleges of the different States, county and State statistical agents, agricultural societies, aud to miscellaneous applicants. Through these various ageucies about five million packages of seeds are dis tributed to the fanners iu all parts of the couutry. Tho seeds are sent through the post office free, and the average weight for the past few years distributed through the mail department has been 200 tons. A force of about 100 men has been re quired to pack and mail tho seeds that liavo been sent out in this way. The value of the Seed Division is ap parent on every aide. Nearly all plants that can possibly be grown iu this couu try have bceu introduced from abroad, aud tho Government has taken spocial paiiis to collect, not only the finest speci mens of the seeds but the latest and most trustworthy accounts of their cultivation. From Japan, China, Persia aud South America taru aud little known fruits have been brought here ami are now be ing cultivated successfully iu Florida aud California, tbir hothouses ami floral es tablishment* are full of rare plauts that were never seuu upon this coutiuent ten or lifteeu years ago. But the good accomplishetl boa not halted in any department. The wheal, corn aud vegetable products have been enhanced through the efforts of the Government. Superior varieties of all of these plauts have baas recommended aud distributed by the Goverumeut for certaiu sections of the laud aud the yield per acre has lauu lucreascd nearly oue tilth iu tiiauy Mtates. We are pre-euiiiieutly a laud of farmers. Our chief iudustry is (atiuiitg, and the co-operaliou uf the Government iu forwarding the interests of this work has bceu a successful ei|ieritiient. Every spnug ami summer the seeds o( sup 'tiur merit are plauied by the (aruicrs all ovvr the couutry, aud their successful »rtqis prove the elHi ieucy of science ami lulel- Itgeuce iu lariuiug.-~New York ludi peudeitl. ll)Ul apliuhla filled An espt riuielil, suistsaafully tiled by I'foleaioi Murrl, of Mitau, at lite lusii lotion fur Ibe t'uie of liydiupbohla, hat awakeued Ilia liveliest Interest turned tail elides tu kuiopsi. A uiau wb>. bad been tutit ii by a dog, ami had ugtleijuue Hit Pasteur tlealuuul, was, Ueveilttili»«, at las ket| with bydiopbobla I'aialfsta bail aliaady |«| iu lioiu tbe waist duwuwaitU, iu I his hie was ib »paned of, Wbeu flu Itisaoi Muni Ili 'tsgUl ul making sui« u laueous tttju lious of I|mh viitss lu lie Used bo in Unite by little all tbe ss-lloiia syut IGUM iii| |• ii« i|, (utt) lltit mot* li vUfi*! « |'U4)UMfc A sy «t|i« ale baa Isss 1,. 1 us»>l tu tfyd nay, (Mnl m ssieel ttaysi' '* to oyaa uf and i»i >*• * sa*sU|i#U a Terms—sl.oo in Advance; 51.25 after Three Months. SCIENTIFIC ANI) INDUSTRIAL. A chiltl three years old is half the height it will over reach. The medusa is a fish so fragile that when washed on the beach it melts and disappears. A tropical moth, called the atlas moth, has a wing spread of one foot. It is gray in color and flics by night. An electrical brush has been invented to kill grass and weeds along the track. It destroys every blade of grass it touches. Carbon is so good a conductor of elec tricity that, iu the form of coke, it is used to make an earth connection for lightning rods. Experiments toward rust prevention are being maite in all the Australian col onies, and a conference was held in Adelaide, in March, to report results. There are most beautiful butterflies in the Malay archipelago, of an exquisite blue and other iridescent hues, which measure eight inches from wing tip to wing tip. The "horn" of the rhinoceros is simply a hypertrophicd bunch of hair, tho horns of lizards and of cattle aro morphologically hypertrophied portions of the skin. When ripe, the bauana consists of seventy-four per cent, of water, twenty per cent, of sugar, tw> per cent, of gluten, and the remaiuder of mineral matter auil woody fiber. Every portiou of soapstone lost iu cut ting is utilized in other ways. It gives the dull color to rubber goods, is used in paper to gain weight, and is an ex cellent article to use in making lire-proof paints. A remarkable case is that of a man who was stabbed in the heart. That or gan was punctured, but yet ho lived and would have recovered had he not be come intoxicated before the wound en tirely healed. Experiments in Germany show that peat is a good material in which to store potatoes, turnips, onions aud other simi lar vegetables. Potatoes, after eight months, wore found in perfect condittou without ever having germiuated. Several of the higher apes share with man the involutionary habit of blushing. Indeed, they seem to possess it to a higher degree then we do, for tho blush of an ape extends over a larger portion of the body than that of a human being. It i9 claimed by scientists that all tho lime in the world lias, at soni'j time, been a portion of some animal. The same atom of time has some time, no doubt, been a portion ot many different animals, antl possibly of human boings also. Heligoland is to be made a harbor of refuge for fishing vcsiels, and is being fortified heavily. The island is to be a scientific station, the German Goveru meut having erected laboratories thcro for the study of marine zoology, aud especially of the economic history of food fishes. The perpendicularity of a monument is, although few may be aware of it, visibly affected by the rays of the 9un. On every suuny day a tall monument has a regular swing, leaning away from tho sun. This phenomenon is due to the greater expansion of the side ou which the rays of the sun fall. In Germany, barrels aud tubs aro noiv being made in a single piece by a new system of cutting logs into boards and veneers. The loir is stoame I ami softened, then placed in a limchiue and rotated agiinst a knife which shaves oil a continuous veneer, or board, till the log is consume I. In making barrels, a strip is notched tn each edge, an I then it can be rolled iuto cylindrical foroi, ready for hoops anil heads. Speed of the I'ulsi*. The rate of pulsation defends entirely oil the movements of the heart, each representing a contraction of the left ventricle. The normal pulse of the idult male varies from sixty to eighty boats iu the iniuute; *hu range of indi vidual variatiou is, however, very great. Tbe range iu females is even g-ca'er, lome having a pulse rate of over eighty, others less than sixty, the majority show ing a higher rate than males. in children 'lie rate is more frequent: At birth, liH to 111, first year, lit to 130; at sixteen yeai«, ninety. Iu old age the pulse is usually above seventy i"«s. but ofleu also between iKty and sixty. The |.v>Ue rate is higher iu short tbau tall persona, ami at » varies some what with the time of day, iudcpeu u»i o( meals and movement in the forenoon, rising in llie afternoon, siukiug during the night and risiug iu the inoruing. Habitual pulse rates be low filly six ami as low as (oily-si* have lieeu observed ill healthy udilits, but they ale rare eaci'ptious. We know uf uo case on record of a healthy pulse so low as thirty.— Brooklyn Eigle, sail Ships Sul Hut uf Dale From tbe reluius compiled hy i.lojd s Keglater ul Shipping, ll appears that iu the yeal 11'G tbiire were lanm lit I lulhe fulled Kingdom till steamers uf fc|"v Hft.'l tous.au I IM ssiltng vessels of J.V.', Itl.'l it?us, or a total ol *'4'} voaseU of I, IHU.isHI tous. Thuse li jurea do not I include warships, f'oulrary to tbe more IN less geueral opuituu In ibis country that sleauislilps aie destine I tu coin pleteiy superse lu sailing n »sels, il»« re turns shots that tits uuuibet ol sailien Yrir-I* built, as t i, up in* I lo Hu uu ultel piopt lied by sl» a'li, is relatively insita. lug year by yeat, sad duiing tbe piesvui >sai ll is tlioggtit llial ibe liitHise will he still iiioie plou un e I lu Hetembe. I gnu, leu pel eettl ouly ol lb« vessels ttndel ctMSflflls'lltlM in Ibe I tiled lilgg' i|t>itt weie "sailing. 1 In #lit*u |ai scut,, aud tu |ag|, no less Ibtu la«uti gve (si itut, Ibis «bua« Mil' !k» ! ,ul ' I |«g ol I.a..t>t..ps bu 11. Mb »kt i.a. simply bsaiu |*|*! k" . ,1 ~, „ 1.0 . |» ! I"l si I tsi au I 1. "4.. wsMiug Vas*-.-a Hoiiou 44»*i UMI NO. 37. LOVE'i HORIZON, The sky is like a woman's lore. The ocean like a man's; Oh, neither knows, below, above, The measure tbat it spans I The ocean tumbles wild and free. And rages round the world; On reef and wreck eternally •_ Its ruthless waves are hurled. Xt c The sky has many a gloomy cloud And many a rainy dash; Sometimes the storms are long and loud, With wind and lightning-flash. But ever somewhere, fair and sweet, Low stoops the adoring blue, Where ocean heavenward leaps to greet The sky so soft and true. They meet and blend all round the rim; Ob, who can half divine What cups of fervid rapture brim On the horizon line? The sky is like a woman's love, The ocean like a man's; And neither dreams, below, above, The measure that it spans. —Maurice Thompson, in the Century. lIUMOK OF THE DAY. A fresh skin—The latest confidence game. Beats the world—The impecunious tramp. A woman's will always lias a lot of codicils to it. Among the goods that "won't wash" is the article known as the small boy.— Truth. Wrinkles on the brow arc time's en dorsement of the note for borrowed trouble.—Puck. The wonderful cheek of man some times covers three or four achers.— Galveston News. The bundle on the end of a stick is a pretty sure sign of tho man who has lost his grip.—Puck. No mau is great enough to veto a mil linery bill after his wife has O. K.'d it. —Galveston News. Armies are frequently put to flight. Perhaps that is what they have wings for.—Boston Transcript. The new monthly magazine, Good Roads, seems to be on the highway to success.—Boston Herald. Make friends with your creditors, if you can; but never make a creditor of your friend.—Texas Siftiugs. Terse: Mudge—"Oh, I say, old man, how aro you ot! financially?" Yabsley— "Away."—lndianapolis Journal. The world is full of men who have things they want to sell for less than they paid for thcin. —Atchisou Globe. ** The person who is afflicted with klep tomania always feels that he "ought to take something for it."—Washington Star. Pedestrian —"How is it that this street is so much dirtier than the other!" Cop "The women never walk here."—Nc v York Sun. Hicks—"Dighy is a great man to stick to his opiuion." Wicks—"And yet he gives it to everybody he meets."—Boston Transcript. "Mrs. Primmins is cxcce lingly neat." "Yes. If she could have the earth she wouldn't take it because it would be im possible to keep it clean.' —\Vashiugt>u Star. i Make up your mind to be more chari table for people, and the man you hate most will come in while you are plan ning where to commence.—Atchisou Globe. Jersevman —"I want to buy a brush. Drug Clerk—"Tooth brush.'" Jersey wan—"Nawl What would I want a tooth brush fori There ain't no hair uu my teeth."—New York Newa. "Oh, spare me, dear angel, one look of your hair," a bashful young lover took courage and sighed. " I were a sin to refuse so modest a prayer, so taku the whole wig," the sweet creature replied. Tid Bits. A Boston cyuic asks in the Transcript: "What is love!" And this is his frivol ous answer: "Two heads with bit a single thought, two fools that act like our." Bess their hearts, uuyhow.— Buffalo Commercial. Judge—"What extenuating circum stances eau you give I" Count -r eiler "Please your honor, 1 made tin money to pay my b mrd Inll." Judge —" \ uty good; it will pay your board and l>tdg nigs for lifteun years. —Priucutou Tiger. Hallway Birssetor—"W. have divUhd Up the Ww.w 4,, thai each ol tin- directors Has a fair ahart to ' < lligginson i Secretary,l ant Treasurer,aim >•-.,i i, ' Friend—"Why, Pio.it i* leaf ih.it n csu't heat thuuder! Wliat does In- d Hallway hirecloi --•"it i, ill tli com plaints arc referred to hiiu. "Several of thi itarlshfiiei have complained •»' iue, «ald the pa»<»'< a» lie wijnrd hitgla»»e<, "of Hi lo » u| the dresoes Worn by wine ol the young ladles of tin cougl ;allou, but 1 have refused Ui (ut> iteie in tin malm. as i aiu sti dett I at they i »i»»-- Ute u-> auuwyance. 1 ~ Ili.mWljiii £*tgh Insurance A <eul I no I>i « \a atleutlou to lie fael Iha' y>»at p >b> i i > nires l« day and l»«g jou Its teu«* « keuaouiist—ety ■ '»t)i l»ui Hi's »• leuth J« V thai I Iwvm unuN l ! "» >• 1 company aui| Ua» it »(•,« »«■•,» ' have made Up u») lulu I to If J -* '•* '-' • ' (.outpauy. 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