SULLIVAN JLHFE REPUBLICAN. W. M. CHENEY, Publisher. VOL. X. The world's population is said to be increasing at the rate of 15,000,000 per year. In Paris the common public schools are provided with medicine cases, and instructions are given for using the remedies. . Labouchere, of Londou Truth, is op posed to woman suffrage, on the ground that there are more women than men, and that woman's suffrage therefore means petticoat government. In France fortunes are counted not in dollars but iu francs, aud the French have invented a new word to describe men like the late Mr. Astor, whom they call not a millionaire but a milliard aire. It will undoubtedly surprise many per sons, tho New York Commercial Adver tiser remarks, to learn that tho nursery or fioral interests in the United States now reach a value of nearly $12,000,000 and claim au empire of more thau 170 000 acres. The development ot the petroleum in terest in Peru has made such progress that it has been found necessary to lay pipe lines between the wells and the ports on the coast. It is believed that the Peruvian wells will soon supply the entire demand of the west coast of South America. America grows the bulk of the wheat that is used in Englaud at present, but there are fears, chronicles the Chicago Times, that with the increased facilities for trafiic the wheat from India will drive out the wheat from America. The Rus sian competition, of which much was feared, has been checked, at least for some year?. The streets of Berlin are soon to be en riched by a large number of so-called "Urania pillars," of which it is proposed to set up in all 300. These pillars will be about eighteen feet high, constructed of cast iron, and will each contain a clock, meteorological instruments, weather charts, astronomical anil geographical announcements, and also, as in the streets of Paris, a plan of the neighbor ing streets in enlarged form to enable strangers to t' - ) 1 their way. All that covers Egypt with fertile fields, hemmed in everywhere by sterile wastes, is the sediment which the Athara River, the Nile's great tributary, brings from rich Kassala and the mountains of Abyssinia and spreads over the Nilo Valley. It has been maintained by Sir Samuel Baker that if the Soudanese only knew their power it would not be difficult to divert the Athara from its channel and dry up its waters in the Nubian desert, turning Egypt into a barren wilderness like the surrouudiug waste. It seems that in Corsica you secure your personal safety by keeping a bandit. In an article in the National Review Basil Thompson explain* that the tax of supporting a bandit is not without its compensations. Ban lits are a hidden power hi the country. They control the petty elections; they menace those who are hostile to their own friends. Thus, while the existence of (100 of them is a real danger to public security, it is uo small advantage to a Corsicnn to be ru luted to a Imn lit. You support, you pay, protect the bandit; and in return he places his i;un at your disposal. It is an exchange of servicel, "He has a ban dit iu his survice" is a c uitmou expres sion. Are you in debt? The baudit will i;ain you time. Are you disputing the ownership of property/ i'he Inudit will show your opponent he is wrong. Have you land on which shepherds tres pass/ Ho wilt keep them oil. According to a f»t. Louis decision, quoted by the II Niton Tiiuirript, the stealing ol electricity is a iiiiideiueauor 111 the eje* uf this law, A hardware dealer with so. IU Imowkntgn of electri city placed a tine Wile acro»» the cuuiivc lious to his meter, ai d oaust d it to register iu a certain tiuiu about IJ'id am |, rU i it'ia than nas .it tuatl y use d. When brought lo trial til* lawyer interposed the iugvllh'Oi ilt U'lii'tf I ikl, IM ill iooHUOil l;»* eUt tflcily *%,»% unknown, au»l coiiii! uui UtlUfcf (lit! toil Ihi Itiiitlv 4 aul'ictt a' UfttllV. 4tt*l '!• UU «I((UIHfJf litVV ttil l bi'i'U tll-tWMig U 4 ll'Uuiy W* IW»*lwUl*?4W ur i«* •ii «l vkwlriviljri lot iu« ruAMiu mm iU C 1*414* (it *4* Uul ♦*»» I 1114l II Uul mbjii'l to M|HJfli|liUU M J»v*f»4lU 4I !»»• etfcMlt i uol In» Vittvl 111 laittii). (I *4*, kioWtiVef, lItUWU lh« |l H<!t|Ull| I till g4«. uiikitiiAM *l loiimiuu Uw, **» mmrlKt- UUtil ||| llfci ll4i 4* 4 MtMMiftOll«4tiOf, Wbu iii» 4iioi'.4 |f lot ilm tuivf 44* fs§*»l ol I' Ol » | M! 4 Hfinny |ft»«t |o 4 4 li i u! lUv fldloll* iM* H tu nkt* ||4l6*| i»«l ■ I ty> H 4 M i4oi * I*4*l fMOOtJ, THE MARCHING OF THE GRASS, O the marching of the Grasst O the joy that comes to pass When the mighty silent army with green banners overblown Drags the winter from his throne! Conquers all his shiniug valleys, climbs the rampart of the hill. Steals by lonely wayside hedges, fords the river broad and still. Undermines the fortress forest, overtops the castle wall, Swift invading wins the citios. and the hamlet brown and small. Till the whole wido world Is captured, And the soul of man enraptured, Thrills vfith passion of delight Sunny morn and dewy night; And the joyous rhythmic pulsing marketh time in lad and lass To the marching, Marching, Marching, Of the Grass. O the marching of the Grass! Fairer things may come to pass In the golden days of summer; roses druuk with wlneof June; Flitting wild birds all atune With the odorous breathed dawning; won drous tapestry of flowers; Balm of iucense; rest of shadow; tangled veil of jeweled showers; Hymning choirs of happy music backward tossed from earth to sky; The full beauty of completeness iu rich chorus lifted high! But what means its regal splendor To the love beat shy and tender With which Hope, the Blest, doth chime; In man's pulses marking time To the haunting spell of gladness that doth come—and go, nlas I With the marching, Marching, Marching Of the Grass. —Mary E. Blake, in Indepon leut. SUMMER BOARDERS. BY lIELKN FORREST GRAVES. fCHOOL was over for the day, and Miss Merritt stood by the open window, breath ing iu the fresh nir from the May woods. All th c grim y slates and pencils were in their places; the <iog's eared books piled up; the copy books in the big desk. Kven littlo Tommy Pepper, the prettiest and worst, behaved boy in school, had been let oil from his diurnal half hour's detention, under solemn bonds of nevei olTending again in the bent pin and spit ball question, and Miss Merritt was drawing a lons,' sigh of relief, when the door flew open with a jerk, Tmd Irene Evans came iu, carrying a bundle of books. Miss Mcrritt opened her eyes. "Why, Irene, I thought you must be sick," said she. "You havo not bceu in school for two days.* Irene was tall and shapely, with large blue eyes, black hair growing.low on her brows, and very rod cheeks. Her calico gown fitted her badly, and the ribbons on her coarse straw hat were faded in the sun, and spotted by many a shower. "No," said she, jerking out the words somewhat as she had jerked open the door, "I ain't sick. But I ain't comin'to school any ill're. Father, he says it's a waste o' time." "Oh, Irene!" The girl sat down on one of the hacked and whittled benches aud burst into tears. "If I kuew anywhere to ruu," said she, "I'd ruii away. Yes, I would. Father don't treat me more'n half de cent, and he hain't, since mother died. I ain't nothin 1 but a drudge aud 1 hain't l 110 clothes to wear, and he won't pay me a cent wages, beg and implore as t will. Aud I'd sort o' »et my heart on takin' summer boarders this year, like Ellen, llolt did last unison, but he says he's hired entra farm hands, an' l'vo got to cook for 'em for nothin'. Oh, Miss Mer ritt, what shall I do?" Miss Mrrritt smoothed down the black, crinkly hair with a kindly touch, as she stood over the girl's drooping form. "Hut, Irene," said she, "if he puts all this additional work upon you,he surely sht>u!d allow you some of the profits." Irene gave a short laugh. "Catch him!" said she. "lie jiut won't!" "Iri-ne," said Miss M. rritt, "haven't I always heard that half the farm was yoursf" "It was mother'*," said Irene. "He was only mother's seeoud husband, you Kuow, aud their farms joined. It's miue by will. Hut father he duu't eare until iug about wills." "Isu't there au old b»u»e ou the placet" "Yes," Ireue answered. "Hut it ain't so modem as the HUB are live in. Knth er's always lalkiu' about led its* It to wuu u 1 tbtui Swede fariuets up uoith u' hire." "la it in tolerable repair I" •'*o» all 1 kuu* It is," Irene an awered. "Then why duu't you fit It up and j<" into the buMtief business yomselfl You're eighteen aud |IMI, fur ill you're so behind In your rule ol three aud geog rapby. Aud ym tun su ea<elleut euok aud a g<>«>d b n«M;itee|wr, aud yuu've luaeaged lor Mr. I'siws'i ever liwis )oui luutbi r died " "It>. ' gasped IIMUB, "alt alone I" "I would euute aud be your Mrsi Uai<li|," said Mm Meirltl "My pies •ul home lst'*t far to ualk.uow that thu warm weather tow set in I must make seme eUautfe." "Hut I aitt't got uo luruitute," said lite gill. "T *'lt lend )ut| % little toward thai, 1 stttlad Mi** Mmritt "I •au take it uut lu trnwd after waidi '' Matttug lur the iouti, and (.heap plus fuiMttutv tasset V»*T MUT.I*, B. JAR dais TARS. I«MI« LAPOIITE, PA., FRIDA.., JULY 15, 1892. for fresh milk, plenty of fruit and strict cleanlinons thau they do for style." Irene's eyes sparkled. "Two of the Jersey cows is mine," said she. "And there's an early straw berry pasture on the sidehdl just beyond the old house, and lots o' blackberry tangles all along the river shore. Do you think wo could venture, Miss Mer ritt?" "I don't know why not," said the school teacher, reflectively. "Whatl" roared old Mi dad Parsons, when the first load of furniture passed under tho willows along tho road be yond his doorway; "Irene furnishin' up that old ramshackle shell of a house for boarders) Why, we've got boarders here, hain't we? Four on 'em, for hayin' time. An' who's goin' to cook an' wash an' scrub for me, I'd like to know?" "Not Irene, I guess," said old Mrs. Simmons, who stood by tho gate. "Ireue'a got sort o' triod o' tho way you manage matters, Deacon Parsons." "Hut," stutterod tho deacon, "it'll cr)st me a dollar an' a harf a week to get Nancy Nutting here." "I shouldn't wonder," said Mrs. Sim mons. "I guess," snarled Parsons, "Irene'll fiud I've got a word to say on this 'ere question." Hut Ireno had more spirit than ho had given her credit for. "I've got to have clothes," said she, "an' I've got to earn a littlo tnonoy of my own. And I'm goin' to earn it this way." "You haiu't no businoss in that houso nor on that land," snarled the old man, "unless you rent it of me." "It's my mother's land, not yours?" flashed out Irene. "And I'm your guarJecn till you'ro twenty-one!" "Not legally?" cried Irene. "Wal, if you want to take It into tho law courts, I'm vi'lin'," said Parsons. "I guess you'll find out I'm light. And what's more, I leased that land last week for live years, to Squrie Tollaud's son. lie's a notion togo into the to bacco-raisin' business." "But," gasped Ireno, "I've papere 1 the house and painted it, and furnished it! And my city boarders are coming next week!" "I can't help that," chuckled Par sons. "You might a-took counsel with me. Hut look a-here, Irene. I don't want to sec J9 cornered. You cau let your boarders coiue here to this house. It's a deal comfortabler au' more sightly than the other one, and tho hay hands can hev them little chambers in the barn loft. Thar's room for all of em." "And will you allow me for my work?" eagerly questioned Irene. "I'll allow ye yout board an'clothes," said ihe lliuty-hciutod old man. "An' that's nil yo'ro wuth." "No," said Irene, lirmly. "If I am to be your maid-of-all-work, father, 1 must have a maid-of-all-work's wages." "Well, ye won't!" indifferently spoke Deacon Puraons, as he put his clay pipe on Jhe wiudowsill. And as lie watched Irene go out of the room, he muttered to himself: "I guess I've got her this time." Quietly and silently, liko ono smitteu by a deadly blow, the girl put on her hat and walked quietly up the dusty road to the old farmhouse where her mother had been born. The wiudows wore all open, the pretty muslin curtains fluttered in the wind,the cinnamon roses were all Iu bloom. In the kitcheu the carpenter was put ting up the last wooden shelves. Miss Merritt was hanging bull linen shades iu the parlor window. Irene stood at the foot of the garden path, dreading togo lu and tell hor how the deacon had frustrated all their plans by his wily niachinatioii9. Just at that moment there came a quick, elastic tread down tho road. It was Harry Tolland himself—the young fellow ti"wly returned from Montreal. "Irene!" he cried, gaily. "Is it youl Well, what do you think of my uewr speculation, ch? Halloa! Why, there's some oue lirmg iu the house! Your father uever tohl me—" "A woman was planning to take sum iner boarders," said Irene, ill a choked voice. "Women hain't many ways of eariuti' a brill', you know." "Well, she'll have to earn hers some other way," said Tolland, lightly. "I've leased this laud ami I'm goiug to live In this house. Aud I waul you to llvu there with iue. Ikm't start so, Irene," passiug his arm caressingly around her poor little calico clad waist. "I've always loved you since 1 was a boy, aud I've always looked forward to this tiiue. Will you marry me, Irene! We'll buy the fitrui luru of the boardiugdiouse keeper, if it suits you, dear, 1 don't want any pour sot.l to lo>u money through me,aud we'll uiove right in. I'onie, dearest, let us go through our owu house together I" Kor her head had fallen on his shoulder. She ha I burst into au Api it itorni uf smiles and tears, "Oh," she cried, "it seoiu* as it I must be dreaiuiugl Do you love mo, llarryf Ito you ready caro for |>oor, stupid, insignificant uie I" "1 love you, Ireue," he answered situ ply, "Itoii't I tell you that I always loved you'" ' Tiu.li, llaify," she whispered "let me tell you a secret. lin the boaiding I house keeper." Au>( she coutide I tu his astonished ' ear* the whole story ol her veuture. "And you most let tue goon all Ihe | »anit), Hariyl" ou«i< I site. "Ileeause jug know, dear, we'ie young people |usl I iMsgliiiiiug the world, aad I waul to eon I tribute tuy shaie. And Miss M« mil has j aasisitd ins, aud site inust be paid And, I tli, llariy, I shall be so proud to do suiuslhiug |o help tny husband I" I "V Ol the sake ot I ho* two tweet wolds you ilull have your owu way, my tailing," said young Rutland, etolt I mgly, "Hat, In oe, what a pi* tj glil I yon are, to lie sole, 'ht yuti ke<>w I'in ! pioud ol yon! ' the Hi) Uoaideis were iniher sol oilstd when they amis*!, in the nuiid# dusa ui a le<viy July vitmug in ait tho negotiations nothing had been said about Sir. Tolland. "I didn't know there was a man of tho house," said Mrs. I)c Poyntz. "Why, of course there is I" said Miss Merritt. "Who else would take you for long drives to all the cascades and grot toes and mountain tops? Who would put up the lawn-tennis nets and hang the hammocks? You might have known wo couldn't get along without a man about the house?" •'He's very handsome, anyhow," said Miss Gramont. "But how extremely young our host and hostess are!" "Oh, they'll get over that every day they live," said Miss Merritt, laughing. And Deacon Parsons gnashed his teeth in vein. Irene had outgeneraled him, after all.—Saturday Isigiu. How a Fish Sees. The medium in which fresh-water fishes live gives them a chance to see a great distance only in the horizontal direction, and tho proper adjustment of tho eye would make, under usual con ditions, tho optical axis take this direc tion. To mo it socnis impossible to cx plaiu the constant revolution of the eye ball on any other hypothesis except that given, viz.: That the optical axis ex tends forward instead of sidewise. When a fish wishes to eat anything, either at the bottom of the pond or at tho surface of tho water, it swims directly toward the object; and in this case the eyes arc instantly adjusted in line with tho body, so as to biing the imago of the particlo desired upon tho posterior portion of the retina. In this case thoy lose their usual horizontal position. If a fish wishes to turn to the right or left in the wator, says Professor Apgar in the American Angler, the first move ment is that of tho eyos in unison in the direction of tho turning. This would bo entirely unnecessary if tho apparent axis was the axis of most distinct vision, as ono of tho eyos would see all that was to bo seen on the side of tho turning. After this movement of tho eyes tho body turns enough to bring the oyes into their normal position, then thoro is again a movement of the oyes and next a move ment of the body. This causes a peculiar jerking motion of the eyeballs during the whole time pf the turning of the body. Umbrellas In Turkey. In mauy Eastern countries an umbrella is a mark of distinction, and its use is eoufiued to people of rank. Turkey is one of the few Asiatic countries where the umbrella is in common use, and car ried as a protection from raiu. In most places its use is that of a parasol. Says an Kastorn traveler: "Arriving at Con stantinople from countries further to the east, where the-omhrella is considered a badge of high rauk, I was much aston ished to find it in common use in rainy weather. However, I soon learned that traces of the same superstition existed. Ono rainy morning I had occasion to walk along the road which faces the Hosphorus. One of tho buildings I passed is a favorite palace of the Sultan, in which he was then residing. As I approached tho gato with my umbrella over my head, ono of the sentinels statioued there accosted me in a threat ening manner. Not understanding what ho said, I went on, whereupon he ran at me with his fixed bayonet leveled. At that moment a friet.dly Turk, who was walking behind me, snatched my um brella with violence from my hand and thrust lue forward. Then the soldier returned to his station, and allowed me to proceed in peace. On returning my umbrella the Turk explained that every ouo is obliged to take down his um brella 011 passing tho actual residence of tho Sultan. No matter how heavy the ruin, each person passing the palace must lower the umbrella, and not elevate it agiiiu until fully past the building." Indians Not (tiveu to l.yluif. The Dukotus, unless they have been corrupted by bad white muu, are strictly an I literally truthful. One has to bo careful not to make a mistake iu talkiug with them. When they asked how many "sleeps" (uigbts) before we meant to do any curtain tiling, we had to be sure of the number for fear of shocking them by not keeping our word, One is not allowed to change ouo's mind about en gagements either. l)o ouo occasion so had gone the rounds of the camp invit ing all, old and young, to 11 sort of eti u rtaiuuieut—a reception we called it, for Hunt of another uanie. Ou the day *p|ioiiited I was seised with a fever, an I my slater decided that we would have to post pone our treat. So she sounded the |tolice signal, three taps on the Itell, and sunt our faithful Stilf Arm to let the camp kuow thai no ouu was to come to the school house that day, IlUt she reck oned without her iuvite I guests. In dians are punctuality itself, and prompt ly at I o'clock, the hour set, they bogan to pour lu. The first comers were al lowed to come iu m> beilf MUU, that they might report my illness to those 011 the way. Hut it did no good. The eutlre camp ariived. My sister rushed for the liaidtm k that we had meant to be a pall of the lulreolimuots, and dldrltiuted it s'uoug them at the door, ami bade them gou tby I'beii they weut reluctantly N > *-ik 1'...1. (idunitius's Idea of Ike World. Coiumhis believed the solid part of the splute to be Uigui than the liquid I'ait, an I the listaueu by the sousel 1 >a I 1 between the feast Indie* and western iisiujs to be less thau it is, Itut iu those two capital errors lay the I glial inii illlN lu lU* eset ulton and • -S >eas of his poip*«e Had be kuowu the •ast planetary spaces covered by the water* < lh» « oulim.nl luleip >#ed In 1 wmn his own Kmop# sad tho iaud ot die luoitd*, void, and splies, Uio tillU> all J and |» id si the >elto lis braved IU the lar legtuto of the antsrt tie pule |iu oid»i to sad lion* out eowiltteutal 1 Kwiuf* to the "lustsi Indies by the western way, '•* would puihslis base ibioub Wt m slasui and dtead. • Cms MANUFACTURING BUTTONS. AN ARTICLE THAT HAS BFHQME A NECESSITY TO CIVILIZATION. Invented Only ISO Years Ago—What They Have Done fop Costume— Mcthoda of Manufacture. // ~I \ UTTONS have played a great I—part in the world," said a I ) scientific man to a Washing. <5 ton Star writer. "They were invented only a century and a half ago, and yet they havo revolutionized clothes. Until modern times people de lighted iu loose and flowing robes,which were flung around the body. In days ot old the tailors and dressmakers paid no attention to "fit," having regard merely for the graceful adjustment of drapery. All this was changed by buttons. They were not worn origiually for any useful purpose,but merely for ornauieut. Thus, if you look up I heir history, you will And that the earliest patterns of them were splendid and costly. However, it was not long beforo their utility for fas tening garments came to be realized. They rendered it possible to make clothing fit closely to the body, and so thoy brought about a complete alteration in the theory of costume. havo becoiuo necessary to cWlization. It ia difficult to see how mankind could r along without them now. Only savages and the indolent peoples of tho Orient dispense with thein. They arc made of every con ceivable material almost, including all the metals from gold to pewter, pearl, ivory, tortoise shell, bone, horn, hair, india rubber, wood, amber, jet, glass, porcelain, clay, leather, papier mache, vegetable ivory, precious stones and all sorts of stuffs and cloths. Metal Uuttons arc cither stamped with dies or cast. One firm in the United States turns out 65,000,0 JO iron backs for covered but tons every year. Glass buttons are made by pinching the half soft material in hot pincers. The pincers are furnished with a die, if it is desired to impress a design on the buttons. Wooden button molds come largely from the south of France, where plenty of wood suitable for the purpose grows. "Common shirt buttons arc ran tie by mixing finely powdered soapsfonc with siliciite of soda, otherwise kuowu as 'water glass.' The mixture is dried and repulverizcd end the powder is presseu into molds by machinery. The freshly molded buttons are baked in a furnace, dipped in 'water glass'and again baked. When cool, tiiey are polished by being placed in a rotating barrel of water. Finally they arc dried and given an ad ditional polish in a rotating barrel with soapstonc powder. Porcelain button' are manufactured like small ornamental articles of eu/ihen ware. The moistened clay is pressed into plaster of pari! molds, and the buttons thus molded, af ter being dried on boards, are given » first firing and baking in the 'biscui' oven.' At this stage the baked button; are called 'biscuits.' Then they ar« glazed directly, or, as a preliminary, are adorned with colors, which are fixed bj further baking in the 'enamel kiln. The colors aic put on by hand painting or by 'transfer printing.' By the lattei process the design is printed from a cop per plate with a peculiar ink on tissue paper, which is placed while the im pression is moist on the biscuit ware. After the ink has had time to dry the paper is removed, leaving the design on the buttons. "Mother-of-pearl butt >ns are cut by lined with a small revolving circular law. The work requires great skill, an impor tant object being to get as many buttons as possible out of each shell. If the mother-of-pearl is thick enough, it is aom< times split into two layers. Finest of all pearl buttons are those mado from the white edged Maeasary shells brought from the Hast India seas. These shell* are worth SSOO a ton in the crude. The waste mother-of-pearl is ground to a tine powder, which is mixed with gum to a paste au<l molded into buttons of au inferior quality." Ilonr I'epslu is I'rocuri'il. "While I have always had a vague idea as to the nituru ami properties of pep tin," said a geutleiuau to tho Mint About Towu, "1 never fully realized that it is the veritable product of the annual stomach until recently. Duriug a visit to New York 1 saw tho proves* of manu facturing in a factory that has the oddest method of preparing the article that ever entered the human tuiud. llrielly stated, a number of perfectly healthy hogs are fattened for market, and for thirty-six hours before Willi.ly time are deprided of alt lo.ul, not even allowed a drop of water. Tlteu the trough from which tliey ate accustomed to eat is cov ered with siroug wire neltiug and the ■uost appetizing slops and hog delica cies, smoking hot, are poured into the trough. The fun el ascend with grate ful fragrance to tho porciue nostrils, the hogs all ruu to the trough aud stand over it, ravenous with hunger, squealing aud fighting with each other foi a chance to gel at the food. Ihe irou lulling ore vent* theui lasting the food, and wlilla they are still thinking al» nit the matter they are killed, and their sl"Uia> h» Iteiug takeu out aie found perfectly fuli of gas tric June, from which |»q>siu i* pre pared. 'the process was quite a revcla llou lu iin "—St. I. 'uis Itepuhile, Tuns In Ike Malay t'eum«ula The tiger of the Malay peniusute is Wore savage than lit* neighbor, the tiger ol lite ludtau Jungle*, lu e|t|>eaiauce he ie uiueli siutdar, but if anything a trifle larger I Itatle walked through jungle day after del *hiih wee eweniting ai'h ligm, yet I have never seen utte in the day time unless he wee being hunted At night you ulu-n hear them lueilug, Utole es|->> tallf during i*in» weather. A tiget I* s>tp|x<M'l lu kill its vuiittt at unee lit a genii* lap I tout hi* huge pe<* un the Ixm k "I the neck, aikleh at out • brisk* It- lltU U lite tradition uf lite Malaye, hut I Hill nut IMsk lei It* vet aetlf, though II teswi ittohable tuougfc, ** lH*» lIIVHiV . Terms—Bl.oo in Advance; 51.25 after Three MontL^ SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL. An English doctor declares hot bread at night is not injurious to health. A thunderstorm in hot weather trav els at tho average rate of thirty wiles an hour. An alloy of gold and aluminum has recently been made. Its color is a most boautiful purple, and it will be valuable in making jewelry. The blood-vessels in the white of tho e\c are so small that they do not admit the little red corpuscles to which the color ot the blood is due. Two ingenious Swedish astronomers are reported to have produced au artifi cial aurora by establishing electric cur rents between two mountains. Some tinsmiths use leaden-headed nails for roofing purposes. Tho last strokes flatten the head over the hole made iu the tin, and leaking is thus prevented. An English electrician mentions a curi ous case of ont-way conduction. Hot gas Conducts the current, but with one electrode cold it conducts best wheu that electrode is negative. Cincinnati, Ohio, is to be lighted at an expense of §84.110 per lamp per year. The present contract price is §144. The new price is twenty-three ceuts a night for lamps of 2000 candle power. Observations made to determine the longitude of Montreal, Canada, show that the transmission of the electric cur rent across the ocean and Jiack occupied a trifle over one second, the distance be ing 8000 miles. The ordinary, comraouplacesoap bub ble has recently been playing an impor tant part in experiments on the magnetic qualities of gases, and has proved itself to be one of the toughest aud most clas tic membranes known. Tho earth's surface only exceeds the moon's by about thirteen aud one-half times. The moon's surface is fully as largo as Africa and Australia together, and nearly as large as North aud South America without the islauds. Tho "sea serpent" has been wade a subject o< special study by tho Director of the Zoological Gardens at the Hague. Ho has collected reports of 166 appear ances, and concludes that the reports must all refer to a single unknown ani mal species. A test of three spoons during sixteen years has given these results; The sil ver spoon lost 8.78 per cent., part of which was due to polishing; the alumi num, 5.85 per cent., which represents the actual wear; and the German silver spoon, 5.(52 per cent., a result far too low, as this spoon, unlike the others, was not in constant use. The durability of silver and aluminum, therefore, appears to be about th same, and much greater than that of German silver Lepers l'rool' Against Electriclly. "Down at Honolulu," said Hary Dia mond, "I had a battery and worked the innocent Kanakas with the old trick of tho five dollar gold piece. That is, Pil place the piece in the bottom of a jar of water connected with the battery. Then I'd tell the native boys that they could have the money if they'll pick it out of tho jar and hold the hand on the other pole of the battery at the same time. Of course the moment their hands struck the water tho circuit was completed, their fingers would bo doubled up and they couldn't touch the money if their fortunes had depended on getting it.l had many a laugh and achieved quite a reputation among the boys as a wizard who controlled tho devils in the water." "One day when several young ladies were iu the olHcc a lad came in, pushed on by a number of companions who had attempted to secure the *5 and failed. He had been persuaded to try for the money, aud I explained the trick to the ladies iu an aside as I arranged the ap paratus. The boy took the handle and we all prepared for a great laugh. "He put his baud iuto the water, •lowly drew out my liver, und quietly walked olf with it, while I stood with my month open, afraid to face those girls, aud praying for a volcanic sruptiou to turn the trend of thought. "The boy had the lepro*y, anil the electricity didn't affect him."—Sail Fran cisco Examiner, Marvelous Popularity of Bicycles. The marvelous growth of the bicycle industry duriug the last few years i* patent to all who live iu the upper sec tion of the city or in any other part of it where fairly good road* Mist. There the wheel wan or woman cau be seeu at all times, but It is ouly at *ono of toe larger establishment* where tfie manu facture or «alu of wheeK U the sole pur suit that the lull popularity of the bi cycle i* a*ci itaine I, One establishment iu thi* city alone sell* bicycle* woitli nearly I,OiiU l uUti yearly, while another doing au extensive wholesale hu*iue** iu medium aud low priced wheel*, rea»lies #500,000. In I silt 14U.000 "wheel*' were cou»lructed iu this country, nearly all ol which were »old, ill addition to 310,t >OO Kugiiah one* iuiporlul. 'the giving of boson* iu bicycle riding ha* tier time all established feature iu the cycle busiueas, several instruction hall* i-sutiii; iu various pari* of tin city. At iln. best ku iwu of these nearly I'l.ooo ieaaou* were given last )csr, many peoplu looting from town* a* far di* laut a* HiauPofd, Conn,, aud New Iti <iii<au k, N J."« Ni a York tribune. I lie llr*l Mail way MlatiuM. Hoild's Fair UomuiisatoMer Johu Boyd Thai In r, of *H.any, N- V., be I level that he he* got U|«uu the Hack of the »n«t railway station ever netted ill 4iMelt>a, and if the *l|i»elule proves to be .e£h he intend* to have It tiae*pofisd tu I'lili ago. Ihe station aa» lliel at the A 11.411, tiiiuliiU* of the Albany and a. |.i>«. i i*.|» Itniiioad, and up to |e(4 •loiul st ttN e«igtiui Ut><« I an I Vm Vi.iii..,i «tre Is, inow Thud aviuu» At thai date It **■ ieu*o»ed li lis pie •vet lot siiwe U is on- *t«'iy la height an i at««at Iweetf ■»« Uvl njnaie. Ave t 'lk I tun.*. I NO. 40. MY SWEETHEARTS FACE. My kingdom is my sweetheart'! face, And theso the boundaries I trace; Northward her forehead fair; Beyond a wilderness of auburn hair; A rosy cheek to east and west; Her little mouth The sunny toutb. It is the south 112 at 1 love best. Her eyes, two ciystal lakes. Rippling with light, Caught from the sun by day, Tbo stars by night. The dimples in Her cheek and chin Are snares which Love hath set, And I have fallen in! —John A. Wyeth, in H irper's Magazine. HUMOR OF THE DAY. A stage coach—The prompter. "Out of sight"—The owl at noon. The lard refiner never knows what he cau do until he tries. The fixed star is one that has enough money to settle down.—Dallas News. A star gazer must have a far away look iu his eyes.—BingLamton Republi can. A poem that is always sure of a market—tho lay of the heu.—Lowell Courier. Among the newest things in stockings this summer is the baby's foot.—Boston Transcript. Tenant—"The roofleaks." Janitor— "Well, you shouldn't have taken the top flat."—New York Sun. A great many things are laid before Congress, but comparatively few of them hatch.—-Washington Star. Jagson says it is proper to wish the anxious candidates many happy returns on election day.—Elmira Gaxette. Bagley—"l don't believe in borrowing trouble; do you?" Brace—"Of course not; money is tho thing. I ' —New York Herald. Practice makes perfect. You can see lawyers and doctors walking on their uppers for want of practice Bingham ton Leader. Every thrifty farmer will keep his land well dressed, but he has no res son to be ashamed of a strawberry patch.— Lowell Courier. When a boy begins to wash his neck without being told it is a sign he is pass ing into the ordeal of his first love atlair. —Atchison Globe. There arc men with natures so small that, if there is anything iu transmigra tion, they will probably reappear as mi crobes.—Washington Star. First Preacher—"Does your choh sing in harmony?" Second Preacher— "Yes, but they don't live in haraiouy." —Kate Field's Washington. The latest thing in Ohio is a babe born without hands. If ho eventually drifts into politics lie will have to depend on the hands of his friends.—Washington I'ost. "What a sly animal the fox is, to be sure! The other day I followed one for three hours, and when 1 finally shot it I found it was u red dog."—Fliegende Bleattor. True to the nature of the beast, many i man who in his time has cast sheep's .•yes at a pretty girl lias afterwards had the wool pulled over them. Phila delphia Times. We have noticed that when you tell a woman her daughter is just the image of iier when she was that ago, tliu mother looks pleased and the daughter looks scared.—Atchison Globe. Yeast—"What are you going to make out of your boy?" Criuisotibeak—"A lecturer." "Has lie a taste for it?" "Oh,jos; he inherits it from his mother." San Francisco Examiner. .Mam'.ua—"When that boy threw stoues at you, why didn't you come and tell uie, instead of throwiug them back." Little Sou—"Tell you? Wbj, you couldn't hit a barn door."—Good News. Publisher—"l wish you would write us a good sea story." Orcat Author— "But 1 have never been to sea." Pub lisher —"I know it. I want a sen story that people can understand."—Tit-Bits. It is strange, u» be know-, Shu's in love with another; tic i-huuM like to uropose, IV In ii, so »ure as no goes, He'll return a* her brother New York Sun, "Mr*. Chiuuei seem* to have a very pleasant time of it." "Pleasant timet Why that woman * tile i* ouu complete round of enjoyment." "It i»?" "It i* that. S*hu belongs to seven sewiug circle*."--New York Pre**. Witherby—- "I made the mi»tako of my life thi* morning. I told my wife I didn't like her Hew gown. " Planking - ton—"What, ww the angry I" Wither by—"Oh, no, it wasu't that, but slut want, another one." - Cloak Iteview. Lady (to In r regular begging t tuloui erj —"I »cu that you have brought *t>uie one with you today, aud 1 cauuut give to both. Beggar—"Certainly not, ma'am. lam ouly taking him tha round of my cllegta, a* 1 have an idea o( selling the limine**!" 'reseller—"W'u'l you sit down, Jimmy I' Jimmy -"Nop." Teaeher-- "Why not " liiuiu) ".lis because." lie Iter "ileeeuse what!' Jimmy-"* •'lleeame when pup wa* puttiu' down the caipet tin* luutullt' and hit hi* thuuil with Iha ta> k hammer I laughed "• Ikislult post, t'laia -"! hope you won't bring that Hi. Haiti i aluirnd to »«t lite- I don't waul to mk him Maude «•*'But, my drat, he says he uaed to play with you when you win a Utile. girl ' Clara--* "That* why I dun'l waul Iu meet butt. It itiuiiids ii.« ol iha time wlun I wore a lii iui nude rtimfi tu ftuuday wMi 1 * mt'iuak It. Hi'*. Inutssiug lavoi is thoau by ttritrsh •toskmen loi cut ton oil as « Ullaeiug legiedteM it. 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