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
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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. 'Uk ration* ilape ufi
lea* 'alien ie tales isibn badly, aud lie
•estd ell Ulvl) hold# |U und*