SULLIVAN JSSllfe REPUBLICAN. W. M. CHENEY, Publisher. VOL. X. The Postofflcc Department has de cided in favor of Pittsburg without the "b." It is calculated that since the begin ning of time the world has had sixty-sis quadrillions of inhabitants. Tho iniuers of the world produce twenty-five tons of gold every week, but the precious metal remains aa rare as ever. A Loudon journal estimates that a dentist, who is busy six hours n day can make ¥SOOO a year by extracting teeth at twenty-five cents each and filling them for $1 each. When evils arc to bo remedied nowa days, the New York Advertiser notes, it is douc through tho instrumentality of societies. The latest in Loudon has for its object the protection of witnesses r.gainst insult by counsel. President Elliot, of Harvard Univer sity, says that "the immigrants who come to our shores from abroad will be found to have received a better common school training than the average rural population in this country." A bicycle iusurancc company, to in sure bicycles against accidental break age, has been started iu New York. When a broken wheel cannot be satis factorily repaired by the company's mechanics tho policy holder is givcu a new machine. The boy King of Spain, known as Al fonso No. 13, who is just six years old, is said to be very obstinate, and if he wants a thing and cannot get it he gets into a rage which his mother alone can appease. He has a great desire to be a man, and above all is auxiousto have a moustache. All of which goes to show, muses the Boston Transcript, that the divinity that hedges a king does not prevent the weaknesses of human nature from invading the royal mind. Cheap laborers, tho Sau Francisco Examiner declares, aro pouring into At lantic ports in a veritable flood. Some of them impoverished, sonio actually vicious, ami nearly all anxious to work at any wage, their employment and ulti mate assimilatiou present a problem of the utmost gravity. It would be folly to allow the condition to become more complicated by admitting another flood of cheap laborers, under contract, through Pacific porti. Happily, the at tempts to bring in Japanese unlawfully have failed. The Japanese are coming fast enough without great corparations bringing them in herds, ul they have shown a desire to do. Tho efforts in this direction have simply been sufficient to arouse a proper degree of caution. In Wall street, according to the At lanta Constitution, no cash passes. Checks take tho place of money. The rich men of New York do not carry money. Tho highwayman who "held up" Jay Gould or any of the millionaires would profit little. Only a few dollar* would be secured. If SIOO lasts Mr. Uould three months, as it doos, the rob ber must have a pretty accurate knowl edge of his uffairs to know when to con front him with the hope of getting over teu or twenty dollars. Tho loading mill ionaires are luou, without exception, of plain ways and few requirements. They do not use intoxicants or tobacco, and there are few things they nee I iuou«y for. Tho average man who works for his daily bread has more money in his pocket than the average luiltliouaire. The millionaires, too, are as methodical in their personal as iu their b isiness affairs. They keep strict account of what tbey draw tor their expenses ami what they pay out. Mr. Uould carries his cash ii; an old-fashioned wallet iu an inside pocket. Days at a time piss without hit opuoiug the wallet. Horse llesh fur food has iucreisel wonderfully in |mpularity iu Krauce, stale* the Bo»tuu Transcript, At Paris, Ibe first horse butchery was opened on July 11, I Mill, aud iu thai year Du'j hor > t wre slaughtered. I hrough scveiiteeii year* the busiues* steadily iui r ate I, and Ibe cuuut shows that 'i''d,s.'l7 tolipe Is were cousumed in the city, tin Jauuiry I, la.s'j, the bursa butcberits nnuiln io l I'iH. lu other cities of Prance the out put ul the horse bulul.ern i il euorinui|s. Illp|mphitgy la also lu great lavoi at It'll lerdaui. Horse meat i* used there as human food lo «u vaUmt llial i» unknown iu iltiuuiark, Haedeu au I liwils irlaud, as Well as lu paltsof Italy It I* ealeu sively u*ed iu Mdau, while il is a uuu I lit Tut iu. lu lUa latter t itj ouiy ilfty llvs horsta weie slangh'clu I lu ItM, aud the flesh was u** I iicliulvsly iut lee ling Ibe aunnals of 4 lueitsgery, A ii»4( j It uot adopted In »patu, i| would bum 111 uumertiua |m "id'l am cx trcnicly proud of v< -*ry nice, from the Cr w(I U \p- neut little drawing room, simply but elegant'y furnished, right nway to the kitchen, where every thing shone again. And Tom had got. everything together iu eighteen months, too, when the luck had changed and his writing all at once got to be appreciated. But, as Maggie put it, there was one trifling drawback, consisting of an al cove in the drawing room which would never—no, never look complete without a piano. "And a piano you shall have," Tom said, looking up heartily from the break fast bacon. "I had a good slice of luck last week which I never expected. You remember that long love story I wrote three years ago, and which I have scut to pretty well every magazine in Lon don. Well, Ned Hartley advised mo to send it to The Woman's Companion, where it was accepted. They paid me £35 for it,not quit* a half-a-crown a page, but it's better than nothing. Don't you think I could get a decent instrument for the money?" Maggie smiled pleasantly. Sho was extremely fond of music and, being a managing little soul, equally fond of a bargisin. It would be far better, she said, sapicntly, for Tom to keep his eyes open than togo direct to a maker, by which he might save at least £lO of his hard-earned money. "There are lots of them advertised every day," she observed. "Givo inc tho paper and I will show you what I mean. Now listen to this one." FOU BALK A bargain; magnificent piano, by a well known maker; upright grand, overstrung, doublo check action, Sott pedal, steel frame, till! compass, tri chord throughout; tho property of a lady going abroad; cost £75 but a lew mouths ago; will sacrifice tor Apply "Bee thoven," 11H liunnersbury roa I, tlreen thorpe I'ark, Hampstead, or personally any day this week. Tom nodded approvingly. An instru ment costing but a few months ago up ward of "three-quarters of a century" to be disposed of for % third of tile amount struck him as the very thing 1 e desired. It was a little strange, though, an outsider would have decided, that so valuable a property should have gone so long begging, or that the lady going abroad did not get to see tho folly of ad vertising regularly at the rale of £1 pet week. "1 tell you what it Is," mud Tom, "as Ountiersbury road is close I'll just walk over there after dinner aud interview Mrs. 'Beethoven' personally. If I like the look of the instrument you cau come over afterwards aud try it." So it u as arranged, And Tom retired to his writing den, where for three solid hours the anticipated purchase was for gotteu. There was plenty of work now for the young writer aud journalist, who for tliu la*t live years hud found it a for- 1 riblc struggle to kep himself, ami find , Maggie, who had until recently been cut as a governess, with those trilling luxu ries which even the princely salary of a governess does uot afford. But the tide had turned now, and although Tom would uever be a great novelist or brilliant essayist, lie earned a comfort able income, which by the cud of the year promi-cd tu touch close upon four figures, It *eeuis a bit of mouey, but 1 know more than one of the quiet ones ol 1 wholu the general public have ucvci heard who ure doing quite as well. It in so easy lo get a living in literature if you have lite ability an I know how to set alioul it—especially know how lu set about it, which, pcrh4ps, iu the loug run Is belter lhau ability. But tin* secret is only learnt by much grief aud |talu aud bitler dUappolulmeut. ho I'IIIU llutsbed lits morning's work and, alter luting comfortably, wtlktd ovei lo tltiuuersbiiry load, a pleasant, sviui genleel sliest, with little Imuiui, all t«ariug a strung family likeu«>4 to each Other M ud all stilting lit look a* l they Mule miiii detached retldiucc* ami not lilt IK I npants ul 4 eoi.ituo|| lull It o No. IUA was, pt rbaps, W eleaue. ami in alt r lhau its it«l it, the do* I had been (tainted wilhlu i Anil mi l nory, I lit-n wen «*n«uii if while curiam* In the Windows, ami » nual little maid took I i.in. . .ilI 11 iii ,hu had usbeln I him Intu a liny drawing loon, tlt« li.inUun i heap. Iloi law ill |as his smiouudiwgs welt, Tout s|Nidll) lorgul theoi as tie *l*U# **4«t H i*4jr Ul* tu*! iu tin '*l jruit i tHoi l*i mhi »ui I 1111l 1 till litij turn «» 4tMU i4Mt Mrt| i#4|i bi. li t |4 » SSI U* ll»» WSNMMS M> IM4 LAPORTE, PA., FRIDAY, JULY 22. 1892. ever seen in liia hie. She was young— not more than twenty-two or three, tall, with an elegant figure; she had a won derful mass of red gold hair piled up in some bewildering, fascinating fashion; her features were wonderfully sweet and regular, and her sorrowful blue eyes, half bold, wholly shy, went straight to Tom's heart aud enslaved him on the spot. His was a very sensitive, feeling kind of fellow, and when be noted the black dress and tiny white cap perched upon the golden, wavy hair, Tom felt that he could do anything for hor, or die happy in the attempt. "It is of no consequence," ho stam mered, uuconsciously paraphrasing Mr. Toots. "I did come over to see the in strument, which I thought of purchasing if it—that is''— <'lfit is satisfactory," the lady said, with a smile, and concluding the speech Tom deemed it almost heresy to utter. "It is there, as you see. You are, no doubt, a good judge, and in that case the piano speaks for itself." It did, and pretty loudly, too, as any ccnnoisseur of the popular form of liar j moniai torturo would have readily testi fied. It was suspiciously new, the var nish was bright aud obtrusive. There was also some little difficulty in raising the lid, aud when Torn did clumsily run his hand over the keys, even he—igno rant of music as he was—felt startled at tho metallic demon he had aroused, i"lt is a great bargain," the lady rc ' marked, "and, as you sec, almost new." ! Tom did see, and hastened eagerly to ; pay a fitting tribute to its youth, which ! apparently was the only virtue it pos : sessed. And yet the soft hearted fel- J low, with those pathetic blue eyes turned I upon him, could not steel himself to : pronounce the fiat which his common ! sense dictated. | "1 wiil not decide now," he hesitated, I man-like. "You see, lam not buying j for myself, but for a lady—my sister— | and I should like her to sec it first. If j there is no objection I will call again to j morrow afternoon." "My—my husband chose that instru ment, ami he was a well known mu sician," the lady said, almost timidly; 1 "indeed, did not circumstances compel ! me, I would not part with it now; but 1 j am not so well oil as—" She turned away abruptly, so sud f denly that for a moment Tom was con j scions of an idiotic desire to take hor in I his arms aud comfort her. Yet usually i he was a keen hand at reading character, j and some inward monitor warned him ■ even now that the pretty, child-like I widow was merely acting a part. But we are only mortal, and Tom knew too j well what poverty was not to feel for ' thi. others -who suffer from its blighting influence. "I am very sorry—Mrs. Kerr, I think I you said?—but I cannot decide now,"' iie said, almost humbly. "I will bring | my sister to morrow." *"*** • * * * Maggie listened with iuterest to the story of the interview, but, sister like, j she by no means liked Tom's encomiums concerning the widowed possessor of the instrument chosen by a well known mu | sician. "I declare you are quite iu lovo with her," she said,half jealously. "It would I be a roniauce if you weut to buy a piano aud found a wile instead." "Natural enough,too," Tom returned* I "Why shouldn't I n arry? I should not be iu the way then when Ned Hartley j comes of an evening." ' It was Maggie's turn to look coufused now. Ned Hartley aforesaid, a great chum of Tom's, and a dashing young journalist of soire repute,certainly spent a deal of time in Maggie's company, to Tom's secret gratification,for Ned was a good fellow, and well able to afford tho luxury of a wife. "Wc will go and seo tho lady," she -aid. "I can't trust you alone again." Tom assented, although not without certain misgiviugs. Being, like most of the craft, »l a so. ;utal, emotional ' uatil'o he did not care to bring his di vinity under the cold, practical eye even of his own sister, and as she sat await ing the arrival of the disconsolate » i low, and coolly criticising tho unfortunate piano, Tom begin to scent something i like trouble iu tho future. "My dear, the thing is a regular take in," »lie s«id, decidedly. "Any one but you would have known that half those ' advertisements were mere dodges—" "Not forgetting that you advised the ' dodge to be tried," Tom retorted. Any fulthur conversation was termi naled by the entrance of Mrs. Kerr, who stood iu the doorway looking front ouo to the other. A stray ray of sunshine , touched her lovely hair and sweet, pa thetic face eu you to* low y> ir*, h. you hit Mrs, tiriuisha >s. Von must coinu and »ec our houut, the dear e»l litllu plate iu ilam|>alt«d, I rail it.' I'lllU, looking on,thought ll at although Mis. heir *c. i.i.l pie.ted lo see her old litem!, she was strangely lit at vase. HI,, puiud Ma la's i|itwthUM both liiu lull) ncl n.lusodly, lit* strange levl 111 ; thai kilt an) laying a pari slunk 111 in with a live and out omlof table "V u miust i >n« and stay Willi us, an 11l you ale leaviaw here To a tWall find ).m| % nnltisisl foi lite piano," t| i { i|t> Idt I, Hgciooslf. "4n|»uu, -o io,»g as be dots nul buy U blWsUl, l out laiti busltaud IM>ml ba*e liteu *adly 112 *»t.»u iu, ikmt , ib#i showy ibiug M uot o ih put-uy up m i'i« sin.i i it mini quils kutw liui It tame i aba st, Wat « I*Ms«*M km-1 found herself established at Tho .Laurels for n few days before, as she said, she could finally dispose ot her furniture and piano .letore going abroad. She seemed very pleasod to cornc, and and yet at the same time strangely loth; at one timo sho was in the best and brightest of spirits, at another the beautiful faco looked sad aud sorrowful, and occasionally tearfully al. •>. Ouo evening she knocker timidly at the door of Tom's sauctutn, i having taken the scat ho offered, 100l 1 into his face aud said, in a tearful voit "I have a confession, a slian. 'ul con fession to make, and it had better be made now. When my parents both died last years I found myself penniless, friendless and without a situation. I was gettsng desperate when I was introduced to a tradesmen whose business it was, I found, to buy cheap pianos and sell them to unsuspecting customers eager for a bargan. I was a good lure, and I played an important part for two years." "I have taken cheap lodgings in su surban Loudon, a piano has been brought in our advertisement inserted in i the London dnily papers, and—well, you can guess the rest. I tried to deceive I you. What could I do, as you were a j stranger to mo then?—but I have suf ! feted. I would not have cotno here i unless I had been forced to, and you canuot toll how I have longed for a little j rest and quiet. My employer was ! angry; but I was equally determined, and besides, I half promised togo back again; but I cannot go now. If you can only say that you forgive me, remember ing how hard I was pushed I" Tom murmured a few incoherent words and tho next thing happened was that liis arms were round her, aud sho was crying gently on his breast. She made an ineffectual struggle to free licr ! self, but the clasp was strong and kind. "Tnat is your place," ho said, firmly; ! "rest there, iny darling," | And with these words ringing in her i cars she struggled no louger. "I have not finished yet," she said, j lifting the sweet rosy face to his. "Do you know that 1 am not even entitled to j that name—l am not a widow at all?" "So much the hotter." Tom said, j cheerfully. "Do you know I half sus pected that there was soiujthing wrong all the time; but although, my darling, I did uot buy that very elegant looking piano, I am inclined to think that after | all I got quite a bargain." i"And, like most bargains dear at any ' price," Marion laughed happily. "You would be dear to me at any ' price, great or small," Tom replied. ' "Don't forget, sweetheart, that I am I going to marry an heiress, and, what is more, a wife who really is liked by licr ; pros|)cctive wstei-in-law. lam a fortu -1 nate man." "And I"—Marion's blue eyes wero ] turned upon him full of trust and tener- I ness—"and I aui more than a fortunate woman. What will Maggie say?" And at that moment Maggie was ask iug Ned Laugley a similar qucstioe. Our First Lighthouse. The first lighthouse built on this con tinent was at St. Augustine, Florida. Its chief use was us a look-out, whetico the Spanish people of the town could see vessels approaching from Spain, or get notice of the coming of foes iu time to run away. The tower attracted the at tention of Frincis Drake as ho was sail ing along the coast with his tleet of high-pooped ships, ou his way homo from pillaging the cities of the Spanish Main. So he stop|»ed long enough to loot the town and destroy what ho could not take away. In 1880 the ancient structure of Coquiua rock, which the United States had adopted for a light house, fell down, but before that hap pened another ouc had bccu constructed. Kire-towers at the entrance to ports wero established in the earliest historic times. Bonfires were built ou top of them at niglil. The most famous lighthouse of antiquity stood on the island of Pharos, 0 T tho city of Alexandria, iu Egypt, It i was one of the seven wonders of the world, aud was put up dor.tig the reigu of Ptolemy Philadclphus, After stand nig for 1 tiOU yearn it was destroyed by an earthquake. It is undeistood to have been over SOU feet high.—Boston Culti ' valor. (actliui Intu "it Scrape." The origiu of tl e expression above quoted is as follows. Iu Hcotlaud they play a game called golf, the favorite grounds for such sport being the "dows," or "links." Tho rabbits fro qoeiit lhe»e "links," and llie hole mode by litem is called "a scrape." lioll is played with a hard ball of wood or other sulxlauee, which is driven from (mini to point with a lusllet tiiually uiado of wood, but sometimes of iron. The game lit If IS a cross belween our croquet ami "shiuuvi" thus it will be setia that when the bull geis luto "a scrape" it is very tiiflifuit to get out, and the player is in a eoncs|i nuiiiigly Imd llx generally. Much Incident* occur sn freqiusMly that the books on "golilng ' have Uidtlowu rules as lo what liny be dune iu the time of such au uttivrjjeucy, "gutting luto a scnum" being I lie goller's greatest draw 1 tack. Vroni ih is his arisen the i triu uow iu such eoiniuuu use among us, iiiettuiug iu a I ad No Veil el II) In," tuuatf llistiiaii s dticlaies that he owes his iitggs'l old aMe i" the punitive ul batblitg ityulafl? aid liuuljf lu eobl water, tlladslouc ascribe* his luugevity Iu the i niplitity aud regularity ul his habits. 11 uujstUt iwlUstM that hi* it tvlun tele bialntl In* yigiiti iir«l biiltniay Is dun lu hi* uot ii.ttlu < *omu<| or Melted uvel the i.o.iil sli ms > titey aieul atiaiuust ul.iUein <|itt.su't seem to itn auif aud sut* lit IUUI lit OU » ' ► a • *b«ul i 4m» J"UU||i k -y%st s.t | iaa 4'taaa. AN INTERESTING ISLAND. THE PEOPLE OFCOZUMEL OFF THE YUCTJTAN COAST. Tlioy Wore HlKhlv Clvilijsoil, unit Mibilne:l a I'.ttoo of Pyxmlos, Also Advanced In Civilized Arts. OLDTIIWAITK'S Magazine con tains an article, by Eugene M. Aaron, describing the people ou tho island of Cozumel, east of Yucutan,wlio had attained a marked ad vancement iu civilization, and wlioso records were preserved in voluminous documents and with great care. Most of these records were destroyed by the Spaniards, but copies still remain and are being deciphered. Stranger still is tho fact that these people subdued an other race, a race of pygmies, not more thau three feet high. Those pygmies were also advanced iu civilized arte, and and have left their traces in houses and temples iu Cozumol, which aro still to be seen, most of them beiug too small for men of present stature to occupy. Such a raco would accord with a theory that the earliest men were of small stature, uot exceeding two or three feet in height, anil that man has developed physically as well as mentally in succes sive ages. The population which the Spaniards found on Cozumel belougcd to the Mayas raco, which was tho predecessor of the Aztecs in Mexioo, and probably of tho Ineas of Peru. They were once the masters of all Central America. They livod in Cozumel iu great sim plicity, but with indications of much wealth. They made a paper from roots and bark, aud appliod a varnish to it that gave it a white finish as lustrous as fine note. This paper they used to in scribe their records. The material was almost indestructible, and it was pre pared iu rolls of tweuty feet or more, which folded like a fan. On theso rolls their priests wrote, and tho Spanish priosts say that these .Mayas had their volumes of medicine, chronology and theology, besides histories of their own people, nnd their predecessors, with accounts of othor nations known to them. The Spaniards concluded thero was nothing but deviltry in these books, and burned them, much to tho distress of the natives. Four of these volumes were preserved, sent to Spain with a copy of the alphabet, which is now the key that remains to decipher theso records. These histories would probably throw some light on thi pigmy raco which they overcame, aud whose traces arc scattered all over the island. At ouc point ucar San Miguel, the principal village, aro ruins that suggest an old temple, sur rounded for several hundred feet by a stone pavement still to be tracod, and which indicated that a paved thorough fare occe exteuded to the sea a mild dis tant. Thero arc few inscriptions on these ruins, but the interest and curiosity is aroused by their size. A house, whose exterior was only uiuo feet high, four teen feet loug, and twelvo foot deep, with doorway 1 y feot wide, and three feet high, would afford cramped accom modations to tho average man of to-day. Tho monuments, a kind of triumphal arch, are ouly from eight to ten feet iu height. It has been argued that theso were simply tombs or burial places, which accounts for their small si/.v.', but tho monuments do not accord with known burial customs. Iu addition to this, there are numerous traditions of tho survival of individuals of this race to within n recent (icriod, and their proba ble existence at tho present time. Be sides other interesting ethnoljgical ques tions, the investigation on this subject alone might throw light upon a most iiupoitaut problem. Sttudoners iu Itussin. (Jnited Slates Consul.General J. M. Crawford, of St. Petersburg, ha beeu investigating the culture of the sunflower iu ltu'-ia, and rc|xut* that there are over 700,000 acre* of lan I devoted to the sunflower culture in tho Kmpire, al though the llr-t effort In grow this plant for mercantile purpose dates back uo lurlt ei than I^(2. Tho thief product U the seed, the average yield of which has been about Ll.'iti pounds to the acre, this se'liug in Hussia al an average price of one ami oue-lutlf cents a pound. Ihe yield to tho farmer growing suntlowers is about *2O an acre, agalutt the u»uil return of about £lO |ier acre of ordi tary products, and the suii in which the sunflower ia gruwii becomes very porou* ami heller pre parol lor tile rotation crop*, I'he *ee Is of some *|HCIe!S oi sUliltoter I* used ill uiakiiig ml which, in etui sequence ol su perior coh r, flavor, aud taste and its low price, has lur/oly taken the place in Kuaain of llie frolicb tablu oil, lu an other species of *uul)owei ibe so d* aro sold to h.itiab 'l somewlial u* peanuts aro iu Ibis follußp. Allel the oil lilt lleeu pieced out the seed it is »olti iu a cake furiu as ion I lor t alt e, the ciports ol this from Hutsia to Germany, lieu, mark audllrt't: Biilaiu aguregttitig ol late yeais nearly Mo,!' hi,u io pounds a year. Titu tuull > tut sta is* aro gathered limn the fields md due I iu pile*, ami have vny la.gtly taken the place ol tiiewood iu l.ie country district*, lu foci, the to sialas are preieneti fven tu piut wood, producing a quit s ami bo! flame Ilia. As .bout a ion ul sm llie wood l* nulhult I 11oiu all acre ol itud, this ia luokid upuu a* a decide I admit* laye iu those distill Is while wwsl is scarce. I'he a*he* ul thi •ui.fltiwu oiu taut a Itlgll (tt li i ill i ;ti ul pot>i*alUo>, all I mu laigely lis. I*. -t Itanium, t miti tile system ul eul 11 sal liot adopted, the stalks ul Ihe kUnlloati ale ulle.i ll.it. ■ utile* in 4lamelei aud about eight leel dla- .t'ei and i t outamiU4 ahttul '/i H U «.. ts In older tu giuw list plant plot llably, .1 IS U...MSI, Io a will, which al Ibe MMite lliue mwit be wk in is-ulif deep and «.i»i|Mt I to *U'laiu iht ialb nub lit I 'wis \nit.in. a |*VlMsa Terms—sl.oo in Advance; 51.25 after Three Months. SCIENTIFIC ANI) lNDL'SritlAli. A steel rail lasts, with average wear, about eighteen years. The rise iu the price of camphor gum is due to its extensive use in the manu facture of smokeless powder. A German has invented an incandes cent lamp apparatus for showing tho in terior of boilers while uudor steam. Waterproof cellulose paper of ouo aud two colors is being introduced by u German firm for tablecloths, book backs, temporary covers for roofs, etc. A new electric licat alarm cousisls iu the employment of a column of mercury, which by its expansion above a certain point completes the circuit aud rings au alarm. A novelty in tho way of metal car rooting is made of corrugated iron or steel. This gives great stiffness between the car lines. The roof is porfectly water-tight, easily repaired aud cheap and strong. A patent has been issued in Germany for it process of manufacture of u sub stauco to take the place of gum-arabic. Wheat brau is the substance treated chemically, resulting iu a strongly ad hesive mucilage. Tho Belt Line Tuuncl in Baltimore, Md., will soon be equipped with throo electric locomotives, capable of develop ing 1200 horse power each. About two hundred freight nnd passeuger trains will be moved through tho tunnel a ilny. A machine for tho manufacture of steel and iron pipes is tho invention of a Pennsylvania mechanic. A bar ot steel at white heat is fed to the machine and comes out a perfect piece of pipe. The size and thickness cau bo made as do sired. The vaults ol the United States Sab- Treasury iu San Francisco, California, tiro being fitted with wires for protec tion from thieves. The wires are to bo between every two rows of bricks, and any attempt to interfere with the cement or bricks will disturb uu electric curreut and sound a waruiug. To mark steel tools; Warm them slightly and rub tho stool with wax or hard tallow until a film ga'iiers. Tliou scratch your name on the wax, cutting through to the steel. A little nitric acid poured on the marking will quickly cat out the letters. Wipe acid and wax oil with a hot, soft rag, and tho letters will bo securely etched. A simple mode of purifying water is to sprinkle a tablospoonful of powdered alum into a hogshead of water, stirring the water at the same time. This will precipitate nil 112 . impurities to the bot tom after being allowed a few hours to settle, and will so purify it that it will bo found to possess nearly all tho fresh ness aud clearness of tho finest spring water. A pailful containing four gal lons may be purified iu this mauuer by using uo more tliau a teaspoouful of the alum. A Wonderful Lighthouse. Oue ol the most wonderful lighthouses in the world is that at Minot's Ledge, near Boston. Its history has been ouo of romance. The greater part of its founda tion is under water at low tide, lu I s a skeleton lighthouse of iron was croctc I there on iron piles placed in holes drilled into the rock. A turious hurricuno burst upon the coast in April, 1851, an I anxious watchers from tne Cohassct shore thought that the structure had been car ried away. But, as tho sun sank, out shone the light across the storm-tossed waters. At 10 i\ M., the light was se ■ i for the list time. At one hour after midnight the fog bell was hoard above the roaring of the breakers. At day break the ocean was a blank; tho ligltt hou-c was goue. Knowing that uo help could reach tlieiu, tho keeper* had lighted their lamp as a warning tj others, and their lives hail gone (tut with it. Now a granite towc occupies tho spot. So difficult was it to lay 'he foundation iu the surl that only thirty hours' work could lie done during the first year, bit the lower stands to-day as enduring as tho ledgo itself—au isolated pile of stone amid the waves, by the force of wliic'i it i* swayed like a tree iu wiud. During tho long w inter mouths alt communis i lion with Iho laud t* shut ull. 111 sum mer the occasional visitor is hoislo 1 into the lighthouse from hi t boat by means of a chair, aud front timo tu lime a skul is lowered by pulteys to c iuvoy ouo or auother of the live kcc|iers to tho shoio. the life tell* on ihetu frightfully. Sev eral of them have been removed Ikh cut they have gone iu aue, and more thru one ol tlieiu ha. uttemptu I suicide.— Boston T'aiimjript. Pigmies ul lltiiiilur.is. lu the e»rly day* of the America i iu i hog any trade iu tho iutcriur ul tho main laud a patty ul Woodcutters uu tlt« M itlu Itiwr, British lloudatas, claimed to have discoveit'd audi iptore I a »lruuge lilll< lutitig which suddenly trout the loresls, an I Was l>»> startled by the *i ,lil ul the whit' *lu luak* It* est s|»e. ll was a dark tai.Uud girl, about eiglil> eu year* old, and usit nulla threw feel high. 8 te lle I Uo c veritig e»c«pi inn luxuriant black ball until ouu ul the uuu gave tier bia red Matt ml shirt, winch ou hei n ache |lo llie ||ioui«d, Tu Mb Vei . Willi situ w I* by Uu means *tupid, at w at ployed l.» km La ly eou*eul lo ,UI .1 Ih" jutrty lo ibe sell tome lit ul Inn people, alio, she loltl Until! lu the May a io..g.it, were au agricultural pu ipl« liviu* iu a stclituel valley. Uavin* gtftdud Ifctoe tltuly *lop|itul lo llateii, a It.;.i h*i cip 111* lilal '1 * be II | a Ituhbt'i ul Vult I > lellliM lb* aoultuller. to i»,nilu ju wuila »li« aeut to pfu|.i "•»> |! t ti*§4 iIM i !»«»•# » Aea late +«* NO. 41. THE UStLEjS, Poets should not reason. Let them sing; Argument is treason, Bells should ring. But the poet duly Kills his part When the songs burst truly From his heart. As the leaf grows sunward tioug must grow; As the stream flows onward Song must flow. Useless? aye—for measure, Hoses die, But their breath gives pleasure God knows why! —John Boyle O'Beilly. . lUJMOIt OF THE DAY. Our nffiional bird—The foul. "A sea of troubles"—Bering. lias his ups and downs—The balloon ist. Tho bare may bo timid, but lie dies game. The beat business college—The school of experience. "Who shall decide when doctors disa gree?" The autopsy. All things come to those who are wait ing for something else. Twirling coins is haidly the way to "turn an honest penny." The grain elevator is a sort of maga zine of cereal stories.—Puck. When wo say that a mail is a l)rick,wo do not mean that he is uiadc of common clay. A "signal triumph"—The weather man's prediction which happens to come true. Even when a ship parts with her anchor she still keeps her hold.—Texas Siftiugs. A poem that is always sure of a market—The lay of the hou.—Lowell Courier. When the office seeks the man, it is not reijuosted to "call uround next week." Is the fellow that "paluU the town red" guilty of a cardinal sin?— Atlanta Journal. When a Frouctuc litor gets mad he al ways dips his pen in Gaul.—Uoston Transcript. No matter what foolish things you try to do, people won't laugh at you it you succeed. A man must go back to his ancestor? when they ilo not eouie forward to him.•— Texas Siftiugs. If any boat can shoot the rapids suc cessfully we should think it would bo the gunboat.—Texas Siftings. There are some people so morally con stituted that they would use a 110-tou gun of reprojf to kill a sparrow ef wick edness. "This is highway robbery,'' said Mor rison Essex, as the heavy rams washed the road away from ill front of his plac» —Puck. What nation in frugality With Scotland can compare? We knenv it tor reality Soiue Scotchmen iivu on Ayr. —Judge. "Trotter seems to be a very happy inau. lie never has any bills to pay." "How's thatf" "No one will ever trust him."—Judge. Nearly 2000 musical instruments were burned up in a Chicago lire the other night, because the flrumeu could not play ou any of them.—Statesman. .Mrs. J. Brown Stono—"After all, th« plumber who was working for us is u very satisfactory man." .Mr. Stone— "Yes; he tills the bill."—Puck. "The Countess do Rlcetir," 1 hear J, "American—some Western town The reigning belle'—l lo »iv"*l nil knew My old scliool-iuate, Sai.'antlci Urowu. —Fuck. Wyncli—"So poor Staggers i.as shuf fled oil thu mortal coil." I.yuch—"No. As 1 understand it, he tried to; but the boys ha l tho rope too liriuly leeured around his neck. Wife—"Charles I w uil tome money." Husband—"l can't let you have it.l gave you a checkyyesterday.l' 1 Wife— "Well, that's uo sign you should waut to give ute a chock to-day."—-Detroit Free Proas, The papers are mentioning as an item of news that the typewriter tjirU are forming a union—just as though thu typewriter girls hadn't been busily ["rul ing union* ever tiuce they became au in stitution.—Kaunas City Journal. Ti e teachers in the public schools arc telling a good story ou a little Newark boy. It is said that the teacher asked Ihe cla»» to coin |'.no the word "tick." i'he boy held up his hand, indicating that lie «n»j «>|i tile t for urn cry was accomplished by theological stu dents at the wreck of the Mc tutor t'aiit uul on l.asc Michigan, N xwulmi ¥<■*, 1 > *;• I'tiey were assisting theiu»elv«« in a c-iuimi of study at feivaustou, 111., by uiv.pt.iiij eutplotiue it a* surf Mult al Isclmml to thu life *aviu i siattou them. Ibe disaster <* urrwd uesf Fort Hiteildau, nitieii utile* away, and lbs new ol gal I ant )'Uu«| fellows was suouitouad la lite steuu by Five ol litiuit r.-th' 1 lite i ! i»t si I t, In one uf lliu u> <»i mivid sloiuu ot isuiiil )car*. 1 tie lltviut iiuviei was mi) tew i,lt>i«u miu, and the tiM.l and tain weie bllitdiuy. Aflei lltuli Inals .id toj>ti slut tbr. 1 1 be I ss*, lltuf ' eted llw Ituai Willi IUUM Ittto Ms SIIIIII ls> I hvi i«ta»bt ttit. < nipt au I salted til • i il'm jt,t» -US OU l us