SULLIVAN REPUBLICAN.
W. M, CHENEY, Publisher.
VOL. X.
Mrs. Mary Lease says that the prairies
of Kansas are dotted with the graves of
-jvoincn who died of "mortgage on the
farm."
Au observaut woman is authority for
the statement that the evolution of man
iu tho matter of domestic science has
taken a mighty stride of late. In proof
of this, cites the Boston Transcript, hero
is King Humbert of Italy proudly dab
bling iu amateur cooking.
The United States Senate is a great
place for chums, avers the Chicago News-
Kecord. Beck and Allison were such a
pair, as were Don Cameron and Butler,
Vest aud Plumb, Edmunds and Thurman.
Another notable case of congressional
Damon aud Pythias is that of Tom Heed
aud Bourke Cockrau in the House.
In 1825 there was but one lone reprc
sentative of honieopothy in this country.
To-day 25,(100 physicians are enrolled
under the banner of Hahnemann. In
15;5!5 the first homeopathic college in the
world was incorporated, issuing diplo
mas to sixteen physicians iu six years.
Now, says the New Orleans Picayune,
there are sixteen such colleges graduat
ing annually 500 students.
That the Norsemen discovered A'ner
ica centuries before Oohimbm did re
ceives emphasis from Professor Horsford,
of Harvard, who says that they landed
on tho Charles River at Cambridge.
The professor petitions the municipal
authorities to protect certain ridges of
grass-covered earth, which ho claim* are
the foundations of Leif Erickson's home
and date from the year 1000.
"While farmers in the South are com
plaining that the last year's cotton crop
of nearly 0,000,000 bales—the largest
ever raised—will leave them scarcely a
dollar of profit, and bring thousands of
them in debt," exclaims tho St. Louis Its
public, "the Illinois State Board of Agri
culture reports that seireu of the ten corn
crops of that State between 1882 aud
lS'.ll were raised at a loss of $8J,000,.
000."
Neiv York is the first city iu the coun
try to start an cilort to provide artistic
street decorations for a public celebra
tion. In order to secure worthy results,
Perry Belmont,Chairman of the Ait Com
mittee for tho Columbus celebration on
October 12, has called to his aid as ad
visers tho leading painters, sculptors,
designers aud architects of the city. This
is a distinct and important advanco in
civilization, declares the Bostou Trans
script. Ihe popular taste lias been too
long at the mercy of mere contractors.
John Burns, the eminent English labor
authority, says that no man's services are
worth more tliau $3500 a year. The St.
James Gazette notes that an exception
wilt have to be made iu the case of onera
tenors, as Jean de ltcszke earns that
much iu a week, ltcceutly ho contribu
ted one night's salary to the Erving
Thomas memorial fund iu the shape of a
check lor SSOO. At three performances
a week that amounts to the neat sum of
$125,000 a year, more than tho most
fashionable physician or the most success
ful lawyer can hope to clear. For the
last two generations, says the Gazette,
famous singers have been paid the most
enormous rates, yet none of them have
transmitted any amount of money to the
next generation, it is easy uoiue, easy
go.
An interesting contribution to thedis
c union of American country
comes from Professor Itichard T. Ely,
who alliruis that "poor roads cost this
country ou thu average over S2O a
horse." Hu is sustaine I by Professor
Jcuks, ot Knox College, who thiuks
"I*ls a horse is a low estimate (or this
lons," Thu Hoard of Trade, of Kuox
ville, Teou., has also made the sugges
tive compulation that bad dirt roads cost
the people of that one common wealth
more th iu sr,<* 10,0 'tj n )i- tr. From
tables made upon other statistics it is
also dtiltrcd that ou a gravel road a
horw will draw ue irly ouu and a hall
limes the load, and on macadam over
three times the load he can draw on the
common dirt ioud. Ihe io*4us from
lime consume I, from wear uu beast «ut|
st hit le aud tloui repair* iit iudireet ways
en. . . 1 in agricultural pursuit* The
bear lit haullig to tilt Kuowille mil act
frout the suirouii liuij
t ui.kte iMI $7 id a l»a l. Thu aver
age, it it autUorilively stated, could b»
re.ln. «d one half up u good dirt roads
aud ll v. sl|Uu itvei ; i j I iuat sdam toads.
That is to swy, uuu of thu chief ctpeuaut
Iturue by fainter* u doubled ihruugU
lliti etirav.i aul eeoioiuy which permit
null* !*Mir IN H w, t
14 Ul wi«U
'tk* ftuanu ul luouwy
life k«|!fc
i I'M i •' I Wl 41 it
AFTER THE COWS.
(The pasture reached to the bleak uplands
where the sugar maples stood
Firmly rooted amid the rocks, at the odge of
the great pine wood:
The brook from tho spring iu tho forest
leaped downward in clouds of spray,
And the tall ferns drooped and nodde I their
heads above the bowlders gray.
The hush of the summer evening fell, restful
and cool and damp;
The firefly in tho buttercup meadows lighted
bis ghostly tamp;
And high in the flare of tho sunset climbed
up the dome of the blue.
As three little children wont after the cows,
barefooted through the dew.
The whippoorwill sang in tho aMors that
fringed the bank o! the stream;
And, like the mystical music one hears in a
beautiful dream.
The tinkle of cow-bells blended with the
rippling waters below.
And the full red moon in the shadowy east
on the horizon hung low.
The air was sweet with the clover bloom from
the banqueting-grounds of the bees,
And tho woodsy scent of tho mosses that hid
in the shnde of the trees;
The cow-path wound through the hemlocks
and round the high ledges curlod,
Where, gaaing out through tho distance, we
saw to the ends of the world!
We called tho cows through the gloaming—
Buby, and Bessie, and Floss,
Cherry, and M illy, and Dimple, and Bounco
—"Co,' boss! co,' boss! co,' boss!"
And down the path through the clearing they
thundered, and trampled, and roared,
With their bellowing hen Is borno high aloft
as they galloped to roach tbe ford.
Knee-deop in the gurgling water they
crowded and pushed as they drank;
They reared and hoaked at each other as
they climbed tlies.ippery bank;
They plunged their heads in the clematis as
it hung in its tangled net.
And tossed on their horns the eel grass, so
snaky and green and wet.
Three little children followed them clos?, all
fearless and happy and free.
Holding t">e tanned brown hands of each
c her—three little children, three,
Through the soft coal damp of tho shadows
and under the light of the stars.
Driving the cows with their tinkling bells
homo to the barnyard bars.
—Clara Augusta, in Wide Awake.
A. TALE OF TEZCUCO.
O back with tnc
/V'|'--/NV reader, to a time
I |Nh2wT» almost six ccn
r turies ano. Turn
pa fcCnit '' VV " n ' t | lL '
\ n /T It ' cllco > on the east
\\\\ "~10 eru border of the
yo VgaX #A great .Mexican
lakc ' tllllt power
ful neighbor aud
ally of tho Aztecs,
which for several centuries flourished in
a part of what is now the Kepublic of
Mexico.
Stretching away from the imperial
city toward the mountains were fields of
yellow maize, that glittered in the sun
light like seas of gold. Mingled with
and beyond these were plantations of the
maguey or aloe, one of the most im
portant aud useful products of the
country. Farther in the distance, ami
from thence extending to the mountains
themselves, were vast forests of the rich
and variegated fiora of tho tlicu semi
tropical region.
One evening, as the sun was casting
his last bright beams on the valley, shed
ding a refulgent glory over the land
scape, there stood at the ed"e of the
forest two uieu engaged iu earnest con
sultation.
One of these, although young, was
clad in the gurb of a warrior, or
"lord of the realm," with a short tunic
over which was a cuirass made of tliiu
plates of gold aud silver. A magnificent
cloak ol inany-hued feathers auil usilvei
helmet, from the top of which waved it
panache of variegated plumes, •prluk'ed
with precious stones, completed tbe attire
of the Priuce, for such he was.
His compauiou was a mau whose hair
was white with age, yet his eyes ll.isl el
with energy and ins step was still firm.
This was Iluitzil, priest of thu terrible
war god, lluitzilopochtli.
The younger man was speaking.
"Aud thinkest thou not, good Father
Iluitzil, that my father, the King, will 1
decree to suve the maiden, that she miv
become iuy wile!' 1
"N*y, Prince Nez iliualcoyotl, that
may not be. Fur who would oppose the
:oiiimauds of the rest and awe-inspiring
lluiutilopochtli, the god of gwkf And
ha» he not spoken through me, his ser
vaut, that the BMideu mu*t die I N ly,
Uiy son, lift Hilt ihy hand ftgklust the
anointed of the ndsl Thou ahull find
other* a* woithy of thy favor as Tula.
The world is wide ami lluiisilopuchlli is
its ruler, lie who taketh out ca i give
another, lie advised, my sou, ami lit
not thy haud U> guided by the ritshuess
of thu uubeliever."
"My tether, thou art wise, but tlinu
art old, ll is uau.ht Iu thee that the
tier.e I'l'iNm t,. ui my bo«oui. Thou
ait like >mulei mountain, reafiug Its
snow elatl tuiuiiiil iowaid the suit, laiu
like lltt file utouiitaiu, the linnet loat iu
iuy bust.lll. Wl.al kDO weal I lion of youth
or the love ol y..,it|il I tell thee llikl I
love the beautiful Tula, and she shall bt
my bride, or au ill r shall sit uii the
tin*.iiu ol It/..,,; i Iu the steal ul my
lather. I have - t| 11. '
Thu vivt,.> of tbe old priest was sleru
I* he lepllttl to li t* iiuptliiou* wothrtn •
• M , sou •).falls Hull, and falsehood
tie Is young, in.l has the lianas ol lite
lie Mountain all , U u. Oil., ul .
(11. wisdom ol t gods within I ffom
•»" I ' bill ha "l" I
«jts, and ISt mis, the iu tie. I
ling slfs Upon hi* throne la |n t< e II
tilt tuts not u| titii, , ju n,o tMseuiy
at bit p hUi tint oni< ft >•« iht u i|,
aud lb' wal kii.j m s.atiii t ee» I.w
LAPORTE, PA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 1892.
Priuce Nezahualcoyotl driven like the
beiist from cave to tree. But at last he
is the victor.. Ho gits on the throne of
Tezcuco, and a maiden sits by his side.
The face of the maiden is not the face of
Tula."
As the old priest continued ho fell into
a rhythmical chant. He stretched his
arms toward the setting sun, and as he
ceased speaking the last ray of the orb
of day fell aslant his upturned counte
nance, lighting it with an almost divine
radiance, until the listening prince stood
awestruck and wondering.
The ray of light faded away, and still
they remained silent, wrapped in
thought. At length the priest con
tinued
"My son, I have spoken truth. Thou
shalt see it. Go I"
The young man stood irresolute for a
moment only, thou turned toward tlic
city, while the priest entered the for
est. "
The judgment hall of the royal city
was of such splendor and magnilicence
that it would indeed seem strange in our
day,when the temples of justice scattered
over our laud are usually plain and un
embellished by ornament of any descrip
tion. On the walls hung tapestry, made
of the hair of dilfereut wild animals, of
rich and varied hue, festooned by gold
rings, and embroidered with figures of
birds and flowers. At one end of the
hall was a throne of pure gold, inlaid
with precious stones, above which was a
canopy of variegated plumage, gleaming
with gold and jewels. On a stool in
front was placed a human skull,crowned
with an immense emerald of a pyramidal
form, and surmounted by an aigrette
of brilliant plumes and precious stones.
On the day following the young
Prince's interview with Iluitzil the
priest,jii3t as the sun reached the merid
ian, the sound of the tomtom was heard,
calling the lords to the hall of judg
ment.
Soon they entered the outer or lesser
hall, where they arranged themsolves in
the order of their rank. They were a
noblo looking baud of men, fourteen in
number, all wearing the gold and silver
cuirass, the cloak of rich featherwork
and the silver helmet which proclaimed
them to be the great lords of the realm,
the highest in rank in the court of the
Tczcucan monarch.
When all had assembled the King,
Nczhualcoiotzin, was announced by a
messenger, and preseutly the monarch
entered,clothed in his robes of state,and
preceded by a band of thirteen priests.
Leading the way into the judgment hall,
the King took his seat on the throne,
placed a golden crown, eucrusted with
precious stones, upon his head, and took
in his right hand as a sceptre a golden
arrow.
From the gravo faces of the lords it
was cvidcut that the case on which sen
tence was to be given was one of import
ance. Silence was over the assembly
uutil Iluitzil stepped forward from
among the priests. Placing his right
hand over his heart, he tuade a low bow
to the King and then spake:
".Most noble and illustrious Nezahual
coiotziu, thou who ruleat over all Anahu
ac, know that under the forces of thy
arm and the terror of thy might there is
no Nation left to withstand thee.
The captives are few, and the terrible
lluitzilopochtli is a-hungered. Alrea ly
is his face clouded wiien he looks upou
Tezcuco. Mis feists are no longer red
with the blood of many captives, and
his anger has arisen. But, O King, the
terrible and mighty war god spake to
thy servant Iluitzil face to face, and for
one little sacrifice will his anger be ban
ished. The god of gods, lluitzilopoch
tli, great and teirible, commands that
'.lie most favored maiden of Tezcuco be
ottered on the altar of sacrifice on the
tenth day hence, and the lot has fallen
upon Tula. Thus shall his wrath pass
over the head of the King aud be kin
dled against his enemies. The prophet
of the gods has spoken."
The priest retired, and from the ranks
of the noblel ciine the youugest of all,
the Prince Nezahualcoyotl. With u
profound bow he advanced to where the
priest had stood, aud waiting iu silence
uutil the in march commanded.
"Speak 1"
Then, amid the most respectful si
lence, the prince began:
"Most noble sire, thou who art iu
very truth my father, many day* ago thy
sou, the priuce, hunted iu the forest,
t here found I the maiden Tula iu the
hands of tliine enemies, the robbers of
Tepaneco, who would have borne her
away to their haunts. 1 rescued htr aud
carrie 1 her back to her home iu the roy.
al city. Aud I loved the maiden, aud
we plighted our truth when the moon
was high over the fige mountain. And
new, O my father, would the priest ol
the terrible (|"d take the maiden I'u'.a as
a sacrifice. Other maidens there ate.
fair to see, and highly favored; their
breath it* the aepher of the south, their
skiu white as the lily of the lake, their
OOUUtcuaocu of IJiuUtlcoall. •' my
father, is there uoou who may be
offered out Tul»f"
\\ ah Idu ring steps the youug mau
reined, ovcicume with emotion. 'hi the
tact, of the notiles was written iiity an I
• yuipath}, but the priests looked naughty
aud tiiumphaul, It cling confident tltal
the monarch would not Oppose the will
of the gods.
In silent c they % waited the decision of
the King, The law of |Vs<*uekus al
low* d a plea and couuterplea only within
the hall of judguieut, ~|| other evidence
or argument havm; been heard pre
Viu«ly iu an 'fher place.
Tl<e uio.'.n U |,a»e I, aud the Kink
spoke not. I fie silent a remained un
blukeU, 'the face ot tile siiMisnll Mask
stud) | the Coi lint tltal iu his
bit ..I I let wee* love for his son sot fear
d lbs g«»dt was Ion 4 sul severe, bul at
uugllt tll< latter gained the victory,
du<l f#idy ha sio u ami a lvalu e I to
»II I the tloui aln Ie listed the skull,
it ilh the gofdt u snow iu Ills haud
In tilt w a line s> loss the emblem ami
lite deud was lots#. I tte maiden I ula
| »i sot'j left the bait as lb«| he i
entered, the King leading, followed bj
the priests and the nobles.
The royal city was all bustle and life.
Multitudes of gayly clad pedestrians
thronged its streets. It was a day of sac
rifice.
Towering high above all other build
ings rose the sacrificial tower of the god
lluitzilopochtli, in order that tbe im
pressive ceremonies in honor of the deity
might be witnessed from all parts of the
capital.
Along one the principal streets passed
tho procession of priests with tho vic
tim, Tula, the bethrothed of the young
Prince. And it was no wonder that tho
heart of tho youthful warrior succumbed
to the charms of the gentle Tezcucan.
Of a type of beauty long since extinct in
Mexico, in her the beauty of the south
land was united with the ruddy, robust
character of the north. Her dark eyes
sparkled like twin stars; licr luxuriant
nut brown tresses fell in waves almost to
her feet. Clad in the sacrificial robes of
pure white, with bare head and feet, her
ravishing beauty would havo sufficed to
turn the head of even the most blase of
modern gallants.
By her side walked the Prince, for by
tho earnest entreaty of the old King he
had been granted that privilege by the
priests. Pale and sorrowful he was, and
clad only in the plaiuost of garments.
For what signifies gaudy apparel aud out
ward splendor when the loved one is in
danger?
Just as the sun pausod in the heavens
at the midday hour, the chief priest and
the maiden commenced to ascend the
stairway that led to the altar at the sum
mit of the tower. Around the altar stood
five other priests, whoso duty it was to
hold tho victim fast while the chief priest
performed his horrible work.
In a lonu;, passionate chant-like prayer
the old priest invoked the blessing of the
terrible war god, beseeching that his
wrath might be turned away, in consid
eration of tho sacrifice about to be made.
For full half an hour the invocation con
tinued, and ere it closed a low murmur
burst from the lips of the assembled mul
titudes below.
There was good reason, too, for the
surprise aud consternation of the people,
for halfway up the side of the tower,
where none but the priesthood aud the
victims had ever yet dared to tread,
could bo seen the young Prince Neza
hualcoyotl, swiftly and stealthily mount
ing to the summit. In his right hand
he grasped a light golden dart; by his
side liuug a curiously wrought sword,
inlaid with gold and precious stones,and
011 his face was a look of determination
which boded ill to any one who might
oppose him.
The prayer was ended. The chief
priest Iluitzil advanced to consummate
the sacrifice,when sutldenly he threw up
his huuds and fell, pierced to the heart
with a goldeu dart.
Then the people witnessed a sight
such as they had never seen before. Ere
the astonished priests could comprehend
what had occurred, the Prince had
leaped up beside the altar and slew all
live with the sword. Then he sprang to
the edge of tho tower, after reassuring
the trembling maiden,and his tones rang
out clear aud strong as he thus addressed
the people:
"Men of Tezcuco, this day ye have
witnessed a deed that shall bo for the
glory of the true gods and the good of
our uatiou. This day has tho false priest
been slain by the arrow of tho gods
which only pierces the heart of him who
speaks with a crooked tongue and a
deceiving spirit. This day have the five
priests of the altar been slain by the
sword of Quetzalcoatll"
lie raised tho gleaming blade aloft,
still dripping with the blood of its vic
tims; the sight of the sacred trophy was
tho signal for a mighty shout from the
listening populace. Then ho continued:
"Hear the commands of Quetzalcoatl,
the true god, who reigned ill the golden
age of Anahuac! Thus saith the god:
No more shall otlcriugs of maidens bo
made to tho gods of Tezcuco. No more
shall the terrible war god be feared ami
worshiped, for the day of his power is
passed, and peace shall again spread her
pinions over tho royal city. This day
shall tho maiden Tula become tho wife
of the Prince 'Nezahualcoyoti, ami the
temple of lluitzilopuehtli shall be laid
waste. The messenger of the true god,
even tho messenger of Ijuetzalcoatl, has
spoken."
Then turning to Tula he raited her to
her feet, aud with their arms twiued
arouu 1 etch other they descended tho
narrow stairway, to be receive I with re
joicing by the people.
llow the old was shortly after
ward »lain iu a battle with thu Tupauecs,
aud how the Prince Nc&thualcoyoli ou
ksceuditig the thruuu completely ban
ished the worship of lluiuilopochtli,
aud how upward of forty years ho cou
ducted thu most peaceful and prosper,
mis reigu ever kuuwn during the hislory
of the rescueaua a* i nation,am matters
of history. Duriug hi* reigu human sac
rilii'u wa> greatly levelled, althou ili not
uutil alter the coutiueslof Mexico by thu
riitauiards, about iii O year* afterward,
was it eutireiy abolished. Wavertey
.Magasiitc,
t tVarlulug tiirl.
X lady wi.liug in the British Medical
loui'tial ssys that the receutly hear.l a
young girl of fourict i» year* "whistle,"
as her people c tiled it, but "warbie" it
really wits, for site k pt hertuoulli slightly
opt ui kltd the lipt uerely trembled, tilt
utile* belug lormetl In thu throat, the
tintru of it wurkttg as a bird's doe*
when *iugiug, aud the sounds produced
weie t «telly liku thi«! ol liiki It birds kud
(lirUthus, »*he waiblu.l several an* Iu
pisutilorle at couipsuliuent* laullleasly
aud most beautiful y modulated, kud so
powiilul weie the itiltta lltsl hei grau l»
mot Iter, woo wa* enussively deal, could
t alt h every oue kiihuul lite siightevt
elltiii iu another tunis, a little distant u
oil. Iu tlie sttute iwhh suiue holes were
dt a'euiug w lie it the poineil I hem uul al
the lulle |<ai U. llw hail btMHt self
laughl, t'ulnely Ittsn "whittling" In Itel
do.) *nd *|tliu | .u III* wiu low Iu
"W al hie 1 lv Use utl is,
THE CANARY-BIRD TRADE.
A. HOUSE 'INDUSTRY OF NEEDY
GtERMAN PEASANTS.
Poor Families liaise the Feathered
Sinners iit Their Homes—This
Country Buys the Most Canaries.
FOll more than a century the
business of raising canaries has
rendered bare existence a pos
-6 sibility to many poor people
in Germany. Fifty years ago it had
Already grown to such dimensions that
it became necessary to seek a foreign
outlet for the trade. About 1850 the
German dealers began making shipments
to New York, and finally they turned
their attention chiefly to the United
States, the demand from this side of the
water having become very great. Dur
ing the last year canary birds were
third in money value among the articles
exported to the United States from
Ilanover.
The breeding of canary birds in Ger
many is maiuly a house industry of poor
and needy people. Their profit is, of
course, small; but to the poor, who can
hardly earn daily bread, their bird cages
are like little savings banks, from which
they can draw at regular intervals a trifle
that, added to their other earnings,
enables them to make ends meet. The
canary bin! industry, without making
any serious claim upon the peasant's
time or care, cheers his home and brings
him a modest profit. Having in the
summer raised a brood of young birds,
he awaits with anxiety the visit of the
dealer in the autumn, which will place
in his hands money to help him through
the winter.
The principal seat of the industry was
formerly the llartz Mountains, where the
pror mountaineers, engaged chiefly in
mining and lumbering, wire iu great
need. Almost every family had in the
sitting-room, in the bed-room, or in gar
ret a breeding place for birds. In the
summer the food necessary for the birds
was easily obtainable, and before the
winter came the dealer had purchased
them. After the llartz Mountains be
came more frequented by visitors desir
ous af improving their health in the pure
air, the poverty of the mountaineeis was
diminiihed, and the canary bird indus
try fell oil more and more. At present
only tine singers are bred iu the llartz,
and for these the dealer must pay a high
price. The industry was then transferred
to Eichsfelde, in the province of Ilan
over, where there are many poor weav
ers. Nearly all of these are now en
gaged in the breeding of the cheaper
varieties of canary birds. The industry
exists also in the poorer districts ol
Hesse, iu the great Lunenburg Moor, in
parts of Westphalia, and among the
Sudctic Mountain* in Saxony. About
250,000 canary birds are raised every
year in Germany.
First in importance is the market of
the United States, which takes in round
numbers 100,000 birds perinnuin. Next
is the English market, which takes about
50,000 per annum. Then come Brazil,
Chile, the Argentine Republic and Aus
tralia. To these countries salesmen are
sent with canary birds every year. The
rest, especially the liner llartz birds, arc
sold in Germany, where more weight is
given to fineness of song and where
higher prices can lie obtained than any
where else. The average price for ordi
nary canary birls is from sixty to eighty
cents for males. Hence the canary bird
industry adds about 1,000,000 marks pet
year to Germany's National wealth, and
this amount goes chiefly into the hands
of the poorest class.
The grow th of this industry is due to
two causes: The German bird dealers
have always been very euterprising, and
the canary birds raised in Germany are
(aid to sing better than any others.
While very beautiful birds are raised in
England, iu song they are surpassed
the German canaries. German dealers
claim that canary birds bred from im
ported patents in the United States are
poor sinters, owing to the warmth of
our climate.
About two-thirds of the 100,000
canary birds exported annually from
Gcnminy to the Uuitcd Slates am im
ported by a Gel man resident of New
York. At lirauulage, in the Ilurtz, this
man has a factory which is capable of
turning out every day the material for
oue thou-and bird cages. The material
is given out to the peasants, who make
the cages at home. The birds are
shipped to New York, via Urt-men, ac
companied by attendants. Each at
tcmiuiil has under his care about 1000
birds, each iu its woodeu cage. As each
bird must lie fed arid cared lor regular
ly, the attendants are kept busily en
ployed. One of these attendants has
already crossed the ocean more thin a
hundred times in charge of birds. There
are thirty such employes. The Nuw
York h'.Hue disposes of these birds—the
liutil among theiu being the Andreas
bergcr llartz canaries—in Near Orleans,
Charleston, Han FraucUco, ami other
American cities, as well as in Canada.
Moreover, buyers aru sent throughout
the United States to obtain American
birds and annuals, and also to Mexico
aud Cuba lor patrols, 'i'Uttsc are brought
to Germany by the canary attendants
upon their return, in this luauuer this
same person annually iiujHjrts into tier
man) from the l uiteii States about 5000
Vugiuia . aldiual birds, 3000 nonpareils,
'iIMHJ indigo buds, aud 510 luocktu.;
birds.--iiosiou Transcript.
Hun to More Table Milter.
Silversmiths now counsel their patrous
to keep liio table stiver iu t'anion liau
uei rather liian iu wool. The etplitu*
liou U that tile woolen llauiols hitherto
cuiutooaly employed for this purpose
are treated, in the course of their MO
.tuition, with sulphur, and euouglt of
the tall) I flings to the lis met to taruislt
the in. Ist when il is kepi its tlauuel bt,<
„ li .iou I rauseript.
Car is has iut m osfd iu population about
|et fiul dt»l ln lb. Is*l foul >.at*.
|u I*» ti |( had J.iti'i.mb luhaoitaul*.
it*a it no*
Terms—sl.oo in Advance; 51.25 after Three Months.
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.
Pure butter may contain ten per cent,
of water.
A lead mine which yields almost pure
lead has been discovered at Turner, Me.
Morgan County, Missouri, it is said,
furnishes the best fire-brick clay in the
world.
Professor Calvin, of the Stato Uni
versity has been choseu as lowa's State
Geologist to conduct a new survey.
Tests recently made at Cornell Uni
versity, Ithaca, N. Y., show that alumi
nium has no very marked influence upou
the magnetic conductivity of cast iron,
but slightly decreases its permeability.
The strawberry plant seems to possess
an amount of intelligence. It will in
variably run its shoots in the direction
of ground which contains a maximum
amount of nutriment, and will never
grow its runners towards a barren or
sandy spot.
There are in southwestern Missouri
many openings in the earth, which are
called "blow holes" and "cold caves,"
from which issues a cold blast of air. A
local theory is that the temperature of
these places is reduced by the enormous
deposit of ammonia, caused by the pres
ence of bats.
Pieces of iron which can be set up in
the form of a rudimentary steam engine
were recently found, together with a
Latin treatise on steam as a force, in an
iron chest, dug up near Helsingfors.
This extraordinary archieologicai find is
supposed to date from tho first half of
the twelfth century.
Shooting-stars are small bodies weigh
ing at most a few pounds and consisting
mainly of iron and carbon. They trav
erse space in swarms and also revolve
around the sun in long elliptical courses
like comets. Their brightness is due to
heat engendered by tho energy of their
motion. Their speed is enormous, be
ing nearly twice as great as the speed of
the earth on its orbit.
The installation of a 4000-ton hy
draulic press in the St. Jacques iron
works at Moutlucon, France, serves to
mark the progress of an innovation iu
forging works. Tho substitution of hy
draulic presses for powerful steam ham
mers for the forging of large masses of
steel has for some time been steadily ou
the increase. It is found that the work
of the press is more regular, homogene
ous and rapid, and that the press costs
much legs to iustall than the steam ham
mer. '4
It is said that ravens often rcadi tho
age of a hundred years. Ducks and
cuckoos are likewise very long lived.
Magpies, which live to a very advanced
age at liberty, do not exceed twenty
five years iu the confinement of a cage.
It is not rare to see domestic cocks of fif
teen yeuis, and with care thoy reach
twenty. The limit of the existence of
pigeons is ten years; the smallest species
live from eight to eighteen years. Night
ingales will not endure more than ten
years of captivity. Canaries reared in a
cage live twelve or fifteen years, but in
their native islands they reach au age of
several dozen years.
Richest Jewel in the British Crown.
India, as a part of tho British Empire,
forms the richest jewel in the crown of
Queen Victoria. The dazzling beauty of
the Koh-i-Nur diamond well represents
the glory of the Indian Empire. Exclud
ing Burmah, it covers a territory of 1,-
378,04-t square miles, with a population
of 285,000,000. Of this territory over
500,000 square miles are under native
rulers subject to the English as tho para
mount power. The larger native States
or territoiics are nine in number: Haj
putaua, Central India, the Mahratta
States, Hyderabad, Mysor, Travankor,
Nepal, Kashmir and tbe Mohammedan
States of the Panjab ami Sindh. The
Viirious native States, including the
minor principalities, number nearly 500.
Some of these chiefs wield great politi
cal influence. TheNizaiuof Hyderabad
controls 11,000,000, of people aud main
tains au army of 50,000 meu. The
Haja ol Gwalior governs 3,000,000 and
has an army of 22,000 soldiers. The
Kaja Holkar controls half a million peo
ple, having an army of 8500 men.—
Chicago Graphic.
Oddities About the River Nile.
The Nile has but a fall of six inches
to the thoUMiud utiles I Tho overflow
commences iu June every year aud con
tinues uutil August, attaining au eleva
tion of from tweuty-four to twenty-six
feet above low-water inar't, anil tlowiuo
through the "Valley of Egypt" in a
turbulent body twelvii miles wide.
Duriug thu last thousand snrs there has
been but one sudden rise ot tho Nile,
that of 182'.', when 110,000 people were
drowned. After the waters recede each
year the exhalations from the mud are
simply iutolerablu to all except natives.
Thi* mud deposit atlds about eight iuclies
to thu soil every century, aud throw* u
iuii Idy embanknieut from twelvo to six*
teuii feet iuto the sea every year. This
being the case it is plain that the mouth
of thu river is thousands of feel further
north uow than it was iu thu time of the
Ptolemies, uutl it is ouly a question of
tune when the sediment will ilialle a da n
tuliruly acrovt the Mcdiierraucau Sea.
An Meclriu Uailt Cabinet.
An electric balh-cabiuet made by a
Western manufacturer is of the u>u tl
sue of vapor baths, Willi a lid euclosiug
the body completely, except the bead,
which is exp tid. Electric lamps are
distributed arotiud the body ul the
patient, being I in groups of
iourlieu ami operated by a separate
switch lot < teh gioup. About sixty
lamp* ol sis lee u caudle poartir are use I
in the bath. The sides of thu iuleiioi
it thu cabinet ait li.n St I l>y polished
en kei to uivt. redticiive p iwei. t'hu
tilled ul the strong light U Ui blown thu
skiu a* II ll hail I'tioti vxptised to the
sun The combined cite. I* ul the electric
aud v tpoi bath aitt said lu lie without
Hoi usual depressing udect* of the V*|Mf
It ttu aloii., in In', h.vtug au ujqutiu
tiUvl."-~Avw I"lit i'utl.
NO. 40.
X SONG OF NEED.
When you shall dwell in Tranquil land,
Where sweet the summers be.
Lean in the light and kiss your hand.
And kiss your hand to me.
For I, who dwell in Lonely land.
By that sweet sign shall see
That Love to you Is kind and grand—
So kiss your hand to me.
When you shall dwell in Midnight land,
Where tears and moanings be.
Fold on your heart the unkissed haud
And sigh your soul to me.
And I, though lost in Lonely land,
W ill send an answer true,
And groping blindly for your hand.
Creep in the dark to you!
—F. L. Stanton, in Atlanta Constitution.
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
"Hard lines," said Mr. Flunkor,
when he couldn't translate a passage in
Homer.—Yale Record.
"Hullo, Bronson! You look hot. How
did you get in that condition?'' "Open
ing a car window to cool oil."—Harper's
Bazar.
Jagson says it is strange nobody ever
finds out what the wild waves arc saying
although ever so many goto sea.—Elmira
Gazette.
"Miss Budd is a very sharp girl."
"Yes, indeed. I guess that is why she
cuts so many of her acquaintances."—
The Club.
There is never so much excitement
when a man begins to smell a rat as when
a woman first sees a mouse.—Philadel
phia Times.
"I felt so Cheap during the ceremony,"
confessed the bride to her dearest friend.
"Why, my dear?'' "Hecauso pa gave me
away."—Detroit Fiee Press.
"Do you believe all you see, Hicks?"
"No. I see you whenever we meet,
but I don't believe you more than a tenth
of the time."—Brooklyn Life.
A woman will tight her relatives any
time for her lover, and when he becomes
her husband will work him any day tor
her relatives.—Atchison Globe.
He treated mo coldly last night.
And yet I*tn not mad, as 'twould seem.
For his treatment 1 hailed with delight—
He bought me six plates of ice-cream!
—Boston News.
Said the lecturer— "The roads up
these mountains are too steep and rocky
for even a donkey to climb; therefore, I
did not attempt the ascent."—Boston
Transcript.
Amy—"Has he ever loved any other
girl before?" Mabel—"No; that doesn't
worry me. What I want to know is if
ho will love any other girl in the future."
—Harper's Bazar.
"What! Do you dine in that fourth
rate place?" "Only when lam not
hunyry. What is the use of wasting
good food on a poor appetite!"—ln
dianapolis Journal.
"Do you know Widdiken's widow?"
"Oh, yes." "I hear she is going to cou
test the old man's will." "I don't won
der at all. She always did whenhe was
alive!"— Chicago News.
"Do you think that truth is stranger
than fiction?" "I don't know," replied
the cautious man; "when some people
that I know get through with it, gener
ally seems to be."—Washington Star.
She—"How did you and Tom Hill 3 w
happen to get married, Blanche?''
Blanche—"We were both single, you
know?" "Yes?" "Well, we married
to get even."—Smith & Gray's Monthly.
She (to Cousin George, who has just re
turned from the tropics)—"Oh, 4 George,
dear, how kind of you to bring me this
dear little monkey! How thoughtful you
are! But—but—it's just like you!"—
Funny Folks.
First Student—"How did you get on
in your examination?'' Second Student
"Badly! And to add insult to injury
one of the professors was hard of hear
ing, so that I had to repeat in a very loud
tone everything I did not know."—
Fliegende Ulaetter.
"Do you kill the germs in the hydrant
water, ma'am?" queried the family phy
siciau. "Vcs, ( try to, doctor." "You
boil the water, 1 suppose." "Not now,
doctor; it's so thick we bake it!"— Ch
icago News-Kecord.
Wells—"l hear that stingy old Grib
gold has really married a shop girl."
Uriggs—"Yes, but everybody knows
that he never would have fallen in love
with her it he hadn't found her at the
five-cent couuter."—Chicago Inter-
Ocean.
Miss Irene Kersmith, (in raptures)
O, she plays (hat Beethoven symphony
so beautifully I" Liula Johnny Ker
siuith—"ls it a hard piece to play!"
"llush, Johutiy ! Yes; its very difH
cult." "is that why she's ioaklu' all
them ugly faces at It!" Chicago l'ri
buue.
A comedy scene followed the third act
of a tragedy at a theatre iu an Kugltsh
provincial towu. The villain had met
hi* death, aud the curtain was lowered,
but hung tluee leet above the stage. All
effort* to lower it ptove I unavailing until
the coriMMS arose fro.u the stage aud said,
in sepulchral tones, a* h>' dragged down
the curtain, "No lest, evcu iu the
Urrravel"
A highly humorous legend it apjten lei
to a iiiagulficeiit drawing by Itaflef. It
was duriug the la*t war iu Italy; a
group of French Grenadiers ate ratupiug
round a lite that is being put out by th«
raiu, which falls iu torrents. Au old
Sergeant, with au air of gruu satisfac
lion, rub* Ills haud* aud eiulatusi
"Won't thoku Austlisna e-miu IU for a
dreuchiug I" I. I'etit Parisian.
KIHII— "Itid Uuoiji play ftothall
while he was at college!" Maul —"No,
I dou't think he U<d, t. tie—"l)«<l ue
row ou the nv« I ' Mau l—"I nevei
huaid anything about It." I.itie I'neii
ho must nave played t>**ei%li." Mind
—-"lie nave* said anything about it,
I'ut pietty suit) he didn't, liWMtglt
1,111. •» fuel's nit Msud
1 *Hhyl" KMt« "Heiia in I hu*i<t he
uraduateU with Uwe<i« -Uatiafd