SULLIVAN JBLFE REPUBLICAN.
W. M. CHENEY, Publisher.
VOL. X.
Mortality is greater among the Alas
kans than among any other citizens of
the United States.
In the expenditure of money for edu
cational purposes direct from the Trea
sury Kentucky is the third State in the
Union.
Free baths are advocated in St. Louis
as a means of preventing the loss of about
forty boys who are annually drowned in
the Mississippi at that point.
In his speech at Omaha. Neb., the
other day. General Armstrong said that
uo dead American has a ritrfit to lie un
der a gravestone costing £>150,000 while
a live American woman is starving iu a
garret. ____________
The preseut Mayor of lluelva, Spain,
where Columbus lirst met tjiicou Isabella,
is of the same name and lineal desccud
ant of the man who was Mayor of the
place when Columbus sailed to discover
the New World.
New Yorkers have formed a society,
with branches in Philadelphia and other
American cities, for the suppression of
the "intolerable auuoyanco created by
the frequent noisy clanging of inhar
monious church bells."
It is estimated by a statisticia-i iu the
American Farmer that this country loses
over $700,000,000 a year by adulterated
food. This is more of a burden upou it
than several of the great European ar
mies are upon their countries.
It is said just before his lust campaign
Gladstone hardened himself lor exposure
bareheaded at outdoor public meeting by
habitually sitting at a window from
which a stroug draft was coming. This
is a heroic device for a strong man, but
it would be likely to play havoc with a
weakling.
The telephone is still, to a v«ry largo
extent, an American institution. Even
in Englaud it is but slightly appreciated,
and neither in France nor Germ my has
it yet obtained anything like a liuancial
or commercial foothold. There urc far
less telephones iu use in London and
Paris combiued than there are in St.
Louis.
The election of a woman Attorney-
General ia among the possibilities for the
State of Montana, where Ella L.
Kuowles, the only woman lawyer iu the
Slate, has been nominated by the People's
party. It was through the influeuee of
Miss Kuowles that the bill was passed to
admit women to practice law tu the
State, anil she was hersilf the first can
didate for admission under the new law.
Her practice is large and lucrative.
State Geologist Smock, of New Jer
sey, has gone to Holland to study the
dyke system of that couutry ami to se
cure other information that may be util
ized iu solving the problem as to how to
save the New Jersey seashore coast. The
oceau's inroads in the coait from Saudy
Hook southward to Cape May are many
and growiug deeper yearly. In some
places indentation) of a mile or more
have been officially noted. The ITuited
States Geodetic aud Ci>ast Survey is to
take the matter up this fall.
Londou Public Opinion notes that the
centenary of the discovery of coal gas
has just passed. One hundred years ago
William Murdock, a Cornish miner,
studying the coal which he handled
daily, tilled au iron kettle with it and
net it ou tho tiro, connecting au irou
pi|hj with the nozzle; when the gal be
gan to flow from the pipe he applied a
light, aud thu first gas light sprang iuto
existence. Wide as his u>eful invention
has spread, aud great us thu btu.ssiu.;s
that havu resulted from it, how many
people uver heard the utiuu of William
Murdock I
To the Lou<lou L.muot in tluu I lie auy-
U< »ti.iu that prison hUouUI U< ollerol lor
the host cii|t ul Uu or t'olluv m niui'U it*
for the ln>t *h>jv* of fruit mill dower*.
Hera ia uu for oouuty fnir*, i:ookiu<(
school coiii|M>utiou i un<l mitsiott work.
There i» stitrt «ly » lukuiiet in HwiUurlau.l,
Krwice, Auilritt or It ily whore oiiu mil
uot timl « uu|> of eollee. Iu thi*
country it Uhi rare n* in Kiii;litH<l. Yut
there u iiathlui; »iiii|>lcr ur uatiur to
lUMku. IVflll'l L'OtluO C4U Ini iu*.lo with
•u old oytter inn uu I » ulu«u iu{ or it
born of •IruitifUt't illtei i>i(»ur. It *howl-l
bv uuitMiKaitry to i (ut'h « itfwui,
Uot tUe ion v« «u«i.uiiiu ; }io«er ul lit» ii
k'ufltM), |M»rttuuUrly lor who lt%i
MKUuUry live*, »h>ul«l uuku It *1 U««t
M «tt UMthte u l.„n 41, I Cl,|« luuuli4itl>
lu I nt*11 m tho Uu >t **)*, iii urtjtU|| lit
umi " I'o unity ol thi< 'I uly lucro
uuuilwr of total «l»t«iiirt • uo|i uf
I unity gool Wll'k U |«ili.«|w lu.iie
%rU«I»MUMi M wml iuo«u i.itUiiiiUi,
tlimi « too free ttM> of «,uiut| <*>itui«,
while iMfttiy who «» u*iMi«mt« iliiukvi*
wuoM |»rni*i v-'feu tit the mm liw ul th»
•U|, of 4t »«| Oihm UItMM whwn UN
4ol|, H
"IF I WIRE FAIR."
["Then she looked Into her mirror."!
If 1 had little hands, and slender feet;
If to my cheeks the color rich and sweet
Come at a word, and faded at a frown;
If I had clinging curls of burnish'd brown;
If I had dreamy eyes aglow with smiles,
And graceful limbs, and pretty girlish
wiles—
If I were fair, Love would not turn aside;
Life's paths, so nai row, would be broad and
wide,
If I were feirl
If t were fair.
Perhaps like other maidens I might hold
A true heart's store of tried and tested
gold.
Lovo waits on Beauty, though sweet Love
alone,
It seems to me, for aught might well atone.
But Beauty's charm is strong, and Love
obeys
Tho mystic witchery of her shy ways.
If I were fair, my years would seoui so few;
Life would unfold sweet pictures to my
view,
If I were fair I
It I were fair
Perhaps the baby, with a scream of joy.
To clasp my neck would throw *wnjr its toy
And hide its dimples in my shining hair,
Bewildered by the man of glory there 1
But now—oh, shadow of a young girl's face,
Uncolored lips that Pain's cold fingers trace,
You will not blamo tho child whoso wee
hands close,
Not on tho blighted bud, but ou the roso
fcio rich and fair.
If 1 were fair,
Oh, just a little fair, with some soft touch
About my facd to glorify it much!
If no one shunned my presence or my kiss
My heart would almost break beneath its
bliss.
Tis said each pilgrim shall attain his goal
And perfect light shall flood each blinded
soul
When day's flush merges into sunset's bars
And night is lure. And then beyond the
stars
I shall be fair!
—E lith Butter, in London Spectator.
Jim jenkins" his story.
A SKETCH FROM LIFK IN THE MOUNTAINS
OF KENTUCKY.
lIE moou wuz shin
-11-.[in'11-.[in'I 1 - .[ in' away oil up yau
der in the blue front
1 '• i yard uv Heaven ez
soft au' yellcr ez a
' ripe cu9tard pie;
W the apple blossoms
V|jr wuz pink an' white
SK '! on tho trees, flllin'
/f||l ran tho air with the
t?" m r ugels; n, °
Malviny wuz
scttin' out ou the porch stops; tho old
folks wuz gone to bed, an' I reckon I'd
been holdin' onto her han' fer up'ards uv
sever'l miuutes, tickled 'most to death
'cause she didn't snatch it away.
"Malviny!" says I, purty niqh in a
whisper.
"Yes, Jim?" says she, hitchin' up an
inch or two.
"Ain't ther some fellers you kinder
like a little better'n some other fellers?"
•'No, Jim," says she, an' I sorter felt
my gizzard drap about two feet an' a
half.
"Nary one?" says I.
"Yes, Jim," says she, "one."
That hoped me a good deal; that au'
tbc way she said it.
"Malviny," says I, tnkin'a new holt
onto her linn', "ef I'd throw a rock,
about now, could I hit thu feller you like
the best?"
"No, Jim," says she, an' down went
that durn gizzard ov mine ag'in.
"Why couldn't I, Malviny?" says 1,
fishin' 'rouud fer a hint.
"'Cause, Jim," says she, an* her han'
give a twitch.
«• 'Cause what?" says I.
•Mis' 'cause," says she, au' she jerked
her han' outer mine an' slid over to'rds
the railin'.
"Do you reckon I could hit him with
a club?" says I, pickiu' up a bit.
"I reckou," says she.
"Could you, Malviny?" says I.
"Yes, I could," says she, kinder quick
au' ui'.rvous, au' then a heap softer, "but
1 wouldu't."
"Why wouldn't you?" says I, aggiu'
her ou.
"I wouldn't hit a dog with a club,"
says shu.
"1 ain't no dog," says I. breakiu' out
in the wrong place.
•'Who said you wuul" fays she,
mighty provokin'.
"You did," say* I.
"1 didn't," says she.
"Well, you come mighty uigh it,"
•ays I.
"1 «ain't talkiu' about you, at all,"
say* she, aulklu',
"Who »us y"U talkiu' about, then,"
•ays I, gittiu' ugly my*elf.
"That for me to know, au' you to Hud
out," nay* she, «• »a»sy aa a gal with
seven beau*.
I seen ! win gittiu'ou ticklish ground,
au' 1 l«'guu b 11 km' off.
"What'* thu use ov u* quarraliu',
Malviuy I" »ays I, mighty lorgiviu', au'
iryiu' tu git holt ouhcr hau>l aglu.
"I ain't quarrel!*'," *ays the.
"Hut I atua iryiu' to,"says I, uieetiu'
her mure'tt half way, au' she sorter let
her hau' siip owr to'rd* utlur, that wua
rea hilt' 'rouud in the shadder*.
I wua fveliu' purty sltote uow, au'
yettiu' a eliut'h nuto Iter hau", I *ay>
"Malviuy," .ay* I, "I thiuk a heap uv
jo«."
"Jl*' keep at thluklu' that away,
J tut," says she
">'vi how I .nut" say* I.
"Thai dtpeu t, sat* *he
"|k|sitt'i uu a hat I ' say* I.
"Iluw do | kuuwt" say* *h»>, sorter
|H.rstsu.
"Vuu aetttiit ait th« haatett e*t wit
ter*, ",*ay« I, dt.tpplu' Uel hau'
*'| ain't," *ays she, delta' up
"You air ail nt«**e«l tm the mwv
ritrn, say* I, ilsiih' up, t««.
"Weil, I dott't heel, 1 say* the m
peaky tt a stubborn tad "I aat a hat
LAPOHTE, PA., YRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1892.
I am, an' I can't bo no more'n I am,
kin I?"
"How do I know?" says I, comin'
back at her on her own tracks, an' a
dab uv a clond camo acrost the face uv
the moon an' the v ind blowed the smell
uv tho apple blossoms t'other way.
I wuzn't makiu' no headway at all,
an' I sat thar without sayin' a word tell
that cloud went by an' the moou showed
bright agin. Malviny wuzn't- sayin' u
word nuther.
"Malviny!" says I, atter a bit, but
she wouldn't answer.
"Malviny," says I, beggin'; "I'll
take that back. They ain't uo nicer gal
than you in the whole country."
"That's what Sam said last night,"
says she, colder'n shade in Feb'ury.
"Sam who?" says I, chokin' up.
"Sain Higley," says she, smirkin'.
"You didn't think it was Sam White,
did you?"
"Wuz ho hero last night, too?" says I,
swaggin' down tell my hopes wuz most
draggin' tho ground.
"No, ho wuzu't," said she, provok
iner than ever, "but ho was the uight
afore."
I couldu't stall' it no lougor, an' I
jumped up offon the steps and begun
stompiu' round like a man with the
toothache.
"When you git tired, Mr. Jeukins,"
says she, politer'n a basket uv chips,
"you may set down."
"When I git tired," says I, mudder'n
a wet lieu, "I'll go home."
"What fer?" says she.
"Fcrever," says I.
"That's a powerful long time, ain't it,
Jim?" says she, sofenin' some.
" 'Tain't no longor'n you'ro keepin'
me in misery," says I, scttia' dowu
agin.
"Ilow'm I keepin' you in misery?"
says she, ez innerccut ez a turtlo dove.
"You know, well enough," says I.
"I don't," says she.
"Yes, you do, too," says I, fightin'
her off, fer I seen she wuz comin'
'round.
"Well, you aggervated mo>to it,"says
she, kinder excusiu' herself.
"I didn't mean to,"says I, fceliu'
some better.
"Didn't you?" says she.
"No, I didn't',' say I.
"Shore, Jim?" says she.
"Shore'n shootiu', Malviny," says I,
an' with that she edged over some an'
put her hand iu mine ag'in.
She didn't say notliin', an' I didn't
say notliiu', an' we didn't do notliin',
only jis' sot thar, lioldin' ban's, ez ef
that waz all ther waz iu the world to do,
anyhow, while the moon waz shinin' soft
and tho apple blossoms waz smellin'
sweeter'n, sweeter, every minute.
"Mnlvy," says I, iu comin' back to
the startin' p'int atter while, "s'posiu' a
man waz to kiss you?"
"S'posiu' what?" says she, lookiu'
fierce.
"S'posin' a mau waz to kiss you?"
says I.
"What man?" says she, curious, like
women is.
"Me?" says I, bolder'u a bantam.
"Ycu?" says she, juinpiu', but not
gettin' loose.
"Yes, me I" says I lioldin' on tight.
"Well, s'posiu'," says she, seein' I had
her.
"Then what?" says I, all the time
pulliu' her over a ketle clos'ter to me, an'
she comiu', ez if it wuz unbeknownst to
her what I wuz doiu'.
"How do I know, Jim?" says she
chirpin' like a bird.
"Would you keer very much, Mal
viny?" says I, chaugin' hau's an' sorter
slippiu' t'other one 'round her waist, 'au
her cot tryin' to git away, uuther.
"llow keer?" says she.
"Keer of I did?" says I.
"S'posiu' I keeredef you didn't, Jim?"
says she, turniu' her head away an'
chuckiu' her chin tight dowa ugiu her
purty white neck.
"Oh, Malviny," says I, with all the
soul 1 ever hope to git salvation for iu
them two w irdi, an' I sTabbed her to
ute with both hau's, au' she lilted her
face tell the moon shun right down on
it au' put a gold crowu on her hair, au'
the stars laughed iu her eyes, au' tin
sweet uv the pink au' while tipple
blooius lilowed 'round her, an' t bent
down au' tetchod my lips to her'u, au' 1
felt ez ef I had kissed the jiujter gates
uv Paradise an' wua wadin' kuee deep
iu glory through the luoddera uv the
Promised Land.
"Malviny i" says 1, atter my tcolin's
had settled some.
"Yes, Jim," say* she, ucstliu' her
head ag'iu my cliist, au' me with both
arms 'round her, holdin' ou's ef site
might nit away ef I didn't.
"S'|H>riu' i'd hint souiethiu' about
gittin' married 112" *uyt I.
"Who gittin' married?" says slu.
"Me." *ay* I.
•'Who tor ' says she pulliu' oil
'•You," »ay» 1, ketcltiu' a hum hold of
her.
"iHiil't i|o that ag'iu, Iliii," »aj(a *he,
suookiu' up cloa'ter tu' ketehiu' liei
bi eaih.
"Iki what I" says I.
"Skccr me," say » site, kiu ler shivery
like.
"What skeirtd you, Mtlviuyt" says I,
fairly hiukeria' to haul the daylight*
mil ii auy Ihlug that ud «kui r lite gal,
au' wautiu' the wurtt way to a>t her to
hive ate, hut a fetred to do 11.
" V iU did," says the
• 'Hot*?" *ay • I.
•*AV lit slelt luol uuestiou*," say* she
"Ain't you ueiHir X' l "*'
u44r
irnJl" mj* t, •walluftt' hard
•'lkiu'll'Hik ia nf 1 miu, d f ie* It' says
•he, laughiu*.
"Ilia do I know I" »*>• I.
"Vu# >'Uj<iii tu kuuwl says she, pes
tetiu' ute Ilk* uVutythtuf.
"tin*t" .ay. I.
"tiiMas," m)s »U*, that
« tssl, luf | little, gillgltu UV Ueiu
"J eait'l," t)s I
hUa lutik.it up it utu ait tea the i-il it«t
as" list etas, vtiitiu a k 111 *m t *tt Ute
• tittiittut e»ettlu' hiei.su «pr ft a *«* ell tv
t|>u<e tit*w*'i'ti aii Oil Ml Mi uUt (wli ll
steps, an' A honey suckle fell off the
vine an' hit mo in the face.
"Malviny," says I, all of a sudden
lettin' go my holts an' staudin' up
straight ez a bean pole, "of tho plumb,
biggest, doggone fool in Hick'ry County
wuz to ast you to be his wife, what 'up
you say?"'
She was scttiu' down, but when I
stopped tnlkiu', she got up an' comin'
over to me, she put both her han's onto
my shoulders, an',lookin' me oz straight
in the eyes ez of I wuz the Jedgmout
Days, she says:
"Jeems Jinkins," says she, ez slow ez
m'lasscs iu Jinuary, "I'd say 'yes, sir,'
au' make a sensible man outen him."
"Malviuy," says I, resumin' my fust
holts, "you've done it right new."
That wuz forty year ago, an' 1 reckon
Malviny must have made u mistake, for
somehow the moou aiu't no older'n it
wuz, ncr tho stars no dimmer, au' the
apple blossoms air jist as sweet as they
wuz that summer night, an' Malviuy an'
me an' Juno seems to bo movin' along
with our arms around each other, an'
I'm jist big enough fool to wautor die
when Malvina an' Juno does, an' go
with 'em over yander.—Will J. Lauip
ton, in Detroit Free Press.
The Paper Age.
The world has sceu its iron ago and
its brazen age, but this is the age of pa
per. Wo are making so many thiugs of
paper that it will soon bo true that with
out paper there is nothing made. Wo
live in paper houses, wear papor cloth
ing, and sit on paper cushious iu paper
cars rolling on paper wheels. If we
lived in Hergen, Norway, we could go
on Sundays to a paper church. Wo do
a paper business over paper counters,
buying paper goods, paying for them
with paper money, and deal in paper
stocks on paper margins. We row races
in paper boats for paper prizes. As the
age develops the comiug man will be
come more deeply enmeshed in tho pa
per net. He will awake in the morning
and creep from under the paper clothing
of his paper bed, and put on his paper
dressing gown and his paper slippers,
lie will walk over paper carpets, down
paper stairs, and seating himself inn pa
per chair, will read the paper news iu
the morning paper. A paper bell will
call him to his breakfast, cooked in a
paper oven, served on paper dishes, laid
on a paper cover on a paper table. lie
will wipe his lips on a paper uapkin, aud
having put on his paper shoes, paper
hat and paper coat, aud then taking his
paper stick (he has the choice of two
descriptions already) he will walk on a
paper pavement or ride iu a paper car
riage to his paper office. He will or
ganize paper enterprises and make papor
profits. Ho will sail the ocean on paper
steamships and u.ivigatc the air iu paper
ballonns. He will smoke a paper cigar
or paper tobacco in a paper pipe, lighted
with a paper match, lie will write with
a paper pencil, whittle paper sticks with
a paper knife, go fishing with a paper
llshiug-rod, a paper liuo ami a paper
hook, and put his cttoh in a paper bas
ket. lie will go shooting with a paper
gun, loaded with paper cartridges, and
will defend his country iu paper forts,
with paper cannon and paper bombs.
Having lived his paper life aud achieved
a paper fame aud paper wealth, he will
retire to paper leisure and die in paper
peace. There will boa paper funeral, at
which the mourners, dressed in papor,
will wipe their eyes with pu(>or hand ker
chiefs, and the preacher will preach
in a paper pulpit, lie will lie in a paper
cotlin, he will be wrapped in a paper
shroud, his naiuc will bo engraved on a
paper plate, and a paper hearse, adorned
with paper plumes, will carry him to a
paper-lined grave, over which will ba
raised a paper monument.—Paper Re
cord.
ItNclplliie of Chineac Troops.
Au English journal describes the man*
a'uveriug of Chinese tro.ips at a review
that was held at Nanking last mouth iu
the prescuce of the Viceroy aud a great
throng of s|>«ctatnr*. The drill was en
tirely ou Kuropeau linos, except that at
certaiu points during the movement the
bearers of llags leaped out before the
mailt body of troops, uttering territlc
yells and brandishing long tlagstalTs like
»peurs, concluding by refolding their
ilags arouud the stalls by a dexterous
movement aud leaping backward into
the ranks. The drilling was conducted
tii»t by companies and then by regi
ments, the various bodies being after
ward reformed and put through various
uiovoiucuts together, I i the opiuion of
one observer, the men did not keep very
evenly in Hue, but he saw no soldier
losing his place either iu quick marching
or the rapid forming of squares aud col
umns. The bayonet exercise was also
gone through suiartly, aud tliu firing was
well up to the average, I' he men used
lheit old luuaale loading utuskels. —New
i >i leans Picayune.
.\il«militK«' of Double HIIIIHWS.
Double wiudows—that is, windows
with double glavi -ale au advantage iu
either winter or summer. Iu the winter
masuu Ibuy pa) for themselves iu a uiouth
or two by the diminution of eual bills,
luce with their assistance uot luolu than
half the coal which is usually needed Is
rwiiiiwl to warm a dwelling. They are
just as gfeat au advantage Iu Ihe summer
ia*ou, loi uot only do they shut out the
du>t, but by keeplug them closed dunu,4
the day the l«iu(»ei«ttuie of a room may
IK. kept live uf tuu dullest* below that ol
the all out**i le - New York Journal.
V I Ullo.lt 1 uf Digestion
V» a luic, p> >pi« digest must easily
a hat they like Isnt. I »»• IU is a dyspep
tie in this to«u who suftuis the
oi death II Uv ' at« a piece ol sl4ls liiwi
of dunk* a •up of tea, and yet he will
a UiJ« piece ol lat polk aud a plate
ol baked Uss* swiutmiiig )M grease,
without e a pelt sue lug tlie (lightest auuuy
ante, lie says Ue iiaes p»l• aud Iseaus,
oil uoUotly can 'to<»trt It aftei suelug hnu
ml i limit, and he tusi|u#*itutiitl*iy luf
M I»IMM IU iliustsatiou ol tt#e matim that
dyspepsia ts au uusei-ouutai'le malady >
at IfUiiii tiiol#e lit tic h< iat
CAPI'IVI! BALLOONS IN WAR
OBSERVATION CARB USED TO OBT
A VIEW OF THE ENEMY.
How tho Scheino Worked in the
Franco-Prussian War McUlcl-
I;m\s Balloon.
T~1 —TI IK alarm which prevails in
I Russian army circles over the
German balloons that have
~Q crossed the froutier iu mid-air
to study the fortifications of the great
czardom along its border-line from a
strategic standpoint is but a repetition
of the surprise with which the captive
balloon was hailed during tho war of
seventy.
The Franco Prussiau war aud the sieuo
of Paris have amply demonstrated the
utility of the balloon for the purpose of
investigation aud communication, which
without it would liavo been impossible.
During that siege of live months, lusting
from the 23d of Septembor to the 28th
of January, uot less than sixty-fivo
balloons with a crew of 155 men, 3b.">
carrier-pigeons aud a tounage of 20,000
pounds of mail matter, consisting of
letters, dispatches and newspapers, were
sent from I'iris to the provinces. The
carrier-piueous were used for carrying
back news from tho provinces to tho
loeked-in capital. That the plan worked
successfully is proven by tho fact that
liftv-seven carrier-pigeons returned with
more than 100,000 dispatches. When it
is borne in mind that this mode of com
munication was tno only one left to a
metropolis numbering its populaco by
the million this modest result assumes
enormous importance, and the future
besiegement of largo centres will un
doubtedly bring a repetition aud im
provement of this method.
During the last century the French
military engineer employed captive
balloons, which were held with ropes
by the privates of his corps. From the
car attached to tho balloon observations
could be mado of tho territory, the
battlefield, or the fortress occupied, and
n correct idea could thus be formed of
the position aud movements of the
enemy and the fortifications erected by
them. As curly as 1793 and 1794
balloon ascensions were made for this
purpose during the sieges of Valen
ciennes, Maubeuge aud Charleroi, and
the battle of Fleurus. General McClel
lan was unusually fortunate iu the
employment of his balloon June 1, 18G2,
during the battle of Richmond. His
headquarters wero connected by tele
graph with tho observation cir of the
balloon and he directed the battle
according to tho fiashes of intelligence
received from there.
These and many other examples, dem
onstrating tfio superior advantage of a
bird's-eye view of the situation, assume
still greater range when the trajectory
power of our present firearms is consid
ered, together with the introduction of
smokeless powder. The battlefields
must of necessity expand, the lighting
distance become greater, and that side
which discovers the eueiuy first will have
many pointsof advantage, enabling it to
a certain degree to shape and outline the
developments of the contest. A brief
lookout from the car of a balloon 1000
to 1600 feet 111 the air reveals more
plainly the position of the eueiuy to the
eye of the strategists than all the iul'or
matiou that can be gathered from re
connoiteriug parties, outposts and spies.
It is a connected picture that is thus
preseuted of all that would otherwise
have to be gradually united into a whole
from news and reports as they coiue.
What can lie seen from au observation
car is a complete chart, not oue com
posed of isolated fragmeuU, no matter
how correct they may be.
Those (nets, bearing so closely upon
the tactics of future warn, have resulted
iu an iucreased utility of the euptive bal
loon, the llrst essential of which is that
it shall be ready for service at short no
tice. Nupoloou I. abolished Coutelle's
corps of aeronauts ouly because they
were unable to keep up with his ariuy.
The military corps of aeronauts at
ChiUis Mcudou, in charge of Itunard,
succeeded at la»t in constructing an aero
naut's park, the speeial arrangement of
which is kept ;ts secret as that of the
Kugllsh aii'l Oeriuau parks of this class.
(iabriel You, one of the most noted
Parisian eu ,Miners, who assisted •» the
hiiildiuo of the gigantic captive balloons
exhibited at the wot Id's lair of I'arisaud
Loudon, has coiiitrueted bis aeronaut
parks alter thu Kenard model autl sup
pln.il with th. m Italy, Uussia,Chiu t aud
other countries.
Iwo opposlu..' elements govern the
construction of a military balloon, aud
to hanuonuu them i>rcat care aud jtl la
ment is ruuuired. Hue u absolute safety
for the live* of the aerouauU, the other
utmost liijhtueu in *. iijlii of the balloon
aud Us outlll. The llrsi demtuds aeon
at ruction iu»uriug durability aud safety)
lite second of utililiuuiu weight. To el
luet a ouuproutise betweeu the two ouly
lite beat material tan l*e usiul, iuid eare
ful ealeulatiou ami many test* are uecet
sary to achieve the deiirud result. The
weight w triied by the gas is by uo uteaus
siuall| lot \ u«'s Italian balloou weighed,
with pastiugers, etc., complete, a little
over 10tH) jtuuiuls. thlcago Times.
I.teorlee
The tlli'V lieucioe imported from Ku
(Ope Is rarely pute. U'al of it comes
front Spaiu, where It ts adulterated to 01
almost incredible degree, The < htel
adulterant Is a common ami > heap gum
obtsiued from aw acacia, which
gleat sbwudatu-c tn Morocco an I alouj
the west kustl ol the MUhtia and ts called
liaituM Mint. Hot this ts not the ouly
substance liwl, lot •talcii, liottt »ud
even sand Sic etopiojad iu llfell >|lMull
tla* that some ol llw t heap yla>lt • ol
tin* lee have usl) one hall thetl weight
vomposttd ol the ittaiviial they pot poll
to kOUlttll!. «*fct li'Mll tlloltv IhUMMISii
I'hs ol tttitins W said to lie lite
duo«M as the which
„!«'•* to Ito et# it-tt<<ua wt t-(l|l ol ItfUU
S. Ihsw* *ie Ivatsd iu "he «ea,
Terms—sl.oo in Advance; 51.25 after Three Months.
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.
The mean height of lond above tho
sea level is 2250 feet.
An incandescont lamp without a fila
ment is tho next electrical improvement
we aro promised.
Mutton is more nutritious and digesti
ble thau beef, although some physicians
hold thnt broth made from beef is more
nutritive than that from mutton.
Electricity as an aid to gun-making is,
it is said, in successful use at the gun
factory of St. Etienne, France. The
particular use to which it is there put is
in the tempering of spriugs.
A scheme, propounded by M. ltago
sine, which provides for tho construction
of a steel pipe line from the Caspian Sea,
through Persia, to the Persian Gulf, for
the conveyance of kerosene, is attracting
attention in Baku oil quarters.
The total average efficiency of tho
Frankfort Lauffen plant which trans
mitted 150 horse-power of electrical
energy a distance of 109 miles is stated
in the official reports, just published, to
have been about seventy-five per cent.
At tbreo of tho lurgc London railway
stations—Charing Cross, Caunon street
aud London Bridge—as many as 32,969
movements for signal uud point levers
have to be made every tweuty-four hours,
quite apart from tho telegraphic opera
tions.
Two Indian gentlemen have invented
an anti-collision apparatus. It is worked
by electricity, the principle being tint
when ono train gets ou the same pair of
metals an another train within a certain
distance the current so acts as to bring
them to a strndstill.
Twenty-two acres of land are nscded
to sustain a mau on flesh meat, while the
same amount of land under wheat feeds
forty-two people; under outs, forty
eight peoplo; under potatoes, Indian
corn and rice, 176 people, and under
tho plantain or bread fruit tree, 6000
peoplo.
Globus auuouuces tho formatiou of a
new islet in tho Caspian, uoar Baku, by
upheaval. It lies tliree and a half miles
from shore, and measure* 175 feet by
100 feet, rising about tweuty feet above
the water. Its surfaco is irregular and
composed of blackish gray and yellow
hardened mud.
Considerable astonishment was re
cently excited iu a zone of Sweden aud
Russia, comprising tho towns of Stock
holm, Elisavetgrod, l'iusk, Kovho and
St. Petersburg, by the appearauco iu the
air aud the eventual deposit on the
grouud of largo clouds of a powder of
peculiar appearauce.
A French » wr is authority for the
statement th.tl .t Puris'mu luuadryman
hai discovered a way of cleansing line
linen without using soap or other chemi
cals. Instead of those, ho ru'n boiled
potatoes upon the goods, making, it is
claimed, much-soiled linen, silk and cot
ton whiter and purer than when washed
in the usual way. The truth of the
statement may be easily tested in auy
lauudry.
A Unique Exhibition.
The Soldiers' Company of London
have beeu exhibiting in their hall an ex
tremely interesting collection of all kinds
of saddles and bridles in use from the
earliest times to the present day. From
the Tower of Loudou came a knight's
tilting saddle of wood, covered with
leather, with an arrangement not unlike
stocks, into which the kuight's logs were
thrust, so that he might not topple over
wheu his horse wheeled about suddenly,
or a spear |>oiut struck with full forco
against his armor-plated ribs. Of Cava
lier ami Cromwelliau saddles there were
several examples. Bir Henry llalford
contributed the velvet saddles used by
I'rinee liupert and Charles I. at the bat
tle of Naseliy, and Colonel Souicrvilh)
the uccountreinenU of a war-horse which
once belonged to Oliver Cromwell. The
truppiugs iu which Sir Kit ward Seymour
rode when lie met the I'riuce of Orange
on the shores of Torbay and the l)uke
of Monmouth's gorgeous saddle were
uear by. Olo»e beside them was the fa
vorite saddle of the famous joekey Kred
Archer. The (.jueeu sent a marvellous
collection of Oriental saddles aud trap
riugs, including thow of Tippo Sahib.
The (impress Kugcnle lent, among other
relies of the Napoleonic dyiuMty, a velvet
saddle and trappings said to huve been
used by Napoleon I.in his last cam
paign. Near theiu lay the wiuare-cautled
svldle of old liluishet, "Marshal Vor
w iru." There were also many tare
specimens from private collections, in
cluding th»se of Lord It isebury, the
Duke of I'ortland, the Duke of Somerset
aud others of equal celebiity, while the
War Oiliee lent specimen* of military
saddlery from Cout ueutal Cowers.
Modern cavalry saddles, with latest
equipments, were well represented. •
Itostou 't'ltiuseripl,
I'll Ttlltiil Mice p.
Home luUiest has beeu evoked by the
auuuuucid arrival of a ll»ck ot sitteeu ol
the tat-tailcd sluop a! I'ersia for our
AMI {cultural Department at Washington.
It has beeu thought that lu our wide
range of territory there might lw found
a plate lot these curious but uot very
valuable slnap, of which there is Not
much Ituowu by the public, eseept
among experts, of lluau auiiuaU, aud
some mistaken iuipreasluu* are siiilmg
IU tstfsrl to the enterprise. liheup ifsll
erally btve a uatuial la> iltty fur laying
fat Mil viiiu#i|f |«iU ill U»f
it iH * t Ml*, olUwi* ui| liiwii
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Mi a little < alt lu# pi«u< Uwu, Mandui
the *»i«bt el luii) u><uu4s Phe fat >1
II ui uaed IU pla*.v el bullet m Aum IU.S4
paiiyuMu
NO. 47.
SUMMER,
Ob, sweet and strange what time gray morn
ing steals
Over the misty flats, and gently stirs
Bee-laden limes and pendulous abules,
To brush the dew-bespangled gossamers
From meadow grasses and beneath black
firs,
In limpid streamlets or tran. 'uceut lakes
To buttle amid dim beron-hau.itod brakes!
Oh, sweet and sumptuous at height of noon
Languid to lie on scented summer lawns.
Fanned by faint breezes of the breathless
June;
To watch the timorous and trooping
fawns.
Dappled Itke tenderest clouds in early
dawns.
Forth from their ferny covert glide to drink
And cool lithe limbs beside the river's brink!
Oh, strango and sad, ere daylight disap
pears,
To hear the croaking of the-homeward
waiu,
Drawn by its voke of tardy-pacing steers,
'Neath honeysuckle hedge aud tangled
lane; .
To breathe faint, scent of roses on the wane
By cottage doors, aud watch the mellowing
sky
Fade into saffron hues inseusibly.l ,•
HUMOIt OF THE DAY.
A tailor's goose—The dude. ;
Cuts a queer figure—The Chinese idol
carver.
Tho way to nail ft lie is to pin the ruau
down to fucts. —Union County Standard.
A man is called u confirmed liar when
nothing that lie says is confirmed.—Bos
ton Transcript.
Did any one ever see a woman who
could look intelligent while talking to a
baby?—Atchison Globe.
Don't speak lightly of tho graduate:
he knows a great deal that you have for
gotten.—Elmira Gazette.
The badge of the delegate shows you
who ho is for, but it does not show you
what he is after.—Dallas News.
It is altogether useless to try to talk
politics to the man who was married only
u week ago.—SomervilleJouruai.
Friend—"My, you grind out jokes
pretty fast." Humorist—"Fast!"' You
ought to see them come back. "-i-Yaukco
Blade. 1
After a woman passes a certain, age
she would just us soon get married ou
Friday as ou any other day. ■ —Atchison
Globe.
Farmer (to tattered tramp)—" Why
don't you work for u living?" Tramp
"Because I have a dread of dying rich."
—New Yorl* Journal.
Patient (wlW*>.as"been In railroad col
lision, feebly)—• 'Doctor, cau 1 recover?"
Doctor— "What?" Patient— "Damages,
of course."—Yankee Blade.
There aro in some soils -13,560,000
mosquito larva; to an acre. It is always
safe to count a mosquito's fcggs before
they are hatched.—New York Herald.
When Johnny broke his rocking-horse
In angry words his mother spoke;
But Joliuny's argument had force:
"What guod's a horse unless it's broke?"
—Judge.
Tornly—"Does tho High and Low It.
It. pay, do you think?'' Dauly—"Oh,
yos. I understand that the conductors
on that road are awassiug fortunes."—
Yankee Blade.
Cob winger—"l haven't any change
this morning; just chalk it up." Milk
man—"That's too much to ask. I can't
afford t'i wu?te my chalk that way."
—Boston Transcript'.
Billy the Beau—"Anything Whv in en
gagement ring-:?" Jeweler—"Yos: our
new 'Seaside' plated goods arc cheap and
are warranted to outwear any summer
resort engagement."—Jewelers' Weekly.
Clara—"llow woll you looted on the
street yesterday;" Maud (immensely
flattered)—"l>.» you really think so? I
am awfully glad." Clara—"Yen, you
hail ou such a becoming veil."—Cloak
Iteview.
Mrs. Vau Cruder —"It strikes mc, my
dear, that ilirting has become almost a
science. It reminds me much of olioss."
Kdith Theodora —"Yos, mamma, that's
so. You cau't gel along without the
uieu. you know."—Bostou Budget,
Employer—"We want a man who is
willing to work and knows the city.''
Haggles the Tramp (sotto voce) —"Well,
I guess 1 ought to rill the bill.
the city like a book, and I've been work
ing it for the past two weeks."-—Yankee
Blade.
Magistrate—"You are cliarged, sir,
with hituug the prosecuting witness,
McKaddeii, with a brick. Ouilfy or uot
guilty 112" Urojjau—♦•Please, yor auuer,
'twur a very soft brick. Misthm Mi Kad
dun IS 'a Itleltd ol Will#"—ludlauapolis
Journal. ,
(Servant (delivering Hii'Hiagr) " M "
Triplelt sends Ills compliments to Mr.
II Hi Alt Ml, With the request that he shoot
lit* dog, wltioit is a W> ll '°
neighbor IUHSL" OaAMiu—"tlive Mr.
O-itMtti's compliments to Mr. Triplet!,
tul a»k Una Ui tiudly Itoisuf ln> 4migUti*r
or buiu up itvt plaii K V- lfar)»r s 11-u.u.
Three kind* of Miititiiiu£.
Aeaordiuu to Aia««, lk« ut lebr tied
Preurb pliysluut, there ir three kinds
til lightning, which he nai-ies lightning
o| tho liist, socoud and third classes,
(.ightiiiiig of the first class is kuoa it as
fork lightning, That ol lU» »n ou l
claas a* sheet llghtulug, aim It I tat no
definite lorui, but soeius to be 4 gnat
Mt«M ol light It ha* Hot the Intensity
wf ll||ht«lUM el Hie llr*i i UMS. Mrbtitt a
UFCW«|.S Ulllllll a vloisd, it light* Up Its
outline »«li iK« «siiiuall| It illi| Muatus
•ke «Mlll« M) «l elou-ls, til l «(q>. 4i«
11 toots fori It Itoot Its* very 'is ti el it,
Mlt—t ughi.-ing i« mmk u*»it Ire
>!>*< ut thai* forked li.itime, t.iaV'unm
ol tl»« Ihlld kind Is Mled lull light
ed* Hall iwit lor aevoial
sswuitds, audi in tin* le-peM, 'lidos
• Mel | lru«N lightning ul Ike Bltl till
MHMHH I * isases, ULTMT ale, IN Ike •!*>«- I<*»|
MMSM, MWNMUKMI «I».M ol FT** 4'IMI