TO*. CBBlf|iy^Pul>¥rt«r. |V;C>L- i* I| 1 " ' 'Sixty thousand Jieojjje on the Emerald Ale speak Iri'sli only. •t"£' l^0| i ,p * se^rly- -13,000 cities, towns and villaqss, in wticlt '40,000,000 people live. , | ' i : " 'lt is announced.officially that 4(^,000 pijrsons were qop verted tp Chriatiauity • !,„ during the six ntonths,of.lßß2. . 1..H!.. 'i U ••• To the exclusive use of white -bread ..Jajiifs Cuiclitop-!irown <»t*ributesj in the London Lancet, the prevailing decay in teeUl '> i. A .m •! --k" » ThffOdftsa correspondent of the Lon-_ don ife'vs says that during 1891 109,515 persona-emigrated from Russia to Amer ica. r li) 1890 r j,r.4S Emigrated, th'ther. 1m 1 , Ajnjner short haad.by •fraCißi;' the characters with a of a lamp t is now a Member of the | IliVi/ame ii Keir Hardier. t 112 i.i i i i . ii ■ tii I "I compared uotss with a prominent Philadelphia!! of for say*; Wurd: Mo(Vl|iitcr,; tSje la ' mous society leader, "and from } , -stUeinenisjun jatialljid a year one lives as well in Philadelphia one doysJn.N'i'iV. i'.ork.OJV $ W,OJO'. — A well-known a^riotilturul-writer esti mates in the Chicago Sun that good roads would save the faAikb ft? the United States per year in the cost of getting their produce .to. ! •m»rT«el, rrt-Vi%:!fly fS to each inhabitant of the country, which is a fairer estj whoC-.sm'rt will / - be'divided among the farmers alone. ■jdq f^' ht S g t «fa»tij|«rns theft flUdrfer » Journal, have already equipped naval niilitlii Torees," organized in conformity ♦„ i Kith, the • J»:rtional law, " an<lj : th'e' pVe' sfepjj towaftl.guc'u.lOrgiiuiziUinn ' been in. f ,States. In view ' "of thfs growth TJr/»(y,i>rillj ask Congress to increase from $25,00(1 to Univer^|{ made / that theisal .... a "P/ of proffspow he..raised to-prevent other colleges from constantly robbing: jj him of his best The risers '' from S3OO to SSOO annually in each case, in accordance with the length Qf thp term * 'of service. " . /If!- i - - ' Professor John Harvard Biles, de signer of the Inman steamers City of .. . an,d ,Qity of New York, who came ' ' 1 oVitf here to consult with the Cramps, the Philade||ihia ship builders, has been taking a glance at our new navy, anc) tliis ha? led him to observe that: "with such vessels as are now in the service of P"' the" Government the Unite i States Navv '' need not take a back seat for any power - • on the globe.-" It begins t<J look to the New Orleans Picayune as though a larjje and incri.is ■»' 'ing market liad been opened in Gehniuy ~ -for the great staple of tho Mississippi 1- Valley, corn." Reports say that it vis"" vtry rapidly Jiocomiijg favorite article ot ?ooA. A sale of 45,()J0 bushels was made in Berlin the other day, ,and mflls for the exclusive grinding of com are in course of erection at Dresden, Leiozit?. • i.. j .. . ( . i 1 r Hanover and Hamburg. i . - Conflt-tliatfbu Bas "been received in Berlin' of the rumor that tfie' GenUan Minister in China has becjme engaged to Miss IlrfrtJ thd fii's Arf'.?ri can colleague, and it is equally true that tl^Js.U94)er«r.;WiilHaiii lms.metkvbold to forbid the banns, on the ground tjiat a Germau diplomatist, wh f en ic. active service,, cannot ari alien wpmaifi' ... .without, incuirijig ,iho. nisk.of prejudic ing the true and undivided service oh > his Government But love In this case, - Boston " vou announced his in tention of leading his bride to the altar next spring/ As' a' p»6li'minary to tliis, of, course, he will -have to resign . his post. " .' • Experiments with Cyclists and carrier pigeons for transmitting messages are being made by -tha gymnastic society of Rotnc in the iut'ereJt i>f the Itilwn arnlv. The rider carr.iea. a small cago attache I to hit, luaehiue, in which are several well- 1 trained pigeons. When impoitant ob servations have been taken and jottled down they are placed iu envelopes and affixed to the birds, which arc liberated. In every iugbino.tbkis tar hqvi flown promptly aucl in a straigffi'iine back to lieadquartevA• over distances of from ten to twenty kilometres. It is thought that,this combination of bicycle and pigCCP service can be very profitably used in ihtfitnfy BbserVnflfodi.hnd the Itijl - ian army office proposes experiment. ....... . " ■ . ! i 1 . , WINTRY CHEER, j 'ftitee'hthidrtd ago, or so, I; The that could had fqf ®cid, :t T4 iek before <bi herself,- 5 I Might make a carving-knife run coldjti A peaeodk stripped and roasted! ThenL Served in its feathered skin and crest; And glorious In the amethyst, '' i " Emerald, and sjtjiphire of its breast, j With ciirviug throat of ntnre lights, ; 'And in Its gilded beak a flame, Held.high hy some tair lady's hands On a great stlver:dish it came, : And Cleopatra'? purple saU Was ilnlier .that stijekmipj tail? When tliat great gorgeous"bird wafe fit, I'- t wodder.how obs lifted it! ! _ Tiflk Of thfegoodWd times! JustthiukJ * " • OftrM tmffefrHiors'hn+ tho fuss! | The times we have are best of ail— The best is good enough for us! ; Look at this phenix, oraokling liot, j yit, Done to a turn of its brown breast— j From .last year!fi ashes here again— And never naiad the peacock's.orest I j What will I have? An outside bit W'ho3e praises epicures might sing— "The "wish-bong, WhnftyOT.-WTJCTIIKps , The luscious,pickjng of Wjiogl ; Come, let a royal feast begin When Mary brings tho turkey in! ; Foi' all their crests, and peacocks, tbo, > I wouldn't change with them you? ; 111 Us 112 |ii v t HAVE fought : the I *JI batttes of life fpr— •if > ahenv Jet qje.. siee— ( MB fifty years irul up ' Award, and' I' have Km in ever -yet been j LgX , 1 worsted in ,a j fair II £&& flstruggle. I do! not J mdS llsee why I should pe^ '/ ' Vmit myself to bo at tacked,, routed. , and .>»> pursued in a mhtter i— this: No, ide- Jjcidedly 'no; I thiuk I have tlie key to the situation!". Although the Colonel's words and manner were indeed bellicose wheil he defiveVed this "uttimntnm, the occasion which prompted 1 the outburst, like the Ut(e, Ut(e, had no ac(yal,military foundation. The affair was pijrely ciVil in its nature, and the Colonel jhad -only aa, Hlucb liceuso to- speak after; the «pf «pf , a field as belongs to a man who has ouce been a loyal !and 'enthusiastic niehil)er of the militia.; It was quite l true, 1 however, that he jhad Sijlfcrtu} less than mqrt .inen from tl|« cruel perverseness of things which pon jfrjßt iv is tjKssHj'c. Bpntgrich, healthy In .wis* 8m ;>W' ca |]s charming capafcif" for shunning i|k agtceaWe .things,; .lie had _■ lived his lffe thus far in the most optimistic manner possible. s Jlfst however, his strotigbqid of with vigorous assault. His only son had sent word from n remote. Yorkshire parish that; he was on the point of marrying the eldest iioff/a [Sffpftjljy of t «JfHn tho -property 'of the vicar) ' a clergyman whose peculiar theological preferences had relegated him to obscurity and a 'stipend of ±I10(J per annum. "She's the sweetest' thing imaginable," Geof frey had written, with the tine discrim ination of a lover. "Just wait until wo reach New York and she shows on;the aveuuei,'' < The Colonel lost no time in cabling his most emphatic paternal dissent. Ha re- J tfcived ah slfriost riiimcWiate reply to place, the effect that the marriage had taken. This intelligence put him into a state! that was exceedingly uncomfortable '■ while it lasted, but it dif)<.Qot;eßdure. Perhaps the time-worn expedient of dis-5 inheriting hist Aijßtfetaty^Mi*not occur to him, for 1 fe&Madig.'ifUioii iex pended itself in a message devoid of 112 be,- reqitested Hi's son and Mrfc.'Geonrdv fo hifgA in definitely at the vicarage. He intimated that 'an early applica tion for his ptirential blessing woiuld prove to be for'thema'real ignis fatijus, but he tempered the severity of thestate , meat by sending a check for a sum which should have done wonders in allaying the sting of paternal displeasure. It was a real grief for the Colonel— the most poignant'he bad known since the death of his estimable wife, which had happened long before Gef frey was capable of inflicting aoy serious domestic wound; but he had much to console him, and, most fortunate of pll, he had a hobby; it was the most delight fully and absorbing and self-engrossing distraction that a man can have—he was an ai*#£MriWß*nM!&i i| j It tiuist not for an instint be believed that he was a mere wanton trifler with tbe noblest of musical instruments. His whole soul was iu it, and he was be lieved by his Mends to be a virtuoso. Jiis musical suppers were the.talk of the town; to be bidden to them was tuneful surfeit, and not to know them unmolo dious gnashing of teeth. It was a de light as well as an apparent necessity Jor the appeasing of the constant yearnijig of his musical nature for him to direct the music in a large and fashionable church. He was at this particular moment ;in charge of the music at St. Nero's where he assumed the entire expense of the un dertaking, and supplemented his gener osity'by having' tlfe organ rebuilt to meet his particular requirements. The music was quite as elaborate as any in town, and the diversion went far toward easing the pang of Geofficy's unulial con duct. But the season advanced, and the y\ltro-f»stiionablc worshipers ot St Nero's deserted their temple and fled tosumnior resorts. It w»q theu that the' Colonel began to bestir himself to secure an assistant, fpr he did not suffer hiß passion to interfere with the still potent magnetism of New pprt., IH« advertised; there , wire many who were willing, and a time was ap - pointed for a compilative trial. Wiibn the moment krrivea "the Colouel stnilo away to, the darkest corner of St. Nero's, LA PORTE, PA,, FRIDAY, DEOEM BER 16.1892. resolved to persona) and to let merit win the test. Thd candidate Aho played I&st Was theone that'best met his ideas- of what was required Jjntering the organ (offc J by a side door he saw a rather fragSla looking yoil'rig woman perche'd' upon jtho bench. « >• t 01 i • "Parden tnej" -he began, with a gt>6d deal of astonishment-.in his voice iqd manner. "Are you the person who |ias just been playjng the. Bach fugue! so wen?" t „ She turned with a look. "I was trying "it,' u she admitted, "but lam afraid I ma'de Sorry work of it."i . . "By no means," dissected thq,Col<)ncl w|lStiwe'-Siuit<s as k -Veil as I couli have done it myself. Wo arc very foitunate to have found you. Miss—what may I call you?" , fi , #Ga^iiha —Viola Uambaftf slie -jrepiiid at last. ...i Then she turned away and .began jtq linger the stops nervously. After that they talked a little abbut her engagement, and. then tho Colonel took his. leave. , . . . | Miss Uumba from the first was a great . success. ;She managed the great j in strument in a manner that was little short of masterly. 'She alio made a;de cided impression upoh the members of the quartptye. The Colonel, who was early on thc.ground, was not long in dis covering that his new assistant was as pjjqky aashams The tec o achate so teller giarilij&g that he took a throaty note in the'niid dle of his solo. The soprano csnlided to the alto her intention of gojing straight home after service and rejiro ducing the' newfcoiner's bonnet \VlJile the impression was fresh. The altti in return called attention to the heavenly fit of Miss Gamba's gown. Now that he might,the Colonel did inot at tepee leave jtljesit|. , The yfenjtjijcj- be came very warm indeed, but he lingered, lie came regularly to all the rehearsals and services, b;it never once showed hny disposition his place at the organ. He seemed content to sit quietly in tl»e organ loft. About midsummer the services \\<cre ■ discontinued and tho great oaken dtjors of St. Nero's were to be closed. Befjore that time the Colonel had admitted to himself: that Miss; Gaiftba the most interesting m women.*' lie more than opcd.i Joiuuii himself regretting that he must conduct himself t,q,wax(i her in ihe paternal fashion befitting his years, qud he often sighed <Jessply. He realized lall at once that his interest in neckwear \yas last Suuday before the close of the seition 1 at St. Nero's. It happened, as ha was' ! on lV % <|o^#M'f'is . RfifySs eye™-»»n»hC' » pfnijße: of the band of crape which he had worn for so many! years, in j unsuspecting qnd unvarying repetition.' He held the hate ful thing fit. arm's length and it Than he <fa|.t.ed aaclVidc him take the hat away. "Where shall I take it, sir?" the as tonished man asked. "Anywhere—take it anywberfe— a hatter, and have him remove that bsjnd fcsCafttlj-:; Jjoh; fliink I c*o go about, roo*ifig'lrk% a-' fcatcfcment?"' demanded the Colonel, indignantly. Indue time tho man appeared Witty the offending . tile, now shorn of jits ghastliness. ,The Colonel, properly ire-1. habilitated and rejuvenated, went td a florist's and secured the most satisfactory boutodUierc that demand. Theti'hfc hurried away to the' organ lpft of St. Nero's, where the last rehearsal! of ! the season had just been concluded. ; jSSSEjie quartet had departed and Miss Gamba was alone with the great organ. . As the Colonel entered she was still pliy -1 fng some softly-reminiscent thing, itic .Joft was brilliantly lighted. The Colonel at that moment made up his. mvad teat St.Xipcilia was an overrated creature, and that she suffered greatly Ify compar ison wuth the glowing picture before ijis eyes. J | Slfc saw glass ami 4it once stopped playinig'ftnVF turned to <jreet hikn. He came up aitd stood beside He/. "Shall you in town during tjhe summer?" he ,-tsk6 I, rather abruptly. j "Really— know—l'have po plans at present,'" sec stammered. "Pardon me," Hre said. "I tfiougjht perhaps you might Tie goiagj to yolur friends." J, . "No," she replied, with a slight choke in her voice. "MJ friends are very Car away. lam practicityy friendless." "Oh, you must not say that, my dear Miss Gamba—you je>lly must not!" She smilled sorr.jwfuly and shook her head. J'l "Really, Miss GamHa, I cannot permit you to say that you have no friends;" he, .weut .oil,. reproachfully. t"I should do myself a base injustice if I did npt beg you to feCall those words." She pulled down the organ lid with a gentle touch and then begirtr 'to put on a glove. I "Am I uot your friend? His nqt thfit | fact occurred to you—ever?"' he coii : tinued, rather eagerly. "Of course it has—often," she replied I frankiy, giving him the ungloved hand. "I am so much interested In you; I wish I could tell you how interested; I am in you, deal Miss Gamba," he said, still retaining possession of the hand, i "You have been moit kind—aud ooti siderate," che said, looking him full (u the face. "I a:n deeply grateful to you." "I want to be—l wish you would let mo"—he stammered, getting red in the fa»o. "I—l am very fond of you!" She did not speak tior did she take away her hand. "It seems to me row—just at this moment"—lie went on, recklessly, "that I would suffer anything just to*— to"— ' ""'"nat?" "Kips yowl" Almost before the words had left hfc shamefaced lips the girl thrtw her arm? j about >iis neck ami kis?ed him o'nctj, t«ice, thrice, j "l like y-j'i so much I" she exclaimed. with a hand on each shoulder, holding ' him at arm's length and looking hi 3 full is the face. "I did not know—l did not think?— he choked, reaction Beating in."l never once dreamed of this!'' i . . i ] . /'Nor did II" she declared, raptu ously. ''l never for a moment suspected that it could be- brought about so easily. • .But I had faith in myself to believe that I could do it in time. Geoffrey has lost his wager 112" A' sickening light broke in upsri- the Colonel's racked comprehension this,, then, was the young woman, whom;ho had advised to remain in Yorkshire. j With tho effort of his lifetime he held himself erect and in a true military tone said :•!» • > • •' ' •-j ..i'."Madame, permit me to escort you to npy ljouse." i j ! "But—Geoffrey—l must goto hint— at the Victoria," She sand;'' '.'Newer mind Geoff," he replied, loftily; "I will send the carriage for him."—New York Topics. I .■» ■■ " - .' 1 ■■ • . : Usrti of n Monster Search Light. I A* 9- giyes some interesting de 'tailtf' fcon'cerhitfg' the opp- '^ion' ot tho Mount Washington light. Thou sands of copies of the code by which the transmission of signals bo different poipta. is effected! have been distributed in the, country around Mount Washington, and the flashing of the light at night rt fiords edWrt<artient to the whole country side, especially to visitors at the hotels, vvtho, gather lh knots'in the plazzai,' and dis cuss the all-absorbing topic of "search' light" and endeavor to read the messages signalled from the mountain.. Mr. Shaw was at Maplewood, twenty miles from the 1 '6f the rft'ohtitkin by ftir line," when the projector, was turned onto the hotel for about twenty minutes one clear • night. The light, even at that distance, was soo bright to be looked upon iCjOtn-' fortably, and by it the time on a watch could be distinctly told and the' type'of uu ■ordinary headline could bdread with ,ease. On white surfaces, such as the front of the hotel, a curious s limmerilig effect was produced. Small, dark, patches see iicd to float constantly' oyer the surface, caused possibly by the mag nifying of jijiniite particles,of vapor in the atmosphere, or by sonje otbpr .phe nomena not yet explained. The signjal jug is accomplished |»y a damper in tlie inside' of tlie projector, which dan be lowbred behvftefl thb atd and the lens by a lever extending to the outside and by means of which Hashes of short;df fjf«i I: —ChiCflgo Spits-Jteoord; California Turret 6illl»l?r. KQa the Qoast thati is a spider which builds its fepuwig so to afecafej ia n-Very peculiar maqaefVand is, therefore, styled the Caitfumiu? turret, OTdia Inttf mdre or loss perpendicularly to the depthiof eikjht or ten inches, aud /rpm a <jtiarter to a half inch in diameter. The size of thn house varies, according ■ to", the sex and maturity. This' burrow is lined with silk throughout; and the nest of a full grown female will have a turret three inches in height above the surface of the ground. The material of the turret! is made of whatever vegetation may be'in the .woven together with silk. It has a wide range over California, the turrets -presenting a pleasing variation pu account of the different materials with whiclrthet arft made." In' the rainy sea son they dig and eularge these but they do not then carry off or scattier the earth, bdt it,i»/pui Whig' an other carthea twret, -reminding - '6«e, when finished, of a miniature vase jin i te|ra cptta^, vithoM a lid or covering pf 4uy kind. JaJic sexes occupy different nests; but the newly-hatched young n(re always found with the mother at the bortortr of ''hef burt6w, whrch is mdre roomy at the base than, at the opening. It is closely allied to the trap-door spider of other regions, but is smaller aqd differs iu other respects. It is soiwe times Confused with the California tarantula; but Professor Rivers, from whose paper the above facts are gath ers I, states that all the larger spiders, in various parts of tlie Union, go popularly as tarantulas. The California turret building spider does not make a nqst with a trap-door.—-New York Inde pendent. A Curious Hirer. One of the curiosities of Mexico is the Sonora River. It rises in tho nortoasteru part of the State of Sonora aud flows southwest until it sinks in nbout forty miles of the Gulf. Wnere it parses llennosillo the quantity of water it carries is immense, but in the short distance of twenty miles there is not the least vestige of water, aud a burnjng waste of sand extends from there to the coast. • Whether this water merely sink 9 into the sandy soil and is evaporated by the great heat, or lias some subterranean outlet by which it reaches the sea, has i never been determined; and, as far as I aip able to rind out, no one capable of judging such matters has evor visited the country.—St. Louis Republic. Salt Patlis nt Home. It may, perhaps, not bo known ti everyone that a real salt butli can be i taken as well at horqe as af t.he psa shore, minus the exhilaration of wind and wave. A ci|p of rock silt dissolved in water and added to the bath is a must refreshing tonic to the exhausted body. ; But don't go out of doors after taking | it. Thn best time to indulge iu tine luxuries of a salt bath is just at bed | time. Try this hone-made ocean l>*th, and note its effects.—Detroit Free , Press. Willi li /jMUiJWii /.•■ill silTi UNCLE SAM'S FELINE AIDS. 1 THREE HUNDRETIC A-TB EMPLOYED ' BY THE OOVSBNUSNI. KCpt at the Post ofltie to Protect'(tie.' '• Malls-l'nsaicsofi'ie White Uo|so i and tb« Capitol, i , ,| ¥.oltp than, three hundred 'oats are maintained by United Stales G"""-nment, the oont of their sujjport tJtelng car*., • ried- as ,a regular- item on the accounts, of the Postoffice Department... . .Tli«y . are "I distributed among about fifty postoffices, | and then: diity'is to keep rats and mica : from : eating ; postal matter and mail sacks. Their works is of tbe ..utmost importance wherever large quantities of ' mail are fcollecteil— as, for example,: at the New York posboffiae, wHet'e frbm, 21)00 to 30(10 bags of such, material: are commonly ,stowed away in the basement. ! Formerly great damage was oflen done • by mischievous rodents, which cheWed holes in and thought aothing of boriflg clear through bags of letters in a night. Troubles of this sort ino longer occur now that'the official pusgise ! stand'guard.- Each city postmaster is allowed from. $8 to §4O a year for the keeping of his feline staff, sending his estimate for "cat meat" to Washington.; At tiie beginning of each quarter. Care is. tnkep not to feed the animals too high in order that, tjijeir appetite for live game may be keen. It is laid down as a rule' that no meat shall be giVen when thei;e is a mouse or a rat to be caught. , : Cats .arq kept .in all the Government buildings at Washington. In that of the State, War 'and NaVy Departments they are employed not only to protect the .priceless .papers, stored .there, but' to guard against fire. Twice, the, Department has been set ou fire by rats gnawing matches—on one ot these oc casions in tho office of the Secretary of War, jn the middle of. ,the night. A year ago the Treasury had nine cats, but they made themselves obnoxious and all were given away but two. These are as wild as possible, getting a living by foraging for themselves. Mice arc no toriously fond of chewing up ifioney, but they have no chance of getting at Uqcle Sam!s p/iper cash, which is kept' ia rooms with iron walls that defy their teeth. Rats occupied the Pedsion Of fice in great numbers while it was iu process of,building, faking, up their re sidence in the walls and floors as fast as • they were put up.'' Two years n£o lour cats were introduced thete 'to guard the records' Of the old soldiers and tlvey have driven most ofjthc vprinin ,nway. -'The : best rat killer >)( the quartette not jorg , ago, being frightened at something,, fell, from tbe second gallery fifty feet .to the tiled floor ni«d Was killed.' The White House b&s tw6 cats,' one u blhfck and white female,' kept in the kitchen, and the other a black Tom, which J>els>ngs in the stable. Mrs. Harrison had four lovely Maltese pussies, but they all dis appeared—stolen most likely. But tbe Capitol is the greatest place in Washington for cats. 'The huge structure is fairly aswarm with them, and at night they scamper about in troops. .Nobody knows how many of them thero are, but the watchmen reckon them by scores. They are-all vagrants and wild as hawks.' 'lu summer they are scattered about tho neighborhood to, some extent, but in winter they gather within the building. About 10 o'cjock every night they begin a mad racin'2 through the empty corridors, which are made to resound with their crie?. Tfcc acoustic effects produced are astonish ing. Let u Single grimalkin lift up his voice in statuary hall, famous for its echoe3, and the silence of the night is broken by a yell like that of ' a damned soul, as loud as.a locomotive whistle. A favorite place for cat concerts is the whispering gallery down below, known, as the "crypt," where the feeble sound is magnified into a roar. Imagine the demoniacal ensemble of ha,lf a dozen feline songsters in such a spot. The British Government pays certain sums, regularly passed through tho ac counts quarterly, for providing and keeping cats in public offices, dock yards and store houses. Rats and mice used to do great damage to paper in the imperial printing office of France, but now a sum is appropriated yearly for maintaining a staff of cats there, are fed twice a day and carefully looked after .by a man who is paid for that service. In Vienna four cats are cm ployed by the authorities to catch mice ,on the premises of the, municipality. A regular allowance is voted lor their keep, and after a reasonable period of active service they are placed on the -retired list with comfortable pensions. The Midland Railway of : England supports eight at .Trent, which are bprne on the company's pay rolls for milk.and meat. .Their duty is to guard, hundreds of thousands of empty corn sacks, and the importance Of their work may be es timated from the lact that twelve women are engaged all'the year around in darn ing holes eaten bv rats in the sacks.— Washington Star. The Dog Knew His Master. A good dog story comes from Hun gary. It seems that an itinerant knife grinder came to town and reported to the police that a certain ragpicker had stolen his dog, a valuable Dane. . The parties were brought before the court, and as the testimony was very unsatis factory the judge;, a sort of Solomon, de cided that the dog should be flowed to choose between the claimants. Tue two were placed on opposite sides of the room and the dog was set at liberty mid way between them. Both began calling 1 him in the most seducive tones. He looked first at one aud tben at the other in an uncertain Way, and then, jumping over the table, made for the door ami disappeared. It was found that he had gone straight to the houne of a gentle man fram whom hp had been stolen hy tbe knife grinder.—New York News. Great Britain has eighty-eight war ships of which twenty arc battle shrpi ot the first class. Terms—Sl.oo in Advanoe; '51.25 after Three 1 SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL. Celluloid is said to have been discov ered by Hyatt as long ago as 1689*. I ' Water in which salt is dissolved boils at a sligh'ty higher temperature than pure wate.'.,,. j ! The Great Dipper revolves around the North star in twenty-three hours, fifty ' gixmfriuteß.foilr seconds. ■" "* ''j 1 Spiders ant solitary in their habits. The tradition that'they are weather proph et? is no| credited by. scientists. 1 Sugar fifteen times sweeper than that produced from the cane is "being' made from cotton- seed grown at Witu: German scientists will- U9e the Em . peror's donation in the construction ,qf a large galloon for scientific purposes. Liquid carbonic acid is now sc..i ' it* Paris at'about five cents'a poy-.j, miost of it behig used for makißj? -licylie acid by reaction on sodium phenol. .. . j ~ Tv'atau has superseded .calico, for bandages in Paris hospitals, where IJBB miles of the former material were liped •ii *B9l, at a cost of nearly $30,000. Recently the police force- of certain parts of London were provided with elec tric lamps in place of the usual "bull's eye" lanterns, and the change was much commended. " ■''•'• - - i Professor C- A. Young an nounoos that the fifth satellite of, Jupiter, has been seen by bis assistaut, Mr. Heed, with the 'twentyAhree infch equatorial,' at Princeton; N. : ' , Cresoted wood has been.found to have, such excellent lxstipg qualities that its economical properties have suggested its use for permanent haulage, roads; sliaft ways, etc., in collieries. ■ i Fish, flies and caterpillars, though frozen solid, retain life because their construction admits of frost expansion" 'without disruption; a frfiezihg tempera ture only results to them in torpor.- It has. been found by J. Wiesner that, . while gas-light oqly slightly yellows aud weakens wood-paper, tbe influence of the electric light Is still-letfs; and he pro nounces the letter the best illuminant for libraries, A recent scientific expedition shows the existence of terraces" in Palestine, showing thht at one time'the Dertd Sea had risen .tathe level .of the -Moditer-., raneapj the. Jordan ,in the glacial period forming a lake 200 m'iies long. Two Italian physiologist's liavc found that innocutatiods'for sfecnfiug immunity from infectious disease \iase no. effect .if the splepn Jias been, removed, nq ( other organ being able to carry on the partiicu 'ar function upon whioh 'imWutitty de pends i ' 1 i. A Genoese electrician , has . adopted; electric hcatii; b to conservatories. The current is sent into receivers of special composition which become heated with out, however, exceeding a certaiu tem perature. The advantages claimed are the absence of all unwholesome gases or vapor that might injure the plants, the perfect safety as regards -heat, and the cleanliness ol the system. Effect of Cold and Hent oil Foo I. Tho necessity of cooking food to de velop or create a palatable taste is im portant. The flesh of fowl is soft enough ■ to masticate, but only a person on tbe. verge of starvation could eat jt. before heat has changed its taste, and thus made it one of the most savory and ac-' ceptable of meats. Coffee also well illustrates this point. When coffee is green, that it is acrid in taste, very tough, even horny in consistency, and a decoction made from it is altogether unpleasant. But when, for a certain time, it is sub jected to a degree of heat it loses its toughness, becomes ' brittle, changes color and there is developed in it a-most agreeable flavor. This, flavoring prop erty is an actual product ot the lifcat which causes chemical chiinges in an es sential oil contained in the beau. Heat ngt only develops but creates flavors, changing the odor and taste as the digestibility of foods. Some foods are better for being cold.. Sweet dishes as a rule are improved by a Jow temperature. The-flavor of butter is very different and very tpuq'i finer cold than when warm; it is absolutely, necessary to keep it coot in order to pre serve the flavor.—Atlanta Constitution. Moustrmn Forcj of Tornailors. Much has bceu said about electricity as a factor for destructiveness in the various gyrating storm clouds knpwnjas cyclones, drechoes aud tornadoes, jln all of this voluminous' mass of so-called scientific opinions and deductions ode fact seems to have been entirely over looked, viz: The almost resistless force of wind when moving with high velocity. When the velocity is but fifty miles an hour the pressure of air in motion is equal to twelve pounds to the fquare foot, and when this velocity rises to l'Ofi miles per hour its force rises to the equivalent of 49.2 pounds to the square foot, the augmentation of force being always proportional to the square of the Velocity. It nfeeds no further elabora tion or amplification of this statement' to convey to the intelligent reader an idea of the monstrous mechanical force which such a rapid traveling mass ot . . air must have—a .power great enough to teftr down any structure that has yet been built by man, or to uproot whole forests of the largest trees now growing on the surface of- the earth.—St. Louis Republic. Not So Mad, Artel- All< A visitor to Lancaster asylum a sh.lrt time ago encountered one of the lunatics (who doubtless had been told off foi work of some . ucscription) pushiug n wheelbarrow along one of tho sidewalks wrons side up. The visitor inquired why he reversed the order of tbin?s in that fashiou. "Why, you stupid, do you thiuk I'm j mad I" was the lunatjcV reply;, "if 1 | turned the right side up they'd be put ting something into it."-r-Boßtou Globe.- NO. 10. THF. MODERN 'KNIGHT, I His shield was bright, that Knight of old. His sword was keen, Ui4 ebtlrfcgo Irish: In shining steel on charger bold, ~ _ ~ He bravely rodfi to wio .or.dia. k In battle fierce besought his fame. Or in the tourney" swdrd td ihwJ! • Discourtesy his greatest shame— [ L _ His lady's smile his bestrewed.,, , > He bears no shield, our nwdern No glittering word or lance he wiel<js, Yet well he knows the keetir delight That courage finds in warring' field** * T6'bear the ball : t£e goW, "i To check the rush,, if tfclf |e tru%, - Inflames as much the striving JQttl J As joust or combat used to do. * : And who shall say that courage higß_ Ki'n not its place-ip modern life,' " "When thoAsdiidb ttefify. The ma.'ly loye Our Knights that nobly play, theirparts Know the stern joys that warriocs-teei, A"di«3l»W3nplqpQf cpveitjheafts As brave as ever beat in steel! ... .. r . ~ ... '-luting. HUMOR oTiki DAY A softanswer* will* o club ■would faiK-i— c ' • , Thete a/re uiou wUo tin themsijlvQ* al most to death, looking for jilace. —Ram's Horn. It isn't the "flisrhty" 'poet" Who i4 re sponsible for''all tbe fugitive y«rs«s.— Boston Courier. ■ ■ . ...» ... .» ... , Tine humorists of this,coyn^y,seem to havp made a butt of, the goat.—Phila delphia Hecor'd. Broom—''So you art Oil 1 Jollf weiltiing tonr, eh'?"' Groom -a lec ture, toun'l'-rrTriUlj. ... • In his., moments abstraction pveu the pickpocket thinks timo is money.— PWladel^ili''tinned.''''' ' ' ' ' Tne tYoublo is ' that'vou ncWertenow when you've jsot ; enough f uatil y.pu've got too much.—Puck % . ... ■ ;.Ppopje .arf always t looking for trouble generally run when il looks for them.—Milwaukee Journal. " u ".'t ' "A' ihau who tiveh fast chnnot expect that «bjoym«nt wilL.keup u|> —lJingljamton Republicans !t Coasting is very,excellent ppojt, but, like some other* dninVemeiifs, it film its ' drawbacks'.—NcrmerVillc Jtjorbnt: •: ■ Gay—'"TW WMow Weeti- wearsM'/cry heavy. mournings" Day.T"iYP3;.,bvl sho , doesp't feel as as she is dressfcd." —Puck. - " All sorts of vexrifioffs' iUW6'<T'tll&'!psir lor matrimonial match. KvtmUlM-'fcimp us frequently ;) u t rtl ut, uye r; iU— If¥ IL C ha m - ton There arc some men who dan't take home a beeTsteuk wtttf&ht *BWI<! Wag "they ' are taking ' their-Wife a ■ present:—At chison Globe.; . .!■ 4...j More people with pat«yif.leatherjijioes on borrow money they nevor pay back than men who' Sfeat' shoes that*, arc patched.—-Atchison Globe. • j The next thing ai long-suffering, public learns will be the fact that gjts cqnumn ies aie putting pneumatic tires or. their gas meters.—OMb "State Joorft " ' Man gtesto law td get) his right,'-: , . .. (Of common sense {jeretti , Ignoring that in stlch a fight, . -All others, have got-lelt., i Boston Transcript. "What coat' of arms is 'that 'oil the panel of 'your carriage?" '•"Gtvo 'it- up. Had to haxeifc stuck oit before.:wc ppuld engage a footman.' - X 0, 7) " or " aid. Men are a good deal fifetftr' t'rfllec fitfely than they atekudivulually.'' M iny a will.(Jo t)iat pt'ivjit«;ly rJV.Ui.cb he will denounce in a crowd.—Atchison Globe. As a rule, a mall' who' lias" a 'mufe'thche he can-twist, or'whiskers'he- ean'strykc, is three times as Lom< qutking, up his mind as ope who hasn't.—Atchison Globe. Appearances jTot'Def-'eptivV.' 'PHscil la— tI W-hen Gharlk; proposed to -m# the poor fellow, did: look.so ,billy." .„Pfuu ella—"Well, no wonder."—New York Herald. • • • !. There's plenty o.' rjoni "at fbfc to'pV'but you shouldn't tell-iiu ambitioiw artist so rjust a9hais on the point of.sQwdmg.his picture to ihe exhibition. Journal. Mr'. New—"On the Stage' ttieiy al#ays • have'shch dolt, woodeny actors--'to-Rep resent duke 9 nud kings.". M.r,.Jvnqw— "Yes; that's so tg have inyi to life.''—Puck. '■*•■■■ Bojrgs—"HefiO fliere,' .toggl," 'what are you going to do with that keg of powder?" am going 'to try to blow, myself, away from p.porous plaster that is on my, back."—Harvard Lampoon. ' Admiring Neighbor— v, l)o'you think thtt pretty pet- is' going' 'to be 'likW his father.". Fou4 - M,other-»-"I shouldn't be at al\ surprised. lie keeps iye. up eviEry night, as it is, ancl is fractious in the morning.' 1 ' ' Mr. Bronaon—■"Did' Jdu haVv arf in teresting .subject pieseated fac your qon sideration this morning at Bronson—"Very. But I couldn't make out whether the lace trihimfri«M Were real or imitation.'' ~ • i.:.. ■ - New York Drummer---t'Hoit-ilo.jyou account for the gradual increase, in timo between Ncvfr York and Chicago!*' Chi caga Di'umfner (disdaiflfiilly) J— "Chi cago, sir, is rapidly growing in an east erly direction."—Jewelers' Week'f Professor (to in surgeuj-—lfj/he right leg of the patient, as you see, is shorter than the left, in eoriseqaendb of which ho limp 9. Now_, what would jou ' do in a case of this kind?'' fright Student—"Limp, too.''—-Chicago News Record. i • .. » Charles James Fox, when canvassing Westminster, applied to a shopkeeper for his vote and interost."- 'Wwf man produced a halter, wito J>vhich, Uu ?*id, he was ready to oblige him. , "Thank you, J ' replieU Fox, ''foY your kin<V offer, but I should be sorry to ilepriTe* ywiT of so valuable a family relm.'.'—-Ar^ouf^it.
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