SULLIVAN JUSIk REPUBLICAN. W. M. CHENEY, Publisher. VOL. XT. "Washington lias come to bo quite a honeymoon city. Each of the four British Australian colonies lias 11 Scotchman at the head of its government. Statistics are said to show that the introduction ofniaclunery into manu factories has decreased the number of the unemployed. Our foreign visitors, now so numer ous among us, nre pleased to say wo have better and cheaper restaurants than even Pnris affords. More factories for the making of handles for implements have been established iu the South during the past year than in any five previous years. With no drunkenness, 110 crime, no fires and 110 disturbances of any sort during the past year the Boston Her ald admits that "Brattleboro, Vt.,may fairly lay claim to being the Utopia of America." By a simjile invention, just adopted, every lighthouse on the coast i» to identify itself hereafter by flashing out its number. This will relieve mariners from the necessity of remembering many combinations of colors anil also from uncertainty in ascertaining whether a light seen dimly through the fog is white or red. The wonder is, observes the New Orleans Picayune, that such a useful and simple device was not adopted long ago. Sa;,, the New York Independent: If the United States of America lias 110 name, neither has it a definite National air. Of course the National air called • "America" is English anil identical with "Goil Save the Queen." "The Star Spangled Banner" possibly should be considered our National air auil sung as such at the Chicago Exhibition. At Trinity College, Dublin, when the American candidates came forward to receive their doctorates the band played "Yankee Doodle" and set the Ameri cans in a titter. The late Doctor Agnew, of Phila delphia, said that catarrhal affections were almost unknown among the Quakeresses whom he attended, and he ascribed it to the fact that the Quaker bonnet protects the back of the head and the najie of the neek from cold air. He might have gone further and added that the Quaker women have come nearer than any others of their sex to discovering the perpetual bloom of youth. One meets in and about Phila delphia scores of Quakeresses who re tain in old auft; fresh, unwriukled faces, clear eyes, and erect figures. The peace and health of their spirits seem to conform face and figure. In the great momentum of the wo rn <ui movement, which gains new re cruits every day, the Chicago Herald protests that one is inclined to over look the fact that woman was a power morally, mcially and ilit< llectiiallv in tin Fifteenth Century as well as the nineteenth; that the doors of univers ities were open t<. her not only to study but to teach within their sacred pre cinct«. In the University of Siiluuianca •he has had u place, and when Ihiihella <f Spain desired to acquire the l.atiii toUglle It Mas to a Woliiuii ->he t timed for a tutor, lu ituly, even iu the rhirteeuth Century, 11 nob!. Floivutine lady won the palm of oratory in a pub lic eouteat iu Floreuee with learned 1' lira from all over the World. I is naid that the Austrian ailth *ri ties are very much concerned about the constant heavv immigration from tin ir territoi ii i, und are doing all they eali to check ll by publishing harrow lug account* of the HUM 1!..» uud. rgoi», : by th< ir emigrants in for. ign couiiut. ». I'll.'v have lately publiahed a .tat. bout to Ihu ilfi . t that Vu»triau emi gran I* in Kratll Int. app tie I to th- u eoliaul at Itlo ill Janeiro to icqu. .1 in. HfaJiltan Ut.Virunout 1.. gut 1 hew work or a«i»i o,ee. \» ih, re •nil of ibi« inter 11 ntion, up to tin ttlbitlM Flea.i at> Uol |H|l>l In lia.l v hut »n frttiw* ahu b l , . .. _ , tjMj.il Ll atuui Ik Mfgri 1 .if*- * ol lift | b tUI "flit 4»> " got k»pl ib< |'i'«i>. bj MY QUEST. '<Vhen Urns and I set forth together In April weather, >h. tender was the lllocs' morning For winter dead; 'ireen tassels, maple-tops adorning, Tossed high o'erhead : \n<l underneath a blue and sparkling sky <Ve journeyed joyously, young Time and I> t could not tell you how It happenod so, Dut this I know, That some time 'twixt bright day and dark- Bome night, Time slipped away, v'unlshed—this airy winged sprite Who will not stay rho kings by suble art strive to unchain And loft me only hope—"Wo meet again." What should I do? Bend criers through the town To hunt him down? Or should I pray the clocks, "When next ye chime Borne passing hour, With both hands seize this truant. Timol Once in my power I'd clip his wings, ho could not fly so fast. •Vlready golden summer Is o'erpast?" At length we met, both gray and bent and old, With greetings cold, The snowllakes foil from out the leadon 9ky, And In my ears The wind's sad spirit seemed to sigh, •'Alas, the years! Whore aro the deeds thou promised in thy prime, Who now art old. but in thy youth lost Time?" —Nancy Mann Waddle, in the Independent. A GBANPJUROR. BY ROBERT C. V. MEYERS. e ir -HE da} - Marj- Ham / L ■ monil accepted Joyce, her mother w\ handed her a thon /if I sanil-dollar bo nd, '/Z/j\ her share of her C father's life insur- Mi' ir)\ ance. She thought \ Jj» of pretty gowns—to ( l —7/ be worn as a bride. Ji Then she sobered a '/ y up. David would w • think her silly, he was so practical. She was sorry for David. About a month after the engagement John Alroy was made postmaster of Garrett. He was young, quick and clever, and handsome. Joyce was busy at the store, so Mary often went to social gatherings without him, he calling for her later on in the evening. He did not dance ; Alroy did. It gradually dawned upon him that Mary danced a good deal with the post master. He also found that the post master often mot Mary by chance when she took sunny walks. In April he made his usual spring trip t o buy goods. He had been away a week when he received a letter from. Mary. She asked to be absolved from her engagement with him. The calm ness with which Mary met him told him his doom. "It is Alroy, of course?" he said. "It may seem to you that I treat you badly," she returned, "but I never knew what love was till I met him ;" and Joyce went away. Throughout the summer he saw little of the happy pair, invented business excuses taking him much from home. Winter came, and the store claimed him. April loomed up —the anniver sary of his shattered hopes—anil he heard that Mary would be married in June. In June the marriage was put off till autumn. This was the reason. The postoffice at Garrett was third-class. Out of his salary the postmaster was expected to defray all office expenses. In a sec ond-class office, clerk hire ami other liabilities were met by the Govern ment. while the salary of the master was considerably increased. Alroy proposed to raise his office to second class, so as to he in a position to mar ry. To do thin he must prove that the business of his office had increased for a year to such an extent that it equalled existing second-class offices. l,ut< ill the summer he said that this 1 WUK so. lu September all expert dis- | Covered that, while the sale of stamps for a year equalled that of an office of the higher grade ,It did not represent a corre»|MiudiU|£ increase in mailed instli T. Alroy was accused of fraud. hi .lantiary Joyce was summoned to Hi t us Itralld jlllor on the 20th of Feb lilary, IU the city, more than a bun dred miles away. The afternoon of the IKtli brought tiarrett a Minding »uow storms: tin mtiiit» wire ih'M rted, buaiut M was at a standstill. About four o'clock and gnarly dark, a lady cut. red Joyce's nrital< room at tin store. It was Mary Hammond 'I have heard, she >**!<! at once, "thai y«,u an » grand pilot in tin Ifcbf Mart term. Ige postmaster'a , tunt - up I" <«•£* Villi .»< >.< „ h.ait gat. a bouud. lie hud I. I thought id thai It., grMM jury. lam informed," | nhi *< if* Ob, "dtei.h if thele Is miffi |*• —• gfogud to wake out a MMW togo la. lor. till loutt You ail! hatva ii«e in I handing a hit lor or not tbue 1* a < against Ihi pn»litt*»lt I Jo>i'< « u|u» «i |t like «ugln of Hi, * If II at le In Juui (~<»« 1, yon aould cent 111 pi« tiiianl. i," *n» «aid J.,),* found hi* ton.•«!. It I km. a kiln* to |<t nulll) )i», 'Ui 1# unlit). <bu asnt on • |'h Sift bongbt by gi, aith Ih* ib tiiu i l<'lUn o| Utf la|gi ( » m*M4 an* 1 I pi "po«« I ih* \ «<4 l.ov« lot hiM mi h ni» <h< a* I ha>> done; l,i. I 1 ■■. t„« h In, lo 111- i< . | •v.i ,1 .. 11 ~ , | 1. 1, li j» l| .olde tt* • |Mi ilMih Ik >. alt h '» hiu, ail i >th kni a ih«t lu< *t»ll h.|f«| U>|, ai« l »Ui ««H*d ip< u lltsl hut I M||i Hi t , t, 4 t (h< 10*4 d in«nv| ll»> ali»gi «| »|| t LA PORTE, PA., FRIDAY, JUNE 30. 1893. was guilty, anil there was but one tiling to do. liove and honor contended— hopeless love, inalienable honor. There could be no question as to which would win. The following day, the outrage the insult—gnawing at him, he went on the hundred-mile journey. On the tnorning of the 20th he took oath that he would do his duty as a good and loyal man in the matters to be placed before the grand jury. In a few min utes more he was sitting with twenty three other men round a long table listening to detectives and others testi fying ngainst unseen people. How many cases were disposed of he hardly knew, when he heard the name ho had waited for. Joyce raised his head. Now would ccme the revenge for all the pain ho had silently suf fered ; and yet his revenge would be only his honest duty. His face grew hard and grim. A postoffice expert testified among other thing, that Alroy had openly boasted that he would raise his office to second grade so that the increase of salary would warrant his marriage. Two other witnesses testified as to the facts already known. "Well, gentlemen," said the fore man of the jury. "I move that a truo bill be found," cried a juror. "I second the motion," said another. "All in favor of a true bill signify their assent by saying 'Aye.'" Several "Ayes." "Contray 'No.'" Several "Nos." The foreman and an officer of the court looked round the table. "He may, or may not, have thought the sales legitimate," said one. "Oughtn't he to have the benefit of the doubt?" asked another. "It is getting very easy to accuse men in of fice of dishonesty." "An official like a postmaster," said a third, "should be above suspicion." "Rather unfair to make his wish to bo married the cause for his rascality," said the youngest juryman. "And to blame him for his ambition in trying to raise his office," said a kind voice. "Gentlemen," said the court officer, "a majority of one is sufficient to make out a true bill, and a like majority of one may ignore a bill. Those in favor of a true bill will please rise." The man next to Joyce sprang up to his feet. Another got up. Joyce counted three, four, five. "If he knew the bare sale of the stamps did not substantiate his claim, that would make a true bill against him," said a juror. Another man stood up, still another. "Only seven. Ah, eight, nine, ten, I- eleven." The juror on the other side of Joyce rose. ' 'Twelve." Joyce with a feeling of exultation that his revenge was to bo even great er than he had hoped—when he could give the casting vote to decide the case against Alroy—staightenod his knees to rise and form the majority of oue. At that moment he heard a low, tremulous voice: "'I proposed the fraud. Love for him made me do as I have done; love for me made him do the rest." He glauced fearfully around, almost expecting to see the owner of that voice—the woman he loved—the woman who had treated him so badly—the woman who had gauged his honor and his love. "Your duty as a good and loyal man —" "No majority," sang out the court officer, "a tie. Let me try again an other way. Those in favor of ignoring thi' bill please to rise." ("Your duty as a good and loyal may —") Twelve men were standing up. "How is this gentlemen," said the court officer, "still a tie." ("I proposed the fraud," came that low, tremulous voice. "Love for liiiu made me do as I have done.") Love. Did Joyce know what love was? Did he know the power Mary's love must have exercised over the man sh>' loved -the man she had ruined? Did he know her suffering now that she realised what she done? And did he think ol Alroy's love for her; of his striving after hap piness with her even at the price of that which uieu hold to be the first priuciple of luuu hiWid honor? Was there not yet a chance for retrieving, a chance for their peace, made purer by mistake uud suffering? Was there untiling higher than IIMSIM duty ? Was it duty tn irretrievably rum two lives which might yet bn made bitter? Mary would never be sure of the. part her discarded lnver played lu this cam', tie spiti her gueaaing, and -oh, hi* honor, hu h'lUtit! and oh, hi* |iaiu his hope lew hue! "Hull a tit," impatiently »uid the court ollii'cr. oh, bis houor 1 ami oh, hi* pain his hopt h M luvv ! Hut oh, Maty's liappi Ueaal .Joyce, the lhtrli "iith juror, suddenly ■hot up on hi* feet, luaklug the lua J"*") »I "Majority ' proclaimed tlu court uNteef. "the bill la ignored." I he thirteenth pilot fell in a heap to the itooi Mow York Mturitfttea. ttati laoiulal Hiibwls. \ <K«OHII>III aay Hi.) b*». in ll'J land and lialat ta of tying the uo.trt inonial knot *l.<u the '*<!> t* iti <iu> emnlty and ibt mHytmii in lit ■UKI >*<<» thi !i llwndtl* an «ut b a tbiifty |k>|u.l|tuiM |l« that they llkt iiml to bat. tlmi io i|«|i| th< MM#t •ohKill she'll 'IV ii*all tag' la »l» <• i>d h| |ini»n(iiim Ih< "l th. (•<. [.*«lu » thi otM —f ill tin *1 i<Uni and 11. n 1 o . Itaia .1. 1 , o»t 11 , , 1 lli til|i 1 , in b.ngitml* *lb *« | t„i 11>< uat thi <mMo. 4i»4«m4 >4 tw*i tfe* mo 1 i*«ii *»«• It,' I, lh pi 110 I l<. I < i 1 <»- kv, H|i| 'hiitg It 4»'n> THE PICTURESQUE COWBOY HE IS HAPIDLY PASSING AWATIN THE FAR WEST. Rapid Oecltne of the Hange Business tlie Cause ot His Disappearance —What He Was In His Prime. THE rapid decline of the range business of Wyoming began six years ago. Before that it had been of a character to tempt even the rich. At one time men paid two per cent, a month for money, and made 100 per cent, profits a year. That was when cows came up from Texas at a cost of 87 each, sold in two years for $22, and in three years for 840 and more, when the ranges were not overstocked, the pasturage was good, and all the conditions, including '"boom" prices at the stockyards, were favorable. The men who did the best pushed into new territory as fast as the Indians were crowded off, and kept finding new grass and plenty of it. But the risks soon came, and multi plied. If one man was careful not to overstock a range, he could not be sure that another cow outfit would not do so precisely where ho had put his cattle. Prices fell, fences cut up the ranges and shut off the water, winter losses became heavier anil heavier, and the "good old days" of this inhuman, devil-may-care, primitive, and clumsy business came to an end. The cowboys of picture and story existed in the brilliant days. At first they hail come from Texas, but iu the zenith of their romantic glory they came from every where snd from every class. Thev in cluded young Englishmen, college graduates from the East, well-born Americans—all sorts who did not "strike luck" at anything else, anil who were full of viui and love of ad venture. They got j?4O a month anil good keep during the greater part of each year. They rode good horses, thst. had as much of the ilevil in them as the "bovs" themselves. They bought hand-stamped Cheyenne saddles and California bits that were as ornate as jewelry, anil stuck their feet iu grand tapoderos, or hooded stirrups, richly ornamented, padded with lamb's wool, and each as big as a fire-liat. Their spurs were fit for grandees, their big broad fell sombreros cost more than the Prince of Wales ever paid for a pot-hat. And then, alas! the cow-men began to economize in men, food, wages— everything. The best of the old kind of cowboys, who had not become own ers or foreman, saloon-keepers or gamblers, or had not been shot, drifted away. Some of the smartest among them became "rustlers"—those cattle thieves whose depredations resulted in what almost came to no a war in Wy oming last year. They insisted that they hail to do it to live. From the cowboy stand-point it was time for the business to longuish. Towns weiv springing up every hero and there, each with its ordinance that cowboys must take off their side-arms before thev entered the villages ; wages were low down ; men had to cart bay and dump it around for winter food; settlers fenced in the streams, and others stood guard over them with guns; it was time such a business languished. From the stand-point of Nineteenth Century civilization tho same conclusion was reached the rauge business was an obstruction to civilization, a bar to the development of the State, a thing only to be toler ated in a new and wild country. And now I am assured that there is not an intelligent cow-man who does not know that the business is doomed in Wyoming, uud that the last free-roving herds must move on. There is not one who does not know that small bunches of cattle, held in connection with agri culture, must take the places of the rauge cattle, because better grades id cuttle can be bred, better meat eau be produced, all risks will marly disap pear, and the expenses of the cure of the cattle will not be 11 tithe of those of the old plan. Jjiliau lialph, 111 Harper's Ma.ua/.iiic. A I'tt pier. Slue he Hospital. Pupier-iuachc, which can be com pressed almost to the solidity of irou, promise* to come info vogue as a building material. A portable hospi tal large enough to accommodate twen ty beds has lieeu made of compressed paper. Every part of the building is numbered, and the whole can lie packed up iu such a way a» to lie car ried by three transference trueka. 1 These trucks are SO planned us to form ' the liaseH of the himpital, T shaped joists of irou keeping the fouudatiou I steadily in place. Over this coutea a [ flooring of couipreM>ed aud vnruiahed . paper boards, which adapt themselves j admirably to ehaulilieaa. The wall* : and uvlliug are of the same loat. rial, ; while the In am*, Coii!|Mi*fd ol thin galvauut-tl iron wire, connect th* | parallel wall* Hole. ar» bored ha -1 tweeu the Walla aud the ceililg; for . Ulirpo e* of ventilation, and 111. win ! Jowa are uiadi of aim gau*e ailli a IranHpaieUteo«|iiig. Hueh a building would be of great alliin IU tropical I Colin till , t qiec tally ll IU addition Ui it« ligblu. <« aud ulrenglh it can Imi | 'na li lift pi»of Siw York I'ilegiam I ail Irlrgiayb lu I bltta. Hut* can UO* It legta) '»< ui V-* iiihan* to any ui the pimt'ipal eiii** •112 China dliii'l, if Iw want* to, and M willing to pay 110 ibaigt*. tht Ibl .im land «> •!• tu baa Matte <«tln< lion* a itb tb> limwian •>*t« im aud ibt I «b --liwt < laiilli i« i«<a tin lit * 11*. 1 aaaj lltau at'io*g Ihi tliul lb- ■ baigt- •**» !• It .(lapbin, tu I bins I. ««l.i to U a auld, flail.. abb l«b< Ml a* lb. ■awgtt. *n<l tit* **ftipg i* i*pid «nd atlafa. It'*; fei.««M i* tb nil Ml tit i l- +a tn»i it got i#n b*d by ■ . ■ , l| 1 , , 1 ;i 1 i~... 1. V ii.l. *. t WIHE WORDS. Superstition rendevp a man a fool, and skepticism makes him mail. There is no substitute for thorough going, ardent and sincere ear.iestuess. The less u man thinks or knows about his virtues the better we like him. Honorable industry always travels the same road with enjoyment and duty. To love to preach is one thing; to love those ta whom wo preach, quite another. Poets are the mirrors of the gigant.io shadows which futurity casts upon tho present. The strokes of the pen need delibera tion as much as those of the sword need swiftness. From the body of one guilty deed a thousand ghostly fears and haunting thoughts proceed. Every burden has two handles—one pniooth and easy to grasp, one rough anil hard to hold. The wealth of a man is the number of tilings he loves and blesses and by which he is loved aud blessed. He that, honors liis neighbor 011 ac count of his money will in the end part company with him in disgrace. Long customs are not easily broken; lie that attempts to change the course of his life very often labors in vaiu. The world is seldom what it. seems. Toman, who dimly sees, realities ap pear as dreams, anil dreams realities. The martyrs to vice far exceed the martyrs to virtue, both in endurance anil in number. So blinded are we by our passions tliot wo suffer more to be lost than to be saved. Offer to the world a large, generons, true, sympathetic nature and, rich or poor, you will have friends, and will never be friendless, no matter what catustrophes may befall you. A Stranire Charity. Of the many strange ways of bestow ing charity which owe their origin to the eccentric whims of wealthy testa tors there, are few more peculiar than that which takes place at the Priory Church, West Smithfield, every Good Friday. This is the Money Dole. On that day twenty-ono willows might have been seeu picking up sixpences from a tombstone. This singular cus tom has been observed for so many years that the actual date of its incep tion is forgotten. Even the name of the benefactor is unknown. It is stated that a sum of money was originally left by a lady to provide masses each year for the repose of her soul, but when tho Reformation dawned the trustees weri puazlcd how to carry out the Dcquest without incit ing hostile criticism. Eventually they resolved to distribute the interest which accrued each year from the fund to a certain number of poor wid ows, who should be obliged to kneel over the tomb, and pick up the money from the stone which covered it. Iu this way it was hoped that the recip ients would involuntarily offer a prayer for the welfare of her soul. Another difficulty, however, arose iu flic fact that the nave of the churh in which the lady had been buried had been demolished, am', the site con verted into a graveyard. Utterly un able to decide where the lady actually was buried, the trustees selected a rude, unlettered gravestono in the churchyard, and upon this slab the money was placed for the women en titled to receive it. About the end of the last century the fund which sup ported the charity was diverted, and since that time the custom has been maintained by the generous donations of wealthy people who are iiuwilliiiK thst ani'h a quaint charity should be discontinued.—The Million. I'riirhlful Slaughter of (tame Itirils. A clipping from a Texaa paper an nounces that au official of one of the Panhandle counties of that State ha* made a contract with a Kansas City firm to deliver 80,000 do/eu prairie chickens within the next five months. These birds, it is said, are to be sent to Chicago to till a contract made with parties in that city, so that Chicago may have a supply of these lien* dur ing the whole time of the World's Fair. It is hard to imagine that Htm,- 000 pruirie chickens could be delit ereil by any one contractor, but it is certainly worth the while of the au thorities of Texaa to iiiveatigate this ■natter alel to eudeuvor to protect the birds that still exi*t IU Ihu Itone Star Statu. The game of Texas, like that of other plaius State*, ha* la cu ruthb t»l> slaughtered, und today tin r. 1* little of it left 111 ihiuipartsoii with what there ttacd to bo. Thi* little ahould bt> preserved h) every legitimate lucau*. I'be ilealruetioli of the prairie chichuU over an large a porting of tb* lemtor.i where It aaaouce t'in<rntt<u*lv almu ■ lultt I* allll flesh IU tilt public IlllUtl. I'lila I* one of tho blld* W li"*i e% termination uvef a vaat territory ht* been tMitUplel aud UUlea* lite.will. » fu| tl* HfWD Itgttilg *1 *o<' It Ink' I. 11, ■• lion* where It still «U*K It anntus lik. It that 11. Hi. . mat of 1 I. a 1. ti ll mil *t*nd in lb saute imaitiou no a oe. upled by Its It laiit*. 111. lo tlit hi it ul \a<i*hou , that la, way ellst ugly in little t'obiule* which ate always gtoa ing I***l in uuutbti* and ace »p, t lily I-. >lt* i<nt Fi>ie*| anil Htieaw. - "if lan ttaMMMutb If pit llna. Fbi two bM»ta| applt lltt* in the Mlalu ul St « V'lk aii b«'tb neat thi loan of Wilaon Ibt btlg>*t aa* 1 i<t>,l lin Isl'i ml ibiity tbl InU 1 <d *ttpit* at it Olmw l«olM It* h«*n> bv» ig a >»i*gh ttk't 11.-. • ll.'l la lb*' (aim <I j l| It, UtoitM and lit bit 1 tai i.l, l<*n< bid , b"t.. ft ait and lit- k«il»b u( tnll in in «• | IMI <l4 UIM lei *' hv. Terms—sl.oo in Advance; 51.25 after Three Months. SCIENTIFIC ASD INDUSTRIAL. An electric railroad is ana of the ,ighls of Siam. The Greenwich clock was electrically connected with several Loudon rail way clocks in 1860. Scientists affirm that ico frozen at Zero temperature is more durable than that which forms when the mercury is above that point. The Lancet says that Egypt as re gards sanitation is now about on a level with what England was in the days of Queen Elizabeth, when the mortality of London was forty-five per 1000. It has been determined that the tem perature of au electric arc light re mains constant at about 3500 ilegreos. This temperature cannot be increased or diminished by changing the size or amperage of the arc. It has long been known to architects that the perpendicularity of monu ments is affected by the rays of the sun. This phenomenon is due to the greater expansion of the side upon which the sun's rays fall. A remarkable increase in the use of oil as a fuel on Russian railroads is shown by recent statistics. In 1881 there were used 1914 tons of naphtha, while in 1800 there were used 291,307 tons of naphtha and naphtha residues. A Freneh novelty in the way of a timepiece is a floral clock, the long hands of which sweep above twelve flower beds, each bed being different from all the others in color anil varie ty of flower. The hands arc moved by subterranean mechanism. The smallest holes pierced by mod ern machinery are one-thousandth of an inch in diameter. This drilling ap paratus, which was tho invention of one John Wennstrom, is designed to mako 22,000 revolutions per minute aud is used in boring sapphires, rubies, diamonds and other gems. It is estimated that tnc Mississippi River annually discharges into the Gulf of Mexico 19,500,000,000,000 cubic feet of water. Of this prodig ious quantity the l-200th part will be sediment. Thus the Mississippi River annually deposits alone into the Gulf of Mexico sufficient mud to cover a square mile of surface to a height of 240 feet. It is a well-known fact that heavenly bodies invisible to the human eye, even when assisted by the most power ful telescope, may be detected by the photograpic plate. A practical illus tration of the vulue of photography iu this connection is found in the ex perience of -March, when no fewer than eighteen small planets were detected photographically. Twelve of these were discovered by. M. Charlois, at Nice. Dr. E. Hutchinson said, in a recent lecture before the Royal Institution, at London, that with au electric motor a speed of 1000 miles &n hour could be obtained—"though beyond that point they perhaps entered the region of projectiles rather than of locomotives." This remarkable speed is obtainable because of the great advantage of the purely rotary motion of au electrical motor over the reciprocal motion of the piston and connecting roil of the steam locomotive. Something wonderful in the clock line has been constructed by a mechan ic in Warsaw. Poland. It represents u railway station with a clock tower giving the time iu four countries. Trains run into or depart from the station every fifteen minutes. Station agents, telegraphers, ticket sellers, with lines of passengers, are seen in action, aud the usual bustle and tumult of a station are heard aud seen, bells ringing, whistles blowing, etc. The fiarileu Way. In a little village in Sussex, England, there isa veritable milkv way of lilies, where thousands of w iiite bl. ISHOUIS idled their perfume end where women gardeners tend and pack and ship the fragrant products. Twenty-live years ago a single lily bulb was given to Mrs. Hates, a farmer's daughter, who the gift with the earn Women bestow ou flowers, aud when sixteen bulbs had resulted from the original oue, und Mrs. Hates, tluditiK that her chil tlreu, its she called t hem, had outgrow u the siuiny window where they grew, she plalited them iu the coruer of the garden. Ten years ago a daughter ol Mrs. Hutea, inspired I y the eliter|iri*i of the time, sent some bloHaoma to the Loudon market, and UO'V. in ananeia tioli with her sinter*, lias made tilt Hatea lillea faiuoiia for their laanty aud perfection. the daughter* art keen biialUtaa Womeli, luterv 11 w 111)1 their buyer* at the »l\ o'clock market, atlliug without Interference of to private cuslotiiira, Horiat* aud com Uliaaioli lite retinitis. The ateraue pro duct la lilMI do.',l'll* a week, which art packed by wolueU in Ihi delta. Women are taking up floriculture to a coitsiib r.iblc t'vl.'iil in Kugiaud, ami at the llolicultural College btutlaeapi an ! kltclii u Karih niug are taugbl by ha'turia, <lt uioli 'llatloUa and plat Ileal Work H hi au ikl. H uliug fact thai application* are rut* I vet I „t tl,. cllt g« Mi • than tin WHIM u nan U tialUvd Flattie Fat lilt I Mult Ut Vi are t 'tugOratr. 11,1. Ifotu aw aulbol llf ; "Ihig't aab <tut«tioiM>, dun t mention imimi *, li.lt li .Mi, 4*ioually, and Jtm Will Hud fifttf— If ggMgttdy letotiU " I'bt ui»t "dun t w.t .t.« to gat., n».n UUHA imi it. ||) pla»"« I Ibt it, it <lhing which e|t wtt i a pbaiMtutet luiplt Win. and whit'b 1 ally ha la I lit. ui< «t coiupb l> trrglHrg-' than lb> ia» t abe b liatt a a ill <a> bui >t> >< I |<4"ia« b i' I by •111 111 Hi.l 1, <I • *ll- KU, Ut l-jk l| u t ltl*l i| NO. 38. THE ALUE OF ADVERTISING. A wealthy man endeavored once to show,' That Fortune comes to those who advertise. & poor man said, " 'Twas money throwL' away," And seemed tho other's logic to despise. ' They argued long, till enoh to his own view, Unknowing, had the other one converted. The rich man hastened to withdraw his ads. The poor man rushed to have an ad. inserted. K year ago or more is it, I trow. Since those two men thus argued and con versed. One rich, one poor, they still exist to-day— But Fortune their positions have reversed. —Yankee Blade. HUMOR OF THE DAY. '' Headquarters —Hats.—Puck. A rakish craft —The gnrdner's. Slight of hand—A refusal to marry. An open secret—The combination to your safe.—Truth. Cupid beats all Congress as an intro ducer of house bills.—Puck. Like unto a woman, the beauty of a cheek is seen in its face and figure.— Life. The matrimonial race is often begun at a rattling gate.—Chicago Inter- Ocean. "He's an ideal ladies' man." "But he never says a word." "Precisely." —Detroit Tribune. It is a strong boarder who can eat threo plates of hash without turning a hair. —Boston Courier. Few men are driven ' o drink in com parison to those who walk thero vol untarily.—Troy Press. Millions are striving for wealth, thousands for fame, a dozen to bo good. —Chicago Tribune. Originality is the ability to present old things in a new form that meets popular approval. Puck. At the Midway Plaisance a man can have a fight in forty languages.— Memphis Apeal-Avalancbe. Life is no joke, but we refuse to give it up, even when it becomes the oldest kind of a chestnut. —Truth. In the household the children usually find that "pa" is the most martial ant" "ma" tho most partial.— Bosto* Courier. People who "would give the world for" something seem to forget thut tho desired object is a part of thut world they give up.—Truth. Miss Grostesque—"Do you know— te-he-no man has ever kissed me." Calloway—"Most men are cowards." —New York Herald. Roße--"Does Mr. Very dull know anything?" Lillian—"Know any thing? Ho doesn't even suspect any thing."—Life's Calendar. What wondering eyes on him will turn What e'er may 11" his track ! He is the borrower who gives His neighbor's pencil back. Washington star. "Mi*s Billion looked as if she felt awfully cheap when she was intro duced to Savepenuy." ".She knew how to appear attractive to him." —Chicago Inter-Ocean. Sympathizing Friend—"You ought to ask old Skiufiint to keep one thing iu mind —" Discouraged Debtor— "He'd charge me for storage."—De troit Tribune. There are said by statisticians to bo about 420,000,000 Christians in tho world. Nevertheless, it isn't safe to lose sight of your umbrella even for tt moment. Shoe and Leather Reporter. Merchant (to applicant)- "Do you think you know enough to assist ine iu the'office?" Boy—"Know . nough? Why, I left my last place because tho boss said I knew more than he dill."— Society Journal. Son (who is studying bookkeeping) "What is double entry?" Abaent luiiuled Father (who has hail experi ence) "Puttiug half the money in the drawer and half iu your own pocket." Harvard Lampoon. Doctor "Well, my tine fellow, you have got quite well again! I was sure that the pills I left for Vou would cure you. How did you take th< m iu water or cake?" "Oh, I used tin wiu my pug-gun." Tnl Bits. Bride (juat ufter the wedding)— "Friil, you proiuiaed to give tne a grand Mitt*pri H e after we were married. Wlmt is it V Bridegroom (who is a widower) "1 lone MIX eli lltln u, my |let all boy a." Bride "How d* light fill, dear 1 I ha vo four daughter*, shan't we all be happy together, love?" Till Bit*. \ Human) tc Mm') . \ wedding rooaullv look (dace iu fit. IVli r»l>iirg, itilaala, which e*ei»ed wry general intercut. It waa ttie matriaga of the daughter of the Nt<tuvit«oal|v Itfgluiflit of the Imperial llllard With l.li ilteliaut tletalldi-r licilallkk > o| Ihtl Kightv «uth lutantry ilcgtiut'Ut. Iho young lady, who ia uoa i lahleeu yi*r« of age, ami l»a» alwaya gouii by tho Haute ui Nrtttcoot»kaia, taking her |itlti'U)Ui!>' fIMUi the reglUO'Ml, <*<** found a. # Inn* in a 111. U, by lie UMU of lh« *elui Ui»t«fcy Begin.. Ut they Vl re matching ti«'»»» I'teiua IHmifflnl't*) I h w Oi'iutlii, l*»?a the lit lie i'utktah toundting ana ti n letly .an d lot, mid «lui a MMI- '"IFHFI.nt '*■!- IT LLIIUOAII T>TTHO in* religion, hi I gmUtlla l U lag the lllgoill ill U.i (I |IUIIU| Mil hi I n 'l IITITH. I TIN PUN**** M| I IID übiifg Ihi t*sttu> ul n.ttnal. I i<i i •tinail' it tti |m i«(H«, and U»» iiieU no a to Un >ntl I iian I* inv it*- a• > t H"'V '' 'I i<« utiltlat i gaai ilan H-' I*mUl 1 MqMAM#*' •*» i"H < *4 * Ht > «* umlat* n'• ii'i«l> I tt § m* i.ia in its tin ' ii« iK ii a •> »m ua« U* I t»-aii« «m '•««» *'••» 'h w - (.will -I H I i > * MMI hawl«
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