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
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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.
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loan of Wilaon Ibt btlg>*t aa*
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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
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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
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iiieU no a to Un >ntl
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