SULLIVAN REPUBLICAN.
W. M, CHENEY, Publisher.
VOL. XTI.
The United States have for each 100
{miles of railway twenty locomotive*,
Seventeen passenger cars and 711
freight cnrH.
, Tis the production of iron ore
Michigan ran KM first. Her product is
nearly one-half of the total of the en
tire country.
Home of the richest gold and dilver
mines in the world are in <lapan.
From them ore to the value of $250,-
000,000 has been extracted.
Oattling has succeeded in adding an
electric appliance to the gun which
bears his name, which makes it pos
sible to tire that weapon 5000 rim a
tninute.
The National Hunk of Italy, like the
]tank of England, manages the finances
of the Government. ft is a practical
monopoly and has branches in every
• large city.
Officers and soldiers of the French
iirmy will henceforth have a metallic
plate fastened to their collars foi
identification. A similar scheme is
being considered for the benefit ol
miners.
The New York Recorder nvets that
Kansas farmers have reaped more
wealth oIT the earth's surface in grain
than has been dug out of its interior
in precious metals in the same time in
all the States and Territories west ol
her.
The wool crop of California for 1802
is given by Thomas Denigau, Sou X
Company, at 112,521,000 pounds. The
heaviest yield during the past decade
was in IS,Sit, when it reached 40,818,.
690 pounds. The crop has not since
. that date fallen below the yield of last
year, except in 1801, when it was but
20,013,470 pounds. The crop of the
present year is expected to exceed that
of 1802 by some millions of pounds.
Some experiments m military bal
looning" have just been made in France.
Five balloons were released from the
Esplanade den Invalides in Paris; the
aeronauts in charge having been
previously instructed to pass over a
radius of twenty miles of country sup
posed to be held by an enemy, and
then to descend as closely as possible
to Combs la Ville. One of the balloons
; descended v.it Kin a mile of the desired
place, and two others at a point some
what more distant from it.
Reports from the recruiting station
of the United States Army in Boston
and from the recruiting station of the
Marine Corps in the same city show
that at both stations an nuusnallv
large numlier of men have presented
themselves the present summer as re
cruits. It is suspected liy the New
York Tribune that the closing of mills
in New Fngland and the discharge of
thousands of workinginen Imve led to
tjie enlistments. The recruits alsoarc
of a better class than usually present
theiuMelves.
rhe farmers of Saratoga County,
«Ncw N ork, regard the golden roil as a
nuisance, exceeded only by the
.Canada thistle. It tills the meadows,
phokes out the grass ami ruins the
pasturing. That the "pesky stuff"
had value was unknown until u man
recently arrived from NVw York and |
arranged w>tli several agriculturist*
for tin' pur. Itase and shipment of the (
(lowers. He is to furnish hoics j
specially made to preserve the golden
roil's I'rt sliiiiss during its scveu hours' '
jourucv cityward, and h<>|< . to reap a '
profit from -ales ou tin street and at
the florists' stands.
The \tu<ricau Agri -ultiirist ol>
ni\es: "Inn »rly every cotiuiy oui
•r wore fairs at ■ held «li autumn.
Farm. r. and thru famili. should en 1
Itntvor to s|i n l utn "r unit days ut
lh«s„ annualgutlieriUH>o There isevr i
lain to lie something of mint interest
l.ttd Uii.tit b> every branch of fur in I
lit.'. In (run oi vegetables, if H u>
IhttM "I merit Is IW d, Hi. I out
lie nam an I prtc. . t« *1 it lor n. \t
(• asott, Follow Ihe sum, aillt gtaitl
l-r other products of lit tU Id. Talk i
.nth »h. prodm .t. if powtl.l, , and oli I
tain valitaMt imi.t. of binta tlmt aill
aid in fuiin• laliors, l.ook ,vn th<
llltpfi.ytd tl|«i ||> ol stork, nil,l oltlt
IN- iiM-d lit »our 111 igliluiiliiiii,| MTII
ptoilt. Ho machinery and inud'
Hltlit* will lovlti tin it share oi allt n <
linn Vioi vsill u ualh in t inaiiv o
thu* ad I an lie > link to || ,
«il »h,V Jfo* .It.iuUl att> nd the tail*
a illi ton t" «i In 101. an I aln lint i„. 1
11 MI HI > "I I 1.. MI M*H >. MM
t , 1 i.i i t i '
WHEREVER YOU ARE.
Wherever you are this time of yonr,
(),.my lost love, who WHS false ns fnlr,
When the ery of (he trhippoortvill falls eu
your ear,
And the mown hay scents the air,
I know you must think of the night we stood
Under tho syaoamore tree alone.
While our veins ran riot with life's warm
flood,
Anil my heart made its passion known
You must think how 1 called you my love,
my own,
Wherever you are,
Wherever you nre on nights like this,
Like sweet In your gall, or like gall in your
wine,
You must taste that clinging and tender kiss,
That llrst mad kiss of mine.
How timid you were, and how fond you
were!
How you tremliled and clung 'twlxt your
love and fright
When you heard a bird in the sycamore stir,
And I gathered you close and tight.!
tiod ! but it must all haunt you to-night,
Wherever you are.
Wherever you are, you must recall
How the young moon rose as I held you
there-
How 1 watched a star from mldsky fall,
And my wish took the form of a prayer,
"Whatever you ask will come true,"
You said, with that smilo that ensuaroj all
men ;
And yet you were speaking a lie, you know
Anil I never shall prav again.
You must think of tho wrong you did me
then,
Wherever you arc,
-Ella W. Wilcox, in Frank Leslie's Monthly.
Ills OPPORTITiSITr.
By LOUIS LANZK.
JB3BBQ "ERE was ono son
I u teiice that Deacon
//■ Chandler hail never
JIB omitted from his
y A IHI prayers siucu lit;
\ was converted and
r hegiui to pray in
tli" littlo wooden
church on tho hill.
Itwasthis: "Send
to Thy servant, oh,
Lord, some great
opportunity for doing good."
Strange as it may seem, his prayers
had never been answered. Tho sea
sons rolled around with their accus
tomed regularity and brought increase
to his flock and plenty to his store
houses, and as yet uothing unusual had
happened. Still tho worthy man
prayed on until "Deacon Chandler's
opportunity" had come to be almost a
byword with not a few of the younger
members of the congregation. And
wheu he arose at each meeting, and
with bowed head uttered the familiar
petition, his eldest sou, Tom, awav in
the back part of the room, was mim
icking his father, to the intense amuse
ment of a few unruly boys who were
his companions,
T >in ('handler was a bad boy. There
was no denying that. Tom's mother
was the last one to admit it, but even
she was forced to own sorrowfully thai
"Thomas was a little wild." Deacon
Chandler m his own family laid down
the strictest rules, and they w ere fear
fully followed by all except the eldest.
Tom was incorrigible. He chafed un
der the home restraint, and his natu
ral wildness found vent in various
petty misdemeanors, which soon won
for him n bad name in his native vil
lage. In vain his mother besought
him to mend his ways; in vain his
father placed him under closer re
straint and visited upon him more dire
penalties. It was uo avail.
One night Ileacon Chandler entered
his home with a stem look on his face
that boded no good lor whoever the
culprit might be. His wife looket lup
from her sew ing as he entered.
"Where's Torn?" he said shortly.
"I don't know,"was the reply.
"Why ii anything the matter?"
Before he could reply the door
opened again and the subject of their
conversation came in. He was a tall,
well built boy of eighteen, but his
youthful face was already marked with
the lutes of dissipation and iu his
handsome brow n eyes there was a dare
devil expression that spoke volumes to
one who understood it.
"Well, sir'.' was ih-acoii I'handler s
greeting
"W« IIV came 111 iiisoleut tones from
the boy, who remained standing.
"You are found out '
The xteru not.s of the father rang
in the mother s ear like a d«alhkuell.
"Vott may as well eoiifeas.'
" There Is lid need if yo»l have found
me mil, replied thi boy defiantly.
"Perhaps sou would like lin tot, II
Are you proud that voti mi l your gam;
havi 111 en ill tei'ti I stealing Nuit from
Mr I>. ail N orchard, mid that itiih ~ I
with you will In arrested? Can ton
olfet alit ekeusi for removing the gtiti N
from half a do/teit h> .IHOS LLI tow L| MI l
•nuking a h..nitre of them m my
orchard lot*
Mr» t hull.ll. I 100 lit I hurriedly up
a) 111 r aub
"»>U. Tow, il uii t w>y Mat It lalil
•o," she iui|<ior< d
Hill h« was sih'bt. rheitlht d« U. on
tfubllUUed
I shall still. | UH i r your broth. |.
at. I si * t ra from disgrace. bm from
thi • litghi t oil si < ntisuu ul mi He. I
difeom. t.,.i.
V -llshl pallor .pr.a.l ov> I lie b..y'»
' »• Li- I l»
VII right fat lit i If ton had <t< .tit
It.''i. gittllt will. in. | ml, 111 halt
In ell a dtib r 111 Ito y now I Mill thai
I look Ihi apple* Mill htlp I I" bun,
tin gait* liiti ii, i, h< '■ i i
MtddeMljr. "what thus II uiallif'f i
Hon I slay In ilisgrw. lh> family ant
l»n*. I, 111 be. It*. lt togo 112...
iH'ii.ii I ia.i .tud Ii ||lan*' 4 'l ai miiid
lh. • "11,1.1 Isll Oil. 11l I tl.pl'. ,11 i
Hit. i. hi lib, hi I *pt *Mi a
He'III. is hand *.>4 I:,111 lib his ana >u I
ain 'II.* i # «oivt pitilut in Hi ion
•ail
LAPORTE, PA.., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20. 1893.
"Don't go, Tom. Your father don't
mean it. Ho in very angry bocatisf
you make him so much trouble. AHI
him to forgive you. lam wire he wil
if you will oil! try to be o bettei
boy."
"Never!" sternly interrupted tin
deacon. "He is no son of mine, nnc
my house is no longer his home. Go
Do you hear?"
"You need not tell mo twice," re
turned the boy. "Good-bye, mother.
I'm going,"and before they realizec
it the oldest son hud passed out o:
home life forever.
After that life went on about as
usual at the Chandler farni. The
deacon still ottered his accustomed
prayer, only there was no Tom to
make fun of him, for since tluil
night Tom Chiindl r had not beet
seen. Deacon Cha !er was still wait
ing for his opportunity and still won
dering, too, how a chance so earnestly
desired was so long withheld. Otheri
all about him were doing great thing*
toward building up the kingdom, yet,
search and wait as he would,
ever came in his way.
Ho the time went on for eight or ten
years, until oue day Deacon Chandler
awoke suddenly to the faet that hit
wife was slowly dying. His love fot
his wife was one of the things that no
one doubted, and when he noticed how
pale ami thin she had become he spokt
to her at once in an'unusually auxioue
way.
"Is there anything I can do for you,
wife?" ho asked.
"No—l don't know as there is."
"Is there anything you want?"
Her eyes tilled with tears.
"Shall I tell you?" she whispered.
"Yes—do."
Sadly and firmly she told him then
the whole pitiful story.
"I want my boy. I want Tom to
come back to me. He was my first
born, and 1 cannot forget how I loved
him when lie was a baby in my arms.
Yes, and when he grew to be a boy I
loved liim still, and my love could have
saved liim. Hut you—you were so
hard and cold with him. Conscious
of your own virtue, you could not
pity his inlirmity and bear with him,
as 1 would have clone. No, hear me
out," as lie would have spoken. "You
have always prayed—prayed to the
Lord for some opportunity to do some
great good, and when it was here, in
your own son, you neglected it. You
might have been more gentle; you
might have led him out of his evil ways,
but you would not, and all these years
my heart has been aching for a sight
of my son —my eldest born."
The words came sharp and fast now
and ended in u smothered sob.
The deacon was surprised. Never
before had his wife questioned his wis
dom or censured him for what he did.
Hut the mother love so strong in her
had welled up and tilled her heart to
overflowing, and she must be heard.
Her words had their effect, too, for
Deacon Chandler saw, as he had never
seen before this, his mistake and the
hypocrisy of the fervent prayer he had
so often breathed out to His Heavenly
Father when he was an unmerciful—
nay, even cruel parent. How he hail
prayed for an opportunity of doing
good, and when it came let it pass—
nay, threw it away willfully. Ho was a
man of few words, and those ha spoke
now carried healing baliu to the heart
of the woman who had so loved her
wayward boy.
"I have been wrong', wife. Can you
forgive me?"
"Oh, freely !" she answered him.
lie read in her wistful eyes the un
spoken wish and answered it.
"I will find our boy and bratg him
home," lie said.
"Aud no matter how sinful he is or
how he has fallen you will bring him
home to his mother?"
"I will." Aud she was satisfied.
To those who wish to loaru all things
are plain, and IVaconChandler traced
his son, by constant ■ tfort, to a small
\\ iMi rn city. ''l the faet that he was
there he became convinced, but could
learu nothing more. A week found
hi in standing in a railway station of
the city of C,, inquiring of the by
standers if they kin w Thomas Chan
dler.
"Know Thorns- Chandler? Waal, I
reckon I do," drawled one loafer who
was warming himself in the sun.
"Can you tell me where I can Hud
hiiu? asked the deacon.
"Waal, 1 kinder reckon about this
tune i r day he's ter be found over to
the Hetiter House."
llaviug learned where the Helitcr
House was, I'eacou Chandler walked
shift l> up the utaiu Street of the well
ki pt western city. How shout I In
tin I l'olu ' lie inferred, frmu tin
maimer of the man with whom lie had
}U»t talked, that his MUI ME still the
w lid v.iiiiiu man In- find turned trout
h" in on In. my wear year* a *i> Hut
It II I ii-■ t Matter. flu had promised
the Htotlti rand tin n was not In re his
n|iportiluit,C ll' wmild -I. that 111
, i.i.pid it now aud wniild save his soli
at any cost.
His Midii iti .il HI re cut thort bj
the gilded MKIi direct Iv IU In.lll ol
his I >es IT ltd In IW 111 UiV'l let lei» Men-
I I Hull e 11. Mil almost ie hum. d til
•i A tins tfi-iitlemeuly fellow abuiil his
i rriiiy will, but lie did.
"I MUI a straw,, r h r», SIR," lie' la
'•I, "Call 101l tell 111. win I. I can
till I Thorns. I Intii If. I
"V« »ir SII.WI i. d tin brisk clerk
I til II he tune I to a I III i who s|..u |
Ileal an I It, 'liu u ,.| lind Mr
I 11. !...> sped sw... on hi. I M ill I
and hi A. ..II L Ii O. 11. r wall. I lli
von' call* I, "I'.ltui, an I hi
I a. lupan I »«.. In. ««ii Hut aln t.
»«« Ihu sin*ill. di <«lp tied man h 1 had
ikniMlit to si ■ ' lhn »u• a Hill
IIM l,il m t |», lii I
Ilist i i I tie Imiiiy i>aft iff It
mnu away ton privato parlor and
closed the door. "Don't yon know
mo, father? I would know yon any
where."
"Yes—but it's so strange," gasped
the old man.
Tom laughed good naturedly.
"Oh, yon mean that I am not what
you expected to find? Well, hardly,
judging from early indications; but,
father—l must say it"—and the man's
eyes grew moist—"all that I am I
owe to mother."
"God bless her, Tom," heartily re
sponded his father. Thou after a pause,
"Can you forgive me, my son, for my
harshness?"
' 'There is no more for me to for
givo than you," returned his son. "I
have lived all these years to lea. n, and
I think 1 may safely say nov, that I am
an honest man. This house is mine -
and, God willing, 1 mean in the fnturo
to be an honor and not a disgrace to
the old home."
Ho, alter all, Deacon Chandler's'
opportunity was a wasted one, for now
there was no need of any effort on his
part in his. son's case. The opportun
ity had come to hint in his son's youth
and he had neglected it.
As it happened, everything had
turned out right, but the chances for
that had been so few and for another
and more painful one so many that he
could only thank God that he had
taken into his own hands tho most
successful working out of Deacon
("handler's opportunity.—New York
Mercury.
What Every Mail is Worth.
An interesting exhibit at the Na
tional Museum shows the physical in
gredients which goto make up the
average man, weighing 154 pounds,
says the American Analyist. A largo
glass jar holds the ninety-six pounds
of water which his body contains. In
other receptacles are three pounds of
white of egg, a little less than ten
pounds of pure glue—without which
it would be impossible to keep body
and soul together—434 pounds of fat,
Hj pounds of phosphate of lime, one
pound of carbonate of lime, three
ounces of sugar and starch, seven
ounces of tlouridc of calcium, six
ounces of phosphate of magnesia and
a little ordinary table stilt. Divided
up into his primary chemical elements
the same man is found to contain
ninety-seven pounds of oxygen—
enough to take up, under ordinary at
mospheric pressure, the space of a
room ten feet long, ten feet wide and
ten feet high. His body also holds
lifteen pounds of hydrogen, which,un
der the hsinu conditions, would occupy
somewhat more than two such rooms
as that described, To these must bo
added three pounds and thirteen
ounces of nitrogen. The carbon in
the corpus of the individual referred
to is represented by a foot cube of
coal. It ought to be a diamond of the
same size, because the stone is pure
carbon, but the National Museum lias
not such a one in its possession. A
row <>f bottles contain the other ele
ments going to make up the man.
These are four ounces of chlorine, ilj
ounces of flourine, eight ounces of
phosphorus, ounces of brimstone,
-J ounces of sodium, 2} ounces of po
tassium, 1-1(1 of an ounce of iron, two
ounces of magnesium and three pounds
and thirteen ounces of calcium. Cal
cium, at present market rates, is
worth S3OO ail ounoe, so that the
amount of it contained i'i one human
body has a money value of #IB,BOO.
Few of our follow citizens realize that
they are worth so much intrinsically,
A Chi|i ot Ilic (Htl Hlock.
A Trinity professor and his young
son were dressing together one morn
ing not long ago when the father
thought lie saw a chance to inculcate
into his sou a few good ideas. He
looked out of the window and saw tin
small boy who lived next door to them
working hard in t)i<■ garden, and this
was his opportunity. "Henry," lie
said, "look at Walter Joues working
out there in the garden. lie's been
ii)i since 5 o'clock this uiorniiiKi
milked tlif cov and brought the milk
over here. Now, there's a boy for
you," i
Tho boy tnuscd for a i.unute or two,
then looked up at In* father and said:
"l'upa, do you see Mr. Joues over
there? lie's been lip since 5 o'clock
w irking hard lit the garden, plautinu
corn and peas. Now, there's a man
for you." Ami the professor at* h<>
tills the story says there was just s
twinkle in his sous eve.- Hartford
I t
Ihtlllt Some It lIV tic III".,
I It* Stiltai) of 1 iii'Uev lets an emer
ald hi t tij carats set in the handle of tt
•la 'r. lb has the licit. .1 collection
'>t and nv.ilia in the world.
l'lii-re is a twin crystal of eu*< raid in
St I'i turshurK aeveu incite-, long, fom
In-'i t I aud weighing four ami one hall
pounds.
I'lte diadem of the Itusaian Kmpres*
tun* contain ■ 'J.Yttt large diamonds
and a ruby tabled at •4b» i.tioti
lit* cutting of tie Kohiiioor oven
pled thirty eight da.vs with alt am
(.-'Met «ud eoit 1•!,«» 11, |'ht lUgeiit
rt t|tllred two >. tl aud coal
Vll. r the llr.t discoiert ol th lira
/ ill in ill tlin.lt I milieu, H ill Otiueis til
battiolt.il> Wile sltlpp I |u I'oitu.al 111
on t' ti, sn l tie prim fell t-i 4-i u
csrsl.
Mini 11 il.lll U • ijm itu It in w inn,
Ml N I Ift 111 till eli til kit pet
of tin I' a I 111 . Ii HI. 11l 111. Ilm U.
building, on H.. nI It ll on! t|,«t, lias I
uuilt'di.) a luck i I halt that lta>
IIt it»u to »■ ii ral Hint the leitMlh II
4 . Hi- USttl l l II- li lie h> ad ll
w.t# ■ull .Ii It a lit. ill Uu >i4i
s i, and as. th- u oiil t about I lm lit .
lons Htiiinf tin ii it i-1 • sftivn i i
I oil! V and I* Una ot- | a loot |t||t( Ii
< >i >U<* N i Journal
THE TOOTHSOME IWANO.
A FINNY MORSEL THAT TICKLES
THE CALIITORNIAN'S PALATE.
It Came Originally From .Japan, Hut
in Caught \<>>v On tlie Paclflc
Coast Three »\Vays of Cooking It.
WHAT are pompano, any
way?
To begin with, pompani
in (California are like tlie
snakes in Ireland. There are no pom
pano. The real pompano, the genu*
ine, simon-pure artiele, only swims in
the warm witters of the Gulf of Mexico.
'Pin- delii«ons little tinny morsel that
is sold in San Francisco fish markets
under that name is really the stroma
teus simillimus, or "butter fish," hut
lie is a thousand times more appetizing
than the real article, and whether you
call him pompano, butter fish, stronia
teus simillimus or similia simililms
curantnr, he's the litiest little fish that
ever sizzled over a lire of hot coals or
followed the soup on a menu card.
Originally the pompano, as we call
liini to save trouble, came from the
Japanese coast. A little school of them
strayed too far from shore and got
caught in the great Japan current, the
gult streani'of the Pao .ic, and event
ually brought tip in Monterey Bay.
How long ago this took place no one
knows, but it was not until 1870, or
thereabouts, that the fishermen began
to find stray pompano in their nets.
Only a very few at tirst, but California
seems to have suited the Japanese
strangers, and the number lias been
steadily increasing from year to year,
and now they are only forty cents a
pound.
When the Monterey fishermen began
to catch them tirst each man caught so
few it hardly paid to sell them. Ho a
sort of co-operative scheme was adopt
ed. All the pompano caught on Mon
day, no matter by whom, became the
property of Giuseppe, to have, to hold
and dispose of at the highest market
rates. Tuesday's catch went to Felip.
The pompano "corner" 011 Wednesday
became the property of Luigi. Thurs
day Antone had his innings, and so on,
each fisherman in time being entitled
to the entire catch of all the fish. This
system solved a double purpose. Each
fisherman, when his day came, had
enough pompano to insure a good pro
fit on the sale and it kept prices at one
figure, as it did away with competition.
All that is past now. Every one
catches enough fish to market ft>r him
self. and iHimpano can he had for 37J
cents a pound.
Although the pompano supply still
comes from Monterey and Santa Cruz,
the toothsome little fish is caught at
ot .it r points, but these are either too
remote or the supply not sufficient to
make it pin to market them. From
Santa Barbara and Santa Monica the
good news cpmes that down there, too,
the price of pompano is steadily fall
ing and the supply is increasing. At
Suit.i Monica the new whaif that the
railroad has thrust a half mile or
more out to (tea seems to have pene
trated into the "stamping ground" of
the pompfluo. Tliey swarm around
the end of the wharf, and the Santa
Monica summer girl abandoned every
thing. even flirting, for the fascinating
sport of pompano fishing. They bite
readily, ami there ,is not only the fun
of catching them, but the subsequent
ami greater joy of eating them after
"ward.
I'ompajin, should be cooked in three
ways broiled, in the pan or en papil
lute. Done the first way they ..re de
licious. After the second fashion they
are bettei still. I Jut en papillote—
well, words fail to convey any adequate
idea of the epicurean joy ot eating
pompano en papillote. The latter
method of preparing the fish is sim
plieitv itself rhe pompano should
b" placed in tlit pan and cooked as
usual until they lack but a few brief
moments of being done. Then remove
them from the pan ami wrap them
ipiickh in white paper thoroughly
butt red, each tlsh in a separate sheet,
place on the lire for a moment more,
and then well, if any one doesn't
know what to do then, uotlflsh ball*
would be too rich b>r htm San Fran
cisco Kxauiiner.
l'r>M'c»s ot Mu'niiiir l'o>lngc Ht.iiu|i<t.
Kvery part of postage-stamp making
e- done by hand. flic design* are en
r.i\' d oil ntei I, "JIMI stamps oil UMligli
plate. I'le se plate* are inked by two
in. n, and then are printed In a girl
au I a man on a large hand press.
I'll y ar. Iried us tail as printed and
then gummed with a -.larch paxli made
from potato s. I'lil* past. • dm dby
placing the r.li> ei» iii a steam fanning
machine, and then the Maiups are sub
lect. d to a (li. si.uri 111 JIMSi tons ill s
I|>,|| tllllc pi. - ■ S. \| till xlleetH ar.
ill ll.> thai each '.lie contain*. lIHI
-tHiip*. liter which lite pup. i' between
till limp™ Is perforated, ailil after
In II ptUHSfd tie -In .I- 1.1. tiled
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line i» i. iii » *to(\ ot lie Kallit »ol
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knudoiu, ah r lit it el work. .! in th.
iml t:i .hi it I- Hut . oii»m« to SHU r ,
let. he It'll III* Wilt la lllltll Himti !
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■ i uoliei'il lb. aitkiniiii iv. and
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till pn» 'l 1.1 i li.nllS lot«lM| .l In oil. j
of i.i. mm of ilt »| >n l< nt I'ttiia.fii !
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Terms— Bl.oo in Advance ; 51.25 after Three Months.
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.
There nre olectris railways in New
Zealand.
A Paris medical journal declares
jaundice is, or can l>o, cured by eating
nothing but lettuce and lemons.
Doctor E. M. Hale, the climotolo
gist, states that disease is
most common in New Jersey, and least
frequent in Virginia.
Experiments made at a cancer hos
pital in New York have convinced the
physicians that the "virus of erysipelas
injected into cancerous tumors causes
them to disappear.
In tho museum at Cambridge. Eng
land, is the skeleton and stuffed skin
of an adult hybrid between a lion and
a tigress. This, with several distinct
litters by different parents, was born
in the same menagerie.
It appears that the camel does a
good deal of harm in Ej ypt, by eating
tho trees as they are growing up.
Already the massive Cairo camel is a
type distinct from other camels, sur
passing all in its cumbrous, massive
proportions.
Some investigations carried out liy
Doctor Alexander A. Houston, of Ed
inburgh, respecting the number of
bacteria in the soil at different depths
from the surface goto prove that the
micro-organisms become less and less
abundant as tho depth from the sur
face increases.
Extensive draught will cause the
snail to close its doors, to prevent the
evaporation of its bodily moisture and
dry i\». These little animals are pos
sessed of astonishing vitality, regain
ing activity after having been frozen
fti solid blocks of ice, and enduring a
degree of heat for weeks which daily
crisps vegetntion.
The common purslane, which grows
anywhere as a weed, produces raorf
seeds than any other plant. One seeii
pod, by actual count, has 3000 seeds,
and as a plant will sometimes have
twenty pods, the seeds from a single
year's growth may, therefore, numbei
60,000. There is no instance of simi
lar fruitfulness in any other plant
growing in this country.
The Bible fixes the creation of life
in successive periods, the creation ol
tho higher order of animals in the last
period, and immediately before the
appearance of man. According tc
Moses, the order in which living thing?
appeared was. Plants, fishes, fowl,
land animals and man. Science, from
a study of fossils in the rock fonnda
tions, has independently arrived al
the same conclusions.-
Telephonemeter is the now worn
naming an instrument to register tho
time of each conversation at the tele
phone from the time of ringing up the
exchange to the ringing-off signal.
Such a system would reduce rentals of
telephones to a scale according to tho
jervice, instead of a fixed charge to a
business tirm or occasional user alike.
I'he instrument lias been constructed
it the invitation of the German tele
phone department and is to control
the duration of telephone conversa
tions and to total tho time.
Space for a fort on a hill near Lon
don is being cleared of tree stump.< by
in electric root grubber or stump
puller. The dynamo for supplyiug
the current is about two miles from
the hill. The current is taken by over
head wires on telegraph poles to the
motor on the grubber carriage. By
means of belting and suitable gearing
the motor drives a capstan upon which
' are coiled a few turns of wire rope. A
heavy chain is att n-h—i to the tree
roots, and as the ropo exerts its force
the roots eouiu up ipiietly on J after
the other.
The OMe<t Trees.
The Soma cypress of Lombardy is, I
believe, the oldest tree of which there
is any authentic record. It is Known
!o have been ill existence in t'2 I!. ('.
rhere are, however, many trees for
which a vastly greater antiquity is
claimed. The Senegal baobabs some
if them are said to be SIKV) years old.
The bo tree of Aiiur.iJhapur.i, in
Ceylon, is perhaps the oldest specimen
■f auother very long-lived species; it
in held sacred upon the ground that
it sprang from a branch of the iden
tical tree under which liiiddha reclined
for seven years while undergoing his
'ipotheosis, Thi i oak is w. 11 known
to lie a lolii{ liver, and there ar" s;avi
iiicbs ntill stauiliUK in Palestine, of
a Inch the tradition goes that they
out of Cain's statT. The haw
thorn, aculti, sometimes livei. to lie
very old; tin r i ii> »aiil to b< one in
tub I'awdor Ciullcof an "tiuiiiciiiiirt.il
•ge."
the ocdar-i of l.ebau ut may ului b.'
ftttlillolicd, an I tin re are, according
to I'call Stanley. Still I l .'llt Oi the
•liti-Hof tli tle-i u mi- xtaudinu, "winii,
liar led trunks mi I scanty fob.mi will
, 1«uy» lie re ir>U»l as tli iuo»l a ' •!
iii. of tie Miercd ni< mortals in or a mil
It rm-ali in. Notes and t t >H«-rn »
111 > itt-l'U *lrt-kl.
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pin , |iis'r on til - r. Millar \lu*k i iv
i MUiiM ronti, an I a lull ii Until Mil
■'ii'Utlv near lite po|t< |o ui> • t 111 Mint
uliihl "Itn lin t. I' line *1 till" MI- lit
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NO. 2-
TWO MEN.
One was a king, and a wide domain
He ruled ns his sires had dona
A wooden hovel, a bed of pain,
Belonged to the other one.
The king was ill and tho world was sad -•
But themonareh languished, the monarch
died ,
The beggar was sielc unto death, but ho had
No one to watch at his low bedside.
Then under the minster the king was laid,
While o'er him the marbles were piled :
But a shallow grave in the fields was made,
By careless hands, for Poverty's child.
But now there are those who profoundly de
clare,
If you opened the tomb and the grave,
You oouhl not distinguish, whatever you!
care,
Tho dust of the king and the slave.
—Charles Noble Gregory.
IIUMOR OF THE DAY.
A good nll-nrouud man—Tlic man
in the moon.
Penury is very often the unexpected
wages of tbepen.—Puck.
Prosperous barbers are even slinving
checks now.—Pittsburg Dispatch.
For a spin on the road the proper
thing, of course, is » "top" buggy.—
Boston Courier.
A man who is iu society and wants
to keej) iu must be continually going
out.—Statesman.
Money may be tight, but there's 110
reason for its getting paralyzed.—
Philadelphia Times.
All men arc born equal—but some
are born more equal to the emergency.
—World's Fair Puck.
The fellow who doesn't think nt all
usually sets up for a freo thinker.—
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Silence is golden, but you have never
realized how golden until you have to
buy it.—Atchison Globe.
While vacation always begins with
a V it always ends with a scarcity of
them.—Baltimore American.
Some of these banks aro carrying
the early closing movement altogether
too far.—Baltimore American.
This is the season of the year in
which you can get what you do not
want real cheap.—Texas Sittings.
When a parliamentary division ends
in a free tight both the oyes and nose
are apt to have it.—Lowell Courier.
If you want to make sure your ad
vice will be taken have it engraved on
your umbrella handle. —Troy Press.
Tf it could only be put up in bottles
"general humidity" would make a fair
brand of glue.—Philadelphia Record.
Experience is a teacher rare
And one whom none may snub ;
Sometimes she works with manners fair,
But mostly takes a club.
—Detroit Free Press.
The alligator grows as long as he
lives. And he sometimes lives as long
as ton or twelve feet.-—Chicago Dis
patch.
"A well-earned rest," said Fogg
when ho was given the particulars of
Stixby's cremation.—-Boston Tran
script.
Johnnie—"Papa, are despots hap
py?" Pappa—"l don't know. Ask
the hired girl."— Kate Field's Wash
ington.
Of course the report of the serious
illness of Oueeu Victoria is not true.
Her health Is pledged too frequently.
—Boston Herald.
Proctor—"Well, it's only a step
from the sublime to tho ridiculous."
Lenox—"Ah, if it were only a step
back again."—-Vogue.
The Eton jacket is one of the most
absurd-looking things in tin- world
before a pretty girl puts it on.—Shoo
and Leather Reporter.
The Baltimore police were paid iu
»ilvt-r dollars last week. Ami yet silver
dollars for coppers is not a good ex
change. Boston (llobe.
Landlady—-"Let me help you t .tie
Saratoga chips." Mrs. New hoard* r
"No; I'll try the toothpicks. They
seem to be of softer wood, 1 think."
The Klizwbethau rut! will be in vogue
in the fall and the fellow <>h>> attempts
tii kiss a fashionable ■;ir 1 will "get it
in th>' neck."—Philadelphia lteeord.
-Vila—"Why does I'litru speak of
Ucorgo as 'her intended?' Art they
engu .'e IV ' Alice -"No; but In tu
tends they shall lie." Brooklyn Life,
I dreamt 1 dwelt iu marble halls,
I felt at en<*, will) life c.»ut«i»t.
Till laii'y brought the lan I lord's niHi ,
II I e.mie, ttln,. 1,1 ;..l tbe rent.
ItuiTalo C'oiirlir.
Bridget "There's a liiau at tin gate
With pigs' feet. IlltllU." Mlstres
Mracious, Bridget, wad him around
to the dime luilseiliu N< w V rk
Hecorder.
Beloved "I'ap.i -tv. lie s., s 110
fi'iuuii why we sin 111 Id nt In married
101 r mi Uti< >ll\ ' I'll >• h. wa 11 1
pinch I in tint last deal aft 1' all
it. troll 111 till lie.
"If tie-re i» miiv more of tin-. o.cti-
Utori conviviality, ' ml the little
Hu»lou girl at liti- children's pally,
Hitch »li.. k. I."I hill withdraw
t'bua/v. Tribune
la ly 1 tier w ml* t» know it we
Utfllov# in cure* by "lavMm on h»ud»."
\\ in. Win., w. t|o most fer
veutlt Bui a alippa ror pun shingle
M In ll' I tislveal'ilt New*
Poll.* .tan |*<i haul igsii mail
"Have fi> it a li> 1 w 1 1 pi n ' It in |,
MuulwiM 'Aiihi pi i»ur* mm
will >• 1 it* V t ii. V*„
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