SULLIVAN JLUK -
W. M, CHENEY. Publisher.
VOL. XTI.
The two-minuto bicycle promises to
iirrive far alioad of the two-minute
trotter, observes the New York Re
corder. ■
Some one linH figured that there are
so many railway lilies, steam, elevated,
cable and horse cars in New York City
{hat a person may ride for six hours at
a total cost of fifty cents.
According to an election return just
made to the British Parliament, there
are 6,229,120 voters in the United
Kingdom. There were 4,592,482 in
England, 270,27fi in Wales, 747,271 in
Ireland and 619,091 in Scotland.
F. P. Jjoomis, formerly United
States Consul at St. Etienne, France,
says that from an investigation ho
made he finds about 95,000 Americans
visit Europe every year, and that they
spend about $100,000,000 minually
abroad.
Cardinal Gibbons has rechristened
Chicago with the classic title of
"Thaumatopolis,'' the wonder city.
The appcllatiou is deserved, but the
New York World thinks it will hardly
displace that of"the windy city" in
popular parlance.
The name of Gay Head, applied to
a famous promontory of the Massachu
setts coast, means exactly what it
seems to mean, and is peculiarly ap
propriate. The headland, as seen from
the sea, is gay with many colors run
ning in strata, the result of chemical
qualities in the earth of the cliff. A
like variety of color is presented by
many rocky islets and headlands ill the
Sound opposite Fellinm Bay Park.
The Woman's Library at Chicago
contains 7000 volumes in sixteen lan
guages and represents twenty-three
countries. It is to Vie placed in the
permanent Woman's Memorial Build
ing, which is to be erected in Chicago,
and will form a nucleus for the collec
tion of the literary work of women in
the future, as well as, through its
catalogue soon to be issued, a complete
bibliography of women's writings up
to the present time.
There are 22,0(W,000 - soldiers in
arms in Europe. If all Long Island
were a drill-ground, calculates the '
New York Recorder, it wouldn't be
big enough for their field manoeuvres.
If they were to march in a street pa
rade, files of ten abreast, it would
take the line of 2000 miles 100 days to
pass a given point at fair marching
speed. In Indian file they would reach
around the world. In a year they
would drink the Hudson dry for over
a mile <>f its length.
There has been a remarkable revival
of interest in the "abandoned farms"
of New England since so niuiiy mills
closed their doors. A largo number
of applications have been made to the
Massachusetts State Board of Agri
culture for its descriptive catalogue
of the abandoned farms of that State.
Ii is believed that some of the men
who are out of work think of taking
up farming as a means of livelihood.
"But will a mechanic be a successful
farmer?'' queries the Now York Tri
aune.
N iw eoiuus the suggestion that the
log power of the United States shsll
ne utilized for draught purposes, as it
sin Belgium. A writer estimates
list there arc 7,000,01(0 dogs in this
Country, u.il thon figured out their
pulling capacity. The idea
may be new a' to log*, but the New
Vork News recalls that humorist John
I'hoetiiv .-nggested the utilization of
cat power utore than forty years ago.
Ills plan Wi. to run sewing machines
by cat power. The cat was to be
placed iu harU(>** connected with
luotive works. A mou-i was to be
i-UHpemted just beyond tint it's reach.
Tbe cut's jumping lor litt mouse wuuld
propel the IuHA It 1 lie
Hay> | IK Boston ( ultivutor: There
Is a deficiency uf U.iHMi mm bushels
in the German i t rop tin., jciu. and
till* coll. - with a deficiency of |H,.
mm,ism I'Urliels of w beat ityc bread
h tin"l ti It- final of a lure* putt of th
Oermau | • <| le. Tltny ti'efer it t>
aln «1 i. Sif >id hen tin v IMI'I fit but h.
Ua.n - • • li I t, rill' u I with RIIKXM
'• ' ll'i lull iu' tlirt lis*
• IllM < i fifi'tii ft ' Iti-ft- 111 Mif*
tfe* wtuuu# i < i.i 11. It II M
| »i* t I t+l 'UI -
'TIS USELESS TO REGRET.
We've done tho best wo could, my dear,
There's nothing to regret ;
We've taught the children many tr"' '■«
On which our hearts were set ;
And If against our old-time ways
They foolishly protest,
We need never regret, my dear,
That we have done our best.
There's many a plan that's come to naught ;
There's many a light gone out;
Anil disappointments, griefs and cares
Have hedged us round about;
And many a sad mistake we've made
Throughout our lives, and yet
We've done the very best we could ;
'Tls useless to regret.
For out of evil good has come,
And out of darkness light;
And all wrong doing in this world
Home day will bo set right;
And though we have not reached tho height
Attained by others, yet
We've done the best we could, my dear;
'Tls useless to regret.
We've tried to livo like honest folks,
To do our duty well,
Gainst evil things to take our stnnd,
In goodness to excel;
So judge yourself not harshly, dear,
Nor at misfortunes fret;
We've done tho best we could, and so
"J'is useless to regret.
THE EDITOR'S VISIT.
BY FRANCIS O. WIL.MAMB.
HE noon hour had |
I J come, and the city
I I editor of theChron
'£! II icle was very busy,
making out nu as
signment list, when
a queer old-fashion
e<l figure of a man
vwkV* came into the room
and stood waiting by the side of the j
desk.
"Well!" said the city editor, look- j
ing up sharply, (iftar an instant, "what j
do you want?"
"I wanted to know if you could |
make use of this," answered the new |
comer, timidly holding out a small j
bundle of manuscript.
"I'm sure we eau't unless it's some- I
thing a trifle less lioary with age than 1
that yon brought here the other day." j
The city editor, who was a compara- :
tively young man, very alert, very ;
quick iu speech, and all business, took j
the manuscript, unfolded it with a]
sua)) and rtiu lift eye over the first few j
HUBS. Then he wheeled his chair j
around and said, straightening up and j
speaking testily:
"Now look here, John Harmon,onco '
and for all, understand that it's no use |
bringing such et Tff as that in here, j
and I won't be bothered with looking
at it! Why, this is identically the j
same ancient history you tried to shove .
off or. me the other day."
"But I polished it up I" suggested
the old man.
"Polished up your grandfather!"
exclaimed the other. "Why, you
couldn't polish that matter so that it 1
would be readable if you worked for- j
ever. It's hard luck; but the plain!
truth is there arc too many young men i
hustling for live news to allow of such
back-number trash as that being good j
for anything but to stop a hole. Ij
haven't got any more time to talk ! If !
you get any news, bring it in and I
will look at it! Otherwise,stay away,
jilease !"
The city editor faced his desk again,
picked up his pen and fell to work, not
looking at the other. The older man
for nu instant stood motionless, thou
h«t*picked up the manuscript, put it in
his pocket and turning away walked
slowly out of the room without a word.
The wind was biting hard outside
and he drew his collar about his ears
as he walked despondently down a side
street. He had not far togo, for pres
ently he went up tho steps of a small
house anil opened the door. The room
into which lie came was bare and mis
erable looking, and everywhere showed
the lack of a woman's hand to straighten
the few bits of furniture, which only
served by their mean repair to add to
the forlorn appearance of the apart
ment. The old inaii stood quite still,
one hand resting on the doorjauib.
staring ahead of him as if he saw be
yond the opposite wall. As ho stood
there, there camu a glad child's cry
from the other end of the room :
"Oh, Gran'pop, I glad you come !
It's awfully lonesome!"
The old man's face brightened. He
reached down and, as the little girl
came running to him, caught her up
und laboriugl.\ lifted her to his breast.
Then he kissed her and put her down.
Khu did Uot nee the tears on his clieeks
IIS he talked to her of the fun thev
would have that evening "ufter work
was done." \fter work was dom was
THE M-,I*OU * hell these two had grand
lump", together. Work, ai-little I'<• 11 \
aell knew, meant writing, writing,
writing until (-In would crawl upon tin
old man's ku< - and beg liilu to come
ulay, ami In would drop th> pen from
ui» erain|» -d lingers and lei her ki
from las eyes the mist which would
I gather there, wllell lie Kept IllH lllllld
I Itiiif Hied mi the pa-ps before him.
•I h I Harm .v* :....rh . Igfcty, "a
br >U. N IFITT ii 11, A -pajx-r man |,< WAS
culli li, an<l iti only inheritance
p> ..I writing an I* lilth. uraitddatiidi
I i at oat' mot IK r und falki i had iln d
111 ' !*'* t'f t | #|' 11 *|| |<* || 112 • tl VUfN llcillft'.
I In* «il I i.jhii (lire* ihti
i Itm #!<.'« IttilkK i*« tii fo| t|luw|f
fil l-' I U j till I nil til* <* ♦•*! O.it
LAPORTE, PA.., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1893.
more likely, keener hunger than ever.
When the child was left to herself
she sat down and fell to looking over
soino illustrated papers which wore her
invariable source of amusement. By
and by, becoming tired, she wandered
over to the table. The rejected manu
script on the chair caught her eye.
Gran'pop's papers were forbidden arti
cles to her, but when shrt saw this
package and slowly spelled out the
writing on its cover, "the Chronicle,"
there came to her mind that Gran'pop
had told her when he was writing this
address tho night before and was too
busy to play with her, that the manu
script had to be sent iu to-morrow.
This was to-morrow, she reasoned, and
the manuscript had not gone. Gran'-
pop must have forgotten it! He would
be sorry, she knew.
Presently there came to her a bright
idea and she stood very still for a
moment, thinking hard. Why could
not she take the manuscript to the
Chronicle? She knew where the office
was ; she had been there with Gran'pop.
It would bo such a surprise to him to
find it already gone when he came
home. She decided to do it. She
took the bundle from the chair and
pulled on her jacket and tied her hood
fast. She was used to dressing herself
and soon was on the steps, tho manu
script clutched firmly in her hitnd.
Then she started off for the Chronicle
office, proud of her self-appointed
mission.
The elevator boy was much sur
prised and not a little amused when
she asked for tho editor. Ho tried to
chaff her oil the way up, but sho re
fused to take any notice of liis re
marks, if sho understood them. All
her thoughts were on the top story
and the editor. Despite his fun
making the elevator boy was a trifle
impressed, aud, thinking she might be
one of the "old man's" relations, when
they arrived at the upper floor he
showed her to tho door of the sanctum
and told her to knock. Thon ho left
her and went back to his post.
The editor was greatly surprised
when a timid knock sounded on his
door, nnd in answer to his "come in"
he saw over his gold-bowed spectacles
tho diminutive maiden who entered.
He looked at h«r hard, but sho did not
appear discomfited. She came toward
him without hesitation and stood with
one little hand resting ou the edge of
the desk, the other extending tho
folded manuscript.
"Gran'pop forgot to bring it down,
so I fetched it!" she explained, her
blue eyes looking up into his puzzled
gray ones.
Now, the editor was not a man easily
confused, but this WHS a novel experi
ence even for him. In all his life ho
nevert rememiiered having received in
liis office so small and at the same
time so confident a visitor as this. Ho
looked at her sharply, almost sternly,
suspecting ho was the victim of some
joke Ixit her gaze never flinched, and
the baby eyes were not frightened.
He took the manuscript from her
grasp and on aeil it. There was no
solution of •> .ie mystery to be obtained
here, however. The story was ao.ne
local history of early days. There
was no name, no mark of any kind to
tell who wrote it or where it came
from. Non-plussed, ho turned his eyes
upon the little figure beside him.
Somehow, in spite of tho old-fashioned
and much-worn clothes, it suggested
to him that of a little one who had
oiiuo called him father, and a kiudly
smile lit his face.
"1 don't know anytliiug about this
paper," ho said. "Who did it come
from?"
"Front Gran'pop," she answered, as
if that conveyed full information.
"Yes, but who's Gran'pop? 1 don't
remember him."
"Why don't you know him? He's
been here often, and I came with him
once or twice, that's how I knew
where it was."
The editor racked hia brain in vuiu
t< > think who Gran'pop eon Id he.
"Well." lie Raid at hint, "yon Hit
down in that big ehair there and I'll
look over this paper and tell you what
to nay to him." Then he wheeled his
chair about and liogan reading.
It did not take long, however, for
him to decide what to do. Hi- atruok
a hand bell on the dusk and a boy caiue
into the room. "Send Mr. Campbell
to me!" the editor aitid.
A moment and the city editor of the
Chronicle entered.
"Campbell, 1 unid tin' editor, "do
ymt know whose writing that i»V and
lie handed him the muumuript.
"Yen," answered the other "it'n old
Johu Harmon'*. He brought it in
In re thin morning and I told him »i
couldn't ttae it. It'* till aucieiit his
i torv."
"Well," Mftid the editor a bit ahortly,
"it'a the kind of ancient hintory tin
i Chruuiole wulitii. Can't .you nee that
that local matt' r that a goml man*
noithl father read than Hewn"' (tire it
a goo i jihic.' .in the fourth page of tu
laumu'N hami I'll try to »■ . that
we huvi a column i>f ju-l Mlieh -tit)
twice i: week That mill; '
I'll'- city ■ litor did Hot ace tin I ill l<
dilute Hi tie big chair, alid it bit din
coiieci ted at being turned biWll an
• Itirph, he ' ink up the luaiiHaoripl
i.'.iiii i.i | left Hi |<i'iia Homier l l»j
*| it hum the 1.. • It< r Mill* ttin "old
igMi' I'iid In *t l hiil rie I itut' lad
collie tula hit. li.tinU.
Win li he bad imiiic, Hie edi'ur ili'i H
a »ht el of |i >|n i tiiwiril lilW, hiiiilliiii
al ih 'lltth Hrfur. 11l the eliali, h« Mild
"I ttill write a tetter tol >Oll In Uk,
iwtli i..11 bii i ||l.- I|o tllnli p .p.
Mi II Id. dli t If I wui Iv, an I Ik
I auldt V ur<te a t » bin ■ then |i v
fold ltt»« .heel, put it til an «Mtelop„
Hi * little gul .limped mil of iti
I'll 111 411 i iniid I.I'MH |l hllll ' linn I
•|. * If 411, u . r Inn I .11 111 I
i |. ' '44, Ie in,. nn t *•••• tin *lllll
ill , .i. tit h l*| J I tin
In, I an! «4t-h Ih. i li lie lull
• it) diMjij.. 41 iw t||| U« .A »
The elevator boy was quite deferen
tial to her going down ; but she paid
no more attention to him than
When sho slipped out of the building
she hurried up the street, the letter in
her hand. As she turned the corner
near home she saw "Gran'pop" just
entering the door nnd ran hard to
catch him ; but. he had gone in beforo
she came up, so she knocked on tho
door. The same instant it was pulled
open hnrriediy and the old man, white
and trembling, stood in the frame.
"Thank God!" liebreathed, drawing
her tip in his arms nnd burying his
face in her curls, "I thought you were
lost."
"No, I only been to th' office!" ex
claimed Polly, clinging to his neck.
"To tho office? Where do you
mean?"
"Th* Chronicle office. I took th'
writin' down there yon left on th'
chair and tli' oditor gave me a letter
for you ; he was awful nice."
Tho old man took the envelope sho
held toward him and dropped into a
chair. With the child drawn close
against him ho broke the paper with
trembling fingers nnd read:
TIIK DAILY CHBOSICLE.
So. 429 Street.
John Harmon, Esq.
Dear Sir—We will use your paper on local
history In to-morrow's issue. We will be
pleased to have you contribute a column of
like matter ns often as you can give it to us,
for which we will pay you ot our regular
space rates. Yours truly,
C. N. HAPGOOD, Managing Eilitor.
There was a mist before the old
man's eyes as he read tho last words.
"Was ho crossj Grun'pop?" queried
Polly, seoiug the tears.
"No, Polly," said the old man,
straining her to him ; "he has given
ns lots to do, but it shall not interfere
with your playtime, little one."—
Kate Field's Washington.
Raising Foxes in Alaska.
For tho purpose of perpetuating the
fust vanishing fur supply of Alaska
certain enterprising persons have gone
into tho business of breeding blue and
black foxes on uninhabited islands
along that coast. Whon the seals have
been finally exterminated the world
may still look to that region for somo
of the most valuable and beautiful
pelts known.
Tho Smeda Propagating Company
lias recently stocked a number of isl
ands with foxes, ami the investment
is beginning to yield haudsome re
turns. The lands thus employed ore
valueless for anything else, being
wholly barren. The breeding of blue
foxes has already been made very suc
cessful on one of tho Pribylof Islands
—that of St. George— in Bering Sea.
Of their increase ten. thousand liave
been killed aud skinned for market.
One advantage of-this industry is that
it involves no expense for the care or
feeding of the animals. All that is re
quired is to let loose a few pairs. Those
of them which are taken must at all
times be trapped aud not shot. Thus
they become exceedingly tame in the
course of a few generations. In the
same region there are red, whito und
"cross" foxes. Skins of the last named
variety, which is supposed to bo a
cross between the red aud the black,
nro quoted at from to 8S wholesale.
The white anil red pelts are worth only
about 81 apiece, because, though they
arc very beautiful, they are much
more common and easily obtain
able. Black foxes are so rare as to be
hard to procure for breeding purposes.
A Musical Canine Critic.
A wonderful story o#- a French mu
sical critic is related by persons who
profess to have Ueyil acquainted' with
him and to have seen him in attend
ance on musical performances. lie
was a dog, and hiif name was Parade.
Whet he v he had a different name at
home \vas never known. At the be
ginning of the French revolution lie
went every day to the military parade
iu front of the Tuileries palace. He
marched with the musicians, halted
with them, listened knowingly to their
performances and after the parade din
appeared, to return promptly at pa
rade time next day.
(Sradually the musicians became at
tached to this devoted listener. They
named him Parade, and one or another
of them always invited him to dinner,
lie accepted the invitations aud was a
pleasant guest. It was discovered that
after dinner he always attended the
theatre, where he seated himself
calmly in a corner of the orchestra
and listened critically to the music.
If a new piece was played he noticed
it instantly and paid the strictest at
teiition. If the piece had fine, melo
dious passages he showed hi* joy to the
lust ..f his doggish ability, but i( tin
pice, was ordinary and uuiiitercstlug
lie yawned, stiucd about the theater
and unmistakably expressed his disap
proval liratuloii lliick*aw.
Malula'loiis In Old >1 inlilclie.nl.
The customary morning salutation
at all seasons in old Marblcln ad, Mass ,
in, "How is tin- Hull?" Iu the post
rapiy *llllllll. r the answer, aft. r a look
; «l«.tt II the street, has generally been,
"Oil, hit tail is goitiK round aii<
round.' Tins is the towns wt>y •>
.peaking of tie weather vane ou tin
< '■ >ll K r• gatioual < hurcli, tln< iufallihh
oracle which .lelelliillieh wilt ther bimli
hall put out t>> M mid leluiirely laud*
melt u«a 11 11 ii,, ktwi'bf*ti r I'uioii au<
\dv. rt I»I r
KIHUI HI ( apthit).
It Would be itllHl'tllt to find ft IUO(*
lit lltl lit t' ■l.it I I 11. itll, 111 . I',
•lotted ou tlit I'lutea k#pt at tht dog
point I than tlial paid bt s ilotf ills
autfcoflti** t« »'»w notll 1.11 the ollit 1
1...1 ill ritt-r He .low had n. |
la i u aaay limit |ti< pound utoi. thai!
log 1) 11||hi lo.ui t . f.-r to brukU
• *<tt M in M» ton . -l.i, snaltt lite
I I.lt Hi I, | ,p SI lU <
I I , uiitio. 'll l I l<'t •>!<
'<•< U I*UMMM»»it t.Mtit "*l»l,
SCIENTIFIC AX I) INMJSTIUAL.
Edison, the electrician, makes rubies
that excel the genuine.
The surface of a man's lungs is esti
mated at 150 square feet, ten times tho
surface of the external body.
In Great Britain the aunual sick rate
for each inhabitant is ten days to tho
year ; iu the United States eight days.
Nests of the termite ants of South
Africa are,often twelve feet high and
grouped together in clusters, the tallest
iu the center.
Ant 6 are provided with a poison bag,
which discharges a fluid having a
strong sulphurous smell, sufficient to
drive away most insect enemies.
The smallest holes pierced by modern
machinery are 1-1000 th of an inch in
diameter. They are bored through
sapphires, rubies and diamonds by a
machine which makes 22,000 revolu
tions a minute.
Sir .lames Crichton Browne, the Eng
lish specialist, is a believer in tho
theory that the coming man will bo
toothless. Ho declares that over 10,-
000,000 false teeth are annually fitted
into tho mouths of Britishers.
Many larvse of beetles nnd other in
sects are used for food ; the bee gives
honey and wax, the coccus manna and
cochineal, the Spanish fly a blistering
drug, tho gall insects au astringent
and tho silk worm an article of dress.
Uranus has four little moons—Ariel,
Umbriel, Titauia and Oberon—which,
funnily enough, rise in the north and
set in the south. A single diminutive
one, belonging to Neptune, traverses
the sky from southwest to southeast.
Neither Mercury nor Venus has any
satellites.
Doctor Noisser,of the Hygienic. Insti
tute at Berlin, has discovered in the
city a new cholera bacillus which he
calls vibrio berolensis. The inoccula
tion of dogs, cats and rabbits with this
bacillus has proved that the vibrio is
fully as potent as the Asiatic bacillus.
The Berliners manifest no alarm over
the discovery.
The difference between the atmos
phere of the best ventilated houses and
the outer air is illustrated by tho con
duct of cut flowers. Blossoms that re
tain their freshness but a day or two
when standing in water within doors
will sometimes live twice as long when
dropped iu a shady placo out of doors,
even without the aid of other moisture
than they obtained from the eur|h and
air.
Experiments made by the scientists
appointed for that purpose by the
French Government show that the re
sistance of the atmosphere to the
motion of a higL speed tram often
i smi/umts to ILOU tlif> resistance
which the locomotive must overcome.
Two engines, of which the resistance
was measured repeatedly and found to
bo nineteen pounds per ton at thirty
seven miles per hour, were coupled
together and again tried. In tho
second trial the resistance fell to four
teen pouuds per ton, the second engine
being shielded from atmospheric re
sistance by the first.
Great attention is now being paid by
the German military authorities to the
question of facilitating and expediting
intrenching methods. Among other
implements which they are testing is
au intrenching spade, invented by M.
de Layeli. When ill use it is fitted to
the stock of the rifle, but it is sug
gested that its proposed place, when
not in use, on the breast of the soldier,
is likelv to cause oppression and to
give little or no protection. Tljo whole
tarrangoment adds rather liiore {hah
three pounds to his impediments.
A Chinese Proverb's Origin.
" 'He'll steal your shoes' is rtii ex
pression which in China is used to de
scribe an arrant knave and pilferer."
says ex-Consul Edward Bedloe, re
cently returned from Amoy. "The
expression is hundreds of years old
and is based on au adventure perpetu
ated through the medium of decornted
crockery ware. A wealthy Chinaman,
whose gorgeously embroidered shoes
were the envy of the community, win-,
according t>> the legend, despoiled of
his pride iu the following manner ; A
: rascal one day rushed up, gave the
| rich man a hearty blow on the back
and seizing the astonished gentleman's
: hat pitched it upon a high wall. The
next moment tho fellow seamed to
, limviver that il was uot an old friend
lie w as greeting *.» enthusiastically mi I
apologized profusely.
" "How shall I get my hat?" in-J
quired the man Mith tin beautiful
I diors.
" '.lump on my back and you can
reach it.' replied the schemer.
"I'hi augge«tiou was carried out,
I but while the liatless man wa« reach
| ing for his hea l covering the raseal
slipped oil the lutudkoittn »hooa and
| luade H»HV, lenvim the simple miudud
uitlliomtitc clutching the w«li,"
M'xlerate i lliuate (attdMclvclu tge,
I'u li iibtediy the climate most on
I dlleive to longer If V I - ft ntoler»t< ..111,
altl .ugh a cold dim ite, other thuitf
1 belli < e.pial. has a deeidt I adv..nU. ••
I ever l hot one. For lustauc*, th. rate
oi ii.- tality in o ithwru clime* u> much
I gr a*< r thai in that ot Mich region* as
< Seautlinavla ai I Huwia.ahlU I irnlloii
t hf.- m h. .gcr Mi Noiaav Hon u air
{. • nitrv HI, I ~112 . oi.u Sol .tat is
, t ld. ll> cold I hit ctc.-wue 0(4*1
prejudicial to |o*y !if« w i>|uv«d by
j Uu low iua«imu ii aa* ahteii i« reaele t
i by I lie inhabitant* of »ioll ph
lei laud and Hill, I.T 11, \tn HI tu Hi
H. lie* dI i \'i l. ia. • - t t*i It net d •
ill liteloiiM Trail.plant. Jt • *«. <
Terms--- 81.00 in Advance; 81.25 after Three IContfis.
WHAT THERE IS IN DUST.
IT CONTAINS STARCH GRAINS
AND OTHER SUBSTANCES.
Difference llet ween the Oust of
Cities nii<t of the Country —Ex
amining a Pinch of Dust.
ft/ dreadful dust!
J 1 There is no getting rid of
\. Jit. It is the bother of my
life,"
So says the housewife. It never oc
curs to her to wonder what is this
ever-accumulating dust of which she
complains. Yet there are ever so
many strange things to bo told about
it.
Of all the materials of which dust is
composed tho most interesting is
stßreli. In every pinch of dust there
is more or less of this ingredient in
the shape of oval and spherical grains.
The dust found in coffins with old
Egyptian mummies contains starch
grains just like those which fly about
in the air to-day.
A scientist with an iuqitiring mind
once took the trouble to examine un
der a microscope specimens of dust
which had penetrated the skulls of an
imals embalmed in the days of the
Pharaohs. The samples revealed the
same kind of grains of starch. Such
grains arc always in everybody's
clothes and 011 the hands. Press your
moistened finger upon a clean pieco of
glass, and on looking at tho latter with
a microscope you will discover several
starch grains. Wash your hands a
dozen times and every repetition of
the experiment will produce tho sanio
result.
Whero does all all this starch come
from? The answer is: From the food
of mankind. Wheat, barley, rice, po
tatoes, etc., are largely composed of
starch. Little gruins of it are widely
scattered by tho winds, and being very
light are held in suspension.
For tho reason above mentioned
much more starch is to be found in tho
dust of cities thau in that of the coun
try, whore population is comparatively
sparse. Thus it may be said that in
every town a cloud of starch always
hangs in tho air. However, the dust
flint blows through the streets, which
settles upon furniture and makes work
for the housewife, contains ever so
many other things besides starch.
Take a small pinch of it at random and
examine it at leisure. Perchance you
will discover among it a fiber of wood,
a scale of human epidermis, a frag
ment of the liair of a dog. a pieco of
an insect's claw, the shell of an ani
malcule and the spore of a plant await
ing a proper resting place, with the
necessary dampness to reproduce its
species.
These are all orgauie substances,
animal or vegetable. Dust contains
much inorganic matter, particularly
small particles of silica. On account
of their size and shape such particles
were for a long time mistaken for eggs
of some kind, but this notion was fin
ally exploded by making chemical
analyses of the alleged eggs. The
history of a single one of these frag
ments would be most interesting to
know. Ever so long ago perhaps it
was part of a rock. The waves wore it
a way from the parent stone and
threw it into a heap of sand on
the shore. After a while the wind
caught it and flung it upon the upland.
Bain took it from the groundauil hur
ried it along to a river. The river car
ried it to the sea. From the sea water
it was taken by an oyster to build the
hitler's shell. The molluxk wiia caught
and i ateii, and the shell, befngthrown
away, was trampled upon, powdered
and dispersed by the brvrf.e*. Thus
the particle whose st|»r,v 'is here re
lated was set afloat in the atmosphere,
to fall at length upon your library
table and to afford a subject for spec
ulation beneath your microscope.
As you walk down the street- on one
of the breeity autumn ilavs a cloud
of dust is blown in your face, almost
stilling you. It is a mixture consist
ing lurgeh of Kiuall fragments of sand.
But if you will take a pinch of it home
aud subject it to examination, you
will tiiitl that it contains an e\truor
diinirv variety of other thingx, such as
the broken libers of plants, pollen,
tine hairs, fibers of clothing aud otlu r
fabrics, particles of lime and soot,
ashes aud clusters uf different kinds of
micro organisms.
When a rat "I Minlinlit ntr. nni* int..
a darkened room it reveals lie liner
I dust particles which always till the air,
> though ordinarily invisible to the t-yu,
• Doctor I'm.l. 11, who has made a stii.lv
J of tln» subject, s,n„ thai tin- particles
1 ill questlou consist l!iostl\ of Irugmellta
I ot vegetable aud animal fiber-, such
I as cotton and wool, and of an euor
uioii* variety of mien organisms,
sinvflv or in masses, such as bacteria
and tin spores ..f mold plants Such
are the "moten in tie *tllibt UUI, rt
spectiug which so many poetic idea*
list. In.-It t \pr< -sed Not a few of
I thciu art Melius capable of producing
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V Hlutfulai I*l.l bit 1 til ll,mail.
Hue of lie 1»i mi *lll 11Im products
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111 U*a Volt .til o| th ..tll\c
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NO. 4.
WEAVING.
I placed my loom the slender threads along—
I laughed to see them glisten ;
Then—ldle weaver! sat with carele«» hand.'
And dreamful eyes to listen.
The whirring song crooned vibrantly, tbo
warp
Was wondrous fair that day;
At eve I rose - I had forgot the weft!
The threads were all one way.
A useless faliric, with unwoven shreds
Acros« _ n o binding ties ;
'flic warp of aims may glint, but Idly runs,
In which no purpose lies.
O careless heart! I said, and aro you thus
An instrument unstrung?
A strain of harmony but half complete,
For words you left unsung?
O listless dreamer! weaving shadows there,
To echoes half contest,
Across the loom, If you will only look,
Lore, smiling, holds the weft.
—Louise Warson.
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
Ruled off —Ledgers.
A tweed garment —A sac coat.
"Get off the earth," the cyclone said
to the barn.
A nervous affection—A man on tho
eve of proposal.
The crawfish is not very good to
eat, but it will do at a pinch.—Truth.
One characteristic of good old Elijah
was his raven-ousappetite.—Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
London's constant fog may be
caused by the continuous reign.—
I >ll llus News.
The tine wheat will insure the farmer
and the English sparrow full crops.--
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
People who are always scheming
generally pay about double for what
they get.—Milwaukee Journal.
When a man is dressed in a little
brief authority, he makes it more con
spicuous than a red neck-tie. —Puck.
So far no one has ever made the
blunder of painting a Cupid to look as
if he had any sense.—Atchison Globe.
"Why does Snagsby keep his bail
cut so short?" "Because he's getting
bald, and he won't have it long."—
Philadelphia Record.
"He says he owes you a licking
doos he? Well, you'll never get it."
"How do you know?" "I'm his
tailor." —Chicago Tribune.
"He's a very modest young man,
isn't lie?" "Modest as a burglar; he
doesn't even want the credit of his
own work."—Philadelphia Record.
An enterprising hosier has an
nounced h new button, which he colls
The Old Maid's Wedding. Why? Be
cause it never comes oft".—Tit-Bits.
The coalman's season may be th*
winter, the summer the iecmay's harv
est, so that it's possible the inilkmai'
finds his greatest protit in the ? spring.
Shall I from her swoet spall depart,
Or tiikf her for better or wor-W
The choice is - will she break tnr henrt,
Or -shall she break my purse? it
-Puck.
Demonstrator in Natural Science
"Gentlemen, I hold in my hand three
shells." Voice (from amphitheatre)
'•lt isn't under tiny of tlieui.-Detroit
Free Press - .
Watts—"l wonder how lifts work 1
will get along when you nivd. I have
left it?" Potts — "You'd letter 1>«
wondering how we'll get along?' --In
dianapolis Journal.
Pipkin- - "Does your know
anything about cooking?" -.Potts
guess she does; you can't fset Ju l' iutc
any of your cheap lvate
Field' < Washington.
"Hello, Bingley. how did tl<t- do<-toi
succeed in breaking up >*4911 fever?'
"Oil, easy enough; he prjistUited his
bill, and 1 had a chill i:i fifteen rain
ntes." —Chicago I uter : )ceAA'.'
"Can I get this note 'sWiU'eil?" h»
timidly asked the m»Aoj»leuder
"«iracious ! ' ejaculated the broker, ai
lie glanced :it the date, "it'M fdd enougl'
to need it! ' Atlauts <\-utt|tf|tioii.
I'nU'ss old words can lu- -
for tin new oues that are I'.eiliij ruiiidlj
coined. Kuglish dictionaries v'ili soon
have t.» be taken t>> i cottnit' t'l>inpri st
to lie rendered portable. • tUuU* v -v>»
Applicant for W.irk iT'lbiti tli«- ■ c
cupatioii --em. to In- a dtiiijji ryy« oUe.'
Maiitis,'er "Ye. : but the!' in -iim- m>ii
nr.« killed th* company S#W(ilil i-» ud
tloweri to yuiir fuu-ial." Pot-tol-
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