SULLIVAN JSSLH REPUBLICAN.
W. M. CHENEY, Publisher.
VOL. XTI.
"The blarney stone at the World's
Fair was a sham rock," according to
the Rochester Poet-Express.
The production of cotton yarns in
Japan h«s increased from 1,000,000
pounds in 1888 to 04,000,000 in 1892.
Three-fourths of the earth's surface
is unfit for cultivation on account of
mountain ranges, deserts, swamj:>s and
barren ground.
The cost of the world's wars sinco
the Crimean war has been $13,265,-
000,000, or enough to give a 310 gold
piece to every man, woman and child
on the globe.
Dr. Forbes Winslow, tho expert on
insanity, seems to be veering round
to tho idea that suicide is an epidemic
and that mental contagion is as possi
ble as physical.
Something like $100,000,000 is now
invested 111 cotton mills in the South,
as compared with $(>1,000,000 in 1890
and $22,000,000 in 18G0. There has
been au increase of about 450 per
cent, since 1880 in capital, spindles
and looms.
President Eliot, of Harvard, says
that there is scarcely a single subject
taught nowadays in the same way it
was taught thirty years ago aud that
even law, tho most conservative of
studies, is now treated in an entirely
different method from that which pre
vailed in former years. The method,
he adds, is being adopted all over the
country nnd is making its way into
the English universities. Then, too,
the teaching of the sciences and lan
guages has been greatly changed.
Some queer stories are told by the
Chicago Herald about the United
States cruiser Charleston. The plans
were purchased in England aud now it
turns out that tlioy were a very sorry
lot of drawings. Not only that, but
the machinery plans were so defective
that the entire scheme of motive power
for the ship lmd to be remodelled.
The English plans were practically oi
no account, aud hence the charge that
the Charleston is a ship of English de
sign is absolutely without foundation.
New York is now wondering at the
arrest of au express robber in a way
that, in the opinion of the St. Louis
Star-Sayings, wipes out all the detec
tive stories in which Sherlock Homes,
\ idocq, Lecocq and their kind figure.
More than $30,000 was stolen from an
express package in transit. The com
pany had possession of the envelope
whieh contained the key to the safe
irom which tho money was taken.
This envelope had thumb marks on the
seals which hail been broken. Im
pressions of the right thumb of seven
men who had handled the envelope
were taken, and an official of tho com
pany was hold in SIO,OOO bail on the
evidence furnished by the microscope
of the iines in liir right thumb.
A correspondent of the American j
Dairyman asks for the annual value j
of the agricultural products of the '
country. The question is one of the j
most difficult to auswer. The census
of 1890 doos not do it satisfactorily,
aud since that date the aggregate
value of farm production has steadily
increased. President Harrisou, in one
of his latest messages, estimated it at
$4,500,000,000 annually. The present
Secretary of Agriculture, in his lute
report, is silent on this point, although
he does say that there are six millions
of farms in the country on which
thirty millions of the population live.
Our opinion is that the Secretary's es
timate of the number of farms exceed
by a full million the actual figures. To
auswer our friend's query, nothing
better than an approximate estimate
can be offered, and his own is about
as valuable as any other. The whole
thing iamere guesswork.
The cost of transportation has been
on the decline for the last ten 01
twelve years, and even for a much
longer period, remarks tho lloston
Cultivator. Tho decline in rate* per
ton per lulle oil all the railroads of
the country has been from l.'Jiltl emits
to ,SWJ7 cents from lMj to M'JJ The.
decline for this period was the le-ist 111
the middle and o*utral northern
htatea, and the great.-.t in theHoutu
Atlantic an I Gulf Htate* and tli
northwestern States, lln latter em
braced the Granger system*. I'll, r .
( of these heavy decline-. it*. I. . u
diaaatrou* in litany instance*, Iwu.g
more than tli« railroad* could Ikwi\
It goes to shiW. however, tliat 11,
. 1 I trausporlati I Miw.n l, I
per Mils of transportation ar« gr> at
aj ueiea lu . pialmurf pu »in Jtftwi
vnl iiwiiU
SPRING FEVER.
Spring fever—ain't no cure for ft -
I have it once a year ;
It takes me in the city,
And it makes me drowsy there.
And I nod,
And I nod,
Like a Oeorgla flshin'rod.
When it feels the trout a-pullin'
'Fore you land him on the sod!
Spring fever—don't know how it comes.
And no one ever know :
And all I know is when it's here,
It creeps all over you I
And you dream,
And you dream
That you're floatin' down a stream;
Floatin', floatin' like a feather
Where the water-lilies gleam! *
—-Atlanta Constitution.
AT CHARITY'S MERCY.
BY FRANK H. SWEET.
x "1 HERE was no pret
), j j tier piece of land in
11 all tho country
J I round thnn that oc
cupied by the Tin
ker County poor
farm. It sloped to
the north, to be
sure, anil that did
not add to the comfort of such paup
ers as were able to work in winter, but
in compensation it liad splendid woods
and a line lake front. The lake was
deep and clear and dotted with small
islands. On the opposite slope, nnd
half hidden by noble trees, were the
outlines of a country mansion ; and in
the distance were blue bills which
might almost be mistaken for mount
ains.
But it was not on account of natural
beauty that the Tinker County poor
farm had been selected. The town of
ficers were hard, practical men and did
not care for such things. When it was
decided that it would be for the town's
advantage to farm its paupers instead
of selling them at auction, tho select
men looked around for a suitable
place.
Tho Bowen farm had the reputation
of being the poorest in the town. It
was rocky and unproductive, and had
already ruined several small farmers
who had been imprudent enough to
trust their little to its keeping. Of
late both purchasers and renters had
given it a wide berth.
But it was just tho place the select
men were looking for. It was off the
highway nnd was cheap. They ap
proached the owner cautiously and
found that he was anxious to sell--so
much 30 that he accepted their first
offer. The next thing was to rent the
farm aud tho paupers to the lowest
bidder. This happened to be Sim
Pratt, u man who had always been au
unsuccessful farmer, because ho was
too stingy to become a prosperous one.
He was not a bad man; but he was
poor and covetousand narrow-minded,
and all these pointed to a questionable
future for the paupers. Aud as the
years went by all the indications were
fulfilled.
Pratt had been keeper of the form
for ten years now, and in all this time
there had been found no one to under
bid him. The pay was small, the farm
poor and the paupers not very desir
able, even to men of dull sensibilities.
No one tried to succeed him.
But Pratt liked to rule Before his
advent to power 110 had never been
able to hire help. Now he was autocrat
of a small colony. In a few months
he had fixed upon the maximum work
which could be had from each of the
paupers. Some were able-bodied,
some could only work part of the time,
some could not work at all. But, us a
rule, it was the able-bodied who were
the hardest to manage; it was their
laziness which had brought them to
the town farm.
Tinker County hnd little money to
spare its jumpers for clothing, and
Pratt and the farm needed all the
work they could give. Consequently
there was much suffering during the
winter. When it was too cold to mend
Btone walls and fences, the strongest
were sent to tho beaeh after seaweed.
All the rest who were able to work
were put into the baru aud sheds to
stamp out beans and shell corn. It
was nothing unusual for a pauper to
die, and the town physician sometimes
expressed his views very decidedly.
But a physieian's views hud little
weight with tho practical gtiardiuu of
the county's finances.
One afternoon several of the old
men were at work in the lower field.
The wind was sharp and cut through
their clothing until their teeth chat
tered with the bitter cold. All of
them were thinly clad; aud at last a
little, round-shouldered man begau to
fiuger nervously at his coat which wan
already bit ttoned.
"I 'lou't tall thin much chanty," Ur
pruiuMetl, ili-roiitinU'lly. "MCI'IIIM
LIKTT TIN' towu INIV( lit lot UH have nver-
I'oatu Mt-vk |H'kky oulil Weather. Wluit
aav, Squirt V"
Tbo man atlilri'KM il iliil not auwer.
Lifting a heavy forkful of maweek lit
«|IIINMI it thinly over th« groninl. V»
l»u rutiiriiDil lor another ioa-t the little
uian wont on, |ieevi»bly
"S. . IUJ, lit, fni'tx might IMMutvr
l'l» 111 a Jtlin■. ||k< thia ' 11»I ii 't Ul 11 nil
we've m>l tor |iv«- ter, anyway, ilmt
j>ark<<l away like iiitl fnriiltoor iu a
garr> t, an' kimml ri«Maiire whin tin
11 In Ur taker liriliga bl» bo*. KcttliM
lik« an might |.i« k what rruntha «,
eoiil'l ullt«U Ihi iHiliw.it>. "
The otlw r man illil not M<CIU to hear
Again hi i-<ikfitl of .-.riiinl »«>
•|i|<*a I, an Ihe waa r. « Illil ,4 for More
when t ho llttla mall aU |>|»> >1 IN fConl
of him
"Can t y« an»wi r a man # ijii'l'
hi- aokrtl. irritaMy "Vuii am i u>>
wuiii ili i l n I ttw, aw* I iu itlllm ifk
mi 11*• •lot it |l,'ia I»« !#• ii« imiHi
in with you ui'if ii two yuMM. an' ymi
ain I WTMLT IIEI| >| oka la I IMD W|«T
LAPORTE, PA., FRIDAY, MAY 4. 1894.
you's 'bleeged ter. 'Tain't decent!
I'm a sosherblq, man myself, au' I
don't like bein' tied to a stick."
The Squire gazed at him vacantly
for a moment. Evidently bis
thoughts had been far away, and he
was bringing them back by a powerful
effort. As he straightened himself up
to his full height he looked very tall
and thin; anil there was something
pitifully incongruous in his rough, ill
fitting garments and his clean-cut,
scholarly face and snow-white hair.
"What is it, Thomas?" he asked,
gravely. "I was thinking, and did
not hear you. We old men,"
with a slight smile, "have so much
past and so little future that we are apt
togo wool gathering."
"Speakin' fer yourself an' not me,
then," said Thomas, hastily. "My
past ain't a good place ter gather wool,
au' I don't goto it 'ceptin' I'm 'bleeged
ter. But that ain't here nor there. I
didn't want nothin', Squire, only jest
ter hear you speak, so't I'd know you
was 'live and not a purnambulatin'
machine." He spread seaweed for
several minutes in silence, then once
more leaned upon his fork. "Come
ter think on't, Squire, thero is one
thing I'd to ast ye. When I come ter
this place I found you was a'ready
here, an' 1 got to callin' ye Square-cos
the rest did. But down 'n the kitchen
last night they told me 'twas raly so.
Is it?"
"Is what?" dreamily.
"That you was high-toned oncet,
an' had money an' things, like rich
folks?"
''l had all I wanted, I believe."
"An' owned that house acrost the
lake, an' had horses an' stables an'
servants an'—an' Government bonds?"
excitedly.
"Yes"—a slight tremor came into
the grave voice—"but we will not
speak of that, Thomas. Suppose we
goto work. We will freeze if we stand
here talking."
They set to work vigorously, each
taking one side of the long row of
piles which the wagon had left and
spreading as fur as the seaweed would
cover. But occasionally Thomas
glanced furtively at his companion.
"So it's raly true," he muttered
under his breath, :, son gambled an'
run off an' old man paid his debts an'
come here. 'Tarnal pity ! fer the old
feller's a good sort, if he don't talk.
An' the sou—well, I guess it's them
kind o' sons as makes hangiu's."
All through the afternoon they
worked, and only stopped when the
shrill call of the supper hom came
across the field.
As they passed through the barn
yard, a great, hulking figure slouched
from one of the sheds.
"Hullo, 'Sias!" called Thomas, jeer
ingly ; "got over bein' siek, have ye?"
"Ye-as, 'baout," the man answered,
sheepishly.
"Well, take ear' ye don't git down
ag'iu when it's time fer work."
At the door they met Pratt.
"Jest the fellers I'm lookin' fer,"
he said, briskly. "You'll have ter go
back an' do up the burn chores. Bill
an' Ike don't seem to think they're lit.
You see t' the horses, yourself.
Squire," he added, as they turned
to do his bidding; "Thomas ain't per
tickler 'nough."
It was late in the evening when they
returned to the house. Thomas went
into the kitchen, but his companion
was too tired to cat. He climbed
slowly to his cold room in the garret.
In the morning he was awakened by
the rough voice of Pratt.
"Come, git up, Squire ! Bill's down
with cold an' you'll have ter drive his
team ter-day. Step lively !"
The old man dressed hurriedly and
stumbled down the dark staircase. It
still lacked an hour of daylight.
Pratt stood by the kitchen door.
"Take a bit o' suthiu' au' be gittin'
off soon's ye can," he exclaimed, im
patiently. "It'll be daylight fust ye
know. I'll be boun' there's a dozen
teams on the beach already."
"I don't know as I shall be able to
make a load without help," said the
Squire, doubtfully, ' I sprained my
back a little yesterday.
"Tut, tut! We've got shirks 'nough
on the place now 'thout you tryin' to
join 'em. You're all right. Git some
vittles an' be starin'. We can't 'ford
ter board ye here for nothin'."
The Squire untile 110 reply. Taking
a few piece# of cold bread he ate them
mechanically, and then opened the
door and weui out. It was bitterly
cold, and he took a handkerchief from
his pocket and tied it around his neck.
When he reached the baru he foiiud a
puce of old sacking, and this wan
made to do ditty as au overcoat. It
did not take him long to yoke the
oxen, and presently the heavy wheel-,
of the wagon were creaking sharpU
over the frozen ground.
When the sit 11 rose he was well 011
his way to the beach. Moon after he
drove across the low ridge of sand liillx
which had been washed up by succes
sive storms, lint, early an tin wan, s« v
< ral teams were ahead of linn. The
lieal of the Seaweed had been thrown
into piles, and the lueu Were iiow load
III,; it into their wagolis. As the wind
was oifnliore there wa* no fresh sea
Wee I coining lU. The Squire took III*
i.'fk from the wagou and drove slowly
along the bcifi, picking up stray
luiiiiln here and tin re. Sometime*
he slejjped into the Hater and rescued
HIMK » which Were lie IUK floated oil by
the risttiK tld
Hut 1. * tut alow, hard work 'l'll.
> titer team* h ft aud new arrivals took
'ten |.'o'e» last ho threw tils fork
Upon the load and drove away. It wai
long past noon
Hack through the natid lull, and
•eroMI Urn pant urea to ttla HtalH NNmI,
wii I theii up hill and down until ha
can. in *ight tlu town fariu tin
top ~1 the U»t hill l»» 1-a'OM.d to let
Nta« lion thu )..* I hranehad, aa 1
mill ol Ike folks eufv I away into lln
wo . Uand aixuttU !ak« til. ..H
eyes grew wistful. It was the road
which lod to the mansion among the
trees.
As he stood there he saw a carriage
approaching. Driving his team to one
siue he waited ; but the carriage stopped
as it came opposite.
"Does Squire Burke still live at the
old place ?" a man asked.
"No;" he left many years ago.
At the sound of the voice the stranger
started and glanced at the old man
sharply. Then he sprang from the
carriage. But as he drew near ho
paused and bowed his head, like a man
waiting sentence.
"Richard!" The Squire tried to keep
his voico steady ; but it broke as the
young man sprang forward and caught
him in his arms.
After a few moments they stood back
and looked at each other.
"Where have you been all these
years, Richard?" the old man asked.
"What have you been doing?"
4 'ln South America—working. After
you—disowned me I wandered about
tho country for some weeks and then
shipped on board of a vessel as a com
mon sailor. Finally I drifted into a
place where I obtained a good situa
tion. After a while I went into busi
ness. Then I wrote to the man whose
name I had—forged and told him I
was able to pay some of the money
and would pay the rest as soon as I
could. He answered that it was all
paid. Of courso I understood. After
that I worked harder than ever. I
determined to repay every cent, and
thought that if I could make you be
lieve I was not all bad yon might—
perhaps—change your opinion."
The Squire raised his hand deprecat
ingly.
"Don't, Richard ! I changed it many
years ago. I was harsh—cruel—un
just !"
"No!" in eager protest. Then, for
the first time, he seemed to notice tho
Squire's garments. From them hie
eyes wandered to the oxen.
"Surely you are not so—so"—•
"Poor? Yes'; I have been on the
town farm nearly ten years. I was ill,
and could get no employment. There
was nothing else."
The young man's face whitened.
Stepping quickly to the carriage he
said something in a low tone to the
driver. Then he returned and toek
tho whip from his father's grasp.
"I will drive the team," he said.
"The carriage will come for us in an
hour and take us to the hotel. To
morrow we will see the owner of the
old place aud buy it back. But you
are cold!"
Removing his overcoat, he threw it
around the shivering form ; then he
took off his gloves aud forced them on
the toil-worn hands.
The old man's eyes glistened. As his
gaze wandered across the fields to
where the paupers were at work he
said, eagerly:
"There is one thing we must get,
even before we buy the old place."
"What is it, father?"
"Overcoats for all the men on the
farm."—lndependent.
Frightened to Death.
There are several well authenticated
cases where fright was the cause of
death. An English surgeon tells of a
drummer m ludia across whose legs a
harmless lizard crawled while he was
half asleep. He was sure that a cobra
hail bitten him, and it was too much
for his nerves and he died.
Frederick I.of Prussia was killed
by fear. His wife was insane, aud
ouo day she escaped from her keeper,
and, dabbling her clothes with blood,
rushed upon her husband while he was
dozing in his chair. King Frederick
imagined her to be the white lady,
whose ghost was believed to invaria
bly appear whenever the death of a
member of tho royal family was to oc
cur, and lie was thrown into a fever
ami died iu six weeks.
But perhaps the most remarknblo
death from fear was that of the Dutch
paiuter Pent man, who lived iu the
seventeenth century. One day he
ivent into a room full of auatomical
subjects to sketch some skulls and
bones for a picture ho intended to
paint. The weather was very sultry,
and while sketching ho fell asleep. He
was aroused by bones dancing around
him, aud the skeletons suspended
from tin- ceiling clashed together. Iu
a fit of horror he threw himself out of
the window. Though he sustained no
serious injury, and wus informed that
a slight earthquake had caused the
commotion among the ghostly sur
roundings, he died of nervous treiuer.
The Million.
Karl)' I..union Street*.
Iu tho seventeenth aud eighteenth
Oi'utiiries, when a Lou lon street was
newly formed, iti name uud date were
fl 1 queutly recorded on a tablet built
into the wall of u corner house. The
houses themselves were also sometimes
■listinge 1-died by initials, names or
•l.itin, either placed like the street
tablet* or 011 a ram pipe or inside the
building,
5 nil" of these relics still survive,
but there is constant danger of their
il. ntructiou, for ■ very year many old
houses are leveled with the groitud,
and streets, once important, cease to
< \i*t, are merged iu other streets, us
lose their importance by being re
named Loudon Notes and lotteries.
I'uttrr »i Ini'elgH Police,
The Vienna poller have general
eh*fge of all u«w*pap..ra, and keep
records of all pr< ».. * au I publication*,
maintain a cci.*or.ldp ov r all theatres
and plats. Issue been— for the publi.
callou and sale of ail book*, magaSlunS
and periodical* Alt plav*, dialogues,
•oug*. dauc.m au I » uii lUinmuni* by
•octet!**, club* or individual* mu.t be
I'.n.itl. d lo Ik. p dun, and ahptofed
tfe Lift! |'« w t i -li Hwf Jatftf'
INDIANS OF NEW MEXICO.
aUEER CUSTOMS PRACTICED BY A
PECULIAR PEOPLE.
I'ew Changes In Their Life Since Pre
historic Times—Land is Held tu
Common by This Peaceful Race.
/ yr CATTEREDaII around through
New Meiico and Arizona are
ito be found Indian villages,
called pueblos, where the red
faced Americans live, almost as their
ancestors did hundreds of years ago.
The habits and customs of these
Indians are interesting, but most in
teresting of all to the ordinary tender
foot from tho land where idolatry is
looked upon as dead and gone long
ago are the idols which are to be
found constantly in many of the
pueblos.
Oue hears of the heathen from China
and occasionally from the ends of tho
world of benighted men who arc
idolatrous, but in New Mexico, within
three days of New York City, are to
be found men and women who, it is
claimed by many, are Christians, but
who not only make idols, but keep
them in their houses. Whether they
worship them or not is a question
which is much discussed, and it looks
very much as if the testimony to the
effect that some of the Indians do
worship their idols outweighs that to
tho contrary. The idols of the Indians
are most ridiculous looking concerns,
anil are a source of constant and vary
ing amusement to the Easterner who
loves to dig about in old villages and
museums.
The Indian pueblo nearest the city
of Saute Fe is theTesuque pueblo, and
here a man may buy a whole bagful
of gods, large and small, for a dollar
or so. The Indians are not very much
in love with their gods, for a hundred
gods mav be made in an hour or so
and exchanged easily for ready money.
The people of the Tesuque peublo
are not a bad sort. They live in com
paratively well-made houses, mostly
of adobe clav. If you say "Good day"
to them in Spanish they will repeat
your greeting; it' you remark to a
gray old buck, "Hello I" he and his lit
tle ones will cry out, "Hello, boy!
Hello, boy!"
There is no sense in being bashful
when surrounded by the squaws. They
certainly are not. The majority of
them have no reason to be so; their
ago and ugliness are sufficient protec
tion. But among the women are to be
fouuil four or five very pretty ones.
These young ladies are from fourteen
to sixteeu years of age. They are not
very tali, Int their figures are good,
and they are as bright and as pretty as
any of the darlings of New York,
Philadelphia or Baltimore. It. is true
they are decided brunettes, but then
some men prefer brunettes. Their
features are regular, their eyes bright
and Hashing, and never dazed and
heavy-looking from too much dancing
or too many cups of tea.
Their teeth are white and regular
aud there are not half a dozen chunks
of gold and silver scattered about
among them. The girls do not
louugc about iu hammocks or read
novels all daylong. They get out and
rush about and play with their
brothers or help them at work, nnd if
they don't like what is said to them
floor the young men with a good
right-hander from the shoulder.
It is difficult, iu fact impossible, to
get the Indians to talk about their
gods, their religion aud their tradi
tions aud superstitious, uuless one
lives a great time among them. Several
gentlemen, in the interest of science,
haved lived auioug the Indians, but as
they say very little iu their writings
about the superstitious beliefs and tho
gods of the Indians, the chances are
that the Indiaus managed to keep
their secrets to themselves, it is not
pleasant to live among the Indians.
There are very few Indians to be
found in the larger towns and cities of
New Mexico and Arizouu; they prefer
to keep to themselves. They live in
their pueblos or villages in the houses
which were probably built liuudreds
of years ago. The Indians have
changed but little in the few huudred*
of years since the Spauish conquests.
Their pueblos are built 011 almost tho
same style as those found by Cortez.
Their habits have changed very little.
The ludians speak but little of any
tiling but a patois of Spanish. I heir
women are not fond of overmuch
dressing. They work pretty hard,
much harder than the lower claas ol
Mexicans, whom they despise and look
down upon with coutempt.
They farm and make very good pot
tery, uml shoot aud sell their furs
and carry wood 111 turn to the towns,
where they sell it or exchaugt it for
the ucccKsarics 01 life. iu olden
times, laud is held in common, aud
there are chiefs, just a» of old, who
goveru the pueblos. Kadi pueblo is
like a little republic ..I itself, and it is
very seldom that au Indian malefactor
ever Kctn tUto the ollUldc court*. The
Jill UL*httic lit illeted out to WIoUk diM'r*
by the head* ol the talttllv iu the
pueblo ia xeuerally just, aud one
rarclv or never hears of family mat
ters i.eiuK taken before the white men
for adjustment
The people, oil all subject* but
their religion, talk freely aud ptoaa
antly to strangers, aud haveu t the
ba»t object 1011 to a mau * walking all
over the jiucblo. I lie Wouteu aud
eblldren follow Mm visitor around,
and when he leave* hurrah f»r him
ami wave their hand* at liih. until he
| M |.**t to sight —Niw Voyk Muu
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Terms—-SI.OO in Advance ; 51.25 after Three Months.
SCIENTIFIC AXI> INDUSTRIAL.
There are aluminum bath tubs.
Incandescent lamps now sell for
twenty-five cents apiece.
More than 16,000 Hindoos have been
inoculated for the prevention of
cholera.
Illinois physicians indorse the
theory that sun spots and smallpox
ure connected.
The human skin is exactly like that
of a fish, as it is covered with minute
scales overlapping each other.
Peach stones find ready sale to be
used in manufacturing perfumes,
flavoring extracts aud prussic acid.
Illinois University is to have a sum
mer station for the natural history
laboratory and the study of aquatic
fauna.
Opticians say that the eye can de
tect tho color produced by adding but
one-millioneth of a gramme of fuch
sine to a glass of water.
The projected Pan-American Rail
way will be from six to ten thousand
feet above sea level, and a good many
long and expensive tunnels will be
necessary.
The largest passenger engine iu the
United States belongs to the Cleve
land, Columbus, Cincinnati and In
dianapolis Railroad. Weight, sixty
five tons.
Zoologists claim that the strength of
the lion in the fore limbs is only sixty
nine per cent, of that of the tiger,
and the strength of the hind limbs
sixty-five per cent.
Tho cylinder head of a Connecticut
locomotive blew out while at full
speed. The train's momentum carried
it to the station, five miles away,
without a pound of steam.
It is said that Paris will build a
tubular railway eight miles long for
the exposition of 1900. It will be for
passenger service and electricity will
furnish the motive power.
Josiah Hoopes, of Westchester,
Penn., has been collecting American
birds for forty years past, and now
lias curefully mounted what is believed
to be one of the finest collections iu
the United States. It numbers ti'JOO
sjiecimens.
As to where man first appeared it is
beyond doubt that his earliest home
was in southern Europe, or Asia, or
North Africa. No earlier traces of
him have been found than those
found in the area that is uowEnglaud,
France and Spaiu.
Professor Otto Lugger, iu charge of
tho Minnesota experimental station at
St. Anthony Park, Minn., has discov
ered fro.)i numerous experiments that
if the animal is healthy no rise in
temperature will follow the injection
of Koch's lymph, while, if alilicted
with tuberculosis, even in its incipient
stages, there is an instant rise in-tem
perature.
vjn tests last year in the German
town of Dessau it was shown that cook
ing by wood and coal costs a little
more than twice that done with gas.
From experiments continued at Leip
sic for several years it is estimated
that a consumption of 700 cubic feet
of gas per mouth is sufficient for pre
paring the ordinary food of a family
of four persons.
Dr. Kopjien, of Hamburg, has com
municated to the United States hydro
graphic office liis method for calming
the waves about a ship in times of
storm. He recommends the use of
soap suds. G. W. Leiitehales,
assistant United States hydrographer,
says that it is the particles of air un
derneath the water which result
in tho formation of waves. He also
recommends soap suds for preventing
the growth of waves.
The IMleious Muraeujas.
Have you ever eaten maraeujas? If
not, 1 advise you to make the experi
ment as soon as may be. I had never
seen them till tho other night, when
I was diuiug out, and noticed what at
first I thought were oranges nestling
on the dish beneath glorious bunches
of purple and green grapes. The fruit
wan arranged on low silver eperjrues
and mingled with flowers, as is now
often the case. I soou, however, dis
covered that the skin of the fruit as
well as tho shape were quite dis
similar to that of au orange, the ex
terior being shiny and "papery," and
the size and shape resembliug that oi
II very large Victoria plain.
I found that maracuja was nuother
name for the fruit of the passifu
flower, and a* soon as I ha I beeu toi I
this 1 recollected that even 111 Knglau I
the shape aud color of our own
passion flower fruit is exactly similar,
though it becomes no larger than a
good-sixed damson. Those to which
I was introduced the other evening
<*i.iue from Jamaica and the south of
Maderia, and were obtained at a We*
Eud fruiterer's. It requites a little
pluck to eat theiu, a* the interior 1
rather a shock.
I'lie fruit is like a collection of
dark Kray seeds iu silver-colored
gelatinous syruji, aud does not look
sppetuiug, but the flavor is dulicioii*.
r. -cmbluiK a uioi>t beautiful h"thou*c
melon. If uniraciljas were better
know 11, I am sure they would be a
favorite nd.liti.ui to our dessert.
Loudon Ocutlewoiueu.
tin' rtMiitutn ill* ol liliti'iei Ha),
Ihiriug the p*»l eight or teu »<• »r*
a mm- is phenomenon ha* been hm
lath observed at Glacier Bay, Alaska
It always occurs mune lisieli after the
full moon of Juua aud at' u.. other
tune dIIr Ifl till' Ytar, audi* *ai It > bs
directlv 'over the bat A .'uncut
(AU-k* |.li' l ',(ia|.ii. 112 It** taken pie
lure* of it on tour tlilTor* ut
1 l> Mtlly a s'Mtfte una ui th« gko*tly
iMlltdlltg* otilllUvl wu In* |d I tea.
Lvuts I»U ''die-
NO. 30.
DEVELOPMENT
Tog, people change ; we did, yon fcrsow ;
Last August, just a year ago,
You wore red poppies in your hair
That night at Brown's ; I called you fair,
And you were pleased X thought you so.
The music, throbbing soft and low,
Seemed filled with joy—or was it woe?
I could not tell, for you were there—
Yes, people change.
To-night your gown's like drifted snow ;
Tho wedding-march peals softly, slow ;
For Tom a bridal wreath you wear,
And I—some way I do not care.
I should have cared a year ago—
Yes, people change.
—Helen Nioolay, In the Century.
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
Experience tries to teach some very
slow pupils. —Puck.
Fogg refers to his glasses as an over
sight.—Boston Transcript.
If advice cost anything we wonlil all
spend money to get it. Atchison Globe.
Gossip is talk about other people's
affairs which are none of our business.
—Truth.
It is hard to be grateful to the man
who fought your battle for you and
got licked.—Sittings.
Necessity may be the mother of in
vention ; but, more often than not,
she is childless.—Puck.
It is useful, often, to hold your
tongue; but far more so to know how
to hold your pen.—Puck.
Teacher -"What is it, Harry, that
stings like an adder?" Harry—"Tlio
end of a leather strap."—Truth.
"You've the advantage of me, sir,"
said Pompus, loftily. "Naturally, as
I'm not you," replied Secus.—Puck.
"Delay is dangerous," remarked tho
train-robber, as he requested the pass
engers to hand over their valuables.—
Puck.
Waiter—"What kind of fish will you
have, sir, bluefish or whitefieh'?" Guest
—"I don't care; I'm colorblind."—
Hallo.
"Does Flagson practice what ho
preaches?" Great Caesar! No; he
never gets through preaching."—lnter-
Ocean.
When it transpires that a speaker
has only one idea his audience is
always anxious for him to carry it
out.—Dallas News.
Jillson says he has noticed that
when a discreet man goes to the pawn
broker's he generally puts up and
shuts up.—Buffalo Courier.
Her tastes were so expensive,
80 inclined to prices steep,
She was uniformly silent
From the fact that talk Is cheap.
—Puck.
"I fear," sailly said the postage
stamp, when it found itself fastened
to a love-letter, "that I am not
sticking to facts."—lndianapolis Jour
nal.
Teacher—"l don't suppose any one
of the little boys here lias ever seen a
whale." Boy (at the foot of the class
—"No. sir, but I've felt one."—Brook
lyn Life.
Irate German (to stranger who has
stepped on his toe)-—"Mine frent, I
know mine feet vas meant to be valked
on, but dot brivilege pelongs'to me."
- Tit-Bits.
Yager—"l made one ringing/speech
in my life, anyway." Chorus (de
risively)— "Where, when?' Yager—
"The night I proposed to Mrs. Yager."
—Buffalo Courier.
Lady (in a book store) "Can you
tell me where Packer Institute is?"
Clerk (trying to think) —"I'm not
sure, madam, but I should say it was
in Chicago."—Detroit Freo Press.
If men were true to their first love,
ns stage heroes, novels and women de
mand that they should be, every man
would marry the cook who made him
little cakes when he was a boy.—Atchi
son Globe.
First Sanioau Belle—"What horrible
instincts those Christian women must
have." Second Samoau Belle—"Why,
dear?" "I am told that they actually
wear live lizards for ornaments."—
Indianapolis Journal.
Ambitious Young Person—"What
do you think is the first strp one
should tako in order to become a poet?"
Experienced Editor (thoughtfully)
"Well, 1 should say take out a life in
surance policy. " —Somerville Journal.
"The next gowu I shall issue," said
the ladiea' tailor, "will be the triumph
of the oentury." "Indeed," said his
huiublu assistant. "Yes, indeed. It
will be impossible to tell from its
shape that there is s womau in it at
all." ludiauapoli* Journal.
It' you would know the difference in
the speed of the shooting star and the
canal mule, quietly observe a mau in
the act of taking mouey from a debtor
and tliriistiug it into his pocket; and
then watch hiui as be takes a dollar
from his pocket to shower upon a
creditor. I'uek
I'endragon "Hello, Wordleigh,
you're looking way up. Where d you
get you're good clothes?" Wordlelgh
"tth, I'm doing finely. (letting
n. ii. rndnfM 'Why, hMi 1 tkd
The last time I >a« von you looked
like a tramp, ail.l complained that you
couldn't get an article accepted
Wordlrigh "Oh, yes; but now I'm
reading a wriM of unpublished maim
script* before the 11. I lam v Literary
Club " Mr Kikly ti Life
"I.ook here, I have come to the eon
elusion that It Is all humbug witti
your vegetarian principle*. Tin othei
■ veiling I »a» at a vegetarian club and,
true as I am alive, luosl of tbe Hum
l„rs present wis actually gorging
lhciu»clves *»» li beetstoaks !" "That
is easily eiplameJ Any ia«ml»ei ai
riving late uu a club night i« con
!<vlle I to eat • lu»fsteak by way of
|.uiiiabiu»Ht an I yet, Strang" I # a*,
a.sin «l mn members make a