SULLIVAN REPUBLICAN.
W. M. CHENEY. Publisher.
VOL. XIII.
The New York World prints n list
of 109 New Yorkers who will have to
pay an income tax of SI 000 and up
wards. W. W. Astor's tax is set at
8178,000. Mrs. Ilettio Green pays
more than auy other woman.
Tho despised rabbit of Australia is
being anxiously inquired for by tho
British nrmy contractor, records tho
American Agriculturist, who sees n
possible supply of cheap and whole
some food for tho army in that direc
tion.
The stock of the Pullman Company,
of 330,000,000, sell for 8174 to $172 a
share (par valuo being S100). Tho
compnny pays on this §3(5,000,000 of
stock a dividend of two per cent.,pay
able quarterly, or eight per cent, per
annum.
Alaska's mail service has heretoforo
been dependent upou Eskimo dogs.
Reindeers, however, are so much bet
ter for the purpose that tho Govern
ment has imported several families of
Laplanders to teach tho natives of
Alaska how to train and uso this ani
mal.
Three hundred Japanese reside in
New York City. They do not live to
gether in a colony like many other
foreigners, bccauso they are divided
by their interests into distinct classes,
and, in addition, they are wealthy
enough to bo ablo to live wherever
they please.
A promoter in Culiforaia proposes
to build an electric railway through
tho mountains sixty-two miles to tho
Yoseniito Valley, and, by utilizing tho
vater power, lurninh electric light and
motors for all that region. About
'.IOOO tourists visit tho Yosemito every
year, paying §35 each for tho stago
ride. _________
French statesmen, notably M. Lc
villc, uro endeavoring to extend to
Franco the benefits of tho American
homestead, and as thero is no word in
tho French tongue which is a proper
equivalent for it, tho word "home
ttead" is retained in a bill that has
been introduced in tho Chamber of
Deputies.
Formerly the mau with a hand or
pau strapped over his back and an up
right stall firmly fitted to one side ot
the instrument was a familiar 6ight;
but now ouo rarely sees this old speci
men of music box. The musical piano,
which is run on wheels, and which, if
anything, makes even more hideous
noise, has almost entirely supplantod
the old organ.
A scientist employed by tho State
of Indiana reports that tho supply
of natural fjas in Hoosierdom will
toon be exhausted, nud that the samo
fate awaits gas fields wherever thoy
may exist. lie does not rest this up
on his bare assertion, adds tho Detroit
Free Press, but gives reasons at length
which ndmonishthe holders of natural
(jus stock to let go if thny can.
In France the telephone is used on
many railroad mam lines. On a por
tion of the Vincenncs R lilw.ay a rather
novel system is in voguo by which at
a given signal on ♦lietelophone instru
ment tho operator connects tho tele
graph wires with a telephone ver
bal communication. Tho largo Aus
tralian railways uso fiel l telephonos,
which may bo connected with tho tele
graph wires at auy point without in
terrupting tho telegraphic communi
cations.
New York und Boston together havo
ten miles less of paved stroats thau
has the city of Chicago. Philadelphia
has forty miles moro of paved streets
than New York and St. Louis together.
Tho question of pavement, which was
formerly considered only -with rela
tion to the wear nud tear, or, rather,
tho wear and pressure of vehicles, is
now considered by the students of
municipal administration gonerally in
reference to tho problem of street
cleaning, says tho New York Sun.
Germany lias for years possessed tho
most efficient pigeon service in Eu
rope. At Strasburg there aro GOO
birds, r.t Metz 00J, at Thorn 1000,
and they aro kept by tho hundreds at
other eeutres, such us Mainz, Cologne,
Kiel und Danzig. The wholo frontier
is connected by pigeon post with tho
military headquarters and with towns
in the interior. Tho service is sup
ported by an uppropriotion of about
S9OOO a year. The practical use of
tho pigeon post was fully demon
strated at the siege of Paris iu 1870.
Since then it hns become a reeoguizod
part of tho military 'organization of
nil European countries except Great
Britain. Russia has now on her Pol
ish frontier alone, 300} birds, und ap
propriates yearly SIO,OOO for pigeons;
the French appropriation is twice as
large,
A HOSE SONG.
In a garden's rod retreat
Bloomed this roso tor you, my swoet I
Caught the sunshiuo and the dew,
Dreaming ot tho lips of you.
Heard your swoet voice lu tho rtl's
And the son? of tho whlppoorwills,
With tho tendorest unrest
Yearning evor for your breast.
Withered, Is it worth a slghV
Do love's roses evor die?
Bay not that its charm is AjJ ;
Say not that its sweets are dead ;
Sunlight, moonlight, win Js that slug,
Lured it into blossoming!
In its drooping diadom
Some swoet momory livos of thorn;
Still each fading petal soems
Fragrant with love's swoutost dreams!
Will his Hps a kiss deny?
Do love's roses over die?
Other roses climb and creep
Softly to your curtained sleep ;
Lingering your lattlco noar,
Glad to dto as ro3es thcro!
Yet, to this one roso that grew
In the Night and dreamed of you—
Death for lovo its doarcst bliss—
Givo lovo'a sweetest, holiest kiss !
Sun and stars fade from tho sky,
But love's roses never dio!
—F. L. Stanton, in Atlanta Constitution.
SAVED M LIGHTNING,
HERE Lad been a
ii irf>' succession of cx
vi ll' tons * vo height car
vv\ ' robberies perpe
itw-rs t rated ulong the
'' uo °* •*
Railroad,
and the company's
—'' v officials ■were at
their wits' enils.
An accident enabled Freight En
gineer Billy Burnton to discover tho
thieves and enabled the company to
recover o largo quantity of the stolen
goodß.
A substantial reward was tendered
him for his services, but it was only
after being repeatedly urged to accept
it by tho President of the road him
self that ho accepted it.
"You've earned it honestly," urged
his superior, "for our offer extended
to everybody. Now lam going to put
yon on tho Imperial."
And this was more gratifying to tho
young engineer than tho money re
ward, for tho Imperial was a through
fast express and tho engine which
whirled it from one end to the other
of tho W., C. & B. line was the fastest
and handsomest piece of mechanism
that ever delighted the heart of a lo
comotive engineer really loviug his
profession and tho implements of bis
calling.
As a further evidence of tho trust
reposed in him, Billy was given a two
weeks' vacation with full pay.
One of his first acts was to "dress
up" and pay o visit to liis sweetheart,
pretty littlo Nellie liyrues, whose
father, old Lorry Byrnes, had diod
while Billy wus serving an apprentice
ship at "firing" on tho engiuo which
Larry had run for many years.
For a year past they had been en
gaged, and thero was no reason, Billy
thought, why tho marriage day should
not be fixed upon.
Of course Nettie was delighted to
hear of her lover's good fortune, and
when he prossed her she blushingly
consented to fix the wedding day.
It was nothing strange to them that
Billy 6hould consider himself a man
very much to bo envied, when upon
tho expiration of his leavo of absence
he laid a firm hand on tho throttle
and felt tho big express locomotive
throb beneath his touch.
For a month lie continued without
adventure in his now position.
Then, much to his regret, he was
obliged to "lay off" for several days
to testify in court against tho freight
car robbers who had been arrested
through f his efforts.
When they were called up for sen
tence tho leudor, a white-faced, snakv
cyed man, turned fiercely upon the
engineer, and shaking his fist
ddwn upon the young man's head tho
vilest and most horrible maledictions.
»%"ril have your life for this, you
liound!" ho cried.
Nettie had been sitting beside Billy,
and when tho robber turned upon her
lover sho uttered a frantic cry and
clung to him convulsively. '
As soon as possible one of tho court
officers drow iiilly aside and whis
pered :
"You heard what that sneak said?"
"Of course."
"Ho means it." «
"I'm not afraid of him."
"Don't say that too quickly, my
friend. I believe that ho would com
mit a murder quicker than any other
man in tho United States. There's
nothing that he won't do to get
square."
"But he's going straight to prison."
"Quito right," assented tho court
officer, and then added, significantly:
"Sometimes, you know, prisoners
escape, and it's almost always fellows
of his desperate typo who manage to
do tho escaping. By tho way, is that
your wifo with you?"
"Not yet.
"Oh, your sweetheart. Well, then, I
can give you another point. If this
sneak thief ever docs get out of prison
he's likely to try to find out all about
you, and then ho may let you live and
kill her instead."
"Then I will bo on my guard, and
thank you,"said Billy, hi* tcetli clos-,
jng together with a snap.
About a week after the trial Billy
and Nettio wero married and began
housekeeping in a pretty little cottago
at the end of tho young engineer's
run, BO that ho could "lay off" at
home.
Nettie had often ridden on tho en
gine with her father, and as Bill could
not afford to take her upon an exten
sive wedding tour sho had laughingly
LAPORTE, PA., FRIDA.Y, OCTOBER 12. 1894.
declared that slio would make a honey
moon trip upon the big express looo
motive.
So it happened that tho morning af
ter tho wodding found her snugly
coiled upon the engineer's "box,"
looking very fresh and charming in
her pretty, neat-fitting white dress.
And seeing that she was comfortably
fixed he kissed her agaiu and jumping
from the ongino walked down the plat
form to tho dispatcher's office to de
liver a messago to bis friend, Tom
Stafford, one of tho telogroph opera
tors.
"By the way, Billy," eaidTom when
tho engineer declared that "timo was
up," and he must got back to his on
gino to bo ready for the signal, "tho
head of that gang of freight car thieves
escaped from tho penitentiary early
yesterday morning."
His face was so grave when ho re
turned to his engine that .Nettio in
quired anxiously jf ho wero ill.
For tho first thirty miles of the run
tho Imperial mado no stopß, and they
had nearly completed that distance
when thoy entered a considerable for
est and approached a sharp curve just
before crossing a high trcstlo bridgo
that spanned a rocky gulch, through
which tumbled a shallow, brawling
stream of water.
As ho approached tho curve ho
seized tho throttle with one hand aud
the air-brako lever with the other and
leaned out of tho cab window.
Like a flash they rounded the curve.
As they did so Billy's trained eyes
saw a terriple sight.
Four heavy ties, one on top of tho
other, had been spiked across the
rail in the center of the bridge.
At tho same timo n strange over
powering influence seized Billy, and
he stood rigid, helplessly clinging to
tho throttlo and tho brake lever.
On dashed tho ongino toward cer
tain destruction, and Billy's bruin
reeled with horror.
Suddenly thero was another terri
ble flash of lightning, and a groat treo
in tho valley below was splintered
from top to base and fell with a crash.
Simultaneously tho power of action
returned to Billy's paralyzed body,
and with his teeth firmly set he threw
his weight upon both throttlo and
brake lever.
So sudden was the check that tho
stock nearly threw him from his foot,
and Nettio tumbled from her perch.
Would it never stop?
Slower, slower, aud not ton inchos
from tho obstruction the grcut loco
motive came to a standstill, and Billy,
with a cry of joy, reeled back upon
his bench unconscious. When ho re
covered his senses Nettie was crying
and sobbing over him, and men wero
coming up tho bank bringing between
them a dead man—the miscreant who
had spiked down tho ties.
He had been killed as ho was run
ning across tho valley by tho flash of
lightning that had seemed to loosen
Billy's momenta-y paralysis.
Nettie took one frightened look at
the face, and a cry of wonder escaped
her.
It was tho robber who threatened
Billy ini tho courthouse.—Boston
Globe. '
Profited by the Blunder.
Ordinarily spoaking it is not easy to
get two pairs of shoes for the prico of
one, not even if tho 6well goes off his
own thoroughfare and descends to
Eighth avenue or tho Bowery. Sim
ply enough, tho other day, however,
this transaction was accomplished by
a member of the smart set, who goes
to an equally smart shoemaker in
Broadway.
Ho selected a divinely pointed pair
of patent leathers and had the right
shoo tried on. It fitted perfectly and
the pair were sont home. Thoy wero
donned in a hurry, and the first
weather they encountered turned out
sloppy. The left boot wasn't uncom
fortable, but felt difyrently from, tho
right, and boiug examined on return,
proved to bo not a match. Thoy wero
tho same make of sbos, but the right
had fivo buttons, tho left six, and tho
left had not such an exaggeratedly
'pointed toe as tho right.
"You 1 11 tako tho second pair, of
course, sir," said tho shoe dealer, on
being confronted with the pair of mis
takes.
"Not exactly," repliod tho son of
finance, who sow a capital deal in tho
mishap.* l "You'll refund the money
for thdfte you stuck me with. Qood
looking object you made of me."
"You can havo the two, sir," con
cluded the man ruofally, seeing half
a loaf was better than no bread, and
that ho ran tho chanco of losing a
customer otherwise.
And the man about town took them.
—New York Herald.
A New Explosive.
Important experiments arc being
made by tho German arm authorities
with a new explosive. It has already
been submitted to elaborate tests and
its conyjosition is still the inventor's
secret. Tho new explosivo has not as
yet received a name, but it is referred
to under tho test designation of "C."
People who should bo in a position to
pronounce an opinion upon tho sub
ject say that tho effects of "0" are un
doubtedly ten times moro powerful
than dynamite. In appearanco "C" is
similar to gun cotton. Several of the
new army rifles havo been subjected
to practical tests with "C" as tho
charge, but nothing doflnite has been
divulged as to tho rosult obtained.—
New York Sun.
Tlio Profession ot Wludow-Uazlug.
"Window-gazing" is a profession in
London. A couple of stylishly
dressed ladies pause before the win
dow of a merchant, remain about fivo
minutes and audibly praise the goods
displayed inside. Then they pass on
to another store on their loug list of
patrons.—Chicago Herald.
SCIENTIFIC AM) INDUSTRIAL.
Tho female fly has 16,000 eyes.
Peoplo who arc troubled with sleep
lessness ehould drink cocoa, instead
of tea or cofloe, at the evening meal.
Tho senso of tasto is most accutc in
tho base, tip and edges of tho tongue,
and is almost wholly lacking on its in
ferior surface.
Tho chemical composition of tho
epidermis of tho heel is nearly tho
same as that of tho matter of nails,
horns and hoofs.
Mr. Maxim says that he is not try
ing to make n flying machine for
freight or passengers, but purely for
military purposes.
Tho sanitary improvements intro
duced in Berlin within the last few
years have brought tho annual death
rate down to 18.3 per 1000.
It is now believed that chemical and
medical science will soou make tho
vegetable foods—notably grass—di
gestible by man without first passing
through animal intermediates.
A new scrubbing machine is whirled
over the floor like a lawn mower. It
soaps, wets, rubs aud dries the floor,
and two or thrco movements of the
machino make tho boards shine.
Scienco tells us that the body of
every human being woighiug 15 J
pounds contains one pouud of salt.
Also that every ono of us needs in a
year about fifteen pounds of salt.
Tho aerial spaco within the limit
of our vision is calculated to have a
diameter of 240,000,000 miles and a
circu nfereneo of 1,329,742,000,000
miles. And this is only a fragment of
tho immensity of space.
An ingenious Pittsburger has de
vised 'a clothes wringer which is ope
rated by eloctrieity. It works auto
matically, aud when tho last piece is
squeezed out a boll ring.s aud the wash
tub is turned ovef and emptied.
Doctor SellrxlV, of Vienun, has ap
plied photography to the study of the
human skin. A bright light is pro
jected on tho part of the skin to be ex
amined, and by direct exposure many
small details of the skin, including
markings not usually discernible, are
photographed.
A mass of 1009 pounds' weight will
lose exactly two pounds between tide
water and the top of a mountain four
miles high. This, itisplainto be seen,
is becauso tho foreo of the earth's at
traction is much less ou tho m juntaiu
top than it is at the sea level.
In the constellation of Orion there
is a star, known as Theta. Orion is,
which, when viewed through a power
ful telescope, appears a septuple star,
thus presenting tho magnificent pan
orama of seven suns revolving about
each other. It is to be supposed that
ench of these suus is encircled by
planets, and these by moons.
The photographers of tho Paris Ob
servatory have just finished for tho
Academy of Sciences the clearest view
ever secured for tho moon. Thoy havo
photographed her surface iu sections,
which fit, making a great imi<ge five
feet in diameter. Tho work is so per
fect 'hat towns, forests and rivers
would be porceptiblo if they existed.
A Shoo Mannlactiircr's Story,
Tho influence for evil which a trade
paper may exert, when heedlessly con
ducted, was seriously felt by a large
shoo manufacturer of this city some
time ago. lie had manufactured
ahead a largo lino of shoes in antici-.
pation of a good domand for that par
ticular stylo of footwear, and the or
ders he early recoived from tho trado
satisfied him that there would bo no
difficulty in disposing of his stock be
fore that fickle creature, % Madame
Fashion, had changed her mind and
demanded something new.
thing promised well, and orders wero
for a .time received as fast as they
could be fillod. Suddenly the demand
stopped, and ho '.earned that a paper
devoted to the boot and shoo trade
had made the announcement that this
stylo of shoo was no longer in fashion,
and there was no demand for it. It
was useless for him to try to convince
the retailers that such was not the
fact. They pointed to the paragraph
as conclusive proof that it would be
tho height of folly for them to stock
np their stores with shoes that no
body \fould buy. Tho strange part
of his experience was that there was a
steady demand for them on the part
of the public, who found tho shoe ad
mirably adapted to their needs. Of
course this state of affairs could not
last long, the demand became so gen
eral and persistent that the retailers
saw before tho season was over the er
ror they made, and, in deferenco to
the wishes of their patrons, sent 111
their orders for goods for which they
had been led to bolicvo there would
bo no call. Had tho shoe been of n
less popiu.r make it is probable that
the little newspaper paragraph, writ
ten probably without a thought of do
ing injury, might have resulted iu tho
loss of many thousands of dollars.—
Boston Transcript.
Artificial Cotton.
A Mr. Mitchell, according to Li
Scienco en Famille, has recently
brought out an artificial cotton, which
is mndo from the wood of pine, spruce
or larch ingeniously defibrated, and
then disintegrated and bleached with
a hot solution of bisulphite of soda
and chloride of lime. The pure cellu
lose obtained is treated with ohloride
of ziuo, castor oil, caseine and gela
tine, whioh is passed through a perfor
ated plate, as in tho manufacture of
macaroni, and is dried between steam
heated cylinders. It now only remains
to weave it in order to obtain a fabric
that has a very presentable appear
ance and a certain amount of strength.
It may be dyed and printed like nat
ural cotton, than which it is said to
be much cheaper.—Scientific Ameri
can.
TOE CUISINE IN KOREA.
THE DIET OP THAT QUAINT PENIW
STJIjA'3 INHABITANTS.
Rico tlio Staple Nourishment—Visit
Kuteii Ruw—Do-r's Flesli tlie Su
preme Tld-blt.
OLONEL LONG, tbo wcll-
If known traveler, litteratour
V J and former United States Con
sul in Korea, furnishes the fol
lowing interesting details ancnt tho
diet of tho inhabitants of that quaint
peninsular, to a French paper.
Tho Koreau goes to bed at the set
ting of tha sun and gets up ere it rises
again. An immense public bell,
called In-Klnn^j-gives tho signal for
closing tho shops; tho Btreets, which
during tho day are swarming with
people, become in an instant silent
and deserted. Before extending him
self upon his mat the good Korean
gorges himself with "pap" (rice); after
which, while playing a game resem
bling backgammon, ho imbibes a for
midable quantity of "sul" (a very in
toxicating rice spirit). The Korean
is a heavy drinker, and it is aby no
means rare spectaclo to sec his wifo
drinking as hard as he.
"Pap," which constitutes the staple
nourishment, is rice washed in salt
water and then boiled. This prepar
ation, which is also customary in
Japan, imparts a snowy whiteness to
it which renders it exceedingly pala
table. It is then emptied into a largo
pail, around which tho family squats.
They eat as iu China, with spoon
and chopsticks; plates, knives and
forks thoy wot not of. All their uton
sils are of copper, though a few Man
darins use pale gray porcelain bowls,
imitating ancient porcelain.
Tho Korean has nlso his stew, called
"kimt"hi"—beof boiled with turnips,
onions, radishes and various roots,
strongly seasoned with salt aud pep
pfr, and accompanied by a kind of
sa'irkrout, with a sickening smell.
Every coolie who indulges in this lux
ury oxhales nu odor stronger than that
of tho American polecat. Should ho
bo iu the service of an European ho is
only permitted to cat of it when ho
gets a twenty-four hours' holiday.
Fish also occupies a large place in
the cuisine of tho country. It is eaten
very high, and even rotten. More
over, the nativo does not disdain to
eat it raw; and ho frequently sees tho
fishermen squatted on tho banks of
tho rivor, with rod and line, plungo
the fish they have just caught in a jar
of "soy"' (a very highly seasoned
sauce) and then munch it alive. "Ho
ho," a salad of fish bones, i3 regarded
as a great delicacy.
But the supreme tul-bit, as much
appreciated by the coolie when he can
afford tho luxury as by King Li-Hi, is
dog's flesh. A dog soup is the no plus
ultra of every Korean. It is, more
over, rogarded as au infallible uni
versal remody, which the King fre
quently administers to himself, in
sf'to of the American doctor and
Protestant missionary attached to his
person. Tho Koreau dogs of average
size recall thoso of Constantinople
and Cairo; their price averages fifty
cents. On high days aud holidays the
King distributes gifts to tho Manda
rins and foreigners resident iu the
capital; tho present of a few dogs is
tho highest favor the sovereign can
accord.
"Kimtchi" aud dog soup figure ever)
day on the table of tho Mandarins.
One sees besides a quantity of poultry
and game of all kinds, which aro very
abundant aud of superior quality—
chickens, quails, geese, wild ducks,
bustards, swans, vension, bear, etc.,
sometimes oven tiger and leopard. But
it is all badly cooked, and seasoned
with poppery or sweet sauces, revolt
ing to a European. Shall I give you
an idea of tho prices? During my
sojourn in the laud of "Matutinal
Calm" a chicVen fetched ton cents ; a
pheasant from teu to twelve cents; a
wild duck, eight cents; a wild goose,
fourteen cents; a bustard, eighteen
cents; eggs from three to four cents
a dozon, etc.
There is fruit of the ebony treo; and
to drink, a horrible dococtiou of gin
ger and other roots, seasoned with
pepper and sugar. I tasted it once,
but never trie !it again. There is no
tea.
Tho Korean is too dirty and too lazy
to be placed at tho head of a kitchen,
and the Europeans employ him only
as A scullery hand. Ho is paid from
$1.50 to $3 per month; he sleeps at
home and keeps himself.
The Japanese aud Chinese on the
other hand, are excellent servants;
they cost from $lO to 815 per month.
They are of remarkable cleanliness
a cleanliness which our European do
mestics, so little inclined to wash their
hands, would do well to emulate.
Each day the Japanese asks his master
for an hour's leave of absence, which
he passes in taking a bath, which costs
him one cent. Ho keeps tho house as
bright as a new pin; the cooking uten
sils are as carefully polished as if they
wero of gold. Tho Japanese are ideal
domestics.
♦•Light Wood."
"Light wood" is ono of tho most
useful Southern products, especially
in Florida, where it is used by all
sorts of country folk, and particular
ly by the hunters. A cordwood stick
carried into tho wilderness will cut up
into fragments with which a dozen
meals may bo cooked. The lich res
inous pine makes a quick, hot tire, es
pecially suited to open air cooking.—
Chicago Herald.
"L'lieeslialiteaumuck."
Caleb Cheeshahteaumuek was tho
only Indian who ever graduated lrom
Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass.
He was born in 1616, graduated in
1C65, without especial distinct ion, and
died in Charlestown, Mass., in 1666.
Trenton (N, J.) American,
Termsoo in Advance; 51.25 after Three Months.
SELECT SIFTIJiUS. j
A piano contains nearly a mile oi
wire.
In China when a pupil is reciting
his lesson ho turns his back to his
teacher.
Tho earliest book in which copper
plate engravings were used was issued
in 1470.
A five-pound eel was fonn I iu tlio
water tank of a locomotive at Boston
the other day.
At Rotterdam poor people who can
not pay a feo must marry on Wednes
day beforo noon.
A Hungarian inventor claims to be
able to mako from woo 1 pulp a fabric
suitable for durable clothing.
The Scots Guards Regiment has ouo
company averaging six foot 2< ; the
tallest six feet seven, iiouo uu.lcr six
feet.
A cotton shower, looking exactly
like a snow storm, is a common sight
in the cotton-wood groves in Col
orado.
A man in Lexingtou, Ky., hat suc.l
a neighbor for $2303 damages sus
tained to a suit of cloth 33 through a
dog's ferocity.
The Sierra Nevada range of lno'm
tains in California is nearly 500 miles
long, seventy wide, au I from 7000 to
nearly 15,000 foet high.
The tallest man of whom there are
authenticated measurement? was Fan*
nam, of Scotland, eleven feet and a
little more than six inches.
Long ear lobes are deemed very
beautiful by Home nations. In tho
Burmese statues of Gautama his ears
come down below his waist.
At a depth of 1003 feet from the sur
face of Ithaca, N. Y., there is a solid
stratum of rock' salt of an excellent
quality, nearly 800 feet thick.
Tho fattest man was D.iuicl La:n
bert. A few days beforo his death, l.
his fortieth year, he was weighed and
turned tho balance at 730 pounds.
Birds and bees frequently fight
pitched battles over houey stored iu
trees. Sometimes one side and Home
times tho other comes out victorious.
The leaf of the cocoaunt tree is
nearly thirty feet long. A single leaf
of the parasol maguoliu of Ceylon af
fords shade for fiftcou or twenty par
sons.
Tho earliest Greek inscription to
which a date can bo given is that at
Abu Sniebcl cut in a statue guarding
the Greek temple. Tho date is about
COO B. C.
Mark L. Gilbert, who began follow
ing tho sea with his father at the ago
of ten, is now, at the ago of seven
teen, master of the schooner Addio
Wessols, running between Rockland,
Me., aul Now York, aud is probably
the youngest sea captain iu the mer
chant serv ! ee.
Fish hawks get their entire food
supply from the water. Their eyes
are so constructed that even at great
heights they can see fish that swim
near the surface, and then dive with
lightuing speed. The fish is caught
in tho claws au.l taken to the nest of
tho bird beforo being eaten.
The tlirco Wiuter brother*, of
Berks, Penu., whoso combined ages
make 270 years, ar J outdone in this
respect by three sisters, Mrs. Margaret
Ewing, aged ninety-two; Mrs. Eliza
beth Zell, ninety-four, and Mrs. Mar
tha Morrison, ninety-seven, who live
at Lancaster, in tue same State. Theii
combines ages amount to thirteen
years more than the aggregate of the
Winter brothers' ages.
Au Unpleasant Experience.
"You can say what you please about
the English compartment cars," said
T. M. Harper, "but I don't waut any
further experienco with them. I rode
from London to Liverpool. My only
companion was an old mau who looked
like a retired professional man. Ho
was neatly attired, but was pale as
though suffering from disease. Wo
were locked up in tho coach, an I soon
after tho train started my coaipauion
arose and began to feel my head naming
the bumps as he procoodod. 'Not a
valuable life,' he muttered, and then
proceeded to make a further examina
tion. 'I must note it carefully,' ho
said. 'I can't understand the com
bination. I must get it and thou seo
if it is the same on the inside. Now
is my time to prove tho truth of my
science.' He pulled a murderous look
ing knife from his pocket and ran his
finger along the edge. I was too par
alyzed with fear to mako any resist
ance, and felt that my time had como
to join tho silent majority. Just then
tho train stopped, the door opened
and I jumped out, leaviug tho insane
phrenologist alone. I don't want to
over travel in au English railway car
riage again."—Cincinnati Enquirer.
Cooked Honey.
On a farm near New Windsor, Md.,
is an elm treo supposed to be hun
dreds of years old. Its trunk is thir
ty foet in length to tho lower limbs,
and measures twenty-eight foot niuo
inches in circumference. Tho limbs
that remain are as largo as ordinary
forest trees. Nearly fifty years ago
some of theso limbs had fallen and tho
broken stumps decayed and became
hollow. A swarm of bees.took posses
sion of one of these hollow plaoes and
deposited a large amount of honey,
which was not removed. On July 5
tho treo was struck by lightuing, but
apparently not damagod very mmh.
Soveral days afterward suioko was
seen issuiug from ono of tho broken
limbs, and the treo was discovered to
bo on fire. The treo burned very
slowly on account of tho honey and
honey comb in the tree. It burned
for three weeks and caused somo of
limbs to fall off. The fire was subse
quently oxtinguised by a heavy rain.
—New York Sun,
NO. 1.
IN A MARSHLAND CHURCHYARD.
Hero where (bo J end men Jroam, ol llfa
Under the grass and clover,
White birds come from the scostorm'B Strife
Circling tlio marshland ovor.
Faintly ever, though winds blow froe,
Echo?s tho surgo's thundor,
llcro whcro the dead men, home from soa,
Hark with a droamy wonder.
Tlrod of tempest and racing wind,
Tired of the spouting breaker,
Here they come at the end to flnl
Rest In tbo silent aero.
Shore 3eoms bettor when seas ran high,
Moaning In weary fashion;
Boa scams better when life's awry,
Swept by the storms of passion.
Foot pass over tlio churchyard turf,
Up from tho s?a or downward.
One way leads to the raging surf,
One to tho perils townward.
"Iloarken, hearken!" tho dead men call,
•'Whoso Is the stop that passes?
Knows ho not wo aro safe from all
Under tho nolding grassesV"
—Pall Mall Gazette.
HUM Oil OF TIIE DAY
Tim way of tho transgressor is often
a puzzle to the detectives. —Pack.
The most dangerous hole in a man's
pocket is the one at tho top. —Puck.
Tho elephant is not big enough to
concentrato his mind on a peanut.—
Puck.
When tho shark is down in tho
month ho must feel sick all over.—
Puck.
Tho only thing n man wants, after
ho gets all tho money ho needs is moro.
—Puck.
An egotist is a man who thiuks tho
world thinks as well of him as he does
himsolf.—Puck.
Tho man who has a tondoncy to
make an ass of himself never lacks for
skill and material.
" 'Jason'? Why did you name your
dog that?" "Becausa ho Is always
searching for tho fleece."—Life.
"3eo those violets. How modest
thoy are!" "Modest? I guoss you
never asked tho price of them.-Truth.
"My son,"said awisofather, "never
throw away anything; there is no bait
at which somo Hsli won't bite."—New
York Sun.
Mistress—"And pray, why do you
want to leave us, Anna ?" Cook—' 'Tho
doctor has ordered my grenadier a more
genorousdiet!"—Baseler Nachriohten.
Daughter (wcoping)—"Oh, papa,
to-day I enter altoady on my thirtieth
year." Father—"Ca3m yourself, child
—it won't last long."—Fliogendo
Blaetter.
Peacemaker—"Laura, haven't you
and Irene kissed and made up yet ?"
Laura—"Oh, yes. That is, we ki3sed.
She was already made up."—Chicago
Tribune. "
"Why, MissDe Belle, how costumes
alter some people. I hardly know
you." "Do I look such a fright then?"
"On tho contrary, you look most
charming."
"I can give you a striking illustra
tion of my theory," said tho man who
argues. "Don't do it," replied the
capitalist, wearily, "lot's arbitrate.''
—Washington Star.
"Do you really moan that you liko
Blinks's last book?" "Yes; I enjoy it
moro than any of tbe others.' "How
could you?" "I <lid;i't read it."—
Chicago Inter-Ocean.
"Hello, Bilby! St»'.! in tho patent
fire extinguisher business?" "No.
The fact is, Sipes. 'tho building wo were
doing businoss in burned down. Wo
lost everything."—Chicago Tribune.
Edith—"What makes you think that
Charley is in lovo with you?" Maude
"Why, ma talked to him over half
an hour last evening, and ho really
seemed to enjoy it."—Boston Tran
script.
She—"l don't believe you think half
BO much of me as Tom Dinsley docs.
Ho tells me he could die for mo." He
—"That's nothing. I love you well
enough to live with you."—Boston
Transcript.
nausfrau (to dunning tradesman) —
"If to-morrow is bad woother I shall
bo ablo to pay you. But if it is good
weather you need not call, as we shall
neod tho money togo to a picnic."—
Fliegende Blaetter.
Joax—"You know Bagley fell off a
car yesterday and broke his jaw. His
face is all bound up. I went up to
see him to-day." Hoax—"How was
he?" Joax—"His wife said he couldn't
oomplain."—Philadelphia Record.
Stoaks—"There goes Cantor, Oakes.
Ho's got one of tho finest voioos I ever
heard. Ever hear him sing? Ho's
got a fine voice." Oakes (sadly)
"Yes; nice voice. I hoard it about an
hour ago—he borrowed ten."—Chi
cago Record.
General (when bnilot-proof uniforms
become common) —"What have you
learned?" Aid—"Victory will soon
poroh upon our banner. We have
filled tho enemy's clothes so full of
load that thoy can't move auothcr step
without undressing."—New York
Weekly.
"Exceptional ability is not awarded
adequately these daye," said Hicka.
"Look at that urmless wonder who
rubs his eyes with his heels; ho only
geta ten dollars a week, while you,
who can't do that or anything like it,
get twenty-five a week for ordinary
work."—Harper's Bazar.
"Mother," said a little girl, lookiug
cp from her book, "what does transat
lantic mean ?" ' 'Oh! across the Atlan
tic, of course. Don't bothor me; yon
mako me forget my connt." Does
trans always moan across?" "I sup
poso it does. If you don't stop both
criug me with your questions, you'll
goto bed." "Then does transparent
mean a cross parent ?"--Tit-Bits.