SULLIVAN ISLLH .REPUBLICAN. W. M. CHENEY, Publisher. VOL. XIII. Mexico, with 7200 schools, can't quite be called an nnprogrcssivc coun try, maintains the New York Recorder. Otir successful dairy farmers are placing more and moro dependence upon the silo, declares the Now Eng land Farmer. After a thorough review of recent experiments the New York Sun's ver dict is that "artificial rain making is Dot a very great success anywhere." Moat is said to be shipped into Salt LakoCity, Utah, more than a thousand miles west of its point of slaughter and in the heart of the range country, and where sheep are at their cheapest. In an interview in an English weekly paper Ben Davies, tho great Welsh tenor, says:"From tho musi cal point of view I must confess that tho American people are considerably in advanco of us." Recent experiments in England would seem to the New York World to indicate that in the not distant future each farm houso will havo its electric lights, tho electricity therefor being furnished by a littlo wind-mill. Count Ito, Prime Minister of Japan, is described in tho Review of Reviews as "one of tho best all-round men in Japanese politics, if not in the world. The nearest approach to his type in American history is, perhaps, Alexan der Hamilton." Nothing, in tho estimation of the New York Independent, conhl moro conclusively show that the Chinaman is indeed an "outside" barbarian than the fact that in the recent combats in Seoul the Chinese fired upon a Japan ese ambulance carrying men who wore the Geneva cross. They killed a doc tor and some hospital attendants. Tho Worcester (Mass.) Spy has the following : Many Northwestern farm ers have become thoroughly tired of enduring tho trials to which their un certain climate subjects them, and aro turning their eyes toward the South Wtiie land of promise. Ufarge num ber of Novada stock farmers and dairy men are preparing to move to North Carolina and purchase farms in locali ties suited to their avocations. Tho discovery is reported from Central America of an actual kingdom ofLilliput, situated in tho wilds of that little-known country. A general of tho Guatemalan army announces that he encountered an army of tho pygmies on tho borders of that coun try. He describes the little people as a tribe of ferocious savages, armed with spears and blowpipes, with which they discharge poisoned arrows. So far very little is known ol this new race of Americans, but now that they havo been discovered tho Atlanta Con stitution is of the opinion that they will probably not long be left un known. The New York Tribune observes: "Cromwell died 230 years ago con scious of the renown which awaited him, but probably not foreseeing all its manifestations. If ho could have had a forecast that tho flag at Atlantic Highlands, N. J., would bo set at half-mast 230 years afterward, to com memorate his t-xequy, it would very likely have lent a spirit of peace to JIB going forth which the occasion actually lacked, notwithstanding that he carried nis crown of achievement into the still kingdom with him and held his subject realm in the hollow of his hand till the last. It was really ft complimentary demonstration in honor of the memory of the great usurper, and whoever engineered it ought to havo a medal of hippo potamus hide." Australian fresh meats aro begin ning to seek new outlets on the con tinent of Europe and in provinces of the United Kingdom. That far ofl island continent ha 3 made such rapid progress in the last few years in tho export of moats in refrigerators that English dealers begin to fear the home markets will bo glutted. For this reason, according to the American Agriculturist, they insist that in ordei to avoid serions loss new markets must be found for their frozen meat in dustry. There is more or less preju dice on the part of consumers against frozen meats, and this is another feature with which the trade is obliged to contend, yet the exports fron Australia have increased enormously during the laßt few years. Including beef, mutton and other meats not preserved by being salted, the United Kingdom imported in 1893 a total ol 67,800,000 pounds from the country named against 43,800.000 pounds is 1892 and 22,400,000 pounds in 1800. A SONG OF HAPPY DAYS. Ring a sons o' happy days— Sing it all the ttmo! Hoses bloomln' In tbe ways— Cells that sweetly chimo I Bight or wrong, Still sing the song— For happy singing pays I Sing a song o' hnppy years— Sing it day and night ; Let tho rain shod all the toars— Lot the heart bo light! Right or wrong, Still sing that song—• And keep tho harps string 3 bright! Sing a song o' happy lives— Sing it loud and long ! Brothers, sisters, sweethearts, Wives, Join tho thrilling song! Bight or wrong, Still sing that song, Till nngols to tho chorus throng! ; —F. L. Stanton, in Atlanta Constitution. MY NEW FOUND COUSIN. BY ARTHUR JONES. §0 begin with, no fel low was ever moro fortunate than I m Laving a host of pretty girl cousins. And wliat'H better, 1 am always discover ing more. I seldom go anywhere with out adding n new one to my list. In short, I am no long er surprised at any thing in this direction. Last yenr I was studying at the School of Fine Art, iu Paris, adding the finishing touches to my education in art. I was thoroughly devoted to my work and took little share iu tho social affairs of the American colony. Tho few people I cultivated were of the bohemian world, mostly students nt tho Fine Arts or tho University. The novelty of living in this free, out door atmosphere was RO absorbing that I missed very little the society of tho drawing-room. Late one afternoon tho postman brought me a letter, postmarked Paris und addressed in an interesting fem inine hand : "Mr. Arthur Jones, Eue de Sevres, No. 103." "Who can this be from?"l asked myself as I scanned the envelope and address. I tore it open without more ado. "Daisy Tillotson," I read, look ing first at tho end. "Who on earth is Daisy Tillotson?" But here is the letter, copied from the original, which is nttfiin my pos session : BOULEVARD HACRSMAXX, NO. 72, BABIS, April 17, 1893. Mr. Arthur Joao3 ■ I will explain at oneo who I am, and then you will understand why I writo you. Your mother is a favorite cousin of my mother's, aud Mamma made mo promise when I left New York to hunt you up—which I am doing in tho bust way I know of. I sineoroiy liopo you are TIIE Mr. Jonos, for I don't know your first name. I only know you wore studying art in Baris. Thoy gavo mo your address at tho Flno Arts. I shall bo hero several weeks with my friends, tho Paynes, of St Louis, and I hops X may seo you soon. Yours sincerely, DAISY TILLOTSON. "Daisy Tillotson, Daisy Tillotsou," I repeated to myself. "1 don't re member of any Tillotsons in our family. However, she seems to know. That's the troublo with having so many relations. I supposo I'll have to look hor up, or Mother will never forgive me. I'll call at once, to-night —l've nothing speciol on—and get it off my hands. She's probably one of those formal creatures, aud I shan't have to call a second time." So I added a few careless touches to my toilet—for my life among the stu dents bad mado mo affect the oxtromo neglige style of dross- walked to tho Place Cliatelet and took a seat on top of an Arc de Triomphe 'bus. Ah 1 what a spectacle that is—to sit pcrchod on tho top of a great lumber ing, careening, three borsa 'bus and see the world of Paris, from one end to the other, pass in review before you! Tho lights along the Ruo de Rivoli have just been lit. The shops aro closed, but the cafes are bustliug with pent-up expectancy, for Paris is just beginning to wake up .for tho night. But I must not tarry on tho way. Boulevard Haussman, No. 72. A very respectable apartment house. Mrs. Payne receivod mo. "Oh, yes, you're Miss Tillotson's cousin. She's expecting you. I almost feel as if I knew you myself, Mr. Jones. I've henrd Daisy rave so over your pic tures." And she shook hands with me with regular Western cordiality. There was a rustle iu the next room. A girl appeared in tho doorway. She was dressed in red, a warm red. My critical eyo at once saw that it just suited her. I though then I had never scon a prettier girl, and cer tainly I havo not changed my mind sinco. "Daisy, this is your cousin, Mr. Jones," said Mrs. Payne. "Now, you can havo a good visit togethor." Wo got on from the very first. I am the easiest fellow in the world to get acquainted with, if you will give mo half a chance, though I do closo up like a clam when I oome in contact with an unresponsive object. My mother and her mother, it seemed, had been schoolmates togeth or, though I didn't ever remember ever having heard my mother speak of it. Strange thing, too, that in all my lifo I had never heard that the Til lotsons were relations of ours. And yet ours is such a largo family, it was hardly to be wouderod at. But we didn t havo to confine our- Bolves to talking over family matters. Wo found common ground enough that was moro profitable. I had not been homo for a year, and she told me all that had been going on in art and music meantime.'. Sho was thoroughly LAPORTE, PA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1894. conversant and iu sympathy with these subjects. Sho was herself a student of tho piano. So thero was enough to talk about. I looked at my watch. I was after eleven o'clock. How the time had passed! Threo hours had slipped away and I hadn't realized it. What better proof tbat I had found my nowly discovered cousin absorbing. It was a now sensation formo —me, who, with my surfeit of fair cousins, had always been inclined to take the society of women at a discount. "Why, I do believe I am actually a littlo iu lovo with .ai3 girl," I solilo quized ou tho way back to my lodg ings. "But it will do no harm. She's my cousin." So interested was I in the subject, however, that at that late hour I sat down upon reaching home and wrote a letter to my mother in New York, telling her all about Daisy Tillotson. Sho was an acquisi tion to tho family, I said. I had arranged to take my cousin to tho Luxembourg gallery tho next day. Then wo wou'd goto tho opora in the evening. This was my plan. I called for her in the morniug with a car riage. Think of mo riding in a car riage ! Why, like a true bohemian, I had always hated anything less ple beian than a publio omnibus or a bi cycle. But then, "she's my cousin," I argued to myself, "and I must make hor stay in Paris memorable. J f '« all on her account." Yes, sho certainly did look pretty, that fresh, inspiring Apiil morning. Sho must havo studied to look her best. I took this to myself as a com pliment. Iu turn, I had myself given unwonted attention to my toilet and had spent somo little time trying to decide which cravat I should wear. "What a romontio nnd unconven tional situation fate has thrust us into, Miss Tillotson," I remarked as the carriage rolled off toward the Luxem bourg. "Hero arc two vouug peoplo who have never known and saarcely heard of each other before, cast sud denly together, far away from home and left to each other without sponsor or chapsron. It sounds too bookish to be a reality." "Yes, I've been thinking of it," sho answered, "but you know we're cousins, and that's different." "After all," I persisted with the idea of teasing her—for I'm a con firmed tease —"are you perfectly.sure of that? You never knew me. Jones is a common name. Thero may ba half a dozen painters in Paris by the name of Jones. In fact, I know one myself. You picked mo out at ran dom. Perhaps I'm not your cousin at all. Maybe the other Jones is the for tunate one." "Oh, you're just trying to tease me," she responded, "and I shan't bo teased. I know you'd like pretext to get rid of mo, but it's quita a privi lege to havo a cousin in Paris who knows everything, aud I'm not going to let you go so easily, Mr. Jono3. " 'Mr. Jones, iudee.l," said I in an injured tone. "If you call mo 'Mr. Jones' lam no cousin of yours. My name is Arthur—to my cousins. Aud I'm going to call you Daisy. May I? 'Miss Tillotson' is so long, you know." "I don't know why you shouldn't,' she said, a little coquettishly, "if you're my cousin." It was a gala day for me. How I enjoyed telling her what I knew about the pictures. And in tho evening, how I enjoyed hearing her talk of the opera—it was "Carmen." Music was as familiar ground to her as art was to me. And how often wo found that a truth was as applicable to one art as to tho other. We had both been pro gressing in the same field—art in tho abstract—along different but parallel paths ; and tho comparisons of views were interesting and broadening to lis both. Ponder tho subject well and you will fiud that thero are numerous essential analogies that run through pictorial, musical and literary art. For two weeks I scarcely touched a brush. During that time tho doors of the Fine Arts knew mo not. My art had been temporarily eclipsed. "Oh, well, a fellow doesn't run across suoh a cousin every day," I urged to myself in excuse for my noglect of study. I was trying to persuado myself that I was interested in Daisy Tillotson simply because sho was my cousin. But I know better. I began to wish she woro not my cousin. We were very frank with each other. There was no reason to be otherwise. One afternoon wo were out at St. Cloud—out under the budding horse chestnuts whoso shado Napoleon so loved. I had been reading "Paul and Virginia" to her in French, I remem ber, "You have no right to be my cousin, Daisy," I said. "What a per versity of circumstance. Here you are the only woman I have ever come across that has forced from me any real affection of the tenderer sort. And you are my cousin." "But maybo I am not your cousin," sho responded with a merry twinkle. "You havo said often enough that yon are not sure of it. Perhaps I am some adventuress who, counting on your brilliant future, has set a trap for you aud baited it with this cousin pretext so us not to frighten you away. There's no telling. Aren't you a little suspicions?" And so wo kept up tho sentimental skirmish. It would havo been a real courtship if that cousinly barrier had not stood between us. And still I felt that it was that very consinly barrier that made mo so bold, and her too. Without it, I presume, we should never, under tho conditions, have be come more than casual acquaintances. With it wo had been almost liko brother and sister from tho very first, and hero at the end of two weeks it Ecemod as if wo had known each other a lifetime. One evening when I was at Mrs. Payne's there came a ring at the door, and tho muid brought a card into Daisy. It read: "Mr. Anthony Jones." "Do you know him? Is he a rela tive of yours?" asked Daisy, handing the card to me. "Know him?" said I. Know Tony Jones? I ought to. He's an artist, too. He's the one I spoke of. We've been up into Normandy sketching together more than once. But lie's been in Munich since Christ mas. Perhaps he's the cousin you were looking for when you found me, Ha! ha!" Just then Mr. Jones, the other M.\ Jones, entered. Daioy rose to meet him. "Why, how are you, Mr. Jones?" said he, seeing me ; "I didn't expect to find you here." "Nor I you," I returned'jocosely. "Let me present you to mycousiD, Miss Tillotson," I went on. "Miss Tillotson—Mr. Jones, Mr. Anthony Jones." "Your cousin?" said he inquiringly. "Why, she's my cousin, too. then. I must explain, Miss Tillotson. My mother is a cousin of your mother's, I believe. She has written command ing me to call upon you and make my self known. Fortunately Arthur, here, has relieved me of the awk\ ft 1- ness of introducing rnysolf." "I'm sure I am very glad to see you, Mr. Jones," she musterod self-com mand enough to say. "I'm afraid 1 have made a terrible blunder, though, nuless voti are both my cousins." I camo to her rescue and explained the situation to the other Mr. Jones. "Why, it's very theatrical," said he, laughing; "it's very much like a come dy. But which of ns is tho real cousin, and which the impostor. Or, are we both her cousins, and so our selves cousins of the tenth degreo or thereabouts. "I don't see any way to decide for tho present," said I. "Miss Tillotson, I'm afraid, will have to remain in un certainty until our credentials can be compared." Jones, that is tho other Jones, was an admirable fellow, and it was not long beforo wo wore all laughing and chatting freely over the humor of tho situation. Daisy brought Mrs. Payne in and we all had a game of whist together. Whatever opr relationship might prove to be, it T*»S a jolly, con jenial party, that's certain. The next day I received a letter from my mother in answer to the one I had written two weeks before. She had no cousin of the name of Tillotson, she said. There wero no 'tyllotsons in tho family that sho had ever heard of. "Well, well, what an amusing mis tako ! I'll go and explain it to Daisy —Miss Tillotson, I mean—at once," thought T. "It's to her. I'll tease her about it. But it's no more than a good joke anyway, aud no harm's done." So I went and told her! What a good laugh we had over it all. "But we're not cousins any longer,".said I, suddenly drawing myself up with mako believe dignity. "3o I suppose I must go back to my painting and lenvo you to your real cousin, the other Mr. .Tones." "You woulddn't do that, Arthur," sho said. "I found yon, you know, nnd I claim you by right of discovery. A friend when once found is too valu able a thing to be thrown away, and I shan't be the one to disclaim our friendship, begun though it was purely by chance." "Bless you," I said. "I'm glad, after all, that you're not my cousin, and I wouldn't change plaeos with tho other Mr. Joucs if I had tho chance, for now—" So it was, you see, that Daisy Til lotson became Mrs. Arthur Jones, if you must know. Oftentimes her cousin Tony, the other Mr. JonoF, comes to seo us, and wo have another laugh over tho whole affair. If you should happen our way we'd be glad to see you. You can find tho address easily enough. Only be sure not to get the wrong Mr. Jones.—Tho Path finder. The Phenomenon of Gray Hair. Gray hair by no means shows a pre mature decay of the constitution. It is a purely local phenomenon, and may exist with great bodily vigor. The spot whore gravness jcgins differs with the individual. As a rulo a woman's hair begins to change color at the temples at five-aml-thirty, but a severe attack of neuralgia will whiten the hair over the part affected in a few weeks. A very tevcre illness will also diminish the coloring matter. Gray hair in most cases is very becom ing, and, when really well dressed, has a very distinguished appearanca—es pecially if the face and coloring of the complexion bo still young. The transi tion stage is very tryhg, and no woman likes finding ha: first gray hair; but, once it is completely gray, she may get to delight in iho "summer snow."--New York Dispach. A Telephone in Chirch. Supporters of tho telephone system in Birmingham can now he placed in communication with Chrbt Churoh iu that city, and practically take part in the service. The telephone wire runs right into the pulpit, and the listen ers at the other end of tta system cau hear the tolling of the bel, the pray ers, the responses, the tinging aud tho sermon. Even casuil coughing among the congregation aan be dis tinguished. Thero are nany classes of persons on whom this new depar ture confers a great boot. Tho siok and bedridden, who havo long been prevented from attending any plaea of worship, can now bo prisent, if not in the flesh, iu the hotting.—flew York Telegram. Amazons in tlic Civ| War. Late statistics in odd tiings in the history of tho United States Army show that no less than 150womeu dis guised as men served as sadiers in the Army of tho Potomac.-*Now York Mail and Express. SCIENTIFIC AMD INDUSTRIAL. By a new process wood is rendered fireproof. Bacteria can exist in all fluids, acids and alkalios. The electric light has been intro duced into the large villages of far-off Afghanistan. By a now process of electro-pho tography a person's internal organs may be photographed. The malo of tho sea horse carries around the eggs laid by tho female and hatches them, wliilo the female wan ders where sho pleases. An absolutely saw proof metal is made of threo layers of iron, between which is placed alternately two layers of cruciblo steel, and the wholo then welded together. Dr. Waldo, a London health officer, has found thirteen different kinds of living microbes in a loaf of bi-ead. It is said that the London underground bakehouses aro proverbially dirty. Scientists havo dotermined that moro than twenty terrestrial elements exist in tho sun's atmosphere. Among these aro calcium, manganese, nickel, sodium, magnesium, copper, zinc, cobalt, aluminum and hydrogen. A vein of natural gas has been struck at a depth of 111 feet on tho farm of Henry Mell, near Moweaque, 111. Tho outflow of gas wa3 so strong that the auger and derrick, weighing 403 pounds, wero thrown twenty feet in the air. Mr. Jansson recently exhibitod to tho Fronoh Academy of Sciences tho clockwork that will register the obser vations of tho instruments placed in tho observatory on top of Mount Blanc, Switzerland. It requires winding up only onco in eight months, and is lubricating with a material that has been exposed to a cold of eighty degrees below zero without freezing. Tho aeration of tho water of rivers in falling over dams and natural ob structions has been regarded by some as exerting an important influence in purification, but according to an ex periment mado by Professor Leeds upon tho water and below Ni agara Falls, whero natural aeration is carried onto tho utmost extent possi ble, no chemical purification is effect ed during the process. Izal is the name given to a new sub stance chemically prepared from cer tain forms of coal, which clieoks tho development of microbes, although it is powerless to kill tho bacilli of ty phoid fever. That malady is best ar rested be tho supprossion of milkmen like that one who caused in Moutclair, N. J., lately, ono hundred cases and many deaths by supplying his milk cans from a well infected by sickness in hi* family. The Culii Ilatli. Tho London Medical Journal com* bats tho popular notion of tho injuri ous effects of a cold bath taken when one is overheated by exercise—an idea falsified by the experience of athletes from the days of tho Greeks and Ro mans even until now, who fnd in this prooeduro a refreshing aud stimula ting tonic after the exertion thoy havo recently undergone. Physiologically speaking, too, according to this writer, a cold plunge or douche tuken imme diate after tho physical effort, when tho skin is acting frculy aud thero is a senso of heat throughout tho body, is as rational as in tho experienco of the athlete it is beneficial—is paralleled, in fact, by tho tonic ofiect produced by tho cold plungo whou tho skin is actively secreting after a Turkish bath, and finds its rationale doubtless in stimulating tho nervous system, in the increase of iutcrnal circulation, and also in the renewal of activity to tho cutaneous circulation after the momentary contraction of blood ves sels duo to the cold. The popular be lief presumably rests on tho injurious effects which may bo induced by the bath in ono who does not resort to it immediately, but allows timS for the effects of fatigue to show themselves on the muscles and norves and for the surfaco of tho body to get cool; taken then, tho bath is more likoly to de press than to stimulate; there is less power of reaction and groator inabil ity to internal inflammation—a warm bath rather than a cold ono, at such a time, being moro suitable and more safe. Hypnotism in Surgery. Hypnotism as a substitute for ether, chloroform and other opiatos is advo cated strongly in tho Arena by Dr. James R. Cocke. Ho believes seventy five to eighty per cent, of tho oases in which such drugs ure now usod might be treated with hypnotism. The shock to tho system would bo avoided, as well as tho disagreeable after effects. A case is Jdoscribod whero prolonged hypnotism was successfully used tore duco the pulse, which was at 130, of a young man suffering from a most pain ful disoase, who was a complete nervous wreck, and could obtain no sleep. Iu two minutes the pulse fell to 108, and in thirteen minutes ho was breathing deeply in sleep, und the body was in a state of repose. Hypnotism was also uoed in place of chloroform during tho harrowing daily treatment of au in ternal wound, aud tho paticut was thus dragged from tho jaws of doath. In dental operations also, Dr. Cooko has frequently used hypnotism.—Now York Observer. His Tomb a Miniature Church. Dr. Woodward, of Sun Prairie, Wis., has ordered n monument for himself at Madison. It is to bo a miniature ohurch iu grauite. It will bo erected on private property ioar the doctor's residence, and he will bu buried there whon he dies.—Chicago Herald. Terms—sl.oo in Advance ; 81.25 after Three Months. COST OF A BATTLE SHIP. AS MUCH AS $4,000,000 EXPENDED FOR A SINGLE VESSEL. What That Immense Sum Re&Hy Means—Various Items That Knter Into the Ship's Cost. IN looking over the appropriations for the support of the Govern ment for a fiscal year probably 1 no item will be found therein which specifies so much money to bo expended for so limited an object as one similar to the following: "The President is hereby authorized to have constructed by contract one Bea-going, coastline battle ship, de signed to carry the heaviest armor and most powerful ordinance, at a cost, exclusive of armament and of any pre mium that may be paid for increased speed, not exceeding 31,000,000." At the first glance it soarcely seemn possible that a single ship, that can be tossed around at will by the billows of the ocoan, or be destroyed com pletely in a few hours if cast upon a lee shore, could cost such an enormous amount of money. Four million dol lars would build a magnificent fleet of forty full-rigged ships, each capable of carrying 2000 tons of cargo to any port in tbo world. It would buy evory ferryboat plying between New York, Brooklyn and jersey City. It would be sufficient to establish a line of six teen good-sized steamships, suoh as run from New York to Jacksonville, Fla., and other domestic ports. A fleet of fifty such crack yachts as the Vigilant could be built and fitted up in elegant stylo for the price paid for just one battle Bhip. i If we make our comparisons with ojects on shore, more astonishing facts can be gleaned. Take, for instance, ;dwelling houses; a good three-story brick house, occupying a lot 25 feet by 100 in an ordinary city, would be worth, on an average, about 810,- 000. Four million dollars would build 400 houses of that class, and if these houses were placed in one row, after making duo allowance for streets and sidewalks, wo would have nearly two miles of dwellings. There are not many towns of 10,000 inhabitants where tho entiro taxable property is assessed for #1,000,000. An avorage mechanic, iu good times, will earn about 8600 a year; tho money paid for one battleship by the Government would thus support nearly 7000 fami lies, or a city of 35,000 inhabitants, for a wholo year. It will naturally be asked, aftur reading tho above statement, how is it possible to expend-ihift- great sum for just one ship? A visit to a largo ship building establishment whero such vessels aro constructed will disclose the fact that the principal item of ex pense must be the labor. Walk through the draughting room, the pattern shop, tho machino shop, the boiler shop, and out on the vessel 'herself, and everywhere you will find men working away hour by hour, all for the ono ship. If we should count them we would find that thero are nearly eight hundred employed on one part or another of this four-milliou dollar vessel. Month after month they work, and probably at the end of four years' time their task will be completed. i However, the men wo find about the yard are not the only ones who are employed in the construction of tho battlo ship. In different parts of the country many others aro working iu ,the mines, tho blast furnaces, and rolling mills to produco the material for the men in tho yard to work upon. 'Altogether it is safe to say that a thou sand men aro constantly employed for a period of four years in tho constric tion of ono of these leviathans of the tea. Probably no other crdation of man brings into employment a greater va riety of artisans than the construction of a war ship. If wo glace over the pay roll of a large shipyard wo find represented thereon draughtsmen, pat tern makers, machinists, rivetors, cop persmiths, plumbers, boiler makers, calkers, pipe fitters, painters, carpon ters, joiners, sailmakers, riggers, elec tricians, beilhaugers, decorators, up holsterers, and many other special trades and occupations. It has been es - timated that thero are thirty two classes of workmen necessarily employed in the construction of a steamship. As the majority of these men aro skilled mechanics who receive from 812 to 825 a week, it can be easily seen where the money is expended for this class of construction. I One of tho most expensive parts of the whole ship is the armor for the turrets apd bolts around tho sides. The contract price for this material varies between 8500 and sboo a ton, delivered in the shipyard. This does not includo the cost of placing tho plates on tho vessel, which amounts to a considerable sum. Some of tho plates weigh twenty-five tons and are worth nearly $14,000 apiece. It is probable that when tho gaus and equipment are supplied and the pre miums paid for increased speed, tho cost of one of thesojbatUe ships will reach a grand totnl cf nearly :)"-,000,- 000.—New York Sun. A Diminutive Specimen. Thero has died nt his residence, Carniney, near Ballvmena, Irolnnd. one who was reckoned to bo the most diminutive man in Ulster. His name was David Yaston, and his stature did not reach beyond tho hoight of three feet. At tho time of his death, which occurred on July 20, ho had attained tho age of about fifty years. lie was a married man and leaves a widow and several of a family to mouru his early death. For years pust he was woll known throughout Ballyraenn aud the district as an evangelistic preacher nnd carried on tbo grocery business. —Chicago Herald. NO. 4. THE WAV OF THE WORLD. There onee was a hermit who llvod near a stream, Inn pleasant, commodious cavo ; Folks glared on him dally, with wonder su preme, And he lived on tho