THE MlDDLETfURGII POST. T. tl. IIARTER, Editoi aud pKohi. tiill.Eiirt:;, r . At'u. i. ihs. Mr. C. Meriwether, of South Carolina, Graduate student of John Hopkins l"ni versity, has entered tin- cdiicntinnal ncr. fid: of tin1 Japam c bivcrnmrsit n in tri' tor f t!ic Kuglish language nnd literature in the second higher middle li.-hool of ,fiii!i;i :il 5 iiii:il, ill the northern ert of the main ish; d. Tin' af-point. aient was made through the .lupineM Mini-tier iu WuMiiag'.on :i ri 1 tito e.i"ngi :nv:it lat fur three years. T'if longest elimination of a witi.tsi nn record, mi far us known, hns nt las! in en cniii'lii in! at Newark, and the ca.-e ;f tin' Si de against tho Morris nnd Kssel liiiiir. nl ( "itiji i'iy fur back taxtw amount 111; to u i .illio.i dollars or tin rcihouts, na lei n 1 . 1 in rnii'ii'.i'iii for arpi tin lit. Itiehaid 1'. M voh, the export who t x:if ii i : i'-il tin' railroad company 'l ll'nS, is 1 1.1' U il lit S.t 'Al.l Las lutn sc lorg o:i tin ! i:.d. I'c In ga:i giving Li; -i i .. i y two year ngu ''"I been oi in' tar.il for in",r i oh week c cr siucci I'lie testimony, lit ii pvhitid. will III .lire volume m ,Hy as big a. the "K ision of Now .Ic r-i v." The Archh- .ill, pllblidli: l':r l-'i.-nluihtirtn, r, o: Her every year :a suiMicry ol if ill'' World' i;oll'oad lllilo:i-'c. whi "ll i j'i the v.l.cle th" n.o't nuthorkativt Itali an nt of it kiuil. Tile eurr III nillll' cr gives s'.nli-tic for the elo-:- of tin . .i,- 1S'7. tli't ! riod there wi re ii; ou::'l numbers !)r.',H.i!i mill of nilroaii V' for tralli;:. Of th'se A-iierie? la 1 11 ,H1. or innri' than hall". 1". ,rop l.'M.oiNi, Asia 17.IHI.I, Afri 'ii .Vino, and V.! traiasi:. something over 1' MM I. of tin .iilr-nN in America, ju! about livo-Miht M i'- in thu I't.iled Slides, which ha. la".i'i;itti)ihK. Kritish America had VS. )"'. n:i'l llriil, .Mexico, and the .rgcii i:ie Ki public from 4 ' ) 0 J tn tuidd e:'h. i - The New York 7V :. f.,y .-. ''Tiiert t, a i -r story tohl of K. Harjier, tin .vr.cker of tin- Fidelity Hank of t.'in '.in ni.ti. It i-i to the iiVct that ho h u ".eeti Joinrjn i"otlLa'ole iron liiifiuiH tr .he t'ine of r J , t J i ( a yei.r whihf -itvIi: t ii- vnti'iire ill the Ohio penitent inry. I'hioU'.'h t!ie I't'oi'ts of hi-i faithful wile, l joint hloclt eonijiaiy wan formed, iiiul, jiv-uiiL-ilily tlirouehllu.' collusion of some )f th" jirisou orlieial.", Harper was ul o.eil to tliieet lliu ii!iiviinent of thi :oniriiy hy telerajili, thus i naUIne; il .o make ino.uy v. ht'ii othir men in tin run laisine.? wen: iietuaily ninuin' lie li'id. It is a i.fril:iti;;illustr:iiiim of what l 'in:ut' in.in with money can do even v hen he is dead in the eves of the law. In the jneanwhile the dLseitvery of thi inle nrranu'i iMi nt will he likely tn arrest :he elfort toohtain a pardon fvr this dis hi'.'iiishi d.i i iniinal.'' THE WATER LILY. 0 Ktnr on the lrcrt of th rier, U pmt.lcm of Mourn and preo, l)ld you fall rlpht down out of hearen, Down out of tho twratMt placrr Tnu are whit a the thought of an angol, Your hnrt I ttfptxl in the nun, Did you RTtiw In the twautiful city. My pure ami radiant one? Jfny, nay, I fell not out of heaven, None jtave me my unintly whito, 1 olowly jrrtw In the ilarkaeiw, Down in tho nilent tiixht. From the ooro of thenlimy ri-cr 1 won my ln-auty anil jtraen, Wliit' notils fall not, my Ki:-t, Thy rin to the iweet'-st plaoo. .If. M. MrrrW, in Uncr n Wtch. WINNING AND LOSING. The New Yolk eity 1! .ard of Ilealta ..as ilitriidiieed Llto its oliiee, on trial, n tiaeluiie whii h, it is c lahiied, will do ilii'i.l:itii:.!;V and hv elertrieitv, with ?;uT vtiii s r.iid iiipateh, the arduous rk of t:i?iula;i:itf a vast amount, of mh ii'ual infoi i.iaiion, whieh has hiihertii l.y eli rk. If it per properly, it will 1' ;i in lii.' s'.alislieal tie. t" t:d. Tile device i eoliiolex oliu ill ; simple iii its opi ration, Thry lnmjr. heavy pluuirx of jiurplo, over thu little jjntowiiy on that bright afternoon the 1st of Juno. A chnritnblo liret'7.e swept onn scentod hunch of hloora 1 hit aside, just out of tho reach of a lit tle white hand thnt had n moment before ruthlessly Rtrippeii otT half its hlonsoms. Hut t!i owner of the hand had nlrrady turned itlmtit, with a tosn of her black curls and n flirt of her pink calico dress, that scared the butterflies; and before the bruneh xwuilif back she was hastening up thu trim (.'arilefi path aud llint:inif buck a harp speech over her shoulder nt n tall, Minli'iraed youn fellow wdio, with n vexed li u tit in his eyes, stood in the gate way watching her. 'Oh, it don't matter what I think! Indeed, I don't think ut all. You may take whom you like to the next May dance you won't take me!" It wiia such a pretty shoulder over which these words were east, and there w w such a rosy flush of nntrer on the round clue!;, half veiled in curls, that it h no wonder John Armitae (the hand some, sundirowned youni; iellow) took two or three steps in pursuit of the p"aker; but lie stupjicd, drew himself up with sudden pride, and baid one re pr ja-'ifiil word: "Nancy!" The o:u nddresjed wavered a little in her ret mi, then re .umed it with in creased celerity. 'Will you stop arid listen to tr.e?" the yoiiti" mini a.sked, his rising indignation somewhat modifying his toue of appeal. "No!"' and the pink calico swept the myrtles on cither side of the walk faster yet. "Very well" was tV nnry response, as he who leid pleaded turned toward the 'ite. "Hut mark my words, you'll be xirry for this before the.se bushes here" irushim; the low sprays sharply ivide are out of bloom! Now, pod by." Nancy, peering fro!ii beiiind n cunain titer his retreatine; tl'urc, cried. I'er iiaps l!ie K'lliloipiy will 1 1 why. '.Veil, it's ill! over between us now, my way. It's his fault, too. Me'tl no i)u:-i!it"s In take any o!;-' to tli" May dunce when I couldn't ro. I shouldn't wonder if he's yntio down to Sandi Anderson's now. They'll be en.iedthe next thi'iyr, and he'll crow over me linely. He'll try !u make me jealous." Here Nancy h;ul a spasr.i of :ryintr. "See if I won't make him jealous first !" I tr.i rustle and Ignorant; but ah I she was I so pretty I How far they rode in this lazy way, wholly wrapped in conversation, is not known. How far they would have ridden is uncertain, if Nancy had not sent a mis chievous glance straight into the gray eyes and inquired : "Why, where docs that patient of yours live?" The doctor laughed frankly, coloring nevertheless. "I see you understand tho 'ways thnt are dark and the tricks that are vain' pretty well, Miss Xancy. And now I don't thiro to tell you what I was going to do before you spoke." "What was it?" queried Nancy, curi ous and conscious. "It was," said the doctor, bending his own face rloser to tho curl-shaded ouo at his own side, "Unit I wish I had the riht to keep you with ma always. Miss Nancy, will you look ut uic will you let ine?" Nancy turned her face nway. "You do not answer rue, Nancy," urjjed the doctor. Still she remained silent. The doctor was perplexed. ITe was not used to deal with young ladies who could not find words to say ay or nay. If the truth must be told, his greatest ililliculty in hi.s flirtations with the softer sex was to find the measure of their t outrun, and to keep them within the limits of "becoming mirth" when he made myriads of them blush by popping the question in that crafty way which ex presses n great deal and yet means so very little. "Come, pet," he urced, this time tak ing Nancy's delicutc little hand withia his own, and giving the keenest of keen glances direct into her glittering orbs, which were strangely excited in the in tensity of their fin: mid restlessness. Nelly was suiTcring from what novelists call a revulsion of feeling, aud moralists a twinge of conscience. Her heart mis gave itself, and her better nature told her, in trumpet tones, that sho was play ing false to the dearest iuterests of her own impulses. It wust'.iis silent but powerful monitor which kept her in a state of complete be wilderment, which she dared not com mit herself on tiie instant to a word, even, wiiica mijht not be recalled iu the future. Her bind felt a tender press from the doctor's. Much ng.iinst her will she forced herself to tin it she returned it and lt.aned her head on his shoulder, drawing it the mime time a long, inclau-ch-.ily sigh. "Silence gives consent," muttered Dr. Gray to hims.'lf. He had no notion what was pa-sin in Nelly's mind. He could not read her soul in her eyes, even were he a physiognomist, since they were t'.xed on the oround, and defied all his ellorts to attract them upward. It was to her a moment of bitter reflection, which pride and self-esteem stilled on the instant. It was will thnt the doctor did not guess why, amidst Nancy's bright blushes, her lips quivered and her eyes tilled with tears. She hir made up 'her mind to accept the doctor; but iu this decisive moment tho thought of John Aruiitage sent a pang, cruel in intensity, through her heart. Then came the Nancy stood pulling the rose vines in pieces while for half an hour the others talked crops, politics and prospects. She could not have spokon for her life, though she longod to sjieak as a condemned criminal longs to asks mercy. Not once did John turn his obstinate auburn head to look at or speak to her and at last he rose to go. He interrupted himself, w hile detailing particulars about grazing lands, to say "Oood-by" while he just touched her hand. If he had looked at her, tho miserable, pathetic look of aj peal on her childish face would hare gout straight to his heart. Hut he did not dare to look, ami turning away abruptly, walked down the garden path with the garrulous old fanner hobbling by his side. Nancy had just time to escape hot mother's eye by running up tho stairs. She did not faint; but Heaven forbid thnt girls should often know such misery oi she su ITe red then! When sho at last joined the doctor, as in duty bound, th stunned look on her faco was pitiful. "Sho was not well," she said, in answet to his alarmed queries." It wns Nancy who proposed that the) should go to church that evening. In the corner of the high old pew, with her veil hiding her face, she could at lenst b quiet, and one more hour of elTort would have been insupportable. Mrs. Armilagt was alone in her pew and cried silentli nil through tho service. Nancy's heart so went out to the poor woman thnt wlien they met in tho nislo sho pressed hei hand impulsively, saying in n quick wins- 1 per, "Mrs. Arniitage, I urn sorry foi you!" "I don't want any of your sorrow!" was tho sharp response. "It's fluo te talk, but you and I know well euougb who's the cause of it all. One word from you would stop it now if you were 'sorry enough!" Poor Nancy ! The clock was on the stroke of 11 that night when her lovei (tiie doctor) finally took his leave, and she was free to pare the moonlit sittinu room from end to end with set lips and wide, glittering eyes. She did not cry. She felt ns if she was going crazy, and iu her desperation she did not care if she did. J lour after hour passed, nnd still she pared there, till her rigid face showed w hitely in the first faint gruy of morning. "Oh, would he go? could ho go? would nothing hnppun to stop him?" Scarcely knowing whnt she was doing Nancy, hatless, slipped through the door, nnd trailing her dainty blue skirt through the grass ran across the tiel'Lt to thu Armitages'. It was nil still, and dark, nnd dewy. She heard the town clock strike 3 n. she paused on the outskirts of the old-fashioned flower-garden behind the house, and shrank behind a hedge of blossomy lil.-un, whose potent odor sickened her. Suddenly sho saw him for whom she watfhed quickly approach tho spot, and j he stood with folded arms looking down POPULAR SCIENCE. TJndcrground lighting has proved to successful in Chicago that the plant is to bo largely increased. Power obtained from a fall of water mile distant is to be used for lighting the tower of Sogorbe, in Spain. The maximum intensity of tho light from the Eiffel tower is 600,000 carccls, giving a range of 127 miles. It has recently been proposed to use an alloy of zlno and phosphorus in boilers to prevent incrustation and pitting. Naturalists and others are becoming considerably alarmed over the prospcel of the early extermination of tho kanga roo. Experiments tnodo on tho dog and rabbit show generally thnt the quulity ol water is less in tho venous than in the arterial blood. M. Chauvin concludes tliat Iceland spai n esses magnetic rotary power not onl) io direction of its axis, but also is the neighboring direction. After more than twenty-seven years the pearl oyster has produced pearls oil the Madras coast in sufficient quantities to be worth the expense of fishing. Gurjun oil produced from a fir tree that grows in the AnduMtne Island it said to bo a suro euro for leprosy. It ii used by inunction and taken internally. Carpenters nnd other tool users whe keep up with the times now use a mixture of glycerine instead of oil for shureninp their edge tools. Oil, m it is well known, thickens and smears the stone. The invention of n "fog machine," bj which water is thrown iu spray as fine at vapor, makes it possible to spin the finest cotton thread in mills established in the hottest, dryest parts of the South. Tho Insect House of the Zoological So ciety of Londou is said to be the oulj iilace where an attempt is niado to at tract public attention to tho various ano wonderful groups of the insect family. The increase in the amount of tnnnugi passing through tho Suez Canal is claimed to be due in a great measure to the light ing of the canal by electricity, admit ting of its use by night ns well as by day. Abroad conductors are being laid underground and insulated by placing the bnro wires in glass tubes, which nre pro tected by layers of cement, outside ol which is an iron pipe. This method it cheap, gives a high degree of insulation, uud water cannot penetrate. Both tho French and Geminn Govern ments have provided facilities for tho ex amination mid certification of electrical instruments, and it is now found that ap paratus bearing the official indorsement brings n better price in Continents markets than non attested instruments. A steam carriage in which coke is usee at her a moment before his amazement i ns fuel has lately nppeurcd in Franco, found vent in the exclamation, "Nancy I The driving is effected by two liinC 1 ''I ..1 1 1 .1 . !. 1 4 lie n ! silt; tvolliit till 11 net l lie llll- . . i . , i k .1 r. i i ; memory of their yesterday quarrel, and parent the next afternoon, when, arrived '. ,' , , . '. .... struggling smile: leu, iiii.itt-ii -. -. , , . , il- a i:i:ii,lv blue .!r.., tl,t set 01T tvi.ll l.r ! -"""-J ...., . "s.""6 s and tinted ' , n",i p:rf. 'll'ied jirms the ..rl; :cr::i:ii!ent fix' 'ir art incut of the in c.vci iii igly Mechanism, lr.it i; i:id wh'U thoroiig'jly tindcr-tood by Jii fp.'i'.t ir c in be worked with great natty nun, It is certainly a most ingenuous and was designed by its in ii special view to its intro- "iitrivance, .-niter with i .etion nt Washington for use in the oinpiiat'.on of the exhaustive statistics ol le- eleventh census. Ily only n slight :ha:ig;' it h i:. I eeu adapted to the facts lu l tigurt s which go to imtko up the eeords of th" liuuauof Vital Statistics ii the Nov York Health lepartmeut. "It's only about a hundred years ninn mccks and bills of exchange were first ased ill the transaction of business," tiaid lohii Jay Kti.., form. rly la.i.irollcr of :he Currency, now President of one ol the biggest Ntw Yo.U banks, to 11 titn jiau. "The coin of the realm doesn't ,ilay a very important part in the finiin inl operations of the country," he cou '.inuetl. The total coinage of tho (Jovern iiicrit since its foundation has amounted ;o .1,S'J0,()(0,IJ01). This sum vast ns it .nay seem, would not hist but hix days it paid out by the banks of tho country in their daily transactions. The coinage ol til the mints of the hind for tho pat i-ear would not make tho licynieuts ol :ho banks for un hour and forty-five min utes on any average duy's business. The total coiungtf of tho United States Is esti nated nt $800,00(,fc0, but it would no: ast three days if used by tho banks ii Hiking their payments. Coin, then. V.nys but n small part in the daily com nerciiil life of the nation. It is the bans lut not the vehicle, with which our busi- less is moved.'" creamy complexion, dark curl cheeks, she started for the town. The dainty bhm silk parasol was lowered a little us she came to the pretentions row nf buildings opposite the hotel, one of which w.is occupied by )r. Miles Gray. Hut the face of the building was blank and th surgery blinds lowered; so, with in impatient exclamation under her breith, Nancy went on tti the I'ostol'ice, w le -re, getting no letter, she turned dis contentedly toward home. The Kates forbade her. She had not ae"o::'.ii' :':ie I a iiuarter of the tli.tanee before th" light roll of v. he'ds made her ' sum h'T he i I an I start p'-rceptibly. j In a iiioM. nt more ymr.ig I)r. Gray, whose ' phii ton was the envy of nil the , and vliose fascinating smile had ! won the h'-.srts of nil tiie women, had dra'vn up his horse at her side, had leaped to : lie ground, and had asked eagerly:; Miss Evans, may I have the pleasure of dm ing vial home '." 'I'he color brigVi'iiivl in Nancy's cheeki, tho light in iier cyi s, us site as sented with n charming smile; ami in u ino'.nrnt. they were slow ly bowling along the road, utfd the blue ribbons were blown against the doctor's :houldcr. l")r. Gray wns young, handsome, not deficient in brains, with private income -Hough to previ nt hiia from being tragic ally earliest In his profession, and very uracil in love with the coquettish bit of womanhood by his side. As for Nancy, stto win a little iitranl ot tliu gray eyes that could be qui.'.ical as well as admir ing, ami of tue smile that sometimes curled the comers of the black must ache. Hut Nancy was w ithout a lover just then, the doctor was a "catch," and so she laughed ami chattered ns the bay horje trotted along. The farm-house came in sight too soon, and the doctor stopped inidwuy in u speech to inquire, "won t you take a longer rule? Its such u beautiful afternoon!" Nancy, demurrc 1, as in duty bound. "I don't know. I think it must be almost tea-time." Tho doctor laughed and held his watch before her. It was precisely 4. "Oh, woll then" began Nancy somewhat confused. "Hut am t these your visiting hours?" 'Confound my visiting hours!" com mented tho doctor to himself. Aloud ho said: "I'm sometimes obliged to break through my hours. I uiu going now to seo a patient on tho outskirts of the town." Ho they drove ou. The "patient" could hardly have b&eu in a critical state. The doctor, leaning back in the carriage, let tho reins lie loose on the horse s back as they paced slowly on through tho shady wood roads, while the warm breeze fluttered light curls across Nancy's arch black eyes, and tho blue silk parasol had to bo held up to keep tho sun from her rosebud of a face. Thu doctor had u lurking feui thut Nuucy She did know when, in the Into twilight, she nnd the doctor walked to I gether in the dusky sitting-roemi at home, I where her father was dogiug ami her I mother knitting, to ask their cueisvnt and ' their blessing. I "Dear me!" said the good fanner, rub I bing his eyes. "Two such piece of news j in one day's curious hereabout. I beard only an hour since that Johnnie Annitage I is a-goin' to Australia to farm ou his own j account. I thought, too, that lie and i Nancy fancied each other, but here she's i wantiu' to uiarrv auotlar man. It's curi- oils!'' j Nancy had taken hi r hand from the ' doctor's arm nnd had sat dm. u in the window. She heard, mistily, comments and congratulations; she unswerol ques tions, laughed at jokes. Mie walked ! down to the gate w ith the doctor when he : left, ami stood there under tho Lilacs, his I arm about her, replying to his tender talk ; ' but w hen he was gone, leaving a farewell I kiss on her lips, she rushed upstairs, and threw herself ou the bed in a perfect agony of sobbing that she could hardly slille iu the pillow. I The htnry of the next week is hack- ! ' nc vcd. Such happenings are too com mon. Nancy enme and went Like a ghost of herself; but the wholo town was gossiping over her engagement, nnd her evidences of trouble were ascribed to the "iUecriic.ss of u girl jut engaged." Old Mrs. Arniitage ran over one ufter noon to tell the Evanses that Johu was going on Monday, nnd sho hoped he would manage to cull and bid them gooil by; and cried because her pet sou was going away, and was cool and sharp to Nancy, evidently bilspectiug that suo was the cause. Pi shaps light natures suffer most over whelmingly. Often iu tho beautiful Juue days Nancy, all ulone, in some shadowy, grassy place, with sunbeams shimmering noove. would wonder in a dim, childish wav if sho would not "dio when John went." Only one hope was left: John wus coining to say good -by Oh, if sho could only let him know how it really was 1 Hut how could shel and sho would look down despairingly at tho little gold circlet on her finger. Sunday afternoon John finally came Nancy, sitting iu tho parlor with tho doctor, caught a glimpsu of the well- known figure nt thu gate under tho lilacs again. For a moment the room whirled round and sho was deathly white; then sho rose mechanically, saying that sho must bid Mr. Annitage good-by, and went out to the doorway, where John was greeting her parents und warding oil tho Newfoundland with a laugh. "Y'es," ho wus replying as Nancy came up, "they say there's a pretty good chance out there for a young fellow w Ith health and energy How do you do, Miss Nancvf aud I ve always tieea outer prlsiug ; so I meuu to try it.'' He hnd never seen such utter abandon and ngouy of shame us that with which tha poor little maiden hid her faco aud cowered in tho wet grass, with tho cry, "Oh, whal sh:.l!-I dA Du.i't ak to me 1 Go away!" and burst into a storm of tears. For answer he gathered tho little wc figure in hi arms, smoothed tho tum bled curls, tried to warm tho icy hands, and did not Uro to question, while ho soothed her in his tenderest way. "Tuke mo luvne," said Nancy, ns soon as she found strength to sieak at nil. "I shall do- un such thing," was tho decided answer, a John's disengaged hand lifted her fju.v so that he could sen it, "till you tell tnc why you came. Nancy, I couldn't help hoping a littlo when I saw you here. Don't make me give it up! I thought my pride would support ine through anything, but I am afraid it won't," he ended sadly. "I'm so glad it won't," breathed Nan cy, in tones of heartfelt relief. "Hut soinebody'll see us. Take me home, John, and I'll tell, you nil about it." How different seemed the way home, with John at ln r sid". Hut Nancy was iu no hurrv to "tell nil about it. Shu onlv said, nervously, holding John's hand in hers: "Promise uie you won't go away . "Ah but first." Nancy looked kick at the plumy hedge, whose shelter they had left, ami i-aid, with a half wuile: "You see the lilacs ain't out of bloom yet, Johu, and I am sorry, as you said I'd be!" "Anil "the doctor?" asks the critical reader. Ah, Nancy u no model of maiden hood. Sho is only a faulty young girL, erring, ami loving, aud suffering, play ing her part in one of the tragedies that nre played everywhere in the springs and autumns, iu the time of snow-drifts as well ns in th time of lilacs. A'eia York World. I want another promise Making Castor Oil. The process of manufacturing the oil is very simple. The beans ure ground ut) fine anil lint lu horsehair tmgs. Iu this shape they aro crushed under a pow erful press, giving out in oil about one- third of their weight. The dry pulp, culled "pumice, is sold for fertilizing. The oil is liltered ami finally bleached, 11 for medical use, by exposure; to tho sun I rays uutler glass. Tho amount of castoi oil eniiiloved for medicine, however, U trilling compared to tho quantity con sumed in mechanical crafts. For lubri catiug leather it is uuequnled, while ite properties ns an "iili.nnuo assistant are lUCOIlipiintuli:. AtuAitiiiiu lis nil iiciucui found iu coal tar, from which all the brilliant "madder-colors" are obtuiuod by chemical means. These coal tar tints are isod for printing textile fubrics, with an admixture of castor oil to make then working easier. In India castor oil is used for burning iu lamps. Tho art of making it from the beans is of recent discovery. The an cients were accustomed to administer the seeds wholo for medicine. At first heat was employed in tho crushing of the beans, but this injured tho quulity of the oil, while during tho process a volatile principle escaped, so irritating that the workmen were coiapeiiea to wear pro tectiuff masks. irvtmtngton itar. wheels, nnd tho speed attained is Bboir fifteen mill per hour, twenty-eight nno threc-qnartcr gallons ox water being sui ticient for a run of twenty-live miles. Iu nn improved method of wire-mak ing, the wire is drawn cold over succca sive pairs of rolls, each pair having i greater speed than tiie pair preceding it with an intervening friction clutch t graduate tho speed of the rolls to the speed of tho wire in process of rolling. From the general appearance of tin vegetation, toeether with a discussion a the origin and relations of the florist, i is concluded by eminent boianists that Greenland in not a European province from tho point of view of lotamenI ge- ogrunhv. but lias nearer relations U America. A century ago only 300 species of orchids were known, and those very im perfectly. Now the latest authority uivei the extremo numlicr of knows species ai 10,0(11). This nmv bo an excessive esti mate, but shows tho immense itdvuucci which have been niado in our kno'.vledgt of these, interesting iUnts, for whicl collectors now ransack the most remote quarter of the globe, Origin of -We Won't Go Home.' An interesting history of an old una well known comic tuno was given by Pro fessor Knsel, a music teacher, in a speeel in tho Music Teachers Association ro ently. Ho said th.it when the army ot tho first Napoleon was in Egypt iu 179$ the camp for awhile was near tue pyra mids. One afternoon about sunset tin band was playing. Tho inhabitants ol tlio desert had collected near and were listcninir to tho music. Nothing un natural happened until the band struck una tune which wo now hear under tin name of "We Won't Go Homo Tif Morning." Instantly there were tho wihl est demonstrations of joy among the lkdouius. They embraced each othei and shouted nnd danced in tho delirium of their pleasure. The reason was thai they wero listening to tho lavorito anc oldest tune of their iieonle. Professoi Knsel then stated that tho tune lmu beei taken to Europe from Africa in the elev enth century by tho Crusaders, and hac" lived separately in both countries fa. over seven hundred years. This is cer tainly enough to make "Wo Vout(t Home Till Morning a classic, its ongu is more of a mystery than tho source o: vhe Nile. LouxnM ivtt. CtRIOtS FACTl Kentucky La a mail ej 1d. la Chile the street-car ill women. The word "end" occur it in tho Bible. ""iW Pliitnilnlnbin t t m ...... , . w uavei . for colored Catholics. ! Toddv la frntn 11.. n- . tadi, tho Juice of the I).imr J A Vienna criminal rectnti. An Illinois man -li i... ivus round and failed to t'.H pay over 25. -r"n Tlio larrrst m1 :rowu jowols of Russia! It. rH I pigeon egg. Tho age of Sato Yultichi. ft. t. .nan, .lo'ut "ny years. n.C) a fifteen inches. A natr of elcnh.int'. t...i. . . I - u.-it m IfmtWlt tt-niifh nlwitif Ouil - . 'ey irorth about $500. Tho threo Presidents ho fa luly 4 arc John Adams, TLoinaTj., Hni uiiu ,1 win's monroc. Tin American momiuitn h-. . In Knrrland. nnfl tlm .......1 'e! laieti uj i.iiu uiseuvcry. The descendants of I?,W. -,i i j . . who ns iiaiigrn ns a witch in tn 1 ft Vittititiin tn lltnvnN f ' A -"'-, .i.iM., rews Nritish people drink snnmt.. pound of tea per head jv-r tinaSLJ J r rencn average is only half ro 0 It IS against the city or,i;-. n . . I a sj iiu-iiie, .s. i., ior a (IduKcj j,, ,. on the street unless accoEij'i, tunn. A cloud-burst In Nevada tLe n,. dropped enough water en t rr--;, tulles square to form a lake ,j(Us , in extent and ten feet dn . John Moore, of Indiana, drrljrj lolf guilty of robbery, paid a ffjMl!, io nrresi nun, ana men lurol a ri-j for S to take them to the county jc runcn is irom ine Hinilnstimoe vl Banskrit panchan, meaning five, tho drink wiis originally rnmjuii,! ingredients, viz. : Nigar, arrack, water and lemon juice. Italian excavators at AJu'o Zula, Africa, have cume mma , buildings and coins. In the sir.hp-j I marble slab was found tot re pi; tonqu'i3ts of Ptolemy Kvtrgitu. A man with nn artificial face fcs J attracting much attenti.m nt an L.- ivatenng place. He li.nl an iv :heek, eye and pnlnte, fitted Iiiiq, Of Isrrstol. lie eats without tue sic. litnculty, nnd sie:iks distinctly, A number of strange Mi, fursui Lie white fish of Lake Erie, bit bean caught nt the dam near Muc-. S. Y. Somo think thn- are Fiicy nre iu color riguUr iinrA blondes, with reddish gills and taia d io far ns reported, entirely new W J traters. How they got Hue sirf lery Richest of American Chinamen. I had tho pleasure of meeting Saa Lock, recently. Mr. Lock is probablj the richest Chinaman in California, and ii possessed of an acuteuess which would do credit to a Bom Slick. Ho is ono o! the very few Mongolians who have be- como citizens of this country, and hat cut loose in every way from his native land, and as far as possible from his peo ple. Ho wears "storo" clothes and keens his shirt inside of his trowsers. He hns a large ranch in this country, and pos sesses a number of mines in Montana. He spoke quite casually ot building a canal seventeon miles long to take water to a mine which has not been profitable heretofore because of the lack of that article JVVw York Tribune. Host Densely Populated SpjUtL This valley of tho Gain;..! la J people than it can support m t probably tho most deusely fjfJ part of tho world. The psupte w Tillages and the average auLtrj n ;onslsts of one-story mini huuta and illy ventilated for Amenta pens. You would not think of an . . . a uch outhouses ns the roi'ienmel .uajority of this vast pupuln'.ioo M aiake.und in a large irt of Indis i specially in the best part olihiiiia country, the lioldingsuverii'.'ciMii direo acres apiece. At four to tk f ily this represents u half ai re per fl sr ViM persons to the iiurc Kt W hen it is remembered tliattw plo live by agriculture it w;il M hat this condition is l;ir fiM ;hat of China or any p.irt "I u ud still the people are bright. ro brainy, too, mid tu "i-l & lharper business men, I.t..-r cut il md more polite peoiile thin it India. Their f.uvs in tl.i p fniliii have much the same ch:irfcH those of the Anglo-Saxon. M ;ho highest cottes lire more Ilk'0" the Greeks, nnd I sec which, if tho skin were white, tt-fl icau might be proud to own. i loug t' tho same nice perm ami under tho same tr.iinins- tian iiillueiiccs.thcy would I petitors with us. J Itnt. w nit eiin n man HO no m -i Jav. or how can a man kra has to strucrirlo to exist I The p' tiou of India is still inert in land eats the lion's share of tw F uf the country, and thoui.'htheFf Imps aro bettor oil under n uient than thev have hem it is the same old story i . . . i ,..ink uigtotho rulers unci u rr i ing their flesh off their hone ii.u t;.,.-...,. "i..tii.nil nf hull!' mo uuiiiuin-viiiii --- , ,i n.- l,.l. ViiriiUl1 me a, B ii' a i ,.t Kin noil a vtsr. V contrast w ith tho wages m i.- i ux cetiU a day I i- " 1'ribunc. The Apathetic lhmin! Tho people of Snn DoniuiF ro apathetic, and as a rule J. honest, and, as with all people - il... ......1.1 ... W nmes. L'Otu lliv nuuu ... 1 ' 1 very respectful to foreign"5! matter of fact, one could go imuiliip cafetT rnnnnir tliest, wtr than lu this great nictru! lirst you land in a Doiutu w nppearauce of iU lower order j Is not verv assurinc. ns they w 1 the teeth, enrrvinct generally 1 n a most murlerous looking r "machete." I had occ.. !... 11.... n..i .- VlHIlllV Wltf"" IlllllbllVJ HVIV .V.J . In traveling through the county ireiiuentea places int." -. great requisition, and m ' i undergrowtn, smuii wro'"-- v ft. . i.neflll.---" etc., thoy are very Star. Cornell University has a Japanese noblo. man among iU students. Tho newest entagem"11 twisted gold without a
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