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