t ' .. ... . THE MIDDLKBUKGII POST. T. H. IIARTER, L:ito af.d Pko'k. MIiDLKIH'IW. .VOl7.' V.'n.'lM. Ism. ' "It is an indisputable truth thnt the bct literary work to-day is being dour liy women," sail UdwnrJ L'ok in tho Jsidiit' llnnr Jinirnnl. There nro mro woman doctors to-day than ever before, mid their munlicr is rapidly increasing. It will noon bo a privilege, to be sick, exclaims the gallant Chiia'-o A. ir. It will soon le an ca-y mutter to go up Pise's Peak. All that will be n 'eessary will !. a live- dollar bill for a ticket on tho railway train thai will transport tho tourist to tho toji with safety und dis patch. Hut a good denl of tho old to iniiiii'o of going UP slowly nnd with toil on a burro will bnve disappeared. AVot tli, the Paris modiste, is trying to inlroiiiiee hoops again, but even Worth, opines the Louisville Coiri r-J'irni,t ran not make the sensible women of this day adopt such ii hideous malformation, nnd bis efforts are a failure so far, to the un bounded astonishment of th" Kreu'-'lim in. lie has lit rcloforc given women ill credit for sense, and to b" confront.?! with an evidem'i; that they havu some is calculated to pl.vc Mo:i-.ic'.ir hors dj combat. Mt. St. Kiias is not a volcano at least not now a smoking mountain nor has thero been a cataclysm thero niuco the I'tiited States purchased it from Hns siu, but somehow, chrouicles tlio Wash ington St jr.the altitude of the great pCIl;t lias shrunk nbout six thousand f jet sinea the exploring party measured it. Mr. Itussf U' figures uro mora coldly modest than thoso of tho old geographers, nnd Mt. St. Llias is not tho tallest North Anieiican mountain. The English electrical papers, In com menting on tho great success achieved in Washington by tho electrical eensiw tabulating machine, which enabled tho authorities to deal with tho largo re turns witli such admirable expedition nnd nbseueo of confusion, express tho linpo that a similar arrangement will ha adopted in tho approaching consul in England. Tho stall set aside for the pur pose ut Washington was able, by means of the electrical machines, to count tho cntiro population of tho United States in ten days of seven wsrking hours each, Tho population of tho civilized world, putting it nt 630,000,000, could thus bo counted by the same stall in lOi) days,, und the entire population of tho earth, which, including Asiatic and eavages, is estimated ut 1,300,000,000, could be similarly determined in leu than -'00 davs. Tho New York Sun recently printe 1 a sketch of the Arabian quarter of tho big city. It appears that Arabs swarm along Washington street from Battery place to Carlislo street, and nro now ppreuding nloiig to Morris and Hector streets on the lower west side of the city. Very few of tho "swarthy sons of Urn desert" wear their own picturesque garb nftcr they have dwelt in New Yoik u short time. They live in clusters in the mom old house! of that region of the city in which they have taken up their abode. There arc a few wholesale dealers among tin1::!, but nearly nil of thorn uro peddlers of trinkets, napkins and cheap Ara'oi 1 1 wares, filming from ten cents to to i dimes a day. It is rare to tiud any of them able to mullcr nure than half a do.eti words of English. They urj not a vicious element, and are wholly Jie from crime. They do not ijua.I liquors or liner, but some of thoi.i t a'u a little of the grape juice whieh is prepare 1 by tin Arab in the city. They do not mingle it'.i Yoi-:. any t lie other races iu New Naming colts us they am brought into the world on u big htoek-raising farm might seem to be a simple operation; but, just as when the parents of n do, ut chiid.vn tl.id themselves short of nam-js a'el have tvi resort to a biblical or clas si al terminology, .vi do the o.vuers of a lot of horses kepi fur the purpose, of j raising horses for the turf llud t'u 'iu selves short of n auies. Who hat failed to notice tho odd nomenclature of th" i.ieo-ecHusci ask the New York Sn . The proprietor of u farm mid a big lol of thoroughbreds in Pennsylvania his made a rule for himself. To all tlio colts bom in the first year, under his rule, hn gave numos beginning with A, in tho becond year i, and so on. He put tho idea into practice eight years ago, nud reached tho letter II last year. Some times there are queer combinations of names. For instance, last year a colt was named Harmony, und this year his brother hud tacked to him tho name Im pudence. As the breeder bus fifteen colts this year to be named with names begin ning with the letter I, he confesses bin: self pu.zlcd to originate attractive und orutuud names enough to go around. AS VOO CO THROUOH LirB. Don't look for tha flaws as you go through life; An 1 even whfn y in find them, It l wise ami kind to lie somewhat blind Anl look for tho virtue h-hlnd them. For tliei'l'iU lk-"t niht has a hint, of lirful Snin"lnTO In its liaios hiding, It is better by fnr to hunt for a stnr, '1 him tli( .iot on the sun nli.din. Tlio current of life runs ever away To tlio biyom "f I s grnt oeinn. lon't set your foivs 'jcainst the river's cour.o And think tonlt-r its niotiou. Ii ei't waste a car1 on tle tuiivors ' U 'liii'inU'r, it liveil Imfora you. l'ca't butt nt the storm with your puny form Ihit b"iii an 1 1-t it go uVp you. Tlie world will never adjust itself To suit your whims toth letter. Huiii tilings must go wr.iii' your wh"1? life l"n'. An I tin1 mi nr you kn v it th ) hotter. It is folly to llht with th In'liiito, And K uii'lorat Inst, in the w restle, Th" ivimt mmi siiii Into o I's plau As tie- water siiau -s into n vessel. ;,; If. II ,lr.,r,'in", -rw i rk YflL Tho Colonel's Wedlinsr. Th'-v were all down at the "station," f'.il i::' I l."g ire. Major lluye.-, Squire Hammond and I. ink Stilollef, the village m iit ible. They repri e'ite I tlie leini ing and wealth of Spott'-d Squash Cr.is-t. io iHs, end the le-si i Io nisers forme I :i .-eini ( ii cle at a respectful dis'ani j and waited for the words of wisdom nnd barbed shafts of wit. whieh they knew by i i rience were ure to ll.iw from the hps ot the four aristocrats. The w r:n October sunshine threw Mi'ue;:eltes of the four great men upon the r ugh pine boards of the station plat form. The air tingled w ith sugi'es tions of fo- bunting nnd "oaitndge siiootin'." A flock of noisy crows cir (led around with querulous caws, and w tiled down upon the topmost branchei of the pir.es oveiln-iid. A ra.or back trotted across the clearing just out of stone shot, and yruntod derisively as Hank Ibiprce vainly tried to hit him with a pine cone. Several forlorn hens scratched eagerly between the railroad ties for iinau'inary worms, and picked t'ne rusty rails angrily when tho c -rtain failure of their enterprise became appa rent to them. The stillness had become painfully au dible, when I.nnk Smollet spoke: Colonel, this is a powerful fine day." Mighty line, sir, mighty tine!" re plied the Colonel, as he swept tho distant i.ori.on w ith an approving eye. " T'ears as if it might rain, though. Colonel, don't you think f asked Squire Hammond. "Not a bit" begau the Major, but tin Colonel stopped him with an angry Ir.iwn. "1 think, sir. that tho Squire was ml dlessin' ii,,-,- haid the Colonel. "I :ipoliMgi.o, Colonel. I felt so sure what j ou are about to remark that I took it for granted " "Never take anything for granted, sir!" replied the senior nilir. "It's a lmbit, sir, that I have always found likely to entail disastrous consequences." Here tie- Colonel paused and cut oil a larjo piece of navy plug, which ho con i eii with the air of a connoisseur to its proper resting place. Then ho glance 1 : i .1 1 1 i at his companions. Tliey were' strangely uncomfortable. Th" Mainr was imrlii nl.u I v rest fallen : but that was of huso dui to his recent bad break. There was something tiie mailer with them undoubtedly. Nearly (Very in. m had his jack knife in his hand and was balancing it carefully on hi foil Tumor, or tosing it abstr ii-;edly from one hand to the other. The Colonel saw the ;:.. !, -knives and aL once realized the situation. lie took hi own "ltogers'' lie. ii his pocket, picked up a piece of pi:.e and le gan to whiltb . The effect of tiiis .seemingly uninipor ta: ! a ti u w as i i iiinrkable. Every other in. ci present signed gratefally, leaned forward, and picke I up a piece of soft pine and bi'j.ui to whittle assiduously. Tic-y all had been waiting for the Colonel to I - --! The mles of eti.piitle at Spit'.ed SjU.ih Cro.vsroa Is aie very strict. ''i c'i v.-ere saying, Squire," said tic ('oh, ;n I. ihat ou though! it was going to lain." "1 l eg your pardon, Colonel," replied the portly Squire, "I said it, pearc 1 as il it might run." "All the ililTeence in the world. IS i it . !- akiiig of the lain, that reminds me of oi.o i f the biggest rain storms that have ce- l,i n M "ii, sir, iu the whole of lie inniini County." 'Ill - Mi.MU- started to speak, but Link Sun diet , who knew by cvperieuc" how t i:c;ii with the ('ilonel, promptly cle i i, i- I l.iiii. Tin Colonel sighe I, and. having whit tled away his first piece i f pine wood, picked up another and began to whittle mi I speak simultaneously. 'k was in the year 7i? eighteen l.ftj.M.ven--sir, and the worst winter that, we had experienced iu (leorgia iu many years. Tliero wan no snow, but plenty of inean, di i.zliug rain and hard sieet. All the creeks were ice-luuiid, und I used to have n big iron bar on my wash-stand to break the it e iu my water pitcher every morning. It was mighty hnul to get a tire hot enough to nook victuals on, and the tdiccM were so cold that we had to wrap ourselves iu hour skins before goiiii to bed to keep from freezing to death. Crying became u posi tive luxury to tho women and children that winter, for the tears would freezo ia their eyes before they had a chance to weep them. When my mother nnd sis ters wanted to cry they'll have to steam their eyes over a kettle of boiliiy water." Tho Colonel paused ami gazed pensive ly at the razor-back, which had stam peded the group of hens and wo at that moment eating pine moss with great rel idi. "I was a yorng man, then," he con tinued, with a emiuisceut sigh, "and, though I say it myself, I was on , line a looking joungster u liny south ot Mason nnd Dixon's line or north, either. Thero were few women in th country who weren't ready to worship tho ground I walked on. I could drink with the best of 'cm, nud was celebrated as a dullest from Tennessee to Florida. Hcfore I had twenty-one yenrs old-1 had been but eleven tines eleven times, iiir, by heaven! and nt last I got to bo so famous thnt there were mighty few men who lind the courage to call mc out. Why, my duel w ith Tilly at Sandbar Ferry was the talk of the county. "It was iu the February of thnt year that I married Mrs. Legate. We hnd been engnged for over a year, according to custom, and I was impatient to nmko' pretty Tildn Clayton my bride. My father, Judge Legare, made tho prepara tions for the ceremony on n grand tcale, befitting a family whoso ancestors hnd marched with Oglethorpe and given their best blood to tho wan of their country. "In those days agontlomen was married in nn aristocratic way. Thero was no plchian ceremony iu a church, but tho wedding took place at tho house of tho bride, and the minister came to us we didn't go to tiie minister. In our case, however, ns my bride was my father's ward and lived withu,theccrmony was of course performed at the Eegarn mansion. It took place 0 o'clock in tho night, and was attended by so many pntrieinti people that the quests tilled tho great house from top to bottom. We killed ten beeves and forty head of .shcup for the wedding dinner. It took fifty hands to wait upon the guests, and they were kept busy all the time. 1 lie ilinuer was eaten Inuoro tlio cere- i inony, as tho minister whom wo liad engaged was suddenly taken sick, and it. took three hours to fetch another one. It was a gre-il success, and tho guests were iu high humor for the nuptial rites. The clergyman rode up soon after tho dinner was over, and Mrs. Legare and I stood up before him, with tho eyes of three hundred onlookers upon us. "Suddenly, nnd without any warning, there was a frightful burst of thunder, followed by a terrific downpour of rain. How that rain did coino down! Tho drops were as big as cannon balls, and we found the next morning that tho out side shingles of the roof had bee a splin tered to kindling wood. A servant who tried to run across from the house to tho servants' quarters was struck senseless by the rain, and was a gibbering idiot for the rest of his days. It was terrible, sir, terrible! "Most of tho,e present were for post poning the wedding till tho next day, but I wouldn't hear to it, and tho minis ter proceeded with the ceremony. ".lust as he was saying: 'Do you take this woman,' etc., one of the ladies sere'imed an 1 fainted dead away. She had been standing near tho door leading into the hail, the Hour of which was a little lower than the room where wo stood. Dr. Smithkius looked out into the hull nud started back with a cry of alarm. Then wo nil rushed to tho door "The floor of tho bull was covered with water which was within an Inch of the room where tho ceremony was going on, and rising at the rate of a foot n minute. Tlio next moment tho water pouted hit tho room, and all of the ladies who had not fainted gathered up their skirts and jumped upon tho chuiil and sofas. "I'rctty remarkable rate, Colonel, I wasn't it.'" asked the Major, defereu- j tially. "Yes, sir," replied the Colonel, testily. I "It was remarkable. Everything about j this story is remarkable, and the most ! remarkable thicg about it, sir, seems to be that some men, sir, seem to know ', m ire about other people's stories than ! they do about their own!" and the: Colonel fairly glare I al Major Hugee as . lie picked up a fresh stick and kept ou i whittling. The .Major, crushed for the third time, ; again subsi led, und tin: iiarratjr con tinued "1 f alized that it was a timo for : action, and gave speedy instructions to tho servants, who were nearly crazy with fright. Wo hastily carried the ladies up to the floor above, and tho servants fol- j lowed with the finer articles of furniture. The carpets, all of the finest Axmiiister loom, had already been ruined, but that, I although it entailed the loss of several thousand dollars-, meant little to us iu those day. "We made the ladies ns comfortable as possible, and made two of the biggest men servants swim down to the landing to get all the hutteaux. They hud to hold wooden lire-boards over their heads to keep from being stunned by the rain drops. "Tiie water in tiie meantime kept coming higher and higher, and finally reached the (ccoiul floor. We woie obliged to make another move to the third story, :nd most of tho ladies be came hysterical. That added to our dis comfort, and heforo long Mrs. Legare was tiie only woman in the crowd who was in full possession of her senses. "Then I remembered that the ceremony was still unfinished. 1 was not supel stitious about it, but I hated to leave anything undone, so we stood up in our dripping garment und were married. "The last words had just been pro nounced when wo felt the floor trem bling. Wo rushed to tho windows and looked out. Th'j house was floating away ! "Vpon learning thi wo were all ter ribly seared ami those of tho Indie who hail recovered from their hysteric com menced to scream iu a frightful wuy. They would not be quieted, but ran from room to room like frightened deers as they were. "Tho big house rushed on at a fright ful rate, pushing it way through tho tro. tops like a pointer through a Hold of sugar caue, and I soon discovered that we were floating upon the iwollcn bosom of the savannah liivcr. Just then I heard aery outside, and, looking out. saw tho two colored men in a battenu towing a. dozen others. Wo were saved. "Followed by all of tho male guests and most of tho servants, I jumped into the battsati and seized ti paddle. The other did the same, and after attaohing the boat to tho house by long ropes we started out to paddlo back tip stream. It was a prodigious undertaking, and sev eral paddles snapped in two under the severe strain. We worked hard, how ever, and after several hour of hard pad dling towed tho mansion back to iU original plnco on Twcedy'g Hill. "I say tho original place, but thnt Is wrong. The mansion formerly stood several hundred feet higher up on tho hill than tho place where it now is, but the water had fallen so much during our absence that wo were unable to place it upon tho old foundations." "Is that nil of tho story, Colonel?" asked Lank Smollett, who had heard it before. "Not quite, iir, not quite. The lower part of the housa had been so long under water that it had been swelled to several times its original size, which accounts fol the fact thnt the Legare Mansion is now shaped liko a pyramid." The Colonel commenced whittling an other stick, and his audience remained silent. Then the Major yawned, got up, stretched himself and looked duo south, while tho others, collectively and indi vidually, followed his example. Tho truiu was coming in. Ati Yor Snn. An Intelligent Turtle. J. U. Ilrobaska, the well-known ex conductor on the Northern Pacific Hail road, is tinted for his fondness for dumb animals of every description, and if ho had retained nil the "pets" he has pos sessed nt various times, he would have a fair start iu tho way of a zoological gar den of his owu. Probably tho most novel of nil his experiences In this line, as related by himself, recently occurred on the lake near this city. borne time last summer, while stroll ing about Cieiir d'Alene's suburbs, ho camo across two small turtles, lively lit tle fellows of the w ater species, and suc ceeded in capturing them. Ho placed them in his coat pocket, took them to Spokane Falls, and thero provided them with a miniature aquarium in his room and commenced their domestication and education. One of them the tutor named "Pat," and the other ono he called "Pete." Pat had evidently at some time in his life been a hod-carrier, for on his back was a white spot as if caused by a drop of plaster falling upon it. As winter approached ami Mr. Rrobask.i was absent from his room a great portion of tho time, he became solicitous for tho welfare of his little proteges, and finally decided to bring them back to the Cunir d'Alene Lake and set them free. Accord ingly they were ngniu placed in his pocket, and in due time returned to their native element. A few days ago, whilo Mr. Ib-pbaska and some friends were rowing upon tho lake, tho former espied a small turtle swimming upon the surface a short dis tance from them. He instantly stretched out his hand to the uncouth voyager and called nut, "Pete, Pete, came here, old boy!" Hut ns the summons was not obeyed, he changed tho salutation to "Pat, Pat!" At the pronunciation of the magic naino tho little paddler stretched out his neck, turned his head, and ns the call was repeated, changed his course nnd swam fearlessly to tho boat, where he climbed into his master's hand, was placed iu the tatter's pocket, nnd has again become n citizen of Spokane Falls. .Mr. llrobaska hopes in time to find "Pete" ngniu nnd recover him in the same way. L'rnr d'Alene (Xorlh Dti' kolit) Timet. A Volcano us an Incnbntor. ' The volcano of Uogoilor, on an island of tho Aleutian group, oil Alaska, which suddenly burst into uetivity hist winter, ami whose flaming summit could be seen for sixty miles, was visited during tho summer by several oflicers of "tho L'uitcil States revenue cutter Hush. Tho volcano is only 200 feet above tho sea level. When the crater was opened by the sub marine earthquake it is thought volumes of water rushed in which caused tho dense clouds oi steam that had been aris ing ever since. From n fissure at tho base of the mountain rose a boiling sul phur fountain. Tlio oflicers ascended tho crater, nnd on looking over the edge the steam oould be seen iu endless quan tities rising from unknown depths. Hum bling noises, like thunder, were heard, nnd the air was impregnated with sul phur. One of the most curious facts dis covered was that ocean birds used tho island ns a natural incubator for their young. Thousands of gulls flew uway at tho approach of the Hush and left behind them, .along the sides of tho volcano, eggs in nil stages of development. The Hush brought nn immense walrus hide, fifteen feet long, to bu place I on exhibi tion at tho world's fair. It will be first sent to the Smithsonian Institution to be prepared. (Jhiafjo Jlir.ilJ. Flnctl fur Loving In 1C49 Heading lined three married women tivo shillings each for scolding. This was a common offense, accord iug to tho judicial records, says tho Hoston a lilt: One Mattew Stanley was fined 3 for winning tho affections of John Tarbox's daughter without her parents' consent. Connecticut, in 1 63(1, would not allow any young unmarried iniiu to keep house, but Windsor in 1(132 permitted Isaac Sheldon and Samuel Hockwell to keep house together, "so they carried them selves soberly and did not entertain idle persons by day or night." Husking often gave riso to a degree of festivvuosi that worried tho magistrates. In Long Island, where tho customs wero very like those of New Eaglaud, ono Jamet Chichester, at a corn husking in 1(5 til, found a rod ear and said that ho must kiss "Bet to" Seudder. The endoarmenti ended in a scuffle, whereat Ooody Seudder interposed. Tho result was a summons before tho Town Couit and a flue of twelve shillings with costs for James, who probably eschewed rod ear thereafter. Sanilac County, Michigan, ha a first class jail, but it is w ithout an occupant, rorcLAit SCIENCE. An electric bicycle, to run. upon wire, is one of the nowest wheeling in ventions. Dr. Scquard claim that his elixir has cured intermittent fever, neuralgia, rheumatism, insomnia and leprosy. Tho Acadomle de Sciences has sub mitted a new system of musical notation in which twenty-seven characters re I place the 203 symbols now employed to ' represent tho seven notes of the gamut in the seven keys. Tho Urania, of Berlin, is an institu tion containing well-appointed telescopes, microscopes and other instruments for public uso. In its first year it has been j visited by about 100, JOU persons, who havo becu benefited by about 1000 lectures. Dr. Ilognnrd finds that decomposable substances resist putrefaction when under a pressure of COO to 700 atmospheres. This corresponds to a depth of 3000 or 4000 fathoms at sea, and indicntci that corpses sunk in great depths may bo in definitely preserved. If a box six fcetdeop wero filled with sea water and allowed to cvaporato under tho sun, there would be two inches of salt on the bottom. Taking the averago depth of the ocean to bo thrco miles, there would bo a layer of puro salt 230 feet thick on tho bed of the Atlantic. A machine for automatically blowing a fog whistle has just been patented. A vessel equipped with tho machine nny travel ut any rato of speed and continno to blow ono or three blasts of the whistlo per minute while procee ling through fog. Many steamers uso it on the lake, for iustaucc. In a paper on "Liquid Crystals," n German chemist reports tho discovery of some most curious organic liquids, which when examined in drops tiudcr tha mi croscope by polarized light, show dcflnito axes of elasticity, just like crystals. This is pronounced ono of tho most remark ubio of recent discoveries in molecular physics. The Edison phonographic doll has now got up to 135 words in speech. For a long timo only 70 words could be packed into tho compact little f ramo, and it was therefore deterred from saying a grcnt many interesting things. In tho course of timo tho Wizard of Meulo Park may make his dolls talk as freely as human beings. It is all a matter of combina tion. At tho French Association meeting, M. Cobcs, of Ilucnos Ayrcs, contended that all living nniuials havo a surface of absorption and respiration; und that oxygen introduced by hypodermic injec tion is absorbed by tho capillaries iq tho sntso way ns when inspired by tho lungs. Tho hypodermic respiration thus set up is suggested as likely to bo useful in lung disease. Ono of tho most excellent of recent in novations is tho introduction of metal ceilings in place of wood and plaster. These ceilings do not shrink or burn like wood; they will not stain, crack or fall off like plaster, but boing permanent, durable, flroproof aud ornamental, will eventually supersede both wood nnd plaster, besides being in tho end far mare economical than cither. The United States cruisers Chicago and Huston aro to have their bottoms painted with two kinds of nnti-baruaclc, non-corrosivo mixture beforo they leave tho navy yard again. The object of put ting on two kinds of paint is to test their relative merits as to preventing tho pit ting of tho plates and the development of seaweed and other marine growths ou tho submerged portions of the hull. Fbrlda's "Sinks." Among tho many natural curiosities of Ceutral Florida nouu attract inoro atten tion from tho native uud the Northern traveler than the many small ponds iu the section where they abound as "sinks." They nro usually of irregular, round or oval sh ipo, and aro found scattered throughout the pinu forests. (5ener.i. speaking they have neither visible supply nor outlet, nnd yet their level scarcely ever varies from ono season to another. They uro not supplied by rains, since they are generally found iu perfectly flat sec tions, where thero is but little, if liny, drainage. Their waters Hie perfectly pure, sweet and cold, as a rule, indi cating hidden springs as their sourco of gupply. Some of them aro very deep, one iu particular, in Leon County, which has a depth greater than tho combined lengths of all tho sounding liucs in tha neighborhood. Nearly all of tho Florida "sinks" contain fish, which, ou account of tho crystal clearness of the wutor, limy be soou many font below tho surface. How these "sinks" maiiago to maintaiu a uniform level; whether tho evapora tion just balances tho supply or whether they have subterranean outlets as well ns inlets is still a matter of speculation. Pos sibly thu now generally accepted idea that tho whole of Florida tests upon a bed of coral at a foundation may otf ;r soino explanation of these facts. As tho matter uow stands, theso "sinks" pre sent the strange spectacle of ponds tiuit aro not affected by drought or rain, maiutuiuiug tho sumo level from year to year. Orlando, tho couuty Beat of Orange County, has ono of tho largest and most remarkable of these "sinks" upon its eastern outskirts, almost within tho lim its of thu town. It covers hot ween one and two acres, and like tho others of tho same section is always puro aud sweet. Vommertitd Advert Urr. A Doeawax-Luden Ship. The old legond of the beeswax-laden ship, wrecked many, many years ago on tho Oregon coast, ha again received confirmation, William Edward, who lives on the Nehalem Hiver, arrived at Astoria the othor duy, bringing with him 230 pounds of beeswax which he hnd picked up with the assistance of hi daughter, Miunio GariUe, on tho coast near the Nehnlom. The oldest w hito in habitants ot that section do not remeni bor hearing of a wreck, but Indian liv ing in that part of the country say that it was wrecked over one hundred yean go. Hun Franciiw Chronicle. Bill Nye's Attempt at Dljnlly. frl 1 -1 I1V M I 3 Wax people are noted for their dignity and repose. They have no brains, but they never forget to bo digniflcd. I hate dignified people, writes Bill Nye in tha Now York World. I never tried to ba dignified but once, and that was - two weeks ago. I woro a handsomo new frock coat and suit of dark blue and a now shining Russia Iron silk hat, to drive my family over tho Finger Bowl road on Statcn Island nnd on to South Bench. I was proud and haughty, dressed up, serene and mentally vacant in order to look digniflcd. Peoplo who sa-v ut driv ing thus afterward paid me a high com pliment by telling my wife what a digni fied nnd thoroughly clerical-looking coachman she had. Sineo that I have not tried to look diguiiicd. C0() Mile on Snowihoej. Mr. J. W. rhillips, a resident of To ronto, is preparing for a winter's tojourn iu tho woods of Newfoundland, whsre ho has what is called a "timber limit" of 250 square miles. It was in connection with this lumber enterprise that, soma seasons ago, Mr. Phillips undertook ono of the most perilous journeys on record. Ono day in the dead of winter he started to walk on snowshocs from Lis mill at rniturs os ms jornxEr. Point LImington to Bay d'Espoir, a dis tance of 250 miles. At tho latter point he hoped to catch a steamer for St. John, but in this ho was disappointed. There upon he decided to cover the intervening 350 miles on font. lie had ntcrriblo experience. Dangers from nvulanchcs of snow beset him con tinually. Then wolves struck his trail and followed him closely. Ho was obliged to kill deer and leave tho bodies untouched that tho wolves might eat them instead. Twenty-two days lifter leaving his mill Mr. Phillips reached St. Juhu. Ho had covert d 600 miles oiAd snowshocs, carrying all the while a pack weighing fottj-livo pounds. Inroads of Civilization iu Africa. Mr. Stanley writes to us, saying that "tho advertising sign painter is doing his share towurd tho civilization of the female portion of the dark continent." Lift. - i . i ELIMINATE TtlK Dill! rACTOn. "Uutil tlm di-iuk factor is Uiiiilnale I from the (irolijuiu Wivci can lm no succwstnl solu tion of tlis wagii qiiHslion or any ntlinr ques tion that ruliiu to fie buttm-nunt of tlio working. c:aMi. Any system of social re form tliat iloiss not tuko full eognix uim of the vast and awful wasto of property and human life caused by t lie drink t radio fails nt tlio vital point and cannot suoceed. As long as the saloon and gin pslaeos crowd the streets of our cities and ton ns, so long are poverty ami misery tlio inevitable condition of vast multitude of our psnplo. Universal psace, happiness and prosxu-ity are not p -sibla in a country that knows sued a thing as the. saloon." Sew York MuU and Kx- 'M. t 1 A Tooth Bold tor B3.0OO. Tho hat worn by Napoloon at Eylau was sold in Paris in l;to for $400. Tha coat worn by Charles XII. at tha bat tle of l'ultowa brought over 1100,000. A wig that once belonged to ISterne, tha great English writor, was sold at pubho auction at London ft few year ago for 11.050. In 1810 a tooth of bir Itaao Newton was purchased bv nobleman for $3,650. Tha buyer had, a costly diamond removed from his fa vorito ring and the tooth set ia iU pluoo. i i
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