sono on SIOH.
TThrn bright skim seem fur swsy,
Smile, and think Deeamher's Msjr !
When the (now falls day no 1 night,
Weave It Into roses whits !
Never mind how !nrk the sky,
If you slnff you'll nover ilih I
Old worM, ns she roll alorir,
Ptlll makes muslfl slnirs a song!
Every tlrl on every freo
Makes somo sort o' meloly !
C'nn't you slntf, or can't you toy?
II you jlnrf you'll never l 1
Every wiysMn has a rose,
Kvi-ry storm n rnlntovr shows 1
When, you see the sun decline,
Glvo the stars a elisnre to shlno'
ttm nun t fin stars on hlt;li
Sintf your son mi l n-vr l(jh !
Kr.-ink L. Stanton.
A Matrimonial Venture,
T was tho old, old
story, lint, as a
mutter of introduo
tcry fiiot, this talo
throughout in of a
character very cum-
m on pi ace. Mr.
J aoob V i t L a m
wanted a wife.
In seokimr. how-
" rjf- - --vi t-vcr. f.
,--51 ever, for n partner
- -t" i w ith whom to nharo
"Zyl nnmn, liberty
Hud other heredita
ments, lie resorted to tho not iinirocc
denteil hut somewhat unconventional
method of publishing his craving in
tho newspapers f Hun Francisco.
Mon-ovcr, tho advertisement wuh not
hidden away in tlmt wearisome Iahy
rintli of typo popularly turmoil the
" Aunt ads," Imt iu l)olil fimo occupied
t least ten squares of display. It
rend :
"I want a wife. I am a tlilrty-nvn-year-!'!.
a ttiormi.'lil.re.l and squire.. I own
41100 i-mtle, r,oi liorss, have i'jo.O'iO mink,
nriil. Imrrlmr l.llmicK norther 1111. 1 other
visitation of a Klormus i-llriinte., shall n'.-ver
"H'ltenthrt i-lncli strip (r liutirft-r. That's
ail. Whi-ro la tho woman? Sue must bo un-ili-r
twenty-llvn 1111.I show up a register!
pK.litrri.M-. .Urob Witium, Qunmndurit Flat,
California."
Hut Mr. Witham's aspiration, pro
claimed beyond nil misinterpretation,
was destined to ho considered by nn
individual manifestly nnsuitcd to its
requirements. In u cozy parlor withm
tlio aristocratic limit of Sun Fran
cisco it lniil caught tho eyo of one
Frederick Weldon, and to "that gen
tleman's hiiii.lHouio features it brought
a smile of amusement. I'ossibly ho
was contrasting tho advertiser's po
sition witli liia own ho was being en-tcrtaiiu-il
hya young girl of nilmir.iblo
wifely uiluptatioiiH. Ami yet hiieh wna
not tho exiu-t treml of hia thoughts.
Mias Dorothy llulnted wuh a very
pretty girl aiul, withal, charming.
Moreover hIio wuh, at that moment,
neatihl lieHiilo him on a low nofa, and
lier dainty head aoemod tin if rroated
by uattiro to rent couiUliugly on aomo
itrn'H. Ili lilll.l,.P I'lil'u.i,, r
, j ol .
wero all attractive; ho
oeX.
ui iu Mr. WitbumVi nnuounco
.nent, which ho hud pureloaaly lifted
rom a table at his elbow, Fred dia
ccrnod au opportunity for possible di
Vi rion, ami ho extended it to bin com
panion. "lii t'H npjily," was his migostiou.
Mihs llalhted amiled.
"I am only niueteen," hhe returned.
"I can wait a year or two lou-i-r bo-fun-
resorting to any aueh ilL-jioruto
lueuus."
I'red was on his luiees (metnphori
cully) at unci'.
'"l lolly ! Miss Dolly !" he ejuenluted,
reproachfully.
lint hiH nsMiinptiou (,f tender de
precation elicited only a li-ht, rip
pling laush. It is to bo feur.-d that
tho young girl deemed all such cour
teous platitudes her just t'filmte. Nor
Heed it be i-tated with w.'i it e.piully
Hpecn.us hrases shu diverted tho con
versational bark into otlii-r ehiiunels ;
hiillice to nay that hhe exhibited tho
feLill of mi adept.
Moanliiue, however, Fred retained
tho r.ewsjiapi r, aud after a brief in
terval he aain asked :
"Why not answer it? I'll write the
letter and you copy it. Then we'll
t-ncloMe tho photo, of mi actress if
you can tin. 1 one consistent with his
idea of a 'registered Mediyreu aud
await results. "
Again Miss Ilalsted laughed, but it
wun ouly a musical murmur, niuuitest
iu.,' little iiipreciatiou ; she even up.
pcared somewhat bored by his pi nist-
m-y. NeVi l theles.s she rose 11:1 1 pro
cured the materials re-piisito lor cor-
resp.i-idi-lice.
"Jiiit what u.ime will I hi,;iiV" hho
nsUed, when at last it liud been eoi-
i.d. 1
mig'iit use a composite," was
the riply. "Vis, that's it; iiiaho it
Dorothy Weld.. 11."
'Ihe young girl colored and lowered
her eyes. Hut she accepted th sug
gestion, and over men pseudonym
was the letter si iit.
As an epistolary precursor of future
liv menial joys it wus u luuhterpieco
or, so, at least, I'red a erred. It was
to be presumed that the unknown Mr.
Witliam Wiis a c.tttlo baron i. a
cowboy on whom fortune ha I smiled
therefore, all stilted elegiuce of
1 hraM-olo;;y was avoided. Moreover,
tho gentleman nppearod to dusiro a
wilo considerably liia junior and for
that reason a certain maidenly coy
ness and imiveto wrro necessary, liut
Fred was e.pial to tho task. ".Miss"
eldon wus ashiliued, almost afraid,
to uddross Mr. Within', riho was
alone, however, ami with uu one to
a.Uise; was what people vulgarly
termed a "shop" nirl. riho had also
been told that gentlemen in his walk
of life retained much of that chival
no element of disposition long bineo
txt.tict iu largo cities. Wherefore hhe
trustod and believed that lit would
1
1
accord her communication that confi
dence befitting her own sincerity.
Fred contemplated this lant bit of
flattery with a amile of complacency.
"He'll not awear at his cattle for ft
week after that," he observed. Then
be consigned tho letter to hia pocket.
Queroadura Flat wa isolated from
railroads. Mid ten days elapxod before
an answer was received. A brief note
from Miss Halntcd addressed, by the
way, to "Misa" Dorothy Weldon ac
quainted Fred of its arrival, and with
iu the snug precincts of her dwelling
he found that young lady considerably
amused. Mr. William's reply was
certainly in keeping with the adver
tisement by which it had been pre
coded.
"My Dear Mias Weldon," it began.
"Thank for your letter. Thanks,
too, for your picture. I also thank
Clod that I havo boon permitted to re
ceive them. Perhaps that sounds like
a stampede of fervency, but I'm more
accustomed to stampedes than to writ
ing letters. Therefore, when I tell
you that I liko your points you oan
buck my words."
And thus launched npon the sua of
correspondence involved in four
pages of very "nnfashionalo" paper
ho continued. Ho roiterated nil ho
had previously published, and added
considerably unimportant details, of
which reference to certain bankers in
Los Angeles comprised no small part.
Nor wni Fred's allusion to cowboy
chivalry without it j effoct, for in con
elusion ho went on :
"As to your own right to yonr
brand, no further remarks are nocea
Bury. I havo seen your face (on paper),
aud I havo heard you talk I know
tho yelping of a sneaking coyote, and
I never yet failed to rceogniza the
jeweled hide of a rattlesnake. That's
all."
With this, however, Miss Ilalsted
appeared less agreeably diverted.
"Thero's a rough, Quixotic credence
about it that approaches pathos," was
her amusing comment.
Fred laughed.
"Ho does put it rather neatly," he
vouchsafed, "but ho's only a cowboy,
Dolly ; and, besides, thia is only his
first; who knows what a mind of lov
ing tenderness he may yet develop?"
Tho young girl shook her head.
"You, perhaps; not me," she re
turned. "I shall write no more."
"lint. Dolly, think of tho"
"I know tho fun," Miss Halstod
iuterposed. "12ut it's not 'fuu' for
him, and I refuse to continue."
Nevcrthless another letter was writ
ten, and in Dolly's delicate chiro
graphy. Nor did Fred's subsequent
expression of satisfaction nriso wholly
from tho epistlo itself, rather from tho
young girl's subservience to his wishos.
As before, a lapse of ton days
brought tho reply. Ho, nlso, did each
such succeeding interval for several
months thereafter. And thoy cor
tainly yielded 110 small fund of en
tertainment. Tho writer, albeit he
invariably auswured by return mail,
" r. 1 I.e.. . ti
t us jtrayed into anecdote,
to humor, and with results in
v do way, iuflnitoly amusing.
FrecV, too, it has since boon asserted,
soon iliewod to correspondence from
another standpoint ; and, indeod, it
did permit him c visit Dolly with a
frequency prohtbod by convention
ality, m.
Hut it n .t boMr.nfosKod that Mr.
Withiim poedily , ,.gun to chafo un
der th.- restruint 1 : confining words to
a 111 aill.iig. Kuch etter contained its
appeal that be t e permitted to visit
tho city. .Si, 1 wore his plaints with
out a certain eli.-inent of tho pathetic.
His ranch was sixty miles from civil
ization aud relineineut ; that sixty
miles ho now traversed to receive
only a letter.
"And ho's ficari-oly to be blamed,
Dolly," Fred once observed. "i'hiuk
of what his loning w ould bo had he
seen your own features, instead of
Mile. Clio's!" Tlu-ii ho contem
plated tho girl's fair faeo with a smile,
and turning away, humme l a bar of
something about a "letter that uevor
eaino. "
Meantime, however, there arrived a
day when tho newspaper:! again had
occusiou to publish Jako Witham's
name. It was only a brief notice,
telegraphic, and recounting tho de
struction by lire of Qiu-madiira Flat,
tho settlement whoreiu th-it goutle
man received his m m. lie had been
present nt the time presumably
awaiting tho customary letter and
had generously donated $500 to those
rendered homeless.
As tho item met Fred's eyo a change
came over his face, aud, clipping it
fr.nu the paper, ho convoyed it to
Miss Halstead.
"I'm rather sorry, after all, Dolly,
that wo selected such a man for a fool,"
he said, with a seriousness, to him,
uuusual. "Ho certainly appear to
have a heart, aud a big one."
Dolly smiled, albeit somewhat sa
tirically. "It's tho dollar, not tho sentiment,
with you, Fred," she astutely re
turned. Fred made uo reply. Possibly his re
spect for gold was a characteristic ad,
milting no denial.
Hut tho young girl was again perus
ing tho report, and in the last line she
encountered four words previously
unnoticed "Mr. Witham badly in
jured." Her faco was slightly paler as eho
looked up.
"He's given mora than his dollars,
Fred," bhe said, in a low tone.
Fred looked grave. At tho same
time there was depicted iu his expres
sion a vaguo sense of relief.
"Well, that lots us out," he re
turned. "To tell you tho truth, Dolly,
I wus beginning t wonder how wo
could extricate ourselves gracefully."
Hut Fred erred, aud thut gravely, id
believing ho was to escape thus easily
from tho correspondence which ho had
I begun. Three days later ho wait again
snmtuonod into Miss ITalsted's pres
ence, and that young lady met him
with a look oi blank dismay. She had
received another letter from Mr. Wit
ham, and of a character vastly dissimi
lar to those of earlier date. More
over, a amall'pockage accompanied the
tho letter. Within reposed a ring
whose glistening stone was worthy to
gTace even Dolly's taper Anger, and
the sender was following the ring.
"Here!" tho young girl ejaculated,
almost tearfully. "He's ooming here 1"
Fred knitted his brow; manifestly
ho was disconcerted, and he took the
letter from her hand. Hut there was
no loophole for misconstruction. The
writer was no longer an appealing
swain, suing for favor; he had met
with an accident had narrowly es
caped death, and by it was warned
that delay frequently detailed disaster.
At the closing statement, however,
Fred exhibited some slight relief. Mr.
Withatn di.l not intend "roping a
wife" ns ho would a steer unan
nounced. Ho would await Miss Wei
don's pleasure at the l'alaco Hotel.
"And we'll have to meet him there,"
Fred declared, in a tono of despera
tion. "Wo!" tho young girl exclaimed.
"I'm not Miss Weldon."
"Well, I will, then," Fred returned.
"But what will I tell him that you'r
sick, dead, or have left the city?"
Miss Halstead rhok her head.
"That would only mean procrastina
tion, with an explanation still to be
made," she said, dubiously. "No; if
you aro going to meet him if you
dare to moet him tell him tho truth."
Fred winced. It had not previously
occurred to him that an encounter
with Mr. Witham might entail bodily
discomfort.
"Do do you suppose he'll fight ?"
he queried, half absently.
"I hope so; yon deserve it," was
tho young girl's reply. Then she
paused and her eyes sparkled mis
chievously ns she noted her com
panion's dejection. "No; I don't
mean that, Fred," she added; "I
would not like you to get hurt. But
yon must see him."
"Aud I will, Dolly," was Fred's
earnest rejoinder, his lovo for her sex
fast tending toward centralization.
"For you I'd interview that gentle
man who buys his shoes at tho far
rier's." Hut wordu uro not actions. Tho
following day was nearly at an end
when Frc i enrerod the l'alaco Hotel
and glanced over the register. In
wardly ho wai praying that tho name
of Witham should not appear upon its
pages; that its owner ini?ht lie re
posing beneath a wrecked train, shot
by express robbers, intoxicated by
tho waysido anything. But tliuro
it was, and at sight of it ho repaired
to tho barroom.
That courage, however, which is
attributed to Holland appeared to
havo lost its potoncy, and ho soon re
turned to tho oflice. His hand tromblod
as ho drew a curd from his pocket ;
but it hud ,t? P9, donej.ntl.hjj JouJerod
k'V'ttj ji,,,. .
"Mr. Witham." he said, tersely.
Fivo minutes later a speakit-g tubo
wheezed, ami ho watched the clerk.
Hut tho suspense was of brief dura
tion. Yes; Mr. Witham was iu and
would bo pleased to seo Mr. Weldon
at once.
Fred drew a long breath, then
straightened up aud walked toward
tho elevator. Hitherto ho had never
entered one of those clevutors at the
l'alaco without speculating ou thoir
safety, but now ho wished it would
bill. He even uontemplatod, mentally,
hi'i own bruised uud ocungled remains,
and tho consequent press notices. Hut
it reached tuo third lloor without
mishap.
Tho bellboy, too, Boomed as if bent
upon hasteuin ; tho calamitoiu work,
for ho at once conducted him to tho
door of Mr. Withain's room aud sapped
loudly ou tho pauel.
"Come!" was tho cheery response
that floated through tho transom, aud
Fred shuddered. Then he pulled him
self together uud turned tho knob.
But ou tho threshold ho paused.
Mr. Withum tho "cowboy" was
seated within, and of exterior ho was
not at all formidable. His features,
albeit bearded, wero boyish, pleasant
aud rather handsome, aud his attiro
was that affected by a man of tho world.
Hut it was not with him that Fred wai
now concerned Dorothy Halstod was
seated on his kuoe.
Fred was liko a man dazed by norno
su llen revelation; ho seemod, almost,
to stagger. But tho "cowboy" smiled.
Then lifting Dolly ho deposited horiu
his own scat and advanced with ex
tended hand.
"My wife, Mr. Weldon," ho ob
served lightly. "Wo havo had her
father's blessing; I trust wo have
yours."
Fred stared ; ho was yet liko ono iu
tho dark, aud ho scarcely noticed tho
hand which clasped his own.
Hut he was speedily eulightonod,
aud by Miss Halstod or, rntacr, tho
former Miss Ilalsted herself.
"Yes, Fred," she said with a wealth
of smiles aud blushes, "wo must con
fess to a little deception. My own
photo and not Mile. Clio's was in
closed in your tirst lettor, and after
tho second my my husband alwayi
wrote two lotters, oue for us and ouo
for mo. And really, Fred, I think his
appreciation of tho situation influ
enced me just a bit in what has
happened."
Fred bowed very coldly; ho was
himself again.
"It all goes to show," he afterward
averred, "that women can't bo trusted,
even in matters of jocular entertain
ment." New York Pros.
A ditch to lo built across toh
Yakima Indian Reservation, Washing
ton, will tap the Yakima River ttvo
miles below the towu of that name,
aud will be eighty miles in length,
it ngatiog about 150,000 acres of laud,
FOR LITTLE FOLKS.
A COLUMN OF PARTICULAR IN
TEREST TO THEM.
Something that Wilt Interest tha Jartnlls
Members of Every Iloaneholil Quaint Ae
tlona and Ilrlht Savings of Many Cat
and Canning Children.
My Rig It rot her.
t with that my bin brother's barai
He cunie horns Jm 'bout oust a yeatt
For where ha live ' an orful ways
An' cars can't coma In frea whole days!
Hut when ba's here I laugh an' laugh
Till I'm 'bout dead more'n bait
Lust yenr, eonn' ha unpacked hia trunk,
I frowed a pillow right kerplunk)
Nen ha frnl bank an' nen u boys
AU frowod an' maila tha biggest nolsa
I'ntll wa made him say ennugh.
An' tell us we wara Jet' tha iluft
We played some be' our big horse Jack
An' nen ha rlded umn hl back
Hut omt 1 fallal off on my head,
'( auto ha acart-d at the Cat, ha said'
I Jei' got (trap down oft tha shelf
An' tied blm to bel.ave blssolt
Una day we plnjre 1 that we was bears,
An runned him up an' down tha stairs
'I III ma said sbo'd Je punish us
tor making sn-h an orful fuss;
An' nen she looked blm 'cross hor knee.
An' laujhed an' spunked hlmyet, street
Dnst ma g I vet us tome dough to bake
(in top the stove. Jns' like a cako.
An' nun she said that we could try
To makn ourselves an apple pie;
Nen whim It rooked, wa runned away
An' ct It all up la the hay.
He wlshod lie's small a tain Ilka ma
Ho he could climb our cherry tree.
I s'pose he's sorry ho's so old
An' could do things 'thout being told,
For lots of times when he was here
He looked that way ha was so queer.
Ho'd stand an' t ilk to our old row
An' ak hor how she's tended now;
He'd look at every thin ho'd msdo
The plares where the chicken laid,
'J he pigeon coop, the old wood hot,
1 hat somehow shuts Itself and locks.
L s. 'V. tsVte.
Nan evory place he used to play,
llu'd tio to sro 'bout every duvi
1'iiwn to tho lea house, by tha stairs
Ho'U go there lots more'n anywheres
An' there ho'd stiVSvJ' look an' look,
'o' liko Uu's roadin' iu a book. '
I s-poe ho's thinking, fur, you know.
He used to play there wlf hia beau
A-makliig plot an' li-ttln' on
They'll keepln' liouso liko any one.
Uu use 1 to buy hho was bis wife
And cut hor name there wlf his knlfo.
When they'd romo slow-llko up the walk
Ma said llu-y'd oiieh their hands an' talk
'limit wlint they'll do when thoy Rot grows
An' hail a big homo of their own;
Hut iii-n. It iit-vT ill. I romo true,
Jui' like they sulil liu's noriy, too!
K.ir he'd ttiko (lowers on tho hill
Nun k-n iliiwn Ihi-ru an' keep an still;
(rt-l-iii he'd look 't allium hiro
'I here's an old fudi-d one of hi r,
Mor'll oust 1 llitunnil, and he s ltd
Out loud: '-Uhy, A 1111 lo, uro you dead?
I s'l'Oie h thought sho'il hear him spoak
An' m-u 1 ho tour run down hit i-huulc
fay. d 111' l you think It's funny how
Uu Jus roiiii-uihiirs 'bout her now?
I or he's a great bl r man, you know,
An' they wero Utile year ago.
I wish some bird or fairy bright
Would hrltw him whllo I sloi-p somo nljhti
t vl-.li hi-'il vtuno rUlu otf tu-ilay s
P'l hold him tight and make lilm slay.
l or all of lit Jut fuel so good
When lii . onii-i home I wish ha would.
New York World.
4
Crowing lilrlr.
Lltt'o fi-yoar -old Arthur was asked
If lie knew that .1 penny would grow
If it wi re planted. "Yes," he replied,
promptly, "it would grow dirty."
Filling an Order.
Newsboy Say, d'yeli rcnicmbci
thcni old papers you had printed fei
tho Washington Centennial?
Clerk Ho you mean tho fac (dai
lies of a paper of a hundred yean
ago?
"That's It. Funny llttlo paper,
with nueer letters."
"Yes. Will"
"I want ono."
"What fur.'"
"A sick l idy, at a hotel arrost th
street, wants a newspaper wd no ac
counts of riots and murders uud rob
beries In It."
The Itltiht Halt.
"l'apa," said Henny nioobumper,
who knew his father's weakness,
"you know all about Ashing, don't
youV"
"Yes, my son," replied tho cldei
Iiloobumper, graciously. "There li
very little about that gentle sport
with which I atu not fa miliar.
"You know all about the right sort
of bait to u-e. don't you?"
"Certainly."
"Thai's what I was telling Fred
die Funglc, and we agreed to leave
something about fishing for you tc
decide. We bad a discussion about
It"
"Well, Henny, I am very glad to set
you taking such an Interest In Hah
ing, as well as to see such confidence
In your father's Judgment What
was tho pjint In which you and
Freddy d life red?"
"1 don't know as we differed exact
ly. Freddy didn't seem to quite
agree with me, though."
"State th-j question, Henny."
"Well, fish run in schools, some
times, don't they, papa?"
lei." -
ThatA what I told Freddy .
Dldnt he believe It?"
"Oh, yes, bo believed that ill
right" f
"Wellj I told him that when fish
ran In schools the proper bait to use
was bookworms. Now ain't I right,
papal" 1
Mr. JJloobumper reached for his
slipperand Benny disappeared out
U doora.
FttlMAKINQ OLD HATS.
No Tile Of Too nattered to Il Impossible
of tteformatlon.
Straw hats are not the only kind of
headgear which Is made over. The
business of making over silk and felt
hati is quite extensive This trade
Is not found, as you might suppose,
in those buildings before which a man
stands crying: "Hats for ono dollar
upstairs," but Is connected with tho
an 01.0 Tors a.
ArTRR Titt crns
better class of retail hat stores which
deal In good hats at a low prico. The
process for silk hats Is very simple
Tho muslin upon which tho hat is
built cannot be harmed by crump
ling. Heated ovor bluo flame, re
treated with nn alcoholic or water
solution of bhellac, called a wine or
THHOWH OfT.
HKCLAixr.n.
water stiffening, as tho case may ro
quire, and ironed vigorously with a
hatter's Iron, the nio-it dilapidated
muslin base can bo given form again.
The Iron used Is hollow and has a
beveled face. The heated portion li
taken from tho tire and Incased In
tho Ironing surface. After being
Lrrr nv coxkv
now 11 as a Jon
Ironed Into shape the hat Is ready for
recovering. The nllk cover, which Is
woven liko velvet, Is sewn Into a bag
with tho seams Inside. The stuff Is
cut bins nt an nnglo of about (0 deg.
in America, 4" deg. In England, and
30 deg. In Franco. I)cft treatment
conceals tho seam altogether, tho nap
being brushed over It unless tho hat
Is held alantwlso In a strong light
A ROMANCER'S ROMANCE.
.- , ......
rtovellsl' llarrle Weds the 6.71' Who
. Nursed II Im When Hli-k.
The courtship of J. M. Harrle, tho
novelist, aud Miss Mary Ansell was
as romantic as any
of tho clever writ
er's own creations.
Mr. llarrle was very
111 and Miss Ansell
bravely nursed him
through It all. They
were married as
soon as ho was able
to travel. Ilarrie
has won great favor
In the I nited States,
not only of critics,
but the great read
1. U. BARU1K.
ing public as well. Ho was discov
ered by lr. Nicol, of tho Hrltish
Weekly, and was connected with that
journal a long time. Then he em
braced literature in earnest and his
rise has been constant and rapid.
The young brido Is a very pretty
jirl and a very sweet, gentle and es
timable one. Though for some years
i successful actress In London, sho
tias always been a
7lrl of simple and
retiring tastes. She
has led tho quietest
of lives In the homo
of a matron iriend
a life so quiet that
old-fashioned peo.
pie, it is said, would
have called her a
"home-bird." Sho
has a spec! il talent
Is In.. IU I
u.ium.ius uiniMM)UHV ANbP.i.1.
millinery, ana uu tier costumes, pro
fessional aud private, havo been
made by her own fingers. Sho is ac
complished, being a skilled musician
and a clever artist In oils and water
colors. Hiding and swimming must
be added to tho list. Sho is a mem
ber of an old and much-respected
family, and has treasures of beauti
ful old laco and china. 'o portrait. It
is said, has ever done justice to her
leautv.
i'ofllna Have) Hun Short.
TeporU from tho pluguo-strlcken
districts oi China show that the dis
ease is still spreading and that the
burying of tho head is a raot serious
problem. Often tho pullbourers. who
are paid to carry the cortln to tho
grave, are stricken with the dread dis
ease on tho way, and of the four who
start out with the bedy only one or two
return. There are not coffin enough
in Canton at present Tho giving away
of cottlns has been undertaken by
charatable associations, ontt of whlen
reports having distributed 2,Oj0 coffins
thus fur. In some places tho bubles
are n t bui-ied at all and tho baby
towers aro full. The 1 abv towers are
little buildings with windows near the
ro,;f. Tho bu bios are laid on the win
dows and rushed imido to decompose.,
Many of the dead at Canton have no
burial plot and their coftins aro left on
the top of tho ground. It is said that
the I'oarl river, which flows ran the
city, and upon which hundreds ol
thojsanJs of people live in boats, con
tains many floating corpses. One
hundred and fort wero counted in a
tow hoars the other day.
rOFCYAR SC1EJCK.
Thero are mora than BOO, 000 tnju
of telegraph lines in the United St&sT
Arvinciai sun is proanoed b
'V Ch.
ical means ont
ton.
of waste wool or cot
Every nation of the globe has hu
its "stono age" at some period of id
history.
Vienna, Anstria, is to have a Hotel
elevated railway. The cars are to b,
snspended instead of running on or li.
nary rails.
A recent invention is the pnlsirnet
er, a watch made especially for doc.
tors to time pulses witn. it is ni,i.
very much on the principle of tho utop
watch, and indicates the rate on t
pnise dial in so many beats per mia.
nto.
An authority on hypnotism myt
that hysterical persons are very dim.
cult to influence. Thoy are so we.j.
ded to their own fancies, mental ati 1
physical that they prove very obsti.
nate hypnotio patients. Even if q
influence is gained, it passes off very
quickly.
Dr. Viqnerat, of Oeneva, Switzcr.
land, is using a now method for tuber
culosis. He gives subcutaneous in
jections of the serum of donkeys, hu
reports that he has thus cured seem
ingly hopeless cases. An institute
will be founded in Geneva to apply
111s treatment.
The Thermogen is an appliance for
keeping np the temperature of a pa-
tietit during an operation, doing away
with blankets and hot-water bottlci
It is in the form of a quilted cushion,
with an arrangement of tine wires in.
side, by which any desired degree of
heat may be maintained bv electricity,
It was exhibited at the last meeting
of the ltoyal Society.
Small incandescent lamps, usini
secondary batteries weighing about
half a pound, are used for night ser
vice in the Gorman Army. It bus
been suggested that they be usod with
balloons for signalling, and the bi
cycle corps uses thorn for reconnoi
tring. Tho small accumulators havo
also been supplied to powder niaa-
eiues and artillery depots.
The Belgian Oovcrnnient, it is re
ported, is about to open negotiations
with tho Ilritish Government looking
to the establishment of telephone
lines between Lou. loci and BrusHel.
Tho authorities at Berlin have signi
fied their willingness to continue tha
line to Berlin, and tho prospect in
good tbnt Loudon and Berliu will
soon be connected by telephone by
way of Osteud and Brussels.
Explosion ot a Mountain.
rrevious.to July 15, 1SSS, Mount
Bandai, a tine-cleft peak, 4800 feet
in height, was the most conspicuous
object in tho mountain raugo lying
from 100 to 150 miles north of Tokio,
the chief city of Japan. On the dur
in question it was literally "rent in
. Wflin". ao41o.Yfl.j3llthe .ace ofthe
earth" by the expansive power of
steam which had generated withiu it,
From the earliest times of which there
is any record streams of cold water
had been plungiug under tho peak on
ono side and escaping in tuo shape 01
steam and boiling hot water on the
other. That the "escape valve was
not Hiifilcient to let oil' all tho steam
generated in the passage of the water
through tho red-hot interior of the
peak is evident because of the fact that
whju tho pressure became too great
the sides of the mountain yiebled,
just as a boiler would have done under
like circumstances, ami au lmumuso
explosion wus the result.
The explosion is said to have been
heard a distance of over a thousand
miles and to have caused absolute
darkness in the vicinity of the explod
ed peak upwards of three hours, dur
ing which time perfect torrents of
hot water and mud wero poured down
from the immense heights to which
they had beeu hurled by tbe fore of
tho "pent-up furies" which caused
the disaster. The debris which fell
after the explosion covered an area of
41,000 acres, to a depth varying
from ten to 100 feet ou an average,
and in one place, where a beautiful
vulley hud existed but a few hours be
fore, rocks aud mud were piled up to
the height of i).)0 feet. Three villages
were engulfed in tha ruins and at
least 000 inhabitants killed by falling
debris or drowned and cooked in the
torrents of boiling mud, which Mowed
down a valley to a distance of niuo
miles.
These facts were gleaned from a re
port made by a visiting committee ap
pointed by the University of Tokio.
St. Louis Republic.
A Valuable Invention tor .Miners.
One ot the most interesting papers
read to the British Association, was
that by Dr. J. H. Haldaue, on "The
Causes and Prevention of Suti'ocatiju
in Mines," says I'ublio Opinion (Uug
laud). The professor argued that most
of the men killed iu explosions W4.r0
not killed at ouce by the explosion,
but that au interval elapsed during
which means could be adopted for pres
ervation, lie exhibited a small ap
paratus he had constructed, which
eould be inclosed in a small tin box,
whioh would keep a miner alive for
three hours if he remaiued iu a sitting
posture, and for one if ho walked
about. This would enable auyoue to
penetrate the layer of after-damp and
reaoh the open air. It consisted of a
cylinder containing compressed oxygen
and a layer of material for absorbiug
tbe carbonic acid given out by the
breath, and eould be turned ou by a
tap, the miner breathing througU a
tube into a bag. It had been givou
the most thorough tests in the labora
tory! and it was physiologically possi
bly It eould be made at present at a
cost of about Si. 50, and would not
Duly preserve life in the event of an
explosion, but also in tho case of. fire.