>.mi mn ./* ktrkitntiva Actvmr-t nr ttip rrkittr* rnATtn. A* P.Hnrt H 1/vA,, AT aliwjp Che dsMswn to* XSVfgn ar Pnm4 Th rs( far* X„, *n*rf to the tofww C toe Crw <•**. <>' ■ t a trad* of muscle and •f , ,'acr* Is iurfgiaer.t in . ..v..vg low to strike th* tfttb pfcttVjt* cea -oc rone, motel* la the ha: . ,x:"a dl.'xJi-.—e r.se a*d lafl. The mo it '*# of lj w#w. The workman's vfiw* Jefiut the hammer fafl mmf J- • i#i* Aearl/ to he starting pain; to, A.-1'.A..-y, ft not f.-.e physical effort *. ewAia. arvev. though th- aammwra, one /• eatei p? - wergh efgfcfeen, twelve i to ii-y;ca p<wm..'a. /#tSf Store, r to etves ,10 penny weight ' itAnd from tft* tmtmio the form -7 .* < nr.r.y r.h cm. seven yard* long and A .V. 'h' ia, wl<fth- f rt Into fto nt*c- Pt #6 Mto the • catch-" This consist* 3e vdi.: f Meves of a vegetable fibre, H e,**f each of wMeh fa placed a piece AVfpjgto fhfo * lightly fitting i ■ lafato on the stone, ami i'.-vlafi'daef faffe sgair and again, tlm i. v itfnjr to drive 'he weight toward ie ftom the 'tofftMrSto sheets. i 1 v.v /tiMto, ato pf-*ed out with eurhm- V-?Wtod > 'ery. Handling with the /• vs. cmpy fy at the l#M*r stage to aiowt ftfde to break the kaf toch ta I? en -prartorto by a sect km of - v.vrVto (tone on a little i/rrpfem*nt irAv/W* .as i '•AUPttP. ink In reality a -i' vy AJ f fi* second pad js the "shoder." ft W- Mftyg, tod k If-1 to A he* wnmte. fwdtowddflwe l lows here i< grcaw-r lid ,'ed-rSf are to view o - . to the /cm to to to they "--re nod fefore, and lb JAW vce* ccf f bese jpartlcie.< arc care .via? tofdf ,'tdo an apron attached to toe whe, tor fh A workman must ac y't'.f to* ntorc -me of hA vt pctmy fn ifhd third pro'** there are three /volcfer -d .ayr hav#f each and five totoeff rmare paeh mold rvrntre. mm fyfk /fie leave? are bnv (totodn !the klfgvekt mlsjudgmcnt tWH prodyff oil rerdt# in spite id toe teat .peocrato-l wy the Mows damp. ff' to uvapy to hefwean the edgea. Dm #Ato m fftkiffkt esaeutto) here; si/, to ' ?'"to? the mtod ts pt*' • / if " tod w?'*e an ordinary eogv top Mm h*i tokmt Horn an oven a tow! prnfm Whe/a'ea to" toMatnrm "fie?/ W&knHify beaten the m<-ld to 'too affh idn-'-rs ami •Hfattoff" wgw in tomtsof tw/otv fi.■ (J s*,'.b three and three eight b •' • her wmaf'- MCh workman, from hi* i+k*H§ hi three modda, D to fill righto '•/■-to, fhatfgriftod u'iih. put i< ' r ?to*dret ffi I fie moid - sb a tot 11 fi'to'be? k 4.148 toa-mg I'jgMy * d Pk ever* m!i*t nook fi ftto "If, fi' tl* leaves only leing usd, e |.f <-c?/tola t-a'd. /fit?, it gverr leaf #a.a torltofd, he w-mid make ff.rfl extm. IK- ■ ifig "Wagmr -k<stfie leave* <s •! TT- fito Ki'mate tfie/a * cmttoua 1 wa-- / 7 we, f eh'the Imnartoci leave* it , u lb vHb toe sb- 'je? hate, ll Is afi .".''.'tod fiytd a "fiwHofC and -relabel 7' 1 meg '-vme |n a- pi-tittjr aeigfji P • 't'ee|gfify totoka 11 pefifiv vcL'lif-- i alioved, hi* the* mar -eJufi tri u' .-t D "tokmatt e*g mmmIIIHh I fie au. ;" 'hdjeefi *n ton* * jc r'ecf, tfie fi/ t 'e? wha'eve? toe wa'e y iigfiu oe --f nennye)*hfe II a tohh.-weight i tald.toe a-/to man. fnf ere?, | em,,, eiirtrf nfider/f fTe dednetod rtiu=. g|. jl ■ -'fipitwe g' fil I* f/sed (rter qgitt. fi If -fit 'JI ge'nrwefjjfit* to i'iill (mi 1 4nd agatfi a man. e*ea th""wi< fie iunis ' Sfi Wte? fifimfie? nftHPlft", UlHt fin to ft-h afiortag' a in fii= haste ** to lotn,. file fe/afice'e wtofig way, /fitoe fita'lfia? a weektfie gve*g fi'.'ffifie? /fie ekijje j wnrkitiSii can ma io m. a/1 eetoaj'v a Httto more l j,,- 1 jaifitifiwef of meemntoicd fi -mail WfiSt ate Dfigllufimafi. liufii I" alio* 1- •infifiytlnctoaili in the e*/t. lfi> t < and Pwlta/Nnfiia fiHyHsfilfig mo t of tfi -'(/tfi-efi it I* Ifi tfie latter city tfi i |ii iar.*i sfioo Ja the Duiied btatc i tovtod /fie flitlfif otfi of g *"! d t<ent el e ('/w Wfi' /e fitimfiet 1 I" e. /ffipltyed |* * ratfiei i *pen*he mattei ' •"'fi map jerermn! outfit I wotifi K'jhii tivti the molds alone eostlo* *W s I'leee, gl*ri#|gf ft. flr-phr-H. MlmOmsh. h" a*a of lilhj Mr. ftinphetta' farm |' Ho remM* torn of (he remark whit h h> fmro* to hla snrvabfn n his departure for the gotHfra mansion • "if „ ,) (1H | kssm here open lhe gale ami give Id'll a fmn (eat egd tf tu totting a to km nlm. Tripmatrp ah' ils around 0i premise* i< •all bl remark that i... would t vi own aoithjfg that hp couldn't eorei rhdnf una or th<sa abed* the do 't|o In whfeh he 'usee hit I- t emu I uigti f, entigtmis stIII stands, much tin nurse fnt W'rtt ill Ibis cattiHue he is 'h'ten tn ta'lhlnl Hurry, abd | u!l"d by •lie b"tJd "Hea-liltlpn gray*," and lu It he 1' alptnl Heatl'Wß lh eveiy county iu tiro h'elith dlaitl't. His ouan carriage Is in S' "d repair. In the ownership of Mr atiford, and will yet do valuable sot vice. An Inronent old uuarter-wltti d d*<ky •h"WS elik" tna liberality of Liberty hail ttf the past ami the present. lie luoU-> H" ihirwin missing link, and la as use las ies any erenttlta that crawls He has heefc Ibete lifts warn. in answr t.. am 'jnsstlqn he rayh- ' My name h- Mr IV i bawls Hawkins i I mo culled dat try old ma*tr; l ie always boa'ded at Liberty ball:' ana that Is the extent of his le mtmatioh nriumbitt Fmtulret Sun 1 hi ntaai <• I'MMS trasi. The • lugi i brown trout ever caught en this continent na* landed a few BvMtlnga ago at hieing (Jteck. Mumfoid, N. I The llsh weighed sit pounds and two ounces, alld lie poroutP'ttaaud com pll> lion Were fUltfect This Is one ol the i cii r leown trout, the |iawn ol ' ■bh n nas Imp i'<• I from ticttimtiy. and re fi i d tit fl" ,S'c York state naVchery on Pel la, |ss| ( so lhat Its age caumo | e more than it* cell n and R years Tie iatgesr ever '-might previously wei he * trine ovu ivi I' inn I' VewVorkHon ttsil* i of llrwo. two ghastly miles of o ittonat hero*" haw been prt rted to the Museum at the Hugo thtongue or Jehu In* Witt tnrt the great tire of his lirothr fore Mtts, \vhn the untoytenatc in Witt • were murdered by the luob el hc Ha. I" In IttTS these fragment" weie secure I i y t.ev ■ i faeilfy, nU'l tti-v h ( v,. twwb handed d own a Mrteeni" from genera Won to generation.. Ms change. Itriianc onMt IMoai hell Ihsi To* the yi ur emtiot Mao H. t s, rb" revenue f I undue rvcuhct nu fw then ctt,*tit f|v..i th- i ic of *lani| f.i gatcct meJMnea, this nuo>unt being •early tt4,imi:i excess of that receive lurtag the pro vlotta yenr, and Very e- griv ren,o*m m advance >f the amuenf r>- ♦etved In ihT i Exchange. rioi*Z9ornfiru OM Ttmo IraolaMM* llnift life la an Arkansas Tan. Blading tho local goeatp relating to the eorioua finding of a jury la £ioaUtaa% Mo.. recall* as observation of my owl. la 1356 1 was on my way to Hot Spring*, ami 1 stopped at Nrpoleon, Ark., for a few days, nays lodge Cullen la the St Loots "Olobe Democrat." I drifted Into the court room and goon perceived they were trying a man for aeeaolt with Intent to kill. The Jury retired, and in a sur prbdngty short time brought la a verdict fining the accused 110. So novel a ver dict excited my cwrioetty to know more of the ease than I had heard. Later in the day 1 met one of the Jurors and asked him point blank how they reacned such a verdict. With a frankness alto gether characteristic of the Arkansas jurors of those days he replied; "Wall, you see, ft the feller had killed his man we'wouMn't have fined him ad-—n cent, so we fined htm 910 because he failed. D'ye see, stranger?" I also onserved another peculiarly In teresting feature of life In Napoleon at that period. 1 was coming down the street one day during my stay and I ob served a man with his coat off, two ugiy looking revolvers protending from his hip pockets and a shotgun thrown over his shoulder. The man was pacing up and down in front of a store. As 1 was passing a drug store In the vicinity the clerk hailed me and said: "Stranger, you had better come In here for the pres ent, That's the marshal walking up ar.d down fhe street and he's looking for a ruemtr-r of the city council. There's likely to he some shooting going on." Of course 1 was glad to avail myself of the clerk's thoughtfulncss. The mar shal continued to pace back and forth for some time. I observed people hero and there In fhe vicinity thrust fhoir heads 'mi of doore and windows and quickly withdraw them, precisely like rats. Af ter a while a half dozen o* so ventured out on fhe street, myself among them. 1 went to a Millard hall in the second story of a building near by and began a game with a chance acquaintance, mo mentarily forgetting the marshal. I hud no! been in the hall long when I heard a -not and a man came rushing in;o tlm Millard hall, his hear! all covered w th Mood, and going to a desk got a > <•- velvet and rushed down the stairs again. 1 dofi't know exactly how I got there, but I shortly after found myself in a room of an adjoining building, only to be ' nfronted later by the man who hod run '"■ywn fhe stairway. He thrust his rc volver (n my face and demanded to know what 1 was doing in his room. An •x --planallon followed, and lie said, ratfier calmly, "That's all right, Major, Lui d- hlf I didn't take you to b© one of the marshal's gang." H'lM Ofivne> of Mnaka, A resfileut of Sitka, Alaska, says that Alaska fairly teems with animal Hie fie sea along Its shores and the ilvei <. inlets and lakes are filled with an Inex haustible supply of tho largest and flm-st food fish. Fishing Is one of the princi pal Industries of the country, and fully fifty Isree fsetorles are engaged in pock Ing the fish that ore shlpj>ed to almost every country in the world. It Is a per fect paradise for sportsmen. The is lands In llehrlng sea. as well >- :i, mainland, are fairly overrun with great herds ("fall kinds of fur-bearlnp nnium!- AJoug the not lit coast am uieal hurtle "fs nirimes. which are vahialtlo lor th' ir meat and ivory tusks. Tfie sen cow", which used to bo found here, has !<eeome estinet In tho inte tior parts of the country and in tho north are tfie gteaicst breeding places for bltds In the world. For miles tlio cour tly will be covered with myriads o. geese, -wans, ducks and hun-lro l otlnu rat-levies of the feathered iritie. They ict d ou I lie wild berries and beuoine m< fill towards the close of the eeusoa that 'fiey can hardly lly, and the native - knock them over with cluba by the hun dreds. The canvas-back ducks have tlielr bleeding places on the Yucon, the principal titer of Alaska. There Is one t'Olht on the western coast of Alaska "here, en a clear day, It is possible to 1 1" 1 Asiatic coast, thirty-eight utiles auay. Ihe natives of Eastern Sil-etia 'dd Alaska "tten exchauge trading vis iis and cross the stialt in open boats.— ! lilladelphta Preoa. 11l lla llul llrla f tlrnift. Illthert" lbrloop Singh's emerald has been considered (lie largest known, iiimUflna tlitec Inches loug. two wide ami half an inch thick. The Duke of I'cvonshhe's la the largest In Euglnnd, two 1m hc In height, nnd two and a •pia't"r across brought, it is said, to that country by lotn Pedro. ituttior has mentioned a huge eme rald lu Persia as big as a walnut, said the mOM veracious or chronljlcrs. but itg- i. 'till lesscredible authors stated, t t this time the latter were correct Iho shah s emerald measured seven Inchon across, and the names of the m.# who (mi-.esod it aro rulettuvcophi enfly engraved on It. 'he extent of the shah's collection of ,!' -na can only lie gucsvsed at, as In the 0 ral treasury they are stored tn buck ets, says the l.umlou "Oourt Journal " 1 'te r>ames of the pctographs of hlni >i if lu-stowevt upon the royal princes, which are encrusted vrtth dlumonds Wevrlo cn roach hut little on his stores Imllttlleas el UM Browse. All excellent Imltati or of old lironre bus Peon lutroduced lu soiue of the art products of that character. It is well kei'wn that the repaakel applnations to ,-o| (S't or lease of aiUuuate washes of dilute acetic acid and exposure U the fuciee of amtuouia rccult lu a very an - tleuc-loohlttg and highly prinul anihyves broiire. but a more rapid lucthvsl id prx>- duclttg this beautiful apisvarauce has luna lawn a illdilmiaai. It le now found thai, • Ula teay Ist acv—npHehed by immersing the arttel' - lu a svdutlon of one part ywrn chloride o! Iron In two parts of water, the tune activating darkaee~ with length of bumerslon. or the materials may he isi led in a strong solution of nitrate of eopjsw. It Is also Ivmnd practicable to insure the desired e(Twt bv Immersing the arti cles lh a avdutlon I>f two ounce# of ni trate of Iron ami th same euautlty of hypceolphlte vd sola in half a pint of enter, dry tag etui burnishing completing the process Exchange r*wl< TwIS la a tWHvr'* UeiH ia. heme little children who were playing the other daylm u lot tear tha cv ;uer ot I'ntsw ptavs' ami Nvwxh avenue dug up a ls>x Ile'losing a email skeleton Fright ceml, ther vafhsl a patrolman, who. hac- Intr a good W Ti'ty. recaibwl the history of the •xcietott. Seven years ago a Utile Mack anvMan terrier, a ret of a Ea Iv He ine t the neigh Swhoswt vtiwi suddeaiy. It va supposed of ktvfrspWbk, lie Was hwrlwsl. a I the shebrton '..."earthed wa bfs v tut- <#t of fli hsaad ft in the throat o' the skekton •t" ' shel the by;s-thesis that the terrier •tu tof hrdrophohta. KtHlwrs Sua. the i re'tleet tea ctoths have hm rtit' M tmrvlera BIRDS AND THEIR NESTS. ——— PECUTIA BITIKD OP TTTE HOMED OF WINOBD CREATURES. A Www England Nswipsper Man RtlntM Hl* Kip.rt.nrM Willi* Hunting Kf(h Tftr Crow and lfU Kidnapping Pro pwnnltlM— How Two Robin. Displayed Hamaonlng Powers. Home years ago I was presented with a copy o! Samuol's "Birds of New Eng land, writes a correspondent of tho Lewlston "Journal." It contains com plete descriptions of every bird that over even visits New England. The nests, eggs, habits, plumage are so ac curately described that it is nearly im possible to mistako any specimen. I was at once introduced to many birds In our midst of whose vory names I had occn Ignorant before. A desire seizor! me to make a collection of birds and eggs. I had neither the skill nor the pa tience to stuff birds, but to collect their eggs was an easier matter. A robin's egg and two or throe of spar row's eggs wore uuito easily obtained. To preserve them I glued them to a thin piece of board !) by 18 inches. This !>oard was afterward knocked down and every egg was shattered. Tho first egg 1 got nearly proved to be the lost. A golden-winged wood pecker had a nest In the top of a high smooth stub. A rough and scratchy top rider from a fence formed a conve nient ladder to the nest. Tho hole was too small to admit my hand, but my knife soon made It larger. Two eggs were transferred to my pocket, and while deliberating whether to take more —there wore six of them—my impro vised ladder suddenly fell down. 1 bugged the treo fondly and slid to tho ground. Sundry knots sought to arrest my progress, but only succeeded in stop ping portions of my clothing and cutlclo. With the eggs in my hand I limped off toward hoino. There seemed to be a throbbing or thumping in my hand, and on examining tho eggs I found that they were hatching in my hand. The eggs of tho golden winged woodpecker are white until their contents nro re moved. A cuckoo's eggs wero found in a robin's nest. The robins had abaudoned nest and all. I think tho robin, oftener t ban any other bird detects tho fraud of the cuckoo, for once since then I have found a cuckoo's ogg on tho ground under a robin's nest, where tho birds had evidently thrown it. Tho cuckoo often builds nests for itself of loose sticks, not very far from tho ground. A visit to the Egg Rocks, near Frank lin Island, yielded nearly a bushel of gulls'eggs of all shapes and markings. Tho fresh ones were very similur to hen's eggs for cooking purposes. They lay on tho bare ledge to be hatched by tho heat of the sun. Tho sand piper lays an egg very largo in proportion to the'size of the bird. It seems almost incredible that so small a bird can lay so largo an egg. Probably no nest is so hard to lind as the bobolink's. Often I have searched a Held over In vain, and during a few weeks of tho haying the field would be alive with young bobolinks. The nest of the loud-mouthed crow is extremely easy to locate either before tho eggs are hatched or after tho young begin their dismal crying. I have seen enough of the crow's por oruiances to condemn him. I have known him to c 'ino within four foot of the house and kidnap a nest of young robins who would have destroyed more noxious insects In a week than a hundred crows in a year. Recently 1 saw a crow plungo into au elm pursued by a pair of robins. The murder was committed before I could Interfere and a happy home was deso luted by the wrecked outlaw. Bluejays are really as mischievous as crows. As for the English sparrow, it is a pity ho cannot bo sent back to England together with tho criminals and luna tics she sends to our shore. It is hoped that our farmers will be converted, to an English sparrow destroying faith at our next legislature. It ie commonly supposed that birds have great forethought. Wonderful skill they have but no forethought. I once found a nest of a golden-winged wood pecker dug into the cast side of a dead tree. There were six eggs in it. On an ether visit 1 found it nearly full of water. The rain had beaten in and tiie bird had to leave. On the opposite side of the tree no such trouble would have oc curred. In the same hole I afterward found four egg shaped bodies covered with a dark skinlike substance. They withered and dried up. At another time 1 found a robin's nest built between two small spruces. After the eggs were laid and hatched a heavier breeze than usual brought the trees together and cru-hed uest and birds. On the other hand a 1 air of robins on a very windy day un dertook to build on an exposed projec tion of tny house. The wind blew away the sticks and suaw as fast as they were brought here. They at last retired, and I supposed they had given it up. But no, after consultation they began to ' ring clay and plastered It down until they had erected a breastwork, behind which they easily erected their hums That showed reasoning powers on the part of the bii ds and an ability to provide against present emergency, which is after all. as much as man himself can do. A Vt-dulnra Par k of Cards. Fifty-seven guineas is not a bad price for a pack of cards, and It was given a few days since by a dealer at a sale held in Birmingham. The pack is stated to l>e the only one of Its kind in the wot bl. Every raid is specially engraved, and the pa OK comprises an exhaustive pic torial history of the principal events in the reign of Queen Anne, down to 1706. They include the victories of Marlbor ough. the sea-lights of Admiral Benbow, all the various changes connected with the parliamentary proceeding s of -ee day, and the conclusion of the troaii"- betweea England and France and Soait: The Queen of Hearts is a very "well drawn picture of vfueen Annie herself, and the King of Hearts represents Prince George of IVnmartt, her husband. The Queen of Diamonds is Anne Sophia, Queen of I Vim. ark; the Queen of Clubs is the Princess Royal of lYussia, and the Queen of Spades is the Princess Anne of RUSMA The knaves were repre sented by leading politicians of the day. Thi- cut i. us jack was the occasion of much spirited l idding between the gen- Un cn who held commissions for tlie purchase Had they gone to one of these the local art gallery would have eveatualy received them. As It is. their des".ination is Shropshire.—Pal Matl tlawttc. tr<-n. tVxvk says that Sitting Bull ha- no *v t utntVnr tnrcf the- Indians a a brave but only as a raadiciwe man. H. tan away at the Ouster fight, and hi? watltke lejHiWkw has I ecu principal!* at- ce htsa -y eastern .whiles, Gen Otvok ale- that he does not see how an* •sc • sXI mk* a hero < t him. MONKEYING WITH A BABOON. Tk I*dllu *f It. Lonb W Knocked Out In One Round. In the old Kt. Louis museum we had, among other attractions, a baboon called Dlok, says a correspondent of the New York "Sun." He was a solid chunk of a fellow, good-natured, and a groat favor ite. Ho had one peculiarity, though, which wo had to cater to. He took short naps twlco a day, and If aroused before his time he was as ugly ae sin all tho rest of the day. We had him dressed up as a little boy, and when the. time camo to take his nap he crept into an old-fash ioned cradle, and the fat woman gener ally rooked him to sleep. That very thing was quite a draw, and plonty of people came in solely to see the baboon rocked off to slumber. One day, soon after Dick had closed his eyes, a half-drunken chap entered the place and created considerable disturb ance. He wont by tho namo of Awful Pete, and was a hard slugger. 1 tried to reason with him and get him out, but he unfortunately oaught sight of tho sleep ing baboon and at once demanded that tho animal be aroused and put through his tricks. I sought to explain, but ho wouldn't have it, saying: "I paid to see the bab, and I'm going to see him or bust tho b'iler 1" "But If you wake him up he'll light." "Then I'll wring his neck 1" Beforo I could stop him he dodged under tho rope and lifted Dick out of tho cradle. Tho animal woke up and took in the situation in about the tenth part of a second, and then he fastonodhls hands into Pete's hair, got a grip with his teeth on tho slugger's nose, and we had a museum, inenagorle, and a circus com bined for tho next live minutes. Pete roared, end whopod, and pranced around in pain and terror, ancl tho l>ab pulled handfuis of hair from his head, and bit and scratched like a wildcat. When wo finally got him off that slugger was a sight to behold, and had to be taken to the hospital at once. Two hours after he had had his wounds dressed I wont in to see him, and as soon as 1 spoke to him he bogan crying and asked: "Was it a baboon which did this?" "Yes." "Big as a lion?" "Oh. no. Ho weighs about twenty-six pounds. Why do you weep?" "Hadn't I oner weep?" he savagely de manded, us the lours came ufresh. "I've had thirteen lights and knoekeii niy muu out ovoiy time, und now to be downed by a weazen-faced monkey in one round iias broke me all up." Our Itusiiun Caviare Product. The|greatcst industry at Delaware City is tho catching of sturgeon und the mak ing of "Russian caviare." Thero are three firms engaged in tho work, and during last spring thero wero 1,700 stur geons caught. The aggregate weight beiug about 376,000 pounds. They were valued at $'22,560. Of the total catch 2,820 were roe fish, which netted 720 kegs of caviare of 140 pounds each, valued at 519.440. This caviare is nearly all ship ped to Germany, but some of it returns to this country in small tin cans and be greatly increased in value on account of the duties and foreign reputation. The sturgeons are put in largo nets, and tho roe must be removed while the fish is still alive, or it is of no use. The roe is in largo dark flakes. It is carefully rubbed througti sieves to separate the eggs, about the size of duck sliol, from the film or membrane that hold them to gether. Great eare is taken to prevent the crushing of the eggs. They are suited and packed in kegs. There is nothing wasted of tho stur geon. The meat is cut into steaks and kept cold, later in the season being ship ped to New Y'ork and Philadelphia where it sells from 12 to 22 cents a pounds. The hides are used, and the refuse is sent to New Jersey, where it is converted into oil and compost.—Now York Sun. President JarkKon Wax Firm. Many years ago Edmund Driggs, who died the other day, was a member of a committee sent from here by the Demo cratic leaders to get President Jackson to remove Col. Swartwout from the New York colleotorship. Mr. Driggs often related their experience with "Old Hickory." They were received by the general in the library. He was seated in a large armchair, smoking a clay pipe with a stem about two feet long. His face, like that of the pedagogue in (>oldsrulth"s "Deserted village," be spoke the day's disaster to the com mittee, but the chairman resolutely pro ceeded to state his case. The president listened patiently to the end. and then, after a brief pause, in which the pipe was kept in vigorous ac tion, came the reply: "Col. Swartwout," said the president, "was a good soldier (whiff, whiffi; lie shed his blood for liis country (whiff, whiff); he is a personal friend or mine (whiff, whiff); 1 believe him to be a perfectly honest man (whiff, (wbiffi; and <this with strong emphasis): he will not lie removed from the post ol collector of the port of New York (whiff, whiff, whiff, I Gentlemen, I shall be happy to continue the conversation on any other topic.;' Of courso, there was little more to bo said. Col. Swartwout remained in offloo. —N. Y. Tribune. Anotlier View of Cariyle. The newvolumo of Mr. Carlylo's "Let ters," contains an inimitable scone, which reveals Carlylo really and truly as he was. A Scotch friend, calling at Chelsea, hapi-oried to remark that he and his mother had been reading Lord Boaconsfield's last novel, whereupon ex claimed the host. "Then you and your mother are fools." The visitor ventured to i eply thai, at least, the author of t lie writ in question was a great speaker. "Young man," replied Cariyle, "I hope that you will live to get sense, and leant thai words arc no good at all; it Is deads and deeds only." Even this, however, did not shut up the admirer of that "melancholy harle quin." and, after quoting an opposite passage from Sophocles, he presumed to observe, "You do not agree with one of the wisest of the Greeks, Mr. Cariyle?" to which the sago retorted, "i see what you are now, a damned impudent whelp of an Edinburgh advocate!" Mrs. Car iyle and Miss Jewsbury were present at this delectable dialogue and Carlylo was die -ed in "a flowered dressing-gown" and had pipe a foot long."—London Truth. Iwffl Monf y to Her Counwel. lienry 1). Paxsou, executor of Sarah J. Whi'.ehng, who was executed for poison ing her husband and two children, has a-certaincd that the women loft an estate valued at $3,000, and by the terms of her will this property is bequeathed to 001. Tuxson and his associate counsel, George Arundel, who defended tlie mur dress.—Philadelphia Record. The longest stretch across London is from Brentford to Ftratford-lc-Bow, a distam-e of over twenty-one miles. That is to say, London, inclusive of suburbs, without a break of houses. The latest order concerning the Rus sian railways is that only men who have served in the army are to be employed on them. TANNED BY ELECTRICITY. PRBNCII TANNERS BRING OUT A NEW PROCESS. American* Hani to Convince That the Mew Idea tVui Really Practical—How the Work io Done—Over 30 Per Cent. Saved by Thl* I.uteit System—The Speed of Preparation. The process of converting hides into leather, as now followed, consumes a space of time varying from six to twelve months. It also demands close atten tion and good management, as well us experience. Great care has to be exor cised in tho selection of material, else a lot of choice hides are found at tho ex piration of tho tanning season to have deteriorated into second or even third quality leather. Tanners, and leather dealers genetally, are accredited with being very careful und conservative in ail thoir business methods. With these facts in view it is not sur prising that when it wus reported from France that leather was being tanned by electricity, American tauuers regarded the statement as a new-paper sensation. Twenty-four hours was considered protty quick work for even electricity. It was not until the doubting Thomases had seen and felt that they believed. But now since tanning by this pro cess seems an assured fact it is no longer regardod as a sort of transatlan tic offset to our electric sugar refining. Every item that can bo gleaned is thor oughly discussed and every source of in formation eagerly sought. That til earlier efforts in this direction were fail ures is true, but this was largely owing to a lack of electrical knowledge on the part of the inventors. They wore mi able to economically produce an effect iw current. And again, many experiments were necessary io learn the strength o.' the most effective current. But tins in time was learned, as was also its most economic nn an -of production. Only a uniform current "will give good results. Just what effect the electric current has upon the tannin is. as yet, a question oi dispute, t-ome claim thut its effect is upon the tannin, giving it more active properties. Others say tliut it effects the hide only. Professor S. P. Thomp son, who hr. examined the process, thinks thai the effect is to open tin pores of the hide and to permit a more rapid access of the 'unnin solution. An I 'iior claims that the current, renders ihe gelatine more soluble, so that it is able to combine more rapidly with the tannin. There is reason to believe tint, there is truth in both these sta e . cm--, from the fact that the leather i- in it more pliablo and of greater sue,:, than that of the long process. A company lias recently been formed in England, which is preparing to tan quite extensively by electric process. The process is descrbed by those who have seen it as a very simple o'ne. Pie hides aro placed in largo cylinders, which revolve upon horizontal axles The drum is filled with a decoction o. tannin and closed. Provision is ma-i: lor the passing of a current of electric ity through too drum. The drum is kept siowly revolving until tho process of tunning is completed. The length oi time required varies with the nature of the hide. For the lighter skins, such a-, sheep und goat, which used to require itotu three to six months, by the elec tric process are tanned in twenty-four hours. The heavier hides, such as calf, ox, cow, or horse, require from seventy two to ninety-six hours. By the old fashioned bark process twelve months, or even more would have beou taken. The cosi of production is gieatly re duced by this method, for not only is tho saving in time, but in labor. The aciuui cost of working is reduced over oil pui cent. By tho bark process tho cost of launing is from 7 to 8 coins per pound of dry leather, as against that of 3 or 4 cents by tho electric methods. And n-uin, where a force of lifty men were required to produce a given quantity of leather, only ten are needed to produce tho same by the new methods. Heieio lore largo capital has beon required to run a tannery having a regular weekly output. As hides often require to lie in the tan vats nearly a year, it will bo seen that a great number must be in process of tan nage in order that a certain amount ot bather bo turned out each week. In ad dition to extensive plant, heavy invest ments are represented by tho hides IU tannage. But tho electrie'proces s com pletely revolutionized this. Hides pur chased on Monday have beon converted iuio leather and put on the market by .-aturday. A liiicky Mining Venture. The Helena assay ofllco tukes all gold bullion that comes. It may be no more than a spoonful of dust from the man w iio is working with a shovel and wheel barrow and a little sluiceway near the entrance to Yellowstone Park, or it may be the single consignment from the Spotted Horse ruine in Fergus county, which yielded the owners of the mine $15,308. That was a thirty days' run of the Spotted Horse. Since then that mine has sent in several consignments which proved to be worth from $25,000 to $30,000. Spotted Horse has a short but Inter esting, history. P. W. McAdow was in business at Billings. He crippled him self financially by advancing supplies to the parties who owned tho mine. The property was put up at sheriff's sale ami McAdow bid it in to save himself. He look out $30,000 in thirty days, and re cently sold to Helena men for $500,000 cash. Mr, McAdow is a member of the constitutional convention, and Mrs. Ado w is the head of tho very persistent lobby which has been laboring to get woman suffrage in the Montana consti tution. Cashier Deiubo suys this Spotted Horse bullion is the finest that comes to the assay otllce. It is nearly as good as gold coin. It goes over 80(1 fine.—Helena (Mont.) Letter. A Curious Phase of liixanity. William C. Klommer, of Reading, Pa., 6ome time ago lost considerable money, and his nilod became affected. Since theo the man has. been a devout wor shiper of images. They are as odd and hideous as they are varigated in color and peculiar in shape and size. They are made of clay and piaster of Paris, the heaviest ol' which weighs nhout 150 pounds. They represent turtles, ail gators, snakes, ar.d men of difforent races, fie keeps a lot of them in tho cellar, and at the foot of tho stairs lead ing to the apartments is a large mummy. Klennnor takes great pleasure among his idols, and regularly morning and evening, he assumes to give them water. In the attic he has also a lot of these images, but no one else Is allowed to en ter that portion of tho house. Mrs. Klemmer does nothing to mar this seem ing pleasure of her husband. Klemmer is a bricklayer, and somo time ago ho at tacked contractor on tho top of a high building and was restrained from throw ing the man off the building by tho inter ference of the other men.—New York Bun. COL. Avamura BABY. Th Flint Child In Oklahoma, Whfrh It Coat $59 to Name. Everybody who comes to Kingfisher hears of Col. J. V. Admire and "Admlre's Baby." The colonel le from Osage City, Kan., and is rocelvor of public moneys. Ho is known of all men who come to Kingfisher—rather below the medium height, fat, well rounded, plump as a partridge in looks, his face Inclined to be florid, and his mustache, beard and hair showing a grayish tinge. "Admire's baby" is not quite four months old, blue eyed, thin-liaired, but as bright as a new - dollar and as chipper as a lark. Col. Ad mire is not the father of tho baby, but he is just us proud of it as If ho wore, anil ho led tho Kansas C'lty "Times" corres pondent around to look at it with a high, prancing stop and such a look of pride in bis eye thnt broncos on tho streol shied off and gave full leeway. On the morning of April 24, at 11.10 o'clock, not quite two full days after the opening of Oklahoma, aweak wail under a Mapping wagon cover on tho town sit e , of Lisbon, told that a child had been born—the first child lo bo born in the now territory. Its mother was Lillie Lewis, a slender little woman barely 20 tears of age; Its father J. X. Lowls They came from tho panhandle of Texas, poor people, but with plenty of courage un i unlimited faith in the future. The news of tho birth spread like wildtlre, and all Kingfishers rejoiced over tho honor—unsxpocted to everybody but the fond parents. on the same night that the child was liu u there was a mass meeting to iiet • r exchange corigia u'ution*, anil 1.11 argt'.inon. arose a- lo what the child -uouiii bo cnHsioned. the populaoo tilli ng it upon thorn-elves to relievo the I (it-outs of this duty, r iimlly it was de ci'i> d so give the privilege of naming lh<- babe, which was a boy, to tiie higher', didder. Five dollars was the bid which started tho bail rolling. The flgure jiuiipod quickly tos2s, then crept to S2O, 5:40. Only a lank Texan and plump Col. Admire were left in the Held. The latter had the naming of the child knocked down to him for $52, and If p omptly christened it Admire Lewi-. Tho $52 and sl7 collected by sub-c:i; Hen were invested in a hoi..- for Mr. and Mrs. Lewis and yo>ng Adni'ie. where they now live contentedly, aid v where Col. Admire almost daily duud.e - vuiiiig Admire on his knee and cluck, -uid sings to him with an enthusiasm born of houost pride. Tamieit Alive. C. H. Black, a well-dress young man, was trying to secure subscriptions to a watch club in the E! Dorado street tun nerv. He approached one of the work men who was scraping the hair from hides. Tito workman scraped awav vigorously, and hair and lime were se.i eied on every -lde. liluck dodged about, so that his immaculate :it.ii - should not be soiled. The workman -e.zed a hose and turned asi ream <•! water on tho hide to wash away the loose hair. The water splash-d in tli d.rection of Black, who nimbly jumpe-i o.i kto avoid it. lie had failed to ois••• ■ hat old proverb, "Look before \oi leap," and ho went, souse into a vat. o: tanning liquor. His heels flow up from under him and ho sat. down up to hi neck iu tho dark brown liquor, whic . splashed all over his head and face. Ab soou as the workmen could slop laughing siilflciontly to act they pulled hint out of his unpleasuut bath, uud he stood dripping on tho walk, looking like some beer god just aftor a bath in ihe liquor loved and protected by (iitmbrinus. The hose which had orig inally caused all the trouble was now brought into play to repair damages Bluck was made tho target for a stream until as much as possible of the tauuiug liquor had been washed from his gar ments, as well as from his face an . hands.gjllo was taken to his hotel and put to bed, while his only suit of clot lies was being washed, dried and pressed. Before all this could bo accomplished, however, his skin had been subjected to the action of tiie strong tannin, and despite the use of every known mean to neutralize it, his skin will for some time be severul shades darker than i was iiefore his Involuntary bath. He will have tho comfort, though, of know ing that it will match woll with a pair of yellow shoes. —Stockton Independent, The London Fog I* Heultliy. If London is tho metropolis o( the land of fogs, there is much consolation to be found in the fact that in spite ot its smoke and its fogs it is not only one of tho healthiest cities in tho world, lint is growing healthier every year. Ac cording to tho official statistics for one quarter, our annual deaths are only at the rate of sixteen per thousand. If we could eliminate from tho calculation some over crowded and notoriously un healthy districts the figure would, of course, drop considerably. Still more remarkable would our sani tary condition appear if the area were confined to the high and airy suburbs in which so large a proportion of those who are by day "In populous city pent" are fortunate enough to dwell. Wo bav - only to contrast this condition of thing with the statistics of other capitals to see how great is tho advantage we en joy. In Paris, which shows a comparatively good record, the mean annual deatli rat" is 22.10; in Berlin it is 27.5: in Vienna, :i(i.7 ; in Munich, 32.!), and in St. Peters burg, 13,7. In Brussels, which appears to be the healthiest of continental cities, it is 18.'.). To sum up the easo, tho death rate during tho quarter in twenty-nlii" colonial and foreign cities, having an ag gregate population exceeding B>,000,0!)0 persons, was 20.0 per 1,000 or more than ten and one-half persons per 1,000 in < ■;- cess of tho London death rate.—Lond' n Daily News. Waafo of Coal Duo to ICxpostirt'. The waste of coal by exposure to the weather has been variously computed and depends very much upon tho uutiii" and quality of the coal and tho climate to which it is exposed. Soft coal sutlers tho greatest amount of loss, as it crumbles to dust by the action of tho sun, air and rain; its loss in hulk is calculated to amount to 12 per cent per annum, arid it deteriorates in quality much more thau hard coal. Hard coal oxposed to the weather loses in hulk to the extent of about eight per cont por annum. Ou tho whole, it is much more econom ical to place coal under cover, as while sheltered it retains its quality and suffers little loss. Another serious danger is also avoided—spontaneous combustion, which is attributed to rain falling upon coals after a long drought, causing the Bmall or slacky portion to sweat and ig nite.—Exchange. Belgium Drink Statistic)!. Temperance advocates should cer tainly turn their attention to Belgium. Tho little kingdom contains 150,000 pub lic houses, about 1 for every 40 of the population, and tho annual amount oi spirits consumed reaches nine litors— nearly two golions—per head.— Ex change.
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