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VOLUME 2.
KKYNOLPSVILLE, I'ENN'A., WEDNESDAY AI'IMLW, lil'.ll.
NUMHJ5K 4.
BUTAI.O.K K'HKSTKK A HITS
HUKiH KAII-WA Y.
Thi whorl lint- Ih'Ihi'i'ii HulloN, Ithlirwny,
Hrtulfnrtl. HiilnniniH-n. Hiiflnlo, Kohft.'r.
Nhiuum rail ami 1iiih tn tin iiH t oil
tvnnm.
On iitifl niter Nov. HMh. iwi:, mii
(T'l train Will lilt i ' (i til ih'i:i"t from .'.ill
Cfii'k Million, rtnlly. rxci-pt Pimrlny, a fol
low: ? I i A M.: I.20n. m.: ami 7.im p. m. An-nm-inoilatlon
fii no runxHiitiiuucy nnl Hij
Kiln.
8:M A. M. Ihiflnin nrnl Hoc 1 Mt i nail, )
Hrockwavvtllr, Hhlirw ay..ltiin'onhnrif.Mr.
.Irwrtt, Ui atifoi il. Salainnmit, HiiiValo ii ml
Korhi Mrr; ronm-ft in 4 11 1 John-Mini mi tr
with P. X- (:. train :t. for Wllrox, Kane,
;n itMi, fori v ami V ' I'1.
l:-ir A. M.j I."- i. in.: ami .;in i. m. A 111-
nit"l)it!i)n I'm yl(e, IHtf Unit ami I'un.x
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lfon interim; the ear. An rXfe
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flui itpf s v In n fares ait' pnifl on train, from
nil station where a t ifket othVe t maintained,
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KASTWAKU
1:n4 A y -Train K , hilly eret Miinday for
HitnUiiiy, Utitil-hur': 11 iti I ml ft iiumIiuH' i n
II1111. nVilvhitf at I'hiliMli'lpdiii p.m..
New (irk, Iii:iin p. m. ; Mull innm 7:M p. in.;
ii.oliinlon, n::V p.m. I'liUnum I'ailtir rai
ftinn lllininsitM't and pafiifi' imiu'Iii's
ftttin Kani' ti I'hllaili'lplila.
H:JI! P. M.- Train rt, ilally rv-'i pt Suinluy Pr
Part l-lun ir omt Intel iiifiliitit Matloti, ar
rivintr at Plitlnili'lphla l:M A. M.: N-w York.
?::t't a. m. i hrouv'li I'oarli tnin PuttoiH In
N illl:iniftii t . I'nllnian Mri-pin 'iifs from
Pni'i-Ibuiu to Plillailflplila ami N-w York.
I hilaitclphiH pasit imvlM 'liri n'lnahi f 11
slt't-ptT uiHUtui-lii'( until ?:iin . m.
Qt'.Vt P. M. Train 4. tlally for Smilan y. Ilari-N-Inirir
and intt i na dlatf siatlmiH, arrlvinu at
IMillitdflpliia. : .V t . St.; Nrw Yoik, i:;yi
A. M. ; Mali Inioro. n:,ii a. m.: V nshlnirton.
A. M. Pullman far frum Ki U and W IlllatiiH.
noil tfi Philadelphia. PnM-tnrt'i In i-i-per
liir I'alt Imntt' and A 11-I1 iiiKtni will v
Iratisfi'iTed IntoWi'slilnirtnn sleeper im liar
rUlmrir. Paenirer etuiehes from Kile (o
Philndclphiu ami Willlntiisptirl to Italtl
moiv. WKSTWAKP
7:S"! A. M. Train 1, dally oxti-pt S:tndny for
Kldiiway, PnlttdK, t lermont and filler-liM-diate
stat Inn. Leave Kidway tit :!:4
V. m. for Krie.
A. M .--Train a, dally for Ki lo and Inter
rnedhile point.
:T P. M.--Trnln 11. dally oxeept Sunday for
Kane and Intermediate tt ion.
Til icon ill Tit A INS loll Pltll'TWOtH)
l-'KO.M THK i:ST ANPSOl 1 11.
TliAIN II leave Philadelphia h:.V a. m.;
WnsliltiL'ton, 7..M A. M. ; (tali I more, H:4.i A. (.;
Vllkelmrre, n:i;A.M.: tlally except Sun
day, itrrlvlntf at I hlf 1 wood at il:7 t'.M.wiih
I'ullman Parlor car fmra Philadelphia (o
V. Illhirnsport.
Tit A IN H leave New YrU at K p, ni.: Phlln
ilelpliia, 11:20 p. in,; Washington, H.40a. in.;
Ilnlilmot'e, I1:4ii p. n.; dully arriving at
iniflwtiod at H;,Vi u, ji. Pullman sleeping
cm from Phlladelnhla 1o Krie and trotii
A nsliiuirioii and ItaliiiiHire to Wllllam-poi 1
l; nt 1 Ihhiuuh pnseu'er con.dies ti"tn Phihi
ilelphia to Krie ami Haliimore to Wllliam
t'ort 11 nd to Dultol.
TI:.IN J h ave Uenovo at ti::n a. n.. dally
i-xcepi Sunday, anltiiK at PrlftMoml 7:UJ
a. in.
KM IXSOXHUWi UAILIUJAD.
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M in:4.t a. ni.
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rlln nt .lohiiHouhurte ntll:4t u. in. and
Kltl'wny at H:,Vu.7h.
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A LLTOHKNY VALLEY RAILWAY
COMPANY conimundntr Sunday
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UA VIII MiK'A KCO. Okn'i.. KitpT.
JA8. P.ANDKKHUN.ljt.N'i,. I'.u.t. Aut.
LOVE.
SMrlcn upon my nltilit tlirre wok
The trtnililn of Ihi-ilnw n.
Out of tlm em t tlio ml lilit broke
To broaden on nml on.
My ln nre tuni'd lo flner cliordi
Ami lit by lilxlicr niin...
Thmii'.-h nil my (licnuliU nd nil my
word
A purer iurnme runs.
Jfo mfilter If my tinndK fttfnln
Tim irol.b'ii crawn orcronst
Only to lovtt Ih bim'Ii n Kuin
1'lint ItxInK In nni I.hs.
And tlua. wlmlfvvr fiMo hclide
or r.ii.tiirt' or oi' pain.
If pioi ni or mm lliu I'uliiro hiilo,
My love in not In vnln.
Bo only tlinnk nro on my Hps,
And IliroiiKli my love I nn
Myrnrllrst dn-niiai. like fmitlitrd lilp,
Cume MttlliiK homo to mo.
John Hay.
now fau is Tin: sun
NEW LIGHT WHICH HAS BEEN THROWN
ON THE PROBLEM.
ftrnttlt, of 01ir-rvntlon, Vndo by li Count
fnrviy t ttio Sandnlrlt iHlnnd The 1I
tuneo to the Run In Something t.lke Nine
ty-flvo 3Itlllon MIltHs More or I.eM.
A littlo mw light lins rocontly lxpn
thrown on thn jirolilcni of tho diHtanco
of tho kuii. Tliln Is tlm gri'iit ynnVtiok
of lulrmiuniy. Tor iinuu tliim it century
rvory ofT.irt. hits In'ch tmvlo to iiscortain
thu di:-t:uieo hb uomu'ittcly an ikmhiIiIo.
Mel In ills (livect liiul indiicct lmvo bcoil
oinpluycil. CoiiHiileriiiK tho fact that tho
kiiovl(Ml(( thus BciUilously imrsucil can
gorvo no utilitiuian pnrjHwo, the Ri'nor
ous oxix'iiilitnre in tho pursuit dix-s
crodit to tho intellootnal H)irationR of
tho liuninn raoo. From tho tinioof Can
tain Cook'8 expedition to tho Society Is
IiiikIh to obw rve the transit of Venus in
17H9 until the present day millions of
dollars have liecn sjient in thi3 cfTort to
drop a F.miirtiiiK lino to the Knn.
CoiH'niicus believed that the sun was
not more than 6,000,000 miles away.
There were philosophers before the
Christian era who knew as much as
that For several years past wo havo
been assured that the distance could not
bo far from lia.hOO.OOO miles. But al
most a century iiko Laplace assumed a
parallax for tho sun which gave almost
exactly that distance. Since his timo
various astronomers havo attacked tho
problem, and their results havo varied
from 01,000,000 to 05,!ir0,000 miles,
tho difl'oreiieo between theso extroino es
timates lieing nearly as pi-eat ns tho en
tiro distance was believed to bo by tho
founders of astronomy.
Yet theso facts cany no challcno to
tho soundness of modem astronomical
methods or tho substantial correctness of
tho results attained by them. The dis
tnnm of tho sun is not yet known with
absolnto accuracy, for tho same reason
that the height of Mount fit Elian or of
Mount Everest has not yet Ixien exactly
ascertained. But tho limits of error nro
known, and in the future we fcliall not
see estimates of the sun's distance vary
ing by millions of miles. If a series of
wires should be cut, each agreeing in
length with one of tho reoont measures
of tho s.ilar parallax, and all should then
be stretehod from Uio earth toward tho
sun, every onoof them would end in tho
sun, though none might stop precisely
at its center.
As to tho recent light npon this prob
lem, it is f umishod by tho result of ob
rvations by tho United States coast sur
vey at tho Sandwich Islands to deter
mine the constant of aborrution of tho
stars. By this is meant the amount of
displacement that the stars undergo in
consoquonco of the fact that we aro look
ing nt them from a globo which is not
standing still, but is moving in an orbit
around the enn at the rate of alnrat 181
miles in a second. Light travels 180,.
830 miles iu a second The ratio of tho
velocity of the flying earth to that of
light measures the displacement in tho
position of the stars that is called their
aberration. But, manifestly, if we con
learn precisely how for tho earth travels
In second, we shall know just how
long its orbit is. We know that the earth
takes one year, or, more exactly, 81, 658,
160 seconds, to go on on around that or
bit If, then, we can find ont with rig
orous accuracy how for it goes in a sec
ond, ws can at once calculate not only
the length of the orbit, but the distance
of the sun, which depends directly njon
the size of the orbit Of course allow
ance must be made for the fact that the
orbit, instead of being a circle, is an
ellipse, and that consequently the eurth's
rate of traveling varies a little. But
mathematics take euro of that
Now, we have seen that the displace
ment, or aberration, of the stars fur
nishes a means of determining the rutio
of the earth's velocity in its orbit to tho
known velocity of light If that aberra
tion is accurately measured, it must
give, by a simple calculation, the veloc
ity of tho earth and the distance of the
sun. The aberration as ascertained at
the Sandwich Islands is slightly smaller
than previous measnreiuouts bad made
it. It amounts to 20.483 seconds of ore.
This gives for the average velocity of
the earth in its orbit 18.4683 miles iu a
second, and for the distance of tho sun
92, 709, 000 miles. The distance derived
from the observation of the transit of
Venus iu 1874 was about 030,000 miles
less than this, while that calculated
from the transit of 18HU was about 1U0,
000 miles greuter. But Lapluce's vuluo
of tho solar parallax, adopted by him in
17UII, gives u distance dilVering by only
bO.OOO or 00,000 miles from that shown
by tho calculation based on tho new
constant of aberration. Ho Laplace was
probably nearer to tho truth than many
of tho later astronomers havo been.
It is evident that tho final solution of
tho great problem has not even yet lieen
obtained Thero is an uncertainty of
perlmjis on much as 100,000 miles still
remaining. Hi nee tho distance of tho
snn forms abase line for calculating tho
distanco of the stars, nn error of 100,000
miles in that basn lino would iniikn a
difference of nearly HO, 000, 000, 000 miles
in tho calculated distance of the nearest
fixed star in tho sky. It is for tho as
tronomers of tho future, then, to deter
mine tho real dimensions of tho uni
verse, if they can. For onr pnrt, we
mnst Ihi content to know that they nre
great nlmost In-yond tho power of math
ematics to express and certainly be
yond tho power of imagination to con
ceive. New York Knn.
AN OLD PPit'jLHIPTION.
Ou Till Furllrulu:- It .ednn It Fnlleil to
Ilo I( ork.
Tlio crowd bad g;.l! eml about n liorsa
and 1 i.Ki-'y in the middle uf tho street.
Tho In. iso had balked.
"Tio u string around his ear, " said
onoof the bystumlcrs. "It gives him
something else to think of. I never know
it to fail."
A utritig was pioilmcd mid wound
tightly round onu of the animal's cars.
It had no elleet.
"Blindfold him," suggested another.
A bandage was tied over his eyes and
an efTuit made lo Hliu t him.
Siime nsiilt.
"Back him."
"Ilo won't back," said tho exasper
ated owner. "I tried that."
"Try him with un car of corn."
Tho car of corn failed to inovo tho
obstinate horse.
"I'll see if I enn't pctsuado him some
other way," said tho exasperated owner
of tho animal.
lie took a whip and belabored tho
beast with it till somebody threatened
to havo him arrested.
Then he kicked him awhile.
All in vain.
Finally a benevolent looking old gen
tleman forced bis way through the
ciowd and said:
"I have seen a great mnny balky
horses started by building a lire under
them. Can you gut some straw or shav
ings?" A boy was sent to a neighboring fur
niture store for sotuo excelsior. lie
ciinio back presently with a hugu ami
fill. It was placed on tho ground un
der tho horse and a lighted match
touched to it.
As the first feeble fliimo roso from it
and the smoke began to curl about his
legs tho horse unbent a little. Ilo turned
bis head, took a calm survey of tho sit
uation, and when tho combustible stun
burst into a big blaze ho moved forward
about six feet, in full possession of his
faculties and without any unnecessary
haste, and stopped again.
And the elegant buggy was damaged
$23 worth by the flames beforo it oc
curred to anybody to scatter tho blazing
stun.
And then anoM colored man in a fad
ed suit of secondhand clothes and a hut
with half the brim gono went out and
spoke kindly to the high spirited ani
mal, rubbed his nose, patted hlni on the
neck, climbed into the dtimagcd buggy
and said, "Git along, sonny."
And the horse moved off at a brisk
trot, with head 4aiyh in tus air. Chi
cago Tribune.
Wanted Good Font.
Models are an important part of
sculptor's need. J doubt whether in this
particular we dilter from our Greek
predecessors, for we read of choico pres
ents, such as peacocks, given by I'hidias
to his models, showing how much he
valued them, presumably because it was
as difficult then ss now to get good ones.
To be a model is a business of itself,
and when we remember the number of
art schools .there are, evoa in T.oudon
alone, and the many artists who are en
tirely dependent npon them, it may be
realized what a large body rhey mnst be.
The men are mostly Italians, chiefly,
I -am told, from the neighborhood of
Naples. The women are, as a rule, Eng
lish and haveoften sat from babies. To
find a well formed foot is almost an im
possibility among the best of thorn, ow
ing to the longcramping ia boots, but a
friend once told me that he had a cast
of the foot of an Indian woman that
was as beautiful as the foot of a Greek
statOB.
Our English models lack often the
suppleness of figure that distinguishes
more southern races, such as the Italian,
which is purtly accounted tor by the
heavy, cumbersome clothes cur climate
necessitates. But such as they are we
huve to make the best of them, and a
really wood one is eagerly sought after.
Good Words.
Whes Thar War No Plumbers.
Lord Fountainhall, in 1074, says that
there are no plumbers in Scotland, be
lause there is no noed for them. Happy
simplicity of our ancestors t Now every
man should be his own plumber. No
man should be allowed to marry till be
has passed an examination in plain and
fancy plumbing. Few know whut to do
if the pipes are frozen or if the gas me
ter is frozen. If you aro practicing with
a pistol, however, and casually cut a gus
pipe, we do know what to do. Exhibit
soup I Fill up tho orifice with soap. This
accident Ih, it must bo udinittod, less
f rixjuent than a sudden flood. But urday
Ituviow.
A SLUMMING EXPERIENCE.
The Mlnlnter Who Hat! Clone Through It
letrnnlned to Change Ills Pinna.
With a view to finding out what slum-.
mlng in tho tonghest regions is like tho
reporter went to headquarters and asked
ono of Byrnes' oldest nnd most tmsted
detectives to tell him somo of bis expe
riences in taking slumming parties
about in tho region east of tho Bowery.
"It's a good whllo now since I'vo
done nny of that business," said tho do
toetive, "and there's very few that wo
tnko around Cherry hill nnd its alleys.
It's too tough for ladies nnd for most
men. Ono of tho Inst parties that I took
through thero was three young men who
Were going to do missionary work. They
Wero ministers, and they wanted to see
what life was like whero it's lent worth
living, so I took tliem down to Double
alley. That's a 13 foot wide street about
200 feet long nnd hedged in by eight
story tenements. It runs off Cherry
street, nnd it furnishes moro crimo nnd
violenco to the iiuaro inch than any
other placo in New York, with tho pos
sible exception of Hinglo alley, which is
nenr by.
"Of courso wo attracted attention
thero. Tho urchins yelled nt ns, the loaf
ers scowled at ns, and unkempt hags
stuck their heads out of windows over
head nnd mado unpleasant comment".
Wo paid no attention. Ono can't afford
to bo squeamish in Double nlley. Tho
young ministers, however, began to look
rather uncomfortable, and I reckoned
they wero getting scared and wished
they'd stnld nt homo. That wasn't
their kind, though, ns I found out pretty
quickly. When wo got pretty near to tho
end of tho place, wo heard a terrific
howling and yelling in ono of the houses.
Thero worn cries of 'Murder!' and 'Helpl'
mingled witli curses and groans. It wns
a characteristic Cherry Hill mixed alo
row from nil indications. Iu a minute
out staggered a drunken woman, her
forehead bleeding profusely from a gash
mado by somo sharp instrument Close
nftor her came a big, burly longshore
man brandishing a bottle. He reached
tho woman and brought tho bottlo down
on her head with terrifio force, stretch
ing her to the pavement. Then ho began
kicking her. I started for him, but ono
of tho young men was beforo mo. Ho
hit thn longshoreman just once, nnd that
was enough. Tho man went down like
a log.
"Then thero was tho dovil to pay.
naif n dozen big ruffians poured out of
tho doorway and inado for tho minister.
Ho knocked tho first ono off his foot, but
tho second ran iu nnd grappled with
him. By this timo I and tho other two
wero taking a hand in it. There was
nothing scared nlxmt those fellows then.
I tiftorwnrd found out that they had nil
been football players in college They
fought liko devils, nnd with tho odds
against us wo cleaned out the gang in
about half a minute. A conplo of po-
lico came running in, nnd three of tho
roughs wero nm-stod. The woman went
to tho hospital, where it was found that
shu was only slightly injured. Skulls
aro thick iu Double alley. Our party
was a littlo tho worso for wear. My hat
was lost in tho'scnfllo. One of the min
isters had his coat torn half off, another
lost his spectacles and tho temporary uso
of ono eye, whilo tho chap that had
wnded in first was wiping the blood
from his face and nursing a sprained
thuinlx When ho said good night to mo,
ho remarked:
" 'This experience hns been a lesson to
me, I was going to China as a mission
nry, bnt if lean judge by what I'vo seen
tonight thero is plenty of room for mis
sion work right hero in this city, and I
think I'll stay hero.' That man has been
doing good work among tho poor of this
city sinco then, nnd China bus lost a
good missionary nnd a man of uorvo, "
Now York World
The riwlnclalltm of New York.
In spite of the commercial character
of tho people of New York city, in spito
of tho small army of commercial travel
era -whoso address 1b Now York, it is
still true that tho great body of tho poo.
pie know next to nothing of tho rest of
the country. The west knows the east;
the east does not know tho west This
is true became the west came from tho
east in the first place and bocause thou
sands of westerners visit the east, whilo
only hundreds or tens of easterners visit
the west Thn strugglo for existence in
New York city js so severe that the body
of the people 've not the timo, if they
had .the inolift ion, to acquire general
information. Life with them 4s Intense
and swift, but it runs in a very narrow
channel after all. In a very real sense
tho people are provincial. They ask the
visitor from Kansas City if he knows
their friends in St PauL They ask the
visitor from Denver whothor he enjoys
any religious privileges in that city of
churches. Many of them not only know
nothing of all America beyond a few
streets of tho metropolis, but thoy actual
ly tnko pride iu not wanting to know
anything. J. W. Glued in Forum.
Don't Flirt.
The man or woman who will iudulgo
iu tho practice of "flirting" with on
outsido party is not worth going out
With or being takon out It is a species
of bad form that nothing can excuse,
and though thero ore many who think
it cute to make eyes and return signs
made by strangers, fueling that such at
tention is a bit of personal homage, the
outsido world judges differently, and
one exhibition of that sort should be
enough to wean tho respect of either
man or woman, no matter how dovotod
thoy illicit heretofore havo been
DIET OF THE GREAT.
favorite tllthes of the World's lllnfttrlotl
(tenernlw, riillimnplierM nnd Toeta.
"Man is what ho eats," said Fcner
bneh, tho German philosopher, or, ns ho
expressed it in bis nntivo laiigungo,
"Dor rncnsch 1st was er lst, " a play of
Words which is not withont its dorp
moaning. Hutu food is never without.
inflneiico ou his temper, norlstheclioleo
ho makes in his meals without a certain
reflection of his character. John I he
Baptist's eating locusts nnd wild honey
wns indicative of his mind nnd motives,
ns was Zoroaster's predilection for bread
nnd water creeses of his ethics and doc
trines. Plato wns satisfied with honey,
bread, vegetables nnd frnit. Molinmmed
preferred mutton and milk to nil other
dishes nnd drinks. Hannibal, thn Cart hit-
gliiinn warrior, lived on olives, while
tho Kouinn General Bulla's fnvnrlto
meats wero wild ass, chickens drowned
in Fnlerlnn wino, ostrich brnln nnd
snails.
Chnrles tho Great was a lover of veni
son. Henry IV of Frnnco hud a glut
tonous nppctirn for oysters; Frederick
tho Great for polentn, n sort of Kalian
pudding; Kmiieror Vtillinm I of Ger
many for lolisters nnd oysters. Nnpoleon
I was n passionato drinker of coffee, of
which ho took 20 to 25 cups daily.
Artists, poets nnd philosophers evfnco
a larger variety in tho choico of their
meals and beverages. Goetho wns very
fond of champagne, Schiller of wino.
Kloptoek Indulged in trniUn pnstry,
smoked salmon nnd peas. Lesslng's fa
vorite dish was lentil soup, n predilection
which ho shared with Kant, whilo Leib-
nltsj delighted in npplo enko. Torunnto
Tnsso was a lover of sweet things nnd
heaped his salad with sugar. So did
Moses Mendelssohn, who mourned tho
lnilmssibility of sweetening sugar.
Byron took only ono daily meal, con
sisting principally of old Chester cheese,
pickles, red enhbago, wino or liquors.
Ho used to drink gront quantities of tea,
Ilistnan k in his younger days was very
fond of hnrd boiled eggs and cognne,
which ho preferred to "pretzel nnd
beer, " a beverage which ho considers tho
chief cnuso of German pothouso iolitio
and lack of rcsoluto and harmonious no
tion. William IL tho present emperor of
Germany, loves his wino and prefers tho
sparkling juico of tho Rhino, which not
infrequently loosens his tongue. Cham
pagne he ovoids, lost "it cause his heart
to run away with bis head, " as ho onco
remarked, but probably because it is too
Frouch for him. Bitltiiuoro Bun.
llntln Surgery.
Sawing out sections of tho skull in
order to glvo tho brain room to develop
symmetrically seems a rather dellento
nnd dangerous operation, but it is ono
that has ou several occasions been per
formed with perfect success. Children
apparently in a condition of hopeless
idiocy hnvo been treated npon this plan
and nro in prospect of developing the
faculties usual iu those of liko ago. The
removal of tho bono which has liecomo
unduly hardened permits growth, nnd
tho clouded intellect muy become clear
and normal.
Attention hns been cnlled to enses in
which calculi had formed, as wns sup
posed, upon tho silk ligatures used in in
ternal operations. In ono case an abdomi
nal tumor wns removed, nnd somo yems
later thero wero calculi present iu quan
tity that caused great distress. It was
thought that somo irritating property
wns present in tho Bilk, nnd that this
acted ns a nucleus around which tho
gritty particlos gather. Now York Lod
ger. Population of the Ocenn,
A striking proof of tho vastnoss nnd
variety of tho population of tho sea has
been furnished by tho results of explora
tions mado by a committee of tho zoolog
ical department of tho British associa
tion iu that part of tho Irish sea sur
rounding tho islo of Man.
Out of 1,000 species of moriuo ani
mals collected, 224 had never beforo been
found in that region, 88 wero previously
unknown as inhabitants of British wa
ters, and 1 7 were entirely new to science.
Indood thoy were animals whoso exist
ence had never boon suspected.
It such discoveries reward a fow weeks
of searching in so minute a speck of the
sea, how many volumes would be re
quired to contain a list of the still undis
covered inhabitants of the great oceans?
Youth's Companion.
An EA-eotlve WhUtle.
One of the popular English authors of
the day was wholly incapacitated from
work by a lady who lived noxt door and
strummod through Handel's "Messiah. "
His idea of the inviolability of an Eng
lishman's house did not allow him to
send in any mossago, and ho was at his
wits' end till he saw in a daily paper
that steam whistles could bo bought to
fit outo kettlo spouts. Ho provided him
self with one and put tho kettlo on tho
fire in the room nearest the singer. As
soon as tho whistle began be went out.
Of courso the bottom cume off the ket
tle, but it cost littlo to solder it ou
again, and after two or thrco solderiugs
tho lady took tho hint Siui Francisco
Argpnuut
A Clinching Argiiineut.
Tho heulthfuluess or tho revorse of
onroots seems finally to be settled They
havo boon found ou tho mummies of
Egyptian princesses of the royal family.
Theso corseted mummies, it is interest
ing to note, ore all doud What more
noed bo said? Tho dress reformers up
pen to ho justified in denouncing c '.
oU -Dootuu TiiuisciiuU
Spenhlng French.
A Tennessee chaplain, tho Rev. J. IL
McNeilly, says that nt Port Hudson his
regiment was enoiimiied next to tho
Thirtieth Louisiana, which was mudo
tip of French speaking men. Tho French
language, naturally enough, was a mys
tery to most of the rural TciihcsHceans.
Ono night nil bauds wero iu tho
trenches. Farrngnt's fleet was in tho
river, and nu attack by laud was also
expected. Thn Tennessee Ihij-s, who wero
closo to tho boys from Louisiana, no
ticed that tho frogs in tho numerous
ponds wero croaking incessantly iu n
kind of low, cont InuoiiH chatter.
"Hark, boys!" said ono fellow.
"Theso frogs havo been ciiniped so long
by thn Thirtieth Louisiana that they aro
all talking French 1"
At another timo somo of tho mon
wero lounging by tho riverside when
they hoard mnnn French spcuklng wom
en, who wero engaged in washing, tulk
iug to each other.
Suddenly onoof tho hoyscnllcd to an
other, who wns noted for his slowness
of speech:
"Como hero qnlek, Ham, nnd hear
this woman talk! She can givo just ono
flutter of her tonguo and say moro iu a
minute thnn you can iu a week."
Youth's Companion.
FnlltcneM,
Politeness menus much. A cnblo cor
was humming np Broadway nnd collid
ed with nn express wngon nt Tenth
street. "D your eyes!" yelled the
driver. "D your own eyes!" an
swered tho gripnian, after which tho air
was blno with profanities nnd vulgari
ties, which ought to havo rosuUcd in
somo head punching, and probably
would had it not been for tho interfer
ence of n policeman, who, oddly enough,
turned up nt tho right timo. After that
everybody went nlong out of temper,
cross, red faced and ruffled Not long
after that a hack wns rumbling along
Fourteenth street and uenrly upset n
light wngon iu which two young sport i
wero speeding Tho polo of tho hnck
caught between tho spokes of tho wagon
wheel nnd would havo caused consider
able damage, bnt tho quick cyo of one
of tho young men saw the danger. "All,
thero, Johnnie I" said ho good nnturod
ly. "Look ont, old man, or you'll break
your stick." Tho hnckmon unswered in
tho snmo vein, nnd nwny they went,
laughing, each nlxmt liis own affairs.
Yes, molasses is lnitter than vinegar,
and politeness is tho grease of tho hu
man nxlo.Joo Howard
A lleninrknhle Tree.
Tho most romurkablo troo yot discov
ered flourishes in tho island of Fierro,
ono of thu largest of tho Canary group.
This island is so dry that not even a
rivulet is to bo found within its bound
aries, yet thero grows a species of tree,
tho leaves of which ore narrow and long
and continuo green throughout tho
year. Thero is nlsoaconstniit cloud sur
rounding tho tree, which is condensed,
and falling in drops keeps tho cisterns
placed under it constantly fnlL In this
manner tho natives of Fierro obtain wa
ter, nnd ns tho supply is limited the
population mnst of necessity be limited
also. Philadelphia Press.
f-Ingtllar Ilookkccplng.
Tho following is vouched for by a cor
respondent ns lieiug extracted verbatim
from a list of stores wanted by tho
steward of n Tyno steamship: "Stoars
wonted; 2 doynn egs, 1 am, 11 pnnd
bakon, 3 tins sasinger, 0 tins snpe,
3 tins biled meet, 2 tins motin, J 100
wato potaes, 0 lofes sofo bred, 1 blather
lard, 1 p.molo cheas, sum fresh meet &
vcgables, & sum Karirts nud turniits, 2
tins BurdctiiH, 3 tins bisters (oysters) to
try, 3 uotmegs, 2 tins samin, 3 tins
frutn, 1 tin marmalaid, U pnnd solt
fish. " Newcastle (England) News.
The Day After the llurghtry.
Detective Yes, I'vo got tho descrip
tion of tho missing jewelry written down
all right Now, how much money did
tho fellows take?
Mr. Billus I don't know exactly.
Maria, my duar, how much money was
there iu my pockets last night? Chi
sago Tribune,
Unexpected Iffect.
Poor Woman (to cheap scrivener, who
bos just read out to ber the begging pe
tition she bad ordered, bursting into
tears) Eh, man, I'd never ha' believed
I was as badly oS as all tbnt! Deutsche
Warte.
Tho innkeepers' business was prac
ticed iu Romo at tho timo of Christ
Thero wero then over 700 registered inns
iu tho capital. Each had a registered
sign, which uo other innkeeper was per
mitted to copy.
The days are ever divine. They como
and go liko muffled and veiled figures
sent from a distant friendly party, but
they say nothing, and if we do not use
the gifts they bring they carry thom as
silently away. :
The now Vanderbilt houses aro ex
pressly fortified against anarchists. Hot
1 wuter und rifles aro provided iu conven
ient places ready for a garrison of serv
ants to keep a mob at buy. .
Tho greatest natural cold known is es
timated nt 105 degrees below zero. The
uighost natural temperature is in Egypt,
117 degrees.
Solid bronzo statues wero cost iu the
fourth century beforo Christ by u Greek
founder u.imed Lvsinims.