Chicago has twenty-two general and
sixteen special hospitals, with 3,409
beds.
The now inhoritaneo tux law ol Eng
land linn had the cff. ct of making many
people give their bequests before they
die.
British Honduras is entering largely
upon tliii cultivation of tho honcqiion,
or manilln lnnt, from which tho best
quality of rope is manufactured.
In Franco 148,000 families bavo
clniinoil exemption from certain tnxca
recently voted by tho government, on
acemtut of having scveu or nioro chil
dren. Uinler tho Relgiau law unmarried
men over 23 hnvo ono vote, married
ineii ami widowers with fa mi lies hnvo
two votes, nnil priests nml others of
position nml education have thrco
votes. There nre aevcro penalties- for
those who fail to vote.
British sailors clischnrged in foreign
ports are protected against land sharks
by a recent arrangement made by the
Board of Trndo. On the arrival of a
vossel nn agent of the board appear,
who finds ont what men wiah to re
turn home and the siims due them i he
then provides thorn with money for
travelling expencoa and warren ts of
he board for the rest of their wages,
payable in England.
Over 400,000 was spent by tho
British government for cavalry ro
mountain 1803. Tho army veterinary
-department coat $135,000 per annum
and $2,500 is expended for fodder.
Tho British establishment has an
average of 14,809 horses and the In
dian 11,801. The household cavalry
averages 819, cavalry of the line 11,
229, royal horse artillery 2,930, field
artillery, 9,118, royal engineers 391,
infantry transport!, etc , 723; army
servieo corps 1,209 and 196 horses un
attached. An aluminum-copper torpedo boat
las just been constructed in England.
Tho proportion of copper is but six
per cent, this giving the vessel a vast
increase of strength. Tho boat weight
but half as niucu as one made of steel,
-though tho plates are twenty-five pel
cent thicker than t'iey would be il
made of that material The alloy if
very tough and broaka only at a pres
sure of 28,000 pounds. The craft
steams nt twenty and one-hnlf knots,
'whereas a similar boat of stool would
show Imt scvonteen. "Tho alloy will
bu the ship building material of the
future," predicts tho St. Louis Star
Snyiugs. According to recent statistics, thorc
aro about 2,000 women practicing
medicine on tho continent of North
America, of whom 130 are homoopath
ists. The majority are ordinary prac
titioners, but among the rcmaindet
aro seventy hospital physicians oi
aurgoons, ninety-five professors in the
schools, 610 specialists for tho dis
eases of women, soventy alienists,
sixty-fivo orthopedists, forty ocoulist
aud aurists, and, finally, thirty electro-therapeutists.
In Canada there it
but one medical school exclusively de
voted to tho training of medical ladies,
but in the United States in 1893 there
were ten, one of them being a homeo
pathic establishment
Southern Russia and tho TJnitod
States used to supply all the wheat
reqiircmonts of Europe. Today we
are leediug wheat to stock. Here nro
-the reasons: The Argentine Bepublio
this season exported to England 40,
'000,000 bushels more than ever be
fore, the grain being mostly grown by
Englishmen. The Iudiun harvest was
not very good, but, lumping them
together, the exports of India, Egypt,
Bussia, Persia and Turkey were in
1894 as large as ever. England has
-enjoyed a fair harvest, aud Franco one
mo nu usually good that she requires
lonly 13,000,000 bushels instead of the
40, 001, 000 she ordinarily requires.
Every one of theso wheat producing
countries are iucreusing their wheat
areas, some to an extent most damsg
iusj to American interests, as, for in
.Blauoe, that of Argentine, which now
Uias over 7,000,000 acros devoted to
this grain, an increaso of nearly fifty
per cent over 1893.
Thirty Nile tn the Earth.
Itjv. Osm ud Fisher, in a very re
liable work eutitlud "Piiysica of tho
Eirth's Crust," says that "tho rate of
.iuoroima in temperature hh tho distance
Ibeueath the surfiioo is auguineuted is,
on the whole, an uquublo one and muy
be tukeu to average ubout a degree
ior each tifty-one feet." Figuriug ou
this statement us the most reliable,
we find that at a depth of thirty miles
.below tho Biufaoj all huown metuls
vinl rocks aro in a stuto of white hot
Xubion. Now York Advertiser.
Lever KIM.
His hair as wintry snow is whltoi
Hit trembling steps are slow
Ills eyes have lost their merry Unlit
Her che, -ks tlnlr rosy glow.
Her hair has not its tints of gold)
1 1 is volee no Joyous thrill i
A ml yet, though feolilo, gray ami old,
They're faithful lovers still.
Sines thny worn wed, on lawn and lea,
U.'t did the ilnlsles Mow,
And oft neross the traekloss sea
Did swallows conio and got
Oft wore the Ion at branehes bars
And oft In (fold arrayed i
Oft did the IIHns scent tho air,
The roses bloom and fado.
They've had tln-lr sham of hopes and tears,
Their share of bliss and hale,
Hlnee first hn whispered In her ears
A lover's tender tale (
Full many a thorn amid the flowers
Has lain upon their way t
They've had thi-lr dull November hours,
As well ss il lys of Mny.
lint firm and trim through weal and woe,
Through change ot time and seenn.
Through winter's gloom, through summer'
glow,
Their faith and love have been ;
Together hand In haud they pass
Horonely down life's hill,
In hopes one grave In churchyard grass
May hold them lovers still.
Maodilsx Itocs tn Chambers' Journal.
A Device of the Duchess,
Miss Marjoram burst into a ripplo ot
merry laughter. Ferdie was a dear
boy and all thnt, but she couldn't pos
sibly love him and she'd refused
Lord Barchestcr for no reason at all,
which was a woman's reason and
thero ia tho carriago, and auntie had
better hastou, or they would miss
Melba's wake song in tho first act of
"Romeo ct Juliotto."
For a brief spaco the Duchess's
fears concerning Kittie's affections
were lulled, but they were roused
again to instant suspicions when, at
the beginning of the balcony scene,
Allan Treuiayne, all uninvited, enter
ed her box and coolly slipped into a
chair at Kittie's sido.
Every sigh of love, evory thrill of
passion of the two stago lovers found
an echo in Kittio Marjoram's heart,
and tho Duchess saw it, for she was an
observant woman and know well how
to read ftoeting blushes and downcast
eyes,
When tho fond Vorouoso pair sang
of a sooret marriago tho chaperon's
sharp eyes saw Tremayno's lips haud
somo, clean-shaven lips shape rather
than utter a word or two in her car.
Tromayno put the ladies into their
brougham aftor the opera, aud as ho
did so said an impressive "Oood-by."
"Au revoir, I presume you mean,
Mr. Tremayne," said tho Duchoss, her
tones, sharpened by tho certainty that
as she and her nioce entered tho park
noxt morning Mr. Tremayne would
spring from soraewhoro with an offer
of chairs or the latest scrap of tittle
tattle. "No, really, good-by. I'm off for
six weeks' salmon fishing in Norway.
Lord Tregarth has lent mo his rivet
and the chance is too good to be miss
ed." "And yon won't be at Goodwood or
Cowes?" criod the Duchess, in acoonts
of most uncomplimentary joy.
"Alas I no. Ho once more good
by." "Well, I hope the affair is done
with," sighod the Duchess to horself,
after Kittio had kissed her good-night
and gone to her own room. "It's a
meroy that man has gone. He might
easily have persuaded the silly child
to any act of folly oven to marrying
him. Porkins, Miss Marjoram has
left hor gloves and fun here. Take
them to her."
Tho Duohoss pushed Kittie's belong
ings aside, and as she did so folt the
faint crackle of thin paper beneath
the pressure of her hand.
"Never mind," she cried hastily.
"Miss Kittie need not be disturbed to
night. You oun go, Perkins,"
Once alono the Duchess drew from
palm of the small soeutod glove a note
writton on foreign paper.
"My Own Darling. Thanks for
your trusting faith in my love and
your sweet promise to beoome my
wife. You must leave the Goodwood
oourso during the luuoheon hour on
Wednesday. Drive to tho station at
Chichester. I will meet you thero
with the license in my pocket We'll
be married at Dover, and then for a
life-long honeymoon. You shall see
how beuutifully I shall catch Her
Grace over tho Norway lie. Your
adoring,
"Allan Tbemayne."
"I wonder to how many women
Allan Tremayne has signed himself an
adorer?" cried tho Duchuss to the ail.
'vor-topped bottles ou her dressing
table, "uud how many women have
beon fools enough to believe him? But
Kittio, poor little simpleton, shall be
the last Her heart is touched, I
know, but she's a proud girl, aud
won't wear it on her sleeve for the
rott of her sex to peck at. - Anyway,
it will ho for hor own good, oven if the
euro hurts. Now what's my best plan
of action'. ' Hhn twisted tho tiny note
in her fingers for n moment. "Kittio
mustn't know I've seen this, it will
put her on her guard, ami only result
in another plan. I can't let her have
this back, it's too valuable a weapon
to part with. I wonder I wonder if
I've any paper uearly like this?"
With the activity of a young girl
sbo ran to her escritoire, and search
ing through hor blotter found a half
shoct of thin foreign paper.
"The very thing," ahe cried, anil,
sitting dowu, tho Duchess of Dulvcr
ton proceeded to trace word for word
of Allan Tremayno's note on the fresh
scrap of paper. It took an hour to
do, and the dawn was peeping round
the blinds aa she folded tho forged
lottcr into Kittie's glove aud locked
the original document in a private
drawer.
On tho following Monday the
Duchess of Dulverton, with Miss
Marjoram, Lord Ferdie and a party
of friends repaired to Down View,
Goodwood. The weather was de
lightful and the party in high spirits,
except the DuchesB herself, who com
plained of headache and depression.
She went to tho races on Tuesday,
however, but on Wednesday declared
herself uullt to leave tho house, and
her guests drove to the course without
her.
Hhe watched Kittie from her win
dow as she entered the carriago. The
girl looked pale, but very lovely, dark
rings of sleeplessness enhanced the
beauty of her soft eyes, while the
plaiutivo droop at the corners of her
sweet mouth lent an added charm to
hor face.
Sho wore a whito serge frock, just
touched with her favorito poppy red
at the throat aud hem, a neat close
hat waa fitted above her curls, and a
largo dark wrap cloak was handed in
to tho carriage after her.
"Umph! quits equipped, I see,"
muttered tho Duchess, as sho rang her
bell for Perkins, demanded to be
dressed at once, aud ordered her sin
gle brougham to bo round in an hour.
"Wauts a quarter to one, then sho
won't bo here yet," said Allan Tro
miiyne, as he sauntered into the Chi
chester railway station. "Byjovel
Allan, you're a lucky dog to laud such
a prize, a real little beauty, and heav
ily gilt from top to toe. I love hor,
too, for her big eyes ami for that rose
bud mouth of hers. But I'll tho
dickens 1 tho Duchess!"
"Good morning, Mr. Tremayne,"
cried tho Duchess of Dulvorton,
cheerily, "I expectod to find you here.
No, I won't shako hamts, thanks."
Sho glanced at tho station clock.
"Ono already. Dear mo, how timo
flies, and we've only tou minutes for a
chat."
"Ten miuutcBl I don't "
"A quick train for Loudon stops
here in ten minutes," interposed tho
Duchess, with an air of imparting
agreeable information, "and you are
going to catch it."
"I beg your pardou, Duchess, but
I think not. You are laboring under
a mistake." Tremayne tried to keep
his temper, but the knowledge that
somotbing had gone wrong with his
plans made him brusque of speech.
Tho Duchess, too, altorod hor tone
from simple urbanity to a colder key.
"Come iuto the waiting-room with
mo," she said, "Ah I you need not
look so eagerly at the door. I know
you are expecting Miss Marjoram
every minuto. I cannot prevent hor
from coming here, but I can stop you
from speaking to her."
"Wild horses could not do that,"
blustered Tremnyno.
"I daresay not," repliod tho Duch
ess, "but those three constables over
there, who hold a warrant for your
arrest, can."
"A warrant I" gasped Allan, turn
ing pale. "What for?"
"For attempting to marry a ward
in chanoery without the consent of
the court Ah! you needn't deny.
Your letter arranging this little af
fair is at this moment in the hands
of the magistrate who granted the
warrant. It will be forwarded to the
proper authorities touight in the
event of your arrest Now, Mr,
Tromayno, your train is just duo;
hadu't you hotter get over to tho op
posite platform? One moment, though
your disappointment oouceruing
my niece is, uo doubt, great aud the
trip to Norway is expousivo."
She drew from her pookot a roll of
notes and thrust them iuto his hand.
"Your train," she said once more,
smiling. "You'll have to run."
Aud he ran.
The Duchess turuod to find Kittio
behind her, whito as her gown, uud
trembling from lieud to foot
"The coward I The mean wretch I
To be bought off like that with a few
paltry notes 1" cried the girl indignantly.
"There wcro .500 worth, my denr,"
aid tho Duchess, slipping her hand
through Kittie's arm nml leading her
from tho station.
Tho matter was never referred to
again except on the evening of tho
day on which Kittie Marjoram prom
ised to become the wife of Lord Fer
die Dellairs.
"I owe you a big debt of gratitude,
auntio, dear," said Kittio, kneeling at
the Duchess's feet. "I feel I can
never repay you."
"You have done so today, my
child," cried tho Duchess, parting her
golden curia and kissing her forehead.
London Society.
Home Sew Facts About Seals.
A. IS. Alexander, an official con
nected with tho United States Fish
Commission, has lately returned from
Alaska, whore he put in the summer
studying tho seals from a scientific
point of view.
"I find the catch this year will bo
considerably loss than last year," ho
said last night, "but about up to the
usual average, for it must be remem
bered that last year must bo an excep
tionally good year. The Indians say
that evory four years there is a good
catch and evory twenty years a phen
omenal one. This is undoubtedly
true as far as the run every four years
is concerned, but the subject has not
been studied long enough to say
whether they are correct in regard to
the twenty-year theory.
"This has been an off year as far as
the investigation of the fisheries by the
Albatross is concerned, as she was
pressed into sorvioe to assist in patrol
ling Bchring Sea, and so I spent the
best part of tho summer studying seal
life from tho deck of a polngio sealer.
We did not have particularly good
luck, and though seals were fairly
plentiful tho weather was so boister
ous that the boats could not be low
ered. I examined the stomachs of a
number of thoso caught to got an idea
of tho seal's favorite diet, but as seals
have vory strong digestive organs and
digest their food very quickly, it is
somewhat difficult to speak with any
degroo of certainty. Howovor, I
found a number of jaws of the squid,
which aro hard and indigestible, in tho
stomachs examined so it is fuir to pro
sumo thnt they are fond of that very
ropulsive looking fish. Cod aud hali
but are also tho prey of the seals, as
well us a uumbor of other smaller fish.
It is a moot question as to what depth
seals can reach, soma claiming thnt
they can reach profound depths, whilo
others claim that thoy hnvo only tho
power to dive a short distance
"On tho Fairweathor groundH off
Capo St, Elias, whero the wator is at
least 100 fathoms deep, I havo soon
thorn como up with red oodflsh in
their mouths, but though tho fish are
a ground fish, I cauuot gunrantoe that
they were captured on tho bottom.
Scattlo Tolegraph.
Montana's l'alnt Nino.
It is not generally known that we
have in this locality, vory noar the
"Geyser," a paint mine. We might
say it was a quarry, there is so much
of it. One of our enterprising citi
zens, Mr. Joseph Blcssiug, recently
took a wagon and shovel and loaded
up with two colors (thero aro three or
four colors to be had) and brought it
home, pounded it up with an old ham
mer, mixing it up with liuseod oil, and
put it on bis picket fence. Ho now
has one of the handsomest fonoos in
the State the upper part a rich old
gold and tho lower a beautiful ma
roon. The mine seems to be simply inex
haustible. This mine and tho "Gey
ser" whioh is near it, were discovered,
or, rather, loouted, about cightoen
years ago by that veteran old-timoi
and prince of good fellows, Naylor
Thompson, whom everybody knows
and likes. It was shown to him in
the first place by a friendly Indian
ohiof, who took a liking to Nuylor and
assured him (Naylor) that it was the
source of supply for all the Indians
west of tho Missisippi River and has
been for centuries.
Those were the days when Nayloi
oould draw his chair up to a table and
sit down without knocking the table
over he was very active. Well tho
Indians came thousands of miles fol
this paiut and used it to deoorute theii
persona when ou the warpath ; trail
led from the mine in all directions,
showing that it had been a uuturul
centre of meeting for tho red men,
just tho same us the well-known pipe
stone quarry of southwestern Minne
sota. Townseud Messenger.
Willing to Try. .
Duko do Cay Do you love qu old
ruin?
Miss Cutchum Oh, your Graoe,
this U so er I think I could learn,.
Detroit Tribune.
DIPHTIIKRIA CURE.
Europaan Djcton Disoover a Rem
edy for the DisoaBe.
Olphtherla Bacteria Rendered
Harmless by Inoculation.
Even every child ourly learns about
"bciu' vax'uated" against a dread ill
ness knowu as smallpox. And per
haps s jiuo of you hnvo lioard about a
simular process bolug lately discover
ed as a remedy for tho other fatal
contagious disease, diphtheria. The
German aud French physicians have
been investigating the thoory for
years, until finally a "serum" hasboen
prepared and used in tha Hospital des
Enfunts Mulndes, in Paris, by Dr.
Itonx with go-jd results. Under tho
influence of the now trentinont the
diphtheria mortality iu this hospital
was reduced from fifty to twenty-six
per cent, Dr. Gibier, of the Pasteur
Institute, of Now York, is now at
work preparing the "serum" and is
only awaiting an opportunity to thore
itomotiatrata its eftloacy by actual ad
ministration to the little diphtheria
patients.
The preparation of tho "sorura" is
a long and tedious prooess, but the es
sential points cai be briefly told. You
must first know that diphthoria is now
found to be caused by a microbe. This
microbe, which, in scientiflo works,
has a long name, throws out a poison
whioh produeos in the patient all the
peculiar symptoms of the disease.
Strange as it may seem, the first step
lu tho preparation of tho honliug "so
rum" is to make a culture, or eolony,
of those deadly organisms. A portion
ot the membrane, or diseased tissue,
is obtained from a bad case of diphthe
ria, and the gorma found in it are
transferred to a vessol containing
boullion, or a kind of beef soup. The
microbes are found to thrive in this
broth, and thoy aro left for several
months to multiply and gonorato their
poison. At the eud of this time the
broth is filtered, aftor which it is
roady for injection. An animal is se
lected and propnrod for the operation.
Tho horso is found to bo tho best for
tho purpose. With a largo syringe
a definite quantity of the poisonous
broth of ascertained strength is in
jected into the horse's jugular voin.
Tho first dose must bo small. It is
said that tho horso exporionoos no pain
and no othor symptoms than a alight
fovorishness are produced. The in
jection is rcpoatod daily for six weeks.
It is then found that tho blood sorum
of tho horse, when drawn off and sep
arated from the blood clot, is a suc
cessful treatment for the poisonous
toxiue of tho diphthoria microbes, the
horso sorum being injected into the
blood of a human pationt,
Honoe tho namo giving the curing
substance is anti-toxino. Tho thoory
of the antagonizing power of the
sorum is based on the fact that the
blood gradually acquiros the power of
resiating certain poisons. The cells
of tho blood learn by experience to
make a socrotion which will resist the
action of the poison. It is a matter
of cellular memory. The diphtheria
microbe poison is strong enough in
many cases, where the system is un
prepared, to kill. The anti-toxine is
just strong enough to warn the cells of
danger and them how to fortify thorn
solves against the enemy. Washing
ton Pathfinder.
A Well as a Barometer,
There is a curious woll on the Flint
farm, in the town of Groat Valley,
Cattaraugus county N. Y, It is a natural
barometer. Nobody ever passes that
furm, winter orstimmor, if tho weather
is settled, without asking something
like this:
"Does tho woll threaton a change?"
For everyone knows that if there is
bad weather coming the well will lot
them know it, euro as sure can bo.
They call tho well up there tho
"whistling woll," although it doesn't
whistle now. But that isn't any fault
of the well. This well was dug about
fifty yeurs ago by tho father of Col.
Fliut, who now occupies the farm.
Ho put it down forty-five feet, but
found no water, a strong ourreut of air
cumo from the well at times. The
opening wus oovered with a big fiat
stouo, aud for amusoiuout a hole was
drilled in the stone and a big tiu whis
tle fitted iuto it This whistle had two
tones ono whan tho air rushed up
from thu well, and a different one
when the counter current sucked tho
air buck into the mysterious depths.
It wasn't long before tho discovery
was mudo that within forty-eight hours
after tho outrushing ourront from tho
well started the whistle to nhriukiug a
htorni invariably followed. Whon the
touo of tho whistle was ohaiiged by
tho reversing of the, ourreut, it was
discovered that the change meant a
chnngo ami tho coming of fair weath
er. These weather signals never failed.
When tho weather was settled tho
whistle was silent. Tho whistle got
out of order somo years ago, and for
that reason, was nover rapaired, but
tho coming and going currents of air
still prophesy the coining of thoir re
spective "spell of weather" with un
varying infallibility. New York Sun.
A Petrified Woman's Value.
Judgo Hunt decided yestorday that
one-half of a petrified woman is worth
$1,000. The petrified woman in con
troversy was owued jointly by Max
Outtor and Richard V. Doggett Thoy
formed a partnership for the purpose
of exhibiting her ladyship to the pub
lio and of reaping thereby a harvest of
dimes and nickels. It was in Novem
ber, 1893, that tho manager of a Mar
ket street museum offered $'20 a week
to secure the lady's presence as an
added attraction for hisplaoo of amuse
ment -1
Her petrified ladyship, however,
nover appeared on exhibition. The
causa was explained by Gutter in a
suit wherein he alleged that his part
ner had taken the aforesaid potriflod
lady by force and violence and con
verted her to his ( Doggo tt's) own use.
Guttor doraandod compensation . for
his loss, whioh he estimated at $2,000,
He prooeedod on the assumption that
a genuine petrified woman should be
worth at least $1,000. Making due
llowance for the enthusiasm of the
showman Judge Hunt fixed the value
of her ladyship at (2,000. A little bit
of calculation showed that one-half the
lady would be worth $1,000, for which
amount Outtor was awarded judgment
Thero was nothing in the evidonce
to show which particular half of the
petrified beauty was claimed by each
or either owuor. Doggett, however,
mado good aud sure of his one-half by
taking both. On tho other hand
Guttor now declares that he will pur
sue his ono-half until he gets the $1,000
awarded him by the court San Fran
cisco Chronicle.
The Mule Has More Sense Than the
Horse.
It is commonly thought that a mule
is a stupider creature than the horse,
but I have never found a person who'
was well acquainted with both animals
who hesitated to place the mongrel in
tho intellectual grade above the pure
blood animal. Thero ia, it is true, a
decided difference in tho mental qual
ities of tho two creatures. The mule
is relatively undemonstrative, his
emotions being sufficiently expressed
by an occasional bray a modo of ut
terance which he has inherited from
the humbler sido of his house in a
singularly unchanged way. Evon in
the best humor he appears sullen, and
lacks thoso playful oapers which give
such expression to the well-bred horse
particularly in its youthful state. It
is evident, however that it discrimi
nates men and things more dearly than
does the horse. In going over diffi
cult ground it studies its surface and
picks its way so as to seoure a footing
in an almost infallible manner. Even
when loaded with a pack it will con
sider the incumbrance and not so of
ten try to pass where the burdon will
become entangled with fixed objects.
Scribnor.
Number of Hogs in the United States.
There is no annual record kept of
the swino industry of tho United
States, but on consus years there is an
attompt mado to get tho number of
tho various domeatio animals raised
during those years. The statistics for
the last census have not as yet come to
hand, but those of 1880 give the lum
ber of hogs in the United States as
49,772,700, consequently we can safo
ly say that in round numbers there
were at least 50,000,000 raised during
that year. When pork is low there is
always a decrease in tho number ot
hogs, and when the price is high far
mers strive to increase the number of
hogs ou their farms. It is the same
with all kind of farm products and
this is one of the reasons why thore is
such a wide fluctuation in prices. The
time, however, to prepare for high
prioes is when there is a great depres
sion in the markets. New York Sun.
Your Yoke Tuned to Suit.
Experiments have beon mado by the
Prussian throat specialist, Dr. Ban
drus, upou tho modifications effected
upou the voice by various kinds of in
halations. It appears that tha voice
oau be ruised or lowered at will by in
haling brandy, rum, curaooa, tar,
chloroform, petroleum, etc,
Tho inhalations are made to suit a
teuor, soprano or bass voioo, who can
thus write arouud to their medical ad
viser for an extra note or two- when
ever they are golug to siug at an opera,
or concert