Eight Western Btnte Legislature
have voted on womnn miffrnRO during
tha past few weeks: via, North Da
kota, South Dakota, Montana, Wash
iuRton, Oregon, California, Idaho,
siul Arizona.
Now deposits of phosphates havo
been discovered by French explorers
In tho western parts of Tunisia. The
mineral capacities of Africa are still
but partially known. Ctold nlouo op
pears to absorb the attention of mod
ern explorers.
Qucon Victoria is elaborating a lit'
orary order of knighthood for tho rec
ognition of those who have distin
guished themselves in journalism or
literature. It is to consist of twenty
four knights of the grand cross, 100
knights commanders and 250 compan
ions. Allien is nlowly bjing gobbled up
by tho E.iropcau powers. Occasion
ally one of them receives a slight sot
back, but usually a disaster only serves
to spur thorn to further exertions.
France has just Buffered a slight re
verse, but for every soldier killed by
tho natives several thousand squaro
miles of land will betaken, and things
will thus bo made even.
A wail from English horso breeders
shows to how low a prica our horses
have fallen. During the last six
months 5,000 horses have been landed
in Glasgow alone, and hnvo been sold
nt a fair profit for sixty dollars a head.
These horses must havo been bought
in tho far Northwest, suggests the St.
Louis Star-Siyiugs, and to obtain any
profit must havo been shipped from
their ranches at not more that five
dollars apiece.
It is computed by a statistician of
the curious Queen Victoria's hand,
which iB said to be a haudsomo one,
has signed moro important state papers
and been kisRed by more important
men than any other queen that lived.
Tho Qili'on does a great deal of politi
cal work of which tho public raroly
heirs. Every day sealed boxes of
documents are brought to hor and in
oue year sho has read as many as
28,000 state papers.
Tho destruction of the orangas,
pineapples and other tropical fruits by
the intensely cold weather of tho past
season brings up in tho Atlanta Jour
nal tho question if crop insurance has
been found practical in some parts of
Europe, why should it not prove feas
ible in this country, especially in viow
of disastrous experiences in the South
and Wont in recent years. If there
should be a company formed to insure
fruits, vegetables and things of that
sort from frost or storm iu tho South
it would get nearly every furiuor iu
this section.
Tho battle of Wuterloo was fought
eighty years ago. There are now liv
ing twenty-three known survivors of
that great conflict. Of these fourteen
live iu England, six in France and
ftiree in this country. The battle of
Waterloo was fought fifty years before
the close of our Civil War. Within
fifty years, therefore, it is probable,
maintains the Boston Cultivator, that
the number of Union veterans or those
who fonght for tho Confederacy will
be roduced to very small proportions.
The average of human life is increas
ing, and though the hardships of
their war experience have shortened
many lives, it seems probable that as
many, if not more, will survive of
those who took part in our Civil Was,
as there are now survivors of the bat
tle of Watorloo.
The report of tho "Darkest Eng
land" scheme for 1894 gives the fol'
lowing interesting facts: London con'
tains 100,000 paupers, 80,000 abau.
donod women, 3!), 009 homeless adults
and 85,000 slum children, while 10,
O00 new oriminals are added each year,
The Sulvation Army, through this
work, has 5,400 homeless men and
women in its shelter every night, Tho
fond depots distributed during ten
mouths 2,500,000 meals. In con
nection with the refuges are seven
labor factories, which constantly em'
ploy about 1,000 mon and 230 women.
The farm oolony has bjun suooassful,
both iu furnishing employment to
those out of work and in netting to
itself a prottt of several hundred
pounds. The work of the Army is
commended highly by Archbishop
Farrar, a conservative churohman,
and by Mr. Lsbonohere, who is an
gnostic.
Changed Circumstances.
Maud Is Mr. Morton still paying
attention to your daughter?
Mr. Go'ldbng Why, good gracious,
sol He's not paying ber any stteu-
' tion a'j all now. They're married,
Tlmn's I' p.
Time's up for life and laughter)
Wo've drained the banquet cupi
lint now thn dark come after,
And lights aro out. Tlmo'a up.
O loven In sweet place,
With lips of song and sigh (
Come forth with pallid faces
And kiss your Inst goodby t
O sweet bride nt the marriage,
Impatient nt your gates,
Beslilo a saldo carriage,
The ghostly footman waits.
O stntMman. crowned and splendid,
Tho laurel leaves your brow
Tho long debate ts ended,
The balls aro voiceless now.
Time's up for wooing, winning,
For doubt ami reum and strife,
For sighing and for slnltu
For love, for hnte, for life!
Time's up! The dial mark Is
On the Inst hour complete;
Lie down there where tin dark Is
And dream that time wns sweet ! .
A CUR'S CONSTANCY.
Bobo was a poor old dog, and Max
Wilber wns a poor young artist-
Everybody had kicked tho dog out,
and so Max took him in.
Max was shabby. Ouo could guess
that he had no money in his pockets,
but Hobo hud not tha keen apprecia
tion of such a fault.
"Havo they nil shut their doors
against you, Hobo?" snid Max. "Come
homo then and share my sausage."
Bobo comprehended the iuvitntion,
and without more ndo followed Wilber
up tho staircase of his lodgings, and
stretched himself before the empty
stove, with as evident nn intention of
never more departing as that mani
fested by Toe's Raven.
A littlo room with a north light and
an easel, with a screen which fancied
that it hid a bid, with furniture worth
iu the bulk five dollars; with traces of
a Bohomian supper a pound of sau
sages and a loaf of rye bread.
Ee had an opera-glass, and a meer
schaum which was tho pride of his
Boal ; but he hud no place to put them
but tho mantlcpicce. He had an in
come, nnd ho painted pictures. When
tho incomo came due, and no picture
was sold, ho livod ou sausage, and
grow shabby.
When the sausage was cooked, ho
gave a scrupulous half of that and of
his bread to Bobo, and tho two ate
heartily.
But supper over, Max sat down and
thought rather bitterly that that day
Flora had driven past, not seeing him
at all, and iu tho curriago with her,
beside her mnmma, was a young gen
tleman, handsome, dashing, elegantly
dressed, and Flora was looking at him,
and
"It must come sometime," he said,
"All tho love in tho world is worth-
loss without money."
Then he started to his feet nnd
looked at his pictures, and hope came
into his heart he might mako his for
tuno some day, to be sure. In throe
weeks the quarter's incomo came in.
lie would try to wait and buy a new
suit nnd call again on Flora.
He would tell her of his love, and
they would wait togother for fame and
fortune.
From that hour Max and Bobo were
inseparable. Max grew fond of the
ungainly beast, and Bobo worshipped
Max. Under tho Bohemian changes
of living at the studio he partook of
everything, from pate de fois gras to
dry ruck, but he fared as well as his
master in every case ; and what more
can a dog ask?
Moanwhilo Max still adored Miss
Alibi ; ho was her shadow as long as
his new gloves lasted ; and he vanished
from her sight when mid-quartorly
shabbiuoss overcame him. At last his
emotions overcame his common-sense.
and boing all alone in the drawing
room with his angel, he told her he
adored her J and she gave a little sob,
aud turned her fuoe from him ; and ho
caught her hand aud kissed it, and in
a moment more had kiseod ber lips,
and it was done. Whatever happened
afterward. Mux never could forget
that blissful moment Sho promised
to "wait for him" forever, und was so
sure of his coming farao that bo grew
sure of it also ; aud but one thing
more romaiued the speaking to Mr.
Alibi. That Max dreadel When he
did speak, that worthy gentleman lis
toned in amizaraent, and prooseded
forthwith to browbeat hiiu, as though
he had been iu the witnois-box. In
the end he proved to him that he was
too poor to marry, and ended by as
suriug him that tho idea was out of
the question.
Foor Max, into whose ideas of ma
trimony the "leaviug" of his wife, with
or without money, did not enter,
found no answer, aud was politely
bowed out.
Tho climax cirne in an interview
with Flora, in whioh she wept, but de
olared that she must obey her father.
Tuat vveoiug Suiw iUtl iu rUt
for a word or a whistle, nnd the next,
nnd tho next, and the next also. Max
stayed nt homo and painted nothing
and smnkod and drank instead. In a
week tho state of his mind was some
thing terrible ; ho was more than
ready for any desperate deed, nnd he
decidod that, hIiico ho could not share
his life with Flora, he would get rid
of it altogether. To this end, ho went
out In his slippers to a neighboring
shop nud bought a hook aud a pieco of
clothes line.
Ho returned nnd lockod tho door
nnd drow the table to the middle of
tho room nud drove the hook into the
centre beam carefully. Then he mado
a slip-knot in tho rope, aud arranged
it to fit his throat. Then he jumped
down and found pen, ink and paper,
and wrote a farewell tiotu to Flora and
climbed to the tablo agnin,
Bobo by this timo considered it his
duty to ascertain exactly what was go
ing on. His master's face wore an ex
pression of despair, and dogs can un
derstand expression. Moreover, there
was something very wrong about the
wholo complication. Hobo put both
paws upon tho table, turned his nose
upward, opened his groat yellow eyes
to their full width and gave vont to a
prolonged and woeful howl. Max was
just about to kick away the chair whou
it struck his ear. He looked down.
"Farewell, old dog," he said; "my
only friend, farewell. You are con
stant j yoti ore true. You love me, I
know. You will mourn me."
And then it c.uuo into his mind that
Bobo would hava cause to mourn.
That once more he would bo homeless,
friendless, kicked from every door,
abused by children, barked at by well
fad dogs, scratched by angry cats, aud
carriod nt last perhaps to tho pound.
To this he left his faithful dog, his
last friend.
"And, by George, I won't do it,''
said Max still ou his perch with the
rope about his neck. "'You've been
true to me, Bobo, and I'll bear my
misery rather than leave you to suffer,
Bobo, old dog, it's a great thing to
dio for any oue. I'm going to do
mora for you; I'm going to live for
you."
Aud Max uuknottod tho rope,
jumped oil' the table, nnd fluug himself
down upon tho tloor beside Bobo, who
lickod his face, aud daucad in ecstacy.
That night Bobo slept with his mas
ter before tho fire. Sometimes Max
roused from tho feverish half-sleep in
which ho lost himself, aud felt the
rough paws on his breast, aud patted
them.
By dawn ho fell sound asloop, and
never awakened until a quick, light
rapping at his door startlod him to
tho consciousness that it was high
noon. Ho startid to his feet aud
opened the door. Without was Flora,
"Groat Heavens I" criod Mux. "You
here!" Aud ho drow her in, forgetful
of his rumpled hair aud disordered
cravat.
"Oh Max!" she criod. "it is so
strango for me to como, I know but
I have such good news. Of course,
I'm sorry Uncle William is dead ; but
I never saw him in my life, and he has
left mo a fortuuo, aud I am of age to
day ; and, Max, d irling, I may do as I
ploaso, and papa says so. And, ob,
Max "
And Max took her in his arms and
kissed her.
Whereupon Bobo, quite sure that
matters had reached a happy olimax,
leaped about in ecstaoy.
Whether Max ever told Flora how
be came to be alive on ber arrival, in
stead of hanging from the book in tho
oeiling, it is impossible for us to be
quite certain i but one thing we do
know, and that is, that, to tho end of
bis days, no pet poodlo, or glossy
King Charles or graooful greyhound
was over more tenderly cherished by
master and mistress than was grim,
ill-favored, ill-bred, faithful Bobo by
Max and his little wife. New York
News.
Japanese Feasting.
A Japauese formal diuuor begins
with the presentation of a small
lacquer bowl of soup aud fish. Th
soup is drunk, the fish eaten with
chopsticks. Then come puree of chest
nuts, salmi of wild fowl, boiled lily
roots, stewed seaweed, or such queer
entrees. Then sakl is drunk from
thimble-size cups with much oere
mony. The serving girls, squatting
on their heels about the diners, serve
the saki. Then come tiny raw fish,
cakes of tnuny kinds, tea and rice,
Smoking is admissible, even when la
dies are present.
The Selfish Brute.
Mrs. Heddiok Now I know why I
cau't get good butter at Gilligan'a.
See bis advertisment:
Heddick (ruadiug aloud) Gilligan
keeps the best butter.
Mrs. Heddiok I should think he'd
1 ou uij.'j bj sulluig it
The Matnro of Mankind.
Dr. Theodore Gill, when askod by
tho writer nt the Smithsonian
whother ha wis stnrtelcd by Pro
testor Djtitth's examination, ex
pressed his opinion thnt man is now
nt tho maximum iu the scale of health
nnd stature. Various theories, he says,
havo been promulgated by nnthropol-
gists trying to prove that man's pre
historic ancestors were races of giants
and that tho human race has been on
the decrcaso ever since ; but ho has no
respect for such doctrines. As proof
of this, ho says most of the ancient ar
mour worn by the best physical typos
of men many centuries ago is too small
and too short for tho averago man of
to-day.
Professor W. J. McGeo, tho well-
known ethnologist, says that Americans
need have no fear that nuy such con
dition may result from their mental
igor. When Herbert Spencer visited
this country ho prophesied that our
Nation would soon dovolop into a
stuuted, unhealthy race, because in
their struggle fur intellectual and com
mercial superiority our oitizans wore
burning the caudle nt both ends; but
slues this prophecy was made the sta
tistics havo continued year by yoar to
provo that we are tha tallest and the
healthiest Nation on tho globo. A de
crease in man's staturo, thu Professor
coutinuod, would bo brought about by
improper nutrition or neglect of exer
cise. As an eximplo of the effects of
iuetifllciont food, the Indian tribes
which have existed for centuries iu our
arid regious aro much thinner and
shorter in stature thau those whose fa
thers enjoyed tho abuudaut game of
the prairies. Grcatuess of stature in
dicates the maximum of health and
strength. The Americans or rather the
citizens of tha United States, staud at
tho top of tho ladder, aud the- half-
starved dwarf races of Africa at the
bottom. Boston Transcript,
The Tongues of Birds.
Although the form of the tongue of
birds usually corresponds to tho shape
of the bill, there are exceptions to
this rule, as, for example, iu the
wadors, kingfisher aud hoopoo, which,
iu spite of their long bills, only pos
sess small cartilaginous tongues. In
tho pelican, indoed, the tongue is al
together rudimentary. In most birds
whoso food consists of seeds, tho
touguo is dart or awl shaped; iuothors
spatulato jrarely vermiform or tubular.
Iu some birds, such as tho owl, which
swallow their prey entire, tho touguo
is broad nud serves as a mere shovel.
In the hedge sparrow, nuthatch, wood
cock and others the tongue if bifid or
trifld at its apex, while iu tho hum
ming birds thu touguo is split into
two branches almost to its base, nnd
is used for actually gripping tho small
insects ou which these resplendent lit
tlo creatures subsist. In a family of
parrots the tongue is provided at its
apex with a brush of some 250 to 300
hair-liko processes. Iu tho parrots,
tho tongue iB thick and fleshy, devoid
of horny barbs or papillro, and is even
suspected to possess sense organs of
tasto. It is interesting to note that
the parrots, tho form of whose tougues
most closely resembles that of muu.aro
able to imituto his language more
clearly than auy other birds.
Kitchen Inspection.
Every dish used in a public restaur
ant of Paris, either in the kitohon or
for the table-evory pot, pan and utou-
sil in the bakeries, aud every beer
fauoot in the winoshops-instort,every-thing
usod in prepariug or serving
foods is undor the care of an inspector.
Tho law forbids the use of load, zinc
and galvanized iron iu the manufac
ture of cooking vessels, It orders that
all coper vessels bo tinned and kept in
good condition. It directs that pottery
which is covered with a glaze contain
ing enough oxide of lead to yiold to a
feeblo acid bo seized. It orders thut
tin caus never be soldered on tho in
side, and that tho materials used in
manufacture be conformed to a oertain
standard. It is the inspector's busi
ness to look after all these things.
Great restaurants employ a skilled tin
ner regularly, and their utensils are
always in order. Ia many littlo shops
kept by women the coper vessels aro
the pride of the establishment.
The Smart Boy Was Satisfied.
Teacher Yes, children, the hairs of
our heads are ull numbered,
Smart Boy (pulling out a bair and
presenting it) --Well, what is the num
ber of this hair?
Teaoher Number one, Johnny, and
(pulling out several more) these are
numbers two, three, four, five and six.
Anything else you want to know?
Smart Boy No no, sir.
So dalutily is cabbage prepared and
served those days in fashionable res
taurants that prejudice against the
Vtfglii&ble if dcc.re.sS,
LICORICE.
A C::ifcot:oa Familiar to CM1
dren for Gonturio3,
The Root Indigenous to AraUy's
Garden of Eden.
How many who have taken a lico
rice drjp for a cold aud hoarsnces,or as
a confection, ever know or gave a
thought to the origin of the article ?
Yet, like nearly everything else, when
understood aright, the preparation has
an iutorestiug individuality. The ori
gin of tho confection is iu the root of
a leguminous shrub, known ni Gly
cyrrhiza glubru, ami it is from the
first name, meaning "sweet root,"that
the popular designation of tho prod
uct has been corrupted into an inde
pendent word. This plant grows iu
many tropical regions, whore tho con
ditions are right, and also in some of
the more temperate climates. Its fa
vorite home is in tho valleys of tho
Tigris aud Euphrates rivers, whoro it
is one of the few natural growths of
tho vast treoless plains through which
these streams flow. On theso plains
tho weather is extremely variable.
Tho winter is marked by iuteuse cold
for about thrco mouths, then follows
an equal period which Is quite salubri
ous. With the advent of summer
comes insensely hot and dry wenther
for another threo mouths, the autumn
being another soasou of agreeable
temperature. Of course under those
conditions ordinary vegetation has a
hard existence, but the licorice plant
defies heat aud cold uliko.
The shrub grows to a height of
about three feet, wherever its roots
can reach water, of whioh they absorb
large quantities, so that after being
dug it requires a year for them to dry
sufllciontly for commercial purposes.
These roots are sometime an inch iu
diameter, soft, flexible and fibrous,
witn a bright yellow color aud a
sweetish tasto. The roots are dug at
all seasons, though preferably in tho
wiuter, and after drying they are cut
into short pieces, assorted and sent to
somo central point for treatment.
Thoso from India aro gonerally
shipped to Loudon in bales, receiving
the subsequent troatmont in tho fac
tories of that city. This treatment
is rather simple, though not all of tho
details are made public. The dry
eoctions aro crushed and ground to
a fine pulp, after which thoy are boiled
in water till tho peculiar qualities of
tho root have nil boen extracted. The
resulting decoction is then evaporatod
mixed with starch, and ou attaining
the proper degree of firmness is rolled
into the sticks which have been fam
iliar to children aud others for many
generations and centuries. It is
scarcely necostary to Bay that advan
tage is takon of the facilities for adul
teration of a product propared iu this
manuer. Licorice is also used in vari
ous articles whore its prcsonco would
not bj suspected. In many medionl
compounds it has plaoe, its object
boing to disguise the offensive flavor
of other ingredients ; it is used in
some grades of chewing tobacco, to
impart a "smart" flavor ; while it is
an ingrediout of many cough drops,
Good Housekeeping.
She Wasn't Superstitious.
"James," said Mrs. Blink to her
ten-year-old son, "what were you soy
ing about the now moon tonight?"
"Saw it over my left shoulder, so I
guess I'm going to have bad luck,
ma," answered Mustor James, prompt
ly. "My son," said Mrs. Blink, kindly
but firmly, "I am both surprisod and
grieved to find you a boliovor in idle
and foolish superstitious. I cannot
iraagiuo whero you got such silly
idousl There never wus a partiolo of
superstition iu my nature. G-o-o-d
n-e-B-s G-r-a-c-i-o-u-s, child, w hat
is that awful noise?"
"That ain't nothiu', ma, but a dog
n-bowlin .
"Oh, mercy, child, go and seo who
is sick in the block I Somebody is
going to die. I never knew it to fail
when a dog howled. Bun and drive
him away, James. I hope it isn't
meant for auy of us I" Detroit Free
Press.
A Basis Tor Calculation.
Father How old is your friend,
Miss Robinson?
Daughter Twenty-three.
Father That's about what I sup-
poBod. I know her brother George is
twuuty-uine, and they are twins.
The great Lakes and the St Law
ronoe valley have more storms per an
num than any other portions of this
country. . This is due to the faot that
storms originating west of this district
move directly east while many origi
nating further south move to tho north'
east.
Hospital Trolley tars.
As St Louis was first to introduce
to the world street car mall service, so
she is first to put into use the idea of
carrying sick aud disabled persons to
to the hospitals on an electric car. A
temporary service that has been in use
for the past few months is to be sup
planted shortly by nn elegant ambu
lance car constructed expressly for
suoh service. The new ambulance
made a trial trip on December 27,
1804. The car is higher than the or
dinary car, is painted wbito outside
and bears tho inscription on each side I
"Health Department Ambulance
Car," underneath which is a red cross.
Access Is obtained by wide stops, with
a neat hand rail at each end of the
car. Insido the car is finished in
cherry, with quartered oak floor and
pi equipped with eighteen folding
chairs, provided with rubbor fenders
to provent slipping. Six litters of
stretchers are carried aud are stored
away in a closet when it is not in use.
Thoy are made of woven wire and rub
ber duck, with sliding bandies and
folding supporters. Blankets, air pil
lows, splints, bandages, instruments,
drugs, dressings nud all neoessary ap
pliances are carriod, neatly stowed
away in cupboards, drawers aud clos
ets. There are retiring rooms and
lavatorios, a desk for the doctor and
shclvos to hold instruments, which
fold to the side of the car whou not in
use. X here aro electrio bells for tho
surgeon in charge ; not a detail, in
short, of any possible use in an ambu
lance car has been omitted.
Farmers Seo a Fire Ball.
Tho mysterious fire ball seen ia
Grant township, Iowa, is still causing
much talk. L. II. Spangler, a resi
dent of the neighborhood, resolved to
solve the mystery. He loaded his
shot gun and drove to the place where
the strango light has appeared. On
the top of a small hill about half a
mile from his farmhouse Mr. Span
gler saw a mass of fire, about the size
of a sugar barrel, hanging in the air
about twenty rod distant. The orb
was slowly receding. Spaugler drove
up until he was within three rods of
tho object when he fired both barrels
of tho guu. Thore was a report as of
thunder, and tho air was filled with
millions of bright, glittering frag
ments, which lighted up the country
for miles around. As the farmer gazed
in wonder at what ho had done the
fragments came together, and were
soon again formed into a luminous
body, which shot up into the nir hun
dreds of feet, into a black cloud. A
long strenk of light was left across
the sky, aud then it gradually faded
away. Chicago Herald.
Jinking Sugar From Gas,
"According to a German Review of
Science for tho Year 1894," there is a
process now under trial in that coun
try und also iu France for making
sugar "synthetically" by means of
common illuminating gas. The gas
first enters a box provided with a po
rous partition upon which platinum
has been deposited by some secret pre
cess known only to the inventor. The
platinum particles act upon the atoms
of gas and those of the vapor of water
which is introduced at tho proper time.
In close contact in this manner con
densation and precipitation occnr, tha
residue being commercial sugar of
great purity and of highest grade.
The cost is Baid to bo much less than
that of producing beet sugar, and the
owners of the gas sugar-making seo
ret olaim that they will eventually
drive all other sugar producers out of
tho business. New York Telegram.
Few tan Walk Straight In the Dark.
In a small gathering the other even
ing somo oue proposed a trial of lo
cating one's self in absolute darkness
Lamps and lights were extinguished,
and thou tho first "victim," who had
previously "taken the centre of the
stage," attempted to reach the door.
No blindfold was employed, and the
four or five "spectators" sat silent iu
their places awaiting the result Tho
"blind" groped for several minutes
unsuccessfully, and theu bumped into
a window quite opposite to the door
from which he was to exit Each per
son, with wits collected and all the
"bearings" taken, muds as bad blun
ders, and it was proved to these ex
perimenters that locality is a faoulty
that grows with actual loss of vision,
and that no one who is normally gifted
can -walk straight iu the dark. Bos
ton Herald.
Kentucky's Champion Eyj-eater.
Jumos J. Jump is tho champion
egg-eater oi Owen County, Kuutucky,
and proved his right to the title the
other day by devouring twenty-two
eggs. The Owen County Herald says
that it is authorized to back him
against any egg-eater in the state for