There are no fewer tlmn four Euro
pean banks iu Yokohama, nnl in nil
Japan 1 '2, all with lnrge capital.
One-third of the. bicycle sold tlm
fnr in 1HD5 wen; for women's line. In
JH9I dm women's bicycle were ouly
five jut ront of the sale.
A proposition has beou made by A
Htvr England paper to hnve Ilia lieu
wen liny up the abandoned fnrniii in
JsHHlorii Stnte mi l turn lliem iulo
game preserve.
Hnviintinli, (in., is becoming n manu
facturing eitv of considerable import
ance. The new of tlmt city give a
Hid of tl)lt pliiiitii, willi a cnpitnl of
$t,IV.!t.5l0, employing 2.HH.1 hand.
Typewriting now bus a legal status
iu IVniiHylvniiiii, tliu lt Legislature
having enacted a law declaring tlmt
All t.yprwritiug shall have the same
cgnl force aud elleut an ordinary
writing.
' Hays the llnston Transcript : "The
bicycle in doing more to bring uliotit
Arcss reform than couturio of exhor
tation, even nccoiupHiiiHil by heroic
example by Mrs. Hlooiner, coulil ac
complish." The report of tho public noli. mis of
the United Slates for lust year show
(lint there were in attonduuoe 1.1,5!tll,.
208 pupils. The country is safe upon
this allowing alone, which exceeds that
of any other nut ion uu the earth.
Argentina ollrs prize of $20,01)0,
$10,000 aud ,1,000 for plans for a
legislative building. The competition
in opeu to the architect of
the world, and tho prize win
ner will get the construction of the
building.
"Now it is rumored," note the
Nw York Mail and Express, "that a
movement is on foot iu dowu town
business circles to employ mat urn und
plain women iu plnco of the young and
pretty girls as typewriters, operators
and assistant bookkeepers.
A large number of prizes areolWed
by the society for the Encouragement
of National Industry of Frauce, for
various achievements. Competition
iu open to all nationalities. Among
them is one of $400 for a motor of
Rome kind weighing loss than 50 kilo
grams, (110 pounds) to the horse
power.
An Englishman at Jackson, Teno..
liaa invented a machiue which it is al
leged will revolutionize the compress
ing of cotton. The machine takes the
cotton direot from the gin, explains
the Louisville Courier-Journal, aud
compresses it on au iron spindle, get
ting a 500-pound bale into the sizj of
flour barrel.
Of the professional classos of this
this country, auoh as doctors, lawyers,
teachers, journalist and clergymen,
forty per cent have less than $1,000
capital j fifty per cent rejoice iu a cap
ital of from $1,003 to 810,00); nine
per cent have from $10,090 to $100,
000, aud only one par cent enjoy the
possession of more than $100,000.
Niagara, according to the New York
Mail and Express, represents a poten
tial force equal to that of all tha coI
mined in the world.computad at 7,000,
000 horso-power.all of which has been
running to waste for ountloss Ages
aud aeons since the cataract drat blew
ita trumpet from the steep and huug
the rainbow amid ita ascendiug spray.
The economist may ropir.a that so
much working cnorgy has so long been
thrown away, but a sentiment of exul
tation that aomo part of it ia now to
bo girded in the harnussof ths world's
industry is morn oorre ctly in order.
Skilful engineers declare that the
available power of the falls, luaviug
its peculiar grandeur entirely unim
paired, will turn every wheel, run
every trolley and light every city with
in a radius of 200 miles, and one of
the most eminent among them
Bays it can be convoyed in
any desired volume as far away as
Chicago or New York. The first whool
has just beon sut in motion, equal to
the transmission of 5,000 horse-power,
to be increased acoording to existing
charters something like one hundred
fold as the ueed for it is developed.
Ilencelorth Niagara possesses an in
dustrial interest equal to that which it
Las always had as one of the moat
majestio spectacles on tha globe, its
latter Attribution shorn of none of its
glories by tha creation of its new and
stupendous utilities. The success of the
work there shows that all waterfalls can
be harnessed to production and made
to do a part of man's work, And they
will be, one After Another, all over tha
world, producing industrial effects,
comparable with those following the
invention of the steam engine.
A onlenlcil Fellow.
1 ciim not how tlio eann go -
The good Lord runs the weallinrt
Anil If the stormy tempest blow
Itnin or sunlight, hall or snow,
Itouml unit nuiiiil the world will go
Ami we'll reiirh Imme together!
I care not how thn season go -'Hie
good f.ord runs the went her
And when the rose neasn to grow,
Im thniili In I we're In time dirsmiw;
l'nr rounil nml round the world will go,
And we'll reaeli home together! ,
l". I.. Stan ros, In Atlanta ( 'unit Hut loo.
GAY DECEIVERS BOTH.
Of ciiiirse it was very wrong of her,
for wo nit know thai toil should not
talk to gotilleinoti who hnvu not been
introduced to' you. Hut when you
arc sweet and twenty, nnd are slaying
at a country house all alone, mid nru
rather bored, ami n handsome, young
1 1) it 1 1 come to your rescue in a wood,
when your poor little dog has caught
it foot in n cruel trap, how can you
possibly pass him the very next ilay
as if he were a stranger? And ha was
so kind to tliti dog. He bound up
his poor little bleeding foot m his
handkerchief, nnd carried it in bin
arms to the lodge gate. Then he said :
"Do yon often walk in thn wood?"
Sim was feeling too grateful to him
to resent hi impertinence as she
should have done. Ho she only said,
"Sometime," nnd thanked him again
with all her heurt iu her pretty eyes.
lie looked up to where, through
the trees, the big red house showed
it twisted, old-fashioned chimneys,
and said :
"My inline is Lavender. You are
Miss Yerinder, 1 suppose?"
(She looked at him quickly.
"1 am Miss Yeriudor's humble com
panion. My name is Smith."
"We are comrades in servitude,"
In said. "I mil Lord Halibut's socio
t.iry. l'ou walk in the woods somo
t:mes. Then it isn't good-by. Do
they let you come out ofteu?"
"I am my ow n mistress at present,"
she said. "A lot of people will be
coming down ou the 2.1th for the
heiress's coming of age. They give a
grand entertainment to the tenants.
Lord Halibut is to be there. What is
he like?"
"Oh," said the young mau inditVnr
eutly, "he's uot a bad sort of fellow.
There's some talk of their families
wishing him to marry the heiress.
The estates go very well together.
But he's never evou seeu her : he's
been so much abroad, you know."
"I don't believe the heiress will
have him," the girl answered sharply,
aud turned away with her poor little
dog iu her arms.
Now, it is quite clear that she ought
not to have walked in the wood, at
least not o soon as the uo.xt day, or
if sho walked thoro the next day, she
ought not to havechoseu the very hour
when poor Troll had met with his
misfortune. But to the bored much
may be pardoued, and, na for Lord
Halibut's secretary, he had a right,
one may suppose, to nuiuse himself.
And that meeting wm not the last.
How oould it have boen? Aud when
you meet a persou every day without
chuperonos or other tiresome people,
you soou make friends. Before the
week was out Mr. Lavoudcr had heard
bow Miss Hinith was left au orphan
and had to earn her living ; and she
had learned that Mr. Lavender's part
in lifo must always be that of a sub
ordinate. "In sho kind to you?" ha asked one
eveuiug, as they sat on a mossed tree
trunk, and watched the red sun set
across the valley, whjra the corn
grew,
"Oh, yes, shy's kiud enough, " the
girl said ; "at least, I am sure she's
means to be."
"She's rovoltiugly clover, I hoar.
Beat the Haiiior Wrangler at Cam
bridge, or something.,'
"Sho did. But that's not criminal ;
and Lord Halibut is, at least, her
partner in iuiquity. He tojU a tlrst
class iu (ireats, didn't he? Oh, how
I do hate clever uieu I"
"You have my sympathy. I abhor
clever women !"
They both laughed. And the day
went on ;and July melted into August,
and August grow in grace till the time
o.uuo near for the coming of age of
Mis Ve riudor J and if, during these
days, there has boen a hand pressure
so slight as not to be worth resenting,
or a look ho nearly tender as to make
a mau's heart beat high with hope ;
if he had treasured the forget-nie nots
she had gathered by the woodland
pond, aud prehaod them in the volume
of Browning from which he had read
to bur in the woods, and if shs kept a
certain handkerchief, staiued with
poor little Troll's blood, in a lockod,
AAtidle-wood box, And took it out And
laid it against her faoe, for All its
bloodstains, when no one else was by
all that oonoerned only the com-
pnnion and the secretary, and nu oue
disc iu nil thn wide world.
It wn bright uoontida and they
walked through tlio woods; and pres
ently they ciinie to the wishing-trea,
with Its two trunk growing from one
root.
"if we pass through the wishing
tieo, " Hint said, "and w ish as we go,
the fnirie will give us the wish of our
hearts."
Ho they went through, linml in
hand, because the way was rough. A
hIid passed out of it, a bramble caught
her dr. ms and he. stooped to disen
tangle it, but the folds of her gown
were eleeli ie, nml In hands trem
bled. "How tiresome it is I" she mid : "f
bclievu that bramble, will never lei me
go."
"('an yon blame, it?" he asked look
ing up at her, mid she tiirunil her face
away. They walked on. "A whole
month," he said, 'uud seeing you
every day I When did such good
fortune ever before Come to a poor
secretary?"
"Or to a humble companion? No,
I don't mean that. But it has been
pleasant."
They walked iu silence, lo the little
gate tlmt divided tlio woods from the
grounds. Here they stopped, and alio
said, looking at him a moment, half
shyly, half proudly, "Come in; I
should like lo show you Hid garden.
All the smart people un. coming to
morrow, to keep the heiress's birth
day. Ho hesiluttd.nud she laughed. "Oil,
we needn't go iu sight of the house.
The ground are big enough."
He Hiinhed, and stammered, in word
loss denial ir the thought she had
lead in him tliut hi being hdcii with
the companion might compromise her,
and together they walked under the
arching trees to the old law n where
the nil it dial stands.
"This is where the tenants dance, I
believe," she said; "aud all the grand
people dauoe with the cottager folks,
which seems to ma rather silly, for I
am sure oach set would rather dance
with themselves. Lord Halibut is com
ing. Will yon be here?"
"I shall c.-rtainly come if Lord
Halibut does. May I dunce with
yon?"
Hlie laughed, "I don't think you
kuow what dancing ou the turf is
like. Besides, probably, our ateps
don't suit."
"Let us try now," he said.
He laid his arm on her waist. Tim
next moment lior baud was ou his
arm and they were whirling dowu the
lawu toward the sundial.
"What foolish people we are," she
said breathlessly, and half moved to
pause, But his arm held her closer,
and they walted to the end of the
lawn, past the sundial, aud into the
shade of the great copper beech; and,
there, before she had time to move her
hand from his arm, both his arms
were around her, aud he was rainiug
kisses on hor soft, flushed clinek. Mho
shrank a little, and theu laid her face
softly against his, aud put her haud
up to his neck.
"Ah!" ho slid, "the wish is gruuted.
I have my heart's desire." You do
love me dou't you?"
Sho clasped hor hands behind his
neck, and hung back looking him at
arm's lougth, with half-ashamed, half
laughing eyes.
"Oh, yon, I love you, Lrd Hali
but," she saiiL
Ho put his arms up ami laid them
ou hers. "Theu you know?"
Kho laughnd again. "Your hutid
kcrohiof, at least, was uot ashamod of
your name. "
Not one thought that was traitor to
his love for hor stirred in him at her
oufessiou. I. rd Halibut kuow true
love when he saw it.
"Why did you doojiva me?" sho
asked.
"Oh! tha landscape paiuter idea. I
supposo," ho said. "The Lord of
Burleigh, and that sort of thing!"
Sho laughed once more. "The
worst of it is," she stid, "that I hive
a vow in heaven n'jvor to ruirry Ljrd
Halibut."
"Surely Lord Halibut eiii absolve
you from that if anyone can!"
"I am glad you thiuk so, for yon
have a vow somewhere or other not
to marry Miss Verinder, aud you, too,
will need absolution. Take it from
me "
"Then you are you are not Miss
Smith?
Her dainty ohin wont up. "Now do
I look like it?" sho said.
"But why?"
'The lundacape-painters's part, "she
answered, ''seems to be universally at
tractive!" The Sketch.
A niece of millionaire Hetty Green
is living in great destitution at Fort
Worth, TewM.
The I'lshlitir fish.
The reinora is a lish Hist spends it
life In llslnng for its fellows. It uses
no line, no bail, no hook, but its curi
ous tackle is Very efl.'i'live, says Public
Opinion. Its dorsal flu, instead of
being placed, al in other Mill, nt onu
third of the distance tram head to
tail, is moved forward upon thn vmy
forehead. The II u Is, moreover,
flattened out and furnished with a disk
liku rim, by means of which the re
inora attache it e If firmly to any ob
ject with which it come iu contact.
Jl can cling, too, despite any force
Hint can bo brought lo bear. The re
morn may even lie killed before hi
grip is weakened. Tt is only another
instance of the. providence of llama
Nature that llicne llsh hive l heir
strange appliance, for thy are con
structed a to be able toHWim only for
short iti.itaiuv. though they miive
very swiftly for a few rods. Willi
their vacuum attachment they can dart
upon au unsuspecting shark, sword
fish or turtle and in a twinkling bu
coina inseparable traveling compan
ion. They do not appear lo injure
I he larger lish iu auy wny, but never
theless seem to be a source of great,
annoyance, for if they slick to one in
ilivMiuil long enough it will become
sickly and poor. The reuioras leave
their protector aud vehicle only for a
few seconds at u lime, while they dart
away to soiZ') a bit tit food left over
from the shark's or Hwordllsh's meal.
Like a flash the morsel is swallowed,
and the parasite resumes his free-pass
joiiruey. rriipiutitly sharks have
been captured with their bodies all
scarred w hore they had rubbed against
coral reefs, oyster banks and rocks in
wild rfl'oi Is to scrape off tha ever-pre-sent
minora. Tim West India, turtle
fishermen long ago learned how to
make use of this strange fish. Hav
ing captured a good, strong, healthy
specimen, the fisherman fastens him
to a long braided mauilla lino by a
loop around the body just above the
tail. Then he rows out to the turtle
ground, and, having spotted a victim
prowling slowly along, or near the
bottom, pitches the reinora overboard.
(Quicker than thought the little fish
instinctively makes for the nearest
moving object, and, dashing its head
against thu turtle's back or uuder-siell
becomes a fixture. The fisherman
than hauls in his Hue, bringing tha
unlucky prey to tha surface, and lift
ing 1 1 i us into the boat. The remora
as a rule, at ouoa drops oil' when this
is done. Iu this way turtles that are
too shy to como to the surface or
within spearing distance are readily
caught, aud, more than that, are un
injured, which makes them more valua
ble for market purposes. Now and
theu the reinora will make fast to a big
fish and give its owner a lively tussle.
The Hue may break or tlio angler let
go, but the little sucker-fish uover
loosen his hold under water. Ofteu
remora attach themselves to moving
vessels, and are found clinging to the
bottom when the Bhip oo:ues into port.
There are several species. e kiud
lirefers sharks, and is always found
attached to these monsters, while an
other usually cliugs to swordtlsh. and
a third sticks to turtles.
Mui'ose as Food.
Iu a recent issue of the Literary
Digest an accouut is given of a paper
by Dr. E. H. Hartley, recently read
before thu American Chemical Society,
iu which Dr. Bartley condemns the
long accepted opinion that commercial
glucose is suitable as a food. The
Medical News, commenting ou this,
says that thisopiuiou was promulgated
some years ago by a oommittoe of
American chemists, appointed partly
under government auspices, aud it
has bonu made tho basis for justifica
tion of much substitution and adul
teration. Dr. Bartley says that more chemical
knowledge, or even experiments ou
the lower animals or healthy subjects
for a brief period, are uot sullloeut to
establish the harmlessuoss of substi
tute food. Glucose mad a from starch
by the action of ucid is not the samo
as the product of di'gestion by animal
ferments, and it is uot likely that it
will be a satisfactory substitute for
the forms of sugar that arise in the
process of normal digestion.
Tho Oldest Thysiciaa.
The oldest practicing physioiaa ia
the world is probably oue who lives at
Havre, France, the home of President
Faure. Bossy is the name of this
venerable doctor, and ho has been in
the active practice of his profession,
principally at Havre, for seyeuty-six
years. Despite his great age and the
hardships which are the lot of most
physiciaus the world over, Dr. Bossy's
lean end wiry frame is not much bent,
and his step, though it has lost the
springiness of youth, has nothing
I shuffling or uncertain About it
FOIl Till: HOI St -WIFE.
TO KKNOVATH III. Al K MCvrHKIt.
Mix two tablespoonfuls of gin with
(wo of Hiigar, nml thicken it w ith Ivory
black. Ileal tho yolks of four egg
and the white of two, add lo the mix
ture, and stir all well together. Tut
on with a brush like onlinnry black
ing, and leave the article until dry.
This mixture is useful for leather
satchels, m-iit and other leather ar
ticle when they become dull looking
and worn.
KI.KAl'ltlNII t.r.OllllttM MAIS.
If you are one of I hose enterprising
women tthoenjoy doing for Ihemselve
those many little things, thn cost of
which, taken iu tho nggregate, malic
no startling proporlionnf thn month's
expenses, you will bn glad to know
that the light leghorn hats of tho
family may lie successfully bleached nt
home, and by the vory same methods
which are employed by thosti who
mnko bleaching nml pressing their
biiHiiies.
The Hist nml "regular" method 1
that of blenching with sulphur. Thi
method 1 bent pursued out of door,
(let a barrel, place in the bottom a tin
pan, iu which I some charcoal, aud 5
or 10 cents' worth of sulphur.
First wash your list with butter
milk, rub it thoroughly, (hen tie a
striug from side to aide, so thai you
cau suspend it inside the top of the
barrel. Light the charcoal and cover
the barrel closely with carpel or any
heavy material, lesvo it until (he char
coal burn out ami the fumes of (he
sulphur have done (heir work thor
oughly. You will find the hataswhita
o though it had come from a profess
ioiuil bleacher.
The second or "irregular" method
is easier and quicker, but I would uot
advise it me iu the case of uu espe
cially Hue or expensive hut, a it is
more injurious to the material, but for
ordinary leghorn and straws, good
for but one more seasou's use, it is
very satisfactory and a inexpensive us
tho Miliar.
Take a few graiu of oxalic acid aud
dissolve them iu soft water, or a weak
solution of oxalic acid may be had at
the drug afore. This acid is poison
ous and if left upou paper, clothing
or the haud will, if at all strong,
eventually eat its way through fabric
or akiu. The solution, therefore,
must be weak.
Use a stiff brush aud scour the bat
with tho solution till white. This will
not ouly clean but bleach the straw.
Next rinse it in clear, soft water and
preas iuto shape.
The pressing may be done by insert
ing a piece of stiff pasteboard inside
the rim of the crown, or, better still,
by putting a cloth over an inverted
pail or similar tin. Leave it till
nearly dry ; then press the crown by
laying a cloth over it aud ironing it
over the tin, and the rim may tie
ironed upon the table in the same
manner, alwayshaviug a cloth between
tho iron and straw.
A medium or dark-colored hat may
be in ado a good shade of blao'i by ap
plying several coats of good shoe
polish with a still brush, but a white
hut cau ouly be colored black by dye
ing. To accomplish this, first clean
tho hat by leaving it over night in a
solution of cooking sods, one ounce of
aoda to a balf-gullou of soft water.
Rinse thoroughly in the morning aud
put at once into the dye, as the straw
must be wot iu urd r totuka the color.
To make the dye, dissolvo A package
of dyo in sufficient water to cover tho
but well, ami add one teaspoonful of
salt for each quart of water. Let the
hat boil for an hour iu tho dye, re
move from lira and lot it cool in the
dye, thou rinse and place to dry.
When nearly dry press as already di
rected. Hats of various shades may be
oolored to match a suit by au easy
process, which does not destroy tho
shapo, if the contrast in color is not
too great. To do this dissolve a pack
age of dye of tho shade required in a
little alcohol and add a half-pint oi
shellac varnish. Apply with a stiff
brush. More alcohol and less varnish
will make the hat inoro pliable ; the
proportion must bj determined by the
nature of the straw.
It the black hat, when dyed, lacks
luster, it may be brushed over with a
solution of one-half ouuoe of bonuet
glue in oue pint of water, Chicago
Record.
An Exclusive View.
"So you've taken to cycling at last,
have you?"
"How did you find that out?"
"I saw you ou your wheel yester
day." "By Jove t I'm glad to hear that;
all the rest of my friends happened
to see me when I was off." Rich
mond Dispatoh.
M..;XTIFIC Sdltl'S
Alnuiinum felloes in bicycle aro ra
gnrdeil by noine makers as an i in pro fo
ment nu wood.
A fabric woven of spider' thread is
more glossy than that from (ho silk
worm's product, aud la of a beautiful
golden color.
A cill loii fact linn been lulled by
Arctic travelers, snow when at a very
low temperature absorbs moisture nml
di ie garment.
Experiment are being lunite in the
Herman army with tho use of an
aluminum pontoon. It can easily be
carried by four men.
Iron lias been for ages a favorita
medicine. Nearly a huudred diflarcut
preparations of iron are now known
to I he medical chemists.
North Carolina diamonds are usu
ally associated with iiitacolitmile, or
flexible sandstone, quite plentiful in
eel tain part of that state.
It is now proposed iu England to
drive (ram ears by power derived from
huge springs, which can bo wound
while Hie whole is iu moiiou or other
wise. If it were not for ths anils of tha
ocean, the whole sen would soon be
come a inns of corruption, owing to
the decay of the organic mutter It
contains.
Beautiful apecimeu of Hie anehorita
or tourmaline, fiave been found iu
Maine nnd elsewhere iu New England.
This gem is sniil to have been found
in North Carolina also.
The limit for the construction of
the uew bridge across the Hudson at
New York City, is fixed at 92.1,000,
000. It will probably be a center
hinged Htinpeusiou bridge, supported
by twelve cables.
Although a rubber horseshoe has
been inveuted for use ou icy pave
ments, nothing satisfactory seems to
have been found for horse compelled
to travel upon wet asphalt. It ia
noticeable that horse accustomed to
asphalt learn the trick of stepping
carefully, as men learn to walk with
stiffened ankles on ice.
A Canadian company has put up au
electric furnace for heating bar iron
intended to be convorted into boroe
shoe nails. The bar of iron is slid
iuto the furnace, which consists f a
carbou tube, two feet six inches long
and two inches in diameter. Tho
current is then passed through the
carbou, the iron is rapidly heated, and
five feet of the bar are brought to thu
propsr temperature par minute.
The Russian Thistle.
The plau of campaigu against the
Russian thistle resolves it self iuto
ouo of stamping out the pest, root and
branch, rathor thuu attempting tho
half-hearted task or keeping it within
bounds. It is like a thiof ; givo it an
inch and it will take au ell. It haa
been reported that the thistlo has
shown a disposition to looson the bold
it has obtained upon tho laud in some
localities. Just how this may bo we
are not prepared to say, but it is ex
tremely doubtful that this atato of
things should ever bocoma at all gen
oral. When the Russian thistle goes
it will be at tho behest of man, aud
that behest will have to be backed up
by A wonderfully vigorous and thor
oughly systematic effort at putting the
pest down at every point aud by every
means at command. No man ha yet
been able to point the way to do this.
The unsettled state of affairs in tho
West, practically ever since the advent
of the thistle, ha had very much, to
do with the utter luck of any system
that should have for ita object the
wiping out of the scourge. Until
some regular plau of campaign has
been formulated, however, it will bo
in order for evory man to fight his
own battles as .best he can. The pres
ent year should witness a more seri
ous attention to the matter of fighting
tho Russian thistle. It must tm
handled without gloves. Nebraska
Farmer.
How Cloth Get Shluy.
Cloth, of either hard or soft finish,
will wear shiny when made into cloth
ing, because of the dirt and grease it
collects by coming into contact with
artioles that have not been oleaued.
It is obvious then, that to remove the
shine the clothing should be
thoroughly cleaned of the accumu
lated grease and dirt Sponging with
alcohol, naphtha or chloroform will
remove all but deeply-seated stains of
this character. Lay ths article on an
ironing board and sponge Always
downward with the weave of the
oloth, and change the sponging rag
frequently. If tht staius are deep,
they may be concealed by sponging
the cloth at least once a week with
damp coffee grounds, and then brush
ing dry.