Chicngo University is the Oliver TwUt of colleges, Recording to the New York Rocort'or. It wants $5,- 600,000 more, ' A Maryland court hns decided that electricity is not a manufactured article, end thntelectrlo plnnts do not manufacture a product, but only dis tribute it. "Every young Jnpnnoso gontlemnu of mesne comes to tho United Stnto now for a pleasure tour and for in formntion," snid Mr. 8. Hirotn, of Tokio, who is now in Washington. Liverpool, Euglnnd, hns a city or dinance forbidding the use of tho streets to vehiclcsdisplnyingadvertbe ments. A mnn who undertook to show an advertisement on a bicycle was recently fined under this lnw. Gladstone, writing to a teacher of elocution, says: "I trust that in all your efforts you will lny the founda tion particularly in careful nnd dis tinct articulation. However, I fear the English are behind all the nations of Europe The Scorch and Irish are, I believe, somewhat bettor." The Taris Journal do Medccino es timates that thero are in Franco 2,000 medical men battling with starvation, the reason being that their uumbor coustautly increases while their prac tice is reduced by tho ndvanco of hy giene, the competition of hospitals and the diffusion of snnitnry informa tion by the newspapers. The four years proceedings at Kaz an, Russia, in tho enso of seven per sons accused of murdering by decap itation n peasant, named Kouor Mat ivuninc, has just boeu brought to a close, by the acquittal of tho prison ers. Tho object of tho murder wns to provide a victim for a sscriflco to idols, a relio of heathcuiHin which still survives in the province of Viotka. It is snid that British sympathizers with Spain, as against Cuba, hvo boon somewhat startled over tho declara tion of Oenernl Campos that it would require 400,000 men for five years to come, and an outlay of $1,000,000,000 to conquer Cuba, Great Britain, in the opinion of the Now York Mail and Express, does not enre to piny the role of financial backer to a nation that must inevitably go bankrupt to an enormous extent Negotiations hove boen closed by which the Government becomes owner of the site of the famous "battlo above the clouds" on Lookout mountain, and the property will soon be con verted into an adjunct of tho Chicko-manga-Cbattanooga National Military Park. Tho tract purchased of the Cravens' heirs is ninety-two acros of valuable residence property sitnntcd hall way up the side of the mouutain and accessible by rail. At West Point Military Academy the othor day a endet of the third class, who was caught in the aet of hazing a "plebe," was ordered into confinement for one year, stripped of 11 his privileges for the same period, including his three months furlough for tho summer, and commnnded to do guard duty every Saturday after the return of the othor studonts in the fall. The sentence is said to bo the most severe that waa ever inflicted upon any hazer in the United States. An average life of a mortgage in the United States is 4, 660 years; on aorec, 4,540 years, and on lots, 4,749 years. Mortgagee increased in the average amount of the debt incurred nndor them in the United States from $1,105 in 1880 to $1,420 in 1880, while the average mortgage for the deoode was 81,271. With respect to xnortgagos on acres, they averaged $1,032 during the decade, and in creased from $923 in 1880 to $1,115 in 1889. In the case of mortgages on lots, which averaged $1,509 during the decade, the increase was from the average of $1,353 in 1880 to $1,664 in 1889. The poor maligned English sparrow has been hunted from pillar to post ao much that it is a comfort to hear . that its absence is being felt in at least one section of the country. A few years ago the sparrow was imported into Connecticut for the purpose of killing off the insect pests. The tribe increased so tnuoh that it was voted a nulsnuoe, and drastio measures were put in foroe for its extermination. Now cornea the report that the elm beetlo, which has hitherto been kept in check by the sparrow, has increased to snob, as extent as to threaten the destruction of the whole of the elm trees in the state. This soems to be a ease where the sparrow was the lesser vil of the tiro. Tho Mendicants. We are as mendicants who wnlt Along the roadside In the sun. Tatters of yesterday and shreds Of morrow elolhe us evry one. Ami pome are dotards, who bcllove And K'ory In thn days of old While some nro dreamers, harping still Upon an unknown ngc of Bold. Hopeless or witless I Not olio heeds, As lavish Time comes down tho way And tosses In the suppliant hat One (treat new-minted gold todny. Hut there he others, happier fnr, Tho vngnhondlsh sons of (lod, Who know tho hy-wnys and tho flowers. And care not how the world mny plod. They Idle down the t radio lands, And loiter through thn woods with spring. To them the glory of the earth Is but to henr a bluebird sing. They too r"eelve eneh one his Hay t Hut their wle heart knows many things Ueyond the sntlng of desire, Above the dignity ot kings. One I remember kept his eoln. And laughing Hipped It In the nlr i But when two strolling plpe- layers Came by, he tossed It to the. pair. Spendthrift of Joy, his childish heart Danced to their wild outlandish bars Then supperless ho laid him down That night and slept b"neath the stars. - Bliss Carman. Ono Woman's Judgment. BY MAllEt, II. THOMPSON. Iu n plensant room, where tho soft glow of a shaded lamp cast its warm light, were two people, a man aud a wo in a i). The womnu was twenty, per haps, aud tall aud slender. Her fuce wns unusually pretty, with its round, girlish outlines, aud the swoct curves of tho mouth ; but the gray eyes were thoughtful nnd dreamy, tolling of the exalted ideals aud tioblo purposes that are ours iu the springtime of life. Tho man stood near her, looking down with a gentle yet amused smile. Ue was thirty or more, aud his faco hinted of battles fought and won, of manhood which had struggled with the world aud yet rotaiucd its tender ness. "What is it, Ruth? What is this terrible something which may come between us and separata us forever? Tell me, and let mo thow you that it is made only of April snows, nnd will melt away." "You mustn't treat it so lightly, Richard," she answered, with a troubled look. "It's a very serious question, and one which is growing in importance, and wo women must do our duty at any cost. Miss Rogers told me that" "Oh, bothor Miss Rogers. I beg your pardon, but what has that esti mable old maid to do with us? What is the question, Ruthic? You quito make my hair stand on end whon you call be Richard in that tone." 'Dick' is much too frivolous," she said, "and Miss Rogers is a very intellectual, advanced woman, and a friend of miue." "Indeed I" There was an absolute silonco for a momont, then Ruth observed: "I think 'indeed' is such a horrid word. I wish you wouldn't fling it at me." "I am sorry. I suppose I should have said of course. Suo here, Ruthie, I want to know about this barrier of fair." "Well,Richard,it's this,"sho began, folding her hands primly iu her lap, and studying the pattern of the car pet. "I waut you to think to think over your whole life you know what mine has been and see if there is anything in your past yon oonld not toll mo, anything you would not be willing to havo paralleled iu my past. Indeed, I am serious no, don't try to stop me. I'll give you fifteen minutes to think about it." There was a rnstlo of silken petti ooats, and Rh h ird was aloue. Ho stared absently into the fire, and grad ually his faoe changed and han'o ted. His mouth grow set aud stern, and the lines, which had scarcely boen visible, deepened aud muliplied. The moments passed, the clock ticked ou, one of the logs on the fire broke and full in showors of sparks. Again there was the swish, swish of a woman's skirts, and the tread of slippered feet He turned to her coldly. "Do you mean," he said sternly, "that if I cannot truthfully say that my whole past is just and pure and white as your own, you will retract yonr promise ? That you will break with me?" "It's my duty, Riohard," she an swered, nervously twisting ber rings, "Then listen. There are thinga in my past which I am thankful yon cau never know. My life has not been blameless, freo from sin; it has been long, hard fight, with many blows given and received. I know this, that very time I have been beaten, I have risen with now slrongtb, and with greater Jtnowledge of the battle I was waging. I boo that you have judged me that in your heart you hnve al ready told mo to go. You stand there and Judge me. Yon I What cau yon know of sin of temptation? Yon.who from childhood have boen shielded from auy knowledge of tho world, whose purity hns been carefully gunrded, whoso life hns been lived among tho poop e whoso every thought is for yott nnd of you? What cau you know of a man's life, of tho sin that surrounds him everywhere, of the temptations resisted as well as those yielded to? Do you not know that there is no strength iu mare inno cence untried virtue? With a tern tntiou overcome, a sin repented of, comes tho only real strength of man hood or womanhood; and I am a purer man today, worthier of you iu every respect, than I was ten years ago, when there was nothing in my past which might make you shrink from me. My love is a purer love, less selfish, than I could have offered to you then. Oh, Ruth, you cannot know the bitterness of repentenoe, the anguish of self contempt, nor the somber strength which it brings 1 Home day, perhaps, you may know and ttuderatand. " He paused; then, as sho mad no roply, threw back his head defiantly. "I see yonr decision," hocontinued. "If this is what you call your lovo you mny keep it Good night." He closed the library door behind him, nnd stood nlone in the great, dimly lighted hall. Ouo of tho rugs was twisted, and bo stooped mechani cally, to straighten it ns ho buttoned his coat. "What's tho use in tolling any womnu tho real aud cnudid truth?" hu muttered, nnd turned to go; but some one called iu a half-choked voice, "Oh, Dick, come back." Sho stood in the doorwny with both her long white hands stretched out to him in pleading invitation. "You are right, DieU," she faltered. "I dnro not judgo you I" Muusey's Magnziue. Photographing Thought. It might be rash to pronounce thnt anything isbeyoud the photographer's art But tho communication just made to tho Paris Acndeiuio de Medicine by Dr. Bnraduo is so astonish ing that if he had made it before Dr. Roentgen had rendered his discovery public, very few people would have been inclined even to inquire into the matter. Indued, Dr. Bnraduo nlllrms ho has succeeded in photo graphing thought, and ho has shown numerous photographs in proof of his assertion. His tisttnl method of proceeding is Himplo enough. Tho person whoso thought is to bo photographed enters a dark room, places his hand ou u photographic plate, and thinks in tently of the object tho image of which he wishes to seo produce I. It is stated by those who havo examined Dr. Baraduc's photographs that most of thorn are vory cloudy, but that a few nro comparatively distinct, rep resenting tho features of persons aud tho outlines of things. Dr. Bara duo goes furthur, and declares that it is possible to produce a photographic image at n great distance. In his communication to the Acado mie de Mediciuo he relates that Dr. Istrnte, whon he was going to Cam paua, declared he would appear on a photograph ic plate of his friend, M. H.isdcii, at Bucharest On August 4, 1893, M, Hasdoc ut Bucharest went to bed with a photographio plate ou his feet and another at hishoad. Dr. Istrate went to sleep at Campanu, at a distance of nbout threo hundred kilometres from Bucharest, but before closing his eyes, he willed with all his might that his imuge should ap pear ou the photographio plate of his friend. According to Dr. Bnraduo that marvel was accomplished. Jour nalists who have examined the photo graph iu question state that it consists in a kiud of luminous spot on the photographio plate, in the midst of wl iih cau bo tracod the profile of a man. London Standard. A Surprise. A man who answered a matrimonial advertisement in a New York daily paper waa astounded when he con fronted a remarkably aged and tough looking female. "Are you the young widow who ad vertised in the World that she desired to make the noquaiutanoe of a gentle man of culture and refinement?" "I am," was the reply. "Well, how lqug is it since you have been a young widow." "Ever since you were a gentleman' of culture and refinement" ' Then ha bade hor adieu. LOBSTER FARM. The Government Hatching Station tit Wood's Holl, Mass. Maintaining the Supply of the Edible Crustacean. If you have ever soon any ono pop ping corn over a slow fire you have a very good idea of the way young lob sters hatch out in tho laboratory of tho United States Fish Commission iu Wood's Holl, Mass. Before yon is a glass jar filled with running water. Loosely filling it about half way up are a largo number of eggs nenrly round in shnpo aud nbout one-six-teetitb of on inch in dinmetor, over trying to rest ou the bottom, but boiling and bubbling up with tho force of tho incoming current below and dancing iu it liko tho corn on tho stove. Ouco in a while one of tho ex panding shells falls off it's owners back, and before Mr. Lobster knows it, whisk I Off ho goes up aud awny with the current through a long tube into a biggor receiving jar us frisky as a young colt. ' Uncle Sam takes n good donl of pains with his lobster crop. It's ono of tho most Important known to the const llshcrtnnn, and tho govemmont doesn't intend that cither tho catcher or the eater of lobstor shall starve by rea son of its extinction. The lobster loads a nomadio life, migrating more or less from warmer waters to colder and from shallow to deep, according to tho season. Ho can dispense with n clnw, though un willingly, and grow another, in its stead. Ho is foud of fresh lobster himself as well as of fish and clams, and cats bis food bones and all, the bony port furnishing him with inntur iul for his shell. Tho lobster is very particular to got himself a new shell wlieu tho old one hns become a lust year's style. Tho shell cracks, warps, curls up and sloughs off, materially aided by tho contortions of tho lobster hitnsolf. Then ho emerges in a thin new suit, which gradually hardens uu til it is in turn ready to be cast off. Tho fish commission is in league with tho lobster ogniust his enemies, nnd theso aro men, other lobsters, par asites, disease, and fish-eating things generally. Hence, tho artificial hatch ing process. Tho female lobsters for tho commis sion are caught in the ordinary way in traps or lobstor pots baited boxes or baskets, nuchorod to tho bottom of tho lobster beds with stones, nnd pulled up at intervals for inspection. The law in all tho states forbids the taking of female lobsters with eggs, or of any lobster under ten or eight inches long. But for tho purposes of scieutitia propagation an exception is cheerfully made. Tho bIih lobster is so proud of hor eggs that she glues them on tho out side of her body. Ilunoo sho is culled at such times a "berried hen" lobster. Formerly, beforo tho pass age of repressive laws, theso egg-do-corated lobsters were as great a doli cocy as roo shad, nud tho eggs wero used iu making sauces for salads. Tho United States was much quicker than the Europonu nations to recog nize tho danger of destroying tho "berried" lobsters aud to protoct them by law. Fish cultural sharps talk lightly of millions of eggs, and no wonder. One average ten-inch lobstor will yield 10,000 eggs, an average uinetocn-inou one about 75,000. In the hatches these aro stripped from ' the lobsters and put into MaoDonald hatching jars whioh are bo arraugod that a constant current of pure sea wator is forced in tit the bottom and passes off at tho top. Tho eggs ore heavier than sea water and hence sink to the bottom, whore tho incoming stream of water keeps them bobbing about Whon tho lobster larvae hatch out their shells sink, and they being lighter float off through the discharge pipe nud are sot free. The hatching is al most ull completed in Juno of each year, though sometimes it continues during early July, The female Job eter breeds only once iu two years. The young lobster, like young human beings, is at first a radical, scorning tho ways of its ancestors. It lives at the surface of the water, swimming freely about in the sunlight But as the young thing grows aud guins in dignity it beoomes a conservative; grows heavier, too, in speoifio gravity as well as manner aud sinks to the bottom to crawl around and grub for the duud fish and small lobsters ns prosaically as the rest of folks. The larvae are at first only a third to an inch long and swim about unreoog nized by most of the fishermen. At two or three inches long they become more like lobster in njipearanoe, but are seldom seen of this size, as they are small enough to slip through the sides of the lobster pots. When lobstor eggs are transported now they go in palace ear style. The upper and lower berths are made np by the porters in the form of fist trays setting ou top of onch other iu a crnte They have ennton Annuel coverlids plenty big enough nud enjoy cool weather, as human travolers do not always. Tho crateful of trays is put in a rght-sido-np-with-care box and kept cool with packing of flaky moss and just about ns much ioo as thoy need, which is cirofully renewed from time to time. Because of the enre they nocd the eggs generally travel with a messenger acting also as vnlet, but for short distances they may be sent by express. Served by Her Lover's Side. Ono of tho red, white, nud blue stake of the O. A. H. is tho only mark to Bhow whore lies the body of Mary Stevens Jenkins in the village grave yard of West Brookfleld, aud it was decorated recently by the veterans with honors cqnnl to tboss bestowed upon any other of the grass-grown mounds. Mrs. Jenkins, so for ns is kuown ot least, wns tho only woman soldior whoso body sleeps in Ohio soil. At tho breaking out of tho wnr sho wns a Pennsylva nia schoolgirl, and being iu fat ti nted with n young mnn who hnd gone into the Bervico, made up her mind to follow him. She cut her hiir, pus o:i man' clothes, nud succeeded in pass ing tho mustering officer. For two years sho marched by this young man, shouldering ber uiiisko', nnd perform ing overy duty required of men. Iu some manner they were separated, but she served out her time, was wounded iu several places, and came np to Mahoning, county, whero she married Abraham Jenkins, who subse quently moved to his present homo near Massillou. Sho diod nbout 15 years ago. Tho husband is ns much of a character ns his wife. Because of tho fancied resemblance ho is kuown far and wide ns "Abo Lin coln," enjoys frco transportation on nil tho railroad lines, has received enough jail sentences to round out an ordinary lifo, has boon mixed up iu accidents) and brawls iu which duZ'.-ns of meu have been killed, yet has somehow himself always escaped, and, whilo useless for practical purposes, is nevertheless regarded ns a ward of the public St. Louis Star. t'nr Conductors' lyes, Tho conductor ou tho Broadway cable car wns iu a talkntivo mood whon a reporter for the Mnil nnd Express boarded his enr recently. Ho frequently wiped his eyes with a lurgo rod handkerchief and in ado re marks. "Why do you weep?" "I ain't weeping," replied the con ductor, "It ull comes from gutting dirty money. Y'ou see, a lot of people huvo been writing iu tho papers that tho conductors ou tho cable roads aro sufforiug from soma oye disoaso buoauso they havo to handle tho brass rails of tho car so much, aud then put thuir h inds to their eyos, 'Taint so Of course, we havo to rnb tho dust from our eyes overy now nud thou, but it nin't no brass poisouing we're getting. It's dirty coius that ure soiling our hauds andiujuriag us. You soo, every pas senger want a to got rid of 'black chink,' so ho shoves it off on us. It's good money, and we have to take it and handle it Then we got dust in our eyes and rub them. The con stant handling of this dirty coin covers our hands with grime, and wo rub it into our oyes. Thut's all there is to it." Just then n pretty young woman boarded tho car and, having fished around iu her dainty purse, gave the conductor a nickel. He rang np the fare and then showed the nickel to the reporter. It wus ns block as ink. Now York Mail nud Express. Strange Marriage Custom. A ouricus custom exists amoug the Mcnnonites who are settled iu Mani toba. When a youug mnn and woman desire to bocomo engaged the lover remaius iu the home of the father of the intonded bride for a few weeks before tho marriage takes place. The object is that each of tho oontraoting parties mny become more fully acquainted with the char acter and disposition of the other while there is yet time to escape from what might prove an uncongenial, allianoe. Among Canadian lovers tho lady is only seen when she is dressed for display and is practising her best behavior. The lover also, during the brief visits that are made, has au opportunity to oonoeal muoh of hi real charaoter, and both are some time disappointed and deceived. Love' Way. "Come," snid Love, upon a day "C'omo, and fare my rosy wsy If perehanee the thorns we meet They hall make the roses sweet" Ro with Love 1 passed along i All thn world was sweet with Song Never thorn was mine, for he Hid them In his heart from met Frank L. Htaotoo. HUMOROUS. "How often do you cut your grass?" "Every time my neighbor has his lawn mower sharpened." She (iu drugstore) Do you cater to the wants of bicyclists? He Oh, yos; wo keep arnica and court plaster. "Billy is in lovo with Misa Billing hnm." "Did ho tell yon so?" "No, but he's got her plcturo hung np by the sido of tho portrait of his best dog." "Well, Willy," asked grandma, "hnvo yon hnd all the dinner yon wnnt?" "Nome," answered the truth ful little boy ; "but I have had all I can ent." Bloomer Thnt man Crafty, why ho doesn't know enough to come in out of the rain. .Gloomcr Yes ; but he docs know enough to hold ou to an Umbrella. Oh, lightning hug, how fnlr your fate, What peaceful hours you pass You lavishly Illuminate, And get no hills for gas. He I hear that small waists are going out of date. Sho I think not. Who told you? "Lnurn Flugg." "Yes; poor Laura is getting quite stout of late." "May I huvo n word with you, sir?" said Borely to Cynicus. "Well, thnt nil depends on the word," said Cynicus. "If it's good-by, I'll join iu with you with pleasure." Sho How provoking tbisisl I've been waiting nu hour for tho tide to get up. He Yes, but you shouldn't get impatient. Remember its been out nearly ull night "Miss Fly is so clever ; sho can sell wotneu shirt wnists that fit every time." "Puohl Miss Chipper is moro clever still ; sho can sell them shirt wnists thnt dou't fit" Hobsun How do you stand on the currency question, Dobsou? Dob son I'm nwful sorry, old mnn, and I'd be glad to nccommoduto you, but tho fact is I'm broke. Visitor What makes you so ugly, Tommy? Don't you love your now baby brother? Tommy (viciously) Well, I did till somebody cntuo in aud said ho looked like me. lie did It In sport i He alone Is to blame ; The fi.so wns too short, Now his finger's tho same. Amicus Why do you use tho ex pression funny joke? Aren't all jokes fnnuy? Editor Not by a Jong shot Tho jokes that othor fellows get offut your expense aro never funny. Sho Do you remembor, Jack, this day ono year ago yon offered me your hand and henrt and I cruelly refused you? I I havo thought better of it since. He UniphI So have L "I can not understand zy language," said the despairing Frenchman; "I learn how to pronounce zo word 'hy drophobin.' nnd zon I learn znt ze doc tors sometimes pronounce it fatal 1 " Eastern Visitor How was it you did not hang that murderer? Did he establish uu alibi? Quick Drop Dan That' just what he did. Whon ' the sheriff went to the jail to hung him he wasn't there. "A women' no means yes," said the mnn of twenty, who naturally know all about womeu. "That may be the rule," asseuted the murried one, "but it doesn't wouJi both ways. Unfor tunately a women's yes doesn't mean no." An Army of Five Soldiers. The Ropublio of Ooust, which is tho smallest ropublio in tho world, is situated in tho Lower Pyrenees. It contains a population of about sixty pcrsous, and ruuiutuius a standing, army of five soldiers, the son-in-law of the President being the Commander-in-Chief. The republic's in dependence is reooguized by both Spain and France, between which it lies. It elects a President every five years, and it revenues amount to $5,000. It is olaimiug outside atten tion now because of a threuteued re volution owing to the publication of a newspaper by one-seventh of the pop ulation without receiving executive sanction, a proclamation haviug been issued by the Presideut prohibitiug the publication of any newspaper with out hi consent The tiller of the Mayflower is still txtant, and is now in the possession of Mr. Mortimer of Creditoo, Devon shire, England,
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