SOMEWHATSTRANGE. ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS OF EVERY-DAY" LIFE. Queer Facts and Thrilling Ad ventures Which Show That Truth ie Stvaiigor Than Fiction. —A PAIITY of four Hacra /\\ mento (Col.) anglers / J V went up the river the 4? oilier day to catch some IWk fish. They agreed that \ m whenever 0110 should \\ * land a fish each of the other ssh on Id pay him a quarter. One of the ' "* quartet was especially unlucky in his pisca toral venture, and was soon out of pocket $4.2~>, and down to his last quarter. He wanted to beak up the compact, but the others wouldn't let him. .lust then ho stole one of the fishes caught by another of the party, slipped it upon his hook and into the water. He soon landed it with a great deal of splutter and noise, and received six bits. Wl en the others were not looking lie replu ed it on his book niul again went through the net of landing a fish, lie managed to work the dodge until ho had not only got back liis $4/25, but broke the rest of the crowd. HOME time ngo a store in the town of | Pony, Mo., was robbed and about S'2OJ i worth of clothing stolen. Suspicion fll on Henry King, a young man of good character, but 110 arrest was made, as tlio ma'ority of the people b- lievo.l him innocent. Three weeks after the robbory the people woro astonished at the news that King had married a wo man fiftem years his senior. Shortly afterward the young husband attempt- j ed suicide by taking poison. While his j friends were a! work trying to save him j Jie told thorn it was true that ho was guilty of the robbery and the fact was only known to 0110 other person, the woman he married. She so aired proof of his guilt bofoie the marriage, and calling him up showed her proofs and told him that she would give him his choice of marrying her or go ng to the penitentiary. He pleaded in vain that j be was too young to marry yet ami that | she was old enough lo be his mother, j The old girl know the value of her hand ! and was relentless. Honeymoon or the | jail \\a; her ultimatum, and the poor! fellow wilted and consented to be mar i riod. After hard work the doctors saved him, and lie iays ho prefers the) enilon tiary to his antique spouse. The wo man was a spinster and hor reputation w:.s without a flaw. POLICE LIEUTENANT WM. B. DALY, of Boston, is undergoing a rigorous treat ment to got cured of a spinal trouble caused by a fall from ahorse car in INB7. It is nothing more nor less than a systematic course of hanging. Ho is suspended by the neck until lie is almost unconscious, this process being the only way in which the spinal chord can be properlv strengthened. The ma chine is shaped very much like a gal lows. It consists of an iron rod, with eyes in the centre and liooks at each end, in which are loops that pass down under each shoulder to take the strain off the pationt's neck. Along the hori zontal bar is a series of notches, from which hang the supports for the head and chin. Lieutenant Daly's head is placed in th 1 support, and 110 is then swung from the floor. Ho says the ex perience is anything but pleasant, but as a cure is being effected be kee, s at it. Ho is generally strung up about two minutes and a half. When released ho cannot stand, and it is fully five min utes before bo ro overs from theeffe-t of the hanging, lie has control of his lower limbs now, whi'o less than six months ago lie staggered liko a drunken man. IT was not n jackdaw, like that of Rhaims, that was the cause of sill the servants in a certain household in Ber lin being dismissed summarily some four years ago, but a valuable ring did disapjvoar in an unaccountable way, and its loss ga\e rising to much shedding of tears and commotion. The jowel has now been found, and all is explained, but in a marvelous manner. The gar dener was trimming some trees in the grounds of the house a few days ago, and discovered the missing trinket lying on a bough, where it had braved the biee/.0, mow and rain all those years. Here it would doubtless in time have grown into the tree, to have been tbo (subject in after years of scion title specu lation, had not the eyes of tho horticul turist been osj ecially sharp ou the morning in question. It is supposed that the little circle of gold adorned with precious stones had been left on the breakfast, table, nnd that the ser vant, in shaking tho table-cloth out of tho window, had unwittingly thrown it away with tho crumbs. A FRIEND in Wisconsin tells mo of an anvrming incident he noticed in the woods up there, says a writer in Forest and Stream. Himself and a companion were riding along together when there suddenly stepped into the road ahead of them a little army of skunks—one old skunk and ilvo half grown kittens. These seemed perfectly foarloss, and halting by the wayside the gentleman's companion began firing at theiu with a tfix shooter, although ho did nut hit any of them. At tho sound of every shot the skunks, which had marshalled them selves into perfect line, through up thoir fails in pot feet unison, as straight and still' as a ramrod, above their backs, making no further hostile demonstra tion, and simply standing at a ready until their fear had partly subsided. Ho repeated this manauvro a dozen times, and my informant nays tho total cfl'oct was funny in tins extreme. WIOLIAM GRIFFIN, who follows tho profession of nword-r.wallowing for a living, camo to grief at his last perform ance) and had to bo taken to tho Receiv ing Hospital, San Francisco, for relief. Griffin has an abnormal breadth of throat, combined with an exceedingly elongated porson, and the foats he is in tho habit of performing are astonishing by reason of the length and sharpness <>!' the knives ami swords that ho uses. On a Saturday night he surpassed himsolf by swallowing a sword at h ast three feet long, with tho result that he injured some internal org an, aud yesterday hemorrhage resulted which nearly finished His career as a freak. Tho amount of blood which was discharged from his stomach so weakened him that when taken to the hospital he fainted away, and was with great difficulty revived. Wim,n a uirniiß company was unload ing its paraphernalia from a email steamboat and burins at Metropolis, Jll., olio of tilt! oloplialits showed a great disinclination to go ashore. Several employes soiled pike poles and began a systematic oourso of prodding, which throw the beast into a terrible rago. His long trunk was suddenly twisted around tho body of his nearest tormentor. The man w s raised high in the air and east unceremoniously into tho Ohio River, thirty foot distant. The excitement was groat, and by the time the eloplmut was ready for another instalment, the men had all scampered out -of danger. The regular keeper having come to the res cue, the maddened animal was qu eted, and the two mart died ashore without ac cident. The man was unhurt and swam ashore. A NUMB Kit of small American Hags, placed at the graves of the dead veter ans of the war in Valley Cemetery, Now Hampshire, have disappeared from time to t me, and it was supposed they had been made away with oy vandals. The other day a party of visitors at the cem etery noticed one of these national em blems making its way across the ground at a good speed with no visible means of propulsion. Unable to account for the phenomenon the visitors stood spellbound, and watched the Hag trav eling across the driveway and down a bank, up another, and pause near a hole in the bank. Then the mystery was sohed. A red squirrel came out from under the flag, and, seizing it by a cor ner, dragged it into the orifice. THE Cerinan steamship Argentino, hid a curious experience in her lust passage across the Atlantic. When north of the Cape Verde Islands the sun suddenly became obscured by clouds of small reddish yellow dust which covered every thing. Though the sky was cloudless, the sun could scarcely bo soon. This last'd four days, and at times the dust was so thick that it interfered with the machinery of the vessel. The Argentine was steaming constantly all the time, and when she got out of the dust and Captain Solieon was able to make an observation ho found that lie was several bundled miles north of the Cape Verde Islands. It is supposed that the dust was swept from the Islands by some wind storm. A mono 210 immigrants that arrived at Philadelphia a few days ago 011 the steamship Switzerland from Antwerp, were two young girls, Marie Meyer, from Eberfeld, (leimany, and Pauline Yolz, from Priedburg, Germany. The immigration inspector informed them 1 hat they would not bo permitted to land, us they woio penniless, unless j they should first find husbands for themselves. 111 less time than it takes to tell it, a couple of young meu came for ward, who were wiring to help the young women out of their difficulty,and at on- e a doub'e wedding ceremony was performed 011 board, tho steward mean while having called up witnesses by ringing the dinner bell. In one case tho young man was expecting his bride, in the other the bridegroom had been a passenger on the vessel, and had been casting sly glances at Miss Mayer during tho voyage. A DISCOVERY of tho wealth of a miser ly old fanner was made near New Cas tle, Ind., recently. Some of his rela tives wont to his home and insisled that his money bo deposited. Ho brought out a bundle containing #2,000, and af ter much persuasion produced from var ious places in tho old farm houso his wealth. In tho garret stowed under the rafters were found bundles of bills, and from beneath the floor wore brought boxes and tin cans filled with gold and silver coins. Tho money, #20,200, was brought to Now Castle and deposited. Many of tlio bills and coins bear old dates. A MAN at Covington, Ta., who is fat tening a twenty-pound snapping turtle, was aroused early a few mornings ago by the noise of a seulllo in his yard. Repairing there he found the turtle hanging to tho nose of a 300 pound bear. Rruin was near tho fence, en deavoring to get over, but his dibits were interfered with by the turllo. Eventually tho bear reached tho next vard, but the man followed and shot him dead. The tnrt'o all tho time re tained his hold, and refused to lot go until tho dead beast's nose was cut off. Then it crawled aw ay, carrying tho piece of flesh in its mouth. THE employment of dynamite for the purpose of committing outrages has made its way to Japan. Quito reoently tho Higasln Hongwanji, in Kioto, ono 1 of the most famous temples in thecoun- I try, was restored, and among other I presents sent to celebrate tho restora j tion wero 500 eandlos. Two (lavs later one of these was lighted, and almost im j mediately exploded with a loud report, i tilling the building with smoke and flame. On examination it turned out that all the candles wero filled with dynamite. Tho beautiful ceiling of tho temple was not injured. A COUPLE of young men living at Wcllsville, Mo., were rivals for the hand (f one of tho fair Wellsvillo daughters. They were inclined to settle the matter by uuol. When she learned of the affair she sent lor them to meet her at the hour j sot for the light, and, after reminding | them that duels were unlawful, and the victor would he a fugitive from justice 1 the rest of his days, sho suggested that j they run a foot-race, hor hand to be tho j prize. The young men accepted her proposition, and sho umpired the race j and walked of tho flold with the victor. I A STNO UTJAR adventuro recently befell | a Government Surveyor in the wilds of Sumatra. After a hard day's work on a mountain side ho passed tho night in tho oi)on air in a hut hastily run up by his coolies. As he was falling asleep after long watching the sight of two liery eyes glaring in at tho entrance of tho hut almost paralysed him with terror. I An enormous royal tiger soon glided in, | smolle l him all over, and then sot to 1 work devouring the remains of his even ing meal to tho last morsel. Afterward his terrible guest disappeared. HENRY RAOII is tho name of a hunter who recently made a remarkable shot on Reaver River, in the Adirondacks. Ho saw two deer standing in the water jno more than ten yards apart. He fired, ; nnd his bullet passed through the first j deer and inflicted a mortal wound on tho second. Advantages of Lemonade. Lemonade made from tho juico of the lemon is one of tho best and safost drinks for any person,whether in health or not. It is suitable for nil stomach diseases, excellent 111 sickness, in cases of jaundice, gravel, liver complaint, in flammation of the bowels and fevers. It is a specific against worms and skin com p'uints. The pippin crushed may be I used with sugar and water and taken as I a drink. Lemon juice is tho best nnti j scorbutic remedy known. It not only I cures tho disease, but prevents it. Sail ors make daily use of it for this pur pose. Wo advise every ono to rub their gums with lemon juice to keep thorn in a healihy condition. Tho hands and nails aro also kept clean, white, soft and supple by tho daily use of lemon instead of soap. It a'so prevents chi b'ains. Lemon is used in intermittent fevers, Inixed with strong, hot, black coffee, without sugar. Neuralgia, it is said, may bo cured by rubbing tho part af fected with a cut lemon. It is valuable a'so to cure warts. It wll remove dan druff by rubbing the roots of the hair with it. it will alleviate and finally euro coughs and colds and heal diseased lungs, if taken hot on going to bod at night. Its uses are manifold, and the more wo employ it internally the hotter wo shall lind ourselves. A doctor in Rome is trying it experimentally in malarial fevers with great success, and thinks that it will in time supersede 1 quiuino.— [Kelioboth Herald. KILLED MANY TIGERS. A WOMAN'S WONDERFUL PROW ESS WITH A RIFLE. Hunting Kangaroos—She Tells of a Miraculous Escape From an Old Man-Eater in Madras. A noble lady, with curious experi ences, enough each of itself to furnish a separate story, talked to a 81111 Fran cisco Chronicle reporter at the Occi dental Hotel. It was the Countess Edolo Von Amorling of Austria, who had just arrived from Los Angeles and San Diego. Three years ngo the Count Von Amer ling died, and since then the Counters has been traveling almost constantly. During the first year she made a circuit of the globe, and returning homo, she remaflied but a couple of months, when she set out 011 her present travels. Since then she has spent many months in India, China, Japan, Corea and Australia. "I would dearly like to go hunting for grizzly bears in California, only just now I can not do it," said the Countess. "In the Yosemite, where I was before I went to Los Angeles, I (taught sight of a boar. How I longed for my Henry rifle that I u ed so successfully in tiger hunting in India. "Do not be surprised. I have hunted tigers in the jungles of Lahore, as well as lions, and I have killed dozens of knnj aroos out on the great deserts of the antipodes. Yes, I am a very good shot. I learned to shoot when but a litt'o girl, and many a time, with my husband in Austria, I have killed deer. Tiger-hunting is, howevor, the most ox citing sport. The English officers in India gave mo some very good points about them. Before I came away 1 was quile an expert, and had killed no less than live tigers. Three of them were very big ones, too. I bunted in the broken country about Mad! as for a week, but only succeeded in killing an old lion and two wolves. I was begin ning to learn the ways of the tigers, I however, and when I visited Lahore the I sportsmen thereabout took me with I them, and 011 several trips I was very successful. 1 'Tigei s are very p!entiful there. They oftentimes come right up to the housos. The tigers hail been attacking anil kill ing hoivos, so one evening our ]>arty surrounded so in > of them 011 a narrow, wooded tongue of land, which was broken up by rolling hills. " Wo had a lot of natives, who, with dogs and wild cries, surrounded t!ie wood. Tho natives out on tho sides carried blazing torches, and were armed with spears. I think the English otli cers who commanded the hunt fa.ore 1 mo somewhat by driving the tigers my way, but at any rate I killed one and wounded another that was afterward killed by an officer near at hand. Tho tiger I killed was a very ferocious one, and was coming right at me with his mouth open when I shot him. Had I lost my presence of mind, or been un steady in my aim, I would surely have fa leu his victim. It was good for mo that I had p'onty of practico in shooting beforo. "After this I killed sovoral tigers and some smaller game, as well as a big cobra that I saw one day distending its hood near the foot of a big tree. " The old lioness that I killed in Madras was very vicious. The lionesses are really tho man-eaters. They have a soft, cushiony tread, and slip up on you from behind, leap on you and kill you. I This lioness was ono that my native j guides had routed out of the jungle. I Mho did not see mo till she escaped j from under the palm troes and came round a knoll at tho optll. There was a baleful look in tho eye of the old lioness as she made for me, not a hard ruu, but with long, stealthy strides. As sho came up closer 1 could seo that sho was furious. Dogs we o coming down tho palms after hor, and alio was almost hedgod about completely, I did . not wait for her to get too close. At, the distance probably of one hundred | yards I tired. I shot too low, and it was not fatal, nnd then she made for 1 mo with a bound. Thou I filed volley , after volley into her, and whon she lay j dead, but little more than ten. feet away, I found that I had hit her 110 less than live times. "This sport was very dangerous, but there was all tho more excitement about it 011 this account, it is excessively hot in India, else I would have hunted j more than I did. "In Australia thoro was much sport killing tho kangaroos. Away out 011 tho great plains of Australia they have what they call the kaugaro) roundup—tho same as you have your rabbit roundup hero, liundrods upon hundreds of men gather, and, scattering over the irroat plain, round up tho kangaroos and drive them in a large corral. There they are dispatohed. To kill a kangaroo with a ritlo ono must be very quick, or onco tliey are started they send themselves through the air with such amazing bounds tliat it is difficult to locate them. "111 China I ascended some of the higher mountains by means of eight | coolies, who bore me 011 a sedan chair, j My muleteer brought along my bed and camp equipage, and my servants,among j whom was a cook, provided for all my j wants. That was a vory pleasant part of my experience. There was no big; game to be had, however, when 1 was in China, so I contented myself by killing i a few birds. "l)o I always travel alone ( Ido ex cept when I need servants. You see,all my immediate relatives being 110 longer living, I have no plcasantor way of spending the remainder of my life, Re fore I quit traveling I shall probably see the wliolo world, and sha 1 gratify my ta to for bunting in the greater portion of it. What kind of a garb do I use in hunting/ When it is not too hot I wear stout hoots and a strong, but not very long dress and strong gloves, besides a plain hat, such as a man would wear, ac cording to the weather. Of course, when I am expecting to get a shot at any kind of game, my gloves are always oil*. My hands and i'aco often get quite bronzed, but I do not mind that/* A Twin Watermelon. Aleck Wt st, colored, wo believe, is entitled to tho ginger cako, for tho greatest curiosity in the way of a water melon. He exhibited two perfect melons joined together. Roth melons were fully developed, and the meat was juioy and sweet—just like an ordinary me 011. A'eck states that ho thst noticed that tho runners from the vino grew double. They moved sdo by side, and the result was tho double melon. It was certainly n curiosity. IF Mrs. Harriet Coe, of Grand Rapids, Mich., lives until January 11, 1890, she will bo 103 years old. alio was bom in Hartford, Conn., iu 1787. Her father, Alexander McNeil, was a soldier in tho war of 1812, and her grandfather, Gen eral McNeil, was a soldier in tho war of the Revolution. In her 100 th year sho had a paralytic stroke, and it was thought she could not recover, but she did, and now is in a fair state of health. WILY PORPOISES. Slippery as Trout, Cunning- as Mon keys, and Strong as Ponies. Advices from the south of Franco intimate that the porpoise is lordin x it ina most annoying fashion on the Med iterranean Hood. Your sea swine is an aggravating beast, full of cunning and prompt at a practical joke, and he is more than the Municipal Council of St. Na, aire can any longer put up with. I his body has re juesled the French Minister of Marine to form a Commis sion "to study the physiology of por poises," that by so doing it may be dis covered how to secure their absence from the neighborhood of the shore dur ing the iishiug season. It appears that it is an old complaint that the porpoises of tlio Mediterranean commit intolerable depredations. It appears that each generation of por noi os is a little cleverer than its for bears; and, whereas the porcine ruscn's used only to drive tlie fish into nets or sallow water, they now one mrago them to ho caught, that tlioy may themselves feast on tlio netted captives. The Department of Marine has often been asked to interfere, and as early as 18(55 the commander of the Mediterranean fleet formed a scliomo for the destruc tion of porpoises, which was like one of the wolf laws of the midd e ages. A fee of 5 francs was offerel for every head of a porpoise, a sum raised at last to 25 francs. Special nets we e devised, and the fishermen of Marseilles, Narbonno ami Port Vend res put their heads together to entrap their enemies. As a matter o!' fact they found it easy enough to catch the porpoises, and plenty of fish as well. But here oame out original sin in the wicked cetacean. The nets wore s'vly drawn close; the porposes mean while ate the fish, their fellow prisoners, until, just when the space within the not began to lessen seriously, with the inim- I itable grace of a flap of their tail fins, they lightly sprang, like salmon, over the edge of the net and into the ocean. Tl.o flshornu n of Marsoil'es, Narbonno and Port Yendres, wild willi p.igo at being fooled in this way, once more brought tlio conduct of tlio porpoises before the notice of tlio Government, The Minister was shocked, but could suggest nothing. Turee other oom munes thereupon requested the depart ment itself to undertako the chastise meat of the porpoises. There was a iong delay; but at length two gunboats, the Ayeno in 1888, and tlio Albatross in 1881, wore sent to punish the sportive pirates. They shot torpedoes among them, and fired cannon galore. The re sult wa< melancholy in the extreme. A few porpoises were killed, but not many; tlio majority fled out to deeper waters; but alas! tlio fish fled with them, so that it was more tl an a week in ouch case 1 eforo the fishery could be recommenced. And when the fish came back, like the ghost in tlio laureate's poem, tlio irre pressible porpoises returned in their company. The new report is not moro encouraging than former ones have been. It says that the porpoise is an animal "fort agile," and that tlio use of artillery against him is worse than use less. It oan only Rnggoat in a melan choly wa that "the fishermen who com plain of the depredations of these ceta ceans would do well to unite in organ izing porpoise hunts, or else in forming a mutual insurance against tlie injuries the/ commit. Meanwhile the depart ment might continue to indemnify to a certain degree the proprietors of nets which have been injured in any very preposterous degree." This is cold comfort, and is, in fact, another way of saving that nothing can bo done with beasts that are as slippery as trout, as cunning as monkeys, and as strong as ponies.—[Saturday ltoviow. Hunting Prairie Chickens. During the months of August and September, the prairies of Indiana, Il linois, lowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Min nesota and Dakota fairly teem with prairio chickens, and it is considered in soino localities little of an exploit to slaughter a hundred birds in a day's shooting, The birds aro young and scarcely able to tly, and not. having been shot at, are very tame. Hot weather causes thorn to lie close when pursued ! by a dog, so that when flushed they are rarely moro than a fow yards from the | hunter. The large mark which they present and tlio unvarying direction of l their lino of flight makes them an easy | bird to kill, and the largo bags which are so often boasted of are tlio result. I A month later tells a different tale. I Lot, then, the alleged good shot of ; August try his hand on October birds. .Strong of wing and fully fledged, ren j dered cautious t< ovtrcmio by their con- I stunt persecution, and rising at from i forty to fifty yards from the sportsman, j it takes a good gun well hold to bring j down the bird.—[Chicago Herald. In Battak Land. The "Rattaks aro a pooplo of common origin wi h the Ma'avs and resembling I theui in many respects, who live along | the western const and in the interior of ! the island of Sumatra. The district j chiefs form a confederation, the strong- I est one among them residing near the I Toba Lake. They have enjoyed tlio ad ; vantages of civilization, and aro good ! agriculturists, have an original system I of writing, and take cure to have their children instructed in such arts and j knowledge as they appreciate; and yet ■ they eat encm'es who are taken armed, and orim'nals of a certain class. As | sentimental people in western countries practice in a " language of flowers," so tlio young people of either sex among j tlio Pattaks correspond by means of a I language of leaves. The leaves them selves have no signiflt auej, hut their I names modified perhaps, within tlio : hounds of poetic license, indicate or j rhyme with t'.o word which the corres pondent wishes to suggest. The Force of Habit. Speaking of force of habii reminds me of a story that might bear repeating, says a writer. In most colleges it is the custom for one member of the faculty, usually th 4 president, lo have the super vision of all absent and dilatory stu dents, and to him every such one must go to explain the c.uisu of his absenen or tardiness. In one of these was n very kind and indulgent guardian of the college discipline. Every student knew well his stereotyped way of saying, "Well, I'l. excuse you this tini", lmt don't lot it happen aga'u." Although not in accordance with the usual rule, a : arried man had been admitted to pur sue tlio studies of the regular course. One day ho was absent; on the next, appoaring with his class in the doctor's room, he explained with great embar rassment that tlio arrival of an lieir had l>een the cause of his detention. "With out looking up from his table, and ap parently without a thought as to the nature of the excuse, so long as there was one, the doctor graciously re market: "Well, I'll excuse you thin time, but don't let it happen again," | NOTES AND COMMENTS. THE Spanish and the Germans have adopted the policy of f ending out float ing commercial exhibitions, and Spain has sent a large vessel, having oil board an exhibition of raw products and man ufactured goods, to make a tour of all I tlio ports of South and Central America , and of Mexico. AN old man in North Carolina, who | had lived all his life without even seeing i a railroad, recently got on a train, and before lie laid traveled a mile was i thrown off and killed Yet, on the ! other hand, according to a writer in j "Scribner's," a man might travel 51,- j (MM),000,000 miles before being killed. JUSTICE MILLER, of the United States | Supreme Court, tells this of Block Island, 11. I.: "Of the 1,20!) inhabitants I of tlio island, fully 1,000 of them have only four different family names. They i have inter-nmrried to great extent, and , I did not perceive any deterioration either mental or physical in consequouco | of u " . ! A WITNESS who lias boon engaged in I the cattle business for thirty years testi fied before the Senate Committee in i Chicago that the price of live cattle had j fallen from >BB per hundred weight in 1888 to #lB in the present year. At the same time it was sta ed tli.it the price of beef to the consumer had remained substantially the same. CENTRAL AMKHI<-A is enormously rich j in natural resources. The principal | natural source of her wealth is her J minerals. These aro not mined because of lack of capital and transportation. Gold, silver, copper, iron, zinc, opals j and coal aro plentiful. The rare woods occupy tlio second place as a source of wealth. There is not a saw mill in the whole country, ami all sawed lumber now comes from tlio Cnited States, I although pine forests abound on the Aguan river. W. 11, SMITH, the leader of tlio Con J servative party in the English House of i Commons, is extremely foml of flowers, and in his ho:-houses lie finds employ ment for thirty persons, while his ox- | pendituro upon this particular fancy ( amounts to several thousand pounds a year. His father was a poor nowspapor j hoy, who at times peddled " button holes " as well as the daily journals in j the London streets. He let his son a g eat fortune and the largest newspaper J selling business in the world. THE subject of desertions from the annv will he treated at length in tlio ! forthcoming report of the Secretary of! War. It is one that hai had Secretary j Proctor's earnest consideration from tlio beginning, as well as that of the Adju taut-General's staff. Yarious changes : in camp and barrack life, with a view to , increasing the soldier's comfort and in- i torest in his command, have been insti tuted, notably the consolidated moss , and tlio canteen systems. Those have j worked well who e er tried, and tlio re- 1 suits lmvo been that tho percentage of desertions have do reused since 1888. A FIRM of bookmakers have hit on a novelty in the advertising line which i must pos ess irresistible attraction for ! every genuino snob. They announce j best boots and shoes at ready-money prices, made on selected lasts of tho following gentlomeii, perfect feet only having been chosen for the stock mod els." Then follows a list of the owners of these porfeot feet in assorted sizes, in cluding such a <li tinguishod collection of eminence as the Duke of lloxburgho, i the Marquis of Hamilton, Earl Gadogan Princo Dolgourki and many others. This arrangement lias tho double ad van tage that any one going to this estab lishment lias a chance of being chosen ns a stock model, and finding his name enshrined on this roll of fame us owner of a perfect pair of feet. HISTORY Qecas ? ona'dy seems to repeat ilsoif geographically, as we might term it, abnormal or altogether unusual events occurring almost simultaneously in diHeront parts ol' tho world. On the 21st of August as tore of passengers were killod or wounded on tho trial trip of tho now Hcrraduras branch of the Cordova Railway in the Argent no Re public, and on the samo day an Associ ated Press dispatch stated that " A now steamer, just completed, was making her.//'#/. trip from tho I'ovt of Shanghai last Sunday, when her boiler burst, and 30 persons on board were killed." Only a day later a Khoxvillo dispatch report ed tho disastrous collapse of a railway trestle in (irainger County, Tenn., where 23 persons were killed or wounded on tho trial trip of the new Cumberland Cap and Kentucky Railroad. SIXTY years ago railroads were un known in this country, and the popula tion of tho United Stats consisted of 12,000,000 people. To-day wo operate upward of 105,000 miles of railroad, and our population has increased to 00,000,- 000. Sixty years ago the aggregate wealth of tho United States was less than #1,000,0(H),000 ; at present it is estimated at #50,000,000,000. Over our 105,000 miles of railroad there was car ried last yoar 475,000,000 people, and ( 00,000,000 tons of freight were trans ported. Upon these linos are engaged I.niio,ooo employees. Their equipment consists of 30,000 locomotives, 21 ,<IOO passenger cars, 7,000 baggage cars, and 1,000,000 freight cars. The capitd in vested in construction and equipment amounts to #3,000,1)00, and tho yearly disbursements for labor and supplies exceed #000,000,000. Borneo Rubber Fields. Tho relative value of the rubber fields of tho world lias lately boon dis cussed, and prominent among these is Borneo. Borneo rubber is the product of two, if not more, species of plants of tho genus Willoughboia, acreeper which attains a length of 150 feet or there abouts, and grows wild and untonded in the forests. Tho rubber is simply its liaidened sap, which Hows freely from tho stom if wounded. To obtain it rings are chiseled in tho bark at inter vals of about fourteen or fifteen inches apart. As much as half a hundred weight of rubber is occasionally ob tained from a very old creeper, but tho usual quantity may bo put down as half that. The plant is no essarily killed in the operation. It is not yet cloarly as certained at what age it is host to take the rubber, though six years is tho time usually spoken of. Ouly tho very slightest attention has boon required for any of these plants, and there is no reason why tho cultivation should not bo indefinitely, oxtondod. -[San I'ran c-inco Chronicle. Artesian Y/elle of Antiquity. It is worthy of mention that it is cer tain that artesian wells have been com mon in China from a very remote antiq uity. Some of tho Chinese weils aro said to bo 3,000 feet- deep. The simple I method used by tho Chinese- where I the drill is raised an I let fall by a ropo | instead of a rigid rod—lias lately been employed in Luropo with advantage. Chinese Maxims. ' I Forbearance is attended with profit. ! Life is a journey, niul deatli a return | home. The stiaitfhtest trees are tho first felled. ( ause'ess angor resembles waves with out wind. The loftiest building arises from small accretions. It is better to suffer an injury than to commit one. A discontented man is like a snake j who would swallow an elephant. | While silent, considor your own ; faults, ami while speaking spare those of othors. | To persecute tho unfortunate is like throwing stones on ono fallen into a j well. ) If men will have no care for the future, i they will soon have sor.ow for tho past, j Hear both sides, and all will be clear; bear but one, and you will still be in I the dark. ' Kind feeling maybe paid with kind j feeling, but debts must Ihj paid in hard | cash. Those abovo should not oppress those ! i below, nor those below encroach on I those above. i The people are tho roots of the State ; I if the roots are nourishing, tlie State I will endure. I The hou-o wherein learning abounds will rise ; that in which pleasure pre 1 vails will fall. | To be fully fed and warmly clothed, | I and to dwell at ease, without learning, j j is little better than a bestial stat \ The wisest must in a thousand times I bo once mistaken : tho most foolish in a thousand times must bo once right. Fortune Tolling. ! Fortune tolling is traced to the earlv ! astrologers, by whom tho planets Jupi j I tor and Venus wero supposed to betoken 1 happiness. The Sibyllao wore women ■ j who flourished in different parts of the , i world, and who were said to have been inspired by Heaven. In England the laws against fortune telling were at | one timo very severe. A declaration ( . was published in Franco, Jan. 11, IGBO, | of exceeding so verity against fortune j tellers and poisoners, under which sov- < . oral persons suffered death. Fortune i j tilers, although liab'otobc imprisoned as rogues and vagabonds, still flouiish I I in Eng'and. ! A FEW nights ago tho gong in tho i Washington Hoso Houso, Ilarrishurg, | Fonn., began a series of raps, anil kopfc I it up for over an hour, striking all man ner of signals. Tho apparatus was wound up four or live times, and dually was loft alone. It was then discovered that an industrious rat had oaten tho insulation f om the wire, and tho ox posed part hung dangerously near un electric, light wire, tier Face Wuh Her Fortune. Rho wa* as pretty as a picture and so ani mated and lively that it did one i? od to look at ner. She mtib all this but she Is not now. PooY soul, th" roses linger no more in her cheeks, the former luster of her eyes is gone. She's a woe-b 'gono looking piece or huiiumity now. She has one of those troubles so com mon to women and needs Dr. Pierce's Fnvo: ite Prescription. It recuperates the wasted strength, puts the whole system right, restores t eioßesand the luutor and " akes the wo man what sho once Was, bright, well and l'appy. ' Favorite Prescription" is the only mcdicino for women, sold by drug Ist-, uiuUr a ixH-itlvr wuirunlrr. from tho manufactuicrs, tbut it will givo satisfaction In every ease, or money will bo refunded. This guarantee bus been , rintcd un the Isittie*wrapper, and fait li lullycnrri d mit for man;, year . For all derangements of thillvor, at niach and bowels, ta.io Dr. Pierce's Pellets. One a dose. Wisconsin educators are discussing a pro position to establish baths in the public schools. "The clays or mitvolca are past." That may •>e, unci yet some of the most wonderful thiavfl ever witnessed by the human faintly have oc curred m it!tin the last dccado, Not tho least ol those wonders is tho success which the agenln of 11. F. Johnson Co., Richmond, Vn„ art meeting. Wrlto thorn fur particulars. They will show uou how to work wonders. There's talk abroad of holding an inter national electrieul cxliibition in Kiliiiburgli next year. If not above being taught hy a man, take this pood ndvico. Try Dolhinn's Electric Soap n 'Xt Monday. It won't cost mueli, and you will then know for yournelf Just how gisid it is. I jguro to aet no Imitation. There are lots of aem. Still sit ies just ptililisbcd show that there arc 2,'27'J soldiers six feet or over in height in the British Army. Forced to Leave Home. Ovor 00 pcoplo wore forced to leave their homes yestorday to call for a free trial pack age ol Lane's Family Medicine. If your blool is bad, your liver and kidneys out of order, if you arc constipated and have headache and an unsightly complexion, don't fall to call on any druggist to-day for a free sample of this grand remedy. Tho lodlos praise It. Evoryono likes it. Largo-size pnekago 50 cents. A now enterprise at. Bangor, Me, is the? RhippingofKuwilust in bales to various cities A liox of wind matches free to smokers of "T.aiisill's Punch" lie. Cigar. The lion. Bed Held Proctor, Secretary of War, has purchased a handsome estate on Marhlelicad Neck, Mass. IJIIH Out of Sorts Ib n fooling peculiar to persons of dyspeptic ten dency, or It may be caused by change of climate, season or life. The Htomuch is out of order, the hood aches or does not feel right, appetite Is capri cious, the nerves seem overworked, the mind l Confused and irritable. This condition finds an ex cellent corrective hi Hood's Snrsaparillu, which, hj Its regulating and toning powers, soon restores hnr mony to the system, and gives that strength of mind, nerves, and body, which makes one feel perfectly well. N. B.—lf you dccido to take Hood's Sarsnparllla do not be induced to buy any other. Hood's Sarsaparilla Bold by all druggists. $1; six for sr>. Prepared only by O. I. HOOD A CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass. IOO Doses Ono Dollar OPIUM HABIT. A Vultuihlo Ti'cntlso Oi vlnu toll hiformutlou or an Easy and speedy eure/V ') Po afflicted, Dn. J, C. HVWHAAS.Jortoraou, WUcoimliu BASK BAL!,':S£K;S ! ' Q'l7'hJ'Tt L I T?T?T7 °n applicutha tax-losing on. DJ!<IY 1 r SXTjCj ejc.)stump, by .i.ldr.-ssing. Theodore Holland, I'. (I. Ilex 1 JO, i*iiilii,l'n FRAZER e ®j RYMT IN Tilß WORLD UEILHOL 1.7 Get the Uenulne. Bold Everywhere. ■ a A|df DY. lt*<ok-k< oping, Buslar-sK !• <rj<. MUwt l'unmaiiship, Art hm tic. short luud.ct 11 thoroughly tutiuht by MAIL. Circuhas n> Hi-vuiil'm Calleue. 4.17 Alain St., lloffalo, N. t la |C ICE Kon* *rn.i!n onl*M Pnu't witut® your wnn#T on (i cum or rubber co&t. Th PISH BRAND ftLKIKMI nut:> bov THii.B Mint. AVkfor JiRAND" RUCIU and tiOcono oUinr. If yoor TOREKEEPrIiH -~nn.v,; liTT -r. ITTrnKn-' '"< Inr rWrli>ttvecUl"gn„ to a. J. ToWP.lt. g| Mlmmomft. Roton.Mawj l*jl 1 Metlicine. Rocommpnih*l by Physicians. EM taste. Chlldron take it without objection.*" Hy <lrujrjrht. For furc oF J FRO M PTIYa n dTE^MyNENTLV \VITHOIIVEetURN DFP-^l*i. 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