Chief Justice Judd, of Tlftwaii, hopes for Union with the United States— the island republio to become either a "Federal District or a Territory." Marshall Yamagata, of Japan, thinks that this is tho most wonderful coun try under the sun, and says that it is tho only Nation in tho world that docs not need an army. Tho Chicago Inter-Ocean eays: "The civilization that can photograph tho invisible should not despair of finding out what is the real cause and practical euro of crime." Eugene V. Debs was invited by the Chicago University students to ad dress them, but tho faculty wouldn't allow it. They think Debs is a dan gerous man, explains the Now England Homestead. Chicago is very much afraid that Canada might invade her, in enso of trouble with England, and is loudly demanding a big share of tho cash ap propriated for fortifications. What's tho matter with the brick battleship, Illinois? asks tho New Orleans Ticayuno. It is the nnnounced purpose of An drew Carnegie to mako of Pittsburg tho "art centre" of America, by au annual "salou" exhibition after the manner of tho Paris Salon. To induce the world's artists to send pictures for exhibition bo hns decided to givo 830,000 a rear for tho purchase of prizo winners. Buffalo Bill is said, in Farm, Field and Fireside, to bo tho best known American citizen. In Uormany bo it looked upon as a general, in France, England and Iroland n3 tho mo3t prominent Presidential candidate, and in Spain nnd Italy as a cabinet officer taking a tour for his health. Tho members of the Wild West Show are lookod upon as tho courtiers in his train—typical American geutlomen. New cures for consumption continue to bo proposed, notes tho Pathfiuder. Nono has so far proved a specific euro, invuriably successful or exclusively accjptoil. Consumption appears to bo tho worst enemy of man's health in this day, and it is probably increas ing. It is these seriogs considera tions that aro urging noientists to study more closely tho pathology of tho luugs. Natnro abhors unbealth and as soon ns wo learn how to mnko tho conditions right it will be as easy to roform a pair of lungs ,\s to set a broken arm. In Australia they aro exploiting a whale enro for rheumatism, which is said to ho effoolive, though disagree able. It wns discovered by a drunken man, relntes the New York Press, who was staggering along tho beach near the whaling station nt Twofold Bay, aud who, seeing a dead whale out open, took a bonder into tho decomposing blubber. It took two hours for htm to work his way out, and ho was then not only sober, but cured of his rheu matism. Now, they say, a hotel has been built in tho neighboring town of Eden, whero rheumatic patients wait for tho arrival of a whnlo in order to tnko blubber baths. Only ono lighthouse in uinety miles from Sandy Hook to Atlantic City, and soveral boats, including tho liner St. Louis, have lately run on tho leach in that stretch, exclaims tho New York Dispatch. Only ono light house for tho Long Island ehoro ap proach to Sandy Hood for sixty miles and over, where numerous wrecks are boachod and strew tho coast every year. Is the approach to the greatest hurbor in tho world properly pro tected considering tho dangerous sands waiting to hold any craft unfor tunate enough to get nshore and con sidering the enormous tonnage and its value that has to reach this port by running the gauntlet of tho Jersey and Long Island sands? A State organization of tho school boards of Minnesota has been formed. Thero are similar organizations in Illi nois, Wisconsin, lowa, Texas and Pennsylvania, and a National conven tion, tho first, will bo held in Buffalo this year, in connection with tho Na tional Teachers' Association. Tho purpose in tlio organization of theso Btnto associations of school boards is to gather and exchange opinions and decisions. Without such organiza tion, it is argued, school bonrds are independent bodies, each acting upon its own best judgment, and knowing little or nothing of tho methods of other boards. School toachors and superintendents havo their conven tions and exchange of ideas, and it is equally dcsirablo that members of school boards should havo an oppor tunity of educating themselvos for their duties. JENNY AND THE COWS. fho cows aro coming homo, Jenny I hoar their clanking bells: White Face Ami Bright Face: Coming, coming, coming from tho clovor, in tho dells; Coming, Jenny girl, And what caro they for a curl. Or that red rose that you wear in your hair Jenny girl! Tho cows are coming homo, Jenny, the cows aro coming homo: Lazy 801 l And Daisy Bell Coming, coming, coming from tho Holds whero wild doves roam; Comlne, Jenny dear. And I wondor why you wear Such ribbons and such roso3 in your hair, Jenny dear! The cows aro coming home, Jenny; by the lowing calves they're led. White Face And Bright Face: Coming, coming, coming—but beware that rose of rod! Or do tho cattle caro For a woman's ribboned hair? Nay! there's some one watching—watch ing for your coming, Jenuoy dcarl The cows are coming home, Jenny; but littlo do you care For Lazy Bel!, Or Daisy Bell From fragrant Holds o! clover, while in all tho twilight air A sweeter music swolls Than tho ringing of their bolls From Hps that cry for kisses from your rod lips, Jenny dear! Ne'er mind tho cattle, Jenny; thoy'll come for all the girls; Da'sy Bell And Lazy Bell: Tho calves'll call thorn homeward spito of of ribbons anil of curl 3; Think you tho cattle care For tho rose that's in your hair? Nay! butonolhsre is wlo loves you, nal he's waiting, Jenny dour! —Atlanta Constitution. ~IS. HEY lived in roomed cnl>- bank of tho Mississippi. '''i sr CSSp'TSS J-ho rising S&'fiS groundtvhich k. J ™ * he.v ocou - pied had for merly been an island; but tho Gov ernment bad built a dike—locally called the "cut off"—at the head of tho slough, which turned tho wnler into tho main channel; and tho rich, low ground between them and tho shore road was wbero they planted their garden. There wero three of them, John Lane, his wife and their Fred, not counting Hero; but Hero wns so largo and clumsy that ho might havo beon counted for a dozen. IVhenever bo camo into tho house the dishes on the table were in imminent danger from tho majestic sweep of his huge, bushy tail; and as this so wor ried .Fred's mother—for dishes wero costij and hard to get -Fred kept him out of doors mo3t of tho time, except on cold nights in tho winter. Then Hero was allowed to como into tho house, but was promptly made to go under Fred's bed, in order, as Mr. Lano would say, that there might bo room enough left to turn in. Mr. Lane was a raftsmaD, and had ■worked for years around tho old saw mill that stood on the river bank a mile above their littlo home. As tho mill ran only when tho river was cpen and free of ice, it was very difficult to inuko his scanty earnings "last through the winter. It was Fred's work dur ing tho summer months to gather tho driftwood which floated down from the mill. Ilis father had built a nar row staging for him, which extended out over tho wator ; and by means of a long pole, having a sharp iron hook on tho end, ho could catch hold of and seeuro any pieces that lloatcd near him. Hero would sit on tho bank and gravely watch tho proceedings; until one day when Fred missed his mark and a line, largo block escaped him, the dog gravely rote, plunged into the water and brought tho block back to tho pile. When Fred had recounted this feat, his father built the staging wide enough for two; and thereafter Hero ledatoly stationed himself beside his little master. Whouever a largo block driftod past beyond Fred's reach, he pointed it out to Hero, who would swim for it nnd drag it ashore in his hugo month, with an air of: "There, now I I did that all myself I" and then gravely return again to bis seat at tho end of the narrow staging. In this way tho pile grew rapidly, and before tho mill shut down tney had more than enough for the winter. As Fred piledjthe last of it against tho house bo laughingly said to his mother: "I think old Hero has earned the right to stay in tbo house all ho want 3 to, and to sing as loud as ho pleases when Daddy plays his fiddle. If it hadn't been for Hero, that pile would hav.c been about half as largo." Iforo looked os if ho fnliy understood it al), and, as Fred's mother said, "really smiled." Tho winter was unusually long and severe, and it was quite late in the spring boforo tho ico moved out. Then the heavy rains set in, and for two weeks there was almost a continual downpour. Tho river rose alarmingly, and then seemed to settle a trifle; still it worried Mr. Lane, for he said the house was too old to bear the strain should the water reach the foundation. Fred had great sport sending Hero out for all sorts of things that floated by; and then one morning, to hissor row, he saw his staging swept away. The river again rose rapidly, und crept uncomfortably near them. By night the water had reached their cabin steps; but, as it seemed to riso no higher, they decided to bring Hero in and go to bed as usual. Beforo dawn they were routed by a loud knocking; itwasono of tho men from the mill. The str>ngors securing tho log jam had broken, and help was needed immediately; so Mr. Lane dressed, and, with a hasty good-by, followed tho messenger up tho wet road. Fred's mother could not go back to sleep; so she built a roaring lire in the old fashioned wide-mouthed fire place and sat before it watching the flames. They could hear nothing but the roar of tho rising river, and re peatedly went to tho door to peer out into tho darkness. Already tho logs were coming down, and should a few of these strike tho cabin she feared they might start it from its loose foundation. It seemed to her by tho sounds that the water had reached tho garden, but that could hardly be pos sible unless tbo cut-off had broken. Yet the sounds were so strange and alarming that she decided to waken Fred and bo ready to leavo by day break, if the river should still bo ris ing. Hero seemed to kuow that danger was near, and Fred was so excited ho could scarcely dross himself. Tho dog pawed at the door and whined, and day was just breaking as Fred opened it. "Ob, mother," ho cried, "tho cut off suroly has gone, for see, tho river is between us and the road." Mrs. Lane hastened to the doorway, and for a moment her heart stood still with fear; for she saw it was now im possible to leavo the cabin. Their garden was a perfect millrace, down which the heavy logs wero tumbling and turning. As yet the water just covered their first step, but it seomed to bo rising rapidly and caoh moment brought the heavy logs nearer to them. She hastily prepared breakfast, urg ing Fred to eat hoartily, for she did not know when thoy might have an other warm meal. Hero came in for his share as well, and before they had finished n tiny stream mnde its way across the floor, and now and then the cabin was jarred by somo heavy object striking it. Very calmly Fred's mother ex plained that their safest plaoo now was out on tho roof, as t'uo logs woro liablo to send tho cabin dowu stream at any moment. Sho seemed so quiet that Fred did not wholly realize their danger, and this was as she wished it. Fred said it was quite liko catnpiDg, gettiDg tho blankets and foo l to tho roof; aud he entered heartily into the work. But when it camo to getting Hero up tho ladder and out through tho small opening it was a great task. Tho old fellow seemed to understand; but ho was so heavy that he conld not bold himself on tho rounds, and ho had never been taught to climb lad ders. Fred finally piled up the tables and chairs nndconxed Hero to mount them. Then, by pulling at tho dog's great fore-paw and with Mrs. Lano lifting and pushing below, they finally suc ceeded. Scarely had they settled themselves on tho roof when a jam of halfja dozen logs struck tho house, tho eddying wators whirlod tho light frame around, and, with a gentle, rocking motion, it settled down an I slowly floated away upon the stream. Fred said they wero regular Robin son Crusoea out on the raft, and en deavored to cheer his mother by de claring that the men surely knew of the break, an 1 would quiokly come to their rescue. Hero crept to her and laid his great head in her lap, and for a moment her tears blinded her; then she resolutely brushed them aside, for she folt that sho must not lot her fears overcome her,but must watch for some means of escaping. Slowly tlie old cabin floated along, Eometimes driven by the current closo to tho shore, and her hopes would rise; und thin, caught by the eddies, it would turn round and round and be driven far out toward tho middle of the wido river. Suddenly there was a harsh crating sound as tuey dragged on a gravelly bottom; then tho cabin listed far over to one side, swung part way around and then book again, and settied hard and fast aground. They were iirinly caught on a sandbar; but if some of the drifting logs or trees should happen to striko the cabin, Mrs. Lane feared it would broak and founder. Anxiously she watched and prayed for assistance. Would it hold togethor until help came? Surely her husband must know about the broken out oti' and would came in pursuit— they had not drifted far—and he must soon overtake them. When Mr. Lano arrived at tho mill he joined in tho difficult labor of pol ing such logs as they could secure into the comparatively still waters of a little bayou and mooring them se curely. The men worked like Trojans; but, strive as they might, thousands of feet of valuable timber were swept away. By ones and twos and dozens the great logs wero whirled beyond their grasp; uud when daylight broke, a shout arose, and was repeated hoarsely from man to man: "The cut oil's broken open." "Hun, Lane!" tho foreman shouted; "drop it and run for your cabin!" But John Lano needed no such spur. At the first intimation of the break, ho had dropped his polo and raced away down tho sboro road, "He'll need help, men," tho fore mau said. "Joo Hart, yon and Chap man join hitn. Belter to lose tho wholo log jam than a mate's woman and youngster." Lane, in his haste, had thought of nothing, hoping only to find tho house standing; hut Joo Hart thoughtfully went into tho mill and caino out bear ing two coils of rope. "I'm thinkuu we'Jl need 'urn," he remarked, catching up with Chapman 11ml handing him half of hi 3 burden. When Lauo reached a point that should have brought tho cabiu in view, to his horror nothing was vis ible but au expanse of rushing water. For a moment he felt stunned; but, looking bask, be saw his two friends with their heavy rope coils; and real izing why they had brought them, he star tod down tho shore faster than ever. As far as ho could see down tho stream there were no signs of tho cabin; but tho river curved a short distanco below and a thick grovo oi trees hid quite a long stretch of it. As lie rounded tho point and tho bond was disclosed, to his great joy he saw the house about half a milo below him. With a glad cry to his friends, ho hurried onward and soon gainod tho nearest approach of the shoro to his poor little stranded family. Cheering them with shouts, ho be gan to devise some means for effecting their rescue. This appeared a diffi cult matter. They were fully two hundred feet from the shore; the cur rent between them was very strong, and it would be hazardous for a swim mer to try to reach them, because of the lioating logs and debris which might striko and overwhelm hira. There wero no boats to be had, all those at tho mill having been carried away by the freshet; and how to get them ashore was a perplexing and seri ous question. Hart suggested that if thoy could in any way manage to pass a line to them, a large tub might bo procured and rigged to ferry them over. But how might they get the rope to them? Suddenly Mr. Bane brightened up. "I b'lievo Hero'll do it," lie said, as ho hastily tied a block of driftwood to the en lof the smaller rope. Then, making a trumpet of his hands, to carry his voice above the noiso of the river, ho called: "Send Hero after the block I throw out." Fred roused the dog and bade him "watch sharp;" and his father flung the block toward them. "After it, Hero. Get it!" Fred shouted; aud Hero, true to his old training, plunged into the rushing water. But the dog was bewildered by the strength of the current, and when ho felt hiuisolf borne down stream, ho turned and swam back to the cabin. Fred soolded him roundly and cuffed his ears; while Mr. Bane pulled the block back to the shore and ran up-stream a little distance, to oast it in nbove the bar. Fred, in the iueautime, kept Hero alert. The dog was prepared for another attempt, nnd eat up watching expectantly. Mr. Buno swung the block round and round in the air, and then sent it living out over tho water. The dog plunged in, und made bravely toward it. He understood the current this time, und headed up stream against it. Would tho block bo carried past him? Would he bring it to them should be reach it? Could ho stem the torrent and lodge the drift? How tho old fellow was cheered along! Shouts from tho Ehora bade him go ahead; shouts from Frod urged him forward. He reached it at last aud grasped it with his strong jaws. Then for a moment he hositated, and (scorned undecided which way to turn. What! would he go to tho shore with it? The meu shouted hoarsely unci men tioned him back. Ho was nearer to them, and it would have been much easier for him to carry it ashore; but Fred's voice rang out dear and shrill: "Hello, Hero I Bring ittome. Here, ohl boy. Bask—back hero with it!" And slowly the faithful animal turned and faced his litt'.o master. Tho cur rent swept him below the honse; but ho fought bravely onward, nearer and nearer, until Fred was able to grasp hitn. Bravely done, old Hero! Rightly named, for you saved two lives. Slowly he raised himself to tho root and Fred passed tho lino to his mother, thou threw both his arms around Hero's wet neck and broke out wildly sob bing. Mrs. Lane hastily tied tho ropo to one of tho cabin's rafters. Tho men brought a tub from a farmhouso near by and swuug it by both its strong handles. Mr. Lano then jumped in with a second rope, which he payed out behind as ho cautiously ferried across tho water. Ho haulud himself along Blowly, getting an occasional wetting, but landed on the houso roof safely at last. How joyfully they wel comed him I Hero claimed his sharo of praise; and does any ono doubt that he got it? Mrs. Lane was placed in tho tub and told to hold the rope firmly to keep their frail makeshift from tipping,and the men on shore slowly hauled it aoross by means ot the small line tied to it. Sbo landed safely, and the tub was pulled back to rescue Fred and his father. Hero stcod watching them, until they were some distance from tho house, and looked as though ho expected the tub to como back for him; but ho finally plnnged in and followed. Ho was first to reach shore, nnd came trottiug up (he bank to meet them as the tub lauded. Beforo very long tho cabin went to pieces, and until tben no ono really appreciated bow much they owed to Hero. From that day on ho wu3 al ways allowed the very best of every thing, and if his great tail did occa sionally break a dish nothing was ever said about it.—New York Xudepeu dent. Music [l'tiblishcil Cheaply, Music is published very cheaply. The cost of 100 is only about 820, if the cover of tho music isplaiu. There were 00,000 musical composi tions turned out from American presses last year. Hardly more thau a dozen songs were a poptilnr success. Tb'i need not deter tho musically am bitious, who can, if they find the proper place, become composers "whilo you wait."—San Francisco Chronicle. "JOCK." Tlio (Shepherd Collie Which Raved Twenty-five Horaes. When Mr. Leiclit, of tho Facpeke- Lelcht Lumber Company, paid $25 for Jock, a Scotch collie, he llttltTtliought the dog would pay for Itself a hundred times over and save property worth Such, however, is the fact, and had It not been for the sagacity of Jock twenty-five horses belonging to Mr. Leicht's firm would have lost their lives in the fire which partially destroy ed its lumber-yard oil Tuesday night. The horses were in a stable in tho rear of the building in which the fire was discovered, and though the night watchman cut their halters they would not leave the building. Jock seemed to understand the situation, and, rush ing Into the stalls, drove the nuimnls out one by one. He barked and bit at the heels of the frightened animals, and did bettor work than a score of men. One of tho animals after he was outside ran back into the burning sta ble and was followed by Jock. But the efforts of the dog were of no avail; the horse was "fire mad" and was burned to death. Jock is four years old and Is the nightly companion of Watchman Arudt. Tho dog discovered the fire and ly barking attracted the atten tion of the watchman. When his work of rescue was complete he took lip a position by tho yard gate, and neither streams of water nor showers of sparks would dislodge him from his place. Jock is of pure Scotch breed, and, ac cording to his owner, Tuesday night's occurrence was not tho first exhibition of intelligence above the ordinary. Sev "JOCK," THE SHEPHERD COM,IE. era] times lie has driven suspicions characters away from the yards, and woe to the trninp who tries to turn n lumber pile Into a lodging-house.—Chi cago Tribune. SATAN IN HARNESS. A Giant Georgia Negro lloeg the AVorlc of a Mule. "Sntnn nt last In harness" should not he construed as meaning that the cloven hoof individual who Ugures most con spicuously iu Dante's Inferno has been suddenly halted In Ills travels to and fro on this earth. The Satan here re ferred to is Sam Satan, a giant negro, of Dougherty County, Georgia, who al lowed himself to be hitched to a plow and (lid tho work of Ills deceased mule. Sam hail owned a mouse-colored nralo for 11 number of years, but hard work hud hurried It to the bone factory, and money was not plentiful with Sam, and just bow lie should do the plowing In his field worried him very much. lie saw nothing else to do hut to take the mule's place In the harness, and let Ills wife do the driving. For one whole summer Sam assumed the rolo of a SAM SATAN IN THE TI.OW. mule, and did the work iu a masterly manner that created jealousy among the mules of the county. Sntnn Is seven feet tall and as strong ns an ox, and has the reputation of he lm; the Samson of Georgia. One of his feats that attracted especial attention was where he picked up four men, each weighing about 150 pounds, rutting one on each shoulder and taking one on each arm, lie walked off down the street as easily ns an ordinary man would carry n 50-pound snck of floor. Stoop. Ins flown and entchlng n medium-sized man by the back of the coat collar with his teeth, he lifted him from the ground and walked across the street with him with as much ease as the average man would carry a meerschaum plpo In Ills mouth. He never wears a hat except when he conies to town, as he fears It will shorten his lialr, and his shoes are always out at the toes, Ills feet being too long for any ready-made pair. Sam's employer has a standing wager of SIOO that he (Sam) can pull more than any team of horses In the surrounding coun try. His real name Is Sam Williams. He was given the name of Sam Satan when he was a boy on account of his ninny mischievous pranks, nnd lie Is now known by that name and no other. Itomanco of the Telegraph. A great deal of romance hovers round tho menus by wliloh the worm's news Is gathered. The speed nnd accuracy with which messages are transmitted between the uttermost parts of tho earth Is marvelous when tlio conditions under which they nre sometimes trans mitted nre considered. The Indo-Eu ropean line offers a good lllustrntion. It runs fronl London to Lowestoft 011 the east coast of England. It then dips under the sen to Em den, on the Ger man const, where It passes right through Germany to the Itussinn fron tier. From this point the wire passes byway of Warsaw, Rowuo, Odesse, the Caucasus nnd Tiflls, to Persln, nnd by Tll liris to Teheran, the cnpltnl of the shah's dominions. There It Joins the Indian government line, which runs from the Persian capital to Hush!re ou the Persian gulf. Thence the wires run through Bcloochlstnu, anil complete the route by connecting Ktirrachce, north India. The operation of this Immense stretch of line, passing through coun tries of such varying climates and char acteristics, is one of much difficulty. On the snow-swept steppes of Russia the wires are often snapped like thread by the rapid flight of llocks of wild geese. The poles are cut down and made into firewood by the nomad tribes of the Caucasian districts, and the cun ning Innkeepers of Georgia seek to boom their post-horse trade by delib erately creating faults In the wires. In the mountainous regions of Asia the maintenance of the solitary line in volves much personal risk and hardship to the staff hands. Communication Is often cut off by a snowfall of five or six feet in a night. These mountain sta tions are provisioned with several months' supplies before the winter sets In, as the stuff will be in touch Wie the rest of the-world by the wire only until the spring weather opens out the passes. In these supplies Is always In cluded a liberal allowance of books anil games wherewith to relieve the monot ony of the tedious winter exile. A Chnnco for Htudents. The managing committee of the American School of Classical Studies, In Rome, will offer for the year 181)11-1)7 three fellowships, as follows: A fel lowship of SOOO, established by the managing committee; a fellowship of ?000, given by the Arehcologlcal Insti tute of America; a fellowship of SSOO for the study of Christian archeology, contributed by friends of the school. The holders of these fellowships will bo enrolled as regular members of the school and will be required to pursue their studies, under the supervision of the directors of the school, for the full school year of ten months, beginning Oct. 15, 181)0. The fellowships are open to bachelors of arts of American col leges. A Queer Deposit. Julius Howe has a peculiar deposit on ids farm in East Brookiield, Mass. It covers about an acre and lies at the bottom of a ravltje iu a bog. It Is about one and one-half feet thick and is twelve Inches below the surface. It lias been analyzed and found to con sist of the petrified shells or bodies of minute flies or beetles. Upon being burned it crumbles into a white pow der, vnluable for scouring metal. Knowledgo and Observation, A Held naturalist Is one who supple ments the knowledge acquainted by study, by actual observation. The term Implies acquaintance with the habits of animals, as well as with their anat omy. No man is really unlucky unless he can make a train late by going to the depot to wait for it. SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL. Virginia possesses tho greatest mag nesinm mines in tho world. Tho oyes of birds that fly by night are generally about double the size of day birds. Tho Bertillon system for identifying criminals by measurements has been adopted by tho Now York City Police Board. If human dwollings wero constructed on the same proportionate soalo as tho ant-hills of Africa wo should bo living in bouses a mile high. An odd observation of Gilbert White, confirmed by reoent writers, is that pheasant oooks invariably crow, as if in answer to a challenge, at the sound of artillory or thunder. It is evident, according to tho American Machinist, that wheels cou struoted on tho principle of tho bioycle wheel are not suited for use in ordinary three nnd four wheel vehicles since they are planned to sustain vertical stress only, and are altogether un fitted for lateral strain such as other vehicles are subjected to. A Frenchman has invented a record ing attachment for the piano, for tho use of composers, by which ench key, when struck, leaves a mark on a strip of slowly-moving paper. By means of this contrivanco improved musio may bo transcribed and fleeting ideas caught that, perhaps, it would bo im possible for tho composer to recall and commit to paper. Plateau, a Belgian experimenter, throws doubt on tho assumption that insects aro strongly attracted by bright nnd contrasted colors in flow ers. Showy dahlias, hiddon beneath leaves and colored paper seemed to bo visited by beo3 and butterflies quito as often as the exposed flowers. It is concluded that perception of odors is tho inseots' chief guide. Tho Baltimoro aud Ohio Railroad Company finds that its olectrio loco motives aro more expensive than thoso driven by steam, tho former costing thirty-oigbt' cents per engine-mile, while the cost of the latter is but twenty-three cents. However, as in nil other respects the uso of electricity in tho tunnel has given far more satis faction than that of steam, the former will be continued. Usually skeletons of prehistorio peoples are found near the surface. Except in the high mounds of tho Mississippi valley they aro seldom more buried than ten feet deep. So it is interesting to note that an ex cellently preservod skeleton was found at Atlantic Highlands, N. J., twenty two feet below tho present surface, accompanied by pipe, tomahawk, drinking cup, shells nnd other articles. Discovered Pigmies til Africa. Donaldson Smith, tho young phy sicisn who has been on an expedition to Lake Rudolph, Afrioa, arrived in Now York from London on board tho Amerioan line stoamor St. Louis yos terday afternoon, nnd last evening reuched his homo in this city, says tho Philadelphia Times. Perhaps of the greatest popular in terest is his discovery of many now tribes, whose existence was previously uukuown. Among these is n race of pigmios, tho fact of whoso discovery hns caused a commotion in scientific oirolos. These curious peoplo aro of \frican type. Although of great phy sical beauty, with woli-formod limbs, they nre barely removed from auimals. Late in life, they settle flown aud marry. Theso remarkable peoplo aro all botween four and livo foot high nud live in primitive conical huts. Their only industry is corn raising ind tho roaring of sheep nnd goats. They aro boru hunters. In warfare they use poisoned arrows,- tho wounds inflicted by which provo fatal withiu an hour. Suit in History. Tho necessity for salt among aborig inal races must have been paramount, for nature crnvos it. Salts of soda are to bo found in all animal and vegeta ble substancos man uses, but it doos not seem to bo so assimilable ns sodio chloride. Primitive Americans wero certninly fortunate, becanso sources of salt far away from tao seaboard aro fairly numerous. Tho work of procur ing salt must have fallen in a largo measure on wouieu. There was a Mex ican goddess who was honored as the salt giver. Hauoroft, in his Aztec stndios, tells how on Aztec king kept tho Tlascalas without salt for years, until thov acknowledged his sover eignty. Prsol Positive, A Scotsman who wanted to looru what profession ho would have his son sntor, put him into a room with a theological work, an apple aud a six penny piece. If ho found him when ho returned reading the book, he in tended to make a olergymau of him ; if eating tho apple, a farmer, and if interested in tho money, a banker. When ho did return ho found tho boy sitting on tho book, with the six pence in his pocket, and tho apple al most devoured. "That settles it," said tho keen Scotsman, "tho lad's a born lawyer, I can easily see."—San Francisco Ex aminer. l'crnliar IVay to Grind Out a Living. There is a man with au ofßoe on West Twenty-eighth street who is grinding out a living in a peculiar way. Ho conducts a bureau of nomen clature. His specialty is to name titles for all sorts of ploys. Of course, he must read tho plays first. Many authors who aro unable to conceive au appropriate title for thoir plays go to this individual for a catohy name. If the play is a success he generally gets a handsome bonus in addition to his fee. Ho has boen in the business for seven years, and he says only two of the plays which bo namod have gone under,—New York World.
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