Chief Justice Judd, of Hawaii, hopos
for Union with the United States—
the island republic to become either a
"Federal District or a Territory."
Marshall Yamagata, of Japan, thinks
that this is the most wonderful coun
try under the sun, and says that it is
the only Nation in tho world that does
not need an army.
Tho Chicago Inter-Ocean says:
"The civilization that can photograph
the invisible should not despair of
finding out what is tho real causo and
practical euro of crime."
Eugeno V. Dobs was invited by the
Chicago University students to ad
dress them, hut tho faculty wouldn't
allow it. They think Debs is a dan
gerous man, explains the New England
Homestead.
Chicago is very much afraid that
Canada might invade her, in case of
trouble with England, and is loudly
demanding a big share of the cash ap
propriated for fortifications. What's
tho matter with the brick battleship,
Illinois? asks tho New Orleans
Picayune.
It is tho announced purpose of An
drew Carnegie to make of Pittsburg
tho "art centre" of America, by an
annual "salon" exhibition after tho
manner of tho Paris Salon. To induce
the world's artists to send pictures for
exhibition ho has decided to givo
$50,000 a year for tho purchase of
prize winners.
Buffalo Bill is said, in Farm, Field
and Fireside, to bo tho best known
American citizen. In Germany ho is
looked upon as a geuoral, in France,
England and Ireland as tho most
prominent Presidential candidate, and
in Spain atul Italy as a cabinet officer
taking a tour for his health. The
members of tho Wild West Show are
looked upon as tho courtiers in his
train—typical American gentlemon.
Now cures for consumption continue
to be proposed, notes tho Pathfinder.
Nono has so far proved a specific oure,
invariably successful or exclusively
accepted. Consumption appears to bo
tho worst enemy of man's health in
this day, and it is probably increas
ing. It is these serioqs considera
tions that aro urging ocientists to
study more closely the pathology of
the lungs. Naturo abhors uuhealth
and as soon ns wo learn how to mnko
tho conditions right it will be as easy
to reform n pair of lungs as to set u
broken nrm.
In Australia they aro exploiting a
whale cure for rheumatism, which is
tnid to bo effective, though disagree
nhlo. It was discovered by a drunken
man, relntos the New York Press, who
was staggering along the beach near
the whaling station at Twofold Bay,
and who, seeing a dead whale cut onen,
took a header into tho decomposing
blubber. It took two hours for him
to work his way out, and he was then
not only sober, but cured of his rheu
matism. Now, thoy say, a hotel has
been built in the neighboring town of
Eden, where rheumatic patients wait
for tho arrival of a whale in order to
take blubber baths.
Only one lightbouso in ninety miles
from Bandy Hook to Atlantic City,
and several boats, including the liner
St. Louis, havo lately run on tho
beach in that stretch, exclaims tho
Now York Dispatch. Only ono light
house for tho Long Island shore ap
proach to Bandy Ilood for sixty miles
nnd over, where numerous wrcoks aro
beached nnd strew tho coa3t every
yenr. Is the approach to the greatest
burbor iu tho world properly pro
tected considering the dangerous
snnds waiting to hold any craft unfor
tunate enough to get ashore nnd con
sidering the enormous tounago and its
value that has to reach this port by
running tho gauntlet of the Jersey aud
Long Island sands?
A State organization of the school
boards of Minnosota has been formed.
Thoro aro Bimilar organizations in Ilii
rois, Wisconsin, lowa, Texas and
Pennsylvania, and a National conven
tion, tho first, will bo hold in Buffalo
this year, in connection with tho Na
tional Teachers' Association. Tho
purpose in the organization of these
State associations of school hoards is
to gather and exchango opinions and
decisions. Without such organiza
tion, it is nrguod, school boards aro
independent bodies, each acting upon
its own host judgment, and knowing
little or nothing of tho mdthods of
other boards. School teachers and
superintendents have their conven
tions and exchange of ideas, and it is
equally dcsirablo that members of
school boards should havo an oppor
tunity of educating themselves for
their duties.
JENNY AND THE COWS,
fho cows arc comlog homo, Jenny—
I hear their clanking bolls:
White Face
And Bright Face:
Coming, coming, coming from tho clover,
in tho dells;
Coming, Jenny girl,
And what earo they for a curl,
Or that rod rose that you wear in your hair
Jenny girl!
Tho cows are coming home,
Jenny, tho cows aro coming home:
Lazy Bell
And Daisy 801 -
Coming, coming, coming from tho flolds
where wild doves roam;
„ Coming, Jenny dear,
Aud I wondor why you wear
Such ribbons and such roses in your hair,
Jenny dear!
Tho cows are coming homo,
Jenny; by the lowing calves they're led.
Whito Face
And Bright Face:
Coming, coming, coming—but beware that
rose of red!
Or do tho cattle care
For n woman's ribboned hair?
Nay! thero's some one watching—watch
ing for your coming, Jonuoy dearl
Tho cows are coming home,
Jenny; but little do you care
For Lazy Bell, j
Or Daisy 801 l
From fragrant flolds of clover, while In all
tho twilight air
A sweeter music swolls
Than tho ringing of thoir bolls
From lips that cry for kissos from your rod
lips, Jenny dear!
No'er mind the cattle, Jenny; they'll come
for all the girls;
Daisy Bell
And Lazy Bell:
Tho calves 'll call them homeward spit© of
of ribbons and of curls;
Think you tho cattle care
For the rose that's in your hair?
Nay! but one there is who loves you, anl
he's waiting. Jenny dear!
—Atlanta Constitution.
JTKRO.
lived in
bank of the
Mississippi.
Tho rising
CffiJ groondwhich
' thoy occu
i_Jr® pied had for
merly been an island; but the Gov
ernment had built a dike—locally
called tho "cut-off"—at tho head of
the slough, which turned tho water
into tho main channel; and the rich,
low ground between them and the
shore road was where they planted
their garden.
There were three of them, John
Lane, his wife and their Frod, not
counting Hero; but Hero was so large
and clumsy that ho might havo been
counted for a dozen. Whenever
he camo into tho house the
dishes on tho table were in imminent
danger from the majestic sweep of his
huge, bushy tail; aud as this so wor
ried .Fred's mother—for dishes were
costij and hard to get -Fred kept him
out of doors most of the time, except
on cold nights in the winter. Then
Hero was allowed to como into tho
house, but was promptly made to go
under Fred's bed, in order, as Mr.
Lane 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 bauk a
mile above their little home. As tho
mill ran only when the river was cpou
and free of ice, it was very difficult to
mako his scanty oarningß last through
the winter. It was Fred's work dur
ing tho summer months to gather tho
driftwood which floated down from
the mill. His father had built a nar
row staging for him, which extended
out over the water; and by means of
a long pole, having a sharp iron hook
on the end, he could catch hold of
and securo any pieces that floated
near him.
Hero would sit on the bank and
gravely watch tho proceedings; until
one day whon Fred missed his mark
and a fine, largo block escaped him,
tho dog gravely rose, plunged into tho
water and brought tho block back to
the pile.
When Fred had recounted this feat,
his father bnilt tho staging wide
enough for two; aud thereafter Hero
sedately stationed himself besido his
little master. Wheuever a largo block
driftod past beyond Fred's reach, he
pointed it out to Hero, who would
swim for it and drag it ashore in his
huge mouth, with an air of: "There,
now ! I did that all mysolf I" and then
gravely return agnin to his seat ot tho
end of tho narrow stagiug. In this
way tho pile grew rapidly, anil before
tho mill shut down they had more than
enough for tho winter.
Aa Fred piledjthc last of it against
the honso he laughingly said to his
mother : "I think old Hero has esmed
the right to stay in the house all ho
wants to, and to sing as loud as he
pleases when Daddy plays his fiddlo.
If it hadn't been tor Hero, that pile
would have been about half ns large."
Hero looked as if ho fully understood
it all, and, as Fred's mother said,
"roally smiled."
The winter was unusually long and
severe, and it was quite late in the
spring bofore the ice moved out. Then
the heavy rains set in, and for two
weeks there was almost a continual
downpour. The river rose alarmingly,
and then soemcd to settle a trifle; still
it worried Mr. Lane, for ho 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 his sor
row, he saw his staging swept away.
'The river again rose rapidly, and
crept uncomfortably near them. By
night tho water had reached their
cabin steps; but, as it seemed to rise
no higher, they decided to bring Hero
in and go to bed as usual.
Before dawn they were roused by a
loud knocking; it was one of the men
from the mill. The stringers 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.
Frod's mother could not go back to
sleep; so she built a roaring firo in
tho old fashioned wide-mouthed fire
place and sat before it watching the
Hames. They could hear nothing but
the roar of the rising river, and re
peatedly wont to tho door to peer out
into the darkness. Already tho logs
were coming down, and should a few
of these strike the cabin she feared
thoy might start it from its loose
foundation. It scorned to her by tho
sounds that the water had reached tho
garden, but that could hardly be pos
sible unless tho cut-off had broken.
Yet the sounds were so strange and
alarming that she decided to wakon
Fred and be ready to loave by day
break, if the river should still bo ris
ing.
Hero seemed to know' that danger
was near, and Fred was so exoited ho
could scurcely dross himself. The dog
pawed at the door and whined, and
day was just breaking us Fred opened
it.
"Oh, mother," ho cried, "the cut
off suroly has gone, for see, tho river
is between tis and the road."
Mrs. Lane hastened to the doorwny,
and for a moment her heart stood still
with fear; for she saw it was now im
possible to leave tho cabin. Their
garden was a perfect millrace, down
which the heavy logs were tumbling
and turning. As yet tho water just
covered their first step, hut it seemed
to bo rising rapidly and each moment
brought tho heavy logs nearer to them.
Sho hastily prepared breakfast, urg
ing Fred to eat heartily, for she did
not know when they might have an
other warm meal. Hero came in for
his share as well, and beforo they had
finished a tiny stream made its way
across the fioor, and now and then the
cabin was jarred by some heavy object
striking it.
Very calmly Fred's mother ex
plained that their safest place now
was out on the roof, as tho logs wore
liable to send tho cabin down stream
at any moment. She seemed so quiet
that Fred did not wholly realize their
danger, and this was as she wished it.
Fred snid it was quite liko camping,
getting the blankets and food to the
roof; aud he entered heartily into tho
work. But wheu it camo to getting
Hero up tho ladder and out through
tho small opening it was a great task.
The old fellow seemed to understand;
but ho was so heavy that ho could not
bold himself on the rounds, and ho
had never been taught to climb lad
ders.
Fred finally piled up the tables aud
chairs andcoaxed Hereto mount them.
Then, by pulling at tho dog's groat
fore-paw and with Mrs. Lane lifting
and pushing below, they finally suc
ceeded.
Soarely had they settled tbcmselvos
ou the roof when u jam of halfja dozen
logs struck tho house, tho eddying
waters whirlod tho light framoaround,
aud, with a gentle, rooking motion, it
settled down aud slowly fioatod away
upon the stream.
Fred said they wore regular Robin
son .Crusocs out on the raft, and en
deavored to cheer his mother by de
claring that tho men surely knew of
tho break, and 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
sho felt that she must not lot her fears
overcomo her, but must watch for some
means of escaping.
Slowly tho old cabin floated along,
sometimes driven by tho current close
to tho shore, and her hopes would rise;
and then, caught by tho eddies, it
would turn round and round and be
driven frr out toward tho middle of
tho wido river. Suddonly there was a
harsh grating sound as trey dragged
on a gravelly bottom ; then tho cabin
listed far over to one side, swung part
way around and then bnoit again, and
settled hard and fast aground. They
were firmly caught ou a sandbar ; but
if some of tho drifting logs or treos
should liappon to strike the cabin,
Mrs. Lane feared it would break and
founder. Anxiously she watched and
prayed for assistance. Would it hold
together until help came? Surely her
husband must know about the broken
cut off nnd would came in pursuit—
they had not drifted far—and ho must
soon overtake them.
When Mr. Lane arrived at the mill
he joined in the difficult labor of pol
ing such logs as thoy could securo into
the, comparatively still waters of a
little bayou and mooring them se
curely. The men worked like Trojans;
but, strive ns they might, thousands
of feet of valuable timber were swept
away. By ones and twos and dozens
the great logs were whirled beyond
their grasp; and when daylight broke,
a shout arose, and was repeated
hoarsely from man to man: "The cut
off's broken open."
"Run, Lane !" tho foreman shouted;
"drop it and run for your oabinl"
But John Lane needed no such
spur. At tho first intimation of tho
break, ho had dropped his polo and
raced away down the shore road.
"He'll need help, men," tho fore
man said. ".Too Hart, you aud Chap
man join him. Belter to lose the
wholo log jam than a mate's woman
and youngster."
Lane, in his haste, had thought of
nothing, hoping onlj to find the house
standing; but Joe Hart thoughtfully
went into the mill and came out bear
ing two coils of rope.
"I'm thinkuu we'll need 'um," he
remarked, catching up with Chapman
and handing him half of his burden.
When Luuo reached a point that
should have brought tho cabin in
view, to his horror nothing was vis
iblo but an expanse of rushing water.
For a momeut he felt stunued; but,
looking back, he saw his two friends
with their heavy rope coils; and real
izing why they had brought them, ho
started down tho shore fastor than
ever. As far as he could see down the
stream there were no signs of tho
cabin; but the river curved a short
distanco below and a thick grove ot
trees hid quito a long stretch of it.
As he rounded the point and tho bond
was disclosed, to his great joy he saw
tho house ahout half a milo below him.
With a glad cry to his friends, he
hurried onward and soon gainod the
nearest approach of the shore to his
poor little stranded family.
Cheering them with shouts, ho bo
gun to doviso Homo means for effeoting
their rescue. This appeared a diffi
cult matter. They were fully two
hundred fqet from the shore; the cur
rent botweon them was very strong,
und it would bo hazardous for a swim
mer to try to roach them, because of
tho floating logs and debris which
might striko and overwhelm him.
Thore wero no boats to bo had, all
those at tho mill having been earriorl
away by tho freshet; and how to got
them ashore was a perplexing and seri
ous question.
Hart suggested that if thoy eould in
any way manage to pass a lino to
them, a large tub might be procured
and rigged to ferry them over. Bnt
how might they get tho rope to them?
Suddenly Mr. Lane brightened up.
"I b'lievo Hero'll do it," ho said, as
ho hastily tied a block of driftwood to
the en iof tho smaller rope. Then,
making a trumpet of his hands, to
carry his voico ahovo tho noiso of tho
river, ho called: "Send Hero aftor
the block I throw out."
Fred ronsed the dog nnd bade him
"watch sharp;" and his father flung
tho block toward them.
"After it, Hero. Get it!" Fred
shouted; and Hero, true to his old
training, plunge! into the rushing
water. But tho dog was bewilderod
by tho strength of the current, and
wnen ho felt himself boruo down
stream, ho turned nnd swam back to
the cabin. Fred scolded him roundly
and cuffed his ears; while Mr. Lane
pulled the block back to tho shore and
ran up stream a little distance, to cast
it in above the bar. Fred, in tho
meantime, kept Hero alert. Tho dog
was prepared for another attempt,
and sat up watching expectantly.
Mr. Lano swung tho block round
and round in the air, and thon sent it
dying out over tho water. The dog
plunged in, and made bravely toward
it. He understood tho current this
time, and headod up stream agaiust
it. Would tho block bo carried past
him? Would ho bring it to thom
should bo reach it? Could he stem
tho torrent and lodge tho drift? How
tho old fellow was chcored along!
Shouts from tho shore bade him go
ahead; shouts from Fred urged him
forward. He reached it at last and
grasped it with his strong jaws. Then
for a moment ho hesitated, and scorned
undecided which way to turn. What!
wonld ho go to tho shore with it ?
The men shouted hoarsely and men
tioned him back. Ho was nearer to
thorn, nnd it would have been much
easier for him to enrry it ashore; but
Fred's voice rang out clear and shrill:
"Hello, Hero I Bring it to me. Here,
old hoy. Baal;—back hero with it I"
And slowly tho faithful nuimal turned
and faced his little master. Tho cur
rent swept him below tho house; but
ho fought bravely onwnrd, nearer and
uonrcr, until X r red was able to grasp
him.
Bravely done, old Iloro! Rightly
named, for you saved two lives. Slowly
ho raisod himself to tho roof and Fred
passed the lino to his mother, thon
throw both his arms around Hero's
wet nook and broko out wildly sob
bing.
Mrs. Lnno hastily tied the ropo to
one of the cabin's rafters. Tho men
brought a tub from a fannhouso near
by and swung it by both its strong
handles. Mr. Lano then jumped in
with a seoond rope, which he payed
out behind as ho cautiously ferried
across tho water. Ho hanlod himself
along slowly, gotting an oooasional
wetting, but landed on tho houso roof
safely at last. How joyfully they wel
comed him I Hero claimed his share
of praise; and doos any one doubt
that ho got it?
Mrs. Lano was placed in tho tub and
told to hold the ropo firmly to keep
their frail makeshift from tipping,and
the men on shoro slowly hauled it
across by meuns of the small line tied
to it. She landed safely, and tho tub
was pulled baolc to rescue Fred and
his father. Hero stcod watching them,
until they wero some distance from
the house, and looked as though he
oxpected the tub to come back for
him; but he finally plnuged in and
followed. He was first to reach shore,
and came trottiug up the bank to meet
them as the tub landed.
Boforo very long the cabin went to
pieces, and until then no one really
appreciated how much they owed to
Hero. From that day on ho was 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.—Now York Indepen
dent.
Jluyie " I'ittil is lied Cheaply.
Musio is published very cheaply,
Tho cost of 100 'copies is only about
S2O, if the cover of the musio is plain.
There wero 00,000 musical composi
tions turned out from American
presses last year. Hardly more than
a dozen songs were a popular Buocess.
Tb' i need not deter the musically am
bitious, who can, if thoy find the
proper place, become composers
"whilo you wait." —San Francisco
Ohroniole.
"JOCK."
The Shepherd Collie Which Paved
Twenty-five Horace.
When Mr. Leicht, of the Pnopeke-
Leicht Lumber Company, pit 1(1 $25 for
Jock, a Scotch collie, he litthPt bought
the dog would pay for Itself a hundred
times over and save property worth
$3,000. 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 on Tuesday night.
The horses were in a stable in the 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 animals
out one by one. lie barked and bit at
the heels of the frightened animals,
and did better work than a score of
men. One of the 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 "tire mad" and was burned
to death.
Jock Is four years old and Is the
nightly companion of Watchman
Arndt. The dog discovered the tire
and by barking attracted the atten
tion of the watchman. When his work
of rescue was complete he took up a
position by tlie 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 the first exhibition
of intelligence above the ordinary. Sev-
> . rrmrm
"JOCK," THE SHEPHERD COLI.IE.
oral times he has driven suspicions
characters away from the yards, and
woe to the tramp who tries to turn a
lumber pile Into a lodglug-liousc.—Chi
cago Tribune.
SATAN IN HARNESS.
A Giant Georgia Negro Does the Work
of a Mule*
"Satan at last in harness" should not
bo construed as moaning that th(*cloven
hoof individual who figures most eon
spicuously in Dante's Inforno has boon
suddenly halted in ids 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 liltclied to a plow
and (lid the work of his deceased mule.
Ham had owned a mouse-colored mule
for a number of years, but liard work
had hurried it to the bone factory, and
money was not plentiful with Sam, and
just how lie should do the plowing in
his field worried liini very much. lie
saw nothing else to do but to take the
mule's place in the harness, and let ids
wife do the driving. For one whole
summer Sam assumed the role of a
SAM SATAN IN TITE PLOW.
mule, ami did the work in a masterly
manner that created jealousy among
the mules of the county.
Satan Is seven feet tall and as strong
as an ox, nnd lias the reputation of be
ing the Samson of Georgia. One of his
feats that attracted especial attention
was where lie picked up four men, each
weighing about 150 pounds. Putting
one oil each shoulder and taking one on
each arm, lie walked off down the street
as easily ns nn ordinary man would
carry a 50-poun<l sack of flour. Sloop- j
Ing down and catching a medium-sized
man by the hack of the coat collar with
Ills teeth, ho lifted him from the ground
and walked across the street with him
with as much ease as the average man
would carry a meerschaum pipe In his
mouth. He never wears a hat except
when ho comes to town, as he fears It
will shorten his liylr, and his shoes nre
always out at the toes, Ills feet being
too long for any ready-made pair. Sam's
employer has a standing wager of $ 100
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
many mischievous pranks, and he Is
now known by that name and no other.
Romance of the Telegraph.
A great deal of romance hovers round
the means by which the world's news
Is gathered. The speed and accuracy
with which messnges are transmitted
between the uttermost parts of the
earth Is marvelous when the conditions
under which they nre sometimes trans
mitted nre considered. The Indo-Eu
ropean line offers a good illustration.
It runs from London to Lowestoft on
the east const of England. It then dips
under the sea to Einden, on the Ger
man coast, where it passes right
through Germany to the Russian fron
tier. From this point the wire passes
byway of Warsaw, Rowno, Odesse,
the Caucasus nml Tlflls, to Persia, nnd
by Tnuris to Teheran, the capital of the
shah's dominions. There It joins the
Indian government line, which runs
from the Persian capital to Rushlre on
the Persian gulf. Thence the wires run
through Beloochtstan, and complete tlit 1
route by connecting Kurrnchee, north
Indin. 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 flocks 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 n snowfall of five or six
feet In a night. These mountain sta
tions are provisioned with several
months' supplies before tbe winter sets
in, as the staff will be In touch Wie
the rest of the world by the wire only
until the spring weather opens out the
passes. In those supplies Is always In
cluded a liberal allowance of books and
games wherewith to relieve the monot
ony of the tedious winter exile.
A Chanco for Htudenls.
The managing committee of the
American School of Classical Studies,
in Rome, will offer for the year 189(1-97
three fellowships, as follows: A fel
lowship of SOOO, established by the
managing committee; a fellowship of
$(10(1, given by the Archeologlcal Insti
tute of America; a fellowship of S6OO
for the study of Christian archeology,
contributed by friends of the school.
The holders of those fellowships will
be 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. 16, 180(1. The fellowships are open
to bachelors of arts of American col
leges.
A Queer Deposit.
Julius Howe has a peculiar deposit
on ltis farm in East Brooklield, Mass.
It covers about an nere and lies at the
bottom of a ravine in a bog. It is
about one and one-half feet thick and
is twelve Inches below the surface. It
has 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, valuable for scouring metal.
Knowledge nnd Observation.
A field 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 nuat
. omy.
Xo 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 the greatest mag
nesium mines in the world.
The eyes of birds that fly by night
are generally about double the size of
day birds.
The Bertillon system for identifying
criminals by measuromonts has been
adopted by tho Now York City Police
Board.
If human dwollings woro constructed
on the sumo proportionate scalo as the
ant-hills of Africa wo should bo living
in houses a milo high.
An odd observation of Gilbert
White, confirmed by recent writers,
is that pheasant oocks invariably orow,
as if in answer to a challenge, at tho
sound of artillery or thunder.
It is evident, aooording to the
American Machinist, that wheels con
structed on the prinoiple of tho bioycle
wheel are not suited for use in ordinary
three nnd four wheel vehiclos siuoe
they aro planned to sustain vertical
stress only, and aro altogether un
fitted for lateral strain such as other
vehicles are subjected to.
A Frenchman has invented n record
ing attachment for the piano, for the
use of composors, by which each key,
when struck, leaves a murk on a strip
of slowly-moving paper. By means of
this contrivance improved musio may
be transcribed nnd fleeting ideas
caught that, perhaps, it would be im
possible for the composer to recall
and commit to paper.
Plateau, a Belgian experimenter,
throws doubt on the assumption that
insects nre strongly attracted by
bright and contrasted colors in flow
ers. Showy dahlias, hidden beneath
leaves aad colored paper seemed to
bo visited by bees and butterflies
quite as often as tho exposed flowers.
It is concluded thnt perception of
odors is tho insects' chief guide.
The Baltimore and Ohio Bnilroad
Company finds thnt its elcctrio loco
motives aro more expensive than thoso
driven by steam, tho former oosting
thirty-eight cents per engine-mile,
while tho cost of tho latter is but
twenty-three cents. However, as in
all other respects the uso of olectricity
in the tunnel has given far more satis
faction than that of steam, tho former
will be continued.
Usually skeletons of prehistoric
peoples aro found near the surface.
Except in the high mounds of tho
Mississippi valley they nro seldom
more buried than ten feet deep. So
it is interesting to note that an ex
cellently preservod skeleton was found
at Atlantio Highlunds, N. J., twenty
two feet below the present surface,
accompanied by pipe, tomahawk,
drinking cup, shells and other articles.
Discovered Pigmies in Africa.
Donaldson Smith, tho young phy
sieian who has been on an expedition
to Lake Budolph, Africa, arrived in
Now York from London on board tho
American line Btoamor St. Louis yes
terday afternoon, and last evening
reaohod his homo in this city, says
tho Philadelphia Times.
Perhaps of the greatest popular in
terest is his discovery of many now
tribes whoso existeuco wa3 previously
unknown. Among these is a race of
pigmies, tho fact of whose discovery
has caused n commotion in scientific
circles. Tlieso curious people nro of
African type. Although of great phy
sical beauty, with well-formed limbs,
they are barely removed from animals,
bato in life, they scttlo down and
marry. Theso romnrknblo people aro
ill'between four and fivo feet high and
live in primitive conical huts.
Their only industry is corn raising
and the rearing of sheep and goats.
They nro born hunters. In warfare
they use poisoned arrows, tho wounds
inflicted by whioh prove fatal within
an hour.
Salt in History.
The necessity for salt among aborig
inal races must have beon paramount,
for nature craves it. Salts of soda are
to bo found in nil animal and vogeta
blo substances man uses, but it does
not soem to he so assimilable as sodio
chloride. Primitive Americans were
certainly fortunate, beoause sources
of salt far away from the souboard are
fairly numerous. Tho work of procur
ing salt must have fallen in a large
measure on women. There was a Mex
ican goddess who was honored as the
inlt giver. Bancroft, in his Aztec
studios, tolls how an Aztec king kept
the Tlascalas without salt for years,
until they acknowledged his sover
eignty.
l'raot Positive.
A Scotsman who wauted to loara
what profession ho would havo his sou
snter, put him into a room with a
theological work, nn apple aud a six
penny pieoe. If ho found him when
he returned reading the book, he ln
teudod to make a otergyraau of him ;
if eating tho apple, a farmer, nnd if
interested in the money, a banker.
When ho did return ho found the
boy sitting on the book, with tho six
pence in his pocket, ami 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.
Peculiar Way to Grind Out a Living.
There is a man with au ofllce on
West Twenty-eighth street who is
grinding out a living in a poculiar
way. Ho conducts a bureau of nomen
clature. His specialty is to name
titles for all sorts of plays. Of course,
he must read tho plays first. Many
nuthors who nro unable to conceivo au
appropriate title for their pluys go to
this individual for a eatchy name. If
the play is a success he generally gets
a handsome bonus in addition to his
fee. Ho has boen in tho business for
seven years, and he says only two of
the plays which he named have gone
under.—New York World.