Tho County Board of Education at Morganton, N. C., has gone back to Webster's old bluo back spelling book. Dudley Buck, tlio distinguished composer, thinks that tho "old Now England stock is dying out with con sumption, too much pio and too little blood." A Spanish paper says that during the late elections bribery was inoro rampant than over, end that in Viz caya alone SOOO,OOO passed from tho pockets of candidates tc thoso of vot ers. After seeing some of tho wonderful shirt waists to be worn by this year's summer girls, tho Chicago Record thiuks it is safe to prophesy that tho havoc wrought among .susceptible summer young men is going to bo fearful. It is stated "on indisreputable au thority" that Maceo, the leader of tho insurgent forces in Cuba, has an army of 20,000 men, well fortified in tho mountains, and that among them are four companies of women soldiers, who are as effective in tho field as any ot his troops. It would seem entirely out of place for women to bo fighting in the ranks, and to unsex them and cut them off' from the sympathy of women elsewhere; but when tho fact is learned that they have sought refugo from the brutality of tho Spanish soldiers, it entirely changes tho aspect of the case, observes tho Trenton (N. J.) American. They prefer fighting on the battlefield beside thoir husband and brothers to being thrown into tho forts at the mercy of Spanish soldiery, aud they should bo honored for their choice. Apropos of tho discovery in Dr. Jameson's trunk of tho secret cipher used by tho Uitlanders, James l'ayn says that tho only thoroughly unde cipherable cipher is also the simplest. It consists of two duplicate books— any books; ono in tho hands of tho transmitter of the cipher aud one in thoso of the recipient. Tho first let ter in the first page is taken for "a," tho first letter in the second for "b," and so on till the end of tho messago is reached; suppose it to consist of twenty-four words, twenty-four pages of the book will thus have been used ; for the next messago tho first letter of the twenty-fifth page will be used for "a," the first letter in tho twenty sixth for "b," and so on. Even tho possession of ono of these books would not help the would-be decipherer, un less he suspects some virtue in it, but without the book the cipher would re main absolutely inscrutable. Twenty-five years ago, recalls tho < New York Observer, at a little inn in Frankfurt-on-Main, tho treaty of peace ' was signed between France an I Gei- ! many which gave the latter Power tho 1 two fair provincos of Alsaco and Lor raine, and filled Frenchmen's hearts with bitterness and hatred which tho 1 lapse of these years has done little to quench. Tho long series of patriotic festivals and anniversaries which be gan in Germany last July liavo now been brought to a close, and the press is philosophically occupied in reckon ing up both sides of tho account what Germany has gained and what sho has lost by that famous treaty. Tho milliards of war indemnity havo been spent long ago in costly develop ments of her huge army, but the pro vinces romain, and average German opinion is firm on this point—Alsaco and Lorraine must remain an integral part of the empire. There can bo no longer any doubt about the attitudo of tho people in Alsace-Lorraine. While hostilely criticising the Gorman Government and many details of their somewhat strenuous administration, they aro gradually accustoming thom selves to be German subjects, and to take part with undivided heart in their local affairs. A German official of high standing the other day assured mo that French as the language of tho common people was rapidly dying cut, aud was only retained by the upper classes, not, however, from patriotic motives, but as a token of superiority. In the Social Democratic organs the pence of Frankfurt is alluded to as tho beginn ing of tremendous evils which will sooner or later envelop Europe in a fearful catastrophe. Vorwarts, tho brilliant Democratic paper of Berlin, says that tho ink of the treaty was hardly dry before Europe saw the dark cloud of a Franco-Russiau alliance on the horizon. It was no bigger then than a man's hand, but what is it now? It menus the continuance of tho Triple Alliance and the existence on a peace footing of nearly ten millions of armed men in Europe. Had . Germany magnanimously surrendered thoso provinces Frenchmen and Germans would he brothers to-day, and Russia instead of being the arbiter of Europe, would be iui potent. SHIRT WAISTS. Shirt waists this season arc as varied in style and trimming as many other articles of dress and quite as near per fection, perhaps, as it is possible for thorn to reach. The prettiest of all are the silk ones, made exactly like the percales, and worn with a black satin stock collar. Embroidered mus in shirts, with white linen collar and 3uffs, are very dainty, aud those of fine ecru batiste, trimmed with nar row Valenciennes lace or lino embroid ery, are useful and cool as well as pretty. The one novelty in cotton waists is seen is the sleeves, whore tho stripes run around instead of up and down, and Madras with chintz pat terns is also used for shirtings. All sorts and kinds are found in the shops, but the tailor-mado shirt waist has an aristocratic air and fit about it which is never acquired by thoso ready made. Tho shirt necktie fastened in x bow under tho chin has supplanted tho long manly tie so much worn last season. RAGE FOR PERSONAL TRINKETS, There is a great rugc for personal trinkets among Eastern women just QOW, according to Vogue. The young women, it says, affect gold aud silver purses swinging from jeweled or plain 3bains to match. The purse is sus pended from the centre of thecorsage, jr t when that is not possible, from the belt ribbon or girdle, the chains fes tooning tho bodice. The monocle and jeweled belt are their particular craze ilso. Rings are enormous structures. So one wears small diamonds unless by the quantity as a field for other set tings. Bracelets are strings of jewels, kept together by tho finest of gold chains. In the same way enormous precious stones are suspended from golden 1 breads around the neck. Uabochons ure still great favorites, especially favored for mountings oi' salts liagons, scent bottles, card cases, purse, fan, and parasol mountings. Diamond setting grows more artistic and beautiful from month to month. Tiaras, colliers, stomachers, slides, buckles, hair ornaments—to say noth ing of bracelets, rings, and watches— are visions of beauty and marvels of handicratt. SUMMER SILKS. The handsomer qualities of silk, or, to speak more correctly, the more ex pensive qualities, are being made up for summer outfits. Poult do soio is a fashionable material, and comes in exquisito shades. A maize or corn color is among tho novelties, and when trimmed with white lace is ex ceedingly becoming. It used to be thought that anything approaching i yellow should be exclusively worn by j brunettes, but never wa3 there a ' greater mistake, for blondes look j equally well in that color. TUeso j heavy silks used to be considered suit- ! able only for evening wear, but we j | have now no fixed laws lor material j or coloriug for different occasions. I ' Gray is lovely in poult de sole, and a j robin's-egg blue is tho softest and i j most delicate thing imaginable. Lace, ' ! i mbroideries, inousseliuo de soio and ; chiffon all combine satisfactorily with j j these heavy silks, but black lace, uu- j i less for older women, should never be j , chosen to trim them, although there ; ; ure many gowns that hjive been lately j made up that have fine black lace on i the solid colors. White against the j soft shading is usually becoming, and gray made up with white aud touches of yellow gives a beautifully pietu : resque effect.— Harper's Bazar. SMALLER SLEEVES. By beautifully graduated degrees the voluminous character of woman's 1 dress is losing its aggressive expansion, and lines of beauty and grace which ior the past few seasons have been ruthlessly ignored are once more rec ognized: HO artfully havo these modi | fications been introduced, however, that it is only by comparison with what | has been that wo realize tho change already wrought. Seldom are mon -1 strons balloon sleeves stiffened to inso lent unyieldingness; and by gentle i reefs, hero and there, woman is ro* i turning to something at lea t ap proaching her natural proportions. As they have become smaller sleeves havo increased in intricacy of con i struction, and tho most ultra novel ties defy both imitation and descrip tion ; eccentric puffs crop out at the elbows and the tops of the sleeves, | where the fullness is manipulated most dexterously to overlapping, iiower-like l'olin. The conservative sleeve is a modified gigot or the mandolin, with , tho fnllnuss drooping somewhat to , ward the elbow, and with no more stiffening than that given by a taffeta lining. Tho lower paits fit more clo-ely than heretofore, and often with thin fabrics and silks the stuff' is swathed about tho arm iu slight full ness like tho wrinkles of a mousque taire glove. Eloquently the sleeves of dressy gowns are fitted above tho elbow, and the puff is confined to the extreme top. There is a great fancy lor extreme length in sloeves, which ! often extend in turrets and points quite over the hands, being filled out with very lull ruffles of soft lace. All these novelties, however, are confined to dressy gowns. Tho bishop sleeve, also ' quite the favorite this summer, for blouses and for matinees or tea gowns, i should not be used for a tailor gown or ior a coat of any sort. This caution is given because some otherwise pretty gowns havo been ruined by its use.— Domorost's Magazine. GOSSIP. The Massachusetts Eclectic Medical Society has decided to admit women. Fifty thousand Italian women re cently petitioned tho Chamber of Dep uties to end tho Abyssiuiau war. Sarah Bernnardt says that wearing diamonds destroys tho best expression of tho face, dims the brilliancy of the eyes, aud makes the toeth look like chalk. Miss Mary Kingsloy is going back to Africa, alter tho publication of her journal is attended to, to continuo studios in fetishes and fishes. She is fond of adventure. Tho Czarina of Russia unites in her own person tho names of every ono of Queen Victoria's daughters as sho was christened Alix Victoria Helena Louise Beatrice. Mrs. Ellon Spencer Mussoy, who is making a reputation as a lawyer in Washington, is the widow of the lato j General Ik D. Mussey, who made a j creditable record in tho Civil War. Mre. Surah Frances Dick has been | cashier of tho First National Rank, of Huutington, Ind., for fifteen years. She was also chosen a director at the i timo she succeeded her father as cash- i icr iu 1881. j Colonel T. W. I-ligginson has pro- i sented to tho Boston Public Library ' his valuable collection of books relat ing to tho history of women. Tho collection comprises over 1000 vol umes, written in many languages. j It is proposed to place a memorial to tho lute Mrs. Elizabeth Barrett Browning iu Kolloo] Church, Durham, England, where sho was baptized. Iu 1 Florcnco a marble slab has boon placed upon tho house in which tho died. Frau Dr. Jnr Eniilio Kerapin, who began to practice law in Berliu about six months ago, is doiug an excellent business, and has lately been appoint- ! od official interpreter at the Berlin law courts. Though sho is Gorman by birth, yet sho studied in New York Cit\'. Mrs. John M. Clay owns the Henry ' i Clay farm in Kentucky. Sho has eucli a tender feeling for her stock that sho lias provided for tho future of all tho superannuated animals on tho place ' by leaving each SSO in hor will so that they may receive good care till death , ensues. j , Tho ex-Empress Frederick of Ger many, in her cariy married life, em broidered apiece of tapestry on which all her children knelt whou confirmed ; tho late Emperor's coffin rested upon j it; tho present German Emperor and tho Princesses Charlotte, Sophia and i Victoria were married standing on it. ( ! Tho Queen of Italy is no longer young, and sho is decidedly stout; hut in spite of this sho is graceful aud j has a beautiful carriage of the head ; ami shoulders. Her manner is charni j iug, and the white baud she holds ! out to a guest is lovely iu shape. Sho I is a clever talker iu Italian, English, ! French and German. ! Germany is one of tho couutries ' whero cycling is taken up least by ! women. There are several largo firms for tho manufacture of bicycles, yet they aro nearly all inado for men..This is curious, but, as a rule, German woraeu seldom go in for much out-of door exercise ; they aro too distinctly domestic iu their habits. The new woman is not confined to j the city. Sho has appeared in tho i country, rolled up her sleeves and is , teaching the raeu how to woik. In . lowa there aro two young girls, Elsio aud Libbie ller, who aro only four- L teen aud thirteen years old, but who ( have already husked aud put iu the crib 130J bushels of corn. It's a job that a healthy young man would havo to hustle to beat. FASHION NOTES. The widows engagement ring, to bo good form, is set with u chryso lite. The application of hot flannel cloths is said to do wonders with those dark circles that will come under tired eyes. Tue fashionable cveuing slipper is ma le to match the gown of the same material, and tho ugly pointed too ig supplanted by ono of more reasonable proportions. There is a decided dwindling of the sleeves on tho most correct of Parisian tailor gowns, but for evening and dressy afternoon toilets there is a full single puff. Gorgeous buttons and fancy braidi , carry out the scheme of decoration still further. One of the novelties in tho latter variety is a black aud gold princess braid mixed with platinnu aud gold tinsel, and still more novel is a net galon with leaves of stamped leather bordered with coloreff beads. Thin grenadines, etamines aud can vas goods in silk and wool made uj over black, white or colored taffeti ! silk, form somo of tho most stylish i dress costumes of the coming season, - Silk-warp etamines in sago groer, ► gray, pale brown, or reseda, are mucl used for brides' travelling dresses, and - the most effective costumes are made up with plain gored skirts and th< bodice portion trimmed with crean i white silk or satin, bordered with rowi ' of handsome gunp. HOUSEHOLD AtT'Alfll TREATMENT FOR NEW CHINA. China as soon as bought should ho placed in a vessel of cold water, caoh picco being separated from another by a littlo hay. Gradually heat tho water till it is noarly boiling, then lot it become cold. Take tho china from the water and wipe, and it will be found that it wi'l be less liable to crack than if used before being boiled, TO CAN STRAWBERRIES, j Crush one-fourth of the berries selected for canning, straiu out tho juice, and put in a preserving kettle. To each pint fo{ juice add ono pint of grnnulnted sugar and one-half pint of water, let simmer twenty minutes, and remove tho seum. Fill glass cans with tho remaining berries and set on racks or rests in a boiler containing sufficient warm water to cover tho racks. Fill the oaus of fruit with tho prepared syrnp and screw on tho caps loosely. After all the cans have been filled, add hot water to that in the boiler until it comos half-way to tho top of the cans, put tho lid on the boiler, let tho water boil half au hour, then screw the caps tightly on tho cans, cover thorn with a towel to pro toct them from exposure to cold air, remove from the boiler, and set away to cool. When porfoctly cold tighten tho caps, if necessary, wrap the cans in paper, and keep in a eool, dry | 1 closet. Other berries may bo canned iu a similar manner, either with or ] without sugar. GOOSEBERRIES AND THEIR USES. ! The objection to the use of tho wild gooseborries is their prickles, hut these may be largely removed by roil ing the berries, Ja few at a time, in a lino-meshed wiro sieve, the hand pro tected with a thick towel or old leather glove. Canned Gooseberries No. I—Remove the,'stems and tops from green goose- I berries, wash tho fruit iu cold water, ! drain on a towel, fill self-sealing cans, and shake down well. Can boiling water, when cold pour it over the ber ries, shako the eaus to facilitate the escape of air, fill with water to the brim, and at once screw ou the covers. Canned Goosberries No. 2—Allow for each quart can a teaoupful of water and a teaoupful of granulated sugar. Avoid using sugar which has a bluish tint or the fruit will not keep as well. But water and sugar iu a grauite or poreelaiu-liuod kettle. When a syrup has formed put iu tho oherries aud cook twenty minutes, or until they are soft and broken. Fill cans aud screw on the covers. Iu ten minutes open the cans and fill them to tho brim with ; hot boiling fruit uud seal at onco. Cans of auy kind of fruit if thus re filled will be full whou cold, and mold will not form on the top. Goseberry .lam—Brepare tho ber ries us directed and weigh them. Al low two and a half pounds of sugar to every three pounds of fruit. But six tablespoonfuls of wntcr in a kettle, add tho berries and cook twenty min utes, stirring occasionally, theu add tho sniar, cook and stir three-quar ters hoar. Now test, and if thick and firm, fill jolly glasses. When cold, fit a eirclo of parallino paper over tho top of each betoro putting on the cover. Dried Gooseberries—But iu a kettle four pounds of goos9borrie3, scatter over them ono pound of sugar, add another four pounds berries, and an other pound of sugar. Hetthem ou tho stovo griddle, and heat them slowly till tho skins eommenco to break, thou tako off tho kettlo and set it aside till the fruit is cold. Repeat the process three times, theu skim out the berries carefully aud spread them on plates. Boil the syrup until it is thics, and drop it from a tablespoon over tho fruit, and dry in tho sun, covered with mosquito netting. Back iu boxes with oiled paper between the layers. Gooseberry Soy—To six pounds of gooseberries add two toacupfuls vine gar, throe pounds sugnr, and boil thirty minutes. But in pint eaus or wide mouthed bottles and seal hot. Gooseberry Shrub—Slightly crush the berries in a jar and pour en boil ing water to cover. Tie a cloth ovor the top of the jar and leave twenty four hours or until cold, then pour off the liquor, heat it and return to tho jar. When cold strain, nail to each pint add two teacupfuls of sugar, boil live miuutos, bottle anil seah ! Marmalade—Cook ripo gooseberries until, when cold, a littlo will run readily from a bottle. A few whole clovos dropped iu tho mouth of tho bottloboforosealing will prevent mold from forming. Bottle and seal while hot. Gooseberry Cheese—This is used with oako for dessert. Mash and heat ripo gooseberries and rub through n colander, add half the weight of sugar, boil until when cold it can bo turned out ol' cup or glass, nud eau bo cut in slices like cheese. It will need about twenty minutes' cooking. ! Spiocd Goosoberrics—Boil together until soft iu a very little water, theu rub them through a colander. To every pound of pulp add the juico of u lemon (or four tablespoonfuls of any sour fruit juice), three-quarters of a pound of granulated sugar, cook ten minutes, with constant stirring, that it may not adhere to kettle aud scorch. | Gooseberry Catsup—Place in a ket tle the pulp from four quarts of ripo goosoberrios, two pounds browu sugar, ono teaspoonful good vinegar, table spoonful of grouud cinnamon, table sponful (scant) of grouud cloves and half teaspoonful ground pepper. Cook five pounds gooseberry pulp (ripe), four pounds sugar, two teacupfuls vinegar, one tablcspoonful eaen of ground cinnamon and allspice. When a littlo dropped upon a plate is shiny and does not spreud, it is done. The Flnglish Government has recent ly assumed control of all the trunk line or long distauce telephone busi < ness in tho United Kingdom. THE FIELD OF ADVENTURE. THRILLING INCIDENTS AND DAR TNG DEEDS ON LAND AND SEA. On n Locomotive Willi n Crazy Kn- Klnccr—A Bravo Army Officer— Valorous Surgeons. was twenty-five years ago," I an old engineer said to a JL Washington Star represen -6 tative, "and I was a fireman on the road in New York State. The engineer I fired for was, or rather had been, one of the best on the road, but ho had been turned ovor and steamed under a locomotive boiler in a wreck, and after that ho was given a a leßs important, train. Not so much because lie was any the less good as an engineer, but because officials have an idea that it takes a man's nerve away when a serious accident happens to him. Wo hail a run of about seventy five miles each way, and on Sundays in summer we carried excursions. "Wo had never had uny trouble, but for a month before the experience 1 am telling my engineer had beon in a bad temper and acted as ugly as the mischief. I reported the matter to the division superintendent and ho told me to stick it out for a month or so longer, as they proposed to release the old man and put him at work in the shops. Two Sundays after that we were returning in the evening about 9 o'clock behind time, owing to delays occasioned by washouts, caus ing us to run slow and cautious. Wo had twenty miles to go, and it was over the worst part of the road, and I was watching out of the cab, when all at once the engineer gavo a shout and made a grab at me. His eyes were bluzing, and I could see in a second that ho was cither drunk or crazy. "How I got away from him I don't know, lor lie (lid his best to throw me oil the eab, but I got away and olimbed up on tho wood piled up on the tender. He didn't follow, but turned at onco to tho throttle and threw it wide open. I knew what that meant with six coaches full of people behind us and a bad track, and the first thing 1 did was to try to knock him out with a stick of wood. I missed my throw and he came after me with a henvy iron bar, and I went over the rear of the tender on to the platform of tho cur next to lis. By this time we were fairly jumping over the track, and I was so rattled that I didn't know what to do. "Jn a second, though, I gathered myself and uncoupled the train from the locomotive, which was not BO hard to do, as we were on a down grade and the engine was bouncing so that tho coupling pin swung loose at intervals. Then I slapped on the break there and went through tho train as last as I could, telling brakemen and conductor to slow ii]i aucl do it quick. Our part of the train being stopped we got out to see where the engine had gone, hut we could see nothing. Butting a man with a light on tho track a mile behind us to stop the next train, tho conduc tor and 1 went ahead to find what had become of tho runaway. "Two miles awny, or two minutes at the rate he was going, wo found tho engine in the ditch anil the engineer buried under it. The engine had struck a soft place and spread the rails—anybody knows what that moans —and think what tho result would have been to a train load of passengers going after that engine at sixty miles an hour. It almost made my hair gray to think about it, and when tho peo ple on the train heard the story they made up a purse for mo that iilmost made it curl, and I concluded it was an ill wind indoed which blew no good." A Brave Army OtTlccr. Charles B. Gatewood was an officer who robbed tho Army lately by dying. A Virginian, he went into the Sixth Cavalry from West Point in 1877. in a little while the campaign against Ihc Apaclics began, and Gatewood had a chaucc to show tho stuff that was in him. Even the 'l'aches respected him, and they called him "White-Man-Who- Does-Not-Lie. Ho received a certifi cate of honor "for"—quoting tho doc ument— "courage, ability anil devo tion to duty in a Ichorous march, fol lowed by the surprise of a camp of hoslile Apnelies under Chato and Bon ito, the defeat of the Indians, tho de struction of their cam]), tho rcscuo of fivo captives and the recovery of a large amount of stolen property ; this near tho head waters of the Bavispe Biver, in the Sierra Madre Mountains, Sonora, Mexico. This deed was per formed in May, 18S3. But Gatewood's great achievement was going alone to Geronirao's fast ness and demanding the surrender of that leader among red devils. Gate wood appreciated his reputation among tho Apacho3 euongh to bo lieve that if ho could get to Gerommo ho would he safo and might persuade him to give himself up. But it was a 100 to 1 shot that the first Apache scout who should sight Gatewood would kill him, scalp him, hnild a fire on his stomach and let tire and buz zards do the rest. Gatewood heard the bullet and saw the Apache. By signs ho made tho Indian understand that his mission was a peaceful one. Gatewcod camped at that place two daya to enable the scout to tell Gero nimo. Theu the chieftain sent the soldier food and drink. Thus provi sioned, Gatewood journeyed nearer and nearer to the Apache's stronghold. Finally a scout come out and asked his mission. Gatewood said boldly that ho had come fo demand the sur render of Geronimo. Goronimo re turned word that Gatewood should re- I main where lie was for a time, and as I soon as another white man appeared ! Gatewood Bhould die. This meant that Gatew ood alone would be trusted. Two days after Geronimo notified | Gatewood tbut he could ride to the • fortress. Then the parley began, which resulted in Geronimo's agreement to surrender if tho lives of the Indians be spared. Tho conditions were accepted, and history briefly says tbat Gero ninio surrendered to General Miles. Valorous Surgeons. "I enw in Plevna," says Mr. David Obristio Murray, in Pearson's Week ly, "one of tho most extraordinary bits of human valor I ever beheld, an aot that, to my mind, deserves to be recorded over and over again. The hospitals were in an absolutely un speakable condition. There were men oil tho beds, under the beds and be tween the beds. Cholera was there, aud fever, aud smallpox, and every imaginable kind of horror. Tho hos pital service was altogether incom plete. "When onr party reached the town, the ono yonug Irish dootor who had charge of the hospital was without a drop of chloroform, without a surgical instrument whioh would do its duty, without au inch of charple or an inch of bandage. 110 was a young fellow of extraordinary valor, as he proved ovor and over again in the course of the campaign, but when we reached him ho was in such a state of despair that he wus almost on the verge of suicido. "The chief surgeon of our party was Dr. Mcl Cellar, now second in com mand at St. Thomas's Hospital, Lon don. Ono day whilst the fight was go ing on in the trenches, he removed twenty-fivo limbs. The state of tho hospital made it impossible to operate indoors, and ho had set up a rough op erating table under the shadow of a mud wall which surrounded the hos pital square, and carried on his work there. The operations were hastily performed, and he was blood from head to heel, like a butcher. "I was walking up and down the square with a companion, when a siege shell struck the wall and knooked a hole in it, through which a hansom cab might have been driven. It struck within a dozen yards of McKellar, who was at that instant in tho act of tying up an artery. When the dis lodged fragments had all pattered to the ground I ran toward him from tho other side of the square. He thrust his blood stained bands through his gray hair, aud said, quietly: 'That was a near shave; bring tho next man.' "I asked him why he had not dropped to avoid tho explosion, for he must have heard tho shell coming. He answered quite simply that, if he had left the man for an instant, his life would have been lost." A Hero Among Workinon. A few years ago two men were nt work upon a telegraph polo standing many feet above a line of railway. A wire bad broken and they wore repair ing the damage. Tho wind blew fiercely from tho east, aud the pole rocked to and fro. Suddenly a strong gust caused one of the men to turn in bis position. In doing so ho pushed bis companion, who, takon unawares, fell .backward. Ho clutehod at his mate, and both tumbled ovor among tho wires. For a moment tho two men bung without speaking a word. Then ono of them said: "Bill, I can't reach tho post, and I'm afraid if I move tho wires will break." As he spoke a wire did break. Both men, hanging together, were in danger of being precipitated to the traok be low. "Well, mate," said Bill, "one of us has got to drop. It's a big drop to make, but us you'ro married aud have tbrco childrcu, I dou't see why I should stay here." "No, don't do that, Bill; you'll get killed, surely. Lot's hang ou a littlo longer." Another wire broke. Ono more might drop them both. Bill made up bis mind. "Goodby, mate," he said to tho other. "Goodby," answered his companion, the tears running out of his eyes. Bill dropped. It was a fall of forty foot. He fell among some rough stumps of bushes and rolled down an embankment. Then he rose, and called up to his companion : "I'm all right, mate ! I'm going for help." The station was half a mile distant. When the poor fellow reached it aud had told his story, he fainted away. The doctor found that ho had broken both his arms and olio of his ribs; but bis bruvo action had very likely saved his companion's life—Pearson's Weekly. Artillery lor Hungary. Tho negotiations now proceeding between tho Cabinets of Hungary and Austria looking toward a renewal of the duulistio system of 1867 aro com plicated by a demand of the Hungar ian Government for the establishment of an artillery corps. Tho Hungarian militia, or henve.i, which has boon always looked upon as animated by National sentiments, is still without any regular corps of artillery; and consequently the empire is in this lino of armauent behind other European Nations. Russia has 4200 guns; France, 3900; Germany, 3700, and Austria-Hungary, only 1770, hardly more than Italy, which had 1620 guns beforo the Abyssinian disasters, dur ing which she Jo.it many pieces of ar tillery. Tho Minister of War of tho Austrian Empire is now contemplating tho iucreaso of tho army from 1,880,- 000 men to 2,400,000, through modi fications of military service analogous to those introduced in Franco and Germany. That will make necessary an increase of artillery, and the Hun garian honved teems justified iu de manding the establishment of an ar tillery corps, though the A'ieuna Gov ernment would prefer not to increase the strength of the Magyar militia. SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL. Ramio cloth ia used as machino belting. A psychological laboratory is to be established in the University of Cali fornia. Professor Wiggins soys that the electrio wires whioh are strung over head are the causes of tornadoos. A balloon sont up from Paris at tained a height of 15,000 motros, or about nine and a half miles, before it came down near Cambrat. The telephone ear hns doveloped it self. It is a greater sensitiveness of the left ear from muoh using of the telephone roceiver with it. The graduates of the Atlanta (Qa.) University aro to make an inquiry in to the causes of the excessive mor tality among colored peoplo in cities. A Russian medical man has noticed that the human eye naturally winks threo our four times less often when reading by electrioity light than when a candle is used. Professor Hebra, of Vienna, asserts that the sun does not produce freokles. They never appear, ho says, in chil dren undor the age of six or eight yoars, whether exposed to tho sun or not. Tho Italian professor, Augelo Celli, declared at tho international congress of hygieno, in London, that Italy was centurioß behind tho English standard in all that safeguards tho public health. It is stated that tho workers iu tho acid rooms of tho sulphido pulp works soon notice that their beards and hair becomes very black, and remain so for several weeks. At tho same time they are apt to become bald. An acute musical ear will deteot so slight a difference in tone botween two rotes as the one-sixth of a semi tone. This raenns that in the eleven octaves that the human ear compasses there would bo at least some 8000 or 9000 consciously different notes. The owl has no motion in tho eye, the globe of which is immovably fixed in its socket by a strong, elastic, hard, cartilaginous case; but, in order to compensate for the absence of motion iu the eyo, the owl is able to turn its head round in almost a circle without moving its body. Tho physician and hygionist Sir B. W. Richardson recently expressed his decided opinion that if men and women in general properly under stood and steadily obeyed tho laws of thoir being—physical, intellectual and moral—seventy per cent, of them would live to 110. Sir John Lubbock says that tho housofly, which produces the sound F, vibrates its wings 20,100 times a minute, or 335 a second ; and tho bee, whioh makes the sound of A ns many as 20,000, or over 430 a second. On the contrary, a tired bee hums on E, and vibrates its wings only 300 times a minute. An Ape's Strategy lor a Meal. In the Transvaal some of tho fruit gardens are much exposed to tho rav ages of large synocephalic ape 3, and a good guard has to be kept, or tho re sults of long labor would bo lost. In some of thoso gardens grow certain Bhrubs which are much affeoted by wasps, tho insects liking to attach thereto thoir nests. These wasps, though small, have a very venomous sting. Baboons have often been no ticed eyeing with envious glances tho fnst ripening fruit in one certain gar den, but fearod to gather for four of attracting the assuults of wasps. Ono morning tho farmer hoard terrible cries, and with the aid of a good Held glass he witnessed tho following tragedy: A large, venerable baboon, chief of tho band, was catching the younger apes and pitching them into the shrubs whereon huug tho wasps' nosts. This ho repeated again and again, in spile of tho most piteous cries from his victims. Of course tho wasps asi limed tho defensive in Bwurms. During this part of tho performance tho old brute quietly fed on the fruit, deigning occasionally to throw frag mentary remains to tomo fomnlo and young baboons a littlo further off.— Westminster Budget. The Ring California Have fierce. One of the most curious as well as most valuable of American rings wai presonted to Presideut Pierce iu 1852 by tho citizens of California. It is of massive gold, weighing upward of a pound; the circular portion is cut into squares, which are embelished with beautifully executed designs, the entiro group presenting a pictorial history of California. Tho soul of tho ring is really a lid, which swings upon a hing, and is covered with tho arms of the State of California, surmounted by tho Stars and Stripes. Underneath is a square box divided by bars ol gold into ninesopnrate compartments, each containing a pure specimen of the varieties of ore found in the coun try. On the inside is the following inscription: "Presented to Franklin Pierce, tho fourteenth President ol United Statos." Uses for Oznue. Ozono is becoming an important industrial agent. It artificially ages liquor, removes tho effect of oily beans iu coffee and improves tobaoco. in its late application to the rapid sea soning of wood for soiiudiug-bourds and musical instruments it increases the resistance of to temper ature and moisture and adds to its acoustic qualities. It thickens linseed oil for linoleum iu a few days, where as the old method of oxidation otteu too* several months. It bleaches linen in less than a third of the .time | required by sunlight. It is also" val- I uable in chemical and teohnical pro t cesses, especially in purifying starch derivatives from undesirable color, odor and taste.
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