Since ISSI, according to Mulhall, j
Great Britain's stock of gold and sil
ver has remained nearly stationary. j
Tampa, Fla., is banking on becom- ,
ing tho metropolis of the State. It
has now a population of 30,000.
Says the Chicago Dispatch: A
French scientist claims that he can in
fluence the course of bullets in battle j
by electricity. That's nothing, when I
compared with what Spain ks doing
right along in Cuba. Weyleris doing
all his lighting by telegraph.
Tn Sweden the education of journal
ism is treated as a function of the State.
Under this system the young scribe
develops his "nose for news" at the
expense of the taxpayers. In the
United States he has to hustle for
himself, but he gets there all the
same.
In a plea for the mines bill, which
ibe British Government has been
somewhat dilatory in passing, the Lon
don Chronicle makes the statement
that "1000 miners are killed in Great, j
Britain and mere than 100,000 injured !
every year. Since 1851 48,210 miners j
have been killed and 4,500,000 in- !
juted.
The meeting of the United States I
League of Building and Loan Associa- |
Hons in Philadelphia calls attention to '
the marvelous growth of these associa
tions during the last few years. At
the present time there are no less than
5800 building and loan associations,
with 1,655,456 shareholders and 8496,-
028,405 assets. The yearly income of
these associations is estimated at
8200,000,000. Fifty years ago a build
ing and loan association was regarded j
with distrust and there were few so •
venturesome as to purchase stock. '
To-day there are millions of homes id
this country which could never have
been built without the money fur
nished by these associations. There
are Stato leagues in most of the States
and a United States league to which j
the various State organizations send |
delegates. It was the latter which re- !
cently met in Philadelphia.
Statisticians are never at a loss for !
something to do, stimating the earth's |
population at 1,100,000,000. One m- I
genious fellow has figured that the !
brains of the human race weigh 1,922,- I
712 tons. This gives an average weight 1
of forty-nine ounces 2>er capita. Ac
cording to the observations of physi
ologists, the average weight of brain in
an adult male is forty-eight ounces,
and in a female forty-three ounces,
while at birth it is said to be about
fourteen and twelve ounces, respec
tively. Something, however, must bo j
deducted from the above estimate, as,
a child's bruin at tiie age of seven \
years averages about forty ounces, and
beyond the age of forty years the
weight slowly but steadily declines at
the rate of about one ounce in ten
years. Moreover, the brains of idiots
are generally much below the average,
some weighing less thnu sixteen ounces, j
A German biologist has calculated
that each human brain contains 300,- i
000,000 nerve cells, 5,000,000 of which j
die and are succeeded by now ones
every day.
Dr. Matthew Woods, who has been
in quest of "hydrophobia" for twenty
years, and who during two summers j
personally visited every case reported •
in Philadelphia, asserts that he never |
saw the disease either in man or am- I
inal, and although he has questioned '
many physicians on the subject, he !
has not yet foun 1 one who has. At the j
Philadelphia dog pound, where, on an j
average, over 6090 vagrant dogs are I
taken up annually, and where the j
catchers and keepers are frequently
bitten while handling them, not one ;
case of hydrophobia has occurred dur- j
ing its entire history of twenty-five i
years, in which time about 150,000 i
dogs were handled. Dr. Charles W. j
Dulles, lecturer on the history of 1
medicines at the University of Penn- !
sylvanio, who has performed the al- j
most inerediblo task of investiga- I
ting, either personally or bo corre- j
spondence, every case reported in the '
newspapers for the past sixteen years, |
shows that hydrophobia is extremely '
rare, so much so that he inclines to !
the view that "there is no such spe- j
cific malady," having, "after sixteen j
years of investigation failed to find a |
single case on record that can*bo con- '
clusively proven to have resulted from j
the bite of a dog or any other cause." j
The request of the American Anti- '
Vivisection Society that newspapers f
exercise great care in rep rliug sup- j
posed cases of hydrophobia is reason- |
able and timely. The letter has per- j
sonal endosement of such eminent
physicians as Theophilus Parvm, of
Jefler6on Medical College; Thomas
G. Morion, of the College of Physi- i
sicians ot Philadelphia; Charles Iv. j
Mills, of the University of Pennsyl
vania, una others equally eminent.
HEART, MY HEART!
J Heart, my heart! so fond to linger,
Coma away!
I Once with beckoning linger,
| Sweetly once she bade theo stay?
£Onee wlmt heavenly bliss was thine,
Once her love, an I poured liko wine;
Come, oh, come! make no delay!
Here are those bright looks she gave tlioe, j
Ilors alone!
What can lingering save thee?
j This sweet touch or that soft tone?
I Love no tearful claim can make?
Hers to give and hers to take;
Yes, the kisses all her own.
Oh, the wealth that back she closes!
Lips divine!
Checks, my only roses;
Eyes that Hesperus outshine!
All her sweetness takes she ho** >;
Hack into my bosom come,
Heart, my heart! for thou art mine.
; Out, alas! I do remember;
Hers thou art!
Given some fond December,
Never from her breast to part.
Bitter, bitter is thy lot,
To bo hers that loves thee not.
Mine no longer, breaking heart.
—M. Ohose, in tho Academy.
IS SUPPORT OF A THEORY.
j IHE house party at
1 " r~>j West wood were
I > hv dawdling ov or
j /|\ their coffee on the
/ } \_. moonlit piazza,
r, —lv- Zj r . 1
I rS-Sv Jt was 11 merry
P':- NgA" crowd ; everybody
knew everybody
to'-*'s-Aelse, and there was
much laughter and
USSgSSS&I talk, but suddenly
h silence fell.
Then it became patent to nil that the
couple seated oti the steps leading to
the lawn were engaged lu a quiet but
bitter altercation.
Tho girl's listless air was in striking
contrast to tho man's eagerness.
"Your idea is an absurd one," he ex
j claimed.
"Oh, fie!" she said, "to speak so
! rudely to a womau."
"It is not rudeness, but truth."
"Then they are apparently synony
mous."
"I can't help it; it exasperates me
to hear an intelligent girl like you—"
"Now where," sho broke in, "did
■ you pick that up? lam not the least
j bit intelligent! If I were I would
I know better than to argue with you;
it is so perfectly hopeless"—sighing—
"and you do get so excited."
I "And who wouldn't?—listening to
! such impossible theories!"
' "You don't have to! I never asked
| you to talk to me. I came out here
; to be by myself, and you deliberately
followed me. Why didn't you stay
| with the ethers? They are all picas
i auter than I am."
"Humility," he said, "is a cloak
that fits badly on your shoulders."
"My sleeves are too large, perhaps!
but really you misunderstand—l have
an excellent opinion of myself, I can
lie quite agreeable, when 1 choose, but
am not in the mood to night."
"Then according to your theory you
ought to be most attractive."
' "What is your theory, Kate?" called
her cousin.
; "One you have heard me express
thousands of times before."
"Shall 1 tell him, Miss Doane?"
"Certainly."
"She says that a man doetn't like to
feel too confident of a woman's affec
tion ; that it is the element of uncer
tainty in love alTairs that makes them
; interesting; that he enjoys being puz
j /.led and played with, and that a
clever woman has only to appear in
' different to first pique and then at
tract him."
"Heresy?" exclaimed a party of
manly voices.
| "Mr. Stewart has omitted ifu im
portant clause," said Miss Doane. "I
added that to do this the womau must
necessarily be good to look at and not
lacking in this world's goods."
j "Oh, Kate, Kate," sighed her
cousin, "would you insinuate that the
! masculine fancy is influenced by
! worldly advantages?"
j She shrugged her shoulders: "I
, have stated my case; you can make it
what you choose." Tho hostess, who
had been listening idly, now put in a
i word.
! "The trouble with you all is that
you analyze too much," she said.
i "Why not take things as they come,
j without worrying over their possible
causes? It is so much simpler and
j healthier."
; Miss Doane turned around: "Isn't
Madge charming?" she said amiably.
I "To hear her you would suppose that
; she had never seen the inside of a
J drawing room. She gets like
| that when sho comes to the country;
j something in the air, probably."
"And you?" said Stewart, when tho
I laughter following her speech had died
j away; "has it no effect on you?"
"The country? Oh, yes, it makes
: me—if that is possible—more indolent
I than usual," and she leaned her head
1 against tho pillar and looked not at
j bun, but past him to tho stretch of
1 rosy sky.
' "What an actress you arc !" he said;
| "you are not the least bit indifferent,
really, but it has amused yen to pose
as such so long that now it has almost
I become second nature."
j "To pose as anything involves a cer
tain amount of personal exertion."
"Well, doubtless, you find it worth
while, if fyour audience is apprecia
' tive ; and it usuailv is, I fancy."
! "Have you noticed those two
clouds?" she said. "It is curious to
watch how they keep floating first
i toward and then away from each
! other, like people who are playing at
I cross purposes."
"You were evidently not listening
1 to n word I was saying.",;
j "Oh, yes, I was. You were scold
i ing me, but you generally arc, you
know, and you said something about
my posing. You have told mo that
often before, and so—"
"And so—apparently there was nc
need of listening to me. I hacl no idea
1 was such a bore."
Sho looked at him, saying: "Now,
you see, you are angry again ! Don't
you think," leaning toward hira confi-
"you ought to do some
thing for your temper? It may get
you into trouble some day. Not every
body is as amiable as I!"
U4 rftill wrangling?" asked Carl Ains
lie, lounging down tho steps. "My
deal young friends, it grieves mo to
the heart to see such u display of un
christian feeling. 'Let dogs delight to
bark and bite.' "
"Blame Mr. Stewart, and not me,"
said the young girl; "you know, Carl,
that I haven't the energy to quarrel
with any one, especially in thi9
weather."
"Of course not. Miss Doane only
says the things that make other peo
ple want to row."
"A chaining character you have
given me; after that I think I will
abandon the field to you. Come,
Curl," with a quick change of man
ner, "let's go down to tho lake for
a row."
Stewart watched them with wrath in
his heart—the girl was talking gayly,
her soft laugh lioating back to him.
"There goes a living denial of her
theory," he thought. "She is loud
ness itself to Ainslie and he is devo
ted to her. Indifference, indeed! I'd
like to see the woman who could at
tract me by that. As for Miss Doane,
she is a heartless little flirt, and I don't
intend to fret myself about her," and
he climbed tho steps and stalked
gloomily off'to the smoking room.
"Kate," said young Ainslie, resting
on his oars, "I'm your coasiu and
have a right to tell you when I think
you are doing wrong; so I say—do
leave poor old Stewart uloue!"
"Leave poor old Stewart alone!"
indignantly, "X think you had better
suggest his leaving me alone."
"Of course, now, you know very
well what I mean. It's all right for
you to trample on Herbert and Beade
and myself, we're used to it—been
broken in too long to protest—but
Stewart's another sort; he cares aw
fully about things."
"Oh, indeed, so he 'cares awfully,'
and the rest of you I suppose, are
only amusing yourselves."
"How you tease a follow! No
what I mean is that he is so terribly
'all there,' don't you know, that if he
lets himself be hard hit it would knock
him out completely to have you throw
him over."
"So terribly 'all there'—what a
graphic expression. Yet undeniably
true in this case ; but why do you take
it for granted that I will throw him
over?"
Mr. Ainslie's face expressed the ut
most consternation. "Well, really, I
don't know, but 1 thought, i somehow
concluded—"
'' W hat ?"
"Why," a brilliant idea striking
him, "that you didn't care for any
body, and wouldn't until you had seen
more of the world, for you aro very
young, Kate, in spite of your many
experiences."
"Carl," said Miss Doano solemnly,
"the bar has lost a shining mark in
you, but I am proud to claim you as a
relative."
It was a fortnight later ; the house
party would disperse on the morrow,
and Miss Doane, to whom Westwood
was dear, was taking a farewell stroll
through the gardens. Sho was idling !
down u path when, catching sight of j
Stewart over tho tops of the rose
bushes, she ostentatiously put up her j
parasol and turned in tho other direc
tion.
1 But he was not to be so easily I
thrown off; with a curl of the lip (for I
ho had recognized the manoeuvre) he j
hurried toward her.
"Miss Doane!" he cried, "will you
spare me a few minutes?"
She turned her head.
"I am not in a pleasant frame of '
mind. Uncle forwarded me my dress
maker's bill this morning, with certain
pungent comments of his own ap
pended, and 1113' host manuscripts has
just been returned to me as 'uuavail- i
able,' so the atmosphere is not rosy."
"Never mind about that. I will not
detain you long," and ho pulled up a
bench.
For a few moments there was
silence, for now that no had gained
tho coveted interview Stewart did not
seem to know what to say, and Miss
Doane, with the point of her parasol,
sketched triangles and circles and all
sorts of impossible devices in the
sandy path. While looking the pic
ture of careless inattention, she was
in reality curious to know how long
her companion intended to continue
staring ahead of him. When he finally
did speak his remark was so different
from what she expected that sho al
most started.
"I suppose you know you are very
beautiful," he said. "Doubtless your
mirror lias told you that already, so I
need not weary you with repetitions,
but 1 feel sure that you do not realize
how absolutely charming you are."
She looked at him wonderingly; it
was a favorite method of hers, and
usually worked well, but now it failed
to produce the effect she intended.
"Don't look liko that," he said, "or
I shall think you are not sincere, and
1 don't want to think that. I want to
carry away tho kindest thoughts of
you.''
"You liavo changed," she said. "Ten
days ago you told Mary Fair I was
' thoroughly heartless."
"Did I? Well, that only shows I
was a fool. I know you better now ;
and what is more, I understand you."
A slight pause.
"I heard up at the house that you
wore engaged to your cousin, and
while tho news could not but hurt me,
it was in one sense a relief, for I knew
at once why you had avoided and al
most ignored me. You wanted to save
me pain. Experience has taught me
that, if a man saw much of you ho
generally cared for you, and you tried
to ward mo off. But you cannot keep
the moth from the candle, and I loved
you in spite of your coldness. It al
most looks as if there was something
iu your theory, doesn't it?"
Miss Doaue gathered herself to
gether. Stewart did not know it, but
she was summoning courage to toll
him tho truth about herself. Sho
loved to be well thought of, and it
was a geuuino sacrifice to speak, but
she could not, in common honesty,
allow him to remain under his de
lusion.
"You must not think too well of
me," she began.
"I could uot," he cried. "One
rarely sees so much youth and beauty
and simple goodness united as I find
in you."
Simple goodness! The words
scorched her.
"You are all wrong," she cried,
with burning cheeks. "I am not the
least bit like that. Don't you see?
Can't you understand? It vexed me
to have you laugh at my theory, so I
determined to make you an example
of its truth. It was from no good
motive—not to 'ward you off' or 'to
save you pain,' but with tho distinct
intention of making you care for me,
'that I pretended to be indifferent.' "
Stewart got slowly to his feet.
"And so," ho said, "in support of a
theory, for the sake of proving your
self in the right, you could plav with
a man's heart anil make havoc of his
life. Fool, fool, that 1 was, not to
understand !" and he struck one palm
sharply against tho other. "Well,"
with sarcastic courtesy, "the point is
gained, the poor dupe is at your feet.
I hope you are content."
"Content!" she cried. "I was nev- ;
er so sorry in my life. It seems ;
strauge 1 should care, doesn't it? As
you say, I have gained my point—and
yet—"
"Yes," he said, "and yet?"
Instead of replying sho turned her
head swiftly away, but not before he
had seou that her eyes wero full of i
tears. He stood irresolute, overcome J
by surprise ; then he approached her,
"Don't cry like that," he said,
"You never meant to hurt me ; it was
a pretty bit of acting to you, and if I
was stupid and overdid my part, you
are not to blame. There, look up.
What will your cousin say if ho learns
I distressed you ?"
"What is it to me what my cousin
thinks?"
Mr. Stewart started. "Pardon mo,
but I thought that being engaged to
him—"
"I am not engaged to him. Noth
ing is further from my iutention."
A silence followed. Then Miss
Donne rose to depart, but Stewart,
whose mind had been adjusting itself
to the changed situation, put out a de
taining hand. "Kate," ho said, "if \
you are not going to marry your cous- I
in, perhaps there might bo u chance
for some one else."
".Perhaps."
He drew nearer. "I know I'm a
perfect fool to rush on my fate, but
what's worth having is certainly worth
asking for. Kate, will you marry me?"
She smile 1 , but her eyes were very
tender. "I believo you do love mo,"
she said.
"Well, a little."
"And il I marry yon, I know I shall
be happy. You are so strong and
true, anil have my coulidence so ut
terly, but I have been horrid to you, so
rude aud disagreeable that I don't see
how you can stand me."
"Whv, you are going back on your
theory."
"The girls will certainly laugh, and
Carl will never leavt me alone about
it, but I don't care," liftiug her face
resolutely, "I love you, and there's
no use pretending I don't."
A littlo while later she looked up.
"I always said I would never care
for anybody," sho remarked, "what
j will this prove?"
I "That you are a woman," he said,
i —New Orleans Times-Democrat.
About Opening Letters.
Perhaps it is a little bit late to make
the discovery, but I find from time
immemorial we have been directing
all our letters on the wrong side. Tho
direction ought to be on the back in
stead of what is now called the front
of tho envelope. There would be
much fewer mistakes about opening
letters belonging to others if this were
| the case—in fact, it would bo well
nigh impossible for it to occur. Peo
ple with a large amount of correspon
dence frequently put all their letters
face downward and then proceed to
snip tho envelopes; then they go
through thoin again and take the let
ters out, and sometimes find they have
snipped an envelope belonging to some
one else. All this might be avoided
if we wrote tho address on the uido the
envelope is fastened. It would also
have another advantage, the stamp
would bo absolutely canceled by being
torn across when the letter was
opened. This would effectually put
an end to tho nefarious machinations
of those people who are said to bo able
to remove the ofiicial obliteration in
order that tho stamps may be used
again. Ido not suppose my sugges
tion will immediately change the uses
of a century, but I fancy there are not
a few of my readers who may be in
; clined to think that the idea is worth
trying.—London Graphic.
Died Uu:ler Peculiar Ci renin stances
A ten-yenr-old girl of Zanesville,
Ohio, died recently under peculiar cir
cumstances. She was a bright girl,
read every line she could find, and af
ter the St. Louis cyclone was tho vic
tim of nervous prostration. She read
everything about the calamity. Dur
ing a thunilor-storm that prevailed at
Zanesville recently sho said there was
another tornado coming, and soon
suffered another prqstration, from the
effects of which she died'.
WISE WOKD^I.
Loafing is not rest.
Envy is a Jog that bites before bark- I
ing.
The man who loafs is least satisfied
with his pay.
Good fortnuc does not always travel
in a carriage.
If all our wishes wero gratified, how
poor we would all be.
When we measure others we make
ourselves the standard.
On the day we have done no good
we have done much evil.
When the world can't understand a
man it calls him a crank.
Truth often knocks at the door of
him who has ears to hear.
It costs about as much to be stingy
as it does to be extravagant.
Character is something that stays
when everything else is gone.
How easy it is for a lazy man to
prove that luck is against hi in.
Wo sometimes pray for more grace,
when what we need is more grit.
Our trials do not weaken us. They
only show us that wo are weak.
A self-made man generally spoils his
boy in trying to make him like him
self.
No man who gives as much as he
ought to give, ever wants his money
back.
The things which do the most to
make us happy cannot bo had for
money.
Don't try to stop tho wind. Havo
four ship ready to be helped on its
way by it.
When one man is heating a furnaco
for another, he never thinks about the
price of coal.
It is hard to understand why un
assuming people are so apt to wear
squeaking shoes. Barn's Horn.
Immense Rose Bush.
San Francisco has an immense roso
bush, which looks like an enormous
bouquet. At the top of one side hang
clusters of pure white roses. In the
middle at tho top are rod roses,
blooming in profusion. Pink roses
hang in gay garlands at the top on
tho other side. All over tho bush are
branches of ro.;es of other lines and
color.. Tho delicate La France, the
white AT me. Plant ies, two varieties of
Homer roses, the Pauline. Lebeau, tho
Black Prince, the Castillian and tho
white Lamarquo lend variety and at
test their prolific blooms to the viril
ity of the stock upon which they wero
grafted.
Tho owner of this rose bouquet is
H. L. Barker, who is connected with
the State Bureau of Mining. Once
there were thirteen distinct varieties
of roses on the bush, but tho tea roses
grafted on proved to be short lived,
and only the hardier varieties havo
survived. There are enough now,
eight in all, to make tho bush a curi
osity. Mr. Barker's explanation is
that ho likes to experiment with
plants, and this rose bush is about
lifteeu years old. Branch after branch
has been grafted on. The original
stock is the June or cabbage rose.
The width of tho top is not less than
twenty-five feet, and tho height equals
the width. There are many stocks or
trunks springing from tho roots.
Carbon is plentifully supplied to in
tensify the color of the blossoms.—
{San Francisco Call.
Elected Yicc-Prcsidcn( v ßut Never Served
William Rufns King, born April 0,
1780, died April IS, 1853, was a Vice-
President of the United States who
never served in that capacitj*, and one
who took tho oath of oifico on foreign
soil—something which can bo said of
no other executive ollicer who has
ever been elected by the people of
this country. King was an invalid,
but his friends urged him to take sec
ond place on tho ticket with Pierce iu
1852. Botii were elected, but Mr.
King's health failed so rapidly he was
forced to go to Cuba early in 1853,
some two and a half mouths before
inauguration day. Not having re
turned to tho United States by March
4, Congress passed a special act author
izing tho United States Consul at
Mantanzas, Cuba, to swear him in as
Vice-Presdent at about tho hcur when
Pierce was taking the oath of oifico at
Washington.
This arrangement was carried out to
a dot, and on the day appointed, at a
plantation on one of tho highest hills
iu the vicinity of Mantanzas, Mr.
King was made Vice-President of the
United States amid the solomu "Vaya
vol oon Dios" (God will bo with you),
of tho Creoles who had assembled to
witness tho unique spectacle. Vice-
President King returned to his home
at Cahawka, Ala., arriving at' that
place April 17, 1853, aud died the i'ol- j
lowing day. His remains were laid
to rest on his plantation, known as
Pino Hills.
Is Paper Furniture Coming]
Just at present an experiment is
being made at building all tho furni
ture of unpretentious form of com
pressed paper. This does for the
living rooms what aluminum has done
for tho kitchen—literally decreases
the weight to a point where a child is
able bo move the largest piece. It is
not proposed in this process to detract
in the least from beauty of shape or
grace and elaborateness of ornamenta
tion, but to lesson the price as well as
tho weight. Tho first products in tho
way of paper furniture wero finished
in enamel paint, anil a double Colonial
bed of paper, with all its clothing—
its pillows and mattresses—was lifted
about by a sixteen-year-old girl. "But
will this new material wear?" is the
query sure to be asked by housekeep
ers who nro hopefully testing tho new
pressed paper and aluminium batntubs
and finding them much to their liking
—Philadelphia Ledger.
suiEsrmc and industrial.
Ninety-four per cent, of the Rtreei
railroaila in the State of New York are
now operated by olectricity.
The latest works on anthropology
say that it cannot be proven that any
race of giants ever peopled the globe.
The only fur-covered, four-footed
member of the animal kingdom which
lays eggs like a fowl is the native
beaver of Australia.
The human brain, according to
Cuvier, is the one-twenty-eighth part
of the body; that of the horse but the
oue-four-huudreth part.
Soil brought up from a depth of
32(5 f£et in a vault in one 'of the Bel
gian mines is said to have grown weeds
unknown to the botanists.
C. 0. Parsons, Bessemer, Ala., eaya
that it is impossible for a bee to carry
and store poisoned honey. It would
kill her before she got to the hive.
Professor Metericht, the Paris
meteorologist, calculates that a hot,
bright day in midsummer sees not less
than 5,280,000,000 tons of water evap
orated from the surfuoe of the Medi
terranean Sea.
The pathological museum, for which
Professor Virchow has been collecting
material for the last forty years, 13 at
last to be built in Berlin, tho Govern
ment having voted tho necessary
funns for the structure.
It is said that Dr. Max Wolf, of
Heidelberg, who has discovered a
number of asteroids, has nover direct
ly seen an asteroid. His discoveries
have been made from photographic
plates, while stars are shown us points.
There seems to be some difference of
opinion as to the looation of the cold- I
est spot in the world. GJr. Myer says '
that at Hildje, Siberia, eighty-five do- !
grees below the zero of Fahrenheit is i
considered nothing out of the ordin
ary.
Drs. Brissaud and Marie, two
French authorities on nervous dis
eases, cite Prince Bismarck as one of
the few instances of very bright mind
found in a very tall body. They say
that the healthiest persons are rather
under than above the middle height
and that the children who come out
best at school examinations in France ;
are those whoso bodies have grown !
slowly.
W. H. Loyd, of Duluth, Minn,, an
officer of the Northern Pacific Rail- I
way Company, has invented a method
of telegraphing diagrams and drawings '■
which deserves notice. It consists in
telegraphing by predetermined signs 1
the positions of a series of points on a I
sheet of paper cross ruled into squares '
und then joining the points thus laid
down on a similar sheet of paper at |
the distant station by lines, so as to '
reproduce the original figure.
Au Incident of a Kentucky Flood.
Rousseau Johnson lives with his
family in Hatton, through which
Dutch Fork of Benson Creek passes.
Mr. Johnson's little frame house sits
on a gentle slope fifty yards from the
creek. About 3 o'clock Tuesday
morning he was awakened by water
creeping over the bed on which he, ]
his wife and three small children
slept. They all jumped out, Johnson
and his wife grabbing the children.
The water in the room was up to their
waists. Mrs. Johnson held both the
children, while her husband jumped
through the kitchen window on the
upper side of the house and then lift
ed them through. The rain was fall
ing in torrents and they sought shel
ter in tho woodshed. The watjr rose
rapidly and they had to leave, going
to the henhouse, ten feet distant, and
further up tho hillside. They re
mained there until 0 o'clock in the
morning with the water up to their
ankles, Mrs. Johnson holding a month
old baby in her arms all the time. As
soon as daylight came Johnson made
his way to the house of a neighbor,
where he received a horse and wagon
and hauled his family away.—Louis
ville Courier-Journal.
This Fish Ate Roses.
A fish that eats roses as a regulat
diet is owned by a well-known pisca
torialist. It is a Japanese fantail and
lives in a small aquarium with miscel
laneous specimens of the finny tribe.
The way this fish happened to begin
its diet of roses was quite accidental.
The present owner was one day
changing the water in the aquarium
when a small tea rose fell from the
lapel of his coat into the bowl. The
fantail was floating near the surface,
and darted for the rose and began eat
ing it. The owner did not interfere
and the fish consumed nearly all the
rose. He thought the matter odd and
daily put a rose into the bowl. Thai
was two summers ago. Qno of me
owner's daily duties since that time
has been to secure a rose for the fish.
Last winter, when roses were nol
plentiful, ho neglected this duty, and
tho fish would not go near the food
put into the bowl for several days.
How to Bat Bananas.
The banana yields more food to the
acre than any other plant, and yet it
disagrees with no end of Northern
stomachs. Thia is beeauso wo eat it
tho wrong way. But the wife of a
missionary to tho tropics tells the
glad tidings from heathen shores of
how to eat a banana. AVhcn you have
stripped off the willing rind, just
scrape off tho stringy and hniry coat
that lies beneath the rind, and you
may eat your banana without tasting
it all the rest of the day.—St. Louis
Star Sayings.
Silver More Durable.
A gold coin passes from one to
another 2,000,000,000 times before
the stamp or impression upon it be
comes obliterated by friction, while a
silver coin changes between 3,250,-
000,000 times before it becomes en
tirely defaced.
T;JE MERRY SIDE OF LIFE.
STORIES THAT AP.T2 TOLD BY THE
FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS.
Woman's Variability—A Bright Wo
man—Tho Summer Art School—
A Serious One—Proud, Etc.
Time works a strange distraction
lu the object of her zeal;
She's forgot to want the ballot
Since she learned to ride the wheel.
—Washington Star.
MORE GOLDEN THAN SILENCE.
Jawkins "Why do you applaud
that rot?"
Hogg—"Hang it, if you would do
the same it would help us not to hear
it."—Truth.
HISTORY'S ITERATION.
Maud Askit—"Which one of them
did you say you hated?"
Grace Cariot "Sh! they'll hear
you; I'll kiss tho one I mean on both
cheeks. '—Puck.
A BRIGHT WOMAN.
Miss Gowanus—"l envy tho way
you can talk to Mr. Caustique; ho
never sits on any of your remarks."
Miss Gotham—"No; I make them
too pointed."—Judge.
A WISE PRECAUTION.
"Largo ears are a sign of generos
ity," observed tho philosopher.
"That'e true; but then most men
with largo ears are sensitive about it,
and try to conceal them."—Harper's
Bazar. *
A SERIOUS ONE.
Citizen (offering bonds) —"I own a
six-Rtory flat house in Harlem."
Magistrate—"That's all right. Any
incumbrance?"
Citizen —"Well, there's the janitor."
—Puck.
THE SUMMER ART SCHOOL.
"This is very good, Missßagley, but
you want to bring your background
out a little more strongly."
"I know, Mr. Crane; but don't you
think the frame will do that?"— Ha
rper's Bazar.
IMPRESSED WITH THE FACT.
"Johunie!" said Mr. Chaflie to that
hopeful youth, "I did not know uutil
to-day that you were whipped at
school last week."
"Didn't you know it, pa? I knew
it all the time."—Texas Sitter.
PROUD.
"I owe no man u cent," said he
proudly. They gazed on him with
wondering admiration.
"No mun op earth. The only per
sons I owe are my landlady and my
washerwoman.Cincinnati Enquirer.
NOTHING MEAN ABOUT IIER.
Mabel —"Emily steams her hus
band's letters open every chance she
gets."
Mauue—"Oil, well, she isn't mean
about it. She seals them up
again aud never blows him up."—
Truth.
PROOF OF ABILITY.
"Young Jones is u pretty bright
fellow."
"Didn't he deliver the valedictory
at his college commencement a couple
of weeks ago?"
"Yes; and he's begun to revise his
opinions already."
ON THE TRAIN.
Rural Passenger—"Young man, I'd
like to get your views 011 the crime of
Seventy-three."
Cholly—"Aw wcally aw!—
there's so much cwimiual news in the
papers—I—aw—didn't notice any
thing about it, doucherkuow !"
NATURALLY.
Teacher —"Tommy, when was Homo
built?"
Tommy—"ln the night."
Teacher—"How came you to make
such a mistake?"/
Tommy—"You said yesterday Borne
wasn't built in a day."—Brooklyn
Life.
SOLDIERS TOO COMMON.
Mother—"Ella, you have been play
ing all the afternoon with these toy
soldiers. That's uot a proper amuse
ment for a big girl like you."
Daughter—"But, mamma. I am not
playing with the soldiers. I picked
out the officers and played withtkoui."
—Texas Sifter.
KNOWING.
Blobbs—"What nonsenso it is for
newspapers in their accounts of wed
dings to describe the brides being led
to the altar,"
Slobbs—"How so?"
Blobbs—"Why most of the girls
could find their way in the dark."—
Pearson's Weekly.
SOUND BUSINESS POLICY.
Mrs. Walker—"l don't see why tho
doctors all recommend bicycle riding.
If it makes people healthier, it is a
loss to the doctors."
Mr. Walker—"l know; but they
figure that one sound, healthy rider
will disable at least live pedestrians
per week."—Puck.
CONSOLING TO THE PATIENT.
"Mourning goods, please," she said
to tho floorwalker at Sanger's em
porium.
"Yes, madame; this way, if you
will," aud then adding, feelingly,
"death is a sad thing, madams."
"It is, indeed!" she responded. "I'll
not make any purchases this morning.
I only wanted to see the latest things
you have in the mourning line; my
husband is a very sick man."—Texas
Sifter.