According to a French scientific
paper there were only .70,000 deaths
from consumption in England during
the year 1080, whereas in France,
where tho climate Is much dryer,
there were 150.000 deaths from tho
same disase in the same year.
A vocal teacher says that it is her
observation and experience that choc
olate confections, partaken of too free
ly, roughen the voice. It is known
that nuts have this tendency, and the
clubwoman who must speak at a
breakfast or luncheon invariably de-
Vclines the salted almonds in order to
preserve a clear voice.
Excavations made by explorers in
and about Claama, Guatemala, have rc
suited in the discovery of coins and
jewels valued at more than $30,000.
Idols, crowns and tablets of line gold
decorated by the Aztecs centuries ago
have been found by workmen on the
Chama plantations, and hundreds of
_ natives, it is said, have abandoned
* their usual employment to join tho
searching parties.
A site for the new building for the
accommodation of tho Bureau of Stan
dardization has been agreed upon. It
Is a tract of land of eight acres, and is
located on what is known as Pierce's
Mill Road, about twenty minutes' ride
from the centre of the city of Wash
ington, D. C„ In a northwesterly di
rection. It is said to be admirably
adapted for the purpose for which it
is to be used. The plans for the build
ings are now being prepared, and the
work of construction will soon be well
under way.
r There aro two larval eels in the Na
tional Museum Hint are not only trans
parent, hut are Irregularly marked on
the two sides of the body. In all or
dinary animals and fishes the color
markings are symmetrical on (lie two
sides, but this Is not so with the eels
referred to. Each of thetn, when
looked at from one side, seems to linvo
seven black spots arranged at nearly
regular intervals along tho length of
the body, but when closely examined
they are found to have three spots on
the left side and four on tho right, and
irregularly spaced, but in such a man
ner that when looked at through tho
body all seven spots appear in a sym
metrical row.
Admiral Melville, of the United
States Navy, lias designed some spe
cially strong casks, which will shortly
be sent to tile Bering Sea by tlie Rev
enue Marine Service, and placed <—
the highest parts of the ice packs
there. It is expected that by tracing
their future course it may he possible
v*. to determine the direction of the cur
rents that cross the polar regions. It
is not definitely known now whether
the ice packs drift from the Arctic
westward or south and east to the At
lantic. There are fifty of the casks,
which are twenty-eight indies in
length and sixteen Inches in diameter,
with pointed ends. They are painled
black, so as to lie easily seen. Inside
of each cask are directions printed in
several different languages, asking
the finder to write to the nearest Uni
ted States Consul, giving the latitude
and longitude in which tho cask was
found, and tne date.
Generally tho bee stays at home
when rain is in the air. When the sky
is simply dark and cloudy, those busy
workers do not leave their dwellings
all at once. A few go out first, as
tbough the ciueeu had sent out messen
gers to study the state of the atraos
t pherc. The greater number remain on
observation until the clouds begin to
dissipate, and it is only then that the
battalions entire rush out in search of
their nectar. A bee never goes out in
a fog, because it is well aware that
dampness and cold are two fearsome,
redoubtable enemies. We do not
mean, however, that the bee is a me
teorologist in the absolute sense of the
word. Its cleverness consists in its
never being taken unawares, for it
possesses untiring vigilance. Often
one may observe the sudden entrance
of bees into the hive when a
cloud hides the sun, and even though
tho rain is not in evidence.
Italy'* Now Stump*.
The postage stamps of twenty cents,
twenty-five cents, and forty cents for
the new issue of Victor Emmanuel 11.,
of which ti,000,000 have been uireadj
printed, bear the king's head. The
printing of the stamps of smaller value
j| is proceeding rapidly. These will bear
' ~ an eagle of varying size instead of tho
king's head. The designs were made
by Signer Colletti, a Venetian artist.
The engraving is in steel by Alberto
Ropettall, who has also been ehcscu to
cut the new dies for the coupons ol'
the public debt. They will differ only
In minor particulars from the old ones,
as they are still to bear the portrait
of the late king.—London rail Mall
Gazette.
A Curious Old Pussaice.
A curious old subterranean passage
bus just been discovered underneath
the courtyard of the Gobelins factory,
suys the I'aris Messenger. It is over
twenty feet high and carefully walled
with blocks of stones symmetrically
out. It has fallen in about fifty feet
from the opening, but it is proposed
to clear the way and seek the outlet at
the other end. One authority, M.
j Sellier, Is of opinion that it runs all
■J the way from the Boulevard St. Mur
tW eel to tho convent of the Cordeliers
|yf gt. Marcel, where now stands tho llos-
HL p'.tal of Louieine. It is said' to date
back to the sixteenth century.
CHINESE LAUNDRYMEN
Steam Work at Lower Prices is Drle !
ing Them Out.
"Steam and tlis Chinamen seem to
be eternally at variance," said a Chi
cago laundry man, "and steam is win-1
niug. Not only Is It gradually en
croaching on the Chinaman's home .
country, hut here in Chicago it is j
driving him out of his favorite occupa
tion. Steam laundries are everywhere !
talcing llio white man's washing out of |
the hands of the celestials and aro |
rapidly forcing them out of the wash
ing business."
A reference to the business directory
of Chicago for a score of years past
verified the statement. In 188!) there
were hut 270 laundries in Chicago, and
of these but sixty-six were run by
Chinamen. John caught the popular
fancy right then, however, and, as bo
was beginning to come into Chicago j
in largo numbers he began to drive out
of business the hard workers of Cau
casian blood. In a decade, while the
number of laundries were a little more
tliau doubling, the Chinese washer
men increased fourfold, so that in
1800 there wero 033 laundries in tho
city, of which 203 were conducted by
Asiatics. In I8!)2 there wero 278 of
the latter, and in the world's fair year
and the year immediately following
they increased rapidly lo 333.
That was tho limit, however. Steam
machinery displayed at the world's
fair made a great impression on Clii
cagonns, and there were many new en
terprises started as a direct result
of the influence of some exhibit on the
spectators. In no branch was this
more marked than in the laundry ma
chinery, and after the fair steam laun
dries began to he started. Popular
prejudice was against them for a time.
The steam machines were said to tear
llie garments, to do rough work, to
wear things out faster, and to rub
the buttons off. They were even raid
to bo used with chemicals which in
jured the fiber, and the public was
slow to patronize them. When the
various laundries began to fight for
trade, however, and cut the price of
washing a white shirt down to four
cents, and to deliver the next day
after collection, the people came to
their doors in flocks and more new
laundries were started. As a result,
John Chinaman's trade fell off. One
by one tho Celestials look in the red
signs that had kept the devils away
from their front doors, and either
moved into Chinatown or went back
to the flowery kingdom to spend their
ohl age in affluence worshiping at the
tombs of their forefathers.
So rapidly have their numbers fall
en off that in the new directory, while
there are shown 430 laundries con
ducted by white people, most of which
are steam, of a total of 707 but 249 are
conducted by Chinese, a number small
er in itself and in proportion than
that of ten years ago and greatly less
than that of half a decade ago.
It is figured by laundrymen that if
the Chinese recede as fast as they
gained they will in another ten years
have practically disappeared, and the
white laundry will again he doing all
the washing. The shop of the mys
terious yellow mail will be only a tra
dition. And a strange tradition it will
be for even now, when everybody goes
past a Chinese laundry some time
during the day, there is much that Is
unknown and little that is known
about them. When does John China
man sleep? That is a question many
ask and few can answer. Go by his
door at any time of day or night and
you will see him busy over tub or
washing board, or seated on the front
slops gazing at tlie same stars he used
to gaze at in his home 10,000 mile 3
away.
What do the marks on a Chinese
laundry ticket mean? It is doubtful
if John himself can answer that. Tra
dition asserts that the only requisite
for the checks is that they be red, and
that the hieroglyphics on each half
ho alike. Meaning is unnecessary.
But it may be that John has away
of describing in his own language tho
peculiarities of each of his customers
in this way, and knows when a man
presents a check just what sort of a
man ho is and whether there is al
ready a grudge against him outstand
ing.
And aro all of the workers in the
Chinese laundries Johns, or are some
of them Mrs. Johns? And tills will
never lie answered unless some law
he devised to require that John wear
a label which will enable the Cau
casian to distinguish between the two
when they are clad in the same style
of suits of loose blue stuff.
With nil the questions, however,
John is doomed. Already the hulk of
the business is handled by the big
steam machines, and soon they will
have it all. And then Chicago may
have a run of Chinese cooks, or may
take to patronizing Chinese restaur
ants —or may loso her Chinese popu
lation altogether.—Chicago Tribune.
Fatality Among Presidents.
The Republican Party, in its Presi
dents elected by the people, may be
called a party of martyrs. There is no
other political party in the history ol'
the constitutional government that has
paid so heavy a cost in the murder of
its chosen leaders. Every President
elevated by the Republicans, or "\vlio
formerly succeeded to ollice by death,
lias passed away. Of the Vice-Presi
dents elected, only Morton and Roose
velt survive. Yet the Republican
Party is less than fifty years old. The
extent to which Its Presidents have
suffered from assassination is start
ling, whatever the analysis of tho
causes may he.—St. Louis Globe-Dem
ccrat.
Tho Germans are just beginning (in
Bavaria) to Introduce the American
style of railway seats that can be re
versed.
(Boat For th Bowels.
No matter what aila Ton, hefHaeh* to a
i eancor, yon will nerer pot well nntll yonr
bowels arii put riiht. CASCARETB HELP nature
euro you without a pripo or pain, proline,
easy natural movements, cost you just V
centi to start jotting your health linnlc. OAS
CAIIKTH Gaudy Cathartic, the genuine, put up
in mutui boxes, every tablet has 0.0. C.
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! Southern California has 2,500 acres
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CatarrlT Cannot Be Cured.
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j constitutional disease, and in order to cure it
yon most take internal remedies. Hall's Ca
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thin country i'or years, and is a regular pre
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j Hall's Family Pills aro tho best.
Tho newest leather seats for hall c.taira
are laccd with thongs of the same mate
rial.
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