s
,1
s
\ unequally heated in a magnetic field.
,. soil.
. fcwin the scientific records.
» .lr‘hristison has now contributed a paper to
.1 in let ting for such uses only such flowers
trite SEN rim
SOUTH NORWAIIK. AI'GI'ST 2f.
rort'tan scissor.
N Two French electricians obtained an
electric current from metalie foil when
At; llome and some other ilaces in
Italy, the curious observation been
made that a thermometer in the shade
mini-times indicates a highertemperatnre
than a thermometer in the sun, particuv
larly when a strong wind strikes the
latter instrument.
At. a recent meeting of the London
Anthropological Institute. Dr. George
Ilarlcy sought to prove that the con~
ditiuus which have incrimsed man‘s com-
fort and stimulated his tnenlalat‘acultics
have lessened his vitality and recupera-
tiw ;M\\\'t*l‘~‘, making him more liable to
fatal iniuries. '
t
Al‘hough pupcrglass windows may
seem to be a contradiction in terms. says
an exchange, they are really an accoiui
plislu-d fact. A window panels made of-
wliilo paper, manufacturtal from cotton
orl nen. and moditlcd by chemical action.
Afterward the paper is dipped in n
pit-parathiu of catuphor and alcohol,"
which makes it like parchment. From
this point it tan be molded and (“Ill into
remarkably tough sheets entirely trans~
parent. and it can be dyed with almost
the. whole of :in‘iline colors, the result
.bciug a transparent sheet. showing far
more vivid hues than the best glass ex-
hibi’fs.
Raff timber that has been felt ed down
rivers has been ascertained to'bc no long-
errliable to Illt' attack of. dry rot. So
.nltch so is illi“ said to be lliei'nse that in
Alsa'e it is customary; to specify that
only raft timber shzdl be employed. The
Vater slowly d'ssolves out the albumen
and salts. and thus'deprivcs the fungus
of tlic uul:‘Eincnt'm-mlful for its develop l
nicnt. .\ French investigator. we are
told. has found by experiment that,
\\'ll|’l'l‘;‘l\ fre~h sawdust when buried roll!
away in a few years. sawdust from Wood
that has ltt‘t‘ll soaked some time in \\ alcr.
‘nd has thereby been deprived of soluble
:nnlti rs, will remain in the ground under
9.
ran KIN
\Who is the king in this beautiful land.
In this beautiful land of the palm and pine!
With its valleys green and in mountains
grand,
. With its oil and corn and wine!
With its mines of silv’ersnd gold, its gems,
Fit for the kingliest diadenis;
With its cities fair and its prairies free,
Stretching from sea to sea.
Who wears the sign. on his brow and hand,
01 king in this beautiful land!
Is it he who holds in his hands the keys
0! the vaults where the gold and silver
hide! ‘
Whose great white ships on the mighty seas
Laden With treasures ride!
It is he who looks to the east uni west,
And sees. wherever his glances rest,
His own gmen vines. his fertile fields,
With their ever—bountiful yields!
Does he wear the seal and Sign
Of king by a right divine!
I: it be whose moed of a noble fame
Is won on the terrible fields of war?
“'hom the nations hall with a loud acclaim
As hero and con ptoror!
Or is it, he who in patience delves-
I-‘or the wisdom stored on the tenturies‘
slnlvesl
tho seeks with a master‘s eye to scan
The secrets hidden in nature‘s plan!
Shall we crown the scholar with oneuccord.
Or hitn of the conquering swor l!
Is it that one who sings wonderful songs.
Whose lips are touched With the altar tire?
“'ho sways the he irt of the listening throng
As the wind the cli-lrdel lvre.”
Is it he who carves from t'i ‘ marble white
His own great lllilll"ill for the world‘s des
light! ‘ ‘
Is it he who paints in colors rare
As those tint his own dream»pictures wear!
Shall artist or [met for their renown i
“hear the scepter and the crown! '
“Wehad best start for home at once."
Jack Linton waited to where Meg was
sitting in the shadows, with Percy be-
side her; but the stalwart young farmer
Yorker, ashe addressed Meg.
“ We are g“ to
shower," he said. uWill you not come
to the farm with me? It is near, and the
others are going there. My
be delighted to" receive you.“
"is tones were cold, his manner-severe,
Megthought.
Some impulse of contradiction made
her turn from him.
"Mr. \‘ignes has kindly offered to take
me home in his bitggy,“ she said.
Then .Ian lo iked tirst at Percy.
‘1!
‘
said.
always takes fright at thunder?“
.\lr.,l’ercy \‘igues began to look un-
easy.
“So.“ he replied. “Bliss Christian,
would it not be. best to-"
“Harry? Yes.“ cut in Meg. crisply.
“I‘ll be ready in a moment! There! you
take the luuclrbasket and we can go at
once. N .
“lint,“ .lack began, impatiently, “I
,tell you it isn't safe to drive that animal
when it llt'inders. and—3'
.\ long. loud reverberation broke his
speech.
Meg looked at I‘ercy.
"tome,“ she saidgaily, “let us try to
race the shower. Not a drop has fallen
. \‘t‘l.“ .
mother will .
took no notice o.‘ the elegant New=
liave a heavy‘
t
l
i
l
l
There was nothing for \‘igues to do
but act-oziipany her through the gather-
ing dusk of the now darkened day; and
\\ lll‘ll they reached lllt‘ t‘dg‘t‘ of tllt‘ grove,
there stool Ilalton‘s black horse, quiver
lag in every limb. with dilated nostrils
I‘llli'l rolling eyes.
“Perhaps,“ muttered \‘igucs, uneasily, ‘
shrinking bark and turningr paler-—“per« .
drips you had best accept Mr. Jack's
. offer. after Itll. I wouldn‘t care to
E the cause of :i fright to you, you know,
; An‘ that they kinder blowod erround they
“You have llalton‘s black horsefi‘ he ;
“Are you aware that the animal
, . its loveliest, George, «learf‘she asked.
it} - i
and this ~~tliis creatur 1 looks decidedly
\‘li'lolls‘.“
. "Nonsense?“ Meg laughed. “You will
be able to control him very easily. I‘ll '
get in whileyoa untie him.“ '
V Stuttering a few unpleasant words, he I
lll-H‘t‘tl toward the buggy to assist her.
“l‘iay hurry l ‘ she cried, when he had _
,‘put her in. “I am sure it is going to
rain hard soon. Do untie the horse, Mr. g
\‘igucs. “ l
l'erey went to the animal‘s head, an
Though tho pout his truest song shall sing,
Though the drums of fanr- for the soldier
beat.
Though the scholar his truest lore shall bring
And lay at is glad world‘s feet,
Though the picture glow and the marble
gleam,
With the beauty born of the artist's dream ,
Though the landed lonl in his hand Sllallllltlltl
masuna of silver and tinost gold. i
Thiflghi-rownel with honors fairand lit». » i
None of these on the throne shall sit.
iimilaurircumstuni-es wholly unchanged
antlonly s ighlly tinged on the exterior
with tarthly matters dissolscd from the
Experiments as to the ratio of increase
0f lllt' Wood growth of trees at dillcrt'llt
periods during the growing season are
Observa~
lions wrre once made on one of our cot-
‘ ton woods. and showed that the girth
incrcasml more rapidlywduring the end of?
June than at any other time in the year.
Indeed, most of the new addition was
made about that time. Dr. David
the Edinburgh llotauical Society, giving.
similar observations on a number of
"trees, and with like result. The beech
"was found to make seven per cent. of its
annual increase of girth in May, ‘15 in
June. and :l? in July; the Spanish cllcst‘
nut, 12, 12, an; the tulip tree. 5. 5. 34,
and the remaining 23 in August and Sep-
tember. In relation to ei'i-rgrcens, the
observations seemed to note that there
wusn more regular increase through each
month. A sequoia showed for it, May,
$1: June. :lll: July, ‘12; August, l2. It
is quite likely the periods of increase
would vary in our country.-
—-—-—-—.—-
A Floral Follower of Man.
The prevalence of a rather crude,
a-stlu-tiednfle has lately made popularl
the ox~eyed daisy, with other flowers of l
kindred race. and history. One often secs 9
these daisies sold upon the street. and.
they are. worn in the button-hole? or‘
binned to the breast. They are evenl
imitated by the artificial flower‘makers,
n id Worn in bunches on ladies‘ bonnets.
The ancients showed better taste in
as'were fragrant. as well as conspicuous
or attractive by their color. The real
daisy has the advantage over this name-
sake of the fields and the wayside in
more. than one respect. Even its modesty
is moreglelightful when we see the
>white-wced staring about in open-eyed
wonder. or prospecting for new worlds to
conquer.
It is surprising how the ox~eyed daisy
follows man into every part.,of the world
where he attempts to settle. It rivals
the dog in the faithfulness of its com~
panionship. Iris quite at home in the
most northern fields on this continent
and in Luropc, and it is equally content
in the tiopics. '
\ir. Oliver found'it upon the Mascarene
Islands in the Indian Ocean. With it,
in that most OUI‘OI'dlltthy part of the
world, he found other plants which seem
to have traveled with it from our fields
and gardens. “We noticed," he says,
“in‘the vicinity of the farmhouse,besides
the ox-eyed daisies, innumerable pansies,
originally introduced us exotic curiosi~
ties, but which have now become weeds
to such an extent that they are perfect
pests. "— )‘oulk‘a (bunnmion.
fa (‘ity of Bicycles.
\Vusliington .js the city of bicycles,
lays a correspondent of the Philadelphia
[fowl-«I. Its smooth streets make it the
best “riding town“ in the world. There
are two or three flourishing clubs, a
“cycleries,” where you can hire a “bike“
ora “trike“ by the hour. as though it
were a livery stable hack, to say nothing
of hundreds of men and women who are
independent of the formal organizations.
Like bieyclers ever where, “lashing-
tonians know that it 3 their business to
get around'pedestrisnl, and not the busi~
ness of the pedestrians to get away from
them. Thergfore they regard bells as
useless and lanterns as worse than use-
less, because their only effect is to make
the steering turd. But the triumvirate
of District Commissioners take a differ-
ent view. and among other municipal
regulations just‘put in force, is one re~
«paving the bicyclers to carry and use
both bells and lanterns. This regulation
mused indignation in the bicycler’s
breast. 'Iie complied with it the first
*dny by imaging a discordant cow-bell on
; hie ‘fihchine" and carrying a torch-
“llght over his shoulder.
Thus equipped,
he paraded in large numbers up and
down in front of the residence of the
Commissioners until he had“ worked off
his spleen. He has come down to the
regulation bellam‘l lump, however. Ile
annoyed“‘himself the first day more than
he did the Commissioners.
'f' The Oldest Printer.
' Willim McDiai-mid, who claims to be
7 ' the “oldest living printer and newspaper
writer ,in the United States," lives in
ammwflonoma gounty, Gal. H
was hgnigfidinburgh' in 1. 02, was ap-
eeds-imprints motion he wet
ounces years old. name to this country
in was. worked on various papers in New
York and Cincinnati until 818, when he
mantle California, where, until We"
‘0. use: a was! an in“
levident shrinking upon him, and began g
to i‘iiiublt-‘witli the llallcr.
The creature started back sharply, and
i so did Mr. \‘igues. 3
Is there lien in one in this beautiful land
This tazrest land on tho gr ~at round globe,
To worn the ring on his hiya] hand!
To Wear the purple robo‘
From t‘ao east uiil'the west a Voice corms
forth.
From tli ~ saiiiin; south. from the icy north.
From the sounding sea, from the heights
sen-no.
F‘nun the valleys that lie bet we in, .
We hear it who and surge and sing, ‘
Aye. the MAN is the king.
Meg‘s lip curled. :
“I believe you are afraid.“ she said, 5
witha iow little laugh.
And he tried to e. hi the laugh. as he
again admurcd. but waiily, toward the
reslive horse.
.\t last he succecdc l in unf‘is‘ening the
halter from the tree. and at Ill'lI very ,
moment a \ i\ id sheet of light went damn
ing inertiie world a’bout them; a loud,
sharp, angry pcai of thunder crashed ,
almvt‘ their heads. I':"I'Il 'Mt‘: cowered I
. an instant, dated and stunned; but
1 Perry \igm-s. loosing his nervous grasp
of the bit. performed a series of rapid i
backward steps.
The horse crouched an instant. trem«
bling violently, then. witha snort of ter-
ror, plu’ngd madly through the bushes,
both reins dying loosely on his back.
Meg gm e utterance to a shriek of fear,
and then sat. silent and white faced,
clinging to the bark of the seat.
.\lr. Percy \‘igues had no thought save
, for his own safety. and made no attempt
. .. ._ . c
. - f to rapture the runaway.
A THUNDER SHOWER. f lint a tall iigure darted out in the very
‘ path of the tlying black animal, and a
: pair of strong hands closed firmly on the
reins.
The horse plunged, reared wildly. but
those tirin hands did not lose their hold.
At last, in thi; sudden fall of great plush-
ing dro is. the horse stood, panting but
stllultltd. and Jack Linton. gathering up
The leaf oflaurol that genius wears,
The soldier‘s fame or the burn ~ 1 degrees
Th” the scholar wins, lo, the vol ‘0 declares,
That the Max is more th in these.
He stands in n twilui as high and broad
As the heart of narire, tho truth of God,
Th3 malt“ of manlioo i. and who can reign
(Is a ruler “1““ in that vast domain!
He needs no purple. no robe, no rang,
For he is n twoe crownisl kin;
In this lreuu' tl'ul lairl of the freo.
A king is he,
—(‘urlotfa Perry, in Good Cheer.
RY MARY C. PRESTON.
It was such a hot day—mo cool breeze
at any pla c, and the whole world palpi-
tating under a broiling sun.
llut the sun had at last sunk slowlv
into a mass of tlceey. feathery clouds:
which piled high in the heavens, and “lit? ”in“ “Pm": l" l“"l‘l" “‘11
gradually giew darkeras thev stretched , “l‘ll take )“m l“ Ill“ farm,“ ll“ Sillll.
down to the western Iltlt‘lluu ;' and 31m”. breathing hard after the struggle. “All
ing shadows fell softly on the picnicking: the others ““3 “1““: ll.“ llllS time. You
party in llowland‘s Urine.
“It scents to me that we will all be
perfectly cook -d before the duo is over,“ ,
a‘nid Meg Christian, in a vole:- as’sweet
and clear as a bird‘s carol. "I am sure,
wrtc there any cunnilinls near at this
suotncnt, it wouldn‘t be necessary for
them to light a tire before they made a
meal oil us.“
are not hurt at all!" with a keen look at
her pretty, white face.
“No: but‘ Uh, Jack, if you hadn‘t
Coltlt‘l“
"\‘igues would have let you go~~to
death,“ said Jack, calmly. “And yet be-
cause he can quote poetry prettily and
looks like a tailors block, you have given
him your h":\rt 3“ very seornfully. although
“Something else would be necchnrv,
before. they should niake'n meal tiff
on,“ said the gentleman who‘ was ly-
ing on the grass at her feet.
“Yes,” she answered, laughing-1y"
“for them to catchiue, lthiuk.“
“You would fly 3"» '
lie was having all he could do to keep the
black horse in the roadway.
hI liavi-n‘ri“ cried Meg. indignantly;
“and if you are going to say such dis~
agreeable things. i wish you had let the
‘ horse run as far as he wanted to.
Vigues is onl
Percy.
y u dauditied fool. and I
“I would run," . llzllt‘ llilll l" l 7'
And again she laughed a little, and I ”You hate me. ‘00, I suppose?“ ”la
put the damp tresscs from llt‘l‘ t‘ Ilt‘llt‘:l‘l, Jurk. Filmy. as he drew the animal “P
ooking down on him with llt‘l‘ prettv gray" iW‘l turned in “l the farm, which belonged
eyes alight with merriment. i " ' to himself and his mother.
He was a rather pale«faeed youth. at- R 'asjust pouring. The grca“ drops
tired in a fashion Which 1,.“ nd doubt of had become a sheet of rain by this time.
his being no native of the little town 1,... . and Meg‘s muslin was soaking wet. She
low, but one of the nianv atoms which “‘“3 ll little pale, ‘0‘“ bl“ ll" ll ’3 began
drifted into it. each su'mruerwn citv l“ quiver "5 she stole a look at er 00““
boarder, as they were termed bv the pod panion‘s face.
plc of Seaville, who, by—tile-\vfivwguuor. “l don‘t. hate you," she said, softly;
ally treated them well while ‘tl-iey re- 1‘ .“lu 113"“ acted lately “3 though 3")“
mained,but were never sorry to see them hill“ ""3 Why is it. Jack?“
0. _ “Because that idiot was always hang-
But it was whispered that Meg Chris~ fill-l around you, and I knew I wasn‘t
thin would be sorry— nay.mure than sorry wanted. All! “1“"! they all “'9’ gathered
—~when this stranger drifted back to his 0“ lh“ "t‘l‘=‘§“l*§~“ ,
oit home; and some said that when he All“ the p.entckmg party were grouped
di go. he would leave his heart behind
him, With the gray-eyed girl who was
treating Jack Linton so shamefully—
honest farmer Jack. ‘ .
Me’g knew that Jack was near, leaning l
idly against a tree, and frow'ningu little,
when she lnimhcd down at Percy \‘igues;
but Jack ha not spoken a dozen words
to her through the afternoon, and Percy
Vigues had been very devoted; so, when i
n bunch of roses which she had thrust in
her belt fell on the grass, and Percv.
thering them for her, kept one in his
find, she did not claim it; and when he
' brought her lunch-basket, she sat cozily
beside him, and shared all the good things
it contained with him.
“You will allow me to drive you back,
will you not?“ asked Percy. as they ate
and chatted. “It is quite a mile, you
know, and I have a horse and buggy in
the edge of the ve.“
Mug looked about her a moment in sl~‘
lence. She may have been thinki of
other picnics, fmmrwhich she and “fuck
Linton had walked hand in hand, before
the cloud had arisen between tliem,which
she hadhnot understood. 1
Ah. t we Jack was, “noting comfort 7 , , . . .
.ny with Bella Ray, the prettiest girl in “19,“ thought 1 “red for him? ’
the‘town. and he seemed to be having a Jackb 51.!“ whispered, ”mom!“ i “3
merry time of it. ' the brief shower to abate en the
By this time the sun was wholly ipb~ “1‘ 35°” Wt tin-on h “‘9 ““41”!”
soured. 'the white clouds had bottoms And 3‘01! smiled plly es his moth-
dun, and a quiver of lightning shot over 9" .Pusgled out ‘0 03" H dry garments.
the sky. ‘ . ' ‘I ought , to know _ tter,” he am
“You will 8° with me!" Percy said swered; “but I wouldn‘t have come to
08““; and she nnswered' him with un‘ my senses today but for fins blessed
smiling lips: shower. I‘m awfully glad it didn't for
“ya; you "a kind." get to rain on this particular day. .
Another. flickering thread of ugha ,. But Percy View was rut—MW!
across 'lhe‘Whittigeizlosfkthel times. an? MW- -» , ‘
arkness‘o e u can nan ~
the y as, i The l graduating class in. the
on the wide veranda of the farm house,
in gay spirits seemingly, watching Meg
and her cavalier drive up through the
2 rain.
“But, Jack. I didn‘t want him."
whispered Meg, desperately. “I have
§‘been very miserable for the last few
weeks.” '
‘ ‘ Because i"
Jack looked at her with kindling eyes.
She colored hotl .
“Yes." she said, very low.
IIe reined in the black horse and sprang
out. Lifting his hands to help her from '
,j the buggy, he asked. a question which
’ every man asks at least once in his life:
uYou love me a little, Meg?"
“I love you very much, Jack!“ she an- -
iwered, as his strong hands closed on
ers. ‘
Then she ran up to the house a sadly-
gienched little ii ”and Jack took the i
use to the stab e. < . '
It was not long before Percy Vigues
‘ nppesred, looking; rather whitehced,
with his white flannel suit clinging to ‘
him more tender] than he could wish.
But Meg greet him with ascomful
glance mid turned to her lover. . Oh
I
\
(I lead V l of thunder, and all save argon
no; sprang their feet. ' , . grid is that of the Chautauqua Univer-
, -. “a thanderahwcr‘“ mu m m, we. ts “$1.0“
BUDGET OF FUN.
HUMOROUS :KE'I‘CHES FROM
VARIOUS SOURCES.
the Trouble at Sandy Flat—The
Moon at Its Best—Too Much
Fuss — Seen-:4, the Sea.
Serpent. Etc.
He‘d jes‘ come down fruin Roarin‘ Run, he
told the boys he met,
An‘ he‘d come down to wade in blood an‘ hev
a time, you bet:
Per he‘d heered the rm were some on the
tight an‘ shoot an“ kill.
thought he'd get his flll:
But he allowed ‘twould jos‘ be fun,
Ter swing erround a ten inch gun,
An‘ learn ‘em all ter hev respect for men from
lioarin‘ Run!
He explained he were a slycone as could tear
an‘ snort and rip.
He‘d then penned to no it all of they give him
any 1p;
first when be fit lie al‘ays come n‘sweepiu‘
like n gale,
An‘ ef he had a enemy he catlll't‘l right 0“
his trail;
An‘ that they‘d sav be weighed a ton
About the tune the light begun,
An‘ that Hartley‘s Peak were on ‘em when
they‘d done with lloarin‘ Run!
IIe stepped up to a teller as he ‘lowed ‘u‘d
make a bite.
An’ Slapped him one. he midfiter innugerate
the tight“
to cuxs he swim; a billiard cue that
knocked him on'tbe floor.
An‘ then he lurked hiiutiirough the screen as
stool up by the do- tr:
An~ then they ‘luwol the light were done,
About the time that. it be H“.
An' the terror scoottsl up t to gulch that led
toward lionrm‘ Run:
-—Dul:olit Bell.
But tl
The Moon at Its Best.
“\Vhen doyou think the moon is at
George, dear, stole his arm and a can» _
lions. glance around the immediate viciii~
ity. and whispered: ' i
~‘\\‘hen it is behind a cloud, love";
and they were as happy as if they had?
‘ach taken a hypodermic injection of;
: morphine.~—.er Yuri: Sun.
w l
Too .‘lneh Fuss.
Johnny Fiuh-top i. not as industrious
at school as he might be. and his father
endeavors to correct the evil.
“So you were kept in again today at
fschool for not knowing your lesson.
Just walk into \that room.“ said old
Finletop. hunting {or a strap.
“O no. pa. hon' for lit-men's sake
r
\
, let us have another of those Scenes."—
sonny-e.
Seeing the Son Serpent.
Pauline who is \ery sentimental»—
, “Oh. dear, I would so lot e to see that
, sweet, previous sca<scrpcltt while we arc
here at the shrine ol Neptune!
t‘laude v\\‘ho l\ aggravatingiy practicali
. —\'ery well. my love. I‘ll tell you rlltl\\'
you can haVe your wi~h gratified.“
l‘auiine it's iturondy «~“What a dear,
kind husband you Tell me, my
angel, how I can get a glimpse of the
fus‘cinatiug creature.“
t‘lnudcolellberatrly =--—“.lust before you
retire to night cat heartily of dcvilled
crabs. lobster salad pickles. pie, ice
cream and milk. That will bring out'all
the mythological monsters ever created.“
irt‘ 3.
He “'ns Rewarded.
“Is the ladv of .the house in asked a
“'estern Adi ition tmtnp of the presid~ '
in}: genius of a small Grow “Wt“ WSl‘
dt‘ui‘c. .
"No, she is not,“ was the answer, for
the man was obviously a beggar and un~
welcome.
. "How pirlicularly unfortunate.“ said
the outcast. in he turned so ay with a
look of settled melancholy in his face.
“I am really very sorry for I heard some
gentlemen across the street saying that i
the lady who lived here was a perfect
picture of the beautiful Mrs. Langt ry and
I felt sure it w.“ yourself. madam. as
80031 as you came to the door."
"It had three kinds of pie and lit)! Cuf~
fem-{m Francisco Pest.
Lucky l‘or the» Burglar.
Mr. I’oots ,. “Where is that burglar.
Mariel Where is he? “here‘s the vil- '
lain gone!" - 2
Mrs. Pools—“Gone to the statiou~
house. Oh. dear, I‘m so distracted. A
policeman came and took him. Oh,
John, \llhy did you leave’ me all alone
when the alarm rung and run into the
garretf“ 7
“\Vhy did I run into the garret? I
kept my arms in the garrct. that‘s why."
"lint you‘ve been gone an hour."
“Took oi er an hour to oil up my gun »
and grind my hatchet. But it‘s lucky _
for the burglar that my arms were not in
order. “—54: dings. .1
_“ - i
He Didn‘t Count on the Plaster. l
There is a young man living in C03}
lumbus, u gooil~lookinir fellow. who has
a sweetheart out in thergouutry a few
miles. and he spends two evenings in
every Week in her society. A few ui lits ;
‘ago he stayed to the usual hour, and as I
he passed out the front door he diseov- ?
eret that it was cloudy anddark. He '
did‘not relish the idea of walking home
alone through the gloomy night, and
hinted 3 good deal to get an invitation .
to remain. but it was not forthcoming. ;
But the young man was equal to the
emergency. Going down the steps he.
artfully contrived to slip and full gently :
to the ground. Thereupon he quickly.
set up a tremendous groaning; The ruse
worked admirably. The irl screamed
and the men came and carried the young ‘
man tenderly into the house. Then hef
was assisted to undress and deposited5
in the spare room. He had barely begun ‘
to chuckle over the success of the strata-
gem when the irirl‘s motherrpnt in an up.
nce. arm .with a mustard plaster a
cot square. This she immediately pro~
ceeded to ,elap on the young man‘s
shoulders, where he incentiounly located
the damage to his frame. For two mortal
hours that woman sat by the bed. and
was not satisfied till she beheld a blister
an inch deep. The young man is now
reformed—Columbus Comet
Caused by Thought.
“Your hair is much thinner than it was
when I last met“ you," said 1 man nd~
dressing an acquaintance.
“Yes. considerable of it came out."
“How do you account for it?"
“Thought."
“What! you don‘t mean to say
thinking caused it. to come out?"
(tYes."
“That goes to prove that baldness is
often caused by mental work. I have
for some time been: thinkingof preparin
an article on that subject. and I won]
like for you to give me your expe-
rience." : 7
“Well, [can do so in a few words.
Several weeks ago I was talking to s fel-
low named Jackson. We were on
in a dispute «accruing the settlement of
a debt. and dine after thinking of.
something In: hair. total! out.”
, “I den‘t understind its." . 7
“I do. -I said “limelight, unlike
that
, m in and got rid of him.
. diht‘.
. ing her relatives and friends.
Iailof these people into eternity appar-
.pictnresque, and
2 toward Puget Sound other streams join
Where He Worsted to Get oz
The other day a man got aboard of I
train on the Detroit and Lansing
l ATORPEDO TERROR.
. i
accompanied by a big dog. and in due '
course of time the baggagcmsn walked 3
back into the car and said: '
“Mister, that dog must go into the bags
gage car.”
“I guess not." ,
“But I guess he will! No dogs are
allowed to ride in passenger cars."
“Well, we‘ll wait and hear what the
conductor says.
He is a friend of mine, ,
and if he says the dog can‘t ride here, 3
that will settle it.“
It was half an hour later before the
conductor, accompanied by the baggage-
man. got around to the man.
“That dog must come out 0‘ here!“ an- .
trounced the condo: tor.
“For why?
body.“ .
" Because no dogs are~ allowed in the
cats."' _T .
“And if I don‘t take him to the bags
gage car you‘ll~“
“l‘ut him of ."
"If you put him off," replied the man,
after taking a look from the window, i~I
shall go with him. My dog «is just as
good as I am.“
"Will you take your dog forward i“
“No, sir."
The train was stopped and the dog led
out and pushed oil the platform.
“Are you going. too.” queried the
condurtor, with his hand on the bell-
fupL‘.
“Yesd guess I will. I live in that farm~
house over there, and if I go on to How-
ell. where I bought my ticket to. I‘ll
hire to walk four miles back. Much
oblevgcd to you. conductor. I just kind
o‘ liggered to have the dog put off at
the right spot.“~—I) 'froir Fee” Prose.
-—.———~—-
Murderous Monsters.
Occasionally. in all ages and. countries.
a criminal comes to the front whose
‘ wickedness is on such a colossal scale that
the world regards him in a stupeiird
horror. wondering \\ hrther he is simply
a malefactor. a lunatic or a monster.
The two Ihirgias. l'a-sar and his beauti~
ful sister Lucretia. sounded all the depths
: of crime. kiilcil their kindred by whole~
sale. and never hesitated to use poison
and the dagger when their inbrests or
wliinis’inadeit desirable to remove any-
body.
The ..\Iarchioncss de Ilrinvillicrs dc.
served to rank with the llorgias. Ile-
siring to poison her father, she first
murdered a lot of invalids in a hospital
to see the (“fleet of her medicine. Then
she tu'ni-d her attention to the old :cntlw
Silo poisoned
a couple of her brothers and several of
her sisters. and then gave her husband a
That \\ ide awake ~ndividual.
lion l‘\\'l', fully llllill't‘.‘l:tfl‘~l his remark
abh- wife. and after taking an antidote
lost no time in leaxing tile countryas
fast as his legs would carry him. It is
worthy of note. that the physician who
administered 'the antidote shortly after-
ward fell a \i-‘titn to the maichioness,
and was unable to porure a I‘t'lllI'tl)‘. '1‘.»
Ward lllc Close of her t‘.‘ll’t‘t‘l' tllc .‘Iar-
cliioni-ss, “out of pity,“ as she expr. sscd
it. for a young lady who was in trouble.
poisoned a whole family. t‘an anything
be said to brighten such a pictsrel It is
doubtful, but history records the fact
that this w.-.man was a bigot in religion
and e\cinplary in her church attendance,
in this respect resembling t‘:es:lr Borgia,
who \\ as moreover noted for his temper-
:Iti', miller lift).
.Years ago a maxi in England made it
his business to u in the confidence of
young orphans and friendless women,
whose lives he insured for his benefit.
IIe murdered themall, and foralongtime
was unsuspa-cted.
Not very long ago a New England
father and mother sacrificed their little
children on a kind of altar built for that
purpose. Uut \\'est, a couple of years
ago, a small boy murdered his mother
and his brothers and sisters in their Sit‘t‘q.
Then, thcrie is the woman in Hollani ,
who, within the past few years. fatally
poisoned more than forty prisons. includ-
She sent
viitly without any motive whatever.—
; A :i’. in fa L'wxali! ul’ion.
—-——.——-——_
Bear's Catching Salmon.
The Carbon River is a wild. turgid
stream. fed by the gre~'t glaciers at the
base of Mount Tacoma. It tears down
through a. negion indewribably grand and
as it rushes onward
it until it is a bond and sweeping atllu-
ent. Almost all the way along this river
tish and wild animals of many sorts are
to be found in abundaiidance. Henry
Thorndyke, of ‘Carnonado. is at a down- ,
1' nndlmuses an explosion.
“Did you ever hear.“ said he vester- i
town hotel.
day to an Emmim-r man, "how the beats
fish for salmon on the Carbon lliverl
They-do for afact.
of the river. and I pledge you my word
many as three bears within a scope of a
mile. sitting at the river‘s brink and tislb .
ingas industriously as any man you ever
saw. Others in the same vicinity have
seen many of them oftentimes. They
are black bears, and live in the thick
woods along the stream.
“The fish they particularly like are the
hook~nosed salmon, is large fish, not
their age.
stay there.
are long and hooked. The beats sit, on
the side of the stream, watch their chance,
and swii e them up as they come along.
There‘s a great many in the river. and,
being largely unmolested, they are pretty
tame.
there that are a couple of feet or more
long. Well, so many of these hook—
nosed salmon do thesebearsent that.
do not like the bear meet, it is so fishy.
The result is that it is n great‘country
for Mars, too. There are lots of them,
and they are as fetus butter. From one
end of the Carbon River to the other
bears in profusion are to be found. ”—San
Marisa) Emminer.
The Growth of, American Cities.
The following table shows the enor~
mous growth of the three principal cities
of the United States:
Your. New York. Phil-L. Chime.
133)....u..." 338,” 1%,” £35
1310.. ........ ““3331,“ 4.400
1350......u... 733,7“) $3.3!) 34,5“)
I ........... 333,700 “,31'0 18,7“)
1370...........1,m,lm "705,5” 331,”
1880. . . . . . . . . . 3,303,600 594,10) 5723,“
It should be added that the inhabit-
ants 6f Brooklyn, Jersey City, Hobokcn,
and other towns within a radius of ten
miles are included in the above totals for
New York, while the territory between
Hyde Park and Evanston is included u
:31 of Chics . “'hile durin
f-ceutury t e population of
gills has increased neat-l
t
He isn‘t hurting any-
I live on the margin ‘
'that in. the Bottomless t'anyon, twelve_
.miles from my home. I have seen as:
Hemlock.
Mr. Edward Jack gives in the..New
York Lumber Trade Journal some Inter.
eating facts about hemlock: It has until
lntelv been hbundsnt in flame and lathe
maritime provinu-s of .(‘ana‘iaz but axe
and fire are fast exterminatmg it. The
liability of the tree to be blown down on
account of its bushy top causes wmdfnlls
which sometimes cover considerable are“.
over which tires rage furiously. The
lateral roots run near the surface to a
great distance. and when the tree is blown
down they bring up large masses of earth.
In a windfall the trtinks, taps} and the
clumps of earth brought up by the roots
form a .tangle through which one can
make only little progress. Two days Of
hard work were required to get through
three or four miles of a tract Mr. Jack was
once inspecting. Some twenty years 8.."
a gale, which was predicted by Lieut.
Snxby, of the British Navy. and on that
account called the “Su\liy gale.“ extend
ed over ninety miles up the St. Johns
Ili-ver, making havoc of much of the bear
lock all the way. “her: grown on wet
land. and also on the low. sandy ridges
of the earlmniferous arc-a: of the wound
part of New Brunswick, the timber i<
usually very shaky. but on the 1.000
sqliul‘t‘ miles of granite l»o\\'lsle.s in that
provinecw where one can often travel (‘03-
sidcrable distancis stepping from rock to
rock ——thc Wood is of t-Xn‘llcttl quality
; and large, thick gr |\\Ill. .‘lr. «lack
I‘HJ‘II‘NI ninety full‘gr‘mn trees without
moving his standpoint in this lulu-liter
t’t‘:;i >11. He thinks that this grl- it thrift
A NEW DYNAMITE SHIP FOR
THE UNITED STATES NAVY.
She Will Carry Pneumatic. Guns.
and \'ill Be the First of the
Kind Ever Built —-'I‘he
Vessel Described.
A dynamite tordedo boat is building
at (‘ramp‘s shipyard, Philadelphia. rtOI‘
the [tilted States Government, says the
New York ('vllllltar‘l‘v‘;'lt' Ju’rrrti'.‘ r.. The
boat will be the first ever constructed for
the peculiar use to which it “'lli be put.
It will be built of steel. 2-16 feet long.
203; feet beam, with adraft of seven feet.
Its displacement will be about 700 tons.
Its engines and boilers will develop
about 4,000 horse power, and. under con-
tract, it must give a speed of at least
twenty knots an hour.
The craft will only carry pneumatic
guns for throwing dynamite torpedoes
or shells. In this particular it will be a
wholly novel naval Vessel. l‘ntil lately
it was impossible to make use of dyna-
mite as an explosive in shells or torpe-
does to be projected from a gun. because
of the tendency of dynamite to explode .
by concussion. In 1‘33 a )1: )Ii-ifor-l.
of Ohio. conceived the idra of using
compressed air as a motive fortu- inst-mid
of powder. IIe "U:l‘lrdk:vtl .1 gun .on,
this principle. The gun was take-n lo
frgffhigAtlxfigy‘);{iti‘I’ISJ‘l’lfdr'}:il}‘;:t;:;:;:l‘11::> 5 “my lgv- \Ilh- Tu il"!‘:fill11¥-|I~ilitllf:‘I’ Illr It‘ld.
inski. of lllt: Fifth l’iiited sane. Ann- f‘“ fig“? F'ff‘ 1‘; 1" “fl-{ifs «rind
Ierv. who has since been experiiiii-ntiiLv ( I" ”if“ 3' 113". f“‘,'l‘l“" 1:7???“ (”"U
with it, or with improved Li’tns w vritel 1" hug” "Pm" m Ll" i“‘“”“"“‘
on the same principle. pntii be in» made; ”
what he believes a gm: of iczival.
..-_ A Millionaire's Revenze.
I x
lo
utilitv. Lieutenant Zuliuski was foundi It is Mr. (‘ri-i-ker‘s rust. 'n to ride
at Fort Hamilton l't't'!‘lltl\‘. and readilv : h one from the railroad - :1 San
Consented to give 511 'h iiit'arniitiozi as he f Francisco in the 'Il‘liilfl‘rflII!‘ ain‘t: car.
could about the gun. the progrtilc and .\tiy one who >t‘t'5 laiuvle suing his vs row
the new ship.
“The pneumatic gun." said the lien-
tenant. “is merely a Song brass tube or
pipe. varying in thickness from a quarter
of an inch toan inch. Attached to the tube
are the air rzservoiis. which open into it
by cocks or valves. The three guns to
be mounted on the new ship will be
fiftydive feet long \vitii fifteen inch bores,
and capable of throwing slu-iis. or. mote
properly, Infill-dues. containing 2‘“
pounds of dynamite, a distant-co: one
mile. \Vc really cchel them to doeveti
better than that. The three guns will
be pla 'ed side by side. well llnrwanl on
the ship. and will be fixed at a per-i
nutrient angle. Any clung» of direction
will m'i‘oulplislied by "c- ring the
vilsel instead of moving the gun. The
muzzles of the guns wEl. prop-ct just
above the deck of the shi- i. pointing for-
ward. while the stationary lvrcm‘lt wi‘l be
depressed lie‘ow the water line, _iu~t un~
\lt‘f Iht‘ till-fit IIUJNI‘, “ltll “lilvll (‘UIII‘
tunnication will lie close and dirert.
“lleclruiit .ll appfianre- have been per»
fumed whereby the loading and tiring
can be done by one man at each gun.
The whole work w ill. be don'e by moving
a lover, \vhi.‘h \\ ill Open Illt‘ lbrct't‘ll and
insert the shell. The breech thvn being
closed. the turning of an air v - 'k will
let in the compressed air iron the
U"
chambers and reservoirs in hit h are kept -
constantly charged. The pressurw re
quired to eject the shells is alum! Limo
pounds to the Square inch. though the
reservoirs will be kept charged to about
3,000 pounds“ pressure.
“In action the vesssl will advance
head on toward the object to be at»
tacked until the range is It'as'llt‘tl, “'ht'fl
the firing will begin The shells or t0r~
podoes will be bUIIL‘lI at a pace too times
swifter than any of the ordinary torpe~
does that are propi-llel Ihru“ the water
to reach its objective point. and is not
likely to nice! the same obstructions that
would be thrmvn out as protections.
“The shells are cylinders of iron or
steel six to twelve feet long. according
to the stze of the charge.
n wpoden or iron tailpieveattachml to the
butt provided with metal wings to give
it a¢<it:iry motion while in the air and to
steady its flight. Each shell contains a
small electric battery. so arranged as to
open its circuit and explode the dynam-
ite from the rearof the shell :1 fraction of
time before its ”actual unmet. This is
_ necessity. asth‘e explosive force is away '
from the point of ignition.
If the ex-
plosion occurred at the p hint of the im~
pact, itiwould siniply‘react from the ob-
Ench shell has .
l fat-c cu his large, :nlsl-h- :rlrd . azie Would
i take him for a draw-n ora phil .nthropist.
’so lu-nevolvnt is his I'X!}TI’\~lQ}Ii and s)
f inunru-ulste his cl~~riral~limkirig neck tie.
:liut the observer would be :ruztly mis-
; taken t‘rix-ker has the I‘t'ifitlIJII-JII of
. b in: the mo~t me n ilesu of all the
: millionaires. 5on1» lilt‘l of his . liamctc:
3 may be gained from this in- i lent. \Vhi-a
‘ he bought the block on which his present
i residence is built, the owner of one lot. a
: stubborn tierumn. .‘lI rat trfttscul to sell.
“hen his avarice be. lull“ ext ind by the
mi lionaire‘s intent r uernexs t . buy. he
5 gradually inirvased h» pi. e .lfter each
3 surcessive other I in lily t‘r-ni her be—
; came enraged and swurr a riiiglity oath
that lower wl lie he lived “mull he buy
that prop. rty. So it.» llillll a huge fence.
, twvutywfive fret hiflz. id the house
and lot of the livrm in. .~ utter son:
had to remove his hunw cool the Pace.
stunt-what reduce ti i:u.~~iglit.~tiii remains
to mark the nilliiona‘rr‘s w mth. although
the German has limit. in his grave for
several ycirs. t'r ,. In! r is rrgardcd as
.il'
Worth thirty million. ml which much is
in rail estate. —-t'.«- .. Fitz-i.
. _.__-._- __
Pampers in England and Wales
The number of paupers in England
-, and Wales steadi7y tl"\‘il‘.’li‘d during the
five Weeks ended in April from 112.95?
to linens. Indeed. since the fourth
Week in January. oh -:i the number “as
7““.4‘J3, there has been a continuous de-
cline, unintermp .- i. save in the third
Week in March, \\ ll’ 11 there w as a slight
increase on the prcrm-ding we “k. The
number ‘29.?le reprvsentsa population
of 36.2 in 1.6M) in a tort} estimized
population of 27.n7tt.3<0i. Tl! s figure is
equal to that of the saw» p--ri «i in iii},
and slightly larger than for 2“"; {33.9%
but it is smaller than any year since P337.
In London with an i-stimitmi population
of 4,149,343. the number :it the end of
i April WAS ENlJ‘L'i-I. the live “rel-ii lII‘Apt‘I:
3 Showing a constant decrease. This shows
*zi pro portion of 221.1 in 1.000. which is a
. trifle igher than that of an} of the pre»
. vious thn-c yt-nrswfor instance. 1‘85, the
lowest known, shows a proportion of ‘32,
. and neither lsN‘l nor ls‘ti reached 23 in
l.tltlll_ Of the total titltltlocrof pauper!
f “0510 Were indoor and 545.132 out‘
door: while in London the numbers were
i 56.033. and 26.621 ind mr and outdoor,
PCSIR‘t‘IIYt‘iy.—Lea'mf-I’. Times.
l
, An Aged Albatross.
, Captain Heard. master of the British
ship Duchess of Argyle, narrated to I
ject struck. and do but little of the dam- San Francisco Chronicle relkirter the fol-
age it is c ipable of. Still another device . lowing curious i ireumstant-‘e relating to
has been perfected to insure an explosion ”Iv raptnre of an albatross in Australian
in case the shell misses a solid object, WNW-‘- Tlft‘ illllt was off (ope Howe
liken fort or ship. and falls ‘nto the plies the but him “as muslin Around
water. VA small chamber in the shell is "5 “Wk “'1’” fricncd a small brass
tilled with a chemical that generates a . lit‘f‘rit‘t rumba“. swim-‘1 by three strands
gas the moment it touches water, and
this in turn opens the electric current
If the shell
fell close to the vessel the explosion is
thus likely to be even more destructive
than above the water line.
“A charge of 400 pounds of dynamite ‘
striking the largest ironclad afloat. say
fairly on the deck, would, if it did not
disrupt and sink it at once. completely
shatter and disarrange the machinery.
while the fearful concussion Would either
kill or stun every living creature on
board.
“The pneumatic guns will be ready by
the time the ship is launched, as we ex—
' pect she. will be. about January. Hats.
_ well liked by most persons on account of j
The fish get up in the Carbon -
River, and, being unmolestcd by men, ‘
The noses of the old ones ’
The beam often rake out fish rthree~penny tine nails. }sponsible for these losses, and steadily
c
l
l
l
conduétors with ‘mergen 3
She will cost, when completed and
armed, $350,000."
Table for the l’se of Nails.
For 1,000 shingles allow 3} m5 pounds
fourpenny nails; or 3 to 3; pounds three-
penny nails.
For 1,000 laths allow about 6 pounds
For 1,000 feet ciapboards about
pounds sixpenny nails.
For 1,000 feet boarding boards
pounds eightpenny common.
For 1,000 feet boarding boards
pounds tenpeuny common.
For 1,000 feet top floors, square M
38 pounds tenpenny floor. 3
For 1,000 feet to fioo usre ed r, ‘1
41 pounds twelvepelfiny 0:;er gt §
For 1,000 feet top floors, matched, é
blind nailed, 83 pounds tenpenny floor. 3
For 1,000 feet top floors, matched,
Blind nailed, 42 pounds twelvepenny
oer.
For 1,000 feet farting, 1x3, 45 pounds
tenpenny common.
For 1,000 feet fur-ring” 1:2, 65 pounds
tenpenny common. '
For 1,000 feet pine finish, about 30:
pounds eightpenny finish.
M
Medicine Chests on Trains.
The medicine-chest is as mucha neceso
sity on trains as on ships. 83 think the
managers of the Maine Central Railroad,
who have now provided each one of their ,
IS
t
wmwmcon
i
2 in ordinary letters. The
20
; lserpent will have to hide its
of copper wire. The box was very much
_ oxitliizel and was openel with dizlicu ty.
,Insit e a piper was found. the writuig'
very faded but lcgil-lc. The stib‘nfl, W
as follows: “Caught May 2. fan-2. by
; American ship Columbus.“ Captain
Heard did not kill the albatross. but after
fixing a plate around its neck, thh the
ship‘s name. the position and date of it:
; recapture and the account of its original
captors. let it go to seek further n‘lven-
‘ lures. The date of this albatross being
first captured some forty—five years ago
.atl’ords an interesting proof of the age
? which these large marine birds attain.
. Inquiries among old salts who frequent
nautical resorts elicited the information
that the ship Columbus was one of the
, early vessels trading from Boston to the
; East Indies in the 493.
i
The Abdoml Builder gives the follow-
ing table for the use of nails: 3
Sending Money by Mail.
The proper way to send money by mail
* is by a money order or a registered letter.
Sent in any other way it 'is almost cer—
. taiu that it will be stolen. the letter con-
taining it destroyed and no trace of it
ever found. The postal service is not re-
endcnvois to discourage sending money
more is sengthe
greater is the temptation to poorly paid
postal clerks to steal letters and destroy
them. The expert thief can usually tell
whether it contains money by its feeling,
but if he opens a letter he has to destroy
it, whether it contains money or not; no
that thoseavho persist in sending louse
bills in letters not merely run their own
risk, but they tempt men who might
other-Wise remain honest. and their ex
to pilfering and tom the letters of sensi-
ble poo e who do not send money in that
way.— he Writer.
A Wild In efthe West.
The season for ,_ the capture of the
“wild men" isat itsheight and the lee-
diminuhed‘
A dispatch from Oakland, Ill.,
announces the catch of a “veritable wild
man”in Sargent Township. “He bad
hair that measured over five feet in
length, and from appearances it had not
been combed for ma. Bis bean] was
fullv two feet in ength and covered. nll
his face. Bis language was unintelligible,
e came from can
and no trace of where h
took the combined‘
discovered. It
men to hold him in
Mots dnm
ordertehind ' Inna. font.”—
at a 'l‘
Thesis no
making:
Norwalk Chronicler