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Instruments fipeclally Designed for
Use by Ibievea—A POWvENI
Little Vice—Burglar. Their-
Ovvn fool lake-re.
“Burglars‘ tools!“ said a veteran po-
liee officer. in reply toa question, “why, .
tear-there‘s lots of them around. A good
‘itumy iare in the polite stations. but a
lame enough number. are left in the
.hundl of experienced men .to keep us
bmy. and the owners of well-filled safes
nervous. '
Then landing the way to a closet the
o" ccr took down n heavy bundle tlut
“.4.- wrapped in rubber cloth. Upening
this be displayed an autortmcnt of tools,
of sufficient variety of we»: and shapes
, to stock the shop of buy locksmith:
‘~\\‘e captured this kit." continued the
otticer. "from a gang of aafe-l-lo erg
who were jun. commencing Work on the
safe in the office of the Norton. .\lill~ at
the \ladimn S‘rect bridge. Through the
IPn’ousncSa of the watchman who dis~
revered them. they were alarmed and
, gained slatlit ient time to make their es-
capc. but not to take their to is wath
them-" -
”petting a second bundle. the otlicer
took out a la gt. heavy instratu 11!.
that forth-t eu‘uui obserter “halt: have
been uxcd :or anything but watch re; :ltt~
ing with e .ustl aptitude. TLe tool.
houever. had lieen spraiully den; .el
and made tor the purpme of toning
life doors grid was the latest ~ prodin-t of
the p'ol‘twsion that drties Tm k~ and lock
uniting ll N the latest int: outh of
the old breast bit and brace. :tud ii c I“‘
blc {of appl-thg enormous presvure. In
commesu rug O‘K'Pllitm on a safe with
this instrument three small ho er are
,Irst bored in the outer sheeting of the
‘We
thrno.’
mmmmwfinnm um
Seth.
“char-lemtheoaaondthsryot
nourishment! thepearlyrtcet
Futhcwinterdaylandnich.“
hove reaped them all from.“ to
Ihoro.
Anathegrainisaafoonthc threshingfloor.”
“Have you gathered the berries from the
vim
Aldthe fruit from the orchard trees?
mawmmmu heartburn. and
thyme
lathe hiveof the honey bees?"
"l‘hcpcachandtho plum andtheapplesam
ytldthe houeycotnhtrom
the scented flow-
on.
1: ”The wmlth of the snowy cotton‘flcld
Infi- door. tied the brace. for such it r- ally _
is. Iil~3|'!)r“xl tinmy totbedoor luv menus .
of thrh- strevh. When tltiaisduut‘ the
-._hnrd¢~st 'abor ofthethieve.‘ is over. for
after placing the drill. known in the
"thieves‘ klang :I.‘ a “trip.“ in the brace.
the silllpl" turning of the crank and be
usctrftne wheel wrl 1pm dily cut through
Iny plate o no tor strut. howeverlmrd
cued. The machine i~ sozlrrnugcd that
th. ("null merely ft‘\tll\t“ the drill » while
the one I. wh‘wu clowiv resend-bu thtt
[wed :iixo rd dips. ri-gulxtesthe p't‘nxttrt‘
of the t’l'lli agusuit the ureul 'olw (Ill.
After hating: reached the luck it plniu
flee! rod is ltht‘tlt‘d lll the brace. and
the wheel be nu turnel the ‘ lock is
broken and the bolts left free to be
' openel by turning the wife knob. The
ltccl braces urt- over an iruh in diam-
eter. :l‘he‘entire imtrunieut is the work
of an éill‘l‘tduliltinifil. and slit-W! lit.“
the greeted care has been taken in its
construction.
Amour: the brare< and drill malted
was tunmlu little hand vise. eudrnily
made for the twprr‘w the of the thieves.
.8, it bore no mum upturcr‘s stuntp or
datvof patent. The \‘ix‘e. th rugh only
six inches in length and operated by n
“thumb at reiv. was :t \etv pow: rt'ul one.
and in addition to it! the out \i e :idt‘ud
that o; a wrench. The gang of tltimcs
from which this “kit “ ua~ ruptured had
secured entrance to the otti e of the
Norton Stills thnuurh an adjoin n; bui'd»
’lng. and were hard its \vork upon the
‘flie the“ din ovezed b} l« e night u‘ t‘ h
mutt. hound o! .‘llnliltuullt: 1.4- pol p
the night wut-lrnnn em d out-mic tlze
buildm: and shouted “ lutrglirs ‘ :it the
highest pth‘ll ha lungs unlit the
tho-H's took the :Il‘ll‘ln and male their
“Cape y
A kit siniilir to thin one though not as
powerful. was turned 0\ cr to the .voEice of
the West t‘hicngo avenue stition by n
”to IIIJQNI‘ of No. In \lfi‘ntl‘t ~ln‘.‘t
smile in nth-t ago. Mr. Higgins late one
night “‘1‘“! intaa shed in the rear of his
1...“... toget Va bod of coal. ‘ Ai he threw
the light of his lantern into the bin he
saw a smirll ~atchel. and. on t)'k‘lllll;f it.
dbnwered the look. Thinking they be—
longed lo >omc untettititst who had care»
' lesséy left Ilia-tn there. Mr. Higgins
turnxd them over to the police to hoid.
awaiting the claim of themvner.‘ The
owner. however. failed to appear. and so
'the kit~——a tint-Ky made lot of burgltrs'
timisv-remaincd with the poli~ e Intextin-g
theyotver of three invtrmnents a cast-
iron plate one ina h .u thickness was eusil y
cut through in tiller-n minutes. while a
w ugi t steel plate only required a few
mg. minutes.
The query of “Who makes these
tools:“ was [impounded 'to n dozen de-
tectives and police officers. but brought
only the one mum-e.
thcinnelves."
“A good marksman.“ said a detective.
“has nmnmrily to be a good mechanic.
Hemntunlly relics upunltiinsclf for the
manufacture ulhia instruments. and us be
all
git a ought to lu‘ batty.
And the gift of the sugarcane,
“entirety herb and the nourishing mot,
111mb” nothing been given in vain.
We have gathered the harvest from shore to
share.
And the measure is full and running o‘er.“
Then lift upthc bead witha song!
And lift up the hands with a’giftl
To the ancient giver of all
’11.:- Spirit in gratitude lift!
For the joy and the promise of spring
For the hay and the clover sweet.
“to barley. the rye. and the arts. ,,
The rice and the corn and the wheat.
The cotton and sugar and fruit.
The flowers and the line honeyuunb.
The country. so tnit‘ and so free.
Theblessug rind glory of borne.
‘Tbnnksgiv mg: thntthgi v It“!
lug?“ ,
Joyfull)’. gratefully call
To lit-l. tlI-~ "l‘t your \‘t‘i‘ Hf "I 'll.‘
The b mutiqu l‘ntiier of all.
——Amelia E Bar-r.
AUNT HAN N AH’S WAY.
a Ttt.\.\‘ksmvtxu ski-211“".
“What ix-lnnc doing now 5“ risked Mrs.
Harding. looking up from the pic~cru$t
Ihe was crimpéng.
“ Laughing.“ replied Aunt Hannah.
turlly. “and she ulwuyvis laughing now~
ndayx “but due: make that girl laugh
on mm IL"
ul hadn‘t noticed it." said Mrs. Hurd‘
ing; “in Inl‘f. l hove been so bury lately
Ili:i\e,n‘t bud time to notice. But I‘m
lad lt' >hc i‘ :t‘zy happier. A neck or
wo .lL'd she xn-med \cry \RMI, and I found
her :t""ttutubcr of times 3th! at nightfall
Itnnd n; t- .i under the “lib-“f trees near
the wattn drain. I ryttts."
Just then Samantha Heath, the hired
girl. gave a queer little cry, hull between
t cough and :t sneeze. and as “I“. Hurd~
lag turned around. she caught her tunid-
of-all work with nn unmistakable grin on
hr blond In! t‘.
“Well. Nutmnthsi?" she qucfiioned.
I'llhtu sharply, “didn‘t I remark to you
at the time at» or! Jane's low spiritsf“
"Yes'm." replied Ktniuhtha. \\ith the
earners of her mouth (Illt\\lll: up. and
the t omen of her eyes drawing down, as
the kept on chopping her mince- pie
meal. * °
“\‘l'r‘ll. then.“
“Uh nozliing,‘ guild Samantha. "only
Jane is mmtly merry or en l. as the old
song goes. at cording to the mood of the
girl :n the story she is residing 'l‘lteonu
nmv lx‘ ll :irl \vttli wry red lips and \\ bite
lee h. It at t‘lll\ to Stlll June. for her lips
Are amusing red, and her teeth are as
white av a dog‘s teeth.
ot'erdues it. but that is nutur;tl.*l sup~
ptee “
Mrs. Harding looked 2“ Samantha with
ominou-a ’ltt’e r d spots vhtnvrng them-
nelu-i on in r j rt fztir fu-e.
" Ilo ytrt mum to ltl Inc that my only
daughter 2~ s... \lttzrlt‘ ‘
“ Nothim‘t \lmpie about it. I‘m sure.“
Inlt‘rrnplcl the hired girl. “ llK' llrt‘
fact. .lnne tells me aluml it mery t;l\_\'
when I an up to do the rhrt uberwvor‘n .
tlu girl lu'hl ltttve ss-mc‘ltln: to occupy
her mind. and the don‘t hurt: any work
to do. “ '
“ That‘s .l‘l“ it.“ said Aunt Hannah.
hilt-nuptial: in her turn. “just theseerrt.
she don‘t have anything to do. and the
Now she might
juit ax Will be chi wiping that titént‘e nn at.
or yuuingtbose apple}. or cramping those
pics. as any one t-lse. “
‘- Jane tte\ er ha‘ been very well, you
know, Aunt Hannah.“
“Ste has alums been made to think
the “won‘t.“ replied Aunt ”tumult.
" “but Jane needs now is exert: fit. If
tlimikxgiv-
~ blue wnsa romp. I could stand it . but for
“The burglar! .
.rows more tnpert in his wo:k he grows ’
more inventive. The bntce over
Dvsplalnea street ut but an improvement
on lb. old breast brace. Some ingenious
Ill:
marksman evidently discovered that the {
pressure of his body was not sullicient to
enable the drill to work well. and
thought of the "plan to compel the safe
itself to hold the brace aid furni~h the
pressure.
nious enough." added the dete tivc as
he lit a cigar. “The only trouble is that
‘they apt-rid so much time on their invert-
w, tions that they keep us hustang night
and (icy to keep track of them."— Glitch
p Ila-cu.
——__.——-——-—
, Colds and Air lit-alts.
,Iany persons who suffer f rout cats—dial
elections blue for their troub‘cs the
climate. expourrc to cold and
wet and air draft; They have a horror
(1 Mair. and before rctiri for the
335m clone the doors and wi own ti lit
at: plug up every hole Midi-rack. us
they gleep in an impure. unify. atmos
pine. app-leath- unaware that iris the
‘iaonous fluid thcyxbmth and rebreathc
which gives them their catarrhnl com-
inte. It tun-id that among people
'. who live smartly in the open air the
nasal and throat dimer. whlth by us
we called eat-rib, are unknown. A
’ ‘ng—roont should hoe at least. one
true a any the floor as pun-ibis for
cool cine cone in. and one
in; for th foul air to get
fie h oped ventilator.
where than in such. the aperture for
incomingflllhairshould be. in the
affine window'. A close bed‘nmm
Oh. those fellows are huge:
. walk l" exclaimed Aunt Hannah.
a great. tall. healthy and hearty girl like
her to sit. in her chamber hour utter hour,
and to. k and had novels-u “
" ‘Su‘settc‘ in the ‘chcl Swans of
Savoy ‘ uluays sat in her chamber.“ said
Slurratlm; "nud' most all the story-Amok
girls do. They always ‘go to their own
roonh‘.‘ "
“They‘d go to the kitchenrwcrc they
my girls.“ muttered Aunt Hannah.
"I am sun: Janey is not in her room
now,“ said Mrs. Hardmg triumphantly.
“ You just said <he vnh~ laughing. “
"‘th; of eottr<e she was not in her
room then,“ replied Stun mtlta. “The
girl in the last. book she got from the
library goes out and takes a ‘quiet walk
with): lutppy smile on her liprt.‘ “
Good Mrs. Harding watt really angry
now. The red spots on her cheeksdecp~
encd to cariniue. as Jane came aluwly
and steadily up the walk. with a book in
her hand.
“Look at that girl's stilted, unnatural
.iAt
her age she ought to come with a skip
end a jump. as unconcious of her- feet as
a bird is of its wings. What book have
yourthere. Jane? Let me see, it please,"
went on Aunt Hannah. as the young girl
entered the , large, neat kitchen. .
Jane unwillingly handed it over. with
said Aunt
a sickly smile.
“‘Huuiph E “ Hannlh.
“W here are you going. dear!"
“To my room.“ replied Jane. with a
smile broader and sicklier than the first
one. “when you are through with my
book,“ and the leaned her shoulder
languidly against the door. clavpcd her
slim. white hands in front of her. and
looked through the window away to the
maset hills. with a unite that showed her
white. even teeth, still rotting upon her
Aunt Hannah and Samarium exchanged
plum and smilu. Lin. Harding saw
t. and aid, in a peremptory tone:
, “Jane. go up starts. braid up r
hair. take ed that ridiculous how m
the top of your head. put on your every.
day boom and an apron. and then come
down into the kitchen and wash up the
halting dithu.” T
have slowly turned around. gave her
fond mother a not! withering look.
which wan copied u nearly as ‘ble
from a chnrnctsri‘in theater-y bod
rend a few days before, and returned, in
a mffil tone: ’ '
“Worth the baking diction! Ital
cannot Sumatran do itt I amrwng’h
hay“ dishes in my ifel“ ’ ‘ i
who tuck in .-
' in forgot to'cohe‘down n- no
mandates-heat: thednth‘ifs.‘i ’ ‘
Uf courw she'
. and Insideqshe saves her mother a great
i Bo Jane Harding. instead of only read‘
Mr. Edward Earle.1of‘Ncw.York,hat.
_ onhlsptaccntxamansottfiuam‘
“Just oil told year,” said the
girl to Aunt Hannah. "she won't o
anything but read those foolish stories
from the circulatin library at the drug
store. and then :3 out the characters
they tell about. “
It was Thanksgiving time. Guests
had been invited. and there was every-
thing to do. There had always been
just such times at the farmhouse ever
sin-cc Jane could remember; but she had
never assisted. She was the only daugh~
ter. and had been brought. it in the use-
less way that many of the on y daughters
are brought up in, in the homes of‘ fur-
mers. even, where mistaken mothers
often say: .
“My girls shall have the easy time:
that l have missed in my life. ”
The next morning Aunt Hannah said
to Samantha, privately:
“Don‘t you want to go
Thanksgiving. my good girl?“
“Yes. mn‘am, the very worst way,"
quickly raid the faithful domestic. “M
brother‘s t‘olk‘slmve writcn for me, an
there‘s tube a big family gathering; but
I can‘t go.”
“\‘oushall go. and what‘s more you ;
shall stray two weeks.“ said Aunt Ham ;
nah, resolutely. ‘fnnd your wages ‘shall ’
go on ull'tbe some. Say to Mrs. Harding
to night mat. you must go. June shall 1
do your Work.“
“Uh, she can‘t l"
”She can and she shall,“said Aunt
Hannah. “1 will put my shoulder to the
wheel. Don‘t you worry now; just give
out that you must go home this year.“
i So. juetufter the mail came in, So
tunnthu said to her mistress:
i “l want to go lnune to Thanksgiving
aw fully."
é “You ought to go,“ put. in Aunt Iltln~
‘ nub. “You «hall {:0 to tnorrow, and be
. gone it fortnight. I will pay your rail.
road fare." '
: “llut what shall we do?“ said Mrs.
Harding. looking really appalled. “It
is impossible to hire help at this season: ‘
and there‘s no time to look for any.
either."
home to
. made an iron lly that moved through the
. atmosphere. and afterward an automatic
' eagle, which on the arrival of the Em—
. perur Maximilian at
forth to met-t him:
1 dedt‘uycd:
{ nwe among all who heard it.
, Vienna. exhilnted in loudon forty years
. 8.10 under Lie name of Euphouia. Faber
“l tun here. dear sister." said Aunt .
Iltllllltlll~~33 if that covered all groundl ;
of t)l|lt‘t‘flt|ll -—“uud .lnue shrill help. I
' will hire her as my assistant. and pay her
three dollars a week—and the work will
do her good. “
Jane was not consulted; to be sure;
but she did not dare rebel against good,
whole mulled Aunt Hui-nub. who wuss .
person of consequence in the lam ly.
being a childlesv widow with consid»
eruble menus at her u\\ll (llsltuntll. Su-
ulnulha went. and June took her place.
‘ “Uh. l nm to be dish washer." naid
Aunt Hannah. as June relu tuttlly went
toward the sink the morning of the hired
girl's dqvu'ture. “You know how to
waxh dishes well enourh. I dare say. ab
though there is a rignt way let well as a
wrong way to wash dishes. but you will
learn by seeing: me. I run wush dishes
and :tI the some time give direction!
ftlunll the work you are to do. how you
\ill mix the bread first.“ =
“I don‘t know how.“
“Time you did. and I will tell you all
about it. deur. Slater Harding. put the
rooms to rights. make the. beds. and see
to the milk; you are the ‘second girl,‘re~
nicnrlu-r. Jani- aud l are the cooks. I
intend that on 'l‘hunltsgixing Day every
article of food that goes on to the table
shall have been prepared by our June.“
June opened her eyes 'in unaccustomed
surprbc. rind her lips for wondering
spew h. llut Aunt llummb. with smiles
and good u .turc. bulked so {mt that the
young girl round no chance to reply.
“ \ oua: can intelligent and a pretty con- 5
at irntiuus girl.“ \vent on the good aunt;
“you are as stony: :u minty prls in your
petition your appetite is good, and you
:II‘I‘ capable _, " June opened her lips
again. but Aunt Hannah reiterated —
"you are young. capable and hearty. No
nutterwlutt station in life you may be
't‘ltlltd to till. you want to know how to
cook and how to do all kinds of house-
uork in the beat wuy."
Aunt llnnnzihiwho \vus 'rry cntcrtnim
ing. auduho kncw ll grcat\hlltuy people,
We!!! on telling of this one and that one,
and gave Mrs. .~\.‘n ‘rule . for making
bread, and Mrs. R‘s rccipe for u certain
kind of cake. until June found that even
women of culture and wealth took charge
of their own hauwholda.
When, that night, l-‘urmcr Hurding
cotuplinn-utml his daughter‘s tirat- gin ver-
bread. She \\':t\‘ugrt‘cubly surprised to ad
how much more real satisfaction there
was in making it than in rocking.r idly in
her chair. or standing out under the wil-
lmvt in the attitude of a heroine. with a
handkerchief prcsxed to her dctvy cyel.
June was often tired at fifit. of course.
but she persevered underAuut Hannah‘s
direction and treatment. Her mother
grew tested and young. and was told so
by her friends with whom she now had
time to visit.
(in Thanksgiving Day. when every
thing was being praised. Aunt Hannah
took grim satisfaction in saying:
"My pupil. Jane , prepared every dish
set before you."
“I declare." said the Western uncle,
“l detlnre. that‘s the \vuy to bring up a 3
girl, be she a merchant‘s. a lawyer‘s, on ‘
lartncr‘s.“
Before he left the old homestead he
gave a bountiful sum of money 'to his
brother with which to rel'urnish and
aim the house. embellish the parlor,
uild a new fmnt fence, and last. but
not least, to pay off an old mortgage on
the farm.
“Stub a capable. industrious and
amiable. girl as Janey," this uncle Went.
on, “descrvcsnhouse as tine its an in l
the villngc. She makes the old Ha ing,
homestead a pleasant place to come to;
. deal of labor and trouble."
iing about. lovely, well-kept homes and
their presiding angels, became the light
. and stay of her own mother‘s household.
, chiefly through Aunt’flannah‘a judicious
instructions. ——Anm‘e A. We».
Pay of Street Car Conductors-
The pa of conductor: on the street
railways n the large cities of the East in
as follows:
On the Broadway line. in New York,
3 they receive $2 for five trips. which con-
struct about ten hours and thirty min~
out
In Boston the conductor commences at ,
.8. and according to the time he has;
beenin the employ of the company his l
tr anraitcdto.2.50por-dayol,
twelve hours. i
In Philadelphia the y is $8 for '
twelvc'houls. If comple ng n trip re-
quires more than twelve hours and thirty a
minutel. the conductor gets at the rate
of twenty-five cents per hour for the ex-
cess time. That it to say in New York
they receive nineteen and oue~half cents
per boat: in Boston. twcnt and five-
:ixth cent: porhour. and in P ilsdalphla
about seventeen cents per hour.
gfootman tlr-.~.r~ndcd and. opening 7
l carriage dour. handed out a lady " with f
: bt‘lbnluvitu.’
. penred leading forozml a trumpeter in
»‘ figure
, lost or bcwildcrcd.
‘tli per, the belles pf
AUTOMATONS.
wonnnmvm. Pixel-am THAT
'navn surmount) nAmuun.
a ., .
Automntonn That '0“! Everything
but “Ink—Iron Eagles and
Wooden Birds—A Remark-
able Trumpeter.
Puppets or mariouettcs were patronized
by both the Greeks and Romans. and
automntn, which are the inventions which
are principplly dealt with, also go back
to a remote period. Vulcan’s tripod on
wheels has the. authority of IIOnlt“.
Dcdulus umtle movingstatucs; Archytwt,
of ’l‘urcntum, 400 B. (3., invented a
wooden pigeon that gale] fly in the air.
In the fifteenth century Regiomantnmus
Rmmbcrg, flew
Albertus llagnusiis cf .
stru cling a head that mo land talked.
and which So frightened in: Aquinas
that he snubbed it into pieces. Albertus
etctuhncd \then he saw his achievement
_ “So parishes the work of
thirty yeartf“ ltogcr Bacon made it
a 5 taking head of bum. which excited
' v with con-
Speaking automzitahnvc been frequent-
ly attempted of lute years. but the great
difficulty lits in simulating the human
von‘e. The most sucu‘ssful of those of
forts was perhaps that of Prof. Faber, of
worked fmty ywztrs tit thcnulmnoton.
lhe llgure cunulrutcd words and also
Bob. Burdette says: Anaconwouil
cptnes out in print to denounce. ”that,
ltugnid dish-wash popularity known 89‘
baby talk." Oh. well. tht‘a to. II. 81‘
pected in Bennvillo, whet-e Joenph Cook
Is. edaaa modelehild’tuumand‘
primary kindergarten teacher. We 50‘
lteve, firmly beievc, that a baby who?
and a theory shouli be addressed as Sir
or Madam. This is all‘right, for a babe
(fr, for an infant.
live baby, a human baby, and no elfin
arm; a flesh and blood baby that how!-
in good. lusty. ungrammatfcal English t-
let. you know that “it" but arrived and
will want years of luncheon and pettin“
before “it" wants a page of dictionary
a touring. dimpled. crowing. shriekin_.
colicky. romping. kicking baby; agrin
ning. hairless. toothlexw gummy baby.
“its“ awkward lists grammatically, bu'
thrusts and digs them into “its" cyw
when "it“ wants to stick them into “its‘
mouth. ”It“ is “it‘s“ muzzer‘s own
stveetsy little pootsie wootsie, and a pit
tic ittie sing.
Out upon your machine made babe! I
knew one long ago. His name was Hen
his cntdle. He was but five years old
nois river. He said to me: “Excuse me.
all'. but could you kindly enlighten Inc
ing craft toward which our step“ are
tending: and. also, can you tell me to
whom ll docs belong?“ “I clutched the
little monster by the ne k and held him
sung.
bellows, pipes pedals and keys. which
the inventor played to prompt the dis-
Coirme.
l‘hilip t'ruupe invented a wonderful
group of ll'ulxllllztld for Louis Xl\'.-—a
carriage and four horses that started off
with the track of a whip. the horses
iruucing. fruiting and galloping in turn.
t ran alon; until it got in front. of the
King. when it stoprwd. Then a toy
the
burn grace.“ The littly niudea courtesy.
presented a petition to His Majesty and.
,mzcntering hcr carriage, was driven
awuv.
The king of automate conttrue'ors was:
= Jaquev Yauvmson. born at Grenoble in
mm. Whi :- tpzite a‘ boy he made several
li_:nrctt. The bent of
mind u as den-unwed by a rather pctu
liar cizeuttbmn 'e. Bring left to himself
in (he Iltlliee of a friend to which he
went “illt hi~ mother, be p! rceired
through the cmck of ll union an old
t‘lm k with ll s‘owly swinging pendulum.
whit h t‘Xt‘llt‘tI his attention.
'3ch ll of the clov k.
and inimt‘gntion he succeeded in malt
Y but a clmk of his own out of pines of
Wood. and this wooden clock kept time
f;tirl_v well. Then legal) his experiments
thh autotuuta.
“He made a wooden chute-l, with mnv- .
ing lieurcs of pr.e~ts. He invented a
hydraulic mm blue for the city of Lyong
sud. later. in the same pla e. painted it
uurhinc for silt twining that (auvcd the
woikpeople to ri>e against! him in arms.
His tirst great achievement in nutvtnutn
was a flute playl r. Which was one of the
uonders of his llul'}.
The ~everul putts of it were made by «iitl
fcrenl. wmkrncu to pre. cnt itx discover}.
Unly n foiblul servant nldt‘d him in his
secret. Ac. ordim: to ll‘Alembcrt,
‘rcnurkul-le tigure stood on R pedestal. in
which n pnrtiott of the mechaniqu wru‘
cunvcnle :. and the player not only blew
into the i:i~truntcnt. but with hit lips in
(‘l‘t'd‘l‘tl or dituin‘xhcd the sound. perform-
ing the Sumo and daunttu pasutgce with
pellet ttutt and lingt-rzng with complete
at‘l'utttt y.
17;“ and made a great sensation. \‘uu-
cans-on ncvt made a fligeolet player. and
Liter tuner ILtlllt‘lll dui‘k, \\ hicli “riddled.
swam. dbcd and quncked, and. like ll.-
tlcm {N's peacock. p t k: d up and swal-
lowed itx food. He \v;t~‘ engaged on an
endlcu chain “hen bellied. He uillcd
all h a :tu'omalzt IO-Illt‘ King.
.‘lllt‘I-’t‘l. the iuvcntor of the metronome ,
and of sen-ml Illll‘lt‘ul nutmnatu. opcm-d ‘7
:m edul-ition in Vienna in 15ml. with 3‘
life site automaton trumpeter as the
chief uttruction. When the ttudicncc
entered all they saw was a tent. .-\ her
a time the curtain parted and Mitchel up
the full t‘t‘gllllt‘llldl‘ oi an Au~triztw
drugoon. lly pre~>lng the left ep:;ulet
of the figure he made it pluy cnvnlry rull~
and a lllnl‘lll and un :tllegro by Weigl,
accompmicd by a full bond of living
lllil$l\‘liltl\ Nor \vus‘ this llll. The
retinal :tlld' u-ipprstvcd re a
trutupcttu‘ of the Frenl h tluurd. Maelzcl
wound it upon the left hip, pt‘t-‘sed on c
more on the left cpuult. and it played
the l-‘renth cavulnry culls. a French
cavalry Inz‘tl’tll by [limit-k nnd one of
l'leyel‘s :lllegros, the full band again
liefulll‘ uiiying.——.\'ew Yank Journal.
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Forest Burgers.
Inexpericuced huutcts should never,
when it can be avoided. go out alone
into a wooded section they are not
familiar with. us in cam uf fogs or snow-
storms they are quite likely to become
I have known several such cams where
men. lufing their bearings; have Wat.—
dered about for days in a state of confu-
sion and uncertainty. upon the verge of
lunacy. They do not reason upon their
situation. but invariably exhaust them-
selvet by running ahead at. their utmmt
speed without the burst regard to direc-
tiom. and often follow their own tracks
around in a circle, with the idea they are
in abettten trail.
During one of my earliest expeditions
over the plains, 21 German gentleman
\viththc purl.) became lost while hunt-
ing. and was absent for about ten days
before he rejoined us: and during all this
time be was wondering about betwwu
the Canadian river and the . plain wagon
road we had made. which at no point
were over two tnilet apart. Yet he did
not remember seeing either the road or
river at any time during his long ab~
sauce.“ ‘
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A Gaucho Savings Bank.
Silver ornaments for bridle and saddle
are legal tender in exchange for anything.
salable wherever the Gaucho. at South
Amcrlmn cowboy. gear. and what is his
sent by day and his pillow alright he
uses asasort of tavingsba . I have
seen saddle: worfihjlfillo. with solid
rilvcr stumps. [refunds and ornaments,
weighing as nine of. men. A pair
of silver ' spurt. worth any
where from $50 to. according to
tizmsnd workmanshimand Itirrups of
solid film, in the. term; of s hectic-s
_ ntine con.
ll er torrential to‘ . 34$!!th The
tune are often made" bump. and when
I )3 tishcdnt‘ldv feature to
'l‘litre wus an arrangement or"
Ill\‘
No“ time;
he :visitcd the hwuw the had a pencil ‘
tin-t pziper with him, and made n rough ’
By cannot study‘
‘ He had been ill '
_ ind made it during his Ct‘ln‘llt'st't‘ttt‘t‘.
lllt‘ ;
If “3‘ exhibited in Paris it'll
under the dredge boat for an hour. I
Sexpeelcd a scene with his mother, but
9 uhe only said that “Henderson was very
; Iut‘ advanced. bi~' uncle Dennison did not
-dto\\n until he was forty-nine.“
:didn‘t. bury Henderson. They prccsed
rhim between the pager of a t'olton‘:
Allan, and be flattened out and dried
:just like a fern. That‘s what becomes
lot that sort of children. I am glad I
l drowned him. I am looking around for
l more like him. People who wean their
‘inl':lttt.~t on dictionaries will do well to
keep them under glass until I lose my
totnahawk. “"aglil
Floating Gardens of the Axteca
During all their wundcringa. wherevet
they stopped the Aztecs cultivated tht
:earth and lived upon wlmt nature gavt .
them. Surrounded by enemies. in the
midst of a lake where there \\ ere but few
llsh. nwessity and industry compelled
“iv!“ to form flouting gardens on till
bomm of the watch 'l‘llc} wove together
roots of aquatic plants interwiued
twigs and branches until lbc)
d a foundut‘on sutllciently strong
to support a soil they drew from 1b!
b ittutu of the lake, and on it they sowed
their needed [unite and chilo. Thirst
» limiting rrtrdena were about I fool
above t it: “are: and of variout
‘ forms. the moat ctIective being long and
narrow. called eintns. or ribbons. “'ith
their natural ttulc for flowers. they added
the ornamental to the uxeful. and these
small gardens multiplying. were covered
‘ with'lluwere and arouuttic. herbs. which
gwerc Used in the worship of their gods
:or sent to decorate the palace of the
«nipernr.
\tht a picture of delightful indepen—
l delimit
The peaceful Indian could anchor his
flowery home where he willed. float be-
yond social cares or political burdeua.
and from prying neigh mrrt and poll‘
rot gossips he could quietly paddle away!
In these secure retreats the apetttbrift
co :ld elude his creditors. the bank dc~
fnultcr hide from the minions of the law.
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Worth Making Note of.
Every time I spend a dollar foolishly I
: um opening ll pauper‘s grave.
Every time I pay rent I am taking so
much away farm a home of my own.
livery tune I streak a kind Word I am
1 addinga brick to my temple of manhood.
l livery tizneil buy an article I am en-
couraging the manufacturer or producer.
‘ Every time I pay a debt I am doing
right ltlld helping to put money in circu-
lation. 1
liwry time I refruin speaking in de-
l fence of a friend I prove that I am not a
friend.
Every time I speak cross and impetu‘
ously I‘m weakening my nerve pcwer
and adding to the misery of others.
Those that place their hope in another
. world have in :i great: measure conquered
1 dread of death and unreasonable love of
life.
Here joys that endure forever. fruh
and in Vigurfitre opposed to satisfaction:
that are attended with satiety and sub
foils. and flutter in the very tasting.
The desire of fame betrays an ntubiti-
ions man into indecencics that lessen hi!
reputation: be is still afmid le~t any of
his actions should be thrown away in pri‘
vote. «Dry ' Grads Chronicle.
Principal Colors in Sea Waves.
Protesmr Tyndall has come to the help
of marine artists. He explains that there
are three principal hues in sea waves,
blue. green and yellow. and they show
up in :tccordnnm with the following sci-
(gititic laws: Solid particles held in the
water act as minute mirrors reflecting the
light which penetrates the liquid. The
rays which are sent out, after having
traversed only a thin strata of water,
preserve their yellow parts; but, if the
reflections are attenuated. the water ap-
pear: green; and if they do not exist at
all, the sea being clear and free from
muddy matters, the color is deep blue.
In an indigo sea the crest of the waves
will appear green on account of their
lack of thickness. Sea weed. animal.
cules. and other local or accidental causes
may have much influence on .he color of
the water.
“The Tune the Old Cow Died of.”
How m-uy have used this expression
without any definite idea of its meaning
or origin. It seems to have come to us
from over the sea. In Scotland and the
north of Ireland the ing in very cont—
mon in the mouths of t e peasantry. It
arose out of an old song:
“'l‘hcrewusano‘ldnnnandhe had on old
cow.
And he had numb? to give her:
Bob-yorker“ his ll dleandhcplaycdhsra
one: ’
1.2.59”??? were”: ....
u no mo r or ;
Consider. good 3:. condone) "’ w
The old cow «Ted of hunger. end when
any gro uely melancholy song or turn
is uttered t a north country pong: say:
“That h the tune the old cow d of.”
A tdceloftalcutil lostinths
worl for thcwant or a little courage.
Every day sends to their vs a mute
bet-,0! Mate-ton who to only re-
mained Mire breath-u theirtluddity
making
m tine
In? ' ' ‘
130'“. 5 -
which? that? is born with cye~glsstes
But for a baby. a ‘
Changeling with the hideous mark of u]
grammar back on its arm-yes, “RS" ?
—-nay, never wecps—tlmt howls, I sat}. .
“tlntt” doesn‘t even know how to the ,
demon Ingmlmtn Stillwater, end his:
parents called him that when he was in
when first I met him. down by the Illi- :
.‘\s‘ to the character of this strangclook- .
They ‘
oils!-
5 FKLSE LlMBS.
onn ARTIFICIAL HBKBERS nun
l HOW THEY ARE “ADI.
The Cork Leg alyth—What It Com
l to Wear False Idaho—A
Boy With Rubber
l Bands.
1
, “Do you ever have requests to make
7 queer artificial limbs!" was asked of n
manufacturer who had a wooden leg
roménently displayed in a showman: on
W8 .
. “Uh, yyes." was the reply. “we have all
kinds of visitors, some of whom want
, very odd thing. Unly n short time
i since a man dropped in who wanted me
. to make him an artificial nose. It wasn‘t
in my line, however, as I only make legs,
arms and fingers, so I was compelled to
; decline his request. There are many
curious things about my business. For
instance. if a man only loses his foot he
is compelled to wear an entire false leg.
‘ just. an if he had lost his leg up above the
: knee. If he loses his hand he is corn-
; polled to wear a false nrm. because other~
E vise it wouldn‘t work right and couldn‘t
i be fastened securely. With a finger.
l however, it is dltIe;ent. as we can gener-
ally [uteri that on so that no one could
tell the difference."
“Do you make cork legs?“ wasnskod.
, The manufacturer laughed heartin as
here lied:
‘ “ho, I do not; and I never knew any
one who did. The cork leg is a fable.
All artificial legs and arms on made of
. light wood. suchas willow. basswood or
, something of that sort. The wood is cov-
ered with raw hide in order to preserve
it, and the top. as you sse, is made of
leather nicely padded where it fastens on
the stump of the text! leg."
“\\'hat is the out: of artificial limbs!"
“An artificial leg.r u‘uztlly rods #75. sl-
though we have nude them as high as
$1.50. An arm doesn‘t cost. quite so
much. nod fingers are less in propor‘~
. tion."
. “How long will the limbs last?“
i “We gunmntee a leg to last five years.
. although I ha.e known one to be worn
. for fifteen years. If a man is careless
? Ind gets his artificial foot wet it will
, soon rot, and their he will be compelled
_. to have a new one fastened to his leg.
', “'6 can put a new foul on juxt at easily
' as a shoemaker putsa sale on your >Ill30."
‘ “Do you ever sell ready-made artificial
imbsi"
“uh, no," responded the manufac-
‘ tuner. “every one has to be made to
order, because no two men are exactly
alike When a man wants n limb we
measure him very can-fully for it. as it
must be exactly the same size as his
natural limb, or he would feel awkward.
It is made just as near the some shape of
his natural limb as ”visible, and he soon
gets secu~tomed to it.“
"You mentioned requests that you
sometimes had for odd limbs.“
“Ya." replied the manufacturer:
“there was the. man I mentioned who
wanted the um. I have seen several
artificial noses, but never made any.
‘ They are usually made of war: or plaster
of put-is, and are generally fasted to the
face by a pair of spectacles caught over
the ears. They generally have rather a
queer appe-rsncc and don‘t look much
like the naturnl article. They are also
very expensive. as there is a great deal
of work on them. especially in the color-
ing. The object. of course. is to make
them as much like the natural skin Color
Is poxuble. ’I knew an old army otticer
who lost his now in the war and had an
artificial one made. He was a very hard
drinker and he used to go tothe mutt
who made his nose every six months and
lime it colored up a little more, to make
it look natural. as he said.
“I also knew a man.“ continued the
manufacturer. “who lost an ear and had
one made of india rubber. It was a bean
tiful piece of work, aid was verv deli~
cately tinted the exact color of a human
ear. X0 one could have told the differ»
ence, and very few people knew that he
wore an artificial ear until one drty he
dtcs~ed in n hurry and put it. on wrong
side before. He came downtown with
it that way, and created a gre;tt wuss-
tiun before he discovered his mittnke.
“The quecrest case! ever heard of. w.“
of a man Who lo~t his loyvcr jaw and httd
it replaced by an artificial one coniposed
of rubber um wax. By an lmlnflt'mont
of springs he could use it almost as well
asan ordinary jaw. Then there is the
cave of that boy at llelleville, N. J.. who
lost both hands in a machine last Spring.
His friends took up a subscription for
him and had two hands made for him.
From the wrist up they were. made of
ash and the hands were made of rubber.
covered with kid gloves. I understand
that he can use them nearly as well as
neutral lmnds and pick up a pen and
write with it cruily.
“I tell you we can replace almost any
l2" of a man except his head. and per~
ps in another century they‘ll be ableto
do that.“—- ‘2'. Yurk Jgunal.
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Bra! mWorkcr-s‘ Recreation.
, Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes. during
the busy years of his life. it is said, we:
accustomed to rest his brains by working
with his hands. tinder the great library
7 table there was e smaller one, which was
. a mininture workshop. fitted with a turn-
ing lathe and tools. with which the poet
nude boxes. brackets and toys for his
friends. The little shop moved onatiny
. railway trad: in the floor. so that on the
' approach of a visitor who could not ap~’
Efluctuate “jim-crat list," the doctor could
ush the table. tools and all, under the
. urge one. entirely out of sight. The ma-
jority of brain-workers have had some
insult. taste or handicraft nhich re.
icved the tension on the brain of Itcady
; application in' one direction. Sometimes,
es in the can: of Mr. Gladstone: tree-
rhopping or Mr. Hawthorne'l potato-
digging. it was severe sire! exertion
that gave rest to the min . but oftencr
3 it was the cmplo merit of thefi 1an
. brain in some Iig : r work t t edaily
3" craft. Hans Andersen cut per figures
with marvellous skill; one of the great
Russian novelists makes clay pipe: of
every shape, and one of the most eminent
ciergymcn in this country dabble: in
I Ministry and has awly blown up his
family on seven! occuaiou-I’wtb‘a
(lamination.
new Boy: the .lako lone).
Rutscl Sagc‘a advice: “ '1) —
ting a position: (2) keeping ht: mail.
shut: (31 observing; (l) being faithful;
(5) making his em loyer think that he
wbnld be cast in fog without him,
and (6)10 be polite. Thur. issgood way
{crayon man to begin utter he gets
there. .‘If live: It to those ruluhe
willnotwaato frien at court for any
h of time—in fact. not stall.”
y: “ out
Jay (‘uould‘s
be
my"!!!
beshletohesrmisfnrtolc.
The one pnidcncu in life in
tion; the one evil ‘3 din!
Where there is no want of wiI
will be no want of opportunity. ‘
We carry all our neighbor‘lfl'i-
sight and throw all out out“
shoulders. hi .
Asound discretion'u not “fl
div sted by never trialling a mm It}
never repeating it.
Simplicity in clmacter, in mm 5
style; in all things, the supreme“!!-
lence is simplicity. .,
The first thing for acceptance of er
is to unlearn human doctrines and bi- ~
come as a. little child.
If a great thing can be done It all2 it
can be done easily. But it is thlt
of case with which a tree blot-on! 8“"
long years of gathering strength.
True quiet doe» not consist in rpm-1’
little or nothing. but repeating 138123.
evil. speaking nothing idle, being
amidst storms of trouble. 1'
Patience strengthens the spirit, sweet
cns the temper. stilles anger. exti
envy, subducs pride; ihe braille! til
tongue. "filial“! the bind and tramplfl \_
upon temptations.
The soul hm: its rainy days when d! it
cold and dark and desolate within—4nd
when drippings from the fountain of cor-
row. falling upon the roof of new,
makes it gloomy indeed.
0h, learn to speak kindly. gently. ten-
derly. Those very word; may be the
brightest upon your record of eternity,
and mark your divine right to no heart»
ly inheritance. Uh. speak kindly, dear
and!
Good molutions are often like loosely
tied curd: on the first strain of tempta-
tion they Slip. They should be ted" in
A hard knot of p: 3311 and then should
be kept tight and firm by stretching
{lode-ind.
How They 15an10 In in rats.
The condemned murderer in France is
informed when the Court of Caution
re‘iects his appeal; but he always has the
hope tint the President will pardon him,
and on the strength of this hope most of
the condemned «main comparatively
tranquil. When the final day arrives the
convict is swakcncd by the warden abant
half an hour before the. time rs set for
the e ccutiou. The strait—jacket inte-
niuued hit ozdinnrv clothes ‘
him. Then he is bound hand any;
by two of the headsman‘s aides, and
afterward left alone with the priest: few
moments, unless the ~ctvicu of thin“-
clesiasuic are dt't’iInP-l.
From the condemned} coll he is taken
to a dimly lighted room called the toilet
chamber; here, wand on n stool, he
listens to the prayers recited aloud by tho
pried, while one of the aides cutatho
hair from the back of the neck and the
collar from the shirt. He is ready! Sup-
ported by the two a de~snd accompanied
by the executioner. the priest had
the other tllIlCl-tl~. the mndemncd
marches out. the mo outside doors fly
open, and the guillotine. surrounded by
the military and the police. greet: the
eye. Arrived at the hitst‘ttle the execuc
tioner and his aides push him against the
swinging plank; he faile sothat hit nook
tits into the lower half of the noon-
shaped so bet. the \l[ ier half of which
is immediately lower-ct : the executioner
touches a spring. the knife falls with a
ilixtrp sound. the bead drops into the
tub. a little stream of blood gudrcs out
from the trunk and lustice is satisfied.
The whole tip-station take-5 less than
half n minute. The 11¢».le body 8
>III] into the willow hibkef. the W’ i
placed betweur the leg and the Instant
it put into a wagon tint ha»: been wait-
ing two hours for its burden. £500:th
by u squad of gendannes and followed
by a pried in a modest cash the train
gallope of! to the lvry Cemetery. this.
or four mllrw away, “here 1 part of the
enclovure. called the turnip field. is
served for the burial of executed crim -
lll". When the body is not claimed,
is immediately exhumed and given to
the medical svhool.—-L<mdan Telegraph.
A Professional Sauerkraut Cutter.
A Reading .l’enrm correspondent says
there is in that city a calling which
probably is unknown in any other pin“
in this country. That calingis‘the pro—
fessionul tuning of tabbstgc for latter-
kraut. making. The cutter travels about
the city from house to house from the
latter part of October until the middlcot
November. by whirh timethe sailor-km:
making semen ism-er. The bribery!
the busincfi is Michael Bruckman. who
has cut cabbage for Rending‘n beat
families far many years. Thoreau few
families in the city. from the highat to
the lowed. that fail to put down asap-
ply of snucrkmutevery fail. Bruckmaa
stone cuts up 20o heads of cabbage n
day during the putting down am. Hi!
cabbnge Cutter be imported from Ger-
many. and he says there is not another
like it in this tountry.
It is the well-to-do families and when
keepers who hire their cablngn cut. al-
though the charge is only one cent n
head. The saloon her-1M: arethe he‘
custnmen of the cashing: cutters. for
they order hundreds of head“ cutnt I
time. Sauerkraut for lunch is on. of the
delicacies of Reading all the year round. '
During the last half of October Oil
the firsthalf of Xovember, (mm men-r
man ectimatc=, there anoint la thn
anon heads of cabbage at every day for
suite-threat in Reading, or 00,000 m
forthe season. Thane who do not if.
their kmut stock cut hsve r’utlcrl of 7
their own. or wait their turn to balm i .
of a neighbor who has. No W
household i~ exactly complete without“ 8
cabbage cutter. The person who can.
cabbage for knot mic-M but
nothing to do with the ‘ - if the
taunt. That is donehy the budgud
the family in Berks may MM
know all the mysteries of .
making had better keep it: . -. '
its-elf. No family pets down le-
ten heads of in pickle to!
into knot. while the cutter f
tu‘ajobof shundredbnds or
cut at a tingle house. ‘
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some. lineal twat/i
ml: of any land ca theglohn. ml
ions upon millions of prcclour
hay-oboe: take-ant or heats-ta
nuttve procee- em at“
$3.: exist till minced-ere .. . .
Norwalk Chronicler