AN UNYIELDI NG PR!SONER. Fearful Punishment Failed to Bring Me- Kernan to Terms. CINCINNATI, July 14.-For the past week Major Morgan, superintendent of the workhouse, has noticed. that five or six convicts in the wire shops were shirking their work systematically. He took meas- ures to prevent this and punished them by confinement in the dungeon. This brought all of them to terms excepting Thomas McKernon, and he still proved refractory. As McKernan still shirked his work after repeated warnings it was decided to discipline him. Facing Clifton _ hue and in full view of everyone that ' es is a frame shanty. In one of the uprights a staple and ring were driven some distance above McKeI-nan’s head. Handcufl’s were placed on the la-tter’s wrists and achain passed through them. This was pulled through the ring and then made tight. A ball and chaingwerc then made fast to the victim’s ankles. His toes barely touched the ground, and his entire weight was on his hands. In this position he remained until late in the afternoon. The torture was terrible. The hot sun beat down on his uncovered head, and his tongue and throat cracked and parched with the blazing sun. But not a drop of water or a particle of re- freshment passed his lips for ten hours. He managed to pull his shirt over his head to protect it from the sun, but it was torn off his back. Hour after hour went by, but the gonvict was game and would not plead for mercy, so he was left hang- ing by his hands. Hundreds of citizens who passed Saw the affair, and finally one of them notified Police Commissioner Brown. At 5 o’clock in the afternoon the prisoner was let down, half dead, but still unyielding. He was taken back to the workhouse and shut up in his cell. Armenians Brutally Treated. CONSTANTINOPLE, July 14.——The British embassy has received news that 300 police and bashi-bazouks were sent out from Ces- area in February to arrest so called refu- gees in Everek. They looted every Arme- nian house in the town and abused the women. Two Turkish prisoners, caught recently as they were escaping from the Angora jail, falsely accused the Armenian __ prisoners of having helped them in their plan to get away. Ten of the Armenians were beaten and tortured unmercifully and were thrown into chains. The President’s Breathing Spell. BUZZARD’S BAY, Mass., July 14-—-Presi- dent Cleveland has enjoyed another quiet day at Gray Gables. He had n'o callers and put in a full day’s rest with his fam- _ ily. Colonel Lamont expects to leave here < tomorrow, and Dr. Bryant will leave soon after. The president has entirely recov- ered from his attack of rheumatism. There has not been an officer here since the pres- ident arrived. The president’s sister, Mrs. Hoyt, of Beatrice, left here yesterday af- ternoon. For the Intercollegiate Championship. CHICAGO, July 14.—Yale shut out Am. herst in one of the prettiest games of the series on the South Side grounds yesterday afté'rhoon by a score of 1 to 0. Virginia was forced out on Wednesday. Had Yale lost yesterday Amherst would have Won the intercollegiate championship and be- . come possessor of the Spalding silver Cup. As things stand Yale and Amherst are tied, with three games won and one lost each. and will play ofi? the decisive game tomorrow. ,- The Army Bill Will Surely Pass. BERLIN, July 14.——In the reichstag avote was taken on the first article of the army bill, and it was passed by a vote of 198 to 187, a government majority of eleven. Count Herbert Bismarck supported the government. The article fixes for two years the peace effective at 479,229 men. The volunteers for the year are not in- cluded in this number. The ministerial- ists are jubilant at the result, which prac- tically amounts to the passage of the whole ‘ bill. Gets a Slice of Stanford’s Millions. ASBURY PARK, July 14,—Mrs. H. B. Kinmouth, wife Of Dr. Hugh Kinmouth, of this place, was bequeathed $133,000 by her uncle, file late Leland Stanford, the California millionaire. Dr. Kinmouth is the physician who figured prominently in the Carlyle W. Harris wife poisoning case, in which he testified that he had sold morphine to Helen Pot-ts, liarris’ wife. ___.~._ Another Jersey Hat's. 'TI-mtlz. BRIDGETON, N. J ., J uly li.—~‘lihe old Riverside Driving Park race course in this city is being put in proper shape for this ‘ summer and fall trotting. This is the fastest half mile track in the state. The track has been leased of Colonel Morris to W. W. Robbins, a wealthy Bridgetonian. FRANCE MST SIAM. PRENGHMBN IGNORED’ A WARNING. Two Gunboats Force Their Way tojthe Capital, Exchanging Shots‘with-Slam- ese Forts .on the Way—The King in Council with His Advisers. LONDON, July 14. —The Times corre- spondent at Bangkok telegraphs that the Siamese government refused to permit two more French gunboats to enter the Mei- nam river, twenty miles from the mouth of which Bangkok is situated, and threat- ened that if the gunboats attempt to cross the bar at the mouth of the river they would be sunk and France held officially responsible for beginning war upon Siam. Despite the most pacific assurances from the French minister, who undertook to stop the advance of the gunboats and to arrange equitably all differences, the Comete and the Inconstante slipped across the bar and exchanged shots with the Paknam forts. The two memof-war then proceeded to Bangkok and now are anchored, with the gunboat Lutin, oppo- ‘site the British legation. One sailor was killed and two were wounded in theex— change of shots at Paknam. The king is now holding a council. If it comes to fight- ing, Which now seems probable, fearful scenes will probably be witnessed. BRUSSELS, July l4.—The Independence Belge says that the troubles between the French and the Siamese on the Annum frontier are spreading, and that all trade has been stopped. Plate Glass Depression. PITTSBURG, July l4..-—For the first time in the history of the trade every plate glass factory in the United States is closed, and that indefinitely. Fully 10,000 men are idle as a result. The depression is attrib- uted to three elements—overproduction, a tight money market and the arbitrary methods of the plate glass trust. There are twelve plate glass factories in this country, where a few years ago the entire industry was carried on by two concerns. It is the impression that the factories will resume about the middle of September. K The War in Samoa. AUCKLAND, July 14.—The last Samoan mail contains reports of the outbreak of hostilities. First blood was shed while Malietoa was marching on Malice. He captured a rebel outpost after a short fight. His followers now outnumber the rebels five to one. Many of the rebels have de- serted to him. Apia is feverishly excited. . Bomber-gar in Fargo gail. FARGO, N. D., July 14.—Albert Bomber- ger, the Cando murderer, was safely landed in jail here. Judge Morgan will order a special term of court to try the prisoner, who will plead guilty. Bomberger ac- knowledged that the published accounts of the murder are correct. ‘ No Authentic’News frOm Peru. WASHINGTON, July 14.—-The new Peru- via'n minister, Mr. Canervo, called upon Secretary Gresham yesterday. He has heard nothing disquieting from Peru as yet, although some slight disturbances may be expected in the south as the result of the tour of the presidential candidate, who is opposed to th present administra- tion. 0n the 28th of his mouth the Peru- vian congress will convene, but the elec- tions, which will have an important bear- ing on the future of the country, will not be held before next January. ‘ Swindling a Railroad. HARTFORD, July 14.—Evan W. Scott, time keeper in the machine shops Of the New York and New England railroad, at East Hartford, was arrested for appropri- ' sting money of the company to his own use. Nelson Roux. John Heske, Caryill C. Bishop, F. Russell, Peter Cole, Michael Daily, A. Durand, A. Lavine, Pat Calla- han, A. Chaittee and Samuel Osborne were arrested for complicity. Scott has been falsifying pay rolls and dividing the pro- ceeds with the above named men. ' Burglars Jumped to Death. WESTFIELD. N. Y. , July 14.—Two un- known men attempted to commit burglary by entering one of the stores in this vil- lage. They were detected by the police, who tried to capture them. The men dashed out of the store and started up the étreet towards Chautauqua creek. When the bank was reached they either jumped or fell on the rocks below, a distance of - sixty feet. Both were instantly killed WEEKLveNORw ' new PENSIONS iSSUEDK Q Eievonl‘honsand New Certificates Sign by: Commissioner :Lochrén. p at the pension bureau shows that ~Ween April 1 last, when the'present ad- , ' lstration of the bureau took formal direction of its affairs, and July 1, 17,044 original certificates of all kinds were issued. Of these 2,354 were invalid certi- floates under the act of June 27. 1890, and 9,043 widows’ certificates under said act, making a total of 11,297 original certifi- cates issued under the act of June 27, 1890, for the first three months of Democratic power. ~ It is also shown that there were issued 2,369 additional pensions under the act of June 27, 1890, making a grand total of 13,- 606 certificates issued under the act of June 27, during the first three months of Democratic control of the pension bureau. The total number of original certificates of all kinds issued during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1893, was 121,628, of which 99,207 were under the act of June 27, 1890, and 244 were issued to army nurses. There were also issued during the past fiscal year 33,693~ certificates granting ad- ditional pensions under the act of June 27, 1890. During the fiscal year ending June 30, 1892, there were issued 222,937 original cer- tificates, and the net increase to the rolls was 199,908. As the total number of cer- tificates issued during the fiscal year just closed is but 121,628, it would seem that 101,3091ess certificates have been issued for the fiscal year 1893 than were issued for the fiscal year 1892, and as the loss to the rolls during the past fiscal year from death, re-marriage, etc., will amount to at least 30,000, it will be seen that the net increase to the rolls during the past fiscal year will be but 91,628, against 199,908, or a difier— ence of 108,280, less increase for the fiscal year 1893. This statement is made as a refutation of the statement that not a single pension certificate has been issued under the de- pendent pension law since the present ad- ministration came into power. STOCK AND Peoouca MARKETS Closing Quotations of the Philadelphia ' " ' and New York Exchanges. , NEW YORK, July 13.—-In the stock market today there was a slight decline in prices. Closing bids: Lehigh Valley ...... 39 W. N. Y. 85 Pa.... 4% Pennsylvania ........ 50 H. & B. T. com... —— Reading ................ 14%; H. & B. T. pref — St.‘.'Paul ................. 59% Erie .................... 14% Lehigh Nav ........... 49 D., L. & W ........... 143% N. Y. Central ...... 99% \Vest Shore ......... 98% Lake Erie & 14% Reading g. m. 45... 66 Reading lst pf 55.. 28 Reading 2d pf 53.. 19 Reading 3d pf 55.. 15 New Jersey 0 t. 99 N. Y. & N. E ......... 21% Del. & Hudson....118 General Markets. 4. NEW YORK, July 13,—State and weste ” flour quiet, weak; low extras, $1.95@2.£5i city mills patents. [email protected]; fair to fan n [email protected]; Minnesota clear, $2.50@3; patents, [email protected]: superfine, [email protected]; city mills, $3.85 @390; winter wheats, low grades, [email protected]; patents, $3.40@4; straights. $3.30@4; rye mix- tures, [email protected]; fine. [email protected]; southern weak; common to fair extra, [email protected];2good to choice do., [email protected]. Rye in moderate de- ‘mand. steady; superfine. [email protected]. Wheat steady. dull; August, 73%@73%c.: September, 769g®75%c.; December, 81 5-16@81%c. Rye firm, dull; western. 57@57}§c. Corn firm, very dull; September. 49%@49%c.; No. 2, 48%@49}éc. Oats quiet, firmerd August, 33%.; September. 31% @31%c.; state, 39®44b§c.; western, 37%@4l}§c. PHILADELPHIA, July 13.-—Beef dull, steady; extra mess. $7.5t‘@8; family, $10@l2. Pork inactive, quite easy; new messy 818.50@19. Lard steady; steam rendered. $10.20 asked. dairy, 17@210.; western dairy, 15%@18C.; El- gins, 220.; New York crea ery. 21©2ilc.: weste ern creamery, “@2204 im‘ tation creamery. 16 @lsléc. Cheese in moderate-demand, firm; New York, large white, massage; do. col- ored, 7%@90.; do. ,small. 8@9'C.; part skims. 1@50.; full skims. yéc. Eggs quiet. weak; New York and Pennsylvania, 16c.; western, l5® 15Mc. B ALTIMORE, July 13.—Flour dull, unchanged. Wheat easy. Corn quiet; white corn. by sample, 540.; yellow do.,49@5OC. Oats quiet, Rye dull. lower. Hay strong; good to choice timothy, [email protected]. Cotton flrm;middling, 8%c. Provisions quiet. Butter quiet;cream- cry fancy, 21c.; fair to choice, 200.; do. imita- tion, 1963200. Eggs weak at 14@l4}éc. Live Stock markets. ‘ BUFFALO, July 13. -— Cattle firm; Texas steers, [email protected]. Hogs weak; Yorkers, $6.45 @6430; light mixed and pigs, $6.55; good medi- ums. and packers, 36.45. Sheep and lambs dull. cull lambs selling at [email protected]; cull slicep,[email protected]: good 65 to 70 lb. lambs, $5.50 @liu‘ew extra, $5.5); yearlings.$4.70®5; good mixed sheep, [email protected]; no extra wethers here: common neglected. EAST LIBERTY, Po... July 13.—Cattle slow; prime, [email protected]; good, $4 75¢"; common to fair, [email protected]; fat cows and bulls. 82.50am; Bologna cows. $8@10; fresh cows, $:.'U@.‘36. Hogs steady; medium and light, [email protected]; medium weight tops, €[email protected]: extreme heavy weights.$5.75®6. 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' DETROIT, Mich, July 14.—One of the most notorious criminals in America has fallen into the hands of the Detroit police, and Chicago, New York and Toledo has begun alegal war for his custody. Two : local detectives, guided by Detective Julian, of New, York, and two Pinkerton men ar- rested Dr. Henry C. W. Meyer. Julian and the Pinkerton men have been on his track for two years, and finally cornered him in Detroit, collecting in the meantime evi- dence which, they say, will cause Meyer to suffer the death penalty. His wife Mary is also under arrest. Together with her 2- year-old son she was lodged in the Wood- bridge street police station. Later she was removed to Harper hospital, as she is in a delicate condition and will soon be con- fined. Julian says that Meyer graduated from the Chicago Homoeopathic school in 1878, and his operations began a year 1ater,when he poisoned his first wife. Then he poisoned an old man named Gilderman and married the widow, poisoning her son, and, finally, herself. Meyer then removed from Chicago to New York, where he went into partner- ship with a man named Brant,their scheme being to beat insurance companies. Brant was to take out heavy insurance, become sick, and apparently die, a corpse being procured from some other source. and used to get the insurance. Brant took some medicine to render him unconscious, and then, it is charged, Meyer poisoned him, collecting the insurance. In some way Meyer persuaded an Indian- apolis girl to accompany him to Toledo, where he also poisoned her. .He is known to have collected $7,000 from insurance companies, and the detectives feel confi- dent there are more cases to hear from. Requisition papers are expected today. and, although there are four cases against him in Chicago, it is likely he will be sent to New York, where the case is alleged to be strong enough to warrant electrocu- tion. Dispatches from New York announce that the rand jury has found indictments against eyer and his wife, and the gov- ernor has demanded his extradition. In addition to the crimes above recorded it is charged that in New York Meyer and his wife worked together on many cases, but the only one which the police have any positive information about happened on March 20, 1892. On that day there died at 320 East Thirteenth street a man named Gustav A. J. Baum. He and a woman known as his wife lived there alone. The wife was very attentive to her supposed husband, and allowed no one else near him. The attention, however, was only a part of a plot, for the alleged wife of Gus- tav Baum is Marie Meyer, the woman arrested in Detroit. The cause of the death of Baum was given in the physician’s burial certificate as “chronic dysentery.” Some months before Baum’s death he wrote to theoofiice of the Mutual Life Insurance company and hadvhis life insured in his wife’s favor for 83,000. The wife collected the insur- ancemoney the day after the man was bur- ied and disappeared. Dr. Gillette, the physician of the insur- ance company, had seen Baum after his death, and became suspicious. When the alleged wife disappeared so suddenly he began to work on the case with the aid of detectives. The detectives learned that ,Baum’s'wife had an accomplice in some :medical man. They learned that the med- 9ical man disappeared from the city about the same time as the women did. Two weeks ago the body of Baum was exhumed, and an autOpsy proved that he had been poisoned by antimony. Coroner Schultz, of New York, says: "The case is the most remarkable one I ever handled. It beats anything that Zola ever wrote. I believein the Baum case the Meyers took Baum, in‘a measure, into their scheme. .- I believe that they induced him to feign sickness for a week or so, saying that after that time they would introduce a dead body which the insurance people would be deceived into believing was Baum’s. Baum became sick sure enough, but it was no feigned sickness.” SmithfiRetiI-es from Lane Seminary. CINCINNATI, July 14.—The trustees of Lane Theological seminary, Walnut Hills, have accepted the resignation of Professor Henry Preserved Smith. The board has placed Dr. Morris in charge of the semi~ nary, with power to employ necessary help. Cuba’s Governor General 11].. ' H AVANA, July 14. —The governor general is ill, but his condition is 'not serious. Holguin was the scene of an enthusiastic demonstration by supporters of the cause ” of reform in the colonial government. Death of Ex-Judge Sanford. NEW HAVEN, J uiy 14.—Edward Isaac Sanford, cx-judge of the superior court of Connecticut, died at his home in this city. Honoring Emile Zola. PARIS, July 14.-Emile Zola, the novel- ist, has been-appointed officer of the Le- gion of Honor. The Weather. Clearing; westerly winds; cooler; NUGGETS OF NEWS. Father Nicholas Mauron, head of the Red‘emptorist order, died at Rome. The execution of the nine Choctaw pris- oners at Muskwego, I. T., has been sus« pended until Aug. 4. ‘ Waterloo, Ia., was visited by a cyclonic storm which did 85,000 damage to build- ings, shade trees and sidewalks. The board of promotions in the interior department, which was created by an order issued Dec. 31, 1891, has been abolished. The illness of Emma Vader's, the trag- edienne who is sick at Atlantic City, is the result of too much bathing, and not of overstudy. The comptroller of the currency has is. sued his call for a report on the condition of national banks at the close of business Wednesday, July 12. Mr. Thompson, of California, the new ministerto Brazil, has received his final instructions from the secretary of state, and'will leave New York next week for Rio de Janiero. Rolfe N.. with a record of 2:26, a" full brother to the great-Nelson. valued at $10,- 000 and owned by the Oakland Stock farm", - dropped dead at Saginaw. Mich, while be- ing worked on the track. . Subscribe for theGAzum “IX/Kr r'xrsrxrxnnr \ r- n A n r A x .4 , ‘1 VJ \‘J K j-\JA\ j \J K ’A\JA\ JAK JAK IA“ JAK JAL jAL JAK IAL JAK AK 1A‘« IA“ 1“ ’1‘ 'A'\ /A\ 'A\ 1A“ ‘AK ’A\ 1‘ JA‘ ’I‘rk‘ ) E Be On your Guard. , If some grocers urge another baking _ powder upon you in place of the“ Royal,” . it is because of ' the greater profit upon it. This of itself is evidence of the supe- riority of the “Royal.” To give greater ’ profit the other must be a lower cost powder, and to cost less it must be made with cheaper and inferior materials, and ,thus, though selling for the same, give less value, to the consumer. 9,1 To insure the finest cake, the most , :E g wholesome food, be sure that no substi- 6: into forRoyal Baking Powder is accepted : g: by you. -. ‘ . :5; 3: Nothing can be substituted for :53 61 the Royal Baking Powder fig 4 , >2 8; and give as good results. :53 J. - .0 o Y Y V V V V V YCYOYrJY NE) r.rxnnnrlr~ ~r-IA A THIEF’EEOMANCE. Annie Morris Masqueradcd as a Man for Fourteen Years. MILWAUKEE, July 1~l.——A simple arrest by the police on a dispatch from the Fon du Lac authorities has brought out quite a romantic story. Chief J anssen ar- rested one Frank Blunt, who was wanted at Fon du Lac on a charge of grand lar- ceny. The search developed the fact that Frank Blunt was a woman. For fifteen years Blunt, as the masquerading woman was knm :3, had dressed and. acted as a man, (1 (inking, smoking, gambling and swearing with the rough crowd in which her life was passed, and not once was her identity known. \Vhen taken before Chief J anssen the erstwhile Blunt said her name was Annie Morris. She is a native of N ova Scotia, her family living in Halifax. Annie ran away fourteen years ago, accompanied by her brother, who was two ‘years younger. She was at that time 13 years of age. The mother of the children was dead, and the cruelties of the father, the girl says, cauSed them,to leave home. Annie put on a suit of her brother’s clothes, and from that time until now has passed for a man. She was adopted by a man named Jesse Blunt. The two traveled 'through New England for some time, finally com- ing to Milwaukee. * The Drake Zouaves Disbanded. ELIZABETH, N. J., July 14.—Major Gen- 'eral Plume, in command of the New Jersey National Guard, has issued an order disbauding Gattling Gun Battery Com- pany A. The organization was composed of veterans under command of General J. Madison Drake, and. was made famous by a trip across the continent a few years ago and by a trip through the south to New Orleans two years ago. The state board declared that as present organized the battery was detrimental to the service. The company was organized as veteran zouaves and in 1878 was mustered into state. service by special request of Governor George B. McClellan, who pleged that they always should wear their old army uniform. They will probably reorganize and adopt the state uniform. An American Honored by the Emperor. _ NEW YORK, July 14.-—Mr. William Stein- way received from Emperor \Villiam of Germany the insignia of the order of the Red Eagle of the third class, carrying with it the honor of knighthood, the first order of the kind ever sent to an American citi- zen from the Fatherland. The honor was conferred in recognition of Mr. Steinway’s benevolent energy, exercised not only in America, but also in his native country. The star of ivory and gold bears the crest of the Red Eagle and the emperor’s initials surmounted by a crown. A_Receiver Applied For. BALTIMORE, July 14.-—-The troubles of the Equitable League of America resulted yesterday in the filing of a bill for the ap- pointment of a receiver and ’ an injuction’ to restrain the officers and agents from collecting or receiving any money assess- ments or dues, or in any way interfering with the property or assets. Tuesday, Sept. 5, was set for the hearing of the ap- plication. The Equitable League is one of the seven year term orders, paying 81,000 at the expiration of that time, and also sick benefits. The Professional Cyclists. PHILADELPHIA, July 14.—The inaugural races of the Professional Cycling associa- tion began here yesterday at the Tioga track. Over 2,000 people were present. Wheeler, who won the lion’s share of the purses at the New .York and Brooklyp meetings, won the one-third mile and the mile open races. The mile novice (race was unfinished. P. F. Berlo, of Boston, won the half mile handicap, and the two mile handicap was won by A. S. Meixell, of Lewisburg, Pa. Judge Collins Will Resign. . CHICAGO, J uly 14..—Judge Lorin C. Col- lins will resign as judge of the Cook county circuit court. "My resignation,” said he, “will be presented in time to permit of the election of my successor at the election in November next. I am prompted in this course by the belief that the duties of the judge in this county are too arduous for the compensation attached to the office.” The Big Four’s Liberal Rate. CHICAGO, July 14.—-On\ and after. tomor- row the Big Four will make rates to Chi- cago of one fare for the round trip from every point on its system. Tickets at this rate ‘will be good every day and on any regular or~ special passenger train. ‘ , Belgium to Branch Out. BRUSSELS, July 14.—The chamber voted yesterday such a revision of the constitu- tion as will enable Belgium to acquire colonies. The government is known to contemplate the annexation of the Congo Free State. ' ' Subscribefor the Guam. i Alcohol as a Food. And now a word about alcohol. Of all the substances that enter into the dietary of man that are used for stimuja- tion, to check waste and promote repair, none is superior to alcohol. 80' great is its reconstructive power that strictly speaking it must be classed as a food. Whenever the powers of life are waning, be the cause whatever it may, alcohol ranks first among remedies to check it. Like opium, it is good if properly used and baneful if abused. It is scarcely necessary to say much for or against 3.1- . cohol. It is too well known to all of us to need much comment, and I shall con- fine myself to speaking of its use medic- inally by those who never tasted it be- fore a physician prescribed it for some disease. Alcohol is unquestionably par excel- lence a food adjunct in the severe forms of fever where nutriment is urgently re- quired to keep up life, but where the di- gestive organs have lost their assimila- tive function. Here, as long as the actual waste is compensated for, alcohol does good. Be yond that it is worse than useless. Ulf- fortunately such restricted dosage does not satisfy the careless doctor of easy conscience. He gives it by the often- peated tablespoonfuls without stopping to discover that the result wished for has been attained in the slower, fuller pulse and stronger heart. Hundreds and hundreds of megand women in all walks of society contraCted their tippling habit by regarding as (in- restricted . the/advice of their physicians that wine or stimulants of some kind are necessary for them to take. The advice in itself is justifiable, but the lack of re- striction is culpable. And so these poor, Adeluded convalescents go on taking stim- ulants, which they find not only agreeac ble, but desirable, until they become slaves to drink—N cw York Herald. An Apparent Paradox. "I'had always been taught that cold contracts and heat expands," said Har- old Burwell, "but I have had an ex- perience that is different. In my ofice I use incandescent lights, and on my desk I have an upright bulb, with a standard. The shade was broken on it, and I placed it on top of the desk in a corner between the wall and a cabinet of pigeonholes. The other morning on entering the office I hung my derby hat on this bulb. Later on I went into an adjoining room, which was dark, and needing some light pushed the button in the wall that set the electric lamps aflame. The lights gave the place such a cheerful aspect, it being a stormy day out'side,uthat I did not turn them on. At' noou. when I was going out to lunch, I reached for my hat, and it was baked. “The incandescent lamp, which had been aglow all the while, E'arl made it very hot, and the leather l.....‘.’.~.i was so drawn and contracted that I couldn’t get my hat on my head. It simply sat on the top of my cranium like those tiny hats tha. variety comedians sometimes wear. I held it on as best I could and 'went out. The wind caught and carried it long enough to give it a thorough cool- ing. It was long before the band re- laxed and the hat was all right again, so far as fitting my head was concerned. If that wasn’t afirst-class case of heat contracting and cold expanding, I’d like to know what contractiOn and expansion are.”-—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Dull Boys and Mechanical Ability. Great has always been the comfort that the parents of boys dull at their books have had in thinking that they would probably be particularly bright in some other direction. 'If there was any doubt about it, the fact could always be proved by stories of artists, writers and musicians, who have been thought dull-. srds at school. But mechanical genius and dullness at books do not, it is said, go hand in hand. The director of alarge western school of manual training says of such cases: “As a rule, such a boy fails to show marked ability'of any sort. A boy who comes to us with a passion for machinery, who cannot be kept away from engines, the rattle of cogs and the snapping of belts,_.ne'ver, gets beyond a sort of ,‘morbid, simple curiosity to-‘see ‘ the wheels. go round.’ He develops no curiosity nor the ability to. do good, ac- curate work. His book workis of every- similar character.”—éNew ‘Y‘oi‘k- Pest. Read the GAZETTE.
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