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That will surprise you. We have always been col nrectlY termed THE POPULAR HOUSE FURNISHERS AT POPULAR
PRICES , " For the next week only , ou r prices o1 CARPETS and MATTINGS will be more than popular-they will
be startlingastoundlno" the result of a DARING PURCHASE made by our buyer while in Philadelphia about
ten daYs ago.ThePrettiest assortment ofPatterns of the season , - M -
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Heavy 3-ply.
Brussells
1Vlogaettes
arussalls. . . . . . 48c
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a.u = = ells. . . . . 75r
Velvets. . . . . . . 90c
veivets.$1OO
Moquettes .
j Moquette $1.251
Mattings
Mattings . . . . . .
MaUings. . . . . 21c
Cotton Warp , . . . 24c
Cotton Warp. . . 28c
Oil Cloth1
Oil Cloth . . . . . . . . 160
Oil Cloth , . . . . . . .
Linoleum . . . . . . 43c
Linoleum . . . . . . 54c
Chenille . .
Curtains o
AND UPWARD
Our Terms
Week Month
$10 worst- $1.00 $ , $ 4,00
20 ll'orthL25 , 4 50
30 worth 1,00 , & 00
50 worth2,00 , 7.50
75 worth2.50 , 5,00
100 worth250 , 10.00
200 worth- 4,00 , , 15.00
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In all styles. Wo
have the famous 13ey-
wood line , and offer
this one as a leader ,
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This 6-foot
Extension Table
Nicely finished in antique
and well
made-
Price for
this week
only
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llas proved to be an immense Success ,
Why shouldn't it ?
We give the &siesl Terms to be had , and the
GLADIATOR has already achieved a reputation in Clli-
cage anddle east over and above all other wheels , Two models
$100.oo and the same for time or cash ,
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3,25o feet of oor space devoted exclusively for a free
ridin school , with coal etent instructors in attendance ,
Bo sure and buy
No oxclusit o
your wheel from an
C st a bll 9 had firm that Bic3 clo store can
will not be out of
a hard to g ivo rho
business in a low
months limn nmv , the terms that we do
Our Ladies' GLADIATOR for $ $5.00 is getting
more popular every day , It's the prettiest and ma3t stylish
ladies wheel made ,
We also have the SPARTACUS for $75.00 , i
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. 7 ' t rItLD l or l lLECTRICITY
Record of a Year's Dovelopmeat of Niagara
Falls' Power ,
TELEPHONE LINE BUILDING IN LONDON
Tlectricnl 'Prn118r11INNior1 of Light-Ed-
lsou'e rlcturea on the .VnII-Iiu-
portaat Iinprovcuiebts fry the
of Electrlclly.
It was a year ago , on the 4th Inst. , that
Mr. Rudolph Baumann , the Swiss engineer ,
moved the small hand wheel which controls
the first great turbine in the central station
of the Niagara Falls Power company. Then
the field of the generator revolved quietly ,
effectively , and the civil , hydraulic and electrical -
trical engineers who had bolped build the
plant knew that their work was a euccess.
The machinery which had the power of transforming -
forming the energy was all it was expected
to be , and since then tvo others have been
successfully erected , All that remained to
be done one year ago was the construction
of proper conductors to convoy the electrical
force to the point of application and use ,
and since then this has been done , so that
today the lands of the power company are
enlivened by several factories , the growth of
a year. Briefly recalled , says the Philadelphia -
phia Record , they are a carborundrum plant ,
formerly of Monongahela City , Pa. ; an aluminum -
inum plant , a branch of the Kensington ( Pa , )
plant ; a caid hf 0 make lene gun and
terfal with w t acety ,
a potash and sodium works. In addition to
these the power from these mighty generators -
ators , built by the Westinghouse Electric and
Manufacturing company of Plttsburg , Pa is
being used for operating the Ihnffalo and
Niagara balls Electric railway , and t11e varl-
eus Ilnca In the City of Niagara Falla , It la
nine being used to Ilght Niagara balls. Other
factories are In process of erection , all deni-
nnstrating that the first year of the appllca-
tion of power from fho largo dynamos has
been man unqualified success , and that tine turbines -
bines built by lt. D. Wood & Co. of this city
are unequalled In the world ,
These great turbines have withstood the
great strain on them for a year withun
damage. Never before have turbines been
subjected to such a strain. The specuficn
Lions furnished to the builders of the ma-
clliLJ ry tor the Niagara power development
named pilysical tests so high as to deter
seine manufacturers from bidding. Where
any doubt existed as to the kind of material -
terial to employ , preference was given to
that which would put the durability beyond -
yond any doubt. This Is particularly the
case In regard to the wheels themselves ,
Hronzo was adopted at a very great increase -
crease of cost to render failure from any
cause hnpaso a l sused
concealed , Te tests of the material
in the construction were followed by the
tepcclore it m making
tuning eatabllehments wheels
and other machinery with fho Sliest careful
precelon on rig o a of
aspecifi c
qulremenla of t1 p tion. 1 ch
wheel fho tPit Ionnaist of 11two Fourneyrau ' 11tun
theca , the oo eutrallzeeCWeigh ov
the other , see as to t on
the bearlag , Each of lileeo t vin wheels
the 1s , moreover speed gate , made h ree t rie hnigh w
rim , moving up and down on the outside of
each wheel ,
To further neutralize weight on the upper
bearings of the ebaftlo ilewater inch the
penstock is allosu Pa the
vertically disk at rte upw ard u P end tlle disk of m the l lower
guldn wheel is , on the other hand , solid , The
weight of the water upon ib is supported by
three lelinod rods passing through it and
the Wheel casing. There wheels will eachl
discharge 430 cubic feet per second , and ,
Acing under shout I36 teat fall from rur
face of the upper water to trio center between -
tween the lowe thecissll r m ake
I sent them a Iet pYfr e
250 revolutions ptr minute , end at 76 per
cent emciency will give 6,000.1rorse power.
The guide wheel has thirty-six buckets , and
the turbine wheel thirty-two , These buckets
are thickened In the middle , this being the
most approved form of bucket , said to be
especially useful when the wheel is acting
at part gate , The shaft wheel leading from
the wheels to the generator Is a steel tube ,
thirty-eight Inches in diameter , except at
points where It passes the journal bearings
or guides , at which point it Is eleven inches
la diameter and solid , They are warranted
by the makers to keep the speed constant
within 2 per cent under ordinary conditions
of operation , and not allow 1t to vary more
than 4 per cent , should the work -done be
suddenly increased or diminished by 25 per
cent. The entire weight of the shafts and
all revolving parts aggregating 1CO,000
pounds , Is supported and float , as ln' were , in
the wheel case ,
TELEPHONE LINES IN LONDON.
Obtaining the rights from property owners
for the running of telephone exchange lines
in London is a very troublesome and expensive -
pensive business , says a writer In Electricity.
A large number of the buildings nra built
on gromsd which is leased far a long term of
years , and aluco these are often sublet It
In necessary to get the written permission of
all to place the fixtures on the roofs. Generally
orally , as a consideration for this privilege ,
the telephone company has to agree to keep
the roofs In repair. In laying out the route
for trunk lines , often the particular building
you require is very dlmcult to secure , and
mcro especially so if the janitor should by
accident ascertain this fact ,
In 1852 fho London and Glebe Telephone
and Maintenance company was engaged in
eetabllaldng a telephone service in London
in opposition to the United Telephone company -
pany , which controlled the Bell and Edison
patents for London. Concocts arose frequently -
quently between the employes of the two
companies and especially- reference to
hoijeotop Ales. , ti .
In ono Instance where the London and
Globe company had secured rights for a long
trunk line and had inn wires out from the
central omco about a mile , the men quit
work , as was the custom , at noon on a Saturday -
urday , On Monday when they started to continua -
tinua their work tlloy found that the United
company had placed high fixtures directly at
right angles to their line , mud placed thereon
wires In such a manner that lboy could not
continue the extonslon of the trunk line , and
a largo portion of the work had to be abandoned -
doned and a now rune secured , Within a
few days the United cmnpany leased po roof
of one of time btdidings in which we had a
small office , and served a written notice upon
me to have a fixture we had upon the building -
ing removed by noon the next day or they
would take it down tlrmnselves. The fixture
was taken away , and weof course , had to
abandon the once. Previous to this I had
written to the United company several times ,
advising them that we should take steps to
protect ourselves if they continued Ills kind
of warfare ,
The central emcee of both companies were
located on the Paine street and 1n the Caine
block , but 501110 distance apart , Tine Lan-
don and Globe company bad their offices in
time Wool exchange , an immense building -
ing , fronting on two streets , the entire roof
of which we had leased , and tllo United company -
pany , without any permit from us , had placed
a large number of wires with fixtures on lute
building. I secured for the London and
Globe company the lease of the root of too
building on three sides of that occupied by
the United company-too fourth side being
the street. There was also a place near the
Dank of England , where it was very dimcult
to secure a bulijUng high enough to carry
the trunk Ilnae is one section of the clty-
in tact , there was only one , and that was
occupied 1'y a firm with widch our company
had consldervble business. The United company -
pany had appropriated tine root of this build.
Ing without any lease , and had a large num.
ben of wino and cables thereon , The lease of
this root having been secured for tie Lonclpn
and Glebe company , I constructed an apparatus -
paratus which would send over a line a very
strong current of electricity that would ring
magnetic belle , and wheq the telephone was
taken off the hook to answer a supposed call
would cause the induction fn the receiving
telephone to be sa strong that no conversa-
thou could be heard , This Instrument , connected -
nected to a largo battery , was placed In the
1Vopl exchange oltice ready tor use ,
A few days after the United company had
entered our pole removed from our building
r
ordered all their fixtures and wires removed
from the buildings we had secured leases on
by noon the next day.
EXTENDING TIIE POWER OP TILE EYE ,
Dr , Frank M. Close of Oakland , Cal has
discovered a new application for the X or
Roentgen ray , by which he expects to develop -
velop an apparatus for the electrical tram-
mission of light , so that In the future it will
bo possible to ace long distances through
the medium of electric wires. "Telectro-
scope" is the name Dr. Close applies to this
apparatus , which In Its present crude state
is little more In appearance than two cigar
boxes connected with 10 feet of wire , one of
which is called by its inventor the transmitter -
mitter and the other the receiver , In front
of the receiver a piece of tourmaline or Iceland -
land spar Is placed , and to this the eye of
the person testing the apparatus is placed.
In front of the opening of the transmitter is
placed a lighted candle , and immediately
the eye perceives the flame of the candle ,
though ten feet distant and In an adjoining
room , For the purpose of the experiment
the tourmaline of the receiver Is removed ,
and , though the lighted candle remains at
the transmitter , no light is seen ,
The explanation of this phenomenon Dr ,
Clo1d demonstratee to be very simple and
analogous to the transmission of sound by
electricity , 'I was first led into these experiments -
periments by the discovery some years ago
of the thermal ray , a hitherto unknown
property of light. Dy passing a thermometer -
ter back and forth along the'solar spectrum
It was found that neither of the suven color
rays had a perceptible influence upon the'
mercury , but that at a certain distance Beyond -
yond the red rays there occurred a remarkable -
ble effect , the mercury rising rapidly , Repeated -
peated experiments demonstrated that the
effect was a result of a peculiar invisible
heat property of ligbL Afterwards Dr. Vogel -
gel , the eminent photographic scientist , die-
covered the existence of the invisible ac
tinic ray ,
"Proceeding along this line of experiment ,
I passed a magnetic needle back and forth
along the , pectrum and discovered at a
certain distance beyond the violet ray the
existence of an electric ray , or , more properly -
erly , an electric division of the ray , Proceeding -
ceeding further wllh the experiment , I
found that an ordinary machine needle suspended -
pended by a cobweb passed back and forth
along the apectrum was at a certain point
between the electric and actinic division
plainly influenced by an invisible force , and
that therefore light had a magnetic us well
as an electric property ,
"I made no attempt to utlize ! these properties -
erties of light In any other manner than
to make the discovery of the means of
transmitting light electrically after the
manner of sound by the telephone , Sound In
the telephone is transformed 'into electricity
In the transmitter and is conducted by wire
to tine receiver , where the electricity Is
transformed Into sound , So it Is with my
apparatus , It is simply a soft Iron magnet
Incloa > od la a box , connected by ton feet of
wire with a similar soft Iron magnet at
the other end. A lighted candle placed In
front of the opening in one box by means
of those invisible properties excites a current -
rent of electricity , which is transmitted to
the other magnet and there reconverted
into its original form. By Interposition of
a prism the light Is reproduced , I make no
claim for tills discovery beyond the opening
of a new field of possibilities and experi-
ment. The Roentgen ray is denoted X ray
because its properties are unknown. I believe -
lieve the X ray and the ray I have utilized
is the same , It seems to me possible to develop -
velop this discovery of mine into a means
of enabling a man to see great distances.
"In my present apparatus only about ten feet
of wire Is used , but the result would be the
same with ten miles , It Is crude , but eo
was the first telephone , It was long after
sound was- first transmitted before articulate
speech could be hoard at great distances , It
may be years before the perfected 'lelectro-
seope' Is a peutect realization , but I be-
Ilevo tbal , whether I succeed la pertocting
It or not , some one will solve all the dim.
culties that stand In the way , and that It
will be potelblo some tine to stand at an
Instrument In San Francisco and not only
hear , but see the man with whom we talk
In Oakland , That is why I have called It
telectroscopo. By a perfect 'teleetroscope'
photographs niay Borne day be made 1n San
Francisco of a subject In Sacramento , or
even farther away , and tile tranamio3lon of
photographs around the world In as short a
time as a cablegram is sow sent becomes
a possibility. " Dr. Close Is also the inventor
and builder of the electrical automobile submarine -
marine torpedo.
EDISON'S LATEST , '
A new inventlop by Thomas A Edison
was shown to a few favored persons at the
West Orange laboratory one evening last
week. The new machine is really a grown
up kinetoscope , and it is a success , in the
opinion of the New York Herald.
Mr , Edison calls bin latest invention the
vitascope , which be says means a machine
showing lifo , and that is exactly what the
new apparatus does ,
The vitascope , which has been in process
of perfection at the Llewellyn laboratory for
tire last seven or eight months , under Mr.
Edisn's direction , Is the ideal ha had in
mind , he says , when he began work on the
kinetoscopo machine , with which he has
never been satisfied.
The vitascope is an improvement of the
kinetoscope , by which moving life size figures -
ures of men , women and animals are thrown
upon a screen by means of bright lights and
powerful lenses. The trial of the new machine -
chine was made in a cold corner o1 the big
foundry at the works , and Mr. Edison , with
Richard N. Dyer , William J Gilmour , manager -
ager of the phonograph works ; Rap & Cam-
men of New York , and a few invited guests
huddled around a red hot stove and gazed
at and admired the marvelous figures thrown
upon a big white screen at coo end of the
room ,
The first picture shown was a colored pano-
ranma of a serpentine dance by Anabelle , svho
went out to West Orange to pose one day
last summer , The film roll on which the
photographs were attached was arranged over
a half dozen spools apd pulleys , and the machine -
chino was sot in motion ,
Even the inventor himself was surprised
at the result , although with ills usual critical -
ical eye ho discovered flaws in the com which
lie declared must be disposed o1 before the
vitascope would come up to his ideal ,
Anabelle danced for five minutes , and then
a panorama of the latest English Derby was
thrown upon the screen ,
The feature of the new maehino which as-
toniehed all who saw the views was the almost -
most entire absence of vibration In the plc-
tures as they appeared on the screen , and
which had been the hardest obstacles to surmount -
mount 1n perfecting the apparatus ,
The original photographs as by time kineto-
scope and developed on the film roll are
about the size of a special delivery postage
stamp , and to produce a life size picture they
are magnified about abc hundred times. Of
course each vibration of the com or the apparatus -
paratus which rovaives It Is magnified l } like
proportion , and every previous do
away with this vibration lad been unsuccessful -
ful ,
Mr. Edison expects to be able soon to improve -
prove time pilonograph so ho will bo able to
take records double the length of these
which the present'cyllnders will contain , and
the vitascope and phonograph will then hose
so combined that It will be possible for an
audl011ce to watch a photograpldo repfodue-
tion of a grand opera and hear the singers
and see the acting with as much distinctness
of sound and vision as if they were in the
opera house ,
ANNEAL1Ntt WIRE RODS.
The bending ofra hire rod heated to red ,
ness causes slag' scale , and oxidated particles -
cles adhering to'tt + wlll drop pt or near the
bend. Tins has + baen remedied by the use
of electric heating. The rod Is reeled oft
the coil withoutnprevous , subjection to an
acid bath , A current of electricity then
passes through It and brings it at once to
red heat. I'assing on Its way , lime red-hot
rod Is fed lo a set of rollers , by means of
which every portion of It Is bent , and the
scale is loosened , The rod is then passed
through wire bruahea and other cleaning
apparatus , from whlclr It comes out a pure
soft wire ready for drawing. When neces
sary , the rod after being heated by the
current may be passed through rollers to
reduce its diameter , and thus labor and expense
penso will be saved , This process can , of
course , be repeated whenever through the
application of the drawing block the rod bas
become too brittle. Th's ' method of preparing -
paring the rod offers many palpable ad.
vantages , espeoally : the eilm'nation of kilns ,
baths -and baker , and the drying , beating
and shaking of the rod coils , It also no-
moves one of the great trrublea of the wire
industry , the objectionable drainage and
opal water , and the unhealthy fumes o1 the
sulpbur a ac d , All danger of over or' under
heating the rod is avoided by the uniform -
form application of the electrical heat to all
parts of the rod. This secures not only
thorough cleaning and annealing , but , as
the heating is from the core to the surface ,
Instead of from the surface to the core , as
in the application of external heat , the
scale is not burned in , but drops naturally ,
and the oxidation is slight , and in tube form
of an easily removed soft powder. Since it
abolishes the acid bath with Its ( mown deteriorating -
teriorating effect on the rod , the process is
especially valuable for the production of
wire for cables , This preparation of wire
rod for drawing not only effects economy
In time , labor , expense and space , but
gives a greatly improved product.
ELECTRIC IiAND LAMPS.
The attempt of the manufacturers to turn
out an electric hand lamp has not hitherto
been attended with much success. The lamp ,
while fairly serviceable , has generally been
unwieldly A Vienna electrical engineer
enema to have overcome the dimculty. Ills
lamps are constructed in the shape of bottles -
tles , clocks , opera glasses , or In imitation of
any object whatever , but they all embody
the same principle , In the bottle-shaped
lamps , the bottle neck contains a small battery -
tery , in which three pairs of platinum and
zinc elements of the smallest possible size
are concealed , This battery is said to furnish -
nish a current of from four to five amperes
at six volts. A minute incandescent lamp 1s
connected to the poles of , the battery , and
protected by a knob of cut glass , the lower
part of widch is silvered , and acts as a
reflector. The body of the bottle contains
the reservoir , in which the battery solution
is kept , As soon as the bottle is inclined
so that the fluid reaches th .battery the current -
rent Is generated , and the lamp glows with ,
a brilliant light. No sooner is the bottle
replaced In a vertlcal position than fho light
Id extinguished. When the lamp is not in
use there Ie no waste of material , and-the
smallest-sized bottle will fundsh a continuous -
tinuous light for about half an hour.
POPLAR TREES AS LIGHTNING RODS.
There has been an investigation In Germany -
many on the subject of the tendency of trees
in geeral to be struck by lightning , with
special reference to the poplar , The conductivity -
ductivity of different kinds of woods was determined -
termined by placing pieces between the poles
of a Holtz machine , and noting the quantity
of electricity which wan accumulated before
a spark passed , The woods contahdng fats
were In all cases poorer conductors , while
those contaiping starch were better , Among
the latter the beet were poplar , oak and svll-
low , and it was decided-'that the poplar tree
was an exceptionally goal lightning con-
ductar , Various authorities were cited in
support of the conclusion that where protection -
tion from lightning was specially desired
the planting of poplar trees near the buildings
to be protected was advisable , At the same
time the trees need not be too numerous ,
and they must not be too near the buildings ,
A number of casen were cited to show that
by increasing tune number of trees the protection -
tection is not increased , and that absolute
safety was not obtained even by a circle of
trees , In many cases the lightning had
jumped from tire trees to the house , It was
found that tine danger of time current jumping
from the trees to the roof of a building Is
very great when the distance between them
Is lees than six and one-half feet ,
JIlC1 It iOUS ,
Luther's bible , which he used in his study ,
is in the possession of a Porlin museum , Its
margins are covered with notes In Luther's
handwriting ,
Dr. Alexander , fho new primate of all Ireland -
land , is over 70 , and of late ho has lost
something of tile fire of his eloquence ; but
lie is , with the possible exception of Dr , Sal-
mend , by far tune greatest preacher 1n the
church In Irelaud ,
Holman Hunt Is father of a scheme for
forming a Jewlab nation in Palestine. . He
wishes to raise $100,000OC0 and buy out all
Turkish rights' in the holy land , lie would
have tuba same boundarica as indicated by
Moses.
"Rev , Austin Willey , " says the Springfield
Republican , "who died at Northfield , Minn
at time ago of 89 , had the distinction of being
the first editor of , tbe earliest antislavery
paper In the country. This was the
of Freedom , wbich was started in 1889 ,
at Bangor , by the dame abolitionists , "
The new Protestant Episcopal dloceaq of
Washington , D. C. , includes in Its territory
the District of Columbia and the four couu-
ties of the southern tier of Maryland-Prince
George's St. Mary's , Charles and Calvert ,
It was formerly a part of the Maryland
diocese , and the division was made not only
with the consent , but with the recommendation -
tion of the bishop of Maryland ,
Rev. John D Dcvins , pastor of Hope chapel ,
Now York , and an expert In city mission
work , in a recmt number of the Independent
gives it as his opinion after extended personal -
sonal contact with omcers and men of the
Satvntion army that the army , as an institution -
tion , Is a dangerous rival of the church of
Christ , Instead of being the helpful ally that
it has been uniformly considered to be.
A Cripple Creek correspondent of line Cld-
cage Evening Post says : "Amcng the celebrities -
rities of Cripple Creek is Rev. C. Y , Grimes ,
an Episcopal clergyman , educated at the Chicago -
cage Theological seminary , whose early career -
roer embraced life on the frontier among
'cow-punchers , ' He is a man of unusual
force , of dlguity and are , Ills church Is
crowded to overflowing , File eloquence and
presence would grace the foremost churches
in tire east , where $10,000 salaries are paid ,
but Ire modestly prefers to stand Ills ground
hero at the very gates of hades , lcnowing his
fitness to fearlessly cope with the old red
rustler , Some day bo may be chosen bishop ,
His guild house floats the American flag ,
surmounted by tine cross , for which he has
been criticised , but hia reply came that God
was first , country afterward , and that no
man could be Intrusted with the latter unless
a firm believer in his Creator. That flag
floats in spite of croakers , and assures the
incoming stranger of the existence of
righteousness and patriotism. "
1MI'IETna.
Rev , Dr , X , occupying a charge in a New
England church , announced some time ago
that the regular weekly prayer meeting
would be devoted to discussion of a certain
question of general interest to the congrcga
tion. Many members of the church wished
to take part in the discussion ; It was tllere-
fore decided to limit each member's remarks
to five minutes , When the speaker's time
expired , the clergyman was to notify him by
rapping with a pencil on the desk , Deacon
A , a notoriously long-winded speaker and exhorter -
horter , was coo of the members at whom time
restriction was specially directed. As everybody -
body anticipated , the deacon was one of the
first to address the meeting , and he had not
fairly started on his remarks when the rap of
the pencil was heard.
"Am I to understand , " asked the deacon ,
turning to Dr. X , "that my five minutes have
expired 7"
"Yes , deacon ; I am sorry , but your timne 1e
up.
up."And all general remarks nra limited to
five minutes ? "
"Yes ; that was the understanding. "
The deacon turned very deliberately to ills
fellow mnomnbers , "Then , brethren ; le proceeded -
ceeded , "I shall throw the remnalnder of my
remarks Into the form of a prayer , "
The deacon kept the Boor.
The late Archdeacon Denison of England
was always violently opposed to the goverp
mont school inspectora. "My dear Ilellalra , "
he said to one of them , "I love you very
much , but If you ever come here again to
Inspect I will lock the door of the school and
tell the boys to put you in the pond , " Mr.
Bellairs did not go again , Some years later
another Inspector , his "dear friend Thning ,
proposed to came and inspect time school.
"Oh , come by all means , " he said ; "I 5111111
never ask a sixpence of their money , and I
think them quite as mischievous as I ever
did ; but pray crone if you like ; always very
glad to see you. " On the day of Inspection ,
when the archdeacon suppcsed that the work
was nearly over , ho and his wife went to
see "how they were getting on , " lien ma
jesty's inspector said ho wouid like to hear
them sing , whereupon tom children struck up
"Gooney , gooney gander , " going on to "Old
Vather Longlege wouhln"t Bay his prayers ;
ending witui "Take him by the left leg and
throw 11011 downstalrs , ' _
A clergyman in an eastern lawn warned
ids hearers lately "not to wane In a slippery
path , lest they be sucked , Maelstrom-like ,
Into Its nlealear" This metaphor suggests
that of another clergyman who prayed "that
the word might be as a nail driven la a sure r
place , sending its roots downward and its
branches upwards"
This story Is told of Archdeacon Denison :
A perplexed parisldoner went to tlho vicar's
study one day and blurted out : "Why , I
hear , Mr. Archdeacon , as how you refuse.
to bury dlssenlors" "No , " replied the archdeacon - '
deacon , "you have been wrongfully Informed ,
my man , I should really like to bury tlmem
all , " ,
An English preacher was speaking of the
transitorlness of earthly things. "Look at
the great cities of antlqultyl"ho exclaimed ,
"where are they now ? Why , some of them
have perished ao utterly that It is doubtful
If they ever existed , "
oU'I' Oh TEll ORDINARY ,
Of the 40,000 species of beetles widely
diffused over the earth's surface not ono is
known to be venomous or armed with a
sang ,
A young lady In Now Jersey beard a man
In her wardrobe and after neatly turning the
key sent for a policeman.
The first Greek to explain the too character -
acter of the sun , and to hoot the idea of it
being a God was Anaxagoras , born In Ionia
In the year 500 D , C , For this great heresy
Io was punished as an atheist ,
The "Breeches" bible Is so called because
of a peculiar error it contains. It was
printed at Geneva by English exiles , and
has this curious rendering of Genesis III , 7 :
"Making themselves breeches out of fig
leaves :
During tine past year Sandow has become
a confirmed bicyclist , IIo did not at first
give his approval to this form of exercise ,
thicking it would develop the leg manacles
only. He has increased ills single finger lift
from 600 pounds to 750 , wine the dumbbell
that ho raises with ono hand weighs 215
pounds , an Increase of fifty pounds over that
of last year. llis harness lift has Increased
fromm 5,800 to 11,100 pounds.
One of tine most remarkable freaks of nature -
ture over seen In the vicinity is the four-
legged Plymouth hock rooster owned by
Tilomas Flannigan , n l'amhaudlo section fore-
rnnn , who lives In Elwood , Ind , The rooster
is 2 years old and , although otherwise n common -
mon looking chicken , it has two well de-
velcped pairs of legs , The Idnd legs branch , r
Lilo behind the
out from hips Immediately
ordinary Jogs , and when It walks time hind
legs go through lire motions of walking. The
chicken Is a great pet and attracts wido-
splead attention.
A Chicago woman found a man under her
bed , As silo had been anticipating lids event
since the age of maturity , she was p'eparocl
for the emergency. True to tune program
which hart been mapped out in i1er mind for
many years , alto seized the intruder by ills
shoulders and yellei for tine police. The
scheme succeeded end the burglar is now In
jail ,
There are over a thousand men In New
York and Brooklyn , according to thq latest
returns , who coo worth between $1,000,000
and $1,500,000 each , and the most of them
are entirely milcnown to tie general public ,
Only two citizens of New York-John D ,
Rockefeller and W. W. Astor-are supposed
to be wroth more thnn $100,000,000 apiece !
but there are line who are each'wnrllm $50 ;
000,000 and over , as well as two estates of
like amount , The total number of mllllon-
aires In these two cities Is greater than in
all thin rest of the ciuntry ,
Ville time frinnda of Clara lfeppenstall
wore gathered in her home at Freehold ,
N. J en the night of the 4th inst talking
of her life and of her death on tine day before -
fore , they were startled by a shriek coming
train the room wlmero the body had been laid
out , Seversl of lime men present rushed
to the roam , but instantly raq back with
blanched faces. Sitting upright Ih I1er white
robes was the supposed corpse , with wide
open eyes , Her lips began jo move as It she
would speak , Then the young woman tell
back into the comn , Charles Nprtan , a
n > Ighbor , fainted , Tile frightened amen finally
plucked up courage enough to ge to the assistance -
sistance of Burton , and a doctor was hastily 1
vunlmoned , When the physician arrived
Burton hind recovcred _ his senses and time doe. t
tor examined Misa lieppenatall , He announced s
that there was life , and that the case was one
of suspended animation , lie applied reins. s
dies , and soon the woman was resting quietly.
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