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IRAIj BARE, Editor and Pbopkietor SUBSCBIPTION BTES. One Year, cash in advance, W-25 Six Months, cash in advance... 75 Cents' Entered BttheNorthPlatte(Nebraska)po8tofflceas 6 econd-class matter. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1897. The Saturday Record shows pretty conclusively that the popu list party of Lincoln county pro cured its brains from the democratic party. We are led to infer from the Record's article that the only pop ulist brains now extant, other than those furnished that party bv the democrats, are those supposed to be owned by Mr. Cheyney. Billy Bryan has good reason for being- pleased over the recent demo cratic victory in Nebraska. While the victory wasn't as decisive as the victory of his dreams, it answered his purpose very well. He started at Chicago to kill off the populist part and the result in Nebraska is only another screw in his vic tim's coffin. Of course, this is Billy's view of the situation. Wal lace Tug-. r When that new party is built from the ruins of the Lincoln coun ty populist party, will the leader be Butler Buchanan or William Ne ville? Each have changed their polit ical coats times almost without number, and each time they have secured crumbs; have been fed by the party into which they wormed themselves. Both are now 4,job less;" both are in ill repute with their party; a new party is a neces sity. Bring- on another boss. Dun's Review states that the present business in the boot and shoe line surpasses all records in shipments from the east for No vembers, being- twenty-seven per cent larger than in the prosperous period of 1892, and that the total for the year will probably be the greatest ever known. The works are running full capacity, and the host of urgent demands would seem to indicate an inability to sat isfy the demand. American manufactures continue to be popular abroad despite the assertion that protection would make them unpopular. The Lon don Economist, of recent date, says that England is becoming- a large purchaser of American manu factures, especially in iron and steel lines, and that English manu facturers must cheapen their cost of production if they are to hold their ground against the American competitor. Reports from the iron manufac turing-sections indicate that thous sands of workingmen on December 1st will feel the practical effects of adoption of a protective tariff, when wages are to be advanced ten per cent, among- the operatives of a large number of furnaces through out Pennsrlvania andthe Ohio Valley. This is the second step in the developments of the adoption of the protective tariff, the first one being-in the increase in the number of people employed and that is now to be followed by the increase in wages. The next United States senate will, says the Bee, have the largest representation of republicans from the south in the history of the country. There will be two repub lican senators from Maryland, one from West Virginia, with a possi bility of two, one from Kentucky and the other not with his party on vital questions, oue from North Carolina with a populist colleague, one protectionist from Louisiana in substantial accord with republi cans on many questions, two demo cratic senators from Georgia and one from South Carolina refusing to stand in line on the tariff ques tion, and one of the Texas senators refusing- to support free coinage. The southern senators are no Ion"--er a unit for machine democracy. The breaking- up of parties in the south has commenced well. Tne Treasury receipts this month will average nearly one million dol lars per day for each business day of the month. All of this is accom plished under the Diugley law, and without any material revenue from the duty on sugar, as the importers are now using- up their large stock of that article which was imported before the new law went into effect. It is estimated that the revenue from duty on sugar, when the pres ent stock is exhausted, will average S5.000.000 a month, which of itself will be sufficient to "bring- the rev enue up to a sum equal to the ordi nary expenditures of the govern ment. With the increase which will come" from other articles, such as wool, woolen goods, and other manufactures, with which the coun try had been filled, it is now per fectly apparent that the revenue pro duced under this law will be ample. A Yankee Skipper's Trick. A good anecdote is told illustrating the superior enterprise of . the Yankee skipper years ago. The Bedford whalers left port ior many a long voyage, some times to the far north, at other times to the far south. These intrepid follow ers of the sea sought and pursued the whale in the ice clad latitudes about the poles with a natural fearlessness. A squadron sent out by Russia to ex plore the south seas and reach the pole if possible had attained a degree of latitude which the. commodore proudly told himself had never been reached be fore by white men or other human be ings. While ho reflected upon the fame that would surely embellish his name, his sailors cried, "Land ho!" Off to the south he descried a loug, low lying bit of land and hastened to shape his course to reach it, there to plant the Russian standard on its highest point, claiming it in the name of his majesty. What was his disgust and astonish ment when, as his vessel approached the shore, he observed, over a bit of headland, a flag fluttering from a mast head. In a few minutes a little schoon er poked her nose around the point and came sailing smartly over the waves to ward his vessel. The lean Yankee cap tain, who was standing in the rigging as the schooner camo up in the wind, yelled: "Ahoy, there! What ship is that?" "His majesty's ship the " "Well, this is the Nantucket from Rhodb Island. We're doing a litrlo piloting in these latitudes, and if you want to run in the cove yonder, why, we'll pilot you in for a small charge." The admiral's disgust caused him to square his sails around and shape his course for Russia. Harper's Round Table. " Atmospheric Weight. At the sea level, with the barometer marking 30 inches and tho thermometer 82 degrees F., a cubic foot of pure dry air weighs about 565 grains troy. The weight of a cubic foot of water vapor, under the same conditions, is only 352 grains. When vapor is mixed with dry air, therefore, tho resnlting compound is lighter that is to say, damp air is lighter than dry air. In stormy weather the air is lighter than it is in fair weather and not heavier, as many per sons suppose. When smoke hangs about the surface of the earth, it shows that the air is lighter than the smoke. When the air is dry, it is heavier than tho smoke, and the latter therefore ascends. The weight of the earth's atmosphere, or, in other words, the pressure exerted upon the earth by the atmosphere, is about the same as would bo exerted by a flood of water 33 feet in height over the globa At the sea level the pressure of tho atmosphere is about 15 pounds to the square inch. A man of ordinary size thus bears all the tirao a pressure of about 30,000 pounds, but he does not feel it, because the pressure is exerted in every directiou, above, below and around him, and because his body is filled with air and other fluids that press outward, thus maintaining a state of equilibrium. Philadelphia Times. The Stormy Gulf. The gulf of Mexico is a water of storms, not frequent, but frenziedly violent. It is, in effect, an immense scallop cut from tho land, and hurri canes seem to gravitate to it naturally. They are born in tho neighborhood of the Saragossa sea, strike the West In dies and not infrequently leave thoso islands at a tangent, just as a ball thrown at an obtuse angle against a wall slides along it for a little space and again seeks vacancy. These erratic forces of the air strike tho coast of Mex ico, or the coast of Texas, according to their angle, and death is in their track. The things called "tidal waves" in that section are not really tidal waves. They aro not caused by an upheaval. They are merely local in effect. They are not vast walls of water moving with resist less speed and weight over the face of the ocean. They are waters banked up against a low coast by wind pressure until they overflow. In many instances the submergence is gradual and amplo opportunity for escape is given. Other times the violence of the air makes them sudden and people are drowned. Chi cago Times-Herald. Rock Work and Plants In Aqnarioms. In the best modern aquarium practico the rockwork in the tanks is simplo in constructiou and limited to a minimum in bulk. Elaborate rockwork is more difficult to keep clean, and if bulky it displaces, of course, just so much water, and so lessens the sustaining power of tho tank, but rockwork in some form or vegetatiou is desirable for tho comfort of the fishes. There are fishes that like to loaf around rocks or perhaps to creep under them. In nature they find food in such places, and it may be shelter from their enemies, and there are fishes equally accustomed to plants of one sort and another, and almost all fishes at times like seclusion or places where they can go by themselves. In an aqua rium it is a common thing to see a fish motionless behind some slender plant which does not conceal it, but does serve as a place of retreat. New York Sun. Curls Tell the Story. When a woman is youug, she does her hair up with many curls aud flourishes, but the curls aud flourishes disappear as time rolls on, and after she has been married u few years it is worn in a hard little knot in the back, showing neither time nor attention. Her hair is also a great thermometer to her feelings. As long as she has social ambitious she curls it though the steak burns. When an old girl who has worn her hair plain for years begins suddenly to curl it again, look for a light in her parlor on Sunday evenings. Atchison Globe. Rice paper is not made from either rice or rice straw, but from a pithy plant found in China, Korea and Japan. Tho first English duke was created in 1337. . Try Grain-0! Try Grain-0! Ask your grocer today to show you a package ot Grain-O, the new food drink that takes the place of coffee. The chil dren may drink it without injury as well as tho adult All who try it, like it. GRAIN-0 has the rich seal brown of Mocha and Java, but it is made from pure grains, and the most delicate stomach receives it without distress. J the price of coffee, loc and 25c per package. Sold by all grocers. HAIL, 0ID IRONSIDES! ONE HUNDRED YEARS AFLOAT FOR THE SHIP CONSTITUTION. launched In Boston In 1707 Veteran of Many Wars and the Bnlwavk of Our Navy In 1812 Glorious Battles Under null, Balnbrldge and Stewart. Copyright, 1897. by American Press Asso ciation. Book rights reserved. CT. 21, the one hundredth birth day of tho re nowned war frig ate Old Iron sides, will be celebrated in Boston. This ship, christened the Constitution, was launched at the north end, Boston, Oct 21, 1797. Tho suc- c o s sf ul launch was upon the third attempt, and tho seafaring people of the east thought that the many trials were an omen of ill luck. In point of fact she was the luck iest ship perhaps ever floated, consider ing the dangers passed through, and, shaky with age, will help celebrate her own centenary. She was never dismast ed, never aground. Although she fought some of tho fiercest battles on record, there were no serious slaughters aboard of her. She came out of the war of 1812, where she won tho nickname Old Ironsides, with n reputation of being a lucky ship. It was because the enemy's shot failed to injure her that she was called Old Ironsides. When tho war of 1812 broke out, the Constitution was already renowned. Sho had fought the French in 1798-9, under Commodore Barry, and alsoxnado a gallant record as Commodore Preble's flagship in the Barbary war. In her first fight, in 1812, the heroic Hull was on her deck. It was only an accident, however, that this gallant tar won first honors with tho frigate in that war. After an adventurous cruise to Franco Hull reached Boston with tho Constitution and instructions wero sent on from Washington that he remain there. The orders were not received by Hull until his return from a "frigate hunling cruise," during which he had sent his Britannic majesty's famous Guerricre of 44 guns to tho bottom. Ho put to sea without orders on Aug. 2, and cruised in tho north Atlantic, meeting no strange Eail until Aug. 19. Very late that day a stranger that had been under surveillanco for some hours was made out to bo an English frigate. With col ors flying and his crew at the guns, all doublo shotted, Hull boro down on tho enemy. The Constitution was received with a steady discharge of broadsides from tho Englishman. Some of tho British shot took effect, and all on board tho Ameri can frigato, excepting Hull, wero anx ious to open fire. To every appeal the captain said, "Not yet, sir." "When within 50 yards of her opponent tho Constitution "fired her first broadside. This was followed up mid in 30 min utes' time the English foro and main mast went by tho board. The mizzen mast had already fallen over and the flag floating there came down. The prize proved to be tho very ship that Hull was looking for, the Gner riere. Her commander, Commodoro Dacres, had sent out a challenge asking to meet an "American frigate for tho purpose of having u few minutes' tete-a-tete." Hull had granted 30 minutes and took him captive guest to Boston in tho Constitution, for tho Guerriero had been so badly used up in the fight that she could not float. Tho stanch American ship camo off with so few injuries that tho sailors called her Old Ironsides. While Hull was absent with tho Con stitution upon the cruise which finished the Guerriere Captain William Bain bridge reached Boston to take command of tho Constitution and go upon a south ern cruise. Bainbridgo ranked Hull, and the Constitution was assigned to him as tho flagship of a small squadron then in southern waters. Ho sailed for the West Indies, and one day late in December found himself alone with his flagship in tho presence of an English ship-of-war, the Java, carrying 44 guns. Bainbridgo was a bold fighter. He greet ed the show of English colors with a heavy broadside. They were about even- TUE CONSTITUTION OLD IKOXSIDES. Iy matched. The Constitution had more seamen than the Java, but tho English vessel was the faster ship. Tho tactics of the Java were to rake the Constitu tion, which had been classed in the English navy as "a buudle of pine boards under a bit of striped bunting." At tho very outset the wheel of the' Constitution was shot away, and Com modore Bainbridge was struck in the hip by a musket ball. Ho refused to leave the deck, and even after a second wound still staid above directing move ments. After fighting some time at long range Bainbridge decided to close in and stand tho Java's raking so that he could put in some of tho destructive hull shots for which American captains were famous. The Java was soon un manageable, with her head sails gone and her bowsprit shot away. The Con stitution dropped astern of her and raked her deck lengthwise. Then the British captain determined to board the American. In closing the Java ran Jier jib boom into cho mizzen rigging of her opponent, but she soon lost her jib and received a severe raking from the stern. Under this fire her fore mast went down, smashing in the fore castle and main deck. After some maneuvering in which, as usual, the Constitution avoided tho raking fire of the Java, tho vessels stood broadside lx 'broadside. The nrst-firo of the Constitution carried away the Java's mizzen mast All that remained was her mainmast-with its yards gone. Tho English ceased firing, but their flag did not come down. Bainbridge lay to, and after an interval, seeing the Java's en sign still flying, prepared to open his guns again. Then the British colors wero struck. Meanwhile the Java's mainmast had fallen, perforated with shot All her mast3 had been cut through with American missiles. Be sides, tho hull of tho vessel was torn open and she was leaking badly. Bain bridgo lost 84 killed and wounded, while the loss of tho British was more than 200. Tho victory over tho Java closed the brilliant achievements of tho year 1812 for tho navy. Tho Constitution, with Commodore Bainbridge on deck, reached Boston early in 1818. Signal guns an nounced tho arrival, and when the wounded commodoro appeared on the crowded street, supported on either side by tho naval heroes John Rodgers and Isaac Hull, the people went wild with enthusiasm. At the beginning of the war it bad been proposed in Washing ton that tho nation's navy bo laid up to prevent captura This uncalled for slur upon tho gallant sailors tho people of tho seacoast bitterly resented. Captain Charles Stewart, a "worthy successor of Hull and Bainbridge, next stepped to tho deck of the Constitution. Throughout tho war ho handled the gallant ship with marvelous skill and daring, and thereafter shared with her tho gloriously won sobriquet Old Iron- BAIXBIJIDGE. STEWART. HULL. sides!" Ho commanded her in the last great naval battle of tho war, fought Feb. 20, 1815, after peace had been de clared at homo mid in England. Late in December, 1814, the Consti tution escaped from the port of Boston, where a British squadron had kept her under blockade over eight months. She was "spoiling" for action and set out for the mid-Atlantic. While sailing from the Azores to Madeira about noon on tho 20 th of February she sighted two vessels the corvet Cyane of 22 guns and the sloop Levant of 20. They were ten miles apart at first, the Levant in tho wake, but seeing tho Constitu tion in chase the latter made haste to join her consort. Crowding on all sail nntil tho royal mast snapped off under the load, Stewart gavo chase. Owing to the accident to tho mast he did not come up to the Britons until evening, and then the two had united. The Constitu tion ranged alongside the Cyane and fired a broadside into her at 200 yards. The Briton of course replied, but the Constitution forged ahead after tho Le vant. It was give and take with these twG until they were completely buried in smoka Then the Cyane crawled up un der the Constitution's quarter. Stewart instantly tackled tho new enemy, giv ing Levant a parting broadside. Skill fully avoiding a rake from the Cyane, he backed until he brought her abeam, then silenced her with a tremendous caunonada The Levant meanwhile bore down to help her consort Seeing this, Stewart filled out, and, running for her, gave her two stern rakes before she could wear to get into position. Wear ing himself, he maneuvered under cover of the smoke until he brought his ship astern of tho Cyane. Raking her as he had her consort, he compelled her to strike and hastened after the Levant, which had hauled off to repair, but was returning to tho combat. The two met on opposite tacks and exchanged broad sides. A few volleys were enough foi the Briton, and she tried to escape, but the Constitution kept at her heels and brought her to with her bow guns. After the fight the British captains, discussing tho battlo in the cabin of the Constitution, told Stewart he owed his victory to their faulty maneuvering. "Gentlemen," said he, "it is no use getting warm about it It would have been all tho same whatever you might have dona If you doubt that, I'll put you all on board your ships again, and you can try it over." After her fighting days were over the Constitution served as naval schoolship for nearly half a century. Early in the thirties tho navy department ordered her broken up and sold to the highest biddor. The order was arrested by pub lic sentiment, tho whole country re sponding to the stirring protest made by Oliver Wendell Holmes in tho fa mous poem written the "year after he graduated at Harvard. George L. Kilmer. And So It Goes. "This article, 'How to Keep Well,' is not completed," said the editor in chief. "No, sir. The editor of the health column took some lobster last night, and he hasn't been ablo to work today, " replied his assistant Yonkers States man. Religion Versus Politics. Clerk Man wants transportation tc Chicago. Railroad Official Confounded cler gyman, 1 suppose. Well, I hate to dc it, but you may sell him a ticket at half fare. Clerk (a minute later) Man says he's not a clergyman. He's a member ol the legislature. Railroad Official Ah 1 Tell him we take pleasure in handing him a free pass. Brooklyn Life. Smaller, but More ActlTe. The tongue of woman is smaller than tliat of man. Exchange. Ballard's Snow Liniment. This wonderful Liniment is known from the Atlantic to the Pacific and from the Lakes to the Gulf, It is the most penetrating Liniment in the world. It will cure Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Cuts, Sprains, Bruises, Wounds, Old Sores, Burns, Sciatica, Sore Throat, Sore Chest and all inflammation after all others have failed. It will cure Barbed Wire Cuts, and heal all wounds where proud flesh has set in. It is equally efficient for animals. Try it and you will not be without. Price 50 cents. Sold by The North Platte Pharmacy, J. E. Bush, Mgr. 8 Awarded . Highest Honors World's Fair, Gold .Icdal, Midwinter Firv DR; CREAM BAKING A Pure Grape Cream of Tartar Porrdcr. 40 YEARS THE STANDARD. An Eaclish Gallant. Glancing acr&ss tho surface of every day life in the Elizabethan days of ro bust manhoDd, it is interesting to notice tho lively, childlike, brilliant colors worn by both sexes and to compare these charming characteristics with tho sober habiliments aud reserved manners of tho present day. Hero is an example of the man of fashion, tho beau ideal of tho metropolis, as he sallies forth into the city to parade himself in tho favor ite mart of fashionable loungers, St Paul's churchyard. His beard, if he have one, is on the wane, but his mus taches are cultivated and curled at tho points and himself redolent with choic est perfumes. Costly jewels decorate his ears. A gold brooch of rarest workmanship fas tens his bright scarlet cloak, which is thrown carelessly upon his left shoul der, for he is most anxious to exhibit to the utmost advantage the rich hatch ings of his silver hilted rapier and dag ger, the exquisite cut of his doublet (shorn of its skirts) and trunk hose. His hair, cropped close from tho top of the head down the back, hangs in long love locks on the sides. His hat, which was then really new in tho country, having supplanted the woolen cap or hood, is thrown jauntily on one sida It is high and tapering toward tho crown and has a band around it richly adorned with precious stones or by goldsmith's work, and this gives support to one of the finest of plumes. Nineteenth Cen tury. A Landlocked Salmon. "Many years ago," said Clarence Pulleu, traveler and lecturer, "an out of the way lake in Maine was secretly stocked with landlocked salmon. At that time tho nearest railway station was 38 miles from the lake, which is about nine miles long by three wida Not much fishing has ever been done in that sheet of water because ic is off from the regular lines of travel and there aro no big hotels within scores of miles; besides, it is practically unknown. was there fishing one day, and, becom ing tired of struggling with six, eight and ten pound salmon, decided to stroll up the mountain side to obtain a glimpse of the snow capped peak of Mount Washington, over in New Hampshira In ascending I followed a brook which had formed many deep pools as it leap ed in successive cascades down to its outlet into the lake. It was late in the season, and the brook was nearly dry. I noticed a commotion in one of the nar row pools near the summit, and, peer ing into it, discerned a gigantic fish. Wading in, I seized tho monster and carried him strrefflinK to the shora It was a landlocked salmon that weighed 82 pounds. It had probably leaped up the cascades (from pool to pool uutil it became imprisoned in ono of the upper most, as the brook ran dry. If you doubt the story, I'll tako you up there some time and show you the pooL " Philadelphia Press. Burmese Indolence. Burma is said to be peopled by about the laziest race in the world. Work is never done except when abso lutely necessary, and even then as little as possible, and that in the easiest, most shiftless manner. If a Burman wishes to cultivate a pieco of ground, ho sets tire to the bushwood as a cheap, easy and efficacious method of preparing the virgin soil. For two or thrco years he cultivates that piece of land and then sets light to another spot, allowing the jungle to grow in tho old place, which will be ready for rebuniing when the other ground wants rest. Rice growers dis pense with plows, turning loose instead a number of buffaloes, which cut up the saturated sod with their hoofs. When a Burman has earned a little money, ho immediately proceeds to spend it all, for tho Burmese have no ambition to bo rich and never hoard. Consequently there are no large land owners, and, there being no aristocracy, the people are as near being on an equality as possible. Poor folk aro quite as rare as tho rich, and the only beg gars to bo met are tho lepers, who sit on the steps of tho pagodas. Hartford Times. The Native Hawaiian. The native Hawaiian is a gentleman of leisura Life to him is a perpetual holiday, and, as a nativo of paradise, why should he fret about the dull cares of this world? Nature has spread a bounteous feast for him, and, like Ad am of old, ho has only to pluck tho fruit which grows without toil, eat and brcatha The national food of tho nativo is poi, fish and pork. Poi is made from taro root, a water plant, boiled and beaten to a pulp of the consistency of gruel and allowed to slightly ferment, when it is very nutritious. The native's table is a mat spread upon the floor or ground, on which lies poL Roast pig and fish aro placed in separate calabash es. Squatted or sitting crosslegged about this sumptuous feast, the Kanakas proceed to regale themselves, scorning the use of knives aud forks. Their des Eert is the papaya, oranges, bananas, breadfruit, strawberries and other fruit of the tropics. Gpdex's Magazine. Atmospheric Temperature. The temperature of the atmosphere cools, on an average, about one degree for every 300 feet that we ascend or warms at the same rate as we descend. Hue mean temperature at the north pole is 0 and at the equator between 80 and 90 degrees. We can, therefore, get into a temperature one degree colder for every 70 or 80 miles that we travel north, and iu a temperature oue degree warmer for every 70 or 80 miles that we travel south. Philadelphia Times. mm THE NAVAL CHAPLAIN. HIa Official Station and Duties In Time et Battle. The chaplain's official station in most ship ceremonies and in time of battle is at the sick bay, where lie tho sick. Dis cipline and fresh air are wonderful pre servatives of health, and a chaplain's duties to the sick in times of peace aro very light At naval hospitals, however, whither are brought from tho ships the very sick and the seriously wounded, a chaplain finds amplo field for the exer cise of that tender sympathy which wins souls to God and for the minister ing of the consolations of religion. It is also the duty of the chaplain to assist at naval burials. Tho regulations re quire that Christian burial be provided for all men who die in the servica If possible, tho body is interred with the rites of the church to which the deceas ed had belonged. When this sad duty is required at sea, the ship is hovo to, the flag displayed at half mast and tho offi cers and men aro mustered on deck to pay their last tribute to tho departed. Tho funeral services follow, and tho body is then consigned to tho deep. A guard of honor fires three volleys over tho watery grave and tho bugler sounds tho last "taps" sad, mournful notes of tho bugle which tell of the hour of sleep. If tho death occur at a hospital, an escort and a guard of honor from the ship to which tho deceased had been at tached accompany tho frmeral cortego to tho grava As tho procession enters tho cemetery tho bugler precedes, fol lowed by tho chaplain. This spcctaclo is always impressive. It naturally sug gests tho prayer that angels, led by the angel guardian, may bear tho soul of tho deceased before tho throne of God as friends bear tho body to the grave; that tho angel at the judgment seat may proclaim welcome, joy and glad ness as tho bugler at the grave recalls loss, sadness and regret Donahoe's Magazine SLATE PENCILS. What They Are Composed of and How They Are Made. Slate pencils undergo a number of processes before they aro ready for use, and in making them nearly all of the manual labor is done by boys. First broken pieces of slate are put into a mortar run by steam and aro crushed to a powder, which is then bolted in a ma chine such as is used in flouring mills. A fine slato flour results, which is thor oughly mixed in a large tub with stea tite flour and other materials, the whole making a stiff dough. The dough is kneaded by being passed between iron rollers a number of times, and it is then taken to a table, where it is made into short cylinders four or five inches in thickness and containing from eight to ten pounds of material each. Four of theso cylinders are placed in a strong iron resort which has a change able nozzle so that the sizo of the pen cils may be regulated. In the retort tho material is subjected to great hydraulic pressure and is thus pushed through the nozzle in the shape of a long cord. As the cord comes through the nozzle it passes over a knife and is cut into tho desired lengths. Tho lengths aro laid on boards to dry and are then placed on sheets of corrugated zinc, the corrugation preventing the pencils from warping during the baking process. The baking is done in a kiln into which superheat ed steam is introduced through pipes. Tho pencils go from the kiln to the finishing and packing room, where tho ends are held for an instant under a rapidly revolving emery wheel, which neatly points them. Finally they are packed in pasteboard boxes, 100 pencils in each box, then 100 of the pasteboard boxes are packed in a wooden box, and they are ready for shipment. Philadelphia Times. Some Royal Titles. Tho kings and queens of England wero not always styled "his" or "her" majesty or after the pattern of that bestowed upon Victoria "her most gracious majesty. ' ' Henry IV was styled "his grace;" Henry VI, "his mast ox celleut grace;" Edward rV, "high and mighty prince;" Henry VT1, "his grace and his majesty;" Henry VIII, "his highness" and afterward "his majes ty." Subsequently the English kings While on the subject it may not bo tin interesting to give the meaning of some royal titles thus: King means father; kaiser and czar, Caesar, or autocrat, a contraction of Samoderebeta ; duko means leader; emperor, commander; hospodar, master of tho house; khan, provincial chief ; landgrava land reeve ; margrava border reeve; mzam, ruler; pharaoh, light of the world; shah, pro tector; sheik, elder; sultan, ruler. Longevity of Astronomers. The longevity enjoyed by astronomers is proverbial, and an astronomical jour nal gives a long list of them who have far exceeded the threescore years and ten. Amontr the eminent names are Cas- sini, who lived to 97; Caroline Herschel to 98, Sir W. Herschel to 84, Newton to 84, Mary Somerville to 92, Halley to 8G. 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