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THE MOST MAITVELOU9 INVEN
TION OF THE AGE.
A Complicated Apparatus nml Ilia Varl
oui Vie In Which II Own Us I'ul It
flrcal Versatility -lis (Irent Drawback.
A New Main l thing-
I.ltUo dlil II Franklin nut that nomo day
tho llttlo tnrt ho made whon lio baited liU
pin hook with a good conductor mid tapped
tho law browed mid bollowliiR nlmbu with
Ids buoymtt kite mid tho plcklo Jnr of
electricity tlmt crudely acquired would bo
tho egg from which Inventors and scientists
would lintch out it system which could not
onljr encircle tho Rlolm with iihwwrm swifter
than tlio (light of I'huibus, but that mion tho
light of dny would bo (literati through it
cloud of entries loaded with destruction sufll
dent fora wholonrmy mid tho nlr bo filled
with ilontli donllng, dangling wlros.
1 mn not mi old fogy, though I tuny Imvo
that nppcnrmuv, mid I rojolco to seo tho
world itioro on. Ouo by ono 1 Imvo laid aslria
my own encumbering prejudice In order to
keep up with tho procession. Ilnvo 1 not
gradually adopted everything that would lit
any way onhnnco my opportunltloft for ad
vancement, oven throuRh tedious evolution,
from tho piiur collnr up to tho linger Iwwl,
yothor and nyclhcrl
To return, howovcr, to tho ubjo:t ol oloo
trlclty. I Imvo recently sought to fathom
tho stylo mid motif of n now system which In
to bo Introduced Into private residences,
dotol and iiollco hcndipiartor. In prlvato
bouse it will tx uod ns a burglar' welcome,
in hotels It will tako tho mmitul itrnln off
tho bellboy, rollovlug him alio of n xrtlou
of hi burdousoiiio salary at tho nanus time.
In tho polleo department It will do almost
over) thing but cat oaiiuU from tho comor
-stand.
The system Is on oxhlbltlon In a largo room
downtown, with tho signals or boxes on ono
sldo and tho annunciator or central station
on tho othor lly walking from ouo to thn
other, n dlstanco In nil of thirty or forty
tnlles, I was enabled to got n slight Idoa of
tho principle,
(t Is certainly n very Intolllgont system. 1
uover felt my own Inferiority any mora than
1 did lit tho presence of this wonderful Inven
tion. It will do almost anything, It seemed
to mo, and tho main drawback scorns to bo
its great versatility, for It thereby becomes
so complex that In order to becomo at all In
thnntc with It tolfcoinoii ought to put In two
years at Ynlo and at least n year at Lclpslc.
An extended course of study would thus per
fuct him In this lino, but ho would not then
bo content to act as a policeman. Ilo would
want to bo a scientist, with dandruff on his
coat collar and a far ttway look.
Then, again, tako tho hotel sehomo, for in
tttaocc, H'o go to a dial which Is marked
room !ti, Thero wo dud that by troittlng It
In a certain way It will announce to tho
clerk that room Si wnnU n Are, Ico water,
fens. Ink, paper, lomons, towols, llroMcapo,
Milwaukee sob, pillow shami, Now York
World, menu, Croton frupo, carriage, laun
dry, physician, sleeping c.r ticket, berth
nark for same, llalfoid tauco, hot Hat Iron
for Ironing trousers, baggage, blotter, tidy
for chair, or any of thaw thing. In fact I
tuivo not given half tho list on this bolome
ter, ImcaurM I could not remember them,
though 1 may have added others which wore
not on tho Indicator. The messago arrives
t tho office, but tho clerk Is engaged lit con
versation with a lady Wo does not Jump
when tho alarm sounds, but continues tho
dialogue. Another gusai wlros tho olllco that
ho would tlko a copy of Tbo Congressional
Accord.
The messago Is filed away automatically, and
tho thrilling conversation goes on. Then No.
? 0-8 asks to have his mall sent up. No. 23
wants to know what time the 'bus lettvea the
faouso for tho train going east, and whether
that train will counect nt Alliance, O,, with
A Udo water train for Cleveland In time to
catch tho l-nUo Bhoro train which will brlnj;
him Into Now Vork nt 7au, mid whethor all
thoso trains aro reported on tlmo or not, and
if not, will tho olllco kindly state why I Other
guests also manifest a morbid curiosity
through their transmitters, but tho clerk
does not get excited, for ho knows that all
thoso remarks aro died nwny In tho largo
black walnut box ut tho back of tho olllco.
When bo gets ready, provided ho has boon
through a courso of study in this brand of
business, ho takes ouo room at a time, and
addressing a pato young "Banister I'ollshcr"
of tho uamo of "Front," ho boglno
to scatter Information, baggage towels,
morning papers, time tables, etc, nil over
tbo house. It Is also supposed to bo n great
tlmo saver For Instance, No, (VS wants to
know tho correct time. Ha moves an Indi
cator around tlko tho combination of n safe,
raid a few vages of Instructions, and thoa
pushes a button, ierhaps. Instead of ring
ing for a boy mid waiting for hlmsomo time,
then asking him to obtain tho correct tlmo
at tho ortlc-o and come back with tho Informa
tion, convening with various peoplo on hb
way back and expecting compensation for It,
tho guest can ask tho ollloe and recclvo tho
answer without getting ont of lietL You
leave a call for u certain hour, and at that
tlmo your own prlvato gong will makoltso
-disagreeable for you that you will Lo glad to
rise. Again, If you wish to know tho amount
of your bill, you go through certain exercises
with the largo barometer In your room, and,
supposing you have been at tho house two
days und hate had n tiro In your room thrco
times and your bill Is therefore ti:tJ.lS, the
answer will como back and bo annouueed on
your gong as follows: One, jwuso, three,
pauso, two, pause, ono, pauso, eight. Whoa
thero is n cipher in tho amount 1 da not
know what the method U, but by using duo
care In making up tho bill this need not
occur
This nyttem is also supposed to keep Jta eye
pKiled for policemen and Inform tho central
station where tho (xttrolman Is nil tho tlmo;
alo ns to his temperature, puh, wrsplrntlon
und brculh It keeps a reconl of this nt tho
main ofllco on a ticker of Its own, and tho
Intormatlon may bo published In tho society
columns of tho paiwr in tho morning.
Electricity and Spiritualism Imvo arrived
nt that stage of rfectloii when) n coll of
wlroaud a can of credulity will accomplish a
great deal. Tho tlmo Is coming when even
greater wonders will bo worked, and with
electric wire, tho rapid transit trains and
tho English sorrows under tho ground, tho
dawn or a bettor and brighter day will bo
ushered In. Tho car driver and tho truck
man shall llodov.ii together, Ookton will not
riw up agiiliut Loudon, ho that heretofore
stag wjaii go lortn no more to elug. und meu
thall learn scrapping no more. till! Nyo lit
Now York World.
I Tho Play on Word.
A Brooklyn man propobe lo Import mou
keys nnd train them to becntnu bootblueko.
'Would tho public put up with such monkey
jshlnesf Texas Sifting.
uihI Ad t let.
If yourbat blows off lu tho street follow It
filaoiitly and with gentle dignity, Homebody
-sfc will chaso ti for you. Harper' lUtitr,
TtrTOttjrrit.
Tho cold, liauglity, purro proud merchant
prlnco who trtvtU his rlbliott counter Roullo
nicn and gentlemen's undorwear saloilaillos
with mere civility or chilling Indlffcrouco
had letttor Ixiwaro. Tho tlmo may como
whon tho ponltlous may lo revorxl.
"Heo hero, JIiiUh," Raid ono of them) arro
gant millionaires ono day to n ninety xiund
rlbbotl ronnter clerk, "you want to attend to
your luuliHwn liotter, young man, and not
waito so much of your tlmo illrtlng with that
ml bended undorwear girl across tho aisle,
mind that,"
Enraged nud humiliated tho down trodtlon
ribbon counter serf vows mid seeks rovenga
Ills tlmo comes soon, nyo, that very ulghtl
Tho pur no proud, cold blooded merchant
prlnco goo to the theatro. Ho buys an ad
mission ticket mid stands up, being of mi
economical turn of mind.
"lAit us imn, sir," says n calm, cold volco
at his side, Ho looks down mid U'hotds tho
ribbon counter clerk In the magnificence of
full dress, with tho underwear girl In (lowing
robes mid sixteen button kids hanging to his
arm. The eyc-t of tho men meet, but thero Is
no sign of recognition on tho part of tho rib
bon counter clerk, only h cold, haughty, fixed
stare ns ho iwtMcd proudly on to tho (:i beats
reserved for him and tho underwear girl,
wlillo tho snubbed mid humiliated merchant
prlnco stands on In tho midst of his own bit
ter rellcctlons. Dotrolt l'rco Press,
flciatless,
Ilo was n sour looking old man, mid ho
occupied n Hat with his bachelor brother on
tho fourth lloor of n modest uptown apart
ment homo. They were having a quiet hand
of whist one evening with two friends, when
tho volco of n baby in tho next Hat arose in
lninmitntlnn tlmt ixniittrntml tlm tliln u-nlla
! and made tho rumble of tho elevated rail
road scorn llku tho purling of u brook.
Thoy stood tho uproar for r.omo tlmo, but
when tho sour looking inantruniod Ids part
ner's trick thrco times, ho laid down his cards
nud wont und knocked on tho neighbor's
door.
"Is your bnby slckr ho Inquired, as tlio
father npixwcd.
"Oh, no, my wife Is just putting him to
Bleep."
"I want to nsk If his uamo Is JcremlnliP
'Certainly not, why do you think sof"
"I thought It might bo, ho cornea out so
strong on lamentations. What makes him
weep sop'
"Well, I don't know," admitted tho half
owner in Infant proierty kadly, "You seo
It's our llrst baby, and may bo wo don't know
how to handle him right. Wo'vo tried sooth
ing syrup, squills and Ijnvac, and to-night I
told my wife It might bo malaria and sho'd
liottor try qulnlno, so wo gavo him four
grains, mid he's U-on kind of restless over
since." New York Trlbuno.
Forgot To Drills it-
Customer (to Iwrbor) That is not tho rotor
you usually shave mo with, Rastust
llarbor No, sah. I wall out to or darncln'
pahty las' obhonln', nn' I don loft dot razor
homo In my dresa coat, Ejwclu
tVnsn't Tlmt Mire?
A company of Italian soldiers owned a
parrot and thoy educated it to repeat what
I any ono might say. On .ono occasion a fow
of tho company attended nn exhibition of
I fireworks in an old church. They took the
parrot along. After each sccno tho soldlera
I would Bay: "Wasn't that tilcof Wonder
I what ho will do noxtr And tho bird would
' repeat tho words. Dy sotno accident tho
j material belonging tothaoxblbitorsexploded
! nnd blow tho wholo establishment to pieces.
'1 no root or tlio house was blown off, tho men
scattered and tho bird was sent whirling
through tho air. It was almost denuded of
feathers, a will); brokeu, its head skinned
and otherwise it was Used badly, llut it did
not forget, and on nllghting screamed out:
"Wasn't that iilcof Wonder what ho will do
next I" Chicago Xow a.
T k I uc Time Tijr tlio Fornloek.
Dlsconsolato Lady (to a friend of her hus
band lu tho dry goods line) Mrs. McCloy,
ubout how much will a stylish mourning
outfit cost me .
"Surely, your husbatid is not doadr"
"No," sho replied, wiping away a tear,
"but I want to bo prepared for tho worst.
Poor Fred has accepted the xsltIon of umpire
in a western basoliull league." Now York
Bun.
Literary l'lrney,
"Father, is tho now omiwror of Qcrmany
nn editor! I seo when lie speaks of himself
ho says 'wo.' "
"No, my son. That 9 a word tho emper
ors havu stolen from the editors without
proper credit." Peoria Transcript.
A llorrlltlo Threat.
Dialogue in mi Arizona rostaurant: Quest
alter, I called for mutton chop and you
have given mo lcefsteak.
Walter Eat it, Underfoot, or I'll wear it
out on you. -:.-.
Never toll your reiolutlon beforehand.
Sclden.
On thn Knfo gltle.
Shrx) Dealer (to boy) Where uro you go
ing, Jnmost
Jnmes Up to Mrs. Smith's slrjsho ordered
u pair of No, 'J shoes bent.
Shoo Doaler AJl right, Jamos. You hod
Iwttcr tako along a pair of No. 3'n aUo. Now
York Sun.
He Will fic-u It I-ntor.
Clerk I worked off soma of that tvacL-ed
lmttor today.'1 i
Qrovor Judeudl Whom did yon sond It tol
Clerk Mrs. Wank, nround on Dash sticet. j
Grocer Un-at cuusl Wbv. I boai-il with'
i luir. Detroit i-roo rresa.
Wuiiteil h 1'urtiirr In Ills Sllsory,
"Mn," said Hobby, thoughtfully, "I wish 1
had a brother or two."
"Why, IJobbyf
"To divide up the ftpanklii;. It's tough on
i boy to bu tho ciilyouo in tho'fnmlly that
gapi fpanUed "Tho EKch.
IIU Vocation,
A Chlnamau lu Now York s iiaml TnhU
TnhU. It Is not itutud, but we buppouj ho is
t Utrbcr. Nor; Ltowitllerald.
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BITS OF GOOD READING.
A man with a wooden leg recently claimed
tho right to travel In a railroad car nt half
fare.
The papal jublleo turns out to Imvo been
very oxMHHlve. It cost tho Vatican about
.,OUO,OW
A Ueriniiu (xiper rays that a compnny has
been formal to mauufneturo watches to be
run by electricity Instead of a spring.
IIiuHIIh'iIiiii i'uclllu railroad has Ih-cii le
guu in fiirueiit. With bridges over tho Ilrlt
jsh chnuuel and llehrliig strait tliere might
then I hi it continuous lino of rail from New
York to IxJiidon.
Two large firms of Jnpanow nurserymen
nro liitnxliu'lng into California tho Unshln
dwnrf or ornngo tret, und Hud many ciih-tomei-s
for the trtsj because It can be grown
lu a very small nwo.
It Is nnnouncinl that ono riwilt of tho ex
piration of tho copyright of innny of Cur
ly Io'h works will bo tho publication of n col
lection of magazine nt tides which he ncr
would allow to bo printed.
A South American congress Is to meet In
Montovldo July 18 to draw up n treaty for
thofccttlcmcutof ntl disputes lietween South
American couutriex. Tills congress will lo
tho llrst of Its kind over held lu South
America.
A Montana miner who couldn't pay n debt
of $18 offered to let his creditor shoot twlco
nt him with u pistol at n distance of 'J00 feet.
Tho offer was accepted, and two bullet were
planted lu tho debtor's body, though ho was
not seriously wounded,
English nowspnpei-H sicnk of n schonio for
an Insurance comjinny which shall write jioll
fie only on buildings or their contents
where tho electric light Is exclusively used.
Hates Kdow tho current terms for Hro lusur
unco will lw tho Inducement offered to
change from gns to electricity.
A Chinese olllclal nt Lhasa has liecn de
prived of n button ns a punishment. 'A but
ton does not mhmii it very precious npjiendngo
to lose, but, ns n Mongolian symbol of honor
nud status, It Is nearly iih dear lu tmliumtion
us a well anointed pigtail plaited with silk
until It touches tlm ground. To loso ti pig
tall, however, Is to loso casto nltogothor.
Tho total miles of wire controlled by tho
American Hell Telephone company Is 115,73.),
of which 8,000 uro under ground. The total
numlier of employes lsO,i:iJ, and tho total
number of EiibscrllierH 163,7H!. Tho state
ment of tho treasurer hIiowh that tho earn
ings from nil sources last year were f'l, 15!),.
IW7.70, and tho uieiises JI,aS, I.T0.M, leaving
tho net earnings S,'JII),ltt.81. Tho dividends
paid during tho yenr, 111 jiercont. on tho cap
ital stock, amounted to f l,r)03):!'.,().
A lliinitrrd Dolmlril Olrls.
There recently arrived In Los Angeles
about 100 young English girls, who were
brought to tho 1'aelllo coast through tho in
strumentality of MIkm Ellmbeili Parker, an
English woman widely known for hor phil
anthropic work in liehalf of her sex. During
her visit to California n year hgo sho saw tho
need of good doinmtlo help, other than tho
Chinese, and sho accordingly wroto homo of
tho splendid chuticcs awaiting intelligent
girls. Unfortunately for themselves, tho
girls -who enme were not of tho Oomcstlo
class required, but were principally govern
cbd, Indies' maids and mimes, n kind of help
seldom needed in thu west. Tho result has
been dlsjistrous to tho girls, nud tunny havo
returmsl home. Others, who had not tho
meiuis to return, are Mild to bo lu destitute
clrcumstauceti lu lx)s Augoles. Tho bend of
thu San Francisco Oltls' union says 5,000
places could bo found In California alouu for
as many good house servants, but none at nil
for gentlewomen, which fact makes thu case
of tho deluded English girls peculiarly hard.
-Philadelphia Times.
London In n Itllziuril.
What would hapjien if Ixmdon were sud
denly caught in such n blizzard as that w hlch
overwhelmed Now York) In that city, pro
pared as it is for heavy falls of snows, 500
congest havo accumulated unburied, owing
to tho lmXKvstbllity of reaching tho ceme
teries. Hut lit 1-oihIou the dead might be loft
without a thought. Tho feeling of thu liv
ing would ubsorb every energy. Tho whole
city, if the Know did not melt, might becomo
one gigantic mausoleum of tho millions of itn
Inhabitants. When we rend of tho digging
out of corpses standing f nuen in tho street
where tho snow overwhelmed them wo are
reminded of tho destruction of Pompeii nud
Ilcrculaucum, where tho icoplo were en
tombed beneath ushes, Snow is ns deadly
and more merciful. How seldom we reflect
that it snow storm may bo as deadly as a
volcano mid a single blizzard more fatal than
on eruption of Vesuvius. Two days' heavy
snow with frost following would disorganize
civilization mid decimato tho population.
Pull Mall Gazette.
A "Conjiued" Coloreil Man.
An old negro of Atlanta applied to tho po
lice tho other day for protection against an
old woman who as trying to conjure hlin.
Ho said he found nulled over his door a red
llaunel bag, tied with white strings, ami
that ho knew it was n "conjure iwig,"
nnd that his life was in danger. Thu oflleer
opened tho llttlo rid bag, mid It contained a
bit of horseshoe, ti fow grains of guiqiowdcr
nnd some sunku root. "I kuoned it, I
kuowed it," the old colored man exclaimed
ns ho looked r.t ths bag, his eyes stretching
until they almost popxsl out of their sockets,
moving backward from the bag as ho said:
"Dat olo woman has conjured me, nnd I'll
die, shoor." Ho then fell over on the floor in
u dend faint, and did not recover until tho
ollkers hud called tho patrol wagon mid
Htnrted tascud him homo. Ho excited him
self into a fever, nud it physician had to be
culled, Chicago Herald.
Growth In l"l-ctrlo Itiiltwaj,
Tho last year has seen a wonderful growth
in electric railways. There aro now in tho
United States over eighty miles of road on
which tho motive owor Is electricity.
Eighteen havo plants in operation In longths
varying from one to eleven miles. Contracts
havo been made for roads and thoy are now
being constructed in seventeen other towns,
mid there uro llf ty-uiue projected roads. St.
Louis Uepubllcan,
Cuuiilitrfi-ltlnir Olil l'ritiiuh I'lute.
Silver sharp in Franco have liecn flooding
Paris with counterfeits of old French plato,
mid it has just been discovered that the bogus
good are ordinary modern plato when made
In Germany, nud after living lmortd as
such, have tho old Purls mark put on them
ami nio fixed up to look liko tho real old
good. Five men In this business have been
lined from fc'JOO to WW each. New York
Bun.
A Vulimtilii Dot.
Man of tho House (aroused by it knock)
Como, now, vhut do you want hero nt this
time of night)
Stranger Excuse mo, sir, but could you
let mu Imvo a candle nnd n couple of matches)
My dog' r.nd my little girl have fallen Into
your cistern; nnd ho's a valuablu dog, and
there! huur him burk I Harvard lumpoou.
YOUNG" FOLKS' COLUMN.
TOPICS THAT WILL NOT FAIL TO
PLEASE DOTH DOY8 AND GIRL8.
A Nhorl Hlcetch of nrrylioiuids from the
Tlmn of thn I'mnous lloiinil tlclerl.
Hint Kllle.l Iho IVn'f, Down lo the
I Pronont I in jr.
Tlio greyhound Is n native of tho IlrltlMi
' Islands, nnd from n very early jierloil the
! English variety has presented tho wimo nn-
penrancens in modern times; but It iipjiears
to have leen a bolder and stronger dog in
former days, for wo read of greyhounds
killing wolves. Tho more formidable kinds
of wild animals were enrly extinguished In
England, and the greyhound, having Ihhjii
bred for conturles for swiftness alone, has
lost Its courago and lis form hivt lieen more
slender nnd Its coat liner.
OIIAHI.KH I AMD HIS OllKVIIOUND.
Tho Anjilo-Snxon klncs kent crovhounds.
I mid in the tlmo of the Danish king, Canute,
these animals were so highly esteemed that
no ono under tho rnnlc of a gentleman or
freeholder ns allowed to keep them, nnd
when n nobleman went abroad ho was usually
accompanied by his greyhounds. Soino of
tho English kings were very fond of them,
suchns Henry 1 1 nnd King John. This lat
ter nionnrch devoted much tlmo to coursing,
and tho Islo of Dogs received its name from
being tho place hero ho kept his clogs. It
was King John who gavo the famous grey
hound Gelert, who killed tho wolf, to tho
Welsh priue-e, Llewellyn.
Chnrles I was fond of greyhounds, as
Sir Philip Warwick, who wits secretary lo
the unfortunate monarch, tells us lu his
inomolrs. Ho says: "Methlnks, tx-cnuxo it
shows his dlsllko of n common court vlco, it
is not unworthy tho relating of him, that ono
evening his dog, scratching ut Ills door, ho
commanded me to lot lu GIsy; whoreupon I
took thu 1-oIdncsM to say, 'Sir, I ix-rcclve you
lovo n greyhound better than you do a
spaniel.' 'Yes,' says he, 4for thoy equally
lovo their masters nnd yet do not Hatter thoni
so much, "
How Immigrants Carry Thnlr Money.
Ono of Iho queer sights In Castle Garden,
says Golden Days, Is to seo how tho Immi
grants carry tho money thoy bring from tho
mother country.
Most English immigrants enrry their coin
in a small case, attached to a chain, which
they keep lu a pocket ns they would a watch.
Irishmen always havo a llttlo canvas bag,
in which notes and coins are crammed to
gether. Irish girls, on tho other hand, gener
ully havo their money sowed on tho Insldo of
their drosses.
Germans carry their money in a licit
nround their waists, nnd tho belt is usually
un elaborate and costly affair, no matter how
poor the Immigrant may be.
Tho French mostly carry a Rinall brass
tubo, in which they can placo forty or fifty
twenty fritno plccennnd remove them very
readily at ono time.
Thero nro very fow Italians who do not
carry a largo tin tube, in which thoy keep
their ixijH'r money or silver coins, and this
tubo Is hung around their nock by n small
chain or cord.
Swedes and Norwegians are sure to havj
an immense jiocketbook that has generally
been used by their fathers and grandfathers
oeroro them, ana which has in it enough
leather to make a pair of lioots.
Tho Slavonians nnd Hungarians carry
their money In their long boots, together
with n knife, fork nnd simou.
Other nationalities, not enumerated, carry
their valuable's in till sorts of curious places
in their caps and stockings, in their prayer
liooks, and between tho lining nud thu out
side of their coats or other garments.
Llurs mi Wnnhlnij Iluy,
ltub-adub-dub,
lu tho foaming tub!
Orer tho rippllnir board wo lean,
Up and down till tho clot lies aro clean;
Ilub-adulHhib, wo gleefully sing,
With a nib a-elulnliil), nnd a wrlng-o-wrlng-wrlog.
THE LITTI.K WABHEll WOilAN.
Itub-a-Uub-dub,
In tho scalding tubl
I'ailcllo and poke with the lifting stick,
PoLo and paddle ami stir them quick;
Ituli-adub-duli, wo gleefully sing,
With a rub-a-dub-dub, and a wring-a-wrlng-wrla,7.
9 ' -St. Nicholas.
Uriel UloRrnphy of Sydney Smith
Tho Itov, Bydnoy Smith wasliorn nt Wood
ford, Est-ox, England, in 3771; In J815 he
died. Ho is chlelly remembered now as a
famous wit, but his own times knew him nlbu
as u jiowerf til writer and preacher, nn equal
master of reasoning and ridicule mid the
enemy of all hyjiocrlsy and meanness.
Sydney Smith edlteil tho llrst number of
tho fumous Edinburgh Review. In his
cnpaclty ns rector nud canon overy ono soon
learned to lovq him, for ho dally sought tho
good of his Hock. Ho was a prime favorite
with children, who greatly enjoyed his
stories as well as tho sweets and pennies ho
curried In Ids iiockets for their laicflt.
Ills powers of conversation remained
vigorous to tho end of his days. Thoso who
know him best ngrced that ho might Imvo
been called with equal justice thu "wlbo" as
well ns tho "witty union."
An l.'xpiTlmaiit fur t'lieiuUtry Htiidout.
Fill a saucer with water and drop Into it a
ple'co of potnssium weighing about two
grains. Thu iotiissluiu will instantly becomo
red hot, vith a slight explosion, nud burn
vividly on tho surfuco of tha water, darting
at tho b.iimi time from ouu side of tho vcscl
to tho other, lu tho form of a red hot fh'c
11L
MORE OR LESS FAMOUS.
Newspaper Tnlk About Men of Not,
fitrnr lilts or (nVlp.
rul du Challlu has settled for good In Eng
land. Pcro Hynclutho Is tho latest oulsoken ad
herent of Gen, Doulanger.
Tho Hon. Proctor Knott has a clock of
which tho works were madontOeuova In
177l nnd tho caso by an uncle of President
Cloveland lu 1K.U
Jefferson Davis says that Horaco Greeley
signed his bond out of puroklnduess of heart.
Davis hail novcr spoken to tho great editor
lu his life.
Zola, tho French novelist, has n largo head,
a high forehead, a noso slightly retrousse,
flno chin, strong mouth, und sad, dreamy
black eyes, half concealed by glasses. His
shoulders are almost on n lovel with his cars.
Tlio death Is announced of Patterson Jolly,
of Dublin, Ireland, the oldest printer In tho
world. Ilo wus 101 years old, and pulled tho
llrst sheet of tho Edinburgh Journal, more
than seventy years ago.
George M. Pullman has ns much regard
for tho executivo ability of women as for that
of men. Ho Is always willing to pay n
womun a man's wages If sho can do a man's
work. Ho has u great many women in his
employ nnd has a lilgh opinion of their use
fulness. Zola's opinion of Doulanger is this, accord
ing to Figaro's lutcrviowcr: "Jloiilangor Is a
stick with a hat on It, a lint adorned with
lnco mid plumes that's all. And thu worst
of it is that this stick meets an ill disguised
want of the nation, a want of some kind of
despotism royalty, empire, dictatorship,
Gumbottism or Doulangism."
Thn only senator who now habitually
wears ono of the little black skull caps that
were so common unions tho senators n few
ycursugois Senntor Edmunds, whoso head
is so bald ns to bo very sensitive to tho
draughts about tho corridors of tho scnato
chamber Tho custom of wearing tho caps
was started by Gen. Duruslde uud wus qulto
fashlomiblo for u time.
Editor Plnnoy of tho Wliistend (Conn.)
Pre retires from journalism without nuy
nonsense. In his "valedictory" ho says:
"Front tho customary leave takings of tho
public, with hypocritical laudation nnd cheap
thanks for 'generous patronnge,' I must bo
excused. I thank tho public for nothing. It
has hud ample return for all that it has dono
for me, nud I give it a quit claim for all that
I have dono for it."
Dritlsh residents In Japan are subscribing
for tho repair of tho grave of Will Adams,
Dritlsh sailor who was shipwrecked in Japan
in tho reign of James I, aud who lived for
many years nt tho court of Ycdo, where ho
obtained extraordinary inllucuco. Ills gravo
was discovered some yemsagoon tho summit
of ono of tho hills overlooking tho govern
ment arsenal nt okosukn, near Yokohama.
Daron Alfred Tennyson, having retired
from tho )octical business, Is ubout to start
a now leaso of public llfo as u godfather to
baby colonies. A now English settlement Is
shortly to bo established lu tho region of tho
Capo of Good Hojie. It will bj peopled by a
number of selected futilities taken from ono
of tho southern counties of England. The
first party starts in Juno noxt. Tho uow
settlement is to bo called Tennyson, after the
Ioet laureate, w ho for many years past has
taken n great Interest lu the South African
colonics.
James Gordon Bennett may well be called
a citizen of tho world. Ho has a house In
Now York, one at Newport, ouo in Paris, a
cottage at Uourglval, a chateau and farm
thirty miles out of Paris, a villa at Nico and
n steam yacht to tako him across tho ocean
or anywhere ho wants to go. Mr. Dennett Is
well on to fifty years of ago, but ho docs not
look It. His tall form is as straight as aa
urrow, his bluo oyes as bright as au ouglo's,
aud his mustache a golden brown. His hair,
howover, is very gray.
Gen. Sherman lives, with his wifo and
daughter, at tho Fifth Avenue hotel, New
York. Tho general is now in his COtli year,
yet few men of 40 havo more vitality or sn
Joy lifo more thoroughly than this veteran
of the war. St. Guudens, tho sculptor, has
u bust of Gen. Sherman on oxhlbltlon at tbo
Acadomy of Design, which is remarkable
for its likeness uud tho strength of tho sculp
tor's work. Thu general is too nervous aud
native a man to onjoy sitting as long us, it is
necessary whon a portrait Is concerned, and
it is not hkoly that ho will ever again bo so
cured for this purpose
The Deard family aro among tho most
artistic citizens presented by Ohio to New
York. There are six of them on the roster
of tho Ohio society: Daniel C, Ilarry, James
O., J. II., T. Frank and W. H. Ueatd. Daniel
C. Board is famous for his cows, bears aud
other animals of that ilk which ho Introduces
into his own stories iu St. Nicholas mid such
publications. Ho is as clover u writer as
artist. T. Frank Deard, who has dono a
great deal of excellont work In Judge, is a
small man with a brown beard. W. IL
Deard draws animals in tho gulso of humaa
beings as a specialty. James C. Deard is an
tidept iu natural history and in transferring
his knowledgo of it from brain to finger tips.
John, tho only brother left of tho ofico
famous Hutchinson family, sjicnt a fow hours
in Now York recently, on his way back to his
homo In Lynn, Mass., from Washington,
where ho went to attend the woman's con
vention. Though only CO years of age, Mr.
Hutchinson has tho head of a patriarch. His
Iron gray hair fulls iu thick, curly locks bo
hind his cars, ho never having given up tho
curly fashion of wearing it long. A heavy
beard streaked with gray, not silver, hides
tho throat, but not tho wide points of a Byron
collar, which collar certainly does not detract
from tho plcturesquencss of tho head. The
lines of tho faco are not too prominent, but
with the shaggy, overhanging oyebrows,
gives it a strength perhaps needed. Tho eyes
havo the expression mid tenderness of a
woman's.
Oitrloh I'enthrr Trade.
Tho ostrich feather trado of South Africa
is so depressed that feathers which formerly
sold for $1! now bring only $7.60, and the
vnluo of the bird has declined accordingly.
Boston Transcript
l'ortrults of Noted Attlitn.
Tho Louvre museum lias been enriched
with n now room dovoted to (lortralts of
celebrated artists of all epochs, painted, as
far as possible, by themselves. The Idea is
taken from tho celebrated gallery In tho
Ulllzl nt Florence, with this difference, that
tho French coutnlns not only portraits of
painters, but nlso busts and medallions of
sculptors. Public Opluion.
A Small Oi-euii Mcnuicr.
Tho Morning Star Is the smallest steamer
which has over made thu run Uitwcon Eng
land and tho Cue. She was designed by her
owner, Capt. It. Dimcaii, of loudon, and
was built nt lith She Is tueiity-tdx tons,
yacht measurement, Is of teak, roppcr fast
oiled, and is classed Al. Her length is Mi
feot U'tweeu x-rH'iidlculnrs, oven .ill VI fisit,
with 11 feet .' iiichut dep:i. or hold llcstou
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