A PLACE OF SUICIDES.
BEAUTIFUL LOOKOUT HILL, MADE
FAMOUS BY WASHINGTON.
A 8t la llrooklyu's MKiilflciit Park
Where IJeitpomleiit People Go to Com
mit Suicide Memories That Cluster
Lboiit the Neighborhood.
JIoHt New Yorkers know very little of
Lookout hill in Prospect park, Brook
lyn, except that they occasionally see
some mention of it in the newspapers.
One Brooklynite who was asked for in
formation about it the other day de
scribed it as a place where "fools from
New York go to commit suicide some
times. "
This description of Lookout hill is
hardly a fair one. It is true, however,
that for some reason men who want to
commit suicide do somehow manage
very frequently to drift out to this part
of Brooklyn's big park to carry out their
intentions. lint they don't all of thein
go from New York. There have been
two suicides there by Brooklyn! tes. The
two that preceded these, however, were
, . men from New York, and of the many
prior to these Brooklyn may be charged
with the most of them.
One stormy, snowy day a well dressed
young man hired a cab in this city and
was driven rapidly over the bridge to
Brooklyn and out to Prospect park.
When the cab reached the city line the
young man got out and seat it back to
New York. Then he went into a saloon
near by. lie left the saloon, entered the
park, walked through the driving snow
to the summit of Lookout hill and there
shot himself.
A policeman heard the 6hot, and found
the body of the suicide still warm, but
he was dead. He had evidently intended
that there 6hould be nothing cheap or
vulgar about the affair, for even the re
volver used by him was of the most ex
pensive pattern and make and bad been
bought new for the purpose. He was
identified as a Columbia college student
belonging to a New York family of ex
cellent standing.
REMARKABLE IDENTIFICATION.
The suicide before this was also that
of a New York man, and it attracted
some little attention at the time by rea
son of the faot that there was a mix up
about the identification of the body.
This had lain on the hill so long before
it was found that it could be identified
only by the clothes on it and by the for
mation of the body. It was formally
identified at the Brooklyn morgue the
morning it was found as the body of a
New York printer, who had, through
despondency, taken his life.
This identification was made by two
members of Typographical Union No. 6,
who had known the man. Later that
day the body was again identified as
that of a barber doing business on Third
avenue in this city, and this identifica
tion was finally found to be correct.
The most curious thing about this case
was the physical likeness of the printer
and the barber. The barber was de
formed that is, he had a club foot. The
same was true of the printer, and it was
the left foot that was deformed, as was
the case with the barber. They were
physically alike otherwise. Then the
printer's friends identified the clothing,
the 6hoes and the hat and even a knife
that was in the pocket of the suicide.
But the printer wasn't dead. The
writer knows that, for he reported the
first identification for an afternoon pa
per; the second was made too late for
notice that day, and in about a week
afterward the printer brought suit
against that paper for $20,000 damages
for saying that he committed suicide.
He didn't get the $20,000, but he did
prove tp the satisfaction of all that he
was very much alive.
'a historic place.
But there have been any number of
suicides on Lookout hill. Brooklynites
are inclined to object to the nse that is
made of this picturesque spot, and as for
the Prospect park police, they more than
object .They constantly patrol the
neighborhood of the hill, and any lounger
about there is sure to have a very care
ful eye kept upon him by the bluecoated
guardians of the park
Lookout hill is one of Prospect park's
pi turesque and historical spoti It is a
h- a bill looking out over the big lake
84. i the boulevard, and is heavily wooded-
As a point from which to view the
surrounding country it is unsurpassed.
From its brow yon can see for miles in
all directions. Coney island, Manhattan
beach, and even Far Rockaway, are vis
ible to the naked eye. Flatbush and
other towns nestling down among the
trees, and the farms stretching out over
the level country, present a fine scene at
this season.
General Washington used this very
hill to make observations from when he
was holding Brooklyn and watching for
the expected landing of Sir Henry Clin
ton on Long Island. It was from here
that the American generals watched
Clinton's movements when preparing for
the disastrous battle of Long Island that
freeulted in the retreat of Washington to
the heights above the Harlem and gave
New York city into the hands of Sir
Henry Clinton.
The tide of battle swept all around the
bill and in the green field below it good
blood stained the sward.
But Mines have changed. Battles are
6till fought in the field below Lookout
hill the sham battles of the Brooklyn
militia. And the hill itself is no longer
visited by great generals. Those who
want to commit suicide go there instead.
New York Recorder.
How Dentist Acquire Skill.
The dental student studies as much
chemistry, anatomy and physiology as
do medical men, and also performs a
great deal of work in the histological
laboratory. He learns to fill teeth by tak
ing a decayed molar, for example, that
has been picked out. This he mounts in
plaster of paris and carefully excavates
and fills with tin under the direction of
a demonstrator. When the 6tudent has
progressed far enough he practices on
the patients who go to the clinics. Phil- !
ftdelpbia Record.
J DRAGGF.!) rr.G.rf HIS HORSE.
. l)rluu t'.iottire of a French General by
! it llrilixli OilUer at Waterloo.
The only prisoner made by the Eng
lish reserve at Waterloo was a French
general whose capture was due to the
cool head and stout heart of a young
brigade major anxious for an adventure.
During the battle several regiments of
eavalry and infantry were kept in re
serve under a heavy fire from French
guns. Great was the havoc, and neither
men nor horses relished the passive atti
tude to which they were condemned.
While a group of young officers, in
front of the left wing of the reserve,
were discussing the situation, their at
tention was attracted to a French gen
eral and his staff, all on horseback, who
were looking through their glasses at
the Englishmen. One of the group was
Captain Ilalkett, a young brigade major,
mounted on a thoroughbred. Suddenly
he exclaimed: "I'll lay any one five
pounds that I will bring that French
general over hero dead or alive. Who'll
take the bet?" "Done, done, done!"'
shouted several officers.
The captain examined the saddls
girths and his pistols. Then, shouting
"Goodby," .and putting spurs to his
horse, he dashed at a furious pace across
the plain between the British and French
lines. His comrades followed him with
their glasses, not speaking a word. The
Frenchmen opposite seemed puzzled
Believing that the Englishman's horse
had bolted and that the rider had lost
control of him, they opened their ranks
to let the runaway through.
Ilalkett steered his steed so as to graze
the mounted general on the right side.
At the instant he put his arm around the
Frenchman's waist, lifted him bodily out
of the saddle and throwing him over his
own horse's neck, turned sharp and made
for the Engli: h lines. When the gener
al's staff realized the meaning of the
bold rider they d;ished after him, but he
had a good start, and not a Frenchman
dared to fire for fear of killing the gen
eral. Half a squad of English dragoons, see
ing Ilalkett chased by a dozen French
officers, charged them. They opened
their ranks to let Ilalkett through, closed
them up again the moment he was in
the rear, and then forced the Frenchmen
to turn swiftly and seek shelter under
their own guns.
Amid the maddest cheering Halkett
stopped in front of the British lines, with
the general half dead, but securely
clasped in his strong arms. He jumped
from his horse, aiologized to his prisoner
for the unceremonious way in which he
had been handled and in reply to his
congratulations of his comrades, said
6imply:
"Praise my horse, not me." The eap
tdred general was treated with the ut
most courtesy and consideration. New
castle Chronicle.
Superstition in Rural England.
That an extraordinary amount of su
perstition still exists in some of the ag
ricultural counties, particularly in the
west of England, has been demonstrated
by circumstances which have come to
light in connection with the death of a
Taunton oracle, who was known
throughout Somerset, Devon and Dorset
as "Billy the Piper." He was for many
years looked upon as the "Wizard of the
West," and a large bundle of letters
which were found in his house reveal to
an astonishing extent the credulity of
certain people in those parts.
Billy, who was seventy-six years of
age when he died, had lived in the same
house for forty years. He commenced
life by hawking pipes, but doubtless the
acquaintance he formed with country
folk while he was peregrinating with
the humble "clays" opened his eyes to
their superstitious beliefs and induced
him to pose as a past master of witch
craft and fortune telling. And it was
not only simple villagers who were
reckoned among Billy's clients. Farm
ers and well-to-do people frequently con
sulted him the former believing that
he could cast disease out of their cattle;
the latter regarding him as an infallible
aid in the discovery and punishment of
those who had done them wrong. Cas
eell's Saturday Journal.
An Englishman's Historic Illunder.
A dramatic critic in a desultory con
versation the other night 6aid he won
dered why Cinderella wore glass slip
pers; he never saw any one dance in
glass slippers, and he didn't believe any
one could dance in glass slippers. One
man suggested that it was a fairy tale.
Another man made every one tired by
talking of malleable glass. He remarked
that he once saw a Pittsburg lady in a
glass gown. The manager, a distin
guished Gallicist he once went to school
with Tartarin at Tarascon said she
never did wear glass slippers.
"You see," he explained, "Cinderella
was indebted to a translator's mistake
for her uncomfortable pumps. This de
lightful extravaganza was originally
French, and the man who Englished it
didn't know his business. The French
words are pantoufles de vair' fur slip
pers. Now the word for glass is 'verre,
and the English chump got 'em mixed
up." Chicago Tribune.
Water for Cholera.
Not long ago many physicians who
had had experience in cholera main
tained that water 6hould be withheld as
much as possible, from the patients, and
that those who drank freely were almost
sure to succumb to the terrible malady.
At the present time, however, it being
universally acknowledged that cholera
is a disease due to germs, a treatment
that promises to be popular is to insist
that the patients drink all the hot water
possible, for the purpose of washing
these germs out of the intestinal canaL
Moreover, to take, at frequent intervals
at first, large injections of hot water to
favor this expulsion. Boston Herald.
A Soldier' Hardships.
He Yes, I have been in the army
for fifteen years, and of course had some
terrible strains upon my courage.
She (sympathetically) Yes, I suppose
all the time you have been expecting to
be called into service. New York Epoch.
THE COOK HAD NERVE.
With the Aid of ThU and Two I .vi.ern
He Soon llrcaine u Cliel.
Not so very long ago a large band
cattle were resting up a few miis from
Vinita, in the Indian Territory . oefor
being driven across the line to Kansas.
The boys belonging to the outfit were a
particularly hard lot, and in six weeks
no less than five cooks had left the camp
in disgust, as no matter what they did
or how well the food was prepared the
men were sure to growL The head boss
was in a quandary when the fifth man
; left, as he knew he would have a hard
job to find another.
To his surprise, however, soon after
sunrise next morning a short, sinewy
son of Erin walked into camp, and, after
: lighting his pipe, sat down on a dilapi-
dated gripsack and inquired if a coorf
was wanted. It did not take the boss
long to make a bargain with the man,
who said his name was MacMillan. He
was soon installed in his position, stowed
his grip away, and after a wash in the
creek began the operation of getting
dinner. The boys sized up the new ar
rival as the beans were dished out, but
said nothing.
Next morning, however, the fun be
gan. One man asked Mac where he
learned to fry pork, another remarked
that he forgot to put the coffee in the
pot, but he was deaf to all until Joe
Taylor, the biggest man in the camp,
said he would be hanged if he could eat
Kuch biscuit as those, and if there was
no improvement in the grub at noon the
cook would hear something drop.
At the first mention of the biscuit the
pipe fell from Mac's mouth, and Le
t-tood listening until Taylor had finished.
Then, walking quietly over to the wag
on he fished out a pair of Colt's revolv
ers, and marching up to the growler
shouted, "You ain't got no appetite,
but you sit down and eat them biscuit,
or I'll plug you before you can wink!"
There was a wicked look in Mac's eyes
as be spoke, and Taylor saw the cook
meant business. He had a pistol in his
belt, but he also knew that before he
could draw it he would be a dead man.
"Eat them biscuits," came the order
again, while the rest of the crowd sat
around with a grin, taking in the fun.
There was no help for it, so Taylor sat
down, and before Mac let him go he had
eaten every biscuit in the pan, and was
stuffed so full he could hardly breathe.
"I thought you would soon find your
appetite," said Mac. Then turning to
the rest of the boys, he asked, "How's
the coffee?" Every one replied that it
was fine, and all agreed that the pork
was cooked to a turn. Mac staid with
the outfit several months, and when he
left the boys swore he was the best cook
west of the Mississippi river. San Fran
cisco Call.
Natural niutory of the Criminal.
Of late years there has sprung up a
new science, which seeks to investigate
the natural history of the criminal. It
regards the criminal as a variety of the
human species which has degenerated
physically and morally. The most emi
nent living authority on this subject
thus describes the two great criminal
classes: "The murderer," he says, "has
a cold, concentrated look; the nose is
often aquiline or hooked, always large;
the ears are long; the jaws powerful;
the cheek bones widely separated; the
hair is crisp and abundant; the canine
teeth well developed and the lips thin;
often the eye appears bloodshot, and a
nervous contraction on one side of the
face uncovers the canine teeth, producing
a sardonic effect."
The thief, he asserts, has less brain ca
pacity than the assassin; he has remark
able mobility of countenance; the eye is
small and restless; the eyebrows thick;
the nose flat and the forehead low and
retreating. Another writer on the same
topic declares that one visiting a prison
can, by the aid of these outline descrip
tions, distinguish those condemned for
murder from those convicted of theft.
Washington Star.
Tough but Trne.
There has been a great deal of talk
about the ferocity of Tip, the big ele
phant in Central park, New York, but
those people who happened to be in the
elephant house at 8 o'clock the other
afternoon came to the conclusion that he
was very playfuL Two men, in com
pany with a little girl, had been feeding
the big fellow lozenges (above all things
he likes lozenges), but the 6tock at last
gave out. Tip waited patiently, when
at last a thought struck him. He cau
tiously advanced his trunk and in a sec
ond had removed one of the gentlemen's
hats.
tie careruiiy laid it down on the hay
and waited again. Peanuts were offered
him, so were crackers, but not until the
owner of the hat had bought more loz
enges did Tip relent, for as soon as he
saw them he, with a good display of
grace, returned the hat and received a
whole handful of his favorite sweets in
return. New York Letter.
Why Lang Writes So Much.
There is talk among literary people to
the effect that Andrew Lang is publish
ing too much. His work commands large
pay and he does an enormous amount of
it. But he is practically compelled to
publish, for in the position he holds
among men of letters in England his ex
penses are enormous. He is a great lion
socially, and a large income is required
to entertain as he is expected to enter
tain. For the same reason Mr. Gladstone
has recourse to his pen. For every arti
cle he writes Gladstone receives $1,000.
His receipts from his literary ventures
enable him to gratify certain tastes which
otherwise could not be indulged. He ia
comparatively a poor man. Edward C
Bigmore in Chicago News.
Knew Their Traits.
Old Gentleman (in the park) What
are you doing, my little dear?
Little Girl (with doll) I am giving
Dolly a drink.
"Giving Dolly a drink, eh? But the
water is running down all over her pretty
dress."
"Yes, she slobbers a good deaL All
babies do." New York Weekly.
Terrible Experleum of a flea:: re Party.
A Kigali fishing schooner h.n just re
turned from a trip along th coast, and
brought with it a party of father, son
and dan: hter. who had an experience
which ra.vly falls to the lot of any o:i-.
The party is William Buchanan, his
son Tom, and his daughter Nellie. Five ;
weeks ago th y started on a cruise along
the coast in a small yacht, taking a ;
pleasure trip They were provided witti
guns, ammunition an fishing tackl. '
and expected to have a fortnight's s;nit ,
i and then return east. Miss Nellie was
as expert with the gun and rod as either ;
: her father or brother, and all three were
; good sailors. About sixty miles south a
squall drove their yacht out to sea and I
! wrecked the vessel on one of the small j
, islands about twenty miles off the coast.
Mr. Buchanan was badly bruised by (
being dahed against the rocks, and Tom I
; had his right arm broken in a similar
J way. Miss Nellie was the only one of j
the party who received no injury, and it '
is to this fact alone that any of them are
alive. Tneguns, ammunition and fishing
tackle were all saved, and Miss Nellie
cared for her wounded relatives and '
then started out to get them something j
to eat. The island is out of the way of
travel, and in consequence not a vessel
was fceen for two weeks. Duringall this
time the young lady hunted and fished,
and was so successful that they did not
pass one day without food.
The island is so flat and barren that
unless a vessel gets close to it the people
on board cannot see it. They could not
use the little wood they found for signal
fires, for they were afraid there would
not be enough to serve for cooking their
food. A storm had sent them on the
island, and a similar occurrence saved
them, for the fishing 6chooner had been
driven off the shore and out of her course,
and when the captain saw the island he
6ent a boat ashore to see if he could get
water.
Mr. Buchanan had by this time fully
recovered, but the son was still suffering
from his broken arm. They were taken
off and brought to this city, and are now
feeling none the worse for their experi
ence, except Tom, whose arm is in bad
condition from neglect of proper treat
ment during the two weeks of suffering.
Tacoma (Wash.) Cor. Philadelphia
Press.
The Health of New York's Wealthy Men.
With Jay Gould sick with the neural
gia, C P. Huntington out of sorts with
malaria and rheumatism, and John D.
Rockefeller under treatment for nervous
prostration, it is not to be marveled at
that Wall street men ask, "Are onr great
financiers breaking down?" Within the
past six months the respective presidents
or two big trust companies have been
advised that they must either abstain
from business cares or retire from all as
sociation with common humanity. The
past year has indeed been a trying
period for the nerves of great financiers.
They have had to battle energetically
with adverse circumstances, and very
few have come out of the struggle with
unimpaired health.
Cornelius Vanderbilt, D. O. Mills and
Russell Sage are conspicuous exceptions
to the general physical demoralization of
rich men. Mr. Vanderbilt is not only a
very methodical man, but he has so
many competent lieutenants in the man
agement of his vast property that he does
not feel the wear and tear of the ordi
nary man of millions. Besides, Mr. Van
derbilt probably gives himself more rest
and recreation than any other million
aire in this country. He never bothers
about details. Mr. Depew relieves him
of those, and Mr. Depew has well
trained assistants who relieve him from
worry. D. O. Mills retains good health
because he has a rugged constitution
and a placid disposition. Russell Sage
is seldom 6ick, because he cannot afford
to spare the time. New York Times.
Runaway Charges in France.
The etiquette of French law must
sometimes take the flavor of an unwel
come surprise to lately exported brides.
Not long ago th Countess de la Forest
Devonne, formerly Florence Audenreid,
of Washington, was driving in the Bois
ie Boulogne with her cousin, Mrs. Har
rison Caner, another bride from Phila
delphia, when her horses suddenly took
fright and ran away without hurting
anybody seriously or doing perceptible
iamage. With characteristic prompt
aess, however, a government official
jailed and laid before the countess a bill
for damages. The official document
stated that some injury had been done to
the barks of the trees and some little
sonfusion of roadway and bordering
grass had been caused by her horses.
Well, this seemed rather amusing to
an American, but when bills for dam
ages to five different carriages came in,
Dne after another, the countess began to
jet anxious, and consulted her check
book with a growing interest and much
wonderment as to whether there would
be enough left of her yearly income for
necessary expenses. Furthermore, 6he
has no idea when the demand will stop
sr how many more ancient and decrepit
rehicles will come out as good as new at
tier expense. New York Times.
A Venerable Prize Winner.
Jacob Pottinger, the well known cat
tle dealer of Shillington, had a small
Beld of rye harvested in a novel manner.
He invited a large number of friends to
his home, and after providing each with
a sickle he took them to the field and
announced that a "sickle race" was to
take place for five prizes, with William
A. Arnold, Henry M. Ahrens and Ma
ooah S. Weller as judges. At 2:30 the
race began, Henry Kurtz, of Cumru,
aged seventy-five, with a sickle 150 years
old, that had belonged to bis great-grandfather,
taking the lead and tying the
first sheaf. He held the lead and fin
ished far ahead of the others. Philadel
phia Record.
He Was Short Three Dollars.
A twelve-year-old Auburn boy rapped
at the teller's wicket of an Auburn bank
the other day, .called the cashier up and
asked for the loan of three dollars with
which to buy a bicycle. He was that
much short and had heard that they
loaned money fcere. Lewiston Journal,
To Determine the Speed of Electricity.
Philadelphia scientists are preparing
to find out how fast an electric current
travels. An experim rit will be mad",
probably from the Fran clin institute, by
connections over the Atlantic cable to
Liverpool and return.
A recent test appeared to show that an ,
electric current is a slow coach as com- j
pared to light, being only able to get j
over to Europe and back in something
like a second, or at the rate of ouly some i
i 0,'iL'i miles u minute, while light j
ambles along at a million miles a minute ;
gait. The Philadelphia scientists tvho j
are proposing to make further investnga-
tions are not satisfied to give up the rec- '
ord to sunlight, and hope to prove that !
the electrical current, if not handi-
capped, is the swifter element. i
The most recent experiment was trieJ j
at McGill college, Montreal. The cur-
rent was transmitted in Montreal, wan
transferred to the cable at the New
foundland cable station by means of
Thompson's mirror galvanometer, sent
across to the station at Liverpool and re
turned to Montreal by the same method.
The distance traversed, partly by over
head wire and partly by cable, was 8,000
miles. From the time tho current left
the key in Montreal until it returned to
tho receiver in the same office just one
second and one-twentieth of a second
had elapsed, and the conditions were not
as good as they might have been; henew
tho further experiment to be made here.
The rapidity with which the current
travels over short wires with no delay
indicated unlimited possibilities in the
direction of practical tests. Professor
Marks, of the Ldison Electric Light
company, is authority for the assertion
that if the globe was encircled with a
continuous cable a current would travel
the entire distance in a trille over three
seconds. At this rate a current would
travel to the sun, covering the distance
of 90,000,000 miles in three and a half
minutes, or twice as fast as light. Phila
delphia Record.
Mrs. Petti' Itoat Floated Away.
Mrs. Pettis, a lady living at Lake
Emily, in Le Sueur county, met with an
experience that she is not apt to forget
for some time. She was out boat riding
during the evening, and while out on
the lake her boat, which was leaky, be
gan to fill with water. She was in the
vicinity of Cedar island, and rowed
there for the purpose of bailing out the
boat. She got on shore, and some dis
tance from where she landed she spied a
can, which 6he proceeded to get. She
got the can, but when she returned 6he
was horrified to find that a strong wind
had taken her boat some distance out
into the lake.
The island was some distance from
shore, and her cries of distress were un
heard, and the prospect of spending tl
night was anything but pleasant. No
one came to her relief, and, a3 there was
no way of escape, she was compelled to
accept the condition imposed by unkind
fate and remain. She passed the night
and was discovered next afternoon by a
party of St. Peter campers, who were
out sailing. One of the party, A. F.
Everson, secured a skiff and hastened to
the island to rescue the unfortunate
woman from another night of horror
She was taken into camp and kindly
cared for by the ladies, and her mental
equilibrium was soon restored. She has
no desire to spend another twenty-four
hours in a like manner. Cor. St. Paul
Globe,
Revenge on a Widower.
A heavily veiled woman, dressed in
black, entered the business office of one
of the morning newspapers a few days
ago and inserted a death notice, with
the announcement of the funeral next
day. Many friends of the deceased man
read of his death with sorrow, and at
the hour mentioned for the services
gathered at his house. Several carriages
stood in the street, but no hearse was
visible, nor was there any crape on the
door."
In fact, instead of witnessing the last
sad rites the visitors found themselves
ushered into a brilliantly decorated
room, in which a clergyman was about
uniting their alleged departed friend to
his second wife. The laugh went around,
but the mystery was not solved until
some time after. It has since transpired
that his first wife's relatives were bitterly
opposed to the widower's Becond mar
riage, and inserted the funeral notice in
a spirit of revenge for the outraged feel
ings of the shade of wife No. 1. Phila
delphia Record.
A Great Tear for Little Immigrants.
A medical man who knows what he is
talking about said recently:
"This is a baby year. I do not know how
to account for it, but the statistics will
bear out my assertion that some years
are noted for the great number of births
that occur. This year of our Lord 1891
is one of these seasons. If you will take
pis to look the matter up you will find
that 1884 was a very prolific year, and so
was 1886 and 1883. Now we have 1891
with more than the usual number of
births. There will be a great number of
happy families before 1892 comes to
greet us. It is fortunate, too, that there
has been comparatively little sickness
among the children so far, which was
not true of either 1886 or 1888." Chicago
News.
Storks Tbat Fly Long Distances.
For a number of years a pair of storks
built their nest annually in the park of
the Castle Ruheleben, in Berlin. A few
years ago one of the servants placed a
ring with the name of the place and date
on the leg of the male bird, in order to
be certain that the same bird returned
each year. Last spring the stork came
back to its customary place, the bearer
of two rings. The second one bore the
inscription, "India sends greetings to
Germany. " Exchange.
A Combination Strawberry.
A Palmyra woman could not believe
her own eyes recently when she found a
strawberry measuring six inches in cir
cumference. An investigation showed
that it was made of no less than eleven
berries which had grown together, mak
ing a great sight. Bangor (Me.) Commercial.
Wm. TI.ejr nll flnlT
A correspondent nends Mniie evidence
that it is not always the nchool children
who have queer idea regarding the
meaning tf words. She has transcribe 1
from several hundred replies to quen
tiolis given in tho examination of appli
cants for the Hihitioii of teacher. Tho
candidates were asked to defiiie plagiar
ism. Here are eight of the answers.
Plagiarism is an occult science. I'l.u
giarism is the act of plaguing. It is t(m
state of believing differently from th
majority of people
It is the act of telling falsehoods about
an opponent. It is downright meanness.
It is having the disposition to fight. It
is something made correct by usage. 1
do not know unless it relates to tho
lower of witching.
Define pedagogics. Pedagogics is fv
mail teachers. It relates to petty rulers.
In that ca.HM there is something about
pedagogics in the history of Europe, also
history of the United States and tlm
Bible. It is the history of one's good or
bad deeds. Pedagogics is an old teacher
that's cranky
What are metaphoric rocks? They are
rocks composed of little animals called
metamorphoses.
What is the derivation of tho word
"polypus?" It is derived from poly
(many) and pus (puss); many cats.
What is anatomy? Anatomy is extinct
in a dead boddy.
What can you say of the use of pain
and pleasure? Pain is of no use, but it
is bad for tho health. Pain gives the
physician practice, i'ain tells us that all
is not right in tho region whero tho pain
is. There are m;ny kinds of pain, enough
for every ono to have some. Pleasure is
useful because it promotes health, it lets
us enjoy ourselves while tho pains are
absent.
Describe the bee. The bee has 2 wings,
4 leggs. it has 1 part at tho end of the
boddy not the head that ia poisonous.
Ho is classed among flies.
Give an account of Horace Greeley.
He led the Greeley expedition into the
north, turned cannible, eating up their
members when provisions gave out.
Youth's Companion.
Why I'onjile Get Married.
Though it is very common to reproach
old bachelors with their celibacy, and to
pity old maids as if single blessedness
were a misfortune, yet many married
peoplo have seen fit to offer apologies for
having entered into what some profane
wag has called the "holy band3 of pad
lock." One man 6ays he got married to
get a housekeeper, another to get rid of
bad company
Many women declare they got mar
ried for the sake of a home; few ac
knowledge that their motive was to get
a husband. Goethe averred that he got
married in order to be "respectable."
John Wilkes said he took a wife "to
please his friend." Wycherly, who es
poused his housemaid, said he did it to
"spite his relations."
A widow who married a second hus
band said she wanted somebody to con
dole with her for tho loss of her first.
Another, because she thought a wedding
would "amuse the children." Another,
to get rid of incessant importunity from
a crowd of suitors.
Old maids who get married invariably
assure their friends that they thought
they could be "more useful" as wives
than as spinsters. Nevertheless Quilp
gives it as his opinion that nine-tenths
of all persons who marry, whether
widows or widowers, spinsters or bachel
ors, do so for the sake of getting mar
ried. London Tit-Bits.
The Lumber Business of Three States.
The value of forest products, not maj-
nfactured at the mill, in Michigan, Wis
consin and Minnesota, 1890, aggregates
$30,426,194; value of mill products, $115,
J99,004; value of remaciufactures, $21,
112,618 making an aggregate value of
products in three states of $167.2:57,816.
The capital invested to produce this
value was $270,152,012; men employed
in forests, 95.258; women, 99; children,
10; animals, 32.491. In the mills the
product required the labor of 87.939 men,
646 women and 633 children.
The amount represented in operation
of machinery and chemical appliances,
1890, was $23,559,334; the expenditure of
6teara and water power was reported as
sufficient to lift 3,500,000 tons one foot in
one minute; 1,262,151,180 cubic feet of
merchantable timber were removed from
natural growth; $7,890,254 were invested
in vessels and other means of transport,
and $99,683,236 were expended for wages,
subsistence, supplies and miscellaneous
purposes.
The aggregate increase of product
since 1880 is reported to be 29.66 per cent,
in quantity and 75.92 per cent, in value.
Harper's Weekly.
An Odd Use for the Pin.
An odd use that the pin was put to
long ago was that of checking the intem
perate habits of the English. St. Dun
stan conceived the idea of dividing the
tankard3 out of which the liquor was
drunk into eight equal parts, each part
marked with a silver pin. The cups
were generous affairs, holding two
quarts. Consequently the quantity from
pin to pin was half a pint, and the regu
lation was that the drinker "stop at a
pin."
Roisterers, however, prevented the
purpose of good St. Duns tan and estab
lished the rule of "good fellowship," by
which the drinker was to stop only at a
pin. If he drank beyond he had to go
on to the next mark. As it was difficult
to stop exactly at a pin the vain efforts
alwayB excited much mirth, and the
trial usually ended with the draining of
the tankard. Table Talk.
A Man Who Had Eighty Overcoats.
There are dozens of New Yorkers who
have a passion for buying clothes, and
they count their suits by the hundred.
Pierre Lorillard has a great assortment ,
of clothes, and so has A. M. Dodge, th
latter probably having as varied a collec
tion of garments as any gentleman in
the city. None of the fashionable set
has ever excelled the late W. K. Soutter
in the size of his personal wardrobe. Mr.
Boutter was known to have had eighty
overcoats. New York Sun.
