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An old Bcotch Horvant attached to the honsohoM of the famous Britiah loxiciati, Sir William Hamilton, was as Inml of hi master's fame as if it had been his own, and, having picked up a few of Sir William's technical words and phrases, brought them into play on every xosnible occasion. - One day a gentleman who was fond of drawing out old John for the amuse ment of the company said to him, with an engaging air: "I Kuiiose, John, now that you've lived bo long with such a great reasoner as Sir William, j-ou pxo quite able to conduct an argument yourself?" "Weel, I wiuna say sae muckle as that," replied tVe old Scotchman, with the modesty of true genius, "but if I canmi conduct an airgyment, I'm think in I could draw an inference." "Could you? Let us see, then? There's an Eastern proverb, you know, about the wild ass snuffing up the east wind. Now what inference would you draw from that?" For a moment old John looked non plussed, as well he might, and then a gleam of sly humor twinkled in the cor ner of his dark gray eye, and ho an swered, with a grim chuckle: "Aweel, tho inference that I wad draw from that wad be that he might Fnuff a lang time before ho grew fat!" David Ker in IIarier's. Polly Saved tho Valuables. We had moved into a newly built house, which had all tho modern im provements, the electric bell being one of them. ft was a cold winter's night. Mr. and Mrs. J. were traveling in Europe and the servants were all gathered about the kitchen fire. Polly was also near the fire, but in the dining room, which was up stairs. She used to see our mistress ring the bell for tho servants to enter, and, like a edever bird, studied on this for a long while. On this night Polly was all alone, when suddenly the door opened and two men entered. Tho room being dark they could not see the bird and legan searching for valuables, for they were burglars. Polly now proved her worth. She put out her claw and pressed the button of the electric lell. It brought the servants to the dining room, where, after a short struggle, they secured the burglars, who were about to make way with much of the valuable silver in the dining room. Polly was fed on dainties for some time as a reward for her valuable as sistance. Cor. New York Recorder. An 011 Buccaneer. "I recently met a survivor of Pirate Lafitte's band of freebooters," said Thomas flames, once a lieutenant in the United States navy. "He was a tough looking specimen, and must have been well past eight3 years of age, for it is more than sixty years since Lafitte had his headquarters on Galveston island and preyed upon the commerce of the Gulf. The relic of those half forgotten times was an inmate of a Jersey City charitable institution and was not much inclined to discuss bj-gones. He said, however, that Lafitte was a very hand some Frenchman more than six feet in height, well made and possessed of won derful talents as a commander. He ruled the toughest lot of men ever con gregated on one island as though they were a nock of lamb3. Occasionally , a lawless spirit would rebel, however, but his days thenceforth were brief and full of trouble. Every woman who came in contact with Lafitte fell in love with him, and he was as safe among his fe male friends in Xew Orleans as on Gal veston island surrounded by his armed buccaneers." St. Louis Globe-Demo crat. Production of Portland Cement. Mr. Giron read before the Engineer's club at Philadelphia a paper on the trade of the world in Portland cement, in the courso of which he said that the present annual production in Europe amounts to over 20,000,000 barrels and its commer cial value to over 7.200,000. The first factory was established at Northfleet, on the Thames. The process was so crude that in 1830 only four factories were in operation. In England there is now over o.juu.uuu barrels made each year. The process is much the same as it was twenty years ago. The raw materials are chalk and claj', both pure, and al though inferior processes are employed they make satisfactory cement. A few years ago the entire product of the kilns was put on the market, but the fineness of the Continental cements led English makers to improve their pro cesses, although even now English ce ment is not as a rule as firm as Geneva or French Portland. New York Even ing Sun. Photographic Paper. Photographers were obliged until re cently to import from Germany the pa per used in their work, our own manu facturers being unable to assemble the necessary conditions of material water and workmanship for the production of paper suitable for silver printing. A process has now been perfected in this country whereby a very ordinary paier is coated with a thin surface of sulphate of barytes and answers admi rably for photographic use, bringing out in the finished picture a wealth of de tail formerly unknown in the art, it be ing lost m the texture of the paper em ployed. L;ineering Magazine. A Clever Itit of Workmanship. In a museum of curiosities at Salem, Mass., there is preserved a common cherry seed or stone hollowed and fash ioned like a basket. Within the basket are twelve tiny silver spoons, the shape and finish of which cannot be distin guished with the naked eye. The name of the artist who constructed this little wonder has been lost, but the actual ex istence of the thing itself will not bo questioned by any one from the old witch headquarters of the Bay State. Chicago Herald. Aged at Nineteen Years. An important bit of local history has been discovered at Siil.m in connection with a tombstone in the old Charter street burying ground. In. the utter most corner of . this ground U a atone bearing this inscription: "Mr. Natlmu Mather died October ye 17th, 1CH8. An uged lerHOU that had seen but nineteen winters in this world." The meaning of this peculiar inscrip tion has long been a matter for conjec ture among local historians. In hia "American Notebooks," Nathaniel Haw thorne refers to it and naj's: " An aged man at nineteen years,' eaitb the grave stone. It aff ectd me deeply . when I cleared away the grass from the half buried stone and read the name." The mystery has been solved by the discovery in the Essex institute of a book entitled, "The Genealogy of the Mather Family." By this book it ap jiears that Nathaniel Mather was born July 0, 1CC9, and was a brother of Cotton Mather and a son of Increase Mather. At the age of twelve years he liad thoroughly fitted for college, and he was graduated from Harvard at the age of sixteen. At twelve he had read the Old Testament in Hebrew and tho new Tes tament in Greek, and was able to con verso familiarly in Latin. He was. dis tinguished not only for his complete mastery of languages, but for his attain ments in mathematics, philosophy, his tory, theology and rabbinical learning as well. At the time of his graduation he delivered an oration in Hebrew upon the state of learning among the Jews. Boston Journal. Where Columbus Got Ills Idea. Mediaeval Europe knew but very little of eastern and northeastern Asia. Man of the most learned cosmographers ot the time taught that Asia stretched east ward indefinitely, and no one imagined that it had an eastern coast washed by the ocean. It was seriously taught thai, eastern Asia was a land of vast swamps, inhabited by monster serpents and dragons. This was the opinion that still prevailed up to within 200 years of the time of Columbus. At this time two Venetian merchants by the name of Polo went on a vast trading expedition to the uttermost parts of Asia. They were gone many years. Upon their return the son of on? of them, a young man named Marco Polo, wrote out a full account of their travels, described the empire of the grand khan (the Chinese emperor) and revealed the fact that Asia was bounded on the east by a vast ocean. He de scribed this eastern coast minutely, with all its vast cities and its wealth of precious stones and spices. It was from reading this book that the imagination of Columbus was fired, and he conceived the bold conception of reaching this eastern coast of Asia by sailing toward the west around the earth. bo when he discovered Cuba he had not a doubt that he had landed upon the coast of Asia, and that he looked upon the same scenes that Marco Polo had gazed upon 200 years before. Yankee Blade. The Floating Weeds in the Atlantic, The gulf weed (Fucus natans) which with its litle round "berries," is not un like the mistletoe in form, but of brownish yellow color, has been thought to have lost its property of rooting on rocks and to have acquired the power of living afloat. It has even been sug gested that the sea marks the site of submerged continent, apparently the lost Atlantis. Dr. Krummel holds that the weed has simply been drifted to its present position by the Gulf stream and its affluents from the West Indian is lands and the Gulf of Mexico. It is now proved that the Gulf 6tream is not a single narrow "river of the ocean," as Maury poetically described it, but consists of a number of currents not only from the Mexican gulf, but the Antilles. The weed, according to Dr, Krummel, would take fifteen days to float as far north as the latitude of Cape Hatteras and five and a half months to reach the Azores. In the Sargasso sea it becomes heavy and sinks; but the sup ply is kept up by the Gulf stream. Lon don Globe. Advice for Young Journalists. a correspondent asics, "iow shall a young man proceed who desires to be come a reporter?" Let him apply to the city editor of the paper on which he hopes to get a job. If he can bring a short letter of introduc tion it will not hurt him; but he doesn't need any great wad of recommendations. He should know what he can do in the way of reading and writing English, be prepared to say how old he is, if he speaks German or French, or any other foreign language; if he is m good health, if he drinks; he doesn't want to be fresh, nor does he want to be a chump. He wants to get rid of the idea that the paper needs him, but wants to impress it on the city editor (not by talking, however) that he is a good man, and that if he has had no experience he will nevertheless learn. Some papers prefer green men; they don't have to unlearn so ltuch. New York Sun. Long Services in Wales. In Wales the Sunday evening services generally last two hours. Now there can be little doubt that a service lasting two hours on a summer evening is con sidered too long by working men and women who have been hard at work six days running. If our chapels are to re tain their hold, especially in English towns, the services must be made shorter. 1 have seen an advertisement from which it appeared that in one Non conformist chapel the services are "brief. bright, brotherly." But that was not in Wales. Liverpool Mercury. Left Luggage. Irate passenger, as train is moving off Why didn't you put my luggage in as I told you? Porter Eh, mon: yer luggage is no sic a fule as yersel'. Ye're i' the wrac train! London Tit-Bits. Capttaiu !. Mlver. Eveiyl)ody who took a trip on the Missouri a dozen or twenty years ago rememberi) Captain Dave Silver, one of the handsomest men that ever guided the. destinies of those old timers. Cap tain Silver is still alive ho is some where in the south, I think. But wher ever he is. ho is still the courtly, stately figure that ns'sd to stand forward and bow tevthe passengers leaving the boat at Jefferson City, frit. Joe, Omaha or Kansas City Westiwrt Landing it was then. They aljknew young, handsome Dave Silver they all liked to ride on bis boat. It was tho Lucas, I think, one of the fastest that ever rode the river. She wore the champion's deer horns on the pilot house for years. It was hard on Captain Silver for all of the floating palaces to pass out of the river forever, but be had another mis fortune. He had a brother. How he lovwdhimt They were inseparable. One day they were standing near tho rail of a big boat just as she was pushing off. The brother leaned forward a bit, the rail broke, and before Captain Dave could catch him the man had fallen into the water. The boat swung around at that instant and poor Silver was dragged nnder the wheel. "It's Joe!" gasped Captain Dave. That was all be said. He had seen his broth er go under the vicious paddles, and he fell into a partial faint. That was one of the reasons that this tall, handsome man, with the elegant manner and gray hair and beard, left the Missouri for the low banked streams of the far south. Detroit Free Press. Anroras Forty Miles High The scientists of the Royal Danish academy have made public the results of some interesting experiments, which were conducted for the sole purpose of ascertaining the exact, or at any rate the approximate, height of the aurora borealis. At Godthaab M. Adam Paul sen, with two theodolites situated only four miles apart, found that the height of different auroral displays varied from one to forty miles! Near Cape Fare well, with a base line of three-fourths of a mile in length, the best calcula tions obtainable placed different aurora at from one to ten miles in height; at Spitzbergen it was shown that they range from a height of one-third of a mile to eighteen miles. In this case it will not prove uninter esting to mention some of the remark ble opinions entertained by the early ex periinentera in this line. Flogel esti mated the height of the various aurora, observed by him at from 90 to 310 mil js above the earth; Reimanu found tint one observed by him was at least 50U miles high, and Nordenskjold's earliei deductions gave such phenomena an av erage height of 125 miles. Then Leem strome came forward with the announce ment that he had taken notes and ob servations on an auroral display that was not separated from the earth by more than 1,000 feet, while Hildebrand son concurred to the extent of declaring that many of the displays were below the clouds. St. Louis Republic. Dr. Mackenzie's Kindness. Here is a story about Sir Morell Mac kenzie which gives a typical instance of his kindness to nonpaying patients. A wretched girl tried to commit sui cide by drinking carbolic acid. She in jured her throat fearfully, and in hospi tal came under the notice of Sir Moreli for a few weeks. She lingered on ( being , 4. 11 T r . . mortally injured ; ior niteen months, and when lying dying in her miserable home longed and longed to see ' her doc tor again. At last, persuaded by her entreaties, I said I would go to Harley street and ask him if he would visit her, though I could not reasonably hope for any success. "Can I help her?" he asked. "Not physically, but it would give her untold comfort." "All right, I'll go," and go he did that very evening, and, at the farthest verge of an east end slum, sat by the girl, suggested one or two simple alleviations, called her "my dear," and left her with two sovereigns squeezed up in her hand. She died next day, but she had seen "her doctor." London Tit-Bits. Appearances Are Deceptive. He looked every inch the hog, but ho wasn't. He sat inside a Cottage Grove avenue car, while two women and a man stood just iu front of him. One woman held on to a strap, while the other wabbled about in a manner very disconcerting to a man who was sitting. Glancing up uneasily he discovered the cause. The man who was standing was grasping two straps in one hand. The man who was sitting may have resembled the street car hog, but, as we have said, he wasn't, not by a long shot. Reaching up, he touched the man on the shoulder. "I beg pardon, but won't vou let this lady have one of those straps?" J. hen he drew his pet corn from under the seat and resigned himself to hia paper. Chicago News Record. A Growing Industry. Inventive ingenuity of the highest order is constantly at work to discover uses for paper, while the manufacturer and the inventor of papermaking ma chinery are straining every energy to improve the quality of the product, to cheapen production or to provide special grades for new uses. Judging from the still undiminished flood of inventions, it would appear that the industry ia yet in its miancy as compared with the influ ence it is destined to exert on the com fort, intelligence and advancement of the human race. Engineering Maga zine. A Word for the Plagiarist. The plagiarist, though an example of misdirected effort, may serve to illus trate how good can result from evil. He very often confers a benefit by discover ing some bit of wit or beauty that nearly everybody else has forgotten. The pla giarist who attracts attention must needs be a man of onsiderable literary discrimination. 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Fan Catholic St. Paul's Church, ak. between 3ur, mm aim nixm. rattier uatney, Pantor Services : Mass at 8 and 10 :30 a. m. Sunday Wi)tijl m O .'li. ..-Wft. 1 ' v7v.,ivjvy at c mill UtTllCUlCllUIJ. htll ler Christian- f'ornor Ini'imt iriirliti, (. m Services iiioriiinir and evening. Klder Galloway pastor. Sunday School 10 A. M. ' I. if rT a a w . tra- t ii,.io ...a. ra- a i a . aJ . ana ine. nev. n k. rimt-re. paxtor. Ser vices : 11 A. M. ar.d 7 ito P. M . Sunday ScJiooI Qt o .on 1. m German Methodist. Corner Sixth fit. audi. M Granite. P.ev. Hlrt. Paetor. Services : 11 A.M. ana 7 I" M. .Nunrlav Hr hnri! in -30 a f i. j - - nil , PbeshvtkkiaN'. Services In new church, cor ac ner Sixth and Granite st. liev. J. T. Haird. pastor. Sunday-school at 9 ; 30 ; Preaching-! at li a. m.vzia 8 D. m. inn The V. K. S. C. E of this church meets every a sauoatD evening at 7 :ia in me oasenient ol the chucrh. All are Invited to attend these meetings. en First Methodist. Sixth St.. betwen MaiiyS and Pearl. Kev. L. F. Britt. D. D. oastor.ay Services : 11 A. M.. 8 :(X) p. M. Sunday School Q -3n A . M. PrSLVir m-ttir.cr A riririair vn. Ine. " ' Iain German Prebbvtekian. Corner Main and Ninth. Kev. Wltte, pastor. Services usual 1 hours. Sunday School 9 :30 a. m. oite SwRPllKR PfiVflHtniTinKll T.nnll. rxt tween Fifth and Sixth. tt aell. Colored Baptist. Mt. Olive. Oak. betweer. Pl Tenth and Eleventh, Kev. A. KoKwellrpas tor. Services 11a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Prayei- meetine vt eauesaay evening. ert. Votrwo Men's Christian AH80ciATiow-JlaJ( Kooms in v merman block. Main street. Gos' pel meeting. lor meu only, every Sunday ai ternoon at 4 o'ciock. Kooms open week open week day. from 8:30 a. m.. lo 9:30 p. m- J y Bd South Park Tabernacle. Rev. J. M. . P Wood, Pastor. Services : Sunday Bcboo3,r aOa.m. : Preaching, 11a. m. and 8 p. an. prayer meeting Tuesday night; choir pra tice Friday night. All are welcome. i i t o I. 1 -a i i ras- ,r T r.i. t. oa: nATJl