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About The Sioux County journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1888-1899 | View Entire Issue (July 14, 1898)
ttlHDER A BAD SYblhji CT WHiOM THE PRODUCERS ARE ROBBED. Majority of People Are Not Enjoying assailable Keturne from Their La Wud Genuine Prosperity la Yet lawa Way Off. ' Bold Pabllc Men Reeponnlb'e. Tke power of this Government was laaendetl to be vested in the people. Taw will of the people was Intended a be the supreme law, when expressed. It la believed by the founders of the SJarernment that the people would iT sufficient Intelligence to divine Interests anil enough courage to , nd their protection and advance- te In the earlier years of the coun ty, public men sought, by close obser vation atul aturir t urdi- rhonHi.a tn be made Issues, by which the interests mt the people would be advanced; and fee who succeeded best In bringing -Sank these practical theories and carry-, Bbj; fht'm to successful consummation the ideal public servant, and was middled la office, because of bis fidel- I sty and loyalty to the interests of the laeopiu. , Aii the progress made by this Oavernment was secured during the iwralence of that system. It Is a remarkable fact that the In terests of the majority of the people aaa luuger euvoke or bring forth plans ato their elevation and welfare. This caauitr- has less attention paid to the ' ut -a of the people than any In the world. It has become a reproach upon ay man to be a champion of the in terest of the masses. He is called an ajtarijin, a socialist, communist or atnarcbist. " "b people still have the power, but they -do not or cannot use It Two- echo belong to a party and blindly fol Utvr 1 leaders. Partyi-sin has become i sore practical and business-like, as to the party, and less so as to the people, i Hn .first desideratum of a party as i tea "been practiced by the - two old aemies. Is to get a campaign fund. In vjrder to do this It must make pledges Mad enter into obligations which must ac carried out iu case of sjcccss. In this way an administration is sold In imjr. It is pledged to interests ad verse to the people In order to get a trsuBjKilgn fund to pay speakers and awwwpapers to mislead and deceive A majority of the people bave not enjoyed any modhjeum of prosperity Cor five years. There is little prospect mt tbelr enjoying much more for the wxt five years. The agriculturists produce large crops and the mines jrblil Immense products, but those who wlu'c this wealth secure only a bare attVwistence." Why is this? It is a rec-1 aa-uizHt fact that If a man wants, to feeeoaie Independent, ' he will seek nthi.r fil f f,,r tils enertrv and in- atestrtes. ' This Is not the place. Fie produces does not get the product mt hia labor. When It strides the mar r tlie first man who strikes It rets ajrtttth as much profit as the ian who produced It: and it goes on down the line to the last hands with each mof securing five times as much profit, relatively,, as the man who produced K. These inequalities are caused by 'txcslness sense and management, which an these other people display, through Organization and all other assistants, arhH-fc the producer scorns. But even khc account of this reason la unsatis factory. There Is something more. Sys tem are organized to assure this re aMtt. These systems embrace and em bod; all the factors In the problem, -Willi their ratio or proportion of bene t which have become so fixed that it is almost impossible to change them. wrtn1nlv never to be changed w bile so Mtte effort and so little organization are combined for their overthrow. If "t,he laborer Is worthy of his hire." certain 1t is that the producer Is worthy mt the. best, and largest proportion of afce benefit realized in the use of his product; but such Is not the case, and It v".ms a very long way ahead in the fnlare Uefore it will be vouchsafed to mim. But If public men were held to a naxirier accountability for their tnan mgnmmt'dt the public Interest, It would e a trreat stride toward a return of CtwraMr conditions for the producers and liilKirers. but that la what It seems asapnealble to impress or to secure any -tamrlble and earnest effort to secure. Mure of one causes failure of the .New Road.' The Gold Standard in India. Tire herculean task of establishing gold standard In India has not yet accomplished snd the difficulties mt It accomplishment have caused fJstrl George Hamilton to appoint a ajpri isl committee to devise ways snd ssatsnn to procure gold to place India mm m. gold basts. Tbe appointment of tte exiimnlttee has aroused a most Im- : discussion to England. Flnnn- i all parties complain of the lltn- Inqary eatrmtoi to tbe comrait . They contend that the Inquiry be broad enough to take Into atlon tbe, propriety of any at- ; Wbateret to reach the fold Jtard I , mma amo tae expaaiencr or again the saints of India to tbe free mt sllrer. Mr Robert Giffen, f tbe fold sundard party srartd, Unnedlately after the ap- mt the committee pnbnahed In tbt Loodoa Time on tbe tZJtmt U? bavt, la woaiOoa to tbe rk pn99t& M tawl Hamilton. etrS3 mtmm Mafi to Mai hat the 'T t ,Xm foOBWtBf fJUMtlOlM :Cs CstmH to tte wtsriM to tbe -.A.s"38l t g toaa ftiMK aysars t ir a p i'1 tPfl,1r! end ( ''! " " really practicable ia the ial circum stance of India, a point mi which there cauuot but be the greatest doubt. The London Economist and the Ixtn don Statist, In elaborate edmrinls. con curred In the view expressed by Mr. Giffen, and protested In the strongest possible terms against the effort at the present t'me to attempt to put India op a gold basis. Space will not ernilt the reproduction of these clalHiratc argu ments. It Is sufficient to say tlint It is the opinion of all gold standard econo mists that gold cannot be obtained to put India on a gld basis without great detriment to the finances of the mother country and irreparable Injury and dis aster to the business of India. If these financial authorities had examined the questions with as much anxiety and care twenty-five years ago the United States and Europe would not be suffer ing the Intolerable evils of the gold standard. The war between bimetallism and the gold standard Is the war between pros perity and decay. Modern civilization Is not ripe for decay. The realization of the horrors of the gold standard for In dia by the leading monometuHl.sts of Great Britain is light la the East. where darkness appeared impenetra ble. The position of the gohl nionoun-t alllsts that the single gold wtnndard in all countries and In every clime Is an unalloyed blessing is abandoned In the case of India. The admission that It will curse India must encourage bimet allisms throughout the world and con found the advocates of the Infalli bility of the gold monopoly. Jefferoon on "The Banking: Mania." On Oct. 13, 1615, Just after our second war with England, that ripe old schol ar, philosopher and statesman, Thomas Jefferson, wrote to Gallatin as follows: We are undone, my dear sir, if this banking mania be not uppressed. The war, had it proceeded, would have upset our government; and a new one, when- ever tried, will do it. And so it must be while our money, the nerve of war, is much or littie, real or imaginary, as our bitterest enemies choose to make it. Tut " "". " country coiuu not be carried through the longest war against her nwist powerful enemy without ever kuowiug tbe want of a dollar, with out dciencling upon the traitorous dames of her citizens, without bearing hard on the resour-es of the people, loading the public with an indefinite burden of debt, 1 know nothing of my countrymen. Not by any novel project, but by ordinary and well experienced means; by the total pro hibition of all private paper at all times, by reasonable taxes in war, aided by the necessary emission of public paper of cir ouiatlon. What: Jefferson teaching populism? Yes; and Lincoln taught, and as far ut he was able to put In practice, this iden tical doctrine so clearly and forcibly promulgated by Jefferson. Lincoln at first Issued JkiO.000,000 of full gal ten der demand notes. These notes would pay every debt, public and private, that gold and silver money would pay, and for that reason they remained on par with gold and silver money so long as any of them were allowed to remain in circulation. But the bankers, who had been accustomed to Issuing their on a paper to supply the ever existing deli ciency of gold and silver money, seeing that If the Government Issued its owl paper money their occupation would be gone, went to Washington In force ano "held up" old Abe, comtelled "except" to be placed on the greenbacks In order to depreciate then, compelled the Issue of bonds, and that they be allowed to Issue their corporation paper, euphoni ously called "national" bank money. Lincoln and Chase were forced to corn promise with the robbers of the North. Thus was Wall street bought off; the union was permitted to exist ou condi tion that U'all street be allowed to per petually rob labor of ft reward, and to draw to Its traitorous coffers all the wealth of the ?nd. Now another war Is on. Wall street wants the nation's paer money sup pressed, and bonds issued as a "basis" for the increus,- of their bank paper (their "play-like" money), and taxes raised high enough to enable that den of "traitorous classes," as Jefferson calls them, to consume the balance of the widow's bouses. Toptillsta oppose this, saying: We need no bonds or In crease In taxes, but an Increase instead of the nation's full legal tender pajer money. For tnis some tuoiigijtiess peo ple call them "cranks, "visionaries" and "anarchists." Oh! you little 7xU lawyers, doctors, "professors," bankers stool-pigeons' and other smart Alecks who can use these phrases so glibly, go read the teachings of Jefferson and Lincoln and Franklin, read the eco nomic history of nations, and see how you have been chuckling over your own Ignorance and stupidity. Chicago Ex press. A I)efnlte'l Contract. In the fall of 180 the money syndi cate secured a contract. They got the contract by an Infamous Juggle. That contract was to restore the ImKdtrlaJ and commercial prosperity of this na tion. The people accepted their prom ise and commissioned them to do It, and tbey gleefully undertook tbe task. The great American democracy has all the while stood ready to join In the chorus of triumph whenever tbe hypocritical oligarchy shall carry out its pledges This day we patien'Jy await the fulfill tnnt. Gentlemen of the goldlte conspiracy, carry out yonr contract. Open the gates of peace, come on with your pros perity, and yon shall hare our cheers and a long lease of power, But if yon da not tbe day of reckoning Is at band -John Clark Rldpath, In Arena. Weeae thaa M larepreeentatloa. Tbn ought to be an Injunction got ten aa-alnirt tbe goldocrata designating thotr Infamoos schemes of wholesale eottfiacaUoa of the property of tbe peo pit an "reform." Tbey hellers In re form at the Aeril baUerea la holy watofrjaAisii cam n-t LAV f lH bunN vm uaT. Westerner Admitted He Jad to Take Vee fro-. Both ride. J Among the early-day settlers of J nmim uouniy was Attorney 'lxupii Corn, who has leeu dead, for a score of years. Corn was a splendid lawyer, but almost a failure ia the practice. He knew no more the value of money than a child. He loved hla family, and so long as they were happy and contented he was beyond the reach of care, lie was bubbling over with humor and simply could not lie serious for a mo ment. He was willing to lose a case at any time rather than forego the pleas ure of amusing bis friends with a wit ticism. Mr. Corn once ran for County Attor-ti'-y and held J!ut debates with his op ponent. At one of their meetings this opponent hinted brcwidly at one of Mr. Corn's weakuesnes as follows: "If any man here to-night can say I ever took fees on IkhIi sides of a case, like some one I could name, let him now staad up and say so. If anyone can say I ever swindled a client, or that I have ever leen guilty of a dlshouest action, let him now say so." Then came Mr. Corn's turn, and he responded a follows: "It Is perhaps true that I have taken fees on both sides of a case, and It is a source of great regret that wfr.ie other lawyer cloce not move luto the county, so 1 won't have to attend to both sides. Gentlemen, it may also be trne that you know something of me that wonl I not sound well If told. If such is the case, I want to say that you will do me a kindness to keep quiet about it until after the election Is, over." This view of the situation so struck the humor of the voters that Mr. Corn carried the township by a practically unanimous vote. "On one occasion," says Judge Pickler, "two men came into Corn's office and had him make out a chattel mortgage, and then the old question arose as to who should pay for it One said: 'You get the mortgage and should pay for what you get' The other said: "You was to gWe the mort gage. How could jou deliver it before it was executed? Finally one said: Tret's settle it according to cus tom. I will abide by It If you will,' and, both agreeing, they left it to Corn to say what the custom was. 'Dolph scratched his head, but finally ruefully said: 'Well, I don't exactly like that. So far as I am concerned I don't like customers to abide by cus tom, for the custom is that whenever two fellows want a chattel mortgage drawn they come In here, and when the work Is done they usually get Into a quarrel as to who should pay and go off without anyone paying for it' " Kansas City Journal. tie liodo with 11. King. A few days ago, says one of the South German papers, a soldier was returning to the barracks of Ludwigs bttrg (Wurteinlierg) from an excursion to the suburbs. It was near the time for evening drill, and he was In fear of being late. Suddenly a small vehicle-, driven by a nuin In civilian's clothes, appeared. 'May I not take the vacant seat at your side, sirH asked the soldier. "1 am late for drill." "I'll be glad of your company," came the reply. The trooper took the seat. A few minutes later, looking at his watch, be grew pale. "Pardon me," he went on, "but might I ask you to drive faster? I licve great fear of my captain, who is a strict dis ciplinarian. If I am a minute late he will put me in tbe guardhouse." "To what barracks do you belong?" "The K barracks." "Very well; e shall arrive in time." The driver whipped up his team and In a short time drew up before the gate of the barracks. "Thank you, sir," said the soldier, in descending. While the son of .Mars was still bow ing his acknowledgments the officer ou duty at the armory had ordered tbe guard to present arms, Tbe driver of the vehicle was the King of Wurtem berg. Kansas City Journal. Sparrows Kill a Polecat. "You have often heard of the ferocity of bird, no doubt," said William An derson, a hardy orid woodmnan, who lives on the lower Ohio, "but I doulrt If you ever beard of birds attacking and killing an animal that one would Imagine could whip three or four fierce curs. While hunting down In the f ? near the mouth of Green River several year ago I saw a large and fierce skunk beat an Ignominious retreat af ter trying in vain to best several En glish sparrows and later, when the skunk had screwed bb courage up to tbe sticking point again, I saw those same Inslgiificatit-VRiklng Utile birds tear the animal to shreds. When my attention was first attracted tbe spar rows were flying from one side of tbe thicket to tfiie other, twittering like mad. When I wen to learn the cause the skunk, badly frigtitcned, was dodg ing from one side to tbe other of a log, trying to escape tbe savage attacks of the feathered tribe. Tbe birds didn't mind me, but kept dashing tbelr little billa Into tbe skunk's wHI punctured hide. When the skunk started across an open apace to the cover of nearby driftwood Ms tormentors pounced npon him and riddled the poor cat's hide." Louisville Poet Willow altar la Kb rope. Europeans cultivate willow alongside of wheat. France leada, and Germany and Holland stand high In willow cul ture. In Germs ny there are forty thou sand persons engaged In making willow baskets, and fifty thousand acres of land in used In growing the willow for them. Tbe culture of th wIHow la tbe simple thing In the way of cropping. A twig stock Into the motet ground la all that la required. Nature doea the raat For 1m basket vork Soil aayr uuum i8 ine q --t-eu of uiiiowa, ailbuufcu Snllx purpurea and vlmlualls are also extensively used. In France tbe willow grower does not bestitate to plant good wheat lauds ia willow. In regions where lumber is scarce baskets replace cases, boxes and trunks. In the region of La Tremblade and Arcacbon there are large plantations of willows and factories for the manufacture of rough baskets In which to ship their famous oysters. It is In the Low Countries the willow is used most. It serves for bas kets of all kinds, fences, cattle racks, wagon tops, trunks, boxes, and even thi signals along the river are painted wil low wickerwork. From Us wood they make (heir indispensable sabots, or wooden shoes. It serve still a nut he! purpose; when planted alongside their uiiity dikes. It holds tbem lu place and It constantly catches the sedlmeut, in creasing the d-plh and fertility of tin soil. The beneficial effects of. willows along the banks of streams and rivers cannot le verestiniated. The fcrtilt solls washed den u from the farm lands, instead of flowing into the sen are caught by the willows along tbt shore. In that way stn-atus are narrow ed and consequently deepened. Away up Iu thu mountains In Trance, where, owing to deforestation, the streams rtiHh with much destructivencss down the steep mountain sides, they wind willow twigs iu the sli.ipe of a ham tntx-k and Uirow it ai-russ the stream These twigs soon sprout, take hold of the soil and force tbt stream to move lo a zigzag way. M. Leon Iaudefs study of his f.ith er's life and works has begun to appear lu the Itcvue de Paris. "Captains Courageous" Is rated a.c one of the most sucessfttl of K'pllng'e works, from the publisher's standpoint. It is now In Its thirtieth tlioinand. Breutano's will kmhi publish the fin' English translations of two of the mosi notable works lu French literature Stendahl's "Ie Rouge et le Noir" Ucd and Black), and Anntole France's "Li Rouge" (The Red Lllyi. In honor of the filth birthday of Count Leo Tolstoi, which falls on Aug 2S (O. 8.1, the town authorities of fn- cow intend establishing an elementary school which is to bear his name. Own Tolstoi will celebrate at the same tltm the fiftieth anniversary of bbt literary activity. Literature understands that Ir. Co nan Doyle Is busily envied ou n rtra inatlc version f "Sherlock Holmes,' which Is destined for production at tbt Lyceum Theater, with Sir Henry Ir ving in the part of the great detective. The play will not adhere rigidly to tb lines familiar to readers of the stories The most magnificent work of kind ever published Is the lotig-awalted "Life of Our Lord Jesms Christ," by James Tlssot. the great French artist which has appeared in Purls and ln don. It contains over 300 illtiitratiius many of tbem In colors made by M Tissot during a long sojourn in the hol,i land. Tbe Lngllsh edition costs about f35, and the French, which Is even uiort magnificent, costs over jf'H)i. Mr. Cladstoue bas Invented and ex celleut thing for the library half screen, half book-case. It Is described as holding "the maximum of books In the minimum of space." It Is made of ligbt wood enameled white, has shelve in front for holding -iX books, and tin back Is covered with tapestry like ar ordinary screen. It Is easily movabl. and is exceedingly useful In limltei! quarters. A traveler In Japau scaks of tin poor pay of Japanese authors. The rati paid to uauve noveluu occupy ;ug lu. highest rank lies between the max! mum of 1 yea (-13 cents) and the mini mum of 4i) or 50 sen per puge. contain lag 4tX! characters. As It takes loo seti to make 1 yen the reader ne-d not In told that the pay Is poor, and so are tin authors. The foregoing prices, n-ar in mind, are paid to the authors of the highest class only. What those not In the front rank rcelve it would lie hard to determine without the aid of a mw erful magnifying glass. At the average rate they are paid, they would Imve to write 100 iMiges, or 40,000 characters, to get a monthly Income of GO yen, which Is something less than f25. L'veu on this, the writer says, ft would be "hard ly possible to live In comfort" Water in Jerusalem. Tbe scheme to bring pure water lnl Jerusuhan has been wlnindoncd. "A aU visitor know," says tlie Jewish Chronicle, "the iirimbHanta of that city, of every creed ami nationality, and par ticularly the poorw residents, suffer untold hardMhlps In conei nonce of the scarcMy of drinking water. At tlie preaent time they depend prlncrjially upon the supply. collected in cisterns from the rains Which fall during the rainy season from Dewmber to March. Some of the water flows, In the fir place, tbrotigb tbe streets of Jerusa lem, berfore reaching tbe tanks, which are above the bouae. Thence K trickles down into uodenrrourvd rbttenw, wi en It stagnates and breeds all aorta of In sect and IntpurHlen. And thla ia what the majority of tine people hare tc drink! Even If filtered aod boiled It would scarcely be safe to Imbibe suvt stuff. And by the end of Juno ever this supply la often exhausted." A Large Re Beth Leonard, of "hutosbury, Man, reports a specimen of hen fruit OH Inches the larger way and 0ft tU mailer, that ho fooud reoafM' la taahotwa. SMOCK MARRIAGfcS Irs MAINE. Aa Aamalaa Caatoaa Which Waa la VogBe a Ceo lory A an. A Bangor lawyer attending court In tbe ancient town of Wlscasset went rummaging recently in the colonial court records of the place, and in the course of bis reading ran across tbe official registration of a "smock mar riage," Not knowing what sort of mar riage that was, he looked further, and got considerable light upon a custom that jwevalled In England a century or two ago, and also to some extent in the American colonies. Smock . marriages were weddings where tbe bride appeared dressed In a white sheet or chemise. The reason of such a garb was the U-llef that If a man married a woman wht; was In debt he could be held liable for her Indebted ness If he received her with any of her property; and, also, that if a woman married a man who was in delrt his creditors could not take her property to satisfy their claims If he received nothing from her. In Kniiatid, says an antiquarian, there was at least one case where the bride was clothed purls nat unilibus whllp the ceremony was being performed In rhe great church at Hlr mingham. The minister at first refused to perform the ceremony, but finding nothing in tbe rubric ih.tt would excuse him from exercising his functions he married the pair. To carry out the law fully, as the peo ple understand K, the ceremony should always have been performed as it was In the Blrmlugham church. But. mod esty forbidding, various expedients were used to accomplish tbe desired mrpose and yet avoid the undesiraWe features. Sometimes the bride stood In a closet and put her hand through a hole in the door; sometimes she stood behind a cloth screen and put her hand out at one side; again, she wound about her a white sheet furnished for the pur pose by the bridegroom, and sometimes she Mood, in bc-r chemise, or smock. Eventually, in Essex County at least, all Immodesty was avoided by the bridegroom's furnishing to the bride all the clothes she wore, retaining title to the same In himself. This he did In tbe presence of witnesses, that he might prove tbe fact In cite be was sued for any debts she might have contracted. A marriage of this kind oc.nrred at Bradford in 17:13, and the following Is a true copy of the record of the wtine: "HRADFORI,' Iec. ye 24. 1":. This may certltle whomsoever It ni.ty concerne that James Bailey of Brad ford w-ho waa married to the widow Mary Bacon Nov. 22 lnt past by me ye gubserlber then declared that he took thp said person without anything of estate, and that LydLa the wife of Elia-7-t Burtatnk &. Mary the wife of Thomas Stlckney A Margaret the wife of Caleb Birrbunk all of Bradford were witnesses that tlie clothes she then had on were of bis providing & bestowing upon her. WILLIAM BALCH, "Minister of ye (Jot-pel-" It Is noted by the same writer that in all cases of smock marriages that have come to his knowledge, the brides have been widows. It Is thought that during the reign of George III. there were many smock marriages In Maine, then a part of the n-ovlnce of Massachusetts Bay-chiefly in Lincoln and York counties, or in tbe territory which Is now so known. There Is nothing to show that the practice outlived the revolution. In Maine, up to 1832, a husband was liable for debts of his wife contracted before marriage, and no such subterfuge as the smock marriage could relieve him. Chicago Inter Ocean. An Original Order. An order came to a wholesale bard ware house one day last week. That is, It waa presumably an order, for it waa written under a business beading and bad all the general appear ances. The employe who opened the letter studied It and said it beat anything be had seen up to date. He sent it to a member of tbe firm, who read It and threw np both hands. Since then be bas been showing It to his friends. It was written by a rural dealer, and Is as follows: "Gentlemen Please send me at once two long-handled shovels, one dozen slxteen-inch hinge and two kegs of tenpenny nails. Yours truly, "JOHN ROBINSON. "P, B. My son tells me we bave plen ty of above, so yon need not send. J. R." Chicago Tribune. When Ton Write to thn Queen. The paper on which letters to Queen Victoria are written must not be folded. No communication which liears evi dence of baring been creased will ever fall into her Majesty's own bands. The proper method Is to write on thick, glossy white paper and to dispatch the missive in an envelope which flu It. Any folded communication never reach es the Quaes, for tbe simple reason that she never looks at It. All such letters s re opened by tbe Mistress of the Robes, and as a rule tbelr contents nev er get beyond her, or. If the letter Is of Importance, It la returned to tbe wrltr with the directions bow to forward It Exchange. A Mring Cariosity. No-wa-sbe Jack Pots, an old Indian, who reside wtth his four squnws on Snake Greek. In the Creek Nation, Is one of the greataat living curiosities In thla country. He Is said to be 100 years old, but, Judging from the differ ent errata which ha dalins happened within a lifetime, ha must bo even old er. The moat remarkable feature about No-wa-sbe la that be has already lost two seta of teeth and now has grown a third set compter. Hla hair la Jet black, with no signs of tuning gray; hla step Is Arm and bearing erect; he baa burled twenty 4 wo wives and la now living with four. B waa originally a Dela ware bat was oaptnred by the Apaches a MasBir of run fin hum mi looted by the Mt gees when a middle-aged man and ban lieen regarded ss the oldest man In the trll for the past thirty years. No-wa-ue is treated with tbe greatest rever ence by the memtiers of tbe tribe, who regard him as a superior being, and the crafty old fellow doesn't hesitate to take advantage of their superstitions by accepting all their favors they feel disposed to In-stow upon him. Cuahing (Col.) Herald. Roentgen rays have been found to act on vegetation like very weak light In experiments by Signor (5. Tolemel. Surveying by photography Is gaining ground. Over 30.oit square miles bave bi-en photographically plotted and sur veyed by the surveyor general of Can ada. Prof. Ixdbear says that wbat is called stupidity Is simply the indication that a certain brain area is nt properly nourished or is without communication with the nerve fiber. Ir. Von Welslwch, Inventor of the In candescent gas burner now very much In vogue, lias recently taken out pat ents on an electric lamp working on a similar plan, lie is an Austrian chem ist. Among recent inventions specially In teresting to those who sail the sea ia a device for launching boata from the davits of a ship without loss 'of time, and in such a manner that the boat U certain to reach tbe water on an even keel. With this device, which has been tested at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, one man can easily raise, or lower, a boat weighing four tons. W. Savllle Kent, the naturalist, who has made snapshot photographs of the curious little creature called tbe frilled lizard In the act of running on two legs, suggests that It Is only necessary to magnify the animal to a gigantic size, in order to Bee how tbe Immense "dino saurs." whose remains are among the wonders of geological museums, looked when they lived on fbu earth. The frill ed lizard when running on wet sand makes three-toed Impressions resem bling In shape the tracks of some of the monsters of Mesozolc time. The coldest Inhabited country ap pears to Ihj the provliice of Wercbo- , Jansk, lu Oriental Kllieria, says the Na tional iJrngglst. The mean altltnde of the terrain Is about 107 wetres -faltout 31 feet) above the sea. A Russian sa vant passed one entire year In this In hospitable region, and kept a dally rec ord of the tcmticrature. which he has riK-ently published, and from which it appears that tbe deally mean of the en tire year Is 1S).3 degrees 0., or 2.71 de grees F below aero! The daily mean for January, 1S9A, was 33 degrees C, or CT5.4 degrees F., below aero.'. The toad does not take dead or mo tionless food. Only living and moving Insects, centipedi-s. etc., are devoured, while worms or other larvae disturbed by tbelr hopping are safe so long as they remain curled up; hut as soon as they move they are captured. The toad's tongue, its only organ for seizing food, Is soft, extensile, attached In front but free behind, and Is covered with a glutinous substance that adlieri-s firmly to fhe food seized. So rapid Is tbe motion of this weapon that a care ful watch Is necessary In order to sea the animal feed. Trof. John Trowbridge has been mak ing some most interesting investiga tions in high tension electricity, using only a very high voltage storage bat tery and a system of condensers. Tlie apparatus gave a four-foot spark. Noth ing could Insulate If; not even a vacuum tube. It proved satisfactorily the futil ity of endeavorii-i ?n l.-ntt.vtc a llgh-nlng-rod. The great spark represented over a million of volts' tension. For a llgbtnlng-flash a mile long this ratio would give something like a thousand million of volts. The experiments are of special Interest, as the absence of an Induction coll enables tbe voltage to be more accurately estimated. Holty-Tolty. Seldcn In his "Table Talk" writes: "In Queen Elizabeth's time gravity and state were kept up. In King James' time things were pretty well. But In King Charles' time there has been noth ing but French more and the cushion dance, omulutii gatherum, tolly-polly, bolte-cometolte.' This phrase in modern French Is haut com me tolt. The late Dr. Brewer, In his "Diction ary of Phrase and Fable," says: "The inimt probable derivation I know is this: What we call 'hoity-toity,' holty ln-ltig connected with bolt (to leap n pi. our 'high, 'bight,' and tolty being 't'other holt,' I. e first one side holts, then the other side." Notes and Quer ies. Ostriches Hooded atplaoklng Time. When the ostrich Is to be divested of Its plumage a long hood is placed over lu head, and It Is then confined In a railed Inclosure about three feet square. The birds rarely show fight Alamlnlum Helmet. Helmets made of aluminum, to be covered with waterproof cloth of vari ous colors, according to the branch of tlie service wearing It, are aboat to ba adopted In the French army. Cartons Proreasloa la Chlaa. In China the detsctioB of falsa eolns I a skillful, prospsroos profsaaaea, known aa "shroffing," aai la taofht a special schools. Power Is powarisas as. conscious of your aCtsJ. a an