HOW A BOY CAN MAKE A PUMP.
ir
amn.
Select a thick piece of bamboo about
Wcht Inches long and without joints:
tlean the inside carefully, making it
11 smooth ao possible. Hon? a niall
hole about two Inches from one end
to hold a smaller piece of ttamboo,
which is to form the spout. A hollow
piece of bamboo () somewhat thinner
than the pump barrel Is inserted Into
the lower end of the pump barrel; the
top of the barrel (ci Ik closed with u
piece of rubber that In fastened with
a small tack, and can lie moved up
nd down. The pumping rod I made
of a tbln stick of wood and another
short piece of bamboo 01). The short
piece of bamboo (dj Is closed on one
end by a piece of rubber similar to tbJ
lower part of the pump mentioned be
fore. This piece of bamboo Is fasten
ed to the stick of wood with the help
of con? aid putty, and miiht fit tight
ly Into be pump barrel. The pump
barrel will work satlfactorily if a
small quantity of water Is poured Into
the upper barrel to get it started.
BITTER ROT OF APPLES.
Damage to the Croi Katimtitetl at
9 1 0.OOO.OOO.
The Department of 'Agriculture lias
Issued as bulletin No. 44 of tiie Bureau
of Plant Industry a paper on the bitter
rot of apples, prepansl by Professor
Hermann von Sehreek, special agent
in charge of the 'Mississippi Valley
laboratory, and i'erley Spaulding, a
special agent of the department.
For the past four or five years the
bitter rot of apples has been the cause
of heavy losses to growers and hand
lers of this fruit. ' An stated in the.
department report for litOl, the presi
dent of the National Apple Shippers'
Association estimated that the damage
to the apple crup of the I'nlted States
in I'JOO from bitter rot was $10,niO,Ow.
In Rome orchards there was a total loss
of fruit: in others from one half to
two-thirds of the crop was destroyed.
The disease is especial j severe in the
Mississippi Valley and the States along
the Ohio River. At the request of nu
merous growers the Bureau of Plant
Industry undertook extensive Investi
gations to determine more definitely
the life history of the fungus causing
bitter rot, with the hope of discovering
a more effective method of holding It
in check. The report of this Investiga
tion contains a general account of t lie
history of the disease, a description
and life history of the fungus causing
it aud some facts which have been re
cently discovered In regard to the mode
of life of the parasite.
During the year 11X11 co-operative ex
periments were carried on with the
Illinois experiment station, but during
the lat season the work was conduct
ed independently by lioth tin station
and the department. Co-operative ex
periments on the control of this disease
were started the past year with the
Missouri fruit experiment station, and
will be continued with this station and
fruit growers In various apple sections
during the present season. Washlng
ton Star.
i n "hTsn aTi veTongu e.
Tha Horaa Unileratooit A tune When
It W Pimken In I'ortutrneae,
Ten or twelve years ago the presi-nt
Prince of Wnle visited Lisbon, He
;was then Prince George, "seeing the
world" aud having nil sorts of experi
ences, delightful and absurd. At Lis
ten a great review was held In his
honor.
During the passage of the army
tf'rince George's horse became unruly,
kind tho crowd, edging ncanr, made the
situation an uiM-omfotlahle one. The
prime spoke to his slis'd, at llr-t
gently and tlietifurelldy, but without
avail. Then lie gave up, ami i ii laiiin'd:
"oh, you poor brute! I suppose you
don't understand Ktiglish, and I can't
talk to you In Portugese."
The horse curveted again, and the
prince was nearly unseated. Then he
heard ft voice within a yard of hint
day, in perfect Ktiglish:
"Paid m me, your royal highness,
but perhaps I can bit of nme assist
ance." The prince lo ked around, and saw
youth In the black gown and shovel
)iat of an English, college. In his Mir.
jirise he exclaimed:
"And who are you'"
"I am an Englishman, studying hero
fit the English c dlege, your royal high-:
Jicm, and 1 thought If you wou'd allow
me to abuse your horse in Portuguese,,
It might quiet him, and Incidentally rc
Jlcve your royal hlghmss's fo -Iliii,' " I
They tried the plan, and It worked
admirably. The horse, bearing fl Ian-!
fuuge be knew, Imbibed a Tew Idea
from It. and concluded to profit by
Ihem.
Birth II I la Mic huM,
Tbe ulrtb rate among the foreign
born In Massachusetts la Arty two x
1,000; among tba native-born It l
DtMB.
A. thrifty bousswlfe caaft ttgnt
ttakf plcM out of ant spring culc.
Science
A new French life preserver is a
belt tilled with calcium carbide. It is
quickly iuiiated by acetylene on being
wet.
Great mountains on Venus are a sup
posed discovery of Herr Areudt, of
Fosen. These elevations appear to pro
ject through the clouds from time to
time, and the observations thus far
made tend to prove a rapid rotation iu
about twenty-four hours.
The magnetic pole In North western
America is supposed to have shifted
considerably since its discovery by
Kotis in 1831. Taking with hiw seven
companions . iu a small schooner,,
Amuudsen, the Norwegian explorer,
expects to make observations on the
present site of this pole from 1WKJ to
1895.
Adding fine sulphur to the dissolved
material, then heating, preferably with
pressure. Is found by Isldor Kitsee to
more than double the resistance of cel
lulose as an Insulator for electric
wires. Flexibility varies with the per
centage of sulphur, aud resistance to
acids ami moisture Is Increased.
In the Smithsonian report on scien
tific work for ISHrj Prof. Langley re
marks that when the bolometer wbn
Invented, some twenty years ago, It
was able to measure temperature to
about oiie-one-hundred-thousandth of a
degree. Since then the instrument aud
its udjuncts have been so fur Improved
that temperature cau now be meas
ured to less than one-oiie-hmulral mil
lionth of a degree readily and with
precision.
The Italian government is awaking
to the necessity of protecting what re
mains of its forests and to replanting
devastated areas. The most valuable
tree is the cork tree, which now
abounds most in Sicily and Sardinia,
the cork forests of Calabria having
been almost wholly destroyed fur char
coal. The present use of vast quanti
ties of cork in the manufacture of
linoleum and for shipbuilding empha
sizes the Importance of preserving and
extending the cork forests.' Spain also
possesses great cork forests, and a few
years ago the exportation of wine bot
tle corks from that country amounted
in value to So.ooO.ooo.
The weights of 1,17.'! human brains
have been collected by M. Marehamt,
of Marbourg. At birth the average
weight Is found to be !).8 ounces in
boys and i).D ounces In girls. At the
age of one year, 2 pounds 1.5 ounces
and 1 pound 11.5 ounces, respectively;
and at the end of three years the
weight lias trebled. Increase is then
slow. Full growth Is attained at nine
teen lo twenty years in men aud six
teen to eighteen In women, the mean
adult weight being 3 pounds 1 ounce
in males and 2 pounds lo ounces in
females. Loss by senile atrophy be
gins in man at about forty-eight years
aud In women at about seventy. Tur
geueff, the Russian author, had one of
the heaviest brains on record, weigh
ing 4.7 pounds; and Gnmbotta's,
scarcely 2.(1 pound, was one of the
UghtCBt.
The first "butterfly farm" is said to
have been established only a year' or
two ago by the English entomologist,
William Watkins, at Eastbourne, but
already several similar farms have
come Into existence in France. The
object is to rear rare genera of the
Bombycldae, the silkworm famify.
They have, by crossing, obtalued some
new varieties, which are sought after
by museums of natural history. They
are also endeavoring to acclimate in
France species of silkworms indigen
ous to other countries. The farms con
tain oaks, allanthus trees, pines, plum
trees, castor oil plants, and other
plants the leaves of which serve as
food for the caterpillars. Cocoons
are hatched oil branches protected by
game, and, for the sake of uniform
temperature, the Insects are often kept
In a room until after the first molting,
when they are placed on hushes In 1 lit
open air, and protected from birds
by coverings of muslin or tulle.
GLIMPSES OF MARY LAMB.
Willi Fomc Note Abmit Iter I'aiiions
Hrntlirr t'hnrlrx.
Through the Uindiii-ss of the Itev. G.
S. Diivies, of the Charterhouse, Godul
ming, hay t!ie London Bookman, we
are able to print the following very in
teresting poles oil f'harlcK Lamb:
My timCier was born In IHMi and
died at and must have been either1
the hist, or last but one, of the friends
of Charles Lamb. Lamb was a neigh
bor and a constant visitor at tho. house
of her mother, Mrs. Hume, wltf'ii she
will a girl, and to the day of her death
there was no name which ever seemed
to bring such n light Into her eyes.
It was a houseful of girls, In which he
seems to have been n delightful elder
brother, and Mary Lamb often n fairy
godmother. Miss Lamb so often ap
plied for n half holiday for the girls
on the ground that It was her birthday
"You know, Mrs. Hume, that today
la my birthday" that my giandmotb
er had to wiy; "Oh, Mary, you seem
1o have a great many birthdays;" but
I beneve tho appeal was Irresistible,
1 have heard my mother say that
when poor Mary I-nib used to feel the
(it coming on her she would any:
"Charles, you must take tu away."
And they had seen the same anil light
which aouie Olio else records of Charles
Lamb taking Ida sister to safekeeping.
My mother nald that Lamb waa terri
bly depressed at these tlmca.
Tba mala members of tbt family,
and I believe my father also, used
sometimes to go for walks with
Charles Lamb. On these occasions a
strict control was kept on Charles
Lamb's thirst. When he thought the
distance was unduly great he would
turn find ?sy, "Don't you thhik I hsv
walked a pint?"
My mother always told me that no
likeness of Charles Lamb which she
had ever seen at ail brought back tho
man to her. She said that this was a
great deal due to the total failure to
catch the expression of his face. She
said that Lamb had a very sweet and
unforgettable smile which It would
have been quite impossible to" eaten.
I remember that when she wtis very
old she made u' pilgrimage to the por
trait gallery, and came back much
disappointed. She would not allow
anything she hud seen there or any
where else gave her Charles Lamb as
she knew him. She would have noth
ing to say to Hnzlltt's picture of hiin.
She always told me that Lamb was
an delightful and as full of irrepressi
ble fun and humor, expressed In till
same Incomparable but quite natural
style in his life as in his essays, huj
subject to dit-p tits of melancholy ai
intervals.
He was a man of very Htrong dis
likes, and sincerely loathed anybody
that he thought a moan-minded man,
especluliy Goodwin, the publisher.
She told me, but I dare say this ii
common property, that they found
Lamb hud made an entry In Ills diary
"Went to a funeral and made a joke.'
I believe It was Campbell's funeral.
New Knln Producer.
The latest Australian newspnpen
contain particulars of some experi
ments, which are said to have been
more or less successful, of a novc
method of producing a downfall ol
rain, says the Philadelphia Ledger.
The Inventor makes this statement:
"I claim to produce rain by send
ing up continuously from three center.!
a column of gas made by certain
chemicals. The gas, if sent up for a
maximum of thirty-two hours, will
produce rain over a range of ninety
miles at any altitude, with any sky;
and wiih the wind from any quarter.
I do not need to wait until the wind
is from the usually rainy quarter. In
one experiment I made the barometri
conditions were quite unfavorable, yel
I produced rain. The gas, you see,
causes in the different strata of thd
atmosphere a vacuum. This vacuum
is the center of a heat storm and 1J
filled by dense clouds that contain
rain. These clouds come down will:
the gravity of the earth, when t ho
rain descends.
"The rain is different from ordinary
rain found in districts in which expert
rucnta have been made. It Is tropical
rain, coming from the very lofty re
gions, being slight at first, and then
later descending in heavy showers
and bucketful. My operations have
been conducted in an inclosure twelve
feet by eight. Though I cannot, ol
course, give away my secret, I may
tell you that the chemicals have to
be changed In accordance with tin
conditions."
Copy the Yankee Modes.
French swindlers, about whose moth
ods a good desi I has been written oi
late, are for the most part copies ol
American crooks. The trick of follow
lug a woman into a store, and just ai
she goes to make a purchase in as
snnilug the role of an Indignant bus
band, taking her money away froir
her and getting away before she has I
chance lo recover her surprise, wai
worked for some time In the West
It wasn't successful long here, becausi
American women are hardcr-heartcc
than their French sisters, and, unllkt
the hitter, do not assist the crooks bj
promptly going Into hysterics or faint
ing when robbed.
A simple little swindle thai was sue
ccssful In this city for years wai
worked by a man and a boy. Tho boj
would walk up the street swinging ;
pitcher around his bead. The mai
standing on an opposite corner wotik
call attention to the boy's recklessnesi
and offer to bet $o or some inrgei
amount that the boy would break tin
pitcher before he reached the corner
The crook rarely failed to honk fl ve
Urn. Of course, Just as the boy reach n
tho comer he would break the pltcbei
mid the crook would win the bet.
New York Sun.
More Than His Share.
Terence, a lusty, good-natured Irish
man, was one of a number of work
men employed In eroding a new build
ing. The owner of the building, win
knew Mm. sutd to li I in one day:
"Terry, didn't yon tell me once thai
a brit her of yours Is a bishop V
"Vis, sor."
"And von are a hod-carrier! Tin
good tilings of this life are not equallj
divided, are they, Terry?"
"No, sur," rejoined Terence, should
eriiig his hod and starting up the lad
der with It, "Poor felly! He couldn''
do this to save his loife!"
Sol as Crazy Ho Hi eim-d.
A Toledo real estate man paid $."0
for u ii old dock at Manhattan, O., t
year ago and his friends said he win
crazy. He has been selling the on!
and walnut logs of which the dock win
constructed and has tints far clearei
$20,Ko with prosper) a of making ai
much more. The dock was Hlxly yean
old and the water curing has madi
Hie logs more valuable than they wen
when newly cut,
A Mnrvclloua Menagerie.
The atrntigest mcHagcrle In thi
w rid I ou an Ohio farm. Through ai
the gardens, orchards and fields ol
tbla curious place one meets wi:
beaut of many klnda Ingenious!)
fashioned out of roots, trunks, and tbi
branchm of trm, It la wit a bit toj
Noab'a Ark grown op.
OPINIONS OF GREAT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS
Flood and Fire.
fe NI! part of our coun'ry
burns. Is it not st...nge that we do so little
to prevent calamities which sweep away our
properties and our Jives? Until the need be
comes extreme, it is difficult to procure laws
for the general good when they contilci with
ml
the desires of many individuals. Much the same steps
would reduce floods that would reduce droughts, and con
sequently (ires. Forests are admittedly storers aud dis
tributors of, dampness, yet we, whose country is so much
the prey of lire and flood, have forestry laws far inferior
to the forestry laws of many foreign countries. At the
rate at which destruction now exceeds replacing, the whole
supply of forests, it is calculated, will disappear in another
generation. . Whether the estimate is exaggerated or not,
,he fact that we destroy much and replace little is undoubt
ed. There is pressing need for a more vigorous and liberal
policy. This is the most permanent and important point to
reiterate, In connection with our present misfortunes, al
though there are other Improvements which ought to be
well within our ingenuity and our enterprise. Reservoirs
could apparently lie arranged to receive the surplus waters
in time of flood, with the additional advantage of releasing
them In time of need. Much more stringent regulations
along railway lines might diminish forest fires. The private
individual whose abandoned cigar or bonfire starts a con
flagration Is beyond the reach of practical control. He will
exist, and continue to make the world pay heavily for his
existence, as long as tho criminal and the tramp one of
which, Indeed, he often Is. We cannot expect individuals,
lumber companies or railroads to give up their search for
rapid wealth, or even their cherished indolence, out of pure
benevolence. They will destroy forests for money, and
sprinkle sparks from laziness, as long as such practices
are permitted. The duty of those of us who are interested
in the national welfare is to agitate until state and national
legislation puts more cheeks upon the general recklessness.
Welean never be safe from wanton nature's freaks, but,
when, we put our minds and wills to it, we can decrease her
outbreaks and make her work more smoothly, in man's
service.- Collier's Weekly.
Strnt:ous Life of the United Stales.
IT may be asked If American domestic habits have not
something do with the frequent breakdowns of Ameri
can nerves. In perhaps the majority of cases, In cities
at least, the day is admirably arranged so as to give the
business man no rest whatever until lie gets into bed. It
has come within our observation that, in our civilization,
tiiere are three systems of living out tln ordinary working
day. Tiierfl is the French system, which Is that of the
continent of Europe in general; there Is the English system;
and there 's the American system. The last combines the
chief features of the other two. The Englishman goes to
work late and comes away early, but during working hours
lie works all the time. His luncheon is light, and eaten
has"lv--perhaps at his desk. For this he makes up by a
leisurely breakfast and it leisurely dinner; while he lias the
ariy part, of the morning and the latter part of the after
noon, to himself. The Frenchman, oq the other hand, goes
to work early, and works hard tili noon. The American
is apt tt; underrate the energy with which the Frenchman
works while he Is working. But at noon work ceases, and
he sits down to an abundant meal, well cooked, well served
and eaten with appetite and In peace.
After his dejeuner he has his petit verre, his smoke,
and perhaps a game of dominoes or cards, while he dis
cusses politics, the arts, or the topics of the day. He takes
his two hours of refreshment as a matter of course; he has
no prickings of conscience at wasting time, nor scareliings
of. heart lest some one else should "get ahead of him."
Kven. the laborer, who in America eats his cold midday
meal In a ditch or behind a pile of boards, generally sits
down in Europe to a decent table, deftly served, and,
however coarse his food, has time to eat otherwise than
as the lower animals. Then, with mind cleared and
cheered, and body strengthened and refreshed, laboring
man and business man return to their tasks, to work hard
and late. The American system, as we have said, com
bines the chief features of the other two. The American
RESULT OF SIMPLE HABITS
Of Great Men Contributed Greatly to
Their Kuccea in Life.
F.cnjamin Franklin, who Is famed
for his discovery that lightning Is elec
tricity, and who Introduced the Amer
ican colonial postal system, and who
furthermore, as will be remembered,
served America at tliourt of France
as minister piewpotcuJary, was one
of the leaders of early modern times
In the study of nature and nature's
law's, and not the least In domestic
science. His first maxim was: "Fat
not to dullness; drink not to elevation,"
reports thn Imdon Catering World.
Kven In his youth his mind was filled
with schemes for sclf-regulatkm and
guidance, and he set before him tho
task of acquiring the habitude of cer
tain cardinal virtues based upon sim
ple living and habits of Ihoujfht. His
constant effort was to better the con
dition of mankind, and his methods
were Intensely practical.
The record of the life of Abraham
Lincoln Is tra'cved hack to that time
.vncii he was seen sitting on a rail
fence Indni: of America's small West
er:! villages, wlih a law book In one
hand and 'with a piece of maize bread
in the other.' Abraham Lincoln was a
man of simple habits, and his great
ness was lo no Kinall extent dependent
ttp;n that early simplicity and good
ness which gave strength to con
science, mind and body,
Frederick the Great fostered above
all agriculture and the cultivations of
fruits and vegetables. His endenvor
to benefit his people was based upon
Ihe natural laws pertaining to tlielr
lieallh and )mple bayplncss. He rec
ognized this f-.t, ever since clear to
Ihe minds of the leaders of the Her
mans, thnt the body Is the basis, and
must be simple and completely nour
ished In order (o perfect tho soldier,
I .i 1 1 Miini n or the peasant.
Bismarck's great work had for Its
'iiisU the recognition of the simple
iws of nature. JI. followed tbem,
i nd, a a result, tho'o came about a
hw manhood and a new womanhood,
,trst In Prussia, and later In the em
dre. liisninrck's natural and acquired
tstuleness taught him, as similar
pel ecu) iou aud reasoulng bad taufbt
inidDMALS
drowns while, another
pressed: "I take
their huts to me."
Frederick the Great, that political
economy and domestic economy are, as
sciences, closely interlinked and inter
dependent iu their relations to the
state.
. While In France as United States
minister Thomas Jefferson wrote re
specting the education of a daughter
who was with him in Paris: "Of do
mestic economy she can learn nothing
here, yet she must learn It somewhere,
as it Is of more solid value than any
thing else." To his friend Peter Carr
he said: "A strong body makes a
strong niiml." Jefferson practiced his
prmehlng by subsisting mainly upon
simple natural foods, and he labored
zealously all through his busy life for
the upbuilding of an American system
of education which should teach men
how to live In accordance with the
laws of nature. He dud at the age of
Hi, and he had not. lost a tooth, nor
w;is one of them defective.
Anxious to Please.
"Now see here," said the man who
called himself "particular," ami whom
Ihe outside world culled "fussy," to the
restaurant waiter, "I want you to pay.
attention, iind serve things exactly as
I say, or 1 sha'n't eat them, aud what's
more, I Hha'n't pay for them."
"Yes, sir," said the waiter, head bent
forward, face devoid of any sort of
expression,
"I want ioast, well toasted, but not
burned, buttered while It's hot, set in
the oven for one minute, then served."
"Yes, sir. Well done, not burned,
buttered hot, set In oven one minute,
serve."
"And rotTon, strong, clear, hot, but
not scalding."
"Yes, sir. Black, hot, no scald."
"And steak -sirloin, thick but not too
thick, well done but not ovurdnne."
"Yes, sir. Medium Urlnln, medium
broil."
"And two eggs, tiew-laid egg-, fried
on one side only,"
"Yes, sir Two, fresh fried, on -on
which side, sir?"
It Is a pretty thing, when a mother
dies, to speak of, tbe vacant cbalr, but
you can bet If there are any men Id
tbo fanUly, It Isn't tbe rocker.
goes 1o work early, like the Frenchman; like the i-.ci.ch
man, lie works hard; like the Frenchman, he works late;
but, like the Englishman, he takes no time to himself at
'midday.-His luncheon is the merest "snack;" it is often
cooked badly and served worse; it is ofteuer still, perhaps,
drawn from a paper in his pocket, and not served at alL
As for any intellectual repose or mental distraction from
the grim facts of work-not only is it not thought of, bul
the very idea would be laughed to scorn. From the moment
of setting forth to the moment of return mind and body
alike are deprived of their proper nourishment acd rest
It is scarcely strange, therefore, that Europe should be rich
iu elegant American widows and orphans, and the church
yards at home too full of young men's graves Harper's
Week I v.
This Example Dying Out.
1 - "i ASSIUS MAKCELLUS CLAY, typical man ol
" I tiie South, died recently at. the age of 93. H
I was a groat fighter, a great American in his
waj, ijicti; vvtit; uiuuy i:ucrcsiiug eveiHS ID
his life.
The most interesting, undoubtedly, Is tha
fact tnai although born a slave owner he was converted
to the doctrines of the abolitionists by listening to a speech
by William Lloyd Garrison. This conversion of the tall
lighting Southerner by a speech of the mild friend of hu
manity Is intensely interesting, since it proves how much
sincere argument can do even with the most unpromising
material. Cassius Marcellus Clay was converted to th
Idea that no man should be a slave. He was converted
so thoroughly that he talked abolitionism through the
South at the risk of his life, occasionally interrupting his
speech to fight with a bowie knife those who failed to
agree with him.
Another incident iu the life of General Clay, according
to the Louisville Courier-Journal, is preserved in an oil
painting at the Metropolitan Art Museum in New York.
The painting shows the Czar of Russia with his staff and
the foreign Ambassadors at St. Petersburg. Cassius Mar
cellus Clay was the American Minister to Kussia at that
time. In the picture he and the Russian Czar are tiie only
two men who have their hats on. On the occasion that
the picture represents one of the other Ambassadors one
of the other Ambassadors said to Clay that lie ought to
remove his hat in the presence of the Czar. To this tha
American Minister replied: "I take off my hat only to
those who take off their hats to me."
He expressed here briefly what 'would seem to be a
very good American doctrine. It is a good thing that wa
have outgrown Oassius Marcellus Clay's bowie knife and
his way of using it to end an argument. Ru tit is a mis
fortune thnt wt hnvo nl
- v i' 14 mil i VH. iV Ul l7U J CA"
off my hat only to those who take off
Chicago American.
Wealth and the Man.
fT-"! EALTII is but relative. A million now is na
ATjbut $100,000 a hundred years ago. And then
Y Y I in this land was a group of landed aristocracy,
an ongarcny oi stave-owners, a class above tha
mass who, like Dr. Hillis' pampered sons and
daughters of to-day, still sought the primrosa
path. Poor old human nature! It is much .the same tb
world over day in, day out God isn't trying the American
people especially. Rather do we believe that the same nat
ural laws work now as hitherto. If you eat too much youi
head aches. If you drink too much you suffer of various
diseases and are likely to die as a whiff of smoke dis
appears in thin air. If you run the automobile against a
tree you are likely to split your head. If you travel too
fast a life you are likely to collide with eternal things.
The early ripe and the early rotten are waste by-products
of life. Man goes on digging, delving, doing things. Such
a man of wealth as Peter Cooper Hewitt, who, instead of
swelling around in a yacht loaded with champagne, puts
his time into inventing such marvelous things as the mer
cury lamp, the electric interrupter and the electric con
verter, Is a signal example that there are men and men,
thank God! Lewlsrown, (Me.) Journal.
Priesta Want Beards.
A petition has been sent to the arch
bishop of .Vienna by the Catholic
priests of Southern Austria for per
mission to wear beards. One of the
reasons given for desiring this Indul
gence Is that they are often mistaken
for strolling actors with their shaven
faces, and another Is that many of
them are suffering from "preachers'
sore throat," which they think flow
ing beards will cure.
The priests do not say which of the
two evils annoy more, but they seem
to lay more stress upon the fact that
they are mistaken for actors. Catholic
clergymen wear beards more often
than is generally supposed. Some ot
the monastic orders are bearded, and
whenever there Is any good reason for
a priest letting his beard grow that
privilege is extended to liiin. In fact,
1he vvcaiing of beards seems to be on
the increase among the Catholic priest
hood, while witli the episcopalian
priesthood the contrary Is the case.
A ('lianse of Heart.
The operator in a telegraph office ha
many chances for the observation of
varying phases of human nature if he
chooses to make the best of them.
A young woman stepped to the desk,
and asked In a trembling voice for tel
egraph blanks. She wrote upon one,
lore It In halves, wrote a second, which
she treated In the sumo way, and at
hist a third. This lust she handed to
the operator with a feverish request
that he would "hurry It."
This he did, and after she had gone
he read the other two for his own
amusement.
The first was, "All Is over. I never
wish lo see you again,"
Tlu second read, "Do not write or
try to see me at present"
The third was, "Come at once. Can
you lake next train? Please answer."
Hlitlirat fouk In the World.
The lock to be placed In the Danube
Oder Canal will be 131 feet lilgb, and
(he highest In tbe world. The Austrian
minister of commerce baa offered
prises of 100,000, 75,000 and 60,000
crowns for tbe best plans for It.
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