The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923, March 30, 1888, Image 2
-"f If n 3fc EXTRAVAGANT DRESS. Jk. Fhlloanplilral Vimniilrratlnn of aa Iv portant Quetlon. A love of the beautiful and orna mental need not degenerate iuto a craving for merely costly luxury. Here we have to investigate the meaning of luxury in dre-s. Every one will admit that a Brussels lace flounce which has cost fifty thousand hours of labor and the yc.ight of more than one worker Is a luxury. yet in one whirl of a waits the queen of the ball-room has sacri fice!! this cosliy article. And what ad vantage does she gain? But what is luxury in one age. in another is a cheap and necessary article of wear. The days are pa-sed when a Prince received 2.5-hirt as a fitting gift from a Princess; when cotton there was none, aud linen was so dear it was held to bo an ex travagance to wear a night-dress. Thanks to discoveries and inventions, to machinery and to facilities of trans port, woolen, linen and cotton fabncj .are within reach of everyone, at prices adapted to the. slenderest means. Never has it been possible to clothe one's self so warmly and cheaply as in the present day. We can not revert to those days when each class had its special and dis tinctive dress; wo can not accept M. do Lavaleye's counsels of perfection and clothe ourselves in the garb of the re ligious orders. Wo must regulate, not repress the love of ornament; we must reject t lie. freaks and follies of fashion .and appeal to those whose taste and position enable them to adopt a higher -standard, and urge them to set the ex ample of simplicity aud frugality, of sense and solvent'. It is is singu lar to contrast the glowing splen dor and prodigality of the dress of one sex in tins nineteenth century with the sobriety of the dress of the other sex. which has shrunk within our own recollection into a grim uni formity of black kerseymere. The laws of nature are reversed, if it be true, as Mr. Darwin teaches, that the male bird owes the hit -s of his plumage and the beaut of his form to his desire to plea?o the hens and obtain the honor of nat ural selection. In modern society it it the hens who carry tin: gay feathers. Shall we say with the same motives, and with equal success? There was a time when ill" dress of meu was alike -wasteful extravagant and inexpedient; when they wore costly stuils, rich em broidery, lace, jewels; when at the Court of Fiance the Duk:s of Biuki::g ham shook off" diamonds, ami the maids of honor went on their knees to pick thcni up and appropriate them; when the folds of a cravat and the onibroid cry of a waistcoat were subjects of earnest attention to the masculine mind. Those days are over, men's dress is simple, suitable, inexpensive. -Is it too much to hope that reason may asM-rt her authority in the case of women's dress, as she has done for .men, and that while slovenliness is un jtknou'jj. and the highest standard of ioralncss is attained, there may bu neither wate nor extravagance, but that all-pervading sense of propriety of which Dr. Johnson was the advocate? "Learn," said he, "that there is pro priety or impropriety in ever" thing liow light soever, and get at tho gen eral principles of dress and behavior." HVhen Mrs. Thrale asked his opinion of the dress of a child: "Well. sir. how did you like little miss? I hope she was fine enough?" "It was the finery of a beggar." said he; she looked like a native of Bow Lane dressed up to bo carried to Bartholomew Fair." Views -which tho philosopher and tho econo- situ- o-t -l-wiiij i ui ji aiu nvai though onlv now urjred bv one who has soother claim to an audience than the desire to help in woman's work. Christian G. J. Jtccsc. in Longmans Magazine. FASHIONABLE KINKS. .SOBaf) r Hi Now Tlilii AfTrctecl by tho World of Fsmlilon. "Etchings are in great demand. Turning down visiting cards is out of date. The camclia japonica has bscn re stored to favor. Velvet bas-pics and redingotes are -quite fashionable. Ited and gray is a favorite combi na tion in children's drosses. Braided eoiilsires are again in vogue, especially the braidol coronet or dia dem. Large mantles with Muscovite, religiupe and ambulance sleeves are in great diinand. Russian jewelry. Russian tea. Bus? stan gowns, etc, aro having a mild run just now. The fashionable boutonnierc is -cither a single roso or a bunch of -violets, or mayhap as many as thrco buds. Moire antique and mo:re Fraucaise rc oftener chosen for trimming cloth costumes than velvet or plush. Aa the season advances the skirts of dresses are less bunched at the back than heretofore and are laid in wider plaits. Long boas arc. if possible, more jopular then ever. Otter or beaver is the correct thing with costumes of brown cloth. Crimson Jacqueminot and Bennett roses, the new Papa Gontier and American beauty, both a rich, rosy pink; the creamy Marcchal Niel, and pure white Puritan are all favorites of jfashion. At large and ccroraonious dinners, -where favors are laid at every plate, each gentleman finds at his a single rose or other flower matching the cor :age bouquet at the plate of the lady ha -takes out. A! 11 World. m m Real estate in South America ranges from five cents an acre in Paraguay to 44-90 in Buenos Ayres. tMltefr liflAAttfl ttlMl t'fc1 1 Itilllt a Ilfkam ! J--THE" NEVER-REST CURE. Beneficial Effort nt Rrsatar Mnscnlar Kxerciae aa'tl Rccrratioa. As-.thrl)--nre many degrees of ner vout exhaustion, so are there many methods of restoration. What would be pleasant exercise to one might provo laborious exertion to another, and what might be soothing to one might be ir ritating to another. In all cases, how ever, complete nerve rest implies the maintenance of agreeable sensation and the avoidance of nervous agitation. It may not be possible to obtain such absolute rest as is here indicated, but tho aim of treatment is to secure as near an approach to it as can be at tained bv legitimate means. No means are used which might injure the general health. The fact that women are more liable than men to tiie severer forms of nervous exhaustion is one reason why the cases quoted in these pages are chiefly those of women. Another reason is that, in men, it.is rarely possible to stud this stage of the disease uncomplicated by the effects of alcoholic indulgence. Most men who find themselves becom ing victims of nervousness endeavor to escape the worries of life by taking ref uge in drink; so they usually bring UDon themselves other diseases of alco holic origin. In women this was not formerly the habit, but there is reason to believe that the late increase of ine briety among them is largely duo to the spread of nervous exhaustion. On the other hand there are many cases in lnith scx-s where alcoholic indulgence has undoubtedly been the chief cause of the ailment. Although tho most severe forms of this disease have alone been discussed, it must not be supposed that milder forms do not :Uo require special nerve rest. This can not be secured without more or less change being made in the ordinary mode of life. Nervous agita tion is the chief cause of nervous ex haustion. It is almost impossible even for a healthy man to avoid a certain amount of agitation in connection with his affairs, while for the nervous man it is absolutely impossible. For the lat ter, therefore, a frequent holiday is essential. Tiie wav of spending such a holiday is a matter of urgent im portance. Many nervous sufferers return home worse than when they left. They climb mountains in Switzerland when they ought to be loitering on the sea shoro or lounging the deck of an ocean -teamer. They rise early ''to make tho best of to-day" when they had better lie several hours longer to fix the bene fits of yesterday. Like the unskilled rider, who dismounts for relief, they are frequently driven to bed to recover from their holiday exertions. Tho amount of exerciso must be regulated bv its effects on head or spine. Mere muscular fatigue may be overcome by regular walking, but nervous fatigue must be entirely avoided. If the patient can not take sufficient exercise to sustain Ins appe tite and digestion he had better undergo an hour's massage daily. And when he has once gained the power of walk ing from fire to ten miles a day with out fatigue to head or spine, he ought, by cou.-tatit practice, endeavor to re tain it. There is no better preventive of nervous exhaustion than regular un hurried muscular exercise. If we could moderate our hurry, lessen our worry, and increase otir open-air exerciso, a large portion of nervous diseases would be abolished. For those who can not get a sufficient holiday the best substitute is an occa sional day in bed. Many whose nerves are constantly strained in their daily vocation have discovered this for them selves. A Spanish merchant in Barce- L Iona told his medical man that he al ways went to lied for two or three days whenever he could be spared from his business, and he laughed at those who pent their holidays on toilsome mount ains. One of the hardest-worked women in England, who ha for many years conducted a large wholesale business, retains excellent nerves at an advanced age. owing, it is believed, to her habit of taking one day a week in bed. If we can not avoid frequent agitation wo ought, if possible, to give the nervous system time to recover -itself between the shocks. Even an hour's seclusion after a good lunch will deprive a hurried, anxious day of much of its injury. The nerves can often be overcome by strategem when they refuse to be controlled by strength of will. Xinctccnth Century. m Manhood in Criminals. Speaking of his experience with crim inals. Judge Grcshain says: My experi ence with criminals, when I was on a district bench, taught me that there was no mau devoid of manhood. Place anybody, however depraved, on hi manhood, aud you will observe his eye brighten up. I have taken men who have liecn convicted of serious offenses, and after sentencing them to the peni tentiary, have said: "Now, I intend to place you on your manhood, for I be lieve yon have manhood in you. I will give you a mittimus, and the marshal will provide you with money to go home and bid your family good-bye. After you have stayed there a day or two 1 want you to report at the door of the penitentiary named in the paper? you will receive, and rervc out row sentence like a man. And when you aro through I want you to return to me. and I want to see what can be done to restore you to the confidence of your fellow -men iii society." I never war disappointed in a man I thus trusted, and those convicts whom I have helped on1 their return from prison have always been faithful to the trusts im posed upon them. Chicago Journal. GERMAN AND YANKEc. Hew an Independent Tln-rcrtriler ? iahed an lTiiliunitlle Teuton. A German farmer, living in Mary laud, was notorious for his stingine.-s, and had never been known when any one entered his house whil-t he was at table to practice those rites of hopitnl ity so common among country people. He was in the habit, however, of get ting over the oniNsion by an impudent fort of a turn that was inimitable. If a traveler entered the house about noon, which is the usual hour for din ner with American farmers, who are generally a very hospitable race of people, he would say, in his Anglo Germanic dialect: "How t'ye do? Ileb you make your dinner?" And if he received an affirmative answer, would say: "Well, den, you peats us." If he got a negative answer, his regular resnonse was: "Well. den. we neats vou." With this established charae'er. an impudent Yankee tin-ncddler once tried an experiment upon his patience. This fellow had a prodigious canine appetite, and was for this reason the dread of the whole circuit in which ho was accustomed to sell his tin. He had, therefore, thought it prudent to annex to his per imhula- tions a new district in Maryland; and. hearing of this German farmer, and be ing in his neighborhood, he, ono day. presented himself just at the dinner hour. "How t'ye do? Ileb you make your dinner?" said the farmer. 'I guess I have," answered the peddler. "Well, den, you peats us." he replied. "You see," said the Yankee, "I am one of those critters that likes his dinner as soon as he can get it; howsumdevcr, I'll jest take a look at your taters till tho woman has done, and then, perhaps, we can trade a little." Upon this he sat down, aud .helping himself to one half of the pork that was on the table, he shot it down so rapidly that all eyes became fixed upon him. little suspecting that the corned beef on the table was doomed to follow it instanter. Having achieved the beef, he perceived near to ! . . . mm two line young cabbage, the lirst that had been gathered that summer; these, which were the German's own dear dish, he had the inexpressible hor ror to see disappear in a twinkling, doivn the implacible throat of tiie om nivorous tin-peddler. Rising from his seat, full of wrath, the farmer now shoved a huge dish of unskiuued, seedy potatoes to the fellow, that were then; for the familv, and screamed out: "Will you swallow do potatoes, too, mit me dish unci do skins? I should like U) see dat." "No." said the Yan kee, "I guess I telled you I'd only jist look at your taters; it ain't so long to supper time, but I can hold on. X. Y. Ledger. CLEVER DETECTIVES. Inspector Myrtle Tlk Abont the Traits Tliejr Slimt Ponsem. "How do men become detectives, any way? What training and natural traits must a man have?" asked a New York reporter of Inspector Byrne. "That is a hard question to answer offhand." said the inspector, slowly. The most important thing, I should say, is that meu have a distinct liking an undoubted passion for this line of duty. That is essential. "A man mut like the business and know that he likes it, that he has a natural aptitude for it. That is the in dispensable prerequisite. Then he must have perseverance, youth, intelli gence, enthusiasm for his work. Ho must bo thorough and zealous, and es pecially he must be tenacious. A good officer will lay his plans and go over a case, and perhaps fail; then he goes back and begins all over again, doing his work in the second line as carefully as at lirst; perhaps he will fail again, perhaps a half doen times, but he has the bull-dog in him and i up and at it again. That's the kind of a man tint succeeds in this business; the man who does something hard does it by pa tience, persistence and tenacity. Why. I wouldn't give a cent to do something any body can do. if a man is shot down here in the street and an officer on the onp isite sido rrns across and arrests the murderer, there's no credit in it. "But in talking about the personal traits a detective should possess to do good work. I must not neglect to say that all these are of no avail if he does not have a thorough knowledge of pro fessional criminals. Without this he can do nothing. Of course the large proportion of crimes aru 'crimes again1, property thieving in one form oi another." "How is the knowledge acquired?" I asked. "O. in various ways; by visiting their haunts, perhaps, or some naturally pick it up in knocking about New York. If a young man of inquiring turn of mind sees a lellow who seoms a little suspic ious he inquires about him. takes notes and perhaps talks with him. This local knowledge of criminals gradually wi dens, for all professionals come hen; at mo time or another, tho building de tective sees new faces and keeps his ecords as he picks up information. Then he must study classes of crime. Professional criminals are very clan ush; they run in gangs, the bank sneaks together, tho hotel men, and so on through all classes of work. They aro all grouped and classified." X. I. Daily Xcws. An instance of throwing one's self about was witnessed a few evenings ago at a party, in the case of a young lady, who, when asked to sing, first tossed her head, and then pitched her voice. It is estimated that in the year 1900 the United States will have a popular tion of nearly one hundtcd million. DAKOTA JOURNALISM. Ilew UB CnentrrprUiii.-r Eilitnr Lost BU Until u the Community. "Have you a ne-vspaper here?" I asked of a man who came over to where we were camped on the edge of a little Dakota town. "Yes. got ono: did have two. but the other feller pulled out last week.' "Didn't it pay?" "Naw. he wa'n't no good got out the weakest paper you ever seen." " "What wa- the trouble with it?" "No news, or least none to 'mount to any thing. Course, if something big happened that he couldn't helo seem he'd git it in, but cv'ry week there'd be a whole lilt o' spicy things that ho'd keep still's a mouse about, an' stick in a lot o' pieces on free trade, or protec tion, or mebby sometimes the tariff. Bat the other man wa'n't tliat stvle I " Mowin' pieces in his'n. but all the sVk7 an" terestin' news that hap- . i ,, IfUlll II "S vou froze the long editorial man man out?" "Had to do it, I tell you he didn't know enough to pound sand. W'v, lemme tell you a little case: Couple o , months ago I built me a new chieken- I coop not a very Dig un. cause i only got six hens an' a fightin rooster but 1-made it very keerful an' put in two round roosts an' whitewashed 'cm, an' three nests. I figured on half the hens restin' an scratchin' while the other shift was layin. an' nailed some slats over a box in one corner to shut up the setters in an' make 'em quit their monkpy hus'ness, an' fixed her up in style generally. Pretty soon old Cooper, this man that's gone, come along an' I called him in an' says I: Jes' get onto the nw hen-house I been a-buildin. That looks lirst-r ite.' says he. 'Wig gle it.' s-ivs I. Hj wiggled it. It 'pears solid,' says hp. I claim it's the best hen-house in the city, srvys I. Wouldn't wonder,' says he. Then he walked off with his head down, a-thiuk- M. 1 reckoned, what he saoald say bout it. S onehow I didn't manage to see the other feller to tell him 'bout it. but Lordy, how do you think it come out?" "Haven't anv idea. How did it?" "W"y. sir. 1 went over to Hank George's an' borrowed his copy of Coojier's paper soon's it come out Hank hadn't got alook at it yet hims.-lf an took it homo an waded through it. but not aline 'bout my heii-eooi! Not a line! Not a word! Didn't say nothing 'bout it my name wasn't in the paper! I went so fur as to even read clear through along piece on 'Oar Common School Svstem. thinkin meb by that he stuck in so nething 'bout my hen-house in it somewheros. but he hadn't. Well. I was ma.!, an 1 think I had a right to be. I throwed the pa per down an' didn't even take it back to Hank. But next mornin' when I seen one of the other feller's papers down in the store my eyes stuck out so vou could 'a' hung yonr hat on 'em. There it was in his paper 'bout my hen coop big's a Mexican dollar! It read like this: Wo hear that Uncle Abner Doty has jes completed a large an convenient hen-house for his fine flock of Shanghis. Bramvs. Plymouth Rocks, an' so forth, together with his famous fightin' rooster. Ben Butler. We have not yet had tho pleasure of samplin' any of tho eggs laid in this new hen house, but we know that Uncle Abner Is not the man tolongforgct ye editor. That's the very way he had it. word for word, name an' all. Jes' soon's I read it I went right ont an told ev'rybody wo conldn't 'ford to support Old Cooper no longer 'cause he was hurtin' the town by not mentionin' the improve ments, and I jes' ken up the talk till what little bus'ness he did have dropped off an' nobody wouldn't have nothing to do with him. an he's left. You can see yourself that we couldn't very well do any thing else after the way he used me on that hen-houe." F. II. Carruth, in Chicago Tribune KEPT HIS PROMISE. A Small liny Sarel from a Kulned Un tiy a Kind Word. I remember a case that happened years ago in Illinois. A lawyer friend of my father defended a lad for stealing apples. The owner of the orchard was I without pity, but the lawyer pleaded that the child's act was merely one of giuttony and that he ought to be in- diligently treated. 1 ins was the view of the matter taken by the justice and he spoke to the accused in a fatherly way. "You hear," he said, "what has been said about you. that you arc no thief; now I am going to acquit you, but you must first promise that in future you will behave in a way to redeem this fault you have committed." "The boy. who had been crying bit terly, looked up, wiped away his tears, and gave the required answer in a firm voice. Years parsed away. One day as the lawyer stepped off the train at Detroit ho was accosted by a gentle man who asked if he remembered him. "No, I do not recall ever having seea you liefore," was his reply. "Well. I am the little apple thief whom you once defended. I want to let you know that I have kept the promise 1 made on that occasion. I now own a wagon factory in this place, am a married man and the happy father of several children. It is to you and the good justice of that day that I am indebted for all this. I am sure that hail I been sent to the reform school I would very likely have grown up to be any thing but an honest man." Cor. 2f. O. Picayune. Flimsey "I don't know how it is. but the smallest specimens of men in variablv get the best wives." BIrs. P. (archly) "O, you flatterer!" Bostm Transcript. ON BEING PLEASANT. It Make Teople Jolly ami Changes FrowM Into Fleanant Mnlle. Says Mr. Thackeray about that nice boy Cii-e Ncwcome. "I don't know that Clfve was especially brilliant, but he was pleasant." Occasionally we meet people to whom it seems to come natural to be pleas ant; such are as welcome wherever they go as flowers in May. and the most charming thing about them is that they help to make other people pleasant too. Their pleasantness is contagious. The other morning we were in the midst of a three days' rain. Tho lire smoked, the dining-room was chilly, and when we assembled for breakfast. papa looked rather grim, and mamma tired, for the baby had been restless all night. Polly wa plainly inclined to fretfulncss. and Bridget was undeniably cross, when Jack came in with the breakfast rolls from the bakers. He had taken off his rubber coat and boots in the entry, and he came in rosy and smiling. "Here's tho paper, sir," said ho to his father with Mich a cheerful tone that his father's brow relaxed, and he said "Ah. Jack, thank you," quite pleasantly. His mother looked up at him smiling, and he just touched her cheek gently as he passed. "Tne top of the morning to yon, Pol-Iy-wog." ho said to his little sister, and delivered the rolls to Bridget with a Here you are, Bridget. Arentyou sorry vou didn't go yourself this beau tifufday?" He gave the fire a poke ami opened a damper. The smoke ceased, anil presently the coals began to glow, and five minutes after Jack came in we had gathered around tho table and were eating our oatmeal as cheerily as pos sible. This seems very simple in the telling, and .lack never knew he had done any thing at all, bat he had in fact changed the wiiolo moral atmos phere of the room, and had started a gloomy day pleasantly for iirc pttople. "He is always so," said his mother when I spoke to her about it afterward, just so sunny and kind, and ready all the time. I suppose there are more brilliant boys in the world than mine. out none with a Kinder heart or a sweeter temper, I am sure of that." And I thought: Whv isn't a cheerful dis position worth cultivating? Isn't it one's duty to be pleasant, just as well as to be honest, or truthful, or industrious, or generous? And yet. while there are a good many honest, truthful, indus trious, and generous souls in the world, and people who are unselfish too. after a fashion, a person who is habitually pleasant is rather a rarity. I suppose the reason is because it is such hard work to act pleasant when one feels cross. Very few people have the cour age of that cheeriest of men. Mr. Mark T.ipley, who made it a point of honor to "keep jolly" under the most de pressing circumstances. People whose dispositions are natur ally irritable or unhappy, think it is no uso trying to be otherwise; bat that is a mistake. If thoy will patiently and persevering!- try to keep always pleas ant, after a while they will get in the habit of smiling instead of frowning, of locking bright instead of surly, and of giving a kind word instead of a cross one. And the beauty of it is, as I said before, that pleasantness is catching, and before long they will find them selves in tho midst of a world full of bright ami happy people, where every one is as good-natured and contented as they are. Chrittinn at Work. m m MUSIC AT FUNERALS. Graad Old Tanm That Are Now Sang la Waltz and Polk Time. I am sorry to observe that the old psalm tunes arc getting obsolete. A day or two ago I attended a funeral and it was requested by a member of the family that some good old-fashioned hymn, of which the deceased was verv fond, should be sung. I believe the tunes selected were: "I Would Not Live Alway" and "Just As I Am. ! Without One Plea." Imagine my sur prise as well as that of the "mourners' I to near tne loruier iiymn snng in a genuine polka time with a soprano and bass solo. Some time ago I attended the funeral or a celebrated criminal lawyer in a North Side church, and a hired quartette was u; furnish the music. rbe grand old song "Hock of Aires. Cleft for Me." than which a grander tune was never written, was rendered in beautiful waltz time. Ed Jordan was the officiating undertaker, and I momentarily expected Ed to invite some young lady out into the vestibule to ha-e a little waltz around. An old gentleman, living on the South Side, and who has been reared in the Methodist Church, has left $50 to be given the choir that will sing at his funeral to the original music: Unr days are like the grass. Or like the morning Bower. The other is: Why do we mourn departed friends Or shake at death's alarm In this large city of nearly a million inhabitants I doubt if such a choir or quartette can be found now that know the :nuic. Oae day a dear friend of nine died, and knowing his love for three beautiful old hymns, that he had been wont to hear in the little village church far away, and which was to us so hallowed by sacred and tender rec ollections, I meekly and hesitatingly asked his widow that one of these tunes might He sung. Was it? O bo. but she gazed upon me in a pitifnl way. as much as to say I pity your ignorance, and replied: "That is very old-fashioned and is not sung at all at the very latest funerals." It was then that I wan obliged to ad mit to myself that there was a latest fad in funand music t'aicao Jo Jimoi. SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. Pasteur's plan of exterminating rabbits by inoculating them with chick en cholera has bee:, tried at it!ieiin. with success. It is stated that several diamonds were found in a meteoric stons. weigh ing ab ut fourpouuds. that fell iu Kras uoiobodsk. Russi.-u This discover; has set people to examining meteorite-, v. iih unusual interest. The artificial production of chicken is a great industry in Franklin county. Pennsylvania. O.-er 70.) incubators are iu operation and the production is from 10.00,000 to 12.00J.OOJ chickens au.iu ally. A noted scientist has shown to t'io Ophthalmological society of Hied.-Iberg his second succe-s in grafting the rab bit's cornea into the human eye. Tne patient's visual power with the new eve is about one-tenth of the normal. aud coarse print may be rea I. The advisability of testing as foggy weather signals sudden Hashes, hi h as those of gunpowder. h:is been stigirr-a-ed to the British lighthouse authorities by Lord Rayloigii and Professor Stokes, who think the fla-dies might attract at tention jurhero an equal fixed light might escape notice. An instrument called the anto graphometer has lately been devied. which autographically reeotds the plan of the ground over which it is dr Jigged. It can be carried about on a light ve hicle, and when in use indicates the ti pography and differences of level of all places over which it pisses. There are about live hundred dif ferent kinds of humming birds. Thcvi birds belong exclusively to the conti nent of America and its islands. From America they range north to the Arctic regions anil south to Patagonia; and from the level of the sea to the height of the Andes. Among the almost numberless methods of removing particle's from the eye, the following is recommende 1 :l an efficient tueaiH: Make a loop In doubling a horse-hair. llais: the 1 d of the eye iu which is the foreign particle. slip the loop over it. and placing the lid in contact with the eyeball. With draw the loop, and tho pirticl will iw drawn out with it. Szizntiiv A vr : n. Tho Polrtcc'inica! Journal ile-er: es a new kind of lubricant. One Iitin!-1 parts of mineral oil and twenty-live parts of castor oil are mixed thorough ly with sixty to seventy pirts of s d phuric acid, and the whole worked with two or three volumes of water. In t!ii condition the composition is a.lowr 1 to stand some time, the watary layer is then draxvn off, and, after remaining undisturbed for several days, i: is er--fully neutralize 1 with soda or potash. It is found that living creatures brought up from sea tlepths of tour miles or more, suffer greatly from the changed conditions of pres-ure ami temperature. At those vat depths the f pressure is tremendous, and the tern- A peratiire is comparatively low. O.i being brought to the surface, the deep sea creatures aro sometimes torn iu pieces by the powerful expansion of their organisms occasioned by decrease in pressure, and "sometimes they ab solutely melt away before the eyes of the beholder." It is estimated that in the United States alone during the year l-W there were manufactured and sold about half a million gallons of writing ink and about four thousand tons of printing ink. Of course a considerable quantity of this was exported, and some ink of European manufacture was also im ported. But the importation of this article is constantly decreasing as tho excellence of the homo manufactures improve and tty? market is supplied by thein at a cheaper rate. Science has demonstrated that sugar is contained in nearly every vege table and animal product, the constitu ent elements of which are known. The sweetness of the different varieties of i 9 ' sugar vanes, cane sugar being five j times sweeter than beet sugar, beet ' sugar several times as sweet as grape . sugar, and so on. But no;. ; v.vet j substance has been discovered in coal j oil tar which is said to be three hundred times swtfcter than cane sugar. Thi- new substance is called saccharine. ad one drop of it will sweeten three quarts of water. WANTED HIM BAD. Ab Kx-CoBcremmaa Applies for: rotitlm ntl Cptt It. An unpretentious man cnterel the office of the proprietor of a great daily newspaper. "Well. sir. what can I do for you?" "I have come. sir. to ask for a p -i- tion as editorial writer on your paper." "I don't think there is room for an other man. still, using a homely phra-e. we are ever on the look-out for go.d timber. Have you done mucii news paper work? "None, sir.' "But you think that you can shape public sentiment, eh?" "Xo. sir." "Then why do you ask for a place?" On account of my fitness." "Of your fitness? But what does your fitness consist of ?" "My absolute ignorance." "You are surely a peculiar man. Want a position as editorial writer because you are absolutely ignorant?" "Yes. sir." "But of what U3e is an absolutely ig norant man? What would vou prooose to do?" -Write articles on the tariff." The proprietor caught a quick breath. placad ane hand on the table to steady himself, and said: "Of course I want j yon, but I am surprised to see that you have resigned your seat in Congress.' drkzMtaw Traveler. imituifiTn'MPOTi ?tt3gSilX