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The Jnekoon (K 1 Hustler r. i; h.
'The first hir.vile im r In Ji. I'ih ar
med by opt'.s In it w, 'k. It In tho
propp.ty of our of the piofssors m tli
collr&.p. A big, strapping mountaineer
from Leslie saw tho wheel In the t'
yrufs ollleo nnil said 'What's fh:tt nir?'
'A bicwle,' nnswoiod u bstandot, ho
went nn to explain ItM uses. 'I low'd
mebbo It vv s a novf nigiod oonttvp.lon
to nirusuie saw lor-s with," H )lliil the
citizen of Leslie. Anil Just then IJpii
W. 'In fa nli .1 nnd f!l ovev a pile of c
prtsH matter."
Hit lllilu'l t'.irn fur Uiallli.
"Hut a man kin iinNo nioiipy vrry
fast In this town If ho likes," romnikod
th(! Oklnliiitna limn, In a casual sort
of ninnnpr.
"I suppose so," put In tho st i anger
at once, with an earnestness that
showed he wns eager to be let Into the
ncret of It.
"Yes," lejolned t!ie other; "I saw a
man hoie the other ila make a thou
sand dollars almost at once, ye might
y."
"Indeed!"
"Fur', sit; lie was a stranger, just
fiko you -I don't know whar he comes
from or nnythlii' about him nior'n I
know about on; but anhow he comes
hare, sir, nn' he nils In with Home o'
litem thnr Insurance ngotits over to the
station onder, an' gits his life Insuied
to one't, d'ye see""
"I see."
"Yes, Kits hi life limuied an' then.
Jlr, out he comes and begins shoutln
his iiolltics around right HtraiKlii. Oh,
lie was business, he was, 1 tell c'
Veil, sir, 'twaion't nior'n half an hem
from the time that fellow lauded at
the station a poor man till tho Insur
anco company was wrltln' out a cheek
for a thousand dollars fer his widdei.
It was the sharpest thing I ever ben.
Deng If I over bee such n plan! did
you?"
The stranger ngiood most cordially
that It was a hmp tilck, Indeed, but
added as ho roM to see when the next
train would leave theie that, unfortu
nately for him, he didn't hae any
politics at nil, and. what was more, ho
had no wife. "Besides," said ho
anxiously, "I'll I'll tell you straight,
1 don't crave wealth at all Just now."
tin Kan I p AkiiIikI ii llinlc.
"feat stow them tinps fur me, .lake,"
requested One-Lyed Hank as he passed
his personal arsenal over the bar, "till
I call fur 'em,"
"Whaler or strippln' ersc!f fur.
Hank' Sick?"
"Naw, tough as a mustang, but I ran
uo ng'ln a now kind or game. Thai's
'ft tenderfoot dude down tor th' hotel
spoutln' fur gold. Fiee sliver's my
long suit, so I sets 'em up all 'round
no's tor git Inter th' play. I puts In my
bluff, but th' dude kin chin 'bout sl
lecn ter my one, an' I hain't s good
as a two spot on the showdown. I
knows I'm trimmed, so 1 conies th' ole
dodge, an' when he bays I'm mistaken
( claims he calls me a liar, .lest as
I'm goln' ter open th' ball he yanks olT
ills roggles, ketches me slder th' head
an knocks me th' whole length of th'
Joint. Afoie I kin pull Red Mike gits
th' drop on me an' says 1 can't sh.ot
no man what hain't armed, but ef 1
war tonkin' fur a lough-nii'-tumble
he'd tefeicp th' derbate. (limine 'bout
four lm lies o' sin pint Juice an' I'm
goln' Inn It to contln'e th' nrgyniont,
fur thr hain't uo man kin best me In
a fioe-fur-nll."
Half an hour later Hank luturned,
"poking ns though h bad been tat-
Ltyoood with an Ici-ph k and so limp that
- mini til. I'.ii-u in in it nn nuL-L'unui .
"Did ou do him. Hun'i?" n-ked
Jnl.p with a look of wonder at the
toughest man In tho diggings.
'Never ton'h-d lnni. Couldn't git
anigh him Thought ho war a mark,
but bo knocked ire down fastei'n I
could count, i:ciy time th' dude hit
mo I wished It war a mule kickln' me,
or Jest a ord'nary man thumpln' mo
tlt.li ii rlu'j. I'm Biithln' of a nll-'routr
Wrapper, but that thnr cuss kin whip
all tho fellers like mo joii can load on
a frloght-train goln' down guide. He
licked mo sipiai', .lake, an' I want yer
tor give It out straight ter th' boys that
I'm n goldbug."
Music In llixiiatimu,
From tiic Hoomtown Boomerang:
fhe mimical and literal y eoulng gien
bj tho Satellite orchestra, with l.nly
bololstF, In the ball ocr Dud Hickey'h
saloon Inst eve, may well bo called a
howling miciess. each number being
gieotrd with loud howls for moie fiom
the nudlcnco It Is many a day hinco
wo have beaid no much music ripped
out of a fiddle as Pi of. Oilanilo P. C.
Pugsloy ripped out of his fiddle last
night, and his ai'iomplishcd and good
looking lady wife pounded some of the
sweetest melndj out of the piano that
wo ever heaid pounded out of any
piano. She Just mado It get up and
ft, up, and In tho duet foi two persons
thai they played together It was Ip
and tuck when It came to Jerking i 10
awcotcst music out o' the two Instui-
ments. Such ilnsh, Rinash, ciash, bang
rmvf'.c Ain't heard oveiy day In these
parts. Then thrro wasn't anything slow
about tho accordion and flute duet, by
Ihe professor's two daughters. ISvery
foot In tho house was keeping time be
foio tho oung Indies had played thieo
minutes nnd sumo of tho Umber-legged
joung folks oen got up and walts-cd
up and down the aisles. Hut when tho
k whole oichcstra of nine pieces Rot In
lavork tho aiullenco wont wild, and
an ono thinks uoomtowu ain't cul-
illvated up to appreciating good music
lioy'd Just ought to liavo been In Hick-
yB hall last night when that orchentra
Jerked out "Sally and tho Ham-Fat
Man" Talk nhont nut lloston Sun-.
pnfvv oichiutt i. .Hid Homon belli,; the I
I nn. i 1 i emu of the onuntr.v , 't's all j
POi , ii-U' Thrio's as mil h ttiusli.il'
i i m tiie - ii -r,- imh h re In H'otii- I
I tcw.i .s In . nj fiwn In Ameilca, and
i v.i ' cujajM' lo lick the man who says
il I'l.n'l to. And when It tunics to I
I vril !hjcIur. Miss Sadie May Yawp, i
vvn.i sang "The O.vpsy's Warning" last
hin.lt. knocked the aocl,i clian off ni
woman named Not .Hen wo henul nIiii;
'net, east Inst winter. It ain't often a
' KiiiR-up concert cotnpnny stilkes
HiHiMtown, but It t'ots appro, ialed
w'.u n It doc conic.
fUlilnj; Cmtt r !tl"intl.'
Desol.'tlon lake. In the Creenhoin
i.mge, according to the Pu.willup
(Wash.) I'omn.i'ici', in a wild and in
UMiitlc irglon In the heart of tile Blue
nioiintalns of eastern Oiegoii John
Hobcils went In theie this season with
a hunting and tNhltig party. He went
out on a log early one morning to llsli,
while his comiailes went up the moun
tain on a hunt. On th'ir return, when
tho in rl ni nt the snag where they
left Hobeits they weie astonished to
llnd him In the water, up to his chin,
holding on to a loot, while thousands
of hie black hornets weie clnllng
about his heul. The party lowed to
the shoie and, eouilng a long pole, on
the butt end of which a hook was
made, a lot of dr mos.i was gatheied
mid f.uteti-il to the end of another pole,
and the lesuu-i.t then letuined to the
mint:, taking the piei nation to button
till ilulr mats, tie handkeichlefs over
their faces and pull their lints down
over their ears When they neated the
mm;: the mos-i was set on tlie and
pushed ahead on the dilft. This diew
the nttae.N of the home's, which riishel
into tlie smoke One nrin fawtined tlie
ticok lino the cliiililni; of ltobeits, and
the men at the o.un soon liulleil them
away to a hafe dlrtnnie, when Huberts
was diugged on nuird more dead than
alive.
Hnbeits explained that be began fish
ing ami caught a number or trout, but
when the sun was up an hour and It
began to ;et warm, hornets by the
thousands began to Issue fiom a cavity
In tlie loots of the snag, and at once
iitlauud him. He slid Into the water,
but. of eoune. could not keep his head
un.lt i. and his head and face had been
stung till he was neaily dead, his head
iiwelllng to twice lit mutual sle. The
stings on the back of the neck, at the
base or the skull, seemed to have af
fected Ills spinal conl and to have com
pletely paralysed him. It took live
days to pack him on a litter to llepp
ner. where the physician was Inclined
lo think he would leinaln a patalytic
during the lemalnder of bis life, which
will probabl.v be of short duration.
Nlrcl DI.iiiiohiIh,
Within a oar or two the French
chemist, .Monsieur Molssan, has suc
ciedeil in making minute diamonds by
sntmatliig melted lion with caihon an I
then cooling the Iron under strong
piessure. The c.ubon ciyfitallizoa Into
the foim of diamonds as tho metal
cools This expel iment has been le
peated many times. Hecently It oc
culted to Mons'eur Itossel thin tbne
must be diamonds In very haul steel,
which is produced In a manner similar
to the piocoss of Monsieur Molb.s.ui.
Accoidlngl.v he examined many speci
ni'ii'i of such stei 1 and discovered that
In fact it does contain mlcioscoplc din
nioniK. ineie sjieiks In slr.e, but pre
senting the cifi.icteiistie foims nnd
pinpeiticQ of natuial ilhunonibi. At a
lecent meeting of tlie Academy or Sel
ences in Paris o.Mnslriir Hosatl c-thlb-ltcd
magnliled photogiaphs of sevual
of thepo minute gems taken from blti.
of steel.
DRAMATIC DRIFT.
(Timles Hoyt is to wrlto nn
Iilsh
plaj .
Nellrte Heed will he In H. J. Henlty'n
supporting company this seafaon.
".My Fiiciinl from India" Is uuo of the
B.UTesaca In New York city tlii3 sca
non. "Adltondick Folks" Is the title which
luu been given a play lutelv complote
cd by II. P. Higelow.
"The Power of the Czar" is tho title
of a new plnj b l.orlmer .tohiibtono
and II. I.. O'Connor.
Mis. I.angtry Is going on n tour of
England and will glvo leeltatlons and
dialogues In conceit halls.
Mlnnio Maildern Fljko's tour began
Nov. HI!. She will spend tho Hrst weeks
of her ric.ibon In the South.
"Odd Mrs. Pond" lb tho title of a new
pln which Nell Ituigess will appear In
this season. Alko 13. Ives Is tho au
thor. Hernaid Shnw, tho Cngllsh critic
and play-wiiter. has Intel completed
a play that bears tho title, "You Never
Can Tell."
Fanny Davenport Is to appear this
seauon In "l.a Tosca," "Uleopnt'. "
"Clsnionda," nnd, In Uoston on.
"Fedora,"
Nathaniel Hnrtwig, who ror the pns
two seasons has been with Mario Wain
wright. Is to beOlga Nethoisole's lead
ing man this season.
It Is reported that Modjeska con
templates organizing an "all-star"
conipnny for the purpose of producing
a Shakespeare comedy.
"Tho Wishing Cup" is the tltlo of a
play Intely finished by ICIwyn Ilarron
and Wilson IJarrott. Charku Iln.vtry Is
to produce It In London.
Augustus Thomas Is at work rear
langing Bouclcnulfs "Tho Long
Strike." Charles Frohmnn will bring It
out Homo tlmo this winter.
Fanny Davenport oxpraised tho
opinion recently that "Sarah Bernhardt
Is too good an uctress to wrlto a play"
Tho latter has recently completed n
Play.
sutting tiik uiVKH on r.nt;.
'trlnln nt I hU I'npiiliir ii ml ! iir .lr
I'lirnr.
Siunetliue when a perron wants to
make an tinplr.isint umark In a pleas
ant nut of wa.v about a dull boy he
will sav: "That bo will never set the
rher on tire." says St. Nicholas. Now.
thai Ik all eij ttue, foi even thi'stnatt
est man in the wot Id could never s-t
a stieain of wa'er nn Hie. mid u pei
hips m.inj of joii who hate h-.n.! ilil"
epreslon bae woadeitd what Is
mniit bj setting the tlvir on Hie In
Uuglaud, uiauv. iiiant vears iiko. In -fine
the millers had ma hlnuy for (lift
ing Hour, each famllv was obliged to
sifi its o.Mi Hon, lot doing mis 'i
was uecebspiy ty nn a sieve, called a
tenise, wblch w i so 11 vd that It ceitld
be turned louiul and itiuiul in the top
of a bnriel. If It wns turned too fast
the filctlou would sometimes cause It
to catch Hie; and as it was only tho
smart, batd-vvorkliig hoys who could
make It go so fast as that, people got
Into the way of pointing out a la
boy b.v sa.vlug that he would never set
the tenise on Hie. After awhile thee
sieves went out of use, but as there
weie still plent.v of stupid Iiojh In the
world ptople kept on saying that the
would never set the tenise on Hie Now,
tho name of the ilwr Thames Is pin
noutupil cMirtb like the word "teniae;"
and so. after nian.v .ve.us. those persons
who had never seen oi heaid or the
old-fashloneil sieve thought that "set
ting tlie tenise on Hie' meant setting
the liver Thames on Hie This oxpies
slon became eij poaular and ttaveled
far mill wide, until the peiple living
near other sti earns did not see wiiv It
v.as an.v harder for a slothful lioj to
set the Thames on lite than anj other
liver, and so the name of the rlvir
was dtopped and evetbody after thai
ilnipl.v tiald "tlie river," meaning the
liver of his pmtlciilnr city or town
And that Is how it is people today tnlV
or setting the ilvei on lire.
CARLY MINING LAWS.
In
loiiniT ti-in tilt Imlil DIuirliiUN
Verr I'nl.lli I'riiprrl.
"ihe earliest mining laws weie en
acted not b conguss, but by the lnln
ers thetnselvts in the inlnlng ilisti lets. '
vviites e-Presldent llarilsou In the
Ladies' Home .loin mil. "It is a cations
fact that fiom 1 S 111 to isi;ii, the period
of the greatest development In the
mining of gold, thete was no law of
tho Pulled States legulutlng tho sub
ject. The prospectors roamed over the
public lauds, located placer or quint:;
mines and took out a fabulous store
of wealth. A policy to reserve inln
t'tal lands from sale under tho geneial
land lawa pievalled for many ye.us and
bad be 'ii expiessed in suitable laws,
but uo provision had been made for
the sale of siuii lauds. In the laud
grants to the Pacific railioad companies
it was piovided that mineral lauds
should not pas under the giants. Tho
rher beds, gulches and mountain iddca
weie pi o: peeled b.v men who carried
(ticks and basins In their hands and a
brace of pistols In their belts. They
wete nllnmc with the lust of gold and
among them were many despeiate men,
but they had the Anglo-Saxon'ti In
stincts for organizing civil Institutions
and his love for tali play. Theie wore
no mining laws and in many places
none of any soit. They met the emer
enty by a public mretlng, which ie
solved itself into a legislative body with
full poweis to make a code that did
not cover a wide Held, but covered their
ia.se. Tho limits of a i latin and tho
distribution of the water supply weie
Iircscilbed an.l ost'iblMied and every
man bivame a wai ranter of every oth
er man's title. These camp legislators
had this advantage of cougms and
of other legislative bodies tha' I know
ofthey had a giod piactlcal kntiwl
odgo of tho subjects they dealt with.
flic lln Nnl IhruH T.'iilr OullN.
The spines of tho poicupltio mo very
loosely attached to the body and they
are very sharp as thnp n a nee Ho
at tlie outer end. At almon the slight
est toii'h they penctiato tlie noso of a
dog or tho clolhliiR or lle.di of n p.r.
sn.i touching tho porcupine, nnd they
ntlck there, totulng away from the mil
mnl without any pull lequlred. The
facility in catching hold with ono end
nnd letting go with tho other has Homo
tlines caused people to think that tho
spines had been Hit own at them. Tho
outer end of the spines, for somo dls
tnnco down, Is coveted with small
barbs These barbs cause n splno oneo
Imbedded In a living anlmil to keep
working fuither in with every move
ment of tho muscles, so that It U not
a pleasant thing to get stuck full of
them. I'oi Hand Orejumlan.
Miiiiilimm fur Wiir .Vlutrrliils.
Arter :m oxhaiistlvo series or tests,
the minister of war in Fianeo has de
cided that aluminum is the best materi
al for army utensils. All the camp
equipments In tlu 1'iciuh aimy will
ha replaced by those mado of nliunl
mim. Tho cost will be enoimous, and
the ehaiiAo would uso up all the alum
inum in night wero It mado at once.
For this icason the now material will
bo used hi tho equipment of only two
corps nfter another will bo supplied, I
until tho whole nrmy will ho equipped.
arm corps ni urst. lirniiuaiiy ono
Munilniim equipments wero used In ,
tho Madngascnr campaign, nnd stood
the test splendidly. Hesldes being vory
light, they showed no signs of wear,
and nro easily cleaned.
Nn.Minii Knew 'nun-,
James Nowsitm, of nvansvllle, lno
Is tho defendant for tho seventh tlmo
in a ill voi co caao, and has survived
ten other wives, mnkliig a total of sev
enteen, The latest Mr.-. Newsuni know
tlie recnid of her bus mud, but daclaiea
he was so fascinating alio couldn't 10
fusc him.
r.-CT'V!"V .' VWVWVO
I NATURAL UliTORY.
. JK rfV .ii ,? . jit. sti j & AJ
l til' 1 inn unit C .I (1
The cm n ni n etab I one of ihe odd
' t s'lrtln.en of the won't' crab family
He lives in ,ne South Islnult, and
makes u d l of encii.liUH This
siuclcs l,a n piir of front bvs ti.
initialed . Ith a moiu pilr of pllt iii'iv.
and It Is with the e that he husks Cio
nuts mid Iti.iks tbiMUKli th weakest
poitlnti of the shell The emit hegitis
b teaiitu; tin biMk. Hlier hv liber, and
alwits nt the end where the eyeholes
of the nut an situated, that being tin;
vikoit p'r In th, ,htU Winn tl.r
husk litin been leinnvcd the il lb com
mences hammering the shell with his
heavy claws, nnd soon makes mi open
ing, through which he oxtiueis the
ment of the nut Mr. Darwin, writing
of this crab .ijr " think this is as
curious n ear- of instinct us I ever
beard of, especially In stiuctuics so ie
mote fiom each other In the scheme of
nature as a encoanut and a crab."
A s, ,. mnl,. ir K, ,ti-l h.
Most or the Inventions of man have
heir cniiiitPip.il t in natute. Tlie swan
1.4 the model or the statel ship, deep
sea fish are found to cany with Uieiu
Incandescent lamps tit light thctn nn
their way, and Instances ma.v be mul
tiplied Inilellnltely And now comes
a HpeclcB of dragon Hv which used the
twin Hctow an u piopeller lung before
Fulton thought o the steanisblp This
is not an iniagiiinr.v creature, aa inline
might mippnsi It Is, however, one of
the moHt etia lullnaiy cieaiuics In the
win Id, and the only one of Its kind.
Its owner, a former gov ei nor of Poll
land prison, was a keen collector of all
norts of beetles and vvlimed Insei ts
Once during his wanderings in llrn.H
he chanced upon what seemed lo him
a dragon fly of unusual shape Catch
ing It In his net lie found to his as
tonlHliment that In addition to Its
wings It had twin archlinediaii screws,
one on each side of its long body, which
i evolved In the same manner as a
Hbip'H screw. On his return to Hngland
he wns ofTered Sl.r.00 for it b the au
thorities of the llrltlsh museum llelng
a man of wealth he declined the offer
and ninilo It the center ornament t4 a
beautiful collection of ttoplcal Insects
Unfortitnatelv, In captiiilng it two of
tho blades were broken on one of the
screws; otheiwlso It was in perfect
preservation.
Tin- I Ijlni; I'niK.
Invertebrate cieatiires able to fly
without wings are extiemely ran'.
Vertebrates which can lly me, on the
other hand, numerous. They may bo
divided Into five classes: Fish, batra
chlaiis, reptiles, blnls and mammals.
Among the batiachlans tho fleis aie
repiesented by the Helnwnnlts' ihn
cophorus. It Is a stiange looking frog,
or lather gieen frog, for the feet mo
immense. Sptead out they cover a
larger area than the whole or the test
of the body. Thanks to this painchute
llke attachment the ihacophorus can
nit from brunch to branch mid pounce
without iliuloulty on tho small Insects
which foi in his food. It Is a pietty
llttlo beast blight green on tho back
and orango colored underneath, dotted
with black or blue spots. There is
something tin hum In watching the dlf-
feient wus nature taktM with minus
cientures to achieve a slinllai end. To
enable crustaceans, flsh nnd frogt to
suppoit themselves In tho air she has
simply pteiuled each one's means of
locomotion With leptlles she pro
ceeds illffeiintly in taking the skin
fiom the lln-.kH and extending It by
means or lal-e ilbs tiiiihiell.iwise. An
example or this ! Ind Is round iu Hi.
Hying diagon or ihe Malayan mchl-
pelngo. In icp use tl.e dragon sits quiet
ly on a launch, but as soon as ho see.-,
an Insect he llinga himself at It and
larely mWses his mark. Thnnks to
tho spn ailing flanks of his skin the air
upholds lilin. he nlights gently ()Ii n
low-r bianch and Is leadv to renew
the chase IndoHnitely. Iu prehistoric
ilns Hying leptlles weie very numer
ous. It Is only necessary to mention
the di agon and tho Psycho7olc loma
c'iihnlmn, and in geological times tho
rlgaiitlc Hying Onorthnsaiirua. which
has completely disippcnreil off the face
of the cart!).
Itmimrliiiliiii I'Ii;.
When Hie pig Is not only a domestic
animal, but a family ft lend, as he ap
pears to be In the Marquesas Islands,
he develops unsuspected cleverness.
"In tho South Sens," one nf Hobeil
Louis Stevenson's last books, gives
many Instances by way ()r pionr. "Many
Inlanders Ihe with their pigs as wo do
with our dogs," Mr. Stevenson oh
served; "both crnvvd nround tho hearth
with equal freedom, mnl the Island ,ilg
Is a fellow of activity, enterprise and
setuo. He liuska hla own cocoanutB nnd
I am told tolls them into tho sun to
burst; he Is tho ten or or tho shepherd
Mrs. Stevenson, senior, ban seen a pig
lice Ing to tho woods with a lamb In his
mouth; and I hiw another come rapid
ly and erroneously to tho conclusion
that the Casco was going down, and
swim through tho Hush water to tho
rail in search or an escape. It was told
V8,1" chl,,ninoa that IKS cannot swim;
, von known nm t( '"P overboard.
'""" ",u ""'" ""' io snore, nnn
return to the hnuso of his original own
or. I was once, at Tniitlrn, a pignuts
ter on a considerable scale. At IlrHt, In
my pen, the utmost good feeling pie
vailed. A llttlo sow with n boll ache
camif and appealed to us for help iu tlie
"miner or a child; and tbeio was one
Iinpelv black bonr, whom wo called
'nthoilrus, ror ho was a particular
iicsont fiom Iho Catholics of tho vll
' ige, and who earl displayed the
"irks of courage nn 1 friendliness. No
Hlier nnlmnl, whether dog or pig, was
suffered to approach him at his food,
nn i fot human I eliigs be showed a full
ni isure of that toidvlng foiiilniMi, so
miiimnn In tlie lower animals, and pus
i'Ii! their i hit f title to tlie name One
da... on v siting niv plugery, I was
.it.iaed te -ee Cnthulli'itn draw lni k'
f i i'iii tn.v approach with ctira of lei ror;
n id If I was iimiireil at the c'l.mge, I
wan tiul enibairassed whin I learned
Its i en. tin One of the pigs bad that
morning been killed. CatliollcitH lt.nl
"'in the minder, he had ill overed he
W, s lUvelllni; In the shambles Mid floni
that ii ne lila ennni'etiie and his delight
III life Wete ended We Still leserveil
him a long while, hut he could not i iu
I dure tlie .st;ht or an.v two-legged t n a
1 tine, not could we under the clieiiiii-
stances, encounter his e.ve without con-
fllKloil."
UftCAI) STORIKS.
I lie llriliiti I'riKiini llilliui". In Hie
I'iihit nf rtniilit.
It Is Hiippiuable that hiead, home
made or baker's, bilng.fiee fiom nihil
tetatlons. would be a slngularl simple
and honest sulirtnnce mid therefoie
liave no power in regaid to the evil co,
lint It seems Hint It has, says the Now
York iinun Nothing can be more
beautiful than tlie act of tho Hieton
peasant who, before cutting Ills loaf,
makes the sign or the inihS on It. If
he stopped tlie-e, exploring his thank
fulness for food, tltat would lm well,
hut siipi" tuition carries liliu much
r.nther. ir a child Is horn to li I m. a
ci limb or that lucid, especlall If It bo
r.ve biead, is put lm,, die Infant's
slieve Mild then tlie i hances of Iho
hab's having the colic are diminished
Ir a cow shows Hlgns of sickness or a
horse Is hunt' a crumb of the bread Is
supposed to beuellt the animal In
llivmia. when ou go Into the woods,
i.peclally that pottlon Infested b.v
splilts, onlv put a crust or liiead lii
.vour month ami uo ghost, splilte or
witch can tumble ou Somehow tnany
ictaln an idea of tlio peculiar sanctity
or biead. For Instance, it Is all light
to leave a bit or meat on our plate,
but It la vvlcl.nl to leave a piece of
bread. Very good rathera mid inoth
eis Inculcate that Idea and llttlo chit
dien believe then that theie Is some
thing partlculatlv mined about bread
which a potato does not possess, mid
this Is sheer nonsense. All waste is
to be avoided, but theie Is no more
special goodness In biead than theie Is
in a sausage.
POLAR MISKRIES.
Our Dtpliirir SiiITi-m frnin Thirst ami
Aniilliir from Cnlil.
The arctic exploiers complain of dif
ferent causes of misery which they en
counter Iu the far notth. siis the New
Yoik Journal Dr. Nausea Has the
Ihlist. Iiiiliueil by the terilbl Irksome
labor of sledge-haullng, g.ivo him most
ttoiihle. Though the polar world Is
coveted with froen water there Is
none for di Inking purposes save that
which Is thawed and on tlie march It
lo almost Impossible to get this with
out halting to tlm.v It. Other oxplorers
coinpaln of the effects of the wind and
the sun. It is well known that a vory
low degree or cold can ho borne with
out (lisconifott so long an the air Is
still, but tho moment it gets Iu motion
It stiikes the skin like tlie blast of a
fin unco. Hi effects have often been
dcHfilhod a precised similar to those
of u but n. The sun, when It is vis
ible. Is bo! mid peels and blisters the
skin. Ilut perhaps after all the gieat
cst evil nnd mlseiy which confionts
Hi" pnl.-i o.'.ploier spilng fiom the rear
rul deiiiesslon, mental and phslcal, or
the long nights of two and tbien th'uii-H.-uid
hours of gloom and semi-ilaik-ness.
Puder Its Influence nion seeni to
i.ulfer like plants deprived of sunlight.
A week or so v. ill often completely
change tlieli charaitots nnd tho en
foiced Idleness, univeisal gloom and
bitter cold combined i educe llfo to Its
loA'est tonus and make It so mhoiviblij
that many have round icrugo fiom it
In Insanity or unhide.
PERSONALS.
Piesldcnt Fame. In his shooting li
cense for Inst year, was ilesmlbuc' us
"getting gray."
Consiieio, duchess of Mmlhotough,
Is loved by nil the tenants on her hus
band's estates.
PtHtmnstor flenetal Wilson will try
the rural fiee delivery at ills home,
Chatlestown, W. Va.
Piof. Monls. or the ntilversllv of
Melbourne, Is piopaiing a dictionary
or Australian Knglish.
Tho einneior of Ocrmnnv stands
twmty-lliHt In tlio dlinct lino of kuc
cession to tho British throne.
A, granito block linn been erected to
tho memory of Prof. Huxley on tho
southern shore or tho Lnke of Slls
Syhanus Dodge Locke, who has just
died at Ilooslck Falls, N. Y.. was tin
inventor of tho Hist grain binding ma
chine. Johan Strauss Is working on a new
iperetta on the ti xt b.v William Buch
binder. The work will be finished at
the end of next year.
Pi of. Vlllard. of tho Pails Kcolo Nor'
male, has nt last succeeded lu combin
ing aigon and water. It required a
pressure of liOO atmoophcres to do it.
Hllon (itilhrauson and Fritz Frled
rlchs, two of the new HlngorB who made
a sensation nt Hayreuth this season,
have been engaged b.v tho Hoyal Optra
Tho (Jaekwar or Baroda possesses
tlio most costl Hvvonl Iu the world. Tlio
hilt Is to set with precious stones that
the weapon Is worth nt least -20,000.
Dr. Max Wllf, of Heidelberg, has
discovered five now asteroid on photo
graphs of tho heavens This hi lugs
ho number of minor plnnets up to
123.
William Thompson, C. H., of Lon
don, received the Idea nf pi climatic
tires honi tho pneumatic sprligs
'flilcli wero propoccd for carriages In
1815.
NCLSON'S FAMOUS SIGNAL.
"I.imlinil r.M'nl li rj Mini lii Do Ills
Unit "
At he Itiltiil Seivlres Institute,
WliltehaH nt wl id, ivi ( (, ('K-I
villi Tiafiilwur si-id Ni Imui mo to bn
evhlbiled. theie Is a tiiiie-ataliicd doeu
uietit. finmcil. a, id hung oa the western
wall, ftetu which I appeals that tho
fatuous signal "I'tiUninl epeeta every
ii'im In do his duty,' was not wholly
Ni'Is-iiii'm. uii.vh St. James' tJ-tsettt
Lieut. Pasto, who was lespi'villde for
the signaling on the admiral's ship,
niakiM the following stiitemenf "Ilia
Inidshlp came to me on the pimp mid,
lifter nnlevlnj; ci'lt'llll signals to In
made, tthntit a qiiaiter to noon, said:
'Mr. I 'a sen. I want to say to the licet:
"I'ngland cnnlldes that every man will
do his ilutv."' He added 'You must
lie quick, fot I have one more to add,
i which Is for close action.' I toplled:
'ir .viiiii lordship will permit mo to sub
stitute "expects" ror "cnnlldes" tho slg
j mil will snnu be completed, becnuso tho
1 wind "expects" Is In tho vocabiilnry
and "cnnlldes" must be spelt.' Hln
Inidshlp replied Iu haste and In seeni
i Ing satisfaction 'That will do, I'asoo;
I make It dliectl).' Ah the Inst hoist win
, bunded down Nelson turned to Capt.
Hlackvvood, who was standing by him,
v. Ith 'Now I can do no more. Wo
must trust to the great Disposer of all
I events and the Just Uo of our cause. I
j thank (iod for this great opportunity
! of doing ni ilut ' When Lord Nel-
hoii s message had been answeied by
few ships In the van ho ordeieil mo to
make signal for close action and keep
It up Aicoiillnnly hoisted No, H! at
the topgallant masthead and thorn II
reinnlne.1 until hIioI away." Such,
then, Is the duly sworn and attested
Htntomenl of Nelson'H Hag lieutenant
which be gave to Col. llaylls, Q. 0.,
who piesenled It to the museum.
THE MYSTERY OF LIFE.
I'arl
Phi) nl by t'ltrtinnli- .ilil, Untrr
anil Aiiiiiiiinlii
What do we know of life? Carbonic
acid, water mid miimoula, when taken
Into a plant, pinduce In some way pro
toplasm, which Is a HiiliHtance com
posed or minute cnipuscles, and Inside
each corpuscle tin re Is a smaller body
called a nucleus, nas Loudon Ti nth.
Hy taking In cnibonlc acid, vvatci and
animoiiln mid convening them Into
this compound, called protein, tho
plant tnalntalns Hh vigor, grows and
multiplies. Tho animal iIoch tho hiuiio
b taking In the hiiiiiu compound, with
this dllfeience that, whereas tho plant
can inaniifactuie protoplasm out of ln
ni ganlo matter, the animal Is obliged
to pi oolite It ieady made from tho
plants. Tho same nucleated mass of
piotoplasm that Is the unit of plant
life Is the unit of animal lire. The body
mid Hie plant aie multiples or such
units, vmlously moillflcd, but In their
composition Identical. When the ani
mal dies thecal boulc acid, tho water and
the ammonia or bis body mo restored
to tlio collective stock. Again thoy nro
taken Into now plants and through now
plnnts Into now animals. Thus proto
plasm Is tho basis of all life. It Is
built up or ordinary matter and It Is
resolved again Into ordinary matter,
limits can make pintnplnsm out or Its
component pails, animals can convert
llleless into living pintophmn. Thin
Is tho only tllffoionco between u man
and a plant as reganls their making.
How all this is done we have not tho
leniotest notion. All that we know la
that It Is iloi.e. Ueninve tho carbon,
the o.v gen, the liydtogen and the nitro
gen, which ronn carbonic ncld, water
ai.d ammonia, rtoui tlie globe, and all
vitality, whether animal or vegetable.
i wciild disappear rrnm It. When brought
ttieetlier under ceitain conditions thoy
give i Iho to pmtoplasni. and this proto
plasm pioduces all the phenomoua of
life.
A .''hull nt' Inlir,
J. H. Dodson, the iKtor, is an Ungllsh
inaii. "When I was at hcIiooI at Har
row," Ie said to ,i input ter, "Campa
nlnl, then In the hidglit of his fame
as a tenor, ding Tor the Hist tlmo In
the elly in Italian opcia. ir I mistake
not. it was Tiovatote. At tho end of
tVimpanlnl's gieat nila In the thlid act
tlieie wns a storm of applause. All
tlie fiont beats in tho balcony were oc
cupied by students, and It was noticed
that mi almost invisible who was
sti uug from tho middle point in tho
gallery luuse-shoo to tho top of tw
ptonipter's box at tlie middle of flo
stage. What caused most people to wi
th o tint who was the sudden uppear
nneo on It of a floral car of lingo dimen
sions, over which hovered on spirals
uncial stuffed doves. Tho car rodo
gradually down along tho wiro until It
was in full view of everybody. Cam
imtilnl'H face was wreathed In smiles.
He bowed now with his right, and
again with his left hand on his chest.
As the car approached tho prompter'!
box tho Hlnger moved forward to re
move It from Its trollc. Then thero
wnB tho keen zest of tho occasion. Not
only was theie ono wire, thero worn
two. The second was attached to iho
car, and also to tho linniluf a paitlcu
larly stalwart uudergrailuato. With
marvelous rapidity tlio car shot back
to tho balcony. Tho smiles, I may add,
aid not tarry on Campauinl'a faco."
Boston Transcript.
Tmi-TlilriU Utile.
James "What is tho two-thirds
mlo?"
Samuel "At my houso It means tho
rule of my wlfo and hoy. Anil It goeB."
Indianapolis Journal.
Tho only way to regenerate tho world
Is to do tho duty which lies nearest its.
and not to bunt nfter grand, far
fetched ones for out solves, If each
drop of rain chose where It should fall,
(iod's uliowera would not fall aa tney
do novv.Chailea Klugsley.
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