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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (June 28, 1901)
WCTfcKjnKlTWTftl" r:.wViiiwwii)M-.-'UM"v ..i-m i im - i '-'m; -ij'i -"- m . "-'- ' !' Im Wln nf 'T V 7 '. . 'T . . ?T ,, .i..n n't .VMl'r-ijr.1LOTjvCTtra-nWtW'l;i,gTtMHaifX i i jMiiir iiMiiiiMrli VEXED BY V QUICKLY-GOTTEN TREASURE PLAGUE OF THEIR LIVES Entanglements of u local nainro ho. set the paths of Messis. Melville 13. Wygant and John T. Redmond, two gold finders of Stuten Island. The former owner of the property upon which the -eaauro was found has made a demand of $40,000 upon Mr Wygant. Another member of the fam ily has appeared to accept $200 for his claim. Every mall brings demands for gold. Tholr pot of treasure has be come the plague of tho discoverers' lives. On this account they have spent anx ious nights since they sprang Into fame. They say that they stood over the treasure with shotguns, reinforced by bulldogs. One of tho animals, ac cording jto Mr. Wygant, whllu pur-. . forming his duty, was poisoned. Legend of Tremnr. That at least a considerable quanti ty of the precious motar had been found there enn bo " no "tltjiilit. Mr. John- T. Redmond told tho legend which ac counted for the presence of the trea sure. The occupant of the bouso a century and n half ago built a tower, THE OLD Finni'LACK. on which were kindled beacons. Theso ..luring many a grand ship to destruc tion of tho chill waters of the Kill von Kull. Tho wreckers abstracted doub loons from Spanish galleons and IxmiIs d'Ors from French barks. Those 111 gotten gains are sa.ld to have been placed In the identical kettlo which was found by Mr. Wygant and Mr. Redmond. They hnd engaged the ser vices of Mr. Thomas Drown, an emi nent young attorney, somo days be fore they secured the contract for the demolition of the old house, which re sulted in finding the treasure. Everybody In Port Richmond knows "Mel" Wygant and his livery stable. He is a man of large dimensions and a merry eye. He Is around fifty, and Is counted one of the richest mon In the village Ho owns many houses. Tho story thnt ho had found a lot of gold under the ruins of the old Hatfield house excited the whole village to the fever point. The old house was a land mark, and was over a hundred years old. For all that time It was the home of tho Hntflelds. Many tales aro told of tho Hntflelds. The original Hatfield owned over 100 acres of land In the vicinity. The last Hatfield to livo in tho old house was John D. He died In 1892. Then It fell Into tho hands of John J. Hatflold. Mr. Charles Rosen- berg, a wealthy Now York merchant, bought the farm, and Is cutting It into lots. The house was torn down to get It out of the way. After removing tho house the contractor sold tho stone to Mr. Wygant for $10. It was while digging In the masonry that ho and Mr. Redmond found the pot contain ing, it Is said, $40,000 In gold. Tho gold Is kept carefully hidden away In a safe somewhere on the Island. Unless the claimants can Identify it they cannot sue for Its re covery, nnd tho flndors do not mean to r ARE PAINTED TOO BLACK. Sptdem Are Deier-ln of More Couild ration llian They Il-celve. "There nre many kinds of spiders besides those that annoy the houso wlfo with tholr webs stuck up In the coiners of tho rooms nnd In tho win dows where sho has been too busy with the sewing to look after tho house much," says a recent writer on fidentlJlc subjects," but every kind Is an appetite on eight legs and thor oughly convinced that no one can bo strong nnd hearty that lives on vege tables. They all spin more or less, k whence their name, which Is a con- traction of splndor or splnnor. Also, they bite, and If you listen to all the fool stories that aro told, when a spider bites you you will savo time by sending for tho lawyer to make your will and telegraph for tho boys to como homo at once If they want to seo you allvo. Dut I will tell you as between educated peoplo that know a thing or two and do not get scared over every llttlo trlllo that n spider's bite Is no worse than a mosquito's not so bad, In fact. A big spider can kill n smnll bird with Its poison, but it only makes a man's arm swell up V and hurt for a day or less and not hurt very much, nt that. Dertkau could not feel tho ordinary domostlc spider on tho thick skin of his hand, and only between tho fingers could tho spider make a puncture like thnt of a dull pin. Tho worse result was that It Itched a llttlo. Olackwall had J them draw blood, but that was all. Though one spider bit another , so 'hnrd that Its liver ran out It lived for moro than a yoar aftorward. As for theso torrlblo tarantulas, either tho t stories told about victims having to ' dance till they foil down In exhaus tion in order to escape death and 'issraww m. && h l'" '!s?o.vi "UuXWi)' " '''cfy1 Kl I W&Zfc T XWr HATFIELD H0U81C Mft''t"'' ' &. ,iy2t MELVILLE K. WYOANT. GOLD FIND let them Identify It. They have hlied a lawyer to take chnrge of the case. t'tlrlou ClirUtlmi Nttine. One of the most curious names ever bestowed upon a girl Is Alls and Grates She Is now ulwut It years old. her name being registered at Somesct House. London, in is)8, when ho was baptled. luv sister's name Is equally uniiMial. Nun Nlvei When Alis and Oraces and Nun Nlvcr arrive at tho age of matuilty at least one of them bhould mairy a jouth whose Christian name compares favorably; for exam ple. Acts of the Apostles. This Is a name found In an English parish register: Acsnpostle, son of Thomas nnd Ellznbeth Pegden, was baptized Aug. 2, 1795. Again this name figures lu records In 1833. when Acts of the Apostles , son of Rlchnrd and Phebe Kennett, was baptized. This name, curious as It Is, is preferable to What, or Dun Splro Spero. names with which children hnvo been handicapped. It was a patriotic American who be stowed upon his young hopeful the uamo of Declaration of Independence. A most warlike name Is Robert Alma Dalaclava Inkcrman Scboatopol Delhi Dugdale, who Is an English innkeep er's son. A similar name Is Richard Coeur do Lion Tyler Wnlter Hill. Rnula'a Blighty Navy. Russia's fleet consists of 22 first class battleships, yielding to none in tho world In excellence und perfection, though three or four of tho Japanese battleships have certain qualltlos of superior weight; one second-class bat tleship, 1G coast defense ships, and 23 cruisers of the first-class, or fully ar mored. Twenty-three battleships and I 23 cruisers, therefore, may stand as , the backbone of Russia's naval htrength, n force well seconded by full complements of coast defense ships, second nnd third-class cruisers, gun boats, torpedo boats, torpedo destroy ers, transports, auxiliaries and all that pertains to them. The Russian heavy guns are second o nono and tho bat teries of 6-lnch and 4.7-lnch qulck-fir-Ing guns leave nothing to wish for. The secondary small arm batteries are likewise perfectly equipped. The Rus sian warships nro, In fact, the most numerously armed In the world. Hlll'a IIIhs from a Dor Laborer. James J. Hill, president of the Great Northern railroad company, and now worth many millions, was at one time a day laborer in St. Paul, Minn. Ho was a stalwart, husky American nnd of .WVW. madness were tremendous whoppers or tarantulas don't bito as bad as they used to. It Is true that In thoso days tho Italian violinists had to work overtime composing tnrantelles to play for the bitten, but still there were sneering skeptics thnt said It was all a scheme got up to pass the hat for tho wlfo and family of tho suffering niim whom a malignant spider had bitten while he was out looking for a job. Dufour had a tarantula that was quite tame and gontlo. Sho took files from his fingers llko n dear thing." Sariiti tlrnnd'i Wit. Mine. Sarah Grand's lectures In Eng land during the past winter havo been attended with singular success. Clever, accomplished and charming, she talks brilliantly and lectures with easy grace and finish. Peoplo who havo rushed to hear her In tho hopo that her lec tures would savor of tho problems In "The Heavenly Twins" and "Dabs tho Impossible," and who expected to. bo mildly shocked, havo beon disappoint ed. Rut thoy havo beon agreeably sur prised In other wnyB by hor sense of humor, which Is tho salt of her speak ing as well us hor writing. Recently she sent a London audlenco into screams of laughter when sho respond ed to the cry from Australia "Send us 2,000 wives." "In behalf of 2,000 Eng lish benedicts, I reply, 'Toko ours! Tako ours!' " 1'alo Ituie Cloak As pale bluo cloth cloaks were Im mensely smart last summer at tho French watering places, so this year will bo thoso In palo rose color. Somo tlmos tho matorlal Is flannol, home timos cloth, sometimes taffotn, always It has a certain nlr of bolng tailored that is n bit of a pretonso considering 'tho color, and, In somo casos, tho ma- . -vo '- ' rfrz, 'm i i - i rs r-P?'nmf efXaaV t :? 'zu&XWt . , i- : MSimwOtml great natural shrewdness. He ROl pos sesion of a number of Manitoba land grants lu some way or othor and eolved an eluhorntp scheme for run ning a railroad out Into that wilder ness, dividing the land off Into farms and city lots and selling It. He Inter ested some of the ilchest men In his plan, talked them Into putting up the money for the loml and it was built. Tho lots were (.old right on all right nml tho road was a success. Later on Hill got control of It, having started with nothing but some plans on puper. That was his beginning and be has been going nbead over since. He Is a wonderful money-maker. The l'ouiiRm riant. The compass plant Is one of tho most Interesting growths on the great prairies of North America, and many lino specimens may be seen In botani cal gardens. It Is from three to six OfSO feet high, bears a pietty yellow flow er and lives through a number of years. Tho name Is derived from the fact that tho edges of Its radical leaves always point noith and south, and tho faces ale therofoie turned oast and west. Hunters, travelers nnd horsemen on tho trackless prairies depend In great part upon this plant to get their bear ings. Even on dark nights It serves as a guide. If tho lost traveler can feel the edges of the leaves, he can nt once locate tho points of the compass. ougfellow In his beautiful poem of Evangeline refers to this plnnt when heroine over the western prairies in search of her exiled Acadian lover. Scientists ascribe the action of the leaves of the plant in always pointing north nnd south as duo to the effect of light. Wellington's Appetite Kimlly Halted. Tho Duke of Wellington's personal tastes and habits, like those of most groat men, were very simple. Ho cared not for show or pomp of any kind, in his diet ho wns very abstem ious, even to the injury, it appears, of his health. He, of course, kept a first rate French cook for. his guests. The cook, it Is said, one day suddenly resigned. The duke In astonishment asked the reason. "Was his salary insufficient?" "No, my salary is very handsome. Dut I am not appreciated. I cook your dinner mysolf, a dinner fit for a king. You say nothing. I go out and leave the under-cook to cook your dinner. He gives you a dinner fit for a pig. You say nothing. I am not appreciated. I must go." ratling of the lllg lUnch. Charles S. Goodnight, a pioneer ranchman In the Texas Panhandle a generation ago, says that this genera tion has seen the passing of the 1,000, 000 aero ranch, and thnt Immenso tracts in one body have seen their day In Texas. Mr. Goodnight says that ten men with 10.000 acres each can operate moro successfully than ono man on 1,000,000 acres. Uood Reatontng. "Don't you kinder hanker after re spectability now an' den?" asked Plod ding Pete. "Oh, I dunno," answered Meander ing Mike. "Sometimes I t'lnk dat re spectability aln' much moro dan per mission to work hard for what us people gits for nothln'." "N"!" terial. One of tho prettiest models to como out as yet Is In palo roso flan nel, three-quarters length, luld from tho shoulders In tiny tucks that aro stitched almost to the hem. Tho cloak fastens with nn ecru guipure senrf about the throat, knotting on ono sldo, and then hanging lu two long, broad ends to tho lwm of tho cloak, confined at several points by straps of flnnnol, buttoned across with handsome gold buttons. Tho sleeve Is wide and looso nnd hangs only a llttlo bolow tho el bow In order to show u full under eleovo of luco llko the scarf. Tho gnr mont is unllned. Million Chain Artroii Africa. Rev. Georgo Grenfell has beon com missioned by Robert Arlington, a wealthy man of Leeds, England, to es tablish a chain of Christian missions across Africa. Mr. Grenfell has long beon the friend nnd confidant of Leo pold, king of tho Delginns, by whom ho wns created a commandor of tho Royal Order of tho Lion. Ho was se lected by tho king of tho Dolglans to act as a special commissioner for tho delimitation of tho Congo frontier, and traveled 1,000 miles on oxback during his Journeylngs, which occupied two years, and compelled him to occupy tho Bamo tent and dangeroui. surround ings for the whole of that tlmo. IOn mrrnrent (Irnand. Tho term "help," meaning household or outside assistants engaged for short periods, occurs In tho Massachusetts records of 1C45, whore help and serv ants aro treated an separato, tho lattor being Inferior. A "sorvnnt" In thoso days was not sul Juris; "help" stood on different ground, and tho distinc tion is Btlll folt, however faintly, "Hqlp" meant a free person, "sofvdrlt" did not., RKVENOE 18 SWEET. What nappined When I'atUnce Had Ccaied to be a Virtue. Thoie Is an unuwitnlly quiet citizen up near the clown of Piety hill who Is Just now thinking n great deal of him self. One of his nelghhtiiH has three pet dogs When separated they are well bt'hnwd tinil consldeiate to HtrangeiB. but when together they seem to legal d It as an Impel utivo duty to try to eat nny agent or other strange caller at the limine. After they had bitten thiee llttlo children belong ing to the quiet eltUon, torn his wife's best gown, and Miappcd at him while ho crossed tho lot. bo decided that duty as a husband and father called for no tion on his part. One evening he reached tho house with a bulldog, bred In the purple, and much to bo admired because ho wuh so oxciuclatlngly ugly. In a few days he followed his master wherever he went. Thus asamed, the man made a call on his neighbor with the.three pets. The French blill want ed to play, nnd cut great., antics In trying to entice the trio Into. the game. Thoy Just snarled, showed their tteth and darted ill. hi in when the opclllng seemed favoiablo. Finally ho was hlf-' ten on the end of his stub tall.liyUio Scotch teirler. and ho" ma,tle, u lush that his master checked In tlnyj. "Lot him go." urged tho host. "He's not dangerous, nnd tho dogs enn tako care of themselves. I'll bo icsponsible." The quiet man demurred until tho pots woro charging right Into his lap after tholr prey, when he let go as If to protect himself. The Imported cyclone hnd tho air full of dogs for about thiee minutes. Thoie was a continuous crash of brlc-a-hrac, nil the light fur niture wns dancing, the host was kick ing about wildly, and the quiet mnn wbb making an admirable bluff at try ing to restrnln his propeity. When tho entertainment was over the sitting room looked like a Junk shop. Tho neighbors had some little aigument about whether the bull pup should bo killed on tho spot, und when the quiet man left ho went out backward, cau tioning his neighbor In a low tone of volco not to do anything rash. Tho neighbor hns given away two of his pets, and advertised for one of thoso fighting white bulldogs with pink eyes. Detroit Free Press. JOHN MUIR AT HIS WORK. The tlood Mau'a Illicnverlei nn the Mulr (lluder. "For twenty-flvo years John Mulr hns made out of doors his realm. For moro than half this time ho lived and wandered alone over tho high Sierras, through tho Yosemlto valley, and among tho glaciers of California and Alaska, studying, sketching, climbing. At night he sometimes rested luxuri ously, wrapped In a half-blanket beside a camp-fire; sometimes, when fuel was wanting, and tho way too urduous to admit of carrying his piece of blanket, he hollowed for himself a snug nest In tho snow. He Is no longer a young man, but when last I saw him ho was making plans to go again to tho North, to explore the four new glaciers dis covered last summer by the Harrlman expedition. 'What do you com hero for?' two Alaskan Indians once nBked him, when they hnd nccompanled him as far, through perilous ways, as ho could hire or coax them to go. 'To got knowledge,' wns his reply. Tho Indians grunted; they hnd no words to express their opinion of this extraordinary lu natic. Thoy turned back and left him to venture nlono ncross the great gla cier, which now benrs his name. So trifling a matter as their desertion could not deter him from his purpose. He built n cabin at the edges of tho glacier, and there setttled to work, and to live, for two long years. Ho made dally trips over that Icy region of deep gorges, rugged descents nnd vast moraines, taking notes nnd mak ing sketches, until ho had obtained tho knowledge, and tho understanding of tho knowledge, that he was after. Mulr Glacier Is tho largest glacier dis charging into tho wonderful Glacier Day on the Alaskan coast. Relng the most accessible ono in thnt region, tourists are allowed to go ashore to climb upon Its sheer, Icy cliffs, and watch tho mnny Icebergs that go tum bling down from It. This Is a thrill ing oxperlcnce to the globe-trotter, but to dwell there bcsldo tho glnclor, to study the phenomena, encounter perils, alono and unaided, Is an experience that few besides John Mulr would court." Adallno Knapp In Alnsleo's. Altogether Nnrnl. As for blouses of lingerie mnterlnls, thoy will bo altogether novel when worn with a corselet skirt of black taf feta, which will lace or button In closo princoss lines or In loose folds that will bo drawn up high over tho bust. Tho blouBe of whito lawn is tucked nnd Inco Inset to a marvelous dogreo, Sand tho sleeves, tucked down from tho shoulders, sproad into simply enor mous bishops, which nro gathered at tho wrists Into n deep flounce of Inco that entirely covors tho hnnds. Artificial Marble. Manufacturers uro actually making marble by tho same process by which nature makes It, only in a few weeks Instead of a few thousand venm Thnv itako a father Boft liracstouo und chom- 11.. .... !.. li ...i.u . --. iv.au jiciiiivuiu ii wiiii vuiiuuH color ing matters, which sink Into tho stono, and uro not a mere surface coloring, as in scngllola. Tho completed material takes a fine polish, and many of tho specimens aro of beautiful color and marking. Used as a voneor, It Is nbout one-third the price of naturo's marblo. Development of Onod Apple. Apples nro now In tho economy of tho world's uso and tnste. At tho beglnlng of tho Inst century few va rieties woro known. And wo can go back in history to a tlmo when all apples" woro llttlo, sour and puckery crab apples and nothing c1eo. ARTIFICIAL LEGS. HOW THEY ARE MADE AND ADJUSTED. Kterjr War I.lmli Thnt Approach More Nenrlr tn rerfeotlnn Are llrlng Turned Out Wonderful Meetinnlini of Wooden 1.4g of Todiiy. For the ndwince that has been made In the construction of artificial limbs tin railroads or to bo thanked. They (iinno a demand that Is always gt owing ns regards quality no loss than us re gards quantity. To meet this demand the llmbniaker, straining oveiy nerve, finds himself turning out each year limbs that approach mote nearly to perfection. Tho wooden log of to-day Is a wonderful mechanism. While It Is much llko the real leg It does not equal tho real leg In nny lespect, and nlongsltle of a iciil log It will always be, seen to oo 'a poor oubdgh make shift. Yet, hidden under shoes' and1 trouHoranir skirt, It -serves; it cn- ,blcs Its went or to walk without a cane. It cntutot be told from a natural leg. It Booms, If you take It ,up and. examine It. to bo made of pink wax. It Is made, as a matter of fact,, of Eng lish willow, Htiips of Engiisu willow, coveied with rnwhldo that Is enameled pink. It Is hollow, and It Is very light from four to the pounds In weight. The foot Is always vory delicate mil smnll, the ankle slender, thu ralf large and round "a good leg." you would say, appiovlngly, of its shape. Dut the foot has no toes; It ends lu a solid strip. Suppose you havo had your leg cut off above tho knee. You will then require ono of the most complicated wooden logs made, ono with u Joint at tho knee nnd another nt tho ankle. You wait until your stump Is perfectly healed and healthy, and thou you vlflt the wooden legmaker. Tho wooden legmuker tukes u cast In plaster of the stump. He measures your remain ing leg carefully. "Return," ho says, "In Biieh nnd such a time." When you return the leg Is ready for you. A thick stocking, called n stump stock lug, Is put on your stump, und over thnt tho leg fits much ns a glove tits over a hand. The stump sets Into the leg so that the weight falls ni the sides, not on tho end, of the stump, und thus soreness Is avoided. An ar rangement of strnps about your shoul ders nnd bienst holds tho leg In place. You try to walk, and If you aro ta'ily self-confident, you will walk well fiom the stnrt. You will bo surprised to boo that, somewhat, tho kneo and nukle of the wooden leg bond In harmony with tho other knee nu anklo. When you elt down the wooden log forms itself naturally Into u right aii'jlo r.t tho knee, nnd when you walk the foot flexes itself on the ankle. What can ios this? The Joints work llko tho Joints of a wax doll easily, smoothly, firm ly. The foot, pressed on the floor, causes the anklo Joint to work; tho bent of the naturul leg at tho knee causes the wooden one to bend there In sitting down. You decide thnt you are not badly off, after all, and pay $100 to the legmaker und depart. Your purchaso will last you about flvo years. It will then bo worn boyond romedy at the Joints, nnd you will have to got a now one. This will nnnoy you; you will havo got accustomed to the old leg; the uow ono will not seem tho Bamo until It, too, will bo about worn out. In case of amputation be low tho knee tho .voodon leg cosU only $85, and no shoulder straps aro required. A kind of leather drawer Is attached to the top of the leg, and laces up to 'the stump firmly. An artificial foot costs $45. A wooden legmaker said: "Only ono In twenty nro women. Tnls Is because women lead sheltered lives, becauso thoy don't work on tho railroads, in the mines, or dmong dan gerous machinery. Women, while they abhor false limbs for themselves, do not mind them on other persons. A woman will not hosltnto to marry a man with a wooden leg. Ono of tho prettiest women I over knew married a man who had two legs of wood, and sho Is happy. A man, on the other hand, would not marry a woman with a wooden leg under nny condition. That is where mon and women differ. Women nro more spiritual and moro unselfish than men. A person who wears nn artificial leg will have a wonderful and beautiful developmnnt of the shoulders, back and chest. His vnist .will always remain slim nnd supple. His flguro, the ol.ier he grws, will approach nearer and nnaror to perfection. This Is becauso the man agement of the aitlflclal leg falls to a tremendous oxtcnt upon the muscles of tho shoulders, bnck and chest, und theso muscles nre getting tint y a mag nificent serlcs"of exorcises. I know a young mnn with two wooden legs. Ho wnlks with a cane, and his depth through the chest, his breadth of back and tho width of his shoulders, well set off by the sllmnoss of his waist, causes peoplo on the street to turn nnd look nftor him with approbation. It Is Impossible to toll how many nr tificlal limbs aro made in this country tti a year. There aro threo factories for tholr making In th's city, two or three In Now York nnd ono In Mil waukee. Logs first woio made of cork, which wis. not durable, then of alumi num, which was not durable, either. Iniana Worker' Nklll. There can be no presumption that tho Inmates of a lunntlc asylum aro dangerous or unskillful workmen from tho fact alono thnt they are Insano, holds tho Supreme court of California, In tho coso of Atkinson vs. Clark (C4 Pac. Rep., 709), and n superintendent of an Insano asylum who allows somo of the inmates to assist In tearing down a brick wall Is not liable for an Injury received by a regular work man, who was also engaged In tho work, unless tho evldonco shown that the superintendent wns careless or un skillful In the selection of tho lumtes. CHICKS PIRB8 ON SHIPS. Ilerlln Ohemllte Invention Impregnate Air with Carbonic Acid Uai. It Is well known that fire cannot burn in nn ntmoRphoro strongly Impregnated with cnrbonlc acid gas. This fact has been utilized by Inventors, with tho result that wo lutvo hund flro grenades In many public buildings nnd factories, and experience has repeatedly demon Btratod tholr value. Some experiments have recently been nmdo In Dromon tn connection with a mode of extin guishing Ares on board ship, Invented by a Ilerlln chemist named Gronwald, that Is based upon the theory of tho hand flro grenade. The objects almod at and said to havo been attained by tho now system nre: First, to glvo timely notice, by means of a special apparatus, of any flro which may break out In tho hold of a ship; and, second, to extinguish piomptly the fire by pumping carbonic ncld gaB Into the hold. Two plica of wood, were ljullt up In tho forehold of a lighten, Tho largo Jogs were nvixud .wllh.wHinalldr bloc'kBiot iwpoOi nud n quantity of wotidt Bl-nvlnks Boaked In petroleum. On tho' tops of tho piles of Wood' waft' sprcftl , about a fourth of a ton of'coal, atf,d In the hold was placed un Irim basket " filled with' coke heated to u porfct glow. The two piles of wood were set alight simultaneously nt 4:07 o'clock lu the afternoon. Tho tire tlovelopod quickly with the hatches open, und nt 4:21 tho hntchos were closed. Then carbonic ncld gas was pumped Into tho hold for twenty-one minutes, and ton minutes later the hatches wore opened. Tho flip was found to be extinguished completely. The tiro nlarni worked perfectly, and the thermometer on dock showed correctly tho rlfco nnd fall of tho temperature In tho hold. The Inventor claims that when a flio breaks out In a ship's hold, If his sys tem Is followed tho lire will bo an nounced nutomatlcally on dock; It wl 1 bo kept under observation from tho deck and extinguished by operation cairled out on deck. The Lnrhrrmnl Fluid. Tears havo tho'r functional duty to accomplish, llko every other llitld of tho body, nnd the lnehiymnl gland Is not placed behind tho ejes simply tn fill space or to glvo expression to emo tion, Tho chemlcnl properties of tenr.s consist of phosphate of llmo nnd soda, malting them very salty, but never hitter. Their action on the eye Is very beneficial, and hero consists their pie Bcrlbed duty of the body, wnshlng thoroughly that nensltlvo organ, which allows no foreign lluitl to do the snmo woik. Nothing cleanses tho eye llko a good, salty shower bath, and medical art has followed naturo's laws in this solution for any distressed condition respect, advocating tho Invigorating of tho optics. Tears do not weaken the sight, but Improvo It Thoy net as n tonic on the muscular vision, keeping thu eye soft and limpid! and It will bo sympathetic tears gather quickly havo brighter, temlcror orbs than others. When tho pupils nro hard and cold, the world attributes it to one's dis position, which la a mcro figure of speech Implying tho lack of balmy tears, that aro to the cornea what salvo Is to tho skin or nourishment to tho blood. A Urlnklna Orchid. A strange species of orchid has been found In South America along tho Rio de In Platte, the land of peculiar plants and flowors. This particular or chid whenever It feels thirsty takes a drink by letting down n tube Into the water. When tho tube Is not in use it Is called up on the top of tho plant. It Is highly interesting to watch the working of this plant. When It feels that it needs water the tubo gradually unwinds Itself until It dips Into the wator. Then It slowly colls round and winds up, carrying with it tho amount of wator contained in that part of the tube which had been Im mersed, until tho final coil Is taken, when the water Is dumped Into the heart of tho plant. Then the tube re mains colled until more wator Is re quired. Tho plant grows at tho edgo of a stream directly over the water or where the water has boon. Where tho water has dried away It Is almost pathetic to seo the tubo work Its way over tho ground In search of molsturo to nourish the plnnt. Orn. Ilntha' TrnrtlPHl .lolcr, A good story Is told of the nicothg between Dothn and Kitchener when they tried to nrrnngo torms of peace. At tho end Dotha said: "Well, I must be going." Kltchonor replied: "No hurry; you haven't got to catch a train." "Dut thnt's Just whitt I have got to do," said Dotha. And two days afterward a train was held tip and looted on tho Dolngoa lino, not very far from tho placo of meeting. What Money Cannot llur. Dut pretty nearly every one has for gotton thnt even If Carneglo money paid tho student fees In tho Scottish universities, tho students would still havo to furnish tho midnight tall, the wet towel and tho brains to compre hend. There Is still nn royal road to lenrntng. Detroit Journal, Carnegie' Klmt Library Gift. Andrew Carnegie's first gift of a pub lic library was to his blrtbplaco, Dun formllne, Scotland, He said at the tlmo that it was a good placejo begin, becnuse "tho flrBf public library the little placo ovor had was tho collec tion of threo weavers, ono of whom was my father." 1C rinrlbu- Unum. Tho uso of tho "E Plurlbus Unum" on coin was nevor authorized Jiy law. Its first known uso was ln"u Ne'wiJor sey cent struck off lu 1776. ). . t -------r---------------------tJ,MaMMMBMB BMaMtfMyryfla.T.7aFTrT TCr -t- 7. --1-,,,,,,.r.J-,-,J,--.-....,. .- ... .. - atfejssa r'rfJnyi Maa-awawawgimj JTi''"1afiSE '-"-"" iJ1'iS'7Tmifu1'