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Ml r 'fc l ( ' OKLAHOMA DIVORCES. THEY ARE NOT BINDINQ NEW JERSEY. IN Ex-Governor Flower Confidential Clerk In the Toll of linckeniack Law Got Divorce In the Wett Mutt Support Dlroried Wife LA srbtfl l rvSKSS. Y ACKENSACK, N. J. (Special to N. Y. Journal.) The audience In Justice Thomas II. Camp bell's court to-day i was composed 01 . ) l IvSvf) deacons and elderB 2t(C v $ who "ad congregnt- ' S j" cd t0 testify to the good character ot a woman. They laughed loud and long as Justice and lawyers furnished them with occnslon, and altogether had a happier time than has been theirs since they wero boys. Postmaster Harrison was prosecuting ex-Governor Roswell P. Flower's for mer confidential clerk, Alston T. Marsh, for non-support of his wife. Mamh went to Oklahoma last spring and se cured a divorce on the ground that his wife, who was the postmaster's daughter, did not provldo him with proper food, neglected him and treated him cruelly. Falling to support his wife constitutes a man a disorderly per son In New Jersey. On that charge Marsh was arrested as soon as he re turned to Hackensack. Lawyer Ernest Koster, who repre sented him, Introduced a certified copy of the Oklahoma decreo in evidence. Lawyer A. D. Campbell laughed at it, made the Justice laugh and upset the dignity of everyone. Lawyer Koster was indignant. "Don't make fun of this paper," he shouted. "You might want to get one yourself some day." The deacons and elders laughed as they had never laughed before, and the Justice was hysterical to the verge of tears. When he recovered ho weakly pounded for order, and Lawyer Koster insisted that the constitution of the United States and all precedents fa the several states made it legal to recog nize a divorce granted by another when it was certified, bb In this case. Justice Cummlngs declared the docu ment no good in his court. Lawyer Koster said that this was the first time the seal of another state had not been accepted In New Jersey. Justice Cummlngs laughed, aa he said, "I make a record on that point, then. This court is not bound to rec ognize a" divorce from another state where It has been shown fraud was in tended." The Justiro decided the man must pay his wife $5 per week alimony. Marsh said he did not have It. and was told he would have to go to Jail until it is paid. HAD FUN WITH A SPANIARD. FrlemU Decried llu:l-rich ting nntl Swg grutrtl Cowboy. There Is a Spanish gentleman and scholar who finds it moro to his com fort during the strlko In Cuba and army drafts in Spain to carry cock tails around the Marlborough bar, sayB the Now York Herald. Incidentally ho keeps right up to date on the inter necine strlfo and continues to have a childlike faith In the greatness and goodness of his native land. An a sort of a privileged character ho Joined In a general dUcusslon of tho merits of bull-flghting as a clvlllzer the other day, and finally became considerably wrought up by a declaration from one of tho party to the effect that the an cient sport wasn't half so dangerous as it appeared to be. Somo pictures wero displayed by way of Illustration. "We've got a thousand cowboys out west," Bald tho gentleman, "who could go Into the bull ring of Madrid single handed with a lariat and rope any Spanish bull that ever pawed up the earth." "But these aro not ordinary bulls," protested the Spaniard, "and aro born and bred fighters. They raise them Just as you raiso ganio cocks and breed rat terriers. They are not afraid of anything or anybody. It takes the brav est men, who get enormous salaries, to meet them in the arena, where from 50,000 to 75,000 people pay for tho priv ilege of Beelng the sport." "Yes, and It takes half a dozen men with red blankets and lancets to stir tho bull up to business," continued the westerner, "and If anybody Is killed It is usually tho horse. Now, if one of our little broncos and an ordinary cow puncher wero to tackle such an animal they'd down him and tie his legs to gether before he knew where he was. I tell you they're dead slow over there." "That's right," put in a man who had an arm in splints, "wo may bo a little short on bulls, but we've got the bicy cle." The Spaniard walked away without a word more. DECAY OK ST. HELENA. SLEEP THEIR ENEMY. iLlL-Sf", i..v. wop . nwui t "viuij ri"' w Great llrltftln Allow It to Fi.ll Into Napoleon SSSSSSiM StOUDLE3 OF N.OHT TELE Holonn from ever sinking Into obscur- O.RAPH OPERATORS. lty, says tho Afrlcnn Critic. Novcrthc- less, for somo years past tho Island hns0ne 8ohetoe Ti,t Made Tramp Angry been getting deeper nnd deeper Into financial slralts, while tho population has been steadily diminishing. St. He lona Is only somo 1.G00 miles distant from Capo Town and yet tho Island Ib comparatively unknown to South Af rican colonists, as tho outward and homoward steamers to and from Capo Town call thero only onco in threo weoks nnd mnko a very brlof stoppage And yet this historic Island Ib well worthy of a visit, not only from lta as sociation with the great Corslcan but also because it possesses, probably, tho Alarm Clocki, Dor, Tin Can with Btrlng AttaohmenU and Many Oilier Device 6XZ?f iP y j HEN I was n young fellow I wan night telegraph operator at a little way Btn tlon on a railroad," said tho Individual who works tho Washington wlro.na he removed a shndo from his forehead and Joined tho rest of tho fellowB at to death nnd cut Into tho flosh ot my wrist noarly to the bone. My arm wan nearly dlslocntod. You can bet tnat I used cotton twine after that" COMPOUND The tllK LOCOMOTIVES. A Chinese Bride of Quality. At the monthly eoclal of tho Profes sional Woman's league of New York held the other day, Dr. Fannie Oakey described a Chinese wedding feast at which Bhe and her husband were the only American guests. The ceremony took place ten days ago. The bride groom, Chin Hun Lee, treasurer of the Chinese theater In Mott street, Is a man of wealth and prominence among New York's Chinese 400. The marriage by proxy had taken place In China some time before. The bride of 1C, for whom her husband had paid a large sum, ar rived in New York some time ago. Ar rayed in her most gorgeouB native cos tume thlB bit of toy femininity wao per mitted to make her appearance for but a few brief moments and boar on a tray the gray betel nut indispensable to tho wedding of the oriental. In a volumin ous robe of pale blue silk the bride groom presided at the feast, to which no Chinese women were bidden. After the service of fruits, thirty courses of substantial, which Included sharks' fins and the famous blrd's-neet soup, wero brought on, T,hen they adjourned to the Chinese Theator. For threo dayB Chin Hun Lee threw open to all China town the restaurant at 24 Pell street, and was proud to own that it cost him 120,000 to marry in true Chinese style. New Collecting Munla. Sir Walter Bosant has found a new kind of collecting mania. It Is that of collecting railway tickets. "As it has long been the unalterable resolution, as everybody knows, on the part of tho railway companies to collect their tick ets for themselves, the collection by private hands requires skill, boldness and ingenuity. The whole difficulty is to get past the ticket collector. This Is attempted, sometimes successfully, I learn from an ardent virtuoso In rail way tickets, in soveral wayB. You may rush him in the crowd; you may walk past him with a familiar nod that of the season ticket holder; you may lin ger to the last and until the ticket col lector has gone; you may pretend that you have already given it up; you may even, as 1b rumored concerning one en thusiast, pretend that you havo lost it and pay your fare over again. All col lecting except that of collecting gold coins of the present reign is vanity, but really the vanity of collecting rail way tickets la the most egregious." Exchange. ,, An Inralld follcetnan. I was passing up Tremont street about half-past four In the afternoon, at which hour the sidewalk Is always crowded. Just as I stepped on the curbstone at the upper side of Mason street, a man rushed around the corner and attacked a man directly at my side, striking my shoulder as he ran. Instantly a fight began;' women rushed Into doorways to get out of the way of the struggling, Bwaylng men; men and boys gathered around to watch the brutal fun; cars were stop ped that motormen and conductors raignt taxe it in, ana there was no ji it in. In slghtT assuring ild go on Something About Mlcrobei, In these days when we are almost afraid to eat or drink or breathe by reason of the ubiquitous microbe and lta supposed habit of going to and fro in the earth seeking whom it may de vour, it Is a real comfort to read thiB in a paper presented by a Chicago phy sician to the State Board of Health Auxiliary Sanitary Association: "Stress should be laid upon the fact that there are numberless microbes that are harmless, and very many that are useful and even necessary to man kind. Indeed, the public should be warned against necrophobia (if I may use the term.) The study of the mi crobe, Its habits and tendencies, should be left to scientists. It Is enough worry for the public to know that the danger ous microbes thrive best and multiply fastest in dirt, Just plain dirt and filth, and that the best and most convenient weapon to use in the conflict against them Is soap and water In abundance, frequently applied and well rubbed in." Urllllant Faulty. "John, where'8 your daddy?" "He's out yander gittln' beat fer cor oner." "An' yer uncle?" "Seeln' how close he kin come ter beln sheriff." "An' Bill where's he?" "Well, Bill don't 'mount ter much an' I've hearn tell they're gwlne ter send him ter congress ter git shet of him." "An" you what's you a-runnln' fer?" '"Nothln. I'm the only one in the family what ain't got no eddlcatlon, so I'm a-teachin' of a school fer a llv in'." Atlanta Constitution. policeman in sight. After myself that tho fight would go until one of the combatants was "downed," I hastened on my way, hojv ing to meet one of the guardians of the law. k r .,!. - At the corner of Boylston street a policeman yas Just boarding a south bound car; I beckoned to him, and when he alighted said, "There's a fight going on at the corner of Mason street and not a policeman to be seen." "Well," ho said, "I'm an Invalid, and dar'snt go Into It!" He stepped on another car and rode way. Was the riot too little for him? Boston Transcript. finest climate In tho world. A con atant southeasterly trado wind, straight ffVim tlin t-ioln tilnttra nvnr MlO IfllnTld and sweeps away thoso germs of dls-lunch, according to tho New York Trlb oaso which Ho latent in less favored uno. "I remember that our chief nm spots. Ab a consequence, tho longov-bltion In those days i was to got as lty of tho Inhabitants Ib probably muchmuch sleep as wo could nights without greater than In any other portion of being found out, so that we could got tho globo. In spite of all this and thoalong w thout wasting so much of tho proximity of tho Island to tho Capo.y in bed. 'Pound' wo used to call hardly a solitary Africander finds hlBBleep n those days, because wo stopped way thero from ono year's end to tho'Pundlng brass' to 'pound our oars on other an oxpress-packago pillow with a wait- So much in reference to St. Helena Ing-room bench for a bunk. Funny as a health resort. Now let mo brleflytblng Is trado slang. In those days refer to a matter that Is of more vital thero were very few semaphore slgnnls Importance. Tho strategical advan-nd we had to get out on tho track tnPQ nf thn ioinn,i hnvo iiopn fnllvWtth red and whlto InntornB and swing recognized by both military and navalP trains, and our chlefost bano was experts and tho royal commission holding order, for thero must bo no which was presided over by the latoBieP w lu" on ur BUUUB Lord Carnarvon recommended that It "For Instance, If westbound trains should bo strongly fortified and constl-had tho right of way tho dispatcher tuted an important naval and conllngmlght send me an order to 'hold No. 28 station for the vessels of the squadronfor orders' and then run trains eaBt wlthln tho Capo command. These rec-bound against It all tho way up tho lino. ommendationB havo, however, not becnQulte a responsibility to put on a 17 carried Into effect. Certainly some-year-old boy. Well, If wo happened to thing was done to Improve the fortl-be terribly sleepy it was a hard fight. ficatlonB ten or twelve years ago, bull havo been so Bleepy that I daron't tho guns aro now of an obsolete typoslt in my chair for fear I would fall and the diminutive garrison mnlntaln-asleep, and I have stood up and walked ed In the Island is utterly inadequatoaround many a time for an hour or bo to defend It. Moreover, though SLalong In tho small hours of tho morn Helena is supposed to bo a naval coal-ing until tho order was rovokod or the lng station, tho admiralty maintained train got In. Ono way wo had waB to no coal supply there, the coal for theput a high stool out In the center of ships on tho Capo and west coast ofthe floor and Bit on that. If wo went Africa stations being kept at Ascen-to sleep we would tumble off. I nearly slon, which does not possess even abroke my neck once that way. I havo solitary gun but Is a cinder heap uponoften had my call on tho wire wake me which many thousands are annuallyup. There's something peculiar about wasted. that. I have been sound nsleep in a Tho defenseless condition of St. Hel-room adjoining the telegraph office, had ena is a matter that intimately con-a train go by nnd an alarm clock go cerns the South African colonies andoff without waking mo up, with two or should engage their attention. The Is-threo Instruments clicking away HKo land Is utterly unable to help ltself.mad all of tho time, and then Btart up The opening of the Suez canal rulnedsuddenly wldo awako when some ono Its prosperity and over since It hascalled my office on tho wire. It alwaya been drifting nearer and nearer toseemed to wake me up in the Bame way. bankruptcy. The greater portion of ItsI would dream that my station was bo adult malo papulation has migrated tolng called and that Borne ono was hold the Cape and the whole revenue of tholng me down to prevent my answering Island Is now only some 6,000. Therolt. I would struggle and strain to es are only half a dozen officials and thooape, and then suddenly wake up to governor fills Innumerable other offlceB.flnd tho Instruments calling, JUBt as I Including that of chief (and only) Jus-dreamed thoy were. Onco when I was tlce. It Is deplorablo that Greatvery sound asleep I actually got up In Britain should allow one of its pos-my sleep and walked across a waiting Bcsslons to sink Into such a condltlonroom Into the office and had my hands of decrepitude, and especially an 1b-o the key to answer a call before I land which, lying in tho direct ro'uto to woke up". the Cape, must ever bo of considerable "This wasn't infallible, however, un importance, fortunately, and wo used to try all sortB of schemes to awaken ourselves, usu- The Paper Returned. ally beginning with an alarm clock. "I'll tell you the queerest story youThe trouble with an alarm clock is ever heard," said Chief Dickinson ofthat a man gets accustomed to it and the department of fire the ether day,""'8 to rouse. We learned tnat tne way "and It Is a true story at that. In 1864, t0 UBe one was t0 glve tne a,arm only toward the end of tho war, I was aton0 turn tho Drst two or three ""t3 Fort Lincoln, at Washington, the lead-w6,tr,ed " th,?n, two tun,a for aw,h,, er of a band of the Ono Hundred and"1,,80,011 unt" ItfcwaBl5ui,jr WTd, Up Fiftieth Ohio Regiment Tho war wasfachwtlrae' and wh?" 'fc 0gan l ,0B? kn( ,, , , , , ,, , . its effect, as It would like the continued ?v 'intpLl? . Z v nt?n8e-uso of opiates, we discontinued it for L,f i,n?u M y lntCflt WOawhlle and tried something else. I could got about It. Newspapers werohaveoften Bet my clock twenty mlnutea scarce, and when wo managed to getahea(li ,ny down anu Blept peacefully hold of ono we regarded It aa a treas-for at brief period. ure. One day I was fortunate enough ''rto greatest rouble wo had was In to get hold of a copy of tho Phlladel-reportlng the passing of trains. Somo phla Inquirer, which contained a lotof the night expresses would rush by of . war news. After I had road it Iso qirick that wo wouldn't got thor- handed it around among Uie boys-ouhly awako, and then, by and by, and finally loaned It 16 aafter tno'tramliiul'be'en reported from man named Breymeler. Yester-two or three stations abovej wo would Jay who should walk into theperhaps wake up and find the dlspatch- offlce but Breymeler, who returned ther calling. Then ho would ask, perhaps, paper with thanks. Ho was lookinjfor No. 41, and we would answer: 'Not over his old naners to cot InformnH-inyet. There would be a bad few mln- to assist the widow of an old comradoutes ,n Btoro for U8 'or very fievore in getting a pension, and he ran acrosathlnea can bo said over a wire, and tho Inquirer. What do you think ofthey 80und a thousand times worse tho vinRPipnp nt ft mnn wVin wnni.i .than face-to-faco abuse. ..v vv..H..w..wv v. . nuu vwuu NOSES MADE AS GOOD AS NEW. Celluloid, Patience nnd Bomatltnel a VlnRer Needod. Ho would not, with a peremptory tono, Assert tho noso upon his fnco his own. Cowpor. And how could ho If that noso wore fashioned of celluloid, gold, platinum or oven a baser molal? nska tho Now York World. "Building a noso" Bounds queer, and yet that Is JUBt what Bur geons aro doing almost every day. Every surgeon who possesses mechan ical ability enough to bo called a "plas tlo Burgeon" will take a contraot to build a noso Just ns a builder takes a contract for building a house. Tho operator, In tho enso ot a man, tiro bony portion ot whoso noeo has bcon destroyed, first removes tho dead bono until he finds healthy bono. He Is then ready to proceed with tho building. Holes aro drilled into tho sound bone for tho reception ot tho metallic framo work which la to sup port tho flesh that will give tho noso the appcaranco of having its natural bony nnd cartilaginous support. Probably tho most famous caso of nose-building Ib that of tiio late Dr. Thomas Sablno. Tho oporatlon was performed at Bollovuo hoBpltal. Tho patlont's noBO had been entirely de stroyed by a dlseaso called lupus. The surgeon transplanted the middle finger ot tho patient's hand to replaco the nose. To tho houoo surgeon foil the task of destroying tho nail. For thlB ho usod a powerful acid. In relating hla cxporlenco recontly he said that he sup posed htB work had proved successful, but after tho linger had been trans planted ha found that tho nail was in clined to grow again, and ho was obliged to ueo tho acid repeatedly be fore it was finally destroyed. Ticro aro surgical records of other similar cases In many of which tho nail had grown on tho "finger nose." In ordinary cases whoro only the bony portion of tho noso has bcon de stroyed, collulold la said to provo most satisfactory, as it is better borne in living tissues than any other substance. A caso was recently shown at the Academy of Medicine. The patient was a young man whose nasal bones had been destroyed through diseases. The skin had fallen Into the cavity. The shape of his noso was rostored by an aluminum tripod. Tho surgeon drilled n holo in tho frontal bono for tho reception of one branch of tho ap paratus, while tho other branches fitted Into holes which had been drilled In tho upper Jawbone. To tho untrained eye the nose had every appearance ot being normal. TEMPERANCE. turn a paper after all Cleveland Leader. that time?" "For awhile I had a dog who would begin to growl when a train was a mllo away and would wake mo up, but after awhile he got afflicted in the regular way and would growl only for a tramp. I ran Speaking of tho enforcement of the Sabbath law in New York, Acting In spector Brooks said: "There was never a time until recently when the tender loin could not be counted on for a big batch ot arrests and police cases ot all kinds. With the saloons closed crime decreases, and naturally arrests are fewer." In a recent speech before the English Army Temperance association Lord Wolseley made this striking statement': "There are yet some battles to be fought, some great enemies to be en countered by the United Kingdom, but the most pressing enemy at present la drink. It kills more than all our new est weapons of warfare, and not only destroys the body, but the mind and soul also," White RibbonerB' week In London ended with a reception given to about 1,000 members ot the guild at Relgate priory, the home of Lady Henry Som erset, these guests also visiting tho Farm Home colony at Duxhurst, four miles away, The hostess and her guest, Miss Wlllard, president of the World's W. C. T. Uv sheok hands with evory comrade. Tho MlsaeB Park of New York city were musicians for the occasion. Game 1mt In Central Africa. Game Is to be preserved In Central At last I dovlsed a novel scheme Africa. Major von WIssman has seta light string ncross tho track about aside a portion of Gorman East Afrlca.flve feet from tho ground, tied ono end within which no shooting will bo al-to the fence and ran the other through lowed without a license from the gov-the keyhole. To this end I attached a ernor or tne coiony. a license to shootcoai-nod nilea witn pokers, tin cans, elephant or rhinoceros costs 500 rupeesetc, bo that when tho train passed the a year for a native; fomales and youngstrlng would break and down would elephants with tusks weighing less thancome tho hod with a terrible clatter six pounds must not be shot at all. and I would be roused. Well, I had White men will pay 100 rupees for tholt all nicely fixed for tho Chicago ex flrst elephant shot and 250 rupees forPress the first night, when about one every other, 50 rupees for tho first two0'c,ock a tramp trudged along up the rhinoceroses, and 150 rupees for all af-track and the string caught him Just ter them. Monkey, beasts of prey, boarsunder tha n0B0- Sa' he was the mad and birds, except ostriches and socre-deBt man l ever heard- If l haia't had tary birds, may be killed without omy dog w'th me, l 'l belleve he license would ever have calmed down. "That scheme was pretty satisfactory Cariom Writing Table. for quite a while, but I got so that I'd Mrs. Wlnthrop "My husband Is go-sleep through that, too, sometimes. It ing to do most of his business corres-would get caught occasionally and pondence at home while I'm away in wouldn't work, and it was a mean rig the country." Mrs. Merrltt "Is he go-ging to arrange, anyway, so I decided ing to use that lovely desk of yours?"that the safest plan was to tie the end Mrs. Wlnthrop "No; he ha bought aof the string to my arm. Tho first time table covered with green cloth, with1 tried that I was out of cotton Btrlng, the funniest little hole cut In the top80 l rummaged around In tho office and you ever saw." Puck. found a ball of this fine, hard twino wmcu uie express peopio use, anu I stretched that, like a big fool, tied or. . . A.7""T "''""'V ... . end of lt around "' wrlst and laid Haggl6t-"I understand that youdown down on a cot In about an hour have been a i fully squeewd In the city aiong camo the New York UmltoJf 01 late-" about fifty miles an hour, and say! BaSg6-"Yus, I've got four nw typr wyt tnat twlno would havo towed a writers." Standard. canal-boat. Before It broke it had tlp- Certlflcatea for Women at Oxford. The Council of tho Association for the Education of Women in Oxford has decided, pending the revival ot the agi tation for conferring tho bachelor ot arts degree on women, to issue certifi cates to those of lUs students who havo compiled with certain conditions of ex amination nnd residence. They will be of threo kindB, but it will bo essential for all that residence shall have been kept In Oxford and a ilass obtained In an Oxford honor ex amination. The first will be given for the strict bachelor of arts course with full residence. The second will bo giv en for a course npproved by tho coun cil ot the association as an alternative to tho degree course Three examina tions will be obligatory and twelve terms' residence, but there will be no limits of standing. For tho third, eight terras' residence will bo sufficient, and an Intermediate examination will not bo required. Tho certificates will boar the signa tures of tho president of the associa tion and the principal of the college, hall or other body to which the stu dent belongs, and will be Issued only to students whose names have been on tho books ot the association during the requisite period of residence. By tho present rules of tho association no student can be placed or remain on the books unless sho is a member of Lady Margaret Hall, Somervlllo College, St Hugh's Hall or tho Body of Home Stu dents, but provision has been made for the recognition, under certain condi tions, of now halls. London Times. Four lla IWrd Them and I'rnten Orrnt l'.dlrloncy. I From tho Now York Sun. The Big ruur iiuwuuu hub hivuii uiuuin iu uuvu sixty of Its slmplo locomotives convert ed Into compound cnglnea, as tests with two compound locomotives havo shown a 6avlng ot between 20 and 23 per cent. In tho consumption of fuel ovor the genernl nverago of slmplo lo comotives. Tho valve, which Ib tho feature of tho now devlco, was first applied to tho Chesapeake and Ohio ten-wheol en gino No, 110 in tho full ot 1892, nnd the records of tho compnny show that in threo years. 1893, 1894 nnd 1895, it has run continuously without nny extra cost whatever, nnd has saved 1,580 tons of coal. Ten simple engines averaged 7,178 tons of coal, on which tho com pound showed n saving of, say, 22 per cent., or 1,578 tons, or 526 tons a year. Had the slmplo engines mndo tho samo mlloago as tho compound, thlB saving would bo Increased to 615 tons a'yenr. The Big Four's order was given after tcntB with compound locomotives had slrown groat economy In fuel. In for warding tho order Mr. Garstnng, su perintendent of motlvo power, wroto: "Had tho valve been put on all Bixtjr ot tho engines when first built, lt would havo made a Bavlng to tho road in their threo years' service of 100,000 tonB of conl." In tho compound englno tho steam, of tor having performed Its work In tho hlgh-pressuro cylinder, enters the low- pressuro cylinder, thus utilizing tho further oxpnnsion of tho steam. In other words, instead of tho steam'B es caping to tho ntmosphoro after lenving tho flrBt cylinder, aB In tho simple en glneB, lt is used in tho second cylinder before escaping. "To dcscrlbo our dovlco mechanl cally," snld Mr. Trigg, "we Introduce In tho passage between tho hlgh-pres-Buro nnd tho low-pressure cylinders an automatic valve that opens for live steam for both cylinders In starting and then changes to compound, automati cally when tho start is accomplished. Tho engine Ib also convertible Into a slmplo engine at tho will of the engin eer by means of tills valvo in case of emergency. Tho features of tho valve are perfection in operation and simplic ity in design, thus nvoldlng tho compli cations, unreliability and Increased ex pense of maintenance that havo been tho objection urged to other devices." In nnswer to a question Mr. Trigg said that it could bo roughly estimated that thoro were 30,000 locomotives In. tho United States, and a saving of 333 tons for each engine would menn 10, 000,000 tons a year, and that this was only ond-thlrd of the Bavlng In mnrlne engines. In other words, where six pounds of coal was used in marine ser vico, only one and a half is now used, and oven thlB figure is being reduced continually. The six pounds in locomo tlvo service hns been lowered to four and a half pounds by compounding without loss of power or speed, and without extra cost for repairs, as t reports of the railroads show. t i The Loree and Hatei of Natloni. How Bhort-llved aro tho animosities of nations! A few months ago there was no epithet too harBh for the Ger man emperor. Ho was gibbeted in mu sic ball ditties, he was railed at In the press, and in society unrepeatablo things were said of him. Now there Is a distinct revival of the patter about "blood being thicker than water" and we are rapidly returning to the conclu sion that the kaiser is a splendid fel low. The naval architects toasted him with enthusiasm, and with happy tact the master of many leglonB has sent a gold wreath to tho First Royal dra goons, of which he Is colonel, to re mind England that Prussia fought by her sldo at Waterloo. The truth is that tho loves and hates of nations are founded, not on kinship nor on history, but on self interest, and as this chang es public feeling changes too. Satur day Review. The Koentsen Itxyi. Tho electrical ether waves, which Herz and others have experimented with, are, as a rule, too large to de compose the saltB of a photographic plate, but they can traverse opaque substances, such as the human body, without causing sensation, as Tesla's experiments showed. It they aro too large to affect tho sensitive plate and the eye, they are also too large to irri tate the nerves. Roentgen and others have .demonstrated, however, that cer tain of these electric rays or wave mo tions can affect the sensitive film indi rectly by exciting phosphorescence in bodies on which they fall. Hence the Roentgen silhouettes and the crypto scope ot Salvlonl are already familiar to the readers ot this column. London Globe. On Their Track. "Ha! ha!" quoth Romeo Gruffvolce, tho tragedian, as he wearily stepped from tie to tie on the way In from Frostvlllo, " 'tis the first time, for sooth, I havo played the role of detec tive. The directors of this road know mo not, but I am on their track." Just then a train turned the curve and tho way lt used him made him feel very much cut up. Now York World. THINQS WORTH KNOWINO. - i - Opals remain fashionable and cer tainly lend themselves well to tho lapi dary's art. Tho moBt conservative persons now admit that American cut glass Is the finest in the world. The peculiar greens and blues that prevail In dress fabrics aro shown In enamels on gold and silver. Birthday watches claim attention. Theso have dials enameled with tho flower ot the month or set with the natal stone. All kinds ot fancy colored stones an worn, including carbuncles, peridots, amethysts, topazes, turquoises and, above all, sapphires. Flowers and scrolls represented in brilliants are arranged bb a pendant, which Is also adapted for wearing in the hair or as a brooch. A favorite style ot necklace consists ot three rows of pearls, each with a separate diamond clasp, so that they can be worn singly If required. Silver plate bearing the trademarks of trustworthy makers possesses re markably enduring qualities and the artistic character ot solid sliver. Damp spoils the tones of a piano and turnB the keys yellow sooner than any thing else. Keep the piano shut on damp days, but a little sunshine will help to preserve the color of the keys. To prevent table salt from becoming lumpy mix with lt a little corn flour before putting lt in tho salt cellar; tha proportion about a heaped dessert spoonful of corn flour to a teacupful ot salt. Spirits of wine diluted with a little water may be used for improving the appearance ot black satin. Apply it with & sponge and rub it on gently tho right way ot the material. The satin j should then be put between two pieces or satin ana ironeu on me wrong siue.