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I 14 THE OMAHA DAILY BElu : ' SlTNDAYi DECEMBER 11 , . 18S7.SIXTJiiEtt PAGE& NATURE'S ' 1IAJESTIC WONDER The Progrosa of Electricity A Largo Bolt SOME RECENT DEVICES OF MAN. \ Nnvrl lj < H > k - An Invention to Protect CalileN A .Mounter 3Injiirt Klro trie WeldliiK A Novel O KlectHo HrcvltlcH. Kleetrieal Review : Kleetrieal pro gress has been almo-t in keeping with the inconceivable speed of electricity. Hut a few years back , within the mem ory of nil our readers , what a paltry cor ner of usefulness was occupied by elec trical , invention. A few improvements in batteries and the then wpnderful de velopment of the electric telegraph in Its various modifications comprised sibout the whole crop visible in the Held. At the centennial In 1870. only eleven years ago , some feeble attempt was made to show that electric light could be pro duced from a dynamo , which was spoken of as a "very Intel eating exhibit ; " Prof. Hell's first crude telephone attracted thousands of curiosity seekers , and the verdict was "a beautiful conception , but a mere sciontilic toy1'rof. . ( 'ray ex hibited various form * of what has since become one of the mighty arms of multi plex telegraphy , but most people looked iskance at the models as the "inwards of a church organ , " and passed them with indiHorcnt'o. To-day , only eleven jeiir" later , the lire lights of the United States sue fast approaching UlMMMH ) , wliilo the incnn- tlescents have long since passed the million mark. It would bo but a one- horse telegraph company that didn't use the duplex and qundruplex systems 'tltnost ' exclusively ; the harmonic's dainty t-ong is hetnd everywhere , electroplating tro-plating has got to tie an indispensa ble adjunct to ti great body of indus tries ; the telephone has become the business man's lidus achatet > ; a solid phalanx of electric motors are slowly butHtiroly pushing the small steam plants into Iho scrap pile , with the moral support of thousands of domestic motois. sons of the same sire ; and the knell of the poor street ear horse has been tolled. We tire surrounded with a myriad of smaller devices , hitch as alarms. nnnunciatorK , gii * lighters , mine-exploders , impossible to cata logue hero. Aud we have several very sturdy infants growing. Already elec tric smelting has taken astrong position commercially : electric welding or more generally electro-smithing has come to stii.\in'd ! will soon take its place in the rank and lilo of labor-saving in ventions ; storagebaUerics are gradually giving n ] ) their secrets and becoming amenable to scientific law. and they have a vast Held of usefulness awaiting thorn. Tin ; review becomes bewilder ing and the mayes of possibility are in- o.xhaustible. Whore will it end ? No where , in our livch. An the years swell into decade , and the decade round into centuries' , it will bo found that the true llood-gntes of improvements were opened by the discoveries and practical appli cations of electricity in the decade now completed , and the onward and ever widening torrent will end only tit the crack of doom. The Uses Electricity , linltimoru American : Nothing in the history of enterprise and invention ox- eels the progress of electricity as an in- ilustriul agent. Its development has been simply marvelous. It was as far back as 1727 Unit Franklin Hew his kite and drew 11 scientific secret from the zlouds , but'or ( over one hundred years * plans for telegraphic communication were attempted without flattering re sults , until Morse solved the problem mid built the first line between Halti- moro and Washington. Since that time , less tlwn a half century ago , the lines have multiplied until now they aggre gate the enormous length of over sOO.OOO miles , or more than enough to tvruii ill's J'CId ? old earth twenty-four times around , and tile miles 01 wliea reach a total of over i,600,000. ! or anough for llvo distinct wires to and from the earth nnd to the moon. In this country alone nearly 100.000,000 messages are sent and received every year. And , as for cables , there are thousands and thousands of miles of miles of them , and tholr capital stock amounts to over $105,000,000. , As for telephones , wo all know how they have multiplied. In about Jive years they have extended until they now represent a capital in this country of nearly $00,000,000 , and this year there wih bo nearly 400,000,000 hellob ! over the wires in the United States. Think , of it. Four hundred million tintinnabulations of the bell , followed each time by a sweet and mellow voice nskiug. "Wniit number , please ? " In electric lighting there has been similar development. Ono hundred and twenty-five million dollars tire in vested in it , and about seven hundred local companies are engaged in nitpply- ing It. Electric railways tire growing rapidly . into favor , and already they carry 1,000,000 passengers a year in this country , and their cost is one-half the cost of the horse cars. Wo write by electricity , we hear by electricity , we travel by electricity. If invention goes much" further , it will got us to thinking of electricity. A IJAI-KO lllectrlc Holt. A heavy thunderstorm , accompanied by vivid lightning , visited Wo.stinlns- tor , Md. . on November lo. Knin and homo hail foil , and the unusual occur rence of an electric bolt , in size mili nj > . pearance like n ballot lire a largo as child's head was witnessed by a number of persons. The bolt fell in a Hold near the almshouse and wahdistinctly visible to a number of persons. No M'rious damage was reported. Several tele phones were burnt out and a tree near town was struck. The storm was of short duration , but violent , and ex tended over only it portion of Carroll county. A Novel Klcctrlc Iiock. Kleetrieal World : A very largo num ber of apartment houses are now erected every > ear , and it is moro and more found necessary to provide means for the exclusion of objectionable poisons fioia their hallways. In order to accomplish tills , provisions must be made to place the occupants of otu'h apartment in con trol of the door. An electrical lock tea moil convenient attachment to the door for this piirjK i ) , and with a nush-bottoti iii every compartment caen occupant can control the entrance of any caller. New Device For ProlrclhiK Cables. Now York Sun : A now device for protcetlng the cables of the electrical pubway has boon invented bv General W. W' . Avorell , U. S. A. , and will bo tried on Spring and Green btreeK Spring street has aheady been opened from Broadway to Green for the pur- JHVO. A iKixing of hardened wood has been laid in the trench , and eighteen 25-inch Iron tubes will be convoyed thiough it to cart'y the rubles. The ) K > X will then "be tilled in with Trinidad n-phalt melted Up with pand. The mixture will bo ponced lu hot and worked la between the pipes , entirely .separating them and mtikinfl n fcoliil stone-like maun. General Avcrcll thinks it will withstand ago , moisture and cor rosion better than any of the prepara tions tried In different parts of the city. Most of the work throughout the city is similar in method to this now device , but substitutes cement for asphalticcon crete. A Monster Magnet. A special dispatch from Bridgeport , Conn. , rends : One of our leading army engineers , Major King , at WlUoUs Point.has brought before the engineers' classes of lute un experiment of n start ling nature. Wonderful results are promised. It is a monster magnet made of two Redman guns , which are connected at the breech. Around them is wound about twenty miles of subma rine cable. The cable is some that has been used in the lorticdq service. It is wound and fastened in a substantial manner , making ft jwwerful electro magnet when electricity is appliedthat shows strange results. For instance , a bar of railroad iron thirty feet long , if placed in the open cannon's mouth , cannot be drawn out by all the many men that can grasp it. Another instance of the strength of this big magnet was illustrated Saturday with a Hoi-pott ) ml cannon ball. The shot was placed in the mouth of one of the can nons the negative side of the magnet. On reversing the electric current it fell from its position , but was attracted to the opposite cannon and elung to its side. The positive current was then rover.sed alternately with the negative , and the heavy cannon ball played be tween the two cannons like a tack be tween the poles of a toy magnet. Uo- fore many days there will bo a public exhibition of this remarkably attract ive magnet. Welded by Klcrtrlolty. New York Commercial Advertiser : "Mr. .lohn .1. Moore , well known through his connection with electric lighting in this city , displayed at the St. James hotel , a few nights ngo.a very handsome pocket-knife with the monogram and crest of Napoleon on the handle and blade. The knife belonged loan Eng lish naval otlicer whoso father had re ceived it from Napoleon during his exile tit St. Helena , and as a souvenir it was pri/.cd very highly in the otll- cer's family. By some accident one of the blades was broken , mid it could not be welded together in the ordinary way without destroying the monogram and crestso it was sent to the electrical works at Lynn , Mass. , to be wielded by electricity , if possible. The weld ing was accomplished , and so perfectly that only the faintest scar across the face of the blade is now diseorniiblo. and the crest and monogram are marred only a little. Welding by electricity is likely to he of great practical bencli't at no distant day. It is claimed that all the dillerent metals may lie welded by this process , and that half-inch bars composed of section steel , tin , cast iron , copper , silver , and other metal have have been perfectly welded. The whole operation is like taking two pieces of sealing wax , softening the end of each and sticking them together. Flashes. Every ono is familiar with the fact that lightning dbc.s not spring direct from cloud to cloud or to the earth , but pursues a v.ig/ng course. This is duo to the fact that the air is not equally humid throughout. Electricity always takes the path which oilers least resist ance to its passage. Damp air is a much better conducting medium than dry air ; consequently the lightning selects the dump air route , avoiding the drier strata and /ones it encounters , and advances now directly , now obliquely until it reaches the op posite cloud , where it'subdividcs into a number of forks. Owing to the rcsistcnco which it en counters in its path , intense bent is gen erated , which causes the air to expand. Immediately after the Hash the air again contracts with great violence and with a loud report , which is echoed nnd rc-echod among the clouds. The report reaches the car of the lis tener from varying distances is drawn out into a series , andbeing still further prolonged by the echoes , the roll of thunder is produced. Is is a curious fact that , althoueh the sound of thuiKlCl1 ifl exceedingly loud when heard near at hand , the area over which it is audible is comparatively cir cumscribed. The noise of a cannonade will bo hoard under favorable condi tions , at a distance of nearly ono hun dred miles , while the sound of thunder docs not travel over fifteen miles. The occurrence of the thunder and of the lightning is , of course , simultane ous ; but as light travels faster than sound the Hash may bo seen several seconds ends before the thunder is heard. The distance of thunder may thus bo approx imately estimated , and interval of live seconds between the Hash and the thun derclap being allowed for oatsh mile. Sheet lightning has the appearance of a sheet of flame momentarily illumi nating part , of the sky or cloud surface. It is , in reality , but the reflection of lightning Hashing beyond the horixon or behind the clouds , and at too great a distance for the thunder to bo audible. Hut the most remarkable of all Iho manifestations of electricity is globular lightning , in appearance like a ball of lire moving leisurely along and remain ing visible , it nitty bo , several minutes. 'llireo li\inlons of Kleutrluity. Kleetrieal World : Ton jears ago the telegraph hold in its employes a mo nopoly of the practical electrical work of the country. All of the wires and machinery belonged to the telegraph , except hero and there a small amount of experimental apparatus which formed tin insigiiitletint partof the whole. The telephone made its appearance for commercial purno-os about that time , and from n small beginning , now equals , if it does not exceed the amount of capital invested , mileage of wire , and importance to thn community. The telephone service was organized * with a few telegraph men in its rank- , , but the greater number of its employes came from Iho ouUide. Following the telephone came the electric light , and in the short space of four or live year's il can boast of a suc cess that i simply astounding. Kvory cily , town and village of any impor tance , and many of mighty little impor tance , have found its benefits , and that the bervicti U a fixture in Use commer cial world is beyond the remotest ques tion. the lelogrftpli and Ihe telephone each contributed itnquotaof mo.n to form the nucleus to what is now such a vast ser vice ; but as in the cace of the telephone the majority of the inc'ti who allied themselves to the new industry , made their llr.st vow to Mobsrs. Volt , Ampere , Megohm and the other member ! ; , of the family at the door of the dynamo room. So wo find that at the entl of ten years the practical application of electricity is split into throe great division ? , each entiiely Independent of the ether ; thus a science , the salient points of which could bo grasped in it * entirety by the average mind , ha broadened out and gathered about it so many new and wonderful features , that a man must ' pread himself out pretty 1hin indeed , to cover the whoje field. The result I that the electric "cobbler sticks to the hist , ' and the v.cmhcrd of the throe great branches of the wprk each ab sorbed in its own allotcd paH know only id a casual wny what the olliers tire doing or what they arc doing il with. A New Klcctrlc fSonJc. Uoston Transcript : The Star electro mechanical gong recently offered to the public by a Huston company Is so suc cessful nn attempt to simplify the com plicated apparatus hitherto used , that no futher improvements are expected. The relca e is operated as in other gongs by an electro-magnet. The ham mer falls by gravity into position for blow. An attachment on the release holds the hammer up In plnco if the re lease Js still attracted by the electro magnet. It Is therefore impossible to give more than one stroke by pressing the key once , .as a blow is struck as the current ceases , and the armature of the release falls from the away electro-mag net. The hammer in falling into | Msi- tion for the blow releases a stop-lever and sets in motion the operating me chanism , consisting of a spring geared to a five-pointed star. One point of the star forces the hammer to strike a blow. As the hammer rises it forces the sto | > - lever back into position to prevent fur ther motion of the star ; ioO ! blows may bo struck with one winding of the spring. The gong is of extreme sim plicity , and contains no springs in any of the working mechanisms. The mag nets may bo wound to any desired resist ance for any circuit in combination with other apparatus , and require very little battery power. The construction is strong and substantial , 8,10 and 11 ! si/cs of gong are made at present. Larger six.es will by supplied as demanded. This is the only gong that can bo used on locomotives withoutftilse alarms from jarring. Klectrlc IJrcvltlcH. Some of the great cities are placing their telegraph and electric wires un der ground , but that method' has not been thoroughly tested , is very expen sive and has other objections. The collector of customs at Enstport , Mo. , recently submitted an unusual question to the treasury department. He wanted to know whether duty waste to bo assessed upon electricity which cutno over the wires from Ca'nada to supply electric light for Calais , Mo. Secretary Fairchild has replied that electricity is an invisible , subtle agent of { lower , without any substance as a merchantile commodity , and is not pre pared for in the tariff liable to duty. An international exhibition will beheld held in the Champ-Elysees , Paris , from the 1T > November to the 'list December ; proximo , in which all systems and in ventions relating to giving the alarm and warning of fire , mkthods of arrest ing its spread , and of overcoming its dangers , will be exhibited. The first electric railroad in this country dates buck only to ISS.j . One built at Montgomery , Ala. , in that year has eleven miles of track and about twenty cars. It isoperated by the over head system , and is doing a good busi- ne.ss. The twenty-first annual meeting of the Telegrapher's Mutual Henufil Asso ciation will bo held on November 1 ( ! at 4 p. in. , at the Western Union building , Broadway , Now York. The street lights used by the city of Boston save the taxpayers at least $ ; 00)0 ( ) ( ) in direct outlay , and are the best thing that the police can have in the prevention of robbery and violence. The Russian minister of ways of com munication has appointed a special commission to select the best system of electric lighting for railway carriages. The Western Union Telegraph com pany has filed a certificate in the county clerk's olllco , Albany , N. Y. , of the in crease in its capital stock by $5,000,000 , making the total capital stock $8(1- ( 00,0K ( ) . , The topic of government control of the telegraphs continues a leading one with the newspaper press , with a gen eral demand for the change. Among the novelties exhibited at the American institute electrical exhibition in Now York , is the electro medical ap paratus of the Stanley Faradiu Battery company. Among the apparatus we find a very compact arrangement for applying electricity to the body for med ical purposes. It combines buttery , coil and electrode. The first electric light recently placed ; i. o , . - . . . u , - . < _ i-V. . . . . . . . . . . . 5 ouisiwn mine m-tinuieu n. vnro throng of spectators , the majority of whom never before saw an electric light burning' . A special telephone investigating committee has reported to the board of trade of St. Paul that , while telephone rates ought to be reduced , the telephone company would not reduce them volun tarily , It recommended , theroforothat means bo employed to have the next legislature pass a bill establishing equitable telephone rates. The grand jury at Rochester , N. Y. , has indicted the Bel ) Telephone com pany of Buffalo for maintaining a pub lic nuisance on the streets in the shape of its poles and wires. The inhabitants of Rochester have now submitted to the company a new tariff , which they consider just , and under which they will bo ready to use the telephone ser- vlco ti ain. A farmer near Albany , whoso vine yard had suffered at the hands of thieves , arranged a system of wires among the vines , connected the wires with a powerful battery , and gave the grape stealers shocks that proved en tirely satisfactory to himself and salu tary to the thieves. The Edison Phonograph Toy Man ufacturing company , of Portland , Mo. , has been incorporated with a capital stock of $ UOO,000 , to make toys , s > ueh as dolls , with phonographic attachments. The government of Now South Wales has. for some time past utilized the tele phone as u means of communication be tween the out-lying districts. The effects of the recent Baltimore & Ohio telegraph deal are beginning to bo felt by the o mployes , and it is said that all but about a dozen of the main ollico operators have received notice that their services will not be required after December 1st. The Woods Electric company , df Cin cinnati , claims to have receiveda favor- ahln decision from the patent office entrain train telegraph devices invented by Alt. Griinvillo T. Woods. "Franklin , " ' said the professor , who was about to introduce Professor Mo'so ( to the alumni of n western college , "Franklin drew the lightning from the heaven and controlled its power to harm , but it was left to Professor Morse , gentlemen , to " puzzled to know ex actly what ho should # ay. ' 'It was loft to Professor Morse , gontleinon , to re duce it to ti horizontal position. " Edition's olectrio locomotives are at tracting great attention in England. Six of them linvo been running on a short line , and favorable comments are being made. Seventeen mill s per hour ! the speed that ib being rouohod on electrical roads in Brussels by the .hilion system. That system is al-o used on the Pull man cars in Canada. Electrical machinery is being in creased in capacity. Ono of the leading companies has just filled orders in New England for are dynamos of 2,000-liglit capacity. Incandescent machines of 10OQO-lump capacity are also turned out. PANTS , 1 Extra long slim Pants. Extra long 'stout Pants. Extra shorttstout Pants. Extra size waist Pants. New style check Pants. New fancy stripe Pants Nobby spring bottom Pants. Boys' extra strong Pants. Children's neat Knee Pants. . . All Marked Down. GREAT HOLIDAY SALE Price reduced on fine Melton Overcoats. Fine Beaver Overcoats. Fine Chinchilla Over coats. Fine Astrachan Over coats. Fine Kersey Overcoats. Fine Pique Overcoats. Good Frieze Overcoats. Good everyday Over coats. Good working Over coats. OVERCOATS. SPARKLING GEMS OF JEST , His Dream Not the Smartest Folks Linguistic Ludicriem. ONE WHO KNEW HUMAN .NATURE For the Superstitious Willing to Ou- Ilgc Ijuiiru Yawned Too The Family Man's Woo-H Conies HIM Dream. I arcamM I sat in my" chamber And wutfhed the dancing light Of thoblaze of my hcurthstpno And the red brands growing bright. I listened to the rustle Of the flumes that rose and fell' And I dreamed I heard u whisper , A voice I knew full well The room no more was lonely , A presence stern was there ; Audi knew my wife had heard mo As I sneaked up the stair. Her angry voice she lifted , Her hard hand smote me sore , Alus ! how my poor head does ache ; I'll go to the lodge no more. Ho Knew Human Nature. Ho had called at a house on ( . 'ass ave nue on business , says the Detroit Free Press , and as ho rose to go he said : "I believe you were up the hike this fall ? " "Yes. " "Go lislnng any ? " "Yes. " i" "Catch anything ? " "Ono little porch. " "Ha ! ha ! ha ! That's about as I ex pected. Well , good night. " When the caller had gone the wife indignantly said : "Kiehardhow could you sit there nnd Ho in that bold way ! You know wo caught over twenty tish weighing five pounds apieo , and that big pickerel weighed cloven pounds. " "My dear wife , " ho soothingly re plied , "you don't knpw human nature. That man is now"-1 " willing to take my word for $1,000. If I had told him of those flih ho would have gone away be lieving mo to bo thd biggest liar in De troit. " . ! } Not the Smartest Folks. You may notch it.on do pallia's You may murc ft on do wall , Dat du higher \\ffft toad frog Jumps Do harder lie will full. And do crow dat ( lies the swif tcs' Am do soones' in do corn , And the fly ( hit am do ineunes' Gets up euilicstia do morn. Do brook d.it am Tc shallo'cs' Chatters most upon do way , And do folks dut mil do sillies' Ar do ones hub mos' tor say. And do rooster dat am yonnges' Am do ono dut crows do mos1 And de man who am de coward Always makes do bigges' boas' . And he am not the greatcs' mun ' Who totes do bigges' muscle ; Nor ma she de fines' gal Who war do blggus bustle. You kla ledge do kin' ob man ly do manner ob his walkin' , And dey are not de smaites' folkn Who do do loudes' talkln' . For llie KupcrHtUlouK Only. It is unlucky to leave a house on Saturday without paying the rent for the landlord. Never begin work on a Friday , es pecially if your father provides you a biilJlclent income. It is unlucky to bo discharged from a good situation on Friday. To pass , u churn and not glvp a .help- ONE PRICE CLOTHIERSCOR.FARNAM& ' We will willingly refund the money for any garment which you can duplicate for the same amount we sell you. We' carry the larsrest and most varied , as well as the best selected stock in Nebraska. In addition to our immense stock of men's wear , we carry a beautifully selected assort ment of children's suits and overcoats. Our guarantee holds good in this department , as well as all over the house. ONE PR ICE CLOTHIERS COR.FARNAM&13' ing hand is unlucky to the person who is churning. Never pay bills on the first Monday o the year , or at any other time , if you can help it. It is lucky to breakfast by candle lighten on Christmas morning , provided there is plenty to cat. If the palm of the hand itches it is a sign of cutaneous irritation. It is bad luck to call a man a liar on Wednesday , especially if the calico be bigger than the caller. To knock over the salt-coller at the dinner table is a sign of awkwardness. If a man with gray hair falls in iovc with a young girl he will dyo. A man's name on an umbrella is a a > K" * > ' > "SlcnS C hi2tie ( ! K naenot the umbrella ) . The Family Man's Woe. You nsk ino why I am so sad , I who was oneo so gay , And why I look an if I had Unnumbered debts to pay. Why I wear such a gloomy face , C3 And heave such frequent si hs , As if I felt some deep disgrace , And yearned for sonic disguise. Why I so seldom laugh or smile Who used to joke and Jest Until my friends , less volatile , Plead plaintively for rest. Would'st know , then , what the sorrow is That's eating out my BOH ! 1 A Ins ! again the price has Hz , And wo urc out of coal. Willing to Texas Sittings : Elderly Member of the Church ( to young mun lingering on the outside ) ' 'Aro ' you becking the Lord , my young friend ? " Young Man ( bashfully ) "No , sir , I'm becking Miss Polly Jones , bull can wait until meeting lets out. " Laura Yawned , Too. Chicago Tribune : "Laura , " paid the young man , despairingly , ' 'I know it ib growing late , but this may bo the last evening I shall over sco you. If there is no hope for moLaura if your answer this nignt is a final ono there is no happiness for mo in this world except in the grave. Wide nnd deep it yawns before mc.hnt 1 fear It not. It yawns " "So do IGoorgc , so do I , " said Laura , wearily. linguistic T gentleman owned n ttno yacht , hut never would Ktiiy in ono sjiacht Said ho : "I'vcu notion To sail o'er the ot Ion Hefuro the midsummer gets ImchU" The weather was n cold and rough , A girl thought slui'd puirliaso a mongli , And thought sable nice Till thev told tier the price "I'll not buy , " said she , "uny such slough ! " A gentleman , agnl thirty-eight , Went fishing with minnows for height ; Though with all angleworms Ho WHS still on good terms , Ho declared they Imd gone out of dcight ! A very rich iniin had a cough , They told him he'd be better ough Jf ho'd takn a tour , Since liis licnlth was co liour , And thuincl hu never must dough I A smart woman puivhascd , liecuu.su she knew t > ho had u knuquo For painting a ( lower In less than un howcr , - And making the clerk buy It banuol Ho gave her a lovfly bouquet , Wnen ho took liur to sou the new pluct ; She wus glad , she mild , though , ; Since they wearied her M > , When she could throw the llowcrs auct I It ComfH HlKli III Clncllinti. Cincinnati Telegram : A mysterious- looking man entered Mike Liprnnn s pawn fahop labt night and , after glanc ing nervously about him. to bo sure ho was free from observation , cautiously drew from under his coat a lump of coal the si/o of a cigar-box. "What will you advance on that ? " he asked hoarsely. "O1" ! exclaimed Mike , "ain't that a beauty ! Want to sell it ? I'll give " "No , not I dare not sell it. 1 merely want to pawn it. What will you ad vance on it ? " 'Well , say $10. " "Never. " "Well , $25 is the best I cnri do : the risk on its being stolen is r-o great. " "Give the " and the mo money , poor man departed. Could Be. Near Her All tlic Time. Chicago Xsw : Tlicy were sitiing by the open fireplace together. "Have you ever , " she said , "looked into the philosophy of the Ensl ? " ' .Somewhat. " "And do you believe in the transmi gration of souls ? " " 1 think I do. " "Wei. , what would you like to bo in the next life ? " The Humes cast their bright light upon her beautiful rod tresses us ho re plied : 'My darling , I should like to be a white' horse. " Long time she sat and wondered why ho made so strange a choice. Incident ! ) of Mfc On Hlintnrovk Hill. Oil City Derrick : Mrs. MeCiuiro-- Divil tack' the law. It's sappanied as a witness in the police koort 1 am , an' I always get the headache in there. Mr. McGuirc Yo'rc a lucky woman , Mrs. MeGuire. It's mcsilf that ahv.iys gits thirty days. Mrs. Gliligan Come in thchousethis minute , Mary Ann , an' luck that cunip- btool nf yer buck. Mary Ann Go 'long witl yer. Its goin'down town I am , an'tho goat ait me bustle. Mrs. Monahan Was yoz at Fly tin's ball losht night , Mis. CTHrien ? Mrs. O'Hrien No , Mrs. Monahan. Which whipped ? Mrs. Ryan Where's the ould man , Mrs. O'Doud ? Mrs. O'Doud Shurc , Mrs. Ryan , ho didn't bring a dhrap homo for two weeks , nnd I had him sint up for thirty days for abusin' his family an' failin' to provide. Mrs. Iluttigftn Find me the man wid a backet of paint an'I'll murlher him , Mrs. Mi'.Cracken. Mrs. McCracken An' f what's the mat ter , Mm. Hattlgan ? Mrs. Hattigan- The blackgayrd h.vj painted "Long Live the Queen 'on mo goat. goat.Mrs. . Kelley I want yor tor rhtihono goat homo when bo comes tur yer house , Mrs. Mulligan. Mrs. Mulligan Bad luck to ye an' yer "ont. C'hnso her.hotno yerailf , Mrs. 'Kelloy. Mrs. Kelley Chase her homo now , loiko a good'lady , for whin ho gits a whiff of yer housokopin' it sours her milk , Mrs. Mulligan. A Sccno In a Horse Cur. Washington Critic : A roughly dressed man , n newly made husband , his bride and a few other pussungors. Cur runs oil the track. Rough man sayd "Damn. " Up jumps "hubby. " "How dare you damn before my wife ? " "How did I know your wife wanted to damn HriTtV" was the reply. Didn't Want Hi * Wlfo to Know. "Look bore , Charley. What do you suppose your wife would say if she know how you Ilirtcd with the girls ? " "Why , Tom , old boy , that's just it. I don't dilro to tell her about it. It Wouldn't do , you know. The poor thing . SUITS. Fine Plaid Suits in sacks. Dressy four-button Cut aways. Prince Albert Suits , New Dress Suits. Fancy Cassimere Suits. Plain Melton Suits. Elegant Worsted Suits , Beautiful Crepe Suits- Extra size Suits. All Marked Down. Price cut on all Astra chan Coats and Vests. BeaverCoats and Vests. Chinchilla Coats and Vests , PrinceAlbert Coats and Vests. Swallow Tail Coats and Vests. Prince Arthur Coats & Vests. Odd Coats and Vests. Single Coats , Single Vests. , JACKETS. has ST > much to talk about now that she doesn't have any time for anything else. If she had a new subject 1 fear it would break her down completely. " How Ho ot There. "Aw , go soak jour head , " said JOIICH to a fellow who was'bothering him for a small loan' . ' 'Well , show mo a pawnbroker that will put up anything on it and I will. " He got the quarter. mind IJojslMiiy Ball. Correspondence of the American Teacher : "When I was in Louisville , Ky.awlilo ( ago , I visited the institu tion for the blind. While walking across the grounds I saw some boys un der the trees playing with a bat and ball. I asked : 'What boys are thosoV 'They are blind boys , ' said the superin tendent. 'But what are they doing ? ' said 1 , thinking there must bo some mistake. When ho told mo that the blind boys regularly played ball I could hardly believe him , nnd I begged that I might bo allowed to see thorn piny. Ho" said the boys would play after dinner for my special benefit. I spent the morning in the school and work rooms of the blind boys nnd girls , and I saw a great many wonderful things. Hut I set out to toll about tha hnne ball , not the kindergarten , so I will skip the dinner and take you out under the trees where the game is to bu played. Five or six of the best players were to play , and f believe all but two of them were stone blind. The two could only see largo objects , like tha trunk of a tree , a man or a gravel walk. 1 do not think tho.y could a ball on the ground or in the air. "Thoy toolc turns at the bat. and each ono was anxious to make bin bases. Their way of pitching and catching was this : The pitcher stood about ix paces- from the bailer , wliilo the catcher sal squarely on the ground , immediately behind the bat. When all wore ready the pitcher would count 'one , two , three'and gently to s the ball. The batter would just , at the propcir moment swing his bat , and the catcher would spread out his hands and feet to stop the hall. He seemed to hear the ball us it passed the batter ( and it generally did ) and struck the ground , and it was moM surprising to sco him catch it in his arms on the first bound , and yet perfectly blind ! If ho failed to stop the ball be would pursue it on his hands and feet as a dog and almost keep on ltn track. Either ho could hear the ball roll along the grass or ho could iudgo from the nature of the Mirfaen ami the known spued of the bill : just how it would roll. His bands would sweep the grminn wish great rnpldy , und when ho had Iho ball ho would jump on his feet and rush for the homo btlso. "With the exception of the homo bat-o all the bases wore trunlfB of large shade trees. I was astonished to see how rap idly the boys could run. They just Hew o\er the ground , makinga great stamp ing on tlie smooth earth , until they were within llvo or six feet of a haws and then they would fool up to it. Not once did they run against a tree , though it made nio shudder to sec how near they came to doing so. I Biippono they know when they wore near a tteo by hearing the echo of their stops. Occaslontillv the Kilter would make a good hit , then all hands but Iho runner went in pcarcb of the bull. As soon as he had made his run ho would join lu the hunt. They always started oil in the rli'ht direction , and did not hunt in each other's tracks. Once thn superin tendent helped thnm llnd a ball that went Eomo fifty yards , but generally they found it thcii'S'dves. ' Though this gan'io was played for my bonellt , the well-worn turf gave abundant proof ot the fondues * of the boys for the sport during thuir hour * of play. " l
