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The temperance prople will be glud to
leurn thiit M. Ohevruel, the great French
savant and lentenarinu, lias iicvtr tasted
a drop of wine. Ho dislikes the smell of
it, and, strange xo suy, ho has thn sumo
"infirmity," ns ho calls it, in regard to
fish, although ho is ono of the greatest
fisherm 'li in Franc".
Country people can mako their own
barometers if they have no other uso for
their wells. In the Swiss village of Moy.
riiigcn some disucd wells have been hor
metie.iliy sealed to servo an barometers.
On a full of atmospheric prcs-nre air es
capes through it small holo in the well
rover, blowing a whistle and thus giv
iiur warning of u irnniinn iitonii; lint
when the outside pressure is increasing,
the iiir, being foreed into tho well, causes
ndilleieut sound, and announces tic;
probnhili y of line weather.
Tricycles in Kngland are being uvd
for many purposes Tr.i len use it for
delivery of small package?, mid pa-tin n
depend on it in count it districts. In
(t. iinanv mil.t try genius is turning it to
i.eeount for the battle field. Hut as an
auxiliary for the lire brigade in K igliiud
its application is perhaps must ingenious
The one in qii -si ion contains a hose-reel;
a light, doubh' pump tiro engine capable
of throwing twenty live gallons a uiin
ute; n collapsible cistern to hob! water,
and a simple tire escape with descending
ropes and bag. Two men tan run it at
full sped.
Some of the members of the Tenncs'sce
Lgisnliire arc chosen alter a novel fash
ion. There aio iii the Slate what arc!
known in "!l .r.al districts " Tiiecoun
ties if I he Mate are entitled to re leseii-
tatioii a rding to population. The
fraction above the necessary number en
titling a county to representation j not
tl.r iwn away, but s, veral c unities ad
joining combine tlese fractional rem
nants until the unit f represent alien is
reached. These-counties compost :i "no
torial district," mill besides being repre
sented by their own county nu inb rsliip,
the counties jointly elect the extra mem
ber, who is K 1 1 -iwn as a "II i.iter."
In -pite of all life-saving :ip ialiccs
there is still death in the mini! to a
flight. Ill extent. Civ. I., itioii gets its
H'py of coal and iron at a cotly ex
pense of human life. Statistics ju-t pub
lishe.l in Kiiglaud show thai diiiin' the
ye;.r ss'i the total nun b r f fatal nc
eitb tits was WIG, and the total number
of tlea'hs occu ioiii d thereby I," II.
showing a tlecreasi! coinpaivd with the
preceiling year of ."il in the number of
fatal accidents and an iiiereaso of 2lli
in the number of l.ves lost. On an av
erage during the year there was one fa
tal accident to every HIS pets ms em
ployed. The average for the ten years
17-1 to lsn:l is one fatal accident to
cvtiy .VJI persons employed, ami one
death by accident to every l"iH persons
empl y !. T.e proportion of fatal ac
cidents to the number of p rsons em
ployed is therefore lower than the av
erage of the la -I ten year and thedcath
rate is also lower, which, of course, is
gratifying as far as it ones.
The towns along the great lakes are
pr ud of thi-irshippiiig trade, although a
lather along their coa-l may swallow a
mouthful of water without naus:i. The
t'levclailtl y.t. . sivi that the com"
meree on Lake Superior can be judged
from the fact that "up to the rcs"iit
time the ship canal i.t Sault Ste. Mario
has been u-el this s 'ason by an aggre
gate of more than :!,0(io,noi tons of
shipping aiol it is piob:ib!e that the
tot 1 1 will reach l.uoo.ooil tins by the
cloci of navigation. The magnitude of
these li ;i;res can hardly bo appreciated
at Hist sight. Four million tons of ship
ping meal. s '',000 of the largest vessels
on the lakes, or 1,00 1 fir-t-c as; ocean
steamships, ici uvcrag of lilteen of the
former, or m arly eight of tho latter each
iLiy for months. " How much
of this coasting tia le i. along : Ii Cana
dian shor nod carried in Canadian ves
si Is is not state I, but lie larger share
probably belongs to tin I ailed State s,
and shows that wj have c iiisiilerablii
commerce, even if we don't count for
mil' li in the foreign carrying I rale.
liiiisia is pet uliarly rich in surprising
sects and associations, but the ino-t as
founding is one lately brought to light
bearing tho oinino is title of "Tho It 'd
Death." Its members alfeet to believe
that lie who consciously p rmits anothet
to sutler prolonged pain commit a mortal
-in. In order to abbreviate tit- mi IT i
iugs of hutnauity it i) a matter of coti
soienco with them to kill the sick, that
they may lie put out of their pain quick
ly. The association t ikes its nanit: from
tin; fuel that its executioners, ilresscd in
red for the occasion, strangle their vic
tims with a red cird, placing them for
tho purpose upon n ret! cati.fabpie, be
neath tho dull red lish light of an oi
lamp. This strange ant) horrible associ
ation whs brought to light by the riier
pjetie opposit ion hit rposed by a man in
Sarstoi when his mother ami sister at
tempted to strangle bis sick wife. Hi
culled ill tin authorities, who have ai
res ly arrested sum forty meniliers of tin
murder ms set. Tueir organization
Heron to lxi A transfi T-nco (run India tc
MuseoviUi soil of the woiship of Bill
wuiier, the religion of the 1'Uojjs.
vol. ix.
A Saii! vt Kost.
O weary llnn ls! tuat, nil the Jay,
AVero st to lntmr liartl ami long;
Now softly fall tlio sliielows gray,
Tlio liells are runs 'or even song.
An hour cko the igoMeu sun
Sunk slowly tlonu into tlio west;
J'oor, weary Hands, your toil is done,
T'is time for rest! 'tis time for rcatl
O weary Keel! that many a niilo
llue triulgeil along a wtnry way.
At lust yo reneli the trysting stilo;
No longer feur 1 1 no ustrny.
The gently Lending, rustling tree
liis'k the young lunls within the nest,
Ami softly sins th-i ijuiet bnsv. :
" "l is time for ! st! -'tis titnu for rest!''
O weary lives! from which the nrs
Kell many n t me like tlmiitler rain;
0 wenry Heart! tliut tlirtmglt tli9 years
ltt'itt wilti stieli tiilter, restless pant,
To-tiight forget the stormy strife,
Ami know what heaven shall semi is best;
I.ny tlouu tli tuni; ltl welt of I i In,
"l is time for it st ! -'tis tune for rest!
'.mveee Tuha.
The Widow's Pumpkins.
It was a bii.liant O . tobcr morning,
the glass all spaiking with hoarfrost,
the trees waving their retl-jewehtl arms
to tin' sunshine, and K.iakiin Kills was
tliiving serenely down II ay Hill.
"I ain't a poet," thought he, "but if
1 was, I could wrilH a lot of rhymes
iiboilt like this. AVhv, it's poetry all
the way through. And eh.' how.'
what? Who's that .'"
It was the Widow Ib-psy 1 bill, stand
ing at tie; door of her little one-storied
bouse, and beckoning with lar long,
ban uiiih toward him. The farmer
ill -w his re n.
"Hold mi Sorrel I" he npostiophi.cd
his st-e I. "Vim ain't never in u hurry,
when I want ymi to be, so I calcerlate
y.ui can stand still a bit now. Wal, Mis'
Hirll, what cm 1 tleiv for ye tS. . inorn
im; .'"
I've got smile pumpkins that I want to
st II," said the Widow llepsy. "MrclTtil
likeiy oni s."
"l-iiiiipkiusr" echoed Kliakim. "Why,
ble.s , m soul, Mis' H. ill, pumpkins is si
dreg in the ui.uket, just now. The
pumpkin ciop has turned out powerful
gonil, thank I'roviileiiee, and our folks
is feediu' 'cm to (he caows."
A shallow olilitt! tlisaiioiiitmenl crept
liver the old woman's face, as she stood
there, unconsciously picture sipic, against
the curly hop -tendrils and crimson wiiod
bine leaves thai garlanded the doorway.
The tears came into In r dim eyes.
'"Then 1 may as well give it up," said
she, in iiceeiits of tlispair. "l-'or I hain't
uotliiu' else to sell ; and llelindy hail set
such store on my com in' down this
autumn afore cold weather set in."
"Khf said Mr. liilis; good laturcdly.
"Vou was a-goiu' down tlow n to llelin
ih's, eh;''
'I can't without no money," said the
Vitlow llepsy I;,. "And I was sort
o' calculator on them pumpkins. Th1'
torn hain't amounted to notion', and
the weasels has t ilk all the poultry, and
tho illicit bellies mildewed that last dog
days weather, and the carpct-wcaveti'
business is awful dull; m what be 1 to
d...'"
"t'.ui't ye put oil your visit;" said
Kliakim, tin tight fully flicking the top
oil n cluster of saucy nx-cycd daisies,
that grew close In his tv.igon wheels.
"Melinily's little hot's got the croup,"
said Mrs. Hall, lugiiluioiislv. "And her
husband lias fell off a sea Hold and broke
his leg. And if ever I'm wanted there,
it's now."
"I swan !" ejaculated honest lilinkini,
as h" r ailied what the double meaning
of poverty and misfortune wm. "Ketch
me them pumpkins; I'll buy Yin any
how." "I'll let y.ui have the lot for a dollar,"
said the Widow llepsy, wistfully.
"They're jest nut til the coiner lot."
"Alll't gelher-d, I'lli"
"If e-s me ! w ho'vi' 1 got to gel In r 'cm?"
re i roachfully rep lied Mis. Hall -"and
iijiI a soul about the place, and mn with
that crit k in mv bit k."
Kliakim Kllis' lean smol" him. Who
was he, to complain of a little extra
trouble, wh li the Widow llep y was so
liiu h worse off than liimse'i ;
So lie alighted, ami led Sorrel 'labor
iously down the stony cart track toward
the corn li 'Id, where, amid the harvested
shocks, gleane d the ruddy gold of pump
kins iiinuni -rab e.
'Tompkins!" screamed .Mrs. KIU-,
when her husband drove into the tleor
yard at noon. ' I'linipkiiis! Why, Klia
kim Kllis, what on earth aro you bring
ing pumpkins hern fori Ain't we got tho
Lani-i lumbers full, ami tho lots full, ami
the very caltlo won't eat 'cm? Ho you
clean gone crazy f"
Mrs. Kllis was n high-cheek -boned
female, with projecting front teeth, and
hard, greenish eyes, like b:idl-.oltrt'iI
marbles. She was one of those who
worship gain as the lire-worshippers far
down before the sun. ".Money is
money !" was her favorite nxioin. Ami
K . ink. i in fell his heart sink within him
as ho faced tier stern, uncompromising
gii--.
"They're jest a few " ho began.
"A few !" shrilly echoed his wife.
"The wnggin is heaped full! And we
a-throwin' of 'cm away every day!
That's jest a inatiN cab ulatin' !"
"Jpst a few," said Kiiakim, hitching
desperately on tho fust section of his
speoc' , "that I re lining dowu hero to
IMTTSISC )Ii)
til for Mrs. Hall. Thero nin't much
market up that-a-way, you know,
Loisy.
"And," he added to himself, "good
ness knows how glad I'd be to sell 'em
if I had the chance! 1 ain't !yin', no
how !"
Miss Kllis gave n prodigious sniff.
"Don't you fetch that there truck
inside of tho door-yard, 'I.iakim!" said
she. ".lest dump 'cm on tin; roadside
and let tho neighbors' hogs cut 'em up
us quit k as they can !"
Hut Mr. Kllis took advantage of a tin
peddler coniiig along on tin; other side
of the street, mid engaging Ids help
meet's attention, to smuggle in the load
of pumpkins,
"I won't waste 'em anyway," said lie.
"If anybody's hogs is to eat 'em, it may
as well be mine."
That afternoon, when ho came in to
supper, a thing happened which tiad
never before befallen him in all his mar
ried life.
He found the tea-kettle cold, the Or.i
ham gems unbaked, the table uusprcad
and his wife crying piteoiisly.
"Kh:"suid Kiiakim. blankly. "What
in 'ill -creation's the mutter now? You
ain't sii k, be you, l.ois ;"
"Yes, I be!" sobbed Mr-. Kllis.
"Heartsick, I.iakim. Oh, what Ate I
done; I've s-old them old gray pants
(I'yourn to the tin peddler, and never re.
iiiembercil how I'd put that there hundred
dollar coupon bond you gave me to kee
in the pocket, In cause 1 calculated no
burglars would take a pair o'ragged old
patist. l!i, dear ! oh, dear !"
For one minute Kliakim liilis stood
silent. A hundred dollars was a
hundred tloilars to this hard-working
nan, who could only save ami scrape by
littles.
Hut he looke 1 at Louisa's pale, woe
begone, face, anil his gnat, tender heart
rose up within him like the billows of
the sea.
"Don't fret, l.oiy, nil gal," lio said,
cheerfully. "It was only tin accident.
"I'ain't wuth frettin' about." And he
bent down and kissed her forehead--a rare
tccurrenee in their undemonstrative
Ii. u-ehold. "We'll go to work and make
it up i s fast as possible, my dour."
"Ob, 'I.iakim!" sobbnl the good wife,
"I don't deserve you should be so good
to ni". I'm a cross, sco din' creetur,
and "
"Tut. ml, tut!" got diiiiiiioivdly inter
ripped her liusban I. ' (im si ain't
goin' to In v my wife abused this u-wav.''
"And I'm smry I spoke so short nliout
tin m pumpkins," added Louisa, dole
fully. Mr. Kllis whistled under bis breath,
lb' was almost dispii.-i-il now, to regret
that he had paid out that dollar for the
Widow lb psy's pumpkins.
'However, it's done," be said to him
self, "and it can't be undone. I.oisy'd
best b' left in the dark, 1 iti'ss, about
it. "
II" was alertly kind ing the lire, while
Mrs. Kllis moved sad ly about, making pre
parations for 111" i Veiling iik . 1 1 , when
there was a I vely tattoo, played by ''
very energetic pair of knuckles on the
door outside.
"I 'mil ' in !" shouted he.
Ami who sic uid make his appearance
but the till peddler himself.
"Ibilo, uplift!" said he. "tines
there's been a mistake somewhere. 1
ain't btiyin' up (i ivei niueiit coupon
bond-. I'm in the tin trade. 1 found
this 'ere in your old pockets. So I al
lowed it was best in bring it b it k right
away."
lie held out the folded slip of parch,
incut. K iakim looked oddly at it.
"Felt h on Diogenes and his lantern 1"
said be, "I calc'late hen 's tho honest
man at last !"
"Oct oul !" said the I in-peibller. "I
don't want none o' your lour-sylhibletl
fun poked at me. Hut I tell you what I
dew want. Them then pumpkins that
you w.'isc iitin' in when I exchanged t
Mince-pan and two dippers for them gray
pilots with your good lady, I'll give you
live cents apiece for 'cm."
"Done!" cried Farmer Kllis, joyfully.
"There's to be a big dinner up tc
Slupleses Hill," wa nt on the tin-peddler.
"And they're goin' to hake two hundred
pumpkins-pies, and all the pork and
beans tint's to be hail. And there'
goin' to be a corner in pumpkins. I've
got toy wagon out here, so I guess we'll
load up right away."
And thus the hundred-dollar i on pot
bond was returned, all safe and sound,
by the tin-peddler, who, was as honest
as he was slin wd, anil tho Widow
llepsy Hall's pumpkins wore sutisfueto)
rily marketed. So much so, indeed, thai'
Kliakim even pun based out of tin i
piolits a sinilT-t oloretl merino gown,!
which lit; left at the w idow's door tin 1
very next lime he drove- pa-t. j
"It's a oily she can't share nioro o
the good luck," said he. (
Mrs. Hall found the gown, neatly'
wrapped in paper, at he door when slit
ciiiii' homo I rum ciunberrying in tin
swamp, and she never knew when; i (
came from, lint she made it up, unii
won it to her daughter iielind.i's in the
ctv. I
Hut honest Kliakim has not yet toll
Louisa, his wife, that ho bought Widow
Ilepsy's pumpkins, and paid a dollar ft
them in gootl hard cash.
"It ain't best to tell women crery j
thing!" saitl he JI len Fvrrctt 0 rat 64. '
CHATHAM CO., N. ( .,
SILENT SCHOLARS.
Tea. Iiing Dear Mute3 to Talk
in a New York School.
A Method which Keqiiiras Groat Patience
and Perseverance.
t'p in Fiftieth street, not far from
Fifth uvi nuc, in one of those brown
stone fronts that looks like the twin of
every other brown stone front on the
blot k, a tpieer class of pii i!s meets every
day. Sumo of tho pupils urn only live
years old mid some are twenty, but not
one ever makes any noise, and in point
of ipiic tness the ( lass is a model one.
Nobody ever hears schoolboy laughter
or schoolgirl jollity ring out from that
school-room, and tin; very house itself
has not even the conventional door-bell.
You can count every tick of tho little
clock with the class in full session while
you st-Mid waiting in tlio hallway.
In this silent house deaf unites are
taught to speak. Two private classes,
with seven pupils in each, meet there
day nfter day, and from !! in the morn
ing till late in the afternoon struggle
with those simple sounds that most of u
learn unconsciously in our bubylinod.
Miss Sadie W. Ku lcr is the teacher.
For eleven years she has worked among
deaf mutes and given to voiceless
tongues tho iiuisie of our speech. In
this country and in Kurope she has
learned all that the Lest schools can of
fer. Hut whatever methods different teach
ers may have, to tho oii-looki-r who
spends an interested hour or two in her
class-room it seems that the only suc
cessful method must be nine-tenths pa
t'ence. One must have the quiet pa
tience of a marble statue and persistence
as the (lowing t f a liver to perforin this
modern miracle of making (lie dumb
talk. To m: k" a sound over and over
again and then to begin nttlie beginning
ami repeat and reiterate ami explain and
recite the Fame thing a thou-uud times
is somewhat a Miggostion of the work of
II teacher's life.
Two boys about seven, nnother of ten,
a pretty girl of sixteen and two smaller
girls about eleven years old were sitting
iptietly around a little table. There was
a blackboard and a First reader in the
room. Miss Keelcr was teaching the
smallest boy to say "Ah!" She put one
of li s h inds on b. r chest so that he
could feel the vibrating of the vocal
ch r.ls, and lu l l the other i b se to her
nii'iilh, mi that he could feel the expul
sion of her breath. Then she said "Ah!"
mid he tried to say it after her. Then
In r lips form' dtbe wind "pupa," nnd
the little fellow, by closely watching,
essayed to imitate her, but the only n
sui'. was something that sounded like
"muni-mum." The teat her held the
lad's hand to her lipssoth.it he could
feel In r breath US she expelled it in lllilk
the "p" in "pap i." Tin "in" sound
did not In ing .any breath on his
hand; so he tried again, and, holding
his hand to his own mouth, changed
"mum mum" into a guttural sort of
"papa."
The little pupil bud hard work getting
the letter "c." Tin; only way he could
feel this sound was by placing his hands
one on each side of the jaw of the
teacher. The sound of "in" and "w"
he got by placing the lingersof ono hand
on the teacher's nose and the lingersof
his other hand in precisely the same way
on his own nose. Then he copied the
movement of her lips and tongue ex
nelly, and another letter was won. The
vowels aro taught first, then letters are
put together, and the lad at last learns
to say "hoy." Then he writes it on a
slate, and is told tliat the three letters
mean himself or any t tln r boy.
One pretty little maiden named Min
nie, sits ju-t across the round table. She
began learning early, and speaks very
nicely. Of course, (hat voice which she
herself hits never henid lacks the modu
lation tlnil weuiieoiisi i usly learn to look
for. "1 love ymi," from those pretty
lips has the same measure of affection
expressetl ami the same placid intonation
that "1 hate you" has. She is a gootl
example of the double system of teach
ing that goes on in this queer school
room. She has learned lipriuling.
Speak slowly to hi r and she can tell
Irotn the changes in your lips and tongue
what you say. .Make the nit re motion
with your mouth, as if whispering softly,
but do not mailt tho least sound, ami
she can tell wli.it your words would be.
Of course in this combination of object-leaching
and lip-reading there metis
must bo strange mistakes. Take the
i use of Dr. Iliilhiu let, who, speaking in
chinch to deaf mutes, tried to exp.aiu
what a tl. aeon Mil. lie took his hut
and passed it round as though taking up
a collect ion in church that was a dea
con. Now, did they understand? Of
course. Little (ieorge held up his hand
mi l was given a t bailee to air his knowl
edge mill (ell what a deacon really was.
"He is the monkey that goes round w ith
the organ-grimier to collect pennies.'.
So when he w rotcon the board the th lini.
tionof "coliseipieiiee" "that which fol
lows," another 'night hid said a dog was
n consequence, because ho followed the
man.
Just about a century ago, the plodding,
painstaking tiernmns begun to try to
tench deuf mutes to talk. They Icaiusd
NOVEMIHCR II, m.'
it from Spain, mid have been improving
ever since. Now nearly all tho big cit
ies of the c' Viliz d world have deaf milt
sclu ols. A child should begin at live oi
six years to learn, and io ten years ought
to be able to talk faitly well. Mo-I
teachers limit their cla-ses to seven, us it
isdilli ultto give the desired attention
to each member of a larger class. Tin
pupils are gla 1 to b arn, and aro singu
larly persistent in trying. Hut, after all,
thero is something pathetic in th'it
struggles to talk n language that has m
meaning for their eats. - A', ir York Y ;il,
Four Oops Not It nsoii.
An instance out of my own experience
will go to show bow fear does not reason.
About ten years ago when I was ill I! I
deii near the lilaek Forest,- I was in the
habit of walking alone in the evening
till late in the night. The security win
absolute and 1 new very well there was
no danger; and us long as 1 was in the
open field or on the road. I felt nothing
that resembled fear. Hot logo into the
forest, where it was so dark that one
could hardly see two steps ahead wu
nnothcr thing. 1 entered resolutely, and
1 went in for sum" twenty paces; but, in
spite of myself, the deeper I plunged
into the din kness, the mure a fear gained
possession of mo which was quite incotii
preheiisible. 1 tried in vain to ovt it oun
tho unreasonable feeling, and I may
have walked on in this way for about a
quaiter of an hour. Hut there was noth
ing pleasant about the walk an I 1 i-oii.d
not help feeling relieved when I saw the
light of the sky through a gap in the
trei s, and it ri iiiiieil a strong tH'ol l ol
lie! will to keep from pres-ing toward it.
My fear was wind y without cati-e. I
knew it, ami fell il as strongly us if it
had been rational, S"ine time afior that
an venture, I was travelling at night,
alone with a guide in whom 1 had no
eoiitidenee. in the mount ains of Lebanon.
The danger there was certainly much
greater than around Helen, but 1 felt no
U-ur. J'jtl.tr iSVi'iver M-mthhi
The World's (ireatest Desert.
One-half of the earth's solid surface is
1 tiried in the abysmal regions of tin;
ocean, anil exists at undulating plains
beneath a watery covering from two to
live miles thick. On this land at the
bottom of thed-'i'p s ';i,the director of the
I'biiUenger publications te'.lsu;, the con
ditions presented are most uniform. The
temperature, near the freezing point of
fresh water, does not exceed seven do
grees in range, an 1 is constant through
out the year in any locality. Sunlight
and plant-iifc are absent, and, although
animals of the large types are present,
thero is no great variety of form or abun
dance of individuals. Change of any
kind is exceedingly slow. At the great
est depths deposits aro chiefly a red clay
mixed with fragments of volcanic mat
ter, remains of deep sea animals, cosmic
dust, manganese-iron nodules and z tili
tic crystals. No anniagcous deposits have
been traced on dry land, although tho
continents are mainly made up ol rocks
which must have forme 1 under the sea
near the coasts. Throughout all geolo
gical time the deposits of the continent
bordering waters appear to have been
forced up into dry bind through the con
traction of the earth, while the abysmal
regions have remained the most perma
nent ureas of the earth's siu fa".
A Hill or llir.ls.
It may, perhaps, .e adduced as one of
the most remarkable of the many curious
and often inexplicable habits common to
the lower animals of widely different
classes, the practice of forming them
selves into balls or clusters, as is the case
with bees, star-fish, some kinds of bats,
and at least two spot ies of birds. One
if these species is a swallow found in
Van Dicm.iu's Laud; the other, the
mouse bird of Central Africa. These
strange little creatures, according to Le
Yaillant, who describes them, generally
live in small companies of live or s in
dividuals, and generally select a densely
fohaged tree or thick mass of bushes for
their gathering place.
l'enoaux, who verities this statement
of Le Yaillant, also mentions having set u
thein clinging to each other while asleep,
the first bird holding on to th" branch
w ith one foot, while it supports a sct-miil
Jiird by entw ining one of the hitter's legs
".vith its own free limb; this second bird
in a like manner supporting a third, and
so on until they form a chain that often
contains as many us six or seven of these
living links.
Slack Tiini's.
The lawyers complu n of slack busi
nos, the miners of slack wad r, the mer
chants of slack liade and the saloon men
of slack thirst; in fact, thero is a general
slackness visible all around. Hut the
moon shines bright, and the soiighin"
boughs of the trees bend to catch the
whispered accents of the old, old storv,
the w hite tombs listen silently to (ales of
love, while the lumber piles lie still and
hear with painful weariness tho contin
ued smack sinacktiess that splits tho
moonlit air like the target practice of a
r.tle company. Life has some sweets
even in dull times. I',n?rriHt (('.(.)
( terrtr.
The United States has 0,000,000 miles
of fence, which cost the larniers nnd
stock in n about $ 1,000, 000, ooo, nuil
iiavo to bo renewed every fifteen years.
NO. 1(1.
Vo!ing by Electricity.
At the mechanical exhibition ut thn
Palais tie l'lnd ustrie of Paris, there is
jxhibit-al a machine for regi-tering
fotes, which will, it is said, be shortly
installed in the French Chamber of Dep
uties. Its object is to obviate mistakes,
'he loss of time, and tin; necessity of tho
members leaving their desks to n cord
their votes. The machine, which is the
'n vent ion of M. D bayoux, is worked by
.'let tiieity, mid the vote of a full house,
it is said, may be make known by this
means in less than live minutes. The
irrangeinent i f the Apparatus is as bil
lows; In front of each scat thro. con
tact makers arc placed, the knobs being
marked "Yes," "No," and "Abtell
tion." Only one of the uslies i an bo
depressed at one time, and neither of
them can b" used lie r' than once, until
liny have been released by the net ion f
nnother part of the apparatus, w bit h is
under the control of the president. I'm
voting is recorded by means of three -i ls
of cylinder-, upon which is in-crib"! in
n lief the Halm s of the inetnbi rs in al
phabetical order, mi l also the f.-ms of
ligui-i s from one up to the total number
of members. Tin -s evliiidu's rot at" un
der inking pads, and idler the Voting,
an impression being tak'n on a band of
paper lega list the iiatue of each member
present, i. found a number in one or
other of the three t olu'liiis "Ye-," "No"
or "Abstention." 'I'iie.e numbers ap
pear pi rpe iidicii ar in nimu-rica! order.
I line the total number in each division
is reel at the foot of the three t oll -.
The apparatus is- neeessuiii s on w ii.it
colllpiii il'ed, bit! it is said to work x .ill
great facility. II will b rcnieiiibcrcd
that for -oiii" tiui" ii similar voting ai
par it us was exhibited in one of the ( -m-oressiiitial
coin uittee rooms at Washing
ton, but was finally taken away by the
inventor, who i. -pain I of its adoption.
KI,,i,o:,l Vr!.l,
Tut- Tiger's Sli'eliglli.
Nothing shows more the marvelous
strength poso-sei by the tiger than the
way in which ho carries his victim away.
1 remember the first time 1 was shown
where ii ;igcr had di jigged a foil grown
bullock. 1 could not b. lievo il pos-ible,
and it was not until after we hud killed
the robber -only an ordinary sied
tigress and I had carefully gone over
on foot the ground where sin-hiid diaoged
her pny that 1 found that she bad not
only dragged the dead bullock an
tiiiim il, I should think, t -onsidt rably be.
yoii'l In r ow n weight over dry rough
ground and through a dense cum break,
but that in some places, as tin marks
showed, she inu-t actually have lilted
the fore quarters of the buliock off the
ground in In r mouth and have walked
several yards with it in that position.
Win n the victim has been dragged to
what the tiger considers a position of
seeiin'y it will sit down and take a good
meal, and then retire a short distance
from its prey to some particularly thick
bush or tuft of grass, and tin re remain
until the following night, nnd th'ti
return f r another meal. In consequence
of this well known habit "a kill," as it is
called, is tb. li st f all khiibber, and in
sin b cast s, if the tiger has not been dis
turbed, the sportsman is almost sure to
tiud him lying somewhere close I i the
carcass, and, if his arrangement arc well
made, is pretty sure to get a shot at him.
L'lttttnh, r's Jnrit'tl.
Hells of Hie Fast.
The house of the ancient Knglish gen
tleman was not, as a general thing, pro
vided with bed rooms, says a writer
about the beds of our ancestors in the
L'l'niKiwlil.tri. A c'n iniber or shed was
built against the wall that inclt.se 1 the
mansion and its dependencies, un I in
this little cell the lord ami his lady slept.
Sometimes tin re was another tdi.-imber of
the same kind built b r the daughter or
young Indies of the house. As a general
tiling, the young men of the house and
the guests slept oil tables and benches in
the great hall, when woolen cov. 'tills or
blankets were provided for Waiiuih.
S Tvauts and attendants slept upon tho
(lour.
Later on, in the time of the Tu loi,
the "four poste" bedstea I, an iinn" aso
piece of furniture having a canopy sup
ported at liieh corner by the posts, be
came the fashionable sleeping couch.
Some of the old wills mention "posted
sett work bedsteads." These panelled
bedsteads were sometimes of clcgunt and
massive nrchitecture. The columns re
sembled huge balusters, and rose from
Stpi ire tlado bases, nnd all the fiiime
pities were carved with decorative
mouldings of v rious patterns. On some
of the earlier bedsteads the columns ter
minated with figures representing tho
four evangelists.
Tti at: lie n ing Wood.
It is claimed that by a new process
while wood can be made si tough as to
require a cold-chisel to split it. This re
suit is obtained by steaming the timber
and submitting it to end pressure, tech
nically "upsetting" it, tints compressing
the n ils stud libers into one compact
mass. It is (ho opinion of those who
have experimented with the process thai
wood can be compressed seventy-live
per cent., nnd that some timber which is
now considered unlit for use, in such
work ns carriage building could be mado
valuable by tins means. Itun Aye.
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Delay.
Mways to-morrow ami never to-tlay.
so the wiut r wears till the bloom of May
Vet what is a month iieue or less;" you say.
-tut. as May goes ov.-r tli purpling hill,
' on It ad before anil I follow still
'rum enil to eiel of the mouths, until
lly pa-siou w ai-s.'witli the autumn weather.
To the very enduf itsltutlr (ether;
, "or, never apart, yet never together,
iVe walk ns we wa'ki'il in tho bloom of May;
:lnt n! lust your "to-morrow" is my
"I, i-lay."
iVIi. n what is a month more or less;" I say.
r'th I' rrti lit onrit'iiilciit.
i M'MOKOl'S.
A last fa re well--A shoemaker giving
ip his business.
Yoked garments nro much worn Hy
i -ii. Tin y are gored.
Atnde union -A marriage li 'tween
lU-iness rivals to prom ite trade.
Scli'iolmiinii to little .1 isie: "Whero
s th. North poh ; ' "At the top of tho
nip, in. inn."
Tli" tailors and dressmakers nro tlio
iidividiiuls who dwell most on tho etcr
iu' fitness of things.
"Neive fo nl" is advertised. This is
he kind of fo ul the in in eats who wants
' occupy two s.-uis in u crowded rail
"Ud e ir.
A little girl calling with her mother
it a new hou-e whci".! the walls were
ml yet papered, exclaimed: "What
i bald-headed house, mamma!"
Sum western papers io ik with horror
hi tic use tif th.. word "woman" in ro
pt etaliic soi 'i-ty. One of them recently
hronielt"! tin; tiuling of a "iiid'ys
k.lel.in."
' lb ie, you," howled a customer nt
i restaurant to tin wait-r; "can't you
i"o tiiat I don't wear luce shoes;" "Yes,
ir." "Well, then, what do you mean
i bringing iii" this shoestring in my
oiip; Take this back just as quick as
.'oi can ami bring mo a plate of soup
a it Ii a button hook in it."
lfubhiT Milk.
The method of treatment for congeal
ng rubber milk in the l'ara district is as
ollow i :
Small cii s are attached to the trees,
m l, when tilled with juice, are emptied
nto tin pails of a certain sine, having
lose I litis, the c ups lieitig again nt
at hed t i the trees. After going the
round of the treis, the contents of this
aiiil iire emptied into another asi.e larger
in 1 soon, till lite covered pail of largest
ie is filled and ready to be strapped on
:o the saddle of a mule for removal. Hy
:his plan the native are saved the troll
ile of condensing ami preparing tho
nilk for market, by smoking. The largo
a:i of rubber milk, on arriving nt the
ui-i'jiixiii is emptied into a bath of water,
the temperature of the Witter best suited
Io the rubber being a matter of experi
ence. The lumps of rubber that form
in the hath are immediately pressed into
thin, llat sheets and carefully wiped.
Hy this means the at id is forced out of
IhceilUor pores in the lump, thus pre- .
renting the so-called "rotten" nppear
ince. The author is of opinion that the
A fric in rubbers yielded by the Landol
phias, prepared in this manner, will pro
luce ii strong rubber. The African rub
i. is now scut In re do not yield, when
-trained nnd cleaned, more than !50 per
'cut. to .V) per cent, of pure rubber
gum, ow ing to the natives adulterating
.1 ith sawdust, bark dust, etc., to over
time the inconveniences of the sticki
i -s of the juice. The amount of resin
u milk varies largely.
Killing mi Alligator.
A ge itlemau who spends his winter in
Piorida told tho writer the billowing
itiiiy mi himself: "Coining ib wn to tho
.tank of the bayou one afternoon I saw
in alligator sunning its ugly carcass in
uy way ami sent a bullet into the vulner
ible spit under its shoulder. Tho
'c p! ile stirred l.iily and slid off into tho
vati i'. Am i, d iit the slight effect
lrotbieed 1 went away in disgust. As
paddled about the next day in my
io.it near the spot I discovered the sanio
ill g itot in the s anie spot on the bank,
uid directly in front of it a wild turkey,
i wanted tin' fowl f'T my supper ami I
lisliked to think the alligator hail
eaten me. I'oising my rill : I hesitaled
in instant between the demands of pride
uid appetite, and, deciding to kill tho
gator, banged away. The turkey flew
If with a screech and Iho 'gator never
nnlgid. Hy this time I was 'madder
han a batten' and puddled up to 'stir
ip' his laziness, when a reckless poke
wealed that 1 had 1 a shooting a
b aid Cilia :iss. 'I he shol of the day bn
'ore hud got in its work and the alli
gator had crawled out (as is their habit)
o tlio in the sun. Then I wished I had
ihot iit the tin keyi " -lh trail Frit Prct.
Onieker Than Wall Street.
"No, I wasn't cleaned out in Wall
itrect," he replied, ns he choked back a
icavy sigh. "Wall street was too slow
'or me. I got my fTOOO on a Monday;
n Tuesday I invested in a short-horn
mil; on A'cdntsduy morning I got up
ind found that he had been kicked to
jy a if-IO horse."
"Did you have anything left!"
"Only about 115, and 1 paid that to a
ollow to kill the old horse and haul both
udics to Um woods." HVi Street A'umml
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