North Carolina Newspapers

I -I HE V I I'M - r- ENTRA IMES: A (I. K. Editor Render IJnto Caesar the Things that are Caesar's, Unto Godr God's. $1.00 Per Annum, in Advance f 1 VOL. II. OLLA PODRIDA. c me karkable Feats. A traveler rV Ttour of the Orient, and -who, .up v iv. is something of a magician Vlf. '!3 tbe follwlng wonderful !ffi . rf - - experience with some of the Vn the far East: " One these " lb ueyuu ujr iuc idicM man in w ho threw a great coil of rib- ;:f,rt .-.ward the sky. . i 1, As it uncoiled r Tridxr- small nawK. seemea to DeuD- -j,c'i - -- 1 tiiticvx aiuuuu a, lew the ends of the ribbons in t'bk. and - then made off toward a ,t!, n!ute cloud -which apparently cp.- 1 efrc our eyes. From this .i?ud - ' re now slicto lQe grounds ir'&c. 'r" aG a smiling native baby, 'cb one- of the wizard's "wives" caught j," her nrins and held out for the -r! crowd- to inspect. Next, all ,f tho i'vJ-'ician5 save the larger (a per tcx gitr in stature), now left the place., php ri mt then satTown'upon the ground. Ait th' -i M'l oad a large colored umbrella n c'i h manner as to wholly conceal ilmH fr"'in our party. Calling me to l j i. ho exacted a promise from me to TTvc h1 umbrella after the expiration f fx .' !; five minutes by the witch. I jii ! directed and was unspeakably ,.rTr;-.;-.1 t-o find that the giant had dis-ir-fca'-d. thongh the earth where he had 5'.f-2 fining was perfectly solid. Re .Tain to the hotel we found our mir- j-jA.v.-.'rkin;; giant sitting serenely on -he r ! a. When I handed him his-um-reiif he opened it with a quick jerk, i;t!r.. in 2 ray watch and chain hanging i! a fl p uooe from one of the ribs." Tt-.-r for Perjurt. A method of itrfT' lining when a witness is commit vr.c p-ri'iry. is greatly needed by prac r?. A hint toward the scientific ir''-afn:-ut of testimony so as to obtain a ir.vA i--'lireof its value is given in a re- v published statement of a conver n 1'vtwecn three Kentucky judges. all agreed to the- statement that a n who yawns while on the witness S is ( ommitting perjury. Another -rnx-tioxes given is that awitnessr rf p;ats the lawyer's .question before nnrr it : is presumably, lying. A. iccently rewarded, a- wit-r ;t,,!. t h " v-- who- had. -answered all hi- ounseVs ' questions " ' glibly, Hi' i pcatcd carefully every question of th- i lo.--examinatiou before answering i. Don't repeat the questions, or the i'iry may come to the conclusion that j"u arc making up jour answers. It do ti' t c;ty they would be justified in dding -.''. lmt you should remember fiat there i- tidi a notion prevalent." The hesita tion of a witness and any device to gain riaio before answering are frequently as t'viv. 'I as reasons for believing that & wit is not telling the truth. An over th!' witness is, however, also suspected, an-1 all rules thus far assigned have ex options. The science of weighing human Mimony is still far from exact, and the 1-nvycr who believes a witness is commit th):: perjury can only pursue the old n:-h')ds- of examination in the hope that ?--w lip of the witness's memory may h tr iy him. . . How; to Fold an Umbrella. "No, not that way! I never knew one man in a hundred to do it right," said the clerk in tho umbrella store. His remarks were iir. r N-d at a customer who had proceed p i roll up a recently purchased ura I'n lh to return it to its case. . He had i"ti' what 90 per cent, of persons who ii it.'lh' umbrellas do when they attempt to irathf r the folds of clcth in' a neat roll jii 'und the stick. He had grasped the handle with his . right hand and was nviMicg the silk through with his left hind. "That Will spoil the umbrella wh-n you have repeated the operation h ilf n dozen times,"' the clerk continued, ' and then ?ou will be coming here and oin plaining that that $ 6 umbrella wasn't worth fifty cents. Now sec what you were doing! You were making a r tt y roll, but did you notice that you f. r-rc twisting, the ribs and braces in a spiral around that stick as well ns the th'th? You may have noticed that your umbrella sticks and catches Avhen you try to raise it. That's because you don't know how to roll it. You twist the iints of the ribs and braces all out of shape. There, you see, you have twisted the ends of those' ribs all around.iu'a l unrh on one side of the handle. Now let me show you how an umbrella should be rolled." The clerk took the maltreated article, shook. out the. folds -of-iLk, and worked the spiral out of the ribs, and proceeded to demonstrate -the-, - proper methods of -Umbrella" rolling. Grasping the handle in his right hand, he encircled the silk at th tip-with his left, which he slipped down a"bput half way of the cloth, pressing the ribs and braces firmly against the stick. The right- hand was then shifted, to' the tips cf the ribs, which were held .firmly against the stick, white the left hand adjusted the roll of c loth around them. By this method the ribs were kept straight along the stick and not partly twisted -around it, as the customer's roll, Sun. Lower Your Head to Think. lr. Lawder Brunton has made a dis covery which ought to entitle him to the gratitude of "all who'live by intellectual labor. It i nothing less than the secret of how to have-idcas at will. One night, after a long day's work, this eminent physician was called upon to . write- an article immediately. He eat. down, with pen. ink and paper before him but not a single ideacame iuto "his . head, not a single word rould he write. Lying back he then solirpqmz'cd :!. ''The brain i?. the same as itr-was yestwday, and it worked then; why will it not work to-day?" Then it oc!Ctir.r$ tnfhim that the day before he. was -not. so tired,. and .that probably the circulation was a little brisker than to-day. He next considered thtj various experiments on the connec tion between cerebral circulation and mental activity, says the London News, and concluded that if the blood would uot come to the brain the be3t thing would be to bring the brain down to the blood. It was atthis moment that he was seized withthe happy thought of laying his head 'flat upon the table. At once : his ideas bean to flow and his pen to run across the paper." By an2 by Dr. Brunton thctight,"I am getting on wc-ll I iiiy 'if up now." But it would not do. "The moment,' he coutinues, ''that 1 raised my head my mind became aa utter blank, so I put my head down again flat upon the table and finished my .article in .that position." Fntntiico Examiner. DIXIE NEWS. The Sunny South Gleaned and Epito mized. the News and Occurences Printed H?re in Condensed Form. All At Reidsville, N. C, several igentle en were arrested for ninvinrr r-i-wii-Q m loo and fined $5 each. A 2-year-old child of Mr. Burnett, at Gladesboro, Va., fell into a boiler of hot molasses the other day and was burned to death. C. G. B'a ton, representing a Pennsyl vania syndicate, is in Columbia. 8. 'f! ' examining several large properties with view oi large purcnases. All efforts to revive the Yourg Men's Christian Association of Greenville, S. C, and to put it on a sound financial basis, have failed. The furniture of the association has been piled awav, and it is i Keiy to ue a long time before it will ever be used again. Tennessee's caoitol is without watpr the city of of Nashville having cut off the me supply, owing to the failure of the State to pay its water tax. Ex -Judge John Col'ier, of Atlanta, wai striken with caralvsis Wednesdav moruing and is dying. He is a native of North Carolina and 77 years old. The Rome, Ga., Rolling-Mill went in to the hands of a receiver Monday. They employed 300 h nds. The company is in debt to the employes 3,500. The cause of the trouble is not knowD. At Greensbo o, N. C, a drayman con veying a barrel of brandy into Gorrell's saloon let it get away from him and roT to the ground, where both heads fell out andall the brandy ran into the gutter, except what was gobbled "up by spec tators. . . . . " During 1891 about 1,200 acres of land in South Carolina were planted in tobac co and nearly 960,000 rounds of tobacco raised. This year it is estimated that 4,413 acres have been planWd, and that the yield will be over 3,900.000 pounds George H. Allen, of Louisville, Ky., has leased for fifteen years a tract cf 1,000 acres of coal lands near Norton, Va. Mr. Allen proposes a thorough de velopment, pt the property, and will make -arrangements for commencing work immediately. A battery of 500 coke overs will be constructed at once and make about 500 tons of coke daily at the start. ' Messrs. Egau & Friday, who recently secured the contract for completing the Charleston (S. C.) jetties, ,-lrave com menced dredging, and will proceed with the work as speedily as possible. The National Women's Christian Tem perance Union convention,' which has been in session at Denver, Col., adjourned Wednesday. North Carolina showed the greatest net numerical gain and re ceived the first banner. Henry M. Neill, the well-known statis tician, estimates the cotton crop of 1892 at 7. 100,000 bales, maximum, exclusive of old cotton. In the event that the Texas yield falls below 2,000,000" bales he believes the crop may not reach even 7,000,000 bales. The new city directory of Roanoke. Va , shows over 10,000 names, and the total population of the city, estimated, about 24,000. In the pist two years nearly 1,500 houses have been erected, and 300 mere are now under construc tion. The residences average in value between $2,500 and $3,000. Within the corporate limits there are 3,069 resi dences occupied by 3,586 families. During the past few weeks there has been unusual interest in real estate at Savannah, Ga., and it is estimated that since Sept. 1 the sales have aggregated over $100,000. An interesting statement as to ther cost of cotton growing is made by Z. F. Fos ter, of Greenville, S. C, who planted six acres in the staple this year. He reckons fifty loads of stable manure,with hauling, cost $41 50; five sacks of guano, $11.25; hoeing, $15.00; plowing.$5 00; preparing ground, $8. 00 ; picking, $40. 95 ; seed, $1."00, making a total of $121.70, or $20 45 per acre. From, this ground nine bales of cotton have been secured, averaging $34 00 each,, or $306, and in addition $45.00 for seed, a total of $351, or $58 50 per acre, leaving net profit of $228 30, or $38.05 per acre. At this rite cotton growing should be" profitable, but, unfortunately, three-cent cottou is oftener read about than seen. Late News Items. . It is probable that Senor . Castellar, Spain's accomplished and eloquent prime minister, will be the orator on Ceremo nial Day, when the Columb:an .Exposi tion throws its gates open to the world. Andrew Stephens,' a full cousin of Hon. Alexander H. Stephens, late Vice President of the Confederacy and last of the grandso. s of Captain Alexander Ste phens, who was with Braddock in his .memorable march against Ft. -Duquesne, died at his home in Newport Saturday. Governor Holt has appointed Rich mond Pear-on. of Asheville, local vice president for North Carolina of the National-League for Good Roads. Mr. Pearson will represent the State at the rational convention at ' Washington 'City next month. The league was formed at Chicago week before iast. On Noverrlberf4 the Carolina State Fair will ope at Columbia, 8 C ! A number of exhibits have; been promised,, among them a large entry of cattle. ad horses, and also one "by Loriug Brown of the poultry for which he is so well known in the South. Arrangements have been made for five performances of Paine's "Paris, from the Empire to the Com mune," in which some 300 persons will take part Several racing purses have bee i subscribed, and the city merchants expect t raise another of $1,000. . A Bullet in His Breast. - Laukeks, S C A. W. Burnside, ex Judge of Probate for this county, was found iu km uncon-iuu tat- in his ar dtu in thiscitynt 11 o'clink. A pistol wound was found iu t je krt bieabt and a small i istol at his side. Hi; ha been u iwe I for totne time, and in a fit if aberration of mind ha inflicted the fatal 'i und .himself. DUNN, HARNETT CO., AN ERROR MAY LOSE A STATE. The Democratic Electoral Tickets of South Carolina Printed Wrong:. Charleston, S. C There is danger of th? loss of the vote of this State to Cleveland. It was discovered that a 6erious error had been made in printing ths Democratic electoral ticket which would have lesulted in the entire Demo cratic cletoral vote being thrown out on account of illegal ticket. As it is, the tickets have been in the hands of Ihe commiss'oners of election and "county committees for some time and have been partly distributed. Theniu lies the danger. It is hard to te 1 what propor tion of the tickets that have been sent out from the i-tate committee headquart ers are illegal. Most of those heard from are a sixtceuth of an inch too long, some too small, and some too large. The law 6ays they must be 5 by 2 J inches in size. The responsibility for ch a serious error pectus hard 'to fix. The tickets went through the hands of the executive committee. Secretary Tompkins has ordered new tick ts prb.tcd. lie says he cauno tell how man v of the illegal tick' ts have gotten into the hands ot the voters, but they were ali 'distributed a week or so ago. He states that hi ha sent out wa ning notices to each coun'y chair man and all tho commissioners of c!c tion and dom n-.t think any harm will come from it if they all act promptly and energetically. Mr. Tomptkins fails to account for the err. r. A Railroal ToboT'an for Male'. r "One of the queerest railoads any where in the cauntry," said Rev. D. S. Banks, of North Ontario, "is a novel line that rua3 from South. Ontario up to North Ontario, in San Barnardino Coun ty, California, where I live. The line is 'seven miles long. A span of stout mules draw the car up over the road. There is nothing singular about that, but it comes in on the return trip. . 'The seven miles are on a tilt all the way, although the. track do63 not look -like it. So when the car starts back the mule 3 get on and take a ride, the car booming over the whole lins by gravity. The mules enjoy: it, too. They ride there in as self-satisfied a way as any other passengers, and the vievr seems equally as charming. North On tario, you may know, is situated at thfl mouth of San Antonio canyon, but thero are a lot of magnificent mountains around there. One colony, for they can scarce ly be called towns, is situated on the Santa Fe road and the other on the Southern Pacific. It is the seven miles of street railway that con nect the two. 'The way they get the f mules aboard is this : There is a little truck under the car, and it i3 pulled out, becoming an adjunct to the regdar pa?S3nger de partment. The moment the truck is slid out the intelligent animals ma'ce a (start for it and step up and on. It ii (extremely amusing the way they do it, and the way they enjoy this ride, and they are great favorites with the people.'' ban Francisco Examiner. A decided novelty is on view at the Rojal Aquarium, Westminster, in con nection with the exhibition of the Na tional Chrysanthemum Society. For the first time in history flowers from New Zealand have been imported in ice, and the . experiment has proved a complete success. In the antipodes the culture of the chrysanthemum has awakened a good deal of interest. There April corre sponds with the English chrysanthemum month of November; but, until this year, the growers here have had no means of accurately judging the merits of the plants reared in our Australian colonies. It occurred to Mr. Earland, gardener to a gentleman living at Wel lington, to take a few of his finest flow ers to the meat refrigerating works. They were placed in tin canisters, filled with water and frozen. The tins were on a recent Wednesday at the Royal Aquarium and found to contain each a solid block of transparent ice, in the mindle of which, embedded as it were, in pure crystal, was a beautiful bloom, perfect in shape and color, and compar ing, as experts declared, with the finest varieties customarily exhibited in Eng land. London Public Opinion. Snails as an Article of Diet. Upwards of 103,000 pounds of snalrs are eaten every day by the residents of the gay French capital, the snail market being the busiest industrial mart in Paris. One "snailery" in the Province of Dijon yields its proprietor $1400 per year. At this place they are carefully reared in snail gardens ani fed on an aromatic herb which gives them a fine flavor. Many Swiss cantons also have large snail '. gardens and depend chiefly on the people; of Paris for a market. Snails are also used as an article of food in Austria, Spain and Italy as well as in Egypt and the other -countries on the Mediter ranean's southern shore. Hygienists claim that they are very nutritive, con taining not less than seventeen per cent, of nitrogenous matter. St. Louis Re public. A "Well-Known Cotton Buyer Wrong. New Orleans, La. Thomas A. Glea son, cotton buyer, has bean arrested chnrered with obtaining monev. estimated at Aora $8,000 to $15,000, from the Whitne ..National Bank of this city by means of forged press receipts for cotton and fraudulent uoliciesof insurance unon j the same, lie was arraigned up n two chart; s. Mr. (ileason has ucen in xne cotton business here for the last fifteen years, aud is well known t) cotton men throughout the eountry. Arrested All the Undertakers. Wichita. Kan. Wichita is wi hout an undertaker. Deputy United State? marshals came from Topeka and arrested all the undertakers in town as defendant in the prosecution started by the Topeka undei taker who is not in the tru'. They txpett t-. jjiv? bond aod re turn "Lutetla, the ancient name cf Parts, means, in effect, "mudtown," th city, when the Romans found it, being com posed chiefly of mud-built houses. N. C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1892. TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS. Latest News of Ameriea and Other Continents. A Resume of the Happenings From All Parts of the World, The Belgian Chamber of Deputies at Brussels rejected the proposition to grant universal suffrage . The Coney Island Athletic Club offers a purse of $35,000 to Bob Fitzsimmous to fight Jim Hall next April The British government launched the first clasi battle-ship ReveDge at the Armstrong vard. Furniture and wieckage, picked up on North Island, confirms the news of the loss of the steamer Gilcher. Horatius Harris, a Homestead striker, killed himself Tuesday, owing to de spondency over the condition of affairs. John Lyons, of Cambridge, Mass., is alive with a broken neck. He was drunk and fell from a wagon, striking on his head. Lieut. Frederick Schwatka, of Arctic explorations fame, committed suicide at Portland, Oregon, last Wednesday. The Hudson county, N. J., grand jury indicted 54 colored and 100 -white men for false registration. At Vinagora, in Austria, a cry that the tower was collapsing caused a panic in a church, during which 25 people, were trampled to death. The Northumberland miners in Eng land have voted to accept a 5 per cent, reduction of wages instead of going on a strike. Geo. J. Wheat, an engineer on the Panhandle Railroad, was struck by a train at Pittsburg Thursday morning and in-, stantly killed. ! A gale swept over St. John's, N. F., Wednesday, causing widespread destruc tion and the loss of a schooner with a crew of four men. Ripple and Whalen, two soldiers at Fort Brown, Texas, fought over a woman. Ripple killed Whalen and theu took his own life. In an interview at Indianapolis Attor ney General Miller confirmed the report that he will 60on retire from the Cabi net. The Fall River, Mass., manufacturers yesterday agreed to increase the w ges of weavers to 21 cents a cut practically a 7 per cent, advance. The report of the American Cotton Oil Company, submitted at the annual meet ing in iNcw York, will show net ptofits of $2,000,000 against $1,322,994 in 1891; $775,000 was expended in repairs, and $225,000 covered into the sinking und . . , - ! At the coming session of the. British Parliament Jose'uh Chamberlain will in . treducea bill providing that miners shall not work more than forty-eight hours a week. The bill will, however, coutain a provision for local exemptions, where the miners so desire. THE PRESIDENTS GRATITUDE. A. Feeling Acknowledgment of the People's Sympathy. Washington, D. C. The President made public the following card in re sponse to the innumerable letters and telegrams of condolence and sympathy received by him during the past few weeks : "The expressions of sympathy with me and with my family in our great sorrow, from individuals, from societies, from church conventions, from public meetings, from political clubs and com mittees of all parties, and, indeed, from all oui people, have beeu so tender and so full or respect and love of Mrs. Har rison, that I reluctantly abandon the fmrpose of making a personal acknow edgment of each. We are grateful, very grateful, for this cup of good will and for your prayerful intercessions. May God give to each of you in every trial that grace and strength which. you have ask' d for us." Set a Hyena's Broken Leg. Clarksville, Tens. The hazardous task of entering a den of hyenas to at tend a wounded wild animal was per formed by Veterinary Surgeon Stanton. Two hyenas belonging to Sells & Rm fro's circus engaged in a fierce fight, and before separated,one of them had broken the other's leg in two places. Dr. Stan ton was called and entered the hyena cage while the beasts were howling hid eously, tied the wounded animal with a rope, set the broken limb and escap- d unhurt. Several hundred persons matched the operation with eager eye-, fxnecting every moment to fee the sur ijeon eaten alive. Confession Extorted. Git An am, N. C A crowd of masked men, supposed to number more than fifty, went to the jail in this place Tuesday night an i took theFefrom J. 8. Sewell, who is in jail under suspicion of know ing something about the murder of J. F. Matthews. He was carried over on the hill west of the town, a rope having been placed an und his neck, was thrown over a 1 ms, and under these circumstan ccs was asked to tell what he knew about the k'ling of Mat hews. What he faid or confessed we do not know, as the jailor was advised to keep his own counsel. - After getting what they could out of the pr soner they returned lim to jil. Beat His Little St p -Daughter to Death. Colombia, S. C. Dorsey Goodin, of Timmoniville, deliberately beat his seven-year-old stepdaughter to death Saturday. He whipped the child with a large leather strap, having an iron buckle at the end, for twenty-five minutes, and then pickinz the "tittle girl up, hurled her to the flo She died shortly after wards. Goodiu as arrested and, in spite of threats of lynching, has been lodged in th Fl'Tf-nce jail ONE THEORY. Mamma Nw. why did George Washincton confess t-j his father that he cut down the cherry tree? Small Son I s'pose hi mouth wm all cherry -Mail?. Giod News THE REALM OF FASHION. WHAT TO WEAR AND HOW THEY. MAKE IT. The Time For Capes. Be Careful v3 Avoid Giving a Darwinian Suggestion, ERE we are again at the time for capes, and a modish one is shown, back and front, in these pic tures. It is a double cape with embroid ery trimmings. The model was in gray c'.oth with trimmings of black velvet and ribbons. The doub'.e (ape is pointed at the back and goes down to the edge of the pelerine, diminish ing in breadth. The V has a double collar, quilted and sewn back onto the U, which is fastened in front. The edge of the cape is ornamented by a ruche 61 scalloped cloth. The collais are edged with black velvet. The cloth V is trimmed with velvet ornaments which are sewn on. You will observe that it has no dangling ribbons. That is a whim already by gone. It is doubtfnl if under any cir cumstances the fashion of a brace of ribbons or a long rope of beads depending from ihe point of the bodice in the back, is graceful. Possibly, when the ribbon or bead rope floats off on the descending wave of the train it looks well, but when the train is held up and close around the knees, and when, as often happens,' the rope .of beads escapes and hangs alone and forlorn from the prominent drapery, when it floats all by itself in the breeze, and the observer get ting a profile view of the wearer, 6ees, oh, STYLISH DISSEB GOW3T. Heaven! daylight between the dependent ornament and the wearer, then what does it look like ? Why, nothing but a tail. The fashion might delight a Darwin's soul, but in the ordinary human the suggestion of monkey ancestry is clearly enough set forth by the general wearer without thi3 partic ular advertisement. 15 POOR GOW!f. The prevailing ir.odes this fall will un doubtedly continue to draw inspiration from the earlv and late French epochs. For yomiF girls nothing coul J be more becom ing than the empire gown, somewhat modi fied to suit modern nations. For other per sons the Henry II collarette, plastron and upper sleeves in four puffs will be much af fected. The very stylish dinner gown pictured in the illustration is in beige c'otb. the eorsag" and border of skirt being embroidered with motives in terra cotta. A lace bertha i crossed in front and drawn over the hips and tied in a large bow at the back. This winter ladite who take pleasure in 17 entertaining will dispense their hospitality in the guise of luncheons, which have this j advantage that they serve to display the beauty of table linen and service quite as effectually as a ceremonious dinner, but don't cost half as much, and are a great deal more enjoyable. As a rule at these luncheons the gentlemen are conspicuous by their absence, a fact which prompts the hostess to make the affair dainty, delicate ana particularly remlnme an arrangement in pink or a symphouy in pale blue. Gowns should harmonize, at least in the exclusion of all glaring effects. The picture shows a gown suitable for such an occasion in strip ed veiling, the skirt being finished with a ruching and the corsage ornamented with a deep lace collar not forming part of the dress, and draped in the graceful manner indicated. The Etraight collar is also cover ed with lace. A broad ribbon eash 'com pletes the dress. The wide empire belt will be among the season's novelties. It is usually of gold embroidery, qnd the deep, tight-fitting cuffs are of the some material, meeting the very full upper sleeves at the elbow. : Lace garniture will continue to be very popular for indoor gowns, in the shape of tiny figaros and broad collars, as shown in the picture. This charming garment, which is in the nature of a tea or reception gown, is in yellow satin, front and sleeves of white crepe, and ribbon ruching to correspond with the satin. The skirt in front is edged with a double flounce of point d'clprit tulle, and the flounce is set off with a deep collar of cream lace. A LTJKCHEON GOW3C. A New Orleans Opera House1 Burned. New Okleans, La The -Gijimvnld Opera House, valued at 2 0,000, was destroyed by fire at ah early hour. The building was insured for 160,000. Only th ough the work of the fire depiitmctt was a terrible co fl gratiou .i'voided. Sirs. Metz and sou were badlv burned, i Terrible "Brazilian Spidw. Among the latest arrivals at the iusect house at the London Zoological Gardens are a couple of large Brazilian spiders, each of which is accommodated in a sepa rate apartment. This isolation is neces sary, for feir of misunderstandings whict would very probably arise were they abl to see each other otherwise than darklv through intervening glass. Even if thej proved to be opposite sexes, the sotter passion would not be a sufficiently re straining influence; for the female spider is apt to love her mate so well that she cao, and does often eat him. These are the celebrated bird eating spiders ot Merien, whose stories, unliae many travel lers' tales, have in this instance proved true. The spiders are not provided with birds to eat at the "Zoo." Tney have to content themselves with cock-roaches and an occasional new born mouse, upon which one of them made a hearty meul recently. London Telegraph. Cooking by Eleclwc.ty. Cooking by electricity is recommended because all the heat generated goes direct to the purpose for which it is required, so that none is wasted, and consequently the current, with proper contrivances, 13 as cheap as gas. A polished copper ket tle iu which the water is being boiled by electricity looks pretty on the tea-tabla and interesting; but it a good examining question to ask, sajs the English Me chanic, how many units of heat are re quired to boil a quart of water from fifty degrees Fahrenheit, and what is the cost of those units from coal, gas and electricity respectively. It would not be surprising to find a suggestion made in some quarter to use electricity to gener ate steam for. driving the dynamos, be cause then there would not be any heat wasted up tho chimney. lie Thorght Out T-ondl The late Duke of Cambridge was in the habit of thinking out loud, so to speak, and there were times when his audible expression of opinions was at least inopportune. It is related of him by a London journal that 'durinx divine service, whenever the rector said. "Let u pray," Ills Royal Highness would answer in a voice audible throughout the church, "Aye, to be sure; why not?" Once at the opera, arter the Duke bad swept the house with his glassei, ho called out in a tone that reached from pit to dome, "Why, I declare, there are not half a dozen pretty girls in the house not half a dozen, not half a dozen." Detroit Free Piess. A CA HELENS PUITOR. Clara Did you have anything extn.?r-iMu-.ry happen at the seashore last :ummcr? Maude Oh, yes; one man kept me r :i intr thrc day for an engagement I in". 11 - ( lam- Dfa.r me! .What Ws thecaue f f h-- d"lsy ? M'.ude -He ran out of them before he Lt.-w ii. and had to send to New York for acot'ier instalment. Cloak Rc: 'iew. 38. SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL A doctor has launched tha theory that the best rnethod of inducing a flow of thought is to lay . the head flat on the table. D?. David D. Stewart, of Jeflerson Medical College, Philadelphia, claims to have discovered that hydronapthol is a cure for 'cholera. . . - .There arc ten places of the earth, dis tant from each other 300 miles and up wards, and yet none of the tea has either latitude or longitude, Londoners seriously discus ths ad vantages of placing a school of crocodiles in the Thames, to act as scivengers, and thus purify tha water. Carl Voght, the celebrated German anatomist, is responsible for the theory that small-headed idiots are a retrogrado movement toward the monkey type, A post-mortem examination of the brain of a Missouri pauper showed that it weighed 144 ounces, or more thaa three times the weight of the normal brain. A microphone device has been invent ed by a Frenchman which will reveal the approach of diatant vessels by mkiag audible the noise produced by the notion of their propellers. - The latest cure for obisity is to par. take of only a single dish at a meal. This, it is said, will in a few weeks re duce the weight of the most obese per son to a normal condition. If a man who weighs 16S pounds were proportionately a3 strong as a fly ing beetle of the cockchafer family he would be able to push along level ground a weight equal to 131 tons. Chemical action formed a stone in the stomach of La Marshale, the famous hurdle jumping horse of Paris. He died, and the stone, a ball nearly eight inches in diameter, is in the mu3euin of a Parisian veterinary. It is suggested that the muscular con traction to which the corpae3 of cholera victims are subject might give a clue to the real nature of the disease. These twitchings have led to the delusion that many patients have been buried alive. Aside from the honey stored by the busy bee the Rhode Island Experiment Station expresses the belief that the in fluence bee-3 and insects exert in the proper fertilization of the J flowers of fruits and vegetables is of far greater Importance than is generally allowed. Fossil remains of the huge aaimiU that, inhahitftd t.hn nlains of Eistera Ore g'jn uuaureua ui ycnn ; aic iuuu u the placer mine above Prairie City. A huge tooth several inc'ics across ths crown was picked up a fear days ago, while early in the summer the iuimen3o skull of snmft ancient species of aaiarU wa3 found near the same place. The color of certain shrimps and crabs and also the color of their eggs are known to vary greatly with the F.ur roundings. Those living in green sponges are much larger, lay vastly mora eggs, which are also a little larger, aal the shrimps are green or yellow, and tha large claws are always orange re J, wiii'.u those of- the browa spoages are rel, blue or brown. For airkinds of metals mix half a pint -of sweet oil with ha'.t a gill of turpen tine; stir into this powdered rottet stone till of the consistency of creim; use in the ordinary way. For tin, t three pints of water put one ounce of nitric acid, two ounces of emery povdor and eight ounc33 of powdered puinio stone; mix well and uso with a ttaaae', letting the mixture dry oa the article to be cleaned; then polish rwith leather. An Ancient Saxon Sapper. The supper that was served in the hall of Cedric the Saxon, as described by Scott in "Jvanhoe," and which was par taken of by the Saxon proprietor, fair Lady Rowena, and the haughty Templar, we dare say compared very well with the ordiaary fare enjoyed by those of the middle and higher classes in the Twelfth Century. "Swine's flesh, dre36ed ii several modes, appeared on the lower part of the bonrJ, as also that of foTl. deer, goats and harej, an 1 various kind of fish, together with huge loaves an i cakes of bread, and sundry confections made of fruits and honey. The smallei sorts of wild fowl, of which there w.n abundance, were not served up ri platters, but brought in upon smi! wooden spit3 or broaches, and offered by the pages and domestics, who bore tha n to each guest in succe3sioa, who c jt from them sue a a portion. a3 he pleas?!. Beside eac'a person of rank was placi 1 i a goblet of silver ; the Inxpr hiitJ wn - I accommodated with larga drinkia' horns." Ne-v York Observer. A Novel Hatch. A novel match is being made is 1 iwedeo. It is iu the form of a tap? of laraffined paper, with igniting points at. regular intervals, and a protecting metal . cover. rAs a piece of the paper isdrawj . out it ignite?, burning slowly and evenly The metal ca.se j may be made in arioui deigQ3, and when e foil of paper ha been used a new oae can be inserted, f t- ' Trenton (N. J.) American. , .. ra'n' fr r.t 'TOtr Vfotk. A usetul paint for latui bu..-- oi ' board fence3 is made by adding su quarts of water to four pounds of fresb lime. This is mixed when, properly slacked with ai equal quantity of lin seed oil, not boiled, and sifted wood a?ue: to make a soft gray color. It may r . be reduced with water if too thick. H darker color is desired, add brown umbei -or r rv sienna to make the desired shade. New York -Times. pnu ostriches attain, the age of . 1 0 years. Imported breeders are worth (roai f0) tb '$10fv)-'' Domestic- birds bring $250, for five years of age; four years, 2UU; yearlings, 10; six months' chick?, 50. The eggs bring $?15 per doz-'u. The older birds are good roadsters, anl wiil travel at the rate of twenty-six mile per hour. " J i