V
nt ns0 n t n ns n n. n v n a
The ride Who J
Changed Her Mind j
on OU say you don't believe In fate,
tWyou fellows," said young Fred
! Julian. he e ntertalned a patty
of boou companion lu hti bachelor
'rooms, "Well, that's because, At pros
vnt, you haveu't had an opportunity of
Judging from persoual experience."
"Well, aud have you?" asked a oho
tus of voice.
"Bather! It was a little Incident thnt
'occurred about lx uiouth tco, litter
rlng-to me, at least ami If you like
Ml tell you all about It."
"1H," tald 111 friends, ami the young
roan lounged back lu hla ebalr ami wit It
hla eye ou the nre commenced bis uur
ratlve without more ado.
"It wa oue lovely doy In the July of
last year," lie began, ' ami 1 wa wart
lug Jubllautly off for a mouth' holiday
at Scarborough. Kuowlng my luxuri
ous habit a you do, my friend, you
will not be surprised to hear thnt when
I reached King' Cros I selected a tur
ner seat of a that Was smoker, and
provided myself with, plenty of cigars
ami magaxlucs. To complete my antic
ipation of a pleasant Journey, just a I
swttled myself comfortably aud the
guard gave hi whistle, the door opened
ml a pretty, excited young lady came
bustling In. She seemed relieved at
bavin- caught the train, and sat down
In a state of breathlces aud smiling ex
it a us Hon.
i "I looked over at her from my comer;
so did a loudly dre-osed, bounderlsh
looking young mnu from his, for sue
was an extremely prvtty girl, with
browu curly hair, small features, and
the daintiest little tin tire In the world,
I frowned at the loudly dressed young
TUK YOUNU MAM C'OMMK.NCKD HIS .1AK
RATI V R.
inuu, aud he frowned at me, and Just
then the girl looked up and caught y
glance of admlratlou. She stiffened,
aud then her eyes fell upou my cigar,
which 1 had left smoldering lu my
baud, and a look of severe dlspleasur
came Into her face.
" 'Are you aware, sir,' she said, aus
terely, 'that this la not a smoking car
riage?" " "Isn't it? I answered, looking up at
the window. 'Why, goodness nte, they
must have forgotten to take the lubel
down.'
The girl followed my glance, and at
the sight of the partially obliterated
letters, half concealed by the blind, her
face crimsoned with mortification, and,
biting ber Hp, she took up a paper hur
riedly to hide her confusion.
" 'I have made the same mistake, my
dear," said a kindly matron on her
right. 'It doesn't matter much; a lit
tle smoke won't hurt us, will It?'
" 'Xo; I must change at the next sta
tion," she returned, sweetly.
" 'Excuse uie, I broke lu, 'but this Is
an express train.'
" 'Do you mean to say It doesn't stop
at Peterborough''
" 'It doesn't atop at all,' I said, 'until
.we get to York.'
" 'Oh, dear! What shull I do? I must
get off at Peterborough,' she exclulmed.
"Tin so sorry,' I murmured, turning
to the girl. 'Can I assist you In any
way? If It Is a cose of necessity, you
know, we can commuulcato with the
guard.'
" 'Oh, ik) tliat 1m I mean I don't
think It would be considered so,' she
stammered, her face suddenly suffused
with blushes, 'l'ou see, I was going to
a wedding.'
"The elderly matron smiled, I had
all 1 could do to repress my amuse
ment, while the loudly dressed young
man In the corner sniggered audibly.
" 'Oh, well, I shouldn't thnt worry
me, If I were you, I said soothingly.
'It's disappointing, but they will be
able to ilx It up all right without you.'
"Tho blushes deepened aud the girl
hung her head.
" 'I'm afraid they I mean, I '
"She broke off in confusion, aud the
Id lady bent toward her.
"'I quite understand, my dear, she
said. 'It wouldn't be a wedding with
out the bride. I'm sorry for you, but
you mustn't fret. It can't be helped
now, and you must send a wire directly
.we get to York.'
"This seemed to raise the girl's spir
its, and she began to laugh, a little
hysterically perhaps at first. Then sfie
thanked me prettily for doing nothing,
and begged me to smoke, and declared
she really didn't mind the smell at all,
ibut rather liked it" When the train
rushed through Peterborough she
laughed more merrily still, and was so
charming and unaffected that long be
fore we reached York we were chat
ting together like old friends. We'
found out then that we" had mutual
acquaintances, that our respective
homes were situated but a few miles
from each other, and many other Inter
esting facts.
! "When the train drew up, I proposed
to assist her In finding out tho tele
graph'offlee, and thither, therefore we
.went.
; " 'I don't think I'll send a wire, after
all,' she said hesitatingly, as we found
the place. ,
, 'Why not?' I said, In some surprise.
" 'Because because I think I'll go
straight home.' '
"'But think of the anxiety of the
poor chap,' I said feelingly. 'Why, he
may be thinking all kinds of dreadful
tilings have happened to you,'
: "She stood Irresolute for a moment;
then she picked up a form and wrote,
nd, for the life tf me, I could not re
sist looking over, AU that sua said
was:
""I hav changed my mlml.-PhyllU.'
" 'Of all the cool cheek, Ct Is the
coolest!' 1 thought.
"But 1 stepped back aud pretended to
be much Interested lu tho company'
timetable.
" '.Now we must find out the next
tralu back,' 1 said, a sli turned again
to me; 'and theu wo will have some
tea. You mut want some badly.1
"Hut your train -j ou will surely
lose It,' she murmured.
""York I uiy destination,' I said tin
truthfully.
"After that 1 found out there wa no
train for an hour, aud we took our way
to the tearoom, wins my pretty com
panion made in her willing aud sym
pathetic coufiduut. She wit uuhnppf,
very unhappy, at home, and, In an 111
guarded moment, had agrotnl to a run
away match without the knowledge of
her parent. Now she was thankful,
very thankful, that she bad been pre
vented. It seemed like fate. That was
the summary of her remarks.
"There, uow, you follows," broke off
the narrator abruptly, "1 ueedu't tell
you much more; only that wo each ex
changed cards, agreed to see one an
other lu London, and that we parted
cheerfully at York."
"And did you fulfill those promised?"
said oue of the listeners, w ith Interest.
"(Hi, yes! Wa have seen some little
of each other since then."
"Aud her name?"
"Will soon he Julian," said the young
mau promptly,-Penny Pictorial Xluga
slue. SANQ THE SONGS OF FREEDOM.
John W, Hutchinson ut r'aiuou Kui
lly of hint-era.
The Hutchinson family of singers ar
a pli-asaut memory to the ohh-r genera
tions of people now alive. It Is nearly
a generation since they appeared lu the
West, It Is more than that since they
were lu the height of thefr popularity.
Their sweet voices, attuned to simple
melodies, entranced tens of thousand
all over the country and wherever they
went they received hearty welcome.
lutervst In this band of singers has
been recently revived by an attempt
made by the chlldreu of Joint W, Hut
chinson, the only survivor of Iho origi
nal "family," to cast him Into an lusatte
asylum and gain possession of his prop
erty. The attempt failed, for the Jndga
liefore whom the case was heard decid
ed that the veteran, although past the
allotted years of unit), Is still mentally
capable of raring for his estate.
The family was In many respect a
remarkable one. There were sixteen
brothers and sisters, all gifted Tar
above the average with musical voice.
It remained fur three of the brother.
Joliu. J ml son and Asa, with their sis
tor, Abb, to blend tbelr Voices In per
fect harmony. The emancipation of the
slave and tho prohibition of the liquor
trattie became their watchword.
When the brothers first started on
their campaigns of ong they entered
Into a compact to abstain from the use
of tobacco and alcohol aud demoralis
ing associations. The compni't wa
never broken. John Hutchinson' voles
I (till sweet and tuneful, and when
warmed to his subject It rings out with
wonderful power. He hn given In his
long musical career more than Il.tHHJ
concerts, and though HO years of age on
his next birthday, he Is still hopeful of
doing more public work. lie Is a very
forcible speaker, with an Irresistible
fund of humor, and his powers of mim
icry have assisted greatly In pleasing
and Impressing an audience. He was
always of a peaceful nature In matters
relating to himself, though quick to re
sent aud battle against a wrong to
others.
The town of Hutchinson, Minn.,
founded by the brothers early In the
T0's, is a flourishing community and Is
steadily growing.
During the '40's the Hutchinson vis
ited England and sang to large houses
and before many of the celebrities of
that country. Harriet Martlneau, John
Bright and Charles Dickens were loud
In their praises of their musical gifts.
Among the songs with which the
Hutchinson delighted large audiences
were "Tenting To-night on the Old
Camp Ground" and "The Fatherhood
of Clod and the Brotherhood of Mau."
Ktealfng Ills Thunder.
The lndignuut-looklng passenger was
about to speak, but the conductor head
ed him off by exclaiming In a loud tone
of Irritation:
"This Is the slowest train I was ever
on. Whuff the use of having a sched
ule If we don't pay any attention to It?
The drinking water tastes ns If It hadn't
been oft the kite lien rongo ten minutes.
The car doesn't look as If It had been
swept for a month, and It Is full of
Idiots who insist on'openlng the win
dows When we go through tuunels, so
thnt the cinders can blow It.'
The passenger caught bis breath and
then exclaimed: "I was Just about to
say that this whole a flu I r la an out
rage." "I know It. But you're lucky. You
can travel a few miles and then get off
and be happy. But I've got to stay on
this train for hours every day of my
llfe."-Washlugton Star.
Irrigation for Northern Meiico.
The extensive arid regions of North
ern Mexico are, to be Irrigated by canals
from aid extended by the Federal ant
State governments.
MONKEYS IN INDIA.
Art Cnntiti-llr l.li-llcrou t'nnnttrfktts
tf Tlitlr Hiiitmu Cousin.
"When I wa traveling lu Northern
India," said a gentleman who bad rs
ceutly completed a Journey around tit
world, "1 was constantly ltuprced
with lb almost human way of thv
monkey (her. You te they art never
molested, which I alio tru of ths
bird, and they ar a tain aud Impu
dent a spoiled children.
"I reimmihr thnt on morning whlls
we were sitting at breakfast on ths
veranda of our hotel stiddeuly w heard
ths noisiest chattering, and down tho
main street of the lowu came a crowd
of loug-lalled monkey, running a rites
evidently. They shrieked and chattered
at every leap, tripped each other up,
pulled each other's tall and seemed lit
be having a generally hllarlou time.
Whlls w left ths table to watch their
antic some Indian crow that had been
solemnly lined up ou ths veranda mil
watching u eat, inada a dash fur ths
rood and had quite a fight with the na
tive servant befors they were Dually
driven away.
"But tho monkey of India ars surely
(be most Irresponsible people In ths
world," continued ths traveler. "I call
them people becsuss they ars sncli lu
dicrous counterfeit of human being,
lu mnu of the obi temples (her ars
monkey settlement. I remember ou
In particular wnlcli was sacred to tho
sliulnnt. There seemed to bs thou
sand of ths creature, aud I wa Md
that 0,0(10 had recently been taken to
the wood to get rid of them. But In
this temple I saw llttls simian mother
nestling snd rocking their babies In
their arms for sit ths world , llks a
Christian mother. 1 venture to pick
up one of the Infant that wa ruuulng
about, and instantly ths baby guv a
typical Infantile squeal aud the excited
mother came to me, chattering angrily.
I put tue Infant down, and ths mother,
her eyes still biasing with auger, car
ried the llttls one to a corner and pet
ted and rocked It, frequently turulug
to give mo a ooruful look.
"It I not uucommou for ths monkey
In the tree to reach dow n aud tolas ths
traveler's hat a he passes.
"Perhaps the most remarkable sight
In connect Ion with ths monkeys In lu
dla I witnessed early one morning. Ws
wers riding in ths highway and by a
vacant field. Suddenly from ths neigh
boring forest a troop of monkey en
tered the held and began a regular May
dance, taking hold of bauds sud form
ing a largo circle, then dancing round
aud ronud snd chattering gleefully."
LAW AS INTERPRETED.
Constitutional mandat of equality of
taxation a near s may bs I held, In
Drew v. Tiff! (Minn ), 7 U 11. A.
to be applicable to Inheritance tsxe
sud to be violated by txemptlous
which discriminate bet ecu dlffereui
classe of peraou.
An assessment for a street Improve
ment under a resolution dec laring lbs
Improvement expedleut Is held, lu Nor
folk vs. Young (Vs.), 47 U It. A. 674.
to be unconstitutional for lack of ilus
process of law, where the notice did
not designate any tribunal, place or
time where the party could be heard.
Coutract to expend f tO.niO In "open
ing aud developing" mining property
which consisted of a large number of
mining claims, both quarts and placer,
and In erecting a ten-stamp quarts milt,
Is held, lu Stanton vs. Singleton (Cal.h
47 U It. A. 834, to be one which equity
will not euforce by specific perform
ance. Authority of railroad commissioner
to order a company to build and main
tain a depot or station house Is held, In
State ex ret. Tompkins vs. Chicago, HL
Paul. Minneapolis aud Omaha Railroad
Company (S. 1).), 47 I H. A. MO, to b
conferred by a statute authorising
them to notify the company of Improve
ments which they adjudge to be proper.
Power to decide between candidate
for Justice of the peace who bare au
equal number of rote 1 held, In State,
Crow v. Kramer (Mo), 47 I It A.
551, to Ie In violation of the Constitu
tion, which provide for the election of
uch otltcer without any provision for
deciding the tie, while It doe make
such provision In respect to other offi
cers. With this case there Is a not
on ths decision of a tie vote at an elec
tion. Made a Strong IMca.
The spread of education In the South
la rapidly developing the negro, and his
highest amblHou I to be a lawyer and
a statesman. Occasionally his ex
ertions get hltn beforo (lie court rather
earlier than he plans. Samuel Jack
son, Ksq., who had read soms law,
fouud himself In-fore the Judge for
some little Irregularity with the fifth
commandment. The case wa clear.
"Oullty," ald the Judge.
"What ou?" asked ths Important
Samuel.
"The facts," wo the reply.
"I beg your Honor's pardon," said
Sam, grandiloquently. "You may And
me guilty on do facts, your Honor, but
I respectively maintains dut I'm Inner
cent on do technercalltles." New York
Life.
The Pineapple.
It Is a notorious fact that ths pins
apple Is considered the least healthy of
all the edible fruits of the tropics by
those who know anything of the mat
ter. The Juice of the green and grow
ing plant Is accredited in Java, ths
Philippines, and throughout ths far
East generally with being a blood
poison of a most deadly nature. It Is
said to be the substance with which ths
Malays poison their krlshes and dag
gers, and Is also accredited with being
the "fJnger-uall poison" formerly In use
among the aboriginal Javanese women
almost universally. These women cul
tivated a nail on each hand to a long,
sharp point, and the least scratch from
one of these was certain death. Na
tional Druggist. '
M. Delbler.
M. Delbler, the 1'reuch executioner,
has nccumululed a fortune of 600,000
francs by his skill In working the guil
lotine. At an execution In Paris, some
time back, he hud his little son with
him, from which it Is supposed that lis
Intends him to follow the same profes
sion. Cossack Despise Trade.
Tho Cossacks rarely become mer
chants. Though they maintain 00,000
fighting men, and can muster 128,000 In
u emergency, there are but 410 of their
own-people engaged In business.
Outspeeds a Horstf.
Ostriches are not the only swift-run-nlng
animals that can outstrip ths
speed of a horse. There Is a land crab
In Cuba that can rival the ostrich, and
go much faster than a boras.
The costliest campaign Is that which
begins when a girl Is 10, and tennlntes
when shs Is 26 in her marriags to a 00
I month man. -r
Sifevention
The Insect Vednlla cardinal!, Intro
duced to California to feed au scale !"
sscis, ha mcceeded o wvll lu It work
that titers I nothing (i ft food-ami
they are now lu danger of dUappeitiing
through starvation.
Ths rnrth within the Arctic circle'
supports a considerable population, but
the Antarctic circle Is without trace of
human life, I'pou eight mllliou square
mile surrounding ths south pole, the
font of man ha never trodden.
In the Island near Klugaporo a n
Industry ha been developed, that of
producing purs gutta perch from t
leave of the gutta percha Ire. The
leave are ground up ami pounded In
boiling water. Dry leaves coulalu a
much 12 per cent of sap,
Two of the largest Huhmkorff roll
ever made hav been ordered In this
country for a foreign government, aud
will give au electric spark forty live
Inches lu length, expeudlug energy
amounting to three or four-horse pow
er, ami lis v big a potential of half
mllliou volt.
It I tab! that ths nut tree of the
world alone could, If necessity arose,
provide food all the year -rcund for ft
total population Vwt tliues teaisr
than the present. It has lw intmi
oul to the Washington itepw ut of
Agriculture tint Brsi-'J ',- VmI
1'ara grow In such proftniou thai i .
sand of ton of thei.i are wanted vry
year; with eocntvt U 1 th same lu
many ceuter.
Kvery sufferer from nerve know
that a gloomy day affect htm unfavor
ably, while the first ray of sunshine
make uiiu gay agulu. It ha been
suggested that the green of vegetation,
the blue of I lie sky and the bluegreeu
of the wan may thus have a power
ful Influence lu calming the spirit.
I'arvllle, however, caution hi readers
against too sweeping conclusion. All
that we can y U that colors irrtaln
1 appear to affect the organism, and
that the subject will bear further In
vestigation. lu winter mouth tornadoc occur
only In the (iulf states, but In sum
mer they ooetir In the North, In Ne
braska, South Dakota. Iowa aud Min
nesota. The sverage Is Iwenty-flve a
year." They are simple examples of
vortex motion. A mns of air rotating
si a low level run Into a vortex, snd
a lube I projected downward. The
velocity of the lower end of the tube
may reach two hundred itilb- an hour,
and It Is the partial vacuum caused by
the whirl aud the sudden luruh of the
outside air that cause the disastrous
explosive effect.
The black muds containing gold
w hich are prend along the shore of
Norton Sound, near Capo Nome, Alas
ka, are said to differ from similar
sands found on the const of California
and elsewhere, because they show no
Indication of having been transported
by stream of water. The flake ami
nugget of gold that have been found
at Cape Nome are not water-worn, but
sharp and angular In outline. A wide
ly accepted theory 1 that they have
been transplanted from a . great dis
tance by glaciers, their original sou, -e
being yet undiscovered.
The report of United Etatu C tu ids
Shmer of Labor t'n! ! V
lKlHt on "Hand ami Machine l.nlwr"
set forth some, very luter-tit ;p ts.
Aided by mnUtowiKi.tsN tn n
turn out a product which would re
quire the lubor of nearly 40,otHi,tKX
tneu If produced by hand. In America
tho advantage derived from machinery
Is about twice a great a In lvuroH,
so that the actual population of the
United States Is equal In productive
power to l."iO,000,0O( Europeans. With
lalsr saving machinery, oue generation
of men can do the work of four ot live
generation of hand worker.
SOLID BRICKS OF YELLOW.
tlol.ltnl.es as Ihcy Kruih the Mint
Need Not II Avoided.
A paragraph lu the New York letter
of the Ledger stated that there had
been received at oue of ths bnuk a
lump ot gold from British Columbia
weighing 7.NU7 ounces,1 In shape of a
cone, 13 Indie high and 34 Indies In
circumference at the base, and valued
at 133,275. At the United Slate mint
lu till city It was stated yesterday to
a Ledger reporter that It was unusual
to ship gold In such large masses, It
must have been cooled In a crucible,
which was broken from It, Judging
from Its shape. No such musses hud
ever been received at the mint.
The usual form of gold brick Is that
of an ordinary brick, tho very largest
being valued at about $.'10,000 and
weighing about 1,500 ounces. That such
bricks are not easily handled was eas
ily demonstrated by tho reporter, who
was allowed to lift from a truck a
brick from tho Denver assay oltlee,
8x4x3 Inches In size. It was Just the
size of a building brick, only three
quarters of an Inch thicker, but It
weighed ninety pounds and was valued
at $21,000. Though small, It could not
easily have been gotten awaj- w'th.-
Very Utile gold as It Come front the
mines Is received at the niiut A 'uw
small Jot brought, I y th e:,,t
dike miners Is nil llx-t ba scett
from Alaska. Tho dust, or tla.'.e, Is
taken to the nearest assay oHlo, prob
ably at Scuttle, ud -there sold to the
Government, which purchases all that
la offered. It usually contnlus more or
less sliver or copper or both metals. It
may bo refined at the assay ofllce, but Is
usunlly refined at tho mlut. Many
bricks shown to the reporter looked like
silver, tho proportion of ouo-thlrd of
that metal giving them that appear
ance. Some small bricks, worth about
$5,000 apiece, were shown which had
been reflued to 008 parts In 1,000, prac
tically pure gold. These were for a
prominent watch case manufactory for
use In It business. Chemically pure
gold Is made only for testing purposes.
Philadelphia Ledger.
SOME EXTRAORDINARY BATTING
How a Baseball Game Whs Won by
Fierce Operation with the Stick.
"When I was playing right field for
the Hurtling Lilacs," said tho man
with the sandy whiskers to the man
with the sun burned neck, "I was con
sidered on exceptionally strong hitter.
But all records made by me, or by any
one else that ever pretended to do
things with the stick of hickory, were
cast In the shade by the performance
of a tall young man of the name of
riunk McOuggenhelmer, who played
one day with the Lilacs. I had seriously
hurt my thumb while running bases,
and Plunk was engaged to take my
place.
The day he covered right for as we
went against the Whistling Thistles,
Ws wws very anxious to win, as we ,
had won forty nine game snd had lost
none, sud ws wanted to have fifty
iimc to our credit with a clean record.
"The game began, sud the Whistling
Thistle went to bat flrt. They had
three men on bases, when the batter
knocked a lln ball toward third. Those
ou bases thought that It was good for
a lilt, and started to run, but our third
baseman Jumped Into the air aud
caught the ball. He touched third
base, thereby retiring tu runimr, who
hud started for the plate. Then he ran
tow ant second aud met the runner and
touched htm out. II had made a
triple play unassisted,
"The umpire hud called two strikes
on the (list inuu up for our side when
tho opposing I wirier made a tremen
doiisly wild pitch, the bull going about
four feet over lit catcher's head. Our
batter bud the presciics of mind to
strike at It, and he euslly made first be
fore the catcher could recover the ball.
The second man let the ball hit hint,
and the third singled, thereby filling
the bases. Theu Mctiuggeubelmer
came up io bat, and we noticed that his
club ws re enforced with steel baud.
" The first ball pitched, plunk hit out,
and, to the consternation of the This
tles, It could uot be found. bile they
were chasing wildly around looking
for It nil of our runner scored. Just a
flunk was crossing the plate the first
busciuun discovered the ball. McUug
genhelmer had driven It oul with such
force that It bad penetrated the ennva
of the tlrst base and bad lodged liuldo
ih" bg It was so firmly Imbedded lu
the sHiiiibag that It took five minute
to extract It.
Jin' scram! time flunk emu lo bat
. tUvii- the ball eight Inches Into ths
ground, list In front of the piste. The
pitcher and catcher dug frsutlcally, but
before they could exhume ths ball
flunk had scored, Kvery ball he bit be
banged to pieces, and seven new oues
were used In the course of the ga.iie.
"The Whistling Thistle were so ner
vous after that that vveny time McOug
genhelmer batted they threw them
selves ou the ground to escspe Injury.
And they were so generally upset that
we easily defeated them by the score
of 40 to 7.
"At the end of the game McOuggen
helmer had driven the ball tulo the
ground Hi ice times, and .sd knocked
four boards off the center field fence."
IMMUNE TO SNAKE POISON.
't her snd Son Whu Think Nothing of
:rlntf Miihh ly Vtmimuu husk.
A gentleman from North Ui-orgla,
whose statement cannot be doubted,
tell a story of a father and sou, w hich,
says the Chattanooga News, Is almost
lucredlble. They live near the Durham
mines on the Sand Mountain, and are
mimed Ullsou. The remarkable thing
connected with them Is an entire ab
sence of fear of snake, even of the
most veiioinou description, and their
Immunity from nuy evil effect from
the bite of the deadliest reptiles.
The father and sou came to the mine
not many days ago, according to ths
statement of this man, the sou with a
large copperhead, one of tile deadliest
'of licorglu's many deadly snakes, coll
ed In his cap on top of ills bead. The
father hint a large rattlesnake, alxnit
five feet long, lu his bosom uext to his
skin. They seemed no mors afraid of
them than If they were pet mice, snd,
after putting these strange pete upon
the ground, this exlrnordluaty pair, In
order to prove their lack of fear, pro
voked the snake until each was bitten
in the arms and leg a number of time.
No 111 effect whatever were maul
f h1, aud the mau told the narrator
tliiit no snake bite bad the slightest
crtV 't on him. Ho ami his son can take
iiiUJto most deadly snakes, such as the
copperhead, rattlesnake, and moccasin,
without any thought of possible snake
bites, other than tho slight palu natu
rally experienced.
The mau has no explanation to offet,
taylug he has been that way aluce he
cau remember, fhyslclaua try to ex
plalu It by saying that they have be
come proof by continuous bite aud
Inoculation, somew hat lu the same way
that vaccinatum protect agalust con
tracting smallpox. But this cau 'ardly
be true, If the man Is to be believed,
since be states that he iuis enjoyed Im
munity since his eurllcst childhood, and
the sou, a small boy, Is also Imiuuue,
aud has been all his life,
The case Is one which might be prof
itably Investigated by physlcluu aud
scientific ineti. A few such case have
been told of before, but vaguely aud In
definitely, but t lilts 1 vouched for by
such undeniably good and reliable au
thority that there cau be no possible
doubt of Its truth.
Tho Informant is positive that th
poison fangs of the snakes exhibited
had not beeu extracted, and be I
equully positive that there was no de
ception practiced. After submitting to
the bites, the man and the boy both
showed their hands and legs, and the
small punctures with the blood exud
ing therefrom were sceu by doxeus of
people.
HEROIC CURE FOR AN ITCH.
Berlo-Comlc Kxperlene of a Man IlelA
Up tr a Koud Ascot.
Whatever differences of opinion may
exist In regard to other subject, those
who have been licld tip by highwaymen
are unanimous In the statement that
no matter how few the holders up or
how nmny they held up, each and every
ma t wlti that the robber's weapon wa
H.-iii i.-ii directly and solely at him.
Years ago In California a traveler was
on a siii(.'0 coach that a pair of bandits
went through. The fourteen passenger
were all made to get out and stand lu a
row, with their hands high over their
heads. One burly ruffian stood guard
over them with a double-barreled shot
gun, whllo the other engaged In the
pleasing tusk of relieving them of their
valuables and spare cush. This partic
ular traveler was nearest the mau with
the shotgun.
Whllo the ceremonies were In pro
gress bis nose begau to Itch nud Instinc
tively bo started to lower one hand to
scratch It. "Hands up, there!" came
the stern order, and his hand went auto
matically back Into place. But that
Itching redoubled and iignln ho essayed
tho rellcvcful scratch, "Say, what'
tho mailer with you, anyhow?" de
manded the highwayman. "Are you
wishing to become a lend mlue?" "My
uose Itches so I cnu't stand It any long
er," tearfully explained the sufferer. "I
simply have got to scratch It." "No,
you hain't," utigrnminntlcnlly corrected
the knight of the road, "Jcuuse I'll do it
for you." And with that bo proceeded
to scratch the offending unsal organ
with tho tuusiiile of his shotgun, l'ou
cun wager your shoes that that partic
ular nose stopped Itching with great ub-ruptuess.-Troy
Tress.
Some one asks what bouse party Is,
It Is a party where the hostess has t
worry about sheets as well as tabla
cloths. -
If a man meets six girls In the courst
of the day, five tell him that he la "reaJ
nie
mean." -- .
AN INQINIOUS CALCULATOR.
Alhlne Invention Ksmarfcabl for
It Klapllrlty,
A calculator remarkable for It sim
plicity snd liigeuulty and entirely dif
ferent from other machine which em
ploy a series of tapes, has beeu psteui
ed by Chow Ling Shatig, of Macao,
China, and I described lu the Scientific
American. The device considerably
vlmplltle multiplication aud division,
Our Illustration show the complete
spparstu aud on of ths tapes em
ployed. Upon a base of wood or other mater!
si giihles sre secured which form puss
sges for a series of endless tains. In
vur Illustration the tapes are desig
nated by the Human numerals I., 11.,
HI., IV etc. hacu tape I longitudin
ally divided Into two column sud Into
group of nlu numeral each. In the
firt group all the figure are screes; in
the second group the numbers "1" to
"0" are Inscribed; lu the third group the
number "2" and Ij multiple up to "IH"
are written, the unit being lu the right
hand column and the ten In the left
liaud column, In the next group are
the multiple of 8, 4, etc., up to the
multiple of II, after which the multi
ple 1 to 0 appear In the center of the
tape, the division of the tape tulo two
column being abandoned at that point,
When It Is desired, for example, to
find ths product of eight time eight
thotissnd four hundred sud ninety
seven, ths tapes I II., III. IV., sre
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moved uutll the number "8." "0."
"7," of tho tape are ou the same horl
xontul line, the other tape being left
In their normal positions. In the
eighth line will be fouud the number
7u" on tape 1.; lu the same line, tape
II. bears tho number "72;" tape 111.
the number "U2;" and tape IV. the
number "U4." The product Is obtained
by noting for each tape the number con
tained lu the right baud column of that
tape, with the addition of the number
In the left hand column of tho uext tape
to the right. In other words, contigu
ous numbers of different tapes are
added. Thus, In the present case, "2"
ami "5" from tapes I. and II. are added
"2" aud "7" from tapes II. and III., and
"4" and "3" from tapes III. and V. The
result obtalued Is "07.07H," which Is the
product sought. The tlgurlug of other
products la readily understood from
this example. To multiply by a mini ber
larger than 10, the well known method
of adding tho results of partial multi
plications Is employed.
lu division the calculator Is employed
to Hud multiples of the divisor aud to
do away with tedious multiplication.
In dividing 212.425 by 8,-107, for In
stance, 21,242 is divided by 8.4117, as
usual, giving 2 as the first figure In the
quotient; the calculator may be used
for this operation, slnco It show that
21 (In the thousands) Ih between the
double (10,01)4) and the triple (25,401) of
8,407.- Twice 8,407 la alien read olT as
10,004, and subtracted from 21,242,
leaving 4,248. To this remainder Is
added the last figure. 6: and 42.485 Is
then divided by 8,107. The machine
shows at a glance that 42.483 Is equal
to S multiplied by 8,407. 'The result of
the division Is therefore 25.
Buskin's Mother. .
"My mother's general princlMes of
treatment," says Mr. ltnskln, "were to
irniird me with steady watchfulness
from all avoidable pain and danger;
and, as for the rest, to let me amuse
myself ns I like, provided I was uelth-
er fretful nor troublesome.
"But the law was thut I should. find
mv own amusement. No tors of any
kind were at first allowed. Nor did I
ever painfully wish for what I was
never permitted fur an Instant to hope
for, or eveu Imaglue the possession of,
such things as one saw In toy shops. I
think It should be related that I was
steadily whipped If I was troublesome.
"In all these particulars I think the
treatment of my childhood was entirely
right. As soon as I 'was able to read
fluently my mother begun a course of
Blblo work with me, which never ceas
ed until I went to Oxford." .,,
An Odorless Onion.
The latest product of scientific propa
gation l. the odorless onion. Just how
au onion cau be odorless and still re
main an onion Is not explained. To
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an onion and thai is euough. The elim
ination of the characteristic feature of
a vegetable of such long and strong
stnudlng In natural history ought to be
lockoued among the proudest achleve-
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nient of man. But an onion deprived
of that delicious tang and the pene
trating scut which goes with It, can
hardly bs an ocloo. Tho palate which
loves onion will not recognize It; call
ing a whitened, Innocuous, Insipid,
plated bulb an onion will not make It
one,
No true lover of onions will hall this
new Invasion of science. He est til
onion st dead of night. In sllsiic sud
solltudo. He rejoices In It sud sleep
upon it. The Incense of his prslse fills
the room snd soothes him to delicious
sleep. II rise In (he morning sfter
bis sacrifice to pas the day In purifies
tlou, to scs no one till the sun Lath
sunk with Indigestible substsuces. Its
rudiment vegetable can command such
devotion from It votaries. It Is a lux
ury and a worship. Shall he yield all
this delight for an odorless bulb? I-et
other do s they will, he will not. An
onion without Its odor would be asham
ed of Itself. Milwaukee Journal.
InslliK't of Cat.
The Instinct of animals In the mat
ter of self preservation I curiously Il
lustrated, say ths New Orleant
Times-Democrat, by ths fact that sev
eral doseu cat found refuge during
the Ottawa fire In a wooden house
which, although the buildings on each
side were burning down, refused to
catch fire, and remained Intact. Cal
have a peculiar gift In thl direction,
since, In addition to their reputed nine
live, there I a popular superstition
CAlCCLATOR
that they will only eat what Is good
for them.
This may or may not be a fallacy,
but the Instinct of self-preservation,
which I common to all anlmnlsH ex
cept, perhaps, horses (who, being very
bags of nerves, will during a fire he
have with suicidal obstluucyi, lias
been proved time and again. The rats
which, in practice as well a In theory,
desert the ship which Is no longer sea
worthy, are a notable example of It;
and there are mauy animal lovers who
would not consider It any way extrav
a gant to suggest that the (juucklng of
the geese In the capltol was due to a
knowledge on their part of tho facts
that the entry of tne enemy would
mean the cutting of their throats,
While the rousing of the Romans would
earn them a debt of gratitude and per
sonal Immunity from the poulterer's
shop windows.
How Lincoln Hebuketl Ills Critics.
At the White House one day during
the Civil War, some gentlemen were
present from the West, excited and
troubled about the commissions or
omissions of the administration. Pres
ident Lincoln heard them patiently,
and theu replied; "Gentlemen, suppose
all the property you were worth was
lu gold, and you had put It lu the
hands of Blondin to carry across the
Niagara liver on a rope, would you
shake the cable or keep shouting out
to him, 'Blondin, stand up a little
straighten Blondlu, stoop a little
more; go a little faster; lean a little
more to the north; lean a little inoro
to the south?' No, you would hold
your breath as well as your tongue,
and keep your hands off until he was
safe over. The government are carry
ing nu Immense weight. Untold treas
urea are lu their hands. They are do
ing the very best they cau. Don't
badger them. Keep silence and we'll
get you safe across." .
A llemarkable Calculator.
Dlnmandl, a native of Pyluros, one ot
the Greek Islands, seems to be a re
markable calculator. After a mere
glance at a blnck-bourd, on which
thirty groups of figures are written, he
can, It Is said, repeat them In any or
der nud deal with them In any arith
metical process. It Is said that he never
makes an error In calculations Involv
ing billions, and he can extract square
or cube roots with marvellous rapidity
and accuracy. An eminent German
specialist declared the other day that
these ready-reckoners were Idiots. This
Is not the case with Dlnmandl, who
writes poetry and novels In the Inter
vals of business, and shows consider
able Intellectual capacity.
It la learned that one girl's popularity
among the other girls Is due to the fact
that whenever she visits at their house
she luslsts upon washing the dishes.
It's a case of misdirected energy
when a young man runs after a girl
w ho doesn't appreciate him.
NOTABLE DEAD LIE THERE.
Kins' Chapel, Bocton, First Belli U
. 10M, and It Graveyard.
At the corner of Tremont and School
streets la Boston stsnds on of the
most historic churches In thst city.
This church I King's Chapel, and
when It wa built It took the place of
small wooden chape! stsndlng on the
same ground. The little wooden chapel
bad been erected In lite year 1089, and
the land on which it stood was taken
from (be public burial ground by Gov
ernor Audroi, It was the first Episco
pal Church, snd Its attendants were
tilled the British officer aud loyalist.
It bad the first organ ever beard la
New Knglaud, a certain Thomas Bat
t!o having given It the Instrument In
17L1. In the year 174!) the corner atone
of the present building was laid by
Governor Hhlrley, but tho chnrcb was
not completed until 1780. In thst year
George Washington was present at an
oration given In the church celebrating
Its completion, and he contributed five
guinea to the church. During tho
lege of Boston thl wss the only
church In which regular services were
held attended by the British officer.
When the city wa evacuated by tho
n
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a iso's ch-I'ki., nosro.t.
British the rector sailed away to Hall
fax, carrying with hi in the church reg
ister, commuulon service and vest
ments, aud the church was closed. A
few years later It became the First
Unitarian Church, aud It Is to-day one
of the most Important of the Unitarian
churches.
Governor Shirley lie burled In'a
tomb beneath the porch of the church,
aud In the old burying ground at the
side and In the rear of the church are
the grave of mauy of the good men
and true who were among the found
ers of the city of Boston. Here ma
be seen the graves of John Wlnthrop.
of Governor John leveret t, of Mar
Chilton, of Lady Anne Andros, wife of
Kir Edmund, the Governor. Lady
Audros died In February, 1088, and her
funeral was held In the evening by
torchlight. The funeral of General
Joseph Warren, who was killed at the
battle of Bunker Hill, was held lu this
church. The body was followed from
the townhouse to the church by a great
procession, and the funeral oration wa
by Peres Morton. In later year tho
funeral of many dlstloifulahed Bos
toiilon have been held from King's
ChnpeL
C anity of Ittible and Emerald.
"It Is Impossible to set any definite
value ou rubles at present," said a New
Oilcans Jeweler. "The mines were ex
hausted several years ago, aud the few
flue stoues that remain on the market
are worth whatever oue chance to ask.
They are far more valuable than dia
monds lu fact, the price la purely ar
bitrary, depending chiefly on how badly
the purchaser want the gem. The last .
mines to be worked were In Slam, but
they are now entirely closed down.
Practically the same thing umy be td
or emeralds. A few find tht ir wa to
the dealers now and then, but the sup
ply has dwindled to almost the vanish
lug point, nud to secure a fine specluieu
Is purely a mutter of luck. They afe no
longer kept In stock by the wholesalers,
aud when oue turns up It brings a fan
cy figure. 1 am speaking, of course, of
first-class stoues. Both rubies and em
eralds vary enormously lu quality.
Sometimes It Is hard to tell just what
they lack, but Its absence Is unmistak
able, and constitutes the difference be
tween a true gem and a mere colored
stoue. For example, I have a four
carat emerald that 1 have tried to sell
for $100. It Is a pretty stone and seems
outwardly to be perfect, but It lacks
something. 1 have seen four-carat em
eralds sell for ?i,000. They were the
same size, same weight, same shape,
same color as the one I have, but, ah I
the difference!" New Orleans Times-,
Democrat. ' - j
Amusing a Princess.
When Priucess Heuty or Battenberg
was a child, she aud ber uurse were al
lowed to ramble about the Balmoral es
tate, to visit the tenants, and sometimes
to stay to tea.
One rartu was a favorite resort and
oue aftcrnoou, tea over, good Mrs. D -looked
round anxiously, perplexed to
provide amusement for a Princess, pre
sumably salluted with toys and joys of
every kind.
"What can I do to amuse your Roya!
Highness?" she asked, and was prompt
ly met by the reply: "Oh, Mrs. D , do
let me dance ou your bed; I may not
do It at home, and I do so love It."
Permission wns gladly given, and the
child danced to her heart's content on
the snowy counterpane.
The Work, of an Oak."
A single oak of good size lifts 123
tous of water dining the mouths It Is
In lenf, says Frank French, lu Scrlb
ner's. This moisture Is evaporated and
rises to form ram-clouds. AH the trees
are busy doing the same thing, and tho
rank fern's and mosses and deep mould
or the forest depths, acting as reser
voirs for jthe ruin which falls upon
them, In their turn feed the springs and
brooks. From this we cnu gain some
Idea of tho Immense forces which tho
forests exert in equalising the evar
oration aud precipitation, and prevent
ing periods of Inundation and drought
Russians as Fish Eaters.
There la no country In the '-world In
which so much fish Is eaten as In Euro
pean Russia, and the reason Is because
the Greek church has many more fast
days', and observes them more strictly,
than the Western Catholics. The use
of meat Is prohibited or greatly restrict
ed on nearly half the days of the year,
and the result is to give enormous Im
portance to the prolific home fisheries
lu liver, lake and sen, which supply
0(1,000,000 people with fish food. Alns
lee's MogaxlueT !
Wood Pulp for Soldiers' Clothing. !
Wood pulp paper as military cloth
tug Is used by the Japanese troops. It
Is marvellously tough, and has an ap
pearance that might well be regarded
with satisfaction for summer wear. II
holds stitching uncommonly well, whlls
Its warmth Is undoubted. ' j
A movement has been started to rid
letters of "Dear Sir" and "Yours truly,"
as they mean nothing, and take up.
time. Also, let "Esq." and "Hon." go.
It Is said of some families that when
the rent a house the always wreck 11 '
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