BILL NYE ON THE ROAD.
A Ttm Itrniarka M MM NmIImWM ot
Purlrrti
I carry with me. tliU year, a amall. orrel
but. MUlM liltlu ovrr twnnty ounrm
It oontalua a slight la.ttl of bore medic-fas
anl n wwdir n Homrtime u tiau con
tain costiv rul lv null, wean I do oot
forjp-t nnd loavo mnl ."lat In l f 10 Ivi na car
or hotel I mn not nvnlrawin; till mutter,
howerar, when I my lionwtly that tlia linll
cry of Hro at night In mod any hotel In tin
United BtatM now would bring to th fir
arans from MM to ill employ of Mid bote,
wearing thiaumatly tot menta with my brief
but laiiiuriahablo naiuu eugrarud on the
boaotn.
Ton Uttl traveling bag. 'irb ii not blip
gar than a man liaud, U rul Iy pulled out
of my grasp aa I enter the Inn. and H I""1 '"
me t"J to got it hack again from the ,rtcr.
Bwide, I have Ud PXi for now handle to
replace thfMe that hod beeo Ion off In a
frantic nculflo between tho port, r and uij-aclT
to aw which would got away with it
Yesterday I waa talking with a reformed
lecturer alxiut thia peculiarity of th xirtom.
Ua Mil ho UMd to lecture a great deal at
moderate price throughout tho country, and
after ten year of earnest toil ho wan enabled
to retire with a rich riperleniii and f'.i In
money. Be lectured mi phrenology and took
bin meal with the chairman of tho locture
cuminilUw. In Ourav. OJo , lh Uggngoman
allowed bla trunk to fall from grout height
nd the lei waa knocked off and the hunt
which thu profowor med In bin lecture waa
buated. Ho therefore bad to borrow a bald
headed niiu to art in hiist for him in the
evening. After thccloaeof tho lecture the
profoHaor found that the bust bail stolon the
groat rcrcipta from Ida coat tail pOOkst wbllo
be wa lecturing. The only linprobnblo feat
ure about thin aton 1" the Implication that a
bald headed man woulil commit it crime.
But itill be did not Ijecuino anumd. He
proaaul on and lectured to the gentle Janitor
of the lanil In piercing tunoa IJo waa ul waya
kind to every one, even when iplo criticised
bla Icturo and went away before he got
throu,;b. He forgave thoin and tid bla bilU
ton tbo name at ho did when (jcople likoil
hi in.
Onco a newmpw man who hail done MB
a groat wrong nnd wild thnt "tho lecture
wa decayed and Hint the professor would
hlllW'lf to OV'TV "II" if ho WOlll'l
night at bit hotel. Instead of blowing
out tbo go niol turning off bla bruliia on be
UMially did, Ju.it turn off tbo goa nnd Mow
out hi brains." But the pnuVsnr did not go
to bU ofHi'o nnd Mow hoi, In hi viscera. Ho
poke kindly to him ulwayanud once when
the two met In a barber abop, and It wu
doubtful which wm "ueit," aa they eniiio In
from opa,it omli of tho room, thu profiwMir
gently tieldisl the i hull I" In" iikiii h.. hud
done him thu great wrong, nnd while tbo
barber wa having him eleven tons of cell
ing peele.1 off and fell on (he editor who luui
seen M cruel nnd to rude, und when they
fathered up tbo debris n day or two after
ntrdf it waa abniKt IiiikwiIIiIu to tell which
waa celling nnd which WM t
80 It la ulwaya bent to deal gently with
U10 erring, iwclnlly if you think It will bo
fatal to 11 , III Nye In Now York
World.
MALLEABLE IRON,
the -i-p..i. I'rucraaiif Two 1 ......... . ago
s.lerraalulljr lt,lr.l.
Tlx1 proem by which Iron U made
mallei o la a simple but expeualve
on1. It h im com mantled favor among
Iron-worker, however, by reason of
tho remarkable tensile alrengtli and
ductility which it impart to tho other
wise refractory material and render It
as firm as cant-Iron anil aa enduring aa
tho wrought metal, so that it can bo
(juMOMtl into any form by the moldora'
trt. not piwalblo with wrought iron,
Hut OfMM aiinoaled it ia uatdeaa, aa ia
wrought iron, for any iiurpoito thut re
quire remeltitig, for, although that
can ho done. Hid ahaenee of cat Ikiii de
itroyi fusibility, making neccxsiiry mo
gn at a heat that it ia almost impne ti-
cublc.
'J'he ore ia lirat aolirtod with a view
Ui obtaining that which ia as nearly as
poaaihlc free from aulphur, ryiitea and
phoHphorua, aa thoe foreign elements
would preclude malleahilily. Then the
fuel for ameltiug must be free from
nilphltr, Only aiUarOOtl la uvallable.
Kven this must lie priMlucod with groat
euro. Tu-oiil e.ll vt 1 - jtfii.b uilli i
IN AN OPIUM DEN.
Hit im.
capacity of about 7U0 cubic feet; will , curios, cuieny i.iutiese, gave
afford a aupplv for a furnace of twenty- lo,,l I'1'"'"
A Itonplo "I I "Kii.ii lllooda
1 1 1 In Kaat I - .1 1 .o
Smiley was now on hla mettle, lie
wanted to show that he waa a good
"ilummer." "Well," ho .aid. "if you
care to go a littlo further, 1 can show
you some very queer nooica. You've
heard of opium smoking In China, I
can show you an opium den down la
Khadwell where a man can smoke him-
cf tod-nth as comfortably and cheaply
an if he were in Canton."
FitzbooJIejumpcdatthe Idea. They
went down Commercial road on a tram
car, and when they left it Smiley
struck off into the network of street be
tween that thoroughfare and the docks.
In a narrow lano he turned into u
corner public house, the chief decora
tion of which was a groat shining yel
low dragon of Chinese porcelain, which
the landlord had bought year before
from one of his sailor customer, and
which had given Us name to thu es
tablishment. Tho Yellow Dragon wai
a favorite houso with sailors. British
and foreign. The bar and the parlor
re biTTig with picture of ships; and
a quaint
CRIMES AGAINST SUFFRAGE.
Two Heroic Ronla.
! Ji mg
"Boar (b.irgo, I lUsuu It only Jut to t. II
you that I am not tho rich girl the , il l
thinks me. My fullier'a laooua tamaUaf
than it lias Ism, anil my own privnte foi l one,
from my I.Kii-s on tho turf, yields leas limn
thirty thousand a year."
"I.ulu, d.air, do you think 1110 a fortune
hunter thnt lllthy lucre lull e, ,,iy toft
furyiHif Mover I I love you all the more for
your uovrty.,,-Ufe.
A I'rrrliiua Air Halhlaa
Wo wore ajieiidliig tho uuimer of 77
among the While uioiintaliis I'loininent
among the guests at our hotel was old Mrs.
B 1 of hoaton, always lasting of her Mini
bhasl mid old coniuvtlous, or wcirvliig every
one by apiswla to coUi mnl ai.i her In li.k
Ing for various mllng artiokM whlot)
Uirough gr.ait carehtwioaa the was Invariably
mislaying. '
Judge of our dismay when OM uioriilng
U10 old lady sonttsl heiM'lf In large mouu
laiu wagon thut w- h.i I , , , 1 ,., , ,
ona Imigilay's excursl.ui lo Itmnbdpli Hill
Iu vain did wa picture to her the (aUglM of
oixs.iilleria alio H, ,,
wlth-goaho would, and from tbo uomenl
", I ' In, l.,: ,
1 ako care 0 my eye glawsj, m dear, they
brlougisl 10 my e,, Krmidii,oiher," und
May I ask o, my .leer, to ,lv.i .t i,. ,
nlangllng the fiiugre of uiv ahawl, Isin
Wft me b a dutiugulalhsl auct..r, I oriae it
alglily,"eic. 1
Klnallyonour arrival at nndolph 0110 of
Utegenlleineu lepsl forward to a.sUt tho
old lady to dismount, when ,.TO ril
vulwl 67 the roOowtag; oTako car, , myd.r
Mr, my ah' cukhhui, eh, uko care, what
Pmm become of mo ,l,, ld h air saoapaf
'I doie-,;,,. .,. iimdmuo," NUd ho, "ilutt
l am handling it win, grvat rare, but do not
d,.tr,s jours. If als.ut It f..r , , .. .
mm iwnxsasu-y it w.ii ivaajgrai nnr,
lu luflalo 11 for you." 1
"Yos, yea, "id the old Unlv, but It would
aot be tl, , , f if. (t .(wiit ((
cuutaiiu the breath of a dear frieiidr-l'hil-adelplu.i
l i.sv
eight tons daily cnpticlty. 'J'he winnl i
cut and placed in the kilns before
seasiiniug is allowed. Albumen and
vegetable matter are detracted by n
sort of roasting, which allown no lliuue
to reiu'h the wood, which process re
quire seven day. 'J'he ore is then
pulverised, and, with a proportion of
1 maeiMftj vorargiM Into ft rarntM in
layer alternated with charcoal. A
strong air blast then lodtMMa a tftO
panttttra of from 4,wo3 to 6000,
hut melt the mass. 'J'he limestone
fluxen that I. it being lighter than
the molten inm, combine with tho
Impurities which, withlhe iron proper.
nuide up the ore, and rising is drawn,
off. leaving the iron free. 'J'he latter i
then cast into "pigs" or small, rough
bars.
Then the essential process for con
verting into malleable really begin.
Up to this point (he pigs are a very
excellent quality of cast iron. It I
again subjected to a heat of ii,(HK)0 for
a time nuHleient to make, evauesci-iit it
major portion of the curiam. Just
enough only of this carbon Is extracted
not to daatrof fusibility,
Directly from this eoond prin'e the
molten Iron 1 poured Into mold,
which give the desired form in which it
la to Im used. 'J'he castings are then
cleaned and dipped Into avid to re
move external impurities:. It is then
packed into iron boxes with Iron oxide.
Tho boxes are then sensed hermetically
and packed Into an oven. This i
bricked up ho closely a to be air-proof,
and the anneal. ug process begins. This
rtqttiraa ft high constant temperature
for fOVOB or eight day, or until the re
mftlolog carbon bus united with thu
oxide and passed oh a carbonic acid
gas.
'J'he walls are then torn down, tho
Inaxcs removed, the niirfaeo impurities
worn oil by revolving in a slowly turn
ing box, mill the canting are sent to
the stumping room. At thin iiolnl. the
degree of temper i so Intense that,
were the castinoH . a slight shock
would jar them into a thousand pieces.
Malleable Iron in manufactured wholly
to order, however. They are. now
l...i...l 1 ..1 1 i . .
iienieu 10 it cnerry rou, and eucli piece
I put ill the lower hair of a die, which
a facsimile of the pattern wanted, I
fttOUfed to a massive anvil. The enrre-
aponilln.' hair In ruslened to a drop
ban r, which descends und perfects
tho design. The force of this blow I
o great that it would dlssolvoordliinry
iron Into a shower of sparks, Tho
great Impediment to the extensive use
uf imilloiihle iron is tho expense neces
sary tu its production. Hut, ultimately,
this Is mure than offset bv hnur life of
the prodUOt, which Is practicully lude-
iructlble. II can nut be broken, and
If bent will readily roasuiuo it form
by a few well-directed blow on thu
IftVlia I'rem this il derives It name -malleable
bottkf the property that al
low a thing tu bo worked under the
hummer without injury to the HIht.
Besides, the same pattern can be made
if one half the weight of iron that
would he required pi ordinary oast
illelal and will afford oven greater
llrninesn. It will Im hut a hort time.
I believe, until II will wholly supercede
cast-Iron for the commonest mtevW.
W. Culver, in St, Luui Globe Dotao
srat.
Huad-Light for Locomotives.
I
A Mlml i,..rtmilty.
'There one place ..m, vo hr(.
asAtsI I... I.uisjjtan, Marl.,- asfa Mr OoetV
par.bu.ly watching huw.ro at aha aot
down on tin. Boor, ainl. Cutting ono
trus to I..,, ,, ,lK, i0l.h
Ihe M f -i' a burly robber, i,vr hl,
.-.,.,,.,,, ,.!, "Utaa llihle, MarU;
hi the 11,1 1,. it di,., aaaaa to Imprest her
verymiK-linn lhogivw l,v , b. arl.sl long
hotin, (:,,,, ;,, rwu rnl
Be ha. I .i. lt.,MJ uicttouary -liuixlette
Ul Ultaia.lt tl l.lghv
II
one u' ih,,
111111 rh.. it j. all. ... aavf
ni'turo, that peofit. who tar- lav, ha
I , .' - -- "" ' '
WWBV L'Ktlln.r
tin
J'llck.
- Lady
a pickle, -
Appli
iu li-o-
(SS app! leant foe .......I
an r.ngn,(iman
t-ant -".', . , ,
luttil- Kill I'.... II. a
that 1 '. . i i "M00 '" A'Hky
that I . ,.,e I do Mess .,,. i:lli;iuil
jou kn..w."n,rivr i ,iunr ,"-'lu.
A layr'a hrae tt tart i...
Aa Mr. Wh.le ta Blic
I Hit nil 1 ih.-, ,
A .ho. ab,rt,,.MllliM
-Huaband . ,,, unnUni
2? ,.i.,'f'?, u' n,,
Are will, a hired girl n ,ho htmv.
" -'' Well. If w0 WMl u, k ,
hired girl in tho hou we must nu
ak her to do any of tho work."
An Improved headlight for oO0rftp
live has an adjustment which allow
the engineer to coin onieutlt direot the
light an be may tlesire, to various
poinls otT the line. Tkt laulorn 1
Supported on a frame or platform,
which hit a movement to right or left
about a vertical axis, and also up or
down by the same means, the oporat
Ing mechanism leading back to the
mb, sons to 1m within ready reach of
the engineer. He is enabled, lit this
arrange it, to examine daiigcroua or
doubtful pails of the road, and In
itormy weather Ui turn the light upon
iiiivaicmug irees or masses of earth or 1
rtn-k upon either aide, and which are !
liable to fall. Tho device also permits
ul the lantern being turned eg ejlO
ll.n....- Ik. II.. I.. ,
,oe a ik acruss uarp corners
Ud UhJbll the line of track at some
distance ahead of the train and at .
points bJtk would 1m eetlrel out of !
rftftflkal the light in its usually fixed
poaition. Aeeoixliug to the usual con- '
atructltm and employment of loo-mo-live
hen Mights, I bet are llx.l to the
engine front In such a manner that the 1
light l alway thrown forward and !
concentrated In one line only this ,
being, of course an inadequate ar
ntngemeiit tu tho case of shv p curves.
.a. 1 oun.
"Ta, I have about eotiemo.00. to
wed for a title and Imcoiiic the Count
en tie A.nlnlne, Whui win VOu tmk
ou tho Count?" I will settle on him
with both feet and no ex-gad. backed
by tw.i hundntl and eeventeen pound
avolr,l,in,t " -Yonker (ouolttv
Woman (lo tramp)- "Bn yon
any friends or relatlveaf" Tramp "
havo a brother WilL" Womrn-"le
Bill a iramp. too, 1 Tramp -"No;
Bill didn't turn out very well II,
irnsi 1,10.1 eterv thlr.f and
drifted into the milk bu.lnea
While riibfHHllo was refreshing
hiuis-lf at the bar und staring at tin
dragon, Smiley exchanged tt few WOfdl
in whispers with the landlord, the re-
suit 01 wtiicn was that the two young
men were allowed to pa through the
bar, ailing u pa-sage and into a little
court, from which another door opened
upon a small entrance hall, lighted by
a paper 111 11 lorn.
"Now." naid Smiley, "try and Imag
ine you lire In Canton or Nankin."
As iftohelpthnlllusion.il Chinese
boy with a yellow face and black eyes
openod a curtained dinr, and they
found themselves in a room, round
Hire- sides of which ran a slooiiiL.'
wooilen platform about six feet wide,
with a few rug laid on it here and
hero. On this rude divan a score of
DMA were lolling in various la.y atti
tude. Throe or four were fast asleep.
Two, more energetic than the rest,
wore playing cards. Nearly all of them
had the little opium pipe, with its
short stem and flattened bowl, in their
hands, and wore in various stage of
tho enjoyment of the drug. Not half
of them were Englishmen; the resl
wore ( bluest) and Malay sailor.,
BHllftttOOf and B Of rOSQ, They seemed
a stupid, ill-couditionuil crew, but it
ml not easy to make out details, for
the lights were dim in tho painted
paper lamp. Seated at one end of the
divan a young Chinaman kept beside
him on a table a supply vf pipe and ul
Ihe Utile balls of prepared opium.
To toe newcomers it all n ied h,.
a dream, it was so sudden a transition
from all they had yet seen; und the air
of the place added to tho half-dreamy
sensation. Smiley stretched htauoU
on the di vim, und Kit.boudle took a
place beside him, while the Chinese at
tendant roused himself to offer them
pipes.
"You had better not smoko." said
Smiley. Give him half a crown am!
ho won't mind whether you smoke 01
not By jove, there's enough opium
in Iht air for any reasonable man."
"No," said the other; "the greatest
pleasure in life Is a new sensation. The
sight id this place Is one; a smoke hurt
will be another."
"Well, for Heaven's sake let It hr-
only ft whiff, or yon will be so stupid
that I shall not Inj able to get yoi.
home, "
ItUboodte took the pipe offered by
the attendant, and after one or twi
false starts got It fairly alight.
"This is delicious," he said, "lint
V -1 . a .
1 inoiigni n would maKe me Sleepy,
Why, I never felt more awake iu my
life. 1 si id like to get up and dunci
or llftffl by jove, I should!"
"Don't make a fool of yourself."
said Smiley, who. to tell the truth, was
feeling anxious as to how all this would
end.
"Ha, ha, ha!" laughed KitzlModle,
"w hat would my old uncle sat ir In
saw mo here, and what would he say
to you, old man?" and he poked
Smiley in the ribs in away that showed
very little reverend for his tutor.
"I should nut like to take his opinion
on the subject," anstvered the tutor
"but if you will listen to my advice voi;
in.. . ., .
win get uui inio mo open air agali;
before you are muddled with thh
plane. If I had thought you would
smoke 1 would never have brought
you here."
"Well." said litboodle, "I will hen
dutiful pupil, and take your advice.
Tho fmt is. I don't (eel a bright as I
did, und I111 afraid this beastly stuff Is
beginning to make me feel queer."
"Just so," naid the tutor, gravely,
you ere in the second ttageof the
business not such a pleasant one fur
a beginner. Here, let me help yen up. j
Vou will reel heller In the street," ami!
they made their way ou! through the
eourl at the back of tHeTmlowDramft,
tVoaU) I'air.
Dr. CJU'lrirB Argara lliat They Sliould B
I'unlahalila ! M-l , . 1. ..-iio-nt.
The complete disfranchisement of
men who have been guilty of the leaner
offenses would not lie Just or expedleut.
Such men ought to have spa for
reformation. The first term of their
disfranchisement might well be brief.
Conviction for drunkenness or din-
orderly conduct might exclude from
the poll for on year. More neriou
misdemeanors might entail a longer
disfranchisement And it would be
well to give largo discretion to the
authorities who grant pardon, and
who regulate indeterminate sentences,
that they may restore the suffrage
more speedily to those whose conduct
In prison ha been exceptionally good.
But wo should make ure that every
conviction under the criminal law work
some temporary forfeiture of political
privilege. We should make it plain tt
thu dullest mind that good conduct is
ttio indcp.:nsable condition of the px
session of th- franchise; that those
who wish to take part in making the
laws must refrain from violating tht
laws.
Some OfTensei should be followed, a."
now, by perpetual disfranchisement.
That all "felooiee" should Incur this
ieuutty Is not at all clear; many o!
thoHu committed to our prison for
crimes of passion may, under propel
care, be reformed and rendered useful
mcmborsof the State. That dmirshould
by no mean. In; forever closed against
thcin, nor should thu oiuiiing of it be
loft to executive clemency. 'J'he felon's
record, in prison, should determine
whether he may. after a space, be re
stored to full political privileges. Hut
there is one class of crimes for which
the laws of many of our States do nol
entail any political disabilities, which
ought to bo punished everywhere by
thu final forfeiture of political power.
These are the crimes against the suf
frage itself brilnjry, ImiIIi in thebrlboi
and the bribed, fraudulent voting, tht
falsifying of return, aud the like. No
man convicted of one of theso crime-
ought ever to be permitted to vol.
again. Some of the States, with 11
mural obtuseuess on this point which is
positively grotesque, provide that a man
caught in attempting a crime uf this
nature shall lose hi vote "in that elec
tion!" What a sense of the sacrednes.
of ihe suffrage the men must have hail
who could frame into a statute such 11
grinning jibe as that! The man who
Strike with a poisoned dagger at the
very heart of thu K-publie -he hall
not bo allowed to vote "in that elec
tion!" Could the force of anti-climax
- and of ft priori theory go farther?
Such an offender deserves to he ban
ished and forbidden ever again to set
foot upon our toll under penalty of
death; certainly the lightest punish
ment that can with justice be meted
out In him I perpetual exclusion from
the franohleo, -Dr. Gladden, in Century.
AMERICAN MUMMIES.
to
111 He
finally
Thir Did Wa Too Rich.
The servants uf an economic million
aire came lo him nith a complaint lha'
Uie butler allowed them for supKi
nothing but turnips nnd cheese. Tin
'Miller was ordered lo report himself a
once, and the Indignant master uf tin
huuse said:
"l il true, sir. Uiat you give the,
people nothing for supper nut turnip:
and chcesef"
The terrified butler confessed tha
such wus hi rule.
"Well, sir. it is my order that fron
tills day forth you give them one nigh
COoese an I the next night turnip. ,
Hint llie shall not be compelled to ea
the same thing every dav." ChicajTi
Clone.
. , . .aa a m , ,
Lawyer- "Vt ill your honor put Ihe
usual question to the witness as lo his
religious belief?" Judge -"Witnee.
do you believe in the existence of n
Supreme Heing that control the af-
ruiist of men?" Witness
lulnrestliiK lilae.oery Mdi
... I. , ti.Mire Moeasalasi
A Mexican urchii'ologist, Sener Mar
ghiore, has recently made an interest
ing discovery of naturally mummified
human bodies in a cavern in the Siorru
Mndre Mountains. The cavern is of a
natural origin, and lies at the height ol
about 7.IMI feet above the ea. The
mouth of the opening had been artitl
cially closed w ith sun-dried bricks ami
stones, so contrived us not only inclose
but to conceal Ihe entrance. In the
cave the dessicated remains of four
human bodies were found, ftDDSMntl
1 all members of one family, the father.
mother, a boy and a girl. The bodies
were in the position so commonly
given to the dead by American Indians;
they WON in a sitting posture, the
hands erossed over the breast, and the
head inclined forward toward the
knees. They all were placed with their
faces toward the Kant, aud were
shrouded in burial garments.
Iu articles ooaoernlng those remains
the writer assumes that the preserva
tion of the bodies was due to the pecu
liarly high and dry atmosphere of this
southern clime and elevated level. In
this conclusion he is mistaken, fur Ihe
reitnuu that, in at least one ease of n
human body, discovered nliout lifteen
years ago iu a cavern near the Natural
Cave lu Kentucky, a similar natural
desiccation had taken place. The re
mains wore those of a child twelve or
fourteen years uf age. The unfortu
nate creature had evidently been lost
la the oavern, ami had wandered until
starvation brought about death. The
position of the btuly was that of per
fect repose, showing that the sleep of
exhaustion had passed into the rest of
death, lu this case.a in that of the
remains found by Senor Marghiere,
tho Integument wa well preserved,
there being no Iriusj of decay in any
part of the form; OVeS something of the
expression uf the face remained despite
the emaciated look given by the pro
cess of desiccation.
Whenever the circumstances of bur.
ial are such as would be afford..,! l-
any caverns in this country, where the
aeivss of the germs which conduct the
fermentative process of decay is pre
vented, and where the air has an ordi
nary dryness, a like proonoa of mum
mitiention would certainly ensue. Il
thus .... us probable that the Kgyptian.
timk an unnecessary amount uf pain,
to pros -1 ve their dead in the mummified
condition. In their dry climate the
name end could have liecn attained by
lunch simpler prptmtm As far as tin
preservation of form is otmuertieil thees
mummies uf Mexico or Kentucky arv
bodies as well preserved as any of
lhOa from Kgypilaa burial places.-Nature.
f CLERKS IN STORES.
main uf Hi f .oian. Thal OfWfeSS lo
Hal. o - Down.
There a-e few lines of occupation
n which there I such an Inequality of
actual worth among men and women
Irawing approximately tho same pay
is clerking," said a city merchant of
long experience. "Some people are
orn clerks while others are chiefly
lervlceable for keeping the dust off the
itock. Personality, address, the faculty
jf inspiring confidence, the ability to
ixplaiu differences and superiorities,
ind a dozen other qualities enter into
;he question of competency, and though
nost places of business are dully over
run with a crowd of auxlous situation
loeker the supply of thoroughly capa
jle clerk is not over-largo. Tu sell to
i public that wants to buy and knows
what it want is one thing; to sell to an
incertain, wavering or merely curious
subtle is quite nnothor. It Is ability to
leal with the latter that proves a clerk's
isefulness to his employer. Two clerks
vorking side by side on the same line
if goods will show differences in their
iggregato sales wholly out of keeping
with the difference between their ro
qieetive salaries. Clerking is essential
y a trade and the best clerks are skilled
laborers.
"It Is this assumption thnt anybody
an stand behind a counter and wait
j pon customers and tho consequent in
Bui of those littlo qualified for tho
work that is one of the greatest draw
backs to clerking as an avocation. It
is this, not less than the centralization
if population, that makes supply aud
Jemund so radically abnormal. It is
true that only a period of actual trial
;v i 1 1 determine the fitness or unfitness
if an individual for tho work. The
trouble is, however, that men und
women do not fall out of the ranks
when it is reasonably proved that they
have not sufficient aptitude, and new
,'en. rations keep filing applications for
trial. It is practically thu old story of
ikilled labor competing witii unskilled.
"To a casual observer it may seem
itrange that such a multitude of men
Mid women enter a calling like clerk
ing where there is comparatively little
irosiiect ror advancement and stay year
trier year at a salary litt'e mure than
lecessary for actual need. Scores of
nen are to-day clerking iu Chicago fur
ess wages than shovolors on the street
arn. Doubtless many of them aru not
worth more Ihau they get, and, in the
Dajortty of cases, it would bo Infinitely
letter for thuir liniiiicial interests if
.lwy would strike out for something
low. For clerks as a body 1 can see
Little that could 1)0 held out as IndUM-
nont, save only tho possibility of galli
ng a meager living. In some lines of
business, doubtless, desirableness of
imployment draws the multitude of ro
iruite, In other stores the work is
Iftrd and scarcely desirable, anil I am
inclined to think that tho determining
'actor that induces men and women to
become clerks and stay clerks is peo
ple's unwillingness to assume risks.
Talk with hundreds of employes in dif
ferent kinds of stoics and you will find
(hat, though they fully realize tho
future of their calling and face it with
reluctance, they prefer to remain clerks
tt small or moderate pay rather than
issume personal risks that may entail
large profits or no profits at all.
"Much Is said of the relative worth
if male and female clerks. My own
pinion, based on half a lifetime uf ex
perience with employes, is that tho
value of help to a store-keeper does not
'nine to a question of sex at all, but lo
the qualifications of individuals tact,
study, persuasion, accomplishments, I
nave known new recruits to bo more
valuable on a few weeks' experience
'ban old hands who hud been veal's in
ihe business. Irrespective of age, sex
Jr nationality, the measure with which
clerk studies his particular depart
ment. Identifies himself with his em
ployer's interests and enters to the
whims of customers is the measure of
actual worth. Sex cuts little tiguro.
I'ha percentage of excellent employes
if 0110 sex, I think, would pretty well
qual that of the other. I am ipeakitUT.
f course, of the help of establishments
where both sexes are usually employed.
I'here Is a natural litness of one sox or
the other for particular classes of busi
ness, hut that scarcely comes into con
sideration Iu estimating comparative
wort h.
"As a rule there are few clerks who
lo not become more or' less careless
ind indifferent, A store-keeper could
scarcely do business unless he laid
town pretty itrlngent rules. '8o many
hours, so much pay,' seems to In- a sort
if motto for the majority of employes.
To minimize work and be attentive to
Ihe clock toward quitting lime are pre
vailing faults, and reprimand and re
proof are almost indispensuble."--Chi-gago
News.
IU Malt-rial.
woruou their way borne from the
last
Thoy
tue.ltl"
h.,1 a varv hitcrostiug discussion
night at the debating club," remarked George.
"The subject waa 'What skull we do with our
raw material f" . ,
mi ic, very little alut matter or that
nature. Oeorge," returned the girl timidly
but I think m of our raw material ahuuld
be dixa.sj of ou the half thell."-Epoch.
I , lee I
DRY FORK
Eorlrtr 1 . .11.;. ,
Y nlna l . !,,
iwroua arkaaaaa i ..?
The following
,1 ... ... ,
"" progressive ,,f
1, t--l
nry rorar. uppeured ut
ten
"I wish you hadn't ajkad Capt Wareham,
Lizzio. Horrid man 1 I can't bear him I"
"Dear me, Charlotte isn't tho world big
enough for you bothf"
"Yes; but your littlo dining room isn'tl"
Still " mo.::.
Tho hands of the clock on the mantel
pointed to 12. Tho bleak wind whistled und
moaned without, and a groan that sounded
like nu echo of the sad voices of tho night
burst from tho lips of the gloomy young man
who sat before the fireplace and looked at tht
dying embers. Despair was written on hi
brow and expressed iu every lino of hisdroop
ing, nerveless frame.
"My lifo has been a failure.'" he exclaimed,
bitterly. Why should I seek to prolong itf"
Tbo light of a sudden resolution tlnuicd
from his eves und the muscles of his mobile
countenance seemed to harden into stone.
Seuting himself at a table ho wrote rapidly,
as follows:
"Sir It Is not necessary for mo to wastt
any time in preliminaries. I will como to the
point at onco. I know tvho you are. I writ
for tho purpose of confcssi.ig to you thut I
am a desierato but unconvicted scoundrel.
I havo committed every crime known to tht
calendar of crimes, including borse stealing
burglary, kidnaping, incendiarisui, dynamite
throwing, forgery, wire whipping, counter
foiling, embezzlement, murder, perjury, train
robbing und scuttling steamships. When you
restive this I shall lio waiting for you with nr:
irou poker todefend myself with and nothing
else, so help me heaven I Dare you bring
twenty or your bravest men and arrest mo
If not I pronounce you a white livcred cm
aud pusillanimous coward and sneak!"
Ilesignisl tin with bis full name and ad
dress, inclosed it iu an envelope, aud di
retted it
"It will savemefrom committing thocrinu
of self destruction," be said with a grim smilo.
This took place six tveeks ago. Tho young
man is still waiting. Ho had made tho mis
take of sending tho letter to the chief of a
gang of kite Caps. -Chicago Tribune.
Fnrre of Habit.
During tho Centennial exposition at the
neadol one or the departments thero was a
Herman of the name or Bwarta Luto in
May, when it had become quite warm and all
of tho other Office had their doors and win
dows open, he would insist on having hit
closed, and every time any one opened a door
he would turn up the collar of bis light over
coat and say "shut the loor, there vasu trait.'
One morning a clerk named Hhullz came in
and said, "Swurtz, last noct I had von bud
tresm of you."
"Veil, rat rasltr
"1 troampt you vas tend."
"Veil f"
"Veil, 1 troampt vo all lofed you so veil dat
vo koiikliidod to oaf you cremated so vo could
each bar part of your ashes. Votookyoui
potly to vashlngton, Pa Vo put you it.
tho retort, in two hours somebody suggested
I you v us none. 1 opsosd a lower door to see if
I you vas and Immediately I heard u voice say.
I Shut tho toor, thero vas a traft". Philadel
puiu 1T0SS.
Warned in Time.
"What do you reed your white rabbit
Tommy I" Inquired Mr. Hildus, who had
called to talk imlitiis, with Tommy's father.
"Tho stubs or papateujara," was tho reply
"Why, doesn't tobacco make the rabbii
alckl"
"Who said anything about tobacco! 1
guess you never smoked one or papa'scigurs.''
Just then Tommy's rat her appeared. "Have
a cigar, Ilildus," bo said, cordially. "I never
keep any but the best aud you can depend on
an
' ...r .
COIllltV nailer:
i e correspondent would h.
U 1 1st week, but them ' 1
to communicate, and, bj fac, .
.,:- ween worth,.
only write because it "
j r , ... 18 a IS,,..
uoo 1 111011 1 1 o I 1 1 1 1 1 1 r ...... , -I
o to do.
UfMU.
Every thing I quiet.
Jeff Filpot I dead.
A good many hoM hn
during the past year.
L'nelo Hob Joyner fell olf ,.
day before yesterday and 12
li a , 1,. V . -""
learn which one.
Wind.
More ruin.
Shimlig- nt Putter,,,.'. ,
1.. 1 " UW
wow
I'nele Jesse (.alt stn,.! .. .l
. . . . t . I ... 1 " s
Job Halsh is 11 Mm. c 1. ....
. ..,. 8
BIm tl....R..IJ.
mule colt. '
More ruin.
Saw mills are dnl
n Ktui aa
r tl 1-!.., . ' -
,v V . . "" ou tns La
lust Friday.
Revival at Round Pond .1. .
i t...... 11 ...... .... -"ra
' " ' " 00 CO Mullet. ;,
muJ r..n a..., . s
I'.. .... k,u 1.' inn, mn Is 11 liar
Old Mot M lain.
Monday,
lobe IfoCraoken has nma...
i .1 II.. !..! J . "
rtii naritriiier s iiorse. 1...
..
wile also accompanied him.
Still more rain.
A good 111:111 v farmers n u
up land.
Till A 1, vo twi. 11. lu .1 !.:.. n .
.... sp-wwa .0 unci. 3g jj
mgniower.
aaauai uieu lllgbl
mm, one win do sadly missel i
linioeiioe's b.oi.di Ml,..
dmu au maKe ujipie pies anj
seventy-six years old. She aajj
maKe a line Keiue 01 soft t
t.. hot 'lulinu I ult.,11 .
..... ., outer lorje
kindness of heart, for she knit me
best pair of socks 1 ever had.
Ve oorreeoondent is umies ...
u.,
lieations to Mob llensl.-e ln. .
--o ' J e'l 1
of iqulrrela. He is a nwn
...... .., w,v ill uui llClrfl,-
o regret to say that his gun 1
llecidelitallv ilnv liofoe.. .ull
a . jvoiuim
killed him.
Uncle Billy Phelps broke one ol
leg;s yesterday.
Wm I. ...I, f, I ! ..
soon.
Hob laylor professed religion
Friday, and nono too soon either,
ue was union oy a nnvr ing tssiibs
the woods.
Aunt Hot sty Janson pounael
aa .u... , . . .
....... .. .... ,.,, ... iu..- ,,-..1-
Trot got nholil of somu u( the
ami Is also dead.
Cloudy weather.
Squirrels are scarce.
Bunk Trultt la dead.
Zeb Fancher and Miss Tallie I
,.'..,, in. ...,1 .ui ,,-....1. rei. . l
number of friends. Zeb was shut
killed shortly after tho
performed.
t 1. , A
1 noiio 10 cuu von some Htm
week.
I'nele Cud Met ford la dead.
Aunt Lizzie Lucas will be ilrai!
the time this reaches you.
Hill Henly shot his unole yeawl
Hill has been killed.
More rain.
Clouds everywhere.
Look out for falling weather.
U'i !.,... II,... I- Mll.,,1 It. 1. II....:;
yesterday.
I will send you some news soon.
Ha 1,1. lit M..I l.lll .1 LI. I..
ten lay.
More rain. Arkiinsaw Traveht
"Thank you," said Bildus, feebly, "but 1
promised my doctor this morning to stop
amokuig. I'm threatened w ith paralysis you
know." Chicago News."
'11
the
nny tine calls for me." wrote
'Vawohl. , ""l ctmvictto the warder of
Sliudgv. dot vas my wife Kutriua. 1M ' "u'" hlm 1 "" "" '""1 you
un 1 anew wneu I II I, back.''
The Duchess and the Doctor.
An old Duchess on one occasion ro
JUejted lr. Abaraethy to pay a profes
sional visit to her house. The doctor
went as requested and was introduced
into the drawing-room, where the
Duchess, with tears inhereyes, showed
him an ugly little monkey, apparently
in great agony, lyiag ou elegant cush
ions and almost buried in lovely lace.
The doctor felt thoroughly disgusted
at being Baited upon to set as a mon
key' doctor. He felt the monkey's
pulse iu silence, examined it with at
tention aud soon recognized the nature
of its illness, then, perceiving the lady's
grandson m a corner of the drawing
room rolling about on the carpet he
advanced toward tho child, examined
him also, felt his pulse, and. returning
to the Duchess, said to her in a grave
manner: Madam, your two sons are
suffering; from indigestion. By drink
ing tea aud living on a plain diet thev
will soon recover." and. bowing pre.
foundly to the tuiHti,J Dnehos. ,K.,
doctor retired, avenged. From ' Tale
of a riiTatnaiB "
Pad putted on Account of the Weather.
Tho convention of railway managers who
had assembled to decide uHin some new and
sufo method or heating railway cars bad boon
in session tirteen minutes.
"Gentlemen," said the chairman, rapping
vigorously ou the desk, "it has been moved
Rll: vvn.i 1.,! I .. . . ..
. """uui or tne unci
pected cold snap nnd the difficulty of warm
lag this room, aa well as the lateness or the
season, we now adjourn uutil the third Tues
day or uext July. Are you ready for the
quest ion f
I"ut and curried unanl,,,r,.i i n.i
Trihi,,,, .v-j-v-im-ago
Getting 1 ,, ,,.
"Wbv
V ajV Vim , -
Hvoi.,,,, ..,,.?.' "ww ontt.
... mmm nui t
JZ?h- ""r ' "'"""acted wiJ th' womin
ki th house for ter chuie off th' d' walk I Z
I awnhmlrin
-Ajugorciderihirtv-twovea.,,., !l-'nJing monev o'n ' ! T'T' of
WUS unearthetl in Camden Am ...l. Z appears lo t-L. . ... "r
,iv ..,.1 ... . " ",ut'r t..ii . " iiMsau with
vtunuli ta dcr boss
- "What a wonderful painter Rubens
was! ' remarked Xlerritt at the art
gallery. Yt." assented Com. It
l said of him that he could change a
Iniinhlng fnee into a nd one by a
alnirk .t-okc" "Why." .poke up
little Johnnie In disfrnM. my ehool
teacher can do that." -Detroit Free
I're.
The reettrtls kept in Paris hospi
tills show that fewer death occur hfta
twi n si veu and eleveu o'cl.s-k in the
rvening than during any other four
hour f th,, ,JnV.
Oft eight of the ballot UpsiKed hy
Si. Su jury recently the word
guilty as variously pellesl: Creilty.
allty. guildy. gva'.ty, gcaltey, galdy.
gnhly, geilty.
.lu.. ... .1 .a . .
'm, .UIO OI Hie t,, en'.
Im . 7 ' "" " " "o got a
o-iuiuw 01 me mtKith and
sixteon voremad.
ten minute.
At a church fair in Troy X J
they blindfold the men and let' em ki'
the women at fifteen eenu a pim. ()
mm klaaed hi, wife ven different
iraea and when he wuvrtaimsj the
te deception he demanded the return
of hi money .ad got iL-Detroit Free
Italian,, t Tery '
d.veUf.,1 . "u" nis,0I7- The
drunk within ! I"? Wishment
period
" oral s e.......
""II. I ne irr...., .
n.vmt.i
the Mn, . l" W Orld is
the
in the
pnwn-
FIGS AS FOOD.
Mix Olive.
IIIIO III I ... I'.,e.,, L-.,er ..111.. '
lliltl U I. ..II. K,. ,11 1 InkAMlJ
they erew wits not vet bis 11111111111
he was obliged to buy it from
and, for another, that it was not
the emblem of health, but the
Willi esollle fruit ireovvn he
now iret V wo moion to ie eslie'
a . 1 1 11 a 1 1 1 seasiios n ir.n. i. i'ii:
food of the Italian naonle: anil
llllllltlw tl,,,,. ....... K.. ulJ ,., lit-p
iiiuj oe caiu 10
is uoi oniy possible ror a nianw-
u ion II nit s if n.r inner l-
vi ne and fig tree, a man has plenij
.en ,, ntutliortl. t lieu '
fresh the fig is u medicine 11s e
food: and they who out freely n-ea
OO I IS Oil, I n,, ., .. .... ,u !. ..
, ... . .11' 1 . ,
triuuu ann ail those properuei
make it valuable us an article ot
111,11 nit- ua
I VIII I l A) I HI Hit" I
1 " I'M . rnl' int'.it f I u-itn 1 A.
'! U ,1 . Ilir-i i m inriiM V
hiu( of any kind, the lutdotti
nr ea with wholo-nnal lnMd.
a . -
lornied a dish nt .,1,.... ;,,. hut
"d like the Snaniard's salad, tit I
r,- - a.-i uiFt IM11 till r r
"til 11 a If). Tll..t r.. ' UC
...v .I'l" II' II 111 b
.ii i- In n, tl,., f:t!
an 111.n1 i 11 ne rs tin
tiiMi nivalis Hi:ir .11 "u
fiunino. Ti-iirni..Ha i ;.. Minor
- a a a. 11 , - in .- ,1 ,uoi-
""ni x' proviue uifiur'
rt'itli tijM und olive as ..rovkun
jouruvvs. and not onlv live.
till on in rtuit ho htr h:l
ii" 1 1:1 111 1 -1 .....t nu
men: than any other fruit with t
-'ei;tiou of the olive. -Interior.
L m . ....
bv roval - " ,""s' "bUhed
rnji e1 ,h"e.t steam
Ipietve, of metal u .Tr6'1 f
thrw-flrtbsof.n i 'u .a,hade und,?'-
AaU.hmaterraadtuDlh0,n0UD
feesi Dun-,,.
'SdV ir ni in ..; :.. .u ... .. ,y
hnv. , a is iut? rnooiei .
hut nitv th.. . .
girf tme f the km b
7 ovvramnl thu renart.
'. 3 '7 ,n,rel: "I'd liketotu.0.1
- m rr. 1 ir,, ,!. .. ... . .. ,
- om er; Jo vtouWn , bin er: and f
2 "mw nod 'a bin
W." Chrtstun
an..
" "TOoklyn man is so mode
r,t-i on 1 ...
. 7 cuang-es hu boarding
until after dar,
Tir
be