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HE TAMED ERICSSON. , Hull CMMMi ,rn" HrH with Mm Mm f Hi' MmM vrv Interesting Incident i told o( Ola Hull and u'onn Ericsson, ''noli of whom have contributed by their live no little fume to l'1L' Scandinavian countries In which they wore born. AMttotd i" t,"'ir yipr Ms ''"' tfoiwi friend for yearn, thoy hiol lomuhow b .,.;, ...(.urnted and had not met again ult i Uith had earned world-wide fame. Dull once visited Ericsson and Invited him to hi" eoneerU Kricsson refused on the ground that he had no time for noh folly. Each timo Hull eamo to v,.w York ho visited his old friend and never forgot to invite him to his con cert HI Invitations were many Untoi refused JjtQHUtt tho inventor pleaded no time. If vou don't come to hear me once," iid Hull during ono of his visits, "I will lake my violin along and play for you right here in your work-hop." If you biing your violin hero I'll smash it to bits,'' was Ericsson's only answer. Nothing daunted Hull. Iln was bound to try what effect his music, that kad entertained so many, would have upon such an earnest and practical nian as Kricsson, who hud been cooped up all his Hfo, one might say, in his workshop. QlU bright day Hull went to Kricsson' s house with his precious violin, but not without some misgiv Ings as to how his visit would ternii n.ite, for he knew that Kricsson was a determined man and generally meant what he said. When he entered the Inventor's workshop he was greeted in any thing but a friendly manner. Without allowing 8 lesson an oppor tunity to blow oh" hit) wrath on him Dull opened tho conversation in the easy, lancinating way for which he was noted, upon the violin's construc tion, what it lacked, etc . and finallv deed Ericteoo his opinion as to the best sounding woods for the manufact uring of violins. This was followed bv (piite a discussion as tc the acoustic properties of tho violin. To illus trate ono of his opinions, Hull drew tho bow ac 'oss tho strings of his violin. From ono chord he went to another until ho broke Into a lengthened melody. Tho workmen laid asido their tools and listened with Ericsson to the grand master of the vio.in. All stood spell bound. Hull became enamored of his own playing and madu his vioiin utter tones that it had never been called on before to emit. After uwhilo he ceased to play. Ericsson, who had been sit ting lost in his own emotions, with tears coursing down his chocks, cried out: "Go on! Go on! For tho first time I know what has been lacking in my life" -Minneapolis Journal. BOGUS DIAMONDS. Gems That Are ai If iinicroKs an thS SiiihIi by tin- &saShoreh Of late years jewelry, and female jewelry in particular, us it were, has become very numerous and ostenta tious, so to speak. Formerly the pos session of a pair of diamond ear-rings enveloped the happy female in a halo of affluence that caused her to be regarded as a modified femalo Count do Monte Cristo. A minstrel troupe, whose perform ance we attended not long since, made a pointed allusion at the increased cheapness of gems. The interlocutor in conversation with the genial end man, congratulated that dusky humorist because he had been seen on the streets accompanied by a beautiful young lady. The happy end man in quires if tho interlocutor had observed the elegant seal-skin cloak worn by tho lady. Tho interlocutor had noticed it. With reversed thumb the end man intimates that ho had be stowed it on tho attractive femalo. "It must have cost you quite a large sum of money," replies tho Interloc utor, who for some inexplicable reason ignores the negro dialect "Yes, sah, five hundred dollars, and did e see dem ar torches?" "Those what?" ''Dem torches. I means dem lamps, hanging in her yoahs." " Oh, you mean those largo solitaire en--ring.? Yes, I saw them. Thoy must have cost you at leust fifteon hundred dollars" "Thirty cents," replies tho end man, reaching down for bis bones, or lather the bonos with which he makes discord. The shabbily-dressed, poorly-paid shop-giri t rears gems that flash in a dozen dilTeront coles, while the young boy who gets four dollars a week in a button factory carries on his soiled hand a diamond ring that might be a prince's ransom in olden times -it it aare real. Yet jewelry, which was formerly supposed to be expensive, is now worn so genera'ly as to create a suspicion that the coal deposits are being sub jected to an alarming drain. Not everybody knows that it takes an expo ienced jeweler to delect the renl from the bogus diamond; hence '' frequently happens that grown-U.) pe sons undergo a similar experience to that of tho little girl who complained to her grandmother: "Ma told me it was a diamond, but 1 have found out that it was nothing but a grindstone." A member oi tho famous "poker legislature" of Texas once said thnt the most expensive diamonds were those that staid in the pack when ho had four of them in his own hand. Texas Siftings. -The library nf thoHritisb Museum will not hereafter supply novels to aders until five years afti-r publica tion. f hero is a burden of rare in gelting riches - fear in keeping thorn; tempta tion in using them; guilt in abusing them; borrow in losing thoia; and a burden of account at last to bo given up concerning them. M. Henry. Tiie intlm-nce of outwaid nature, of circumstances, of ouroccupalion. of our fellow-men, are always pressing upon m, but the results of this pressure upon our welfare, our character and eur life will always depend upon the nature of the inward forces with which e meet it and respond to it- -Once a Week. WELDING BY ELECTRICITY. "''' NUkWMai Thl. , Pr0 Wvrll at ll01u. in response to Invitations of Mr A. Royoe. general manniror nf II. Thomson Electric Welding Company of Ibis city, about fifty gentlemen as,....,. the Ilftv iMiitlni,,.,., - . i nont HI 'Mod at the station of the Maiden Elee- trlc Company, in Maiden, to witness' the novel process of u, ,.. , electric current lui-uiia nv Ihere were three welding machines, one small and the other two much argor. Tho first is called the inch Iron machine, for the reason that It has a capacity of welding from a quarter to an inch bar Iron. It will also weld copier from one-eighth to one-half inch U diameter, and brass of some vhnt nrger size. Ono of the larger machines i Known as the two-inch ninc machine as it has tho capacity of welding heavy two-Inch Iron pipe ami smaller sizes the third is called the two-inch iron iiuiehino, nnd will weld a solid bar of iron of that size, as well as smaller sizes. These nmchines aro supplied with current by a dvnamo havimr a oonstan; potential of about .Sou volts, and strength from 80 to 90 amperes. The exhibition of welding was began nn the small machine, when several pieces or iron brass and copper wore successfully welded, much to tho sur prise and gratification of those present) th n.... .... ,u: li i ii mi iiiaciiiuo ocilig co-i' by the welding Iron nn Inch q u ),.. in diameter Ti... ..:..i.. ,li. i,uivipiu ui mis process is so simple and so direct that tho wonder Is nobody thought of it before. It is based on the incandescence of the car bons in the are light. In these latter the carbons aro placed by the trimmer so as to touch, nnd when tho current is established in tho circuit and goes through them they are drawn Sllgbtlj apart by proper mechanism In the lamp. Tho electric current encountering great lesistiuiro from tho air, produces great Ileal, which, nctinc on llio ennhnna gives a white incandescence-hence the S arc light. This principle is utilized in welding. Tho ends of metals to be Welded are brought in close COntaOtl then tho current is run through (hem and when it is established these ends lire separated slightly, when the elec tric arc is formed between thein and heut ensues, which, by a skillful ar rangement of tho machine, is gradually Intensified until the d sired welding ! heat is obtained. At this juncture the 2urrent is shut off by the operator, and j the machine manipulated so as to press the heated ends together, when the I weld is at once completed, 'lho whole process is clean, neat, beautiful. In tho weldings done on the small 1 machine the file show tho homogonoity jf tho metal at tho point of junction, i md to show how strong this weld was Mr. hemp twisted ono of tho joined liars until the metal broko, but the ; break was not at tho wold. Next an exhibition was given of welding two-inch pipe on tho machine lesigned for that purpose. This was is readily and as easily effected as In the case of the sthaller bars in the first machine, th" weld bo ng (erfect, nnd leaving but a little ridge on tho inside. Then on tho third machine bars of i.did two-inch iron were welded with the g oat 'st easo and in tho most per fect innnnor. Tho metal at first as Uimes at the junction a dull reddish SOlor. This color gradually extends n each side about ono inch or so but while it is spreading there is a change to a white heat whore the metals meet. Borai is used to prevent outside oxida tion only. Then there is tho sudden -hutting off of tho current, a forcing together of the heated ends, with the result of a complete union of the met lis. Tho whole process is ono of mar velous simplicity and at tho same time wonderful completeness. Do -ton Her dd. CARTOONisfKEPPLER. I'lie Karly St rujln Bad Later 1BCMSISS of Hie Famous Artut. Joseph Kepplor, tho great cartoonist. who is inseparably associated with the growth of caricaturo in America, was 'orn in Vienna about fifty yean ago. !Iis father was a fancy baker, and the ioy fostored a lovo of art from orna nentiug wedding Bnd birthday cakes with (plaint and curious designs. He then made copies of flnocostumc plates, rhich ho offered for sule. and subse neotly drew for the comic German tapers. Finding this did not pay. he oinud a dramatic troupe and assumed it will tho role of tragedian and com !ian. The company foundered, and he became a prestldlgitntour, doing the iccomplico and assistant act About 1969, fooling the country too small for him, he came to America, settling in st. Louis. Most of his timo was sjient in milking designs for lithographers, hut he was too ambitious for that work, ind Induced some friends to aid him in istablUhlng the German Pock. St. Loola was a poor city for such a paper, and ;ho venture livod but a few months 1'hwnrtcd but not discouraged. Kcppler I'aine to Now York in 1872. His genius was at once recognized, and he and Matt Morgan drew cartoons on Leslie's in opposition to Xast on Ilarier s. He remained with Leslie until l7o when, in company with A. S-hwartzman. he revived the' German Puck, tho English edition of which npienrod lho fo low ing March. Kepplcr was not mis:aken, and the paper was an ussured SnVBMs almost from the start. Puck has been n huh r to the whole younger genera tion of cartoonists and a fortune to its owners, , Personally Mr. Keppler impresses one us a dashing, brilliant man He is five feet tee inches in height, of mili t iry bearing, with mustache and goatee, Brael masses of hair seem to float ant'.pof his head. His temjM-rarnent is ten genial. His home is in Inwood-tn-the-HoOSOn, who e he has a beauti ful house Cliicago News - 7ien bad men com nine, the good : associate; or else they wm mu. mus i. n. n unnitied sacrlllee in contemptible struggle -Edrmmu berk -We are all of us bound to make Matrices in this life. Moetof our trou 1 les come from trying to uphold them after they are made---SomervUle Jour one i, a . . . .11 .(lain. I - Hani wortf is me o m -- meat that k worth having; yet M i everybody wants the JJ2 hard work that eesenuai w ing- MEDICAL SUPERSTITIONS. Home npiimrkshly Qurrr French vgrUM Of tllC (Hlr i 1 n. . A Preach writer ik. in.' i Chnllnmcl h"9 'Otntly 'ssued a book entitloJ R'rdVK.o Y ew of France In tho ,V A Hird s-K .. Yew of Friince in th.i Mid- llll Ages," in which he relates a num- DM Pf 'N superstitions current in i . - In iv niiil.lln .,.- mint ,,f n - which are said to prevail at the present time nlso. In those days tho French seem to have had unlimited faith in preservatives against diseases and in fallible means of cure, and It may be added that they were not alone in their trustful nest, The following aro somo of the superfluous practices mentioned: To euro fever they abstained from both flesh and eggs on Faster and on other high festivals; thov caused a cnb- 1 :" ''" f"r l"'poso from a i "'iirblsirlng garden to be dried on a 1 1 : ' VOTC one of a dead ' 11111,1 ne tln amulet; they Inclosed 11 ''v'' ' 1,1 a U!UJ "l,J mm" " to j 1,10 s' k lrson's neck: they ate the l,l"'t Easter daisy that they found, land they receive I tho benediction in three different par shes on the same Sunday. While telling their beads they searched for a Mullein-stalk and threw it to the W.nds; thoy passed through tho cleft of a tree; they caused u horse to drink a bucketful of water, and then di'imli after him; thev crossed a proees- won oe.woen ino cross :.nu tlio banner; t,u'-v drank holy water on Faster eve or on l lie eve or I'enteeost; they twined the hem Ol a shroud about their arms or necks, and they drank three times of a mixture of water from three wells in a Be pot. The people of Provence had their fisheries blessed on a certain Saint's day. On Assumption day the people of l'erigord wont before sun iUc. walkin; backward, to gather nine Sprigs of c" taiiry, which they fastened to a feverish person's neck, after which they gave him an infusion of tho herb to drink. A toad choked to death on tho ovo" of st- Jolm 3 dJ had tho same virtue. It was common for a feverish patient to rise early in the morning and walk backward in meadow, plucking a handful of herbs without turning or looking at them, then throw them be hind him an 1 keep on in his course without turning back; the result of this was that the fever attacked tho devil. Another practice was for tho fevered person 10 drop a piece of money in a public place, with somo mummery; whoever picked up the coin took the fover. Tho wa ersof several fountains Cured level's, and in particular the fountains Do Krioune triumphed over tertians. ! To overcome fear one had only to slick 1 pins in a de al man's shoe, carry a WolPs tooth or eye about, or ride n I boar. To banish rheumatism tho sick person caused a miller or his wifo to 1 strike three blows with the hammer, saying: ' In nomine l'atris," etc. Hath ; lag the painful parts with the water ol the fountain of Monies caused the pain 1 t cease. In LandoS rheumatics and paralytics were cured of ills by getting into certain openings, called etrines, J in the pillars of a church. In Hritany i a child was protected against nil dis eases by having his shirt put on damp. The people of l'erigord carefully p: e lerred the ashes and embers of tho yule log, which euros tho ma'adios of , both man and Ivast In some districts the butter made in M ly was kept as a vulnerary. Among the peasants of the Ifontagne-Nolre a w hite-handled knife i was an infallible romody for colic. Bpl epsy was cured by attaching a cru- J olflx nail to tho patient's arm, or by causing him to wear a silver ring or modul boiring lho names Gaspar, Mel choir, and Hiilthasar. For warts thort was a very simple specific rubbing j them with a wad of hair or of broom. ; and wrapping chick-peas or pebbles In a rag. which the person was to throw j liehind him on a road. Whoever had tOOtnaone loucneu mo acning loom with a dead person's tooth. London Standard. Renovating Steel Rails. Some success appears to havo attend ed the recently devised process of mak ing old steel rails now, it having boon found, after various experiments, that piece- of steel may, at a proper heat, bo perfectly and easily welded together after being boated with a solution of sili cale of soda, or other solution in which silica is contained. Very satisfactory results have bocn obtained by dipping the pieces of Steel to bo woldod Into tin silicate solution, or by pouring it upon (hem, then bunching together the plocot' to bo welded, heating them to an ordi nary beat, and passing them through rolls. This is tho process followed in tho case of large artielos, but those ol smaller description can Ihi weldod undei the hammor when treated previously with the solution. Not only Is thk method found applicable for reworking old Steal rails and othor heavy pieces, but it thus renders certain kinds ol steel scrap highly serviceable which formerly were almost worthless; and lho establishment of an important In dustry is regarded as practicable, namoiy, the treatment of masse of steel with the silicate solution, on s large scale, placing them in the heat ing furnace, and then passing them through the rolls, thus, it is claimed, turning old rails into new ones a good as tho first product of thesteol Ingot X. Y. Sun. A Delicate Chicago Foot Fa.-h'onable shoo store. Whnt size do you wear, madnme?" "Number hujr." Clerk Take a sea!. I think I car fit you. Madame. I find thai you require a number eight at least huntwi eight' Well, that's a four isn't it four for each foot?"- ivung. one is ncu in mi the future th-'t 1." d i -. old. one is poor in all the past he regrets. if you arc a diamond, be sure that you will be found out Cheek, brass or gall never gets ahead of merit Bur deftc. Not what the world says we may do. but what we know we ought to do. , ,,, , ; katag tmreetcr you must cboo,the THE ANDAMAN PIGM ES. TTr naveesl IJllU in the World at l.u,l Won lij KlndKru. In the Hay of liengal Is a chain of Islands known as the Andaiiians, whose inhabitants have long been famous for their extreme ferocity, their diminu tive stature and the utter failure of missionaries who havo labored among them for twenty yonrs without making a single convert It has hem almost certain death for a stranger to set foot on somo of these island-, and it may now lie said for the first time that through tho exorcise of long and pa tient kindnesses these llltlo folks have been Infused with somo measure of confidence in tho outer world. A large part of their coasts may now bo visited without inviting the tragedies of which we have often read bs occurring there, The Indian Government has long maintained a penal colony on Smth Andaman. The white otlleers In charge of it resolved to try iion tho tierce dwarfs of Liltto Andaman the policy that hud won for thorn tho good will of many other islanders. A while ago an expedition, assailed as usual when it landed w ith arrows and battle axes, took three women and six men prison ers and e irriisl them nearly a hundred miles away to Fort Hlair. Thoy wore treated with the utmost kindness, and after a while liogan to think they were among friends. In two months they were rest. nod to their Island loaded with all the presents thev could carry. l'lKn the next visit of the whites the released captives came to boo them, and In a fow days men, women and chil dren fearless y visited tho camp, and even ventured on lioard the steam launoh, Bome of them havo since vis ited tho white settlement on South An daman, and. though tact and caution are still required to deal with them, it Is believed that soon shipwrecked c o w s ill lie able to land on Little An daman with perfect safety. As far as we know, the Andamanese are one of the smallest races of men that ever existed. The average height of tho men. Prof. Flower tolls us. Is I feet g Indies, that of tho women 4 foot 6 inches. They aro about the same si.e as tho South African Hushmen. nnd wo know no people smaller than the Hushmen except tho Akka of Central Africa. Evidently of Negrito stock, tho iso ation resu ting from their lion eness has kept them a pure and primitive race, still in tho stone age, forming Shoir huts of boughs and leaves, and presenting to ethnologists a most inter esting field of study. Only ono tribe of these wild people has thus far proved wholly Untamable, Tho Jarawas of Great Andaman keep their arrows sharpened for any whites who pass their way. Some of thorn have been taken captive, honored with the kindest attention, mid finally soul homo loaded with presents, but the hatred thoy cherished for the white race Is still as fierce and vindictive a ever. N. Y. Sun. THE HOT-AIR CURE, oaaethlag About lbs Blmels otst nf t ! South AaMVtsaa Cowboys. When In the Republics of the Uru guay and tho Argentine in IKtiS, where 1 met Captain Hurton, I found that tho tea of Paraguay (mate) as a hot Infu sion used by Englishmen "In the camp'' did, with mutton, all that lit claimed by your correspondent Tho fellows in the distant cnitip were often six nnd eight weeks without any thing but mate and their sheep, and to my horror I found that each at a meal could eat a merely sodden shoulder of mutton, which for an hour had been toasted from a wooden stake over a II ro of dry cow dung. Tho mutton so prepared was often perforce oaten without broad, salt or poppor, and then it was always rel ished for Its own sake, but washed down with mato why, it was living like a fighting-cock! Still, I am IhiuiuI tn confess that when tho fellows from the distant camp visited Buenos Ay res or Monte Yldoo, they made straight for a confoot inner' s shop, and "hobbling" their horses in tho street they gorged themselves with cake like so many schoolboy. Yet tho Hepub lics of South America con firm tho statements of your correspond ent, with UuVqumUM tlon, that the hot water may bo Infused mato and that if fat and sinew aro liked thoy may be eaton freoly, The dwellers In tho camp are tho leanest, the most enduring, and the healthiest mon living, sixty miles on hor-ohaolc before breakfast being as little thought of as tho walk of a Iindonur from the bank to the stock oxchungo. it slum d bo nddod that children Istgotton in tho camp inherit these qualities, with Intelligence be yond their years from nn F.nglish point of view. Tho boy or girl of eight or ten years may lie trusted to climb up the fore leg of a horse that ho or she may chase sheep running liefore a storm, to bo headed homeward to a OOfral, One word more: a simple finger cut on the pampas prnctlca ly involves lockjaw; and it may therefoVo be asked w hether this follows from a diet nf hot wa or und meat without vegetablo or mineral uompenlment - P. Harry, in Pall Mall Hudget A well-known Chinaman has start ed an evening school In New York to teach the Knglish language to hi own countrymen. A good-siited class began recently, and It wa great fun. AO of the pupils couh' a little "pigeon" Fnglish. and they made it a rule to speak no Chinese while In the school; but tho teacher's greatest difficulty wa to get them to pronounce the Knglish words properly. A man of settled convictions is one who bar been sentenced to life service in a penitent iurv.-N. U. Picayune. Fifty colored men were lately studying for the priesthood In Koine. Every civilized country in the world is represented by students at the University of Berlin. More col'ege students come from Connect lent in proportion to tho popu hvion than from any other State, bbe sends one to every .V4U persona Useful knowledge can have no en emies except the ignorant; It cherishes youth, delight the aged, is an orna ment in prosperity, and yields comfort In adversity. THE HERRING INDUSTRY. How "Nardil,," afS annxil hi (I.,- I ioio-ii.-.. l Ksatport, Ms. American art was not the only thing which re. eived an lniotu at the ('en- teuninl Exhibition in 1876. It became . evident that we had to learn a great deal aliout tho food preparations deriv able from France. Norway, Sweden, and even Swtln. Fish products In end less variety, all excellent made no In considerable Hirtlon of tho foreign ox ! dibits. It might take years of labor j before wo could rival tho Sevres Mr I relain, but there could not bo any such trouble in regard to tho preparation of tardlnes. As there a' ways has lioona great deal of enterprise in New F.ng- land, it struck those interested In fish ery products thnt there were ways of preparing herring other than simply salting or smoking them, and at mire, copying in a certain measure tho Scan dinavian fashion, a now industry had Its birth in Maine. The center of tho canning of herrings is found at Fast port. Maine, nnd here at certain seasons a very large business is done The herrings nre caught in vast quantities by means of seines, and the smacks bring the fish into iort As herrings are iierishablo, quick-sailing vessels are necessary, so as to hurry tho catch Into port. A cons ilcrnblc pie lien of the catch is put In barrels for convenience In handling. As soon as tho fish are landed they are at once dumped on long tables, where they are picked and cleaned. If the fish nre for canning, pains nre taken that all the herring shall be of a size. There are particular seasons w hen the young her ring run. and these nre host adapted for canning, Hands become very ox port and a great number of fish can he picked and cleaned In the briefest I I of time. Sometimes mechanical adjuncts of a simple kind are used to take oil the scales and tins. In some of the largest of these ostal) lishmonts, when fish nre plenty, hun dreds of women are employed. There is no mechanical process yet Invented which will fill tho tins, and so lingers must lie used. In France, sardine cans are packed so close w ith fish that not another one can bo put In. The rea son for this Is not because the French (miner Is a generous man, but for the good reason that olivo oil Is worth more than the sardines. In KastpOli factories the greatest cleanliness is usod, and the rooms are constantly washed down. As fast as the fish have lieen cleaned and gutted they nre brought into the cunning-room. In some canneries the fish are first thor oughly coo .cd before being put into tin1 tins; then the cans are warmed anew and sold -rod. Certain factories cook tho product directly In lho this. It re quires a great deal of skill to give the herring their proper flavoring. II there is the least blunder in tho me chanical part of tho work, the spoil ing of tin; product is the result, a Immediately decomposition takes place. A great many herrings are smoked at Fastport, and following tho methods employed for cod, Isme less herrings are made. These are put on tho market In glass boxes. There are, however, some ways of putting up the herring n'hich Fngland seems to have tho secret of. We have not yet succeeded in converting American smoked herring Into tho Yarmouth bloater. Off the coastof California the CVmjix tiujtu Is found, and this is lho truo European sardine. So far, no advantage has been taken of the sar dine in American maters, but in the timo to come, when the olivo-tree shall become more plentiful tn California, tho sardine will find its proper eOOOm panlment, which Is olivo oil, and not colton-soed oil. Herring enter very largely Into hu man consumption, though to a loss de gree in lho I luted States than in ether countries. As noarly a can bo esti mated. 43.IKJU.00O pounds of her ring nre taken .oft the North Ameri can coast. The aggregate catch in European w aters is KoU.OOO.lMW pounds. Harper's Weekly. Intelligence of Beavers. "Tho Intelligence of the beaver Is proverbial," says a correspondent of tho St James (ia.ette, "but It may not be general y known that if a stool trap Is left visible In ono of his runs he will deliburaloly spring It with a slick; but If It is so artfully covered with snow or leaves Unit ho stops on it unwarily, ho will twist round and round till the limb I severed. It Is only under water that a stool trap will hold a beaver, nnd then hocauso ho drown before ho can twist himself froo. I once caught a boavofjs foot in this wa", and somo weeks after ward another traper caught a Ihi ec footod animal In a dead-fall. This was evidently my beaver, so I bought his skin and eventually brought it to Ixn don, where It was sold, to bo con verted so I was informed Into a seal-skin vest'' A pnragraph going the rounds of Georgia pncrs tolls of tho first ap peeisnoi ot a iolorod lawyor In Atlanta. It was when Aaron aJpeoHa Hradley wont to tho Stale Senate. Hradley wa a kind-hearted mulatto, a sharp fellow, too, ami when he rose unexpectedly in the court-room ono day to defend a case the lawyer on the other side was so indignant at his impudence that he Immediately forgot every thing ho knew. Tho mulatto lawyer called for the papers in the case, looked at them through his eye-glasses und made a motion to dismiss umii somo technicality. The court granted the motion, and Hradley, with an ag gravatiag twist of his mustache, swag gered off, loaving the white lawyer so full of rage and rnortiflcalion that he ould not oiien his mouth. creeds may tie over-cmpnasizd; but it la a significant fact that the men w ho do the most to demonstrate how Utile there is in creeds, and how much they binder tho progress of truth, sre the men who do the least to conquer the world for Christ - Dr. F. A Noble. It is just one hundred years since the Introduction of Methodism Into New England. Jesse Ixw had the dis tinction of having been the first circuit preacher, and a bronze equestrian statue on the sight of the old npple tree at Norwalk. where he held his first meeting. Is proposed. TYPOGRAPHICAL BULLS. Maitsr Pro liii iloiis ol tli Intrlllamt Oaweasttov mi vh rriiof-Riir. The "machine printer" or "black smith" Is ono of the chief obstacles with which writers have to contend. He It is who sets up whatever the copy looks like to hltii, regard less as to whether it makes tenet or not. Such a one it was who set up "Gitmhcttn" as "I am belter." and made, a heading Intended for "Bridge carrion' away by a drive of logt," read "Hrhlge carried away by a drove of hogs." Another of this Ilk made an advertisement which read, "The Christian's DrOBJa uocross.no crown," appear as "The Christian's Urea in; nocows, no cream." A reporter of a Chicago pap, r once mentioned an intelligent craftsman as "a thinking tailor," but the machine printer who got the take Bade him appear as a "thieving tailor." The proof-reader was of course responsible for the error, hut the vengeance of the Irate Utilor was visited upon the un fortunate reporter. Another Chicago writer described an exquisite as one "whose manners would adorn a drawing-room," hut the unthinking compositor made It read, "w hose milliners would alarm a drown ing man." The ( lincinnal i Rnqttirer once created a gensilne nutation by staling, in dis play type, that a gang of American counterfeiters had been "shaving the queen." when "shoving the queer" was evidently what was intended. One of the worst instances of mis prints caused by bad chirography was where the heading "A Honeymoon cut short" was printed In full-faoe a "A Hungarian cut throat." Another equally disagreeable blun der, to tho parties Interested, was where a distinguished traveler was re ported as having recently died "In the richness of sin." Tho paper, however, apologized fur this candid admission on the following day, by saying that what the editor Intended to write was "the interior of Asia." Perhaps no newspaper writer wai ever more disturbed by a trifle than was the society reporter who, In de scribing KM belle of a recent fashiona ble party. Intended to say "she looked un fWt," but found that an unfeeling blacksmith had made It, "sho looked all ft I" Of all editorial writers, Horace Greeley was most noted for Illegible copy, nn one occasion mo "inouern Franklin" penned something about "Suburban journalism advancing," but tho type setter thinking it one of his famous agricultural articles, launched out wildly with the words, "Suporb Jerusalem artichokes." It is somewhat singular how often the omission of a single seemingly lie significant letter will alter tho entire meaning of a sentence. For Instance, HVCral errors are recorded where the letter "n" has been omitted from the word "window," Invariably placing a "widow" in some embarrassing posi tion; as where, on ihe occasion of a sti t pageant a gentleman unwittingly advertised "several widows for biro," and the even worse blunder, In a re ligious paper, which gratefully recorded tho fact that "Mr. had very gen erously placed a stained glass widow in the church al ." Erron of substitution are usually caused by bad distribution, or by let ters dropping into an adjoining box in an overfull easo ol type, thai tne letters "o" and "a." are so frequently transposed Is due to tho fact that these letters are kept ill a I joining boxot, and tho same rule holds good with re gard to other vowels and most fre quently used letters. An error of this description recently occurred In an article by the present writer, where an allusion to the time-honored tune ol "Yankee Hoodie" was printed us "Yankee Hoodie." The proof-rcadei who allowed this error to pass evi dently hailed from Canada and con sidered the new title as more sugges tive and appropriate to the present day. N. Y. Epoch. College Boys on s Frolic. It Is told In Boston that a party of Harvard students, anxious to get even with tho Huston police for somo un doubtedly good reason, bought a bar ber's polo, got a receipt, and started through the streets hearing their property. Of courso they wore soon stopped by a policeman. "Hollo, there, what yerdoln"lth that pole?" "That's our business." "O, is it? Well, you como along 'Ith me." So ho marched thorn to the police station. "What's the trouble, officer?" asked the ser geant. "Stoalin' a harbor's pole." Then the policeman gave a detailed account of the crime and tho arrest of tho criminals, who were about to bo sent to their dungeon cells, when one of them handed the sergeant tho re ceipt. "Officer, you may rotura to your bent." said tho sergeant, and the Students filed out, hearing the pole proudly. Two blocks away another policeman stopped them. Then fol lowed the same dialogue, another ar rest and the same scene at tho station. And so It went on until the young men had been arrested six times. They might have been arrested twelve times had not a general notice bcon sent out to tho K)llco not to molest tho party of young men parading about Huston bearing a barber's k1o."- N. Y. Sun. Why She Removed Her Hst. Mr. and Mrs. Slmpkins at tho thea ter. Mr. 8. What are you doing? Mrs. 8. I'm going to take off my bonnet and hold it on my lap. "I never saw you so considerate of ny one's pleasure before." "Umph! You needn't think it's that I'm the only woman in the house that tiasn't got a new spring bonnet, aad fou ought to bo ashamed of it" Chl jago Herald. 'l ho woman wno na louna a man to whom sho can lie an Inspiration, making him toll easily and happily for her sake, has found the widest possible sphere. The instinct of every woman lead her lo seek this; whatever else women seek Is probably sought because they have boon denied or disappointed In finding this. Rural New Yorker. There is no bright future for the young man who Is shirking every re sponsibility, ignoring industry, and glories in being an Idler. Good luck will never oome to him. and It never should. SUBSTITUTE FOR GLASS. 'Hi. s i - AdtanlagM of th So-CIUt iv 1 1 r - vv ov Itoonng. The introduction of a material com bining all tho advantage of glass with none of the corresponding disadvant ages arising from Its brlttleness will be hailed with Interest by every class of the public, who suffer dally In one form or another from tho fragile na ture of the articlo it I now sought to supersede. Tho transparent wire-wove moling, which Is translucent pliable is leather, and unbreakable, has for its basis a web of fine iron wire, with warp and weft threads about one twelfth of an Inch apart This netting Is covered on both ld,e with a thick translucent varnish, containing a large pereentnge ol linseed oil. The process of manufacture Is conducted by dipping the sheets into deep tanks containing the coniM)sitlou until tho required thickness is obtained; tho sheet aro then dried In a heated chamber, and after being stored for some time till thoroughly set. are ready for use. Tho sheets can be made any color desired, and range from amber to palo brown. The rooting Is very pliable; and bond ing backwards nnd forwards without any Injury, readily adapts Itself to ( "irves or angles in roofing. Tho new material is not only waterproof, but is unaffected by steam, the heat of the sun, frost, ball. rain, or tml 1 nltnos- pherieebangee ornny kind. Hoinga non conductor, buildings, winter-gardens and similar structures remain cool in summer and warm In winter. Owing to Its lightness as compared with glass only half a pound per square foot considerable e iv in tho Iron or UmbOf framing designed to carry It can be secured, whilst saving iu car riage I obtained In addition to safety. Turning now to the question of cost. Wire-wove roofing is more expensive In first cost thnn ordinary glass; but the many advantages, both in erection and maintenance, already sot forth will, in the opinion of those interested in the question, more thnn counter balance the priniarv additional Outlay. A material that require no glazing, can be cut with selsiora and fixed with zinc nails, Is an economical one toerect For churches, passage, staircases, special colored varieties to simulate glass similarly prepared are manufac tured. Iloth the Admiralty and War Office have availed themselves of tho ml v ant aires to bo derived from the rill- I ployinenl of the new roofing material; whilst it may be added that the Royal Aquarium at Westminster Is entirely covered with It A list of tht many and varied uses to which the wire-wove roofing may tie applied would be a long one; amongst others, may tie mentioned: Roof of cotton mills, explosive and other fac tories, workshops of all classes, brew eries, printing-works, railway stations, exhibitions, cricket pavilions, lawn lenals courts, vorandas, porehe and covered ways, boat houses, engine-room sky rights, conservatories, ferneries, garden-frames and summer-houses, kiosks, stables, loose-boxes for horses I und cattle, barns, cowhouses and sln p- j herds' houses, pheasantrlos. oultry riins, fowl-houses and kennels, sky lights, market, schools, laundries, portable buildings, temporary struct- i ures, hospital and military huts, and all other buildings requiring bl bo ligh't j and dry. handlers' Journal. BENEFICIAL INSECTS. Kntoinologlrnl Information for llortlpn turlsts mill Oardtinors. At a recent meollng of farmers In I Iowa, Mr. C. I. Gillette, speaking of entomology for tho horticulturist, said: "It is utterly Impossible to definitely draw tho line and say just how much entomology tho horticulturist or farmer should know. There Is no limit to the Information thut one might gain in tho Study of insects that would be a benefit to him In devising methods of preven tion and remedy. I shall not go out side of what may bo called the essen tial knowledge to successful warfare against our Insect foes. "The horticulturist should bo able to distinguish Injurious from houullclul species. The' majority of Innocts aro vegetable feeders, but there are a great many that food upon or within tho bodies of other Insect, causing them to die. These latter aro called produce ous or parasitic, and in the main aro beneficial, us they destroy many Injur ious forms. When the lice have been mostly oaten from a plant by the lady beetles, the orchard 1st, finding many of the latter and few of the former, nat urally attribute the damage to the beet'et, and proceeds to destroy all that he can find. Nature' check 1 In this way removed, and tho lice increase again and the Injury goes OS perhaps worse than before. It Is not at all un common for entomologists to receive these little friendly insect from farm ers or fruit grower who report thera as tloiug much damage to some tree or plant. The lady beetles, or lady birds, as they are often called, are among the most beneficial of our prodaceous in sects. Their food consists almost en t'rely of plant lice and the eggs of in sects and thoy should always bo pro tected. Nearly every one knows the in ts in their adult state. They art rather small and are shaped much like a Colorado potato I tie. and are usu ally decorated with bright white ot black spots. Who ha not said whoa a child. Lady-bird, ljuiy-bird. fly away homo?' Two other very beneficial In MOtt that I can only mention are th larva' of the Syrpbus flic and the beau tiful lace-winged Chrynops. These ars most commonly found lit colonies ot plant bee. of whloh they devour largi mini bo rs." iho probability tn the case ot every man I that ho will finally die a he llvod, without any ssaentlal change In his character. Those who are ; hoping to rectify life's mistakes by a I death-bed repentance, are almost cer tain lo be mistaken In thl respect la most r ise the repentance will aoteeana, and thoy wl.l go to the bar of God without it Independent No man ever did a designed injury to another without doing a greater to himself. Henry Home,