SOI D1MAPES.
Many Adventures Which Hare
- Passed Into History
FRITH STRANUKR THAN FICTION
teas arkebla Tnrllllag Imih Hw
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Mar;. )mmtm ml Seats, Treeeb aa fla-
alaa llawa la ! aa aa Haas.
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siloa.
-.i'ni ill ft feneration hu
furnished its nota
ble escape. Wtarrt
I he hero or heroin
baa bran a person
of nolila birth or
high posit i tlia
episode haa passed
Into history, aod
bat iu r 1 1 rid
through centu
riot, but even li
there prosaic, fin
da elecle days ordinary peonl go through
ail ventures and effect escape which ar
a thrilling aa mot of Ibuai with which
every school rliilfl la familiar.
Napoleon lltMiaparte' escape from tb
Ialaixl uf Elba la perhaps the most notable
oiirou record, for wbih- it waa attended
w.ih do remarkably exciting feature it
baa Irft It Indelible Imprest upaB the1
pages of history anil inl up to that treat
Waterloo which baa paased luto language
aa a synonym (or overwhelming ami final
defeat.
Cbarlea II, whoa father's head waa
chopiCd off through the instrumentality of
Oliver Cromwell, "lord blub protectiw,"
bail an adventure of wblrh all children
studying blsiory delight to resil. It tbrilla
tli young hlissl to paruna tlia details of
the story of tlia man who waa rightfully
Euuhinii's monarch climbing a trew and
Isikingilowo from bia leafy bright upon
tli mrn who were ararrhiug (or him be
nrath bla temporary asylum, which will
forever be (ainoua aa tbe oak of IkswolN-l.
Tha escape of Mary, queen of Scuta, from
(.nchlrvcn castle ia one of the most striking
pawagee in the history of frmale royalty.
There waa connected with ths castle a an
attendant on the person of tbe lady of l-h-leven
a foundling, who waa kmiwn about
tb place aa Orphan Willie. Tlia lad waa
very hright iiihI l-ei-r-edevotedly attached
toll union :in;.ic gui ii who waa Incar
cerated on lh dreary inland In tha middle
of the stormy loch. Ha accordingly deter
Mined to rent-lie brr.
. Uneday while waiting upon biamlatreaa
It table he coiilrired to drop a handker
chief over brr kryt, which were alway
-ar brr aide during meula, lie easily
ftund a pretext to get away, and hurrying
tiyuifii Miiry conducted her outside to
. tie boat, which wna the only mean of
cttnmuniration with theahore. The gate
Md doom of the east le had brrn Ita-ked n
little party passed through, and when
! l4lf way acroM the loch Willie throw the
I inch of five keya into tbe water, where
lityvrer found In tha early part uf tbe
PTeiit century. Un the abnre of themsin
Ukf a party of loyal followers were wait
InHwlth horse, and tb nnfortunateqneeo
Wttimrne to safety In a few hours.
r. irons haa doubt less read of the num
ber. f eraM-e and adventure through
whit the "Vouug Pretender" passed
whej he went to England to urge bis
clalit to the throne1, li.lng hanl pressed
on on occasion, ha made hi way lalxiri
oualhroigh Intricate passage Into a
largeVve, which, to hi dismay, he found
waoiie. by four roblier. Ilclng drs
prrnlehe Informed the quartet of bit
; ldentit;and advi-rd them to give him up
to tbe attiiiritlra.and then hy aerure their
panlonxn M the rewnnl of i.'VI.UiQ
which s nfrrrl for hi Imly. With
tears in VI r ryes, the men fell upon their
knees an, the 'Voting I'rrtciHlcr" that
they wcrenhlwr, and hen driven luto
eornrr wot "bui." they added, "we
are Hcotclvn, you are our king, and we
will prot-T0, as long as yoo remain
' here. " Akoiigh this waa an evnpe
rather by iiljiou than hr a daring tired.
It was none , Una narrow and alTecting
aa well.
A similar rl 0f escaie was that of
Prince Artlm hie e-;ea were ordered to
be burned oin., whose plrailinga so
niove.1 Hula-rtW ha releulcd and made
a fale reorl his auprrlta-a, declaring
that their dec bad brrn carried into
effect.
Uenedlct ArnM', escape from Wet
Point Immediate afur Major Andrr'a
arret with the teu,, dispatchea in bia
powraxion was narkable one. lleor
derwl his crew tori him to tbe UritNb
, frigate Vulture. .Vvwj oq board be at
once surrendered olietlienl men to
the enemy, lint 8iri,.lirT Clinton ery
promptly onlrred thiUcy should be re
leased. Andre, tboik i,, WM finally
captured, paxv d thn.k, . Bj.
Trnturea on bis way Tarrytown that
were eootigb to dlscona. a p,,,, f the
atoulest baiirt.
Marshal lUzalne a esc .1 . or.
treason tbe little lle 'Alnrgurrite, off
the aoutbrast roast of FrL,f whither be
had been sent after fiia s-A,( 0( jrath
hwl been cotiuntited to lifL,nniciit fur
i life, waa one of the intsit rrkable and
ensatiouol lu the history 'Vrnncs. It
baa been stated that on tbfcjlartrtar
niicht lu Auuusl, 187. theVart
manded the visw of the entlruL,
along which tbe great e m must
ocTwimso a DtTixTivr,
have walked to the rone, by mean
which it ia brlit ired that be lowered
ae If to the ground at a point near
the rescuing party waa lying lo wait
awl ft boat.
Tbe famous escape of tbe Titian acidic
from Labor prison Is familiar to all readc
of the ailrrw eveuta of the late war. ai
it ia therefore unnecessary to go Into d
tails.
t Tbe greatest escape hero, however, thai
tbe world bas ever area waa tbe Prussian
Uaroa T re nek. whose adventure occurred
duriutc tbe iddle of tbe Uat century.
Tbe greater part of his life terms to have
been devoted ta planning methods for get
ting out of pripco, and while be waa prob
ably aa expert a "yarn tpinnar" aa an
"sacaper" bis autobiography is one of the
most thrilling books ia exisUnre. It would
tedtScnltto aay which of tbe msny ad
eacoree of this remarkable man waa tbe
Mat exciting, for It seemed to be bis f ita
never to have anything work real smoothly
for him. and the worst feature of but es
caping waa that aftr getting away be
was almost Invariably retaken within a
abort time, Trenck mortal career ended
on Ibe scaffold aa tbe result of bia having
snmel one of tbe star rola la a little
pyrotechnic retwllion. 'J
A grral many persool at ill remember
now inwa nm rm.y Uuu ,
guards and went to Cooey LsUimL where
k. ir.,k ruuL?a l tbe West Iodic oa
e.r.1 a vl wklck balooced to a friend,
fcpd bad f jpa dowa UuK M take hiat oO.
I mi IniMliil in i.r.rt DU Irs, but .
he had gone ahore In a local water boat
nh a fnro.1 nnmrd Hunt, who acrom
panied hi in on bis wanderings, the pail
were arrrtl a "in.prcta." They Wert
pnrolt-d and Vrry f..l.hly trlnl to get
awn; mi a rtruiiM r IkhiimI forHaili. Whr
Ihrv arr'.-.l nil thr other su!e lluy found
Ihst a i .ilihurutii hud preceded them, aod
Twnil ks srrrotrd and rriumrd to the
1'liitrd Slates, a here, aa rVeryone knows,
he riulnl his list slu priwin.
To come down to the present year, the
rrn;iriif M. Kdounrd !. l Uymn-Uumaa
(nun a ChUngo detective recently would
Live In-tii iiniiioiini-nl , 11 ureal and un
list u ml If rimdnl ujion the stage aa one
of the wonderful episodes of the hero's
brillinnt (our act career. It seems that
the mlice ofticiulsof lltwtmi were possessed
with a aril ih tlne.1 suplcioo that Dumas
hail alsM-iituiindrdly signed another gen
tlriiinu's tinuie to a parr. which 1( genu
ine would have been of considerable mone
tary value, Aa Is usual In sucL casee tbe
police of the prliicljud cil lea were notified
that the prewnce of M. Dumas waa ear
ly desired in liostou. and a tealoui
I hlcagnj, idist named Itatlry considered
himself particularly fortunate alien be
rnet the mm h sought after Dumaa one
"instead of Mag proud of bis Identity
and avowing It to tbe world, the Krench
fencing master and s. rlvrnrr "went bw k
ou" hiiiiM-lf, to use the vernacular, and of-
fi-rrd to produce evldmre to show that the
wrong man hnd Is en arrraietl. If the officer
would "kindly" accompany him to bla
mom. Theolllcep'-kltidly did as request
ed, and while thlscnihrynuic "Old .Sleuth,"
with the characteristic acumen of hit
kind, was rummaging In the trunk of the
presumptive "Jim the Penman," the lat-.
ter bundled the officer Into bia Saratoga, '
thut down the lid. and then nmrenlrd to
mhke Chicago miss his prearnce by mtmrn-
lug hit alwence. Dumaa afterwards went
tOtt. Louis, but as that city hail already
bad a great "trunk mystery" the Preller-
Maxwell case the olllcera were on their
guard, and he got Into prison fur keeps.
Mi gens Hunch, who waa recently shot to
death In tbe wilds of Honey Island, lwis-
Inna, was an outlaw who bad robbed as
press trains lu perhaps a doxrn states. 11 J
started life aa an editor and county clerk
lu Texas, but tbe strain of bring a n-puta
hie citiien was too severe for him, and he
concluded to vary the monotony by col
lecting money In bulk in tbe express ran
of Ml rood triflns. lie alwaya carrir-l two
potent arguments with him In the shape
ticrvK BUNCH.
of a pair of enormous srveusbootera, and
so convincing was I lunch 'a manner when
engaged In his financial operations that
In bia entire rx)ierirnre be never had a
busiuesa transaction with a messenger
ho did not yield promptly to the reason
ing so forcefullf presented by tbe cour
teous advocate of the theory that all
Wealth should be distributed among the
members of the Hunch household. This
remarkable rascal was so aucceanful and
darlurj In his deprediit iona that It u lie
llurrowa, the noted outlaw, mho, aa au
Ahiltuina detective once expressed it, waa
"no slouch at the business himself," ad
milted that In tbe "profession" w hich tbey
both affected, be waa "a chicken alongside
of Kugrne Hunch."
Hunch waa the "hero" of a score of hair
breadth escaM-s, and a narrative of bla ad
vent urea would read UO less pleasingly to
the small boy than the lurid "IJfeof Jesse
James."
Daring esraira. It will be otaierved, hire
not Is-rn eflerted by one class of people
only. Any man who gets into a tight phv-t
seta bis brain at work immediately to de
vise ways and means of ecaM-, but tbe
elements of boldness and craftiness were
at much present ill the case of Iuis Na
poleon, who walked out of the prison uf
Ham, disguised aa a laloirer, with J plank
on hit shoulder, as In the raaea of ,M.
Dumaa, who seems to ptawaa the taste
for writing common to the distinguished
f nilly whose name be bears, and Kugroe
Dumb, who simply "took things" from
express trains. OtTsVt a C'OIU.X.
aeklaefortiiaplBgaBd liorlaa; Past Arose
An ingenious machine it usexl In Eng
land for preparing U-Iegrajih poet arnw.
Thren arnit are usually mail frutn the
beat selected English oak, ami vary in
length from two feet to four feet. They
are in the first case planed on the four
tidi-a by meant of a njs-cial jdaning ma
chine, and then sawed to tha exact
length required by meant of m doable
Croat cut tawing tnachino tnadeKjiecially
for the punxw". The anna are then
passed oo to the shaping machine, which
rapidly and effectively doe ita work.
The machine is quite self contained, and
bat thedriring shaft placed overhead and
supported nNn standard! fixed to the
main bed. The arrangemrnu for deal
ing with the vanoua length of arm
have been cart-fully worked out. At the
oflk-inl trat of the machine the wooden
amis were fini-bed at the rat of three
per minute. New Vork Com mervial Ad
vertiser. Csecfe's Claaslflcalloaw
Dr. Van Dykrt told this story: 1 am
reminded of a preacher who preached
from the text. "And Enoch waa not"
He went on to explain that this text waa
incomplete. "Now, brethren," said he,
"you may not know in what way Enoch
Wat not To find thit ont, we tuoat ex
amine tbe text carefully ia the light of
the context Firstly, Enoch waa not an
picopalian. becansa he 'walked' with
l and did not dance. He waa not a
ptist, because he 'walked' with Uod
d did not twim. Lie waa not a Prea-
tertan. because the context tella oa
lie walked with Uod at all. ami ha
not a Methodist, Wans we art
nlv told that Owl took him," New
k 3on.
A aiartliag Casartsav
it autistic show that French
art annually kill one person out of
.OO.UU) earned, while in England
U00 are carried before one meets a
death in a railway aoctdeat
railway annually woond oo
er out ? each SuO.OtiO carried;
on In each TV.WX; IVlffiam,
(h l.6.V).0f, add lYnaena oaly
b .00J,tsjO. ot. Loni Ilpab-
Wars Tbae That.
-Did she tay you nay. old tnafi
wasn't so ci tisj Jrrat at
that
nerd t plaitt aid t-nphatat
"no.
Stuey t Weekly.
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The Latest Tragedy in Aero
nautics, and the Earliest
nu.i.oiM.(j liitowH DANUEnora.
rasl Is Taal rearfsl rasalaatleo Whlea
Makes 1 Kagat to Risk Taste
I -! t.srtls Carsse Wise as 4 dries
wamt Tke Mealgelaera.
"I will go op In that balloon tonight If I
lie fur It. There has been fooling enough
bout my part of tbia ti poaitioa pro
gramme.' 8o spoke brave little Gertie Cannooo
the Detroit Exposllloo grounds the other
evening, when brr friends urged that the
i Weather waa very unfavorable. The wind
waa coming and going In abort and Btful
gu.ts. A light rain was falling, and at
oVtock lt wa. .Uly beginning to
w"r d,rk- Uut lrT ln
i Put 0,T ,rom to,1 00 ooonl of the
weather, the spirit of bar art waa aroused,
n'' lo remonstrance she said:
o use talking. It will probably be
ne lost ascension that I will ever make,
but I am going up. You people are all
tinging tbe tame song tonight. I tell tou.
as 1 told them, that nothing will prevent
my going up. Pee that tbe balloon to In
thaiie to do tbe fair thing by me. Curlr."
1 bla last toher assistant, who waa ta-
Bating the globe with hot air. Itlaimpoa-
i'denot to ail nil re tnrh nerve It looks
'""Ihardy, but It ia lust aurh spirits at
'me lantio who bare mails all tbe
'rtllng discover lea. It waa the spirit of
' "lumbua and Mungo Park, of Uernard
J'"H"ler and Montgolflrr, the first great
"""nias. .nany tan, out wneo one suo
Ceeds the world la enriched by hit aueresa.
Tbe glols waa toon Inflated and o.WO
people looked on as Gertie Carmo look
bold of the trsprre, and the swaying bulk
waa released and shot upward. Tbe next
instant a strong air current struck tod
iwrpt it against tbe electric light tower.
'I swung off a-aln.
Tbe crowd held Ita breath.
i:imt carsio.
At tha height of 130 feet another eti rrent
hurled It directly upon the tower. There
waa a rrah aa tbe electric light glola)
tiiiashoL The aeronaut found herself for
a moment tangled in an electric, light
burner. ben aha succeeded in extricat
ing herself she waa hanging by her handt
blie bung there in mid air a second and
then Ifssiened her bold and fell
When they reached ber the waa at HI
breathing, but lu a few seconds all wax
over. The rest may be left to tbe Imagine
tiou. She wot but twenty two year old,
rat Ira of Germany, and her true name
so Margaret Clausen. Tbe aaddeat feat
ure of the rose is that her pa rente arrived
at Detroit that evening to visit ber, whom
they had not aeen for three year. Tbey
foil ml only her mangled corpse and weep
lug sister.
Tbe spirit of aeronaut is necessarily
that of extreme daring, and the record of
tragedies aiming them la appalling. Tbt
eingular fact Is, however, that the earliest
aeronauts were most successful In landing,
and aa late as ISTO a historian of the art as
serted t bat dowu to that time only twenty
live persona bail lost their live in balloon
accident. Certainly twice that many
bare since Is-en killed.
Tbe first balloon of which we have a cer
tain record was scut up by Stephen and
Joseph .Montgolflrr. June S, 17X1. They
used hot air. (July five months later It
Intra de ltozlcr and tbe Marquis d' Arlaa
le made the first ascent, rlsiug 3.0UU feet.
The world went w ild over It, and before
tha close of 7M nearly 100 ascents were
made. The text year lilancbanl, the
greatest tiloouist of the age, with Dr.
John Jeffries, of I halt on, crossed over tbe
channel from England to r'rance, and sona
after occurred the first accident. Pilatrt
de Hoxicr and Komaln Inline tried to
cross the channel by a combination of by
drogrn gas and hot air. Their "ilontgol
Uere."aa It was called, or heater to tup
ply the hot air as fast aa it waa exhausted,
art the gat on lire and they fell 8,110 feel,
striking ou a r"k on Ilia French cost.
1 lilaiichard died lu lU and his wife, who
bad often ascended with bim. mad many
daring ascents alone. At length In 1819
she attempted to go up from the Tlvoll
garden in Pari with fl -works exploding
below the car as she arose. The wind car
lied the Ore Into tbe globe; It exploded and
the brave lady was daubed to piece on a
bonsetop. Green, the eminent English
aeronaut, moil 1. 400 ascent lu thirty-six
year and (ell Into Ibe sea twice. Mr. John
Wise, the American aeronaut, pasaad from
fct. Iuls to llendrrson, N. V. 1.130 mile
In a little over nineteen hours, or very
early a mile per minute. In loot Gay
Lussac outdid all his predecessors by rising
13,000 feet, and a little later reached 23.000
fret; but in IWJ Messrs. Glaiaber and Cox
well, for the Itoyal society, outdid all be
fore and after them by rising 87,000 feet or
seven mile above the earth. Hirdi thrown
out of tbe car fell like stone, aod must
bav goo down nearly tlx mile before
reaching a austaining atmosphere.
In POO Mr. Thurston waa carried up
from Adrian. Ml. b.. while holding to the
rope of a balloon, and what waa thought
lo be his akelrtoo waa afterward found la
tbe northern wwala. fcinre tbe paraebnie
descent and the traprxe bare been added
tbe a-riileuts have brrn very numerous,
yet the number wbowfll venture Iprrnin
rapidly. There ia a wild fascination. The
ease of Gnrawood. tbe Chicago journalist
who waa lost with Professor Donaldson, ia
Will fre-h in tbe public memory. Pretty
sod daring Gertie Carmo ia but tbe last ef
man;, the brave aod tbe rash who hart
found drata la t-r sir.
There I no department of British mer
cantile industry which hat developed
with tnch ui-trvelou rapidity aa the pe
troleum trade. Since it beginning in
18.-.8. when tli total importaiioikS were
about 1.000,000 gail'in. it haa increased
by leap and booud nnul. In 189. the
amount brotight into tha United King
dom reached the total of 02,HTA'
vaUona.
Josephs tpeea of Jew who waa IS
feet 1 Incbe in height. And Pliny
tell of t'. Arabian giant Gabara, who
waa I fet 9 Incbe. "the tallest
la the dart of Claadias."
AUCTIONEERING DODGES.
ml Sharp aa4 tar ta
Meat Ibe Msa mm the MUs.
Very few people are eware, when goluf
to aa auction, that there exists a motif tbe
furniture dealers, and other gentlemen of
Ibelr "kidnev" wbo patronise I has placet
wbat I koo a to those In the swim aa
"ring."
Ua arriving at a furniture sale these
worthies agree nut lo bid against each
other.
Hupposea rather valuable antique sofa
(which. If we may trust to the voluble
eloquence of tbe auctioneer, waa mails by
Noah at about Ike same time be built tbt
ark) waa put up. Una of tbe ring, we will
sail him A. wanta Just such an article.
Tbe sofa 1 wort h perhaps a coupl of sov
ereign. A bids fi It, and all lb other dealer
are silent. After a few bids from the ven
erable old dame wbo frequent these auc
tions, it I knocked down to him for Bve
aod twenty shillings. Wbea a few mo
lota are disposed of a Due old armchair It
brought out, which It purchased undri
tbe sams conditions by 11, also uf tbe ring.
Each of these worthies knuar perfectly
well what each article la worth, hut under
the principle that there la honor among
thieve, none of tbe dealur ever bid
against one another.
Wbea tbe sale to over all the ring rrpalt
to some out of the way place. A thro put
np tha sofa which was knocked down lo
bim at Ave and twenty shilling. H raises
the price to twenty-six ah'lllnga, placing
the shilling Into the "pool." C follows
suit and adds bis shilling. Tbe others keep
on bidding until a fair sum Is reached, wbea
the article Is knocked down to the highest
bidder, wbo pays A tbs original sum be
paid for the sofa at the auction. The other
money it left la tht pooL All the pur
rhaaea are dealt with In a similar manner.
When all are disposed of, tbe money in tbe
pool, which by thit time amonntaof course
to a considerable sum, la equally divided
among tbe mem ben of the ring.
It may be asked: "Why la aurh? a great
deal of trouble taken? Why could not tbe
goods at once become the property of the
buyerf" It must, however, be remem
bered thai the policy of such mro !"i "dia
mond cut diamond" with a vengeance,
and a division of prollta among themselves.
Instead of the auctioneer getting tha bene
fit, I naturally more likely to conduce to
tbs advantage of them alL
Should one broker by mistake at tbe suc
tion bid more for sa article tban It la after
ward found to be worth, tbe ring share tht
loaa la the same manner as tbey share tbe
proflta. Tbla, however, very seldom oc
cur. It may lw thought th auctioneer dor
not eagerly seek the bids of the gentry.
This I often tbe case. and when their bid
are really too absurdly low he run np
the price by th aid of Imaginary bidder.
Hut th broker will not go any further
tban tbey think will answer their purpose,
and th lot I bought In by th auctioneer
blmaelf.
To make private pun baser transact
their bust nee through them tbeae dealer
will frequently bid against blin or her,
and run tbe article op to about treble Ita
real value. Had tbe purchaser "tipped
the wink" to one of their number he would
moat probably, fisr reason 1 bav stated
above, have been able to obtain It at
much lower figure. The article would be
put np again in the tame way by the
broker, and would make, aay, thirty shil
lings. The broker would most likely
charge bis client two guinea and pocket
th difference, besides taking his share of
th pooL London Tit-Uits.
la a lllg ateee.
A short tlms ago while visiting In th
city of Hyracuse I concluded to go shop
ping. As my frirud bsd sums household
duties which needed ber personal atten
tion I started out alone.
Among other things I wanted to pur
chase waa a bat for my little boy. At I
had alwayt lived In a amall town I was
somewhat confused by tbe also of tbe store
at which my friend directed me to make
my purchase. 1 knew enough to find tbe
floorwalker, however, and have bim show
me to tbe hat department,
As is usually the esse where there la a
large assortment to choose from, I could
not decide which to take, to walked away,
saying, "I did not see any to suit ma."
After awhile I managed to find the door I
bail entered and passed out.
With a great deal of confidence In my
ability to find a hat store without sid I
turned the corner and started down the
street. At tbs very next corner I saw a
very large number ot hata In th window
and concluded to enter. To my utter
chagrin I found myself at th Identical
counter in the same store, ami the tame.
clerk trailing at my rmtsura . inenU
In my confusion and hurry to get out I
rushed toward a lady coming from tha op
posite aide, when to my horror I rame forci
bly against a large mirror, which I had
mistaken for an archway, and found that
tbe woman I saw coming was myself. Im
agine my feelings when, upon turning
around, I found a dnten pair of ryea and aa
many people watching me, trylug to re
strain their laughter. I think you will
agree with me tbst one experience of lbs
kind to enough. Cor. New York Itecorder.
Tfc laveatUa ml the IMaae,
Th hooor of Inventing the plaoo ia
elsimed by the English, the French and
tbe Germans, rather Wood, an English
monk at Kona is said to have been tbe
real Inventor la 1711, and to have menu
fast u red one, which ht sold to famiiel
Crisp), the author of "Virginia," from
whom It was purchased by FalkeGreville,
though Count Carl! claims tbs credit fur
ilartholemmeo Cbrtstlforlcof Paduavdur-
ing bit atay in Florence, tome three year
later (1714). The French attribute tbe In
vention to a Parisian named Marius, who
tbey alleged produced In 17)0 a harpsi
chord In which hammer had been substi
tuted for th old plectrum or quills. Th
German are tbe last In tbe Arid with J.
V. Hcbroder, of Dresden, who claimed
(1717), wbea eighteen year of age, lo have
'constructed after much consideration the
model of n new clavier with hammers,
upon which be could play loudly or softly."
llrooklyn Eagle.
Aa Easrlare While la a Traaea.
Dr. Ulnua mentions tbe case of a sdrl
wbo lay la a trance for a considerable
time and then revived. th actually beard
every word that was said around her, but
waa unable to glvs ths slightest evidence
of ber continued vitality. Hhe afterward
said tbst her horror waa limply Indescrib
able, cb bad endeavored to shout and to
move, but to vain. At length ber state of
mind wbea she waa being prepared for
burial such as to cause brr to break
out ia a profuse perspiration, and she re
covered. Bbe described lb st nsation very
much ia tbe same way aa tbe somnam
bulists aay tbey feel. Her soul, aha said.
easrd to beve no power to act upon her
buoy. It semed to be In tbe toaly and out
tt il at the saute lime.- Yankee Iliads.
The first crematoriam in the United
Bute was erected at Washington, Pa.,
by Dr. T. J. L Moine at a cost of $1 ..
The first body to be cremated wa that
of Baron de I'alin, Dec , DCS. Tbo
time occupied in reducing th body lo
ashes wa two hours aod ten ruinate.
M acacia V waa 44 when ha iaaned the
first and aecopd Volnmea of bis "HisLot-r
of England." and the third and fourth I
did not appear nntil be wat U. Good ae '
are the essay of hi early manhood they :
pale when compared with th work if
Li avatnrrr year.
ASSAYING FIXE (iOLD.
HOW IMPURITIES ARE DETECTED
IN A SOLID 00L0 BRICK.
r4lwlag Isgal (.sis' Thr-aa Several
lag t:slrarllag Silver frasa lbs
lrls Mslal-laleresllag Blspe la a
C'beasM' Laawralary,
About 9 o'chsk In the morning two mro
toleml the .Mitchell building, and gelling
Into tbs elevsliar niotiuted to ths sixth
(liNirand went straight lu the nsmisof ths
1 oiled Slates assay office. On of tbrm
tarried In his band a bundle the site of a
tbiu brick, wrapasl In psprr. lie laid it
duwa on tbe counter In Uie office and slow
ly unwrapped the bundle. It waa a gold
brick. The rlerk took the bulllou, and
stepping acrma tbe fhr placed it in one of
the pans of a large pair of scales. Then he
closed the office windows and placed some
weights lo tbe other. Wbru It balanced
nicely be went to bis desk, lxk out a
blank form and wrote lo the effect that
iU ounce of gold bullion had been re
ceived from th tk Louis hUiiedlng and
Itrflning norka at the I'nilrd Mate as
say offl.e, lo be assayed. This waa signed
by E. C. Jewell, the assayer In charge, and
the men aei away. This is the first step
the government takrs tovitrd vbtaluing
previous Hiatal for coining purjH -,
Il Is extremely Interesting to follow this
process of aaaa) ing through sll the steps
until the vein of the gold It determined
snd th goteniment't check given lor It.
While Clerk Hex was filling out tbe re
ceipt hlr. Jewell explained tbe marvelous
delicacy of I he scales. Their weighing ra
uk Ity ia ft.OUU ounce, ami it Is possible to
Indicate by them a difference in weight if
ouegram. To illustrate so ihst Una may
he easily grasped, two heavy men could be
placed In one of the Htiis, ami by removing
a pin from the cist I id on of them the ba.
mice would he changed. Mill it would l
difficult lo obtain tli exact wel.bt of the
men. owing to the constant change lu I lie
men's bodies by perspirallcn ami other
cause.
After th bullion 'a weight waa deter
tnlued on the st ale II waa taken lo Ilia
furnace ns.iti and placed In a blai klead
crucible. This was set ou a tlrrbrlt-k rest
ing on a grate ami a fir built around It,
Tbe fuel used la a mixture of anthracite
ossl ami chsmstl. After ai hour's melt
ing, during which time It was f luently
at i r red with a plumbago poker, lo which
gold dors not cling, a sample of lb metal
aa dipped out with an culinary clay pip
aud poured Into a small mold. The aay
la mad from i,s,a it Uikes so much
lon,9r ft tbe larger quantity lorooL A
piece of the sample waa cut off. pounded
and then ml Inl through a mllrr of tiad'
steel, lisiking soiiirlbilig like a clothe
wringer. 1 5 make It tnlii. U hen this wat
done, Herman, the German who aide the
assayrr In bla work, banded tbe Ihlu
goldru.ariu III him ami tl I Oft IsV sail taass.s
the furnace room lo pour out th molten
uiisaiiiis iiiioine lllg ninlil.
Mr. Jrwett rut ths ttri .....it
pleree. and then, formlug little lend rornii
coplaa of uniform weight, droped into
two of them 500 milligrams (one sixteenth
oi an ounce) or accurately weighed gold to
be aasarrd. Into twn ml..-, l.. ..... .
same quantity of absolutely pure gold.
r.uouKu surer was men auiieit to make Ibe
pnKHrtloo of silver to gold two to oue, aa
..... piiinm ib necessary in onirr that
the void ahniiM sense! r ...... k. .ii-...
when boiled in n I trio achL
There I In sll irriM eMrialn -
silver, ami It to owing to Its presence ami
certain other foreign auhstanree that tha
wior Koiii vsnea. i ns lilea that gold
found In California or Australia la of aurh
s coior urcaust louna inert is a mistaken
one.
After, the silver bsd been added Ibe
leaden cornucopias were tquerted up aod
each on placed iu what ia called a cupel.
A cupel ia a little cup made of sheep bones
burned to ashes, ground Una, moistened
and molded into a mold an inch long, an
inch in diameter, with a cup sbspad de
pression at one end. Tbe cop la were
placed lo a small furnace with a tempera
ture of about 1,100 dega. centigrade, and
when heated lo a white heat tbe little
metal chunks were laid by the aid of tonus
one In each cupel They melted, sputtered
and bubbled, and then began to grow
smaller. In about ten minutes they were
taken out and all lbs lead ami foreign sub
stances nau oeen aiworbed by tbe cupel,
leaving only the noble metals In little
round bslls, When I brae were boiled In
nitrio acid the silver passed Into nitrate of
silver and the gold waa Irft In It pure
state. Ily thia waa found ths rstio of pure
gold In the bullion.
Tbe weighings of pure gold are used aa a
check to any particular condiliona of heat,
etc. Tbe asaayer know tht destitution,
weight and s peel Mo gravity of th pure
gold used. When It la weighed after the
healing proorsa, if ha changed II
welght.lt to fair to suppose that It ia ow
ing to tbe condition of beat or strength of
acid, aud that tbe tame Influences have
been at work oo the assay gold. Hy al
lowing for this In lb assay gold a true re
mit I reached.
Tb next step wa lo find th weight of
lb gold and silver together. Tb lead
cornucoplaa were again 111 led with certain
weight of tbe pure and assay gold, but no
silver added. When melted In the cupels
the baser metale diaappeared as Is-for,
snd the gold and sliver were left to
gether. Hy subtract lug from lbs weight
of gold and silver the weight of the gold.
the exact weight or the silver was ob
tained. Of course the proportion is osusliy
very small. If tbe amount to not au fflvieut
to pay for extracting, lb government do
not pay for It, and charges nothing for ex
traction. Tb entire amount of gold In lb bullion
to found by multiplying lu weight by th
proportion of th gold. Thit it reduced to
etandard or coin gold by multiplying thia
mount by tea and dividing by niue, aa
tiaudard gold la only W0 per cent, fine, and
lb depositor ia paid by tb government
t SO per ounce of standard metal, equal to
t-JO.fTT (or fln gold. Tbe aasay (re to one
elgbthof 1 percent, of the total valu of
due gold, Ibe melting fee to one dollar, and
tbe alloy charge about one cent on IHO,
and after thia to deducted tbe aanayer
band a check to tb owner of tbe gold.
Tbe entire time occupied by tbla com
plicated operation waa from Ha. in. until 1
p. bv, only four hours. Bt. ImiI lb-public
las rl4 by a Hack.)
Postmaster Peacock tells us, ssys a
Florida paper, that a son of Indian Hilly
Jewel, belter know as Hilly Key West, s
young man twenty-one year old, met bit
death in a singular manner while hunting
la tb Indian bunting grounds la Dad
county. Hilly, who I a good hunter,
went out ami shot a Urg bock. Think
ing him dead, b stooped down oo coming
np to him to cut bla throat. Tb bock, la
bit hut agonies, mails for bim and drov
bia borne into the abdomen of Ih Indian,
ripping him open. After three day. Hilly
not returning, a party was msda np. and,
attracted by tb buxsards, both hunter
and hunted were found dead together, the
Indlsa still Impaled oa tbe hum of the
bwtk.
It la a mistake to t appose that the'
knot or waru which are very oomann !
on some specie of furewt tree are dne to I
taarr-ta, fnngna, or accident, or are lo
any way unnatural growth. They 6V
Velop aa reetilta neither of tbe health nor
disease of the tree, nor of inch condi
tion ae special kind of noil or sitaa-
i
Ha lie ! Ills Tart.
In on of Chiragu'a suliurh there la an
oidilarky noted lor his originality of ex
pression. He Is employed aa man of all
work aisxil the lioo of a wtll to do law
yer, while his wife.au a.rd though bnxom
mammy, conies once a week to scrub ami
do I he (aiiuly washiug. Years of Industry
have rewarded theeln.u lined couple with
a neat little bang account, and outward
rvlilrin-e of thelrtbrlft ia shown lu a cisuly
furnished cottage situated not far from
their employer's residence.
Prrhatie their thrift might also be
nlie.1 to mammy's propensity for taking
things that tlnlu t Is-long lo hrr. tor sev
eral weeks the lawtrr's wife noticed that
wlih rai h ahday some iVltln k nil k knack
or ornament would disappear, but aalhe
articles were of trilling value aha demurred
acctiaiug the old negn-ssof stealing them.
On day, however, a I.sihIimiiu piece of
hiir-a-hrac waa miued. and she communi
cated her suspicious lo her hustnd. The
latter volunteered Intake the matter in
charge, and that evening set out for the
old folks' cottage. Arriving Ibere he found
themal bull id I he household silting on
Ih vrramla, so tat dow n to chat with bim.
When the lawyer boil a gissl thane he
trred through the is-n disnrway Into the
muse, and much to his surprise(f) the
lirsl thing that met hi gaxe waa tbe miss
ing brir-a-brsc. He turned to tha old mau
ml asked bow tbs srtlcle happened to la
In their sssw Ion. The old fellow (airly
grew pale with (right and tremblingly
gas-il:
"Ko'd lead's sake, ash, Idoueepeemy
Wire tisk It."
"Hill, unrtr," continued his questioner,
"didn't you know that was stealing t"
"Ye, aab," waa th mournful response,
"an ft prayed to' ber, I'm reasoned with
ber, l'x Whld her, but 'Uln'l no Us.
ash; It'a beredllorial in ths family. "-Chi
cago Nrwa.
Waa II sa Oatreget
A shabbily dress I young man aland in
tbe shwlow of tbe stairway loading lo the
Haltrry place atatlon of Ihe f. road Tburs-
dsy sfienioon. lis waa talsing with tbt
proprietor of a new sstand whose wares art
diplyed beneath the stair. A stalwart
policeman was strolling leisurely along tbt
sidewalk whirling hit day stick, which
waa attached lo bla wrist by a leather
thong.
The young man did not see tbe pel Ire-
man coming, ami ihe policeman apparently
had no Idea that she young maa waa there
until be bad passed the entrance loth
stairway. A great chaug cam O'er tht
policeman whea h taw th men by tb
newsstand. Without a word he stepped
up to the young man and gave him a sling
ing blow on the Jaw. There was so much
force la tbe blow that Ibe young man nar
rowly escaped (ailing down and th polii
man's stick dmpa-d from bia wrist.
All this looked exactly Ilk one of tht
l-rutal police outrage that occasionally
arouse th Indignation of citixena. Cer
tainly It had all tbe appearance ot unpro
voked assault. When I asked the police
man what hit action meant, be replied
pleasantlyi
"Why, be'a Just one of a gang of about
Dfty professions! beggars aud toughs wbo
Infest tbla aide of t he street. Tenant have
tried In vain to dislodge them or break np
Ibe gang. They're not only a nuisance.
but a menace lo people wbo have to pas
brr. They go further than begging.
They've been kuown actually to lay bold
of a man and not let go until he gave Ihem
money. 1 try to keep the sidewalk clear
of tbem, and almut Ihe only effective way
la to punch tbem once In awhile. New
York Herald.
A Kwsslaa Cosies.
In compliance with an ancient Itusslaa
custom, all the young men and women of
lbs mercantile class In hit, Petersburg aa-
sembls on Whit Moudsy, lbs former lo
stare and the latter to be stared at. Tb
young girls, dressed aa richly as their
means will allow, are arranged In long
rows by the sides of the flower lied a In the
Hummer garden with their mammas stand
Ing ls-hlnd them. The wardroliee of their
mother and grandmother are laid under
contribution, and everything bright and
study to carefully brought forward to en
rich Ihe drapery, lb headdress or lbs
girdle.
Home of the young ladle are so covered
with gold snd Jewelry on these occasions
that their natural charms are altogether
concealed; indeed th ludicrous axees to
which tbla tort of decorslloo I sometime
carried gia-a beyond what baa ever been at
tempted elsewhere. Tlllla bedlxetied, Ib
blushing damsels are drawn up In mute
rows, whils the papa, lu (lowing raftant
aud curling beards, parade their aona up
and down. Here ami trier th pan and
mammas try to lead th young (oik into
conversation with on another, in th
coiirsa of which certain little looks aod
emotions may arise, pregnant with future
circumstance. Eight day or so after this
bridal exhibition prlvats family meetings
take place, at which this whoa heart
are captivated at Ih grand show are more
formally affianced lo ou another by their
parent and relative, "Sketches of BU
Petersburg."
Trsataaeal ml lb kick Aasaag Aalssals,
It must be admitted that there to of leu a
strong and apparently natural Impulse
among animals, aa among ssrsge men, to
baaun lbs death of a tick comrade, which
In some cos. lakes ths form of drliberHta
snd premeditated murder of the sufferer.
If even bumau sentiment at the sight of
fellow creatures' suffering be analysed,
tbt two ruiotlout of pity and disgust are
constantly at war. Pity la generally prior,
but except iu the highest nat urea It weak
en with time. "Pity." said Corbet t, "to
not a lasting emotion." and Instead of pity
paaalug to love, disgust often become dis
like, after a lung coulemplatlon of disease
and deformity.
Tbe ruder the stale of society, ths harslier
brcomee tht law, (or we may assume that
the dislike o( Ihe weak aud sickly by the
bealtby aud vigorous Is an Indirect if most
tinnlraalng form of the taw of natural as
leciion. Maternal affection must of course
be excepted from this general tendency. So
long aa any young creature are dependent
upon tbelr parents, th tendency of Ib old
I to give must to th young wbo need it
most. Ths devotion of Urd or animal varies
directly with th helplessness of their off
spring. Loudon spectator.
Dlspaslag mt sa OfBe ekr,
"Hie art of putting the right men In
tb rlht places." Talleyrand once aaid,
"U first in the science of government;
bat that of finding place for the discon
tented I th moat difficult"
It would seem from thit that the dis
tinguished French slat man was a
ranch a prey to office seeker a are tbe
public men of onr own time. , Hi man
ner of disposing of tbem 1 amusingly
ill tut rated in the following anecdotes
One day one of timet troublesome per
son prnerntfd himself to M. de Talley
rand and reminded him that he had been
promised a place.
"Very well." said Talh-yTand, "bot
b-U something that suit and which ran
be given. You don't know of anything
Well, Dud avuwtliing. Yon most admit
that I haven't the time to search for yoo,"
The applicant was that deposed of for
tbe time being, but a day or two later he
again pir -ntl himself, hi face radiant
with hope, and aaid:
"Sir, such ami anrh a place U vacant"
"Vacant." replied Talleyrand. "Well,
what do yon wi-.)i me U do? Yon ought
to know that when a place 1 vacant it
hat already been promised." Uostoa
Transcript.
MEN WHO DO WOMEN'S WORK.
eras ef the 0-s sails I Walsh Mal
ts lb Ware ef ra aUa.
While it I true that women hare to
a great extent of late year taken to
doing mro work, it la also true that
some innn do women' work. In Call
fomia Chinese men are largely employ
ed aa dorui-stio servants, and wherever
Chinamen go they are chiefly employed
in littindrie. In many large laundries
where new shirt are dime np expert
men are em ployed who make good
wage. The reason why men are em
ployed on new tlurts it became the new
shirts require mure strength to Iron
them properly than shirt that have been
previously lautidriod, and few women
hare the strength to do the work prop
erly.
In the t Late prison men are common
ly employed at laundry work, mainly
on shirt. It It curious, by the way,
how differently a Chinaman uses an iron
fnuu the method employed by women.
When a woman usee an iron th begin
wit;iitt the right heat for use, and
nitisequcntly it soon cool, and the coo-tumi-s
much time In changing her Irons.
The Chinaman, An the contrary, get hit
Iron very hot much U hot fur Use,
When he begin to use the iron be
plunge it quickly luto cold water. This
cools the surface for a moment. The
heat from tbe interior then begin to
come to the surface, and continue to do
to fur anme time about aa fast aa it 1
cooled by use, so that th necessity for
the frequeut changing of Iron U obvi
ated. Worth, the man dressmaker of Paris,
ha counterpart in other countries. The
lartMt producer of dree pattern for
women in New York it a man, although
hi business ha been for many years
conducted In the name of hi wife. Th
must expensive and best fitting dmsem
that women wear are tailor made dresses
which are made by urn. The design
for new drvaaea are mostly mad by men.
The must expensive ladies' hata are
mad by men. The man milliner 1 pro
verbial. In the department of nundng, which
hi considered specially women's work,
many men are employed. Where pa
tient are helpless and require much lift
ing It has been found nsoeaanry to pro
euro strong men, because women are not
equal to the hard labor.
Mewing la ewcially women' work,
hut the very finest and beat paid tewing
U dou by men in fancy tailoring. Since
the introduction of th tewing machine
the proportion of men sewer haa In
creased In those branches where th
work I heavy and require strength for
long hour of labor.
Although coukiug I regarded general
ly as women' work, the best paid cook
are men. In the great clubs, hotels,
restaurant and private house where
fin cooking la required the beat cook
are men. It is the men wbo have made
cooking one of tbe fine arts. It U true,
however, that the great artists in food
disdain to be called osiks, and are
known at rhi-fa, and tliey command sal
aries of which tha average lawyer would
be proud.
Liouaerlcauing It looked upon a wom
en' work, yet there are establishment
that will i loan a house from top to bot
tom and put it in order, and employ
mostly men to do it
Boarding house keeping ia mostly
women' buaiueaa, but there are many
large and utx-csaul boarding boo e in
New York that are managed by men.
Often they get two or three house to
gether, and the tendency of men in that
bttninea is to enlarge it to a to make
these place) approach the character of
boU'l. It la a rare thing for a woman
to keep a hotel.
There are even men chambermaids.
On steamboat and steamship miatt of
the chamber work it done by men. Even
In large hoarding house it hat been
found expedient to have men to do the
chamber work. New York Ban.
Mr. Aster's nos.
Mia Ava Willing, of Philadelphia, the
betrothed of John Jacob Attur, son of
the late William AUr, has a softly
brilliant complexion, with a lovely pink
flush that comes and goes In her cheeks.
Her face U round, and ita beauty ia em
phasised by the daintiest oval chin with
a dimple in it. Her hair la very dark
brovru, almost blin k, und her eye, which
are of deep violet blue, look mncb darker
for the long black laslma which carta! a
them. Mist Willing tgnrr it extremely
pretty and graceful, with a rounded
waist aud lovely shoulder. She la a
trifle above mediant height, and while
she luipn-sse yon aa being very slender,
the U, as matter of fact, quite plump,
and there U not a thorp angle about her.
She appear to be thoroughly natural
and unaffected. Her manner la tweet
and winning. Iter Intimate tay th ha
the loveliest dinnitiun lmais&b!e, and
if only half of tbe nice thing said of
ber are true young Mr. Attor 1 to be
miwt heartily congratulated on winning
to fair and to charming a bride. U
Loul Republic -
aal by a Dalrpla.
The hairpin in the trolley hat again
corn to lii;ht. Several week ago The
Herald printed a story telling how a
hairpin furnished by a lady passenger
enabled one of the electric cart to con
tinue on iu trip to tbe hilt. Friday
morning the hairpin waa removed and
replaced by on made for the purpose.
It is only justice to the hairpin, bow-
aver, to say that It could have satisfac
torily performed the duty allotted to It
fur several month to come. It was ia
the trolley of car No. 7, now running oa
theTurpin hill line, with Fred Merritt
at the motor twitch. Aognsta (Oa.)
Herald. '
tkMS fssk
Among the latest attempted aula (ion
of the cliesp furl problem U the method
of a Herman inventor, who propo re to
manufacture go by dropping a stream
of crude petroleum through a blast of
cold air from a force pomp. Tbe gaa
thus obtained will be coniwed in a regc
iar cylin J.-r open at one end, where It
will be lighted. This produce aa In
tensely hot flame of several feet hi
length. By mean of thit nam th In
ventor propose to beat boihtv, and be
maintain that tb heating of Urge
block can thus be reduced very consid
erably. New York TelegTtm.
nslisft Is Sight,
The policemen of Savannah carry r
volvor strappKxl to Uie.r belts in plain
tight Thev ar armed with short club
as well. Tbey canuot uuliiuber their
shouting iron any quicker than a .New
York policeman, who tunally cam. Uij
In hit hip puck-t, can d. it; bet w.'.
mot of tha ofT-ndcr t?vo ' t of a
wears-n in ilw-lf has sl lUry e t oa
many of LUm. i. tw Yrk vu