Lincoln County Leader.
J. F. STEWAKT, I'Ublleher.
Toledo okego.n
THE AFTCR TIME.
There romeih time for laughter
Ami Joy tor His ilu) anil yean,
T.-.i war t!irc cuu-.elh after
A I rr,o end a place for lun
Wcery of revel and riot.
Slut: nt th wor:dly airifa,
Cometh the pnacelbe quirt
lout (jiiii linu the fouuUuf life,
And the Kplrit in disenchanted
With Jii that are bittersweet.
And the noul which (or ml kail panted
Kalis down r.t Ilia Maatar'a feel.
Tlie world and ll tin mm lonely.
And luve at the brut seems lues
V.'hul licit' In there then hut only
'i'o unif to tlie crlmnon crow?
To dins to the (troaa that ulomomt
With hlnml iorthocrrin;he't:
On tho u-ndc rest of tender bosoms
To t illiiir the weary heed:
To fei I the line Hint la Blowing
I'min the I icon that lsouli-k to brat
With even lliu lmrh nnlla K'ihi
In Hid beautiful tcarrod white feat.
O litrd, by the etorm trlnila driven
V.'hero never u anirt bird alna.
from Ih? wild and unry heaven
Tly Lomn-Anrd v.lili weary wlnua.
Aed j o t lint nre worn and weary.
Who rnlnl by the wuy and fa'.l.
Fly fnnt from Ihoilarkneiwilreary
'i'o tho Hock thai iui li-rt fornlll
Alhinta Constitution.
Til a Kpaeter of tlie llrockea.
The "specter of the Urockcn" belongs tt
0 chin of beautiful mill deceptive nluic.
phcric pkcumrni known n "mirages."
'1'bo imrtlciiliir minute referred to In to be
own in only one known phiceou Ihuuiirth'e
aiiifncc on v,i of tho Urockeii, the highest
snminit of the lliuv. inoiiiitniiiH in Hun
:ry. In the HiiiiKarhiu huiKUiige It lit re
fcrri-il to ox the 'iltix.'keugmucnHi''(mean
Inn "llnickcti nhost" or "Klioat of the
lJnicken", Mini those who Irnvu been for
tannic chnuuh to liel n kooiI view of It lie
V'are tlutl the apparition la very specter
Ike imli'iil.
There la nil observatory nenr tba point
when- I he "xprctiT" Is to be area to the
U'M nilviinuie. mill you no sooner step out
tipon I ho Utile plrnf'trm to the south of the
lowi r limn yimr hlmilinv, xrlni nml gigan
tic, la pruji'uliil oiit nuiiliiNt tlitiMKitrrn sky,
wiiciu nun unlimited npnce for a piny'
Krniiiitl it flils awlftly from place to pine
accurately f')lliiwln(( your every motion.
It It only In llio evening Juki before aim
act Unit the phenomenon nuiy bo aeen at
nil. TIiIh being Hie a.ne. tlie shadow la
doubly rxnirceritteil-nrat, by the illMtanca
and level of tin) aim, mid, secondly, by the
remoteness of the background upon which
tlie shadow Ih proji-ctod.
Tlie e.xplitiiiitlon of this extraordinary at
DiOKpberii: cui limlly in very simple. To the
nisi of the llnrz uiniiiitiiliia there la nl
tvnj'H it very iletiKu mill linxy atmosphere
ao dense, in fact. Unit it presents n Kiirfnce
capulileof receivinj tho Impression of an
object nml rcflccLiii Hh aluulow Just na
Willi dura. When, therefore, the aitn Kcts
mound to Ibu went, lliu abailowa of nil oil
Jectn ivhieh lire near hioiikIi to the wall ol
atmospheric particles arc projected upou it
St. Louth Ki pulilio.
A niuri ln-o In Cairo,
Tlierc wus it ynnn girl married wlille I
wns l:i (;aii'n. Tim Hlreeta iirotnul the pal
nee of her father with Iuiiiu with (lain for
it week. The garden nliout bla limine win
Inclosed Willi it lent, which was worth In
money (Uil.'Kin anil which whs iik beautiful
lo the eye us thu Interior of n mosque, l'or
a v. ei l; I lie rbelkn who rented theeHtntea
of tin- liii;li (iiiitraclliiu partlea were fyil iff
llielf expense l'or a week nien asinw, mid
nanus piavul, ninl the whole yn'l,'lilHrhooil
fei'.stod, ami on tlie last, -jliiht everyUxly
'!' !.!"' wi(illi liinl drank culfeo nml
aiiiom -,-;4ai elteH anil listened to a yotintt
iiiiiii siiiiii;; Amman love hi ajja.
I naturally iliil not aeu I lie bride. The
women who iliil wn her deserllied bur na
very heaiitilul, luiivly Id yen, a aj
cnvenil with penrlH mid iliamonda. She
was weeplii)! liltterly. Jler mntlier, It np
peansl, bail in-canned the match. I did not
-eu her, but I Bawihu laideriMim. Ilewna
lal nml Htuplil nml over (ill, mid lie bad
v bile hair ami it while beard. A priust re
cited the Ki.i .ui befura him at l liu door ol
tlie bouse, nml it liimd playisl, anil the pisv
pl6elieeied lliu kliedlvo tblfo Union, and
I lieu l he crowd parted, mid the bridegroom
was marclud lo (lie door which Itsl to the
aiaim, nt I ho lop of which tlie ulrl awaited
111 in. Two Krluiilnjt ruiiucha cruiiclinl on
Uiladatk Htnl reuse with lampa held hlu.ll
hovetlielr hinds uiul cIomsJ the door be
hind li I in.
Ilia Hi yeai-old brldo Inn blm to hrrwlf
now him mid bin eunuclia tun II ho oraht
flien. Weciiuld ahow Hiiullitudca Ix-innn
tlila wedilinu mid homo other In civilised
lauds, but It is miicli loo acrioua n mutter
tj bo cynical aimut. liurpcr'a Woukly.
A I'onl Klngdalter
vrno dnr, i I v.r.a walklna ncmu the
river bridge with two fiictida mid hapienril
to look dow n l:i tho water (which, by the
v.ny, la nboiil AO Iwt distant from the
IniilKe), I Kiw it pickerel about 8 feci long
lyiiUI theio In the clear water lienr the
l:oie. I told my friends to amy there ami
1 would i;et my tod nntl line uml live
uilnniiw mid catch the llsh. I did o and
put a nice little ahlner on the biKilt. I bad
i:;i automatic its-1 with m feet of line on It.
1 let the minnow down In the water, and It
baldly reached titer before n kinllslier
laiueilowu Iiiiiii iiuiIit tlie brhlue, M'Ued
my miaiinw mid started down the river.
When liecot t lie line atmlulitenisj out, he
let the minnow drop, and I nuppoacd lie
vent on dim n the river, ao I started one
n olo lo ca'ch the pickerel, but bad hardly '
m my line In ahape ngaln when down
tame Mr. Kinllsher mid took tho minnow
r-Kiiln.
'I bis time, however, he went back titidei
the limine, and after a moment or two let
the minnow full liiuk lit the river, and I
then "ml niter the pickerel iiKnln, and for
the third time down runic. Mr. Klngtlihrr,
but he col the hook along with tuo mili
um, ami I had him fast, lie flew rlhl
rtraiuht up in I lie air, and I let him have
the bole W f.t l of line. Then I reeled bint
In from the sky, nud )oii never heard aucu n
l:olse as be ininle, but I landeil bill) all
ilylil. thcii iisik bint nml ahownl him to
r.ll I lie (Micnncn in town nml then let hint
J.O, mid be went back lolha bridge. Atuer
icau Aiu;lir
1'iilnta About Tolm Laee,
You i:iust't bofooUnl Into tlilnkinn
tliitt l:co ii made i:t tho country wliav
rrnr.it it bears. Tl:o Irish took Notting
limu laco, r tnlroidoied it and sold It for
I'fsl Irish j oint. I br.ro trcn muny of
our cood Atuerioacs, who bo dearly lor
to U kf.iiibKSKcd, bttjius 'Teal Irish
roliit laco" front dealers aboard Bhlp in
Quccrslown barbor. rthen it was noth
I:!? trior then ibry could hare got in
KoltiiiRhnm i-r tiny city i.t home for half
the money. Interview in Clerk and
Bulcsiuaii.
A luiali Town I'rtiixl of In Tear.
Tho lit t lo town of Newport, ll.tnis
county, K. 0., has a population of about
1.4C0, cud tbcro r.uuui tlieui 40 xroi)a,
S3 of Ihrut womrn, vlioa united a,-o
cmount to U.UCO ye;:ra, an avrraco of Bl
yritrt rnrli. Tlio townspcoplo ask if
I hero ii cuotber Email towu iu the world
tbet can equal theirs for longovity.-
THE USEFUL IUMBOQ.
YANKEE MACHINERY COMPETES
WITH JAPANESE FINGERS.
taaafactared Produrtiof a roralai TTono
Ara I'nputar. but Cnnlrary Iu general
OelUf They Ara Made la Tide Country.
JapaMM Curtalna.
Tbe light I ami boo cnrtnln la glrlngtbr
lame privacy to auburlmn Xcw Yorkers
thla year thul the Venetian blind has long
Iflven to Went Indiana nud other dwellers
In warm i-liiimten Keveral yenra ngo these
rolling caruilnsof aplit bam boo made their
ppntraucc in thla city under the name of
aldarrla, and they were found ao useful
tbattbey aoott became popular favorites.
particularly In the suburban towns. The
ulmrban New Yorker bad fallen Into the
babit of living much in public when out
side tbe walla of bla bouse.
Kaablou decreed long ago tbnt the front
lenos must come down, and tbe piazza,
usually riot fur from the street, wua so ex
posed tbnt It wan useless for comfortable
lounging and demanded tbe aume dress
that must be worn for walking or calling.
Tbe bam ooo curtain eime to remedy this
tii and to give to tbe American piazza
greater prltacy nnd comfort. It Is cheap
enough for the smallest cottage, pretty
enough for the most expensive and useful
for everybody who has a piazza. Like
most things that nre cheap, pretty and use
fill. It has made a place for itself.
Possibly there may be some remote bam
let In tbe United Stntea where the bnmboe
curtain has not yet r.ppenred, and for tl.r
benefit of thntbumlet It mar be necesui
to describe It. It Is simply a rolling shlr
made of thin atripa or split bamboo, witli a
lound bamboo rod nt top mid bottom to
gire It atrengl h nntl ropes running through
two amnll pulleys to raise it or let It down.
It la so loosely nuuln t lint the wind wills
lleathro'igh it rriullly, yet It lias enough
anlidity lo make it shield from the sun. ll
may lie run up or down na easily a any
shade, and ll is not only a protection
against the aim, but n valuable screen to
shield the summer lounger from the gnze
of every passerby It la uaed only upon the
piazza,
The bumhnn cnrtnln la too familiar hero
nhnuta to need any description for tho New
Yorker iirl.i.n rr siibiii'uau, bin mere lire
some curious things about it thnt must nt
tract the idle notice of the summer loung
er. It has n forolgn look tliroiighoutnnd
aeems to bear tbe delicate odors of Incrjuer
and fine cabinet work that wo associate
with Jnpan. The slats me tiny things,
perhaps n quarter of nil Inch wide and n
sixteenth of nti Inch thick. Wherever tin
marks of n Joint nppenr, they nro not In one
slut or two, but in enough of tho slots to
cover a foot or tnoro Iu height, and encb
one exactly over the one below it, showing
thut all those slats have been deftly cut
from otio stalk of bamboo. So neatly mid
evenly la this cutting done thut tho sum
mer lounger Is likely to wonder at tho pa
tiencc and dexterity of tlie .laianic work
men who make these things.
Hut the patient Japanese workmen who
make these screens uro usually good Ami r
lean citizens, nml all the foreign liwk is
manufactured to ori'nr and by machinery
It Is not in Tokio or Yokohama Unit the
humlwo curtains are made, but In Nuiv
York or llrooklyu. Sldarrlslsii good name
for them because It bus a far nway sound,
and few people know what it means. Tlie
bamlss) la a genuine product of the tronica.
but the niniiiifnctiirli.y is nil Oono 4UVmJp
ior or omer im viiwi.iiai river largely in
liiiMiklj ti, il not far from the navy ynrd.
Tblynpplies, however, only to thu biiuihoo
xnuiic ami ntntr Imin buo work used Iu mid
shout this city Nearly every large city in
umuii) una in ii-nsi one lactury whero
bainlHio gisKls are tiiade. riome of the
larueal of these factories, nflrr those of
ew tork nun llrooklyu, uro in rhllailel
pliln. St. l-otils and San l-'riiuelsco. Iu all
of these factnrles, Hltlinugh tho price of
labor la 'JO limes higher than Iu Japan, the
giKxis are inailu na cheaply as lliey emi be
made In the east liec.uise the work la done
with mneblnery
lleynml n few ornamental chairs mid to
bles, tbe bamboo curtain is thu (irsl poptt
Inr use to which bamboo has been put in
this country, it probably will not bo the
Inst, for bamboo bus n babit of making It
self so useful wherever it goes thai Its iio
quaiulann is cultivated. The ruw ninlc
rlnl liu lo lie imported, for bamboo hies not
yet ucen successfully raised In this coun
try. The Chinese In California hare tried
it, but without any great success. Some
lonely trees grow In St. Augustine Iu i' lor
kin, but they lire mere truvcHtlca upon the
real bamboo of the tropics.
Kor commercial purposes bamboo comes
to this country In the holds of Hailing vi s
sels, tied up in long cylindrical bundles,
and tliepnckngesof It ihnl otio may fie
itirntlyse unloading In South street art
uot gessl samples nf tho ImnihiHiDf thol'.iisl
Indies, except lor business uses. The li it
rarnse alnlks, aometlmisi n fixit (hick nml
(Wfevl long, aeldont come here, because l hey
are uot needed. Our bamboo goods nre Ivt
ler ninile from amnll growths, mid ll Is not
mticb matter whether theslidkaarualniighl
or crooked. They arc often crooked, but
they are easily straightened.
"Our raw maleiial," says n maker ol
bnmlsx) goods, "comes principally from
Chlnn, Japiin and India. In these three
countries we Hud iiioit I him IM varieties,
ranging betwisu 11 feet mid tn) feel In height
sud half nu Inch mid H, in, J Inches Iu
(tlnmeler. Kvery one of these varieties In
uoted for Its dumlnlity, Its great teinleticj
to Iwud when meamed, lis iiuliiite niniH-rtr
of splitting Into pirccB of nny tiiickuesf
deslml, and the high polish it will lake
ror nny of these uunliiics tiootherwisHl
comiutrea with iu In some varieties the
Jolntn nre only from five to eight inches
span, ami Iu others they tire upward of live
feet apart. These biruer kinds mu rare
sud nre used only In tlie umnufuciure of
the tnoro costly furniture.
" but bmulsxi nillcles do we maker A
great ninny, mul at ill not nearly us miitiyaa
w mlghl, nor ns many as we iirobublv
sbnll when Americans come to know Kim
Is o iM-tter We make Sldarris or .liiimuesr
curtalliv screena, frelwoik, Imskels nml
IminisTs, fitney Inixes, iiarasols. ehaii-s
i tools, llower atiiuds, sctuv.s, hairneks
tables, caniue'.s. bniekets, uw-h, HiitleiYs
icmlls nud l.tncy woodwork of every de
erlptioti. .Mini of these things, you w ill
notice, art fnuey nriicli'n. Plainer and
more nwful things will come iu time. A-
soon a three la druiand for tlirtn we nrv
ready lo make half the furiiislilug ami 111
ling ol bouse (nm Uitnlsai
'l)o uot roufoiind Uimlsio work wllh
asvsla mailt- of rait mi llnmtKsi is holloiT
cd knotty, while rattan la solid ami
IlirorUk Itattati is a pnsluctof a sisr.isol
pnlin tret ard hnsliule iu eouiim.i uiu,
-wmlioa We nmku iu this CJiiatiy nlv.i
aoUi.uuu worth of bamlssigtHslsei ery vJ '
vNw Yiuh tfuu
In Aiutria'servaiitsnnd txvpleof tucui
ui rank of every laud aro uccubtomed to
Lisa the band of theiretuplovers, usoiue-
wbut oriental fasbiou to which it takes
soma time to get accustomed.
On the little tidcland island oppositn
EL-amokaw,,Yash..thecrane have built ;
iue,r uesis in tuo our co:tonwoou trw.
and the cries of the young buxls may I
beard for quite aditaa.'e, 1
" 1 !
Wlint Is reputed to he the largest dU-
mond in the world is iu tho posseasiou of
Jajrersfoutein, a Mexicau. Uo claiu:
Uiat Uas stnuo miirlia UTi pru
EYECr.OW AND NCti
I!.
har.rirr i'.my Izm Studied From Fea
tures of tbe face.
The "rainbow of peace." as the eye
brow has U.en called, and tbe ereiids
are treated of ut coubideraule lec.h u
lH.-ir: ainoti the uoat tipressire, ani
mated and iiiubile features of tbe face.
In fact, to l.igbly i re tbey citolltd that I
one is almost forced to thini; lbi;t u person !
I -itfi:d of nothlngx-lsc beta pair of ftui
melrieal cyelirowa could easily ezpress
his desins or l.:s emotions, no matter
bow complicated these ini;;ht be. High
ly arched brows ere eaid to denoto vi
vacity and brilliar.cy.bat not tho r rA'er
of profundity that cro allnd to the more
level bind. Regularly curved eyebrowa
are said to cspn-ss cheerfulness: square,
deep tiiong'.it; Irrcsular. iicklencss. vcr
aatility. excitability; raided at the inner
corner, inelaccholy; joined over tbenose,
an unsettled mind.
Ar.damantins lib'cned individuals tvitb
thick eyebrows which met over the root
of tho nose to swine. This uiilit by
some bo considered actionable, but these
would do veil to remember thnt Anda
rnantius is no more. Thick and busby
eyebrows aro supposed to denoto strength
and cucrgy on tho part of their poe
sespors, while tho contrary development
indicates delicacy, rcDncmcnt or merely
weakness. vrbicU ia hardly a aatisfying
diagnosis. A lack of eyebrows is uot
considered a sign cf mental strength.
Tbo eyebrows und the eyelids are on
terms of cloco intimacy, end the form of
tho former is connected with tho open
ing of tho latter. Only in tho romantic
novel nro black eyes to bo found. Uy
thoso who have studied tbe question
deeply four primary shades of color ere
recognized. These are brown, green,
blue and gray, and each of these baa
Ovo tones.
It is considered a somewhat singulnr
fact that tho rarest of u'.l noses is that
found in the middlo of tho face, and tail
ing 100 noses nt random one will not
find on on nn nverago moro than three
in which tho hi-iduof tho nose descends
perpendicularly from a straight line
drawn exactly between tho eyes. A well
proportioned noso, according to most au
thorities, should ta!:o up one-third of the
rTnf;!c, L-iuouied from tho commence
ment of tho hair to tho tip of the chin.
Napoleon used to pay thnt a long nose
meant a long hend: thcreforo tbo longest
bended club in London should have beet,
tbnt whoso mcinliers were elected for the
length of their noses, Urn chairman hav
ing tho longest noso and tho ball porter
none. A long noso is generally consid
ered tbo mental superior of a short one.
Hogarth classified noses as angular,
aquiline or Human, pnirot beak, Imlbors
or bottle, straight or Grecian, turned up
nnd snub. Other kinds, which may l.c
ndded or not according to taste, nre
mixed and broken. An unduly rd nose
does not necessarily iudicnto that the
wearer Im it toper. It may bo due to
tight bxing, indigestion or emotionality
of temperament. There uro ulso oilier
ways of explaining tho trouble. Tho
smile i.i purely human, ns brutes are mi
ablo to elevate or depress tho corners of
tbo mouth ci u means of expression. As
ia tho caso with almost every other fea
ture of tho f.ieo, physiognomists r.ro
fonnji Khoski'ifrnirr'irm m d-filT
leauirrs tho r.iost i.usceptiblo of actio'
and tho most direct iadicea cf dm fed
ingn. These champions of l!:o Viov.lli
maintain that every dwf.o of fiVliu"
inn bo described by tho lips with moro
raciuty lha:i by any other feat ere,
Pull Mn'l L'1-.dgct.
After Duo Consliterallon,
In Illinois thrro i.i r.n oM lav on the
statttto books to l!:o duct tbnt iu crimi
nal cases tho jury U "judgo of tho law
as well r.n tho facts." Though not often
quoted, onco i'.i invbilo n lawyer with
u drsperato caso iiiiilieav.se of it. In one
cuso tho judge instructed Ibo jury that
it was to judgo tho law na well as the
facts, but added that it wan not to judge
of tho law unless it was fully satisfied
that it knew moro !av? than tho judge.
An outrageous verdict v.-;i3 brought in,
contrary to all instructions of tho court,
who felt called upon to rebttko tbo jury.
At last ono old farmer anise.
"Jedge," said be, "weren't wo to judge
tbo law as well r.a tho facts?"
"Certainly," was tho response, "but 1
told you not to judgo tho law unless yon
were dearly r.atisp.cd that you bnew'llie
law better than I did."
"Well, judge," answered tho farmer
ns bo shifted his quid, "wo considered
that p'int." Sx.i Tranchco Argonaut.
Spare Momenta,
Work Is good. No one seriously drmbts
this truth. Uut work Unot t'tooiily good
thing in this world. It ia not a felidt to
bo adored, neither U it to bo judged,
liko n sum in addition, by its outward
nnd immediate results. Dr. Johnson had
scant sympathy with inconsistent ami
arrogant industry. "No man, sir. in
obliged to do as much as bo can. A mini
should have part of his lifo to himself."
Leisure has a value cf its own. It is nut
tnero handmaid of l.tlior. it is smoo
thing we should know bow to cultivate,
to use mid to enjny. It has n distinct
and honorable place wherever nations
arc released from Iheir liist rude needs,
their first homely toil and rux to hap
pier levels t f grace nud intellectual re
pose. "The success of any society worth
considering is to be estimated largely by
tho use to which its fortunate put their
apnro mouiems." Agues Uepplier ia
Scrihuvr's.
How Not to Crow out,
Tbe t'pinisli wit and philosopher.
Qmve lo, who in his time gained tt repu
tation tor knowing evcrvthiin;. was
tsued if bo knew of u means whereby a
person con'.d avoid growing old. "Most
certainly," said he: "1 know of certain
rules which will surely prevent you
grow ing old."
" liat are thvjT
"Keep in the sun In summer and in
tbe wet in winter; that is one rule
Never give yourself test: that la another,
fret nt evei vtitiliJ that happens: that ia
another. And then if you take car
always to eat meat cold and drink plenty
of cold water when you are hut you
may be perfectly sure that you will
uuver grow old!" Lou ioa Tit-Uits.
A rrouil l-'s-Mlnttrel.
I saw Andy Leavitt, the ex-minstrel,
the other day. Tho old waa U chatty ns
ever. Ho loves to think and talk about
bis patriotic r.ueestry.
".My great-grandfather." said he. "was
oae of the raca who fought the redcoats
at tbe battle of Uunker Hill, further
t'.inn tliat 1 ci'.l't tr.ien bun !...( Ii i,w I
gesl beginning, nud I nm proud to
know that my blood tlowe.1 ta tbe ems !
of one of tbo soldiers at Uunker UiU." i
iii...
Lamunatfe Ceau Bsdollae
"I was nut to a dance recently," eald
in acquaintance to me. "and a funny
thing happened. It was not so very
funny ei.'her, but it made me laugh after
it wan over. You see. It was as hot as a
bake oven, and the room was crowded to
suffocation. I bad a girl, and we were
waltzing around as best we conld wbea
suddenly the girl gaspeiL turned pale
and said. 'Get me out to the air.' I
stopped and released her und oITered ber
my arm, when bump! down sbe went on
tlie floor in a bean. Fainted away, set?
Dead ns a herring. Yhat did I do? :
Yvby.l trid to pick her np i:nd couldn't :
to it. for she was a heavyweight. Then '
I succeeded, with t'.io aid of others, in '
getting ber to the porch, but she
wouldn't revive. Then I ran into the re
freshment room for water, but the tank '
was empty, r.ud t'ao only tiling they had
was lemonade.
"Something had to be done, and I got
two glasses, ran back and emptied tbelr
contents into her f.ice not exactly 'in
to' bnt 'onto.' After nsing SO cents'
worth cf nice, tiwect lemonade she came
to. Well, say. Yon wonl I have died
to see ber hair. Sticky? Why bando
line, qr.inco seed, gm:i arabic and kin
dred concoctions were not in it. Lemon
ado beats them nil. Was she mad? Well,
I guess yes. Kho said I was tnto.iicatcd
and u natural born fool. Some one else
took ber home. I didn't." Youngstown
(0.) Telegram.
Freaks or Ctnbe l.lgtitnln-.
A very singular story is told concern.
Ins tbo vagaries of o::o masa of globe
lightning. A tailor in tbo Hue St. Jac
ques, i:t tho neighborhood cf the Val
do Orsco, was getting his dinner oneday
dnviivr u thunderstorm, when ho heard
n lend clap, and soon tho chimney board
fell down, and a globe of firo us big ns n
child'o bead came- out quietly and moved
slowly nbont tho room at n small height
above tbo floor. Tho spectator, in con
versation afterward with M. Rabbinet,
of tho Acadcinio drs Sciences, said it
looked liko a good sized kitten rolled np
iuto a ball and moving without showing
its paws. It was bright nnd shining, yet
ho felt no sensation of bent. The g'.obo
camo near bis feet, but by moving them
aside bo avoided tho contact.
After trying several excursions in dif
ferent directions it roso vertically to the
height of bin head which bo throw back
to prevent it touching biin steered to
ward a bole in tho chimney abovo the
mantelpiece and mado its way into the
fltio. Shortly nfterwnrd "when I sup
posed it bad bad timo to reach the top,"
tbo tailor said thero was a terriblo ex
plosion, which destroyed tho tipper part
of tho chimney nnd threw tho fragments
onto tho roofs of some adjoining build
ings, which they broke through. Cham
bers' Journal.
French Art la Manipulating Planter.
It is stated that Frnnc'.i builders, who
bavo carried tho art of hardening plas
ter to whero it i.t usad for (baring, cither
in placo of wood or I do, employ for this
purpose six partsof good quality of plas
ter intimately mixed with ono part of
fleshly alaked whito limo Iiucly sified.
Thu mixture nj thus composed is laid
UOWll HTis quick tiuT3us posslu'ie, th'rV
being ta.;eu l.iat llio trowel is uot used
upon tho surface for too lonir u timo.
After this tho floor is ullowcd t becomo
d:y and is r.vjiaequcntly saturated iu a
most thorough manner with sulphate of
iron or r.iae, tho iron giving tho siron;;-
est surface, its resistance lo breaking
being loiiiui la bo -'J times llio strength
of ordinary plaster. It tippcurs that
wUh snlphato of zi'.io tho floor remains
white, while wbea iron is used it be
comes thocolorof rusted iron. Cut if lin
seed oil, boiled with litharge, bo tipjlicd
to tho stirfaccit becomes of an attractive
mahogany color, this being especially
llio caso if u oat cf copal varnish is add
ed. New York fjitn.
The Abniiilnunimit of Deep HInnrnln.
Tho so called "deepest mourning" in
uo longer considered good form in En
rope, r.ud crape has dropped out of fash
ion, being now only used for draping
buildings nud monuments, or for shroud
ing the lighted lamps of the vehicles
ligi'.ring in tho funeral cortege. No one
would ever dream of taxing either the
empress of Austria or ttie Princess of
Wales with indiilerciieo to tho death of
their respectivo sons, yet each has been
content to luouni ber offspring without
crape, either i:i the shapo of a veil or as
it trimming to her dress, Tho result of
Ibis has been that widows, especially
when young, dispense not only with
crape, but with the characteristic cap
and long streamers. Indeed, at tho pres
ent rate, tin re will bo ro outward sign
left by which we shall Iks nblo to distin
guish from tho ordinary woman those
fair sirens against whom wo have been
so pathetically warned by Mr. Woller.
New York Tr.buuo,
Tbo llottoiii of the Atlantic Ocean.
Proceeding westward from the Irish
const t he oa uu bed ilwjieiis very gradually
In fact, for the llrst i'-Ounlcathe gradient
Is bill six feet to the mile. Iu the next it)
miles, bowiver. the fall Is over 11.000 feet,
and so pmipitnus la the Midden descent
that In many places dept ha of I.Olo I.COJ
luthoms nn- encountered iu very close prox
imity to the lie, fathom line. Wllh the
deplli ol I.SWlio'.'.lXiil fathoms, the sea bed
ill this part of the Atlantic becomes n
slightly undulating plain, whose gradient!
meso light that tiny ahow but little alter
sliou of depth for l.-.ini miles. The e.vtr.u r
tllnai y llutucsaof ll.ese aubmiirine prniriei
rviidcis the lamilier simile of the basin
rather inappropriate.
The hollow of the Atlantic Is not strictly
n basin wln.se d.pth increases rvgtilnrly
toe. aid tin- voter It Is ruber a sautf r or
dishlike one, so even Is the contour of Its
bvd 'I he greatest liipiii In the Atlantic
has Iss'ti found Mime UO miles to the north
mini of the W.iml f Si. Thomns, n here
soundings of s,i.r.'i fai boms were o'.italuril
Vbe seas round (iivai Itritntu mil hardly
be ivgarde-.l s lorining rt of the Atlantic
hollow They nre r.itlur a part of the pint
lorm banks of the Kuropeuii colitioent
which the oceau has uvi-tUoned. Nnuiicui
Magiu'.ua.
Hon Some Girl. Walk.
Eorr.e pirls walk p-ncefully. They
make "geed time" over the ivemen;.
but I heir movements are uot abrupt nor
awkward. There ia no apparent effort
m their locomotion, fouie girls are uow
rCccting a mail s stride. Tbe itsitatioa
is a Ir.dicn-r.s filur. Other pir'.s are
trying r.n edd kind rf tern of the shoul
ders that gives to their appearance a top
wobble end u lower swing. Eiebangtv
Did Not Sureerd.
First Pickr-ockrt Well, did yen do a
peod business whi you were ont at tho
fair?
Second riekrocietihack from Chicape)
No, Somehow or other I rcuMn't get
my haaJ torTruU.
FORECASTING STORMS
ACCURACY ANCJ TIMELINESS IN FORE
CASTING WEATHER.
Bemarkable itaeeesa of the I nlted States
Weather I'.ureati la I'aretelllug Sudden
and Dunerous Ctmnea In the Atmoa- j
pliers In Various Sections. I
The signal achievement of the gov-:
ernmcnt weather burcaa in predicting !
the disastrous tornadoes in Iowa 2-1
tours ia advance of their awful visita
tions brongbt into new prominence tbe
remarkable accuracy with which in
these daysof advanced science a weather
forecast can bo mado.
The prediction of the Iowa tornado
offers a noteworthy example of tbe value
of tho government bureau and illus
trates the perfection of the system it em- j
ploys, but the forecast in point of accu
racy is duplicated daily. It isn't every
day that a tornado starts on a wild stam
pede, but the weather sharps are expected
to keep the cities and towns of the coun- j
try posted in advance in regard to the
weather. Tuo daily forecast has become :
an all important element in all calcula- ;
tions. whether of pleasure or of business, j
and could no moro bo dispensed with
than the telegraph or any of tho other
agcncios which uave revolutionized
affairs.
Several yean ego a couple of young
army lieutenants who naw tornadoes ia
every clondcap kept the western farm
ers dodging in nnd out cf low ground
cellars until they bscauio round shoul- j
dereJ and neglected t'aair crops, but the
yonng lieutenants experienco ucow one
of the amusing traditions of the oSce.
It is told, too, possibly r.s a joke, that
the colored janitor who had rheumatism
nud looked upon hi3 left leg as a reli
able gauge did tho prophesying business
when the lieutenants were invited to
some swell function.
Things aro nn differently now, as the
reliability of the predictions nnd tb.8
able administration of the bureau at
test. It is doubtful, moreover, if nny
country on tho globs has a better ("pip
ped service This i3 duo in some meas
ure to tho opportunities of study offered
by tbo diverse climatic peculiarities of
the United States. Theso peculiarities
make tho work of weather prophesying
here a most difficult task, requiring the
employment of men of wido experience
and learning. It is by no means an un
common circumstance for tho weather
bureau to chase half a docen different
varieties of storms over tho country in a
day. It may bo hailing in North D:t
kota. n tornado may be making sad
havoc in tho western fanning belt, a
windstorm may bo bowling along the
Atlantic coast, imperiling shipping, and
four or live thunderstorms may be
creating alarm iu as many different sec
tions. With all thejo complications, a short,
thickset man, with gray eyebrows and
gray mustacbs, cabnly looks over tho
maps which uro ma:'o on tho reports of
every ono of the t;o-ernmcnt observe:
throughout tho country and figures out
just tbe kind of weather that may be
expected i:i every rtato end section.
V:'r CyittfcjTTiTaTir'w'rtu gray
eyebrows and gray mustacho, is tho
official who, o:i examining the maps ou
the night or July li. paused for a mo
ment, and then, to tho snrpriso of his
assistants, murmured. "This looks like
a tornado."
Major Dnnwcody was tho o(3cer who
read tho signs might. TUo government
observers at Sioux City, L'cs Movies,
Keokuk and Omaha had nil reported
threatening r.tmospherio conditions, and
their reports when reduced to tracings
on tho maps showed that the center of
the atmospheric disturbances was nt
Cheyenne, with tho winds racing from
all four points of t'.io compass toward
the Wyoming capital. Major Dun
woody has bud c:i intimate acquaint
ance with storms for years, and this
tornado didn't fool him by pretending to
rendezvous nt Cheyenne. Tho major is
nn old army otiiecr, who understands nil
about flauk movements, nnd ho began to
figuro out whero the main attack might
bo expected.
Ho was sitting on a high stool in tho
forecasting room r.t tho weather bnro.-.n,
calculating oa tho tornado's probable
evolution. Tbo major read tho report of
the storm sentinels ct Sioux City nnd
Des Moines over again and then drew a
circlo, with tho conter at Cheyeuuo and
the circnmfercnco toward "the cast,
touching Davenport. Tho major's ex
perience taught him that the most
trouble might bo expected in the south
east segment of tho circle, und before 0
o'clock that night nil rlio observers who
furnished tbo alarming reports wcro in
structed by wiro to send out warnings to
cities und towns on tho respectivo sec
tions, and orders wero also given to em
ploy every means to inform the country
districts of tho impending peril.
Honrs before the storm broke with its
tcrnblo fury express trains running
through tho isolated communities had
carried tho bnreaus intelligence, and
those who lived far from the railroad
station were warned by whistles which
were blown nccording to an established
r.nd well understood code.
Uowqnickly nil thiswas accomplished
Illustrates the efficiency of the govern
ment system ns directed by Chief Har
rington. At 8 o'clock on tbe night of the
5th the observations wcro mado. and nn
hour later Major Dnnwoody. with quick
judgmeut based on long experience, had
located too storm and had sent out a
forecast to the threatened community,
tdli.'gof the dangers to be feared. How
much greater might have been the dam
age to property and how much greater
tlie loss of life but for the warning?.!
The weather bureau did not announce
thnt a tornado might bo expected, as
tornado predictions went out of favor
with tbe young army lieutenants. The
warning, as sent out. was to the effect
that severe local thunderstorms were
threatened, and the ranuera knew full
well what w as meant. As interpreted
by them it signified that a ground cellar
v onld be n good Place in which to tpead
'v-ul3! ?- --Washington Cor. Sew
1 ork orld.
Celling r.ven.
Aitist ki'.ss Drowuie-DrcMm-Erown,
who is to u:airy a prince, wen's Irt u
have Let photograph for publication.
Lditor she won't, eh? Tell the fore
man to use one of those ruts labeled
"Before Taking."-Xew York Weekly.
Ladies may be interested to leam that
4.CCO.0OO pins are used up dailv In the
Uuited States alone, most of which come
from Redditch. England.
The Jerusalem artichoke has no con
nection whatever with the holy city of
tbe Jews. It is a uwcia al isn&owv.
Consideration In a Silver Min
"It Is very astonlsbing." said a gentle
man whose business frequently require
Ion? jonrnevs into the interior of the
country, "bow many examples of innate
refinement of feeling one comes across
among the roughest of men. A year or
two ago 1 bad a survey to make of some
land belonging to one of the largest sil
ver mines iu territory. I had taken
my wife with me. and Mr. . the su
perintendent, was most kind in showing
and explaining everything to her. One
morning we were all standing near a
lhaft, listening with great interest to
his explanations concerning prospecU
veins of ore. values and estimates, when
suddenly we heard some confused sounds
of falling, followed by various exclama
tions and. we thought, groans.
"What i3 the matter:' exclaimed mj
wife as the cage came np and a big,
sturdy fellow stepped out. -Notbinj
much, lady," he answered, and be whis
nered something to the superintendent,
who turned to us with an expression of
great concern on his face. "One of the
men who is working below has had a
bad fall,' be said, 'his shoulder is dis
located and they fear bis leg is broken.
Why do they not bring him up at oncer
be continued, addressing the great,
brawny, red shirted miner who had
brought tho news.
" "Tom was afraid of frightening tho
lady, und wanted me to come lirst,' he
answered." New York Tribune.
What's In a Nainef
Trom tbe extraordinary inscriptions
over the doorways und on the vootibnle
glass of tbo apartment bouses in the up
per sections of the city it would appear
that the owners and builders of these are
driven to their wits' end to provide strik
ing names for their bouses. 7hoy re
mind one of the endless rows of "villas"
with romantic names one sees in the su
burbs of London. Only the London af
fair consists chiefly of namo and is usu
ally proportionately significant inversely
with tho grandeur of its appellation.
Here it may be a first class apartment
house at expensive rentals, a mere flat
house for peoplo in ordinary cirrnm-
Biaiices or a tenement for poor laboriug
families.
The most fantastic, poetical, histor
ical, geographical, bibliographical and
even musical nnd scientific names aro
adopted, but you'll find when you come
to flat hunting that thore is nothing iu a
name. In some instances the builder
has vaingloriously given the building his
own namo and left it to serve as a prac
tical tombstone to register an existence
on earth. But experience lias demon
strated that "The Crowley," or "The
Doswood" und that ilk do not draw like
"The Moselle." or "Tho Amsterdam,"
or "Tho Paderewski" and so on. Senti
mental peoplo will demand something
for their money. New York Herald.
HI First Thought.
Fowling is now very little practiced in
tho Shetland islands, although many
eggs are secured annually. Many thrill
ing stories of fowling adventure nre told
by tho Shetlanders. A man who had un
dertaken to climb a certain steep clii?
Vas neither very experienced nor very
bravo. -fc.V.iougb bo uoaRtcd of being
both. He puVift'! nnward, however.
briskly without looking15ai! "ntil be
had got up about 130 root, when Tio I
stopped to breathe. The pause was fatal
to his self possession, and he called out
iu tones of terror, "Men, men, I um go
ingI nm going." Cut ho still held on
for a little, und it was uot till ho bad
shrieked many times "I am going" that
he did fall headlong.
His comrades, having thus been warn
ed, moved tho boat out of the way, so
that tho poor fellow came sheer down
into the deep water. Mighty was the
plunge, but at length he rose to the sur
face, when of course he was instantly
caught hold of and dragged into the
boat. After many gasps und much splut
tering of sea water from his mouth, his
only remark was, "Eh. men, this is a sad
story I have lost my snuffbox."
"Sketches and Tales of Shetland."
Women In Slam,
a European eyo the (rood looks, if
To
they nnywhero exist, of both men and
women in Siam are irremediallv ds-
stroyed by tho universal use of the betel,
which blackens and corrodes the teeth
and causes them to protrude, which ren
ders tho spittoon an indispensable arti
cle of furniture nnd. is responsible for
tho great splashes of rod saliva that may
be seen everywhere adorning the ground
as they have been ejected from the
months of passersby.
Liko their fellows In Anam, the Si
amese women enjoy great freedom and
influence. Being of a most mercantile
and managing temperament, they be
come the self constituted stewardesses,
t.-easnrcrs and hucksters of the home or
shop or store. They may be seen by the
hundred going to market, each seated
alone in her own canoe, with her wares
spread out bofore her.
The last king kept a bodyguard of
amazons, with red coats and trousers
and small carbines, but the present
sovereign has converted them into a
species of interior palace police. The
uational character is docile, indolent,
light hearted, gay. Fortnightly Review.
Vrhj the Gneata Abstained.
Bishop Utterton's mother was a re
markable woman nnd inherited much of
the vivacity of her father. When she
and her husband were at Gibraltar dur
ing the peninsular war, the latter wns
known to bo particular about his sh.
ing water. From his friend, the Spanish
'-tiLiiu
irrvniiiv nf ilnoMi . 1. . : . ,
. . v.. 0, uo received me
sympathetic present of some dozens of
rainwater in bottles, which the butler
thinking it to be wine, duly took char-e
of. 0
Some time afterward the colonel cave
di,,,,.., .v,,.,- i.. 63 e
vrti "1 " l-i.l f ft 1... ..it- ... ....
i".'. mo lasi moment
.. .. uj uuiciai uuty, and a
brother officer was asked to take his
plhce at tho table. Indue course the
Lock was handed round, but it was ob
served that the guests were singularly
abstemious in regard to it. Tho explana
tion was discovered when they had de-
i .vu. mr wen e;oreu and tarorr
shaving water had been supplied for
hock! Xotes and Queries.
.
Orlstn of the r.ed Cap or Liberty.
The red cap of liberty had a verr pro-
saic origin. Instead of being tho "Pbyr-
jrian boauet" it U just tho galler slave's
teadgear. The Swiss of tho Chateau-
roux regiment sent to tho eali,vs for
their sharo ia the Nancy riots were re-
leased and came into Paris with the red
caps still oa their heads. "They are the
victims of despotism." said the people,
forsettinj the circumstance, of theriot
and ao the red cap became toe favorii.
INDUS PIG STICKING.
ONE MAN WHO SAY3 IT 13 THE
FINEST SPORT IN THE WORLD.
Bow the Wild nonre-of the Jurjjle of
India and Xoribcru Africa Are Bunted
by Cnthuftlaitic Sportamen of Other
Countries Plenty of Danger.
As an nrdent pig sticker I may he for
given for advancing the opinion that it
b the finest sport ia the world. By "pi
sticking" I of courso mean pig sticking
cs it is practiced in India end ia north
crn Africa and perhaps in some other
English colonics viz, riding down the
pig on horseback nnd dispatching him
with bpears.
The Indian wild pig varies naturally
according to bis home. The biggest 1
have ever teen were in tho Viadhya
mountains, whero I used to shoot them
as food for my beaters. Sometimes they
wero cf vast size, bigger, I think, than
even their Ganges cousins.
A peculiarity of tho wild pig is th9
straightness cf his tail as compared with
tho curled appendage cf bis domestic
brother. From tho top of bis low fore
head to the end of his snout is almost a
perfectly straight line, nnd he ha3 a far
longer snout and jaw than tho English
market pig. liis skin is a kind of
bluish gray and his bristles gray 0r
black, though sometimes nn almost
brown pig is found. Tho wild pig will
never live far from water. Ho ia hap.
picst in tho long grass, often 12 feet high,
that grows along tho banks of tho big
Indian rivers, nnd abovo nil rejoices in
"jao," a kind of evergreen brushwood
that is as common ns the grass. He only
eats at night, and about 10 p. m. bo sal
lies forth from cover and will go many
miles to find the succulent sugar cane or
other luxury, returning as u rulo ebout
an hour beforo tho first streaks of dawn.
Pig sticking begins usually about
Christmas week, when tho giant vegeta
tion of the rains has died down .sufficient
ly to get nt piggy, and the marshy
ground whero be lives fivn enough for
horses, bnt it is not till the end of Feb
ruary that really good pig sticking be
gins, nnd it improves as the weather gets
dryer and hotter till the June rains come,
and pig sticking instantly ceases.
At about 0 a. m., after a light break
fast, the sportsmen set out usually ir.
"tumtums" to the meet, having sent
their sp3ars and horses on ahead over
night, together with tho ail important
mess tiffin basket, in which a huge block
of ice and innuuierablo soda water bot
tles and beer bottles figure largely. It
is rare to gather together moro than 13
men. It may havo been different in
olden times, but polo is n formidable
rival to pig sticking nowadays, and the
ordinary British subaltern cau rarely af
ford time und money for both. Indeed,
from my own experience, I should say
the average field was not abovo five, und
personally, I much prefer, except from
the social point of view, very few com
panions. Tho officer in command divides the
party, if large enough, into little sections
of three, and each section separates from
tho other nnd keeps together all day,
either at ono end of tho lino or in tbo
middle. Tho coolies cro usually nbirat
unniuer ana form lino, c it-ering
about 200 yards cf ground, rfich is
armed, or should bo, with a big stick,
und tho end men carry flags, which can
bo seen abovo tho long grass and help to
keep tbe coolies in lino. Behind them
marches on each wing ono of tho shi
kari's satellites, und in tho center is the
shikari himself on horseback, and theso
officers, liko sergeants, keep tho lino
straight, end exhort, often in language
moro forciblo than poiite, tho npathetio
coolies to strenuous exertions. Tho
sportsmen generally rido a few yards ia
advanco of tho line, unless, from tho r.a
tnro of tho covert, tho pig is likely to
break back.
A pig lies usually iu a kind of form
liko a haro nnd will sometimes let a
man or horso almost tread oa him bo
foro moving, r.nd being often covered
with mud or dust 13 very difficult to sco
in tho gras3 and weeds. When, how
ever, ho does jump up, he slips along at
an incrcdiblo speed for tho first CO or 40
yards and then settles down to a very
fast gallop. I havo known boars at onco
on being put up mako straight for tho
first man or horso they sco before they
bavo been wounded or touched, mid, as
all know, the tusk of tho wild boar cuts
liko a razor, though luckily the wound
is usually a healthy, clean cut very dif
ferent from a mauling by the fetid claws
of a tiger or leopard or tho thrust of a
stag's horn.
Wherever a pig get3 up ono of the
sections go after it, und thero aro various
little rules as to how tho pig should be
attacked and in what order. The Kiost
important rulo is never to drop your
spear. Rtill less throw it ct tho pig, ns
some beginners havo been known to do.
Spea's nro weighted with lead nt tho
handle, and when dropped from tho hand
in the long grs, the sharp end, being
the lighter, naturally sticks np. so that
the next horseman or beater may be
wounded. I know of several bornblo Oc
cidents that have happened in this way.
Tbo man who first draws blood gets
"the first spear" and is entitled to tho
carcass. The body is given to tho coolies
to eat, and tbe head is taken homo bytbo
triumphant sportsman to adorn lis bun
galow ball, or tho tushes nre taken out
and mado into some knickknack. Of
coarse he is in honor bound to help
fairly kill as well as m-irlc hi fno l,nr ir
is the second horseman, riding perhaps
1 uwi iiuing I J' I Hill
! fnn r lnnU- l i t , . . . .
" ueuinu mm. who has tl.o
1 most dangerous part to play. A pi"
when wou"ded rarely pursurs his foi"
I"er ,conrse' BnJ the leader often loses
I Yh w,th him. while his follower has
1 I? Utll 1 1 fU" brnUt vf a tfrTifl clial'e'
11 '.'fatal to receive a boar'a char-ant a
W3lfc or trnt rw . -
not straight at the pig. but at n slight
n Bombay a lon spear is used, und
hLarTW ,tDck b-vnn 'nndcrhnmi
la J'asiern Bcn?al jabbing
pear is used and is morericculv. 1 think!
Of course it is unlawful to stick sows,
f hey cannot fvrht rr i. having no lushes.
' u M"rr,", Tcr s''y Vcar..
John Eing and wifo of Warwick.
j Chester county, have been wedded C-l
" Ullam Rboads and wifo of
ro,ttowi ere married Kov. :o. 1SC0.
. , 7 7 ycar 30. nnd David Wells
Wlf0 of art Coventry. Chester
fCUn,J, ,voro carried March 80. ISO,
? , yeur ce. Cor. Philadelphia
, iuStr-
' "
1 The RrM vri. "l0"" .
such short d,C8 Mr Spatts wcar
Ethi
himT,. er-Be,ca ns they fit bim. I asked
o Short bu corns made his head a-he- "