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Copyright, 1900,
By James R. Perry.
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Frocurlug a bunch of keys, I went up
to the storeroom, which was on the
sume floor ns the main gallery. Trying
one key after another, I finally found
one that would, by the exercise of con
slderable strength, throw the bolt. En-
tering the room, I found the stepladder
wlthout difficulty. 1 seldom entered
the room and now glanced about me in
J^^^Tl'.e negro made no reply to that, mild curiosity. There stood the rude
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:ii.- .|ue-t.oe- about the bunk on which Uu*»ar slept, for the
storeroom was also Cteaar’s bedroom,
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I and the other end of the room, which
was of goodly size, was lumbered up
with furniture and various articles
Among them were three or four wax
figures which had been removed from
the collection on exhibition because of
turned breakage, unpopularity or other cause.
There were also some odd pieces of
was the stage scenery that had been put here
because they were not wanted for the
> rather stage in the concert hall on the floor
tor, but above. I gave these things only a
the for- cursory glance and then went back
Tlm to
As I approached them Ciesar said
(there was hardly a suggestion of the
negro dialect In the African's tone),
“Mr. Park, about every time 1 go away
it seems as if something happens
here.”
"Thin ye'd better sthay at home,”
said Tim, suddenly remembering. I
Resume, the trick Ca*snr had played
i short-
iere left
Boing in
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I saw
le In and
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ol Iler wild.- 1 <*y-‘.1 llil.i
BM^^^don't deny that you were In
^^^^do you?"
^^Tiin was silent. He didn't deny it.
“You must have seen the body lying
here. Why didn't you hurry to tell
some one at once, instead of sneaking
off the way you did, for all the world
as If you were a murderer yourself?”
The question loosened Tim's tongre.
“Muster Park, ye're rolgbt. Ol old
see the thing a-loyin beer,but Ol warn’t
goln to be arfter a-sayln innythlng to
(anybody arboot it. Ol sez to mesllf,
sez Of. ‘01'11 lit somebody Use folnd the
thing this tofmc.’ Oi sez to mesllf, sez
Ol, 'If Oi goes to Muster Miller an
tells him tlier’s a did indy a-loyln up
In front Iv group thlrrteen. he'll be arf
ter a-sayln to me: “Tim. ye are forlver
folndln did bodies in front Iv group
thlrrteen. Ye folnd too mlnny did bod-
les, Tim. We don’t want ye here iuuy
longer.” ’ An so Oi’d lose tne job.”
Unique as was the excuse, I knew
out of my knowledge of Tim that li
was one that would have force witl.
him. Moreover, In spite of Tim’s sus
plclous behavior, I could not bring m>
self to believe that he was really mix
ed up In the murder. The absence of
any apparent motive, his smallness of
stature and general lack of courage,
added to the perfectly Innocent man
ner In which be had announced bis dis
covery of the two bodies previously
found, led me to believe lilm quite in
nocent. I determined not to mention
to any one that I bad seen Tim com
ing from the room, notwithstanding it
might implicate me as an accessory
after the fact. But I did say to Tim
before I turned away, "Well. Murphy,
unless the matter Is cleared up. It will
look rather bad for you.”
With which Tim, who was not lack
Ing in some native acumen, answer
ed, “Yis, Muster Park, it will that, an
it’s mesllf that'll do what Oi can to
■ clear it up."
That he was capable of doing much
toward clearing up the mystery 1
greatly doubted, which only shows,
as after events proved, that 1 didn't
know my Tim.
Several weeks passed, and the mys-
tery of the triple murders remained
unsolved. The detectives ran down
one vague clew after another, only to
find that each vanished in the mists
of mere conjecture. One young de
tective thought tbe murderer might
be some half demented fellow, a sort
of “Jack tbe Ripper,” who lurked
among tbe shadows behind the images,
awaiting a chance to spring upon his
unwary victim. This would explain
the singular look of horror that had
been on the face of each victim. The
detective was forced to admit that it
must have been an exceedingly cun
ning fellow who could thus have slip
ped in and out unobserved on three
cd
different occasions am
me
that the criminal was
in
person who had come
th-
concernedly as any oth
out attempting to conce
nd,
The theory perhaps
the
but when asked to put
>ss.
criminal the detective
for
“The only way to do l‘
aln
him,” he said, and a v
ept
set In the room with gi
t lie
there all through the
ors.
musee was open to vi
however, were noticeably texver how ,
and those that did come deemed to
shun the room occupied by group 13.
One morning a few weeks after the
last murder I happened, to want a step
ladder with which *10 reach some pa
pers on a b’igh shelf in Mr. Miller's of
fice. I,asked Tim to bring tbe ladder.
He returned a few minutes later with-
cut it
“Sure, an Ol can't foind it,” he an
nounced.
"Can’t find it?" I repeated. "Isn’t it
In the storeroom?”
“01 suppose so, sorr,” he answered.
“Then why can’t you find it?” I ask
ed Impatiently.
"Becuz the door's locked, sort',” he
said.
“What’s the door locked for?"
“Sure, an Oi don't know. The nager
locked it,” replied Tim, staring with
stolid indifference at the office door-
knob.
It was Thursday, and Cresar was
away. “I'd like to know what business
he has locking that door when he's go
ing away.” I said in vexation.
"01 belave he alw’y locks it,” said
the Irishman placidly, still eying the
doorknob.
IFltti a blow of Ids fist he, felled the a tt on-
inked policeman.
down stairs, followed by Tim with the
ladder. After using it I told Tim to
take it back to the storeroom, tbe door
to which I had left unlocked.
That afternoon Tim came to me, east
ing furtive glances behind him as he
walked. There was a look of mystery
on his Irish face. “Muster Park,” lie
began, "Ol warrnt to git three per-
licemiu, tbe three blggist on the
farce, an Ol warrnt tliim to come up
to group thlrrteen. Oi'm goin to foind
the murrderer."
“Oolng to find the murderer!" 1 ex
claimed. “Tim, are you crazy?”
"Crazy, ez it? Not Oi! Ye wait an
see. Ol’ve got him. Bure, if ye’ll lit me
git the perllcemin.”
The earnestness in Tim's voice and
manner impressed me. Perhaps, after
all, he had made a discovery, it was
quite evident tie thought be had at
least. I knew his vanity would uot let
him carry out his plan (it was ap
parent be had one) in any other than
his own way, and so I said: “All right,
Tim. Oet the policemen. But. if you
get them here for nothing, look out for
Mr. Miller. He’s got a temper.”
A half hour later Tim returned with
two big policemen. Tbe lieutenant at
the station had thought three unneces
sary. though I learned afterward that
I’lni had begged earnestly for a third.
"Come up to thlrrteen, all iv ye,”
said Tim, laboring under very evident
excitement. The two policemen and
1 (Mr. Miller was away) followed Tim
up to the room where the now famous
—or Infamous - group 13 was located.
Tim's excitement increased, and I no
ticed that ills breath came in little
gasps. It struck me that the little
Irishman was laboring under great
fear as well as uuder intense excite
ment.
“One iv ye stliaud by the door an the
itlier roiglit here,” Indicating almost
tlie exact spot where tbe three bodies
liad been found, "au both iv ye hev yer
guns riddy to folre in an instaut.”
While Tim was speaking bls eyes nev
er for an instaut left the face of the
central figure In group 13. It seemed
ns if lie was fascinated by the swarthy
image of the Moor. I stood near the
door, with a half defined double mo
tive. I might be of assistance in stop
ping the murderer if one was really
concealed In the room, and, besides,
the door was au avepue of escape if
anything frightful should happen. By
this time Thu's actlous had impressed i
me, and I was prepared to see some
thing startling happen.
And now there was enacted a singu
lar scene. All visitors had been sent
from tbe room on our arrival, and the
policemen. Tim and 1 were tbe only
visible occupants, besides the motion
less Images maintaining their mute In
difference. The policeman in front of
group 13 held his revolver gripped
tight in his hand, keeping his eyes on
Tim. The other policeman also held
his revolver in his hand ready to shoot
if necessary. There was nothing re
markable in this. It was Tim's behav
ior that was singular, and for a few
minutes I wondered if he had not gone
crazy. He went to the far end of the
room and began peering in back of one
wax figure after another, or nt least he
feigned to. I was watching him close
ly, and It seemed to me that lie ever
kept tbe tail of his eye toward group
13. Tim held in his hand the eight foot
handle to a window cleaner, ami 1 ob
served that he had whittled one end to
a sharp point. He would poke this sin
gular weapon in behind the images I
and prod vigorously at an Imaginary
foe. By this time I was sure that poor ■
Tim must be demented. Moving slow- '
ly from spot to spot, he gradually drew
nenr group 13. approaching Othello ,
from behind. As he moved the Irish-
mat) kept up a string of excited talk
that ran somewhat like this: “Git out ’
Iv ther, ye baste! Git outl Ol'm arf- |
ter ye! Git out! Git out! 01’11 catch
ye ylt! Oi’m on yer track, ye bloody
baste Iv a murderer!”
By this time Tim was directly be
hind Othello. I saw him give a most
snvage lunge with the pointed end of
tlie stick at the back of the Moor. In
siantlyThere was a -soul sickening yell,
ANIMALS IN X STORM.
and tbe linage of Othello, that bad
seemed as motionless as any of the oth Tlie, Dislike the IT« Weather • ■<!
Seek m Place of >afrly.
er images, leaped from his seat and
with a blow of his fist felled tbe as-
II. th wild and tame animals, foui
touuded policeifian standing in front of fooii I or with wings, have a deep seat
him. Then, eyes ablaze with Insanity, ed a version to wet weather. Even wa
he came with a rush toward the door. -ter fowl will seek a dry hltliug place
The iMjliceman stationed there had bail I when It rains.
an Instant in which to recover his star
Did you ever watch tlie actlous of
tled senses, and bang: bang! bang! cattle before a big storm? If so. you
went his revolver. Otjiello fell lu a must have seen them grow more and
heap almost ut our feet, and theu, as more uneasy as the clouds gathered.
his eyes rolled up. I recognized him. You also saw them run up ami down
It was Caesar!
the field, as if seeking to escape some
That is about all there is to tell. We impending danger. Finally, when the
learned that Ciesar had really been an storm breaks, they draw close together
Inmate of an insane asylum and about and with lowered bends present a pic
five years before had been released as ture of despair.
cured. Duriug the last few months,
Domestic animals when it ruins will
unbeknown to any one, the malady had always keep Indoors, or, falling that,
returned upon him. Tim may explain they will seek shelter by the barn or
in his own words how he came to solve under lives or beneath tlie hedges and
thickets In slitrt. In any convenient
1 the mystery:
"Whin Oi tuk the sthipladder back, place where they may not be entirely
Ol tharght Oi'd jus’ look about a bit, exposed to the downpour.
not arfen bavin the < Im nee, au, ez Ol
It Is the same with fowls. They dis
poked about, what sliu'd Oi rlu upon like the rain, which soaks their feath
beholnd some paces iv scenery but the ers. They seek sheltered places and
form Iv Othello with his togs arf. creep under wagons or lieblnd boxes
‘That's quare.’ sez Oi. 'Othello's out nnd Isiurds. Chickens do not mind get
with group thlrrteen, an Othello's here ting tlieir feet wet, for they will scratch
without inny clo'es on. How’s that?’ Ol the ground soon after a shower In
scratched me head, an thin Ol warked search of worms and beetles.
out an tuk a luk at the Moor nager. Ol
Wild birds do tlieir best to keep out
tuk a good luk at him, an Ol sez, sez of the rail). Some of them build a roof
Oi: 'That’s Sazer a-sittlu ther. ’Taln't over their nests; others choose a honii
the Moor nager at aril.’ Thin Ol spoke under tlie eaves or under a projecting
to you. Muster Park, an wlnt fur the cliff, where they may be safe from tin
perlice."
discomfort that the rain brings.
It was plain enough now why the
But most of them are without sheltei
murders had all occurred on the days provided in advance by their own fore
when Ciesar was absent, or. rather, on thought. These take refuge ill any
the days when we supposed him to be place that they happen to find nt hand,
absent. Thursday after Thursday he if you watch them before the storm,
had probably sat there impersonating you will see them looking for such a
the wax Othello and enjoying the ad place. If tbe storm comes suddenly,
miration bestowed upon him by the tlie small and helpless ones seem be
passing spectators. It was uot so won wildered, flying from tree to tree and
derful, after all, that he had never been from limb to limb, quite unable to make
discovered. The very boldness of the up their minds exactly where to hide
uct helped him. The lifelikeness of the
themselves.—Pittsburg Dispatch.
waxen image was so great that no one
marveled more at sight of the real
ANIMAL ODDITIES.
negro sitting there nor suspected the
trick. During tbe night, when the
It is said that hornets never use tbe
African was alone, he would bear tbe
wax figure to the storeroom, hide It be same nest a second season.
Tbe largest egg laid by nny European
hind some pieces of scenery, enrobe
himself In the rich garments of the bird is that of tlie swan; the smallest
Moor and by the time the first of us t.i.lt of the golden crested wreu.
The silkworm is three inches long
arrived in the morning be sitting In
Othello's place, as mute and motion and is well provided with legs, having
less as any image in tbe whole collec no less than sixteen of these valunble
tion. He must have been able to sit members.
for hours without the movement of so
A French farmer has made experi
much as au eyelid. Perhaps only a ments which show that caterpillars
madman could have done it. Extraor avoid black object», but are attracted
dinary vanity had probably prompted In numbers by white.
him to Impersonate the Othello, and
Greyhounds are pictured on Egyptian
theu. once, twice and thrice, when he monuments carved 3000 B. C. The
had seen a woman standing lu front of Arab b.iarbound Is tlie oldest type of
him, alone In the room and helpless, domestic dog at present existing.
the savage Impulse of Insanity bail Im
Mosquitoes were unknown in Swit
pelled him to slay, and he had leaped zerland until the completion of the St.
from his chair upon his horrified vic Gothard tunnel under tlie Alps. Tlie
tim.
tunnel gave them a short cut to tlie
The wax Othello was never again land of William Tell.
put on exhibition, I believe, and within
A pigeon In harvest time eats its own
a month after Tim’s discovery the weight In grain a day, and a blackbird
musee was closed to the public.
or thrush will eat Its own weight daily
oi ripe fruit. Many kinds of birds exist
Truth nnd llepoae.
A self denial no less austere than the In summer largely upon plants raised
saint's Is demanded of the scholar. He by man for ills food.
must worship trutli and forego all
things for that and clioose defeat and
pain so that his treasure in thought is
thereby augmented. God offers to ev
ery mind Its choice between truth and
repose. Take which you please— you
can never have both.
Between these as a pendulum man
oscillate». lie In whom the love of re
pose predominates will accept the first
creed, the first philosophy, he meets,
most likely his father’s. lie gets rest,
commodity ami reputation, but he
shuts the door of truth. He in whom
the love of truth predominates will
keep liimself aloof from all moorings
and afloat.
He will abstain from dogmatism and
recognize all the opposite negations be
tween which as walls bls being is
swung. He submits to the inconveni
ence of suspense ; id imperfect opin
ions, but he is a candidate for truth as
the other is not and respects the high
est law of his being.—Emerson’s “Es
say on Intellect."
Didn't Care If lie Did.
Over In West Virginia on one of the
railroads is a little town called Sawyer.
Close to the town tbe train passes
through a tunnel. One day a nice look
ing young couple were on the trnln,
nnd they never seemed to know that
there was anybody else on the train.
Oblivious to their surroundings they
were like two souls with but a single
thought. While the train was passing
through the tunnel those near the
young couple heard a succession of sus
picious smacks something like a kiss
with a dozen echoes. After the train
had passed through the tunnel the
brakeman came through the car and
called out, “Sawyer,” and the timid
looking young man looked up nnd said:
“I don’t give a durn if you did. We nre
married."—Bristol Courier.
Running No Kink.
A troupe of wandering musicians
were playing before a Swiss hotel. At
the end of the performance one of the
members left the group, approached the
leader of the band and pulled out a
little pnper box. which he emptied Into
his left hand, while the eyes of the
leader followed every movement.
He took a plate In his right hand,
passed It around, and a large sum was
collected, every one meanwhile won
dering what lie held In his left hand.
“Why, it’s very simple,” said tbe
leader when questioned. “We are all
subject to temptation, and to be sure
of the fidelity of our collector he has
to hold five tiles In ills left hand, and
we count these first when he returns
to make sure of the money.”
Wllllnx to AccompHny Him.
A poor old Irishman, with an old and
battered cornet, was making night hid
eous one evening In a quiet Edinburgh
square. A smart young "guardian of
the peace" stepped up to hint and in a
very peremptory tone said:
“Come, come, my mau, you must
stop that or accompany me.”
“Wld all the pleasure in loife, sor,"
replied I’at. “What are ye goln’ to
sing?”—London Telegraph.
Tbe royal library nt Windsor castle
Is about to be enlarged by the Inclusion
of a room ndjolnlng. hitherto used
by the lord in waiting. This will
enable many thousand more volumes
to be added to the hundred thousand
valuable works now on tbe shelves.
Mo Tick There.
“No doubt you see that I am one of
the diffident men," observed the drum
mer. "one of tlie sort who don't com
pare watches witli the town clock and
tell everybody for a block around that
the clock is seven minutes off. I was
up In a Massachusetts town a few
weeks ago. and I had to make a cer
tain train or loss n thousand dollar or
der. I looked at my watch nnd in a
furtive way compared It with the town
clock. It looked to me as if there was
a big difference between the two, but
I decided to go by the clock. I went
Into three or four places, loafed around
nnd was killing time when an acquaint
ance came along and said:
“ T thought you were going to make
that 2:30 train?'
“ 'Yes, 1 am.' 1 replied.
“ ‘When ?'
“ ‘Tills afternoon, of course.'
" 'By wliat time?’
“ ‘By your town clock. I've got half
un hour yet.’
" 'Oh, you have!' lie laughed. ‘Well,
let me tell you that our clock hasn't
been running for a week, and you have
lost your train by an hour and a quar
ter.’ ”
Spnnse Flslilna.
Sponges are gathered by means of a
long |M>le with a hook attached to the
lower end. with which the sponge fish
erman Is very expert. He lies upon Ills
stomach In the stern of a boat looking
through an ordinary water bucket with
a glass bottom, which does away with
the glare front the water and allows
him to survey tlie bottom leisurely
while tlie boatman rows or sculls tlie
boat. A schooner Iles at anchor near
by, from which a half dozen or more
of these small boats fish. It returns to
port when It Is loaded, or at night, ns
the case may be.
Soldteiw Are Like Children.
To the medical man the soldier is
very like a child—that is to say, he suf
fers from precisely the same diseases
as children. In nny large army hospital
you will find rows of patients down
with measles, scarlatina, diphtheria,
mumps nnd sometimes whooping cough.
In fact, the soldiers' hospital is as like
ns can be to tlie children's hospital
sired Tp.
“A man is known by his works,” de
clared the irrepressible talker, who
was addressing a large nnd enthusias
tic audience.
“Yours must be a gas works,” shout
ed a rude, uncultured person who oc
cupied a back seat.—Baltimore Ameri
can.
Helps to Fdncatlon.
A zoological garden Is a great orna
ment to a city nnd n most desirable ad
junct to school education. Tlie child
who can see and study a moose, an en
gle, an alligator or any other strong«
beast of the field gets wliat no book
can teach.—Meehan'» Monthly.
Sort nt Clrcnlar Insanity.
A French Judge has declared that a
roan must be mad who writes poetry
However that may be, tlie editor he
»ends It to generally Is.—Los Angeles
Times.
It Is claimed that Joseph Gaspard
Chanssgros de Derby, a French engi
neer, made Hie first maps of Detroit in
1719 »nd 175-1.
CHILDREN OF LONG AGO.
Thr Ktluurtle They Were Tauaht la
tbe Kltthteenth Century.
Tbe ‘ polite academy" does not con
fine Itself to purely ethical considera
tions. Tbe minutest directions are
given as to pelite behuvlur under all
aorta of circumstances:
“Take salt with a saltspoon or else
with a clean knife, uot with that you
are eating with, for that will foul tlie
rest.
“Do uot lauglt at table, much less
sneeze, cough or yawn; but If you can
not avoid it liolil up the napkin or ta
blecloth before your face and turn
aside from the table.
“When you drink, bow to some one
of the company and say sir or madam.
"Never regard what another has on
bis plate. It looks as If you wanted It.
"if you have occasion to laugh, turn
from the company.
"Always look pleased, but not merry
unless there Is occasion."
Now as to the deportment of a young
master:
"Let your feet be placed at a small
distance from one another, not too close
nor too wide In spreading.
“Put one hand easy and free into tlie
bosom of your waistcoat ami tlie other
uuder the flap of it.
"Do not button more than tlie three
lowest buttons of your waistcoat that
your hand may not be raised too high.
“Do not thrust your hand Into your
breeches ns vulgar boy» do. but let ft
fall with ease under tlie flap of your
waistcoat.”
To face this page there Is a beautiful
“copper cut" of a young master tn the
easy and elegant attitude recommend
ed, and truly “there is a great deal of
sweetness In liis looks.”
This delightful volume was published
by It. Baldwin at tlie Rose in Pater
noster row and B. Collins in Salisbury
17<«5.—Ixtnginan's Magazine.
KITCHEN HELPS.
To clean a greasy sink a little paraffin
oil, rubbed on with a piece of flannel,
will save a grout deal of trouble.
Ordinary ten murks on china may be
readily dissolved by scrubbing with a
soft brush dipped In snlt water nnd
vinegar.
If new tinware Is rubbed over with
fresh lnrd and thoroughly heated In
the oven before It is used, it will never
rust nfterward, no matter how much it
Is put In water.
A good way to cl<*an zinc utensils Is
to dip a piece of cotton In kerosene and
rub the articles with It until the dirt is
removed. Dry afterward with a clean
cloth so as to get rid of all grease.
For stained tinware borax produces
the best results. If the teapot or cof
feepot Is discolored on the Inside, boll
it In a strong solution of borax for a
short time, »ml all Its brightness will
return.
Pans and kettles partly tilled with
water should not be placed on the
range to soak, as It ouly makes them
linrder to clean. They should be filled
with cold water ami lie kept away
from the beat.
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111 nd rance« to Success.
Many a man witli great brain power
and fine physique who started in life
with good prospects has failed to attain
great success because of little idiosyn
crasies, peculiarities of speech or man
ner, things not In themselves vicious or
wrong, but which render him disagree-
able or unacceptable to those who have
dealings with him.
If it were possible for us to write of
all the little things which have cut
down the average of our success and
to calculate Just how much each lias
contributed to tin* whole. It would be
most helpful.
For example, one young mini's ad
vancement has been cut down 25 per
cent by bail temper, a surly, disagree
able disposition; another's by careless
ness In dress, an unkempt or slovenly
appearance, nnd yet another’s by a
sharp tongue or an unkind habit of
criticising.
Many a brilliant and capable stenog
rnplior lias failed to advance because
she had disagreeable habits that annoy
ed her employer, who, while lie recog
nized her ability, preferred a less able
stenographer who had amiable and
agreealde qualities. The lack of amia
bility lias stood in tlie way of advance
ment of many nn employee who won
dered why he did not get along.—Sue
cess.
The F.ar.
As delicate as tlie organ of vision I-)
that of hearing, and as careful a watch
should be kept upon it, so that no loss
of that more exquisite sense may oc
cur.
When several blind persons were
questioned as to which they would
rather do without, their visual organs
or those of hearing, the majority de
clared In favor of liearing. We feel a
compassion for the blind; for the «leaf
we nre not often sympathetic. The
spectacle of a sightless Individual
touches us to tears; that of one who
cannot hear provokes almost a feeling
of drollery. Yet uo doubt tlie loss of
one organ is as pathetic a tiling as tlie
loss of the oilier.
Many erroneous Ideas still exist In
tbe public mlml that Interfere seriously
with tlie work of the skilled aurist.
Names For Farms.
Too many people think that tlie ear Is
"We wish that every farm in Maine
would be named," says the Lewiston so delicate an organ tlint nothing
Journal. “This Is not a mere matter of whatever can be done to alleviate anv
distress arising therein and allow a
sentiment, by any means, but It Is
trivial disorder that might be rectified
strictly business.
"Tbe man whose farm Is known by by an aurist to bring about a ease of
Rome name Is certain to take a greater partial deafness that settles Into per
Interest In Its products and to conduct manency.
all of his operations on n better plan. On
Gettlnix the Ma.lc»l Pitch.
every place there Is certain to bo some
Musical pitch lias a curious tendency
peculiarity that will suggest a name.
to creep up. It is said that Bach's mu
A spring of pure water, a grove of oak
or maple trees or something else of a sic sounds mu<‘li differently now from
similar nature will give It a local flavor. wliat It did when Bncli wrote It, be
Then paint Ils name on tbe end of the cause tlie instruments are now pitched
burn facing tbe road. Let It la» where higher. In 18S2 It was found that the
every passerby can see It. Your farm pitch of high A al tin* Vienna Court
will then soon become known far and Opera had crept from flic prescribed
wide and will aid yon in a thousand 435 double viliriilions n second to -113,
and in 1885 tills number had further In
ways.
“Besides, how much more dignified It creased to 45<i.
Accordingly a musical conference
Is to be spoken of as the proprietor of
Oak Grove farm than to be alluded to Wits lield. and a resolution was taken
as ,11m Jones. By all means name your to re-establish tlie old pitch of 435 vi
farms, and It will make you all better brations per second. Upon Illis an
nouncement tlie Relchsanstalt, tlie im
farmers."
perial physical and technical institute
of Germany, set up standard Instru
Tails of Comets.
ments ami lias since tested ami cor-
In ■ memoir on the origin of tbe au reefed many hundreds of tuning forks,
rora borealis Professor Arrhenius give»
shortening them if they are too low in
n theory of the formation of the tallH pitch nnd thinning (lie arms if they
of comets A comet revolves around
are too high.
the sun under tbe Influence of the at
All the military orchestras of Ger
traction of gravitation. The comet's
many are pitched alike, nnd the Relclis-
tall usually points directly away from
anstadt keeps the tuning forks correct.
the sun as if repelled by that body.
This solicitous care of the government
The force of repulsion can be calculat
In preserving standards Is one reason
ed. The cause of the repulsion has so
why tlx- world now goes to Germany in
far been unexplained. Tbe electro
mttslcnl matters. —I’earson’s.
magnetic theory of light (Clerk Max
well’s) Involves the consequence that
An t’nfortunntc Aniiwer.
a pressure is produced In the direction
Of an official who died as tlie head of
of the propagation of nny wave of
one of tlie Great Northern systems ami
light, ami this pressure can be calcu
who was one of tin- fathers of modern
lated.
railroading tlie following story Is told:
The radiant energy of the sun can
once, when muster mechanic, lie was
also be computed. It follows that the
staying In the country. An afternoon
pressure away from the sun on n body
walk brought him to tlie edge of n cut
of unit density nnd n cubic centimeter
ting through which ran ills line. Ou n
In dimension Is such as to make It lose
side track lay a waiting engine. Tlie
about one ten-thousandth part of Its
fireman and engineer were smoking
weight. Spectrum analysis shows tlint placidly, while the safety valve was
the tails of comets nre made up of gas
giving open evidence of the size of the
eous hydrocarbon compounds.
Rea fire within. As tlie engine was doing
sonable assumptions ns to the sizes,
nothing In pnrtlcular, this waste of
etc., of the molecules of such gases coal roused tin- Ire of tlie man on tlie
give a basis for calculation. The gon bank. "Who Is your master mechanic?”
eral result Is tlint a» n comet approach lie Inquired of tlie loafing fireman.
es the sun the solid or liquid hydrocar
“Oli, some gray bearded, baldlieaded
bons of Its head are vnporlzcd by heat. old blonkety blank blank fool down In
The larger particles fall toward the Boston.” wns tlie cheerful answer.
sun. The very smallest nre repelled
"Well," returned the other ns not it
to form the tall. If the head of the muscle of Ills face changed, "I’m that
comet is homogeneous, only one tall gray lieardeil, baldlieaded old blankety
will lie formed; If heterogeneous, a mul blank blank fool from Boston, and you
tiple tall.
want to bank those fires, nnd bank
Oar First Horses.
The first horses imported into Amer
ica, says a Ixtndon Journal, were taken
over by Columbus on his second voy
age In 1493. Thirty years later forty-
two horses were landed In Florida, but
they all died soon after their arrival.
De 8oto, who made nn expedition to
the new world In 1540 41, left a number
of fine Spanish horses behind him when
obliged to quit tlie country after bls
conquest of IxHilslatin. nnd this stock
Is thought to have formed the founda
tion of tlie wild horse of the southwest
ern states. In ItMH a French Immi
grant brought to Acadia a numlier of
animals from which the modern Cana
dian pony Is thought to be descended.
Horses from Flanders were imported
into New York In 102ft.
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Pronounced caMuy—accent on last.syllable
Wlmt n llnrcsn llesllr Is.
\Vlt< it parelim« lit was used for writ
ing ami w lien bookblndiug was in its
Infancy mid a bound book was a costly
luxury. It was tiie custom to place tlie
book on a piece of cloth or a strip of
wool In order to prevent the binding
from possilile dmmige on tlie rougu
wood of tlie table. Those who had to
deal with mem y also had a strip of
cloth on tlie table or counter so that
the coins should not roll. This strip
was called "bureau."
In course of time the custom chang
ed, and the same word was applied to
them I’. I>. Q!”
The fireman. It Is needless to say, the writing table covered with green
dl<l ns he was bid.—New York Tribune. or other colored cloth and nt length de
scended to tbe modern table with the
center protected by leather. As nn of
Jnacph .Irkyll’n llepnrtee,
An nttorm-i named Else, rather di fice contain» one or more of these ta
minutive in liis stature nnd not particu ble» It Is not diflleult to understand
larly respectnble in his clinrncter. once that the name should, in oue country,
met Jekyll. "Sir," said lie, "I hear you have been given to the room that con
have called me a pettifogging »conn tained the bureau.—Loudon Standard.
drel. Have you done so. sir?”
"Sir,” said Jekyll, witli a took of con
Illa Conscience Clear.
tempt. "1 never said you w«-re a |iel-
"Can you truthfully say that you
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The tollowing epigram wns written familiar but unworldly friend.
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