THE um brella .
and a b anana off a corner f r u if s ta n d .”
SCIENCE TEACHINGS.
—W
ashm gton Star.
*D(1 C o u v o n lo n t A r t ic le t o H a v e
¡The d art is throw n, b u t th e stick re
H*’ dy
A lo n g .
A t the P hotographer ' s .—“ One m ore i n . S “8*’
i -aM-W0
mains in the th ro w er's hand.
.An umbrella is one o f th e m o st use- m adam ’ ” S1f ’ l\ fore y.o u begin!” “ Well,
I n some of th e an cien t temple* of
Tnr. common snail sets forth to me- Egypt,
Hicles th a t a m an c a n c a r ry w ith real o
? 11 P°ss*ble to distinguish
known to be more th a n four
ful»1 sail a M ississippi m an. “ One n h o l e - 7
r° 'n , ,t alsc
»■> ‘ he j e our ganleiis equipped with 150 rows thousand years old, th e atones w en'
. used in a dozen d iffe re n t w ays. photo. —Lustige B latter.
Ot Stout serrate«! teeth. The whole doweled together w ith hour glass
C#D ' the sun is sh in in g h o t, o r w h en
P»late contains about 21,000 teeth, shaped ties of the T im arish or Shittim
When,
a m an w ith o u t a n u m b re l-
w ule a full-grown slug has over 20,000 wood, the dowel sinks being only nlxiut
LINES OF HISTORY.
i '' k ^ u ith e r rem ain in d o o rs o r suffer.
Of these silieious spikes.
one inch deep.
P » P « since
:' W weapon of defense th e r e is noth- t h l y e a r J X ?
A recent scientific expedition shows
better. You can k e e p a m a n a t his
LONDON NOTES.
the existence of terraces in Palestine,
B oston ' s stock exchange dates its o r showing that at one time the Dead sea
r ri’nee with one b e tte r th a n y o u could
Cto a n stalk, bring about a sh il.in g a
‘‘.¡th a stick. N ext to a s h o tg u n o r a ganization in 1834.
j had risen to the level of the Mediter pound in London.
-J N 4Vn! l \ a ’. as ’n France, th e average ranean, the Jordan in the glacial period
pistol there is no inore d a n g e ro u s
Pr “Hl
T,,K Stn>vts of
b eam 'd
s-ze of families has been steadily d e forming a kfl-e tw
Wr nr . 7
,
,
milC8 *°ng- lH>t" een ‘7 ’ht in th e evening anti nine
"^ re m e m b er one tim e I w as in a creasing for the last half century. T he
exnrcs'J
’7 a lt 1 thc rush of thc in lhe
Many of the carriage-
hotel that caught alive e a r ly in th e average is now 4.94, w here in 1850 it express train as it Hashes past us at the
ways arc w ashed daily by meuns of a
” ruing- The g u e sts w e re a w a k e n e d w as 5.50.
rate of sixty miles an hour, but light hose, and th e courts and alleys inhut»-
S poons were used by th e E g y p tian s aetunlly travels 11,1 79,460 times as fast!
Mhe stifling sm oke an d noise. My
ited by the poorer classes are cleaned
' m w as on the second floor a n d by in the seventeenth century before C hrist, The initial velocity of the shot from once a day.
J time I had slipped on m y p a n ts th e and have also been found a t Pompeii, the 12-pound bronze service gun is only
A light breakfast in Txindon means,
fre had gained such h e a d w a y th a t all but this utensil was not generally used 1,709 feet a second.
to
an Englishm an, a cup of coffee, a
uWnues of escape w ere closed. B ut in I- rance until the close of the fo u r
TlIE size and shape of rain drops has boiled egg and three slices of toast.
there was ray u m b re lla an d a w indow te e n th century.
been the subject of special investiga The b reak fast substantial is a small
md the rest w as easy.
T he first steam boat in G reat B ritain tion by E. J. Lowe. The size of the chop, one egg, a penny-loaf of bread. a
"Another time I w as w a lk in g th ro u g h w as th e “Comet,” forty feet long, b u ilt drop ranges, he finds, from an almost buttered muffin ami a cup of coffee.
a pasture, w hen a b u ll, w ith h is eyes in 1812, for the navigation of the Clyde, invisible point to at least two inches in
T iik London Dally T elegraph Is the
ablaze w ith fire, m ade fo r me. I k e p t b u t before this time Fulton and Liv- diameter. Occasionally large drops fall most valuable new spaper property in
had begun
to build steam ers a t that niust be mnrc or l“ss hollow, as London, and is said to net its proprie
BV senses and w h en he g o t w ith in . i ingston
.
_
about fifty yards of me I ra n to w a rd j P ittsb u rg h , Pa.
they fail to wet the whole surface in- tors a profit of over half a million dol
j,io, opening and closing th e u m b re lla
closed within the drop.
lars a year. And yet when it was first
as fast as I could. T h e b u ll w heeled
SH O RT MISCELLANY.
started every oth er paper said it would
PEOPLE OFTEN SPOKEN OF.
around and ran from m e f a s te r th a n he
be a dismal failure.
I t is a rem arkable fact th a t soda
ever ran before in h is life.
I n the British patent office, w here of
, V iiiitei . aw R eid is an Episcopalian
“And for frig h te n in g dogs 1 had w a te r contains no soda.
all
places in th e w orld one would ex
A n unreflecting Bostonian advertises; and Mi's. Reid a Presbyterian, and they
rather have an u m b re lla th a n an
pect
to find things o rd in arily well “ up
Human hair a t less th an m anufac go together alternately to their respec
arsenal.”—St Louis R epublic.
to
d
ate,”
the steel pen is unknow n, and
tive
churches.
tu re rs ’ prices.”
the
antedcluvian
gi'OM'-qulll absolute
Into th e B lu e E m p y r e a n .
A T urkey gobbler belonging to E dw in ' Mn. J ohn J acob A stor is not only a and supreme. Verily, th e wavs of g o v
Algernon was w h isp e rin g low to th e Caldwell, of Harrisburg,N.C.,is engaged director of the Rider and Driver Pub
ernm ent officials are not ns o th e r men’s!
giri in the gaudy g lim m e r of lace and upon w h at m ust prove n il unsatisfac lishing Company of Now York, but a
A L ondon woman well know n in so
regular
contributor
to
its
editorial
and
tulle. She had b e n t h e r lovely sw a n tory job. Five weeks ago he scratched
ciety
opened a curiosity shop. One day
i
news
columns.
like n e c k to catch h is w ords. M urm ur- up five potatoes, and has been p atien tly
a friend came in and left an um brella
I
t
is
claimed
that
two
of
the
most
ously th e y floated o u tw a rd an d fell striv in g to hatch them ever since.
which had cost fifty shillings, lie re
upon the pearly p in k -w h ite c ar, as
H ere is a suggestion w orth noting. j successful merchants in the United tu rn ed to find the handle of it in the
crystal drops touch silv e r c h o rd s and In m any coses, instead of announcing a i States, John Wnnr""nker, of Philadel window laltclcd: “ A ntique Venetian
waken sw eetest m usic slee p in g th ere. w om an’s gtxid deed w ith the text: “ She phia, and Marshall Field, of Chicago, silver um brella m ounting, 10 guineas.”
"You are so much to m e,” he said. “ In h a th done w hat she could,” quite a fit have never advertised in the Sunday
all thc dozen y e a rs since m y h e a r t re tin g a te x t would be: “ She h ath done newspapers.
COM M ERCIAL ITEM S.
M rs . J. E i . len F oster , well known to
sponsive grew to w o m a n ’s s w e e t solici w h a t she thought she couldn’t.”
nil W. C. T. U. workers and to many
tude, there has b een none w hose fin
As nearly as can l»e ascertained, tho
others,
is a woman of large and rath er irrigated lauds of C alifornia comprise
PEO PLE OF ROYAL BIRTH.
gers spanned th e o c tav e of m y soul and
imposing person. She speaks w ith won 8,500,000 acres. Irrig atio n has eoat 930,-
wrought the m anly h a rm o n ie s d o rm an t
P
rince B ismarck has seen statues derful fluency and dectalon, and seems 000,000, h u t it has increusetl the value of
there into a living th em e. N o faee but
raised in his honor, which is a recogni- to be absolutely self-possessed.
thv* .land r»oo ooq ooo
jours has b ro u g h t to mo th e face of
Hon few men live to sec.
I
A
t the time of election to his present
angels, fair and p u re, beyond th e skies
A new company him been fertned In
T he m arquis of Lom e sympathizes position as grand chief of the Brother- Paris whose object la to complete the
that bend above th e e a rth , f a r fa r re
luxxi of Locomotive Engineers, Mr.
moved from all its sordid th o u g h ts, its w ith strikes th a t are reasonable, and
Panam a canal. T he capital of the new
Peter M. A rthur was an engineer o n the com pany Is to be 930,000,000, and It in
has
often
been
known
to
contribute
his
groveling cares, its m o tiv eless m ateri-
New York Central railroad, having a said th a t work will lx* Ix'guu again a t
ism. In you co n cen tered , a ll my m ite to a socialistic fund.
home in Utica. His present residence once.
L
eopold
,
the
king
of
the
Belgians,
is
dreams are realized, m y hopes to full
¡son Euclid avenue, Cleveland, nml ho
J apan I s rapidly Increasing her m an
fruition come, my d e a re st w ishes m ade one of the most inveterate gamblers in
is said to be worth 9300,900.
Europe,
and
w
hat
he
doesn't
know
ufactures. There is a steady decline in
my own.” ¡Slowly she lifte d th a t fair,
th e im pnrtuthm of m atches, printing
sweet face u n til h e r soft, b lue eves about a hand a t cards is hardly worth
FUNNY MISTAKES IN PRINT.
paper, toilet ooup, lead pencils, bricks,
looked into his. T h e n she la id h e r l i t mentioning.
A N ew England paper told about “ a tires, um brellas, lxx>tH, leather, nml
F or several years to come the emper
tle h a n d upon h is arm . “ A lg ern o n ,”
drove
of hogs” flouting down the Con p articu larly beer, cotton yarn, Portland
or
of
Germany
will
reside
a
t
Potsdam
she murmured, “ w o n ’t yo u please come
necticut
river instead of “a drive of cem ent, gunpow der and saddlery.
both
w
in
ter
and
summer.
The
reason
off the roof.'’ And as A lgernon clam
logs.”
for
this
change
is
said
to
be
the
emper*
W a li . in B i « ookk , a w riter in the Ixm-
bered down he re c a lle d th e fa c t th a t
A n editordis',ussed thc political situa don 'l'lines, is of t he opinion th a t “ we
h*“ had tackled a C hicago g irl.—D etroit or's intention to have extensive altera
tions made in the ryoal castle in Berlin. tion in a comprehensive editorial and shall soon see milk iin|x>rted from Aus
Free Press.
headed it: “ Let Us Explore.” lie neg- tra lia in frozen blin ks and retailed in
Stave Trade on t h e E a s t C o a s t o f A fr ic a .
PALETTE AND BRUSH.
loetcd to read the pnxif, and it ap Ixtndon streets. It cun be done as
Intelligence from A den sa y s th e slave
point'd under the caption: “ Let I s Ex easily as lm |xirtiiig b u tte r and apples.”
T he keynote of th e popular concep
trade on the e a s t c o a st of A frica is
plode.”
MEN WITH WAR RECO RD S.
again increasing, o w in g to th e high tion of Dore is struck in the assertion
I n a lecture nt Boston Rev. Joaeph
-r-
prices now offered fo r slaves. an d c a ra th a t F rau Angelico could never paint a Cook asked his audience: “ Was Saint
T iie late Gen. Jo h n Pope left an es
sinner
and
th
a
t
Dore
could
never
por
vans from th e in te rio r a re a rriv in g
Paul a dupe?” In the report of the lec ta te of aU m t 935,000 or- 9: mi ,(MIO to hla
daily. These c a ra v a n s, i t is declared, tra y si saint.
tu re , Mr. Cook was mode to propound children.
“ T he Dickens of Vienna,’’ as he was th e startlin g conundrum: “ Was Saint
have experienced no difficulty in p ass
G en . B eauiikoakd is now 75 years of
sometimes
called — Herr I ricdric h
ing through V itu, a n d slav e s have also
Paul a dude?”
nge,
b u t is quite spry and active nml
¡*cn embarked a t p o in ts in th e neigh Seliloegl—died a short time ago at the
IN
FAR-AWAY
LANDS.
still
m nintains his old-tim e m ilitary
borhood of Z eilah, D jib o n til, Masso- age of seventy-one. The truth and |
la-nring.
"ahand Suakiin. T h e A ra b s are m uch hum or of his character gave him an i m
T he public executioner of Paris, M.
J ohn B aird , of Richmond, Me., Is a
•■»censed, how ever, a t th e g r e a t n u m mense popularity.
Diebler, has guillotined 220 persons.
veteran
of W aterloo, lie enlisted in the
M r . H enry M osler , the artist, for-j
ber of their c a p tu re s w ho a re lo st be-
Lie V olxub (the thief) is the name of British arm y w hen 14 years of age, ami
iore reaching th e m a rk e t, th e propor- m erly of Cincinnati, 0., and now per a new popular weekly paper started in is now liule ami vigorous a t 92.
“on being u n d e r p re s e n t conditions m anently settled in Paris, lately r< Paris.
I t is recorded th a t Gena. Ixm gntreet
•‘I'out70 per cent, o f th e n u m b e r w ith eeived a long complimentary notice in
H orses are so plentiful in Buenos ami W ade H am pton are th e only con
" iich the c a ra v a n s s t a r t from th e in- the Jo u rn al des Arts, of Paris. Mr. Ayres th a t everybody owns a t leust federate generals who loaded, trained
cr»or. The tra d e rs w ill now a cc e p t in Mosier obtained an honorable mention one. It is said th a t even the beggars and final cannon d u rin g th e w ar of tne
^change n o th in g b u t firea rm s of th e in 1879, a medal of the third class in l»«'g on horseback.
rebellion.
1888, a silver medal of the exposition
m an ufacture an d am m unition,
P aris has 87,655 trees in its streets,
B oatsw ain J ohn C. T hompson , U. H.
aids on a la rg e sca le by n u m ero u s and 1889 and was represented in this year and each tree represents a cost to the N .,. who lias been attach ed to the
We farmed b a n d s of tra d e rs are ex- S a l o n . _____________-
city o t thirty-five dollars. This makes, Brix>klyn navy yard for th e last fifteen
voted as soon as w in te r se ts in tow ard s
in round numbers, three million dollars year», has Iteen placed on the retired
PITH AND POINT.
»o countries f u r th e r to th e so u th —
list. B ontsw sin Thom pson 1» a veteran
T here is no habit of more fungus like w orth of trees in the streets.
at is, into th e te rrito rie s of th e Congo
T here is a curious snake (llydrn< i of th e Mexican w ar, and ban seen fifty-
rpe State a n d B ritish and G erm an grow th th an th a t of melanchoiy.- yeti) in South Africa th a t lives wholly tw o y ears of active service.
Marion Ilarland.
. upon birds’ eggs. It has no teeth or
*st Africa.—L eeds M ercury.
No faculty of man has ma< e h
sighs of teeth in Its mouth, tin- whole
P lusii is again coming into use for
blunders in its development .a s th e r e den*-’ nrrny being located in the
flash l ig h ts .
inillim 'ry, especially for children. The
ligious. No wonder; it is the g
tiny plush Ixinncts, w ith plaited fronts
st
h.
, , R IT is an a c to r’s b u sin ess to hold of all.—Theodore Parker.
/. first ice cream venders in E n g o r in poke shape, are extrem ely becom
mirror up to n a tu re , he m u st ex-
E v il , once m anfully fron,U^!’t l^ h“ pe land were Neapolitan peasantry of th e
! 1 all so rts of reflectio n s.—B oston to be evil; there is generous bat 1 1 I* p x .re st tvpe. but the venders now come ing.
D ressy fr<N*ks for girls are composed
1 t o scrip t
in place of dead, passive m
from all parts of Italy, many »sdng na of fine w hite woolen or light-color»-«!
of th e b ig g e st fools in th e w orld evil itself has become a kind of g
tives of the most remote country silk, «Irapcii low ov « t a chem isette «»f
th<‘ man w ho th in k s he can m ake
ernbrohiery, ami w ith nnderstaevea of
liberty M districts.
'’»»‘thing by o n ly p u ttin g seven q u a rts Gftrlylc*
I WAS
was W
educated
T 1 HE
he
native
A ustralians have a th e autne, the full upper aleev«» being of
« » « « “ to regard
it a s s
n
a iiv i-
.......................
n a peek.—R ain's K orn.
uranera.” th e dr«-ss stuff. Much dresses art' a l
evil; I have learned to n g.
weapon which is colled »
xl. T I h nat
at » is « a formu!»
stick, hollow ..................
nt the end. ways mail«' w ith broa«l ribbon aasht*a
‘'ImrJ,ATR P 1*8 m a n a rre ste d for?
Txxl.
— - « J» t . my i It t is a straig h m t »«-*1*.
1, ^ ’H'-Hing a n officer, y e r honor. | "k>ntly explains all th® chan£ “
in which h placed Hi- handle of a «tart k n o tted ut the bock»
u M Îsto n e .
him ta k e tw o h am lfu ls of p e an u ts ^ ïïic a - rœ - n v ic tio n s-C „Gladstone.
A