How to Tell When a Person is
Dead.
While wo aro decidedly in favor of
cremation wo do not admit that the
foar of boinir buried alivo should bo a
reason to causo us to reject burial and
to adopt cremation. Tliero arc two
slmplo tests by which wo can always
convinco ourselves whether a person is
really dead or not Ono tost is tho
samo that has been crowned with a
prize from tho Frencli government,
which had for years offered a largo re
ward for tho discovery of any method,
always applicable, always reliable, and
ono that may bo practiced by tho nipst
ignorant. Tho method of determining
actual dcatli which was considered by
tho French government as being worthy
of tlic reward is tho following:
When tho fingers of a person who is
supposed to bo dead are fully extended
but keep near together, and if placed
in front of a candlo light in a dark
room, a peculiar bright color, duo to
tho capillary circulation, will ba visiblo
whore tho lingers touch each oilier, if
thero is any life loft.
Tho other is based upon tho well
known fact that tho muscles of a hu
man boing will never respond for a
longer tlmo to tho strongest-electrical
current tlinn for an hour and a half
after' death; while as long as lifo lasts,
may Its evidence bo ovor so little, the
contractility of tho muscles, if not af
fected hy some forms of paralysis and
in cases thus affected, when death
seems to occur, it is always real re
mains. Medical and Surgical Reporter.
An Idyl of tho Sur
A maiden of Boston,
Ono morning while tossed on
Tho wnves of tho surf at Long Branch,
Set up n wild squealing,
With Buch piercing feeling,
That every face near her did blanch I
Sho kicked and gyrated,
In a way animated,
Wlillo her fnco wore expression of woo,
Till when rescued flic stated,
In voice with fear freighted,
That a lobster shook bauds with her toe.
An Intelligent Juror.
There is an American story of a
juror in a trial for murdor in ono of the
backwoods settlements of tho far west
Groat dilllculty had been experienced
In getting a jury ; eleven jurors had at
last boon sworn in, and tliero only ro
maincd ono man of the panel, lie was
a small, lean, lank follow, with a
slirowd faco and uncouth demoanor,
and his apparel scorned to show that
never before had ho bocn within sight
or sound of civilization. Ho was asked
tho usual questions as to whether ho
had formed any opinions about tho
caso, whether ho had any prejudice
against tho prisoner, or whether ho was
conscientiously opposed to capital pun
ishment. To nil tlioso questions lio re
turned a decided negative Tho judge
and tho council for tho prosecution nud
for tho defenso did not any of thorn
specially liko tho man's mannor ; but
it was lato and jurors wero scarce, and
so ho was accepted. In accordance
with an old form surviving strangely in
out-of-tlio-way places, ho was sit bo
foro tho alleged murderer and the judge
said : "Juror, look upon tho prisoner ;
prisoner, look upon the juror" When
this command was given, tho little man
loaned forward ami scanned tho culprit
carofully from lioad to foot for some
moments ; then ho raised Ids hoad and
turned to tho judge and said, in a lirm
and solemn voleo : "Yes, judge, 1 think
ho is guilty 1" Saturday Jlevinw.
Smoothing tho Rough Places.
llluok "How do you got along nt
your now boarding liousor"'
White "Very well Indeed. I nm
well-lodgod, well-fed and everything- is
mado comfortable for mo."
Black "1 am surprised."
White -"Why soP"
Blnek "Buoauso I boarded thoro
mysolf and 1 was half-starved. I oan't
understand why thoy tioat you differ
ently." Whllo "I'll toll you. You remem
ber tho landlady's baby?"
Mack "That squlnt-oyod littlo brat?
I do. I can hear him yelling now,"
Whllo "Tho baby is not handsome
I admit It cries considerably 1 allow,
but 1 can't make it any handsomor nor
improve its tomper, thoroforo I mako
tho best of it I call it a protty littlo
darling, a sweet littlo thing. 1 mako
excuses for tho noise it makes by say
ing all children aro so, Tho other
boarders laugh at mo but tho laugh is
on my Bido whon thoy aro sawing away
at tough round steak and 1 am luxu
riating on teudorloin. It doesn't take
much effort to smooth ovor tho rough
places of lifo. lioston Courier.
i
Nothing Morconary About Her.
"I'll keep this diamond cngagomout
ring," she said In breaking the en
gagement. "I'm surprised." remarked tho undo
member of tho social contract, "that
you should wish to koop anything that
will remind you constantly of mo."
"1 keep it," sho continued, as she
toyed with tho gold baud and its spark
ling sotting, "not for IU iutrlnstie
value, but simply a reminder of how big
a Jllrt a man can bo."
"If that Is tho caso," said ho, "and
you do not want It for its value, I will
exchango it ami giro you a cheaper
keepsake one that will not tompt you
to wear, but will keep jiut a well us a
guuuine dlamod.M W, I'ul Qbbc
Remedies for the Apple-Worm,
As a largo sharo of tho fruit, with
tho worm still within it, falls to tho
ground, tho picking up of those wind
falls and feeding, or othorwiso destroy
Ing them, or allowing them to no gath
orcd by swine, will naturally suggost
itself as an ofilcicnt method. Manu
facturcrs of vinegar find it profitable to
pick up and press all windfalls; thov
yield a juico which will mako vinegar.
Tho fact that mature worm.3 soarcli for
crevices in tiio bark of tho trunk, in
which to spin and undergo their trans
formations, lias suggested providing
them with artificial shelters for this
purpose. Pieces of old carpet or other
woolen fabric, about livo inches wide,
nnd long enough to go around tho
trunk and lap, aro fastened witli a stout
tack. Tli us o bands should bo applied
tho last week in Juno and examined tho
lirst week in July, and every ten days
thereafter. Any worms or cocoons
that may bo found under them can bo
killed by running tho bands through
clothes wringer, or bv crushing them
otherwise.
Within a few years, tho Western
orchardists have treated tho apple-worm
upon the principle of "nipping in tho
bud." As soon as tho young fruit is
set, tho trco is sprayed with a mixture
of Paris green and water ono pound
of tho poison to fifty gallons of water.
This is thrown into tho troo by means
of a spraying or sprinkling engine, in
tho hope that a drop of tho poisoned
water will lodge in tho oyos of tho
young apples. The nowly hatched ap
plc-worni, in eating its way into tho in
icrior oi ino young appio, will oo so
effectively poisoned, that it must givo
up Its task. Should tho small amount
of Paris greon remain upon tho fruit,
it would bo loo harmful, but tho subse
quent rains thoroughly wash it away,
so that tliero can ba not tho least dan
ger in using tho poison in this manner.
Tho chief rcmodies used in England
aro barriers, to prevent tho worms
from ascending tho trees to spin.
Heavy paper is fastoncd around tho
trunks and smeared with tar; this and
other moans aro employed as preventa
tives. American Agriculturist.
A Good Man's Tenderness.
Boys aro sometimes toniptod to think
that to bo tendor-hearted is to bo weak
and unmanly. Yet tho tondormost
heart ma v lie associated with tho strong
est nnd most forcible mind and will.
Take, for example, the story told of
him to whom wo owo our wondorful
railway system. Gcorgo Stephenson
wont ono day into an upper room of
his house and closed tho window. It
had boon left open a long time bocauso
of tho great heat but now tho wcathor
was becoming cooler, and so Mr. Sto
phenson thought it would bo well to
shut it. Ho littlo know at tho time
what ho was doing. Two or tliroo days
aftorward, however, ho clianeod to ob
serve a bird Hying against the samo
window nnd beating against it with all
its might, again ami again, as if trying
to break it His sympathy and curiosity
wore aroused. What could tho littlo
tiling want? He at onco wont to tho
room ami opened tho window to see.
Tho window opened, tho bird llow
straight to ono particular spot in tho
room, where Stephenson saw a nest
that littlo bird's nest The poor bird
looked at it, took the sad story in at a
glance, and llutlorod down to tho iloor,
broken-hearted, almost dead.
Stephenson, drawing near to look,
was filled with unspeakable sorrow.
Thero sat tho mother bird, and under it
four tiny littlo young ones mother and
young all apparently dead. Stephen
son cried aloud He touderly lifted tho
exhausted bird from the Iloor, the worm
it had so long an I bru e!y struggled to
bring to its homo and young still in its
beak, and carofully tried to revive it;
but all his efforts proved in vain. It
speedily died, and tho great man
mourned for many a day. At that
time the force of (Jeorgo Stephenson's
mind was uhanging tho faco of tho
earth, yot ho wept at t ho sight of this
dead family, and was dooph' grieved bo
causo ho himself had unconsciously
boon tho causo of death. Manchester
Times.
Ho Would Not Toll a Lio.
"No, Willie," said a mother to hor
first born. "You cannot go out and play
this afternoon. It Is too warm. I'm
afraid It will make you sick."
"That's just tho way, mamma,
koop mo from kooping my word ;
you
and
yot you toll mo nover to toll a story.
"How can my command," contlnuod
the mother, "to koop you at homo this
afternoon causo you to toll a story?"
"I promised Charley, who lives ou
tho next block, that I would oomo down
right after lunch and play with him. If
I don't go, I'll break my word and ho
won't bolluvo mo any moro." St. Paul
Globe.
To Run by Soda.
At tho Baldwin Locomotive Works
thoro aro in course of construction four
locomotives which aro designed to bo
run by soda, which takes tho place of
tiro under tho boiler. Soda has much
tho samo powor as coal without any of
the offensive gases which the find omits.
Tho engines are now nearly finished,
and will bo shipped within two wcoks
to Minneapolis, Minn., ami aro to bo
run on tho street of that city, where
steam ongiuun r forWJduu, PkCia
dtlphia llnord.
FRANK BAD MANNERS.
Wlmt American Hosts Mny Kxpecl
from English f!uc8ts.
Yes, I agree with you that English
people aro capable, somehow, of tha
frankest bad manners in the world
Have you read any of tho funny stories
Hying about that English couple tour
ing among us a whilo ago Mr. :
Mrs. ? They aro both, you know,
public characters, both literary, learn
ed in thoir gooves, madamo aesthetic,
monsieur revorend, philanthropic, and
a musical enthusiast
A musical friend of mino mot them
and was sufficiently fascinated by their
convcrso to mcditato inviting them to
spend somo days at her house. Slio
mentioned this project to tho lady who
was entertaining them. "I have no
doubt you would make a visit charming
to them," tho lady replied, "but, be
fore you ask them, I think I ought, in
hospitable as it seems, to givo you some
slight account of our experience as
hosts."
This visit to us was to begin at lunch
time. It was almost tho hour for that
meal when Mr. , from whom they
wore coming to us, drove hastily to our
door. "Have Mr. and Mrs. reach
ed hero yet?" were almost his first
words.
"No, though I'm looking for them
any moment. '
"Well, wo'ro at an utter loss what to
do. They left us this morning with no
word as to thoir luggage, their trunks
aro standing open in their rooms, noth
ing packed up, even their toilet appa
tus scattered about. Are wo to have
them packed, do you suppose?"
Just then our guests came. Saluta
tions over. "Aro our boxes come?"
demanded madame. Mr. inter
posed. "I have just driven here to ask
about thorn. As thev were open, and
nothing packed, we did not under
stand your intention about them."
"Why," returned his lady guest, "1
cxpccicu your vaiet womu pact my
husband's things, and your wifo's maid
attend to mine."
"Very good," relumed Mr. .
"Tho luggage shall como at once. Ho
Iras no valet, and his wife no maid, but
somebody packed tho boxes and speed
ed them here.
At breakfast next morning wo had
unbolted wheat gems. Both our guests
declined them, but Mr. lookedvery
curiously to sco what wo should do
with them. When ono was broken
open "Why, thoy'ro not meat," ho
exclaimed.
"Oh, no, thoy'ro a hot broad made of
unbolted Hour," wo said.
"Aw! then I'll try one," he remark
ed. "I think it very stupid to travel
n a foreign country and shun all tho
oddities ono encounters! Tako one.my
dear," lio added presently to his wifo;
'they're not so bad as thoy look."
For dinner wo had a turkey a very
largo ono. Some of it was grilled for
uppor, and next day we had
some in a salad at lunch. Mr. ulu
not understand what tho disli was, aad
I said it was turkey salad. "Aw!" ho
answered me; "turkoy for dinner, tur
key for supper, turkoy for lunch; no
wonder they call tho turkey tho Ameri
can bird!" Providence Journal.
Iron in the South.
Wo have been frequently assured of
;Uo by tho tariff organs north and
south that the iron industry in somo of
tho southern states will undoubtedly
soon load those states into tho protec
tion camp. The growth of iron nianti-
aoturing in tho south is of course very
gratifying, but that it is confined to a
ew small districts seoms to bo over
looked in all tho calculations wo have
mcntionod. Tho incroaso in tho out
put for last year shows how littlo tho
whole iron industry in tho south inllu-
nces tho prosperity of tho southern
states, or even tho condition of the
ron trade in tho United States. As
omparod with last year, Alabama
urns out in round numbors an increase
f 28,000 tons; Georgia, lfl.OOO tons;
Wost Virginia, 14,000 tons; Tennessee,
10,000 tons, and Kontuoky, 2,500 tons.
Tho ontiro Incroaso for tho year in all
tho southern states is about Vfi.OOO tons,
which would bo a modorato product for
ono small plant Tho whole incroaso
could bo sold in any one northern irou
market without nU'eeting prices. It is
too muoh to expoct that the farmors of
10 south will consent to bo impover
ished to support manufacturing enter
prises all over tho country, oven if a
few irou mills aro established in this
section. It will always bo unprofitable
them to pay out a dollar in ordor to
get back 10 cents, and that is about
what protection moans to them in ovory
case. Charleston Xews.
She is a Real Nightingale.
At the Argylo, Babylon:
"Won't you sing, Mrs. Monoybags?"
"1 have not sung since 1 was mar
ried."
"But you woro a perfect nightingale
before."
"Nightingales nover sing aftor they
avo made thoir nosts." Town Topics.
Excepting During tho Sermon.
A Now Hampshire chap who wanted
to break oft' the engagement to another
fellw of tho girl ho loved didn't trv to
ursuado either that tho other was false,
but just contrived to get them both to
oiu tho samo church choir, and in less
than u week tliej didu't speak. Skoc
aihi Ltmthtt UeptirUc.
rat
Absolutely Pure.
TM nniVflnr tinvor vnripa A .nni-vnl rt
purity, Htrcnath nnd wholosomrniMS. Moro
economical than tho ordinary kinds, and
cannot bo Bold in competition with tho
millHf llrin nf lnw tout ulwirf. iniv1if. nliitn
or phoHplmtc powders, i-'old only in enns.
UUVAL. JJA1U.NU i-OWJJUK LO., J.UU Wail 36.,
N. Y.
ENTENMAL HOTEL BAB.
E. MILLER, Proprietor.
Harinc fitted nn tho Centennial Hotel
Bar-room, ainl removud my stock of
Wines, Liquors & Cigars
to that place, I am better prepared than
ever to entertain and regalo my customers.
I keep none but the best oi
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AValln, and Union Heer,
Also, tbe Finest Brands of Cigars.
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PROPRIETOR.
Havinc furnished this old nnd popular
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good hostlers nnd now buggies, is better
prepared than ever to accommodate cus
tomers. My terms aro reasonable.
Adam Crorsman, I'iiopiuetor.
Has now on hand nnd for salo tho best ol
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