FISH AND INSECTS.
e They Fomcs Senna Which Human IJo
I ngu Have Not.
With regard to the hearing and the
Bight of insects and the Crustacea noth
ing is settled, writes Sir John Lubbock.
These creaturos possess in many casc9
curious contrivances which, whllo ob
viously sonso organs of some kind, can
not be assigned their functions with
any certainty. Thus sumo naturalists
regard as auditory apparatus that
which others boliove to bo organs of
touch or taste, or oven sight. Tho
ways ofnaturo In theso obscure corners
of creation, moreover, aro so fantastic
that It is dinicult to know which to
expect, or by what standard to form
judgments. Thoro aro somo queer
Crustacea, for instance, which improvo
their hearing by putting grains of
sand in their ears. Is that mere In
stinct? Then there aro other crcntures
which possess two kinds of eyes, tho
compound eye and tho ocellus, which
Is suspected of being a sort of un
finished or aborted organ by somo
naturalists, whllo others think tho
compound oyo is for tho day and tho
ocollus for tho night. Experiment, by
producing spurious and contradictory
results, lias only confused tho ques
tion still moro. Thoro aro tho strango
insects which carry their ears in their
tails, of all placos In tho world; though
these aro really not so marvelous as
the bombadior beetle, who mounts two
apparent guns at his stern, and, when
attacked, llres them, producing a loud
report, a little cloud of white vapor,
and an emission of some secretion that
smells and burns like nitric acid.
If wo descend into tho depths of tho
ocean wo find other wonders, fishes
which aro equipped with olectrlo lamps
2n their heads, and can thus see their
way and thoir proy in tho absymal
dnrkness of tho groat depths; other
Makes which angle with tontcles tipped
with miniature lights; yet other crea
tures which carry lamps behind instead
of in front; fishes that hear through
holes in thoir sides; creatures which
sco with the ends of their nttonnas;
innrvols of many kinds, In short
such as tho cunning Htory tollers
of tho Orient never could have Imag
Inori. To got at tho actual truth about
nil these weird, uncanny things Is woll
nlgh Impossible because ol tho dilll
culty of ascertaining how much or how
little thoy can soo and hear, and what
use thoy mulct) of all their complicated
apparatus, tho several parts of which
aro tho despair of the naturalist every
where, and tempt htm to audacious
and Ill-founded guesses. Sir John Lub
Itock, to Ills credit bo It said, steadily
resists all such temptations, and when
he d oo snot understand a thing valiantly
says so. Hut ho does not hold him
self under any obligation to restrain
the exercise of tho scientific Imagina
tion, and tho drift of experiment Is to
ward tho suggestions of several sur
prising possibilities, all tending to
strengthen tho surmtse that there aro
more souses In nature than man pos
sesses. Thus ho says: "Wo Had In
animals complex organs of sense, richly
supplied with nerves, but the functions
of which wo aro as yet powerless to
explain. Thoro may bo llfty other
senses as different from ours as sound
is from sight, and even within tho
boundaries of our own senses thoro
may bo endless sounds which we can
not hear, and colors as different as red
from green of which wo have no con
ception. Those and a thousand other
questions remain for solution. The
familiar world which surrounds us
may bo a totally different place to
other animals. To them It may be full
of music which wo can not hear, of
color which wo can not see, of sensa
tions which wo can not conceive."
Chicago Tribune.
A POINT BROKEN.
'How u Wlttlt'lmii Conroiimlfil it I.uwyur't
t'lnvef Argument.
A wlttlobm based on truth-and
"'trujh, when witty. Is tho wittiest of
all things" confounds an argument or
breaks the for o of a oross-oxumlnu-tiou.
Robert Morris, tho colored lawyer of
tho Boston bar, whllo defending a col
ored dressmaker charged with stealing
silk from her customers, and substi
tuting for It a poorer material, cross
examined the principal witness, a lady
who declared emphatically that she
could tell tho value of silk within
twoaty-Ilvo cents a yard.
Knowing that it Is dltlleult for white
people to distinguish ono colored per
son from another, Mr. Morris asled
tho lady If she could recognize tho
colored man who had brought a bundle
to (tor.
"No," she answered. "I think that
all colored persons look alike to me."
"Oli, they do, do they?" rejoined
Morris. "WVU mjo," and ho asked
sovoral colored men to rise. "Now,
madam," ho continued, "look at mo
and thou at these gentlemen, and tell
tho court whether you can toll us
apart."
"I don't soo much difference." re
plied tho lady. "Perhaps by studying
you all I might; but your heads aro all
shaped alike, and except that some aro
darker than others, 1 ilml it hard to
distinguish one from another."
"Now, madam," said Morris with a
triumphant air, "do you mean to
swear, after tolling the jury that you
can judgo of tho value of silk within (
twoiity-llvo cents a yard, that you caa't
toll tho difference between Mr. John-:
on here and mo?" j
"She regards herself as a Judgo of
silk; not a judgo cf wool," Interrupted
the prosecuting attorney.
Tho court laughed, as did tho spec
tators. Morris smiled, for ho saw that
the witticism hud broken oil tho point
of hla nuoatlon. Youth's Conwmim.
MUTUAL SACRIFICE.
Sir. anil Mm. McSwat Swphth o(T for Forty
KlRlit Happy Hour.
"Lobelln, my love, another long and
delightful evening is before us.
Tho young husband was arrayed in
a dres9ing-gown of gorgeous, variega
ted and dazzling complexion. He sat
in a luxurious arm-chair and rested his
tired feet on tho soft plush cushions of
two other chairs. In his hand ho held
a magazine of largo print, which ho
was trying laboriously to read with the
aid of an eye-glass lie had purchased
under the dee) and solemn conviction
that his position in society required
him to use something of tho kind.
"Is thoro any thing that I can do
for your comfort, Hilllgor," tenderly
inq'rred the young wife.
"I think not, Lobelia," lie replied
after considering a few moments;
"though If you will kindly open that
package of 'Lone Jack,1 and put Jio
smoking set within roach I shall bo
obliged."
Mrs. McSwnt did so, and with her
own fair hands she filled bis now moor
sc'ia.im, whose bowl was already taking
c i a brownish lingo that gave promise
of richer and grander results In the
happy futuro.
'you don't know, Lobelia (puff),
how gratefully 1 (puff) appreciate
your (puff) kindness In intorposlng no
objection to my indulgence in (pull,
pull) this habit. Hard as would have
been tho sacrifice, Lobelia, I (pulT)
would havo quit it cheerfully that Is
to say (puff), with comparative cheer
fulness, If you had exacted It."
"How could I havo asked you toqult
smoking, Billlger," replied tho young
wlfo, "when you havo never made tho
least objection to my chewing gum?"
Mr. McSwat laid tho pipe down and
looked at her in astonishment.
"Do vou chew gum, Lobelia?" ho
said. "I never suspoctodlt."
"1 I confess I do sometimes, Hilli
ger."
"Mrs. McSwat," said lie, severely,
"havo you any Idea of tho conse
quences of Inveterate gum-chewing?
Do you know any thing of tho ineon
colvably vllo materials of which the
stufT is'mado?"
. "It can't bo any worse, Mr. McSwat,
than the poisonous, filthy, reeking
fumes of that dirty old plpo you
aro "
"Lobelia McSwat. havo a caro! Don't
provoke mo too far, or "
"Hilliger McSwat, do you dare to
threaten me? Don't glare and squint
at mo through that eye-glass till you
havo learned how to use It, sir. Vou
aro "
"Lobelia!" exclaimed tho young hus
band, palo with conflicting emotions,
"you have spolteu sueeringly of this
meerschaum. It cost twenty-flvo dol
lars. Hut let that pass. 1 can bear It.
To think, though, that tho woman I
havo vowed to lovo and cherish" and
his voice faltered "upon whom I havo
poured out the treasure of a heart's
richest affection, is a g-gum ehow
chewer! O! O' Lo-be-belia!"
"H-Hllligor!" sobbed Lobolla. "I'll
qu-qult eh-chowlng If you'll quit smok
ing!" "I'll do It, my love!" ho exclaimed.
Ills brow atlamo with a lofty and no
bio resolve, Hilliger wrapped his smok
ing set, with plpo, tobacco and all, In a
paper, and throw tho package to tho
remotest depths of a dark and gloomy
attic on tho topmost lloor, while Lo
belia gathered up all her wads of gum
from thoir various hiding places,
rolled them Into a compact bundle,
and throw them Into tho attio likewise.
"With these slight saciitlcos, Lo
belia," said Hilliger, tenderly," we pro
pitiate the good angels of domestic
bliss and banish forever the demon of
discord from our hearthstone!"
Forty-eight hours had passed forty-
eight short, happy hours. Mght had
come again.
Hilliger wns In that attic. Ho had
sneaked into it and was fumbling
around noiselessly for something. In
the dark his hand came in contact with
a shoe and he grasped It. It had a foot
in it.
Thoro was a faint soream.
"Mrs. McSwat, Is tjhat you?"
".Mr. McSwat, It Is."
"What aro you doing here, madamP"
"Sir, I am looking for my gum.
What aro you doing hero?"
"Madam, I am hunting for my pipe."
Chicago Tribune.
Somo "Don'ts" for Farmers.
1 don't like to see a farm neglected
till it is entirely worn out. 1 think
thoownordoos notmako improvements.
I don't like to see a farmer given to
trading horses. 1 think he tloes not
pay proper attention to his cattle.
1 don't like to see a farmer ashamed
of his occupation. I think it will soon
be ashamed of him.
I don't like to see a farmer who would
rather be a gentleman. 1 think he will
soon become company for neither.
1 don't like to see a farmer all for ex
periments. I begin to think he Is fit
for nothing else.
I don't like to see a farmer so obsti
nate that no persuasion will Induce him
to try an experiment. 1 think want
will drive him to it.
1 don't like to hear a farmer always
complaining of hard times and high
taxes. I think he is discontented.
I don't liku to see a farmer measure
Ills corn before bo guthors it. 1 think
ho will have noun fur toil.
I don't llko to aoo a farmer In tho ml'
tolling how many cuttle ho can winter
I fuar thoy will not winter well.
1 don't llko to turn u farmer driving
loan pair of oxen. I think lie dous not
llko Ills bariK '. I., llortt'j, in IrWcrN
llowinau.
THE BOWSE'R FAMILY.
TTnw Mr. II. Cleared III Home of llac
terla anil Other l'erllotm Things.
Mr. Bowser doesn't Intend to lot
sickness or death get ahead of us as a
family if any effort of his can prevent,
und ho is always doing tho right thing
in tho nick of time. Ono day ho camo
home an hour ahead of time, his coun
tenance wearing a very important
look, and tho first thing ho did was to
bolt upstairs to our bedroom and lower
tho window, although I had just closed
It after airing the room for two hours.
Ho then came clattering down to ask
mo for a pan.
"What on earth do you want of a
pan?" I asked.
"To save all our lives!" ho an
swered. "How?"
"Your bedroom Is full of poisonous
gnses, which must bo absorbed by an
open vessel of water." "
"Nonsense!"
"I expected It. That's tho weapon
of tho ignorant! Mrs. Howser, if you
want to die by poisonous gases poison
ing tho blood, I havo nothing to say,
but I shall save the life of our child if
possible. I havo felt a strango lassi
tude for sovoral days, and a sanitary
plumber tells mo that wo havo pois
oned air in tho room."
"Your lassitude couldn't havo como
from being out to club and lodgo four
successive nights until twolvo o'clock,
could It?"
Ho seized tho pan and hurried up
stairs, and when ho had filled it at tho
lavatory ho sat it in tho middle of tho
lloor and camo down with a rolioved
look on his face, to say:
"Seo if you don't feol bettor to-morrow
than you havo for a month. It's a
wonder wo aro not all dead."
"Did tho ancients know about theso
poisonous gases?" I asked.
"Not a thing. Thoy novcr gave
them a thought."
"And yot tho avorago of health was
seventeen per cent, above that of to
day, and tho avorago of mortality that
much lower! How do you account for
it?"
"O, well, if you want to die go nhead.
I'll von buy a rope and help you to
hang yourself. 1 oxpected this, of
course, but ridicule never moves me,
Mrs. Howser never!"
Two hours later he went up-stalrs In
IiIb slippors to look for a paper In an
other coat, and of course ho sat his
foot plump down In that pan of wator.
Thoro was a yell and a jump, and over
wont tho pan, and when I got up there
ho stood holding up ono leg, as you
havo soon a hen do on a wot day.
What I said on that occasion kept Mr.
Howner quiet for a wholo week. Ihon
ho began to grow restless again, and
ono night ho brought homo a suspic
ious-looking package and sneaked it
up-stairs. Alter supper no siuioeniy
disappeared, and when I looked for
him up-stairs he had something In a
basin and was about to hold It over a
gas-burner.
"Mr. Howser, havo you got a now
theory," I asked.
"Look hero, Mrs. Howsor," he re
plied, as ho put down tho basin, "you
havo heard of bacteria, I presume?"
"Yes, sir."
"Thoy aro gorms of disease floating
about. They aro alive. If inhaled
cholera, yellow fever and other dread
diseases aro tho result. Fumigation
kills thorn."
"And you aro going to fumigate this
room!"
"I am. I am going to kill off tho
dreaded bacteria."
"Well, you'll drive us out of tho
house or kill us."
1 wont down-stairs and ho burned a
compound of tar and sulphur. In ton
minutes we had to open doors and
windows, and tho cook came running
In to ask:
"Is It cremation Mr. Howsor is try
ing on Is!"
"1 am simply driving out tho bac
teria," ho replied, coming down stairs
at that moment.
"And there's bacteria in tho houso?"
"I'm afraid so."
"And I've worked horo four weoks
under tho noses of tho dreadful crea
tures? Mr. Howser, I quits! I quits
now!"
And quit she did. Wo had to sloop
on tho slttlng-roora floor last night,
and three weeks later every caller
could still detect that odor. It was
hardly gone, however, when Mr. How
sor began to sniff around again.
"Any more bacteria?" 1 asked.
".Mrs. Howsor, if you want to sit horo
and die I have no objections, but I
don't propose to neglect common sense
precautions to preserve myown health."
"Is anything wrong now?"
"1 think so. I think I can detect an
odor of sower gas la tho house,"
"Impossible! 1 shan't havo no moro
stuff burned until 1 know It Is neces
sary." "Won't you? If thoro Is sewer gas
here It must bo eradicated at once."
For tho next week tho entire house
smulled of chloride of lime until one
could hardly draw a long breath, but
Mr. Howser was not satisfied.
"I havo been thinking," ho said to
me ono evening, "that 1 may bring tho
germs of some terrible disease home In
my clothes. I lido on tho car, you
know, and 1 ought to take precautions."
"How?"
"Carry a disinfectant about mo to
repel tho genus."
"It might be a good idea."
"Now you aro talking sense. Now
you seem to understand tho peril
which has menaced us."
Ho got something down town tho
next day. 1 think some of his friends
put up a job on him, knowing his
ttnuo. It was a compound which loft
him alone on tho street cur before ho
hnd ridden threo blocks, and ho bad
no sooner got into tho houso than wo
hnd to rotlro to tho back doors. The
cook got a sniff of it, and down wont
tho dinner nnd up wont her hands, and
alio shouted at Mr. Howser:
"A man as will keep a skunk under
his houso would beat mo out of my
wages, and I'll bo going this minute!"
It took soap and water and per
fumery and half a day's timo to re
move the odor, and whon I declared
that It was tho last straw Mr. Howsor
crossed his hands under his coal-tails
and replied:
Mrs. Howser. 1 beliovo this house
to bo clear of bacteria, owing to my
prudence and self-sacrlflce, and 1 want
It kept so."
"I suppose I got'em here?'
"Without a doubt, madam!"
"And all this rumpus has been on
my account?''
"Exactly. Hut don't go too far with
me! Enough is enough. You must
stop right where you are. I havo
humored you all 1 propose to!" De
troit Free Press.
HUNTING THE DIG HORN.
It SUIII mill Speed III Tr.i vernliiK I'lucr
liiiH-remllili. to Other , iiIiiihIa.
I I skirted down tho mountain tho next
i morning, and suppose I had reached
! about a mile from the level country
when 1 started a big bowlder that went
rushing down tho slope, and looking
over tho edge 1 saw a big animal 1
thought was a deer spring up from a
rock. It stood a second and looked at
me, then dashed away and was out of
siarht before I could unsllng my rillo,
which in climbing I had put on my
back, littlo thinking I should find any
gamo among the rocks of tho upper
range. In that second I recognized
the big horns and massive head of the
mountain sheep, and right then and
thoro 1 got tho fever. I would have
those horns or I would never go home,
and. to make a long story short, there
they aro. I followed tho animal cer
tainly a week before I got a shot, and
then ho was so far away across a big
canyon that it was tho morest chance
that I hit him.
What do you think of crawling on
your stomach for five hours, not daring
to breathe or look cross-eyed, worm
ing your way over rocks and around
corners trying to kop down tho wind?
Hut that old buck had my measure;
ho know 1 was after him and always
kept just so far away. I finally saw
him with sovoral others on a spur of
tho range, and by threo hours' climb-'
ing I got so that I could see him fairly,
and when I had tho chance I shook ao
that It was a miracle that I hit him.
Tho mountain sheep i a thoroughly
gamo animal, and tho sportsman whe
brings down a buck may bo said to
have earned his spurs and bo rated as
a truo hunter. The animal is instinct
Ivoly suspicious, cautious to a remark'
jtblo doi'reo and endowed with remark'
ao powers of speed and skill in tonk
in'' iln way over places inaccessible to
other animals.
'ho horns aro enormous, resembling
those of tho European Ibex, though
more gracoful in their shape. Tho
size of tho horns havo given rise to
many romarkablo stories regarding
thoir use. One old hunter, who un
doubtedly boliovod what ho said, in
formod mo that ho had seen a sheep
doscond a mountain by leaping thirty
or forty feet at a time, striking upon
tho horns at every lauding, and that
this was a favorite method. That tho
capra does land upon its horns at times
n its terrific leaps or falls thoro can be
no doubt, and it is equally certain that
It Is an accident. Tho horns aro, as
la alj animals of tho kind, meroly
weapons of defonso, and aro chipped
and worn by tho males In thoir furious
battles with each other.
On tho plains bolow tho rocky fast
nessos of tho mountain sheop bands
of antelopo aro still found, and a party
from Pasadena recently enjoyed this
most exciting sport. Whllo tho moun
tain sheop requires great strategy
on tho part of tho hunter, the antelopo
draws upon other resources. Tho ani
mal lceops to tho open country tho
groat level tracts and rich valleys near
tho borders of tho Mojavo and Arizona
deserts. It is thoro difficult to ap
proach them unseen, and a cool hand
at tho rillo and a good seat in the sad.
die aro the requisites. In a recent
hunt the antelopo wore chased at least
wonty miles before they were run
down, and afforded magnificent sport,
November is tho rutting season, and
then exceedingly largo herds aro seen;
but In the warm season they separate
to a greater or less extent, when the
bucks afford flue sport. 'Jo mo readily
outrun the swiftest horse and hounds,
though it Is possible to wear them
out bv continuous running. Pasadena
(Cat.) Cor. X. Y. Times.
What All Mexican Drinks.
Tho region wo passed through Is tho
center of the pulque region of Mexico.
This road runs a train called tho
"pulque train" Into tho City of Mexico
every day loaded with barrels and bot
tles of pulque. Theso bottles remind
one of the bottles known in Scripture
time. Thoy aro made of hogsklns. Tho
skin is stripped from the hog tilmost
Intact, turned inside out, and thou with
tho legs, tail and throat tied up It is
filled with pulquo. The baggage car
of our train Is nearly filled with th.es
uncouth objects, nud until we know
what they were wo supposed It was a
load of hogs. As tho train stops at
the small stations on tho way to Vera
Cruz boys and men rush up to the baggage-car
with bottles, paijs and demi
johns, which aro tilled from these hog
sklns. In tho cities tho pulque shops
art) frequent, and you can always see a
crowd of Mexicans standing before tho
bar absorbing the pulquo. They drink
It from large glasses which hold about
a quart. I am told that when it is fresh
pulquo Is as sweet as honey, but it fer
ment rapidly and is spur in a day ot
two. Wra Cats J.cikr.
FACTS ABOUT PAPER.
Some InterentliiK HUtorlcat Notes Con
cernlnc Jt Orleln.
Wo havo raked up tho following fncts
from a few musty tomes, which wo
trust, will please numerous corres
pondents, und prove as interesting to
them as it has been laborious for us to
unearth them. It is not known when
paper was first made from linen rags,
nor to whom wo owe tho invention.
Dr. Prideaux is of tho opinion that
linen paper was brought from tho East,
because many of tho Oriental manu
scripts aro written upon it. Mabiloa is
of the opinion that tho Invention be
longs to tho twelfth century. Ono of
tho earliest specimens of paper from
linen rags yet discovered is a docu
ment, with tho seal preserved, bearing
date A. D. 12:19, signed by Adolphus,
Count of Schaumburg. Casiri, how
ever, asserts that there aro in the Es
curial a number of manuscripts, both
upon cotton and linen paper, which
wero written prior to the thirteenth
century. The invention was early in
troduced into England, for somo acts
in oxlstenco of John Cranden. Prior
of Ely, made on linen paper, bear date
in tho fourteenth year of tho reign of
King Edward II., A. n. 1239; and Jin tho
Cottonian Library aro said to be several
writings on this kind of paper as early
as the year 13:15. Some twenty years
ago Mr. Thomas Wright, In a note to
tho London Alhenitum. wrote: "I havo
made a littlo discovery, which, 1 think,
will bo considered curious in tho his
tory of papor. 1 believe that tho first
traces of the use of paper In Western
Europe aro found toward tho end of
tho twelfth century and wo have no
reason to suppose that It was In uso In
England until tho thirteenth or tho
beginning of tho fourteenth. It is un
derstood to' have been brought west
ward from Italy, where it was in use
earlier; and 1 bellovq that our word
papor a corruption, of course, of
papyrus Is considered to havo been
borrowed, with the articlo Itself, from
the French. I saw, years ago in Paris
1 boliove thoy belonged to the royal
collection (It was in tho timo of Louis
Phillippo) a few of tho earliest docu
ments on paper known, belonging to
Western Europe, in tho period since
the Romans, which Interested mo much.
Thoy consisted of recoipts, or rather,
bonds, for money borrowed from tho
Jews in tho timo of Coour do Lion,
given by chiefs who wore starting for
his crusade, and, if I remember well,
tho paper resembled much that of tho
fifteenth nud sixteenth centuries, excopt
that it was of a rather coarse texture. It
would seem as if, in tho West, its use at
this early period was known principally
among tho Jews. Now I am just pass
inn through tho Dress an edition of a
glossary of Latin and English or, as
wo aro accustomed to call It, Anglo
Saxon words of, I think, not later than
tho middle of the tenth century. Wo
may safely look upon it as tho English
of tho days of Athelstan: and in tho part
of which I havo just received tho proof
1 find papyrus, papor. J ho word
paper does not occur in Dr. Bos
worth's, or any other Anglo-Saxon
dictionary, but wo have horo ovidonco
that it was in uso in our language at a
very early period and there cannot bo
a doubt that wo dorivo It from tho An
glo-Saxon and have not taken It from
tho Fronch of tho Middle Ages. But
this fact loads us to another, namely,
that our Anglo-Saxon forefathers, to
havo tho word in an Anglo-Saxon form
in thoir own language, must havo been
protty woll acquainted with paper it
self, and no doubt thoy found the
Roman napor In use on tho island
whon they came. It is a fact, indeed
which opens to us sovoral others,
equally new, In tho social history ol
our Anglo-Saxon forefathers. I need
hardly add that paper probably never
wont entirely out of uso in Western
Europe after tho Roman times, and a
little research might still throw some
curious light upon its history during
tho early Middlo Ages. It certainly
was not supposed before that It might
bo in uso among tho Anglo-Saxons."
The Paper Mill.
Religion of Our Presidents.
While tho Constitution expressly ffcr
bids tho establishment of any religlotu
test for office-holders, It Is pleasant tc
record that all high officers of State
havo been church members. During
tho last campaign it was notable that
four of tho candidates were sons ol
ministers viz. (Jrovor Cleveland's
father was a Presbyterian clergyman,
Allen (!. Thurman's father a Baptist
minister, Levi P. Morton's father s
Congregational preacher, and John A.
Brooks Is the son of a Methodist minis
tor, and himself a preacher of tho saint
donominijtlou. 1 he religious boliof o:
tho twenty-two Presidents who havt
ruled over tho destinies of tills nation,
havo been as follows: Washington.
Madison, Monroe, Harrison, Tyler,
Taylor, Buchanan and Arthur wort
Episcopalians; Jefferson, John Adams,
John Q. Adams and Fillmore wore Uni
tarians; Jackson, Polk and Llncoli
wore Presbyterians, as is also tho pros
ont incumbent. President Cleveland
Van Huron was of tho Dutch Reformec
Church; Pierce a Trinitarian Congro
gatlonallst; Johnson, Grant and Hayet
wero Methodists, and Garfield attendee
the Church of the Christian Brethren
QoUlen Days.
A young man, of St. Holons, Ore.
has had a touch of both kinds of for
tune. He won $7,500 lu a lottery, am
immediately and properly started foi
Salem to see his sweetheart. Ho wiv
so anxious to hurry to her that hi
could not wait for tho train to pull up ti
tho station but jumped from it whih
It was running at full speed, and brota
his arm and banged hlmsolf up gun
orally.
MISCELLANEOUS. .
Lawyer "I have my opinion of
vou." Citizen "Well, you can keep
it. Tho last opinion I got from you
cost mo $150." Yo'ikrrs Statesman.
"That boy of ours is getting to bo a
terrible story-teller." said Mr. Cheri
try. "Yes," said his wife, "ho tells
libs on the slightest prevarication."
Puck.
A sowing machine agent who wns
very ill. being told that ho musk pay
the debt of nature, wanted to know If
ho couldn't do It on tho Installment
plan.
Some of tho most expert poultry
men occasionally feed their fowls tur
nips in winter. They aro not peeled,
but cut into quarters and thrown into
the yard.
At Owenton. Ky., when a ver
dict of not guilty was declared in a
homicide trial the audience applauded.
The judge ordered the doors closed,
and imposed a fine of $2.50 on each
person who applauded.
Special Agent Tingle of San
Francisco, discovered two Chinese
women on board train going from Vic
toria to Tacoma. Thoy were dressed in
American fashion, and were heavily
veiled. They were arrested, as was
also an accompanying Chinaman. It
was evidently a shrewd case of smug
gling. Telegraph operators, it seems, are
developing a disease of their own. Ono
or two cases recently occurred abroad,
in which tho finger nails dropped off,
ono after another. Tho affection is
supposed to bo duo to tho constant
hammering and pushing with tho finger
ends required by tho working of tho
telegraph instrument.
An eastern mechanic attributes
somo of the mysterious fires which aro
of frequent occurrence to "blisters" in
tho window panes. If these blisters
aro convex enough to form a lens and
combustibles aro stored within its focal
distance a fire would bo very likely to
result.
The Cincinnati Enquirer is re
sponsible for tho following: Pink
nails, indolence. Red nails, a war
like nature. Narrow nails Incline to
mischief. Filbert nails are associated
with deceit. Small, round nails de
note obstinacy. Crooked nails indicato
a lieroo nature. Nails abnormally pale,
or with black specks on them, denote
sickness. Broad nails are considered
to be indicative of bashful and gontlo
natures. Long nails appertain to those
of a temporizing disposition. Theso
aro tho nails of persons who hato
scones.
The wonderful manner in which
nature, in the long sweep of years,
evolves her products and adapts them
to thoir environments, is manlfesled In
tho camel. "A horse can not lio down
on tho scorching surface of Sahara, in
the eye of tho sun, without scalding or
excoriating his tender skin. But all
tho parts of a camel's body which
touch the sweltering sand in his attl
ludo of repose are provided with cal
losities of thickened hide, which enable
him to rest on tht burning surface
without danger or discomfort.
The Raleigh (N. C.) News-Observer
states tho leap year situation thus:
Twolvo years must elapse before tho
interesting event takes place again,
but it was just tho sumo in 1800 and
1700, but not in 1G00, for that was a
leap year and the year 2000 will bo a
a leap year also. Why this should bo
is a problem. To explain in detail
would bo a tiresome task, but It rosts
on the principle that the difference of
eleven minutes por year exists between
actual time and calendar timo. Thus
a year is computed at 305 days, threo
years being 365 days long and tho
fourth year 360 days. In fact tho year
is 305 days five hours and forty-five
minutes long, or eleven minutes short
of 305 J days.
COLLEGE SOCIETIES.
All i:stlillHheil I'ower In All American
Kilurittlonut IuittltutlniiH.
I am often asked by anxious papas,
"What good is a secrot society for a
boy in college?" Tho form of tho
question suggests tho idea that the
papa is not likely to havo had 'my per
sonal experience either of the ono or
tho other; but tho answer is plain.
Tho secret college fraternity organiza
tions of tho better class havo como to
be an established power in American
colloges, and In proportion to thoir
merits they exercise an influence for
good or evil upon tho careor of ovory
student that is, In tho average, not
much less Important than that exerted
by Alma Mater herself. As an In
fluence it is stronger while it lasts, and,
as a rule, lasts much longer. It is no
moro a question. "Shall I permit my
son to join a fraternity?" Tho
question is, "Can I hopo that
my son will bo accopted by ono
of tho best?" A curious instance of
their practical workings has boon re
cently told mo on good authority. A
Southern gontloman moro thun twenty
years ago joined ono of theso institu
tions. Soon after this his chaptor be
came oxtlnct. Ho hinisolf became lu
turn a teacher, married and reared a
family of children. Ho was Industrious
and worthy in every way, but tho yol
yow fovor panic in the South deprived
him of his only moans ot support. Tho
wolf was at tho door. Tho last re
sources of economy had boon oxhnusted.
In his despair ho addressed a letter,
detailing his circumstances, to the fra
ternity at large, asking aid. A tolo
gram to tho president of a Southurii
college was answered with a satisfac
tory Indorsement, and within n few
hours a sum of money was on its way
to the unfortunate ono which was 9iulto
uduquato to his immediate needs, und
for which ho has Uio satisfaction of
knowing he Is nut Indebted tooivniiuud
charity, but to organized lovo. A'. J'.
man.
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