ONE DAY AT A TIME.
Have you sorrow, nnd trouble, and care?
Do your burdens seem heavy to bear?
Is the prcsnnt all dark, and the future all drear?
Is the sUy of your life thickly clouded with fear?
Stop for a moment' Pause, silent and still.
And note It you can the wisdom and will
That measures your strength with God's graol-
ous design.
Uy bidding your Ills, "one day at a time."
AVould you climb up the mountain of fame?
W ,uld you carve on Its summit your name?
VTu must patiently work, nnd patiently try,
Tcnake mo9t of the moments that go slipping
by.
You may string them like pearls Iryj sclnttllant
chain
That will give back their light In the darkness
again.
That will open your path. In one luminous line.
If you bind them together, "one day at a time,"
Have you found that your friend is untrue?
'Che friend that yon trusted, the friend that you
knew !
J)o jou mourn your betrayal, as you sit all
alone?
lo jou f mcy vonr faith forever has flown?
Bo you turn from your fellows and turn from
each face?
Do you think jou will shun the whole human
race?
Love Is sore wounded, but lovo Is divine.
And the hurts will be healed "ono day at a timo."
Has your soul been Invaded, your heart cut in
twain.
Hy that terrible loss and terrible pain.
That anguish that comes when a dear one has
r died,
.And the place that Is vacant is closo at your
side?
When life seems so crushed by the force of the
blow?
Even then. In a way that you never may know,
The hope of reunion is sen ling its shine
'Through the gloom, and the shadows, "one day
at a time."
Kiln Dare, (n Inter Ocean.
NEW NAVAL TERROR.
It Will Have an Kxplnnlve KncrKT of 3,400
Pounds of Dynamite.
There is now approaching comple
tion for tlio U. S. Government a vessel
which, it is predicted, will exorcise as
potent an inlluonco in revolutionizing
naval warfare as did tho famous Mon
itor. Unlike tho Monitor, however,
which in hor build presented features of
entire novelty, tho so-called "dynamite
cruiser" Vesuvius owes her importance
to the weapons which she carries and
to their capability for tho projection of
serial torpedoes charged with enor
mously powerful explosives.
It is not difficult to conceivo that a
hostile vessel approaching our coasts
and encountering tho dynamito cruisw
may find herself in a very disagreeaf-,.
situation. True, sho may open Him i
a range much greater than that ova
whieh tho dynamito shells can bo ato
jeoted, but tho low, raft-like crMi
coining bow on toward her, at tho rate
of twenty-three miles an hour, and
showing a breadth of but 2G1 feet, of
fers a target exceedingly dillicult to
hit. If tho deck of tho dynamite ship
be protected by a curved turtleback
shield of steel five inches in thickness,
as is contemplated in future construc
tion shot and shell fired at sharp angles
may easily glanco from it. To reach
tho hull with a movablo submarine
torpedo of tho Whitehead typo is even
more dillicult sti'.l. Tho rango of such
a torpedo is only about three hundred
yards, so that tho dynamito ship would
come within easy tiring, distance and
bo enabled to throw hor projectiles
long beforo tho torpedo could bo effec
tive. If tho enemy's ironclad awaits tho
.attack motionless sho will necessarily
have but a few minutes, after sighting
hor opponent, to do a fatal injury. If
she advances this period will neces
sarily bo shorter still. Tho moment
tho Vesuvius finds herself within 1,500
yards of hor mark sho can launch
1,800 pounds of nitro-golatino, tho ox
plosive energy of which equals that oi
about 3,100 pounds of dynamito, or
more than ton tons of gunpowder, ana
this can bo ropeatod every two min
utes; or, if tho guns bo discharged
singly, a 600-pound shell can be lired.
every forty seconds. It is not at all
improbable that aftor a fow of thoso
projectiles had exploded in her imme
diate vicinity, there would bo no iron
clad. Tho foregoing represent tho capacity
of tho particular weaponsof tho Vesu
vius for projecting tho litrgo amounts
of explosives noted. Shells containing
smaller quantities can bo thrown ovor
much greater distances, tho rango of
tho projeotilo containing two hundred
pounds of nitro-golatino being a mile
and a half, and that of ono containing
ono hundred pounds of tho same sub
stance, two milos. Tho rapidity of
fire depends upon tho construction of
tho gun, which is practically a huge
revolver. Hy increasing tho numbor
of chambers in tho rotary breech
mechanism it is possiblo to liro oven tho
heaviest shell three times por minute.
Lieutenant Bradley A. Fisko, of tho
navy, has recently discovered a won
derful application of electricity, which
will provont tho effect of tho ship's
motion upon tho gun.
Tho possibility of controlling tho
range of tho projectile with nlcoty ren
ders it probable that tho dynamite
ship will play an entiroly novel role in
an attack upon a harbor protected
by fixed submarine torpedoes- thatis,
6he may destroy torpedoes by tor
pedoos. One hundred pounds of
nitro-glycerino oxplodlng underwater
will, it is said, destroy torpedo
ca.os and blow up torpudoos exist
ing anywhere within a radius of
fifty feet. Tho ship on arriving off a
harbor entrance known to bo studded
with explosive minos would anchor
herself and proceod to drop shells at
regular distances of ono hundred foot
apart in longitudinal and latoral di
rections. It Is claimed that in this
tnannor sho could clear of torpedoes
a channol thrco hundred foot wido
at tho rate of a mllo an hour, and ad
vancing into tho pansago as fast as
6ho renders it safo to do so, could boon
blast hor way to a position from which
hor shell could bo thrown directly into
the eitv or fortifications, lark Ven
juKiin. in t'arutn.
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS
Florida alligator hunters say that
the saurians will bo looked upon as
curiosities ten years hence.
Man seldom amounts to much until
ho gets married. And verv often his
usefulness falls to materialize then.
Baltimore American.
Jarvls "How truo tho nrovorb is
that a man is what his wife makes
him." Jervls "And how true it is,
too, that a man does what his wife
makes him." Tern? Haute Krnrcss.
Husband (severely) "What! moro
money? Suppose I was dead you
would have to beg for vour cash."
Wife (calmly) "It wouldn't be as
though 1 had never had any practice,
sir. uticmio Ulofic.
Freshly (rising to go) "I'm sorrv
to break up your hand at whist. Miss
Rosalie, but really I can't stav any
later." Miss Hosalio "O. never mind.
Mr. Freshly; I'm sure we shall get on
with a dummy just as well." lloston
ro.it.
At a public dinner a distinauished
statesman was placed between Madame
do Stael and Madame Kecamler. "How
lucky I am," said he; "hero am I
seated betweon wit and beauty." "A. id
without possessing eithor ono or tho
other," observed Madame de Stael.
Slavery times were recalled in
Wilmington, N. C, the other day, when
two darkles got into a loud dispute and
almost came to blows, quarrelling in
regard to tho social standing and per-
onal accomplishments of tho men that
owned them boforo tho war.
Nothing bettor roveals tho unsel
fishness of clairvoyants than the fact
that for a paltry dollar tlioy will re
veal to others tho lottery ticket that
will draw tho capital prize instead of
keeping the valuable information to
themselves and profiting by it. De
troit Free Press.
"Why do you call tho phonograph
'sho?'" asked tho horso editor of the
snako editor, who had used tho fem
inine pronoun in speaking of that in
vention. "For two reasons, birst.it
talks back; second, it always has tho
last word." Pittsburgh Chronicle.
Wife (critically ill) "What does
the doctor say, George?" Husband
"That you are very, very ill, dear."
Wife (after a short pauso) "If 1 should
not got well, George, give my sealskin
sacquo to your sistor. I'll just lot hor
seo it's real. She has more than onco
insinuated that it's only plush."
Epoch.
Ho was determined to go out at
the end of every act. Three acts had
been played, and three times had ho
scraped by and trodden on the feet of
his neighbors. At the end of tho fourth
act, as ho wont crashing through tho
narrow space, a lady in tho aisle seat
said, in her most dulcet tones: "Sir.
I trust 1 do not incommode you by sit
ting hero!" Ar. 1'. Xcws.
Tho nowest thing in wedding tours
is called tho "Secret Honeymoon,"
neither bride nor groom having any
idea where they aro going. Tho idea
is not new. For years many young
peoplo have married without having
any idea where they wore going or
how they were going to get there when
they did know. Thoy didn't have
enough money to go to housekeeping.
Xorri.ilown Herald.
Some of tho "chain" or "progress
ive" schemes for raising money would
have curious results if carried out.
For instance, ono of them calls upon
"No. 1" to send ton cents, and send
the appeal to ton othor persons, each
of whom is to do likewise, tho process
being repeated fifteen timos. Now if
this "chain" should not bo broken it
would reach 1.111,111,111,111,110 peo
ple, an impossibility of course, and
would net tho author of tho schomo
$111.111,111,111,111. A7, Y. Tribune.
Judge "Why did you attempt to
throttle your friond, hero?" Prisoner
"Ho called mo a liar." Judgo
"What caused him to address that op
probrious epithot to you?" Prisoner
"I was telling him that my grand
father is still living at tho ago of 107,
and " Judge "That certainly
offered him no excuse." Prisoner "I
was tolling him that my grandfather
is still living at tho ago of 107. and
" Judgo "That cortalnly offered
him no excuse." Prisoner "I wont
on to say that my nged relative doesn't
retain his hearing, oan't read without
tho aid of glasses and is not in tho
habit of walking ten miles or sawing
three cords of wood bofore breakfast."
Judgo "Then you aro a liar. Thoy
all do." Life.
The Extent of His Business.
Some years ago tho lato N. J. Brad
loo. of Boston, was aubnuinnod In a
real-estate caso as an expert. Tho
lawver on tho othor aido. not knowing
him, undertook to counteract his testi
mony and began cross-examining him
as follows: "What did you say your
business was, Mr. Bradloer "Well,
I have charge of a good many trusts,
mostly real estate," said Mr. Bradloo.
"How much real estate have you over
had charge of at ono timo?" "Well,
I don't think 1 cm say oxactly." "But
how much should you guess?" "I
couldn't oven guess." "Well, sir,
would you say it was flvo thousand
dollars' worth?" "I should put it as
high as that, cortalnly." "Would you
put It as high as ton thousand dollars?"
"Vos." "Fifteen thousand?" "Yes."
'Twenty-live thousand?" "Yos."
Klftv thousand?" "Yos." "A hun
dred thousand?" "Yos." "Five hun-
lril thniiuand?" "Yes." "A mil
lion?" "Yos." "Well, how many mil
lions?" roard tho astonished lawyer.
who only now began to discover that
. m . tir II t i
ho had caught a .tartar. "Hon, sain
Mr. Iti-iulleo. verv coollv. "I told you
at tho start I couldn't say, but, since
vou insist on it, 1 will roughly estimate
It at, say. a hundred millions." "You
mnv stand dowu," bald tho attorney.
a. r, rose.
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.
A Scotch geologist claims to have
discovered in Scotland evidences to
prove that tho earth lay for 150,000
years In a liquid state.
Ono firm in Now York supplies
electrical power to 150 different manu
facturers, some of them ton miles from
tho dynamo. This has replaced 107
steam engines.
London Truth says that tho art of
tho working goldsmith is disappearing,
owing to the cheapness of diamonds.
Kvory ono who buys an ornament in
sists now upon precious stones, and es
timates it rather by the value of tho
stones than by tho beauty of tho work
manship. Tho new explosivij now being man
ufactured in Germany is called secunto.
It is described as a granulated powder
of a light yellow color, with an odor
resembling that of bitter almonds. It
is quickly manufactured, does not de
teriorate and costs about tho same as
dynamito and Is of nearly opial explo
sive power. It can not be fired by fric
tion, blow or jar, only strong fulminat
ing caps producing the explosion.
A new life-boat, which is supplied
with a reservoir or oil in order to sup
port bodies in tho water, is based on
tho recent cases of successful expe
riences with oil in overcoming the
power of tho waves. Tho reservoir in
this case is provided with an outlet,
by means of which tho oil may escape
automatically, no matter on which side
tho lloat, or buoy, may bo turned when
thrown Into tho water.
A microscopic examination or a
great number of specimens of ancient
paper, dating back to tho eighth cen
tury, has shown them to have been
made, as now, from rags, and not from
now fiber. Tho most common con
structod is linen; but cotton, hemp, and
animal fibers have also been detected.
Furthermore, it is discovered that many
of the samples aro "clayed" with starch
paste.
Iron, whon heated, bends very
readily under weight, so that it can
not be considered tho best of material
for fireproof buildings. Stone, and
especially granite, is very little better
than iron to withstand the ravages of
fire. Thero is no material, according
to the best firo insurance authorities.
that can bo used for construction equal
to brick. It is tho opinion of both in
suranco men and heads of fire depart
ments that briek has stood the tost bet
ter than any othor material.
One of tho troublesomo questions
which architects have never boon able
to settle is tho placing of permanent
foundations under largo buildings.
Tho latest experiment, according to
tho American Architect, is to cover
beforo commencing tho footings
tho entire area of tho excavation of tho
building with a thick stratum of con
croto. laid directly upon tho top of tho
elav hard-nan. Tho depth of this
courso is nearly two foot, and its ob
ject is to strengthen tho clay that tho
settlement may bo reduced to a mini
mum.
A recent analysis of tho potato
shows that tho starch in tho tuber is
chielly formed at a comparatively lato
period of its growth. In an early stage
tho experimenter found of ash 10.8 and
of starch 10.4. Tho samo variety
yielded whon near maturity but .70 of
ash and 21.1 starch, showing that tho
proportionate increase of starch toward
the ond of tho growing season was
very great. Thoro is much loss water
in a potato tuber toward tho ond of its
growth than in tho earlier stages. It
is from these facts that "now" potatoes
aro moro waxy than those that aro
ripe."
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PECULIAR CUSTOMS.
How Competitive Kxiiiiiliiutlon Are Con
ilticteil In China.
At Foochow the candidates under-
wont much suffering, and oven death.
Ono man went mad directly ho saw
tho themes, and cut himsolf nearly to
pieces with broken bits of pottery; a
second also lost his senses and began
to oat mud. On the second day a can
didate suit blood from over-exertion,
and died. Each student was in a sep
arate coll. which was hurriedly run up,
without any proper raised place for
tho men to sloop, so that many rolled
off on tho damp ground and injured
themsolvos, while ono was stung to
death bv a nolsonous snako. Thou
sands of students wont up for tho ex
amination, but hundreds were plucked
in tho preliminary boforo tho literary
chancollor, who was exceptionally so
voro this year. Tho present examina
tion rules have beon in forco for over
a contury, and are most strictly ob
served, no district being allowed moro
than a certain number of degrees. If
any district offends, this number is re
duced as a punishment; while next
year additional numbers will bo allowed
in honor of tho omnoror s marriage
At each examination thoro aro two
chief and two subordinate examiners.
with a corns of eighteen readers, who
go through all tho essays, and submit
tho best only to their suporiors. Copy
ists then transcribe these essays in red.
Tho examiners aro shut up for flvo
weeks. Hard-headed students, who
can not got through aftor many offorts,
aro accorded an 'honorary degree when
thoy reach a venorablo ago 1. o., ovor
ninety. Xurth China Herald.
A Chicago Wild Flower.
Magnzlno Editor Would you not
llko to contribute an article to our sym
posium on tho subject, "Is marringoa
failure?"
Literary Lady (from Chicago) O.
Mr. Easyehalr, how could you think
mo capable of venturing an opinion on
such a subjeot? Homumber my youth
nnd inexporlone. I am fetlll In my
twunUas. and I have only bmtn married
four tluioj .Y. i". M'tcAty.
AMERICAN CANNIBALS.
Missionary' Strnngn Stories About tlio
Hudson Hitjr IimIIhim.
Itov. EL W. Young, of Toronto, Can
ada, has boon in ashlngton for a
week telling largo audiences about tho
Indians of tho Hudson Bay region.
Having boon a missionary among these
Indians tor twenty years, Mr. Young
is competent to talk about them. Tho
Hudson Bav section is like a sealed
book to a great many people anil Mr.
Young tells some interesting facts. He
penetrated the country for hundreds of
miles., using a skill in summer and a
dog team in winter.
'The Indians of Hudson Bay," said
Mr. Young to a reporter, "aro very
much like tho American Indians in
general appearance. Thoy aro not at
all like- the Esquimaux. They live in
wigwams and spend their lives hunting
and fishing. Many of them were can
nibals. It wns their custom also to kill
the aged and decrepit as soon as they
got too old to spare a rabbit or catch a
fish.
"Were-you ever attacked?"
"The medicine men and conjurers
. i tr 1
wero mose iroin wnicn i suuoieu
most. Thev made their living by
preying upon tho superstitions of the
Indians, and as my teachings neces
sarily broke tip their business thoy
wanted to kill me."
"How is tho climate there."
"In the winter it is exceedingly-cold,
tho thermometer often ranging from
forty to sixty degrees bolow zero.
I'hl8 is how wo dressed," and Mr.
Young removed from his truuks a
heavy leather coat, made of tanned
moose skins and prettily trimmed with
beads. Attached to tho coat was a lire
bag. also of leather, in which a Hint
and stone wero carried. Pants and
moccasins and a heavy beaver skin,
which ho said was also used as a chest
protector, wero also produced.
"But," ho continued, "it is not al
ways winter more. aooui mreo
months and a half in tho year, begin
ning at the last of May and continu
ing until early in September, is beau
tiful summer. 1 have known tho thor
mometor to got up as high as ono hun
dred degrees."
"Tlio only white people In tho sec
Hon," said Mr. Young, aro fur traders,
and no whisky or alcohol at all is al
lowed to bo sold to the Indians. This
is one reason why wo have beon sue
cessful. Canada has never had an In
dian war in all its history. Instead of
fighting them wo educate them." Mr.
Young added that thoro are now bo
tweon 1.000 and 7,000 Christian In
dians in tho Hudson Bay country.
Washinyton 1'ost.
IN-DOOR ATHLETICS.
IIor to Keep l' the Muscle and Ueiiltli In
Winter-Time.
Cold weather and stormy days pro
vont most men from taking their no
customed exercise during tho wintor
months. Out-door sports are abandoned
from necessity. Base-ball, cricket, ten
nis, rowing and athletic sports of track
and ring aro impossible, and unloss in
door exorcise is taken up the muscles
bocomo soft and flabby, and tho general
health of the man suffers.
Young men engaged in ofllco work
and othor confining occupations spe
cially feel tho loss of tfioir summer
sports. How to keep tho physical
man in condition from now until the
warm days of spring mako outdoor
sports possible, is the thought upper
most in many minds.
If ono has room for suitable appara
tus at homo, ho should dovoto half an
hour to vigorous exorciso both morn
ing and evening. Lifting machlnos,
Indian clubs and dumb-bells tako up
vory little room oxcopt when in use
then thoy should bo given wide rango.
Tho variety of movements with tho
clubs and dumb-bolls that may bo
learned, with a little Instruction, is so
groat that every muscle in tho body is
brought into play.
Tho lifting machino, which consists
of two weights attached to ropos run
ning ovor pulleys and lifted by means
of wooden handles at tho ends of tho
ropes, affords excellent gonoral oxer
ciso. Tho motion of rowing, striking,
pulling and lifting may bo varied in a
numbor of ways, and by sitting on a
low stool a nd placing tho feet in the
handles tho logs may bo exercised.
If ono is a member of an athlotlo
club whore thoro is a good gymnasium
ho will do well to tako a regular course
of gymnastics, devoting a certain
amount of timo every day to tho work,
Bowling Is good exercise for tho mus
cles that it brings into uso, but should
not bo roliod upon for gonoral develop
ment.
An excellent plan for wintor oxor-
clso Is to go through a courso of box
ing lessons. Sparring is ono of tho
best forms of gonoral exorcise that can
bo followed. It gives work to every
musclo, trains tho oyo and makes the
boxer agilo on his feet and quick with
his hands. Aside from tho exorcise it
affords, boxing is an accomplishment
that Is of value to every ono. Ar, 1.
Mail and Kzirest.
A Debtor's Clear Logic.
"Could you manage to pay mo what
you owe moP" asked one traveling man
of another,
"Yes, I might, but you may as well
wait for it."
I llko your coolness."
"My dear follow, you aro really hot
ter off as it Is. You don't doubt that I
tfm going to pay you this money, do
you?"
"Not tho slightest"
"And If I wero to give it to you now,
I would only borrow it again."
"That's moro than likoly."
"And tho next time I borrowed it I
might not pay vou at all. So you seo,
yen nru safer as Ilia." Merchant Truth
tlsr.
JAPANESE WRESTLERS, I
The Highly AimiMng Way In Which. They
Conduct Themselves.
One of tho chief amusements of tho
Japanese are wrestling matches. These t
are always taking place ani attract
largo crowds. The wrestlers, strange
to say, train to put on fat. rather than
to tako it off, and the stomachs of some
of them aro simply enormous, Around
these they wear a large band, which is
intended for the opponent to catch, hold
of, I think; at least ho generally does,
and. otherwise, there woul.l bo no sense
in having them so strong. This baud
and small pieces of cloth around tho
waist and loins form tho wrestling
costume. I hose wrestling matches
have something of a religious character
to them, as both sides before com
mencing go through a cvrtain cere
mony, as if imploring the aid. of their
patron saint, and then throw a little
rice into the ring, which is about six
teen or' twenty feet around, and is
marked out by a circle of raised dirt.
Each contestant has a referee, then
there Is always an umpire who, to
judgo from tho richness of ms costume
and tho airs ho gives himself, is the
most important personage of them all.
The- wrestlers themselves- are very
amusing in tho amount of style they
put ou. Always beforo beginning they
go through certain motions supposed to
limber tho muscles and joints. Yottho
wrestling, to nny brought up ono as wo
have been to matches taxing tho nerve,
wind, endurance and muscle of tho
contestants, appears a perfect farce.
In tho first place, any kind of a throw
counts, provided only tho man touches
the ground; second, if you push or back
a man outside tho ring it counts tho
samo as a fall; third, if in tlio space
of minute and a half the wrestlers
fall to throw ono another, or to push
ono or tlio otnor out. oi mo ring, men
tho umpire stops them, first noticing
. . . . . . .i
carefully the hold each ono has. Then
thoy go to their corners and rest, and a
drink of water is brought to them,
with which thoy rinse out their mouths.
After waiting a few seconds tho um
pire calls thorn in to tho middlo of tho
ring and sees that each ono has oxactly
tlio samo hold that he had boforo being
separated. Tills goes on until ono has
been thrown or pushed out of tho ring,
which may tako from twenty minutes
to half an hour, during which timo tho
crowd Is in tlio wildest state of excite
mont. I wonder what thoy would
think could thoy see ono of our Grioco
Koman matches, which if moro brutal
In the way of hurting ono another, is
certainly much more interesting and ox
olting to watch, and demands moro
agility and strength. The place
whore these matches tako place is gen
erally surrounded by a woodon gallery
holding many persons, and having
seats for moro underneath. This Is
mako of wood, not nailed together, but
simply bound together with straw, yet
it seems to hold perfectly. Cor.
Chicaijo Journal.
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NATURAL GAS SUPPLY.
The Trauafer of the Industry from I'onn
nylvunlii to Ohio.
Tho supply of gas scorns to be abun
dant although rumors to tho contrary
aro biting circulated. Tho largest sup
ply well in the world was recently
bored near Fiudlay, Ohio, producing
82,000,000 cubic feet of gas por diem,
tho largest ono in that vicinity hereto
fore producing 15,000,000 cubic foot.
Astonishing and valuable discoveries
have been mado recently in tho lino of
making gaa from crude petroleum that
bids fair to bocomo a rival of natural
gas as regards expense, and utility. It
is claimed by several parties that thoy
can produce it at a cost of from ono
to threo cents por 1,000 cubic feet and
to prove tlnlr good faith ono of those
companies has recently purchasod a
gas plant in ono of tho Ohio cltlos nnd
has contracted to furnish tho city with
gas for flvo cents por 1,000 and this
plant Is to bo running within tho next
30 days. Chicago capitalists aro con
nected with this enterprise. Tlio suc
cessful manufacture of fuel gas from
crude petroleum would become im
monsoly valuable to custom manufac
turers and thoso of points remote from
largo fuel supplies.
Thoro appears to bo a difference in
tho quality of natural gas as thoro is in
crude petroleum, tho sulphurous olo
mont varying lit quantity with tho dif
ferent localities and tho extent of Its
iniurioiiB oxvdizlng effect on tho con
fining valvos is yet to bo ascertained
There aro millions of gallons of Ohio
oil stored in tanks which as yotaro not
available for illuminating purposes on
account of tho excessive quantity of
sulphur itcontains. Tho Pennsylvania
oil containing a smaller quantity of
sulphur Is readily and easily soparated
into several valuable articles of uso but
tho great affinity of sulphur for tho Illu
minating oil in tiio Ohio crude oil
creatos an obstacle which is as yet in
surmountable. At ono roflnory several
hundred thousand dollars have been
expended in exporimiints with a a vlow
to purifying tho Ohio oil, but as yet
thoy have beon unsuccessful. Tills oil
Is at present used chlofly for fuol pur
poses. 'I hero is no groat reason to doubt tho
decllno of the oil wells of Pennsylvania,
and the gonoral transfer of tho indus
try to Ohio. Tho dally production of
tho Pennsylvania and Now York fluids
has fallen from 100,000 barrels, to IJ,
OOObarrols. Tho rich Holds along Oil
Creek in tho vicinity of Bradford aro
nearly dry, and tho laud is being
reclaimed for farming purposes. Tho
Ohio fields must bocomo tho contor of
tho petroleum industry. Many prac
tical men assert that the State can give
u dally yield of 100,000 barrels. Men
are at work ovory day removing tho
tanks to Ohio soil. Cor. Albany (N.
Y.J Journal.
D TCTriON EST Y IN HAYTf.
An .nierlran Itrliites How lie Secured
Cmilriict In the Ulnrk Republic
well-known Government officer.
wm, once had business relations with
Haytl. tells this story of tho way in
which things used to bo- nm In tho
black republic:
"Some years ago t was in tho lum
ber business, and had quite an exten
sive trade with Haytl. On ono of my
periodical trips to the island I found
that the lVesident wanted anew palace,
wmI after a good deal of bickering I
secured the job. The palace was to
cost $1,000,(0). I sent for an architect,
ana when he arrived wo wont to work
on tho plans. Judgo of my surprise
when was told that tho palaco was to
be constructed entirely of wood, and
that the only metal-work about it was
to be- tho roof and cornices, which
were to bo of galvanized iron ami
painted in bright colors. While 1 was
wondering how It would Ikj possiblo to
use $1,000.01)0 in the construction of
such a building, tho Secretary of tho
Treasury came to me, and through an
interpreter intimated that he should
oxpeot a little commission on the job,
which he modestly put at $100,000.
Appreciating that this was one of tho
customs of tho country which it would
be well for a foreigner to comply with,
1 mado no objection and promised him
his commission. As soon as ho had
gono away happy tho Minister of
War was ushered in. and aftor having
thrown his arms around my neck and
kissed mo on both cheeks ho delicately
conveyed to mo the information that it
was usual in a caso of this kind to drop
a slight remembrance into tho hands
of tho head of tho War Department, and
that $ 100,000 was about tho sizo of his
pile. Of courso I promised that, too,
and then waited for further dovolop
monts. Vory soon ono of tho numerous
Generals attached to the staff of the
President called, and gave me to un
derstand that his oxcellonoy must bo
seen. It would take, 1 learned, $150,
000 to Moo' his excellency; but of
courso I wasn't going to let a trillo like
'hat stand in my way of securing a fat
t-ontrnct. So I gladly promised the foo.
"Well, to make a long story short,
there wero so many palms to bo groasod
that when every body s wants had boon
provided for tho $1.00J,000 for tho con
struction of tho palace had dwindled
down to a quarter of that sum.
I instructed my architect accord
ingly, and expected to realize $100,-
1)00 profit out of tho transac
tion. Meanwhile tho Haytlan Gov
ernment had been negotiating a loan of
$1,000,000 in Paris for 'internal im
provements,' and word was received
that tho first installment was on its
way. Tho fact that thoro was a good
round sum In hard cash coming was
sufficient to Incite revolution. Thoro
was a revolution, and my friends, tho
ministers, wero turned out of office.
some of them getting shot In tho oper
ation. I saw that the era of economy
and reform had struck tho benighted
country, and that tho idea of a palaco
had vanished llko a dream. So 1 loft
Port an Prince as soon as possiblo, and
took tho first steamer back to the
United States." N. Y. Times.
GENERAL CLUSERET.
A Mull Wlme 1.1 to History- Head I.lka
Tlint (if Huron Miiiiclinuseii.
Probably no living man can boast of
a career moro widly romantlo than
that of Gonoral Clusorot, the rocontly
elected Deputy to tho French Assem
bly. A truo sketch of his llfo would
belittle tho adventures of tho Baron
llunchauson, Clusorot proved himself
a bravo and a brilliant soldloron many
fields. Ho sorved in Africa, in tho
German war, in the Italian war, in tho
war of tho rebolllon in this country,
and in tho fighting of the Paris Com
mune. Ho was a war correspondent
under an assumed namo during tho
fighting In Egypt. Sovoral of his lot
tors appeared in tho Sun, in which ho
denounced Lord Wolsoly as a military
humbug, and tho movemont on Tel el
Koblr as a marcho Instead of a march.
Ills eligibility is now questioned on
tho ground that ho is an Amorlcan cit
izen. Ho contends that in 1870, whon
ho returned to Franco to fight tho Ger
mans, ho became onco moro a French
man, and wont through all tho legal
requirements to that end; but on tho
other hand it is said that thoro aro
some legal formalities which ho neg
lected, and that consequently ho is
barred out by tho code. In tho third
volumo of his Memoirs ho says: "If I
received by my birth and merltod by
my military services in Africa and In
tho Crimen the titlo of Frenchman, I
have also won that of an American citi
zen on tho battle-fields of Virginia. I
might have claimed, under similar cir
cumstances, tho right to belong to tho
Italian family, If In Italy tho quality of
a citizen was not smothered under tho
term subject. Tho timo will como. I
hope, whon public esteem will not bo
measured by tho numbor of crosses and
metals on a uniform, but upon tho
number of nationalities acquired for
Mirvleos rondorod."
Clusorot is certainly an interesting
follow, and doubtless wo will hoar
from him again boforo long. Ar. Y.
Sun,
"What's tho matter?" excitedly
asked a passerby as a throng of hat
loss, wild-eyed men came tumbling out
through tho front door of a concort
hall. "Has a lire broke looso In thoro?"
"Worsea thousand tlmos!" yelled one
of the men. "An amateur elocutionist
has broken loosol"--CVn'ca(70 Tribune
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Cases have boon observed of restor
ation of tho voice aftor a considerable
destruction of vocal chords. It seems
to show that they aro mere duplicat
uros of elastic membrane and not apo
dal btructurc Food JJcaWi Honthly,