THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
flow IU News Is Collected anil Distributed
to the Varlout Paper.
Tho name of tho Associated Tress de
scribes itsolf. It is (in association of
tho principal newspapers of the United
States for tho collection and distribu
tion among; themselves of tho news of
tho day's events. It has no corporate
existence, but is based upon articles of
i Association by which tho members bind
themselves to place at the disposal of
all the nowspapers in the association all
the news, local or telegraph, within
their immediate territory. On this
plan there have been organized two as
sociations, tho New York and tho West
ern Associated Press, which exchange
their nows on an equal basis and are
under ono management, that of Wil
liam Henry Smith, who was chosen
general manager of tlr estorn Asso
ciation in ISC) 9 and joint manager of
the two associations in 1882. Tho Now
York Associated Press comprises all
the principal nowspapers in the
cities east of Pittsburgh, tho West
ern Association all those wost of
that city. Subordinate to these two
chief organizations aro smaller asso
ciations, generally organized from tho
smaller nowspapers in each separate
State, tho llrst grudo papers being
members of one of tho two principal
associations. The chief ofllco of tho
New York and Western Associated
Press are In Now York City and Chica
go and from thorn radiato tho Associa
ted Press telegraph wires, combined in
convenient circuits, to all the cities
where newspapors which aro members
of tho two organizations are located
and where tho associations have subor
dinate offices presided over by tho
agents and their assistants. In the
smaller cities the proprietor of ono of
the papers which belongs to tho subor
dinate association is tho sigent of the
chief organization anil is responsible
for the transmission of tho news in his
territory to the nearest distributing
point. These distributing points are
always located in the cities where a
regular Associated Press agent is quar
tered and where the full report is
received. From these places tho
report is condensed or "boiled
down" and telegraphed over tho tele
graph company's wires to tho papers in
the smaller towns within tho surround
ing territory. Chicago is both a gen
eral otlico and a distributing point
St. Louis is a distributing point only.
Jefferson City simply receives tho
"pony" or "boiled down" report from
St. Louis and sends to that place what
ever news may be of general interest to
tho Associated Press papers. As an
example of the workings of tho Associ
ated Press take the news of tho terrible
hurricane which wrecked tho Gorman
and Amorlcau vessels in tho Apian
harbor at Samoa. The report of the
event was prepared at Apia by tho As
sociated Press agent there. If there
had beon cable communication between
that placo and San Francisco ho would
hnvo cabled tho report. As it was ho
was forced to send it by mail. When it
reached tho Associated Press oflico in
San Fnmoisco tho report was sent di
rect to Chicago, the headquarters of tho
Western Associated Press. Thoro sev
eral manifold copies of tho report were
mady as the operator took it off the
wire. One of thoso c lies was given to
the.Now York Associated Press oper
ator who transmitted it to Now
York. Another copy was given
to tho operator who works tho
Western Associated Press wires which
run into the various cities whore tho
Western Associated Press nowspapers
aro located, of which St. Louis is one.
Tho agent thoro "boiled down" tho re
port for his "pony" service, and filed
it with tho telegraph company for
transmission to tho towns receiving it,
Jefferson City, for oxample. At Chi
cago tho "pony " roports woro filed in
tho same manner, as thoy also woro at
all tho distributing points. At each
place enough copies aro made to supply
the Associated Press papers. Suppos
ing Tascott should turn up in Jefferson
City, Mo., tho Associated Press paper
thoro would telegraph tho nows to St.
Louis. Tlienco it would bo sent to Chi
cago, and from thoro it would recolvo
general distribution. Tho foreign news
of the Associated Press is obtained
from tho I lavas Agency, with head
quarters at Paris; tho Wolfe Agency,
which covers tho nows of tho Latin
country; tho Router agoncy, which
jathors German and continental news;
and tho Central Nows Agoncy, which
collects gonoral nows. For this it ex
changes American nows. Chicago Inter-Ocean.
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A Tale of Two Widows,
They had both lost tholr husbands;
ono was a widow of fifty, tho other was
about twenty-two. Tho older ono call
ed upon the younger ono to condolo
with hor and thoy wept upon ono an
other's neoks and recalled thomorits of
tho dear deceased. It was astonishing
how much the old huiband and the
young oim had been aliko in tholr dis
position ami character at loast thoy
both sun- a distinct resemblance in
every point. Which shows that matri
mony does not roally chango a man,
nor ago either wln ho is dead. But
thoy had a most delightful time until
tho young one, putting hor arms
around the old one's nock, sobbod
through her tears:
"I know It is selfish of mo to say so
muciPnbout my own sorrow. Uut really
I do feol that it is go much worse for
you than for mo. I don't know how I
should have folt if this had happonod
to mo when i was your ago and had no
chance of getting anothor."
The tonrs froze suddonly and tho old
ono doos uot spank as sho passes by.-
San Francisco Chronicle.
POINTS O" iTIQUETTE.
Advice Katjrto ltememt,tf ami to I'ntctloe
In an KiiifTRritrj.
In the mad whirl of tho cotillon, if
you wear rendy-mndo clothing bought
from an irresponsible dealer, and henr
a b-z-z-t that don't harmonize with the
F string on the bass fiddle, it is entire
ly correct and proper to not "forward
and back" according to the commands
of tho figure-caller, but to back straight
ahead without balking until you reach
the wall, when a pin neatly utilized
may cover your embarrassment nnd re
treat. People who snicker tinder such
circumstances should be put outside the
pale of good socioty.
When invited out to dinner and you
inadvertently get a huge mouthful of
mince pie that is hot enough to melt
tho solder off a gas-pipe, tangled up In
your epiglottis, do not act as if you had
the whooping cough, hut rise calmly
and with a slight-of-hand movotnont
toss the offending morsel behind the
nuijollca dog in tho corner, meantime
patting his head as though you thought
him alive. This graceful act never
falls to win tho heart of your hostess,
who thinks you Intend hor faithful
friend to partako of the festivities.
Soma writer on etiquette, a good
many years ago, said that it was per
fectly propor to eat fried chicken with
tho fingers. I have often noticed poo
pie soizo on a wing and rip it open like
thoy would tear a yard of clothing ma-'
terial off a bolt of calico and so tho
cracking of the crazy bone was audible
ail over the dining-room. It Is true
that some fried chickens require heroic
treatment, but when an apprentice in
etiquette tries to jerk tho goose-ilesh off
tho second joint of a Louis XIV. hen
and squirts a streak of gravy into tho
oye of his neighbor it does seem that a
new code regarding tho best manner of
shattering tho remains of a hard-boiled
fowl should be introduced.
When tho sheriff of the county serves
a subpoena on you, it is considered in
good tasto to attend his rocoption with
out further Invitation on his part.
Some sticklers on politeness, however,
who find that It will jirovent their wit
nessing a ball game, go to the oxtrome of
sending around a physician's certificate
to tho effect that they are iudisposed
from tho influence of the sportive ele
ments. Don't uso snuff if your falso teeth are
not strictly adhesive. 1 once heard ot
a case In which this rule was not ob
served, when the transgressor, in a
thoughtless moment, nearly knocked
tho oye out of a twenty-tivo-dollnr King
Charles spaniel.
No one but a boor will snoro in the
Volapuk language In a church where a
sermon is being del.vered in Knglish.
Observance of tho harmonies is ono ol
the greatest traits of tho true gentle
man. Peoplo who have enlargod, Ro
manesque nasal chords will be inter
ested in an invention which a friend of
mlno is getting up. which ho calls tho
"Sure Snore-Killer." It is a phonetic
arrangemont connected with a pillow
sham holder, and when tho air vibra
tions aro four lines below the clef, to
use a musical term, tho holder drops
and hits tho sleopor across the bridge
of the nose. Four caveats and a num
ber of legal retainers have already
been filed.
Don't play practical jokes on a spiu
dog whose tail is done up like the let
ter Q.
When you order meat from your
butcher don't ever use tho term "limb
of mutton."' Ho will think that you
never intend paying for it.
In all cases of doubt about the minor
points of etiquotto, a strong bluff on a
wea'k hand will almost always win.
Rochester Union.
SHOE-STORE TRAGEDY.
The Shock Which Killed n Clerk of Many
Year' Kxperlnnce.
Tho shoe emporium was dosortod.
All alone tho clerk stood in tho midst
of a chaos of unbuttoned shoos and dis
arranged slippers.
For over an hour ho had vainly en
deavored to fit tho foot, whims, oyo,
pocket-book and othor peculiarities of
proud and aristocratic Mrs. D'Width.
Ho was tired out, disgusted with bus
iness life, and, in fact, life of any sort;
and as lie viciously buttoned up the
dainty specimens of artistic footwoar
and Crushed them into the cartoons, he
might hnvo beon heard to utter things
in relation to tho proud Mrs. D'Width's
peculiarities which wero considerably
removed from tho complimentary, and
would have surprised and shocked tho
lender of fashion and socioty could sho
hnvo heard thorn.
Tho poor clerk was dlscouragod by
his falluro to make a sale. Ho was
weary of thoso efforts of women to de
ceive evon tho practiced shoo salesman
as to the sizo of tholr feet; and ns tho
door suddenly openod to admit a trimly
built and prottlly dressed little woman,
ho heaved an anxious sigh beforo ho as
sumed his ladles'-fine-shoo smile and
stopped politely forward.
"I will look at some fine shoos, com-mon-sonso
toos, low broad heel, high
cut vamp, hand-welted solo, Dongola
kid, and with buttons, If you ploaso."
Tho clork's wholo system received a
sovero shock at tho unusually succinct
and complete description, which ho
was just about to obtain by shrewd
questioning. Ho recovered, however,
sufficiently to gasp, "What sizo ploaso?"
"I havo been wearing," said tho trim
llttlo woman, "a numbor two-and-a-half
'H,' but I'm sure it Is much smaller
than I ought to bo wearing, and I think
I'll havo this timo a threo C,' and if
that Is not largo enough, a throo-and-a-half
'IV "
Tho trim llttlo woman uttered a hor
ified scream. Tho double shook had
beon too grant; tho shoo clork of long
oxporlonco lay upon ono of tho gor
geously upholstered dlvuns, cold and
llfolti- Puck.
JOLLY LEMON PARTIES.
The Latent Fad In Washington Social
Kntertalnmenl.
It seems ns if tho poor littlo lemon
had arrived at tho height of its useful
ness when made to do duty, with tho
adjunct of ten cents' worth of eitrio
acid, for a barrel ot church lemonade,
but now the "Progressive Lemon
Party" is brought to tho front, and
hero It plays a part unassisted by any
chemical compounds of itself. A
prominent Washington lady Issued in
vitations last week which read:
Mas. Jones.
At home. Tuesday. T p. m.
Plvitte brinp n lemon.
Of course every ono who received
ono of these mysterious summonses
was consumed by curiosity. It re
minded one of tho incident of a South
ern Senator who received a card with
tho c:iballstic letters signifying that
the owner had "called in person."
Not understanding the card etiquette
of Washington ho sent his card In re
turn, witli the lotters "S. It. N." in
one corner. Wmt could it mean? No
ono seemed to know, so tho recipient
determined to ascertain if possible.
The next timo lie saw his friend he re
marked: "Sny, Senator, what do tho
letters 'S. It. N.' mean on your card?"
Why, sent by a nigger, of course."
" What could "Please bring a lemon"
mean? Tho only way to ascertain
seemed to be to comply with tho invi
tation. Tho Washington Mnrkot
seemed glutted with the meanest littlo
dried-up lemons ever seen. Tuesday
at seven p. in., with the lemons in
their hands, tho guests presented
themselves at Mrs. Jones' hospltablo
home. They wero shown into a charm
ing little cloak room, with yellow dec
orations, and after removing wraps
wero greeted by tho hostess, who was
resplendent in a black lace over a lemon-colored
satin, and carried in her
hand an immense bunch of yellow
roses.
After greeting each guest, tho host
ess asked her to "tako her lemon to
the dining-room and register." Tho
dining-room was a blaze of golden
light from tiny fairy lamps with yel
low shades. The dining table had
lemon-colored silk napcry, which was
relieved by a fiat centerpiece of deli
cate ferns and Catherine Mermot
roses. At a side table sat a lady and
gentleman, who, all wero Informed,
composed the "Squeezing Committee."
This committee took the name on a
register, and tied a ribbon, marked in
such a way as to bo distinguishable,
on each lemon. After the arrival of
all the guests and tho marking of all
tho lemons, they wero invited to again
assemble in tho dining-room while the
"Squeezing Committee" counted tho
seeds." Kach lemon was cut in half,
tho seeds extracted, and, after being
counted and duly accredited to tho
owner on the register, they woro
placed in a beautiful transparent glass
bowl. The lemon was taken by the
"Squeezing Committee" and "squoze"
into an immense punch-bowl. Tho
guests wero then invited to a repast
of strictly lemon-made edibles lemon
ice, lemon ice-cream, lemon cake,
lemon jelly, sardines and lemon, lom-on-cream
pie, and every conceivable
sort of lemon-lliivored food. Placed
beside each plate was a bunch of yel
low roses, tied with a satin bow of the
samo shade.
After partaking of this unique re
past, tho glass bowl containing tho
seeds was placed on tho table and a
prize offered to hor who should guess
tho number of seeds therein, and a
"booby prize" to him who should
hazard the least accurate guess. After
numerous methods, both fair and foul,
had been resorted to, and each
"guess" had been duly registered, tho
seeds were counted mid the prizes
awarded. Tho winner of tho grnnd
prize, coming within three of the cor
rect number, received nn exquisite
lemon-colored glass lemonade bowl,
while tho "booby" was mado happy
with a wooden loinon-squoezer. A
prize wns then awarded to her whoso
lomon contained tho most seeds, and
another to her who hud tho fewest.
Meanwhile, skillful hands had pre
pared a punch in tho largo bowl into
which tho lemons were squeezed.
Washington Lotter.
NATURAL -f;ME-KEEPERS.
How Mm .Natives of MiMiiiKiirtt'itt- Men nil re
the l'rof;ri'HH ol Time.
Clocks and watches are still raro
among tho peoplo of Madagascar.
Time is marked oithor by tho moro
regular incidents of daily life, or by
the points reached by tho sun's rays
in different parts of tho house through
tho day, a method which reminds ono
of tho dials in use among tho Greeks
and Romans. Tho othor method has
.ill tho charm of tho shephord's cal
endars. According to these tho progress of tho
year was marked by tho appearanco or
tho disappearance of birds and bios
joins. Tho following is given as tho
ardor of tho day in Madagascar:
About
Daybreak 0 a. m.
The dew In dry 7 a. in,
feed cattle H a. in.
Sunshlno on tlio roof... , ii a. in,
l'lie duy Is wide open 10 a. m.
Sun at doorstep , 11 a. m.
Sun over tlie ridjf'J-- K m.
Sun hwe fn tho door 1 p.m.
Sun khlnct on rlco mortar 'i p; m.
Sun on eait wall i p. m.
Collect cuttle a p. m,
rtie red kuti..,. ; r:30p,m.
Sutuet 0 p. in.
.VkjIc rlco 7 p. in.
But rite H p. hi.
5un tire in tliuuapltol 'J p. in.
I'eoplo lie down 10 p m.
Midnight II in.
FrotfcrouklnK, , a a.m.
;ockcrowln... 8:30a. m.
Seen the color of cuttle. 6:30 a. hi.
The eut U light .?. 5: a. m
Jowolors' Weakly,
m i
"Got out o' here," mild tho lion to
tho china egg. "You don't boloni to
my soL" Harper's Ilnar.
CURE rXJH SUICIDE.
Am Tnerltabte Ailment of th Tim. nf
How to Treat It.
The spread of suicide is alarming
some of our cotempornrles. and that
they should bo alarmed is not to be
wondered at, perhaps, if the statement
made is correct that "within tho last
three months three clergymen, three
postmnsters, six " physicians, twelve
well-to-do merchants, seven office
holders, three lawyers, three bankers,
four railroad officials, two artists, three
mayors, ono journalist, onc-j;rmy offi
cer and two capitalists hare, for various
reasons, voluntarily shuflled off thU
mortal coll." But in viewing such a
record a little philosophy is desirable.
An Increase of suicide is not necessarily
a proof that the world is growing more
unhappy. On the contrary, it may
mean that tho general state of society
is improving. Men and women do not
kill themselves because their material
condition Is unbearable, but lovause
some mental state leads them to prefer
tho sleop of death, no matter "what
dreams may come." to the perplexity
and moral tension of existence. The
most miserable of people, speaking
materially, aro the least given to sui
cide as, for instance, the Spaniards
and tho Italians. Suicide is vastly
more prevalent among the better nour
ished and better educated Germans
than among either of the nations we
have named; the thrifty and intelligent
Danes and Saxons are most given to
suicide of all tho peoples of Kit rope,
while squalid and benighted Spain has
tho lowest suicide percentage. If we
comparo tho epochs of the world, we
find that in Rome, in tho days of the
glory of the republic and tho empire,
suicide was much more prevalent than
it was in tho darkness of tho Middle
Ages.
Suicide Is a malady of cultivation a
characteristic, it may be said, of an
advanced and oven prosperous state of
society. In the United States, whore,
in the live years hot ween 1882 and 1887,
8,220 persons took their own lives,
only 270 of thoso deaths woro attribut
able to destitution, U is to, "ond tho
heartacho," and not to osoapo unbear
able material conditions, that people
take tholr lives: and this heartacho or
world weariness in quite us distinctly
traceable to tne increased sensitiveness
of organization on tho part of a culti
vated generation as is the delight in
progress, in society, in art, in music,
nnd in literature, that I s also char
acteristic of this epoch of the world.
Tho prevalenco of suieido is in many
wavs lamentable; out there is no
reason why the world should alarm it
self unduly about it, or, treating it ns
if it were due to some preventable
cause, like an epidemic of diphtheria,
should call out, "What Is to bo done?"
Nothing is to be dono, at least by so
ciety as a whole. Suicide is an inevit
able ailment of a timo, which, on tho
whole, is tho best time that the world
has ever had.
But though socrety can do nothing to
restrain suicide, tho individual being
supremo in at least this, respect, some
thing may be done, and effectively.
too, by tho individual who feels tho
urging to self-destruction strong within
him. If no consideration of tho here
after gives suclr a ono pause, it is in
his power to put himself in healthy
harmony with nature, if ho will, by
oboyiug tho philosophical injunction to
"look outward and not In;" to admit
to his lifo tho light of nature first
comprehending that nature is not a
thing exterior to him, but that it is
himself and he is nature and not for
over shut himself within the darkness
of a partial and selfish view of life;
and, uxamining In this light his con
dition, to determine whother tho leth
argy and despair which Impel him to
suicide are not of his own making, nnd
w ether tho natural gift of hope and
iiealtn aro not still within recovery.
Boston I ranscript.
THE HORSE STARTED.
A I.uilj- niicIpllni'H n Itnlky Anlnutl With
Some Iiirnnveiilriice to Ilernelf,
"What aro wo stopping for?" said
tho lady. "Balky horso on tho track,"
answered the gontlcman. "Ho won't
move for whipping or pelting or whis
pers in his ear or any thing." Did 1
over tell you," sho asked, "about my
experience with a balky horse? No?
Well. It was out on tho Colorado
plains. Tho most elegant young
eligible of our set had Invited mo to
ta .e a rido behind his high-spirited,
line-blooded horse. I got myself up to
do justice to the occasion. All wont
delightfully till, when wo wore on tho
open plain outside Denver, that valu
able animal concluded to pause in his
rapid motion and meditate. My escort
shook tho reins, clucked porsuaslvoly,
demonstrated encouragingly, gavo a
touch of tho whip, at which the horso
reared and kicked viciously, but still
wo woro stationary out on that lonoly
sandy lovel. My ologant escort grow
red in tho faco with mortification, and
clenched his teeth so as not to lot Hllp
any regrettable words. 'If you will
allow mo to got out I could start him,'
ho said, 'O, by no means.' I rojoinod, I
could novor hold him. Let mo gut
out, and try putting sand in his mouth.
1'vo beon told that worked like a
charm.' And ho It did. I clatnborod
out of tho buggy, grabbed a good list
full of Hue sand, opened tit) jaws ol
that homo, and throw it In. Tho as
tonished horso tore off like a flash, and
us I olood alone, llvo miles from homo
in that Military placo and watched the
maddoned horso, tho poworloss rirlvur,
and tho black buggy grow a moro dot
In tho dlbtanco, I decided tho experi
ment had beon u perfect success as far
us starting tho horso wus concerned."
Chicago Journal.
I
ItWImMOrer Hill and Vale I.Ike a ITafll
Karth-Worm.
Tho great wall of China Is, after all,
only wall. And it was built with
tho samo object as any othor wall 1(
keep people from coining whoro thoj
were not wanted. Mr. Toole's fntnoui
nccount of It Is as historically accurate
as any. "Tho most Important build
ing in China." he is accustomed tc
say, "Is tho Chinese wall, built t
keep the Tartars out. It was built al
such an enormous expense that th
Chinese never got over it. But tin
Tartars did, and tho way thoy accom
plished this feat was as follows: One!
went first and t'other went arter." ll
differs from other walls in ouly twe
respects its ago and its size. The
former is 2102 years; tho latter Is such
that It Is tho only work of human
hands on the globe visible from tlx
moon. (1 tako no responsibility fot
elthor of these statements.) The
Chinese name for it is Wan-ll-ch'ang-eh'ong.
"the wall 10.00011 long." And
the gato on this high-way is called
Pata-ling.and Is about fifty miles north
west of Pekin and 2.000 feet above tha
sea. Beyond it lies Mongolia.
Half an hour after this first glimpse
I stood upon tho wall itsolf. The
gateway is a largo doublo one, with a
square tower upon It, pierced with
oblong openings for cannon, of which
a dozen old ones lie in a heap, showing
that at ono timo tho road was sorl
ously defended at this point. A rough
stairway leads to tho top, which is
about twenty feet wide, with a crouol
lated parapet on each side, and you can
walk along It as far as you can soo,
with hero and thoro a scramble
whoro it has fallen in a little. On
tho whole, it is in oxcollent repair,
having, of course beon mended and
robullt many times. Every half-mile
or so is a llttlo square tower of two
stories. Tho wall Itself varies a good
deal in height according to tho nature
of tho ground, averaging probably
about forty feet. On ono side Mon
golia, as you seo it, is a vast, undu
lating, brown plain; on tho othor sido
China is a perfect sea of brown hills
In all directions, and across thoso
strotchos tho groat wall. On tho hill
top, through tho valloys, up and down
tho sides, it twists in an unbroken
lino, exactly liko a huge earth-worm
suddonly turnod to stono. For many
miles it is visible in both dirootlons,
nnd whon you enn no longer trnco ls
entire length you can still discover It
topping tho hills ono aftor another
into the romote distance.
And whon you rolloct that it Is built
of bricks, in almost Inaccossiblo placos,
through uninhabited countries, that
each brick must hnvo boon tranported
on a man's shouldors enormous dis
tances, nnd that it extends for 2,000
milos, or one-twelfth of tho clrcumfor
enco of the globe, you bogin to ronllzo
that you aro looking upon tho most
colossal achievement of human hands.
Tho bricks aro so big and heavy that
that I had to hlro a llttlo donkey to
carry off two of them. This is tho
only pleeo of vandalism to which I
plead guilty on this trip, but tho temp
tation was irrosistiblo, and "thoy will
novor bo missed." Nowadays, of
courso, tho wall sorvos no defensive
purpose whatever and Is not guarded
in any way. Not a soul llvos within
miles of it at most points, and it is hut
a land-mark for tho Mongols' cnmol
trains, a stupendous monument to tho
groat past of China, and nn ovidenco
of colestlal greatness nnd onterprlso
gone never to roturu. Pittsburgh Dis
patch. MAKING A LIGHT.
From the Time When Flint mill Steel Were
UhciI Down to tho Safety Match.
The following facts about tho differ
ent modes of gottlng a light may bo
interesting. Until this century was
moro than a quarter spent no hotter
mothod of obtaining fire existed than
tho now obsoleto plan of striking
sparks from Hint by means of a plcco
of steol, but in 1827 chemistry began
to show other and moro ready means
to accomplish this end. Tho first
chemical substitute for tho Hint and
steol wns a composition of chlorate of
potash and sugar, which, on a drop of
oil of vitriol bolng applied to it,
caught firo. Tho first luclfcr match
mado was with this mixture, but it
was necessary to havo a bottle of
vitriol into which to dip tho matches
in order to sot them alight. As thoso
matchos cost about twonty-flvo cents
for fifty thoy wero boyond tho renoh
of nil but tho woll-to-do, and did not,
thorofore, como Into gonoral use.
Then followed tho frlctic match mado
with chlorate of potash and antimony,
which had to bo drawn through sand
paper to cause ignition. Boyle's dis
covery of tho mothod of making phos
phorus led to matches being mado of
this material in 1833. Tho original
plan was to preparo a mixture of
phosphorus and gum, which was
placed on tho ond of match wood
tipped with sulphur, but parafllno
wax has now all hut universally dis
placed sulphur, owing to tho objoc
tlonablo smell of tho lattor. In 1840
a preparation known ns red phosphor
us was introduced, and this hud by
dogrees como to bo very lnrgoly em
ployed in tho production of what aro
known as safety matches.
Tho reason why safoty matches do
not ignite oxcopt on their box is be
cause tho bends of such matches con
tain nn phosphorus, but a substanco
like chlorate of potash, while red
phoHphoruH Is pasted on paper outside
of tho box. On striking tho match
tho chlorate of potiiHh comes In con
tact with tho rod phosphorus, and a
light is thus produced. Donvttr Republican
THE CHINE3E WALU
THE TYPEWRITER" GTRti
'fhongh She .May Cliew Gum.. Mb- fir
Voi-j Valuable Member of jochMy.
It Is doubtful if thcro exists- in tha
land to-day a paragrapher, or any
other specios of alloged humor&t, but
who has not something to. say about
tho typewriter girl. Sho has been
ridiculed, and even maligned. Col
umns of presumable wit have mado
tho compositor happy at her oapense.
She is ono of the principals of the
paragraphor's stock in trade, and
stands in tho pigeon-hole beside the
mother-in-law, spring bonnet and
home-from-the-lodgo jokes. Sho has
beon terribly abused, but with Spar
tan courage pounds tho keys and
novor utters a word of eomplalnt. It
is not unnntural, however, that so
charming a subject should rccoivo tha
attention of tho fostlvo paragrapher,
but it is sotnowhat strange that tha
serious sido of tho quostlon has novor
beon eonsldorod. Tho typewriter girl
does not thump tho nlphabot just for
her health. She learned how to
manipulate tho key-board through
necessity. It was a condition and not
a theory that confronted hor. Sho saw
n territory of action beforo hor and
rushed forward and planted her claim.
She Is there to stay. She- Is rogular in,
her habits. Sho may chow gum. but
sho never dallies with tobacco, nor
toys with tho serpent lurking in tho
wine-glass. In thoso respocts her
superiority over her malo competitor
Is palpably ovtdont. Her living ex
penses aro confined to food, tolu and
dress. Sho never Indnlgos In draw
poker, nor high-low-jack, therefore
sho can work for a smaller salary
than a male, and save more.too. Sho Is
an angel ot loveliness about tho ofllco.
The proprietor swears loss, and tha
olllco boy doesn't whistle as much as
hoforo the advent of tho typewriter
girl.
Hut towering abovo all thoso de
lightful considerations is hor business
usefulness. Tho typewriter girl has
discovered what naturo know long
j ago. namoly. that sho is capablo of
doing tho real buslnoss of tho world.
Sho lias tho capability, and Is fast ac
' quiring tho adaptability. Man has
J slowly become a monopolist, and adds
to Ills monopoly ot vlco a monopoly
of the buslnoss world. Tho protty
typowrltor girl, perhaps unconscious
ly. Is suroly breaking down this un
worthy trust. Tho typowrltor girl Is
rather lowly in station now, but if sho
will glanco into the horoscopo of tha
future sho will seo looming up bofora
her. in all tho gorgeous colors of tho
solar spectrum, supremacy, or at loast
equality, in flio buslnoss realm. From
a mero automaton, whoso duty It is to
hold close communion with tho En
glish alphabet, sho will advance in
timo to business management and,
oven to proprietary interest. Her
fooling of dependence will disappear
like dow beforo tho morning aim. Sho
will amass enough woalth to romaln
singlo until matrimonial stock has
roachod far in tho market of her
heart. Thon sho can sottlo down to
domostio bliss, if desirable, and then
arrogance and assumed superiority
of the husband will bo missing, be
causo sho will know hor buslnoss and
ho will bo thoroughly cognizant of ta
fact. Minneapolis Tribune.
How to Tame a Bird.
If anybody knows how to tamo birds,
it ought to bo Mrs.01ivoThornoMillor;
and thoso aro hor rulos, which aro
slmplo onough for any ono to under
stand and practlco: No creaturo ia
moro jealous or sensitive than a bird.
It is easy, however, to win tho heart of.
almost any bird, and without starving1
him or making him think ho has mas
tered you. Simply talk to him a good,
deal. Place his cago near you on your
dosk or work-tablo, and rotain his
choicest dainty to glvo to him with,
your own fingers. Lot him know that
he can novor havo that particular
thing unless ho takes It from you, and.
ho will soon loarn, If you aro patlont;
and do not disconcert him by fix
ing your eyes upon him. Aftor this ho
will moro readily tako it from your
lips; and thon whon you lot him out
of his cngo, after tho first oxcitomont
Is ovor, ho will como to you, ospoclal
ly if you havo a call you havo accus
tomed him to, and accopt tho dainty
from you whilo freo. As soon us ho
becomes roally convlncod that you wllL
not hurt him, or try to catch him, or
Interfere in uny way with his llborty,
ho will glvo way to his boundless curi
osity about you; he will pull your hair,
pick at your oyos, and glvo you as
much of his company as you desire.
Touth's Companion.
It Puzzled the Dentist
"It's a mystery to mo," said a den
tist of largo practlco recently, "that a
woman will mako up hor faco to coma
to a dontlst's chair. Yet many of
them do. Hardly a day passes that L
don't have somo womon inhoro rouged,
powdered and poncllod to tho last de
gree. You would think thoy would,
hardly euro to faco tho strong, cruel
light which I employ in my work, or
my own close, if involuntary, scrutiny,
but thoy don't seem to mind either.
Only yesterday I worked for threo
hours ovor a woman whoso lips wera
so bosmudged with somo vormillloa
paste thut it camo off generously with
every uso of tho syrlngo to wash out
hor mouth. Tho powdor on hor face
dusted my coat sloovo with ovory mo
tion, almost, and I discovered, bofora
I was through with hor, thatovon tha
veins on her temples owod tholr del
icate hluo look to somo outsldo influ
ence." N. Y. Sim.
Princeton College has initiated a
now course on electrical aatrlneerlBS.