MISCELLANEOUS.
-There are different ways or snow
ing wrath: the teakettle sings sweetest
when it Is hottest.
The latest railway signal Indicates
automatically the time that hnsclapsed,
up to twenty minutes, since the last
train passed It.
There Is an oid negro In Quitman
County, Georgia, who has novor
owned a lock. Hn has been for years
nailing a bar of wood across the door
of his crib every night.
A philosopher on a Western paper
linds that only ono person in every
(10,000 dies In bed while asleep, and
concludes that It Is a waste of time to
11c awnlce atul worry over tho diMigor
of that.
A farmer, residing at Now Dig
jllns. III., recently put his milk cans on
tho woodpile to dry, and tho reflec
tions of tho sun's rays from them set
Ibo wood on fire, doing considerable
damage to his house and barn.
A young man of Poughkocpsle
was so ovorjoyed at his admission to
tho bar latejytliat ho lost his senses
for n time. Ho got a brass band of
jilncteon nieces and marched up and
down the street ahead of the drum
major, carrying a broom. Ho was ar
ranging for fireworks and other jubila
tions when lus friends secured him.
Tho oldest pieces of wrought iron
now known are probably tho sickle
blade found by Bolzoni under the base
of a sphynx in Karnac, near Thebes;
tho blade found by Colonel Vyse, Im
bedded In the masonry of tbo groat
pyramid; tho portion of tho crosscut
saw exhumed at Nlmrod by Mr. I.ay
jird all of which are now In tho British
Alusotim.
Hero Is a musical morsel Unit must
"have come from Germany. No beggars
in this country would show so much
consideration. The story Is that a
man asked the well-known author for
alms ''You have a violin there," said
the man of words, "but you do not play
it." "O. sir. give mo a penny and don't
make mo play. I asLV.ro you you won't
regret it." Clearly It was impossible
to resist an appeal of this sort.
A funny case was tried in tho jus
tice's court at .Jasper, Ga., for damages
to a hog by a reason of the loss of ono
of the hog's foot In a collision with a
train. In a throe hours' legal light the
defendant's counsol contended Unit the
rules of assossinx damages was the loss
In weight of the hog by reason of being
run over, which In this caso was ono
foot, weighing half a pound, which at
ten cents a pound would be fivo conts
damagos. Tho plalntifFs counsol In
sisted that tho rule for assessing dam
ages was tho valuo of the hog when
hurt, with tho cost of nursing and
medical treatment, togothor with such
damages as the enlightening mind of
tho jury thought proper for tho mental
pain and anguish of tho hog. Tho jury
gave tho plaintiff $5.
AFTERNOON TEAS.
Ilrataut Hospitality Thnt I Knjoyrd liy
Kery Hoily.
For several seasons past tho custom
of giving aftornoon teas has boon large
ly o.i tho increase. It Is a very pleasant
hospitality and enjoyed very much.
Ono can go in street costumes, pass
a short time pleasantly and be at homo
early enough for h.i ' duties and have
tho evening at di ioal for something
else. -
Tho refreshments can hoof the light
est kind, dispensed In a dainty way to
lend to tho attractiveness of tho occa
sion. In small places such a custom could
be introduced without making thorn too
formal, each lady having her own day,
and lu this way much pleasant socia
bility could bo extended and tho con
Ktant running lu and out, which inter
feres so' much with many housekeepers'
pins, could bo entirely dono away with.
1 can not eoneolve of any creator
annoyance than living lu a neighbor
hood where ono is liable to Interrup
tions at either end of the house.
Kvory housekeeper needs certain
times to put her house in order, and to
ho interrupted in it means often serious
disarrangement of tho whole day.
Jf housekeeping is ono's business It
needs attention, and no one can enjoy
a call when sho is feeling something Is
being done too much in tho way of
cooking or loft undone lu tho way of
mrrauglng.
How much nicer If tho whole sot of
ladles would organize a method of
campaign for tho season, each decide
on her own day, and bo ready for
frlonitH at that tiiuo.--Loulsvtllo Cour-ior-Jourintl.
, -
m mi
Can't Get Rid of His Nickel.
About a year ngo some wag polished
olT a nlekol till it only resembled tho
coin of tho realm in size and color.
After it had dropped into tho bottom
of tho bobtail car box tho drlvor eyed
It suspiciously and, oviduntly thinking
tho other Hide of tho coin might bo all
right, ho gave tho decisive pull and
lot It pas. From that time to this tho
company has boon endeavoring to got
that nlekol back on tho rascally pub
lic, llul, strango to say, ovory man
who tears open the llttlo envelope con
taining It and its companion ploco
always chucks tho smooth nlekol back
into tho box. Of course no drlvor can
now complain because tho coin always
comes out of tho company's package.
During Its llrst year of service it has
tnkon about 2. IUO trips, and as it Is
KOttlng'thlnnor and binoother nil tho
time, there Is now no hope of its uver
reaping Htroot car service, except
.through tho roinantlo oharity or some
Orind deliverer, or through tho liual
dissolution of tho company's corporation.-
Jlultlmoru American.
THE MAC'S AND O'S.
TThat th Syllable rrnflxn le VUh
NnniM Literally Mear.
There Is a popular rhymo:
"By Mac and (V
You'll olWHyi know
True Irishmen, they nay;
Foil f they luck
lloth O' and Mc
No Irishmen are they."
Id osl:
"Per Mhc atoue O. tu vertu cosrnosls Itlbcrnoi
HIh iluohtis ilemptl", nullus Hlbernn ndeU"
What do Mao and ()' as prefixes to
Irish names literally mean?
Answer. Authority: lowers' "Pat
ronytnica Britannlcu." Mac, a well
known prolix of surnames of Ccltio
origin, signifying "son of," and there
fore cognate with tho Ap of Welsh, the
Fit, of Anglo-Norman, and the son of
Kfiir'ish use. In England and other
(.ohm rlcs of Europe the great staple
of f.i tilly names Is derived from a ter
ritorial source, but among the Colts of
Scotland, Ireland, and Wales tho sur
name was almost uniformly that of tho
father or some ancestor with a prodx.
'(; " This is a very common prefix
to Irish surnames, and is tho Celtic na.
grandson, descendant. In England anil
other European countries the noble and
weilthy generally borrowed their
family mimes from theirlandcd posses
sions but in Ireland the names of septs
or tribes were uniformly borrowed
from thdseof their ancient chiefs and
ancestors. The famous King, Brian
Boru, wlio fell at tho batll of Clontar
in KIN. published an edict that the
descendants of the heads of tribes and
families then in power should take
uamo from them, either from the fath
ers or grand fathers, and that thoso
unines should become hereditary and
llxed forever. In some Instances, how
ever, families who boasted of a distin
guished ancestor of earlier date as
sumed his name rather than that of tho
grandfather or father.
0 or rather Oy, was used In tho
ouse of grandson by thoSoottlsli High
landers; thus vi) read of a very old
lady of Gaelic race who, Argus-llko,
oould boast of 100 "Oyos."
Tho Galweglans, who prided them
selves upon not being Irishmen, issued
an order In 1.018 prohibiting tho native
septs from entering their town, declar
ing that "neither ()' no Mae should
strut no swagger through the streets
of Gal way."
A regular error prevails in Ireland
that while the Mae conveys no motion
of high birth the ()' Is a mark of good
family. In the province of Connaught
tho O' untitles tho gentleman; the
O'Connors, the O'Flahertys, and the
O'Mitllcys are somebodies, while their
distant kinsmen, tho Connors, the
Flahcrtysand the Malloys are nobodies.
Much tho saino notion prevails In
Franco concerning tho prefix de. In
Ireland the O' Is never prefixed to any
name derived from trade, with the sin
gle exception of O'Gowan, which is
similar to our Smithson.
lu O'Brien's "Irish Dictionary" it
gives:
"Mae. a son. It is some
times used for tho young of brutes.
It is prefixed to the name of
several of the great families of Ire
land." There Is another word, an adjective,
which means clean, pure, etc. O' Is a
preposition, meaning from, and is used
in connection with names to denote
the place from which a person or fam
ily comes, or descent Ifrom a particular'
parentage, as O'Ncll, which would In
dicate descent from the O'Noll family,
and O'Brien means the direct descend
ants of Brian Boirhhe.
On the other hand O'Caslaen means
the family from Castlolyons In tho
county of Cork. Chicago Mall.
A FAMOUS LAWYER.
!l Wrote a Wry Grrnt Hook and n Very
Contemptible Our.
Simon Groouleaf, tho famous law pro
fessor at Cambridge, and author of the
bust trcntlso on evidence ever written,
was a native of New Gloucester, Mc.
Of poor but respectable parentage, his
early advantages wore extremely lim
ited. Ho contrived to study law, and
comuiencod practice In (tray, a little
town about twenty miles north of Fort
land. He was so poor as to bo onco
arrested for debt, lie removed to Port
land, where he made such a favorable
Impression that ho was appointed re
porter of decisions after Maine became
a State, ami acquired a tine reputation.
His business was large, and ho stood
among tho tlrst when ho was Invited
through tho Influence of Judge Story
to become Royal professor of law at
Cambridge, where ho soon acquired a
national reputation. The treaties on
evidence was written here. He also
wrote a worklu defense of the gospels,
which was a failure, inasmuch as the
attempt was uuido to support the testi
mony of the evangelists by the rules
of evidence administered lu courts of
justice. No genius or learning could
make success of a work on this basis.
The gospels are true; but tho evidence
Is of a far higher kind than that ad
ministered in courts of justice, although
lawyers sometimes niToct to bo very
wise, and talk lu a watery way on this
subject. Their efforts in this direction
do not streng hen tho evidences, and
sometimes lend to throw a doubt over
what is clear enough when scon from
another and proper standpoint. Judge
M ideal f, a sturdy believer of tho old
sort, was not deceived by this sort of
thing, and pronounced tho work of Mr,
Groenleaf " tho meanest book ever
written byawhlto man," Boston Bea
con. vjparagut salad: .Out tho groon
tops from two bunches of asparagus lu
Inch long pieces, mix thorn with let
tuce leaves, a few sprigs of mint and a
teaspoonftil of powdered sugar and
servo with mayonnaise dressing.
Tho illfTerent manufacturing estab
lishments of Ohio produced 318,519,.
i.W last year from u onpltal of 20i,
FREEDOM OF THOUGHT.
The rr-nrhlnn and Imimmi Powr
of Our Molt Secret Thought. I
Though tyranny finds many ways to
enslave man, it can have no direct
power over his thoughts. His actions
may bo restrained, his speech may bo
ottered, his body may bo chained, his
llfo itself may bo takon away, but his
thoughts no ono can Intorforo with.
They remain his own, and, excopt with
his will, no ono can over guoss what
thoy arc. But does this absence of di
rect power Insuro truo freedom of
thought? It may at first sight seem to
do so, but a deeper insight Into tho
nature of thought will show that It Is
Itself subject to many Influoncos and
conditions. Associations, circum
stances, education, climate, race, occu
pation, hopes, fears, emotions all
exert an indirect but powerful pres
sure upon thought; so powerful that if
In ono senso It Is always free, in an
other sense it is always controlled. If
no ono olso can claim authority over
our thought, neither may wo exercise
an absolute and immediate dominion
over it. Is freedom of thought, then,
a mere name a sound without mean
ing? Not so. Roal freedom of any
kind Involves not only the absence of
artificial rostralnt, but tho presence
of Influences favorable to growth
and . development. Tho infant left
without care Is not free; It
has no choice but to perish. Tho
body can bo onslavod by gout or par
ulyais as surely as by prisons and
chains; both provont the healthful
exercise which is its life. Kven indo
lence and solf-lndulgonco may prove
equal tyrants. It is only where a
wholesome nnd nctivo life secures for
the body that varied motion and other
salutary conditions needful to its best
development that wo can say the free
dom of tho body is secured. So the
freedom which thought needs is not
merely the absence of any personal
compulsory force, but tho presence o!
favorable Influences, which shall enable
It to grow in strength and to perform
its functions in the most perfoct man
ner. Our thoughts should be the
guides of our whole lives; tholr
province is to discover truth and to
reject error, to sift tho just from the
unjust, the puro from tho impure, the
better from the worse, and so to apply
them as to Improve ohnractor and life.
How Important, thon, It becomes that
wo should foster thoso conditions and
influences thnt will onablo thought to
perforin, without hindrunce, so essen
tial a work! Ouo very strong pres
sure that bears upon thought to pro
vont Its freedom and restrain its
growth is that of fancied personal in
terest. We say fancied, bocause tho
real Interest of tho individual Is bound
up in the healthful advancement of his
thought. But it Is not uncommon for
people to imagine that their happiness
lies in an opposlto direction. Thoy
fear the consuro of tholr party, or the
frown of a fashionable clrclo, or the
loss of favor or patronage, If thoy fol
low out some train of thought to Its
logical conclusions. Or thoy seo that
If they accept its issues It will require of
them certain sacrifices, which they are
not prepared to make. Thus they stifle
or abandon thoughts thnt seem danger
ous, and remain on what thoy sup
pose to bo safe ground, forgetting that
thoro is no mental safety whoro free
dom of thought is banished. Then
thoro are also prejudices and antip
athles, and oven sympathies, to guard
against. It is impossible fully to esti
mate how much our thinking Is gov
erned by our feollng. Wo lovo ono per
son and roluso to boo any defect in
him. We dlsllko another, and his do
fects are so patent to us that wo soo no
virtues. So with tho parties wo espouso
and thoso wo oppose. Our tendency
Is to esteem the ideas nnd doings of
tho ono as all right and thoso of the
other as all wrong. In gonoral It may
bo said that tho desire to establish as
truo some particular conclusion, or
somo special set of Idoas, Is a stronger
element in tho investigation than the
doslro to find out what roally is truo.
Now tho desires and tho omottons are
valuable parts of our nature and deserve
full recognition, but when thoy tyrau
nlzo over tho thoughts and provont I
their free action thoy exceed tholr do
main and ought to bo controlled. It
should bo a habit of tho mind to pause
frequently and Inquire why wo think
thus nnd so; for tho motives to thought
aro as numerous and as varied as tho 1
motives to action, nnd form as good a ,
tost of Its character. Perhaps fow
1 duties aro moro dlltlcult than this, yet
fow aro more essential to tho cause of
justice and truth. Could wo correctly
ostlmato the immense power of our
most secret thoughts, tholr Inftuonco
upon speech and action, upon eh unto-,
tor and life, upon self and others, wo
should osteein It ono of our most sacred J
obligations to keep thorn puro and ,
clean, free from tho domination of sup
posed self-Interest or desire, passion or
emotion, strong to discovor truth and ,
right, wherever they llo, and to accept
tholr conclusion whorovor they may
lead.- Philadelphia Ledger.
Never Hcsitato to Do Right. '!
If the most virtuous aro those who
protond to lmvo been strongly enticed
by their vices before submitting, wo
could better say that tho soldlor, who'
suffered all tho ngony of terror and j
finally lied before tho ouemy, is more
worthy of esteem than tho soldlor who,
without fear and without resistance,
remained llrm at his post. Tho bravost
is ho who docs not hcsitato before
danger; tho most upright ho who does
not hesitate to do thnt which Is right. ,
How then, In other clroumstancoi, '
would not tho most virtuous bo ho who
has struggled before succumbing, and .
not ho who remulnod pure. M. Y. i
Lodger.
INDUSTRIOUS MEXICANS.
An American' VUlt to a Co-operatlre Vil
lage Near Orlxaba.
Whllo stopping at Orizaba, Mexico. 1
heard that tnero was a village near the
city which was run on the co-operative
plan, and I visited It to ascertain the
effects of co-operation In practlco In
stead of theory. Tonango. tho co-opera-tlvo
villngc, Is located In a little "V"
shnped nicho In the angle whore two
mountains join. It faces tho south and
Is as pretty a spot as could have been
found In Mexico for a co-operative
colony. The populnttnn of the villngc
consists "of a small tribe of Indians,
probably four or five hundred in num
ber, who annually choose an Alcalde
and Ayuntamlonto. or chief magistrate
and council to receive nnd disburse all
moneys received from tho products ot
the village and look after tho general
welfare of tho place. These otliclals.
like tho moro common members of tho
community, wear cotton suits, which
are mado by tholr wives, and probably
cost about one dollar, leather sandals,
and cheap sombreros, and work tho
same as those who hold no oflicc.
A small church Is located iu tho
center of the village, and a jolly,
round-faced padre or priest, who
is supported out of the funds
of the community, ministers to the
spiritual wants of tho villagers. Tho
village was in a fair sanitary condition,
considered from a Mexican point of
view, and the people) appeared con
tented and happy. The principal prod
ucts of the village ore coffee, lemons,
oranges, bananas and vegetables, and
theso, along with corn, furnish a good
portion of tho provisions on which the
people subsist. The coffeo raised is far
in excess of the amount necessary for
home consumption, and tho surplm
when sold brings in much more than
enough money to clothe tho people,
thus leaving a snug amount in the
treasury. There appeared to be no
dries in tho village, and during the
time when tho help of all was not re
quired in tho village those who had
idle tlmo improved It by going up on
tho mountains and burning charcoal
and howing out boards or planks nnd
taking them to Orizaba to sell. This
Industrious disposition on, tho part ol
tho co-operators caused enough money
to flow Into the treasury to enable tho
Alcado to deal out a liberal portion to
each ono and still koop an omergencj;
fund In the treasury. The only thing
which I saw to give mo a bad impres
sion of tho villago was tho condition in
which every ono who had been to mar
ket, returned. An ordinary Moxican
can get pretty drunk and enjoy him
self, but when a Tenango co-operator
comes homo from market it can be
safely calculated that ho Is drttnkor
than anybody, can yell louder than
anybody, and can lick anybody between
the ages of eight and eighty, and will
get satisfaction by pounding his poor
burro if ho can find no cause to pound
ono of his neighbors. Cor. Chicago
Journal.
MADE OF A SKULL.
A New York Country Kdltor' Unique nut
Ohastly ripe.
Byron wroto linos to a drinking-cup
formed of a skull, but it remained for
tho original mind of a newspaper man
to conceive the idea of making a dead
skull breathe by turning the dome of
thought into a tobacco-pipo. If you
outer tho private ofllce of tho assistant
editor of a newspaper In a village not
far from this city, you soo a young man
sitting atadosk, writing and smoking.
This commonplace sight is mado ono
of horror by tho fact that tho pipe Is
mado of a human skull. It sits on the
table a couplo of feot from tho editor,
and is connected with his mouth by a
rubber tube which enters tho head
through tho cavity which onco con
tained an eyo. From tho cracks in tho
skull smoko slowly Issues and some
timos for i moment a vivid spark of
tiro gleams whoro tho light of lovo or
tho tires of hate used to burn. Listen,
and from the skull comos sounds thnt
resemble gurgling of blood. The man
who called tho apparatus an 'infer
nal thing" spoko with moro truth than
ho at tlrst intended. Only tho
moro Intimate associates of tho editor
remain long in his sanctum, nnd fow of
them havo any desire to form a closor
acquaintance with tho pipe, whllo only
ono or two persons havo had tho norvo
to use It. A surgon borrowed tho pipo
ono night and mado tho rounds of tho
hotols, smoking it, much to tho hor
ror of tho guests and bar-room habi
tues. Tho mochunlsm of tho plpo is
simple, and precisely tho samo as that
of tho chemists, "wash-bottle." It is
exposed by removing the top of tho
skull. Tho pipe-bowl Is placed on on
side of tho place occupied in the natur
al state by tho middle lobe of tho brain.
A rubber tube goes from it into a bot
tle containing water, which rests In
tho deepest part of tho skull, by tho
sldo of tho orifice through which tho
spinal cord enters tho cranial cavity.
Another rubber tube goes from tho
bottlo to tho mouth of tho smoker.
DThe editor says ho prefers smoking
his skull to the host meerschaum. Tho
siuoko Is cool nnd considerable nico
tine Is removed from it by tho water In
tho bottle, through which tho smoke
passes and which has to bo changed
dally. Tho smoko also seems to bo
condensed nnd to produco an effect
different from tobacco used iu other
pipes. The owner of tho plpo is not
yet twonty-tuo years old. Ho formed
ii tasto for horrible things by reading
medicine and making postmortem ex
aminations forseveral years. Although
this pipe and tho storios told of his
gravo-robblug exploits shock some of
tho people ,nf tho villago in which ho
lives, ho in highly esteemed and trusted
by Ills townsmen, and Is a consistent
church member. Syracuse (N. Y.)
Journal. O
rur niMftR nf SATURN. V
i,.-.w . - .
Trot Darwin Kxplalnn now They Am
Viewed by Science To-day.
H has been shown by sovoral lines of
investigation that Saturn's rings consist
of independent meteorites, moving,
?ach In Its orbit, about tho planet, and
this conclusion may be safoly accepted
is correct. But every field of thought
19 now seething with tho evolutionary
fermont, and as wo can not rest satis
fied with any conclusion as a finality,
we here merely find ourselves at tho
starting point of 'now speculations.
What, then, is the history of these
rings, and what their future fate?
They are cloarly intimately rolatod to
tho "planet, and their history would bo
complete if wc could with the mind's
aye watch their birth from the planet
uid follow their subsequent changes.
Now although tho details of such a his
tory are obsenro, yet at least a shadowy
outline of it may bo confidently ac
cepted as known.
In the remote past all tho matter
which now forms the Saturnlan system
of planet, satellites and rings wns far
more diffused thun at present. There
was probably a nucleus of densor mat
ter round which slowly revolved a mass
of rarofled gases and meteorites. The
central portion was Intensely hot, with
heat derived by condensation from a
state of still greater dispersion.
As this nebula cooled it contracted,
and therefore rovolved moro quickly.
If you watch the water emptying itself
from a common wash-hand basin when
the plug at the bottom is removed, you
will seo an exanple of such quickened
rotation. When the basin Is full, tho
water is commonly rovolvlng slowly in
one or tho other direction, but as tho
level falls and tho water approaches
tho hole, it spins moro quickly, and the
last drops are seen to whirl around
with violence.
Tho revolvinc nebula Is flattened at
tho poles like an orange, and tho
amount of flattening increases as it
contracts and spins quicker. At a cer
tain stage it. can no longer subsist in a
continuous mass, a nd an annular portion
is detached from tho equator, leaving
tho central ball to continue' its contrac
tion. Wo are pretty safe in saying that
tho rings of Saturn took their origin iu
somi such mode as this. But It can
not be maintained that wo understand
it all, for wo have not more than a
vaguo picture of the primitive nebula,
and tho mode in which the matter aggre
gated itself into a ring and detached it
self Is obscure. M. Roche has dono per
haps more than any ono elso to impart
mathematical precision to theso Ideas,
but oven he has not been wholly suc
cssful. Tills 'theory, commonly called tho
nebular hypothesis, was advanced In
dependently both by the philosopher
Kant and by Laplace. Various mod-
iflicatlons ha ve been suggested by oth
ers, but tho theory, in whatever form,
is replete with difficulties, and must at
prosent bo only rogarded as an ap
proximation to tho truth.
If tho past history of the ring Is not
wholly clear, it is ut least more ascer
tainable than its future development.
It Is nearly certain thnt the ring now
presents a markedly different appear
aneo from that which was seen by its
discovorers. Indeed tho only doubt
lies In tho uncertainty as to tho amount
of nllowanco which must bo mado for
difference of obsorvors and of instru
ments. Huygeus described the inter
val between the bright ring and the
planet as rather exceeding the width of
tho ring, but this Is now hV.ijjrnntly in
correct. It is improbablo that Huy
gons was incorrect, although, on tho
other hnnd, by tho most delicate mlcro
motrlc measurements Struve has been
uuablo to detect any change in an in
terval of thirty years of this century.
Wo may call to mind that Maxwoli
showed that a spreading of tho rings
both outward and Inward was athorot
Ical result of tho Inevitable Impacts be
tween the constituent meteorites,
which ho used to describe as a shower
of brickbats. Thus, whether or not
tho immense changes suspected since
1659 aro true, it remains almost certain
thnt changes of this kind aro iu prog
ress. I venture, then, to hazard a fow
words of spceulntlon as to the future of
tho rings. Tho outward spreading
will In tlmo carry many meteorites be
yond Uoche's limit; here there will no
longor bo an obstacle to aggregation
into a colcstlal body, such aggregation
will probably ensue, and a ninth satel
lite will bo formod. Tho inward
spreading will In tlmo carry tho me
teorites to the limits of Saturn's atmos
phere, where, heated by friction as
they rush through tho air, thoy will
dislntrcgato and fall on to the planet us
dust. After a time, of which no esti
mate can bo formed, tho ring will havo
vanltdied, leaving tho ninth satellite
ns itf descendant. But It must bo ad
mitted that all this Is highly specula
tive, and we can only hope that further
investigation- will glvo us firmer
grounds for a forecast. Prof. George
Howard Darwin, in Harper's .Magazine.
aa
--There havo long exited lu Gor
miifiy nnd elsewhere societies for col
lecting tiger onds--tho tips cut off to
permit of suction on lighting, mid tho
parts left when tho smoker daro not
proceed further out of mercy to his
mustache. It In customary to havo
boxes for preserving those remnants on
the table of hotel smoking-rooms, as
well as in private houses. Thoy aro
collected at given times nnd sold to tho
mauutaetnrtM's, who mako snuff of
them, or cut them up after a kindly
sleeping for smoking mixtures. Tholr
prio goes to orpr.uu institutions or
ulhcr charities.
NAPOLEON AT ELBA.
rhe Landing of the Conquered ImperfttO
at Porto Frrralo.
Tho scene of Napoleon's landing at
Porto Fcrralo was a curious one. Ho
had taken the municimillty by surprlso.
so that tho proposed d ?CDrot;o.is and
triumphal arch were Incomplete.
Klghty pounds sterling had i '
voted for theso i reparations, and
tho Council hnd also Ueoreju mat '
should be expended in tho purchase of
suitable furniture for the palace which
was set apart for him. But, If their
means woro-Vmall. the Elbans' bee-4'
were warm. Napoleon was met on tho
mole by the mayor and corporation, tbo
Vicario and other clergy. Tho people
crowded around tho lmrboi. i
waved bunting from tholr windows.
The keys of tho city were offered to
him In a silver dish by tho mayor. Ho
did but huch them with his lingort.
His troops then escorted him through
tho little piazza of white houses with
green jalousies, now known as Piazza
Covour. into the adjacent piazza, (Vlt
torio Kmanuele. ) by one sldo of which
is the plain little cathedral of the city.
Here a To Deum was snug with enthu
siasm. Napoleon stood throughout the
function, with bent knees and a far
away look. He was afteward pre
sented with a map of the island. Thon
ho lunched, mounted his white hor.se
Tibertiu. and rode out of- the
battleme'iled little town to soo
something of this residue of his great
empire. Tho Vionrio's vision of the
opulence that was to como upon Elba
with the Emperor was illusive. The
revenueof tho island, all told, was only
387.000 frtiucs. Of this, as soon as the
figures wore before him. Napoleon do
votcd '.'OO.OOO francs to public works,
such as roads and fortifications. The
balance was little enough for tho main
tenance of a court and tho several hun
dred soldiers of the Old Guard who
had followed him into exilo. B tho
treaty of Foutaineblcau, an annual nl
lowanco of '2,000,000 francs was allowed
to him. But he received not a frew ot
this, and had ho not carried with him
a sum of It.iOO.OOO francs ho would have
been at tho mercy of tho Elbans for
tho means of existence. As It was, he
did not eke out his funds very judi
ciously. Had his mother kept the bag
the Elba establishment might havo held
out for two or three years instead ol
less than one year, and Waterloo bro-i
postponed. Doting tho first few mouths
lie seldom passed a child or a peasant
iu the road without a brief Inquisitorial
chat, which ended in the gift of a
couple of gold pieces. He gave ragged
boys money to buy clothing, tn-d "M'
girls napoleons in exchange for flow
ers. Such lavish ness could not last.
Retrenchment had to be the order ol
the day. Thus, at length, the worthy,
astonished Elbans found such burdens
of taxes laid upon them as they hnd
never dreamed of. At Capollveri, la
deed, thoro was a revolt. The peoplo,
intrenched tlwmselves in their villagt
and took up stones of resistance against
tho tax collector. "So Capollveri
wants to make war with mel" ex
claimed Napoleon, with a brisk air,
whei ho heard of this. But, upon re
flection. Capollveri yiolded to tho bid
dint: of the victor of Marengo. Corn
hill Magazine.
MR. EDISON'S HABITS.
He Is n Kuril Vt'orkt-r, Knt Sparingly,
tllri
sl-fiK I'onr llfiui'4 !.
Thomas A. Edison, "tho Wizard ol
Menlo Park." arrived in tho city yes
terday. A reporter had a long dial
with him at his hotel, and here are some
of tho things he said:
"Yes, I am a hard worker. I hardly
over sleep moro than four hours pel
day, and 1 could keep this up for a
year. Sometimes I sleep ten hours,
but I don't feel well when I do. If 1
could sleep eight hours, as most men
do, 1 A-ould wake up feollng badly. My
eyes would hurt me, and I would have
n tough time to keep awako. I inherit
this from my father. He is a remark
able old man, eatimr llttlo and sleep
ing less. 1 havo often known him,
when 1 was a boy, to sit up all night
tnlking polities with a friend or swap
ping stories.
"I eat about a pound a day, and my
food is very simple, consisting of some
toast, a littlo potato or somothlng ol
that kind. You know when I am work
ing on any thing I keep at it night and
day, sleeping with my clothes on. 1
never take them off; don't cvon wash
my face; couldn't think of such a thing,
and iu this condition I take my meals.
If 1 were to remove my clothes whon 1
flept. 1 would get up feeling out ol
chape and witli no deciro to go to work.
No. (' is my den in tho laboratory,
and I -hut myself lu there and hustle.
"I sleep from six to ton in the morn
ing, ami then I jump up nnd go to work
again as fresh as a bird. This is all
the sleep 1 need.
"But I tell you wo havo lots of fun In
tho laboratory. Sometime ngo I had
forty-two men working with me on the
incandescent lamp iu a big building.
1 hired a German to piny nr. organ for
us all night, and wo worked by the
music. About one o'clock a farmer
bought iu our lunch nnd we ate from a
long table. At first tho boys had son
difficulty in keeping awake, and would
go to sleep under stairways and In the
corners. Wo employed watchers to
bring them out. and iu tlmo they got
used to it. After awhile I didn't need
forty-two of them, and l discharged
blx of thorn. Well, do you know, J
couldn't diivo them away. They
ftuyid thero and worked for nothing.
(). wo enjoy this kind of life:
Every nuiv and then 1 hlie a big
Hiiooiier. and we go down the bay, my
men and myself, to llsh forQfou days.
Then we eoino back nnd buckle dowc
toltnyaiu." PitUburah Dispatch,