o
SAGE'S PENURlOUSNESS.
A. 1'rrr Anrntotes 1 1 1 in t rn t In sr III Cloe.
ne In Money Mattr.
Probably there are som Jtorie9 cur
rent tip in Troy, whore Kussell Sago
peonies from, that have not reached New
York, but the New York ones have been
rehearsed over and over again, and it
Sis only just to the old man to say that
in these frequent rehearsals they have
gradually become exaggerated out of
11 resemblance to the truth, lie is
genial and kindly enough, but, so far
a his economical eccentricities are
concerned, there is so much truth to bo
told that n.body need depart from it
in order to bo picturesque. His busi
ness relations with various clothiers in
-the city have doubtless given rise to
many anecdotes, and even his Wall
Mreet dealings. Wash Connor tells
. how he was getting through a side
street one day in the summer time in
company with Mr. Sage on his way to
the pier of the Iron Steamboat Com
pany, when Mr. Sage's eagle eye was
attra'-ted by the sight of some light
cummer vests in the window of a small
tailor shop, very conspicuously and at
tructively labeled one dollar each. The
eyes of the old gentleman with $d0,000.
000 twinkled with excitement, and he
disappeared inside the shop, and when
he overtook Mr. Connor again at tho
pier ho had two of the vests with. him.
4tn tl had left a two-dollar bill in the
Alitor shop referred to.
Ho used to ileal a great deal with a
popular priced clothier on Broadway,
who kept an attractive assortment of
$4 pants and coats and vests, which
eoW from $10 to $15 for a combination.
And he probably would have been
dealing with him yet if a serious acci
dent had not happened something after
the following fashion: After one pur
chase that Mr. Sage made there he
found that tho trousers were rather
long, and that, in consequence, they
would wear out much sooner than they
had atiy business to do. With the pru
dence end thrift, therefore, which
characterized him, ho recurred to an
older pair for immediate use and jent
the bran-new ones back to the shop
with instructions to have them short
ened. When ho sent them back, how
ever, he sent back with them $10 or
MS in $1 bills in what, is usually known
as the pistol pocket, and curiously
jnougli, did not discover his loss until
he had reached home that evening,,
long after the clothing store, of course,
had put up its shutters, and any possi
bility of getting at tho proprietors was
gone. Next morning, however, bright
s.nd early, ho was on the ground, and
having explained the circumstances,
the clerk made inquiry, and discovered
that the workman into whose hands
the trousers had been put had, of
course, found tho money in question,
and promptly and honestly turned it
over to tho foreman. Mr. Sago was
naturally very profuse in his thanks,
and on leaving the store left 50 cents
on the counter as a reward for the
workman who had found tho $45.
Tho clothiers thought that tho re
ward was not sulliciotit, and somehow
or other couldn't overcome the inclina
tion to fall into line with dozens and
dozens of people who have told stories
about Mr. Sage. With a singular lack
of consideration for an old time cus
tomer they made an advertisement out
of tho story and paid for tho advertise
ment, and it stirred the old gentleman
up considerably. Tho privilege brokers
down in his ortico said that they
couldn't do any business with him for
two or three days ho was so crabbed
and cross-grained. They couldn't get
him to make a bid, a put or call on
paper of any kind whatever, but, of
course, in a few days he forgot
all about it. In tho meantime
ho explained several times to news
paper men, who were in tho habit
of coming into his office, that he
thought tho reward entirely sufficient.
Ho contended that he had not lost the
money in tho street. It was in a pair
of trousers which ho had left with a
reputable clothier, and oven if ho had
not been at the clothier's store bright
and early tho next morning to claim
his property he was entitled to believe
that when the trousers came homo
niter being shortened that the forty
live dollars would be found exactly in
the place where ho had left them. It
was certainly a rallior novel and in
genious view of tho circumstances, and
perhaps after all tho old gentleman
was right. Boston Herald.
Uncongenial Room-Mates. '
It was late in the evening and the
leepy passengers on the steamboat
and retired to their respective berths.
A. tremendous noise, as of heavy bodies
oelng flung recklessly about, was heard
n one of the forward statorooms. min
gled with loud, variegated and un
tudled profanity. Presently the door
flow opon and a shapeless nnd dts
uoveled object benring some resem
iinnri to a man was fired nut into the
uain saloon of tho stoaraer with great
violence.
"Captain," yelled the man who still
pnminnd in tho stateroom as he thrust
lis head out and glared savagely about
aim,
your clerk made u misuiKo wiien
so
put that man ana mo in me Mime
berth.
He's one of tho leaning rascals
n ttm Suirar Trust and I'm the inventor
f a patent lemon-squeezer!" Chicago
w Tribune.
But few plants will thrive on u wot
oil. A good drain Is somotiines bet
ter than manure. The wnrtnest day
f itimmer can not Impart sufficient
heat to plants on a wet soil.
m m
A Now Humpshlte parson marries
lis patrons In thin fashion: "You Uke
this woman for a wife? You take-this
.man for n husband f Married. Two
iollttrs."
HE ENDURING HOME.
According to "Oath," Personality Is Ifot
to lie Pound In the City.
It is city property which is n perish
able thing, nnd not property in the
country. Hardly a house, which is
preserved, which has historical or
pious reminiscences remains in any of
our cities. The John Hancock house
of Boston had to go at last; tho old
South Church might as well be torn
down as to bo what it is, a kind of pod
dllng bazar. Tho Hamilton House in
Now York barely escaped sacrifice by
being turned over to a church. But
country houses are generally found
where they stood when tho mau of his
tory put them up.
You never could find Shakespeare's
house in London if ho evor had owned
one there. The bard of nature returned
to his cattle market town and thoro ac
quired and altered ono of tho best resi
dences, and to this day it stands evi
dence which, like the old man's tomb,
pulverizes tho smnll beings who would
get a day's fame by explaining Shakes
peare away. I have always noticed
that when 1 went to hunt up tho evi
dences of men of celebrity I found them
nearly perfect in the country and hard
ly over recoverable In tho city. If you
want to see whoro John Jay lived so
much longer than hi 3 contemporaries,
go to his farm at Bodford, forty miles
abovo New York City.
If you sock for DeWItt Clinton's roof
tree, do not ask where it Is in New
York, but go out to Maspoth, In Long
Island, and there, close to tho big ooni
etorios and oil refinories, stands exactly
as it was tho statesman's home, where
no doubt he had more self-respect than
in all his political victories. Ho died
very young for such a man, occupying
tho office of Governor, which is a seat
of nettles. You will find Oliver Perry's
birth-place still standing among the
rocks and sand-hills in llhodo Island.
Mou who only lived in towns loft no
more foot-prints than are to bo found
upon the brick pavements. Hence the
ever recurring desire not merely to ouy
a place in Iho country, but to build ono
and see it molded to ono's own images.
Garfield had a houso at Mentor, which
will probably stand for two hundred
years, in some of its parts, oven though
fire should consume most of it. Ho
said that in order to work off tho men
tal fatigue of Congress ho had to go
back and pitch hay upon the wagon as
he did when a boy. You can locato
Garfield for tho next sovoral centuries
by his country home, but whoro can
you locate Chester A. Arthur, who al
ways lived in a town, and whoso houso
merits a glanco on Lexington avenue,
New York, being indistinguishable from
thousands of othors, having not ono
feature that is distinctive or ornamental
about it.
But Ml. Vernon ronmins all that we
can put our hands on of Washington,
except his old buckskin breeches.
Posterity hp had not; tho painters liko
Stuart sublimated tho man to their
conception of what tho public expected;
but when you go to ML Vernon you
have only to fill up a chair with a living
man somewhat worn out in tho goneral
service, you can smoll him. handle
him and criticize him. You can not
say, "In this closet ho kept his whisky;
hero ho turned and expressed a suspi
cion to tho servant that somebody had
been tampering with the whisky. Uhis
flro place ho poked up with that old
shovel. Hero on the porch ho sat of
evenings and heard tho chatter of
some French or Gorman traveler, who
expected before ho went to bed. at tho
risk of his eyo-slght. to put down
every thing that Washington grunted
and assented to, or if ho tilted back his
chair and crossed his egs." Gathin
Cincinnati Enquirer.
A CHARITABLE FAMILY.
What the Vandorbllts Hare Done for the
1'oor and Needy.
Tho Vandorbilts aro always most wiso
and munificent in their charities. The
elty is dotted with admirable monu
ments to their generosity and discre
tion. Thore is down-town, among the
poorer classes, a handsome building
which contains a free circulating li
brary given by George Vanderbllt, tho
student of the family, whose own pri
vate library is one of the most spleu
did in this country.
Upon Madison avenue is a beautiful
club-house with library, gymnasium
and lecture rooms for the young men
employed in tho New York Central
railroad, given by Cornelius Vander
bllt. the president of the road.
Still further up town is tho mater
nity hospital given by Mrs. Sloan, an
other one of the Vanderbllt daughters;
and now comes the new monument In
the shape of the now lodging-houso for
the Christian young women.
Besides those special institutions,
their gifts to hospitals, asylums,
orphanage), homes and churches lit as
legion, and they have a private almoner
who looks into and relieves special
cases of dislres which come to their
notice, and who at Christmas time has
put into her hands a liberal contribu
tion from each member of the family
which she dispenses in hrislinns gifts
to tho poor.
Jl li calculated Unit tho VauderbllU
have within the lust twenty years glveu
away considerably over $1,000,000 in
charity, a largo portion of It having
gone to Vanderbllt University at Nash
ville, Tonu . nt which the young moa
of tho South of narrow mean havo
been enabled to get an education.
They huvo leeii very generous In tholr
gifts to tho South and indeed, Mrs.
Willie K. is a Southern woman herself
by birth and is disposed to look favor
ably upou application from that
quarter.-N. Y. Sua.
COUNTING.OUT RHYMES.
Good illustration of the Evolution Theory
f Modern Science.
The best known is:
'Onery. twon ry ilickery, davy,
lliillubotic, rmrkalionc, tencry, n.iry,
JMiL'iim. (lamliim. merry come tlno.
Ilmiit)U-ih, bundled)', twenty-nln
Or-T out!"
Sonuwhire about one hundred il lifer
ent variations and versions of this rhy tns
alone are given. Tho following is ono of
several version-, from Aborden, Scotland:
'Knery. twury. Me ,ery, tayvfn.
Halabii, friii-ker. 'en orelayven.
l'eoti. im.i. motkv il.ui,
Feeulutn '.i.lol.im. twenty-one."
Front a wor. on tho Gypsies by
Mr. Chas. (!. Lolaud wo have n specimen
of a gypsy magic spell, it is as follows:
"Kkkeri, akulri, vou k ilr-an,
Filllslii. ftlllslti, Nicholas ju'n,
Klrl, Unit. Irtslim.ui.
Stlnl. stnnl, buck "
This, on comparison, will bo found to
bo almost identical with tho first exam
ple wo have given of a counting-out
rhyme; "ekkeri. akairl'' being tho
equivalent in Romany for "Onery,
twoory." Another very familiar form
is that commencing "Eony. mcony."
etc. Thts is a great favorite among
American children, the commonest ver
sion being:
' Eeeny, meeiiy. mlny. mo.
Catch a ntwr by the too;
If he ho'.lers, let him co.
Kviiy, meetiy, miny, uio."
This example gives evident proof of
adaption to American ideas; but tho
pieliininary and concluding "Eenv,
moony" nre of obvious Gorman or
Dutch origin. Such as:
"Ene, teiic, mone, met,
Pastor, lone, bono, strel,
Kne, fune, herke. bcrke,
WerJ Wei? Wo Wa!
(N Clermnny.)
Sonioof thotransinogrifications of words
at e very interesting, the "Pastor, lone"
of tho Gorman rhymo given abovo wo
find in Cornwall as"Busci, lorn,'1 while
in America it is changed into "Pestu
lony," "Pisky larry," "Barcelona,'1
"Pennsylvania," "Butter lather,'1 "Tus
calona,11 etc. Ono of tho most amusing
transitions is in connection with the
rhyme:
"One Is Mil, two Is all. zick Is all zan,
llobtall mitiuv-Koat. tittle, tall, tan;
Huruin. scariim, Virgin Mjrv,
Singleum, snngltium. Jolly, oh. buck '
Hero we have a very good illustration'
of tho evolution tlioory of niodorn
scientists. The first form of "bobtail
nanny-goat" changes to "bobtail billy
goat," "bobtail dominickor.'1 "bob
tail vinegar." and at last, through
course of timo nnd altered conditions of
oxistonco, the despised "bobtail nanny
goat" ultimately develops into tho
highly respectable form of "Baptist
minister!" A curious and exceedingly
interesting example comos from Now
England thus:
"Aln, lulu, fetbory. in;
Arte, slatur, rtehbery, dlolc;
Alntic. tulutic. felhertle. bumplt;
Aln bumplt, (aln bumplt. free-kit!"
And this last is Welsh. Chambers'
Journal.
A SWEET SONGSTER.
The True Merit of '.he Hlurklilrd Described
by n I. over r Nut ore.
A delightful songster is the black
bird, and. being common, is most likely
familiar with you. though, rather shy
and retiring, it is not so often seen as
you nvght expec. Even in winter it
keeps at a distance, and you must bo
very quiet or it will not pluex up cour
age to come for your crumbs.
You nover sen a Hock of blackbirds,
for it chooses to hop ab ut alono or in
company with his wife. Now and again
it will start up lrom the hushes and un
dergrowth as ;oii puss through the
wood and give ,'oti a sight of its hand
some burnished plumage, which is of
tho deepost blue ..
Its bill, which i- lung and slender, is
of a bright orange color. The lion
blackbird . is among ,the humblest of
wives, her co.it being a sober dark
brown, without a patch of color; oven
her bill is the .same, being light brown,
and her feel, are of tho darkest, gray.
But she is a pretty bird nevertheless,
and quite worthy of her handsome
partner.
You may find the blackbird's nest in
almost any secluded spot, in a tree, in
tho hedge, aiming the roots of some for
est monarch, a hole in u rock or wall,
and, on one occasion, I found one
lodged on the summits of three stout
poles which were leaned against tho
walls of an outhouse.
I snid tho blackbird was a delightful
songster, and so it is.
To hear its. melodious wjtrblings after
a summer shower, when the leaves
glitter with tho raindrops in tho rays
of the setting sun. and the fragrance of
wild flowers borne on the whispering
zephyrs is '.vnfled down the glade, it a
treat for any lover of naluro.
1 think the blackbird sings the sweet
est after rain. Us notes seem to tell of
refreshing moisture falling on thirsty
flower and parched leaves, of dew
drops nestling in cowslip cups, and of
gentle plushes dripping from the eaves
.ol tho low roof1 of the tiny woodland
COltHgrtC.
Mary llowltl, who loved birds and
flower and the country, says of its
song: "Ills notes are solemn and flow
ing. He slugs deliriously In rain, even
during a thunder-storm, with the light
ning flashing around him,"
He is fond of cherries, and, alas! is
often shot while pecking nt the tempt
ing cluster.". But he repays us for all
these petty pilfering, for his food con
sists largely of snails, worms, slugs mid
large insects. So that I do not sea why
ho is begrudged a bunch of cherries or
i ripe, luscious plum, when he above
repnj s tho uauiuge by devouring such
iii-bt as these. Leeds (Mug.) Mer-
i sury.
, A iiihii of Portland, Ore., drew
Il.tlOO out of m bank and started out
with the intention of spending the
whole bofote doing any more work.. lis
had spont whou h was hlled for
jrutikontirts .
A BOSTON ROMANCE.
IToir I.OTcly Waldnnla Shattered Her .td
mlrerjs Mentut I'erspe elite.
"Will this this disappointment
eventuate in any modification of your ;
plans for the future. Osgoodson?" said
tho young girl, softly, as she wiped her ,
spectacles, replaced them with caro, ,
and looked through them in a regret- j
fill, sympathizing, almost tender man-1
nor at the downcast youth.
"My plans?" ho replied, drearily.
"What are plans to me? Who poly-'
phonizes to me of plans? Tho answer you ,
have just given mo reduces to irreme
diable chaos every nascent inchoative ,
design projected by tho stereopticou of
earnest purpose on tho screen of mental
receptivity." i
A shadow of pain flitted across the
brow of the young woman. From .
where she stood, on the inside of a gate
in the roar of one of Boston's noblest
mansions, she loo.ml out over the Com
mon, whoro light-hearted but mature I
children wore plnying in tho decorous,
thoughtful, cultured manner peculiar
to the Boston child, and a feeling of
pity for tho young man who stood on
tho other side of the gate and leaned
despondently on tho post stirred her
soul.
"Surely. Osgoodson." she said. .
"there aro other"
"Waldonia l'iold-James!" ho ex
claimed, impetuously, "to the limn
who has cherished in his bosom for
years the image of ono who is to him j
the Ideal and embodiment of all that is ,
subjectively congenial and luctaphysl- j
cally apropos, as It were, tho crushing
forovor of his hope of being regarded j
reciprocally by tho living, breathing
reality of his cherlshod eidolnti shatters
his mental perspective and obliterates
every sotnblanco of the horizon that
once bounded his speculative firma
ment.'1
"While that may bo indisputable,
Osgoodson," rejoined the young wo
man, "thoro aro other aspects in
which wo should view the subject.
Tho stations in life wo both occupy are
humble. In the sclolistic and fallacious
judgment of tho world, but there is no
reason why tho outcome of this nus-
'itided preference of yours should lead
you recklessly to abandon yourcalling.
It is true that I shall remain in this
family, in tho faithful performance of
tho duties that devolve upon me. but
you will become accustomed in timo. 1
trust, to tho daily sight of one whom
you mistakenly lookod upon as tho ar
biter of your happiness, and tranquility
ill come to you.'
"I misunderstood you, Waldonia."
said tho young man. "When you asked
me it this deciMiin of yours would
make any change in my plans for the
future 1 imagined you alluded to my
entertaining a preference for any otlior
young lady. 1 shall niiiKo no change
In my occupation. Waldonia, ho add
ed, dejectedly, as ho turned to go. ".
expect to drive this milk wagon all
summer, ujuat.thek same.1'
Tribune.
Chicago
PERFECT HOSPITALITY.
It t'onnluli in Kliidlnc Out What a flueit
I.Ikes lies! to Do.
"Your friend, Mrs. Amos, Is charm
ing, isn't she? 1 said no lady to anoth
er. Charming, indeed." was tho cordial
reply. "1 am very fond of her. '
And yet you never stay at her
house when you come to the city. She
.spoke about it the other day, and seem
ed quite hurt."
"Well, to tell the truth, 1 havon't
time to go to Mrs. Amos' when I como
to town on a shopping, expedition;" was
tho reply. "You know sho has a way
of arranging every body's affairs for
them, and though she does it from tho
bgst of motives, I find it very distract
ing." Tho accusation was literally true. If
one proposes leaving Mrs. Ames1 house
at a cerialu time, she inquires. "But
why must you go now?"
Because I want to tako tho throe
forty train."
Instantly her time table is prodticod,
and she proves to you, beyond tho
shadow of a doubt, that you could take
an express train at four, and reach your
destination only three minutes later.
You may bo able to convince her that
you would father take tho slower train
and thus stop at Hemlook Point, for a
word with Cousin John, but you have.
only switched her temporarily to a
side track, for sho presently resumes:
'And if you tuke tho three-forty you
needn t start now. J only allow my
nelf twenty minutes to get to the sta
tion, and you could do It in twelve So
you needn't go for ten minutes yet."
II doesn't seam worth while to ex
plain that you like to be leisurely; that
you wetii t to buy some oranges at the
stuud on one corner, and look Into the
windows of the Chinese laundry on an
other. Vou merely resign your brief
bit of foolish pleasuring, und allow her
to settle your affairs as she pleases.
So "capable" Ik h)io that no point
seems worth contesting, ami you chat
with her until she bundle), you out of
doors, with a hearty "Good-bye!" and
then run for your train, to arrive at
the station, hot, dusty and anxious.
There Is such a thing as being loo
hospitable. The perfect host is he or
bh who studios to Und out what a
guest likes best to do. and help, hliu to
do that, without suggesting that some
thing else Is better. It is well to have
your advice and practical help always
ready, and "on tap,11 us It were, but
Ihoy should never be obtruslvolj of
fered. Youth 1 Companion.
A stout woman of Mnhouy City,
Pa., spanked a grocer with her shoo be
cause hho thought he had overcharged
her boy for pot herbs. The court fined
her six cents, la addltlou U Uis thirty
I 'lollors cost.
TAKING THE CENSUS.
A rompnrUoii Hot wren the l!ti;ll an4
Ainrriciin Methods.
The Knglish method of taking n na
tional census is to preparo evory do
tall of tho work In ndvnnce; districts
accurately defined and minutely sub
divided, papers printed so fully as to
leave but a few easily ascertained
blanks to till, and competent enumer
ators selected and instructed so that
each can traverse his entire districts
and fill its blanks completely in a sin
gle day. This method avoids all
chance of repetition by extending a
second or thin! day's work into ono
before it, and reduces tho chances of
inaccuracy by leaving so few entries
to bo iniulc that an enumerator famil
iar with his district, as it is intended
every one should be, can hardly omit
any resident consciously. Tho prob
ability of omissions by this method is
less than the probability of repetitions
by any other, and the chance of ono
enumerator trenching on the district
of another and making an undue en
largement, is reduced to tho stun Host
measure possible to litimnn fallibility.
Wo don't say that this method would
bo best in a big area sparsely popu
lated, whore the omissions or errors
of ono dav could bo detected and cor
rected the next, but it is certainly the
host in a dense population, and might
bo adopted here In taking tho census
of cities and towns and closely set
tled sites of country communities. At
least it might bo worth trying in the
census of cities and larger towns. Our
census is notoriously defective. Not
ono has yet been taken that couldn't
be spotted all over with errors of more
or loss magnitude by persons familiar
with the sections reported. In
tho aggregate probably ono class
of error? has measurably balanced an
other and left a total very nearly ac
curate, but this is a mutter of con
jecture, and must bo taken on trust.
By law the official enumeration is final.
Dispute it as wo may, it is tho only
legal basis of Congressional and legis
lative action, and must bo taken as it
conies from tho officers.
That, however, does not exclude a
well-grounded apprehension that if
entirely accurate it might cause a
change of legal provisions at times.
In any event, it can't bo made too ac
curate, and if tho Knglish would in
sure greater accuracy at ono point or
another, occasionally that method
should be tried, oven at tho hazard of
working on two systems instond of
ono. In tho long run It would cost
less than tho present schomo of
enumeration, which continues tho
work over several days, and altogether
keeps some 10,000 men employed
for forty or sixty dnys. Bottor
200,000 counters for ono or twodaya
than 10,000 for two weoks. It is true
that our census is far moro comploto
and minute in detail than that of F.n
gland or any other European country,
but the subdlvlsion'of districts and in
crease of enumerators would provide
fully for all that we expect of our
most elaborate census, und still allow
it all to bo dono in ono day or two. In
a population of Gfi.OOO.OOO a force of
enumerators of '200.000 would givo ono
to about every II'.'O inhabitants, men,
women and children, or ono to about
ovcry sixty-live heads of families,
which would certainly not bo an un
manageable number to seo and got de
tails from in ono day. An effort to
apply this method in our cities might
demonstrate its practicability as well
as its superior accuracy, and bo worth
tho timo and cost of making. Indian
apolis News.
Putting a Burglar to 'Flight.
Keen, bright and plucky is Miss
Jennie Androws, who lives at Kansas
City. Mo., with tho family of A. W.
Armour, as a companion for Mrs.
Armour. Miss Andrews was surprised
one night, after dismissing her com
pany at the door and going to hor room,
to find tho latter occupied. A big
burglar hud boon busy, and tho result
of his work was npparont in a pile of
jewelry that lay on a rug on tho floor,
Sho, of courso, could not hope to capt
ure htm. Mrs. Armour's norvos woro
woak and sho dared not scream and
arouse tho household, as tho shock
would possibly prove fatal to tho in
valid, so she determined in an instant
to scare off the thief and save the
valuables. Quietly rotroating sho so
cured a revolver, and tlien walking
boldly to tho room surprised Mr. Burg'
lnr by lovoliug the revolver at his
head and tolling him to drop a neck
lace he hud just taken from a bureau
drawer and to leave the room in
stnntor. Ho did not stop to argue tho
question, nor to pick up tho booty he
had secured In the other rooms ran
sacked by him, but went down stairs
at a bound and out of a window with
out raising tho sash, and wus followed
by a bullet from tho front door by tho
bravo defender. Cl:ngO'4.rlbuno.
Your Picture on a Stamp.
The latest fad in photography is the
portrait stump. This unique dovlco Is
a miniature photograph on a pieco of
paper tho size of it postage stamp. It
is gummed on the buck sido und Is
used in a varioty of ways. In writing
to absent friends tho portrait is pasted
ut tho head of the letter or in place of
the signature. The stumps are also
used on birthday and wedding curds,
programmes of cntortnlnmonts, and in
autograph albums. Business-men who
are anxious for notoriety use the
stamp on tho outside of lottors. The
Idea is English, and tho photograph
stamps have been In use on the other
side for sovoral years. 1 hoy ure now
being Introduced la this country. The
cost of tho photograph is so low that
m large sale Is expected. r, X. MalL
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.
An eminent microscoplst. finds that
renuine honey can bo readily distin
rulshed from manufactured honey by
the microscope, as tho former has few
ar no sugar cystals.
A man in Australia has discovered,
i process by which ho can season
iivshly cut Australian lumber in less
ban so von days. This seems hardly
-redlblcj as heretofore it lias required
overal years. Steam is ono of tho
ijiencies employed.
Tests made with much caro show
that the addition of a fraction of ono
I er cent, of aluminum greatly improves
the quality of cast iron, rendering cast
ings more solid and free from blow
holes, removing tho tendency to chill,
increasing the strength, elasticity, and
fluidity of the metal, and decreasing
shrinkage.
Tho different woods for charcoal
may be estimated as to value by this
rule- Of tho oaks 100 parts will yield
ill parts charcoal, beech '-'l. apple, olm
nntl white pine -M. birch -M. maple 22,
willow 18. poplar 20, hard plno 22J.
I'ho charcoal used for gunpowder is
inado from willow and alder.
Experiments again inado in Lon-
Ion with earbo-dynamlte. ono of tho
latest explosives, would soom to show
that it possesses some important ad
vantages over ordinary dynamite.
among others that of considerably
greater power, and tho generation of
much less noxious vapor when ex
ploded in confined placos. It is com
posed of nltro-glycorlno absorbed by
ten parts of a variety of carbon, and is
lalmed to bo entirely unaffected by
water.
A feat of much scientific interest.
if not of Immediate commercial valuo.
Is tho recent production of chemical
sugar by Fischer and Tafcl, in tho
laboratory of tho University of Wurz-
burg. Glycerine was used as tho start
ing point in tho experiments. After
decomposition and treatment with va
rious reagents, a colorless sirup was
obtained, which, unlike saccharine,
appears to bo a genuine sugar, acting
in every rcspoot liko ordinary natural
sugar except in being incapablo of ro
tating a beam of polarized light.
A now translucent substanco in
tended as a substitute for glass has
boon adopted In London. It possesses
such a degree of pliancy that it may bo
bent backwurd and forward like leather
and bo subjected to very considerable
tensile strain with impunity; it is alas
almost ns translucent as glass and f a
pleasing amber color, varying in shade
from a very light goldon to palo brown.
Tho basis of tho material Is a web ot
lino iron wire with warp and wef
threads about ono-twolfth inch apart,
this being inclosed liko a fly in amber,
in a sheet of translucont varnish of
which the base is linseed oil.
-Hollow brick, it Is said, are coming
into moro gonoral use in eastern, cities,
and quite a number of largo buildings
have boon built with thorn. They
crush at ilO.OOO pounds, or about tho
pressure which tho host solid brick
will stand. They are made 8x8x12.
with walls one Inch thick. It is claimed
that they cost one-third less than the
regular form, making walls proof
against lire, moisture and frost, boing
warm in winter and cool in. summer.
I'liey require a peculiar clay in thoir
manufacture, ono that will not shrink
when dried or burned. Tho brick axe
set on thoir ends, thus making a wall
hollow from top to bottom.
ABOUT SUNDAY WORK.
The Question Considered from a Htrlollj
rhynlologlcal htanilpolnt.
Tho question of Sunday work haa, ot
course, a moral sldo, and It is that sido-
whlch most strongly influences many
who uro striving to lossen tho evil.
Physiologists are universally agreed
that men need, for puroly physiological
reasons, one day's rcstoutof the seven.
There is plenty of evidence upon thta
question, all pointing in tho same
direction, and tho conclusion Is Inevit
able that tho almost unlvorsal desire ot
workmen for rest on Sunday, anu
their strong objection to working con
tinuously every day, is the result of a.
natural physiological law, which, like-
all other laws of tho kind, can not be-
violated without some one having to
suffer tho penalty. Thero is goott
reason for believing that many rail
road ucoidents uro directly traceable to
physical and mental exhaustion of
train-men caused by the strain or
severe nnd exacting duties, performed1
without relaxation for u period of time
beyond that which is allowed by na
ture. And in the case of street rail
way employes, who are required U
work from twelve to slxteon hour
every day, Sundays Included, It in
probable that society suffers, and will
suffer, a largo share of the penalty.
For tho presence in the community ot
a considerable body of men to whost.
civilization means utmost, if not quite,
nothing, upon whom society has im
posed burdens utmost Intolerable anil
infinitely heavier tbau ure imposed by.
nature us a condition of living we nay
that tho presence of a body of mum
living under such conditions is it
menace and a danger to republican in
stitutions. American Machinist.
Struck Him as About Ris;ht
Little girt (reading newspaper arti
cle In relation to Hoi ry M. Stanley)
During his march across this portion,
of the Dark Coutiiiuit he uppears to
huvo inourrod the gieaUtst prevarica
tions Mother (looking over her shoutdarj'
-Haven't you made a mistake, Ethel?
I think the word Is piivationu.
Fattier (who has lis doubts aboul..
Stanley) Don't intevrupt hor, Maria.
Pievnrlcatlons is the right word. G(
on- Ethel. -OUl,.Ugo WiUuu