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MULHATTON AT WORK.
gtrnnge Things Discovered hy liu Excited
Fancy In Montana.
Every resident of Montana and many
visitors to tlio famous Territory know
that tlio Holt Mountains have always
beou the seat of mysterious stories, nnd
that in their numerous gulches and
canyons have been picked up wonder
Jul relics. Among the most curious
are ngatizod human muxMlaries and
teeth, all of gigantic size. Gold in
quantities has been found in tho Holt
V, Mountains, and rubies, sapphires and
, oven diamonds aro shown as products
wrfone or other portion of the Territory.
,1'uo Helena correspondent of tho Pio
neer Press sends a remarknblo story,
accompanied by numerous attestations
to its truth. It was told by a gold
hunter. Ho said that while prospect
ing in tho Pelt Mountains ho found a
peculiar depression in tho ground.
After excavating lie discovered a mys
terious cavern, readied by twenty
threo steps.
"At the foot of tho stairs," said ho.
4,on one sido of the passago lay tho
skeleton of a man of immense stature.
The skeleton incisures exactly nine
feet six inches in height. The skull
lay a few inches from the trunk, and
between tho two lay twenty-seven nug
gets. They wore strung on a tine gold
wire, and ranged from one ounce to
ten in weight. Around tlio thigh, arm
and shin bones were other strings of
nuggets, none of which weighed moro
than four ounces. There were about
fifteen pieces of gold in tho pile. They
were of many different shapes. None
of them weighed over three ounces,
and each piece had a hole through tho
center. On each sido of tho skull 1
found somo sort of precious stones.
They lay in a tiny golden basket and
were evidently worn in the ears as an
ornament, 1 do not know what name
to give to them, but I believe that they
are rubies. Beside the trunk of the
skeleton 1 found a copper axe. with an
edge harder and keener than any steel
instrument of the kind 1 have ever
seen. On the opposite sido was a club
made of tho same metal as the axe.
It was shaped not unlike a base-ball
bat. Under tho trunk was a gold
plate ten inches long, six inches wide
and ono-oighth of an inch thick. It
was covered with strange devices.
A little further on lay another skele
ton, that of a woman. 1 picked up a
string of nuggets near this skull also.
They were perfectly round and exactly
the same size. They weighed about
.three ounces apiece. Every now and
then 1 camo to other skeletons, and
.although by nearly every one of them
I found necklaces, yet strange to say
thov were made of round copper balls.
Tlio catacombs, as 1 have named this
passago, aro about 300 feet long, 1-1
feet wide and 30 high, and seem to
have been cut out of tlio solid rock. At
tho end of tho gallery is a room GO feet
square and 40 high. In tho center of
this room stands a block of granite
about 12 feet square and four high. It
seems as though tho rock had been
hewn out around it. It is perfectly
square, and it is exactly the same dis
tance from tho walls of tho room on
every sido. Thoro aro stops out in the
rock leading to tho top of tho hall. On
the top stands another block of granite,
10 feet long, J wide and 3 high. This
is hollowed out in the shape of a human
form. 1 lay down in this, and, though
I am not a small man by any means.
yot tho mold was much too largo
for me. Around the rojtn was scat
tered vessels of clay, somo of which
will hold twenty-five gallons. Thoy,
nre light, yot tougher than wrought
iron. 1 tried to break one by dashing
it against the granite llooring of tho
room. I could not even scratch it.
Altogether I gathered up 500 ounces
of gold in the underground passage."
St. Paul Pioneer-Press.
CELLULOID PRODUCTS.
They Are Made of (inn Cotton, Hrnco
Should He 1'iril Wit It Cure.
Umbrella and cane handles, collars,
cuffs, and scores of other articles of
convenience, utility and oven elegance,
manufactured from celluloid, aro in
daily use by largo numbers of people.
The question is asked: "May thoy bo
safely used?" Celluloid is made from
gun cotton, the powerful and violent ex
plosive compound. Gun cotton is made
by saturating absorbent paper with
.a mixture of two parts of nitrio acid
and fivo parts of sulphuric acid. Tho
cellulose of the paper, derived from tho
.cellular tissue of tho cotton in common
use, is changed by the combination and
becomes gnu cotton. To make cellu
loid, tho excess of acid is washed out
by a free use of water, and by pressure
.carefully applied. After tho removal
of all uncombinedncid, it is reduced to
a homogeneous pulpy mass, strained
until it becomes nearly dry, and is
then mixed with about one-third of its
weight of gum camphor. Theso ma
terials aro mixed as uniformly as pos
sible by careful manipulation with
-voodon instruments, and then by
grinding. Tho pulp which is turned
out by grinding is spread out and re
duced to slabs of various thickness nnd
rolled bfttweon stenm-heatod rollers,
and then becomes moderately elastic
in strips of medium thickness. In this
form it is worked up into tho various
articles which aro ottered for salo and
U90. Although gun cotton is easily
manufactured, its manufacture for ex
periment or for gonoral use is not rec
ommended; and, although celluloid ar
ticles may bo safely used with ordi
nary care, a bonfire of such articles for
amusement is not recommended. No
Injuries from such uso have been re
ported. A word to tho wiso, howover,
ButHcos. American Analyst.
Thoro Is not an honost champion
In tho whole country unless it bo the j
champion liar, Detroit Free Press.
THE CIRCUS.
What the 1)111 Hoard- Display Tlio Troth
q About It.
The man who designs the works of nrt '
that decorate the bill boards throughout tho j
United States nt this season of the year
ifiould have been consulted before tho first !
menagerie wns made to order for Adam nnd
Eve and turned loose in tho garden of Eden, i
LEW STUOXO-IIOLD IN HIS NOSE BALANCING
ACT.
He could have given valuablo winters about
the projter proiwrtions of the various ani
mals, and would have added to the collection
bea.sts and bird' nnd reptiles which could now
bo used to advantage.
Tho circus artist is n wonderful man, with
a phenomenal size of imagination nnd a su
premo contempt for facts. Ilo looks with
disdain upon tho modern realistic school of
art. Ho has no uso for realism. Tlio circus
artist probably knows his business. For
many, many years ho lias been drawing pic
tures of elephants forty feet high trumping
their way majestically through scenes of
Oriental splendor. Five generations have
stool with glaring eyes and open mouths Ik.
fore theso great works of tho lithographer's
art. They have patronized each succeeding
circus, and swallowed tho rising lump of dis
appointment occasioned by tho discovery
that tho seventy-five foot girairo could stand
erect in a seven foot cage. Ouo hundred
years from now it will bo tho same.
No man looks at tho bill boards after tho
circus has left town. As ho passes by ho
looks the other way. It is a matter of regret
that the circus is so far behind tho progress
made by tho artist and tho advance agent.
Tho advuuco agent is a talented gentleman,
with an enthusiastic temieramcnt. As the
circus becomes more and moro antiquated
the advance agent grows moro eloquent. Ho
announces that nil former achievements will
bo cast in tlio shade; that tho colossal aggre
gation is grander than ever and that tho
prico of admission will not be increased. Tho
circus artist is equal to tiie occasion. Ho do
signs a now elephant, with n trunk thirty
feet in length, and draws a vivid representa
tion of a life and death fight between the
wild yat of Patagonia and a company o
sailors who havo stepped ashoro from a man
of-war.
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"LA TASCOT." THE HUMAN FLY, DI VINO INTO
A NET.
' Tho Chicago Herald presents a Berios of
Pictures, reduced from photographs, depict-
ing nctual scenes in one of tho greatest ag-
gregations over exhibited beneath canvas.
I Their accuracy will not bo questioned by
thoso who have visited tho circus recently.
Reference is made to tho spirited drawing of
"LaTnscot, tho Human Fly," in her daring
act of diving into a net. The nrtist has evi
dently mnde a mistake in his perspective, for
as tho picture is drawn tho suggestion that
tho stakes aro too short forces itself on all
who make a critical analysis of this spirited
sketch. The "La Tuscot" on tho billboards
is a far prettier female, but her faco lacks
tho decision and character portrayed in tho
original. Many aro disappointed that tho
dive is not mado head first, as per advertise
ment, but this feeling soon posses awny.
Tho artist has shown Signeor Kelly in tho
star act of tho evening. Signeor Kelly is tho
champion "bear-buck" rider of tho world.
Those not acquainted with tho dangors which
surround the life of n circus performer may
full to projierly nppreciato tho risk taken by
Signeor Kelly in the feat undertaken by him
as shown in tho sketch. There is u chanco
that tho upright so firmly grasped by tho
ridor may break or pull out. What would
become of the unfortunate man? He would
bo dashed to tho sawdust track. Then, again,
the horse might drop dead. Thoso not in th
hnslnnss hnvo no risht to criticise, but it is
hard to keep out of one's mind tho recollec
tion of h teeno shown on tlio um ooarus,
where a flying horse dashes around tho great
ring, carrying on his back a graceful rider,
whoso toes seem hardly to touch the gallop
ing steed.
SIONOn KELLY, TIIE DEAIl-UUCK RIDER.
There Is no use in kicking tecauso tho man
who was advertised to turn thirteen times
over twelve large elephants bimply Jumps on
of a springboard und turns a somersault over
one solitary, melancholy pachyderm with a
far away look in his oir eye. Not half of tho
people In the vast audiunce would daro to per
form that uct
Out lu pite of all theso petty dlsapiolnt
mems it U everlasting fun to seo tho circus.
A SUIrr lu Numo Only.
Mrs. rarvenu Mr. Travis, you kuow ev
erybody. Who i that pretty girl over there,
iittinj on tho dlvaul
Mr. Tr&vU That U one of my sisters, airs.
rrvnu.
Mr. I'u-r.nu-Indecdl You don't look as
IT yoo belonged to tho tamo family.
Mr, Tr.rU ;dIj)-No, and wenevennoU.
DtirtlMtoii Ftm Press.
TEACHING PARROTS.
Different Varieties of the lllrd, nutl Wher
Iher Come From.
As a reporter entered a bird fancier's
establishment a fow days ago ho wns
greeted with a sories of yells and
screeches, a discordant wolcomo from
tho parrots of all sizes and colors
which wero ranged round tho room,
nnd appeared to vie with each other in
making the greatest racket.
"Wo have just received n fresh im
portation of parrots," said tho bird
man, appearing from tho menagerie
room in tho rear of tho store, "and
from all prospects there aro a good
many tino talkers among them."
"What varieties havo you?" asked
tho reporter.
"At tho present wo havo but thrco
vnrleties tho double-yellow head, the
Cuban and the African gray."
"Which variety leads in intelli
gence?" asked the reporter.
"I prefer the African gray parrot,"
replied the bird man, "yet tho Cuban
and yellow heads make excclent talk
ers." "Where docs tho gray parrot .como
from?"
"Ho comes from tho west coast of
Africa. Tho colored men tako tho
young birds from their nests and sell
them to captains or sailors of trading
vessels. Tho best birds come from
vessels plying between Africa and Bos
ton." "How does tho trip across tho ocean
agree with them?"
"Very well. They seem to get ac
climated in their voyage and gener
ally know how to talk somo when they
arrive."
"How do you teach parrots to talk
nnd how long does it tako one to
learn?"
"That's a hard quostion to answer.
Different birds vary in intelligence.
A bird will get accustomed to a place
in about two months, and if given a
lesson every day can talk fairly woll in
that time."
"How do you give a lesson?" '
"Tlio morning hours uro tho host
for teaching. Cover tho cago with n
cloth, and then in a clear voico say a
word or short sentenco until tho bird
repeats it. Then coiumonco with an
other, and so on. When onco it bo
gins to talk it is only a matter of time
and pntionco before it improves. Ob
ject teaching is a good plan," con
tinued tho bird man. "A parrot needs
only to seo and hoar a barking dog, a
crowing rooster or a mowing cat a fow
times before an exact imitation is
given." " -i-ti
"Suppose you havo a bird that can
talk and won't talk, is thoro any way
to make it talk?"
"Tliero is no method that I am ac
quainted with, unless it bo thnt of
starvation, but that's cruel, and should
not be resorted to." Washington
Critic.
THE PRECIOUS RUBY.
Interesting Tarts About the Most Valua
ble of Stone.
To tho question. "Which is tho
most valuable precious stono?" prob
ably nine out of every ton, at loast,
would without tho slightest hesitation
reply: "Tho diamond;" but tho value
of a pood-sized diamond can not ap
proach that of a ruby of correct color
and similar dimensions. Tho worth
of small rubies stones, that is, of loss
than a carat is, if any thing, rather
less than that of diamonds of a liko
description; but the raro occurrence of
largo specimens of that dark carmine
tint which is looked upon as the sino
qua non of a good ruby causes tho
valuo of theso gems to increase in n
far greater proportion than in tho caso
of diamonds. Rubies weighing moro
than four carats aro so ex
ceptional that when a porfoct
one of tlvo carats is brought to tho
market it will command ten times as
high a sum as a diamond of tho samo
weight; while a ruby of six carats
without a crack or a flaw, and of tho
proper color, would, in all probability,
bring as high a price as 1,000 pounds
per carat, or fifteen times as much ns
a diamond of liko size and faultless
ness. All over tho East rubies aro ro
garded with tho greatest posslblo
favor, and so it has boon from tho ear
liest times of which wo havo uny rec
ord. The largest ruby known was brought
from China, and forms part of tho imperial-crown
jowols of Russia. It la
tho size of a pigeon's egg. and was
presented by Gustavus III. of Sweden
to tho Empress of Russia on his visit
to St Potorsburg. Tho finest ruby that
has over boon brought to this country
was ono which reached our shores In
1875. It was a blunt stono, drop shapo.
and weighed slightly more than 47
carats. No ono in England could be
Induced to givo tho prico that its
owner placed upon It, and it was,
wo believe, finally disposed of on tho
continent for a sum between 20,00C
and 30,000. Tlio ruby is tho hardest
of all minerals oxcopt tho diamond,
and by its hardness a ruby may bo told
from a spinel, which Is considerably
softer. If, as is often tho case, It is
not advlsablo to scratch or otherwise
abrade tho surface of u stono which it
is wished to test, tho greater specific
gravity of the ruby will show whether
It is entitled to rank as ono of thoso
gems or not Curiously enough, tho
ruby and the sapphire aro absolutely
Identical In every respect except that
of color. Thoy aro varieties of crystal
Izod alumina, which Is usuully known
under tho namo of corundum. As a
geueral rule tho crystals cf this sub
stance aro dull In hue and lack trans
pyancy, but when thoy chanco to bo
clear and bright-colored thoy give
BOtno of our most valuable gomi. Lon
don Standard.
GERONIMO, THE ROBBER.
A Pandit Who Han Made a Fortune by Ills
I.awlent Acti.
"Of all the smooth and slippery nut
laws now looso and enjoying perfect
freedom, the smoothest nnd slipperiest
1st Gernnimo. the train rithhm f if Arl-
1 M. ...!.... i t ti ! '
.una mm .ufAivUt .-.mil it. j nulling,
the mining man, of Castle Dome, Ariz.
"1 do not refer to the wily Apache
chief, who a short, time ago led in so
many depredations on the frontier, but
to his white namesake, who. if tiny
thing, possesses more cunning.
"Not much seems to" bo known of
Geronimo in many Pacific const States
and Territories outsido of Arizona and
tho mountainous regions to the south.
Ho Hies from ono sido of the Mexican
line to the other in a fow hours, and is
as hard to got sight of as a will-o'-the-wisp.
Ho goes into tho most civilized
towns of tho frontier whenever ho
wants to, nnd nobody seems to havo
tho nerve to tackle him.
"(leroiiiino wns connected with two
or three of tho heaviest robberies on
the Atchison, Topeka ami Santa Fo
road u year or so ago. He lent a hand
in the Inst hold-up on the Southern
Pacific. No detectives aro after him,
or if they are they nuiko no headway
in capturing him. Ho seems to have
the right to go anywhere unmolested.
"His finances aro considerably im
proved by his robberies of Wells, Fargo
ifc Co. Mine owners, too, caught out
with well-filled pockets, as woll as
numerous travelers, havo paid tribute
to him. Mexican and American cattle
and horse owners havo also suffered.
Thot-0 depredations have been carried
on for three and possibly for fivo years.
A very round sum must have gone
into Geronimo' s exchequer in conso
qnonco. People most intimate with
the circumstances of his plundering
figure his gains at from $100,000 to
200,000. Perhaps not less than twenty
men hnvo been killed also, yet ho has
been regarded as a myth by many who
havo only hoard about him in a curious
way.
"I assure you ho is about tholivoliest
blood, muscle nnd bono myth, how
ever, that there is agoing. There aro
no Hies on him. and evidently it is a
good man who will get him n second
Hob Garland, or somobody of that sort.
Ho knows tho mountains as well as
Hilly tlio Kid ever did, and better than
any outlaw now living. Ho came to
Tombstone first three years ago, and
wont under tho namo of White.
"He stayed for a short tlmo around
tho gambling houses. Ho never was
known to engage in honost labor. He
was a fair- gambler, though ho novor
played for big stakes. Ho seemed to
play for pastime moro than any thing
else. In a short time ho disappeared
and went to Clifton. Then ho began
his open careor of crime. His last
hauls wero on the Atchison and South
ern Pacific roads, where, it is believed,
ho got $20,000 each time. Then ho
wont to Mexico and was captured by
tho regular troops while driving away
somo horses. Hut the Sonora jails
wero not strong enough to hold him,
and ho is now back in Arizouu. Ho
often visits Tombstone und a short
time ugo was seen playing billiards in
the Coniot snloon there.
"Ho has no headquarters, and his
dovices to elude pursuers aro always
successful. Nothing is known of his
presence till tho day after lie has loft
a place, and there is no doubt that
thoso who know whoro ho is keep still
about it for fear of death at his hands,
(lis companion Is a renegade Mexican
named Frodorieo. It has been said that
Geronimo is a Mexican, but this Is a
mistake. Ho is white, or very nearly
so.
"Goronimo is a dead shot, and officers
or anybody olso are not in a hurry to
try their skill against him. Somo still
rewards havo been offered by tho rail
road and express companies for him,
and private parties havo also offered
bonuses for him.
"Tho Governors of Arizona nnd
Sonora havo otfered something liko
i?!i,000 each. Thoro is money in his
scalp if it can bo got, but to get it is
tho trouble." San Francisco Exam
iner. j a i
MODIFICATION OF SLEEP.
Condition Under Which Sound L'eae to
He a StllouliM.
Sloop is much modified by habit.
Thus, an old artillery man often enjoys
tranquil repose while tho cannon aro
thundering around him; an engineer
lias boon known to fall asleep within a
boiler while his follows wero beating
It on tho outside with their ponderous
hammers; and the roposo of a miller is
nowise incommoded by tho noiso of his
mill. Sound ceases to bo a stimulus
to such men, and what would havo
proved an inexpressible annoyance to
others Is by them altogether unhoeded.
It is common for soldiers to sleep on
horseback and coaclimon on theii
coaches. During tho battloof tlio Nilo
somo boys wore so oxhaustod that thoy
foil asleep on tlio dock amid tho deaf
ening thunder of that dreadful engage
ment. Nay, silence Itsolf mny becomo a
stimulus, whilo sound ceases to bo so.
Thus, a mlllor being vory 111 his mill
was stopped that ho might not bo dis
turbed by Its nolso; but this, so far
from inducing sloop, prevented it alto
gether, and it did n"t tako place till
tho mill was sot a-'olng again. For
the samo reason tho manager of somo
vast iron-works, w' o slept close to
them amid tho iucc- tnt din of hum
mers, forges and bin " furnaces, would
awake if there was any cessation of tho
noiso during tho night. To curry tho
Illustration still furliior, it has been
noticed that a person who falls asleep
near a church, the bull of which is
ringing, may hear tlx sound during Vbo
whole of his slumber, and bo novortho
toss aroused by its sudden cessation.
Hero tho sleep must bo lmporfect, otli
srwlho he would bo Insensible to the
lound; tho noiso of tho boll was
itiinulus; It was Its cessation, which,
jy breaking tlio moTtouy, became so
irid caused the sleeper to uwuko. N,
i', Ledger
DRINKING IN AUSTRALIA.
rr Capita Consumption of Intoxicant lit
the KnulMl Colnnlrn.
For somo timo after I landed I had
the impression thnt. as beer is the na
tional drink of England, whisky of
Scotland, and wino of France, tea was
tho national drink of Australia. Ten
mnde its nppenrnneo at tho most un
expected times at lunch and dinner
as well as at breakfast In the stories
which peoplo told mo about their
travels through tho bush, the "billy"
in which they bolted their water for
tea had a conspicuous place. And the
government returns show thnt the con
sumption of tea per head in tho Aus
tralian colonics is much larger than in
England. Hut tlio number of person
annually lined for drunkenness in the
colonies is much higher than in Kn
gland. In England the proportion for
1881-1 is said to have been 7.1 in every
thousand, and it had sunk in 1SS,"i to
C.7 in tlio thousand, in Victoria
which claims to lie tho soberest of the
colonies, though tho claim is contested
by New South Wales the average
proportion of persons summarily con
victed for this offense during the tn
years to 188.V0 was 8.6 in the thotisiiml.
Tho arrests for drunkenness In
according to Mr. Coglilan. wero 27 in
tho thousand in Now South Wales at
against only 11.(5 In tho thousand
In Victoria. Hut too much importance
must not bo attached to these figures.
It is probable that the administra
tion of tho law differs in different
colonies as it differs in different En
glish municipalities. In ono town a
policoman will put a drunken man into
a cab or walk homo with him, and in
another will take him straight to the
lock-up. W hero the temperance party
Is strong thoy may insist that tho law
shall bo rigidly administered, and
thoro will bo a largo number of ar
rests; where they aro weak tho admin
istration of tlio law may bo more lux
nnd tho arrests will bo comparatively
fow. Nor is tho quantity of alcoholic
liquor consumed por head a safe indi
cation of the amount of drunkenness
in a community; liquors of tho same
alcoholic strength differ greatly in
their intoxicating power. And tho
Australian authorities do not soom to
havo succeeded in finding a satlsfae
tory common equivalent for tho differ
cut kinds of alcoholic drinks. Mr
Haytor calculates that, whilo In the
United Kingdom tho nvorago annual
consumption per head is equivalent to
37.11 gallons of beer, the nvorago an
mini consumption in Now Smith Wales
Is equivalent to ;jo.ou gauoiis perjjeau
nud in Victoria To only32.88 gallons
Mr. Coghlan reverses tlio positions ol
tho two rival colonies, and credits tho
peoplo of Victoria with drinking on
tho average what is equivalent to 11.80
gallons of alcohol (proof), whilo tho
peoplo of Now South Wales drink only
3.28 gallons. I ho two statlstlcans uif
for oven as to tho average annual eon
sumption of beer, wine and spirits In
tho two colonies. From whnt I heard
1 camo to tho conclusion that a larger
proportion of persons aro total ab
staiirors In Australia than in England;
that if people drink at all, moderate
drinking is rathor moro difficult in tho
Australian climate than in ours; that
tho laborers living In towns aro in the
habit of drinking freely; that a largo
number of men living up country
usually drink ton, but that when thoy
como into tlio towns many of them
drink very heavily. Contemporary Re
view. FLOWER THOUGHTS.
How the 1 ult Iviitlon of Flower Affects
the Human Mini!.
"I do not boliovo that any really bad
person over cultivates Mowers."
"Wherever 1 havo found Dowers In
tho yard I havo found sunshine in tho
home."
"As a go n oral thing you won't seo
tho rough element of Hio human family
taking to Mowers."
"I think thoso who cultivate Mowers
aro far moro apt to clean up tho rub
bish, cut tlio briars and straighten tlio
fences."
"When I go by a house whoro (lowers
aro woll cultivated I think thoro must
bo cultivation inside. Whon a man
enn sit down in his own yard and en
joy (lowers, ho grows hotter day by
day."
"1 boliovo In tho mnlo members of
tlio family giving assistauco to tho
ladies. Lot us givo them moro time
for thus beautifying our homos by mak
ing ovory thing about the houso as con
voniont as posslblo for them."
"I havo traveled over a considerable
portion of this country and havo no
tined that wherever attention is paid
to tlio culture of llowors, thoro was a
hlghor moral tono to tho people; thoy
wero moro cultured, more refined."
"I think that Mowers not only help
to beautify our homes, but to mako
thorn moro valuablo. Thoy holp to
elevate tho tastes of thoso who culti
vate (lowers. Tlio husbands and sons
who holp to olovato tho Mower gardon
will bo red nod and olovatod by their
Influence."
"Tho best education I over had was
what my mother gave mo as I worked
with her among tho llowors. You
can't start a real homo without somo.
thing to beautify It. Wo go to tho
(lower gardon to got tlio decorations
for tho grave and for the brldo. Lot
ono of tho family pass through tho
Mower garden; ho can hardly roslst
plucking a Mowor here, pulling a wood
there or helping a struggling climber
to a firm hold. Suddenly his eye
catches some now beauty; ho calls
totno one olso to adinlro It; then another
member of tho family is attracted to
tho api)t, and boforo you know It you
havo a family gathering about ono of
tho most beautiful altars God over
fuvo to mau." Upmu.
FRENCH' SLEEPIN'G-CARS.
TJiey Are Not Up to the Stnmlanl of Ot
rilllmtll or AVnifirer Cnanhea.
The chnrgo for a bed in the sleeping
cars from Bnslo to Calais, is about 19
francs, and from Hntde to Paris, for
some occult reason, 7 francs moro. I5y
one of thoso extraordinary arrange
ments that can oxist only in countries
where nobody trusts any body,' and
every body is suspected by every body
elce, even the unfortunate traveler who
hns- hired a bed at 9:lf is not allowed
to-turn into It until Et:30. tho reason
assigned being that at the French;
frontier tho "small bnggngo" must be
examined, nnd if people wero allowed.
t 'turn in before tho examination'
took place there is no saving what
amount of tobacco and laces and tho
rest of it might not ho secreted In or
under the bed by the tourist or by tho
servants of tlio sleeping-car company
When, however, tho vonventional cer
emonial of affirming that you havo
"nothlng to declare-" has been gone
through and your dressing-bag has
been defaced by hieroglyphics in whito.
chalk, then the operation of bed-making
in the wagon-lits commences. Any
one wlm has watched It will )io disposed
to exclaim, with Macbeth: "Sloop no
more." In a small and sometimes
filthy don nnrrow cushions and hard
pillows of hoar antiquity uro profunc
torily covered with a shabby rug and
a sheet, and under a covering of a sim
ilar character tho traveler who has
paid more than 1 for this extraor
dinary indulgence is invited to betake
himsoif to slumber. If lie happens to
havo a traveling companion thoy can
procure tho luxury, such ns it is, ol
privacy, though ono of them, on tho
Dogberry principle, must needs sleop
on tho upper shelf, which is an exper
ience several degrees moro painful
thnn lying on tho lowor ono. If tho
number of passengers bo not equnl to
tho number of beds they will bo ablo,
by bribing tho porson in charge, to got
a four-bed couipartmont, and thus both
will avoid tho torture of being sua
pended from tho colling.
As a rule theso vacant compartmonca
aro to bo had by tipping tho dirty of
ficial in charge of them and thus, per
haps, for 'Jo shillings apicco two peoplo
can secure tho mitigation of misery wo
havo described. Ono of tho main In
ducements to many peoplo to havo re
course to a wagon-lit Is tho belief that
nt any rate In tho morning thoy will b
ublo to havo "a good wash" and will
thus omorgo from tho train tho simula
tion of a civilized bolng Instead of an
unwashed, unkempt, wiisimven savage.
Morning throws a fuller light on this
pleasing anticipation. As somo of quj
correspondents point out, tho "lavato-
ry" arrangements in tho stooping cart
between Bnslo and Calais and between
Haslo and Paris aro abomlnablo boyond
description, nnd can not bo turned ta
tho slightest account by any ono of tho
most ordinary fastidiousness. London
Standard.
ELECTRIC MOTORS.
They Will Soon Take the I'lnce of Stasia
Locomotive.
Tho practical uso of electricity as a
motive power during the past fow years
has demonstrated that in the no dis
tant future it will, ton considerable ex
tent, supplant steam ns tho principal
agent in maintaining and fostering hu
man Industry. Although electricity is
still but partially understood, and is
far from bolng undor coinploto control
of those who uso it, still tlio knowledge
of its powers has reached a stage
where thoy can bo successfully put to a
thousand uses.
Electricity now moves nil classes ol
small machinery, such ns fans, eleva
tors, printing presses, street cars and
other mechanical chef d'ouuvros ol
man's ingenuity. Judging from tho
progress steam lias mado since its in
troduction loss than a hundred years
ago, thoro is ovory reason to bolieva
that electricity will roach an oven
greater degreo of dovolopmont.
As a matter of fact electricity when
It shall bocomo thoroughly subjugated
to man's will, will rondor posslblo the
accomplishment of things that ara
now but moro fanciful dreams. When
Jules Verne, that inimitable creator ol
fantastic things, wrote his "Forty
Thousand Leagues Undor tho Sea,"
and described a vessol that traveled
beneath tlio waves by tho aid of oloc
trical machinery nnd was Illuminated
by electric lights, ho llttlo imagined
that the tlmo would so soon como when
ills purely fanciful romanco, concocted
merely to please tho lovers of fiction,
would becomo 'a possibility. Tho in
vention of tho storugo battery and the
perfecting of tho oloctrlu light soom to
Indicate that tho submerged ship of
"Vorno" Is now no moro un impossi
bility. Modern invention has opened up the
possibility of electric motors to do tho
work of tlio "cannon ball" trains that
aro now tlio wonder of tho time. That
tlio competition of electricity lu run
ning railway trains Is looked for in
tho near future is proven by tho nctual
uxistenco of companies controlling
patents tiiat aro expected to put elec
tricity In service on railroads. Steam
leems now to havo almost reached tho
limit of Its power lu Increasing tlio
?peed of trains and englnos hava
irrowu In consoquonco of proportions
that in reason permit of but llttlo
further increaso; but electricity, set
ting at naught as it does all questions
of bulk and weight, promise to do in
in unknown degreo what steam scorns
incapable of doing. Tho powerful
tgont that annihilates spaoo and car
Ius our thoughts to tho ends of tho
Mirth In an Instant may well bo capabla
)f transporting freight and oven pas
ion gers long distances In un Incredibly
diort tlmo. N. O. Picayune.
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