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TELEGRAPHING EN ROUTE.
A Fruitful Cause .of Railway Accidents
May Now Be Removed. . .
' Telegraphing from a train in motion
haa for sonic years been practiced in
this country, but in this ns in many
other electrical applications America
is ahead of European practice. All
Europe stood horror-stricken not long
ago at the awfulness of a railway ac
cident on the Kivicra. The station
master dispa tched a train on the wrong
line to its doom of rushing into anoth
er train and crashing over the preci
pice, liells were rung and people
shouted, but there was no means of
stopping the train wrongly started, and
the stationmaster shot himself as he
heard the crash.
This and other accidents more or less
similar, says the Pittsburgh Dispatch,
have appealed so strongly to railway
directors for the necessity of establish
ing a means of communication from
trains in motion that European engi
neers avc now engaged in testing vari
rious systems whereby this can be ef
fected. Some recent trials at Algeria
are said to have been most successful.
The tests included the exchange of tel
egrams between a train in motion and
the station; between two trains in
motion; the telegraphic stoppage of a
train; started and out of sight, it was
ordered to stop, start again, and re
turn to the station; two trains started
on the same track, and approaching
each other at au express speed of near
ly one and one-quarter miles a minute,
avoided collision by mutually and
automatically warning each other by
an indication of their direction, and
tha position, according to kilometer
posts, which they had attained. The
signaling arrangements arc carried out
by M. Etienne, the well-known inven
tor. The fact was established that
every train can lie kept within call of
the station at any point in its route,
and thns one of the most fertile causes
of frightful accidents may now be re
moved. CAMEO CARVING A NEW WHIM.
now Fashionable Women Cut the Deli
cate Shells
The latest whim is nothing more
nor less than cameo carving, according
to the New York Recorder. Many a
dainty boudoir has a little table in one
corner where 'gravers," 4scoopers,"
and various other mysterious instru
ments of the craft are kept.
"How do they manage it and do
they make real cameos?" some one
asks. O, yes, they are real and they
are pretty. The shells used for the
purpose are "black helmets" brought
from the West Indies. There are also
red and yellow helmets found on the
coast of China.
The shell is cut with little gravers
and scoopers, and half a dozen of these,
of various sizes and degrees of fine
ness, are all that are needed. When
the cameo is cut the process of polish
ing bivins, and this requires patience
and still more patience.
First, the groundwork is polished by
rubbing it with pumice stone and wa
ter; this takes out the scratches made.
The shell is then washed with warm
water. The second polishing is done
tvith pnmice dust and oil and with a
small boxwood stick. It is again
washed. The third and-last polishing
is given with fine rotten stone and
sulphuric acid. A very high degree of
polish is thus obtained, and, after be
ing once more washed, the work is
done. The shells cost from two to
five dollars each. From a good shell
as many as three or four pieces eon be
taken.
Flying Lizards of Borneo.
According to the testimony of our
most reliable naturalists the only genus
of "flying serpent" now known to in
habit the earth is a family of reptiles
which make their homes in the great
forests of liorneo, mentioned by Meek,
Williams, Kinne and others as "the
flying lizardsof the South seas." The
best known species of this flying sau
rian is Draco Volens leekii, a striped,
snnke-like lizard about fourteen or
sixteen inches in length when full
grown. The primary colors of Draco
are red and yellow, in bands, dots,
crescents and stripes, the red predomi
nating to such an extent that the
creature appears as a carmine rocket
when sailing through the air. Some
have declared thathis wings are "sails"
like those of the American flying squir
rel, but Meek says "they approach true
wings and can be used by the little
saurian to guide himself at will."
A Borneo Superstition.
The pearl hunters of Borneo and ad
jacent islands have a peculiar super
stition. When they open shells in
search of pearls, they take every ninth
find, whether it be large or small, and
put it into a bottle with a dead man's
finger. Thoy are kept and are known
as "seed pearls," or "breeding pearls,"
and the natives of the islands men
tioned firmly believe that they have
the powers of reproducing their kind.
For every pearl put into the phial, two
grains of rice are thrown in for the
pearls to "feed" upon. Some of the
white gem hunters of Borneo believe
in the superstition as firmly as the na
tives do. It is said that nearly every
hut along the coast has its "dead fin
ger" bottle with from nine to ten times
that number of "seed pearls," th de
caying digit and the rice carefully
stowed away among them.
What Makes Ci Thirsty.
Thirst is simply a sensation by which
lack of fluids in the system is made
Known, and in a state of health it is
a generally faithful indication of the
wants of the body. Natural thirst is
first indicated by a peculiar dryness of
the mouth and fauces, caused by a fail
ure of the pharyngeal membrane to
secrete a due amount of liquids, but if
fluids were to be introduced directly
into the stomach through a tube, and
not by wav of the fauces as has been
done in some unusual cases the im
mediate absorption tereoI instantly
allayB the sense of thirst, from which
It has been supposed that the sensa
tion of thirst is in the nerves of the
stomach and that the throaVsensatloa
i a kind of relies action. ,
A FAMOUS NAVAL DUEL.
Reoalled by the Recent Disaster to
tha Kearaarge.
Tha Memorable Fnronnter That Freed
Northern Merehantmen from m
Foe That Wrooeht Ilaroe j
Among Them.
The Alabama put into the harbor of
Cherbourg, France, in June, 1864, to ef
fect some necessary repairs. The Kear- i
sarge, then in command of Capt. John
A. Winslow, appeared off the harbor j
on June 14. The Kearsarge, says the
New York Times, cruised off the en
trance to the harbor, but did not make i
the mistake of anchoring in the port, I
as that act would have given the con
federate vessel a start of twenty-four
hours whenever she might choose to
leave, it being an international law
that beligerent vessels anchoring in a
neutral port must not leave within
twenty-four hours of each other. The
Tuscarora had made that error a short
time before, and when she started in
pursuit of the Sumpter from Southamp
ton harbor she was promptly ordered
back to her berth by the British au
thorities, and a naval force sufficient
to enforce the mandate was in readi
ness. Capt. Winslow made demonstrations
which were equivalent to a challenge,
and, knowing t'-e character of Scmmes,
he had little doubt that it would be ac
cepted, and set about preparing his
ship for action. The heavy anchor
chains were gotten up out of the chain
locker and suspended along the Bides
of the vessel so as to protect the vital
parts of the ship. This chain armor
was concealed by deal boards, which
were nailed over it.
The word was passed through the
ship on Sunday morning, June 19, that
the Alabama was coming out. The
decks of the Kearsarge were cleared
for action and the drum beat to quar
ters. The two ships were almost even
ly matched as to size, the Kearsarge
measuring 1,031 tons and the Ala
bama l.Olfi. In weight of metal
thrown in a broadside, the Kearsarge,
though mounting one gun less than
the confederate vessel, had a distinct
advantage, the Kearsarge throwing
430 pounds to the Alabama's 300. The
battery of the latter vessel consisted
of six thirty-two pounders, 100-pounder
Blakely rifle, and one eight-inch shell
gun.
The Alabama was the first to open
fire. The Kearsarge reserved hers un
til the enemy was 1,000 yards distant,
then gave a broadside from her star
board battery. The big eleven-inch guns
Of the Kearsarge did terrible execu
tion on the decks of the Alabama, and
finally one of them planted a shell in
the Alabama which reduced that ves
sel to a sinking condition and made
surrender necessary.
Capt. Winslow then gave his atten
tion to the rescue of the Alabama's
crew. The confederate admiral was
picked up by the English yacht Deer
hound, which conveyed him to Eng
land. Semmes claimed thit the powder of
the Alabama had become "caky" and
had lost its strength, and that the
fuses of his shells were defective. One
of the Alabama's shells buried itself in
the sternpott of the Kearsarge, but
failed to explode. Had the fuse acted,
it is said that the Kearsarge would cer
tainly have baen disabled by the loss
of her rudder. The shell is now in the
navy museum in Washington.
Since that memorable encounter the
Kearsarge had been almost constantly
in service. She had had few occasions
to visit navy yards, and had displayed
her pennant in nearly every important
harbor of the world. She had the rep
utation of being always ready for duty,
and lately had been busily employed
in protecting American interests in the
West Indies and searching for dere
licts on the North Atlantic.
As a fighter she had outlived her use
fulness. Her two eleven-inch guns
had been replaced by eight-inch rifles
of the muzzle-loading type. Iler speed
in later years was much less than it
was when the vessel fought the Ala
bama. Then she was credited with
fourteen knots an hour. Her original
boilers were taken out several years
ago, and a set which was intended for
the Nantasket, a much smaller vessel,
was substituted. They were not near
ly so good as the old ones. Capt
Elmer says that in the period he com
manded the Kearsarge he was unable
to get much more than eight knots out
of her.
The vessel measured two hundred
and ten feet four inches in length and
had a beam of thirty-three feet ten
inches. She was bark rigged, having
been converted from a ship, which was
her rig when bhe fought the Alabama.
She was built in the navy yard at
Portsmouth, N. U., at a cost of t'iTi,
514.99. The MouJIk tzar.
Alexander III. seems determined to
live up to his sobriquet of "the moujik
czar." He has just affixed his signa
ture to a project of law now being
elaborated by the council of the em
pire, which is destined to render in
alienable the landed allotments of the
peasants. The object of this measure
is, of course, to prevent the seizure of
the land for debt by the money lenders,
whom he regards as the principal cause
of the presentdistressand agricultural
depression in his dominions. For the
peasants, when once deprived of their
lands, lose every interest in the wel
fare of their "mir,"or community, and
drift away to the towns and cities in
search of work, where they help to
well the ranks of the unemployed,
who constitute a permanent source of
embarrassment to the authorities.
flhe Took Iler I'en In Foot.
A curious marriage took place at Ver
viers, in Helgiuma few days ago. when
Mile. Elizabeth Kunneich, without
arms, was married to her impressario,
an Austrian. The woman signed the
register with a steady foot and the
wedding ring was placed by the priest
OD her foujrfh.tfi . .
ANTS IN FLORIDA.
More of Theni There Than In Any Other
I'art of the World.
There are more ants to the square
mile in Florida than in any other coun
try in the world, says a writer in the
Savannah News. Thereareants-.vlm-h
will measure more than half an inch
in length, and then there are ants so
small that they can scarcely be seen to
move with the unaided eye. There are
red ants and black ants, and trouble
some ants. Hut as bad as they are. I
have never heard of them eating out
the seat of a man's trousers, as a mis
sionary, Hev. Mr. Wilson. once told the
writer he saw the army ants doin India
while the man was sitting on the earth
for a few minutes beside him.
Hut the Florida ants will take out
the lettuce and other minute seeds
from the soil in which they are planted
and actually destroy the bed. They
will suck the life out of acres of young
cucumbers and melon plants, uproot
strawberry plant9 or cover the buds
with earth to such an extent as to kill
them. They will get into pie, pickle,
sauce, sirup, sugar, on meat, in hash,
will riddle a cake or fill a loaf of
baiter's bread till it is worthless. All
remedies failing, I took to baiting
them near their nests with slices of
meat, bones, apple and pear parings,
and when I had from fifty to one
hundred thousand out turned a kettle
of boiling water on them. I have
killed in one week over one million
in the space of a quarter acre lot, and
I have almost wiped them out. I hnd to
do this to secure any lettuce plants,
and many unobservant farmers com
plain of seedsmen when they should at
tribute their troubles to Insects.
It is very curious and instructive to
see how promptly the ants which es
cape the scalding will go to work
taking out the dead, and, after piling
them outside first, then go to excavat
ing again nnd rebuilding their cells
and runways. This being done very
quickly the next work on hand is the
laying in of a supply of food, by haul
ing the dead bodies of the hot-water
victims into their storehouses. You
may sec a small black ant hauling and
tugging at the carcass of a red ant
twenty times its own weight, and he
always succeeds, in the end, in land
ing it in the warehouse of the colony.
Next you may see a sort of ambulance
corps searching for the disabled. These
are taken carefully to the underground
house, where the surgeons and nurses
are in waiting. Then, too, you may
sec the timekeepers and bosses direct
ing this one, or turning another back
on some errand or to some other duty.
There is not a moment's delay, no halt
ing feet, mi idle hands, but all move as
if it was their last (lay on earth,, and
this was the only hour left in which to
redeem a misspent life. For lessons in
industry and perfect government go to
the ants.
EUROPEAN MONASTICISM.
Bald to Have Begun on the Little Island
of fct, llonoravt-
To the student of ecclesiastical his
tory the little island of St. Honorat is
one of the most impressive spots in
Enrope, says the Thinker. Almost In
visible on the map, it at one time oc
cupied a most conspicuous position in
the eyes of the world as one of its
great historical sights. As a center of
intellectual nnd moral influence it had,
as Montalembert truly says, a greater
effect upon the progress of humanity
than any famous isle of the Orecian
archipelago. It may well be called
the iona of the south. It is a remark
able circumstance that two little in
significant islands, one in the far
north, amid the dark clouds and mists
of the wild Atlantic, and the other in
the far south, under the brilliant blue
sky, and laved by the bluer waters of
the Mediterranean, should huve formed
the centers which drew to them, and
from whence were dispersed, all the
spiritual and intellectual forces of Chris
tendom during its darkest ages.
Meeting one day one of those
wretched lepers, who were as common
in Europe in the early Christian cen
turies as they are now in Asia, Hon
orat took him home to his own room
and began to anoint his terrible sores.
Suddenly the dreadful mask of deform
ity fell off, and the scarred face burst
out into, overpowering radiance; and
in the transfigured leper he beheld with
inexpressible awe no other th an the
Lord Jesus Himself.
When St. Honorat 1. ft his northern
home lie was accompanied by his
sister, who was devotedly attached to
him. The strict rules of UKinuntic life
would not allow the presence of a
woman within the precincts. The
gentle and beautiful girl, who at her
baptism as a Christian received the
name of Margaret, was consequently
sent to reside in the neighboring isle
of Lero, where she was completely
separated from her brother, lly her
entreaties she at last prevailed upon
him to promise to come and see her
once a year. "Iet me know," said she,
"at what time I may look for your com
ing, for that season will be to me the
only season of the year." The saint
replied that he would come when the
almond trees were in blossom. Where
upon the legend says the forsaken
Margaret assailed all the saints with
her prayers and tears until she got her
wish, tlmt the almond trees in her
island should miraculously blossom
once a month; and sending each month
a branch with tho significant flowers
on it to her brother's retreat, he duti
fully came to her at once, and her
heart was thus made glad by the sight
of her brother no less than twelve
times every year.
"Doks your friend, the star actor,
raw well?" "The only time I ever
knew him draw a full house was when
he was playing poker." N. Y. Press.
Watts "How did you come out in
your little wrestle with the Chicago
wheat market?" Potts "I went after
wool ami got worsted." Indianapolis
Journal. .
Borg, the Jeweler, is th man to fix ut
our watch or clock. Ce keeps a full
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A CLEAR CASE OF BUNCO.
Artlflee Adopted 8ucresafnlly by a Negro
Beggar of Panama.
1 had just started from the hotel
toward the market, place, when I
noticed an elderly darky, standing on
the opposite side of the street, looking
from one to another of the people go
ing in and out of the various entrances
to the hotel. The moment his eyes
caught mine his face lighted up, and
with outstretched hand and a smile he
came hurrying across the way, cays a
correspondent of the New York Sun. I
"Fo' de Lawd, boss, I'se glad to see
you. I'se been lookin' for you all this
mawnin'."
There was no refusing such a cor-'
dial greeting. 1 shook hands and said:
"Looking for me? I don't know you.
now did you happen to be looking for
me?"
"flow cone I look for you? I'se
gwine tell you. 'Corse you don't
know me. I'se gwine tell you 'bout
dat, too. I'se been waitin' fo' you be
cause I ain't had cr mouthful o' coffee
dis blessed muwnin'. I'se on de beach
an' I'd jess like ter borry a dime."
It was a clear case of Panama bunco,
but there was such a happy expression
on his face he so thoroughly enjoyed
his little game and ha worked it bo
well that there was no refusing him.
Besides he is the most artistic mem
ber of a great gang of peculiar negro
beggars to bo found on the streets of
Panama. They are, without excep
tion, from the islands ruled by the
British in the West Indies, and they
beg only of English speaking stran
gers. On every corner and on several
blocks between corners, while walking
to the market, I met negro men. With
out exception they bowed and touched
their hats and said: "Uood mawnin',
boss. I'se on de beach, sah. A dime,
sah, if yo' please." "On the beach" is
equivalent to the American "on his
uppers," or "dead broke."
RcHHUUwwU AT A i.r.. .u) RTii.
rrodlgtoua Feenudlty of an Insect Which
Fee.la on the Vlant Kingdom. .
The aphis, whicn Is known by the
common name of "plant louse,!' is qn
entomological enigma as well as an
agricultural pest. The scientists do not
pretent to know just exactly how many
varieties of aphis browse on the green
things of nature, but some authorities
estimate them them at 1,000, a largo
proportion of that number having been
nnmed and classified. A single insect
of any of these species of aphis may be
come tho progenitor of billions of
young, even during its own lifetime.
Latrielle, who is regarded by the St.
Louis Republic as an acknowledged
authority on this branch of entomol
ogy, makes some curious antl interest
ing calculations: A female will pro
duce young at tho rate of about twenty-five
a day during the summer
months, and as each immediately be
comes ths progenitor of others, one
aphis may possibly be the mother,
grandmother, great-grandmother, etc.,
ft al. of the enormous number of 5,004.
."iOO.OOO individuals by the end of the
season. Yongard and Morren, who are
equally as good authorities as Lat
rielle, extend this number into qttin
tillions as being within the capabili
ties of a Biugle mother's efforts. The
late Prof. Huxley once made a calcula
tion which affords some Idea of what a
liiintillion of aphides might mean: K
mining that an aphis will not weigh
iuore than the one-thousandth part oi
i grain, and that a man must bo very
icavy in order to weigh more than
1,000,000 grains, the tenth brood of ap
hides alone, without adding the prod
uct of all the intermediate generation!
if all the members of this immense
'amily should survive the many dan
rers to which they arc exposed), would
iontain more ponderable substance
than 500,000,000 men. In other words,
they would outweigh the entire popu
lation of China.
HORSEPLAY IN ENGLISH SOCIETY
Conrae Jokes and Itlsky rianelng Being In
dulged In hv smart (Jlrls.
Skirt dancing, high nlay and the per
petration of practical jokes seem to be
the leading amusements of country
house parties in England, according to
a recent chronicler quoted by the San
Francisco Argonaut. lie says: "No
vember is preeminently the month for
big shoots, and the country houses
are full to overflowing at that time
of the year. In quiet houses mod
erate hours are kept, gambling
for heavy stakes is at a discount
and a certain sobriety prevails from
sunrise to sundown. In other houses,
however, the fun waxes fast and fu
rious. No dancing is considered 'sport'
unless It be of a nature imported from
the Gaiety, such as the unforgettable
pas de quatre. A few smart girls go
so far an to take unto themselves the
voluminous skirts of the serpentine
frock and try to imitate Miss Lettie
Li nil's dexterities." After explaining
that the serpentine skirts are made of
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very finest Chinese silk or crepe cut in
triangular pieces to give the appear
ance of an infinity of yards," our au
thority resumes: "It is regrettable to
add that under some roofs pretty heavy
gambling is indulged in, and baccarat
and nap with high stakes have as
many women as men votaries, to say
nothing of practical joking of a sus
piciously rowdy sort, such as apple-pie
bed-making booby-trapping. A certain
most distinguished lady amused her
self one whole evening by standing in
a gallery and throwing pillows on the
men's heads as they passed io and out
of the smoking-room."
STRIKE FOR THE STOMACH.
Xlovr to Attack Your Opponent Whea.
Forced Into m Quarrel.
"If you get into a quarrel with
a man and see that you can't get
out of it without a fight right then
nnd there, forget that he has a head,
pick out tho second button of his vest,
and smash him on it as hard as you
can. In ninety cases out of a hundred
you'll win the battle without another
lick." Ned Donnelly shifted a bag of
boxing gloves under his arm as he de
livered the injunction to a writer for
the Washington Post. "There is no
foul about a stomach blow; it's only
when jou get below the belt that you
are open to criticism. Of course, you
are liable to hurt a man by hitting
him in tho stomach, but that is what
you are thero for. Most people who
get into a sudden row I am speakin?,
of course, of those who have never
been taught how to take care of them
selves go at each other hand over
band like a sailor climbing up the rig
ging, and they invariably try for each
other's heads. As I said before, forget
your antagonist has a head if you are
forced into a fight. Just take aim at
the place where you think his chest
protector stops and let drive at it.
There is not one man in ten thousand
can stand a crack there. It takes
rohn of tmln'pn- to ma'te a man's
stomach hard enough to receive even a
medium blow there.. Then if you want
to spoil his beauty and leave your,, vis
it ing card with him In the shape of a
black eye. yon can do it at your leisure,
for the fellow who is hit in the bread
basket forgets all about his body above
that, for the time being, anyhow."
FLEEING FROM FOREST FIRE.
The Experience of a Vistto to a Lumber
Cunip la Northern Michigan.
"Tho most exciting experience lever
had," said T. E. Spencer to a writer
for the St. Louis Olobe-Deinocrat,"was
in a forest fire near Manistee, Mich. I
had visited a small lumber camp and
retired to rest in one of the blinks pro
vided for the choppers. I was awak
end by a strong light from the north,
and, going outside of the woollen
shanty, it seemed to me that the entire
world was on fire. It cracked and
snapped, danced and jumped as if the
demon of fire was holding a high car
nival and celebrating the end of the
world. From every side could be heard
sounds like the firing of cannon and
the shrieks of human beings. It was
the falling of the boughs and the sigh
ing of the wind, but I never heard so
horrible a sound, nor witnessed bo
weird and terrible a sight. Hastily
awakening the other men in the camp,
I mounted a horse and Ued from tho
flames. Put tho horse could not keep
pace with the progress of the lire. The
lurid heavens looked as though they
were at molten heat; the air was
stilling; the smoke almost suffocated
mu, while falling leaves and boughs
burned my horse, and the sickening
odor of burning flesh added to the hor
ror. Within two or three hours I was
in an opening, where I was no longer
In danger; but my horse was badly in
jured, while my clothing was full of
holes where embers hud struck mo. I
will take my chunces with cyclones or
earthquakes, but not with a burning
forest agaiu."
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To stoi- a horse chewing his tie rope,
steep it in cayenne pepper and water.
Nevkh tic a horse so long that he
can put his head on the floor. If he
ran put his head down he is sure to roll
and get cast.
If you cunnot stop your horse bolt
ing his food by putting a handful of
shelled corn In his manger, give him
cut hay with ground feed. He will
masticate that.
Watkii your horse before giving him
hay. tiive him hay before you give
him grain. Give the concentrated
food last. His stomach is not large
enough to hold all at once.
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