ysc W I jii,"w(r,"?'i :?PYvvrf J!r; w '"'! " $$tH0ii,mm 'riv,5t.v Ifr Kr,,,,,,,!,, , ., ,, ,,,,m;vrmmmmtfq00gBll I I ' S'C ) jl-; How Tree Cool (hn Air. Wo dilute tf it tree, iih it cooling agent bouaumi JIh tdiadit protecta tin twin Hid bout of tho huh, hut it cooln tlm nlr In iinotlutr wu (lint hi not generally Iciiowii; In fact. It cools tlio nlr around It an u lump of Jcp cool n vomhuI of WlltOI', Tim tree linn a body (omporfttiiru of iiliout 15 degroni, Just m wo Iiiivii u body tiMiiiinnitiirii of KM iIclti-cm. which Im not affected by oiiihIiIo Influ-l uiicon. ii im nut tree niool heat, t. to rpenk, H tlial tint air aroimil It I cooled by tlio trcu Itself iih well iih by tllU Klllldo It hUlkl. When a (nut In full Imtf U ii I ruck by n strong wind wo wonder Unit It Im not lorn all to pieces. And so It would bo but ror tlio way tint llmlm and twlga iiim urrangwl by nature. Tliat arrange incut Im Midi Unit tlio effect of tlio wind U broken, for tbo limbs sway and i novo In a hundred dlnrlloun Instead of one. and tint force of Die blunt Im ro wattercd Dint It Ii comparatively lmrmlewt, If tin IIuiIih all moved at once In tint mm direction no tico could escape being torn apart. ' Within Colllim Write of m Tlllr. Church Mill Outage, Broadntnlni, Auk. in, i wo. My Iwr WIIN -1 Mend you Inclosed (ttiul roglMoied- for I uliould go dls Irui'ted If It wiim hrtt) my first number. riiuiMit let mo Imvo duplicate proofs tin noon iih possible, for I want to ceo wmiothlng in connection with tlio wtory wlilt'li U init a miUH of nuifiiHlou. It Ii mi awfully limit nuiubor--botwi-tii oliht and nine pat,; but I iniittt stag gr the public Into attention, If pos sible, Mt the outwt. They shan't drop M ttlilnlHT wlioii I begin r I run belli It. I have bit on a new title In tlio omtnw of h night walk to I lie North KnrvlftUd, which mems to me welr) mwI Mtrtklnr-'TlMi Woman In White" My kivt in lilckeim. ow do be do? When will he write' llnvo ou a Iwhm' t let? I mil at mortal eiimlly with my Inidoii landlord hihI mid i Mulrnd to leave hlm. Wbr I am to UO IHMCt "Cod, hv knows." Tu-ta. W. 0. Chamber' Journal. A Dntiuc run Imiiim nlloii, Imicoii Carter could remember the ilxyH wbti the minister llmd out the hymn nud the cotigrcitttUou Hsiig ll. Although be bad long bevii too Jeebbt to to church. IiU opinion Mtllt found tlwlr wy to the iH-ople. I "'p mIimII hM Mm gootl orpin jiiajuut i in nuuiiuer, ' hii unwary vi itur rviiiarkrd to the deacou'H daughter In tho old niHU'rt bunrijg. "Tbat ticbr from llowtou In going to play rvry Huudny while A mile Trumbull In o.T tMkbiK a Micntlon." Tfte deciiii mlMnl IiIm stick and bin ijuawriiiK xolce at tbo name time, "You hoimI for tho mlulMtcr to como herv and et mo, 1 laughter Maty," Im aahl mt cbmrly as be could, "I won't hftV hiicli gntngM on! A iiiUNlclaii playing on thai orgnu! Let 'em go r1ttioul till Annie 'Initnbull geta home HKln." A Ifi'ltiloir llniid, "Oracloui!" e.xelHliiied tho stranger In th wont. "What a cruul country tliU Is!" "1 low's thot, ntrntiftcr?'' aKkud thy tough citizen. "Why, I Jut hoard that n follow was nhot down bero yiwterdny for lending a helping hniid to a follow mortal!" "Lending a helping hand, did yoh iwyV" queried tho cowlxiy. "Why, I totiifinber the ." "!Jow wiim It?" "Alkali llio wuh a-playln' a poker game un' he Hllppcd tlinni nros V bl.i jmrtner under th' table. Of couroe, tMiiHolHxly sliot 'Im f'r leudln' Uiot soht of a helplu' IiiiiiiI!" ltaltlnioro 11 era Id. Tho Cmmry'N riiom, If you Imvo a canary or other cage bird look to Km claws from time to time, for lit a Ntato of cnpthlty tho bird's mills grow so long tbat they need cut ting. If this bo neglected the bird Is In danger of getting Km nails caught In tlio laxami muiging mere tin u .lies, use n Hbart) pair of nail HclHim and tako care not to cut, more than Just the i Ips of the italls. If you bold tho bird In a good light you will nee a little red "tliroad" In each null. This you inunt avoid or you will draw blood and hurt your little pet. Inherited. "And now) mild Professor Img hunter na ho greeted Henry Pock, "what Bhull wo tnako of your llttlo loy a lecturer? XJu baa a bIucci-o taste for It." "I know ho Iiiih," renllol tho male parent. "Ilo Inherit:! It from Ida moth er." Schoolmaster. JHiuI!m1 IIIn llonuinoo. floorgo I hco nothing for un lint to. e)oKt, Do you think your father would forgive usV L'lhel I'm huio ho would. (Jeorgo-llow can you bo mire? lJthel 1 felt n llttlo nervous on that An Insinuation, Hoss Young MlllkltiB Is daffy on tho BUbJect of matrimony, He asks ovory girl ho moots to marry him, Nell Well, why don't you got Boino ouo to Introduce you? Clavclund Pluln Dealer, ............ .. I zr...M.t- Th ttpjiliiK habit In bad enotmli or ervwlnire, and Im wuwo In IJuropo than bore. In tbo t'ljihteoiith century It wan n ttrenler ovll thiiu It hi now, A writer In tbo t'ornhlll MiikiixIiio tullrt iiomo ntiirleM to llliiNtratu tbo old condition 0( tlllllftM. In IMIiiburKh In 17li tbo Kocloty of CIcikH enacted thai all ncrviinlH Nhoiild bu forbidden to take tlpM and incuiborn bo tot bidden to lve them. TIiIh cxttiil I ldo wiim followed by other clulm mid MtclelleM, Today thero In tlio rule In' inoxt t'liilm iikiiIimI fueltiK tbo HorvtuitM. An oceentrlu Irbdi Kcutlcmau, 1jrd Tualfe, lined (o attend IiIh kUohIh to tbo door, and If they offered any money to the fiervailUi wbo were lined up with the i;uomIm' Ikikpikc, tbo boflt would May, "If you lve, Klvo ll mc, for It wan 1 that did buy the dinner," A well known colonel whllo idltlriK at dinner Inquired tbo milium of tbo hont'a Morvaiibi. "For," Miild he, "1 can not pay them for mrIi a hhI dlriuor, but I Mhotlld llko to luinuinlHtr them In my will." Another eccentric ccntluman, after iMitlenlly nileeinliik' IiIk hat, fiword, ' cano ami cloak, to the t-ry bottom of IiIh purMe, tiiruiil to tbo two reiniiln Inc hervnntH wbo wero waltlni; oI)m. culoimly, curb with a clove, and Mild affably. "Keep thoHc. I will not troti- bio In, buy thvMi back. 'J'lmy uru old and not worth a Hbllllur;." I'.Mvrr ut n iitlllll'a V.'lliU, "Kwiuiri," mild an oillclal of tho zoo, "havii ureal NtreiiKth of win. It Im hold that with a blow of Iim wlnj,' a muiiii uin break a iiuiii'm leu, arid I hate no doubt (IiIh Ih mo. A doctor told ine ouo dny, an wo hIikmI tenet her by the ui lake, that ouo of IiIh tlm; cnno had been that of a man whom arm a mwmii Imil broken wllh Itn wIhk. "Tho MCfldetit occurred In ArkHitmiM, on Hhhii lake, a Unly of water whr tin blnlM M.iuid. A liiinmuwii wnn 'nr bunting,' uhcii a mm an, nmklng for the light, Hew straight Mt bin bind. 1I put uj bU arm to Mhlold IiU face, and the powerful wing of tho big while bird HtrucL him Ilko a club. Itoth lHnwt In the foroarm were broketi; It wmm a compound fracture. "If a Mwnn accblentally chii bmik lu thU way a inairs urm. tlwn Is, In mj opinion, no room to doubt that It could, If ll diwlrt-d, break with a wHI dlriK-t-cd blow a man's leg."-Philadelphia Hi-cord. Wlinl n Tom! IZiiJii). There are few things more ainuntng tlmn In wntch a toud Mubmltllng to the operation of a tMtek fcrntchtnic. Ilo will at Ilrnt look Mtmewbat HUsplclotiH ly at tho twig which you are advancing toward hlm. Hut after two or throe pnnxort down IiIh back his manner mi-ib-rgiHtM n marked change, hi ejim cIom with an expreMnlou of Infinite raji ture, he pliinlM Ids feet wider apart and his Ixxly mwuIIm out to nearly double Km ordinary size, as If to obtain by theu iiieniiH moro room for enjoyment. 'J'htm hu will remain tinttl you make Nome nuddon uiovemeiit which start leu hlm, or until ho lm bud iim much let ting km ho wants, when, with h puff of I egret fill delight, bo will reduce him self to his initial dlmeiiMlons and liop away, bent once moro on the plcnsurofi of the chase. Tho lliimt PliOfiJ. (loneral CtiMter Ixdleved In having martial music on all Hstblo oecaalous. Ho uotiltl have the baud out at ' o'clock lu tho morning and the Inst thing In tho evening. One day when a teglmeut bad Just come Into enmp (lon eral Custer ordered tlm band out. The men were tired and reported that they bad lost the mouthpieces of tholr In trumeuts. "Very well." wild the general, "you may take plcbiucii and tdiovohi and help repair the roads. You may llud tho missing mouthpieces while you are vorklng." It Is unnecessary to atata thut the band played mhiu after. Tliriioiili the OneKx. When tho celebrated dllno, Hdward In-liit enM it n nriiiililni four In Btf0lnil tWl, nuinfrlos men of decided C,l(lll, Wllll , hcnr ,,,,, Wll,.n ,lrt ho ,, 00 HallI (0 ,,, otll,,r. ..w wuile. what do you tl.lnkV" ..01l(o ull, U ot,,or COIlU.,IU,tuoualy, ..m,., 1i.v ,.i-,i,.ir..,ie. The flint speuker laid a quiet hand on his Rhoti.'dcr. "Will," tmld bo, "you'll often hco u light peeping through a crack." ItutliiT tluvo Hlm Atvnjr. Pond leather (showlug ott his oft spring's intelligence) Now, Klslo dear, what bt a cat? Lisle Diiiino. Tond Father Well, whnt'u that fun ny llttlo nulum! that comes ciccplux up the Btatra when cgery one's lu bed? JJlsle (promptly) Papa. The Oiunr of IIokkhvIIIv, I soinotlmva think, when by tho titovo I tuust My lict-lB an' alt to thlnlcln' nf tho host Of frlcmlH I know, thut them that niitehorly Can't uliitt a-tall'o tlio ones thnt slntt the moat! Tndlnnapolla Sun. Nlio l'rovcil It, "I cannot shnr tho olit sonaiil" Bho warbled; all were ninvrrt, And one rudo person roao and yollodn "Sit down I Your cobo Ih proved " , Chicago Tribune Old Tlmn TIITfiiwT Mr, W. IC. Vnnflnrftilt, Mr. W. K. Vandorbllt, wlfo of tho bond of tlio Vandorbllt family, who wiim wed recently In Indon, waa twlco boforo ii lirldo. She wn married In 1800 to Mr. h. M. Hutherfurd, the nuptial bolng a loading event of tbo time. Bho wart Uifii tbo widow of Samuel S, I , ... I 1 "'S4V C3i vfy Bnridn, Jr., a weallby Now Yorker. Mrn. Vandorbllt, who In tho dntiKltUx of Oliver II. Harrlman. Br., of New Vork, hnti two rhlldrcn by her marring with Mr. HnndM. Bho Is a jwrfoct blond, with an oval fnct, regulnr fen turoii, brlfiht bluo eycH and Kolden hair. "W'nalPrt limn. "Vou want that book bound, Blr? Yes, dr. It will com 3 marks. Hut thcro nro picture In It That will innko It G inarltH. nlr." "Hut why In It moro with pictures? "CA yon Hee, nlr, tny helper will rnnto nt tnncli lliiu IrxiVtnt- nt tliritnl" i"jieKunu0 matter. ' rrKeifni I'niin-r.in.innr. ..j.vc Jmj nnothor quarrel with my ,s0n-Jn-law, Count I'uscuds," eald Mr. Cumrox gloomily. "Havoyoti rofuiicd hlm money'" -Cortalnly noL Hut I forgot to tako Iny int or, , n,jjreM him by his UUo ,vj1(, mnjed him tho check." Wash. iugton Star. Ill Ilxprrlrncr. Tn," said tho boy, looking up from his 1kk)1:, "what doos n man's "better ' iair mean?" "Usually, my son," replied his father from behind tbo evening paper, "alio means exactly what sho says." Phila delphia Pres. Tlinnil) Itlimn In (Jurrjj Annr'a Tine. Ill the days of Queen Anne the femi nine thumb ring was tho badge of widowhood, and women tired of hlngle ble"HNln-)H were wont to don It and at "Jolly widows" achieve conquest!) de nied to them aa Hplnstcrs. Our I'lrat Locomotive. The llrst locomotive built In this country waa placed on the .South Caro lina railroad In IPSO. Tho use of loco- motlven, however, was not firmly ea tabllsbotl unUl IbS!!. Nnlnrnl Icplioiinrn, The cold lu n cavern lu Franco is fo groat, no matter how warm tho exter nal ntmohphere may be, tho visitor can not proloug his stay without Incon venience unless wrapped lu winter clothing. There are not less than a Rcoro of thoho natural icehouses in Franco and probably half aa many in Italy. (IriMtNonin Clinriim. Prople'a lingers, cut from the hands of the dead, aro fomotlmcs carried as nmulcta by the Ignorant and supersti tious. Dried lizards sewed up in leather servo the name purpose. I'lfvriitlnn nf Corn. There are suggestions without num ber for the euro of corns. Any reputa ble chiropodist nnd some who are not reputable can furnish an unfailing remedy. Hut there Is one sure way to prevent them. Don't wear the biuuo pair of shoes two days lu succession. Corns are caused by friction on tho toes, and the most expert bootmaker cannot make two palra of bIioch which will rub tbo feet lu the same ulace. I Tho change of tdiocs givj the feet a ! chance to rest. It Is also good for tho shoes, ami footwear which is treated, m thifl fllrtfllntl will 1'iaf tvtt.ntt I.-....M.M . In this fashion will last much longer man it put to dully use. The Crocodile, Pliny Bald tho crocodllo'a Bkln "will abide any injury and not Ijo pierced." That may have been true In his day. but It is not tnio now. Tho bullet of a heavy modem iltlo will pierce tho MUiii nnywhere unless it BtrlUes lu a slant-, lug direction. Tho crocodllo Is not iib n rule hard to kill, provided ono can get a good i-liot at it, but that is Just tho trouble. It lias not the marvelous vitality of tho Hhark, which will borne times strugglo furiously for an hour, although covered with apparently mor tal wou.uds.-Cblcago News. Poor Hlinlle. "I novor Baw any 6no bo timid as nenpeclc Is," remarked WIgger. "Why, be'B Ilko a mouso In his own houso." 0118011801" exclaimed Wagger. "Ill wife isn't the least hit afraid of htm. Stray Stories. Mark Trfaln in n Voft, Mark Twuln'u former lecture mnn TRcr told thin atory of an entertain rnptit idvcn by tho humorist In London durhiK n heavy fo: "One nlRht tho quccri'M concert rwnnM were Ilko a flrnokohoiiw, ami I aw from my chair In llio royal xtx n uliadowy drc coat, Mupported by a fmlr of ulmdowy lrou ner, j.drdled by tho faint hnlo of tho ineffectual fnolllghtH. A voice wan la Uio nlr, but It wa dlnictilt to locale It with any degree of certainty. Tbo ap parently licfldli'Kii trunk of tho lecturer told what he knew of our fellow av ft'M, tho BandwJrb Wanders, and at hitervalH out of the depths ascended, the mutlled murmur of an atidlenco in.' vhlble to the naked eye. Mark lwau his lecture on UiIm occaHlon with n del icate allusion to tho weather and said, I'crhaps you can't nee me, but I nm here.' " IiilirfivlnK on IlorHf I'nwpr, In Vencuola timiiy years ago n wealthy aKriculttirlst was appointed Minister of marine. HoIiir n hard worker, ho asked at once for partleu hiM of the fleet. The secretary brought hlm partlctilaw about the only war 'hip. Tho dctalla gave length, tonnage ana name powi-r. At this last tho mln Ister Hloiiped tho secretary and bado luin wrlto down riulckly an order to the chief of cuitomi, "Take out theto 1U0 horn-H at once, and I will send von gwwl milieu In their places." cxiduliilm.' that mulori were much more econom ical, both us regard food and ability to withstand frttlgue. Cnrlc Cii(nin. Many qucwr customs and usages nro prevalent among the Cossacks. No man chances hlx clutluM no i. mii,iv. n Thurwlay no fat or flesh moot must be t,",0fl- T,IC ccli(Cii reporbi from twen plckhil or wjnud. Wool is not spuii xonc to thlrty-thrce are always loud on a holiday. A hen Is nlwaya given ' cr t,mn tho report of tho shot Itself. an uneven number of eggs to hatch, I never an even number. Hones left from ! atermchimm i-ipr. a dinner att funeral are thrown Into ' TJj0 Practice sometimes Indulged in the river, awl at the wmo moal no ,,r wmoker- of soaking a meerschaum one dare cut breed; It munt always be in ,lot water, milk or steaming It is al broken. Apollo favorite Instrument. AtKillo was the old god of music, nnd nlu favorite Inhtrument. the lyre, wan ' A snake's gullet Is fo distensible Invented by Mercury. When tho latter that one scarcely twenty inches long was four hours old he found the shell ' can nwallow a hen's egg without did vt n tortoise and made It into a lyre culty. with nine Htrlngs In honor of the nlno j musfi. This Instrument Mercury gavo i Scotfn Methoti oi nxrrciiilns;. to Ajvillo. who became a wonderfn! s,r Wnltcr Scott's chief pursuit player ujwn It. The lyre was used by worc riding and coursing. Ills dog- the Gnt'ks In old en times, and from It nnd " nP!'Cir ln tno 8aIn0 P,cccs ot was fubhioued the harp. . fculptua. teaUfylng to bis habits. Mntrltnnnlnt I)-prpln. "Well, how do jou like married llfor Inquired the friend. "Not nt all." roplled the man who Imd married money and was suffering for It. "I'm u case of matrimonial tiys pepsla." "Matrimonial dyspepsia?" "Vim. She never agrees with m; tbo'a too rich." Philadelphia Ledger. Ilrnil nf Cortrrul Stnff of the Army. Major General Samuel H. M. Young, head of tho new general staff of tho United States urmy, who by virtue of his olllco becomes chief of start to the president and adviser to tho secretary I of war. is also head of tho recontlv cro- nted war college. General Young has n nrtiihmr nvmi .. n Rni.ur. w ,,. tcrod tho service iib n private In a Pennsylvania regiment during tho civil wnr. Uo ronchcd tll0 o maJor . . - general In 1001. lMtMUUtf. Ttir Solar I'lexua lllnvr. Tho pugilist speaks of knockout blown nver tho solnr Dloxns. but It In th Htoiuaeh that receives tho Bhock. and from it the norvous disturbance originates. Wllit JlorNM. Tho wild liorses of Arabia will not ndnilt n tamo horso among them, white tho wild horsea of South America en flcavor to decoy domesticated horses from their musters and seem eager to welcomo them. Sage Tea. It is Bald that good old ordinary sage tea is tho very host thing yet discov ered to prevont Uq falling out of th Mr. It should bo rubbed into the wm, vu.vv) w iuui uujvsu nw CnrrrInK Onr'n Own Ontflf. IJefore tlio revolution In Prance It was cJiMtomary when a gentleman lind been Invited out to dinner to send his eervant In advance with his knife, fork and Hpoon. If ho had no servant ho carried them with hlm In his pocket. iVronKlit Iron, Tho Brltlflh museum poiscsscn what Ii probably the oldest known piece of wrought Iron. It was found In the pyr Minld of Cheops and rnunt bo -1,000 f can old. flpoefl or DaclM, UuelM fly at an avcrago rate of ninety miles en hour. WlUi a fair wind It Iwllevcd that Uiey can make 150 miles in tho same time. TJi Cfilnroe mill Htoiic Floor. In China Uio dining rooms are usu ally floored with Ulca or stono slabs. Thhr Is becauso tho bottHohold nnlninU, dogs and cats, are allowed In tho room at mealtime to receive whatever food I the diners do not wfrth. A R!.trnUiiKPI ClnJi. In IJerlln a club of the "disengaged" has been formed by young men who, having broken with their sweeUicarts, I "-'Sard marriage as fated to bo n fall- uro- T T,TO Town. HammcrfMt, In Nonvay, Is tho most northern town of any Importance in the world and I'ontns Arenas, in Pata gonla, the fattiicst south. A IlPinnrhnliln I'rlio. At the castle of Slmonetta, Italy, there Is 'r.n angle in tbo building . hlch rcH'choes a plitol shot sixty-one together wrong, it spoils me mccr Hchaum nnd ruins the color. A Snnkc'n Gullet. i.aicr in uro no pairomzcu gnrucmng. Title I'ncfu. It was not until 1470 thnt n tltla page was Introduced to books and In England not till shortly before 1100, when W. De Machllno issued one to his little book on the pestilence. CaX' ton never used Uicm, but Wynkyn Do Wordo employed them lu nearly all his books. Holr Trlultr Ilrldse. The bridge of the Holy Triuity, Flor ence, was built In loG9. It Is 322 feet long, of white marble and is even now reckoned 113 being without n rival as a specimen of the bridge building art The Tate or Hannibal. nannlbul's life and fate wcro su premely great and Bad. Ho was a pa triot who had only tho best interests of his country nt heart In tho wars of Carthage against Homo ho carried his armies across tho btrnlt of Gi braltar, over tho Alps nnd into Italy I to tho very gates of Home. For moro I than a score of years he remained I there, supporting his forces upon the enemy nnd proving himself to bo Mich a literal and lasting scourgo, that the Houmn mothers would nulet j their children with the Bound of hlsl dreaded name. Finally, when old in years and ho was driven forth and defeated, he had made a record In it" if..,, ...'.. ..t,-ii.u uiiuuuuu. luu uui lials of ntieleilt Warfare, J DUcoverer or Smnllpox ucrm, Yet in his old ago he becamo al Dr- William O. Councilman of Bos fugltlve, wandering from ono country i tn' WUoso discovery of the germ of to tho other and finding no rest, owing smallpox is considered ono of tho most to tho vlntllcuve persecutions of tho Itomans, who were then all powerful. At last, discovering no spot on earth open to him as u refuge, deserted by his former frleuds, his country en slaved and his once Imperial uaUvo city In ruins, he gavo way to despair nud ended his life with pobiou. Crafty 31. lllnne. Blanc, tho founder of the Monto Carlo gambling resort, ivas well aware of Uie desperate character of ninny of his customers. Knowing that Uiev Includ ed the scum and riffraff of the world, ho took precautious against them. He nover carried imy mouey, which fact ho announced so frequently and pub licly that It was known, everywhere along tho Hlvlera that tho millionaire Blanc nover had a penny on his per son. Hut ho carried in a pocketbook a draft on red paper for soveral hundred Uiousaud fraucs, payable to the In dorsee. Ho feared kidnaping as much ns robbery, and in case of nbducUon ho intended to ransom himself with this draft. But tho InstrucUons at his oillco were not to cubIi n red draft with his signature unless a telegram was received from him ordering It to be done. Hsptirt In rAbotrfbUy, Profesflor Charles P. Stclnmet, ele Weal oxpert at tho works of tho Gen eral nicctrlc company nt Schenectady, who ban Just been appointed one of a commission to consider tho establish ment of an electrical laboratory for tho stato of New York, ranks an ono of Uio thrco nb!c3t electricians in tho world. Professor Stcinmcts camo tp this country fourteen years ago and began work at f 12 n week. Ho readily learned tho English languago and ad 'ancel rapidly In fame and position unUl ho now receives $-10,000 a-year. ROYAL ROBES. i Tho queen of Portugal scents her hair, nnd her beauty Is greatly act off by this act She uses carnation pjnk, ' nnd her hair is brilliantly lovely with gloss and attractive with scent 4 Tho king of Slam npparentiy po9 ocssos n sense of dlptomnUc humor. "I know," ho said, "that I shall' bo ono day eaten with English or French sauce. The latter is too tasteless. 1 prefer tho English sauce, mixed with tho famous Japanese Baucc." A few days ago King Qtlo of. Ba varia completed his flty-flf th year. As a young man he served In tbo wars ot 1SC0 and 1870, and it was very soon after the 'latter that his mind gave way. His elder brother. King Ludwlg II., had to be put under restraint, and the present regent was appointed on June 10, 1SS0. Thrco days later King Ludwlg managed to drown himself and his medical attendant and the empty reign of Otto began. ELECTRIC SPARKS. Artcmlcy, n Russian electrician, has Invented n pllablo coat of mall -which Affectively protects ugaimit currents of 150,O0O.volts. An electric search light of 100,000 candlopower will render prjnt visible at n cXataneo of twenty miles. Tho experiment has been tried from tho top of Mount Washington, in New Hampshire. A transmission system invented by Profeseor Bedell furnishes 'electricity, for both light and power simultaneous ly over the same wire in spite of tho fact Uiat lighting requires nhlgh and power a low frequency of vlbraUons. For tho ono tho system Is single and for tho other polyphase. Itercnse. That fat man," complained tha scales, "simply knocked mo all out ot kelter." "Well," replied the candy machine near by, "now you- can Ho in weight for the next ono that comes along." Philadelphia Press. ,i Love, 'When a man ceases to lovo lie is lost. Love implies a hope ot higher, mora .Tcrcrcnd thing?. Baseness despises lovefor love is good and is incompa4!- DIo with grossness. Tho way of tho transgressor is soft; but tho desUnaUon is hard.--Schoolmaster. ' lmportant In tlio history of medicine, V"18 l)Cea canKd for two years in tho search for tho causo of tho .dread dis ease. Dr. Councilman is a,bout forty flvo years old and is already well known in his profession through ids treatises on pathology. Ho bf Shattuck professor of pathological Anatomy Id U tho Harvard Medical schooVln BotM. ' i .jttLy xSTT ill I i m a M i M W i j oj .l 4 M Si ii i&j - .. , IWH"M ' t. JL '