The Lebanon express., May 22, 1891, Image 4

MISSING LINKS.
Von MoHke9 wife was an English
g;!ri, Mary Burt, and the old mau spends
bu hour each day its meditation at her
tomb.
There are five women ami one man
living at 18S Amherst street, Toronto,
who sleep every night la their respec
tive colli us.
General Butler makes no lecture
talks because of his complete preoccu
pfttioo by law matters and work on his
autobiography.
There are fire Taylor In the next
House one from Tennessee, one from
Illinois and three from Ohio. They
In a district between Seventeenth
and Nineteenth streets. New York, live
160,000 persons, where there are eight
churches and 280 saloons.
The Empress Eugenie is reported to
be a heavy loser by the depreciation in
South American securities, as she had
invested very largely in them.,
A. M. Hart, who has just returned to
St. Loots, says he knows several rivers
In Alaska richer in gold deposits than
the noted Feather river, California.
Bismarck's closest friends, creatures
that care not whether he is in royal
favor or not, are two big Danish
hounds that eat beside their master at
table.
Mrs. H. McKay Twombley, of New
fork, is said to own the finest furs of
any belle in that city. She has one
mantle of Russian sable which cost
flO.000.
Marshal Booth gives this succinct
statement of the Salvation methods:
"Scrubology and soapology, instead of
theology.in dealing with the submerged
twentieth of society."
Dr. Koch's consumption lymph is
now known in Berlin as "Kochine."
The name is on every one's tongue in
the laboratories, in the hospitals and
colleges, and on the street-
Those who remember that Parnell is
the grandson of Admiral Stewart, who
commanded the "Old Ironsides" In the
fighting days of 1812, will not be at a
loss to account for the pluck he dis
plays.
.TaKk Rmia Ika nnuan wnuBt.mw a
the Cherokee Nation , Bushy head , Boud i
not and others of them are colleae
graduates, or have been educated in the
feast, and don t indulge in the ioux
ballet.
Father Time seems to be constantly
eastinir flowers alone- Jean Inflow's
path in life, ""he great authoress at 60
years oi age is xiescriceil as cheerful
and happy, with cheeks as round and
rosy as a milkmaid's?"
It is said that he almost universal
iiroaanciation or the famous little lord,
'"ftunt-ie-roy. is incorrect. The English
family of this name and the Virginia
branch of the same family pronounce
their name Fauntle-roy.
Our biggest American Bailing ship,
the Shenandoah, is the object of much
interest in New York. She carries four
masts and is of about 5,000 tons dis
placement. She will ply between New
Vork and San Francisco.
Boston cultivates its public schools
. with masterly care. Fur instance, she
has taken a specialist in physical train
ing from Johns Hopkins University
Dr. Hart well by name and placed him
with similar duties over her own chil
dren. Thomas Watson, one of the survivors
of the famous six hundred who. at the
battle of Balaklava, rode "Into the
jaws -of death, into the mouth of bell!"
is now in San Francisco. He is in
straitened circumstances and is looking
for worW
-General Charles F. Thompson, at one
lime a Major unaer iia ifcosnr ana
subsequently made Brevet Brigadier
General for gallant conduct on the
field, has become insane in California
through dissipation and financial era-barrassment-
No graduate of Vassar College has
ever been divorced from her husband.
Such is the statement of a man who
married one of them, and who declares
that the young ladies who have been
educated at the college are the best
cooks in the world.
Vice President Proctor. of the Singer
Sewing Machine Company, i reported
to be worth $25,000,000. He shared
the inventor's poverty with him, and
afterward married his daughter. Sing
er1 original capital was $50, which
grew to be $30,000,000.
..' Mr. Krikor Hagop Basmajan, of
Philadelphia, is to be ordained as a
Baptist minister. It is said that some
men owe mnch of their fame aud suc
cess to their unique names. If that be
o. Mr. Basmajan will have a brilliant
career m the ministry.
The English- crown Is made op of
diamonds, rubies, sapphire, pearls and
emeralds, set in silver and gold bands.
Wicrh thirtv-n ino nniimM and it w
penny-weights, troy; in it there are-3,-462
diamonds, 273 pearls, nine rubies,
seventeen sapphires and eleven emer
alds. . .
The Dakota Bad Lands comprise a
country about fifty miles long and
wide, and so rough and broken that it
is almost impossible for a horse to go
through it- Hills range from fifty to
600 feet in height, and in some places
it is difficult to travel more than five
'milea a day.
Cot Richard Dale of Philadelphia is
the possessor of the sword presented to
John Paul Jones by Iroais XVI. and
many of Jones1 letters and other relics.
Col. Dale is the grandson of Commo
dore Dale, who was Jones1 First Lieu
tenant in the action between the Bon
Homme Richard and Sera pis.
Lady Caithness, Ducbesse de Poraar,
has applied to the French authorities
for permission to erect a statue of Mary
Queen of Scots on a site adjacent to her
honse at the angle of she Rue Bremon
tier and the Avenue de Wagrarn, in
Paris. She has commissioned the
sculptor Ringel to execute the statue.
With the death of Senator de La
fayette, the famous family has become
extinct. The last bearer of the name
recently remarked: The family is all
but dead. But what does it matter?
Our name will be forever associated
with the greatest Republic and most
powerful nation the world lias ever
seen, America.1
The Empress of Russia is now 43
years old. Russians say that she has
not the capacity of the Princess of
Wales to look considerably younger
than ber years. The chin begins to
double, and the cheeks have long since
taken a comfortable expression. Her
figure also grows matronly, though
still she is an indefatigable dancer.
Mrs. Richard A. Proctor proposes to
rerpetuate the memory of her famous
usband by building a$25,000 observa
tory on Mission Heights. San Diego,
Cat. she means to raise the money by
lecturing. If California or science real
ly needs a big telescope to every coun
ty in that State doubtless the devoted
woman will get a lift from some
wealthy stargazer.
Mayor Fi tier, of Philadelphia, gives
all the fees he receives for performing
He marriage ceremony to charitable
poses, mostly to the Southern Home
Jest if ate Children, an institution in
h Mrs. Fitler feels great interest,
e fees amount to several hundred
ars each year,so Cupid, amid all his
ulons antics, sometimes accom
. ; as solid good.
Four young men of i'erryville,Conn
have built a kite with the power of an
ait-ship. At Us Krst ascension the bovs
took a trip over swamp and brush that
was highly exhilarating:. The dimen
sions of the kite are: Length of up
right stick, 16 1-2 feet; of cross stick,
12 1-2 feet; of tail (made of stout rope
in which is secured Inrge pieces of
sacking and 'burlnps"), 140 feet; area
of canvas about 200 square feot. A
"clothes line" rope is used for the
"string," which U 1,200 feet long.
A NAPOLEON OF LOVE.
A Handsome Tonne Architect Who Capt
ured a Matrimonial Prise and How Ha
Did It.
I noticed the other day an account
of what Mr. Hopkins-Starles Is doiug
with all her houses," began one of the
shouting politicians of the 8 o'clock
boat, as he braced himself against the
chain box and rested his perspiring
brain on a. "I suppose Searles is right
up to his nob In clover, but I knew him
wheu he had to rattle around for the
evasive dollar of our daddies like a lame
dog after an energetic cat. By the
wav, did you ever hear how he wbn his
wife?"
Having satisfied himself of the igno
rance of his immediate audience on the
question of the Hopkins-Searles nup
tials, ho proceeded:
"Well, you know Mrs, Hopkins,
after she was widowed, became engaged
to an army officer out at the Presidio.
At nuy rate, he had announced the
plighted troth in his mess, and it was
accepted as a fact in society. At that
time Searles was Mrs. Hopkins1 archi
tect, and was busying himself in
furnishing and fitting up that big, airy
house on Nob Hilt. That's a mighty
good piece of architecture, by the way,
Searles or no Searles.
However, he had bis eye on the
widow, and she got to having a favor
able sort of eye for him. He was a very
handy sort of man to have about
made a good sort of appearance, ran
little errands well and all that sort of
thing. He began pressing his suit, but
she kept standing bim off, through
loyalty to her army officer.
"Then she got the notion In her head
of that bis house at Great Barrington,
Mass., and, of course, Searles was the
architect selected to furnish the plans.
This threw thein more and more into
each other's society, and Searles kept
trying for the big'matrimonial prize.
She remained true to her military
hero, however, and he determined
upon a coup, risking everything on the
touch.
-They were at Great Barrington and
he accompanied her to the train one
day to see her off for New York. Half
of Great Harrington's staid and prudish
society was there, mooning, bridling
aud looking out for stray mavericks of
gossip. Just as the train was pulling
iu Searles put his arm around Mrs.
Hopkins1 waist and kissed ber full upon
the mouth. .
aThere was a situation for you!
Mrs. Hopkins kissed by a strange man.
aud half of Great Barrington looking
on! It was either Searles or scandal.
The widow was very quick to decide.
With a wink of her eveshedropped the
Presidio martinet. Turning to her
nearest acquaintance she said loud
enough for a large portion of Great
Barrington to hear:
"'Allow me to present my affianced
h us baud, Mr. Searles.
"She took the train, white he took
himself by the haud with the thought,
Shake, Searslsey, old boy. You're the
Napoleon of love."1
Floating; on a, Rubber Lily-Leaf.
"While my wife and I were on our
last trip to Europe,1' said a gentleman
to a Detroit News man the other day,
"we met a middle-aged lady who was
going over for her health, and my wife
and she became great friends. One
day while sitting in the ladies1 private
cabin the lady said: 'Let me show you
my life-preserver. and, removing her
outer skirt, my wife beheld a skirt that
was a curiosity if nothing more. Ruu
ning up and down the skirt at a dis
tance of two or three inches, were soft.
flexible rubber bands about two inches
wide. They were sewed on at the side
of each band and ran all the way
around the skirt, and at the top they
were all joined to a broad rubber band
six inches wide. At the top of this
band was a rubber tube about two leet
leasr, asa which ran up the waist in
front ant was left resting on the top of
me corset..
"Said the ladv, 'You behold one of
my own inventions for saving my life.
In case of an accident all I have to do
is to take the end of the rubber tube in
my mouth and in two minutes I can
till all the rubber bands (which are
hollow and air-tight) with air. Then,
tying the tube in a hard knot, I am
ready for the waves. This skirt, when
I strike the water, will spread out in the
shape of a pond lily leaf and I will rest
on it in an upright position, as easy as
though wclining on a couch, aud I can
float -around till picked up.'
"As our voyage was a pleasant one,
we did not have an opportunity to see
how it would work, but I have do doubt
it would work well."
Care of The Piano.
Our American climate is very severe
in its effects upon poorly made pianos,
says the Opera. The great variations
in temperature during the different
seasons of the year render it impossible
for any but the best pianos, made with
iron frames to remain tiniujured. The
most delicate parts of the piano neces
sarily being made of wood, the fittings
and joints of which are adjusted with
the greatest nicety, extreme heat or
dampness is very detrimental to their
well being. The mercury should not
be allowed, if possible, to rise above
75 degrees nor to fall below 40 in the
room in which the piano is kept. The
piano should not be placed where the
hot air from a heater, stove or grate is
thrown against it- Care should be
taken to place the instrument where
its entire surface will be subjected, as
nearly as possible, to the same degree
of temperature, as nothing will so soon
put a piano out of tune as being kept
with one end cool and the other warm,
as is frequently the case when an in
strument is placed between the hot air
from a hejaterand the cold air which in
winter is falling within one or two feet
from the windows. A sodden change
of twenty degrees in temperature will
put the best piano slightly out of tune.
A change of temperature, therefore, in
a heated bouse should be gradual.
Dampness is more to be feared in sum
mer than winter. Do not place the
piano near open windows, aud be par
ticularly careful that the instrument is
closed at night.
Tigers Parasites.
In speaking of the minute parasites
which are found in the hairy part of a
tiger's foot, a scientist says: "They
constitute one of the most wonderful
curiosities I know of in the animal
world. The parasites are so stn:iU as
to be almost invisible tit the naked eye,
and yet each is a jerfect counterpart
of the tiger's head. ears. jaw,legs,claws,
body, tail, all are there. You may
think this is a big story, bnt look the
subject up and e if it is not so."
. The Healthy Onion.
It is said that the health fad people
are to work up a craze over the onion
as one of the most health-giving vege
tables in the world. And a literary
bureau is now at work gftting up
statistics to prove that this is infallibly
BEWARE THE BLACKSNAKE.
Ha ta Mora Formidable Tlun ihs Rat
, tier, m On Woman' Bsperlenee Vmn
Show.
Ask any of the farmers or hunters in
this part of Monroe county whether
they are afraid of rattlesnukes, and
they will answer promptly that they
dou't mtnd them very much, writes a
Peunsylvaniacorrespondent. Ask them
if they fear blacksnakes. and they will
say yes without the slightest hesita
tion. This fear of blacksnakes has
come down to most of tliem from their
fiarents, with a story that none of them
s ever tired of telling. They alt de
clare that it Is true, and it is so well
known, and Is told with so much
solemnity and evident fetir by the
natives, that H is hnrd to disbelieve It.
The story runs like this:
Many years ngo a well-to-do former
lived with his futility nenr the barren
land verging on Pike county. His
wife was city bred and unused to many
of the hardships that are a part of the
forming woman's life. She was strong
and httrdv, however, with plenty of
nerve, and grit enough to make the
best of things. One day, while her
husband was working in a clearing a
good distauue from the house, she
went down to the spring for a pail of
water. As she stooped over to till the
pail a blacksuake that had been lying
coiled near the spring jumped at "her.
She screamed and jumped back, but
the snake had burled its fan 3 in her
dress, and. before she could recover
herself auilluieutly to shake him off, he
had wound himself about her so tight
ly as to prevent her from walking.
Theu be began slowly to crawl up
ward. The poor woman struck at the
snake with her hands.
They were badly bitten, but she was
so overcome with fright that she did
not mind this and kept on striking at
him. The serpent kept crawling up
uutil his coils were about her breast.
She tried to tear hiui loose, but she
was not strong enough. She became
nearly paralyzed with terror. The
snake finally coiled himself around ber
neck and choked her. She started
toward the house, but she had only
fone a short distance when she fell,
n the evening she was found by her
husband lying dead, with the snake
still coiled about her neck.
This story, with the welt-known fact
that a blacksnake is ever ready and
willing to light anything that "lives,
makes the native afraid of him. and
the man who kills a blacksnake is
thought to have won a greater battle
than the slayer of a dozen rattlesnakes.
You can t frighten a black snake,"
said -oua old hunter, "and the more
you try to the mure he ain't fright
ened. A rattlesnake is a coward, and
will run if you give him half a chance.
If he doesn't get the chauce he will
rattle in fear and then strike in des
peration. A rattlesnake bite is not
nearly as duugerous as many people
suppose. All that you have to do to
render the wound harmless is to cut in
as deep as the fangs went, then go to
the nearest brook and wash it thor
oughly. A common poultice will
soon heal the wound made by the
knife. But if a big blacksnake tackles
you, and you give liim a chauce to get
one coil alrout your body, why, then,
look out, for it is your life or Ins."
A Romanue of Slavery Days.
A colored womau.beut nearly double
with 80 vears and a heavy bundle, was
seen to board the Cincinnati Mail Line
Kacket. Approaching the clerk of the
oat, she slowly untied a knot in the
corner of her red bandana handker
chief and produced enough cash to
purchase a deck ticket for Cincinnati.
The wrinkled and feeble old n egress
is the heroine of a romance.
In ante-bellum days she was a slave,
and was owued by a planter near
Asheville, N. C At an early age she
was married to a slave of the same
master. By him she had several chil
dren. Over half a century ago her
husband was torn from her and her
children, - and was sold to another
planter. The woman continued to
work on the North Carolina planta
tion, and iu a short time was married
again. Her whole family was then
put on the block and sold to a Virginia
man. When the emancipation procla
mation was promulgated the family
took advantage of their freedom and
journeyed northward, finally taking
up their home in Louisville. The hus
band died after the dose of the war,
and the children one by one left their
mother to seek their fortunes.
The mother toiled and labored to
make a livelihood. She heard nothing
of her first husband until about a
rmonth ago, when one of her sons
found that the old man was living at
Newport. Ky. The old negrcss jour
neyed thither and found the husband
of her youth. He had also been mar
ried a second time. and had several
children by his second wife. The lat
ter was dead, however, aud the re
united couple decided to again live to
gether. The woman returned to Louis
ville, disposed of her effects and com
pleted the romance of fifty years by
returning to her husband.
Ploaeer Spanish Families: fa Cali
fornia. A multitude of stories of the social
life of the Spanish period might be
told. Each town on the coast was the
center of the hide and tallow trade for
a hundred miles or more. The low
adobe stores there held piles of costly
aud beautiful goods iu the days of
which Fa m ham and Dana wrote the
days when the (Treat cattle princes
came from their ranches to hold
festival. The young cavaliers rode in
oo fiery but well-trained and gaily
caparisoned horses, and all the won
derful feats of horsemanship of as tine
a race of riders as the world has ever
seen, were performed daily on mesa
and sea-beach and plaza.
But the home life of these great
families was simplicity itself. In many
a Spanish house there was no fireplace,
window, or chimney. The fire for
cooking was built on a clay floor, part
ly roofed, outside of the main building.
The household utensils wero few a
copper or iron kettle, a slab of rock on
which to pound corn or wheat, a soap
stone griddle for the tortillas. Dishes,
tableware, and furniture came slowly,
and were of the most simple descrip
tion. For years a raw hide stretched
on the floor with a blanket spread over
it formed the usual bed iu early Cali
fornia. Everything was ' kept exquisitely
clean, and though the Spanish families
learned to speud more on their houses
and belongings, they seemed to look
upon such things as only affording op
portunities for a more generous hospi
tality. diaries Howard Shinn, in Cen
tury. Feline Sagacity.
A good cat story, illustrating the
sagacity of the felines, is told by a gen
tleman who saw the occurrence. A
cat saw a rat run out from under a
stable and seek shelter in a woodpile.
Tommy followed his ralship and tried
to reach bim, bnt could not do so.
Finding that his efforts were in vain
Tommy scratched his head and hit up
on an idea. Leaving the woodpile he
went off a short distance, informed an
other cat of what was up, and the two
went back to the woodpile. ; Tommy
No. 1 stationed Tommy No. 2 at the
place where the rat had entered the
woodpile, while he climbed npon the
wood and began sera tc h i n g. This
frightened the rat out and he ran into
the chops of Tommy No. 2. who had
been expecting such an occurrence.
WIT AND H0M0U.
The lawyer believes In "millions for
defense" and the same amount for
prosecution. Puck.
There would be fewer bnuk robber
ies If more safes were protected by the
old-fash! uued flint lovks.HuffUto fix
press. If Diogenes had lived to-day he would
have solved the hunest-mau problem
by buying a mirror. Milwaukee Sen
tinel. There Is one very pleasant feature
aboutaslelgh-ride ou a cold night and
that is the arrival home. Norristown
Herald.
When the world Is not jeering at
large faults In small men it is scolding
at small faults in big men. Milwaukee
Sentinel.
If you do a mun a favor do not let
him know It, or the chances are he will
eome back for another lift. Milwau
kee Sentinel.
Cum so What Is your idea of Hell""
Bum so "A place where you can't get
a drink.ntthough vou've got the price."
New Vork Herald.
He "I feel completely prostrated.
I wish I were dead." She "Well,
whv don't you let me send for the doc
torr"" Brooklyn Life.
A mule would rather hear himself
bray than to listen to anybody else's
music. A good many people are built
like him. Hani's Horn.
"What a recherche sort of affliction
you have," said Good word lo the man
with the boil. 8uch a swell gather
ing!" New York World,
"Where does a train of thought run
top1 asked Bloobumper. quizzically.
"To Boston, I suppose,'1 replied Mrs.
Bloobumper. Harper' Bazar.
Between the practical joker and the
savage that skins his victim alive there
is only a difference of environment and
education. Indianapolis Journal.
"How is it that you call the Hubers
cousins ? Are you relatedP" "Only
in a way. Their favorite png and ours
are full brothers." Fliegende Blatter.
It is great fun teaching a pretty girl
bow to skate, aud the more successful
the teacher is the longer she Is In get
ting to be expert. Somerville Journal.
A touch of Love makes the most
matter-of-fact man a poet, or, what
amouuts to the same thing, makes him
think he is a ytoet. --Indianapolis Jour
nal. It Is said that a Chlnamau never
goes crazy. There is no reason why
he should. Millinery bills are unknown
iu the Flowery Kingdom. Texas Sift
ing. .
Sunday School Teacher Now, little
boys, what do you know about Goli
ath?" Freddy Faugle "t'lease, ma'am,
he wayucked to sleep." Boston Trav
eler. Disappointment first comes in life to
the baby who has a horn given to him
for a present, and theu finds he hasn't
wind enough to blow It.--Somerville
Journal.
Mrs. Dlx "Doesn't your husband
suffer terribly from dyspepsiaP" . Mrs.
Hicks "Notuiug in comparison with
all the other members of the family."
New York Sun.
"O. I'm so disappointed! Henry
promised me a sealskin this winter but
he dida't get it." "1 don't wonder 30U
feel bad. Hope defurred mnkelh the
heart sick." fuck.
New Reporter "What do the editors
mean by this word 'fuke1 that they use
all the time? Old Reporter "That
refers to the lies in the ether papers!"
New York Herald.
Cherub "Whv did you let that bad
niau inP" St. Feter (weariiv) "'He
used to be a book agent, and I either
had to let him in or be bored to death.
New York Weekly.
Examining Lawyer "Do yon know
anything about 'protesting drafts?'1
Candidate "Well, 1 should say so. 1
was three years In the newspaper busi
ness." Texas Sifting
"Why don't yatt try the faith curef"
"So I did." "Aud how did it workP"
"O. successfully." "By Jove! and it
cured your asthma? "O, no, bnt it
cured my faith." Grip.
"This marrying of foreigners, I see,
has also got amnug our men." "Who's
the party nowP" "Jones. Somebody
was telling me his wife was a regular
Tartar." Philadelphia Times.
"I will bet that woman's a terror
holding her own.1 was remarked at
the reception. 'What makes you think
soP" "I never saw oue show more
backbone." Philadelphia Times.
"I'd have you know I was well
brought up!" exclaimed the small man
to the largedisputanL 'That may be,"
replied the latter, -but you were not
brought up far." Harper's Bamar.
He Didn't you regard the medium
as a very pretty girl P" She "Herfaca
was certainly comely enough, but the
shades she called up didn't match ber
complexion." New York Gerald.
A genius Is a person whom nature
lets in on the ground floor and whom
circumstances force to live in an attic
It is one way genius has of keeping up
in the world. New Orleans Picayune.
"Your name Is JuliaP" "Yes, your
Honor." "Tell me how old you are."
'Twenty-five, your Honor.1 "So!
Well, now that you have given your
age, we will admiuister the oath."
Fiiegende Blatter. . .
Kicker "Why do you keep Smythe
in your store P He is no good as a
clerk!" Merchant "No, be would
hardly do as the head of a department;
but he is all right as a counter irri
tant." Detroit Free Press.
Wife "But I must have a new chimney-piece."
' Husband "But I can't
afford it." Wife '-But I must have
it!" Husband -Well, get it! We
must have peace whether we cau afford
it or not." New York Herald '
Cautious Customer (who has heard
the high prices charged in retail drug
stores) 'How much do you charge for
ten cents' worth of tooth powderP"
Drug Clerk "'For tlte best quality,
twenty-five cents." Texas Sitings.
"You don't bring roe any buttons
now," said the minister's wife. "Do you
never find anv in the collection basket?"
iSo, my dear. Siuce the new tar i It
wuut into operation contributors find
it cheaper to put in a nickel." The
Epoch.
An eminent surgeon says that with
four cuts aud a few stitches he can al
ter a man's face so his own mother
would not know him. That's nothing.
Any newspaper in this country can do
that much with only one cut. Wash
ington Star.
Politician (angrily) "These news
papers tell nbonuuable lies about me."
Friend "And yet they might do
worse." Politician " Do worse!
What do you mean?" Frieud "They
might tell tho truth." Kate Field's
Washington.
Slogan "You know those stories, I
tell, don't you, Binks?" Binks "Do
1? Well, 1 rather siiess. I've heard
'em often enough." Slogan "Well,
I'm going to publish tliem in a book
aud I want you to suggest a title,"
Binks "Gray, but good." New York
Sun.
Mr. Murphy entered a bar-room and
called for a glass of whisky. After
drinking it he said to the barkeeper:
Charge it." "I don't know you."
"My name is Murphy." The barkeep
er, turning to the proprietor, inquired:
"is Mr. Mnrpiiy good foraurtnkf"
Has h had itP,r ' He lias." "He Is."
Shoe and Leather Importer.
Briggs -Wlille Robinson was read
ing n poem of his the other night at
the Canvas Club a Imly in the nudienue
fainted dead away. Kobinxoit had a
hard time bringing her to." Griggs
"I don't see what Robinson hail to do
with It. 1 should hare thought some
of the audience would have helped
her.'' Briggs "They left before it
happened. " Jiarywr' liutar.
How Plate Glass Is Made.
A visit to a plate-glass works reveals
nothing more Interesting than the cast
ing tables, whence come the heavy
Slate glass that is used in all shop wid
ows. The casting tables the superin
tendent tells you are the most Import
ant pieces of apparatus lu theestabllsh
ment. Each table is about 20 feet
long, 15 feet wide, and 7 inches thick,
strips of iron on each side of the table
afford a bearing for the rollers and
determine the thickness of the plate of
glass to be east.
Ifie rough plate Is eotnmonly nine
sixteenths of an inch thick, but after
polishing is reduced to six or seven
sixteenths. The casting tables are
mounted on wheels and run on a track
that reaches every furnace and anneal
ing oven in the building.
The table having been wheeled as
near as possible to the melllug fur
nace, the pot of molten glass U lifted
by means of a crane and Its contents
poured quickly out on the table. The
heavy Iron roller then passes from end
to end.spreading the glass to a uniform
thickness. All this is done in half the
time it takes to tell ft, each move being
made by skilled men in the quickest
possible time.
lu contact with the cold metal of ti.e
table the gloss cools rapidly. Then the
door of the annealing room Is opened
and the plate of jrlass introduced. The
floor of the oven is on the same level
as the casting table, so that the trans
fer eao be made quickly. When, after
several days, the glass Is taken out of
the oveu its surface is very rough and
uneven. It is used In this condition
for skylights and other purposes where
strength is desired rather than trans
parency. The greater part of the
glass, however, is ground, smoothed,
and polished as we see it in the shops,
N. F. limes.
A Vegetable Caterpillar,
One of the queerest things of Tas
mania. New Zealand, and other parts
of Australasia is the bulrush, or veget
able caterpillar. This wonderful plant
Is a fungus, a sphaeria. which grows
seven or eight inches above the ground
generally in a single stem, round, and
thickly covered with brown seed for
some five or six inches, ending In a
curved, worm-like point. It is usually
found growing at the roots of a par
ticular tree, the "rata" of the natives.
When this plant is pulled up Its single
root is found to be the exact counter
part of a large caterpillar, sny one,
three.or four inches long; but although
it preserves every detail of such grubs,
dissection proves it to be solid wood.
Intelligent persons of the countries
named above say that this curiosity is
formed in the following manner: A
large species of moth feeds en the
"rata" tree; the grub of this moth bur
rows in the ground; the seed of the
sphaeria gets lodged between the
scales on the grub's neck, strikes root,
and completely turns the interior of
the creature into a woody substance.
In every cose tiie shell of the grub is
left intact, no small rootlets punctur
ing It at any point. Scientists say that
the above explanation is nil "bosh."
and that the plant develops the form of
a caterpillar because it is its nature to
do so. If this be true, why should we
laugh at the stories of the Mandrake
Man and the Scythian Lamb, specimens
of which are preserved in the Surgeons'
museum, Loudon.
Prince ISisraarck Wooing.
Prince Bismarck bejratt -hfci wooing
in a rather stern manner. As he al
ways favored energetic measures, he
wrote direct to the young lady's par
ents, with whom he was not acquaint
ed, and demanded their daughter in
marriage. They were simple folk
leading a very quiet life, and they
were rather frightened at the reputa
tion for high lit ing which the candi
date enjoyed. Thi-ir daughter, how
ever, intimated in disereet terms thnt
she did not look upmi the youn$r gen
tleman with an unfavorable eye. as
there was uo doubt the young man's
parents had a good tepiilution.
Consequently the vouur lady's par
ents iuvited Bismarck to come and see
them. Every one d-d their best to
give the visitor a suitable receptiou.
Frautein von Pultkammer'a parents
pnt on an air of grave solemnity, and
the young lady stood with her eyes
modestly bent upon the ground, when
Bismarck on alighting threw his arms
arouud his sweetheart's neck and em
braced her vigorously before any oue
had time to tell him that his conduct
was hardly proper and correct. The
result was, however, an immediate be
trothal. Prince Bismarck is very fond
of telling this tale, and be is careful
always to finish the story by this re
flection: "And yon have no Idea what this
little lady has made of me."
August Belmont's Superstitions.
- The late August Belmont once told
the writer, on t he Mon mouth race
track, that his hor-m- would not win
because a flock of blm-k'nrds had cross
ed his path that morning. "I saw the
blackbirds iu tlte field." he related,
"and said to myself. if they fly across
I shall lose.1 So I walked my team
carefully carefully. But no! Just as
I came opposite, the birds flew in front
of me, wheeled about nnd crossed me
again. I shall not go to the stables.
I have sent for my trainer to tell him
ii is no use trying" to win to-day. . At
auother time he was in radiant spirits
because a little bird had flown Into his
balhroom and allowed itself to be fed.
"1 shall have good luck!" he exclaimed
"Wait and you shall see." That day
he won three principal races. Indeed
a curious phase of his superstitions was
that they generally turned out to be
correct. When he felt that he was go
ing to lose he did lose; when he imag
ined he was going to win he did win,
This may be explained by coincidence,
or by the fact that his trainer and
jockeys were shrewd enough to humor
his whims, knowing that he would rath
er justify his superstitions than capture
a race. But, whatever the explanation,
the fact that such a man should be sub
ject to su i caprices is wonderful.
How To Wash The Hands.
Now, about your hands. Wash them
in hot water, using almond meal in
stead of soap, just before you go to
bed, nnd during the day dou't wash
them too much iu cold water. A wo
man who has very beautiful hands told
me that during the daytime she wiped
off any stain that might be upon them
with a piece of kid on which was a lit
tle vaseline. However, I am a bit old
fashioned and prefer water to this.
Then when you have the time, sit with
your finger tips in a bowl of hot water,
and after they have soaked well, dry
thPiu and trim the nails, keeping the
skiu at the base of each down iu its
place. Push it down either- with the
end of a soft ivory file, or a bit of wood,
but do not cut it off. Do not point
your nails, and do not polish them too
much. The first makes tho skin super
sensitive and causes it to grow quicker,
while the second and third are counted
vnlorar. The Ladim? Home JoumaL
How To Clean Blankets.
Prepare the following mixture in the
forenoon. Share one pound and a
half of any good laundry sonp Into
thin small shavings. Entirely melt it
In a saucepan of water on the lire.
Strain the melted soap through a col
ander into a tub half-full of lukewarm
water. Add half a pound of powdered
borax and a tablespoonful of molasses.
Thoroughly stir the mixture; pnt in
the equal of one double blanket, and
notice as you do so where the stnius
are. Leave the blanket simply soak
lug, well covered in this nice soft suds,
for nearly twenty-four hours. Next
morning look for the stains. If they
are not all soaked out, pat them and
gently wave them In the water, but
never rub them. Rnbbiug makes wool
harsh like felt. Wheu the stains are
?:oue, press what water you easily can
rom them, and lift them into a tub of
cleau rinsing water. Wave the blank
ets in that tul most of the suds is gone,
then put them into another rinsing wa
ter. Sometimes two rinsings are
enough to clear them. If. a third is
needed It may be blued a little, if one
likes.
Have ft strong clothesline stretched
as tight as possible out in the yard.
Strung sun is ant to fade the colored
borders of blankets, so choose a shady,
breezy place to dry them In. If you
can take them out in a tub, do so. oth
erwise lift them, saturated with water,
into a basket, and carry them full of
water to the clothesline. Hanir them
exactly through the middle lengthwise
ou tne line; then the colored borders
of the blankets will hang vertically.
See that the fold of the blanket is
slightly wrinkled, that is, a very little
full, as the blanket lies over the line,
else the middle of the blanket wilt be
found to dry stretched louger than the
edes. The blankets after this process
will be clean, soft, and not shrunken.
Good Housekeeping.
J nut Full or Etiquette.
Many of the colored people of Wash
ington are the aristocrats of their race.
They are prosperous, conceited, fond
of loud clothes and very much in evi
dence," especially in the presence of
white folks. In one of the cars of the
electric railway which runs to the
Catholic University ft few days ago sat
a big, di-.idy mulatto, dressed not in
the heifhth, but the caricature of fash
ion. He bad striped trousers, a light
correct "top coat." the shiniest of silk
bats, the most brilliant of scarfs, dog
skin gloves and a big cane. His seat
was in the middle of the car, and the
adjacent white trash felt small indeed
in his distinguished presence. The car
was full. Presently' gesticulates to the
conductor a colored woman, dressed
as gaudily as her brother exquisite In
the car. She had on a light blue silk,
an immense hat, big bracelets, big ear
rings, a big fur cape, anil everything
else according." When she got to
the car door she stopped, looking for m
chance to sit down. This was the mu
latto dandy's chance. Rising to his
full height h. he waved his hand mag
nificently and exclaimed: '-Dis way,
lady; dis way, lady; here's a sent."
The lady advanced. stnilinf expansive
ly, and took her seat with gracious
nods of thanks, at which the gentleman
bowed with the grace of Turveydrop.
The white Iras Ii sank into insignifi
cance, feeling their inferiority. The
colored gentleman felt it, too, and be
determined to administer a severe les
son. Grasping a strap with one hand,
he cast a supercilious glance about
htm. aud just as the car w as starting,
exclaimed: "I'se just full of Uiquit. I
is!' Then lie looked to the lady for
admiration, and got it. As for the
white trash, they roared. And the
car went on. New York Star
The Bobolink.
George T. Cottman writes: We have
with na in the spring and early sum
mer a temporary visitant who well de
serves m Sieeial notice the bobolink
most mnsioal of songsters Until
within the last three or four years I
never saw him in this part of Indiana.
Within that time he has come abun
dantly at his appointed time; but few
people seem to note his advent or to
know of the wonderfully rich melody
with which onr meadows are vibrant
through May and June. I made his
acquaintance some years ago when,
paddle in hand, I threaded the sinuous
windings of certain willow-fringed
water-courses in New York; above me
the skies of June, about me the dats
pied fields where these happy revelers,
each in his trim uniform of black aud
white, held high carnival. When, as
It seemed, he followed m hither. I
bade bim welcome, and each spring
am on the alert for thnt note of un
rivaled sweetness. The last May,
while strolling In my neighbor's woods,
I suddenly and unexecledly heard
the first one of the season. Thrice he
sang in a ti-ee hard by as if for my ex
press benefit, then was gone, and lis
tening intently I heard them far off.
Out of the woods, into a little creek
alley and up an adjoining slopo I
pressed in pursuit, when over the
brow of the hill came a flurry of birds,
full a score of them, and. lighting ail
abont me, burst into a full chorus
and such a chorusl The tintinnabula
tions of many crystal bells ranging
up and down the gamut in melodious
riot the silver tinkling of water drops
smiting the face of a quiet pool a
wild and artless symphony, an ecstatic
revet. Then havlug finished, they
were off as suddenly as they had come,
a baud of flitting choristers, ami when
they bad ceased a dead silence seemed
to fie upon the little valley as if the
songsters had paused abashed and
wonderstruck.
Homcmndfl Baskets.
There is a way to make good bakeU
at home and pretty and cheap, too. out
of corn husks thick outer husks foi
strong baskets, and for lighter and
finer ones the white inner parts. These
must be wrapped for an hour or so in
a djimp towel, and then cut into strips
of equal width. Make an ordinary
braid with six or more strips, which
may be doubled, or even trebled, for
greater strength, snys the Detroit Free
Press. Thread a needle with heavy,
waxed linen thread, and having
dampened the braid, form it into an
oval five or six inches long and three
wide, for the bottom of the basket, and
sew the adjoining edges of the braid
together, ns in a straw hat, but don't
overlap them. Go on - coiling and
stitching for the sides of the basket,
widening the opening uutil the basket
is deep emmgh.
The handles are made of a 'heavy,
threeslritmled braid, which is sewed all
around the top of the basket, just in
side, and looped at the middle of each
side.
For ornament wind the handles with
luv -colored ribbon or bra hi, put a box
plaiting of the same around the top and
work a bunch of flowers on one side in
bright worst eds, with long stitches.
The opposite side may have a letter or
a name.
The lrtiieess or Wales' Beanty.
The Princess of Wales is said to be
the youngest-looking woman of her
age in England, and to owe the won
derful preservation of her youth aud
beauty to her ability to take a little
sleep "at ber will, a power which she is
able to call to hot assistance even for
a five or teu minute interval in the
ru3h of her many duties. She seems
like a sister to her three tall daughters,
and a sister but slightly in advance of
them in vears.
She Will Not Wear Them.
Speaking of weird, uncanny gifts,
the other day a pretty girl produced a
Eair of house slippers, presented her
y a young medical student friend. says
a writer in the Illustrated American.
They were not so remarkable looking,
but as she brought them in, balanced
on the ferule of her parasol, the com
pany instantly recognised the presence
of something out of the ordinary.
Gently dropping the dainty footgear
on a rug, the owner invited ber friends
to use their umbrellas freely in turn
ing her low shoes over and examining
every part. They were admirably
made, with narrow soles, pointed toes,
high heels and a big monogram em
broidered In silk floss half-way tip the
instep. The material, a thin, yellow
ish skin.migbt have come off almost any
animal, but was in reality the epider
mis of a man. The student had seen
it removed, had followed the coring
process, and "when properly dressed"
had taken it to a bootmaker for making
np. Of course, I'd never wear the
horrid things," the girl hastened to as
sure her friends; "and, indeed, they
are more trouble than tbey are worth.
I am afraid of them, and so are all the
rest of the family. We keep them
locked np in our spare room ordinarily,
but wheo guests come the maid and I
carry them to the cellar. and while they
are down there she refuses to go alone
to get coal, and screams at every
noise."
The Blind Drummer.
'There Is one of the best tobacco
drummers in the country.1 remarked
a gentleman as an elderly-looking man
with long grey beard, in company with
a young woman, passed op the street.
The gentleman walked arm in arm
with bis com pau ion and no one would
have noticed anything peculiar about
him until he came to a crossing aud
then his companion spoke to bim, bis
step faltered, his foot was put out as if
afraid to advance. His eyes were
turned straight ahead and never sought
the ground. They were sightless. The
man wns Mr. James Harrison, of Rich
mond. Vs.. and the woman was his
daughter. Mr. Harrison travels for a
plug tobacco factory , and Is regarded
as one of the beat drummers on the
road. For more than twenty years he
has made the rounds with two daugh
ters. First one of them grew np from
girl to woman and was married. The
second one theu took her place, and
has since been his constant companion.
She goes aimut with him from store to
store, hel(s him with his samples at
the train and the hotels, attends to
tickets and baggage in short does
everything that a tender, loving wo
man could do for the blind. She is his
eyes. The two are known in ereiy
city In the country. -
A Cure for Diphtherial
A peasant physician named Rieger of
Glogaa In Silesia announces a cure fo
diphtheria which an agent of the em
peror has examined and reported very
favorably upon. It is thonght to be a
mixture of extracts from two or tbret
common weeds aud an oil. The salva
resulting from the mixture is liquefied
and applied with a brush to the inter,
for of the throat. The remedy was
discovered by Rieger's father, a shep
herd. It was applied by him only to
external wounds. Once, when young
Rieger's whole herd was dying of diph
theria, he.ln despair of all other means,
began treating their throats with the
salve. The favorable effect was apparent
almost immediately, and in a few days
every head of cattle was well again.
Shortly afterwards diphtheria became
epidemic in the village. Rieger was
itirariubly called to give his remedy in
the most severe cases, and almost with
out exception it was followed by recov
ery. Gradually its fame spread, till to
day he is receiving calls to care per
sons of diphj j jj f-rTpr Germany.
The freSTuatliave contributed most
to his reptiliition were effected a few
weeks ngo in the family of the Freiherr
von Falkenhnuscti, in Bielau.
Mo'nia' and Business.
This happened at Caron Springs- last
An gust. There are scores of Thomas
Nelson Page's quaint old negroes about
this little Virginia watering place, six
teen miles from a railroad and high in
the mountains. Auut 'Mandy bad been
washing for the Mosbys ever since they
came to the Springs, in June. Their
J-year-old daughter died, and 'Aunt
'Mandy "mo'ned" so much that they
took ber Into the room where the child
lay in a tiny white coffin. The old
woman wept. You could not doubt
the genuineness of the tears that wet
her deep-lined black face. Of course
she made her little speech. Proper
courtesy to the dead always requires it.
"Yes, dyah'sdepo' little Bessie,desd
an' gone. Yes, dy all's de po' sweet lit
tle lamb fas sleep. An' she's gointer
he buried in all dem fine white clo'es
Aunt 'Mandy done washt fo huh pa an1
111a to dress huh up iu. Honey, w'en
you's gone up to Heb'in jus you tell
de Land how Hue Aunt 'Mandy does
wash in1 fo' 75 cents a dozen, an' ask
him to pnt it inter mo1 )eopie's hearts
dat day hatter(have to)pat'onixe hub."
Aw York HeraJtL
A Natural Inquiry.
A certain witty bishop found him
self, a few mouths ago, crossing the
Bay of Fundy, from Dig by to St. John,
in company with a certain Mr. Cas
well. The Bay of Fundy has a repu
tation for turbulence only to be
matched by the English Channel or
the Bay of Biscay. Mr. Caswell was
struggling with a violent attack of
sea-sickuess; but the bishop, who was
above such weakness, was very cheer
ful, and inclined to conversation. He
had failed, however, to catch Mr. Cas
well's name correctly, and persisted in
calling him "Mr. As well." At lost the
sufferer, in a moment of ease, correct
ed him. saying: -
"Caswell, my lord; my name. is Cas
well, not Asweil.n
"Oh!" said the bishop, eyeing him
critically, as a new spasm seized npon
his unhappy acquaintance. "Well.
Mr. Caswell, dou't you think you
would be Aswell without the seaTy
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Just as Yonnga8he Used to Be.
There is in New York a very aged
lady her exact age need not be here
told who is as fond of going to par
ties, dinners, balls, and plays as she
was in the first half of the nineteenth
century. She arrays herself in fash
ionable style; she is very gay in society;
she is quick in repartee at" the table;
she plays merrily on the piano; she re
frains from dancing, but enjoys the
sight of it; she is dainty in her ways;
ber white tresses add to her dignity,
and she has never been in the bonds of
wedlock. She is always a welcome
guest, and she is a favorite with the
vounger folks, feminine and masculine.
She enjoys her old ige, though advanc
ing toward fourscore
A Community Without Taxes.
In all probability the most enviable
community in the world is that in the
village of Klingcnberg, on the Main,
in Germany. KHngeuberg enjoys the
reputation of producing one of the best
wines in Germany. But this is by no
means its chief cause for glory. In
stead of paying taxes as ordinary mor
tals, tlte citizens of Klingenberg re
ceived each 350 marks from the income
of several factories owned by the town.
The division was made after the expen
ses of administration had been paid by
money from the same source.
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the highest standard ot reepeciblU;y guar&n-tx-d
Board and room per day S1.3S io i. ft!
Ski rooms sue to Si. Free ooach to aaa from botai.
EftoeatioasJ Haze mm of Anatanv
aWasewaol tothir mrw Snltmne. istSa
SLarket 5rrKT, fcH. th Mid rti-, & r.
EnlarKd, wtnvro ihoantdi o innwtlw,
trjrcta xnay be aeaa. coRartwd tfi Kun-jw w,
a covt tut SM.rVO. This is the imU U if t
thi icl of the koeky Snow! .. Bw"
lUbed U feara, Oo unti bt fu;rn Im-
wtroderfally jo ommJa, anil h.-f u-awouft
rrkneaa and neu. Ewvmv? for 1bitm
ud geiiitoiimi, eta. Pnvato enk.
S1& a -saay St, (-pposiM. ruidtftiiiMS
Conn it .rwi frawv. l -fc-s.
Central American Earthquakes.
A peculiar thing abont Jiving in
Central America is the ease with yrhlch
yon become accustomed to the earth
quakes. Tbey do not come without
giving due notice. You are sitting ou
a piazza of a hot afternoon chattib
with your friends when suddenly the
sky seems to grow hazy? the crows stop
cawing; and the buzzards quit fighting
in the street. There is a generai ru$Lt
and, though you may uot know what is
the matter you cannot help feeitng un
easy. The old natives say "We are
going to have a little shaker" and then
the house begins to rock, the tnmblry
fall off the table, yon feet deadly sick
at the stomach, and the tkinsr U over:
the sky clears, the crows beyria their
noisy screams and the buzzards r
stime their quarrel over the 3tret; off!.
There is something inexpressively ter
rifying, however, about the trembiioj
of the earth; the slightest escitiatiou
will awaken the pisiation of tne
whole town and rouse a druufeard ont
of the deeest stupor; but aniens soma
considerable damagtt is doae every
body goes to sleep agnia as a matter ot
course. Interview with, a Traveller.
There are at least I - v
fibers in the uut
ta
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